#I'm not gonna finish it at this rate 💀

[zebratimw]

Not finishing

[archangeldyke-all]

Ok so I already sent you an ask about this but I’ve gotten a new idea…

Vika scared of horror movies. Hopefully you saw it 🌚🌚 like I said, she swears to God she’s not actually scared, she just hates seeing shit pop out at her. But she’d be such a baby about it. Clinging to you for the rest of the night after the movies done, not staying in dark rooms by herself for more than 2 seconds, if you don’t already sleep in the same bed, she’s shoving herself beside you and when you ask about it, she doesn’t say anything and tells you to “shut up and go to sleep”

Ofc she doesn’t say anything about it, though. She’s so obviously scared but won’t say a word when you ask her 💀

PLEASE she's so fucking cUTE

men and minors dni

when you guys first start dating, like a month into your relationship, you have sevika over for a movie night.

you're so excited. you love watching horror movies, and figured if you acted scared enough, sevika would let you guys cuddle all night.

after all, she is the scariest woman in zaun. she's gonna love having her girl in her arms, scared and cowering away from the screen.

but, you're shocked to find that apparently, sevika's the one flinching and burying her face in your chest.

she's scared-- and not just pretending to be so she can feel you up either.

she's shaking in your arms, cringing each time the scary theme of the killer starts up on the screen, mumbling her squeals by biting her lip and jumping each time there's a jumpscare on screen.

she's fucking adorable.

the movie's only been on for thirty minutes-- it hasn't even gotten that scary yet, and sevika's already curled around you.

"babe--" you start

"shut the fuck up." she mumbles into your shoulder, anticipating your teasing. you giggle and press a kiss to her head.

"i was gonna say we could put on something else if you want. we don't have to watch this."

"no, it's fine. i'm not scared." you bite your lip, and the silence is damning. "i'm not!" sevika whines.

the killer pops up on screen, and sevika wails, burying her face into your neck. you laugh, reaching up to scratch at her head.

"you seem super calm." you say. she groans and pinches your side.

"fuck. off." she says again.

"i don't want you gettin' nightmares tonight baby-- we can put on a romcom y'know."

"it's fine!" she insists. "i'm a grown fucking woman-- i'm not scared of some movie." she says, still shaking with anxiety in your arms.

that night, after you guys have a handsy makeout session and finish a pizza, you kiss her goodnight and send her on her way back to her apartment.

you're laying in bed, waiting for sleep to come, grinning at the ceiling while you think about your adorable scaredy-cat girlfriend.

there's a knock on your door.

you furrow your brow, your heart rate picking up. the movie was a home invader slasher, and you'd be lying if you said the sudden visitor didn't give you flashbacks to the movie from tonight.

you approach the door, quickly glancing through the peephole, then burst out into laughter from the sight on the other side.

sevika's standing in her pj's, her hair a mess, a blanket over her shoulders, looking miserable in your apartment's hallway.

you swing the door open, smiling at her.

"nightmares?" you ask. she just groans as she walks past you and wanders toward your bedroom.

"c'mon!" she calls after you. you giggle and shut and lock the door, running after sevika and tackling her to bed, pressing kisses all over her pouting face.

"you're so fucking cute." you mumble against her as you curl around her body. she groans.

"you're so fucking annoying." she mumbles.

her actions don't match her words, though, because she curls right back around you, burying her face against your neck.

"i'll protect you from the boogeymen babe." you say. she pinches your side.

"i hate you."

despite her words, she's asleep and snoring on you in seconds.

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[ilobehwanghyunjin]

I'm sorry but I can't get the thought out of my head where you picked out his outfit and he wants to reward you😋🙏.

Hyunjin x fem!reader

Warnings; smut, making out, cūm, and praises<33

This was the last day you and hyunjin were gonna be apart. He called you and told you to help him because. OBVIOUSLY. Your the best person to go to for fashion advice 😻.

When you saw the pictures of him in that outfit... You couldn't help but touch yourself. (Look at him he's just so fine.)

Unfortunately.. He came home a little too early. But fortunately.. you heard him come in. You quickly pulled up your pants, unsatisfied because you weren't able to finish.

When he saw you in those tiny shorts and tight-fitted tank top he immediately got hard. He just thought you looked so fuckable like that.

He sprinted over to your side of the bed, picked you up, and harshly kissed you. (I mean, can you blame him.) His hands went down to your ass and squeezed it, making you moan into the kiss.

He laid you down, laying between your legs.

And paused the kiss to take off his and your shirt. Still struggling to unbuckle his belt. (He eventually got it off💀) Putting his hands and the waistband of your pants and pulling them down. And quickly bottoming you out. You both hiss at the stretch but it felt so good he couldn't resist himself. Pounding into you relentlessly. "Fuck. I missed y-you so damn much." "I missed this right little cun- fuck." He always has a smart way with words.. making you clench around his cock, he's gonna combust at this rate.

With how loud both of you are moaning, your sure the neighbors could hear. He's struggling to not cum.

"P-please baby, can you cum for me?" Bringing his hand down to toy with you clit. You moan loudly from the overstimulation. "I-Im CUMMING" He speeds up his place riding you throughout your orgasm following yours. He mutters a "Shit." As he cums.

Kisses your lips so softly as if he was going to break your fragile body. Cupping your small body. Muttering "thanks you"'s and "I love you"'s slowly falling asleep.

THIS WAS MY FIRST FANFIC!! DONT JUDGE😔🙏.

[fruit-sy]

WOTFI 2024 SPOILERS

Finished WOTFI 2024 and god damn the writers keep bringing mr puzzles back lmfao 💀

I mean, don't get me wrong I like him, but it seems like his appearance in the show is getting a lil dragged out. When the engine room scene came out, I thought it was gonna be similar to Western Spaghetti where Meggy criticizes Wren and the basement collapses, killing him.

Tbh, I think what Puzzles did is exactly what Wren did. Hell, he was the one who gave Wren the simulation machine and got him to torture Meggy. Wren trapped Meggy and her friends for his own amusement, Puzzles also trapped the gang for entertainment.

