#I still have more to screencap but it is about time for bed

[goldenworldsabound]

Clayman posting hours

[mixelation]

do you recommend yugioh? i saw a screencap of the guy who's like "no more white wine spritzers before bed" or something and it kinda made me want to watch the show. but some shows (cough naruto cough) are like. i wouldnt recommend this to anybody even though i liked it. i'd tell them to watch specific episodes or fights but forget the whole show yk

oh boy. would i recommend it........ hmm. definitely i would recommend looking up an episode list/guide and skipping filler if you do decide to watch it. but for the rest.... depends on what you are looking for in a show!!

first, do not let my blog fool you. yugioh is about playing a card game. all conflict is solved with card games. all of it. every once in a while someone throws a punch or they have to escape a burning building, but usually somehow these events will also involve card games. somehow. there is ancient dark magic, but it doesn't come up nearly as much as just playing a card game. there are compelling characters and friendships, but most of their shonen-style friendship bonds are forged through the card game. you need to accept this in order to enjoy the series.

(the first few volumes of the manga use a variety of games and challenges instead of focusing on the main card game. the chapters are mostly episodic with a few longer arcs, and the focus is on yugi's friendships. also the ghost possessing him sets at least two people on fire. if you're dubious of the card game aspect but interested in getting to know the main cast, this might be up your alley.)

for the anime, a lot of the zanier lines you see in screen caps are from the english dub, which has nostalgic "call the rice ball a donut" and "give this character a ridiculous accent for no reason" vibes. sometimes the dub is genuinely funny. sometimes it's annoying. if you want an entertaining and over-the-top old school-ish anime, you might enjoy the dub.

the original Japanese is slightly more serious. for example, in the dub, Yugi does a magical girl transformation every time he uses the puzzle. this doesn't happen in the original. there's fewer bizarre ad-libbed lines (like the wine spritzer joke). in some ways it makes the show less fun? but also some of the zanier situations get a little more fun if, for example, the buzzsaws set to chop off your legs if you lose a card game aren't edited out. it is still VERY firmly a show about playing card games, but it takes itself more seriously.

honestly, if i did a rewatch, i'd probably watch the dub for duelist kingdom (the first arc) for the nostalgia and then switch to the japanese for the rest. my recollection is that post duelist kingdom is when the weird voice acting choices started to get grating, and also bizarre editing choices got worse (like changing buzzsaws to.... glowing disks that send you to the shadow realm. or something)

OR you can try YuGiOh the Abridges series, which is housed entirely on youtube and leans fully into how ridiculous YGO is as a concept. I've only seen a few rando episodes of it, but it's very well-loved. (also a warning that apparently it's very "of its time" so there might be some jokes that.... would not be acceptable in 2024.)

[pinkyjulien]

This might be the only occasion to talk about it, and It's no secret that her and I stopped talking more than ~1year ago, so here we go

Some of my personal experience with Zwei and her modding gatekeeping / monopol

For some reasons, my guts told me to screencap our very last conversation, right before she blocks me and wipe our DMs, and looking back now I'm glad I did

▶ You can find the conversation here

Please read the post for more context:

Important to note that live in Europe, meaning my timezone is CET

Zwei and I weren't up at the same time

Back in September 2022, a Drama happened in the Modding Server

This is the only screenshot I have of the drama, provided by a friend, I have since left that server (you should be able to find it with the search option tho)

Anec, the guy who can be seen on the screenshot, and who initially asked about the glowing eyes in the server, shared this imgur album with Zwei DMs as well back in 2022

I was asleep when it all happened, waking up to Zwei accusing me in DMs of being involved in it

The day before, a fellow modder asked me if they could make a mod similar to my old Player Replacer that would involve Photomode, asking me for help on the matter too; I gave them the greenlight and told me to ask NoraLee, as I do not have much knowledge on Photomode itself

So when I saw Zwei's DMs I assumed it was about this encounter, but I quickly understood that it wasn't the case

I later went to NoraLee's DMs to ask them what that whole "glowing eyes" stuff was all about, and thankfully got more context (and confirmation that Zwei was once again trying to gatekeep mods ideas)

That's about it for the whole context on the last convo I had with her

Now I want to mention some details and explain a lil bit more, especially about the Scenerids bit here

For the lil story, Scenerids animation were something I always wanted to figure out, way back in 2021 even

When I was still in AMM, we were making progress on the matter with the help of a fellow modder; the goal was always to make them, and the knowledge, public

One day, Zwei asked me in DMs about Scenerids Animations, and where I was with my digging; She wanted to share the knowledge with Deceptious, a new guy (at the time) who was making all kind of cool mods, if there was one guy that could find how to grab them, it was him

Excited, I told her all I knew back then

She also told me that Deceptious was doing streams in the Modding Server and that I should come by and check what he does

So I did, I jumped into his next stream, and yeah the guy was impressive with his method. In the stream chat, I asked him about Scenerids animations, we chatted a bit more and he seemed interested, said something along the lines of "it shouldn't be too complicated" - I went to bed after his stream ended

Next morning, I woke up to Deceptious sharing videos of Zwei's V, in the modding server, doing Alt's animations from her romance scene in the middle of Tom's Diner; he had it figured out during the night

So I went to his DMs, asking him how he did it, and got a somewhat cold reply; not unexpected, nothing to overthink at the time. I asked Zwei as well- I wanted to know, and to me it seemed only ""fair"" considering I ""helped"" with the whole thing

It all spiraled from there; Zwei would told me the "secret" ONLY if I kept the knowledge to myself. I somehow got involved in a ""modding ring"" involving Zwei, SilverEz (can't remember his full name, the owner of the Modding Server) and Deceptious

Zwei and I would extract the animations from the Scenerids files; She would work with SilverEz to release them for PMU, and I would release them as AMM packs

At first, I had to wait until Zwei's packs were published to publish my own mods; nobody would keep me updated on WHEN they would hit live, so I had to rush my own modpages to release them for AMM simultaneously

It was a lot of unecessary stress. One day, I asked SilverEz directly if I could just release the packs as I was making them? And he told me something along the lines of "Yes, of course, it's your mods you do whatever"

I was so confused- I thought he said he wanted me to wait until the PMU releases? But no, it was just Zwei's lies/manipulations/whatever

(Important to know that everything was going on by her, I was sending her the files, and she would share knowledge with me from Deceptious and SilverEz if needed)

Anyway, the scenerids stuff happened in October 2022, but that's when I started to be even more cautious of her. It wasn't the first time something rubbed me wrong, of course not, multiple instances happened on a lot of different things, but I do not want to share it publicly since I do not have any screenshots to prove it

Going back to the "Glowing Eyes" drama, which happened in September 2022

As said at the begining of the post, this was our last conversation, both in DMs and in public. I noticed a mood shift following the next weeks in the Modding Sever; most of the people here were either her friends or fanboys

Zwei and I were ignoring each others, but I quickly noticed Deceptious was also ignoring me

I decided to confront him in DMs about it, that's when I noticed he wiped all of his DMs

That's something we all know now that Zwei does a lot- so it had to be her, somehow telling him to wipe his DMs with me

I felt my blood go cold; Deceptious was someone I looked up to, his knowledge was really impressive and I wish I could've learned more modding from him somehow, but anyway

Seeing this, I rushed to Zwei's DMs to tell her to basically fuck off, to stop draging others into her bullshit- and that's when I noticed I was blocked, I couldn't send anything, but most importantly, her DMs were slowly being deleted

Now, I should've done a quick back up of everything, there's a lot of script that exist to extract full logs or to wipe them out. I didn't know about such scripts back then

I decided to ask around for the script she uses, called "Undiscord", wanting to give her a taste of her own medicine

So I was sitting here, watching her bulk delete her dms, as I was bulk deleting my own. Yes, it looks really fucking dumb and cringe lmao

And that's about it, really, that's how it all went down

▶ Pre-Shooting random questions

❓ Why did you compared her to Wing

Wingdeer is another person who is known to harass others for doing similar "Inversed Cross" makeup and cyberware, it happened a couple of times now. Zwei never liked her, despite modeling a lot of her mods; I thought comparing her to Wing would snap her out of her bullshit

❓ Isn't it hypocrite of you to say you're against gatekeeping?

