#I mostly thought “that red guy is cool and I appreciate how he has such an impact on the story without needing to be explained”

[slyandthefamilybook]

it's not a perfect formula but you can often tell whether a story has merit by removing extant characters and settings and reducing it to its bare components

The Book of Boba Fett is about Boba Fett running a criminal empire on Tatooine -> The Book of Boba Fett is about a guy running a criminal empire in a place

The main draw of the show was that it's about Boba Fett but like. who is he? Who is Boba Fett? He's a guy who looked cool one time in that one movie

I kid, there's more to him than that. Boba was a boy when he lost his father in a war his father is partially responsible for. His father was killed in front of him by people who claimed to be keepers of the peace. There's something there! But that's not what BOBF is about!!

[feyburner]

I ??? woke up at 3am with this scene fully written in my mind palace and quickly jotted it down in the Notes app

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Clark’s shaking his head before he realizes he’s doing it, and feels a twinge of embarrassment at his own bad manners when Bruce stops mid-word to look at him, brows raised.

“No?” he says.

“No,” Clark says, again without thinking, and again with the reflexive urge to apologize. Somewhere his mother is tutting without knowing why. But he doesn’t apologize, because he’s already saying, “No, it can’t—it can’t be that.”

“Okay,” Bruce says slowly. “Can you elaborate?”

He is, honestly, having trouble taking his eyes off the screen. The mockup design of his new suit is there, dark and sleek, ridged like tactical gear. The blue is like the last shade of evening before you can’t call it evening anymore, the color of nine PM in Kansas in July, so exact there’s a strong chance Bruce color-picked it from a photo. The yellow accents are the cool fluorescent yellow-green of lightning bugs. The red is dark as arterial blood. Every aspect of the suit has been updated—the colors deeper, the angles sharper, the S extending to the corners of its frame—but Bruce has done it without changing the fundamentals. It’s immediately recognizable as the Superman suit, just… well, a little cooler, maybe. A little more of the times. Even the tailoring is modernized. The neckline. The shape of the boots. Where the belt hits at the waist. Clark can tell just by looking that Bruce has not only spent a lot of time on this in general, he’s spent a lot of time designing it specifically with Clark in mind, Clark’s needs and preferences and the small discomforts of his current suit, things he might have mentioned offhand after a mission but never with the assumption that Bruce was listening or filing it away. No doubt the next slides of this presentation will detail all the hidden features of the new suit, and they’ll all be incredibly thoughtful if not slightly overkill, and Bruce will pretend his sole motive here was practicality and risk reduction and respond to any thanks with a curt nod.

And Clark wants to thank him. He will. It’s just.

“It can’t be… cool,” he says, inane. Bruce is watching him with that steady look that used to feel clinical, piercing, and now mostly reads as attentive. “It can’t be—like yours. Tactical, military-grade.”

“Lightyears beyond, actually.”

“It has to—Ma said once, a kid should be able to draw it with crayons. You know? I can’t look like a weapon. I have to—I want to look like a friend.”

He can feel himself flushing. It’s rare that he speaks like this, and rarer still that he does so while being stared at intently. Bruce may think of himself as the darkness, but his gaze is a spotlight: unwavering and revealing and more a little sweat-inducing, for one reason or another.

“Sometimes, when I show up, people laugh,” Clark says. “If it’s somewhere out of the way, where they haven’t seen me before. I show up and I look like a festival performer. It’ll be the worst day of their lives, and they’ve got no reason to trust my face, but when they see what I’m wearing—it goes from ‘Who are you?’ to ‘Who is this guy?’ And that’s a good thing.”

“Hard to be afraid of a man dressed in primary colors,” Bruce says, almost to himself.

“Exactly.”

“I see. Thank you,” he says, “for explaining.”

Clark tries not to show how surprised he is to hear that. Judging by the crook of Bruce’s mouth, his success is negligible. “Of course. Sorry I didn’t—I mean, thank you, obviously, for going to such trouble. I didn’t mean to come in here and—I really do appreciate it, I can tell you put a lot of work in—”

Bruce’s eyes cut away. “No. No need. I didn’t ask, before I…. It was only a first draft. If you’re amenable, I’ll incorporate your feedback into the second one.”

“Oh! Yeah. Yes, of course, but you really don’t have to—”

“If you have any further notes, I would like to hear them.”

There’s something determined in the lines of his face. Clark has the sense that this moment is important, that it’s a turning point, even if he’s not sure why. It feels like striking out into a sea of ice, a blank white expanse under which something precious and vital is hidden, has been hidden all along, just waiting for him to find it. To want to.

“Sure,” he says. He looks back at the suit and swallows, and knows Bruce will see the flicker of his throat and take some meaning from it, and wishes he knew what the meaning was. Or maybe Bruce won’t notice or read into it at all. Maybe Clark needs to calm down, in fact. “Um. I don’t want to assume, but does it… do things?”

“It does things,” Bruce confirms, after the barest pause. “Let me show you the next slide.”

[didyoulookforme]

need you tonight

part of give me a moment (aka stylist au as briefly described in this tag)

warning: 18+, smut. probably grammatical errors, typos.

au masterlist here

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“sorry—‘m sorry”

you’re pretty sure those are some of the only words that stumble past his lips as you go down on him. perhaps an apology for his ring getting tangled in your hair, trying to keep you close. but to be honest, the more cynical part of you hopes it's pure regret for fucking someone else just hours before.

it was not strange for you to crave a nicotine hit at this time, more often than not stepping out the bus to smoke a cigarette or two prior to calling it a night, that first inhale always making your head buzz a little as the all-too-familiar warmth runs through your limbs, a much welcome sensation to try leave the tiredness behind.

every day was like clockwork. bus arrives at the venue. stage and lighting are assembled. band soundchecks. you have a quick dinner. then it's time for him. after all, it's what you're here to do, work as matty's own personal stylist during the tour.

you had no clue luck had finally struck when you opened those dms earlier this year.

(13:43) trumanblack: hey (13:43) trumanblack: i found your profile via my friend (13:44) trumanblack: i really like your style n you look pretty cool

(13:58) trumanblack: sorry if this sounds creepy. promise i'm a real human tho (13:58) trumanblack: x

you didn’t recognize him. however from a swift scroll through the feed, you gathered that his name was matty. apparently the front man of a seemingly popular band with a fanbase head-over-heels lusting for them.

mostly him, though.

you couldn't help but gaze at his lanky frame and pale skin adorned with ink, zooming in on certain posts to try decipher what they were. he definitely had a point of view when it came to dressing himself—sometimes a bit messy and chaotic, but for the most part pleasing to the eye, a quality you appreciated given your line of work. his seemingly playful demeanour across photos made it seem like he was perhaps younger than you, this time a google search confirming that, in fact, he was born three years later. april 1989.

countless press photos appeared under his name and you spent the next half hour swiping back and forth between articles, finding him intriguing enough and giving you the surge of confidence to respond.

and that's basically why you're leaning against this tour bus now. the friendly banter with a stranger led you to travel the world and do what you enjoy most. the fancy clothes. the colourful glitz. the wild after parties. this stuff that you always dreamed about was somehow now your own reality that you often had to pinch yourself to ensure you weren't just passed out cold on the sofa back home.

however, this almost too good to be true gig also led you to fall for a guy, the same one whose collar you straighten almost every night.

the most fucking cliché story. some assistant falling for her boss just months after being hired. it actually makes you feel sickeningly stupid, embarrassed. still you can't seem to stop digging yourself deeper into a hole with every hour you spend caring for him, not being made any better by matty being nothing but affectionate towards you behind closed doors.

you know he’s the reason your nicotine addiction has increased tenfold, always finding yourself alone at this hour enveloped in smoke, part of you still wanting to pretend you do so to numb out the sleepless nights. took you a while to finally admit you did it as an attempt to cloud out any thought of him.

tonight’s really no different.

you’re not sure how much time has passed, but it’s enough for the cold to start settling on your skin. perhaps it’s your queue to stop and go back in. you snub out your cigarette, watching the red embers fade just as a car rounds the corner. it halts to a stop only a few meters away, and you catch the faint sound of a door creaking open, followed by the murmur of voices filling the night air.

then you hear it. that unmistakable high pitched laugh that can pull you awake in a single second. him.

and, of course. you immediately know why.

you’d learned pretty early on this was a common end to the routine: matty picks up a girl at the gig, goes fucks her somewhere, and has her drop him off right after.

reminds you of the number of red and purple bruises you often cover up before his show. it wasn't rocket science figuring out the cause, yet he never really addresses it, choosing silence and averting his gaze as your fingertips dab foundation on tender skin, temporarily hiding any remains of nights prior.

you didn't even notice your eyes had closed. not until the car door slams shut, jerking them open just in time to see him blow a kiss in her direction. your heart fractures at the sweet gesture, but only hurts for a second before he's walking towards you, his stupid wide grin mending it better.

"didn't expect to see you out here.”

open button-up untucked. blazer over his shoulder. dark curls frizzy and disheveled. everything making it crystal clear he's just slept with someone else and still not you.

"only making sure you make it back alright so i can tuck you in." of course, you wish that were the case.

it's only a few seconds until he settles next to you, leaning over to kiss your cheek. soft lips gently brushing against your skin. the way he always greets you—but only when no one's watching.

"aren't you sweet, then?"

"trying my best." given the circumstances, it's pretty much all you can do.

he pulls out his beat-up cigarette box, flicking it open and offering you one. you decline, showing him the smothered tip of your own before finally tossing it aside.

