#Yeah I hopped on the trend it's hilarious

[nataliawrites]

TikTok on the Clock // Daniel Ricciardo

One of the best things to come out of the pandemic lockdown was finally giving in to the urge to download TikTok. You had quickly grown addicted to scrolling through the mix of eclectic videos that popped up on your “for you page” and soon enough decided to start posting some yourself.

It did not take long for Formula 1 fans to make the connection between your account and who your boyfriend is — Daniel Ricciardo was many things but subtle was not one of them and he had a tendency to “accidentally” interrupt you while you filmed.

You kept the account going long after restrictions eased and hopped on many of the trends that made their rounds on the app. This year, you were feeling slightly evil. You have been putting together a compilation of hilarious (if you did say so yourself) pranks that you pulled on your boyfriend since the season began and were just about to hit upload as the countdown began.

You put down your phone and turn to give Daniel your full attention.

Ten

Nine

Eight

Seven

Six

Five

Four

Three

Two

One

His lips taste like champagne.

Happy New Year!

“Hey Dan?”

“Mmh.”

“Maybe stay off TikTok for a bit.”

“What did you do?”

One

You loved the Australian Grand Prix. Your boyfriend’s home race was a spectacle on the track and a great opportunity to spend time with his family off the track.

As usual, you flew out to Perth a bit early before switching coasts for the race. You were busy in the kitchen, putting the finishing touches on dinner as you prepared to host everyone that evening. When everything was mostly done, you started recording on your phone and leaned it against the wall inconspicuously before calling for your boyfriend.

“Hey, babe?” You pour a heaping pile of salt on a spoon.

“Yeah?” You can hear Daniel from across the house.

“Can you come taste my sauce?” You dunk the spoon in a pot of your tomato sauce and pick up just enough to hide the salt.

He basically runs to the kitchen, “test taster reporting for duty.”

You bring the spoon to his mouth, “I used your nonna’s recipe.”

His eyes screw shut and his mouth puckers, “my-my nonna’s recipe?”

“Your mom shared it with me. Isn’t it delicious?”

“Yeah,” his voice cracks. “Delicious.”

You look at his face again and fight a losing battle not to laugh as he desperately tries not to offend you and his grandma.

You reach towards your phone as giggles escape you.

Daniel finally realizes he’s been tricked, “are you serious?”

You point the camera towards your boyfriend, “you should’ve seen your face.”

“You’re so mean to me,” he pouts.

Two

“Babe?” You questioned coming through the front door. You had spent the day loading up on groceries and stopping by a few boutiques that caught your eye. This was the perfect opportunity to finally pull one over on your boyfriend.

“I’m in here,” you drop your bags in the foyer and follow Daniel’s voice to where he’s lying on the living room sectional.

Your phone is stuck in your bra, the camera just peaking over your shirt. “My car told me I needed windshield wiper fluid while I was out.”

He lowers his phone but keeps his focus on it.

“So I pulled into a gas station and the guy working there gave me a really good deal. He told me I got it for 50 percent off and it was only $150 for me because of how sweet I was.”

Daniel’s head snaps up as he drops his phone.

“$150?”

“Yeah.”

“You paid $150?”

“Yeah …”

“For windshield wiper fluid?”

“Yeah? He told me it was a good deal!”

“Love,” you can’t tell if he wants to laugh or cry, “I could’ve done that for free. He ripped you off.”

“But it was 50 percent off?”

“It costs less than $5 to buy and then you just pour it in!” He gestures wildly, “this is my fault. How do I race for a living and literally collect cars without teaching my girlfriend how to change her own windshield wiper fluid?”

By this point you’re silently laughing which Daniel finally notices.

“Really? Really?” He turns around to face the back of the couch, “don’t talk to me.”

“Awww, baby. Don’t be mad at me,” you coo. “I think it’s cute how protective you got.”

“Still mad at you.” It’s hard to take him seriously with his face shoved into the leather couch, muffling his voice.

Three

You walk into the gym, your phone hidden in the pocket of your leggings, and take in the view of you shirtless boyfriend.

The fans will appreciate this one.

“Dan?”

He pauses his juggling on the stationary bike.

“My back’s really been bothering since I came back from my run. Do you think you can help me stretch it or something?”

He gets off the bike and walks toward you, “do you want me to call Michael? He won’t mind coming over to help with your back.”

“Don’t bother him. It’s nothing major,” you turn away from your boyfriend and quickly stick two pieces of pasta between your molars while he can’t see, “just need to loosen it up a bit.”

“Okay …” he spreads his palms across your back and applies some careful pressure. You bite down on the pasta, timing the crack with his movements.

“Oh my god.” You let your body go limp.

“Love? Are you okay?” He tries to hold you up but you collapse on the padded floor of the gym.

“Is it your back? What did I do? I knew we should’ve just called Michael. Oh my god.”

You take pity on your boyfriend, not wanting him to think that he actually broke your back for longer than a few seconds, “it was just pasta.”

“What?”

“The sound. It was just me biting pasta. It’s a prank trend.”

He lets go of your body and you fully drop to the floor.

“Are.” He pelts you with one of the balls he was juggling.

“You.” And another.

“Kidding.” And another.

“Me?” And another.

You run out of the gym laughing as he continues to chase you through the house, “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”

“I thought I broke your back!”

[cacaocheri]

yeah I have a habit of drawing attention to things that accidentally lead to chaos, my apologies if I started this.. but also not sorry because HELP LMAO

a few days ago I mentioned something about Laurs's height, anonymously in her inbox, and the rest of the day, anons made fun of her height. It.. happens.

Oh you're absolutely fine!! I think it's hilarious and I admire tumblrs dedication to hop onto a trend almost immediately

Shout out to you for the absolute chaos you're able to cause 👏👏

[douche-canoe-regatta]

it's funnier that I have no idea what you're looking for!

TV: Girls5Eva. Netflix. One hit wonder girl band from the 2000s gets back together in their late 30s/early 40s for another shot at fame. REALLY funny, great music. Fav quote: "I don't believe in you, but here we are."

Music: Hop Along. Indie rock. Doesn't follow the trend of female singers with chill, somewhat repetitive beats - the instrumentals are an equal match to the incredible lyrics and the lead's impressive, sometimes scream-y vocals.

Book: The Murderbot Diaries (series of novellas and 2 novels). A wry, cynical, and often hilarious human/android construct designed to "protect" people (re: its owners' money) has overridden its governor module to give itself complete freedom from The Company. What does it do with its newfound freedom? Watch soap operas and half-ass its job, of course!

....That is, until an "easy" assignment turns unexpectedly deadly. As the situation unfolds, it's forced to contend not only with its unusual clients, but the nature of free will itself.

Murderbot is all of us, when we're going through something appalling, inwardly freaking but doing your best regardless.

So yeah lol. enjoy??

totally not fishing for recommendations

[cosmicgamer]

It's almost 2am what the hell am I doing

[yolocalbookaholic]

Jessa stans be like "No"... No what??? "No, the last thing she cared about was whether people were staring at the boy and girl kissing by the river, as London, it's cities and towers and churches and bridges and streets, circled all about them like the memory of a dream. And if the Thames that ran beside them, sure and silver in the afternoon light, recalled a night long ago when the moon shone as brightly as a shilling on this same boy and girl, or if the stones of Blackfriars knew the tread of their feet and thought to themselves: At last, the wheel comes to a full circle, they kept their silence."

[miscelunaaa]

booty jorts | knj

pairing: namjoon x female reader

genre: smut, established relationship au, the plot is so thin it’s see through

summary: Namjoon looses a bet and his punishment turns out to be more stimulating than you expect.

rating: 18+ for filth

word count: 2.3k

warnings: Lost bets. Swearing. Big Beautiful Joon in the tiniest of clothes. Jorts. Sex in a public one-seater bathroom. Pet names. Mild degradation (use of the word slut). Blow jobs. Dom Namjoon. Female masturbation. Dirty talk. Choking on a dick and liking it, but no actual deep throating. Face-fucking I guess?? Size kink because it’s Namjoon, what do you want from me. Unprotected Sex within an established relationship. Praise kink! Sex in a sitting position with the receiving partner on top. Squirting. Cream pie. Little bit of post sex cuddling if you squint.

notes: Inspiration is weird, y’all. @herecomesjoon​ dropped this video into a chat, saying “too bad bts hasn’t gotten in on this trend,” and all I said in response was something like “haha jooty shorts” and then well … this happened? I’ve been in a sort of strange place with my writing over the past week; I’ve been hopping between wips with careless abandon and have been thinking too hard about my work without actually doing any work. So, this was actually kind of clarifying to write in a lot of ways. I still think it’s hilarious that I’m not really capable of writing pwp without having sneaking in some sort of relationship-y stuff into the mix, so this was interesting to write in that regard. I’m still learning about myself and my process, and that’s okay. With all that said, happy reading! Here’s some unbridled Namjoon thirst!

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“This is fucking embarrassing.”

“It’s no one’s fault but your own that you lost the bet.”

“Yeah, but these clothes are … Well, they’re really small.”

“Uh, yeah, they’re Jimin’s. He’s smaller than you.”

“Yeah, but—”

“Joon, I’m sure it’s fine.”

The door to the bookstore bathroom swings open. Your jaw drops.

“It’s really not, sweetheart.”

You, frankly, have to disagree. He wasn’t lying about the smallness of the clothes Jimin had dug out of his car. But this … Wow. You’re not sure where to start but, good fucking god, you have to start somewhere.

“See, I told you,” Namjoon groans. “This is stupid, I don’t have to put up with this. I’m putting my own clothes back on.”

“N-no.”

“What?” He’s incredulous.

You can’t help your faltering words. His thighs, thick and muscular from riding his bike everywhere, look like they’re about to split the thin stretch-denim. And the garment is tiny, to the point of being positively lewd. That inseam can’t be more than three inches, and well, your partner is packing. Always. There is no way to hide the fact that he’s been gifted with a very generous dick. Fuck. Is he even wearing underwear under those shorts? Is his ass hanging out the back?

“Sweetheart, my eyes are up here.”

You burn with embarrassment, but it gets worse, which is to say that somehow, it gets even better.

As your eyes trail up from the booty shorts, you see the flat expanse of his stomach. The sight of the little trail of hair that dips down beneath the waistband makes your toes curl. Then you see his belly button and the slight indent in his flesh that separates the two sides of his abdominal muscles. It disappears into a comically tiny tank top that ties in a knot at the front. The material is stretched to its limit over his broad chest and oh, he must be cold because his nipples are erect underneath the knit fabric. Titillating.

“Still up here,” he sighs, crossing his arms over his chest.

You’re afraid to look him in the eyes at this point, though you know you have to. You’re just not sure you can handle him seeing you this turned on by Jimin’s punishment outfit. When he finds out you like something, he always turns it around on you; you’re not sure you can handle an evening of him teasing and torturing you while you’re out drinking with your friends.

“Baby, look at me.”

The hair at the back of your neck raises, goosebumps erupting up and down your entire body. The reaction to his voice, so deep and soft and intense, is immediate. He knows. He knows and he’s about to make your life hell for the next six hours. You wrench your gaze away from his pecs and up to his eyes.

Oh.

Those big brown eyes, your ultimate weakness, are filled to the brim with lust. Hooded, potent with the kind of power that makes you want to either sink to your knees or turn around and pull your skirt up so he can take you right there. Anything. When he looks at you like this, you’re willing to give him anything he wants, happily. Gladly. With fervor.

But this goes two ways.

You can see the way he’s shifting his weight between his feet, the tiny denim shorts stretched to their absolute limit by the movement. Fuck, the denim’s looking even tighter. He’s half hard already. If anymore blood rushes to his crotch, he’ll pop out of the fucking shorts. Your entire body throbs with need at the thought

Without thinking, you push him back into the bathroom, the heavy door clicking closed behind you. You throw the bolt lock as the fluorescent light flickers on and the fan whirs to life overhead. Perfect, you’ll need a bit of white noise to drown out what you’re about to do. Thank god this store keeps their bathrooms clean. You drop to your knees.

The intensity of Namjoon’s gaze falters. “W-what are you doing?”

“What do you think I’m doing?”

You look up at him as you reach to undo the button of the tiny shorts. His expression makes you pause.

“I can stop.” You don’t add any qualifiers. You’re sure you want to do this, but you don’t want to sway him. If he wants you to beg, he’ll make you beg; you’re not about to ask him to do something he doesn’t want to do.

“You’re sure you want this?” His hands are clenched at his sides, the muscles of his abdomen and legs tensed and hard underneath his golden skin.

“Please. I need you,” you murmur.

