#a bit of a srs answer i guess but yeah?? like

[eruverse]

Idk why people say aph russia has no "friends". In real life, russia is quite close with serbia, bulgaria, vietnam, india, many central asian countries etc.

Wouldn't he be quite close with these countries he literally saved their lives (India, Bangladesh, Vietnam) ? Idk why hima wrote him as having no friends.

Yeah, esp speaking as an Indonesian. We are good or at least neutral with Russia lol (and the whole former USSR for that matter). Not that we’re close or anything these days, as we were only a bit close during CW era aka when we flirted with communist block back then, but this means we don’t regard them as enemies or anything.

A bit tricky on Central Asians yes, simply because the relationship between colonies and their former colonizers are very complicated and you can’t put this into black or white gloves on just love and hate, friends or enemies, especially ones that are literal neighbors. Speaking as a former colony ourselves, but Indonesia has actual continental wide distances with its former colonial powers and this means we don’t need to interact with them on absolutely all aspects of life, but even without this we still deal quite a lot with for ex Netherlands, for cooperations and programs etc etc. For better or worse, you also can’t say that we absolutely hate the Netherlands, like ONLY hate and NO MORE, because 350+ years of history together means that whether we like it or not Netherlands has become an intimate facet of our life and our self. And even now, we still want to be friends with Netherlands, also bc our foreign policies are just like that tbh: we wish to be neutral or nice with everyone, with no enemies but no allies and all are partners.

What would happen then when you are literal neighbors? Your lives will be even more intertwined. Not even I know about the full extent of it tbh for obvious reasons. Not just the emotional aspect of it maybe, but absolutely everything else… the need to cooperate on a lot of matters, opportunities that arise from that, and the need to repress things bc you are dealing with stronger powers, the dependencies etc. It is all very complicated. Thus yes, “friends” in air quote, but not “enemies” either. More like partners.

(Also the reality of middling or weaker powers: you rly, rly need to watch your words and not just declare that some stronger powers are enemies or not friends lmao that would be lit suicide. Rly, I have to say this, but methinks the fact that most ppl in the fandom being Westerners aka ppl who come from a place of political and economical powers means that they rly have no idea how us weaker countries have to act and watch our words. Does that mean that weaker powers are only reluctant friends? Not rly! That depends on circumstances and is v complicated. But rly, know that us weaker countries have AGENCIES and AGENDA as well.)

And that’s irl. I’m on the opinion that while you can use irl as inspo (if it’s too different and one dimensional it’d be too jarring) ultimately fiction is fiction and you have certain creative liberties. I’m also one on the more light hearted side of Hetalia personally lol. Irl is tough enough, I don’t rly want my fun fandom life to be spoiled. To an extent, I also present my characters as individuals.

So yeah, methinks Vanya ofc has friends — some who genuinely like him and be around him, some who like him but wish for some healthy distance, some who are more meh but wish for certain opportunities that are hopefully mutual, some who are both annoyed a lot but also a lot fond. And one character could oscillate between these, lol.

[themouthwasher]

sighhh, this is my selfship sideblog, for jimmy, i selfship with him

i guess you can call me LP, kinda like lp records lol, thatll be my nickname here, he/it pronouns, 18 years of age

taken by my beloved @swansuke (and jimmy too of course)

pleaseeeee check hidden theres some clarifications in there cause i know an account like this needs clarifications (plus a bit more random info bout me)

PLEASE READ THIS!!!

yes i know hes a horrible piece of shit, i dont support his actions, i hate him, but my brain says fuck all to morals when it comes to stuff thats fictional and decided "hey this guy seems silly, im gonna fall in love now!" whenever i think of lovey dovey stuff i try to place it in a sort of au where he didnt do... all of that. but yeah, theres really no "good" way to do it is there? i get most people will see it as wrong no matter which way i try to spin it so just please block and move on if you have a problem with it

not particularly proud of the fact i selfship with him (if you couldnt tell by how ive been talking about it so far) which is reason i made this blog, im not gonna admit this to anyone else so i might as well make an account where i can love him anonymously, honestly i have quite a bit of internal turmoil over loving him but thats to be expected when its... him. expect random bouts of "i fucking hate this man he makes me so mad /srs" immediately followed by doting on him cause my brain hates me being happy

tldr; i dont support his actions and lowkey hate the fact that i selfship with him, but hey i didnt chose to fall in love (if i could chose this would be a daisuke blog just sayin)

a bit about me

uhmm ive got autism, adhd, and bpd, and i feel like that definitely all shows itself in the way i act, i guess i act pretty unstable?? im also a very paranoid person, over like, everything, idk what causes it but its basically the stereotype of what people think of when they think of paranoia, i dunno i think that pmuch sums up whats wrong with me

i draw sometimes, though i doubt ill post anything, and i like music a lot, its my spintrest (but ill try to keep music talk to a minimum lest anyone manages to figure out who i am by my music taste) other than that uhhh i guess i like horror and bugs, and i bet youll never be able to guess what my favorite game is

no dni, if i have a problem with you ill block you and thats that, i guess im neutralship but really i do not careeeee, doubles can interact too! in fact please interact!! lets gush over jimmy together

tag list!!! woohoo!!! this post is also tagged with all of em so you (or more likely i) can easily click on them and get scrolling

"💚 i can fix this" is my rambling tag, check that out to see me talk about how much i unreasonably love that man

"💚 tuplars copilot" is for fanart reblogs

"💚 kills 99.9%" is my misc reblogs tag, whether it be non fanart posts about jimmy or completely unrelated posts that i reblogged with him in mind

"💚 polle says" is my ask tag, just any posts where im answering any asks i get

"💚 lp draws" is any of my art that i post, couldnt think of anything creative for this one

"💚 chatterbox" is me either talking to other people or posting stuff that doesnt really have anything to do with jimmy (and the tags not a reference, how revolutionary!)

"💚 i hope this hurts" is things reblogged/posted with hatred or anguish in my heart, i mightve actually got seething mad at jimmy seeing/making those posts but bleh whatever its jimmy so on the account it goes

"💚 not safe for tuplar" i think im so funny, i wont be rebloging anything too extreme and ill try to keep post like these to a minimum, but thats just there if you wanna mute it i guess

"💚 favorite posts" is self explanatory

[peasthedumb]

Question, actually, cause I’ve finally realised the correct way to word it:

So uh….emotions yeah? Can’t actually remember if I’ve made a post venting this issue before? I usually post everything pretty spontaneously which is an awful decision tbh

Srs question that: if it’s normal, I’ll look melodramatic, if it’s not….idk? I guess I’d just rather know?

I really really feel basically nothing a lot of the time. Other than pretending emotions I think would be correct or entertaining at the time (Which also isn’t hugely a conscious decision btw). Not saying that’s a majority of the time, I do feel stuff normally most of the time too, but it’s usually just very sporadic, and when it’s done, Its back to that void until something else triggers the emotion. And a lot of the time it feels very shallow, that’s the only way I can think to word it.

Is this normal humanity shit or what? It’s not a problem, it doesn’t affect me in anyway, it’s just a little confusing and I’d just sorta like a bit of an answer? I’ve tried to figure it out myself for ages, like I even made characters to explain it to myself, like some science model shit which definitely brings me cringe to look back on (even if the designs were epic if I do say so myself >:3)

Buuuuut yeah, I do really feel like a lot of my persona is more force of habit than actual person, which yet again isn’t awful except for some annoying traits I need to fix.

