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[rozetheeuwu]

Yeah

[almostthursdayy]

Do you have any facts about L in Death Day? Or maybe stuff that's backstory-related?

I just wanna know more about your interpretation of him because you never miss + I love his DD design so very much :']

got really excited about this ask and ended up making a whole family tree + collage of memories from L’s childhood. . . whoops! ( i already know tumblr gonna chew and EAT these images so click for better quality lolol )

sphiel ( + alt arts ) about family tree 🌳 below the read more!

🌳 LAWLIET FAMILY TREE

first off, everyone’s wreath is based off their ethnicity. if someone has more than one ethnicity ( literally like 75% on the diagram ) their wreath is like some kind of mutant almagamation hybrid lovechild tree of the different kinds of trees.

>> also if they are dead, so is their wreath! and they’re also desaturated / greyed out. . . if they’re dead and crying, it means they were murdered.

>> and also each limb and each little leaf bush signifies something.

>> also i made a 4 minute long tiktok video speed explaining this you can click to see here lol

i’ll go L outwards for this, i hope you enjoy!!

🍰 LOVE ‘ L ‘ LAWLIET

european ( english oak ) , japanese ( japanese cedar ), ghanian ( cocoa tree ) , thai ( golden shower tree )

KOFI, biological mother: strong connection besides death. smarts came from her, she’s an intellectual lady who everyone always told him he looked just like her when she was alive.

VINCENT, biological father: also strong connection besides death. got his conviction and radicalism from him ( also he’s completely based on canon L’s looks ). L always thought he looked more like him than his mom.

WATARI, adoptive father: very strong connection, relies on this man for literally everything. very unorthodox father-son relationship, but L would call watari his father.

M, wife: oouughhhh he’s in love with her strange ways and peculiar looks. L’s type is interesting people, unpredictable folks who can pull the rug out from under him. . . M’s just that.

NEAR, biological daughter: his little princess, isn’t she beautiful? if near has a bad day, L’s having a bad day. currently he’s having the biggest ego trip right now because near wants to be just like him. and his selfish immature side kind of loves that he created his number 1 fan.

MELLO, adoptive son: that’s his boy, his interesting little guy that he totally doesn’t study the reaction of in every interaction they have. ( frankly most interactions L has he subconsciously treats as tests on the other ) but this kid interests him, so he’s very welcome to stick around and be his son, his little prince.

ROGER, father-in-law-figure: ‘ everytime we interact, i deduce you are a little less qualified for the job watari has given you. ‘

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ watari & L’s connection line is bountiful on his side to show the benefits of he and watari’s relationship. there is a small branch at the base of the limb to resemble somebody else L had a somewhat similar relationship with once upon a time. but shes not pictured.

➡️➡️ his wreath is covered in flowers, cocoa pods, and leaves to symbolize that he should have a very long life ahead of him.

➡️➡️ the small branch shooting off L & M’s love line is to represent his effort to connect to mello.

💫 KOFI PÍÈSÍE ‘ PAPRIKA ‘ PEPRAH-LAWLIET

ghanian ( cocoa tree ) , thai ( golden shower tree )

VINCENT, husband: she loved this man to bits! oh just the absolute most! it was a storybook romance truly, too good for this earth- - no one got her quite like her do <3

L, biological son: her pretty little boy, she was gonna make sure he was safe and protected in this big scary world no matter what! couldn’t wait to see what her little smartie grew up to be.

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ no leaves and her cocoa pods are rotty because she is very very dead. . . all of her branches represent family members she had, her connection to them is severed in some form or way.

🎨 VINCENT ‘ DO ‘ LAWLIET

european ( english oak ) , japanese ( japanese cedar )

KOFI, wife: his first muse, his eternal flame, good christ he loved her to to the point of dedicating everything to her. all his paintings revolved around her in some form of way. often by including the stars she was so fond of.

L, biological son: if vincent was the moon, kofi was the sun, L was all the little tinsy stars. his one in a billion little guy. like kofi, vincent was also steadfast in L being able to protect himself from the big scary world. he was so proud of the little man he was becoming.

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ no leaves because he is very very dead. . . and not really any branches due to a complete lack of family besides wife & son.

➡️➡️ one spikey for each person he’s gravely pissed off. . . three spikes lead to kofi for those hateful individuals who also despise her just by marrying him. and two spikes lead to L for two absolutely hateful sons of bitches who loathe L aswell.

🗝️ QUILLISH ‘ WATARI ‘ WAMMY

european ( english oak )

L, adoptive son: ah yes, his little prodigy that really should get out of the house more. . . fortunately, there’s a solution to that. . . just making him go! which L doesn’t seem to whine and complain about like he did once he upon a time, years ago. seems his boy has finally grown into a man that understands, whether he likes it or not, engaging in more civilian experiences is a necessity for he and his family’s health.

➡️➡️ watari doesn’t see the care he still puts into L now as continuing his fatherly care. it’s strictly as his butler / righthand. . . watari does not take payment for this work though as he ‘ has all he could ever want already ‘.

ROGER, life-long friend / father-in-law-figure: watari believes wholeheartedly roger can run the orphanage they built from the ground together. it’s too much faith and belief, really. so much that it blinds him to seeing how much roger is NOT qualified for this.

M, daughter-in-law: changed so much since the day she walked into wammy’s. . . he’s watched her grow from a much farther distance than L. he’s happy with the progress she’s made in her health from the sickly little girl who needed the orphanages help. happy to be her butler and listening ear when need be.

NEAR & MELLO, adoptive grandchildren: oh these children are much easier to please than L was at his age. . . but maybe that’s just the years of experience of handling L speaking. want a toy? got it. new puzzle? right on the way. need to be driven to soccer practice? hop in the car.

��️➡️ since near isn’t the ultimate sweet tooth like L, and mello only really likes chocolate worth sweets, watari very much so enjoys making them treats that leave the comfort zone of L’s sugar craving.

KOFI & VINCENT, adoptive son’s biological parents: he bets they were wonderful people.

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ no leaves on his wreath to signify he is old as a fart. but his longest branches have leaves to indicate that those connections are strong and he does enjoy them!

➡️➡️ each branch signifies a person not shown in watari’s life. specifically the one connected to his wreath is for family no longer here. the ones all along his line ‘ connected ‘ to roger is representative of other colleagues and friends. and the branches on his connection line to L resemble other children watari had a bond with as a caregiver. though none of them were strong, or made it as far, as his relationship with his son, L.

🥀 MASATOSHI ‘ M ‘ MIYAKE

european ( english oak ) , japanese ( japanese cedar )

AKUMI, biological mother: M only knows her through journal entries akumi started to write at the beginning of her pregnancy, like a baby scrapbook! M treats that thing like her bible. . . akumi was very excited to be a mother. . . such a shame she died right at the start of what should’ve been their jounrey together, huh?

KINSHU, biological father: M also never got to meet him. he died before she was born trying to protect akumi & her. his death is what caused the stress that killed akumi. so it’s all just truly unfortunate.

ROGER, father-figure: spent the most time with her during her years at wammy’s out of any other caregiver. since she was ‘ the easiest kids to deal with ‘ ( something she wore with honor back then, now doesn’t like to be reminded about ). M had once hoped one day roger would adopt her like watari did with L, now she’s glad he didn’t. as he continues to fumble his interactions with her ‘ not so easy to handle ‘ children. . .

L, husband: the weird little freak that lives in the walls of her manor. he intrigues her with his obtuse behavior and strange existence. . . but no seriously she’s head over heels for this scratchy beast. loves how much he spoils her rotten

NEAR, biological daughter: her precious girl, named near because she’s so near and dear to her heart, her little smartie pants whose just so goddamn smart. works herself happily to the bone to ensure near’s receiving the best care all around.

MELLO, adoptive son: her precious boy, her marshmallow, her little angel who always has a reasoning for his every obtuse action in her eyes. same with mello, M’s working round the clock to give him the best life a kid like him can have.

GEVANNI, little-brother-figure: sees him once a year at christmas but it’s like no time has passed every single year. first kid she connected with after becoming a caregiver at wammy’s at 18. but really was more like his stern older sister than somebody responsible for his wellbeing ( he was already a late teen when they met. . . wammy’s really wasn’t given the time to undo all the shit he went through beforehand )

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ the way i depicted the japanese cedar doesn’t really have branches or ‘ leaves ‘ like the others- - but each little flowery looking thing represents somebody from her past or another relationship she has that isn’t depicted. . .

➡️➡️ her and roger’s connection isn’t nearly as strong as L’s and watari’s, and the three flowers on her end / three leaves on his represents a ‘ three chances ‘ mentality with his behavior.

➡️➡️ her and gevanni’s connection line is weak and nontouching due to the sheer distance between them. as gevanni kicked bricks and moved to the U.S.A. basically the second after he turned 18. still, it’s there, they still care about eachother.

⌛️ AKUMI HATO

japanese ( japanese cedar )

KINSHU, lover: she had a thing for ghostly men who say cryptic shit. and that’s exactly the type of man kinshu was. her love for him ran hot. really, the world wasn’t ready for this kind of lover. and really, her entire world shattered into a million little pieces when he died. . .

M, biological daughter: oh her precious girl, she knows M was going to go on to do great things. and do very very well for herself. after all, she is her daughter, it’s practically fated she’ll take the world by storm.

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ every dead flower was a family member akumi had that didn’t take M in after she died. fortunately, as akumi doesn’t like her other family anyhow!

🕊️ KINSHU MIYAKE

japanese ( japanese cedar )

AKUMI, lover: he would do anything for her, he’s kiss the dirty ground she walks on. he’d rob every bank, he’d capture two of every animal, a true yearner.

M, biological daughter: the little ruler of his life in the making. he couldn’t wait to meet her, no doubt he was never more excited for something in his life. . . shame he never got to meet her, but he wouldn’t take back what he sacrificed to keep her safe.

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ like akumi, each dead flower is a relative that didn’t take M in. which he would also be glad about, as he hated his family also. . . too loud- - too stupid- - too barbaric.

🫚 ROGER RUVIE

european ( english oak )

WATARI, life-long friend / father-in-law-figure: what would life be without his best bud in it? literally have been friends since roger can remember. and has basically just followed watari’s close footsteps wherever he went. ‘ you want to open an orphanage in the rubble of ww2? okay! ‘ , ‘ you want me to work there and generally help / care for the children? okay! ‘ , ‘ you want to change the mission of the orphanage to give care to the most misfortunate kids in the world? okay! ‘ , ‘ you want to retire and leave this place full of deeply troubled children in my care because you trust me and believe i enjoy this line of work? okay! ‘. roger knows damn well he doesn’t like kids. . . but watari doesn’t gotta know that.

M, daughter-figure: she was so easy to handle when she was younger. why is she so difficult now??? why are her children. . . the way that they are. . .? roger can’t believe the girl he once knew happily spends her days wrangling these two little goblins. . . and why are they not biting her but keep trying to bite me??

L, son-in-law-figure: ‘ oh L, watari’s pride and joy. you’re probably why your children are so weird. ‘

NEAR & MELLO, grandchildren-figure: ‘ why won’t you hug me but will hug watari? ‘

GEVANNI, family-friend-figure: ‘ hey you! i remember you! you were a real piece of work back then! haha! ‘

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ roger still has a lot of leaves on his wreath to signify he has a lot more life to live.

➡️➡️ same rules as watari’s, the little branches of his connecting line resemble children roger has had a similar relationship than what he has with M. but none of them have gone on as well / long as with M. >> the branches off his connection line to watari represents friends in similar vein. and both connectinng lines have leaves to symbolize the strength in them.

🌥️ ‘ NEAR ‘ RIVER MIYAKE-LAWLIET

european ( english oak ) , japanese ( japanese cedar ), ghanian ( cocoa tree ) , thai ( golden shower tree )

M, biological mother: oh, so this is where she got her brashness and attitude. near is glad this trait passed down, a lot less people try to tread on her when she’s got generational venom.

➡️➡️ near, whether she aware of it or not, puts a solid effort into what M says and asks of her. when often the words of others are sent into the shredder of near’s mind. this is because she loves this woman, that’s her momma, one of her only friends.

L, biological father: oh this is her idol right now! her own father has checked off every box on deserving near’s respect and admiration with flying colors! she wants to be just like him! she wants to do what he does and how he does it! she wants to be the next L!

MELLO, adoptive brother: she thinks he’s interesting, and looks up to him in her own unique way. he doesn’t know that though, and she ain’t gonna tell him.

➡️➡️ near enjoys shadowing mello’s activities, not very much so participating, but spectating. the cause and effect of what he does fascinates her.

WATARI, adoptive grandfather: ‘ yay the toy guy, thank you for the toy. yeah your gifts put me at ease enough that we can hug for a solid three seconds. ‘

ROGER, grandfather-figure: ‘ don’t touch me, don’t talk to me, you say nothing of value. don’t whine about it either, it’s your fault you are the way you are. ‘

GEVANNI, family-friend-figure: she thinks he’s very much so cool as fuck. he’s literally the alternative older cousin with the kickass car and laid back attitude. who, just like her, has interests outside of what would be deemed normal for who he is. . . basically, he’s everything she wishes she could be. but won’t be, because her brain just isn’t built to compute like his.

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ not much to go off of because she’s just a teensy thing. . . but under the flags is the very first flower, pointed at gevanni. meant to symbolize the importance of their relationship to her that will last years to come.

