#Im just really happy i got to see him learn something that also changed my life for the better(don't read this op. im shy and you know it)

[blue-nerd-b24]

Hellooo!!

I have come because I was listening to music earlier today and a song came on that I immediately thought fit Jay in your Reboot Gone Wrong AU!! The song was "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers if ya wanna give it a listen. I just thought it fit well. :D

Gotta say,I listened to song and tunes out I listened to it before when I had stardew Valley era.

Yes,A lot of things work with lyrics of song and how it goes(especially how both part are same lyrics but with little feeling of different way it was executed vocally)

I could say that the part with “she is touch his chest now,he takes off her dress now” would definitely be opposite of Jays thinking,lyrics going all about him thinking of what is happening while the animatic would show them almost not interacting (most of their perfect match thing would be public for sake of others eyes),It could show that song goes by Jays perspective rather than the story itself.

“Swimming through sick lullabies,Chocking on your Alibis” definitely would work with scene showing Nya flirting with Cole in that infamous scene and then her trying to come up with explanation to Jay at his parents junkyard after Pixal tells about perfect match.

“but it’s just the price I pay” yes,it fits Jays self consciousness,He always tries to find problem in himself.Skybound showed how he believed something was wrong with him that strained Nya away from him(either his personify,Junkyard origin or unseriousness,his mind comes up with explanation).in some way,He just accept that idea and moves on(or does he),so basically paying price and learning lesson(or is it)

“Open up my eager eyes, ‘cause im Mr.brightside” this part in my opinion would fit him finding fatherly bond with Lou,with showing them spending time in arcade,him helping Lou with homework,monitoring him train on his powers and celebrating his achievements. And yes,He is Mr.Brightside.Despite such big chunk of his life being full for drama and woe,He found good in it,which is being Lou’s uncle

As much as I wanted to draw all sequences I wrote about,Im quite busy and booked on things going on irl, sorry 😭😭😭😭😭😭

but I really wanted to answer to this question with something to show my appreciation ,so I got this little piece showing that Even when Cole and Nya were having wedding,Some of that jealousy was still eating Jay from inside.

I like idea that he believed in deep meaning behind his and Nyas relationship,he believed in them being made for each other,or at least being more than just a couple. He can’t understand why it’s Cole and not him,why it took him almost half year just to sure he and Nya are dating,yet It took Cole few month TO MARRY HER (actually it’s Cole and Nya rushing everything cause they are young and stupid and yk)

“How did it end up like this” of course a little denial is fitting for Jay,tho it’s literally them(him,Kai and Zane) being witnesses on their wedding,Also maybe implying how fast Cole and Nya went in their “relationship” to rush into marriage

“It was only a kiss” x 2 would be basically jay saying “yo,she didn’t like you that much,stop dreaming delusions and live your life,if you care for her and Cole,You should be happy” to himself,Convincing him that he and Nya don’t belong together

Also,thank you very much for inspiring me to draw this part of story,Sometimes I get stuck with how to follow the story,what piece of timeline to show and how to integrate changes of AU,Im happy people see associations with my story in songs/other media and Im glad for how my vision of Jay in this AU was perceived by others

Again,thank you for being interested and supporting my art!💙💙💙💙

O hope to find time to make full sheet for Lou,Im still stuck on what Animal choose for his signature animal

[naoknowswhat]

This is the most beautiful post I have ever read up to this point of my life <3

(Silver the hedgehog supremacy🤍🤍🤍)

A few days ago was my first anniversary on Tumblr. I usually check this app to cheer me up with random drawings about Sonic the hedgehog, and I will be forever thankful to y'all artists for giving me the happiness I've sometimes needed to continue.

To celebrate this "milestone" I've decided to give you a very little introduction to my drawing history, and finally upload some of my artwork yippee.

I started drawing less than a year ago. Before that, I was scared of even trying to draw something. I thought I was bad at it, and I was born like that. Long story short, a very close friend, @naoknowswhat (Who is also the one who introduced me to Tumblr) forced (😱) me to draw something on a random wall under a highway, so of course I drew Sonic.

After finishing it, I thought it didn't really look that bad, so that very night instead of sleeping I tried to draw something on my phone. I basically took a screenie from the Sonic Mania Aventures series and tried to copy it, although I also tried to add something original, like the background. And it came out... actually looking pretty good

I mean, "pretty good" assuming it was my first ever drawing lmao. And the most important part, I enjoyed every bit of it. It was relaxing and fun at the same time, I loved it. It was also pretty weird going from thinking "I draw like a 5 yr old" to "Holly shit I actually enjoy this" in like 12 hours.

Some days later I tried to draw Tails, and omg I love it but I just couldn't get the motivation to finish it.

It was SO WEIRD actually finding a drawing of mine "cute"? wtf. What isn't cute is that according to Ibis Paint I spent 14 hours on this. I especially remember struggling with the shoes so god damn much.

Then I just stopped drawing until summer ended and I had to return to high school. I've always had problems concentrating in class, so the same friend recommended that I should draw in class. At first I found that so unbelievably weird, but then I tried it, and andbwjksns. I just loved it. And somehow it allowed me to concentrate better? There is no way. It felt like magic. I'll show you some drawings abajabvsn

I've also been practicing for a long time to draw without references. And although it's super duper hard, I'm slowly getting better at it. I drew this on my classroom table a few months back and I still feel proud shut the fuck up

So yeah I feel like that was everything. From this experience I've learned that your only obstacle is your self-esteem (and your monthly income). Alr have a good night ☺️ and long life to my son Silver the hedgehog. Such a cutie.

[abigailovesz]

EVEN IN THE DARK

summary: a quiet girl battling anxiety and depression, caused by bullying crosses paths with jj maybank - the golden boy with a wild smile and deep wounds no one sees. what begins as a cautious friendship grows into a love that is raw, patient, and life-changing. together, they learn to navigate mental illness, grief, and the scars of their pasts, building a life defined not by perfection, but by presence. through marriage, parenthood, and healing, they choose each other again and again - proving that true love isn’t about saving someone, but standing beside them when the world goes quiet.

inspo: sailor song - gigi perez

warnings: angst, hurt/comfort, mentions of anxiety and depression as well as panic attacks, a miscarriage, mentions of jjs past so abuse, self worth/insecurity, happy ending, and pregnancy.

a/n: im sorry this is so fucking long, but i took me a whole month so hope ya like it i also got part of this idea from a writing project i had done a few years ago & i somehow found it again in my room so its inspired by that ! (a few of the lines are from the paper thats why its so fuckin poetic lmao) basically the life jj deserved ayye

you had always lived in the quieter spaces of life. A soft-spoken girl with sad eyes that held more stories than you could ever say aloud. on the outside, you were just another senior trying to make it through the school year. but inside, every day felt like dragging your feet through wet sand.

anxiety and depression had become a constant hum in your mind. they crept in quietly during childhood after days of getting tormented, made fun of and rooted themselves firmly by the time you turned sixteen. mornings were battles, and nights were battlegrounds. your thoughts raced, heart often pounded without reason, and sometimes you felt like you were drowning in a sea only you could see.

no one really noticed. except for jj maybank.

to everyone else, jj was the golden boy of the outer Banks. Loud, wild, always the center of attention. the sun seemed to shine differently around him - like it couldn’t help but follow his charm. but that charm? It was a mask. one he wore every day and every hour. beneath the jokes and the laughter was a boy who had learned too young how to hide his pain. a boy with his own fears, his own scars.

jj first noticed you in the library. you sat in the farthest corner, headphones on, curled up in a way that said “do not disturb.” But something about your stillness intrigued him. not in a romantic way at first — more like recognition. He saw something familiar in her silence. He saw himself.

you both didn't talk for weeks. just quiet glances, stolen between book stacks and hallways. until one rainy afternoon, your anxiety had reached a boiling point. you'd fled class, overwhelmed and breathless, and locked yourself in the art room. you hadn’t expected anyone else to be there - but jj was.

he didn’t say anything right away. he just sat on the floor a few feet away and picked up a pencil. he started sketching - he surprisingly, was pretty good at it but never showed anyone. Silence filled the room, comfortable and understanding. When your breath slowed, you asked without looking at him, “why are you here?”

jj hesitated, then answered truthfully. “sometimes I come here when I can’t breathe.”

That was the beginning.

you both began to find each other in hidden places. the dock behind the marina at sunset. The rooftop of the old motel. your porch swing on sleepless nights. he didn’t ask your to be happy. you didn’t ask him to be strong. you both just existed - painfully, beautifully, honestly.

one night, under a sky of stars, jj had confessed the words he was always afraid to say, “I feel broken.”

you looked at him with eyes full of quiet understanding. “then we’re two pieces of the same mirror,” you said. “cracked. but still reflecting somethin' real.”

the world didn’t stop hurting. your anxiety didn’t vanish, and his demons didn’t magically disappear. but together, you both built a space where pain didn’t have to be hidden. you aughed in the darkness. cried without shame. found genuine happiness in small things - like late beach walks, or sharing a milkshake without speaking.

jj became your own anchor when the waves got too high. you became his lighthouse when the storms closed in.

love didn’t cure you both. but it gave the two of you strength. It reminded you and him that you weren’t alone - you had eachother. that being vulnerable wasn’t weakness, but bravery. And that sometimes, the most broken hearts are the ones most capable of deep love.

HIGH SCHOOL ENDED with a blur of bittersweet emotions. jj didn’t walk at graduation — not because he didn’t want to, but because he was afraid. afraid of what came next. you, however, sat in the crowd with trembling hands, hearing your name echo across the stadium speakers.

you walked that stage not because you felt strong - but because jj was in the stands, silently cheering you on.

you both stayed in the outer banks for one more summer. long, golden days filled with sunsets. jj worked at the boatyard, fixing things with his hands, while you took photographs of the coastline and wrote in your journal — pieces of poems she never showed anyone but him.

but as summer ended, change rolled in.

you had been accepted into a university a few hours away to study psychology - you wanted to understand your own mind and help others like you. jj, on the other hand, had no clear path. no college plans. just a restless heart and a fear of becoming his father.

you both fought the night before you left.

