#also i didn’t get into this in the actual post but it’s a miracle top gun was nominated because the academy doesn’t like tom cruise

[marisatomay]

once again. action movies are not the enemy of horror. the academy hates them BOTH even though both, probably more than any other genres, tend to actually push the boundaries of what you can do with a camera, what you can put in a movie. the last action movie to receive a best picture nomination was mad max: fury road seven (7) years ago. an action movie had to be credited with saving movie theaters before the academy would nominate another one. top gun maverick literally invented a new camera, put six of them in a cockpit, and pioneered new aerial filming techniques that had never even been attempted before. action is not the enemy of horror. turn your ire towards biopics, dramas that may or may not actually exist, and whatever self satisfied shit ruben östlund insists on cooking up.

[ak47stylegirl]

Let me take care of you.

This fic/chapter literally tried to kill me, It's a miracle I got it to a point where I can post it lol I hope you guys enjoy it!

Continued on from this fic.

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Scar was woken up a couple of hours later by Jellie pawing at his face. “Well, hello there, Miss Jellie…” Scar smiled at the cat sitting on his chest like she owned it, “You’re hungry, I’m guessing?” 

Jellie meowed in response, rubbing her cheek against Scar’s face. 

“Hmm, well let’s not keep you waiting, huh…” Scar hummed, giving Jellie an affectionate scratch behind the ear as he did so. Giving Jellie a nudge to jump off him, Scar glanced over at Grian. 

The avian was snuggled up beside Scar, his feverishly hot cheek smooshed up against Scar’s shoulder. 

Scar smiled sadly, the sight was adorable, yes, but his pesky bird didn’t look anywhere near well at all. Grian’s face was flushed red, his hair/head feathers damp with sweat. Scar could physically feel the heat radiating from Grian. 

It concerned Scar on so many levels. 

Scar sighed as he began untangling himself from Grian’s hold, carefully lowering Grain’s head onto their pillow. Waiting a second to see if that had disturbed the avian, (It didn’t, thank the Void…) Scar carefully slipped his legs off the bed; and sat up. 

Scar yawned as he stretched, allowing his mind and body to adjust to being vertical. It was important Scar let his body adjust, otherwise he would probably trigger a dizzy spell and fall over. No one wanted that. 

(Scar had gotten up too fast before…it’s not fun facepalming the floor) 

Chronic illness was a bitch but at least it wasn’t too bad today. Scar would have been devastated if his medical issues kept him from looking after his pesky bird. Jellie meowed, her tail held high as she rubbed her body against Scar’s legs. 

She was getting impatient.

“Oh Shush, Little Miss…” Scar mumbled as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes, grabbing his cane as he stood up with a small grunt. “I know you’re hungry, but we don’t want to wake your papa-”

“Scar?” 

Scar grimaced as he turned around, finding Grian groggily peering up at him. Scar couldn’t help but notice how the avian could barely lift his head off of the pillow. Concern once again flooded Scar’s heart and soul. 

“Hey love…” Scar sighed as he gave Grian a soft look, leaning down to press a kiss to Grian’s forehead. “I’m just feeding Jellie…you go back to sleep, okay?” 

Grian looked briefly ready to argue against that. But any attempts to get up were short-lived as Grian was wrecked with full-body shivers and stomach cramps. Grian nodded with a groan, wrapping an arm around his upset stomach. 

“Oh love…” 

Scar bit his lip, glazing down at Grian, who seemed sicker each time Scar looked. There had to be something he could do to help? Maybe they had some health or regen potions lying around? 

Jellie howled, causing Scar to wince. (And worst, it caused Grian to whimper)

“Okay, okay…I got the message Jellie…” Scar pinched the bridge of his nose, sighing as he made his way out of the bedroom, cat following close behind. “You could be a little more con-con-siter-...dang it! Kind, you could be a little more kind, girl…” 

Jellie jumped up onto the kitchen counter, meowing like she didn’t have a clue what Scar was talking about. She was a little angel. 

“Your papa’s not feeling well…” Scar explained as he grabbed Jellie’s food out of the fridge, scooping some into Jellie’s little bowl. “So meowing at the top of your lungs doesn’t really help, missy…” 

Scar placed Jellie’s bowl down near the kitchen window, unable to stop himself from smile as she began to devour it. “You’re lucky you’re too cute to stay mad at…hmmm, that’s something you and your papa both got in common…” 

No matter what Grian says, his pouting face is adorable. Actually, Grian was just adorable in general. (Though he could also be downright terrifying, which Scar found sort of hot-)

The morning sun was long on its way up into the sky, lighting up the apartment. Now that Scar was up, he decided he might as well get ready for the day. First things first, Scar needed a shower, (Plus nature was calling).

Silently, Scar made his way back into the bedroom (For clothes) and the sight that met him made his heartache. Grian had curled up into a feeble ball, cuddling Scar’s pillow close. With a sigh, Scar grabbed some clothes out of his dresser. 

Stopping briefly by the bed, Scar leaned down and kissed Grian’s cheek. Grian hummed softly in his sleep, snuggling deeper into the pillow with a slight smile. Mission accomplished, Scar made his way to the bathroom. 

TBC...

[thefandomenchantress]

So I know I’m a little late to the party on this one, but I wanna talk about the David MV.

I finally decided to watch that nearly three hour video on the Literature Girl Insane MV, (by @/1moreff-creator) and HOLY SHIT IT’S SO GOOD. I wish I watched it sooner and wonder why I didn’t, I watch almost exclusively 1+ hour videos about random topics I know nothing about, and now there’s one for something I care a lot about! Why didn’t I watch immediately?!?

But my lapse in sanity aside, it finally got me motivated enough to talk about the David MV!

…Except only the part about Ace because of course that’s all I want to talk about. 9 out of 10 of my posts are either about him or have him involved somehow.

Anyways! Here’s the part I find very interesting!

This is arguably where Ace is most relevant, and therefore it makes sense I want to talk about it today.

Now, first things first, the Roman numeral. V (five) is Ace’s Roman numeral, as assigned by the crossword. The line attached is:

“Right now, why do you go insane?”

Which definitely fits. Ace could easily be framed as going insane, because he has mental breakdowns at a worryingly high frequency. Him and Veronika (who this might also be referring to if color theory is to be believed) are basically assigned the role of being seen as mentally unhinged within the class.

(…Ever think about how weird it is that the title is Literature Girl Insane, implying the star of the MV, David, is going insane, yet Ace is the one getting called insane, possibly by David? I think that’s interesting. But let’s get back on track.)

As established by other Roman numerals, the words in the background when a numeral shows itself also apply the character attached to said numeral. This is most obviously shown in the line near the top of the photo.

“A cat has 9 additional lives”

This is also easily applicable to Ace, since he survived Nico’s murder attempt against all odds. If Eden and Teruko hadn’t just so happened to be on the 2nd floor and walked into the gym when they did, he would’ve died. While the actual methodology of Nico’s murder attempt is unknown, it’s also possible that him even surviving long enough for Teruko and Eden to find them was a miracle. Either way, it fits.

The last quote on-screen intrigues me the most. It’s a quote from Hamlet.

“I am but mad north-northwest. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a hand saw.”

Now, first let’s look at just those words, without further context. It’s important we know what the words themselves mean before we do anything else. Let’s start with the definition of north-northwest, since that word is pretty important to the quote.

I’m sure most are familiar with north, east, south, and west. The four main directions on a compass. As well as Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest. That splits the compass into eight directions, splitting the sections of north, east, south, and west in half.

Similarly, north-northwest is a direction that comes from splitting the compass into sixteen parts. It’s the half of the northwest section that’s closer to north.

Next, what the hell does “I know a hawk from a handsaw” mean? It’s almost half the quote, so it’s important we know.

Well…*extremely loud sigh* Shakespeare, as you know, was alive a very long time ago. As such, he writes in old-time-y English that’s hard to understand. And this quote has the misfortune of being something people argue over the translation of, at least as far as I could tell while researching.

Some people think Shakespeare meant a heronsaw, a type of bird, not a handsaw. Others think that no, he meant handsaw, but heron, in his time period, was also a common word for a tool that holds plaster/mortar/etc..

Either way, Shakespeare was probably referring to two types of birds, or two types of tools, which have key differences from one and other. I don’t think which one the DRDTdev thought was right really matters in this instance, since the quote makes sense either way. 15/16s of the time, Hamlet (the speaker of the quote) is sane and can tell two birds/tools apart.

The quote is, in summary, saying that Hamlet is mad only when it’s north-northwest, aka 1/16th of the time (I’m not sure if that somehow connects to there being 16 participants in the killing game, but I’m going to assume it doesn’t). The other 15/16s of the time, Hamlet is perfectly sane, thank you very much.

So, without context, this quote is saying that Ace is only insane 1/16th of the time. The rest of the time he’s sane.

Next, I think another important thing we have to do is take into account the whole screenshot as a whole. By that I mean we should not only look at each line individually, but how they relate to each other. In bold is the “why do you go insane?” Line, and to the left, in a font that blends more into the background, is the Hamlet line.

There is a contradiction of opinions here. One person says, “Why do you go insane?” while the other insists they’re only a little bit insane.

This could be referring to the opinions of David and Ace. After all, one could argue it was David underestimating Ace that led to his secret being revealed. David doesn’t bother being careful around Ace in the trial, despite Ace’s volatile nature. He piles suspicion onto Ace by saying it’s weird he didn’t see him on the second floor the night before the murder, even though it isn’t. After all:

Ace was in the gym. David was in the relaxation room. Those are on opposite sides of the floor, so of course David wouldn’t have seen Ace. He didn’t even have to walk anywhere close to the room Ace was in. But David saying this information like it’s weird and suspicious makes everyone else think it is.

David thinks: But what’s Ace gonna do about it? Somehow get the whole class on his side, even though almost everyone likes me more? Is everyone really going to trust the mentally unstable (one could say insane), dumb, cowardly jockey over me?

Yes, yes they will.

