#Yuuri is a hollow

[ddringo]

We repeat what we don’t repair

Victor grasps Yuuri's cheeks and forces their eyes to lock. “It’s okay, Yuuri. It’s always scary the first time, but I won’t let anything happen to you. I promise.” He places a soft kiss across Yuuri’s lips. Feels him relax, just a little, under the touch.

“What if I fall?” Yuuri’s voice is small and hollow.

“I’ll catch you” Victor promises.

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Yuuri is the most important, amazing, passionated, incredible, lovable person in Victor's life. There’s just one problem... Yuuri refuses to skate.

Prompt: Childhood Trauma @badthingshappenbingo

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Yuuri slept. It was a simple sleep, filled with the thoughts of cold and shink of skates. It danced in his head and let him breathe in gulps of wonderful things. He could sense a tune playing. In his dreams he chased the notes, dancing along the winter scene, laughing, reaching, playing a game of catch me with something that glimmers just out of reach.

He stopped as the world opened up from the ice of the rink to the ice of a lake, lumpy at the edges with sticks and bits of rock, a river flowing towards it feeding the mirror of its surface. The lake was huge, and in the distance someone twirled like a music box ballerina. It was graceful and elegant. He wanted to do that. Eyes wide, he beamed, clapping his hands. Yōsei! A beautiful yōsei was angling towards the ice, hand never touching as it teased the snow from its blades into a swirling arch about its body, twizzling into an arch that lead into a double… a backwards double. This was backwards. Yuuri was confused.

He tilted his head, trying to understand, only for the world to tilt with him. He slipped thrugh the ice, standing on the other side. Through it he could see the yōsei dancing forward now, but it was no longer beautiful. It terrified him. The face was carved ice, translucent without letting him see what lay beyond. Was there anything beyond? There must be, he could see it smile. The teeth were razors, pointed and fanged. It's every breath froze the air, the silver that was its hair made of frost. Even its clothes were mere frost feathers. Only the blades were real, and those were made of the purest cutting edge.

Looking around, Yuuri tried to figure out where he was, why he was thrugh the ice. It had to be a dream. This was the only thing that made sense. Slipping on the silver, Yuuri fixed his stance, careful not to use his toe pick to much, afraid to crack the mirror. As he slid into the shadows, his found the darkness full of nothing.

"Ahi!" he cried, waving his hands as he felt himself stumble. It would be good to have some light. Suddenly illumination began, steady and soft, radiating from his skin. Yuuri spent a good deal of time staring at his hands, trying to figure out what just happened before he remembered he was in a dream. Dreams were not limiting. Raising his head, he tried to see what had tripped him.

A claw was sticking out of the darkness that was the sky. A sky he was skating on. Turning to look from where he'd come, he saw that every strike of his blade had left a little trail of clouds. Trying to touch them, he pushed forward, only for small bursts of light to shine thrugh. Dawn breaking the night. Yuuri paused, something catching his eye. He looked up. The yōsei had stopped. It mirrored his movements now, head turned in his direction, arms twisting when his did, gliding as he pushed himself along.

Blinking, he looked away, looked at his feet. The light shinning from him showed him the thing beneath the ice. A great white dragon, curled, and waiting. It seemed stuck in time, but aware. Awake. Yuuri knelt, placing his hands on the sky. A gold ribbon, words etched in red shot from where he pressed. It arched about him, swirling towards the silver of the mirrored ice above. At the same time, a ribbon, properly mirrored, seemed to try to reach down to him.

Turning his attention back to the dragon, Yuuri saw its eyes move, taking him in. He knew this being. How could he not? Slapping his hands against the sky, he tried to free it. Predictably, it did not work. He tried again anyway, only to hear the hollow echo of the yōsei as it did the same over him. Yuuri paused. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath. Looking up at that freighting face, teeth shinning with permafrost, Yuuri swallowed hard.

"Okami?" Bright blue. It's eyes that opened to stair down at him were bright blue. Unlike the cold that chilled it's flesh, the yōsei's eyes were longing, sad, self contained as if anything more would risk greater death. Pain beyond understanding. It made his heart hurt.

“Sen-Yomi-Oni-Yomi,” the yōsei said, scales of ice slicking over its skin. It sounded… wrong. It was accented, and haunted. Like it was trying for the words, but wasn't sure.

"No one knows the future, Okami-sama. I will be careful with mine."

The yōsei seemed to reach, a red ribbon trailing from it's wrist. He could almost see the writing. Kanji. It was Kanji, and -

"YUURI!" Mari banged on his door. "GET UP! You'll be late!"

Yuuri jumped out of bed, still reaching for something he thought he should have. By the time he made it thrugh breakfast, he'd forgot about the dream. Somewhere in Russia, a long haired teen woke up unsure of why he was crying.

(The links are starting to pile up. Go to the oldest part to find previous links to the story's beginning!)

part 25, part 26, part 27, part 28, part 29, part 30, part 31, part 32, part 33, part 34

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Finally, here is the submission results:

PRELIMINARY POLLS WILL BE UP TUESDAY 7/25 @ 12PM EDT

tags: preliminaries matches (the actual polls, not including any reblogs) bracket info propaganda

INFO UNDER CUT

✨✨There were a couple of submissions that were openings, rather than endings, so those have been removed. (So there were 700 valid submissions, 702 total submissions)

✨✨Songs that only got 1 or 2 votes will not be advancing.

✨✨At most 2 songs per series will be allowed in the bracket.

✨✨There were five series that had more than 2 qualifying songs (Chainsaw Man, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hunter x Hunter, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and Naruto).

✨✨There will be FOUR preliminary polls for these series. They will be a week long.

✨✨There will not be a preliminary round for Fullmetal Alchemist, because Uso and Shunkan Sentimental had many more votes than the other three submissions so I will just be putting those in the bracket automatically.