"Gatekeeping" is when someone actively harass others for liking/doing/having something that they like/do/have, like Zwei (with hair color/makeup/rockergirl style) and Wingdeer (with reversed cross mods) for example I never harassed anyone, all I ever did was blocking people People taking a block as a personal attack is not my problem, and shouldn't be turned into general fandom drama

[anamericangirl]

You know, AAG (Can I call you Aggie?), I really wonder how people like that anon exist.

"Trump is a known rapist" Evidence: Honestly, I'm being genuine here, none. I have been asking for evidence for 4 years now. Apparently it's "Common knowledge" as I've been told hundreds of times, which means it should be super easy to find evidence, right?

So why can't I find it? It's not on Wikipedia, there's no evidence shown on any videos, anywhere, even in liberal Discords and liberal image boards and liberal discussion boards and Reddit and shit, I can't find ANY evidence of him being a rapist other than "A lot of people say he is and state it as fact."

Meanwhile: "Biden showers with kids" Literally saw the video. "Hunter fucked his niece" Saw the screencaps of it on 4chan. "Bill Clinton on Epstein Island with a very questionably aged girl literally on a leash" Seen the picture thousands of times now. "Hunter getting massaged by a bunch of children's feet" Seen it, that one's old, everyone's seen it.

Got evidence of those instantly, no questions asked. Didn't even WANT to see that evidence, I just had it shown to me against my will. Literally no discussion to be had about those ones, I just believe those ones. I promise you, if I saw any hard evidence that Trump was: - Racist - Homophobic - Genocidal against trans people - A Nazi - A rapist - Hiding under the bed right now mom please check again I know he's down there and he's making trans people kill themselves - Literally any other thing liberals call him

I would believe them. If they would just produce proof, I'd believe them.

But Aggie, to this day, not one of them has actually provided proof other than "What, you don't trust me?" or changing the subject into "Oh okay bootlicker bet that boot tastes really yummy bootlicker you just love eating Trump's fucking boots"

Bitch I don't even like Trump, I just like to know that when I'm being told someone is a rapist that there's evidence to back that fuckin claim up.

Not you, Aggie. Anon's the bitch. Libs are the bitches.

Well, I won't speak for you, if you wanna be a bitch you be the hardest bitch there you can be. At least capital BITC on that. I wouldn't go too far though, you could transform into one of those humorless women who loudly announces that they don't find jokes funny when they happen on a movie 12 other people just laughed at.

I'm high I'm sorry.

You can call me whatever lol.

And that's the thing leftists don't realize.

"Well he's been called a rapist/racist/homophobe/transphobe/nazi so that should be enough to convince you. If you need evidence that just makes you all of those same things!!"

If there was evidence Trump was a rapist it would be all over the place all the time. Everywhere. Like when he said "grab 'em by the pussy" 10+ years ago and people are still going on about it as if he committed a serious crime by speaking those words. So if he was a rapist we wouldn't have to ask them for evidence and they wouldn't have to launch their ad hominem attacks because it would be everywhere. It would be all any media was talking about.

Meanwhile you have Biden in office right now with substantial evidence of very serious crimes, we have photographic and video evidence of him being a creep to children and his own daughter's journal entry about "probably inappropriate" showers with him and they don't give a fuck.

But don't worry even high you're a lot more rational and level headed than the "trump is a rapist" anons lol.

[dvilsdesire]

I know people seem to think Haarlep isn't fond of Raphael, but there's nothing that really dictates that as truth

he did ask the player "why would you call this horrible man your master" if you took the deal

Random asks || always accepting

// (just so people are aware, the quote at the top is from an old post I wrote that the anon is responding to)

I literally just went back in game, took Raphael's deal, and went right to the House of Hope... After exhausting all possible dialogue options, I'm assuming you're referring to this quote:

(that is a legitimate screencap with an in game text error in it)

Nowhere in this does Haarlep call Raphael a horrible man.

I can see where you might be coming from, with how Haarlep uses the term "deserve", but something you need to understand about Haarlep's interaction and character is that everything the incubus is, is devious, mischievous and... self involved. When comparing Haarlep to someone like Raphael, who is obviously extremely Lawful Evil, Haarlep comes off as playful in his tone, jovial in nature, and obviously EXTREMELY manipulative. This is the creature that if you don't agree to have sex with them, outright attacks you. He doesn't give two shits about Tav and Co, he's literally willing to end them then and there if you don't agree to share Raphael's bed with them.

If anything, Haarlep appears to be more chaotic aligned than lawful, or even neutral aligned (depending on DnD lore and which edition, incubi and succubus could be seen as demons, devils or fiends--which means their moral alignment could be either Lawful Evil, Neutral Evil, or Chaotic evil). Haarlep, to me, feels less Lawful and more Neutral or Chaotic. Either way, he is still self involved and wants to manipulate any situation to his own (as most fiends do).

I think it's also important to note that everything in the Hells is not what it always appears to be. This is a world where torment and pain is pleasure, where the Archivist as well as Nubaldin both say about how much pain and torment is within the House and yet you'll have the best time of your life there in the boudoir, despite your limbs being mangled. Hope and Korrilla even make mentions on how everyone in the HoH is mad. It's almost like an Alice in Wonderland, going down the rabbit hole tale, where everything is twisted and contorted.

Nothing is quite as it seems, and Haarlep likely PLAYS on that, because of course he does, he's a fiend, and one that seems far more mischievous than Raphael. Note how Haarlep even says this line, claiming to be a far crueller master than Raphael:

When you go in and tell Haarlep that you're going to break your contract, he even responds with:

Pretty unlawful for a devil imo. Compare that to Raphael, especially if your Tav is a Paladin that's broken their oath? He's not going to deal with an oathbreaker, it's despicable.

Please note that I am not saying Haarlep is FOND of Raphael either. You literally get a 10 minute interaction with Tav and Haarlep where the incubus is attempting to take your soul and/or body as their own, and ZERO interaction between Raphael and Haarlep (which is honestly a fucking crime imo, but likely would have undermined Raphael's character and made him appear weaker since Haarlep is happy to insult him at any given chance).

