#That is 100% a problem and i still wish that they had done better with the representation of each culture
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soulwhisp · 13 days ago
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Finished natlan story quest, it was....something. a few parts were good but it was mostly just normal. Fontaine and Sumeru may have set the bar a bit too high for the players
But it was better than inazuma, to me it SUCKED massive booty and i still hate it with every fiber of my being
HIGH HOPES FOR SNEZHNAYA THO!! MASSIVE HOPES FOR THE CRYO NATION THEY CAN NEVER MAKE ME HATE TSARISTA
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oneemasan · 2 months ago
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"I... don't need a wish today - Being with everyone is enough."
Fairytale soiree event by @angelwishess - congatulations on 100+ followers and thank you for hosting the event, i had a lot of fun!!
this is my first time joining a fan event (and drawing an actual card for erice), design notes & clear file under the cut!
jfdghsfgjjksghfdj i didn't think i would have time to draw erice for the event any time soon, but for some reason i didn't feel like working on any of my wips today so i painted the background to relax a bit (and warm up) aaaand ended up with the card done 4 hours later - well, why not!
at the very beginning i wasn't even planning an actual background, but hey whatever happened happened alright (besides, i planned it as a r/sr, and then realized i was having a lot of fun rendering - but not enough motivation for a dynamic pose... we got an in between, i guess?)
at some point, i added firefly everywhere, and the piece ended up looking SO cluttered..... so i erased all of them except the one she's holding - and i feel like i lost a bit of what i wanted to convey, but it looks better than it did before, so it's fine!
on one side, i wish i spent more time polishing the pose, etc, on the other, damn i wanted this done today
actual design notes fr fr this time
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my first thought was the yellow dress, and i was almost sure i'd go with it but still decided to do some other sketches for fun - and in case another idea popped up i don't usually ramble too much about her lore outside of dms, but the thing with erice is that she very likely doesn't believe this kind of outfit/event would suit her - since she's a bit more... brash than she'd like, among other things (read : as much as she wishes she could wear fancy dresses, she definitely doesn't feel comfortable doing so because of her usual temperament/sweet self esteem issues, kind of), so upon wearing such a dress she would probably go "wait, this is wayyyy too delicate for me, i need to change back into my usual clothes NOW"
so, i ended up going for the simple white, knee-length dress thinking it was what suited her the best - and here came another problem : it does look the right mix of formal and simple for her, but it very definitely doesn't look fairy-like, at all... at the same time, i wanted to keep the shape, to keep it simple - to have something she would enjoy wearing that would still fit the theme, so i added a butterfly pattern and transparent fabric over the dress - cute and simple enough that she can enjoy herself without worrying too much about how mismatched she thinks her looks and personality are... my daughter she's so precious to me
while i was drawing the actual piece, i ended up adding a bonus layer to her skirt because it looked a bit empty without it - it also helps making the dress shape look more.... logical lol
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koiiiji · 10 months ago
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Could you do some windbreaker characters with a fem gyaru s/o? I would specifically like Vinny you can chose any other character if you want :)
author note : OMG!! I searched some photos in pinterest, like inspiration for gyaru, and wooow!! i will definitely take some details into my style bc its sooo beautiful… i genuinely thought (idk why honestly) that gyaru is more like pink barbie in 80-90s style but it looks so cool i can’t!! sorry for such long reply, and we r mutuals so i feel even more ashamed :(( i tried with more characters but give up and done just these two!! hope you will like it���🎗️
warning : pure fluff, vinny being softie and shelly cutie as always
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vinny - he definitely have 0 idea about all fashion trends, styles and different subcultures aside from street racing… so he genuinely don’t give a fuck about your style, he crushing into person, not a pieces of clothes you wear, but once your dialogue went in all different direction, you explain him what your style specifically is and what inspired you to join this subculture, he take note in his head that as soon as he will earn more money he will buy you as many new clothes and other items as you wish.
it was one of your first dates, you were sitting together in some random cafe that you found on the way from the second-hand store to which you dragged Vinny to find new elements for your outfits.
“so… was it really necessary to spend solid 2 hours in that shop to find just few pair of shorts, skirts and belts?…” he began hesitantly, doubting whether it was worth bringing up the subject. do girls get angry if you ask them why spend so much time in the shops? should he change the subject of conversation? or maybe you want to discuss this trip to the store? it seemed that now Vinny’s brains would just explode, before you he had not had to communicate so long and closely with girls. when you looked up at him, it seemed to him that his heart skipped a couple of beats - your eyes literally sparkled with joy and fun.
"of course it was!! if you want to find really unique things, then there is no place better than a second-hand store! of course, you need to try to find something really worthwhile, but when you find that very thing.." you clenched your fists and squeezed your eyes shut, smiling so sweetly and swaying back and forth with impatience
"...oh right, let's go at my place today!!! i'll show you why we spent so much time there, these shorts and skirts will just go perfectly..." Vinny continued to listen as you happily chirped about your ideas of what to wear new things with, and it seems you also mentioned new places where you wanted to take photos together with him, and much more. at that moment, Vinny didn’t cared about anything as much as your smile. you were so sincere with him, you smiled so brightly, just like a little star in his hands, and he suddenly remembered that pleasant, soft and warm sensation in his chest, just like in rare moments from childhood. your touch pulled him out of his own thoughts as you gently shook his hand, looking questioningly into his eyes.
"didn't you listen to what i was saying?" you squinted suspiciously. "wh... what?.. no, i heard everything.."
laughing in response, you pulled him towards the exit of the cafe, in direction to your house. at that moment, it seemed to Vinny that there were no problems around, and he was finally felt like ordinary schoolboy. yes, you were the one who helped him still stay sane. you were his own little star.
shelly - 100% fashion intusiast so she highlighted your style immediately, and liked it!! as i mentioned before, she definitely would post tiktoks/insta stories with you, admiring how cool and beautiful her girlfriend is.
“hey, let’s go shopping together after school? how about finding some new stuff?” shelly said excitedly, coming up from behind and hugging you. it was the last day before weekends starts, so after school you could relax and go shopping in search of new things, maybe you will be lucky enough today and you will find some cool archive things from 2000s.
"oh my god, look at this!!" Shelly squealed in delight as she ran up to you. in her hands was Vivienne Westwood's archive white handbag, with silver chains as handles and with a distinctive badge. it needed a little repair, but for the price that was offered for this handbag, it was worth it!!
"Shelly is so cute, how did you find it?!" you exclaimed joyfully, picking up the bag from her hands and examining it from all sides. today it was a really cool piece, and after picking up a pair of pumpons and key chains for a bag, you headed to Shelly's house, deciding to celebrate this purchase with a sleepover at her house, her grandfather wasn’t at home, and he anyway liked when you two hang out together.
"what do you think about ordering something to eat and putting on makeup together? we can shoot something in tiktok! oh! or let's film unpacking for this baby, what do you say?" you asked her excitedly, as you remembered that Shelly always wanted to try your makeup style and clothes you usually wear. and she was so pleased that you remembered such little things that she mentioned once quite a long time ago, and they were deposited in your head. hugging you tightly around the neck and whispering a quiet thank you, Shelly took you by the arm and headed for her home, excitedly offering you ideas for posing and which sound you should choose for your tiktoks.
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hyperfixatedbastard · 10 months ago
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Hi i hope you doing well. I have a resquest... more like a headcanon. What if Adam was a dad ? What his behaviour will be ? Does he be a good or a bad father ?
I understand if you don't do it. I don't want to force you for something you don't want to.
Dadam (Dad!Adam) Headcanons
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we bringing out the daddy issues on this one boys
WARNINGS: none
A/N: I haven't done a headcanon type of post yet, but they're easier to write than regular one shots and I'm too tired for that shit. The request didn't specify what kind of Reader (spouse or child), so I just went with general headcanons that don't specify the Reader at all. Insert yourself as you wish!
Also, thank you all for your patience! It's been very busy for me lately and I've been too exhausted to write much, so expect a lot more of these kinds of posts (the formatting is easier and I don't have to write a bunch of dialogue lol).
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As the father of humanity, Adam had...a lot of kids. The guy lived for 800+ years just populating the earth. That's a LOT of kids. We all know how the first two turned out. That is, not fuckin' well. To be honest, I don't think Adam valued his children. It was just kinda... a thing he had to do. (When Abel died and Cain got exiled, he fr just went and had another kid to replace them.) But I am in deep, deep denial and this is for my enjoyment as someone with severe daddy issues. So fuck all that.
At first, Adam is 100% the guy that freaks the fuck out when he finds out he knocked someone up. That man is SWEATING. He's actually pretty chill if it's someone he's in an established long-term relationship with, though. He still freaks the fuck out, but to a significantly lesser degree and with a much smaller chance of up and leaving. Once he's over the initial shock, he's shocked to find that he's kind of excited. Back when he was alive, having kids was just normal because it was such a common occurrence.
This man knows every little detail about pregnancy and infants. With the amount of kids he's had? He has seen it ALL. Sure, all his information is thousands of years old, but knowledge learned through experience is super valuable when it comes to this shit! He doesn't know what the fuck a uterus is, but he knows exactly how to make his partner the most comfortable, how to deal with cravings, etc. If his partner has a problem, he's got a solution. It might be a fuckin' weird one, but it works! He'll probably grumble and complain, but he doesn't actually mean it. Bitching is just his thing, y'know? But... pregnancy hormones + Adam's douchebag-ness = feelings getting hurt. If his partner starts crying because of some shit joke or complaint he made? He's scrambling so fast. "Shit, babe, fuck, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, fuckfuckfuck, don't cry—"
Once the baby is born, he definitely surprises literally everyone but his partner by actually doing helpful shit. Changing diapers? Easy fuckin' peasy (he does watch a tutorial online because he doesn't know how tf modern diapers work but he's a fast learner) Feeding? No problemo. Getting up in the middle of the night to do both of those things? His sleep schedule's already fucked, this shit ain't new.
When it comes to parenting and raising the kid, though... that's definitely where Adam struggles. He'd struggle with bonding. A lot. Adam mostly talks about things that you really shouldn't say around children, much less bond over. I think he'd be better at just letting the kid ramble while he's just sitting there, fully engrossed in whatever bullshit his child is saying. He's not just passively listening with little 'uh-huh's and nods, this man is active in the discussion. Have you ever heard a small child speak? They say the most random shit ever, and Adam would love it. It's peak entertainment to him. Even if it's just incoherent babbling, he'll have full-on conversations with this baby.