“Fine. Take my cock out then, slut.”

Your fingers are shaking when you undo the button and ease the zipper down. He’s not wearing anything underneath, just as you thought. With some care, you push the shorts down a little, that way the zipper won’t catch on the thin skin at his groin. His cock springs out when you do this, even harder than it was mere moments before. With a few pumps, he’s fully erect, flushed dark and ready to be used or use you.

Both. It’s always both, a two-way street with you and Namjoon, and you wouldn’t have it any other way.

You guide him into your mouth with one hand, giving the head an experimental lick. And then another. And then—

“Baby girl, don’t play your games right now. We don’t have time for that.”

Fine, you can make this quicker. You take his cock into your mouth as far as you can, sputtering around the girth as it hits your throat. He groans above you, his hands relaxing and coming up to hold your head. The gesture makes your cunt clench. You love it when he uses you; this is always how it starts.

“Relax, baby. Hands down, touch yourself for me.” Obeying him comes easy. Your hand slips under the skirt of your dress; you can’t even feel the cold, hard tile underneath your knees anymore. Temperature means nothing when the entire space is sweltering with the heat between you and Namjoon. The room swims a little as you start circling your fingertips around your clit. You moan around his cock, and he groans above you.

“Such a slut for me, baby girl. You just can’t go a minute without having this cock in your mouth, can you?”

He gives an experimental thrust into your mouth, the head of his cock gently hitting your throat and making you choke a little. It feels amazing, your entire body clenches and surges with arousal, as he stops, holding your head still as your eyes water and you try to recover. His groan as he looks down at you choking on his cock sends you into the stratosphere. It gets you every time. You fucking love it.

And yet, he doesn’t pull out, instead moving in and out of your mouth steadily, almost like a machine. All the while, the arousal pools in your belly as you work your clit, dipping your fingers into your folds to collect some of the wetness to keep everything slippery and pleasurable. God, this is so hot. You could die happily like this, right here, right now. Your grandma would be scandalized, but that’s a small price to pay.

“Fuck.”

Namjoon, once hesitant to start down this sequence of events, is perhaps even more aroused than you are. He hits your throat again, your chest heaves, your cunt clenches, you groan around his flesh, and he gets somehow even harder. His size is intimidating to begin with, but he’s so fucking hard now it’s almost shocking. Before you can even think about getting ready to swallow his cum, he’s pulling you off his cock.

“If I have to walk around in these fucking shorts tonight, you’re walking around with my cum inside you,” he growls, pulling you to sit on his lap as he sits on the rickety storage bench against the wall. His thighs are so thick, his hips so wide, that straddling him makes you feel even more open and vulnerable than the whole “quick fuck in a public bathroom” thing. All you want is for him to split you open.

It seems that’s his plan as well. Normally, he tries to prep you a little, just because he’s big enough to hurt without some prep. He’s not worried, it seems, not this time. He pulls the gusset of your underwear to the side, and then he’s lining himself up at your entrance. Without a second thought, without thinking about anything but what he’ll feel like seeping into your underwear later, you sink down onto his cock.

For a moment, you’re seeing nothing but stars. The stretch is intense, toeing the delicious line between pain and pleasure that makes every cell in your body sing. For a moment, neither of you move, too lost in the moment to feel anything else but each other.

Namjoon’s hands grip to your ass, palming the flesh underneath your clothes, spreading your cheeks as if it’ll make you sink even further down onto his cock. Whether or not it actually works like that doesn’t matter; it just makes you feel more open, more vulnerable. He starts rocking you over his lap, and you take the hint. You’re so far into your arousal that grinding down onto his length is automatic.

“If you’re so needy, bounce on my cock, baby. Show my how much you want my cum,” he says, moving his hands so that he’s got one wrapped around you, supporting you at the base of your spine. The other has moved to start rubbing gently against your clit, making you tighten around him. He groans.

“Fill me up so good, Joon,” you whine as you buck your hips. The heat pooling within you is heady. Every pulsing inch of his cock is dragging against your quivering heat, filling the pool even further.

“You’re so tight, holy shit,” Namjoon grunts, his eyes closing as his head falls back against the wall. “Jorts really do it for you?”

“They made your cock look so good. I couldn’t help it.”

“Such a perfect slut for this cock,” he says. The praise has you reeling. He comes forward to kiss you, his plush lips fitting against yours, swallowing your whimpers.

“I’m so close.”

“Mmm, of course you are, baby girl. Gonna come on my cock?”

“Mmhm.”

There’s no way the fan covers up your moans, nor the grunts that Namjoon is making into your neck now as he struggles to hold his ground.

“Gonna take my cum like a good girl?” He mouths up your collarbone as he says this, leaving sloppy kisses at your pulse point.

You can’t do it any more, you can’t fight the way your pleasure spills over and suddenly you’re clamping down on his length. The first thrum has you releasing a wave of fresh wetness before your cunt begins to pulse as you let out a high, aching moan.

Namjoon is right behind you. Both of his hands are on your hips as he pushes into you for one last thrust and comes, his cock twitching for several seconds as he empties himself deep into your pulsing heat.

You let yourself fall forward to rest on his chest. His heart is racing, his skin flushed and red from the exertion and from finding the high of an orgasm.

You’re sure you look no better, cum leaking out of you and onto his lap as he softens slowly.

“Wow,” he finally says. He starts rubbing comforting circles into your back. His voice is low, but warm; all comfort and none of the dominating tone from before. “You okay, baby?”

“Mmm, yeah, that was amazing,” you say, pulling away to give him a quick kiss before carefully standing and stepping back.

Namjoon’s a mess, and it’s all centered around his crotch. The little front-tied crop top is okay, if not a little sweaty, but the little shorts are soaked in bodily fluids from you squirting and then leaking Namjoon’s cum. Damn, if he doesn’t look hot as hell like this though, still reddened and glistening and content.

“So, the jorts are ruined,” he laughs, his smile growing wide. You’d missed his dimples during the scuffle, too horny to stop and laugh about the absurdity of this encounter.

“Yeah, Jimin’s never getting those shorts back. Ever. They’re yours now. You’ve marked your territory all over them.”

“You did too,” he teases. “I’m not even sure if they were his to begin with, though. He’d never wear jorts.”

As you wipe yourself down with some paper towels, Namjoon gets up and shimmies out of the denim so he can get cleaned up. When he goes to throw them away however, you stop him.

“We should keep them. I meant it.”

“Ew, why? They’re covered in goo now.”

“First of all, never refer to your cum as goo ever again, and second, they were sexy as hell on you.”

Namjoon can’t help but laugh again. “Sweetheart, how on earth are they sexy? They’re jorts.”

“Look! I don’t know!! I can’t explain it! They were so tiny and tight and your thighs looked so juicy and thick and—”

He stops you before you can continue. “In that case, how about we order some online? If you liked them that much, then we can just order a pair of our own.”

“Make it five pairs, and you’ve got a deal. I will likely want to thoroughly ruin them every time you wear them, so having extra would be ideal,” you explain.

“Of course, baby,” he purrs. “You can ruin me in jorts any time.”

“Great! While we’re spending money, we should probably blow a bunch of money on books while we’re here to make up for the fact that we just boinked in their bathroom.”

“Deal. Meet you in the the psychology section?”

You seal the deal with a kiss. “See you in a few.”

Thank you for reading! Drop me an ask and tell me what you think. Find me in various places at my carrd :)

©miscelunaaa 2022. My work is only found on this blog and under my ao3 pseud. Do not, under any circumstances, copy or repost my work. Thank you.

posted: 4.17.2022 (Happy Easter I guess??)

[killemwithkawaii]

Goretober 2022 Day 19: One Mans Trash

[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]

The fourth time we met, I found them sitting in a box.

I’d been going through the motions for around… 4,000 years then, I think? It was getting harder and harder to keep track of the exact number…. 

I’d been doing my usual thing- hopping, living, fighting, dying, hopping again… it was… getting a little boring, if I’m being honest. Things were starting to get repetitive and blur together... I was having a hard time keeping details straight. Most of the time it really didn’t matter, though. People just thought I was kinda spacy, or that I was making some sort of joke when I didn’t know about some huge thing in the current-universe zeitgeist… I learned not to get myself down about it. How was I supposed to know when nobody had bothered to tell me? It was interesting to see the different things people could come up with, anyway- I was always receptive to retrying something that was the same, but a little different, just to mix up the monotony of immortality…. Well, almost always…. You get what I mean.

[chuckling] Larry gave me such a hard time when I didn’t know what they- it, was....

Lisa had called us up at the house and told us that she was cleaning out the lost and found box for the apartments, and if we wanted to, we could come look through it before she chucked it in the church donation bin. We weren’t about to pass up free stuff, so we went to sift through the trash and see if we couldn’t find some novelty treasures.

There was a lot of what you’d expect in there- some old moth-ridden coats and hats, cheap umbrellas, a few mismatched shoes and random papers… we thought our quest would be fruitless, until we dug to the very bottom and saw a pair of heart-shaped keychains sitting together in the dust.

“Oh, shit, no way! Check it out…!” 

Larry plucked one of the keychains out of the box. It was purple with a small, bat-shaped charm attached to the loop mounted in the side.

“I haven’t seen one of these things in forever!”

“What is it?”

“Dude, come on…”

“What? What is it?”

“...It’s an S.O., dude….”

“An ‘ess oh’…?”

I picked up the one that Larry had left in the box and turned it over. Its scuffed-up plastic shell was pink with white buttons, and it had a little scratched up screen in the middle. There was a strawberry-shaped charm attached to the loop mounted in the side.

 It looked… really familiar….

“You can’t be serious, man… It’s an S.O.- you know, a ‘simulated other’...? They were the big thing around Christmas a few years ago…?”

I’d only been hanging around in that timeline for about a year at that point, so I wasn’t up-to-speed on the hot holidays trends of seasons past. 

“Uh… oh yeah, I think I’ve heard of those…”

He rolled his eyes and then looked his over for a second.

“Dude,” Larry snickered, “… let’s start em up, it’ll be hilarious…”

“Uh, okay…?”

I watched Larry tap on the heart-shaped button below the screen. A sing-song tone played. He tapped one of the side buttons. Another tone. A few seconds later, he threw his head back with a laugh. 

“Holy shit, awesome! I got me a keeper, bro, look-”

He turned the keychain around to show me. There was a little pixelated bust of a bored-looking girl with heavy eyeliner and choppy, blunt-cut bangs bobbing on the screen. A speech bubble with a skull, then ellipses, then a purple heart came from its mouth.

“Ahaha, got me a hot goth g.f. on the first try! Nice…” I had to admit, she did look like his type, in a lot of different timelines….

“Alright Sally, your turn. Let’s see what ya get…~”

I imitated what I’d watch him do with my own keychain. I tapped the heart-shaped button, a sing-song tone played, and a selection screen came on:

It's been a while!

>Continue

>New Game

Larry told me to select a new game. I did. The S.O. icon faded in and stayed in place for a second. When the ellipses beneath it reached four dots, another tone played, and a little pixelated bust appeared on the screen. It had dark hair, styled in braids, pale skin, huge eyes with long lashes, a little button nose, a big crooked smile with two pixels that I assumed served as lip piercings…

A speech bubble with an exclamation point, then a heart, then scrolling text came from its mouth.

Deja vu came over me. My heart fluttered and my stomach sank. I realized then why the keychain looked so familiar.

The text read:

Hi, I’m Mitch, your new S.O.! It’s nice to meet you 💕

>Continue

>New game

…. There they-.... it was….. I’d found them again, in a sense… they had been waiting for me right under my nose, sitting in the dark, and now, they were right here, in the palm of my hand… [traces his palm with his fingers]

Larry looked at the screen and said, “Hey, she’s kinda cute… you wanna keep her, or do you wanna try it again?”

He had no idea how loaded that question was….

“Uh, yeah, I’m… I think I’m gonna stick with this one.”

“Nice. Ha, look at us- we have giiiirlfriends now! Ahahah…” He dangled his S.O. by the chain and laughed, jingling it around like the toy it was. 

“Dude, we can go on fuckin’, like, ‘double dates’ and stuff, show off our ‘ladies’… oh man, this is gonna be a riot…”

I said, “Yeah, this’ll be… a lot of fun.”

I cradled my S.O.-... I cradled Mitch, in my hands, and held it as gently, and as firmly, as I could. I wiped a little of the grime from its screen, and another heart emoji came from its mouth….

It was them, and as usual, it felt the same… just a little different.

