#and also just think the other is the awesomest ever

[stargirl1331]

Everytime you like my stuff I go insane, love you <3

I feel the exact same way. I see a notif that says unnamedrat(which I keep somehow reading as unarmedrat which is funny) and I’m kicking my feet with a smile, love you too <3

[maybege]

btw i am still alive now that i have recovered from swiftkirchen and i hope you are all doing super well this summer! i am FLYING through my reading list atm which is amazing and i am feeling more and more inspired for things (footballer!paz anyone? roommate!paz as well maybe?) so hmu in the inbox it is TIME TO THIRST

[useless19]

I was kinda hoping for a junior birthday edition of days, i loved junior in this series? I thought you were hinting twards it to. Did you have ideas or was it just a way to reasure bowser that luigi would be back?

So was I! I made a space for it in my drafts doc and everything, but I couldn't figure out enough of a plot to hang it together. It might've been because by that point I was starting to wind down my writing in Days with an aim to finish the series off, or it could have been because it would've required a fairly heavy narrative switch and I was already struggling with Bowser's pov for Day 16.

Or it could've been that I didn't want to have to figure out what a spoilt 8-year-old Koopa prince's birthday presents were going to be!

It's Junior's birthday, so it's going to be the most coolest awesomest day of the entire year! -the planned summary

Like King Boo, I left myself the option of writing Junior's birthday just in case. I've honestly found this to be pretty useful for constructing the series as a whole. Things happen that the narrative doesn't show (Luigi thinks about taking Junior Lava Bubble fishing one time, but we never see that), and allowing myself the freedom of not having to write it meant that I managed to finish more other parts than I ever thought I would when starting.

Still, I know roughly where the characters are at on Day 51 (aka Junior's birthday), so let's have a look at them, shall we?

Luigi extends his visit so he leaves the day after Junior's birthday. It's much easier for him to agree to stay longer than it is for him to commit to a longer stay before he arrives. He gets comfortable where he is. He spent the previous day making sure Junior knew he was going to leave after his birthday so that he wouldn't have to keep reminding Junior on his birthday and bring the mood down. Luigi likes a good party and he doesn't have to be the centre of attention, so he has a great time.

Bowser likes a party even more than Luigi and his son is growing up so well. He's way more tolerant of destructive antics than most parents too (he's got minions to deal with mess and rebuilding). He also starts to realise some of Luigi's problems when it comes to visiting; ie that he's very suggestible. It's not an entirely conscious observation, but he's less worried when Luigi leaves and spends more than a week away, despite saying that he was only going for a week. There's always going to be some lag. Email updates help (even if the first one is from a long-suffering Mario).

(If anyone other than me did the maths and figured out that Luigi wouldn't actually be at Bowser's castle for Day 69, assuming a consistent week-in-the-Mushroom-Kingdom/week-in-Bowser's-castle, this is why. It's always a bit more than a week-long visit).

And, of course, Junior. He's more resilient than Bowser in the being abandoned department, though he's still a bratty kid who's used to having his own way. He's very determined to show Luigi every single last one of his presents so Luigi will know what he's missing out on if he goes ahead with his stupid leaving plan. Similarly, the Koopalings also get the full range, but they have to leave in dribs and drabs over the next week too.

I guess part of why I couldn't figure out a plot was because Junior is going to be getting more and more intense and overexcited as his birthday party goes on and that would narrow the focus too much to be interesting.

(Maybe the lesson here is that putting it in Junior's pov was a bad call and I should've been trying to see Luigi's thoughts on the whole thing).

I don't know what Luigi would get Junior. He'd probably play it safe and do some art supplies (which are fine, but nothing super exciting and he gets a bit miffed when Junior moves on fairly quickly). He also delivers a letter from Peach (which Junior initially dismisses as boring), with an invitation to a brand new tournament she's organising (I'd have just picked a random sport that's not a main Mario tie-in game, or maybe one of the less represented sports like one of the Olympic ones). Luigi can't remember speaking with her about that, but he must've said enough for her to do this. Junior's quite excited over this - it's his own invitation, not just his dad's!

I also imagine that Mario sends something, maybe food? Possibly a bunch of hot sauce bottles from the various places he's helped out (they won't stop sending them and, while he likes spicy food, he can't eat this much!)? He puts the same amount of effort into it as he would a nephew. Luigi's also surprised at this and has to deal with the (actually super obvious in hindsight) realisation that he's sort of on his way to becoming Junior's step-dad, not just a regular old babysitter.

(Yeah, this would've been a challenge to properly depict in Junior's pov. Possibly an interesting one though.)

It was definitely set up more as potential day for writing, but it was useful to help reassure Bowser once I'd added it.

[spaceagebachelormann]

Dating Tam Song headcanons for the poor please? Also, are you excited for the shadow and bone cast q&a? Cause I certainly am.

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BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REQUEST SINCE I STARTED THIS BLOG

okay so he is like the greatest most awesomest boyfriend ever istg

he seems like his love language would be acts of service

and also he’d genuinely be upset if you walked into a room without him opening the door for you or sat down without him pulling out the chair

he’s a gentleman let him be one <3

you’re required to be friends with linh

if she doesn’t like you it’s an immediate red flag (unless your rayni)

sophie WILL make you take a 325 question quiz to see if you’re right for her bsf

no i’m joking it’s 5 questions

anyways

he’d like shows from like the 50s-early 70s

so you’ll walk in on him watching something in black and white and be like “what’s this” and you better sit down because he’s gonna tell you the whole plot

it’s so interesting watching him talk about stuff he likes <33 his eyes light up and he starts rambling

you can tell he’s passionate about it

THIS MAN IS A BIG CUDDLER BTW

your legally obliged to not tell anyone especially keefe this but he thrives on cuddles

like even if it’s for 5 mins in the most uncomfortable position ever it’s enough to make his whole week

hed also make an insane effort to keep you away from both the neverseen and his parents

hes lost enough and you don’t need to be added to that long list <3

okay um anywyas next

hed call you the most weirdest names ever

“hey i brought that thing you wanted” “thank you baguette”

he basically just calls you foods

also we’ve seen how protective he is of linh right??? yeah that but with you is 10x worse

will quite literally follow you around

and like it’s not in a “i don’t trust you” way it’s in a “i just want you to be safe” way

he’ll back off if you ask him too

the thing is he has that “anything for you <3” mentality but it’s more like “ANYTHING for you. <3”

more threatening basically

also so help me god if someone tries to hurt you in some way

they like can’t even look at you afterwards

okay next set of hcs!!