He'd definitely have some shared interests as the kid gets older. I think Adam's favorite shows/movies are a mix of action movies and shit like Power Rangers. He's not ashamed of it either—'fuck you, the Power Rangers are fuckin' cool.' This also goes for video games. I know that man is a toxic COD gamer boy and you can't prove me wrong. Basically, the only thing that keeps him from becoming one of those husbands that locks himself away in a man cave to play video games is the fact that he can game with his kid.
And once they get into school, he just gets really invested in the drama. Elementary school drama is such bullshit, and it'd be the best reality TV he's ever seen. "Oh, don't tell me—it's that bitch Cindy. The fuck did that little shit do this time?" He'd be gasping like it's a damn soap opera. 'Oh no she didn't!' kinda vibe.
He'd talk so much shit around his kid about the parents of their classmates, the teachers, anyone. Then the kid would repeat it and Adam would get sat down in the office with his kid like: "Your child said, and I quote, 'My dad says your mom's a bitch.'" "What? She fuckin' is." And yeah, he's not wrong - some of those parents are fucking nightmares.
If his kid got in trouble for fighting, his reaction would depend on the situation. If it was unprovoked and/or a part of bullying, he'd originally laugh it off but would be freaking the fuck out internally. He's probably a little traumatized by what happened with Cain and Abel. But if the fighting was an act of defense (whether of themselves or someone else) he would be the proudest dad ever. Fist-bumps his kid in the office in full view of the principal.
You cannot trust this man to give his kid the sex talk. It just will not go well. Like, if his kid needs advice when they're older (basically anything beyond 'where do babies come from') then he's your guy, but it's still gonna be awkward and uncomfortable. He'd probably have Lute handle most of those issues just so he doesn't have to know about his kid's sex life but can still trust that they have a responsible(?) adult if they have questions.
In terms of where Adam is lacking as a parent, there's a few areas in particular to focus on.
Emotional availability? Not his strong suit. At all. He can't deal with his own feelings, let alone his kid's. Most of the emotional support will be coming from his partner. That doesn't mean he doesn't try. But he can't show it with words all that well. He'll show emotional support in other ways—quality time, gifts, and acts of service for the most part. Like going out for ice cream, watching a movie, etc.
He's not good with discipline. To him, everything's no big deal. If his kid hasn't killed their sibling, that's good enough for him! Generally, his partner will choose when/how to discipline (with Adam's input ofc), but Adam's job is to just enforce it/not overrule it. He's 100% the type to be sneaky about it tho. If his kid is grounded, he'll go out with them to give them a break from being stuck in the house, y'know, stuff like that. Because of this, his kid forms a closer, different kind of bond than with Adam's partner. It's more friendly, I guess is the word? Like, his kid won't go to him for actual helpful advice, but if they fuck up somehow or are in a bad situation that they kinda got themselves into (drinking, car accident, etc.), then Adam is the parent they call.
I think Adam's peak parenting era would be when his kid is a late teen/young adult. 'Cause then he can actually be himself, for the most part. His personality is not very kid-friendly, so once his kid isn't really much of a kid anymore—he is so fucking excited. His relationship with his kid would be a lot more unconventional as they grow older. Like, he's really close with his kid once they're an adult. (totally not basing this off my relationship with my mom) His advice would be shit, but he'd give it if his kid needed it!
Definitely the type to text his kid more often than most parents. Mostly because he texts more like them and has the same sense of humor. Lots of shitty memes.
Also!! I think Adam would definitely make time for his partner. Date nights are a must. His kid better get comfortable with sleepovers at friends' houses or getting babysat by Emily 'cause he ain't letting parenthood fuck up his sex life.
I think that's all I got. Not sure how to end this so uh... shoutout to all you bitches with daddy issues lmao
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insomniasdelusion · 3 months ago
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Does dandys world still count as request thingy sorry I don't do this often-
Anyways Razzle and dazzle from dandys world sibling fluff(not the shipping kind if thing that's basically incest) maybe angst idk I really hope you understand what I meant-
It still totally counts man! Don’t worry, and no need to apologize either bud, thanks for requesting. :)
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RnD + Sibling!Reader
Warnings: Mostly just fluff, mentions of body horror, slight angst, mentions of sleepingmask (Astro x RnD)
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Basics:
•Now with starters for how you look! You were definitely a mess of ribbons just like Razzle and Dazzle, the difference for you was the kitsune mask that played as your face.
•you helped with backstage things like lighting, sounds, props, and etc when RnD have a show! Always happy to help your older siblings with whatever.
•..however- you were still their sibling and were you mischievous! You occasionally messed with things in RnD’s room, moving items slightly, making Dazzle think the room is haunted-
•..you apologized when you heard Dazzle couldn’t sleep and was keeping Razzle up to-
•They love you dearly though, despite your pranks.
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RnD:
•They both adore you with their whole heart, they would feel incomplete if they ever lost you.
•Razzle loves doing anything with you! Painting, playing tag, doing karaoke, they love doing hide and seek!! 100% one of their favorite games. Dazzle obviously gets dragged along, occasionally helping when Razzle can’t find you.
•Dazzle loves doing much calmer activities with you, knitting, reading, cooking, and one of their favorites is when it comes to bedtime stories. Razzle loves to give ideas on books to read for bed time!
•Both of them love doing movie nights or giving you previews to new acts they’re coming up with!
•Although.. the teasing you give whenever Astro’s around makes them want to strangle you with your own ribbons, you always make heart hands whenever the other toon is around.
•when they started to date Astro.. the gagging sounds never stop- or the teasing-
•Astro was a little nervous at first, especially cause he thought you didn’t like him, now he just chuckles and shakes his head.
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Ichor problems:
•When all this first started.. it wasn’t really easy, Dazzle was nervous and hated going on runs. Razzle tried to keep a light mood, keep things happy! They hated to admit they were scared to.
•You were one of the distractors, you helped keep the twisters off of your siblings and your friends. You and Goob had races to see who could have the most of the odd infected like clones on them, you were both safe about it! You both did it to sorta keep your sanity about the situation to..
•until one day.. one of these runs didn’t go as planned, you were hit and left behind on a floor. Goob still blames himself and RnD.. they broke, they were supposed to keep you safe, why didn’t they do that? You were gone and they could do nothing about it.
•the first time they saw you twisted version on a run, they had a panic attack, your mask was broken off where your mouth was, ichor spilled consistently from the spot. Your ribbons were tangled making you have to drag yourself around.
•they felt so terrible, after the run they hid in their room and didn’t come out for weeks, Astro was the only one who could convince them.
•the always wore the bracelet you made them a few days before your.. accident.
•they wish everyday that they could’ve done something different, something better, but you were gone now..
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“do you think they would like this Dazzle?”
“(I don’t know.. they can’t tell us Razzle)”
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I hope this was up to par with what you wanted! ^^
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dualityvn · 5 months ago
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UT! Keith's rival anon back on my bullshit again. This time with a conservation ecologist MC for UT! Tenebris. They're so focused on their research that they're Third Eye Sewn Shut levels of oblivious to the bad vibes Ten's forest gives off. Finally they come face to face, but instead of cowering they just Have Had Enough and have themselves a nice lil rant :D
"Oh no! I am not dying here! I am this close to getting this place declared a wildlife sanctuary. So I'll be damned if I let a giant lizard with an attitude problem stop me. Now either help me prove this species of spider lives here so I can protect it's habitat or shush before you scare them off. Here, have a chocolate bar if you're hungry. I guarantee it tastes better than I do. And hand me the wrapper when you're done. I'm not leaving trash here."
Hopefully they survive long enough so they can bribe Tenebris into helping with their research in exchange for chocolate and eventually affection.
If he's in a good mood that day, he may not kill you, but he will 100% be pissed. He will rant right back at you, baring rows of fangs, about how these species are going extinct because of your kind and how the fae are keeping you out of the forest for that very reason.
"How do I know you have good intentions, human? How do I know your purpose is not to do harm, rather than good? You think it is in your right to walk through our forests, to DEMAND passage after everything? If you had half a brain and you truly wished to do good, you'd be begging at my feet. Arrogant vermin!" - UT!Tenebris
He's still taking the chocolate though.
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genshingorlsrevengeance · 1 year ago
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Lumine, Eula, Noelle (obviously), and anyone else of your choosing with a late night working S/O, how would they go about persuading their S/O that they need to go to bed and sleep?
(Genshin Impact) Jean, Noelle, Shenhe, Dehya, Lisa, Xinyan, and Ei forcing their S/O to sleep
...Maybe I should sleep after writing this considering it's 12:45 AM. Also, Lumine and Eula's parts were done in a prompt very similar to this one!
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"My goodness my glass house is sparkling delightfully in the morning sun, what a nice day to indulge in my favorite hobby of projectile mineralogy! - Yahtzee Croshaw
Yeah, Jean has absolutely zero room to criticize her S/O for working late into the night.
She does the exact same thing, usually passing out for doing so.
But ever since S/O had come into her life, she had been working on adjusting her schedule so she can properly rest at the behest of Barbara, for both their sakes.
Not to mention S/O was also concerned for her well being, so a compromise is made between the two.
(Jean) "If you rest S/O, then I will too. Like Lisa says, there's always tomorrow."
The last thing everyone needed in the Knights was two workaholics falling unconscious after all.
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Noelle also has no room to criticize S/O for working too hard.
That being said, Noelle usually brings some tea for S/O, gently sitting it next to them.
(Noelle) "S/O, I know that I may not be the right person to say this, but you should get some rest."
Similar to Jean, Noelle also makes sure to take better care of herself so S/O doesn't have to worry, and hopes that they would do the same for her.
She has no problem helping S/O get tucked into bed before quickly settling in next to them.
WIth Noelle, she doesn't take long to convince them at all.
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(Shenhe) "You should be resting S/O."
Shenhe is quite confused as to why S/O is up at this hour.
They should be resting, surely the work can wait until tomorrow?
At first she offers to stay up, thinking it was something related to no one keeping watch.
