#I really do appreciate you sending this though

[yuvany]

BE MINE...PLEASE

𝐄𝐍𝐇𝐘𝐏𝐄𝐍 confessing their love because you don't realise that they love you.

OT7 ENHYPEN x female reader . . . CONTENT/ WARNING(S) : fluff + friends to lvrs + kissing in a few + little long + not proofread . . WORD COUNT : 1168. CHECK BOX !!

yu-note : side-tracked on some, and got off topic, but I hope you enjoy this ! - REQUEST FOUND HERE !!

( REBLOGS + FEEDBACK always appreciated !! )

𝗟𝗘𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗘𝗦𝗘𝗨𝗡𝗚

"I've always loved you, Y/n!" He says, his voice sounding desperate like he's been holding it in for so long. You try to reply, but he interrupts, "I don't know how I should tell you this, but I've been asking your friends for help and I've done what they said, but it still doesn't work." You place a palm on his shoulder to calm him down. "Heeseung, I see you as a close friend, and I never really wanted to make it awkward." Heeseung approaches you, his eyes meeting yours again. "So, do you like me too?" He asks, his tone seeking for your assurance with eyes seeming more desperate than his words. You hum, and see how his eyebrows loosen upon hearing your answer. "I in fact do." You say, trailing your fingers up the contours of his face, locking eyes with him and leaning in for a kiss.

𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞 𝗝𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗦𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗚

It was valentines day, and Jay had planned every detail on a microscopic level for it to be perfect. In the morning, he went and bought a bouquet of roses, then he picked up the teddy bear before he went to see you. His heart began to race, and in his mind, he thought he would get a heart attack. At the junction of the roads you see him sitting on a bench. "Jay? Who are these gifts for? Is it for Soha?" You ask, and he shakes his head. You throw in more guesses, but get it wrong. "Y/n." He interrupts. "These are for you" You are shook by this. "Wait, are you for real?" Jay nods his head, and hands you the bouquet first. "Yeah, I don't know how you didn't catch up on all of my hint up until now." He rants "Jay, I actually always liked you too, but I didn't wanna get ahead of myself here!" You smile, and you see his tense expression relax. "Really?" "Really."

𝗦𝗜𝗠 𝗝𝗔𝗘𝗬𝗨𝗡

You and him went to see a movie, a movie that Jake had chosen. Jake insisted that he carries the bowls of popcorn even though you offered to help. "What movie are we seeing?" You ask your friend after finding your seats. "It'll be a surprise." He says, his usual smile painting his face. After a couple of minutes into the movie, you figure out that it's a romance movie upon seeing the main characters kiss. "Didn't realise you could bring friends to watch a romance movie." You joke, and Jake chuckles a bit. "Now you know what movie to bring your future girlfriend to." Jake is silent, getting impatient now. "Will you be my 'future' girlfriend?" It takes a moment for you to realise what he said as you see him get closer. "Me?" His hand holds onto yours as he nods. "Of course." You say and close the distance between you two to peck his lips.

𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙆 𝙎𝙐𝙉𝙂𝙃𝙊𝙊𝙉

While you and Sunghoon are walking together, he asks if you've gotten any love letters. "I have, but they're never from the right person." You sigh, and he nods along. "What do you mean?" You explain how the only love letters you get are from people you don't know and that it's all so vague, and also how you wish people gave you hints that they liked you if they were to send you a letter. As Sunghoon listens closely to your rant, he realised that he has been hinting his love for you, but yet you don't realise. "Y/n, I have something to confess." He says, and you nod your head. "I've wanted to say this for a while, but I thought you'd catch on all the hints I've dropped that I like you, but it hurts hearing you speak so casually about them. So here it is; I love you." You are stunned by this confession, and say, "I have noticed, but I always thought they were on accident. It lightens my heart that you love me, because I like you too."