"guess it must've been a pretty good time today," you lick the pad of your thumb before rubbing a lipstick mark off his jaw. it’s always ruby red or deep maroon. those same tones which he'll compliment you on. a similar shade you left on his lips the only time your mouth had been on his.

you finish cleaning the stains off his skin, matty murmuring a soft ‘thank you’ for having done so. it’s your turn to kiss his temple. “‘tis my job, you know? making sure you look good.” you should be mad, upset, have some sort of negative emotion. instead, you can’t help but have your heart intermittently flutter when he returns a sheepish smile, his arm wrapping around your shoulders to pull you close.

neither of you say much, but that’s alright. you rest your head on the crook of his neck, noticing how nice it feels. how nice he feels. you see the chipped nail polish on his fingers. the wrinkled fabric of his flowered shirt. the dark hair down his torso. the unbuckled belt at his waist. it’s only then that jealousy creeps itself back in and suddenly your shoes seem all that more interesting than the man standing by your side.

"why do you do it, matty?" the sweetness of your voice never fails to mask the envy you actually feel. or at least you hope it does.

"hmm?"

"the sleeping around.” you finally lift your head to look at him, surprised that his pretty eyes were already on you. the toothy smirk is gone, though, replaced by a thin, expressionless line at his lips. he doesn’t owe you an explanation. you know that. thus why you’re surprised when he actually starts to talk.

"dunno, really.” he lights up another cigarette and you notice as he gets lost in his mind. “i mean, it’s kinda difficult to say no to sex or a blowjob when they’re literally throwing themselves at you.” he seemingly tries to joke, but you don’t have time for funny right at this moment.

instead you wonder if it’s actually that easy.

“let me do it, then.”

“so—sorry?” he chokes mid-drag.

“let me give you a blowjob just like those other girls do. just like she did,” you point at the ghost of that green car from before, “ just tonight.”

it’s like his face cannot figure out which expression to land on, flipping between confusion, surprise, and something else that reads between need and desire.

“what the fuck?” his voice is shaky and it stings when he pushes you aside, yet, he doesn’t try hard to put much distance between you two so it’s not difficult to invade his space, standing right in front of him until your face is a breath away from his. large, calloused hands grasp your shoulders tight, halting you from inching closer.

“don’t.”

“what’s the difference between them and myself, then?” seems like a simple enough question to you. “why can they have you and not me?”

but he has no answer, at least not one that he can properly voice. his hold on you starts to lessen, perhaps giving you some permission to let you do whatever you want.

you bring your hands up to his and pull them away, kissing his knuckles before placing them on your waist. an almost incoherent ‘fuck’ leaves his lips, and, as if on cue, his head falls back willingly, giving you the space to kiss his neck. the faint smell of her still on him.

“please let me,” you whisper against his skin.

it’s not even a question at this point.

his fingers dig into your hips as you look at him once more, now noticing a mixture of lust and care in those almond coloured eyes. for a minute there, you get lost in them, admiring how his pupils dilate when your hands find the button of his pants, and how they shrink back as you finally undo the zipper. you don’t want to waste any more time—you’ve already waited too long—so you slide your palm down his pants to grab his half-hard cock, his eyes instantly rolling to the back of his head when you wrap your fingers around him.

“is this okay?”

you take the buck of his hips as a confirmation, giving you the courage to spread the precum along his length. he feels nice. having him in your hand seems just right and you only hope that he won’t regret this when he wakes up next morning in bed.

tonight is your turn to suck on the skin alongside his jaw, the thought of having to cover your own marks making you smile.

“fuck, baby.”

you’re not sure if he even noticed that sweet name leave his mouth, but you like the sound of it, and it’s all it takes for you to drop to your knees, dragging his pants and boxers down just enough to pull out his dick.

you look up at him once more, his left hand coming to tangle on your head, his other loosely holding his cigarette, almost done and fully forgotten. you kiss his tip, your gaze still not leaving his, thoroughly enjoying yourself as he bites his bottom lip each time your thumb hits that spot under the head of his cock. his scent is almost too much to bear so you take him in one go, feeling his cock twitch inside your mouth. it doesn’t take long before he’s fully hard and hitting the back of your throat.

the plastic taste of latex is still on his skin. a sad reminder that you weren’t his first tonight. that maybe you are an afterthought. just another girl who he uses to make himself come. but at least it means you get to have him even if it’s just this one time.

matty. that’s all that’s on your mind. once again. somewhat difficult to not think about him when you’re sucking him off, those heavenly sounds coming from his mouth making your own slick drip down your leg.

you pull away to catch your breath, using your hand to keep stroking him, pleasantly surprised when he pulls on your hair each time your red fingernails graze the underside of his cock. you do it again and again until he breaks and fucks your hand, apologizing for not being able to help himself. it’s a sight you’ll commit to memory as long as you’re alive.

now that you’ve had a taste, it’s only so long you can go without having your lips around him. and that’s what you do, take him again, hands urging his hips to fuck your mouth. to fuck himself senseless in the hopes that you’ll be the one he turns to when he needs somebody else. he doesn’t deny your request, throwing away the wasted cigarette to guide you, setting a pace that allows him to stay steady on his feet.

purely drunk on him, you're barely aware when his phone vibrates in his pocket, matty muttering 'sorry' before grabbing and letting it drop onto the grass at your side. nosiness always gets the best of you, so you can't help but glance down, catching sight of a text from an unsaved number asking if he could fuck her again tomorrow.

you feel his hips falter. he knows you've seen it.

“’m sorry.”

this time it's a mix between a cry and a whimper. perhaps he did feel bad. perhaps some part of him did care about you in the way that you needed him to.

you reach back to place your hand on top of his, making him push your head further into him, to thrust into you until tears pool at your lashes just as he spills hard and fast down your throat. his taste overtakes every cell of your being as you swallow, feeling him soften against your tongue before you reluctantly pull away.

you didn’t even realize your knees were so sore until you stand up, not wasting a second to ask him is he's going to see her again the following night.

"do you want me to?" his thumb wipes away some of his cum off the corner of your lip. you reach out to suck it, slowly shaking your head in response.

he laughs nervously as his mouth clashes against yours, stealing both the air from your lungs. this wasn't the first time you’d kissed, but this wasn’t like before. the way he quietly moans against your lips. the softness of his fingers resting on your face. the crinkle at the corner of his eyes when he pulls back.

"can i see you tomorrow, then?"

you could’ve sworn you heart stopped. can you truly believe those words after watching him leave you behind all those nights? the soft circles his thumbs draw on your skin do feel sincere, the reassurance you need to perhaps let him in, give him a chance even though you know it’s a slippery one.

it’s your turn to brush your thumb against his mouth, slowly pulling at the bottom lip and watching it bounce back up into place. you kiss him one last time before confirming 'okay', immediately turning to finally head back in. not wanting to linger for too long in case he changes his mind.

you catch his reflection on the mirror, noticing as he tucks himself in, and it’s that slight smile on his face which keeps you awake for hours on end.

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for this lovely anon here. thank you for the inspo :) <3

[paperdice]

hii !! heard that requests are open :] can i request sakura from winbre with a gn!reader who likes to cook? like they like to cook his favorite meals for him ! that's all, thank u so much <33

𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐱 𝐠𝐧!𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤 (𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭)

"you didn't have to be so nice, I would've liked you anyway.."

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ It was a small known fact that you knew how to cook, everyone knew but never made it a big deal unless you made something. So when Sakura came to town and tried your cooking he was shocked, but continued to eat it at a very concerning speed.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ Of course that was before your guy's relationship, now it's basically the same but he now knows you can cook and loves every food you make. while eating it at a very concerning speed.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ Everyone knows the saying "a way to a mans heart is through his stomach", well you never really thought of it much till after you two got together. Then and now he still gives you the same flushed face when you place down his favorite dish in front of him.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ He loves it, he loves how you make his favorite meals but everyone knows he's not just gonna say it aloud. Instead he mutters a "thank you.." while trying to avoid eye contact, just looking at you made his heart flare no way would he be able to say thank you with locked eyes.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ Try and tease him about it and he'll cover it up with one of his poor defensive comebacks of whatevers, but you know he loves you way too much for him to handle. So you let him take his time, your impressed at the fact you even made him your boyfriend in the first place.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ Sometimes you make snacks or lunches for him to eat without letting him know before hand, why does it matter? I don't know, Sakura was the one freaking out about it. His face bloomed the colors red and pink all over while he attempted to hush it down with a straight face.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ He does get used to the "surprises" overtime, his face not as rose red and the slight embarrassment cooled down too. But that didn't mean he didn't appreciate it or anything no, never had he ever once given you any of his left overs or had you even seen him with any.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ From what you hear from the others (mostly Suo and Nirei) he always finishes the food you give him, Suo teases how he always has a pleased expression on his face. He even compared Sakura to a child eating their mothers cooking, while Nirei just likes to make funny remarks of Sakura inhaling your food or how he tries to save it for a better time to enjoy it.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ Sakura will try basically anything you make, of course if it looks a little interesting he'll ask what's in it and eat it anyways. Never have you heard him complain about any of your cooking but it's not like you will anytime soon based off the empty plates, empty containers and plastic wrappings given back to you.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ If only.. except for the fact that he leaves the damn vegetables behind. Yeah I mean he does eat the meal but no matter how many times you tell him or try to put it in his meals he never eats his vegetables. You can't even count how many times you've tried to talk to him or even force him to eat the damn greens.

˚₊· ͟͟͞➳❥ At some point it resulted to you trying to blend the veggies in, so he doesn't even realize hes eating it you literally had to result to a parent method to make him eat it. Yet somehow this picky two toned boyfriend of yours manages to catch it everytime. Or at least, all except one, shh....

Here it goes again, like always he hands you back a washed empty container.

"Did you like that one too? Jeez your some simplistic guy huh?" You teased, "What happened to the veggies? I know you didn't eat them." Rasing a brow for an answer, an answer you knew but wanted to hear it from himself.

"..Gave it to Nirei and Tsugeura since it was just sitting there." He huffed and looks elsewhere to avoid your stare..

