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rwrbficrecs · 7 months ago

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We’ll Invite Something In by @smc-27 (book-verse)

@dot524: This is a fandom favorite and for good reason. In this canon divergence AU, Alex is President, Henry is out, and they never got together in their 20s. Instead, they encounter each other in their late 30s and a very different type of relationship ensues. They still hide it at first, but there’s a lot of living that they both have done and need to work through. I really enjoyed the character dynamics here and how the premise changed both Alex and Henry, making them bolder and more mature. Definitely read this one!

Eyes Blue, Like the Atlantic by bleedingballroomfloor (book-verse)

@dot524: A Titanic AU! Adapted by an excellent writer, this one has suspense, action, romance, and intrigue. There is a MCD (Main Character Death) in here and some other tags to be aware of, but also vibrant scenes with dancing, chasing, art, and formal wear. I really enjoyed it!

Clean Slate by @smc-27 (book-verse)

@heysweetheart-writes: This was just so excellent. I devoured it in no time, couldn't put it down. I love the way Alex just slips into Henry's life like a silk glove even though Henry has his hesitations. There's abslutely no angst at all other than "you're too young for me" "no, next question" I love it. I love Henry finally feeling young for the first time. I think that is something that Henry generally feels after meeting Alex, like he's never been able to, no matter at what point in life he is. ANYWAY I'm talking about Henry way too much again for a rec. Read this.

Most People Exist by @sprigsofviolets (book-verse)

@na-dineee: Henry, 30, is a nurse on a cancer ward. From the very first moment he feels an intense connection and attraction to his newest patient, the one who has a brain tumor and is named Alexander Claremont-Diaz. - The tags say it all: "Falling in love, Slow Burn, Angst with a happy ending, Hurt/Comfort". After reading this story I am a whole new person. I laughed and cried, had butterflies in my stomach, I felt it all. Hands down one of the best fics I've ever read!

after hours by @dumbpeachjuice (book-verse)

@na-dineee: How much can happen in a few hours? stutteringpeach: Hold my beer. 😅🤝 Reading this was truly a roller coaster ride, my stomach was doing somersaults non-stop: On his last evening in New York, poet Henry meets bartender Alex and the two spend the night together - in true "Before Sunrise" style. To sum it all up: enchanting, sweet, phenomenal, iconic!

No. 1 (Royal Red and Blue) Oil on Canvas by @captainjunglegym (book-verse)

@zwiazdziarka: This fic is so twisted and surprising in the best way! The summary did not prepare me for all the action that comes after the initial relationship drama and I'd really like to fawn over it some more but I don't want to spoil the fun of figuring out what really is going on and what are characters' motivations. Just give it a try.

Meet the Parents (series) by @14carrotghoul (book-verse)

@dot524: I really enjoyed these thoughtful character studies of Ellen and Oscar. The two short stories are a series of canon vignettes from Oscar and Ellen’s POV. These glimpses of the Claremont-Diaz parents add heart and depth to the RWRB canon, giving insight about how Ellen and Oscar think about parenthood, power, family, and each other.

Leave The World Better Than You Found It: A BONES AU by @treluna4 (book/movie-verse)

@myheartalivewrites: I really enjoyed this FirstPrince meets procedural TV show fic! With Alex as Booth and Henry as Brennan, they learn to work together, solve crimes--and fall in love, of course. Plus take down a very satisfying book villain.

No Laughing Matter by @inexplicablymine (book-verse)

@suseagull04: This fic is absolutely hysterical- a must read if you need something to cheer you up! It's also very relatable for anyone who, like me, has said things they've regretted in all the best ways!

in summer air by @acdsbff (book-verse)

@na-dineee: I need a vacation and vitamin D - maybe that's why this series (both POVs are covered 🥰) captivated me so much?! It is set on a Greek island, where Alex, just cheated on by his boyfriend, meets hotel owner Henry. What follows is a whirlwind speedrun romance against a beautiful backdrop. Really therapeutic for the heart on dreary days!!

here is a map (with your name as a capital) by @alasse9 (book-verse)

@dot524: What an incredible surprise to have this entire 50k story drop at once. In this canon divergent story, Alex and Henry start getting to know each other in Rio, when Alex helps him recover from a panic attack. Their friendship, and later their relationship, is a delightful slow burn with funny moments, heartbreak, and steady support of each other. I thoroughly enjoyed this start to finish — the characterization of both Alex and Henry is on point and I really enjoyed how the writer changed some of the scenes from the book while keeping key callbacks. A delight.

Claremont 2008 by @happiness-of-the-pursuit (book-verse)

@suseagull04: This friends to lovers AU is done so well! Having Henry and Alex meet as kids means we get years of their friendship before they even start dating, and it gives every aspect of their relationship so much depth through this entire fic. It also gives some events only referenced in the novel a completely different perspective, which makes them even better!

keep me in the moment (don't it feel so real?) by @anincompletelist (book-verse)

@heysweetheart-writes: I absolutely love everything that comes out of Sarah's magic little fingers and this was no exception. Alex and Henry are best friends and pinning over eache other unknowingly and an accidental lil discovery turns their relationship upside-down (for the better) absolutely recommended. I honestly loved it so much.

you know i can't be found with you by @dumbpeachjuice (book-verse)

@heysweetheart-writes: This was SO much fun. Alex was RELENTLESS and I absolutely love an older Henry. It was also very fucking funny. 10/10

the great duck fiasco by @alexclaremont-diaz (book-verse)

@suseagull04: A spy AU, dating apps, and Alex's Texas roots combine in the funniest way possible- definitely read this if you want a good laugh!

#monthly faves #rwrb fic recs #firstprince #firstprince fic recs

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clairedaring · 2 months ago

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Okay, so the original post you wrote has been a while and I saw it by ghost-reading (this is when I read someone's blog without signing into Tumblr. I'm only signed in on a specific browser on my laptop to prevent mindless scrolling).

If I recall correctly, you mentioned being ready to protect a Thai actor because he's some BL actor but is married to a wife (or has a girlfriend). That reminded me of an incident my best friend told me while we were chatting.

She said there was this time when two pairs of BL actors (she coded them as Pair A + B, and Pai C +D since I don't know them and their names weren't the point) got massively flacked by fans because B kissed C on camera when the four friends were hanging out. Fans apparently saw it as a betrayal of the "BL pairing," even though all four of them were just vlogging their activities not as characters they play.

I wanna know more about this phenomenon out of curiosity!

Is it as common as my best friend put it? Or is she just unlucky enough to be caught in such a storm?

Why do fans think this way, when these are just actors and not the real characters? Is it similar to the issue of fans of Kpop, Jpop, or even Cpop artists who cannot accept their idols marrying or dating anyone?

What do the companies hiring or signing these actors do to mitigate such an issue/protect their actors?

Or... Do the companies cash in on this sort of fanatic fervor, such that they encourage fans to believe this illusion, or mandate their actors to uphold such an illusion even when they are being themselves outside of acting?

How does an incident like this usually get resolved?

What are the major stances of Thai BL fans on this issue? Not all of them support this sort of fervor, right?

Lastly: what do you think, personally, is central to this sort of incident?

Sorry if it sounds like some college assignment, but I really wanna know what you think! I'm so curious as an outsider to all of this...

Thanks!!!

Hiiiii Lyn \(￣︶￣*\))

You have no idea how happy I am to receive this ask because I've been wanting to talk about that couple incident that you're referring to since forever but I've never gotten the chance to properly collect my thoughts about it. Thank you for allowing this opportunity to ramble about this and for your very introspective questions.

So firstly to give some context to it, I think it's a bit more important to cover some background information of the two pairings that you're talking about.

OffGun and TayNew are some of the oldest pairings in GMMTV. They are known to all be good friends with each other (if not to say they're each other best friends). They've all done non-BL works with different actors but in terms of promotions, OffGun and TayNew have always been regarded to be the 'pillars' of GMMTV (their company) branded pairings.

Even though the four people are close with each other, Tay is particularly close with Gun (and this is public fact known by everyone who follows them), often teasingly calls each other pet/master and have some hangouts/vacations with just them two.

In the case of TayGun, I think their playful kiss being caught unexpectedly on livestream caused so much reactions was because it's a private moment between them. BL fans are too used with using private moments (re:clips of casual skinship between actors during work events and non-work livestream) to prove the existence of their closeness or togetherness -> so when New accidentally turned his camera to show Gun playfully kissing Tay during livestream, I think many (outraged) fans falsely equated that TayGun kissing in private like that means they're romantically involved to a certain degree.

Even though Tay has come out to explain that it isn't the case and that Gun was just playfully teasing him, there were still so much flacks thrown his way. Even with clarifications from both sides, you can basically see from the comments section of these Tiktoks (1, 2, 3, 4) that there is a considerable portion of OffGun and TayNew upset and disappointed (even though there is no reason to). I'll just translate some of the Vietnamese ones because those are the comments that show up first for me.