𝗞𝗜𝗠 𝗦𝗨𝗡𝗢𝗢

Isn't one to easily get worked up and frustrated, but when he sees you getting more distant and avoidant, he starts to state questions in his head. First, he goes over to ask your friends, but they say that they have no idea why that is. Had he done something? He spots you turning a corner and rushes over to you with quick strides. You see him, but it is too late to turn around and escape becuase you two already made eye contact. "Y/n!" He calls out. "Sunoo..." You drag out with a forced smile. "Have I done something? Why are you ignoring me?" He asks, leaving no room for greetings. "I'm not-" "Yes, you are!" He sighs, and you copy. "I heard you talking about a girl, and I guessedd it was her from class ( ), and I know she likes you too, so I didn't want to come in between you two." You see Sunoo giggle, his demeanor turning around. "You're so silly. That girl I was talking about is you!" You flush at how ridiculous your assumtion was.

𝗬𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗪𝗢𝗡

He takes you to a cafe, offering to buy you something warm in contrast to the weather. Jungwon guides you over to a table before he walks up to the register, asking for a latte, and requesting a heart design on it with your initial on it. He really hoped you'd get the hint, knowing that he'd explode if he didn't confess. When it arrives, you arch an eyebrow. "Did yoy add my initial?" you ask while inspecting the drink. Jungwon nods, and you shrug it off, not paying it any mind. "You know, this might be a hint..." He coos. "Like what?" "Maybe that I like you?" he says, dragging out each syllable. You look up at him confused, seeing his eyebrows knitted in worry. "I hope you don't that this the wrong way." Jungwon adds in a hurry. You playfully scoffs, "of course not."

𝗡𝗜𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗠𝗨𝗥𝗔 𝗥𝗜𝗞𝗜

"I am better than him, I'm sure you know that." Riki announces, catching you off-guard by the sudden switch in tone. "What are you saying, Riki?" You look up at him confused from the couch. "Were you peeking at my phone?" You ask, conneccting the dots. "Yeah? But why are you trying to get together with someone else when I'm right here?" He asks, his words coming out like a cannon was fired. "Not quite sure by what you mean." You say, and Riki tilts his head as well as raising an eyebrow. "I see your phone still. Who even is he? He looks short." Riki points at you phone screen as he commenst nastily. "It's not even for me. My friend sent me this, but to answer your question, I'm certain you're better than him." It's quiet, and Riki hides his face in his hoodie after being embarrased. "No need to be shy now. I liked the bold Riki." You say.

TAGLIST : @dollyhoon @itjengirl @saeivra @orimuraa

[hitomisuzuya]

HI SUZUU! Hope you’re doing well :3 Could we have a Soft!Dom Scara with a reader after a really tiring day? Where he would stuff reader with so much cum her stomach was practically bulging :3 With overstimulation and bondage if you please 🙏 Hope I made sense and HAVE A NICE DAYY

Scaramouche x fem!reader. Smut. Bondage. Overstimulation. Multiple creampie. Degrading praise. Soft!Dom Scaramouche.

It made perfect sense ❤️

Delicate, tied up, and helpless. That was how Scaramouche liked you best, especially when he was tired. Tired enough that he thought he would fall asleep if he blinked too long.

You'd been in the same cycle with him for what felt like hours. Even though your wrists were bound above your head, knotted securely to the headboard, he still found a way to hold you down so he could fuck deeper inside of you. Once he reduced you to a whimpering, moaning mess while he pumped you full of cum, he would pull out and finger any cum back inside of you.

Scaramouche scoffed softly hearing you whimper in overstimulation as his fingers skated over your swollen clit. "You just be a good girl. Relax and take what I give you," His thumb circled over your clit, the stimulation sending your thigh quaking as you grinded into his fingers.

You were twice as pliable overstimulated. It delighted him the way you twitch in anticipation of his every touch.

You could tell Scaramouche was tired. You could tell it in the way he grunted and moaned in your ear, his face buried in your neck to try and muffle him as he grinded and rubbed his cock on your puffy pussy. In the way his teeth hastily bit bite marks into your neck. "Good girl," His tongue flicked over the shell of your ear, "Be nice and still," He groaned as he pushed his cock back inside of you, "A perfect, pliable slut," He gently applied extra pressure on a blossoming bite mark to remind you of your place, bottoming out with a muffled groan into your neck.

