#It doesn’t matter which to me because all the ships and interactions are adorable

[panstovoid]

If anyone ever asks me what a queer platonic relationship is it is literally the spider-teens from the spiderverse series.

[lawbreaker13]

There’s something about Elemental that I love but I can’t quite seem to articulate.

[Spoilers by the way]

At the end of the movie, Ember and Wade leave together so Ember can take her internship at the glass company. This is supposedly a full time thing for her, which means she’s moving. Like yeah, she underestimates herself like “oh it probably won’t go anywhere and I’ll be back home soon,” but that’s a very “ooh this is a big step and I don’t feel ready to move out” mentality (literally told my parents I’d be back at the end of my first year’s lease, it’s just a mental safety net, but boy was that a relatable line for me). Regardless of her lack of confidence in herself and this potential new job, she is moving out. And Wade is going with her.

She had said “I want to travel the world with you.” That’s great, and I hope they do, but that’s not what’s happening here. It’s said that this is several months, maybe even a year after the main events of the movie. The majority of the movie itself spans a couple weeks or so (edit: I counted, it’s about 8-12 days). So by the time they leave for Ember’s internship, Ember and Wade have been dating for a while. Anywhere between three months and a year. Wade is leaving with her, and it’s difficult for me to believe they’re going anywhere but the same place. Which means they’re moving in together.

Now I know that it sounds like I’m just freaking out and being incoherent about a ship, but the truth of the matter is, that’s really mature of Pixar.

Family friendly and kid-centric animation tends not to push anything but the “fall in love, kiss, get married, move in, have babies” pipeline. But what I loved about Elemental was that it portrayed a REALISTIC, HEALTHY, and MATURE relationship. One where the couple has arguments about real things that matter and after space, they talk it out. One where “I don’t understand” isn’t an invitation to shut down (even if Ember meant it that way in the heat of the moment), but an invitation to try and learn. One where anger and “I’m leaving” can be met with “I’m coming with you,” and one where the couple doesn’t just love each other right off the bat, they have to DATE MANY TIMES AND GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, SEE EACH OTHER IN THE WORST OF TIMES, and THEN, realize they’re in love. AND they said it out loud, which doesn’t happen often either (edit: I am well aware that a week or two is a very short amount of time to fall in love, but I’m gonna cut them A LITTLE slack because it’s not like. 3 days, and also they seemingly saw each other every single day for those couple weeks and had the months after that. It’s rare, but sometimes, when you know, you know).

But beyond that. Beyond dating, getting to know each other, communicating and helping each other out, and deciding “yes, we can and should be together,” Elemental showed these two doing an adult thing together—leaving home and moving out. Because they are ADULTS. And the fact that I felt like this movie was targeted towards me and my peers the same way a PG-13 or R rated movie might be, strictly because of the realism in the character’s interactions and dynamic, that is something that I absolutely adore. Like, Zootopia was a kid���s movie with mature themes. Miraculous is a kid’s show with mature themes. Even Avatar: The Last Airbender was clearly targeted towards children, even though we all know it has something for everyone.

But Puss in Boots: The Last Wish. The Spider-Verse movies. And honestly, Elemental. These feel like our movies. Movies I’m glad the kids can enjoy, but they’re made for us. The 20- and 30-year-olds.

I’m just so happy to see animation studios treating adult characters like real people. Maybe soon people will start to recognize animation as a legitimate form of storytelling, too.

I loved Elemental. I really did.

[ominus-potato]

I'm sorry if I sound a bit ignorant/oblivious/rude but what caused the Mr. Puzzles X Mario ship? I see it everywhere and the art is adorable but I don't know what started it? Was it a specific scene? Some dialogue I missed? Or is it a crack ship?

(once again I'm sorry if any of this sounds rude whatsoever, I'm bad at wording things)

Not rude at all dude! Thanks for asking!

For me (and for most people in assuming) ig Marware started as a crackship since it’s really funny to imagine the big bad Mr Puzzles ended up swooning for the dumbass Italian that is Mario.

It’s also playing on the dynamic of smart logical character x the biggest idiot you can imagine. They are complete polar opposites in terms of design, personality, body type, height, brains, EVERYTHING!! They are complete opposites of one another. So ofc they gotta be shipper. Also, it’s great potential for funny moments and I just love making funny comics!

In terms of actual scenes, there is this scene from “no tv makes Mario go coo coo crazy” where he gives CPR to Mr Puzzles and clings to his face, calling him “Mi Amour” which translates to “My Love”. Mario even is willing to kill his own brother so that Mr Puzzles comes back to life. Ofc, Mario was being dramatic and didn’t actually KNOW it was a live person he was saying that to but it’s worth noting.

In terms of actual shipping material, I like to imagine that whilst Mario spend hours and hours watching TV (Mr Puzzles) alone, Puzzles eventually grew to appreciate his time with the Italian. He was the only person who truly loved all of his shows no matter how stupid they were. Mario is too dumb to form an opinion on a TV show so to him, all of Puzzlevision was worth 5 stars. In fanon, I think that would have meant a lot to Mr Puzzles and he would have then developed feelings for Mario that way.

Of course, he would get infuriated by Mario at times, especially when he was messing with his ratings. But despite constantly screwing up his 5 stars, Mr Puzzles kept putting Mario as a lead role in every single one of his productions. I dunno about you but Mr Puzzles to me seems smart enough to know that if a character is screwing up his ratings, he shouldn’t recast him. Yet he did. Every single time.

Let’s not forget that Mario absolutely loves TV. He doesn’t care about how evil the TV is. When he was chasing down Mr Puzzles, it was purely because he wanted to watch more TV. He wasn’t trying to save his friends in the beginning because he didn’t even realise they were in danger. And once everyone was safe, the very first thing Mario did was go and watch TV.

Since Mario can be such a nuisance, I love to imagine their interactions just being Mario bothering Mr Puzzles and him being unable to say no to him because deep down he knows he loves him. It’s playing into Mr Puzzles being such a pathetic villain that even the dumbest meme we of the crew can handle him easily.

He’s just an evil genius who loves his dumbass Mario 🥰

Anyway yeah! That’s more or less everything. It’s mostly a crackship but to me, I genuinely love it and it may possibly be my favourite SMG4 ship. Thank you for reading!! Take these Marware screenshots on your way out.

[nqueso-emergency]

You can add me to the list of Buddie fans reaching out. I’m a multishipper, so I also like BuckTommy, but Buddie was my first love. I never needed it to go canon or cared if it did tbh, and I think it’s that expectation/obsession with going canon that’s really ruined Buddie communities. It doesn’t matter how much I love Buddie (and I adore the idea of them together, my ao3 bookmarks are pretty clear evidence on that), as soon as I say that I don’t think it’ll be canon/don’t care if it does become canon, I get attacked in those spaces. It’s exhausting, and honestly sad. I love to be able to interact with fans etc but those spaces are so toxic I just can’t. Which really sucks because I do think Buddie is a great ship with a lot of potential in fanon and I’d love to be able to enjoy Buddie spaces, but I just can’t because they’re overrun with people who are 100% sure it’ll go canon so that’s all they talk about as well as Tommy haters who’d rather hate on him then talk about Buddie ideas for fics or whatever etc.

