#WE HAVEN'T EVEN THREADED ANYTHING FOR THEM YET BUT THEY HAVE A TAG ALREADY THAT'S HOW MUCH THE PLOTTING SEIZED ME

[balladetto]

✿ … but also Link and Leu????? 🥺

let ray yell about our muses / accepting / @hyaciiintho ( Leuko )

YES, OF COURSE!! ahhhh, i have so many things i want to talk about with them!! crying over all that leu does for link over the course of their journey and how absolutely integral his support is in carrying link, whole, through events and situations that would've otherwise had him shattering and gluing pieces of himself back together with navi as his only anchor — but also! link tries so hard to look after leu in return, and one of the ways this manifests is through dogged attempts to get him to eat more.

it starts off as worry for his poor health, then flows into the enormous love link feels like he can't find the words to express. whether it be with foraged goods, leu's own cooking, food at their accommodations, or link's cooking, he develops a habit of regularly pushing more onto leu's plate or in his hands and making full use of the Pleaseeeee? stare nobody tells him he's got because he'd be too powerful if he knew asfkdjfl

gently weeping at the concept of leuko teaching link how to read and write way earlier than he'd learn to in what canon i have for him too! he'd be so receptive to learning from leu given their connection ♡

and now i'm cheating by adding one more tidbit but i need you to imagine this with me. musically inclined twins who duet when the world doesn't seem like it's going to end in their next breath, and— and if leu sings or uses his voice in any capacity, sometimes link uses the ocarina, sometimes link hums right along with leu. having his voice be a constant, daily presence would actually help so much in getting link used to his own voice while he's in that older body 😭😭

[wikiangela]

tease tidbit tuesday/wip wednesday

tagged for tease tidbit tuesday by @spotsandsocks (tagging you back for wip wednesday!) 💖

it's already wednesday for me, and I haven't written much over the past few days so there's not much to share rn - I was gonna do either tuesday or wednesday so why not combine them haha

a bit more of alive shannon again

prev snippet

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“Isn’t that what best friends are for? Lending an ear, or a shoulder? Or a hand?” he nods at the microwave. “It’s no big deal, Eddie. Let me be here for you.” he adds, knowing that Eddie will start feeling like he’s oversharing and burdening Buck, and he’s going to withdraw into himself, changing the subject to something light and surface-level. Buck knows, because he knows Eddie, and because he can be the same way sometimes. “So, Chris is happy with having Shannon around. But how does it feel for you?” he asks, since Eddie’s neglected to mention anything, aside from saying that it’s weird. Eddie looks at him with an amazed and grateful expression. As if after so many months he’s still surprised that Buck wants to be there for him. He supposes it is still a new friendship, it hasn’t even been a full year since they met, but he knows he’s not the only one who feels this connection so intensely. Ever since he got over his childish hostility at the beginning and actually started to get to know Eddie, he’s felt like they’ve always known each other. He hopes it’s the same for Eddie.

“Uh, it’s weird and awkward for me. Especially since we’re getting a divorce, so we’re kind of… threading the line of being strictly co-parents." He takes another sip. “The thing is, we’ve never really done this before – living together, without any arguing, being all domestic, talking about dinner and our days, and- and raising our kid together… We’ve never done this. She did it all by herself when I was gone, and then I was doing it by myself when she left. We’ve been married for eight years, and yet- we’re such a poor excuse for a married couple.” he chuckles bitterly. “I don’t know why I was so sure we could save this. I don’t even know how to act in my own house right now.”

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no pressure tags for wip wednesday: @elvensorceress @andrewblur @diazass @thebravebitch @silentxxsoul @shortsighted-owl @eddiebabygirldiaz @arthursdent @diazblunt @911onabc @eddiediaztho @housewifebuck @lover-of-mine @gayhoediaz @rogerzsteven @watchyourbuck @hoodie-buck @monsterrae1 @hippolotamus @ladydorian05 @forthewolves @honestlydarkprincess @wildlife4life @eowon @theotherbuckley @weewootruck @thewolvesof1998 @disasterbuckdiaz @jesuisici33 @callaplums @loserdiaz @fortheloveofbuddie @underwater-ninja-13 @giddyupbuck @daffi-990

[gingergofastboatsmojito]

Can we please CLARIFY something?

In order for a person/relationship to qualify as an addiction, the rule of thumb #1 is → CRAVING.

Not anger fits that can be otherwise explained environmentally / by context and I already went over → here, not melancholy, not even the person literally saying: I am ADDICTED TO "X".

Now that we made that clear what definitely confirms the "passing" /clear check assessment (notice I didn't say Diagnosis bc there isn't a pathology to begin with here) is meeting the following criteria:

The person being able to talk about it without it posing an issue, both in terms of mood, functionality, and physiologically/physically.

