#Read: He's excitied

[quirklessidiot]

title: hell's favorite secretary [sneak peak] pairing : Devil!Ryomen Sukuna x F!Lost soul!reader [based on the webtoon 'the devil is a handsome man', DC Comics "Lucifer", and the book and video game 'Dante's inferno'] Genre: Alternate Universe-Hell, angst, mystery/thriller, mild horror, romance, slow burn, hell au, dark comedy, lost soul x devil au

Summary: The faceless man shrouded in mystery tends to be a subject of rumors and false pretenses, but you'd think otherwise when you accidentally caught sight of those grueling red eyes.

General warning for the story: graphic depictions of heavy gore (manslaughter, mayhem, and torture), and explicit sexual scenes, more will be added per chapter. this will be exclusively released in ao3 in december <3 Notes: after reading a couple of pages of dante's inferno, reading lucifer (the comic book), and the devil is a handsome man, it sort of struck my interest to write this story! this is a pretty long series and im actually so excitied to write this lol.

if you're a person heavily practicing the catholic faith, i won't recommend reading this series as this talks and leans on the devil (i'm not a satanist pls), he's not glorified here in anyways but I do recall people who lean heavily on the faith are not fond of reading any media depictions of the devil.

i hope you enjoy! rb's are always appreciated.

There are possibly hundreds of artworks about the devil. 

The most famous one is that snake hanging off the forbidden tree or, better yet, a half-animal and half-human. Others would be an ugly babe falling down from the heavens. The most popular modern one would be the one in red with horns on his head, yet your boss did not resemble any of those impressions. Instead, he wore a three-piece suit and had a hole right in the middle of his face.

Yes, you heard that right.

A hole. 

All you could see was an empty void of black nothingness. Nobara had said that Sukuna – yes, the devil went by that name — would never show his face to lost souls like you because, as an angel before, seeing him in his proper form would result in instantaneous combustion. 

Despite that good reason, talking to him was still disconcerting. The whole situation remained to be anomalous.

The ringing thoughts about your previous conversation with your workmate replay in your head like a broken record, your eyes trickling on the piles of paperwork across the window that revealed your boss leaning against the table with his usual outfit and pink tufts of hair neatly styled away.

You recalled meeting him for the first time and wondering why he seemed somewhat familiar. You had overtly eyed him up and down. Despite the hole in his face, he had caught on quickly and asked what exactly you were doing. Until now, you couldn’t understand the physics behind how he could even see you and talk.

You purse your lips in deep thought as lines form in the middle of your head. You don’t even feel your boss walking up to you on your desk, “Seems like someone’s head is up in the clouds this morning.” he points out.

You immediately sat up straight, your shoulders squared, “Sukuna, Sir…” you jumped, eyeing him somewhat warily. 

Despite how he made you feel, the devil was not exactly a strict boss. 

He’s rather lax and did not mind procrastination and passing your work at the last minute as long as you did it well. He works on proper hours, gives vacation and leaves, and an appropriate timetable for lunch breaks. 

He’s hard to hate for a being who's been blamed for man’s misfortune since time immemorial.

“Was the long weekend still not enough?”

“I’m not exactly a sloth, Sir,” you mumble to yourself, but he catches onto your words and remains unphased. It's uncharacteristic for you to say anything more to him, but you needed a good starter for this conversation to get on,  “...Although, I-uh…I do have a question…You remembered our contract, sir?”

One thing that humans were able to grasp correctly about hell and its king is the contract signing and how the devil gives out favors in exchange for something you truly hold dear. For you, since you’re a lost soul, in exchange for changing your status, you’d give proper work hours and help him capture at least eight hundred itinerants.

You’re running on two hundred and fifty so far.

“Oh?” he leans in closer, “That’s not something we talk about every day.” his body language remains fluid and guileless as if he wanted you to speak your mind more, and it only made your palms sweaty despite the coldness of the room, “Would you like to change some conditions? I am, after all, a fair man.” His voice is crisp and light, a charm that made up for his empty face.

“I- well, I’m going to be frank with you, Sir…” you blink, “I- um,” you start to stammer, and it only makes your stomach do different kinds of flips as your mind conjures up different types of worst-case scenarios. It’s not like you couldn’t become a soul after this, right? You’d only have to wait for a century and try to retain your sanity along with it.

He cocks his head to the side, and if you could paint a face on that void of nothingness, you’d wish it would be kind eyes looking down on you, but this was the devil, the man who was struck down from the heavens for being too ‘arrogant and malicious’. You need to be careful with your words, “I…I need information…” you swallowed, your words tumbling out clumsily.

“Information?” your boss remained relaxed, and you knew it was rather diabolic to even pray for God when you were literally in hell, but you had little to no way of reading him. There’s another round of stifling silence; you only want to melt into a puddle of goo this time.

[chaostroberry1]

Qin Shi Huang absolutely wrecked

⚠️btw, no hate to any of these characters! I just wanted to make another story. Please don't come at me alvitr and ying Zheng fans, I really like them I swear 🥲⚠️

Part 2 here!

⚠️Cheater QSH × reader angst where he can't really understand what he's feeling. I haven't continued reading the manga so I don't know when he'll wake up after recovering, so the part where he does wake up is made up by me.⚠️

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Imagine being his wife, is empress, and his supporter. Yet, he still has the audacity to do this to you?

You watch on the edge of your seat, excited for your darling's entrance, hope and excitiment running down your veins.

But, there was no denying the sadness it brought you to think of what would happen to him if he were to lose the fight. But you decided to have hope, because he was your dear husband.

Any negative thoughts like that would be bringing dishonor to him.

Happiness bursted through you when you saw him make his big entrance, not even noticing the big funny looking smile you had on, just for him. When he walked, he looked towards you, before slightly raising his blindfold upwards, Giving you a wink.

Your face flushed in embarrassment, before you quickly redeemed yourself.

Nows not the time to be playing around, especially when his life and the sake of humanity, was on the line. So you give yourself a nervous smile, a small little prayer mumbled from your lips in hopes of guiding your darling through the fight.

You suddenly snap out of it when you hear a yell from below. Seeing that it came from a pretty looking girl, who looked gravely upset.

"who's she?" Your eyes trailed off to where she was looking, before seeing that her grumpy little comment was towards your husband.

You couldn't hear much due to all the talking and whispering amongst watchers, but you could make up a few words— Like how Zheng didn't practice völundr with her, and other stuff. Not that it really mattered right now.

You giggle to yourself. Of course, that was so like him; one of the many things that made you love him so much. Such a charming man he was, indeed.

Before you could happily ascend into cloud nine with all the lovey dovey memories, your thoughts were quickly disrupted when you saw your dear beloved husband, pick her up with little effort.

Your heart dropped, a little feeling of sadness clouding your emotions. Why was he picking her up like that? And Why's she blushing so much?

You shook your head a little, shaking off those negative feelings, knowing your darling would never do anything to betray your trust.

Right?

You were immediately proved wrong when he pulled her closer, as her face heated up even more. Before there was a flash of light, along with her loud whine of how it was "unfair" or something.

Something in you felt like it was going to crack. Him? Her? YOUR HUSBAND, and, HER?

When the transformation of völundr was set in place, Huang felt a strike of energy hit him like an arrow through the head.