“I don’t belong in that world, baby” jj said, pacing your tiny bedroom.

“you belong anywhere you choose to be,” you argued, tears threatening. “you’re not broken, jj. you’re scared. like I was. like I still am.”

he didn’t come to you the next morning. but he left a note tucked into your bag.

“I don’t know how to be in the world without you in it but I want to learn how to be worthy of standing next to you in it.”

you both spent the first few months apart aching in different ways. you struggled with new routines, panic attacks in lecture halls, and the isolation of pretending to be okay. jj picked up extra shifts, and started visiting john b more and more.

you both wrote letters. real ones. Ink on paper. because some things felt too special to say out loud. jj’s handwriting was messy, rushed, but his words were always honest.

and you always wrote back.

the next summer, he showed up at your apartment, sunburned and smiling. “there ya are," he let out a long breath. "missed you - everyday baby." you threw your arms around him, eyes shutting in relief.

years passed. slowly, you both grew - not into new people, but into fuller versions of yourselves. both had setbacks. panic attacks, sleepless nights, old fears rising easily. but they never faced them alone again.

eventually, jj applied to a mechanics program in the same city away from outer banks and near your college. he fell in love with working on boats, but also with the quiet way your eyes still lit up when he walked into the room.

you graduated with honors. at your ceremony, you read a speech about healing in imperfect ways. you thanked your professors. your therapist. and one “unexpected person who reminded me I didn’t have to be okay to be loved. I just had to be real.”

jj proposed on that same rooftop you both used to sneak onto back in high school. no audience. no flash. just a small ring, shaky hands, and these words -

“you once told me we were pieces of the same mirror. I think we’ve built something.. new now, y'know?”

And you, smiling through tears, whispered - “yes. always yes.”

YEARS LATER, your house sat at the edge of a coastal town, far enough from the chaos but close enough to the sea that jj could still smell the salt in the morning. the house was small — two bedrooms, sun-drenched windows, and walls lined with your photographs. It wasn’t perfect. but it was theirs.

jj now ran his own repair shop by the docks. he never called himself a business owner - that felt too fancy to him - but he was proud of what he’d built. he still had bad days. the kind where the weight in his chest made it hard to move, where old memories were louder than he’d like. but he knew, he had you.

you both didn’t have children - not yet, maybe not ever. It was something you'd talked about gently, honestly, without pressure. you both had been through too much to rush anything.

love did not have to look like everyone else's.

but then, it happened.

you were ten weeks pregnant. you both hadn’t told many people. just the close circle of jj's second family: john b, Pope, everyone through a phone call. a cautious kind of joy had filled the house since the first test. jj had kissed your belly every night like a quiet promise, and you had finally started to believe you could do this - that your body was safe enough for life.

but that afternoon, something shifted. a dull ache turned into sharp pain. then came the blood.

at first, you panicked. “maybe it’s normal,” you whispered, standing in the bathroom, knuckles white as you gripped the sink. “spotting happens… sometimes.”

jj found you there, pale and trembling, your hands shaking as you tried to google symptoms. he didn’t say anything at first - just knelt and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind.

“we’re goin' to the doctor,” he said, calm. but his grip tightened slightly. “right now.”

you both sat in the sterile ultrasound room, you stared at the ceiling, jj clutching her hand like a lifeline. the silence from the tech stretched longer than it should have. then came the words you'd feared: “I’m so sorry… there’s no heartbeat.”

you didn’t cry right away. just nodded, numb, like someone who’d forgotten how to speak. jj looked stunned - like someone had yanked the air from his lungs - but he kept his eyes on her. Always on her.

When you both got home, you went straight to the bedroom and curled up on your side of the bed, hand resting instinctively where life had once been. “I shouldn’t have gotten attached,” you whispered.

jj sat beside her, silent for a long time. then he said, voice low and trembling, “fuck, I was already in love with someone I never got to meet.”

that’s when the tears came. for both of you.

but you knew you were still loved and okay with jj. you could try again.

IT STARTED WITH a test left on the bathroom counter. you sat on the tile floor, knees tucked to your chest, staring at the result with wide, disbelieving eyes. jj came home from the shop covered in grease, and when he found her there, silent and pale, he knelt beside her.

when you showed him the test, he didn’t speak at first. just layed his head against your shoulder. after a long, quiet breath, he whispered, “we'll be okay, it won't happen again baby.”

pregnancy - again - wasn’t perfect. your anxiety sharpened with each passing month. the questions, the what-ifs, the nights lying awake wondering if you’d be enough, if it would happen again.

When your daughter, lena maybank, was born, you cried harder than you ever had — not just from pain, but from awe. lena had her mother’s deep, thoughtful eyes and her father’s blond curls.

jj held her for the first time with hands that used to shake at the thought of being a father. but as he looked down at the tiny child, something in him stilled. “hello, girly,” he whispered. “you look just like me.”

parenthood didn’t erase your's and jj's mental struggles. In fact, it brought some of them to the surface. sleepless nights triggered jj’s old anger - not at anyone, but at the helplessness he sometimes felt. your depression came like a fog you hadn’t expected, even after all your experience.

but now they had language. and tools. and each other.

one evening, after putting lena to bed, jj and you sat on the porch, hands entwined like they always had been. “I never thought we’d make it here,” he whispered.

you kissed the side of his neck. “I did. because I knew we’d keep showing up. that’s what love is. and now we’re teaching her how to do the same.”

you then rested your head on his shoulder, the sound of the ocean in the distance, lena sleeping peacefully inside.

and jj knew, he would never ever be alone again.

[ironladders]

"I circled half the globe searching for him, but he was gone."

Starscream ;_;

RIGHT?? IT'S SO SAD .

and i have sooo many thoughts about this whole situation with skyfire/starscream that's been presented to me, if you dont mind anon im gonna use your ask to ramble a little

(disclaimer im sure nothing i have to say here is particularly new & has been said by those who've been deep into TF longer than myself but i need to get this out my system anyways. and also im still watching through g1 so if im horribly mistaken about anything #oops)

unless i missed something, i don't think it's specified in "fire in the sky" how long starscream looked for skyfire?? but just thinking about that line.... he obviously didn't immediately go back to cybertron, he didn't just give up on skyfire. starscream cared about skyfire enough to look for him, only leaving after (i assume) he realized he didn't have the resources to conduct a proper search for his companion. and i mean can you imagine being starscream in that situation???? your partner just disappears into a storm, and no matter how far and long you look you're unable to find them????????

i get starscream, man. i'd also become awful if that happened to me.

and here's the thing: i stumbled upon this post which posits that the decepticons happening to stumble across skyfire in the ice was no incident, but starscream's own doing, and i LOVE this theory/headcanon so much. when i first watched the episode yesterday i was thinking that it was funny they just happen to be mining right where skyfire was frozen so it's nice to see my suspicions affirmed LMAO

i honestly love that episode so much because as i learn more about starscream and transformers as a whole i think little tidbits like that offer a deeper look into who he is (or was, idk) beyond just megatron's second-in-command. he was a scientist, an explorer, a friend. "was" isn't even the proper word here, because he still is all of those things, he just...... applies them differently, i suppose. which is the real tragedy in who he is as a character.

beyond starscream and his search for skyfire, you wanna know what i've REALLY been thinking about a lot with these two? when skyfire becomes a decepticon (for like a day lol but still), starscream immediately declares that when he overthrows megatron, skyfire will become his second-in-command. not any of the other seekers, not either of the waves, not literally anyone else who's been a decepticon for more than an hour, but skyfire. his long-lost science partner. on starscream's end, virtually nothing about his relationship with skyfire has changed. he still trusts him as much as he did millions of years ago, to the point he'd be willing to have him at his side as leader of the decepticons.

but on skyfire's end... the starscream in front of him is different from the one he knew. war and being a decepticon changed starscream for the worst, something that unveils itself very quickly to skyfire. one of the first things he asks starscream after becoming a decepticon is if starscream is genuinely happy about being a decepticon warrior over the scientist he used to be. skyfire can't believe that the person standing in front of him could be the starscream he once knew before being frozen. still, it's starscream, so skyfire ends up going along with things up until he can't ignore his morals and deny that he's on the wrong side anymore.

that is where the second tragedy happens for starscream: betrayl, by the man he'd waited to get back for so long. he finally got skyfire back, only to lose him all over again.

if skyfire had never crashed that day -- if they'd never gone closer to explore the earth in the first place -- would starscream had gone down such a dark path? would he have taken countless lives, and become the ruthless decepticon he is now? does it eat at skyfire, knowing that in his absence starscream lost who he once was? or perhaps he'd still be the same starscream, but skyfire would be at his side serving the decepticon cause. maybe they both would've been so drastically changed by the years of cybertron's war together.

skyfire is a living, formerly frozen relic of the past before everything went wrong. starscream has aged far beyond that, to the point of no return. as much as they surely both want it, and regardless of what happens to them, their bond can never go back to what it once was.

god i just. i need more!!! i need to watch more transformers and read more of the comics and see more of these two!! i watched tfp + some of the live action movies as a kid but this is my first time learning about skyfire and this thing he's got going on with starscream and it's fascinating to me i can't believe i didn't know about this before!!!!! but it's also so fucked up oh my god!!!!!

ok yeah ive gotten the brainworms out my system. idk how to end this here's screenshots i took that i found funny

[edwardhartenjoyer]

HAIIIIII i hope you are having a good day!!! :D i really liked your 'saying i love you for the first time' post (as im sure you read SJJSD T0T) nd i wanted to toss an idea your way !!! u dont have to write it ofc but if you find it inspiring then !!!!!! yippee!!

so i was Thinking . how about a reader who paints their nails the eye color (or associated color ,,, maybe orange or yellow ??? in haru's case LMAO) of their favorite ghoul? it can be pre relationship or established, thats up to you !! whichever you find most interesting :3

i wanted to include ur favs in this suggestion so,,, edward, haru, yuri, jiro, nd ritsu? u can add or remove whoever you wish ofc ofc

i hope u have a good day !!! thank you for writing for the fandom nd sharing ur creativity <33

HII!! I'm doing good and hopd you're having a good day too!! I'm still so amazed and happy you loved that post aaaahhh!!