"You mean since you didn't wanna eat it?" Sighing at his stubbornness, you knew you weren't going to make another veggie talk, he's grown enough to already know by now after all the past talks hes had to go through. You're both tired after this long day anyways.

"At least I didn't throw it away! Then it would've been wasted into the trash, I knew it was better giving it to them." He splattered out his protest not knowing that he already wasn't going to have another talk.

You hummed with the little energy you had left, pulling him into a soft embrace. Nuzzling ever so gently on Sakuras chest as if he was going to flinch from you touching the bruises he had endured after his fights. But no, he doesn't, and yet you still can't help yourself and worry that one of these days he will flinch. So it's better being careful.

His body relaxes, he loves when you hug him so carefully it feels as if you didn't wanna scare him off. He sighs and hugs back with the side of his cheek faintly rubbing on the upper side of your head. Then lowering his head down to bury itself into your neck, you can feel how hot his face is.

"..thank you, it was really good." He shyly whispered into your lower neck, "sorry about the vegetables though.."

".. let it go already, its fine."

"Mmph.."

..>:(

a windbreaker request about the pretty boy!! thank you for the request I hoped this was worth the wait, come again to roll another request anon <333

[audaciousacolyte]

Could I request Sonic x Reader where they were childhood friends and now are dating several years down the line? 👉👈

Best friend boyfriend

Sonic the hedgehog x Childhood friend!reader

《|| AN: Heya!! Terribly sorry for the long wait, I've been cooking up quite a few little treats that I think that all of you will enjoy!! That being said the following headcanons are based on my own, personal thoughts on sonic as a whole. I hope you enjoy!!! ||》

FLUFF (Pre-crush)

◇| As many of us know, Sonic the hedgehog is the coolest guy around.

◇| Whether he’s rolling around at the speed of sound (Haha), or fighting off Dr.Eggman, he’ll be having a blast and a half doing it.

◇| I’d think that sonic met you while on one of his many adventures, probably around the same time he first met Knuckles or Amy. Maybe he saved you from a badnik attack? Or maybe you popped up to try and stop the mad doctor yourself?

◇| However the two of you met, He’s ecstatic to have another buddy to horse around with! (He wouldn’t admit it though, (mostly because he can’t) but also because he has an emotionally unavailable bad boy image to maintain!)

◇| Be prepared for him to drag you along on all of his adventures, because once the two of you are friends, he’s going to mess around and have fun with you whether you like it or not!!

(Post Crush)

◇♡| Sonic is, and will likely continue to be, incredibly emotionally evasive. This boy can, will and has run from his feelings like they were coming to drag him to the very bottom of the ocean.

♡◇| Seriously, he runs from his demons like nobody’s business. And you and I are VERY well aware of how fast sonic can run.

◇♡| When he DOES eventually begin to consider the thought that MAYBE he likes you more than a friend should, Sonic gets…well, not nervous exactly, but definitely a bit WEARY around you. Probably tries to play it “cool” (or cool-er, I guess) around you, but usually ends up making a complete fool of himself

♡◇| (It’s fine though, you usually just laugh it off or play it down to spare his pride. He REALLY appreciates it.)

◇♡| He likely only begins to acknowledge his feelings after he meets Elise during the (very confusing) events of Sonic ‘06. (And also because Tails keeps teasing him about his (BIG, FAT, VERY OBVIOUS) little crush)

◇♡| Genuinely has no clue what he’s supposed to do with this information. He’ll probably just…sit on the fact that he likes you like that for a while. (And then go to Amy or Rouge for help, because what else is he supposed to do?)

♡| You are going to have to make the first move. Full stop.

♡| Sonic may be impulsive and quick on the uptake, but he’s got NEGATIVE ZERO relationship experience. He is out of his depth already with this crush, he’s not about to confess to someone he’s known for practically half his life at this point.

(Post dating)

♡| MASSIVE FLIRT, he will tease and fluster you FOR AGES. he WILL NOT get tired of it, EVER.

♡| (However, If you flirt back, he’ll turn into a flushed red mess�� he can dish it out, but he sure can’t take it!)

♡| REALLY likes holding your hand, he finds it soothing to know that you’re never too far away from him while out and about. Sonic probably also plays with your fingers a lot as well.

♡| ADVENTURE DATES,ADVENTURE DATES,ADVENTURE DATES

♡| I feel like Sonic would probably do stupid shit in front of you to show off.

♡| He has done ENTIRE CHOREOGRAPHED ACROBATIC ROUTINES while fighting eggman’s mechs when you were around as a way to showboat. (Nobody knows where he learned to do this, but it worked way too well for anybody to complain.(Eggman was so confused that he just…stopped functioning for a hot minute. He genuinely did not know what to do))

♡| Will do stupid little victory dances on Badniks for no reason other than to see you smile.

♡| Loves, loves, LOVES when you are goofy with him. It’s just so endearing to him!

♡| Please, for the love of all that is holy, play with his quills when y’all are cuddling!! He may say he hates it because it messes up his ‘do, but he actually loves it! (he does get a bit freaked out when you don’t do it though. He thinks that he did something to upset you if you don’t mess with his quills and will frantically try to “win” your love back or something)

[syaolaurant]

Hogwarts Legacy inspired me to draw and have fun joining fandom again 

Warning: Long!!! and this is just my random talk.

I've been using this account for 3 years now (may be 4, I don't remember correctly). I created this blog mostly for posting my The Arcana fanart, and get to know very talented artists/writers and their Apprentices. That time was super fun, joining a fandom helped my drawing/water-coloring skill improve a lots. And another reason why I was so active at that time is because I was in a long-distance relationship, I didn't have much to do after work except playing games and draw, haha, like everyday. 

And then after 8 years of dating we broke up, because I could not leave everything behind and come to Australia to live with him without marriage. I quitted my job at a travel agency after the covid 19 second outbreak in Vietnam. Anyway, that is when I lost my willing to draw. I still logged on Tumblr thou, occasionally, but I just didn't have the feeling to hold my brushes again. At the same time Nyx Hydra was acquired by Dorian, The Arcana is not the same anymore. I still love the original story but I refuse to play the new stories on Dorian app. The fandom friends I know on Tumblr also deactivated. So I stopped drawing & left the fandom for almost 2 years.

Still I was lucky, early 2021 I found a new job in gaming industry, and met my husband there. It didn't take us several years to decided to get marriage. Last year was super busy, and I still play games, like alots. Genshin Impact, Baldur Gate 3, Red Dead 2, Tiny Tina's Wonderland...They're wonderful, but none of those ignited my willing to draw again. I couldn't explain , I tried to make fanart but always left the piece unfinished...

Until last month my husband bought me Hogwarts Legacy.

I've known about the game since its release, but didn't purchase it until this year due to my personal schedule and I wanted to finish other game first. Playing HL is different, like I see my 15 year old self stepping into the world I wish I could be there but couldn't. I was so excited! So many time I ran around the castle (casting revelio repeatedly and) shouting to my husband about how beautiful the environment is. And I met Sebastian, I thought he's cool but still didn't pay much attention on him until he took me to Felcroft. And all the shadow questline, all the lost and tragedies, the unfinished ending (why Avalanche?). So it has been decided, I wanted to be a part in this fandom, there are so many things could have been added in the game but the dev decided to throw them away, I needed to pick up my pencil and brushes.

And I'm glad I did. It's been 2 years since I joined a fandom and I almost forgot how fun it is. I've met so many nice artists who warmly welcomed me, and whose fanarts are too good that push me to improve my own drawing. I've read many beautiful fanfics that made me sobbing and giggling. It's like I've found the feelings I lost, and I want to thank you all for that.

Damn this post is too long already....

What I tried to say is, I don't know how long I will be here until my personal life pull me away again. But right now I'm on fire and I'm happy HL took me back here. After all I appreciate seeing you guy's contents everyday, and your nice comments whenever I posted something on Tumblr. I hope you don't mind if I post everything on this blog not only HL but also abit of my personal life, I just don't see the need to create another side ones. To end this post, here's the view from my company windows :"D

[hauntedhokage]

Day 1: Pegging

Bakugou Katsuki/F!Reader

word count: 1.1k

warnings: pegging, mentions of edging, use of “cock” referring to the dildo

[Kinktober masterlist] | {ao3} | [tumblr masterlist] | {ko-fi}

He needed to relax.

Fucking you stupid to vent the tension out was unfortunately not the solution this time, as he’d tried that last night and still couldn’t fucking sleep. You had slept like a goddamn baby, but watching you sleep was only truly relaxing if he was well rested and, since he wasn’t, he was just truly fucking irritated for the rest of the night. Was it too much to ask that he feel truly relaxed and sleep for longer than 45 minutes before he has to go watch TV on low volume in a desperate attempt to at least doze with a chess tournament trying to put him to sleep? Apparently so.

Which called for the roles to be reversed: he needed to get fucked stupid and you knew exactly what he meant when he said it during dinner with pink cheeks and a tired scowl. The poor guy needed it badly, thankfully you knew just what to do.

And you greatly appreciate the view of the number one hero laying face down in the middle of the bed and trying his best to relax into the mattress that you walk in on when you leave the bathroom just a couple hours after you’ve eaten. He was making your job easy for you, but you could still make him work for it a little bit. 

“That bruise is new.” You can’t help but point out, gently grazing the angry red mark on his side just above his hip. Vaguely shaped like the heel of a boot, which tells you exactly which superfriend had gotten him so good. “Tell Midoriya to ease up in training or I’ll give him a few fresh ones.”

“We can deal with that later. Please just fuck me already.” 

“You’re so bossy.” Even still, you’re uncapping the lube and watching with a small smile as he starts to squirm beneath you. “But you wanna do it doggy? Don’t wanna look at me?”

“Prep is easier for you like this. Flip me over after so I don’t fuck up the sheets.”