Yes, the man had an upset wife sensor 🙂

He quickly looked over to where you were sitting. A hint of worry plastered on his face which you couldn't really make out because of his blindfold.

But both of you exchanged sweet smiles, before the fight soon started.

...

As Huang was announced the winner, you watched as he fell down after a brief exchange of conversation with the Valkyrie girl.

You were horribly worried for your husband, but you were also very happy that he was the winner.

Things could have ended worse. This was basically a miracle which you were very grateful for.

Somehow, in some way—you couldn't get rid of the weird feeling swelling up in your chest. Especially whenever you saw him and that Valkyrie together. You just couldn't understand, why did you feel so negative even though he ended up winning? You already got the miracle that you wanted, so what else could have possibly been missing?

Everytime you saw them speak to one another, you'd see so much adoration in your beloved's eyes.

No, actually, Both of them had that look. One that could only be described as love.

You knew it was selfish to think that way, especially when they were just trying to help each other survive..

But, when you saw how he held her so gently when she was about to fall, even when he was literally MISSING an arm...

that was it.

Jealousy

...

A little while passed, and you went to a different Valkyrie girl, who went by the name of Brunhilde, who led you to your husband.

He was recovering from his injuries , so you figured you'd just come back later. Maybe you can just get some food and breathe up some fresh air.

Finally, when he did wake up, you find him staring down at the Valkyrie—who you heard from Brunhilde, was a girl who went by alvitr.

They stared into each other's eyes, her face flushed with a soft pink, a puffy angry face while his gaze lingered on her smaller figure.

You quickly hid, wanting to see where it would lead to.

"I have..feelings..."

"you...huh?- wh-What are you on about?!"

"I know it's wrong...but..seeing how much you were willing to go down with me through such events...I liked it very much"

"...."

"I'd like you to be...my..new bride. If that's alright with you."

He gave her a charming smile, as she was left with her brows knitted and cheeks flushed red from the embarrassment it brought her.

And with that, he gave her a small kiss, retreating his face, giving a little "Hao!" Afterwards

....

*CLANK*

You drop the tray of food you carried with you, your eyes wide with fury and betrayal, as the two turned their heads towards the noise that came from a distance.

Huang's eyes widened, and alvitr looked at you and him back and forth, a feeling of panic and worry quickly taking over her senses.

"Zheng....?" You mumbled, as he stood there, speechless, quickly opening his mouth to respond while the Valkyrie near him stood frozen.

"my empress! I-i didn't think you'd come looking for me-"

"save it.."

Your face contorted into one of sadness, as you looked at the face of your dear beloved husband, which was full of dread and nervousness. The Valkyrie also had a similar look, but you couldn't think well enough to process everything.

You storm off as your husband shouted your name, trying to reason with your now angry state, but was quickly stopped by alvitr, who knew that it would put him in danger to walk around in a place swarmed by angry gods.

So now you were left crying, deciding to go to a waiting room to dry your tears, just hoping for the best.

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[pink-sparkly-witch]

The One That Got Away - Prologue

Prologue

Warnings: tw: house fire, tw: child abuse, tw: physical abuse, tw: verbal abuse, tw: mentions of underage sex (Dean and reader are 17), flashbacks, nightmares, angst, fluff, Dean being all cute, language.

Words: 1.7k

Pairing: Firefighter!Dean Winchester x Female Reader

A/N: There are TRIGGER WARNINGS in this part - please heed these, and if you think you’ll be affected by any of them, please do not read. I didn't have a beta for this, so all mistakes are mine.

A/N2: This has been a labour of love that took two years to complete. It has my blood, sweat, and tears (literally!) in it. I'm incredibly pround of this one, and I'm both nervous and excitied to share it with you all. I hope you enjoy reading it! 💖

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Y/N woke to see grey smoke swirling above her head, and it was hot… too hot. Climbing from her bed, she runs to the door and reaches for the handle, but it burns her hand, and she cries. She hears voices in the hallway just before she hears Daddy yell: “Y/N! Get away from the door!”

She runs back to her bed, trembling with fear as the door crashes open. She sees Daddy but is too scared to move. An orange glow surrounds him, and the heat and smoke are unbearable.

“Come here, pumpkin. I need you to be a big, brave girl, okay,” Daddy shouts over the inferno. Y/N sobs but nods her head and carefully goes to him. He picks her up and covers her head with a wet towel.

She can see nothing but hears everything; roaring flames, crackling wood, and her mommy screaming at her daddy: “Hurry! Get Y/N out! You need to get her out! Get my baby out of here!”

Y/N’s body shakes as Daddy runs downstairs with her in his arms. The front door opens, and she has never been so happy to breathe.

Sirens are blaring all around her, and she sees the fire truck lights flashing through the makeshift hood wrapped around her head.

“Danny?” Uncle Bobby yells over the noise. “Is Y/N okay? Where’s Caroline?”

“Y/N’s fine, I’ve got her, but Caroline’s still inside. Bobby, take her,” Daddy says, handing her over to him. “I need to go back in and—”

“No! It’s too dangerous! Help is here. Where is she?”

“Bedroom. I- I don’t even know what happ–ˮ

The loudest noise she’s ever heard suddenly booms around her and shakes the ground. She screams and curls further into Uncle Bobby as breaking glass and what sounds like a lion’s roar fill the air. The makeshift hood falls from Y/N’s face as Uncle Bobby spins and drops to his knees, curling his body over hers.

And then she hears Daddy scream…

Waking with a gasp and a start, it took Y/N a minute to process where she was.

“Hey, hey, shh… it’s okay. I gotcha, it’s just a bad dream,” Dean’s honey-smooth voice murmured in her ear, and she turned her head to look at him.

“Sorry, De,” she grumbled and snuggled further into his chest.

“Wanna talk about it?” he asked as he pressed his lips to the top of her head and gently trailed his fingers up and down her arm. She took a minute to sort through her thoughts. It’d been a while since she’d had that nightmare.

“No, I’m okay,” she finally answered her boyfriend.

“The fire?” Dean murmured as he placed another kiss on the crown of her head. Y/N nodded but stayed silent. She didn’t know what to say. Her dreams constantly replayed this memory when she was scared or under pressure. If she considered her father’s latest drunk and disorderly, the impending SATs and college acceptance letters, she knew it was only a matter of time before it reared its ugly head again.

“Does this have anything to do with the college letters that came this morning?” Dean asked gently.

To the outside world, she lived with the Winchesters. Their house was her registered address for school, medical appointments, the DMV, and her savings account with the bank. All her mail came here, so her father didn’t interfere. Not that she got much anyway, she was only seventeen, but she did get mail from the bank and, more recently, a few college letters.

She was in big trouble if her father even caught a whisper of her leaving for college. “It’s…” she sighed and took a few seconds before speaking again. “It’s a lot of things. My father, SATs, college. I’m not surprised it came back now.”

“Have you opened the letters yet?” he asked quietly.

“No,” she responded, lowering her head to his shoulder.

“Why not?” Dean placed two fingers under her chin, gently forcing her gaze back to the candy-apple green eyes she fell in love with years ago.

“I’m scared, De,” she admitted.

Dean shifts on the bed and turns on his side to look at her. “What are you scared of, baby?”