✨✨For HXH, JJBA, and Naruto, I will be putting the top voted song in the bracket, and the rest will battle to the death for the other designated spot. (I didnt do this for CSM bc it was a three way tie lol.) The endings that will be advancing for these series are:

"Hyouri Ittai" by Yuzu

"Roundabout" by Yes

"Wind" by Akeboshi

✨✨The Preliminary Polls will be:

💥Chainsaw Man (2 winners)

"Fight Song" by Eve

"First Death" by TK from Ling Tosite Sigure

"Hawatari Nioku Centi" by Maximum the Hormone

"In the Back Room" by syudou

"Tablet" by TOOBOE

"Time Left" by ZUTOMAYO

💥Hunter X Hunter (1 winner)

"Hunting For Your Dream" by Galneryus

"Just Awake" by Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas

"Reason" by Yuzu

💥JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1 winner)

"Akuyaku♢Kyousoukyoku ~ Oingo to Boingo~" by Various (Makoto Yasumura, Motoko Kumai, Hidenobu Kiuchi)

"I Want You" by Savage Garden

💥Naruto (1 winner)

"Broken Youth" by NICO Touches the Walls

"By My Side" by Hemenway

"Rainbow" by Vacuum Hollow

"U Can Do It!" by DOMINO

✨✨With the prelims, the total number of songs that will be advancing to the bracket is 62. I will not be doing any other preliminary rounds to fill in the last two spots, because I'm busy, and I really dont want to do polls for the 55 songs that got 2 votes, only for 2 spots. I will either have the bracket just be 62 songs OR i will use my godly powers to just put in two of the other songs that i like. its a surprise teehee.

✨✨The endings that are guaranteed a spot in the bracket are:

"About a Voyage" by Sayuri [Boku No Hero Academia]

"Aishiteru" by Callin' [Natsume Yuujinchou]

"Akatsuki" by Akiko Shikata [Yona of the Dawn]

"aLIEz" by Sawano Hiroyuki [Aldnoah.Zero]

"Aoi Honoo" by ITOWOKASHI [Black Clover]

"Chou Cream Funk" by Philosophy no Dance [Mashle: Magic and Muscles]

"Comedy" by Gen Hoshino [SPYxFAMILY]

"Daisy" by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION [Kyoukai no Kanata]

"Datte Atashi no Hiro" by LiSA [Boku No Hero Academia]

"Don't say 'lazy'" by Youko Hikasa [K-On!]

"Fly Me to the Star" by Starlight Kuku Gumi [Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight]

"For the Love of Life" by David Sylvian [Monster]

"Fuyu Biyori" by Eri Sasaki [Yuru Camp]

"gravity" by Maaya Sakamoto (Composer - Yoko Kanno) [WOLF'S RAIN]

"Groovy!" by Kohmi Hirose [Cardcaptor Sakura]

"Hare Hare Yukai" by Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, Yuuko Gotou [Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu]

"Hectopascal" by Yuuki Takada, Minako Kotobuki [Bloom Into You]

"homework never ends" by Mawatari Matsuko (JPN), Sara White (ENG) [Yu Yu Hakusho]

"Hyouri Ittai" by Yuzu [Hunter x Hunter]

"I'm Alive" by Becca [Black Butler]

"Infinity" by Yuuri [Sk8 the Infinity]

"Kimi No Shiranai" by Supercell [Bakemonogatari]

"LOST IN PARADISE" by ALI feat. AKLO [Jujutsu Kaisen]

"Magia" by Kalafina [Puella Magi Madoka Magica]

"Mashi Mashi" by NICO Touches the Walls [Haikyuu!!]

"Memosepia" by sajou no hana [Mob Psycho 100]

"Mephisto" by QUEEN BEE [Oshi no Ko]

"Nomic" by ACCAMER [I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss]

"OverThink" by Fan Ka [Link Click]

"Prayer X" by King Gnu [Banana Fish]

"RED" by Survive Said The Prophet [Banana Fish]

"Red:birthmark" by AiNA THE END [Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury]

"Refrain Boy" by ALL OFF [Mob Psycho 100]

"Roundabout" by Yes [JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Animation]

"Sayonara Bye Bye" by Mawatari Matsuko (JPN), Stephanie Nadolny (ENG) [Yu Yu Hakusho]

"Sayonara-gokko" by amazarashi [Dororo (2019)]

"Shiki no Uta" by Minmi [Samurai Champloo]

"Shikisai" by yama [SPYxFAMILY]

"Shissou" by LAST ALLIANCE [Ouran High School Host Club]

"Shubidubi☆Sweets Time" by Miyamoto Kanako [Precure: KiraKira Pretty Cure A La Mode]

"Shunkan Sentimental" by SCANDAL [Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]

"Sore wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna" by Sayuri [Erased (Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi)]

"SPLASH FREE" by STYLE FIVE [Free!]

"Stand By Me" by the peggies [Sarazanmai]

"Sugar Song and Bitter Step" by UNISON SQUARE GARDEN [Kekkai Sensen]

"Tenchi Gaeshi" by NICO Touches the Walls [Haikyuu!!]

"The Real Folk Blues" by The Seatbelts feat. Mai Yamane [Cowboy Bebop]

"Torches" by Aimer [Vinland Saga]

"Trust Me" by Yuya Matsushita [Durarara!!]

