#I’m almost done with inbox trick or treating also

[lemonynuggets]

I keep forgetting I actually have followers so whenever I post something personal and people see it this is how it feels

[eunoiamaybe]

my “sort-of-complete” online classes and exams tips

This is a longer-than-usual post with tips for the 3 stages of online classes: focusing during an online class session, reviewing/studying for online classes, and preparing for online exams/ quizzes. So I decided to insert the “Read More” link to (a) not take up too much space on your dash, and (b) feel more confident in adding more tips as time goes on.

These are tips that I’ve compiled from my experience of taking online classes during my last 1.5 years at university. But having all of your courses moved online is so much more complicated. Since I’m currently doing an internship, I have tried my best to produce this post based on the comments of my friends IRL and on Tumblr (hence the “my”). However, I hope it can still be useful for you and many who were all abruptly put in this same situation.

So feel free to share your own tips and experience! I will probably go back to this once in a while to make some changes to it and add your tips. Good luck to everyone who is currently/ about to take online classes. You are almost there! 🍀 I believe in every single one of you!

~  Click away for them tips   ~

💻 DURING ONLINE CLASS SESSIONS:

- try to treat online classes the same as an in-person class, especially time-wise (set a specific time for each class and plan your own class schedule. even better, study for your classes at the same time they used to be held. this will create a sense of routine and trigger the brain's normal reactions to your usual class - which is to study)

- don’t be afraid to fix your plan/ schedule (aka don’t force yourself into one if it doesn’t work for you) (trials and errors, my friend. this applies to plans too. there’s no shame in not being able to keep up with the schedule you’ve made. if you’ve tried or if it hurts you mentally or physically, then that schedule is just not the one for you. everybody has their unique strengths and weaknesses. one’s perfect system might not suit another. finding a system that works for you takes time, patience, and courage. but it will be absolutely worth it)

- find a good spot with enough light and stable wifi (if you have multiple options, select the one that would make you most comfortable, most focused, and confident enough to take online tests/quizzes/exams at - create your “exam space” in advance to reduce the anxiety of tests and unfamiliarity)

- study at a desk, if possible (studying at a desk, with good posture, mimics the feeling of being in a classroom or the library. thus, it will create a sense of routine and help you focus better)  

- accommodate yourself (I’m all about making the best out of a bad situation, and this is one way to do it.  accommodate yourself, not just with comfort, but also with actual necessities that you cannot usually get in your usual classroom/library due to whatever reason. stress balls, stim toys, positivity cards, calming music/candles. comforting plushies. chewing gum. as long as it helps you focus better, it's on the table)

- get dressed (this will bring out that sense of structure and routine that you need. put on your normal outfits, uniforms and even perfume. trick your mind into being focused)

- minimize distractions (declutter your study space. put your phone out of reach. turn off notifications. close all other tabs on your browser. select non-distracting music/ sounds. don’t spam or pay attention to spams in your classes’ chatboxes. only bring along items that are absolutely vital to your focus)

- take notes, even if you can record your lessons and/or access the lessons later (it can either be digital notes or handwritten notes on paper - your call. this will force you to focus and prevent you from zoning out/ being distracted)

- be actively engaged in the lecture (if there are technical problems or if you have questions, chatbox away. this is also good practice for people with social anxiety too: the fact that you are in your home and behind the screen can make it easier for you to ask for help)

- if possible, put your teachers/profs on the big screen to create the illusion of being in a lecture (if your study spot has a TV/projector that can connect to your laptop and quality speakers, do it. it's more fun than you'd think. also super stimulating and kicks the boredom out of you too)

- if not, use headphones/ earphones (speakers can create a feeling of distance between the lecture and yourself. combined with unstable internet and/or monotonous voices of some instructors, this may result in your brain classifying your lecture as background noises and zone out. so use headphones or earphones with the appropriate volume for that optimal focus mode)

- give yourself breaks between classes (don't cram all your classes in one morning. but don't procrastinate either. time your breaks. look at something else besides a computer or phone screen while you’re on break too. maybe brew some tea/coffee for your next class or rearrange your notes from the previous one)

💻 REVIEWING FOR ONLINE CLASSES:

- make a schedule/ system - and be ready to change them (this is an elaboration of an earlier tip. your system doesn’t have to work perfectly right away. most of the time, you will have to make some kind of adjustments to it anyway. so take it easy. pay attention to how well you react/ adapt to the new schedule so that you can make necessary changes. and give yourself - especially your mind - some time to adapt to the schedule. don’t rush yourself or put too much pressure on being productive. remember to take care of your well-being too)

- it’s okay to give yourself some off-days (that’s the beauty of not having any physical or even abstract structure that forces you into an inescapable routine. Yes, I know this lack of structure sucks for a lot of us, especially for those who rely on external forces to keep themselves focused. But look on the bright side: now you don’t have to worry about missing classes or losing participation marks when you are unwell physically and mentally anymore)

- textbooks are your friends now (especially when your classes’ live-streams are just chaotic and hard to follow. or when the pre-recorded lectures aren’t loading properly and keeps lagging. practice speed reading. look for keywords and crucial information. take notes rather than highlighting everything. compare them to your lecture notes, your syllabus, or your friends’)

- take advantage of the online format’s availability + other resources (availability is here, baby! revisit lecture videos and podcasts as many times as you need to. check your email classes’ forums regularly for questions or announcements. re-listen to your lecture when you're cleaning or exercising. watch videos of Khan Academy or CrashCourse. look for online tutors. study at your own pace and in your own style. basically anything you wish you could do when your class was in-person)

- there’s no need to submit assignments early if it’s anxiety-inducing. but make a schedule/ tracking system/ set alarms to avoid forgetting to turn them in (take your time to double-check or edit your work - as long as the submission box is still open, of course. set aside about an hour or two before the deadline for submission to avoid any technical difficulties. and remember to start working on them early so that you don’t have to shorten that window of time and have more time for double-checking)

- don't be afraid to email the profs/teachers (if possible, compile your questions into a list. be as specific as you can about your concerns. put a subject for your email to reduces the chance of your email getting lost in your instructors' inbox.)

- reward yourself (don't stress yourself out by rewarding big accomplishments. reward small victories. reward baby steps. reward effort. you'll get things done eventually)

- take time to know your learning style (when are you most focused? do you like taking digital notes or do you prefer pen and paper? are you a visual or an auditory learner? do you like moving around while studying? what drinks or scents or sounds keep you going? you don't have to stick to your usual study methods or an online/paperless one now that you are studying in your own room)

- listen to your mind and body (it’s okay to feel a bit lost) (from my own experience, times that are without structure like nowadays is when most of us fall into this spiraling downfall of unhealthy sleep schedules, lethargy, and loss of purpose. so please take care of your mental and physical well-being during this very, very weird time. keep yourself active. re-ignite old interests/ hobbies. connect with people you love. give yourself some love)

- and more tips on productivity at home in my last post right here

💻 PREPARING FOR ONLINE EXAMS / QUIZZES:

- make a list of all the online exams and final assignment due dates (this will help you keep track of and stay on top of them due dates. from that list, trace backward to make a review or study plan to prepare for the tests and work on the assignments. if there are any time conflicts, especially for those who are now living in a different timezone from their schools or colleges, email the instructors to seek solutions or alternative options)

- again, find a good spot with good wifi, good lighting, and a desk (if possible, try to recreate your ideal exam environment as closely as you can while studying and reviewing for the exams. this can reduce the anxiety of tests and/or unfamiliarity)

- be prepared for technical difficulties (especially mentally, so that you don’t plan out a course of action to take if they ever arise. draft an email template. research in advance the contacts of people whom you can report to - IT personnel, your instructors, student office, etc.)

- bring everything you need to the exams - but no distractions (like mentioned earlier, if you need any special accommodations that are considered "unacceptable" in an in-person exam/quiz, now it's the time to bring them along - you’re in charge of your test space now, so make it as comfortable and accomodating as you want)

- plan your desk set-up prior to your exams (so many extra items. still so little desk space. therefore, plan ahead so your desk does not turn into a mess when you take your exams. plan where you want to put your notes, textbooks, calculators or scrap paper. think about how much use you’re gonna get out of each item and place them within or slightly-out-of reach accordingly. charge your laptop. sharpen your pencils. have your backup stationery handy. lay out everything you need onto your desk the night before your tests. this can create a feeling of preparedness and thus, reduce anxiety as well)

- make cheatsheets (the goals when making them are simple: (1) get you to rewrite your notes for that good memorization; (2) condense your information and find a connection between them for a thorough understanding of the materials; (3) reduce the time you use to flip through your notebooks or textbooks or google for information during the actual tests)

- time yourself with mock exams (if you are given mock exams to practice with, do them, with a timer. this will help you familiarize yourself with the stress of being timed, thus reducing your anxiety during the actual tests)

- get enough sleep and eat properly (even if the exams or quizzes are online, they are still, at their core, tests. and tests are always stressful and energy-consuming. so take care of both your physical and mental health, especially during the week leading up to your exams)

[jasontoddiefor]

Hi, i hope I don't bother you! I just read about your jedi!palatine Au idea and honestly it sounds amazing! Can you write a bit more about it/ elaborate it? Thanks! :D

You don’t bother me at all!!! Honestly, I love getting asks and talking about ideas! Everyone is always welcome in my inbox :D

And yeah, I’ve actually written the first scene of how I’d start the story? Here we go!

Luke had never been good at hating people. It took effort for him to actively hate somebody, to want to destroy them no matter the cost. Ben said it made him a good Jedi, Leia thought it meant he had a bleeding heart.

The only person Luke might have truly hated was the Emperor. So much suffering, so much death were his fault. There wasn’t a single person whose life hadn’t been ruined by him. It must be hate, Luke was sure.

But now he could only feel pity.

“They’re dead,” the child cried. “He killed them. He- he-.”

The boy couldn’t be much older than twelve, maybe even younger. His clothes were covered in his family’s blood and his throat quickly turning blue from the abuse he’d suffered.

Luke could end it now. Prevent so much useless pain and death with just one hit with his lightsaber. Cut down the source of almost a century of pain as easily as he had slayed his Master and yet-

“You’re safe now,” Luke said.

He crouched down and turned off his lightsaber. He had dealt with enough scared children since he’d joined the Alliance, the New Republic.

“He cannot hurt you anymore.”

The boy looked up at him with watery brown eyes.

“Who- Who are you?”

“Luke Skywalker-“ Kriff, should he have gone with a code name? Too late for that now. “-I’m a Jedi.”

Jedi, still known as peacekeepers, diplomats, teachers and mentors. They didn’t have a reputation as terrifying one-man armies yet. If Luke had anything to say about it, they also never would.

Regardless, the boy knew that Jedi were supposed to be good. As soon as the words had left Luke’s mouth, the boy flung himself into his arms, and started to cry terribly.

“It’ll be alright,” Luke tried to sooth him and stood up.

He ensured that the boy’s face was hidden in Luke’s robes, that he wouldn’t see his parents’ or their killers’ body. He had suffered enough.

Luke left the Palpatine estate behind, the child still clinging to his robes, almost 80 years in a past that would never come to be now.

X

So that’s what I wrote! The idea behind that is fairly simple actually? I looked through Wookiepedia for background info on Palpatine’s early life and I’ll be honest, it didn’t make much sense to me. He had not much family to speak of and wasn’t trained. It just seemed strange that despite being from a prominent family, and apparently so Force-sensitive that Plagueis was like “I want that” the Jedi weren’t familiar with him? So I figured, it would have made more sense if Plagueis abducted him and then I got thinking “wait. what if I fix that”. So Luke travels back in time - accidentally - kills Plagueis and figures good parenting can go a long while.

So Luke shows up at the Jedi temple after travelling with Sheev for a while like “yes, I’m totally a Jedi and this is my Padawan” and makes it his goal to annoy the Council into fixing their relationship with a Senate. He might have only experienced like 2 years of the New Republic before he was brought to the past, but Leia and he had made plans about how the Jedi should be treated.