“Everything. I’m scared that I didn’t get in, and I’m scared that I did. I’m scared to leave home but even more scared to stay. But most of all, I’m scared of going through all this without you,” she confessed.

“You have to do what’s right for you, Y/N/N. And if that means leaving, then you need to leave. The selfish part of me wants you to stay and go to the University of Kansas, but at the same time, I’ll be so pissed if I’m the reason you stay here.”

“Dean…”

“Princess,” he interrupted her. “I love you, and I know you love me. I understand that you want to leave, trust me. I can’t bear seeing him hurt you. The bruises…” Dean reached out to her neck, and his fingers ghosted over the fading fingerprint blemishes dotting her skin. He huffed a breath, trying to keep his emotions in check.

“He could’ve killed you, Y/N. I’d rather watch you leave and know you’re safe than watch you be buried at the hands of that monster.” A tear slipped down his cheek, and she reached out and gently wiped it away.

“I know if any of those letters are an acceptance, you’re leaving Kansas. I’ve always known that. And I know us breaking up is the best thing, but fuck, it sucks,” his hand curled around the back of her neck, and he leaned in to kiss her forehead.

“I know, De,” she whispered. “But I’d rather we walked away on our terms than have our hearts broken from hundreds of miles away. What if you meet someone else?”

“Wouldn’t happen,” Dean said adamantly.

“You don’t know that!” Y/N chuckled; the bittersweet tone in it was hard to hide. “It’s four years, Dean. Minimum. What if one of us is in a bar or at a party and the temptation is too much? Or we’re too drunk to realise what we’re doing?” she tried to reason. “And it’s not that I don’t trust you, De. I trust you with my life. But that doesn’t mean we won’t do something stupid that we regret later. It’s better this way than…”

“One of us getting that phone call. I know, sweetheart,” Dean sighed.

The intensity of Dean’s gaze filled her with overwhelming sadness, and she couldn't stand it, so she glanced at his alarm clock to avoid it. As she realised the time, fear rippled through her. “Shit! I need to go.”

Y/N flew off the bed and stumbled, trying to put on her shoes. “Dad might actually kill me this time if I miss curfew again,” she tried to lighten the atmosphere by adding a chuckle. Dean responded with a small smile, but they both knew the truth in her statement.

SIX MONTHS LATER

Everything Y/N owned is squeezed into her beat-up Mustang. Uncle Bobby, John, and Dean had worked on the car for hours to make it road safe and ready for its 600 mile trip. All summer, she’d worked all the hours she could at the diner, saving every penny for her new life in Chicago.

All four colleges she’d applied to had sent acceptance letters, but the University of Illinois offered her a full scholarship which she just couldn’t pass up. Her savings and paychecks had bought her a car and would’ve been enough to provide the first few semesters of tuition fees, but being able to use that money to get a decent head start in a new city and not have to worry about the rest of her tuition, was a huge relief.

As she packed up the last of her belongings with Uncle Bobby and Jody, she thanked her lucky stars that her father had been picked up for being drunk and disorderly again last night. Of course, Jody had conveniently ‘misplaced’ her father’s paperwork, so he wouldn’t be released until she went back to the precinct, and by then, she’d be on the freeway. And by the time he realised she hadn’t come home at curfew, she’d be about to leave Missouri.

Y/N owed Jody so much and knew she’d never be able to repay the older woman. Jody had always looked out for her and always had Y/N’s back. It certainly hadn’t been the first time the Sheriff had left her father in a cell overnight to give her some respite from dealing with his drunkenness.

When she told Uncle Bobby she had no intention of returning to Lawrence until her father was gone, he and Jody booked a slot at City Hall to get married and asked her and Dean to be their witnesses. Y/N was delighted to be able to share their special day with them.

Saying goodbye to them was hard, but her goodbye with Dean last night had been so much worse. As she pulled out onto the main road that led out of town, she sighed deeply as her memory flashed back to last night.

Y/N and Dean had spent the whole night together, their true feelings escaping them in the throes of passion. It wasn’t their first time together, but it was the most special, closely followed by the time they took each other’s virginity when they were both sixteen.

Her feelings for Dean ran deep. He’d always owned her heart, and after a night of raw, emotional lovemaking, she knew he always would. Who knew? Maybe one day she’d come back to Lawrence, come back to him. But it wasn’t fair for either of them to live on a maybe.

“Ask me to stay,” Y/N whispered in the darkness of her bedroom. Both of them naked, sweating, and basking in their afterglows.

“You know I can’t do that, Princess. I want to, but I can’t,” he responded, his voice cracking with emotion before he kissed her bare shoulder. Her lip trembled, but she swallowed her tears and rolled over to straddle his waist.

“Then make love to me again, Dean.”

She wiped a tear from her cheek and grinned wildly at the road sign despite her sad emotions. 

“YOU ARE NOW LEAVING LAWRENCE”

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[demoonlady]

Chapter 209: Offering to the Unknown

// SPOILER WARNING!!! DO NOT PROCEED IF YOU HAVE NOT READ THE CHAPTER YET. [Mind you, lengthy post!]

Opening words: “Going back in time to before Tsukumo's fight... the U.S. troops march into the colonies to hunt for jujutsu sorcerers!!”

[[OKAY WTHECK THEY’RE IN THE ZEN’IN ESTATE! Specifically the training & discipline room that’s filled with curses.]]

》 Kenjaku: "That random transfer/teleportation after entering a colony is not [disclosed] in the general rules of the Culling Game. Unless they respond to the Kogane's questions, that [random transfer/teleportation] won't happen."

I didn't like how the first sentence was translated in the officials, since the raws specifically mentioned that the transfer/teleportation wasn't [disclosed] in the Culling Game's general rules.

The kanji used in the second part of the sentence was 問いかけ (toikake), and it means interrogation, query, question, or inquiry. Not sure why the officials chose "call" instead.

》 Uraume: "This place would make a good “bath” that even Sukuna-sama [or Lord Sukuna] will be satisfied with."

The kanji used for bath, interestingly, is in quotation marks "浴" (yoku) so it *may* be referring to "ablution"/"bath" in Buddhism.

[[I'M LOSING MY MIND, IS THAT KIRARA ON THE RIGHT, IN THE TOP PANEL?!]]

》 Soldier Dude 1: "Well, that was easy. I don't know about this esper stuff or whatever, but.. what is the Lieutenant General so scared of?"

》 Soldier Dude 2: "He's a coward. Rumor has it that his wife's on his ass all the time."

Just wanna add that the kanji written was simply 小心者 (shoushin mono), which means a “coward” or “timid person". I'm not sure if "lily-livered" is actually a saying in Japanese, but if it isn't... why not just...

》 Soldier Lady: "Nah, there's more to it."

》 Soldier Lady: "At worst, we just gotta keep the brain unharmed... right?! Grenades weren't very effective and the taser gun couldn't even puncture him."

Not liking the official translations at all, so.

》 Soldier Dude: "Couldn't puncture him? You mean you missed your hit, right?"

Not that important, but I just wanted to point out that they excluded the first part of the dialogue which, imo, emphasized the comrade's disbelief. Before he goes to ask if she had possibly missed her mark.

》 Soldier Dude: "Or was he wearing a leather jacket?"

