#aka the only week of the year I had to be at work for 6+ hours every day

[miniatureliterature]

How does my daughter always know the perfect (read: worst) times to have a sleep regression.

[soobieedoo]

Formula of love ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ l.dh

Synopsis | Y/N is a diligent pharmacy student at NCityU. Ever since she was a kid her parents have instilled their high expectations on her. Therefore, Y/N has always had 4 goals, Get a degree, Get a good job, be financially stable, and absolutely in all circumstances stay away from distractions — including love of any sort.

During her freshman year of university her friends somehow convinced her to go on a dating app “for fun” where she meets Lee Donghyuck. She miraculously hit it off with him only to realize that he has made her focus falter and ultimately broke it off. Since then, she believes even more that love is a distraction that she cannot afford.

Lee Donghyuck — or better known as Haechan around campus, is a carefree, charming and fellow pharmacy student who also has a passion for music. He has recently transferred to NCityU to join their music program as he plans to pursuit both his passion for music and pharmaceuticals.

Y/N is working at the campus clinic. She has kept herself busy either through her studies or her job and is proud that she has eliminated all distractions…but wait, what is lee donghyuck aka said distraction doing in HER breakroom? and why is her heart beating like crazy?

PAIRINGS | pharmacy student! haechan x fem! pharmacy student reader

GENRE | social media au, some written, comedy, crack/humour, fluff, slow burn, college au, non-idol au, exes (ish) to strangers to lovers? pining but its mutual haechan is just more obvious, she's a little grumpy towards him, slight angst eventually?

WARNINGS | swearing, sexual jokes, kys/kms jokes, mentions of drugs and alcohol

| AUTHOR'S NOTE: hello hi! this is my very first smau! i had this idea pop up in my head and i've always enjoyed reading smau's and i thought i would take a crack at it! please note that this is a work of fiction and that this does not reflect the real lives of the idols involved! this is only for entertainment! i apologize if there may be inaccuracies with job descriptions and diff majors in uni. if u read this i hope u enjoy !

STATUS: ongoing! (started 09.07.24)

~ no specific update schedule! if not everyday then maybe every other day!

masterlist

profiles 1 + profiles 2

#1 - ice cream run

#2 - welcome home haechan

#3 - face to face

#4 - thank you choi beomgyu

#5 - strictly business

#6 - respectfully

#7 - failed disguise (written)

#8 - opening week

#9 - the music booth incident

#10 - we are not strangers

#11 - haechan’s mission

#11.5 - the first shift (written)

#12 - real talk

#13 - beomgyu and his croissants

#14 - we have “chemistry together” (written + smau)

#15 - no harm

#16 - sung hanbin the traitor

#17 - the performance (written)

#18 - y/n vs beomgyu

#19 - denial is a river in egypt ‼️

#20 - hypothetically…

#21 - a platonic study date

#22 - a deal made with the devil

#23 - free meal coupon

#24 - dreamie sleepover

#25 - y/n’s reason

#26 - the way to y/n’s heart

#27 - beomgyu cooking something up 👨🏻‍🍳

#28 - moral support (mostly written + smau)

#29 - y/n protectors

#30 - what are we celebrating?

#31 - forget about it?!

#32 - NOT a crush

#33 - who’s your crush?

#34 - sir haechan

#35 - sunflower

[msookyspooky]

I may not be a mortician or a doctor but I do know basic decay (based off writing!!! 😅) and I don't think anyone understands how NASTY HoW (2005) would actually be. Like, we are talking Louisiana heat on top of swamp like humidity and a town filled with corpses. We only got a tiny taste (ew) from the road kill pit in the beginning.

TRIGGER WARNING: Body horror, corpses, decay etc.

Let's ignore the whole face peeling thing of Wade's bc I'm not saying it couldn't happen but most likely once the numbing agent wears off it would be like someone with 1st and 2nd degree burns (Even extremely hot the first wax would cool once it hits your skin and act as a protective layer from harsher burns I highly doubt the wax would give 3rd degree or adhere to the skin completely) and the victim could move (painfully); cracking some of the wax seal and leave to get help or try to. So let's toss that out for realism. I mean, the wax museum made of actual wax was the most unrealistic of all (Where THE HELL did Trudy get that much wax? Damn yall were rich rich huh?) so eh we're just going with what realism we can here.

But a dead body:

1. It would only work if you had stilts or poles in the clothes (or skin...) bracing the body to stand. Sitting? As long as you stabalized the neck it could work.

2. The wax would preserve for maybe a week before the body starts to rot. Maybe a few days. Maybe a day. But since Vincent doesn't embalm? They'd rot like a normal body in a few days to weeks depending on weather. The corpses wouldn't last years or even months like in the movie (Then again...A building made of wax? In Louisiana? Yeah logic flew out the window but idc)

3. Eyes would rot first and unless Vincent is willing to scoop them out and replace them with glass eyes; you'd see a 'statue' with flies on the eyes, mouth, nose and the eyes looking milky.

And I feel like they hinted THEY DO do this eventually once the victim starts rotting bc:

^ That? Those are definitely glass or wax eyes bc in a fire the eyes melt first. So...Yeah, Vincent most likely is getting grosser than the movie suggested and replacing the victims eyes with fake ones.

4. The organs would rot and then the skin...But it has a protection of wax that wouldn't become 'fused to the skin' like the movie acts like with Wade. It would only act as a like...Shell. So if a corpse got knocked over? It wouldn't be this most likely. (Maybe certain corpses in the right conditions would be mummified especially in the winter)

5. Seepage would happen and it would be NASTY af. Like, Carly should've looked over and saw a 'statue' have a gross smell and something brown leaking from behind the Glass/Wax eye.

Most likely? Soup. It would be more like mushy decay and bones in that sludge and even if time went by that wax would just make that nastiness last longer. We're talking mushy soup like decay INSIDE the wax like a shell. Like you put liquid inside a hollow chocolate egg. It may last a bit but eventually that liquid will deteriorate the shell.

6. The Louisiana heat would slowly melt the wax. Melted wax + gravity = the body rot pooling downward. Aka...That movie theater? DISGUSTING. The smell should've hit Carly and Nick so hard they're gagging and puking while trying to be quiet and hide. Dripping heard over Bette Davis singing where the bodies sat in the seats. Pools of disgusting matter and melted flesh and wax. Flies EVERYWHERE. It would've been almost unbearable for Carly to sit next to a corpse sitting in its own melted decay and trying not to alert Bo (WHICH WOULD MAKE IT BETTER FOR ANXIETY)

7. Bugs. Flies would be all over that town. They loosely touched base on this with the cockroaches in the older wax corpse of the theater usher.

And IN TIME with enough bugs and the right conditions + stilts holding him in place that could've happened but...Imagine your looking at a statue. It smells bad but you can't help noticing the skin moving. One poke? Maggots. The flies and maggots would be unreal. We just had a dead wild baby bunny in 70 degree weather and went to bury it the next day and my mom had to SHAKE the maggots off and OUT of it. ONE DAY!....Now, imagine Ambrose. 90+ degrees and humidity and dead bodies of humans that attract a lot of flies that can still get in through the nose and ears and mouth if its propped open?

Now where am I going with this? HoW wasn't as visceral as it would be irl and I love Southern Gothic but they lowkey missed so many opportunities

We could've had:

- Flies. Just subtle cityfolk like Dalton being like, "Man, what is with all the flies and that smell? Damn it must be the road kill pit nearby from that guy. (Lester)." AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE PERFECT COVER TOO. Like so perfect I don't EVEN BEGIN to understand why they didn't use Lester's road kill pit as an excuse for the town smelling bad or flies???? Instead, Lester just so happens to be a roadkill guy with carcass pit way outside of town and there's no plot for it.

- The Sinclair's are not just greedily collecting tourist to abuse and kill for fun or to fill an overflowing town. THEY NEED them. Because the corpses keep rotting and they need to keep the town going so they NEED to constantly lure tourist.

- Carly under that Priest and imagine the smell and she just slightly moves...Remember that weight we talked about? Imagine you poke a ballon too weak to hold a bunch of slop inside? Imagine the horror of her having to stay quiet when something is fucking dripping on her. I'd die. I'd have to just fist fight Bo right then and there out disgusted adrenaline. Eddie in IT 2017 where he gets puked on and is like 'I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU!!' in disgusted rage? That would be me fr.

- A maggot or bug coming out of a 'statues' eye or nose

- How vile the movie theater would be with all those bodies just collecting in the equivalent of a hot box because idk HOW they could generate and a/c an entire town 24/7. And what if a storm hits and electricity goes out? Bo and Vincent are probably rushing to fuel the generators bc they know more time w/o a/c = rot. Fast.

Like the script somewhat touched on like 'the sink was filled with food it smelled awful' blah blah and I GET they went more southern gothic than tcm hooror but honestly the only 'normal' corpse would've been Trudy in the casket because she's laying down untouched and Vincent probably adds wax and makeup constantly to preserve her and that feels symbolic. They might even keep A/C on in the Church (doubt it) just to preserve her and hell...Maybe she WAS embalmed and they stole her back? I mean...If she died, it couldn't have been offical or reported like Bo lied bc no State is gonna be like 'Oh you want your Mama's corpse? Well sure!'

So I doubt it but who knows. It's just obvious out of all the wax 'statues' she's by far the most preserved and would be and that feels symbolic.

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - Some Surprises

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

NOV 2024 Week 1

Ongoing Series - Thai

Fourever You (Thai Thurs YT) ep 5 of 16 - I love this show, but I absolutely hate the main couple's communication style. Or complete lack of communication style. I really hope the other couples are not gonna be this bad and it’s just because this one is leaning into the worst of BL archetypes. But I’m not confident. Poor Ter dating Hill put a big old target on his back. Earth being a dramatic stressed gay queen was peak comedy tho. Apparently the good kisses are only on WeTV (I am annoyed) so props to the giffers who keep me supplied. You're doing the BL gods work.

I suddenly realized, after the bullying sequence, that one of the reasons I’m liking this so much is it reminds me of early Japanese yaoi. There’s something about the dynamics of the characters and the way they're reacting to situations that’s not very Thai BL feeling. And if I think of this is more JBL, I forgive it. Or maybe that’s just why I’m liking it so much despite its flaws? Difficult to understand my own feels about this show.

