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Undertale is one of those stories that works so well because I would be fascinated by any two characters interacting over literally anything. What would happen if you trapped Toriel and Alphys in a car for 8 hours. Mettaton and Flowey have to watch paint dry, who dies first. Sans and Undyne are stuck at a team-building seminar. Papyrus and Asgore are standing in line at a CVS. The possibilities are endless
#undertale#i think this is a big part of why aus are so integral to the fandom#this game was an introduction to characters with this level of depth and flexibility to a lot of people#especially kids#myself included#and it just loved to make you ask 'what if'#like this game was integral to so many people developing their own creative voice and regardless of the quality of any given fan content#i think that's genuinely beautiful
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sigh...
[puts on my clown hat] alright. i need to say something.
people trying to say that trans/nonbinary representation in veilguard is the worst thing thats happened to the trans community in the last half a year (im exaggerating here but u get my point) need to sit down and ask themselves a couple of questions.
1. Are you nonbinary? If not, do you know someone who is? Have you talked to them about their experiences and what its like to not fit into the strict gender binary that permeates our society on almost every level?
2. Do you think that your experiences are universal?
if you answer no and yes in that order, then i'm going to have to ask you to please put the keyboard aside and go do some self-reflection.
Because frankly. I'm kind of starting to get sick of seeing binary people try to talk about this while completely not understanding the experience and also thinking that their personal perspective is the only true and correct one.
Like, the amount of times ive seen people COMPLETELY misinterpret the scene with Taash and Neve talking in the dining room is ridiculous.
Some things are just not about you. And that's okay <3
#valtalks#dragon age fandom critical#da fandom critical#datv positive#that scene is not about hating women. its just not#no matter how much u try to twist it to fit ur bad-faith take#like. i understood what that scene was saying fucking IMMEDIATELY#its really not that hard to grasp. and yet.#like. its not that deep. its realistic#if you want to bash a dragon age game about misogyny. how about we talk of dao. or da2.#like i love those games to bits but they did not age all that well!#and why are we treating a game published by EA of all companies as like.#something that is supposed to be on par with academic texts about the issues of patriarchy and capitalism#its an AAA game for fucks sake 😭#of course its not gona go into depth on these topics. r you like. serious rn.#what happened to the simple joy of being able to finally play a nonbinary character without having to run a constant de-gendering filter#in your head.#because there arent rly any other AAA games that give that simple joy to people in the way that veilguard does#just letting u choose ur pronouns and then forgetting about that aspect of ur character for the entire game is one thing#which isnt bad necessarily#but letting it be an actual part of your character? that you can bring up when relevant? thats kind of very good#you cant tell me that the devs didnt even try to make the trans rep in this game good#because they clearly did. and they did great#everything can have flaws everything can need improving#especially when we talk about representation of minority groups in AAA games#but why are we shitting on the genuinely good steps forward that are being made#what is this accomplishing?#like genuinely sit down and ask yourself. what is the purpose. what is the goal. what do u hope to accomplish#anyway this fandom makes me insane im going back to drawing shitposts
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just found your blog and having a blast scrolling through it thank you for sharing your very correct opinions with the world, very satisfying. now i'm curious (and sorry if you've talked about it before) what do you think of shisui?

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#to go into depth#shisui is a character that brings a new kevel of anger to me#and its not even towards Him fully because if we go by canon shisui is almost non existent#you blink and you missed his presence in the story completely#AND YET fandom and nrt video game had turned him into the most important guy ever 😭#dudebros dickride the hell out of him only bc a videogame and itachi stans latched onto his character bc they needed an itachi yaoi ship to#proyect and since shisui in canon barely is there they can make an entire personality for him as itachi’s bf its perfect#the fact that he’s just so loved and worshipped for not doing anything is just so hhhhh#“if shisui was in the war arc he wouldve wom against madara” BY DOING WHAT EXACTLY killing himself in fromt of him to change the course of#his life??!!#sorry i went overboard i just hhhh he’s too overhyped#also dont apologize. i apologize instead if maybe u expected that i didnt hate him#ask
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Wow I love it when a little rant post about my silly video games and how I feel about them nets me anon hate. People are absolutely allowed to be disappointed by things they're disappointed by, just like they're allowed to be excited by things they're excited by, and share them in fandom spaces if they want.
