#I'm honestly very lucky to have attracted so many nice and cool and interesting as hell folks

[blackbackedjackal]

Sometimes I think about how long some of you all have been following me and I'm like wow, ya'll really like watching this clown.

[hexagio]

── ( s.id/SOD-Manheattan ).

1. No specific names to mention, but I love watching you all interact. You guys can put me in a better mood.

2. I don't remember much about this kind of thing.

3. Honestly, I'm used to senior characters and being a young character is a challenge in itself. If I never fail to deliver senior's chara, then I shouldn't have any trouble either brought young chara, right?

4. No one.

5. I accidentally heard this song, and I like the lyrics. ( https://open.spotify.com/track/39kzWAiVPpycdMpr745oPj?si=rsf2Pea_T5WbwZNEbVHXKg )

6. Being the topic of conversation about what I didn't do, meeting the wrong friends.

7. If I'm interested, I'll chat with s/he for small talk.

8. He has a fur allergy but instead keeps 3 cats.

9. Live still going on.

10. Awdella.

11. Av7x.

12. Of course.

13. Nothing specific, I tend to feel outside the circle.

14. There are many, these days people have developed very well to play their muse.

15. Dan, Chuck.

16. Icelio's, Trial Kings, Kontrakan Hj Bolot.

17. Drink (1)

18. Hey CT Manheattan, I know we're not that close but you guys are awesome. I don't know all of you but you've done a lot for Attanie, so thank you for being this nice.

19. Havian.

20. Lol, I dunno.

21. Reuby, Jehno. I was amazed at the way they portrayed their characters.

22. Obed.

23. Obed.

24. Never.

25. Most female members.

26. I dunno.

27. Never been in that kind of situation, but if I was I probably would have forgotten about it in the first place.

28. I can't pick one because there are so many.

29. There isn't any.

30. So many dramas irp.

31. How they potrayed their muse.

32. I've never liked anyone before them first.

33. Playground.

34. Devan, Cebe.

35. Better not.

36. Get the best role for Park Chanyeol.

37. Getting involved in drama.

38. I was accused of doing things I didn't do by my ex.

39. Got married in rp, had a cute kid, and received an award for playing the best Chanyeol in rpw.

40. I liked everything about him. How he is, his voice and the way he behaves were the first things that attracted me to him. There were so many things that I wanted to know more about him.

41. Everyone is good and has their own way of building chemistry and no one fails in building an atmosphere as long as we get to know each other.

42. A comfortable atmosphere that doesn't discuss one particular thing.

43. Reid, Moses.

44. 11 acc.

45. Liar.

46. I'll go soon.

47. Not worth remembering.

48. My old friends.

49. Always said I'm good.

50. Faster - NCT 127.

51. (-)

52. Rizel.

53. Junk food.

54. Devan, Cebe, Voghoe, Rizel, Jovan, Zoe, Alfar, Kemod, Gabriel.

55. She is sick today.

56. Cool.

57. Got married and had 4 cute kids.

58. To all my cf, I'm so lucky to have you guys.

59. Last month with my gf, but i forgot what the movie is.

60. I want to correct my mistakes first, not all of them, just the important ones. Then I will continue living in the future.

61. This is what I've been feeling lately, I'm responding to it by thinking about other things even though it's not completely successful.

[fukurodaze]

can i have (timeskip?) kuroo with a fem! s/o who is a sophisticated introvert that intimidates people because she doesn't smile or talk much but when she's with friends she's actually really nice, funny and outgoing, and she has really good fashion sense? (i'm sorry if this is too specific lmao you can ignore this i'm just yearning for kuroo HAHAHAHA)

this is so funny because this dynamic is literally THE cutest

so you know how kuroo works in pr right so this is The Office Romance Of The Century

the meeting <3

so kuroo works on the ninth floor and you work on the twentieth floor

though you guys work in different departments, you guys are both around the same age so you guys kind of have the same workloads because yall are still starting

different departments eventually do have different schedules, but as newbies you guys kind of follow one (1) basic timetable that is really just 9 to 5

one thing you never expected about the office: good ass food.... like you thought the bread at your school canteen was good? wait till you find the sandwiches on the fourth floor

and since you quite literally have no friends in this big ass building and there aren’t many co-workers who are your age you kind of hold onto the nice yakiniku sandwiches on the fourth floor

it gets rough in a new workplace for the first time ://

so the sandwiches become your routine - around 5-6pm, you’re coming down a whole sixteen floors otw home but also to get that nice thick yakiniku sandwich

guess who else comes? 