I’ve found as a whole that BuckTommy spaces are a lot more chill, and I’ve never once been attacked for also shipping Buddie. I’m sure there are extreme BuckTommy fans out there who engage in toxicity, but I haven’t personally seen it so I don’t imagine it’s anywhere near as prominent as those on the Buddie side.

Thanks for sending this!

I'm sorry you get attacked in your own fandom spaces. I don't understand why people get offended by a ship only being fanon. Sometimes (a lot of times), fanfiction and headcanons are better than what the shows or movies give us. You have the freedom to enjoy your ship the way you want.

To me it just feels like we're dealing with a group of people with the burning need to be right.

I just don't get it.

[goshdangronpa]

about the character info thing, could you possibly do it for Ultimate Imposter? i adore them and i don't see them getting talked about a lot-

Hi ho, silver! I certainly can. A while back, I wrote a story starring the Imposter for the zine Everybody Loves Hajime. It's still in the works, and I'll post updates when a release date is announced! In the meantime, have this.

Sexuality Headcanon: My headcanon is that it doesn’t really matter to them. When an imposter embodies someone's traits, that must include the ones related to sexuality. One can only reach Ultimate level if they can flawlessly adapt to any sexual interests and proclivities relevant to their task. I assume this must mean that Imposter is neither picky nor squeamish.

Gender Headcanon: The Ultimate Imposter sneers at your limited conceptions of gender! When any identity is as easy to don, cast off, and exchange as a set of clothes, gender is more a shorthand, convenient only for narrowing down options and otherwise rather meaningless.

A ship I have with said character: I'm a diehard for tsumioda, and I still gotta hand it to twobuki as a goodass ship. There's the straight/silly comedy duo thing they've got going on, sure, but Ibuki's enthusiastic admiration of Imposter's take-charge attitude during a crisis and Imposter's surprised delight at Ibuki’s good-natured teasing truly enriches both characters. Two things they share: caring a whole lot about other people, and showing that care with little schemes. Most intriguing is one way in which they contrast: Ibuki can't be anyone but herself, and Imposter can be anyone but themself. Who better to help discover the real person at the Imposter's core than the realest person in the gang? All that from fewer than one chapter's worth of interactions! I deeply wish we could've seen their relationship explored more.

A BROTP I have with said character: Then again, maybe Imposter is totally at peace and content with their mutable identity. You know who could use a friend with that kind of insight? Hajime. It's like ... ah, but I already have a whole story about that. Really, check out Everybody Loves Hajime when it comes out!

A NOTP I have with said character: I don't have that many NOTPs in general, and I can't think of any for Imposter! Even Teruteru isn't out of the question for me after what drawbauchery's Bus AU comics have done with the breakout pairing. Imposter's a good egg and anyone would be lucky to date them.

A random headcanon: The notion that they like fast food because it's one of the few things that are consistent wherever they go makes a lot of sense, but I also like the idea that the real Byakuya Togami is secretly a fiend for a greasy cheeseburger. The real hc is that Imposter's sense of humor includes playing up aspects of someone's personality that they want to keep secret ... or may not even realize about themself!

General Opinion over said character: It's frankly incredible that the creators of SDR2 came up with the idea of an Ultimate Imposter, plunged them into the paranoid environment of a killing game, made them pose as one of the most notorious characters from the previous game ... and killed them off before that secret could even matter! When it's brought up in like Chapter 5, it means nothing!! If I don't praise Imposter often enough, it's only because I wish I knew them better.

[azzie-tangerine]

For Character Ask:

Susie: 7, 8, 12, 23, 25, 26 (freebie question is what would be her three closest friends out of the notable cast)

Magolor: 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, 23

Hooray lots of questions! This will be long.

Susie: What’s something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

I think Susie deserves to be a lil unhinged. It’s a very specific balance and one tip makes it something I dislike, but I love it when ppl make Susie a good person, just would also make lethal weapons. Would plan to torture her enemies but also go get her nails painted with the girls. Like I said, very specific balance.

Susie: What’s something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

The answer’s p obvious. Thanks to a mistranslation a lot of people make Susie heartless, a jerk, or do things I’d rather not say on this post. I hate that a lot. Is Susie perfect? Absolutely not. She has layers to her character however.

Susie: What's a headcanon you have for this character?

I have already shared a few headcanons, like her being a cyborg or a romance fan. Those are headcanons I adore. I also think that, like Taranza, she’s a hopeless romantic. She loves the idea of falling in love. She just doesn’t have a lot of time to do so.

Susie: Favorite picture of this character?

This one from the twitter. It's also my favorite Taranza picture.

Susie: What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

I don't think I felt much for Susie when I first saw her. Most likely because my first impression of her was... certain art. That traumatized me a bit. Nowadays, I love her. She has daddy issues and definitely a kill count. But she's also sweet and makes lil robot gifts for her friends. She's great.

Susie: What would be their three closest friends out of the notable cast?

I'm a big fan of the Star Allies Wave Three trio (that being her, Magolor and Taranza) all being close. So def them, Susie would probably also be close with Ribbon. Due to a shared interest in girly things.

Magolor: What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you like?

Magolor's a pretty universally loved character in this fandom. So a lot of content of Magolor I end up adoring. If I had to pick a specific thing, I think him interacting with other characters (like trying to sell Elfilin or trying to teach Kirby) are my favorites. I love character dynamics!

Magolor: What's something the fandom does when it comes to this character that you despise?

This one doesn't irk me as much as the answer I had for Susie. I can handle this one pretty well. But still, it does annoy me when people either A. try to justify his actions and make him innocent lil blorbo, or B. Make him not learn a single thing from his mistakes.

Idk I like when characters are complex, so when fandoms simplify a character it can annoy me. This one's not as bad as Susie's though. If you see him as irredeemable or innocent I do not hate you! We can coexist and be friends.

Magolor: Which other character is the ideal best friend for this character, the amount of screentime they share doesn't matter?

I think I said this before, but 100% Marx. They're both chaotic, they've both betrayed Kirby, and canon implies they know each other. I tend to get more attached to ships/character dynamics that have some canon backing, so I like Marx and Mags. Platonic, romantic, I don't care. I just think the grape and the cat are a fun duo.

Magolor: What's your favorite thing to do when you're writing for this character? What's something you don't like?

Magolor is probably my favorite character I've written. I love when I write his shopper side. Justifying why he sold his soul for micro transactions, announcing a sale before he disappears in Stuck With The Lor. Also writing him as a cat.

Idk if I hate anything about writing Magolor. He's a fun guy to write!

Magolor: What's something you like in fics when it comes to this character? Something you don't like?

I love it when other writers give Magolor a backstory or reasoning behind wanting the Master Crown. I'm a psych major, so when past affects a character's decisions in the present?? Peak. I did this in Stuck With The Lor too. Magolor hated being powerless as a kid, so he wanted all the power. Only for that to put him in the same position he was in when younger Only a lot worse.

Magolor: Favorite picture of this character?