For those who follow [OffGun], you'll already know that Gun has been avoiding skinship from Off since 2022, fans used to think that he was shy but now we get it 🥲

10 years is just a number =)))))) (t/n: OP is insinuating that OffGun has been fooling their fans for 10 years)

What kind of 'friends' kiss each other on the lips?!

Now I can't watch OffGun series anymore 😇 Can they please give us a TayGun series 😌

Have I been blind all this time because how can everything has been so clear yet I still don't know it 🥲🥲🥲

Is it as common as my best friend put it? Or is she just unlucky enough to be caught in such a storm?

I think it's both common and not. So 'common' is in the sense that whenever one half of a branded pairing or 'koojin' is close and intimate with another person or displaying any possibilities of them being involved with said person in real life, it always trigger these reactions from shipper fans to immediately deny that possibilities or to attack the actors in the branded pairing as if they have 'deceived' their fans.

This has infinitely lessened in recent years with actors actively taking a stance against their fans harrassing their colleagues over ships but in general we still see it now and then with popular/rising/active ships or inactive ships but with astronomically huge fandoms (see: reactions of brightwin fans to bright's dating news).

I'm also saying it's uncommon for 'two halfs of two different popular BL pairings to get rumored to be together' but in 2024, it has already happened twice so who knows what's real really 😅 Aside from the case of TayNew/OffGun, there's also the case of actors Mew and Tul (who were both parts of ships with HUGE fandoms MaxTul and MewGulf) confirming their in real life relationship but their news was more well received internationally as neither of their old ships have been active in having series together for a while (i still see flacks for both of them here and there but that's because i'm vietnamese and vietnamese negative reactions are always the ones i see first to any dating news of one half of a BL pairing).

I think there are several reasons like actors and companies contributing to the delusions of shipper fans and fans not being able to separate real life actors from the characters they play on screen, which have been extensively discussed in these Reddit threads (1, 2) so I won't delve into them. I'll just focus on a common reason i've seen from vietnamese fans being the combination of emotional and financial investment in these ships.

Similar to Kpop, Jpop or even Cpop idols as you've mentioned, there's a large degree of parasocial relationship involved between a CP/idol and their fans. Rather than the Kpop idol feeding fans the delusion of them being an attractive yet attainable, relatable, single person, these 'koojins' offer CP fans the image of a beautiful friendship/'will they/won't they'/'ambiguous more than friends, less than lovers' relationship -> so once there is a strong emotional attachment to the actors who are part of a pairing, fans will inevitably have strong feelings about their romantic life aka whether the CP is really together or not.

Even though branded pairings or 'love teams' have been an age old phenomenon since the dawn of television (not just in Southeast Asia but in Hollywood as well), I think this phenomenon has flourished particularly in Southeast Asia with many successful stories of actors having on-screen to off-screen real life romances (see: KathNiel in the Philippines, NadechYaya in Thailand...)

What do the companies hiring or signing these actors do to mitigate such an issue/protect their actors? and How does an incident like this usually get resolved?

I think one of the most interesting things about Thailand entertainment industry is that it's so easy for celebrities to sue people for online defamation. So rather than making any statements to 'save' their branded pairings or to resolve any confusion, the company doesn't do anything (which I understand because the artists are already clarifying themselves to the nosy press about any 'possible scandals that happened'). In the case that online commenters are getting too toxic, the artists can just screenshot the toxic tweets/posts, send them to the company's legal department and those defamation cases get resolved by the police.

But even then, that hasn't really stopped fandoms that are too large in size, too delusional in mind to do the crazy things they do even after a branded pairing has stopped working together, such as showing up at the fanmeeting of one actor, wearing masks of the other actor in that inactive ship. In this case, the company can't do anything since... well those people paid to attend the fanmeeting and get a photo with their idol. The most a company could do is probably to 'officially announce the ending of the ship' but... their comments section are still full of obsessed fans til this day so i doubt that announcement made any difference to the fully obsessed and delusional cp fans.

Companies have always generated as much revenue from brand endorsement, brand promotions fanmeetings, concerts, selling merchs of these pairisings as they do from producing and airing these series if not more, so I've also felt a sense of these companies capitalizing upon their branded pairings and the volatileness of delusional fans.

If you're interested here and here are two interviews with P'Tha, the CEO of GMMTV company which TayNew and OffGun are under, I think his sharings in these interviews are very insightful into how the companies view these branded pairings (the main source of income for these companies basically).

I wouldn't say that the companies mandate or force their actors to act a certain to create an illusion of an ambiguous/are they aren't they ship for any branded pairings, but i DO think that being in an environment where two people (who are part of a branded pairing) are constantly being shipped or teased by co-workers and sometimes even the ceo himself... that does make shipper fans more delusional than they normally would. it's like as if you were in a class and everyone around you start shipping two people or pushing two people to be together, you'd be questioning what the others know about those two that you don't... it's 'sus' as the cp fans will say 😂

What are the major stances of Thai BL fans on this issue? Not all of them support this sort of fervor, right?

I think there's all sorts of opinions that pops up whenever there's news of someone dating surfaces, there are no consensus on it because the feelings of the fans rely largely on how emotionally invested they are in the actors/real people. There are fans who will take the news harder (feeling tricked, deceived, all that jazz) and there are also fans who will feel like 'oh that's normal' or they would rejoice in the happiness of their favorite actor having an in real life parner. Also it's probably important to note that the stance of Thai BL fans do not necessarily align with the stance of general Thai audience, for example when Thai actor Bright revealed his girlfriend Nene, basically the entire Thai netizen is supportive of him whereas his previous branded pairing fans are divided between supporting him and feeling 'betrayed' by this reveal.

Lastly: what do you think, personally, is central to this sort of incident?

Personally, I think it's fans' expectations. Similar to what Monk Dol told Dear about not holding on to things too tightly, I think fans often hold on to the romantic stories portrayed on screen more strongly than they do with non-romantic stories. Therefore, the reality of an actor having a real life partner often dispels this illusion of a 'screen-to-life' romance stories that fans may have concocted in their mind for any pairings not limited to whether they are in queer love or straight love stories.

I feel like it's just much easier for fans of straight pairings to move on since they don't get paired repeatedly as leads together every 1-2 years and they often don't have couples' work (like promoting brands togethers...) long after the ending of their series together, contrasting with branded pairings in BL/GL series who still get brands work together after the ending of their series -> allowing their "ship" fanbase to grow and the fans to have even larger expectations of the actors to have future works together.

Again it might be a lot of me to ask that these dedicated fans not to have expectations (which may eventually lead to their own suffering) because logically these fans do pour in not just emotional investment but also like HUGE financial investment so having expectations are really inevitable ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ perhaps they should watch สาธุ and learn to let go of having any expectations for a ship or an idol which will benefit all parties involved 😅

Anyhow before I end this, please let me ramble and promote my beloved actor, JJ Krissanapoom whom you've mentioned first in your ask.

JJ Krissanapoom is a prolific Thai actor whose works I've followed really early on in my journey of Thai media consumation. He's starred in works of different genres and he's had queer love-adjacent projects before like Diary of Tootsies (with Paopetch aka Monk Ekkachai in สาธุ) and Great Men Academy (with James Teeradon aka Win in สาธุ).

But JJ has been in a highly publicized long term relationship with his girlfriend Thanaerng for seven years now, so I have no fears/worries about the reception of Thai fans to his upcoming queer love work Spare Me Your Mercy.

That being said, I'm still very worried about any negative reactions from delusional shippers because even if the actors have nothing to insinuate that they're together or even if they're both actors with in real life partners, the delusional fans always have the following comment templates to bash the drama/actors

I can't see the chemistry between the actors, probably because they both have girlfriends.

Why is the actor posting pictures with his girlfriend instead of promoting his own series?!!?

Why does the actor have an event with his girlfriend rather than an event with his co-star??!?!?!?

things like these... i'm already expecting.... and praying they won't happen... also if they do... i wouldn't be very surprised... and i'm actually very parasocially attached to jj and thanaerng's irl relationship so i feel like i'm even extra protective of their relationship than i already do.

and i'm definitely going off track here... but yes i'm very much looking forward to having jj krissanapoom on my screen again, in this BL series about a cop solving a series of murders of dying patients, to which his doctor boyfriend is the no.1 suspect of.

and here's a cute recent clip of all three people jaylerr, gun and tay to end my lengthy incoherent ramble

#thai bl #thai actors #claire opens her goddamn mouth #taynew #offgun #jaylerr #spare me your mercy #do i ever make sense? probably not #will i keep answering asks in lengthy posts like these just to promote my beloved faves? yesssssss #that last bit is very much intentional because it kills me not being able to share w anyone the connection between jj james and petch gahhh

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ishkabibblethings · 8 months ago

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March 23rd

A fluffy Suits ficlet | Marvey (established) | Rated G "I had your secretary clear your afternoon. It's time we hit up that spa again, especially after the last few weeks." Harvey declares distractedly as he flips through their mail. Mike is still working on his breakfast at the kitchen counter and only mumbles an agreement. A real vacation is out of the question while they're so occupied at the firm, but an afternoon off together still sounds beautiful.