YA GUESSED IT!! UR FRESH OUT OF COLLEGE KUROO TETSUROU!!!

despite telling himself that he’s really easing into the work life well because his senpais tell him he’s smart, he really doesn’t know anyone

he also finds it weird asking his co-workers to drink as he feels like they should be the ones inviting him so he ends up just chillin it out with some surprisingly good sandwiches downstairs

he likes the chicken ones bc they’re just so nice n crispy yay

he kinda feels shit about it sometimes but thats just how it is huh... corporate work... no friends... and all the rest of his friends r like in other places... yeah

ay but at least he finds this cute girl ordering the same thing over and over again at the same time he’s there

he ignores it at first but you know the saying that the more you see someone the more likely they become more attractive in your eyes?

yeah... that’s kuroo @ u...

and usually he’s doesn’t really pay no mind to people who just do their own business

but your fits r just too cool for this workplace... like mans has been coming to work with suits and youre out here with some combo streetwear power suit... sometimes u wear the highest heels and sometimes you wear the chunkiest sneakers but still manage to look so sleek n sophisticated like 24/7

could it be... he finds you... attractive??? even though you don’t smile much?

kuroo doesn’t stall, so he just goes “i like your style”

my my... you love hearing that dont’cha

but u were like “thanks” 😐

he’s like sheesh

and as he’s about to leave you ask, “what department do you work in?”

kuroo does a double take and is like “um... PR...?” he literally looks over his shoulder to see if you’re talking to anyone else because yo... is this you showing interest???

spoiler alert this is the introduction to his chapter in your love life <3

look it’s not hard for kuroo to get along with quieter people because he used to be siiiiilent, and he’s also grown up with kenma, who was much more introverted throughout middle school and high school

god, you felt so comfortable

and he was SO hot.... WTF

but yeah you’re always like 😐 but make it chic because your fits r fire and your eyeliner SLAYS

this may or may not have turned into a little date at the bar nearby

yes the sandwiches are good but you know what’s even better? drinking some good food in tokyo as Official Employees of the Japanese Volleyball Association

this night was pretty flirty, what can u expect... compliment here, hand brush there, cute laughs n chuckles everywhere

hahaha when kuroo saw you laugh and get super talkative... is that a turn on or what... youre also like funny too??? oh cmon...

safe to say you said yes when he asked you out again, and he swears he would do anything to see you laugh again 🥰

and yes, he does see that laugh again. a lot of times, actually.

the relationship <3

first off: he likes seeing u all professional... good food 

second: him in a suit??? yessir. him making connections??? YESSIR

you guys end up hanging around a lot with each other at the office even when you’re busy. and yknow, since it’s the honeymoon phase, might as well sneak a kiss. or a lot of kisses.

people get so surprised when this happens at first, since theyre like... why r they both disappearing 24/7... they cant be going together bc hes... kuroo... and you’re... you... aren’t you guys are supposed to be DIFFERENT??

he always goes heart eyes for u even though it seems like you’re always shooting daggers at him from everyone else’s pov

eventually, as you two get more comfy with each other and spend more time, you find yourself at his place like 4 days out of 7... his place is closer to the office anyways so it’s just convenient especially when you’re busy with your department when kuroo isn’t, and it demands later nights and earlier mornings

when BOTH of you are busy... expect stress makeouts in the kitchen

the way yall would shower together not because of sexy vibes but because yall both overslept and literally have no time 😭

but that doesn’t mean yall dont enjoy it!! u think he’s hot, he thinks you’re hot, works well (you two still end up arriving late)

eventually people see how you guys walk to work together in the mornings a lot... and go home together a lot... and drink at bars together...

and they’re like holy fuck how did kuroo snatch her... like other than the fact that he’s hot... she literally doesn’t smile and is so scary

the sandwiches on floor four have become breakfast burritos because none of yall go home at 5 all that often anymore

but on a lucky day where destiny aligns itself with the stars and time and the volleyball league you’re lucky to get a yakiniku. or maybe chicken.

you guys influence each other, and it’s so funny seeing kuroo come in with some more colourful suits after you told him to experiment with colour

the other people at work r like: kuroo ur gf controls u

kuroo’s like yeah she’s like powerful huh 😏

you kind of laugh it all off, since now you have your own friends at work too, and so does kuroo

they surprisingly ask a lot about your relationship... and though you would like to brag about your very good boyfriend, you keep it pretty vague

you do like to talk about important days though, like anniversaries

but being with kuroo has genuinely made you more comfy in the workplace even though yall are in different departments

you love hearing kuroo’s stories about his co-workers, and you wondered if you could kind of have those kinds of relationships with your co-workers too

your closest co-workers have always been kind to you, albeit intimidated at first

but they’re great shopping buddies, great listeners, and great gossips <3

you normally wouldn’t care about gossip but it’s fun to laugh about sometimes when you’re getting ready for bed and he’s like “by the way... have you heard of [person A] doing ... ” on call

and you’re like oh yeah, actually i have

even he’s surprised at first because you seem like that cool introverted employee but you do have your fits of laughter and bouts of humour

you guys become more comfy with your jobs, and before you know it, a year has passed

you’ve moved in lol

kuroo’s just 100% heart eyes for u pls

the vibes you guys are as a couple?? immaculate. everyone looks at yall like holy fuck. opposites attract and it’s HOT

and it’s so good because you guys know each other so well, from personalities to bodies to work

when you’re on a low, he holds you close and tells you such sweet things, but makes sure to give you space

when he’s on a low, you make sure to talk to him to take him off of his thoughts, to reassure him

kuroo kind of realises he’s actually... like REALLY in love with you and it just hits him a week before christmas when he looks into his cupboard and hates how it’s so messy but ends up swooning 😭

so the next day LIKE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING he’s like “hi. im renting a car. and i am in love with you. do you wanna go on a christmas trip together?”

you don’t even react when he says that... it’s just two seconds of silence and then “okay. i’m in love with you too.”

he’s like “cool. cool.”

proceeds to smother ur lipstick when he kisses u right after work... 

but u love him anyway 🥰

and in that trip... just you two in a strange place together... with nobody else...

he sees you with him for a long, long time

and honestly, with the feeling of his hand in yours, you don’t think you’ll be going anywhere either.