A small note on making fun of Raphael as well... People do it. It's a part of relationships. I'm not saying it's healthy, and I'm not saying it's moral, but once again... this is the HELLS. Does anyone expect devils to sit there and dote on one another like a loving, caring couple? I don't. But do you know what I do see every day in real life when I interact with people? Old married couples who literally rag on each other in public, harass each other behind their backs, and tease each other at literally any given chance.

When you have been living with someone for an extended period of time, these relationships grow and change, for better or for worse.

Everything that you and me, and every other person in fandom says is pure speculation. And there is no right and wrong, because we are all going off tiny bits of evidence that can be skewed and nothing is finite. We don't know because we simply don't have enough information. A ten minute interaction is not enough information to prove ANYTHING in a game that doesn't delve deeper into what the relationship was between Haarlep and Raphael outside of a few notes and comments.

If you want to believe that Haarlep hates Raphael's guts, then who the fuck is stopping you? I'm not. I will continue to love Raphlep because, guess what? It makes me HAPPY. That's the only damn reason I need or care about ✌️

[lizardsfromspace]

Megalopolis ending spoilers

Okay so I think the most...The Most moment for me was when Jon Voight's character, who was almost tricked into resigning as President of the Bank but who then had a heart attack and was deposed as President of the Bank, is lying in bed, and Aubrey Plaza's character, who is named Wow Platinum in a movie where everyone else's name is Roman bc AMERICA IS LIKE ROME, well, also Wow Platinum seduced someone in a sex scene that is honestly indescribable into doing this plan, anyway, Wow Platinum comes in and Jon Voight's character goes "I have a boner because she is sexy". And the boner is VERY prominent but no one questions it because it was earlier established that Jon Voight has an enormous hog. Anyway he says this in the dry monotone everyone in the movie except Aubrey Plaza delivers every line in and no one questions it.

Then he pulls back the covers to reveal that his boner is actually a CROSSBOW. And he uses it to kill Wow Platinum and shoot his son in the ass.

This is more or less the end of the movie's conflict. It's kind of surprising how quickly it ends? After this everyone who was previously against Adam Driver's character just kind of goes "I am going to give all of my money to him" in a montage. And he gives a speech and then he builds his perfect utopian city and everything is good now and I guess he's now God-Emperor. We see people gliding away on the only Caesar Catalina invention we see in detail, which is a moving walkway that will take you to A Park in less than three minutes. But the city is gold and alive now and has vertical towers people live on so it's better now. Nobody reacts much though bc again, the only character who doesn't react to everything with a dull, flat tone of voice is Wow Platinum, who is still dead, and lying on the floor, Cock Arrow still in her chest

Don't get that idea that Crazy Bullshit like that happening all the time makes it fun though, I was just bored bc again, everything's so flat. Not just the acting, but the cinematography is really flat, too, it's hard to believe Francis Ford Coppola made it. The movie does play with some interesting ideas about Creation and the like at times, but so much of it is just communicated by people citing quotes and saying Great Ideas at each other.

If one scene sums up the movie, it's one where they're driving in the rain and we see a statue of Lady Justice falling apart in the rain & breaking into pieces. A bit heavy handed but I get it. But then the scene goes on showing us more statues falling apart and. I get it, actually?

I never would've anticipated a movie this cornball earnest from Francis Ford Coppola of all people. Like look at the end screen (screencap from Twitter, I'm not a monster who took out her phone in the theater)

I want to like this movie so much more than I did. Though I did like it more than two of the people in the theater with me, who walked out halfway through, leaving just me and one other person to experience...this

In conclusion

[adhd-merlin]

merlin S1 rewatch: episode 9

let’s move on to ep 1x09 because I need to get on. with my life. I already re-watched this ep months ago and I can’t be arsed to do it again so I’m going to use screencaps and perhaps the transcript to refresh my memory.

kilgharrah warning merlin that excalibur MUST NOT be wielded by anyone but arthur, and merlin handing the sword to uther literally the next morning is so funny to me. it's kind of the same thing that happens with the cup of life, when iseldir tells merlin “hey this is important so don’t lose it okay?” and five minutes later we see the cup rolling down a hill. I love consistent characterisation. please don’t give this boy anything important for safekeeping he has enough on his plate already!!

I think Arthur’s coronet looks a bit dumb but still it’s nothing compared to the horrendous Burger King crown he'll wear as king. why did uther get such a prettier crown. why couldn't arthur just wear his father's crown. so many questions

why did they name the undead knight tristan, was he supposed to be the tristan? I think he was. I think their take on tristan and isolde in S4 was so disappointing btw. anyway moving on

Merlin: Gaius have you seen that knight’s crest before? Gaius: No, I don’t think so. I didn’t see it clearly. Actually I’m not even sure I saw a knight. Perhaps it was a trick of the light or a collective hallucination

Sir Owain: I don’t need luck Arthur: oh fuck he’s going to die

Arthur’s face after Uther holds him back and someone else picks up the undead knight’s gauntlet. so much self-sacrificing acts of bravery and NONE of them done by him. wrong and upsetting

S1 Arthur I'm not sure how to tell you this so I'll just say it. your haircut looks dangerously close to a mullet

Merlin: maybe arson can fix this

Nimueh telling Uther she was his friend!!! fuck season 6 I want a Merlin prequel

he’s a precious baby. he’s shmol. only tiny

gwen doing her whole “you know I'd grant you anything merlin… I mean, not anything! haha” meanwhile merlin is too worried about keeping arthur alive to notice. GIRL HE'S BUSY

WHY. who stands like this

he holds this stupid pose the entire time morgana is talking to him. imagine begging someone not to commit suicide while they brood and look out of the window like a sullen byronic hero. I would have pushed him out of the window. drama ass bitch

this is the second nighttime encounter between uther and gaius in this episode. uther saying goodbye to gaius before going to fight in arthur’s place. toxic yaoi. is this anything

YOU KNOW NOTHING YOU STUPID CHILD. I love that Kilgharrah is a hater and a bitch. to be fair to him he spent 20 years in solitary confinement so he's earned it

gaius drugging arthur then gently helping him into his bed is hilarious. he’s so good at lying and drugging people. big fan of gaius using his evil talents for the greater good, or just to have a laugh sometimes which is equally valid

what a fine blade you have there… it would be a shame if something were to happen to it

he’s wearing silver bracelets!! plural!!

[Enter Arthur, visibly furious]

Gaius [gathering his things]: I've just remembered I've left something on the stove. I must go right now immediately

Arthur [while Gaius scurries away]: YOU HAD GAIUS DRUG ME??

arthur and uther little father and son moment was cute ngl

there are a few more scenes until the end but I don't have much to say about them except that I love gaius and merlin's relationship

Gaius: [stares loudly] Merlin: [pretends not to notice]

[abbysimsfun]

Sims In Bloom: Generation 1 Part 13 (Spooky Day Scandal!)

Holly joined Heather at Sherman Bagley High School and started spending more time with Kristopher Bell, the eldest son of Michael Bell and his wife Cecilia. The young teens had known each other since childhood because their parents were friends, and once they passed puberty, they started to see each other in new ways. It wasn’t long before they were boyfriend and girlfriend, as innocent as such love could be in ninth grade. Their parents were supportive but kept watchful eyes over them. When Heather and Holly wanted to throw a Spooky Day party for their friends, their parents attended as chaperones.