i think he’d like

LOVE to read and hed like go to the library every other day to get 15 new books

and i have this cute little idea of him going there because you go there and it gives him an excuse to stare at you for several hours <3

its probably how you met him

but then again he seems like he’s more likely to fall for someone who’s known for a few months/years

also he can sculpt because i said so

so if you like sculptures/mythology he makes you little statues

will let you mess with his hair and braid it and put it in pigtails and stuff

after much convincing

he’s like super shy at the beginning of the relationship but as it progresses and he becomes more comfortable you can tell how much he really does like you

linh tells you not to be alarmed cause he’s just getting comfortable

also when he gets excited he has this little look in his eyes

they become all sparkly and glittery

now it’s 5x more sparkly and glittery when he’s talking to you

OH HE COMES TO YOUR HOUSE A LOT

i kinda like the idea of him and a childhood friends to lovers and like he comes to your house a lot so he doesn’t have to go home

hed love holding your hands btw

no matter if they’re warm, cold, rough, soft, small, big, he loves them

will constantly be grabbing your hands and dragging you around (affectionately)

he loves kissing them also

before he’s about to leave to go do something he takes one of your hands and gently kisses it before skeddadling

he could talk to you for hours

theres times in conversations where someone will be talking and he internally WILL NOT CARE AT ALL but as soon as you have your own input/opinion he’s listening intently

also imagine going to something with him where you need to dress fancy and he sees you in your fancy pretty outfit and is like awestruck

unable to form words

thinks you are the most amazing person ever like he’d kill for you if you asked

also would love doing your hair

okay it’s 12am i have to sleep

he’s such a good bf i love him

[squimp]

ok sorry i have a love hate rant. working in the studio 17 million hours in a row means ive been listening to 17 million hours in a row of taz ethersea so i have ti talk about it i just have to. I have opinions. feel free to ignore this post. also im knly at episode 29 out of 44 so theres that to consider but i wont spoil anything

Ok so. my favorite thing ever is worldbuilding and also the ocean. Thus in many ways this is the awesomest campaign ever and I love it to bits like seriouslyyy the whole concept and the setup episodes were so cool and made me want to try the worldbuilding game and run an ocean themed campaign it's just sick as hell

Character wise... obviously amber is goated #1 because justin is funny as fuck and i also love zoox hes actually awesome and my special boy. i want to draw him because even just the concept of a brinar is so fucking sick dude i love it.

But like. im sorry. I just cannot stand devo. He just irritates the shit out of me. I dont usually mind travis but I cant stand a million hours of him doing a french accent. Whenever amber tells him to stop talking i can physically feel the relief wash over me. Increasingly often i will literally skip forward through the times when devo is talking everyones ear off (usually about himself or his tragic backstory or whatever the fuck) and what I find hilarious is that doing this doesnt impact at all my understanding of the situation at hand. Because he talks for years to say something that could have been a 5 word email.

On the other hand I do like that he is named devo and i also like that hes a prettyboy with the strength and constitution of a mcdonalds napkin.

overall i think i love the campaign itself and the other characters enough that i do still really think its worth it to give it a listen and i intend to see it through to the end but it would also be really cool if devo had a piano fall on him and crush him to death so no one has to see or hear him ever again.

sorry for being a hater but its my god given right

[our-t4t-experience]

WE ARE :D

okayokay and also a lot of it has to do w transness

i am a t4t gayboy and i met this other guy whos the coolest ever and hes also a gayboy (i dont think hes t4t but !!)

ESSENTIALLY, as is in true gay fashion, i became friends w him at the beginning of the school year, and weve gotten more and more close ever since.

i have my seminar with him, and every day during seminar we sit under the table and talk about life, and his favorite bands (which are now mine, because i like to steal the interests of the people i love) and its awesome. i love being around him, his presence is comforting.

on A days, i sit with him and a few friends at lunch, and the cafeteria is quite loud (and i have major overstimulation issues,) so sometimes ill get overwhelmed and he always notices and makes sure im okay, and sometimes when i don’t feel like i can do it, hell sit with me in the stairwell and let me talk about whats bothering me and he’ll just listen and give advice. On B days, during lunch, we just sit in a corner somewhere and talk. he’ll always listen and help me and ill so the same for him. if its not him comforting me, i get to talk to him and hear him ramble about his bands and his favorite things and i love the way he sounds when hes happy - i love the way his smile is so bright, and i love the way he looks when he gets embarrassed and realizes hes loud (i dont mind it - its not aggressive.)

every day after school, we hang out for anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, just. coexisting. its awesome. i love him. and we spend this time working on hw together, and talking about the things we love.

i have a very all-over-the-place tumblr blog, which comes with a lot of yearning, because im lonely and in love. but this boy, my boy, my crush, follows me and we like constantly support each others blogs. so sometimes, ill post yearning posts and HE’LL REBLOG THEM 💞. maybe im overthinking it but like if were looking for the same things in a relationship.. i mean !! it cant mean nothing!! like the other day i reblogged a post that was like “all i need in life is a boy to lay on my lap and let me play with his hair” and he reblogged it with the tags “#all i need in life is a boy to let me lay on his lap and play with my hair” AND OMG??? LIKE MARRY ME UGH gosh this is so exhilirating.

also the other day i wrote him a long paragraph about how much i love him (we say “i love you” to each other consistently, presumably in a platonic way, but its never been specified or indicated, sadly :() and it was like (ill include a little excerpt)

“[…]nothing can come close to [describing] the feeling i get when im with you, not by a long shot. its so much stronger in a way that youd think it would have its own word, like how "a lot" has "a myriad," and ones stronger, more intentful, more meaningful. if there was a word that was as to love as myriad is to lot, my love for you would still be stronger. i am more than eternally grateful for your presence and where you have brought me since ive met you. talking to you has been the actual light of my life lately.” AND SO SO MUCH MORE IT WAS LIKE 700 WORDS LONG - AND IT WAS ALL LIKE THAT YK

and the next day i get this:

“I love you a alot (name). […] I love you so so much. […] I want to give you all that you deserve. Because people don't remind you of your actual worth. And if I can be a start to help you to that path, I'd be so fucking happy. I, more than anything need you to know just how much of an amazing person you are. […] I promise to always listen to you. Always. It's the least I could do. You're an amazing person <3” WITH A LOT MORE BUT I CUT A LOT OF IT FOR WORDS SSKE BUT AAAAAA HE WROTE ME A PARAGRAPH!!!!!!