All this is to say, David, in the grand scheme of things, doesn’t really care about Ace throughout chapter two. He steals Nico’s secret from him, antagonizes him in the trial, and doesn’t care. Ace doesn’t matter. Ace, of all people, can’t be the one to ruin him. So who cares if Ace dislikes him? Ace is of no use to David, and Ace certainly isn’t smart enough to figure out David’s scheme. This is what David believes.

However, this leads to him not taking Ace’s volatile nature seriously enough, believing he is above the harm of someone like him. But hey, even a pawn can play a vital part in checkmating a king.

When David pisses off Ace, believing Ace can’t do anything besides get angry, yell, and make himself look more suspicious…That turns out to be a crucial mistake that ruins everything.

…Y’know, the irony of the class idiot being the one to beat the so-called master manipulator will never not be funny to me.

Anyways, we can sort of apply this to Hamlet, too. If Ace is Hamlet, since this is Hamlet’s line, and David is Claudius, his father-in-law, we do have a pretty good parallel.

Claudius, who secretly killed Hamlet’s father and then took his throne, is secretly not as righteous as he seems. However, Hamlet finds out about Claudius being the one who killed his father and seeks revenge. Claudius thinks Hamlet to be mad, but when Claudius isn’t around, Hamlet says, “But my uncle-father (Claudius) [is] deceived. I am but mad north-northwest. When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a hand saw.” Eventually, Hamlet kills Claudius. So in DRDT terms, Ace finds out about David’s manipulation, David is unaware of this, and Ace eventually kills David’s public persona. Obviously this is an extreme simplification of the plot, but still.

…Of course, there’s also a chance this contradiction of opinions isn’t about Ace and David specifically. After all, David isn’t the only one to boil Ace down to his core traits of “dumb, angry, overall not a well-adjusted individual”. The whole class does this, at least for the most part. This Hamlet quote could just be trying to say what Ace has been saying. That everyone sees him as a loudmouth, stupid, cowardly and nothing more, when in reality there’s more to him than that.

I might have gone a little overboard with this part…I got excited…Hopefully this all actually makes sense, I had to revise some of this post because it got ramble-y and overall pretty cluttered.

So yeah. Here’s my (very late) contribution to the David MV discussion. Here’s what I think Ace’s part means. If you want me to elaborate anywhere, feel free to tell me, or if you want to tell me your thoughts, I’d love to see that!

[teaberrii]

Chapter Six: Can We Make a Deal?

Alhaitham has the looks and the smarts. He will also be the stand-in CEO for his grandfather's company for a year.

But, he's been mysteriously cursed to turn into a cat every night since his eighteenth birthday… until he meets you, an employee at his grandfather's company, who rescues him as a cat and changes him back with one kiss.

Alhaitham/You

Notes:

Cross-posted on AO3

Female reader

Chapter index at the end of chapter one

“Don’t tell me you’re thinking about her.”

Kaveh had dropped by his place again. Alhaitham, sitting on the adjacent couch from his friend, sighs. "Why are you bringing her up?"

Kaveh leans forward. “Don’t you think it’s time to start getting some answers?”

“...Like what kind of answers?”

Kaveh rolls his eyes. “Like why she’s apparently the only person who can change you back? Aren’t you curious?”

“Oh, I don't know," Alhaitham deadpans. "Didn’t you say she was my ‘soulmate’?”

“Do you actually believe that?” No. Alhaitham doesn’t believe in something as abstract as that. “Did she kiss you again?”

Alhaitham stands to get more tea. “No. Why would she?”

Kaveh smirks. “Are you disappointed?”

“What are you trying to get at?”

Kaveh follows his friend to the kitchen. “What if… it was just a fluke? You should get her to kiss you more to make sure she really is your miracle cure.”

…Right. A conversation like that is bound to go smoothly. Alhaitham can just imagine the look on your face if he were ever to ask you to kiss him again as a cat. Of course, you'd probably give some witty response to fluster him. But, maybe you'd ask for something in return. Regardless, the two of you have only just established your friendship. Now is probably not the time to escalate to… kissing. Even if it's just a peck on his fluffy, little head.

“You know… maybe there’s something else you can try.”

“...Do I want to know?” Alhaitham deadpans, pouring the hot water into the teapot.

“What if… it’s a certain type of girl who can change you back? You said her sister kissed you, right? But you didn’t turn back. Do they look alike? Similar personalities?”

All Kaveh gets is an are-you-kidding stare.

“You have to keep your options open, Haitham. Besides, what if she gets a boyfriend? Are you going to ask her to kiss you then?”

Alhaitham doesn’t want to think about that.

“If she really is your only hope, you gotta know why! And… you better figure something out. Unless you want to keep turning into a cat when you’re like sixty.”

While Alhaitham doesn't want to admit it, Kaveh has a point. It's best to figure out why early. What if… you do get a boyfriend? What if… you got married?

Alhaitham almost screams when he feels the hot water on his skin. He drops the kettle, which lands with a thud on the counter.

"Geezus, Haitham." Kaveh smiles as he watches his friend run his hand under cold water. "What were you thinking about?"

“...Nothing.”

Kaveh opens a top counter and grabs the first-aid kit. “Anyway, she’s going to be living across from you, right? It’s your chance!”

“I’m not going to ask her to kiss me.”

“Well, maybe not in the beginning,” Kaveh says, smiling, as he opens the kit. “But… it doesn’t hurt to get to know her better. Y’know… for research purposes.” When Alhaitham gives Kaveh a deadpan look, he laughs. “Take it as you will.”

Well, it’s not like Alhaitham doesn’t want to do that already.

That night, Alhaitham is lying on his bed, his tail swishing upwards as he thinks about you. Then, Kaveh's words echo in his mind: What if she gets a boyfriend? Are you going to ask her to kiss you then? Alhaitham remembers the matchmaking party. While he knows you don't want to go, there's still a small chance you might go to please your mother. The faces. The titles. Everything that he saw in that bright pink pamphlet came rushing back.

Alhaitham shakes his head.

No. He won’t let you get taken away. Not when there’s still work to be done.

◆◆◆

The next morning, Alhaitham visits his grandfather at the hospital before work.

As soon as Alhaitham opens the door, his grandfather looks up from the book he’s reading and smiles. “Haitham? What are you doing here? Don’t you have work?”

"I just got off a call." Alhaitham walks over to the side of the bed. "Thought I'd visit to see how you were doing."

“Well, you came at a good time! There’s something I’ve been meaning to talk to you about.”

Alhaitham has a hunch. He pulls up a chair and sits. “I do too.”

“Oh? You do? Is it about work?”

“Not exactly.”

His grandfather closes his book and puts it on the nightstand. “Well, you first.”

"It's about Layla." Alhaitham leans back. "I don't want any misunderstandings, so I want to hear from you directly. What are your reasons for putting us back in touch again?"

His grandfather sighs. “I… think she’s a woman who would suit you very well. She’s sophisticated, educated, and has a respectable family background. You’re also at that age, Haitham. Don’t you want to settle down with someone?”

“If it ever comes to that. But, I’d rather have things happen naturally.”

“I’m only giving you a little push.”

“...I’d rather you not.”

His grandfather narrows his eyes. “Are you seeing someone?”

“No.”

“Then, what’s the problem?”

Many things. His strange feelings toward you. His fluffy situation. There are too many unanswered questions, and adding Layla to the picture complicates things further.

"I see Layla as just a friend. It's been so long since we last talked. So if I ever see her, I don't want things to be awkward."

“He already relayed the message to me,” his grandfather says. Alhaitham assumes he’s referring to his secretary. “If you insist, I won’t say anything more.”

Alhaitham visibly relaxes.

“...But on one condition.”

Oh, great.

“Spend a little time with her. She’s… been through a lot lately.”

Alhaitham raises a brow. “How do you know?”

“Her parents came to visit me the other day.” His grandfather nods toward the flowers. “Those flowers were from them.”

“...I don’t want to sound… rude, but don’t you think this act of kindness might mean they want something from you?”

“As of now, there’s no hint of that. Besides, I think spending some time with their daughter is harmless. You two already know each other.”

Alhaitham sighs but gives in. “...Alright.”

“Excellent!”

Before Alhaitham leaves, he gets an update on his grandfather's condition. Then, as he exits the room, he sees someone struggling to carry three large boxes stacked on each other. It's so high that he can't see the person behind them.

The top box is about to fall until Alhaitham catches it. That’s when a girl peeks out behind and gasps.

“Oh, my gosh! Thank you.”

Alhaitham looks at her, and his eyes almost widen. It’s your sister. Lumine, is it?

“Would you like some help?” Alhaitham asks.

“Ah, it’s okay! I’m almost there.” She nods toward the room next to his grandfather’s. “My brother’s room is right there.”

Your brother… is in the hospital?

“Let me help you carry this one, at least.”

Lumine smiles shyly. “Okay… thank you!”

Alhaitham walks with Lumine toward your brother’s room and opens the door for her. There, he sees a boy around Lumine’s age on the bed. His leg is lifted and in a cast.

“You’re finally here!” Then, he sees Alhaitham. “Um… who’s this?”

Lumine drops the boxes onto an armchair. “The man who helped me carry your freaking three large boxes of games so you won’t get bored. You’d better thank him!”

“Why didn’t you just carry them one at a time?”

“Excuse me? You’re welcome for helping to bring your stuff here in the first place!”

“Okay, okay. Thank you, Lumine, and”—he looks at Alhaitham—”mysterious stranger.”

“Alhaitham.”

“Ooh, what a fancy name.”

“Please forgive my brother,” Lumine says to Alhaitham. “He meant that in the best way possible.”

"No offence taken."

“Wait… Alhaitham?” Lumine mutters. “Where have I heard that name before?”

Aether snaps his fingers. “Are you the hot neighbour?”

“Aether!”

“What?” Aether asks, looking at his twin sister. “It’s pretty much what mom described him as.”

Lumine immediately turns to Alhaitham. “You’re friends with our sister!”

“Thank God,” Aether says. “She needs more guys around her other than the flirting ginger.”

“What are you talking about? Sis has plenty of suitors.”

Is that true? Alhaitham clears his throat, and the twins look at him. “I don’t think I got your names yet.”