"Truth" by Ruka Yumi [Revolutionary Girl Utena]

"Uso" by SID [Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]

"Virtual Star Embryology" by Maki Kamiya [Revolutionary Girl Utena]

"Wareta Ringo" by Risa Taneda [Shin Sekai Yori]

"Wind" by Akeboshi [Naruto]

"You Only Live Once" by Hatano Wataru [Yuri!!! on ICE]

"Zetsubou Billy" by Maximum the Hormone [Death Note]

"Zzz" by Sayaka Sasaki [Nichijou]

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Hey! Could you do another daemon rec list? Your other list got me in the mood

Absolutly! d=====(￣▽￣*)b

More Daemon Fic Recs

This list will include all ratings and tags, so read at your own discretion! :)

Star Trek

Ni'Var by WerewolvesAreReal - Rated G

Humans have daemons. Vulcans have katras. Spock, born of both, has neither. Which he's fine with. Really. Meanwhile, James Kirk is a little curious about this whole daemon business, because how the hell can he have two souls - ?

a resilient touch by kurgaya - Rated T

Jim’s daemon used to be a wolf and Leonard’s not sure how he feels about that. Used to be. [STID Missing Scenes - Jim sleeps. Leonard worries. Someone unexpected talks some sense into them both].

Daredevil

Down to the Bone by SpiritsFlame - Rated G

Everyone always wants to know why his daemon isn't a bat. As though being blind is all that there is to him, the center point of his character.

Spiderman

of things unknown (but longed for still) by aloneintherain - Rated T

Peter Parker can’t walk around with the same daemon as Spider-Man. But she’s going to settle one day, and there’s nothing he can do about it.

The Witcher

Two Halves of a Whole by penguistifical - Rated G

Geralt doesn’t take much notice at first when the small brown bird alights on his table.

one for sorrow by Emamel - Rated T

There were other rumours, older and more persistent, that Jaskier hadn't been able to make a dent in. Witchers don't have souls. Witchers are no better than beasts. How could they be civilised, intelligent, compassionate, human, when they don't even have daemons. What was Jaskier supposed to do about that?

interconnected strand to strand by Hirikka - Rated G

Turns out Jaskier isn't the first person who loves Geralt to be driven away by the witcher. After The Mountain, Jaskier is found by Geralt's daemon. They adopt each other.

The Adventure Zone

a thousand points of no return by anonymousAlchemist - Rated T

Since wizard's daemons often settle as birds and urban legend says that elves are separated from their daemons, no one looks too closely at the fact that Taako and Lup are both single entities, missing the other halves of their hearts. They walk like people, they talk like people, and if they're hard to read because their daemons aren't fluffing up their feathers or swatting playfully with their paws, well, elves are notoriously enigmatic anyway. This lasts until their first death. All deaths on the Starblaster are strange. When Magnus first died on the animal planet, I'morko followed right after, both of their bodies dissipating into golden sparks, a strange inversion of the natural order. The pattern holds. Year after year, person and daemon alike dissipate into a fine mist of dust, knit together by the bond engine in the new plane. During their fifteenth year, Taako is shot through the heart with a well-aimed magic missile. Lup screams and casts one last firebolt, spell-sculpting around their bodies, before unspooling into a fine golden sand.

Yuri on Ice

hollow ground by Piyo13 - Rated T

There's no rules regarding where a daemon has to be in relation to their skater, only that they aren't allowed on the ice. This has always seemed a little unfair to Yuuri. After all, he loves skating like he loves his own soul; why can't he have both?

Batman

I know you won't leave by Speechless_since_1998 - Rated G

Jason was thirteen, adopted for over a year, and he was at his first gala. He expected the rich snobs who looked down on him, judging his daemon. What he didn't expect was to find a child hiding as his daemon took shape. Nor that Ace would adopt him.

everything you lose is a step you take by oceanofchaos - Rated T

“Tim,” she says, hesitant in a way that she never is, not when it’s just the two of them, “About settling.” Thirteen is hardly unreasonable to be unsettled, but rare given their night activities, and Tim’s been thinking hard about what Hestia will choose. “I don’t think I want to settle,” she says quietly, interrupting his train of thought, “Maybe not ever.” “Okay,” replies Tim, stroking a careful finger over her soft brown snout, “Not if you don’t want to.” ------------ Dæmon AU, the life and times of Tim Drake and his dæmon Hestia, before, during, and after Robin.

Fullmetal Alchemist

the lives of wild animals by ohmytheon - Rated G

military - but what people don't realize is that his daemon is just as wild as Mustang's in the end.

In the Shape of a Soul by redketchup - Rated T

Ed says, “Stupid Colonel Bastard.” “Brother, what are you thinking?” Alphonse asks evenly, which is his way of saying, Please, for the love of god, brother, the colonel is not responsible for every terrible thing, but hey, it ends up Alphonse is still loyal to his big brother, because he also adds, “I’m surprised he didn’t make an effort to call us. It sounds like something we could help with. Maybe the first lieutenant has been out recently.” Which conveys how little faith Alphonse actually has in Mustang when he acts outside Riza Hawkeye’s influence.

East City has a new string of murders and, much to a young alchemist's annoyance, his superior officer insists that the Fullmetal Alchemist's expertise is not needed. This leads to more trouble than anyone would expect.

talents of the souls by ohmytheon - Rated G

Edward's hand shakes as he draws the soul bonding transmutation circle on the inside of the armor. Alethea has to hold his arm up to keep him steady. “I won’t let you take them!” Ed screams. “Take my arm, take my heart, take my soul!” Alethea cries out as she buries her face into his stomach. He can’t feel her. He almost gets sick. Oh, god, why can’t he feel her? (Or, Fullmetal Alchemist with daemons, focusing on Edward, Alphonse, and human transmutation. Companion piece to "rummaging in our souls", which focuses on Roy and Riza.)