Look just block me like a normal person stfu
Peace and love to anyone who is getting angry fans in their inboxes rn because they expressed a pretty mild opinion <3
#dragon age#personal#look guys#ive been in the dragon age fandom for...5 years now?#and its been a v pleasant space for me to talk about both things i love and things i think could be improved in the games#and im noticing a trend now that DATV is coming out of people getting hate for their opinions and that chill pleasant vibe disappating#please dont#like if you genuinely wanna ask someone their opinion and be nice about it because you dont get it or dont agree? feel freen#i love debating media and its meaning and what it could do better or worse#i had a nice sebastian convo with someone once where we totally disagreed#me and one of my closest friends absolutely disagree about anders and have discussed it in depth#but if youre gonna be a dick#just like take five seconds#and think about how youre being a dick to a person you absolutelt dont know#who owes you absolutely nothing#and who has their own personal shit going on#and just. stop.
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Hey! How do you feel sepfember is going? I've enjoyed seeing all the lovely art and writings. Hope you're doing well!
luna!! hi!! thank you for the ask 💞
sepfember is going more brilliantly than i ever could have hoped. it's been absolutely wonderful seeing people coming together to create things! i've been trying my best to express my joy in the tags of my reblogs, but i'm not sure anything ever could! it's been truly wonderful. i have loved every minute of it so far - writing the prompt drabbles every day, and checking the tag for other people's work to reblog, and sniffing out beautiful art for the queue... a couple of times people have pinged me on the LU discord too, to show me sepfember art, and it entirely melted my heart. and i can't tell if it's coincidence but i'm seeing more sepfember-unrelated/untagged female focused art on my dash too!
in a franchise that caters a great deal to male gamers (and in my own linked universe bubble where all of our main characters are men), my only wish for this event was to balance the scales just a little - create a little bit of brainspace in our minds for the women. show more people who they are and what their names are and what they do! spare a moment to wonder about their goals and motives and characterisation. because they do exist! there are more women in this franchise than even i thought before this event! and i think they're worth celebrating, don't you?
#ahhh thank you again luna 🥰🥰🥰#sorry that was a bit of a ramble there#anyway the point is that when i joined this fandom the first 5 fic ideas i wrote down were all very obscure stories about the princesses'#lives and backstories and adventures. and i never actually wrote any of them because i realised that there wasn't any audience for stories#about side characters (and i was wanting to make friends more than anything). no one seemed to think about them very much#and i know i sound insane because like - its totally normal and reasonable that people want stories about the main characters and not#the damsel in distress whose personality is mostly cobbled together from bits of headcanons and conspiracy string because she was never#characterised in depth in her own game#- so you know. as much as i love the boys#i think there is a lot of untapped potential in the women characters. and i am more than willing to be a cheerleader for them#omg i am SO SORRY ABOUT THIS HUGE RANT JUST IGNORE ME#it sounds sort of salty but i dont mean it like that. i love you all and i love all the male characters too#i just. women. you know?#anyway#sepfember#ask tag#legend of zelda
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E, J, P, and T for the ask game! :D
(gooooosh, I'm so sorry this took so long for me to answer (and then left it lying around in my drafts for waaaay too long before I remembered), but I hope this satisfies your curiosity for this ask game :']]])
answers under the cut bc this got really lengthy:
E -- Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom?
If it counts, back during my Wattpad days, i would write fanfic of my ocs interacting with canon characters in a chatroom (and the chaos ensuing, especially since I was a multifandom fangirl which meant plenty of blorbos to put in shenanigans when they bumped into each other). Ahhh... the good old days...
I also wrote some cracky-ish things for this other big multifandom crossover concept that involved Groundhog Day-style timeloops and multiversal travel and shenanigans ensuing -- some being heavily oc-centric, others being my own take on some fandom worlds having time repeat over and over for them (but never actually published them tho...)
I also have a buncha wips of one-shots that are somewhat humorous in nature, if that also counts too.
J -- Name a fandom you didn’t think about until you saw it all over Tumblr.
Hmmm... that's a tough one to think about, need to wrack my memory for that...
I'd say probably either that Horse Racing game I saw a few months back, or Alien Stage (since I first heard of it in its early stages on the youtube channel of its creator (who I initially knew for their short horror animations), and didn't think much of it, so imagine how surprised I was when I found out how big of a fandom it had gotten in the past few years)
P -- Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas).