So Luke tries his best at politics while teaching his Padawan. And, you know, some Force abilities are just innate in general. Used for the dark or light - doesn’t matter. And Sheev is a genius at mind tricks - and it worries Luke.  He knows what he could become and he does his best not just to prevent it, but to teach him better. So he decides he has to teach his dear Padawan how to use those powers responsibly and to show him what it means for someone to be without control.

So, by accident, he creates the Senate and Jedi Council’s biggest headache: Jedi Master Sheev “I will personally eradicate slavery” Palpatine, second only to equally “sorry what are rules I follow the first” Qui-Gon Jinn. Did you know they are the same age? I didn’t. They’d probs be the kind of friends who also hate each other. Either way:

Because turns out showing a teenager who had a nice childhood, got traumatizes terribly, and then a nice Jedi Master that slavery exists and is horrible makes him find his capital P Purpose.

(Luke is proud but also can understand how one man managed to trick everyone. Seeing a seventeen year old talk somebody out of owning slaves opens your eyes.)

And Sheev then gets a reputation for leaving the Jedi Temple with a couple thousand credits and coming back with dozens of newly freed slaves. He has a knack for picking up force sensitive people.

Luke is An Old Man, 80ish and not on the council anymore because  “I’m too old” *side eyes Yoda*, but helps out in the crèche. He teaches maybe one or two other Padawans, or spends a lot of his days seeking out other Force traditions and learning from them. He brings back his own grandpadawan from such a trip. Sheev and Maul make the strangest pair together but they work.

But yeah, one day while Luke is teaching a class and Sheev just decides crash the lesson asking “Master, didn’t you say your family was from Tatooine?”

“Yes, why?”

“Did you have any siblings by chance?”

“Sheev, What’s going on.”

“I just freed a mother and her son, both are highly Force sensitive.”

And then Luke gets to meet small three-year-old Anakin Skywalker and the weight he’s been holding for decades finally lifts from his shoulders as he figures that he has actually done it.

And idk maybe out of sheer spite or the Force what do I know, Luke manages to get old enough to see his younger self and sister be born and he dies peacefully, knowing that all is well.

Nothing Bad Ever Happens.

The End.

[inkykeiji]

Hiya Clari I hope you are doing amazing ☺️

It’s been a while so I’m am very sorry for that, had a lot of uni work to sort and then just got into a bit of a slump for a hot sec but I am feeling much better <3

I don’t know if my other lil ask got eaten up by tumblr or if I said anything to offend you in but that’s totally fine I thought I would check in anyway and see how you are doing

Firstly I fucking adored bmb pt 4 just wow the tissues were very needed I literally am blown away once again by your incredible writing capability - I just loved it so much it is up there with some of my favourites of yours <33

Also omfg I love your hair so mucchhhh, the cut and colour is just gorg plus suits you so well - I’ve always kinda wanted to get bangs again because I had them when I was like a toddler but I do not think my face would suit them anymore

Also happy belated Halloween I hope you had a good one! I went out the day before Halloween and then spent actually Halloween watching horror movies with my roommates, obviously watching scream because I watch it every Halloween and love it so much <3

What have you been up to? How are you doing? I also was just thinking the other day that I think I’ve been following you for almost a year now so happy almost anon anniversary, sorry if that’s silly but it makes me smile to think about <3

Anyways I will love you and leave you now since this is getting a lil long - remember to take care of yourself and stay hydrated, sending you all the love and hugs in the world <333-🍯

hi honeybun!!! <333

please don’t apologize!!! life begins to get very, very busy around this time of year!! i wanted to reply to this immediately because i absolutely hate the thought of you sitting in anxiety worrying if you’ve done something wrong or said something to upset me—you absolutely didn’t!!! i remember receiving your other ask but as of this current moment i can’t seem to find it!!! i thought i threw it in my drafts but it isn’t there, and my inbox is a total mess at the moment hahaha but no no NO you didn’t do or say anything to offend me omg!!!! really, i’m just still getting back into the swing and routine of answering asks, and trying to balance it with writing and other life stuff efficiently hehe <3 i too have also been extremely busy lately (mostly with doctors appointments) and i tend to answer the shorter asks faster during this busy time just because it’s quicker for me to get through those! but that doesn’t mean that i don’t love and appreciate your (and others!) long asks!!! i love them so much, again it feels like we’re writing cute little letters to each other and i’m totally in love with that idea <333

oh my gosh i’m super super happy to hear that you enjoyed it!!!! <33 and that it’s up there with some of your favourite pieces of mine, wow!!!! that’s such a compliment honeybee thank you so much <33

hahaha thank you thank you!!! i’m really in love with it too hehe <3 the bangs are getting a little long so i have to go get ‘em trimmed soon but yes!!! i’ve had a fringe for most of my life tbh????? like every once in a while i get sick of it but i always seem to come back!! omg u should try it!!! it’s just hair, right??? it grows back super fast, and if you don’t like it you can always just pin it back until they’re grown out!! and on top of that, there’s so many different types of front bangs you can get, like mine are a little heavier but you could get them wispy as well!! i’m such an advocate for bangs hahaha i just think they’re so cute <33

happy halloween honey!!! did you dress up?? :o my halloween was lovely, thank you <3 the night before i made my little treat bags (consisting of candy, chocolate + cute lil toys) and then i sat outside with a blanket and gave them out for a few hours to our trick or treaters!! after that my boyfriend and i spent the rest of the night cuddling and watching our favourite horror films (including scream!!! such a classic omfg). originally we were gonna watch films with friends but we kinda decided we just wanted it to be us <3

honestly i’ve mostly been going to medical appointments for various things and writing!!! i’ve been spending more time with my boyfriend’s family lately as well which has been great too!! it’s a very good reminder to enjoy activities with those you care about/love, because those are some of the most precious and cherished moments in life <3 i’ve been really, REALLY tired lately—therapy is a lot of work and it’s something i’m constantly working on/at. it’s good work, of course, and i feel like i’m definitely making progress slowly, but boy is it fucking exhausting hahaha. i always remind myself how lucky i am to have access to such a great psychologist + team of healthcare professionals tho, and that i am doing this for myself and that i’m strong enough to get better haha <3

NO NO NO that’s not silly at all!!!! not one bit!!! oh my gosh that’s SOOO cute waaah i’m getting really soft now 🥺🥺🥺 so we’ve been lil virtual or pals for almost a year now, that’s so crazy!!! thank you so much for sticking with me through everything, for supporting my work and for taking the time out of your day to talk to me <33 i love you so much honey babie i hope life has been treating you well <3

[showoffbby]

The one that told you law enforcement was calling her right about now was true. My names Laura. I run a AJ fansite and Roman Reigns. Shes had a history. Its honestly mind blowing. Im only on here for AJ and Roman but she got worse as time went on since the nascar thing. She was bitching about losing friends on facebook when it happened I was like well how about maybe dont say your a girlfriend of a driver you will never have. Her pic with Drew is creepy. People like her ruins the term fan

did u know that it’s possible for police to find you from anonymous asks? if i decided i had enough of you filling my inbox with obvious lies, pretending to be other people, and possibly trying to just ruin someone’s life, i could easily just contact them for concerns of someone’s safety. you could also get in trouble for slander/defamation of character if this shit keeps up. stop treating me like a fucking idiot cuz i’m not. this is getting fucking annoying.

not only have you only given me information that you can find on her twitter page (along w some random bullshit that can’t even be proven) but you changed the tumblr name from country-believethat-gallowaywwe to claymorecountry-believethat-wwe and thought i wouldn’t fucking notice?? lmao. you also kept trying to say you hated dolph yet the twitter of the person you’re trying to link likes him 🤔 you also CHANGED ur real twitter handle n i know what it is but i ain’t gonna tell everyone it bc unlike u i’m not THAT sad of a person. the facebook you linked on your tumblr also wasn’t the same name as the one you’re giving me, so that’s likely a lie too. you’re really bad at this, huh? you even tried to say you hate elias in your first anon, which was just too obvious in that it was you tryna make me think it wasn’t you.

not only is there the possibility that you’re trying to drag some random person’s name through the mud, i haven’t forgotten your previous allegations about mojo and ALSO the things you tried to say about becky and seth. i’ve still got the screenshots to prove it too, don’t think i was stupid enough to get rid of them.

understand that i don’t CARE about whether you have ‘experienced loss’, are ‘angry at someone’ or anything of the sort. what you’re trying to do is disgusting, manipulative, and possibly against the law. i don’t understand why you’re trying this shit, but like i said, i don’t care. it’s almost insulting how much of an idiot you seem to take me for. not even bothering to change your writing style? not even PROOFREADING your asks before sending them to me to try and trick me??

this shit is getting annoying. stop trying. if you don’t, it could lead to very real legal consequences that i honestly don’t want to have to bother myself with, but i will if this continues because not only are you trying to ‘expose’ some random person, but need i remind you YOU FALSLEY ACCUSED SOMEONE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ADMITTED IT WASNT TRUE. that shit is fucking serious, and it is unbelievably childish for it to continue.

this is done.

[ofstagdreams]

flicker of the heart [4/?]

an part 4 is here!! previous parts can be found in the tag flickeroftheheartfic or on AO3 I’m so glad everyone is enjoying this so much and this is just a reminder that my inbox is also open for requests so please send some in! Yes, Hosea and Dutch have open relationships and no you cannot change my mind.

Tagging @myfavmarvel hope you enjoy!! 

The rain lashes down heavy that night, battering against the window of the abandoned cottage that Dutch had led all of you to until the storm eases up.

You glare at the dim fire in front of you, throwing in another log as Copper lets out another whine as the wind howls through the gaps in the old building. It was a surprise that the dog was sitting next to you, it was so rare that he ever left Arthur’s side – but you wouldn’t want to be near Arthur either, not with the mood that he’s in.

You were in quite the mood yourself. You had been looking forward to spending more time with George, but you had been dragged up here the moment you had stepped foot into camp, tents already folded up by Grimshaw and everything neatly stacked into the remaining wagons. In a small cramped cabin like this, there was no way you would be able to sneak out for a few hours to see George.

Another part of your foul mood was Arthur, he had not spoken to you the whole ride back to camp nor had he spoken on the journey to the cabin. You couldn’t figure it out, you refused to believe it was jealousy – it just sounded so ridiculous that you had dismissed the thought almost as quickly as it came. You were frustrated because it made no sense why he was acting like this, you had been supportive throughout his relationship with Mary, so you couldn’t wrap your head around his mood swings.

You had thought it might be some sort of brotherly concern, but then you thought that John would share those same concerns and while he was wary of George – for good reason, people like you always have to be wary around new people – he was never outright rude to the man like Arthur had been.

You were going to have to talk to him – as pissed off as you were – because you weren’t sure how much time you would have left with George before you all moved camp again and you didn’t want Arthur to ruin what little time you had left with him.

It shouldn’t be too hard to speak to him, considering that the two of you had ended up with cots on opposite sides of the same room. Dutch, Hosea and their partners had taken the big room upstairs for reasons you thought were better left unheard, the other big room had gone to Ms Grimshaw and Uncle, the latter of whom had seemingly appeared out of nowhere the last few months and had taken up camp with the gang. The downstairs region consisted of two rooms, one of which was taken by the two new boys, Mac and Davey Calendar, whom Dutch had picked up from one of the towns near here. John had taken one look at both you and Arthur and had decided that he didn’t want to put up with either of your sour moods for the night and opted to share with the brothers.

You were currently waiting for him to return with Hosea, they had gone out to get more firewood before the rain got too bad but from the looks of things, they would be returning shortly. Bessie was handing out blankets to everyone and came to sit next to you, giving Copper’s head a scratch as she did so.

“They should be back soon,” she laments as she continues to pet Copper, her fingers carding through his ginger fur. You simply hum in agreement, eyes still focused on the fire. You could feel Bessie staring at you, but you chose to ignore it, not quite willing to explain things you didn’t rightly understand yourself.