[yakuzacasual]

this is the anon that asked for higashi with a Male reader!! and omg, i loved it, thank you sm!! I just found your acc and I'm absolutely in love with it, I haven't seen any judgement stuff in a while! And if you don't mind me asking, would you do the other three with Male s/o's👉👈 (yagami, kaito, sugiura) I look forward to your works!! ❤❤❤

PREFACE

Hoooo, I have finally done it, Non. Took me an eternity and a half and forced me to flip my brain a few times in order to get into a right mindset but it is here! I myself am quite happy with how they turned out, but I will let you folks be my judges. And also thank you sooooooo much for the kind words! Nothing hits quite as hard as the dopamine shot from people liking the stuff you spit out. Please enjoy and stay cool!  

THE JUDGMENT BOYS ™ WITH A MALE S/O

TAKAYUKI YAGAMI 

Honestly, Yagami feels like the kind of person that could not care less about the gender of his partner. Being a bit of a washed up detective in his mid-thirties, there are no expectations of him starting a family weighing him down anymore and as such, he just takes this chance to do whatever he feels like.

He is a quite surprised when you show interest in him, though, and as flattering as it is to be approached by such a dashing man, he starts theorizing that you may want something from him. A yakuza affiliate, at worst. So he does his best to seem absolutely unsuspicious and enjoying the small talk you have over drinks, while eying you for any clues or slip-ups.

No matter how hard he looks, Yagami is unable to find a single sign of an ulterior motive in you behaviour. What he does see, however, is how attractive he finds you and how easy it is to just vibe with you. And so, if there are no obvious warnings to be feared? Heck, why not go with it!

He may feel kinda awkward at the beginning since this is his first relationship with a male and he’s not absolutely sure how to treat you respectfully. He doesn’t care about how people perceive him and how they may be talking behind his back, all he wants is for you to feel comfortable and safe with him as you boyfriend. Anyone tries to start something? His lawyer degree kicks in and he’s going to fuck their homophobic shit up in one sentence or less.

Kaito is both surprised and very smug about your relationship because he absolutely called it. While he may be just a bit jelly of you, he actually loves it when you partake in their male hangouts. He is very excited to compete with you, be it in karaoke or drinking while Yagami watches over your safety. It makes him incredibly happy when you get along with his best bro and also finds it very attractive when you win with him.

MASAHARU KAITO

He’s going to be a bit of a baby about it. Very aware that he finds men attractive, but at the same time “males ain’t have no boobs, why would you date a male”, or so he tries to convince himself for the longest time. Until he meets you, that is. 

Seeing you for the first time hits him differently than any other person and it hits him HARD. Kind of a love at first glance thing, but he doesn’t like to acknowledge it. It actually makes him very embarrassed to think what a mess you’ve made out of him that one time and how confused he was acknowledging for the first time in forever that there are, indeed, things more important than boobs.

Your relationship starts off as an absolute bromance, because Kaito has no idea yet how to progress past the bro hugs into the zone of bro smooches without being weird about it. At this point his internal struggle is very clear to everyone surrounding him and if you are a particularly oblivious type, someone - such as Yagami - may just push you a bit.

At the beginning of your actual romance, no PDA allowed, as the mighty Kaito is still kinda embarrassed and more often than not worried for your safety in comfort. With time he actually realizes that he is a damn tank! Anyone wishing to mess with you for your relationship will get a one way ticket for his gun show. He may be forced to rely on his connections to get him outta trouble but it was absolutely worth it.

The boldest and smuggest guy in town once he gets used to dating you. Everyone can have a cute girl hanging from their arm but how many people can have such an amazing man as yourself? Just one lucky guy and that’s obviously Kaito!

He’ll definitely get you some gaudy shirts to match his own and will melt if you wear them for date nights. You make for an absolute power couple dressed like that!

FUMIYA SUGIURA

Sugiura plays the role of a cocky, confident bastard pretty well and considers himself woke-ass citizen of the world on a mission to repay the society that has failed him in kind. At first he sees dating you, a man, as another way of rebelling against the generally accepted norms. Sure, some feelings are involved and he is definitely into you, but he doesn’t think it’s anything more than a temporary attraction. 

He doesn’t even know when or why he starts developing honest adoration and love towards you, but it clicks instantly when both of you are out on a date and for the first time he can hear people talk viciously about you behind your back. He knows it must have been the case always, he personally just never gave a damn, but you? How did you feel about it? Aren’t you angry? Sad? This, what he was treating like a stupid game, must be your reality and yet you still stick with him.