“Yeah, Lumine, how rude of you.”

Lumine rolls her eyes at her brother's remark. “My name is Lumine.” She gestures to her brother. “This… idiot is my brother, Aether.”

“If I’m an idiot, then so are you.”

“Shut up.”

Alhaitham chuckles. “Seems like you two get along well.”

“We do not!”

Their synchronization makes him smile.

"Um, what are you doing at the hospital, Alhaitham?" Aether asks.

“Visiting my grandfather. He’s staying in the room next door.”

“Oh, really? Maybe I should go say hi!”

“Um, no, you really shouldn’t,” Lumine deadpans. 

Alhaitham puts the box on a small table. “I need to get to work. It was nice meeting the two of you.”

“Say hi to Sis for us,” Aether says.

Lumine smiles. "Let's surprise her with a selfie!"

◆◆◆

You're still half asleep when walking into the office building until you feel your phone buzz inside your pocket. You pull out your phone and open the message from your sister. Your eyes widen when you see a photo. Your sister is the one taking it. With her free hand, she's making a peace sign. Your brother makes a funny face on the bed while Alhaitham stands near the window with a hand in his pocket.

What in the world?

Lumine: WE MET HOTTIE NEIGHBOUR. His grandfather’s staying in the room next to Aether’s ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶

You’re still processing the whole thing when you see another message from her.

Lumine: If you don’t want him, I’ll take him.

You roll your eyes.

Lumine: Just kidding. Maybe.

You know your siblings are bound to meet Alhaitham one day now that he's your neighbour. You just never thought it would be this quickly. Then, your phone buzzes again; you're expecting Lumine's text, but it's Alhaitham instead.

Catman: I hope that didn’t surprise you too much.

You’re standing in front of the elevators as you quickly type a reply.

A completely random selfie of you and my siblings? Nah. That’s exactly what I was expecting to see at the end of the week.

“Morning!”

You turn and see Tighnari.

“Hey, Nari.”

“Guess who has a date for Zhongli’s wedding?”

You gasp. “Oh, do tell.”

He winks at you. “It’s a surprise.”

“I never thought you’d pull a Childe on me.”

Tighnari laughs. “He does like to keep people in the dark when he wants to, huh?”

You hear your phone buzz but don't get time to check it as the crowd pushes you into the open elevator.

Once you and Tighnari are the only ones left, he turns to you. “So… Childe told me about what happened with Alhaitham the other day. Is something… going on?”

“No. Nothing.”

“...You sure?”

“I’m positive.”

Tighnari watches you closely. "But, if you didn't sort of like him… you wouldn't have gone with him, right?"

“We’re friends. That’s it.”

“Oh…”

You glance at him. “Why do you sound so sad?”

“Well, you’d be retiring from your title!”

“...Title?”

Tighnari smiles. “You wouldn’t be a professional bachelorette anymore. Oh, but don’t get me wrong! It’s not like it’s a bad thing.”

You sigh. “There’s no way I can date Alhaitham.”

“Why not?”

“He’s our CEO,” you say flatly. “That’s… no.”

“Well, I do see how that would cause issues. But… the heart wants what it wants.”

The elevator doors open. As you and Tighnari walk out, you finally check your phone and see the message from Alhaitham.

Catman: You should be in the picture next time.

This reply will be your last.

Pass. Not very photogenic.

When you arrive at your desk, you glance at your phone and roll your eyes… with a smile.

Catman: I respectfully disagree.

You have to put your phone away so you won’t get distracted.

◆◆◆

You lean back in your chair and stretch as you look at the outline you plan to propose to the leadership team in the next couple of weeks. Things are going well, and your team is also working together nicely. You scoot your chair toward your desk, ready to get back to it when your phone buzzes.

Catman: Can we talk after work today if you’re free?

You pick up your phone, staring at the message. It must not be work-related if he’s messaging you using his personal number. But what could it be about?

Catman: We can meet in my office.

That’d definitely help avoid any prying eyes.

No pop quiz, right?

His reply comes faster than you anticipated.

Catman: You’d pass with flying colours anyway.

“...Hey!” You immediately look toward your subordinate sitting at the desk across from you. She looks from your phone to you. “What are you smiling at?”

Are you smiling? You haven't noticed.

“Uh, nothing.” You quickly put your phone on the table with the screen facing down. “Did you need something?”

Your colleague gives you a suspicious smile. “Is it… a guy?”

You stand and look her in the eyes. “Do you need help with something?”

She laughs. “Okay, okay. I’ll drop it. I’m having some trouble with the dialogue for this scene. Could you take a look and give me some feedback?”

You walk over, your mind doing a complete switch to work. Not even Alhaitham is going to distract you, but he’s doing a damn good job of trying.

After work, you make your way up to Alhaitham's office. As you stare at your clear reflection in the elevator doors, you suddenly want to fix your hair. So, just before you reach the floor, you fix a few strands and confidently walk out.

You knock on the door, and the secretary opens it for you. As you walk in, you almost forget to thank him as you marvel at the size and decor of the room.

“Nice place you got here.”

“It’s not mine, technically,” Alhaitham says, walking over to you. He looks at his secretary, and the man walks out. Then, Alhaitham gestures for you to sit on the couch. You do, and he sits across from you.

“So, what did you want to talk about?”

“Is your family helping you with your move?”

“Yeah. But… why do you ask?”

“I wanted to ask if you needed help. Or… if my presence would make you uncomfortable.”

You haven't thought about asking Alhaitham for help. You don't want to deal with your family making casual jokes about how the two of you should be dating or something similar. It's awkward... and something he doesn't need to deal with.

“I think I’ll be okay,” you say. “Besides, I don’t think you want to deal with them trying to hook us up. I know how uncomfortable that would be.”

“I wouldn’t offer to help you if that were the case.”

The silence is a little too loud.

Alhaitham lightly clears his throat. “The real reason I called you here... is to offer you a deal.”

“Should I be leaving right about now?”

Alhaitham picks up on your joking tone. "Besides Kaveh, you are the only one who knows about my secret. As I said, I've been trying to figure out the reason and cause behind it for many years."

You nod.

"I still don't know why you were the one that changed me back… and with a kiss, no doubt. But you are my only hope right now."

You hold his stare.

"...I'd like you to keep changing me back until I find the reason and a permanent solution to my problem. In return… I can help you get out of those matchmaking parties you hate so much."

“...And how are you going help me do that?” you ask cautiously.

“By acting as your boyfriend.”

If you're drinking water, you will have choked.

“...Only in front of your family,” Alhaitham clarifies. “Or else, the purpose is lost.”

You stand. "So… let me get this straight. What we know so far is that you changed back when I kissed you. Now, for research purposes, you want me to… keep kissing you as a cat to change you back. In return, you’ll be my fake boyfriend in front of my family to get my mother to stop nagging me about me being single.”

“That’s another way to put it.”

You scoff. “That’s… that’s ridiculous!”

Alhaitham stands and puts his hands on the table. “Please. I need you.”

Why does he have to look at you like that? You just can't look away.

"I need to find out the root cause of my curse. If us dating makes you uncomfortable, you can suggest something else. It's just… I'd like to offer something in return if you help me."

"...Well, no one wants to live the kitty life forever, I suppose." Then, a small sigh. "How are you going to go about finding this root cause?"

“I’d like to experiment.” Your eyes widen, and Alhaitham quickly adds. “As in… would it work if I kissed you instead?”

You’re starting to feel faint.

"...If we end up in a fake relationship," Alhaitham continues, "you can call it off whenever you want."

“That sounds like it’s a bit unfair to you."

Alhaitham sighs softly. "We would be entering a contract, one that restricts you from entering romantic relationships with others. So I understand I'd be taking away your freedom in that regard."

“...So, are you saying that I can call it off if I meet someone I want to actually date?”

Alhaitham can’t ignore how the thought annoys him. “I’d like to find an answer to my problem before then.”

“Well, the same can go for you,” you say, looking away. “What if… during this time, you also meet someone you want to date?”

"For our sake, I don't intend to drag this out."

This is happening way too fast. Didn’t you just become friends? And now… a fake relationship?

“You don’t have to give me an answer now,” Alhaitham says. “It’s a lot to take in, I know.”

You almost crack a smile. "Don't tell me you wanted to be friends just so you could ask me this."

“If I said no, would you believe me?”

You shrug. “Don’t get me wrong. I’m… not blaming you. I can’t relate to your situation, but I would probably do the same.” You sit and cross one leg over the other. “But, I’d like to hear what other things you tried to get rid of your curse.”

Alhaitham sits across from you. “It’ll take some time.”

“Well, the fact I’m still sitting here means I’m fitting it into my schedule.”

“I’ll make it worth your while.”

◆◆◆

It’s finally the weekend, and you’ve been busy the entire day with the move. However, you can’t get the conversation with Alhaitham at his office out of your head.

"...That's impressive," you said, after hearing all the interesting theories and experiments he tried to get rid of his transformation.

“But I’ve yet to find an answer.”

“Still… that’s very interesting. I wonder if it could happen to anyone… even to me. Have you met anyone else like you?”

Alhaitham shook his head.

“Well, um, going back to your offer… can I think about it? I’ll give you an answer before next week.”

“Of course.”

A… fake relationship. One that only happens around your family. It sounds like the plot of a drama you wrote years ago.

“Who’s Catman?”

You've just finished adjusting the coffee table in your new place when you hear your sister ask the unexpected question. Your mother went out to grab some food while you and Lumine finished cleaning up your new place. You quickly walk up and see Lumine going through the people in your Contacts list.

“Really, Lumine?” You take your phone from her. “Why are you looking through my phone?”

“Just curious if you have Mr. Hottie saved on your phone.”

“Why are you so curious?”

"Weeelll, maybe you might need his help one day. It doesn't hurt to be on good terms with your neighbours."

“I wonder what you mean by good terms,” you say, rolling your eyes.

Lumine smiles widely.

A knock comes at your door, and you open it. But the smell of hot food is lost on you as you're staring into Alhaitham's eyes again.