ALSO we call almost every night and i always text him good morning and hes the awesomest and i love spending time with him.

sometimes i also get text exchanges where i say “text me when you get home” and he says “im not home but i just couldnt wait <3” AAAAAAAAAAA

and “wish i had a boy to hold me n warm me up <//3” and he said “i volunteer as tribute!” AAAAAA

i think the point of this is i dont feel like he likes me back but im in love w the man dude like the other day he let me lay on his shoulder and he played w my hair and i nuzzled into his neck a bit and he giggled and i was like “hm?” and he said “youre adorable” AAAAAAAAAA SOBBFIANDBSJ and i just buried my red ass face in his neck and he giggled at me again and i said fuck you and UGH i love him so much and all i wanna do is just be his i just wanna be his boy and he can be mine and we can be boyfriends!!!

and also hes also so awesome because he makes me feel so validated and sometimes when i like my outfit ill send him pics of it and he’ll say “you look very boy / very cis” and ill be like “no” and sometimes hell tell me how i look cis and sometimes hell say he wishes i could see myself the way he sees me. i wish i could understand how he sees me. i wanna know how he thinks of me, i wanna know if hed ever love me the way i love him!! i love him. so much. id do anything for him.

thank u for letting me ramble, i needed to get it out of my system because i cant tell anyone else cause theyd tell him but god i love him. so much.

p.s. if you see this, i love you dude. youll know its you. if you dont love me back, just . idk . act like u never saw it ty <3

-🧷

send me an updated ask when u two get together

[jinxthejubilee]

Venus de Milo - We Need to Talk

Because I'm desperate to see Rise of Tmnt get a third season, I need to talk about it more. And for that, I must ask this question: What do you guys think of Venus de Milo?

Honestly, I think she could be a great addition to the series. Pretty much anything they do with her would be better than the disgrace that was The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation.

I feel really bad for her because the writers never gave her a chance to be her own character. They just fell back on a bunch of period-typical tropes for female characters and never even utilized those tropes in an interesting way.

So if Venus was in ROTTMNT, here are the questions/ideas I have for both the writers, and the audience:

Since the boys are all four different species of turtles, what kind of turtle would she be?

(Maybe a diamondback?)

What color should her mask be?

It shouldn't be just a lighter color of one of the boys, she needs to be distinct.

I would say yellow, but that's Jennika's color.

Maybe silver?

Should they change her name to an actual female Renaissance artist?

If so, what would it be? And if not, what is the backstory of how she was named "Venus de Milo?"

If they keep her as the long lost sister of our main 4, how did she get separated from them in the first place?

Did Draxum keep her separated on purpose before they all got mutated?

Was she thrown out because Draxum no longer thought she was a suitable candidate for his experiments?

What was the reason?

How would they all meet each other?

Probably fighting each other, if I'm being honest. That's basically how they've met everyone in this series.

What would her weapon be?

I would say a fan, but people might be bothered that they assigned a traditionally "feminine" weapon to the only other girl in the group.

Maybe the tetsubo?

The kyoketsu-shoge?

Either way, she needs her own weapon unless they want to keep her magical powers from the original show, which would actually work really well in this particular series.

How would the creators revamp her personality?

Raphael in this series is kinda like a den mother already, so if they keep that aspect of her character the same as she was in The Next Mutation, they may need to dial that back a notch.

Maybe she could be very shy, skittish, and awkward, but once she warms up to her family and friends' love and acceptance, she gets more excitable and fun.

Also, maybe replace "motherly" with just "very formal," as in she speaks very formally and has a hard time loosening up around people.

She can still have that somewhat oblivious nature when it comes to references and cultural idioms, like she did in The Next Mutation, but not too much to the point that it becomes annoying. She just doesn't know how to interact normally due to her upbringing.

I've seen art and a few stories like this before, but what if before Draxum became a good guy (or this could be Big Mama, whoever works), he created Venus by mutating her with a small sample of Splinter's DNA?

If not a baby, then a little girl? Around 10 years old or so? Just throwing some ideas out there.

Which goes into my next question: Should Venus be older or younger than Mikey?

We all know that Mikey is baby, and people might want him to stay that way.

Unless they want Mikey to be the older brother for once and be the best and awesomest big brother ever!

I'd say this is less likely to happen though.

The most likely option is Venus being older than Mikey, but younger than Leo and Donnie.

I can dig the awkward big sister and excitable little brother dynamic.

Another idea that I saw was making Venus the same age as Leo and Donnie so that the three of them could be "triplets," and personally, I love that idea.

Speaking of Big Mama, I saw some people speculating that this person:

Might be Venus, who works for Big Mama.

That could be an interesting take on her.

Maybe after Draxum threw her out, she was found by Big Mama or one of workers and now serves under her.

Building up relationships

This is definitely going to be a separate discussion for another day, but Venus' relationships with everybody could be an awesome topic to explore.

The personalities of every single character in this show are very distinct and they bounce off each other very well, so what would happen if you throw Venus into the mix?

First off, getting rid of the idea of Venus as a love interest is a must since she will be revamped as their sister.

The boys are used to having a older sister figure in their lives because of April, so how would having a younger sister work?

Raph would obviously be a bit overprotective as usual, making sure she's comfortable and feels safe around them, which depending on her personality, she could appreciate it immensely, or not, but for the sake of his feelings, she doesn't say anything.

Donnie would be happy to have another person to show off his inventions, and they could bond over her actually taking interest in what he has to say.

Leo would be the one she talks to/is the most comfortable around, since he's pretty chill and understands that he shouldn't overwhelm her like Raph or the others tend to do. That said, Leo would be siked to have another sibling, and would show her all that she needs to know about their family, their favorite pizza places, and how they work together as a team.

Mikey would be the top brother excited to have a sister. Younger or older, he'd drag Venus around like a ragdoll to show her anything and everything! Pizza, games, arts and crafts, the Jupiter Jim movies, everything! He might be a little annoying when he gets like this, but that adorable smile on his face breaks down any resistance Venus has.