You can bet Sugiura will find these assholes again later and give them a nice lesson in shutting the hell up, but for now he feels like you finally are his absolute priority. He makes sure to give you a lot of reassurance and while it may feel a bit overwhelming after your whole relationship has been very distanced so far. 

From that point onwards you can always expect hand holding whenever you two are outside, both because he just likes the feeling of your fingers intertwined with his and also needs to make sure that every disgusted onlooker knows that you are boyfriends. He won’t let anyone shame you into thinking it’s wrong ever.

Nothing makes his day better than convincing you to go to the gym with him and will always position himself to have a good view of your back. Watching his man’s legs getting a proper workout is just poetry. Just don’t try flexing and teasing him too much. Poor lad may overload!

[romanceismycallingcard]

2gether Rewatch ep 1:

I forgot that it starts out with Tine narrating for a bit.

Tine telling his friends about Green and how Green said he'll make Tine change his mind about liking guys

And his friends' immediate responses being Team Green! Is actually super realistic friend group dynamic teasing and I love it.

Tine RUNNING AWAY from Green KILLS me every time!!

And he runs directly to his friends, "Guess who I saw this morning!" 😂 I love their friend group.

Green handing toilet paper to Tine in the bathroom....... Yeah........

Did Green pursue P'Dim like this too? And it worked?? Or did P'Dim pursue Green?? Gosh, now I want like a prequel story for them.

Tine's friends saying he needs to start playing hard ball and then joking about football and baseball 😂👍

Tine's friends dressing up to scare Green! And one's holding a TOILET SCRUB BRUSH! HOW does someone even come up with that!?? It's brilliant!???

"I've taken a few boxing classes." Tine looking absolutely terrified: "Not just a few O.O" (poor bunny :()

Green's skinny jeans are so tight, but like 👌 nice

Green does not strike me as a fickle person. Did he really like Tine? I think he did, but like, what about P'Dim? Part of me feels like he just used Tine to make P'Dim jealous, which is awful and in no way helps Tine's low self esteem.

What's annoying is that Tine does straight up, honestly, and kindly tell Green he's not interested. Green just reads into everything and twists the truth. And won't listen to Tine.

He takes advantage of Tine's kindness and inability to tell him a harsh no, stop. Tine doesn't absolutely, concretely refuse Green and somehow that leaves just enough wiggle room for Green to squeeze in and manipulate the situation.

😂 I forgot about Tine's run when he escapes Green to get drinks 😂😂😂👌 it's the best thing ever. I love him so much. It's such a great little run!!

I think it's interesting that Tine acts happy/drunk from that drug and not just sleepy/dead tired.

Tine's favorite song is Together. Hmm. How fitting.

Poor Tine. Green immediately forgets to hold him up and drops him!

Okay. I can kind of understand the logic of "a fake girlfriend didn't work. Maybe a fake boyfriend will." Because Green is convinced he can change Tine, but what if Tine does admit to liking guys but it's not for Green? Then Green would be forced to acknowledge that Tine isn't rejecting him because he's a guy but because he's genuinely not interested in Green.

I think it's funny that they just had to shoot for the best of the best guy though 😂 why not just someone decently attractive? It worked out brilliantly for them though. The lucky b*stards.

Their little bulletin with a drawn portrait with no likeness at all to Sarawat with a question mark over the face 😂😂😂 and the sticky notes. Very professional detective work y'all are doing over there.

You know what's really weird. When I started watching 2gether, I had no idea who Toptap was but I knew Tine had a brother so I kept wondering who was the brother in the show during ep 1. Now I know who Toptap is and recognize him and I know that Type isn't even introduced as a character until several episodes later. But that was weird to realize because it means that since episode 1 was released I've watched multiple shows with Toptap in them. (Water Boyy, 3 will be free, rewatched love sick)

Sarawat is awesome. He's such a killer. 😂 And his friends are so great!! Gunsmile and Mike. *Chef's kiss*

The cast for this show is perfection. I love all of them. They're all amazing and hilarious and adorable AND amazing actors.

Posting a fake schedule for Sarawat was so smart! Too bad Tine and his friends kinda blew it for him.

Tine's friend Ohm (JJ) said he has a spy that said the schedule is a fake. Who's his spy???

Love the guitar music as Tine's running to Sarawat. How the heck did he manage to get in front of all those girls? There were girls on the stairs below where he and his friends were standing.

I really want to know what Sarawat is thinking when Tine just shows up right in front of him. He and his friends just walk away without saying anything at first. Why?

Sarawat's friends' reactions to Tine calling him an asshole 😂

What's super interesting to me about their first interaction is that Sarawat has been aware of and probably been watching Tine for a year. Which means he at least has some basic knowledge about Tine. Like he's kind, relaxed, cool (chill), etc. I wonder what he thought about Tine calling him an asshole. Not a great first impression, buuuuut~ it wasn't a first impression. Sarawat already knows that Tine is a good guy.

