#WOOOOO YEAH I'M NOT A WOMAN

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GET READY THIS IS A LONG ONE

this is the first in a series of (hopefully) many posts where I screenshot faces from the manga series "Baki The Grappler" because from even chapter 1 all the faces are amazing. (note: this is a post taken from my cohost so anything in parenthesis are notes i'm making now in the tumblr days)

cw: some slurs because this manga has never been fully officially translated so the translations are mostly done by random anime loving guys from the early 2000s aka degenerates.

just look at this fuckin guy

this whole page is just full of good faces

this guy is just perfection

big two page spread cause why not this is my post and all these faces are great

and to think i'm pretty sure this guy almost never appears again

ahhh terrible anime scanlations i love you

another 2 page spread of amazing faces

I couldn't pick a single face from this page so here's the entire thing

as i've said before this is the face of a man who has shit his pants in public

pucker up fucboi you're gonna get grappled

overbite mcgee fucks up baki

REF!

I love this panel not just because the face but because of the artistry of it. in context the guy's mind/his outlook of the world is being completely destroyed so the background of the panel gets sent back to kindergarten levels of art PERFECTION (note: love how it kinda looks like one of those rugs that got a lil town on em)

look at my dumb violent boy aint he so cute with his... damn got lost in the abs and the tits(and the mole)

every single face here is good in their own way

BAKI POG! BAKI POG! FUCK YEAH BAKI POG WOOOOO (note: oh god lol)

there is something so visceral about this image; like it looks like a tom and jerry scream should be coming out of it

god i love old manga scanlations

hey there little baki what's cha doin

they look too happy wtf

the face of this woman is way too smug but also wtf is up with this scanlator's hatred for naruto... i agree but wtf (note: i still havent read it. also love baki's face in the first panel)

look at this guy getting his face fucked up lol

ok and that's all for now

[ilyasorokinn]

taylor!!!! congrats on 2.5k!!!!!! wooooo!!!🎉🎉

okay so i watched the top guns and fell in love so for a celebration request i was maybe thinking a Bradley Bradshaw (the fact that they named him that oml 💀) with the prompt “Why does it sound like you’re saying goodbye?” but with some fluff in there to not shatter my heart maybe? (if not that’s chill, break my heart). thank you and happy writing!!!

NOT GOODBYE

well, i'm happy to be of service. i too watched top gun and fell in love. also, no angst here, all fluff :)

1. "why does it sound like you're saying goodbye?" (from this prompt list, angst)

you and bradley were... something. you weren't sure, but whatever it was, it was pretty new. you knew what he did and knew that he could be called away at any given moment.

bradley had gotten a phone call a couple hours after you had left for work. he had been wracking his brain and trying to figure out a way to tell you.

on the way to your work, he made sure to pick up a bouquet of flowers and some sushi, which was your favorite. he walked into the hospital and looked around.

usually, he would see you at the nurse's station, but when he didn't, he walked up to the front desk, "do you know where nurse y/l/n is?"

"i'll page her." the man smiled, and paged you. within moments, you were walking down the hall.

when you saw bradley standing at the desk, your smile brightened, "what're you doing here, chicken-man?" you joked, and he rolled his eyes.

you leaned up and looped your arms around his neck, "can't i just visit you at work?" you led him to the garden in the hospital where you had more privacy.

"no, 'cause you're usually at work, too." you raised a brow, "so, why're you here?" you sat down on a bench, following him with your eyes as he sat down next to you.

"well, i have some news."

"what kind of news?" you tilted your head to the side.

"will you let me finish, woman?" he poked a finger into your side, causing you to squeal.

"sorry, you're making me anxious."

"i got a call this morning. nothing bad, but i leave in two days."

"leave where?"

"can't say."

"are you serious?" your face fell and his heart broke.

"yeah, i'm sorry."

"two days? isn't there like some kind of two-week notice, they're supposed to do?"

"i don't think that's how it works."

"well, that's how it should work," you commented.

"i just wanted to let you know."

"okay, that just means we'll be attached at the hip for the next two days." you softly punched his shoulder.

over the next two days, you and Bradley did spend the entire time together. you spent it doing whatever you wanted.

but when those two days were up, it was finally time to say goodbye to bradley. you were standing in the entryway of his apartment. your arms were wrapped around his neck and his were around your waist.

he was dressed in khaki uniform, which was strange because on the night you first met him, with all of his colleagues, all of them were wearing their khaki uniforms but bradley wasn't. he was in his silly hawaiian shirt and jeans.

"don't fly too high."

"that's kind of my job." he laughed.

"just don't like burst into flames 'cause you're flying too close to the sun."

"i won't." he shook his head.

you sniffled and pulled away, "i really like you, so don't go dying on me."

"i'll try my hardest." he smiled, leaning down and kissing your forehead.

"do you know when you'll be back?"

