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[liketolaugh-writes]

I just finished your recently completed DP fic and I LOVED it!!!!! I also caught up on the DPxDC crossover and love that too! I’m not in the DP or DC fandoms, but your fics were so amazing, do you have any fic recommendations? I don’t even know where to start looking, I know nothing about either fandom.

Thank you, I'm really glad you like them!! I always recommend first looking at the bookmarks of your favorite authors. Usually they'll read a lot of the same stuff they write, so it's a good way to find fics to your taste! I have about 400 DP fics bookmarked, but here's the highlights-

(Cut for length, there are so many, my impulse control is nil)

DP

Wake Me Up to Say Goodbye - A gradual Jack-centric reveal fic. Jack's genuine love for his family shines through so well here.

broken trust and the wounds hidden behind - This fic is particularly dear to me. Jack finds out about Danny without Danny realizing and starts working to make things right.

Prove That You Deserve the Answer - Jazz/Maddie bodyswap fic. One of my favorite reveals.

Dinner and Diatribes - Vlad traps Danny and Maddie in an underground bunker to play house. This one is, uh, a lot of the inspo for the Fentons' dehumanization of Phantom. But it has a happy ending.

How to Raise the Dead - Very short, sweet fic that isn't exactly post-reveal, but Jack and Maddie know anyway.

Now's The Time (Get In Line) - A fun reveal fic where the GIW raid Casper High for Phantom. The central battle scene in this lives rent-free in my mind.

definition of insanity (is doing the same thing) - Dash Baxter redemption, seriously confronts Dash's bullying.

A Play to Remember - The most interesting and complex A-listers reveal I've ever read.

That Razor's Edge - Halfa!Valerie. So wonderfully done. <3

Ghost on the Couch - Maddie makes Danny go to therapy. While they never quite get around to talking about most of the events of the series (rip) it's still a brilliant showcase of Danny's psychology and emotional turmoil.

DPxDC

If You Give a Bat a Burger - Obligatory, the quintessential DPxDC fic. Plot driven and engaging, and you'll see a certain reference to it in most other DPxDC fics lmao.

Vacation Crashers - Another staple. Plot-driven, but it has one of my favorite Bruce characterizations of any DPxDC fic. (It also inspired a lot of the Fentons' more... neglectful behavior in my fics.)

those who serve. - Can't pass this one up. Danny becomes Alfred's apprentice. Alfred is very concerned.

Wanted: Dead And Alive - Dead Tired. Everyone is scrambling to figure out who the hell Danny is, very fun without sacrificing feeling.

Some Kind of Miraculous Bind - A Demon Twins fic. Damian is very sweet here. <3

But I Want to Be Let In, Not Out - Probably my favorite Demon Twins iteration. Damian just wants to see his brother again, okay?

The Bat Trap - One last Demon Twins fic for good measure. This one plays with its premise so well and integrates the two worlds wonderfully.

Like and Survive - Phantom's Guide to Young Hero Survival - Fix-it field trip through the DCU. You don't know a lot about the DCU? You're about to find out. Very thorough and thoughtful.

Ghosts, Legacies, and CPS - Danny is removed from the Fentons' custody. Danny is inserted into Tim's custody. Vlad does something stupid. Beautifully done and very satisfying.

what dumb luck or good ghost led you from there to here? - Danny and Barbara, where Danny settles in the Clocktower and Babs coaxes him closer like a stray cat.

I Am A Retired Hero And My Love Interest Is A Former Crime Lord? - Dead on Main, obviously. Probably the fic that made me fall in love with this pairing, with a lot of excellent background and foreground plots. Jack and Maddie chase Skulker around to ask him questions about ghost culture. He complains to Danny about it. It's great.

What Binds Us - Such excellent worldbuilding around Crime Alley and Gotham in general. I loves it. <3 (This one by @breannasfluff)

Like Betta Fish Do - Dead on Main, both sweet and very fun. I love @clockwayswrites' characterizations and this particular fic handles their developing relationship super well. On that topic-

One Stop Soup Shop - My feelings,,,, tooth-rotting Dead on Main fluff.

Birdritch - Spirit Halloween, so much fluff between Danny and the Batfamily.

A Broken Sort of Normal - OOF. So many feelings?? Danny/Wally, with so much good angst.

(I can't keep going down the list, just take a run through PaperPuffin's profile, you won't regret it. <3)

I would also suggest following @nerdpoe, @stars-obsession-pit, and @sheepheadfred; they all have good taste in tumblr snippets!

Have fun!

[kuurechr]

Satoru barged into your dorm, no warning ahead of time, so he was surprised to see Shoko on your bed, slathering a face mask on you, as Nanami sat with his back against the bed, on the floor reading as his face mask was drying on his face.

"You guys are having a fun night without me?!" Satoru exclaimed, feigning pain as he held onto his heart. "I thought you were my best friends?"

"Who told you that?" Nanami grumbled, before looking over at you. "Where's Ijichi? He's late, is he on a mission?"

"Ijichi isn't going on missions anymore, I told him not to," Satoru said, sliding next to Nanami, looking over his shoulder to see what he was reading.

Nanami shut his book. "Why would you do that?"

"What're you reading, porn?" Satoru said with a scowl, as Nanami put his book away.

"Answer the question Satoru," you chided, reaching over to your dresser to take out a sheet mask for Shoko.

"He'd die out on missions. He's better off as an assistant."

"Why would you do that to him?" Shoko asked. "He'd already barely gone out on missions last year."

"Duh," Satoru mocked. "Because he'd die if he went out on a mission for a curse higher than a fourth grade. You guys know I'm right."

You huffed. "Yeah, that's probably what's best for him, but you probably didn't put it very nicely."

Satoru shrugged, evading the accusation. "He's probably stuck doing paperwork. Which means there's room for one more today!"