I just really like the composition of this one. The colors, the hints of every phase of the final boss. I think it's one of my favorite Celebration Pictures in Star Allies (besides the Taranza one. You know which one I'm talking about)

[kalolasfantasyworld]

For your ask game, can I request Asta x Noelle and also Asta x Mimosa? That one because of the awful comment Vilandel got.

Hi Anon!

Ughh that comment @vilandel got was truly awful and toxic. I hated it, especially since it was pure hate without any clear reasoning. :( Ugh who does that :/

Anyway for your questions

Asta x Noelle -> makes sense, compels me

This is probably my favourite canon x canon bc ship, mostly due to fanarts and how it develops in the manga, but I admit that toxic situation that happened lately put me off a bit :( (although I'm slowly going back and have a little comic for them which I will post today)

They make a lot of sense. There’s a whole build up around them and how they will probably end up together. Asta is Noelle’s type according to the questions and well Asta finally let go of sister Lilly. 

It compels me because of their growth. Both Asta and Noelle become simply better people through interactions with one another. They care for each other and support (no matter how much Noelle won’t admit it). However they are also silly and funny. It was pretty adorable to see Noelle’s crush on him only grow and how much in denial she was. After all Noelle is just a teenage girl. 

So yes I love them and the amount of fanarts and comics I see for them makes me love this ship even more.

Asta x Mimosa -> makes sense, doesn’t compel me

It makes sense with Mimosa’s crush on Asta. She is super sweet and overall a good person. At first I used to be indifferent towards her, but she gained a lot upon her interactions with Kirch. They gave her some character. 

I can see how good she would be for him and Mimosa would truly love him with all his quirks. He also helps her grow. 

Why it doesn’t compel me?

As much as Asta helps Mimosa grow I don’t really see it happening the other way. He’s good to her, but I haven’t noticed anything more specific about those interactions. 

They do look cute together though. 

So as much as I find them adorable, personally I just like Astelle more. However if not for Astelle, Mimosa x Asta, or Rebecca x Asta would probably be my go to.

[chevelleneech]

I have to disagree - Jungkook and Taehyung are not best friends. I guess maybe we have different definitions of what a best friend is. I would say that they’re friends because of circumstance (casual friends) but they don’t have a strong emotional bond or have much in common. You can tell by their interactions. It’s crickets/silence/awkwardness when they interact on camera in live streams. They have defaulted many times to talking about the weather which is something you do with coworkers or casual acquaintances when you don’t have much in common besides work. They don’t hang out alone, always in a group setting. That’s not best friends. Jungkook and Jimin are the pairing that seem like best friends - who have a lot in common, have deep conversations and spend a lot of one-on-one alone time together.

I appreciate your point of view, but I have to disagree on the basis that how we view their friendship is not the same as knowing the reality of their friendship.

Some people consider folks their best friend and they only see them twice a year. They may speak on the phone consistently, may be each others go to whenever in town together, or what have you. Or in the context of being world famous, they grew up together and have a forged a bond that sets each other apart from how they view their other industry friends and friends from their lives prior to fame.

So when I say as far as I know, Tae and JK are best friends the way Jimin and JK are, it’s not me comparing the two pairings. It’s me stating a fact as far as what the members have said. Yes, I have my own opinions on what appears to set them apart from each other, and I do agree with you to an extent that Tae and JK don’t seem to have an overwhelmingly deep connection outside of being band mates who have a lot of fun hanging out, but that doesn’t mean that’s how it is for them.

I’m also not saying there isn’t any video and audio evidence of them talking about their friendship as not being super close, but again, we can’t decide their explanations of their relationship negates them calling each other best friends. We as fans do not have that right to choose the depth of their connection, even if it doesn’t seem to fully apply from our perspective.

I also don’t think it’s fair to label Tkk as a casual friendship or for Tkkrs to demand proof of friendship entirely from Jikook, when no other pairing within the group is put under this much scrutiny. For example, none of the members seem to hang out with Jin (prior to enlistment, obviously) all that much except for Tae. Yet I have never seen anyone claim Jin is growing apart from or aging out of the group. I’ve never see anyone say he only has a casual bond with the others. Namjoon and JK also don’t hang out that much from what I recall, maybe even the least of all the pairings, and still all I hear about Namkook is how much love, admiration, and adoration flows between them.

It’s almost exclusively the maknae line ships with JK being pulled in the middle, and I don’t agree with that. I think he has very different relationships with both of them, but they’re both his best friend. It just manifests in different ways, and the reason Tkk seems more casual, is because that’s how JK is with every other member besides Jimin. He simply does not have unedited, unbiased, questionable moments with any other member, no matter what one’s bias ship is.

As such, I genuinely just don’t feel like there’s a reason to let anything Tkkrs say hold much weight. Tae and JK are best friends as far as we all know, based on their own explanation of their bond, and it’s just as cute as all the other pairings within the group. Nothing is going to change my mind about that (not saying you’re trying to) until one of them tells us different.

[modernmanblues]

as i look back on the last 29 years of my life and enjoy these last few hours of this wonderful and beautiful decade of my life, i can tell you that life hasn’t always been easy for me (for anyone, really). i’ve been through many struggles in my life—through childhood, adolescence, early adulthood and i can honestly say i continue to struggle to this day, but life is so so much better now, i’m managing. life is good at the moment. but one thing that surprises me to this day is that, despite all these struggles, i’ve emerged as this strong, resilient young woman time and time again and that’s something i take pride in.

i remember starting this blog when i was just a wee little teenager who couldn’t shut up about The Beatles, and i still am very much a Beatles fan by trade and adore them just as much as i did back then, but i’ve developed new interests over the years. believe it or not, i fell off the classic rock bandwagon for a few years as my way of trying to “grow out of being a Beatlemaniac” and that was such a silly thing to do because this only paved way for an even more extreme obsession with The Beatles and worse- newer fixations.

and this is exactly what happened- early 2021, my interest for classic rock bands was reignited the moment i watched America’s Musikladen concert in its entirety. i fell in love with Gerry Beckley, and i said to myself “this is silly. why am i obsessing of a now 60something almost 70 year old musician who doesn’t even know i exist?! i’m too old for this shit.” but i was wrong, in fact i came to the realisation that there’s nothing wrong with obsessing over your favourite musicians at any age. as a matter of fact, i’ve met some OG America, Beatles and Chicago fans that still put posters up on their wall and do other things they used to do when they were younger to show their appreciation for their favourite musicians. i really do believe that’s a healthy thing to do. as my mum always says “if it makes you happy, i say go for it.”

just last year, i entered a territory that i didn’t think would ever happen again- falling in love and i mean really fall in love with another band. i am of course referring to the remarkable, one-of-a-kind group called 10cc! i went through this once with The Beatles, and i legitimately thought that whole “obsessing over bands” ship sailed for me years ago. but i was wrong yet again- what started as some guilty pleasure listening turned into a full blown obsession and hyperfixation. but quite frankly i’m glad i got into them as an adult as i do not believe i would’ve appreciated them as much when i was younger. i’ve said this before and i will say it again- they are what The Beatles were to me as a teenager- if that provides any insight to the magnitude in which i admire/adore/love this group. 10cc’s fan base is, unfortunately, virtually nonexistent and perhaps only a very small percentage of the world’s population actually knows they even exist. but i love them- it’s as simple as that- they’re not the perfect band, and not a single band in this world is, but if i could pick any band to harp about for the rest of my life, i would pick them.