"i don't, but when i do, you're my first call."

"why does it sound like you're saying goodbye?"

"i'm not." he laughed, wrapping you in a hug again, "i promise." he kissed your head again, "i really like you, too, and i'll see you soon."

"see you soon." a horn honked outside, and you sighed, pulling away. bradley picked up his bags and kissed you again.

"don't miss me too much." he smirked.

"leave now, bradshaw." you laughed, pushing him out the door jokingly.

taylor's 2.5k celly!

[kathegoose]

HAHHAAAA mimic on fire drinking CRUDE OIL

WOULD BE SO HARD.

Like "yeah I'm DrrruNk BUT IM ON FIRE WOOOOO"

OH MY GOD.

i was going to look for a stock image with a drunk guy on fire, having an exact picture in my head on how it'd look like, but there wasn't any. how come there are stock images of a futuristic woman experimenting on a cob of corn but no burning drunk guys??? BLASPHEMY!!!!!!

[kochi999]

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Here, go learn about society.

Wooooo!

Oh? Doctor, friend of yours? Yeah, I need you to take care of this guy. Oh, he's so cute. Oh! Ranger virgin? Are there any virgins in the NCR Rangers? Wow. Cute! Take it off! Oh my God, this virgin has great muscles. Is it hard to get more than one for the first time? (Speech 50) I'm always ready. Wow! That's so cool! Oh, no! This guy! He's a virgin, but he's so tough! Oh, man! Ahh! Ahh! Oh, my God! The tent is shaking! I wonder how he can give such a good speech with his low INT…

Four hours later Doc, I'm home. Took you long enough. It took a long time because more and more people came. A lot of men came, too. I think you dealt with all the slaves in Gomorrah, didn't you? How much did you pay them? I don't know. I didn't pay. Free? Are you okay with that? Some guys would give me CAPS if I talked enough. （I'm afraid of high SPEECH…) So what? Did you learn anything? Yeah, I did. I can do it with both men and women. I learned how to masturbate, how to do foreplay, and that I "get more" when I ejaculate on a woman! You're talking about pregnancy? Surprisingly, you came back with some decent knowledge… I mean, come on, a woman's body is amazing! For crying out loud…?

[gleefullypolin]

I agree, I think people had 2 years of headcanons in their heads and a lot of people hung a lot of meaning on one sentence where Anthony calls him green and where he says he's sworn off women, the implication for a man of the time he's in is, of course, being that he's sworn off love. Not sex. We have no idea of knowing what he did or did not do on his first trip out of the country. There's nothing in the show that made me think he was saving himself. Tbh, the only time I ever heard of Colin being a virgin was in fandom, that was their idea, not the show's.

And to be frank, though I know I may not express it as delicately as I mean to, the way people want her to sleep with Debling is not the same as him sleeping with sex workers that he's paid to entertain him. The equal comparison would be Marina (in show canon) and yeah, give me a brothel scene over that any day of the week. We are not meant to take these 20 second scenes of the male leads being with other women seriously to their love story. I know it sounds terrible but if you take the time they're in and the women they're sleeping with, there are no feelings there. Anthony stops sleeping around when he starts courting Edwina seriously (or at least they don't show it). I think Simon almost goes to a woman but can't go through with it in his season (it's been a while since I've seen it) when he started to have feelings for Daphne.

Oh yes, book Colin is experienced and s bit cocky but that's part of what is so important to their spicier scenes in the book, he's like, overwhelmed at being with her? Like, he's had sex and been with women but he's barely hanging onto his senses with Penelope because he's so in love with her. Even before he realizes he's in love with her, he's damn near worshipping her. Which is fair because the man declares he worships the ground she walks on later, ha. I think him having experience is probably integral to their scenes somewhat because, well, there's no real way to have two virgins be anything less than awkward, it's not going to be sexy at all. That carriage scene doesn't work with a man who has never touched a woman sensually.

(Please direct all potential pitchforks you get for my opinion to me, I can handle it, haha. I'm turning into a Lord Kenebling hater at this point so I'm ready for it.😄)

Oh my god, Neal. My villain origin story. I have never actually detested a character quite like that. Even actual villains I'm like...I get it a little bit. Him dying off was truly the best thing, I was like wooooo! yeahhhhh!! The most annoying arc on that show was always his, ha. He was trash and I can never be convinced otherwise.

Man, if I never have to see her onscreen again that would be fine. She's truly just so unlikable. I didn't even know Phillip for more than 30 seconds in s2 and I was like I am so sorry my guy, go tend to your plants. I feel you.

They love to inflate everything a character does when it suits their narrative. The girl doesn't lie about what she's saying and they totally ignore that LW is only relevant to their society because society is buying her paper, they're the ones eating it up. Suddenly they can't see and can't hear when you mention that. If you give me a teenage/young woman with a complex character who acts like an actual human being I can give you never ending examples of people who suddenly think misogyny is cool actually.