Only for S/O to explain it was just some work they could be finishing tonight instead of the morning.
(Shenhe) "It'd be far more efficient to have a clear mind and work later, would it not?"
Shenhe stares at S/O with an innocent expression, eventually making them break and relent.
It makes her feel more at ease, knowing S/O won't suddenly pass out from exhaustion.
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(Dehya) "Jeez, you're still at that? Come on, it can wait till morning!"
Dehya playfully wraps her arms around S/O's upper body.
If they refuse to budge she'll make a loud and obnoxious sigh.
(Dehya) "If you don't put the paper down, I'll pick you up! It's reaaaal easy for me to do that, y'know!"
When they relent, Dehya chuckles and stretches her arms.
(Dehya) "Finally. Some shut eye will make you feel better too. Can't get paid for your work if you're paying for medical bills."
Part of her wishes that they would try to continue working, just for the excuse of getting to pick them up and embarrass them.
But alas, that would have to wait for another day.
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Lisa refuses to bring any work home once she's done for the day.
And by all the damned souls in hell, Lisa will enforce that rule upon S/O as well.
(Lisa) "Darling, no bringing work home.~"
Despite her teasing tone, she is 100% serious.
Lisa was a hard worker herself, but that was only when she was supposed to be on the clock.
Their home was a place to relax and not think about work, so she'll first take S/O's hands gently and have them wrap around her hands instead.
Archons forbid S/O tries to continue working, then the tone of her voice becomes more lethal as S/O starts to feel electricity in the air.
(Lisa) "Won't you pay attention to little ol' me instead of some papers, S/O?"
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(Xinyan) "S/O, get your tush into this bed! Don't make me sing some crappy ol' love song, I'll do it!"
The tone of Xinyan is half playful and half serious.
She doesn't want to play some cheesy song just to catch S/O's attention (mostly).
Xinyan just doesn't want S/O to overexert themselves when they don't have to.
Even she didn't write songs that late into the night
...Well, mostly, but S/O didn't need to know that little detail.
(Xinyan) "Trust me, your brain will make the work flow waaay better when you sleep, speaking from experience here!"
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Ei convinces S/O to rest, though not in the way most would imagine.
Being an Archon, she could simply use her godly authority to force S/O to heel.
Or if it was the Raiden Shogun, then smiting S/O was an option.
Instead, Ei has S/O stop their work simply by being herself.
(Ei) "S/O, if you are going to stay awake during this time, can we eat some dessert?...It's too late at night? If you're working, then we can drink some dango milk!"
Simply put, it was annoying them for sweets if they stayed up for too long.
While it was because she was concerned for their well being, since humans are meant to rest, she was holding out for some hope that she can sneak in extra dessert for the night.
So far, it didn't work, much to her quiet dismay.
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lady-of-endless · 1 year ago
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Helllloooo if requests are still open could I request reader taking care of RAMATTRA :3? There's alot of reader comfort out there but good gd this dude needs a nap.
Author's Note: Another request, I'm so happy! I agree with you 100%, let him get some rest. Thank you so much for requesting this ❤️ Hope you'll enjoy it
Taking care of Ramattra
Since he left the Shambali Monastery, Ramattra has become more of an overachiever. Humanity's continuous aggression towards omnics forced him to ignore his own needs just to work on plans, strategies, and new machines, all for a better future. He saw no problem with that but, he's not alone anymore, and you're worried for him.
When you propose taking a break for his own good, he simply replies with how he doesn't need it, changing the subject. Of course, he takes note of your worried expression from your face but does not want to bother explaining that you have no reason to be worried for him, at first.
"My system is running in optimal conditions. I do not require rest like humans do." He caved in and explained to you calmly, causing you to sigh in defeat. Even if you knew that it was true, it was his mind that needed rest more than his body. You understand that it will be complicated to get him to relax.
You noticed how he didn't even meditate the way he still used to even after leaving Shambali. It was a part of his routine but not anymore so it seemed. Instead of pointing it out, ask him if he can teach you how to do it. He will look at you over his shoulder in silence, pondering and analyzing your expression. It was his right to be suspicious as you never asked for this before. Right when you think he is going to refuse, the orb from his staff floats toward his right hand. "Follow me, and pay attention." He muttered. Somehow, this one trick to get him to rest went unnoticed.
Maybe you can try a straightforward approach as well. If he is working, walk to him, ask about what he's working on. As he talks, put a hand over his and gently pull him towards you by his hand. "And what is it you think you're doing?" He stops explaining and asks but still lets himself be guided by you. You tell him that you wish to read something to him and he refuses right away. This calls for desperate measures. "Just give it a chance. Like you did with me…" You say with a hopeful look in your eyes when looking at him. With that, consider it done. You knew that you got him with that one. "Fine, but it better not take long." He sighs in frustration as he lays down next to you.
In the first minutes, Ramattra just waits broodingly for this break to end. Gradually, as he listens to your voice and your breathing, he starts to lose track of time and forget about what he had to do later. He finds himself turning his body more towards yours, even maybe placing his head on your chest, hoping that you won't ask why.
That's the time he discovers another way of relaxing. It has even become his favorite. Laying his head on your chest, his sound sensor close to your heart. He is surprised by how pleasant the sound of it is. Listening to the steady beats makes him feel like every circuit from his body slows down and because he's alone with you, he allows it.
He cannot admit that he felt better afterward, but he surely won't let your thoughtful gesture pass without thanking you. "I am grateful for this moment of peace. Perhaps I can…find some time to repeat this in the days to come."
Even so, there's a long way to go if you expect him to take a break freely on his own. You will still have to keep an eye on him.
When he needed to think something over or find a solution to a problem, he usually traveled to Shambali where he watched the monastery alone, from afar. There is something in the scenery that brings him calmness every time. Plan a little trip to Shambali for him. Tell him that you need to go there for something and you need him to guide you. When his steps bring you two to his favorite spot, just stay silent and let him have a moment of peace. Watch how his shoulders drop and how his breathing becomes more deeply. He might remain silent or open up to you. If the latter happens, it usually leads to a deep conversation, and for him, this also counts as a way to relax.
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catiuskaa · 11 months ago
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new task: valentine's day |ACTS|
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A/N: reposting by acts! [see full version here]. wanted to see if this format works better (and yes i will squeeze everything in this one right here cause its amazing and i 100% worked my ass off on it)
PAIRING! seungmin x reader ; enemies/rivals2lovers!
SUMMARY: boring classes, boring classmates, boring assignments…to seungmin, everyone is boring even if he’s used to pretend otherwise, but you seem to get on his nerves. you, your stupid poem, and his stupid letter.
WC: 2.350k
CW: fluffy comfort, use of spanglish (not relevant to the plot, dw), use of text format, the reader is stupidly short (which i know all about), academic rivals, bad student reader x good student seungmin, mentions of the unability to deal with complicated feelings, mentions of masking feelings, slight hint of bullying, mentions of being followed, (pet)names: little one, shortie, shortcake, smallable, pretty, hyunjin as a walking therapist, and the ending is kind of a reference to a show i'm obsessed with (not gonna say it so i don't spoil it for you guys hehehe)
|PROLOGUE| |ACT 1| |ACT 2| |ACT 3|
[☆★🌷★☆]
{ACT 3: WINDOWS, LETTERS AND POEMS}
Wednesday. 9:56 am. 14th February.
Most of your classmates were still arriving from their next class as you stared at two papers in your hands slightly from afar, pencil in your lips.
You had discarded most of your creations all Monday and Tuesday when you finally ended with a draft you liked for the stupid english homework. It was nothing out of the ordinary.
But the letter in your other hand, however, was something you had never done before.
“What’s that you got there?”
Any kind of bubbly and nervous emption you had vanished at the sound of that low voice.
“Fuck off, Li.” You grunted in a husky tone, frowning at him and grabbing back the letter from his hands.
“Is it a love letter for me?” He chuckled, ignoring your behaviour.
“Why the fuck would I write that, huh?” You laughed, a chuckle full of acid, one that had much more hatred that you had ever said before.
Henry brushed a hand through his hair, and you couldn’t help but think he looked stupid. You had liked this guy? Ugh.
“Because today is valentine’s day, shortcake.”
You squinted and frowned at him.
“Swishing those dyed and damaged locks like a Loreal advert won’t make anyone fall in love with you.” You snorted, and realized the people in the hallway had fallen into silence, listening to your conversation. “Or maybe it worked with that blond girl in the club?” You pretended to ponder out loud, leaning against the locker behind you, facing him with confidence.
“Wait, what?” He mumbled.
You snickered, taking him by surprise. “Oh, silly. I was never going to date you. I kept hearing that you were an ass and figured that was right, because aside from me, little to no people talked to you. I guess I just felt pityful.” You faked a pout.
He clenched his fists, his shoulders tense.
“You’re lying.” He grunted.
You chuckled. “You wish I was. That blond girl didn’t steal my man. She stole my problem.” You heard some gasps from the people in the corridor, as they had formed some kind of circle around you two.
But then, Henry snorted, and cleared his throat, talking with a much louder voice. “So you’re not going to let everyone know about you and Seungmin?” He smirked. “I feel like that’s a bit unfair. Making it seem like I’m the bad guy and all.”
You tried hard to make it seem like that hadn’t surprised you. You were so surprised by it that you didn’t have time to react when he yanked your letter from your hand.
“Such sweet words, all dedicated to him,” he mocked. “I think these people want to know.”
“Give it back!” You clenched your jaw, your eyes dull with embarassment.
Even if he wasn’t as tall as Seungmin, there was still a decent difference between you and him. And with a sly grin, he raised the paper above your head.
You licked your lips, anger filling your body.
“Give. It. Back.”
But then he started reading.
“I looked at him as if he were the Sun, in that I never looked at him except in frustration.” He read out loud, moving the paper from your reach everytime you tried to reach. “I seeked his warmth, I complained when he was gone, but I never looked, not until I noticed he was leaving, and in the beauty of the sunset, I wondered how I had never seen him before.”
You stared at the floor, a blush spreading through your cheeks, coming from your neck.
“And that’s basically what happened.” You mumbled to Abril and Lucas over at a bench in the school grounds, hours after that whole thing had happened.