But Heather’s first big party-planning blunder came when she realized she’d forgotten to call it a costume party on the invitations. She thought it was a given since the party was on Spooky Day, but when only her family was dressed for the holiday, she realized she’d made a mistake. She still pulled out the pumpkin carving station and baked spooky-themed sugar cookies for guests to enjoy, but she felt a little silly in head tails and blue body paint as a Twi’lek while her friends were in party dresses.

Everett came with Malia and their younger brother, Kash, and Bob and Annette stopped by to visit Daisy and Neal, but Spencer was on vacation with her family in Selvadorada and couldn’t be there. Heather didn’t mean for anything to happen, but this was the most time she’d spent with Everett since he and Spencer started dating. She’d missed him, and her feelings hadn’t gone away. They danced and she saw him noticing her elaborate costume with its form-fitting tank top.

She invited him outside to stargaze even though the weather was overcast and cloudy, and in the moonlight the moment overtook them. Years of unsaid feelings came out in their kiss – Heather’s first, with anyone. But rather than the twinge of butterflies Holly described from kissing Kris, Heather was immediately filled with guilt. She made an excuse and put herself to bed, but rather than head home, Everett lingered in the village. He couldn’t stop thinking about that kiss.

(NOTE: No, I'm far too much of a noob to have screencapped any of this and yes it is terrible. I have so many regrets.)

Everett loved Spencer. He’d been head over heels for her since they were children, but everything with Heather was just easier – except for Heather’s own inclination to pull back and bury herself in her studies. She was already so driven, while Everett was more than a little afraid to grow up. He turned to his mother’s grave hoping for guidance, drawn to the Holy Book and the scripture of the Watcher to make sense of his feelings. He wanted his life to mean something. He didn’t want to be defined as a cheater. He made his way along the River Bagley, through Old New Henford where Spencer lived with her family, and on to Lord Volpe’s ruins in the Bramblewood to think.

This had always been his favourite place in Henford, and not just because addictive chocoberries grew wild among the broken stones. Said to have been planted by Lord Volpe himself, Henford was the only place in Simlandia where chocoberries were known to grow wild, and this was celebrated at Finchwick Fairs when bakers in town would try to out-do each other with their best chocolate pies. But there were no locals around to pick berries tonight, and Everett could be alone with his thoughts beneath the stars.

He wandered back to the Nesbitt house and found River up late, amped up on too much Spooky Day candy. River clumsily admitted he saw Everett kiss his sister and Everett panicked. He begged him not to say anything, and to protect his sister’s reputation, eleven-year-old River easily agreed. Still, Everett spoke with Heather when she woke up. She’d been so wracked with guilt she slept horribly, and when he asked if she’d ever date him, she sputtered that she’d never want to hurt Spencer or ruin her friendship with him. Everett pushed away his disappointment.

Where would Heather and her crush on Everett go from here? ->

<- Previous Chapter | From the Beginning

[acaplaya-musings]

Voiceplay Visuals: Drunken Sailor

Man I've been waiting to get to this one!

Drunken Sailor was uploaded on the 12th of August, 2023, and like the other pirate-themed video Voiceplay did akmost two years prior, it features Jose Rosario Jr! It also features Matthew Buckner (aka "Bucky") in an acting role, as the "drunken sailor" that Voiceplay sing about. "Bucky" used to be a vocalist in "4:2:Five" for a while (iirc), and he's good friends with Geoff, and even helped with the choreography for Geoff's Monster Mash video! Just like Hoist The Colours, both the arrangement and video were done by Geoff (who also wrote an original bridge for the song! (genius that he is)), and he also co-directed the video (with Tony), and worked together with Eli on lighting design. This might be one of those posts where I get close to the picture-upload-maximum and have to start counting them just in case, but still, it would be for good reason! So let's go!

Group shot! Shoutout to Pattycake Productions for the set design!

I'm not sure if any of the group are wearing any of the same clothing pieces they wore in Hoist The Colours (I did a brief bit of visual comparison), but Jose, acting as the captain of this "ragtag motley crew" once more, is pretty close.

Also, Geoff is going with the bare-shoulders look again (we always stan), but so is Cesar! (Good For Him)

Not even 10 seconds in and I've already found a funnier-than-first-expected/realized screencap! I'm not sure whose face I love more here - Layne's or Geoff's 😂😂

Obligatory comment that Geoff was absolutely serving looks in this video! The subtle "guyliner" plus the light stubble and the black sleeveless shirt/tunic? I freaking live for it 👀👌

Jose staring right down the camera, and Cesar giving 110% as per usual 😄

Pfft XD

Crazy Eyes Layne back again! 😆

Also look at Eli's face! He's terrified by the story that Layne is 'telling'!

"I'll have that!" (also notice that when Layne makes the whale "eat"/bite the boat, Eli covers his head with his hands in distress! The Lore! The Lore!

PFFFT, if looks could kill! 🤣 (and the fact that he's still beatboxing the whole time really makes this 👌)

Voiceplay said in the comments (in a reply to someone) that "there were a few different takes of this shot, and this was the one where it looked the MOST like Layne was gonna burst into flame." I think they nailed it 😝😁

"Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe bottom!"

Firstly, it sounds at least like Cesar is singing "hosepipe bottom", but the original line is "hosepipe on him". And despite what Cesar is implying with the wooden toilet seat, the line has nothing to do with toilets or bathrooms. A "scupper" is "an opening in the side walls of a vessel or an open-air structure, which allows water to drain instead of pooling" (according to Wikipedia). Ships have scuppers at deck-level, to allow for rainwater and/or seawater to drain off. So basically the line about "stick him in the scupper with a hosepipe on him" is about spraying the drunken sailor in question with a hose[pipe] (to try to sober him up with a dousing of cold water), in a part of the ship where the water can easily drain away afterwards.

"ew I can't believe I just touched that!"

Yes, that doll is definitely creepy, and I have no clue where Geoff got it from or what gave him the idea, but, according to Geoff in the comments section (comment from Voiceplay's channel, but it was almost definitely him who wrote it): "Her name is Clara and SHE HAS FEELINGS!" 😅

Also, the line "put him in the bed with the captain's daughter" probably isn't actually meant to be taken literally either. The main consensus that I've seen online is that "the captain's daughter" actually referred to a cat-'o'-nine-tails whip. (Not talking about the vocals or arrangement, I'm talking about song background/context! Which I've done before!)

EAR-LY IN THE M O O R R R N I I N N G G G

*YEET*

"Hey that's my cup!" (rip Eli)

Hey look it's the screencap my profile pic comes from! (And for good reason - Geoff is positively unhinged and Cesar's reaction is priceless 🤣)

Also apparently Geoff holding a wooden spoon while singing "I'm gonna carve his heart out" is a reference to the 1991 movie Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves. "Why a spoon, cousin? Why not an axe?" "Because it's dull, you twit. It'll hurt more!"

"And we should make him listen to Voiceplay while we do it!" "You... are a monster"

(I freaking died laughing first time I watched this bit, also look at Eli's smug grin! 😂)

Have I mentioned that he's gorgeous and I love him?