RGU/Utena AU.
(in my defense, it started because me and one of my mutuals (@pyrobuyo) made an RGU AU for our main Homestuck AU project, and now sometimes I can't help but also rotate the idea of that sort of AU for other fandoms I've been in (mainly also Danganronpa and... *mumbles*Arcanetoomaybe--)
T -- Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending?
I've got a buncha headcanons from all the fandoms I've been in, but here are two that stand out to me, from two different fandoms:
HOMESTUCK:


In my heart, Jade Harley (and to an extent, Jake as well) is Filipino (or part-Filipino) in my headcanon. (mostly because I related to Jade a lot when I was first introduced to Homestuck and because I like projecting my own representation (especially regarding my nationality) onto ocs and some characters I like)
ARCANE:
Hope y'all don't mind if I just ramble about some side characters I thought were interesting but--


In my head and heart (thanks to others' fanart/fics/headcanons), these two (Maddie, the ginger-haired one, and Steb, the fish-man) were close friends before one of them pulled a betrayal moment... I'll let y'all who aren't familiar with Arcane guess which one was the betrayer. >:]]]
#ceri answers asks#alphabet fandom ask game#multifandom#fanfic#fanfiction#homestuck#arcane#finally saved this one from the depths of my drafts too#sorry this took so long for me to answer :']]#but then again you know what they say: better late than never
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Its the fact they didnt even whitewash her correctly in that image, her arm aint even edited 💀💀💀💀 (you could blame the 'lighting' since the pictures gets darker/the arm is behind the light I think but it.. doesnt look the right shade even)
Its funny as hell when you realize race in the GOW series is NOT the same as it is in real life so its even more absurd😭😭😭
#who the fuck in their right mind is that mad at a fictional character (with a REAL PERSONS FACE)#that image needs to be either scrubbed completely or forgotten in the depths#I know these people are so far gone because i saw them complain about aphrodite in that hades game💀#God of war#Asks#shitdom#gow fandom 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾#god of war ragnarok
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for the ask game: 3, 4, 20, 24
3. how you feel about your current WIP?
I really, really love it. As you fall is so near and dear to my heart. When I first wrote it, it was just an impulsive whim and I didn't think it would be so long. Now It's a monster of a fic and a huge series with multiple different aus I'm planning on writing.
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4. A story idea you haven't written yet?
I have a few of them. Or, well, more than a few probably.
This one is titled: I ache for you (but do you burn for me?)
Basically, It's same-age tomarry that goes to school together. Academic rivals to lovers, slow burn, super powerful Harry. They get hit by a curse that forces them to stay in close quarters to each other, and without it, they go into some kind of heat fever (like sex pollen or omegaverse heat but with cuddles). So anyway, they're bound to get close. And they fall in love! I'm gonna write it one day.
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20. In what year did you publish your first fic?
*visions of my past suddenly assault me like Vietnam flashbacks* uh...whyever do you ask? Anyway, it was like 6 years ago now, I was 11, and it was on quotev. I wrote quite a few chapters of a really shitty self-insert isekai au where I got sent into Fairy Tail, the anime. It was terrible, next question.
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24. how do you recharge when you're not feeling creative?
Hm...well, it can be hard to write sometimes. Usually I just write on my phone in the dark at the wee hours of the night with music blasting in my ears. Writing isn't really a chore, but it kind of is? It's becoming routine, like doing homework. I expect it and I have to do it, so I do it. I often just read through a few paragraphs, edit them, then accidentally hyperfixate on it and before I know it, I've written 2k in an hour. If it works it works.
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Anyway, if anyone wants to give me more asks please do. This is sooo fun.