》 Soldier Lady: "Even a .50 caliber bullet couldn't go through. And I was hitting bare flesh."

Not that important again, but the dude was asking a question and not making a statement.

》 Soldier Dude: "Did that guy have an ID from Krypton or what?"

Written text: クリプトン星のID (ID from Planet Krypton).

》 Soldier Lady: "Moreover... He was a monster who could turn his head into a helicopter."

Officials forgot to include the fact that she labelled him 化物 (bakemono), which means "monster", along with how he was able to "turn his head into a helicopter". Plus, we only know of one dude with helicopter head thus far, so it should just be "he" instead of "their".

》 Soldier Dude: "...a helicopter?" 》 Soldier Lady: "It was a propeller. Propeller!! Like those on the Osprey and Chinook that we rode!"

》 Soldier Lady: "It means there are different kinds of these jyu-jyu-su-shi!! Some are like the weaklings you've kidnapped.. And some are monsters like those we've dealt with.."

The term for "jujutsushi" (jujutsu sorcerers) used here was written in katakana ジュジュツシ (jyujyusushi), which indicates a foreign accent, hence why I wrote it in that manner. Once again, she labelled the tough ones "monsters", but this time, the kanji is 怪物 (kaibutsu).

》 Uraume: "By pitting the Culling Game players against the armed non-sorcerers... in this case, soldiers." (...)

》 Kenjaku: "I'd give 60 points for that [guess]."

Kenjaku wasn't talking statistics, he was legit giving Uraume points for their guess/assumption.

》 Kenjaku: (...) "As insurance, I had the military from other countries sent into each colony. But I don't think the military VS sorcerers fight would be exciting."

Kenjaku mentioned "military VS sorcerers" in the raws, and that he didn't think it would be "exciting" [of a battle].

》 Kenjaku: "Incarnated players aside, it's the Awakened players that will probably have a hard time. To begin with, even if there are strong Awakened types, many of them are reluctant to kill."

As previously stated, I prefer the term "Incarnated" rather than "taken flesh".

》 Kenjaku: "If they suffer casualties to a certain degree, the military will retreat. And since non-sorcerers are worth fewer points, the players won't chase them without a good reason."

Nothing wrong with the official translations; I just wanted to share how the original sounds.

》 Uraume: "Even non-sorcerers release a large amount of cursed energy at the moment of death. Aren’t foreigners an exception?"

Uraume said "non-sorcerers", not soldiers. Also, instead of "non-Japanese", they used the term 海外の人間 (kaigai no ningen) which literally translates to "humans from overseas/abroad", or "foreigners".

》 Kenjaku: "Yes. Foreigners have no connection to cursed energy, but it's a different [scenario] when they die. “Death” inflicts enough stress to cause mutation in the [dying] brain."

"Death" was in quotation marks. Meanwhile, the kanji 変異 (hen'i) was used and it translates to (genetic) mutation so yes, this instead of "slight change".

》 Kenjaku: "So, from the beginning.. I had no intention to pit the sorcerers against the military. Even without such contest of power.. the "truth" is that the non-sorcerers cannot win, no matter how hard they try."

Should have said "from the start" instead of "at first", really. There was a mention of power comparison/struggle, so it should have been "contest of power". AND, I'm pretty sure this entire dialogue was spoken by Kenjaku, though some said the first half was by Uraume, then Kenjaku. Imo, it's more fitting if Kenjaku says it as it adds more weight to his already deranged character.

》 Megumi: "They're not Japan Self-Defense Forces!!"

》 Megumi: "What is their goal!? To protect the people inside the colonies?! But that was a stun—"

Closing words: “The jujutsu sorcerers' hunters close in!!”

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My thoughts:

I remember that time when Q (somebody out there) asked me about the “bomb” that Kenjaku was planning to drop – many of us believed it was Sukuna. I thought of that too but then I really wanted it to be something else ‘cause I always enjoy the unexpected. So Q and I came up with more ideas, and one of them being a military invasion and the other was a more literal take - the use of conventional weapons against Japan. Although we didn’t get it exactly right (bc it was revealed that Kenny went around the globe and held meetings with world leaders, whereas Q and I assumed that the foreign countries got wind of things on their own via the news & media), I’m just glad to see that our assumption wasn’t entirely too far-off.

Kenjaku simply tricked - or I should say, lured - these foreign countries into Japan in order to accomplish his true goal – the massacre of foreign non-sorcerers conducted by Culling Game players & cursed spirits. They're about to get rekt! A few people still consider this military invasion thing as Kenjaku’s "contingency plan" just so he has something to fall back on in case things don’t go as planned with the Culling Game – true enough, the CE wasn't sufficient in other colonies. But in my opinion, getting the Incarnated & Awakened players to battle in the Culling Game is a pre-requisite, and the military invasion is most likely THEE plan from the very start. Just like that someone said...

Yes, I’m talking about the man Reggie Star! Much respect to this man ‘cause he literally unraveled everything that’s sketchy about the Culling Game, although he had no exact idea what that "bomb" could be. As he stated before, if the Culling Game’s objective had been to collect CE generated from the battles, then why is it that there were only 1 or 2 strong players in every colony? And if the goal was to take advantage of the players’ CE, you’d want the sorcerers to have “long and drawn-out battles” but instead, the Game has already reached a deadlock by the time Gumi first reached Tokyo No. 1 colony. Reggie further theorized that "taking advantage of players’ CE in the Culling Game is the secondary or tertiary plan", whereas the primary plan is the bomb. In other words, the players participating in the Culling Game is a pre-requisite for the bomb that will eventually drop later when "only the strong players are left" in each colony. And the bomb are these foreign military forces.

Kenjaku already foresaw that the CE generated from the Culling Game wouldn’t be enough to fuel the barriers and, as such, planned to use non-sorcerers/humans from other countries as additional fuel source (read: sacrifice), and thus went out of his way *months before* to meet and negotiate with the world leaders, tricking them throughout the process. As Kenjaku said, these non-sorcerers never stood a chance of winning. They're only needed to break the Game's long deadlock, as well as to generate additional CE. Simply put, these non-sorcerers are being served as "offerings". Hence, the chapter title!