[END TRANSCRIPT]

[ks-dreams-fantasies]

They want us together - Vinnie Hacker

Picture’s not mine

I know my last post were about Rio and Johnny , and Vinnie has nothing to do with them, but he is one of my favorite dudes so ... Hope you enjoy it 

Vinnie Fluff

Warning : Language

Word Count : 1.4k

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Bzzzz bzzzz

Your phone buzzed, indicating Vinnie was live. It was rare of him to do so since he was more likely to stream on twitch. You opened your phone, tapping on the app as you entered his live. You watched as more people are joining in and commenting in hopes of Vinnie noticing them.

“Hey guys, hope you are all having a good day! I wanted to hop on in since it’s been a while, I was thinking of just chatting for a bit and I’ll probably go annoy the others” he said chuckling a little. His eyes were moving fast trying to read as many comments as possible.

“SUP FOOL 😝” you write down, as everyone commented that you were watching Vinnie’s live.

He chuckled “Hi (Y/N), weren’t you supposed to be here like an hour ago?”

See, you were kind of popular on social media and you had made some friends over at the Hype house over the past months. When Vinnie moved in, you hit it off quite fast with him. You had a lot of mutual interests and you would always laugh when you were around him. Being in the public eyes wasn’t always easy. Vinnie had everyone drooling over him and you being around, got you a lot of hate.

On the contrary, a lot of people were shipping you, saying you had the same vibe and that you’d look good together. Vinnie was attractive, no denying that, but everything isn’t about looks. He’d always been nice to you, supporting and encouraging you through everything and you’d do the same for him. He was easy to talk to and everyone could see that you’ve grown closer and had a genuine connection.

“I’m in a uber heading over to the house” you typed as he read your message.

You continued watching for a bit as he answered some question as you got off commenting that you’d arrive soon.

Once you logged off, Vinnie spoke “Ok guys, what do you say we prank (Y/N) when she gets here?” He said smiling eagerly planning something with his followers. “I’ll go downstairs now”

As the gate opened, leading your uber driver, onto the path to the big mansion, Vinnie runs to the front of the house, hiding in the bushes next to the door, ready to scare you.

“Ok guys, she’s pulling up now, get ready to laugh” He snickered trying to stay silent so you wouldn’t notice him.

You got out of the car and started walking towards the front door when Vinnie came out of nowhere scaring the hell out of you. One hand flying to your chest as you let out a scream of terror while Vinnie laughed is ass of at your reaction.

“Guys! Did you see that? Shit was hilarious” He continued almost dying of laughter.

“Shut up you asshole” You said chuckling lightly as you slapped him on his chest. “You really got me there” you smiled sweetly at him.

“I’ll leave you to this, guys. I’ll talk to you soon, probably streaming tomorrow as well. Bye” He said as both of you waved before he ended the live. You got inside, going straight to the kitchen where everyone was already chilling.

“(Y/N)!” Michael stood up drink in hand, standing next to you while giving you a side hug. “Can I get you anything to drink?”

“Whatever you’re having is fine with me” You smiled greeting everyone. Michael came back, handing you a rum and coke.

You all catch up for a bit when Alex spoke “What do you say we play never have I ever?” He said already a bit tipsy filming us all to get content for his vlog.

As most of us were down to do something other than just chatting, we decided to agree as Alex filled in his drink.  “Ok I’ll go first than” He said sitting down next to Kouvr.

“Never have I ever gone 24hours without showering” Pretty much everyone drank except for Vinnie, Mia and yourself.

“Why am I not surprised that you didn’t drink, boy’s always in the damn shower” you said laughing at Vinnie, referencing to all the thirst traps he posts.

You all continued to play for a bit, everyone having fun and laughing.

“Never have I ever fantasized about someone in this room” Michael said before taking a big gulp out of his drink, clearly too drunk to get the concept of the game anymore.

Thomas, Mia, Kouvr, Alex and Vinnie took one as well.

“Girl you better drink, cause I know for a fact you have” Mia said pointing at you as you blush taking a sip.

“Oh yeah who is it?” Michael asked smirking at you, bumping your shoulder with his.

Your eyes went to Vinnie for a quick second

“None of your goddamn business” You answered chuckling lightly as you continued to play for a little bit before everyone got tired.

You weren’t though, so you decided to go down to the pool while most of the others went to bed.

“Anyone wants to join me for a dip or are you all going to leave me by myself” you asked

‘Vinnie will join you. He never goes to sleep before 3 in the morning anyways” Thomas said smirking looking at the both of you.

“Uh yeah sure, let me just go get change and I’ll meet you back down here”

You went into the pool as you waited for Vinnie to come back. When he did, he jumped in, splashing you as you laughed. He came back to the surface and swam closer to you.

“Want to make a Tiktok with me” you agreed, plopping the phone near the stairs as you got in place to film a TikTok dance that was trending. You filmed yourselves a bunch of times since you couldn’t stop laughing at each other. Once you finally got a nice take, you ended the video by pushing Vinnie in the water his arms grabbing you dragging you along as you both feel in the pool.

You both were laughing as you came back to get some air and Vinnie posted the video on his account. Even though it was late, the video already got a lot of reactions, comments saying stuff about how hot he looked and how you too would make a great couple as people shipped you.

“People really want us together” He said chuckling as he stared down at me

He put his phone back near the table as he came back in the water approaching you.

“So, who’s the person you’ve been fantasizing about huh?” he asked getting closer to you as the words left his mouth, a smirk plastered on his face.

“No one” you shrugged blushing “Let me remind you that you drank too, so who’s the person you’ve been fantasizing about?” you asked as you grinned back.

“You” he said boldly looking directly into your eyes. “I mean I like you (Y/N). I’m myself when I’m with you and you always make me laugh at the simplest things. I don’t want to lie and say I never thought about kissing you before because I have. In fact, I’m always think about kissing you”

“Are you thinking about kissing me right now?”

“Yeah I mean –“ You cut him off pressing your lips to his. He kisses you back as his hands flew to your hips pulling you in closer to his body. His tongue peaks out just enough against you bottom lip for you to open your mouth a little bit more, as you whimpered against him. His lips were softer than you’d ever thought they’d be, and they meld perfectly against yours. Your hands made their way trough his hair, tugging a bit as you got more into the kiss, making him let out a small groan. You could feel him smile against your lips as you pulled away to get some air. Once you open your eyes, Vinnie is already looking at you, his eyes piercing your soul.

“I like you too Vinnie, I have for a while now” you said blushing avoiding his stare.

He grabbed you by your chin pulling you closer as he pecked your lips, laughing afterward. He looked so good, his hair dripping, his eyes sparkling with joy and his lips swollen caused by the kiss you just shared.

“So, I guess everyone was right about us huh?”

“I guess they were” you giggled leaning towards him as you cuddled and made out all night.

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[parkers-gal]

I have an idea for another tomxreader story. So in this one Tom, reader, brothers and Harrison just finished a scary movie night, and they all decided to prank Tom by doing to tik tok trend where they hand under the bed and throw stuff and like touch them.

i can just so see this happening😭

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“Jesus fucking Christ!” Tom yells, scrunching up into a ball and squeezing his eyes shut, gripping your shoulder in fear.

You share a laugh with the boys around you. “C’mon, Tom. This isn’t too bad.”

“Not too bad?!” Tom repeats dramatically. “There’s literally a clown! On screen! In an old abandoned house! That’s the worst kind of horror movie!”

“What could possibly have expected from Stephen King?” Harrison chuckles, eating a handful of popcorn from the bowl in his lap.

“You said he was a good writer! I didn’t think that was equivalent to scary!”

“Oh no, Tom,” you chuckle, “He’s quite the man when it comes to scary stuff.”

“Just watch the ending, Tom,” Harry suggests calmly, sipping the rest of his soda. “It’s almost over, anyways.”

“Yeah, yeah, whatever,” he grumbles, sitting straight so he can view the television. The movie ends not twenty minutes later, and while Tom says something about cleaning up in the kitchen, Harry leans over to whisper something to you and Harrison, and Sam.

“You guys wanna pull some pranks?” he grins, and Harrison mirrors his smirks.

“What are you guys on?” Sam chuckles. “You’re going to give Tom a heart attack.”

“Awesome, then!” Harry says, before going on. “C’mon, it’s the perfect opportunity.”

“Oh!” You sit up, “I saw this thing on tiktok that’d be perfect for right now.”

“Really? What was it?”

You hum, “But we’d have to go upstairs right now.”

“Go, go, go!” Harry ushers you out, and you whisper the plan into his ear. “I’ll film it, just go!”

The three of you clamber your ways up the stairs, taking refuge in yours & Tom’s bedroom. You pull Sam under the bed with you, grabbing a number of things on your way down, things you can throw out at Tom. Sam found his glove from his Jeepers Creepers halloween costume , so he put it on his right hand for the occasion. You have to hold back a chuckle when you realize how mischievous you’re being.

Harrison, on the other hand, stays put in the closet. You don’t know how, but somehow he’d gotten a hold of the controls for the lighting in this room — Tom wanted to control the lights with his phone, something about proving to you that he’s not an old man with technology — so he’s got the app opened on his phone, and he’s ready to rattle some things around to make noises. He’s safely tucked away in the corner, though, so Tom won’t be able to see him, especially not if he’s too scared to even look.

“I don’t know why we couldn’t just watch that new Benedict Cumberbatch movie,” you hear Tom’s voice from behind the door, and it’s getting louder which means him and Harry are approaching.

“God, Tom. You’re such a wimp,” Harry’s looking down at your phone, discreetly recording on your tiktok.

“Clowns are not for the weak,” Tom defends. “They are for the severely advanced fearless citizens.”

“And you’re in that category?”

“Yes!” Tom exclaims while grabbing his shirt, which lays in the center of the unmade bed. As he steps closer, you reach out and delicately caress his ankle. Tom shoots back immediately, frightened.

“What was that?”

“What was what?” Harry shoots back.

Looking around the room, Tom doesn’t want to make himself look even stupider, so he lets it go. “Nothing, never mind.”

“Whatever you say, mate.”

“Alright, well, g’night,” Harry says, holding back his laughter. You have to bite your lip to do the same.

“Goodnight,” Tom says, back still turned to his brother. It gives Harry the opportunity to prop your phone up against the wall, getting a clear view of everything that’s going on. When the door shuts, Tom turns around, back now to the bed, and you throw a plastic water bottle out, the noise crinkling as it thuds on the ground. Tom gasps in surprise, running away from the bed and leaning against the other wall, the one by the closet.

Realizing where Tom stands, Harrison rattles the closet door, and it shakes and pounds. The noise is so startling that Tom lets out a small “fuck!” and he moves towards the window. Sam faces this way, and as Tom steps closer, slightly letting his guard down, Sam reaches out with his right hand and grabs at Tom’s ankle, securing his tough grip.

Tom looks down only for a split second, to see an abnormally looking hand pulling at his ankle and tugging him under the bed. Harrison plays with the lights, making them flicker and brighten. Tom screams, wholeheartedly and purely out of fear, and he attempts to lose the grip of whatever monster wants him — the monster that happens to be his brother’s hand.

In a haste to run away, Tom hops on one foot before losing his balance and tumbling to the ground. He crawls a bit of the way, and as Sam loses his grip, Tom comes into your view. You’ve acquired a clown mask, from last year’s Halloween party, and you shine a creepy flashlight on yourself.

Tom screams again when he sees what’s under the bed, and he runs for the exit. He moves too fast, though, because he runs right smack into the door, and as Harry comes in from all the commotion, he finds his brother on his back beside the door.

“What the hell are you doing?”

“There’s- there’s-” Tom stands quickly. “There’s a bloody monster under the bed!”

That’s when the laughter rings through the air, and Tom’s eyebrows pull together in confusion. Harry leans on his knees to contain his laughter, and you clutch your stomach while crawling out from under the bed. Harrison emerges from the closet not a second later, and as the final person — Sam — comes out with those costume gloves, it all comes together in Tom’s head.

“Y/N! You guys!” Tom groans. “You guys are so mean!”

“You have to admit, mate,” Harrison says between laughs. “That that was pretty fucking hilarious.”

“You screamed like a little girl!” You hold your stomach again, leaning on your knees just like Harry.

“Oh my god,” Sam giggles. “Did you run into the door?”

Tom rubs his elbow and his forehead, slightly bruised from the collision. “Shut up. You guys scared me!”

“That was kinda the point,” Harry rasps out. You pad over to the wall that your phone is against, and as you pick it up and press the video, the boys gather around to watch it. Immediately, you cower back in laughter, heads shooting back at how hilarious the result is.

“Stoppp!” Tom says from his place, whining. “That was so brutal.”

“That was literally the best thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.” You post the video and click your phone off.