Master Splinter is an interesting one. He might feel guilty for essentially abandoning Venus, leading her to work for Draxum, Big Mama, or whatever villain she serves, if she serves anyone at all. Maybe she'll be a bit resentful of him for that, and avoid interacting with him for a while, until he eventually apologizes and makes an attempt to kindle a father-daughter relationship with her. Once they get there though, it's very sweet, with Splinter promising to be there for her and make up for lost time.

GIRLS NIGHT WITH APRIL AND SUNITA!!! This needs to happen! All three girls banning together and having little adventures of their own. If Venus is the shy one of the group, April and Sunita can show her the ropes and help build up her confidence. Positivity is a must! 🌟

And, of course, like every character on this show, we need some trauma. Paranoia is her worst enemy.

A plausible reason of why Venus is so quiet is because she was order never to speak out of line or she would be punished. She was like a robot, who never gained her own identity as she was only seen as a tool.

She's so afraid of making others upset to the point that she overthinks everything and just stops talking altogether.

Sometimes her fears and ridiculous assumptions about what could happen can be played for laughs, but her anxious nature is just...not fun for her.

Which leads to everyone helping her break out of her comfort zone and become more comfortable with the family and the outside world overall.

They might be too pushy at times, but they only have good intentions. However, these things take time, and they must learn to be more patient.

All in all, I think that Venus could be a splendid character if the people in charge of TMNT actually TRY to play with her personality and backstory, and not just let her become a walking don't list for how not to create a female character in a male-centric franchise.

Soooo...that's it! If you made it this far, first of all, thank you so much! And second, let me know how you would interpret Venus' character. We NEED this show to come back, and I want to give this girl justice!

Once again, thank you all so much for reading! Stay safe out there! And I'll see you later! Byeee! 💗

[konodimada]

Asexual Prussia HCs

I think hws Gilbert Prussia Beilschmidt is ace and here are my thoughts on him

He's asexual and sex repulsed, please do not ask him to top you or bottom for you. Please don't even tell him about your sex life (@ France)

He took a vow of chastity wayyyy way back when he was the Teutonic Knights because he was incredibly devoted to God, but he never had the urge to break it. Couldn't relate to people who talked about wrestling with temptations of the sexual variety.

(Yes he jokes about how he's just that devoted to God, even though I don't think he's religious anymore)

That scene were he stares at Hungary's tits? He'd never seen a woman naked before. He was confused. That wasn't arousal it was straight up bafflement. He doesn't get the hype to this day (Hungary does tho, lesbian chad supreme)

I go back and forth on whether or not I headcanon him as aro or not but if he experiences romantic attraction then I think he's biromantic. Has a thing for people who can kick his ass (Hungary, Liet, Russia to an extent, you get the gist)

I think he had trouble giving Lutzi-Wutzi The Talk, in part because it made him uncomfortable but also because I think he clams up when he can't claim to be the awesomest, most knowledgeable expert ever on whatever subject is being talked about

Austria gave Germany The Talk and Prussia regrets that to this very day

In the modern day his good friends respect his boundaries regarding discussions of sex. France doesn't bring it up, Spain doesn't bring it up, but Prussia is allowed to tease them for being so horny on main (France and Spain used to make fun of him for not Doing Sex, as it were, but everyone has grown up and relaxed)

Hungary's a lesbian and Austria's whatever he is so I think the Frying Prangle is just friends who have all seen each other naked and respect each other (while disrespecting each other) and also kind of hate each other

100% has a shirt that says "I never lost my virginity because I never lose" that Ludwig hates with a passion; Lutz thinks about destroying it every time he does laundry

Italy thinks it's hilarious and encourages Prussia to wear it more (Italy is a menace change my mind)

I just like the idea of the loudest, most confident guy in the room being ace and proud. I love him.

[yuukei-yikes]

i hate second manga route for haruka and especially takane's stupid arcs but LIKE I ALWAYS SAY its got so much going for it. ayano and shintaro especially. ayano being the shittiest sister ever and shintaro being Literally the awesomest brother really gets me like its so funny

shintaro being so. Weird/mean in more typical routes because of retaining eyes even if it's repressed/inactive... i know its because kagepro was written in the course Of Years and it's honestly a game of telephone so it's more a matter of lack of consistency rather than this but i like to explain it with that lol

in main route shintaro and momo barely speaking, not being close at all. but in an original way they were THE closest siblings... sniff sniff. like so much was sacrificed in the way to their happy ending, their relationship being one. and for shintaro (with retaining) to eventually remember this but not momo... and how it'd cause a shift in his behavior bc he REMEMBERS all these moments they spent together in some other lifetime and how he felt about it then, and it's simultaneous with how he feels with this lifetime and this specific relationship he's built with his sister. it's a lot!! he doesn't stop being him, but all these other routes are overwritten over one another and how he feels in each one is completely simultaneous with how he feels about the present. augh. this is complicated for all his relationships ofc like (drum rolls) takane because of Many reasons but for example he fucking killt her once and he KNOWS that. but hehe. kisaragi siblings. that was just my obligatory takane mention bc i can't help myself BUT IM TALKING ABT SHINTARO AND MOMO

momo just sees shintaro acting awkward and trying to approach her and she's like 😐weird. ofc she still reciprocates!! like DAMN shintaro wanting to be her brother and get closer to her?? it's one of her biggest wishes come true!!!! but its awkward as fuck!!

shintaro is dealing with MANY things as he goes through life with all these memories + living past the end of the story, and momo is terrified of scaring shintaro away because she doesn't KNOW all he knows and he's shit at trying to communicate and just talk. but maybe their mom can come home and be like oh. u guys are watching tv together?? thats strange. and theyre like oh. yeah i guess <- wrestled for who got the remote, momo obviously won, shintaro complains but still stays to watch whatever the hell obscure tv show momo is into. shintaro keeps criticizing it and momo's like just leave if it bothers u so much and he's like NO. im googling the directors and writers of this as we speak.

also i know ive said this 1000 times but car guy shintaro. this guy gets his license and is everyone's taxi driver. but ESPECIALLY momo. he drives her to school everyday and they scream sing together the entire way. momo makes a car playlist to sing with him but will never admit it's a playlist specifically made with shintaro in mind and how funny she thinks it'll be when call me maybe comes on and shintaro will be like AUGGH THIS SUCKS LOWER THE VOLUME but immediately starts singing too.

