#MC Eith

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004)

[anonymouscheeses]

They are everything to me.

[crabofthewoods]

THEY CAME

[adoornail]

makint a homestuck comic caleld fentstuck 😔😔 u can guess what thats all abt.. but heres one of my charactersnfor the comic!! shes tweaked lwkey

[marveltaughtmetoread]

One of the things that is just wild to me is the intersection between sexism and homophobia in so many action stories

Like the sexism results in none, or basically none of the female characters being interesting or anything but card board cut outs, these female characters have basically no effect on the story, and as love interests they're frequently the end goal, so MC is always striving to be with them but never gets to be until the end, so what you get is a couple that spends no time together, where one half is the most bland half baked character you could ask for but we are somehow supposed to still be routing for them

In contrast, the male characters are constantly surrounding each other, lifting each other, supportive or at least always there whether that be antagonistic or not, recognising and treating each other as equals because the sexism means that only male characters are valid, yet cause of homophobia they're never gonna let two male characters end up together

And with this cocktail of bland and uninteresting straight love, and intense and passionate male "friendship" people dare to be shocked that the ships are gay

My guy you wrote the sexism, you made the female characters trash and the males ones amazing, you are the reason we don't care for the straight ship, yet you come out and say that the gay ship is wrong

Wild

[myflamingredbobsled]

[janesgms]

Astro Notes - 05

– Introduction –

[✨️] In this post I wanted to talk about my SR placements for this year and my experiences with them, and then in the next post I'm gonna try to predict my next year experiences basing them on my 2024 solar return chart and come back here next year to tell you guys what i got wrong and what i got right 😀 (is this a stupid idea?¿ idk). Btw, i've made it writing it in a way that makes you indentify with it in case you have the placement!

CAPRICORN ASC ♡ You're gonna show yourself this year like a more serious and mature person, you may focus on dressing more classy or just having more polites and elegant manners. You'll focus your appearance on aging better and even trying to look an age different from yours, in my case I think I wanna look younger lol. Your energy may be more grounded and even dense this year. You might look like you're always serious or deep in thought this year. Which is true because a friend told me that I look like I always want to punch someone when I was just with a normal face? Haahah and I never heard that bc I've also had a more calm vibe to my appearance lol.

14° DEGREE ASC/MC ♡ With the taurus degree on the ascendant and midheaven you may focus your appearance on venusian themes like makeup products, skin care, clothes!!!, accessories, anything that makes you feel prettier eith yourself. since the MC is in it too, people might compliment a lot on your physical appearance that year (or judge you too -_-)

LIBRA MC ♡ The SR MC reinforces how people are gonna perceive you that year and your reputation direction. With the libra MC, you might look like a person who focus a lot on appearance and love, even looking vain to some, you might appear to be someone who's constantly focusing on looking beautiful and being loved that year. It may be a year which your love life and personal cares with your appearance is gonna be very visible to others 😨 to my sadness, so it may indicate that you receive unwanted "advices" or judgements regarding these topics.

12H SUN ♡ you'll focus a lot on your subconscious mind that year. you'll focus on spritualism, the general occult. everything that's been hidden within yourself is gonna come out from yourself like an avalanche. this can also indicate your hidden enemies will be shown to you. you'll tend to isolate yourself more because of this or just because you feel like you're gonna be better this way.

AQUARIUS MOON ♡ your emotions will be focused and based more on your friends, who you want to get closer with, social settings (maybe parties), and things unconventional for you, or just new and exciting experiences, you'll see things in a new vision. think of your past years and habits and remember if this year you've started craiving or thinking on something unusual for you. You'll also focus on being more original and not following much the others, feeling like "I know my own worth and values and I'm not gonna change it easily for anyone". You might feel like you don't need to fit in anymore, like you're happy with your uniqueness. Also, idk if it's a coincidence but this year I got closer to someone who's an aquarius moon and this person taught me some really important lessons to me.

2H MOON ♡ you'll focus your emotions on physical sensations, your face, your food relationship, your physical posessions... this can make you crave financial comfort, luxury, relaxation, sensual intimacy maybe? you'll feel like you're more materialistic than in other years. this is so true, I was never someone to focus much in matters like money and posessions but this year I felt more inclined in wanting a better financial life, wanting more financial comfort, etc (I'm not proud of it lol), also a lot on my physical face - the 2H is also about it.

CAPRICORN MERCURY ♡ you'll focus your communication style on being more direct, solid and someone who imposes respect. you might also talk about financial matters lol. you'll also talk a lot about your future profession, your future ambitions, your mental security, your workplace (be it school, job etc). you'll want to talk about more mature themes. I feel like it specially because this is my last year in high school so all the "focus" and expectations are in how my professional career is gonna start when i finish it and what college I'm gonna attend too, so I tend to talk a lot about these topics specially this year. For ex: I have lost counts on how many times people asked me which job I want to do this year.