This video is really just pure unbridled/chaotic fun. It's the best 😁

Cesar twerking! Get it!

It took me an embarassingly long time to release that Geoff isn't actually sitting down in this shot here; he's kneeling instead 😅

Also note that while Layne, Eli, Cesar, and Geoff all freeze into place (in what is apparently sometimes known as a "tableau shot", Jose doesn't, instead doing a little bit of fourth-wall-breaking to give the audience a lighthearted half-shrug 😄

And no, I haven't forgotten the "bonus scene"!

"HEY! Hey, I'm not drunk!"

I'm just tired, because you simpletons been singing all night!"

(Also ayyy another Eli Eyebrow Raise!)

"Wey, hey, and up she rises. Wey, hey, and up she rises. Wey, hey, and UP she rises! Ear-ly in the morn... ONCE AGAIN!"

Aaaaand I've officially hit image limit! At least I did make some attempts to be conservative with screenshots! 😅

This cover is utterly fantastic - all the silliness of "Classic Voiceplay", with the serious skills and high-quality video production of "Modern Voiceplay"! The video is hilarious, the cover is ridiculously creative, and really it just highlights all of the things to love about each person in the video, visually/performance-wise and vocally!

Not many Voiceplay videos left for me to make posts about now, but there are certainly still ridiculously-amazing things to come, so stay tuned!

[ihrtmichael]

🧊🕸🌰☕️📝 (🤍 !)

thank you lovely !!!!! 🤍🤍

🧊: How do you get over writer's block?

Cry!!! 

JK I don’t cry uhmmmm reading (a real book!) and revisiting my favorite shows and movies helps. Sometimes they spark an idea and (especially if I’m revisiting the source material for the fic I’m writing) helps me get back into those characters headspaces. And also just… focusing on other hobbies. I like sewing and editing and drawing so sometimes I turn to those when I’m stuck. Anything to keep myself creative without beating myself up for not opening the Google Doc!!

🌰: What's something you are working to get better at?

Fluff is so cute but SO HARD FOR ME TO WRITE!!!!!! Something about them being happy and peaceful…. hard for me to hear their voices when I write it and it is terrible my loves deserve to be happy!

☕️: What time of the day do you prefer to write?

I prefer to write at night before bed. Fic still feels so illicit like omg this is a nighttime activity only!! But sometimes if I'm having a slow/boring day, I'll work on a fic in the early afternoon.

📝: Do you prefer planning on a computer or on paper?

On a computer always!! It’s just easier that way. I use Google Docs, so as long as I am logged in and have WIFI I can update from pretty much any device and from wherever in the world I am. Also very good cuz I write my fics on my phone, so it makes it easier for me to run it through Grammarly and post to AO3 on a real computer when I’m ready.

As for planning on paper… I am scared that if I do that, someone will find it and I will have to kill myself and everyone mwah 😘 Y'all aren't getting my Gelphie smut like that no thank you!

🕸: Do you outline? How detailed?

My outlines are really just me word vomiting a huge paragraph in my Google Docs. No bullet points just vibes, but they can get pretty detailed?? I put a screencap under “read more” to show an example cuz IDK how to properly describe

This is how I outlined my proposal fic!

[accidentally-in-fictional-love]

Things I Noticed While Writing Light The Fuse: Part 13, Episode 5

I wasn't prepared for the amount of arm in this one 😳

That backseat sure looks comfy and roomy huh 😳

I count three bottles and two candy wrappers, and Johnson's the only one I ever see eating candy, he has a sweet tooth guys I'm so right

Who the fuck says indisposed when they mean sleeping, Matty?? Also hi I missed you 🥰💙 the framing of his hair around his tattoo is so nice ohmygosh so pretty

HEY WAIT I got so used to watching the extended version while writing that I forgot this shot was also extended in the shorter one! I forgot I got to see Matty stretching for the phone and Ethan getting all comfy how could I- I only noticed it when I went to gif the next shot! Evil, truly evil to deprive watchers of one or the other why did they do this 😩

I can't get over how sleepy they are. Ethan gets Death By Nutshot Via Phone and Matty gets to nap for a bit. He said that he's always up to watch the sunrise so I do not doubt he just went back to bed and that's why he's both grumpy and woke up before Ethan. Look at him get cozy again when his hands come up, wow, he's getting five more minutes and no one's gunna stop him 🥰

I really think he must be super tired and grouchy cause there's no way he'd forget about Ethan's mom after what he said, that doesn't compute to me even though the line is funny

I am staring. I am sweating. I am gripping my desk so hard the wood is cracking. Jesus fucking christ.

Also where did Ethan go, his door is open but he's not on the porch?

This was the moment I realized that I was In Love. Not just in love, but In Love. I even filmed it on my phone to share it with my sibling cause screencaps wouldn't cut it. This tells more of a story than I ever will. The blanket that was obviously shared for him to be comfy and warm, still folded and not even under his head. The many bottles and butts laying there. The cigarette still in his mouth. This man sat there smoking and drinking until he literally passed out while the other two had lovely sleeps in the car. Maybe Matty sat with him before taking the front seat cause Ethan stole the back first. My god, I love these men so much.

Plus the shelves being gone tells me the run is over but still going since they're obviously on the road and still need it. I left them there in my fic, no idea why they're missing other than he wants to spread out for the night. God I can't get over Matty just giving him a kick when a smooch would work just fine 😌 this is why I made Johnson such a quick riser, once he's up he is up

She was almost a mom again, his delivery in this scene is so on point, I also had a thought while I giffing this, but what if the tattoo on his wrist is for his dad? ;w;

I love the names they give these places so much lmao

I love his delivery here, he's getting so tired of all these questions, dude just wants to sleep for one single morning and not be asked 1000 details about his work in a suspicious manner

Gif 200! And it's for me to say that there had better be a bathroom around back or else Matty just pissed in the field :'D god were they trying to kill me by having him look like that though for r e a l also I checked the entire season, Matty wears this black undershirt multiple times, unless it's the two times Ethan does, where Matty does not, and both take place when they're not on runs and only have a few outfits each. Hiiiiiiiighly suspect, they're sharing clothes guys these men are dating

I lovelovelove Ethan being fed up with her, I love writing him knowing she's using him and giving her crumbs just to get her to stop, I love writing him pleading with her to leave Matty and Johnson out of whatever she's doing, and I love how much I get to ramp all of it up because he's still gotta go to her motel room with a gun

He says 11 days and not 'around 11 days' so that's how long each run is to me every time, they got a good travel system going

I went to comment on the candy because sweet tooth, Johnson has such a sweet tooth, and it's blue too (Matty's colour 💙), that bag is so full of treats, and Matty with his normal soda instead of beer for once, and then I noticed that Johnson's shirt is only half tucked in and my brain turned into white noise. Matty's pants match Johnson's shirt so well I'm going to eat my keyboard, and the cuffs being also high enough to show of his bright red socks, and THE SHOES. TOMORROW I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SHOES FINALLY GUYS.

They're both staring him down so hard here, they're really making sure he's fine after that call, I don't doubt they were watching him through the window like he was watching them

If I turned and saw this I'd just die.