Is Sarawat just so introverted and socially stunted that he just has no idea how to interact with his crush so he's acting overly cool/cold to him?? I don't understand why he acts like that to his crush?

I just don't get it.

And then we get this wide shot and I love watching Sarawat's friends' reactions because I love their perspective on everything. But their faces after Sarawat says that and walks away are so funny! And Gunsmile's little wave 😂👌 (not the greatest snapshots sorry)

Guys I just finished part 2. This is bad. This post is so long already.

I feel like Sarawat got lucky because of how stubborn Tine is. Tine's friends are like, "let's find a different target." And Tine goes, "Nah, he's difficult so I have to have him now."

Tine said "email" so now I'm thinking about him speaking English and that Win lived in the US for a year and he's only a year younger than me and how crazy would it have been if I had met him? I went to a school that had a lot of foreign students. So weird. I mean the US is huge so of course the chances are crazy small, but it's fun to think about.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I finally understand how Tine's email sounded like he wants to kiss/sleep with Sarawat now. Got it. I was really slow on that, wooow....

Tine's dream is 👌

Sarawat's jacket is 🤤

Fun story (cuz this post isn't long enough already): before I started watching 2gether, I read a post about Tine's dream and that Sarawat turned into Green, but I didn't know Green was a name (and there were no capital letters to indicate that) so I thought that Sarawat must've turned into like a green monster or something in Tine's dream but nope! That's not what that meant!

After that email, I wonder what Sarawat thinks of his crush now. Lol.

I just noticed this bike statue 👌 I love public artwork so much sometimes

Aaaaaaaaaand now that I've noticed the statue, I also noticed

That when Tine crashes into the bush, he's somehow magically back at the statue and that little roundabout.

Aw. Okay. I'll give Green one (1) point. It's sweet that he got Tine and was sitting next to him with a smelling thing for Tine to wake up.

This girl Ann is precious. She's so cute.

This is the shared student number party. I'm a little confused why there are so many people there? Is it multiple student number groups meeting up?

Tine goes from 0 to 100 energy wise real quick! "I'm a chic guy. I like to act cute!" He is so cute. You all know the rest of that speech.

Oh I'm dumb! Sarawat and Tine are both new incoming freshman! Sarawat probably recognized Tine from the concert, but he probably hasn't even seen Tine since then! For some reason I was thinking they've probably had the chance to see each other around University. I'm dumb. So everything Tine is doing, Sarawat has no context for, nothing to compare it to or anything.

Tine.... Breaking the phone..... The cringe.... The secondhand embarrassment.... I'm struggling. It hurts. Oh the pain....

Okay yay!! EPISODE 1: DONE! 😄

I hope you all enjoyed my commentary even though it was very very long. 😂😘

[kekkaisensen-imagines]

wait, is there a high school Libra au? (If no, pls make it, I'm dying for the all high school aus)

What do you think about The Libra becoming high school teachers? (do you have any hcs? I’m really interested)

Combining these requests :]

Well there is now anon ohoho

This’ll be under the cut since I made this so lonG

I hope u guys enjoy since I’ve been working on this for a few days now wO W

side note: kahoot is like a jepardy game for reference 

Klaus, Steven, K.K, and Abrams I can all see as teachers at lets say… Hellsalem’s High lmao  (wow very creative there gwyn)

I can see Leo, Zapp and Chain as students, but I can also see Zapp or Chain as teachers too aha

Either way Chain and Zapp still wouldn’t have a good relationship lmao. As students I bet they’re also trying to outdo the other in grades. Chain mostly wins aha 

I can see Zapp probably showing off his good test grade and Chain just holding up hers, which is like a few points higher than Zapp’s haha

Gilbert is the pure janitor and also part time teacher at the school as well, probably teaching one of the extra curricular activities. Most students think he’s a really calm person b/c of his demeanor but if he ever catches anyone going off campus without permission or anything people will know not to mess with him lmao

Maybe Doug and Deldro would be extra curricular teachers or maybe they’re just students who happen to be in every class together for some reason lol

Klaus would be teaching biology or if there was an agricultural class, then maybe that. 

He’d be the supervisor of the gardening club at school!

His students would find him a bit intimidating at first, and none would dare try anything to make him angry. Soon they actually see that he’s just a nice guy, but they don’t try any pranks to provoke him at all since they don’t want to risk it lmao

His classroom would be have multiple plants inside, all of them being real. Once in a while a some of the flowers bloom, especially during spring. Everyone helps out with watering the plants, and I feel like most will be pretty amazed when the flowers bloom for the first time

Is always there to help any of his students with homework or studying, and overall he’s a great tutor to any student 

If he ever does a test review the day before the test in a jepardy style, he’ll award the winner some candy and like 5 bonus points on the test

Steven would be teaching chemistry, and other science subjects as well

Steven is a pretty chill teacher, but he’d be a bit strict as well. In a good way though

If he were to teach astrology though… oh boy man. So many puns on his last name lmao. I can also see him teaching history as well