"There's room for you any day," you reminded him. "However, you're rarely here. And I thought you were dealing with a special grade today."

"It was a first grade," Satoru huffed. "But it was in the North Pole, so that slowed me down a bit. It's really cold there, you know?"

"Sometimes I forget you didn't get elementary level schooling," Nanami deadpanned.

"And yet somehow he's about to be a parent," Shoko commented. "How's the adoption process going?"

"Yaga's dealing with most of it," Satoru answered, leaning his head back. "I don't even know if I'll have time to properly take care of them. They're like 6 and 7? They can function pretty well on their own by then, right?"

Everyone in the room instantly glared at Satoru, and he put his hands up in defence. "Okay, okay, I know, I was kidding. You guys think so little of me. But seriously you all better be good at babysitting, especially at random hours."

"Well, you're doing a good thing," you reassured him. "So of course, everyone's open to help." Satoru thanked you, genuinely sincere before quickly switching up and teasing Nanami for what he was reading. As the two argued, Shoko closed her eyes, falling back on your bed, and it made you think.

"Hey guys?" Shoko opened her eyes, looking over at you. The boys both turned their heads to look at you, clearly pondering something. "What are you planning on doing? After you graduate. And for a while after that?"

"What's bringing that question on?" Shoko asked.

"I mean, I don't know. Obviously the adopting part is going to be a big part of it. But what are we going to do?"

"I mean, there's not many options for a jujutsu sorcerer," Satoru reasoned. "I'll just keep going on missions as I'm assigned to them. That should keep me busy till I'm old. Shoko, you're a bit different right? You're too useful to leave as an assistant but your cursed technique doesn't really put you in a fighting stance."

"Yeah you're right," Shoko agreed. "Yaga talked to me about it back when I first got scouted, actually. I'll become a school doctor. I want to get my license first though. Y/N, you're continuing taking missions?"

"Yeah, of course," you answered. "Nanami, you too?"

"I don't know," Nanami scratched the back of his head. "Sometimes I feel like I'm going to quit. This sorcery shit is exhausting. And I've only been at it for three years. How did the two of you survive for this long?"

"Well I wasn't fighting curses at age 3."

"I was." You all glared at Satoru again. "What?! I'm Gojou Satoru! Of course I was kicking curses asses!"

"Alright well, back to the kids," you said. "You've met them, right? I'm sure they're gonna be hard to get along with at first; they've been through a lot, right? God, where were they even living before? What's wrong with Toji, how could he just completely ditch them?!"

Satoru placed a hand on your calf. "Alright, don't freak out. They live in this really crappy apartment. Apparently, they left them enough money for that. But the older girl did all the chores, and helped Megumi with it. Megumi collected water from places he'd found clean water, apparently, because they couldn't pay their water bill. And the lights don't work, so I'm guessing it will freeze or burn depending on the weather. We got them out of there immediately though. They're staying with Yaga right now."

"Why can't Yaga continue to do that?" Nanami asked. "Why does it have to be you who takes them in?"

"It doesn't have to be me," Satoru answered. "It's my choice. They're with us because it was my decision. So it should be my responsibility to make sure they're okay."

Nanami nodded. Shoko chuckled. "I'm surprised Satoru. You're sounding like a good person."

"I'm going to rip that mask off your face."

"Now that sounds like Sato-! No, wait, I have five more minutes!"

[arrimorr]

Anon Who Completed Your Game here!!! My favorite character is Guardian. I have a thing for tragic silly looking twinks... I'm not sure if Kyle and him are a canon mlm couple but I guess it is implied in the epilogue (?) but I could be misinterpreting something due to the language barrier.

My partner said their fav character was Endiku. They said they related to her A LOT as a trans person and found her whole story arc incredibly touching. They're also a huge fan of the complexity of her relationship with her brother. So many things to unpack....

Thank you for your answers!!!!!

I like to think about Guardian and Kyle as a queerplatonic couple, and this is the type of partnership I had in mind while writing the final episode, but I'm absolutely open to people interpreting it in a fully romantic way. I believe I shipped them since I was 14, so it's an absolutely earned interpretation. It's just a mix of me believing I cant just go and add something like a full on romantic relationship at the last stretch of the game without a proper buildup to things going that way + me being on the aroace spectrum that swings towards, how do you call it in English?? homo-romantic? Lesbian-romantic?? from time to time, thus these two just getting old, sharing a small apparent together, seemed like a peak performance to me.

You can have this ancient sketch of them being soft and silly, since we are talking about this 😶‍🌫️

Anyway yaaay, the Guardian was my favorite too. If we are being honest and sharing fun facts here, initially I decided to kill off Theo Foster because the Guardian was an episodic background character which I liked too much and wanted to upgrade his plot placement, but run into the problem of these two being too similar in some ways. So, the shark boy had to go. I killed for this mockingbird bastard...

And I'm really glad your partner ended up liking Endiku! I was very unsure if she would work for people when I was working on episode 3.

[sonic-takeover]

I just realized, I haven’t really introduced myself to everyone. I’m DK and I have a few questions and gifts for everyone.

Tails, I got you this Snap Circuits kit.

Have you ever messed with size change, like shrinking or growing people? What did you use it for?

Amy, I got you this hook thing to hold your hammer. Where did you get your hammer?

Knuckles, I got you these boxing gloves and punching bag. What’s the hardest thing you can break with a punch?

Shadow, remember that picture I found you in that Hello Kitty car? I found it on the TikTok Shop and I bought it for you and it should be at your house under your name in a few days. Anyways, I also got you some Air Jordans just in case the car was a scam.

Anyways, what kind of music do you listen to? Do you listen to any rap like Playboi Carti or Ken Carson, do you fool us with your tough personality and listen to Tyler, The Creator or SZA, or are you like me and listen to a little bit of everything?