This idea is so so cute and I instantly had ideas for it! I went with this being a before you are together / this is how they learn they're your favorite!

I added Luca in too because I instantly had an idea for him! <3

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You decided you were going to paint your nails to match with your favorite ghoul. Afterall, you just wanted to show some subtle way of matching with him since you couldn't have the house pins like they did. When you went to see him the next day, you were excited to see if he would notice the change.

Featuring: Lucas | Yuri | Jiro | Ritsu | Haru | Edward

Lucas Errant - “Luca!” You called out in greeting when you saw him sitting in your usual area waiting for you to meet up with him so the two of you could walk together.

He beamed when he saw you and waved at you, “How are you doing?” He asked once you reached him, always the gentleman looking out for you.

“I'm good, and I wanted to show you something I did.” You replied, holding out one of your hands to show off your newly painted purple nails.

“That looks pretty, the shade is very familiar.” He commented.

“Well it would look familiar, I actually painted them to match your eyes so that we could somehow match since you're honestly my favorite person here and I don't know what I'd do without you.” You confessed. As you talked Luca gained this look of awe and amazement on his face, a light blush also gracing his features. He looked as though you'd just given him the purest thing in the world to hold onto.

“This is such a sweet gesture, and I'm so happy you feel safe enough to call me your favorite. Truth be told, you're my favorite too.” He admitted, making you grin and blush. “Do you think you could paint my nails to match with your eyes?” He asked, and of course, you happily agreed.

Jiro Kirisaki - You were helping Jiro out in the lab, mostly sorting out stacks of papers that he and Yuri had left strewn about and hadn't the time to organize themselves. “Pass me that report for Yuri's latest test on subject A-2” Jiro asked you and you dutifully found the paper he was talking about and passed it over to him. As you did, he caught a glimpse of your nails.

He grabbed a hold of your hand and looked closer to examine it.

“It's nail polish.” You explained quickly, suddenly unsure if he even knew what it was.

“Why this colour?” He asked, finally releasing your hand. You shrugged and bit your lip.

“I wanted to match you.” You muttered and he looked at you, face unreadable as always.

“This isn't the colours of Mortkraken.”

“No, it's the colour of your eyes.” You answered quietly, though he still heard you as a small smile quirked his lips upward.

“Why me and not Yuri?” He asked.

“You're my favorite.” You responded immediately, and his smile grew a little more. He didn't say much else about it, but he would glance at your hands every so often, and a small smile would grace his face whenever he got to see that matching colour again.

Yuri Isami - “Yuri, I sent Jiro to go shower so I'm bringing in your tea instead.” You called out as you entered his office. You'd come to help out the duo and already could tell they were on another of their multi day work bingers.

“Hmph, fine, thank you.” Yuri mumbled, glancing up from whatever he was reading as you started to set out the tea for him. He raised a brow when he spotted your nails.

“Matching to the colours of Mortkraken?” He asked, “I knew you must have some sense if I made you my assistant.”

“Actually Yuri, it's meant to match your eye colour. You just happen to have eyes practically the same colour as your house colour.” You answered, watching as a deep blush rose on his face.

“Wh-well-I-uh-WHY??” Yuri finally stammered out.

“Because you're my favorite.” You replied with ease, holding back a laugh at his extremely flustered state. That only made his blush worsen and he hid his head in his hands.

Oh you were definitely going to keep wearing this nail colour.

Ritsu Shinjo - Ritsu noticed your new nail colour right away as you sat down next to him to try and study some of the laws he wanted you to be able to know from memory.

“Oh, I'll have to update your behavioral file, I hadn't realised this was a habit of yours.” He commented, examining the colour.

“It's usually not, but I just wanted to match with you.” You admitted, shrinking down a bit in your seat from embarrassment as he turned his gaze up to meet yours.

“Match me?” He asked. “Clearly you were not going for the colours of sinostra unless you have a colour blindness I have been unaware of. Though I doubt that is the case, meaning that this colour is intended to match my eyes, am I correct?”

You nodded, a dark blush creeping over your features.

“Why?” He asked, seeming a bit unsure.

“Because you're my favorite and I wanted to show that, even if just with some nail polish.” You replied softly, watching as a light blush crept across his features.

“Well, I'm deeply flattered, and, you're my favorite too.”

Haru Sagara - “PEEKABOO HI BABY!!” You called out in greeting when you saw the cute little creature making his way over to you when you entered the Jabberwock dorm.

“I hope Peekaboo isn't the only one who gets a hug?” Haru pouted as you hugged the fluffy anomaly close. Before you could answer him he leaned in close and examined your nails.

You couldn't quite figure out what colour would best match with Haru, having not seen his eye colour before, so you went with a sort of fun colour mix. You did alternating colours of orange, to match Haru's uniform, and white, to match with Peekaboo.

“Those are some fun colours” Haru commented as you passed his fluffy son back to him.

“I picked them to match with you two.” You admitted, watching as his face just lit up.

“Oh you're just the best, it's no wonder Peekaboo and I see you as a mom to him.” Haru confessed, making you blush deeply.

“Really?” You asked hopefully. He nodded and his grin grew wider.

“How about after we get some work done we go on a family date?”

“That sounds amazing.”

Edward Hart - You frowned a bit as you looked at your still unanswered text message as you sat at Rui's bar. You'd texted Ed you were coming over to Obscuary to hang out in the hopes that maybe he'd actually come downstairs. Despite what everyone else thought, you quite liked the vampire, and had been hoping that if he showed up you could show him that you'd made your nails match with him.

Just when you'd decided to give up and just enjoy Rui and Lyca's company only instead, you felt someone lean in close behind you, their hair tickling the sides of your face and pale fingers grabbed your hand to examine your nails.

“My, all this for me?” Ed teased from behind you. “That really is quite adorable.”

Drat, you forgot he could read your mind if he wanted to, and you'd been so focused on wanting to show him you'd probably bascially been screaming your thoughts at him.

“You are my favorite after all, and I wanted us to match.” You replied, turning just enough to look at him. He grinned and put a hand over his heart.

“My dear you'll make my undead heart beat again with such proclamations. I'm far too old for you to be toying with me so, my frail mind can't take it.”

You just laugh softly, knowing it's mostly an act, blushing when he leans into you more.

“You know, there's more than just matching you can do to show me I'm your favorite”

[vampyrixdarling]

I LOVED YOUR ZOMBIE SONIC WRITING HSHDJF

Okay so Sonic with a reader that he caught feelings for, right ? But the thing was, they were a big bad meanie guy out for BLOOD. They liked Sonic too, but refused to change their villainous ways tehe

IM IN LOVE Q THIS IDEA

HCs or a one shot is fine >:)))

— 「Sonic with a reader who’s a villain」

╰┈➤ MASTERLIST

Sonic the Hedgehog x villain!reader (Gender Neutral)

Summary: Sonic never could’ve predicted that he’d be falling for the same person who would actively endanger his home and his friends. But it happened. Mutual pining with slight rivalry mixed in with playful fighting, who’s to complain?

Warnings: brief mentions of fighting (not detailed), swearing.

Author's Note: I’m like honestly SO embarrassed of the quality of this😭 please let this slide Orion I am BEGGING🙏🙏 my writing is normally SO MUCH BETTER I SWEAR

Word Count: 735

Likes/Reblogs are always appreciated!! <3

→ Sonic is someone who prides himself on being able to save his world from any threat that dares try to destroy it or hurt his friends or innocent people. He’s a hero, and he’s proud to call himself one. Sure, the praise and the fame that comes with it is cool and all, but all Sonic really cares about is saving all that he can, and taking down evil. He doesn’t need a reward for just doing what he loves. Hell, he’d even get to hangout with his friends just talking about the fight he had, and try some of Amy’s delicious deserts of course. Except if it was strawberry shortcake. He’d stay far away from that if he could.

→ You, on the other hand, were just another villain. You found a kind of sadistic joy in the misery of other people— a sick satisfaction from watching all those below you suffer a terrible fate at your hands. It’s always been this way for as long as you could remember, really. There wasn’t a moment you truly felt happy. No moment where you truly felt complete. And maybe, just maybe, causing pain and suffering to those undeserving made you feel just a little better about the dull, boring life you had. Something like the phrase, “if I can’t be happy, nobody can”, as much as you hated it.

→ But, nobody could deny the slight excitement you felt when the blue blur himself stood in your path, eyes locked on yours as he got ready to attack. A fight with him was never boring, that much was guaranteed. and perhaps you felt the same way, unfortunately you’d never get to finish your thought before he spin-dashed into you, sending you flying into the nearest wall.

“Ugh, come on, [Name]… haven’t we been over this once before?”

“Three times, actually. Learn to keep track.”

The hedgehog rolled his eyes as he sped towards you again. Meanwhile, with a cocky grin on your face, you shakily got up.

→ Sonic would feel extremely conflicted and confused. On one hand, you were everything he hated. Someone who felt joy in causing terror and harm upon those he cared for. But, on another hand, there was an undeniable chemistry between you guys. None of you would ever admit that, though.