Is also that one attractive teacher in the entire school

He’d be a pretty supportive teacher as well too, encouraging his students to do well and not cheat (puts emphasis on that last part)

Every year Steven gets this one student who doesn’t listen at all, as in being troublemaker and not listening to him when he’s speaking. Would calmly ask the student to listen to him, or face the consequences. And he does this pretty scarily, mostly scaring everyone into submission and everyone knowing that they shouldn’t mess with him or else something would happen

If any of his students try to cheat or anything, he knows. He’s got a good eye, so any students caught cheating are pretty much dead

“nobody stares at their leg for 10 minutes straight okay-”

I imagine if he had a troublesome or snarky student in class, he’ll just sigh, walk up, talk to them, and then give them extra homework or something to work on because of their attitude 

“the due date is next week so chop chop”

Sometimes Steven just might be so tired by the end of the day that his last class will be lucky to have the last 30 minutes or so free, so they’ll have time to do homework. Steven just sleeps and relaxes during that time

Kahoot is a battlefield, with Steven giving first place winner 10 or 5 bonus points on a test. However, the questions on it are hard, so it makes the competition even more intense, with everyone studying before the day kahoot is going to be done

Okay but like if Steven had an observer in the room one day, he’ll pretty much be giving everyone this look like he did in the ova saying “don’t be rude don’t be rude-” Observer is probably impressed by how well Steven teaches and how everyone behaves aha

K.K might be a history teacher, since I have the feeling she’ll hate doing literature or English. I can also see her being an extra curricular teacher and teaching p.e or being the coach of a sports team for the school 

That one teacher who if you ask about her son(s) she’ll just talk on and on about her kids aha

Will be a good teacher, but then she’ll be a kind of good strict (and also a bit of a scary) teacher

Nobody wants to deal with K.K when she’s angry, or especially if she’s angry at the whole class (minus the ones who always do what they’re supposed to)

She’ll be a pretty fun teacher as well too, letting her students do whatever they want when they’re done with work and allowing them to play games like jeopardy and kahoot 

Winner of kahoot gets candy before each test aha

As the coach of her sports team she always make sure that her students are up and ready, and makes it clear that the team isn’t just for standing around, its also for fun and winning lol

Abrams is the pretty eccentric teacher in school, and pretty much everyone enjoys his classes. I feel like he’d be a pretty cool history teacher aha

Over the summer Abrams would maybe go somewhere like a different country each year, and slowly over time he attains many different trinkets and all to show off to his classes. Sometimes he’ll joke around and say one of the things he got is cursed or whatever (no one knows if he’s joking or not since he actually looks like he’s serious though lmao 

Abrams would probably have one of the most fun classes, with all sorts of activities and Abrams telling some stories from his travels. Most students are amazed at most of them, with Abrams mostly exaggerating a bit haha

“I was nearly killed by a bird you know, they’re pretty dangerous-” 

Leonardo is a good student, getting good grades and all. He’d be trying hard to get good grades and is pretty much one of the good students in the classroom

Zapp is his somehow friend when he enters high school, and he wonders why he’s even friends with him sometimes. Sometimes Leo has to tutor him on how to do somethings in a specific subject

“Leo can I please copy your homework” “for the last time no-” “buT THEY’LL KILL ME IF I DON”T HAVE IT” 

His notes would be both neat and have some sort of organized chaos, but he pretty much writes down everything during lessons since he’s afraid anything that the teacher has up on the board will be on the test

During finals and exam weeks he’s dead inside. All he wants to do is rest and sleep 

All nighters are done frequently with tests and all the next day

I have the feeling subjects like history and maybe math would be his best. English is not his friend unfortunately 

Okay but what about him as a teacher when he’s older… he’d be teaching something like history maybe. 

Would be such a nice and good teacher honestly 

The really nice but also making sure that no one is class will misbehave or anything 

He’s got a coupon for restaurants like Johnny Rockets as rewards for people who win at jeopardy or kahoot. Everyone just does a double take and makes sure to study the day before the review so they can get that coupon and get food

Sometimes he’ll be grading something and he just sees the most ridiculous answers. Hits his head on the desk every time he sees an weird answer 

Zapp is the student who some how gets good grades but is terrible with completing homework. He still tries though

Also sort of the womanizer in school, with him flirting with everyone lmao

His best subjects would be science and math. He doesn’t like English at all aha

He and Chain would be in each almost all of the other’s classes. None of them are happy with this

Test review games with prizes at the end such as extra bonus points on the test or whatever ends up with both Chain and Zapp trying to beat each other. The winner is either one depending on both of their skills, memory, and reaction time. Let the games begin

Zapp might get into a few fights in school, but there won’t be many. Most of the time its just the other person being a jerk and him getting irritated 

Wants and tries to study but he just hates doing that. Ends up cramming instead the night before an exam

He’ll hate every morning when he has to wake up to the sound of his alarm and crawl out of bed

As a teacher he’s be a really laid back one, but if the class gets too rowdy he just yells and everyone will mostly quiet down

Every time someone comes in to observe him he’s like “if you guys behave then I’ll order pizza for everyone deal?”