I was going to attempt and do both unchanged scenes in this one, but I'm not going to do that, the amount of arm would send me into a stupor, see you tomorrow~ ❤️💙💛

[forcebookish]

To add on to what you said about the nc scene cut so short I could understand if it really was cause FB was uncomfortable but that scene had such a harsh cut that seemed like there was more they just cut it like wtf I'm sorry we had to sit through a long ass sr nc scene which I didn't give a shit about but we got what a min of TopMew that is disappointing but what do we expect when the team has already had shown favoritism

i don't even know. i have a hard time believing that it was short because forcebook were uncomfortable (although i wouldn't be surprised if this was the scene where force didn't want to be messed with after), because they're apparently good at doing NC scenes all in one take. part of me thinks that there are certain sex acts that are more difficult to sneak past censors... but... come on, mew doesn't even look like he finishes his silent moan. (i would include a screencap but tumblr would suppress the post lol) even so, they could have moved the rest of it to the bed room? like what the fuck?

and again, they turned off the sound near the end there... still didn't get to hear enough of mew's little breathy sounds... still didn't see his O face... which, whatever, i know i'm being a brat about it, but when you compare it to the rest of them... yeah, it's unfair. and if we time it vs. the rest of their NC scenes? i haven't, but i bet it's shorter >:(

for the most part, i was fine with how the series treated the distribution of NC scenes since they reflected the relationships, but at this point it didn't make sense anymore. it absolutely feels like favoritism. especially with those long ass SR scenes where literally nothing happened? hello????

[remyfire]

Her giggles come unbidden, brought about by an idle thought and hastened with the fizz of the seltzer in her singapore sling. She presses the cards to her face, nearly leaves lipstick stands on her full house before resurfacing. "Sorry, sorry, a funny thought just came to me," she explains through her chuckles. "Before we were going steady, Beej let me guess what his name meant and the very first name I tried, you'll never guess." She doesn't give them a chance to, giggles increasing as she leans over and squeezes Hawkeye's hand. "Benjamin John! How funny is it that in the end, I got a Benjamin and a John after all, hey?"

(this did actually happen in our DMs and it's before I had ever once mentioned Trap's or Hawk's birth names to Christina and I have the screencap to prove it and it's extremely funny. Anyway, this is a self-indulgent, plotless character study with fun, fluffy quad building, so THANK YOU)

The laughter, golden as sunshine, makes BJ smile before Peg says a word. In theory, they keep their hands to themselves when they're playing—there's a 50/50 chance that if any of the four around the table reaches for someone, there'll be claims of attempted cheating or fraternizing with the sole purpose of distraction—but he's tipsy enough that he can't stop himself from reaching to lightly cup her forearm, thumb brushing over her wrist.

He's still getting used to how natural it feels, having Hawk's foot resting on his own beneath the table. Hawk's got one of Peggy's silky robes tucked snug around his lean shoulders, one of Trap's tanks on under it. Beej hasn't made it easy on the man across from him since his late arrival to the house, but with just enough bourbon in his blood, he can even admit that the table doesn't feel right without Trapper's money being tossed into the pot.

He studies Trap's face, tracking the faint quirk of his brow as he considers his cards before finally raising the pot, and BJ files it away.

When he starts catching Peg's words again, he rolls his eyes affectionately. "Oh no," Beej murmurs, almost drowned beneath Hawk's sound of delight. It's an old story, but one he hadn't quite put the significance together about until today, and he chuckles as he studies his hand yet again. When Peg's chips join the pot, BJ chucks in his own.

"You're not serious?" Trap asks with a laugh of his own.

"It's not the first time she was a little psychic." BJ finally claims one of her hands and presses a kiss to the back of it. "Maybe one of the more regrettable times in the end, though—"

Trapper leans slightly over the table. "Y'know, Hunnicutt, if I didn't know better, I'd think I wasn't welcome here."

"Only took two months of living here rent-free before you started picking up on my tone," Beej drawls. "Impressive."

It really is a sign of how things are shifting that Trap just smirks, that for one of the first times in recent memory BJ is the one to break the contact instead of holding it in an adrenalizing game of dominance.

"It makes a weird kind of sense, doesn't it?" Hawk points out. He lazily rests his chin on his palm, the game briefly forgotten—now that they no longer have to play just to survive the long and aching hours of imprisonment, there's room for these languid chats. Erin's tucked in bed. They've got hours to kill yet, a whole weekend ahead of them, and only BJ's due in at the hospital late tomorrow night.

"What does?" BJ asks.

Hawk grins at him, eyes sparkling. "That you found her first." He gestures vaguely to him with his cards, glancing over at the other two. "Beej always takes first pot, the lucky bastard,"

The words warm something in his chest. There are nights like this when BJ can't even remember who 15-year-old him was, that kid with an aching hole in his chest, skittish in his family home, keeping his distance from anybody who wasn't on his athletic teams so he wouldn't lose his chance at college by getting distracted.

There's a lot that can be said about how he and Peggy Hayden collided in that high school drama class. He's not sure either of them will ever be able to truly plumb into the depths of how inextricably they tangled their sense of self around each other at such a young age, nor does he know how long it'll take for them to loosen their orbits until the sight of Peg looping her pinkie with Trap's as she leads him down the hallway to his bedroom no longer fills Beej with that primal desire to reclaim her.

But he's also not sure how that anxious, angry kid would've made it out alive if he hadn't had her light illuminating that long, dark path until he was forced to discover how to make his own without her.

Now, he knows he can. He could glow all on his own without her, without Erin, without Hawk.

He simply doesn't want to.

BJ gets lost in Peg's eyes as he rests their joined hands against his cheek to the tune of Hawk's chips joining the pot. "Maybe I took first. But we've all got a pretty equal share now, don't we?"

Just as the soft words leave his mouth, he catches that edge of her smirk, and he knows. He knows before she even puts down the full house.

As Hawk howls in irritation and Trap tosses his own hand down, BJ shakes his head with a heavy sigh. "Okay, fine, I take it back. She always wins everything in the end."

"But you love me," Peg teases, and Beej loops back into her orbit just for a taste of her lips before she starts gathering the chips for sorting.

"I do." He tucks her hair behind her ear, pleased as punch. "We all do."

"Son of a bitch," Trap murmurs as he gets to his feet. He grabs his empty glass, then Hawk's, stealing a quick kiss from him as he walks behind his chair. "You want another, Peg?"

"I'm good!" She all but wiggles in her seat as she stacks. "This is fun~"

"You say that every time, you cute, little hustler." Hawk leans across the table, and she meets him in the middle with a quick smooch of her own. He chases her when she tries to pull back, and as she squeals and grins against his mouth, BJ shakes his head and picks up his own empty glass.

He meets Trap by the bar, their arms brushing as Beej reaches for the bottle of bourbon.

"Hey." When Trap speaks, they lock eyes. Trapper leans into the counter, his body nearly cupping BJ's own. "What does it stand for, anyway?"

A month ago, he would've been inclined to tell him to go fuck himself. Maybe even a week ago. But something's different on his tongue tonight—something he blames entirely on the bourbon, nothing else.

So when BJ lets, "Anything you want," slip off his tongue, it's more fluid than the last time he said it. Looser. Sweeter. And as he departs the counter, he feels the faint tug at his shirt.