i apologise that i’ve gone on a rather long tangent here but i’m so very glad that i made the decision to hop back on this blog. it’s nostalgia at its finest. i’m also glad i decided to get back on the classic rock bandwagon a few years ago- it simply shows that i may never get over my love and admiration for older bands/musicians and as well, older films or anything vintage really.

but take this as my way of saying thank you. in my own little way, i hope i have instilled joy in your hearts especially for those of you i’ve interacted with. after all, we all are here for relatively the same reason- to drool over our favourite hot shot rockstars/actors/what have you.

you’ve made me realise that you’re never too old or too young to obsess over people like The Monkees or The Beach Boys. and you know, that really is such a beautiful thing.

much love to all of you 🫶🏻💕

[dragongirldg]

Hellooo there how are you

anyways if you want you can use this post to infodump on whatever you want

Info dumping huh? Well then.

I have been the biggest fan of this one ship for as long as I remember. Back in high school, I developed an interest in Homestuck. I obsessed over John Egbert specifically.

As I read fanfiction and looked at fanart, no ship sparked. I didn’t really care. I would read and yeah it’s cute and blah blah blah not my OTP.

Then the worst thing could have happened.

I looked at a crack ship and then I was fxcked. The more I thought about it, the more I loved it. Karkat who? Dave who? Dirk who? Sollex and Eridan who? Literally everyone that’s a common ship WHO?

It didn’t stick with me.

Want to know what stuck?

Caliborn.

I had this idea of Calliope getting to John first and then breaking up for one reason or another.

Then Caliborn and John date or live together for other reasons.

Calliope doesn’t really come into the equation anymore or show up in my daydreams.

I don’t why, but I thought it was adorable if John just got bothered by Caliborn at every turn. They’d bother and fight and just it was cute how much they antagonized.

Then I started developing my trans Headcanon and June eventually makes her first appearance without her being June. It’s only recently (late 2022? - 2023) that I heard the name June and went from there.

I would draw and write fanfiction after fanfiction adding and subtracting details.

June stays 8ft tall and Caliborn is slightly shorter by a few feet or inches.

Caliborn gets rid of the half shaved hair look for short curly hair.

I couldn’t stop doodling John all over my school work to the point my science teacher recognized him when I gave her a little quiz. She had a bearded dragon in the classroom and I loved holding them during class :3

(Don’t ask about the things I did in highschool)

I had a ton of ideas and a lot of them were problematic tbh so I’m still curving them out of my head for far better ideas.

No matter what fandom I became a part of John/ June x Caliborn never left me. I didn’t want to really read fics anymore since no one writes my ship.

Does anyone actually do pixies and Crocker and Harley and Egbert family dynamics? Do they ever have them interacting like a big extended family?

If I had the urge, I’d write my AU ideas more. (I’m kinda stuck at the moment, work burns me out to much and too often that I don’t have motivation to get through the one? Shot I have)

I am going to attempt to redraw this political romance fancomic I drew a long time ago to update it with my newest version of John/ June. That means she will be June. If I could find the notebooks I had.

With my inability to write I’m stuck with lackluster chapters and get nothing done. I need some form of energy boost for my creativity. It’s at an all time low at the moment, being used for other fandoms.

Like this Transformers AU that got me in a chokehold.

Optimom AU (I have a whole blog on it if you want to send asks and stuff)

Optimus becomes the mother of Soundwave, Sari, and Bumblebee. The seeker teens think of Optimus as their mother and there are like 9 of them. Not to mention the others that kind of sees Optimus as a mother figure.

Basically Found Family Trope :3

It’s more complicated than that and I have several fanfics and fanart (which is now found in the Blog)

The messy Age thing with Sari, it’s because I plan of having her die at some point (trauma) and I can’t in good conscience do that to a 3-5 year old (it’s by electrocution).

Yeah it’s messed up, but the world of Transformers is equally if not more messed up and morally grey :3

At least Ariel (Black Arachnia) and Sari get to become extensions of Unicron and Primus!

Sentinel redemption and Ultra Magnus retiring to become Optimus’ father.

There’s a lot to the AU I’m not going in to in this post but yeah!!! That’s it!!!

Honestly I could go on, but then the post will never end.

[windspearing]

  .ೃ࿐  𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃 …

#𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 ───  independent , HEADCANON BASED (w/ renjisei ), semi-selective role play blog for 𝐃𝐀𝐍 𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐆 from hoyovers' game 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐊𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐋 adored by moogie. 

❝ … my interpretation of him is primarily from my own headcanons, speculations, and interpretation of the character. as the game slowly progresses i will incorporate newly released information into my characterization. i am also semi-selective  —  which means that I will only interact with you if we follow each other. if i don’t follow you back within a week, you’re welcome to unfollow as it means I do not see our writing meshing or you are simply not a roleplay blog.  ❞

   ... 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 … 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞.

  𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 ✧ 𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 ✧ 𝟐𝟎+ ✧ 𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲.✧ 𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 . 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐝. tba ✧ 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡; ❰ confluxium  | havfayth | renjisei ❱ .

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002. DISCLAIMERS. dark and sexual themes may be present in this account, so follow at your own discretion.

003. SHIPPING. this blog is 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖾𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗆𝗎𝗅𝗍𝗂𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗉, meaning that it is possible for my muse to be in any sort of relationship with another muse; however, i don’t want to just jump into shipping, either. i require that there be at least some sort of interactions between both the muses and the muns before we ship, it just feels right and a lot more comfortable for me. furthermore, each ship will be in a separate verse unless specified.

*note: i am also willing to become exclusives if asked/discussed with me first.

004. MUSES. do not hold your muse back. please, if your muse wants to do something, do it! too many times i have observed people with strong muses hold their muse back, or downgrade the character’s abilities to suit another, please don’t do it with me. my muse may not be as strong as yours, it doesn’t mean i will stop him from doing things. i expect the same from you. act the same way as your muse would anyone else in their own series. never hold them back.

005. DRAMA. don’t involve me in your drama. it’s that simple. unless the person is dangerous, i'm not going to put someone down just because you and your group of friends don't like them.

note: if i see it on my dash, i’ll ignore it, i will only unfollow you, if you attempt to involve me in it. if you have an issue with me, talk to me. we can discuss it like grown ups.

006. NSFW. i am very much OK with rping nsfw themes! nsfw isn’t just smut, but it’s also anything like extreme violence, gore, or any other rather dark topic. that being said, i am 26 years old, so i expect my partner to be of legal age as well before diving into anything nsfw related; doesn’t matter if it be gore, violence, etc. if you are not of legal age, i will not roleplay these themes with you.

007. DON’T FOLLOW IF. you’re transphobic, racist, homophobic, a pedophile or any disgusting shit related to any of that. there is no exception to these rule: if i find that you are any of the following, i will block you.