#tomarry#harry potter#tom riddle#tomarrymort#harrymort#fanfiction#fanfic#as you fall to the depths of desire#fandom#asks game
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you know, you and some other people I know give me the impression that some of the best characters ever written are cute anime girls from obscure media I can barely distinguish from one another and I think that's kind of beautiful
asfjeihfuwehfuweh I'm glad!!! that genuinely makes me very happy lol I appreciate the ask
#i (ai)#asks#but yeah they can be really good! at least various ones among them are#for the ones who are not more developed in canon due to magireco for example being a gacha game with many characters#generally a good part of the fun for me and my friends in the fandom are like extrapolating interpreting & expanding based on what we have#and although like any fandom there are flanderized reductive fanons floating around too#often when 1-3 friends are seriously invested in 1 character or relationship the analysis + takes come up with are in-depth & interesting#and it's neat that like pretty much every character has at least one dedicated fan who is really serious & thoughtful about them
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you've been such a sweetheart and supportive today haha thank you!! I hope your own ventures are going well!
Aww thank YOU, for existing <3 <3 <3 I'm always here to support my friend's debauchery!
#asks#ventures is a big word!!!!!#projects are going! games are being finished! i finished playing Persona 3 Reload and Baldur's Gate 3 so now i can focus on other games#i'm going to japan later this year (wtf)#i watched the first half of the Wizard of Oz last night. not my thing but really impressive#i had a long conversation with fandoms with my boyfriend actually#i miss in depth conversations of media#oftentimes you see one question and one answer but rarely do we see DIALOGUES#except on Discord#but Discord is bad for fandom preservation#sorry i'm rambling#anyway i woke up in the middle of the night and missed my hunky bf peter parker so i decided to continue reading it#i hope you're having a good day. a good week. a good year. a good life! you're so delightful
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hiii kit 🫂❤️🔥 for wolfstar please x
🫂 A friendship headcanon
i think remus will always see sirius as his best friend. like obviously the relationship between sirius and james is very. specific. and not a bond that can really be recreated and remus is okay with that, being sirius' number two. but no matter what sirius has done or will ever do, his special person (platonic or not) will always be sirius
❤️🔥 A romantic headcanon
i know it's been said before but sirius with remus is the true definition of "calm down no one's taking him from you". like. he's on high alert at all times convinced that everyone wants remus but that man is not in high demand
headcanon ask game
#i'm sorry i don't have as in-depth headcanons about wolfstar but i love them a whole lot :(#the way i view remus is much different than how i saw him when i first joined the fandom#so if anyone here has read starfish. i don't know that man#em tag!#ask game
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I... Absolutely totally get you with BG3 actually. Like I own it? I tried it. The character creator is one of the worst ones I've seen with like 4 total body types and very limited options for everything else. And the story is just. It's... okay but it wasn't interesting enough to keep me into it and at times the rolls sometimes seemed a little unfair which made it unfun to play
im glad someone agrees with me AHAH . i havent been able to play it (my computer is a dinosaur of nearly 12 years with not NEARLY enough space for bg3) but ive perused what shows up on my dash and outwards of that and i just… i'm sorry but it doesnt sound that interesting. im happy ppl are having fun and it has such a big community - especially with how all the companions are queer - but it's just not my cup of tea and i genuinely think its very overhyped.
#statement.txt#asks#also the fact ive seen clips from the game that are supposed to be intense moments but were dull as hell...#i also just dont like the idea of a narrator telling me whats going on when im trying to do shit. i love just doing things on my own#and i feel like that would detract from my overall experience if i did get a chance to play it#again im happy ppl are having fun bc the graphics look amazing and apparently many of the characters have a shitton of depth#but adding all of that on top of how larian and the fandom in general treats wyll im like. idk man!!
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Things I Wouldn't Tell You Off Anon (or maybe I would, who knows. Maybe you could tell who I am anyway):
I subconsciously associated you with Hioko (I could have misspelled her name) from Danganronpa 2 because your previous avatar reminded me of her
Yeah, you're not escaping mighty Danganronpa
I'm never escaping this fandom.
But I must admit, dear Anon, that I actually genuinely enjoyed Hiyoko as a character a lot.
She was very entertaining and I loved seeing her development throughout the game. That is one of my MAIN GRIPES with the entire franchise— we get wonderful character development and arcs for many characters, but unless they re one of the mains, the change doesn't stay and they go right back to how they acted chapters ago just for a bit.