“What?!” You flinched at Abril’s loud voice. “I’m going to kill him. I am so going to murder that nasty ass bitch.” She threatened to stand up, but Lucas grabbed her forearm.
“And what about Seungmin?” He questioned softly, a lot more gentle that what you usually would expect.
You felt heat rush to your cheeks.
“I haven’t spoken to him since Friday” You stared at him with a weakness you had never felt before. “It’s like he doesn’t want to talk to me, I…” you sighed. “I don’t know what to think anymore.” You sniffed.
You had to stay in the study room for the afternoon, waiting for Atenea to get out of the club she was in so you could head to the library together like you had promised, but as you studied in silence, someone sat in the chair in front of you, frowning at you.
You took your headphones off and scratched your eyes. “Eh… Hyunjin?”
“Abril told Lara and she told me,” he mentioned in a huff. “And I’ve known Seungmin for many years. He’s not an impulsive guy. He hasn’t treated anyone like how he treats you.”
You blinked, puzzled, but frowned at him. “Are you going to scold me?”
“You better believe I am!” He scoffed. “Would you like me to politely tell you that you’ve behaved like a total idiot around him?”
“What are you—?!”
“You simply never bothered to talk to Seungmin about any of what Lara told me!” He stated with force, and you didn’t think to tell him to shut up, considering that the study room was empty that time.
“Do you really expect me to understand whatever was happening and tell him right away?” You blurted out with anger, a bit shocked at his rough approach. “Had I had the opportunity I would have!
He rolled his eyes, passing a hand over his face in a sign of desperation.
“You had every opportunity! For months!” He left his hand on the table, and started tapping at it with force, trying to make a point. “Admit it. Seungmin has been in your head ever since we both changed from the other class and you two started bickering.” Hyunjin’s eyes stared at you with a fierce glare that almost threatened to pierce holes through your skull.
“That’s bullshit!” You spitted out defensively.
“Oh, spare me!” He brushed it off. “There have been countless clues! Your stupid need to make everything a competition when it comes to him is infuriating. He talks to me about these things, you know?” He swallowed, and you leaned back in surprise, but he kept on going. “How you look at him when you’re angry, or how you mock and tease him back. It’s stupid!” He cursed out loud. “And these last two weeks have only made it so much worse.”
“What do you mean, worse?” You pondered softly, slowly taking in Hyunjin’s dramatic act.
“I mean, you were totally smitten by how he ridiculously kissed you at the back of the bus last week, considering that you kissed him back.” He stated clearly. “And he wouldn’t shut up about it and how you were ignoring him after, which, great fucking work, by the way, the dude wouldn’t shut up about you.” Hyunjin blinked slowly, trying to recall and voice what he was thinking. “And then he lends you his jacket when a mystery debutant shows up.”
“A—a what?”
“Motherfucker, eh, that Henry asshole.” Hyunjin rubbed his eyes. “I had to endure him talking shit about him for an hour because he saw him texting you some weird shit with cringe emojis.” The exasperation on his tone rendered you almost speechless. “And even then he struggled to admit how fucking jealous he was about that guy. He had your attention. He had your smile. You looked at Henry, not at Seungmin, and ah, for fuck’s sake.” Hyunjin covered his face with his hands. “He felt so ridiculously powerless that he talked to me about it. He’s never done that before!”
You were only able to blink, struggling to grasp everything he was saying.
“And then, with no word of warning, you called him, at, what, like, one in the morning?” Hyunjin said in a huff, the thought of that bringing back his anger, making him stare at you with a frown again. “He, jesus, he talked for AGES about how you hugged him, and the fact that you were wearing his jacket, like— like you’re doing now, what the fuck.” He stopped mid-scolding, staring at you with confusion.
“It’s… it’s his?”
Hyunjin’s eyes widened slightly as he nodded. “What, you didn’t know? You helped him with tecnical drawing, he gave you his jacket, bla bla bla. That whole thing?”
You blushed, shaking your head sideways. You had done what?
“Nevermind. You can talk to him about that later.”
It was your turn to scoff now. “Judging by the fact that he sent you, I don’t think he would like to see me anytime soon.”
Hyunjin chuckled dryly.
“Don’t you even dare keep ignoring him. This stupid game has lasted for too long. Besides, he doesn’t know I’m here. He thinks I’m in dance practice, but whatever. You needed to know, because he’s a mess.” Hyunjin stated, passing a hand through his hair. “He can’t sleep well, he can’t concentrate, he can’t do anything.”
It looked like the scolding was over, but there was a remaining anger that came back to him as a memory struck.
“And, moreover, you callously ignored the letter Seungmin wrote you, even though he told you he loved you!”
You were looking at your notebook on the table, halfly staring at your nails and fidgeting with them, but your head almost snapped when you stared at him.
“What letter?” You muttered, your eyes locked on his. He frowned, his eyes slightly widening.
Your heart started beating faster, almost so loud you could hear it in your head.
“Hyunjin, what letter?!”
[☆★🌷★☆]
Seungmin felt his lungs on fire.
Run, run, run.
His feet were hurting, because his old ass shoes were busted enough that their insides were almost destroyed from everyday use.
But he needed to find you.
Maybe it was because it was Valentine’s day, despite the obvious influence that a certain friend of yours had done.
“Wait, you— you missed school this morning?” Lucas had muttered with a puzzled look, eyes wide.
“I had to go to the dentist to take my braces off. Yeah.” Seungmin stated again. “So whatever you meant by ‘being an ignoring bitch this morning’, I know nothing about it.”
And then someone next to them had chimed in. “You’re talking about Henry and what happened this morning with—“
“Yeah. Why?” Seungmin had interrupted, frowning slightly.
“There’s a video of it.”
Run, run, run.
The look in your eyes when you spoke with Henry. Your smug smile when you caught him by surprise.
Your poem.
His eyes had widened when Henry started reading it in the video.
Was it…?
Could it…?
Could it really be for him?
He wanted needed to find out.
He needed to find you.
“Watch where you’re going!” A man grunted at him, and Seungmin quickly apologized, running off.
Run, run, run.
He knew where you lived just because of Friday, when you had asked him if he could head towards your house with you, still a bit scared from what had happened. He accepted in a heartbeat, reassuring you that it was fine with a million smiles.
His hand had never left yours. Your touch, colder than his, had something so adicting to it that he didn’t want to let go.
Time seemed to pass slowlier when he recognized your neighbourhood. He was about to ring on your floor, but then, your silhouette got out of the elevators, and you both blinked at each other, staring through the glass door.
You opened it slowly, approaching him.
The look in your eyes was different than what Seungmin was used to.
It wasn’t similar to how you had looked at him ever since the school year started, with a shimmer of anger that turned your cheeks pink. Or how you had looked at him that afternoon in the back of the school bus, pupils dark and lips red and slightly swollen from kissing. Or how your eyes glowed in hope and comfort that Friday night.
It was different. He wanted to savour it. He wanted to see every detail of it.
He walked towards you and cradled your face in his hands.
“Wait.” He muttered in a whisper, taking off his glasses in a movement that to you felt almost enticing.
“What is it?” You whispered back.
He blinked at you as he cleaned his glasses with the hem of his shirt.
“You’re fucking blurry.” He snickered softly, with a sheepish smile that tinted his cheeks pink.
You giggled.
He settled his glasses back in place, and smiled when your image made sense before him.
“Better.” He muttered.
“Seungmin, I—“
But you stopped speaking when his lips crashed against yours.
There it was. He tasted sweet like how hot chocolate tastes in a rainy day. You smiled at your discovery, wanting to taste it for hours.
He wanted to kiss you for days to come, even if there was a million things left for both of you to say.
“I’m sorry.” Kiss. “I wasn’t in school this morning.” Kiss. “But I saw a video of it.” Kiss. “And I needed to—“
You giggled, taking his glasses and settling them on the top of his head.
“We can do the talking later.” You smiled, your cheeks red as your hands grabbed him by the collar of his shirt.
“Are you sure?” He gulped, blushing too as he mumbled.
“Yeah.” You smiled even more. “I’d rather do the kissing now.”
You'd never know what happened with his letter. But considering where that had lead you, maybe it wasn't totally bad that the wind had carried it out the window.
[☆★🌷★☆]
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beatriceportinari · 1 month ago
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okay this is. not 100 words. it is not a drabble at all. happy birthday, laetitia! here is. Blorbo In Situation.
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izuna stands in the grand kitchen shared by the compound surrounded by dirty dishes. some of the children had offered to help him, well-mannered as they are, but he had waved them off; he thinks it better if they enjoy the stars and the fireflies and still air. in the face of his workload, he wishes he’d maybe at least asked some of the teenagers to contribute.
“do you have a moment?” tobirama calls from the doorway. izuna is surprised madara has let him out of sight, current guest of honor or not. they all know he’s a glorified political hostage for the duration of his stay, and the banquet was only pretense. a show of the uchiha’s nobility.
“for what?” izuna asks, too tired to fight and too wary to be kind.
“a number of civilians are waiting for baths. the line has become… long,” tobirama says, awkwardly.
“it takes time to pump it.”
“and if i could have your supervision, i could solve the problem immediately,” tobirama says, with a terse tone izuna doesn’t like.
the dirty dishes will still be here when he gets back, so he wordlessly walks out of the kitchen toward the baths, and lets tobirama trail behind him.
“i’m watching you,” izuna warns, even though there’s no need to.
“i’m well aware,” tobirama responds, and izuna knows the tone of his voice well enough to hear the scowl that comes with it.
the jutsu tobirama uses to summon forth the water to refill all the basins is one izuna has seen more times than drops of rain in a storm, but the one that follows, to filter the water of impurities, is novel. izuna watches it, sharingan activated half-heartedly and lazily; tobirama goes through the signs for it so slow a toddler could copy them. a birthday gift, then.
for reasons even the goddess herself might not understand, when tobirama is done assisting with baths, he follows izuna back to the kitchen. before izuna can reach for the soap and sponge, tobirama steps cleanly into the way.
“what are you getting at now?” izuna asks.
“more than you, with hands like those,” tobirama says, and has the audacity to sneer.
izuna’s hands dry and crack easily in the winter. he’s never retained moisture well, and he has to wash his hands frequently, with how often he helps with food preparation and palliative medical care. he glances to them now, and finds a trickle of blood from worn skin across a number of his knuckles.