Ik im better off finding some wacky subreddit to find an actual answer but Reddit is actually weirdly scary to approach somehow.

[therewillbenoromance]

ETHAN'S ECCENTRIC ELECTRONIC EMPORIUM: AN INTRODUCTION

hello!! you can call me ethan and apollo. mutuals can call me mind. but honestly idc much. call me a slur [i've been called worse /ref]

i use he/it but in the sense of only using one of them in a sentence. like don't mix and match them in a single sentence if that makes sense trans man + some fucking sexuality. who knows what i like. not i

mind fictionkin

i am a minor!

not answering donation asks! :[

feel free to use any of my art as a pfp, just make sure to credit me [and don't steal or repost it!! that's a loser move!!] my time zone is EST/EDT, so be aware that if you expect a quick response for anything sent at like 4am, i can assure you that is not what you will get

here's my strawpage!!

anyways. onto the other things people put in these. possible eyestrain warning at the bottom for userboxes, i guess

INTERESTS

in order of what comes to mind [ha], my main interests that'll be what's mostly seen here are chonny jash [duh], will wood, ut/dr, homestuck, and rain world

some other things i enjoy are lemon demon, cult of the lamb, miraculous [don't @ me i know it's shit /j], sonic the hedgehog, tmnt, jekyll and hyde, sanders sides, cattails, dsaf, dialtown, regretevator, hamilton, the glass scientists, mlp, the stanley parable, and probably a lot more. essentially, if i reblog something related to it, you can assume i have at least some interest in it

MISC INFO

i'm diagnosed with adhd and am self-diagnosed with autism and apd [audio processing disorder], though there could be more neurodivergencies hidden somewhere in there

my favorite characters ever are mind [cccc] [obviously], dirk strider [homestuck], berdly [deltarune], gregoriah [regretevator], and donnie [rottmnt]

i will call anything and everything a reference to something [reference? like vampire reference in a minor? will wood???!!!]

my most used emoji's are 🗣, 💥, and 👍. i think this is important to mention

i tend to have a hard time remembering pronouns if you use multiple sets and/or neos, so if i use the wrong ones or use one set too often then don't hesitate to tell me

i am a leo [august 19] and my mbti is intp-t. do with this what you will

i can take a bit to respond to messages or really anything direct and/or private, so if i end up taking a while to respond to anything, i don't hate you! i tend to forget to respond, be busy, or just end up too nervous to say something regardless of how good of friends we are. same applies to asks to a lesser extent

speaking of communication, i tend to elaborate on what i mean often, and use tone tags even when probably unnecessary and sometimes repetitively. /srs

flirty / 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 talk is fine [as long as you're not an adult obv], but also be wary that i am very much a minor. jokes are fine, just nothing graphic or descriptive in terms of sex please and thank you [unless you are a certain person. you know who you are]

i swear a lot. i've been trying to not do it as often but. yeah

TAGS

#ethan's yapping again - General Talking™ tag

#ethan's romanceless art - art tag

#ethan's asks!! - ask tag #ethan's saved sillies :3 - save tag

#ethan's on the dumb pony game again :3 - abandoned ponytown tag that i haven't gotten rid of yet

#friendship truly is magic <3 - interactions with @irusanw4

#zilly friend :3 - interactions with @c0smicallyk1ssed

#rizzful friend - interactions with @adhdrizzy #harmonic friend - interactions with @concordiawhole

now to the userboxes with no organization whatsoever [again, possible eyestrain warning]

[visualnovellover]

Sorry to bother you but these things in dol are now scratching my brain and literally won't stop until I tell someone or have my answers/srs anywho you know about the Ivory wraith and also the intiate so basically did you know that Sydney actually met the ivory wraith and were probably (I think but they did encountered each other I heard this from someone on tumblr that this one line from the with that concerned Sydney although I thought it was the intiate luckily it ain't cause I don't like to think that intiate is pretty much a girl despite my pc being male so yeah anywho so basically the line is like "I was her/his only friend" the ivory wraith says these lines and pronouns depending on sydneys gender) oh and I also think that Robin has also encountered or talked to the ivory wraith?? Idk I forgot, there was a Q&A vrel answered to someone concerning ivory wraith and Robin or something idk I'm forgetful as fuck💁🏻‍♀️oh and im also pretty much guessing that Sydney has met the ivory wraith when they stopped being friends with kylar since kylar was Sydneys only friend meaning that maybe the ivory wraith started to befriend them? Oh and about the intiate is the intiate always a gurl or does it depend on the players gender? I can never tell since there are theories/canonically implied that pc actually is the intiate and I don't like that fact that pc past life was a girl despite my pc being a boy but anywho do you think that the intiate was both raised with acotyle and haven't learned anything about sex but were just trained to do things? Or were they childhood friends? Was the intiate and intiate from the temple or the elk? We already know about the wraith although I can't tell we're they actually human before? Like you know acotyle when the wraith was still alive or were they always some kind sentient being? Is the wraith trying to become one with pc? And in the corruption route of Sydney where you both do the baby making ritual in the temple room do you think that maybe it's the auriga or whatever dark lord there is there in dol possessing Sydney? Since it's canon that Sydney was pretty much being controlled by something in that roo, oh and the melody that pc hears from the ivory wraith, sewers or from Sydney do you think that song was from the choirs that pc heard or joined in their past life as the intiate ? And do you think maybe Morgan is somewhat related to the elk, auriga or the temple? Since if you get possessed by the ivory wraith at the blood moon and have encountered Morgan, Morgan will tell you to fight it because they know that the pc is possessed by it, I have no idea if Morgan actually do help us out though, never tried it only saw someone else did and since you hear a familiar tune in the sewers maybe Morgan was once a part of the temple or elks or something like that and since Ivory wraith contains the souls of multiple other sacrifices, why is acotyle the only body you can see but not the other sacrifices? Were the other sacrifices failures? Or was the Ivory wraith the finale of the ritual like you know they sacrificed multiple people and then used the body of the wraith as their soul holder or something? Or wether or not the other sacrifices were failures are they tentacles or arms of the ivory wraith? (I wish ivory wraith has preg content so I can impreg them but I can't 😭😔I can only get impreg by them) oh and do you think that maybe pc might be part of the ivory wraith? Do you also think that maybe the ivory wraith had a crush on the intiate? (Oh and another thing I need to confirm is if the intiate was really the one who gave the ivory wraith the necklace? since I pretty much speed read the whole schism event but kept on hearing from people that the intiate was the one who gave IW the necklace which make the necklace very precious to them) sorry for making this very long I just hope this makes atleast a little bit of sense to you 😅

anonanon calm down, i just finished the schism event (which made me cry) and fair warning I'm not very knowledgeable yet about dol as a whole and the characters so take everything i say with a grain of salt. And boy was I brain storming with this questions anon! (Spoilers for Schism Event)

Firstly! I think the Initiate's gender is just based on the RNG or it's a parallel of the Acolyte! Because in my playthrough the Initiate is a man while my PC was a girl! And Ivory Wraith has boobs in this save btw

Onto your question about the Initiate and the Acolyte being raised together, I'll say they weren't raised together. We don't really have enough knowledge about what kind of relationship the Acolyte and the Initiate had, but it's something fond/intimate enough for the Acolyte to see PC as the Initiate. And like I talked before in my previous post the Initiate went through the trial of purity, which you can do if you aren't a virgin anymore. Which means the Initiate wasn't a virgin unlike the Acolyte who was still a virgin.