1H MERCURY ♡ means you'll focus on finding your true voice that year. you'll focus on being honest with yourself and be more direct in your conversations. you'll focus on imposing limits with communication. i feel like this year i'm being more direct in my thoughts and I don't let people have their way with me and keep quiet so this is great for a personal development.

SCORPIO VENUS ♡ I still have hopes this placement indicates that you're gonna pass through the humilliation first (check ✅️) and then through the new vibes of your love life with a fairytale boyfriend (waiting?... ❌️ not check). But being more serious, the scorpio venus in here tells that your love life is gonna be intense for you that year. You may go through a break up that year if you're dating or a new relationship if ur single (there's still hope for us single ladies), since scorpio is all about transformations and rebirths. You might feel like you're more posessive and jealous in your relationships (friendships, affairs, etc) than in other years. You might go through an acquaintence with someone that'll make you suffer like hell but will make you stronger in the end. Your relationships this year can be secretive or just mysteryous in general, but summing up, very transformative. This can also be an indicator of letting go of toxic friendships or affairs so if you lost someone this year and ur still suffering stop if girl, cause this person went away for your well being and not for your worst.

11H VENUS ♡ (Guys as I'm writing this I'm so tired and sleepy so forgive me any typo but I'll keep going bc if I bury this post in my drafts and say "I'll continue later", than I'll never end this post like the others in my drafts so I'm gonna keep writing it with the appearance of a corpse but let's go) I'm almost 101% sure this aspect is the friendzone one guys, and probably you're the one who's gonna be friendzoned or already was. Sadly but it happens. So... according to the universe laws, this indicates that you're not gonna focus on romantic relationships and more on friendships but this wasn't the case for me, maybe it was because it's in scorpio. Furthermore, I think this indicates that my love life this year influenciated a lot on my social circle, or badically that it made me isolate myself because of my romantic life and fuck up my social life/"friends". It also affected my only real friendship, where it became really exhausting to me bc of it.

SAGITTARIUS MARS ♡ you'll focus a lot of your energy in things that make you feel like you're free, truly happy and actively stimulated. you'll probably focus your energy and passion in: going to parties, learning about philosophic matters, learning about the higher meaning, the truth about the universe, being more independent, wanting to live somewhere else, wanting to travel a lot or just knowing more about other cultures, living alone or at least far from your parents to feel like you're free, learning new languages, etc. On another note, you may focus on being more physical active and doing exercises. This mars can also indicate having a more disperse energy which changes direction easily. I relate to that and I'm really experiencing all of that and more in the future I hope!

12H MARS ♡ you'll put a lot of your energy in the matters said in the 1st note (12H sun). probably you're gonna get closer to hobbies like: subliminals, law of attraction, meditation, tarot, astrology, psychology, sel reflection, the supernatural, past lives, connections to other dimensions, getting high and/or drunk (👀), having constant connections with water (like rivers, lakes, beaches), things that you do alone like reading, listening to music, etc. In a more realistic side, you'll focus your energy and passion on changing yourself in a transcendental way, it's like the 8th house but in a more mental way, which also influentiates on your physical manners obviously. this is so nice in my opinion, it's been such a nice year in this sense to me, i'm gonna enjoy the rest of this year to the max because these hobbies were the best thing that happened to me this year.

12H CERES ♡ this is getting repetitive but wtv, you're gonna develop a soft spot (if you don't already have one) or just create a very nurturing attachment to the 12H matters (things said in the 2 notes above), so you'll feel like you're at peace when you're focusing on these things. and this is true for me! as i said before, when i focus on these things, I feel at ease and healed.

– End notes –

[🩷] So guys, it was it for today. Maybe later I'll edit it and add the other planets house plafements but for now I'm gonna rest bc I'm literally dead and my hands are gonna fall, so byee! See ya and good night <3

[midnightsun-if]

Just wanted to say, as a straight guy, I'm also gonna be romancing scarlet by a proxy a step further than usual proxy (usual proxy is the fact the mc in an if is the mc, a step further proxy is the kc having to be female, which I'm...not.) I'm just gonna see the scenes and vicariously reconstruct in my head. Which is fine by me anyway.

I just always remember what a bi friend showed me when she wanted to romance a straight girl; she just edited the fucking code. In fact she's gonna do that for Koda. Not that she dislikes him being gay, just so that she can have that indulgent fantasy and then change it back.