“You and Arthur are both in some moods today, anything to do with the new man you’ve been seeing?” That catches your attention, you whip around to face her, eyes wide with surprise as Bessie laughs at you gently. “Don’t worry dear, Dutch and Hosea are none the wiser – which is probably a good thing, poor boy wouldn’t stand a chance if they found out he’d had his hands on you. But you don’t think I’m as obtuse as those two when it comes to your coming and goings in camp, do you?”

You blink at her dumbly once more, before letting out a quiet chuckle and shaking your head, “I guess not.”

“Care to explain?” She gently probed, eyes curious. You huffed, knowing Bessie that look meant that she wasn’t leaving until she had some sort of information out of you – she’d been with Hosea too long, you thought, starting to pick up on some of his dirty tricks.

“I’m not sure I can,” you huff leaning back on your elbows, “not rightly sure what happened. But Arthur was rude, and I can’t figure out why he’d be like that.”

“Maybe he was jealous.”

You huff out a laugh at that, “Arthur doesn’t see me like that and that’s a fact I know good and well.”

Bessie’s eyebrows perk as she spares you another glance, “sometimes it takes seeing someone with another person to make them realise what’s been right in front of them.”

You frown, the meaning of her statement going over your head. You’re about to question what she means when the door swings open and the chill of the wind sweeps through the small room, sending shivers up your spine as Arthur and Hosea drag in the wood they found. The door swings shut with a loud bang as Hosea makes his way towards the fire for warmth. Arthur catches sight of you sitting by it and decides to keep himself stationed by the door.

You roll your eyes at his antics and move over to your cot, flopping yourself down on it. As you predicted Arthur moves towards the fire as soon as you move away from it, shrugging off his soaked jacket in the process. It seemed that you were going to have to be the one to start the conversation.

Hosea looks as if he was about to say something, but a look from Bessie and he seemed to think better of it. He looks between the two of you and sighs, probably having picked up on something from being out with Arthur, he stands, stretching his limbs before extending a hand to his wife. Copper lift his head and trots off somewhere, probably to see if he can get any treats from John.

“Well, we’re off upstairs before the other two start missing us. Good night kids,” he said with a nod at both of you before they both made themselves scarce. You always knew Dutch and Hosea had something between them but you never quite figured out how the women fitted into it, everyone seemed happy though and by those standards, you were fine with it.

Though your anger somewhat disappeared in the time Arthur had been out, watch him sit by the fire not even looking at you made it fester back up. You had understood him being upset at spending time away from him, but you had apologised and promised to make up for it – so it couldn’t be anything to do with that. He had no right to be angry at you for trying to be happy, all you had done for all these years was try and help him find his happiness, why couldn’t he do the same for you?

“You going tell me what I’ve done wrong or are you going to sit there and sulk all night?” You snap, sitting upright in your cot as you wait for his answer. He turns to you ever so slightly and you can see the tension in his jaw, but he still says nothing.

You wait some more, wondering if he was going to defend his mood or just leave you there wondering. It’s infuriating, the one time you try to move on from him and he goes and turns it all to shit. Typical.

“Well?” You question but are yet again met with more silence. Your anger increases, you cross the room until you are standing in front of him, hands on your hips as he finally glances up to look at you. His blue eyes are like steel, unreadable as he lets out a long breath and pinches the bridge of his nose. You’re desperate to know what the hell he’s thinking.

“I didn’t like it,” he confesses, eyes cast back down to his feet. You blink once, twice and wonder what the hell kind of response that was.

“You didn’t like it,” you repeat, trying not to get angry again because at least he was finally saying something. Your nose scrunches up as you glance back down at him, still seated on the bench in front of the fire.  “Why?”

At first, he only shrugs, but a quick glance up at you tells you that a shrug isn’t the answer you were looking for. He sighs and shifts his feet, “I didn’t like seeing you with someone else. I –“ he frowns, as if searching for the right thing to say, “I didn’t like him.”

You move away from in front of him, he was so frustrating – only giving half answers that you couldn’t make sense of. “You don’t even know him,” you are desperate to yell but too keenly aware of the small cabin and the nosy people who live in it. “You didn’t even give him a chance, you just took one look at him and decided you didn’t like him – “

In a flash, Arthur is in front of you, nostrils flaring, and it takes you back to realise he’s angry, what on earth did he have to be angry about?

“Yes!” He also keeps his voice low, but his whisper comes through gritted teeth, “one look at him with his arms around you and I wanted to rip his goddamn head off.”

The words don’t process for you, because you cannot, will not, believe that Arthur felt any kind of jealousy towards you and George without hearing the words with your own ears. You’ve spent too long getting your hopes up only to have them crushed again. You refuse to believe it. He’s standing close, so close that you can feel his warm breath fan across your face when he speaks.

You tilt your head up, your own eyes meeting with his. They are no longer steel, they now are the ocean, waves crashing violently against the sand as his chest heaves with his own anger.

“What are you trying to say, Arthur?”

Thunder crashes outside the window, illuminating the room with its bright light. At the same time, Arthur crashes his lips onto yours.

[motherforgingcoronavirussurvival]

Halloween Activities

It’s almost Halloween!  I can’t believe it!  I promised you I would share some ideas for costumes and activities to make Halloween special for the kiddos if they’re aren’t going out trick-or-treating. I have seen on message boards for my neighborhood that many people will not be giving out candy this year anyway so there would be a lot of disappointment for the kids when they only get candy from 1 or 2 houses after all the walking. I have a 4 month old infant so I definitely don’t want to expose my baby to germs since she can’t wear a mask to protect herself.  

Anywho, these are some things I came up with to keep my kids having fun and still enjoying treats.  

1.  Have you heard of the Among Us game?  It’s become very popular in the kids phone game world and my kids favorite Youtube stars have been playing this game on their phones and live.  All of us except the baby of course have also spent quite some time playing this game together on our phones.  It’s basically like the Clue game from when we were kids. Link to download the phone game below:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.innersloth.spacemafia&hl=en_US&gl=US  

I decided we could play our own in person Among Us game.  I have a list of tasks that I will write down on individual papers along with whether or not they are a crew member or the imposter.  We will randomly pick these papers out of bucket and no one is to share with each other what they are.  The tasks will include things like : fill the baby tub with water, turn on the Halloween lights, shoot a basket on the basketball goal, open the shutters, put Anna and Elsa dolls in the Barbie house and other tasks like these using the things that are in each room of the house.  The imposter will go around sabotaging these tasks and will tag the crew members with a sticky note without others seeing them do it.  The crew members then have to figure out who the imposter is before the imposter tags them all. 

2.  We will play spooky charades.  They will act out different things like: witch, pumpkin, clown, trick-or-treating, ghost, cat, skeleton.

3. We will be doing a Halloween scavenger hunt that will lead them to places all around the house.  I have been preparing little treats for them to find at the end of the scavenger hunt (I am making glow in the dark keychains and custom glow in the dark cups.  Will post a photo when they’re done.)  I’m also making candy filled balloon pumpkins.  They were not quite as easy to make as I thought and I could only fit 1 or 2 things inside of them before blowing them up but they turned out so cute and the kids loved popping them to get their treats.  I just got orange balloons, put 1 or 2 candies/treats inside the deflated balloon, blew up the balloons and drew jack-o-lantern faces on them.   

4.  We already made Halloween cookies and decorated them.  

5.  Of course we’re going to carve some pumpkins.  I’m hoping to pick some pumpkins up today.

6.  I’m also going to make home made caramel apples.  We will try this today and I will post pictures once they’re done.  We’re making our own caramel too which is a first for me.

7.  Last but not least, in homage to my Chinese heritage and the job I have with VIPKID teaching English to students in China, I am going to attempt to make mooncakes from scratch.  My mooncake press just came in from Amazon yesterday.  It is very late in the game since the harvest festival, which is when these are made and consumed in China, was at the beginning of this month.  However, I could not find a bakery near me that had them so I researched the web for how I could make them myself in the simplest way and with ingredients I might actually find at the Asian market in my town.  Wish me luck!  Link for Mooncake mold below:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FL965XN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

We will be working on simple home made costumes this year since we will just be wearing them at home.  My boys actually have some costumes leftover from previous years that they will just re-use however, my girls need costumes so I will be posting that as soon as I’m done......so much to do.....so little time.  

I’m very curious to know what all of you will be doing for Halloween?  Please fill my comments and inbox with some of your ideas!  

[disneyprincessmodelworld]

Someone left you w/the mistaken idea that aggressive discourse somehow makes for good debate. It doesn’t. If you have to rely on being rude, aggressive, and belittling to others then you should rethink your technique & your position. You see yourself as some expert debater who scares off those inferior to you, but I promise the rest of us don’t see you that way. I guarantee you won’t get far in Hollywood if you treat those of us who are smarter than you as inferior. Trust me, It puts us off.

Oh mj or whatever you are going by at this moment. (And yeah I figure its you cause of the debate thing) So let me get this straight. I say they are friends and they hang out. Folks flip out of their minds. I respond for once (normally I let it go but today I decided not to because I didn’t feel like it). And I’m the one in the wrong? I’m not the one in group chats thinking everyone is out to trick ccers into becoming team beard. Anytime anyone here says no, I think so and such they get jumped on similar to what happened today. Anytime someone here has a different opinion, they are jumped on and instantly told no no no wrong wrong. But MY sarcasm makes for issues with debates? The fact that today I decided I had simply had enough after dealing with a hurricane. No one says you and I have to agree. In fact I have been quite open in saying I like the see what everyone thinks and notices. But damn I come back. See my words being taken as someone else's own then I get accused of being PR team beard even though my words are still being used to support ccing. but oh I'm sorry I forgot. I'm simply supposed to sit back amd only share the details you want to hear. Not what is going on which might have details you dont like because guess what. just the good stuff. Funny enough you all are just fine and dandy when I'm using this same sarcasm when talking with miarrens but now its an issue? Its almost as if you think that enough repeat it that it will magically stop them from hanging out. I said they are friends, they hang out. I also have said friendship (repeatedly) is not like it used to be nor are they good friends anymore. Her actions and bearding has taken its toll. Something I have said repeatedly but that part is skipped over because surely nooo not friends ever. You came in the inbox with the name calling. I responded by laughing. You kept on i responded by if you say so. I have yet to call anyone a name or mock them as you say. Ccers anyway. I feel miarrens are free game. I suppose I could have but why would I? Now if you wanted to say I mocked the sock account, sure I’ve done that. It ridiculous and the bullshit she posts on it is ridiculous. Oh but i forgot. Have I mocked miarrens, sure I have. I can’t take someone seriously that says and I quote “ d flew in to be with his lady of a milliena” when she was standing there basically butt naked nipples showing posting on snap when Ben jacket is right behind her in the couch and later a chair at the table.I have never once called anyone here stupid Or inferior. I have said something is silly when I feel it is. It takes hardwork to be in this business and to work on the projects I work on. so I not really concerned about if you feel you are smarter than I am. Most people dont have to tell themselves or others they are smart. They simply know it. Funny enough i have repeatedly said how smart ccers are for not accepting the pr bullshit. But let's gloss over that too. As for Hollywood, I’ve dealt with some bad ass people here. Soooooo....... Honestly, I dont care how you "see" me. but I'll be damned if folks are going to try and silence me because you dont like what i have to say if it doesn't match what you want it to be. If i dont let it happen in RL, I sure as heck am not going to let it happen here. the truth is you only want the big shiney picture and refuse to acknowledge that life is messy. Maybe everyone needs to go back and listen to what colton is saying. And if you dont get that folks are pissed that he is talking so much about it, well then nothing I can do about that.

[ezzydean]

trick or treat - asadaisugayui

TRICK-OR-TREAT

come trick-or-treat in my inbox requesting ficcies and I’ll either treat you to some fluff or humor or trick you with a horribly twisted sad AU  (I’ll use a random generator to pick trick or treat)

TREAT 

(it’s a treat but it’s definitely rated T for potentially crude jokes and language and it’s 800+ words so it’s under a cut)

Daichi stops with the bathroom door cracked open.