[marine-indie-gal]

I have recently checked out one of the SpongeBob Books outside of its own comics (well, fortunately, I only watched a few videos about the Books since I never really read any of them as a kid but I find the comics much more interesting). However, what recently inspired Me to do this New Character of Mine was one of the recent books that I have checked out was "SpongeBob and the Princess" which introduced Me to a unfaimilar character that I've never heard before until now (Princess Neptuna). Who is Neptuna you may ask? Well, if you're one of the few who never grow up on the books, chances are there a few different characters that never appear in the show but only appear in one of its own books. As it turns out, there actually is a "Princess Neptuna" character from one of the Books that SpongeBob was excitied to meet. Princess Neptuna I was really impressed and surprise to see that there was a Character who had a similar name as a namesake towards King Neptune. It often makes Me wonder if there was ever a "Posedeia" to begin with (ya know, as a namesake for King Poseidon?), so this inspired Me to create a Princess Character with a similar namesake for Poseidon. This is Princess Posedeia, she is a Cousin to Princess Neptuna. Where Neptuna is very Sweet and Gentle like any other FairyTale Princess, Posedeia on the Other Hand pays the opposite (mind you, since, ya know, Poseidon is the opposite of Neptune). She is very Vain, Snobby, and Boastful as she seems very full of herself with Pride as she seems rather Self-Centered and Spoiled as she belives that she is better than anyone else. Regardless, despite her Rude Nature, she's often very kind to a lot of people around her, even to those who are peasants and even her own subjects. She's never really jealous around Neptuna as she loves her Cousin very much, it's even stated that she rules her own Kingdom similar to how Neptuna has her own Palace. Whenever a little accident comes to her (especially if there was ever spill or dirt on her dress), she would usually freak out as she has Mysophobia (An Extreme Fear of Germs). Although despite having a namesake as an Honor towards the Greek God, she never really knew Poseidon nor did she met him in Real Life but she was glad to have a Namesake as an Honor to the God (similar to how Neptuna was the Honor to Neptune). She even happens to have her own Pet Worm similar to how Neptuna has her own Pet Snail. You may have noticed that her own attire has a very similar attire towards Poseidon on how he is depicited in The Third Film, well, needless to say I had to take some inspiration from Poseidon's attire for the Little Dress design that I did for Posedeia since Neptuna's design on the Other Hand has some similar attire features of how Neptune is depicited. Princess Posedeia (c) Me SpongeBob SquarePants (c) Stephen Hillenburg

[meadowpond-tearoom]

t̳o̳d̳a̳y̳'̳s̳ m̳o̳o̳d̳:̳ E.T.A. HOFFMANN

Some time ago I was thrilled reading The Golden Pot by Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) and some of his other mesmerizing stories. And I was excitied to know that besides being a brilliant writer he was also a painter, a lawer and - that was the most surprising thing for me to know - a musician and composer!

Schloss Wolfenbüttel in Niedersachsen ...I'm in love with this wonderful photography by hdgesehen. And I just wanted to accompany a musical piece by E.T.A. Hoffmann with this amazing image, 'cause I feel like their core magic is overlapping...

Schloss Wolfenbüttel in Niedersachsen ... photography by hdgesehen.

...so, I started searching for his musical works on youtube, and now there're 14 gems by E.T.A. Hoffmann in my Instrumental.Classics playlist. I'm afraid I couldn't embed the whole playlist here, I guess it's only the very first composition that is featured. But you can click the link [above] anytime and listen to all the fantastic Hoffmann's creations that are there - the videos with his music will always stay on top of my playlist.

❞𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴, 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝘁.❞ 𝗘.𝗧.𝗔. 𝗛𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻

↓...I also want to share here this wonderful illustration from an E.T.A. Hoffman's book (my most fav one so far:), The Golden Pot/Der goldne Topf, portraying the student Anselmus, the main character of the novel...

...unfortunatelly, I lost the credit for this amazing work:( I can only recall that it is done by a german artist, and it's much more likely a very old one... I will update on this once I happen to re-discover the original source of the image.

[sighdra]

Week 14 - Twilight

As a Twilight fan, I was very excitied to talk about this film. However, upon learning in this class and just seeing it from an older person's perspective, there was a shift. I wouldn't say my original feels fully disappeared, but I definitely saw a new perspective and realized the inherent flaws the film/characters did have. I will forever be team Edward. I admire his passion, his love, his persistence, and especially his gentlemanly intentions. However, let's be real. The way he acted is not actually safe, on top of the fact he is an 100 year old man who is preying on a minor essentially. This doesn't even include the fact that in other movies, he is watching her sleep in her room (very creepy if that happened to me). Although maybe the arguement could be made that Bella has Stockholm syndrome. However since the film is made that way, it brings up the point of mixing the idea of horror and teen movies. Edward is not your typical "monster." He is beautiful and literally sparkles in the sun. Bella is instantly attracted to him being mysterious and reserved demeanor. This creates the "bad boy with the heart of gold" archetype that Edward follows. The helps bring together the horror (Edward being a monster that drinks blood) and teen (the romance and love). However when we follow that archetype, it creates this idea of eroticized aggression. The line is blurred between and fear and desire. Bella is fearful of Edward when it is confirmed he is a vampire. Yet, she still wants to bone him. This even follows the troupe we see in many stories today, the hate to love troupe. Edward (being a vampire) and Bella being a defenseless young girl, connects the idea of mixing sex and violence. Bella is in danger, Edward wants to drink her blood. However, the mixture of that danger plus the feelings that grow between the two, gives more of a violent/ kinky type of sex.

Despite the idea of having rough, aggressive sex throughout the film, there are a lot of religious symbolism. When brought up in class that there was a lot of Mormonism iconography, it become more noticeable to me. The fact that Edward wants to wait till marriage to have sex. Since he is a vampire and often makes it clear how a relationship with him is dangerous, it perpetuates the idea that them getting together will bring bad fortune to both of them (however mostly towards Bella). In connection to Mormonism, it places heavy emphasis on pre-martial sex and how it is forbidden. Not only that, but it also connects the idea that if you do have sex before marriage, you will be commiting one of the worst sins (I'm sure many extremists would even make the comment that you will be sent straight to hell when you die). So while it may seem sweet and gentlemanly, from a religious standpoint, it's to force the audience to be fearful of the consequences if they were to engage in pre-marital sex. It's just covered by the idea that Edward is "too dangerous," to be having sex with, because he is a vampire and it will have negative repercussions (Ex: Bella could die). However this still connects to the idea of the most dangerous things is the most attractive, again mixing the idea of sex and violence. With tying all those ideas together, the conclusion states that the influence of a woman (Bella in this case) becomes the reason of change, Bella helps Edward become more "civilized." Through their love and coupling, Edward is able to control his urges and become a great partner. This could even tie back into the religious point of view. Having Edward control his urges around Bella, connects to the idea of abstience and abstaining from killing her (and having sex with her). Although I will say, I don't think I can blame Bella. I would fall for Edward if I was her. Of course if he didn't do all that weird stuff and perhaps if he had just recently been turned.....

From previous entries and readings, it is very easy to connect Linda Willams ideas with Twilight. This time we mix the idea of horror and genre with female pleasure. When looking back, Willams makes a comment on horror, she defines it as a genre with a lot of excess of blood and female characters. While it is a theory that horror is usually geared towards men, with horror being consistet with having porn-like moments and women, Twilight creates a horror genre that is directed to (young) female audiences. However, "the association between sex and violence in contemporary vampire fiction is more covert." Since the film is geared toward female audiences, it plays with the idea that it's for female looking pleasure. Yet, the film follows the blueprin it being a "male" generated horror film. It still has excess of blood, with Bella (the main character) bleeding and Edward even trying to suck her blood. This follows the idea of horror being a mixture of violence and sex. While it can be covered up by romanticizing Edward and vampires, Willams state's that there is still this idea that signs of violence are being projected as "displays of affection." Not only does it glorify violence and lust, it still caters to traditional gender roles. With Edward being strong and Bella being super clumsy, it makes Edward as a aggressive protector and Bella in need of saving. Again, perpetuating that the woman will always need a protector because they cannot protect themselves. The only "twist" is adding the idea that violent/ aggressive protectors are okay because they show they love you by being aggressive towards you.