So If it ever bothers me that much (it wont and if it did id have to deal eith the backstory dissonance of it being related but i would be able to manage), I'll just do what she did to indulge in the fantasy and then put it back. Hell, she changed a male only ro in another if to a fem ro. Lots of editing, but she did it. Of course, it was full release and some other complicated stuff if it wasn't and even when it was it was complex, but she changed the variables, adjusted pronoun use, and changed stuff minimally, but that was a LOT but of course, that's one of the rules of the internet. Make something, anything at all, and the people of the internet will do anything and everything with it, no exceptions. Infinite monkeys on infinite keyboards type deal.

… Please don’t do this. If Scarlett was meant to romance Male or NB MCs then she would be and the same goes for Koda too (and the later NB Only RO).

I get that Scarlett and Koda are only fictional characters, but I created them the exact way they should be… So, I guess I don’t appreciate people wanting to go in and change a core makeup of their character just so they can have an indulgent fantasy — as you put it — because that somehow makes it worse…

Now, I obviously can’t stop anyone from doing this, but I can request to not talk to me about it. I don’t want to hear it. I don’t want to see it. I don’t want anyone to send me questions about it. I don’t want any part of this in the slightest.

I truly don’t know what else to say on the matter without getting heated… So, I’ll just leave my response as is.

[wonderboygenius]

quick blurbs of some of the 10 plus jax teller x ofc fics i have saved; tell me which i should go with to fully flesh out.

Untitled (Jax Teller/OFC; Main female character is Latina, Her oldest brother is Latino, and her other brother is Black)

Our FMC, along with her two older brothers, move into Charming and open a few businesses. What the club doesn't know, is that these three newcomers are Zobelle's children...only they're his soliders. Zobelle had mixed children for their genetics and trained them each in the typical underground jacket of violence.

He uses them as a last resort to take over a place. Zobelle installs his children before moving into town. First few chapters cover moments in Season One involving the new three characters before getting into the arc of Season 2. AU. Deals with the complicated race issue in Charming, and the MC. Juice's secret may come out more earlier. This is the Zobelle plotline extended. Psychological, racial, familial bonds are all questioned and explored.

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2. 2 Fast 2 Untitled (Jax Teller/OFC; Latina)

Our FMC (Sunny) is Luann and Big Otto's adopted child who grew up with our normal players. When Donna is murdered, Sunny comes back into Charming after two years away to help with her godchildren. Tara only remembers Sunny as the little quiet girl, not the confident women who seemed to have a history with Jax, much to Gemma's pleasure. AU. Complex love.

Blurb: Tara waited for Jax to stand behind her as all of the club members who were family did to their Old Ladies. But her face dropped as he walked past her. She was even further shocked when she saw him stop to stand next to Sunny, both facing opposing directions, Sunny facing the funeral, and Jax facing away from everyone. Her stomach churned as she saw Jax place his hand on Sunny’s deeply curved hip. She watched the rest of the scene play out like a bad television show. 

Jax leaned down and kissed Sunny’s temple, walking away without looking back. 

Sunny looked at Opie, an apologetic look on her face.

Opie nodded in the direction Jax walked. 

Gemma squeezed Sunny’s hand that she held. 

Sunny leaned down and kissed Gemma’s head. She turned and walked towards Jax. 

Jax, without looking behind him, held his hand out, knowing she would take it. 

Sunny, like she always did, caught up to Jax, her hand resting in his. 

Tara was fucking confused. She knew she had missed so much, she knew that everyone was keeping so many things from her. But she had no idea what the fuck just happened. She leaned over to look at Gemma, knowing she would have something to say. 

Instead, Gemma just gave her a quick nod and sly smirk.  Tara didn’t like the feeling she got.

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3. Guess what? Untitled as well. (Jax/OFC, Angel/OFC, Juice/OFC; Our three MFCs are Latina with an Indigenous background, Mexican with an Indigenous background, and Black with a down South, Texan background.) AU. This eventually will see the truce with SOA and the Mayans through the women.

Through the Grim Bastards, SAMCRO hires three women to jump Cherry and Ima; through the three women, the club is now connected to even deeper gun and drug ties causing the rift between Jax and Clay to only worsen. As some of our MCs partner up with members of SAMCRO, Gemma is pissed as she can't manipulate these three. Mixing representation, with culture and spirituality as both SOA and Mayans MC, this is meant to be more dramatic like the show(s).

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4. Untitled Fore! (golf ref haha) (Jax/OFC, Thomas!LivesAU, Tommy/Tara)

An AU where Thomas never died. A little girl became a Cinderella story in Charming. But SOA ain't a fairytale baby. After Jax and Tara break up, Thomas and Tara go to school together, eventually falling in love. Jax and OFC are on and off. A different take of the big events of Season 1; Donna dying, creepy Kohn, sneaky Stahl, and the divide between Jax and Clay. With Tommy and Tara both facing off against Clay and Gemma, it's a race between them both to rope Jax and OFC to either side before the club gets deeper into violence.