Sonic, I got you a bunch of game consoles and all the Sonic games I could find at GameStop. Have you ever played any of your games? If you have, what would your favorite Sonic game be?

Sticks, I got you The Book of Bill since you like theories and paranormal stuff. Have you ever watched Gravity Falls? I feel like you might really connect with the show.

Eggman, I got you a therapist because you need one. Are you ok?

Orbot and Cubot, here’s $5000 towards your wedding planning. Blink twice if you need help.

I know I left a lot of people out because I’m fairly new to the Sonic fandom. I joined around when Sonic 3 came out. Once I learn more about the others, I’ll get more gifts for those characters.

Woahh, thanks for the kit, DK!! This looks like a lot of fun! Maybe I can integrate these circuits with a power converter and use it to boost the longevity of the Tornado's engine.. and yeah, I've made size changers before! I used it to prank Eggman. It uh... Backfired.. but it was still fun to build!

Thank you, D K! I will add these gifts to my training arena. I am a powerful echidna warrior. You dare question my limits?? I can punch boulders into pebbles and split cliffsides with my might!

...you didn't. You didn't. *He zooms outside and stares at the Hello Kitty car in the driveway* ....my car!! I... Don't know what to say... Thank you... And for the shoes as well. They're more comfortable than Sonic's usual shoes.

Pfft.. that's your car, Shads?

*he glares at him* ...I learned everything I know about the road in that car. Come back when you can drive.

I can drive~

While understanding and respecting road safety?

.........noooooo...

... Our first lesson is tomorrow. In that car.

You hate me so much, don't you.

Unfathomable loathing. Anyway, DK asked me what music I listen to. I enjoy several different genres, including rap and metal. But my favorite is um.. pop. Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappelle Roan, Mitski..

Ooh, hell yeah!! Look at all these games! Tails, you know it's you and me bud.

Woo hoo!!

Oof, favorite game? That's... Tough. They all have their charm in different ways. The classics are, well, classic. The animation in Sonic Adventure 2? Cult classic. The mobile dash games are always fun. I like the free roam aspect of Frontiers. The Olympics games are always a blast.. frustrating, but a blast.. And the plot focus in Sonic X Shadow Generations? I can't pick just one!

Ahh the Book of Bill. So many secrets, so few pages. I have all the journals, you know. They don't have nearly as much information as I'd hoped. And of course I've seen Gravity Falls! Who do ya take me for?? It really makes you notice the conspiracies in our little town, too..

I already have a therapist and it's Agent Stone. But... I suppose I could use some professional support. And how dare you!! You already know the answer is no! Do you realize how much I miss my Mombot when she's away? *Sobs*

Oh my! This... I don't know what to say! Thank you! This will really help so much.

You're so nice! We only have a week before the wedding too so we kinda need it.

Yes, we... Underestimated the funds we would be allowed for our wedding, so... This is an incredible help.

We can hire back the doves!!

Indeed we can, my dear.

[duexnuts]

twitch streamer inumaki, viewer y/n

fanon inumaki, HE TALKS!

you had recently started watching twitch streams again. there was this one guy, you couldn't stop watching his streams-- maybe him being faceless subconsciously reminded you of the days you would watch CorpseHusband play among us– his name was sawcondeez– his entire stream was themed after mcdonald’s.

after a very invigorating valorant stream, you decided to join his discord server.

“welcome to our server, y/n! #36th member”

he had a small, but loyal community so they instantly noticed that a new faced had joined. people instantly started welcoming you, and you quickly felt how tight knit of a community they were.

y/n: hii ^_^ i just started watching these streams and thought it would be nice to join

sawcondeez: welcom

that’s the only message you got from the streamer for month the while you got to know the other people in the server. over time, you got to learn more about him indirectly. he didn’t talk a lot in his own server, but you do know how about how much he owns a lot of shirts with wolves on them..? and how he collects pokemon cards, but specifically only weezing cards. he has three binders full of them— he even paid $200 for a card once.

you really liked being apart of the server. you started donating to him sometimes, too, just a few dollars here and there to show your support. his reaction to your money was kind of cute, so there was more than one plus to donating.

“y/n has donated $5: can u play ow next :3”

“thanks for the $5 y/n! i really appreciate it,” he said, “i’ll play ow just for you, okay?”

it was nice getting to know him— yeah, you did feel a bit parasocial at times, but at the end of the day, you were close to him in some way.

then, he messaged you, privately. at first, you just stared at the message, thinking he got hacked. so you had to confirm, obviously.

sawcondeez: hi

y/n: oh my god sawcondeez

u got hacked someone stole ur account

wair only the hacker can read this

sawcondeez: no its me lol

do u wanna duo w me on val rq

and that’s how you ended up on a 2 hour call with him, playing valorant. you don’t even find valorant fun, but you made an exception for him. somehow, he made it fun, too. he didn’t really talk in the call— it was mostly you telling him about random interests that you had and him replying with one or two word responses, but it was sweet. you liked his listening skills.

this ended up becoming a daily habit— he would message you after his streams and you would tell him about your day as you two played a random game. your minecraft world got very complex at one point, until he died and lost all his stuff. the world was never touched again after that. eventually, he started talking more, too. you got to know the real him— inumaki toge— not sawcondeez.

“you have to promise not to tell anyone about my identity, y/n,” he told you, “i will literally quit twitch and delete all my sawcondeez accounts.”

so, you promised not to tell anyone. as his trust in you built up, you got the classic edater face reveal and moving off of discord onto imessage. it was silly, you felt like you got transported back into 2020 when you would mess around on discord servers to get nitro, but this time it wasn’t just playful flirting. it felt real.

“hey inumaki are we ever gonna meet up?” you asked.

he paused for a moment before answering, “we’re only like a 20 minute drive from each other, lol. i was waiting for you to ask.”