There's no content about who gave the necklace to Ivory Wraith, it's unknown where the necklace came to be except the fact it's IW's most valuable treasure. So we can't say it was the Initiate who gave them the necklace, you're probably confusing the golden bracelets and anklets the Acolyte gave away that was given by the Bishop.

Like Purityguy said in discord, the Ivory Wraith is not a person. It's just a vessel that inhibited in the Acolyte's dying body. But the Acolyte was human before their death during the Schism event. And no the other sacrifices aren't the IW's tentacles or extra arms, all the other sacrifices are inside it but only the memories are present in Ivory Wraith's mind. And the other tentacles and slimes we saved in the Elk compound or gave birth to is it's children.

Now onto Sydney and IW- anon im gonna tell you this in advance but Idk shit about what kind of interaction this two have.

We don't exactly know what possessed Sydney in the Rite of Defilment. But maybe it was Auriga, or not who knows. We just know that this event adds up to hard world corruption in Virgo's statue.

But you should know that in a post I reblogged talked about how Sydney was in the asylum! And is probably one of the reason why Sydney has some beef with Harper.

And I don't know if IW befriended Sydney as it mostly stays in the lake unless it's a blood moon. And sydney didn't have exactly a proper friend at all which is why they opened up easily to PC.

I'm not exactly sure if PC is the reincarnation of the Initiate or just has the same face/appearance of the Initiate, so I can't say why the PC know or is familiar with the tune. The PC has so much lore with the town's history that I'm not even sure how they know that.

Talking about the tune, we currently know that Jordan learned the song from Sydney's other parent but idk about Morgan since we don't exactly have proper knowledge about what became to them. There are talks about Morgan who used to be a noble/aristocrat so maybe they had a connection with the Children of Auriga or a part of it just like Kylar's parents who unfortunately got punished by the temple when they found out. oof.

We also got some new lore about the Dark Elk in Avery's date and god was that traumatizing.

Also The Children of Auriga and the Dark Elk are the same thing, just different names they go around.

And I hate to mention this but there's probably not a chance for IW getting pregnant content, puri talked about it in the discord and apparently vrel didn't wanted IW to get pregnant sooooo yeah... my condolences anon.

ANYWAYYYYYY- hope that answers some of your questions???? I'm still new in this game and fandom so I'm just confused as the next person on some of the contents.

[akehoshimystar]

Akehoshi SR

Want a drink?

Part 1

There are a number of empty cans lined up on the table. After work at Aporia, Mao-san and I were invited by Akehoshi-kun, who mentioned that he felt like drinking at home today.

Akehoshi: This is frickin’ good. Wanna try?

Mao: What’s the alcohol percentage? It's not safe to recommend something to others based on your own feelings.

Akehoshi: Let’s see….9%. A single digit. No prob, right?

Ito: By most standards, that's probably on the high side.

Akehoshi: What’d ya think, Ito-san?

Ito: I do like alcohol, but I'm not that much of heavy drinker.

Mao: From my perspective, both of you are decent drinker.

Akehoshi: Then how about this one? The newly released pop-up really lured me in.

Ito: Sicilian lemon flavor? Sounds stylish to me.

Mao: How is it different from regular lemon?

Akehoshi: I've been asking the same question. Ito-san, if you're curious, mind handing me your glass?

Ito: Thank you….. Oh, this is good.

Akehoshi: How is it? Does it feel like Sicily?

Mao: Where is that question even coming from?

Ito: Hmm, it's less bitter than regular lemons. Maybe it has a mild refreshing taste...?

Akehoshi: Oh, simple and easy. You might as well do the reporting.

Ito: I've been consuming food-related pieces of media lately so that I can answer when customers ask me how the food tastes.

Mao: There you go, Miss Serious. Well, that’s Ito's good point... Oh, it's already this late.

Mao-san glanced at the clock.

Mao: I'm going to miss the last train if I don't head back soon.

Akehoshi: Ehhh, I’m still not done yet.

Not to mention, once Maochi goes home, Ito-san will follow suit.

Mao: Even if I didn’t go back, it’s already this dark.

Ito: Time sure flies..... Shall I take you to the station?

Mao: No, that would be even more dangerous. Besides, I can at least defend myself.

Akehoshi: Oh, then how about I come with you?

Yura ain’t here today, so I might need someone’s presence. 

It'll be just the two of us on the way back after dropping Maochi off, but as long as we are not alone in the same room, it's fine, right?

Part 2

And so, after seeing Mao-san off, Akehoshi-kun stopped by the convenience store saying he had something to buy.

Akehoshi: Since we're here, let's stroll around before we head home.

The breeze feels awesome, and the stars are beautiful. I wanna use this chance to sober up a bit.

Ito: (I guess Akehoshi-kun had been drinking quite a bit...)

I don’t really mind.

Akehoshi: Aight, let's go!

Akehoshi: Don’t you think the park look completely different at night than during the day?

Ito: Indeed. Well, I don't think I see much when I pass by the park at this time at night.

Akehoshi: Yeah, it’s terrifying if there are strange people around. Ito-san has a point.

A lot of cats gather here during the day, so Yura comes here a lot too.

Although when I make a beeline to them, both Yura and the cats scatter.

Ito: (I can picture that.)

……….

Akehoshi: Hmm? What's wrong?

Ito: After listening to what you just said, I imagined this park with the same scenario.

I don't know if it’s on point, but I wonder if I know everyone well enough to be able to imagine that precisely.

That thought just came to me suddenly.

Akehoshi: Is that a happy realization?

Ito: With all due respect.... Maybe? I know I sound very vague…

Akehoshi: Ahaha, even if it's just a sudden thought, I'm glad it makes you happy.

Ito: !

From Mao-san. Hmm….

mA0: I'm already at home. Thank you for coming all the way to the station

I'm more worried about whether you got home safely or not. Akehoshi being there didn’t lessen my concern at all.

Akehoshi: What did he say?

Ito: He said he’s already home. Let me reply.

(I guess I don't need to say the latter part.)

Akehoshi: Go ahead. I'm glad Maochi arrived without a hitch.

As I was about to reply, I dropped my gaze to the LIME screen again. I almost heard the voice coming from Mao-san’s texts, which were supposed to be electronic set of letters. His face even appeared.

Ito: (“To be able to imagine that precisely”, huh…....)

Fufu.

Oh. Ahhh!

Akehoshi: What’s going on?

Ito: Akehoshi-kun, didn’t you buy that at the convenience store?

Akehoshi: ………

Akehoshi: Ice cream!

Darn it, it's definitely melting. I think I need to head home now.

Be that as it may, Akehoshi-kun walked slowly so as not to leave me behind. I replied to Mao-san while keeping the fact that everyone except for the ice-cream had safely returned home in my heart.