You writhed a little from the dull ache of overstimulation, your hips jerking up into his as his cock nudged your sweet spot. Being overstimulated, it felt magnified. "I'll be a good girl, I promise," His degrading praise made you blush, and your gummy walls clamp tight on his cock.

Scaramouche's heart fluttered hearing how endearing you sounded. Sitting up, he put a hand on the back of your head, capturing your lips in a dominant kiss of appreciation for your total submission. His cock pulsed from how quick and obedient your mouth was opening for his tongue.

Being as tired as he was, Scaramouche wasn't thinking all that much. He'd tied you up so he wouldn't have to think. Just chase the feeling of filling the pocket of cum in your belly in a little fuller. You weakly hooked a leg over his hip. Even though you were struggling to keep up with his mindless cycle, you were still wanting to take of him.

"Be a good girl, and cream on my cock," There was a hint of softness in his command, his teeth nipping at your lower lip as he pulled away from the kiss. His hand dipped down between your legs and found your clit.

Each pinch and rub made a louder moan or whimper keen from your throat. His helping along ushered in your orgasm, your wrists straining in the silk ties as you shook. Scaramouche's body shuddered as your walls squeezed around his cock.

His thrusts turned sloppy for a moment, lost in the dizzying pleasure of his cock pulsing cum for uptenth time inside of you. He let out a soft whimper of his own hearing how sweet you sounded, mewling as you felt every pulse and rub of his cock as he angled it up deep inside of you.

His cum dripped from your hole, a shy blush on your cheeks as you felt the pocket of cum expand a little. He spent the longest time, lazily thrusting into you as he chased his high. He knew he was going to sleep like a rock having bred you this thoroughly.

Pulling out of you, he gently gripped your chin. "One more round, okay?" He felt weaker for you seeing the submissive way you turned your cheek into his hand as you nodded.

[corrodedcoughin]

Heck yeah live music is absolutely what makes life worth it 👏✨ I’m glad it sounds like you got to go to such a fun gig!! (Also I don’t know if you were asking a genuine question or not, but I think you were totally fine if you were really getting into it; that’s like one of the best parts of going to live events and even if the crowd wasn’t into it, I’m sure the musician appreciates having someone enjoy their stuff so much like that) I wish you many more wonderful live shows in the future~✨🎶🎸

HELLO!!! you absolutely DELIGHTFUL apparition to my inbox! i was absolutely asking a genuine question because i really do worry about my level of obnoxiousness and the impact on other people :') the person i went to see was just having the best time, he was talking about being away from it all for the past 8 years and was worried about coming back but he looked like he didn't regret it and i'm just !!!! so glad!!! hope you have some fun gigs coming up? and if not, i hope you've had some!

[bleaksqueak]

heads up, on panel 7 I think you made a spelling error? "I only loosed one shrew"

Thanks for the heads up! Though, hm, unless you mean the missing period (which woops, I did miss... though maybe that's just how hard she's muttering), that is correct. It would be loosed instead of lost in the context of the described action (unless I've lost my mind, which is at all times possible lol)

[nobodysdaydreams]

you are such a good writer and a cool person in general!! :D

Thank you anon. I have had a very difficult 45 minutes and really needed to hear this. I hope you have the best evening of your life and that all good things come your way.

[gotham-daydreams]

Just wanna say I love your writing and your overall vibe <333 it's super heartwarming seeing you be excited and happy to talk with us and share your passion 🤗

Awww I'm so glad!!! I'm excited and super happy to share my passion with you guys!! And the support and everything I've been getting is way more than I expected! (Not that I expected much, though that's only because this blog is/was just going to be a space for my ideas to finally be put somewhere- but that really only makes me more appreciative, and grateful, for the support!)

Really, I just wanted to put my little silly ideas I thought would be neat, out there, and I'm glad to share it, and that you guys are enjoying them too! :D

Talking with you guys as well as been a real pleasure, and the asks and stuff you guys send in as well are super fun to write, and very nice! Even little stuff like this I really appreciate :]

You guys are the best ♡♡♡

[homicidal-slvt]

Please don't show me images/videos focused on protruding veins - like where veins are obviously bulging out. When they are just super zoned into it... It makes me feel physically ill. Thanks.