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5. Cinco de Untitled (Jax/OFC; OFC is Juice's sister. This is SOA from day one with my take of Juice's sister involved. David!Lives, Tara/David Hale) AU. Smutty.

Blurb:

Jo blinked. Before she knew it, she had her hand wrapped around Wendy’s throat. 

Wendy clawed at Jo’s hand, surprised at her actions. Jo never was known to her to ever throw a punch. Her windpipe was narrowing with heavy pressure and speed. She gasped for air that couldn’t be reached. 

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David nodded. “I told you, it’s a long story. Let me get there,” he bumped Tara’s shoulder with his own. 

Tara laughed, moving with the small push. She bumped his shoulder back playfully. She giggled as she saw a small blush come across David’s face. She felt a lick in her stomach; it had been a while since she made a man do that, and it made her feel good. “Sorry, sorry, go on,” she broke the moment between them.

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6. Still not great at naming things (Jax/OFC) OFC is a newcomer into Charming with her young daughter. AU of SOA from the beginning.

Blurb:

Soleil turned to a shaking Jax. “Jax…”

“Sol, I gotta go. Hairy Dog? They’re–” Jax stopped quickly, shaking his head. Soleil may have suspicions, but she didn’t know exactly what the Sons did. Or that she was even around the mother charter. “I gotta take care of this…I can’t be, I can’t–” his nostrils flared. He shook his head.  Soleil blinked, looking into his eyes. She nodded slowly. “Okay. Okay,” she licked her lips. “Go do what you need to do. Gemma and I will hold off DFCS until you take care of it, but that means,” she reached up and grabbed his chin sharply, making him look at her. “That means you come back. Because you heard what the doctor said. He’s stable. As long as he stays that way, he has a chance. When you come back, I’ll tell you how Selena almost didn’t have a chance when she was born either,” she breathed, watching Jax’s electric blue eyes widen in shock. “And she’s here. You held her. Just like you’re going to hold Abel. Okay?” She squeezed his chin. “You fucking come back,” she hissed at him, tears in her eyes.

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7. 7th Untitled Hell (Opie/OFC eventual Jax/OFC)

FC dates Opie after Donna dies. Jax is attracted to her, but keeps his distance as she is Tara's one and only friend. When Opie dies, our FC and Jax both spiral down into each other's arms. Sisterhood of the traveling angst baybay.

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8. What's four plus four? Still untitled. (Jax/OFC) Romance/Humor

Jacob Hale's very very young new wife visits Tristan in the hospital after the events in Funtown, bumping into Gemma and Jax, further complicating the already tense political and guardian relationship between the town and SAMCRO.

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9. Lucy in the Sky (in Charming) (Jax/OFC, Happy's baby sister AU)

Happy's baby sister, who is the opposite of him, comes down to Charming for a quick trial run. Can she be the woman to settle Jax down and be the Old Lady he needs to change the club the way he wants now with Happy in his pocket? (I can probably do this as a one shot or a two parter!) Part One & Part Two

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10. Untitled (Jax/OFC, Juice's baby sister AU.)

Juice's sister Julissa moves to Charming after tragic events; only a few months behind Wendy in pregnancy. As Julissa steps up to be Abel's mother as Jax also is the father that stepped up to Julissa's daughter, the club and Tara think they're involved, when in fact they are not. Butttt obviously that doesn't stay the same for too long. Meanwhile the normal bullshit is happening with the club.

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11. Untitled (Jax/OFC)

The little girl that Gemma had sent away long ago comes back with a tragic story. Feeling guilty, Gemma takes her under her wing. Unbeknownst to Gemma, that once little girl knew exactly the Queen's role in her forceful exit and has a plan to take the Queen down. While its Jax vs Clay, Gemma will have her own battle to deal with FC.

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12. Untitled (Jax/OFC)

Miguel Galindo's baby sister runs for Mayor of Charming. While appealing to keep Charming, Charming, the town is weary over her cartel connections. (I can probably make this a one shot actually!)

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Let me know which one you guys want me to do first! I eventually want to do some of the ones on this list, but let me know which I should do first!