AND ALSO he tries teaching her how to drive and she crashes their mom's car and shintaro takes the blame. as punishment he can't use the car for a while. in that while momo still gets her license Somehow even though she is an awful awful driver and now since shintaro isnt allowed to drive for a bit momo is taking him and he's FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.

anyways kisaragi siblings😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 also ayaki not only watching shintaro managing to get closer to momo in this lifetime too, but also sees ayano be this supposedly perfect big sister.

post str ayano with all this guilt over abandoning her siblings and feeling totally incapable of everything, both academically and emotionally. but ayaki is still a little jealous bc even if she Knows how ayano must feel (despite not even being in her head like with shintaro. she knows bc she IS ayano) kano kido and seto DO see her as a good big sister. i think ayaki harbors certain "hatred" for the surviving ayano because she. hates herself. and this ayano has everything ayaki fought for and is still just as incapable and it pisses her off. i think both ayanos feel horrible specifically about kano's involvement in everything and what he had to deal with when ayano died. ayaki thinks god. i/she still failed for protect him. this SUCKS. she knows ayano hates herself bc she hates her and she is her💥

....and also in case of shinaya ayakis like THIS IS RIDICULOUSSS!! HIM OF ALL PEOPLE?!?!?! COME ONNNN. erm anyways💥

[just-prime]

*rubs temples* How is it that for all Filoni’s critique of the Jedi’s philosophies, SO MUCH of his work is basically a PSA for why Jedi practicing non-attachment is Good, Actually?

Maybe, if Sabine had learned the value of letting go, not allowing her emotions to rule her -

It just. I know they’re not going to use this! And they could! They could make it about how Ahsoka was afraid of the wrong things, by refusing to teach people because of their anger risks a self-fulfilling prophecy or *something* substantial! Not what this light show of a holding pattern was.

*also rubs temple trying to figure out how the fuck to phrase this*

Because here's the problem...Filoni doesn't think attachments are bad (not exactly at least) but ends up creating "critique" that are all so disjointed that none of them tie together well enough to make any fucking sense. So the natural response is to go, maybe the thing he's trying to critique is actually right because he is being so incompetent about how he is critiquing it.

If that makes sense...?

Like, lets even just looking at the Ahsoka show in a vacuum of the interior rules that the show have given us.

Ahsoka is a jedi, Sabine is a padawan, Anakin was Ahsoka's master and the only one who ever actually cared about her.

Filoni really enjoys kissing Anakin's ass, something that we saw a ton during the lead up and the advertising with the whole "Anakin was the coolest and awesomest and the bestest Jedi to ever exist" shit.

And so it's fucking hard to actually critique the Jedi and their flaws (of which there are many) when Filoni is out with logical fallacies galore! And writing Mortis as a way to justify his own personal headcanons about how The Force with a capital F effects good and evil, and how attachments tie into the equation.

Again, Filoni is knocking down canon left and right, regardless of if he created it.

The Jedi have a no-attachments rule.

REGARDLESS of the moral or ethical or Anakin related consequences of this...It still exists, and Filoni shouldn't just get to have his cake (Ahsoka being a Jedi) and eat it too (her being totally okay with attachments and everything that comes with them)!

It's like I've brought up in previous posts about this, the example I always go it is that midichlorians exist in the Star Wars universe, regardless of if we think they are stupid or not, they are there. The Prequels firmly established them, and many other properties since then have cemented them. And I'm not saying George Lucas's word is law (the man has a lot of WEIRD ideas) but I am saying that Filoni clearly doesn't give a shit as he runs free with the keys of the castle and no one in the writers room but himself.

I hope that made sense. This show was unique in its way of pissing off the pro jedi folks, the anti jedi folks, and the jedi neutral folks all in one fell swoop due to its inconsistency.

[himawari-candyy]

my mom’s friend wants me to watch her cats while she’s gone and i’m so happy actually 😭😭😭 they are kittens!!!!!

i was also able to sleep in for another hour which is the awesomest thing ever 👏👏👏 sure it was until 4 PM but whatever!!!!!!

i also experimented with milgram fic fr last night and i think i’m getting better at writing mahiru in character. i was thinking mahiru and fuuta would be college students living together. mahiru comes home every other day gushing to fuuta that she found “the one” while unknowingly being on his livestreams and she eventually learns what attracts people’s attention. i feel like she would learn how to make a “cutesy” personality for herself since she refers to herself in third person in her voice dramas 🤔 but yeah!!! then mikoto gets thrown into the mix somehow and fuuta is stuck livestreaming with them sometimes and pretends to loathe it. i know there are so many cliche writing tropes but it was on purpose… i adore them and i think i can indulge in it a bit since i haven’t tried this in a while 😭 with my kazui & co writing it’s more like i just bounce off of my ideas and word vomit rather than writing it out like actual fanfiction

[your-old-sins-tournament]

12 YEAR OLD OCS; SIDE A

hạt dẻ hạt phỉ [@tboyblogger] (she/her sister, he/him for brother)

theyre a pair of twin beasts, middle schoolers! i have no idea who is hazelnut and who is chestnut i kept calling them both names like that, theyre they/them in the way there are always two kids. these kids are beasts(?) that look like human but with magic and animal ears and tails. theyre adopted by a desi family of wizards so they do witchy spellcasting stuff. their names are in vietnamese cause. well im viet, and theyre kind of a ripoff of a vietnamese early 2000s tv show about a family of wizards (LOL) coming to the human world and try to blend in, except mine is just about the family trying to take care of these two beasts and the shenanigans revolve around them! if i were to continue writing them now i'd probably do the sitcom format, something like old d*sney channel series like wizard of waverly place (wait i think i also stole from this LMAO) or good luck charlie where the focus is on the interpersonal relationships of everyone in the family and how they are to the kids, growing as they learn to take care of them? idk. but this was 2012, i was 12, so i ripped from cardcaptor sakura and ben10 and pokémon or other similar video games to make them into mahou-kodomo shounen protags going around different worlds capturing creatures-of-the-week but theyre all in the back of my head now </3 vote for them if you like little animal freaks that would crawl on the floor chewing furniture and bite each other then cry to mom

Peculiarè [Peggsnbacon/Insertcleverurl] (she/they/it)

she is my awesomest oc ever !! she's definitely not a ripoff of discord mlp with my own personal tastes injected in. she's so cool and quirky weird girl and she does what she wants but she also has a tragic backstory where she was rejected by the other dragons for being too soft so now she terrorizes humans to prove herself!! but she also secretly has a good side and she can also shapeshift did I mention that