Zapp’s class would be pretty fun, but he always makes sure to teach of course

I can see him teaching math or maybe being one of the band teachers? I can see him being in a marching band aha

Chain I can also see as a student, but she’d make a pretty cool teacher too

A responsible student, always doing her homework and studying before exams and tests (all the while suffering and procrastinating with each whoops)

She pulls all nighters frequently so whenever she has a free period or anything she just takes a light nap 

Is always in a competition with Zapp with grades and all that lmao

“can I copy your homework-” “no”

She’ll only share homework with people like Leo and close friends aha

Her best subjects would be math and English. Isn’t too big on memorizing materials for history though

Would be in the school orchestra if there is one (band/orchestra au?? pls ask me about it)

I imagine… based on implied feelings, if she was ever in Steven’s class, like with Steven as the teacher, she’d have a tiny crush on him lol. Would still probably have a small crush on Steven if Steven was like a senior and she was an underclassman aha. Same thing applies if both of them were teachers aha

As a teacher she is savage with roasting students lmao. She’d be really laid back though and would actually be pretty good at teaching 

She’d be either a academics teacher or extra curricular teacher

I can see her teaching either math or history related, or maybe a language class like Latin 

Her classroom would be a nice environment, with it being quiet usually. I imagine though, if Zapp were to come into the classroom Chain would have this annoyed look on her face. I bet her students would probably think “here we go again” due to the both of them throwing small insults back and forth lmao

[katiecomma]

Book Review - One Last Stop

I would like to start this review by saying this: these words are entirely my opinion. This is a review of a piece of writing that is based on my opinions and experiences and feelings. That being said, if this book made you feel represented, if you related to the characters, if you loved this book my opinions do not invalidate any of that. We are looking at this from different minds and different perspectives and different life experiences. Which is one of the most wonderful things about art: the interpretation. So, you are still represented and relatable and loved no matter how I feel or what I have to say.

On to the review. I'm going to put it below the cut, because it is CHOCK FULL of spoilers. So if you don't want to be spoiled do not continue.

I will also say, this is not a super positive review. I didn't love this book. I didn't even really like it very much.

I'm going to divide this into talking points.

1. The New York Trope

I hate hate HATE the New York Trope. Again, this is a personal thing that's specific to me. It's not to say it's a bad trope, it's just one that I'm SO SO SOOOOO tired of. I hate the idea of someone who could never find a place ANYWHERE else no matter where they've tried to go, making their way to New York where they believe they will finally belong. And then magically, even though they're a loser or an outcast or whatever... they do! They awkwardly stumble into the perfect little found family of weird people that so perfectly suits them it's like where they were made to be. I hate it. Again, this is personal. And it may just be lingering bitterness, but I moved from a small town to the big city and found it almost IMPOSSIBLE to make friends. Those cool people that you wish you were friends with, already have their own groups of friends and they don't often just adopt random new people that they don't really know and make them "part of the family." Yes, I know... I'm bitter. It's fine. See? This is the personal experience swaying my opinions that I was talking about. In addition to having that personal opinion of the trope, I'm just kind of tired of it. I feel like the New York Trope has been very overdone.

2. Forced Trans Rep

I was excited for the trans rep in this book. Afterall, it starts at the very beginning of the very first chapter when August answers a roommate ad that states: "Must be queer & trans friendly." I was like: awesome! I am so on board for this! LET'S GO!

I feel the need to break here to say that I love Niko. He is amazing. And I love his character.

Ok... so, the ad specifically states trans friendly. It breaks trans out from queer, which suggests that someone within the apartment is trans. We meet the three roommates: Niko, Myla and Wes... and nobody mentions the trans thing again. Which is awesome. I'm still on board this rep train. We are led to believe one of the roommates is trans. And we don't need to know which one. Why do we need to know? It doesn't matter. The representation is there, in my opinion.

And then the awkward scene I didn't like. There are baby/kids pictures of all the roommates all over the fridge. August recognizes everyone except a little girl who only looks a little familiar, wearing a princess dress at Disneyland and making a grumpy face. August asks who it is. Niko, very casually goes: "Oh, that's me." At which point August has some internal dialogue that felt very much to me like: Ok, I thought there was something off about him, he's not really a normal guy. That's a paraphrase... but that was the vibe I got. I sent it to a few other people who confirmed that I'm not crazy, it vibes that way. So... in addition to this scene feeling forced to "out" the trans person in the apartment (which felt SOOO unnecessary since the ad let us know there was a trans person in residence), August's reaction came across as accepting, but not feeling like Niko was a normal guy. Which... I really didn't like. It made me not like August at ALL, who is the main character.

The whole thing just felt really unnecessary to me. Especially when there's a scene later on that does it better! There's a scene later where August is asking Niko about his psychic abilities and she goes: when did you know?... and Niko replies: "That I was trans?"... and August waves it off and goes: "No, that you were psychic." That in my opinion would have been a way better reveal moment. It doesn't seem forced, and August waves it off like it's no big deal.