The person not avoiding personal objects that remind them of "X".

The person is avoiding contact with "X".

I'm gonna say that deliberately choosing not to call her having the phone in hand for a long time, is a pretty good sign, also he didn't seem distressed as he walked the Faks through why Claire means peace and he didn't wanna talk to her.

I do wanna address the fact that he still feels guilty about how things unraveled that night with her, and thus he still thinks about that/her every day, bc obviously he hasn't apologized yet. Probably if he ever does, that recurrent train of thought, will disappear.

And yes, he may have idealized her, due to her "third-party" nature. That means: that usually when we are having a hard time, the grass looks greener on the other side. For instance, if we have a hard time at our current job, another job offer may seem great and we may idealize it, especially if it's "easy" and then we realize, once we have already made the switch, that we were indeed idealizing it. Clairmy fits that profile.

Sometimes the disorders do exist although the cause is not what we think it is but rather something EXTREMELY different. In Carmy's case, he is not addicted to any relationship or person, it's not in his nature to be able to do that, he can cut off his own family, he's avoidant, etc. He is addicted to stress (adrenaline) though, that is why he's a workaholic and why he finds solace, no matter how toxic this may look like, at work and why he doesn't sleep, and why if he's not making it there, he can't make it anywhere.

That is why he associated C with peace, - wrongly of course, he's an addict, can't think straight rn, he's going through a crisis induced by going back to his old habits, regressing in every aspect, and on top of that he is fighting his other addiction (nicotine that I covered → here)- bc she drove him away from work. Syd means work to him, among other things, way more profound that I won't get into in this post. He can't allow himself, in this state to make other connections that would drive him to break with this status quo that is toxic and unsustainable, but that he, for now, has to hold on to KEEP GOING.

Bonus track: That's why I'm convinced that if Syd leaves him now, that fine thread he's hanging on by, WILL NOT RESIST. He's not walking on thin ice anymore, that was last season till the walk-in happened, now he's full-on drowning and if Syd walks, he will stop kicking and let himself sink. You think he's spiraling, but he's not yet. He's in a relapse, which is a very dark place but he still has some hope to make it. Not if Syd leaves though, you haven't seen anything yet.

Science baby!

Remember to follow my tag #Gingerpovs 💋

[roleplay-abiogenesis2]

Blog Update / Muse Retirement

//Hate that it's got to this point. Going to be a bit of a downer here so, read at your own discretion.

There is little to say really. Like many people here, I use RP as a form of escapism to my own stress and life. It makes me genuinely happy to get into character and forget about problems for a while.

These past weeks I have been in dire need of RP more than I had in a very long time. An awful timing really, to hit a slump in interactions.

I did my homework, I tried to network. I reached out. A few became welcome and beautiful mutuals, but many, many many others unfortunately did not. At my age, I tell myself I can handle rejection well, but that is only true to a certain degree. Even if I don't let these feelings impact my routine and real life, they are there nonetheless. And I don't want them to be.

After doing research on how to help with the situation, I have reached the conclusion that I have been in denial just how much my choice to make a multimuse blog has come back to bite me in the ass. Things like anonymous RP confessions say it like it is: multimuse blogs are stigmatized and often passed on without a chance given.

We are considered to be unorganized, lack commitment, and not provide the muses we put in our roster we asked. Personally, I thought multimuse was an excellent idea. I thought that making single blogs muses for such niche fandoms would lead to no activity, since my pool of potential partners would be smaller. I thought a multimuse would equal to fish with a net rather than a rod.

I was wrong, haha.

I can be super organized and tag every post with its fandom; I can provide all the tools for my followers to blacklist fandoms they are not interested in; I can commit to respond to any muse in my roster one may ask for. All this hard work won't amount to anything to those who just look at a number and decide I do none of those things without actually giving me a chance to prove them wrong.

So what is it that I can do? Create single muse blogs. The idea of having to log out and log in from tumblr for each individual muse to check notifications, reblog memes and post replies seems like even more work than what I already am doing, but if it is what gets mutuals, then so be it.

I feel like I have lost a fight here, but RP is a hobby, my favorite hobby, and it shouldn't be making me miserable.

So what is the TLDR? Do not panic. This blog isn't going anywhere anytime soon. But I will be slowly retiring muses that haven't gotten any engagement in months. Those I care to keep will get their own blog, and when those are set up and running, I will update you and provide links for anyone interested.

We are talking about an endeavor that will take months, so do not throw me away as a mutual just yet. This blog will stay up and running until everything else is set up properly. I have over 1500 posts to scan through and decide whether to transfer or not (I hate to leave my own writing behind, I like to go back and reread these threads for my own enjoyment).