(Double that if there's a ship war of some kind happening)

I agree with you. 2 years was a LOOONG time to build up a headcannon while waiting for this season to launch. And even longer considering people who were into the books and waiting for this to come. I stumbled into this not even knowing they ended up together, so I was just following along and went aww aren’t they cute, I want them to end up together. Lucky me it ended up being a canon ship. HAHA!

But honestly for a man traveling the world, gaining experience in Paris and Greece, I would expect he stumbled into a lady’s bed now and then, he’s quite handsome. ESPECIALLY because he’s trying to find something, he’s out looking for his purpose, running from whatever he left at home (don’t tell me he didn’t feel anything for Pen, I’ll never believe he felt nothing and that didn’t confuse him) and has no idea what that may his purpose is and you are right, he swore off women and after Marian that equaled love! Because that is what burned him. So, he was not looking for a woman to LOVE. That did not mean he was not looking for experience or otherwise. So, I never really thought he would come back “untarnished”.

I am with you on the Debling of it though. I have ZERO interest in Pen sleeping with him or otherwise. Zilch. I will not be delicate either and I think you may be the only person who reads my blog anyway so I doubt I see any hate for this, so I am of no concern, but that is of no interest to me for her. Because she is not out searching for that. Pen is looking for confidence, yes. She is looking for someone to see her for her, yes. But it was a different time back then. And I do not think she will be getting what she needs from Lord Obi Wan, it will be nice, it will be sufficient for what she thinks she can get, but it will be lacking and that is not what our Pen deserves.

I read a Shondaland piece today and boy did it hit me because it hit to what I really wanted to drive home about Pen’s coming of age story.

Then there was the video of LN and NC saying what they disliked about their characters, and she said it was that her character was a compulsive liar. And I was like GIRL YES! I know people don’t want to hear it but YES, that is the part of growing up I want to see. You can’t build love and an adult relationship on a lie, and this is why I need him to find out about LW BEFORE he proposes and they get together because adult Colin and Pen need to bare themselves to each other with no lies. All truth. Pen cannot be herself until she is both Pen and LW and then show him who she is and that she loves him before he can truly love her as who she is and she is Pen but she is also LW. I was like YAS QUEEN!

Sorry I ran off on a tangent. Where was I…After the lying is over EXPERIENCED Colin knowing who she is can then worship the damn ground that the queen walks on. Sorry that his Pen walks on. And I do think that he will worship the hell out of her because you don’t get a man yearning like we have seen on his face in like every damn scene we have gotten so far without him never wanting to touch another woman and constantly calling her “my wife” like we are getting.

I’m always so glad to meet a fellow Neal hater. The Captain Swan ladies always seemed to enjoy that every fic I wrote would never paint him in a positive light and would always end up killing him in some painful and ridiculous way. I appreciated him dying, good on you sir, but man their shippers were insufferable.

I don’t think they will bring her back…fingers crossed because its not necessary. And I think it just confuses the plot and makes it icky. I know when I figured out who he was I was like…oh eww. Plants…yes tend to the plants.

Right, no one mentions the fact that everyone buys the “trash” she writes and slurps it up like a dessert. I’m just so curious how he figures it out. I’ve actually been dreaming up so many different scenarios. Eloise lets it slip, Pen says something that he traces back to a phrase in an article, he follows her, a glance, she yells it at him in an argument, my goodness I’ve pretty much dreamed it all up. I’ve quite enjoyed trying to come up with new ways to make the time go by. I don’t get why people get so angry, make it a game and play on!

[fridayyy-13th]

It’s almost 2023, so let’s celebrate the good things that happened to us in 2022! List ten amazing things that happened to you this year and then send this to ten people who brighten your day!

hey Red, thanks for the ask game! :)

gosh let me think

i wrote two entire fanfics this year! they were just short oneshots, but still!!! that's not even mentioning all the fics i came up with over the course of this year, that are sitting in my flash drive as WIPs. (and yeah, i did lose two completely filled pages of notes for my hermitcraft fic, but dammit i'll complete it someday.)

i have a bunch of super awesome mutuals now! holy frick you guys are so cool.

the choir i'm in connects to a few annual competitions, and with one of them, i made it to the third round! last year i only made it to the second! the third round's not til like halfway through january though. not looking forward to the sight-singing bc that's hell but yknow what? it'll be fun

a friend of mine got me an ace pride pin and bracelet! i could tag her, she does have a tumblr...yknow what i will. @dragenta super big thanks for that, it meant a lot to me :)

THE MAGNUS PROTOCOL! WOOOOO!! and i thought i joined the magnus fandom late...i joined months after MAG 200! at the time i thought it was nice to be able to binge everything, but i was also sad that i had missed out on the series while it was airing. but hey! now i'll be there right at the start!