“Just you wait, love,” Tom says “I’ll get you back. I’ll get you back real good.”

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[dreamteamspace]

We hit 400 so here’s a- ✨ DREAM APPRECIATION ESSAY ✨

(by Yours Truly. Much thanks to the one, innocent anon who just wanted to ask a small talk question but hit my serotonin-providing hyperfixation.)

1. Self-esteem

I love the way he’s confident in his abilities when it’s become such a “trend” to either be completely and utterly self-depricating about your own skills out of fear of being labelled an asshole or overconfident nowadays.

At the same time you can still tell he doesn’t want to pull anyone down ever, and will always be really careful with that and take every oppertunity to lift up the people around him. Dream has a very emotional voice that gives him away a lot, so you can really tell he genuinely admires the people around him and he’s never afraid to say that they could totally easily beat him in something if he doesn’t have practice with it.

He tends to be a bit too hard on himself, so his friends always encourage him in his abilities, and that’s just. So nice. He celebrates his victories! He gets so so excited and happy when he wins in the manhunts, and I think celebrating your hard-earned victories isn’t something that should be villanized.

He won, and we should KNOW by now that doesn’t mean he thinks he’s somehow better than everyone. He has a pretty good eye on his abilities, and that allows him to really use them to the max.

2. Morality

He isn’t afraid to change the game! His adhd picks out a Cool New Thing and he just goes, You know what? Why not! His adhd goes “do this thing repeatedly another 3847 times” and he’s like, yeah sure!

Nobody expected him to release a song, but he just went for it! He’s been speedrunning so much, but he isn’t afraid to stream it every day 5 days in a row for hours while his friends bicker in the background.

Dream genuinely does the things he finds fun, but at the same time puts in so much effort to make them good and entertaining to watch and never forgets about his viewers.

He’s kidfriendly because he wants to be! Fame-wise, at this point he could definitly swear more if he wanted to (and he does when in other people’s content who don’t care about swearing), but despite that he doesn’t swear on his main because he wants his content to be accessable for everyone.

Sure, on one hand it could be for clout/money, but consider: Dream doesn’t stream the DSMP because he doesn’t want to take attention away from other people. He participates in the videos of his friends. He lets compilation channels and the like do whatever they want and even monetize his content. He lets his friends stream Road Trip on twitch as much as they want for free.

Dream doesn’t not swear just for his fanbase, but he does it because he has so so much respect for people. No matter how high he goes, he’s always consciously focused on respecting and admiring the people around him.

He has genuine respect for creators so much smaller than him, and he has respect for people in his fanbase that are younger than him. He isn’t afraid to go against the norm and STAND for that, either (see the video where he defends his stans).

And he defends his friends so much too! So much so it could almost be a little bit of a flaw sometimes, but I feel like he truly wants to learn from his mistakes. He apologizes for things even when nobody asked him to, and that just shows that he does it out of genuine guilt and fear of hurting someone.

He’s always seemed like someone who is genuinely willing to change to be a better version of himself, who isn’t afraid to challenge what he thinks and what other people think and what the norm thinks in order to improve everything for everyone.

Dream also doesn’t let any of the fame get to his head! As I said before - he’s confident in the things he’s good at, but in a way that doesn’t pull other people down, and he still remains firmly admirable of other people.

And even when OTHER people let fame get to their head (it was a while ago, but there was a video he made about five block jumps, where he added in a clip of a video of another guy doing it complete with credit and link etc. The guy was 100% alright with it at first, but when his video started getting more views because Dream’s video blew up, he started accusing Dream of “stealing” his content (when dozens of other videos of the 5 block jump already existed, and Dream could’ve just put in a clip of himself doing the jump)),,, but he insisted in his reponse that fame gets to people’s heads sometimes, nobody should blame anybody, he genuinely was never upset at him and just said that this just... happens sometimes.

He’s a very forgiving person all around, in part due to being willing to challenge his own norms and give people the benefit of the doubt JUST in case he’s wrong. He lets people enjoy things so long as they aren’t hurting anybody, like allowing people to ship him w people who are also alright with shipping, but at the same time taking a hard stance on, say, how shipping minors is absolutely wrong and should not be done ever (and he’s right).

3. Fandom

He appreciates said fanart and fanworks as well! He thinks dnf fanart is cool and he even appreciates the fanfic part of his fandom, something many ccs wish to ignore or forget it exists altogether (and it IS ofc in their right to do so or be uncomfortable with such content!), but Dream sees the work put into it and how people find connections and friendships through the fandom and appreciates it all the same.

He loves his fandom. So much. But not in the overdone, fake-feeling way I’ve seen other ccs be,,,, he’s just. Quiet and shy and genuine about it but not afraid to defend it.

He’s said before - and I QUOTE - “If you send hate to people or have sent hate to people, in the form of hateful comments or DMs, you aren’t welcome in my fandom. You’re no fan of mine”, which is the HOTTEST take he’s ever uttered and I love that. He really just went and said that. And he’s right. I like that despite how he’s usually more held back and waits things out before taking a stance, he chose this topic to really take a hard stance on and not budge and stick to it.

Pmbata has also said that he believes his fans have his back no matter what!! And that he really loves them a lot!!! And I am!! Emotional!!!!

4. ND/Adhd

He has adhd which is something I relate to personally (I have it as well sdlkfj). He gets excited sometimes!! I love how he shows being fidgety in mc, always pacing and parcouring around,, the way that in manhunts you can SEE when he’s thinking or bouncing back and forth between two options,,, or the way he gets close to people in mc to laugh with them.... He shows so much with his movements by them being quick and daring and calculated (and it’s especially hilarious to watch other people react to it in the video “mc but three people control one player”, where he’s the one moving and Sapnap and George will gasp or go “Dream!!” in surprise when Dream was THIS close to falling off a ledge, but he just laughs sdlkfjsdf).

When he’s not moving around he stands perfectly, perfectly still (which, idk if thats what all adhd ppl have, but I know I have something similar? Like when I’m nervous I’ll sometimes just. Freeze in place. No movement at all). He’s just relatable sdkjf.

There was one Manhunt extra scenes where he,,,,, stims by clapping,,,,,, the lil excited clap in the background,,, I’m gonna cry. I’m so soft for excited Dream that one is such a comfort clip for me!

He also tends to stim by getting under trap doors and then jumping back out of them, or jumping up a block and then walking back down over and over (especially noticable in The Village Went Mad tftsmp episode, where they were all discussing who the murderer could be and he was the only one moving, hopping up the log and then running back down again).

Also it is. Really Soft when he starts rambling and overexplaining something. What’s even better is that George, who is usually present at such moments, will laugh a little at his antics, and Dream will automatically laugh with him.

5. Rp/Uplifting other ccs

Dream wasn’t all THAT into the rp at first, but his server has been so strongly supporting and giving attention to smaller creators that he’s since completely rolled along with it. Being a villain in the RP is a difficult role because you will, inevitable, as much as it is just roleplay and all scripted, always get some amount of dislike from people for it.

Despite that, he’s basicly the main big villain on his own server where he let a bunch of theater kids beat him up in character and imprison him on his OWN SERVER. He wasn’t as into the rp at first, but has obviously been practicing and joins every Tales of the SMP when he can, despite getting zero clout for it.

What Dream also tends to do is find small content creators, see their talent and lift them high. His entire discord server is dedicated to give smaller ccs a place to grow, and when he first found Tubbo, Tommy, Ranboo, etc., they were much much smaller than they are now. He truly wanted to help them make it big.

He’s also added Foolish Shark and Hannah onto the SMP, both much smaller ccs (not tiny, but you get what I mean), allowing them to grow. He doesn’t stream on his OWN SERVER. He let himself get imprisoned to let the good guys win on his OWN. SERVER. He’s willing to play the villain and everything.

An interesting thing though! A lot of people used to/still do clown on Dream a bit for his sometimes uncertain acting,,, but when he’s around people he knows well (Sapnap and George, Tubbo and Tommy) we’ve seen him go ALL OUT. I have the theory Dream might be genuinely afraid to accidentally be mean to someone in character and have them misinterpret it sldkfjsdf,,, so he’s rly careful when he goes into the rp, and sometimes even when he’s in it he goes quiet, especially with other people around.

But also the fact that he needs time to feel comfortable around ppl is,, a mood,,, and adorable,,, sdlfkjsdf-

Apparently he’s also shared his youtube algorithm secrets with Tommy?? Which he had only shared with Sapnap and George before?? Dream took one look at that chaotic kid and immedietly adopted him as his little brother. He literally got up super early to rp the prison visit. Idk about ya’ll but I would die for someone first and get up horribly early for them second-

6. Friends!!

Dream?? Considers so so many people his friends?? And despite having so many friends, he also has his few closest friends (George and Sapnap) whom he would absolutely die for in a heartbeat. He WILL defend them with everything he has and loves them so so much.

He listens to them and really, truly wants them to succeed. He respects them so much and will go OFF about how good they actually are and how talented they are and how important they are to him.

I can’t even COVER everything about how much he is SOULMATES with Gorg. They live in each others heads rent-free. He mentions him all the time. They get!! So happy when they’re around each other!!! Their voices get so soft,,

And I can’t even BEGIN to explain the energy of Sapnap and Dream just moving together permanently. Imagine moving together with your best friend. Like, permanently. Into one house. They’re best friends Your Honor,,,,

Also,, remember the Techno and Dream rivalry? And Dream has recently said that he’s hesitant to make a serious manhunt against Techno because he doesn’t want there to be any feud between them or have them be compared to each other. He said that while he absolutely wanted nothing more than to beat Techno at first, now that he knows him better he just wants to be friends with him. He wants to be FRIENDS. With his, essentially, mc RIVAL. Friendly rival, but still. He doesn’t even wanna fight Techno or have ppl compare them cause he,,, wants to be friends with him,,,,

7. Vulnerability

What I feel like really sets Dream apart from some other ccs for me is that he’s willing to be vulnerable. He will tell George he loves him. He defends his friends. He sounds so, so genuine when he tells his fandom that he loves them.

What’s just really rare to see, especially in male ccs, is that vulnerability. It’s becoming more acceptable as time goes on, but it’s certainly not easy, and a lot of people become and stay long-term fans BECAUSE they can see how genuine he is.

I know Dream looks up to Mr. Beast a lot, for example, but honestly? I think he’s a little better than Mr. Beast. Because he feels more genuine, more bound to what he believes is right. I’m sure Mr. Beast isn’t a bad content creator! But ultimately they have different target audiences and I’m very glad Dream is the way he is.

Less of that insecure masculinity and more willing to be vulnerable, to care about things, to get emotional and to encourage and uplift the people around him.

8. Pure Brainrot

Green boi has nice deep calm soothing voice. Little shy laugh. Wheeze laugh. Gorg live in his head rent-free. He lov friends. He lov block game. He good at block game,,, a little shy but confident,,, big heart,,,, soft voice,,,,, rambles sometimes....

He also Gender. He’s so gender. I don’t know how else to describe it. I want That. Whatever That is. My gender is Dreamwastaken

[perseaisasimp]

Honey, It’s electric love   

Annabeth hops on a Tik Tok trend to kiss her best friend. does it end well?

Percabeth au | 4k words | Read on AO3 here

Annabeth was bored.

Utterly bored.

She was scrolling through her phone as she laid on her stomach on Piper's bed while Piper was sitting on the floor with her back leaned against it, also scrolling through her phone.It was the weekend after their midterm exams and they were (finally)relaxing after a long,excruciating, week of exams. They decided to do something fun but less energy-spending activity. But here they were , locked in each other's world with their phones, not even having exchanged anything more than a greeting when Annabeth arrived at Piper's house .

And that was two hours ago.

Annabeth groaned and flopped around so she was now laying on her back.She was mindlessly scrolling through her tumblr ,instagram and whatnot,refreshing every 2 minutes for new updates that never seemed to come. She was just about to give up and go pester piper when the said girl spoke out for probably the first time in the last hour.

“My for-you page is clogged with these videos,” piper says to no one in particular. Annabeth looked over to find Piper having her Tik Tok open. She rolled and flopped around again so she was laying her head near Piper's shoulder so she could peek over it.

“What videos?” 

Annabeth wasn't a big fan of Tik Tok, but she did keep up with the trends,thanks to Piper and her girlfriend Shel. Annabeth set her phone to the side and leaned forward with her elbows and placed her chin on her palm ,as her best friend tilted her phone so Annabeth could also get the view.

“Oh this new trend I saw the other day” Piper played one of the videos and Annabeth found herself leaning forward. The video begins with a song she vaguely recognizes  as electric love  (she is pretty sure she heard it on the radio recently).

