#am i doing this trend again? yep.

[strandedbuckley]

tk strand in every episode 1.01: pilot

[hanihazeljade]

TikTok Tim

TikTok has been a blast and of course, Richard has been bothering Tim to make an account for siblings bonding. But Tim got himself a newfound confidence and a new way to irritate the people around him.

(CW: thirst traps, TikTok, possible femboy content, swearing)

"Can we just talk about Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne?" A TikToker with million followers said, "Like this dude is seventeen turning eighteen in like 3 months and what he done in his almost 18 years of existence?" It showed a screenshot of a headline way back when he was attending grade school that he skipped two grades, "He skipped 2 years in school and even though he dropped for two years, because some tragedy happen in his life, he still managed to graduate high school the same year in his age range." Which is true, but with all hacking the school systems, he graduated.

"And I also discovered that he is emancipated from his foster parent, Bruce Wayne. Like at first it was insane because you got the Wayne to finance you but look at him, he is one of the biggest shareholder in the Wayne Enterprise and he already got so many praise especially from Lex Luthor," and then screen showed a clip of Lex saying, "I commend the young Drake-Wayne, even he doesn't have any degree in business, he knows how to handle one unlike some people that I know that have bachelors degree. But if you think about it, it must be in his blood after all his mother is Janet Drake, that woman is the scariest socialite in Gotham." And the screen turned back to the TikToker, "Dude doesn't have any degree yet get a praise from Lex Luthor? He is a genius I tell you." and with that the TikTok video ended.

It all started with that one video on how perfect and genius Timothy Jackson Drake. And it snowballed to edits, a thirst trap if you will, of Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne. One TikTok video and the whole internet has been sleuthing every single picture, video of the new most eligible bachelor of Gotham City. And with that, #tim drake on TikTok have millions of views in span of 2 days. And it also doesn't help that Tim's life has been exposed in the different tabloids since he was a kid, being a member of a elite society especially in Gotham. He doesn't really know and care but with so many people doing a deep dives in his life, it kind of unsettling.

He scrolled again and it was a thirst trap edit. And he decided to exit the app, enough internet for the day.

"Timmmyy." Dick whined as he was begging Tim to make a TikTok account for 1, he can do those trends with Tim and two, he wants Tim to see those thirst traps edit of himself and it has been seven days straight. And Tim's patience has been wearing thin.

"I will, once I finished these reports." he said with no intention of doing it and gonna said that he forgot about it.

"No, do it now. I know your schemes, Timmy." Tim sighed with the insistence, "Then come back here later for you to remind me then."

++++++

"So, my brother Richard has been keep bothering me to make one of this account and apparently, many people tried to make a little clout so I am going to make one to gather all the clout." Tim said with a blank stare but let out a snort at the last part. "I will probably never upload anything again but yep, hope you are happy, Richard." and with that the video ended. 2 hours later after that video got uploaded, his account boomed to 2.3 million and his first video got featured in some internet forums and articles were being published online.

++++++

"And he finally succumbed to the Tiktok." Jason said as soon as he walked to his penthouse and Tim rolled his eyes.

"What are you doing here, oh mighty Jason?" Tim rolled his eyes, sarcasm is dripping to those words.

"I thought you are better than Dick but it seems like I was mistaken."

"Pot. Kettle. Just because I was on the side of edit Tiktok and you are in booktok doesn't make you the top. You are giving pick-me vibes, ngl."

"Did you really just said ngl instead of not gonna lie?"

"Did I stutter?"

++++++

Tim thought it will be cool if he just upload another Tiktok video after months of abandoning his account. He look at the trends and some old trends and he particularly got stuck in the transition videos and he took liking on the one audio edit of Jade West saying, "What's the prob, dog?", and he is a gremlin for a reason.

So, he was there chuckling at himself with the thought of the internet will never know what's gonna hit them.

+++++++

Tim likes to do a little bit of thirst traps in his content but he also like just to gave his audience what he does in his free time whenever he is done reading and signing the needed papers, like typing in his computer or solving a rubiks cube. And he keeps getting millions of views every time and it is such a ego boost for him.

But he also likes the videos with prominent people in United States, most is just him and Lex Luthor doing stupid shits and every time it will happen, both the stocks of WE and Lex Corp is going up and somehow that made both Tim and Lex being close yet hating each other so much.

The Justice League, specifically Superman, is very much annoyed and not happy about Tim's association to one of the prominent villains in the existence. But all Tim does is send them a lip sync video of him with the audio of, "Do I give a fuck? No, not one. How many fucks do I give? Zero. Exactly, so therefore your comment is irrelevant." And he called it a day. He is still fucking salty of about his worst year of his fucking life. He will not going to forgive those assholes when they didn't even apologise.

But somehow the limit of his TikTok freedom is having him doing a thirst trap in a form of being a femboy. Listen. Tim knows he will never be a brickhouse like Jason and Bruce but god forbid his BMI doesn't go up to 20 even in his peak body mass. He was always has been a twink and he also doesn't like that but apparently, that type of body is a perfect "bottom/submissive" material based on the different manhuas he having been indulge himself the past month.

++++++++

Dick was scrolling at his fyp page that was full of animals, gymnastics and Justice League edits - because, and he got in a video of a guy sitting on a red couch doing a simple transition of throwing his black shoe and then changing his casual fit to a more formal attire and it was a smooth transition on Dick's observation and he subconsciously goes to the comments because he wants a laugh at the thirsty comments.

Did anyone notice how smooth that transition is?

Lol, that is a big ass shoes

He is a mighty fine fella

WHY DOES NOBODY IS COMMENTING THAT THE ACCOUNT IS TIMOTHY JACKSON DRAKE-WAYNE?

Dick blinked once at that comment. And he blinked again. He closed the comments and swipe left. And the comment is right, it take him on Tim's verified account with now two videos.

When did Tim had a 5.6 million followers?!

Tim already on the same following count as him and he was still definitely gonna get more. Dick is now kind off regretting his decision if putting Tim in TikTok.

+++++++

The next month was shown that Tim doesn't have any schedule that follows his uploading, it seems like he upload wether he like. But the ones that broke the internet is the one thirst trap that Tim posted.

Ashley, look at me

Tim made the hand movements for the transition and from the Saint Laurent sweater, it is Jason's, Dick knows because he just saw Jason wear it like two days ago and it was paired with a black slacks and it turns into a oversized silk dress shirt and it looks like nothing underneath and Dick hopes that there is a boxers underneath because God forbids, he will delete Tim's TikTok account. In that video, it showcases Tim's long, pale, scarless legs, which is a fucking lie, he doesn't how Tim did it but that is a fucking lie. And oh boy was the comments are wild.

He is a sugar baby with the money of a sugar daddy

I'm straight but damn

yeah that's it, I'm bi now

I can hit that any time if he hit me up

Wait! I AM CONFUSED

Am I.. into this?

bottom vibes ngl

Dick stops reading the comments. TIM IS HIS LITTLE BROTHER! Sure he's nineteen but Dick felt uncomfortable looking at his brother's thirst trap, that he made himself. He immediately message Tim to stop posting thirst traps and Tim just reply with, 'Well, you have to face the consequences of forcing me to this damn app'.

He will be damned, he thought.

[saphronethaleph]

Sekrit Documents

Olek Taks groaned.

“Oh, no,” he said. “Not again.”

“What’s not again?” his superior asked, looking across the office.

“What do you think?” Olek asked. “We’ve gone viral. Again. Space Thunder is the number one trending topic.”

Miles Hark rubbed his temples.

“Of course we have,” he said. “Is it too much to ask that it’s because of our latest update?”

He paused, amending his statement.

“Is it too much to ask that it’s because our latest update is something people actually like?”

“Of course it is,” Olek replied. “Number two is ‘leak’ and we’re seeing all the usual memes again.”

“All right, what is it this time?” Miles asked, going back over to his chair and leaning back with a creak of adaptive servos. “What was it last time, anyway?”

“Last time was the Tie Advanced, wasn’t it?” Rocomora said, not looking up from her screens. “Someone complained that we hadn’t correctly assigned shield strength values and posted the entire technical manual for the thing.”

“No, that was the time before last,” Olek told her. “Last time was the Incom T-65, the X-Wing. That time it was the manufacturer’s documents, someone was arguing that it should be killing off TIEs one on one because of its better all-round stats.”

He shook his head. “I’m pretty sure someone got fired over that one. Or arrested.”