[rosylamb]

Could people please stop sending Asks like the last several? She could not be more obviously not interested. Don't chase away this absolute sweetheart with nonsense like that.

My sweet friend !! ♡ . ˚ * . 🧸

*Giving you a really big hug!*

Thank you so much for this! I’m honestly really honored you find it worth it to make sure I’m okay :D

And well feel a bit special now, too! It is a nice feeling — you’re very kindhearted ♡

I won’t go anywhere though!

There are too many sweet people here, and I enjoy being a happy place for anyone who needs it !!

(My own needs are not so important anyway! What is important to me is being there for others & I’m not perfect, but I do try)

Is there anything I can do for *you* in return, my friend ? How are you ?? Would you like a cupcake or an angel cookie maybe ?? ♡ ♡

Sending love & all my happiest thoughts to you! I pray you have the sweetest day & that you take care ~ !!! XOXO

♡ ⊹.˚* ⁺⊹. 🧸

🤍 .⋆｡⋆༶⋆˙⊹ 🎀 ♡ 🩰

[overtake]

https://x.com/Maxpla1ning/status/1738186139259851126?s=20

your gifs are there if i'm not wrong right?

Mine along with several other gif makers on here, yeah. It’s very funny when twitter users steal gifs because they are sized for tumblr (which already forces them to be lower quality than what’s possible bc of 1. the ideal gif width to avoid them being super compressed on here and 2. actual file size restrictions), and when they get reposted again to twitter, they look sooo much worse on there. f1twt is just 80% stolen tumblr & reddit content, rage baiting for attention, and weirdo discourse about wags. what a place.

[savedpeople]

@ambiences-stuff a week or so ago commented on this post, asking:

For the ask, curious; 🧂 Least favourite part of canon

And I'm very late to it but I'm finally able to sit down and answer!

So I'm going to stick to only Negan's part of canon, and also stick to TV canon without comparing it to the comics-- because off the top of my head I have no real complaints about his comic canon, and a LOT of my issues with TV canon involves changes made from the comics and we'd be here all day if I went into that lol, but it could be summed up with "they made loads of changes to Savior-era Negan that made him more unnecessarily evil."

So all of that aside, my overall least favorite parts of Negan's canon on the show are his random love interest/baby plot in season 11, and honestly most of the plot of Dead City.

I want Negan happy more than anything but, without writing a whole essay about it: him randomly showing up with a new wife and kid on the way was unrealistic, their entire relationship happening off-screen was insulting, we learn absolutely nothing about Annie or them as a couple leaving it all feeling one-dimensional (virtually everyone only refers to Annie as "Negan's pregnant wife," even Negan himself most times), and we never get to see them interact except to talk about the baby and staying safe. The relationship itself turned out to just be a plot device to further Negan's storyline with Maggie (this continues to be true in Dead City), and was not to mention a slap in the face to Lucille's memory and importance to Negan when almost "losing everything" (Annie and unborn baby) was what pushed him to relate to and apologize to Maggie, and not when he had actually lost his everything (Lucille.) Even JDM didn't like it.

As for Dead City, my biggest issue is that the entire plot hinged on the Croat knowing things he realistically couldn't know. It was literally "random character the audience has never met but was totally there during the story, tells other character we've never met everything they need to know for the plot to happen, even things they have no way of knowing." It's a HUGE pet peeve of mine when characters learn important information off-screen in ways that don't make sense. How could Jerome the random Savior know about Negan and Maggie working together in season 11 when that was years after the Sanctuary had fallen (which is why Jerome ended up in NY in the first place)? On top of that, how did the Croat have any idea what Maggie and Hershel looked like? How did he find out where they lived, when they were no longer at the original Hilltop location? I also hate that this leads to everything being Negan's fault one way or another.

[oculusxcaro]

I always look forward to when you write... Well, anything! :) You're always so thoughtful and thorough. I have a lot more to admire about you but very little time to express it, so I'll just say thanks for writing with me and I genuinely enjoy your character. ❤️

Please tell me your favorite things about my portrayal/muse?