Wren tortured Meggy by killing her over and over again for a month. Puzzles enabled Wren (making Meggy's torture his doing as well by proxy) AND crushed Meggy (painfully too by her screams), keeping her as Leggy even though she didn't want it.

The final confrontation should have been heated and heavy. He had been stalking her and her friends for a long time, he was the mastermind behind her anguish in western spaghetti, he was the one who warped SMG4's insecurity into an eldritch horror and why the castle is gone, and he forced her to be Leggy, taking away her autonomy. All of this for the sake of realizing his dreams and being entertaining.

I'm happy to see he's coming back(?) but I wish they could have ended the build up they had in It's Gotta Be Perfect, Western Spaghetti and WOTFI 2023 in a satisfying way.

I wish they had a cohesive message for Puzzles, like how the pursuit of something perfect only leads to you becoming a monster and hurting the people around you.

Anyways, since he's given up on the whole 5 star rating motivation and created Leggy 2.0, I wonder how else the writers are gonna use him in the future...

[chocolate-theft]

☆ 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 ☆

Fandom: Dead By Daylight. Rating: Teens And Up Audience, sfw. Characters: Pyramid Head, Danny "Jed Olsen" Johnson | The Ghost Face. Pairing: Pyramid Head x Danny "Jed Olsen" Johnson | The Ghost Face.

Tags: Pyramid Head's pov, fluff, adoration, established relationship, typical cute couple stuff, short and sweet, cheesy asf, Danny "Jed Olsen" Johnson | The Ghost Face has green eyes, maskless Danny "Jed Olsen" Johnson | The Ghost Face, soft Pyramid Head, smitten Pyramid Head, lowkey/borderline simping [Pyramid Head💀], short fic, too ALPHA to beta read, very self-indulgent.

WARNINGS: NONE.

Summary: The Executioner enjoys the beauty in his Beloved Ghost’s eyes.

– Word count:626.

Author's note:

Wrote this in the Tumblr’s draft (instead of focusing on writing my main wips), so why not post it because I'm bored and also because there's not enough PyraGhost in the world.

I will probably come back to edit and add things in this fic later since like there’s gonna be some incomprehensible pharsings and errors here and there, ofc because I literally wrote this in Tumblr’s draft, put it in Google Docs just to see the word count and copy paste in here– BAM!! Then finished!

The green line dividers aren't mine btw.

Embracing my Tumblr fanfic writer era rn.

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Every inch that Danny possessed was something to be held deeply treasured to Pyramid Head.

Back then Pyramid Head used to be hesitant to reach out and touch Danny, quite wary that he would somehow break the man if he applied too much pressure. He knew Danny would be slightly annoyed by this; claiming that he wasn't that weak, but that didn’t stop Pyramid Head from being apprehensive when it came to him. Fortunately, as things progressed Pyramid Head became at ease as Danny reassured that he wasn't hurting him. 

Him having this affection towards Danny was so beyond that even the basic description of him just loving Danny was an injustice on how he truly felt. 

Even though Pyramid Head wasn't the type to care about other people's characteristics, he was utterly entranced by Danny, anything from head to toe, as well as his hands, his voice, and the way he carried himself. Everything.

And when Danny showed his face to him for the first time, enrapture swept over Pyramid Head. His immediate response was to stretch his hand to stroke Danny's ebony locks of hair in which the other man found it endearing as Pyramid Head ruffled his hair gently.

But what captivated Pyramid Head's heart the most, once he took a moment to observed Danny's face. Amused gloomy emerald were peering at him back. This caused Pyramid Head to stop doing what he was doing. The more he fixated on Danny’s eyes the more he felt lost in the glamours' greenery.

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In the present, Danny was not currently wearing his usual Ghostface mask around Pyramid Head which wasn’t uncommon ever since he had grown to trust him as Danny was comfortable enough to be displaying his own actual face to his partner only. Right now they were just spending the day with one another, making up for the lost time they were busy with their trials. Danny shared a few horror tales that greatly interested him, prompting Pyramid Head to listen, producing soft grunts while the other proceed. But Pyramid Head was intensely concentrating on the different expression Danny’s eyes make.

While it went on Danny began to notice that the other wasn't really paying attention, judging by how Pyramid Head practically stopped making quiet noises to what he was talking about and wasn’t moving. Then Danny waved his hands side to side in front of Pyramid Head. “Hey! Are you even listening to me?” Causing Pyramid Head to snapped back to reality, following the realization on what was going on. 

Oh. Was he distracted again? 

As awkward as it may have been given that for the entire time he was just focused on Danny’s eyes. 

“You’re spacing out lately.” Danny said. “Is there something bothering you?” 

There wasn’t anything bothering him, it was just his fascination with the green irises that belonged to the man. Pyramid Head shook his head.

Danny made a questioning face. “Hm. I doubt that.” Then the man’s lips swiftly formed into a grin, “you were staring at my eyes aren’t you~!” Pyramid Head was slightly thrown back by how Danny was able to jump to the correct conclusion so quick. But he knew that no matter the circumstances are, Danny was destined to read him like a book effortlessly. 

Pyramid Head uttered a gurgle of affirmation, seemingly out of embarrassment.

Danny became aware of this, “it’s fine Pyra! I just find it humorous. Plus, I don’t mind, you can stare at it as long as you like,” he chuckled. Relief essentially spread over Pyramid Head as he let out a deep breath.

“Never thought someone would be so enthralled by my eyes, you know?” 

Well, if no one was enthralled by it, then Pyramid Head definitely was.

Author's note:

Thanks for reading till the end! Hope you enjoyed it.

I should probably go back to writing my main wips. But I deadass get distracted often.

Here's my AO3 acc, if you like this pairing lol. Don't check it out if it's Monday since AO3 is down for planned maintenance for 10 whole hours, sad I know, just download fics you love in the meantime, we will live blud.

And that’s it for today... See you later, toodles!

[spocks-husband]

OKAY SO after forcing myself to finish Voyager I am finally watching Picard so I'm gonna liveblog my reactions to episode one for the Enjoyment Of The People. Spoiler warning obv lol

-the cinematography is so yass

-oh my god it's my husba DATA?????