#Tumblr CRASHED AND DELETED MY ENTIRE REPLY glad I screenshotted it and the weird tag rants#Anonymous#asks#Not gonna excuse her bullying but she can have as many gummy worms as she wants#I didn't care about Mahiru. But then the second trial breakdowns made me care about her too late I hate this stupid game /lh#im salty. Originally Hiyoko was meant to live a little longer to get decent development but that would require killing Baby Gangsta so twas#Decided to kill Hiyoko instead so Peko'd sacrifice wasn't in vain. I completely get and agree with that storytelling choice but also. Bleh.#So many characters get left behind or have unfinished or unsatisfying character arcs it gets very irritating and repetitive#You won't learn about a character unless you specifically spend all of your time devoted to them and neglect the actual game or if you like#me didn't play it yourself you gotta plunge into the horrible depths of fandom wiki#This was a brave confession anon I applaud you
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Title: Mine, Always


Fandom: Women’s Basketball (WNBA) | UConn Women’s Basketball
Pairing: Paige Bueckers x Reader, Paige Bueckers x !daughter (Lex)
Tags: Fluff, Found Family, Bio!Single Parent Reader, Adoption, Protective Paige, Deadbeat Parent Drama, Soft Domestic Moments, WNBA Life, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Depth
Summary: mama P, she’s always been mama…
🏷️: @yailtsv , @starfulani , @nooooheheheheh , @sitawita , @azziswrld
I remember the first time Paige met Alexa—my little girl, my whole world. She was six at the time, still rocking mismatched socks and an obsession with dinosaurs. I was just starting to let someone new into our lives, and Lex was always my priority. But Paige? She didn’t force herself into our little world. She let Lex warm up to her, let her be the one to decide when Paige could stay.
And once she did, there was no looking back.
Paige became her safe space. From movie nights to helping with school projects, from standing in the crowd at Lex’s soccer games to carrying her up to bed when she fell asleep on the couch—she was there. She never overstepped, never tried to replace what was never there to begin with.
By the time we got married last year, I knew what was coming next.
Lex wanted Paige to be her mama.
I sat across from Lex at our dining table one evening, watching her nervously pick at the edges of her notebook while I helped her with homework. Paige was out at practice, and the house felt quiet.
“Mom?” Lex asked, looking up at me with those big brown eyes that always made me melt.
“Yeah, baby?”
She hesitated, chewing her lip before she let out a sigh, like she had the weight of the world on her tiny shoulders. “I wanna ask Paige something. But I don’t know how.”
I leaned forward, resting my chin in my palm. “Well, that depends. What’s the question?”
She fiddled with the corner of her page before finally whispering, “I want her to be my mama. For real.”
My chest squeezed. I had a feeling this was coming, but hearing it out loud? It was enough to bring tears to my eyes.
I reached over, tucking her braids behind her ear. “Lex… she is your mama.”
“But, like, legally,” she clarified, her voice small but determined. “I wanna have her last name, too. Like you.”
That was it. I was done for.
I pulled her into a hug, pressing a kiss to her forehead. “She’s gonna be so happy, baby. You know how much she loves you, right?”
She nodded against my chest. “Yeah.”
I smiled. “Then just ask her. When she gets home.”
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That night, Paige had barely stepped through the door, gym bag slung over her shoulder, when Lex practically ran into her.
“Whoa—what’s up, kid?” Paige laughed, steadying herself as Lex grabbed her hand.
“I have a question!” Lex announced, determined, dragging her to the couch. I followed behind, heart already full knowing what was about to happen.
Paige tossed me a playful, questioning look before sitting down. “Alright, hit me.”
Lex took a deep breath, looking Paige dead in the eye. “Can you adopt me?”
Silence.
Paige’s eyes widened, her lips parting in shock. For the first time since I’d met her, she was speechless. Her gaze flickered to me for a second, as if checking to see if this was real.
“It’s okay if you don’t wanna,” Lex added quickly, but I could see the hope in her eyes.
Paige snapped out of it. “Are you kidding?” She pulled Lex into her lap, cradling her face. “Lex, kiddo, I’d love to. More than anything.”
Lex’s smile was blinding, and I could already see the tears forming in Paige’s eyes. “Really?”
“Really,” Paige whispered, pressing her forehead to Lex’s. “I’m already your mama, but I’d be honored to make it official.”
I watched them with my heart bursting, knowing that in that moment, we were truly a family in every way that mattered.
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Fast forward to now, a year later, and Lex was officially Alexa (Your Last Name)-Bueckers. The paperwork was done, the name change finalized, and she couldn’t stop beaming when she saw it printed on her new school ID.