Jack & Joker (Thai Mon IQIYI) ep 8 of 12 - I don’t like this new evil-bonkers rich kid character and whatever is going on with Jack and Rose and that whole story. It’s boring. And then my brain short circuited. No further thoughts... just War in a wife beater. 

Love Sick 2024 (Thai Sun iQIYI) ep 7 of 15 - Phun's bitch face really is epically wonderful. I kinda enjoy everybody ribbing the two of them because they have no idea what’s actually going on. I'm chronicling my experience with 2024 as compared to 2014 here.

Kidnap (Fri YT) ep 9 of 12 - Omg cutest boyfriends EVER. I don’t even mind how cheesy their bf era is. Does this lull jive with the rest of the story? Nope. But ya know that’s GMMTV’s thing these days, flailing during the final act.

Perfect 10 Liners (Thai Sun YouTube?) ep 1 of 24 - Pretty standard Thai BL university fair. I am hoping it’s better than ForceBook’s previous offering. Yet another sniff test. Is this the trope of the year? Meanwhile, they also deployed the crash into me trope in episode one. Who do they think they are? Taiwan?

New is directing this uni BL with a massive cast + massive run time. It's an endurance test ya'll - we will be watching this until APRIL of 2025! Su su na.

Every You Every Me (Thai Mon Gaga) ep 4 of 10 - I really like that they had the bandwidth to give us a little side couple with this installment. Fun crumbs. Meanwhile, the thing with the shirt in front of the mirror was extremely sexy. This installment was very sad though. And, of course, I’m not happy about it. To top it all off, next week is musical themed, so you know I’m disgruntled about it. 

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

See Your Love (Taiwan Weds Gaga) ep 3 of 13 - Aw spoiled neglected rich boy wants to be cared for and spoiled honestly. I do love them. Also tiny idiot syndrome is spreading. 

Teenager Judge (Vietnam Sat YT) ep 6 of ? - The side couple (teacher student, hyung romance but he’s using em) interesting. Not sure how I feel about them. The subs are so bad it’s largely incomprehensible but I’m still enjoying it for no defensible reason. 

My Damn Business (Korea Sat YT) eps 5 of 7 - I love that our uke can be such a little shit. I love it when a tsundere has some serious snark and attitude to back his petulance up. Also liquid courage. At least we got to the root of the tsundere. Also neck kisses and cuddles! 

Eccentric Romance (Korea Weds Viki) eps 7-8 of 12 - Oooo, cute kiss. Drunken but adorable. I do like it when they use older Korean actors in KBL, they actually know how to kiss. Has the kiss saved this show? Possibly. I’m shallow. 

Love is Like a Poison AKA Doku Koi: Doku mo Sugireba Koi to Naru (Japan Tues Netflix?) 7 of 10 eps - Our con man is such a good little homemaker. And it’s sexy yukata time! Love this trope. 

Love in the Air: Koi no Yokan (Japan Sat Gaga) ep 1 of 10 - Same plot as the Thai original, only from Japan. Very similar so far. I hope Rei is a bit more smart and Arashi is a bit less of a sleaze. I still get too much secondhand embarrassment and my mame alert is blaring.  I'm wary.

Blue Canvas of Youthful Days (China Sun iQIYI) eps 1-2 - Triggers for child abuse, alcoholism. Two artists, one an abused rich kid and the other a tough scrappy poor kid, in the same art prep school. I of course adore the side couple of the much younger kid and the older teacher. Oh, I do like it. But it's CBL, I'm very scared as to where it might go.

Bad to Bed (Taiwan Sat YouTube) ep 1 of 10 - Influencer Wan Xiong suffers from insomnia, it’s a physical and mental battle. As he tried to find a solution, he encounters five boys along the way. I'm putting this on the list because it's airing and I just found out about it but I didn't have time to watch it yet. I hear it's v weird.

It's airing but...

The Hidden Moon (Sat WeTV) 10 eps - Supernatural romance (my ghost boyfriend trope) by Violet Rain (I Feel You Linger). A man is hired to write an article about an old mansion. He sees the ghosts of people who died at the mansion, falls in love with one of them. Was substantially recast. I loved IFYLITA except the ending so I think I'll let this one run it's course you can tell me if it's work tracking down... if they managed to land it. I have my doubts.

Bad Guy My Boss (Thai Sun Gaga) 10 eps - I DNF'd at ep 7, I couldn't make it. I am weak. Life is hard enough right now, this show is making it harder. It’s not what I want from my entertainment.

Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo (Korea Thurs Gaga) eps 4 of 8 - I put this one on pause. It's too heavy for me right now. I'll wait to know if the ending is hard fought happy (and then watch) or not (and won't finish). Sorry all, rough times this side of the screen.

Random I watched it

Vending Machine Sabi Koi AKA Can I Buy Your Love From A Vending Machine AKA Sono Koi, Jihanki de Kaemasu ka? (Japan 2023) - This show is utterly adorable, impossibly awkward, and kinda old fashioned. About a cute nerdy little office worker (he's out!) who has a big'ol crush on the tall hulking vending machine guy. They fall in love. And that’s it. And it’s charming. There’s some first name eroticism, because Japan, and there's emphasis on communication, which is so not Japan, but turns this into an organically loving and talkative relationship. There’s a bit of an age gap, and our office cutie may or may not have a muscles fetish (the hot bod not the shellfish) because (if I’ve told you once I’ve told you 1 million times) Japan always goes kinky. And you know what, I loved it. 9/10

Next Week Looks Like This:

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

November BL:

11/4 Our Youth AKA Miseinen: Mijukuna Oretachi wa Bukiyo ni Shinkochu (Japan Mon Gaga?) 11 eps - Minase was an exemplary high school student who hates Hirukawa, head bully and top delinquent. But then Minase uncovers Hirukawa’s secret and the two get intimate.

11/15 Caged Again (Thai Fri WeTV) 10 eps - Penguin escapes zoo by turning into a human. Gets trapped again and a panther falls in love with him.

11/17 Your Sky (Thai iQIYI) 12 eps - Due to an unforeseen situation, a naive freshman and the campus’s popular senior agree to pretend to be a couple - but their fake deal begins to generate real feelings.

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENTS

Honor the crumbs indeed. This pair is so much crumbs it's practically dust. (Love Sick 2014)

God he is so stupidly in love.

(lask week)

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog @mmastertheone @pickletrip @aliceisathome @urikawa-miyuki @tokillamonger @sunflower-positiiivity @rocketturtle4 @blglplus @anythinggoesintheshire @everlightly @renafire @mestizashinrin @bl-bam-beyond @small-dark-and-delicious @saezurumurmurs

Sigh, Tumblr in its infinite wisdom doesn't like too many at-ings.

[mysticlael]

So, y'all voted on this poll, and MID hcs won!

So, I'll do it by characters first, order they got to the palace in my hcs.

Rhys:

• Yep, got there first. He's older than Asch by 3 months.

• Was conceived via two underage servants messing around, and was going to be raised as a servant

• Then a plague came around, hit the palace hard, and his parents died when he was 4. Leaving him to just be a servant.

• Lady Grandma took him under her teaching after he started teaching himself to read, and Asch started getting attached to the only kid his age.

• Very possessive of his role as advisor.

• The only one with a staff because they can take magic and transforms it. Was chaos when Leif got hand of it.

• Has no memory of his parents, just aware he's two servants' child.

• Second tallest in the group.

• Glasses need to be adjusted to his face, leading to them slipping a lot. He doesn't complain, just chalking it up to their spell having a small price. Adjust them constantly, you get to see.

• Enjoys journaling. Has old journals in his room that he filled under his bed.

• Enjoys historical fiction books, because they help him learn more about Earth.

• Scared of heights, due to at first not knowing how far falls were, and now not enjoying that he can see it.

• Gets cold faster than most due to ice powers.

• Demiromantic and bisexual.

Asch:

• Mother died not long after his birth.

• Has no memory of his grandfather, and never knew his mother's parents.

• Used to be more polite (mainly due to Rhys refusing to hang out with him if he demanded) until his father got into his head.

• Used to hang out with Rhal, but that was also discouraged by their father.

• When Rhys and Rhal refused, he'd help Lady Grandma make potions (aka getting ingredients) while she told him old Daemos stories.

• When him and Rhal fought/sparred, very rarely won.

• Had lessons with Lady Grandma (unlike Rhal, who freaked out every time).

• Used to care for Mirage (the spirit) to help him overcome his fear of them after being "embarrassed" by Pierce interacting with one fearlessly. (Not really, ego just fragile).

• Had the longest "edgy" phase.

• Was raised mostly by servants and Lady Grandma.

• Kind of likes ballroom dancing.

• Fears and loves his dad at the same time, no matter how badly he treated him.

• In contrast to Rhys, gets hot faster, also gets worse sunburns due to fire magic.

• 4th tallest in the group and the 2nd oldest. Insists he's taller than Leif.

• Bisexual.

Noi:

• Was born to two people who were in a resistance against the throne.

• When he was 10, his mom was caught and executed. Then when 12, his dad was also caught and killed by a hunt led by Rhal. Noi was going to be executed too, evidence being that he'd tried to attack Rhal (meaning he was like them).

• Necklace is last thing his mom ever gave him.

• Had electricity magic that drained his energy, hence why he never used it, and minor healing magic.

• Was taught mostly by his parents, and then aided by Rhys.

• Learned Japanese to be better at something than the others.

• Smallest of the group, and the youngest (still an adult when they meet Ava).

• Pansexual, and doesn't care if people call him they/them.

• Enjoys Disney movies (not the current shit being put out).

• Lived on a farm with his parents before his mom died.

• Scared of needles.

• Touch starved as hell

• Rainbow baby of his parents and is an only child.

Pierce:

• His father worked as a guard for the palace, and his mom stayed at home to raise Pierce.

• Used to help his mom around and played in the forest.

• Befriended an injured spirit when he was 6 after patching it up, fed it, and fought off sports trying to pick on it. It died two years later, and he was sad for a week and buried it.

• Used to be very talkative.

• Has a genetic condition that keeps his magic from sorting itself into a category.