008. PLOTTING. i normally prefer winging things over plotting, in all honesty. but, if you do wish to plot, I’m not against it! I’m not exactly the best at it, though. to add to this, if you are a mutual, you have my explicit permission to send me random starters if you ever wish to. i love surprises!

009. SMALL NOTES. with all due respect, i'm not sending in passwords. i have read your rules, i use common sense.

[asoulofatlantis]

I forgot to post Class7 meeting for what would be “christmas” for us - no idea if they actually celebrate christmas too ^^’

As Fie is portably already telling you, this plays after the end of the first Kuro no Kiseki game. Fie even brought something sweet from that famous bakery as you can see.

This picture is part of the 2023 Calendar and I was VERY tempted to get it, just for this picture. I am very class7 starved and I could barely keep myself from wasting money on that calendar that I otherwise didn’t exactly wanted ^^’

Thankfully someone posted the picture on Reddit. (Thanks to whoever that was. It made my day!)

I want to point out a few things here:

1. Millium looks absolutely adorable in that outfit! You know I usually find it sad that physically speaking, she want mature anymore, because I would have loved to see her become as beautiful as the other girls did. BUT I guess she would not have looked half as cute as she actually does here, if her body would have matured. So... I guess its fine.

2. Jusis and Millium sitting next to each other and Jusis looking at Millium makes me feel like everything is right in the world. My shipper-heart can rest in peace, when it comes to those two I guess.

4. I think Crow will be wearing glasses now. I believe we’ve seen him were some at one of the Hajimari-Epilouge Pictures too. (I might have to mention that he look quite hot in that damned casual black outfit... but I should not say that over the man who I nicknamed “the azure traitor” for a reason ^^’)

5. I overall love the fact that they all wear casual clothes (slightly festive, but overall casual) because its such a huge difference from what we usually see in the game. And while we are at it... can you believe that none of the girls show of their cleavage? That is so freaking rare. 

6. Almost all boys wear a necklace. Did they ever wear some in the games? I’ve noticed this necklace on Rean already in the post Hajimari-picture. Makes you wonder if it has any meaning, if he still wears it with different clothes. Crow wears a similar one. Maybe they shaped their stupid 50 mira coin into two pendants for their necklaces? I wouldn’t put it past them XD

7. I love how Falcom just casual has decided to show us our class 7 characters favorite alcoholic drinks XD Rean apparently prefers bear, Alisa likes white wine and Emma red wine and someone who sat next to Alisa (maybe Laura) apparently had a glass of champagne or something like that. It does not matter at all, if you ask me, but I still find it funny that Falcon took the time to decided that they have the time to think about what drink which Falcon character would like, instead of just giving them all read wine or something like that. (Also, we put ice and a straw in Milliums drink, to make sure that everyone sees that it is non-alcoholic ^^’)

8. I’ve been wondering ever since Hajimari, if Falcon plans to make Laura Gaius squiere. They interact a lot with each other since then and we know that its not supposed to be a shipping-hints. And I mean ever kind of wanted to travel the world, that would be one way to do that. But I could be wrong. Maybe they just get along because Witches and Grahlsritter work well together.

9. Look who is peaking through the window XD Apparently, Towa, Angie and that damn Traitor were not invited but still decided to check on class 7 and their besty Crow.

10. I had to laugh so hard when I locked at the comments under the reddit post, because something MULTIPLE people actually pointed out is that (not very surprisingly) Rean and Alisa wear matching colors as per usual. And while I would say that is just Falcom being assholes to everyone who doesn’t ship them some people went as far as saying that they are wearing a couple-outfit. You know, as in Rean and Alisa as characters chose it specifically to match with each other. (Someone even said that the picture purposefully hided Rean and Alisas left hand because there might be a ring hidden there but trust me Falcom won’t go that far. Especially not without us XD No, seriously, Rean will stay in Limbo with Lloyd and possible (depending what Falcom decides for him, when it comes to romance) Van as well - not that they won’t keep hinting certain girls stronger than others XD

It really felt amazingly good to see Class7 and ONLY Class7 (and no new class 7) back together again.

Bonus: I think the reason we don’t see new class 7 here is because they are now over 2 years older and would have physically matured significantly. I think Falcom wants to show them off in the game, instead of on a Calendar that not everyone gets.

[kitty-bandit]

Finished listening to Slayers and I have thoughts:

Oh, Spike—I still love you most of all.

Spike’s voice/accent is definitely different and took some getting used to, but I can’t even be mad about it because it’s still hot. (Honestly, after 20 years, I’d like to see other people try to sound exactly the same as they did when they were younger lol.)

So nice to hear everyone in the cast again. Especially Cordelia. Charisma got shafted hard during Angel and she deserves to get a second chance to make better memories with this series. (And Joss can eat glass for all I care.)

Indira was adorable. I love her.

Evil!Tara = *chef’s kiss*.

❤️Druuu❤️

Ghost!Jonathan XD

Oh, I missed Anya more than I realized.

Dru x Tara was the ship I didn’t know I needed in my life.

Nice to see a little Spike x Dru again, too. 😭💕

I love Clem. So much. 😭😭😭

Honestly, I’m not sure exactly how this series fits into the canon Buffyverse (not that it much matters when most of the story takes place in an alternative timeline), but one comment Indira makes about being in kindergarten when all the Slayers were activated makes me think this series is meant to be after Season 12 of the comics. (Which is the stupidest season ugh but that’s another conversation entirely.)

Either way, I will take this series as I take most of my Buffyverse content—it’s just another story in the universe and I can decide for myself whether I consider it “canon” or not. TBH, with how many plot holes and contradictions are in this franchise as a whole, I feel like I can think whatever I want about it. If someone doesn’t like my interpretation, they can shove off lol.

Honestly, I’ve read so many AUs, Time Travel, and Fix-It fics that it’s all gravy in the end. This is just another delicious meal where I get to enjoy some of my fave characters interacting again.

[leedee013]

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I tagged 656 of my posts in 2022

#fullmetal alchemist - 79 posts

#fma - 75 posts

#spy x family - 60 posts

#red dead redemption 2 - 53 posts

#edward elric - 53 posts

#fmab - 50 posts

#rdr2 - 48 posts

#fullmetal alchemist brotherhood - 43 posts

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#loid forger - 35 posts

Longest Tag: 131 characters

#i feel like it’s also something that he keeps in bc he feels like he can’t let himself go fully until he’s got al back in al’s body

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Hello FMA fandom

I have a headcanon about Al that might turn out to be a little controversial that I’d like to share

1. I feel like Al would be asexual

2. I feel like Al and Mei would be the bestest of friends but I can’t see them getting together? I think it’s a wholesome ship, but I feel like Mei’s fawning would be too much for him once he’s back in his old body.

3. I think Al would have sensory overload issues and therefore would avoid too much physical contact with things. The textures of his clothes, his skin, his food; anything could potentially make him feel uneasy or uncomfortable.

4. He’d have an ESA (a cat of course) and I feel like he would give it some kind of silly name. I don’t think he’d be able to anywhere without it, unless he’s just visiting Ed/Winry.