Everything was perfect—until Lex’s biological father, the one who had never been there, decided to crawl out of whatever hole he’d been in for the past decade.
And it all started with Paige’s radio interview.
Paige had just finished practice when she called me. “Babe,” she started, a little breathless, “I might’ve said something on the radio that’ll make headlines.”
I sighed, setting my phone between my ear and shoulder as I stirred dinner. “What’d you do now, Bueckers?”
“Well, the host asked about Lex,” she admitted. “And I kinda… called her my daughter. Like, really emphasized it.”
My stirring stopped. “Okay?”
Paige huffed. “I mean, I meant it, obviously. But I think it’s gonna be everywhere.”
I smiled. “Good. Let people know.”
That was the thing about Paige. She never saw Lex as anything less than hers. Not a stepdaughter, not just my kid—her kid.
The interview clip spread fast. In it, the host asked Paige what it was like being a WNBA player and a parent.
Paige, without missing a beat, said, “It’s the best thing in my life. I know she’s not biologically mine, but that doesn’t mean anything. Lex is my daughter. No paperwork or last name change will ever mean as much as what I already know in my heart—she’s mine.”
It was beautiful. It was perfect.
And it must’ve pissed off Lex’s deadbeat father, because suddenly, he was trying to be relevant again.
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He messaged me the next day.
“So I just heard my daughter got adopted. Funny how no one told me.”
I stared at my phone, a bitter laugh escaping. Now he cared?
I typed back.
“She’s not your daughter. You didn’t even sign her birth certificate.”
He shot back.
“That doesn’t mean anything. You had no right.”
That was all it took. I went into my files and pulled up every receipt—missed child support payments, medical bills I paid alone, birthdays he skipped, the list went on.
I sent it all in one long, damning message.
“You haven’t been in her life for a single second. You don’t get to be mad now just because a real parent stepped up where you never did. If you cared, you would’ve acted like it years ago.”
He left me on read.
Exactly.
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When I told Paige about it that night, she scoffed. “He doesn’t have a leg to stand on.”
I sighed, rubbing my temples. “I know, but I just hate that he’s even trying.”
Paige pulled me onto the couch, wrapping an arm around me. “He can try all he wants. It doesn’t change a thing.”
Lex popped her head into the room. “What doesn’t change a thing?”
Paige patted the seat between us, and Lex climbed up, curling into her side.
Paige kissed the top of her head. “That you’re my daughter. No matter what.”
Lex smiled, tucking into Paige’s shoulder. “I know that.”
I exchanged a look with Paige, and in that moment, I knew we’d won.
Not in a petty way—this was never about proving anything to a man who was never there.
It was about us.
Our family.
And nothing, no amount of bitterness or late attempts at relevance, could ever change that.
She was ours. Always.
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-Thank You For Reading!🩵🩶
-prettygirl-gabi🎀✨️
#gabi writes#support the writers!#gabi answers#uconn wbb#paige bueckers#°~prettygirlgabi ask~°#wbb#uconn huskies#uconn women’s basketball#oneshot#Paige x !daughter oc#paige bueckers x fem#paige bueckers fluff#paige buckets#paige x reader#Paige bueckers x !daughter oc#wbb x reader#college wbb#ncaa wbb#wcbb x reader#uconn wcbb#wcbb#pb5
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Really like the recent analysis. I know I speak of curly in a more defensive way than most but I generally try to get the point you made across at the end of the day with my analyses on him and his behaviors.
People love to lock analyses around Curly solely based on what he could’ve done as a physical action and have this avoidance to acknowledging the realistic barriers at play when it comes to those solutions. It’s. The game tries to treat the pre-crash section as if they are grounded in social and organizational realities. So the what if he did this questions about the situation always fall short when the real answer is he either couldn’t or it wasn’t an actual viable option. But then when they talk about what he actually did do it’s surrounded by such bad faith interpretations that his actions were completely intentional or still not affected by outside sources. He’s a very much “road to hell is paved with good intentions” character. He cared too much and that’s a big part of his problem.