→ He hated how he felt about you. He shouldn’t feel anything like this for any of his enemies. But, there was also this one flaw about him. The fact that he’s willing to give second chances and hope for the best. He does see the good in you, no doubt about it. It’s just that you’re being so damn difficult, he wishes you’d just give up.

→ But you weren’t oblivious to this. You saw how the hedgehog briefly hesitated before landing a punch to you. You saw how his eyes lit up once he realized you weren’t dead from that landing. And, a part of you felt pity for him. You realized how hard this was for him, to hurt someone he’s grown to love, and you really wished you wouldn’t care. But you did. Because you loved him too.

→ None of you took the realization well. You both hated each other for feeling this way, and while you both tried to separate from each other, you just kept coming back. You both would swear it’s because you’re causing trouble and Sonic’s just trying to save everyone, but you both knew it was different. But one day, during a pretty heated fight..

“Why can’t you just let me do what’s best for you, [Name]?!”

“This isn’t what’s best! You don’t know anything about me!”

“I know that I love you!”

…

Oh.

Oh..

→ Once the awkwardness was out of the way, and you two were finally able to confront each other… you got it all out. You both had a talk about how you really felt. He expressed his concerns, and you voiced your clear disdain towards leaving your villainous ways. Which, he understood. He hated how you refused to stop, but you just wouldn’t listen to him. So after negotiating, you agreed to slightly tone down your attacks. Which wasn’t much, but at least you weren’t killing anybody.

Bonus: He’d LOVE chasing after you and getting into so many playful fights with you while you’re attacking the town. It would be so fun and exciting for the both of you.

[i-willstealyourtoes]

can we get some engineer and trans male reader food im starving here... spicy perchance... holds out change jar

i love your work though—ive been meaning to request you for a while and you finally have your requests open!!!! whoopee!!!!!

Hell yeah you can get some Engie content !! I'm not trans myself so I hope I did this justice :'>

Engineer with Trans male!Reader (T4T)

Not like, he doesn't care about your body - he loves your body - rather it doesn't concern him that you're trans.

Some people HC Dell as trans, so I thought maybe we could work with that ??

Anyway, trans or not, Dell doesn't really care whatever you got in your pants.

Maybe if he was like, an insecure teen he'd bothered by his partner's identity like that, but now that he's a mature adult? He's just happy if you're happy !!

And it's even better you're happy with him :)

He might not understand everything, but he tries his absolute best to take mental notes of the trans experience to help you out with any struggles !

"I don't want you to ever feel uncomfortable or self-conscious with me, alright? I wanna make you happy."

Now, trans Engie? He doesn't need to learn as much, given he also knows the struggle of being constantly ostracized by the whole world.

But obviously he still wants to hear about your personal experience, since everyone has different journeys.

But it certainly is time saved not having to spend hours of explaining something he'll never fully understand (if he was cis)

He gets what it's like to be scrutinised for absolutely anything, put in a category or a box simply for being alive

For him, the whole being berated for his identity doesn't affect him anymore; he's solid in his identity.

But if anyone hurts you? As in, chip away at your confidence and leave you insecure?

It's all over for his patience.

He won't start a shouting match, or get physically violent, but he will definitely pull you away from the situation and give the person a firm warning to back off.

But after that he'll just lead you somewhere away and reassure you that you're just as valid as he is :')

"Some people stare, some people judge. Those types, they'll never understand. You ain't gotta worry about them, alright? You owe 'em nothing."

Once you two get back home/to base, he will shower you with all the affection you could ever ask for !!

Kisses on your temples, cheeks, hands,

Up your arm, down your neck, in between your legs

"Y'know, dreamin' about you ain't got nothing on the real thing."

He loves every part of you, even if you don't

In fact, he loves your body so much it's more than enough to make up for your own insecurities

But if you still don't believe him, he'll hopefully convince you by slowly coaxing you out of any of the remaining items of clothing you have, compliments flowing out his mouth like it was his first language.

"So handsome. I'm so lucky to have you. You make my world, honey."

Even if you don't want to do anything, he'll still comfort you, caressing your bare skin, guiding you to look at yourself in the mirror (if you can manage, of course)

"See? Look at you. I don't see how you could see this body as anything other than sexy."

Basically, he is in love with you and your body, and he's more than happy to prove it :)

[kurishiri]

i’m really curious to hear what made you like alfons so much!! what was your first impression? what made you LIKE him? pls tell us 👀

i personally did not care thaaat much about him tbh idk i felt kinda iffy about him but when i saw his crazy face for the first time he honestly immediately went up a few ranks lol

i also discovered your blog shortly after elbert’s route was released and honestly that made me collect story tickets and AP like crazy in order to binge read through his route because i started to like him even more thanks to your translations!! <3

hii anon! sorry for the late reply! first of all, ty for reading my translations! im glad you could like him more through them too- its such a compliment to me 🥹🫶 i hope you may also enjoy any other translations i post too hehe

but ho boy. my first impression of him was .. actually not all that positive 😅✌️

alfons ramble below (long ish), not spoiler free orz ↓

i didnt really like how shallow he seemed ig ,, it almost seemed like he was belittling kate sometimes even with the way he spoke and idk it kinda rubbed me off the wrong way. like at least with jude, he doesnt really use pretty words as insults yk. hes honest and direct at least, so i could take jude more than alfons.

that said, i think what started to boost him up for me was how funny he was. his humor is right up my alley. like he will snatch something, knowing hes doing so, and then when questioned he will pretend he will not know and try to put the blame on roger or smth .. or like hes just got that dramatic flair, yk. and eventually i started finding it amusing that he would speak so politely, but then say stuff thats not so befitting of his “noble” status lmao and when i translate alfons, i do try to take this into consideration, bc in jp the gap between the words he speaks and the way he speaks is indeed a part of his humor! and i wanted to convey that in english.

but i think when i realized he is quite literally the most doomed by the narrative, and reading his main story and just truly understanding the character that lies beneath his facade made me fall in love with him 😭🤍 in reality, he falls pretty fast and pretty hard for kate, and he puts her first so much, he wouldnt mind getting hurt himself .. and just his development of finding a sense of comfort in reality with kate and learning to be more selfish with his own desires. the grave realization he has when he made a mistake and had let kate too close to his heart too after he had so much genuine fun with kate .. like ho alfons did you at least kith the rock before throwing at me? kith the knife before twisting it in my heart? anyway its angsty and just all really beautiful to me. and the way he so deeply desires a connection with someone, but doesnt want to burden anyone else with his curse so he feels he has to put distance .. i live for the pain and angst ueuueueu

oh and dark if! omg ong dark lwk had me in a chokehold bc wdym al keeps visiting an unconscious kate in reality to keep giving her a happy dream bc she would have a pained look on her face despite not knowing who kate is in this world 😭😭 i dont see enough ppl talking ab al’s route in that event like PLEASE the parallels between dark if and his main story has me on my knees. like how kate forgets alfons after being killed over and over in the fairytale world but has a feeling she falls in love with someone, or how when kate is on the verge of death, she makes a bet with alfons (with it being vice versa in the main story — just like a mirror!) god knows im weak for parallelism

and i think he is one of the most complex characters in the ikevil cast. i lovee the irony borne from his character that sex is used in his main story to create distance between himself and kate rather than connection. ofc this changes over time, but like in the beginning it seems that this is the case. and just how deeply his trauma affects him but still wants to help others too. al the man that you are ..

anyway sorry for my incoherent rambling but live laugh love alfons sylvatica 🪞✨✨

[bluxb3rry]

❝𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞!❞↳෴੭˚ ༘♡·˚₊˚ˑ༄ؘ 💜

Medusa AU! Lee Minho x Blind! male reader! he/him pronouns! English is not my first language! hehe angst and fluff Also, HAPPY NEW YEAR [Not yet but you know] would you like to see me as another fruit or blueberry forever?

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Lee minho was a handsome man, everytime he walked he made at least made one person fall in love at frist sight. He didn't care, he just wanted to be with his cats in his lovely home, him and his toughts.

In some way, he didn't liked being like this, people only looking at him with lust in their eyes, talking to him with only one thougt in their head. He wished that someone could touch his hair, his lips, his neck, his body, with pure love, and the soft words "i love you" being murmured in his ear. That someone could kiss him with passion and that could build a fire inside him.

He oh so wanted to be loved, that he believed in the men that told him those words, he ignored everything because he was told "i love you" he ignored the warnings in his head and kissed him with passion, feeling loved.

But love isn't real, it's fake, and he learned that with pain, he was punished. He didn't know why, he was loved, he felt safe in that man arms, but he heard an angry scream before that his body changed.

Lee minho was a handsome man, so as a punishment, he was made to a monster. He didn't really looked like one, the snakes that were his new hair didn't damage anything, he would look like a beautiful creature, but, everyone that looked at him would became stone. That made him a monster.

People wanted to kill him, people wanted to take his head as a trophy, but that wasn't even close to what he felt, he felt betrayed because of love. Because of love, he lost his life.

He wished that someone would look at him and tell him "you're still handsome" "you're still are perfect" please, stop calling him a monster, please let him leave that cage of rocks inside a muntain, where only the planst and the rocks can hear his screams and tears. Ignoring the beautiful flowers that grow from the grass, ignoring those snakes that oh tried so hard to help him.

Please someone tell him, tell him that you love him.

-hello?-

Huh, a voice?

-Hello? Is anybody here? im lost!-the voice started to be more close

-a human?-he whispered, a snake answering him with a hiss

He started to get up from the rock, his snake like body transferring him. He looked behind one of the rocks, the human was walking quite dumb in his opinion, he would step on some rocks and hiss, still looking anywhere confused as ever.

-Hello?-the man said again, until he crashed into a big rock and fell to the floor.