5 notes - Posted April 5, 2022

#4

Is it really so much for me to ask that I create stories that are as fun to watch unfold as, for example, Fullmetal Alchemist (Hiromu Arakawa), Attack on Titan (Hajime Isayama), The Starless Sea (Erin Morgenstern), Over the Garden Wall (Patrick McHale), The Unicorn Chronicles (Bruce Coville), and Demon Slayer (Koyoharu Gotouge), I will die a happy hooman.

The depth of world building, the intense breadth and diversity of characters, the power to help people out there remember the joy of a good story and revitalize the joy of living. Fictional worlds have always been a refuge of mine, and I adore the creators who gave me such rich characters and worlds that I can lose myself in. FMA in particular has gotten me through some of the hardest moments in my life, and consistently reminds me of the beauty in living. That love is NOT just romance. To help me accept myself and understand that we don’t all interact with the world in the same way.

I want to return the favor so, so badly.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk

6 notes - Posted March 21, 2022

#3

Hi The Sheridan Tapes came out with a prologue to season three and I am simultaneously SO PUMPED for the next (LAST?!?!!!!??!) season, especially after all the character building of season two

But anyway I’m so happy that Anne Bonny is showing up and playing such an important role in the lore of TST because as a kid I LOVED Anne Bonny and even dressed up as her for Halloween one year. It’s fascinating and I’m still overjoyed that she’s being recognized and given attention as a historical figure.

Anyway go listen to the first (of four) season three Sheridan Tapes prologues

8 notes - Posted January 30, 2022

#2

Nothing is more cathartic for me than going back to the beginning of Brotherhood and truly seeing Edward grow older physically and emotionally.

Like, it’s done in a way that reminds me of how I feel when I rewatch the Harry Potter series, where the trio gets older naturally because the actors are also growing up. Then you restart it and suddenly these characters are just babies again and you want to squish their little faces?

Yeah, that’s me with Fullmetal. Holy shit.

And no, I don’t mean the famous little “oh haha Ed’s tall now” scene because that doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, I’m talking about the rate at which he matures throughout the series.

^Squishy baby

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11 notes - Posted January 26, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Why do I have the sneaking suspicion that Spy x Family is just therapy for every FMA(B) fan? Like

Finally, a big floofer who doesn't give me flashbacks but rather wholesome warm heart feelings

116 notes - Posted November 16, 2022

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Clingy - LJN

Pairing: boyfriend!jeno x reader

Genre: a lil angst, fluff

Warnings: established relationship, Haechan is a bit annoying in this one I’m sorry (Haechan best boy)

Words: 3k

Summary: hurt after hearing your boyfriend and his friends calling you clingy, you decide to show them how not clingy you can be.

A/N: everything is fictional, including the characters’ traits. English is not my first language, therefore I’m sorry for the errors.

Movie nights with your friends were your favorites.

Well, it’d be more correct for me to say “with your boyfriend’s friends”, since you didn’t know them before meeting Jeno. But that doesn’t matter, because in no time you managed to bond with everyone, especially the clumsy yet adorable kid, Jisung, and the loving caffeine addicted boy, Jaemin.

Movie nights with your friends consisted in you eight – even though today you were only seven since Mark was out with some of his friends – sprawled on one couch –  don’t ask me how, but all of you always manage to fit in since no one wants to sit on the carpet – with a blanket covering you and some snacks passing between. Those represented some of those moments you swear you would cherish for all your life.

Tonight seemed to be no different. Jeno had come picking you up at 7 p.m., you spent some time together, walking around, talking and giggling like usual, and you dropped at his house where other five – well, four boys (Jaemin lost to rock paper scissors so he had to go shopping for snacks) – were waiting for the both of you. Donghyuck always got to choose the movie you would watch, not without complaints from every one of you, yet at the end you’d always like what he picks, but Donghyuck doesn’t need to know that.

And there you were, all sprawled on the couch – though not in a very comfortable position –. You had already seen the movie which was playing loudly on the TV, hence you decided to pay more attention to your boyfriend instead. You were all cuddled up with him: he was hugging you, stroking your back from time to time. Your head was on his shoulder while your hand rested on his chest. Sometimes you couldn’t help but leave a furtive and quick kiss on his jaw, praying no one would notice you. He’d smile at you – gosh his eye smile UWU – and then he’d hug you closer.

About one hour after the movie’s beginning, you felt some physical needs pressing, so you quickly excused yourself and got up from the couch.

“Should I pause it?” Renjun asked, the remote already between his hands.

“No, don’t worry. I’ve already seen it anyway”

You made your way to the bathroom only to find out that the toilet paper was missing.

You sighed. Boys.

So you went back to the living room, where everyone was gathered.

You were about to open your mouth to ask where they kept the spare paper but something odd caught your ear. You backed up, hiding behind the wall. You obviously knew that eavesdropping was not by any means honest, especially if it was a conversation between your best friends. But you were almost certain that they were talking about you, your name dropping from one of the boys’ mouth.

“Enjoy being free while you can” Donghyuck joked with Jeno. You furrowed your brows.

What was that supposed to mean? You peeked your head cautiously, not wanting to be seen.

“You’re just jealous you don’t have a girlfriend” Jisung laughed at him, to which the boy responded with a sharp stare.

“Seriously, Jisung? When you haven’t even had your first kiss?”

“Ya ya ya! Shut up and don’t fight you two” Jaemin intervened, throwing a popcorn at them.

A brief moment of silence followed. You still didn’t understand what they were talking about.

“She’s just affectionate, that’s all” Jeno finally spoke, at which you held your breath.

So they were talking about you being clingy with your boyfriend. And this response from Jeno meant that he didn’t mind it, right? Or else he would have agreed with the boy. The thing is, you never thought about it: you supposed that a little kiss every now and then was a way to show your love and affection to him, plus he never complained about it, or never backed away.

“I know, but don’t tell me you don’t find this suffocating sometimes” Donghyuck continued.

Okay, now he was seriously getting on your nerves. What the heck did he care if you were clingy with your boyfriend? This was something between you and Jeno, and he wasn’t allowed to interfere with it, especially in front of everyone in the room. You thought he was making fun of you by now.

At this point you expected something to come out of Jeno’s mouth, anything that could have proven Donghyuck wrong, but he said nothing.

And silence means consent.

How did you know this? Well, Jeno wasn’t one to back out from speaking his opinion, especially with his friends. Especially with Donghyuck, for God’s sake, this guy was constantly bickering – though not with malicious intentions – with everyone.

“We shouldn’t talk behind her back like this” affirmed Jaemin with a severe stare. Jeno looked down: you didn’t know it but he was feeling suddenly guilty, agreeing with Jaemin. Everyone then went silent, the only sounds that could be heard being the dialogues in the movie.

You pressed your back against the wall, processing what you just heard.

Why didn’t he ever tell you? Why did he act like he loved it while, actually, he hated it? Then you thought about every time you held his hand in public, or hugged him, or kissed him, and then your thoughts went to five minutes before, when you were hugging him on the couch. You started feeling sorry.

Maybe after all it’s true, and he didn’t tell me anything because he didn’t want to hurt me.