🍫 MIHAEL ‘ MELLO ‘ LAWLIET

croatian ( slovanian oak ) , european ( english oak )

M, adoptive mother: his confidant, his protector. didn’t give up on him when everyone else did. he’s too little and damaged to really express that he’s grateful for her, but one day he will. for now, his continuous reliance on her will just have to be proof enough that he trusts her.

L, adoptive father: oh this guy is cool. . . THIS GUY IS FAMOUS!! mello wants to be the next L right now, but as a better and brighter successor, he wants to be the BEST! and he’ll do whatever it takes to win L’s affection and ensure this future is his!

NEAR, adoptive sister: ‘ augh! don’t you see i’m trying to become my own person? damnit! stop following me around!!! “ “ . . . oh no wait, don’t go, watch this totally epic prank i’m about to pull you’ve love it! “

LILLIE, biological aunt: heaven has to be real because his aunt really deserves it. he misses her the absolute most. . .

WATARI, adoptive grandfather: ‘ yay the guy that gives me chocolate even after i’ve been cut off for the day. sure i’ll let you hug me because of these positive experiences we’ve had. don’t expect a hug back though, i’m not a pansy. ‘

ROGER, grandfather-figure: ‘ M & L said i can bite you if you try to force me into a hug again. but i’m just gonna do it right now anyways because i don’t like the look on your face. ‘

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ his wreath is growing little acorns to signify his growth since entering the family. that’s why there are so many around the knot that connects him to near, M & L.

➡️➡️ the connecting line to him and his aunt is force cut, but still there, and still strong. he already has two branches trying to grow towards her.

➡️➡️ the little branches jabbing into near’s wreath symbolizes how they don’t always get along that well. and they’re growing from mello’s side despite their spats being a two person effort because near’s very good at manipulating situations into looking like she’s just an unfortunate passerby. especially with mello who is still dealing with lots and lots of big emotions. . .

➡️➡️ two of the little acorns growing represents matt but i ain’t gonna tell you which:3c

📿 LILLIE KEEHL

croatian ( slovanian oak )

MELLO, biological nephew: oh her little buddy, it should’ve just been him and her from the very start. lillie’s every rotty little fiber is tensed not knowing if he’s safe from her horrid sister and wretched brother-in-law. . .

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ what you should expect at this point. no leaves because she’s dead, branches symbolize family not shown. her branches reach in mello’s direction always.

💰STEPHEN ‘ GEVANNI ‘ LOUD

european ( english oak ) , japanese ( japanese cedar )

M, big-sister-figure: gevanni once rejected M’s proposal of joining the family. as he didn’t want family holding him back. still, despite his efforts to stay hidden in the darkest little crevices of the world, M manages to get him an invitation for christmas dinner every year. and he RSVP’s every single time.

L, brother-in-law-figure: ‘ god you’re strange. . . i can see why M likes you. ‘

NEAR & MELLO, niece-&-nephew-figure: ‘ hey kids, wanna hear about the time i broke into this super big important museum and stole a statue bust worth millions??? oh, just near? fine by me-! ‘

ROGER, grandfather-figure: ‘ every family’s gotta have a guy like you around, roger, it just ain’t the full experience without the weird grandpa. ‘

WATARI, grandfather-figure: ‘ you may be responsible for leaving roger in charge of wammy’s, and that might have been a crazy decision, but god do you make a good strawberry shortcake. ‘

BRANCHES & LEAVES SIGNIFICANCE:

➡️➡️ each little leafy tendril is a connection gevanni has. BUT NOT FAMILY! he doesn’t have any of that. . . he’s a lone wolf. . . an alpha male, if you will.

➡️➡️ still, the connection to M is there, and he is developing a strong connection with near, slowly.

🌳 yay, thank god, i’m done. this is so long, but i love it. and just like most asks i take every single chsnce to yap too much. . . but now you know about L’s entire family dynamics!! so yayy!!!!!

THESE are just little memories. . . L coming to wammy’s house, he and M’s first kiss, & that time he caught M crying and tried to comfort her despite being right shit at it. it’s the thought that counts, y’know <3

[markantonys]

HELLO, I am here to ask how in THE WORLD do you get a trailer to look so good in gifs? every time I go to do something from a yt video....it always turns up, for lack of a better word, shitty. WHAT ARE YOUR SECRETS besides sheer talent?

aww thank you! but i agree, giffing from youtube videos is THE WORST i try to avoid it, but when WOT trailer season comes around, we have no other choice! in my explanation, i'll only talk about the tools i use, and if you don't have those tools and instead use other tools then i unfortunately won't be able to offer any insight because this is the way i've been making gifs since 2012 haha i am very set in my ways at this point!

my guess is that it might be more to do with the manner of capturing the video than any photoshop settings, because i've found that the quality of the source material is the biggest factor in the quality of a gif. when giffing from youtube (and from all other places), my method is to simply screenrecord the video as it plays in its original player, rather than download a copy of it. this may not be the H-est Q way to do it, but it's good enough for my taste!

i use the free xbox windows app, which has a screenrecording function in it:

then on youtube, i make sure the video is on the highest possible quality setting (so actually clicking on that setting rather than leaving it on the auto-quality default). i right click to loop the video, fullscreen it, start recording my screen, and start playing the video towards the end so that the youtube player will fade away after a few seconds and the video will loop back to the beginning and i can then have a clear screen throughout the whole thing (rather than starting my recording right at the beginning of the video and having the youtube player visible for the first few seconds).

i also suspect that youtube videos miiiiight take a bit of time after uploading to fully process the HD version - for example, i recorded the WOT trailer immediately after it was uploaded, but when i was giffing the next day, i went "wow this shot of nynaeve looks so bad" and went to try to re-record that shot, and sure enough it was noticeably better quality that time. (and i probably should have done the same for the entire trailer, but by that point i'd made a bunch of the other gifs and they were Fine Enough so i couldn't be bothered to redo all of them.) so it might be worth waiting some time after the upload to get your recording, or perhaps letting the whole video play through once to fully buffer as the HD version and then recording the second play? i'm totally just guessing here, who Really knows what caused a quality difference in my two recordings! but if you're screenrecording and notice a low quality shot, it never hurts to at least try to re-record it again and see if it's better that time; internet video players can be finicky in how good the quality is at a given moment.

next i go into photoshop. i've always used the "import video frames to layers" method for giffing, wherein you select that option in photoshop, pull up the video you're using, and highlight the portion of the video you want to turn into a gif, and then photoshop converts it into individual frames for you (i get the sense that the screencapping method is more popular, but it seems so confusing to me, so i've never tried it!)

finally, these are my sharpening settings (using photoshop's "smart sharpen" filter). the one on the left is my usual setting for gifs, which is a more dramatic sharpening, and the one on the right is my milder sharpening settings, which i tend to use for screencaps/still images - i also used these milder settings on my youtube trailer gifset because i found that with the lesser video quality (compared to a gif from an actual episode recorded out of the prime video player), the more dramatic sharpening settings made it look kinda grainy and harsh, so the subtler sharpening ended up being better for those particular gifs.

so, that's the basics of my process! like i said, i think the quality of the giffing source is by far the most important factor, and i've found that for youtube videos, screenrecording the HD version straight out of the youtube player works pretty well in maintaining as much of the original quality as possible. you can see here my 2 different recordings of the nynaeve shot. they have the exact same sharpening settings and coloring, but #1 is noticeably blurrier/more pixelated and it's solely because youtube was apparently in a better mood the second time and gave me a better-quality version of that shot for my recording.

[semi-imaginary-place]

"what modern persona game should I play?"

Play both p3 and p5r eventually. P3 had better thematic execution and story, P5R is out right now, both are good games. I've been seeing P5R for half price over the last few months. I suppose it depends on how much you care about hype and trends, I don't and I've played P3 so I don't mind waiting a couple years until Reload is on sale. Between P3 FES and P5 Royal P3 is the better game, P5 has a bad habit of thematically shooting itself in the face constantly it doesn't know what it wants to say, P3 is much more coherent and has one of my favorite stories. Both have good casts, who you will like depends on you. P3 in tone is more somber and mature and that shows in the characters like even the jokey characters have something going on. P5 is more lively comparatively (though really I'd say P4 is the liveliest and youngest feeling). I like the character arcs of the P3 cast more as they are more integrated into the main plot. For p5 overall the writing quality is high and I found the story to be compelling so it has that going for it, but 3rd semester fleshes out Maruki, Akechi, and Yoshizawa so if you hate those 3 you might be annoyed at seeing them on screen.

On a note for P3, don't play Portable. If you are only going to play 1 version of P3, Portable is the worst one to choose. It has valuable content if you are already a p3 fan, but it cuts out the animated cutscenes which are the best directed cutscenes I have ever seen as well as removing the overworld which really takes away form the immersion and intractability of the world (it's replaced with a point and click image), it also makes some other changes that weaken the story and themes of p3. The animation direction of the og and FES cutscenes is a godly high tier art form and worth seeing. As of right now FES is the best version if you are only going to play P3 once. We will see about Reload but so far it looks to be promising for being the best version, for you I'd probably wait for Reload to play P3. (P3P makes sense for a switch port since it was designed for mobile platforms and the PSP but for a pc port i would have chosen FES. While i like the option for friendships on the female route, P3P also makes several changes that weaken the themes of P3.)

Go played reload first if p5 is your only experience. Then go watched the og cutscenes and opening. Then if you are obsessed with the game go play fes/og for a grittier darker unique atmosphere. Then if there it truly no hope for you and are are 5 miles deep in the p5 hole go play p3p. Then if you are still starved for content go play dancing moonlight and pq. You can stop at any point and still be a fan.

P4 is also a good game. I don't think Golden is that much better than vanilla since there's parts added I didn't like but it's not worse. P4 is my least favorite of the recent 3 main games. It hasn't aged well but if you look at it as a period piece for the culture of the mid-late 2000s it can be pretty interesting. P4 like P5 also has a habit of tripping over it's own themes and face planting into the ground.

The side games in general tend to be a step down from the main games (Arena, Strikers, Answer, Dancing etc. not sure about PQ just starting them). The Arena games and Persona Q both have spoilers for P3 so I'd advise playing P3 and P4 first. The stories to the Arena games were ok I guess but I didn't find them particularly compelling. The main concepts are fine but it takes a while to get to the juicy part. Arena is a split storyline visual novel sot hat's part of it. Really the draw to Arena is seeing the P3/4 characters which is a shame because they did some bizarre characterization choices, in general flattening/simplifying down their personalities, or like drastically changing characters personalities. Its enough that a good chunk of us ignore it as canon. The Arena games aren't that great storywise and some of the character writing is weirdly different than in the main games, like it is flat out bad. Strikers is good for a spinoff and is a good extension of p5 but it's not as good as and doesn't have nearly as much content as the main games.

[sawsllc]

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2. Focus on Local SEO

Your dental practice must show up when locals search. They may use terms like “dentist near me.” Or, they could search "dental cleaning in [your city]." Local SEO can help you rank higher. To improve your local visibility, follow these steps.

First, claim and improve your Google Business Profile. Next, keep your NAP consistent on all sites. NAP means Name, Address, and Phone Number. Also, get good reviews from your patients. Last, add location keywords to your website.

Local SEO is key for dental web marketing. It helps people nearby find your services. These people are already looking for a dentist.

3. Produce Useful Content

Good content builds trust and shows you're an expert. Post blogs and videos regularly. Answer patient questions with FAQs and how-to guides. This boosts SEO and keeps people interested.

Here are some content ideas:

"What Happens During a Root Canal?"

"Five Signs You Need a Dentist Visit"

"Invisalign Versus Braces: The Good and Bad"

A solid content plan helps all your online marketing. It also turns website visitors into regular patients.

4. Use Social Media

Use Social Media to connect and teach your audience, as Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok help show your brand’s human side. Engage with your community by sharing content. Post behind-the-scenes photos and videos. Share patient stories with their permission. Promote new services or special offers. Create campaigns to educate your audience. Being present on social media matters. More importantly, be friendly, professional, and post often.

5. Consider Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Ads for Faster Results. 

Google Ads or Facebook Ads can bring traffic to your website. Focus your ads on high-value services. Think about implants or cosmetic dentistry. PPC ads can also fill slow times in your schedule. A good PPC plan is key for dental web marketing. Use it to grow fast and beat local rivals.

6. Manage and Encourage Online Reviews

Patients now use online reviews to choose doctors. Positive reviews create trust and help local SEO. Get happy patients to post reviews on Google, Yelp, Healthgrades, and Facebook. Reply to all reviews, both good and bad. This shows you value patients and want to improve.

7. Track Performance and Adjust Accordingly

A major benefit of dental web marketing is its measurability. You can see what works and what doesn't. Use tools such as Google Analytics and Google Search Console. Call tracking software can also be helpful. Track key data to improve your results.

Website traffic and bounce rates

Conversion rates

Keyword rankings

Cost per lead (if using PPC)

By regularly reviewing this data, you can make informed decisions that drive better results over time.

Conclusion

In conclusion, modern dental offices need to use the internet to win. A solid online plan helps you find new patients. It also strengthens bonds with your current ones. A great website boosts your local search ranking. Content and ads all improve your online image. Putting money into dental web marketing helps you grow. This builds a strong practice for the long run.