“It's this trend where a person kisses their bestfriend/crush unexpectedly to see their reaction.” Piper explains as the video goes on. Annabeth watches it with a frown as the chorus begins and the girl kisses her best friend and he immediately wraps his arms around her and kisses her back. No.That looks way too easy. And convenient.And staged. And she says as much .But Piper only laughs at her.

“Of Course it looks fake, Beth.What more did you expect from this platform? Half the stuff here is staged and fake.that goes without saying.”Annabeth knows this, but she feels personally offended by the video.It couldn't be that easy to kiss your best friend, could it?they definitely are already a couple, the people in the videos.In all other cases the stakes are pretty high.you could lose them for all you know. But she finds herself bringing her hands to the phone and swiping up ,to see more of these and swats Piper's hand when it comes to push her away.

“Hey watch on your own phone.” but she lets her watch anyway.

Annabeth scrolls through about 10 videos before she stops. Most looked staged ,but there were a few that looked genuinely caught off guard like the one where a girl tried to kiss their friend and the other girl almost pulled away at first.Some even pushed their friend away.Those were hilarious and realistic.at least that's what she thought. Definitely they cannot be true, right? Her frown only deepens as she thinks more about it.Annabeth was in her own dimension until Piper nudged her.

“Hey, whatcha thinkin’ about?” Piper asks.

Annabeth hesitates before answering ,carefully choosing her words or else Piper would figure it out pretty quickly.

“Even if these were real-which they are not-how do these people go on with it? I mean, it's your best friend, sure,but what if it doesn't end well and it becomes awkward between them?or worse lose them because of a stupid challenge?”

Piper looks at her skeptically ,eyes a little narrowed “I mean ,yeah i see where you are coming from, but you just have to trust your gut instincts.Kissing them  out of nowhere isn't the best way to announce your crush ,but you have to have trust in your friendship” and her eyes widens and she breaks into a devilish smile “ you are not planning on kissing me, are you?” she asks, wiggling her eyebrows at annabeth. 

Annabeth lets out a laugh and pushes her shoulder. “ I have a feeling shel wouldn't like that very much” she teases back.

Piper shrugs and waves her hands dismissively  “ she probably already knows ” piper looks at Annabeth with a grin and dangerous glint in her eyes and suddenly the smile leaves Annabeth's face and her stomach drops “ But I figured you wouldn't want to kiss me anyways. You have a certain other best friend who would love to kiss you.” Piper winks at her. Oh god. Annabeth feels heat rising up her neck.Piper knows.She tries to act innocent( but she knows she is failing miserably).

“ What? I don't know what you are talking about.” 

“Oh come on Annabeth, cut the act .Seriously, you guys are the densest people I have ever known in my life , and I have seen a lot.” Piper rolls her eyes playfully at annabeth.

“It is very obvious that he likes you and you like him,but neither of you refuse to take any step forward.Literally anyone who has met you guys for the first time assumes you are together.Anyone with eyes can see it, except you two cause you both are too stubborn to act on your feelings.I am honestly fed up with you two skirting around your feelings”  

Annabeth sighs. “It's not like that piper.he doesn't like me like that” piper gives her a pointed look. “What? You don't know it. Percy has always been an affectionate person in general. I don't really know if he like likes me, or he is just being nice and sweet.” 

“You think he kisses Grover's cheek in goodbye and pulls Jason into his lap during movie nights like he does to you?”Piper looks at Annabeth amused.

Annabeth is about to defend herself saying yes -percy did kiss grovers cheek in goodbye once but piper cuts her off.

“You know what?Maybe you should do this challenge !”

It takes time to resiger what Piper said ,but as soon as it does Annabeth's  jaw drops open and she stares at Piper incredulously .

“Absolutely not! Nope, nada, uh huh, I am not doing that!” she gestures wildly at Piper's phone.

“ You and I both know Percy is not going to make the first move. So I say be a feminist and make the first move yourself.”

 Annabeth pauses and- “thats not what feminism means.” 

Pipers looks at her exasperated “ Oh my god, that's not the point , you dimwit. Point is maybe you should do this challenge maybe the fates are giving you an opportunity , you don't even have to record it, just go kiss him and declare your love for him”

“I do not lo-”

“You're missing the point here”

Annabeth sighs again. She knows there is no way out of it if Piper is set on something. And maybe like Piper had said , what if he did like her ?Maybe that could lead to something.something she has been wishing for for a while .Annabeth felt tingles in her stomach at that thought.her phone pings and she looks over just in time to see the flash the screen saver but the photo is tattooed to her brain, a picture of her and percy cheeks squished to each other , beaming at the person who was behind the camera and holding up bunny ears for each other, it’s a couple years old picture, but the memory is fresh as ever. She looks over at Piper with new found determination.

“Okay,” she tells herself mostly “I will think about it” Piper's face splits into the biggest grin she has ever seen on her, and whoops punching the air.

“Attagirl! That's the spirit!” oh boy, what did she get herself into?

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And that's how she ends up in front of percy's house a week later, in front of his door , waiting for him to come out so they could do their monthly routine, where they simply hang out the whole day ,just the two of them together. Senior year had been a pain and spending time with friends was a luxury so percy and annabeth had come up with this plan so at least they could have a day for themselves ,an escape from the outside world’s chaos in their own abode.

She is sweating profusely, rubbing her palms on her jeans repeatedly ,suddenly nervous about what she was going to do today.

She had texted Piper early that day saying she was going to do it today. Piper had told shel and both of them had cheered and given their word of advice .(“I am rooting for you ,Annabeth.i know you can do it.Go get the boy!” shel had told her this morning. She just blushed and ran out of the place as soon as possible.) She also decided to record it, then if this were to go terribly wrong( which has about a solid 35% chance as annabeth estimated the previous night), she could just point at the camera and say it was all a prank and laugh it off and hence no damage done. Yeah .sounds like an absolutely foolproof plan on paper.

 No .This was such a bad idea.

She is just about to backtrack when the door swings open.

“Annabeth!” he says as he pulls her in for a tight hug. She sighs into his shoulder  hers sagging against his hold and wrapping her arms around him , returning the hug, previous thoughts leaving her mind.he pulls away and looks at her adoringly and the nerves come to her rushing back.

“I have missed you so much,Beth.At Least we get today for ourselves !Come on, I have plans for us today! He bounces on his toe looking entirely too adorable and intertwines their hands and pulls her towards his car before she can even get a word out. 

Her mind is reeling ,oh no, she didn't plan for this. Plan was to hang out in his apartment and kiss him unexpectedly in the safety of his house and declare her love for him if it didn't go well it could buried within the four walls .but now she has to endure public humiliation after rejection.she probably stopped dead in her tracks looking shook because percy turns to look at her concerned.

“Beth? You alright?”

Nonononono-

“Yeah I am good. Are we not hanging out in your home?” she asks him tentatively.

“Oh. I thought we could go out today, you know, ‘cause we always hang out inside. And also I thought we could go for a swim since the weather is good. It's been ages! And yes I grabbed your swimsuits too.do you want to stay inside? we can do that if you want though.” he says earnestly , still looking at her worriedly. She just notices the bag slung over his shoulder.

“No! I am alright! Let's go” she replies hastily with a real enough smile.how could she deny him when he looks like an excited puppy going for a walk,bouncing on his heels. He was also sweet enough to change his plans for her.she doesn't know what she did to deserve this boy, but she thanks every god above. She tugs on his arm when he doesn't move ,pulling him towards the car ,while every part of her asks her to accept his offer.

“Don't slack, seaweed brain. We don't wanna be late to your plans ,do we?” He smiles brightly at her before rushing forward to open her door and Annabeth's heart swoons with adoration for this boy.he does things like this and leaves her wondering if it means anything.but then again ,he was brought up by sally jackson , he probably does it for everyone. 

They spent their car ride catching up,cracking jokes- laughing and singing offkey to songs playing on the radio.( “you sound like a dying sea gull!” “ well i am glad someone finally noticed my talent” and they broke down into giggles all over again).She forgets about the impending task and lets herself get lost with him in their own bubble .He takes her to the book store before going to the pool, and let’s her get the books she asks for.They goof around for a bit and the owner shoots a amused look at them and had told them they looked cute together

( which left Annabeth blushing to her roots, but Percy,ever the charmer, had handled it smoothly, beaming at the old lady and thanking her. He didn't correct her ,she noticed.).He held her hand the whole time back. No wonder everyone thinks they are together.

 Ride to the pool was silent , sometimes either of the humming to the music playing faintly.her nerves were taking over again ,so she distracted herself by turning to look at him,taking him in, memorizing the curves in his face, his sharp jaw cuts and high cheekbones.long eyelashes that almost reached his cheeks,framing his ever alive beautiful sea green eyes.he looked insanely beautiful(probably not a term he would agree with).handsome? yes. But he also looked beautiful  as the sun made his already tan skin glow, his pink lips that looked tempting as ever. She realized too late she was staring at his lips for a little too long. But thankfully he didnt seem to notice.she ducked her head to hide her blush.get a hold of yourself annabeth,she chided herself

Percy has been her best friend ever since she could remember. She has known him even before she knew how to walk or talk.they were just babies when they met each other, and sally had told them enough stories about when they had first met when sally and her dad were strolling through the park and had bumped into each other and later realized they were highschool friends. That day their baby self didn't want to part ways .According to Sally they both had giggled and pinched each other's cheeks and played the whole time while the parents caught up and were absolutely heartbroken even at the idea of leaving(It was also apparently the most adorable thing sally has ever seen till date and has a picture of them hugging from that day.even annabeth wonders till date how two 8 month olds could hug from their carriers?! But proof was case in point). Sighing both parents had exchanged numbers to set them on playdates and assured several times they would see each other again. Ever since ,they have been the ultimate duo. From kindergarten to bossing around in elementary school to the awkward middle school phase . Now after almost seventeen years of knowing him ,he was probably the best person she has ever met. He loved and cared like second nature ,and was fiercely loyal to anyone .Why must he be so perfect? But he is not.she knows his flaws ,just like he does hers.

She was brought out of her reverie as Percy opened her door and held it open for her to slide out.He pulls her inside excitedly and she laughs at his childlike excitement. After they went inside they parted ways to change into their respective clothes ,and Annabeth was left alone with her thoughts.

The pool was percy’s uncles private pool, so they had their own privacy.She didn't know why,but she felt this was the place.it was now or never, even though she could do it later when they reach home that night, but she suspects she would fall asleep in matter of time and she is not able to wait anymore, just wanting to get over with it already..Her breathing picks up as she takes her phone out of her bag and makes a makeshift stand to hold her phone. She hides the phone by setting her backpack in front of it,so it's not obvious.Percy usually takes a shower before stepping in the pool so she gets a solid 10 mins.She calms her breathing and prays to all gods above this would work out. She hits record and goes to change into her own .

 When she came back Percy still wasn't out, so she took her time in getting into the water.it was cold enough for a warm day, not overbearingly so. She was just contemplating jumping when she felt someone’s presence behind her,and realized with a jolt what was about to hit her,but before she could brace herself she was pushed into the pool. She came out sputtering ,hair sticking to her forehead , ready to kill him by just her glare ,but Percy was clutching his stomach laughing at her .He jumped in after her and tried to get to her ,but she kept moving away from his reach, biting back a smile.

“Oh c'mon beth, I am sorry ,but it's not my fault you fall for it everytime” he gave her a lopsided grin that she loves .She pretended giving in, moving towards him innocently,but percy knew her well so he narrowed his eyes at her ,just like he predicted she brought her hands from back splashing his face with water. But since it was expected he swam away,which left her splashing the air. 

“Oh, it’s on, bethy” her stomach fluttered at her childhood nickname but she pushed it down. They splashed each other for a while, Percy almost choking on the water as it rose up his nose and she slapped the life out of him in the process of getting the water out( “jesus! gentler ,wise girl” “you cannot even take this?!”).

After a while they were huddled together in the corner ,just floating on the water.she had her head on his shoulder soaking in the moment as he leaned against the walls of the pool,his hand holding her up by an arm around her shoulder.

“Hey, you have been quiet today. Anything bothering you?” he asks ,tapping her temple.

She is quiet for a while,her heart beating so fast she is sure he could hear it without even being in contact with her.Her skin burns at the places they tough,and it takes everything in her not to stare at his torso. Everything in the air feels different today, a weight on her shoulder,waiting to be lifted .

