#also I don't like hanging out in big groups it's more draining

[hershey-not-the-chocolate-maybe]

I've been trying to be social past few days by going to stuff and no it did NOT help instead i drained all my energy and had to sleep it off .

[abbysbug]

streamer!ellie meeting streamer!reader

summary: ellie basically being a big gay loser mess around reader

a/n: i’ve been wanting to write about streamer!ellie more so here we are

☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆

• she loves to go to twitch con. always excited to meet other streamers. the one twitch con she's been so excited to go to is the one you're attending.

• she'd be posting a twitter:

@carpetmuncherwilliams guys in 2 days im about to meet the love of my life!! we're literally gonna get married n have children together :33

@elliewstinks replied is this about y/n?

@carpetmuncherwilliams replied whattt no ALSO LETS TALK ABOUT YOUR USERNAME?? I DONT STINK TF

@yngamez replied cute.

• ellie DIED when she saw your reply. the blush on her face was so embarrassing.

• the day of the convention she was so nervous for multiple reasons. 1) she was meeting you? 2) what if she fucks up in front of you? 3) what if you don't like her?

• there were so many overthinking thoughts in her mind but they were all washed away when she finally met you.

• "ellie! c'mere, sweet girl." you called out to her, holding your hand out for her to take.

• she quickly took your hand in hers, relishing the way your skin felt against hers.

• you were already talking to a group of people but the moment she came over, your attention was given to her and only her. the way you looked at her had ellie blushing like a fool.

• you both hit off well though. talking about random things and getting to know each other on a personal level.

• "so, you maybe wanna hang after this convention is over?" you asked

• before this moment, everything was going well for ellie. she hadn't said anything stupid or embarrassing, but, of course, she fucked up.

• "sure. what's your discord?"

• you giggled at her and shook your head, "i think asking for my number would be more romantic."

• the colour DRAINED from ellie's face. no way she just asked for a cute girls discord. is she really that much of a loser?

• you didn't seem to mind though. you thought it was funny and cute that ellie asked that.

• when you departed ways, your number in ellie's phone, she was over the moon. of course she had to tell twitter about this.

@carpetmuncherwilliams i told you guys i had rizz. just got her number :p

@yngamez replied i wouldn't say your 'rizz' is immaculate as you did ask for my discord instead of my number, but ur cute so i'll let it slide

@buffjesse replied no fucking way you asked for her discord you fucking loser. god you are never gonna hear the end of this. just wait till i tell dina LMFAOOO

@carpetmuncherwilliams replied i hope u choke and die jesse

yeah, she was definitely a loser, but she was your loser.

[befuddledcinnamonroll]

Monster Next Door - final thoughts

What an absolutely delightful show! Going in, of course I was happy to be getting a Big Thanakorn lead role, but other than that, I didn't have much in the way of expectations. (Not in a bad way, mind, I go into most shows without expectation). But MND really knocked my socks off in the most wholesome and healthiest of ways.

I'm an introvert who grew up before the concept was normalized, and it wasn't until I was an adult that I was able to get a framework for why I was the way that I was, and that there were many strengths to being that way. My parents were both introverted as well, so fortunately I didn't get pressured at home, but I certainly got that pressure in many other forms from living in and being educated in an extrovert-biased culture.

So this series made me feel very seen.

Things I loved about this show:

A real understanding and respect of introversion. Including the fact that it is a spectrum, that we can fall in different places on it at different times due to a variety of factors, and that comfort can make it cost less energy to be around people - hence Diew being able to spend time working with Game & Jane, or hanging with God & his friends, with it being less draining as he feels more comfortable with them.

Separating introversion and anxiety/trauma. They did a great job showing how Diew's ex's treatment of him, because of the unwillingness to accept him as he was, was what caused his fears around being vulnerable with God, not the introversion itself.

That pressuring people is bullshit. Let's face it, when you pressure someone, you are trying to force change on them - the change that you personally think is best for them, not what they want for themselves. It's an act of control, and though people may use love as a reason for it, it's not genuine love. And they showed this so well, with both Diew's mom and Jane - the more they pressured, the more their relationships fell apart with Diew. Whereas when people took the time to encourage instead of pressure, it allowed Diew to grow on his own terms and at his own pace.

That often others trying to force change on us is a reflection on their own fears and challenges. Again shown via both Diew's mom and Jane. And, importantly - this does not make it ok, and we don't have to accept it. We can hold those boundaries - but we can also keep enough compassion to allow for change in others if and when it happens.

I really liked how they showed how much Diew's mom was able to also free herself by letting go of being driven by her fear for Diew. It's really easy to get mad at a lot of the parents in these series, but there is truth in how much people get imprisoned by their own insecurities and fears. Diew still putting in work to communicate, because she's his mother and he loves her, gave her a pathway to be able to do the same back.

Diew and God both being such healthy communicators. They were so willing to genuinely listen and put in the work to understand each other. They were both honest about their insecurities and what needed to be addressed to work through them. There's a lot of tv couples I'm not sure will last very long, but these two are so damn solid.

The friend group. Friends matter a lot. Your partner's friends matter. Who we choose to be around affects us deeply. Be around people who are cool, not dicks.

That you can be introverted and also deeply horny. I mean, who wouldn't want to grope a sweaty Big?

I'm sure I'm leaving out plenty, but overall, just such a good watch.

Only negative - don't keep turtles in tiny little cages, pretty please.

[moooncats]

✿ Pick A Card : Why do your friends love you? ✿

•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•

•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•

✿ 1: Black Mushroom: Grace | Felxibility. ✿

Woooow, okay okay so first off, you are very a go with the flow type of person. Imagine a koi fish just sailing through a mellow stream, unbothered and serene. Your friends admire that a lot from you because they know you are very easy going and even if plans change last minute you really are still full send. Lmao! I'm hearing that they think you're very zen. Pile 1 you may meditate or journal and your friends can really see a difference compared to other people they hang out with. You are very cool to them. They rarely ever see you being mad or making a scene, you are very gentle with your words and actions and your friends appreciate that a lot. I'm hearing you are always the first one they think to message when it comes to plans cause they already know what you're going to say lol. Also do you do yoga? Sorry kinda random, but you may be more athletic and your friends also love that cause they have more things to do with you yuhhh. (:

•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•

✿ 2: Red Kitty Shroom: Support | Engagement. ✿

Oh wowzaaa, okay okay so like, you are very friendly pile two lmfao. This pile may have a signifigant other or is married, if not that's okay just a little message I'm hearing. Even if you don't believe it, you have a lot of friends and aquantences. Side note: I'm hearing secret admirers as well bwahaha. You are the life of the party. Like even if you feel like you're a wallflower you fit right in when it comes to conversating with others, stopping to smell the roses, or even saying hi to dog's being walked by a random stranger. Your friends adore that! They feel like you keep your heart open even when it comes to talking with random strangers. You always make the time to make the day a little bit more interesting than average. Boredom is not a problem you have because you know a vast ammount of people who will give you their time of day. You may be popular online or in real life. Im also getting Magician vibes from this pile and if you didn't notice it's associated with the Air sign Gemini (the twins and this is pile 2 brehhh xD) And if your not popular or don't feel it, truuuust me people know your name (big flex yuhh). Your friends appreciate you a lot! They also enjoy meeting your other friends as well. So don't shy away from making your socialite group bigger! (:

•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•

✿ 3: Fisherman Kitty: Wholeness | Earnestness. ✿

Omg hiiii introverts! Wether it was on purpose, or not- Unlike pile 2, your friends appreciate that you are the type to not just let anyone into their aura. You feel at whole, just by yourself and you prefer not to give away from a half filled cup. It's giving me strong hermit vibes. You may do shadow work often or journal, take time to relax, make yourself happy- your friends noticed and they appreciate having such a wonderful person who actually loves themselves and puts themselves first. They have seen so many people lose themselves on the account of other people and it can be a real vibe downer. It is also extremely draining. You are the exact opposite of that. Seriously I'm hearing "that shit is contagious!" Lmaooo you have some goofy ass friends pile 3. You are very sencere when you talk with them and they appreciate that. You may be the type to say something along the lines of "I have some food in my bag for you, but not the type you can eat, its food for thought." Bruuuh on some Erykah Badu shit. Your words are prolofic af. Your friends appreciate your wisdom and stories that you tell them. I'm hearing "Continue being the amazing earth angel that you are". (:

•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•○•

Thanks for taking the time to read my first ever PAC I appreciate all of you guys. Let me know if I should make more yuhhh. This is pretty fun, I love spreading positivity. (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)

*I do not own any of the photos or gif's nyaa!*

ʕ￫ᴥ￩ʔ

[blu3haw4]

Clexa au idea for the sex lives of college girls and fortnite

Clarke and Lexa attend the same college who are introverts and keep to themselves. They both meet playing fortnite and love chatting with each other. There's lots of flirting too online. After learning they attend the same school, they make plans to meet up. One thing leads to another and they have sex

OKAY FINE! Not where i thought we were going, but fine. If you insist 😌

Let's do some character work, bc the first thought of an introvert for me is like... shy maybe, and I know that's not it but... Clarke Griffin isn't SHY (Lexa either but, let's do Clarke first)

I'd like a definition of introvert for Clarke as in 'i don't like people but I'll do it if i have to, and I'll look fucking great doing it'

When she says she's an introvert people don't believe her bc she's easy going and can be fun with anyone, she's a natural leader bc she knows how to direct people and how to delegate, and people like her, not always, but enough people, still, though she has friends and likes to hung out with those she likes, or go out and party, she'd much rather be by herself. Her social battery runs out often and she's the type of person to realize that only once she gets home and is suddenly drained, she's not the type to suddenly become quiet and bored, she slowly starts to get easily irritated until she realizes she just wants to go home.

I think it's so easy to make her and Raven bbfs for this one, where Raven is so much more of an extrovert that still loves her alone time bc she loves herself a lot, like she likes herself a bunch 'i love spending time with that bitch' typa-vibe and that bitch is herself. She also loves going out and being around people she likes, her definition of fun is having people around and doing something.

I think they meet in college and become fast friends bc they're roommates. If we're trying to keep a little of tslocg they would be four roommates that haven't met before, living in a dorm with one common area and two shared rooms, Clarke and Raven would share and the other two girls... I would have to thing about.

Octavia would be Lexa's friend, so let's jump to Lexa's definition of introvert, bc, though i can cope with her been shy, i don't necessarily like it much. So she would be 'I do a lot of thing that put me around a lot of people but that doesn't mean i want or like to interact with them'

I think like Clarke people also assume she's more of an extrovert but it comes as less of a shock that she's not. I think she's the type of person that is really quiet and might come off as rude sometimes but she's also around people that often think she's joking so they think she's fun; I'm talking a sport, music groups, maybe some science related extracurricular, she does them all and bc of it she has to hang out and be polite a bunch of people but she'd much rather be alone, she enjoys her time alone.

I think her and Octavia became friends over the sport (before college, probably high school) and maybe Lexa got her into music as well, i think Octavia was the kind of person to hate nice people and was drawn to Lexa for her somewhat coldness, i don't think Lexa liked her much at the begging, not for anything in particular but Octavia kinda just decided that they'd be friends, the type that didn't talk much and just gravitated towards each other and it just kinda... stuck. Lexa realized at some point that it wasn't just Octavia sitting beside her or picking her as a partner in class, now she was also looking for her, and they talked to each other about things they didn't talk to anyone else and Oh! Would you look at that? Now we're bbfs.

I think the explanation to them never seen each other before is mostly that they don't try to know people so they don't talk with anyone unless they have to, and also is a pretty big campus and they don't attend the same events like ever, Lexa doesn't do parties and Clarke doesn't do extracurriculars.

Oh, oh! Andddd they're both open to meeting people on (in?) games bc they're very competitive and sometime you find really good players and also sometimes really nice people, so that's how they meet. Open mic dous on a day they're both up to it. I think they only interact through they game up until the day they decide to meet up, kinda like they only talk while playing and maybe discord too but only to know when they're playing again. The flirting would only be during the game and the type that is like 'are we flirting? Or are we just joking'

SO i think all im missing are like... details 😅 and well their sexual life/experiences and I should be ready to out line it and write it AFTER im done with my college stuff lol (practically next Friday) 🙂‍↕️ but today im relaxing so hit me up with questions about these two as individuals so I can draw a better picture of them in my head

Also who do you think are the other two roommates for Clarke?🤔

[nishloves]

hey nish, so here is my ask for the match. thank you again, hope its not a bother!

i am an intj and more of an introvert. i can adapt well depending on my interlocutors and can be really shy as well as extremely outgoing. i love staying outside in the comfort of my house but also like hanging out with my friends even if i loose my energy pretty quickly. i am usually described as someone with a rather calm aura but the moment im really comfortable i am rather crazy lmao. i tend to lose focus quickly, ramble a lot (and forget to whom i said what) and can’t see for shit. i am a lazy perfectionist who hates things being done incorrectly but i want them being done quickly. i can be seen as arrogant but im a huge overthinker. I hate showing my feelings and have a hard time accepting my failures. since im always the youngest in my different friend groups, people tend to baby me which is really advantageous.

regarding my hobbies, i do ballet and modern jazz for more than fifteen years and it’s an art and sport that i am really dedicated to, creating choreographies and being kind of a scary mentor when i want to even if i like being like a big sister » so the youngest (im one of the oldest now). i also used to play tennis but outside those sports, i hate physical activities. i love manual activities such as making jewelleries, embroidery, crochet, drawing silly doodles and painting (even if i can’t wait until it is completely dry). i like reading (esp criminal novels) and love animes (my fav are haikyuu, hxh, fullmetal alchemist and bsd). id like to watch kdrama but i dont have enough time and can’t stay focused for so long anyways.

i am a sucker for light and dark academia and you’ll find me most of the time with velvet pants or oversize jeans and a pullover. finally, if i had to choose only five svt songs, it’d be 24h, home run, i don’t know, fallin’ flowers and hot.

thank you so much, i hope i didn’t ramble too much. love you!

hehe not at all! i loved reading all of it <3

when I read intj, i immediately thought about jun/hao/wonwoo but when I read it further, i thought that you might suit joshua more. but!!! when I read about the ballet portion, i just couldn't help thinking about dino!

so i match you with, wonwoo!

he is one of the most considerate individuals I've ever seen, he would be able to differentiate between your moods and energy levels and take care of you whenever you're out; it's like— he can just understand if you're drained or anything and would politely excuse you both from the gathering if he feels as if you're getting overwhelmed.