-WHAT

-HELLO???

-or is that B4...?

-I have to rewatch the TNG movies :/

-When did Jean-Luc start drinking his tea with milk????

-i love my husband Jean-Luc so much hes so hot even at 83 <<3

-uhhhh what's. Oh my god. Oh it was a dream. Oh I'm gonna kill myself.

-THE DOGS NAME IS NUMBER ONE ☹️

-AWWW HE'S BACK IN FRANCE :(

-who are these new people

-i'm uncomfortable

-WHAT the fuck is up with the replicators

-OH DAMN LMAOOO THEY BOUTTA DIE

-omg I'm from Seattle too she's just like me fr fr

-me when I'm murdering bitches

-of course the Black boy dies immediately ‼️ yasss ‼️‼️

-Intro was kinda meh ngl :/

-why is there SO much piano going on

-my beautiful old man boyfriend...

-JEAN LUC SPEAKING FRENCH IS GONNA MAKE ME CUM.

-sorry ☹️

-omg ....... Who is this sexy romulan man......

-DECAF??????

-he looks so tired someone please let this man go home 😭😭 my poor baby Patrick :(

-literally who are these people

-I always forget about that the Romulan supernova happened outside STO 💀

-Why is she bullying my bf. Kill yourself.

-GOD HE'S SUCH A GOOD ACTOR I'M SCREAMINGGGG

-I need to perform this monologue

-literally who is this girl 😭

-can you leave my husband alone please

-the writing just took a random turn downward

-PLEASEEEE I'M SO IN LOVE WITH HIM

-stop looking at him like that 🤨🤨

-dahj has Mary Sue energy I'm sorry 😭

-STOP TOUCHING HIM I'M GOING FERAL

-i also hallucinate Data being in my backyard

-Its probably just because we have better camera quality now then we did in the nineties but Brent's contacts are making me so uncomfortable 😭

-why does he say stasis like that 💀

-THE PICARD DAY BANNER :(

-DAUGHTER??????

-didnt we already do this in that one TNG episode

-OHH wait is she an android

-i want Jean-Luc so bad no one understands

-WAIT OH MY GOD I JUST GOT IT

-I JUST UNDERSTOOD WHAT'S HAPPENING

-HOLY SHIT

-Why are they making this sad old man run so much he's in his 80s 😭😭

-WAIT DID SHE JUST DIE LMAOOO NO FUCKIN WAYYY

-Number One is my favorite character other than my boyfriend, he's so perfect

-"I haven't been living, I've been waiting to die" OKAY SO YOU CAN WRITE WELL YOU JUST CHOSE NOT TO FOR THE PAST LIKE TWENTY MINUTES LMAOO

-omg hi B4!!

-i miss data ☹️

-DR MADDOX???? UGHHHH

-PAIRS??? THERE'S TWO OF THEM????

-that transition was bomb asf

-HOT ROMULAN GUY HOT ROMULAN GUY why is he British OH MY GOD THERE'S THE OTHER ONE

-damn straight to the traumadump

-this dialogue is kinda stilted tbh

-erm is that a Borg cube 🤨🤨

Overall rating 6/10

[gyarucoded]

loki s2 FINALE review

it's gonna be a bit messy cuz i haven't process it yet full but i came here immidiately after finishing cuz this was insaaaane....

as always ofc, spoilers below 👇🏼

the pacing was great, yk how it kinda starts off a little unserious but then it takes a darker turn

loki reassuring & hyping up victor was so 🥹

i was getting pretty anxious that loki may actually kill sylvie since not only that would have been neccessary for the plot, but also could serve as some sort of "metaphor/symbolism" for reincarnation that loki have to kill his old self (yes i say old cuz sylvie technically still has the similar negative traits loki did in 2012 and has overcome them by now) but i'm glad they found another way... pheww 😮‍💨

oh ?? a new soundtrack debut ?? miss natalie outdid herself once again !!

when loki said "for you, for all of us" i think we all had flashbacks to one of the saddest scenes of loki in thor (2011) when he was talking to odin and-

-that gave me the realization of how far he have come like not just personality vise but also in his abilities/powers!

(also something something the fact that he's no longer using his god status to harm or intimidate others but to help ppl and to take on huge responsibilities hmmm)

OHHH COOL TRANSFORMATION LOKI FINALLY WEARING A LOKI OUTFIT IM CHOKINGOMGGF

LOKI GOD OF STORIES SO THREWW

yk this is prolly my least fav helmet of his but idgaf! at least he is wearing one. i grew tired of that lame ass tva uniform 😭

Yggdrasil tree reference!

not ob & casey bringing back miss minutes 💀

mobius looks so fawking sad 😭💔

b-15 not wanting to hide the past is so real, odin should've taken notes.

(about odin, yall who believed that one tiktok comment are looking very silly now just saying)

so i was correct about b-15/verity, she's basically tva's leader now 🙏

sylvie can live her life for real now w/o anyone bothering her, we cheered.

what happened to renslayer, alioth got her? 🤔

have to say this, as a lokius shipper: i'm actually not that sad that they weren't "confirmed" canon, even though it would work + there were hints at it i am still never rly believed they'd make it officially happen. i mean, we're talking about disney here, the same fuckass entertainment that pushes queer couples onto the side or in the back as some sort of "easter egg" n it's doubtful they'd care enough to make a lead character have a gay romance so yeahh 😬

i was mostly satisfyed but i'm dissapointed that it ended so fast like there was no end credits or not even hitting us with the good ol' "loki will return" line, cuz i'm sure it will happen. rumor says he'll appear in deadpool 3 and that he will reunite w/ thor 🤷‍♀️ idgi

on last note, hopefully yall are aware disney+ supports geonicide so it's best to delete the app and p!rate the series. (you can ask for help in case you don't know any good sites to do that 🤗)

[baronaliswritingcorner]

Tales of Symphonia Stray Thoughts #6: Tower of Mana

Alright, we're back after a month and a half-long hiatus! Sorry for the wait, y'all -- but with PMTTYD finished and my Colloyd Day fic finished (read it here, if you're so inclined!), it's time for my adventures in Tales of Symphonia supernerdery to continue. Let's commence the Stray Thoughts, shall we?