this is a hard list to make. uhh i got to watch a really fun play a few weeks ago! my local high school did a frickin awesome job.

i read It Devours! and it was very very good. carlos my absolute beloved

i also bought The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home a couple of weeks ago, i haven't gotten the chance to read it but i'm very much looking forward to it

i actually figured out a structure behind the story i want to properly publish (whenever that'll be, i'm still in school), so it's got an actual framework behind it now with morals and everything instead of just being me messing around with OCs. it's still very, very bare-bones at the moment but i've got the four main characters and the lessons they'll learn all sorted out. i think lol.

dang what the heck is a tenth cool thing from this year. oh yeah!! i went to a Halestorm concert earlier this year! i wore a mask, of course, i made sure i was safe/healthy before and after i went, but it was a whole lot of fun.

thanks again for the ask game! here's hoping 2023 is even better than this year

[eta--piscium]

The happiest day of this month!!

Went to my Alma Mater today to attend our Foundation Week and also play our official volleyball match today!

I recorded a vlog about today because I needed it for my final requirement for school. (They wanted us to vlog something.)

Met a lot of old friends and also made friends with a lot of people today!

Playing around the campus and buying foods and drinks from booths.

Stayed on a call with this woman for like 42mins but had to hang up because I needed to change into my volleyball clothes. Yes, I bought a different set of clothes and shoes just for the game lol.

Then we practiced for a bit then played the match, luckily no injuries today!! The game was so intense that everytime the ball is being passed over from court to court the crowd just grows quiet. All you can hear are just our voices shouting "mine!" That was so funny and cool!! Lol. The ball was even passed from court to court for a solid 4mins until my team scored it!

Opponents got scared when I started serving because they don't know if I'll serve it high and slow or low and fast. But what I did was a high and fast serve, which took them by surprise and I did my infamous anime haikyuu serve where the ball is so high and then it's as if the ball hit an invisible wall and it just drops down which takes them by surprise everytime. My volleyball serves are very unpredictable.

AFTER AN INTENSE GAME, ME AND MY TEAM WON!!! ME AND MY TEAM HAD TONS OF FUN!!!

Then went to watch a formation of my Junior Air Force Cadets. I did command for a little while and scared the wits out of them. They were all so afraid of me and 2 of them even started crying because I was being hella strict and terror. (I'm the senior officer that every single batch is afraid of. I was a Battalion Commander which explains my strictness with every one and I am the scariest officer.)

Then the other senior officers that are like me but they're still my junior officers, I'm still their senior officer, slowly and scarily tried to talk to me. It's so cute how they tried to muster up their courage just to talk to me. HAHAHAHAHA

I guess I was that strict and scary huh. So yeah, they went to stand in front of me and started to salute and lightly scream "MA'AM, PERMISSION TO SPEAK, MA'AM!" Ofc I would answer them "PERMISSION GRANTED." Then they all went, "Ma'am, how are you Ma'am? It's really nice to have you visit us, Ma'am!" Like that's so cuuuuute. I just went uwu mode and just commanded "I'm doing fine and that's so nice of you guys. Alright then, AT EASE CADETS!" Then I talked to them casually trying my best not to intimidate them so much and this one female cadet went, "Ma'am, permission to ask a question ma'am" while saluting, I ofc once again gave her permission and she just went "Ma'am can I hug you Ma'am?" LIKE?!?!?!?! MY GIRL KNOWS HOW TO MAKE ME MELT. OFC I LET HER HUGGED ME!! THE WAY SHE JUMPED AFTER OUR HUG WAS SOOOOO WHOLESOME!!! That the rest got jealous and was like "MA'AM CAN WE HUG YOU TOOO???" So we all ended up having a big group hug and that was soooo wholesome because they're so happy to finally getting to talk to me.🥺❤ I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!

Then I went home and friends came home with me and we celebrated the victory of our game by eating tons of Samyang Ramen!!! Wooooo!!!!

WHAT A DAY!!!❤

[fizzyhosh]

Just Go With It (Remus Lupin) pt. 2

JGWI Tag List: @thecurlyhairedwinchester @watson-38 @shawnsstxtches Remus Tag List: @knowledgeisthebomb @the-best-fanfition-ever

Word Count: 2,030

A/N: THERE'S GONNA BE A PART THREE WOOOOO BE EXCITED!!!! HOPE Y'ALL ARE LOVING THIS STORY AS MUCH AS ME!!! ALSO THIS GIF MAY OR MAY NOT BE A #SPOILERALERT *sweats nervously* IT'S REALLY CUTE AND MIGHT BE PERFECT FOR A CERTAIN SCENE OOPS

read PART ONE

Before you knew it, you and Remus were walking down the streets of Hogsmeade, his warm hand wrapped around your cool one. Electricity flowed from his fingers and up your arm and you loved it.