“I bumped into him on the way up,” your mother says. “So, I invited him to have dinner with us!”

Your mother walks into your place just as Alhaitham asks, “...May I come in?”

"Of course you can!"

You look over your shoulder at Lumine, who's giving Alhaitham a small wave.

It doesn't seem like you have a choice, and it isn't because of your sister or because Alhaitham is your CEO. But it's those turquoise eyes of his that shine differently when he looks at you.

Chapter Seven

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[unknown-art1]

A Compilation of Times the P4 Guys Have Kissed/Almost Kissed Each Other

Like the title says this is a post detailing all the times (to my knowledge) that the guys from the P4 investigation team have kissed/almost kissed each other. Links (plus timestamps) to the videos that each scene is from will be included underneath each image/set of images.

(Spoiler Alert: Beside the first one, the rest of them include Teddie in some way)

“PQ Accidental Kiss Scene” Yosukan (Yosuke x Kanji) (17:59)

In Persona Q After the boys have shrunk down and climbed on top of each other to reach a key, they start to lose balance while they are stacked on top of each other. This causes them to accidentally knock down the key they are reaching for and also cause them all to fall on the floor, however during their fall Yosuke accidentally gets knocked out by the giant key, so he doesn’t notice himself conveniently fall on top of Kanji and accidentally kiss him.

Kanji also knocked out from the fall also doesn’t notice as well, and the only people who do now about Yosuke and Kanji kissing are Yu and Rise since Yu is the only guy that doesn’t get knocked out during the fall (because Teddie gets flattened by the key they are trying to get) and Rise uses her navigator powers to keep an eye on them.

The kiss between Yosuke and Kanji isn’t directly shown since Yu lands coolly infront of the camera when they should’ve made contact so he ends up blocking it, but this is the closest we get to a physical onscreen kiss scene between the boys, since the rest of these scenes are mostly offscreen implied kisses or in the next scenario case a kiss that almost happens but doesn’t. 

“Give him all you got!” Narukuma (Yu x Teddie) (0:30)

If you chose the "Give him all you got" option, when Teddie asks for a kiss after Yu comes home. Yu will indeed do his best to show Teddie “all he’s got” as he leans in to kiss him, but afraid his bearmones are too powerful Teddie will run away before Yu gets the chance to. 

“Yu wins Miracle Trivia Quiz Finals“ Narukuma (11:09)

If Yu wins the Miracle Trivia Quiz Finals he will be rewarded with non other than a steamy smooch from Teddie! After announcing Yu’s prize, Teddie leaps onto Yu and the two of them roll offscreen while Teddie attempts to give him his prize. Its up to interpretation whether Teddie actually kisses Yu or not since the last thing we hear is Teddie telling Yu “not to act bashful about it.”

“Yosuke wins the Miracle Trivia Quiz Finals” Hanakuma (Yosuke x Teddie) (9:16)

Assuming the prize is the same for everyone who wins the Miracle Trivia Miracle Quiz Final, Teddie will also attempt to give Yosuke an offscreen kiss if he wins, and Yosuke will naturally resist the idea. 

“King’s Game” Narukuma and KanTed (Kanji x Teddie) (5:19)

Okay, this one requires a little explaining. During the King's game Teddie will choose whoever is holding stick "Number 1" to kiss and if/when Yu has the Number 1 stick he'll nervously stand up, and even though Teddie originally wanted to smooch a girl with Yukiko's encouragement Teddie literally leaps at the chance to kiss Yu. However, unfortunately for Kanji who happens to be sitting in the middle of them Teddie accidentally leaps onto him instead of Yu and ends up tackling Kanji offscreen and gives him a kiss instead.

Now you may be wondering to yourself what was the purpose of me gathering all this information for? Well, it was just because I thought it was interesting how many time the P4 guys have kissed/almost kissed each other. 

These were the only moments I could personal recall, but if you know of any others that I didn’t mention in this post feel free to tell me! And also thanks for reading this far hope you found the post interesting! 

[tens-girl]

The Legend of Venice…

This is halfway through posting on AO3, five chapters of the ten are available (fic is finished and I post every 3 days so it doesn’t take too long…)

The Who Omens gang (ok, 4/5 of them, Aziraphale is away on an important secret side quest…) head to 18th century Venice to visit Casanova, the Doctor’s double (also looks very like Crowley, although we have femme Crowley in this story to avoid quite that much confusion!)

The usual fun, sexiness, shenanigans and nonsense ensue, with a healthy dose of angst (seriously, when will the Doctor and Jack get their shit together?!) and honestly, Signora Crowley is so damn sexy it hurts.

There’s a little recap in the notes for the first chapter in case you’re not familiar with the group, but it’s so much fun, and if you’re a fan of David Tennant (and who here isn’t?) then you’ll probably have a good time… Also, little taster from Ch1 below the cut…

Rated E - for explicit sex. Various pairings, Crowley enacting some serious gender-fuckery in Ch4.

The Doctor was running as fast as he possibly could, long legs carrying him quickly over paved streets and steep bridges, hurtling around tight corners, crossing back and forth over canals. Several men were pursuing him, one who appeared to be a very successful and wealthy merchant, judging by his dress, accompanied by several members of his personal bodyguard. The Doctor didn’t have the slightest idea why they were chasing him, but they were persisting in doing so, and they had weapons, so he was running. Always running. Everywhere he went across the entirety of space and time, always running.

“Giacomo Casanova! Stop running and face me like a man! You scoundrel!”

Ah… that would explain it…

The merchant was stood at the apex of a bridge, yelling at the man he perceived to be Giacomo Casanova, infamous resident of eighteenth-century Venice. Giving up the chase on a personal level due to a painful stitch in his side and an inability to draw breath properly, he’d sent his guards on to continue the pursuit. The Doctor (very much not Casanova) was picking his way cautiously along a narrow ledge that ran beside a building, balancing carefully so as not to fall into the canal below. He was relying on his slender frame and superior agility to perform this gymnastic feat more successfully than the guards, whose additional layers of protective clothing and cumbersome weapons would almost certainly slow them down.

Not that the Doctor’s outfit was much more convenient. The tight black breeches and leather boots that came over his knees were fine (he rather liked the boots actually…), but the several layers on top were less helpful to his current situation. The rich fabrics of the long waistcoat and dress coat were heavy and stiff, not ideal for extended bouts of running, or pressing tightly against a wall to prevent himself taking an unplanned bath in the disgusting waters of a Venetian canal.

They were lovely though. The high-necked waistcoat was cream with embroidered detail in a golden thread, the coat fashioned in fabric that was the exact blue of his Tardis, edged with more gold. The open-necked shirt below the waistcoat was also Tardis-blue, while the scarf at his throat added a splash of deep red, probably a joke on Crowley’s part, adding a little bit of themselves to the outfit. Because the whole thing was a miracle, materialised out of nothing by the demon.

So actually, if it was going to help him escape…

He shrugged the coat off one shoulder and then the other. Clinging on to a loose brick in the wall with one hand, he tugged the coat off with his other, finding it was awkward, with the fabric so stiff. It wasn’t real, so why couldn’t Crowley have made it soft? He almost lost his footing, one long leather-clad leg swinging quite wildly out over the water, his hearts in his mouth for a moment. And then the coat was finally dislodged, one arm wriggling free. He swung his leg back onto the ledge, swapped his hands over, quickly grabbed his sonic screwdriver from the inside pocket, wedging it between his teeth, and flapped his now-free arm about until the coat eventually fell into the canal. Better.

The Doctor glanced back at his pursuers, who hadn’t actually made it out onto the ledge yet. There appeared to be some discussion as to how they would manage their weapons. Seeing the supposed-Casanova undressing, they were also considering following suit. One was arguing that they should take a boat (because there were always boats tied up along the edge of the canal, and they could ‘borrow’ one quite easily) and drag their prey from the ledge, rather than following him along it.

Given the lack of progress, the Doctor decided to lose the waistcoat too. He quickly unbuttoned it and shrugged it off, letting it too fall into the murky waters below. Crowley wouldn’t mind. Now, with only the loose-fitting shirt and scarf on his upper body, he was in a much better position to outrun his pursuers.

He slowly made his way along the ledge to the next bridge, where he stood for a moment, looking back at the merchant, sliding his sonic into one of his boots for safe keeping. Now he’d made it to the bridge, the guards had ceased their arguments and had set off down a side street at a run, probably taking a loop around the block to get to him, rather than the shorter but more challenging route he’d taken (a tactic, which, if they’d thought about it earlier, probably would have cut him off and enabled his easy capture…)

“There’s been a mistake! I’m not who you think I am!” he shouted at the merchant.

“Oh, come now, Giacomo! Don’t take me for a fool, well, no more than you already have, you bastard!”

“I don’t know what you think I’ve done,” he yelled, before continuing in a mutter to himself, “although I’m fairly sure I can work it out given who you seem to think I am…” and then back to a shout, “…but I assure you, it wasn’t me!”

“Really? I’m not stupid! Show me some respect, Giacomo! Own your crimes!”

“Oh, I’m sure he would! But I’m not him!” Exasperated, the Doctor saw no option but to continue running. The merchant would never believe him (and why should he?), and the guards could be heard thudding down the street towards him. He ran, over the bridge and along the street, heading for the safety of the Tardis now.

“Casanova! Get back here you ungrateful swine!”

In a building up above, another man heard shouting and wondered what the commotion was about. Opening a window and sticking his head out, he spotted a small group of guards in the distance, pursuing a lone figure in a blue shirt who was running along the street towards him. He refocused on the figure and gasped in shock. That’s me… but I’m right here. Well, it’s not me, can’t be me, obviously… but he looks just like me! He blinked a few times, but as the man came closer, he only grew more certain. The resemblance was quite alarmingly complete, the pair identical in every feature. Except his hair… his hair is quite lovely. How does he get it to do that?

The Doctor glanced up; his eye caught by a figure leaning out of a window. He stopped. That’s him! It’s bloody him! And… wow… that is…

He’d seen the image Crowley had put into his head, but still… the likeness was a shock.