“wipe your hands clean and dry the plates,” tobirama says, and izuna, in all his magnamity, decides to do so. he’ll think of something to return the favour in the coming days, when he’s trapped at the senju and it’s tobirama who has lived to see another year.
tobirama begins to scrub the filthy remains of his own banquet.
they do the dishes in silence.
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puhpandas · 2 months ago
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I don’t think I’ll ever know peace until we get an official sb remaster. I need to play the intended game SO badly it’s unreal.
Most people want a remaster already, and I think they should seriously consider it. I want to see a glow up so bad. I don’t want Vanny Vanessa to return in a new game, I think that would undo what little of an arc she has, but I just really want her done well in sb. I want the other characters to be given better treatment too, as tired as people are with the setting and characters, they don’t feel finished and I don’t feel satisfied. Besides, a very strong criticism I have with sb is that it lacks outside characters and world-building, so to go back and give mentions to book characters/events would completely revitalize the game and keep Tales relevant. I get they’re working on other projects atm and don’t even want to look in sb’s direction but man, they’re gonna have to address the game’s issues eventually
man I wish it was possible for them to remaster SB but it just isnt. scott calls the shots at the end of the day, and because SB wasnt how he envisioned it (because he didnt tell them any fucking thing) is why it ended up like this. the version of SB we saw in trailers and promotional material was STEEL WOOLS version, their ideas and campaign. and because they thought afton was the villain, they designed the story around afton. lines from trailers like "you will do as I say, both of you will burn" were 100% him, and would have been majorly story relevant. the whole reason SB got canned was because they had to course correct to mimic, and they can salvage nothing but they couldnt salvage the completely wrong villain
and weve been in this 'mimic course correction and history lesson' era for soo long. I'm just as ready as you to finally get justice for the SB plots and characters, but I dont think it'll be in the form of a remaster. a remaster would mean remaking the game either with mimic as a villain, greatly changing it, or restoring SWs afton plot, and I just can't see it happening
but the good news is that theres no way in hell they arent building up vanny to be important again, with the entire nature of Vannys face being spread around for employees to use and her tagging still existing and cassie in ruin wearing her face. especially with lines like "that mask suits you" I cant see a world where she doesnt make a comeback inside cassie and has another chance to shine
also with ggy hints and just. the end of the mimics reign of terror being marked with sotm, theres gonna finally be room after the mimic shit for steel wool to actually cook with writing again, and theyll be collabing with Scott so theyll hopefully have the same level of great writing as ruin did, and also the tapes in SB
it sucks that it ended up this way but were on track to at least seeing their potential realized in a different kind of campaign, which is all I've wanted for 3 years lmaoo. steel wool just truly has not had room to talk about them with all this focus on mimic and prequels and the past and shit, where they wouldnt be relevant. after the mimic is finally just. IN the stupid story already, theyll be progressing it finally and ggy vanny vanny!cassie vanessa Gregory freddy etc will all finally at least be on track to appearing again. I'll take any Ws I can get. SW is genuinely good at writing the human characters if how they wrote cassie is any indication, so once they actually SHOW UP again, which has been the problem this whole time, then we'll be talking
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drivebythinker · 2 months ago
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Anti Stydia but mostly because I hate Stiles
That's right, I said it. I hate Stiles. I hate how jealous he comes across because Scott is the werewolf. I hate how he basically said Lydia owed him for all the stuff he's done or bought for her when she NEVER ASKED. I hate how do many people put him on a pedestal without realizing he's the "but I'm a nice guy" trope and why him being the "nice guy" is a problem. I hate how he wanted Lydia to use her powers but the second she started to and needed his help he got put out by it and didn't believe her. It was SCOTT that provided the most support for her because Stiles was too pissy over Lydia dating Aiden.
Is Stiles a sympathetic character? yes. Did we need to hear about it from every angle at least once every season? No. I don't even 100% hate him because he does have heroic and even funny moments and he does love his friends and family. (I mostly loved first season Scott and Stiles, and his connection with Malia was beautiful) He's not irredeemable but he's also not the best part of the show.
On a separate but still important note: I know some folks hate that Lydia kissed him when he couldn't consent & I completely understand why people hate it. I also recognize that in that moment Lydia was concerned for a friend and had limited options for bringing him back. She'd tried talking to him, he was unresponsive and he was on the verge of passing out. Even as recently as when the show was on, slapping someone who was panicking was still seen as appropriate. So, when faced with the panic attack Lydia could either hit her friend or kiss him. She was well aware of which he preferred. Again, I'm not saying it was the right thing to do, I'm saying there's context and her primary motivation was that she panicked in the face of his panic.
IMO I think Scott and Lydia should have at least been explored. Their kiss in season 1 had far more chemistry than Stydia ever did, he could empathize with her being overwhelmed by her abilities, and they support each other in meaningful ways. Also, she's strong, smart, and knows when to build Scott up while knowing how to keep him humble and he knows how to support her emotionally without expecting anything in return. Lydia also knows how to support Scott as the Alpha. Plus, given their connection to Allison it would have made sense for them to find comfort in each other if even briefly. You can also tell Melissa loved Lydia and had accepted her as one of her own. Would they be end game? No because the Fandom wouldn't allow it. Do I think it would have been far better than the ending to both the series and the move that we got. Yes. Do I wish they'd been endgame? Hell yes.
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ficjoelispunk · 1 year ago
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Ch 05 - RELIEF
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Author's Note: Guys, like always, I'm sorry for any grammatical errors, don't give up on me, translating is not easy, but I did my best. Correct me as much as you can. Thanks.
After the attack, see so many lives lost by a rude mistake, for overestimating your enemy. Pinzón resigned.
So Colonel Carrillo took his place. Bringing controversies about their methods. But you couldn't deny that he passed on trust to people. He was the only one who really scared Escobar.
Peña was excited. But Carrillo's methods were really peculiar. Escobar used the children to protect himself and pass on information as scouts. And as soon as Carrillo came back, and paraded through the streets with a train of 100 men, to make a fuss you began to question the sanity of the new Colonel.
Maybe you were traumatized. Because when you became aware, you wanted to find a way to prevent it, thinking if if there was another attack, it would be 100 men killed. But Carrillo had a free pass given directly by President Gavilla, and nothing could be done.
After the incident with the soldiers. You and Javier had apparently given a "truce". But it wasn't something 100% right. You still quarreled often. In fact, every time you met, especially if it was during working hours.
After your kiss, you both made a point of simply pretending that nothing had happened. Simply ignoring and not saying anything about it. Both dealing with the situation with a lot of maturity. You two have avoided each other.
But your line of reasoning was as follows, if he was the one who kissed you, he should explain himself. After all, you didn't grab anyone. Despite having reciprocated, until a certain point. Anyway, it was something you really wanted to ignore.
It's better that way.
It is important to emphasize that working in the same place as the individual in question did not help at all.
So, first lesson: don't get involved with co-workers. Never. Under no circumstances.
"Shit! Damn it!" You hit the copying machine.
"It's fucking 6:50 a.m.," Peña murmured at the door of the copy room. "Calm down"
You closed your eyes. And he sighed.
"Perfect."
He took a step towards you. You haven't looked at him yet.
"What happened?" His voice calms and hoarse.
He does it on purpose.
"I don't know. I think the paper got stuck inside, and chewed some copies..." you ran your hands over your face, exhausted.
"You need to put fewer leaves..."
"Really? Wow, as I could imagine... maybe because it's written in the fucking opening, "up to 10 sheets" I know how to read Agent Peña"
"Jesus! You're tireless. Allow yourself a truce. Let me solve the problem with the copier, and we pretend it never happened"
"Yeah, you're great in that"
"In that what?"
You meant pretending that certain things had never happened, but you answered something else.
“Copiers”
He rolled his eyes.
Javier walked to you, stopping next to you. The fact that he walked towards you left you with your legs soft. How stupid it is to have your whole body responding to a man, as if you were a teenager.
"Excuse me," he said already next to you, making a gesture with his hands so that you could move so that he could handle the copier.
He opened the lid, skillfully and removed the papers that had been curled and chewed by the copier. It's closed. And he made a gesture with his hands as if he had done magic.
You rolled your eyes.
"None "thank you Javi"?"
How about, "get out of my face Javi"?"
"You really need someone to take all this tension away from you dear, otherwise you will explode at any moment..."
Javier liked to meet you, bump into you, have the minimum amount of time to provoke you or talk to you. He liked the smell of your perfume, and the symptoms you caused in his body.
You were unpredictable and surprising. There hasn't been a day since you arrived in Bogotá perched in Noonan, that he didn't wish he could touch you.
Everything about you was inviting to him. Your soft skin. Your hair that falls messy perfectly from your hairstyles. Your hands moving the papers. The noise of the heel of your shoe when you walked. You were the perfect distraction.
Your lips. Which often irritated him. Javier thought of so many possible ways to silence your lips. That kiss was one of the ways he imagined for months. It made you connect in a more tacit way. But he promised himself not to move forward like this with you anymore.
Since then, he's only been orbiting over you. Maybe, waiting for a new opportunity. The fact that you were there within the reach of his eyes all fucking day was a torture, and a relief.
He thought several times about talking to you about what happened in the file room. But he couldn't think of anything to talk about. And he has more things to worry about than that. Much more things. He doesn't have time for relationships. Never had it.
Javier organized himself to go out with the police, and he noticed your restlessness. Your chest would go up and decide on your shirt. And your forehead made a soft crease of concern.
As he prepared, his eyes met his own. Javier seemed too excited. Too anxious.
He ran in great strides, jumping the stairs every two steps, to his table. Javier didn't think much about what he was going to do. Especially in relation to you, it was always driven by impulses.
You followed his movement, so about the eyelashes.
"Are you okay?" He asked leaning over the table, as he always did.
You nodded.
His look has changed. And he made himself calmer. Time-consuming. Looking at you. The eyes are melting little by little.
"No need to worry. We'll be back in a few hours"
You looked at him over his eyelashes.
"I'm not worried" you tried to hold a smile.
He smiled.
"No?"
"Nop”
"Okay, so if I die..."