There’s such a “perfect victim or nothing” mindset in the fandom where people can’t admit that there are no such things as perfect victims but that also shouldn’t mean that even if there were it would absolve them of the mistakes they made. People want to moralize every action of every character that they don’t realize that some actions are done without any specific morale factor. People just do things, like you said. People assumed failed intentions immediately flip the thought process behind them “he meant to do good but bad happened, he must be bad” and that just is not how people work. It’s how perceptions work but only of the observer.
It’s such a sensitive topic because, yes, you are supposed to be frustrated, even mad, at what Curly didn’t do, but you have to acknowledge the fact these were good intentioned acts even if that good intent did jack squat in the end. That his responses are human and it’s supposed to be uncomfortable and hurt that they were realistic faults of his.
He enabled his friend and it ended bad for everyone including him. No one really tries to argue this fact but everyone seems to think it has to be tied to the morale dilemma and not certain human natures and social factors.
This is all to ask, why do you personally lean towards thinking Curly wouldn’t turn Jimmy in? Are you speaking in the short term of realizing how bad he got or long-term/overall? I feel like he could but it would not be easy and no matter the necessity he’d always have this guilt at feeling bad for doing it.
Ah yes Curly the most imperfect human man character.
Yep yep yep absolutely, people love to assign morality onto characters and call them good or bad and diminishing the depth and nuance of Mouthwashing, filling discussions with bad-faith interpretations or speculating on inconcrete understandings of the incomplete, intentionally vague, context. I adore Mouthwashing to no end for having this oppressive suffocating and constant atmosphere surrounding everything in the game. Really shows off that the environment festers, no one well-meaning guy could create a happy ending with individual actions alone because it's all systematic.
To elaborate from your question tho, at the point Curly was in (if Anya wasn't pregnant scenario), definitely no don't think so (would depend on Anya a too on whether or not she would go to the authorities outside). Curly knew Jimmy was a danger, and I do believe that subconsciously Anya's report to him on Jimmy gnaws at him, but not vividly enough. I want to point out a moment where Anya tells him about the pregnancy, he begins asking "Who would you-", then he's nudged by Anya that she told him and he should know who it is, and he does, instantly saying he's known him a long time and will talk to him. That moment of, for a second not connecting that Jimmy is the assaulter responsible just makes me drag my palm across my face for how much of a man (derogatory) Curly acted like for one dialogue line. Like he just 'forgot' for a brief moment that Jimmy harassed Anya prior? Granted, he instantly believes and takes Anya seriously, immediately dropping the search for the gun he was on in that scene, realizing the severity of the situation and of Jimmy. We also don't know what Anya has told him specifically, how long ago it happened, etc. but the 'implications' of the scene make me believe Jimmy's known sexual harassment on the ship slipped Curly's mind due to him being more invested in "the bigger picture" of Jimmy, not latching onto a harmful and a very serious fucking trivia fact about Jimmy because of his perception of who his friend is as a whole (and with his foggy sleep-deprived mind at the moment), 'losing a needle in a haystack' with how much unknown history Curly and Jimmy shared, so to say.
Maaaybe in some other circumstances, like if Jimmy didn't crash the ship or smth long term I could see him doing it, it would take a lot effort like you said, no matter the necessity. We will never know. If we're going into speculation and imaginary scenarios though, if Anya HERSELF were to try and get justice, Curly would be backing her up undoubtedly (still not disconnecting himself from Jimmy though and feeling guilt on his behalf). But that's all suppositions from my reading of the characters.
#mouthwashing#mouthwashing game#curly mouthwashing#jimmy mouthwashing#anya mouthwashing#i am so enjoying this dude like having a civil discussions is so euphoric fr like man thanks for the thoughts#asks#linkch yaps
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little things about the obey me cast
lucifer
The Mom Purse™
has everything you could possibly ever need in his bag (which he carries around everywhere)
probably enchanted it to hold more than its meant to
always has to have some kind of non-water drink- usually hot tea or coffee
will never admit to it but he loves those super sugary iced drinks that barely have any coffee in them
very little spice tolerance. keeps a straight face because his brothers will jump on it SO fast
wears gel liner and mascara (would be a super pretty crier because of it)
mammon
talks to himself out loud when he's alone. will have whole conversations
eats SO much junk food but somehow stays in good shape (insane metabolism + actually works out at the gym with beel when he has the time)
chronic over exaggerator
incredible spice tolerance, will totally make fun of lucifer should he find out about his lack thereof
doesn't know how to say no (as seen in the game)
sleeps with socks on because the bed sheets are bad sensory
leviathan
once watched human world brain rot for shits and giggles and now he cant get it out of his head
wants to test if cocomelon works on mammon (spoiler alert: it does)
squeaks when he does a big stretch
could absolutely wreck somebody's shit but never thinks to in actual situations
not shy, just socially inept and bitter. he chooses not to interact
reads the devildom version of ao3 near religiously
satan
HAS to sit cross legged or some non-conventional way
doesn't matter what he's sitting on. its happening
totally the type to sit on a couch or armchair upside down with his head hanging off
doesn't like acidic food/drinks, it makes his teeth feel weird
would watch wendigoon if introduced. i think he'd love video essays (mystery flesh pit, anyone?)
