#SEASON 2

[adalvild]

A little kiss for better luck!

[cedric-k-rossignol]

Ciel & Sebastian + une gifle

[sayusims]

Maomao mini analysis

Maomao in The Apothecary Diaries is such a sad character, but she doesn't act like it because, in her world, it's kind of normalized. First, her mom, an esteemed courtesan, essentially hated her because she gave birth to her. Her biological dad is gone and not in her life (we know it wasn’t by choice, but this is from her perspective). She was raised in a brothel, and while she had people there who loved her, it's still a brothel. Even after she was adopted, she still had to take precautions to make sure she wasn’t going to be kidnapped or that nothing else would happen to her because of men.

After all of this, when she was still a teenager, she was kidnapped by a couple of guys and sold to the Emperor’s palace. These events are really traumatic, but at the same time, she still has the same indifference—as if she doesn’t care that much. She wants to stay in her own lane, and with her tactical genius (stemming from both her parents), this is relatively easy to do. But I wanted to know more, and since I’m taking AP World History in school, it wasn’t really that hard to understand why.

The Apothecary Diaries takes place during the Ming-Qing dynasty (possibly Song), which is evident because of the harem system, the clothing style, and the medicine she uses. During this time, China had been taken back from the Mongols, and the government, in an effort to get rid of their traditions, reinstated many old systems like the civil service exam, improved education, and reestablished the bureaucracy. The education aspect is evident in the series because of the plans to better educate women on basic skills like reading.

The part worth highlighting, though, is that China (and basically everywhere the Mongols ruled) was safer under their rule. So when everything became scattered again, safety greatly decreased, making things like kidnappings more common. This is probably why Maomao wasn’t distraught about being kidnapped. Still, the rest of what happened before this time is traumatic enough.

The main reason I give for this is that she’s used to it—not in a Stockholm syndrome way, but in an “oh, this happens sometimes” way. Being raised in the brothels, she likely saw the worst parts of humanity in the customers and the courtesans. Being exposed to this regularly probably caused her to naturally believe that humans do bad things—but not in an overly pessimistic way, since she still had good people taking care of her. Along with this, she is just practical in everything she does. She weighs the pros and cons of her actions before she acts. She discloses information that is important to wrap up a case so she doesn’t have more drama to deal with (unlike a lot of characters, which is why I love her).

While she still has a curious personality when it comes to mysteries, at this point in season 2, she has gained the trust of literally everyone important, making her unlikely to get into trouble. (This is still China in the 11th-12th century, so she still has to be careful, but compared to before, she has a lot more freedom.)

While her personality may look plain at first, you quickly grow to love her, especially her passion for medicines and poisons. The shift in her demeanor when poisons come into play is so fun to watch. This shows that, at the end of the day, she is still a teenager. She is mature but childlike at the same time when it comes to things she’s interested in. Women in this time were supposed to be, like in almost every other time in history, subordinate to men. Maomao, being as smart as she is, knows and acknowledges this but does not let it stop her. She goes against the status quo by being a completely independent woman who doesn’t need a man.

The best part of this is that she does it without really thinking about it. Her goal is not to go against the status quo or anything like that but simply to pursue her interests in life.

Overall, I just really love Maomao and the series, and it better keep getting new seasons until it’s done, or else I’m going to tweak out. I also wrote this while procrastinating on my AP World homework to “review” for the AP exam (which is like four months away), but I hope you guys like it.

[chenfordsbee]

EDDIE DIAZ in 9-1-1 s2e01 “Under Pressure”

[djkerr]

I wanna be a better person.

Shrinking 02x03 Psychological Something-ism

Shrinking (2023-present) Psychological Something-ism (S02E03)

[severancesource]

SEVERANCE ⇒ S02E02 Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig ⇐

[dinagastuff]

[djkerr]

I'm glad you came in here.

Shrinking 02x04 Made You Look

Shrinking (2023-present) Made You Look (S02E04)

[cedric-k-rossignol]

Man I haven't watched anything from season 2 since it came out and s2 Ciel has me ROLLING.

Kid lost his memories and any remaining mercy, damn.