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Other advice posts that may be of interest:

How To Study When You Really Don’t Want To

Active Revision Techniques

How To Do Uni Readings

How to Revise BIG Subjects

Non-Stop Studying

The Problem

You find a comfortable spot to study and refuse to move ever again. You don’t even think about taking a break—that would be a waste of time and your due date is super close so you can't afford to do that

The Solution

Whether you’re doing this because you think it’s efficient or because you left everything until the last minute, you’re not going to learn much. Our brains need rest time to process information. Planning ahead is the key here. Instead of focusing only on your deadlines, work backwards and figure out when you need to start working on a project. Take into account how long each part of the work will take you. You’ll feel less overwhelmed and more able to actually learn the material, as opposed to just cramming. If you’re really in a pinch (hey, it happens to everyone), try out the pomodoro method: 25 minutes on, 5 minutes off, with a longer break every 4 circuits. It holds off exhaustion and keeps you feeling refreshed over long periods of heavy work!

Over Highlighting

The Problem

You try to study by reading the textbook, but somehow end up highlighting everything and remembering nothing.

The Solution

Turns out, passively re-reading a textbook is pretty useless. Just because you’re holding a highlighter doesn’t mean you’re actually engaging with the material. Learn how to read actively by taking notes as you read, which will force you to decide what parts of the reading are worth remembering. Come up with practice questions or make flashcards. The more of the 5 senses you use in your studying, the more likely you are to remember the information. If your exam includes an essay portion, think about what kinds of themes your professor might ask about and make some possible outlines. Even if your practice questions don’t actually show up on the exam, you’ll be in the right headspace!

Multitasking 

The Problem

You are studying at the same time that you are watching the newest show on Netflix, texting a friend about what happened last Tuesday and cooking a three-course meal.

The Solution

People are actually really bad at multitasking. While we think we’re focusing on 2 things at once, we’re actually switching between 2 tasks very rapidly, meaning that our brains never have time to fully adjust to working on either one. Unfortunately, the only way around this one is to plan ahead (weird how that keeps cropping up). Make a study schedule ahead of time and figure out which days you’ll devote to which subjects. You’ll be able to process the material more efficiently than you would if your attention was split between tasks, and ultimately you’ll have more confidence in what you’ve learned.

Solo Studying 

The Problem

You only ever study in solitude and refuse to ask anyone else for help.

The Solution

Studying on your own is fine (sometimes even preferable), but having people you can bounce ideas off of can be insanely helpful (even over Zoom!). Convince a friend or family member to let you “teach” them the material—the gaps in your understanding will become more obvious when you try to explain a topic to an uninformed party. If you have no one available, you could even teach to a pet or toy. Most importantly, take advantage of your professors or teachers and contact them if you’re confused about something. You won’t regret it.

Studying Chronologically

The Problem

You sit down to revise for an exam and you look through all of the notes from your class in chronological order.

The Solution

In addition to being a very passive study strategy, it also puts you at risk of running out of time to review the material you learnt most recently, which is often emphasised more heavily on the final exam and can also be some of the most difficult concepts to master – especially for classes like math and languages that increase in difficulty throughout the semester. You will also probably be reviewing information you already know. Instead of studying in chronological order, try studying in priority order, spending the majority of your time on the information that will be most important for you to know for the test.

Memorising, Rather Than Understanding 

The Problem

You know that you need to know facts in an exam so you study by trying to memorise all of the facts from a class, rather than truly understanding the underlying concepts. 

The Solution

Memorising can work well in some classes, especially in earlier stages of school, but it often backfires in more advanced classes. If you’ve memorised a definition but don’t really understand what it means, then as soon as the information is presented in a slightly different format, or you’re asked to apply it to a new type of problem, you will have no idea how to proceed. Rather than memorising the information from your classes, use study strategies that encourage you to understand it. Explaining ideas out loud in your own words, or teaching them to someone else, are great examples of study strategies that promote understanding.

Not Practicing How You’ll Be Tested

The Problem

You have a study method that you use for all of your exams no matter the subject or the format of the exam. 

The Solution

It’s great to have a study method that supports your revision but often they can be limited to specific skills. For example, flashcards might be a great strategy for a test that is mostly multiple-choice and matching questions, but they might be less useful for essays. If you want to be prepared for your exams, you need to make sure that the way you are studying for your test is similar to how you will actually be tested on the material. The best way to do this is by doing practice questions. Numerous studies have shown that students who test themselves on the material they are learning remember the information better than students who do not take practice tests. Practice testing also helps you avoid “illusions of competence”: situations in which you think you know the information better than you do. 

Not Using Active Revision Techniques

The Problem

You study by re-reading over your notes or perhaps rewriting them. 

The Solution

Unfortunately, this approach to studying is not very effective, in large part because it is extremely passive. Students who use this approach will readily admit that they can read over a page of notes and not remember what they have just read! If you don’t remember it right after you’ve read it, how could you possibly hope to answer questions about it on the test? Choosing more active study strategies that require you to engage with the material will enable you to learn the material more effectively and efficiently. This includes: mindmaps, flashcards, past papers, study groups, and many more.

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You’ll need the context of Victor’s Springtime Revival Date for the phone calls as they contain crucial references. So, make sure to read the event story and date first! ♡

⌚ This post contains detailed spoilers for content yet to be released on the global server! ⌚

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[Note]: The first call takes place during the 12 days separation period, and the second call happens after the date~ ♡

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【1st Call】

Victor: It’s hardly been half an hour into the beginning of work time, and a certain someone already has the time to slack off?

MC: Victor, how did you find the time to call?

Victor: It’s break time for me now. In just ten minutes of not looking at my phone, over twenty messages have popped up.

Victor: When I clicked to see, it was either a bunch of emojis or a link to a short clip. You even changed your profile picture and sign on Moments within this time.

Victor: You said you were gonna go to the set to supervise, are these the things you planned on doing?

MC: Of course not. Actually, it’s because I’ve been stuck in traffic for an hour. I haven’t gotten to the set yet.

MC: From what it seems, I’m only five kilometers away. But the cars at the front are not moving at all. It seems there’s been a bump between two vehicles or something.

MC: If it weren’t for the equipment in the trunk, I would have gotten out of the car and walked on foot.

Victor: Dummy. Five kilometers is not a short distance, don’t be silly.

MC: I won’t. I was just saying. I’m fine, I was just a little bored, that’s all.

MC: But hearing your voice now, my fretful mind has already gotten a lot better! Are you still busy, though? I’m not holding you up, am I?

Victor: No. There are still fifteen minutes left before the next session starts, so I can keep you company for a while.

Victor: I’ve watched the video you sent me. When I get back, we can take pictures of Pudding in that similar model.

Victor: About the three pajamas, the duckling set is suitable for wearing at home, and the rabbit ear set is thicker in comparison, so it’s more suitable for going out to pick up the deliveries.

Victor: Also, the travel blog article is too long. So, I’ll read it after the meeting and tell you about it afterward.

MC: Victor, I’m so moved… you actually read every single message I sent carefully.

MC: Although you’ve always been like this, at this moment when I’m stuck in traffic, it has a special meaning for me!

Victor: …dummy. The desire to share comes from an emotional attachment, so of course, I won’t miss it.

MC: Hehe, I know~ To hear you say that like this, it feels like being stuck in traffic for an hour won’t be so bad.

MC: …ah! The car is moving.

Victor: Why do you sound so reluctant?

MC: Of course I do. I was clearly hoping that the car would start moving at once, but now I want to be stuck in traffic for five more minutes.

MC: Like this, I can talk to you a little longer. After all, you have meetings these days…

Victor: There’s no need to be depressed. The break schedule for this conference is reasonable, and there won’t be any lack of phone calls.

Victor: Alright, let’s get to work. The weather has been dry lately, so remember to drink plenty of water.

Victor: I’m hanging up now.

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【2nd Call】

Victor: I got your email. There were about 1 GB of images, and it took me quite a while to go through them.

Victor: So you’ve been giggling all morning today looking at these pictures?

MC: Yup. I happened to stumble upon this website in the morning, where you can composite images using special techniques.

MC: Users can upload images and combine them with the resources from the public library to create special effects.

MC: So, I uploaded our photos to try it out.

Victor: The quality of most of the images is pretty good. Seems like the technology of this site is quite mature.

Victor: However, a certain someone better explain the “Cat Victor” folder to me.

MC: Hahaha, that’s the set I’ve combined with utmost care!

MC: Although Rembrandt-style and Picasso-style Victor each have their own artistic beauty, I still like the little kitty the best!

Victor: In your eyes, do I resemble these pictures?

MC: Yes! Look at the whiskers; it brings the feeling of a little bit of grandeur and reserve, a little bit of aloofness, and a little bit of insouciance…

MC: Don’t they resemble the cat Victor during the Evol abnormality?

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[Tidbits]: MC is referring to their Interflowing Date~ 

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Victor: I think you’ve been looking at electronic screens too much lately, and we need to have you see an ophthalmologist.

MC: Humph. If you don’t like it, I will enjoy these results all by myself from now on and won’t share them with you.

Victor: It’s okay. I don’t dislike it.

Victor: LFG invested in a pilot project a few years ago, and it had a similar image-processing technology.

Victor: The results of that project, however, are mainly used for historical research and medical guidance.

MC: I didn’t know that you’d already set foot even in this domain long ago…

Victor: I’m simply in charge of the investment decisions, not the specific operations.

Victor: Anyway, compared to those pretty pictures, I like this “old age” folder more.

Victor: The photos have a strong sense of realism and farsightedness.

MC: I like them too!

MC: Even though the generated “grandpa” Victor has wrinkles all over his face, he is still as handsome and prideful as ever~

Victor: Likewise. Even though a certain someone in the photos is old, she is still very cute.

MC: When I was looking at these photos, I was reminded of our nostalgic trip a few days ago.

MC: In the future, when we become old and gray, we will composite a few “back to youth” pictures!

Victor: There’s no need for that.

Victor: Every photo taken with you will be stored and backed up securely, so we won’t lose them.

Victor: If you want to “experience youth,” how about setting aside some time this weekend to go out with me and feel the spring?

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[cinnamonest]

Thank you for enabling me to shamelessly make my third soft dom sadist Kazuha post, bless you //obvious sadistic tendencies, mentions of mental health, choking, pet stuff, spanking, anal, forced orgasms/overstim, nipple pain, our boy is a degenerate ---- Going on the modern AU concept of this post (also drawing from this post), picking up where we left off... he has to slowly get acclimated to allow himself to enjoy it. Kazuha had to get over the mental block himself first. At first he felt a lot of disgust with himself... as it turns out, though, the more you jerk off to something, the easier it becomes to accept that you like it! Who would've thought. So by the time he gets you, his guilt is minimal -- it does flare back up a bit the first few times, but he gets over it quickly, orgasms will do that to you. At first, his voice wavers, he hesitates, his hands tremble, he apologizes every few seconds... not that he stops, no. You're still at the stage where you're being very quiet, he gets that... transitioning to a new lifestyle is rough. He'll do his best to help you get adjusted. He has a little list in his head of all the things he wants to try, at least once. Of course, some restraints are the bare minimum of necessary, even if it weren't for kinky purposes, he needs some nice soft leather handcuffs, he's sure you'll like those better than the duct tape you're currently bound with, right? Except the issue is that while he's on the website (a specialty website rather than just amazon or anything like that, gotta be top quality!), he can't help but let his eyes wander... they have so much available stuff, it would be a shame not to get some of it, you know? Which is how he talks himself into buying quite an expensive amount of various things... luckily for you, he's still got you blindfolded, because you might panic worse if you could actually see some of the things he's clicking on. Just browsing and clicking and looking at the example images has him hard as a rock, fills his head with mental imagery. It's a couples activity -- you find out very quickly he's very touchy, now that you're official, he likes to sit in bed next to you, legs and arms touching while he browses. But you will still panic, because he asks you a few questions, since of course he wants you to have a say. Wood, rubber, or leather...? Ah, well, he'll get all three... the feeling of impact is supposed to be different for each one, supposedly, which means you'll have different reactions, and he'd hate to miss out on seeing one. The sound is supposed to be different too, the way a leather strap sounds smacking skin is supposed to have an entirely different sound than a rubber paddle, which sounds different from a wood paddle, and so on. Oh, and a riding crop too... and they have those thin canes specifically for caning... Well, he'll just have to get one of all of them. Unfortunately for you, he also is an out-loud thinker, so he says all of this very clearly while sitting right beside you. But it's okay!! Or so he says when you make a panicked little noise. He says not to worry, he wouldn't go into this blind. He cares about you too much. He's done a lot of research. Which is true. Kazuha ends up really getting into the whole "bdsm culture" online, the little communities that he reads religiously, because the information and advice he reads helps... and it reminds him that this is normal, plenty of people like it, so he has no reason to feel bad. It feels comforting... it removes any doubt from his mind that might have clouded his judgement. Just have to follow the... what's the little ruleset saying those communities have again? Safe, sane, and uh... hm. Can't remember the last one. But the thing about all of his "research" is that he seems to have selective reading. His eyes somehow manage to skip over the word "some" and surrounding words quite a bit. Beatings can be cathartic for some. Pain and pleasure go hand-in-hand for some women, some of them can orgasm from pain. Some girls really like anal. Some people really get off to being choked. After all, "some" usually just means ones who have learned to enjoy such things or have found the correct conditions to make it good. With enough time and practice and patience, he's sure you two can find out how to make it good for you, too. He's like a kid on Christmas when the box finally arrives in the mail, there's a knock on the door and he perks up and goes scampering over to the front entrance, comes back beaming from ear to ear with the package in hand, runs to grab a pair of scissors and starts demolishing the packaging to get to the full collection of purchases.  You, on the other hand, are staring with wide horrified eyes because all you see are what looks like medieval torture instruments. You almost wish he didn't decide to take the blindfold off today.