"I'll make us something nice tonight," Mike offers.

"Let's go all in, I'll find us a table somewhere good," Harvey replies and Mike can't find a reason to disagree. Mike secretly suspects that their time at the spa is more for Harvey than he'll admit but he's got no complaints.

"That sounds wonderful. It's been, what, like a year since we had a day like this? Good idea, dude." Mike moves around to the sink to drop off his dishes and pecks Harvey on the cheek as he passes by. "I'll just be a few minutes and we can head out."

"Don't call me dude, puppy," Harvey responds with a grin and watches Mike disappear into their bedroom.

Mike is in the bathroom wondering what it was that made Harvey plan another spa trip. Was his personal grooming slipping? They've been living together long enough but he's heard no complaints. He thinks back to their last trip, and the one before that, just when they'd started dating. It's a rare indulgence, and now that Mike thinks about it, it's always happened in the early spring.

Wait, now that he really considers it, picturing his work calendars, it has happened on this date each time. March 23rd. A knot starts to form in Mike's stomach. Fuck. Some sort of anniversary, it has to be something important for Harvey to move work around for it. Mike searches his brain, picturing every calendar he and Harvey kept, trying to remember similarities and differences, the reasoning behind the repeated treat day.

He must have taken longer than he realizes because Harvey comes to check and see if Mike's ready to go.

"You okay?"

"Uh yeah I'm good," Mike responds and checks the mirror again. He slips on his shoes and grabs his messenger bag.

In the car, Mike checks Harvey over for signs of emotions tucked away - disappointment, grief, frustration - notices nothing alarming and finds himself relaxing just a bit. Nothing he's done wrong, at least. Time to test his hypothesis.

"You know what, Harvey I forgot I've got a thing with Katrina this afternoon. Let's move the spa appointment to the weekend?"

"What thing with Katrina? Your secretary said she could move everything."

"I don't know if it ever made it in the books, she needs help with an in house thing for Louis." Mike bluffs.

"Well I'll encourage her to let you reschedule. It was hard to get these appointments today and you deserve a break." Harvey reaches for Mike's hand between them and laces their fingers together.

"Harvey, what's special about today?" Mike tries to keep his tone neutral.

"Aside from my stunning good looks and charm?" Harvey hams, and Mike actually scoffs.

"That's the same every day and you know it. Really Harvey, what's today?"

"I just want to give you a treat today, can't I do that as your loving boyfriend?"

Harvey's gone playful, so Mike knows he hasn't messed anything up. Harvey is also still avoiding the question so Mike knows he's on the right path.

"Of course you can. And I accept. But when my loving boyfriend happens to want to take me to a spa and dinner yearly on the same day without context, one is driven to wonder."

Harvey chuckles, knowing he's been caught.

"You really thought I wouldn't notice. Me, of all people? Twice is a coincidence, three is a pattern."

"Oh really, smart ass? Think back further." Harvey challenges.

"We weren't dating bef-"

"No we weren't together before that. Think back anyway."

Mike's eye focus on nothing in particular, and Harvey trusts he'll find it.

"The ties. You gifted me ties." Mike's head tilts a little in confusion and it's all Harvey can do to hold back a laugh.

"And lunch too," Harvey offers, feeling generous.

"I don't get it. Harvey, tell me. What's today? Why today?"

"So it started as a stupid joke, but you never caught on so I just kept going with it to see if you ever would." Harvey shrugs like he's almost embarrassed it's become a thing. Mike just watches him expectantly.

Harvey leans until his breath and lips are just close enough to make Mike's ear and neck tingle. Harvey's voice is private and Mike can hear his fond smile. "Happy National Puppy Day, Mike."

#marvey #suits usa #harvey specter #mike ross #ficlet #is this fluffy enough?#puppy mike ross #but not too heavy #insert bone/treat puns here #harvey takes mike to the groomer

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poggieking3 · 7 months ago

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piping hot take! i do not really like PTSD being thrown around with the main 4 (mario, 3, 4, and meggy). i have C-PTSD so i can say shit on this. 4 nearly DIED in that castle and was left traumatized, meggy was mentally AND psychologically tortured for AT LEAST a month straight, mario has his own demons i'm SURE, and 3 is on his way getting more trauma. give these guys a BREAKKK they've gone through way too much, how much else are they going to take.

whole fucking rant under the cut

like, okay please don't get me wrong here. i like puzzlevision, i actually really like him. he is interesting, his character his interesting, i love his character design, his personality. i fear that this mini series will end up having 1 or multiple of the main 4 getting traumatized, and then have it never touched on again. this happened to meggy DEADASS like her trauma was never mentioned again after western spaghetti. wren easily fucked her up for LIFE. and it's just? forgotten...?

like holy shit i wish PTSD was handled more accurately in this series, especially as of recently. i like how melony's was handled. she was grieving deeply for axol and helped herself cope by adopting her pet axol jr and taking care of it, and keeping axol's memory alive. meggy was grieving deeply for desti and trained hard to fulfill desti's wish and win the splatfest, also keeping desti's memory alive. 4's castle trauma also was done right. bro was having a whole bipolar manic episode and was SUFFERING from his own nonexistent self-worth and self-esteem, and was taken advantage of completely by puzzlevision. he watched EVERYTHING around him crumble. he watched HIMSELF crumble and was an outside witness to it, with no control. then, meggy being tortured and killed over and over and OVER again is quickly forgotten about, just like that???

i love PTSD representation in media. i cherish it. it makes me feel seen. i'm just. upset how wren fucking RUINED meggy's life by torturing her over and over, killing her, making her lose her sanity and trust, and then it's. never mentioned again. she has hands down gone through THE WORST of the entire cast. i fucking know what it's like to have my life ruined by people, multiple people in my damn case. i did not go through what she did, but if my trauma was cast off to the side after the movie it occurred in i'd be MAD for sure!

i've talked about how i'd handle meggy's trauma. after wren broke her fucking mind, she'd be coping EXTREMELY poorly because of how much she endured. she'd be inconsolable. she'd be emotionally unstable and lash out. she'd feel threatened by tiny inconveniences because they'd remind her of what wren put her through. she'd be terrified of male inklings. she'd have CONSTANT nightmares since every day in that simulation, she woke up in bed remembering each fashion wren killed her in. she'd pat her chest and stomach, scared she got shot again. she'd have panic attacks hearing guns go off. something as small as a southern accent could set alarms off in her head.

if i had a nickel for every time meggy's life was threatened by a villainous man hellbent on scarring her for life, i'd have 2 nickels, which is weird how it happened twice. she wasn't even safe ON HER OWN VACATION?

i just don't get how the movie pretty much made her suffer repeatedly and there's nothing as small as a reference to her trauma in the current episodes? we saw her fight off wren in that tier list 3 and 4 made together because 3 said she has plot armor. but that's it!

put the solar system bitches in a series of happy, wholesome filler episodes and PRONTO. give these guys a trillion dollars in compensation each. imma be real upset if, after the puzzlevision series, the trauma relating to it is never heard of again, ESPECIALLY given that puzzlevision's been a prominent threat for a solid year now

luke and kevin i love you both saur much i just. clenches fist to myself.

#smg4

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isleofair · 12 days ago

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For the writing ask game :)

40. Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person

37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?

23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?

12. Are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you?

I really like what I have read of your work and look forward to your answers! No pressure though :)

Oh my god, thank you so much for the ask! 😍😍😍🙏🙏🙏🩷🩷🩷 I thought my reblog had been completely lost in The Second Boopening. 😅

And thank you for your kind words, as well! You're always a treasure. 🥹💖💖💖

Let's see...

40. Do you tend to reread fics or are you a one-and-done kind of person

I reread ALL THE TIME. Especially my own fics, lately (what can I say, I'm the target audience, after all) but there are some stories I just keep going back to over the years, in several different fandoms. They're beautiful and they've become comfort objects of mine. 🩷

37. Promote one of your own “deep cut” fics (an underrated one, or one that never got as much traction as you think it deserves!). What do you like about it?

OH GOSH. I'll be honest: I think my two stories that have the least kudos are actually among my best.

One is Intertidal: it has a classic superhero trope, a secluded tropical beach vacation, and symbolism spread over everything like a thick layer of Nutella... (And I even wrote a 10K chapter of sex! Me! I still don't know how I did that. 🫣) The way the plot metaphorically ties in with the relationship development is, IMHO, so delicious. I just love this story so dang much. 🩷

The other is Three-Step Turn, which was me mashing together all of my Secret Santa prompts but came out, I think, like a surprisingly balanced dessert. Starts with another classic trope, but then delves into how things are not always just that easy and obvious, actually, and ends with a sweet, calmly joyful Christmas night. It also has one of my favorite lines I've ever written.

23. What’s a trope, AU, or concept you’ve never written, but would like to?

I... may or may not have an entire list of these in the notes app on my phone. 😅 At the top of it is what I hope to turn into my second really big project: a Medieval Fantasy AU.

12. Are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you?

Mmmh. One thing I can think of is that I never much liked the idea of animal traits on characters, but then @nicoroni wrote this and kind of blew me away and made me realize it could have some really cool hidden depths.