“Am I getting mixed up?” Miles said. “I thought the last big argument was over the AT-TE and that wheel droid.”

“No, that was months ago,” Rocomora told him. “Easily. That guy was saying that the later model AT-TE walkers from RHE had the point defence system, and after eighty posts of flamewar he put up internal GAR documentation showing it. Even though we’d specifically only included the early model AT-TE precisely so we didn’t have to include the PD system for balance reasons.”

“So… one of the clones, right?” Olek asked. “They must have been the leaker!”

“Yeah, but how are you going to tell which one?” Rocomora asked. “They all look alike!”

Miles groaned.

“I hate how often we have to have this discussion,” he said. “So what was it this time?”

Olek was scrolling through the forums, now, and he clicked – then winced.

“Uh,” he said. “It’s about campaign mode.”

“Oh, no, not the persistent campaign mode,” Miles said, putting his head in his hands. “This is going to be about the gungans again, isn’t it?”

“Worse,” Olek replied. “Some poster or other said that there’s no way the Empire should be losing any planets, because if they lost them they’d just blow up the planet.”

Miles laughed.

“What, really?” he asked. “What kind of nonsense-”

He stopped.

“Oh, no,” he said. “Oh, no. You’re not saying…”

“Yep,” Olek agreed. “He posted complete technical specifications on this giant kriffing battlestation that’d take a week to cross on foot, accompanied by a picture of the thing. And now the thread’s growing at three pages a minute.”

“Why is it always us?” Miles demanded of the air. “Why don’t the idiots at Galaxy of Spaceships have to deal with this?”

[undertalebabbleblog]

UTDR Holiday Newsletter Musings

Heya, Pup here, and I'm back again to talk about how Toby Fox has once more driven me insane.

Usually the newsletters have a black background and white text, but the background is white this time! Thematically appropriate, I suppose.

*glances outside at the warm summer morning*

Or, well, it's thematically appropriate if you don't live in the southern hemisphere lol.

Toby has a Bluesky account now, apparently.

...Yep, that belongs to Toby, alright.

And he even made an archive of the roast chicken posts "in case Blueski flies away". Excellent, those are exceedingly important, we wouldn't want them to be lost.

(Skipping over the stuff about the GameMaker updates and bugs because while it's interesting it's not what I'm here to talk about.)

*(...) *(...Pup slowly puts down the microwave they were holding and steps away.) *(All the settings on the microwave say 'spaghetti' anyway. It's unsure if that would work on frozen dogs.)

But in all seriousness, the reviews Toby shared seem pretty solid, and we are definitely, 100000000000% getting chapters 3 and 4 in 2025. I am incredibly excited and can't wait to see what the new chapters have in store.

(I wonder when they'll come out...? Place your bets, everyone! My money's on Undertale's 10th anniversary, since Toby has a habit of releasing and announcing important stuff on or around the anniversaries.)

We also have some text from chapter 4 that has been translated into Japanese. I cannot read Japanese, so unfortunately I don't have anything to say on that part, but I do have some things to say about some of the bits I can read!

"Inferno,&Inferno!" We don't have any context on who's saying this or what it might be about. My first thought is Dante's Inferno, given how much religious symbolism is in these games, but I'm probably wrong lol.

Lancer: "Susie, can you enrich my enclosure?" Susie: "Uhh, I can punch a hole in drywall and hide toys inside." Lancer: "Thank you. Someday, I will do the same for you..." This COULD just be about Lancer's room. Or it could imply that Lancer gets trapped somehow? Idk.

"To by, or not to by?" I don't have much to say here. But it's a Shakespeare reference, so I'm legally obligated to point that out.

Berdly: "Listen. It disgusts me to say this, but... as an ACT. OF. CHARITY. I will let you... Be the breeze under my wings. You... Me. Festival." My guess is that he's saying this to Susie. If so, Noelle is going to FLIP and I can't wait to see it lol. I'm very curious about this festival, too... I feel like something big's going to happen.

...wait.

WAIT.

Jevil's fight was in a carousel. Spamton's was on a rollercoaster.

...am I overthinking this, or are the secret bosses somehow foreshadowing the festival???????

Elnina: "Did it hurt when you fell? Your tag says you're... um, the moon." If I remember correctly, Elnina is one of the weather forecast themed enemies. Since this is chapter 4 dialogue, my guess is that this text is from Castle Town after you recruit them.

Chapter 5 is in development! Yay!

I was going to make a post about some of the new merch before the newsletter came out. Now I guess I'll just include my thoughts on it in this post.

SO. We have a Kris shirt.

Following the trend of the Frisk merch, Kris isn't named. All Frisk's merch refers to them as 'the human', and now Kris' shirt is the 'Important Person's Shirt'.

Here's all the text I've found describing it, from both the newsletter and Fangamer.

Listen. I am going insane over this. I have far too many thoughts and I don't know how to put any of them into words. BUT I'M GONNA TRY.

Okay. So.

Firstly, the love thing.

We already know that LOVE = Level of ViolencE. But while that adds an interesting layer, it's not primarily what I'm going to be discussing here.

Kris and the player have a connection, obviously. Their love will become yours - the love they receive from their mum, their dad, their friends, isn't meant for us. Yet it feels like it's directed at us, because we are Kris. Your love will become theirs - we decide their actions. If we express love for another character, we're expressing it through them, which means that the other characters are seeing it as their love instead. Us and Kris are separate entities, and yet we have an undeniable connection that makes us difficult to separate.

Also, I'm not entirely sure how this relates, but my first thought when I read this was about the default options for the vessel. The game records your choices in the vessel creation sequence. However, if you start a chapter 2 save file without continuing from chapter 1, the choices are automatically set to the first option of each question, except for the gift, which defaults to Mind. It also has default options for all the choices in the game, which all seem to follow what we know of Kris' characterisation. Essentially, if we haven't played chapter 1, Kris seems to play through it for us. In the vessel creation sequence, the question 'HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR CREATION? (IT WILL NOT HEAR.)' has 'LOVE' as the first option. I don't know how this might relate and it might be entirely unrelated but in my head I feel like some dots have been connected and it's driving me crazy. TOBY FOX YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME.

(Please picture me with one of those conspiracy theory boards with the red string and pictures and scribbled notes. That's the most accurate depiction of me right now.)

The mask thing seems important too, but I can't think of what it might be referring to. Maybe something to do with how the actions you choose for Kris aren't how they're really feeling?

There's also a Seam plush, which I wasn't originally going to talk about, but then the newsletter happened.

Firstly, look at it. Look at this battered old wizard cat. I want it.

Secondly, we get a sort-of-canon Seam design! So that's cool.

...dusty magic. Broken dreams. No tail, torn off by cruel and loving hands. The tail in your mind should be stronger than anything I show you.

THERE IS SOMETHING HERE RELATED TO THE DARK WORLDS AND DREAMS AND IMAGINATION AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT BUT IT'S THERE.

If they keep releasing merch, my entire house is going to be UTDR themed. I can feel my wallet getting lighter and lighter each time they release something new, and I haven't even bought any merch yet.

And finally, if you click on this antlered snowman at the bottom...

You get a message...

DESS LORE DESS LORE DESS LORE

She called Noelle 'Elly' I'm gonna cry -

More angel Noelle... and "I wish it could snow whenever I wanted"... kind of ominous given the Snowgrave route and the whole Angel's Heaven thing.

AAAA I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES IN THE GAME

I actually missed the snowman link at first, so obviously I'm going to be clicking everything in all future newsletters just to be sure lol.

Uhhhh... yeah. That's all.

See you next time, and happy holidays!

[lfghughes]

Book Boyfriend

a/n: a short little nico thing for you guys. loved this request too and this trend

“Okay, come here.” You waved Nico over after you had set up your phone camera. His eyes immediately went to the phone as he walked over. “What are you doing?” He asked suspiciously as he looked back over at you. “Just trust me on this, okay?” You had seen this trend on TikTok and right after you knew this was something you wanted to try with your own boyfriend.

You stepped up to the door frame, placing your back to it as you waved him close to you. “I’m still not really understanding what we’re doing.” He chuckled as he nervously looked over at the camera. “Are you going to prank me with something. Please don’t do like a jump scare thing.” He peeked around at the room and waved his concerns off. “No, it’s not that. I promise. Just what you’re going to do is like put your arm above me on the door frame.”