However, he's not the type to go for super complicated contraptions, or anything requiring a lot of patience or assembly, so no machines or anything like that -- his tastes lean more towards very straight-to-the-point objects and restraints. Cuffs for your wrists and ankles and restraints, some with elastic parts that hold your legs or arms in place, some made to hold your hands behind your back, some that cuff your ankles and wrists together so you're stuck in a specific position, etc. An alarming amount of what you dreadfully realize are merely blunt impact objects like crops and paddles, multiple bottles of lube, plugs of increasingly dreadful sizes, a ball gag, nipple clamps, a vibrator. Just looking at it all makes you feel a knot in your stomach. He can tell from the look on your face that you're not exactly enthusiastic. He knows it probably looks intimidating, but he promises it actually will make you feel really good, if you just relax. Besides, you've had the duct tape for several days now ever since he brought you here, it'll feel good to finally get something a lot softer, yeah? There's another object, too, that arrives a few days later... what looks like a dog collar...? Your face scrunches up in disgust when you make the obvious connection that it's not for a dog (a dog collar wouldn't need to have a lock on it...). Kazuha reassures you not to worry. You're clearly thinking it will be uncomfortable right? No, see, it doesn't have any hard plastic parts like a real dog collar, and it's made of super soft material too, you'll get used to it very quickly. He even got it in a nice pink color, thought it would be nice on you. And rather than a dangling metallic piece, he just got his name engraved directly onto a metal plate fixed to the front instead. This one was special, custom-made! Unfortunately, you still put up a bit of a fight trying to put your collar on. He ends up having to hold you face-down on the bed and loop it under your neck to secure it behind your head. Really, you can relax. It's not worth being so upset over, soon you won't even notice it's there, promise. It looks so pretty on you. You then say something about how you're 'not your fucking property'... ah, so that's how you see it. No wonder you're upset. You associate that word with objectification. Don't worry, you're not property in an object sort of way... just as a pet. Just because they're property doesn't make them any less loved. But it would be difficult to argue you're not owned... after all, see, the collar has his name on it, and he feeds you and takes care of you, and, as you've already discussed, you aren't mentally fit to be self-reliant, you need to have a guardian... which is more or less the same as an owner. The collar will also make it a lot easier with to choke you while he's railing you from behind, too. He has to take separate sessions to compare how it feels, and ultimately, the collar is worth it. Having his hand around your throat is very nice, but the collar gives him a better grip where he can just slip his fingers underneath and use it to pull you back, which lets him buck his hips forward into you that much harder. At first, it's a lot of simpler things like that. Pulling on the collar, a soft bite here or there, a nice smack to your ass while he fucks you. The more time goes on, the more confident and comfortable he becomes, and starts gradually spiraling further and further into depravity, trying more and more of the things he's fantasized so much about in his head. Firstly, the nipple clamps... they were a bit difficult to put on since you didn't want to hold still and kept trying to kick him, but he still made sure they aren't too tight, he's made sure of that. And when he gives them a little tug, you stiffen and wail and you clench on his cock so hard it nearly makes him cum on the spot. He likes to have you on your knees, but with your hands tied behind your back, so that you're leaning forward, but he can hold you up by grabbing the collar on your neck or the spot where your wrists are bound to each other, or just keeping an arm wrapped around your waist, either way keeping you from falling flat while he can fuck into you from behind. Give the chain connecting the clamps a nice little tug every few moments and shudder with each spasm of your walls on his cock and squeal from your throat. Yes, one of his favorite parts of your pain is how you clench. Unfortunately, some things can only be done in positions where he's not inside of you, but those that he can do when he is, are euphoric. He shudders and his hips buck forward, sometimes he has to come to a full stop and shiver for a moment just to not cum too soon. He ends up buying one more thing, a few weeks later... a leash. It attaches to the collar perfectly. He thought back to this porn he saw once where they had the girl on her hands and knees, fucking her from behind and yanking the leash to pull her back with each movement... he can still visualize it perfectly in his head, for some reason that one really stuck with him. It was a fantasy he came to so many times thinking of you. That's why he specifically searched for a durable leash... it proves to be even easier to pull you back with than the collar by itself. And maybe, just maybe, sometimes if you've been really bad, he starts to visualize in his head that maybe he could have you crawl around on your hands and knees while he leads you around... that's not too weird, right? He has to do some internet searching to confirm, but yes, turns out that's definitely a thing people are into. And as long as he can confirm that he's not the only person in the world who likes it, he can tell himself that it's normal and fine. On that note, another thing Kazuha comes to realize -- and you do too -- is that he likes it when you do something bad. Not because he's happy about the thing you did, no, he tends to have conflicting feelings in that regard... He's upset, but realizing you've done something bad -- something punishable -- immediately sends the blood rushing to his cock. He's Pavlov'ed at this point, and it infuriates you both to acknowledge it and that he initially denies it -- the fact that he looks forward to it. He used to feel guilty about it for a while, but then he came to his senses -- it's teaching you how to be better and do the right thing, isn't it? It's instilling good behavior. So it only makes sense that he'd take pleasure in the punishments, because they're helping you improve, and there's no reason to feel bad because it's only natural to take enjoyment in giving your ass welts -- ah, rather, in knowing this is just a step to improvement. He knows it hurts. Really, he knows, and he's sorry, but the opportunity you present him with is too great, and besides, it just helps make sure you don't do it again, yeah? He's not going overboard, either, no, it may seem excessive, but it's just because he wants to be absolutely certain the message sinks in. And yet, he's so sweet. So, so sweet that it drives you mad with fury and makes it so much more humiliating. So sweet that it feels degrading. He makes you choose each time you earn yourself a punishment. If it's mild enough, he can just use his hand (which is also very nice, he likes seeing the shape of his handprints on your skin, and of course the hand is so mild that it's okay if he just does it for pleasure sometimes), but otherwise you have to choose the instrument -- if it's a mild to moderate offense, you can take a belt or the riding crop, or if it's worse, he has multiple paddles by this point, some rubber and some wood, or the nice whipping cane he bought, but either way you're presented with a few options and have the choice between them. You still haven't figured out which ones hurt less, it all feels more or less the same at the time. He makes you choose the number too -- rather, how many you think you deserve. If you gauge a number obviously too low, he just sort of sighs and adds five more to discourage you from doing so. But you only have to count out loud if you're really bad. And still, the sweetness is sickening. He gives you little words of comfort and encouragement the whole time, each soft attempt at comfort only making the humiliation and pain seem that much stronger. It's okay. You're doing so good. It'll be over soon. It only infuriates you more, that he has the gall to say such comforting things while still humiliating you-- Just a few more. I know it hurts, but it's for your own good. You, of course, tend to hurl insults his way... namely, you call him a disgusting freak and tell him you know he gets off to it. It's not as if the accusation is easy to brush off, especially because he often prefers to have you in his lap and bent over a knee (unless it's a cane, in which case you kinda have to be bent over some surface), and you can quite literally feel his throbbing cock digging into your stomach. The pinkish tint to his cheeks and the heavy breathing and the way he shudders when you wail doesn't help his case, either. So, he's not in a position to deny getting off to it... but he just says you're deflecting, and that that doesn't matter. Come on, you're not supposed to be thinking about things like that, you're supposed to use this time to reflect on your own actions... so mind your business. Besides, after a dozen or so, you stop being able to say anything, you just sob and sniffle and cry out with each swat. But more importantly... you don't even need to have done anything bad. Sometimes, he's just helping you to... get all the negative emotions out. He's read a lot about it. Sometimes, all that frustration just builds up. Sometimes, you need it because it helps you get all that out of your system. It's cathartic, non-sexual even (for you, of course, he'll still get hard). Not that it has anything to do with the fact that you've gotten better behaved (the punishments do work, after all) and that there's less instances to punish you for, so he needs an excuse... no, he's just become more informed. And you can tell when you've convinced him you need one of these cathartic sessions, you've usually just finished a raving spiel of anger so strong you're trembling and your voice has gone hoarse from yelling at him, and you just see him calmly tilt his head. I think you're pent up. You must be stressed out. And you know what fixes that? A few dozen hard swats to your ass with a belt... and then a nice embrace, holding you while you cry, and then a nap, maybe. It seems to work -- you're so exhausted by the end of it that you go limp and numb while he's holding you and nearly fall asleep. See, you're so quiet now. You hate to feel like it worked, but you certainly do feel empty, no fight left in you at all. You don't even shove him away when he holds you, which clearly just goes to show that you understand it was good for you. But it's not as if you just take that, no. When you see that look on his face and know what he's thinking, you tend to try and run. He knows it should upset him, maybe it does a bit, but he finds himself enjoying that. He lets you run. His head is too clouded with growing arousal, it gets his blood pumping when you try to bolt into another room and he has to drag you back to the couch. It's some primal predator thing, he guesses. So he stands still for a moment while you bolt and try to go find somewhere to hide... not like you have a lot of options. It's sort of cute, in a way, because it's so short-sided. Even if you could hide, you have to come out eventually, you know. But you being afraid is kind of cute, too. Thinking that you're trying to hide from him makes him hard again, for some reason. Is it bad to be turned on by your fear...? No, he quickly pushes the thought away, it's only natural, because once again, it's all leading to a good outcome in which you improve, and that's what turns him on so much, he supposes. Whichever specific aspects or parts of the improvement process make his cock twitch and send sparks of lust down his spine is an insignificant detail. He's once again so, so sickeningly sweet when he gets to you, finds you curled up somewhere trying to hide, you thrash around the moment he drags you back up to your feet. No cruel or mocking teasing, just a soft come on, don't be like that, you know this has to happen... the sooner you come with me, the sooner it'll be over... Outside of the punishments and necessary cathartic sessions, though, he has a strict policy, one that helps him absolve himself of any and all guilt. He rationalizes it and justifies it to himself so that his whole sense of right and wrong depends on one little thing, and if that condition is met, he can go on without a shred of guilt... that is, that you cum each time. Provided it's not punishment or the like, it's okay if you don't cum then, because that's how punishment works. But other than that, as much as your pain makes him hard, pleasure does too, he loves seeing you cum. Besides, he read online that orgasms create pair bonding and emotional closeness. He tries a few different ways, and a few days into your new life, he decides to do so in a sweet, intimate way (see, he doesn't always need to hurt you), and soft and lazily too, just laying by your side and slowly rubbing circles against your clit... And when you cum, he just presses down harder and rubs more firmly, because he's not sure where the end point of orgasm is for you. And then, you let out a little cry. Your legs spasm and kick and you try your hardest to pull away and you whimper that it's too sensitive. He gets a little confused in the aftermath as you talk to him, and you shake your head and the word overstimulated comes out of your mouth. You don't consider until after you swear you see his pupils dilate that giving him a word to identify the act with might have been a mistake. The poor thing was unaware such a thing existed, he somehow managed to avoid seeing such content back when he was spending his days with his hand, but the google search results are very clear in not only defining it to him, but clearly demonstrate that plenty of people are into it, so he's definitely not weird at all. It's just that you're highly sensitive at that point, it's not doing any real damage. So to test it, the first thing he tries is just that wand vibrator he's been meaning to use (he keeps it locked up, don't want you getting any ideas of using it on your own)... gets behind you and lets you lean back on his chest (with your knees bent and ankles tied to the headboard). It doesn't take long to make you cum from that, and once you do... he just keeps holding it without moving it at all. Of course, you squeal and twitch and try to kick your legs, but he just holds you still, murmurs soft and sweet words in your ear that you're doing really well, just hold still for him, you're so cute and he loves you so much... you settle down after a few minutes have passed, and soon, you're cumming again a second time! And the squeals this time are louder, higher, more intense, you only do what comes natural and beg for it to stop, but at the same time, the begging is just another turn-on. You can feel his cock throbbing against your back. You don't remember how many orgasms you had altogether. He was so sweet about it though... he kissed your neck and kept saying such encouraging things, called you such sweet names. He always does, it makes you feel sick. Princess. Sweetheart. Angel. You'd hit him if you could. So it'll be more difficult, but next he wants to try with his tongue and his fingers, too. He's already learned how to make you cum that way, now he just has to... not stop. So he doesn't... he sucks and laps until you have that telltale quivering, your thighs clamp around his head, your back arches and your whimper -- and as you begin to settle, he just grabs your hips and pulls your back closer to his mouth, and ups the intensity. 