Instinctively, he twists out of Trap's loose grip, and the other man lets him go. As BJ backs up three slow steps, he lifts his brows in silent question. Trap doesn't fill the silence. Doesn't come after him either.

They watch each other, long and hard, before BJ disappears around the corner with an oddly fluttery heart.

[rbelle310]

There's a cardigan in Hajime's closet. Mossy green with a row of five buttons that barely keep the front closed against his muscles and a cartoony print of furiously rawr'ing godzilla-like dinos. A less secure man would probably call it wussy, but Hajime loves that cardigan beyond words.

In no small part because he loves Godzilla, but also because Wakatoshi bought it for him after noticing him shivering in the gym more than once.

The team tries their damnedest to keep a straight face as Hajime spots them during bench presses. The dinosaur print and plush green knit looms over them as they struggle with the weights.

Hinata tells Kageyama he keeps having dreams about Mr Iwasaur who pushes him into the ground by his arms and keeps growling "You can do one more, Shoyo, OR I'LL EAT YOU"

Hajime is aware of this because word gets around in the locker room, but he continues to wear the cardigan anyway. It's comfortingly warm and Hinata's terror is hilarious.

Eventually, even the fans catch on. They often spot him before they even realise Ushijima is with him. After a while people just call him Dino Trainer.

Much like other sexy athletes (or in this case, athlete adjacent) individuals. He's garnered many fans who just like the way his arms make the dino prints ripple.

There are articles dedicated to his career and how he's more than just a cardigan, but the media persists in calling him Dino Trainer.

Hajime doesn't mind, not really.

Some local magazine interviews him when he's back in Miyagi. He explains that what he actually likes is Godzilla and the print kinda looks like Godzilla.

And also, someone special bought it for him.

Or so he says with a faint blush. He doesn't name names but everyone knows who he's talking about. They don't really flaunt it, but they've not exactly been private either. Anyone could guess by the way they're always seen together.

Many posts of that screencap flood social media with captions like:

"I wish someone would think of me like the way Dino Trainer thinks about Ushiwaka"

"The face of True Love."

"I need someone to wrap me in affection like Ushiwaka wraps Dino Trainer in that cardigan."

But of course, like any other article of clothing, eventually it endures too many washes and gets caught one too many times on one sharp corner or another. The threads fray and the vibrant green fades.

Hajime can't really wear it out anymore, but so he keeps it at home. Sometimes he wears it when he and Wakatoshi hang out on the couch.

One day, he comes home after running some errands.

Wakatoshi's nowhere to be seen. The laundry's still hanging on the balcony so he brings that in, folding some and straightening others and when he opens the closet, he sees it: A brand new cardigan, all green and rawr-faced dinos.

There are not enough vowels in the Japanese language, or English for that matter, to describe the sound he makes when he sees it.

I mean I could try...

But we don't need to because when he takes the garment off the hanger, he's stunned to silence by the heavy tag that slips out from the buttoned front.

It's not a brand label or a product care card. It's a little sheet of cardboard with a ring hanging from a string.

"Will you marry me?" Wakatoshi asks, because Hajime can't even read the words with the tears blurring his vision.

Toshi's strong arms wrap around him, and some vague part of Hajime realises that Wakatoshi is also wearing a dino cardigan, but in purple.

"I love you." Hajime blurts out, turning around so he can face his lover.

The cardigan is smooshed between Wakatoshi's broad chest and his trembling hands as they kiss.

And kiss they do, in a liplock so passionate that he can barely get the "yes" out, so he says it over and over till he's breathless from kisses and affirmations.

Hajime doesn't even get a chance to try on his new cardigan, but that's alright because he's busy peeling Wakatoshi's off.

A long time later, they're nestled in bed, naked except for that shiny new engagement ring wrapped around Hajime's finger.

The cardigans are hanging over the headrest. He wants to wear it, but he also doesn't want to get it dirty.

"Where were you just now?" he asks, tracing circles around on his also shiny new fiancé's skin.

"I was hiding."

"In the bathroom?"

"No, Tendou said that's where you'd look first. I was hiding behind the bed."

Iwaizumi leans over Wakatoshi's shoulder. The bed isn't that tall, certainly not enough to hide a massive 6'3" athlete if he only crouched.

He laughs a bit at the thought though, and the conclusion he comes to.

"How long were you lying there?"

"About an hour."

"Did you fall asleep?" Iwaizumi grins teasingly.

"No." replies Wakatoshi without a hint offense, only earnestness, "I was too nervous."

Nervous. Japan's cannon who faced down the gods of volleyball at the net, and met every challenge head-on was nervous when it came to Iwaizumi Hajime.

Hajime wonders if Wakatoshi actually knows how much that confession means to him. More than the ring, more than a hundred dino cardigans in every retail colour.

He climbs back onto Wakatoshi's lap and kisses him again, sweetly this time: a soft press of lips and a tender touch on his sweaty brow.

"I love you, Toshi."

"I love you too, Haji."

The next day, there's a new article trending: Cardigans Flying Off The Shelves, but Dino Trainer Is Off The Market

[aceontheline]

Love is in Bloom (Mass x Florida: Pt 2)

C//W: Mass has a bad Panic Attack

Mass and Florida have gone on several more cutesy type dates at this point on in their relationship, and they were public. Everyone in the Statehouse knew they were going out and were proud of them... Well, almost everyone. But they paid no mind to the more "Bible Belt" type areas anyway. However, Mass was now faced with a feeling he was all too familiar with.

One morning, he saw Florida packing up for something and instinctively asked if he could come along to wherever he was going. Florida sighed and let Mass sit down next to him. Florida shook his head slowly.

"Gov says I need to attend some sort of 'Political Convention' with him. So, we'll probably be gone for a couple days" Florida said sadly.

Suddenly, he noticed Mass's demeanor change. He was shaky and less responsive. Florida tapped Mass on his shoulder, asking if he was okay. Mass nodded and excused himself to his room, practically bolting away as fast as he could. Mass slammed his door unintentionally, as he slid down, his back against the door. He felt sick to his stomach. What the fuck is going on... Oh wait.

----------------------------FLASHBACK--------------------------------

Mass was in a relationship with someone before Florida. The man barely seemed to care about him, putting off dates and all other activities in favor of working longer hours to get the bonuses and promotions he wanted. Mass knew he could change the guy if he just tried to mold himself to what he knew his then boyfriend would like. Thing is, Mass tried everything he could think of. His efforts seemed to be all for nothing, as his boyfriend would still ignore him.

Then, one day, Mass's then lover said that he needed to attend a meeting for a few days and that he would return soon. That he needed a bit of a break from Mass's frenetic nature.

"I'm only like this because you don't answer me for days at a time, then just show up at my door with flowers, thinkin' it'll be okay. It's not, Darren. You gotta do more than the bare minimum!" Mass exclaimed angrily, tears streaming down his face.

"Listen, maybe you can sort yourself out while I'm gone. When I get back, I expect better behavior from you. Maybe less like a psycho" Darren also yelled out, slamming the front door behind him.