You could see the confusion on Nicos face but he followed your instruction “What else am I supposed to do?” He asked and your hands went to his hips, pulling him in a little closer. “Here come a little closer and then list my chin up with your fingers.” Again he did exactly what you said and even though he was so confused, you felt the small butterflies as he did just that. “You’re so hot.” 

Your words made him blush almost immediately, a small laugh leaving his lips. “Is this the whole trend?” You nodded your head at Nicos question. “It’s a book boyfriend thing. Like this is how all the book boyfriends act with their girlfriends.” You tried your best to explain but really unless you showed him a video he wasn’t going to get it. “I’ll show you some later.”

“This is the kind of stuff you read about in your books?” He asked as he looked at your curiously, his finger going back under your chin, tilting it up again so he could press a kiss to your lips. Yep, exactly like every book you read right there. Nico pulled away from you, a smile on his lips “Are you going to post this?” He asked and you nodded your head. “Unless you don’t want me to.” You moved to grab your phone, stopping your recording. “It’s fine, I’m just so awkward.” At his words you shook your head. “You are the hottest book boyfriend there is, promise.”

[dj-of-the-coven]

Infrequently Asked Questions: Updated 1/21/25

Q: What's this blog about?

A: Despite what Tumblr seems to want everyone to think, I am not a twewy blog anymore. I haven't been for a while. This blog is a mixture of things that interest me, and those follow a general trend. I'm into alternative music and related subcultures, 90s & 2000s alt fashion, web 1.0, video games, horror media, and cool edgy graphics. I post about politics every now and again if something catches my attention, but most of my anarchy is done in person, not online. As a rule I don't reblog e-begging or guilt trip posts (e.g. "I don't care what your blog theme is just rb!!!" "If you don't reblog you're horrible!!") because I believe in at least trying to separate my chill online life from my day job.

Q: What kind of alt music do you like?

A: I listen to a lot of classic punk, 90s punk revival, grunge, riot grrrl, emo rock and nu metal, with a bit of death metal and heavy metal.

Q: What alt music subcultures do you consider yourself a part of?

A: I call myself an emo and a punk. I'm not goth, though I've been a fan of the odd goth song here and there.

Q: Do you dress alternative IRL?

A: Yep. I've been doing this since I was about 12 or 13, but I'm a lot better at it now than I was back then. I dress in a mixture of emo and punk looks, usually in black, red, and hot pink. My hair is split-died pink on one side and black on the other.

Q: What's with the web 1.0 obsession?

A: IDK man. Maybe the nostalgia just hit me really hard, but I think it's a bit deeper than that. I'm really fascinated by recent history, and a ton of that is entangled with the internet culture of the late 90s up to 2014 or so. It's cool. Besides, a ton of stuff that I like was in vogue during those decades, so as I do research I end up finding a lot of cool websites and graphics related to bands, games, and other stuff that I'm obsessed with from way back when.

Q: What video games do you like?

A: Action-adventure games with a focus on story have historically been my favorites, especially if they have edgy graphics and music, but I'm willing to try most genres as long as they're on consoles I own. The only games I seriously hate are gacha games and mobile games. And league of legends. I will shoot league players on sight. Arcane fans are okay but you're on thin ice.

Q: What kind of horror media are you into?

A: Mostly video games, but I've seen quite a few horror films on account of my bestie/roommate @g-l-o-w-y-l-i-g-h-t-s. Go follow them if you're interested in vampires. You will see a lot of vampires.

Q: What is your "day job"?

A: I am a volunteer at an anarchist bookstore. I also recently started work as a bouncer at a fairly prominent music venue. Most of what I do when I'm not "on the clock" is political research.

Q: What bands are you listening to right now?

A: Subhumans, Stiff Little Fingers, Superheaven, Deftones, Bikini Kill, Mannequin Pussy, Bad Waitress, Go Betty Go, PXNDX, The Story So Far, The Offspring, Linkin Park (the old stuff), Fall Out Boy (the old stuff), Blink-182, NOFX, Destroy Boys, Three Days Grace, Rise Against, Rage Against the Machine, Narrow Head, Breaking Benjamin, and like a million other bands. I have a lot of CDs.

Q: What games are you playing right now?

A: I've been replaying the Kingdom Hearts series with my roommate. Next games on the list are the rest of the Silent Hill series and Sonic X Shadow Generations. Possibly a replay of the ff7 remake.

Q: What weird outliers should I expect in your media taste?

A: For some reason I have a soft spot for dudebro stuff like the Beastie Boys and Team Fortress 2. Don't ask me why. I have no idea.

[alohajun]

♡ SHADOW — KIM MINGYU

mingyu x fem!reader | wc : 0.5k words | content : possible grammar and spelling mistakes, lowercase intended, established relationship, fluffity fluff, swearing, playful teasing | loki’s lines : atp i don’t have an excuse maybe i am a seventeen writer at heart

silence. absolute pure silence.

it was pin-drop silent as mingyu walked into your shared apartment, brows furrowed in worry at the lack of noise.

you said you were home, but why is it so silent? were you sick? were you okay?

all sorts of worrisome questions ran through your boyfriend's head as he took off his shoes, wondering what had happened.

and that was when he heard it.

“oh my fucking goodness, what the actual fucking fuckity fuck of a thirst trap is this?!” you screamed, staring at the video you had just received on your phone.

mingyu's soul left his body upon hearing your scream, quickly rushing to your room to see what was the issue.

“babe–”

“you are telling me that is kim mingyu?!” the male paused in his tracks, standing near the doorway as he listened to you talk to someone over the phone. “dude, you are joking.”

jinny laughed, finding her best friend's reaction hilarious. “i'm being for real. his fancam has been trending everywhere,” she commented.

mingyu raised his brow in confusion, wondering why his girlfriend and her best friend were talking about a fancam of his.

stay with me 어느 순간에도.

kim mingyu smiled upon hearing his voice, realising which fancam you were screaming about. it was a clip from their “be the sun” tour in jakarta.

the rain really took the cake, he thought to himself.

“how many more times are you gonna watch it?” jinny questioned, hearing the same lyric around ten times in the past minute.

“as long as it takes me to believe this is mingyu,” you muttered in awe, hitting replay once again.

“y/n, that really is mingyu!”

“you are telling me i'm dating him?! i'm dating the rain-soaked deep-voiced thirst-trapping guy in this video?! that's my mingyu?!”

mingyu peeked into your room, grinning ear to ear. “yep, the one and only, truly yours,” he announced, bowing mockingly.

a quiet gasp left your lips, the disbelief only doubling when your best friend hung up, leaving you to fend your actions alone.

“exactly, how much did you hear?”

mingyu chuckled. “as much as i needed to hear,” he replied, smile widening when your cheeks flushed in embarrassment.

“ah,” you whined. “forget about it. you heard nothing!”

“don't do that, babe.” mingyu joined you on the bed, easily pulling you into his embrace. “it makes me happy when you say things like that.”

you raised your brows, looking skeptically. “me fangirling over your fancam is not cringy at all to you?” you inquired.

your boyfriend rolled his eyes playfully. “i fanboy over you every day, my love. do you find that cringy?” he stated, as if it was the obvious.

“no, of course not! it’s your way of showing your love and i love that.” kim mingyu raised a brow knowingly, smiling adoringly when you realized your own words. “oh … i see.”

“i love you, y/n … especially when you are fangirling over an actual fucking fuckity fuck of a thirst trap of mine.”

[nabbit-unmasked]

ah i see ☹️ that sucks and I really don't understand kin infighting tbh. I have briefly checked out r/therian and unfortunately it seems overrun by children asking the same questions over and over again (am I valid, do I need gear/to do quads/vocalize to be a therian, dropping their location for therian friends, venting) and after that it turned me off to any subs for alterhumans ☹️

Yep :( Unfortunately, due to tiktok trends, gatekeeping in the therian community has become very normalized, especially towards/among younger therians. I used to be very active in r/therian, but now, r/alterhuman is my go-to sub for reddit posts. I've never seen nor experienced gatekeeping and invalidation over there, so it could be worth trying!!

[pinievsev]

NUMBER NEIGHBOR

Pairing: Hunter x GN!reader

Summary: You decided to text your number neighbour to cure your boredom, leading to a new friendship and maybe more!

Warnings: some cussing, probably like, really bad. Not proofread, I hate reading my writing...

Word count: 1.8K (almost 9)

Taglist: @camphxam

As always requests and taglist open just shoot an ask for both<3!