Thank you so much, halekulan-i! You might only have had a little time but this meant so much to me, how thoughtful your message was and that you took the time out of your day to send it. Thank you for writing with me and sharing your wonderful Harvey (and Two-Face) with us all; not just that, but also for jumping on the two bagels thing which started off how our two (or three?) started interacting??? I'm so glad you enjoy Khare and I hope she continues to bring you joy!

[impeccablebackside]

Give them handjob and fingering thoughts

As the follow-up to my previous ask, here is the promised one about handjobs and fingering. Both are such great things, so again I appreciate the initial ask anon. If you want to know what the queens like when they are getting fingered, you know I have an ask for you.

Here it is by queen, so get your hands ready:

Vic always succeeds to get a knee weakening reaction when she gives handjobs. It is not simply the pleasure from them, but the looks and words she tosses to her mans. The whole thing is her in control, and little is as special as that. Her touch is delicate and light, and it feels like a divine being is tending to every jerk and movement as she grabs hold. She is soft and slow, using her fingers and wrist to pull out every motion and make it pleasurable. More recently, she has been palming the head of Plato's cock, and his eyes just about roll into his head with it. Adding in her methods of rubbing her hands over her lover, and brushing her soft fur against their skin makes it an experience of total love and lust. She also likes to kiss her man and whisper in his ear while she jerks him, and she can feel him push his hips more into her touch. When she wants to finish her man off, she is firmer with her moves, and it always leaves her lover to empty themselves in waves of cum. Vic does not have a specific position she needs her man to be in either, but she is keen to do it standing or when she sits on top of Plato laying supine.

With queens Rumple, she is still getting her footing, but her fingers and mouth prove to be very effective. Starting by tracing her hand and fingers between the thighs of her queen, before tenderly moving inward. She prefers to light rub at their pussy first, getting them burning with need before introducing a shallow finger in that probes around. Not long after she bring a second or third finger in and pumps in and out while playing with their clit and licking at their folds.

Rumple's handjob technique is not one of great nuance. She wraps both of her smaller hands onto whoever is with her and jerks with intent. A fast and spirited surge of wrists and fingers while she giggles to herself. She aims to make her tom cum as quickly as possible, greatly enjoying watching them shoot off in reaction. It has resulted in many inadvertent facials and cum showers as both parties try to stay grounded, and the time is not there for her to move away fast enough (not that she particularly minds). Not unlike when she is sucking someone off, she has a tendency to stick her fingers in their ass when she jerks them off. Rumple will also pair her hands with her mouth, going for a jerk-and-slurp that finishes anyone off in moments. She has a tendency to whine a bit with a dick in her mouth, and it leads to face fuckings when her partner just has to see and hear her pretty mouth get used. Usually she jerks someone off while kneeling down in front of them of sitting beside them.

With queens, she is the same, opting to vigorously finger fuck her partner while she eats them out. Her fingers are short, but she knows how to reach where it counts, especially when she curls her fingers against another's G-spot and sucks on their clit at the same time. She loves giving her opinion the whole way through, telling her partner how good they taste and how pretty their pussy is. Always eager to please, she does not have the patience to draw it out longer than needed, and this also ensures that multiple rounds are potentially on the table. In the end, she want the same attention directed back to her, but with a bit more face riding involved.

Tanto typically prefers hands on tasks because she gets to explore with all of her senses. Her handjob experience is essentially non-existent, but she has at least once felt the warmth and feel of a tom's cock in her hands paws. Appreciating the gift and sacredness of the sexual flesh of another being.

She has a spiritual given way (and also she is just very intuitive with what someone enjoys in all fairness) of knowing exactly what her partners likes, but I can see her being an orgasm denier. You do got off until she is done with her fun and exploration. Using both of her hands to finger and rub at another queen, giving attention to several places that all combine for a body squirming ride of pleasure. Tanto particularly likes rubbing and palming someone's pussy at first, and always gives a lot of love to their clit. She does drag it out a bit, and it ends up being more of and edging session by the time it is over, but her partner does not mind.