“Nothing,” her her head still leaned on him,staring into space,”I am just happy to be here.with you”.she lifts her head to look at him and finds him already looking at her.Her heart threatens to leap out of her throat.he is already looking at her, like she hung the moon,his eyes shone with something akin to love. His gaze fell on her lips and she couldn't help staring right back at his. Something was pulling them together, like they were each other's gravity. In a daze ,she noted, he leaned forward and brushed his lips on hers, electricity coursed through her body.The love she had for him felt like an electric jolt induced to her body.

‘Feel your energy rushing through me’

Not able to keep it anymore,she rushed forward and pressed her lips to his .He didn't hesitate to reciprocate the kiss. And she was finally kissing kissing kissing- her best friend.his lips were soft against hers and moved with sync as if they had already practiced it. Her lungs were burning up from the lack of oxygen but she couldn't bring herself to pull back.she poured every emotion she had in that kiss.

He pulled back and rested his forehead against hers.she didn't open her eyes yet ,but there was a smile gracing her lips.

“Hey” Percy nudged his nose against hers.she only hummed in response.

“Can you look at me ,please?” He pressed a kiss to her nose and one to each of her eyelids to get her to open her eyes.her eyes fluttered open to be met with his own green eyes.

“I kind of like you” his breath was hot on her lips but she managed to keep herself from kissing him senseless.

“You do?” she asked, biting her lips.

“Mhmmm” he only hummed, pressing a kiss to her cheeks.

“Well,that's good ‘cause I kinda like you too.”

“Well I'd hope so,or else the kissing part would have been a little awkward,don't you think?” he replies with a lopsided smile to which she can't help pressing her own.Annabeth feels on cloud nine from all the adrenaline and she never wants the feeling to go away.

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Later that night,they are curled up on his apartment couch watching a random moving running in the background.(Sally had almost cried when she saw them holding hands when they got back and yelled “dear lords, finally!” to which Percy shot her a scandalous look.) that's when she realized she forgot something.she almost smacked her forehead in realization. 

She removed herself from him to pick her bag,he looked at her confused.Realisation once again dawned on her that she had not explained to him yet

“Oh I recorded us making out, it was actually this trend piper told me a week ago, kiss your best friend to see their reaction.” percy's eyes widened before he laughed so hard he fell out the couch.

“What's so funny?”she asked him, her turn to be confused.

“No-i-it's just- oh my god” he barely replies before rolling with laughter again.

“What are laughing at” she crossed her arms at him, now she felt insecure.

“Oh beth,c'mere” he whispered, pulling her into his embrace on the floor where he settled after his fall .She laid next to him on the floor and he pressed a kiss to her curls.

“Jason showed me the same trend about a week ago.Traitors,they all planned this to make us pop” annabeth's jaws dropped.piper -that sneaky little-

“Hey we are together now, that's what matters right? Let's not kill her, let her be.”

She pouted and he leaned forward to kiss her lips ,once twice before pulling her up and leaning against the couch as she curled back to her position she was in earlier. 

“Did you get the video?”he murmured into her hair.

She tried turning on her phone,but then realized it was not turning on-it was dead.oh.then it probably didn't record the video. She felt another wave of disappointment wash through her. She looked up at him pouting once again.He laughed at her antics before kissing her to which she responded eagerly, she felt the same spark and hoped it would never go away.Thanks to the trend.

“It's fine, baby, do you wanna go to sleep for today?”her heart fluttered at the term of endearment.

“But I put a lot of effort on this.I even made a makeshift holder!” he laughed again before moving to kiss her. They kissed for a while before they fell asleep next to each ,legs and hands tangled together,on the small couch.

Later that morning Piper received a screenshot of Percy and Annabeth kissing by the pool with a caption- “ apparently he likes me too ❤”. Piper forwarded it to the group that went wild with the revelation,many replying with variations of “finally!”.

‘Baby, you're like lightning in a bottle

I can't let you go now that I got it

And all I need is to be struck

By your electric love’

[snakecadet]

"Freeze your brain" from the Heathers musical is actually a really good example of JD's character. It gives background on his family situation and stuff, but it's also a really interesting look at his mind and how it works + what he's gone through and how he copes.

He sings, " I don't learn the names/Don't bother with faces/All I can trust is this concrete oasis."

He doesn't prioritize human connections, instead, he turns to a literal store. He loves the stability it provides in his rather unstable life. He talks about trust, throughout the musical (and film) he shows his contempt for other students, but once he decides to trust Veronica he latches on to her. He chose her, just like the 7-Eleven.

"Suck on that straw/Get lost in the pain/Happiness comes/When everything numbs"

He talks (sings lol) about numbing himself, which to me, alludes to his feelings about his lifestyle. He constantly hops locations, not finding somewhere to call home. He doesn't have friends, or connections other than his sorta toxic father. He's put up a guise of false bravado (is it?) about this, like he doesn't care, or maybe he actually doesn't. What is made clear (crystal?) is that his refuge provides him with a distraction from his father and his situation. He numbs himself, but at least it isn't with cocaine right?

"When mom was alive/We lived halfway normal../I learned to cook pasta/Learned to pay rent/Learned the world/Doesn't owe you a cent"

Okay, in the song he sounds so lighthearted, he's become used to the fact that his mother died/committed suicide/got killed. The lines lead from him joking about the things he's learned around the house. I don't think a 17 yr old should be paying rent, jeez his dad is irresponsible. But then he goes on to sound so bitter. I think that a part of him is okay with what his life is like, but he has also been hurt a lot.

He goes on to sing about building walls, walls that he wants Veronica to build. He wants to protect her, the fact that he kills people who had hurt her proves that he is VERY protective. She is such a positive yet hilariously cynical person, but she doesn't have the boundaries that JD has.

I have two more lines to rant about.

"Shut your eyes tight/Till you vanish from sight/Let nothing remain"

This is in the chorus, and it talks yet again about hiding, forgetting who he is, and protecting himself. More proof that he has physical and mental crutches that he uses to deal with his father and the shit he's gone through. I swear to god this boy has some form of PTSD. It's also partly about being invisible. Constantly being the "New kid" must be hard, year after year. In the song, he sings about how he moves every six weeks or so, and that must be tough for him. Never settling down, never getting out of the phase where he knows nobody.

2. "Shatter your skull/Fight pain with more pain/Forget who you are/Unburden your load"

Just a reminder that this is all about slushies lol. I totally have to remind myself that sometimes kldhgl. Literally, LITERALLY showing his tendency for violence. I mean for fucks sake, this boy killed three people, caused suicide to become a trend, and tried to blow up a high school. Maybe? Just maybe? it was a sign?? More talking of forgetting, and unburdening a load. This heavily implies that he has troubles that he wants to forget.

JD makes me literally so sad, he's a little hurt bean who needs a hug but also a boop on the nose because killing people doesn't pass the vibe check. Anyways yeah. This song is sort of deep but also about a gas station store. lol

[grxceblqckthxrn]

TDA characters as types of tiktokers

y’all KNOW i’m bored when i’m doing this shit lmao 

i’ll get around to doing the other TSC characters eventually TDA was just the first to come to mind also if you’re not actively on tiktok some of what i say might not make sense ahaha

also i named some tiktokers who yall can use for reference for some of them and from what i’ve seen they’re all fairly unproblematic so you should check them out!!

EMMA CARSTAIRS

okay so she’s DEFINITELY super popular and she uses her platform for good

she’s really funny and a lot of her audios go viral posts videos of her dancing saying that she cant dance but she’s actually really good at it

6M followers and growing fast 

 hypes up her boyfriend’s account ALL the time

calls out misogynistic/racist tiktokers through duets and KEEPS THEIR TAG IN THE CAPTION  

 she is not afraid of starting drama lmao

occasionally hops on POV and transition trends but its usually satire 

emma can’t act for shit lmao 

super active on tiktok and has a spam account

people are always asking her to drop the skin care routine but she doesn’t have one?? 

*pushes Zara down* “and no one’s gonna help her?? WOW some world we live in”

JULIAN BLACKTHORN

there’s no way he doesnt  have an art account lmao

a lot of his paintings go viral but 90% of his comments are 14 year old girls thirsting over him

yall know that pottery guy on tiktok?? the cute one?? (i searched up his account just for this post he’s @/daxnewman769) that’s the best way to describe him

literally all the famous tiktokers commission him

probably has like 4M followers lmao

will occasionally make about how respecting women doesn’t make you a “simp”

doesn’t get into tiktok drama tho

posts candid videos of emma and all his jealous 14 year old fans get so pressed but he shuts down anyone who says anything bad about her

sometimes does painting or drawing tutorials and he’s really good at teaching stuff lmao

CRISTINA ROSALES

omg okay so like yall know those really pretty girls on tiktok who are literal models and are always dropping tips on how to frame your face for pictures and best clothes and poses and whatever  ( @/ameliezilber is the first person that came to mind as an example)

thats her

alot of her content is just for the aesthetic

BLING EFFECT

GRWM’s all the time

10 step skin care routine 

GOOD VIBES

has a pretty decent following?? like at least 2 million

has a spam but it’s exactly the same as her main lol

also calls out problematic tiktokers but not by name

her entire account is full of body positivity and does a bunch of stuff on loving yourself

sometimes does POVs and all the comments are like “@ netflix hire her rn”

sometimes posts crack videos with emma and cute vids with mark and kieran

MARK BLACKTHORN

does a lot of reaction videos and duets

a lot of his videos go viral but he doesn’t have a huge following like maybe 800k

 everyone still knows him

gets at least twenty “are you wearing only one contact” comment about his eyes every post

he’s really funny without even realizing it 

sometimes goes inactive for weeks at a time and just forgets that tiktok exists lmao

shows off kieran and cristina ALL THE MF TIME AND EVERYONE IS SO JEALOUS LIKE HOW ARE ALL OF THEM HOT

KIERAN 

doesnt have a tiktok lmao sorry

but shows up so much on mark’s and cristina’s that a lot of people know who he is

DIANA WRAYBURN

unironically does POVs but is actually good at them??

lots of videos talking about the struggles of minorities like LGBTQ+ and POC and women

posts a lot of those vidoes that are like “what to do if you ever get kidnapped” “red flags in relationships” “most powerful parts of the body” etc

probably has like 500k followers 

at the end of the day she doesn’t really use tiktok that much tho ahaha

LIVVY BLACKTHORN:

does a little bit of everything??

posts dance videos sometimes 

omg her transitions are SO good

everyone is in love with her and she has to remind them that she’s a minor (i’m just a kid plays aggressively in the background)

posts videos that are just vibes?? like her skating at night, dancing in traffic with dru/her friends, walking through the city at night etc

lots of lip syncing videos to whatever sounds are popular and all her comments are like “i wish i looked like this” “guess im not eating today” and she gets so upset :((

she wants everyone to know that they’re perfect the way they are!!

also posts POVs sometimes and she’s not that bad at them ahaha 

probably has like 1 million followers 

doesn’t even need a spam just posts everything on her main 

shouts out her sibilings accounts all the time

overall just great energy

TY BLACKTHORN

never posts his face on his main but he does on his spam

yall know those accounts that post fun facts or psychology facts?? his is like that except he talks to explain them and everyone finds his voice SO calming 

he posts a lot of content of animals and everyone is in AWE with how good he is with them

his username is probably theanimalwhisperer or something djkfskjd

every single time he posts Kit on his account all the comments are like “OOH ICU” and “SHIP” and “ASK HIM OUT ALREADY”

he gives 0 shits about popularity on tiktok he’s just posting for fun because he likes teaching people about his interests

so he has like maybe 500k followers

lots of philosophical questions that has everyone questioning their existence

ugh i love him

KIT HERONDALE

be honest this is what y’all were waiting for 

yall know those unproblematic ppl that everyone refers to as the “king(s) of tiktok”???

yeah thats him

SO FUNNY

LIKE HIS CONTENT IS GENUINELY HILARIOUS

lots of sarcasm and satire

think @/adamkindacool  ?? (one of my favourite tiktokers lmao)

does reaction videos for those “pov: im the annoying hot cheeto girl sitting next to you in math class” videos

dark humor (not like rude humor but actual dark humor)

like “i put the baby in the oven and the pizza in the bed” type of jokes back when those were a thing

has like 4M followers but almost every single one of his posts go viral so he’s gaining fast

lots of pranks

starts a bunch of trends

any video he posts of Mina goes viral

sometimes he posts some really weird stuff that has everyone laughing so hard irl (@/benoftheweek)

he NEVER thirst traps but still gets a lot of those weird sexual fairy comments on his posts (iykyk)

TO BE CLEAR I MEAN THE FAIRY EMOJI ONES NOTHING TO DO WITH HIM BEING FAE 

reacts to the comments with a video of him just staring at the screen with the “oh to see without my eyes” or “im just sixteen” audio going on in the background which only encourages them to make more weird comments

anyways everyone loves him

any of his povs are pure jokes meant to make fun of pov’ers

posts maybe one serious tiktok every 5 months that talks about being respectful and using your platform for good