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Fluffy fanfic rec list

On one of my Discord servers people were talking about how people seem more likely to recommend angsty fic, so I decided to put together a fluff rec list, just for fun! This is gonna be a variety of fandoms, wordcount length, genres, etc. -- the common factor is I like ‘em and they turned up when I search “fluff” in my bookmarks. I’ll point out if any are nsfw

ATLA

see your son rising at last by aloneintherain --  ATLA -- 6.5k words -- Iroh & Zuko 5+1 things fic  

North by ryfkah -- ATLA -- 300 words -- short & sweet Appa POV fic

definitely not suspicious at all in the least by presumenothing -- ATLA -- 1k words -- post-canon Gaang shenanigans

All The Gentle Creatures by Haicrescendo -- ATLA -- 10k words -- animals love Zuko, he’s basically a Disney Princess

Yuri!!! On Ice

see you next level by verity -- YoI -- 1.5k words -- Yuuri, Viktor & Phichit get drunk & watch TV, Yuuri & Viktor continue to be the most adorably sappy couple

Friendship!!! Is Magic by afrai -- YoI & OHSHC -- 10k words -- Yuuri & Haurhi meet at a conference and become friends. Viktor & Tamaki make fools of themselves (but what else is new)

Howl’s Moving Castle (mostly bookverse)

Second Time Lucky by labellementeuse -- HMC -- 5.5k words -- Howl & Sophie plan their wedding (lol i spelled that “weeding” on the first try... also accurate). As you might expect for these two it doesn’t go without some hiccups.

Could it be magic? by SpiritedYoungLady -- HMC -- 500 words -- Howls comes back from night with the rugby club, and Sophie is unamused

Fulllmetal Alchemist (mostly bhood/manga)

All That Describes a Joyful Heart by anthrop  -- FMA -- 3k words -- Hohenheim & Trisha cook together during a winter storm & they are simply TOO ADORABLE. Features some Xerxian cultural headcanons inspired by Nowruz (Persian New Year) traditions!

And They Were ROOMMATES by Turbulent_Muse -- FMA -- 30k words -- Modern AU in which college student!Ling moves into a haunted house, but since the rent is too good to pass up, he decides to try and befriend the demon. Greedling friendship & adventure fic.

Science for People Who Hate Science by Tierfal -- FMA -- 66k words -- Royed Modern AU, but even if you dislike that ship you might want to give this one a chance; it’s really more of an origfic about two characters losely inspired by Roy & Ed. They run a goofy educational youtube channel and are two dorks in love. Al shows up to make fun of them sometimes. It’s a good time!

The Sleeping Horror of Whiskerford by Eltea -- FMA -- 3.5k words -- another modern AU, in which the gang (Ed, Al, Winry, Riza, Roy, Hughes) plays D&D. Worth it for Ed’s character sheet alone, but overall just a hilarious & fun time.

A Clowder of Cats by Batsutousai -- FMA -- 4k words -- post-canon (a more-or-less canon universe fic for once!), Al settles down and adopts a bunch of cats (AS HE DESERVES)

Teen Wolf

the butt is a gift by lazulisong -- Teen Wolf -- 1.5k words -- Stiles is pinned to the couch by cats. I think this is part of a larger AU but tbh I don’t care: Stiles, cats, relatable dilemmas, what more do I need?

When the Bough Breaks by The Feels Whale (miscellea) -- Teen Wolf -- 12k words -- A bit of a weird one, but sometimes I like my TW fic weird. post-canon-ish/canon-divergence with endgame Sterek; Stiles is on the outs with Derek’s pack until they learn that he’s adopted a baby, and then they’re suddenly all over to dote on her. I actually really mostly liked this for Stiles’ single parent struggles and (platonic) relationship with the baby’s birth mother, the werewolf stuff & romance was cute but mostly incidental.

Misc fandoms

it's a new craze by attheborder -- Good Omens -- 5k words -- Crowley & Aziraphale start an advice podcast

Hot Springs and New Beginnings by CorundumBleu -- Hollow Knight -- 3k words -- in a good ending universe, Quirrel, the Knight, and The Last Stag relax at a hot springs and discuss hopes for the future. I recommend looking through CorundumBleu’s other HK fics as well -- there’s a couple other good fluff fics in there and some most angsty but still amazing stories! (I’m biased: CB is my sister & I helped edit these, but still, I think they’re great!)

Sufficient by atheilen -- The Goblin Emperor -- 2k words -- deaged!Maia; in which everyone and particularly Beshelar shows how much they care for and cherish Maia.

Sick Day by avg (AnxiousEspada) -- The Murderbot Diaries -- 4k words -- Overse & Arada are sick; Ratthi and later Murderbot visit to help them out. “To everyone’s surprise, a feverish Overse is SecUnit approved humor-fuel.” (P.S. if you like this fic consider checking out my sequel to it!)

Thrilling Night! Romantic Adventure at the Video Rental Store! by Masu_Trout --  Undertale -- 2.5k words -- wonderful Outsider POV of an employee at a video rental store who gets the admittedly uncertain priviledge of helping Alphys and Undyne pick out a movie to rent for their date night. I’m still not over the movie they end up picking, OMG.

Gonna add a reblog with BNHA, Natsuyu, Gravity Falls, and maybe some HP recs tomorrow.

Also, if you like these fics and know of more like them, feel free to let me know! I’m always taking fic recs (I’m slow to get around to them but I WILL save your recs for later) :P

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Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 17 (06/24/2023)

Sorry for posting this late because this girl just graduated! Yes everyone now this is my full time job now /j. No but seriously this week had been a roller coaster and interesting. Certainly more interesting than our new entries here.

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1. "Take Two" by BTS

Seems like BTS is out of their hiatus? Anyways what I found most interesting about this song isn't the song itself, but where it debuted. In both global charts this song debuted at #1 meanwhile on the Hot 100 proper, it only debuted at #48. I think the whole top ten of even the Global 200 that included US numbers suggested that maybe America isn't really trusted anymore for worldwide smash hits or that other countries showed up to have bigger impact that a lot of people realized.

32. "Who Told You" by J Hus ft. Drake

With the rise of afrobeat, I was wondering about what's the early proginator of the genre are cooking up and capitalizing on the success of afrobeat. Well we have a cool and chill afrobeat song from J Hus with a surprisingly decent Drake verse (thank god he didn't do any accent here).