Cass gives handjobs where her full attention is on her partner. Giving firm and longer strokes and jerks with one or both hands that get them hard for her. Oftentimes cupping, massaging, or squeezing (gently) their balls at the same time to get even more of a physical connection with them. Cass also thumbs and rubs on the sensitive spot on the head of her partner's cock, which can get them cumming just on that alone. After a bit of time, she will wrap her lips around the head of their cock and lick at it with her tongue while continuing her jerking. Her pacing is even all throughout, and when she senses her man is going to cum, she pulls her mouth off and jerks them until they cum over her. Basking in the cum covering her, she loves the warm feel of it over her face and body, and she will lick any bit of it off their lover's cock. She is a beautiful cumslut.

With queens, she favours quicker, deep fingering while licking at their heat. The taste is great, and getting them wet with her efforts makes her fingers all the more intently forceful. Pumping and filling them up, she wants to hear the moan her name as they cum. She also teases them and uses her words to get them more excited. Cass does not have a specific focus aside from fucking them with her hand, and does sometimes get carried away with how hard she is being or how much of her hand she is inserting. Most of the time her partner is too blitzed out to mind or notice.

Deme is masterful with her hands. Sitting in Munk's lap or behind him, whispering lewd thoughts in his ears while running her hands across his abdomen and pelvis, slowly working her way to the 'prize' between his legs. He melts at the attention, with her firm, yearning strokes rippling through his body. She will quicken the pace, wrapping both hands around his girth and length in long jerks, with him heaving his chest and sort of bucking his hips into her hands in a pleading attempt for release. When it comes, he shoots off multiple times covering himself and / or her as he squirms. The handjobs lead to them wanting to fuck it out even more. It works to only build their lust.

With queens, she is not as experienced, but will take guidance if needed / given. She finds her rhythm quickly though, and her fingers are light and nurturing in a way, carrying her partner through each wave of pleasure. Sometimes rubbing at clits, sometimes using her tongue alongside, it all works to finish them off in a most satisfying way. Typically, whatever she likes done on her she does to others, just with smaller hands.

Bomba has the truest sense of typically giving a handjob. Rubbing and jerking with lust, wrapping her fingers around the girth and down the length. Feeling the weight of it in her hands and near playing with it, having a good time that gives her fulfillment almost as much as it gives pleasure. She knows what she is doing, and gives it her all. She likes to praise and tease when she is jerking someone off, and any resulting eagerness makes her double down on it. Usually her handjobs lead to blowing her man, which in turn leads to desperate fucking. If she does finish them off before, she prefers to swallow and have them finish in her mouth because it makes less mess.

With queens, she is firm with her moves, tending to place one hand down on her partner's pelvis while she fingerblasts them with the other. At once holding them down and anchoring herself, she is usually on the faster side with pacing and starts with two fingers to split them open. The praising factors in as well, usually with her telling them how beautiful they are in that position.

Jenny opts for both hands and usually her mouth too when jerking someone off. She does not strictly mind using just her hands, but her hunger to lick often overtakes that, and she ends us stroking and sucking together. Usually between the legs of her partner while they are laying down, she goes to town and anyone is left to sit back and enjoy. She particularly likes giving a forced ruined orgasm when the time cums comes, totally severing any contact while her man pitifully cums as she watches on. The preference is to see the person she is with beg a little for release until she lets them cum, and sometimes she is a bit mean with it.

When she is with another queen, she much prefers oral rather fingering them, but her methods are still strong. She usually pairs her fingers and tongue together to elicit all sorts of lovely responses.

Jelly is really hands only with her exploits. There is just something about using her hands that appeals to her, especially when she can see her motions cause pleasure. It gets her excited and even more dedicated to making them happy. Her handjobs are usually a combo of one hand stroking the length while the other sort of twists along the head. It is toe curling and immensely pleasurable, and hearing her get praise and degradation for her skills is always music to her ears. While she does not really enjoy cum on her hands, it is inevitable that her lover lets out big spurts as their orgasms hit.

With queens, she usually sticks her third and fourth finger into them and pumps back and forth while her other two fingers anchor her hand. Often also flicking and rubbing at clits with her free hand to make them squirm too.

