#always glad to see her on my dash or in my box (':

[scrumptiousstuffs]

Wandee Goodday Episode 8

In which we have many confessions (both wanted and unwanted), further (mis)communications and the sweetest proposal scene in BL land.

First thing, YeiCher owned this episode. These 2 just complement each other superbly. I’m sure we will see some conflict down the road with Yei hiding the debt of their boxing gym from Cher, but for now, I’m basking in joy with the fact we have YeiCher being formally engaged in a timely fashion to commerate with the Thai senate officially passing the bill to allow marriage equality in real life!

As for our YakDee…I’m a bit confused. Look, I am thrilled they made up quickly - Yak giving back that ugly necklace (it’s not to my aesthetic taste but I am definitely glad it made it back to Dee’s neck!), Dee informing Yak he no longer has any feelings for Dr Terrible plus Yak sweetly informing Dee “this hottest and most dashing boxer is yours.”

So…WHY ARE THEY STILL IN A FAKE BF relationship?? I initially thought I might have misunderstood the whole thing. However, when Dee asked Yak to accompany him to the hospital anniversary ball - Yak said “again?” And Dee saying otherwise he would accept Dr Terrible invitation to the ball.

And what made it clear these 2 adorkable idiots have yet to re-define their relationship properly is the conversation between Dee and his wise grandmother - she sensibly asked whether YakDee is still just FWB? And Dee said there is a dateline to their relationship? Maybe someone who is cleverer than me can explain this? - is it cause Dee is angling for the scholarship and thought he would have to leave Yak anyway??

Cause why will you cook for him, dry his hair, massage his aching legs in front of the whole gym, learn how to slow dance, take him to a fancy costume place and pick up a matching grooms outfit if you are both not in love with each other???

Despite my confusion about their relationship status, I did love the whole ballroom scene - from Yak dashing in last minute in time to ask for his prince for the dance, YakDee slow dancing and Yak finally confessing in words that he is in love with Dee. Does that mean they will finally be real boyfriends next episode? (Although from the preview, they are STILL NOT together as real boyfriends?)

Dr Terrible remains shameless and desperate. If I’m not mistaken, Dee rejected him 3 times in this episode alone - when he indirectly decline Terrible’s invitation to the ball by expressing he will be bringing his significant other, saying no when Terrible said he will dance with Dee because of Yak non-presence at the ball. And when that did not deter Terrible (he tried to kiss Dee! 😤), Dee bluntly say he has outgrown Terrible and only regards him as an older brother. However, Terrible has yet to learn his lesson - he left his date (Dr Khwan you deserves better) to again try his luck with Dee. So, I’m glad it seems Dr Khawn left him after Yak timely arrival to save his prince from the evil clutch of Terrible.

As for Taemrak, I do feel bad for her. It’s clear now she does have some feelings for Yak. I think pre-Dee, Taemrak might have taken for granted of Yak’s friendship and affection for her. He was always there for her with his easy banter. But with Dee around, Yak no longer txt/msg/meet up with her beyond school. Nevertheless, I’m glad she still trust Yak to come for her aid (although I must say, what a plot twist - didn’t think Ohm will be so nasty. And Yak, couldn’t you have told Dee why you had to leave him suddenly before the ball??) Like I say, (mis)communication seems to be the theme of this episode.

Overall, I like the episode. I was hoping for more of Dr Kao though, but YeiCher sweet scenes made up for Dr Kao’s absence. And 2 big thumbs up 👍 from me for their ongoing PSA re: HPV vaccine! ❤️

Bring on episode 9!

[joka13]

FANFICTION: Weasley Twins x Reader (Slytherin Girl) - Part 13

WARNINGS: British swearing

You're in Defense Against the Dark Arts. As usual, you are reading out of that terrible book that Professor Umbridge has assigned. You rest your chin in your hand. Your eyes lazily move down the paragraphs and soon you find yourself drifting off.

You jerk awake when something slaps the edge of your desk. You look up to see Umbridge smiling down at you.

"Sorry, Professor," you apologize. "Haven't been getting enough sleep."

She takes her hand off your desk. "What could possibly be keeping you from getting enough sleep?" she asks in her high, perky voice.

You don't know how to answer her question honestly without revealing that you've been sneaking out late every night to help Fred and George... Umbridge waits patiently by your desk for your response.

"Nightmares," you eventually reply. It's not entirely a lie.

"Ah," is all Umbridge says in response. Though she's still smiling, she appears to be disappointed that she couldn't get you to give away your secret, but, then again, how could she know? Maybe she assumes you are hiding something simply because you're good friends with the Weasley twins. They're always "up to no good", as every Hogwarts staff member would say. Professor Umbridge starts to walk away.

George leans over. "Nightmares about her, no doubt," he snickers.

Before you can reply, Umbridge stops half way to her desk. Did she hear George's comment?

"Detention, Mr. Weasley," she says without turning around.

"What?" Fred, who was also falling asleep, quickly sits up. Umbridge continues toward her desk.

"Not you," George growls. He sighs heavily in frustration.

"Aw, man. Sorry about that," you sympathize.

"It's not your fault."

"I'm still sorry it happened all the same. I wouldn't want to spend any time out of class with that woman," you whisper.

"I wouldn't want to spend any time with that woman, period," Fred says. "What'd you do, George?"

"Not anything that deserves detention!" he spits.

You don't like seeing George upset. You search for something to say to change the subject.

"Don't we have a Hogsmeade trip coming up at the end of the week?" you ask. You're glad to see George's expression soften.

"Yeah, that's right!" says Fred. "I can't wait. I've been needing a break from classes."

"I think we all need a break. And not just from classes if you catch my meaning."

"Ah, yes, yes. We have been working very hard. Especially you, y/n."

"You should come to Hogsmeade with Fred and I," George says. "Let us treat you."

You grin. "Alright... thanks." You don't know who else you'd go to Hogsmeade with, other than Hermione, but she's got her own thing with Harry and Ron that you don't want to invade.

"No, thank you!" Fred gives you a dashing smile. You feel your face grow warm. "We've never made as much progress in a whole year!"

You're surprised he feels this way. It seems to you that you've only barely made progress, but you don't say as much. You then wonder how the schooling part of the twins' lives would change if they put as much effort into their classwork as they did their Skiving Snack boxes. "You know... I've often thought that the two of you could be at the top of your classes if you really cared to be. You are both very smart and completely capable."

Fred gasps theatrically. "Bloody hell, did you hear that, George?"

"Sure did, Fred." George tips his head to the side and smiles crookedly. "The great y/n y/l/n just called us smart."

You laugh out loud, then quickly cover your mouth with your hands. You look over at Umbridge. Behind her desk, scribbling away with her pink feathered quill, the corner of her mouth twitches. You wait for her to call your name, but she remains focused on whatever she's writing.

"I think she has a thing for Slytherins," George whispers.

"Pfft. She definitely doesn't have a thing for me."

"She does dislike you more than other Slytherins, but you're still a Slytherin. I'm surprised I haven't gotten detention from her yet," says Fred.

"Yeah. Don't jinx yourself," George grumbles.

That evening during dinner, while George is in detention, you and Fred sit with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

"Where's Georgie at?" Ron asks through a mouthful of food.

"Detention," Fred answers. "By Umbridge."

Ron swallows thickly and shakes his head. "A terrible fate indeed." He makes eye contact with Harry who tucks his hands underneath the table.

Hermione clears her throat. "So, um, what do you think of her, y/n? Professor Umbridge I mean."

You shrug your shoulders. "Oh, I dunno. She's just another strict teacher. Reminds me of Snape... setting aside all of the smiling and pink clothing, of course."

"Has she inspected any of your classes yet?"

"Inspected?"

"Yeah," says Ron. "She's been going around with a clipboard. Checking up on the teachers and such."

"She's not just a teacher, you know," Hermione explains to you. "She's here representing the Ministry of Magic. Fudge thinks Dumbledore is no longer mentally sane, so he sent Umbridge to make sure Hogwarts is still adequate enough for students to attend... or something like that."

"She used the word 'safer' to describe her method of teaching," you say.

Ron rolls his eyes. "Right. Because the way Hogwarts does it is so dangerous!" he says sarcastically.

"I don't know about all of you, but I'm not learning anything from her," Harry adds. "At least, not anything useful."

"I've learned that I hate the color pink," Fred says. You laugh.

"This is serious," says Harry, unamused. You listen intently. You don't often get to hear from Harry because he's usually so quiet. "We need a real Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Even the imposter we had last year was better than Umbridge. Sure, he was planning to have me killed the entire time, but I still learned some things during his classes." Your mouth hangs slightly open in disbelief. You're taken back by how casually he can talk about last year's events. "How are we supposed to defend ourselves against Voldemort and his followers if we don't know how?"

There's a startlingly loud clashing that causes everyone but Harry to jump in their seats. You realize that you had absentmindedly let your fork slip out of your grasp and onto your plate.