74. "Polaris" by Saiko, Feid & Quevedo ft. Mora

Something is happening in latin music scene and I'm excited for it. This song is one of the reasons as to why because the mix between reggaeton and drum & bass is so seemless. I hope this gets big stateside because man we need more of these.

102. "Grain of Sand" by Lim Young Woong

You know how in Japan, pop and rnb ballads are still big with artists like Back Number and Yuuri scoring multiple hits? Well seems like we have a K-Pop ballad and I'm plesantly surprised at how well produced this song is. Lim has such a great voice and perfect for this guitar driven ballad. Even the whistle isn't bad here. Highly recommended.

103. "Tuya" by Rosalia

I don't know what to make of this song. On one hand it's nice to hear more Rosalia material and even after Motomami she can make some catchy reggaeton song. But just like LLYLM, the song itself felt hollow and kinda checked out? I don't know but this song felt less vibrant than most if not all the songs on Motomami. We'll see what happened next though because I do love the ending portion of the song.

175. "Let Me In" by EXO

I...have never been a fan of EXO. That's partially due to when they were popular I was falling out of love for K-Pop since most of its bigger bands like Super Junior and Shinee were doing conscriptions. I do think EXO was supposed to be THE boyband than would crossover into the USA before BTS did. But the mismanagement and just Kris Wu in general really doesn't helped. But hey they have a new singles out and this is definitely a more subdued RnB comeback that I actually kinda like.

194. "Padam Padam" by Kylie Minogue

I think we need more retrospective deep dive into Kylie Minogue career because she's lowkey still churning out hits after hits even though she's less popular than Madonna. This song is no exception like holy crap she can adapt to the deep house trend that we are in right now. This song does give me clear skin thank you very much queer ally Kylie Minogue.

195. "Lover" by Taylor Swift

One of my favorite moments of 2023 is Swifties memeing Cruel Summer into an actual singles even if Midnights still have its own singles run with Karma.

I highly recommend everyone to listen to these songs

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★ Fandoms list ☽

This post is so you may know what fandoms I know of, not like a mandatory list or anything. Also OP is really forgetful, this might be incomplete. (Last update July 18, 2023)

I am willing to do stuff about fandoms I don’t know of! I might be lost the entire time lol

★ Current obsessions ★

Spiderverse

Castlevania (show)

Tamagotchi (v niche I know lol)

Bg3 (I haven’t played a SINGLE minute of the game but I love dnd and drawing, sue me)

★ Fandoms I adore forever ★

Stardew Valley

Animal crossing

31 minutos (♡)

★Fandoms et al (no particular order)★

☽ Videogames

Hollow night

Gris

The legend of zelda (no TOTK spoilers pls!)

Minecraft

☽ Cartoons

The owl house

W.I.T.C.H

ATLA

Miraculously ladybug veteran that ditched sometime before this last season (

☽ Anime

Jujutsu kaisen

mp100

Banana fish

dbz

FMAB

JJBA

Yuuri on ice

kamisama kiss

OHHC

☽ Misc.

Dnd

★ Book fandoms ★

The folk of the air series

From Blood and Ash (and prequels)

This is how you lose the time war

This post might be incomplete cuz I have shit memory and too many interests (its so bad I gotta say it twice man…)

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Victor learns that Yuuri’s fate now lies in the hands of the ghostly souls known as shinigamis.

[novasaysacab]

Good Fanfic: “Hey sorry guys but I’ve lost interest in this story so I decided to end-“

Me:

[oatmealcrisp-freak]

All the while there had been that growing trepidation, that cresting question, of the future.

What would Viktor do when he could no longer compete?

When he could no longer skate?

Who was Viktor Nikiforov outside the ice?

He couldn’t imagine it.

And then a truly prodigious amount of champagne fueled self-destruction had thrown Yuuri into his trajectory practically face first, and they’d exploded into stars together.

Yuuri, the life they’d had together - it’d filled Viktor to bursting. He’d never known he could be so happy, so committed, so.

So in love.

Suddenly, the future seemed like a glowing promise. It was still difficult to imagine, but the possibilities had become exciting. Children? More dogs? All the dogs? A dog sanctuary? Marriage first, certainly. They would work towards getting married first, and then they would go from there.

With each and every medal Yuuri earned thereafter, there’d been the simultaneously unsettling yet flattering weight of transaction. Viktor had demanded gold in return for commitment. Yuuri had gone out and earned it again, and again, and again.

Every time he got silver, though, even bronze, there was an undeniable anxiety in Yuuri’s eyes. A question lingered behind those beautiful browns when he looked up at Viktor. He’d stopped asking Viktor to kiss silver, but Viktor’s knee-jerk refusal had dug in and not let go.

‘Am I good enough?’

He was. Without question. Viktor could never understand why he was so reluctant to let Yuuri know that. So he compromised in every way he could. He stuck to his word, but he never let it stop him from drowning Yuuri in affection.

Actions spoke louder than words. His mother had managed to impart on him that much before she passed.

“Viktor?”

“Hm?”

Viktor dropped his eyes from the ceiling and gave them to his lover instead, finding Yuuri peering back at him groggily. 

Ah. His husband was always so handsome when he was just waking up - his hair tousled into his eyes, his heavily lidded gleam drowsy and uncensored. Reaching over, Yuuri settled a hand on Viktor’s cheek and rubbed at the corner of his mouth. It made Viktor realize he was frowning.

“Did you have another one of those dreams?”

Viktor huffed in annoyance and immediately turned to snuggle his husband. 

“I did! What is it about hot air balloons leaving me behind that’s so-so unsettling, my bunny? I’m beginning to fear I’m developing a complex!”

Who on earth was afraid of hot air balloons? Viktor could understand perhaps if he’d been inside the balloon, the fear of heights was a common one even if Viktor didn’t have it, but no. It always drifted off into the distant sky, leaving Viktor with his feet rooted firmly to the ground.