I also never really vibed with the whole "one half of the pairing meets someone interesting and somehow this results in the pairing getting together in the end", but... I am currently kinda writing a version of it? Sort of? And I'm also planning to write another fic that kind of relies on a similar premise? So I guess I must have gotten over that. 😅

(The ask game is here, if anyone wants to play!)

#ask game #my fic #firesky

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garden-of-mancers · 2 months ago

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Do you have any examples of when you would want to send out an imaginary friend?

I do! I don't have any suggestions for a specific time to send an IF out, (I'd usually send one out overnight or for a few days, just whenever I felt the impulse to do so), but I do have examples for why you'd do it. Also, most of these suggestions are based in magic and witchcraft-flavored spirituality, so I understand if this stuff is really Not relevant to everyone.

A couple specific examples I can think of are as follows:

If you want them to become more autonomous or eventually leave you for good, sending them out is good practice. I know autonomy is more of a goal in traditional tulpamancy, but in my experience, having an IF who's done a few tasks unsupervised makes lucid dreaming with them a bit easier? In this case, sending them out is like a practice exercise; it's just one of the many activities you can do to increase their ability to act alone.

If you have some kind of mystical or non-material thing you want your IF to retrieve for you. Maybe you accidentally left another imaginary friend at an outing. Send your IF out to go get them! Does your IF come from another land where they have unique items? Send your IF out to go bring you some! (And you might spend their time away crafting the actual items for them to give you when they return.) If you've lost an item, there are many superstitious solutions to help you find them faster. Some I've heard of are astral projecting to look for the item, visualizing yourself finding it or having it, and saying the name of the item and sticking a sewing pin in a couch cushion. Well, why not send your IF out to look for the item? Who knows, it might turn up once they've returned. (And if it does, you can say your IF told you where to find it or that they put it there.)

If you just want to be alone. If you're doing a ritual or meditation that requires solitude, (something like the hide and seek alone creepypasta is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head lol), or if you're burned out socially and you need to make sure you stay alone, send them out. Sometimes when I'm in a bad place mentally and want to fight with everyone, it was nice to tell the one person I could control "We need some space" and let her vacation halfway across the world for a bit. If you think about them while they're gone, you can remind yourself that they're at the lake or whatever. And if they pop back in anyway, you can always say, "Hey, aren't you supposed to be at the lake?"

One psychological perk of having an IF is that you have a degree of control over them that you cannot exert over other people, pets, or headmates (if you're a system). I'm not saying this in a "you're my servant and you have to do what I say" kind of way; just that being able to create something, decide their appearance and traits, and have them come and go at your desire gives an IF's creator a level of autonomy and control that can be beneficial to your mental health. As an action, sending an IF out has the benefit of a caring act (packing, walking them to and from bus stop) AND asserting control over your environment. Hence: easy mental health hack.

Yes, I get that you can *technically* just make your IF disappear or stay in your headspace/inner world/wherever IFs go when they're not currently interacting with you. However, I prefer having near-omnipresent IFs. I'm unemployed and housebound, so it's not obtrusive for them to be there hangin out 24/7. So, whenever I get overwhlemed or DO want some alone time for more than a few hours, why not turn my IF's absence into a game or a part of their lore and experience?

And my final reason:

Just to let them go on an adventure! Honestly, I only started doing this because I had a travel journal that I never filled. I'm too disabled to travel now, so I would just send my old IF out to various locations and then write her adventures in the journal instead lol. It was a really cute journal! I wasn't gonna waste it lol.

-♥️-

(Sorry if this was overexplained or sounded patronizing. I am an overexplainer over text; if someone asks for clarification, I want to make SURE you get your answer the second time 'round 😂)

TL;DR: Sending an IF on an adventure by themselves can make them more autonomous, give them an active role in various magic spellwork, and provide psychological benefits for both the IF and the creator.

#ask #long post #imagimancy #full disclosure: my imagimancy is somewhere between age regression/psychology study and experimentation/magic/mental self care/system thing #so sorry that this is all over the place and yet nowhere at the same time lol

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maxphilippa · 1 year ago

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So from one person who finished Fionna & Cake to another, how was the show for you?

i was very tired when i first got this ask so i didn't quite exactly answer it but now i am feeling a bit better so. okay:

Fionna and Cake. I actually just watched the whole series yesterday LOL. I got spoilered from the beginning but i didn't mind. On a general perspective it is what I needed emotionally to be fair. I came back from an vacation that was for my mental health and the series helped me realize about a very much awful friendship I had and how I gave so much of myself to them.

One of the main topics that resonated with me the most is how it treats the search of finding who you are through two characters that are different yet so similar in their struggles: Simon and Fionna. Both of them want their lifes to be different because they're afraid of change and also are running away from their feelings. Seeing their friendship go from complicated yet on decent terms to an genuine friendship/found family type of thing on which they've grown a lot and care deeply for eachother was so important to me.

"Shouldn't they get to die as themselves?" Is a line that stuck with me in a way I didn't expect that it would at all. I haven't really been feeling like myself in months and that got to me very deeply.

And, oh, don't get me started on Simon and Betty... oh they make me so miserable (especially since they were the ones that made me realize that I gave so much of myself to an ex friend). Their whole thing broke my heart on so many ways. I knew that they wouldn't let it go like that and transform their thing into something toxic, because they're not. They're complex. They obviously love eachother, but Simon recognizing that Betty gave so much of herself to him, and how he didn't even notice it as much, how he didn't stop to think what was the best for both of them broke my heart.

People can say whatever they want about the finale being underwhelming but. It is what Simon and Fionna needed. Simon didn't exactly move on just yet, but he accepted that he could still keep going, and that getting help wasn't something bad. And Fionna started to accept that her life is just as normal as it can be and is ACTUALLY appreciating her life for once too. She's not like Finn in anyway, but that's what I like of her. She's her own person.

Both Simon and Fionna go through a lot of stuff together but with general different approaches on said topics. And I related to them A LOT. I think that watching F&C was what I needed because I was just kind of giving up on everything y'know. Life is not easy but you're not alone, and eventually things will get better.

The takes on grief and self discovery, the search of purpose and so much more made me EMOTIONAL to say the least. It was all done so beautifully and with cleverness.

On more silly notes. Farmworld Finn. I love him. He's such a good dad. I live in denial so he's alive for me. A cracked skull never stopped Finn. I love his kids. I loved Jay and Little Destiny. I really did. Loved Cake. LVED GARYLEE. Winter King and Candy Queen were so funny too. AND OH MY GOD THE STAR TIMELINE. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT. AND AND. UGH. and i kind of hoped that finn and fionna could have met eachother but it's fine mdkhj

fionna and cake was a great series in general and it has so much details and so much love and so much going on i love it. it's also been a main fuel for making aus rn haha. 10/10

#fionna and cake spoilers #fionna and cake #fionna the human #simon petrikov #cake the cat #betty grof #farmworld finn #max answers

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dreadsuitsamus · 2 years ago

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Vegeta Comfort After a Bad Day Headcanons | Vegeta x Reader |

author's note: this is nothing but self-indulgence, i've been having a less-than-stellar time due to irl things and not being able to finish a story lately has been bringing me down more

pairing: vegeta x fem!reader

Vegeta isn't the most in tune with feelings, including his own

So he doesn't realize you're upset until you order out for dinner, rather than cooking for him like you always do

He approaches you with crossed arms and a scowl

"Have I done something wrong?"

"No, Vegeta. I just don't feel like cooking tonight."

Your voice has no energy in it and you're curled up on the couch, blankly staring at the tv while it plays a commercial

"And why not? You promised me my favorite tonight."

You sigh softly and adjust the blanket around you. "I know. I'm an awful wife and I deserve nothing. Go marry Bulma."

That's what raises his alarm bells

"I don't want Bulma, I want you! And right now, you are not yourself."

"Sorry for the inconvenience." You shove your face into a throw pillow.

Vegeta sighs. Evidently you are sad, and don't seem to be returning to your normal self anytime soon

So he goes upstairs and changes into his comfy clothes, which is just sweatpants and a tank top

When he comes back to you, he lifts your feet up and sits down, setting them on his lap and starting to rub them, his thumbs pressing into each knot you've built up after your long day at work wearing high heels

"You work too hard." He grumbles.

"I have to make money for us to live happily."

"Hmph." Personally he'd be happy no matter where you two lived, but you were dead set on having this two-story home

You just sigh and close your eyes. Work was terrible; no policies sold and your boss had been breathing down your neck about it, threatening to take your bonus away, and you really needed that bonus to pay off your car note

Vegeta keeps massaging, moving down the couch a tad and working his fingers against your strung-out calves and thighs. "It's time for a vacation."

You snort. "What's the point? Every time we go somewhere, you train during most of it. Or have to go save the world. Or die."

Vegeta frowns. "Well if it means ruining your vacation to keep you alive, I find it well worth it."

"Yeah, well, too risky for me."

Vegeta bites down on his tongue. "Woman, I am trying to make you feel better."