[ghost1yv]

REJECTION

the brothers confessing to mc but they dont like them back because they like another brother „or just somebody else in general„ —angst, gn!reader

LUCIFER

his pride doesn't let him show how sad he really was

he accepts that love doesn't always go the way that you want it to go

but for a few days he'll drink his sorrows away

he's more closed off around mc again

so soon enough you guys will be just be friends, still not that close

it'll hurt everytime he sees you with the one you like

but again, he has no resentment towards you even if you guys arent close anymore

MAMMON

absolutely heartbroken

he'll be locked up in his room for a few days

hates seeing you with the person you like

he imagines how your relationship would be like if you had liked him back

but after he gets over it, which will take a while— you guys will be pretty close again

you might not do everything you guys used to do but its basically back to normal and he still cares about you, a lot

LEVIATHAN

oh lord

hes not surprised really— he expected this to happen but still he thought he couldve had a chance

you thought he didnt come out of his room much before? well know he really doesnt unless absolutely needed

you guys will probably never go back to being as close as you were before

he doesn't hate you though, but he can't handle seeing you with the person that you liked instead of him

you can be friends with him again after a bit, but you guys are not close anymore

SATAN

he handled it pretty well— infront of you at least

he doesn't come out of his room often also

seems to get into more and more arguments

but after he gets over it, you guys can become pretty close friends if you both want to

unless.. the one who you liked instead of him was lucifer

he'll avoid you two quite often

ASMODUES

gasp! how could you not like him?

honestly heartbroken for a bit

he doesnt take care of himself as much during that time

but after he gets over it, he'll be his usual self

he will cut back on the flirting with you though

unless your comfortable with jokingly flirting eith him

you two can definitely becomr bestfriends

will even be your wingman for the one you like! even if it hurts

BEELZEBUB

hes sad about it

he surprisingly wont eat as much for a little „very little..„ bit

but hes probably the most understanding brother so he'll understand

you guys wont be as close as you were befire

but its pretty much the same

kinda hurts him seeing you with the one you like

but like i said he understands

overall hes mature about it and you guys can very much be good friends

BELPHEGOR

he acts like he doesn't care but you can tell the conversations being more awkward and how he avoids you more

but.. hes not that surprised— afterall he did kill you

though after a bit you guys can become close friends again

and please still be his nap buddy

doesn't care too much about seeing you with who you like, even teases you about it

unless its diavolo or lucifer, doesnt understand how you prefer them over him

you guys are more unlikely to become close friends with him if it is either one of them

[darkbluekies]

Dr Kry asks #1

Next one

Concept: I've put multiple asks into one post to avoid too much loose posts on my account! This way, you have more to read too<3

Warnings: manipulation, Stockholm syndrome, mentions of drugs/killing, isolation

— What if mc were to find out about the purifier and turn the tables on dr kry?

Sadly, I think he'd notice quite quickly. Our dear doctor is smarter than you think. Everything involving medicine is his expertise. You can't beat him in that. If you tried though, he'd never let you live it down.

"What do you mean that you don't want to be cuffed to the bed? Love, you tried to kill me, remember? I can't have you running around when you're that unpredictable."

You remind him that he does the same to you.

"I know what I'm doing. I've studied medicine, you know nothing. I know how much I can use without hurting you. Y/N, you're not very smart. Good for you that I'm here to protect you. Otherwise youd end up in a ditch by the road."

— I can't help but wonder how Dr Kry would react if his little one loves him back. Would he let them out to live with him? Would he make them more ill to keep them with him?

If you love him back, he'll leave the hospital with you and go home because believe it or not, he actually owns a house, although he's never there! He'd most likely not continue to keep them sick, why would he need to? He's gotten what he wanted. He won!

He'd be so nice to you and give you everything you wanted. He would be too happy to care about anything else.

I will gladly stay with Dr Kry. Want me to stay? Lemme pull up a chair. You're stuck with me now

The Doctor Kry simps are people who either loves to sleep or people liking big blond buff dudes with mommy issues.

Realistically though how do we not have a phone or computer in the dr kry universe I could not live in a hospitable without at least my phone or computer?

I mean, you went in for a sore throat. You mist likely didn't have your computer eith you because you thought you'd get to go home the same day, just like how you don't have any clothes besides the ones you came in and the hospital gowns. If you had a phone, it's most likely dead by now because you didn't bring a charger since you were thinking that you'd get to go home the same day. Dr Kry will have hidden it from you too, saying that it'll disturb your recovery.