You try to pull away, you kick your legs in the air and you plead and you squeal and you beg and it's so, so, so much more euphoric with your legs wrapped around his head and his face stuffed with your cunt. Every sound you make just makes him press harder. And no matter how hard you thrash, you can't knock him off, he's got your hips in his grasp like his life depends on it. He doesn't even end up able to get his cock inside you that time, he's so turned on he just ruts his hips into the sheets until he cums before he intended to. So now, if he's really busy, yet you still have behavioral issues to be dealt with, he has a little routine that can still take care of your behavioral issues. Clothespins on your nipples, tying your hands to the headboard and your legs behind your head, and taping the vibrator to your clit. The tape makes sure it doesn't fall off, of course. By the time he comes back, with that same soft smile and sweet voice as always, he asks if you're okay... you're a twitching mess, of course, and look at that, you're so wet it's soaked the sheets through. Haha. He thinks that's really cute. He looms over you, reaching to turn off the vibrator and pull it off your now-practically-numb clit, and gives you that soft, gentle, sweet smile that, at this point, makes you want to rip his head off every time you see it. And sometimes, if he's just busy with work, he can sit there with his laptop on his lap in bed, clicking things with one hand... the other holding the vibrator on you, or curling his fingers inside of you while he works, with you spread eagle and bound hand and foot. He likes casual things like that, too, he finds it even helps him concentrate. Oh, and back to the idea of oral... he really likes the sound of you gagging and choking. And if he wants to hear that, what better way to do so than on his cock? Specifically, his favorite is having you on your back on the edge of the bed all blindfolded and head hanging off the edge where he can grab it... that way he can see the bulge in your throat. But, he's such a good owner to you, because he cares so much, he's very observant and makes a point of having awareness, so that if you start to go limp and stop moving, he'll pull out immediately to check on you and let you breathe... and if you want, he'll even just put you back on your hands and knees and finish inside one of your other holes, to give your mouth a break. And speaking of that... he waits a little while first, gets out all the stuff he wants to try with his cock in your tight pussy first, and only then can move on to your ass instead. Not that it isn't evident early on that he'll do so eventually (something you dread as soon as you realize it), and that he has a little bit of a fixation with it. Even when he fucks you normally, often with your face down and ass up in the air, he likes to shove a thumb inside, it's yet another thing that makes you clench so nicely for him. Even from the start he bought a ton of plugs, some of which make your stomach twist just to look at... they're just there to help stretch you out first is all. That way it'll be easier for you to take him. And they create a nice pressure inside you too, having both holes stuffed all at once when he fucks you normally. And look, this one even has a cute tail attached to it. It matches the collar nicely. And yes, he did happen to buy matching ears on a headband... come on, it'll look really cute on you. Don't worry. It'll be fine, or so he says the first time he actually fucks your tight, twitching little hole instead. Sure, you're only used to the feeling of fullness, and not of actual friction of back-and forth movements, but he bought a lot of lube so that makes it okay. Of course, you'll still need to be flat on your stomach... that way there's no where you can run and you won't be able to pull yourself off! See, if you were on your hands and knees, you could arch your back inward or pull yourself forward, and if you were on your back you could thrash and writhe and pull yourself backwards. But this way, the only thing you can do is lay there and take it. Isn't that more convenient? And although it induces some guilt, he has two favorite things about stuffing your ass... one, the way your legs spasm and drum against the mattress with each kick, the way he can feel your body stiffen and your hips lurch forward trying to pull yourself off, but the mattress beneath you means you can't, the way you struggle and struggle and eventually your body gives up and goes limp when it realizes you can't do anything but take it. And two, the (for him) euphoric, orgasmic squeal you make when he shoves himself inside of you. It's always among the loudest, highest noises you make, and he would know, he listens so carefully. But he could never be mean. No, of course he'll tell you how good you are, how tight you feel, how you're taking it so well. Tells you to relax, it won't hurt if you just stop fighting him so much... although part of him doesn't want that. You're so much cuter when you're squealing, when your face is all scrunched up and you have tears leaking and spilling down your face. But see, he'll even reach around, rub at your sensitive little nub and roll your nipples between his thumb and finger to feel better for you. Perhaps that's the way that makes him cum the fastest, the most pleasurable, and yet so hard to achieve, seeing you in pain and pleasure all at once, it's heavenly, two sights that are both euphoric to him at the same time. He likes how it is when he pulls out, too, your poor abused hole spasming and twitching, cum always spills out. Besides, he can alleviate the guilt when he remembers that you'll get used to it -- see, the girls in porn don't have any negative reactions because they've been doing it for so long. You just need to keep doing it more and more often, and you'll start liking the feeling too. Maybe the next time you act up, the punishment can be that he won't fuck your pussy or mouth for a week or so... yeah, that sounds like a good plan. And don't expect slowness. He tries at first, to remember it's different and he can't go as hard... but he forgets. Gets lost in the ecstasy of it. He rails you just as hard as if he were inside your cunt, hard and fast and full force, so much so the flesh of your ass ripples every time his hips smack into it. You beg and whimper, but he's just too lost in bliss to listen. Something he doesn't do too often, though, is gag you. He bought a ball gag, yes, but he tends to leave it off... it's unfortunate because when you can't close your mouth, he can hear your sounds more clearly, but then he'd miss out on... well... after a while, he gets to eyeing that collar more and more, his mind drifts and he blushes a bit -- it's always so strange, which things he's shameless about and which things he gets embarrassed over seem to be out of order from most people. But nonetheless, he's just pounding into you from behind one day, when he pulls the leash back hard, pulling you up off your hands, he wraps his arm around your waist and slams into you so hard you feel like you'll break and he tells you in between heavy pants in a strained voice to call me Master. It's a bitter word on your tongue. You suppose the reason you say it without putting up much of a fight is out of the intensity of the moment, or perhaps fear of consequence. Either way, you don't have to say it too many times before he grabs your hips and snaps his hips forward one more time, a soft noise coming from his throat as he stills and pants and buries his face in the crook of your neck. He always has those little noises -- it seems like such an unexpected contrast to the firm strength and fierce, overwhelming sense of dominance and control. You would expect maybe grunts and growls, but no, he has the softest noises, quiet little whimpers and high-pitched little murmurs. Sometimes you feel like one of these days he'll sprout ears and a tail, considering the puppy resemblance you can't unsee -- with his soft high-pitched sounds and his big bright eyes and his eagerness and soft cuddly nature, and yet here you're the one calling him that word that makes your stomach feel sick. Another reason for not gagging you, is that he can't kiss you like that. And that's the thing about all of it, every single thing, what makes it all better and yet so much worse is the kisses. He likes kissing, it's a big thing for him. It's an urge. When you squeal and clench on his cock, it's a moment of euphoria and ecstasy and all he can do is grab your jaw and plant his lips on yours, passionate and intense. He grabs the back of your head to make sure you can't pull away. When you cry and when you cum and when you scream and whimper and fight him, the only response he has is to latch his face onto yours, get his tongue in your mouth, there's desperation and emotion so strong you can feel it in the movements. Likewise, Kazuha tends to not degrade you. He hurts you, he's so rough with you, he brings you to the brink of the full intensity of physical sensation, abuses every part of your body and leaves you sore and spent, and yet, perhaps what actually makes it so much worse is that he's so sweet. He says he loves you while he chokes you. He tells you you're beautiful while you thrash and cry. He gives you the softest kisses and caresses to the same skin that's burning or throbbing with soreness from beatings and bites mere moments ago. He always holds you afterwards, tells you you did a good job, that you took it so well, that you're so pretty and so soft and warm and that he loves, loves, loves you. And you love him just as much... don't you? You'll be laying in bed facing each other, and you see his eyes slowly open as he asks, even in the dark. You didn't love him before... remember? He did so much for you and yet you still ignored him all the time, you were mean to him, you basically cheated on him because you were more or less already partners when you slept around... remember that? But now that you're here, you've clearly been improving, since he took you out of an environment that was detrimental to your mental health. He's already forgiven you for all the things you did. He says wouldn't have done all of this for you if he didn't love you. He'll get you baths and food and water every time when you're done, he takes care of you and kisses you and cuddles you. He loves to hold you, wrap his arms around you, squeeze you tight, fall asleep with you in his arms. You're so warm. It almost feels wrong, it confuses you, how he can go from this sweet puppy-boy behavior, affectionate and hugging and cuddling at one moment, clingy and desperate for love, so gentle, and the next moment he's pounding you so hard the slaps reverberate off the walls and his hand is around your throat -- and yet, that softness is there all the same. Your mind can't wrap around the notion that these two people, the one that hurts you and the one that's so soft to you, are one and the same. Either way, every night you end up crying against his chest and falling asleep in his arms as he tells you he loves you all the same. He reaches forward to kiss your forehead, and when your neck tilts back, you feel an aching pain shoot down your abused throat. He wraps his hands around you and pulls you close, his hips press against yours, soreness radiating from your bruised insides. His hands reach around, one pulling you closer by the waist, the other resting ever so softly against your ass, nonetheless making you stiffen with the sting from where it's been beaten raw. And he asks again... you love him too, don't you?

[lloveorloved]

hello! an anon asked me to do a tutorial on how i do my gifs, so here is my attempt to do that but i'm so bad at explaining so bear with me

this tutorial is screenshot and link heavy!

vapoursynth

vapoursynth is really useful for resizing, clipping and sharpening gifs. i've learned how to use vapoursynth from this tutorial, if you're intrested in using it (the tutorial also explains how to set it up). with time i've started using different sharpening settings than the ones that are mentioned in the tutorial (these are settings i used to use). also you can download vapoursynth from here

i use photoshop 2020 to make my gifs

handbrake

nowadays i use handbrake for clipping, it’s super easy to use and free. upon opening the program, make sure your summary, dimensions, filters and video settings are set to this:

tbh the audio, subtitles and chapters don’t really matter. change the range from chapters to seconds, and find the time of your scene. type it into the boxes:

name your file at the bottom. make sure it ends with .mp4 then click the green start button. as soon as it’s finished, you can open it up in photoshop and start giffing!

i'll start with the very basics of my gif process, so if you know the basics of gif making, you can skip these few steps.

making the gif

first of all you go to file>import>video frames to layers

once you choose the video, a box will pop out (if you've chosen a video that has been encoded in vapoursynth or clipped in handbrake you can just click 'OK'. (if you're uploading a downloaded youtube video you'll have to trim the video with those two slides to your desired length)

i use the timeline to do my gifs (if you don't have it already opened go to window>timeline)

resizing

since I don't use vapour synth I crop and resize my gifs directly in photoshop. here you'll find a very helpful layout, made by @.dazzlingkai, with tumblr's dimensions for gifs and images. i usually do 540 x 450 for mvs. for cropping simply use the crop tool:

click on it and crop your gif. make sure you’ve set your dimensions at the top (this will help you with resizing):

after you’ve cropped it to your liking, click image at the very top then image size, and type in your dimensions:

hit enter and your gif will be fully cropped and resized!

sharpening

before you should delete any frames that you don't want in your final gif. to do it choose the linear menu above your timeline and then delete frames

after deleting the unnecessary frames choose the same menu again and this time choose select all frames

once the layers are selected, click on the little chevron down to set the delay of the gifs. i choose other on the pop out menu and my delay setting is 0,05s (for vids resized in vapoursynth 0,04s might be better)

afterwards convert it to video timeline

now onto the sharpening itself.

the sharpening will depend on the quality of the file and/or how grainy it is if it happens to be.

select all your layers (hold shift and then scroll to the last layer that is visible, it has the little eye next to it, and the delete the ones you don't need)

then go to filter>convert to smart filters

go to filter again, then select sharpen>smart sharpen

these are my first sharpening settings for 4k vids:

then i add another smart sharpen filter but with this settings to:

then I flatten the frames to clips.

click the linear menu>convert frames>flatten frames into clips

then convert it into timeline again and make frames from layers:

then delete the animation

select all the layers again and set the delay to 0,05s as before

good news! to make the process of sharpening shorter you can use this action created by @.lildohnut

coloring

i adjust the colouring accordingly to the video, but i always include these adjustments:

in most cases:

i set exposure to +0,25

gradient map 1 is a white-black gradient with it's blend mode set to soft light and a 15% of opacity

gradient map 2 is basically a copy of the first one BUT reversed and the opacity set to 30% and fill to 70%

gradient map 3 is a rainbow gradient with blend mode set to saturation, 15% and fill to 50%

in selective color 2 under the blacks tab set the black +10

saving

to save your gif go to file>export>save for web (legacy)

this are my saving usual settings

hope you find this tutorial helpful! 💜

[amity206]

Fan Season: Season of Healing

this was a fan season I originally first shared on the Sky wiki, but recently I updated it, did a few tweaks to cosmetics, and now am sharing again! Note that I haven’t finalized the designs for two of the spirits (the poet and gardener) yet, but hopefully they’ll be coming soon (we’ll see what my ADD and busy schedule lets me do)

the Season of Healing is about these mountainside gardens and fire era temple in Daylight Prairie. The spirits used to all help maintain the temple, which was used to connect with the Megabird and the Light. But it has fallen into disrepair and the light creatures have left. The place is barren and the water is polluted.

the spirits seek the help of the player to restore this area. The quests would include setting up wind chimes to bring back the light creatures (by going around the area and placing them), clearing the water’s pollution, planting flowers, picking up the trash (broken pots and the like) that litters the area, and repairing the cracked temple. At the end, the gardens become a relaxing place to rest with beautiful music.

this season would also delve a bit into the lore of Sky, but more from a distance - the spirits are watching light creatures become more scarce and hear that bad things are happening, but they live on a mountain and don’t entirely know what’s going on. They can make their guesses, but are still not entirely sure.

and now we’ll get to the spirits themselves! Click on images for better quality

The spirit at the top left is the Caring Healer. They offer a mask, hairstyle, flower crown, and dress. They would take care of injured spirits and light creatures (maybe the temple could have also been a place of healing). They would offer a carry emote so you could pick up your friends and just walk around while holding them

at the top right is the Butterfly Whisperer, offering a call as well as a cape, bow hair accessory, clarinet, and a mask with “freckles”. The youngest spirit in the group, they were the first to notice when the light creatures started disappearing. They would set up the bells and play music to bring the light creatures to the temple. They preferred to be with light creatures than with people.

and lastly (for today at least), we have the season guide, who as an ultimate gift offers a cape, outfit, and pastel fireworks staff. As additional quest rewards, they offer blue, purple, and red flower crowns (probably priced similar to the one from days of love).