- Not overpowered I promise. Like, using fire magic would cause him to burn him and possibly Ava's entire apartment down. Using ice magic = scene from Frozen. Teleportation = teleporting random objects with you and not full control of where you're going.

• When he was 13, his mom got pregnant, and his dad got an infection. At the same time, all the family got sick, and his dad died and mom was bedridden. Mom and unborn sister died.

• Went into hiding in the forest, and was found by Rhal and two guards. Pierce was then brought in to train to be a guard.

• Then went borderline nonverbal.

• Befriended Rhal, and Noi liked him. Hence how he met Rhys and Asch.

• Was not taught how to read or write.

• Likes drawing to get his thoughts out.

• Feels guilty for killing so many people, and sometimes wonders if he should've just risked execution to make everything right.

• Rhal made him a war general, and the king later demoted him after Pierce failed a mission to hunt down a bunch of humans and made him Asch's knight when he was 19.

• Like Nat Geo. 92% for animals and 8% for the narrator's voice.

• Long hair and his tattoo run in his father's side

• Questioning sexuality (gay, suffering comphet)

• Tallest, and 3rd oldest.

Leif:

• Abandoned at the age of 5 by his parents. Then picked up by a child gang.

• Has pointy teeth from another condition that is coveted on Daemos.

• Was left by his group when he was 15, and then he took up assassin work.

• Got the scar over his eye after fighting one of his targets.

• 3rd tallest of the group and 4th youngest.

• Broke into the castle after being paid to kill Asch. Evaded all the guards, and almost made a fool out of Rhys, Pierce, and Noi. Only taken down when Rhys made a plan to catch him.

• Was going to be executed, but Asch was impressed, wanting him in his group. Rhys was about to risk execution and kill Asch right there.

• Can read and write a little, but not as good as Asch can.

• Pansexual.

Ava:

• Biological parents gave her up for adoption after she was born.

• Was adopted when she was 7 by Andrew and Devon.

• Has anxiety (as well as social anxiety) and depression.

• Was also nonverbal for some time.

• Adopted Johnny from a shelter when he was a kitten.

• Missed a lot of school due to mental health issues and had trouble making friends. Lorelai, the extrovert, just adopted her, the introvert.

• Is bisexual and once had a crush on Lorelai when they were young.

• Andrew and Devon did take her to the doctor's to figure out why she kept fainting when scared (worried she was going to get a concussion one day), but never got an answer.

• Once got expelled for fighting a homophobic kid.

• Hates Valentine's Day. Mainly because she's a little salty about being single.

• Used to do art when she was little. Mainly with crayons and then colored pencils when she got older. She quit once she was in highschool because a bully went through her sketchbook and she was discouraged from them on.

[dancingontheblades]

Yuuri finding his eros is not what you think it is

Viktor: "The time to seduce me with beautiful women and katsudon is over. You can fight with your own charm now." Yuuri (suddenly all possessive): "Don't take your eyes off me!" Viktor (utterly clueless): He's so different today. I wonder what has flipped his switch.

Recently, I’ve found myself coming back to this scene over and over as I was contemplating how Yuuri’s understanding of Eros and the progress of his relationship with Viktor inform each other. For years, I was convinced that Yuuri grasps the concept of sexual love in episode 6, but a close examination of this episode suggest something else.

So, what happens in episode 6?

While the details of how Yuuri and Viktor’s relationship develops in the weeks between Yuuri’s love confession and the Cup of China are open to speculation, the subtext of episode 6 gives us some cues as to where Yuuri and Viktor currently are in their relationship.

The exchange before Yuuri skates his short programme, tells us that:

So far, Yuuri hasn’t seduced Viktor as himself.

Viktor thinks Yuuri is ready to do exactly that.

They are dating (note the lover’s bind aka the lacing of the fingers, which is an expression of romantic intimacy in Japan, but also: Yuuri’s love confession, cuddling, and sleeping in the same bed)

Yuuri’s reaction is untypically fierce and possessive.

Viktor has not the slightest clue as to what triggered Yuuri’s response. If Yuuri had seduced him prior to the competition (be it on or off the ice), Viktor would no longer react with surprise.

To evaluate what is going on in episode 6, understanding that Yuuri and Viktor are in entirely different headspaces is key. While Viktor feels that it’s time to gently nudge Yuuri towards a more intimate stage of their relationship by telling him to skate Eros as himself, Yuuri is upset because he just learned that everyone wants Viktor to give up on him and return to competition. Yuuri’s inner monologue as he prepares himself for the short programme reveals that he is convinced that Viktor’s fans will deem him a poor replacement for Viktor if Viktor keeps coaching him. At the same time, he believes that he would disappoint his own fans if he would return to the skater he used to be before Viktor. Yuuri is like a deer circled by hyenas. His only option left is pressing ahead and so he works himself up into wanting to be hated as the man who took Viktor Nikiforov from the world.

With that mindset, Yuuri steps onto the ice.

When Viktor tells him to skate Eros as himself, all his possessiveness and his desire to show everyone that he stole Viktor from the world and is worthy of Viktor’s time and attention, pours out of Yuuri.

Viktor, however, is oblivious to Yuuri’s inner turmoil. His reaction to Yuuri’s performance implies that he interprets Yuuri’s fervent skating as a sign that Yuuri is indeed ready to seduce him. To him, the lip-licking and the sensuality that Yuuri pours into his immaculate performance are signs that Yuuri desires him carnally.

Yuuri’s eros is dominant and possessive. In the months that have passed since the first time Yuuri skated his short programme to seduce Viktor at the Onsen on Ice, his relationship with Viktor has deepened. His eros has evolved into a violent force of nature. Yuuri’s skating no longer is about “seducing” Viktor to stay his coach, but about showing the world (and Viktor) that Viktor is his and his alone and that he is all that Viktor wants (“I’m the only one who can satisfy Viktor. I’m the only one who understands Viktor’s love”). And he goes out pulling all the stops to drive the message home to everyone. And at the next competition, Yuuri will double down on that. Sounds kinky? It absolutely is.

If you have ever wondered why Viktor is so flustered right after Yuuri’s, here’s your answer. This precious boy felt seduced through-and-through by Yuuri’s performance.

Viktor: "Yuuri, did it feel that great?" Yuuri: "I was hoping everyone else felt great watching me." Viktor (basically talking about himself): "Of course, they felt great watching a performance like that."

Viktor projects his own state of arousal due to watching Yuuri on Yuuri. However, Yuuri is not a second Chris and his response reinforces the above-made implications based on his inner monologue before and during his performance: He wanted to give “the audience” a good time aka making Viktor feel seduced and convincing the skating world that he is worthy to skate in Viktor’s stead.

Learning that “everyone” (and most of all Viktor) had a “good time”, is an important step in Yuuri’s journey of mastering his short programme:

In episode 6, Yuuri finally understands the power he has over Viktor and what he can do to Viktor with his skating alone.

So far, Yuuri has had a hard time grasping eros, using all kinds of workarounds (food, women that seduce Viktor etc.). He has refined this understanding as his relationship with Viktor deepened, he has learned to express himself in a sensual manner, but it doesn’t come naturally to him. In episode 6, he finally understands that he has the power to turn Viktor on and what exactly he must do to achieve that. He’s still using workarounds (wanting to be hated as the man who took Viktor from the world) and because these workarounds are 100% Yuuri, they are successful. Even if he will never understand eros beyond the abstract theory, Yuuri now has acquired the set of tools to hone is performance and to seduce Viktor if he sets his mind on it. (Yes, this anxious katsudon fatale has some massive kinks and they work for him and Viktor, and I will die on that hill.)

Q&A: But didn't Yuuri seduce Viktor at the banquet?

Drunken horniness due to dancing physically with your celebrity crush =/= sexual desire. Friction is a thing. And let’s be honest: If Yuuri had experienced sexual desire before (even if he forgot about it), the whole “grasping eros” story arc wouldn’t make any sense. Either you have an innate sense of that concept or you don’t, and memory gaps can’t explain that away.

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Last but not least many thanks to cecebeanie for a discussion that set this thought process in motion 💜💙

[melissathettpdmember]

Wifey I'm bored asf and it's finals week and I'm sneaking my phone. So here's an ask

How ddid s6 e1 go in ur au? Cuz Daphne hates crying

First of all Daphne was very mad that the Winx made her wear 4 inch heels when she couldn't even balance herself properly because she's like an astronaut coming back to Earth after being stuck there for 6 years I don't think she was fully great with the idea of gravity

Second of all THEY CHANGED THE DOOR HANDLES. ALL OF THEM. Daphne is very familiar with the layout of the castle yet they changed the damn door handles. Crazy

Daphne also wanted to cancel the celebration SO MUCH esp after she learned that Thoren was in the ICU and wouldn't make it (literally her only friends would not be there and she'd be stuck with the Winx and their boyfriends aka the specialists)

So almost a decade ago when Daphne and Politea were doing the sirenix quest they went to Domino (it was frozen still but they could reach the ocean) and Daphne wanted to control the beast of the depths but they failed and they were in a random cave for almost 8 hours which is pretty wild (THIS IS A HUGE PLOT POINT)

Then when the beast of the depths was there during the celebration Daphne had a small PTSD attack (not anxiety, PTSD!) and was like WHAT THE FUCK

Then inside the castle Daphne went full panic mode and questioned almost all of her life choices whole the Winx were like inspiration!!! Then Daphne went "this is not how it works" and did NOT appreciate it at all

So the point is that Daphne was not crying but having a panic attack because miss girl has a panic disorder, thank you.

[ask-a-vetblr]

Hi I’m starting a book set in Australia (I’m an Aussie!) and it’s about Rabies getting loose in Australia but going to be like a sci/fi and horror novel. I thought I’d ask actual vets if you knew what could happen if rabies got loose in Australia?

gettingvetted here.

Our founder and native Aussie, drferox, is on hiatus, so I will give this a go.