-you are one silly human-minho finally talked, getting close to him.

There were a lot of statues around him, men that tried to kill him, men tried to hide but failed. Yet, this guy decided to just walk like nothing, and even ask for help, his help.

-Hello? Who are you?-the men asked looking at him.

Minho was suprised when the men looked but didn't became stone.

-my question is, who are you? i want to know the stupid men that came here-minho talked with a hint of anger in his voice

-oh, um, im sorry mister, im Y/N, as you can see im blind and i don't know how i got lost and, well, here i am-Y/N said with a small smile, his cheeks becoming quite red

-huh, that makes sense-minho walked far away, slapping his snake tail to the mens face-that explains why you aren't stone right now

-stone?-Y/N looked at bit more suprise now-so, you are the snake man that the town talks about-

-something like that, and you don't look so afraid-minho said while playing with one of his snakes.

-well, if you were a really monster, you would have killed me by now, yet you didn't-Y/N said with a smile in his face, looking where he was hoping the men was.

-you are lost, where did you wanted to go anyways that you ended here?-minho sat, kinda, in front of him.

-i was following some people, they said that they were going to look for food but never came back-he laughed a bit-i think they didn't wanted me in the group anymore

Minho just looked at him, not saying a word.

-Lee minho-

-huh?-

-Lee minho, thats my name-

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Minho showed him the town, hiding behind some trees, far away from his cave, yet, Y/N followed him back. He heard him quite easly, since he crashed again into some trees.

"why are you still here" he asked

"well, you didn't pushed me away" Y/N answered

So, time passed, and here they are, beside the small lake that was in the cave. Minho looking at Y/n making some crown flowers with the few that grow there.

-you know how to make those, you look like a professional-he said getting closer to him

-yeah, well my mom used to teach me, it was hard since i only could use my hands but, i learned and i made a lot of them for her and for me-Y/N said finally finishing the two crown flowers, putting one in his own head

-and your father?-minho asked, fixing a bit of the flower crown in Y/N's head

-he, was never there, i didn't mind, i didn't met him but i wish i could hugged him at least one time-Y/N's voice was a bit sad

-men are like that, some of us don't deserve that, i was once a handsome man, but, someone betrayed me-minho said, anger being obvious in his voice

-was?-Y/N asked

-well, if you could see me right now, you would see a monster-

Y/N raised his hands a bit, withouth warning he started to touch Minho face. Minho was suprised but he stay still, now knowing what the other one was doing.

Then he felt his fingers in his lips, touching his cheecks, softly touching his nose and even touched some of the snakes. Y/N touched his neck a bit, then rested his hands in his shoulders, Y/N smiled.

-i think your handsome and kind, if you weren't like that, i would have been dead by now but you helped me and even let me live here-Y/N said-though i do feel sad that i can't see you, dying by seeing you must be a beautiful way to die.

Minho felt tairs falling from his cheecks, oh he waited so long for those words to be said, even before that he became like that. Someone has finally treated him with kind and love, told him how he was.

His heart felt like fire, he didn't know when but he kissed him, he kissed him with passion and you accepted that. The two men in that room knew so little abouth the other, but they felt safe in each others arms.

When they separated, they hugged, Minho face being in withing the shoulder and neck of Y/N.

-i... i think i love you-minho whispered

-i love you too-

Minho felt happy, and with his snakes looking at him and at his new lover, he didn't care, he wasn't a monster.

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[thequietkid-moonie]

Heyy

I was wondering if you could do the yuri one ice trio(Victor, yuuri and yurio) with and s/o who started skating later in life and is also very emotional

(totally not self projecting :^)

It'd be so cool but of course do what you feel like!!

Emotional S/O start skating at late age

[ HEADCANONS ] [ Yuuri, Victor, Yurio ]

[ Yuri on Ice!! ]

There are a lot of things i would have reaaaally wanted to learn how to do but between the depression and all i never got to...

Anyways! im not at my best buuut i tried my best <3 hope you like it

Yuuri Katsuki

There is no one in this world that understands you more than Yuuri Katsuki, he can be really emotional and sometimes he lets his feelings get the better of him (letting his sadness and frustration take him down) so he becomes incredibly supportive and caring with you, he loves you and he wants to see you fine! and the fact that you two are so similar makes him feel closer to you, it gives him comfort but also makes him feel a bit prideful

Yuuri will never dare to say something bad about you being too emotional, he lets you express yourself and cry all you need while being there for you, bringing comfort until you start to calm down and then say some comforting worlds, surprisingly he is good at keeping the composture when you are being rather emotional because he knows you need him and he can't fail you! he is your boyfriend and being there for you is his duty! (that doesn't mean he doesn't cry with you a few times), you two can easily become the pilar were to relay on for each other

Yuuri is a really supportive boyfriend in general but the fact that you also skate makes him feeling a mix of inmense happiness and flustering, he is happy that he can share something so important for him with you and this even motivate him even more but it also makes him feel even more frustrated with himself about all the failures in his record

But, despite everything, being able to be on the ice with you, practicing together, learning new techniques or just messing around to relax is incredibly comforting for him and he would never change it for anything

Yuuri had a really hard time with the skating, he is not the best but he is not bad, he is constantly learning and trying to improve so the fact that you started skating late in your life is no problem because both can learn a lot of new things together! Actually, he is always trying to cheer you up by saying that you shouldn't feel cushioned because of when you started to skate since you are doing a hard work to improve and you should be proud of yourself! He is proud of you already! ironically he shows a lot of support and comfort to you even when he can't do it for himself

Yuri Plisetsky

Love may be a little bit dificult for Yurio because of how aggresive he can be at first and how dificult he can be to aproach, still once he grows to be close and even fall in love with you he will become incredibly caring and loving

Yurio is in a duality of not having problems to admit nor express his love for you but also being embarrassed to admit it to others, still he has a big soft spot for you so there is really no doubt that he loves you!

Yurio has some troubles with the fact that you are rather emotional but not because he thinks is a bad thing, is just that he gets nervous, not knowing how to handle it whenever you get too emotional (and if you start crying, for whatever reason, he panics a little), still he loves you deeply, he have fallen in love with who you are so he won't really ask you to change for him and actually become rather protective over you

Despite not knowing much how to handle your emotional side he is always trying his best to help you, trying to help you calm down and relax or trying to be supportive and let you express yourself, he would never dare to say something bad about how emotional you are (or at least not intentionally) nor let anyone say anything bad about it, he will quickly call out rather aggresively anyone who dares to say something bad about it

Yurio may don't say it directly but he loves the fact that you skate too, and if you do it profesionaly he would love to share the ice with you! Although, he doesn't admit it too loud because he feels it is a bit too cheesy, but what he constantly says is that you two would probably go against each other in competitions and that he won't go easy on you (just wholesome rivality, he means it with all the love in the world)

Even if you started skating late in your life he doesn't mind, he will recognize your efforts and hard work (but also your limits) and he respects it, surprisingly while he tried to help you and have a friendly rivality he grows to become a bit more responsible since he wants to be able to help you, wanting to be able to give you advices and even be someone reliable for you (it will boost his pride a lot if you do end up relaying on him)

Victor Nikiforov

Victor is an incredibly loving and doting boyfriend, there is no way you could doubt how much he loves you because he never stops showing you how important you are for him, directly and indirectly

He even likes your emotional side! He thinks is kinda cute how easily is to get a reaction out of you and he is constantly teasing you and joking around, but at the same time he is incredibly respectful of your emotional side, never underestimating if you end up crying over something and always doing his best to either take your mind out of whatever is bothering you and cheer you up, or let you cry all you need while holding you in his arms

Victor loves you deeply and the fact that you also skate makes him incredibly excited! He leaves clear from the start how much he wants to share this with you, talking excitedly with a wide smile how amazing would be if you two skate together and all, but even if you don't think on skating to the point of trying to reach the gran prix he still will want to share the ice with you

Actually Victor is really interested on your skating, always training with you and giving you advices even outside of the ice rink (altought, he will stop if you call him out for it), he just loves too much skating and being able to share it with the person he loves the most is one of the best feelings in this world!

If you skate as a profesional you will have his full support, starting later in your life could definetly be a disavantage but he will not let you feel discouraged because of it, if you want and allow him he will help you improve if you need it and will actually become your number 1 supporter

Victor will end up using his influence and contacts to help you one way or another, by harmslessly posting in his social media about you and end up talking with everyone about his amazing partner who happens to be a skater too! He end up making a big deal out of you in a rather innocent and lovely way (probably part of him actually wanted to help), but, also, he will make sure everyone recognize you because of you and your amazing work and not just because of being Victor Nikiforov's favorite person in the world

[causeimcrayzeebee]

have you seen the kamimura lore drop and what are your thoughts?

ohbmy god this could’ve been so embarrassing cause i hadn’t seen it yet and was so confused as to what you meant so I was planning on just yapping about kamimura in general but then I saw it LMAO UM I WAS SO HAPPY CAUSE KAMIMURA CONTENT!!!!! KAMIMURA LORE!!! AND THEN SO FUCKING INCREDIBLY SAD FROM IT LIKE....THAT'S GORE... THAT'S GORE OF MY COMFORT CHARACTER.... um yeah I have work for law to do but I got too into reading the lore drop so lets talk about it! (I will get to my work after trust) spoiler warning for chapters 1-3 and tetro typical trigger warnings!!! take care of yourself!!