-I'm with Raine -- I wanna read all those Tower of Mana books. Look how many there are. A bibliophile's rapture.

-man imagine just standing there on that magic apparatus just to keep the door open. Must've been boring.

-The Tower of Mana has some really fun enemies -- what's with the Living Doll? I wanna know.

-After solving that big sunlight puzzle, I got a big "GAME DISC COULD NOT BE READ" error screen in the middle of a fight. After processing this for twenty seconds, I simply ejected the disc, inserted it back in, and it started working again.

Well, then. Let's hope this doesn't spell anything ominous -- I already had to buy another used copy some years back because my last pair of discs kept freezing.

-Annnnd it just happened again. Oh no...

Nothing a quick shirt rub couldn't fix, but now I'm gonna be freaking out from here on. At any rate, the trigger seemed to be Genis's Stalagmite, but at least that seems be working fine now!

-They say Colette's the best character in combat, but I cannot, for the life of me, utilize her moveset. It's all about Paraballs, right?

-Look at how some of those floating stairs at the top are in disrepair. How does magitechnology fall into disrepair like that? One of those fun eye-catching background details Symphonia's chock-full of. At any rate, they look scary to use.

-IT'S LUNA! Who gives a shit.

-lol so you know how you can read the books in the Tower of Mana? Just walked up to fresh my memory on what they were about and picked up the Boltzman's Book you needed. Speaking of said books...

-"Hatred between two countries gave rise to the war."

Did Sylvarant's scholars ever deduce what the "countries" were? Not like they know there's another world. Another book mentions "few records" of said countries, but...

-Yeesh, the war lasted for a thousand years??? Talk about a body count.

-"You must wake me, for if I should sleep, the world shall be destroyed."

da fuq sense does that make

(No, really, I know this is supposed to be an allegory for something in the story, but I've never connected the dots here.)

-listen to that cheap crackling fire SE

-Sheena revealing her origins in her swimsuit outfit. 💀💀💀

(My "silly outfits" gang consists of Lloyd and Sheena's beach outfits, Colette's maid costume, Raine's Glamorous Beauty, and Genis's Katz costume.)

"Tell us about your homeland. A land that doesn't exist in this world."

"You knew?!"

"No."

lolwut

-"Tethe'alla? You mean the moon?" *Is* that the name of Sylvarant's moon? You never hear that again after this. It'd be interesting if the passage of time mixed up Tethe'alla's true origins as such...

-"My world isn't on the moon."

...but what if? That'd make for a whole different game.

-i am suddenly hypnotized by noishe's twitching ears. reminds me of my dog. big ears.

-Lloyd's eyes shutting in realization when he realizes how the regeneration process really works...

-Sheena fretting between an impossible choice, Raine's grounded pragmatism pouring over a bucket of cold water, Lloyd immediately diving into the right answer...the group's dynamics are coming together!

-"Although we succeeded in destroying a ranch-"

That's a plural, Kratos!

-AW YEAH, COLETTE'S HANDWRITING! "I'll try asking Remiel if..."

...huh, she didn't actually do that, did she? The religious trauma ran thicker than an Orange Gel. Which may not be that thick. I dunno.

----

And that's a wrap. I'm thinking of building a page in the near-future to archive all this silliness so y'all can reference these super-quick like, so watch out for that.

[sarascamander]

Book review: King of Ruins

I just finished this book and first of all, let me say that this book hurt me. It hurt me to my soul. I rarely read books that involved war exactly because I know how much the casualty and the suffering the characters would go through would pain me but something drew me to this book so I read it anyway. I don't know whether I regret that or not because my heart still hurts 😭

The ending when Jarael, Atalia and Koren get caught just break me because i just want them to be safe. If they're not safe at least I would rather them die rather than to suffer under that bastard prince. I'm playing for them to be fine in book two. Please be fine they're my babies 😭

I'm gonna rate the characters:

1) Jarael Sela, the father and the leader and DILF = 10000000000/10

Jarael, the man you are. He's literally the best father anyone could even hope for. This man love his children so much. He love and adore his wife, he love his kingdom and the people in it. He suffered before and he's so strong and tired but trying his best and I love him. The ending for him... My heart ache, I'm telling you. He deserve SO MUCH MORE. 😭😭

2) Shiloh Sela. Mother, wife, leader and MILF = 1000000/10

Words can't describe how strong this woman is after what she's been through. She's a great mother and a fierce woman and I have mad respect for her. ♥️♥️ I'm so worry about her in the next book though. How much pain would she feel when she knew what was happening to her husband and children????? 😭😭

3) Epher Sela (my husband) = 💯/10

He has a severe oldest brother syndrome but in a good way because he's protective of his siblings and family, because he is wise and strong and feels so much responsibility on those big fine shoulders. He is definitely his father's son.

4) Koren Sela (I'm such a whore for him) = 💯💯/10

The second son with an impeccable sense of humour and charm, I will always love you. With all seriousness though, Koren uses humour as his coping mechanism (but he's genuinely so funny, every word that comes out of his mouth is gold). I was praying the whole time he went to the war: LORD. LET. MY. HUSBAND. COME. HOME. SAFE. My prayer was not answered.

5) Atalia Sela (I want her to step on me 🛐) = 10/10

I was icky with her first because the whole "she was one of the boys" irked me in general, but my baby bloomed. She slayed and served so hard and I want to give her the biggest hug ever. She can talk and act all macho and tough as she wants but I know what you are, Atalia! She was just a scared little girl in the end who faced war for the first time, who sought comfort from her father and cried at the first man she was forced to kill. But no matter how terrified she was, she would die fighting for her family and kingdom. Truly a lioness.