Unfortunately for your book, rabies is one of the easiest diseases to control and eradicate, especially on a small scale and especially if you know the animal of origin. Vaccinations literally have to be upwards of 95% effective (at least in the US) in order to become licensed for use, and the immunity derived from rabies vaccines is long lasting at 1-3 years at minimum; it probably lasts longer but official studies to license vaccines for that long have not been done due to expense. Likewise, the vaccines are usually inexpensive compared to other vaccines like Lyme, as you can vaccinate a cat or dog for 3 years for roughly $25 per vaccine. You typically have plenty of time (weeks to months) after a possible exposure to determine if the biting animal is rabid, and even if you never find that out, rabies vaccination will prevent rabies in an exposed individual as long as they themselves are not showing symptoms (aka, there's a handful of known rabies positive animals in the country and you/your dog just got bitten by a kangaroo? get vaccinated, you're going to be fine even if they can't find the kangaroo again). The symptoms are pretty obvious and pretty classic, making the animal easily identifiable even among its peers, and once the stage of being symptomatic has arrived and thus transmission is possible, the animal will die in a handful of days, thus self-limiting the spread. The only "treatment" is humane euthanasia and as wildlife are the usual reservoir of the virus, there isn't much of an uproar when a select few are euthanized for testing or prevention each year. An interesting factoid is that while the US still has rabies, we *only* have wildlife strains present (not canine rabies). So even if a dog gets rabies from another dog, they will still have acquired skunk, bat, or raccoon strains of rabies. This is due to years of regulating that cats, dogs, and ferrets (domesticated carnivores) be vaccinated for rabies and euthanized for biting if unvaccinated until the canine strain was eradicated. Canine rabies is still an issue in countries with lots of feral dogs.

As a vet in the US, it is a MAJOR headache to ship animals from rabies-endemic areas to non-rabies-endemic areas. Even Hawaii is extremely difficult to pull off. Not only do they have to be vaccinated early (usually within 6 months of travel), they also often have to have rabies titers performed within the same time frame or sometimes even closer to the travel date. An extended quarantine period (I seem to recall that it is 6 months in some cases?) is also required prior to entry for countries such as Australia so that even if the rabies vaccination and titers were incorrect or forged and the animal has rabies, they would still show symptoms prior to entry into the country. Also, while unrelated to rabies, Australia requires veterinarians (not animal owners) to personally administer very specific parasite prevention to animals at very specific intervals to prevent certain parasites from entering the country too, so the amount of prep work required for export itself is often long enough such that if the animal had rabies, you would find out before they left the country. The regulations also differ depending on country of origin - countries with less control over their rabies status are either banned from importing animals or face even stricter import regulations. If any of these steps are performed incorrectly or without pristine official evidence of doing so, the animal gets right back on the plane and goes back to its country of origin, or is held in official government quarantine at customs. So it would be quite difficult to get a rabid animal into the country. Humans are a different story of course, so that may be the best way to bring rabies into Australia in your story. However, humans getting rabies is extremely rare, and considering the excellent healthcare in AUS, a human would probably seek care and be diagnosed before they could become insane enough to start biting wildlife (again, the only real scenario I could think of that could feasibly bring rabies to AUS, because if a rabies positive human bit another human or even a dog, you simply vaccinate that human or dog for rabies and they will be fine).

So, let's assume that you got rabies into the country and a handful of wild animals of various species are exposed. We'll even assume that it was a dog that somehow brought it in despite all the red tape designed to make it impossible, and that dog is ownerless or escaped so there is nobody to tell officials what type or how many animals it bit before it died of its symptoms. It would probably take a significant amount of time for anyone to figure out what was going on. Vets who are educated in countries that have endemic rabies are taught that any animal with any neurologic symptoms should be treated as if they have rabies unless they recover. I.e., if a neurologic animal dies without a definitive diagnosis of some other neurologic disease (such as EPM, distemper, etc) and especially if that animal is unvaccinated for rabies, you MUST assume they had rabies and send them for postmortem testing so that any human or animal who was exposed to the potentially rabid animal can be vaccinated if necessary. However, vets who are educated in non-endemic countries are of course aware of the disease, but probably wouldn't have it on their radar for a neurologic animal. It would probably take a few wildlife or pet animal cases being sent for necropsy and testing after sudden neurologic death before rabies was diagnosed, which probably wouldn't happen until a few months to a year after the first case arrived in the country, at the earliest. Then a few things would happen.

First, the owners of the pet animals and the organizations dealing with wildlife would be extensively interviewed to determine location and possibly the species of animal that bit the now-dead-and-necropsied rabid animal. These areas would be surveyed extensively and unfortunately a lot of local wildlife mammals would probably be preventively eradicated especially if positive cases were found in a given species. Import/export of ANY animals from the country would be immediately halted and mandatory vaccination of all owned animals in the country would likely be established and enforced. Travel of humans likely wouldn't be stopped, but rabies vaccination would be added to the list of recommended vaccines for travel to AUS, similar to malaria vaccines in endemic countries. Again, the excellent and affordable healthcare system of AUS (at least compared to the US) would probably lead many or most Australians to be vaccinated for rabies prophylactially, which can cost thousands of dollars in the US and is usually not covered by health insurance. There would probably be a huge push for vaccination of wildlife with rabies vaccines dropped from aircraft, which could be done both within the area that suspected exposed or definitively positive animals have been found, as well as a radius around those areas as prevention. Vets would be mandated to report any neurologic or behaviorally abnormal animal even if rabies wasn't the suspected cause, and unfortunately would likely be forced to euthanize many animals that were not rabid. There is a chance that with these measures, rabies could be eradicated, but it wouldn't be certain, probably ever. Longer term, surveillance measures would be taken (and I don't mean surveillance like the FBI, I mean epidemiologic surveillance such as monitoring cases that pop up and physically checking on and sampling the typical populations of wildlife that carry the disease). Regardless, it would be extremely difficult to cause any kind of fatal epidemic using a standard rabies virus. Ounce of prevention/pound of cure and all that, but Australia currently chooses a pound of prevention.

Definitely an interesting concept for a book, but I would go with a carnivore parvovirus or canine distemper virus that mutates quickly enough that it can't be vaccinated for, and is transmissible from animals to humans. Parvovirus, specifically, is extremely hardy in the environment and is far more contagious than rabies. Without effective vaccines, I'm betting that either distemper or parvo would cause more death than the plague, especially among pediatrics. I'm not familiar with hendravirus given that we don't have it in the US, but to my knowledge that is also a horrific and contagious disease that is already present in AUS.

Hope this helps!

[babyseraphim]

BABYSERAPHIM’S DBDA MASTERPOST

so, the show's been cancelled, i know. but if they're not gonna make any more content, then by god, i'm gonna fucking do it myself.

due to neil gaiman’s disgusting actions, i am not campaigning for the show’s renewal, and will not be engaging with any material that may add to his income. all of my interaction with dead boy detectives is pirated, or purely fan content.

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Music Analyses

1910's Music: Edwin Payne Style The Doll Spider & The Blue Danube Waltz How did Edwin listen to music in the 1910's? What were Edwin's first/favorite piano pieces to play?

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Fanfics

my healing needed more than time beautiful fanart: ch. 1 - ch. 4 - ch. 5 - ch. 6 - ch 10 - hand sewn plushie

Chapters: 17/22 Word count: 118.4k

After tangling with the spirit of a mad scientist, Edwin is left with a seven-year-old Charles that has no memory of him or their afterlife together. Edwin learns about Charles’s childhood in steps, as Charles finds his way back to the family he’s built by working through the trauma of his past.

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The Curious Misadventures of Ghosts & Glimmers joint project with Tash

Chapters: 2/? Word count: 1.7k

While on a case, Edwin accidentally summons magical, animalistic representations of his and Charles's emotional states. Their presence is only supposed to last a few days. The agency collectively decides that the little animals, despite their unpredictability, are too cute to let go. (ft. chapter-specific illustrations!) Sequel to lux animalis

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lux animalis joint project with Tash for the DBDA zine

Chapters: 1/1 Word count: 4.3k

Edwin gets obsessed with the outcome of a personality quiz and casts a spell about it. Both he and Charles get more than they bargained for. (features illustrations!)

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dye it all, rosary beautiful fanart: ch. 1

Chapters: 2/2 Word count: 9.2k

Edwin doesn't understand how trauma works. He and Charles learn the hard way. (A fic based on the long-lasting consequences of the Lust circles of Hell on Edwin's psyche)

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your virtue's my vice

Chapters: 2/3 (probably) Word count: 6k

Charles spent a full year making making sure Edwin was comfortable with intimacy. Now, Edwin wants to know why Charles never talks about himself. Sequel to dye it all, rosary

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foolish flame beautiful fanart

Chapters: 1/1 (+ fanart) Word count: 5.6k

Orb-based will-o'-the-wisp mythology case fic written for Painland Week. Charles finds out what it's like to be the brains for a day, and Edwin is enraptured by his partner's endless talents. They kiss about it.

Overloaded

Chapter: 3/3 Word count: 9.1k

The aftermath of being used as a witch's magical battery has left Edwin's spectral body wracked with daily pain. Despite Crystal's protests, he does not think that Charles needs to know.

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By Lantern’s Light

Chapters: 3/3 Word count: 13.6k matching playlist

Edwin is kidnapped by a demon during a case, leaving Charles and Crystal to pick up his trail. It takes them four days to find him. AKA, a heartbreaking story of love and near loss told from three separate perspectives.

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I'm So Aces at Babysitting

Chapters: 2/2 Word count: 3.7k

Edwin babysits little Charles, and Charles babysits little Edwin. They go to the planetarium and the skate park, respectively.

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All of the below fics are part of my pre-canon series and should be read in order

The Case of the Selkie’s Skin

Chapters: 4/4 Word count: 14.1k matching playlist

Charles and Edwin are hired by a recently deceased selkie to track down her skin, which was stolen from her and hidden away by her husband before he passed on. Charles finds that her story hits a little too close to home.

Victrola Blues

Chapters: 1/1 Word count: 3.6k

"[Edwin’s] past with music had unfortunately set him down a road that eventually ended with being murdered and imprisoned in Hell for seventy years. Most days, Edwin cannot help but believe that if his love of music hadn’t been so all-consuming, he may have gone on to live a full life."

The Case of Eros’s Arrow

Chapters: 4/? (not likely to be finished) Word count: 13.2k matching playlist

Charles and Edwin are hired by a deity of love four days before Valentine's Day to seek out a stolen magical item. What could possibly go wrong?