"Shut up, Agent Peña" you shuddered closing your eyes tightly.
He smiled.
"It's Javi, and you seem worried..."
You opened your mouth to speak...
"Peña" Murphy called him.
He turned around. Murphy gestured with his arms.
"Don't miss me" he patted your table three.
You pointed to the door.
"Go"
He laughed.
And incredibly in this little moment. You felt calmer. Your breathing was stable. And your expression was soft, because you was smiling, while shaking your head.
With this operation they were able to locate basically all the points that the scouts were. Carrillo had his methods, but he also had his merits. He was smart. And articulate.
You, Murphy, Edward, Peña, Carrillo and Trujillo spent the afternoon accessing the recordings of the wiretaps that the train was able to record. And separating the locations. The scouts made contact informing where the train was passing, and you could get an idea of where more or less the warning points were.
Colonel Carrillo organized the way of approaching the scouts. And you recorded everything, to document the operation. With it there, now you hardly needed to worry about the requirements, you needed to worry about the file, the records of the operations.
"Peña, you're coming with me. Murphy, Jacoby and you stay here, to guide us" Carrillo gave the orders.
You nodded.
Peña looked at you for a few minutes before leaving.
"Be careful outside," you said to both of them.
And that's how the night started.
On the radio you could follow the operation with Murphy, listening to the capture of the scouts. It was terribly agonizing just to listen. You had the feeling that at any moment something would go wrong.
You were walking from one side to the other, nibbling on the loose skin of your nail.
"Stay calm," Murphy said on a break.
You looked at him.
"It's going to sink the ground from walking on the same place so much," he smiled.
You looked around the room trying to find a new focus.
"They're doing well"
You nodded. And sat down.
And then the radio whistled.
"Sixth scout caught" was Peña's voice.
Murphy looked at you, smiling. Victorious.
You smiled back. Sighing deeply, relieved. Happy. It was worthy of a victory after so much struggle. You deserved an advantage.
"Go get some rest," Murphy said.
You nodded, getting up from the chair.
"You should do the same," you said as you passed by him.
He nodded.
You knew he wouldn't do that.
And you wouldn't be able to sleep either. You haven't been able to have a sleep routine for weeks. That was the price you got for sleeping where you worked.
It turns out that you went to your dorm, but you couldn't nail your eye even if you were tired. It was as if you had taken too much caffeine and your body did not succumb to fatigue.
When this happened, you left, and sometimes you stayed in the file room. There was a comforting melancholy in that room smelling of old paper, silent, illuminated by the moon.
Today was no different. You went there. You spent some time reading something about some operations, and when you was returning to the dormitory, when you turned the corridor you came face to face with Agent Peña.
"Hey" you spoke with your hand on his chest to avoid the thud "you scared me" you smiled blandly.
He didn't say anything.
You removed your hands from his chest quickly.
"Congratulations, everything worked out, didn't it? Where are the scouts? Have you started the questions?" You asked studying his face.
"They are children" he murmured.
Well, that was a possibility, but it was still a surprise.
Javier didn't look at you, he looked over your head. The whole body is stiff, the hands on the waist. Swinging the weight of the body between one leg and another.
"Are you okay?" You were trying to find his eyes.
"Yes, Carrillo let them go, tried another method," he murmured, the sound of the voice failing.
You've seen him like this very few times.
"Released? Another method? What do you mean?" You asked confused.
He wanted to get out of your way, but you took a step to the side finding him. He closed his eyes, turning his face, unhappy, as he ran his fingers through his nose.
"Don't worry about that" he took another step to the side.
You followed him.
"Hey" you held his arm gently "talk to me" you looked for his eyes, talking gently to him.
He finally looked at you. The dark eyes, but not of anger, were pain, resentment, guilt, sadness.
You frowned. Worried. It was strange to see Peña in all his grandeur and arrogance, disarmed in this way, he seemed so vulnerable. A man who seemed indestructible with an impenetrable shell, now so fragile in front of you, brought you a little affliction. When he always passed a certain security.
He wanted to get out of your way, but you stood in front of him following your body with your hands in his arms.
You knew that if he really wanted to, he could go over you and you would never reach him. But instead he was still there, with you.
"What happened?" You insisted.
He swallowed it dry. Hesitant.
"Carrillo pointed the gun at the head of one of the boys and shot" he paused still looking deep into his eyes "to give a fucking message" the voice so thick coming out in a murmur.
You were silent looking at each other for a few minutes.
When Javi abruptly advanced on top of you, sticking your back to the wall and pressing his lips on yours.
This urgent time, you couldn't resist. You immediately kissed back. You missed that. Their mouths fit perfectly. Javier was aggressively immediate. You could barely breathe.
You started pushing him gently. Just to separate your lips. He didn't let his hands off your face, but he gave you a break.
"I need you" he spoke with his lips brushing yours, his breath panting “Fuck, I need you"
You held his fists around your face.
"Okay," you whispered.
He pressed his lips on yours again, but this time calmer. More organized. You ran your arms over his shoulders, until your hands were tangled in his hair.
Javier passed his hands through the back of your thigh and lifted you to hold her on his lap. You held yourself around his neck crossing your legs around his waist. He walked to the archive room a little behind you, with you on his lap while kissing you.
He opened the door, passed with you, closing the door with his feet. Javier took you to the table at the back of the room. Putting you sitting on the table.
His hands went to your face, and went down your neck, gently passing over your breasts, instinctively making you arch towards him. Your clitoris was throbbing painfully, with the heat radiating through your body. Your lips met.
Javier leaned his forehead on his, panting, in an impasse. You had your hands intertwined in his hair.
"Maybe it's better if we don't do this right now," he murmured, as he placed his arms on the table on the side of your body, leaning, leaning to be at the same height as you.
You ran your hand over his face. You thought of some provocative answers, but that's not what came out of your mouth.
"What do you want to do?" You whispered.
He walked away a little, almost nothing, just to look at you.
"I don't know if I want to do this to you," he said.
You smashed your eyes, and smiled in surprise.
"Okay, then" you bit your lips.
Wait. What?
He looked at you, thinking better about what he had said.
"No.." he shook his head looking down "that's not what I meant..."
"So, explain it to me"
He raised his head to look at you, giving a dull smile.
"You can talk to me" you held his face, and he closed his eyes to your touch "whatever it is, you've already told me worse things..." you tried to comfort him.
After a moment of silence, and a sigh.
"I do this with..." he hesitated "you know..."
"Prostitutes? Who could have imagined..." You were ironic.
He looked at the ceiling, perhaps embarrassed, to admit it in front of him.
"It relieves me, it distracts me in situations like this," he murmured, almost a whisper, with his head down avoiding your gaze.
So, maybe now some things would start to make sense. And a lot of things had an explanation. Javier relieved the tension of working with sex. Sick? Maybe. But understandable.
"And what do you do with them?" You murmured, weighing your breath, and crawling forward to the edge of the table, almost sinking Javier's head into your breasts.
You were already in your hell. What's wrong with hugging the devil?
He was still propped up on the table, but when he heard you he raised his head, his noses almost brushing each other, his eyes doubting what he had just heard.
You brought your lips closer to his.
"Show me" your voice was a soft whisper.
You could only hear your breaths. Your heart beat so hard in your chest, that you had the feeling that Javier could hear.
"You know I'm not a gentleman..."
"Maybe, I don't like the good boys..."
In an abrupt gesture, Javier raised your skirt to his waist, without reducing the distance from his faces, turning one hand on the table next to your hip to support himself, and with the other, opening you legs to him.
Your mouth opened, letting out a trembling sigh, with the touch of his hands on the skin of your thigh.
Javier would never treat you the way he treated the prostitutes he met. You were his prize. There, offering to provide the relief he sought in other bodies, but now you offered yours. Not even in his best dreams, you would be like that, so perfect.
"You're already wet for me, aren't you?"
You closed your eyes as his fingers slid smoothly down your thigh, rising towards your panties.
"No" was more of a sigh than an answer.
Javier gave some light kisses on your neck. Sending goosebumps through your body.
Your hands were in his hair.
And when he felt the touch of his finger on the fabric of your panties, brushing your greeting so wet that it passed the moisture into the fabric. You pulled your breath and didn't breathe anymore.
He laughed softly. Victorious. Yes, you were dripping through it.
He took a break. Studying your face. The signs of pleasure and anxiety in the face. Your mouth open, and your eyebrows furrowed. Javier tortured you, wondering how much you wanted the relief of his touch in your pussy.
When he finally touched your middle, you let out the air. And he started sliding his finger over you. Your hands pulled his hair gently, as his finger went up and down.
"I always knew that your desire for me flowed down your legs"
"Javi..." you sighed, eyes closed.
He smiled maliciously at you calling him Javi, for him, he was always Agent Peña. But now for you, he was just Javi.
You felt the touch of his finger finally touch your skin when he pulled the fabric of your panties to the side. Your body had a spasm.
"Don't worry hermosa, I'll relieve your tension, I'll take care of you"
Your breathing was panting. You were needy and desperate, but fuck, you didn't care, the situation was too intoxicating at that moment for you to think clearly.
And finally the relief came, you were so horny, that the simple touch of Javier's fingers on your clitoris could have made you cum.
"You're so sensitive" Javier lowered his finger to your entrance, circling it to bring your lubrication all over his pussy, "You needed this a long time ago, didn't you, baby?"
Javier then slid his finger bringing your wet to your clit, and pressing his finger on it as he circled the set of rigid nerves that was accumulating a tension that radiated shocks through your body.
"Jesus... I've never had something so wet in my hands..."
"I'm not what you usually have" between moans.
Your head tilted back.
"Yes" he murmured with his lips walking around your neck "usually they don't speak"
You started moving your hip together with Javier's fingers.
"Take off your shirt for me, cariño" his lips were in your ear, and the low timbre of his voice combined with the accent, sent a direct blow to your core.
You nodded, loosening his hair, unbuttoning your shirt.
His fingers kept making the movement of going down to your entrance, and going back around your clitoris. Your walls squeezed desperately around nothing. He seemed to have a fucking map, touching and moving his fingers exactly where you needed it.
"I wanted this from the moment I put my eyes on you in that damn office 3 fucking years ago" he murmured more to himself than to you.