"Sorry," you chuckle shakily, still unsettled by Harry speaking the Dark Lord's name. Fred watches you with concern.

"So how about that Hogsmeade trip this weekend?" Hermione blurts nervously. "I hear The Three Broomsticks has this new drink..."

Fred leans in closer to you. "You alright?" he whispers so only you can hear it past Hermione's rambling.

You nod and give him a weak smile. "I... just wasn't expecting that."

Fred smiles back apologetically. "Harry doesn't give a damn when it comes to being discreet about You-Know-Who."

"I can see that."

"Yeah..." Fred stares at his empty plate for a minute in thought. Then he looks up at you excitedly. "Hey, you wanna get out of here? I have something I want to show you."

You grin, the feeling of suspense already gathering inside of you. "Sure... but shouldn't we wait for George?"

Fred waves a hand of dismissal. "It'll be fast."

After a moment of hesitation, you agree. You say goodnight to the others, gathering your things. Once you're on your feet, Fred takes you by the hand.

[petriichvrs]

FOUR YEARS  OF  NOXTMS  /  six  characters  !

ft. @viiktorious ( my absolute favorite take on viktor, in the sense that no one else could ever really compare. i think you write him so well when it would be so easy for him to be very oversimplified, and one of the most pleasant surprises of this year - at least so far - has been you bringing him back to the dash ! ), @hoggleswart ( i don't know how well documented my 'sarah shahi deserves to be used more in the rpc' movement is here in nox, but i have been leading that charge for so many years and i was already so invested in roshana before you ticked all my favorite boxes in a character. i love ocs connected to existing canons in ways other than siblings or children, and i'm always a sucker for someone achingly sad ! ), @hcldmybroom ( not unlike the above, i have been wanting ambika to become the next big thing for so long that i, again, was always predisposed to loving a character using her ! there is so much - so far - untapped potential for drama with minette that makes me gleeful, and i really, really enjoy what i have seen of them so far ! ), @chacswins ( this guy is always gonna hurt my heart, and i'm always gonna be way more into that than i should be</3 you and sam are neck to neck in my personal 'most anticipated returns' list, and i'm so happy to be able to play around with you in all the angsty ways i've grown to love playing around with you in over the years of friendship and development we've had ! i'm so fond of damien in a way i think doesn't get expressed enough, and so grateful that his existence has provided me with 1. a whole character, in luca and 2. so many new layers for other characters ! ), @tosteelisms ( cara macdonald, my beloved, i am so glad that someone has finally given you a chance to thrive when you have so deserved it for so long ! she's one of my most adored creations, here, and i am so glad that i was able to entrust her into such capable hands ! you came into nox swinging, and i have loved seeing her form ! ), @acritudos ( last, but not at all least. theo nott was talked about at such length for so long that it would have been so easy for him to lose momentum but. of course. that was never going to happen in your hands. he is everything i've always dreamed of and more in terms of all the various dynamics i always wanted - with pansy, with the slytherin gang as a whole, with astoria, with ginny. with everyone, really ! - and of course it would be you that would give me those goods. how on earth could i expect any differently ! as always, i feel very lucky to write with you and develop such complex connections with you, and i hope that never changes<3 ) !

[garrettandoscargirlsblog]

Benny The Rookie Cop Ch4

Summary: Has been awhile since my last post. Had soo many ideas for this one! At long last its done! This chapter has some drama, Benny being a big baby. Finally ! the mystery women in Sant's room!

Santi's POV: 

That voice. Sounded familiar to me,but for the life of me I couldn't place it! Turned around to see her! Can't it be?! Thought.. oh fuck! Am I dreaming? Lilly? After all of these years? Here!? Taking a step forward,” Sure you can. What are you doing here?” Sat down to tell me why she is in rehab. Same reason why I'm here. Not saying too much about it. Heard my voice earlier this evening when she first arrived. Seeing her reminds me of our childhood. Going off on our own,and looking after Gracie while ma was working. After highschool we lost touch. Till we met up again at basic training. Then we parted again. She went to the med core. Then things went to shit after endless relationships ended badly. Okay, we have something to share in that department. Took her hand,” We will lick this together. Hopefully this time we can overcome this addiction. Gracie would love to see you when I tell her ��� When she heard me mention Gracie made her tear up. Always wondered what happened to her. Told her about being married to Benny. Also her being a nurse. Hearing that made her tear up again. We chatted till both of us fell asleep. Forgot about the rule about no patients in the room after a certain hour. Helped her to her room. Till I heard her whispering,” Just like old times Tang.” 

Yeah like old times. Times when we walked home from a party because my truck ran out of gas. Oh those highschool days. Followed by that time during basic when we got kp duty because of a prank gone wrong. Sorry Redfly! Took her hand,” Get some rest now lily pills. Another day in rehab land. Especially with Dr. Relationship wrecker.” Lilly looked at me all confused,” Why is that who’s” Whispers the answer in her ear as I walked towards my room. Not till I see another familiar face . Fish’s wife, Redfly 's ex,” What are you doing on this floor? Thought you were in labor and delivery?” Molly practically slugs me on the shoulder. While rolling her eyes,” I'm on my rehab rotation you jackass! Did your sister tell you anything? Oh right her mind is on her husband right now. Poor guy being shot in the ass.” Rubbing my shoulder as I opened my room door,” Yeah , that smarts . Wanna say congrats to your marriage. Glad you are happy. I mean it. Both of you need some happiness. Also wanna ..” Molly knew what I was gonna say. Took her a while to process the information about Tom. Glad the trust fund has helped to continue with her nursing school. Want to work not to live off the trust all that much. Saved portion of it for the girls’ education. Frankie finally got his pilot license,and now flies for the fire department. Proud of you man. Molly leans against the doorframe telling me that she has faith in me. Also she has my back on the doctor issue. Since she is gonna be helping her. More importantly to give her two cents. Love her spunk! 

Gracie’s POV: 

Forgot how much sleep one loses in the hospital Nurses come in to check on his vitals and such. Now they know about his lower back tattoo! Beautiful rose bud. His way to have me near him. So sweet! Have one same location, boxing glove. Which he loves so much. My thoughts were dashed when Benny moaned for me. Poor baby boy having a bad dream. Calmed him down by touching him ever so gently and slowly. Followed by me singing softly to him. He opened his eyes ever so slowly,” Hmm … such a sweet little voice ya have. Perfect thang to hear right now. Wished …” Kisses him slowly,” I know baby. Wished we were in our bed. Hopefully that will happen. Hope I can convince the docs for me to tend to you rather than someone else. Can't have that.” 

No he doesn't want that. Have another nurse to take care of him. Lay next to him facing him while touching his face ever so gently till a nurse from the ER comes in to tell me that I'm needed! Hello! My shift is over! 

Benny's POV:

Nurse’s work is never done! Poor rose bud. Tired rose bud. Heard her out in the hallway,but quietly telling a nurse that she needs to be with me! In her tired state won't be a good idea! Darn tooting it isn't! You tell her darlin. Hate the fact I can't  lay on my ass. Not complainin . Okay! I am! Ass fucking hurts. Need more meds! See, my iv bag looks like a prune! Heard Gracie mumbling as she pressed the call button. Good girl! Give me more of that stuff. Sound of the same nurse comes in with an IV bag. Closed my eyes since the light was bright as fuck! Hurry the fuck up! Turn that light off! Moments later the room is dark again. Moonlight shines through the window. God she looks beautiful. Kiss her soft lips,” Rest my wife. Gonna need some strength to give the ER a what for,and see if I'll be sprung out of this joint. “ 

Morning finally comes. Oh fucking great! 7am my doc ,and a few med students are at attention as he checks my ass wound. Sayin it has healed up pretty good. Yeah yeah! Get to the part when I can get out of here already sheech! Heard him sayin that I'll be gettin out of here sometime this morning! Finally! Seeing my wife smile. Till two familiar voices fills the room! Frankie and Will! Gracie closes the door as she and the doctor,and students chit chat out in the hall. 

Both of them try not to tease me all too much about my wound. That's fine! I'm a big boy! Can take it! Will begins to ease my pain by tellin funny, childhood stories till Gracie comes in,” Looks like I'm gonna be someone's private nurse, handsome husband of mine.” Hell fucking yeah baby! 

Note: I'll be doing a mini chapter. I know y'all wanna know what happens when Benny gets home. As for the next chapter? Flashforward few weeks when Benny picks Santi up from rehab. Spend time together. Meanwhile Gracie is in danger all because of Lucy's stupidity.

@dameronscopilot @rhoorl @romanarose @musings-of-a-rose @crookedbreadtimemachine

[monochromatictoad]

🔥 about the main CV and LoS games (gameplay or characters) :>

Main CV

I've never played a mainline game, so I'll just talk about the characters, lol.