I am not going to cover the ableism portion or too much of the diagnosis/hospital parts because I am not personally disabled and would like to let other disabled people talk about it, so i'll leave the rest of the conversation to others in the community!

also i took notes while reading it to organize my thoughts like usual (im so bad at putting words together well). some of these are kinda funny so here are some highlights lmfao

alright, now lets actually be serious.

firstly, I'm so glad that kamimura at least had a good childhood. I think it really shows in the way he interacts with the tetro pink cast that he was a sociable and happy kid! my mom actually teaches preschool so shes taught me a lot about early childhood psychology (shout out to my mother guys!!!!!). one of the biggest takeaways I've had from her is that the first five years of one's life are the most important in development! that's what Montessori programs keep in mind and throughout preschool and early kinder, they take time to establish learning through play; a lot of people have the misconception that letting kids play at school is just letting them mess around, but it's crucial in building their skills! kids learn to socialize with others and to problem solve; that foundation is very important for everything else moving forward in life! I could rant about how preschools need to utilize this more, esp in the American education system, but I digress. my main point goes to something I (and a couple other people I'm not original in this LMAO) have mentioned before about how it makes more sense out of hasegawa and kamimura, that they'd kill off kamimura because he had other people. kamimura, despite having further and further cut himself off from the world right till the end (until the kg at least), still managed to make meaningful connections, like tamba and hayashi, even if they weren't like ideal. the way he approaches tamba is very caring in a way that can seem like it's not, yk? likely it stems from his trust issues, it's scary to put your genuine real feelings out there, so hiding them with some snide remarks is easier. luckily, tamba has a similar approach so hey. shout out tamba n kamimura you will always be special to me.

anyways, its both so amazing and so heartbreaking that his parents were so loving and supportive, but died too soon. I do wonder about the role of attachment in this case; like specifically in babies/toddlers, they get attached to their parents usually because that's the first person they see, the first to take care of them. kamimura was able to get that love and support from his parents, even when it got so much harder and the days in the hospitals got longer. so having it all be taken away when you're NINE? that's obviously gonna destroy you, and that leads to his trust issues and isolation. he was able to thrive still as a young child because he had his parents to support him! so when that's all gone, how else are you supposed to cope?

yeah fuck you family friend, that was brutal. I cant even imagine coming home from school to find your parents absolutely desecrated. the day of his parents death beginning the routine of staying locked in his room.... oh my god like what if I cried (I did). that probably changed the way he thought about his room; his room was an escape from the horrors of the outside world. if he just stayed in the room, he wouldn't have to experience the fucked up world. it became a habit. EUGAHHD I'm in shambles.

after the murder of his parents, it's understandable that it shook kamimura and his aunt to their core. that was a violent murder (by a man who was literally just rejected romantically.... its so fucking upsetting that that is a common crime). his aunt wasn't even ready to have kids so having the responsibility of taking in kamimura must've been a lot. In regards to homesick, despite the very clear distance in their relationship, kamimura really seems to appreciate her being there, even if it was very distanced; she was still an important part of his grieving process and his whole life honestly.

oh boy here we go. isao when I catch you istg..... sorry that's an exaggeration, likely this was from a societal disgust, yk just homophobia from the world, so I cant really blame this kid too much.... but we still have beef. god, this was one of those actually crushing crushes, hm. it's so fucked up; someone who was starting to get kamimura a bit out of the dark space that was his life, giving him something to enjoy and be happy about! and all of that was just thrown away because kamimura was vulnerable and shared his feelings. not having your feelings returned can already be devastating, but this? the spread of rumors, the bullying, the losing his one friend? it's like the world wants to torture him omfg. here the trust issues become worse; those who loved him leave, those who he loved leave. everyone just leaves, so what's the point?

this explains his relationship with hasegawa, and the issue after trial 1. it had to have felt way too familiar; telling someone he was fond of vulnerable information, only for it to be told to a bunch of people he never wanted in his fucking business. however, I think the reason why they made up rather quickly in clean up crew (which btw I watched w my friend earlier today bc I got them into tetro........ god I love that episode) is hasegawa's response. hasegawa, unlike isao, is remorseful, he CARES. hasegawa even shares something personal to him, about his own loss.

I think this also changes the scene of hasegawa coming out a bit. before, he was rejected by isao because he was a homophobic douchebag. but in the student spotlight, hasegawa casually says he's not into girls. while its funny thinking that kamimura was having some gay panic then lmao, I think actually it was probably processing that in a confused comfort, not exactly because his feelings could be reciprocated, but for this; hasegawa was so comfortable with coming out as gay, so comfortable with the concept, unlike isao. if kamimura confessed his feelings to hasegawa, and were (somehow) not reciprocated, he likely still wouldn't have ran away. of course, with kamimura's trust issues, he probably wasn't confident in that assumption, but hasegawa is not the kind of person to drop someone because they confessed to them. he would've kept the person that had become so important to him. and because of that maybe, just maybe, kamimura would've said what he really wanted to say if the interview had happened before woodshop.

once he's on his own and moves out, he no longer has someone reminding him to do things, so with no motivation to simply live, he ends up staying locked in his house like we've seen before. what's the point in anything? when that kind of spiral hits you, and you don't have other people present in your life to keep doing, how would you ever stay motivated?? I know it was a really informal post, so I might be going insane trying to add this to the analysis, but the repetition of 'but life goes on' I think really solidifies the importance of a support system. when things are difficult, the world never just stops, it keeps going despite your struggle. but having people who care about you around you can help make each day easier, they can help 'slow down time' if you will. kamimura has gone through an amount of stress no one should have to face, but people around him could have made it easier on him by being there. that's the tragedy of tetro.

it's especially tragic that at the very end, right before the kg, he was taking his own life.

(plot wise, I need to know what y'all theorists think of this bc I have ideas but i need to finish the staffside logs before I can even actually consider my thoughts lmfao.)

sorry to be captain obvious on a majority of this post lol but gosh wow. I really loved that we got this, it was so much information I am kinda stoked despite basically all of it being depressing as hell. tetro has really become an inspiration for me and writing, I am constantly so impressed by von's writing and it's given me perspective on how to approach writing as a whole. i feel as though this gave me so much perspective on kamimura himself as a character. some of this just confirmed my ideas already, but it strikes me as something so human just learning all of this. when I, or anyone really, first meet people, I only know surface level things, yk cause I don't know them. but then I start talking to them, and I learn about different things that have happened to them, how they feel about certain issues or what they're doing on a day to day basis. you can never know everything of course, but when you discover new parts of someone, it makes them more complex and they don't fit the idea you had of them before because people are complex!! and that's the beauty of writing, capturing humanity! the impact of each character, esp kamimura, has been so beautifully done, I'm just constantly moved as the story progresses.

thank y'all sm for reading my excuse to talk about kamimura, this was A LOT of blabbing I'm so so sorry but I hope you enjoyed haha! :)

[ardienothesieno]

post game isat thoughts i have

what the title says i have thoughts in my brain and i want to share them

isafrin date thing pretty much immediately post-game: sif should get to be sick for at least a week. and the party fusses over them the whole time and it's adorable and then i think one night. sif should turn to isa and ask if he wants to hang out. hehe and sif brings isa to go look at the stars this time! and it's sort of like isa's friendquest but this time they are actually snuggling. and not just talking about isa, they're talking bout sif too some of the stuff isa says is reminiscent of the loops which freaks sif out a bit. but it just makes them happy to hear isabeau talk and he would share some things that happened in the loops-- wholesome things of course i think it'd still be a while before they opened up about the uh. the worse shit. but stuff like teaching bonnie to fight, finding out they were allergic to pineapple the hard way (isa would be freaked by this but sif finds it hilarious), maybe tell him about wish craft and color theory, the change god helping them out, bombing the king, etc etc. the nice stuff. AND THEN. I THINK THE ISA USING A SHOOTING STAR AS A DISTRACTION THING SHOULD HAPPEN-- BUT ITS REAL THIS TIME <3 like sif looks up and it's a whole freaking meteor shower... and isa tells them to make a wish, to which they respond "i'm not messing with that again for a looooong time" :)))) and i just think that should culminate in isa carrying a sleeping sif back to either the clocktower or the house, wherever the family has set up shop... njhgfcftyhujkuhgvfcdfty i love them they're so cute

LOOP THOUGHTS. i dont know if i am committing to this hc, but i think it would be cool if loop and siffrin became a system of sorts? i know very little about plurality so i dont really know what im talking about... if i get anything wrong please tell me! but ive got yet another scene in mind like right before the party leaves dormont to go pick up nille, sif visits the favor tree one last time. just. reminiscing. and mira would come along and find him and they'd have a talk! not specifically about loop, but loop would definitely come up in the conversation and then at some point sif says that loop mentioned that they'd be coming back and is like "i wonder when we'll see them again" and loop just screams HOW ABOUT RIGHT NOW and shoves siffrin out of front jhugtfcvfdxscfgthbnygvh i think loop should still get to have their own body and autonomy and stuff, i just think they should also be able to just show up in sif's head. and vice versa i think eventually sif figures out how to do it as well and they just get to constantly bother each other from a shared headspace dcgbnjuytfg

and. and then i think that can lead into a lot of sad wholesome moments where sif lets loop be siffrin for a little while. like the party is sitting around a campfire telling stories and being happy, sif notices loop hanging around in the headspace, and lets them drive for a bit. i dont think they'd do it very often or for super long or anything but. hgfcdxcfgybhnj. they should get to be siffrin every once in a while too. as time goes on and they become more of their own person they do it less and less, but for the first few months to a year or so it's comforting to be able to be surrounded by versions of their past family, if only for a bit as i said. i dont know what im talking about really so if i said anything badly or if any of these ideas are bad please let me know

time craft shenanigans i think sif (and loop) should get to keep time craft powers after the loops end not to like. the extreme that the loops were. but like how sif will loop back like five minutes if they screw something up socially-- i think they should get to keep that EXCEPT. the party learns to pick up on what time craft feels like. so if theyre ever talking to sif and boom weird time craft feeling and sif is in a wildly different emotional state they can just go "sif. did you loop back. what happened." i think it would be a good. like. starting therapy point? them having a toxic coping mechanism for when things go badly and the rest of the group helping him work through those situations instead of avoiding avoiding avoiding and i think loop should keep it for the memes (and trauma reasons. but mostly the memes.)

it would get better with time, as siffrin (and loop) gets more and more comfortable with being uncomfortable and messing up and learning to work through the anxiety and and and then that could lead to a big situation a few years in the future when the group splits up. and sif is TERRIFIED that the loops will start again i dont think the group would ever split up for good though. they're a family!!! they're not gonna just leave each other behind after another few months of traveling!!!! that just means all the suffering sif went through was for nothing!!!!! and yeah, they cant stay together forever. i know. but even after splitting up they'd still definitely have family reunions like every other tuesday

BUT SIF AND ISA NEVER SPLIT UP EVER. NOT EVEN FOR FIVE MINUTES they get bonded and go on to open a boutique/trinket shop <3

[liwinly]

Reuniting with your once best friend

𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: fluff

𝑷𝒂𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈: non-idol!Heeseung x fem!reader

𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒑𝒔𝒊𝒔: You and Heeseung were once best friends, but you needed to move away. One day You decided to surprise him. ( it's not a romantic ff just bestfriends reuniting )

𝑨/𝑵: This is my first time ever writing a full ff and yes I know its not rlly good, I also apologise for my bad English i only learn it at school, so im really sorry if my sentences dont make much sense or i write something wrong. But I still hope you like it!