he would keep you grounded— scold you when you're wrong and empathise with you when you just want to rant. kind of like a very sturdy shoulder to cry on and your biggest motivation for any project.

he would absolutely love your calm-crazy dynamic, he loves it whenever you're so happy that your calm demeanor of an intj morphs into something more childlike and adorable. he also likes the fact that you have "maknae" tendencies, and would absolutely adore it.

he's not a perfectionist per se, but he has friends who are and rest assured that he will do his absolute best to help you take a break/ break your overthinking thoughts and help you get rational again. (vice versa)

you'd think that having a few hobbies to share might be a problem but it actually isn't; wonwoo is very happy whenever you're doing what you love and it makes him want to engage in your hobby with you. you both push each other to step out of your comfort zones and try out different things <3

and god, if you ever make him a bracelet, or crochet a small keyring for him, he's gonna treasure it; I think he might cry in secret too 😭

he also likes the fact that you don't like physical activities because then he doesn't have to do it, you both would probably spend your days cuddling or trying out each other's hobbies or cheering each other on!

he would be your biggest hypeman for your ballet and jazz music <3

[corefourmuscle]

@ofrunsfromtrauma

[The return of Ghost Face... What the hell?! How many Ghost Face posers was this now? Eight? Ten? Fuck this Ghost Face shit. Honestly, I had lost count, at this point in time, but regardless, I was beyond tired of this bullshit. It was old and overdone. Been there, done that. Time to move the fuck on. I thought in building anger as I laid on the ground outside of Amber's house; feeling a coldness moving through my body as the blood continued to drain from my wounds. For my part, I wasn't a pussy, nor was I quitter, so I did try to move from the ground to get myself some help. Hell, for that matter, to help my sister and friends, who I assumed were still inside dealing with this psychotic fucker terrorizing all of us. Considering the asshole had stabbed me in the leg to start their attack on me, apparently hitting an artery in my leg as they did, considering the blood was pooling out of me like a fucking fountain, as we speak, I couldn't walk. Not to mention I had also been repeatedly stabbed in my side, my stomach, my arm, and God only knows where else too. My point was, the loss of blood was making it near impossible for me to move from this ground. For a hot second, I wondered if I was going to die right here, but I quickly pushed that pussy mindset to the back of my mind; refusing to give in so easily. Hell no! The fuck if I was going to die here in the grass like some wounded animal] Fuck that... [I muttered out in weak determination as I used every bit of strength I could muster up to crawl across the ground toward some ounce of civilization. Fortunately, I managed to find my phone on the ground where I had tossed it just before the first... Or maybe the second... Eh, third stabbing... Regardless, I found my phone, which was the point. I fussed with the keys enough to dial 911. The call was short, but it was enough to alert the 911 operator of the murders here at...] What the fuck is the address? [I muttered out weakly. More so to myself before managing to weakly blurt out] I don't fucking know. Turner Lane... Big house. Stop when you see the party turned blood bath. [I got out before the loss of blood got the better of me, and I dropped my phone onto the ground, before passing out. Apparently it was enough... Or maybe it wasn't and somebody else called about the live action scene from some Nightmare On Elm Street type movie, or whatever. Either way, sirens alerted me that help was on the way. I just hoped I could hang on long enough for someone to find me in this damn grass. I thought as I found my eyes closing once more...

I didn't know how much time was passing before I felt the sensation of throbbing pain moving through my body again as the EMTs packed my knife wounds, then moved me from the ground, onto a gurney, and ultimately into the back of an ambo. As I did, I caught a brief glimpse of my sister, Tara, and Sam grouped at the back of another ambulance. Relieved to know they were alive. As far as anyone else who lived or died, or for that matter, who the fucktard was playing the overly done Ghost Face part this time around, I'd just have to wait until I was conscious again to have someone fill me in on the parts and pieces I missed while I laid in the ground bleeding like some chump. I silently told myself as my eyes closed once more; lulled off to sleep as the ambo doors closed, a siren rang out around me, and I knew I was on route to the hospital]

[tenleaguesbeneath]

Alex/Steph, 20

20: Lazily

Alright, so I'm first going to say I don't have necessarily the best handle on Alex as a character and also anything with her involved is going to get into people's inner lives in a way I can't say I have a lot of practice writing, but that's why this is exciting! Also, this is going up, like, first-draft quality, unbeta'd.

(prompt list is here and I am still taking them)

so! here we go.

A knock at Alex’s door jarred her out of where she’d been zoned out, half asleep, her ribs aching. She groaned loudly in response, and heard the door opening.

“Hey, Alex,” Steph called from the doorway.

“Steph!” Alex answered, the bruising on her ribs giving her a painful reminder that it wouldn’t let her get away with shouting no matter how enthusiastic she was about seeing her girlfriend.

“I brought groceries.” Steph gave Alex a warm glance as she walked past her bed, straight to the kitchen, heavy canvas bags hanging from each shoulder.

“Thanks.”

Steph set the bags down on the countertop next to the fridge and turned toward Alex’s bed. “How are you feeling?”

“My bruises have bruises.”

“Anything I can help you with? Pain meds, water, snacks, your gummies?”

“Tylenol would be good. And water.”

Alex closed her eyes and listened to the sound of the sink running as Steph filled a glass for her. As Steph’s footsteps approached her, she propped herself up on her elbows and then sat up, her muscles complaining the whole way.

“Thanks, Steph,” Alex croaked, taking the glass. She reached for the pill bottle on her nightstand.

“Here, take it easy, Alex,” Steph said, grabbing it first and opening it before passing it to Alex.

Alex took a long swig of water, then two pills, and drained the glass.

“Thanks.”

Alex lay back and closed her eyes as Steph busied herself putting the groceries away. Recovery after falling down the mineshaft was both dull and pain-filled. That the doctors had told her nothing was broken wasn’t much comfort. All that meant was that it could have been worse. Not that she needed the reminder of that. Every time she opened her mouth her muscles ached where they were grazed by the bullet. A few inches to the side and she could be dead. Then there was the bruising from the fall. It hurt to move. Hurt to cough. Hurt to breathe, sometimes, and definitely to laugh.

Maybe she could write a song about that. It’ll be easier to think when she’s not in as much pain.

Steph came back, her footsteps light on the floor as she approached the other side of Alex’s bed, by the door. Alex felt the ripples in the mattress as Steph sat down and flopped over.

Alex opened her eyes to see Steph propped up on her side, watching her. Steph met her gaze, softness in her eyes, a purple haze radiating from her.

I hope she’ll be alright.

“On the bright side, docs said I should expect to make a full recovery,” Alex reminded Steph, answering her unasked question.

“I hope they’re right,” Steph said, her aura fading.

“You’ve been a big help, Steph,” Alex mumbled. “You and Ryan both. I don’t know what I’d do without you two.”

“You’re not alone, Alex.”

“I know,” Alex said, rolling slightly toward Steph, her chest muscles screaming at her for daring to ask them to move. “I’ve been alone so long, and now… I don’t have to be.”

It’s scary, Alex didn’t say. For years “help” always had conditions attached. Be helped, but be helped with what the helper thinks you need. Be helped, but only inasmuch as it makes you more convenient to be around. Be helped, but by people who think you’ll probably never live on your own. Be helped, but only by people who will drug you if you tell them about your burden.