Series OC Masterpost

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Playlists

Charles & Edwin Crystal Niko Esther Monty

[codename-adler]

Adèle Moreau (18) USC Gymnast

I’m gonna be honest, babes, it seems she has been living inside my head for years but never on paper? I haven’t got any written notes?? Wild. Absolutely sick behaviour. Got playlists tho! I should search my mess of a desk among the dunes and dunes of paper, maybe she’s in there. I gave birth to her while working at a donut shop during covid, so I was using receipt paper to write down when I was bored playing security guard at the door for insane customers… Dark ages… She was my light. Take care of her, ‘kay?

*Because she dates back to 2021, this has nothing to do with TSC – refer to this oc masterpost for context OR ask meeeee*

Excerpt from Wade Vesper's (OC) file: While Wade's personal case remains unsolved, he's 27 when he falls head first into the case of his life: tasked with protecting Adèle Moreau, surviving daughter of the Moreau crime family that had fallen to ruin in France years ago, Wade cannot let go of her once it is time to hand her over to Witness Protection. Adoption it is. Never in a million years would Wade have imagined being the legal guardian of a girl with ties to the mafia, one that could be killed any moment, one that chips at his fortress of a heart and ice-cold of an exterior. One that mends his heart in ways he never thought possible. One that takes only months to heal parts of him he never even considered were broken, when years of relentless work had done barely anything. Light of his life, and whatever. But for years, she survives, and so does he, and they're even happy together. Until. It's always 'until'. Neil Josten, aka Nathaniel Wesninski, opens his big fat mouth and reveals awful things, opens up gates that should have stayed locked. Adèle learns about Jean Moreau, learns about USC, hides the little she knows about her past and her file, and somehow lands both her and Wade in SoCal, under the pretense of joining the excellent gymnastics program at USC.

Jean is supposed to be in his early twenties in this and Adèle is his little sister of 4-5 years younger

Since TSC I have been thinking of incorporating Elodie into this fic’s lore, as the sibling between Jean and Adèle who still dies, but it’s just an entertaining thought to play with, nothing more

In this AU, the Moreau mother is better than what Jean got in canon; although she acts too little too late, she tries, like Mary, and her children survive, like Neil, but at what cost… at what cost

Maman Moreau is meeker than her Wesninski/Hatford counterpart, much less ingenious, not because she loves her husband or agrees with him, but because anything brighter has been beat out of her since girlhood

All she has left is the training ingrained into her body, burned into it, scarred into in

Jean has always been reserved for something else, away, something more, and she loves him, she does, but he is stronger than her, already, which leaves her nothing to give him

Adèle, however… Adèle is all hers

Maman Moreau tries to begin her training at the very most perfect second; not too young, not too old; not too grown, not too soft; not to aware, not too stupid

If she plays her cards right, if she plays her daughter just right, Adèle will climb up to the top of the world’s podium, like her older brother is supposed to, and maybe then, maybe then…

It’s gymnastics from 6 to 6, 6 days a week. Not on the Lord’s day. Then we must pray. Mother Mary knows we have too much to pray for.

In 2 years, Adèle quadruples her potential and skills, rivaling the Romanian girls

She’s on an unstoppable high, she’s doing it, exceeding expectations, sweetening the sense of victory Maman Moreau cannot help but float on

It is not enough

Or, well, too much

Adèle is perfect, this strong and agile little doll anyone would be lucky to get their hands on

Her price skyrockets and Moreau Senior collects

Her price pays for the errors of Moreau Senior and the Red Room is coming to collect

Maman Moreau falls catatonic at the news, because she knows, she knows, has heard the whispers like trails of blood, and she is locked in the confines of a room in the attic, because Adèle cannot know, Jean can’t know

It is not the first time, after all, that Maman Moreau is sick

The Moreau siblings suspect absolutely nothing as their family and servants gather to see Adèle off from the porch of the Villa Marseillaise

And none of the Moreaus expect a raid from an armed enemy squad, shooting all over, slicing throats left and right

Adèle Moreau dies that afternoon

She’s shot in the back twice and bleeds out in the sandy gravel, her Maman bowed over her little corpse, banshee wailing in the winds of the willows

The raiders set the land on fire and Lady Moreau stands guard over her daughter as it all goes ablaze

From the doorway where he is being carried to safety, Jean Moreau, little Jean, a knife still sticking out from his back, failed attempt at killing him, or was it, catches a glimpse of his burning mother, but never sees his baby sister again

Adèle wakes up in an unfamiliar car, an unfamiliar young man driving, speaking lowly into a cell phone in an unfamiliar language, unfamiliar accent

She is laid on her tummy in the backseat, an even younger man unwrapping mummy bandages, when a bump in the dirt road triggers a searing pain along her spine down to her toes

She almost has time to scream before a strongly scented cloth covers her mouth and she goes back into the dark wonderland

Adèle Moreau vanishes from Marseille and resurfaces as Astrid Müller in Geneva, under the guardianship of a very old couple, childless, both coincidentally retired gymnastics coaches of worldwide renown who teach her everything they know

As Astrid’s bullet wounds heal nicely, a goddamn miracle, the severe burns covering half of Maman Moreau’s body don’t, nor does her heart, or Jean’s

As Astrid trains harder than ever, works from sunrise to sundown on the Swiss farmland, her brother is shipped to America and her mother is interned somewhere in Finland

Astrid does not understand, and she almost forgets, if it weren’t for the twin circles marring her back, but not even ten years go by before someone finds her again

They kill the old couple without mercy but they don’t find her, and the news of the murdered Olympic coaches goes international but they don’t mention her

Adèle and Astrid collide, battle it out somewhere in the acres of blooming corn

It’s one of the American agents of INTERPOL that finds her, and doesn’t let her go

Wade Vesper holds her till Montpelier, Vermont, till the case is opened and closed, opened and closed again, opened and abandoned, till her papers show Marian Vesper, till she hides her accent completely under an American one, till she graduate high school at the top of her gymnastics team, till it’s time to fly away to college

Wade doesn’t teach her everything he knows; if he teaches her a hundredth of what he knows

As hard as some things are to forget, some other are even harder to ask, and answer

Until Nathaniel Wesninski opens his goddamn mouth and almost gets himself killed once or twice, like it’s fun

UCLA was the plan, UCLA was always the plan, fellow gymnasts already awaiting her arrival on the champion team, but Marian applies to USC, because they have a new athlete on their Exy lineup, and she could swear she knew him

What is Wade to do? Uncover the landmine he’s been hiding with his body since he met her? Let her go into the Californian minefield that could make her disappear for good? Fly them to the British countryside and leave a burning house behind?

He lets her go

For better or for worse

Marian fits seamlessly into the dorm life of the student-athlete building, fits in seamlessly with her roommates, two of whom are on the Exy team

The more she learns of this nightmare of a backliner they just welcomed, the more she finds them both beautiful, the more she avoids said backliner, Jean

He doesn’t have a sister; he doesn’t speak French anymore; he isn’t out of the woods yet

Wade Vesper, Neil Josten and Jean Moreau are helpless to what is about to come down; what is done, is done

A Trojan she is, at last

Adèle Moreau doesn’t know what box of horrors she opened

She only wanted–her brother

[ofmdrecaps]

9/10-17/2024 Daily OFMD Recap Pt 3

TLDR; David Fane; Lindsey Cantrell; Nat Torres; Damien Gerard; Dominic Burgess; Fan Events: OFMD Rewind; S2 Trailer (Because the Night, Belongs to lovers); Trends; Fan Spotlight: Relax I'm From The Future; OFMD Colouring Pages/Paper Pete; Love Notes;

Part 1 / Part 2

== David Fane ==

David is teaching at ICAN International! Check them out on their website!

"ICAN’s focus is to help create opportunities in work force development, build infrastructure and establish placement goals by amplifying training with extensive ongoing master classes, by bridging connections beyond Hawaii." More videos on the Repo

Source: David Fane's Instagram Stories

== Lindsey Cantrell ==

Our beloved set designer, Lindsey Cantrell has so much going on too right now! Did you know she's going to be at Comic Con LA! Our friend petrichor (aka gheyandwoke on twitter) is spreading the word about the OFMD Panel happening Oct 6, 1 PM PST featuring none other then Linds Cantrell!

Source: GheyandWork on Twitter Oh and in case you are a fan of Only Murders In The Building, it just won an Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition For A Series! This was another great show she worked on and if you'd like to check out some BTS/other things she shared for it, feel free to visit here!

Source: Lindsey Cantrell's Instagram

== Nat Torres ==

One of our fabulous writers, Nat Torres making a quick appearance.

Source: Nat Torres Instagram Stories

== Damien Gerard ==

Damien, our dear Father Teach has some WONDERFUL NEWS. Five Years Clear of Cancer! Congrats sir!

Source: Damien's Twitter

In other news, he's on Dragon Age: Vows of Vengeance Episode 1! Listen in if you're interested!

Source: Damien's twitter

== Dominic Burgess ==

Dominic, (aka Jeffrey Fettering) keeping up with the current events!

Source: Dominic Burgess Twitter

== Fan Events ==

OFMD Rewind Eps 5-8 with @adoptourcrew and @astroglideofficial is happening tomorrow, 09/19/24! Did you miss out on the fun on twitter on the 12th, or just don't have access to twitter? No problem! You can see the whole thread here on the repo.

"Join us and @astroglideofficial for our rewatch of Episodes 1-4 of S1 of #OurFlagMeansDeath! We’ll see you on Twitter at 2:30PM PDT to talk it through…as a crew 🏴‍☠️ #LubeAsACrew#OFMDRewind#ofmd"

Source: AdoptOurCrew's Instagram

== S2 Trailer Anniversary ==

Adopt Our Crew lead the charge with the S2 Trailer "Because The Night Belongs To Lovers" S2 Trailer, anniversary on Sept 14th! They asked some fun questions to boost engagement! Feel free to reach out to them to answer any of the questions! Don't know which trailer we're talking about? Check it out below!

Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter

Source: Adopt Our Crew Twitter

== Trends ==

Oh and great job everyone, looks like some great trends on twitter from the 14th!!

Source: Politest Menace's Twitter

Source: AOC's Twitter

== Fan Spotlight ==

= Relax I'm From The Future! =

So this is VERY late because of my delays but I was given permission by the fabulous @citrussyndicate and all folks involved to share this phenomenal Relax I'm From The Future Cosplay w/Rhys! Thank you so much for allowing me to share this, it's so cool!