“wait so you’ve been making me feel like a stupid edater when we could’ve been seeing each other irl this entire time.”

“i had to build up the tension, y’know?”

he got a scolding that night. but you also made plans to meet up at a cafe nearby as well.

a/n: been thinking abt this for awhile… i think i just have smth for nerdy discord gamer guys woops…

[stufftippywrote]

Netflix & Chill chapter 4

(There's no smut in this chapter, just lovey dovey lovies.) Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3

[you didn’t think I was going to time skip after that chapter, did you?]

“Wei Ying, what’s wrong?”

Lan Zhan’s hand, gentle, on the back of his head. It just makes Wei Ying want to bury his head further in Lan Zhan’s chest and burst into tears. “Nothing,” he mumbles, and sniffs back another flood. God, he’s so confused. When did this happen? When did he start to fall for Lan Zhan? Why didn’t he feel any of this before?

Did you? a voice inside him says. Did you really not feel anything before?

He has three and a half years of memories to interrogate about this. Their first meeting, Lan Zhan telling him not to drink so much. Wei Ying deciding he was fun to tease. Their argument calming into a sort of banter. Even then, Wei Ying was terrible to him. He didn’t try to see Lan Zhan’s side of things, he just kept poking, like Lan Zhan was a child’s toy with big colorful buttons to push.

Was I fascinated by him, even then?

Fast forward. They’re friends by now. Lan Zhan has bought him dinner. Wei Ying is talking animatedly about something that happened in his sociology class. He keeps laughing at his own jokes. Lan Zhan gives him an appreciative chuckle now and then but otherwise stays silent, just gazing at him with those eyes that glint golden in the light. From the way Wei Ying is talking on and on, Lan Zhan might as well not be there at all.

I’ve really been a terrible friend. 

“What’s wrong.” Lan Zhan asks again—no, it isn’t an ask. It’s a demand. Wei Ying has to say something. He opens his mouth with no idea what’s about to come out.

“What are we even doing?” is what he hears, in his own voice, sounding a bit too plaintive. “What is this?”

Lan Zhan answers as Lan Zhan always does: straightforwardly. “You called it Netflix and chill.”

Wei Ying has to laugh a little, a bitter sound. “I did, didn’t I?” he says. “What an idiot I am. Lan Zhan, you know what that means, right?”

“I looked it up.”

“So you get that it means that we’re just fooling around. We’re not. You know. Boyfriends or anything.”

He nods. “I am aware.”

“And that’s okay with you?”

Lan Zhan doesn’t pause. It’s not a pause. But it’s the barest whisper of a shadow of a pause. “I am okay with whatever Wei Ying wants,” he says.

Can he infer some hope in that not-quite-a-pause? A part of Wei Ying’s brain wants to go there. But whenever he thinks he’s ready to say something, his mind rebels. You’re not good for him and you know that. He deserves so much better.

Wei Ying doesn’t have low self-esteem, as a rule. But right now he just wants to shrink down into the couch cushions and stay lodged there forever, like months-old gum. 

There’s warmth on his cheek. Lan Zhan’s hand is there. He’s turning Wei Ying’s face upward, not letting him hide in the comfort of his chest. Wei Ying is trapped, staring at him, those golden eyes burning into his own. His heart is pounding, and he’s acutely aware of every plane and angle on Lan Zhan’s face. Something about it loosens his tongue.

“Suppose I wanted--” he starts.

At the same time, Lan Zhan says, “Is this what--”

Silence. Any other time, Wei Ying would laugh, declare a jinx, tell Lan Zhan he owes him a dollar. Now, he can’t. The spark of courage that had momentarily opened his lips has died out.

Thank God, Lan Zhan is willing to go on. “Is this what you want?” he asks. “Do you want something else?”

His thumb rubs a slow caress into Wei Ying’s cheek. IT’s just enough encouragement, just enough to lift a glittering piece of hope into his chest.

“Yeah,” he says, “I don’t know. I was just thinking. What-- what if we tried being a thing?”

He expects Lan Zhan to repeat a thing? with a blank expression. But Lan Zhan stays silent, thumb going still on Wei Ying’s cheek. His whole body has actually gone still; Wei Ying’s not sure if he’s breathing.

Agh, the tension! Wei Ying regrets saying a thing. “Ah, but I’d be no good at that sort of thing,” he declares, painting a grin onto his face. “Forget it, forget I said anyth—”

The scent of Lan Zhan surrounds him. Lan Zhan is holding him, both arms thrown around him trembling. Lan Zhan buries his head in Wei Ying’s shoulder. “I would like it,” he says, sound vibrating into Wei Ying’s bare skin, “very much, if we could be a thing.”

They have touched so, so much since this whole thing began, but nothing has been more intimate than this embrace. Happiness is bursting like a sunrise through Wei Ying, an effervescent emotion that’s extending to the tips of his toes and up through to the top of his head. How could he have doubted he wanted this? He wants it so much. He wants to be with Lan Zhan. He always has. The knowledge blooms through him like heat, spilling everywhere.

But… but! “Why?”

He’s pushed into Lan Zhan’s chest so firmly the word almost doesn’t make it out. But he doesn’t understand. He has to know. “Why?”

Lan Zhan’s embrace loosens, and he pulls back enough that they can look at each other. “Why do you ask why?” Lan Zhan says, and he really looks as though he has no idea. 

“Because … because .. because look at me, Lan Zhan.”

“I am looking.”

Okay, yes, he is, but it’s a rhetorical look-at-me. “Stop that. You know what I mean.”

“I don’t.”  He’s having fun interrupting, isn’t he? Damn it. If only that weren’t so cute of him.

Still. Enough of that. “Well if you’d let me say something—” and for once, Lan Zhan does. “Look, what I mean is, look at me! I’m not even a good friend to you. Why would you want me to be a boyfriend?”