6) Ofeer Sela (bitch in denial) = 0/10

Since the first time we met her I already want to bash her head against a damn wall. GIRL 👏🏻YOU 👏🏻ARE👏🏻 SO 👏🏻BLIND👏🏻 AND👏🏻 UNGRATEFUL👏🏻. I understand if she doesn't feel like she belongs in her family or felt like her father doesn't love her as much as he loves the others since she was a bastard but why is girly hating on her family so much???? Her mother and father who literally do nothing but love her?? And not shy to show it??? Her siblings whose never act as if she was anything but family??? Even if her siblings did bully her a little (but literally it was all siblings teasing, like messing with her hair) it was because they reacted with the way YOU treated THEM. You called your youngest sister a weepy bitch because she was upset about her dying dog and basically hoped that she'd die 💀💀.

She is her family's biggest hater for no reason at all. She was so desperate to have a nice life that she abandoned her family and wished the worst on them and when that actually happened she suddenly grew a conscience.

It was nice to see that she actually cared about her family but by that time it was too late. I can see her redemption arc but it needs to be big for me to actually like her after everything.

7) Maya Sela (sweet summer child) = 7/10

The baby of the family. We don't see much of her in this book because she's too young and doesn't play much role in this war. But I can see the potential of her growing into a more important role in the following books especially since she has a strong ability that may be their salvation. She just needs to learn to control them. But personality wise she's really a sweet innocent girl and I can feel her youth through the pages.

Can I just say I love the Sela family so much. Their dynamic and love for each other is so precious please let them be fine. They need to be a family again after this and see each other and tease each other and just BE HAPPY AGAIN. 😭😭

"Koren always thought this one was his." She hefted the toy. "I'd get so angry, twist his arm, and steal it from him. I made him cry, even though he's two years older."

She blinked tears from her eyes. "I'm so sorry I did that. I don't know why I did it. I wish I could go back now, could give Koren the toy, tell him it's his soldier. I'm so scared I'll never see the boys again, never see Ofeer and Maya and Mother. I just want to go back to those old days. When we were happy."

PLEASE

He fought for those he loved. A noble father. A wise mother. For Koren, a brother with a ready smile and kind heart. For Atalia, strong, brave, fragile Atalia. For Ofeer, broken, haunted, pained, still seeking light in her world of darkness. For Maya, sweetest child, innocent yet stronger than she knew. For a brother buried under the tree, who had shone his light for but a day, whose memory would always be with him.

There they are. The people I hate. The man who never loved me like he loved his true children. The siblings who always looked down at me. The people I love. The people who love me.

"Brother, when I was very young, I remember thinking you were so old, so strong. You're only two years older, but I thought you were more like Father than me and the girls. A righteous, wise man. I looked up to you so much. You were my hero." Koren sighed. "I didn't realize what a complete and utter twat you are."

Epher rolled his eyes. "Yes, you certainly looked up to me when you and Atalia kept sneaking into the bathhouse when I was washing."

[shantechni]

The Last Ronin wasn’t on my radar when it first came out, I think, but I just started seeing it all the time, though I wasn’t all that interested in reading it.

A YT channel that does comic story breakdowns and discussions did a vid for it, so I checked it out. Host wasn’t the most enthused, so it wasn’t a glowing impression. But at least I knew the story, thought it was kinda cool.

I continue seeing the Last Ronin everywhere, including at the bookstore I frequent, plus other stuff like a whole book just for the covers and a collector’s edition and the Director’s Cut, they had the hardcover at my local Target of all places! Wow, people really like this thing!

Then I see the news of the video game- A video game?! For this one story that jut came out?! People must LOVE this!

“There’s gonna be an R rated live action movie.”

Fine! I’ll fucking read The Last Ronin already!

Jut finished it. I get it. I mean I knew the story thanks to that video that definitely undersold it, so not as impactful, but still, I get it. And I eagerly await the game and movie.

I gotta set aside time to read it to completion (and I'm a little ashamed to admit I fell out of TMNT stuff for a good 10 years until recently, so I too wasn't aware of The Last Ronin for a while)💀but omg it's so good and a must read for any TMNT fan willing to take a dip into the comics for a gritier and fleshed out story the TV series and movies often can't provide us with. The art is also everything fr, have you seen the covers-

I've unfortunately seen talks about the video game facing cancelation after numerous layoffs in the already small studio full of developers, but hopefully that doesn't end up happening since this and the upcoming Mutant Mayhem game can be fresh additions to TMNT's catalogue of games. I love beat-em-ups and side scrollers as much as the next guy, but the series could use something different😭

And yeah, I recall enthusiastically reblogging the news about the movie weeks ago, I'm super hyped to finally get a TMNT movie geared towards a more mature audience without defaulting to the occasional adult joke and whatnot. I adore this franchise as a whole, but man does it hurt when writers aren't given the opportunity to cater to older fans with stories that respect their intelligence and desires. Thankfully, that hasn't been too big of an issue for TMNT as of late (which is really surprising when considering who owns it now).

[skinni-girls-eat-books]

Tuesday, March 5th, 2024!

1:07am: Just going to keep journaling so I don't go insane. My ex keeps jerking me around and I can't continue to care. He's so wrapped up in his own emotion, he will never be capable of actually being a good friend. He never asks if I'm ok or tries to make casual conversation, it's just all about him and his constant state of drama. I just can't relate to him anymore and I can't continue on the way I've been trying to. There's literally not much I can control or change about this situation, I can only be responsible for how I react to it I guess.

On another note, I finished my laundry! Tomorrow I will get up, take a shower, shaving is not necessary I just need to clean myself so literally no pressure. Drink some water, take my vitamin, hang out with my cats. Probably take a tums bc my farts are DEADLY rn and I don't know why RIP. If I do shave it would probably just be my coochie tbh. Some light weed whacking lmao. If I keep farting like rotten eggs I'm definitely not making any man plans tomorrow 🤣 I cantttttt haha

I think tomorrow I might clean out my closet now that it's clean?? There's so many items I never wear tbh. Maybe shave up to my knees and get a pedicure?? Maybe go on FB marketplace or thrift for some nightstand things or some dollar tree cubbies for this stuff I've had on the floor forever. I just randomly remembered my coats are in my trunk and I feel like I'm gonna forget where they are. Maybe return those things to the library omg and go to bath n body works and get real deodorant and laundry detergent

So many thoughts going through my mind omg I just had diarrhea while writing this 😭 please go away tummy problems. I wonder if it was me pounding tajin with my margarita I literally don't know.