I still have Days of Bloom commissions open! If you’re interested, the information is pinned on my dashboard

[breakyeol]

touch it (sensual oils)

one shot

┗ pairing : baekhyun x reader

words: 4k

warnings: smut, sensual massage, byun-booty, hand job, light overstimulation 

a/n; because baekhyun deserves it

Baekhyun had a bad day.

That much was glaringly obvious from the very moment he stepped through the door, looking about ready to crawl beneath your bedsheets and never come out. He collapsed into your arms with a pathetic whine the moment you rose from where you were situated on the couch, the full weight of his body thrown against your chest. You grunted at the unexpected impact, quickly wrapping your arms around his slim waist when you felt his knees beginning to give out.

“Baek!” You yelped, struggling feebly to support the both of you. “What are you doing?!”

“I’m too tired to stand,” he cried out dramatically, voice muffled against your shoulder, “my body feels like it’s turning into mush.”

You clicked your tongue at his familiar dramatics, a fond smile flitting across your lips in spite of yourself. “Oh my poor baby~” you cooed playfully, petting the top of his head, “they worked you into the ground?”

A heavy pout tugged at the corners of his lips, big droopy eyes swinging up to meet yours as he bobbed his head. “I’m already sore. I’m not gonna be able to move tomorrow.” He complained noisily, hands curling into tight fists around the material of your sweatshirt.

This close, you could easily make out the lingering scent of sweat clinging to his skin, and you didn’t doubt for a second he worked until he was drenched in it. There was a flash, an image that passed before your eyes, of Baekhyun, sweat rolling down the smooth slope of his chin, dripping from the fringes of his bangs, glistening enticingly above his brow, his mouth pink and open, gasping. It vanished just as quickly as it had come, and your attention was drawn back to the whining mess of a man squirming against your chest.

“Go shower,” you suggested, not trusting your voice above a careful whisper, “then come to bed, okay?”

“I don’t want to. Just hold me.”

You snickered, combing your fingers through the short hairs on the back of his neck, feeling the way his body melted into the tender caress. “I will gladly hold you for the rest of the night… after you take a shower.”

He only offered an unintelligible grunt in response, showing no signs of detaching himself from your body, his hold around you tightening in a display of stubborn resistance. There was little doubt in your mind that he’d keep this up for as long as your patience allowed – which, given how soft you were for the man, was a fairly long time –, but you knew you’d both be better off once he felt clean and refreshed, cleansed of the day’s many hardships.

“You’ll feel a lot better afterwards.”

A groan this time.

“I’ll make you feel a lot better afterwards.”

At that reparation, his head snapped up, eyes wide and, despite the exhaustion, glinting with a hint of excitement. His spine straightened, grip around you loosening somewhat as strength seemed to return to his muscles. “Really?” He whispered, pink tongue slipping out from between petal lips. So easy. You could’ve scoffed, but thought better of yourself, settling for a suggestive cock of your head that could be interpreted in a number of ways.

“Go shower,” you hummed, pinching his chin between your thumb and index finger and guiding his face down towards yours, “then… we’ll see.”

He let out a huff of breath, eyes going hooded as they flickered down to trace the smug curve of lips. “You’re mean.”

You laughed lightly, planting a kiss that was far too short for Baekhyun’s liking to his pouted mouth before skillfully untangling yourself from his arms. “We’ll see just how mean I can be once you come to bed.” You called teasingly over your shoulder, grinning in wild amusement at the low curse that followed.

It wasn’t too long after you’d made your way into the bedroom that you heard the soft hiss of the shower. You waited until you heard the low groan that told you that your boyfriend had finally stepped beneath the hot spray to permeate through the separating wall before you jumped into action.

This wasn’t the first time Baekhyun had come home looking ready to collapse and you doubted it would be the last. There wasn’t much you could do about him having to go to work. No matter what you said or how many times you told him he should give himself a chance to rest and recover, he would always put his everything into his work, because that was just the kind of man he was. He was all passion and fire and unrelenting persistence even when he felt like he might die. It was a quality that sparked both admiration and fear inside of you.

There was a certain helplessness that came with being the person he came home to after a long day of work, body and mind teetering dangerously on the brink of exhaustion. There wasn’t much you could do to ease his stress, as he wasn’t the type to verbally unload or express his unease to its full extent. Sure, he was dramatic, but only in a playful sense. That was his way of downplaying and covering up his true feelings, to both you and himself.

But, there were still other ways you could help. And, with some brainstorming and a bit of research, you’d come up with the perfect plan to help ease some of Baekhyun’s tension. Though, you had to scramble a bit to set the scene, you knew it would be fully worth it to see the look on his face.

It was just as you’d lit the final candle, completing the final touches, that you heard the shower shut off. Perfect timing. You quickly situated yourself on the edge of the bed, the cool air caressing your scantily clad body, rousing goosebumps across your skin.

But, the chills tickling your spine were little more than a second thought as Baekhyun stepped into the room donning nothing more than a towel that hung dangerously low on his full hips. He paused just inside the doorway, his brows shooting upwards as he took in the state of your shared bedroom. Wide eyes danced over the flickering candles laid out strategically across the hardwood floor to encircle the bed, swept over the scattered rose petals, before finally landing on you.

You, wearing a deep crimson lingerie set, a sheer silk robe, and nothing more.

His bare chest, still glistening with water droplets, rose sharply as his breath hitched. A low curse tumbled from his lips, almost too faint to hear over the seductive instrumentals pulsing from the speakers.

A satisfied smirk broke across your face at his reaction, pleased with yourself for having successfully caught him off guard.

“Surprise,” you sang, voice low and silken.

For a moment, he didn’t move, his own amazement rooting him in place as he visually inhaled the sight of you. Your skin was hot beneath the intensity of his gaze, blazing as it trailed torturously slow up the length of your body, not daring to miss a single detail.

A faint buzz of nerves fizzled in your gut.

You’d never done anything like this before. Presented yourself in such a way to him, that is. All wrapped up in silk and lace of only the most sensual nature, bathed in smooth orange candlelight that tickled your ankles and crept up the smooth length of your lower legs. This was something new for the both of you, something unexplored. But it also wasn’t everything you had in store.

When he moved, it was with the utmost cautiousness, as if stepping too quickly or too harshly might disturb the beautiful illusion spread before him. But still, he moved, unable to resist the temptation.

Without speaking, his hands found your face, curving around the shape of your jaw and winding around the back of your neck. They were cold against your skin, and you couldn’t suppress the shiver that rippled down your spine as he leaned over you. You let out a soft hum at his touch, head rolling back under his gentle coaxing.

Not a beat passed before his mouth found yours, eager and impatient. You didn’t hesitate to kiss him back, easily finding the smooth slope of his naked waist and tugging him closer. He moaned somewhere low in his throat, tongue slipping out to trace the seam of your lip. You allowed as much, indulging the hungry press of his mouth, the careful nips of his teeth — until he tried to lay you down.

Your palms met the swells of his chest, and he pulled away, breathless and confused. “What is it?” He asked hoarsely, licking over his swollen lips. You’d be lying straight through your teeth if you said he didn’t look irresistible in that moment, wet hair hanging messily over his brows, dark, hooded eyes, all haze and lust as they stared down at you heatedly, full cheeks blushing a feverish shade of red. But you had plans for tonight, plans you didn’t intend to discard for the sake of sexual pleasure.

“I’m not fucking you.”

He gasped, disbelief coloring his features. “What? Why not?”

“Because,” you grinned, settling your hands on his hips, “I’m going to give you a massage.”

“A massa— ah!” his words cut off abruptly with a high pitched yelp as you suddenly spun him around, all but throwing him down onto the petal covered mattress. He could only stare at you in shock as you crawled over his nearly naked body, mouth curved into a playful smile.

“A massage.” You confirmed, sounding rather proud. But, he still looked less than amused, so you elaborated. “You’ve been working so hard these past few weeks, and I know you’ve been stressed and your body is exhausted. A massage will help release some of that tension.”

“You know what else releases tension?” He asked, sinking his teeth into his lower lip. You cocked a brow, feeling the light press of his fingertips as they feathered over your thighs, taking an obvious path upwards. Desire and mischief swirled in his eyes, voice low and thick as the words dripped slowly from his dangerous tongue, “Hot… passionate… s—”

You snatched his hands from your skin before they could reach their destination, pinning them to the mattress on either side of his head. “Shut up and roll over.”

He huffed, pouting up at you scornfully but obeyed nonetheless, rolling onto his stomach. “Do you even know how to give a massage?” He snipped as you settled yourself on the back of his towel clad thighs.

“I’ve done my research.” You offered lightly, sparing a moment to admire the lithe, sinewy build of his shoulders and back before you moved, reaching for the tall bottle you’d situated on the nightstand earlier. He followed your movements from the corner of his eye, curiosity breaking through the petulant facade.

“Don’t you think you’re being a bit cruel?”

“Perhaps,” you teased, pouring the translucent golden liquid into your palm, “but you’ll enjoy this, I promise. Just… relax.”

A defeated sigh escaped his chest, his body deflating beneath you. “Fine. But, this better feel better than sex or I swear to god I will—” he jolted with a soft gasp as you suddenly pressed the heels of your oil lathered palms into the area just between his shoulder blades and pushed outwards, “sue.”

You smirked smugly to yourself at the breathlessness with which he completed his sentence, obviously not having expected the pressure to feel that amazing.

“Good?” You asked, voice tinged with arrogance.

“Uh-huh,” he admitted immediately, moaning throatily as you rolled your thumbs deeply against the base of his neck, “oh fuck that feels so good.”

You chuckled, skillfully working your fingers across the planes of his broad shoulders. He melted deeper into the mattress with every knot you deftly unwound, soft, relieved moans breaking from his open mouth. The smooth, lavender scented oil glistened captivatingly on his sun-kissed skin, the delicate aroma gently permeating through your bedroom. It was a lovely, soothing smell, subtle and unimposing. You spread it diligently across the smooth expanse of his upper back, before gradually beginning to work your way downwards.

His sounds of bliss lowered in pitch the lower your hands reached, dipping into silky tenor groans when your hands reached the delicate dip of his waist. But, as you moved to massage the area just above his hips, he suddenly jolted, spine arching, a strained curse rushing from between clenched teeth.

You couldn’t help the concern that sparked to life in your chest at his response. “Does it hurt?” You asked, easing up on the pressure but not removing your touch completely. Sucking his lips into his mouth, he nodded with a soft, hesitant hum, glancing back at you from over his shoulder. “What happened?”

He made a strange noise in the back of his throat. “I just… twisted it weirdly during practice, I guess.” He offered weakly, shivering as you poured a small puddle of oil in the small of his back.

“Did you take a break?”

His silence was all the answer you needed.

“Baek,” your tone turned scolding as you gently worked your fingers into the tight dip of his waist, “just because you can fight through the pain doesn’t mean that you should. You’re not doing your body any favors by pushing it this hard.”

“I know but I—“ he sighed heavily, pressing his face into the sheets, “I just… don’t want to disappoint anybody.”

Oh, your poor, sweet Baekhyun. Always trying to please everyone else even when it ends up hurting him.

Pausing in your movements, you leaned forwards, bracing your hands on his shoulders so that you could speak in his ear. “Nobody is disappointed in you, Baek. You work so hard everyday to be the best you can be, and it shows. Everyone knows that you put your everything into what you do. And everyone’s proud of you,” you pressed your lips against the curve of his throat, slowly working your way up to the curve of his jaw, “I’m proud of you.”

He glanced back at you through his eyelashes. “Really?”

The question is so soft, so uncertain, and you feel your heart clench painfully in your chest at the thought that this man truly doesn’t understand just how many people adore him for just being… him. “Of course.”

You didn’t miss the rising of his cheeks, though he tried to hide himself beneath his arm, suddenly shy. You bit back a grin of your own, pressing one final kiss to the shell of his ear before returning to your earlier position and resuming the massage. He felt a dozen times more relaxed beneath you, the previous tension occupying his muscles having magically dissipated.

Sometimes, all he really needed was a little reassurance.

The smile that settled across your lips was unwavering as you took to kneading at the supple flesh of his hips, just above the top of his towel. Somewhere in the back of your mind, there was a flicker of a thought. A mischievous, dangerous thought. A thought that had your attention lingering on where the towel was tucked and secured on his right hip. Glancing up at the back of his head, you allowed your fingers to trail discretely towards the damp, white fabric, toying with it lightly so that he wouldn’t notice — not even as it came undone.

It was only as you peeled it swiftly away from his body and Baekhyun felt the rush of cool air across his backside that he realized what had just occurred.

“H– Hey!” He yelped, swinging his head around fast enough to give himself whiplash, eyes wide with disbelief.

“This is a full body massage, Baek. It’s not a full body massage unless it’s full body.”

“My butt does not need massaging.”

You grinned, sinking your teeth into your lower lip as you cocked a challenging brow. “I beg to differ.”

“Pervert.” He hissed.

You gasped, splaying a hand across your chest. “Who told you?”

He scoffed, rolling his eyes at your antics, but put up little resistance as you nudged his hands away from his butt. The tips of his ears and the back of his neck turned a dark, lovely shade of pink, and he quickly buried his face in his arms. Taking that as his nonverbal cue to continue, you poured yourself some more of the lavender scented oil, overturning your palm to let it drizzle onto his cheeks. He flinched slightly, the sensation catching him off guard.