You sigh. "I know, I know... I'm sorry. I just feel awful."

"You are forgiven." Vegeta mumbles, remembering all the times he's snapped at you while feeling bad about something

He keeps massaging your legs until there's no more leg to rub, and then pulls you fully onto his lap

You waste no time in curling up against him, pressing your face into his muscled chest

Vegeta clasps his hands together once they've met around your hips, watching tv until the doorbell rings, signaling dinner's arrival

He stands, still holding you up with a single hand and retrieves the pizzas with ease. He makes it back to the couch, right where he was moments ago and opens the first of the boxes

His fingers supporting your back gently rub against your skin while he takes his first bite

You turn your head, listening to his heartbeat and sneak a bite of his slice

Vegeta scoffs and looks down at you. "Troublesome girl."

he feeds you two slices though

Eventually you're fast asleep, snoring gently and drooling on his shirt

Vegeta shakes his head just a tad and gives you a squeeze, adjusting himself to be laying on the couch with you on top of him

He hates to see you so tired and upset after running yourself ragged for 40 hours a week minimum

He'll prod you more about a vacation tomorrow, and do his best not to die during this one

But for now he will just hold you, and eventually he himself falls asleep

You come to again when he's already fast asleep

oh he's so cute when he's asleep

You press a wet kiss to his neck and snuggle further into him, grabbing the blanket you bought specifically for occasions like these from over the top of the couch and drape it over you and your husband

Vegeta murmurs some nonsense sleep-talk and tightens his hold on you, and you're just glad you don't have to pee

#vegeta x reader #vegeta #db #dbz #dbs #dragon ball #dragon ball super #dragon ball z #headcanons #fic

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ya-bug-boy · 1 year ago

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Ooo is it possible if you can write a drabble about the confession part on the piers x reader x raihan one?

Raihan x GN Reader x Piers

"So how are we gonna do this?" Raihan asks Piers. The two were on a coffee date; gym leaders typically all get the same days off together.

"You gotta be more specific, love, we just sat down," Piers said with a breathy laugh.

"That isn't what I'm talking about, it's about them." This gets Piers' attention faster than you could blink. The two had confessed mutual romantic feelings for the same person, a close mutual of theirs. This particular friend is the whole reason why Raihan and Piers were able to confess their feelings to each other to begin with. But with recent times, they noted a yearning for their friend, wanting to include them in a potential polycule.

There were several factors in their way though, such as not knowing how their friend would react is a big factor.

"Do you even know if they like men?" Piers asks first. "In all the time I've known them, they've dated a woman...Well up until recently, maybe two years since...well...you know." Piers is mentioning an old ex their friend had. They were clearly not good for each other.

"Nah," Raihan says with a loud laugh, "They're so down bad for men. I follow their nsfw blog." Piers' deadpan stares at Raihan. "You'd be surprised but our little friend is naughtier than they appear to be. As cute as they are, they're filled with dirty little secrets."

Piers lets out the kind of laugh where you exhale harder through your nostrils. "You're right about the cute part...not sure how accurate you are about them having secrets. Considering how much we know about them."

"So how should we do this? If we're not fast enough, someone else might catch their attention. Not that there's anyone better than us though."

"Us both giving Applins... Could be a start but I'm not sure how they'd feel with two extra mouths to feed," Piers sighs. Giving an Applin, a well known dragon type Pokemon, is seen as a romantic gesture to indicate one's confessions. "They have enough Pokemon to care for, if you consider it." "Yeah, an Applin's not flashy enough either for my personal taste. It would be nice to do something more...unique. Personal to both of us. The three of us."

"I think it'd be better if we confessed at the same time, as opposed to doing it separately for sure," Piers recommends. "That way it doesn't insinuate we're cheating on each other. But doing a double confession takes away individuality." Raihan bites his inner cheek. Piers is right about that. Piers could have easily dedicated a solo concert whereas Raihan could have done a fun and intense battle to confess instead. "Taking them on a vacation somewhere just to confess could end poorly if they don't reciprocate either, wouldn't it? If they don't respond positively..." "They're gonna!" Raihan protests back, but after a moment of silence he does agree. If the three of them went on a vacation together and their friend didn't like them back, they'd be the third wheel for the entire trip.

The two agonize in a small silence before the waiter comes to pick up their order. A caramel latte for Raihan and cup of hot tea for Piers, along with their usual meal order.

"I do have one idea. Not sure how much you're going to like it though," Piers finally says.

"Well out with it, we got no other plans."