I need to figure out where I wanna take myself out to before the show tomorrow! Aaaaa so many possibilities!! This week has already been so perfect and it's not over yet! I love my life! It's so crazy to love my life after going through so much trauma but here I am, stronger than ever!! :) I'm so proud of myself ❤️

8:57am: Nah tell me why I got on tinder this morning (early bird 🤣) and damn these guys are just ehh. Idk how tf I'm ever gonna take any of them seriously again. I'm just pretty hardened after everything, not really in a bad way, but in a needed way if you ask me. I feel like I don't know what I'm looking for lol I feel like if you know what you're looking for, you go out and pursue it?? But idk so it's more challenging. Tbh I just want to have fun like I'm in my fboi era fr. Curving dudes when they get serious n shit 💀

9:40am: ok time to get up lmao. I'll find a guy eventually so actually no rush 🤣 I got my two little furry boys and that's what really matters. I want to get all gussied up today just bc I can. Lil man bawling his eyes out not being able to speak to me anymore bc he knows he fucked up is a crazy way to live. Having to live with the guilt of cheating on someone.... Couldn't be me 🙄😂

I get to continue my life knowing that I'm a bomb af gf and anyone would be damn lucky to have me (once they get to know me!) if I don't meet people then they'll never know! I got ppl who don't even speak English wanting another date fr.

11:02pm: I'm just gonna keep shooting my shot until something sticks I think. I really do believe it's a numbers game anymore, if you talk to 0 ppl or put all your eggs into 1 basket likeeee you're not going to get far and it's gonna take 500 years, 100 years to even get a date at that rate. I wanna be like that girl who went on what 50 dates in a year?? Like go off queen 💅 at least you'll have 50 stories to tell if nothing else haha, plus I need the practice ong.

I like the journaling instead of trying to text him, it's so much better. N+T were right, he just needs to learn his lesson, that's so sad your friend literally had to say that about his best man like if my MOH turned out to be a flaming bag of shit like how embarrassing (for the POS) and seriously sad and fucked up :( .

[snwusberry]

Okay you've ranked TXT's eras but can you rate their albums? LIKE solely based on the songs.

i got you bestie.

i'll go in chronological order from debut until now since i've literally been here from the beginning. i will be excluding singles and japanese comebacks.

i know you didn't ask but i'll also include the best song from each in my opinion and music taste.

let's just get into it.

THE DREAM CHAPTER: STAR

• 8/10

• the songs are good, the vibes are there AND they showed variety from the very get go. what more can we really ask for?

• best song: blue orengeade. sue me. it was autumn here when they debuted but it was still a bit hot so, summer song??

THE DREAM CHAPTER: MAGIC

• 9.5/10

• i loved her. i remember i was in math class when this came out and obviously i was listening to it.

• guys we. got a glimpse of rapper beomgyu in angel or devil, what more could i ask for. not to mention it had the best stage outfits during this era. i literally don't make the rules. (TAEHYUN FAKE CHEWING GUM IN THAT ONE STAGE!!! GUYS 😭)

• i know we're basing this on songs but guys kai in this era!!! we don't talk about that enough.

• y'all are sleeping on roller coaster fr.

• best song: 20cm (guys i live amd breathe rnb, spare me.)

THE DREAM CHAPTER: ETERNITY

• 7/10

• i said this before, they saw is struggling and came to save the day.

• don't at me for my rating though...

• best song: maze in the mirror (prod. beomgyu is my favorite genre 😍)

MINISODE1: BLUE HOUR

• 7/10 (literally sue me!!)

• no bc this is THE autumn (or fall ig) album, that, i will say loud and proud even though it was getting hot as shit down here.

• everyone was doing disco at this time though, inwas kinda over it but it was still nice.

• guys we sleep on beds, not art bc way home??

• best song: ghosting (yes)

THE CHAOS CHAPTER FREEZE + THE CHAOS CHAPTER FIGHT OR ESCAPE (yes i'm counting them as one)

• 10/10. no further questions your honor.

• it's no secret at this point that this was my favorite era by farrr.

• she delivered and devoured.

• guys i literally don't have much to say other than the fact that ashnikko popped off with frost (yes i know she didn't wrote it alone)

• we got prod. kai (HELLO GO LISTEN TO DEAR SPUTNIK!!)

• let me also side track a little. WOLF CUT BEOMGYU??? BLOND HUENING KAI?? SKATER TXT???? we were FED.

• i still think about the anti-romantic challenge to this day. you will forever be iconic.

• best song: 0x1=LOVESONG (dare i say their best title song)

MINISODE2: THURSDAY'S CHILD

• 10/10

• great ep from start to finish.

• no guys i knew they would eat tge moment i listened to opening sequence. literally the perfect 1st track i've heard.

• first time we got unit songs so obviously i was looking forward to it.

• yes this was released in the depths of autumn here but thursday's child has far to go went straight intoy summer playlist.

• best song (this ome was tricky): opening sequence/lonely boy. they're tied moving on.

THE NAME CHAPTER: TEMPTATION (notice how the album covers have only been X for the past 2 years?)

• 7/10 because it was short as shit. like wtf am i suppose to do with 14 minutes?? (i mean go off keshi but it was too short babe)

• 10/10 grudge aside

• pulled me out of the gutter i was in frfr.

• it was short but it did it's job, i am not gonna lie.

• perfect from start to finish and you know what, this probably wasn't the intention, idk but this was the ep of the summer, like it was actually summer here when this was released and i'll be blasting it this summer too.

• coi leray!! that's all.

• best song: tinnitus (no surprise there). their first afrobeats song amd they delibered honey. they made it for us 😭 (africans)

THE NAME CHAPTER: FREEFALL

• 5.5/10 SHOOT ME!!!

• guys don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad album, it just wasn't doing it for me, idk. like i got into it only liking 2 songs 💀

• chasing that feeling and happily ever after did grow on me a little but like...

• i'll give it to them though, this was by far their is experimental album. like how you give us new age, rock, disco pop, rnb etc in ONE album???