"Let's go into Three Broomsticks," James suggested as he nodded to the Inn. Everyone agreed and you found a table for the six of you to sit at. You sat between Remus and Sirius while James sat between Lily and Peter on the other side.

"Mate, you never finished that story about what the divination professor prophesied for you," James encouraged Sirius, who perked up.

"Oh yeah, that crazy old bat said I was gonna die in a few days."

"Don't worry, she also said Moony was going to be alone forever and that clearly isn't true," Peter said.

Remus glanced at you with a smirk and you tried not to laugh.

"Heard she's being replaced next year. A woman named Sybill Trelawney," Lily explained.

"Is she related to Cassandra Trelawney? She's a real seer. Maybe she'll be alright then."

"Yeah but we'll be gone so it doesn't matter."

It felt weird just listening to everyone talk so casually. You had seen these people run around pranking everyone for the past six years and now you were sitting with them, drinking butterbeer, talking about professors and school.

"D'you lot mind if (Y/N) and I wander around a bit by ourselves?" Remus asked and the group responded with, "no" and "go ahead" and "just don't snog the whole time" so you and him stood up.

"Oh, don't forget about the party though. Common room at 8," James nodded to Remus.

"Yeah, sure thing. See you guys later."

"Bye," you told them and slipped outside with Remus.

As you were about to say how nice it was outside, Remus spoke up. "Uh, you can go hang out with your friends if you want. I'll just hide out in Madam Puddifoot's so they don't wonder where you went." He nodded to where you just walked out of. "They won't go into a that tea shop even if they were held at wand-point by You-Know-Who."

"Oh," you said, trying not to sound disappointed that he thought you were going to split up now. "Well, I'm fine to just walk around with you."

"Oh."

"Unless... you didn't want to?"

"No, no, that's good. I mean, yeah."

You were so confused.

"Let's walk around together," he clarified, noticing your hesitant and confused facial expression.

"Okay, good." You smiled and took his hand. "I probably already have too many sweets under my bed, but can we go to Honeydukes?"

"Oh no, I'm fueling your addiction," he said with a laugh. "Yeah, c'mon."

You struggled choosing between a Chocolate Frogs and Cauldron Cakes while Remus had already picked up two bars of Honeydukes Chocolate and Exploding Bonbons.

"Okay, I really want more wizard cards, but I haven't had a Cauldron Cake in ages," you reasoned.

"Get both," Remus said with a shrug. He turned to look at you and you nodded.

"You're right." You grabbed two of each and headed to pay for them. After Remus forced you to let him pay for you, you walked out together.

"You know, you're not actually my boyfriend. You can't just pay for me whenever you feel like it," you said quietly.

He shrugged. "Who says I don't pay for my friends sometimes?"

You gave him a look and he smiled cheekily. "Do you mind if we go to Scrivenshaft’s Quill Shop? I need a new quill and parchment."

"Yeah, sure. As long as you're okay with having to wait for me to see all the new books he has."

"Deal. I'll look with you."

You walked in and immediately headed to the back, where the wall was lined with books. Remus looked around at the quills for a few minutes before deciding to get a black and gold pheasant one. He smiled as you scanned the bookshelf with your finger on the titles.

"Find anything good?" he asked in your ear, sending shivers down your spine and scaring you a little at the same time.

You turned around quickly and looked up at him. "I—uh..."

"Gee, (Y/N), did I scare you?"

"Yeah, a little," you admitted. Actually, you were mostly freaked out because your heart was hammering in your chest so hard that it was about to fly out. Except, not because you were scared, but because you had the biggest crush on him and everything he did made you like this so whispering in your ear gave you a little heart palpitation.

"Any good books?"

"Um..." You were still looking at him, unable to form a coherent sentence. He was standing very close to you and you couldn't back up because you were already pressed against the bookshelf. It was a little hard to focus on books when you were close enough to count the freckles on his nose and cheeks.

He reached by your head and his eyes flickered to yours for a moment too long as he pulled a book down. You could have sworn he looked at your lips before he cleared his throat and took a step back.

"How about, uh, this one? It looks interesting."

You snapped out of your small daze and looked at the book in his hands. "The Tales of Beedle the Bard?"

"Yes..." He trailed off. "Never too old for a good fairy tale, are you?" He flipped through the pages quickly before setting it back on the shelf. "Never mind," he decided.

"Why are you guys having a party?" you asked after he paid for his quill and you started walked around again. You were just trying to get your mind off of being so close to Remus a few minutes ago.

He shrugged. "Sirius and James are bored. And they figured that we'll be busy all year with N.E.W.T.S. so they better party and relax while they can. Are you going to come?"

"Well I suppose I have to if it's happening in our common room." You smiled as he laughed.

"I suppose so then. Good, I'd like someone to keep me company instead of drunk Sirius."