"You're so fucking hot" His eyes danced through your naked tits as if it were a suitcase of money. With devotion.
"Do you always think of me?" You provoked.
His lips went down to your nipple. Javier passed his tongue through the sensitivity of your nipple, and this set of him stimulating your nipple, and your clitoris, made you tilt your head back again, releasing the air through your mouth.
Javier slid two fingers into you, your mouth swallowed the air, your feeling dividing you, making you follow the movement with your hip, biting your lips. He made the movement of going back and forth studying your body, introducing another big and thick finger inside you.
He let go of your nipple, the look of simulated piety.
"What happened, baby?" His mustache pinching the skin of your breast. "Can't you find your words?" He smiles.
And it was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen, to observe the pleasure he caused in you. You bit your lips, frowning. Your breasts went up and down without rhythm demonstrating your erratic breathing, depending on the movement he made inside you.
"So needy," he said with his eyes inebriated with your heavenly image, grinding your hips over his fingers, with your bare breasts in front of him.
Javier bowed his fingers finding the spongy point inside you, which made you have a spasm, and a moan from the bottom of your throat escaped through your half-open lips.
He pressed his thumb on your clitoris, and you contracted. Feeling the pressure of your orgasm form inside you. Javier lowered his head reaching your other nipple this time, passing his tongue gently over him, your skin shivered all over his body.
"You're close cariño, I feel your pussy squeezing around my fingers"
You moaned, while moving your hips together with Javier's fingers, biting your lips.
"Keep going." you sighed "Javi..." he smiled when he heard his name coming out of your mouth again, he wanted you to sing his name like this every day.
"Come for me, baby, " you obeyed, gave in to the collapse of your body "that's it, good girl" Javier passed his arm over your back, holding you, while your body leaned towards him at the same time as he moved his fingers inside you in the right way.
When you came down from your height. Your spasms of pleasure stopped, you passed your hands through his hair, to kiss him. But he walked away, you opened your eyes, confused.
Javier took his fingers out of you slowly.
"I want you to clean up this mess you made" his voice was dark, sexy.
You would do anything he asked you to do.
He stretched his fingers in front of you. You held his hand with your hands and opened your mouth.
"Look at me"
You looked. Obeying like a puppy. He pushed his fingers into your mouth, and you sucked, passing your tongue through them, taking every piece, and sucking as your tongue passed through the greeting of his fingers.
"Fuck" he whispered to himself. Wondering what your mouth could do with his cock already throbbing in his pants.
He studied you, darkly. Javier was slowly pulling his fingers out of your mouth. Leaving a mental note for another way to make you shut up.
"I want to taste you," Javier approached to kiss you.
The kiss was deep, as if he took you. Your bittersweet taste in his mouth. His hands went down to your breasts, squeezing, painful, but pleasurable flesh.
"Tastes like heaven” he murmured, between your lips.
In an abrupt movement he pulled you off the table, pulled your panties leaving them on your ankle. Javier turned your back to him, your ass exposed to him.
Javier squeezes your ass, letting out a growl between thentes. His hand pushes your back down on the table.
You hear his zipper opening, and the belt buckle unraving. You get anxious, you wanted to see him. Keep his image in memory.
He separates your legs more with his hand. Your wet gets cold with the touch of the wind over your middle, and you stiffen your body.
"Relax for me, cariño" Javier whispered as he climbed his fingers up your lower leg. Passing through your hole, to get your wet, and pass over his cock.
You hear him get behind you. He stop for a moment.
"When I do this, I use protection, do you want me to put one on?"
You bite your lips. You turns back, and has a glimpse of Javier's cock. Taking a long time to look at him. He stroked himself, he's big, possibly the biggest you've ever seen, big enough that you would be apprehensive if you weren't desperate for him, you wanted to touch him. The thick veins for their fulfillment. You run your tongue through your lips.
"Do you want a picture?"
You roll your eyes.
And you feel the burning of a slap on your ass. You retract, whining.
“Don't have that kind of behavior with me"
You look at him, needy. While he caresses the heat that his slap left on your skin. Your eyes go down to his cock again, biting his lips.
God, you wanted him inside you urgently.
“Was that what you imagined?”
“Maybe”
He’s possessed.
“I’ll make you remember me for a week”
He approaches you.
"You didn't answer me"
"I want to feel you"
"Damn baby, asking me to fuck you like a whore, with your ass turned to me, did I win the fucking lottery?"
Javier doesn't waste time, the head of his cock goes up and down through his folds, you follow his movement listening to his breath weigh in anticipation, growling behind you. Until he fits the head of his cock in your entrance, it sinks into you slowly.
You pull the air with your mouth feeling it fill you.
He pushes his cock on you little by little, inch by inch. You feel the burning of the grip of his cock in your pussy, opening you in half, stretching you. You moan, and you can't help but move your hip in an attempt to adjust to its size.
You feel so fucking full.
"Fuck" he murmurs on top of you, pulling his breath, panting "so tight"
He holds his hip with both hands.
"Stop moving, darling," the hoarse voice.
You whine for him.
And he pushes the rest that was missing at once, you feel his hip in your ass. The table hitting the wall with his impulse.
"So tight I thought I wouldn't be able to make it to the end" he makes his way back and you almost collapse.
You moan.
Javier started slowly, but hard, dragging his cock back, so only his head was inside you, at a slow pace that you felt your head sliding inside you.
“Feels so good”
He pushed himself back to you hard, as if he couldn’t stand not being inside you again immediately, as if being without you was almost painful. He moaned
You lift your butt to him, and feel the burning of a slap on your ass, making you jump.
"I told you not to move" his voice between you.
Javier was sure that if you moved this hot way with his cock I would come in from you, it wouldn't last for just 1 minute. You were so tight, he thanked him for making you cum before, even so wet for him, it would be hard to penetrate you if you weren't excited enough.
You try to obey, but feeling his cock inside you filling you is so good, that you can't help it, you want more from him, you want him to be deep in you.
"Javi..." your voice is trembling, you bite your lips.
And he seems to read your thoughts. His thrusts inside you become faster. More violent. You feel his cock in your stomach, a pleasant pain to know that he is all inside if you.
Javier sinks into you hard. Their hips hitting each other making obscene sounds.
The head of his cock was almost permanently against the point inside you that made your back arch on him and your pussy was so tight around him that you were sure you couldn’t take it anymore.
Javi pulls you to stand up. And you support your leg on the table in front of you, being more open to him, giving him more access.
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He growls at you, over your hair, pulling your hair to the side, to bite your skin on your shoulders, suck your neck.
Everything was so intense that you didn’t seem to worry about someone listening to you both in there.
"Javi" you seemed to hum his name, which made him get so close to the edge of ejaculation, that he could hardly hold it before making you cum once again.
“Fuck, need to feel you come while I’m inside you” He murmured between his ears in the ear “Please, babe, fuck, please come for me…” 
You held the pulp of your ass, opening it for him.
"Ahhh" the heavy air of pleasure coming out of your mouth "Javi... ahn, that's it, oh, Javi..."
That was a song for Javier Peña's ears. He would cum just hearing you talk to him like that.
You collapse on his cock, your sight turns white, your body in shock with the discharge of pleasure, he feels your walls squeezing around him, and he can't hold it anymore, cumming on you.
Grubbing his cock deep into you. You feel his jets fill you. He sighs, still pressing deep into his pussy.
You are panting. He holds your body, still feeling your spasms. Your body gets soft, as if you turned into gelatin.
He rests his head on his back as he regains his breath, Javi's hands holding your abdomen. You felt him coming out of you. You whined.
He kissed the skin of his back, while squeezing your ass, lowering his skirt.
You reached for your shirt, and you were wearing it, when you turned to Javier who was fixing him pants.
You took a step in his direction.
Javier looked at you with intensity, still regulating his breathing, his eyes melted like lava in a volcano.
"Do you feel better?" You raise your hand to fix his hair that you made clumsy.
He grabs your waist pulling you to him. Nodding and kissing your forehead.
You smile.
"Good night, Agent Peña"
You got rid of his grip, to walk when he held your arm, and pulled for a slow, careful kiss, from which it was difficult to distance yourself. You walked away from him, against his will, because he held your waist firmly against his body.
Javier seemed drunk after this sex you had. And you found it hard to believe that he treated a prostitute like that.
He held your hand as you walked away.
Javier didn't want you to leave. For the first time he wanted something after sex. So used to simply opening your wallet and not having to worry about the later.
Everyone knew that he was the kind of man who would under no circumstances run after someone, unless he was a criminal. That he used people to achieve his goals, and that he wouldn't call the next day.
But you were already prepared for that.
But Javier wanted to take you to his bed, let you fall asleep in his arms, wake you up to sink into you, again, again and again. He wanted to smell you, the warmth of your skin. He wanted you for so long, and now that he had it, he felt so good inside you that having just that from you wasn't enough.
With other women he had something momentary. The relief was in that sexual warmth. Then he just wanted them to leave. It's always been like that. He wouldn't even know if he would know what to do after sex, for so long that he didn't have to worry about this kind of thing.
And that's where he realized how fucked up he was. The only thing he managed was to wish you a good night.
"Good night, Mrs. Assistant"
You smiled. You let go of his hand. And you left the file room, feeling him run down his legs.
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romanticatheartt · 8 months ago
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Hi I hope you are having a good day! In regards to the Nesta stans, I completely get it. I have found myself in a similar situation with some Feyre stans. On multiple occasions the toxic ones have wished grape upon Nesta stans and said that they need to be abused. It has gotten out of hand on both sides and SJM definitely needs to address it to some extent.
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Oh, I know. Don't worry I'm aware there's at least one toxic fan in each side of the fandom and trust me I have blocked every single one that I come across. I'm not saying Feyre, Rhys, or IC fans don't have one rotten apple.
I think last night was my last straw. Every day I see at least one anti*Feyre/Rhys/IC in their tags and it seems like they talk more than half of the time about their dislike of other characters than their favs. And it seems they hate every other character in these books except Nesta... like why do you keep reading the books if you hate everything about them? There are 2.5 books dedicated to IC (and they're gonna be in the future books as well, specially Feysand) Idk how you managed to keep reading them all cause if I so much as not vibing with a book, I don't even bother to read the rest let alone dislike the book.