So cute. You bit into the inside of your cheek to keep from cooing at him, opting to set your hands upon the gentle curve of his ass and knead your fingers into the soft, toned flesh. Baekhyun stifled a moan in the crook of his elbow, eyes fluttering as his body responded to the soothing touch.

“It feels good, doesn’t it?” You asked, tone teasing.

“Shut up.”

You snickered, massaging deep circles into the muscles of his upper thigh. He groaned deeply, fingers curling into the sheets. “Right there, right there— fuck, right there. It’s so sore.”

Heat flickered faintly in the pit of your stomach at the low rasping of his voice, grunted roughly through clenched teeth. Geez, why’d he have to sound so damn sexy…

Brushing off the thought as best you could, you forced yourself to focus on massaging the tension from his hamstrings. But each brush of your fingers over the insides of his thighs, intentional or otherwise, coaxed a round of violent shivers and breathless moans from your very much nude and very much oil covered boyfriend. You swallowed a mouthful of saliva, jaw clenching as you squeezed your hands around the backs of his lower thighs.

The sounds he was making weren’t helping your… situation in the least.

“How are you so good at this?” He asked, somewhat airily as your hands glided upwards, to just below the curve of his ass before returning to the crook of his knee. The question snapped you out of whatever trance you’d put yourself in watching the way his slick, honeyed skin dipped and curved deliciously beneath the pressure of your touch.

“Re- research. Lots of research.” You cleared your throat, shifting downwards on the mattress to set to work on his calves.

“You’re hands are fucking magic.”

Warmth slipped into your cheeks at the praise, your heart picking up speed within your chest. He was making it difficult for you to focus.

“I told you you’d like it.” You hummed playfully, beginning the slow ascent back up the length of his naked body.

“You were right,” he conceded easily, sighing in bliss as your hands slid over the small of his back, “I love it. Feels so fucking good, you have no idea.”

A content (and perhaps a bit smug) smile settled across your face. You couldn’t have asked for anything more. All you wanted was to make Baekhyun feel even just a little bit better after what you knew had to be a long, hard day— and you goddamn succeeded.

“Baek,” you murmured, and he gasped softly, not expecting your lips to be right next to his ear. He let out an unsteady hum, blinking hard twice when he felt your lace covered chest press against his back, “roll over for me?”

Swallowing thickly, he nodded. You lifted yourself off of him to give him just enough room to turn onto his back beneath you. All at once you were nose to nose, soft puffs of breath caressing your mouth. He was looking up at you with those eyes again, those hooded, wanting eyes, his hands clenching at the sheets somewhere down by his sides. You could see the dark flush on his cheeks, the desperation slowly seeping into his expression.

“Are you going to fuck me now?” The question was quiet, barely a whisper on his delicate pink lips. But the fire it ignited inside of you was anything but— loud, violent, and devastating, ripping your so well kept self control to shreds in a matter of moments.

“Yeah,” you whispered, sliding a slick hand down his toned stomach, “but I’m going to touch it first.”

He barely had time to react before your hand was around his cock. He gasped, back arching, forcing his chest flush against yours. Surprise flickered across your face upon feeling him already fully hard and throbbing against your palm. “Oh?”

“What?” He huffed out breathlessly, swinging the tip of his tongue over his lower lip, “did you expect me not to get hard while my sexy girlfriend wearing sexy lingerie rubs every inch of my body with oil?”

Pausing, you squinted down at him. “It was the butt massage, wasn’t it?”

He glared, and you grinned.

But any annoyance was wiped clean off his face as you squeezed your fingers around him, stroking his dick at a slow, borderline torturous pace. The remaining oil on your hand combined with his precum provided the perfect lubrication, the slide smooth and wet, the lewd sound of it making you clench around nothing. Baekhyun’s head rolled back, mouth falling open in a silent moan. But, not for a moment did his gaze break from yours. You bit your lip harshly, a violent heat licking at your veins, the sheer intensity of his dark stare making your head feel dizzy.

“You look… so hot right now.” You hadn’t intended to say the words out loud, but you also couldn’t find it in yourself to feel even the least bit ashamed.

The corner of his mouth curled into a sultry smirk, an airy chuckle rumbling somewhere low in his chest.

“Yeah?” You nodded. “Then kiss me.”

You did so without hesitation.

Baekhyun let out a heady groan, hands surging up from between your bodies to cradle your jaw as your lips worked against his with a hunger you hadn’t realized you possessed. It was uncoordinated and messy, all lashing tongue and vicious teeth, biting and sucking and licking until you were certain your that lips were raw. You were dizzy and intoxicated by the taste of him, and he wasn’t in much of a better state. With his cock in your hand and your tongue in his mouth, it didn’t seem like he’d last much longer.

Beneath you, Baekhyun’s hips bucked and rolled, frenzied and desperate. Your hand stilled around him, allowing him the luxury of control as he fucked himself violently into your closed fist. Each moan that tumbled from his mouth into yours was louder than the last, and you relished in the unabashed displays of pleasure, taking an immense amount of pride in knowing that you were the cause of it.

“I’m gonna come,” he gasped the warning, his nails biting harshly into your shoulder, “fuck— fuck, wait— I’m g-gonna come.”

“Baek,” you panted, still trying to catch your breath from the kiss, “come for me. Please.”

His back arched, the furnace of his body overwhelmed but still trying feebly to fight back his oncoming high. Baekhyun didn’t like coming first. He’d always had the tendency of putting your pleasure above his own, making sure you came at least once (if not multiple times) before him. But tonight wasn’t about you. Tonight was about him. And you were going to make sure he knew it.

You buried your face in the crook of his neck, sucking a dark bruise into his skin while simultaneously rolling your thumb over his sensitive tip in a way that had him trembling pathetically beneath you.

“Oh god— oh fuck— y/n—!” He came with a hoarse cry of your name, hips bucking, muscles tensing, skin shivering. You felt his hot release spilling over your knuckles, slipping between your fingers. He whimpered and squirmed as the overstimulation kicked in, but you didn’t stop stroking him until he started begging. “I can’t, I can’t— baby, please—” his chest heaved and his eyes went glassy, the dangerous cocktail of pleasure and pain making his head feel dizzy.

Looking down at him, so wrecked and fucked out, with those flushed cheeks and heavy eyes, you felt your heart flutter at the same time arousal coiled in your gut. He was just too damn pretty for his own good.

You relented, gently releasing his spent dick from your hold. He let out a shaky breath before tugging you into another mind numbing kiss. You moaned softly against his lips, feeling one of his hands coil around the back of your neck while the other explored the expanse of your back. It didn’t take long before they discovered the clasp of your bra, deftly unclasping it. Distracted by the skillful flicks of his tongue, you didn’t realize what he’d done until you felt the lacy fabric slip down your arms.

A giggle bubbled in your throat, and you whispered against his mouth, “naughty boy.”

His lips curled, and then all at once you found yourself sprawled on your back. “Naughty girl,” Baekhyun retaliated in a low, playful growl, pinning your hands to the mattress on either side of your head, “making me cum even after I told you to wait...”

His head dipped and you gasped softly as he nipped at the sensitive part of your throat, one hand sliding down to grip at your naked breast. You bit your lip to suppress a whimper as he circled your nipple with a rough thumb.

“Guess I’ll just have to pay you back for it…”

You weren’t about to object to that.

[kirathehyrulian]

☯💚🧡Wincest Soulmates Zine 2021🧡💚☯

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🙌I finally noticed the email that says we are allowed to post these now. 🙌

Title: Made For Each Other Artist: @kirathehyrulian Pairing/Characters: Wincest, Lucifer/Michael, Lucifer!Sam, Michael!Dean Medium: Digital Art Rating: Teen Warnings: None

Image Alt text: Michael!Dean and Lucifer!Sam in a gothic cathedral covered in a wedding veil. Michael!Dean is standing closely behind Lucifer!Sam. Lucifer!Sam sitting in a stone chair, leaning back against Michael!Dean. They are aiming their archangel blades at each other's neck. In the foreground there are a mixture of burgundy and white roses with a gold yin yang medallion in the center and gold ornamentation mirrored on the ends. Michael!Dean and Lucifer!Sam are enclosed by dark, mirrored, and young saplings on each side and two red-spotted purple admiral butterflies near the tops of their heads. In the background, there are two circle stained glass windows at the top, two long rectangle stained glass windows on the sides, and one main long pentagon stained glass window in the center. The circle windows have a big flower surrounded by five smaller flowers and greenery design on them. The two long rectangle windows have an alternating diamond and flower designs. The main stained glass shows a dove holding an olive branch in it's mouth surrounded in clouds and emanating light and sun rays, shining down on two ornate halos positioned directly behind the brothers in a way where it looks like the halos belong to said brothers. The circle windows and the top of the main window is surrounded by gold ornamentation.

(click for full view for better quality) Enjoy, if you can!♥

For more art from me please check out my “myart” tag here on Tumblr. 👇 (Artist Notes, Bonus Art below the cut) 👇

Artist Notes: I did this one earlier this year. I believe it took me a month to get it finished. I was working off and on it and procrastinating like I usually do. Based on the emails I turned it in around March 18? So, I guess I worked on it somewhere in late February and finished it mid March if I had to make a timeline.

I originally I remember being kind of stumped on how to make the theme “soulmates” into an art piece. So I started looking up fic prompts on it. I ended up ignoring what I found and just going with the vague idea of a wedding, the yin yang symbol, and the mfeo line Lucifer gave Sam (plus Micheal and Lucifer dress in white and black/gray which yells wedding parallels so...).

So, I looked up roses symbolism and supposedly white means purity, burgundy mainly means unconscious beauty, and red and white roses together mean unity. I’m not exactly sure what white and burgundy mean together, but since I think burgundy is pretty much a red I think it fits. And burgundy also means a very deep passion so it’s like red roses except more intense.

Too bad I didn’t mess around more with the number of roses. I have 30 in total at the bottom. 14 white and 16 burgundy. But these numbers don’t seem to mean anything? Nine is eternal love, 13 a secret admirer or forever friendship, 15 “I’m sorry/Please forgive me,” 40 is genuine love. Sadness, if I only thought ahead. Oh well, spilt milk.... but since it seems like my numbers don’t have a popular meaning it means I can make up whatever I want for them.

The butterflies are red-spotted purple butterflies that are native to Kansas. I only made two because I didn’t feel like making more. If it was a perfect world I’d have probably drawn more butterflies on the roses and some in the background.

There’s a lot of gilded baroque-ish ornaments because I wanted to make it a fancy church with lots of stain glass windows that color the church’s interior. Obviously Michael and Lucifer are archangels, so of course they have strategically placed halos. The dove is like blessing the union in a way.

The tree plants weren’t really any type of specific plant. They were there for framing purposes. I did play around with making the trees darker so it’d be a silhouette, but I couldn’t decide if that looked better or not. :/ I still can’t decide, but I did ask someone else and they liked the original version, so I went with that. Yolo.

I’m not going to point out mistakes because I’ve been told that is a bad practice....I’ll leave it at it’s not perfect, but I’m good with it. I’m really happy how soft Michael!Dean is snuggling Lucifer!Sam here.

I did noticed though that I printed version was different in coloration than the pdf/ebook version and that is because the colors that printers have are limited. I’m pretty sure we were warned about this, but I didn’t have the spoons to figure out or fix the limited or different color situation. So, the printed version came out more muted, but I’m good with it.

Bonus art:

^This is the teaser/preview I sent in to the mods so they could advertise the zine. I don’t know how much it helped to pique interest, but I hope it did help.🤞

^This is the work without the roses, butterflies, tree plants, and veil. It kind of looks naked, lol. But, I do like that it’s more simple and not a busy. It feels like a balm in that respect. Also, yes. Sam is shorter because he’s sitting on a stone chair. Dean wasn’t all of a sudden taller, in case that wasn’t conveyed enough in the original.😅

🎶Musical inspiration or just music I was listening to during 🎶 :

I don’t remember listening to too much while drawing, coloring, or rendering it. I think I spent most of my time listening to calming rain and thunderstorm 10 hour vids. But, I did listen to these a few times.

❛ i'm a villain ❜ ☻ a playlist:

Demon Hunter - "Driving Nails":

everybody loves an outlaw - i see red // slowed + reverb:

[elementaskylos345]

Continuing on our journey through the monstrosity au we have the element gays - I mean gays- I mean gays- fuck, I mean gays -

(Click the images for better quality)

Summary: The elemental titans died ages ago and are using Maxie / Archie as their new bodies / hosts.

Story and "gameplay" below cut

Story: It's nearing the end of Team Magma / Aqua's plans and the time has come to awaken Groudon / Kyogre. After one final battle with MC Maxie / Archie attempts to awaken the ancient beast only to see its stone body crumble to dust and the Red / Blue orb fuse with their body. Aside from the fact the ancient titan of land / sea is fucking dead and the orb fusing with Maxie / Archie all seemed well and nothing bad really happened... yet.

It would be multiple weeks before Maxie / Archie noticed anything wrong. For Macie he'd start running high fevers and with Archie he'd have trouble walking. It took some time before it became clear to Team Magma / Aqua what was happening: they were turning into Groudon / Kyogre and it was far too late to stop it. The team took their leader and hid him from the public and scrambled to try and remedy this but nothing could be done beyond helping to ease the pain of the transformation.