[crescentfool]

Hey have you ever seen The Rendezvous (Storyboard Animatic)? I feel like you might like it, the dream scenes of it kinda reminds me of ryomina.

(Link to the video: https://youtu.be/T9Ay8j_fkgk)

hi anon! i have not seen this animatic before you've sent it to me, i really enjoyed watching it!

funnily enough even though you mentioned that it did have some vibes reminiscent of ryomina... my brain somehow did NOT process that and still got shocked by how things folded out. i can see why it vaguely reminds you of them given the story that the animatic conveys! (ohh kind depictions of death how i love you so)

ryomina aside, i always enjoy seeing cool animatic stuff... i actually watched it on monday/when you sent the ask but honestly i was so stunned and left at a loss (in a positive way) that it took me a bit to get back to this.

anyways thanks for the ask! i definitely encourage others to check out the animatic if they haven't seen it, its really cool! (but please keep in mind the content warnings, you need to log into youtube in order to be able to watch it) hope you're having a lovely day! 💛💙

[corrodedcoughin]

You always go the extra mile to make sure people know you appreciate them for interacting with you through asks and whatnot. I just hope you also know that we appreciate you as well! Which is why we interact! And I can't speak for anyone else but personally I dont have "better things to do" right now as I'm sending this ask. Just eating chips (an ever-ambiguous snack).

Anon, you do have something better to be doing. And that’s tell me if it’s British or American chips. Please, inquiring minds (me) want to know

[captainderyn]

Oh, oh, I thought of another one after I'd put my laptop away!! How was Ryn's relationship with her Cerberus crewmates in ME2? Did she warm up to any in particular/did she become closer to some than others?

OH! This is a fabulous question thank you so much <3 this might get long af, I'm not sure yet. (Edit to add: it sure did. Whoops)

I think before anything it's very important to understand how Ryn comes into ME2. Because uh...she's not thrilled about being brought back/resurrected/whatever because it freaks her tf out. She does not feel like she's in her own body (I guess she's...not?), she doesn't understand how to reconcile what happened and where she is not annnnd let's be honest no one ever really seemed to think "hey, has anyone considered that Ryn may definitely not be Okay?" (in game at least, we'll get to that). She's deeply unnerved by being brought back and the subtle things Cerberus seems to know about her that they shouldn't (I'm working on a fic about that eyy).

It was the intimate inaccuracies that unnerved her the most. 

Her hair was slightly darker than it had been, walking the fine line between wine-red and brunette instead of auburn. 

However they’d regrown it, it was thicker than it should’ve been after years of being thrown up in a tight Alliance-regulations bun or braid. It looked like they’d used her most recent pictures, from when she’d pinned Commander two…no, now four, years ago. 

The second thing to understand about Ryn is that she hates working with Cerberus. She saw firsthand in ME1 the really fucked up stuff Cerberus was doing, and that she's been brought back by them is...not okay with her. She rails against it again, and again, and again, until there's finally this sense of learned helplessness about it because she's pretty severely trapped. She damns the world, her friends, her family, if she leaves and someone needs to stop what's happening.

Overall, Ryn in ME2 is a much angrier Ryn than we've ever seen. Not towards the people out there she tries to help, or to her crew, but she is filled with so much anger--at the Illusive Man, at Cerberus, at the fact that no one is listening to her.

Whoo! Okay I'm going to stop myself there because I could go on and on with how Ryn struggles with working w/ Cerberus and reconciling the idea that she's alive again. I'm stuffing the rest beneath a cut.

For the crew! To put it bluntly, she gets along terribly with her Cerberus crew mates. Especially Miranda to begin with. In her eyes, Miranda is the one responsible for her being brought back, for being a tool to the Illusive Man. She feels as if information is being kept from her, and that all comes to a head regarding Archangel (as seen in Dog Tags)

But that was Garrus out there in the medbay, blown to shit from a missile. Garrus, who she’d found when looking for some ‘mysterious figure’ named Archangel . Garrus, who the Illusive Man had said was unreachable. 