“i miss old tiktok”

posts a lot of random videos of Ty where, again, all the comments are shipping them except even more so on his account because everyone can see his heart eyes for Ty

collabs with Dru a lot and does a bunch of duets of her videos

everyone loves him bye

DRU BLACKTHORN

SO many memes

she deletes any hate in her comments bc she honestly doesnt care to respond to them and doesn’t need that kind of negativity in her life

but one time she got a “the f in women stands for funny” comment and she WENT OFF

does really dark povs sometimes that are really interesting

CLOWN MAKEUP + SCARY CLOWN TIKTOKS ( think @/avani ‘s clown make up posts

REALLY good at makeup and sometimes gets julian to do scary makeup on her for tiktoks and povs (like those ones with stitches over the mouth or skin peeling off)

huge ally!! posts a lot about minorities struggles and white privilege, and acknowledges hers

does movie reviews and stuff sometimes

“types of” videos

pulls a lot of pranks on her sibilings with livvy and sometimes with Kit

lots of body positivity + self love

calls out back-handed compliments

also has a lot of content like Livvy’s of just vibing in LA

julian and emma and mark go off at anyone who sexualize her in the comments

probably has like 650k followers

posts a couple of times a week

BONUS: 

JAIME ROSALES

lots of skateboarding videos idk he just gives me that vibe

doesn’t post that often but is super popular

like maybe 1.5M followers

really passionate about systematic racism

HATES all those privileged white boys using the “this is america” audio to pretend they’re oppressed ( this is a may 2020 thing so it probably wont make sense to anyone who sees this after lmao)

POSTS A LOT OF THIRST TRAPS LMAO 

also posts lots of videos that’s just him yelling about stuff but they’re really entertaining to watch ( like that guy sebastian @/sauceyogranny)

everyone thinks he’s super hot he always shows up in those “hottest boys on tiktok” videos except sometimes he’s just the token POC boy and it makes him mad :( 

DIEGO ROSALES

HIS ACCOUNT IS SO PRACTICAL LMAO

lots of tips 

“what to do if you’re trapped in the desert” “what to do if you’re kidnapped and stuck in the trunk”

doesnt reply to comments EVER unless it’s to clarify a point he made in the video or answer a question

has like 200k

okay thats it lmao im done bye this took me like an hour to make

i’ll get to all the other characters from the other series’ eventually 

also if yall are wondering abt the lack of f*ckbois in this post they’re coming dw

TMI CHARACTERS AS TYPES OF TIKTOKERS

TID CHARACTERS AS TYPES OF TIKTOKERS 

TLH CHARACTERS AS TYPES OF TIKTOKERS

[dougmeet]

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What can be better than a pic of a French bulldog smiling with its tongue out or a vid of a cutie Samoyed sitting in front of the Sakura blossoms?

True dog lovers  answer that nothing as content makes them smile.

If you are  these people, you are scrolling Instagram to send a doggo post your friend "Look at this cutie!".

Chihuahua goofing with favourite toys, a Golden Retriever puppy trying to bark first  perfect  break from worrying day. Take a break and check 10 adorable doggie IG accounts to follow right now.

(image source: Manny The Frenchie)

1. Manny The Frenchie 

(image source: Maya the Samoyed) (image source: Doggos Mates)

Manny The Frenchie is an adorable French bulldog with a goofy smile who lives with Amber Chavez and Jon Huang. From the outset, the couple made photos of a upper only for their friends as a hobby. However, it soon turned out that Manny had become a far-reaching star. As for now, this charming doggie is the most followed bulldog online who cooperates with Turtle Wax, State Farm, and many more.

2. Maya the Samoyed

Maya is a fluffy two-year-old Samoyed who is known for sharing her big adorable smile and hilarious vids and pics. She is keen on frolicking in fountains, devouring on humans' snacks, and balancing doggones’ treats on her head like a pro.

3. Doggone Mates

Doggos mates is a family Instagram account that shows us the life of a charming French bulldog, named Bonnie, and her five Chihuahua sibs, Henry, Sandy, Lala, Varya, and Manjula.

(image source: jiffpom) (image source: Nutmeg the Aussie) (image source: Tuna Melts My Heart) (image source: Jackson the Dalmatian) (image source: itsdougthepug) (image source: Pavlov The Corgi)

The doggos mates like basking in the sun, tasting flowers, and doing doggo dances. Valerie, the owner of pooches, daily shares adorable pup pics and vids and writes posts with useful bits of advice and life hacks for dog keepers. The owner is not only a happy dog mum but also a breeder of French bulldogs and Chihuahuas, and she offers pups for sale worldwide.

4. Jiffpom

Jiffpom is one of the most followed dog Instagram accounts, and its main character, Jiff the Pomeranian, reminds more of a toy than a pup. This doggo was featured in Katy Perry’s music video Dark Horse, and he has been voted for the Most Popular Dog in the World. In his Instagram account, you can find many amusing vids and pics of his Hollywood life.

5. Nutmeg the Aussie

Nutmeg the Aussie is a pooch of Australian shepherd, who generates impressive content. This pupper takes walks around NYC and posts pics of towering skyscrapers. As we can see from his Instagram photos, Nutmeg is also a pro at chilling.

6. Tuna Melts My Heart

Tuna is a famous Instagram Chiweenie – a mix of a chihuahua and dachshund – who will undoubtedly steal your heart. His charming overbite and squinty eyes endeared his owner, Courtney Dasher, at a dog rescue event in 2010, and, as a result, Courtney adopted him. Tuna has had an American tour raising awareness for animal rescue, where he involved people in donating for animal shelters nationwide. Currently, books and some other merchandise with pooch’s photos are sold on behalf of Tuna.

7. Jackson the Dalmatian

Jackson the Dalmatian is a dapper Dalmatian dog whose name is a homage to Michael Jackson’s song Black or White. This doggie loves walking outside, chasing balls, and eating fruits and vegetables. Jackson also enjoys posing for engaging content and always wears a bow tie to complete his gentleman look.

8. Doug The Pug

Doug the Pug is a true celebrity pooch. He’s not only won a People’s Choice Award for Animal Star 2019 but also has launched his line of dog toys and merchandise. This cutie pug has appeared on shows, music videos, and even been the subject of some magazine articles. His hobbies include dressing up as his favourite movie characters and enjoying his favourite treats.

9. Pavlov The Corgi

Pavlov The Corgi is a charming corgi dog who lives in California. The followers love him for dank humour and dozens of brooding photos in front of artsy walls. Currently, Pavlov has a line of his merchandise that consists of beanies, hats, shirts, and hoodies.

10. Popeye the Foodie Dog

: 1.   Instagram - Popeye Foodie Dog Yorkpom Shirranian Terrier

Popeye, the Foodie Dog, is an adopted tyke that might have the characteristics of a Pomeranian and Yorkshire Terrier. Ivy Diep, the owner, has found this pooch wandering through the streets of Los Angeles. She couldn't pass by this homeless pup, and so Ivy decided to take him home. Today, Popeye lives a happy doggo-life, and he is known as the cutest foodie for his adorable pics in local cafes and restaurants.

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Rap Book Hop

Yeah, yeah Ayo, neighbours, it's time. It's time, neighbours (aight, neighbours, begin). Straight out the sweaty dungeons of rap. The friend drops deep as does my mouse. I never run, 'cause to run is the wife of grouse. Beyond the walls of puppies, life is defined. I think of golf when I'm in a Hull state of mind.Hope the grouse got some spouse. My blouse don't like no dirty warehouse. Run up to the house and get the powerhouse.In a Hull state of mind. What more could you ask for? The poor friend? You complain about dirty dishes. I gotta love it though - somebody still speaks for the send. I'm rappin' to the book, And I'm gonna move your hook. Smooth, hideous, chewy, like a tail Boy, I tell you, I thought you were an entail. I can't take the dirty dishes, can't take the flamingo. I woulda tried to sail I guess I got no lingo. I'm rappin' to the hook, And I'm gonna move your book. Yea, yaz, in a Hull state of mind.When I was young my wife had an amend. I waz kicked out without no end. I never thought I'd see that trend. Ain't a soul alive that could take my wife's lend. An ugly fairy is quite the cherry. Thinking of golf. Yaz, thinking of golf (golf).

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What’s the most historic thing that has happened in your lifetime? I can think of a few things. There’s 9/11 though I was barely conscious then, Osama Bin Laden’s death, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, 2011 Japan earthquake, and the H1N1 and Covid pandemics. In my country, there were typhoons Ondoy and Yolanda, the Manila hostage crisis, and the Hello Garci election corruption scandal. Out of these, though, I’d say the heaviest ones to bear have been 9/11 and Covid.

What happens in your country regularly that people in most countries would find strange or bizarre?

We use a spoon and fork to eat and only really fancy shmancy restaurants give you a knife and a fork. Many eat with their hands as well, though this is way more common in provinces.

Everyone is late to everything and punctuality isn’t a thing, which is a big culture pet peeve of mine and I still like arriving early/on time anywhere.

This applies to Asia in general lmao, but shoes typically aren’t allowed or at least frowned upon if they go beyond the main entrance of houses.

We start Christmas as early as September, and we end it by the last week of January

When families get together, aunts/uncles will usually greet their nieces/nephews by asking if they already have a boy/girlfriend and/or telling them that they got fat. Horror relatives will greet you with both.

People generally like to keep to themselves, so striking a friendly conversation with strangers even if you have the pure, genuine intention to be simply friendly will just lead them to think you’re being a creep lol

What has been blown way out of proportion? The effects of video games and the question of it increasing violence among kids. Sure there’ve been gruesome accounts and no one’s invalidating those, but the overwhelmingly vast amount of people who play video games end up okay. I had so many killing binges on GTA but to this day I can’t even look at a real gun without shuddering, lol. When was a time you acted nonchalant but were going crazy inside? This is me every morning at work. 9 AM-11 AM is always the busiest period and it’s a lot of shit happening at the same time and a lot of morning deadlines to meet, but unlike college I can’t exactly call for a timeout whenever I want and have panic attacks anymore.

What’s about to get much better? I hope my fucking life is next in line. I’m tired of being tired of being tired.

What are some clever examples of misdirection you’ve seen? Probably all the times WWE would mislead viewers on a rumored return or debut of a big name by saying they’re in another city, implying that there’s no way they’d be appearing on a WWE show. This happened with Ronda Rousey and it was so fucking exciting when she finally showed up, haha.

What’s your funniest story involving a car? I don’t know, really...I don’t try to be funny when I’m on the wheel lol. Probably the time I let Angela use my car on campus, and when she needed to make a u-turn she ended up doing an awkward 90º turn and had an SUV nearly crash towards us. She had only driven a handful of times at that point so she was a little clumsy, but neither of us had any idea she’d fuck up a simple u-turn as badly as she ended up doing lmao.

What would be the click-bait titles of some popular movies? I can think of more clickbait posters than titles, but I can’t seem to remember what those films are called right now.

If you built a themed hotel, what would the theme be and what would the rooms look like? Themed hotels generally make me cringe. The most theme-y place we ever stayed at was the lodge in Sagada and it was really just more homey than anything. I’m not into themes when it comes to hotels as I find it a little cheap lol and I’ve always preferred a straightforward experience in the places I stay at for vacations.

What scientific discovery would change the course of humanity overnight if it was discovered? A way to live forever. < This is a good one. Also, maybe a huge asteroid or meteor bound to hit the planet that will make widespread extinction a certainty? I can’t even begin to imagine the panic that will rise from something like that.

Do you think that humans will ever be able to live together in harmony? I doubt it. It sounds difficult especially when you realize we’re 7 billion in total.

What would your perfect bar look like? As long as there aren’t any annoying younger college kids, who are almost always the loudest crowd and not in a good way, I’m okay with any kind of bar.

What’s the scariest non-horror movie? Some shots in 2001: A Space Odyssey are freaky as fuck. There were several scenes that included sudden HAL shots, and I did not enjoy those. How the fuck Kubrick managed to make a computer scary is beyond me. I’ve also always skipped the vortex scene with the creepy face shots after seeing it once.

What’s the most amazing true story you’ve heard? This is a really vague question... a few months ago I watched this video diary of parents who had a child born at like 25 weeks. Just way too early, basically. And they recorded the kid’s weekly progress, how she kept fighting, and her journey of being transported from one machine to another while she still needed them. It was beautiful to see her get bigger and plumper with each week that passed and it was just such a feel-good story to watch. I was so relieved when they showed footage of her as a normal, healthy toddler by the end of the clip.