[writemeendlesssongs]

Alfonse. I heard a rumor that you might visit Euden again somehow soon. Are you excited?

“That’s true! And I wouldn’t say I’m excited but...It’ll definitely be nice to see Euden and his team again, I wonder how big it’s grown since last time?”

[danny-chase]

all im getting is that so much of bad fandom is caused by people who only read batfam comics (if they read them at that) and then work around to try to explain why batfam is also the best

see batfam fans who try to explain why batfam is actually the only ones who use tactics and metas are overreliant on their powers or would be helpless if depowered despite practically every powered hero having a non-powered episode

Oh yeah for sure, so many fans reading batfam comics (and in some cases writing them) feel the need to make the batfam character the strongest/smartest person in the room. And that's to some extent not something I can blame the fandom for because batfam writers push this narrative, but I will push back on fandom for taking the more boring/what i think is worse bits of canon and using that as the foundation for the characters. Because I think there's more interesting interpretations out there to explore, and that a lot of fans are missing out by not seeing these sides of the characters.

Anyways, here's a perfect example with Dick of writers pushing the batfam is the best mentality:

Titans: Titans Together #1

Now i would believe that Dick could potentially fool Jason on the street (Jason's character has been in limbo for a bit, Dick's older and more experienced than him). But like taking down Kory, Donna, and Garfield all at once? Yeah no way in hell. Even without "powers" Kory and Donna could kick his ass, and it's not like they're damping their natural strength enhancements here, and they'd already reverted to using powers. Narratively, if it had just been hand to hand Dick vs Jason, they could have made the same point without being all like "Dick's the best and can beat everyone Titan". And perfect Dick Grayson is so... boring to me.

Like i want to be on the edge of my seat reading comics, I want to wonder how on Earth the characters are going to get out of this mess. I want suspense and drama, not just "oh the batfam will win because they have to win." And you don't have to introduce overly dark and gritty plot points to show that or kill off characters to show they're human.

For contrast, I feel like The New Teen Titans power-scaled Dick to the others pretty well. He's clearly the leader, but at the same time, we're reminded that he's human. He doesn't show up and magically save the day. A lot of times he gets caught when he's acting alone (ie Judas Contract) and he gets shown being saved by other characters just as much as he saves them, if not more.

The New Teen Titans #7

There's times when the Titans are like damn if only Dick were here, he'd have this solved in an instant, but there's also times where Dick is very clearly struggling at solving cases and living up to Batman's expectations.

The New Teen Titans #20

There's also times where he just gets completely KO'ed in fights. Which, because it's a team comic is fine because again the other characters can, and usually end up saving him, because he's a human and can't walk off a laser beam (at least, not without Raven).

And because of this, even though I know Dick won't die, putting him in danger (or really any) of the Titans in danger makes for an interesting read because you know they most likely won't get out on their own, and when the odds are really stacked against them, even though you know they'll win, it's usually pretty hard to imagine how (unless like, Arella's there) so it's fun seeing how the story goes. And you know, sometimes I like seeing other characters saving each other because power of friendship never gets old and it's nice to see them care about each other.

So I guess I think, when we just look at the batfamily in a void and say "yeah, they're the best, they could take down anyone if they had enough prep time, or whatever" that just flattens the narrative to me, lowers the stakes, and is just ridiculously unrealistic past the point of suspension of disbelief. Maybe they could win in the right circumstances sure, but it's a more exciting story to me if they get away by the skin of their teeth, exploiting some fluke, or occasionally simply needing to be rescued to remind us they are in fact human.

[snowheartwriting]

( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kmC6OImeNXY Song to go along with this)

It was a nice day at the beach. Nice is... subjective. You didn't like the beach for the most part. The heat and sitting around doing nothing made you anxious. So you decided to take off and go for a walk. Now this you could enjoy. The wet sand cooling you feet, the sea's breeze blowing in the wind and the occasional wave splashing you slightly. At first the water felt cold and even made you squeak but with time, you adjusted to it.

You were so caught up in that activity, you didn't notice how far you'd strayed from the path. Looking back at where you parasol was, you decided it would be for the best to find somewhere nice and cool to relax and mentally prepare for the long way back... Ah, yes, that cave would do nicely!

You sat somewhere with a pool of water to splash on yourself and the sound caught the attention of someone living there. "I SWEAR TO FRAGGING PRIMUS IF IT IS-" Your eyes grew wide and you almost jumped with the loud screaming! "You aren't here to capture me are you?" "No" "Well... then... sorry" After the awkward introduction the octopus merman decided to approach the human "You look vaguely familiar. Do I know you?" "Probally not. I have been hiding here for a long, long, time" You didn't question that, the scar on his face and human half of his body told you what you needed to know. You smiled softly. You have only dreamt of meeting such a creature after reading and watching movies about Atlantis "But we could take the time to know each other" He blushed "I suppose that would be nice!" Crossing his arms, he grumbled under his breath "You are polite at least"

With that he moved closer to you, dragging his red and white tentacles across the pool's crystal clear floor and siting beside you in the rocky ground "Might I at least get a name from you?" "It's [Y/N]" "Mine's Ratchet. Octopus-Breed from Atlantis" "Wait, you meant to tell me it is real!?" He sighed, your excitiment made him somewhat regret stating that. Only somewhat. Though he would never admit to it, it was nice to have someone there to listen after billions of years of having people take him and his work for granted "Yes and as you can see, your kind hasn't done me any favors in search of my home" he frowned at the unpleasent memories. Your face droped "Oh... I'm sorry" Now it was your turn to blush in shame "Don't be. You're not blame for other's mistakes. As long as you aren't throwing your trash in the ocean, we'd be fine"

You spent quite some time just chatting and being close to one another, eventually the sun started to set, you began to feel cold and shudder. He took note of that "Hey. I might be no expert on human biology but I think you should go, for your own good" "I guess you're right. I was just enjoying our time together so much!" "Hopefully we can have more" he smilled just a little "Now move before you get sick. I have do deal with enough dumbafts back at home, don't make me work on my day off!"

[allyinthekeyofx]

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-crowns-peter-morgan-and-gillian-anderson-a-right-royal-lockdown-carry-on-22b9f30hz

While the majority of us are deep into the monotony of interminable lockdown, certain individuals would appear to be having quite the exciting time. Step forward, The Crown creator Peter Morgan, who has reunited with his former partner, the actress Gillian Anderson, after a brief, er, bubble with the film producer Jemima Khan.

Readers may recall that, only last month, the 57-year-old screenwriter was reported to have set up house with Khan, 47, who is said to be an old friend of Morgan and 52-year-old Anderson. The latter, with whom he had been in a relationship for four years, was said to be “bemused” by the news, not least the speed with which this new romance solidified, mere weeks after she and Morgan parted company. Now it is Khan’s turn for bemusement, having been left “shocked and confused” by Morgan rushing to the side of his former partner in Prague, where she is shooting a movie.

Tabloid attention has focussed on the women in this drama, with many a reference to transgressions of “girl code” and other such guff, even though the extent of the Anderson/Khan friendship seems to have comprised standing next to each other at parties. The actress is now claimed to have been victorious.

But what of Morgan in all this? One moment he is said to have been racing about referring to ’mima as “the one”, the next he is jetting off to the (other) woman of his dreams.