In the meantime, I hope to still RP with everyone here. If you want to make sure I update you regarding a specific muse getting their own blog, DM me and I'll write a memo to do so. Just know that it is a long term project.

Thanks to all of my new mutuals and the old ones who have stuck around. You guys are keeping me sane everyday and trust me, this is less of an overstatement than it sounds.

Saru-mun\\

[phantasmaw]

🌼🌸 anon here to make your day a bit sweeter !! you're an amazing person and i hope you've had an amazing start of the week. now, onto some nosy questions: where do you get your inspiration for your character(s) from? are there specific types of medias that have influenced the way you write or maybe even specific writers (maybe even from the rpc)? anyways, i hope your week continues to be sweet and amazing because the best of the best is what you deserve, dear friend !!

Hello sweet anon! Thank you so much for including me in your rounds, it really made my day when I saw this in my inbox! So sorry it took me a while to get around to answering it ;w;

Man I have SO many sources of inspiration where do I even begin!!! A major recent source of inspiration has been The Locked Tomb series-- I could gush about it for hours and hours and hours. I'm so enthralled with and encouraged by Tamsyn Muir's style of worldbuilding and the strong, unmistakable voices each of her characters has and how out there the whole plot is, yet it's still so adored by so many readers. It motivates me to keep working on my own canons and writing commissions despite them perhaps not being the most 'maintstream' ideas! I also always get into the writing mood when I listen to anything by World's End Girlfriend. He has absolute astounding musical talent and skill, I feel like I'm falling into an entirely new world every time I listen to any of his songs, no matter how often I may have already heard said song. I haven't been getting much inspiration from things I've been watching, but Guillermo del Toro's movies never fail to reignite my passion for crafting odd, eerie little things that can still be comforting and homey for the right audience.

In terms of influence on my writing, I'd say for sure authors such as the aforementioned Tamsyn Muir have helped me better grasp how to put readers into a world where the world building happens naturally through characters that don't just exposition dump via conversation or thoughts. I've been reading Heaven Official's Blessing as well, and MXTX's style of episodic character-focused plot and action has also really influenced how I've started to approach writing non-linearly for linear stories and treating my writing commissions as though I'm writing episodes; that way I don't get bogged down feeling like I need to write everything in order. I also adore how MXTX writes pining-- I'm such a sucker for it already but the depth she gives it makes me want to dig even deeper with my own muses' vulnerabilities and wants.

As for people, lord alive I could rattle off a shopping list! There are so many mutuals I have that I either talk to every day and have super in-depth character relationships written out, or I'm just starting to write with them, or we chat every often and admire each other's threads and asks while working on starting our own-- and all of them make me SO excited to write! I'll go ahead and tag some to let them know how loved and appreciated they and their writing are to me (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

@tenkoseiensei / @deathmcth / @victeux / @sangdelune | @theircurse / @jardinae / @hxroccmplex / @chaoscrawls / @nvrcmplt / @suender | @saviata / @nulltune / @azurescaled / @zorkaya / @s-talking / @natterghast / @laplacemail / @precognitor / @mcnstros / @illholy / @aaternum | @emvry / @lunaetis / honestly if we're mutuals know I've been reading your stuff and I'm so AAAAA over it!

[starsmuserainbow]

Speech bubble emoji for a shippy thread that mun is fond of?

Let's reminisce...

[[I assume you mixed together this meme and the speech bubble for not being able to talk for a thread? If this was for another older meme or something I'm sorry for not linking the right one - it probably doesn't change what I would answer though, unless that meme did something very different!]]

Hmm, well, I'll be honest, I haven't really had that many shippy threads. I don't know what it is, perhaps my "problem" of needing a longer thing leading to ships usually, or perhaps I'm not writing good enough or perhaps it's because I'm not doing nsfw that shipping doesn't really happen, but yeah, I haven't really had that many threads in the regards yet. I just realized, though, I might simply not quite know what counts as shippy thread and what doesn't? Huh. Now I'm thinking.

Okay, well, for all that I'm gonna mention I could now say 'but I don't think we did any specifically shippy thread so far', so I'm just saying this before and now only just mentioning ships.

I do like the ship that I have currently on Blackfire with Vergil (@darksonofsparda, link to my tag of that url here in case you wanna read up some) a lot, they're very evil cool together and I love them. I'm still thinking about making a tag for them, though I haven't done shippy (nor person-specific) tags before, so I will need to ponder that for a while more.

Then, one of the ships I probably love most of anything I did around my blogs, is Wildfire's things with Hay Lin (@aerokinesiiss, here's a link for the tag again for reading up if you want to). They're just very adorable together, I love writing Ry with Hay Lin, and I just feel like I got so lucky having this chance even rather early-on in my writing for him on here!