• best song: dreamer (no brainer honestly.) insert what i said about 20cm

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there we go, theresmy honest rating of txt's albums and ep. would this ruffle feathers if i mattered? definitely. how dare i give one of my ult groups a 5.5/10?

them being one of my ults doesn't mean i have to eat everything they put out up 💀

anyway...

bye

[meowmageddon]

August Reading Check-In!

Is it a little late? Yes, mind your business 😹

I want to move my bookish updates back here since I'm not about training Elon Musk's AI. This update is gonna be a mix of mini-reviews, the current reading list, recent acquisitions, and a few upcoming releases to watch out for.

It's gonna be long, so keep reading if you dare. Or jump around to the bits you like!

Mini Reviews for July's Reads

Black Ghost of Empire by Kris Manjapra - 5 stars

A look at slavery and the emancipation processes across North America and the Caribbean in particular, as well as some of the colonization of Africa itself. Examines the way emancipations prioritized compensating slave-owners for lost "property" rather than restoring justice and reciprocity to the enslaved people who lost their labor, lives, and histories. Super informative, super vital, because they didn't teach this in US history. Just be prepared for an emotionally tough read.

The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu (The Dandelion Dynasty #3) - 3 stars

This is where the series finally ran into pacing issues for me, as many multi-POV epic fantasy series do. Mostly in the latter half. We had a very high-stakes storyline getting a slim chapter between multiple thick chapters about an all new setting and characters with a much lighter tone. I know heavy stuff needs to be broken up, but this was more frustrating than cathartic.

I am keeping in mind that TVT is technically the first half of what was supposed to be the final book, but the trilogy became a tetralogy because a 2000-page book would be ludicrous. Still, I feel it could've been broken down further, and we really need to allow more BIPOC writers the freedom to have sweeping, several-book-long series the way white authors can.

Get In Trouble by Kelly Link - 4 stars

These stories were quite a ride. Many featured messy people, places, and things. If we're being honest, the rating could bump up to 5 stars on a reread. There's just so much to unpack, and I'd need a closer reading, like studying scripture.

Current August Reads

• Trans-Galactic Bike Ride ed. by Lydia Rogue - As the subtitle reads, it's "Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventurers," written by queer authors. Technically I've actually already finished reading it, but I'll post about it separately at a later time!

• Babel by R.F. Kuang - BookTube's darling about a department at Oxford dedicated to translation and working silver- and translation-based magic for the glory of the empire. Problem is, some of the students and faculty are people from places on the receiving end of the empire's injustice. Down to the last 100 pages of this one!

• Speaking Bones by Ken Liu (The Dandelion Dynasty #4) - Despite my frustrations with the third book's pacing, I wouldn't dream of DNFing the series. The world is so lush and full, and the characters endearing. But there's another 1000 pages ahead, so this'll be on Current Reads lists for a while. 💀

• Lone Women by Victor LaValle - A young woman leaves her family home in flames and seeks a new life homesteading in Montana, a mysterious trunk in tow. I read LaValle's The Ballad of Black Tom a few years back, and really needed to read more of his stuff.

• Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection Vol. 1 ed. by Hope Nicholson - Was very excited to see this at the library, as I've wanted to read it for a long time. The stories vary in genre, and I believe there are illustrated stories, individual art pieces, and even a song or poem by Buffy Sainte-Marie in addition to regular comics.

Recent Acquisitions

• Loot by Tania James - I actually won this print copy in a Goodreads giveaway! This is why I encourage those who are able to enter for anything they're interested in; it can happen to YOU lmao. Anyways, it's a book about a boy in India who constructs an automaton tiger for the Sultan, only to have it seized in war by the British. He goes to England to try to retrieve it.

• Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas - My August Book of the Month pick. I enjoyed her debut, The Hacienda, and look forward to this one. Described with "Vampires and vaqueros face off on the Texas-Mexico border." I've seen reviewers describe it more as magial realism/historical fiction with vampires, rather than horror, though.

Upcoming Releases

No guarantee I'll pick these up... but here's some cool stuff coming out in the next month or so!

• From A Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi (August 29th) - Third collection of 40 short stories celebrating the 40th anniversary of Star Wars, this time inspired by elements of Return of the Jedi! I realized I still have to pick up the second collection, from The Empire Strikes Back, oh no!

• The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White (September 5th) - YA horror featuring a trans autistic teen protagonist who can commune with the dead. He attempts to escape an arranged marriage, is sent to a Sanitorium & Finishing School, and is urged by the institution's ghosts to expose its dark secrets.

That's all for now! If you read all this... just know that I love you. 🥰

[smellybead]

I'm trying so hard to finish revenges for artfight before it ends but that's probably not gonna happen at this rate 😭🙏 if u attacked me and I haven't revenged you yet I'll get to you next year or if it's one I've already started I might just send it to you tbh 💀

[cloversdreams]

(last anon) RIGHT LIKE?? Everytime a new event comes out I feel so bad for the f2p's, they're SUFFERING 💀 my best guess was that they wanted to release the diasomnia chapter at the same time but now that it's out I'm just confused like. If EN players get used to this pace they're just gonna be bored once they run out of back-to-back content and if they don't they'll be discouraged from playing until more story comes out and/or everything's finished like they gain nothing from this 😭

oh yeah, a couple of my friends are eng f2p and theyre exhausted. frankly same im just like this is so unnecessary?? i honestly cannot think of any benefit to being caught up with jp. its not like we will ever have the same exact stuff as them since they need time to translate things so its all just a big confusing mess.

it almost feels like they have something against either the eng players or f2p ones with how theyre running things. im quite unhappy with them on a handful of levels...

the burnout is so real for twst en. theyre like making sure of it at this rate -_-

[ismyteadoneyet]

Let's gooo (i haven't done a tag-game-thingy in a WHILE so it's about time I get back at it lol, thank you @squirrel-in-the-woods for the tag <33)