Sara. Darling Sara. She deserved so much better, and I'm still upset that they never went further with her possessing the VK. Although, I'm kinda glad, because she might've become the Tutorial NPC. She has a beautiful theme, and the music box cover of the Vampire Killer in LoS1 is just as pretty.

Death and Dracula have such a strange, yet probably healthiest, relationship that either of them could be part of. Dracula is especially a good villain. A part of me wants to be sympathetic towards him, but he is such a bastard, that every time he opens his mouth that sympathy dashes away. I love him at his least redeemable. However, I feel painfully neutral towards Walter and Shaft, and any of the other Sorrow villains. Except Celia, I feel like there is a lot of potential in her.

Once I play some of the mainline games, these opinions might change, but so far I'm loving what I see. I do think the early voice acting is kinda goofy, but I wouldn't change that for the world. Also, the humor. I do like the running gags and hijinks in the series, it makes the world feel lively. Also, the mangas? The artwork? There's a reason it's one of the most influential games in the industry.

LoS

The atmosphere is darker and heavier than in the mainline. However, that's not to say it's trying to be edgy, it's just trying to do its own take on the tale. It does have its own sense of humor, and plenty of references to the older games that make sense with the story, ex. Burning Agreus' familiar to get a roast!

The characters. The characters in LoS are phenomenal, despite there not being many of them. While Felicia was a late game arrival, I adore what little I can find about her. The bosses are really well designed, and the boss battles are really good.

Where do I even begin on the Belmonts? The twist that Belmonts and Dracul are from the same family? I love it. I never saw it coming, until I accidentally spoiled it for myself. The emotions that these characters show are also amazing. Gabriel/Dracul and Trevorcard both have parts of onscreen sobbing. And not the pretty crying, I mean the mental breakdown crying. But the tiredness that Dracul expresses in LoS2, even Robert Carlyle even said was purposeful. He wanted to make Gabriel exhausted of living, and it shows so well in LoS2.

In saying that, there are plenty of problems, especially in LoS1. While the battles are good, there are a few that I had issues with. Malphas and the Gravedigger. The eggs that Malphas shoots at you, I always had issues with throwing back at her. The Gravedigger summons enemies that possess corpses in coffins when you try to get close to him, and then it's a qte while you're avoiding getting hit by him. It's kind of a mess, but I do appreciate him being difficult because he's a late game battle. I also mentioned this earlier, but it needs repeating. LoS2 focuses too much on the first Acolyte, and not enough on the other two.

But my biggest thing is a specific enemy in LoS1. The Headless Burrower. They are the SotN Medusa heads of LoS. They are zombies, that throw their heads and then the bodies burrow underground. The heads float around and are a pain to fight. At certain parts they can't be hurt, and then the heads are hard to lock on to, much less hit with the VK. Luckily, you only have one required fight with them, and then you have an optional fight with them.

[quirkthieves]

Viv I need you to know that every time I see you on the dash or in my notifs or in my dms or literally ANYWHERE my day gets a million times brighter, I love reading your writing and your hcs regardless of which muse/chara you're talking about and honestly going back and forth with you about kemoji has made me love this series x10 times more than I initially did. I'm also SOOO very grateful to you for helping me find the new ch translations whenever they drop & it warms my heart to see your passion for Romanian culture and the way you've made Mioara into SUCH a compelling chara that she's practically tied to my Mihai. like you genuinely couldn't tear her out of my hands if you tried. ANYWAY ILYSM AND I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON!! xoxoxo

CHRISSSSSSSSS you have no idea how much this means to me... ;^;/ .... i dont have the words for it and i dont have my emotes on this computer but rest assured im doing some WUAHGHGH shit

it's been so fun going back and forth with you on things too!!!! ive definitely come to like mihai so much more as a character and its been fun exploring dynamics that never could happen in the series and i love hearing your headcanons and im being 100% serious when i say i absolute love how unabashed you are with writing your muses. i feel like theres a struggle myself and a lot of other writers have when it comes to writing characters like mihai or mikito where we wanna sand off some of the rougher edges but there's so much more life and voice when someone (you) can keep them true to form because thats the appeal of characters like that in the first place!!!

AND IM SO GLAD YOU LIKE MIOARA..... <3 i always get a little worried that when i write characters like her that i may slip into "weird weeby territory" but genuinely i love writing her and drawing him and reading deep dives and articles and journals and everything else that ive been led to on the journey!!! the decision to make him romanian actually came about as the result of an existing passion for learning about the culture because of an exhibit my job hosted of contemporary works from the cluj-napoca school and the information document i put together for it since i have another romanian friend that i knew would be really excited for it and i wanted to make her proud 💪💪💪 almost a year later and now im working on learning the language and trying my best to do right by such a rich and interesting history & culture

LOLLL okay that got corny sorry i didnt mean to get on a soap box there but it just makes me really happy to hear that if nothing else my effort is shining through <3 ok ily chris im gonna stop typing before i make myself look goofy on here

[queen-of-the-boos]

*The little ghost wanders the halls, holding gently in her hands a familiar white blossom and some sort of note. She passes through various walls and partitions in search of the event's most gracious host... And at last, she finds the lovely Queen in a moment away from all the bustle.*

"Um... Your Majesty...?"

*Mona wasn't really sure how to address her, but hoped a classic formality would do. When the Queen turned her attention to the timid spirit, Mona held the flower and the note a little closer.*

"...H-Hello... I know I wasn't really, um...around much. But it was nice to see some people...it felt so quiet lately. And you're a really nice host...and..."

*She perked up a little as she caught herself getting off-track.*

"Oh! Um... I-I found this. It was on the ground, by the front door. And it came with this note... It's strange, I can't really explain it, but it...feels like someone else wrote it for you, maybe...? So I felt like I should give it to you..."

*Suddenly the little ghost thrust out the anonymous gift towards the Queen with both hands. Despite how shy she felt around all these new people (and about talking to the Queen herself), she still smiled very softly.*

"W-Well...and, I know what you said about these flowers. You give them to someone you care about... And, well, I also wanted to say thank you for being so nice and having this party. It made things feel a little friendlier, I think."

*The note is strangely cold, and is dusted with white, blue and lavender sparkles. Queenie can see a ghost of a message written on it, and oddly it is enclosed in...parentheses?*

(Hi Queenie c: Sorry I wasn't very active for this. I have been in this weird mashup of "busy with life" and "not busy, but recovering from being busy" for a very long time now and frankly I am. exhausted kdjfg. but I like seeing you do stuff like this, it's always nice to see selfship/OC positivity and everyone having fun with it.)

(I don't mean to make this sound sad hdjfg but events/writing like this kind of reminds me of when I had tons more free time and really indulged a lot more in stuff every day, so when I see it on my dash nowadays it's like a little burst of free serotonin asdjgdhf. We don't interact on a super close level but you are indeed a very lovely friend and I just wanted to say that I am glad to see whenever you're having fun~)

(also I wanted to draw at least part of this, but I have like. negative 3 energy so I hope writing will do dkfjg 💜)

The Queen was busy cleaning up the lovely Treacherous Mansion from the events of the ball when she heard a timid voice call out to her. She brightened up immediately when she saw it was Mona.

"Oh! Hello, dear. Did you enjoy the ball..?"

She smiled fondly as Mona went on, simply happy to hear that she brightened up Evershade Valley just a bit. It could get quite lonely here...

"Its no problem at all! I'm just glad you seemed to enjoy yourself. Sorry about your luck on the party board- Oh?"

What's this? A Banshee Blossom? For her? She gently took the flower from her friend's hand and held it close.

"You're giving this to me? Are you quiet sure? Thank you so much!"

The queen took the chilly note and read over it, reading some part aloud. She felt her heart warm as she took the words to heart. It really made her smile!

(YOU'RE WELCOME CICI AAAAAAA It's ok that you couldn't draw a lot! You did way more than me and I also feel you on the no energy department GOSH. I just wanted everyone to have fun with a lil event yknow cause I miss those...