Haven Springs was nothing like Helping Hands Group Home, and Steph and Ryan were nothing like anyone there.

But as scary as it was, she had grown to trust them, even with the weird stuff, and they trusted her in turn. Steph had volunteered to stay in Haven Springs as long as Alex wanted to, and Ryan had believed her that morning at the town council meeting, even over his own father.

Now Alex relied on the two of them, her girlfriend and her first real friend, for basic things like groceries.

It beat having to limp across town hauling a heavy grocery bag, for sure.

Alex felt Steph’s fingers tracing along her forehead, brushing her hair out of her face. Her eyes fluttered back open.

Steph was still there, still looking at Alex. Her gaze was gentle, tinged with a nervousness that Alex needed no magical power to see. Behind that nervousness, Alex saw the desire that had always smoldered between the two of them.

“C’mere, Steph,” Alex said, reaching out with her hand to brush Steph closer to her. “I’m not gonna let falling down a mineshaft spoil my first week with my girlfriend.”

Steph rolled toward her, hesitantly, propping herself over Alex. Alex reached up to brush Steph’s hair aside, holding it out of the way as Steph brought herself in for a kiss.

Their lips touched, parted, Alex catching Steph’s bottom lip between hers. Even with her eyes closed, Alex could see the golden light emanating from the two of them. She lifted her head to push closer to Steph, sheer enthusiasm drowning out the protests of her aching neck. Steph’s hand went to her cheek, guiding her back down onto her pillows as Steph reciprocated the push.

When Steph withdrew, the joyous golden light remained as her weight shifted in the bed. Alex opened her eyes to find Steph on her side, nestled next to her, and for the first time, Alex felt that maybe things in Haven Springs were going to be okay.

[cherxyx]

Gangster Wife

Summary: Going from rags to riches is amazing. Jewels, Dresses, Maids, and free food…who wouldn’t love that. Bad part is you have a toxic and a temperamental husband.

Warnings: supplies as in weed and coke, rubbing, workaholic husband, pet names like sweetheart, honey, and baby, angst, failing marriage, inner thoughts and ooc Ukai

*Dark content, please don’t read if uncomfortable*

Italics are inner thoughts and bold is speaking

Mafia Month

Loud clicking noises from your red bottom heels as you walked towards your huge white and sliver vanity. Fixing up your eyelashes and make up when your phone went off on your phone, grabbing it from the stand next to your vanity. You looked at who texted. It was Yachi and Kiyoko.

Yachi- Come y/nnnnn we are waiting. Make sure to bring a clear purse.

Letting out a sigh, you didn't really feel like going tonight. Your eyes roamed around the room until they fell on a pink heart shaped ceramic that had a ring on it. It’s tempting to walk back over there and put it on, but it won’t feel the same. Would it? You walked over to the ring and pulled it on your ring finger. You held up in your hand closer to the light. A big ring with real diamonds. That’s a good thing about being married to a powerful man that owns most of the city. He can get anything he wants, that’s how he got you. Lost and broke.

The jewelry, the clothes, the vacations, and all the services you got came from him. it was amazing and fun. The only downside is he is a workaholic and most of the time it's you by yourself. You knew he loved you and cared for you but had a funny way of showing it. I don’t care, it doesn’t bother me that he shows love differently, you say to yourself, all the time. You took the ring to your lips and kissed it. Does he still wear his ring. ��Y/N” Ukai calls for you. You took the ring off and placed it back on the ceramic.

“I'M COMING, GIVE ME A SECOND” you yelled back. Taking one last look in the mirror, damn I look good. You walked down the hallway until you found the two heavy metal doors. It was Ukai's office; you push the heavy metal door that separates him and the world. He also fucked you on them. Making your way over to Ukai who was in his chair, you made sure to do it more sensually. He didn’t have a good week and you two already had 3 arguments this week.

Ukai was just signing some papers. His desk was constantly covered in papers, his supplies. was sometimes on his desk, and his guns. He doesn't clean it a lot. Sometimes he will get high on his own supplies when he is too stressed. it’s not something you worry about a lot because he can handle it himself. He has been in the game for years. God forbid someone tries to stop him from doing so…they’re not going to enjoy the consequence. Ukai is strong and intelligent, fast as well and can be a bastard.

“Hey, sweetheart” you said, running your hand over his left shoulder. He throws his head back and looks at you, up and down. You’re wearing a light pink dress, white high heels to match the dress, gold jewelry, pink eyeshadow, and long wavy black hair that Ukai paid for. He actually paid for it all. It's not a lot but you don't like really going out anyways. Not after all the diamonds and parties you were constantly around with him. It's draining. You hoped whatever he wanted from you wouldn’t take long since your friends are waiting on you. Yachi is quiet, but not patient.

After a couple of seconds of more staring he finally says something. “You look wonderful sweetheart" he motioned towards your outfit. “Thank you, baby, took me little to find my outfit" your voice feels like it’s small compared to his. His raspy and loud. You tap your heels against the floor and look around the room. Pictures of him and his group and pictures of you hanging above his bookcase. You loved books. You watched as his dirty blonde hair falls down when he goes back to signing papers. “Where you plan on going” Ukai looked at you with an eyebrow raise.

You have mentioned it, he probably wasn't paying attention. He has been stressed out more this week even this month. A traitor was found in the group but found too late. Traitor spilled out everything for upcoming plane. Killed 10 of his guys. "Out with friends, I told you this 2 hours ago" you said moving to sit on his desk. "My bad baby I've been busy. My mind is foggy. It's acting up" he said while still signing papers and looking over records. When did it change you thought as you stared off into space.

“When did what change” shit. "I said that out loud" "yes you did honey". You start to fidget with your hands and dress. Ukai dropped his pen and turned towards you, Ukai put his hands on your knees and started rubbing them. "I know we aren't how we used to be, and I know that it is hard with the change and how things are going right now". We haven't been the same for 3 years ago. He stood up and motioned you to follow him when you both get to the balcony he sits down on of the chairs. You sit down on his left leg and put your feet on his right leg. Laying your head on his chest. He was rubbing his thumb over your exposed thigh, giving your head kisses “stay the night with me”.

All you want to do is repair your guy's relationship.8 years together and for 3 of them you felt like he was just a roommate. It’s been so long since you two have been this close. He is always busy with work. Workaholic. "Ok" you said to him. Snuggling closer knowing that this wouldn't be the same in the morning. You were probably going to stay only for short time with your friends before making up an excuse to leave. This feels nice. This is what love is supposed to feel like.

What would my life be like if I didn't take that shift.

“They’re waiting for me,” you say softly. "Tell them not tonight. That you will go next weekend" he says. "We should go back inside; it will get chilly soon" you say trying to rise up off of him. He didn't let you, but he made you look at him. "I know I am not the best, but I am trying" he ran his thumb across your cheek. "I know". He finally let you go and let you go in first. Ukai got up and looked out the balcony one last time before joining you.

"Want to shower with me?"

[masterqwertster]

Been thinking about the Otohan fight (more specifically the deaths and revivals) in the Class Swap AUs. So... (and this will be two separate posts because they're going to get a little long)

Result of the Otohan Fight in C2 Class Swap

The combat would be fairly different for this one.