"How good are you at singing?"

~~~

You let out a long yawn as you exit the university school dorm room. It had been a long day of studying! After working several good years at Pier's gym as his stage manager, with some encouragement from your two favorite boys, you decided to go back to school.

You read a message in your group chat, Raihan and Piers were wondering if you wanted to hang out with some karaoke. "FUICK YEAH!!!" you type back. "Where at?" The two instruct you to come to Pier's place, as per usual.

You hop on to the soonest taxi and fly over to Spikemuth. The locals there recognize you and yell out your name gleefully as you walk down the streets. Despite the rough and gritty nature the city has, it's a second home to you. You walk right up to Pier's door, knocking on it twice and yelling to announce your arrival before using your own key to unlock and enter inside.

But once you step inside, Pier's usual monochromatic apartment seems to have changed. They were roses everywhere adorning each step, there was beautiful ambience lighting that made the room feel like you were walking through stars, and soft music playing.

You enter the apartment to see Pier's playing a bass, practicing it seems. It'd been years since you've seen him pick up an instrument. "Hey boys," you say with a warm smile. "What's the occasion? We haven't done this in a while."

"We like you," Raihan is quick to say first. Piers shoots him a look, wanting to have done the song at least first. "This song's for you, we uh..."

"We learned it," Piers finishes Raihan's sentence. "It's not ours but it conveys how we feel about you....but it could be our song after."

You stand there, eyes wide in shock, jaw dropped slightly. Before you could say much more, Piers presses a button and the track starts to play as he accompanies it with his bass.

Raihan for once feels nervous, this wasn't the same kind of tension he'd feel with facing a losing battle. But with a soft and yearning heart, he sings as Piers plays. The whole piece is so soft and yearning. You can't help but to smile, hiding your face with your hands every so often as the two catch your gaze. You sit there in the most serene peace you've ever felt in years.

When the song is over, both of the boys stare back at you, a momentary pause of silence between you all. "Can...Can I kiss you guys?" you ask, your face burning red. "Finally!" Raihan exclaims. "Yes, you may," Piers says back warmly.

You kiss them both on the cheek lightly, still feeling rather apprehensive over the whole ordeal, but the two boys go along at your pace, kissing your face at the same time.

The night wasn't over though! You were promised karaoke after all.

#raihan x piers #raihan x reader #piers x reader #my writing #anon asks #asks #this is what i could come up with #the song that raihan and piers play for you is pretty boy by the neighborhood!#excuse the use of girl genders in the song though lmao

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666writingcafe · 1 year ago

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Don't Look Back

Thirteen

Well, this wasn't part of my vacation plans. All I wanted to do was to relax at the beach and soak in some vitamin D, but now I'm staring at my tablet screen, observing my grass-covered field through MC's eyes.

It's amazing how much technology has done to make my job easier. There truly is an app for everything.

"Looks we found our first rule," I hear Solomon announce to the others through my earbuds.

Please tell me you get your blood ethically. MC's thought shows up as a text message on the right side of my screen, and it amuses me so much that I nearly choke on my drink.

You're quite funny, MC. Shouldn't you be concerned that I've gathered enough blood to write these messages?

I live with the Avatars of Sin. I've seen worse.

"So basically, we just have to walk along making sure to keep facing forward?" the guy with the purple hair asks as he starts laughing. "That's so easy it's hilarious!"

You would think that Levi would know that this probably won't be easy.

How so?

He's played too many video games to be this naive. I'm sure that you didn't make your levels easy to complete, because otherwise every Tom, Dick, and Harry would waltz into your cave and mess around with their candles whenever they felt like it.

Dang. I'm impressed. Are they usually this insightful?

I wonder...

How do you think I've made this level challenging, then?

MC takes a moment to respond, probably because they're trying to put the pieces together.

Hallucinations?

Something tells me this isn't their first rodeo.

Yes. Auditory ones.

That's probably what I would have done, to be honest. I'd want people to struggle to not turn around, and if they're experiencing powerful hallucinations, then they'll inevitably break the rule, which would leave my candles safe for another day.

You read me like an open book, MC.

Does that bother you?

What an interesting question. Should it bother me? I mean, it would if they were someone like Solomon, using that information for their own personal agenda.

MC seems different, though, and I don't know how.

Want me to tell you what the others are hallucinating?

Sure. You'll have to tell me who's who, because I'm only familiar with Solomon and Lucifer.

Okay. The guy in the brown leather jacket and yellow-tinted sunglasses is Mammon. Satan is the blond that looks like he went through a tornado in order to get his outfit. Asmo is the most feminine looking, Beel's the tall ginger, and Belphie is the one clinging onto him.

And Levi's the guy with the purple hair.

Yes. Mammon thinks I'm inviting him to have sex with me, Satan hears a newborn kitten crying out for help, Asmo hears people chanting his name, and Levi thinks Ruri-chan is asking him to go on an adventure with him.

Who's Ruri-chan?

The heroine in one of his favorite pieces of anime.

Now that's just depressing.

What about Beel and Belphie?

They've not disclosed that information to us.

"Everyone calm down." Shit. That's Lucifer. "You're just hearing things. None of it is real. It's all to get you to break the rule for this level. You have to resist the urge to look back."

I know that tone.

He's on the edge of breaking.

Grab Lucifer's hand.

Do you think he's hallucinating?

Violently.

In addition to grabbing Lucifer's hand, MC squeezes it, as if letting him know that they're there for him. Lucifer visibly relaxes as he squeezes back.

They must be pretty special if they can get Lucifer of all people to ease up with a simple touch.

You were right. He was hearing Lilith.

Oh my. I had no idea that the war still traumatized him. I thought surely that he would have gotten over most of it by now. He certainly acted that way the last time I saw him.

And then there's MC. The fact that they know about Lilith...they must have gotten really close to Lucifer for him to disclose that information to them.

They really are a curious creature.

"Levi, don't turn around!" Belphie's warning comes too late as Levi cries out to imaginary Ruri-chan that he'll help her save the day.

Barf.

At least he's cute as a Little D. Kind of.

#obey me shall we date #obey me thirteen #obey me mc #obey me lucifer #obey me levi #obey me brothers

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kareofbears · 16 days ago

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just one time (just one time) ch.1

��I heard you out and I’m still unsure why you’re even doing this.” Nanami pushes his shades up the bridge of his nose, peering down at the planner in his hand. “Or rather, why you insist on having me involved.”

A training camp for wayward children, Gojo had called it, gesticulating widely with his long arms, white hair bouncing with passion.

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Or, Gojo and Nanami take it upon themselves to keep an eye on the first years during summer vacation without realizing that the first years are the ones keeping an eye on them.

read on ao3 or below the cut

GS: whatcha up to this summer?

NK: Hello, Gojo-san. Be more specific.

GS: hi, nanamiiiii :>

GS: what's your availability this summer?

NK: Which month?

GS: all of it

NK: That's hard to say. Summer is a two-month time frame.

GS: great, so i'm hearing you're free.

NK: I didn't say that.

GS: meet me tomorrow at noon, i'll send you the address in a bit. and bring a calendar, i don't have one.

NK: You don’t have a calendar?

NK: What's this about?

NK: Hello?

---

"Halfway to June until halfway through July," Gojo bites the cap of the red sharpie in his hand and tugs, voice muffled. "That's it."

Nanami puts his hand on the calendar with one hand, holding his tea mug in another. "I haven't agreed to anything. And don't draw on it, that's my personal calendar."

"I'm drawing on it because it's your personal calendar. Because this is your personal life that I'm involving." Gojo leans back into the booth, shit-eating grin plastered on his face as he reaches for his own caramel smoothie. In an attempt to butter him up, it seems, Gojo had treated him to a high-end coffee shop, quiet and well-lit with natural sunlight. The interior decoration is artful yet unobtrusive, the ambiance pleasant, and Nanami isn't sure if Gojo had known about this place beforehand or if he found it specifically for this situation.

"And I'm a big fan of how you carry a physical book around with you." Gojo picks up the leather-bound pocket calendar with mild interest, turning it this way and that in what only feels a little condescending. “How quaint, it’s like I’m in a historical movie.”

“If you’re done mocking me—“ Nanami plucks the book from Gojo’s fingers, who grumbles. “I’ll be taking my leave now. Some of us actually have work to do.”

“Come on, I’m just playing.” Even with the blindfold, he can almost make out the eye roll. “I’ll be good, just hear me out.”

“I heard you out and I’m still unsure why you’re even doing this.” Nanami pushes his shades up the bridge of his nose, peering down at the planner in his hand. “Or rather, why you insist on having me involved.”

A training camp for wayward children, Gojo had called it, gesticulating widely with his long arms, white hair bouncing with passion.

It’s tradition in Jujutsu Tech. The second and third years are to attend the Kyoto sister school during the summer, while the first years will be sent back home. It’s a rare moment of kindness from the higher ups of Jujutsu schooling to allow the students a chance for some down time, effectively masking the fact that this will probably be the the last significant period of ‘vacationing’ they'll have before they inevitably get locked into the world of sorcery and missions until the day they die.

What's unheard of, however, is the teacher forcing the students to stay behind.

"Not forcing," Gojo corrects. "Generously offering. It's an opportunity to further their education with the best of the best." He points to himself as he speaks, neither conceited nor humble. Just factual. "You want them to get lazy at home, eating watermelon on the tatami for a month?"

"That's their right to do so. They've worked hard."

"And they have," he repeats, nodding. "And they'll keep working hard, because that's just who they are. The only difference is they'll have the guidance to direct them upwards." When he sees Nanami's expression, impassive and unbudging, Gojo raises a brow. "You really think I'm gonna lock them up all month? Please. It's me we're talking about. They'll have time to frolic if they want, have a little summer side story or whatever kids do these days."

"Alright." There's something else that Gojo's hiding from him, but he doesn't push. He's not their teacher. "And what does this have to do with me?

"Did you know you're Yuji's emergency contact?" Gojo tells him. When Nanami doesn’t react, he continues. “You're not surprised."

"No."

"So you know how Yuji sees you?"

Nanami looks out the window, thumb grazing the side of his watch as he takes in the bustling city of Tokyo on the other side of the glass. "I get the gist of it," he relents. "But he has you, too."

"Of course," Gojo agrees easily. He ignores the window entirely, focused on Nanami. "But I'm not you."

Eyes flickering at Gojo, "You'd admit it so easily?