You're always welcome to interact with me whenever you want! My ask box and dms are always open here or otherwise 💕)

[lookismaddict]

Favorite mutuals you love seeing on your dash? :DDDD

Dawwww sheeeeeesh. I thought of a lot of people, actually. (And sorry to everyone else who I might have forgotten to mention on here. You’re all very wonderful but there’s too many bruv. I’m sorry. 😭🙏🏽)

First of all, I love seeing my wife, Lhester (lhester), on my dash because she always reblogs so many things that make me laugh, and I have to reblog them. ❤️(And some unhinged things, but I won’t go into specifics LMAO). Li-Li (iwasneverth3re), because she always posting some HOT ASS GUN FANART. 🔥 Like thank you for the eyegasm, my fellow Gun simp/wife. 🖤 Sunny (x-xsunlightx-x) and Day (lalaland123456), because every time they post they always be arguing with each other over the most weirdest things through their Ask box (like Sunny bringing in a new lab rat and Day being hit on by many people 💀) and it makes me LMAOOOO every time. 💕 Hyusolk (hyusolk) and Jann (bigdealno5), because they’re both very cute whenever they interact with each other. 😭💜 (I enjoy seeing Hyusolk creating beautiful artwork as if they came from a movie and seeing Jann’s creative and aesthetic posts of different Lookism characters 🙌🏽). Adrien (spaceyflowers) because their tags on their reblogs are SO FUNNY LMAOOO. I crack up whenever I see Adrien’s reblogs. Also, their WONDERFUL WRITING. 💙 I follow their writing blog (spaceyflowerswriting) and let me tell you… I love how they’re very detailed and accurate when it comes to writing as Lookism characters. They never miss when it comes to their POVs, and I respect that. 🤝🏽 Sam (slimesam), because I love seeing her artwork. Ever since that beautiful fanart for Rendezvous, I always look forward to what drawing she had completed every week. 💚 Now she’s my manager, so she keeps me in check with her reblogs. 😅 (sorry Sam for my behavior recently LOL) I also appreciate her for being a huge fan of my story as well. A true avid fan 🙏🏽✨ Ria (qawcamiz), because I enjoy reading her writing too! 💗 Very descriptive and I became a fan of her writing ever since she sent that little story thing of Gun x (Y/N)… 😳 And I always look forward to her updates. June (gintokilindo), because I love their headcannons so much. They’re such a creative writer as well, and I love the fun topics that they write about for each character. Very accurate as well! 💝 Rina (lokislytherin), because oh my god. Her writing is SO ARTICULATE AND DETAILED!! Like, she’s so smart. I love reading her mini analyses on characters, headcannons, and reblogs of various writing-related posts. 💓 Gin (fan-of-chaos) because she’s always so supportive and positive when it comes to re-blogging from different posts. She shares a lot of funny and pretty Lookism posts/artwork 🧡 ALSO I LOVED HER “Trip to the Mountains” HEADCANNONS, ESP THE GUN AND GOO ONE. That one got me 💀💀💀 Micha (leekeira/Misaki), because she’s my fav dongsaeng 😊🤍 I am a fond of her new sketches and her cute fanfics, and she has grown a lot in her blog. It’s like watching a little sister grow up in front of you. 🥲���� Mrs. Kang (dgragoon) because I admire how open she is with talking to people and her reblog threads are always funny to read, including her updates. Cracks me up every time 😭💛 And recently, skullsmashr and Ruth (moonok3). Like… holy shit. I’ve never talked to ANYONE SO UNHINGED IN MY LIFE. Ever since I saw her own chapter reviews, I’m like “This bitch really got the same sense of humor as me.” ✨ BUT ALSO SHE’S A DEMON LMFAAAOOOO (jk love ya sister even tho you a bad influence on me 💖) And Ruth! Recently, she posted for the first time of a sketch of Gun x (Y/N) and her drawing was so pretty!! It gave me butterflies. 🦋 And the reblogs she posts got me feeling dead inside because it’s mostly me, her, and Skullsmashr being IDIOTS. 💀💀💀💀But she’s too kind, and I appreciate her being a fan of my story since Day 1 and I’m glad that I get to finally talk to her more on here! 🤎 (if you see this Ruth, remember the hotline, ok? 👀)

[anotherwvba]

An Origin Story pt. 8

Niki leaned against the ropes of the boxing ring, her eyes twinkling as she chatted with Mika and Skye, who stood at ringside. "You two seem super eager to spar with Glass Joe. What's the deal?"

"Are you kidding? It's a chance to step into the ring with a WVBA fighter and see how we measure up," Mika exclaimed, her eyes shining with excitement.

Skye nodded in agreement. "Yeah, and I know people like to poke fun at him for his 0-20 record, but let's be real. An 0-20 record in the WVBA probably means most people wouldn't last a single round with him."

Niki's face broke into a warm smile. "I'm glad to hear you say that. Joe is a tough guy with a heart of gold. Most people just don't get it."

Just then, the gym door swung open, and Cutie Hondo burst in, her boxing gloves dangling from her hand. "Niki, you in here?" she shouted, her eyes scanning the room before landing on Niki.

"Get over here, Cutie!" Niki called back, waving her over. "I want you to meet some new faces."

Cutie jogged over to the ring, her eyes meeting Niki's as she reached up for a fist bump. "Hey, girl! What's cookin'?"

"These are the newbies, Mika and Skye," Niki introduced, gesturing toward the two girls.

Cutie extended her hand, shaking theirs in turn. "Nice to meet you both. I'm Cutie Hondo."

Mika's eyes widened. "Wow, the first-ever winner of a women's match in the WVBA. That's so cool!"

Skye chimed in, "Seriously, you're like a legend already."

Cutie chuckled as she began to put on her gloves. "Well, I don't know about 'legend,' but it's nice to meet you both."

Niki feigned a pout. "Gee, Cutie shows up, and suddenly I'm chopped liver."

Cutie laughed. "Oh, come on, you'll always be my sessatakuma."

Mika looked at Niki, her eyes twinkling. "Don't worry, you're a star to us."

Skye added, "Absolutely, you both are."

Niki grinned. "So, Cutie, you ready to spar today?"

Cutie smirked, pulling on her gloves. "Oh, I'm ready. You gonna try not to get TKO'd this time?"

Niki chuckled. "Oh, it's on. Just don't cry when I land a few good ones."

Before the banter could escalate, Glass Joe returned, his face lighting up when he saw Cutie. 

"Ah, bonjour, Cutie! Always a pleasure."

Cutie nodded. "Hey, Joe. What's the word?"

Glass Joe turned his attention to Mika and Skye. "I couldn't find Hoy, but I spoke with Monsieur Jay. Since I’m working on defense, just light sparring, he said it's fine."

Mika's face lit up. "Really? That's awesome!"

Skye was practically bouncing. "Oh man, this is gonna be epic!"

Glass Joe smiled. "Can you get your gear and be back in 20 minutes?"

Skye was already halfway to the door. "You bet!" she called over her shoulder.

Mika grinned. "Absolutely, see you in a bit!" She then dashed off after Skye.

Glass Joe watched them go, then turned back to Niki and Cutie. "Those two have a lot of energy, non?"

Niki nodded. "Yeah, they're super excited to be here. It's awesome."

Cutie agreed. "Definitely. The more passionate the fighters, the more challenging the circuit."

Glass Joe nodded. "Oui, I couldn't agree more. Passion is the fuel that drives us all. Well, I should get ready for the spar."

"Good luck, Joe. Show them what you're made of," Cutie encouraged.

"Merci, I intend to," Glass Joe replied, heading toward one of the vacant rings.

Niki looked at Cutie. "Ready to go?"

Cutie tapped her gloves together. "Ready to lose?"

Niki smiled and started bouncing on her toes. “Oh sessatakuma, I learned a lot fighting you. Let me show you.”

Cutie grinned warmly and climbed into the ring with Niki, beginning to loosen up her muscles. Both women felt the electric charge of potential in the air, not just for their upcoming sparring session, but for the future of the Women’s Circuit.

[lilolilyr]

glad to see you back on my dash ❤️ for the ff writer asks: 7, 8, 9?

Hi! It's nice to be back :D I didn't have a lot of time for fandomy things lately, and then when I wanted to log in again tumblr wouldn't let me! But it's all good now xD

What’s a troupe you love to write?

Anything hurt/comfort! I'm not sure whether there's any specific trope I write a lot?

A trope that I think about a lot but haven't really written yet because it's always such an AU longfic potential is characters especially kids getting lost in the multiverse (so, getting stuck in different universes than their own, or their homeworld just disappearing leaving them the sole survivor), @toboldlynerd and @katieswain123 would know about that bc I've spammed you guys about my ideas in different fandoms xD

What’s your favorite line(s) or scene(s) that you have written?

Omg no idea xD I don't remember stuff I write for very long

Just from my last couple fics, I like this paragraph of a Callian (Lie to Me) fanfic:

'Cal and Gillian have never been single at the same time. And a part of Gillian has always believed that that was the real reason why they have never made a go of it. It had been a guilty thought, hastily pushed away while she had still been with her husband, but sometimes she couldn't help thinking: if I was free, and he was free, we'd not stay that way for long. '

Bc I think it fits their relationship (or lack thereof) vry well :)

What kind of document do you use to you write? Microsoft Word? Google Docs? Straight in the AO3 text box?