“There is a lot of me on display with this costume,” he warns, face and voice textbook definition of bemused.

Yui tugs at the wool cap on her head and props herself in the bedroom doorway, directly across from the bathroom.  She crosses her arms over her chest and makes a ‘well get on with it’ noise.  Asahi adjusts the leaf crown braided into his hair - bright orange and yellow and red leaves seem to grow out of his hair - and steps up behind her.  His tree costume was the easiest one for them to put together in the end.

“Come on,” Asahi teases.  “Suga’s wearing a mini-dress with a fuzzy tail and a giant nut practically glued to his crotch.”

“It’s an acorn and it’s a bag and you are in so much trouble tonight, Asahi,” Suga shoots back from the second bedroom.  He leans out the door to glare at Asahi and then scurries down the hall with glee when he realizes that Daichi hasn’t done his reveal yet.  The gray mini-dress hugs Suga’s hips and between that and the knee high boots it’s almost enough to distract from the fuzzy s-shaped tail and furry-eared hood.

“I’m just saying,” Daichi is grumbling as Suga squeezes into the doorway next to Yui, “I don’t understand why every year we’re the one in the short shorts and mini dresses.”

“Hey I like my mini-dress,” Suga protests.

“Women’s costumes are ridiculous and sexist and nothing but scraps of fabric made to display asses and cleavage with the barest hint of a costume design.”  Yui rolls her eyes and shakes her head.  “And putting them on a guy is a perfect way to show it.”

“And here I just thought it was an excuse to get Daichi in short shorts and a crop top,” Asahi murmurs.

“Well it’s that too,” Yui agrees.  “Now come on Daichi.  Get your lumberjack butt out here.”

Daichi swings the door open and they all sound like they’ve just been punched.  The dark blue shorts barely cover his hips and butt and leave very little to imagination.  The suspenders are pointless but they do manage to drag one’s attention from the dip of Daichi’s hip bone up across his stomach and abs to the little red plaid crop top tied in a knot in the center of his chest.  He reaches up and tugs a dark wool cap onto his head and huffs when they all keep staring at him.

Yui’s costume matches his almost exactly except for the fact that hers is a normal plaid shirt tucked into a pair of jeans.

—

“If you’ll excuse me,” Suga says with a wink, “I have to go climb my boyfriend.”

“Don’t you mean find?”

“Nope.  I know exactly where he is.”  Suga takes a step away and then leans back in and whispers loudly.  “He has my nuts after all.  Gotta keep an eye on him.”

Kuroo chokes on the drink of punch he had just taken and Suga laughs wickedly as he saunters out of the room to the sound of Kuroo’s coughing and Tanaka reminding him to breathe.

Suga finds them exactly where he expects to in Tanaka’s living room and he stifles a laugh when he sidles up to Asahi’s side and hears Yui talking to Iwaizumi about taking Asahi down to his roots.  Iwaizumi looks like he knows exactly what Yui is doing and saying and hinting at but he’s indulging her pretending to be innocent anyways.  He doesn’t stifle his laugh at all when Daichi starts grumbling from Iwaizumi’s other side about why he has to have the fake plastic axe while Yui gets to have the real - albeit very dull - thing.

“Oh Daichi, sweetie,” Yui purrs, “you have to know how to handle wood before you can just play with the big kid toys.”

“Some days I regret knowing any of you,” Asahi mutters.  Yui is patting his arm, caressing the limb as she winks at Daichi.  “When you want to be perverted I’m a big, strong, thick tree.  Any other time tonight I’m a silly wood nymph.”

—

Asahi could be upset that a good half of their jokes tonight had been at his expense.  But it’s hard to stay mad with Suga’s arms wrapped around his neck and Suga’s breath warm on his cheek as Asahi carries him home; Suga’s heeled boots make him look amazing but they kill his feet.  It’s also hard to stay mad, Asahi decides, when he gets to walk behind Daichi in those short shorts and watch the way his muscles work when he suddenly scoops Yui up and tosses her over his shoulder, laughing loudly as she shouts in surprise.

They may all be a little ridiculous but he wouldn’t have them any other way.

prompt: costumes

[moonraccoon-exe]

Papa ardyn with twin babies -3-

I was midways through this, I thought it saved in my clipboard, copied something else, and WOOPS MS Word thought it’d be a good idea to BETRAY ME.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Edit: IT HAPPENED TWICE.

I am so angry. (￣︶￣)

Gonna start over, but hey! Let’s look at the bright side. I don’t know which it is, but there’s gotta be one.  (￣︶￣)

Dear anon, first of all, I’m sorry for taking so long. Yours was here before I posted this other one (they were in inbox at the same time but with many other requests/asks in between), so it’s been a while.

Dear other anon (the one of the pic), I kind of melt a little at the way you say ‘Please’. I believe you’ve been here before for other requests and the little “Please”s at the beginning always kill me a little. It’s so nice. (*ﾉ▽ﾉ)

I do hope the wait will be worth it, though.

Ireallyhope so.(・ u ・)

This goes for you two.  ♡ ～(‘▽^人)

Ardyn with twin daughters:

Ardyn created these two.

You’re not getting the point; he literally created them.

After 2000 years of life and nearly killing EVERYBODY ON EOS, it’s kind of hard to aspire for a partner, and Ardyn ain’t really interested in one, but he wanted to have kids, so he used his daemonic powers to literally create his babies.

He wanted two kids so he was like “I’m going to make both at once, then. What’s the worst that can happen?”

Hahahahahahahha, Ardyn you IDIOT.

So basically these girls are like Prompto; only the dad’s genetics. And daddy is a daemon piñata, so these girls are half human half daemon.

Best family EVER.

When they finally appeared in front of him, newborn and lying there, Ardyn was like

“Okay. So I wanted kids. And here they are. Fantastic. Uhm…yeah. Great. ………now wat (・・;) ”

Lmao Ardyn is going to figure out that having a kid is troubles.

And he has TWO.

This bloody idiot.

He tried to convince Aranea to help him 24/7

Aranea smacked him.

Pfft, like he needs her. He’ll be best dad ever, you’ll see.

Ardyn you just forgot your other child on the ground.

Don’t worry, Ardyn will get a grip of this.

Now that was the beginning of this story and explanation, now get ready for the real headcanons of the daily life of Papa Ardyn with his twin daughters:

Ardyn loves both in equal measures but never confuses which is which.

As you know from that other post, Ardyn likes to raspberry them whenever he changes their diapers or clothes.

Ardyn adores to kiss their cheeks and tummies.

Baby Twin #1 adores his hair, so he’s usually picking her and dropping her on his head like she’s but a tiny kitty, and lets her play with and pull from his hair all that she wishes.

Baby Twin #2 adores his beard, so he’s usually holding her close or letting her stay close to pat at and rub at his beard.

This makes things difficult because Ardyn has to keep it short all the time, enough so it’s felt, but not too much so it’s gone, but has to shave when it grows too long and baby twin #2 is upset when he’s shaved clean, so it’s a mess, really.

The twins love Ardyn’s real face.

It’s the best way to have them stop crying, show it to them, coo at them while with his deamon face on.

Sometimes the twins will wake up in the middle of the night to cry, so Ardyn has to go check them.

You’d think they want food or that they peed or something, but nope. They just want to see Ardyn’s daemon face.

You cannot blame them, they’re basically daemons, they love his face.

Ardyn loves to have conversations with them.

They’re smol babies so they don’t understand, but Ardyn loves to talk long with them and never gets tired.

He uses baby voice and toys with their hands a lot as they ‘talk’.

His baby voice is a slight raise of his voice pitch, and it’s always in almost a murmur, and he’s constantly laughing softly and lowly and kissing at their cheeks or hands.

This man is ridiculously sweet with his babies.

Ardyn bids goodnight by kissing both cheeks of both babies, so that’s 4 kisses each night.

Ardyn reads them to sleep.

Ardyn loves to carry each baby in each arm, to rock both at the same time, and hum them to sleep, too.

Sometimes it’s impossible to get this man away of his daughters when it’s bedtime, so he just stands there all night.

Not like he needs sleep, anyway.

Plus, his daughters are his entire universe, he could watch them all day and not get bored.

Ardyn quietly humming to them turns into a daily thing.

Ardyn actually has a nice voice for humming.

The look in his face when he looks at them, dammit, he loves them so dearly it’s impossible.

Ardyn can go all day hugged to his babies.

They make him so happy and he loves them lots, he can’t let go.

The babies sometimes pat or caress his face, and he loves when they do.

You should have seen this man’s face when he discovered onesies.

You’re NEVER going to get twin girls out of their onesies.

Ardyn’s favorite to dress them in is the moogle ones.

ARDYN LOVES MOOGLES AND ARDYN LOVES HIS DAUGHTERS OKAY THIS IS THE BEST COMBINATION SINCE OXYGEN + FIRE

Baby girls love to fight each other for mere fun.

These baby girls are daemons, so there’s a lot of black mist and weird liquid on their faces and fangs and hisses and magic and this is demonic, satanic stuff.

Ardyn watches like “Aaaaaw!  ♡ ～(‘▽^人) “

He cheers them on so both dare themselves to be stronger than Sis.

If a baby girl accidentally makes her sister cry, she’ll cuddle her until she’s not upset anymore.

They they will continue fighting.

Both babies always pat each other on the head after they’re done fighting.

What is this demonic family

Ardyn likes to dress the girls the same in matching clothes

Ardyn grows as a fanboy of costume stores

He visits costume stores at least once a week to see what’s new so he can get his daughters

Ardyn’s dressing them in costumes no matter if it’s just a normal day

Baby girls have been female Ifrits, garulas, moogles (YES, they have the onesies AND costumes), black & yellow chocobo, bats, fairies, kittens and all other things available in stores.

Speaking of costumes, this family has the best Trick or Treating in the world, because they can either dress up or just pull their real faces out.

“*GASPS* That’s such a realistic costume! D:”

Lmao Barbara these are real daemons shut up and hand out the candies

Ardyn and the smol girls like to play monster a lot.

Ardyn will pull his real face out and will act as if though “real Papa” is possessed, and Smol Twins will team up to ‘rescue papa’.

Ardyn chases both around the house and could go on for hours.

Sometimes smol twins hide and ambush Ardyn.

Ardyn will “fight” them and growl and try to raspberry them.

Some of these times, Ardyn will let them win.

The reward is having his human face out again while he acts as if though he had just been rescued.

“My heroines! You’ve saved me, you two are so strong!  (˙︶˙)♡”

Ardyn likes to praise them a lot.

They’re his most beloved treasure, he’s often telling them how pretty and how strong they are.

Ardyn likes playing patty cake with both.

AT THE SAME TIME.

One hand per girl, so both are entertained.

It’s such a challenge, omfg

Ardyn says in-game he doesn’t feel physical pain so I’m going to assume his physicality isn’t too sensible so:

the twins like to hide. On his head.

Sometimes, baby twins will team up so one helps the other on top of Papa Dyn’s head, and Ardyn will go for hours with her hidden there and won’t know where she is,mistaking the weight on his head for his hat.

what is this family doing

The twins like to steal his hat and run away.

Twin little girls like to try his hat on.

It’s too big so it’s always falling to cover half of their faces, but that only makes them burst into a giggling mess, and both share the hat so each can try it over and over.

Ardyn usually watches while smiling and lets them play with it because dammit, they are adorable and he loves them.

As they’re often dressed the same, they always try to trick Ardyn into changing their names for their sister’s, but Ardyn always knows who is who.

Still, he sometimes pretends he’s been fooled and ends up playing with them.

Ardyn and twin girls like to curl up together to watch movies.

There’s Ardyn, watching princess movies because HE CAN.

There’s baby girls, watching gore because THEY CAN.

These girls like both fairy tales and horror movies, okay, let them be

Ardyn prefers the princess themed ones.