You laughed and felt a blush creep up on your cheeks. You weren't sure how long you'd be able to go on with this fake relationship. Every small thing Remus did made you blush, it was hard not to want to actually be his girlfriend. You couldn't get your mind off what happened at the Quill Shop. You weren't trying to get your hopes up, but you swore he was having as much trouble thinking as you were.

You shook your head. He didn't actually like you. He's just pretending to be your boyfriend so his friends won't think he's a loser.

That's it.

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"Hey, love," Remus greeted as you sat down next to him.

It's just a cover, it's not real.

"Hey," you managed to say. "Nice party so far."

He looked behind the couch and nodded. "I guess. Not my thing, but Peter looks like he's having the time of his life, so that's something."

You turned and saw the short boy dancing like there was no tomorrow, almost hitting a fourth-year standing near him.

"I'll be right back." He stood up and he was almost immediately replaced by Lily.

"Hey," she said with a smile.

"Hey, Lily."

"You and Remus are so cute. I can tell he really likes you."

It was hard not to think he really did like you when people said things like this.

"So are you and James. He won't shut up about you."

She laughed. "Yeah, I guess he's alright," she said teasingly. "He always got annoyed about how much Lupin talked about you before you started dating."

Her comment caught you off-guard. When did he talk about you? The two of you hardly ever spoke before that day when he made up the lie about you dating.

"Wait, when?"

"What?"

"When did he talk about me?"

"Apparently since the end of fifth year. I'm surprised the guys didn't figure out you were dating sooner. I mean, if he talked about you as often as James says, you'd think you'd have been dating since sixth year."

You had so many thoughts racing around in your head. Remus talked about you with the guys? But you remembered hearing them say he never talked about girls.

"I brought the drunks with me," Remus said, snapping you out of your thoughts.

You looked up and saw Sirius stumble over and James sat down abruptly on the couch next to Lily. Peter wandered over along with a couple other people, some were sober and some were tipsy.

Luckily, it seemed Sirius was a mind reader. "You know, (Y/N), I should have known you and Moony were dating. I mean, he talks about you all the time," he slurred. You stole a glance at Remus next to you, who was avoiding your gaze and blushing madly.

"You said he never talked about girls," you said, turning back to Sirius, seeing your opportunity to ask the question that had been burning in your mind for a few minutes.

"Oh he doesn't really. I mean, not girls in general. He talks about you all the time, though," James started. "It was always '(Y/N) this' and '(Y/N) that' and 'did you see (Y/N) today? I should talk to her'. Now we know why."

"Yeah, I guess he was trying to tell us you were dating for so long, and we were too thick to realize it," Peter said with a giggle.

Remus was flushing so bad you could feel the heat radiating off of him. You turned to him. They were all drunk, could you believe them? They were also all known to exaggerate stories like crazy. Maybe he only talked about you after you started fake dating and they got their timeline mixed up...

Yeah, that had to be it.

Realizing you hadn't said anything about it, you smiled. "Yeah, you guys should've picked up on the hints." You looked back at Remus and he smiled shyly at you.

The next thing you did could have been either the biggest mistake you ever made or the best thing to happen to you because of what it led to. You kissed his cheek which seemed innocent enough, but it sparked a realization in the crowd.

"I just noticed I've never seen you two kiss," some third-year stated with a gasp.

"Well, you haven't been with us all the time—" Remus started.

"We're with you all the time. And I haven't seen you two kiss either," Lily said skeptically.

You were determined to find whoever started chanting "Kiss! Kiss!" and make their life miserable. It was probably Sirius.

"C'mon, I told you guys I'm not a big fan of PDA—" you started. You couldn't decide if you could barely hear yourself because of the chanting or because your heart was pounding in your chest, stomach, and ears.

"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!"

It was kind of hard to reason with a room of drunk people.

You looked at Remus, who was already looking at you with a shy, flustered look. You didn't know what to think. What if he kissed you and was immediately repulsed and had to admit to everyone that your relationship was fake, just so he would never have to kiss you again?

You turned back to the group. "Be mature, we're not going to kiss you just because you're chanting—"

You were cut off by Remus gently grabbing your face, turning your head, and kissing you.

Holy. Merlin.

You both expected it to be a short and sweet kiss, just to get people to shut up, but he lingered longer than expected. His cold hands were no match for the heat on your cheeks. Everyone around you faded away as you kissed Remus, all your dreams since second year were coming true. The boy you had liked forever was kissing you and it felt like you were in heaven. It was everything you expected it to be.

Then reality hit you in the face.

You couldn't help but notice that once again, he was only doing this to get people to stop talking.