Yuuri kissed his forehead, drawing Viktor’s head into the hollow of his throat with an arm around his shoulder, the meat of his thigh settling in a rich heat across Viktor’s hip.

“Even if you are developing a complex about hot air balloons,” Yuuri said, pulling back with a furnace of a smile. “I still love you, my Vitya. I’ll love you no matter what.”

Viktor sniffled, then clung on harder with a wail. “My Yuuri!”

There was a prompt commotion that resulted in Makkachin barking awake very grumpily.

comparing yuuri to a hot air balloon may not be my most poetic metaphor to date but it does entertain me so

it stays

[yoificfinder]

Hello! Thank you so much for this account!! I hope you are doing well and keeping healthy!

I was wondering if you could help name a Viktuuri fic I've been trying to find, I thought it was part of 'The Masterlist' but I couldn't find it...

Basically, Viktor finds this weird magic bar, and has a conversation with the barista, talking about how if he had the chance, he would give up everything, fame, health, riches for a chance at love. He says yes and ~woosh~ he's on The Beach^tm at Hatsetsu, sickly and mute, with Yuuri who finds him on the beach. (Although Yuuri doesn't think it's him because he's supposed to be competing) so stuff happens, there's this jerk Viktor double that 'magic lady' made who is trying to win Yuuri's affection.

I hope that wasn't already on the masterlist, and thank you!

Hello anon! I'm not familiar with this fic so I'm sure it's not in the masterlist yet. I hope someone else can help us!

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ETA - with both feet on the ground by @louciferish [M, 75K]

Yuuri knows the man in front of him. He’d know him even without his glasses, even if he couldn’t see at all and could only hear the distinctive rush of blades on ice. There’s no question, because Yuuri’s bedroom is plastered with this face.

It’s not the exact same face from Yuuri’s posters. The man on the beach is thinner, his chin and cheeks prickling with thick stubble, and his silvery hair is shaggy, longer than Yuuri’s idol has worn in years, but still in that moment Yuuri has no doubts. He’d recognize those eyes anywhere.

But Victor Nikiforov can’t be on a beach in Kyushu right now. More than that, he can’t be here with his hair hanging so long it sweeps his shoulders, his cheekbones hollow and his collarbones protruding, wearing clothes that seem to have been through a typhoon.

He can’t be here right now, because Yuuri watched Victor Nikiforov leverage his signature quad flip to take second in the short program during the World Championships in Tokyo last night.

Tysm for the help, @valalicious! ❤

[igniferous]

“it’s  dark  in  here.”  From yuuri

█▐  @sinwrote    | ✖ |   prompt

               〝  I  NEVER  WOULD  HAVE  NOTICED.  〞      Tone  drier  than  the  stagnant  air  filling  the  hollow  darkness  around  them  meets  such  an  astute  observation.   Par  for  the  course  with  their  injudicious  Majesty,  who  never  could  take  silence  for  what  it  was  and  sought  to  insert  inane  commentary  even  at  the  most  senseless  of  times,  as  though  his  very  life  may  have  well  depended  on  it. 

Unfortunately,  Wolfram  adores  the  fool  with  all  his  blazing  heart.   Certainly  enough  for  an  arm  to  shoot  out  in  blind  pursuit,  swinging  and  grappling  about  in  thin  air  for  a  brief  disoriented  moment,  before  making  contact  with  companion’s  shoulder.      〝  Hold  on,  Yuuri,  I  should  go  first.   I  won’t  be  held  responsible  should  our  king  trip  over  some  loose  brick  in  the  floor  and  fall  while  under  my  caAAre——  〞

Someone  does  so  promptly  trip  over  a  loose  brick  in  the  floor  and  fall.

[acepalindrome]

I’m thinking a lot tonight about how clearly unhappy and unfulfilled Victor is at the start of YOI. Look how he smiles with his gold medal in the first episode. There’s no joy in it. And he smiles and winks and carries on for his audience because he’s used to fitting himself into whatever role people want from him, but it all rings hollow.

It’s going to be really interesting to see the young Victor at the start of his career in Ice Adolescence who isn’t burnt out yet and hasn’t yet learned how lonely it can be at the top. We might see a Victor who is genuinely happy when he wins instead of just going through the motions. But even if gold medals make him happy now, we already know that Victor was neglecting life and love during his career. Even if he can fill himself up with the passion of skating, there’s always going to be that loneliness in him. Until he meets Yuuri. But that’s still a long ten years away for the younger Victor.

[katzuyas]

for the prompt "passion" from @bearpuffsfan

the absence of it has been so subtle, so well-hidden that yuuri doesn't even notice it. what he does notice, however, is its return. and then, that find strikes him double - because if he noticed it resurfacing, he couldn't see its lack. and that made him a failure.

as an avid fan and a fiance, that he didn't see victor's passion dying hurts twice as much.

but the pain is brief. it's fleeting. if he'd known, if he'd seen, he would've done everything in his power to help. though, as he now looks at victor skating center-ice, he thinks that perhaps he did help a bit without even knowing it.

it's back, victor's passion. all the more obvious for the absence of it in the programs yuuri's seen him skating last. even the stammi vicino that won him a world championship. it was bare compared to his skating now. hollow, despite the emotion that yuuri could still see there. then, victor was a picture of sorrow and longing, of deep ache of a heart that has been raked and left bare far too often. then, he was morose and lost in the pain that yuuri couldn't name.

no more.

victor catches him looking from across the ice and his smile lights the world with a thousand sparks. yuuri's heart aches as he watches him take the first steps - the new program that brims to bursting with life and love. victor claims it's an ode to him, to yuuri, but yuuri sees the truth in his jumps. all precise, all practiced, all perfect. there's a spring to his steps, a playful energy, a joy that comes off him in small gestures and twists. this, the entire program, may perhaps be partly inspired by yuuri, but most of it is something else - victor's love of skating returning to him once more.

he's like a child that has first learned the ice. yuuri smiles when victor blows him a kiss as he speeds past him. he's beautiful like this. he's always bautiful, always making yuuri catch his breath, but like this... this is different. this is a victor that yuuri has only ever caught glimpses of.

now, he shines like a golden sun: dazzling, warm, effervescent.

and yuuri knows that he's a smitten fool, that his thoughts are led perhaps by his love and adoration of this man who stormed into his life and flipped it upside down. but there is also truth in them, too. a truth that cannot be denied. victor is happy. he's free, when he hasn't been before. it would be too presumptuous of him to claim it's him who'd changed him, so yuuri doesn't. he simply allows himself to enjoy this, and to smile at victor, kiss his sweaty cheek when he skids to a stop before him, blade slashing.