Last song: 'Sinner' by Deaf Havana ! as a recovering people pleaser, this song is such a delight because it gives me the vibe of "I'm beginnig my villain arc now !!1!1! I'm a MEANIE now !!! I'm setting BOUNDARIES And you can't stop me !!! 😤😤😤" even though that is probably not the actual intent. It's also the song I have assigned an OC of mine sooooo there's that too jsjsjdjs

(it is also funky af lol)

Currently watching: I'm incredibly bad at watching shows and movies ?? Dunno why??? But I watch quite a bit of booktube reviews and things and lately have been softly getting into drawing/art-related youtube videos I guess??? I watch a lot of random youtube essays too

Three Ships:

- I feel obligated to say Bree×Nick×Selwyn here from the Legendborn Cycle LOL. Any combination and/or mix of the three is fine with me, and I trust Tracy Deonn to make me cry of both happiness and heartache regardless of what ends up being the final endgame HSJSJD 😌😌

- Arlecchino×Furina from Genshin Impact, for the SOLE REASON of @draconicstella88888 's fanfic. I am completely unbiased here of course

- Larkin×William from The Legendborn Cycle. Have we had criminally few scenes of them together? Yes. Am I also a tumblr veteran, used to people shipping characters from completely different medias ? Also yes. I'm just gonna be thankful there is a GLIMMER of on-page chemistry between them before one or the other inevitably will probably meet their doom in the upcoming installments and I will stay delulu and happy until that moment arrives 😌😌 (but ofc, hopefully it doesn't lol)

Favorite color: i'm tempted to say "do you love the color of the sky?" because it's funny but also? Genuinely? Yes. But other than that, I seem to gather lavender/lilac/purple-colored things at an alarming rate it might also have to do with bts but we're gonna leave that can unopened okay lol

Currently consuming: behind the phone I'm typing this on is an unopened box of delicious-looking sushi and I am STARVING but I'm waiting for my parents to join me before I can dig in LOL 😭😭

First ship: how far back are we talking LOL? 💀💀 I'm gonna say Ten×Rose possibly? I don't think I got properly into shipping culture until my tumblr days and my superwholock era

Last movie: I rewatched 'Twilight' to get hold of a screenshot of the "this is the skin of a killer, Bella"-moment for a really silly Selwyn Kane cosplay and ngl, watching the movie now as an adult hits different in the absolute best way LOL

Currently working on: fanarts galore ! Finishing the BRICK that is 'Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell' (i am like 60 PAGES AWAY FROM FINALLY BEING DONE !! 😭😭 IT IS 774 PAGES LONG), about 4 different cosplays, and a story I hope to maybe grow into a proper novel one day, if I manage to treat it right hdjsjsj <3

Tags, (if you want to join!):

@draconicstella88888 @peanutbutter-nutella @chyuyuuz @nakaremfarlei @solovanmoln @sparrowandthesong @ficnoire2 @k0k0p3lli @totalpanik @knaveofpentacles

Tag game: tag nine people you’d like to know better.

Tagged by: @oneshoulderangel

Last song: At the moment, I have "Losing Your Memory" by Alan Star stuck in my head, which I suppose makes it my current song, not my last song. Hm. I get songs stuck in my head very easily, but the last one I had there for a significant amount of time was a mashup of different language versions of "Les Rois du Monde" for about a week. "Lehetsz Király", the Magyar version, is probably my favorite of them. It's worth a listen.

Currently watching: Normally, the answer would be "random mostly terrible old movies/shows" or "nothing much", but I currently have a hyperfixation on the musical Roméo et Juliette and have been watching it in multiple languages. (Thus, the song).

Three ships: This is hard. Maybe as a result of being on the ace and aro spectrums, I'm more likely to care about which characters are interacting than whether it's romantic or platonic. Here goes:

Kedivere/Bedikay. It can be romantic, platonic, or queerplatonic, but whichever way, I'm here for it. I probably spend too much time thinking about how in Cullwch and Olwen, when Cai gets mad at Arthur and marches out, Bedwyr stays behind, keeps acting like nothing's happened, and isn't the one to avenge Cai's death. The feeling of betrayal on both sides has a lot of unexplored potential. And the version where Bedivere dies and Kay fights to bring his body back safely while mortally wounded himself... And the version where Bedivere survives Camlann and Kay isn't said to fight in it, so they might be left together after their world has fallen apart...

Platonically or queerplatonically, Galahad and the Grail Heroine. I really like the tragic Grail Quest friendships, but I like theirs most, maybe because there's something weird and otherworldly about them both. I like it when characters are strange and endearing and doomed by the narrative.

Ever since reading John Matthews' retelling, which I read before the original, I've had a soft spot for Caradoc and Guinier. The Story of Caradoc is very disturbing, and I have some major qualms with Caradoc over a detail Matthews cut out, but all the same, there's a reason these two have the best track record with magical fidelity tests. Each of them would go to the ends of the earth for the other, and together, they're stronger than any curse.

Favorite Color: Blue, particularly royal blue and some teals.

Currently consuming: Black licorice with chocolate.

First ship: This is a hard one, since through elementary and most of middle school, I tended to go along with whatever I thought the author's intentions were and was more likely to unship something. The first non-endgame ship I got invested in was Sonya/Nikolai in War and Peace. I didn't like Nikolai, but Sonya did, and she was my favorite character, so I wanted her to be happy. The first non-canon couple I thought was meant to be together was also in War and Peace: Marya Bolkonskaya and Julie Karagina. My eighth grade self did not think their letters could be interpreted platonically. I still don't.

Last movie: If the musical doesn't count, the last movie I watched was Quest for Camelot, which was awful. Though not Robot Monster-level bad, Robot Monster has an elegance to its simplicity which Quest for Camelot lacks.

Currently working on: Various fics, most of them Arthuriana or CotRK-related (I am woefully behind on the Badfic Bingo), and (theoretically) an epic-style poem, though I haven't gotten much of it written for quite a while now.

Tagging: @gawrkin, @emperorcandy, @wildbasil, @gorewound, @knightsofsomethingorother, @ladyminaofcamelot, @tasosotaso, @amashelle, @gingersnaptaff (I have no idea who's been tagged so far, apart from the people on @oneshoulderangel's post, so I apologize for any multi-tags)