Papa Ardyn sits in the middle and each twin curls at each of his sides.

If it’s a musical movie, Ardyn will sing and dance to them with his kids.

He learned all the lyrics to all their favorite movies’ songs so he could sing them with them.

Ardyn’s not embarrassed to often dress up as the prince or hero of the movies so his kids have someone to play with.

They’re often calling the attention because they go in costume to the theatres when a new child movie is released.

Plus it’s three red-haired from which two are adorable twins, they are THE BEST FAMILY EVUR.

The three also curl in bed when it’s story time.

Ardyn lies in the middle and each twin at each side, in a way so the three can look at the big children book in Papa’s hands.

Ardyn likes to read to them slow and with the required emphasis, and truly enjoys of this.

Each twin likes to point at which part of the drawing of that page is their favorite before turning the page.

As they grow, Ardyn teaches them that way to start reading, at bedtime stories.

He reads a sentence, then encourages one girl to read the next one, and both him and sister help if she gets stuck, then he reads another, and encourages the other girl to do as her sister before, and so on and on until the three finish the book together.

The three are often falling asleep together.

Ardyn joins them in their tea parties.

You should see it, it’s Skyscrapper Tall Ardyn sat in a chair the size of a four year old, having invisible tea with two tiny girls, a headless chocobo plush, and a daemon plush toy.

Ardyn loves to smooch his daughters’ cheeks.

Every morning and every night, there’s still his ritual of kissing the four cheeks.

But there’s also random smooching of cheeks across the day.

Ardyn tried hiring Ignis to teach his daughters to bake cookies and muffins.

Ignis hung up on him.

The Daemon Family are learning on their own.

“Who needs that sassy nerd, anyway?  ヽ(ˇヘˇ)ノ “

Ardyn went tantrum that day because dammit Ignis’ cookies are the best, how could he be rejected? ;____;

oh I wonder why Ardyn

The Daemon Family almost burnt their own house.

The Daemon Family are learning at their pace, don’t pressure them.

They’re having a lot of laughs together at the failed results.

Once they get a grip of it, the Izunia ain’t going to stop baking from now on.

They have Cookie Monday, Muffin Tuesday, Brownie Wednesday, Cake Thursday, and so on and on because the three LOVE desserts okay

They don’t seem to be affected by sugar, these lucky people.

They joke and play around while they’re baking.

They bake together btw

Little twins team up to use the rolling pin, each holding an end

Ardyn’s in charge of putting things in the oven and out of it.

They like to sing and do silly dances while they’re waiting for things in the oven.

Little girls are often dancing on the counter.

The Izunia always end up all covered in dough and flour, but the result is worth it and they eat their desserts together.

Ardyn still adores to dress them up.

He wants them to feel like princesses, both powerful and beautiful, so he takes a lot of time (and love

Nothing that makes them adult, all according to their age, ofc.

Ardyn practiced since they were babies so that when they grew up he could be prepared: hair braiding.

(Ardyn practiced since they were babies just so when they grew up he could give them pretty hairstyles, aaaawww

Ardyn likes to braid their hair using colorful ribbons.

RIBBONS. ARDN LOVES TO PUT RIBBONS ON THEM.

Ardyn also loves to let them braid or comb his hair.

As each twin wants to make a braid or tail on him, he assigned a side of his head to each girl.

This always results in Ardyn inevitably getting two ponytails or braids.

Lmao Ardyn with two ponytails.

He’s proud of the result.

For each drawing that little twins make for him, he makes one for each.

They have an entire room just to work as gallery for their drawings.

Ardyn loves to cuddle the heck out of these two.

Twin girls have each chosen one of Papa’s arms for themselves; Twin #1 ‘own’s the left arm and Twin #2 ‘owns’ the right one, so if both go hug papa, they’ll reach for their respective arm to be hugged with.

Twin #1 calls Ardyn “Papa Addy”

Twin #2 calls Ardyn “Papa Dyn”

He calls them Treasure and Jewel

Ardyn’s coming up with random nicknames for them all the time

Pumpkin & Carrot

Choco & Bo

Sea & Lake

Pebble 1 & Pebble 2

Boot & Show

Ardyn suffered when the girls were in age of going to school.

Ardyn cried dropping them at the entrance.

Ardyn waited at a bench literally across the street until school was over.

When twin girls came out, Ardyn immediately brought them in arms and hugged them like he hadn’t seen them in ages and cried on them while cuddling them.

“Papa, it was only 5 hours”·

“I WAS MISERABLE FOR FIVE HOURS”

Ardyn’s hating to take them to school.

Ardyn lasted 2 months

One day, Ardyn was like FUCK THIS SHIT ヽ(‵﹏´)ノ and broke into the school with his daemonic face on.

He took his little girls in arms and exaggeratedly growled at anyone he saw.

You should have seen the other kids, ahahaha, they’re like

“*GASP* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ヽ(°A°)ﾉ ”

Twin girls are like “ (・・ ) ? Papa?”

All kids are running around flipping desks and chairs and Ardyn’s still growling like when he plays monster except he’s trying to look scary

He walked away of school with twin girls in arms

“I have decided you two aren’t going to school. Who needs school?”

…Ardyn please that’s not how you parent

“We don’t need school, papa?”

“I haven’t been to school in like 1980 years and LOOK AT ME, I’M FINE, you don’t need that”

Ardyn pls stop

Ardyn still hates everyone but his family, so he hates that somebody else is teaching his kids, so nope, they stay home

The Daemon Family like to mess with the Lucian crown prince and his squad·

Twin girls often pretend they’re lost just to kick Noctis’ leg when he gets close

Noctis you dumbass are you not seeing the lost girls you find are always THE SAME?

The Daemon Family are often stealing Ignis’ baked cookies and desserts.

The Daemon Twins like to mess with poor Prompto who watched too many horror movies that involve little girls, so now these two appear to him when he least expects it just to scare the hell outta him

Prompto hasn’t slept good in two years

The Daemon twins like to jump the rope

They’re two so they often are in charge of swinging the rope while Papa jumps

Papa doesn’t fit in the tiny space

He’s too big

These three have a messed up way of talking because Twin 1 starts a sentence, Ardyn continues it, and Twin 2 finishes it, then they switch the order

They want to confuse you.

Sometimes little girls will burn things just for fun.

Ardyn is proud of them.

Little girls like to rip parts of plush toys off and exchange them so this head goes here instead and this arm here, so they have a lot of Frankenstein toys.

Ardyn thinks they’re far, far better creature-makers than Verstael fool.

Ardyn always gets two birthday cakes, one for each twin.

He’s learning what each twin likes individually, so his gifts are always different for each twin.

He packs the gifts himself with colors each twin likes most.

Sometimes, like they play monster, they play Dragon.

Ardyn can make fire, so he pretends to be a fierce dragon that the twins must defeat (don’t worry, he makes sure the fire makes no harm)

Ardyn always lets them win

That is, after a good ‘fight’, growling, and raspberries.

The pillow fights in this family are majestic.

Ardyn’s bought a ridiculous quantity of pillows just for whenever they enter a pillow fight.

There’s feathers and stuffing everywhere.

Ardyn measures his strenght not to harm any twin by accident

The twins use FULL FORCE on him

Look, it’s three DAEMONS having a pillow fight, that’s pretty normal

Twins are still teaming up for everything, so pillow fights are basically twins vs. Ardyn

Sometimes, the twins hide from Ardyn by hiding under his coat (when he’s not wearing it)

The twins will steal it and drop it on the floor, then hide under it

It’s so BIG and they’re so small that they can go unseen once hidden under all that fabric.

Ardyn knows where they are because of his daemon senses tingling in presence of theirs, but he pretends he has no idea.

It’s ridiculously adorable and it takes all his might not to burst out into “Aaaws” or laughs.

When the twins grow old enough, he stops reading them to sleep, but switches to telling them stories by heart, whether it’s personal experience or a fantasy tale.

No matter how old the girls get, Ardyn will never let one night go without kissing their cheeks.

He often tells them he loves them, and he loves each individually.

He goes to the bed of one twin, kisses her cheeks, laughs a bit with her.

“Goodnight, sweetie. I love you. And I love you.”

The first one is like generally, and second one is personal, emphasized with a poke to the nose.

He goes to the bed of the other twin, kisses her cheeks, laughs as well, and says the same words except with different nickname.

This is so they know he loves them as twins, and personally too.

Sometimes, the little twins will sneak into Ardyn’s bedroom to cuddle with him.

Maybe it’s their daemonic side, but they love how cold Ardyn is despite his endless layers of clothes, so they curl up at his side to fall asleep.

Ardyn has noticed their midnight sneaking, but doesn’t nag them for it.

He loves to sleep with his daughters curled at his sides, so why would he complain about it?

All the love that Ardyn doesn’t feel for the world, he feels it for his daughters.

They are his heart and veins; without them, he has no reasons of existance.

Speaking of existance, his made sense when he had his twins.

Having lived 2000 years until them, oh, it was worth it and beyond that.

This is Papa Ardyn with his twin daughters.( ´ ▽ ` ).｡ｏ♡

I hope it’s fine, dear anons.  ヽ(・ω・)ﾉ

[bubbleteascenarios]

Good Boy (G-Dragon)

“Hello?” You peek past the front door. Silence. You pout. “He told me he’d be here.” You enter the apartment, closing the door behind you, when you hear the quiet jingle of Gaho’s dog-tags. He trots to your side and stares at you, expecting Jiyong. “Hi~” You squat down and squish his wrinkly face together. “Daddy left you here all alone again. He’s so mean to us. Isn’t he?” Gaho’s happy panting turns into a solemn look which makes you laugh. You stand up, hands on your hips. “Who needs him! We can have fun ourselves.”

–

Jiyong pushes the door open several hours later and hears your voice from the bedroom. He’s beaming as he heads in that direction. He leans against the door frame, still smiling. You sit cross-legged, back against your side of the bed, with Gaho sitting in front of you.

“Beg!” He listens and sits on his rear, front paws together. “Ooh~ You are a good boy~” You sing along to Jiyong’s song, squishing Gaho’s face again. 

“Having fun?” Your head snaps up and you meet Jiyong’s gaze. He walks towards you, sitting on the bed. You frown and redirect your attention to Gaho. 

“Plenty of fun without you. Isn’t that right?” You stand up, leaving the room.

“Gaho, Come here.” Jiyong moves to the floor and has his arms wide open.

“Gaho~ Daddy left you here all alone. Come to Mommy.” Gaho looks back and forth. He takes one more look at you then runs to your side.

“Yah!” Jiyong jumps up. “Did you forget who raised you?” You stick your tongue out and pat Gaho on the head. You then make your way to the kitchen to grab a drink. Gaho follows.

Jiyong sits at the bar, resting his weight on his elbows and frowns. "Seems like you didn't miss me at all."

"I didn't."

"I know I said I'd be here, but something came up. You know how it is."

"I'm not mad. I'm just saying that I had fun with Gaho."

”You’re really trying to make me jealous of my own dog? He’s practically my child.”

“Then you have no reason to be jealous even if that were what I was trying to do, right?” You take your beverage and walk past Jiyong, not sparing him an extra glance as you plop yourself down across the couch.

“Move.”

“Why?” You ask cheekily, sipping your drink.

“Is it a crime to want to hold my girlfriend after not seeing her for a week?” He manages to slid under you, hands around your waist, face in the crook of your neck placing soft butterfly kisses all over it. “I missed you.”

“Then why didn’t you call?”

“You’d be asleep.”

“I would have woken up to take it.”

“I know, but you have work in the mornings.”

“I also,” his breath tickles your neck and you wiggle in his grasp to get him to stop, “have coffee.”

“You drink that stuff like its water. It’s going to catch up to you in a few years.”

“You’re one to talk. I drink it to stay awake during the day, you drink it to stay awake at night. I’d argue my consumption is less dangerous than yours.” You set your drink on the coffee table then sit cross-legged in front of Jiyong. He follows suit and the two of you stare at each other quietly for a moment. “Well? Say something.”