"I love you," yuuri tells him. no one can hear, but even if they did, it wouldn't change the way yuuri feels.

victor's eyes, bright and lovely, sparkle as he grins. "I love you too, solnyshko. you liked my program that much?"

there is no need to lie.

"I think it's one of your best," yuuri says. and the joy on victor's face becomes one of yuuri's best sights, too.

"all thanks to you."

victor takes his hand and kisses it, his smile softer now, sweet. that same sweetness fills yuuri's heart.

"skate it again for me?" he asks, just to lock victor's happiness, his love, his passion in a place where he keeps all his treasures safe.

victor winks. "with pleasure."

he gives another performance, another show, but his joy holds. and yuuri, watching it all, holds onto this - this happiness, this love, this life full of wonder. and he is never letting it go.

[inkscribes]

Yuri Plisetsky

Yuri very carefully picked someone he didn't know to be the first person he slept with. They had flirted with him, complimented his skating and his passion... made him feel - special. Yuri had let them walk him to his room at the hotel, the night of the exhibition, after he'd skated with Otabek in front of the world. What he hadn't expected was the way it hurt, and left him hollow and broken. He'd wanted a fraction of what Victor and Yuuri had - but the next day, all Yuri felt was hollow.

[intheticklecloset]

Jealous (Yuri on Ice)

Summary: Yurio isn't too happy when he finds Otabek skating with Victor, but Otabek's encouragement turns into something else when he learns his friend is sensitive in more ways than one.

A/N: I've been obsessed with Yurio recently, and I knew I wanted to write a fic with him as the lee but I wasn't sure how to go about it for a little while. This is my first attempt at a Yuri on Ice fic of any kind, and I'm really happy with it. I hope you enjoy it as well!

Word Count: 1,719

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“Don’t be mad,” Otabek said, smiling at Yuri’s glare that was laced with a pout.

Yuri grunted and looked away. “I’m not mad,” he muttered, but it was obvious he was lying. He’d gotten to the rink a little later than he’d intended, and upon arrival had seen his best friend skating with Victor. He didn’t know whether they were practicing or actually skating together, and he didn’t care. Either way it had made his blood boil to see the man he’d looked up to for so many years skating with his friend. His, not Victor’s.

Now that Victor had gone – bidding them a way-too-cheerful goodbye as he went – Yuri let his mask of irritation slip just enough to let Otabek see that he wasn’t just angry. He was disappointed, too. Worried. And that bothered him even more.

Otabek stepped closer, wrapping his arms around Yuri’s shoulders in a hug, and the younger teen stiffened at the obvious show of affection. This was the part of friendship that was still new to him; this hanging out, talking to each other, hugging.

“It’s okay, Yuri,” Otabek said, voice softening. “I still want to skate with you, if you want to.”

Yuri scoffed. “Of course I want to skate with you, idiot. Er, I mean…” He frowned, trying to find the words. “Not idiot, just…of course I want to skate. That’s all. I want to skate. With you. Just us.”

Otabek chuckled, pulling away to look his friend in the eyes. “Good. I do, too.”

Yuri shook him off. “Then why were you skating with Victor?”

“He was here when I got here, and you were running late.” Otabek smirked, tweaking his side playfully. “Don’t be so jealous.”

Yuri gasped sharply, taking a step back, eyes wide. Otabek looked at him, confused at first. Then realization dawned and his smirk became a smile.

“Don’t look at me like that,” Yuri muttered, fighting against the blush he knew was threatening to light up his face. “I’m allowed to be jealous. You’re my friend, not his.”

“You’re allowed to have more than one friend, you know. You’re friends with the other Yuuri, and I’m not jealous of him when you two hang out.”

“We do not hang out,” Yuri spat. “That pig and I are not friends.”

Otabek observed him for a moment, then pinched his side again.

Yuri squeaked and stumbled back even further. “Quit doing that!”

“Are you ticklish?” Otabek asked finally, advancing on him.

The way the blonde scrambled away so hard and fast that he slammed himself into a wall was enough answer on its own. Otabek trapped the smaller boy between his arms, pinning him in place with his body and his gaze as he smiled warmly. Yuri was definitely blushing now.

“You are being difficult,” the blonde managed, trying to duck under Otabek’s elbow. The taller boy grabbed the hood of his jacket and yanked him back, snatching up his wrists and pinning them above his head. Yuri sputtered indignantly. “L-Let me go, you – you idiot! What are you doing?!”

Otabek chuckled. “You think I’m being difficult?” He tweaked Yuri’s ribs this time, smirking at the little noise he got in response, followed by a sharp twist to the side. “You’re the one who needs a lesson, my friend.”

“Don’t touch me,” Yuri snapped, eyes widening when Otabek poked a finger into his side and wiggled, keeping up with him even when he tried to jerk out of the way again. He bit hard on his lip, breathing quickly, trying not to laugh. “Don’t touch me, I said! Beka!” Still that finger kept up, wiggling and digging and poking from his side to his stomach, eventually searching out the blonde’s navel through his clothes. Yuri wished he could move, wished he could do something, but Otabek held his arms firmly above his head and just kept standing there, smirking at him, waiting for him to break. Yuri was blushing red as a tomato and he couldn’t do anything about it. “S-Stop! Beka – stop!”