RobStar is of course my all time favourite ship and will probably stay that as well, and I'm sure I had some nice threads throughout my years there too, but outside of that one plot that I really wanna write out sometime - which I still assume is kinda 'cursed' though bc whenever I suggest it to someone and we start writing it, they kinda stop being active for various reasons (I'm mostly joking, I know a storyline can't really be the reason for that when it's personal reasons or whatever that makes ppl stop being active) - I don't think there's any thread per se. The first Robin RPer that comes to mind that I did some things with is one who I can't tag anymore bc deactivated, formerwonder, read up on the little bit of stuff we did here. It wasn't that much stuff we did, but I very fondly remember our things.

While I'm at Star, me and @merveiilles also more or less recently (? I think it's been more than a year already, idk why I feel like I should still call that 'recently' oops) started to consider her and Aqualad a ship, which I love a lot too! They had a date-thread sorta before though we didn't actually get to writing the date iirc, and a bunch of very cute asks, but there's nothing I can really link you I think - unless you wanna skim through like all the things we're doing together with is way more than only with Aqualad though.

I'm also doing some really nice things with @featherchan - as Robin and Starfire before too, then we also are somewhat considering Silverwing (an OC of featherchan's) and both Moonshot and Wildfire as potential ships! They're both still in the works though, which I feel like is my fault bc I need long to write a ship well I think or maybe to even feel the ship in the first place or sth idk, but, yes, definitely something else to take note of! To link you one thing for if you wanna read up stuff here too, I'll link you an AU we're playing in, here's the link. It's a fascinating AU in itself, and having the chance to write it with someone and hopefully eventually develop a ship within it too, I really like that. There's more things we did, though, but I don't wanna link you a general tag with too much to look through, so you'd have to check for the url-tag yourself to know more, both on Ry and on Moonshot.

Me and @wafflesandbuttkicking do have plans for Steph and Moonshot, which I love a lot, enough actually to have prompted me to do a drawing for the thread we have (that's still in the beginning though) before, which is very rare! I'm not all too happy with my drawing, but it still means that I clearly absolutely adore the dynamic and later-on-hopefully-ship, and I'm looking very forward to keeping that going. Here's a link to what we have so far, though it isn't that much yet.

Also, honorable mention to the things I wrote out between my Star and my OC Moonshot before - I have a bunch of things (Two things where he's slipped into his evil verse because of his obsession/crush/love for Star here and here, a thing that I wrote for his birthday here, two scenes of him finding her on Earth here and here, and last a drabble of them actually getting together here).

There's probably some more stuff I could add, but honestly, I feel like most of it is still a work in progress and not really having 'shippy threads' yet - or like said, I might simply not know how to count one as it. (Also, I wrote these down as I thought of them, in no way is this a sorting of favouring or the likes.)

[wellofhavoc]

Slow Dance With You

Summary:

The JSA is at a gala and Alan and Jay haven't gone public with their relationship yet... but that doesn't mean they can't join in the festivities.

Fandoms: Flash (Comics), Green Lantern (Comics) JSA (Comics)

Rating: General

Warnings: N/A

Categories: M/M

Characters: Jay Garrick, Alan Scott

Relationships: Jay Garrick/Alan Scott

Additional Tags: slow dancing, secret relationship, old married couple

The music threading through the gala brought the usually vigilant members of the Justice Society into a pleased daze where they’d joined among the civilians, seemingly unnoticed even in their costumes. Jay could feel even his breathing slow in time with the steady rhythm as he watched the scant couples sway to the song.

He smiled when he caught sight of Johnny and Libby among those couples, and that smile only grew when he gave a mock salute to Ted who was currently nodding to the girl in his own arms as if in approval.

He was jolted from his thoughts by a hand that came over his shoulder, running down his bicep as the man it belonged to took a seat next to him with a wide smile.

“This seat taken?” Alan asked, bringing Jay to return his smile with ease.

“It is now,” he whispered, both of them sharing a laugh as they looked back out over the room.

“Beautiful night,” Alan said. “Too bad the song’s almost over.”

“Were you finally going to ask me to dance?”

“I had something like that in mind,” he offered with a shrug and that only made Jay smile wider.

That same smile slowly wavered as he realized the other man wasn’t laughing. “You’re kidding,” he said, stealing a glance to the crowded room.

“Not here,” he said, but held out his hand anyway.

Jay took it as it was offered with only a final look back at the unsuspecting crowd as Green Lantern and the Flash stole away to the side doors too quickly for the latter to remember his hat.

From that well lit, warm room, they opened into the art museum’s courtyard. The museum’s courtyard was full of fantastic sculptures all made with the intent to survive in the open space, but it seemed Alan had something different in mind when he pulled Jay a bit closer and his ring produced a light glow.