If Dr. Chakwas told Ryn that she needed to leave and cool off, then she would’ve. But it was Miranda, in that chilly, above-everyone-else tone who’d told her to calm down. 

Then it was Jacob who had pulled her off Miranda, when Ryn had finally snapped and shoved the Cerberus brat up against the wall, biotics snapping around her as she’d shouted that they had lied to her, making her believe she was alone. Allowed her to find Mordin first when Garrus was cornered and under siege. 

Ryn and Miranda get along like dumping a bunch of gasoline out and turning a flame-thrower on it. Miranda sees Ryn as a lose canon who's being uncooperative on purpose and screwing them all over, Ryn sees Miranda as someone wanting to use her like a puppet and holding the people she cares about hostage. I really cannot describe how much the whole Garrus-cident set Ryn off like a bomb. She becomes feral-ly protective of the people who were on her crew that rejoin the Normandy SR-2.

They actually become friendlier as ME2 progresses and they begin to humanize each other, but it isn't until ME3 that they really because tentative friends.

With Jacob...Ryn also doesn't get along with him lol. Once again due to the whole Cerberus thing. She cannot comprehend how someone can look at the organization she's seen throughout ME1--committing atrocities and war crimes, and go "yeah, I'll stand by that" even if it was like the Alliance was doing nothing (because believe me, Ryn has her bones to pick with the Alliance too). And honestly? One of her biggest things with her Cerberus crew members is how she feels as though they dismiss her and don't see her as human to start out with. They just see Commander Shepard. A successful product of Project Lazarus. Again, as things go along, they become more cordial and friendlier as she gets to know him and his nuances. But she will never agree with Miranda and Jacob working for Cerberus.

Ryn does however end up pretty close with the rest of the crew! Mordin and Dr. Chakwas end up in this unlikely alliance to make sure Ryn doesn't snap and lose her absolute shit as ME2 goes on. Ryn works really hard to understand where he came from with the genophage, just like she does the rest of everyone's stories (because, wonderfully, no one in ME2 is unflawed! Which is awesome).

Thane is probably the companion she ends up closest to outside of her core of old SR1 companions (out of those, she's closest with Garrus and Tali, who she considers her best friends (and eventual more than that with Garrus obv) as she finds something very...quieting about being around him. He seems to understand something about Ryn's state of mind that even she doesn't and is a welcome presence to just sit quietly with.

Jack is...rough. To put it nicely she doesn't like Ryn at first. For a multitude of reasons, many being that Ryn, in her eyes, tries too hard for the world. She's too self-sacrificing, too altruistic, to the point that Jack is convinced she's not doing it authentically (nope, Ryn is just Like That. Some people will burn the world to the ground for those they love, Ryn will burn herself to the ground if it means their safety). Like most, they come around to each other, but it isn't until ME3 that they start to see more eye to eye.

Grunt is just standoffish to Ryn for most of the game. Ryn extends the olive branch time and time again, and eventually they reach mutual respect. Ryn and Samara also exist in a state of mutual respect and that's about it, Samara is very intent on her mission and her purpose and Ryn doesn't know how to break past that.

TL;DR: Ryn becomes a lot closer with many of the SR2's companions when she isn't under the Illusive Man's thumb. She may be depressed as fuck, on the verge of a complete mental break in ME3 but goddamn if she isn't much easier to get along with when she's not constantly railing against Cerberus and fighting against the Illusive Man's control.

[rainia]

I saw your post about forcing(?) yourself to start dating again. Just a friendly reminder in case you need it: it is completely ok to not be in a relationship for a while, even if you stay single the rest of your life. As long as you're happy ❤️

But it is of course also totally fine to start looking for someone if you want to.

thank you anon, I appreciate youuuu!! <333

Haha, well the truth is I’ve been single for a few years now because I’m content enough in myself to just like, vibe ya know. I’m very happy atm :] so it’s not so much forcing myself as it is testing the waters again, and seeing if anything comes of it.

Don’t worry, if I get annoyed by the whole thing I will happily switch back to the status quo lmao. I’m definitely not pressuring myself at all :]