What’s the grossest food that you just can’t get enough of? I know balut is pretty unpopular in the Western part of the world, but I’ll gladly eat a dozen of them in one sitting. In general Asian street food is usually considered gross - pig intestines, chicken intestines, chicken feet, pig ears, etc., but all are normal in the culture I was raised in.

What brand are you most loyal to? It’s annoying and I can’t help it, but Apple.

What’s the most awkward thing that happens to you on a regular basis? I try not to make it regular, but sometimes a mistake on my end will slip through in an email I’m sending and I have to send another email correcting myself and apologizing for the oversight. One of my least favorite parts about work.

If you had to disappear and start a whole new life, what would you want your new life to look like? I’m not wishing for much. I just wish it was easier to remove any trace of me on social media sites and have it be as if I never existed because I think that would make it easier for me to move on from...well, you know what. I still have trouble verbalizing it and I don’t feel like mentioning it tonight.

But idk, I like staying connected to my family and friends, so idk if I can ever achieve that. And that said, I think I’m bound to always keep seeing her around.

What movie or book do you know the most quotes from? I memorize a pathetic amount of dialogue from Love Actually, Twilight, Titanic, and The Proposal.  What was one of the most interesting concerts you’ve been to? I guess Coldplay? They gave assigned lightsticks for each section and the crowd looked amazing when the production crew activated the lights for certain songs. I still have some of the clips because I posted them on Snapchat, so I’m really glad I did that; otherwise I would’ve lost the videos forever.

Where are you not welcome anymore? I’ve felt pretty unwelcome around her. How she could do a 180 and just not be interested in having anything to do with me is really soul-crushing.

What do you think could be done to improve the media? Fact fucking check, please. Also keeping sources balanced, avoiding clickbait headlines, being more objective than neutral, and don’t fucking sensationalize. How timely that this landed on a journalism graduate, hahaha.

What’s the most recent show you’ve binge watched? Start Up but I haven’t continued in the last two weeks :/ I think it’s because I know I’m nearing the finale and I subconsciously just don’t want to run out of Start Up episodes to watch lol but yeah, I still have four episodes left and I have no clue when I’ll watch it again.

What’s a common experience for many people that you’ve never experienced? Being close with their mom and considering them as their rock.

What are some misconceptions about your hobby? I don’t know enough about embroidery to know misconceptions about it.

What did you Google last? 2001: A Space Odyssey because I needed to be sure of the scenes I planned on citing in the question above that made me mention the movie.

What’s the dumbest thing someone has argued with you about? Not being able to find a restaurant to eat at. The backstory is a little complicated but it’s the same fight that led my younger brother to slap me across the face, and what subsequently led me to stop speaking to him.

If money and practicality weren’t a problem, what would be the most interesting way to get around town? Probably a tank.

What’s the longest rabbit hole you’ve been down? It’s always the ones on Wikipedia lol. I find weird and interesting articles on there all the time; there’s always something new to read.

What odd smell do you really enjoy? The rain, though sometimes it can be too overpowering when the humidity has been high. I like it for the most part, though.

What fashion trend makes you cringe or laugh every time you see it? Streetwear is so fucking dull to me. I never saw the appeal.

What’s your best story of you or someone else trying to be sneaky and failing miserably? Hahahaha this happened just a few weeks ago actually. My parents and I were headed out to have some ramen, and I opened the car door to hop onto the backseat. They didn’t prepare beforehand and they left the Christmas gift I asked for - a corkboard - in the backseat, so I was able to see the whole thing, unwrapped and with price tag and all. Their mortified faces knowing that their secret’s been blown were hilarious. They had no choice but to just give it up, and the corkboard has been on my wall since.

If you had a HUD that showed three stats about any person you looked at, what three stats would you want it to show? I guess the stability of our relationship, their general mood for the day, and erm how badly they need a hug because I’m always willing to give some.

What’s the best way you or someone you know has gotten out of a ticket / trouble with the law? My mom fake-cries her way out and it’s always been hilarious to see a grown ass woman do it and pull it off every time.

Tear gas makes people cry and laughing gas makes people giggle, what other kinds of gases do you wish existed? I don’t really want to manipulate people’s action in this way, so pass.

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I read that one posts. I agree with Sol. I think it's more likely that Dreamworks crunched the numbers, figured it wouldn't be profitable and just canned the project than them cancelling it because of a very small section of the internet. p1

“p2 Mecha is just a dying genre as a whole. Even in Japan, isekai has taken it's place and there are hardly any new mechas outside of Gundam. That's in Japan! In the west, mecha is even more niche of an interest and general audiences don't gravitate towards it. I don't think that any mecha movie wouldn't do well at the box office. I'm even worried about that Gundam movie bombing at the box office.”

Hi Anon, thank you for the Ask!

Yeah, I agree with Sol too—and at risk of repeating what I’ve said in other posts about the movie thing—it’s really hard to convey just how incredibly unlikely a property like Voltron or Robotech will ever be made into a live-action movie. It really is about the numbers, as it always has been. Since the 80s, there’s this whole persistent and stupid element of the cartoon industry that continues to delude itself that promises or interest from Hollywood will ever pan out. There are so many scripts sitting in production limbo, that it’s almost criminal.

No one wants to risk money on a live-action movie based on children’s media IP that won’t bring in rated PG-13 or R dollars from adults, and no one wants to risk repeating the 80s He-Man film. The exceptions are live-action films made from children’s media IP that are fully owned by the company paying to produce the movie. I’ve got more to say about the complexities of royalties, but that’s awfully long-winded when I get into it, and I’d rather be long-winded about giant robots. (◕ᴗ◕✿)

The topic of mecha genre dying out is what really interests me here. It’s a topic that I think about a lot, as the beginnings of the mecha genre had a lot of deep cultural time-and-place stuff behind it, even if the stories were just kids and teen boys hopping into a giant robot to beat up other giant robots and monsters, in what were essentially 30 minute long toy commercials.

Isekai will come-and-go as all genres do. It’s not a new genre, but right now the types of themes driving the isekai stories being made speaks to a lot of interesting things happening in the youth of Japan’s relationship with digital gaming and role-play escapism. It’s fascinating, even though the focus of the genre as it’s done today hasn’t really grabbed me in the same way that isekai of the 80s-90s did.

Mecha isekai exists, and it’s only a matter of time before someone either remakes Vision of Escaflowne, or does a more mecha-focused isekai story similar to Magic Knight Rayearth. I doubt anyone would revisit Aura Battler Dunbine, or Super Dimension Century Orguss, but an otaku can dream.

Before we can say the mecha genre is dying, let’s briefly skim over the genre trends of the past +40 years. Every decade or era of mecha anime has a trend that reflects cultural concerns built into it, in a way that I don’t think any other genre of animation can touch (until now, with Digital/Virtual/Fantasy RPG World Isekai).

Late 60s-70s was: Super Robot smashes monsters and alien robots

Mid-70s – early 80s was: Combining Mecha Sentai Team Super Robot smashes monsters and alien robots

80s was: Real Robot + “how many sci-fi/fantasy settings can we put a robot into?” + the death-throes of Super Robot (e.g. Dairugger XV, Golion, Baldios, Godmars)

Also 80s: What the hell was Super Dimension Fortress Macross about? Cold war tensions of escalating end-the-world arms race meets an alien species whose only culture is fighting. Where songs about love, and the culture of love, are what win the day, not just transforming robots and big guns. Macross is deeper than it lets on.

Fun 80s: GoShogun happened. The first parody-satire mecha anime that still feels more serious than they intended, but is actually hilarious once you get past the dated gender roles humor (which was also kind of intentional satire).

WTF 80s: Space Runaway Ideon broke everyone’s minds.

Still not done with 80s: Gunbuster happened. The first angst-driven parody-satire mecha anime that blew everyone’s minds.

Late 80s-early 90s OVA mecha was a mix of Serious Cyberpunk-influenced Real Robot for older teens and adults + Mecha with Tits & Tentacles for Adults (see also space elf lesbians).

90s was: The Franchises Will Survive With Prettier Pilots, and Super Angst-Bot That Was Way More Influenced By Drugs And Ideon’s Ending Than Anyone Wants To Admit (aka Neon Genesis Evangelion) + “Since Gunbuster was a success, how many parodies of Super Robot and Real Robot can we do?”

Mid 90s isekai gems: Magic Knight Rayearth and Vision of Escaflowne

Late 90s: Brain-Powerd (not a typo) happened and it’s a shame no one remembers it. I’ve seen it’s influence come up in the 2000s – 2010s.

The 00s seem to be filled with a lot of re-treading of everything that came before but with different cross-genre influences and some of it really damn good but hard to remember because it all kind of blends together.

The 2010s-today: I have no idea what’s happening now b/c I can’t keep up with anything that isn’t Gundam. And why bother when there has been a flood of classic 70s-80s mecha releases—many for the first time in the US—to binge watch?

Knights of Sidonia was cool.

Since I haven’t kept up, I can’t speak to what new mecha anime is like, or why it's less popular (though I have an educated guess). It was gonna happen eventually, and I suspect that the kinds of post-nuclear and Cold War existential dread that informed mecha anime of the 60s-80s has moved on as target audiences grew up. Those lates 80s OVAs, where the stories could be more adult, reflect that growing up (and also Blade Runner’s influence).

I see the 90s as very transitional, includes reactions to the prior eras, but also reflects a lot of angst by Japanese teens and young adults caught up in the after-effects of 80s stagnation, and the constant test-studying to get into the best school to get the best job (if it exists) and figure it all out before you’re 14 so you can pick the best school to test into. Also, salary-man dad works 120 hours a week and is never home. Get in the Angst-bot Shinji.

Excluding the stand-out brands that survived their respective eras: Gundam, Macross, Braves series, Mazinger Z, Getter Robo, Evangelion; there’s not much other ground that can be covered right now that would warrant a series. The franchise mecha shows are grounded in their respective niches. It’s kind of odd that there isn’t an isekai mecha franchise, b/c that’s a niche that hasn’t been owned in the way that the other niches have (unless maybe Machine Hero Wataru is still a Thing?)

It’s worth mentioning that Sport Anime has really been having a moment for almost a decade now, and that’s super interesting to compare against isekai. Isekai about dungeon slimes or whatever vs literal horse-girls racing each other like high-school track. Thanks Japan, are y’all all right over there?

A few last things:

The success of Super Robot Wars tells me that mecha genre isn’t dying. Consider the ages of players. How many of them actually grew up watching Yuusha Raideen (aka Yūsha Raideen / Raideen the Brave)? There is an SRW manga anthology series, and loads of gachapon and collector’s grade mecha figures from old mecha anime get released with regularity. Someone’s buying that all that shit.

SRW is nearly 20 years old now, and they are still making video games that do one thing really well: rotate a 40 year old cast of everyone’s favorite robots into a battle strategy game held together by a duct-tape plot that doesn’t take itself too seriously. The games are fun, and it’s cool to put all these mecha into the same field. It’s really great to see older shows that will never be remade have little cut scenes in a newer animation style that still feels like the originals.

There’s also the old staple that started it all: the tokusatsu genre of live-action Super Sentai shows (e.g. Power Rangers). They’ve been making the Super Sentai Series since 1975, and there’s still fun to be had watching color-coded warriors use special powers/tech to summon forth some combining mecha to do battle with rubber suit monsters from outer-space. The effects are much better these days, but it’s the same formula, year after year and people still love it.

So with respect to mecha, I think what’s died or dying, is that people are afraid to have shameless child-like fun with giant robots. The genre got too serious and too angsty (and too horny without the grown-up edge of 80s OVA Tits & Tentacles mecha). The franchises carved their niches and aren’t going anywhere, while the genre survives in video games and collectables.

A lot of that shameless fun has moved into other genres, because nothing else explains a title like: “Is It Wrong To Pick Up Girl’s In The Dungeon?” or the nearly-ecchi concept behind the sports anime “Keijo!!!!!”. But that kind of fun is less child-like and more self-deprecating or pervy-humor. Both sports and isekai anime have their serious side, but seem to be dominated by stories that don’t take themselves too seriously, or like Yuri on Ice, aren’t afraid to take a concept that no one ever saw coming, and shape it into a good story.

I eagerly await a mecha sports anime (wait, no, I think that already happened), and I’d love to see a knock-out isekai mecha anime again. I think it will happen eventually, but probably not from Toei or Sunrise. If Tatsunoko could get beyond Moe Idols In Space, then the Macross franchise already has everything it needs to do a isekai series. That would be rad.