© @pinievsev on Tumblr

You sat on your desk with your headphones on, the music filtering out any and all noise around you, including your mum's frantic knocks on your bedroom door.

She opened the door, more like slammed, and stared at you wide eyed, you jumped and removed your headphones dropping them around your neck "what?.." you asked her confused.

"Why aren't you answering your door?! I thought something happened to you!" She wailed and stepped towards you placing her hands on either side of your face and kissing the top of your head repeatedly.

You laughed and put your own hands over hers "mum. I couldn't hear you that's why!" You gestured to your headphones, music still playing loudly enough to be heard by you both.

Your mum shook her head "you're going to go deaf if you keep listening to that" you made a tsk sound and paused your music "yeah yeah, okay. What did you need?"

Her mouth formed a little o before she spoke "right, right! Me and your father have to attend a meeting for work will you be okay on your own for a few hours?" You nodded. See, both your parents worked for a company not too far from your home, something related to music, you never really knew, maybe like an agency of sorts.

"Yeah I'll be alright ma, don't worry about it!" You gave her a closed eyed grin making her laugh "alright well, we'll get going, remember to do your homework, there's food in the fridge and -" you cut her off "yessss- i know ma you say the same thing evey time"

"Fine, fine. See you tonight baby!" She patted your head and headed for the door "hope the meeting goes well!" You shouted after her, only Catching a small part of her response before you put your headphones back on and resumed writing your essay.

You were so bored! So unbelievably bored. It's been about two hours since your parents left, you'd finished your homework ages ago and were laying sideways on your bed, scrolling through tiktok aimlessly.

As you were about to lose hope on finding something to do, you came across a video of a girl texting her number neighbour. 'bingo!' you thought.

Quickly, you switched to your text app and typed in your number, changing the last digit to be one higher than your own. You stared at the number on your screen, contemplating weather or not this was a good idea.

You shrugged and hit text. Changing the name of the contact to "Number Neighbour"

You - 5:26pm

Hello there number neighbour!

You stared at the text for a few seconds before you saw the delivered flash to 'seen' you smiled as you watched the typing bubble.

Number neighbour - 5:26pm

Hello? Who's this?

You - 5:27pm

Your number neighbour dummy!

You saw the typing bubble pop up almost instantly, chuckling to yourself

Number neighbour - 5:27pm

And what's that, exactly?

You - 5:27pm

Welllll, it's someone who has the same number as you! But th last digit is either one higher or lower!

You explained to the stranger who, again, starting typing almost instantly

Number neighbour - 5:28pm

Ohhh, I see! Is this like a trend or something?

You - 5:28pm

Yep! I saw it on tiktok and I was bored so I thought I'd give it a go!

You - 5:28pm

You're not like, some weird old creep are you?

You waited for a few moments

Number neighbour - 5:29pm

Idk, maybe I am. Are you?

You - 5:29pm

Idk maybe!

You guys continued texting for what felt like ages, you learned that he was about your age, one year older than you to be precise.

You also learned that he lived around the same area and went to your school, but you didn't want to meet eachother in real life just yet, where would the fun in that be!? You decided to simply call eachother number neighbours for now.

Every day at school you'd scan the crowds of the students a year above you, you didn't know who you were looking for but you felt like you'd know once you see him.

One time you even caught one of them looking right back at you but you brushed it off, shaking your head and running off to class.

You - 7:32am

Good morning beautiful 😍!

You laughed at your own antics

Number neighbour - 7:32am

It's too early for this. At least give me a minute before you start being weird? 😟

You chuckled at the text and shook your head, texting with one hand as you brushed your teeth with the other

You - 7:33am

But, being weird is my charm :(

Number neighbour - 7:33am

Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say, go get ready for school kiddo!

You - 7:34am

It's only one year!!!!

Number neighbour - 7:34am

🤷🏻‍♀️

About 10 minutes later you were walking out of your house, headphones on and phone in hand. You were texting your friend who was freaking out about an exam today. Should've studied you thought.

As you were about to turn off your phone you saw a notification, ah. You clicked on it

Number neighbour - 7:47am

I have a revision exam today 😔

You - 7:47am

Hey, I also have an exam. We'll fail together!

Number neighbour - 7:48am

Good to know I'm not alone.

You turned your phone off as you made it to the building, taking your headphones off you ran to meet your friend and make your way to the exam room.

"Quiet please! Everyone!" Your professor's voice boomed. The class was buzzing, you had just been told you'd be sitting the exam along the older years, for the revision. You sat there wide eyed. Holy shit he's going to be in here.

You pulled out your phone, texting under the desk

You - 8:15am

Dude! Are you going to be sitting the exam with the younger years?!

You watched as he started typing as soon as you hit send, as if he had been waiting for you to text.

Number neighbour - 8:15am

Yep. Guess we'll be in the same room?

You - 8:16am

Guess so. Well, good luck!

Before he could reply, the professor shushed you all, as the older students walked in and took their seats. One of them sat by you, you admired him for a second, he was pretty. You shook your head, not wanting to stare and creep the boy out.

"Hey, uhm, excuse me?" You turned to face him again

"Yes?" You were both whispering, leaning slightly towards eachother

"Do you have a pen I could borrow? I lost mine." You nodded and reached into your bag, you pulled out a blue ball point pen and handed it to the boy who nodded at you thankfully

"I'll return it to you once after the exam" you shook your head "no need, I have a lot, you can keep it!" He nodded and thanked you again.

The exam went on for about 4 hours. At least you could go home early after this. You handed your papers to your professor who nodded and motioned to you that you were able to leave.

Walking out of the building, you sat down on a bench for a few seconds, rubbing your eyes. Once you looked up again, you saw the same boy from the exam jogging up to you. You waved and moved to the side a little bit to make space for him to sit down.

"Thanks for the pen again!" He said holding it up for you to see he still had it.

"It's no problem really! Wouldn't want you failing for no reason" he snorted at that "I think I failed anyways, i don't remember a single thing from last year. I barely survived in there!" He groaned throwing his arms up.

You chuckled at his actions and pulled your legs up to sit criss cross. "Sure you did." He rolled his eyes widening them as soon as he finished his previous action "oh! Im hunter by the way!" He said extending his hand towards you, you took it "Y/N!" (I CAN'T AVOID USING THIS DAMN THING)

You talked for a bit, but then you looked at the time, oh your parents must be waiting for you to eat lunch! You excused yourself and ran off, you watched at he pulled out his phone then disappeared out of sight once you turned the corner.

Your phone dinged as you sped walked and you checked the notification

Number neighbour - 2:19pm

How'd it go?!

You - 2:19pm

Pretty well! It was easier than I thought it would be! Wbu?

Number neighbour - 2:20pm

That's good! I barely remembered anything but I think I managed?..

You - 2:20pm

Well as long as you pass!

You - 2:20pm

I also met this guy! He sat next to me during the exam and asked for a pen. I think his name was Hunter? Do you know him?

You waited for a reply but it never came, the four letter word the only sign of him acknowledging you 'seen'.

You entered you house, taking your shoes off and running to the dining room where your parents sat waiting for you "sorry! Exam took a bit longer than expected!" You partially lied, taking your usual sit.

"It's okay hunny! How did it go?" You mother asked, and that sparked conversation with your parents.

After lunch you went to your room and checked your phone seeing a text from your number neighbour, 'ah look who decided to reply' you though and opened the text

It was a picture. A picture of your pen. The pen you'd given to Hunter. You felt like your brain had short circuited.

You - 2:56pm

What the fuck?! Hunter?!

Number neighbour - 2:56pm

Yessir! 😛

You - 2:57pm

Well. Uhm. Lemme just.

You changed "Number neighbour's" contact name to "Hunter"

Hunter - 2:57pm

LOL! Okay hold up!

Hunter changed your contract name to "Kiddo"

You - 2:58pm

HEY! ☹️

Hunter - 2:58pm

What?! It's cute :(

Oh...

You - 2:59pm

Okay then...

The next day after school as you were walking out you felt someone tap your shoulder, you took off your headphones and turned around to face the person

"Hey!" You were greeted by Hunter's beaming smile "mind if we walk together?! I noticed the other day we lived pretty close!"

"Oh.. yeah sure! Why not?" You agreed. You guys walked most of the way together, Hunter making sure to keep you on the inner side, by the sidewalk. You talked and talked about everything you could think about.