[frogfrog21]

I did this a while back for a discord server but

would anyone be inteested in a vore mc server? with a vore mod ofc :3 (granted the mod itself has nsfw origins but I can always blacklist "items")

the mod itself does feature customisable tummies and integration eith another mod called customisable player models, for all of your tummy needs

adding origins so people can be different sizes is not off the table as well

[worldend]

HOE IS THIS REAL

nem fudendo q o gorillaz fizeram um collab com o mc bin laden

[sometimesthatsbetter]

Everything I've read in Jan. 2024

Yona of the dawn

Yona was the first story that i read this year and damm was it the right way to set the tone for the year. It's a story that has all of the elements that I adore in the fantasy genre, its got the action, political drama, the multi-facted characters. I won't be saying much about this manga because i have already have an older post talking about my favorite aspects, so if you want more in depth thoughts you can search for that

Kashoku no shiro

Now here is a fun setting, Taisho era Japan with supernatural elements. Quick run down of the story, people are being affected by a mysterious disease that makes flowers bloom all over their bodies, once the flowers wilt so does the person but there are cases where they recover and become even healthier. But plot twist, the ones who survive will become demons who feast on human flesh. So thats where our protagonist Shiraume comes in, she acts as 'bait' for these demons, essentially luring them out for her master to slaughter

If i had to tell you what drew me to this story, it would be the art style, like it is drop dead gorgeous. Also the design of our heroine is just my type too which is a bonus

Plot wise it does feel a little all over the place, it jumps persecptive quite often. Like it jumps form a detective story, to a josei love story, to Demon slayer which feels kinda jarring for me. But the backstory of our protagonist was done quite well, one thing i can praise is that our heroine isn't a simpering doormat. It's true that she has lived a hard life but she just keep living in the best way that she can manage. Shiraume is never the type to mope around or bemoan her fate, she takes charge and endure, she does everything in her power to live for her loved ones.

Its a good read all in all, but since theres only about 20 chapters that are out i can't really tell if this is gonna flop or not. I'll be keeping on eye on it to see if the author manages to get it together.

Bibliophile princess

The most mediocre otome isekai story i've ever fucking read. Its vanilla, like 'sex with the lights off no kinky shit' vanilla.

Story-wise, it's a very simple set up. Book enthusiast Elianna is in a contract fiancee relationship with the crown prince who i cannot be bothered to remember or google the name of. She is beloved by all of the staff memebers, all the secondary male characters love her and she has a great family but oh no! It seems that the prince has fallen for another woman, which means that her engagement with the prince will be ending soon. Yeah if your an otome isekai reader you can guess where this is going, villainess tries to ruin our heroines rep by spreading false rumors yada yada yada...

Similar to Kashoku no shiro, what drew me in was the art nouveau style. I mean the amount of details in the illustrations are amazing, coupled with the dreamy pastel color palette it creates this feeling that you really are in a fairy tale world

One of my main problems with the first volume is how weirdly structured the story is. Like it begins with the prince asking Elianna to enter a contract relationship with him and them jumps to a four year time skip for no apparent reasoning? Like we don't get to see alot of romantic development between them so now suddenly Elianna is in love? But moving on, i felt like Elianna has like little to no self awareness or agency. The first volumes conflict is about how this noble girl is rumored to be the princes lover and is planning to take Eliannas place. At this point you would expect to see our heroine stand up for herself and assert her place in the court right? Wrong. She was basically left in the dark about whats truly going on until the end of the volume. It was revealed that the noble girl was a villain all along who was trying to frame Elianna for shit she didn't do, also conveniently our MC has a mile long list of accomplishments that we as the reader didn't know about, and apparently she didn't either. So yeah, the male leads basically was protecting her for the whole story and she just wandered around feeling insecure about being replaced

Cold game

Do you like the story of king Henry the eighths six wives? Do you wanna see all six of them do a battle royal for the chance to become queen? Do you like crossdressing heroines? Well look no further than Cold game

Our MC is princess Aruna of the B kingdom, yes i know weird name but bare with me here, who is meant to be engaged to the king of the E kingdom. But here's the sus part, he already has a queen from the S country but he's demanding another wife from the B country? Quite the odd request but since B is weaker than E they had to comply with the demands. Aruna knows she's being sent as a sacrificial lamb but her lord father told her to hang on for a bit, one day he will get her out of that place. So to protect herself, Aruna swap places with her handmaiden and pretended to be crossdressing knight.

One of the best things about this story is the political intrigue. Like from the get go, we are shown that the court is a brutal place where an inconspicuous letter can be the cause of your down fall. People here will always watch your every move, everyone fears one another to an extent. Also the side characters are so fucking cool, like these people can star in their own spin off kinda cool.

[seokiloquy]

Shift Pt 4 - Kozume Kenma

Au: Regular (timeskip)

Tags/Warnings: Dual POV, use of a pseudonym (username: ForestFire) instead of (Y/N) in most cases, swearing.

Word Count: 1.6k

Pt 1 | Pt 2 | Pt 3 | Pt 4

You were so fucking loud.