[kapi-tanka]

what do you think about arcade gannons father? do you have any headcanons or just thoughts in general? i've seen your posts about his mother so yk just curious

sorry it took so long to answer! actually i had a similar conversation with my mutual not so long ago so i'll just copy my discord messages if it's okay with you lol... i don't know what else to add. at first i wanted to write a separate answer to your question but i guess there's no point in repeating myself in slightly different words also sorry to any marxists who get to read this. my understanding of politics is still far from confident but i try to educate myself as much as i can. TEXT VERSION UNDER THE CUT

omg i'm by no means an authority but i really appreciate it!! hmm but what are you interested in exactly? i think i've covered my headcanons on arcade's mom pretty well in one of my comics but his dad's still a bit mystical figure to me. but i have a couple of headcanons based on info from the ttrpg fallout game where arcade was josh sawyer's player character. like, i headcanon his name as mark because it was his name in the ttrpg (and i feel like some people do that too) and it seems that he knew some latin or at least a couple of latin phrases (and maybe mark even was the reason why arcade learned latin later, that and his medical education). and since cannibal johnson says that arcade reminds him of gannon sr. i feel like he was a pretty educated person too. and it may be a bit weird/hard to explain/very post-soviet of me and i'm not sure if it's even a thing in other countries/regions but i've always read gannons (or at least mrs gannon) as "intelligentsia" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligentsia). basically, a social class of the "minds" of the state who were privileged enough to get good education and, therefore, important positions in the state, primarily in science/arts/education (it's not a separate class actually, they mostly were bourgeoisie/petite bourgeoisie or on the border with the working class). education was almost inherited in such families because "intelligents" gravitated towards each other and subconsciously taught their kids the same ideals/automatically gave them some of their cultural capital. so yeah, it was pretty elitist in its core but intelligentsia was generally very politically conscious (because they had opportunities to learn in-depth theoretical politics and not only the propaganda for the working class). i obviously oversimplify it and all of this was much much more nuanced and complex, but i hope it still makes some sense and we have very tragic associations with intelligentsia here because when the soviet regime started to shoot itself in the leg intelligentsia was the first to leave the country/be imprisoned/executed/repressed in many other ways. because, again, they were educated enough to critique the state in "dangerous" ways (and many intellectuals helped to shape the communist revolution in the beginning so their importance was originally in this ability to provide state criticism). i know that the enclave is nothing like the ussr in terms of their politics and roots but i feel like similar social classes form in other secluded states too (and something similar even happened to veronica in the brotherhood so. yeah). and i feel like the enclave went through the same process of staling within itself due to lack of contact with the outside world soooo its policies became more and more right-wing with time. and gannons were somewhat oppositional even before mark's death and mrs gannon's parting with the enclave. like, we know that cannibal johnson was openly anti-enclave and even sabotaged his missions. and also cannibal johnson says the nicest things about arcade's father so i think that they had to share political views at least in some way. but mark gannon has to be much more complex than this, not all sugar and candy of course. i feel like he went through a "going anti-state" arc and was much more right-wing in the beginning of his military career and before meeting his wife (also i headcanon her name as daniela because "daniel" was originally arcade's middle name) sorry for the wall of text!!! i can elaborate on anything (also lol. it reads as very anti-communist but i didn't intend it that way. i'm an anarcho-communist myself but i think it's important to talk about war crimes of any failed regime, especially the one you want to work properly in the future)

yes same!! honestly i don't think arcade remembers him well. because everything arcade says sounds more like something other people told arcade?? and in my headcanon he internalized his mother's and other remnants' sentiments and opinions to a point of having fake memories about his dad (but i think it was mostly the remnants who formed this conflict, i see his mother as a silent and a bit avoidant type because she never told him what happened to mr gannon). i still can't figure out my own timeline for arcade's childhood but i thiiiink they left navarro when he was around 5-6 years old cuz arcade says in one of his quotes that he had to hide his association with the enclave for 30 years. plus i believe that he said something about moreno living half of his life on the wastelands already but still grieving the enclave

i think mark was mostly busy with missions to spend any time with arcade. but i don't see him as a particularly bad father, just a busy kind

like, maybe they've had so little time together that arcade remembered some moments very vividly but overthinked them? sometimes memories become foggy because you spin them in your head for too long. for some reason i feel like this happened to almost every arcade's memory of mark

[bunnyandcomet]

Tomose Onda SR: Turning His Back on the Hustle and Bustle (Initial)

✧ Characters: Tomose, Yu, Ito

✧ SP Skill:

A Deserted Exterior Stairway

✧ Voice Lines:

Someday……No, not yet.

Guess I'll go home and take a shower.

Chapter 1

Ito: We should be able to meet up with Nina-san if we stay around here, right?

Tomose: Yeah. Let's wait here.

Having safely completed all our planned duties, we were about to rendezvous with Nina-san, who had been carrying out his part independently.

Tomose: ......

Ito: (At a time like this, it'd be best to talk about something to pass the time. But all our conversation up until now has ended after just a few words......)

When it comes to necessary things, he'll answer if I ask, and tell me even if I don't. But on the other hand, because those exchanges were limited to the minimum necessary amount of words, it didn't really feel right to talk to him for no reason now.

Ito: (Still, it's a bit awkward if I stay silent......Umm, is there anything work-related I can bring up......)

Just as I was about to rack my brains for a conversation topic— A car pulled up in front of us.

Tomose: ......

Yu: ......

Ito: (It's so quiet......)

Meeting up with Nina-san......did absolutely nothing to change the situation. I sat alone in the back seat, filled with a strange tension.

Ito: (Let's just stay quiet for now. I'll come up with something to talk about, and then this silence will—)

Tomose: Yu, you didn't have any problems on your end?

Ito: (Ah, he broke the silence.)

Yu: None. Did it seem like there was?

Tomose: No, but you're the one who said that if there were any, you'd deal with them in time to meet up with us.

Yu: I can't keep you waiting.

Tomose: That's why I asked. Resolving it doesn't change the fact that it arose in the first place. Besides, I don't mind waiting if it's for you.

Yu: I said it knowing you'd say that. There weren't any problems.

Tomose: All right.

Ito: (Ooh. Surprisingly, Onda-san is talking a lot......?) (And above all, I feel like the tone of his voice is more gentle.)

Nevertheless, it wasn't as if he was casually talking about this or that, so I wouldn't say it was too different to the "bare minimum" conversation we were having before.

Ito: (Of course, the scope of "bare minimum" would be wider for them than it is with me. They know a lot about each other, after all.)

Yu: Once we've sent Yashiro back, I'll drop you home and go out again.

Tomose: ? You shouldn't have any more work.

Yu: It's not work.

Chapter 2

Tomose: If it's not work, then what is it?

Yu: Shopping. We're running out of ingredients.

Ito: (Ingredients shopping......)

Yu: We're almost out of detergent too.

Tomose: Really?

Yu: I'm sure, I checked this morning.

Tomose: I see. Reliable as always.

Yu: There's other things we need too, so I'll go buy them.

Tomose: Then after we drop off Yashiro, let's walk to get them together. It'll be quicker and more efficient that way.

Yu: If that's what you want, then sure.

Ito: (If this was a conversation I shouldn't be hearing, they wouldn't talk about it in front of me to begin with. Still, it somehow feels like I'm listening to something significant.) (Well, come to think of it, these two do live together.)

I had heard about it from Kise-san before. But even knowing that, trying to imagine them going grocery shopping together...... Is quite the challenge.

Ito: (In the first place, I can't even guess as to what their daily life must be like. I doubt it's that different from how they are now though......)

Tomose: Anyway, Yashiro, you feeling okay?

Ito: !

Onda-san glanced at the back seat, catching me off guard.

Tomose: ......?

Ito: (Our eyes met.) (What does he mean by "okay"......? What's the correct way to answer this......)

Tomose: I heard that some people feel ill if they ride in a car they're not used to. You probably haven't been in Yu's car much.

Ito: (Ahh, I see. I guess he thought the reason I was quiet might be because I wasn't feeling well, and asked to check up on me?) Yes, I'm okay. I feel completely fine.

Tomose: Is that so?

Yu: Her voice isn't any different from usual either. Seems like she was just trying to be unobtrusive.