Source: @ CitrusSyndicate's Twitter

== OFMD Colouring Pages / Paper Pete! ==

Our fantastic friend @patchworkpiratebear is back with more colouring pages, and something new and exciting-- Paper Pete! These were all done as part of the @ofmdaction event, and they are awesome!

Source: Patchwork Piratebear's Twitter

== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies. Gosh, I can't believe it's been a week. I have to give it up to the ofmd fan crew cause they do week long reports and oh my god is it exhausting. I tip my hat to you lovely folks for all the work you did for so long with weeklong updates. Tonight, I wish I had more in me so I could properly express myself. I am so very grateful for all of you wonderful crewmates who have been patient, and kind and supportive over the past week to me. It's been a lot, and I try to keep people up to date, but I also try not to go too crazy cause it's a lots of heavy stuff going on (not just with me, with everyone on a personal level, with the world, etc), so whether you left passing hugs, or a kind word, I just want you to know you are so very incredibly appreciated and it means so much to me. So please accept so many hugs coming your way from me, and some ghostly forehead kisses.

Sometimes life hits us with some of the absolute craziest shit, and you know what helps get us through it? Each other. A hug, or a kind word makes a world of difference. Someone checking on you, or reminding you to drink water, it can honestly save someone's life/sanity and it kept me going this week. So please know that you make such an amazing difference, in my life and so many others. <3

But also, please remember. if you need support too, reach out, I know sometimes it's hard to ask for help, but we're here for you <3. We only have this one life, and there's no use going through it alone. Love you so much crew, thank you again for being such a wonderful group of kind hearted, compassionate folks. I am so honored to know so many of you <3.

Source: The Latest Kate's Tumblr

Source: BloomWithChristie Instagram

[evanilion]

himura miaka everyone!

she's a bnha oc who's concept was brought into this world when i was the ripe ol age of like... 12 (so.. about 7 years ago). i was and still am OBSESSED with shigaraki tomura, so ofc i had to self insert something in my daydreams!!!!! but yeah, only her quirk and? position? were kinda thought of. a year or two ago, i doodled something off of the vague description i gave myself in my tiny little brain, and i got this beautiful neutral faced, white haired, bloody lady.

ive since named her and tried building up on her quirk and its weaknesses and strengths. i drew this a few weeks ago because i found a cool liminal space pic i wanted to draw on :3 this mysterious lady only has two drawings of her and shes still eatinggg

her quirk is called 'Hemokinesis', and at the time (12 yr old me) kinda just gave her a quirk similar to blood bending. still working out all the things related to.. everything about her but ya :3 i like her little floating blood.. im gna assume one of her parents had a water or salt quirk and the other had some sorta.. somethin idk rbchbcbty shes still a baby, i mean she was a dormant little critter for 6 years so yeah...

im pretty sure her name used to be like. chiaka something bc lil ol me heard chi = blood and aka = red but idk 🏳️‍🌈

her name means :

miaka - 美 (mi) - "beautiful" && 朱 (aka) - "vermilion red"

himura - 緋 (hi) - "scarlet, dark red" && 村 (mura) - "town, village".

[farmgirlfangirl]

Melting, AKA Sebastian ties his hair up and Alex loses his mind

Part 6/?

Part 5

Part 1

The door shut; Alex’s footsteps receded up the basement steps. Sebastian stood there, staring at the closed door for what felt like an eternity.

“... what the actual fuck?”

Because truly - what the actually fuck? How did that just happen? To him, of all people? Loser loner nerdy basement dweller creature as he was? How in the world had he just spent the last hour making out with Alex Mullner? Alex Mullner???

Sebastian had been crushing on Alex secretly - very, very secretly - since he was old enough to crush. How could he not? The fluffy mop of hair and the astoundingly bright green eyes and the summer-tanned skin, tall, muscular, confident, popular…everything Sebastian wasn’t, not at eight years old, not at eighteen, not now. He had known all along that the crush would always be one-sided, unrequited, and at some point those feelings of admiration turned into resentment. He convinced himself he hated Alex Mullner, and he must have convinced Alex Mullner of the same thing. Who knew he was being small-minded, making assumptions and rolling his eyes any time they’d crossed paths growing up.

But then, after college, they both moved their tiny little town, and Sebastian started to notice a softened Alex, one who wasn’t travelling in a pack down a high school hallway. Alex spent a lot of time with Haley, sure, but Sebastian noticed he was usually alone, hanging out by his old, grumpy dog or wandering around on the beach, trudging up to the lodge to work out. He never came to the saloon, not even on Friday nights. He was honestly more of a loner than Sebastian was.

And he apparently had a crush on Sebastian. How? Why? In what universe? If someone had told him Alex Mullner would be so turned on by Sebastian putting his hair up that he would literally toss aside all apparent pretenses of straightness and kiss Sebastian senseless… well, Sebastian would have done it a lot earlier in the week, honestly.

Sebastian somehow found his way to his bed and sunk down into it, “earlier this week” replaying in his head. Robin’s subtle surprise at his lack of reluctance to supervise Alex. Alex’s eyes on him as he chopped wood. His carefully casual offer to help with positioning… The surprising softness of Alex’s hands and the not so surprising hardness of his waist. If only he’d known that a shift of his hands upward would have Alex shivering…

And then the game. It was honestly fun. It was a different side of Alex and a side of Sebastian he didn’t know he had. He remembered thinking maybe they could at least do this again, sit in close proximity and pretend together. It seemed like Alex would be into it, which is why Sebastian had offered to read with him, too. That and the fact that he was dyslexic, which Sebastian didn’t know and wished he had known through school. Crush or not, he was too hard on Alex when he, Sam, and Abby would shit talk under the bleachers during pep rallies. Sebastian was definitely doing it to hide his consistent attraction to the guy, but had he known Alex struggled with school, he wouldn’t have thrown the word ‘idiot’ around so much. He cringed, remembering he’d blurted the term out in the heat of making out, especially since Alex Mullner hadn’t kissed anyone since high school. Ninth grade. Sebastian was still shocked about it. This demigod of a guy… but of course, if he was into guys this whole time… if he was into Sebastian… this whole time…

Why? Sebastian still didn’t know. And even if he did, he’d have a hard time believing it. Which is something that apparently Alex Mullner would take issue with. Sebastian almost groaned aloud thinking about Alex trying to prove his attraction with his tongue and god, his teeth… he had to stop thinking about Alex’s tongue on his body. Or Alex’s body between his legs. Or Alex’s mouth on his mouth… but he couldn’t. Not with Alex’s soft “I can’t believe I’m here” ringing in his ears. Not when Alex Mullner called him beautiful (him? Sebastian?) while staring at his skinny ass rib cage… and then let Sebastian give him a hickey. Jesus.

The sharp buzz of a text message startled Sebastian out of his memories.

A: hi

A: Its Alex

Sebastian stared at his phone, the realness of the day settling in at the sight of those simple words.

S: Hi Alex

A: Hi Sebastian

Alex was going to kill him, using his full name like that all the time.

A: I realized we never finished Watchmen

Sebastian was a total goner, apparently, because he decided to flirt right off the bat.

S: Hmmm, who’s fault was that?

A: YOURS

S: How was u grabbing my face my fault

A: That ufcking thign u did w your hair

S: I hope u know that im gonna wear it like that 247 now

A: U CANT

A: Unless u want me to kiss u 247 ;)

Sebastian smirked, because he did, in fact, want Alex to kiss him 24/7. And then he just stared at his phone because it was insane that Alex Mullner was joking good naturedly about wanting to kiss him all day, every day. Who was this guy?

He must have been staring for too long because Alex kept texting:

A: Jk

A: I mean not jk !!

A: but i promise i wont do that

A: Unless u want

S: Alex

S:U can kiss me whenever u want

A: Okay :)

A: Are u going to the luau

S: Is that tomorrow

A: Yeah

S: Yup

A: Cool, see u there

S: See u there dude

A: Nope you cant say dude unless u want me to kiss u

S: ??? what

A: Its too cute sorry

S: Alex ur so sappy

A: Sorry

S: Shut up its cute

Sebastian hadn't flirted in a minute. It had honestly been forever since he'd even been interested in someone. He'd had a girlfriend in high school (briefly) and a boyfriend in college (more of a situationship) and he'd hooked up with a few folks here and there, but… it had been a while. And now, here was Alex, and he wanted to see him again. For some reason. It was weird, texting him like this. They'd known each other for around ten, twelve years, but they'd never really talked. And now they were flirting? Sebastian couldn't help but wonder (though he felt horrible and mean even considering this) if Alex was messing with him. Or using him. The thought made him feel sick, but it had happened before (the aforementioned situationship). It didn't seem like he was! It seemed like he was being genuine. Alex seemed genuine. Maybe that was part of the issue. What would possess someone like him to even deign to think about Sebastian? Maybe this would be a one time thing. Alex was bound to lose interest. But a twisting feeling in his stomach made Sebastian realize that he didn't want him to lose interest.

Sebastian fell asleep with his mind at war, fighting for and against him as hard as it could.

[elodiah]

20 Questions with a Fanfic Author

Thank you for the tag @kcscribbler @andthekitchensinkao3 @lokimobius and @insomniaflarrow

1. How many works on AO3?

79 officially, although I recently revised and reposted a three-chapter fic as three separate fics, and kept the original too... so we'll just say "more than 75", lol.

2. Total AO3 word count?

326,616 in exactly one year of writing... to the week, actually. And yes, that is subtracting the word count of the original fic I mentioned above, for the sake of accuracy. 🤣

3. Top 5 fics by kudos?

Nope, I don’t want to post those cause they’re predominantly old and crap! Here’s my top 5 by kudos ratio instead (not counting the one I posted yesterday, as that hasn’t had time to “settle down” yet). I was hoping this would give more interesting results, and it has:

Lullaby of You (23.2%, 109 kudos/470 hits, 1179 words)

A fill for Lokius kinkmeme for the following prompt:

Lokius, fluff, sleeping - Loki falls asleep like a cat in a sunbeam around Mobius from like, Day One. But when is the first time Mobius falls asleep in front of Loki?