Hats off to the energy of the man. Lockdown 3 has the rest of us in such a state of collective torpor, the highlight of our day involves going back to bed. All most of us have to look forward to is a bath, working on our obesity, and the prospect of possibly being allowed to sit near another human on a bench from sometime in March. Morgan clearly occupies some higher, thespian level of Covid compliance that allows for international travel, a multitude of domestic set-ups, and the generation of a good many tears.

Lockdown apart, what we have here is a classic case of middle-aged male f***wittery in a quest for capital-D drama. Compare the actor Dominic West’s recent flirtation, in which the film star Lily James became the target of global venom for a man playing her dad nuzzling her neck on a scooter.

We’ve all seen it. And, lo, the middle-aged man looks at all the good things he has amassed and thinks: “Hmmm, this is great, but is it great enough, given that I may be dead soon? Why don’t I blow this all up? I am a man, no, a god! I create chaos and thus I am alive!”

In Morgan’s case, matters are doubtless exacerbated by his being not exactly a looker while surrounded by paragons of female fabulousness such as Anderson and Khan. Add to this power, public acclaim, plus the approach of a rather significant birthday, and the result is shagerama, bubble-mania, midlife crisis-ageddon.

No judgment, mate. I was that guy for most of my thirties, and we’ve all missed flirting given that human interaction has been so limited. But read the room. We’re in a global pandemic here, not some badly scripted ITV drama. You don’t just tear up entire domestic situations based on an errant testosterone surge at the best of times, but particularly not when the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are charging about the planet. It’s not big and it’s not clever.

Obviously, our hero will have caused heartache, but — worse — awkwardness and embarrassment. Anderson’s pals will have spent weeks slagging him off and will now have to sit next to him at dinner parties, should these again take place. Anderson herself will be permitted more than an eye roll. Over Christmas she revealed that she had acquired a new dog in the wake of their break-up. Now the poor pooch has got to share her with Peter.

😂😂The sarcastic disdain of this reporter is just golden😂😂

[argumentl]

The Freedom of Expression Radio version - Live 2 hour Special #2, Dec 2015

Kaoru starts by saying the previous day's #1 Live special will be hard to beat, as it went better than expected. The show finished at 3am, but he was awake till 6am after the excitiment of the show. He is joined by Joe and Tasai. They will do a 'Top 6 news stories of 2015' this time (different stories from the previous day).

Topics for #2 as they come up..

6. The company Nikkatsu who made a number of erotic movies ('roman poruno' in Japanese) between 1971-1988, are planning to re-vive production of such movies after 28 years. Tasai asks Kaoru, 'What do you imagine when you hear the term 'roman poruno'? Kaoru says, they have an old image. Tasai says these movies are apparently highly rated overseas, as they show the passion between man and woman very well, but they are not so highly rated in Japan. Joe likes such movies and in particular is fond of Oshima Nagisa's Ai no corridor.

5. The personal pension data of 1250000 people was leaked after a virus/hacker got into the pension office's computers, and the leak wasn't announced until 3 weeks after it happened. Kaoru finds it scary how much personal data could be recorded about people. Eg. If you bought erotic movies online, would your shopping history be tracked and recorded etc.

- Suggested 2015 news by listeners

*The Japanese womens' pro wrestling match between Yoshiko and Yasukawa, which resulted in Yasukawa being beated so badly she ended up with a fractured skull.

* The predicted decline in live venues for 2016.

*The Haagen Dazs flavour 'Hana mochi', selling out super fast.

*The publication of Kaoru's book Dokugen.

*The start of this radio show.

*Comedian Naoki Matayoshi winning the Akutagawa prize for his novel 'Hibana'.

-Next they pick up on the Tokyo Olympics logo plagiarism issue, which was briefly mentioned in the previous show. Part of the problem may have been that the logo didn't meet the expectations of the public. They lament the trend of trying to find something to compare every new piece of work to.

4. The news that Edward Snowden's name had been listed as within the White House by someone on Google Maps. Kaoru wonders if people are doing this type of thing just to show off their hacking skills. They also talk about how google maps can be scary as anyone can see your house etc.

- Kami says he gets a salary/ does part time work. Kami is also drinking red bull, which prompts Kaoru to read out more emails referring to suggested news from listeners:

- A case of death by caffine poisoning from drinking red bull.

-7/11 has opened its first branch in Tottori prefecture.

-Joe brings up the Mt.Gox bitcoin situation, where the whole thing was suddenly stopped and the website wiped.

- Kaoru asks listeners to send in pictures of what they imagine Kami looks like.

- The news that various shrines across Japan had been vandalised with oil by a man belonging to a Korean Christian group. The man suspected of doing it had been arrested.

- The news of the school girl murder in Sasebo, Nagasaki, where a 15 year old girl had been murdered by a fellow 15 year old girl.

- The increase in consumption tax.

3. The government figure of 250 billion yen for a new Olympic stadium and the controversy surrounding it, including the influence of former PM Mori. Also how more people engage in protest demos than they used to. They also stress the importance of voting in elections to see real political change.

2. News that the movie 'Moebius' by director Kim Ki-duk has run into trouble with child porn laws with its Japanese release. Kaoru describes the plot of the movie, and the cause of the trouble. It involves a mother castrating her own son, and his father subsequently having his own penis removed, to have it transplanted to his son, while searching for other ways to achieve orgasm to teach him. But this isn't what got the movie into trouble in Japan. The scene causing the trouble depicts the son touching his mother's breasts. So director Kim Ki-duk cut the scene. Kaoru thinks this is drastic, but now wants to watch the movie. As he had plenty of experience with censorship of his own work, he throws his support behind fellow artists to be able to create what they want.

-Listeners send in their artistic impressions of Kami and Kaoru chooses his fave.

1. Tasai's news that he saw a UFO in Mexico while visiting there to report on an Idol event. Kaoru thinks the whole thing is pretty interesting, but isnt sure about the existence of UFOs himself.

He finishes by talking about how he feels after doing these live radio shows, ticket issues with his talk event due in Jan 2016, and the upcoming Budokan shows.

Songs - Dir en grey/Sustain the untruth, Sting/Soul Cake, Dir en grey/Akuro no oka K.N.Y. mix, Vision of Disorder/Be up on it, Dir en grey/Kasumi, Sigur Rós/Hoppípolla, Dir en grey/Embryo.