PART THREE

[justarandomdegenerate]

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness and the Secret Hideout thoughts

So! Atelier Ryza time. I had a lot of fun with this game. I 100% completed it even! Though I did have a couple issues with it, however minor they were. So let's get into it. Let's do a basic overview of the plot. You play as Ryza! She lives on an island in the middle of a large lake I believe it was, and is the daughter of two farmers. However! She has no interest in farming, and she gets bored of just being on a random island, and wants some more excitement in her life. So she goes on little 'adventures' with her friends. (Which I'll get into more going over the characters in a bit) On one such adventure, she encounters this random girl in the forest, and is promptly attacked by a monster. Things seem grim, but a mysterious man and woman show up to save the day! Turns out this man is an alchemist, who is going around investigating old ruins, and the idea of both alchemy, and exploring ruins sounds like a blast to Ryza! So obviously being an atelier game, turns out Ryza is super talented at alchemy, and picks up on it fast. You know the drill. So this man and woman, Empel and Lila are investigating these gates to another dimension, and closing them, because in this dimension, which by the way, Lila is from, are these creatures which overrun everything, and dry up all natural resources and whatnot. Which would be. You know. Bad! They attempt to appeal to the head dude of the island, but he's like "I have too much money to care about such things" until stuff starts negatively affecting him and he's like "Oh noes! please help!" Okay maybe not quite like that. He's kind of a jerkbag but he does help, eventually. Well. His son does. Who's also kind of a jerkbag. Really there's not a whole lot of actual drama in this one besides this, and the fact that you can ignore this more for most of the game and just do it at your leisure really kind of takes away even more of the drama to the point where you're doing the final boss fight and it's not like "Yeah! I'm saving the world!" It's just "Wooooo! Boss fight!" But honestly in my opinion, the main plot is a little weak. It's the side stories and gameplay where this game is good. So let's get on gameplay next! Ryza switches things up slightly in a few ways which I'll go over. So for combat, Atelier Ryza moves from the classic, pure turn based combat to a more active turn based combat, where stuff like timing and switching control of characters and building up combos is a thing, and managing the combat gauge for more effective battles. Which... I mean, I personally prefer classic turn based, but i actually found this one pretty fun. Good job team. They also changed up item use in combat. Which is.... Fine. Just means you can't use as many, but it doesn't matter, because items in general feel stronger.

Another change was synthesis, and I think this was a REALLY good change. I mean don't get me wrong, i still love synthesis in Lydie and Suelle, but in Ryza, it's just so easy. So instead of the classic "Choose stuff with high quality and big sizes and try to tetris it into a grid" synthesis that the Mysterious series had, Ryza instead assigns quality and point values to things. And instead of a synthesis grid, you're working on a synthesis chain, and as you fill up each link to a set value, you get the bonuses on that link, and unlock the next link for use. It just works really well, and makes a lot of sense. Love it. Cannot complain at all. And the third and final main thing they changed up is gathering. So in the Mysterious series games, you walk up to a gathering point and essentially just hit the gather button and you have it. Ryza introduces gathering tools and such that will affect the quality, and types of items you can get from each gathering node, and also make it so you need specific tools for specific things, and this is a pretty huge change, considering it remained how they do it in Ryza 2, and even in the most recent game, Sophie 2. Now I don't mind this change, but.... Just walk up to a thing and hit the gather button sure was simpler. Maybe it's just a me problem. Though in the late game, they add a thing that makes gathering super easy, where you can create pocket dimensions that have just specific things in it. Now that part was very cool.

Now that's it really for the big changes that stand out to me. Lets move onto the characters. -Obviously we have our protagonist. Ryza! I mean, she's a nice girl. To just say it bluntly, she's the boobiest Atelier protagonist so far. I mean I'm not complaining... I have a few figures of her ordered.... Not much stands out about her though. She's your classic nice girl, who's kind of just good at stuff, but that brings me onto a point that annoys me that I'll get to shortly. -Next up on the squad is Tao. Let's be honest. Tao is kind of an annoying whiney nerd in this game, though he gets a bit better in Ryza 2. I don't have anything else to say about him. -We also have Lent. The big muscle man great-sword user. Actually a decently developed character. Want's to become a great adventurer and to help people, but most of all, doesn't want to end up like his abusive, drunk, has-been dad. Which leads to some decent character development in Ryza 2. -Next is Klaudia, who is just a merchant's daughter who really just wants some friends. That's the whole reason she's there. -Empel the alchemist, who is mostly there to give exposition to Ryza. -Lila who is there to be a sick attacker and always on my team, and to also, have some rather large shapes. I... Can't say she has a whole lot of personality though. And that's it for our main cast! Oh. Should also mention Bos, who's that jerkbag son I mentioned earlier. Well turns out he kind of just wants friends and for people to respect him. he gets a lot better. So if I was to have any complaints for Ryza, it would just be how short it is? like my 100% completion run took 39 hours. And I faffed around a lot, grinding and just leaving the game open to go have lunch and stuff. That completion time is for sure inflated by at least 5 hours. Another complaint is some parts just felt a bit lazy. Unlike the Mysterious games, basically everything that isn't the main story, is not voiced. Another thing that really annoyed me is Ryza's parents getting annoyed at her for not helping around the house and just playing around with her pals and messing about with alchemy. Like dude? Literally saving the whole world with alchemy and her buds. Thanks very much. Just a slightly annoying bit of writing. Made her parents seem kind of dumb. I was considering making Ryza 1 and Ryza 2 as one post as honestly, Ryza 2 didn't really change things up much, the characters are mostly the same, and the story is kind of whatever, but Even if it's a small post, I'll do one for Ryza 2 as well. Plus it would make this post way too long. Anyway! As a whole, I think Ryza is a very fun game. Cute style, fun to play, and also very easy. It's a great entry point to the Atelier series, especially since none of the other atelier games are needed to understand this one. For sure recommend it. End!