But well, now it hurt twice as much since you weren’t aware of what your friends and your own boyfriend thought about you. Maybe every one of them, except for Jeno obviously, thanked God they hadn’t a girlfriend like you, who was suffocating and clingy.

And it was at this moment that your guilt turned into anger.

You just wanted to show all your affection and care to your boyfriend who you loved with all your heart, but apparently you were only bothering him. And Donghyuck - oh Donghyuck – you were so angry at him right now. What was the point in making fun of you in front of everyone when you weren’t even there? At the same time, you took a mental note to thank Jisung and Jaemin, the only two people who stood to defend you.

Okay, tonight you were proving everyone how not clingy you could be. Indeed, you were going to interact the least possible with Jeno. He wanted space? Good, you were giving him tons of it.

You eventually went to the toilet using one of your tissues since you were not asking any of them where the hell was the toilet paper, you washed your hands and went back to the couch.

But this time you didn’t hug Jeno. You simply forced a smile and sat next to him with your arms crossed. You tried not to be too obvious, you still didn’t want them to know that you heard everything, but you were sure your face was saying otherwise, and the confirmation arrived when Jeno asked you “Is everything ok?” full of concern.

You just called me clingy and let Donghyuck make fun of me. Yes, everything’s amazing.

“Yes, of course. Why?” you replied, using all of your acting skills in the process which, by the way, were very poor. But apparently they worked, because Jeno smiled at you and shook his head. “Nothing”.

But if you were successful at lying to him right now, then by the end of the movie he understood that something was wrong. You were avoiding all of his attempts of skin ship because “it was too hot”, but then you were grasping at the blanket like there’s no tomorrow. You were also laughing at everything remotely funny that came out of Jaemin’s mouth while you simply ignored all of Jeno’s attempts of making you laugh. Hell, you didn’t even argue with Donghyuck when he murmured something about Jeno being the most unfunny guy he ever met. Oh and you were playing and laughing with Jisung who was sitting next to you.

In short, you were avoiding him.

But he decided to shrug these thoughts away. Maybe he was being paranoid, he thought: you were just enjoying your friends’ company, plus it wasn’t written anywhere that you were allowed to talk and give attentions only to him.

Little did he know, this was just what you were trying to do: shower everyone with attentions except him.

Eventually the movie came to an end, and while everyone was pronouncing their goodnights and heading to sleep, you just remained there, with your phone between your hands, scrolling mindlessly on your Instagram feed.

Usually you and Jeno would have gone to bed together, sharing your thoughts about the movie you just watched, or simply talking about everything and nothing at the same time. But not today. He wanted space? You were giving him space.

Jeno already stood up to make his departure, but soon noticed you weren’t following him like you always did. “Are you coming?” he asked you, stopping on his tracks.

“I’ll just reply to a few messages and then I’ll go to sleep too. Don’t wait for me, you can go”

“Y/N are you sure everything’s okay? You’ve been acting quite weird. Are you alright? Did something happen?”

“Of course not, Jeno. Nothing happened” you replied rather coldly. Then you sighed. “I’m good, don’t worry for me” you added, softly this time. Although you believed he deserved it, you didn’t want to be too rude to him.

He nodded, and without saying anything more, he left.

At this point you started feeling a tiny bit guilty, still you couldn’t simply pretend nothing happened: their words hurt you and even if you really wished to just forget everything, you couldn’t. You just couldn’t, it was stronger than you.

By the way, you had no intention of sleeping with Jeno tonight, so you grabbed the blanket all of you once shared when watching the movie, and struggled a little bit to find a comfortable position. Eventually, after some tears escaped from your eyes, you drifted into a restless sleep.

It took a couple of hours for Jeno to realize you were not in bed with him.

He just fell asleep, a part of him believing that later you would have joined him. But when he woke up, he immediately sensed that something was off. Still sleepy, he touched the other side of the bed only to find it empty, and immediately stood up. It was 3 A.M, why weren’t you sleeping? What the heck were you doing? Did someone kidnap you? At this point he was surprised of how paranoid he could be.

His thoughts came to an end when he saw you, on the couch, with a blanket shielding you from the cold, all curled up. He didn’t see the dried tears that stained your face, though.

Sitting slowly beside you, not wanting to scare you, he gently shook you, not sure himself if it was the right thing to do. He was just so confused, he genuinely didn’t have any idea of what was happening. But he knew one thing for sure: you had been acting cold with him and he wouldn’t had moved until you confessed what was going on. Was it something he said or did? Was today your anniversary or something and he forgot it? Poor boy absolutely couldn’t find peace unless he knew what he did.

Soon you opened your eyes, still heavy from the – lack of – sleep.

“Hey” he murmured softly.

You considered pretending to sleep but nah, as I said earlier, you weren’t a good actress.

“Hey” you replied, stretching your limbs a little bit.

“I got worried since you weren’t sleeping next to me” he chuckled awkwardly. Sure thing, he didn’t know how to handle this situation since this was the first time you were acting like this.

“I… umm… I just fell asleep here” you replied looking at your hands, which you were scratching due to the nervousness.

Another lie.

Then silence.

“Y/N look at me” his voice suddenly changed, turning colder.

You swallowed, a knot forming again in your throat, as you forced back the tears that were trying to escape. You didn’t want to give in so soon.

But how could you, when he was getting angry at you? You should have been angry, not the opposite. And you know what? He was right, you were taking it too far. He didn’t deserve this. Look at how nice he tried to be all night, you managed to anger a calm and patient man like him. How stupid could you be at this point?

With a quivering lip you turned your head, facing him. He was watching you intently, with a serious frown on his face. Your grip on the blanket got tighter, almost ripping it with your nails.

You stayed silent. Then he spoke.

“Why are you being like this?”

You swallowed. What should you say? Were you even allowed to say anything at this point?

You tried to open your mouth to say something, but as soon as you tried your eyes were filled with tears, rapidly falling on your skin. You just couldn’t take it anymore, so you just faced away and buried your face in the pillow, trying to muffle your sobs. You didn’t want to look so pathetic in his eyes, although by now you thought you were being beyond pathetic.

If earlier there was any anger in Jeno, now every hint of it dissipated at the sight of you crying, curled up on the couch. He suddenly felt guilt taking over him. But the amount of confusion and frustration was bigger, so, as much as it pained him to see you cry because of him, this didn’t prevent him from trying to find out what had gotten into you. He was honestly so tired, he just wanted to sleep with you on his side.

He gently, almost scared, touched your trembling frame, and when he noticed there was no sign of rebellion from you, he lied down and hugged you tightly from behind.

And you kept on crying silently, a loud sob escaping occasionally, as he murmured sweet nothings into your ears, shushing you gently and telling you that everything’s fine, I’m here with you. Just let it out.

When you finally finished crying, he placed a soft kiss on your neck, then another on your wet cheek.

“Wanna talk about it?”

There was no point in lying by now. So you faced him, face full of concern and arms still tightly secured around you. And you just let out everything, from how you overheard their conversation – including how sorry you were for doing it and promising it would never happen again -, to how you were hurt by Donghyuck’s words but mostly by Jeno’s lack of words.