Tomose: Yeah. But there's no guarantee it won't happen from now on. If you start feeling unwell, don't hesitate to tell us.

Ito: Thank you. I really think I'll be all right, though.

Tomose: ?

Ito: Since Nina-san's a very good driver.

Tomose: ......He is, isn't he.

Ito: (Ah. That's the gentlest voice I've heard from him today.)

Tomose: I should add, if there's ever something you want to say, you can say it, whether it's about your physical condition or not.

Ito: Thank you. (But, at the moment—) (Just listening to the two of them is enough for me, I think.)

It felt comfortable somehow, hearing that "bare minimum" conversation between two people who were so close. My nervousness from before had gradually ebbed away.

[illiana-mystery]

So I know many of you have been waiting for me to update my Fred fics for a while now and I'm sorry for that. It's sometimes hard to balance writing fics for two different actors that have a plethora of characters I like...

But I do have something to make up for that...

That being the draft for the current chapter of my Mike Hubble fic, The Roommate. Enjoy!

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"I'm back," she announced before he chuckled and picked her up. She squirmed a little bit, surprised by his boldness before he gave her a sweet kiss.

The bags she was holding fell from her grip and quickly, she kissed him back before he finally set her down.

"You're back just in time," he said as he let her in. "I just started making dinner."

Karima giggled as she put the bags down on the coffee table.

"What are you making?"

"Shepherd's pie," he quickly answered. "I'm making my mum's old recipe.

"Sounds delicious," she said as she walked back into the kitchen with him. He smiled at her and kissed her cheek before he said,

"Would you like to help me?"

"Sure!" she chirped before he passed her his cutting board that was topped with uncut onions, carrots, and mushrooms.

"Could you help me cut these?"

Karima nodded and immediately started to cut the carrots.

"How was your afternoon?" he asked after the next song on his record started to play.

"It was great. Stan and I actually met another jazz musician and his wife when we went to lunch. Oh and I met Cynthia. She's very sweet."

"Oh yeah. Cynthia is wonderful. I like her a lot more than my last clinician. She's much more patient and caring towards me," he admitted. "Where did Stan take you to lunch?"

"The Dusty Whistle," she nonchalantly said. And she was too preoccupied with finishing up cutting carrots to notice how uncomfortable Mike was hearing what she just said.

He was livid. He didn't even think Stan was still friends with Johnny.

"Why did he take you there?" he softly asked.

"He wanted me to meet his old friend. He told me that you used to play there."

"I did...a long time ago," he huffed. "So that jazz musician and his wife were just hanging out there?"

"Yeah, pretty much," she answered, finally realizing that he was upset by what she was saying. "He and his wife are from Ireland. Real sweet people."

"What are their names?"

"Marty and Sheila Healy."

"Marty? As in Martin James Healy Jr.?"

"Yeah, I guess so. You familiar with him?"

"Yolanda knew him. I met him once. Guess he doesn't remember me though."

"Oh, I see. Did you perform with him?"

"No. I went to one of his performances in Dublin with Yolanda. He was just as good as his old man. I actually have some Martin Healy Sr. records. But he fell to alcoholism like me."

"He told me," she quickly said. "Stan and I are probably gonna see him perform with his wife at the pub. She really wants us to come. I hope you don't mind..."

He just looked at Karima and lightly grinned before he said,

"Don't let me stop you from having a good time, Karima. I already told you I don't want to clip your wings. Enjoy the freedom you have."

"Okay," she softly said as she moved on to cutting the onions. "Marty told me he would love to see you...if you don't mind."

Mike shrugged.

"I wouldn't mind the company," he moaned as he started to cook the ground beef.

Karima took a deep breath and finally asked,

"Mike, what's wrong? Did I upset you?"

He didn't respond at first, instead he rubbed her back and then said,

"No, you just don't understand."

What did he mean by that?

Then the door opened and in came Stan. He calmly put his keys down on the counter and set his bags down before Mike glared at him.

And next thing he knew, Mike lunged at him and almost punched him before Karima managed to hold him back.

"What the hell, Mike?! Did you take your medicine this morning?"

"Yep. This is my sober anger," he grumbled. "You're a traitor, you know that?!"

"What are you talking about, mate?" he asked trying to regain his composure. Karima just stood over to the side by the fridge before Mike answered him.

"You're still friends with Johnny?!" he angrily asked before Stan looked over at Karima.

"Why did you tell him about our lunch?" he asked her.

"I didn't know it had to be a secret," Karima replied.

"I told you how he just threw me out like trash and you're still friends with him?! And what's this about a new jazz musician and his wife?! Did he replace me?!"

"He didn't replace you, Mike. It's nothing personal, it's just business. Johnny and Lisa still love you man, but you're still a liability. You remember what happened the last time."

"You always have to go back to that," Mike yelled before he slammed his fist against the counter. "I should have just died that day. Is that what you wanted?! For me to die so I wouldn't be a burden to anyone anymore!"

"Mike," Karima called out. He looked over at her and saw that she looked scared, but still concerned.

It broke his heart. And before he could stop himself, he started to cry before he clung onto Karima.

She was a little confused but still hug him tight and rubbed his back.

"Mike," she started again. "What are you talking about? Did you almost die?"

"I'm the reason Smokey Jo's was closed as long as it was. I caused Stan's sudden unemployment and he was still kind enough to take me in," he whined into her shoulder.

"I don't understand," Karima whimpered.

"Stan, can you let me talk to Karima alone?," he asked as he straightened up, with his hands still gripping Karima's shoulders. "I need to finally be honest with her."

"Sure thing, mate," he quickly said. "Actually, you can have the flat to yourselves again. I just needed to drop off Karima and these decorations. I'm due to play cards with Ken and Harry at Ken's place. Just keep the snogging to a minimum, please. I don't want to catch yall in the act."

Mike and Karima both rolled their eyes before he chuckled and left.

"I'm sorry about him."

"I'm used to it," he assured before he took a deep breath to explain himself. "Karima, I don't know how to tell you this...but I almost got your brother killed."

"What do you mean by that?" she asked, crossing her arms.

"Remember how I told you that I was trying to win Jo back after I was released from clinic?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I later found out that she started seeing her current boyfriend. I was so furious that I assaulted him first and then snuck back into the club. I hid out in the basement and lit a picture of us on fire. Now keep in mind, I was intoxicated at this point. I relapsed hard and I was so out of it that I didn't realize that I caused a fire. And I panicked. I didn't know what to do. I ended up assaulting Stan's friend Harry too. I should have died that night, but Ken saved me. I wish he would have just left me there some days. But I deserve to suffer like I have. To be constantly reminded of everything I've done wrong and wallow in it..."

He kept his head down as he explained the whole situation. He just knew that Karima was gonna be disappointed in him, so he didn't even want to look at her. That's why he was so vague for as long as he was. He didn't want to lose her and he was risking just that by being honest.

Karima was a little taken aback and horrified by what he was saying, but she could also tell that he was very remorseful. He felt so guilty for everything he did to the people that cared about him the most.

And the fact that he finally had the guts to tell her made her feel more secure in their blossoming relationship. She wanted him to feel comfortable being honest with her. And this was the first step.

"I'm sorry I haven't been honest with you. I was just so worried you wouldn't like me anymore if you knew the truth about me."

Karima didn't verbally respond after he finished, instead she moved closer to him again and gently moved his head up so he could look at her.