Usually on my phone in a telegram messenger chat with just myself in it, I write '#wip' '#nobackup' 'wip: [fictext]', when I post it I delete the '#wip' message, when I backup sth to my laptop/hard drive I delete the '#nobackup' message, and I can easily search it all

When I'm on my laptop I write in Word

Sometimes when I want to finish sth (either really short fics I write in one go eg drabbles, or half finished fics I just want to get done), I write directly in an Ao3 draft knowing I have to finish within the month or it'll auto delete xD (yes I could just copy it before that happens but still, the deadline pressure makes me write more)

Thanks for the questions :)

Ask me

[eadanga]

Crazy in Love

Mia walks down the halls checking her patients are stable. She smiles as she sets her clipboard down and let’s out a sigh of relief I think I’m gonna head home and enjoy a nice hot bath She felt a pair arms around her she smiles as she feels the muscular chest against her

“Hi beautiful”

Mia turns around and faces Bryce “Hi what are you doing here I thought you left”

“I was waiting for you to finish up now that I’ve got you alone”

“And what are you planning to do with me?”

Bryce chuckles then smirks “Well I was hoping I can take you out then take you home and make you come all night long” His hand goes under her skirt and between her legs she let’s out a soft moan “Doesn’t that sound fun?”

“Mmm yes but can we have dinner at my place?”

Bryce smirks “Oh I see you want to head straight to the fun part”

Mia giggles “But food first I’m starved”

Bryce chuckles “Of course but let me make it”

“Ooooh I can’t wait to taste this culinary specialty of yours”

“You’ll love it”

****

They had back to Mia’s place and Mia tries to enter the kitchen but Byrce holds up a hand “Stop right there dinner’s on me”

“But I want to help”

“Nope you sit down and relax you’ve been working all day it’s time to relax” Mia laughs and sits down as Bryce comes over to remove her shoes and keeps her feet on a pillow “There we are complete relaxation”

“Thank you Bryce you sure you don’t want me to”

“Ah ah ah nope you sit there and I’ll make dinner you rest up”

Mia smiles as he rolls up his sleeves and continues to make dinner after an hour he comes back into the living room and reaches with his hand “Shall we?”

Mia grins and takes his hand and heads to the kitchen where she sees a steak dinner and lit candles “Bryce…”

“Yes?” He kisses her on the cheek “Like it?”

“I love it”

“I’m glad now sit down and let’s have dinner”

Mia sits down as Bryce sits next to her he grins “You look amazing”

“So do you you’re being super romantic right now”

“It’s my job to spoil my beautiful girlfriend is it not”

Mia blushes “Yes it is you love spoiling me”

“As you should be but I did have other reasons”

“I knew it”

Bryce laughs as he takes her hand “Mia you know I love you”

“I love you too Bryce”

“I don’t want to wake up without you beside me”

“Are you asking me to move in?”

Bryce grins “Yeah I am but not as my girlfriend”

Mia looks confused “What do you mean Bryce I hope you’re not”

“No no no this is not me breaking up with you” He pushes his chair away from the table and gets down one knee pulling out a ring box from behind his back “I want you to move in as my wife please Mia say that you’ll marry me”

Mia smiles widely “Yes Bryce I will”

Bryce slips the ring on her finger then kisses her deeply “I love you so much”

“I love you too”

Bryce quickly stands “Now that dinners all finished let’s go”

“Where are we going? Aren’t we gonna celebrate our engagement?” She gives him a flirty smile “I was thinking in the bedroom”

Bryce groans as he grabs both her hands “Baby stop tempting me or we’re gonna miss flight”

“What flight?”

“We’re going to Vegas to get married”

“We are? But Bryce I’ve always dreamed about a wedding standing in front of my friends and family and what would our parents say?”

Bryce smiles “I told you I want to move in with my wife right and I already cleared this with them when we come back I’ll make sure you’ll have the wedding of your dreams”

Mia grins “Ok but I need to pack real quickly I can’t go to Vegas naked!” Bryce laughs as she dashes into her bedroom then comes back with a suitcase “What about your stuff?”

“Already in my car” He pulls the door open “Now come on babe our Uber is waiting for us”

Mia laughs “I can’t believe we’re doing this we must be crazy”

“Crazy in love baby now let’s go!”

Tags: @mfackenthal @indiacater @the-soot-sprite

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Christmas Time pt. 12

We did it, you guys! Tomorrow is Christmas! I'm really happy that you spend this time with me and the gang. Today we finish 12 days before Christmas with Secret Santa!

Charlie: Are you ready?

There were roars of agreement from Angel and Niffty, thumbs up from Husk and calm nods from Vaggie and Alastor. Charlie herself beamed with joy, finally getting to exchange gifts with her friends. Other demon royalty weren't interested in this and she only got the chance to give presents to her parents but it lasted till her teen years. Then she met Vaggie and started celebrating Christmas again. Not as fancy but she didn't complain. It was the people that made the holidays, not gifts. Now, she could make more people happy and spread holiday cheer!

Charlie: If you guys don't mind, can I be the first to give my present?

Alastor: What if I want to be first? *Asked resting his head on his hand*

Charlie: Well, okay...?

Alastor: *Scoffs* I'm merely messing with you. Go ahead.

Charlie: Umm, okay?

She looked back at Alastor once more, searching for honesty in his expression. He just waved his hand as in *go ahead*. Nobody else seemed to mind and Charlie sighed, calming her excitement down.

Charlie: So, the person I got was... Niffty!

Charlie dashed to Niffty with a huge gift bag in her hand who was still processing everything. Charlie hugged Niffty and gave the bag to her.

Charlie: C'mon, open it!

Niffy nodded eagerly and looked inside, not even knowing what she could possibly get. The first thing on which her eyes fell of was a big red plush popping from the bag. She took it first to investigate. It was a huge red panda plushy, half sized to Niffty. She couldn't help but squeal out of excitement. It was so cute!

Niffty: Thank you so much! It's adorable!

Charlie: *Giggles* I'm glad you liked it! Look what else is there.

Niffty: There's more?

She reached deeper into the bag, pulling a winter themed food container. She opened it and found gingerbread cookies. Some were decorated with Christmas tree, some with snowflakes and some made into resemblance of Hazbin residents. She took one who looked similar to her in admiration.

Angel: Wait, is it me or are these made similar to us?

Charlie: Yep! Some of them are. I made them myself!

Angel: *Laughs* You better got my shape right.

Charlie: I tried my best! There should be one more thing there, Niffty!

Niffty carefully put the container on the table while plushy was occupying chair next to her. She took a photo album which had handwritten "Merry Christmas" on it. Niffty opened it and felt like she was going to cry out of happiness. It had different photos of her friends with Charlie's handwritten messages here and there. To no surprise, there was only Alastor missing who hated photos but Charlie still drew a deer or radio in some pages.

Niffty: Thank you so much! I don't think that I have ever gotten so many presents!

Charlie: You're welcome!

They both engaged in a hug which was bit tricky due to height difference but they managed. Niffty felt beyond happy to get such presents from the princess herself. Sometimes Niffty couldn't believe that she actually knows Charlie personally. Benefits of being in dept to overlord? Hardly so.

When the hug ended and Charlie walked back to her sitting place, Niffty pulled two medium sized boxes wrapped in Christmas paper, tied with ribbon from her side. She stood up on her chair to be more visible.

Niffty: Alright, I got.. Husk!

She ran to him, while Husk thanked the universe that his Santa wasn't Angel or Alastor. Niffty handed Husk the two boxes, jumping happily.

Niffty: I really hope you like these!

Husk felt a thug on his heartstrings. Seeing someone be this joyous and wanting to gift something wonderful to him was quite a rare occurrence. He never was gifted anything just for the holidays, it was always as a way to gain him over or instead of money. Husk felt a tear forming but he shaken his head and thankfully took the gift.

Husk: Thanks.

He carefully untied the ribbon and accidentally saw Alastor piercingly looking at him. Alastor's expression was mocking, indicating that he saw through Husk's random head shake. Husk decided to ignore him and took the lid from the first box. There laid a brand new top hat, in the colour of dark grey with silver ribbon around it.

Niffty: I thought that you would like a new hat for a chance of pace.

Husk delicately took the hat out for closer inspection. It looked really good and well-made. He took his usual top hat and changed it with a new one. He looked at Niffty with half a smile.

Husk: Well, how do I look?

Angel: Good enough to get me on a date!

Husk looked at Angel annoyed while others snickered.

Niffty: It fits you! Now, open the other one!

Husk: Alright, alright, slow down.

He took the second box. Again, very carefully, Husk opened it. Inside he found beautifully packaged bottle of "Sunset Rum". He could already feel the delicious taste of it. He also noticed a small package at the bottom. Husk took it and upon looking closely he understood what it was, making him smile even more. It was a set of playing cards. Not ordinary! They were quite fancy-with gold outlines and silverish backgrounds.

Niffty: Maybe with a new set of cards you could win more?

Alastor: Ha! Good luck with that!

Husk ignored Alastor's comment and did the unthinkable - willingly hugged a person in years. He put down the cards and bear hugged Niffty. Now Husk let that tear slid.

Husk: *Whispers* Thank you, Niffty.

Niffty: *Whispers back* You're welcome, Husk. I also cleaned the bar yesterday for you.

Husk: *Chuckles* And I wondered how did it get spotless. I really appreciate it.