"Well this is my turn" he said stopping in his tracks" mine is just down the road over there!" You pointed

"See? I told you! We live really close!" He said beaming "I see yeah." You joked, chuckling

"I'll see you Tomorrow then!" He said bringing you in for a hug. You stood frozen for a moment but quickly hugged him back "see you tomorrow Hunter" you said.

You pulled away from the hug and waved at eachother, going your separate ways, faces red. Something your parents would tease you both about.

[skyler10fic]

WonderGirls, Ch. 9: Sweeter Than Fiction

By Skyler10 Summary: Daisy is working hard on a new project on a Saturday morning, which eventually leads to a secret confession from Carol!

Notes: The lone exception to the No Telling Actors About Your Fic rule. Do not do this unless you are practically living together.

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One Saturday morning, still bleary eyed, Carol stood in adoration and amusement in the doorway to Daisy’s home office. The window’s natural light and the overstuffed furniture of the room provided a cozy atmosphere, but this morning, Daisy was typing away on her laptop at her desk. She hadn’t noticed—or at least, hadn’t acknowledged—Carol’s presence as she worked.

Far be it from Carol to interrupt such a clear state of focus, so she pushed off from the side of the doorframe she’d been leaning on and set about making the coffee and warming up some muffins. Moving about Daisy’s house was mostly second nature by now, but she still had to guess at which cabinet was which occasionally. The kitchen was just an odd layout, and a bit small, at least in comparison with her own. She didn’t think the house was as full of faults and flaws as Daisy seemed to, but looking around while the coffee brewed, she realized that the reason the house’s quirks didn’t bother her was that she assumed eventually Daisy would move in with her.

Daisy’s house was nice to visit, but secretly, Carol was grateful Daisy wasn’t overly attached to it and talked about what she wanted to change and what she liked in Carol’s. Now that Carol knew Daisy so well, she could spot the decorations that had been purchased by an interior decorator to complement a theme or trend, not Daisy’s personality or style.

The coffeepot finished and the muffins were warm on their plate, so she poured two mugs and located a tray with handles. She padded in her house slippers back to the home office, where she found Daisy reading over whatever she had been writing.

Carol paused in the doorway again until Daisy glanced back over her shoulder.

“Hi, let me just save this… Okay, done.”

“Good morning, gorgeous,” Carol flirted. “I noticed you were in here without any breakfast.”

Daisy spun around in her office chair and lit up as she saw Carol’s tray. “I’ve had dreams like this, but this feels real.”

Carol laughed and came in, setting the tray on a table between the two-seater sofa and comfy accent chairs.

“C’mon.” She sat on the sofa, and Daisy joined, sitting in the chair across from her.

Daisy hummed as she took the first sip. “Mmmm, and she makes the best coffee. Yep, girl of my dreams.”

Carol smiled in satisfaction over her own mug. “I love you too.”

Daisy winked and set down her mug in favor of a muffin.

Carol glanced to the laptop but couldn’t tell what was open on the screen besides a white document with typed black words.

“You seemed pretty into whatever you were working on, so I didn’t want to interrupt…” Carol let the sentence dangle as an unasked question.

Daisy swallowed the muffin and picked up her mug again, contemplating how to answer. Carol let her decide, watching without pushing.

“I had an idea,” Daisy said simply. “It’s probably super embarrassing or whatever, but I just went for it…”

“I’m listening.” Carol leaned in, fully attentive to whatever Daisy wanted to share. Daisy mirrored her but in a faux conspiritorial way.

“Can you keep a secret?”

The echo of their first day as friends on set warmed any trepidation in Carol’s heart about what this project might be.

“Of course. I want to keep all your secrets.”

Daisy took a deep breath. “I’m not saying it would be anything professional or ever get made, but I had an idea for a screenplay. I don’t know if it’s a movie or show or just a short or even anything at all. But I’m really excited about it. I haven’t written anything in a really long time.”

Carol put aside her surprise at the last bit to reassure Daisy’s cringing. “Babe, that’s great. I am excited you’re excited. Whatever it turns out to be, I’m here to cheer you on. Can I—”

“Not yet,” Daisy interrupted. “Sorry, I just want to get it written and edited a bit first before anyone sees, even you.”

“Oh! No, that’s fine.” Carol restarted, “I was just going to ask if I could help with anything. I’ve never been a writer myself, at least, not professionally. But maybe a research trip wherever it’s set?” Carol winked.

“Maybe,” Daisy answered cryptically. “But what do you mean at least not professionally?”

“What did you mean by ‘haven’t written anything in a really long time?’” Carol challenged in return, sipping her coffee.

“Touche.” Daisy’s lips turned up in acknowledgement. “Okay, I may have written some ideas for stuff I’d want to be in, back when I was on my show and didn’t want to get pigeonholed into that and only that. My agent suggested it so she knew what to look for in the off time from filming the show. They were never formal, just little sketches, but one of them I think could actually be something. There. I answered. What’s yours?”

“Oh man, see, yours is cool. Mine is actually embarrassing.” Carol laughed and covered her blush with a hand. She’d walked right into this, but maybe if she met Daisy’s vulnerability with something far more vulnerable, it would help her feel more confident to pursue her writerly ambition wherever it led.

“Uhn uh, no backing out. You have to now that I’ve shared, and now that you know what I’m doing in here.”

Carol was a bright pink now and swallowed as she glanced out the window to not have to meet Daisy’s bemused expression.

“I wrote… stories. On the internet. Under a pseudonym, obviously. About fictional characters I liked. It was a way of coping with all the pressure in my teen years and 20s in Hollywood. It made me feel more normal. In fandom spaces, I could just be myself. As long as I wasn’t, you know, myself. THE Carol Danvers.”

“Wait, you wrote fanfiction?”

“I know, I know.” Carol buried her head in her hands in tension-defusing giggling and missed the compassion on Daisy’s face until Daisy placed a gentle hand on her back.

“Hey, I think that makes a lot of sense with what you’ve told me, that you needed a place to feel like a human again, not just an object everyone was watching.”

“Yeah,” Carol sighed and sat up. “I took everything down though, so don't worry about me being exposed in a hack or something. Things got complicated.”

“Did someone suspect…?”

“No, no, nothing like that. I just started being in things that developed their own fandoms that started to overlap with my own, and my blocklists and filters and everything I could to avoid it failed, and it snuck in. And things got mean and creepy, and suddenly it wasn’t my safe space anymore, even though no one knew I was seeing the things they were saying about me. Let’s just say I’m glad I wasn’t out yet. They had plenty of fuel without that.”

“Shit, I’m so sorry. That sucks.” Daisy’s concern made Carol fall even deeper for her. The one friend at the time who knew as it happened had thought it was hilarious and served her right.

“Yeah.” Carol shrugged. She battled between avoiding meeting Daisy’s eyes and being unable to look away. “Haven’t written since, plus the fandom really changed anyway once it got popular.”

She had intended this to be a closed door, brushing off the subject, but Daisy knew her too well. Quiet fell between them as they finished the last of their breakfast, but eventually Daisy broke the silence.

“What?” Daisy prodded gently verbally and with a fuzzy sock clad foot against Carol’s slipper. “You’re still looking at me weird. Was there something else?”

Carol pressed her lips tight. “Mm, nope. No, I think I answered, and oh, look, empty mugs, we can get more coffee…”

Daisy cracked a smile. “Uh huh, I see you, Danvers.”

She moved over to sit on Carol’s lap to prevent her from getting up to pace or dash out of the room. Daisy began to stroke Carol’s bedhead hair as Carol’s hands found their natural resting place on Daisy’s hips.

“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to, but if you do, know that there’s nothing too cringe or kinky or bizarre that I haven’t heard. I may not have written fanfiction, but I’ve read it, and even some about myself, which was a strange but oddly validating very drunken sleepover night with friends on my 21st birthday. Point being, I’m in too deep at this point to be turned off by anything you used to write, and the first thing I said when I met you was how much of a fangirl I was about you.”

Carol opened her mouth and closed it in indecision. “You really want to know?”

“Now I do, yeah!”

“You might remember when we met I said I was also a fan of yours?”

“Yeah! You really meant it too, which impressed me. Not many people we meet in our business do.”

“I did mean it, yes.” Carol nodded, hoping Daisy would catch on. She played with the waistband of Daisy’s sleep shorts. “I was a big fan of the show, and your character, and may have…”

Daisy gasped as the puzzle pieces fell into place. “You didn’t! You wrote me, I mean, my character?”