The worst part is most of them also find a way to defend abusive characters like Tam/in and Er/s. I don't have a problem if you like these characters but I draw the line where people try to sell them as saints and "misunderstood" characters and at the same time bring down other characters against the canon to bold these…
The same goes with Nesta but my difference with others is I acknowledged her abusive behaviour and I still like her. I acknowledged she had trauma but I never use it as an excuse to prove she hasn't done anything wrong. I don't excuse her actions because she's a woman (because I've seen them do it) I like her character as she is and I definitely won't change the canon to justify her actions…
I'm always in Feyre, Rhys, or Feysand tags and it hasn't gone by a day when people are not defending their favs against these awful takes. And even if they're talking about Nesta and tag it as anti*Nesta, they're mostly talking the truth lol. Like I've seen better character analysis from some of antis about Nesta than her fans which is laughable.
You don't have to worry about me starting to talk shit about Nesta lmao I'm not vile like them and I'll definitely won't make it my whole personality and dedicate my blog to it. I rather stan my favs and create a safe place with almost zero hate for any character (I'm a human I need to hate on something sometimes😭) and be respectful to everyone. And if I don't like a blog? Well, I simply block them easily as that. I've had blocked Feysands, Eluciens, and Gwynriels. It's nothing strange cause idc if we have the same interest in some parts but if I see them disrespectful toward any character or anyone, idc if we share 100% opinions on other things, you're blocked bye :)
And sjm should definitely do something but she's thriving on these things because she doesn't care if it's a bad take or a disrespectful comment, people are talking about her books and it's a free promotion for her. Didn't you see how they barely promoted hofas? it was almost nonexistent…
So I completely lost hope in her. People might say she's protecting herself from these, well… if she is then she shouldn't have any problem with people leaving her fandom because of this toxicity and being so disconnected from the fans.
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manonamora-if · 9 months ago
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May Check-In
This is a bit late, because I've been debugging the past two days.
So I bought Tropico 6 during the last Steam sale. If you haven't seen me posting for a while, blame by wish to be a benevolent dictator of a fake Caribbean island.
Onto the usual index:
Recap of last month’s progress
IF Events in the Next Month (I won't do this anymore)
Plan for the next month
Still long post under the break. If you want a mini version, head on over to itch.io as usual!
April Progress
From last month, what did we do:
Play more games: ✅
I started so good, finishing reviewing the SeedComp! entries, as well as the Revival Jam and had started on the Spring Thing... then I got distracted by the TALJ and Tropico... I also need to update @manonamora-if-reviews at some point... It's at least 100 reviews behind.
Finish the Code of Ch5✅ of Harcourt and edit the Ending Chapter ✅
YES! IT IS DONE! I have finally fixed those godamn doors in the maze that were giving me so much trouble. Also MelS has gotten my edits on all the Chapters/files (and was given extra comments because I also fixed some code in previous chapters). He is hard at work dying editing the missing text.
The only thing left for me is to: - add the maze visuals (map, book/letter formatting) - settle on a design for the final maze puzzle (need to so some research) - include the missing chapter/text (waiting for MelS)
Finish fixing The Roads Not Taken. Or An Eggcellent Preparation. Maybe the other parser too (it just needs a smidge of polish).
LOL... This is the shameful failure that is following me around, ringing that darn bell.
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Should i give up on it? Maybe one day...
Complete the TALJ entry. ✅
I have been battling this one the whole morning trying to fix so many bugs. But I'm pretty happy about it. For one: it was actually tested by someone (not like last year). For two: it's actually an easy parser (like you can't lose!).
And the idea had been ringing in my head for so long, I had the prompt submitted to last SeedComp!.
But yeah, this had been happening for a while already. And even though it doesn't have the level of polish I had hopped (future me problem with updates), it is probably one of the better one I've made.
Anyway, play Lysidice and the Minotaur (I'll have an official post tomorrow). (and you can vote for it if you want...)
What else happened this month????
Well, the SeedComp! ended, so I had to deal with all the admin, and making the cool stickers for the different entries. That took quite a bit of time... but worth it! Some really cool entries this year, yet again!
Well, this is more of it's been done last month but released this month: Les lettres du Docteur Jeangille has been translated into English, for the Spring Thing (in the Main Garden, if you feel like voting for games). You can find the post there!
I've been also drafting some post-mortems, one for Jeangille and one for Lysidice. They should come out during the month, at some point.
:/ I have to update my website again now...
I wanted to do an entry in the Dialogue Jam, but my idea didn't pan out on time (too buggy for release). Or eer... cough cough... I had enough will power not to do it? Anyway, also I made the Really Bad IF Jam, which starts today!
What’s happening in May?
As mentioned at the start, I'm dropping this section from my check-in. First, it's buried deep in a wall of text, so no visibility (it should have been a separate post, oh well). If people actually check the events out, I'm sure it would be a miracle.
But mainly... a zine has popped up recently, specifically about IF called What's New in IF? (@if-whats-new), releasing weekly. Since it includes events, like the jams/comps/conferences I used to mention here (and it looks more sleek than a Tumblr post), I'll just leave them do all that hard work instead 😅
So yea... as long as the zine is happening, I'm out 😅 Well, I'll drop them links to my jams and stuff I see, because they seem to be looking for help in finding stuff.
The PLANtm for May
I'm playing Tropico, so I'm getting and will probably going to get less stuff done. Which is not a bad think. Breaks are important. Will I go on a break this month?
Probably should...
But if I don't, where's what I hope to do:
Play more games: On my juicy list I have: the Spring Thing, the newly released Dialogue Jam and TALJ, the Locus Jam and Really BAD IF is happening this month too (so more gameses!), and a few non-comp releases I've had my eye on.
Code Chapter 6/Endings: I need to wait for MelS for this, since he's editing my comments. I'll prob look for visuals for the puzzle in the meantime.
Fixing an older games. Instead of new, do something old.
Write the next Chapter/Scene of a WIP, because it would be good to actually do that. And make some actual progress at seeing stuff being done. (I want to write some Razac snippets....)
Let's have a boring month!
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The 2024 To-Do List:
LOL, I've only done the website! :D
The hopefully maybe easy to handle To-Do:
fix the bugs in EDOC + overall the French version to match (waiting for Adventuron to get the French language)
fix the bugs of TRNT + find a way to add the missing pieces (giving up on the translation)
fixing the interface of LPM and the popups + check animal interactions
figure out the One-Button JavaScrip/jQuery issue...
edit the loading screens of the completed tiny games to include the program/format logo at least.
The 'Need a Bunch of Content to update but it's planned!' To-Do:
Update my website (bunch new title - also I don't think the logo clicky thing work...) + redo my itch page
Finish TTATEH (MelS dependent)
Finish Exquisite Cadaver (half-way mark by this summer - manif)
Finish P-Rix - Space Trucker (main path at least)
Update CRWL (it's been almost two years... I'm ashamed)
The Unlikely But it Would be Dope To-Do
Finish The Dinner as it was planned (and translate)
Finish In the Blink of an Eye as it was planned (and retranslate)
Finish The Rye in the Dark City
Fixing TTTT (at least fixing, maybe try adding some storylets)
And finally The 'It's impossible, but one can wish' TO-DO:
Remaster SPS IH (if I managed to start this after completing the rest... I'm going to eat a whole sheet cake).
Start the IFComp project (2025? Might end up being a ST?)
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senespera-ffxiv · 2 years ago
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I feel like the story needs to more obviously indicate how Yotsuyu sublimated her anger towards her parents for being pieces of shit into just straight up hating all Domans.
Cuz it took me a bit to realize that it's supposed to parallel the relatively common thing where second generation Asian Americans seem to feel some sort of shame towards their parents' culture compounded with the generalization made from having shitty parents that "oh it's just a cultural thing, all Asian American parents are assholes" which is. not accurate lmao.
Like I can see where Yotsuyu's coming from if only because I've had similar thoughts before and am kinda familiar with the stuff she's going through but it does feel kinda disconnected without having a lived experience like I do y'know. Wish the writer's could've conveyed that specific feeling a bit better, of hating the people that have hurt you so much that you start to direct it towards everyone that looks like them, even yourself.
It's even reflected in Tsukuyomi's design I feel, what with the bunny ears. It's a reference to Chang'e and her bunnies on the moon, and the addition of Chinese mythology to Tsukuyomi feels a bit Off until you realize that this is Yotsuyu summoning Tsukuyomi so there's parts of her reflected in her appearance. Her Doman heritage is something she can't get rid of so even though she hates it and tries to minimize it, it's still there. It just ends up relegated to a functionally useless piece of what is essentially decoration, but is still glaringly obvious enough to be ashamed about if you are. And I mean, what with all of the self-loathing and hate towards Doma in general, I'd say Yotsuyu's got a lot of that.
I kinda joked about this in chat with a friend but Yotsuyu really just. Did not survive the generational trauma and proceeded to traumatize an entire fucking country alskdjhlkdjsf. And I don't know what her parents' parents were like because the story didn't need to mention them, but she did not end up deciding to break that chain of trauma. It always seems to be harder to do that with the first generation, anyways. You don't really know about the concept, you don't feel like you have any obligation to prevent such a thing from happening, all you know is that your parents were pieces of shit and if they've fucked you up then, well, it's not a you problem. Except it is, it is 100% a you problem because you yourself are choosing to be a piece of shit to other people.
Anyways a few more thoughts about Yotsuyu's character, referencing back to my previous analysis that she might've been a parallel to Daji, I kind of rescind that if only because the path they decided to take in the patch quests felt keenly like they wanted to do something specific with her character that wasn't done in the original story of the overthrow of King Zhou of Shang. I still feel that her role in the base Stormblood expansion was more or less that of Daji's, just an interesting inversion hinting at some sort of traumatic past that's caused her to be this way, humanizing her past a typical femme fatale trope. They just decided to turn it around into commentary on this specific flavor of self-loathing that's kind of relevant to members of the Asian diaspora. I could also just be projecting here but, y'know, media is what you make of it and all lol.
tl;dr Yotsuyu good. Not as good as she could've been because I think they stumbled a little on truly showing the sheer rage and confusion that causes someone to become like her, but good nonetheless.
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