This time, Lan Zhan really doesn’t seem to understand. “Wei Ying is the best friend,” he says, unironically, without a single shred of doubt in his voice. 

It makes Wei Ying feel like an absolute heel.

“How?” he bursts out. “I don’t even remember your birthday. I do nothing but talk about myself. I don’t ever ask you any questions about your life. How could you possibly want to be with me? I’m the literal worst.” He buries his head in Lan Zhan’s shoulder, which is also the worst possible thing to do, because it’s just using Lan Zhan again after he’s just confessed that he uses Lan Zhan.

Above him, Lan Zhan’s voice is soft. “Do you remember when I was sick, sophomore year?”

Wei Ying pulls away, blindsided. “What?”

Is Lan Zhan smiling, just a little? “Do you remember?” he repeats.

Wei Ying wracks his brain for the memory. Yeah, that’s right. Lan Zhan got sick, so Wei Ying headed off campus to his apartment and climbed up the fire escape to sneak into his room. And then he—

He flushes. “Yeah, I remember. I made you eat that super spicy soup, and you nearly choked on it. I made everything worse.”

“You came over to take care of me,” says Lan Zhan.

“Yeah, and I sucked at it!”

“You came over,” Lan Zhan says again slower, “to take care of me.”

Okay. So yeah, he did, he can’t deny that. But it takes more than one bowl of soup and too much sriracha to be a good friend. “All right,” he mumbles, pouting a little. “That was one time.” 

Lan Zhan doesn’t miss a beat. “Does Wei Ying remember when I missed the last train?”

That was this year. Last month. The subway doesn’t run all night, and Lan Zhan was in the computer lab perfecting his project. 

He goes on. “You told me to come over, and you slept on the floor.”

Lan Zhan’s getting at something, Wei Ying knows, but he’s wrong. “Yeah, well, you didn’t have a place to stay. What else was I supposed to do?”

“You slept on the floor.”

“I’m good at sleeping in weird places. You’re not. Of course I would let you have the bed. Lan Zhan, would you cut it out? Okay, so I was passably nice to you a couple of times. It doesn’t change the fact that most of the time, I’m kind of a crappy friend.”

Lan Zhan puts a hand on the crown of his head as though admonishing him. “You are not.”

“So, what, you’re okay with me going on about myself all day? And talking so much you can’t get a word in edgewise? And bragging about—”

Pat, pat, goes the hand on his head. “Yes.”

“Why?” Wei Ying catches his gaze. 

The tenderness in Lan Zhan’s eyes bring him to a complete standstill.  He sucks in a breath and holds it. 

Lan Zhan’s hand drifts down from the top of his head to his hairline, his ear, his cheek. “Because I love you,” he says.

Because I love you. 

No drama, no pain, no longing. Just a simple fact. Spoken as evenly as if it were the sky is blue.

Lan Zhan loves him. Simple as that.

The happiness, that euphoria that Wei Ying had tried his best to subdue earlier, comes roaring back like thunder in his ears. He can’t hold it back now, and the emotion puts a grin onto his face that he can’t suppress. His eyes are watering. The tears he can hold back; the smile he absolutely can’t. He throws his arms around Lan Zhan’s shoulders, presses his face into his neck. “Lan Zhan,” he says, “Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan, are you for real? Do you mean it?”

Lan Zhan’s lips brush his skin. “Yes.”

“You love me? Like, like you’re in love with me?”

“Yes.”

“You were in love with me this whole time? Like, while we were Netflix and chilling?”

Lan Zhan’s hand rests on his upper back stroking back and forth there in a wonderful wave of warmth. “Yes.”

“And…” oh, there comes the despair again, but Wei Ying can’t sustain it this time, can’t possibly make himself miserable when he’s so damn happy. “And I said we weren’t boyfriends, and you were okay with that too, because you loved me?”

“Yes.” Lan Zhan kisses his cheek, his chin. Wei Ying leans back and Lan Zhan captures his mouth in one brief, hot kiss that means everything. “Will Wei Ying please be my boyfriend?”

Wei Ying might very well explode with happiness. 

“Yes,” he says, and kisses Lan Zhan’s mouth again. “Yes, yes, yes,” a kiss with each yes, Lan Zhan’s lips pursing against his, the heat starting to rise between them again. “Lan Zhan, I love you too—I didn’t know it—but I do—and I do.” Lan Zhan ravishes him in a kiss so deep and searing that Wei Ying thinks he’ll break apart. Lan Zhan’s tongue in his mouth is so sweet and strange, that big muscle licking into him in a way that sends excitement spiraling into his core. He’s hard again, he wants Lan Zhan to lay him down and do whatever to him, but his heart is also singing with a kind of magic that makes everything seem fuzzy and sweet. If this is love, he might die of it.

“Lan Zhan,” he whispers, over and over, half of his words blunted with kisses. He tries to wriggle away, but Lan Zhan’s holding him tightly. At last he has to take both palms and push against Lan Zhan’s chest to break them apart. “Lan Zhan, will you give me ten minutes?”

Those gorgeous, talented lips of his are slow in relaxing. “Ten minutes for what?” he asks, the words coming out between labored breaths.

“I am going to get dressed,” Wei Ying says, “and I am going to go out, and I am going to get the stuff we need, and then I am going to come back here and get undressed again and you are going to fu—” He stops himself. “You are going to make love to me. Okay with you?”

Lan Zhan pauses. Then he smiles in a way that can only be called beatific.

It’s a stunningly beautiful smile. Wei Ying wants to snap a photo and frame it and put it on his bedside table to look at every day.

“Yes,” he says, one more time.