“I’m too busy admiring your beauty.” You grab a pillow and smother Jiyong’s face with it.

“You’re so cheesy!” He retaliates and starts to tickle your sides. Your panicked laughter fills the room and he only stops when you look like you’re about to cry.

“I really did miss you.”

“I know.”

“Does this mean you forgive me for making a mistake on when I’d come home?”

“I’m allowed to be upset once in a while. I can’t always be the accommodating girlfriend of a superstar.”

“Mm~ Okay, be upset. I’ll do whatever you want me to.”

“Then go get ready for bed. Your dark circles are ridiculous.” He happily obliges and you follow him to the bedroom.

--

You exit the bathroom and crawl into bed beside Jiyong. As you get into bed Gaho jumps up and sits beside you. You coo at him and squish his face again. “Beg!” Gaho does the trick, earning a kiss on the head. “You’re such a smart dog~ Yes, you are!”

“Tch.” Jiyong scoffs grumpily while putting his arms around your waist to pull you away from Gaho. “You haven’t seen me in a week and now you’re ignoring me. I think I might be jealous of my son.” You squish Jiyong’s cheeks together like you had done with Gaho. You laugh at his expression and kiss him. “I said I was jealous of the dog, not that I wanted to be treated like him.”

“Beggars don’t choose. Although, you’re almost as good as Gaho at begging.”

“I don’t beg.”

“Suit yourself,” you shrug before turning off the lamp on your bedside table. You hug Gaho tightly, back facing Jiyong.

“Hey, are you seriously going to be like this?” No response. Jiyong forces you to roll over and face him, but you bring Gaho around with you, placing him in the center. He’s clearly uncomfortable and escapes to his own bed on the floor. “That’s better.”

“Hey! That’s not very nice.”

“You get to spend all the time in the world with him. I’m only here for small periods at a time. Pay attention to me,” he pouts cutely. You have a cheeky smile spread across your face.

“What was that about not begging? I remember someone saying they don’t beg just a minute ago.”

“If I have to, I guess I’ll beg for your attention. Forgive me for being late?”

“That’s a good boy.” You kiss him and return the embrace, drifting off to sleep without another word.

✰—————————— 

Ayyyy more to come~ I have 2 requests in my inbox right now and I’ll be working on them today. ;) This is actually a super old request that I just finished... Don’t mind me, just being an ass like usual.

[impracticaldemon]

Answering some tumblr Qs

@cherryb0mb79 who asked a number of questions that I asked a few months back (and others have asked me similar things).  

NOTE:  if you have better answers, PLEASE add to this! (I don’t use mobile.)

I just have the regular Tumblr app, if that’s what you mean. You mentioned Tumblr Savior a while back and I’ve been meaning to check it out. I’m not sure if I understand exactly what you mean, but is it like … I’m guessing, does Tumblr have metrics designed to affect that based on hearts and reblogs and such?

Chibi!Oni (I love this nickname btw): Tumblr Savior is an app you download from your app store (in my case, for Chrome, since that’s my browser).  It lets you select words and phrases to block from your feed.  If you didn’t want to see my Fairy Tail posts, you’d install the app and add “fairy tail” to your blacklist (you can also whitelist things).  It’s a simple app to use, but I don’t know how it works on your phone.  (And the tumblr feed is completely in order of posting by time/date.)

On the message in my inbox where you tagged me for ten things that make me happy, should I just copy that and paste it into a new post? Or do I reply to the message … I think you’ve explained something similar before, but it wasn’t this exact thing.

Chibi!Oni:  A trick I just learned from somebody: on a keyboard hit the ALT key; this will give you the option to “Save as Draft”.  From there it’s easy to do what you want with it. In general, though, just hit Reply and type! For questions like these, use ���Post Privately”.  Then only I will see it.  For ask box memes, most people post publicly.  So hit reply, put in your 5 things and post.  If you can, add a tag that says “tag meme” or “asks” or something (you may have to “edit” after posting to do this since tags aren’t available in ask box responses).

NOTE:  To find a post that you’ve marked as “private”, find your little person icon (“account”) and click on “posts”.  This will show you all your posts including your private posts.  A private post can be made public later.

[I’ve added a “Keep reading” line here, but it doesn’t always work on mobile.]

I also had a notification that you mentioned me in a post about Saito and Kazama, I think? It was a letter. But when I tapped on the notification, it said no posts were found. I haven’t actually gone over to your blog to scroll through and look yet and see if I could find it, but was something deleted? Just wanted to check.

Chibi!Oni: Nope, wasn’t deleted.  Just go to my blog and search “text meme” (without quotes).  And… who knows.  I’ve seen this happen before from time to time.  One possibility is that I was editing the post when you clicked – it doesn’t like that!  J

I need to learn formatting on Tumblr. Because when I did the post for the last ten songs thing you tagged me in, I typed it like a list with 1. Song, then hit Return … so that it appeared as a numbered list, lined up, you know? But the actual post ended up with it all squished together…

Chibi!Oni: I don’t know why it would do that.  L  Did you do it as a reblog or as a new post?  For tag memes (as opposed to “ask memes” in your ask box), you would normally make your own new post. One thing to mention here, since you also ask about pictures: on a computer you can reblog and add pictures; on a mobile you can’t, it’s really, really annoying. If you make a new post then you have CHOICES!  You can either put all your photos in at the top (make it a photo post) or you can make it a “text post” (the basic one) in which case you can put photos wherever you want, but only one on a particular line (the photo post lets you put up to three on a line, but only in the “top” part of the post).

… It also seems like I should be able to post a picture/gif then have some text, then another picture/gif(s) and more text, etc., instead of a bunch of pics all at the top and text just at the bottom of the post.  [

Chibi!Oni:  [ANSWERED ABOVE]  Also, you can begin with a photo post and then treat the rest like a text post (so add text / photos one at a time below the group of photos above).

Also, pics getting cropped down unless you actually tap on them to bring up the full image. I guess there is some HTML stuff I have to do in order to format? Line breaks, italics, bold, etc. Do you have a source that’s like a cheat sheet for that? I’ve done a couple of searches both on Tumblr and just Google in general, but there is a lot of outdated and conflicting (and confusing) information. …

Chibi!Oni:  You have my sympathy.  I find it really annoying.  To be honest, I’ve given up on that (html is useful for your blog “theme” itself if you want to use it, but I don’t bother with posts).  The only easy way for your pictures not to get messed up when you use the “photo post” option and put photos on the same line is for them to be the same or almost the same size.  I have this problem with my transparent renders all the time (you’ll see that some look “bigger” than others—it’s usually because some chibi pictures are narrower than others).

NOTE:  If I’m just posting images, I try to use something basic like paint to get the same size.  That messes up transparents, though, and I haven’t mastered making transparent backgrounds to a certain size (as opposed to being just around the image itself).

I’m also realizing that this message is gonna disappear once I reply. Oh, well.

Chibi!Oni: But now you know where to find it! Just search for your own posts and it will be there.  (If it’s on private, then you have to go through the “account” icon of the little person and click “posts”).

However:  Once you send an Ask to an Ask Box it disappears completely which is really annoying.  There is no “sent” folder!

I hope some of this is helpful!!

~ImpracticalOni (aka Little Demon, aka Chibi!Oni)

[faithandfairies]

Engagement/Mariage CS et new RB+Regina cette année bye bye SQ lol lol lol

You know, this has been sitting in my inbox for a while and originally I wasn’t going to reply, but I realize I do have something to say.

When it comes right down to all these different ships, personally I don’t care. As in I wouldn’t date any of these characters myself.

Fair warning, I’m about to tell it like it is, so if you don’t want to read it, don’t.

Let’s be honest here.

Robin

Robin is a thief who was still in love with his wife 30 years after her death. It’s never a good idea to start something with someone who is (still) in love with someone else. It just never works out right. Not to mention that he had no qualms cheating on whom he thought was his wife, because he was “in wove” with someone else. Not enough to leave his wife before he chose to sleep with this person though. 

He also had no trouble pushing, talking this other woman he was trying to cheat with into helping him cheat. After she had already said no. All while spewing crap about what an honorable man with an honorable code he was, as if it was her fault that he’d decided he wanted to sleep with her. And it visibly pained him. Ugh. I hate cheating. I just do. It’s evidence of a complete lack of respect for both the woman you’re cheating on and the woman you’re cheating with. And mutual respect is fundamentally important for a relationship, any relationship, to work. I also hate being made to feel guilty for things that aren’t my fault. Two of my four main pet peeves when it comes to relationships. Checked by Robin.

He also didn’t trust Regina’s judgment much at all, wanting to go against her time and again in matters she was the literal trained expert in and he knew next to nothing about. Like say, magic. Wanting to join her during the Curse of Shattered Sight, even though she told him he shouldn’t be anywhere near her. Calling her crazy and jealous when she talked about how he was tricked into believing his wife was back through a magical glamour. This checks the third pet peeve of mine when it comes to relationships. Not feeling heard or listened to.

Rumple

Rumple is a coward who sought out dark magic to make him feel strong and in control of everything and everyone. He then proceeded to use his Dark One status as an excuse to commit the worst atrocities known to man. Also killing for sport, taking from the poor and downtrodden and the rich alike to serve his own purpose. Essentially becoming addicted to the power and not wanting it any other way. 

His only saving grace is that at least his original reason for taking on the darkness was noble. Protecting his son and all the children like him from having to fight in the war. A son he of course ended up abandoning in favor of the dark power originally meant to save him. Breaking the one deal that really mattered. And then proceeding to punish everyone else for his own cowardice, that the power didn’t lessen, just covered up. He was the catalyst for a decades long punishment placed on an entire population, starting with Regina.

On top of that, Rumple also happens to be a master manipulator. He could talk you into suicide if he so pleased. And make you think it was your idea while you were at it. Going so far as to create circumstances in which you’d want to kill yourself, even if your life before his appearance in it was sunshine and roses. That’s how good he is. He’s also physically abusive and possessive. Throwing things when angry with Belle, scaring her. Limiting her in her movements in more than one way in more than one realm. From literally locking her in his dungeon in the Enchanted Forest, to trapping her on Hook’s boat and wearing a bracelet for her, both in Storybrooke, that allowed him to track her at all times. The last of which he also did to the Evil Queen, mind you. So he could find her whenever killing her suited him. 

I mean, is this show even real?! How is a man like this even considered a true love for anyone, let alone the cinnamon roll too good for this world, too pure, that Belle is? 

[Okay, Kim, breathe, so you can make it through this post without your blood pressure rising.]  

If Belle is anything but a kind soul now it’s due to the influence Rumple has had on her. Funny, I could say the same thing about Regina and Zelena in regards to Rumple’s influence on them. Literally everything this man touches turns dark or unhappy, or both, I kid you not.

Regina

Regina is a Queen who punished an entire kingdom and beyond for trauma forced upon her by her mother, perpetuated by her husband and her mentor. She tortured and murdered countless individuals-men, women, children-or had them murdered, razed villages all to prove she was strong and in control. 

Punishing her people for helping a young, naive girl. Killing hopeful grooms and the light in the eyes of hopeful brides. She took away children’s childhoods, burned them to the ground, just to inflict pain and spread chaos. She had an entire kingdom, that she was meant to protect and take care of, live in fear of her. People who actually seemed to refuse to believe the rumors of the Evil Queen. Who seemed to believe she was a fair and honest ruler. Who believed in her. She tried to snuff out the light of everything and everyone she came into contact with. All because it had been done to her by a select few people. She controlled and crushed hearts and with it the people they belonged to. Essentially the most drawn out temper tantrum this world or any other has ever seen. 

She thought she could own people by offering them deals, trying to buy their love and loyalty. Then coming back on those deals when they didn’t work out the way she’d wanted them to. Either forcefully trying to get her way anyway or granting them a faith worse then death, if not death itself, for their insubordination. I have never seen anyone go back on their word as much as this woman. 