“You say that as if you haven’t already been prepping,” you comment, gently tugging on the plug nicely hidden between his cheeks and grinning at the pleasured hiss that leaves him. “You really kill the fun sometimes.”

“You like fingering my asshole?”

“I like teasing you when I do. Getting you all worked up is half of why this works so well to get you right.”

“Didn’t want you to have to hold back, just wanted - fuuuck-“ the groan that leaves him as you ease the plug out makes you feel giddy. All of this was in your hands, only you had his trust to see him like this while wearing a comically bright pink strap on. “You do that shit on purpose.”

“Yeah.” And you’re putting some of the lube on his mostly prepped hole, relishing in the quiet hiss that leaves him at the cool sensation before two of your fingers are working to spread the lube around and inside. “I dunno, baby, it’s nice when you’re quiet.”

“Rude.”

“As if that was news to you.”

“Maybe I’ll put out a request for someone nice to fuck me stupid.”

“I’m very nice to you.” You curl your fingers as you say that, pulling a stuttered curse from your blonde lover as your free hand starts to spread lube over the dildo strapped to your hips. “See? Treatin’ you real sweet.”

If he had a coherent train of thought, you’re sure he’d be telling you to fuck off right about now. But instead he’s just watching you over his shoulder, complying when you remove your fingers and use them to gesture for him to turn over. He’s careful to avoid kicking you as he does, and you watch as he adjusts the placement of his hips on the pillow. 

Your hand not holding the dildo carefully holds his thigh, trying to massage the muscles to help him relax more as you push forward with the dildo. This was a well practiced dance, he knew exactly how to keep himself to make it easy and you appreciated that he’d learned to let go of his need to control the situation when it came to getting pegged. 

“How’s it feeling?” you question softly as you’re finally fully sheathed, your hips pressed to the firm muscles of his ass as you watch him soak in the feeling of being so stuffed full. 

“Fucking great, but just please fuck me.”

He was already desperate, meaning that he definitely did more than just prep himself with the plug. He’d definitely edged himself; for how long you wouldn’t know until he told you, since he got desperate after just a few minutes of delay. But ultimately you were going to give him what he needed, since he asked so nicely.

“You look so pretty taking my cock like this,” you praise, getting only a groan in response when you finally start to move. You know he wants fast and rough, and you’d give him that for sure, but you need to be careful with the number one hero and he knows that just as well as you did. You’re glad that he’s got his legs up, your hands on his thighs keeping them where you wanted them and not allowing him to try to hook a leg around you to guide your movements. He was mostly in charge, but not really. 

“I can take it, babe, you know I can. Fuck me already.”

“How badly do you want it?” you ask, leaning forward a bit and smiling when he flips you off. “That’s not being very nice, Kats.”

“Baby~” Oh, that was the most pathetic sound you’d ever heard from the blonde. A performance like that needed to be rewarded, and that has you picking up your pace in hopes of hearing more desperate whines from him. “Fuck, that’s it.” 

“Just like this?”

“Need your hand.” You’d normally deny a request like that so soon, but this puts you in true control over his orgasm and you’re taking a gentle hold of his cock. The groan that leaves him is music to your ears and you choose to stroke him slowly as you continue to fuck into him roughly. You can’t hear yourself think over how loud he is, and you know he’s not thinking at all as his hands grip the sheets beneath him. The mission had been achieved - you’d managed to fuck him stupid. 

“Fuck, I’m going to cum,” he warns, and you nod your understanding and encouragement while continuing to work his body and trying your best to keep the pace of your strokes steady even as your thrusts get harder. “Goddamn, I – shit – please don’t stop.”

“Not until you’re spent,” you assure, watching with a smile as he finally lets himself go. He really was pretty as his hips jerk against yours, face red as his cum releases onto his stomach and chest until finally he relaxes back into the mattress - breathless, spent, and completely content. “Atta boy.”

He only hums, letting you pull out and watching through half lidded eyes as you slide off the bed and move towards the bathroom. When you return, it’s not directly to the bed and he’s not pleased if the grunt that leaves him is any indicator. But his hand catches yours as you try to walk away again, what follows is only more surprising.

“Get up here.” The request has you looking at him with interest, giving his hand a squeeze when he tries to pull. “On my face.”

“How are you not exhausted?”

“My body’s useless, but I can still eat you out. Now get up here, brat.”

[anonzentimes]

hi zen!! o/

i am coming into ur inbox purely to tell you thank you for making an effort to become more active about your interests despite being scared bc it kinda helped push me to do the same thing? and i’ve been doing it for the past few months and OHH my god it’s so scary but also i’m having crazy levels of fun and i probably would not be nearly as far along with it as i am bc i’ve seen you do the same thing. it’s really cool to me !! um so i’m Being Brave and sending you a little appreciation ask off anon bc it is 2 in the morning so i do not have the energy to be scared !!! and also i think it’s really really good to celebrate being authentic in our interests and such :3 so thank you <33

to include something on-theme with the blog um um i !!! am also a big nagito komaeda fan !! he’s my favorite little guy !! hajime too but in an “ough he’s just like me fr” way. i enjoy komaeda so much that i’m going to be playing him in my next dnd campaign and nobody knows it’s him except for my DM who is complicit in keeping it a secret from my party members >:] i want them to realize at some point mid-campaign i think it’d be really funny. also that same DM has made an npc who is secretly just izuru kamukura and i’m gonna get to have a romance arc!!! and i’m very excited about it :] MORAL OF THE STORY share your interests with your friends bc they’ll happily enable you lmao <3

ok that is all. have a nice day or night or afternoon \(//∇//)\

HELLO???? YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HEARTWARMING THIS IS AHHHHAHA <33 I'm so touched by the fact I can make a positive impact I'm really happy to hear it. I think unlearning shame or just becoming less anxious with even small things like interests is one of the best things you can experience in life, or at least it has been for me. It's really relieving and being able to just simply enjoy things is an entire major reason to live for me. It's sort of funny I never really expected or intended on having audiences, other than Youtube because well yeah, but I get attention for being authentic and unapologetically myself which apparently I've been told is contagious LOL. It's just kind of how I am and to know people can be positively impacted by that is really nice. I've always been like this but now I have the words to express myself and the mentality to not feel much shame or anxiety over it, again, it's incredibly relieving. Anyways, mostly just being sentimental and saying thank you for sending a little appreciation thing haha! I have trouble understanding I can have an impact sometimes, it's definitely a snap back to reality when something undeniable confirming my presence happens Lol.

HELP IT'S REALLY FUNNY TO ME THAT I SOMEHOW ENDED UP JUST MAKING THIS THE NAGITO BLOG.... IT WASN'T EVEN PLANNED I JUST CAN'T CONTAIN MY THOUGHTS... but I mean, guess that just goes to show how much he IS my thoughts lol. Anyways, totally agree Hajime's definitely a "oh he's so me fr fr" type of character and GOD. GOD I WOULD DO THAT IF I PLAYED DND TOO HONESTLY.... LMAOO THE IDEA OF GETTING STARTLED BY NAGITO IS SO FUNNY... a Romance Arc sounds really cute too!! I hope you have fun with it, sounds like a great experience! Sharing interests with friends is wonderful, and overall I think if loved ones don't enable your interests that's like a red flag to me a bit.

[hidingoutbackstage]

Okay I’m STILL procrastinating watching s15 bc I’m SCARED so here’s my extremely biased ratings/opinions on the episodes of s14 to help me procrastinate (episodes which are multiple parts of a single story will be condensed into one slot)

Room Zero: SO cute and good, I LOVED the animation style, it was simple and short but really well done with great colors, fun alien designs, and fluid animation, and I just like seeing the guys go on missions like that. It's a shame that the animated show never got picked up bc I would've adored seeing more of it. 10/10

From Stumbled Beginnings: Very cute and funny origin story for Simmons and Grif, and I love that they were p much always together since they enlisted lmao makes their dynamic rlly good and the humor actually got a couple laughs out of me. 8/10

Fifty Shades of Red: Sarge's humor never quite landed with me like is has for some people (my boyfriend lmao I literally have to pause episodes sometimes so he can stop laughing. Anyway) but it was a very humorous and in character origin for him as well. 5/10

Why They’re Here: Less interesting than the previous two, obviously just meant to fill in plot "holes" and to also show us the origins of the other characters. Also I am completely ignoring that one line from Tucker in the interview, just gonna chalk it up to the "edgy" humor it does not exist to me. 4/10

The Brick Gulch Chronicles: WONDERFUL stop motion, very fun and cute and entertaining, very wholesome and still in the vibe with what the show itself is. I appreciate the willingness to do stop motion for most of it. 10/10

Red Army Unit FH57’s Adventure: It was kinda interesting and kinda funny but I found myself kinda tuning it out cuz it just felt kinda whatever. The combo of the different animation styles was cool though and I thought the ship misunderstanding them was funny. 5/10

Locus and Felix: Okay I'm gonna be a black sheep for a second and say that I rlly don't care that much about Locus and Felix. I don't think Felix is a secretly deep sadboi whom I'm gonna spend an unnecessary amount of time thinking about, I don't think Locus as secretly good all along, and I don't care that much about their partnership and what they were like before Chorus. That being said, the animation here is absolutely gorgeous, this is probably my favorite animated story in the whole season, it looks awesome. The plot is nothing special but who cares like I said it's beautiful, 6/10

Fight the Good Fight!: VERY funny and well-executed propaganda video, short and sweet and nothing more to it. It does its job. 5/10

Meta vs. Carolina: Dawn of Awesome: Another one I really don't care for because literally everything leading UP to the fight between Meta and Carolina is a waste of time. Maybe some people really care about their weapons and stats, but I don't. And even then, you kinda know Carolina is gonna win the fight, the question is just how. 4/10