Even with a headset on, surrounded by a crowd of game developers chatting up a storm and the game of the year at his fingertips, you were louder. The room seemed to hang on your every word as they fell from your lips, and the spotlights were frantically glued to your frame. He wasn’t supposed to be watching you or how your perfectly formed outfit fit your shoulders, hips, and waist or how your laugh bubbled up and blessed his ears.

Kenma huffed looking away to try and focus on the game in front of him. “I like the MC. What's their name again?”

His chat popped up with the answer easily, Tye. Tye was a gentle, monotone-sounding character, calm and forceful with their words, confident without being loud.

Kenma nodded in thanks to his chat. “The voice actor is really good. I like their voice.”

Again your laughter cut through his headset, sharp, excitable laughter that made his ears ring. Kenma glanced at his screen that showed his camera’s view, finding you in the background, laughing at whatever Hux said, and smacking his shoulder. Kenma glared before looking at the time.

“It’s time for me to get off, I will be playing on stream, don’t worry.”

He logged off fast, hardly realising he had just finished the first few minutes of the newest instalment of his favourite series.

“Fern,” he grumbled, taking up the non-existent space by your side and cutting Kenji off from being able to brush his shoulder against yours.

“Ken! How did your first play go, did you like it?” Kenji seemed none the wiser to Kenma stealing his spot.

“It was mostly cutscenes, but it looks amazing. I like the main character too. Their voice is nice.”

Next to him, your feet shuffled, nudging his on accident. He glances, taking a breath as your wide eyes meet his. “I’ll keep that in mind! What did you like about their voice?”

Now closer to him, your voice was much sharper as you tried to speak over the bustling crowd.

“They’re different from the other characters who were loud and ambitious. Tye is mellow and calculating, and their voice matches.”

You smiled at him before turning to the other gamers, Kenma remained focused on you, though.

A hum went over the hall's speakers before the man who had been conducting the event appeared on stage. “Hello, and thank you for everyone's attendance, either in person or online. Thank you for being here to experience this as we launch what is our most anticipated game yet. You have already seen the first few minutes of play-through as played by our guests Kodzuken and ForestFire. By tomorrow morning, the game will hit the shelves for you to buy in-store and finally experience yourselves after months of anticipation.”

Next to him, Kenma felt you shuffle, giving a small apology before walking off in the direction of the bathroom. No one else seemed to notice except for moving out of your way.

The man, whose name Kenma had already forgotten, continued to speak. “But as our night comes to a close, we ask that you all stay and watch the credits as they go across the screen and be thankful for the effort that these people have made to create this game and get it to you to enjoy. Without each and everyone one of them, this game would not have been possible.” He took a deep bow saying, Thank You, before walking off the stage and letting the screen go over all the names of all the workers and their jobs.

Everyone's name was the same size, no one too large or too small, all in alphabetical order. Kenma read each one as they slowly panned over the screen until one name in particular appeared. Kenma's brow furrowed, looking around. No one else seemed surprised, maybe as they were all in on the project, or rather that they were waiting for their own name to appear. Beside him, Kenji, Hux and Turret didn’t react either.

Sighing, Kenma huffed and weaved through the crowd toward the bathroom. The music quieted as he entered the hall, and a familiar voice echoed despite their attempts to whisper.

“Sol, Please don’t tell me what people are saying… Don’t get Uvo to tell me, either! Gah! Maybe I should've used a different name; people are gonna know!... I’m not crazy, I'm nervous. This is the biggest piece of work I've ever been a part of! This isn’t an Indy game!”

“Fern?”

You hastily hung up the phone, letting Solarii get cut off, and turned with big eyes to look up at Kenma before sulking against the wall. “How do you even know that name?”

Kenma’s head tilted before deciding to take a seat next to you. “Fern? I don’t know, I just said it’s cause you were bad at the game.”

Lifting your head from your knees you gave him a befuddled look.

His head thumped and you grabbed his shoulders and shook him. “Are you kidding me? Seriously that’s it?”

“Uh, I think so? It made sense, ForestFire, Fern, it worked.”

You slumped, and Kenma felt like he would stop breathing. “This must be some cruel joke.”

“Why?” he asked, choking as your forehead brushed his shoulder.

“You have no idea I deeply obsessed with you I am.”

Kenma could feel his cheeks burn red, temperature only rising as you leaned away. 

“I was an active part of your community when I was in college. My username was in-Fern-o. Everyone called me Fern. I thought you figured it out and hated me for being a crazy fan!”

“I’m still stuck on the obsession part.” That earned his a smack on the arm 

“Kenken! Listen to me! Did you seriously have no idea?”

“None. Seriously.”

Sighing, you slumped against the wall again and closed your eyes.

Kenma furrowed his brows. “So you kept with the Arcadia’s Inferno theme?”