Rumple might have sought loopholes for his deals but at least he was honorable enough to keep most of the deals he couldn’t find loopholes for. Not Regina. Her standard response to people expecting her to keep her deals/word usually came down to a version of “LOL, bitch, you thought. Joke’s on you for trusting me.” Like Rumple, Regina was a master manipulator, making people believe whatever they needed to for her to get her way. Using whatever she had in her repertoire, riches, seduction, very real threats, you name it, to make her will be everyone’s way.

Hook

Hook is a pirate which, by definition, means that he stole riches and killed people for sport. Then he wore the jewelry of the people he killed as trophies. Not to mention that he drunk himself into a stupor regularly and did the same with women so he could bed them without them objecting. This is also known as rape. 

But at least he didn’t fancy himself a hero when it came to his thieving ways. Nor did he consider himself to have a noble code.

He also objectified women, which included his supposedly “beloved” Milah. The one woman we were told repeatedly that he truly loved, he ended up pretty much calling a slut that served all his shipmates. There’s no way of knowing whether he was serious about this since I think this was a thing that existed at one point in time. And he literally did this to her husband’s, Rumple’s, face. You could argue that he was trying to make Rumple think he didn’t care for her. But it was not necessary. It just came naturally to him.

He also sold the son of that same woman we were told he loved into a kind of slavery, to a man known to have his “adopted” boys fight to permanent injury, if not death. All because the son didn’t like him.

A woman we were told he loved immensely and the son she supposedly loved and that was the only thing left of her after her death and this is how he treated them. 

At least all Regina’s atrocities were committed in a period where she was very clear that she was unable to or at least refused to love anything or anyone and treat them with love, because love was weakness. During her reign as the Evil Queen she tried to snuff out any and all versions of love and almost everything and everyone that tried to or believed they did love her. Or that she thought she loved or could love.

Hook also has violent, physically and emotionally abusive, murderous tendencies that come out to play whenever he has something other than himself to blame it on. Like getting back his hand that was “cursed” because it belonged to a worse, past version of himself that gave him an excuse to beat up a man on his first date with Emma. He didn’t even make it to their second date without getting violent. Or planning and almost following through with murdering his girlfriend’s entire family because she hurt his feelings and saved his life when he didn’t want her to. Not to mention choking his girlfriend’s best friend for trying to stop him.

Not to mention that he remains a gigantic liar to this day. And ever since he’s started trying to win Emma’s heart, he’s gone about it by lying time and time again to Emma to further this image of a redeemed hero she has of him, without putting in the actual work to change for the better. Just declaring himself a hero for correcting mistakes he made and taking credit for work he didn’t do. Just this last episode he lied. Again. Something that should have been a genuine moment, words that were true, but because of the context were twisted into a lie. Used as a cover. How can Emma love Hook if he doesn’t even allow her to know him? If she doesn’t allow him to know her? If everything that is shared between them in words comes down to a pretty little lie? Beautiful, tidy, but to what end? 

And see this is where it gets interesting for me. Because what it comes down to for me is that this is a TV Show. If it was real life, I’d never consider any of these characters as relationship material. But this is a show that, because of its very fairy tale nature, pairs up its characters. And what I love about these characters is that they are all trying to change and grow for the better. 

And what it comes down to is not who everyone used to be, but who has changed the most compared to where they started out. And who has helped bring that significant positive change out in them and continues to do so.

In a lot of ways Regina started out worse than Hook. She was a way worse liar than he was. A murderer, for sport, not even to gain riches. She also killed women and children. She killed people randomly in order to exert dominance, so her power would not be questioned.

But what I know about Regina is that while doing all these things she never claimed to be able to love anyone. And if she did, it was for show. The only person she loved at that time was her father. And that was complicated because he stood by as she was abused, which tells me she would have harbored a lot of deep-seated anger toward him as well, wanted or not. Everything she did at that time was out of fear and hate and anger. So much anger.

The people Regina truly loves now, she treats differently. When that love is not clouded by anger or fear, when it’s pure, she’s honest and loyal. And who she used to be makes her non-judgmental, but also no-nonsense, when those she loves go through similar ordeals as she has. And she would move heaven and earth for the people she loves. That is how she has changed for the better. And that is why I love her and consider her relationship material in terms of the show. 

And I want her to be with Emma, because that relationship is one of the healthiest she has cultivated on the show. Regina is a lot to handle, even though she has changed. She still has her baggage and she isn’t perfect. She can still be manipulative and has a fiery temper. The thing is that Emma is the one person that can handle her. That is not afraid of her, any incarnation of her. That knows how to calm her down when she gets scared and angry or frustrated as a result of the fear. 

Emma is the one person who no longer judges her for her past and is learning not to judge her for the remnants of that past that remain. And the most important thing, Emma wants to handle her. Emma wants to be there for her. She wants to know Regina, to understand her, her pain, her fears, her struggles. She takes the time to listen to her and help her work through her issues. Because guess what, she cares about Regina. She loves her and considers her family and that is what you do when you truly love someone. And Regina wants Emma to know and understand her. So she’s honest with her. She opens up to her because that is the only way to make it happen. When Regina lies to Emma, Emma can tell and she calls her on it, every time. She doesn’t just smile and sweep it under the rug.

I mean, it doesn’t happen often, I think Regina lied last twice in season 4, once in 4x05 when Regina lied to Emma because she didn’t think Emma would believe her if she’d told the truth and once in late season 4 because Emma’s parents asked her to. She kept that lie because it wasn’t her truth to reveal and she was trying to preserve Emma’s relationship with her parents. in order to protect Emma. That lie wasn’t a selfish one. And Emma completely understood that. Even so I don’t think Regina has lied to her since. And this is a woman who used to lie even more than Hook does, simply because it allowed her to get her way. But she grew and changed.

The thing that scares me about Hook is how he has treated and treats people he claims to love. How he treated Milah, objectifying her. Bae, the one thing he had left of Milah after her death, traded to Pan. Lying to Emma on a regular basis to this day.

And with the Cursed Hand, the violence toward a guy whom I think could reveal one of his secrets and the wandering hands on Emma in a moment that it wasn’t completely welcome. Making jokes with Emma in the past about how he got women drunk in order to sleep with them. Lying to Emma on a dangerous scale not telling her about his deal with Rumple/not telling her about the curse Zelena put on his lips, to the point that it could have had horrible, lasting or at least far reaching consequences. This was late season 3/early season 4. Hook was supposedly already well on his way on the path of redemption.

Then there is Dark Hook, Hook’s current darkest incarnation, which I think is only fair to compare to the Split Queen, Regina’s current darkest incarnation.

For me, if I had to choose between Dark Hook or the Split Queen to terrorize my town I’m not sure whom I’d choose. Both cause collateral damage. Which as an innocent bystander could very well be me if I lived in Storybrooke. But if I were Emma, well, I’d choose the Queen over Dark Hook any day.

I don’t even feel like I should have to explain this, but alas. Here’s why.

What do they have in common?

They both talk trash, insulting Emma, just because they can.

They both wanted to hurt Emma or said so

The difference?

Dark Hook shamed Emma for being the Dark One, literally withholding his love, or actually, no, he told her he no longer loved her because of the state she was in that she may have gotten herself into, but she couldn’t do anything about in the moment

He also shamed her for being an orphan and called her unlovable because of it. Prophesying that she’d always remain alone because of it.  

Basically Hook shamed Emma for a bunch of stuff she had no control over whatsoever and/or that she couldn’t change herself anymore

The Queen, on the other hand,

called the savior pointless. She basically told Emma that her saving people was unnecessary. That once she started she’d have to keep doing it. The thing with Emma’s savior status is that she may hold the title, but whether she actually acts on it and saves people is up to her. Whether she chooses to die saving people is entirely up to her. Unless of course people are actually out to kill her, personally

told Emma she wasn’t around for Henry

The thing with the hurtful things the Queen told Emma is that they were things Emma could/would be able to or did change. She didn’t throw a cheap shot about Emma having been in prison, like she’d done in the past. She didn’t shame Emma for giving Henry up, like she had in the past. 

Hook also promised to kill Emma’s family and the only thing that kept him from following through was Regina talking him out of it at the last minute. That’s it.

When it comes to the rest of Dark Hook’s actions vs. the Split Queen’s actions, to me, the reason I believe is behind their actions, makes all the difference.

To me, Dark Hook simply wanted to hurt Emma for hurting him. Which I don’t really blame him for. But it doesn’t make him someone I’d want Emma to date. What I thought was horrible was that Hook knew exactly the worst way to hurt Emma. And he planned to. One of Emma’s sorest spots is that she is an orphan, a lost girl. Her newfound happiness is rooted in the family she gained. Hook knew that the worst way to hurt Emma was to take away everything that made her happy, her family. Turning her back into a lost girl, with only him to depend on. 

Not only is that using someone’s vulnerability, stuff they’ve probably shared with you personally, because they trusted you, against them, it’s textbook abusive behavior. Both the using of someone’s vulnerability against them and isolating the partner by making them estranged from their family. So they depend on you. Only Hook went a step further. He was going to forcibly send Emma’s family to the realm of the dead. Everyone, including the son Hook fans swear up and down he considers to be his own. A boy even younger than Bae when he betrayed him, the cautionary tale of another boy, whose mother Hook claimed to love. 

Have Emma and Regina die and have him be the only one left to take Henry in. Have Henry rebel, even a little bit and lets see how he treats him. (Don’t actually do this, writers, because it would suck). As Dark Hook he had the upper hand above Henry’s mothers. As Hook-Hook, he couldn’t take Henry’s mothers, even if he tried. If something were to happen to Henry and it was his fault they’d both filet him, no question. He knows this. And he is a survivor. He’s said so himself.

Which brings me to another thing. Any version of Regina might be and do a lot of things, but the one thing Emma can always count on is that every version of Regina will always love and protect their son. Even if to her that doesn’t necessarily mean protecting others, including herself, from him. Or protecting him from himself. Her mind’s a bit twisted like that. But at least I’d say Emma can count on Henry being with Regina and alive. 

When it comes to the Queen, I believe her reason for doing what she’s doing has everything to do with getting her family to understand fully where she’s coming from, by having them experience different parts of her life and emotions.

It’s twisted, but to me it’s still better than what Dark Hook did.

For Snow and Charming, the Queen wanted them to feel her pain of being alone. They’ve had each other, their love, to lean on for a long time and it made whatever situation they had to face easier. More hopeful and less painful.

But a separated from his wife for an extended period of time-David, was entirely ready to kill a man for taking away someone he’d lost decades ago. Sound like someone else we know? Push a man (or woman) far enough under circumstances similar to your own and you may get a similar result. In that moment David was Regina. The Queen could have killed Snowing, instead she chose this.

For Emma it was about the Queen showing Emma, I think, what her own life as a princess had been like. But without the emotional and physical abuse she was put through. It was about making Emma understand her, but also making her understand that the royal life isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be, even when you do have a loving family. She also sent Emma to a realm where she knew Emma would be safe, where she’d be loved and adored.

For Henry, it was about showing him how the desperation to save someone you love can make you grab for magic as the solution to do so. And how that can lead to evil deeds. Henry held Regina’s past as the Evil Queen against her for a long time without considering what made her that way. That she could ever have been any different than the Evil Queen. It was about showing him how the Evil Queen came to be. 

All of it is twisted. But this is the reason I see behind the Queen’s actions. And damn it, while it’s still twisted, it makes me understand her. And just the fact that she hasn’t killed or tried to kill Emma or any of her family members, that alone puts her above Dark Hook in my book.

Because to me, if she really wanted to hurt Emma, just to hurt her, no one would be able to do it better than the Queen. Because no one knows Emma better. But the Queen hasn’t done that. And she won’t, even though she has been shown to be capable of great cruelty and creativity in her cruelty in the past. You know why? She loves Emma too much to actually hurt her like that. 

[If you really think that what the Split Queen has done so far in the copious amounts of time she’s had in Storybrooke is the worst she’s capable of than you haven’t been watching the same show I have. I think it’s the worst she’s willing to do now and here’s why.]