“Hang on,” he laughed against the crook of Jay’s shoulder, already lifting them above the museum to wait among the clouds. 

Jay looked down as his legs and Alan’s curled around one another, the building growing smaller until it was but a familiar shape on the well-maintained hill. The lights they shined below lit up the sky under the full moon, meaning they were probably harder to spot all the way up there than the building was to them. It was something Jay recognized with a sad gratitude, but anything but the lightness in his chest he felt from holding Alan close left him as he heard sweet music start to croon into his ear, turning to find the culprit in a bright green record player.

“Oh, now isn’t that lovely?” he asked, happy when Alan’s arm came more tightly around his waist. 

“It’s not quite over yet, either,” Alan said. “We can’t exactly dance like this. Why don’t you try standing on your own?”

Jay gave him a look at first, but maintained silence on the matter when all Alan did was return with a look of his own. He placed his right foot back as if to step down, surprised when he met something solid.

Looking down, he saw a hexagon tile in the same shade of green. When he put his other foot down next to it, another of the same shape and size bloomed in time with his step.

He laughed and whooped, but still held onto Alan’s shoulders when he looked down.

“Don’t worry, don’t worry,” Alan crooned to him as he pulled him a bit closer. “I’ve got you. We just need one more thing.”

With a wave of his hand, another projection stemmed just a bit off, a stout record player that made Jay laugh even as Alan asked, “Any requests?”

“Oh, Alan, you’re good but can you mimic a record? Wouldn’t you have to memorize the grooves?”

He feigned indignation, though he couldn’t manage to lose his smile as he turned away. “Not if I’m just playing the song. I can mimic a song I’ve heard before, Jay.”

With a smile of his own, Jay studied his face in the green glow that underlit them and the cool star light pouring over him. One arm still fastened around his shoulders, Jay dragged Alan’s face down by the chin to rest their foreheads together. “Then to make it easy on you… why don’t you just play a song that reminds you of me?”

Alan softened at that, a green record flipping down onto the player as the needle moved on its own into position.

Soft piano and the occasional strum of guitar tipped Jay off immediately: Chances Are. A little bit newer of a song, but Jay was a modern guy. There was no time to mention that though or show his affection for the song more than the pep in his step as he pulled Alan closer. Afterall, he didn’t want to miss a moment of their dance.

“So, stranger,” Alan said as he allowed himself to be swung around, his legs not moving where he just floated in front of his dance partner. Jay was taking full advantage of the moving plates, though, making sure to keep his balance as they swayed from side to side, “what brings a man like you to a gathering like this?”

Jay gestured to the ground with their joined hands. “Do you think it’s below me?”

Alan really tried to fight the chuckle bubbling in his throat, but a few precious notes of it were paired with Johnny Mathis’ voice. “Not at all. Just thought a man like you might have better things to do on a night like this.”

With a light hum, Jay adjusted his hand on Alan’s back to instead rest on his shoulder and then his chest. “Well I guess you’d be wrong there. I just come here for the hot guys.”

The laughter came more freely that time as Alan was again turned, his cape flowing behind them while they moved along the disappearing and reappearing tiles of their endless dance floor.

They settled into a rhythm as they continued to sway, Jay only lifting his head to lipsync to the line “Hold me close dear,” and press a kiss to the corner of Alan’s mouth before laying his head over his shoulder.

Alan smiled as he brought his hand up from Jay’s waist to instead curl under his arm in something more of a hug than a dance. It probably wouldn’t have been too comfortable to stand nad do if they both had to keep their feet on the same plane.

“You hummed it last week all the way on our ride back,” he murmured into the side of Jay’s face. “You got it stuck in my head, and I’m sure Diana was two seconds from hopping out and getting home on her own if you’d gotten any louder.”

Jay only laughed and let his eyes slip closed. “We’ll just have to head home on our own then. Would probably be faster if I gave you the right motivation.”

Pulling away for just a moment, Alan looked down at his dance partner. “You’d rather we go off on our own after every mission than just not hum a song over and over.”

“Can’t help it. It’s a good song, and I think the tune’s going to stick with me even longer after this.”

“Oh? And might there be a similar reason you couldn’t let it go to begin with?”

“Yeah well, you found out my dirty secret: This song makes me think of you, too.”

If the way Alan’s cheeks heated didn’t show in the light and under his mask, his butterflies still would have shown when the record scratched slightly and Jay’s foot had to shoot back to the platform that hadn’t moved while he quietly laughed against his neck.

“I’m sorry,” he said, maintaining his composure on his own though Chances Are had now sped up just a bit until Jay’s hands on his shoulders could calm him enough to return to the previous tempo.