[fadebolt]

For me, this is a "yes, but did not finish it" in technicality. I basically cheated on the riddle, and just looked up the answer. (I'm not really into that stuff, even if this particular one was pretty good and clever. Still would have preferred it if they didn't use "desert" to describe Metropolis, even if it's technically correct. The chant=type thing is also something I felt a tad iffy about. But these are probably just me.) Then I proceeded to go into the thing fully blind, without any prior knowledge on what to expect. I played for about and hour or two, seeing bits of what the campaign has to offer, before concluding that this thing was probably not meant to be beaten. So I left, and never turned back (except to get a couple screenshots of some Farm Arrays rooms once, with the help of cheats).

Then I proceeded to look up a bunch more stuff about Inv's campaign, here and there. Some of it made me very glad that I never tried picking it up again. And weirdly enough, some of it has actually kind of sparked my interest to maybe have another go at it.

With the latter, I'm specifically referring to a pretty awesome guide that I saw, as well as the recountings of people who did beat the campaign legitimately. (I especially remember Northflowo speaking about it quite positively, multiple times) The way certain people described the campaign has actually made it sound kind of… fun? Like, you have those cool new exploding Slugpups! You get a lot of time on every cycle (thanks to the 100% shelter failure chance)! You have a couple regions with modifications that are actually quite awesome (those being Sky Islands and Five Pebbles)! And it's incredibly important to properly use and manage every tool you have at your disposal! (This one point being more of a personal thing, as I always wanted Rain World to be more centered around item and food management, but in most campaigns, that aspect of the game ends up becoming much more of an afterthought - due to the great combat and/or mobility skills you get on campaigns that actually have tough spawns) And you even get to ascend without karma 10, due to your ability to blow up the Guardians! So, what's not to like?

The only reason why I didn't attempt a full run on Inv yet, is due to how in this game, you die to everything instantly, or in one hit. I like these kinds of dumb 'challenge mods' much more, when there's a bit more ebb and flow to it. When you can afford to take a couple hits, and do a couple missteps, and still potentially turn things around. But here… if a Centipede grabs and zaps you, you instantly die. If a Red Lizard gets to you, you instantly die. If you fall down a botomless pit, you instantly die. If you touch a Proto-DLL, you instantly die. And so on and so forth. Not to mention, I'm not very good at vast majority of the important movement tech options in this game, and most of the people who finished Inv, have said that it's very important to get a good grasp on that stuff, before attempting a playthrough.

Difficulty in gaming is something do tend to appreciate. And in fact, I'd actually very much enjoy playing 'Inv-like' PvE mods in many different kinds of games, such as Plants vs Zombies 1 & 2, Heroes 3, DotA 2, or Warcraft 3. (And what do ya know, I did play through a big chunk of the 'Wayfarer' map in HoMM3... would not recommend that to anyone) But here? Yeah, I'd rather pass. Even if there's a good number of you madlads, who have actually completed this… thing (with a few particular Inv players being especially nuts - like Squeekles completing the campaign, before Saint's… or Sorbet Cafe doing it on a freaking dance pad).

Have you played the inv campaign?

Yes, and beat it legitimately

Yes, and beat it with cheats

Yes, but did not finish it

NO

[prismatoxic]

chilchuck tierlist of babysitting fentripp, people who he absolutely knows he can count to not kill his child and people who he knows will end up doing something wrong (even if by accident)

GOOD QUESTION ANON

the original post about my chilaios fankid, fentripp, for anyone who didn't see it

anyone who isn't here hasn't offered or chilchuck hasn't considered. however i can be persuaded to add more entries with compelling arguments for them

S TIER

Kabru - follows the rules to the letter. will have fen fed, bathed, taught, played with, and asleep by all the exact right times. if anything diverges from the plan, it's because fen is a goblin, not because kabru did anything wrong. fen likes when kabru reads to him, he does funny voices.

Senshi - follows his own ideas of what's best, but shockingly good at it nonetheless. very careful, and considerate, and makes sure he knows where fen is at all times. fen likes him a lot and they always have a really good time together.

Meijack - doesn't want kids of her own, but is pretty good with them anyway, and she's extremely protective of her little brother. knows exactly what chilchuck expects, and also has a pretty good sense of what he'd approve of when instructions are unclear. strikes a perfect balance of making fen have so much fun that he doesn't realize no mischief is actually being caused.

A TIER

Laios - tends to stray off the beaten path a little, but will always defer to his husband so he's never gonna get too wild with it. he also loves fen more than life itself and won't intentionally put him in any manner of harm's way, no matter what. maybe doesn't count as a babysitter since he's literally fen's other dad, but as far as chilchuck is concerned, anyone outside of himself is a risk if he's not also there, so.

Falin - fen is obsessed with her, and the feeling is more or less mutual. she loves him so, so much. but... she's also maybe not chilchuck's ideal as far as babysitting goes, because she's extremely susceptible to the puppy eyes. can drop down to d tier for a few weeks if fen manages to lead her on some batshit adventure, but generally speaking, chilchuck trusts her.

Yaad - similar to kabru in his ability to follow chilchuck's guidelines to a T, and fen does seem to like him, but he's not always fully prepared for what caring for a young child entails. still, he's a decent enough choice, if he's available.

Dandan - weirdly good at this. chilchuck left the guild to him for a reason--dandan's got a good head on his shoulders, something that's only become more true over time--but "babysitting" wasn't a skill chilchuck anticipated him having. he might shirk responsibility from time to time, but in a "alright, you can stay up an extra hour" way, not a neglectful way.

B TIER

Marcille - fen is safe with her, and she'll do her best (and so very badly wants to be the best aunt ever), but she tends to overthink things and can get distracted easily. also, the older he gets, the angrier fen gets if she mentions magic, because he thinks elves are abusing the spirits. (she tries to default to gnome magic around him but he still side-eyes her for a while. don't worry, they bond properly when he's more self-sufficient.)