The transformation took months to complete and throughout that time Maxie / Archie's minds were overwritten by that of Groudon / Kyogre. It was a painful experience for everyone involved. Once complete Maxie stood at around 12 feet tall and Archie was about 12 feel long (because fish).

Maxie would make the Team Magma base near Fallarbour his home, covering every surface with stone before going into hibernation. Archie decided to flee the Team Aqua base and go to Sootopilis, flooding the city and staying there.

Gameplay: For Maxie you'd play as Archie looking for answers about Maxie's sudden dissapearence and the rumors of something big living in the old Team Magma base. You'd make your way through the base until you come across Maxie's office where you will awaken Maxie and he will give chase.

Maxie is blind so he would use sound to find your location, but he also has a long reach due to his long arms. Think the Janitor from little nightmares. Your goal would then be to escape the team Magma base because there's no way in hell you're living another day if you decide to stay. This "game" would probably be easier than Archie's version of events.

With Archie you'd play as Maxie trying to get information on Archie's disappearance and the siren in the ruins of Sootopilis. It's everybody's favorite, a water level. Except this would have actually good swimming mechanics. You'd spend some time exploring the area before realizing that you are not alone and are, in fact, being stalked.

Your first immediate goal would be to get onto land so you don't get murked. After your first encounter with Archie your goal would change to trying to tag him so people can track Archie and make sure he stays in Sootopilis. This would likely involve luring Archie into a situation where he would be trapped by some underwater rocks or something, maybe you manage to pull him onto land. After that a huge chase would ensue.

As Maxie you unfortunately can't swim faster than Archie so the chase would involve dipping in and out of water to run on land wherever possible before hopping to the next piece of land, all before finally escaping Sootopilis by the only entrance.

That's all for these two totally platonic friends nothing gay here. If you have any questions about them or the au feel free to shoot me an ask! ^-^

[neo-nymph]

Mafia!Seonghwa headcannon

A/N: it's a pretty meh cause I'm still having writers block but I haven't posted in months so I figured something is better than nothing. Might use this as the pre-set to a one-shot or series? still debating

Word count: 1,300

Pairing: Mafia!Seonghwa x BankTeller!Reader

Warning: Suggestive

-accountant reader unknowingly handling financial keepings for seonghwa for about 4 years

-you first meet him during your beginning month's at the bank when he makes his account and help him get set-up

-his account is unsuspecting, common of your institutions higher end clientele

-he's a decent guy as far as you can tell, gorgeous to the eye

-but he's quiet and reserved, not keeping much of his personality on the surface

-your first encounter is nothing exciting

-you’re only on your third month of the job and you're trying your best not to forget your customer service script let his visuals dig into you so deeply

-his dead glare makes you feel bad for boring him, going over the options your institution has available for him

-silence overcomes the room when he looks over the list of images he can choose to decorate his card

-without the clicking sound from your keyboard, you begin to worry that he might hear your heart racing

-so, on a lame impulse, you interrupt his pinning to tell him you really like the one with the bunny

-he looks up at you with a blunt expression and you're sure he's fully annoyed with your statement

-you nibble the inside of your lip as he looks back down with a sigh before claiming that makes sense

-his tone makes it sound like a sarcastic comment to express his irritation until he finishes by stating "because you're both cute"

-you see him about a month after that when he comes in to cash a check (something you explained he could do from his phone or an atm, but he claimed he didn't mind the old fashion way every now and then if he had time

-it also means he gets be alone with a cute bank teller for a few minutes)

-after you're first meeting seonghwa decided he liked seeing the flush on your cheeks, smirking at you gently as he watched you try to keep your focus on typing

-you only see him occasionally from then on, maybe once or twice a month

-its a little treat see him in line

-a beautiful man offering an exciting 10 minute break from the creepy old men and grumpy housewives you most often dealt with

-he only comes in as an excuse to come flirt with you through the glass and you couldn't complain

-this goes on for about a year and a half

-his visits becoming less frequent and his comments more suggestive with time

-the next time you see him walk through the doors, a tinge of disappointment greets you as he takes a seat in the lobby rather than joining the line as usual

-attempting to remember your priorities, you only allow yourself a few glances his way as he waits

-you lose your restraint, however, when a more serious associate, a luxury financial advisor whisks him away to their office on a higher floor

-you follow Seonghwa’s steps curiously, trying not to look too embarrassed when you meet his eyes and he winks at you between the closing elevator doors

-whatever meeting he’s requested lasts a few hours and the time ticking away isn’t helping ease your nosiness

-the bank is closing soon, and with no customer left to assist, you’re left at your window to daydream scenarios as you busy your hands with refiling coin rolls and envelopes

-you’d seen seonghwa’s account enough times to understand his financial standing

-he was good at saving and made enough to sit comfortably, but not so much that you would expect him to meet with a personal accountant at a bank like this

-it’d been a few months since the last time you’d seen his account, so it was possibly he’d come into something you didn’t know about

-thinking back to the last visits he made, the only change you’d notice in your little crush was a spruce in his clothing;

-higher quality coats, finer jewelry, nicer shoes

-but even those were subtle enough to dismiss

-it was easy to get caught up daydreaming about someone like Seonghwa; the perfect example of a perfect man. tall, handsome, well-kept, and mysterious

-he was a slow book to read, forcing you to take your time reading him line by line, barely showing himself through his flirty remarks over nearly two years

-nonetheless, he had you hooked enough to fantasize about him when work was slow

-making up ideas about what kind of dates someone like him would take you on

-you were certain he'd be a gentlemen, opening your doors, pulling out your chair, placing his jacket over your shoulders

-sometimes when your nights were restless his image came along

-forcing you to consider how he would look laying between your sheets

-what it would feel like to lay cuddled in his arms after a stressful day, have his lips against laid against your temple

-you'd remember how it felt when he stared at you as he let his hands linger on top of yours passing his card back under the glass between you

-your memory developed into thoughts about his hands lingering the same way on your waist, sneaking up to grab your throat

-his lips would feel like velvet leaving plush warm kisses against yours, moving across your cheeks and down your throat between soft whimpers of your nam-

*tap, tap, tap*

-the air fled from your lungs and your body jumped in shock at the unexpecting sound

-you looked up from your drawer with wide eyes, even more shocked to see Seonghwa giggling at your surprise on the other side of the station window

-”I’m sorry, bunny. I didn’t mean to scare you”

-it took you a few seconds to gather yourself after the fright, and another few after hearing his pet name

-it was nice to hear after these months and he could tell by the familiar glow on your cheeks

-”its okay,” you breathed through a smile, moving a lock of hair behind your ear, “what are you doing here so late?”

-he leaned against your counter. “do you think I’d come here and leave without seeing you properly?”

-he always had the right words to make you blush and leave you speechless. you had no choice but to laugh softly and look down at the coin roll between your fingers

-you didn’t want to fill the silence by questioning his long meeting, but he wouldn’t force you to as he asked about your day

-listening to your response with his head rested on his hand, looking at you through sultry hooded eyes, relaxed smirk laying across his lips

-it was 20 minutes past closing but your attention was captive on the charming man before you, making you giggle at his little stories and naturally flirtatious remarks

-it was the longest, non-finance related conversation you been granted and you were basking in having his attention

-a glance at his watch, however, let you both know it was well past time to part ways

-it was disappointing to end your moment, even more so when he stated you wouldn’t see him at the bank much anymore

-he found your behavior around him very cute. the little smile you fought off when he complimented you made him feel proud

-the way you rubbed your arms when you felt shy, looking at your fumbling thumbs when you couldn’t bare to look at him

-he took a liking to the subtle pout on your lips after his last statement, glad to be reminded that you liked seeing him

-it was so cute it almost made him reconsider slipping the piece of paper with his number on it under your window and telling you,

-”it’s okay. maybe you can see me somewhere else. if you ask nicely.”

[misspinkdior]

ꕤ ׅ ꒰ photography tutorial ꒱ ◞ 🐇 ೀ

The advanced cell phones are becoming more and more easier to photograph these days.

5 tips for taking amazing photos on your cell phone ;

1. ALWAYS KEEP THE LENS CLEAN

This tip seems a little strange, but it's one of the most important. Our cell phone is always in our pocket or bag, going back and forth, so the lens gets dirty. Most of the time, our fingerprints are on the lens, so when you take a picture it will be all blurry. This dirt will make the quality of your photo very bad and you don't want that. So, before taking the photo, give your cell phone lens a ′′ clean ′′ even if it looks clean.

2. USE YOUR SMARTPHONE'S "PORTRAIT" MODE

When taking a portrait of someone, always use your cell phone's "Portrait" mode. The blur effect that is behind the person you photographed will make them stand out, and will also make your photo look more professional. It will look like you used a 50mm 1.8 and a professional camera to take your photo.

3. ADJUST THE FOCUS

One of the most important things you should pay attention to is making sure the subject you are photographing is in focus. This will make your photo look sharp and high quality. To make focus on the phones is very easy: just click on the screen on top of the object, then a yellow square will be on top of it focusing correctly. Sometimes you need to tap a few times to make sure you're focused.

4. MORE LIGHT QUALITY

To have better quality when photographing with your cell phone you need a lot of light, be it natural or artificial light. When you take pictures of someone or somewhere, pay close attention to where the light is coming from, and how it behaves. Not necessarily the light should be directly on your object, but how it behaves close to it, illuminating it. By the way, also read 5 Tips for Having an Organized Instagram Feed The more light there is around the object, the better the image quality you will have. But beware of direct light, as when there is a lot of direct light on your subject, the harder it will be to control it. This also works when using artificial light, such as Ring Light.

5. ALWAYS EDIT THE PHOTOS

Most photographers in the digital age edit their photos taken with a cell phone or camera in some application before posting them. This is a part of photography that I advise everyone to explore and experiment with, because you'll be amazed at the result.

- By gaby ☆

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[ID: two digital drawings that are identical except for lighting. both depict members of the eggpire (badboyhalo, ponk, antfrost, punz) and members of the pro-omelette party (captain puffy, sam, hannah, eret, foolish, quackity) waltzing together while surrounded by crimson vines. the eggpire wear black, red, & white while the pro-omelette wear gold & green, except hannah who wears gray. skeppy stands with the egg in the background faced away from the dancers. bad & puffy are the focus of the first image, bad grinning and leading puffy in dance. skeppy is the focus of the second. /end ID]

that red sure is gonna banquet huh

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design notes+ramblings under the cut!

pro-omelette are all wearing yellow/gold for omelettes with green for onions in omelettes

colors were color-picked from a photograph of an omelette and then blended/adjusted for lighting

the patterns on puffy and sam’s coats and boots are in semi-circle shapes, much like omelettes are

hannah is wearing the same colors as the eggpire even though she’s technically pro-omelette to symbolize that she loses control when she’s closer to the egg

i have so many other things to say bc i spent over 40 hours on this but i gtg for now so!!! ahhhh will add more later

i’m back! and i just watched the red banquet stream so aaaaaaa

the eggpire people (including hannah) are all “leading” the waltz (on the left) to symbolize that the pro-omelette people don’t know what they’re getting into

the patterning on hannah’s dress and sleeves are roses, but in groups that are shaped like eggs to show that she thinks she’s still herself but really she’s beginning to serve the egg

eret’s dress and cape also have rose patterns (no egg) to highlight the difference between them and hannah. i was gonna make the rose pattern on eret’s more random to look more natural but that would’ve taken so long alksjsdfj

i have a deep hatred (/lh) for dream smp canon heights so badboyhalo is 5′10 (but 9′6 if u include his horns) and puffy is 5′2 (but 6′9 if u include her horns)

ant and foolish are allowed to be tall bc i didn’t know what else to do but they’re on thin ice

oh man oh man so ponk and sam!!! ponk and sam!!! i’m so proud of my drawing of them

i wanted to make the white patterning on ponk’s suit a lot stronger (so his suit looks white instead of red). mainly bc i think it’s kind of messed up to see your ex-boyfriend who u hurt deeply and who ur still in love with dressed in a white suit (wedding symbolism) when he’s clearly not himself

more later!

am back again!! y’all this is really rambly but i like reading this stuff from other artists so (puts fingers together)

the lighting is a brighter orange and hazier in the first one and dimmer in the second to represent the egg’s control over bad. since the orange light comes from the shroom lights on the vines, it’s brighter when skeppy is in shadow, having more control over bad. when skeppy is brighter, the vines lights are dimmer, to show while bad is not himself and is controlled by the egg, skeppy still manages to come first for bad

puffy’s makeup is,, so difficult to settle on. jacobs sheep, which i base her off of, often have huge patches of black fur on their face and i wanted her makeup to reflect that. but that doesn’t... look good alkjdflsdj. i also want her makeup to be sort of pirate inspired? anyway black eyeshadow that comes down her cheeks is what i settled on (and gold glitter bc i like shiny)

it was pretty hard to make bad stand out against the dark bg? like i didn’t want to apply any lighting to his skin bc in my design, as a devil, his skin absorbs light. his skin and horns are just a void

i almost made skeppy human but with diamond patterns and diamonds growing from his skin but i decided not to bc i wanted him to look more unnatural? his mc skin is based off a diamond block, not diamond ore, so i wanted him to look like a cut diamond, clearly man-made

he’s also not wearing any fancy clothes to show that the egg is the only thing on his mind right now. he doesn’t care for the banquet or anything. only the egg. but it looks kind of awkward cause skeppy’s diamond ass is just in the center of the drawing slkjdflks

this is all i can think of for now but i’ll add more if i remember more :D