Grey vs. Gray: I don't know or care about the Game Grumps and the entire thing felt like a short gag that went on for way too long with a predictable ending. 2/10

Caboose's Guide to Making Friends: Again, ADORABLE art style and very cute having a story be told from Caboose's perspective. 7/10

Head Cannon: Kinda funny I guess. I wish we'd gotten it spread out more equally among the heads Omega jumped into. Ik he didn't spend equal time in there but who cares. Whatever, still funny. 5/10

Get Bent: I LAUGHED PROBABLY THE HARDEST AT THIS ONE AND THAT'S MOSTLY BC OF LESBIAN DONUT IT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD AND IT WAS HILARIOUS (also hello, bisexual church?) 9/10

Red vs. Blue: The Musical: it was fine. it was creative. The dancing was well animated. Enjoyable. 5/10

Mr. Red vs. Mr. Blue: I haven't seen Reservoir Dogs but Kaikaina was in this which automatically boosts it to a 8/10 (I also like that they have movie nights it's cute)

RvB Throwdown: Fine but mostly forgettable. 3/10

The Triplets Story: REALLY interesting concept (y'all know I love the freelancers) that felt like it dragged on too long and only gave Ohio something to do. 4/10

Immersion: The Warthog Flip: I loved the costumes and the actual Warthog and it got a couple laughs out of me. 5/10

Red vs. Blue vs. Rooster Teeth: This was made for the fans/themselves. As someone who is neither, none of it was funny and I just kinda waited for it to be over. At least the animation of the armor irl looked rlly good

[pbear]

Ranking the Magic Knight Captains

I had fun doing my rankings for the Black Bulls and Black Clover OPs and wanted to another one. I haven’t talked much about the captains so I figured this would be a good way to do that. Obviously, these are all personal opinions. Also, there are spoilers for the manga.

11. Gueldre Poizot

Someone’s got to be at the bottom and it’s obviously this guy.

Betrays the kingdom and all the Captains already didn’t like him and make fun of him so yeah. He deserves it.

Him running around with Revchi during the Elven Invasion was kind of funny though.

10. Kaiser Granvorka

Not bad but the least interesting of the captains.

He doesn’t get a lot to do but I respect him and his mustache.

Purple Orcas have nothing going for them tbh.

9. Nozel Silva

His abilities are very impressive. Mercury Magic is a cool idea.

He was the least mean of his siblings to Noelle but that’s not saying much. I get you can’t talk about the devil that killed your mother but, like, don’t let your sister believe she was the one who killed her.

It is a little sad because it seemed like he was the closest to their mom and he’s the oldest so he probably remembers her the most.

He does grow and I respect that.

8. Fuegoleon Vermillion

I like his relationship with his siblings, but he’s also the least interesting of the three to me.

I think if he hadn’t gotten Salamander, then he would have been even less interesting.

His rationality is appreciated in contrast to a lot of other characters.

I also like when he motivates Asta and Noelle when the Eye of the Midnight Sun invades the capital.

7. William Vangeance

Okay, I was pretty mad at him for a long time after the Elven Invasion. I suspected him from the beginning and was right.

He doesn’t really take action like when he just lets Patry and Julius fight it out instead of choosing one of them and I was very pissed.

Afterwards, he does try to amend his actions and when he healed his squad after the Spade Kingdom attack on the Golden Dawn base, I forgave him.

After all that, it puts him a little above neutral though.

His magic’s pretty cool too. I like the big scale of it.

6. Jack the Ripper

Why do people rag on the Black Bulls so much when the Green Praying Mantises exist? Jack is just as irresponsible as Yami and definitely weirder.

Have you seen the way this man dresses? In general, have you seen this man?

Also, his squad is one of the least developed. We have Sekke and En and that’s it. Sekke is mostly a joke and En is only relevant for a teeny bit (I respect him though).

Back to Jack, I find him very entertaining and his magic is very interesting. He’s absolutely crazy but I get a kick out of it.

Sad when he died. He did not deserve that but went out in style

5. Charlotte Roselei

At first she doesn’t do much but then she’s mainly reduced to her crush on Yami. I think it’s funny and ship them but I feel like she doesn’t get a lot else.

I do like that part of her character is that she needs to learn to ask for help sometimes and rely on others.

Her curse and magic are very cool though. Her pulling out the red and blue roses during the Spade Kingdom Invasion is glorious.

She’s one of the only captains who interacts a lot with her squad too.

4. Mereoleona Vermillion

What a badass.

She has powerful magic but a lot of her fighting style is physical. You have to be bold to fight against magic users and choose to just punch things that come your way.

She was supposed to be the Captain of the Crimson Lion Kings and instead dipped to go live in the wilderness.

3. Dorothy Unsworth

For how little screen time she gets, I love her so much.

All the other Captains are so serious and she’s so bubbly.

Her magic is super cool and fits her very well. Pretty overpowered too.

I like that when she manifests people in her dream world, it's a version based on how she views them (Yami and Nozel).

I actually thought we weren’t going to see her in action because she was always asleep. I guess that was the result of having an elf inside you because after that she’s awake most of the time.

2. Yami Sukehiro

He’s the Captain that gets the best connection to his squad so I like that.

Members of the Black Bulls keep coming out of the woodlocks because this man keeps inviting random people to join.

Despite seeming irresponsible, he genuinely cares about his squad and pushes them to do their best. He also pushes himself to do his best.

The fact that he was a foreigner so his squad is made up of people who are outcasts like him and together they’re all not alone anymore :’)

1. Rill Boismortier

I love him very much.

I don’t know why his hair glows but I’m here for it.

His magic is very unique and it’s so fun to watch.

Youngest magic captain (before Yuno). I honestly don't know how.

I didn’t think we’d get backstory for him but we did and his relationship with Walter is amazing.

He’s doing his best and I love him for that.

Also, HIS LAUGH.

[perseephoneee]

𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 @mayfieldss (aka love of my life)

↳ masterlist  ↳ ship exchange ↳ taglist ↳ 1k celebration

-͟͟͞☆ I ship you with Carol Danvers! Carol is tough, and headstrong, but kind. She's ridiculously loyal and is good at owning up to her mistakes (so hard to find sometimes). She'd flirt hardcore with you (both of you are feisty), but she wouldn't let you down. She would become someone you can trust and feel comfortable letting your walls down around. Also, hello? Do we remember the singing planet? She's secretly a theater kid too.

-͟͟͞☆ Headcanons:

Carol takes you to visit her political husband. You guys kind of hit it off (throuple???). Also, everyone loves hearing you play instruments.

You love to give gifts to Carol, but also Goose usually ends up eating the gift :(

Nick Fury is somewhat offput by your sarcasm, but comes around to really appreciating you. Together, you are Carol's worst nightmare.

-͟͟͞☆ Tropes:

Springtime flowers (you) x Snow in winter (Carol)

Would get arrested together

-͟͟͞☆ Playlist:

california friends the regrettes

kiss me sixpence none the richer

all the small things blink-182

-͟͟͞☆ Character you're most like: Yelena Belova

-͟͟͞☆ I ship you with Isaac Lahey! Isaac is a man who is very obviously turned on by strong women (lol), and you being sassy with him would be his undoing. He gets having trust issues, and you guys could help each other through it. He's cool under pressure, and is 100% victim of the sassy man apocalypse (so sorry in advance queen).

-͟͟͞☆ Headcanons:

Isaac asks you to read over his essays (he's not a good writer, but you are), and it is always almost returned covered in red ink. Thankfully, you find it adorable.

He kept trying to ask you out. It mostly came out as all jumbled until he finally got it out. You were so shocked that you didn't respond for a good ten minutes and he thought you hated him. You just shut him up by kissing him.

-͟͟͞☆ Tropes:

himbo (him) x girlboss (you)

orange cat (him) x black cat (you)

-͟͟͞☆ Playlist:

all i want kodaline

crash the primitives

superman taylor swift

-͟͟͞☆ Character you're most like: Stiles Stilinski

Okay, this one was hella hard. I decided to give two options because I'm indecisive.

-͟͟͞☆ First person I thought of was Meg. Meg is…kind of cold (obvious), but she has an appreciation for people who are authentic. She'd love how true to yourself you were, and would find your feisty but kind nature to be sexy as hell.

-͟͟͞☆ The other person I think you could work with is Dean. Dean needs someone to put him in his place, but also act as an anchor through his life(you would be perfect for that!) You would totally bicker, all the time, but at the end of the day, you would just snuggle up and be alright. He would be so head over heels for you it's insane.

-͟͟͞☆ Headcanons (Meg):

Team Free Will wouldn't even know that Meg had a girlfriend. You'd just show up one day and their jaws would drop lol.

Meg would always be the one to push you towards opportunities you wouldn't otherwise take. She's your #1 fan.

sharing clothes. sharing clothes. sharing clothes.

-͟͟͞☆ Headcanons (Dean):

Sam was the one who set you guys up. He was tired of the constant (obvious) flirting and decided to take matters into his own hands.

Frequent movie nights in the Dean Cave.

-͟͟͞☆ Tropes (Meg):

Demon (Meg) x Angel (You)

Love at first sight

-͟͟͞☆ Tropes (Dean):

will they won't they

"i'm with you till the end of the line"

-͟͟͞☆ Playlist (Meg):

lovesong beabadoobee

boyfriend dove cameron

i want to be with you chloe moriondo

-͟͟͞☆ Playlist (Dean):

so american olivia rodrigo

just like heaven the cure

how soon is now love spit love

-͟͟͞☆ Character you're most like: Jo

[landscaping-your-mind]

I thought about this episode a ton when I first listened to it, tried to do a whole little analysis thing but I'm not too good at focusing a lot of the time, especially on things that get me really excited for some reason, like I can do all this great analysis when I'm calm and really passionate about something, but when I'm excited, when I've just listened to this really cool episode of my favourite podcast I can get a little too excited. I can know things, and point them out, but it's hard to articulate my thoughts.