His eyes were red and puffy from his crying and a few tears still left the slits of his brown eyes. The sight was hard for her to look at, but she still wiped his tears.

"It's okay," she said before she kissed his nose. "I'm not mad at you for being honest with me. I'm glad you finally feel comfortable around me to be honest, actually."

"You don't hate me?," he whined.

"No, of course not," she assured. "I already told you, Mike...you're not your past."

"You're much too good for me, Karima," he happily said before he took her in his embrace again and kissed her deeply.

She was caught a little by surprise, but soon went along with it, grabbing a handful of his thick hair while he gripped and pinched her butt.

Swiftly, their tongues met and curled around each other as their kiss progressed. Karima was melting in his sweet touch, moaning into his mouth as they continued.

Mike didn't mind though. He liked her willingness to kiss him and he held her ass tighter before he pulled away from her lips to catch his breath.

She whined, but then jolted when he slapped her ass. But she liked it and giggled, making the man even more excited.

"I think it's time to show you how much I've appreciated having you around," he seductively said after he turned the stove off.

His eyes soon moved back over to her and before she could even blink he scooped her up in his arms and brought her to his room.

Swiftly, he kicked the door shut and gently placed her on the bed before he shut the blinds and dimmed the lights.

Karima just watched him carefully, pondering what he meant earlier before she finally got her answer.

The wind was almost knocked out of her as he came back and basically plopped himself on top of her, capturing her lips again in the process.

She hummed against his plump lips, quickly inviting him to intertwine with her tongue again. He took the hint and did as she wanted, while trying to keep his balance on top of her.

He didn't want to crush her. However, she didn't mind and actually pulled him down closer to her with a tight grip of his hair in her grasp as her arms adorned his neck.

Her pulling made him purr and soon she was gripping her hips tightly as their desperate kiss continued.

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There's gonna be more smut by the way. 😉😏 Stay tuned!

Taglist: @freddiefredfive, @writingkitten, @imwithyoutiltheendofthelinebucky, @goodoldcharley

[tubborucho]

i mainly watch tubbo and a little bit of bad, and i love fred. i would love for him to live up to tubbo's expectations, but i will not be surprised if we find out that he's not a good guy. right now i'm putting any negatives in a grey area because we don't really know what it's like to be a federation worker. i could definitely see it going either way and no matter how this storyline plays out and i'm excited to watch!

seeing fred with bad today was interesting because he really does act very differently around tubbo. even his writing style changed a bit. also he effectively snitched on tubbo to bad. i don't know if fred realizes what that could mean for tubbo but i hope he's still suspicious because i'd be a little disappointed if he didn't notice how bad was acting. fred calling tubbo "something else" and then "penpal" instead of confirming his friendship could be him protecting tubbo, being confused/uncertain, or it could be evidence that he's manipulating tubbo. same with him referring to tubbo as "a certain someone" in a report - was he protecting their relationship or just avoiding giving away too much information on an unsecured document? as a viewer the whole thing added more complexity to the situation without really giving us any concrete answers.

Oh gosh, hi!!!! Appreciate spilling thoughts in my ask box!!

Yeah, if we are being /srs, I do agree that Fred is not the most trustworthy guy. We can’t say he is a bad guy, but I do not think he is a good guy either. I do believe that maybe he was assigned to keep an eye on Tubbo. But I also do believe that it’s not only that to him.

I don’t know if he realizes that he ratted Tubbo out. Honestly I can see him genuinely not know that. At least I would prefer that option I guess. I also do think he doesn’t call Tubbo ‘friend’ or name him in reports to protect him somewhat and himself mostly. After all, Fred did ask it to be secret. Actually maybe that’s why he didn’t realize that he rats Tubbo out, because Fred thinks that their friendship is a secret to people. Didn’t account Tubbo’s leaker nature😭 This man can’t keep anything hidden for shit

Anyway, we will obviously see where it goes. Personally, I am already attached to the point where I do not really care who Fred really is, I will support him anyway

[problematicfactive]

2, then depending on that answer 1 and 9?

2- are you comfortable talking about your source?

My boyfriend and I are both more than happy to talk about our source. He's definitely more comfortable with it than I am and he will give extra information to the point where I have to stop him and be like Hey, Man, I know the internet is fun and all bit you really can't say everything you want to say on here.

I don't have a lot of pride in my source, but at the same time, I kind of do. I dont hide I from people (with the exception of this blog). I think the imagery of me in the movie I'm sourced from is genuinely really cute and so I love using that actor in character as a faceclaim. My favorite thing ever is doubles, so yeah, even though I'm more source ashamed and way less related to source personality wise, I'm still fine to talk about it. So don't hesitate to ask any questions about it!

1- whats your source? (if you have one and if you have multiple)

For the sake of anonymity on this blog, I can't disclose my name in source, nor can I tell you the name of either of our source medias because.. our name is in the title of both.

So yeah, it's no fun but sadly it's our circumstance. If you can find us anywhere not on this blog we'd be happy to let you know

9- what sets you apart from your source?

This is a fun question! (/srs!)

There's a lot of things that separate me/my source from the real guy, I think the biggest thing being my age. In my source, I'm too young to have hurt anybody

There are a lot of differences between me as an individual and my source, I think the biggest one being that even though I'm classified as an introvert, I feel like I have a very extroverted personality. I think I have the internet to thank for that.

My attractions are definitely different! I always find myself being attracted to me in other medias (like my boyfriend's version of me)

Ans I guess the guilt I have is big! I don't think my source- even after he did all those bad things. I don't think he was ever as guilty as I am.

My boyfriend's answer!!

I mean. I feel bad. I think the biggest difference is that I partially blame my parents for what I became. I know that the real guy I was sourced off of said he didn't blame mom and dad, but. I think there a big part of it. They aren't everything, but they're a factor.

Thanks for the ask!!

[icharchivist]

1, Hi!! I used to come by years ago, I absolutely loved, and still do!, your blog, its a fantastic place, so many interesting stuff, it really is like an archive for me haha I don't have much to add, only some shower thoughts if you don't mind me. I never had the chance to dump them on anyone o(-(

omg, hi there!!!!

first of all, thank you for the sweet message! i'm glad you used to like this blog so long ago and still do now 🥺 i haven't really talked much about dgm those past few years so i'm really touched that you think so despite it all, and more than that i'm just really glad that you can still go back to the archives of this blog and have fun!! i'm really glad to have you here!!

Answering the rest of the asks under the cut <3

ooh you mean this page?

it's really too ambiguous so i guess it's mostly that there's nothing really to theorize per se, especially since in the next page Allen remembers a bit of Nea, so i would assume the "?" we all had turned into "oh it's probably one of the Campbell twins".

But mhmm i'm rereading the bit and yeah, considering Nea introduces himself in his memory on the next page it could be probably someone whom Allen knew before that time.

And as a "PastA was a Bookman apprentice" truther, i do feel like his clothes there are reminiscent of what young!Lavi used to wear as well.

Honestly i could perhaps see Bookman Senior being the one holding him like that. Like.... I feel like we can interpret everything we want about that but i feel like Bookman Senior particularly reminding Lavi to not form attachment and even being a bit cold toward him at times could be direct reactions from the reasons he lost his previous apprentice. What if he was too soft with his previous apprentice, what if it made the apprentice care too much about the people making history so much so it got him involved? As such, i could imagine it be Bookman Sr genuinely being emotional with PastA, the type of affection that doomed him, and that now Bookman Sr is less willing to give out.