Movie Night (21.6%, 74 kudos/342 hits, 2005 words)

Because watching together beats watching alone… (aka Mobius and Loki watch Titanic together, but being me, I still had to make the bingo prompt “domestic Lokius” mildly angsty) WARNING: This is a very old fic of mine and probably terrible. I can’t bring myself to look, tbh.

The Butterfly Affect (20.6%, 69 kudos/334 hits, 2123 words)

They’re both hard at work, but Loki finally finds a way he can visit Mobius on a timeline that isn’t too taxing to maintain… for a short time, anyway.

Make Like a Tree (And Leave…?) (20.3%, 62 kudos/305 hits, 1590 words)

Mobius pays yet another visit to Loki in his Tree, taking it up a notch as he advances in his relentless climb towards the crown of comedy. Wilting under the onslaught, Loki soon shoots to attention when Mobius plants a seed of hope… Loki may very soon be getting the axe. (aka “crack treated seriously” where Mobius traumatises Loki with tree puns until he wonders whether he even wants to come home…)

Home (19.0%, 48 kudos/252 hits, 901 words)

(Red Dwarf) Rimmer's return from his quantum-skipping adventure is a catalyst for our boys to have a brief but open exchange about their feelings... well, as open as an excessively repressed hologram can be (which isn't much).

4. What fandoms do you write for?

Loki, and I have written a tiny ficlet for Red Dwarf (see above). I've also used Red Dwarf and Star Wars for Loki crossovers.

5. Do you respond to comments?

Always. Generally I don't like to leave it longer than a week, but if I'm doing an event month where I'm posting multiple fics only a couple of days apart, I sometimes fall behind.

6. Angstiest ending?

Probably a tie between Break (which I ruined by eventually writing a fix-it sequel) and Gone (which is the first part of Revival, so those in the know will realise how un-angsty that universe becomes🤭)

7. Fic with the happiest ending?

Revived Part III, the conclusion to the Revival series. Likely the most sugar-sweet, sappiest shit I will ever write. Seriously.

8. Do you get hate?

I have never gotten anything approaching hate or negativity. Everyone has been perfectly lovely.

9. Do you write smut?

No. I'm on the asexual spectrum, I suspect, and even though I find the idea of Lokius together insanely hot, it's not something I care to write about, and will only very occasionally read.

I have and will write fairly tame suggestive stuff, because it definitely has its place and can be awfully feral-inducing, but I highly doubt I will ever write anything explicit.

10. Do you write crossovers?

As mentioned above:

Reach (Loki/Star Wars, 6 chapters, 15,699 words)

Five times Loki was there for Obi-Wan, and one time Obi-Wan was there for him. Loki-Wan friendship with Lokius overtones.

And:

Reset (Loki/Red Dwarf, 8250 words)

Continuing immediately after the final scene from Series 8 of Red Dwarf, Loki and Mobius step in to set things right. (aka my whimsical explanation of how we got hologram Rimmer back again, and what happened to nano-Rimmer from S8)

These were great fun to write, but I am definitely not in a hurry to write another crossover. 🤣

11. Ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge, but I'm not even sure how I would know? 🤔

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, but anyone can feel free (so long as I'm informed and credited); it would be an absolute honour.

13. Have you ever cowritten a fic?

No, but I'm definitely open to it with the right person and the right idea.

14. All time favourite ship?

My fave ship is whatever I'm hyperfixated on at any one time. For the past 18 months, it's been Lokius, and I definitely cannot see that changing anytime soon... or possibly ever. They're the only ship I've ever written for (apart from one and a half Rimster fics, lol), and there's just something so insanely special about them. 😭

What makes me ultra-feral is that, unlike many other pairings, they are actually canon. Or I have very good reason to think so, let's just say. 👀 But unfortunately we only got subtext in the show, because that's all the showrunners were allowed to get away with.

15. WIPs you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I'm very boring in this regard... I have an idea, I write it (usually sooner rather than later), I post it. I sometimes have multiple WIPs going, but I always intend on finishing them all, and so far I have.

I'm actually kind of envious of people who have a tonne of stuff lurking in buried documents. Way more interesting and mysterious than my rather dull, methodical approach!

16. Writing strengths?

In short, descriptions. Scene-setting, characters' actions, and emotional and physical responses to things, in particular. I also like making up random features of alien worlds and cultures as a backdrop to stories, but I don't know if it's something I'd be able to do in any great depth.

17. Writing weaknesses?

Plotting, dialogue (the quality isn't awful, but quantity is always lacking because it just doesn't come naturally to me), and I'm not very good at character introspection either, probably because my own brain doesn't think like that IRL.

The biggest though? Waffling and being too wordy. But that’s just my style, and maybe one day I’ll learn how to tone it down. But I’m not a professional, so whatever.

18. Thoughts on mixed language dialogue?

Anyone who has read my Revival series knows that Lokius speak a little Norwegian to each other, but it's mainly limited to terms of endearment. I also made up a lot of words for the alien language spoken in the place they're staying. I think it can add a bit of colour and realism, but too much/frequently, or anything you need to stop reading to go look up or read footnotes for? As we say in Australia, "yeah, nah."

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Red Dwarf! Not sure if I'll ever go back there for writing again, but I've been a fan for 25 years so there's a lot of nostalgia there.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

I don’t have one! I’m awfully proud of how Derivation from last week turned out. I had a wonderful time writing Light Up My Life, and for some bizarre reason Mischievous Scamp is something I actually come back to occasionally to read for comfort, like I would with fave fics that are not written by me, lol.

But an all-time fave? No, I can’t answer that.

I think pretty much everyone I interact with has been tagged already, but if not, consider this an open tag, and make sure to add me so I can see your answers!

[mariacallous]

A few days after the US presidential election, I wrote a piece about how the coming age of information chaos and the profound consequences on what comes next. The destabilisation in our information system that we woke up to in 2016 has now entered a wholly dangerous new reality: the merger of Silicon Valley and an authoritarian US state.

But, the speed of it still shocks. And the events of the last week show how fast this is going to happen, in a confused hyper-accelerated political news cycle that cannot even process what is happening let alone adequately respond.

The world has never seen power like this before. The state machinery of a global superpower allied to the power and reach of global information platforms. And this last week has been a preview of what this is going to mean: a restructuring of the world order and global geopolitics as we know it.

Flooding the zone

Trump’s threats against three sovereign nations are just the start. He’s said that he’ll acquire Panama and Greenland by force and Canada he will take through “economic force”. This is mafia tactics. And for us, in Europe, trade agreements aka “economic force” are nothing compared to the big one: US withdrawal from NATO, a sword of Damocles, over our heads.

But, the biggest threat is that we can’t even see or hear or contemplate this, what it means let alone engage in the urgent debates needed because our entire news cycle has been drowned in noise. This is how it happens.

Steve Bannon who may turn out the most prescient philosopher of our era said you don’t have to prove or disprove anything, you just need to drown the zone in shit. Or, in the case of Elon Musk a ten-year-old British scandal that has dominated the news cycle and parliamentary debate for day after day.

We are so ill-equipped to face the coming threat. Our entire news and information system was submerged by a barrage of noise from the richest man on the planet and because we’ve failed to grapple with the enormity of what’s happened to the underlying communication and power structures of our world, we are helpless to withstand them. We walked straight into Musk’s trap and allowed him - facilitated him - to set the political agenda in a crucial week.

Donie, who posted this, is an Irish CNN reporter who stood amid the insurrectionists on January 6, 2020, and said conspiracies on Facebook had done this. He’d spent months interviewing Trump supporters at rallies about the conspiracies they’d been reading on Facebook. And, through it all, he reported straight without judgment. I watched him that night, live on CNN, and saw him break cover and make that statement and that he had no choice: this was an insurrection that Facebook facilitated.

We need to start understanding that Elon Musk’s X is a weapon. It’s a weapon that is currently owned and controlled by a non-state entity. But from January 20, that changes. At that point, Musk’s behaviour must be understood in the context of information warfare from a hostile nation state.

That’s a week away and the UK parliament and half the press has been obsessively talking about the fire that Musk started rather than what that tells us about the colossal firepower he controls and the profound national security threat that poses.

This looks like a joke. It isn’t. And it’s exactly the same approach the Kremlin uses. It at least had to infiltrate an independent platform. Musk is the platform. It’s a whole new paradigm of threat.

Britain is utterly powerless against this currently. Worse, swathes of the British media actually increased the velocity and power of these threats. Meanwhile, the UK government is still refusing to even investigate foreign interference or how it works. That’s the entire thrust of the legal case I’ve helped to organsise with three MPs who are taking against the UK government: its failure to protect our right to a free and fair election.

The personal attacks against Keir Starmer, Jess Phillips and ex-prime minister Gordon Brown are exactly the the kind of witch-hunts that are going to accelerate from here. The third point in my guide “How to Survive the Broligarchy” was this:

What I didn’t anticipate is that those witch hunts would start in the UK against elected officials before Trump had even been sworn into office.

But that’s why this also goes far beyond a witch hunt. This is “foreign interference”, a fundamental threat to our sovereignty and security. Musk owns the information equivalent of an entire fleet of aircraft carriers and fighter jets. And last week he demonstrated his almost total command and control of the UK information space.

And this is all before contemplating the profound cynicism of Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that he would not no longer allow “politically biased” factcheckers to establish anything so old-fashioned as actual facts. Truth will now be outsourced to a global community of bots and trolls, state actors and highly motivated online edgelords. The first victims of this will be the most vulnerable: Muslims, women, LGBTQ, children. But it won’t stop there. No-one will be immune.

It was the open society that enabled Zuckberg to build his company, that educated his engineers and created a modern scientific country that largely obeyed the rules-based order. But that’s over. And, this week is a curtain raiser for how fast everything will change. Zuckerberg took a smashing ball this week to eight years’ worth of “trust and safety” work that has gone into trying to make social media a place fit for humans. That’s undone in a single stroke.

So much has happened in a single week, the live-time dissemination of conspiracy theories and finger-pointing blame while the LA fire is still raging is another terrifying glimpse of our infodystopian future. The biggest danger in the coming months and years will be the exhaustion of our critical faculties, our failure to withstand the noise, and to retreat into personal spaces. Certainly, no good came this week from listening to UK political coverage: much of it was, at best, witless, at worst dangerous. The BBC Today programme channelling Musk’s political agenda into the mainstream is in the second category.