writes personal notes in glittery gel pen
asmodeus
has a perfectly organized pencil pouch for school
once got swarmed by devildom geese. worst day of his life
steals his brothers' clothes ('i have to show you how to style these things correctly!')
would never stoop so low as to go to the casino, but is better at poker than mammon
will lie with the straightest face
eats finger foods with a fork because he doesnt like grease on his hands
beelzebub
comically easy to scare
takes really bad notes, even when he pays attention
has won several fangol games for his team
weirdly good art. mostly does chibi style doodles inspired by whatever anime Leviathan last made him watch
would cover for any of his brothers if they committed a crime (if they would even get persecuted- they are political figures)
if obey me was a musical, beel would be the one asking why everybody is singing
very smell sensitive, dislikes strong hand soaps, deodorants, etc
belphagor
always has snacks on him, in his bag, in the attic, etc
this came around because of beel, ofc
additionally, always wearing cargo pants of some kind when he's not in pjs. loves pockets
can do some sick knife tricks
not too far from canon, but falls asleep in weird places. often falls asleep sitting up, and if it's the only quiet place he can find he will absolutely pass out in a closet
would bring his brothers to the back of spencer's for the lols
diavolo
takes very large steps, mostly due to his height, and is very hard to keep up with
adrenaline junky. what with his inherent power, it just really gets him going to feel like he's in danger
can't say a tongue twister to save his life
likes party games like cards against humanity
hums to himself a lot, stims with the vibrations
the only one who can reliably tell when asmo is lying
loves lucifer for his dog and his dog alone /j silly
sometimes convinces barbatos to teach him how to cook. knows how to make some simple stuff
barbatos
probably cracks his joints really loud
can beat you up but thinks he's above it
has his own fandom of people who've got the hots for him
lucid dreams all the time
has an in depth skincare routine. shares tips with asmo
probably watches people sleep sometimes
i think it'd be cute if he sewed or crocheted or something in his free time
mephistopheles
has really expensive cologne
very low alcohol tolerance. also only likes fruity drinks
rolls his eyes SO much for literally no reason. he's just a brat
his devilgram is full of pictures of his horses
never learned to drive. always either on horseback or is driven by a personal driver
secretly loves white girl music
great with kids, pretends to hate him but he loves his brother
would totally get bullied on roblox
simeon
smells like lavender
once swore in front of luke and damn near died of shame
paces a lot when he's in thought
gets very in the zone when he's writing, hates being interrupted
absolutely wakes up november 1st and decorates for christmas. its not even a religious thing, he just likes the aesthetic
probably wears a really fancy watch he got from lucifer or diavolo
i mean this is kind of already canon but simeon would fall for someone he finds worth it
luke
knows all the swear words. will never say a thing
needs a nightlight to sleep but would rather die than tell somebody
likes to sit on simeon's lap and show him devildom brain rot because simeon doesn't understand what he's looking at
cant pronounce 'comfortable'
got simeon and solomon to get him a pet fish after he saw henry 2.0
the best at hide and seek, will not be found by anybody short of barbatos
if he were to have a discord server it would be all bots because he likes to play with them
solomon
sleepwalker
has scared the ever living shit out of simeon and luke in the middle of the night cause he's standing there dead asleep in the kitchen
cant stand silence. usually playing music or talking out loud when alone
gestures a lot when speaking
would probably kick a vending machine if his food got stuck
it'd be really funny if he ever got hit by a bus
his room is a MESS. only cleans it for luke (he likes to hang out in there) or possibly mc
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