Niffty: Only the best for friends, right?

Husk: Right.

They let go of the embrace. Well, mostly Husk because Niffty wasn't able to hug him back properly because of his tight hug. She walked back to her seat while Husk took his presents from the top of the table.

Husk: I guess it's my turn. I got... Angel...

Angel: Hey! Where is your enthusiasm, pal?

Husk walked to Angel and compared to Niffty his step was dreadful. He handed Angel a bottle wrapped in Christmas paper and two small boxes.

Angel: Wow, you hate me that much or what?

Husk: What the hell? Why?

Angel: A bottle? Really? You took from here, huh?

Husk: No! I bought it.

Angel: *Continues to tease* Let's say that. And only two boxes? Am I worth that little to you?

Husk: Can you imagine how hard it is to think of a present to someone like you?

Angel: No.

Husk: Without being overly dirty?

Angel: Yeah, that would be harder.

Husk: Plus, these weren't that cheap, you know.

Angel: I'll be the judge of that.

Angel decided to check the bottle first. He unwrapped the paper and saw a white medium bottle of Vermouth. He recalled that they didn't have it here in hotel, so Husk was telling the truth about buying it.

Angel: How did you guess I like this?

Husk: *Shrugs* You don't seem to enjoy heavy drinks that much, plus you're Italian.

Angel nodded approvingly, putting the bottle aside.

While that was happening, Charlie noticed a small paper laying beside her right hand. "Not again", she thought, silently reading it while everyone looked interested in what Husk gifted Angel. "Well, who do you think it will be?" was written there. In usual fashion, the paper evaporated into thin air. Charlie turned to look at Alastor who shrugged and proceeded to look at Angel. Charlie did the same but she failed to notice a cracking smirk on Alastor's "interested" facade.

Next Angel chose to open the littlest box. Inside he found a white bow tie with pink stripes. He couldn't help himself but to open the last box which was bit larger. Inside he found long gloves in exactly the same design.

Angel: *Interested* Where did you find these?

Husk: I didn't. They're custom made.

Charlie: *Surprised* You know how to sew?

Husk: No! One guy owned me a favour.

Angel: I! Love! It!

Angel couldn't believe that someone would do this for him. He had gotten presents before but they were out of gratitude in his business. Maybe Charlie's Secret Santa idea wasn't so corny. He excitedly stood and stepped closer to Husk.

Angel: Give me a hug, big guy!

Husk: Slow down!

But Husk himself was too slow. He was hugged by Angel in similar manner that he hugged Niffty. Husk succumbed to his fate and lightly hugged Angel, as much as he could make it. Angel let him short after, feeling that Husk wasn't a hugger. As much as Angel wanted to try his new accessories out, there was presents to give out. He took a Christmas gift bag from behind of his chair and announced.

Angel: The lovely person who I got was... Vaggie!

He casually walked over to her while everyone debated how many dirty stuff there could be. Especially Vaggie.

Angel: Here ya go! Merry Christmas!

Vaggie: *Suspiciously asked* Can I open this? Is it appropriate?

Angel: Duh, who do you think I am?

Vaggie: Yourself?

Angel: Touche.

Vaggie slowly looked inside the gift bag. She didn't notice anything too bad right out of the bat. Two boxes and it looked like some sort of candy. She decided to go with the candy first. Vaggie pulled it out and it was a large chocolate bar with nut mix from her favourite brand. She looked at Angel surprised.

Vaggie: You remembered my favourite chocolate?

Angel: Of course!

Vaggie: Well, thank you!

Angel: Don't thank me just yet.

His tone suggested Vaggie that there is something not so appropriate there, so she decided to open the boxes in the bag. She looked in the first one and there was a really fancy knife. She excitedly took it out to look better at it in the light. It had intriquently detailed rose design on it's handle while the blade was black.

Angel: I thought that you could refreshen your knife collection with this bad boy.

Vaggie: That is actually a good gift. Thank you.

Angel: Ah, ah, ah! What did I say?

Vaggie glanced at him mistrustfully. This one she decided to open extra carefully. Inside the box she found a brand note with name, it read "Vibrator Necklace". Vaggie immediately looked at Angel with anger and embarrassment in her eyes.

Vaggie: What the fuck is wrong with you?!

Angel: Hey, you'll thank me after using that. Believe me, it does wonders.

Charlie: *Tried to peak in the back* What is it?

Vaggie: *Pulls the bag away from her* A reason for me to try out that knife!

Angel: Wow, girl, calm down! I bought it with pure intentions.

Vaggie: Yeah, right!

Alastor: *Murmurs to himself* Wish I had something to eat while watching this show.

Charlie: Alright, guys! Calm down! Both of you!

Vaggie: *Breathes in and out* Alright. Thank you for your gifts, Angel, but now please go away or I might use the knife.

Angel: Won't I get a hug?

Vaggie: *Glares with the look that could kill*

Angel: Alright, just checking.

Angel went back to his seat while Vaggie drank a cup of water to calm herself down. She sighs and takes out small gift bag and a medium sized box.

Vaggie: Okay, so I'll cut to the chase. I got Alastor.

Alator: Oh? How delightful!

Vaggie moved to Alastor who wasn't sitting that far from her, right to the right of Charlie. She gave him the presents which Alastor took with great interest in his eyes.

Vaggie: I did not really know what you like, so I had to improvise.

Alastor: Well, let us see how you did.

Alastor decided to open the bag first. Inside he found a can of an expensive brand of coffee and a pack of dried venison strips. He raised an eyebrow out of surprise that Vaggie noticed his food preferences. Then he moved on to the box.

Inside it, Alastor found a true replica of 1920's small radio. If he was surprised before, now you could triple it! He didn't expect to see these outside of his room or radio station.

Alastor: Well, my dear, we can conclude that you succeeded. These are great!

Vaggie: But you haven't seen it fully.

Alastor: Oh?

Vaggie turned the radio on and it played a jazz song that Alastor recognized was from his teenage years. She turned the dial to another station and it played the blues which were popular right before his death.

Vaggie: Try it yourself.

Intrigued, Alastor turned the dial to various stations. They all played songs from his time period, none of that nowadays junk music.

Vaggie: Charlie helped me made it. We know your feelings and opinions about music, so we made a radio that plays only your type of songs.

Alastor looked at them both. Vaggie was standing calmly, while Charlie smiled at him. He looked back to the radio.

Alastor: I like it! This is the best Christmas gift I got since my mother passed away! Thank you!

He smiled sincerely to them and both girls could see the difference between his regular smile and this one. Vaggie nodded answering with her own soft smile and returned to her seat. Alastor turned the radio for the time being and chuckled.

Alastor: Well, now I feel bad. Good one, Charlie.

Charlie: Huh?

Alastor looked at her and with a snap he teleported his presents to her. There were three boxes - large, medium and small stacked on top of each other in red wrapping paper.

Alastor: I got you.

Charlie: So you weren't lying that day?

Alastor: I'm afraid I wasn't, dear.

Charlie: And all this time you were making fun of me?

Alastor: A bit, I'll admit.

Charlie: *Shakes her head* You bastard.

Alastor: Guilty as charged. But maybe those could count as an apology?

Charlie: We'll see.

She carefully opened the first box. Inside there was a box of her favourite tea.

Charlie: *Smirks* Good start.

She then proceed to open medium box. There was a work calendar for the next year. The book was in black and white with nice lining inside. There was a matching pen to.

Alastor: I thought that you needed a new one.

Charlie: I did! Thanks, Al!

She tried to guess what could be in the biggest box but Charlie didn't expect this. There was a vinyl record of David Bowie's "Aladdin Sane" album. She gasped and started jumping happily.

Charlie: Holy shit! How did you know that I love Bowie?

Alastor: Well, I don't really know who he is but you listen to him a lot and I asked Vaggie one time who was it. She said Bowie and I decided to get you this young man's finest album. At least, that's what the guy in the music store said was his best one.

Charlie: I love it! Thank you so much!

Charlie stood up and opened her arms.

Charlie: Permission to hug you?

Alastor though for a moment and stood up.

Alastor: Well, it's Christmas, so, go ahead.

Charlie quickly hugged him around his torso, Alastor even got taken back few steps. He returned the hug very lightly. After few seconds he patted Charlie's back and let go, Charlie did the same.

Charlie: You are forgiven. But I'll remember this!

Alastor: I believe that.

Charlie: Now, how about a Christmas photo?

Everyone gathered round the hotel's main Christmas tree while Charlie used her magic to set up a camera. She even made Alastor be in the photo, threatening to only play Christmas songs everyday. Well, holiday spirit helped too. They took multiple pictures but Alastor was only in one of them because nobody made him promise to be in all of them.

After that, Charlie clapped twice and the whole table became filled with everyone's favourite Christmas dishes. The feast was held with laughs, talks and music.

Thank you for reading these 12 Christmas days! I hope you had as much fun reading as I had writing. Merry Christmas!