On the other hand, poor Jeno didn’t have any idea this could have affected you so much, and because of this he didn’t even think this could have been the cause of your sudden behavior. He just listened everything silently, surprised, just like a kid to whom the newest things are explained.

“I just got so angry at you for not defending me, and for letting Hyuck make fun of me. So I wanted to distance myself from you as much as possible to have my revenge” you openly confessed, hiding your face in his chest.

“I’m really sorry I took this so far. I should have talked instead” you add.

“Well, that’s true” Jeno replied, “but I can’t say I’m in the right either. First thing, we shouldn’t have talked about you like that, plus I’m really sorry I didn’t say anything to Hyuck, I understand this hurt you a lot”

“But do you really think I’m that clingy? Because if so, all you have to do is say the word and I’ll try to respect you space more” you asked, looking up at him with watery eyes.

And if your ears were sharp enough, you could have heard the sound of Jeno’s heart shattering.

Now he was the one who was on the verge of tears.

“Y/N please don’t ever say such a thing. You don’t have to change anything about yourself. I love you because you are you, including your touchy and loving nature. Besides, don’t look at me this way or I’m seriously gonna cry” he added whining, causing a smile – a real one – to appear on your face.

“Now it’s a lot better” he affirmed, tracing your curled up lips with his thumb.

“Can I kiss you or you’re still mad at me?” he asked.

“I don’t know, I was thinking about making you suffer a little more” you joked.

“Oh my God, you’re unbelievable”

“I think so too”

He raised an eyebrow. “Maybe I should kiss that annoying attitude of yours away”

“I don’t know, should you?”

“I’ll take that as a yes”

And with that he kissed you, the fight of moments ago long forgotten. A slow and gentle kiss, a mixture of emotions being shown: remorse, love, affection. It was a way for the both of you to say “it’s all in the past now”.

After you parted, one thought snapped in his mind.

“Wait, how will you manage the matter with Donghyuck? I can talk to him if you want” he pointed out, concerned. He perfectly understood if you were angry at the boy in question, but he also wished all of you to be as bonded as a big family, his family.

“There’s no need, I’ll just confront him by myself, beat him up until he asks for forgiveness and then forgive and hug him”

Jeno looked at you, almost scared. “What…?”

“Just kidding” you said, laughing at his funny face. Still hugging, you made yourselves comfortable enough to sleep.

“Or maybe not”

[knowlesian]

from a post finale haze i bring you: deeply disorganized thoughts about jim/olu, more or less centered around e7 but we all saw that finale. you all understand why i got three and a half hours of sleep. complaints about any interpretive jazz-esque sentence structure can be tied to the leg of a magical seagull and sent direct to david jenkins himself as he is to blame.

- why not start at the obvious thing right off the top: they nearly kissed, team. WE ALMOST HAD IT. olu leaned in. jim leaned back. the space between their beautiful wonderful faces was ALMOST. GONE.

it’s such a great mutual approach, too. jim’s smirk morphs into staring and then olu moves closer and jim moves closer still and they are SO IN SYNC. they have only been a team for a year and olu just found out jim’s favorite color like an hour ago, but they are a goddamned perfectly functioning unit.

- which makes me go back to the scene where olu gets to hang out in the house and nana says she likes olu and asks if he’s jim’s husband. there’s such a great rapport between the two of them right there! after jim notably doesn’t say no (and neither does olu! he just looks pleased) and they have this soft eye exchange of ‘seriously???’/’what, i’m just having fun!’ jim sort of... softens as nana goes to look outside at jim’s found idiot family they dragged back home with them and i think a lot of it is because jim did find a home with these big ol’ dopes and they’re fond of the whole lot of them.

but the rest i would argue has a lot to do with how well olu fits into this side of jim’s life, too. the crew is outside, walls still between them and jim: olu is in the house. they didn’t want to go home and face the proverbial music, sure, but i think there’s a piece there where jim was afraid bringing olu to see nana would break the spell, and instead olu is happily getting along with everybody’s favorite murdernun and sitting at the table easy as you please and that opens the avenue that this thing with olu could be for real and for keeps.

- which makes me wonder: is this a story where jim’s favorite color is teal because olu’s earring is teal, or is this a story where the day they met jim met a beautiful man with kind eyes who already wore their favorite color? (or is this a story where jim met a man with a different earring and they bought that one for olu because they wanted to see him in their favorite color goddamnit now i’m having feelings at the mere potential.)

- extra shoutout to the way olu calls out “JIM. YOU DID NOT DO ENOUGH MURDER, MY SOUL BLEEDS WITH DISAPPOINTMENT IN YOU” was a damaging interaction for jim. we love a ride or die bitch, especially when they have kind eyes and hilarious line delivery.

- which brings me to: “if you wanted... i could be family”. pain. sheer beautiful pain. not erasing what came before, but adding to; nana is Part of You, but i could be yours as well. it’s so, so sweet and supportive and then the way jim RESPONDS. the acting on this show, i’m mad about it and i’m gonna die mad about it. jim’s gaze flicks away but then we are BACK, THERE IS A SLIGHT GRIN. A LEGIT GRIN. and then that glorious mutual approach i already yelled about.

- and because i didn’t mention it above, the little “holy shit, we almost kissed! wow, huh?” look they share after stede rolls up to ruin the moment. SO CUTE.

- which brings me to the goodbye, where olu doesn’t try to talk jim out of it just supports their choices and makes it clear olu remains a safe place to land, no matter what. he gives them this little adorable almost hug and then: the hat slap.

i am obsessed with this little motion. it’s fucking adorable, first off, but it’s also possibly the physical manifestation of why this ship has burrowed into my heart and made its home there.

like: we know jim trusts olu. they allowed olu to watch their back and even speak for them before they found their own voice as jim. i know there’s an in-world reason for that, but the METAPHOR. i wanna eat it like izzy ate his own toe. when jim couldn’t raise their voice, they trusted olu to have the right words.

add to that olu knows jim is scary! he just got finished telling nana he watched the revenge murder go down and honest, it was super vengeful. no notes, shocked faces all around. (sidenote: i want to know how that all happened. did olu know shit was gonna go down or just help jim get out of dodge after? probably that last one, but inquiring minds!)  

the point is that olu knows who jim is in their entirety, from the revenge thriller canon they were born into and the muppet hijinks they have now embraced. and olu still slaps the brim of jim’s hat because just like he’s a safe space for jim, they’re a safe place for olu.

- i can’t wait for olu’s backstory. i will ASCEND. i need it. jim clearly fills a hole in his heart and i want to know e v e r y t h i n g. i need to see how they met. EVERYTHING.

- and finally, because it doesn’t fit anywhere else but i want to add it: if i’m going with the grand unifying theory of jim following The Call to Muppet while izzy does not that makes the way they handle lucius in e3 extra hilarious. that is a muppet-ass plan if i have ever seen one!!!! and in a muppet movie somebody could survive being chucked over the side in a box/footlocker/whatever that was by simply floating to the nearest island, i’m js. (yes i’m a lucius lives truther, now and forever. IN A MUPPET MOVIE, YOU LIVE. THE END.)