Orym would probably use a Fly spell to get his squishy wizard self out of (easy) range of Otohan. Rain damage from above ( Or support after getting on a roof if it requires Concentration)

FCG is abusing their rogue ability to Attack and Hide or Help and Hide to keep out of Otohan's war path

Fearne becomes an anti-echo zone with her Storm Aura. Auto-damage in a zone one-shots echoes no problem since they only have 1 HP

Chetney's running Lay on Hands to bounce people up. So he's chasing after Otohan's bloody trail for that and probably slapping her with Eldritch Blasts when he can

Imogen is still on run and hide as the main target. Throwing out some heals and damage, but saving some magic for Revivify in case the worst happens

Laudna is a monk and thus frontlining. Which means that Otohan notices "Is she your favorite?" much sooner in this fight, as Imogen is having psychic flinches every time Laudna gets hit, with full on panic when she drops unconscious

Ashton is doing more tanking than running, since he doesn't have movement bonus abilities. They're also a big fucking target in their Hybrid Form

Deaths in the Party

There's only one kill besides Laudna because she can't keep out of range as well as a monk while still helping everyone. Which, as said above, leads to Otohan figuring out who to hit to make Imogen lose it faster, so Otohan only makes one kill before zeroing in on Laudna and causing Imogen to explode and end the fight.

Chetney and Fearne are greater annoyances in this fight, being a healer and someone who can (literally) burn through Otohan's echo backpack's charges. But Ashton is the frontliner who's going to be getting in the way more, like canon!Orym.

So Ashton is the kill that Otohan makes before going after Laudna. Also, I already did Nana Morri to revive Fearne for the C1 Swap and Chet's kind of iffy on a revival quest due to his age (could raise him just for old age to take him the next day) and lack of devoted starting partner in Bells Hells to press for it.

Imogen immediately Revivifies Laudna, no hesitation. That's her person, and while she couldn't be swayed anyways, she also doesn't give the others time to even try or point out that Ashton has been dead longer

That's also the only Revivify the party's got. It's a draining fight/day, and Imogen is the only one with access to it at this time

FCG is particularly miffed about Imogen prioritizing Laudna without group input since Ashton is their buddy (and they've been a bit more successful in teasing out his trauma for therapy since Mastermind rogue gives them the subtlety to get past his guard. So they're closer in this AU)

They have to put Ashton in the hole with Treshi. He's just too heavy for any of them to reasonably cart around for the escape

FCG might hang around in the hole with the body. Corpses don't need to breathe, FCG doesn't need to breathe. It works out

Revival Quest

Bells Hells calls on Keyleth again for access to someone with the power to revive. They're also smarter about the spell components (seeing as they have a wizard, which is the type of person to be very mindful about that sort of thing) and purchase those ahead of time in Jrusar so they only need a capable caster

Keyleth takes them straight to Pike instead of asking Lord and Lady de Rolo for assistance. Ashton has no ties to Whitestone and they don't need the bankroll from the old royal vaults, so why bother the very busy important people when they can go straight to the semi-retired cleric baker

Pike tries to revive Ashton, only to find their soul is some sort of mess that isn't fitting back into their body. Like it's too many souls trying to come back at once, but also in pieces that aren't making a full soul

This is, of course, weird dunamancy feedback (as a side note: how do revival magics work on consecuted souls? Because I headcanon the galaxy brain makes Ashton an untraditional, accidental first life of consecution). The flavor is along the lines of all the potential lives being separate people but also simultaneously pieces of Ashton

So Bells Hells has to do a Spirit Quest to make Ashton's soul a cohesive enough whole for Pike to revive him

Laudna leverages her past as a body on the Sun Tree for Vox Machina to get the materials for the Spirit Quest spell. VM didn't save her, but they can help save her friend (No mention of Delilah is made, and the necromancer is intelligent enough to hold her silence lest this connection be severed. She knows Laudna and herself aren't strong enough to survive VM)

Bells Hells finds themselves in the purple and silver galaxy in Ashton's glass (that they've never seen before because the second mind dive never happened). There they find an Outline Ashton that kind of blends in with the surroundings who only says "Who am I?"

They all clamor about who Ashton is to them, which makes the outline!Ashton clearer/more solid, but really doesn't seem to be enough to bring Ashton back

Then Fearne mentions that Ashton was soft once, and a door appears

With no better ideas, they go through the door and find a village at the base of a mountain range. They explore the village looking for Ashton, trying to avoid the people there because they just don't know what this is or what's safe

Eventually they find Hishari Child Ashton. As they talk with him, they realize his parents are members of a primordial/elemental cult, and Orym notices the Ascendent Bridge Mountain, put together with the helmet Ashton stole, to realize this place might be Hishari (this also gives them the info to chase that Ashton didn't get since he was dead for the brain blast)

Once they convince Hishari Child Ashton to come with them, they're sucked out of there back to the star-scape. The Outline waits with Hishari Child at their side, more solid than before

Given that venture, BH realizes they have to sort of delve through portions/milestones of Ashton's life to answer "Who am I?" to collect enough Ashtons to restore him

They collect Orphan Turning to Stone, Criminal Cleric, Broken and Faithless, and Elemental Monster by the time they're done

Orphan is a search through Greymoore/Bassuras

Cleric is a surprise as Ashton had never spoken of how they were a cleric once, though they did advise Imogen on her skills at times. The Cleric comes with a risk of encounter with lawful figures or rival criminals to fight

Broken is a timed attempt to convince him to come with them. Failure to meet the time deadline shatters the scene, causing damage, before resetting for another try

Elemental is the unavoidable encounter. It's basically a Chetney Unleashed fight to collect Ashton's Hybrid Form. They can either chip away at the super-sized angry elemental to get the usual friendly one out, or try to talk him down to friendly

Once the Ashtons are collected, he's whole enough for Pike to revive

Laudna and FCG definitely take part in the ritual. I'm not sure if Orym or Fearne would be the third person

Ashton's very much floored and emotional to be brought back to the whole crew waiting for him and happy to have him back

He's also aware of all the running around they did in his head/past. And that, in a way, it was a test set by himself to see if it was worth coming back, aided and abetted by whatever the Higher Power behind that star-scape is. Which saved his life the first time, and gave him his blood hunter skills

This is where Ashton retakes their first level in cleric as they've found a higher power they can believe in again

Journey Home

Keyleth stuck around for this resurrection, so BH filled her in while Pike was getting set up for the Spirit Quest. And once Ashton is revived, kindly sends them on their way back to Jrusar since they don't want to stick around in Whitestone or crowd Pike's house

Not sure if they make it back before Eshteross is killed, but they spend the night in the Krook House so Ashton can have a night at home

[veryflirtytransportalate]

< Previous > . . . < Next >

"I'm calling it right here. This world can officially bite my ass." - Sizz'el the Lone Survivor, a nickname she did not get to pick

Throwback to a punch-up I got into a little while ago - you can tell because I hadn't yet trusted a random settler at Starlight Drive-In to laser the tattoo off my eye yet. I loved that tattoo, glad it's gone. You can't imagine how much easier my self image cultivation has become since building all those little towns in the Commonwealth! Preston thinks we're a civil defense oriented militia, meanwhile I had to send back the first test print of t-shirts for "Sexy Sizz'el's Pure Water & Mutfruit Emporium". Every so often they have a chore for me, but when that isn't the case and my knuckles need dusting, I don't usually have to wait long.