Carol couldn’t speak. She closed her eyes and nodded, but Daisy waited in delight above her, bouncing on Carol’s knees. “It was years before we met…”

“Sure, but what kind was it?”

Carol knew exactly what she meant. “All kinds, I guess. I saw a lot of potential for the character, and there was a lot shipping her with…”

“Mmhm Natalie, yes, the former child spy who joined them in Russia.”

Carol’s heart was pounding. “You said it was your 21st and you were drunk, but I have to ask something while we’re talking about it and then we never have to again. I just need to know. When you read fic about your show, do you remember any of it?”

Daisy grinned like the Cheshire cat. “Some of it, vaguely.”

Carol scrunched her eyes closed again. “There was also one crossover fic with my movie, Department of Enchantment, about the magic witch school? It was, uh, kind of long?”

Daisy’s jaw dropped. “It was explicit, right? I swore I wouldn’t read any of the sexy ones but that one got me before I realized… Okay, so maybe I read some after that party, but just to finish the story because I had to know where our characters ended up.”

“Together,” Carol said, confessing with a resigned guilty smile. “Maybe that’s the weirdest, creepiest, stalker thing you’ve heard, but I just wasn’t ready to let my little witch go when we were done and she just seemed like a good fit… God, I shouldn’t have told you, I’m so sorry, please forget you know any of this.”

“Hey.” Daisy stopped her with a sincere kiss. “That fic was really good. It’s probably the only one I remember and definitely the only one I kept reading. I mean, with anyone else, it would be weird for sure, yes, but with you now, and the way you wrote your character, it just makes sense. It didn’t feel like I was reading about my performance or job; you made them both real.”

“Good,” Carol exhaled in relief. “I don’t miss writing now, but it feels better not carrying that secret now that you know and are so cool about it.”

Daisy wriggled in Carol’s lap. Carol’s fingers had been fidgeting and were now tracing light circles over her lower back under her shirt with one hand and over her thigh with the other.

“Maybe I’m not just cool with it, but I could be hot with it too.”

Carol blinked in surprise. “You want to role play our characters from that long ago?”

Daisy laughed. “No, no, I mean… if you were going to write an erotic fanfic about us, the real us, what would you write?”

Carol scrunched her nose. “Oh god, I just realized those probably exist.”

“Obviously! We’re very shippable,” Daisy defended, not letting Carol get icked out or change the subject. “I don’t want to know what anyone else would say. What would you write?”

“Is this your way of asking me about how I fantasize about you?”

“You brought it up. I could have asked how you’d write an erotic fic for Dani and Skye in this movie, but thinking about them feels more like our jobs than a creative escape at this point in the press tour.”

“Yeah, ask me about them after all this is over.” Carol crossed her eyes playfully. “For now, you and me… hmm… I think we need to go back to bed for this activity. You good in here?”

She nodded to the laptop as Daisy climbed off of her and grabbed the now-empty breakfast dishes and tray.

“All good. I’ve done my writing for the morning; now it’s your turn to tell a story. A very naughty one, please.” She bit her lip and waggled her eyebrows in humorous suggestiveness. “I’ll clean this up and meet you in the bedroom.”

Carol watched her go, in awe of the miracle that they had found each other. Two perfectly matched nerds in their little sapphic love-nest paradise, at least for the day.

------------------------ Author's Note: This is the next to last chapter!

[neoninglitchen]

just love hearing from my mum that she doesn't want me to do anything medical about my transition like okay?? do you want me to kill myself or??

so yeah sure im just a teenager and im not fully developed and i will totally regret this because my minds not done and those years of feelings before? yep just imagined those they arent real. it all happened when i saw people online and i just wanted to join the trans trend. years of being confused before that were all a lie and the years later of questioning myself was tis but a dream. everytime i wish to wake up as a cis man was all fake, its all a lie!!! and starting a medical transition is something i am so going to regret and totally not a thing i have done years and months of thinking about myself. yes my adult self (NOT TRANS!!!) is gonna be so mad at myself for starting a medical transition as a dumb teenager i can already feel my feminine adult self shaking and quaking at me cause it was all just a phase.

but truly any harassment i will get for being trans will out way how i feel finally being comfortable in my body.

sorry for the rant again chat but at this point i would get like illegal testosterone and illegal puberty blockers from the illegal trans black market.

[parad-ice-lostandfound]

Things that come in my head as I play through Diasomnia's chapter (chp 38-55):

[Potential spoilers below darlings, proceed with caution!]

Am I ready for this? Hell no. Do I know I will regret everything? Yes. Am I still gonna try to finish everything in one day? Yep. Let's go!

Ortho??? Calling from RSA??? Is this Idia's dream? Malleus?! Cute to see him taking care of Drago but like the tiny details showing that its actually a dream? And Idia's catching on! Slowly but hey, progress is still progress! It's also nice to see how things could be different if og Ortho was still around.

Where are we? Why are there terrifying ghost like things on the windows? Is this Ramshackle dorm before it became, well, Ramshackle as we know it now? I am so confused now lol– Wait we're in Mickey's room?! How'd we get on the other side of the mirror? We're all having an out of body experience... I dunno how to feel about that tbh.

Silver! My baby's here! And we get to see his UM!

Have I ever told you guys how much I like Malleus' humming? Cause I like it very much. But anyways... we're in cyberspace now...? Oh Ortho! Ortho's awake! Poor baby's trying so hard to wake up his brother.

It's kinda scary seeing how powerful Malleus is. Like, to the point where he can force even Styx issued gear into shut down mode, he's seriously overpowered. Can't wait to see Idia continue the trend and become the hero in this tale, but there's a lot of heart ache we need to go through before we reach that point so, best of luck to all our poor hearts.

I wonder if there's any particular significance to the fact that the time is stopped at 9:18.

So we finally meet Idia's dad, huh? His helmet reminds me of Hades' Helm of Darkness. And we meet his mom as well. A lot of technical stuff and lore drop that went a bit over my head, but it's fine! We'll be fine!

Seems like eccentricity is the middle name of the Shroud family. Then again all geniuses are a bit eccentric. Poor idia, his mom definitely snooped through password protected folders. I would riot if my parents ever snooped through my laptop, so I can't wait for him to wake up and proceed to lose his shit over it lmao

Ortho's Cerberos gear and the two support droids are so cool! The little family moment is cute, but I hope this isn't a death flag for poor Ortho because I've seen too much of that trope– Now we're back with the Prefect! Ngl, Silver's kinda hot when he orders us around.

Dreams are a very tricky subject, so I don't blame Silver for not knowing much about how his UM works. That being said, I'm ready to learn a little more about Sebek, now that we're in his dream. I'm not his biggest fan atm, but... let's see. I'm hoping my perspective on him changes because he seems like a fun character to explore.

.... Something about the way he calls us human just pisses me off lmao. But we will be keeping an open mind. I will come to love you Sebek (yes it is a threat)

I feel terrible for Silver. Imagine looking at people you've known your entire life, two of them people you look up to and one you've trained alongside, and seeing strangers. Strangers who live in a fairy tale, who want you to join them and live happily ever after, sacrificing your freedom and responsibilities of the real world for an ideal ending. Who wouldn't want to take that chance? Making the choice to go against them, for their own good, is the most difficult thing to do in this situation. Raising your weapon against the one you trained your whole life to protect, fighting against someone who was once your comrade-in-arms.... it's terribly heartbreaking. But, hey, at least we got Sebek to wake up.

EHY IS MALLEUS SO FUCKING OP DIFVDHDGDJSVDVDJD B DHFDUSJDHS?!?!?!?!?

We... we're in Lilia's dream now.... brb, gotta get some tissues and get ready for emotional damage–

It's nice to see Silver taking the lead and being the dependable one. Also, General Lilia!! Been waiting for him since I got spoilers back when I was stuck in Ignihyde's book. I love how his hair transitions from being long and having red streaks to short and cute with pink streaks. Long hair is often associated, at least in my culture, with maturity and a sense of responsibility, while short hair is more fun and child-like. Similarly, red is an intense colour, while pink could technically be seen as a softer, gentler cousin to it. It shows Lilia's change from a warrior to caregiver and I think it's really neat. I just wish he could have seen him in a more adult-like form in the past.

[talenlee]

Decemberween 2024 — ASMRtists!

Do you know what ASMR is? Yep? Okay, skip to the content warning, I’m just going to talk about some of the ASMR channels I’ve been watching this year.