You just shrugged. “I love that game with all my heart.”

“So much that you voiced the main character in the newest one?”

You whined again, dropping your head to your knees. “Please don’t remind me.”

“You voiced Tye, Fern.” He stated, placing a hand against your shoulder. “And your voice is fucking cool.”

You sighed beneath his hand. “You think so?”

“Ya, I do.” he rubbed your shoulder, encouraging you to sit straight. “How did you get into that position anyways?”

“They asked. They were looking for a mostly unknown voice actor and were going through my program's graduates. And then thought it would be cool to have me, a player of the game and a streamer, do the voice acting.”

“That’s so cool. But why did you run?”

The way your face shifted slightly was hard to watch. Weights seemed to pull at every part of your body. 

“People don’t like it very much when social media people get involved in professional fields. I made my name by streaming, but I’m trained in voice and stage acting. But people are going to see my name up on those credits and think I’m not worthy of that position or that it was just handed to me.”

Kenma nodded to your words, leaning his head back against the wall. At this point, the freshly pressed button-up shirt he chose to wear had gained wrinkles. He undid the top button. “No one is going to agree with everything or be supportive. But there will be thousands of people that will lift you up. Their anger will die down before you realise it, and they’ll be off to criticise the next thing. So just enjoy what you’re doing.”

You didn’t respond. Instead, your head fell onto his shoulder. And to him, everything clicked together, and time stopped.

You smiled at the screen while playing through Arcadia’s Inferno four. Tye’s voice, while also your own, felt so detached and different from yourself that you nearly forgot that you were involved with making the game. At times, you couldn’t help but recite the lines that came up.

<Hey, Forest! You’re supposed to be talking to us! Not the NPCs!>

You laughed at your chat. “Sorry, sorry. I can’t help it. It's muscle memory at this point.”

In the game, a giant flame erupted, catching Tye on fire for a moment before you dived for the nearest patch of water.

The door to your side creaked open to reveal the long dark hair and dyed tips on Kenma, Cat clawing up his shoulders to peek in as well. He gave you a soft grin before revealing two  cups of tea. You looked back at your stream, and Kenma sat on the new chair by your table, placing a hand on your knee.

You continued to stream, and Kenma, used to the scene, continued to sit quietly and sip his tea. But Cat, well, cat preferred to have attention, and at the soonest opportunity, he jumped off Kenma’s shoulder, across the table and onto your shoulders, where he weaved around your body and chair to get comfortable. Not caring about the broken cups and spilt tea he left in his wake. You sighed, apologising to chat for a moment before pausing the game.

You ignored the chat’s increased messages and handed Cat off to Kenma (of course not before having him sniff the camera) and left in search of a broom and mop. Kenma followed.

“He’s a menace.”

“He just likes you.” Kenma laughed quietly.

“And I like my tea that you prepared, which he spilt.” Tou glared jokingly at the feline, before heading back to your room to clean it up.

Kenma stopped you, gentle hand on your elbow, which made your skin tingle. “I’ll make us more.”

You sighed and pecked his cheek before walking off. Kenma burned and tossed Cat aside to hold his cheek.

I get my wisdom teeth pulled in one week. Yay - Bacon

I will be joining the wisdom teeth club in two weeks. Yay us - Kiwi 

Posted : 19/06/2023

[spookyserenades]

Hey, the previous anon here

I asked about the sense of freudian envy between OC and Alice given that there seemed to be several instances across the story where the OC had to sort of "adjust" or carefully present herself with Alice, given her colorful life, which i noticed was markedly absent eith her twin.

Which sort of spilled over about her dalliance with Hoseok?

Or am I reading too much into it?

Heyy!!

Freudian envy... forgive me for being unfamiliar with the term, I never took a psychology class jdwjhxwj But I get the gist of what you're saying!

Alice is a bit of a sharp tongued, teasing kind of gal. The twins and MC went to high school together, and MC sort of schooling her features in front of her (for instance, at the cookout) was in attempt to hide her feelings/attraction to the hybrids. Since Alice and MC are so close, they both learned how to dissect each others expressions/emotions over the years! Like for example, my bestie knows when I'm attracted to someone just clocking my facial expressions or body language. This is what Alice and MC do to each other, and I believe MC has been trying to hide her feelings towards the hybrids from the twins thus far. Keep in mind, MC has been pretty dissmissive with and has been bottling up her feelings so far, and I think she wanted to find out if her attraction to the hybrids would lead to deeper feelings before spilling to either twin 🤔

Therefore, Alice's thing for Hoseok isn't done out of some kind of jealousy, but rather oblivion and ignorance because MC hasn't opened up to her yet 💖