But Otabek just smiled, moving that poking, prodding finger down the front of his stomach to his hip bone, and that’s when Yuri brought his leg up defensively and let out a little huff. Just a huff – not a giggle yet – but enough of a noise to let the older boy know he was getting somewhere.

“Here?” he asked, placing his hand on Yuri’s hip and pressing his thumb into the bone, harder this time, and the blonde let out a tiny snicker. “There we go. This must be your spot.”

“S-Stop it, Beka,” Yuri pleaded, a wide smile on his face that he couldn’t control. He squirmed against the wall, helpless, desperately hoping Otabek would show mercy. He hated the way he sounded when he was tickled, hated how it made him laugh beyond his control, hated that it made him beg like a little kid. “Don’t…don’t…”

Otabek hummed. “Don’t what?”

Yuri glared at him. “Don’t tickle me.”

“Why not? Tickling is fun. Friends tickle each other, don’t they?” The dark-haired teen pressed in again, and again, he got a little snicker. “You’re my friend, and I want to make you laugh since you’re so unhappy.”

“It’s your fault I’m unhappy!” Yuri cried, twisting sharply to the side when that thumb pressed in again, kneading little circles. “Y-You were skahahating with Victohohor!”

Otabek smiled and shook his head. “You’re impossible sometimes.”

“Stop,” Yuri pleaded, the first giggles finally spilling out of him. “N-Nohohot there, please, it t-tihihihickles – Beka, please—”

“I want to hear you laugh,” Otabek replied simply, finding the hollow of his hip and kneading deeply.

Yuri spasmed against the wall, turning his face to the side to hide his wide smile and blush. “Nohohohohoho! Stohohop it, plehehease, I hahahate being tickled!”

“You hate it?” Otabek asked, slowing to a stop. “Why?”

Yuri pressed his lips together, refusing to look at his friend. “It’s humiliating.”

“I’m not trying to humiliate you. I’m trying to have fun with you.”

“Fun?”

“Yes.”

“Tickling?”

“Yes?” Otabek frowned at him, confused. “I’m trying to make you feel better, not worse.”

“By making me make sounds I hate? Making me laugh when I’m angry at you? Making me…” Yuri huffed. “Making me beg?”

“If that’s the way being tickled makes you feel, I won’t do it.” Otabek’s voice was serious now, but his grip on Yuri’s wrists was unwavering. “But I think if you let me, I could show you that tickling can be fun if you let it be. You can’t help the sounds you make. I really want to hear them, actually. I won’t think you’re pathetic or weak for laughing when I tickle you. You’re ticklish, Yuri. It’s entirely normal to laugh when you’re tickled.”

“Spare me the lecture,” Yuri snapped, squeezing his eyes shut. “If you want to do it so bad, then fine. Do it. Just don’t blame me if I kick you where it counts.”

Otabek paused. “Are you sure?”

“Yes, you big oaf. Just do it already-eeee!” Yuri squeaked out the last word, his uncontrollable smile returning when Otabek resumed kneading tiny circles into his sensitive hip bone. The blonde tried to collapse, but with his friend holding his arms above his head like that, he only gave him more of an opening to tickle him. “Beka! Let me – lehehet me fall! Let me dohohohown!”

Otabek complied, releasing Yuri’s wrists so he could fall to the floor, curling up in a protective ball that the older boy then had to unfurl, coaxing him to lie flat on his back so he could reach his hips, sides, and ribs easier.

Yuri’s head was thrown back, teeth clenched against the mirth that wanted so badly to burst out of him in embarrassingly high-pitched giggles and squeaks. He shook his head, grabbing Otabek’s wrists. “Nohohohohoho! I tahahahake it bahahahack – stohohohohop!”

“I want to hear the sounds you make,” Otabek said, pinning the blonde’s wrists together with one hand and continuing to scribble and dig with the other. He broke into his own wide smile when finally – finally – Yuri Plisetsky dissolved into adorable giggles. “Like that.”

“Stohohohohohohop,” Yuri whined, squirming on the ground but going nowhere fast. He wished his hair would hide his face, but lying on the floor with his head thrown back like this, he didn’t have a hope in the world of hiding from Otabek now. “Beheheheheka, please, it tihihihihihickles!”

“I know, but isn’t this at least a little fun? I think it’s fun. You’re being really cute. I like this look on you, Yuri.” The dark-haired boy smiled fondly at his friend, letting go of him to seek out the backs of his ribs with his fingertips, blinking in surprise when Yuri yelped and gripped his shoulders, giggles bordering on something stronger. “Oh?”

“Nohohohohohoho!” Yuri was almost laughing now, but still not quite there. He shook his head, kicked his legs, tried to push Otabek away. “Plehehehehehehease! Stop, Beka, I cahahahahahan’t! I dohohohohohon’t want to!”

Otabek took that as an obvious cue to stop for real, so he ceased his tickling and sat back, patting Yuri’s knees affectionately. “No more, I promise. I won’t make you do anything you don’t want to do.”

Yuri wrapped his arms around his torso, then thought better of it and covered his face, trying to hide. Still, Otabek heard the muttered “thank you” from behind his palms, and he smiled.

“If you ever want to try again, just let me know,” he said. “In the meantime, why don’t we get out on the ice. It’s why we’re here, right?”

Yuri waited a few moments before removing his hands, back to his usual, snarky self in no time despite the light pink hue that still painted his cheeks. “Yes. Skate. I want to skate. Let’s go.”

The two of them got their skates on and laced up, then headed out onto the ice together. Yuri breathed a sigh of relief, finally at ease, feeling at home, exactly where he belonged. Where he knew he was in control again. Still, though, as he and Otabek skated around and with each other, he had this nagging feeling in the back of his mind that wouldn’t quite let go.

He had a lot to think about.