[sourstars]

i’ve been alright! this whole shadowban has put a bit of a damper on my mood, especially since i posted a lot of stuff yesterday, but it is what is <3 i hope we’re both able to get it resolved soon though!!

but how are you? besides this whole situation

sorry sweetheart it took so fucking long to even send it in, i decided to do the ticket now bc i have a feeling i won’t remember in the morning due to the nurses and stuff i’ll have to talk to :///

and?? you posted stuff?? i had no idea omg baby i’m so sorry i didn’t see it :(( lmk when you get off the shadow ban and stuff bc i’m gonna reblog the shit out of everything!! i also posted smth today too, i finally posted the dabi req but like? the only idea i had that let me know smth was even remotely was bc it like three notes nearing an hour and i was like?? there’s literally no way people didn’t see smth of mine at this point :’)

besides all of this, i’m?? okay?? i mean like, i’ve been in pain for the last couple of days bc of my knee but otherwise than that, i’ve gotten back into cooking, measuring my plant’s growth (he’s the size of my palm already, they grow up so fast :(((), and getting back into reading and writing!! how about you sweetpea? anything interesting, new, exciting?? i wanna hear all ab it! HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT! ✨FIRE AWAY✨

EDIT: SAV YOURE ALSO ALLOWED TO ASK FOR MY SOCIALS AND STUFF BC WE’RE MUTUALS FJSJFK GET BACK TO ME WHEN YOH CAN IFORGOT I WANTED TO ASK YOU SMTH EXCITING

[jintaiyang]

D Gray Man Tag

Got tagged by @looniecartooni  (Thank you soooo much!!!! ❤️)

What year did you first get into DGM? It was when I was in the second year of my University, so it was at the end of 2019. My best friend started to watching it, so I searched about it.

Who’s your favorite character? That is the easiest question. Yu Kanda was my first favorite character, but now is Nea D. Campbell and I kinda like Bak Chang too. I liked Yu Kanda for his design, but I liked Nea D. Campbell and Bak Chang for both designs and personalities. If I had to choose only one, I would choose Nea D. Campbell.

Who’s your least favorite character? Apocryphos. For SO many reasons: He is hunting Allen Walker, he wants to kill Nea D. Campbell, he “killed“ Marian Cross and he detroyed the cutest thing in DGM series, Timcanpy.

Who’s your favorite general? General Cross Marian. He may behaved like an a**hole to Allen, but I know that he deeply loves and cares about him and the Order.

Who’s a character you would get along with? I would say Lenalee Lee, she is 3 years younger than me, but we have similar personalities. I believe that I would get alone with Bak Chang or Komui Lee too, we are all troublemakers, we love technology and trying new things.

What kind of innocence would you have? Parasitic type is my most favorite one. The exorcists with Parasitic type have higher synchronization rates, they can be healed by their innocence and they are immune to Akuma Virus!

What’s your ship? Allen Walker x Lenalee Lee. They deserve to be together, but because of Nea, he had to deny his feelings for her, just to protect her.

What’s your least favorite ship? I don’t like when people are shipping Kanda with Alma. They were couple in their previous life, where Alma was a woman. In the current life they are like friends and brothers.  

What branch would you want to be part of? That’s a little hard question. But, when I read about Chang’s family backstory, I would really love to be part of the Asian Branch and as I said, I woud really get along with Bak Chang.

What’s your favorite arc? I loved many arcs, for different reasons, but only one made me to love D. Gray-man even more: Searching for Allen Walker arc. We learn all the truth about D. Campbell twins, Millennium Earl and Allen. This arc made me feel thrilled, excitied, sad, scary and sick, in the same time. I loved it.

But, these all are my opinions!!

I now bestow tags to @kandaxxx and @dianaprime44

[perseusjackson-jasongrace]

this is for the fanfic game: 1, 2, 3, 5, 28, 31, 43, and 47! i know that’s a ton so feel free to pick which ones to answer. for 28, my scenario is date night in and the ship is jercy:) if you’re not comfortable writing that though it’s 100% fine!!

Hello my favourite🌻💖thank you for this! And I hope you enjoy the drabble.

1. What fandoms do you write for?: Pretty much only the Percy Jackson Fandom. I've written one fanfiction for the Throne of Glass Fandom but that was a crack ship because I got obsessed enough. It's very daunting to write for fandoms. I only started writing for PJO like 2 years ago even though I've been in the Fandom since I was 10👀

2. What pairings do you write for?: Obvs you know my fave is jercy, but I write for percabeth, pibabeth, and my latest crack ship Leobeth, mostly.

3. What is your most popular fanfic?: I think it's the first chapter of His Blood Runs Gold (the Percy is a God AU) but I could be wrong?

5. What fanfic of yours should everyone have read?: Oh gods guys questions like these give me anxiety because I'm really shy about promoting my fanfics🥺I would love if more people read Empires on the Horizon or Kingdom Collisions since I work really hard on them. But I don't know, do what makes you happy man💖

28. I will name you three things (object — scenario — fandom/ship): write a paragraph or two!:

"Percy!" Jason Grace shouts from their living room, "If you don't get your cute butt in here I'm starting the movie without you.

There's a loud bang, a filthy amount of curse words and then his boyfriend is hopping into the room with a frown on his face.

"First of all I think it's so rude that you dare start my favourite movie without me. And secondly I banged my toe really hard and I think it might be broken."

Jason bursts out laughing, tears streaming down his face, sides aching. And Percy just stands there looking at him.

Finally the blonde stops, sobering at his serious expression.

"Come here," He sighs, hiding a smile.

His boyfriend flops down next to him and plonks his foot in Jason's lap. "See?"

The toe is blue and a little swollen but he can see its not broken, and he tells him as much.

"It hurts," Percy's ocean eyes are puppy-dog wide.

"If I get you chocolate and a bag of ice will you feel better?" He kisses that gorgeous brown forehead.

And finally, ice, chocolate, and buttery popcorn later they're settling down to their movie.

The opening scene of Anastasia starts playing and Percy bounces in the couch. The blonde tugs his boyfriend closer, falling a little more in love as he sees the excitiment radiating off him.

"You really like this movie don't you?"

"Shhhh Jase," He scolds, "The song is starting."

Jason just laughs softly, tangling his fingers in those black curls and settles into the world, happiness, home.

31. Do you use beta/sensitive readers?: I do not my love🌻

43. Guilty pleasure tropes and scenarios?: smut is my (not so) guilty pleasure.

I answered 47 here

[ao3feed-rebelcaptain2]

You are wanted: Jyn & Cassian College story

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2VAe7Ap

by mollyofavalon

“Hola Leia. Jyn.” Cassian said in his low quiet tone. The sound of her name coming from him moved through her ear like a soft guitar. Jyn opened her eyes. Not motioning to him, but watching him avoid Leia’s excitiable energy. He glanced at her and she gave smirk in return. Cassian Andor was one of the most elusive people on campus. He was from Mexico, so his accent was full of mystery like his dark eyes. Jyn didn’t want to admit how attractive he was, but once everyone else did it was hard not to. He always looked like he had stubble on his chin. His dark hair was a black mess that he was constantly pushing back. He was lean, but obviously muscular. The soccer team was not shy about running around the fields shirtless during practice. But there was something else behind his eyes. Jyn assumed it was something to do with his past in the military but she never wanted to pry.

 Jyn is trying to get through school, when she develops feelings with one of her brother's friends. Cassian is just at enthralled with the brilliant woman.

Words: 2938, Chapters: 1/10, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Erso & Andor

Fandoms: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso, Han Solo, K-2SO (Star Wars), Kes Dameron, Shara Bey, Leia Organa, Bodhi Rook, Chirrut Îmwe, Baze Malbus, Lando Calrissian, Davits Draven

Relationships: Cassian Andor/Jyn Erso, Leia Organa/Han Solo, Bodhi Rook/Luke Skywalker, Chirrut Îmwe/Baze Malbus, Shara Bey/Kes Dameron

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Fluff, Angst, Slow Burn, Best Friends, College, Latino Character, Military

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2VAe7Ap