If you don’t know what ASMR is, it’s a term for describing an experience of a sensation. While causes are highly varied, the effect is usually described as a pleasant, comforting tingling effect across the scalp and shoulders. This sensation does not seem to be experienced by most people, but by a large enough minority that there are general trends in the space that people can experiment with causing. These causes, known offhandedly as ‘triggers’ are sometimes grouped together in forms that make it easy to share them on Youtube or Podcasts, and can be used for relaxation, concentration or, yes, some people use them for a sex thing. Or all three, there’s nothing wrong with concentrating on relaxing sex. Just for the sake of the record, this is the year I heard the idea that it’s possible that the ASMR (autosensory meridian response) experience is a type of synesthesia.

Content Warning: I’m going to share a bunch of ASMR videos and link to their sources. These are straight up videos of people whispering and speaking softly, with amped up background audio to create a ‘fuzzy’ soundscape. Chances are if you don’t know you like ASMR, you might find these videos really unpleasasnt to listen to!

Anyway, these videos, viewed without the context that they literally could be causing a physiognomic response in the audience who experience the effect, can look really weird or ‘cringe’ as the youth say. It’s also a youtube space that’s dominated overwhelmingly by a typical ASMRtist who is an attractive white woman in her 20s to 30s, usually with some cosplay element while the main focus of the video is on her legs, lips, or boobs. And make no mistake, I absolutely know that my ASMR follows include more than a few of those. Too many of them, however, and I feel like a creepy old dude, so I try to ensure there’s a variety in what I give my attention to, and do what I can to fight the algorithmic bias towards more whiteness.

ASMR Wedding Planner Role Play (Soft Spoken)

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I complain about the algorithm but no lies, it is what put TrashellsASMR on my radar. She makes videos that are small, centered roleplay in very ‘normalised’ experiences. The fantasy offered by these plays is ‘imagine doing something where you are the centre of attention and being listened to, but also, you are not being made to do anything highly demanding.’ There isn’t a reliance on a highly complex narrative (which other ASMRtists I listen to can do), or an alienating oddness (which, again, other ASMRTists I listen to can do).

It’s a reliable, even kind of media that wants to create a sense of place and put you in it, then make you feel okay about being there in that kind of ambience.

Best ASMR show-and-tell of my books to help you sleep

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I remember finding BillMaxVoxPax‘s videos as a result of not ASMR seeking but listening to math tutorials Decay sent me. Then I wound up on BillMaxVoxPax’s channel watching as he went through his book collection as a near-stereotype of a beardo academic math nerd, whispering his way through a book collection. I started sharing screencaps with Decay, and we had a good time giggling at the idea that this guy is essentially the wizard he would airbrush on his own van.

BillMaxVoxPax does long form plays of sokoban games, which I find challenging to relax to because I’m trying to solve/understand the puzzle while he does. But games that are a bit less complicated to me, like solitaire? He’s good at that.

[ASMR] You Are a Vinyl Record

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When I do these roundups I try to avoid people I’ve already spoken about just because while I cycle artists out because I don’t find their new stuff compelling, I don’t want new names to push out old names. I am pretty sure I’ve written about the guy called MattasticASMR, in the past, when he did a Walter White roleplay video making candy ASMR.

Still, this past year, Mattastic has undergone a sort of branding update, changing his name to be a little easier to say aloud. Mattastic is also big on novel applications of the camera, such as in this fun video where he positions the viewer as a vinyl record.

ASMR Psychologist Interview | Your Mental Analysis

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I stumbled on this KarlASMR video — it’s actually quite out of type for his stuff, where he tends towards what I guess I’d call improvisational comedy ASMR? Really good voice, very good ambient sound, and the greenscreen isn’t being used to do anything unnecessarily ambitious.

This is an example of a channel with a small number of great videos but where the majority of what’s there doesn’t appeal to me. Good stuff, not a channel I check everything out immediately.

A Rather Strange™️ Medical Examination | Soft Spoken ASMR Roleplay for Sleep

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And here’s the ‘one white girl’ slot I gave myself this year. Musing Mira ASMR creates a whole variety of videos on the general theme of ‘pretty lady with a variety of affects gives you personal attention’ space. Sometimes that’s a hairdresser, sometimes that’s a stern artist, sometimes that’s a doctor, that kind of thing. There are some threads though, some plots that go from episode to episode, such as the Rather Strange series. In this, you, the viewer are attending some fairly mundane thing like a hairdresser, a clothes fitting, a medical examination, or a colour sampling, and then the professional you’re dealing with is confused and surprised because of something about you.

The ‘something about you’ is in this case, inevitably supernatural weirdness. She tries to colour match you, and then keeps noticing things you’re doing to mess with her, or out of a desire to please – like she mentions it’d be better if your eyes were a different colour, and you change your eyes while she’s looking elsewhere. Trying to take blood from a vampire, that kind of thing.

This is by no means the bulk of what I listen to when I have been trying to relax my way through complex projects or big things like student marking.

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[azumasoroshi]

minidura chapter 11 react

ok i found chapter 11 translated by amnemonie on tumblr (thank you thank you thank you and if you want me to take this down i will!!) but there's no guarantee ill be able to find the rest lmAOo we'll see

HOT MAN!!! HOT MAN

i mean what no pathetic sopping wet man

cat face izaya i thought id never see you again

man after realizing there's a minidura tag i saw a post that was like "i wish minidura got animated like bsd wan" and like. YEAH. PLEASE

it would be the perfect revival of the durarara fandom pleaseeeeeee do it for meeeeeeee we could revive durarara like we revived trigun

and i need shizuo izaya and shinra cooking together being animated. please

anyway izaya looks like he really doesnt wanna be here in that last panel and i mildly spoiled myself on the comments/reblogs saying this one is really mean to izaya which you know i live for. [cracks knuckles] i hope he gets hit by a truck but like an emotional one because that's the only one he'd really react to

oh god he's more pathetic than i thought he'd be

they're really looking at him like "damn bitch you good" which is fair

bro summoned up all his courage to ask 😭rip bozo

??????????? THEY TOLD YOU HE'D BE WITH THEM

izaya simultaneously has the best social skills known to man and the WORST social skills known to man

ill never stop bringing this up but. now presenting orihara "i love humans because they're so unpredictable" izaya getting fucked by humans' predictability everybody

and here we see izaya walking awkwardly in his natural habitat, trying to eat cake with high schoolers /j

kadota casually calling out izaya on his bullshit bkgjdSGKHDSHds

he just wants to eat cakeeeee someone go with him

not me though i wouldnt be caught dead with that man

i swear walker's face gets longer every time i see him and it tickles me so much

aaaand cue shizuo on stage right

god bless erika for suggesting that he invite shizuo cuz id have done it myself

also "just today". are you implying that you want to see shizuo every other day. izaya.

WAIT

WAIT IS TODAY IZAYA'S BIRTHDAY

OH

oh my god thats actually sad okay

id say to ask namie but namie probably rejected him already without even letting him finish the question bkfdgjhgf

shinra keeping up the stupid anniversaries trend from that other chapter we love a consistent malewife

man shiki he wasnt even here for work 😭 at least he got some food although karasumi does not look that good if im being honest

at least compared to cake

shinraaaa you FORGOTTTT

may 4th is the date of my statistics exam but i swear ill celebrate it for you izaya. ill even mark it down on my calendar

oh 💀 namie is as delusional as i am. love that for her

he's even singing to himself ohhhhh poor baby...(i say this as if i'm not grinning wildly to myself in my room rn)

i swear i feel bad for him but he's so fun to bully

man i remember those fics where shizuo was the only one to remember izaya's birthday bgkjhfdgfd i guess those were founded from somewhere (even if his gifts were things like 'not chasing him today' or sending him black roses)

oh my god 😭 he's so desperate at this point i didnt think he'd actually be happy to see shizu-chan

even grabbing him by the arms bkgdssdkahdskjhgsdsd

this is gonna end badly though if the comments/reblogs i read have anything to say about it

😭yep the izaya bullying is real

SHIZUO NOOOOOOOOOOOO THATS BASICALLY THE WHOLE CAKE

izaya's conscious too 💀 MAN

part of me feels like this is narita's personal revenge against the shizaya fans in his fanbase askdbgskjhsdhgsd shizuo needs to be extra cruel to prove he's not gay

he's so happy to just get birthday textssssss this is so sad

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

Welcome Back. 🥳

If you have to list most fave songs within album. How would each of the song rank in your list?