We have seen that when a person is split in two in one of the incarnations that person’s dark side comes out to play. But it doesn’t keep them from loving whom they loved as a whole. It is canon that Regina loves Emma. You don’t cross realms multiple times to get to someone unless you love whom you expect to find on the other side of the portal. And there are certain lines that I believe she’s no longer willing to cross because of her family, or at least when it comes to her family. Not only because she’d lose Emma and the rest of their new family, but because there are just some things you don’t do to people you love no matter how angry you get. Something I think she’s leaning. That you can’t force your way or your will on others without hurting them.

In my opinion Regina has grown the most. Even at her worst she’s still a lot better than she used to be. And in my opinion a better choice than Hook for Emma. Simply because, among other things, when it comes to relationships I’m Henry.

(x)

I choose pizza, or relationships that are like pizza. Because lying would have to be my fourth pet peeve when it comes to relationships. And here it definitely comes down to choosing the best out of the worst. Where the only thing that makes the difference is the amount of growth that has taken place.

But more importantly, from Emma’s side of things, her relationship with Regina is the one she truly invests in. Not the one she has with Hook. Which has allowed not just Regina to grow a lot separately, but also Emma and has allowed Emma’s relationship with Regina to grow the most, since Regina also invests equally.

Emma is more responsible than she used to be, a better mother than she could have ever been to Henry without Regina and Henry there, being who they are. It has made Emma a more open and loving person. And it’s because Emma and Regina expect the best from each other, Henry expects the best from them and they expect the best from him and it has made them all better people in the process. 

On top of that, Regina is the one Emma can truly be herself around. Regina has been to hell and back and so has Emma. A lot of which happened in Emma’s past before Storybrooke and her parents don’t know about. It means that Emma and Regina are a lot alike. They understand each other and don’t judge each other. It’s interesting because Regina has been known to be judgmental in the past. But when it comes to the ones she loves, she’s different. 

You’d also think with Hook’s past he’d also be able to do this for Emma. Understand her, instead of judging her. But as we saw with the Dark Swan ARC, he didn’t. He rejected her the moment she didn’t fit in the little “I caught a hero girlfriend” box he’d put her in, he withdrew his love and support from her when she needed it the most (we didn’t know the rest of the story at the time and he didn’t remember either), whereas Regina never gave up on Emma. 

And you can say all you want that Emma and Regina having a dark past/unhappy childhood in common is Regina’s fault. But it doesn’t change the fact that Emma’s parents are the ones who made that choice. The choice to give her up, not because it was her best chance, but because it was theirs. They made a choice that they knew would benefit them and their kingdom, not Emma. Emma would have been better off with them, even under a curse. But making that choice they never once questioned where Emma would end up if she wasn’t with them. And given the childhood Snow had with her own stepmother you’d think she would have done that. But no, all Snow cared about was Emma coming back one day to save them. And no, Regina wouldn’t have left Emma with her parents had they kept her, but she wouldn’t have hurt her either. She would have kept her. You know how I know that? Because when the Curse of Shattered Sight hit, turning love into hate, Regina went after baby Neal. Not to hurt him, no, but to take him away from his parents and keep him. She also never hurt Henry, even knowing he was a descendant of her hated Snow and the son of a person prophesied to destroy her. Still, she raised him as her own, with all the love and affection she had to give. And he grew up to be a good, kind, wonderful kid because of that. Because of her.

And Regina’s decision to cast the curse wasn’t intended to hurt Emma. It did, no doubt, in a big way, but that was not why it was cast. And that matters to me. 

As for Robin, there has been no growth. He remained the same until he died. And now he’s back and in some ways worse than he ever was. 

I want to stress that in real life, most of these people would be serving one or more life terms in prison for crimes like murder, domestic assault, rape, theft and/ or be on the registered sex offender list so true love and whether they had it with Pete or Sally would be the least of their worries.

But since these are fairy tales, we get growth instead, from the worst starting points you can imagine, which turns the darkest villains into heroes. Or the heroes into better heroes. Or…a stalemate is reached. Which I think is where we are with Hook and Emma as a couple now. But since, again, it’s fairy tales, alongside growth with people starting out in hell, we also get true love pairings. It’s like the ultimate reward for growth. So if I have to choose from this limited group of options, I choose Swan Queen. 

And you may try to goad me, try and “rub it in” that Captain Swan and Outlaw Queen are endgame. And therefore Swan Queen isn’t. But

1. I’ve known even before this ask graced my inbox that the second couple, Outlaw Queen, isn’t endgame. I never expected them to be even when it first came out that Robin would return.

2. As for the first couple, Captain Swan, I don’t believe they’re endgame either, there’s too much that tells me otherwise. But even if they were, it wouldn’t change who Hook is with Emma and that he and Emma bring out the worst in each other. And that that makes him a bad choice for both Emma and Henry to make part of their family permanently as a husband/ father figure. And makes them a bad choice for him. It wouldn’t change the fact that what this show would be perpetuating would go against everything true love has always stood for in fairy tales, that this show has told us true love stands for. That makes a relationship not just work, but last. Hell, it would be going against what life tells us makes a good relationship. And a relationship has never been able to thrive on a foundation of lies. It’s just that simple.

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Mark Tuan ~ Idol ~ GOT7 ~ JYP Entertainment

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IC 

Name/S - Mark Tuan

Group Or Occupation - GOT7

Company - JYP Entertainment

OOC

Age - 18

Time Zone - CST

Tell us about your muse in 100 words or more - { Keep in mind while reading that every idol is open to interpretations and it is up to the fans to decide what to believe about their character. My view of Mark Tuan may deviate from what another fan might perceive as truth. If there is any questions about my interpretation, I do have evidence to back up a good portion of my analysis should a problem arise. }

Mark Tuan didn’t join JYP Entertainment knowing how to sing or dance. He may have considered auditioning before he was scouted outside of his school (Arcadia High School) but regardless of the circumstances, he did attend and rap along to Eminem’s song, “When I’m Gone” on May 28 in 2011 where he then was signed on as a trainee. His only experience in the entertainment industry before that was a brief appearance in a Domino Olleh commercial. Marks training lasted 3 and a half years during which time he appeared in Dream High 2 in 2012 and WIN : Who is Next in 2013. Two years into his training, he considered quitting but continued on and in 2014, debuted alongside six other trainees under the name GOT7. 

The Flying Member of the boy group was awkward in his early years as an idol and because of this, many of his fans saw him as shy due to his quiet nature but truthfully, he was more confident in himself in the beginning of GOT7’s debut than some of the other members. While he has gotten flustered before over some situations (i.e.. when being praised as the groups visual and when a fan asked him for a kiss), he’s quiet mostly because he thinks before he speaks. He’s quick to get to the point, his words logical and concise, and even when he doesn’t agree with an opinion, his remarks are never careless, even if they are laced with profanity. Those that know him well have commented on his speech patterns, explaining that he does in fact communicate more with those he’s comfortable with and can be quite talkative off camera. But it can also be said he’s an introvert and sometimes communicating with the idol is like talking to a wall more content with listening than speaking. Mark possesses more inner sass than most give him credit for and is rather playful, well known for teasing his fellow members but is equally known for being supportive and even possessive towards them. Some may think him incapable and in need of protection, which has been brought up before on camera, but these individuals forget that he once tried to save a fan from a falling stage light. Normally a bright, cheerful man, it is often forgotten that idols are only human and when extremely stressed or tired, Mark can be more irritable than what most would expect. With a mild temperament, it is rare he blows up but he has done so before. Generally, he always has a smile on his face and a laugh on his lips.

As the oldest member of GOT7, he doesn’t seem to be affected by the age gap between he and the younger members and interacts with everyone on the same plane, so to speak. This may be in part due to his overall experience interacting with his younger relatives but he honestly, sincerely cares for each and every member of the idol group and it’s evident in his voice when he speaks to them, his eyes when he looks at each individual, in his smile and his actions. They may occasionally have their differences but they’re brothers. Anyone who knows him well, know of his deep appreciation and affection for his family and since joining GOT7, those feelings have extended to them as well. 

In the years following GOT7’s debut, Mark worked hard and diligently to succeed as an idol. He came to be known for his martial arts tricks and sustained a couple injuries over the years perfecting dance choreographies but nothing permanent. He participated/assisted in some songwriting in the idol groups second album and has grown a lot as an artist over time. However, despite this continuous effort, he hasn’t been seen participating in many personal activities and scheduled events recently and fans took notice when, during the Gayo Daejeon award ceremonies, he was the only member to not participate in special stages and did not speak up when they received a reward. He’s even less talkative on camera than he was when he first became an idol and has been known to sit through live broadcasts without breathing a word in the more recent months of early 2017 from the amount of stress the group is under for the promotions of New Arrival to be successful. His sudden mood change has not affected his relationships with his fans. However, the normally relaxed, confident and lively idol has changed in his interactions with his other members and he seems to be holding back when he’s around them, though he tries to seem as energetic as his usual self.

Tell us about how you like to rp - I am not fast with replies. I think each response out carefully and if it’s in multi para format, I can spend almost an hour on one reply. Short para will obviously have shorter reply time but even with messaging (SNS or inbox), action roleplays, ect. I reply in order to the responses I receive. For example, if an individual replies to a multipara role-play and shortly after, someone else replies to a SNS post, I will reply to the multipara first and then the SNS post. This allows me to keep up with roleplays and keep from showing favoritism to any one roleplay or individual. Regarding length, I don’t generally match length. It’s more about quality than quantity, for me. I’d rather give a reply worth reading than one that’s the same length as the others response. Serious plots are fun but non-serious plots can be too so I have no preference in regard to that particular point. 

Questions for idol applicants 

Write about 2 friendships your muse has in real life (not au) with people who aren’t in their group - 

Peniel { BTOB} – The two became friends in their trainee days at JYP Entertainment before their debuts. Back then, Mark was still the same hard working individual most have come to see him as but he was more reserve due to the language barrier as a foreigner. He grew up mostly in Brazil and Paraguay and so even if he attended school in America and was born in California, he had to relearn English when he returned to the states and it was especially challenging to learn Korean when he was signed on. He didn’t have many friends as a result and rather just hovered around his classmates back at Arcadia Not much is known on their interactions besides the two being friendly and warm towards one another. They seem to always run into each other at events and Mark has posted a picture of them together from the SBS Gayo Awards with the two smiling and laughing together.

Minyuk { Monsta X } ­– The two aren’t the closest of friends, definitely not as close to one another as they are to the members of their groups, but they do enjoy spending time together and always seem to gravitate towards one another when in the same space.

Explain the way that your muse feels about at least 2 members currently within their group- 

Jackson { The Best Friend } – In their early years as idols, the two were inseparable. Rather than referring to one or the other, their fans even took to calling them simply Markson and neither seemed too bothered by the idea. But as time went on, a rift between the two began to form, spreading out between them and driving them apart. Jackson made comments about Mark being too quiet and even after sharing a room for a long while, he said sometimes it was like he was talking to a wall. Mark has said talking to Jackson nowadays is uncomfortable even. Once best friends, they can’t seem to even be near one another, sitting on opposite sides of the table during group events and barely sparing one another a glance. What happened between them is anyones guess and neither has made comments towards it.

Youngjae{ The Other Parent of Coco } – Mark can be rather playful towards his fellow members, teasing them mercilessly. His favorite victim: Youngjae. They’re rather close and the two are currently raising a small dog named Coco together. Since his recent difficulties with Jackson, he has gravitated more towards sharing Youngjaes company than the other idol. 

How would your muse react upon meeting a non idol who doesn’t know who they are?- Mark isn’t over dramatic. He would be disappointed, maybe a little hurt, but he wouldn’t allow it to affect his interactions with the non-idol. He’s rather friendly towards his fans as they mean the world to him, but he treats everyone all the same. He’s just a regular guy, after all, and he has never seen himself as better than the next person.