[merklins]

Hello, Merk! :]

Now I’m typically all for avians, but I’ve been more curious to ask: what’s your favorite sea creature? I would love to see a good beast, and you’re the top person that comes to mind when we see aquatics. /pos

You can give me your favorite bird too, if you’re inclined. /nf

- Dana⏳

AN ASK FOR THE AQUATICS OH ME OH MY... Don't mind if I juust [#m sees the seas] Perfect. ANYWAYS! I don't usually do well with picking favorites for ANYTHING because, well, THERE'S A LOT! There's a lot of cool stuff of all sorts! BUT!! To name a few of the awesomest epic cools from the seas... Cephalopods? Automatic cool. I like the Bobtail squid a lot, you may or may not have seen me reblog a TON of stuff from them so far hehe. I'll reblog a gif set of the guy after this post is up (: OTHER AWESOME CONTENDERS... Love invertebrates, so all the funky sea guys like those? kiss them on the head. beautiful little creatures. Anemones, Sea slugs, Molluscs, some Jellies, some Worms? Absolute creatures, love them. And I KNOW this category has a bunch of creatures I can't even think of right now, and I know they're all pretty cool. ALSOOO. Many many MANY more in trying to get a comprehensive list of all the creatures that I think are cool I have already opened 8 wikipedia tabs and I choose to push that number NO HIGHER!! BUT. #m sees the seas . I STORE ALL MY LITTLE CREATURES THERE... BEHOLD MY CREATURES IF YOU WILL! THERE IS ALSO SOMETIMES DRIFTWOOD AND REMAINS OF SHIPWRECKS SO DISREGARD THAT. THEY ARE CREATURES TO ME (: ALSO BIRDS!! I don't think I could give you a best bird of all time BUT. Bearded Vultures? VERY HIGH ON THAT LIST AS OF LATE... I also do a little bird-watching, so I COULD go on and on about the guys that live near me, but that would be giving away WAYYY to much location information for my liking, SO SAD! Another time mayhaps. BUT I WILL SAY! Ever see a bird swoop down at a body of water to catch a fish? I HAVE! THOSE GUYS ARE SUPER EPIC. I LOVE WATCHING THEM HUNT (: The ones that just barely skim the surface, or the ones that dive in and swim, or the ones that plummet and make a HUGE splash! VERY awesome. Lots of good birds!

[6okuto]

Hey nia <33 how's the most gorgeous person doing today?? I hope ur eyes are getting better :(( sending lots of love ur way ty for always making me and a lot of other ppl happy ure the most awesomest ilyyyy 💓💗💓💞💗💕💖💗💖💘💘💘💖💕💖💗

(p/s: ive been brainrotting sm abt touchstarved plsss its unhealthy 😭 even made 3 mcs/ocs for each of the backstory o am unwell 🤒🤒)

BSHBWUAH;+;+;!,+? who is this im going to Find U this is a NOT JUST A THREAT BUT A PROMISE! im doing ok i think. the sem is almost over & my eye's getting a little better. U r actually the awesomest. lkterally the most awesomestestest person ever... wow. ☹️ ILY NONNIE...u guys make my day every day i see an ask and kick my feet 🫶

also thats srsly so cool WHAATTT i want to know abt them...do u have a fave. WHO R THEY ROMANCINH. what r they like + how do they feel abt the cast i need this information immediately or ibwjl lexplode and die and no one wants that when ive made myself a fundamental part of ur lives.

[nikrangdan]

lovestruck!enhypen x reader

pairing: lovestruck!enhypen x reader

genre: FLUFF fluff Fluff

description: how enhypen would be if they became lovestruck by the reader ☹️☹️ this is such an adorable request!!!! itll vary for each member ur relationships so you’ll either be strangers or already dating etc.

a/n: idk if all of them are lovestruck exactly bc i just got carried away with the fluff for some of them and idky maknae line revolves around sleeping BUT IDC sleepy!enhypen is the best 😁

———————

HEESEUNG

u worked at a pretty popular clothing store

and well well well heeseung had shown up dressed very much your style so u were like

Wow who is this guy....

he was alone just looking around

and there were like 10 other people in the store but u wanted to talk to him so bad so u went up like

“hi, welcome! are u finding everything okay?”

he was looking through a rack of shirts and turned around when he heard u but WOW

when this man turned around he looked even better in person u couldnt believe it 😫

BUT IT SEEMS HE FELT THE SAME BC U SWEAR HE BECAME SO FLUSTERED WHEN HE TURNED AROUND

his eyes got so wide u almost laughed it was so cute ☹️

he stuttered and was like “oh um im okay”

Aw man

but u said “okay then! let me know if you need any help finding anything or if u wanna use a dressing room!” and u sent him ur nicest smile u could give

his eyes were still kinda wide open and u gave him one last look before turning around😢😢

BUT THEN HE SAID SOMETHING

“w-wait! actually.. um....uh.. do u.. do u guys have sweatpants..?”

u giggled to urself on the inside bc u knew he just made that up on the spot

“we do! here, follow me”

while u were showing him the clothes u guys had exchanged names and had some small talk

and that was the start of something very Beautiful

and since then he has been coming almost everyday to visit u at work 🤗🤗

JAY

jay swore he found new things about u to love every single day

and today wasnt an exception!!!!

u knew jay had been really tired and just worn out from work recently so u had decided to make him his favorite meal for dinner

a nice little surprise for when he got home ❤️

and also the anime he was watching ready on the tv for u two to watch together :(

u had literally been preparing all day and u even decided to go out and buy dessert too

AWESOMEST PERSON EVER U ARE!

it was 8pm already and jay should be getting home now

u set the table all neatly and put on one of his sweaters

AND WOULD U LOOK AT THAT HE GOT HOME AS SOON AS U WERE DONE

Fate 🔥🔥

romantic stuff like this wasnt really ur forte so this was out of the normal for u

but u wanted to do something for jay because he did stuff like this for u alot

the table isnt in view when u walk into the apartment so he wasnt able to see his dinner yet

“hi” you smile brightly and go up to hug him and give him a little kiss

he had his bad slung over one of his shoulders and he was taking his shoes off in the doorway after he closed it

“hey.. it smells pretty good in here” he gave you a tired smile while one of his arms was wrapped around your waist

“really? it smells normal to me” you giggled before walking to the kitchen area together

he stopped and looked at u with LITERAL HEARTS IN HIS EYES when he saw the table

jay: ❤️_❤️

“y/n..”