On this particular day I'd bopped down to Concord to go shoot some photos at the old museum when what do I spy with my little eyes but a whole bunch of guys just waiting to die. So, I changed into the Silver Shroud outfit I've been lugging around and did a couple kinds of shooting. I don't understand why raiders attack on site - I've mowed down hundreds of them by now. Who's doing their intel? I know they hang out as raider groups but how?! Even when I look just like them I get a laser hello. I look better in this fit though, which is good, because I have tried to throw it away like two dozen times. Piper insists I don't throw out this old nasty costume. I literally can't even fit my head in the hat, but she insists, "It's priceless, it's an heirloom, there's a radio show about it," which, that show is... not good. I literally can't put it down. Someone help me.

The museum is apparently some kind of hotspot, but ever since I took the power armor (shout out to my Atom Cats, meow you wild sons of kittens) and the minigun it's like... for what? Tacky outfits and rotten wood? But, what do I know. I'm just the single most brilliant business woman and devastating bombshell this wasteland has seen since... I'd... like to... rephrase, that last thought.

(Outfit credits, my thoughts, and a few more shots below the cut.)

< Previous > . . . < Next >

I'm pretty sure Sizz'el is wearing crimsomrider's 1950's Feminine Outfits (opens in new tab), Silver Shroud with stockings. The large caliber rifle is the Modular Simonov PTRS-41 by kazumamqi (opens in new tab), and the laser on the bottom is the CROSS_BreakActionLaser by Niero (opens in new tab). Phew, that was a lot of 'um this time, jeez.

I wander into Concord from time to time, whenever I want to just relax and kick back with the combat side of the game. A couple of Brotherhood of Steel dudes plopped in at the end and cleaned up, which was fine, I guess. We're not hostile with each other... I wanna say "yet", but, to be decided.

I like the feeling of combat in Fallout 4, but as you can imagine, I've made a number of major modifications. First, which I've shared before, I've completely rebalanced damage (and have to continuously to make it stay balanced): I, the player, deal a 3x more damage than normal. Everyone else deals 5x more. I love the feeling of games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Far Cry 2 (with that one mod) - when the time between seeing someone and being dead is a breath.

With that in place, I also made two major mechanical changes: first and less impactful is the removal of an AP cost to sprinting, thanks to Unlimited Sprint by TroyIrving (opens in new tab). Sprinting is already an inherent tactical decision, costing precious time, and removing your ability to reload or fire. When the game was slower and more about draining health pools, it made sense to limit this to a gauge... maaaaybe? I think AP draining sprinting is a funking dumb choice in basically any version of this game, but, I'm not a professional game developer so, what do I know.

Second, and this is the big one... bullet time. I use V.A.F.S. Redux by Itzal713 (opens in new tab). I love bullet time. I love it so much. Stranglehold is actually a childhood favorite of mine. I think it's so cool to dip and dodge and do cool stuff like jump over a table and then fire on someone, and it also makes taking pictures in the middle of a fire fight way easier. It's not balanced. It's just fun.

So it's easy to die, bullet time, added some big weapons... I never thought of it before but I've kind of turned Fallout 4 into F.E.A.R. 1. And everybody loves the combat in that game, so... win for me. I rule. Go me.

< Previous > . . . < Next >

[mav-the-artist]

Hey guys.

Slight vent i guess. It's nothing drastically serious, but putting up a warning anyways. It's me complaining abt work and my ability to interact online.

under a cut, as it's a bit lengthy.

As the year comes to a close, I think about my milestones. Yeah, I've made a few friends since making a twitter finally. i've made a lot of improvement on my art. i've also figured out my gender. my life in general has been really good, since leaving a bad situation a year and a half ago. for the most part i'm happy where i'm at now.

except one thing.

work.

it's getting to me, working 40+ hours a week and hardly having any time at home to myself, let alone interact with my mutuals and friends. i feel bad. there's a lot of people i want to interact with and get to know more, but i have to sacrifice so much of my time off work to take care of irl stuff, family, etc.

and i have so many ideas for art, SO MANY. ideas of ocs i wanna draw from my mutuals/followers/people i follow, my fursona that i've been wanting to design FOR MONTHS, and so much more. my notes app on my phone deadass is FULL of ideas i get. but by the time i get home, all my motivation almost always is drained. i feel like a hollow void. and when i do draw, i never have enough time or energy to put more effort, more details or fully render. i've noticed my art has looked half-assed lately due to this.

after work, if my friends are in a group call, i end up just hanging out in the call not doing a goddamn thing otherwise. i enjoy hanging out with friends greatly, don't get me wrong, it's just i don't have motivation most of the time to draw while chatting in vc. hell, i don't even play video games half the time cuz i'm too tired to even do that. and there's so many games i bought this year that i only played once/never played yet because i'm too busy working/drained after work.

to my friends, mutuals, and followers who want to interact with me: i'm sorry i cant talk more or talk to you at all. i want SO BADLY to interact in fandom spaces more and make more friends, but work and fatigue is beating my ass relentlessly. however, even if we've talked a few times/rarely talk, i don't get friendship decay. we're still friends even if we don't talk in a while! and know i appreciate all my mutuals/followers greatly and will do my best to interact more.

i may be able to talk to my boss about going down to part time, as my mom and i did some number crunching and we could make it work. this would fix my problems massively, as i could finally achieve a work/life balance that i can actually function in.

in the end, i want this year coming up to be better than this one. yes, i've done a lot this year. but the next big thing is trying to talk to more than just like. 3 people online. and make more art, and improving my mental health.

don't expect this to be a reoccurring thing with me venting, as most of the time i'm a happy person. but i had to get this out. you can see why, lol

[mybrainisalibrary]

In honor of Reformation Day, I wanted to share about Philipp of Hesse for anyone who has never heard about him because his story will never not be wild to me.

Philipp was a German ruler during the Reformation, and a good friend of Philip Melanchthon (another powerhouse theologian who collaborated with Luther)

So: Philipp came to power in the state of Hessen at 13 years old, resolving a decade of unrest that had been going on since his father died when Philipp was a toddler. In the first week of his rule, he immediately went to settle the custody dispute over his teenage cousin that involved the freaking emperor of Austria-Hungary. His cousin and her mom had been approached about hanging out in the emperor's household, causing a power struggle between them and Philipp's mom because 1) the imperial lifestyle is expensive and would drain Hesse's coffers and 2) Philipp's mom didn't want her sister-in-law gaining more power

So 13-year-old Philipp took a group of men and rolled up to where his cousin was staying and told her she could either come with him right now, or he would never help her in any way for the rest of their lives. (His cousin agreed to go, and that was the end of that.)

At age 17 he attended the Diet of Worms and got to meet with Luther one-on-one because he wanted to ask a question - about polygamy. Nothing else. (This will come up again).

He encountered Melanchthon on the way home from the Diet and the two began correspondence. Years later he quietly converted to Protestantism on a hunting trip, then returned home and abruptly started closing monasteries and making immediate church reforms, in regular communication with Melanchthon.

In 1525 there was a big meeting of leaders in Augsburg that Austrian Archduke Ferdinand was attending. His presence was expected to cow the rebellious states that supported Luther - might of the Holy Roman Empire against them and all that. This did give some leaders pause and it's possible the tide would have turned here - except Philipp said 'nah, we're not gonna be bullied'

The FIRST thing he did upon arrival to the city that Thursday was have a cow slaughtered to be eaten the next day, Friday, when Catholics would abstain from meat. The SECOND thing he did was to set up his court preacher to give sermons from the balcony of his residence, breaking the 'no preaching' rule that was in place. This boldness inspired the other leaders and they did not back down.