Mass knew something that Darren didn't. For whatever reason, Darren didn't sign out of the computer they shared. Including Facebook. Mass felt a deep seeded anger and a sinking feeling like something was happening with Darren on this so called "trip". After reading through his messages, Mass was absolutely correct. He took screencaps of all the messages that were relevant and signed out of the Facebook account. He shut down the computer for now, looking at the messages he captured and printed out.

Mass also took screencaps and emailed them to himself, as well as everyone else relevant in their lives, excluding Darren himself. The message basically said:

"Darren isn't the man you think he is. We've been dating for almost 3 years, and I just see THIS today"

Several people already replied to him and said that Mass hadn't been the only victim, claiming some poor girl by the name of Casey was in his place at one point. Mass heard every little detail he needed to hear, packed all of his stuff, wrote Darren an angry letter with the screencap printouts attached. With that, Mass was gone.

-----------------------END OF FLASHBACK---------------------------

Mass was on the floor, practically spiraling out of control. His breaths became rapid and short, his vision blurred and his stomach felt like it was in knots. Damn it, another panic attack. He looked at himself in the mirror to try and help ground himself quickly. Taking a few deep breaths in and out, cycling through the "5 Senses" exercise to help him ground.

Almost nothing was working, so Mass just laid down on his bed. He had only been dating Florida for almost a few weeks now, so why was he so nervous about him cheating? Why was he expecting to see weird messages between him and Gov about secret meeting places or what they'd be doing with each other...

No, this isn't Darren. This is Florida. Darren was a piece of crap who didn't want to take accountability for his stupidity. Florida... Well, at least he was honest. Mass laid his head back against the wall close to his bed and took a few deep breaths. He opened his eyes... Florida! Shit! He saw Mass having a panic attack just now, didn't he?

"Hey hey, Mass..." Florida stepped a bit closer to Mass, within arms length. He held his hand out. Mass took it. "That's it. Stay with me, okay? Breathe in for 5, hold for 6, out for 5. Okay? Can you do that?" Florida asked.

Mass nodded. He breathed in for 5 seconds, held it for 6, and exhaled for 5 seconds. He felt a little lightheaded for a moment, then better again. Mass repeated the cycle of breaths while Florida held his hand and spoke words of affirmation to him. Once Mass was more calmed down, he just looked Florida dead in the eyes.

"Just promise me... This isn't some secret thing between you and Gov, is it?" Mass asked.

"What? Ew, no. Gov ain't my type anyway. Besides, I'm sure he likes someone else anyway. Wouldn't wanna mess around with all that" Florida replied.

That was... A surprisingly wholesome response from Florida. Mass felt reassured for the moment though. But even more, as Florida asked if Mass would like for him to call every day or so. Mass nodded. "That'd be incredible of you, thank you" Mass said.

Florida nodded happily, insisting that he and Mass spend the day together now before he has to go tomorrow morning with Gov. The two did just that: A nice walk in the park, a movie, a light lunch, some cuddling... Typical, cutesy couple stuff. Mass even fell asleep with Florida still in his arms. It was the first time he had gotten any good sleep in a while.

Florida had to leave the next day, but texted Mass once he and Gov arrived at the hotel they were staying at. They were in separate rooms anyway so there was no issue there, as Gov wanted a room to himself. Florida called after the first meeting at this "Convention" was over. They talked for all of an hour before Florida did his nightly routine and went to bed shortly after. Mass looked at the clock... 11:00 pm. Mass cuddled with a pillow, holding it as if it were Florida. He then realized... Mass snuck into Florida's room and took a clean tank top from his closet and rushed back to his own room.

"This'll just be for a few days. Until he's coming back. He won't notice it's gone" Mass reassured himself.

Mass snuck a quick whiff. Citrus, orange blossoms, and clean linens. He enjoyed it, throwing the tank top over the pillow and using it to cuddle with, pretending it was Florida. For now, this would suffice.

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[void-spells]

Survivor time! (Actually 2 sessions bc I got a new PC between em)

Mission with Bode!!!

Go's I wish Bode was a woman bc I would be SO in love with her

Damn Rayvis saw Cal and just went. Yoink!

Is it just me or does Dagan's general cadence sound a lot like ROTS Anakin? Is that intentional? Every time I hear him speak all I hear is "I have brought PEACE! FREEDOM! JUSTICE! and security to my new Empire!"

Did....this this fucker just call Cal a wretch? Hello????

Escape pod ptsd.....my baby boy,,,,,,,

BOGLING YOU ARE SO SO MUDDY!!!!!! YOU ARE SO ABSOLUTELY COVERED IN MUD MY GOOD MADAM!!!

The middle part hair style just kinda. Makes me think of Tim Minchin ngl. All Cal needs is the messy eye makeup and a fresh mental breakdown

New PC Time!

It is also cold and rainy so I have me some warm spiked apple cider!!

Oh man this is a whole different game when I can turn graphics as high as they go...windswept hair still looks terrible when it moves

I'm supposed to go to the crumbly moon but....I wanna explore Koboh some more.

Also WHAT did Cal do to his shoulder!!! Why are like threw of his idle animations stretching out his right shoulder!!!!

Oh wait i accidentally wrote that with my fic Sugaan Essena, didn't I...

I should write a "how Cal fucked up his shoulder" fic but on purpose this time

Oh shit! BD has a taser gun now!!

HUH????

I THOUGHT THE FANDOM MADE HIM UP

RICK THE DOOR TECHNICIAN?!?!?!?!?

RICK WHY WERE YOU DRESSED AS A TROOPER??? YOU'RE A DOOR TECH RICK!!! YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO DIE, RICK!!!!

Rip in pieces Rickaroni the door guy

Have this sick ass screencap I got in honor of Rickolas

Okay....now I will go to the shatter—oh wait I can open new chests with the taser gun

Okay NOW I will go to—what's over here?

....I feel like this will be important later....

Very surprised nothing happened in the suspiciously arena-shaped room with the echo at the far end of it and a big ol door

Okay. NOW—lemme get more bourbon

NOW I go to the shattered moon!

OH FUCK MERRIN JUMPSCARE

Ngl I fully forgot she came to Koboh..finished chatting with Bode and Greez on the Mantis and turned around to see a whole other person

Merrin why are you LOOKING at him like that!!!!

Rayvis stop TALKING to me! I'm literally gonna GET you!!

Oh fuck two spiked apple ciders in is NOT the time for this Big Laser Dodging

Why is every bad guy so OBSESSED with Cal! He isn't into you!!! Stop talking to him!!!!

I am so SO enamored with how this fucker died. A vision

RAYVIS FIGHT RAYVIS FIGHT! He creeps me out almost as much as Malicos did every time he spoke to my boy

RAYVIS CTHULU CONFIRMED????????? ON CAMERA??????????

Weeps and sobs in 2 part fight.....

Takoyaki time

Cal I support you killing anyone who picks you up like an invasive gecko the way Rayvis did on the Lucrehulk

Don't beat yourself up Cal!! You did good!!!

Also makes me feel Emotions how Cal is honestly comparing Dagan turning against the Jedi and going insane over Tanalorr to....him being a little intense about fighting back as a victim of genocide. Sweetie. Those situations are so uncomparable

Return to Koboh!!!!! And I will have another drink and go to bed!!