Or, like you said, it could be anyone else. A parent, a friend, anything. I could imagine it being a family member of some kind though, considering how much this arc is specially about Allen getting adopted by Mana and how much Nea still haunts him. In a sense Nea is the thing that keeps getting in between Allen and his family, so to have this flashback interrupted by Nea could be an extension of that, of the family he turned his back on when Nea entered his life.

i didn't think about it much but i could see it. or. well. I can fit my theories into this single panel so LMAO.

I don't think you're wrong, especially seeing the Alma arc. Tbh i'm still thinking and haunted by this arc specifically because well, I was there Gandalf ect, i was there when dgm was at the height of its popularity in 2008/2009, i remembered how many shounen fans were really into the saga and would be widely homophobic to the notion of any of those characters being possibly gay, and i remember very, very clearly the moment the plot point of Alma being Kanda's love interest dropped, unambiguously, and how much of an uproar it was. I remember people jumping ship THERE, before the manga even went on hiatus.

And i swear i remember Hoshino mentioning that her health really started to become worse when she had to fight her editors for what she wanted, and that the Alma arc was one of those. She had to set it up in such a way that her editors couldn't take it away from her, by having Kanda set up on finding Alma early in the story, building up the Alma arc, and only then later in the arc going ":) well Alma is the love Kanda is looking for. And i can't take it back without ruining this entire arc. so what do we do."

and it DID cost to the series at this point, it WAS something that got a lot of pushbacks.

Nowadays i feel like Hoshino is probably more free to do whatever she wants, esp since there's been more casually gay rep in shounen ever since, but at the time, i remember it causing a huge stir in the fanbase.

And hell i remember at the time the people who were translating the manga after it got out of hiatus in 2015 or so was a huge popular manga website where a lot of casual shounen readers were tuning in, and i still remember seeing hundreds of homophobic takes in the comments at the time, especially regarding Kanda. A lot of casual shounen fans have completely wrote of the series because Hoshino "let her BL lenses stain the series" and that therefore for them they can only read the newer dynamics with that lenses, especially when Kanda is involved.

(and it doesn't help Kanda was like. THE symbol of masculinity for the guys i met in the shounen fandoms at the time. The fact he was the one who got this plotline got them PISSED because they were projecting this idea on Kanda and i could still see it in the mid 10s.)

I think Hoshino is well happy writing Shounen, but she doesn't mind also talking about any sort of love into it, she did mention she wanted to show what her definition of love (in all of its form, not just romantic) was in her story, so i think it's an extension of that. But Hoshino did pretty much fight for Kanda to have his relationship with Alma. I'm honestly inclined to believe Alma had to die as a compromise to the fact she basically set up a lovestory her editors could not possibly cut.

But her editors causing her problems have been at the root of any clunky dgm plotpoints anyway. The Destroyer of Time's prophecy came from her editors. Allen was a transwoman in the first draft and was changed to a cisguy because her editors argued "no one would care if a female MC was to cry, so we need Allen to be a boy for it to count". her editors told her to cut down appearances of the Earl while Hoshino always wanted to have him as a main character (which is likely why now that she has more freedom thanks to her new deal, we've been getting full arcs focusing on him). Her editors pushed her to change Lenalee away from the character she wanted her to be. So long and so forth.

Honestly i still look back at the Alma arc in awe because it truly was Hoshino putting her foot down and making sure her editors would not be able to change her vision this time and i still admire it.

but man sometimes i mourn for the story DGM could have been if the editors haven't constantly been restraining her. Obviously, there's always moment an editor helps out in pacing a story or helping some focus, but with dgm you can sense on some point how some elements just. didn't really help out Hoshino's vision and it's so sad.

Nowadays it seems her editors are giving her more freedom, and it's about time. It's just so damn sad that it came when her health has become too fragile because of the constant strain that has been on her in part because of her old editors.

I for one am looking forward to see where it's going and i will be patient, but yeah. Can't wait to see how that goes either.

It's nice to hear those thoughts though so if you feel like rambling more, the inbox is opened!

Take care and thank you for the sweet message <3

[beyejun]

he adjusts his phone once, then twice. then yejun adjusts his own position. is he centered in the frame? is it tilted? does he just look weird? he's stared at himself for so long already, procrastinating hitting record, that he's not sure he even recognizes his own face anymore. it's like saying the same word over and over and over again until it loses all meaning he's not sure how to relax his nerves but there's also no putting this off any further. yejun takes a deep breath, and pushes the button.

"hello, my name is hwang yejun," he introduces himself, bowing respectfully to his camera and feeling awkward for it. it's not a person after all, even though he's trying to envision the human being who will be watching back this recording later. "and... i'm submitting for the dreamwave auditions."

DREAM COMPANY & SECOND DREAM COMPANY:

"i think i'd suit studio delta best," yejun admits, perhaps a bit nervously. he knows it's the hardest to get into and he sounds like he's making a huge claim with those words. "i've been writing music for a while now, i play with my friends in a band. i don't know, i just... yeah." his eloquence escapes him even though he knows he can redo as many takes as he needs for this. he just wants to get it over. "if i'm not good enough for their standards... well, i have friends in sr media too. i think i'd be able to suit the company well with their help."

PREVIOUS MUSICAL EXPERIENCE: 

"ah, well, if you think i look a little familiar, i did make it through most of next gen season two before i was eliminated in the finale. it was a disappointing result, wasn't it?" he sighs, though it doesn't sting as much as he thought it might. "i've always loved music. i did as many school plays and musicals as i could, even if my parents got mad at me for volunteering. and i think i mentioned the band with my friends... it's the third i've been in since i did my military service, actually. i just... love to make music. it's been my dream since i was a kid." a small smile cracks his lips. he's not very boastful naturally, so it feels weird to almost brag about this.

SKILLS: 

"if i had to pick one, i guess i'm mostly a singer. but honestly... i'm sort of greedy to do it all. i'd like to learn to dance better, rap seems like it could be fun. i don't really want to limit myself to one skill even though... one is definitely my strongest right now," yejun acknowledges. "i guess i'm ambitious in that sense."

OTHER TALENTS:

"i... taught myself a lot of instruments. basically everything my parents said no to, i wanted to learn," yejun lets out a short laugh. oh, they'd be so mad at him now knowing that he's still doing auditions, still neglecting his education. but since they kicked him out, there's nothing they can do to stop him anymore. "i played drums in those bands i was in, but i know guitar, bass, a little bit of piano or keyboard... i could be a band by myself if it really fame down to it," he manages a sheepish grin. "and songwriting... we haven't performed anything i've written yet. i haven't even shown the others, honestly. but... i'm decent, i guess. i have a lot to learn."

FAVORITE ARTISTS: 

yejun has to pause, suddenly unable to remember any artist ever as soon as he has to answer the question. "uh," he stalls for time, "i always looked up to link from lightspeed... and j-yoon from h.i.t of course. vertex... um, i forgot everyone i have on my playlist, suddenly," he laughs, embarrassed. "and i can't check, since i'm using my phone to record this."

rather than embarrass himself more, yejun figures it's best to wrap it up here. "thank you for your time," he bows again, polite as ever. "please consider me well."

[crystallizsch]

Hello! ♡

I hope you're doing well!

For the character ask game, I would love to know your thoughts on number 12 and number 25 with Jamil please!

Thank you! ♡

AAH hello again!! thank you so much for being the first ask, i hope you're doing well too!! 🥺💖

hndfsjkllkds and of course of course, these are good questions aaah

━━━━━━✦ 12. What's a headcanon you have for [Jamil]?