A few years later in 1529, Philipp facilitated a meeting in his city, Marburg, between Luther and Zwingli. This was the first and only time the two EVER met face-to-face. They were debating the meaning and purpose of the Eucharist, and weren't able to find any common ground, but it was a big moment.

So this man has been a champion of the Protestant cause, a powerhouse - and THEN.

Remember how he was interested in polygamy as a teenager? Yeah he never got over that. There's a series of letters between him and Melanchthon and Luther, essentially going like:

P: Hey polygamy is a thing in the Old Testament is it cool if I take a second wife?

M/L: I mean I'd recommend against it because it's not called a good thing and most people are gonna consider it unbiblical. But like...it's also NOT explicitly condemned...

P: Okay cool I it should be fine right?

Luther: I guess but just keep it on the down-low, you don't want to spread this around, and definitely keep my name out of this please

P: Awesome, letting you know I just married this woman the other week!

L: Congrats dude, I'm happy you're happy - but again, please keep this quiet and DON'T tell anyone that I gave you tacit approval

Philipp, literally like 2 weeks later: So uh, the cat's out of the bag about my second marriage. I told my sister and she told...everyone.

And this was basically the end of Philipp's influence and overall reputation. He still tried to do his thing and tried to work for peace between Catholics and Protestants, but he lost a lot of credibility, and now he's mainly remembered for bigamy!

[unknown-lifeform]

Okay so for the director's cut I wanted to ask about that dragon fic you wrote! I remember you mentioning you had a lot of lore and I'm curious!! Any fun lore info you can share??

Oh the dragons! Yes, I do have plenty of lore about that! Congrats on unlocking a whole thing here!

So just to like refresh - Cloud is a wyrm in that fic, Genesis a wyvern, Angeal, Sephiroth and Zack dragons. Now dragons in that universe are mostly solitary, each dragon has their own territory, and they usually only share with their mate or their children, with young dragons leaving to get their own territory once they can fend for themselves. This is for a simple reason, which is that dragons are huge. They're top of the food chain massive predators and a huge resources drain.

Wyverns have this like semi-social structure where you have a sort of "alpha" wyvern and a handful of subordinate ones, each subordinate has their own territory and the alpha's territory overlaps with theirs. That being said, these are still small groups with huge territories, because again massive predators here.

So the arrangement of three dragons + one wyvern kind of all in the same space is very weird, and it's all because Sephiroth is this absolute weirdo who thinks hoarding other dragons is a normal thing to do. And this leads to some fun issues because like. Genesis, as a wyvern, at least has some idea of what it is to exist in a group. He desperately needs to assert his dominance because he doesn't like Sephiroth being the "alpha" but he can deal. Angeal and Zack (and Sephiroth)? These are not social creatures. Their idea of friendship is talking to another dragon at the border of their territory, going "good talk", and not seeing them again for the next thirty years.

Basically the dragons ended up becoming mates because... They just don't have the instincts to do anything else. If you share a territory, and they're not your child, they must be your mate. Anything else makes dragon.exe crash.

Which is also kind of how Sephiroth convinced them to join his hoard anyways. It was such a ridiculous request that Angeal and Zack just didn't know what else to say.

And then you have Cloud, and wyrms are a very different thing! Wyrms are for starters much smaller than dragons. They're very long, but in a snake-like way, and overall have a lot less bulk. They also have a very different metabolism. Dragons and wyverns are hot blooded, while wyrms are cold blooded. This means wyrm need a lot less food than dragons, and it also means while dragons and wyverns are active all year wyrms have a mandatory winter long nap.

Now wyrms live in groups, they've got a wolf pack like kind of social structure. They also hunt different pray than dragons - dragons fly, so they do best snatching animals from large open spaces, wyrms instead are good at stalking things through the forest. Because of this, some dragons don't mind wyrm packs hanging out in their territory. Which is how Cloud ended up part of this - he settled in Zack's territory, and Zack took a liking to him.

It's actually more complicated than that, to be honest. Cloud and Zack got along, and he also saw Genesis and Angeal from time to time, but for a long time he never met Sephiroth. The problem is that, like all of those terrible big lizards, Cloud keeps a hoard and growing his hoard often means stealing from humans. He was also eating people's sheep a lot. A wyrm pack can protect itself without problem if humans decide to fight back, but Cloud was on his own, and humans came for him while he was in the middle of winter hibernation. He was forced to escape, but with how cold it was he was too sluggish to hunt, and there was nowhere for him to retreat.

Sephiroth ended up finding Cloud while he was wandering around, and decided he liked him enough to keep him. He made Cloud transform into a human form to carry him around (wyrms have a certain amount of magic, but one of the limitations is that they can't use it to warm themselves) and dragged him to his cave. The becoming someone's hoard thing was pretty weird for Cloud, but he got a pack out of it, and also a lot of large warm people to sleep on during winter, so it was a pretty good deal.

Also if you want to know why Cloud was alone in the first place and not in a pack, it's because of his scales. Wyrms are usually green or brown, and that's good for blending in with the forest. Cloud has a rare mutation that makes his scales gold, and that's a problem, because it makes him far easier to spot when he hunts. Wyrms as a whole consider golden wyrms unlucky, so Cloud had to leave his birth pack and wasn't able to find another one.

As a last fun fact - dragons and wyverns look very similar, while wyrms seem kind of their own thing. In reality, wyverns are much more closely related to wyrms, and the only reason they resemble dragons is convergent evolution and the fact that dragons and wyverns developed in different parts of the world to fill the same niche.

[quadrantadvisor]

I have some thoughts for what the actual plot of owl house season 3 is about to be and I figured I ought to write them down in case I have anything right lol

We still technically have two big bads in play, seeing as Belos escaped back to The Boiling Isles and The Collector is over there doing something. I have no idea what their Owl House game is gonna look like, I'm just expecting it to be highly creative and chaotic. I don't think anyone is being seriously hurt.

(I have seen a lot of different takes on The Collector. Some people are interpreting him as straight up evil, some people seem to think he's essentially harmless. I would say neither are true. They have limitless power and a fundamental lack of empathy. Their highest priority is having fun, and they've never learned to value oth]er people's lives. They've also been hanging out with That Motherfucker Philip Wittebane for 350 years, which can't have been good for them. Basically, they aren't evil, they're just a child, but even that makes them incredibly dangerous.)

The Collector is beyond our reach to actually challenge in any meaningful way. He can move the moon with the twitch of a finger. How I see it, we have three options: making a deal with him, tricking him, or convincing him to change his ways. Any one of these has the potential to be really really interesting, but I do hope that we don't have to resort to trickery because that brings up more parallels between our protagonists and Belos and that would hurt me personally.

I think that we'll deal with that first, which brings Belos back to being our big bad. Just because Belos actually is evil and that makes the confrontation with him more narratively climactic. I could definitely see people saying and/or hoping that I'm wrong about this, since it could feel like retreading old ground, but I think the crew can make it work.

In any case, I think we're going to be getting a story of everybody teaming up against one big bad, but it's not gonna be like, power of friendship or w/e, more like, "Wow, this is messed up, it would be literally ridiculous to NOT be on your side." I'm basing this on just a few scenes that I think are potential set up.