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You and Heeseung were best friends yes were because you moved from Korea to Japan to study there. It was really sad for both of you. Now it's almost 2 years ago since you guys saw each other. And you wanted to surprise him.

So one day on a Friday you decided to surprise your once best friend. You planed everything and booked a hotel near his house.

When you arrived in your hotel you fell onto your bed tired and exhausted.

It was almost 11 pm and you were so tired you fell asleep on the comfortable bed.

The next day the bright sunlight woke you up it was 9 am normally you would stand up much earlier but you were just so exhausted yesterday so you decided to sleep longer. You got out of bed and got ready.

You were really excited to surprise him. You guys chatted every day but you didn't tell him you'll come to surprise him obviously cause it's meant to be a surprise.

With a pounding heart you walked out of the hotel. His house was only a few minutes away. You arrived in front of his house. You took a deep breath befor knocking on the door.

A few seconds later A man opened the door. It was Heeseung.

"May I help you miss?" He asked in a firm tone.

"It's me Y/N." You said a hint of nervousness in your voice.

His eyes widened "Now way!"

He hugged you tight so tight he almost stopped you from breathing.

"I missed you so much." He said his voice calm.

"I missed you too." You replied.

He pulled back still holding you in his arms. His gaze soft "I can't believe this," He said while smiling.

You chuckled "Surprise!" you said still excited.

Heeseung shook his head, a hand running through his messy hair "You... you're really here. After two years."

He stepped aside, there is still a smile on his face "Come in!"

You stepped inside. As you took of your shoes Heeseung watched you while he was leaning against the wall.

"You've changed. But at the same time you're exactly the same."

You raised an eyebrow "Changed how?"

He shrugged, walking over to sit on the couch patting the place next to him. "I don't know. It's hard to explain. Maybe it's just the fact that it's been so long. But..." He paused his eyes locked with yours "I feel like I missed out on a lot."

You sat down beside him. He was right so much had happened but here you were, sitting next to him like no time had passed.

"Yeah," you said "I feel the same. But... we're here now. That's what matters right?"

Heeseung nodded slowly "Yeah you're right."

For a moment the room was filled in silence but then Heeseung stood up " I need to show you something!"

You stood up too "Sure show me."

He led you down the hallway to his room he talked about the thing he wants to show you. You couldn't help but smile. You both were so happy to see each other again.

[pomefioredove]

congrats to quasimodo our king 🙏 and god bless vqnrouged (hope i got the user right) for the template lol. otherwise i really wouldve struggled since my first language isnt english. so!! i apologize if there are any mistakes

personality- i wouldnt exactly call myself shy, because when im in public i tend to get along with people fairly well. but i still try to actively avoid these kinds of spaces since i get overwhelmed very easily. another thing is that i am VERY family oriented. screw my relatives they could jump but i would die for my parents and sister. to me, the only people you can fully trust is your family (by blood or not, that changes from people to people obviously). a thing i learned in my life is to never say too much about yourself or trust anyone with any personal things, even if they seem utterly unimportant. not sharing anything about yourself may seem like antisocial behaviour but I PROMISE IT WILL SAVE YOU FROM HEARTBREAK. countless times even. ive seen my friends suffer from this while i just chill in the corner standing like 'haha told u'

style- tbh i neither have the time nor the patience to keep up a certain fashion style but i tend to dress in very baggy clothing?? most of my clothing items are very monotone colors but as long as it doesnt make me look like a walking highlighter id wear any shade. i also like wearing eyeliner, i smudge it most of the time, and slightly dark red lipstick. lowkey would sell a kidney to own gothic lolita dresses tho. cries in poor

appearance- 5'2 in height, fair-ish brown skin and straight brunette hair with very faint highlights(used to be blue but it faded -_-)that reach my shoulder. my eyes are brown and quite slanted(almond?was that the word what.) ooh forgot i had choppy ahh curtain bangs too. dont try this at home kids

hobbies/things i like- drawing/painting, reading, watching anime, gaming(dont have time for it anymore 😞), cleaning(somehow?? feels a little alien even to me), egl fashion, biology

random- i have ZERO sense of direction. i misunderstand the simplest directions and roads. tend to find myself 400 miles away from the target location please send help

i want to go to med school!! theres a little more than a year for the exam and im already sweating bullets god help our education system

death to all kinds of bugs. especially the worms and the flying ones. kill them

uhhh i think thats all i have to say? wow this took longer than it shouldve

and thank you so much for this omg this is the first time i requested something like this im giggling and kicking my feet

take care dove

you should try looking for secondhand lolita clothes online :P they show up in the weirdest of places

I match you with 𝐃𝐞𝐮𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐝𝐞!

Overview

it's no secret to anyone that Deuce can be a little socially oblivious. or... that's what you think, anyway. when he starts talking to you and ignores all of your attempts to deflect and avoid telling him anything about yourself (he's just happily chatting away smh) you think he must've been socialized wrong, like an overexcited puppy. but, somehow, over time, through trust or because he always looks so damn happy to see you, he somehow gets you to start talking about your family, and then... well, that's it. Deuce understands what it's like to be dedicated to your loved ones in that way, and he respects you all the more for it- he probably shares all kinds of stories about his mom with you, and the more you talk, the closer you get

The Relationship

Deuce is regularly and unapologetically amazed by you. you're just... so smart!!! you're going to medical school!! he'll jump at the opportunity to help you study in any way he can, even if he has no idea what he's doing. he often tells you that you're the sort of person he'd love to introduce to his mom, and he secretly hopes you feel the same about him with your family. Deuce is the devoted sort of boy to spend months working so he can buy you that one expensive, pretty dress you want for your birthday- he wouldn't know the first thing about EGL, but if it's important to you, it's important to him! and never mind getting lost, one call and he'll be picking you up (wherever you are) on his blastcycle in minutes

Secondary Suggestions

Epel Felmier, Ruggie Bucchi

[k3itar0-with-a-three]

Hi hello there

Tumblr has a grudge against me (I can't figure out how to submit asks from the right blog) (I may be stupid) but I'm @akari-of-moonlight and also I'm the idiot in your comments who promised a FYE animatic

Anyway I was listening to your songs again today and kind of got emotional so if you don't mind a mini rant:

I can never thank you enough for getting me into Tetro. I found Tetro at a very low point in my creative journey, when I was really struggling with managing stress and finding it in me to try to get better at music and art, as much failing as that would entail. But in Tetro, I found the inspiration to try again. In the story, in the characters, in the amazing community around it. As the series has ended, I can’t believe how lucky I was to discover it. 

Nemesis was not only my gateway, but really the one thing I kept coming back to, over and over, until I finally reserved the time to look up the Tetro official channel. Ironically, as one fan (of likely many) who freakishly obsesses over Kamimura, Nemesis is one of my all-time favorite songs, just in general. 

Hellbent was a sleeper hit for me. After weeks of listening to it before and after chapter 2, finally it hit me for the first time and had me on the floor in extreme grief.

Just My Style came out right around when I was seriously getting into Tetro, and instantly went on my main playlist. I can honestly say that Just My Style made me like that darn red microplastic exponentially more. Those first three songs (along with YNL, which also activated the shrimp posture and writhing that Hellbent did) carried me through the grief of the Tetro experience, and I love them so, so much. 

And then Feast Your Eyes came out. God, Feast Your Eyes. As someone filled a whole notebook page with “Hasegawa Ken will live” and nothing else, the 5th trial was… an experience. Through the absolute euphoria of the genius narrative, the crushing grief of losing my boy, and the immense guilt of watching him in the first place, Feast Your Eyes was on repeat, full blast, every time headphones were within my reach. I think I kind of already yapped about it enough in the mile long timestamp comment I left (yes, hi, that was me, I wrote that at midnight I’m sorry), but I really did mean every word and more. 

Most recently, When I’m Gone has been crumbling my soul to pieces, and I couldn't be happier for it. I feel like I’ve gone on a bit long, but to say it changed my brain chemistry is an understatement. I kneel before the throne of Thorn as well, for the absolutely immaculate instrumentals. 

Even more than the brilliant lyrics and banger melodies, I am forever grateful that you inspired me to make music again. Seeing someone close to my age be that talented made me really think that maybe I could do it too. I’ve wanted to learn how to produce music and tune vocaloid for so many years now, but I never really believed I could. I can’t stress enough how incredible the music you make is. I’m midway through my first real song (lyrics complete; instrumentals halfway), and I owe it to you. Your music got me to work on an animatic and a song, two things I’d all but given up on. 