Namari - a little nervous about caring for a kid by herself, but she's actually really fond of fen. she does most things right, and chilchuck's not necessarily ideologically opposed to her teaching his son dwarfish swear words, but she's more interested in having fun than being a guardian so she's not the perfect choice.

C TIER

Flertom - perfectly decent, most of the time. loves getting to care for a child (desperately wants her own someday). can get a little sidetracked playing pretend-mom, though, and doesn't always have the best ideas for what to do, which doesn't always end well.

D TIER

Puckpatti - way too scatterbrained for this job, and also way too eager to goof off in whatever way fen indicates he thinks would be fun. she's alright with her sisters since they tend to override her poor decisions and keep her on track, but by herself, she's a last resort.

Izutsumi - basically an older sister to fen, but this is rarely a good thing. he loves her and they have great fun together, but leaving them alone is a recipe for disaster, and even kabru's had to step in and shut the idea down officially. "don't put me in a position where i have to explain how a cat and a toddler burned down an entire castle wing."

F TIER

Shuro - not good with kids. actively kind of scared of this one in particular. will agree if asked, but that's because he's bad at saying no, and chilchuck doesn't intend to ask. (and laios needs to stop thinking it'll work out for anyone.)

Mickbell (& Kuro) - only offered to be a nuisance, or at least that's what chilchuck assumes. kuro might be able to handle it on his own in a pinch, maybe, but there's no point trying to peel him and mickbell apart when there are so many better options.

Mithrun - with kabru? passable. by himself? absolutely the fuck not.

[likeamothtofame]

Val, what makes and models of cars are your favorite? You look like a guy that enjoys the wind in your hai- Um. Antennae.

But yeah, do you remember what you drove in life?

You seem to have caught his attention with this one. He suddenly sits up from his reclining position in his seat, leaning forward with his chin on his palm as he smiled. He chooses to ignore the jab at his lack of hair for now.

"I've always been a fan of convertibles, actually. I keep a few of them in a garage, but they never get driven anymore. It's a little sad, really. Maybe I should dust off the Oldsmobile and go for a joyride sometime. I miss doing drive-bys with Angel Cakes."

He studies the cigarette in his hand for a moment before remembering he was in the middle of a conversation. "You know, cars actually were my thing back in the day. Picked it up from mi papi and it ended up sticking for a while. My very first car was actually a '55 Cadillac Coupe DeVille." He hissed the name of the car, lingering on it for a moment as he seemed to briefly get caught up in reminiscing. "A family friend wrecked it and let it rot in their yard for years before they gave it to me as a gift on the condition that I fix it up myself. It wasn't pretty, I painted it this awful shade of red that chipped off in a year, but it was mine."

"The amount of coke and whores I muled in the back of that thing was record-worthy, I literally lived and died in that driver's seat. I do hope they were able to clean my brains off of the dash and give that darling a little more life after I was gone."

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

hope you feel better soon!

I am riddled with ailments, but I stay silly!

[arttsuka]

Eating your art style, sorry

Anyways, imagine if Jed can read Chinese (learned from the railroad workers, both historically and movie canon! Well meaning they speak Chinese in the movie) And translates something into English for Larry while everyone just collectively goes "sorry, huh?"

Larry would be so done with that situation

Imagine your boyfriend knowing Chinese but not being able to learn Latin

Edit: there's, there's a fanfic of this now. Go read it.

[c-0f-chaos]

I’m the blog runner of only one of 3 daily OFF blogs (well now four since Enoch is here, albeit weekly).

Thanks for your comments on your reblogs. I look forward to seeing them everyday, and it makes me happy to know that this whole daily universe is making people’s day brighter. Sometimes it’s hard to tell with just likes (not that I blame nor force anyone to comment).

You can't imagine the joy this brings me, I look forward to everyone's daily post, they brighten my day and I look forward to seeing the silly stuff everyone does, and knowing that one of you is looking forward to my silly comments makes me incredibly happy! Thank you so much for the daily joy and for telling me this!!!!

[youssefguedira]

V, JoeNicky & Nile

V. An abandoned or empty place.

When Joe pulls the sheet off the couch it kicks up enough dust that it makes Nile sneeze. The couch underneath is old, wooden frame rotting, fabric stained and full of holes where moths have eaten away at it. 

“Sorry,” Joe says to Nile when she finally manages to get the sneezing under control. “Didn’t realise it was that bad.” He puts his hands on his hips and looks down at the couch. Nile looks it over.

“There’s no saving that,” she says, wiping at her eyes. She can heal from falling over ten stories, but she can’t get away from allergies.

Joe frowns. “I liked that couch.”

The house is older than anywhere else they’ve brought her, and has been abandoned for long enough that it’s falling apart. But through some trick of posing as their own sons, or something, Joe and Nicky still own it, even if there’s a giant hole in the roof and all the windows are broken. Why they’d decided to come back here, Nile doesn’t know, but it’s a nice enough area, and a good distraction from, well. Everything. Growing back a leg, she’s discovered, is not fun. 

From one of the other rooms – she thinks it’s the kitchen, she’s not actually sure where Nicky had wandered to – there’s the sound of something breaking and crashing to the ground, and a muffled curse. 

Joe makes a questioning noise in the vague direction of the kitchen. A few moments later, Nicky appears in the doorway, covered in dust. “I am okay,” he says. “But I think we will need to go out to eat tonight.”

“Nothing?” 

Nicky shakes his head. “Unless you want to start a fire and go hunt some rabbits.”

Joe grins. “Just like old times, right?”

Nile shakes her head firmly, which makes Nicky smile. She loves them, but there’s no way they’re doing that. 