However, this episode really does have a lot, and I spent about an hour talking to my sister about it - and the rest of TMA I had listened to at the time - but mostly this episode.

So, introduction aside, I'm now going to be talking about this episode, how lovely!

@a-mag-a-day

Also, gosh, I'm just a little guy, I'm really trying not to say anything wrong but I'm going to get stuff wrong, and I would appreciate it if we take my potential mistakes in good faith, and try to help me if I get things wrong. I don't want to be attacked on the internet, thanks, it'll do awful things for my anxiety!

Dehuminisation of the Enemy

From the tiny slit in the metal, he can see other soldiers: baby-faced friends and the monstrous, pig-faced enemy, both falling underneath his iron coffin’s advance.

The first moment of the dehuminisation of the enemy in this statement. That's a common tactic in propaganda, to justify wars among other things.

Sometimes, in the distance, Hasanna sees them. The enemy, their skin rough, dark, and scaly; their faces twisted around cruel tusks, viciously sharpened teeth, and a pair of beady red eyes. Their lips are smeared crimson with the blood of children, and their greatest delight is to pluck the eyes of the innocent with their bayonets. To call them monsters is the simple truth. They feel no pain, no remorse, and seek nothing but carnage. Sometimes, in the distance, Hasanna can even see an enemy triage tent, almost identical in appearance to her own. She can only imagine the atrocities that must take place inside. Far in the distance, she sees Alexei look out over the battlefield, and her stomach turns at the detestable wrongness of his face. Alexei in turn looks out from deep in the trench. He catches sight of the enemy, their shrivelled rat-like heads causing the bile to rise in his throat.

I like how this makes it clear that dehuminising the enemy was meant as a commentary, rather than just leaving it unchallenged in the text. I don't doubt the intelligence of the audience, but leaving it with just the perspective of those on one side, using discriminatory and dehuminising language and phrases and things could lead to unfortunate implications best avoided.

I do quite like how it goes from Hasanna viewing Alexei as monstrous when she in turn is viewed by him as monstrous, as well as also acknowledging that both sides would shoot her down just as fast, but calls the guns on her side "the just guns of heroes" and the guns on their side "the hungry guns of the vile enemy."

War, hunh, what is it good for? (absolutely nothing!)

A trench that marks the front line of a war that has no name. It has always been raging, deep in the hearts of the powerful and those that thirst to see bodies piled high in their name.

This war - like many others - is pointless, I like how it's pointed out that it's the war of the rich and powerful, and that it seems to have no purpose, it is just continuing in perpetuity.

Ishaan remembers the recruiters. He was promised valour, and camaraderie, and the chance to be part of something meaningful. He knew that part had been a lie, but then, so was the choice. His alternative was stagnant poverty, and that was really no choice at all.

I have heard that at least the U.S. military gives scholarships to members or former members of the army, and here Ishaan says that the recruiters used his financial situation to get him to join, or he had to because of his financial situation. That's very fucked up, actually, especially considering what I know about student loans in the U.S.

He smiles, pale skin splitting beneath his bristling white moustache, and he begins to shake Alexei by the hand.

I really do like that it's specified that the man is pale.

“Good lad,” he says. “Good lad. Heroes one and all. A noble sacrifice.”

I heard about this guy a little while, Pat Tillman. He was hailed as a war hero, who was killed rescuing his fellow soldiers, when he actually died due to friendly fire, under supposedly suspicious circumstances. And yet his image was used for propaganda. This reminded me of that.

But the man with the flower reaches his hand into the soldier’s chest, and with a single, jolly motion, plucks out Alexei’s heart and places it in his wallet.

I remember this stuck out to me on my first listen, because obviously it did. Taking out Alexei's heart and putting it in his wallet, is quite clearly an analogy for war profiteering. Sacrificing the lives of people - soldiers, civilians - for profit. Their literal hearts in a wallet, you can't get a more obvious analogy than this /lh.

Good Lord, Leo, Can't You Get Away From Your Favourite Analysis For Half A Second?

Now, his body has contorted itself to fit, his fingers clutched around the firing lever; pulling it frantically is the only thing that will reduce the impossible heat even for a moment.

As the heading implies, yes this is about my "becoming an avatar is an analogy for trauma and the cycle of violence," because I will not and cannot shut up about it. I think that the having to harm others to relieve their pain is reminiscent of how anger can be used as a maladaptive coping mechanism - hurting others to feel better.

It may be common or it may be rare but a misconception, but there's that whole "bullies are actually having a bad home life," which personally... I don't have anything to contradict that, and I've met a couple people who sucked who didn't suck anymore, and came back and told me that their life was rough and they took it out on others. Not an excuse, but a reason.

(jon voice) Give Me A God Damn Rambling Section Or I Am Going To Die

ARCHIVIST (Humourless laugh) Oh, they’re real. They were normal people before the- Before me. But now they’re here, meat for the grinder. I just mean there’s no point— talking to them.

Stop it, leave me alone, I hate how his voice sounds, meaning I love it, I signed up for the horror tragedy, I did not get lured in here by the promise of gay people - I mean I knew Jon was ace - I came here for the body horror, I really liked the body horror. It's just he sounds so... not okay, and thus I am not okay.

ARCHIVIST (Shakily) I-I’m sorry, I— There’s just so much. There’s so much, Martin, and I know all of it, I can see all of it, and I- it’s filling me up; I need to let it out! MARTIN I’m sorry, but tough. Okay, th- that’s not what I’m here for. I can’t be that for you; I, I- I just. Can’t. ARCHIVIST (Quiet) I- I know.

Genuinely, someone tell me why they think jmart is an unhealthy relationship? You know what I was thinking in season 5? I was thinking that they communicate better than a lot of other fictional relationships. Like, mate, they're in the middle of an apocalypse, things aren't going to be sunshine and rainbows.

ARCHIVIST Martin? (louder) Martin? Martin, I hate your tea, and wish you made coffee instead. Alright then.

Firstly, this line sounds more like normal Jonny than the Archivist. Secondly, I think this section is quite adorable. "I am not nor have I ever been adorable", yeah sure. (/s)

Also, recommendations for things similar or that I remembered while writing this thing: Once Upon A Time (In Space) by The Mechanisms, and Welcome To Night Vale - specifically episode 79 - Lost in the Mall.

Also, I'm trying to get my sister who studies international development to listen to at least one episode of Welcome To Night Vale, if anyone knows one that'll interest her? I think I can get her with the satirical political commentary. She also doesn't like horror, so. Please help <3

Anyway, yeah! I have a lot of thoughts on this episode! I love it so much! Please don't be mean to me, internet <3

[yoonjinsgirl]

Hey guys!!! I'm new here I've been a reader all my life and something inside me wanted to try out writing fics and imagines and then no longer i could hold my wish so finally I've decided to hop on!! I'm gonna try my best!!! I'll be happy to take requests for hyungline (ot⁷ but my biasline is hyungline) and suggestions are welcomed!!!💜

*Also me being a hopeless romantic my choice of writing would mostly be fluff!!! I love reading fics/imagines which are warm, comforting with a lill bit angst so hell yeah will be including them!! About smut I'm not so sure rn!*

So now getting back to this fic or oneshot whatever you call it!! It's nothing much nor i think it makes any sense, It's just a tweet i came across on twitter and my comment gave me the idea to write this!!!💜

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You shutting me up like that is so sexy!

Yoongi x Reader

Summary : you and yoongi start bickering while watching iu palette when things start to turn up pretty serious!

Warnings : could be a lill bit of angst! And fluff ofcourse!

A/N : this is my first time writing, i apologize in advance for any mistakes. Please give your feedbacks to me! It would mean alot to me!!💜

Request are open & highly welcomed and appreciated!💕

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After a long day at work you come home to be suprised to see your idol boyfriend who is already home, comfortably lying down on couch watching something on television! Suprised because his new album is releasing soon and he has been super busy with his work schedules, mostly spending days at his studio. You were so..so happy to see him home because you missed him being around you so much and now that he was home you felt so good, your body already relaxing after looking at him.

"Y/n i know I'm hot you don't have to stare me like that"

That's when you realize, while you were so lost in your thoughts and suprised to see him home, you had no idea you've been unintentionally staring at him from too long!

You mentally face palmed yourself and your cheeks turn red, and a silly smile on your smile appears as you say "aish aren't you being too much yoongs? I see you've lately been in company with jinnie isn't it! Also what's wrong in staring at the man whom I'm in love with and hell yeah he's hot so why not" you say trying to act cool and shrugging off.

He chuckles a little on how your face can never hide anything, beside your red cheeks all visible to him, he gets ups from the couch walking closer to you and handling you a glass of water, "I'm so satisfied, my intentions succeeded on surprising you tonight bby! Don't shy away i can clearly see it on your face, i know how much you've missed me! so have i love! I know i haven't been giving you enough time because of busy schedules, so i decided to come home early and order a take-out so need for any of us to cook, we both can relax, now go get freshen up quickly, I'm waiting for you hmnn" you immediately hugged him, "you know i love you yoonie" you were always so thankful for getting someone like him in your life who has always been so loving, caring and understanding!

He immediately hugged you back and placed a kiss on your forehead "hmnn i know that, i love you too, now go get changed and come quickly I'm waiting for you"

To which you happily nodded went to get freshen up and undoubtedly came out quickly, rushing out wanting to just be beside him. When you came out he was already serving food near the coffee table across television, you walked up and tried to help him to which he nodded into no and pulled you towards him and quickly gave you peck and made you sit down and later sat down next you.