“Casanova, give yourself up! You can’t outrun us forever!” one of the guards shouted.

Looking around, the Doctor realised the guards were catching up to him fast. With a last glance up at the man in the window, who was looking even more bewildered now that his own name had been applied to his doppelgänger in the street, the Doctor grinned and saluted him, before setting off again, running. He wouldn’t give the actual Giacomo Casanova up to the guards (although their confusion would have been incredible…), because it wasn’t far to the Tardis, and they could save the complicated questions for another time, when he was in his proper clothes and less out of breath.

Casanova watched the figure as he ran off down the street, the guards in hot pursuit. Who on earth was he? Why did they look the same? Why were they calling him by his name? And why was his hair so amazing?

The Doctor swung round another corner and spotted the Tardis in a dark, unobtrusive corner of the alleyway. He sped towards her, rooting in the tight pocket of the breeches for his key. These clothes just really weren’t convenient…

His shoulder slammed into the door as he scrambled to get the key into the lock, turn it and get inside. Once he was in, he shut the door behind him and leaned against it, gulping oxygen into his lungs.

Well, that was a disaster.

Continue reading on AO3…

[howldean]

Your post actually did make me reconsider my stance on Dean and dogs, since i did mostly just picture the whole hellhound thing.. I feel like Dean thrives on the kind of straightforward affection dogs tend to give, which we did kinda see in the finale (when he wakes up and gives Miracle that big hug). And on the other hand Sam's always the more independent/on the move guy against Dean's family+stay at home side, so ironically I feel like long-term, he'd prefer a pet like a cat that's a bit more independent. Also, it's just funny to me to picture historically dog-guy Sam and literally-killed-by-dogs Dean having a cat and dog respectively.

changing the minds and lives of tumblrinas every day since 2020!!

but yeah i for sure hear that. i don’t remember if i read it in a fic or a post or what but someone proposed the idea that dean isn’t actually allergic to cats and that john lied to him so that he would stop wishing for a pet and it kind of rewired my brain and is part of my own personal canon now. so i like cat guy dean too

PAUSE. i just googled dean winchester cat allergy to make sure i didn’t make the concept up as a whole and. and the top result is from sneeze fetish forum dot com

godspeed Wolfwings22. right on (link?)

WHAT I WAS SAYING, HOWEVER. is yes. absolutely. i think that dean would also be a big “that damn dog” “dumb mutt” guy-who-didn’t-want-a-dog but feeds him bacon under the table and lets him sleep on the bed and privately pampers him. i think that he and a cat would get along just fine — there was however a very weird period in the thick of the general miracle discourse where an argument was more or less that dean didn’t deserve a dog because sam deserved one more? given that he’d historically been the dog person between them. which i thought was kind of weird. because dude just go to a shelter and also that doesn’t mean dean doesn’t actively deserve a pet. but whatever. i think they should have several pets and sam would be a great weird fish guy i feel

side note: what the fuck was up with the boy dog girl dog fight? that feels like a fever dream and i don’t even remember if i ever contributed to the commentary or not. but what was up with that

[gunnrblze]

Hello, hope you’re doing alright! I’m back with Ghosts related song recs part 4 lol.

You said you were up for some loud songs last time, so loud it is! Plus one calm song to salvage your ears lmfao. Watch you’re volume tho because I’ve killed my hearing one too many times with some of these. (Also excuse the mass amount of Cane Hill. I think they do loud music very well 😔)

(The New) Jesus - Cane Hill: If there ever was a song that is the epitome of Fed Rorke, this is easily one of the top contenders for me. You can’t tell me that man doesn’t love to play God. His ass was smug the entire game.

Kill Me - Cane Hill: this one is very Hesh coded to me. He was already pissed after Elias’s death. The dude must’ve been FERAL after the beach. Idk this song very much feels like blind rage to me, I think it’s fitting.

Screwtape - Cane Hill: Kick our beloved freak. What can I say, this song is a little screwy. (Idk how else to put it help.) I think it matches him well. I don’t think he’s this insane 100% of the time but he has his moments. A little savior complex, mayhaps?

Eyeless - SlipKnot: FED LOGAN, NO?? The feds fucked this poor man up for sure, he’s definitely a little crazy after the pit. Also the resentment towards a father figure is *chef’s kiss*. I definitely think Logan would hold some resentment towards his family/the Ghosts once he’s free. The classic “why didn’t you save me?” complex.

Gods - Sleep Token: I kinda got some Keegan vibes from this? Not too sure so lmk what you think if you’d like. He’s pretty calm and collected but he has his beserker moments—Ajax’s death, to name one. I imagine he must feel very strung out sometimes, and that frustration turns to anger: “my fucking form is but a wreck beneath them.”

There’s a Girl in the Corner - The Twilight Sad: here’s the calmer song lol. You said you liked synth and these guys use it a lot in their music. This song also gives me Keegan vibes, specifically after SV. The “she’s not coming back from that”, specifically. That op definitely killed a part of who he was.

Well, that’s all from me! I hope you like them. As always, I’m very curious to hear your opinions or suggestions of your own! Sorry for all the recs lately, I have so many 😟, but feel free to tell me to shut up lmao. I get it. Either way, have a good one. :)

— Cold blooded anon

Also!!! I apologize if this got sent twice. My WiFi absolutely offed itself in the middle of writing the first one, so I had to retype EVERYTHING. I don’t actually know if it sent?

Hello my dear, I hope you’re well too! Thank you for more recs, I’m being fed so well by you lol. I loved these and have many thoughts once again;

(The New) Jesus- godddd im obsessed with this+Fed Rorke, ur a genius. “Welcome to Genesis, go see the miracles now. I’ll be your exodus so you can tell all the others God was found” HELLO? The ex Christian in me is having many thoughts lmao. He definitely loves the power trip of being the Feds commander

Kill Me- I fw this bad. Hesh was definitely feral post beach and I think this perfectly captures how earth shatteringly enraged he’d be, and directed mostly at Rorke? Yeowch

Screwtape- KICK my freaky boy, I love this for him. I feel like when he gets upset it’d be very volatile/emotional like this. This band almost reminds me of Slipknot a bit, I really like them :))

Eyeless- well speaking of Slipknot I love this song hehe, smiled when I saw it cus it reminds me of my own brother lol. This definitely fits the genuine insanity Logan would feel from the pit. “I am my father’s son cause he’s a phantom, a mystery, and that leaves me nothing” this is KILLING me actually. He (and Hesh) were essentially thrusted into their father’s world (literally a phantom/ghost, hello), and all the mystery surrounding his legacy, all the unanswered questions they must have EEK. Rorkes “why won’t Elias save me” in the pit would be Logan’s “why won’t Hesh save me” in the pit, it’s perfectttt

Gods- oh I loveee this for Keegan, my poor traumatized man. His calm cool collected shit definitely gets challenged, even just looking for Ajax during that mission he was loosing it and I think this fits him

There’s a girl in the corner- WEEPING this feels like a Keegan song too. Love the synth and the vibe. If he was actually as young as his canon age suggests (which feels impossible to be 16/17 during SV but I digress lol) there’s no way he left with all the parts of himself he came with.

Def don’t shut up or apologize for all the recs!! I love and appreciate these so much, send as many as you want hehe. Also I did get the first one but i got interrupted with something right in the middle of listening to all of these earlier and then forgot 💀

[revengesworn]

man okay so i’ve been thinking about the ending and the ways i think it’s flawed/my frustrations with it, but also why it does still work enough for me to at least not ruin the series as a whole/how it still tries to fit with the themes?? and i’ve also been applying headcanon to make it work better for me and to make me feel happier about the series overall, so if you’re curious!! take this post lol. (under the cut for length + manga spoilers for the whole series below!)

What initially bugged me about the ending most of all, and I finally managed to put it in words lol, is that there was never an explanation for how Mikey and Takemichi managed to leap back in time and fix everything. Because of that, to me, the key message of “everyone can be saved” and more importantly/centrally, “rely on your friends/don’t try and take on everything alone” gets muddied a bit?? Because it feels more like luck that things happened to work out. Like, Mikey finally puts his full trust in Takemichi and as a result - he ends up killing him!! And seemingly only manages to go back in time due to “luck”/an unexplained miracle. So the message it seems to (accidentally) send is that Mikey was right to try and take on everything alone, because when he put his trust in Takemichi he like. ended up killing him/his worst fear was confirmed??

That perspective on it was enough to put me off the series for a bit ngl, but I still love Tokyo Revengers overall - it has so much good in it that I really wanted to keep liking it, and I do think that the series isn’t completely ruined by the ending! And the main reason I’ve come to think that is because despite everything I just said... even if it’s only indirectly, it is Mikey choosing to open up to Takemichi and trusting him (by releasing his dark impulses after Takemichi said he could handle them) that led to the chain of events that triggered the happy ending. Like, in the end, he believed in Takemichi and trusted him to save him, and was rewarded for that narratively by being given the chance to time leap along with him. The message of “trusting/relying on others” is still there, in the end, even if it’s not as strong as it could’ve been as a result of the indirect way it happens. Hopefully that makes sense, and I hope it can help people come to be at peace with the ending a bit more to think about how it fits the themes of the series!

But also, as for my own reading of the ending... I’ve applied some headcanons that make it work even better for me as well, without actually contradicting canon (I hope). Headcanons are as follows:

So in my mind, Shinichiro’s curse actually had two aspects to it. The first was the punishment for choosing to kill in order to gain the power - but that punishment was technically already paid when Kazutora killed him later on. So Mikey’s curse/dark impulses was, according to this headcanon, not actually a result of Shinichiro becoming a murderer at all - most likely it was just due to the old man’s malice, wanting to hurt the people around Shinichiro as well.

Shinichiro being punished was fair, Mikey being punished for someone else’s crime wasn’t. So maybe the universe (yes, i am giving the universe some level of sentience here lol) gave Mikey a chance to break that curse, if he chose to open up about his struggles and didn’t try and take everything on alone. That could’ve been the condition for breaking the curse for any number of reasons - Mikey has always had a fixation on being “strong” and a hatred of weakness, so maybe the universe just decided that that was a suitable condition, since he’d have to overcome his flaws to do so??