"For this, yes." he slurps up his drink noisily, erasing any sense of maturity about him. "You know how much he'd enjoy it if you were camp counsellor, Nanami."

It's frustrating, how well thought out this plan was. Camp counsellor. A juvenile but fitting description. He's not bound to these kids for longer than a summer. He's not offering lifelong advice that will change the trajectory of their life. On top of that, the barest hint of curiosity blooms in his chest. Gojo Satoru, lifelong menace and strongest sorcerer, as a teacher. To this day, Nanami still hasn't seen it in action. WIth this, he can stay in the shadows while he observes quietly.

Besides, how many times has Itadori begged for him to visit Jujutsu Tech?

"A month," Gojo repeats, tone soft. "That's all I'm asking for."

Nanami scrutinizes him for a long moment before sliding the planner across the table. "A month," he says firmly.

Gojo beams.

---

Yuji's mouth hasn't closed in the past two minutes.

Kugisaki reaches over her desk and pushes his jaw upwards. "You're overreacting."

"It's—it's—" Kugisaki continues pushing her hand up his jaw until Itadori finally pushes her hand off him. "It's Nanamin! Here!" He gestures widely around himself, like they're somewhere incomprehensible instead of the first year classroom. He bends sideways, contorting his spine until his pink hair brushes against Fushiguro's shoulder. "Am I hallucinating?"

Fushiguro doesn't even look up from his novel. "Are you actually here, Nanami-san?"

"I believe so," Nanami replies from where he's standing by the doorway, cleaning his shades with a cloth. He wasn't quite sure what to wear to the first day of whatever this was, so he opted for his usual suit, sans the tie. Keep it casual! Gojo had texted him last night, and this is the most he can muster with that advice.

The feeling isn’t exactly melancholy, standing in the first-year classroom once more, but reminiscent. He doesn’t miss his younger days, but his chest still contorts in a strange way he doesn’t understand. As if he were trying to fit himself into a room that he’d lived in all his life, only to find that his limbs had far outgrown it. When he glances back at Gojo, for a moment he sees circular sunglasses and floppy hair instead of the blindfold. He blinks, and suddenly he’s 27 years old and he’s not quite sure how that happened.

Itadori can't seem to wipe the grin from his face, visibly trembling with excitement. "Why didn't you tell me, Nanamin?"

Gojo’s head pops behind Nanami’s shoulder. “Because he wanted to surprise you, Yuji-kun! And are you surprised?”

“Yes!”

“Are you surprised!”

“Yes, sensei!”

Gojo rushes forward and double high fives Itadori, the slap loud enough to leave their ears ringing. “That’s right!”

Fushiguro rubs his temples with one hand. “Hello, Nanami-san.”

“Fushiguro-kun, Kugisaki-chan,” he nods politely at both of them. “I trust you’ve both been well?”

“Good. It’s been warm,” he answers, putting his book down. It pleases Nanami, how polite this boy is, especially given his irritating upbringing. Despite being part of the jujutsu world from a young age, the two of them have hardly shared more than a few words with each other.

“Psst,” Kugisaki leans forward and Nanami mirrors her. “Did you like the cafe?”

His lips twitch into a smile. “It was lovely, thank you.”

“Now that we have the pleasantries out of the way,” Gojo calls, walking to the front and picking up a piece of chalk, hands red from repeated slapping. “First of all—happy summer! It’s the season of adolescence, hope, and ripe fruits on hot days. Even though this month is typically when we send you home, I thought, how boring! How cruel, to seperate my students from their beloved teacher. Like lost sheep away from their shepherd. Just terrible.”

Snatching a chalk from the mantle, he turns to the board, hand moving fast and grand, spelling out in huge, capital letters: SUMMER. With a nod to himself, he turns back to the trio, and even Nanami’s not quite sure what to do with that information. “I know you’re all getting excited,” he says as Kugisaki yawns. “It’s not going to be all fun and games the whole time. I’ll be training you during this time, pushing you to be your strongest selves. Or something along those lines. And to help me do that—"

Gojo clasps a hand on Nanami's shoulder. "Will be this very proper, well-financed, semi-handsome although slightly dull man who you all know and love." Turning to him, "Care to introduce yourself?"

He represses the urge to sigh. "My name is Nanami Kento," he starts, and Yuji whoops behind a covered hand. "And I will be aiding you all in your training for the next month. I look forward to working with you," he bows slightly.

Gojo makes a face. "Alright, now that you're all done falling asleep to that exhilarating introduction—" he makes his way to the windowsill, sitting on the ledge. His ever-present grin rests on his lips, but there's a sharpness there that makes Nanami pause. "Let's do something a little more interesting.”

There's a shift in the room.

Fushiguro, once-bleary eyed, raises his head at Gojo's tone, hands deceivingly resting on the tabletop, but Nanami knows better, can see the slight twitch of his fingertips from here. Eyes sliding over the other students, Kugisaki straightened up, eyes narrowed ever slightly, torso twisting so she slightly angled away from her desk. The only one who didn't change was Itadori, who gave his teacher a questioning look.

Raising both his hands, Gojo flashes his teeth. "On my mark," he says, and it was then that Nanami started rolling up his sleeves. "I want the three of you to attack our newest member here with everything you have.”

Silence rings in the room, shrill and intrusive, until the sound of cracking knuckles sound out. "Finally," Itadori breathes, eyes bright and wild.

“Oh,” Gojo adds. “And no cursed energy,” he gives Nanami a sidelong glance. “From either party.”

Clap.

This, too, was Jujutsu Tech tradition.

With a deafening crack, Itadori’s desk splinters as he uses it to throw himself at Nanami, fist raised and expression eager. As if on cue, Fushiguro and Kugisaki darts from the sides, Kugisaki agilely hopping on the windowsill to get above Nanami while Fushiguro slides in for the tackle. Good. They use their numbers effectively.

Weaving under Itadori’s initial throw, Nanami uses his own momentum to deftly jump over Fushiguro, grabbing him the collar before twisting, hard, to launch him directly up at Kugisaki. Her eyes widen as she crashes into Fushiguro, and Nanami doesn’t even need to look behind him before he sidesteps, hearing more than seeing the whoosh of Itadori’s foot missing his temple by inches.

“Megumi,” Gojo sighs from the back. “You’re making this harder for Nobara than it has to be.”

A hiss is all the reply that Gojo gets.

Nanami decides to stay on the defense, favoring dodging and parrying as he submerges himself into the mentality of the attack—because that’s what this is. It doesn’t feel like a brawl the way lower-level sorcerers would get in. This is targeted. Strategized. The three of them work well with each other, the subtle shift in expressions and squeaks on the floorboards the only indication of them communicating with one another. The three of them haven’t known each other for long, but they fight like they’ve done it together for years.

Like a slow build-up of an engine, Fushiguro seems to have shaken off his own hesitation, relying heavily on proper hand-to-hand combat. It doesn’t surprise Nanami how clean cut some of the moves are, almost textbook in the perfection and predictability of his movements. Is it because of the superiority of his technique? Nanami looks over at Gojo for a split-second, only to find an amused expression there. Forearms raised to block a roundhouse kick he sees from a mile away, Fushiguro clicks his tongue, rolling back in time for Kugisaki to charge in.

She fights dirtier, completely unconventional in her movements, undoubtedly to make up for her smaller frame. Sliding and slipping, she goes for anything she can reach. The back of his knees, blind spots, movements quick enough to distract. While it’s clear that there’s room for improvement—Kugisaki keeps reaching for the hammer and nails she isn’t allowed to use, a clear tells on what she falls back on—she’s just crafty enough that he stays on his toes.

Gojo cups his hands around his mouth. “Dig deeper, Kugisaki,” he calls out.”You’re treating our guest like he’s a curse, but he’s seeing right through you. You don’t have your nails. Get over it.”

“This normally works!” she replies hotly.

“He’s not very normal though, is he?”

The hair on Nanami’s nape rises and it’s only pure instinct that has him pivoting right, both arms raised against an explosive fist hurtling directly at him. Bones rattling, teeth grit, he absorbs its impact, boots skirting on the floor boards. A hit from Itadori is just as devastating as it looks.

A fair assumption for why Nanami’s able to handle the other two so easily was due to the lack of cursed energy. If this were a real fight, he wouldn’t be so callous with his movements in a skirmish like this. But a closed-combat, all-out sprint of a fight has Itadori’s name all over it.

But it also has Nanami’s.

Immediately it shifts into something of a boxing match, punches and hooks thrown, movements blurred yet pinpoint accurate, and for some odd reason, Nanami finds his lip twitching upwards.

“Wah, Nanamin’s smiling!” Itadori grins between jabs, breathing just a little short. “Told you we should’ve done this sooner—” A particularly sharp hook goes into Itadori’s side, pulling a pained groan out of him. “Focus, yeah, I hear it loud and clear.”

“Yuji,” Gojo drawls. “You lose your chatting privileges if you get hit like that again.”

At least he looks sheepish as he ducks out of Nanami’s attempted throw. “Yes, sensei.”

Just as Fushiguro and Kugisaki were about to throw themselves into the fray again, Gojo claps once more. “Time’s up! Pencils down.”

There’s a chorus of grumbling, but Nanami only nods, rolling his sleeves neatly back down. These faux-fights never last very long. They’re designed to see the chemistry and skill level of not only the students, but the newcomer teacher as well.

“But we were just getting into it,” Kugisaki pouts.

“Five more minutes?” Itadori pleads, big eyes at Gojo. “Please?”

Only Fushiguro doesn’t complain, only neatly straightening his fallen chair before sitting in it, looking almost bored again. How he can go from a brawl to being completely disinterested so quickly is almost impressive. “Don’t you always train with Nanami-san?”

Itadori whirls on Fushiguro, arms already thrown up in exasperation, and Nanami has to hold back a sigh. This topic has long been worn and tired. “No, never! He refuses to train with me.”

All eyes slide back to Nanami. “There is nothing I need to teach you in terms of combat,” he says, unashamed.

“You beat the shit out of us.”

“He absolutely did,” Gojo agrees. He makes his way back to the front, kicking stray chunks of wood as he walks. “A few things before I let you all go.”

Turning in a circle, he points at Itadori with a flourish. “Yuji, minus five points for breaking the desk.”

He blanches. “There’s points?”

“There is now. Kugisaki,” his fingers morph into little guns. “Plus ten points. Good energy out there. I appreciate the creativity, but I’m gonna need you to commit a bit better next time. If you don’t, I’m sticking you with Maki again.”

“Wow, what a punishment,” Itadori whispers to Fushiguro. “I’m sure she’ll just hate that.”

“Yuji. Minus 20 for being a little shit.” A pause. “Plus 20, because that was pretty funny.”

“Thanks!”

“You’re still in the negatives,” Fushiguro points out mildly, which has Itadori frantically doing math with both hands.

“And Megumi,” Gojo turns to him with a stern look. “You held back today. But you get plus 500 points for being the cutest!”

When he receives an eye roll in return, Gojo only coos before turning to Nanami. “Well, camp counsellor-san. Anything to add?”

Nanami turns the question around his head. There’s a lot he could say. These kids are good, very good, but every one of them has something they need to improve on. “I do not,” he says instead. It comes off a bit shorter than he meant for it to, and he softens his voice. “You all did well.”