[starlight-time-machine]

Week in Review

11/10/2024 – 11/16/2024

Sunday

Week 40 of missing Cipher Academy

Love Live Superstar Episode 6 MADE ME CRY AGAINNNNNNNN KEKE MY BABYYYYYY YOU’RE WORKING SO HARD FOR YOUR DREAMS AND I’M GLAD YOU DECIDED TO PURSUE IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY I LOVE YOUUUUUU AND THE NEW SONG IS SO GOOOOOOOOOOD IT’S LIKE IT WAS MADE JUST FOR ME Now I just need them to give me at least a clean version of the 30 seconds of acoustic Hoshizuku Cruising on the season 3 OST CD and I’ll be satisfied and set for life. Please Bushiroad. (Also the parallels between Keke’s story and Liyuu’s real life journey to become a seiyuu and idol in Japan makes me emotional to think about…)

Monday

Undead Unluck good!!!!! UNDEAD UNJUSTICE… What an amazing parallel. Tozuka’s always been good at parallels and foils and call backs, but this is just so peak.

Tuesday

Landed back home and had to sleep for like forty hours to recover

Wednesday

Oshi no Ko finally ended and man…it feels so far from the manga I initially read and felt excited for. All I can really say at this point is LMAOOOOOO I was taken in by its seemingly down to earth take on the ins and outs of the Japanese entertainment industry with a dash of social commentary about parasociality, but the finale just devolved into unbelievable melodrama and I had to check out at that point. I don’t know, for a story supposedly about the “dark side of the industry,” it never felt like it was really examining and interrogating any systemic issues; instead it all boiled down to a few bad actors (with baffling motivations), and a final thesis you could find in any basic idol show. It hurts because I was really really into this story at the beginning, but with this flop of an ending I’m going to have to give it a 3/10.

Hung out with a friend and caught up on some Dropout shows. First we watched the Make Some Noise episode with Jess, Ross, and Geoff and it was decently funny. Then we started watching Gastronauts, and I honestly love this show so much… I love cooking competition shows already, and seeing Dropout put their own spin on it is so much fun. I love that the challenges are purposely ridiculous and out of the box – I like to imagine that the chefs had a good time flexing their creativity rather than just exhibiting their skills in a straightforward head to head. And then all the food looked sooooooooooooooooooo good it was honestly driving me a little insane. I’m really going to look forward to new episodes of this on a regular basis.

Thursday

Read the latest chapter of Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2 and man this series is so much more fun when I can binge the whole thing…when will I learn… But this was a cute chapter regardless, just doing a bunch of testing and inventing.

Read the entirety of I Want to be a Wall in one sitting and it’s cute! As with most Yen Press queer manga pick-up’s, it’s kind of baby’s first introduction to its central topics of asexuality and marriage inequality, but it was nice to see it explored from the perspective of these adults with their various familial and social pressures (the stuff about the stigma of not having kids really got to me). It got a tad melodramatic for me towards the end, but it was sweet enough that I’ll let it slide. 7/10.

Caught up on One Piece because I heard that bangs Robin was back AND SHE DID NOT DISAPPOINT!!!!!!! I MISSED HER BANGS SOOOO MUCH and it’s kind of a relief to finally start a brand new arc, I’m going to do my best to pay attention and remember things this time as things develop lol I love the Norse mythology theming and whatever Loki’s got going on, but I hope this giant tree with its various levels isn’t just a retread of Impel Down.

I read Itou-san on a random Twitter recommendation for dark yaoi and just felt underwhelmed lol Maybe it was a pioneer in its time, but to me it just felt like the most generic edgy romance story in the world. It was like a teenager’s conception of what a whirlwind romance with an assassin would be like (coupled with a teenager’s conception of what a super duper evil assassin organization would be run like), and it just didn’t compel me. Unfortunately I’ll be giving it a 2/10.

Friday

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Saturday

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The Mundane In Macabre - c3

[the mundane in macabre - chapter three]

Chapter one(link), chapter two(link)

Helicopters are a frequent sight over the town of night vale, various kinds exist, though who owns the majority of them is still rather unknown.

The blue belong to the secret police, that much is known, however...

I saw another yellow one today. These helicopter sightings have been increasingly more frequent.

I haven't been listening to the community radio, so I'm kind of behind on the news.

This one though, it dropped a bunch of fliers, missing kid posters, I think the girl on this one was one of the kids that went missing and returned from a summer program at the library, that was some event she came out of I hope she's alright.

Oh but that girl I mentioned before that came to the store and bought a plant? She came back, said the flowers really made a difference in the office but were too short lived.

I finally got her name too! Kiyomi. A pretty name. Just like her, pretty.

She didn't really buy anything this time but she did ask some questions about my store. The usual, nothing major. Just "how long have you had this place running?" "What do you do other than care for and sell plants" "how do you make the medicine?" "Is anything cursed?" "Do you have a dark magic practitioner on your staff?" And "why don't you sell xyz items?".

I'm actually the only person running the apothecary, but maybe I should look into hiring some help with the nursery. Kiyomis pretty smart I'm glad they asked me about that, or I never would have thought about it.

Shouldn't be too hard to find someone to at least help out with plant care, maybe a weekend intern or something.

Ah hold on.. I just turned on the radio, apparently that girl from the flyer, Tamika, is not missing, she's fine, that's good to hear. Things don't feel right though...

Oh that's probably the nausea, lately the box under my desk has started humming, a weird buzzing noise that's kind of making me sick. I think I'll move it somewhere else, like a room in in less frequently. I won't move it outside or some porch pirate will steal it and those hooded figures won't get their property back for sure.

Though it's been a while since I've seen them, since they left it behind even.

The noise is pretty bothersome, I'm not sure I want to open it anymore, but I might just to see if I can get the noise to stop. I'll have to make up my mind soon or the noise might get worse, I'd rather not trigger a migraine for myself if I can help it.

I hope kiyomi becomes a regular, she's really nice and interesting to have around, always something clever or peculiarly interesting to say. She's sweet and funny..and pretty.

Who, some kid just dashed in and hid behind- huh, they're shaking their head at me frantically..oh! Never mind there's no kid here, and if there was they went out and have probably gone home by now, it's just me and the box behind the counter.

Kids are strange, I would know I used to be one...not that I can remember much of it though. But they are strange, always so full of energy and ideas.

Another yellow helicopter just flew overhead, they dropped more missing children posters. Theres more than just Tamika now, they're looking for a bunch of kids.

One looked familiar, not because there's a kid with that description hiding in my store, no there's no kids here at all just me.

Oh right, when I talked about some medication going missing, the pain pills, something else when missing again, almost an entire supply of some seeds are gone. Mostly herbs.

Not sure who wants to grow herbs all by themselves in the dessert, but I wish them luck, just wish they'd payed first.

Hopefully nothing else goes missing or has gone missing. I'll check soon, I have...a few things to take care of before I start closing up fir the day.

I might have found that intern afterall...

[weirdunclegamer]

I feel like doing A Thing. I'm gonna rewatch the N Direct (watched it at work originally) and comment on... I dunno, everything? For funsies.

Y'know I totally forgot it opened wit the Sploon3 DLC thing. I don't play splat myself but absolutely lovin the aesthetics here, that octoling in the elevator is dressed saucy I must say. The whole thing looks delightfully cartoon creepy, the clear overuse of flat white had me guessing at something to do with color right at the point "put this color chip in" was said. Gonna hafta paint that blank canvas.

Mario vs DK. Another series I never really played, but I know lots of people love it. One of those beloved side games. A friend commented on being glad it was going back to the original style rather then the psuedo lemmings thing where you just had the toy Marios. I hadn't thought of that myself but there you go. I love how when DK gets hit with the... box, pipe, whatever, that Mario throws at him, it really does feel like just a cartoon clonk on the donk, absolutely non-violent.

Ooooooooh here we go. I'm not a Prince of Persia fan specifically, did love the... 2006? 2009? That one stand alone entry with the prince with the orange and purple head wrap. But THIS PoP game looks fuuuuuuun, this is exactly my kind of 2D platformer, with a good combat system baked in too. Also you're not actually the prince this time! Or maybe that'll be the twist later. The prince was inside you all along.

Okay so I never even knew there was a Horizon Chase 1? So no clue as far as sequels go, but I have always enjoyed a good arcade racer on the side. This one gives me "slightly less wacky Cruisn' game" vibes. Also I like the little random dialogues you see coming from the cars a few times. Adds flavor.

Super Crazy Rhythm Castle... I uh... I dunno, I got nothing. It's a musical party game! When they said well known songs from other Konami games but it was a Beatmania track I'm not familiar with that landed like a wet sock. Sorry. Hope its fun!

Okay I haven't read/watched SPYxFAMILY but holy MOLY Anya is just pure distilled weaponized CUTE AS HECK. How do you be so cute like that? And now she's gonna have a game that's just about making memories with her family? I have diabetes now.