[tigertofu]

ok i've been chipping away at this Thing for a long time and i think it's finally ready to be vomitted out into the internet. without further ado, here is my

Stupid-Long List of Trevor Headcanons

divided into chronological sections !

((the NSFW shit is hiding at the bottom))

CW's for: mentions of drugs/alcohol, addiction, cannibalism, violence, gross sex stuff. typical Trevor things

and heres a gif of him cuz ig thats the tumblr thing to do idk i never made one of these lists b4 :x

the past

• he's a scorpio and the reason he has a scorpion tat on his hand is bc he's like. very mildly into horoscopes. he was born some time in november

• he doesn't have a middle name cuz his mom didn't give enough of a shit to give him one

• despite playing hockey and golf as a kid, he was never really that into the sports themselves. he only did hockey because he saw it as a way to beat up other children and not get reprimanded for it, and he did both in the hopes of being good enough at something to earn his mother's praise for once (it did not work :()

• hates his dad bc of how he treated his mom and is glad he abandoned him at that shopping mall when he was a kid

• he (w/ Brad's help) would play "pranks" on (aka BULLY) poor Lester during the north yankton days. some fav pastimes included (but were not limited to): pantsing him, hiding his walking cane, and replacing his asthma medication with laughing gas

• was highkey jealous of how easy Michael could get girls during the north yankton days. when he actually was able to convince a girl to come back home with him, he would make sure to be loud as hell about it so that Mike would know he wasn't the only one getting chicks

• all of his hand tats and a lot of his other tats were done in prison, even tho he was only in for like 6 months

• prison was a mixed bag for him. on one hand, anal. on the other, having to restrain himself from arguments and physical altercations so he could get out early on good behavior

• went thru a breakdancing phase in the 90's (i THINK this one might be canon. idk. could've sworn i've heard him try to tell Lamar this in an attempt to impress him. pls feel free to prove me wrong or right)

• one of the scars on his eyebrows is actually the result of getting a fresh eyebrow piercing ripped tf out during a barfight in the 00's. prob for the best that it was cuz we all know that shit wouldve ended up getting infected and rejecting out of his face anyways

• he moved to Sandy Shores not just because it's nice and isolated, but because it was the place most opposite of north yankton he could think of. never any snow. he absolutely fucking hates cold weather and snow because it reminds him of a certain bank heist that happened in '04

• between Ron, Chef, and Wade, Chef was the first one he met after moving to Sandy Shores. they used to cook meth together in a trailer out in the desert (another one that i THINK is canon but im not sure idk. it all blurs together, idk whats canon and whats not anymore, my brain is too rotted from spinning Trevor around in it like the world's most dried out little shriveled husk of a rotisserie chicken for the past three years, the fog is coming, yk how it is)

• he acquired Liquor Ace the same way he "acquired" the Vanilla Unicorn. the previous owner just mysteriously disappeared one day. nobody in Sandy Shores cared tho once word got around that the new owner was gonna start cooking crystal in the upstairs and selling it

• yk how in the game he said that his heart momentarily stopped once cuz he put an axe thru a power cable? he did that cuz the power had gone out in the middle of him watching an Impotent Rage episode he hadn't seen yet. for some reason (was prob very high and very angry) he thought that he could bring the power back by hitting the sparking wire with an axe. it didnt work. he smelled like overcooked bacon for a week afterwards. he enjoyed that part tho

the present

• he makes Ron cut his hair with a pair of rusty kitchen scissors when he needs a trim. he used to go to the nice barber lady in Sandy Shores but got banned after loudly moaning about how good her nails felt on his scalp once

• once smoked an entire cigarette in one long inhale. Wade witnessed this and found it extremely impressive

• he'll eat pretty much anything but he especially likes foods with strong flavors. salty, sour, super sweet, spicy, etc cuz his taste buds are SHOT from the years of smoking/drug abuse. he abuses condiments, especially hot sauce

• thinks that any restaurant that doesn't have a drive-thru is a "fancy" restaurant

• LOVES candy cuz the meth has given him a major sweet tooth, but prefers anything with chocolate over fruity/gummy candies

• has a weird fascination with eating raw meat.....of any kind. except for sushi. he thinks sushi is "fancy prissy city people food"

• also has a weird fascination with making stews/soups similar to the eyelid one that he tries to feed Michael in that one cutscene. it's the only type of food he knows how to cook. may be a comfort thing for him because microwaving a bowl of canned soup was the most effort his mother ever put into making a meal for him when he was a kid. and she did it like, twice, maybe. he for sure remembers both times very clearly tho and considers them to be some of his fondest memories

• will go for days without eating anything solid before finally sitting down and consuming enough food to feed a family of 5. sometimes he just like. forgets that eating is necessary for survival

• can open beer bottles with his teeth. between that and the meth habit, its an absolute miracle he still has all his teeth

• go-to pizza order is a large meat lover's. he tries to make vaguely sexual passes about "loving large meat" at the poor pizza delivery guys every time he orders delivery. does not tip, but will say shit like "hey, if you come inside i've got a little tip for ya" while the delivery guy quickly vacates the premises

• honestly? i think there is a good 50/50 chance on whether or not he is ACTUALLY a cannibal. maybe he posters as one cuz he likes the reactions it incites, maybe he genuinely enjoys the psychosexual intimacy of consuming the flesh of another human being........ who knows !! not knowing is half the fun :)

• ok ok hear me out u know that stupid tiktok sound that was going around a couple years ago that goes "hi my name is carmen winstead -- HAAAAAHHHGGCHH" ??? look it up if u don't cuz that's what his snoring sounds like. the fucking "HAAAAAHHHGGCHH"

• once he's asleep he is out like a fucking light. guy could sleep thru nuclear war

• is not opposed to drinking hand sanitizer when out of other sources of alcohol. it tastes just like the shitty moonshine Ron makes in his backyard anyways and gets him even drunker so why not !

• hates horror films bc they make him angry. at least, any of the ones where somebody survives at the end. thinks the murderers in them are stupid. starts yelling shit at the TV like "HE'S GETTING AWAY YOU STUPID FUCK,, WHAT ARE YOU DOING !!!!"

• believes baby pink and orange are "his colors"

• will sit on his sofa or bed and try to shoot any cockroaches scurrying around his place with a pistol for funsies when bored sometimes

• enjoys playing darts at the Yellow Jack with anyone who'll play him but absolutely fucking sucks at it cuz of his shaky hands. accidentally threw a dart into another bar patron's head once. will rage and insist his opponent cheated when he loses. will then get physical if anyone tries to tell him its impossible to cheat at darts. is much less of a sore loser when playing with Mike, Frank, or Lamar tho he will still grumble about losing for up to hours on end afterwards

• is an illegal immigrant bc he never became a US citizen. does not own an actual ID, but has several fakes lying around, all with fake birth dates and fake names that are wildly varying levels of believable

• will absolutely flip his fucking lid if Wade comes around him while wearing Juggalo face paint

• speaking of Wade. yk how he has a shitty tattoo of his own name on his arm? (at least i think he does. i tried looking to see if he does and i couldnt tell so now im unsure if thats just yet another detail that my brain completely made up or smth that i actually saw). ANYWAYS, Trevor gave it to him (stick n poke. it was a longggg process but Wade didnt mind too much cuz he was high at the time and consented to it beforehands anyways) when Trevor first "took him in" cuz he kept forgetting his name and got tired of referring to him as "Hey, you" (which Wade did not respond to most of the time anyways)

• is an ugly crier. like, a butt-ugly crier. snot, drooling, wailing, red face, the whole nine yards and he is loud as hell about it too

• loves back rubs cuz ofc he does he's an old man. often makes Ron or Wade give him massages

• his boomer-ass super-zoomed-in LifeInvader profile pic was taken by Ron. it took them a dozen tries before they got it

nsfw

• he sucks at eating out.........kinda? but what he lacks in precision and consistency he makes up for with sheer (sloppy. slobbery) passion. and endurance. can stay down there (and will, if you let him) for hours

• is not much better at blowing. "accidentally" uses too much teeth every time

• ~4 inches. MAYBE 4.5. good girth tho. not cut

• has a thing for chubby/thicc ppl

• is a biter and won't ask before biting so uhh watch out ! part of the reason for the above is bc there's more to bite

• loooooves loves loves to suck on things. fingers, necks, tits, dicks, anything. also looooooves having it reciprocated. particularly likes shoving his fingers in your mouth

• loves to involve mouths as much as possible. spitting/being spat on, the aforementioned biting as well as being bitten, eating food off of your body or having food eaten off of him, the type of makeout sessions that involve shoving each other's tongues down each other's throats.. anything that involves mouths and/or the motions of eating drives him fucking wild

• will beg you even when not explicitly told to when he's not feeling dominant. will beg and beg and beg and beg and it's hot but can also quickly become incredibly annoying

• but he LOVES to be annoying on purpose too. via the begging, or by teasing/edging, mocking, etc. loves to get a rise out of you and loves the attention (even if negative.. ESPECIALLY if negative) it gets him

• occasionally cries after sex. will expect you to hold him while he does. will start to angry cry and say you don't actually love him if you refuse

• now ik this one is nothing groundbreaking and seems to already be the general consensus amongst the Trevor enjoyers but im gonna say it anyways. he def has a thing for public/semi-public sex. be careful about sitting next to him while in any public space. he WILL try to touch on you and it WILL be in a way that makes it obvious to everyone in the immediate vicinity what's going on. does he do it on purpose as an exhibition thing? maybe...... does he genuinely think he's being slick about it? also maybe. if ur with him, expect to be banned from multiple establishments

• lowkey has a breeding kink in the sense that he loves to finish inside (not just bc it feels nice but also bc of the intimacy of it) and thinks that pregnant women are hot as hell

• is most likely infertile due to the years of meth use tho

• loves to both overstimulate and be overstimulated. just bc you've both climaxed doesnt mean he wont keep going for god-knows-how-long

..................andd that's all she (i) wrote. ty for reading !! i've got more shit to say about Trevor cuz ofc i do but this is already like 2k words so if u wanna hear my headcanons on anything specific at all,, pls do throw it in my ask box ! <33