[miscellaneousjay]

“Castlevania: Nocturne” Season 2 did NOT disappoint, okay!!!! DROLTA CAME BACK, BITCHES!!! And not only that, she was the true mastermind this entire freaking time! I was so shook and utterly pleased!!! Next, you had Maria’s revenge, Richter x Annette💙💛, OGUN💪🏾, Sekhmet vs Erzsebet, and Olrox x Mizrak💜🤍. Soooo much BUILD-UP!!! The huge battle made up of like 3 different battles that happened at the end was CRAAAAAZZZZYYYYY!!!! I’m still not over it! Going back to the ships setting sail, I love the contrast between Rannette and Mizrox. You had the cutesy young love and then you had the grown and sexies bringin that HEAT! Like, vampire!Mizrak brought the slutty housewife outta Olrox and I was so happy for them.🙂‍↕️🥹

[djkerr]

Shrinking 02x01 Jimmying // Shrinking 02x02 I Love Pain

I'm sleeping with my dead best friend's husband. And do you want to know why? I really do, actually. It's because I'm such a pathological caretaker that if you show me just any train wreck of a man, I will just jump in that pool like some fucking Black lady Michael Phelps every fucking single time. Jessica Williams as Gaby in Jimmying (S02E01) and I Love Pain (S02E02) Shrinking (2023-present)

[lovefrombegonia]

Idk whether to laugh or cry at the fact that Mizrak would start quoting bible every time he saw orlox 😭😭😭

[autumnmobile12]

So my sister and my mom were watching Arcane S2, and apparently my dad walked and said this:

"What are you watching? It sounds like chicken bones being ground together."

What he heard was the creaking, grinding sound effect Hex-Tech Viktor makes whenever he walks or moves his hands. And now I can't unhear it.

[stollengoods]

Chapter 9

It’s Not Me, It’s You

Myung-gi x Fem! Reader

Warnings: Cursing and smut (but the smut is very much fluff, like it’s sweet, it’s not degrading or rough.)

Summary: Nam-gyu confesses his love for you~

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Once you guys were in the bathroom, Nam-gyu shut and locked the door behind him. You made your way in front of the sink, leaning against it. Nam-gyu’s back slid down the door until he was sitting on the floor as he blew out a breath.

“Did you tell Se-mi about us ?” You asked frustrated.

He shook his head, “Not directly at least.”

“What does that mean ?”

“Before you and I met, Thanos and I formed a small group. Which included: Me, Thanos, Min-su, and Se-mi…”

“Okay ?”

“When we came back from the bathroom, they were all sitting together like we did after the game earlier. And Thanos asked if we did anything so I told him. Se-mi just happened to over hear I guess.”

Your fingernails dug into the palm of your hand, “Ugh god I hate that bitch.” You mumbled.

Nam-gyu’s head turned to you, “Now what’s going on with Myun-gi ? He said that you told him nothing happened between us but I thought the whole point was to make him jealous ?”

You picked at your cuticles, your voice a bit lower now, “It was… I mean originally nothing was supposed to happen, I just wanted him to think something did…”

Nam-gyu’s eyes narrowed in confusion, “And when you told him nothing happened between us, he believed you ??”

You pursed your lips, “No, not exactly… but then the first game happened and we were more distracted by trying to survive so he either forgot or got distracted-“

“Or he trusted you.”

Your head snapped in his direction, “Don’t give me that bullshit.”

Nam-gyu stood up, “I’m not saying you’re in the wrong, but you’re an honest person y/n, you’re not a scummy person like he is and I think he knows that so he let it go because he trusted you.”

You gave him a small smile as he approached you, “Thank you.”

“Yeah, of course.” His eyes looked down at you with such softness and you bit your lip.

You grabbed his hand and pulled him forward. He stopped when his hips practically touched yours, his hands on either side of the sink beside you. Your hands went under his shirt and he hissed, “Fuck your hands are cold.”

“Shut up.” You giggled, lightly hitting his stomach.

He smiled, putting a strand of hair behind your ear before leaning in and pecking your lips. “So are we going to finish what we started or ?” You teased, raising an eyebrow and that made him chuckle.