When Jay again pulled away to look at him, though, it started to fade away entirely. Their lips met truly for the first time that night, not the quick peck from before but an honest kiss that Alan was happy to ignore the final lines of the sweet song when he’d much rather pay attention to where this was going. In the silence of their sky, Jay pulled him further down and allowed Alan to pull him further into his arms so that the plates could disappear and take the remains of their green light with them.

Alan loved Jay more than he hated that the other man made him feel like a nervous teenager, and Jay loved Alan more than he hated the idea of falling. Maybe that was only possible because Alan didn’t have to fear those feelings with him just as Jay didn’t have to fear falling with Alan’s arms around him.

Ted would find his hat in a moment after he’d come over from his dance. Maybe the look he’d give him the next day when he returned it would be a little too knowing, but that was for the Jay of tomorrow to worry about.

[ruki--mukami]

So, dress up game made into an official tag?

BTW, are you planning the open interaction for August of will you continue one from July?

🧩 Yep, the dress up game is seen as an "event" of sorts to me, so I decided to give it its own tag much like the other memes, special occasions, and holidays seen on this blog. It's also an attempt at me organizing my blog since a lot of my posts are all over the place given how there's over 4.4K of them now.

Also, I planned on being a lot more active with the July open interaction, but as you can see I got distracted by other things going on the blog. Sorry to those I haven't replied to yet, but I'm hoping to extend it to August since that's still summer time for me anyways and it lines up, ahahaha. So, I've decided to keep that open for two months as opposed to the usual one, since it was the open interaction with the most participants thus far. ^^ The first one (grocery shopping) had 12 different threads, the bite one had 7, and then the beach one totally blew those two out of the park with a whopping 16. I also don't want to punish those who haven't participated by neglecting their threads (unrelated to any event) either, but I've been slacking on those too honestly. Basically what I'm trying to say is — I hope to reply to everyone soon, no matter which thread it is.

For the August open interaction, I originally planned on doing a summer festival setting but now that I think about it, the Japanese festivals are usually to honor some kind of god or the changing of seasons from what I read. It's ironic for a Vampire to want to attend that, lmao. Though I suppose it doesn't have to be a religious thing, and on the plus side, Ruki gave a ton of kimonos out recently so it kind of fits HAHAHA. Definitely let me know what you think about the idea for those who are (or aren't) interested in a summer festival open interaction for August. I intended on alternating between open interactions in terms of cruel vs soft (grocery store - soft, random bite - cruel, beach - soft) which would mean the August one would have to be a bit dark to maintain that balance.

And since I've honestly got so many open interaction ideas, I'll probably spoil them under the cut for those who want to "prepare" in any sort of way. 🧩

So, I already mentioned that for August I had a summer festival idea planned, but I'll at least reveal what I anticipated for the remainder of the year.

September — I was going to do a Vandead Carnival type of thing, but honestly, that might be too similar to the festival activities, haha. I don't like to make things repetitive. However, I might make it a school open interaction instead after finding out more OCs attend the academy than I expected. Though I'm not sure what exactly they're going to do at school just yet (maybe partners for an assignment, maybe a library encounter, I'm still vacillating between options).

October — Now, here's where things get a little crazy. My friend suggested that Ruki should hold a Halloween event where he judges everyone's costumes for the fun of it (there is no "ranking" system or "winner" or anything like that — he just wants to see people dress up, and I'm still working on the reasoning for that as well, haha). Of course, I will dress him up as well and perhaps even draw something over his sprite to align with the Halloween spirit. Really tempted to do a Vampire dressed up as a traditional Vampire for the laughs again.

November — I think an open interaction where you cook with Ruki might be cute. Hoping to make him invite the person he's interacting with to the Mukami manor to help him test a recipe of his choosing.

December — Of course, I'll be damned if I miss out the opportunity for a Christmas date. Yes, it's weird for Vampires to celebrate Christmas, but there is actually a Mukami Christmas special in Vandead Carnival so I'd like to create a similar atmosphere as that. I already did one like that last year where they went shopping together but we don't talk about my 2021 writing. So, instead of Christmas shopping, I'd like to plan something more romantic. By then, I'm hoping his current relationships will be more fleshed out, and for any newcomers, it could be a ploy for Ruki to bite them later most likely.

I got more ideas cooking in my head but I don't want to reveal too much.

[sunseteyes]

FLUFFVEMBER DAY 24: HAJIME IWAIZUMI

prompt: phone calls (prompts are by @jojosmilktea)

word count: 1,227 words | themes: gen!reader. angst and fluff. hurt and comfort. long-distance relationship. pre-established relationship. sorry this has to be done.

tags: @kacchanori @chickynn @todominica @sparkleswritings @brinthie @patricia-ceballos @giyuus-wife @bitchtrynafck @astrxrism @animatedarchives @deephasoceanmagic @strawberrysalwa @kawaiinishii @moonlightaangel @mrs-kuroojinguji @meliorist-midoriya @pandabobachan

rv: i know that this is fluffvember so yes there is fluff in here. i’m gonna be honest that this is probably one of my fluffvember that makes you frown with the angst but hehe

✒︎ wishing star

"where's hajime?"