“surprise!!! you know im not good with words but i wanted to show you that i can cook” you laugh “and that i love you very much and im so proud of you”

jay doesnt say anything but instead drops his bag on the couch and gives u the Biggest Hug Ever

ur face is practically smushed in his chest and his hand is resting lovingly on ur hair :(((

he loves u so much im so sad

JAKE

“layla!!! layla where are you?” jake was yelling quite loudly in the massive park he was in the middle of

yeah jake lost layla.. uh oh

quite a coincidence you found the cutest dog you’d ever laid eyes on

and she seemed to love u very much

the dog had made u topple over and now she was excitedly playing with you while you were sat on the ground laughing to your hearts content

after a minute of playing you had got up because you knew she was somebodys lost dog and her owner was probably looking all over the park for her

“okay.. lets go find your owner before they have a heart attack” you giggle

just as you said that though, you heard a boys voice yell “LAYLA!!!!”

the dog next to you looked in his direction, tail wagging and tongue out, but she didnt move an inch from her spot next to you

it made me you laugh out loud

as you were watching the boy run up to you, you noticed how cute he actually was

Omg..... ur heart started beating a little faster

“hi..” the boy hunched over with his hands on his knees breathing very heavily “you have my dog”

“uh yeah” you laugh “sorry about that, she ran over to me a couple minutes ago and i was just about to go find her owner”

“its okay, thank you..” he trailed off to find out your name and finally looked up to meet your eyes

“y/n” you told him

“y/n” he repeated with a small grin on his face “im jake”

“hi jake” you lightheartedly give him your hand to shake and he chuckles before taking the offer

“and it was nice meeting you layla” you crouch down to meet her level and she licks your face making you fall on your butt

you laugh and jakes quick to help you up

“layla! thats not very nice” he jokingly scolds her and pets her head

after u got up u bid goodbye to the two before jake invited u to continue walking around the park AND HE EVEN BOUGHT U AN ICE CREAM

Is This A Date, Jake? 😫😫❤️❤️❤️❤️😳😛😛

SUNGHOON

“you should be more careful” you scold the boy sitting with you standing between his legs

sunghoon had apparently gotten elbowed in the face by his friend and scratched by his friends cat on accident????

“it wasn’t my fault! he turned around and i just happened to be in the way. and i didnt even do anything to the cat!” he whined

“i didnt say it was your fault. i said to be more careful.” you tried to sound stern

u knew ur logic was making no sense but u just thought it was so fun to mess with him

he let out a sigh and gave up, slouching over again

you were stood between his legs, wiping the blood away and applying ointment

“im just kidding, you’re so cute” one of your free hands comes up to rub his hair

a small grin pops up on his face and his arms come to rest on your waist

he looks up at you while you focus on tending to his wounds

and u guessed it WITH LITERAL HEARTS IN HIS EYES

❤️_❤️

“you know y/n” he begins

you hum in response, letting him know you’re listening

“im gonna marry you one day”

you freeze in your place

it took you a minute to collect yourself because you felt like your heart almost leaped out of your chest

“who says?” you joke

he leans up to give you a quick kiss on the lips before sitting back down

“me.”

SUNOO

you noticed sunoo had been really tired lately and u just wanted to make him feel better :((

the boys were going out and invited you two obviously but you could tell sunoo was iffy about going

“uhh..” you trail off and look over at sunoo who was laying on the couch

“you know what guys? i think me and sunoo are gonna stay home today.. you guys have fun though!” you bid goodbye to the other boys and they all understood and left

you dont even know if sunoo knew they had left already because when you walked over to him his tired eyes were glued on the tv

“hey” you leaned against the couch and looked down at him

“y/n? are we going soon?” his eyes move to the top of his head to look up at you

you start laughing and he literally goes 🤨???

“silly, they already left! so what do you wanna do?” you plop down next to him and he was in the process of sitting up

“what? when did they leave...” his mouth drops open

“like 2 minutes ago” you giggle, leaning back to rest your head

sunoo had sat still, pondering for a moment

“why did they leave us?” he turned to look at you

your eyes met his “well i figured you didnt wanna go... you didnt, right?”

he slowly shakes his head “how did you know?”

you give him a sneaky smile and jokingly push his arm “because i know you so well”

he laughs at this and leans his head on your shoulder

“wow y/n.. im impressed” he grins, snuggling into your arm

your other arm crosses over to pat him on the head, leaning your head to rest on top of his

“but thank you y/n..” his eyes slowly close to rest “im thankful for all the little things you notice about me”

u literally go 🥺

your hand goes down to squeeze his and he falls asleep peacefully on ur shoulder ☹️☹️☹️❤️

JUNGWON

“y/n..what is that” jungwons eyes can barely open as he tries to comprehend whats going on while hes waking up

you haphazardly tap around the bedside table trying to turn off the new alarm you set last night

and that new alarm was jungwon singing 🤗

“its you, dummy” your eyes were still closed but you turned to face jungwon and snuggled closer to him

“wha- where did you even get that???” he was almost fully awake now, staring down at your half asleep figure

you yawned before answering in your i-just-woke-up-and-i-should-probably-drink-some-water voice “remember when you sang me to sleep last week? yeah i was secretly recording you. no biggie” you pat his chest twice and leave your hand there, content with life at the moment Lol

“y/nnnn” he whines “change ittt i dont like it”

“you’re kidding.” you deadpan, shocked he would say such a thing!!! “jungwon you sound like an angel threw up on a field of flowers full of puppies and kittens! okay thats kinda weird maybe not that”

jungwon giggles a little and sits up so he can sit against the headboard while your head rests on his lap

“you like my singing that much?” you can hear the smile in his voice as he asks you

you finally pop one eye open to look up at him, a goofy grin in your face

“i love your singing”

his hands run through your hair and you let out a sigh at the feeling

jungwon doesnt say anything

all he does is admire you

you can feel his eyes on you so you open your eyes again (both this time🙏🏼) and meet his eyes

“i can feel you staring straight into the depths of my soul, jungwon”

he laughs at this, bring his other hand up to pinch your cheek

“i’ll sing for you whenever you want me to y/n”