Thank you.

Hi @misslauwie! I assume you're asking about Face. If not, then so be it because that's what I'll be talking about 😄

I'll make this brief and not an in-depth analysis. I actually avoided Face for a while after its release. I did listen to all the songs immediately and as a first impression, I liked everything, but I took a step back. It's difficult to explain because I myself don't know exactly what was so odd. It felt like I'm listening to the music made by a stranger, but then again isn't a good thing when an artist reveals a new side of themselves through creative means? So why the cognitive dissonance? Well, one answer would be because all of us have this image in our head of that person. And while there is a general consensus, some things we perceive or make up in our heads will differ because we project onto them. And it happens often and really easy when we're focusing on that artist every single day. I find that it's a bit too much, at least from me. It was difficult to be able to fully understand, appreciate or even critique the music without some distance. Which is what I did and a couple of months later I decided that I can and want to listen to Face casually.

And I'll tell you what transpired. Like Crazy the English version is the only song from the album that I have added to a spotify playlist that I listen to everyday at work when I'm writing/editing. It's right there in between an IVE song and Kylie's Padam Padam. It's such a damn good song. From the musical arrangement, the lyrics (emotions on ice, let me have a taste???? Damn, I'd have that tattooed somewhere), the way Jimin sings. The entire production is top notch. I want to listen to it on a vinyl record at a party in an apartment at 2 am in the morning kind of vibe. An 80s throwback, but it also has that contemporary aspect to it. It's a type of song that fits well with the trends in the last couple of years, but impressive enough to stand out. If it had radio play, it would have become a hit with the gp. Like Crazy is that song that could have been BIG if only it got the means to it.

Second it would be Letter, but not for some deep reasons or whatever hidden meaning behind it. A lot of the times when I listen to music, I don't think about some back story. I doesn't mean I don't think about the meaning of the lyrics, but maybe I just like the melody and the voice. Letter initially made me think of a Studio Ghibli movie, something about adolescence and young adulthood in the summer. It would be perfect for a soundtrack. And now I also associate the song with that period in my life in March because who was on a 3h train ride running away from town because life is shitty and had Letter on repeat the entire time while crying and wearing sunglasses so the other people on the chairs nearby wouldn't see? Yep, that's Letter for me.

Coming in third, Set Me Free Pt. 2. No need to go into detail, I've written about it when it was released. But I don't listen to it anymore and I'm still not a fan of the rap part despite understanding the creative reason behind it.

Alone and Face-Off. Both good songs, but I don't think about them. For no particular reason, it's just that I'm not in the mood to have them casually in a playlist. But if from time to time I choose to listen to Face entirely (usually on a train ride), I don't skip them. I do the album entirely, beginning to an end (and skip Interlude: Dive).

[jacqthehermit]

"The first ever Korean soloist in history to debut at #1 on Billboard Hot 100"

Yep I am late and this time I don't have any excuses. I didn't get sick like last time. I think I am just burnt out but I don't wanna fully admit it bec I don't have the right to be burnt out lmao. Anyways, I am here to talk about Jimin and not me.

Where do I even start?

I previously said that I'll start typing my thoughts again so I could get back to them in the future. But honestly, I don't know if I actually want to remember everything that happened during Jimin's FACE era. It actually gave me more heartbreak than happiness. As much as I wanted to focus on the success of the album and how the songs were carefully written by Jimin, I think there are more serious matters to talk about.

I mean yes, Jimin attained all these record breaking achievements however at the same time, he experienced a lot of injustices mostly bec he's an asian making honest music in a white dominated industry.

After hitting no.1 on HOT100, Billboard suddenly deleted 90% of his sales in the 2nd week which made him fall 40 spots down. If the sales were not deleted, he could've stayed no.1 for another week.

Spotify merged the 2 versions of Like Crazy in the first 4 days (like they usually do with other artists' songs) but when it was able to hit no.1 on Global Spotify Chart, they suddenly separated the 2 and never put them back. They even fucked up the producer credits for a time period.

Even after hitting no.1 on Global Spotify Chart and no.1 on HOT100, US radios kept ignoring Like Crazy and refused to play it. They would ask for requests and when LC acquires the most votes, they will pick another song. If the song was not paid and not from a white artist, US radios dgaf no matter how well the song is doing on the official charts.

Youtube has always been a BTS anti. Youtube does filter other artists' views too but when it comes to any BTS related videos, they filter out 1000000x harder. No matter how it is proven that BTS has one of, if not the largest fandom in the world, Youtube still considers us bots.

They usually delete a lot of views during the first few days of a BTS video then tones down after. However during Jimin's music videos (SMFPT2 and LC) they kept deleting an average of 1M views per day even 2 weeks after the release. The fact that LC was no.1 trending music video worldwide for days but it was stuck with the same views was so frustrating. Even if you compare its views to likes ratio from other Korean artists' mvs, you'll definitely see something's wrong.

When Jimin was about to hit 2M album sales in 1 day, Hanteo deleted 700k sales. They were even planning to make Jimin not hit 1M in 1 day bec they suddenly froze his sales. Luckily the fandom was able to screen record their website and posted a bunch of proofs of their anomaly. After bombarding them with emails, they gave up and brought back Jimin's 1M sales. Sadly the 700k sales were not given back.

The worst part from all this mess? BIGHIT/HYBE never said anything. Never defended their artist. Always does the bare minimum and makes the fandom do all the work, from promo, to radio spins and even in demanding for accountability from all these charts and platforms. Very disappointing knowing they are the biggest entertainment company in SK. BTS built the company from dust through their blood, sweat and tears but they can't give the same energy back? Pathetic. Tho when it comes to their rookie group they be doing the most lol.

"Bangtan are not babies, they are grown up, adult men. They are shareholders of this company. They know everything, they approved of this blah blah" 

I know BTS do have the power and voice regarding their work but at the end of the day, there are certain things that the company has the final say (Hell they can't even release certain songs sometimes if not approved by the company!). I'm so sick of people bringing up this argument just to disregard the company's blatant negligence to the Tannies. Also, me talking about this does not mean I don't acknowledge all the good they've done, there are just so many questionable decisions made by the company that needed to be addressed but the space is not enough to list them all.

"You're crazy, it's not that deep. Go touch some grass"

Tbh if I can make all of these not true I would. I would save Jimin from all these unfair treatment specially he is just facing all of these alone since this is not a group comeback. But this is the reality. All these sabotages were not conspiracy theories, they were real. Even all of us were shocked that these charts and platforms did these things in broad daylight. This is how dirty the music industry is against people of color. This is the truth.

Other fandoms usually just focus on the visual aspect and rarely their faves' music (numbers don't lie bruh). They would be making fun of our fandom bec we take streaming, voting and charting seriously. And when BTS keeps on winning and their faves don't, they'd protest lmao. Why am I mentioning this?

Sometimes after fighting all these music charts and platforms I would think, what if I didn't dive deep? What if I'm just a casual music listener and a visual stan? What if I didn't know how corrupt the system is? Things wouldn't be so stressful right?

But then again, I fell in love with BTS bec of their music. And they have proven how much they love making music. Of course as a fan, I only want the best for them. I want them to achieve everything they deserve as artists and musicians. Fighting the impossible like the music industry is indeed exhausting however if it's for an artist like BTS then it's all worth it.

I want to end this long ass rant by congratulating Jimin on his historical solo album debut. I am sorry if I didn't focus on typing about FACE. I wanted to emphasize that despite all these sabotages, no payola, no playlisting, no radio and no western collab, Jimin made it to the top. 

There might be people (mostly the ones who don't know how the charts and system work) thinking it was easy. It was never easy, always never easy when it comes to BTS.

Nevertheless thank you Jimin for making this masterpiece. I am proud of having you as a bias. You deserve all the success and praise. We will always have your back no matter what. I love you.

P.S.

I cried when I first listened to Set Me Free Pt. 2. If you are a Jimin biased person, you'll understand.

I am a big fan of 80s music and Like Crazy has 80s music vibe so I love it so much.

I wanted to include every achievement of FACE and LC on every chart in different countries but there's not enough space.

There might be another Korean soloist in the future who will achieve no.1 on HOT100 like Jimin but that will never change the fact that he will always be the first (also 2nd asian soloist overall after 60 years) and I can't flex this enough.

Please listen to Jimin's record breaking solo debut album if you haven't yet~ 🙇‍♀️💓