Even beyond Tetro, even beyond any fansongs, I’ll always be a Glowmie. No matter what new masterpiece you make. <3

I'm

Im actually crying

I never knew i could mean this much to someone, and I'm being completely serious here... my entire goal with becoming an entertainer and becoming Keitaro was to entertain people and make them smile! And to see that I now have over 1000 smiles under my belt makes me feel like I truly reached my goal. But- to know that I helped someone discover something they love and rediscover their creative spark makes me so so so happy... thank you so much :) no words can describe how happy this made me, and I'm so glad to have you and so many others as Glowmies <3

You guys are practically my lifeblood. I create not only to do what I love, but for people to be inspired to do the same. I'm so so so glad that I've done my job :)

Thank you. So much. 🩷💚

[taradactyls]

Hiii, first of all i wanted to say that im such a big fan of all your works!!! im constantly stalking your page to see if there is any update on anything you post lol.

second of all, i wanted to ask what is your favorite chapter you’ve written in T3W so far?

and do you think it’ll stay your favorite or are there other chapters that you think will exceed your current favorite one?

Hi! I'm so glad you've enjoyed them all! There's always more in the works, so plenty to look forward to.

My schedule is always a little chaotic with the toddlers, but currently I basically will post an update on a Friday or Saturday two or three weeks after each Trying to Tread Water chapter is posted. With the new companion fic with spicier bonus scenes about to come out (I'm hoping the first chapter will be this weekend) that might change. Maybe I need to keep a permanent tab or something people can click to see my progress on each individual work rather than an overarching post. I don't know, but I've been thinking about it and am open to suggestions!

(Long reply to your second question)

You know, I've never actually thought about what my favourite chapter is. I probably would end up having different ones for which was my favourite to write, which one I'm most proud of in a literary sense, which I loved researching for and applying that to the writing, and which is my favourite just because it is.

Some of the best chapters were horrific to write because I'm pulling together so many different strands of emotions and conversation and events and it can take multiple tries to make them harmonise how I want them to, but when they finally work it's SO satisfying. It's the having to constantly pull myself back from going with the flow to remember the plan, and heavy editing, that makes it difficult. It can be somewhat the same with research.

The easiest chapters have been those with lots of dialogue and emotions, they basically just flow themselves and sometimes it feels like my brain is turned off and I'm just transcribing something I'm actually seeing. Chapter 14's wedding breakfast and the carriage ride basically wrote itself, in my notes it was meant to just be the first page or two of the following chapter, but then I'm seeing the characters, and I can't help but feel what they would feel and imagine how they would act, and suddenly I've got an entire chapter of one scene that was meant to be tiny and another that wasn't meant to exist at all. An interesting thing as a writer is learning when to just let the words flow and when to snip it slightly back into line, or curtail it completely because the end result wouldn't achieve what I wanted it to.

At this exact time though... I think the start of Chapter 43 is probably my favourite so far... for obvious reasons. It might be silly to admit but I actually had fangirl 'OMG!!! jhfdhkjkfjf!!' moments while writing and editing some lines because I felt SO much emotion about what was finally happening. I'm just really happy to have gotten to that point. I love them so much.

I also think more in 'moments' as opposed to chapters. Chapters are just me stringing together a series of moments I wanted with the necessary groundwork and connections for them to make sense and throwing in extra history, foreshadowing, setting up future plot points, etc.

The first moment that made me need to write this fic was actually the semi-desperate "Please, Elizabeth," during the proposal in Chapter 2. I was absolutely taken with the idea of offering marriage as protection, and her refusal - far from making him resentful - actually proving how his concern truly was only for her wellbeing by being self-sacrificial in making her a second offer of protection without expecting anything in return. So I feel like that needs at least an honourable mention as one of my favourites.

“Please, Elizabeth,” Mr Darcy said with real emotion, “consider my offer. I would not ask – we would not need to –” he coloured and ceased speaking. He took a ragged breath, and in a desperate tone said, “It would be unnecessary to cohabit. Forgive me, for mentioning it explicitly, but I would not require you to be my wife in body. I offer you my protection without ulterior motives.” Elizabeth blushed, and was too embarrassed to speak or look at him. “You could live in my London house or at Pemberley, it is large and we could delegate you a section I would not intrude upon. Your mother and sisters would have a home in either option. I could even take a new place for your use – in this country or another – if it allowed me to make you happy.” Elizabeth, shocked with his extraordinary offer, locked eyes with him. The intensity of his gaze held her own as he said “Please, I could not bear to see you bound to such a man.”

^That moment, right there. Honestly, reading it again might have catapulted it back up to my favourite, I'm a sucker for both the angst and then the (eventual) happy payoff - they can't exist separately, so I don't know how to choose.

But as I imagined the proposal for the first time I ended up rolling over in bed in the middle of the night to grab the notepad on my bedside table so I could start writing the dialogue out. (Side note: I write a lot of my favourite scenes that way, dialogue first with almost no other information because it's unnecessary to me, I see it all vividly in my head as they speak. Conversation - be it arguments or banter or heaps of people talking altogether are my writing joy.) Writing that turned into a whole proposal speech and then I jumped to the conversation between Elizabeth and Charlotte where she debates with herself whether to accept. Most of what I wrote went on to make it into the actual fic, and when I realised 'I need to know the rest of this' I began jotting down notes for the whole story (including a pros and cons list for Mr Bennet's survival, lol). It's the emotion: the anguish and pining and one-sided love and surprise at his kindness, that motivated me to write this fic. My love of history and desire to explore creating a healthy, sustainable relationship and delve into their character development and bits we didn't see in canon are strong influences now that's I'm writing, but it was the emotions that started it all.

And then surrounding the angst and love as the core foundation of this fic are all the lighter moments. Comedy (shout out to the Bennet women - I miss writing them, their embarrassing behaviour in Chapter 5 was one of the things I thought up as I was weighing up everything that could be my favourite). Friendship (I adore Charlotte and Jane and Mrs Gardiner, all such lovely women with wise but different advice and strengths). Familial love (Georgiana and, for all his flaws, Mr Bennet, I absolutely love writing moments for). Just general side characters (whose lives and mind I can't help but give glimpses into). The historical details (even the ones where the effort to research was not at all warranted by the importance of the info to the story). And best of all banter (all of it, I couldn't even begin to pick a favourite moment of that) and slowly learning to understand each other in both the quiet moments of intimacy and as they open up through conversation or even arguments.

When she breaks down in Chapter 7 and they unconsciously seek comfort in physical contact for the first time (holding a hand in her lap - how scandalous) is one of my favourites.

Seeing her wedding ring and realising how well he knows her is one of my favourites, as is the wedding itself in Chapter 13 (I'm SO proud of how that turned out, it was hard to figure that one out and remains one of the most researched chapters). The 'Mrs Darcy' conversation in the carriage in the following chapter is absolutely a favourite.

The Chapter 20 and 21 Twelfth night scenes, with the exchange of gifts, Mary and Dr Gibson, the teasing about 'Not handsome enough to tempt me' and their first proper dance after marrying, has a lot of good moments.

Speaking of dancing, that dance in London at Sir Robert's ball? An absolute favourite. Love that. One of the only times, between the g-rating and Elizabeth's blindness to her own growing feelings, that there's a real physicality to their connection that neither are fighting. You know what - just all of Chapter 30. It also has the jewellery, (largely unintentional) comedy from Bingley and Caroline, Darcy with his friends, acting like besotted fools, some serious conversation, and just peak 'pining despite being married'. However I rank them, right now I feel like this chapter would always be in my top 5 favourites.

The first time they have a night time chat could be my favourite, I was building towards that for ages and was so pleased with how it turned out. Or when she begins calling him Fitzwilliam - that's a favourite.

Even his argument with Lady Catherine (though, as a writer, I now think it needs to be reworked slightly) is a favourite, as is Darcy and Elizabeth's major argument over class and status.

When Caroline Bingley is on top of her snark game I love it, and there's something about bitchiness that's incredibly satisfying to write even though I avoid people like her in real life to the best of my ability.

The nature descriptions of their trip up to Pemberley, and seeing Pemberley it's itself, and the jumping over the stepping stones together... Or even much earlier, when they're on the balcony of Netherfield at night looking over the dark hills as a slow mist rises in Chapter 15 on the night of their wedding. Or when Elizabeth realises she'll never again see the exact same view from her childhood bedroom window again, and she realises how quickly her life has shifted forever. I keep it limited because I'm trying to evoke Jane Austen, not Tolkien, but I see each scene so vividly and I love whatever my brain is doing with the cinematography, and attempting to share that with you all.

Then there's a million more moments/chapters that keep popping into my head that I particularly love, and which one is my absolute favourite is hard to define. I would end up summarising half the fic to tell you it all. Which... maybe sounds a little vain to say I love so much of it, but I do believe in writing what you love so I've been using my own sense of how much I like something as an indication of how well it works. If I'm bored reading it, it gets cut or reworked in a way which makes it more interesting. After all, if I, who has all the behind the scenes info, doesn't enjoy a particular bit, how can I expect anyone else to when they simply have to trust the process?

This might be the least satisfying answer to the 'which part is your favourite' question anyone has ever given, and probably the most convoluted, lol, sorry. But I think ultimately, it's just *them* and anytime the love, whether one-sided earlier or reciprocated now, shines through. The pining, the devotion, just who they are separately and together, is absolutely the pillar of this fic.

This has made me so interested to know though whether you have a clear cut favourite scene or chapter? I would really love to learn what it is! And any other readers, too, please chime in!! I love discussing favourite parts of media with friends and would be fascinated to see how everyone's favourite parts compare with each other and mine.