NI-KI

“shut up sunghoon, hes sleeping” you whisper-scolded the boy

ni-ki was currently asleep on you

literally SPRAWLED all over your body and you were basically mummified

by nishimura riki

his legs were tangled in yours, his head shoved into your neck, and his arms were bent around you in ways you didnt know were humanly possible

“you literally have an alien taking a nap on you y/n” sunghoon deadpans before walking out the room

“when you’re asleep sunghoon i will send you into a spacecraft for the rest of your life so you can go see aliens for yourself”

“wowww im so scared y/n” the boy remarks and shuts the door

you half laugh and half scoff before turning your attention back to the ipad screen sitting on the bed infront of you

well

kind of infront of you because ni-ki’s acrobatic position was basically blocking the view

you were having a decent time watching the show playing, definitely not the most comfortable person on the planet at the moment

until you felt the body on top of you.. rumble?

you knew that feeling

ni-ki was laughing

HOW and WHY the hell was he laughing ?!!?!!?!

“what the hell?” you look down at him and his face is shoved near your shoulder but you caught a glimpse of his big smile

his laughter gets louder and you still dont have answers yet

“why are you laughing???? i thought you were sleeping?????” you try to push him off you but he was persistent in laughing in your shoulder (??)

after a couple minutes of you just letting this happen

ni-ki finally speaks!

“you’re so funny y/n” he finally pulls away from you and wipes his tears

“what are you even talking about... and how long were you awake, you sneaky kid” you poke his chest

he leans down again to hug your waist and start cuddling you again

“10 minutes”

“so you’re telling me i could’ve freed myself from that god awful demon EMBRACE you had me in 10 minutes ago???!!”

ni-ki starts laughing again and looks up at you

“thank you for threatening to send sunghoon to aliens for me y/n” he grins

you laugh, finally understanding what the boy had been going on about

“sunghoon deserved it”

[olderthannetfic]

What do cishet men think makes a good female character, versus what actually makes a good female character?

--

"Wow, I'm so proud and impressed, Honey. What are needs?? I don't have those!"

It's not even sexy lamp! It's blandly supportive lamp!

I mean, a lot of things, really, all of them hallmarks of 1. weak writing and 2. treating women like an alien species. The most irritating tend to be the vapid cheering squad crap for how it plays into the view of romance where faint heart never won fair maid and they're not talking about working up the courage to ask someone out.

Who the fuck falls in love because they're impressed? That's what gets you groupie sex, not romance.

A romance involves two people who actually pay attention to each other's personalities and needs, not one person slaying a dragon so they can be ritually gifted a sex slave wife in payment.

A lot of dudes I've known were constantly horny for every quiet girl they came across because they'd project all kinds of hilarious nonsense onto her. The two most egregious cases I'm thinking of are a girl who was just dumb—so dumb—and all the dudes in college were convinced she was super deep because she never had anything to say and another who... well, she was one of the awesomest people in college, actually, but they'd be like "She was off in the corner smiling mysteriously during the party. What do you think she was thinking about?" Cue the digressions about the philosophy she was no doubt contemplating. So I asked her.

Coffee.

She was thinking about coffee and whether she should make another pot.

Don't get me wrong: the woman in question is brilliant and has plenty of thoughts on philosophy, but this clown at the party had spun this entire story about her in his head, and it was because she was quiet, and he was assuming that meant shy and ethereal instead of practical and goal-oriented. She wasn't even shy, just not talkative.

There's this persistent dude delusion that women are mysterious and unknowable that's usually a cover for not wanting to listen when being told unappealing truths about how their female friends actually feel and think or willfully misunderstanding the perfectly predictable thing their girlfriend is mad at them for. Meanwhile, women have no choice but to know what men think, so while there's plenty of garbage wish fulfillment writing going back the other way, it's not so wholly devoid of any understanding that men are, you know, humans.

If more men's writing read as self aware wish fulfillment, it would irritate me less. There's nothing wrong with your mary sue getting an unrealistic aspirational partner. But too often, it just reads as cluelessness.

Anyway, there are a bunch of female character types who show up pretty routinely in art by and for straight guys who exist to be boring cheerleaders in a context where anyone would either be like "I want a turn" or "You're being fucking irresponsible". No woman is ever funny. Humor is what men do to impress, not something they'd be the recipient of.

Shy, modest, and supportive might be good qualities in real life, but they're the human equivalent of beige when you slap them on a background character or a love interest. The only way to make them shine is if we really dig into a character like that, and that's what's missing from how most men write women: any sense that they're writing a human with an interior life and her own priorities.

I've focused on romance here, but the kind of writer I'm thinking of doesn't really include women for any other purpose. Some better writers are fine at female bosses and other characters (except they're still never funny), but when they go to write romantic partners, all their knowledge of human emotions falls out their ear, and we're back to biddable beige voids. And when they have sass, it's often in a bratty little sister way I find grating also. It's all cute whining and never any real wit.

It's not every male writer who's guilty of this, obviously. A lot of it's just about writing skill and some is about genre. Guys writing female protagonists or fic about characters who were well fleshed out in canon often do better because they're inherently doing more with that character than with a side character. But when it comes to love interests or supporting cast, there's a lot of bad writing floating around.

I remember laughing my ass off at something... I think it was in the first DreadfulWater mystery... where the author comments dryly that his hero, like most men who fancy they like strong, opinionated women, likes them better in theory than in practice. And, holy shit, apparently, the author picked that series back up after years or something because half of these books are new to me!

Or Longmire. It features an old-ass gary stu who eventually ends up with his much younger hot deputy. This should be the epitome of male wish fulfillment in a way I wouldn't like, but the author is good at making all of the characters feel like they have a life of their own. You get the sense the love interest is a person with actual reasons for liking the hero, not a cutout who's there to sooth the author's ego. Also, she's a foul-mouthed dick, extremely violent, and often drives the plot.

Basically, if you ask any even half way skilled writer what makes a good character, and they'll tell you the standard list. And they'll be right. Agency, memorability, humor, yadda yadda.

And then a certain kind of writer will apply all of that logic to their hero, their sidekick, and their villain and not at all to their love interest.

Frankly, a lot of dude writers would produce something more compelling by setting out to write a buddy comedy with the wise-cracking, pudgy best friend comic relief, turning that character into a woman, and having the leads kiss at the end while changing absolutely nothing else.