Of course, predictably, Mikey did try and take it all on alone and refused to open up. And I’m not blaming him for that! He clearly thought it was both the only way to protect everyone, and was also deeply afraid of rejection from the people he loved if he actually talked about his issues - on top of letting them down/burdening them. But the point is - if you interpret the curse this way, the final time leap at the end of canon makes sense - it was because Mikey choosing to trust Takemichi to shoulder his burdens fulfilled the condition for breaking the curse. That’s still sort of  the case even without headcanons, but here it’s much more directly a result of how the curse functions to begin with, so (at least to me) it feels much less like luck that things worked out??

Hopefully that explanation made some kind of sense LOL i might just be talking nonsense or being pretentious, and if so I apologize!! But for me, I like the concept because it’s just expanding on themes that are already present in Tokyo Revengers just a little more. Personally, if I had to rely too much on headcanon to fix everything, I’d still be super dissatisfied, but since I can tell what Wakui was going for/that message of the story is still present canonically to some extent, I’ve come to feel decently satisfied with the ending overall now!

On another note, I’ve also seen people complain that the show loses impact by making Mikey’s actions a result of the supernatural and not trauma, since it turns the show from an explanation of real-life issues into just a convenient curse that explains everything. I actually think this is a completely fair criticism tbh, but I tend to imagine that what drove Mikey to violence was actually a result of the curse AND his trauma mixing together. Specifically, the curse caused the violent urges, but it was his trauma that led to him being unable to resist them, and his views on strength and weakness that led to him being unable to manage them healthily, if that makes sense??

Anyway this post is already too long so. Share your thoughts and headcanons on the ending below, I’d love to hear them!! <3

[deusexmachinawitch]

My highlight of the day is a lady at the cosmetics store that asked me to help her choose products because “I was really pretty like the girls that her granddaughter watches in YouTube so she knew that I would be more helpful than the ladies at the store”.

I was also asked if I was a beauty YouTuber. I guess that my reverse aging and magnetism manifestations are working 😂

I guess this is a sign that I really should pursue being a lifestyle YouTuber, except I will not show my face for privacy reasons and I want to be a cozy person. I mean, I could manifest that after all.

Also, I asked the Universe for signs for the “7 Days Miracle Maker Challenge” for the giggles and I got the following:

-I was brought ice cream at work because my Boss (like the good Asian lady she is) saw that there was a limited edition ice cream at the usual store we have right next to the office so she wanted to get us some ice creams for us both. The limited edition ingredient happens to be SP’s favorite sweet stuff that he even offered to me the day he confessed to me. This sweet is extremely rare and I haven’t seen it before as an ice cream topping or to accompany another thing. I’m extremely shocked.

-I was gifted a body wash and the brand’s name had SP’s name in it. It is really awkward to think that I’ll be washing my body with that 😂

-SP, who’s not a social media user actually posted an Instagram story. I didn’t check it but one of my nosy friends told me what was in it and she said that it was just him doing a One Piece anime marathon. I’ll assume that he is going to watch all of One Piece to get me out of his mind.

I’ll continue with the challenge!

[twisted-in-underland]

Morrigan Crowley alt. NRC outfits

Hello Hello! Here is the long awaited post with Morrigan’s alternate NRC outfits! There are a few event outfits I didn’t design for just yet so I’m not including them. Perhaps they’ll be added in a future posts

All credit for the sprites/cards I used as my references belongs to the Twisted Wonderland team and Yana Toboso!

Other Morrigan outfits: School uniform | Royal Sword Academy | Village of Miracles event

Groovy Candy & Coffin icon

I feel like it’s only fair that I actually make Morrigan a groovy candy and coffin icon design.

Raven feather and mirrors are the things I’ve been using as Morrigan’s icons/symbols so those are what I used for these designs.

Since Morrigan is in Diasomnia I used the Diasomnia group’s icons as my references.

The groovy candy was pretty easy, I just did a ravens feather

The coffin icon was a little harder because I wasn’t quite sure what design I wanted to make.

After looking at some of the other characters coffin cards and looking at the mirrors Crowley wears, I decided to combine the feather and mirror motifs.

My thought process was that it’s a more ornate mirror, so the feathers on the sides would be decor elements on the sides of the frame.

Dorm Uniform

So I completely forgot that Daisomnia (at least for the ENG server) doesn’t have sprites for their dorm uniforms. I still wanted to include it, so I used mainly Sebek’s “official design” art as a reference. His design happens to be facing the same way as the in-game sprites so it was easier to get the design right.

Morrigan’s dorm uniform has very minor changes. They aren’t a big fan of ties so, while they may button their shirts all the way, they don’t wear the tie. The same can be said about their school uniform. I also imagine their boots are heeled like Malleus’s, though are maybe a bit shorter.

The hat was a pain in the butt, imma just say it. Especially because I didn’t have a sprite to reference in terms of the size it should be. I will admit I was tempted to omit it completely, but felt it would have been too out of place if I did.

Ceremonial Robes & Birthday Boy

There isn’t much to mention about either of these outfits, I didn’t really change anything.

The detailing on the robes was pain though. It just took forever

The ribbon on the birthday suit outfit is purple as a call back to Morrigan’s purple colour scheme outside of their uniforms

I also included the VoM braid to the Birthday suit just for fun

PE uniform & Lab wear

These are another pair that I don’t have much to say on because of the general diversity in how the characters wear their PE and Lab gear

For Morrigan’s gym uniform I kind of did a cross of the turtleneck Malleus wears and the general crew neck T-shirts many of the other characters wear. Just for a little spice

I also debated on having them wear their magic pen like Silver, but I ended up not liking the sketch, so their pen is in the little pocket on the jumpsuit sleeve (hidden behind their hair lol)

For Morrigan’s lab wear I gave them an open lab coat like Lilia , I just made the length of the coat the same as everyone else’s. Other the. That, there isn’t much that’s super different.

For both outfits I put Morrigan’s hair up in a bun due to the nature of the classes. Would the longer bits still be cause for concern, particularly when doing alchemy? Yeah probably, but it’s easier to change the back of the hair than redo the bangs 🥲

This took forever to compile but here are a collection of alternative NRC outfits for Morrigan! I’m gonna try to stop myself from making any more outfit sprites for Morrigan so I can focus on some of my other OC’s. I may come back with some of the event outfits at a later time.

I’m debating on making a sprite list like this for either Yuri or Roma next. That, or I make work on sprites for my non student OC’s 🤔 idk we’ll see where I end up lol.

The other outfit posts I’ve made are linked at the top. I’m open to any questions y’all have!

[mystarmyangel]

[HOT-THEQOO] 230705 YoonA is building up her filmography well after movie Confidential Assignment.jpg

Film 'Confidential Assignment' - First film Accumulated moviegoers - 7.81m Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Female Newcomer nomination

2. Film 'EXIT' - First leading film Accumulated moviegoers - 9.42m Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actress nomination (first idol)

3. Film 'Miracle' Accumulated moviegoers - 710,000 Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actress nomination

4. Drama 'Big Mouth' 13.7% (1st place in MBC drama ratings in 2022) Top Excellence Award at Drama Awards

5. Film 'Confidential Assignment 2' Accumulated moviegoers - 6.98m Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actress nomination Grand Bell Award Best Supporting Actress

6. Drama 'King The Land' 6th episode rating 12% ~ing JTBC's all-time viewer ratings 9th ~ing

In between, she also did a drama 'HUSH', but the result wasn't successful. But step by step, she is building up her filmography of successful dramas and movies

At time of posting 5 Jul 6pm KST: 21.4K views, 140 comments 2. YoonA’s characters in ‘Confidential Assignment’ and ‘EXIT’ are really funnyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 3. She is a perfect fit for Cheon Sarang 5. I think her role like that of ‘King The Land’ and ‘Confidential Assignment’ really suit her perfectly. These daysm, she is so pretty in ‘King The Land’ and her acting is really good too 12. Bright characters like Saebyuk (in You Are My Destiny), ‘Confidential Assignment’, ‘King The Land’ really fit her so well 16. I really like YoonA in ‘HUSH’ 17. I think she is good at finding scripts that suit her 18. Her acting has improved a lot, it seem like just yesterday when she was acting as Saebyuk. But now she is so natural, and she is doing well. 19. It seem like from some point onwards; her acting has improved tremendously. I’m not even a fan, but I feel proud of her. 20. It is because her idol image is strong, but actually her acting is quite good.. If you say she can’t act, yet she was able to liven up the solemn scenes 21. Her acting was stable in ‘HUSH’ and ‘Miracle’. But looking at her acting these days, I think she is getting even better. She is indeed charismatic 22. It seems like she is building up her filmography well. 23. It is great to see that both her movies and dramas are successful. Lovely and comical projects are totally her expertise. 25. I like ‘HUSH’ as well. I am looking forward to YoonA’s filmography in the future 26. YoonA is good at acting 28. YoonA’s acting is stable.. She is especially good at romcom 29. Personally, I enjoy watching her in ‘EXIT’ 30. Back when she was still active as an idol, she just receive any kind of scripts and film it accordingly to how her schedule allowed back then, but it is much better now because she is focusing on her acting career. 34. YoonA is good at acting and visually she is so pretty too so I keep watching her projects. 35. Didn’t she started acting during the same time as her debut with SNSD? Its time for her to do well.. 36. YoonA, you have been doing so well 37. YoonA is really good at acting. She is a perfect match for ‘King The Land’ while I was watching it. She even did well during ‘Big Mouth’.