"is he out again?"

"yeah, iwa-chan's talking to them again."

takahiro frowns as he glances at hajime's figure by the corner of the court, welcoming the familiar sight of him talking to his phone that was by his ear.

"how long has it been anyway? we haven't even seen that (y/n) face to face yet." he says, lips still curved downwards at the thought. "but at the same time, we don't really have a say in it. i mean, he does look happy when talking to them."

"yeah but that's because they only could talk on the phone." matsukawa joins in with a tinge hint of annoyance in his tone, glancing sideways at iwaizumi for a second before turning around to practice his services once again.

for a long time, iwaizumi's friends had took notice of the frequent time he spends on his gadget, most likely talking to you, which often leads him to be distracted around these times. it was not only them but the rest of the team did, even their coach. fortunately, they never did anything to get mad at him and tell him stop because he doesn't seem to let it get away to important things he needed to sort out for volleyball. but then, it doesn't really speak to how they feel about you.

so who are you anyway?

"are you not really coming home this christmas? again?” hajime tried his hardest not to appear broken, but his voice failed himself. he begged every god in the world for you to not notice the sound he just let out but whether or not you did, you didn’t brought it up.

ironically, hajime didn’t know if he should be relieved by that or not.

“i’m not coming by christmas, hajime. i’m sorry.”

hajime frowns on the inside, but he forces himself to smile and brighten up his voice, in hopes of not further pressuring you and let you know that he’s okay with the situation, even if he was clearly not.

“alright, take care over there, okay? can you call later?”

“i-i can’t too. i have a training later on.”

“oh,” his face fell again. “okay.” his lips purses, almost ready to spill out the contents that he had been wanting to say for a very long time.

but he resists.

“tomorrow? surely you’re free.” there was a bitterness in his voice and anyone who heard it certainly was unable to not notice.

“yeah, we can.” his heart leaped when he sensed the smile that was on your tone, as if he already knew the face you were making. truthfully, nothing else can make him happy more than you could, despite all the trials and challenges he has to face in order to make the relationship continue to work.

“talk to you soon, hajime.” and the line ends.

you were hajime’s long-time partner, about three years and going strong. most of those times, you were away, but he spent his childhood with you, along with oikawa. however it had been so long since you and oikawa had even seen each other for you were mostly close to hajime, whom eventually became your boyfriend.

“they’re not coming for christmas again?”

hajime darts to turn his body towards the owner of the voice, seeing oikawa who has his eyes glanced to him sideways, looking very pissed, much as how hajime was trying to hide all this time. even without saying it, hajime knew that oikawa wasn’t tolerating what was currently happening in his relationship with you. who wouldn’t?

only him was holding onto the thin thread that was keeping you by his side, but seriously, are you still are? because you seem like you aren’t anymore.

“no” hajime mutters, walking past off of the eyes that were glued on him, one that hajime was so used to receiving after telling his teammates of his long-distance relationship with you.

they never understood, hajime proceeds on telling himself over and over. whenever oikawa say to him that he should drop you already and find another one that would give the same amount of love that he does, hajime reasons to himself that no one truly knew the relationship more than he does, and if his heart tells him to not let go, he wouldn't.

but it didn't mean that he wasn't having thoughts about it either. he's only human, easily tainted of the words that others say, tangled upon choices that would make up his decisions. of course, he had thought about ending the relationship one way or another.

it was almost the end of the training when his phone rang, its sound ringing his ear and echoing throughout the gym, catching his attention away from the game, leading to him almost missing the ball that oikawa sets to him.

he wanted to ignore the seemingly wrong-timing call but his coach told him to answer it anyway, letting someone else substitute for him. it's merely a training for everyone in the volleyball team of aoba johsai anyway. for a moment, hajime thinks that the coach might have noticed his lack of enthusiast in his plays that's why he lets him take a break for now. either way, he wasn’t wrong.

hajime thought it was his mother, or anyone from his family who kept on ringing his phone until he answers it, but his face visibly perks up when he sees your name on the screen, as if it was enough to make his day and night, bringing a joy that no one else could ever compare to.

"babe? what is-"

"hajime? can you go outside?" your voice sounded different, as if your mood was elated, much like how he was. or was it something else? no matter, for hajime didn't ponder on it further when he asked another question.

"why?"