"So what are we watching today yoon" you asked him, "umnn it's 10 (of april) today should we watch that new show we were talki.." "aaaahhhhhhhhh wtf" you screamed cutting him off before he could even complete his sentence. Making him blush a little as he knew what exactly made you scream like that, he loved how you were always so excited about his work, how you cared about slightest thing related to him, how you were still a part of his bts army and you were proud of being one. "omggggg how could i forget it's 10april today.. omgggg the episode of you on iu palette will be releasing today! How could i forget it omggg please play it! I'm already 3 hours late yoongs" you said practically pouting now, he laughed trying to hide his now flushed cheeks, "y/niee it's okay! you were at work anyways. You can watch it later on if you want." "Whattttt noooo, ofcourse not yoongs! pretty please i wanna watch it now, you've no idea how excited I'm" you said again pouting, yoongi knew how much things related to him mattered to you always, also there's no escaping you while you talk like that to him, pouting without your knowledge, and how soft he was for you. "Aishhh okay" he said and put up the show and you were enjoying the show already, it was so fun watching yoongi bicker with iu, he was practically being a brat to his friend of same age! You giggled and laughed wholeheartedly.

Only untill IU said how she loved the MV of Daechwita from his mixtape D-2 and your boyfriend being the pro at teasing and bickering asked her teasing back that if she meant she only liked MV and not his music and iu being totally taken back unable to come up with a comeback, tbh she didn't mean any of that, she respected and definitely appreciated yoongi's work alot. You gasped and hit your boyfriend playfully "yahhh you... you're being super annoyingly bratty! what's wrong with complimenting MV, you know how grand it was and how you acted so well, so well that you literally got offers to act yoongs?"

"wdym y/n what about my music, is it bad? Is that what you mean??" he looked pretty serious to what he looked questioning you "ofcourse not yoons what are you even saying! don't i always say your music has kept me going through in my life!!" "Be honest y/n i can take your criticism if there's something you don't like about my music" you could see how his smile had dropped from his face and how his eyes looked sad as if he was controlling his emotions. You felt awful, your heart breaked and you felt your body leaving your soul, you unintentionally hurt him, and now you were hurt coz' wtf how could you possibly make him feel so bad, the man who made you the happiest, whose music was all you had to get strength from during your worst day. His music which let you keep going in your past, how did you ended up hurting him you hated yourself right now for spoiling his mood, for spoiling the effort your boyfriend had made especially for you, so that you don't feel unloved, because he saw how lonely you felt without him around you. How you wanted his attention to you but you let it go and smiled everytime coz you knew how much he loved his work and it made him the happiest, and his happiness mattered you the most.

You immediately took his hands in your palm "Yoonieeeeee NO.. there's nothing that i not like about your music, how could you think like that yoongles when your music is all that i keep listening to all of time! Have i not told you, before we came together i always felt your presence through your music, i felt comforted through it, it felt like you were there with me the whole time just right beside me, there were days where i didn't knew where to go? Whom to talk about? Whom to cry out my pain..my hurting and i would switch to your music and it felt like a warm hug to me" tears starting to form in your eyes as you remembered those hard days. Since then what you felt for him and music was purely love.

You continued "Yoonieeeeeee never say or think i don't like your works, i love them, you know i survived because of it, i survived because of your music, bts's music, you and members, i..i..I'm so sorry yoons, what did i do to deserve you, trust me yoongs i didn't mean it that way, i was just being playful, but see I'm such a bad girlfriend yoon, i..i"

"y/nieeee..." yoongi cupped your face when he noticed how tears were rolling down your face and how it looked liked you are gonna break down any moment now. You looked down not knowing how to look into his eyes, afraid to look at him hurt and the worst reason behind that would be you, yoongi understanding it immediately, softy made you look up at him. Your eyes meet his eyes soft for your, showing how concerned he was, his love clearly visible, "yoons i know i suck, i suck at being funny atp, i should never said anything like that to you, not atleast when you're already so stressed about your new album, but trust me i was only trying to be playful, only if i could prove to you i would have done it, tell me how do you want me prove it, i swear i didn't mean to hurt you it pains me to watch you hurt and see what i.." "shushhhhhh bby don't cry hmnn.. I'm so sorry that i let out my stress overtake like this" he said while wiping off tears from your face, "I'm so so.." "shushhhhhhh no nahhhhh never uhmhmmn, it was my fault you don't have to be s..sorry yoonieee.. you know what I'm gonna prove it you" you said while suddenly getting up out of nowhere.

Yoongi getting visibly tensed on wdym you'll prove it to him and where the hell did you disappear? Before he could get up and check up on you, you came running up to him and making him sit back at his place as you sat across him in between his legs, he looked utterly confused and curiosity taking over him he looked at you holding your phone in your hand and giving it to him, "what bby? What shall i see or look, he chuckled a little, "i know its samsung, we bought it together silly" you chuckled slightly on how can he just randomly joke about his love for samsung during a situation like this, but then there he was, and that's exactly how he's, the most cutest, loving and understanding boyfriend that he has always been, he knows how to clear the tension in the air, "i told you right that if i could prove it to you i would have, so i thought why not i actually prove it yoons! Here you can check for yourself" you said handing him the phone "y/n you're joking right? How can your phone prove it bby! Also i know you didn't mean anything, it was my fault, i was stressed earlier that's why i couldn't give you enough of attention all this times, instead of that i choosed to ignore it and tried to act cool, only if i had shared with you, this wouldn't h..." before he could continue any further you immediately closed the distance between you and kissed him on his lips to shut him up and surely it worked, you giggled while kissing him and pulled out shortly.

"Yoonieee i told you to shushhhhhh didn't i? You aren't at fault okay! If you don't admit then we both are.. "but y/ni.." "sshushhhhhh MIN YOONGIIII! just look up here.. these are my Spotify stats you can see your stats for suga/agustd and how much i love your music, i listen to it all the time because my life depends on it, like it's air and if i don't take it i might not survive! And do you see this DAECHWITA, PEOPLE & AGUSTD my kings being top of all tracks? Hmmm you see right! Yoongsss you're my light in my darkness and i.." before you could say anything yoongi just pulled you into biggest and warmest hug ever, giving you tiny kisses all over your shoulder to neck and finally pulling you out and kissing you all over your face, where temporary marks of tears had formed and at last giving you a sweet peck on your lips.

You once again gave him a silly smile as you looked into his eyes staring with all the love you had within you for this man, the perfect one who completed you, no matter if you had silly fights or a misunderstanding like today, you always loved him truly with all your soul and heart and same goes for him, he loved you so deeply that you could never even imagine of. You had fell in love with him first but he surely felt harder in love with you.

"Yahhhhh hajimaaaa! Why are you looking at me like that! Aishhhhh!!! What's with that silly smile of yours uh-huhhh??"

Yoongi questioned to you as he suddenly felt all shy against you staring him like that, your boyfriend was indeed a softie at heart afterall, you smiled at him your cheeks being flushed too atp, with all the love and kisses yoongi showered you with just a min ago, nothing coming out of your mouth as you find yourself turn into puddle yourself, you shift closer to him closing the tiniest gap between you two, you finally replying him,

"YOU SHUTTING ME UP LIKE THAT IS SO SEXY!"

[tixuctoad]

Various Owl House characters reacting to getting cheesed [sh1tpost]

Based on oomf from my other blog :0

Mostly randomized characters, probably ooc but really, who cares? This is meant to be silly

Eda

Not gonna lie I feel like she'd see it coming and open her mouth as it comes flying. Eats it whole, almost doesn't flinch

Lilith

Yelps when she sees it coming, but her body doesn't react. Just takes it, it sticks to her face. She cringes at the smell of the fake cheese

Luz

Understands the meme, is a good sport about it,

"Cheesed to meet you too," as she grins

Amity

Similar to lilith but she manages to react; summons a bit of abomination good in an attempt to block it

Sternly tells you to never do it again

Gus

It slaps him right on the nose

"Oh cool! Human cheese!"

Tries eating it off his face as it slides down to his mouth.... immediately stops when the taste sinks in... heartbreak

Willow

😐

More confused than angry

Why?

Just peels it off and?? Awkwardly hands it back??

Hunter

Also confused, but like, angry confused

Doesn't get it at all nor does he appreciate the prank

Peels it off his face and just slaps it back at you

Red faced

Vee

So you know how cats kinda leave their heads and upper body backwards when they get cheesed while they're sitting?

They do that

Hope I explained that well

They fall over

King

Similar to eda; just eats it but hes not as agile as her so he just eats it off his skull

Hooty

Same thing as eda, but he'd much rather eat bugs

Principal Bump

????

??

Really REALLY confused; doesn't know if he should be angry or if he should laugh

Doesn't know its cheese.. doesnt smell like it

Confiscates it

Raine

What can I say? They've got a huge forehead

Beet red, just

Droops

Feeds the slice to eda

Darius

Do you have a d3ath wish?

Thats all I'm gonna say

Eberwolf

Jumps out of the way

Sniffs the cheese

Hisses

Osran

He's already seen it coming

No matter how hard you try, you will fail to hit him with it

Gives you a tired and disapproving look

Mason

Annoyed, peels it off and throws it away

Huffs at you before returning to his things

Hettie

Again

Do you have a d3ath wish?

Enjoy your kidneys while you still have them

Vitimir

Probably the only one (asides eda king and hooty) who will eat it

He's had worse, I hc he tests his own potions and ingredients

One kraft single isn't going to break him

Don't do it again, though

Adrian

Audibly squeals and attempts to slap it out of the air

Verbally berates you for even thinking about throwing something so vile at him

Will complain about it for the rest of the week

Terra

AGAIN

Do you have a d3ath wish?

Have fun being plant food

Will fake being a good sport, is actually pissed

Belos

This man has never seen such a thing

This man will perish if he drinks a McDonalds sprite; I'm sure a kraft single will inflict similar damage

Collector

Really confused and thought it was one of his lil stars for a second

"??"