He leaned in and deepened the kiss this time, your hands slipped out of his shirt and went straight to his hair. God did you love his hair, it wasn’t too long but it was long enough to run your fingers through and tug on it.

He slipped in his tongue and you trailed one of your hands down to his pants. You rubbed him on the outside of his pants earning a few groans from him. You pulled away from him removing your shirt and bra, he did the same. You then kneeled down in front of him, tugging his pants and underwear down and he kicked them to the side.

You firmly grabbed his shaft stroking it lightly and he let out the prettiest moan. You sped up your movements, then wrapped your lips around him. You looked up at him, he was biting his lip at this point with eyes screwed shut.

Once your mouth was in sync with your hand movements, he couldn’t help the whimpers that escaped his lips as his hand laid on top of your head. He moaned your name as his legs began to shake and you pulled away, a taste of pre-cum on your tongue.

You stood up and he quickly pulled down your pants and underwear and you kicked the to the side along with his clothes. He helped you up on the sink as you sat there with your legs spread apart on full display for him.

He bit his lip before getting on his knees and caressing your thigh with his thumb. Your thighs trembled in anticipation, you weren’t expecting him to go down on you. His lips pressed soft kisses up your thighs before his tongue played with your clit. Your breathing got heavier as you watched him, he then inserted two fingers into you.

You threw your head back in pleasure as your hand instinctively went to his head clutching a fist full of his hair. It didn’t take long for you to come undone as he helped you ride out your orgasm.

You opened your eyes in a daze and nearly had a heart attack when you saw half his face covered in blood. “What the fuck ? Is this a sick dream ?”

Nam-gyu chuckled, looking at himself in the mirror behind you, “You’re on your period silly.”

You blinked your eyes a couple of times, “Oh.”

He went to the sink next to you and washed his face and fingers. “I’m sorry… I-I didn’t know-“

He walked back over to you with a smile on his face, “Don’t be.” His hands squeezed the top of your thighs, “I don’t mind.”

You looked at him with caution, “R-really ?”

He shook his head before leaning in and attaching his lips again, you felt his manhood rub against your pussy and grabbed a hold of it, lining his tip up with your entrance.

He broke away from the kiss, “Is this what you want ?”

“More than anything.” You breathed.

He slowly entered you and both of you rolled your eyes back in satisfaction. He trailed kisses up and down your neck as he began to move, your nails causing red marks to form on his back as he did so.

“Y/n.” He said.

“Yeah ?” You whined.

“I love you.” He whispered in your ear.

“Huh ?” From how good he was making you feel, you weren’t sure if you had heard him right.

He touched his forehead with yours, “I said I love you.”

You looked at him through half hooded eyes, “Are you serious or is this the drugs talking ?”

“I mean it, y/n, I love you.”

“I love you too.” You heard yourself saying and it felt so natural. You only knew Nam-gyu for a short period of time but you enjoyed talking to him, he made you feel special, and most importantly he made you feel safe.

“Nam-gyu.” You spoke.

“Yeah ?”

“Cum in me.”

“Seriously ?” His eyes looked shocked but in an eager way.

You bit your lip nodding your head, “Please.” You whined.

He smiled, “I’ll be the best father, baby, I promise.”

You clenched around him at his words, “Fuck baby please.” You whined, “I need to feel all of you inside me.”

His thrusts got faster as you clawed more and more at his back. You came which resulted in him cumming not too long after. You felt his seed fill you up and dribble out around his cock. He was about to pull out but you embraced him.

“Not yet, baby, let’s stay like this for a little bit.”

You felt him smile against your neck as he nodded his head. His thumbs rubbed circles on your thighs and you played with his hair for a little while until the guard banged on the door saying it was almost time for dinner.

Nam-gyu helped clean you up once he pulled out of you and then put on his clothes. You pressed a button on the wall and it dispensed a tampon that you quickly put in before throwing on your clothes.

You were about to open the door but Nam-gyu pulled you in for another long kiss. You smiled when you broke away, him doing the same as you guys walked out the bathroom and followed the guard back to the common area.

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(A/N): One more chapter ! What mini series should I do next ? Thanos, Dae-ho, or Se-mi ?