I may be crazy... but that drove me a little nuts. And really made me dislike August. I understand it's important to point out that everyone could have a little bias buried in them still, and it's important to overcome that... but I really didn't need anything to make me dislike August more... which leads into my next point.

3. August Is An Asshole

Yes, I understand there are assholes in the world.

Yes, I understand that they are redeemable.

But I did not like August for most of this book.

I understand that part of it is supposed to be her defensiveness... and her want to be a loner.

But August is an unapologetic asshole and says dickhead things to the people who are trying to help her or care about her. And I just didn't like that.

Again, I understand she's had a shitty life... but there just wasn't a lot in this book to redeem August for me and make me like her. I spent a lot of the book being like: I hope this nice girl doesn't fall for her because she's a bit of a dickhead.

4. August's Self Hate

In addition to being a bit of a dick... August has so much self-hate I found this book hard to read at times. Every time there is a description of her doing ANYTHING it is tinged with self-hatred to the point that the book was frustrating to read. There is a scene where she's been out in the rain and she's wearing sneakers. She gets on the train and her "sneakers squelched unattractively." So even when things are out of her control she projects self-hate onto them. And I HATED IT SO MUCH. It was infuriating. Even after Jane starts to like her and tells her that she's attractive and that her body is attractive the narrative is still very much "why does she like me though?"

I've had this conversation/rant with a few other people... and I understand that self-hate is very engrained in our society. I understand that girls, especially chubby girls, have this on their mind a lot of the time. One friend said that it would be unrealistic to have a book where the chubby girl doesn't hate herself, the suspension of disbelief of that would not be possible. (I feel I should point out this friend is chubby also).

But as a fat girl I need to say: I'M FUCKING TIRED OF THIS. I HATE IT SO MUCH. I want a main character like Lizzo, walking around with her skin on display and being confidant. I know that's a leap, honestly, but I would even go for someone acknowledging their body but not in a hateful way. Or having a little bit of a confidence issue but nothing like what was in this book. August hates herself so much that honestly... I was kind of mad about it.

One of the best fictional fat girls of all time is Suki from Gilmore Girls. You know why I loved her? Growing up and now? Because her weight is NEVER brought up. It's never the point of any of her jokes. It's never suggested she should lose weight. She never has any plotlines around dieting for her wedding or trying to fit into an old dress. Her weight is NEVER AN ISSUE. THIS IS WHAT I WANT IN FAT GIRL REP!!!!

Sorry... this point in particular is very close to home for me. As someone who's recently found her confidence it was very hard for me to read an entire book where everyone around the chubby girl is being nice to her but she's rude to them and self hating to herself.

Do girls like this exist? Of course! I was one of these girls! But it's frustrating to read sometimes.

5. Jane's Promiscuity

I found this was a sloppy way of getting them to kiss. And I'm not a HUGE fan of the slut and virgin trope. I don't mind someone having experience. But it seemed like Jane slept with half the women in the US before she was 24. And the only reason there was for her to have SO many partners was for August to kiss her more.

Quick explanation if you haven't read the book: Jane starts getting her memories back via sensory experiences. So they decide she'll remember her partners better if August kisses her to help her remember kissing other girls.

So in the end it just felt like a REALLY lame excuse for them to kiss.

At this point, I feel you being like: did you like ANYTHING about the book at all?

I did!

6. Wes and Isiah and Maya and Niko

I loved pretty much every character BUT August.

Wes and Isiah's love story was much more interesting to me than August and Jane's. Wes had the self-hate going on too... but Wes' was related to being a disappointment to everyone in his past and not feeling like he could be anything else. And he didn't want to burden Isiah with a disappointment. But they were cute as HELL and I loved the development of their relationship.

Maya and Niko are just perfect, and wacky and wonderful and were adorable from the start.

7. Jane

I loved Jane's character (other than the previously mentioned promiscuity). She was fun and happy-go-lucky and had an interesting problem and an interesting history (again, aside from the promiscuity).

8. Queer History

It was only touched on briefly in the book, but I loved the idea that Jane was front and centre for a lot of events in queer history. I liked what it brought up. I liked the way it made August want to learn more about her community. I honestly wish there had been a little more. Especially since Jane lived through it all.

I loved loved LOVED Red White and Royal Blue.

One of the things I loved most about that book was the way she broke down walls and stereotypes. The way that Pez is so effeminate, but only shows interest in women throughout the book, and NEVER labels himself. Having queer rep throughout politics. Having a divorced woman as president. There was so much representation in that book, but it didn't feel forced the way it did in this one. One Last Stop seemed very centred around these tropes and stereotypes... and that drove me a little crazy. I expected more from Casey McQuiston after reading Red White and Royal Blue.

In conclusion. I will not be keeping this book. I will not be rereading it. I did not care for it much at all.

Ok. Rant over.

I WILL SAY IT AGAIN: if you disagree with me. If you felt something because of this book. If this book spoke to you and made you feel seen and represented. None of my bullshit opinion changes that. FEEL THOSE THINGS! Take the art that means something to you and keep it close.