#and I'm doing my best to recognize when im being ridiculous and when the situation is really unfair

[saintlycus]

Bummer DND Things: Puzzles and Player vs DM expectations for Solutions.

This is while running Rime of the Frostmaiden so under Keep Reading for some spoilers.

TL;DR: Player gets frustrated when their solution isn't a fast solution- DM has to wave away consequences to keep the peace.

Late in RotF, the players find themselves in an ancient city in a glacier. To get to the Item/Machine they need to stop this eternal winter, there is this series of towers you need to enter and find a phrase and in some you have to do some kind of puzzle or challenge. Once you have all the phrases and solve That riddle you can get to the item.

The notorious issue with puzzles is if there is only 1 answer provided, players will almost never get That answer and its best to be flexible.

In this particular tower things were frozen over, there were 8 alcoves that were also frozen over, and the phrase they needed to find is completely covered in thick obscuring ice- So the ice has to be cleared away. In the middle of the room is a brazier.

Now, the book expects the players to light the brazier, and the magic heat of the fire melts things nearly instantaneously, but releases the frozen gelatinous cubes that appear to be just huge ice blocks in the alcoves.

A few other things to keep in mind:

1. Its -50F all over in this place. With wind chill its even colder.

2. Everything is coated in Ice and freezes Quickly; both from it just being so damn cold, and because it was caused by a god.

3. There a particular effect occurring in the chamber here so I have to track the hours passing. I left it in a visible place with an ominous clue so the players could see something was happening, even if they didn't know what yet.

My players go in, look around, and Player One comes up and starts to prestidigitate the ice to warm it up and melt it. I say okay, you can do that, it's going to take a long time, though.

Player One gets frustrated and want to just chip at it with their weapon (they didn't have a tool). I say they can do that too, but it is also going to take a while. I ask them to roll 1d4 (for how many hours it will take them) and they get frustrated again- like raise their hands huffing frustrated, saying something about how they just don't know what to do then, and they don't want to spent that kind of time.

Player Two suggests a Thunderous Smite to break the ice, but is worried about the noise carrying as the cavern the towers are in echoes pretty intensely.

Eventually they settle on having their bard NPC they picked up casting Shatter after silencing the space about his head and that seemed fair enough to me- also I could see if I said anything else about it not being that easy that I was going to lost them.

The structure should have also been damaged and probably should've collapsed (ala rocks fall everyone dies but because of reckless destruction not random death)- but again, I could feel myself losing them if there was a consequence to being reckless with Shatter.

Don't get me wrong, I didn't want to force them to get into a combat with the Cubes. But there is a distinct difference between Gentle Warming vs Magical Fire and Chipping Ice vs Magical Shattering.

I'm not trying to waste their time in this place where the hours must be tracked- the module even expects they may spend Days upon Days in this area.

I'm not always going to know what is going to be a frustrating encounter, especially in a pre-written module.

This is all to say... I get it. I also get frustrated when something I want to do doesn't work how I hoped it would.

I can also say I am frustrated that I thought I was being pretty reasonable in not telling them No, but telling them that their first solutions were not fast acting solutions, so to have that reaction from Player One stung.

[flyingcookierambles]

So in case graduations happen again soon, I looked up PLs on the niji sub which has gone basically rogue and is actively discussing PL. I followed RZ's PL, which I was like. Holy hell, 1 million subs. All the comments joking about RZ being his side hustle or a side quest and RZ was a big animation storytime youtube joke make sense now. Brooooo what are you doing in niji.

EA's PL was surprising. I didn't follow her previously, but I was more active in the vocaloid fandom and the vocaloid song English fan dub circles when I was younger. I watched some of EA/Shannon's videos and in hee comments are other singers I know and follow like JubyPhonic and rachie! From like 5 years ago! Crazy. I want to try to rewatch some old YouTube utaite chorus collab projects and see if I spot Shannon. It's so weird to think they I may have seen her years ago become she became a vtuber/ EA and didn't even realize.

For FO, I actually know and still follow his personal danmei reviewing twitter which he has since privated and his still public old vtuber PL. my friend who is more into danmei and manhua that me actually recommended his older twt and youtube channel to me. Then like 2 months later he privated his stuff and left and then FO debuted lol. My friend who knew him longer immediately recognized his voice in his debuted stream lol.

Edit 2/13 - that public explanation steam on EP's yt....oof. wtf. That only made things worse guys. These are the worst lawyers with the worst advice I swear wtf is even going on anymore....??

I think im following PG's past life acc on twitter and I don't even know why. I'm not subscribed to her old YouTube account where she did utaite type music. I'm just baffled. I just say that her old twitter is locked but I'm somehow following her and I can't even remember why. Lol.

Anyways saw some funny posts on a certain fruit farm website about SB falling his death a second time to get out of this situation. And I'm just like. A second time???

Turns out he is/was a legendary tf2 player Pyro main. It sounds like he had a video game addiction or something that was really ruining his life and/or he got burnout playing tf2. So he decided to fake his death so he could return to school or something. Like. OK, congrats on the therapy and college completion or whatever, but like you couldn't just have a normal hiatus post????? he like vaguely mentioned in his final stream that he had a terminal illness and then just stopped streaming for 5 years, so everyone thought he died. Like, on one hand, I and many other commentators seem to think it's a bit funny and totally ridiculous. I guess that only learning that this is a hoax years after and also not being tf2 fans/his fans helps make this like a weird prank to outsiders. On the other hand, faking a terminal illness and your death is really stupid and insensitive to people who actually have those issues. Plus to his old fans who knew him for many years who respected and trusted him, that's gotta hurt bad. Like. Bro what. SB unprivated his old YouTube videos though, I'm curious to see the highlight reel of supposedly the world's best tf2 player, even tho as a person who doesn't play fps or moba or tf2, I don't really understand how much skill it takes to do his playstyle, so I might not appreciate it as much as it is.