38. YoonA’s acting is good, I am not sure if it is because I have been watching her since her Saebyuk days, but she acts so well now. Needless to say, her visuals is good ㅋㅋㅋ 39. ‘EXIT’ was really well made; this character is so fitting for her... she has a face that is full of righteousness 40. I am so proud of my kid 🥺Will continue to support you!! 41. YoonA seem to be brilliant with comical acting. She is so good at pretentious/deceitful kind of acting 42. Didn’t you start first with ‘You Are My Destiny’? I remember I have so much fun watching it in elementary schoolㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 44. ‘Miracle’ is fun 47. She has been improving steadily and she is good at natural acting. She also has a good image, so she is likeable. 56. ‘Miracle’ is a really good movie, YoonA’s acting is also good. I looked at all her past works, I feel that she has the best chemistry with Hyun Bin. YoonA is tall and slim, so I would like to see her being paired up with tall male leads as well. 57. All the roles she played are roles that are easy to be disliked, but the way she portrayed the characters make them likeable, this is her real capability. 59. I am watching ‘King The Land’ now and YoonA’s acting is so good.. She acts well according to the scenario, such as melodrama, comedy, disaster genre etc 60. ‘Miracle is fun, but it is a pity that there aren’t many audiences. 62. She has been acting so well lately. I enjoyed emotional acting. I want to see her doing various genres, I also want to see you in cool action projects because you used your body well in ‘EXIT’ 65. She is good at acting, and maybe because she is an idol, so she knows how to move her body well. ㅋㅋㅋㅋ I hope you do even better❤️ 72. You were so good and natural with dialect acting in ‘Miracle’ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 74. Saebyuk-ssi 77. I remembered other than Saebyuk, she also filmed a drama called ‘Love Rain’. She made an appearance in ‘9 Ends 2 Outs’ before her debut. Looking at ‘King The Land’ now, her acting has indeed improved a lot. 78. ‘HUSH’ is also due to the drama itself being no fun, the actors all played their parts well. 81. It is good to see YoonA doing well step by step 83. You were so good at acting as Cheon Sarang. I was so surprised to see your drunk acting 84. YoonA is really good at acting. It is really hard to act well in a comical way. She is witty and she has good vocalization. There is no need for further comments when it comes to her visuals. 87. When I saw her grabbing her own feet when the pig trotters delivery came at the ending of Ep 6, I thought her acting was insane ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 89. I can’t wait for ‘2 O’Clock Date’, when is it coming outㅜㅋㅋ 90. I started to like her since ‘EXIT’ 99. YoonA’s acting is really good........ there is surely a reason for her success 100. I am watching ‘King The Land’ and I think Sarang is really YoonA, so I think she is doing well. 101. I am really envious of her film portion in her filmography, ‘Confidential Assignment’ series and ‘EXIT’ ㅠㅠ so enviable 103. I don’t think her acting as a whole is good yet, but it seem like she is good at light and comical acting such as ‘Confidential Assignment’ and ‘King The Land’? 110. I think she is doing well in acting that fits her image 111. I thought she is strong in comical acting, but in ‘Big Mouth’, she is also good with her emotional acting. I hope you will continue to do well. 114. I have liked her since her Saebyuk days, I am glad to see her doing well as an actress. 116. You are good at acting. But I wanted to see you in a different drama with different vibes 127. When I wasn't interested in idols, was it a daily drama that my mom used to watch? Saebyuk? I knew YoonA through that.She's good at acting, so if YoonA comes out, I'll watch it. 131. I think YoonA’s acting has always been above average, at least according to my standard.

Source: TheQoo Trans: mystarmyangel

[matt-imagines-popcorn]

General Bald Bull HCs

Bald Bull has now reached comfort character status - perhaps, even babygirl status if you will.

Warning; a brief mention of self-harm,

Bull Is part of the sibling gang. He has an older sister, Nehir, who took care of him - more so than their father did anyways. Nehir is strict and is probably the only person who puts fear into Bull's heart and gets through his stubborn ass. Bull has a lot of respect for her and shows that respect by helping around the ranch.

Also, of course, Bull has a cattle ranch, are you kidding me? He's been taking care of cattle since he could walk and loves being outside with them. And now that his sister inherited the ranch it's truly the only place Bull can go and be free from the press and fame. Even the work he does on the farm is relaxing.

A popular rumor that's been around since even before becoming a boxer was that he killed his birth father. But the worst Bull had ever done to him was break his arm. The fate of his father was liver failure. Bull doesn't mind the rumor as much as other rumors. In fact, with some of his younger fans, he seems to play into the idea, scaring them off most times.

Bull's favorite treat is anything with caramel. I don't know why he just seems like the kinda guy.

Bull in his youth had inherited his mother's big fluffy hair. He actually quite enjoyed it, taking great care of it ... until that fateful barber came and cut it all off. The moment it happened - oh he was furious. It took the whole boxer gang at the time to hold him back from attacking the poor barber. As much as he liked his hair, being bald fit his brand well, and he likes to joke about it. Still, I imagine once he retires he will regrow it back. [Much to the dismay of everyone]

Bull has many scars - most come from being a boxer for so long, others from helping around the ranch. The oldest of the scars are from his younger years and are sadly self-inflicted. He is doing a lot better - mentally and physically - now however he understandably doesn't like talking about them. However, the nastiest of the bunch was due to an accident on the ranch back during his teen years. It fully healed at this point but it is still the weakest point on his body.

Similar to the bulls at the ranch, Bald Bull can sleep while standing up, and sometimes with their eyes open. No one knows how this started [even Bull himself] and it's terrifying to everyone. [Even Nehir hates it]. (I actually stole this hc from Tumblr the idea was so funny to me but I can't find the original post >:[ )

It's also rumored that Bull's sideburns are as soft as clouds. No one can confirm this of course but it's a popular rumor and one he seems to be annoyed at strangely enough.

Despite his branding and living on a cattle ranch, his favorite animals are cats. Many find shelter on the ranch and give birth to their kittens there - some Bull has helped in raising, which resulted in him owning an empire of cats. When he is done with chores, Bull would sometimes lay on the ground and let all the cats and kittens lay on top of him.

In the most positive way possible I can describe Bull's feelings towards Mac: He wanted to eat him. He wanted to eat him and chew and spit him back out at Doc's feet. When Doc retired, he and Bull didn't exactly leave on the right foot. So when Doc came with a little runt, he thought Doc was mocking him. He underestimated Mac and because of that, he lost the match. Oh, he was pissed off. Of course, Doc would teach the boy his old tricks - and Bull's weakness as well. The second match was even worse. It's a miracle Mac hasn't been beaten up outside the ring by Bull. Bull has more positive feelings about Mac now, being happy for the young man strangely enough. Though he doesn't show it.

.Moss's Official Hug Rating.

Bull never hugs people. The only person he would consider hugging is Nehir and even then, it's more likely going to be an awkward side hug than anything else. Though he had no problems with close friends [Doc and Soda mostly] hugging him, he just won't hug back. However, he's a natural cuddle bug in his sleep. Bedmates find him clinging to them and holding them like a stuffed animal. It's definitely not bad, though he can't help but feel bad about it in the morning.

Bull awake is like 2/10 but asleep? Like a solid 8/10 mans a fuckin' HEATER

[lookingupatthesamemoon]

janAUary #1 - grocery store

pairing: Bonnie x Willy Wonka (2023)

summary: Willy becomes quite the regular customer at Bonnie's grocery store

word count: 1154

author's note: this was very much just a warm-up style drabble !!! just flexing the muscles - not my best work, but fun to write :) divider is from @/yaynowimglad

Bonnie was used to slow days. She had only been in charge for a couple years, but she could probably count the customers she had seen in her time as the owner on just her two hands. Her grandmother had left it to her in the will, and she had worked there since she was a teenager - come to think of it, it had always been pretty slow.

Of course, Bonnie’s store, The Concoctor's Cabinet, didn’t sell just milk and eggs and bread. She sold things far more interesting - like liquified sun rays and phoenix feathers. The handmade shelves were chock full of jars of some of the rarest ingredients found all around the world. She would’ve thought all the rich freaks in this part of Europe would be chomping at the bit to get their hands on stuff like this - where else around here could you find literal lightning in a bottle? But it apparently wasn’t interesting enough for more than a single novelty visit for many back when the place first opened… While her grandmother was still alive.

So, naturally, on a random Tuesday in the early days of winter, Bonnie expected not to see a single soul during her work day. That is, until she saw a frail young man barrel in the door. She watched him from the counter for a moment before greeting him, taking note of his mannerisms. He looked… Different. Nothing like the customers she’d seen in the past. Not much like her other regulars, either, come to think of it. His clothes were brighter, albeit a little dirty, and he wore a brown top hat over his tousled hair. She almost wanted to laugh, until he looked up and met her eyes.

“Good afternoon,” she stammered. “Can I help you find anything in particular?”

The man smiled, removing his hat and placing it under his arm. “As a matter of fact, you can. I was told I might be able to find some griffin tooth here?”

“Oh! Absolutely, let me take you to it,” Bonnie replied, leaving her post to lead the way. Surely she could have simply pointed to the shelf, seeing as the shop wasn’t exactly big, but customer engagement was important to her - after all, for all she knew, a personalized shopping experience could be the difference between a lifetime regular and a one-time novelty shopper. The two took a short walk over to the right corner of the store, where all the gold products were - Bonnie liked to organize them by color, she thought it made things look prettier. 

“Okay, owl feather, pot of gold, golem gear… Ah! Griffin tooth! How much were you looking to get?”

“Well, how much you got?”

“It looks like… About four jars.”

“I’ll take ‘em all,” the man beamed. “I mean, it’s a miracle I was even able to find any… Thank you.”

“Of course! You’re very welcome, mister…”

“Wonka,” he said, filling in the blank. “Willy Wonka.”

“Well, Mr. Wonka, you are very welcome,” Bonnie repeated.

“Please, call me Willy,” the man insisted.

“Was Mr. Wonka your father?” Bonnie asked, attempting to joke with him as they made their way back to the checkout counter.

“No, I don’t know my father’s name, actually,” Willy responded.

“Oh… I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be,” he grinned.

Bonnie’s face tinted pink as she took her place behind the counter, setting herself up to make the sale. All the while, Willy kept his eyes on her, watching as she typed away on her system. She looked to be about his age, which was wonderful news for Willy for a multitude of reasons. For one, it gave him hope for his own business venture - if Bonnie could run a shop like this, surely he could make it with his chocolate shop. It also gave him hope that maybe, just maybe, he could finally find a friend his own age in her. For much of his life, Willy really only knew people older than him - well, Noodle being the exception. But, on the boat, all of his coworkers were a bit older, and his new friends from Scrubbit's were all a bit older, and even much of his customer base proved to be at least a few years older than he was. He felt like he was so far behind them - maybe someone like Bonnie could help him catch up.