Even without looking, he feels the burn of Gojo’s gaze in the side of his head. He refuses to meet his eyes.

“Okay,” Gojo shrugs, turning to the students. “Dismissed, then. Go have some ice cream. Nanami’s treat.”

Kugisaki and Itadori practically run into the wall in their haste, barely shoving the door aside before sprinting down the hall, calling for Nanami to hurry up, which he does, albeit much slower, quietly closing the door behind him.

Gojo brushes his hair back with his hand. With a flick of his hand, the lock to the window clips to the side, letting fresh air come into the warm room. “Don’t be coy. I know you like ice cream, too.”

“What are you planning?" Megumi asks, ignoring him.

"You always assume the worst in me," Gojo yawns, not bothering to cover his mouth.

Megumi doesn't grace him with an answer, only keeps staring. To some people they might be unnerved by his unflinching expression, but Gojo only smiles fondly. He walks to the door, ruffling Megumi's hair on the way out. "Nothing this time, Megumi. Let's just try and have a good summer."

#just one time chapter 1 #fic tag #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #gojo satoru #well here we go! i really. really want to finish this.

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oh-my-damn · 1 year ago

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No one knows what is actually happening. So if this is being said to people who argue its PR or that theyre no longer together, it should also be said to the people arguing the opposite, specifically the ones sure theyre engaged or getting married despite no official confirmation of that, or believing theyre still together even though we havent gotten proper confirmation of that in quite a while now (we all know his team has a history of delaying break up announcements) ///

Babe, I respect your opinion but the part I marked out in pink doesn't make a whole lot of sense. She and her bff were in Bermuda with his bff and another friend's wife. He may also have been there but no pictures have popped up yet. He is the connecting factor between the groups. Why would she be on vacation with his friends if they were broken up? Like what confirmation do you want about them being together? What will convince you guys? Him announcing it through his go-to mag? Him doing a pap walk with her? Him posting her on his IG? Him inviting her to his premiere? Oh he's done all of that but some of you are still in deep denial. This is worrisome.

I mean normal couples don't have to give confirmation that they're together every month. Doesn't mean they've broken up.

Yes. I want him to keep confirming, over and over and over again, that he is dating a 25 year old teenage-looking racist and hanging out with her racist neo-nazi friends. That is what I want.

If you want me to believe that the person who tweeted this:

Is currently hanging out with a person, who is also best friends with his "future wife", that tweeted this:

And not to mention his "future wife" being involved with this:

Then yes. I do want CONSTANT confirmation. I want him in pictures, I want him in videos, I want god damn articles of them standing proudly next to each other for the whole entire world to see.

Because believing in it is worse than forcing myself to not believe in it.

And as for your message in my inbox and your opinion?

#mandy answers #chris evans #alba baptista #justin amorim #racism #racists

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bomberqueen17 · 2 years ago

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i don't know if i've discussed this on here or what but i'm leaving the camera store job to do just farm things. I'm not getting paid a lot at the farm but I am getting paid so that's something. Kind of a stipend. The farm work is... ostensibly not full-time so I will still have time to come back to Buffalo and like, get Chita snuggles and you know, be in my house, see my guy, that kind of thing. We'll see how the schedule works out; the main thing for me is to free me from the tyranny of ten hours a week of being on the Thruway, which tends to take up all of my weekend time and a lot of my mental energy.

So tomorrow's my last day. My supervisor has called out for two days so far this week, which has completely shattered my already-nebulous ability to wrap shit up, so this place is entirely a disaster and I have no idea what kind of condition I'm going to wind up leaving it in, but also, it's not my problem and I've done my best. I do think they thought my leaving date wasn't final and that like a sensible person I had left myself time off between jobs, but I did not not do that, I will be leaving Monday morning before dawn.

I'm trying to write checklists for whoever's taking over my job. They've made no moves to replace me. My supervisor has been polite to me but has said to the store manager dramatically that he'll never be able to take a day off again. (Before I knew I was leaving, he'd told me a date he was taking a vacation and I'd said that was a date I couldn't cover and he'd said too bad he did enough to be flexible for me, and like...... no there are other options, sir, but as it happens I managed to force the issue out of my court entirely.) He's out this week, so I have trained people he has previously refused to train. The only reason I'm trained is that I taught myself, but it's also not that hard. So. Now I've trained several people and they will be filling in when Supervisor takes days off, because he will take days off, such as over Thanksgiving when he had a fucking heart attack and it was a crisis because I could not be urgently recalled and he could not leave the hospital. Christ so now three other people know how to do some of the basic shit around here. This does not require an advanced degree. I wrote a checklist. Calm down.

Anyway am I chill? No. Am I excited about my future? No. Let me get there and get a minute to do some decompressing maybe and I will be but at the moment everything is hectic and I just want to go lie down.

Anyway I haven't gotten much writing done either. Or sewing. But. Maybe there'll be time in the future, when I'm not spending most of the time when I'm at my own house sitting in this windowless room doing busywork.

I did the math, I'll be two months short of having worked here fourteen years.

#dayjob camera store #about the author

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chevvy-yates · 10 months ago

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WIP WEDNESDAY WHENEVER

got tagged by @kdval thank you!

tagging: @gloryride, @elvenbeard, @pinkyjulien, @kittenchrissy, @dreamskug, @wraithsoutlaws, @imaginarycyberpunk2023, @alphanight-vp, @morganlefaye79, @peaches-n-screem, @wanderingaldecaldo, @genocidalfetus, @jaymber, @humberg, @therealnightcity, @streetkid-named-desire, @sammysilverdyne, @aggravateddurian, and @breezypunk as always, no pressure – also feel free to ignore.

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GENERAL:

My gaming laptop is still on vacation sleeping since mid November '23 so I have still nothing new except the last remaining vp I want to post but hesitate for own reasons to click the 'post' button. It's a never ending fight I have to do with myself here …

Each weekend I tell myself I will update, but I do not 'feel' it – it's complicated. Guess something needs to happen that requires me to update first. Nontheless, I did not sit around doing nothing. Used the time for writing, thinking, graphic design and selecting songs.

I managed to post Ryder's two favorite radio stations last weekend:

I'll link the post here again in case you missed it and have interest to listen to it. A like/follow is appreciated, a.k.a. Ryder dankt! 🖤

I know not many like this genre he (and I) listens to but maybe at least the Technoise FM finds a way into someone's music heart. Music is very deeply connected to especially my boy Ryder but all of the boys as well (each their own style) and will show up even in the big story to support the written scenery/moments.

Speaking of the big story:

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FANFICTION:

The story has a name now and will simply go by:

Cyberpunk 2078 – Pandemonium

I'm close to finish chapter 01: The Golden Demon of Kabuki of our (@nervouswizardcycle's and me) story. It needs a few vp pics to be redone and me to make a few adjustments and prepare the first post. Hopefully I get it done by the end of January.

QUESTION:

I don't know how many people might be interested in reading it but if you are, please leave me a comment in this post or send me a DM or contact me on Discord so I take note of it and will tag you once I start releasing chapters. It won't be weekly, neither monthly. I'm slow in writing and editing plus I do not do it alone as this story is still at first a role play between @nervouswizardcycle and me, I convert into better reading flow afterwards which takes a lot of time. So you won't receive notifications that often. But in this way you hopefully won't miss out on it when I post them.

HOW DOES IT LOOK?/WHERE CAN I READ IT?

I will not make a long text post here, neither put it on ao3 or any other fanfic site. Gonna make a picture post instead that adds maybe a little teaser text and then link it to an uploaded pdf that will be stored on my personal google drive. You can read it online or download and read whenever you like/find time! :3

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

For those who do not know: It is set after the events of Cyberpunk 2077 and starts in January 2078. Arki, the main character, recovered from the game events (so he's V). All that happened in 2077 only set the ball for his story rolling so he's on his way to find out about his missing past. My boys who work together as a merc team (Vijay, Ryder, Hizumi in the beginning; Jay and Thyjs join later), happen to help Arki on his journey, he becomes a part of the team as well and together they find out things they never could have imagined and everything is connected. It might have the one or other flashback with Johnny in it as well as Arki used to be deeply connected with him and my boys two might get some. None of my boys is a V - even though Vijay goes with the name 'V' – and none of them knows the official npcs Arki has met except for: Jackie, Misty and Vic. They've heard (and maybe seen) of some famous names tho (e.g. Rogue, Kerry). It can happen we integrate a few other ocs that belong to friends/mutuals of us – either by just mentioning them, or they even might get their own appearance if managable to integrate – this is stil a tbd, tho and I will reach out and ask first ofc! I can definitely say @gloryride's Vanessa and Enzo will be mentioned/appear. Vanessa is part of V's and Ry's friend circle and their local fixer. She's also Ryder's neighbor in the Glen. Enzo is Jay's bf, so their names will definitely fall for sure. But as said I'll reach out and ask first if allowed and nothing is set in stone yet either as we are still at the start but have rough ideas that could be integrated.

BUT I ALREADY KNOW CHAPTER ONE AND TWO?!

There might be a few of you who remember the first versions of them, as about 1 1/2 years or so ago I posted them here as simple text posts but it was way shorter, less detailed. We've gone over some parts and it's definitely worth a new read now!

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FURTHER PLANS/IDEAS?

too many to count, my list is neverending. I have not forgotten of my vp ideas but they are put on hold for a bit bc the story needs to be rolled out first or it will never happen.

I definitely want to redo the past looks of Ryder and Vijay (they will stay like they are, just a few details changed on them and their outfits) and add the ones of Jay and Thyjs as well.

And I want to focus on Jay's tattoos as they will change into the Japanese themed one done by Kala but I need to edit them a bit (thankfully it is allowed) with Glory's help so it fits to Jay. And hopefully we can solve the layer problem so his glowing tattoo still glows bc it is essential for the story xD

Alright, I'm done :)

#cyberpunk 2077 #wip wednesday #wip whenever #Cyberpunk 2078 – pandemonium #long post

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