“We can probably clear out enough space in here,” Joe says, gesturing to the floor. “Get the sleeping bags out of the car. Probably have to start a fire anyway, but…”

Nile looks around again while Joe says something to Nicky in Arabic that makes him laugh. The house is falling apart, sure, but it’s structurally stable, and the bones are all there. It could be something. They’ve got time to make it something. 

Nicky is the one who goes for pizza in the end – he doesn’t trust Nile and Joe to order it if left to their own devices – while they try to clear out a space in the living room. Eventually, though, after Nile has another sneezing fit, Joe suggests they just take the sleeping bags outside instead, which works out a lot better. He sets about starting a fire with practiced ease while Nile sets out the sleeping bags around it. They’re far enough away from civilisation that she can’t hear cars passing by, which is kind of surreal, and the stars are brighter than she’s ever seen them. 

When Nicky gets back, two boxes balanced on one arm and a bottle of wine in the other, he looks over their makeshift camp and laughs. “Just like old times, then?” he asks.

Joe grins. “Except we have pizza.”

“And actual sleeping bags,” Nile says.

“Ah, these modern inventions could never quite match the comfort of a pile of furs,” Joe says wistfully. Nile gives him a look. She’s ninety percent sure that one’s bullshit, but she can never quite tell with him. 

Nicky sets down the pizza boxes, and jogs back to the car to grab the pack of plastic wine glasses they’d bought before they got here. 

“We should’ve bought marshmallows,” Nile says. “Could have made s’mores.”

“Well, we’ll have to go to the hardware store tomorrow anyway,” Joe points out. “And I think it’ll be a little while before we can actually sleep in there.”

“Tomorrow, then?”

“Tomorrow,” Nicky agrees.

[robinsceramics]

im curious as to about how long each of your pieces takes?? it took me two class periods to be satisfied with the pinch pot we just made in ceramics class (though that’s probably also because im very much a perfectionist) so i can’t imagine how long a whole critter would take

it really depends!! some of them (unpainted, simple shapes) take as little as five minutes; some of them (large, complex shapes with very detailed painting) take as much as 10 hours.

I have gotten way faster over the years, though, so don't think I'm just some natural genius! the skills of sculpting build on each other. Just last year it took me three hours to make a simple fox, and now I can bust out a really nice fox (with toe beans!) in two hours. it just takes time and repetition to get there <3

and hey congrats on being in a ceramics class!! I hope you have fun with it!! If you like critters, I recommend stealing some of the clay and making some kind of toadish blob out of it and firing it in the kiln, as long as your studio masters won't get mad about it. the joy of making a lumpy little guy is unmatched.

examples of sculpture + time counts below the cut!

Little guys like this tiny cicada, which is a design I've done so many times that I can make them on autopilot, are in the 5-15 minutes range to sculpt. bunnies, chickens, wizards, and mini-cats are like that for me too!

but if I add the time it takes to paint them, even simple sculptures can end up taking much more time—for instance, this starry chicken took only five minutes to make but about an hour to paint.

then when you get into the more complex shapes, those can take a lot of time—this anthro coyote took me 3 hours to sculpt because it was a complex shape AND I was unfamiliar with making anthros so I was learning as I went:

and when you add complex designs to complex sculptures, you end up with projects like this peach-tree bear, which took three hours to make and five hours to paint, so that's eight hours in one sculpture:

and eight hours is about my limit for sculptures I'm going to sell. BUT. when I'm making things for myself, I'm willing to spend even MORE time on them to make them perfect for my own tastes. I tend to spend the most time on fanart sculptures—it takes a lot more time to make a sculpture perfectly on-model to a pre-existing character than it does to make up a whole new thing. So the sculpture that has taken me the most time so far in this batch is this JoJo's Bizarre Adventure fanart sculpture, Star Platinum:

three hours to make the body, seven hours to paint him—Star has taken me ten hours total so far!!

[eebibly]

(adding to your star dress post) i love lucy doing summons bcuz yeah in the “power of friendship” anime, lucy’s magic power is Literally Friendship. its how we see the more complex side of certain zodiacs too (ex: aquarius, loke, celestial spirit king). its how she gets non-spirits to open up (juvia, cana, yukino, etc) i never needed her to become another brawler to be important

sorry I meant to answer earlier but the draft to my first response, like, disappeared for some reason so I had to rewrite everything~

YOU���RE COMPLETELY RIGHT❕

Lucy may have been a bit of a damsel in distress, but for once that’s almost forgivable because she has a plethora of friends who are ready to fight for her and with her. And it’s not just about her needing to be saved, it’s about the complete trust that they have in one another.

Side note, my least favourite parts are when Lucy is actually in distress, because it feels like Mashima is trying to get anyone to save her but her spirits (especially Natsu. He could fully be passed out, but he’ll wake up just in time to stop a fatal blast. *lazy jazz hands* How romantic). But I digress…

My point being that Lucy is fun because she actually feels like a refreshed, modern take on the damsel in distress. Because she’s not just a waiting to be saved (or, well, she shouldn’t be, but Mashima has trouble keeping his own characters in character), she is smart, reliable and very good at getting people to trust her. And she can choose how she wants to be ‘saved’ and by whom— how cool is that?? Also, despite not being a protector herself, she’s a natural at making the people around her feel safe.

Which is why it hurts so much that her character has basically been rewritten. I don’t have a problem with her being able to fight better, but that doesn’t mean she should want to fight on her own. Her wanting to have the power to protect her friends doesn’t feel like her character has evolved, it actually feels more like she’s devolved. Lucy was the one characters who didn’t need to be powerful in order to protect her friends.

Should her magic power be growing? Absolutely. But not at the expense of her growth as a celestial wizard and certainly not by sacrificing her celestial spirits’ relevance.

[sallymew4]

riteru?

i wud love 2

sorry it took me so long to respond to your ask </3 i hope these are sufficient enough to make up for the wait