I'm really expecting the Titan Trappers to come into play, mostly because it would be really fucking cool, but also that they have a pre-established connection to The Collector. Yeah, their teleportation thing got broke, but they just have to sail from the opposite side of the planet, it's not so bad. Personally, I'm expecting a bait and switch. We're meant to assume that they've come to either hunt down King or to serve the Collector, but they actually end up helping.

For one thing, it really complicates their lore if The Collector and King are already friends. But mostly, there seemed to be some set up in their episode. Tarak and King appeared to be legitimately bonding, and when Bill tells Tarak that King is a Titan, he gets a look in his eyes that looks damn near vulnerable to me. Still, Tarak rejects King and agrees to help sacrifice him. But after that, it's revealed to the entire group that Bill has been lying to them. Yeah, they still chase after Luz and King, but it seems like seeds of doubt in their belief system have been planted. I won't be surprised at all if we find they've changed their ways and come to help. Or, maybe they get here and see that The Collector isn't what they expected and flip sides then. Either way.

Similarly, I think the rest of the coven heads will be allies. They're bad people, sure, but they were in this for glory and power. None of them will want to be the plaything or a child-god or under the thumb of a genocidal dictator. They all know that Belos tried to kill them. It's the same as Kikimora during King's Tide. They'll also have much more to gain from helping out than by not. I'm mostly basing this on Snapdragon's moment with Raine during the draining spell. That shows us that she, and presumably the rest, are aware of what happened and will be ready to go against their former master.

Moving on to potential ending stuff, I don't thunk the characters will end up having to choose between realms. We will either get an unambiguously happy ending with free travel back and forth, or, in what I consider a far less likely option, we'll have a much darker story where King dies. Not only is King, y'know, full of Titan's blood, but we've also seen him do at least one task that could have been accomplished by blood just by like, being a Titan (freeing The Collector.) I'd say that that's enough set up for King to somehow learn to open portals. So if King is here, there's no reason that portals wouldn't happen. Thus, no isekai dilemma for Luz.

So yeah. Obviously these next two episodes are going to be harrowing and dark. But ultimately toh has been a pretty hopeful show about family and connections. I think a lot of people are going to come together and everything is gonna turn out basically okay.

[mysticinsightstarot]

Ya ya sure ! Just don't drain yourself up ♡

Alright, let’s dive into this quirky, detailed tarot reading with all the bright vibes! 🌟✨ Here's how your first meeting with your future spouse might go down, based on the cards you’ve pulled.

1. The Setting: 3 of Pentacles

💼 Okay, so your first meeting might take place somewhere productive, like a work project, group activity, or collaboration. Maybe you're working on something super creative together, like a big event or a team project! 🎨🛠 You’re both building something, and that’s where the sparks fly. It's a total "Let’s get things done" vibe, but little do you know, you're about to build something way more…like your future love story! 💕

2. Your Emotional State: King of Wands

🔥 Oh, you're feeling yourself at this moment! The King of Wands means you're confident, driven, and in control of the room. 🦁👑 You’re like, “I know exactly what I want, and I'm not afraid to go for it.” This is BIG boss energy. People are looking up to you, and you’re totally radiating leadership and charisma. It’s definitely going to catch your future spouse's eye! 👀✨

3. Their Emotional State: 4 of Pentacles, 5 of Pentacles & The Hanged Man

💸💭 Your future spouse? They're a little more reserved at first. The 4 of Pentacles shows they might be feeling guarded, holding back, or maybe even a little worried about finances or stability at the time. But then there's that 5 of Pentacles—they could be feeling left out, lonely, or like they're going through a rough patch. 😥 But with the Hanged Man, they’re seeing things from a new perspective after meeting you. It’s like, "Whoa, I didn’t expect this," and suddenly, they’re rethinking their approach to life and love. 🌙🌀

4. Their First Impression of You: 9 of Pentacles

💎 They see you as a total QUEEN (or KING!) of independence. The 9 of Pentacles screams self-sufficient, luxurious, and someone who knows their worth. 🌹✨ You're giving off this vibe like, "I’ve got my life together, thank you very much," and they’re totally mesmerized by how composed and successful you seem. You might literally be glowing to them. 😍💖

5. Your First Impression of Them: Wheel of Fortune & Justice

🎡⚖️ Whoa! When you first meet them, you’re hit with some MAJOR vibes. Wheel of Fortune tells me that you’ll feel like it’s fate—like you were meant to meet them. The moment feels bigger than just a random encounter. And with Justice, you're sensing they’re balanced, fair, and someone who has a strong sense of right and wrong. You’ll feel like the universe is putting everything in order. 🌀💫

6. External Influences: Queen of Swords, King of Swords & 10 of Cups

💡🗡 This might be a social setting where some serious people are around, maybe mentors, bosses, or strong personalities who speak their mind. The Queen and King of Swords show that this might be a no-nonsense environment, but here’s the twist—there’s an undercurrent of warmth and love. With the 10 of Cups, it’s like a hidden promise of emotional fulfillment, despite all the sharp intellect flying around. Family or community vibes could also influence your first encounter! 💬💖

7. Immediate Outcome: 9 of Cups, The Fool, The Magician

🎉💫 After this meeting, it’s like you both feel on top of the world! 9 of Cups is all about emotional satisfaction, so you're both leaving that first meeting feeling like, “Wow, that was everything I didn’t know I needed.” 🥂🍀 And with The Fool and The Magician, it’s like the start of a whole new chapter—both of you will feel like something fresh and magical has just begun. There’s SO much potential here! 🧙‍♂️✨

8. Advice for You: The Moon

🌙 Trust your intuition! Things might not be super clear at first, and you may feel like there’s more going on beneath the surface. The Moon is asking you to be patient and allow things to unfold naturally. Don’t push too hard for clarity right away—trust that the answers will come in time. There may be some mystery, but embrace it. 🌑🔮

9. Spiritual Significance: Judgment, The Star, The Sun

🌟🔥 This meeting is CRAZY powerful in your spiritual journey. Judgment means it's a wake-up call—this meeting is part of your higher purpose, a key moment in your destiny. The Star shines a light of hope, guiding you toward healing and your dreams. And The Sun? TOTAL happiness and positivity. ☀️💫 This isn’t just any first meeting—it’s one that brings major clarity, healing, and joy into your life. The universe has been planning this! 🌠

10. Future Beyond the First Meeting: 6 of Pentacles

💞 This card shows that your relationship will be based on equal give and take. You and your future spouse will balance each other out, offering support and generosity to one another. It’s a beautiful partnership where you both give as much as you receive. This is a sign that your connection will be grounded in kindness and mutual respect. 🌿💸

Bottom of the Deck Energy: Ace of Swords

🗡 The Ace of Swords says this relationship will bring about a breakthrough! It’s clear communication, truth, and mental clarity. You’ll both feel a sharp awareness of each other’s significance from the very beginning. This meeting is a mental and emotional game-changer. 💡✨

TL;DR: Your first meeting is all about building something meaningful, filled with fate, deep intuition, and a sense of destiny. You’re confident, they’re guarded but intrigued, and together, you’re set for a new adventure. 🧭✨ This is more than just love—it’s a major life shift that brings clarity, joy, and balance. 🌟💖

Whew! That was a journey! Ready for the magic? 😘💫