Woo, man, I have feelings about an SMRPG remake. But if I'm being blunt... any concern I have is just for shitty bad faith fandom deciding to shit all over the game after it comes out for not being some BS they made up in their heads. The game looks super cute and I appreciate how they kept the funny proportions of the characters from the SNES game. While everyone else is analyzing the changes to the battle system (or that train attack from Boomer that did max damage woah there), I noticed they snuck in a shot of the party seemingly opening the door to... will it be Culex again? Or will there be a new secret boss there? Boggles the mind it does.

Oh geez this one. Some people I follow have been flooding my dash with love for the Another Code game announcement(s) here. It makes me remember how much I have NOT played my copy of the DS game XD crud. I don't have the Wii sequel at all so I may get this just to cover my bases. I HAVE however, played Hotel Dusk, and would love to see some kind of port of that to the Switch. But more then anything I'm just glad to see this series not be forgotten.

HHHNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NEW PEACH GAME. I loooooved Super Princess Peach on the DS, and I admit, I was... concerned, after the original announcement of a Peach game from the last general direct, that a new game would be... plain, flat even. But OH HOWDY I was assuaged of my concern! Also YES, give her LOTS OF OUTFITS PLEASE. I am def getting this.

Man the SaGa series... that's one I always see and like... want to go play, then I just never get around to it. I think I have the SaGa game on PS2? I almost got the super beloved PS1 entry not too long ago but it was like... over a hundred dollars. I gotta say though... I am actually LOVING the characters in this one. Like, the guy who would be the default sword warrior in any other RPG of this ilk is some kind of puppet master? We got robots? Magical girl witch? A... cowgirl and hijab wearing lady duo with guns? I AM SOLD ALREADY. WHAT EVEN IS THIS SETTING.

HD remake of Lara Croft games. ...that is all. (I don't really care one way or the other, hopefully they do right by the originals)

Detective Pikachu 2. I didn't play the first game, and despite how much you'd think I'd have a connection to pokemon given the original Blue was the first game I ever bought with my own money as a kid, and I legitimately caught all 151 mons... I don't actually have any strong connections to pokemon. Sorrynotsorry.

Trombone Champ... cough... that was a meme from last year I think? I dunno. I think people only care because it was a meme, if it had been some random Wii game it would've been called shovelware and nobody'd give a shit. Shrug.

Battle Crush looks serviceable, but I'm actually just surprised something that feels generic as of like... two or three years ago, is just showing up now. Seems like its riding an outdated wave.

Wartales feels like something that is gonna become the obsession of a tiny cult fanbase.

Remake of Contra 1... hm... okay so like, I actually am a Contra fan. Like... half the reason I would ever care about having a partner irl is someone to play Contra with. But the only thing in this trailer that really made me sit up was hearing that Wayforward was making it. It otherwise looks... just... plain. I guess. Nothing about it really leaping out at me from this trailer. The graphics feel too "clean", Contra should always look kinda grungy you know?

It is actually hard for me to express how HAPPY I am to see a new Vanillaware game (god I needta go finish 13 Sentinels...), but HOLY CRAP the title of the game... UNICORN OVERLORD. Is such a funny goddamn name. I want to tell you how pretty the game trailer is, how interested I am in the gameplay, or maybe how its giving me vibes to a Vanillaware game on the PSP that never got released in the US... but all I can imagine is someone's Megaman X OC Maverick. UNICORN OVERLORD! At half health they jump into the background on a throne and you evade attacks from a legion of lesser unicorn soldier bots. I am so getting this game though. (ALSO THE GAMEPLAY LOOKS LIKE OGRE BATTLE SO I AM QUADRUPALLY INVESTED no not TACTICS OGRE, OGRE BATTLE you peasant)

...wasn't the game called Luigi's Mansion DARK MOON? Was that only in the US maybe? Oh well. I suppose it was time enough for this. I've only played 3, but it was def a lot of fun. Also POLTERPUP, that is all.

Okay so... gotta be totally up front about F-Zero 99... I think its a hilariously fun idea to "99" up the original F-Zero, the way they 99'd up tetris and mario 1. But also, I am right there with all the fans who are grumbling about not getting an actual new F-Zero game, like a proper one not just a gimmick. Still, the game is gonna be a chaotic silly mess. Not bad, but not quite enough either.

Okay Bandle Tale and Nunu or whatever; what is it with everything related to LoL being better then the actual LoL game?

New Wario Ware! ...I don't play Wario Ware games! GIVE ME A NEW WARIO LAND GAME YOU COWARDS. (this is not meant as a sleight against WW games or the people who love them, they're legit cool, funny, colorful, have a ton of great characters, and I just don't personally play them so new ones go solidly into "tell that one friend of mine a new WW was announced" category)(also inb4 all the people complaining about "motion controls" or something, I dunno, I hope the fandom is better then that but I dont trust the internet)

Eiyuden Chronicles! This is one of those things where the original games this is a successor to (which I cant remember the name of off the top of my head because my brain hates me) isn't something I ever had, but I've spent more then enough time immersed in that old PS1 culture and the people therein that I totally get it, and I hope nearly as much as any fan that the final product of this game is everything they want it to be.

Ah, here's one that's virtually impossible for me to comment on because I know nothing of Eastward other then that art style. It looks nice! And I don't know how this is similar or different or fits in at all with the original game! I would 100% become immortal somehow despite the ramifications just to play every game, but alas, I am a mere mortal, and have a limited amount of time, lots of which I lose to depression, so I have not played Eastward. Sorry.

Wargroove 2! Well that's not something I was expecting. I def liked Advanced Wars back in the yonder time, but never stuck with the genre going forward (also I suck at it!). When the original Wagroove became a thing (I actually played a prelease demo of it at PAX one year) I was def excited for fans of the genre (pretty much how I feel about Eiyuden Chronicles even). But I also remember hearing that people fell off the first game kinda fast? Here's hoping 2 does all the good sequel things and really ups its game then.

I admit I'm not much for the huge plethora of (usually cooking focused) crafting-one-side-selling-on-the-other style games. But I do like seeing a game randomly have a POC player character. Just, in general. Doesn't even seem to be a factor of the story either, just is a thing. Glad to see it. (Love the mantis shrimp with the boxing gloves, gotta get that out there)

I haven't played MK8 since it was on the WiiU! Moving on!

I have never played Among Us. I'm not gonna be playing it. ...was there only ever one map in that game? Trailer's cute. Is it mushroom themed because they're basically wanting to hand people a "fungus among us" joke?

Let see... quick reel of already announced stuff... and... oh right...

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door remake. I uh... I never got into TTYD. Oh I played it. A little. Something about it just didn't feel quite right to me? I dunno. I know people fucking LOVE it. And, sweet deal then. But this is another one I'm just kinda shrugging at. I will not be getting it. Oh well.

[dcviated]

odin sphere lines love that game || [ open ]

@markofkaine​ sent: A witchling, heavy in power and light in experience, with a dark aura not entirely her own about her. Were Lillibridge Kaine the kind of sentimentalist to smile at parallels, her lips may have curled up in that most pleasant of expressions. Alas, she was herself, logical and pragmatic and never the sort of woman to be accused of mawkishness. No, in the balancing safety of her little traveling sanctum, in her apothecary, Lilli seldom indulged in such undue emotionality.

The mortar and pestle lifted themselves from their positions upon her shelf without Lilli turning to face them, settling neatly onto the counter. "I suggest you do not concern yourself with this," she cautioned, looking away only long enough to fill the mortar with some ingredients, the pestle already grinding under her telekinetic attention. "It won't do you any good." Not that she imagined the young woman would listen. People who sought her out rarely let reason get in the way of a plan. (for Malkuth, also!)

For all the power untapped and unmastered within the younger witch’s mind, Elijah was woefully lacking in the awareness department. There was no reason to doubt that Lillibridge was capable and knowledgeable, but if she knew just what the other was connected to and could do herself the level of respect would somehow find a way to climb even higher. As it was, the other’s sharp demeanor was enough to bring Elijah back several years, back to when she worked as an assistant to the other witches as she trained in her previous life, back in the coven.

Demure and subservient, she browses the assortment of items and other reagents as they grind and mix with a suppressed curiosity. She comes across as bumbling, but there’s an eye for detail that scans and picks up what was occurring. The focus pops like a bubble when Lillibridge speaks. Immediately Elijah stands at attention, extra berth given to the familiar tools and items lest further offense be given.

“Concern? Not at all! I wouldn’t want you to think I’m doubting anything! No no no, I was-- thinking about what you were making. And well--” An immediate rephrase occurs in her mind. “Is there a reason you’re only using two pinches of silverthorn!” Whatever reason the young witch had for being here would be brought up before too long, surely. As it stood curiosity wins out in priorities. This witch is either very unorthodox or.... maybe forgetful??? That didn’t seem at all possible though.