Do not the lil guy

On a good day he might giggle and return the favor, but on a bad day...

Kiki

Starts ranting and raving about how disrespectful you are

Stomps her feet and raises her voice

Has a little tantrum

Camila

You don't think Luz has already done this with her?

Yeah no, she immediately knows whats going on

Pats your head, but sets a clear boundary to not do it again.. or at least to not aim for faces

Alador

Stands there stunned for a few seconds

For a moment you think he broke him

He peels it off and just observes it

"🤨⁉️⁉️"

Odalia

Immediately goes off, not too dissimilar to how she treats her family

Slap another piece on her out of spite

Mattholomule

Red faced and embarassed

Peels it off

Throws it away

Tries to play it off

Steve

Unfazed, peels it off

"Oh cool,"

Takes a bite of it, immediately grimaces, but keeps eating because he committed

Boscha

If she threatens to set Luzs eyes on fire over a light glyph, imagine what she'll do if you PURPOSEFULLY cheese her

Viney

Inspects it

...

Throws it away, tells you not to do it again, moves on

Barcus

Shakes it off his face, sneezes at it

"Why would you disrespect me like this?"

Jerbo

Wilts

Presses it in your hand

It's all crumpled and folded up now

He walks off

Gwendolyn

😐

Laughs it off but the look in her eyes is a look only a mother can muster: the message clear as day.. don't ever do that again

Dell

Genuine good sport

Laughs it off

Faust

You will be incinerated.

[lyricalchrysanthemum]

hope u feel better soon X| but if u wanna talk abt ur guys! any thoughts on pokemashe kanto? if not id like to hear anything abt the johto kids :]

Hi hi thank u Neela I appreciate it lots c:

Kanto general plot wise is probably the least chaotic and by that I mean things are off the wall. It like. Seems normal at first. Just a normal Pokemon story. And then things slowly seem more and more off it’s eerie. Specifically around Team Rocket and Mewtwo, and of course timeline shenanigans that don’t get fully answered until Johto rolls around.

See, while it’s just a normal story about rivals on Red and Blue’s perspective, Leaf, feeling left out of the rivalry, gets to explore the region. And most of the worldbuilding gets told on her side while Red and Blue are out doing more interpersonal stuff that involves pokemon. Like Kanto is all about what makes Pokémon, well, Pokémon initially. Battling, reading, creating bones with your Pokémon and making memories.

Of course not everything is butterfree and rainbows, again, things do begin to spiral out of control that the main two are helpless to the lore.

Bill’s there and Mew has a bone to pick and Mewtwo sure is being made in the background. Giovanni is busy being Giovanni and eventually finds out things he shouldn’t and is working towards upsetting the universe’s less than delicate balance.

But while Leaf is running around in the background and trying to warn Red and Blue of the horrors she’s found out about, Red is too busy thinking about what his pikachu are that day and what remains of his collection, and Blue is too busy giving her death threats and asking which team she thinks kicks more ass (it’s Reds)

And things get BAD because of it as a result. Giovanni loses to Red in a raid and he’s fucking PISSED but it’s ok he has another plan (make a timeline where he wins. It’s a concept in kanto but timeline shenanigans don’t get fully fleshed out and explained until Johto). They gotta go bother articuno zapdos and moltres and they really don’t wanna help out but also the world is at the balance so I guess they can help mere mortals. Somewhere along the way Red gets fucked up but things will get worked out.

Because they all live by Blue’s words of wisdom: “Fuck it we ball”

As for Johto kids, I’ve talked at length what Ethan and Kris are about but what is going on up in Silver and Kris land?

Silver is probably the most canon compliant character. A guy who wants to destroy his shitty Dad’s shitty company. Except for the fact that he is basically siblings with Mewtwo.

Mewtwo was his dad’s creation, and while he already has reasons to hate his dad for everything he’s done, he also wants to get revenge for his sibling’s pain and suffering. He even lost his eye trying to rescue it.

He’s a lot more keen and stoic. Sure he may act like a cool guy despite being inherently clumsy but that’s just kind of how he’s grown to become. Silver is an alias after all, but it’s a name he’s chosen because it radiates the same energy as those kids who thwarted team rocket. He’s determined to become their ruin and send fear into their spine at the mention of his name.

He doesn’t kill. But he wants to be feared.

Along the he way he’ll start considering Ethan as his “partner”. Not a romantic one, but moreso in a shounen anime way. They butt heads a lot and silver especially acts very abrasive towards Ethan initially. But also they’ve taken down team rocket together multiple times and he knows he’s got his back. It’s a relationship he treasures a lot and something he’s never had, even with Mewtwo.

He and his friendship with Ethan and Lyra and Kris is the first form of love and compassion he’s felt, that again, isn’t from his sibling.

As for Lyra, she’s mostly oblivious to her place in the world as someone who took the place of another. She’s mostly kind of hanging around until she finds out. In which case everything gets ruined for her. She starts to question everything she knows and feels OVERWHELMING guilt for taking Kris’s place in the world. Like she cares A LOT. Not just about the situation but in general so it’s eating her from the inside out.

And when Kris has her penultimate villain minute, when she gets the opportunity to take her rightful place back, she doesn’t fight back because she thinks everything is her fault. She blames herself for being oblivious. When nothing is her fault and got caught in the crossfire. Even when

Especially since she shows nothing but love for life. She is the sun to everyone’s life while her doppelganger lives in her shadow. Her journey of self discovery ended with her

Even now she WANTS to be Kris’s friend. She thinks of her as a sister. She doesn’t know if she’s disillusioned with good memories that she doesn’t want to put in retrospect, or if everything they’ve been through together was genuine. But she still believes in wanting to be friends with her. Again, she loves the world so much.

And when Kris does ultimately get a body that isn’t Lyra’s, Lyra would be the first to offer her hand. She is the first to welcome Lyra back into life.

Ultimately her story is sort of Ophelia aligned; even if it doesn’t end in complete tragedy.

[punchyhorse]

Don’t do it. Don’t. Do it.

Do not.

But look. Look. Steve’s not much of a hand talker, not like Eddie or Robin. He uses gestures pointedly, for emphasis, not like he’ll die if he doesn’t use his entire body to get his point across. It results in a lot of sharp movements, one big finger on one big hand jabbing at the air, or cutting through it, short, succinct movements that catch Eddie’s attention like a shiny does a crow and encourage the festering attraction.

Steve has Really Nice hands. 

And Eddie? Eddie would really like those hands in and around him in any way that he can get.

Alas. Steve is straight and really wouldn’t appreciate his arguably all male friend sucking on his finger out of nowhere. So. His mostly male friend keeps it in his pants, even though Steve’s just there, beside him, throwing up one hand in exasperation at Dustin while the other holds a slice of pizza.

He doesn’t realize he’s done it until there’s a warm, salty weight on his tongue and everyone goes silent.

Well. Intrusive thoughts: 2 - Eddie Munson: 0. 

He slips off slowly, dragging his tongue up the underside of Steve’s finger as he goes, making deliberate, unwavering eye contact with Steve. He’s making the same expression he did the last time Eddie let his intrusive thoughts win, leaning close in the RV and calling him Big Boy. Being just as disgustingly transparent as he is right now.

It’s cute, is the thing. Caught off guard. Knowing that guy pals don’t act like that around each other but trying to justify it anyways. Confused and bitchy about it.

Robin’s fake gagging in the back. Someone else is chortling wildly, snorting and ugly. Eddie finishes pulling off with a wet pop and grins, dragging his tongue along his incisors, and says nothing.

Steve’s turning red.

Everyone else turns back to what was occupying them before. Max, distantly, demands to know what just happened, cackling when Lucas explains, deadpan and long suffering. 

Steve’s frozen, the little hamster wheel of his brain turning so fast it’s nearly smoking, still with that bitchy expression, the pursed lips and lowered brows and thousand mile stare into the distance. 

Eddie leans in, ready to take pity and put the poor guy out of his misery. His pizza is drooping under its own weight, toppings about to take a dive onto his parents nearly pristine white sofa. Steve’s eyes snap to his face when he draws near, then dip down, down, and catch on his lips, Eddie’s tongue still poking out. His face changes, eyebrows lifting, eyes widening that little bit more, mouth dropping open. Eddie’s so close that they’re nearly nose to nose, guiding Steve’s pizza hand closer, closer. He touches the tips of their noses together, nuzzling just to see Steve go cross eyed, then dips and takes a massive bite of Steve’s pizza.

“Dude, what the fuck?!” Steve splutters, looking between his pizza, which is half gone, and Eddie’s puffed out chipmunk cheeks. His mouth’s too full to reply, too full for the giggles that are trying to escape. He garbles out an unintelligible something, flapping his hands, manages to chew and swallow half of the food without choking.

Then he gets soaked in ice water. Judging by the indignant squawk, Steve gets drenched too.

“You two need to cool the fuck down,” Erika snarks, two empty pitchers held aloft, shaking out the last few drops on their already dripping wet heads. Everyone else roars with laughter over Steve’s protests, and Eddie thinks, yeah.

Maybe it’s not the worst think to let them win sometimes.

BONUS:

“Jesus Christ, Jesus CHRIST, what the FUCK?!?!?!!”

“Calm down, dingus, before you have a stroke.”

“I can’t CAlm DOwn, RObin, did you see that?! What does that even mean?? Who DOES that?!”

“Babe, he full on deep throated your finger, how do you not know what that means? And you were, like, super into it. I didn’t need to know that about you.”

“No- it wasn’t- uh uh, it was just a- guy being a guy, doing dude stuff.”

“Even if it was, which it wasn’t, your reaction definitely took it out of the realm of “dude stuff.” Most guys, if their pal tried that, would either punch first, ask questions later, or shove them off, groan about how gross that was, and wipe off their hand.”

“But- girls!”

“And, apparently, Eddie.”