[tompetertrash]

Story #5: Buy One Get One Free

~ The Shop ~

*creeeak...*

Manager: "Welcome! We sell anything and everything!"

Beauty: "Say, does this shop really sell anything?"

Manager: "Yes, to the best of our ability."

Beauty: "Well then... Will you sell me you?"

Manager: "....."

Manager: "Comin' right up!"

Helper: "!" *shock*

#OP

Manager: "However..."

Beauty: "Mm?"

Manager: "As part of an ongoing buy-one-get-one-free deal, this girl here comes with me."

Manager: "So if that's okay with you, I'll sell myself, sure."

Beauty: "....." *glance*

Helper: "....." *stare...*

Beauty: "Hoho... Never mind."

Beauty: "I don't think I'm any match for your cute little assistant."

Beauty: "I just saw the amusing sign outside, and quite the man inside..."

Beauty: "So I figured I'd come in and tease you."

Beauty: "So long!" *woosh...*

#OP

Helper: "Bosssss! I trusted youuu! You SAID you wouldn't leave me!"

Manager: "Come, now. I could never leave you."

Helper: "Wooooo! Boss is the best!"

Helper: "Oh yeah! Better start making lunch!" *step step step*

Manager: "Yeah, you do that."

Manager: "....."

Manager: (If I must say, I wasn't fond of that woman.)

Manager: (Certainly I doubt she'd be a better cook, either.) *grin*

Manager: "Welcome! We sell anything and everything!"

A short story (or set of even shorter ones) about a shop that, simply enough, sells anything.

#OP

Story #1: The Cutting Knife

~ The Shop ~

Manager: "...No customers today. C'mon, we're a shop that sells anything!"

Helper: "Maybe it's no good to have everythin', y'know? Too much to choose."

Manager: "Think that could be it?"

*creeeak...*

Manager: "Oh?"

Manager: "Welcome! We sell anything and everything!"

Black-Haired Woman: "...Truly?" *stare...*

#OP

Woman: "...Do you really sell anything?"

Woman: "I won't stand for it if you're lying, you know..." *stare...*

Manager: "Yes we do, to the best of our ability."

Helper: (Dude, she's got such cold eyes...)

Woman: "Then sell me... a knife, please."

Woman: "A verrry sharp one... that cuts well."

Manager: "Comin' right up!"

#OP

Manager: "Here's your knife!"

Woman: "Oh my, what a polished, sharp knife..." *grin...*

Woman: "Thank you... With this, he shall..." *walk walk*

Manager: "..."

Helper: "Boss, is it okay to sell stuff like that?"

Helper: "I mean, if she causes some trouble with that -"

Manager: "Then so what?"

Manager: "My job is to sell anything. What do I care what comes of what I sell?"

Helper: "I-I guess, but..."

#OP

~ Black-Haired Woman's House ~

Woman: "I'll stab him right in the gut..."

Woman: "That man who abandoned me... I'll stab, stab, stab -" *glitter*

Woman: "Oh? I can see my face in the knife..."

Woman: "!"

Woman: (How...)

Woman: (How awful I look! Is that the face I was making?!)

Woman: (I see something red in the reflection, too -)

Woman: (An apple! How beautiful is this apple! It looks absolutely delicious!) *slurp...*

Woman: (This is no time to be stabbing people! I need to peel this apple!)

#OP

One month later...

~ The Shop ~

Woman: "Good day!"

Manager: "Oh, it's you. How was the knife?"

Woman: "Oh, perfect!"

Woman: "I've gotten really into cooking since then, so today I'm here for some cookware!"

~

Helper: "Man, when people change, they really change. She got way more cheery..."

Helper: "And this cooking she gave us is sweet too!" *munch munch...*

Manager: "That knife cuts well, indeed." *munch munch....*

Manager: "Particularly through people's ugly hearts!"

Helper: "Boss, that ain't as clever as you think it is..." *munch munch...*

Manager: "Oh, leave me alone!"