Sooo despite my apparent oc x canon stuff, my headcanon about Jamil is that relationships (partners specifically) will be the last thing on his mind. His focus will be on himself which, like, good for him! he deserves to finally do what he wants without restraint.

I remembered his wish from the wishing star event that he wanted to travel alone where nobody knew him and i was like yeah you go king, just relax by yourself. Relationships are overrated (jk jk).

In the story he's pretty good at acting and hiding his true emotions so i imagine when he does get feelings but refuses to act on it, no one would realize. Unless someone really knows how to read people (like Leona for example when he sussed out his intentions with Kalim in one of the vignettes).

━━━━━━✦ 25. What was your first impression of [Jamil]? How about now?

Okay so, the progression of what i thought about jamil is so funny to me. I'm never gonna be over it.

When i first played the game i DID NOT care about him whatsoever (mostly because i hadn't gone through book 4 yet). Nothing about him particularly stood out to me ;;; (The others have overshadowed him 😔)

I started playing twst when the EN server released (i was a leona simp🧍but i broke up with him and moved on to riddle). Honestly i only played because of the hype around the idea of disney characters being turned into anime boys, so i lost interest after a few weeks.

I only came back last year when a friend showed me that there's actually interesting story aspects in the game so i gave it a chance again. I barely even remember the game when i came back and for some reason i had Jamil's dorm SSR along with my main SSRs at the time (Riddle, Leona).

I was like "bruh who dis" and promptly ignored him. Even when i got to finishing book 4 i was like "alrighty that's another traumatized teenage boy down" and forgot about him again ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ (it also didn't help that i wasn't big of a fan of his overblot design)

This might have been the turning point but the scalding sands event was one of the first events that played when i came back to twst. Najma specifically had a HUGE impression on me because i thought "omg female sprite, Jamil's sister????" I was surprised the characters were like "they don't look alike" when they clearly do??? Anyways they are the siblings ever and i just fell in love with them.

After that I was still pretty neutral about jamil. During the event I was just casually pulling for cards without expecting anything (just the SRs). And guess who showed up. Jamil's event SSR.

it's so funny to me because i was still like "oh cool another SSR" AND THAT WAS IT. Literally only used the card because it was useful because i didn't have any good water-based cards (jamil my beloved im so sorry).

I know this is a bit anticlimactic but i'm not really sure the exact moment when jamil finally got the chokehold on me afterward🧍

So, to answer that question, my impression of him now is completely normal and unbiased (i am obsessed with him).

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[panfluidme]

Purple's Second Chance

Master Post, Chapter Thirteen

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: WHAT WAS SHE LIKE?

Casey walked into the lab, scratching at his arm. "Uncle Tello?"

"Yes?" Donnie answered from under a support drone that he was working on that was almost the size of a bus.

"Can I hang out in here for a bit?"

"Go ahead."

Casey sat at Donnie's desk and looked around. Unlike when he first came here, all the projects in the workshop were completed. Donnie had made a habit of finishing things before moving onto the next, which was unlike how he used to operate. Before, he'd made what whatever came to his head. Now, he'd finish then move on.

Maybe it was because of how things worked in the resistance.

In the resistance, it was important to have things that were ready to be used. That did mean he couldn't spend as long as he wanted on something and bounce between projects whenever he was tired of working on something.

"Did you need something?" Donnie asked as he tore out some wires that he realized were unneeded.

Casey shrugged and hugged his knees to his chest. "What was mom like?"

"Your mom? Casey Jones Sr.?"

"Yeah."

"I don't know her as much as Sensei Leonardo or Master Michelangelo or Commander O'Neil do."

"I know. But what do you know about her?"

Donnie thought. "She's intense, very passionate about her hobbies and likes. Once we started becoming friends, suddenly we were part of her world and were deemed important enough for her to protect. I will admit that I don't have the same fondness that everyone else has of her. But I can see why she became important to the family."

"You can?"

He nodded. "Dad and her have a rich history. I think he sees her as a daughter."

"Wouldn't that make you my actual uncle?"

"I suppose so." Donnie shrugged. "I never thought I would say this, but I do miss Cassandra."

"Why do you say that?"

"I used to get so annoyed with how everything was 110 with her, but now that she's dead in this time and I'm not in mine, I miss her. I guess now that I'm not dealing with it, I miss it. It's like people say, I didn't know what I had until it was gone."

"Oh." Casey kicked his legs. "I don't have a lot of memories of her. She died when I was really little. Right after Major Raphael."

"I could go on and on about Raph." Donnie came out from under the drone and sat up. "But you asked about your mother. So, ask me any question and I'll try my best to answer."

Casey's face lit up. "Really?"

"Of course, Case. You have every right to know what your mother was like."

Chapter Fifteen

[trentcrimmisgay]

teaaa i wanna address these

1. beard/jane is not my personal taste and i agree beard doesn’t abuse jane but she abuses him. i think, though, if they hadn’t had the higgins moment telling beard to dump her, i’d feel differently about them. i think they were trying to write a chaotic and ridiculous pairing that does love each other (their baggage just lines right up). do i wish they’d broken up? yes. do i get what the writers were intending? also yes

2/4. i thought his ted/beard answer actually made sense. he described ted/beard as the kind of friends who are closely knit for a long period of time, then they are apart for awhile, then they come back together. i think that maybe before they went to london, they had split up for a bit. then london came, and they were attached. i think they’ll come back together (beard/jane breakup? she goes off the rails and leaves beard with their kid?) and who knows. maybe we get to see it in a spin-off. ted not being at the wedding makes sense to me, as they take their relationship very seriously, but also it’s an unspoken and low maintenance commitment.

3. yeah idk what to say about michelle/ted except the show is all about forgiveness. if they gave rupert & james sr a second chance of course they’re open to giving michelle one. i just choose to believe (or hope at least) in the ambiguity that ted is a stronger man and won’t get back together with her.

5. hate this. disagree w brendan on this one. it’s him shoving his emotions down, i think. his friends clearly hadn’t accepted him leaving. keeley and rebecca both asked him to stay. as for ted himself, i guess at the end of ep 11 he did seem pretty sure of himself, but i’m not convinced. maybe ted had “accepted” it because it was less painful, but we all know that’s not healthy.

6. what does this even mean? is he trying to close the door on ted ever coming back? or is this in defense of the ending shot w ted?

7. i like the romcommunism of colin being so overcome with joy and love that he had to kiss his fella after a match. yes, colin stated not wanting to be a spokesperson. he also stated wanting to kiss his fella after a match like the other guys. i get that it’s farfetched that no one would have noticed, but i kind of like the idea of colin’s story continuing to play out after the show ends, even if that’s different from what he hoped. trent is a journalist, i’m sure he would provide support. maybe i just headcanon colin & trent changing the world with queerness in football

If anyone didn't see the brendan reddit ama was a shit show and somehow everything is worse but to summarise

Beard/Jane isn't abusive it's just toxic and funny and it's a generational thing that people think it's abusive

The wedding happened and ted wasn't there because it clashes with Henry's soccer match and beard wouldn't mind

Michelle and Ted was left ambiguous but implied back together

Ted and beard probably don't see each other for years

Ted was closed off during the last EP as his friends has all accepted he was going back and so had he

Apart from Michelle/Ted Brendan believes Ted's ending to be completely unambiguous

When asked why Colin kissed Michael in public after stating he didn't want to be out publicly or face homophobia, because apparently he thought 'fuck it'