“Okay, so… four jars of griffin tooth… That comes to twelve sovereigns!” Bonnie said cheerfully, breaking him out of his thoughts.

“Really?” Willy asked, tilting his head to the side. “Just… Just twelve sovereigns?”

“Sure,” Bonnie shrugged. “Three sovereigns per jar, four jars… That makes twelve sovereigns.”

Willy looked at her bewildered, his expression suggesting some kind of boyish glee. Bonnie’s blush surely got darker, though she couldn’t tell considering her cheeks had been a little hot since he walked through the door. 

“I don’t think I’ve ever found griffin tooth at that kind of price before,” Willy said. “I mean, I almost feel like I’m stealing from you. You’re sure that’s all I owe you?”

“Positive,” Bonnie nodded. “My grandmother always wanted to keep the prices reasonable - she always said everyone deserved the finest goods at the fairest price.”

“Well, your grandmother sounds like she was a wise woman.”

“Yeah, she was,” Bonnie replied, grinning to herself.

She finished ringing up the sale, putting the twelve sovereigns in her register, then gently wrapping up each jar. Her packaging was something she prided herself on, and as she stealthily glanced up at Willy, she could tell he was a fan of it too.

“I like that paper you’re using, it’s pretty,” he mused, his eyes fixated on the burgundy striped paper curling around the jar in Bonnie's hands.

“Thanks,” she smiled. “Gotta keep the jars safe, you know? I don’t want them to break and make a mess in the bag.”

“Well, I appreciate the gesture. Not too many shop owners around here seem to put in the level of care you do. I mean, even down to the decor… I can tell there’s a lot of love in this place. I can only hope my shop can feel a fraction as nice as this.”

“You have a shop?” Bonnie asked, raising an eyebrow as she slid the bag of griffin tooth closer to him.

“I do! Wonka’s Chocolate Shop, down at the Gallery Gourmet.”

“Chocolate… Is that what you need all this griffin tooth for?”

“Sure is! Not all at once, of course, but it never hurts to have a little extra… You should come by! I’ll let you taste test the batch I use your ingredients for.”

“Sounds like a plan,” Bonnie said, offering a nod and a smile.

Willy put his hat back on, tipping it to her as he picked up the bag and headed for the door. “Bonnie was it?”

“Yep, that’s me!”

“I will definitely be back.”

[smokeybrandreviews]

Steady As She Goes

We’ve entered the lean times for Azur Lane updates. It’s Lunar New Year and, being a Chinese game, the staff is off for the holiday. That means content has been fee and far in-between. That hasn’t stopped Manjuu and Yostar from dropping a pretty solid event to commemorate the season. Now, i generally don’t go for these particular events because they are very much Chinese focused and i don’t have any attachment to my Dragon Empery dock so these last few weeks have been basically me cleaning house, shoring up other docks, and focusing on the grind. That said, i have made strides in a bunch of different aspect of my game so this is kind of just an update post.

The Happy Lunar New Year event was whatever. I mean, i participated with everything so, you know, i unlocked the majority of Accumulation ships that were available. I made a run at the banner and unlocked both Super Rare offerings pretty early. Like, immediately. On my first roll. Theseus was kind of a bonus, i wasn’t really trying to get her, but having Kuybyshev tumble right after was everything. A few days later, on routine roll for my Dailys, i popped Hwah Jah but, like, who cares? I’ve decided to focus on my Northern Parliament dock now that i am all caught up with the Iron Blood so the only ship i actually needed was Kuybyshev. My darling Deutsche always take priority but, since i only have to focus on new KMS events, (I'll get to that full update in a minute) i opted for the Ruskies as the next focus. After the Krauts, their aesthetic is my favorite in the game. I am a sucker for ice and dragons so that entire Fleet is right up my alley. Plus, i am lousy with Chkalov Blueprints so it makes sense. I’m actually finished with er construction at this point, all that’s left is the grind for those goddamn Experience points. Everything else has been completed so, once i finish my current Iron Blood grind, I'll let those Russian boats have some time in the waters.

Speaking of Iron Blood, I've come A LONG way since last i checked in. All of my SR ships are max level, in every way, with the exception of those subs. However, with the advent of the new Seasonal Cruise, i was able to max two of them to 125! Subs are a b*tch to accumulate Experience with so the fact that i have all of them topped off for the immediate level up once i get enough Cognitive Chips to do so, is a miracle. My hard, arduous, work has given me the opportunity to add U-47 and U-96 to the ranks of my 125 battalion. On top of that, the Cruise has made a massive dent in my pursuit of Rainbow Priority V Blueprints. I already has enough to complete Fried’s newly added Fate Simulation so the focus has been on Aegir this entire time. I am eighty-seven away from maxing out her own Fate Simulation, whenever that sh*t decides to drop. Speaking of Aegir, her new costume, Golden Dragon Among Auspicious Clouds, is f*cking awesome! That sh*t hits all of the notes, beautifully. It also helps that she’s animated in all the right places. Also, Prinz Rupprecht's new duds are adorable, too. The second i saw that The Gate Dragon's Advent cheongsam, i needed. So i got it. That means all my Prinz girls have an Live 2D costume so you know i am all in a tizzy about it!

All in all, the first few weeks of 2023 have been mildly eventful for me on the Azur Lane front. Love the Friedrich update. Love the new costumes for Rupprecht and Aegir. Definitely enjoyed adding a brand new Northern Parliament boat to my dock. I am pleased with my overall progress in terms of KMS development and always love a brand new Seasonal Cruise release. Seriously, it’s been a day and I'm already at fifty-two. Ya by don’t f*ck around with them sh*ts, man. They are too rich in treasure not to. While i don’t give two sh*ts abut the Dragon Empery in any form, i am glad to see they are getting a bit of love. I actually have all of the available ships for ROCN and didn’t actually know it. Like, I'm missing Harbin and that’s it. F*cking ridiculous, man. I’m an accidental completionist over here. Still, it’s been a productive few weeks since i last checked in and i am okay with that. Hopefully, we won’t have a KMS or SN event for a few months. I need to stockpile my Cubes and Finishers again. That eighty build mission hurt the pockets, man.

[aacalienz]

Tw dysphoria, genitalia mention (trans context non sexual)

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I really want phalloplasty and the way I see some trans men and non binary people who don’t want bottom surgery talk about it is very uncomfortable

I see people saying that bottom surgery doesn’t ever look good. I see people saying bottom surgery isn’t functional. I see people saying it’s dangerous and the complications are too bad to be worth it. I see people saying that have bad bottom dysphoria but would never consider surgery because it doesn’t look real or the technology isn’t good. Honestly modern phallo is a fucking (pun intended) medical miracle.

Doctors can take arm skin and make a penis that can experience pleasure, pee, have a variety of appearances and more. You can even get phallo and keep your original genitals. You can have a penis AND keep your vagina in most cases if that’s important to you.

Obviously it’s valid and awesome to not want bottom surgery (or any medical transition period), but our thoughts don’t exist in a vacuum. Attitudes about bottom surgery are still surrounded by a context of systemic transphobia and denial of medical care.

I also get the impression that people think bottom surgery isn’t radical in the way other aspects of medical transition are. People talk about transition breaking the gender binary, and transition being an act of resistance in a cissexist world. But there are people who think the only reason anyone would want bottom surgery is to assimilate and look cis.

But in a world where we as trans people are constantly seen as nothing more than our genitals, isn’t changing them a radical act? As a non binary person fuck you if you think my desired genitals are assimilationist!How is future me having a penis in any way mean that I am not going to be loud about my queerness?

Imagine someone saying top surgery didn’t ever look good or real. Or that the complication rate is too high and the surgery was dangerous. Or that post op chests look weird. Or that they would NEVER get top surgery because they couldn’t stand to lose any sensations. You would probably think that person might be talking bad about your chest if you are post op. And some might (correctly) think that talking negatively about trans bodies is transphobic.

So why is it ok to do to trans people who get bottom surgery?

phallo and other bottom surgery is much more medically involved and has a higher rate of complications, but it’s still a life changing procedure for people who get it. When you talk negatively about bottom surgery in trans spaces post op people hear you. And you’re talking negatively about their actual bodies, even if you don’t see it that way.

ALL TRANS BODIES ARE AMAZING AND RADICAL!

i just wanted to say that i love you if you want or you've gotten bottom surgery. people are so cruel about trans, intersex, gnc and other folks who want to get bottom surgery for one reason or another, whether it's to ease dysphoria or simply because they want to, people love to rip into that person and tell them that bottom surgery will make them undesirable and will be disgusting.

this literally just isn't true- the results of your bottom surgery are not guaranteed to be botched or horrific to behold. we have been practicing these surgeries for 100 years of recorded history and the results only improve over time as we learn new techniques and breakthoughs in technology help us improve even further. bottom surgery isn't new, it's something that's been practiced for a long time. many of the advances in the tech have come from cisgender people who need bottom surgery as well- trans people are not the only people who end up needing surgeries to modify their genitalia.

someone who wants bottom surgery isn't gross. there's nothing gross about it. reducing someone to their genitals yet again is a dead ringer that you are transphobic and intersexist. someone who got bottom surgery doesn't deserve to be reduced to their genitals yet again- they're a person with genitals. a person first. and so many people are willing to leave trans folks who have gotten bottom surgery out of trans positivity posts or act like they just straight up don't exist

so here's to every person who has gotten a phalloplasty, metoidioplasty, and/or a vaginoplasty. i'm proud of you for doing the right thing for you and your body no matter what people say. you're not gross. there's nothing wrong with your genitals. people should not be obsessing over your genitals, they're your business, and they do not define you as a person. you deserve to be able to modify your body in ways that make you feel at home in it, no matter how much that disgusts a stranger who means nothing to you.