"uh-just go outside, please?"

he frowns, questions popping in his mind, but he abides, thinking you could probably hear the sound of the background for you to ask such a favor.

however, the moment he opened the doors of the gym, it was a sight he had never had expected.

because instead of seeing the familiar view of the outside of the gym, there was you. you—who he hadn't seen for the last two years in person, you who he had been longing for ever since the moment he last had seen your eyes staring back at him just as you were right now; your own phone held up to your ear, a bright smile illuminating your face, as if you were a wishing star that went down from the night sky to show up in front of him.

because you were his wish—you were his wish for this christmas; to hold you tight, to be by your side. he wanted to see you in person again to erase all of the unwanted insecurities that keeps on bogging his mind.

hajime didn't even bother the phone that slid away from his grip as the gadget falls to the ground, catching everyone else's attention. and by the time they turned at the commotion, there; hajime was engulfing you in a huge embrace, his clothes and skin drenched by sweat. but neither of you minded that.

because now, you were inside of his arms, and you were happy enough with that. he was happy enough with that.

[musepirations]

i honestly feel like nobody wants to plot or write with me? when i join any rp, ones that haven't even opened yet, i see that people have started plotting & doing all these things & nobody does that with me? i even started approaching people first, but i'm either left with no reply in chat or after a starter. feels like the rpc is pushing me away & it might be time for me to stop i guess.

❞ HI HUN !! First of all, I’m super sorry you feel that way. I’m actually almost convinced it’s not a personal thing ?? I feel like the roleplay community and quite a lot of groups nowadays have become kinda superficial and shallow ?? And this is no dig at certain groups or types of groups or people – just a personal feeling I have. It feels as if everyone gets hyped up about a new group, the admins put in lots of effort in creating a beautiful and aesthetically pleasing main and in return, applicants spend days working on mock blogs and edits and tags and try to have the fanciest and prettiest aesthetic. And that’s not a bad thing, don’t get me wrong. I know a lot of people ( me included ) just get satisfaction from creating blogs and themes and edits and whatnot. Other muns or applicants appreciate it, as well. But I feel like the hype creates nothing but a temporary spark of muse and excitement. No one can wait to start roleplaying and plotting and developing their roles – but it seems that in quite some of the cases, the roleplay opens for interactions and within a week ( or a couple weeks, if it’s lucky ) everyone has lost muse, left or ghosted. Partially because everyone else gets busier and maybe overestimates the time they still have left to roleplay – because we all come from a time where we had plenty of roleplay time and with growing up, we try to hold on to what we once used to love but life just doesn’t always allow it anymore. And we don’t always want to accept that, do we ?? So we join a roleplay, thinking it’ll work out, but then we get busier and get stressed about meeting activity rules and end up leaving anyways because our muse is gone or we simply don’t have time. We put so much time and effort in hyping ourselves up and creating blogs and storylines and plots but when it comes down to roleplaying, we’re left with nothing. At least, that’s what it feels like for me. Also – and this is not a dig to anyone because if it were, it’d be calling myself out as well, you know – whether we like to admit it or not, lots of people in the rpc steer clear from mains that don’t use gif icons for their mascots, or use mascots that are a bit outdated, or don’t have fancy themes or a plot-drop-driven plot. We all want to go back to the good old days but don’t give roleplays that go back to those days a chance. And like I said, I don’t believe that caring about aesthetics or having a fancy theme is a bad thing – not at all. Everyone should do what they love to do, and for some that’s being creative with graphics and edits, and for others it’s simply in writing. But, I do feel like the roleplays that last longest nowadays, aren’t the flashy and super-fancy ones – but the ones that care most about the writing and the developing of roles, above anything else. And those roleplays are still out there – we just look over them. 

Now I know I kind of went off of the subject there, I’m sorry – that’s just an evolution I personally seem to find nowadays and I’ve been thinking that a lot lately. But anyways – what I want to say is, it’s probably not you. In general, a lot of people plot but don’t follow up on it with replies and threads. A lot of people ghost before even opening. Maybe you’ve simply been on the losing end every time – in roleplays that didn’t survive or with people that ghosted or aren’t active. Finding a lasting partner is very hard nowadays, I feel. But they’re out there. And like I’ve said to a ‘nonnie the other day, don’t give up looking. Maybe try looking for them in another place – the indie community ?? Or another roleplay ?? Maybe one that has been going for a little while already ( then you know it has some active members and a solid basis and often times, those people will be more than happy to welcome new members and new roles ). I’m sorry for the massive rant, dear, I still hope it brought some clarity – I’m sure it’s not you. I think we all feel a bit left out and lonely nowadays, in the roleplay community. But, if you ever want to 1x1 or something, feel free to hit me up. I’m not the most active person, but I promise I’m dedicated if you are !! Xoxo