Anyways kusosanji has shit pr and lawyer team, but their talent scouts/audition people knew how to pick them very well. Like one of the top apex players and tf2 players, multiple musicians and comedians, etc. All these extremely talented peoples' past present and future careers being totally ruined by a company that doesn't care about them and their wellbeing at all. Even if they tried to leave via terminations (shout out to SY liking a company critical comment and then outting "returning soon" message on her pl youtube) and return to their past life, people have lost trust in them due to kusosanji (or due to already existing past life drama like above with SB). If they tried to make a new indie vtuber account they would be starting from 0 and even then if people match up their voices or life story details from some off hand comment during a zatsu, it'll be over for them again, back to 0 and having to reincarnate. Just a waste of potential, it's sad for all livers involved. Incredibly cowardly to have the public facing employees who have the mpst to lose take the worst of the harassment while the neglectful and abusive managers and rich ceo and investors can stay safe and anonymous and in a totally different country. I hope no poor indie vtuber decides to audition for any new en waves, which I doubt they'll even do anymore going forward. Being forced into a black company sounds awful. Comments online theorize that at this point, the investors and so management are seeing this workplace culture clash and deciding to deliberately sabotage the remaining EN branch so they have an excuse to merge it to the main branch and gradually dissolve/graduate/fire everyone like for the OG EN (india) KR and ID.

Edit edit: yeah.....even if the whole rrat / great unifying rat king theory from 4chan is true, that still really only means that like 5 people of a clique are bullies, plus mayyybeee AA?? But like really, other than those 6 people, like there's still the 25 other people (who as far as we know) are not bullies or even involved in this, that really were just trying to grow their career and make friends in a new place. They couldn't have known about the massive apocashitstorm pr disaster that was coming up. I feel so bad for the new kids Krisis and TTT too...like.. holy crap they JUST got there....

*insert meme that Vivi is the unluckiest new member*

Just because the management is bad and maybe 6 people are guilty of bullying, all 25 other innocent incredibly talented people are being dragged into this. It's just awful.... :(

I want so support them, they're unlucky innocent bystanders in this I think, but not as they are right now. Still not exactly normal vtuber etiquette, but this whole situation is totally abnormal, but I'll just find their pl youtube or twitch accounts and follow them there, patiently awaiting if/when they return to those accounts. People on reddit are all saying like "I hope my oshi graduates/gets fired" and that might literally be a better ending for them right now. So weird.....

Edit edit edit: oof yeah. Again, as an outsider to SB's pl and the tf2 moba fps genre community, plus 7 years have passed, I have some forgiveness towards him for the fake death thing that i can understand his older OG fans may not have. Still, it sounds like he talked about his past in a zatsu. He legit had a video game addiction and ended up homeless and jobless. I can understand toa degree why he had to make his hiatus/break from tf2 and video games in general so final so that he would not be tempted to play it again. Still, just an extreme decision to fake an illness and death instead of just admitting you want to go to college and not be living in japanese net cafes and the streets.

[syubub]

What makes BTS most vulnerable

Woo! A reading! I wanted to do this bc its been on my list for a little while now!

I just got off work and wanted to do this asap! Pls forgive mistakes! I'm not gonna proof read bc im lazy.

Cheeky disclaimer: this is for entertainment purposes and not to be taken as fact! This is my interpretation of the cards!!

So so so so

First off, I did each member and also one for the group! I didn't have a specific plan in mind when I started, so I just went with the flow!

Let's start with the group first

So. The 5 of pentacles is what makes them most vulnerable. This card talks about isolation, feeling lost, anxiety, not having money or influence. Most of all, a mindset of lack.

All of this to me makes me think that what makes them most vulnerable is the fear of being right back where they started. Feeling exiled from the industry, not having the funds to be sure of a stable future and also not having a strong sense of identity as a group and within the group. It's like their vulnerability comes from something almost like ptsd? Let me try to make that make more sense. I genuinely think that where they started and the uncertainty and constant ridicule really had an impact on them. The vulnerability they have as a group is essentially emotional distress? Like, I wish I had better words to explain. It's the fear that they haven't actually grown or gotten anywhere and that they are insignificant that is their vulnerability. Fear based on where they started?

I really hope that made sense. Moving on though, 7 of swords is how it manifests for them. This card is sneaky. It talks about getting away with something and betrayal but I think this meaning is the most relevant: strategic moves. So how their vulnerability manifests is that the fear that they have causes them (and the company) to make very specific moves to keep their fears from happening. It's like, they take steps to make sure their fears don't get realized. Career wise but also personally. They can sometimes force growth because they fear stagnation. Kinda like rolling something uphill? Once it loses momentum it starts rolling back down.

The other two cards, Wellness and busy times and multitasking, are what they can do to lessen that vulnerability. Keeping healthy in mind body and spirit (also keeping the group bond healthy too) as well as channeling their emotions and fears into productivity. (Think the ly:tear album)

Seokjin

This is really intresting. So, what makes him most vulnerable is repressed emotion that causes inner turmoil. The moon is all about your insides and the vastness it has. In its reverse it talks about the darker parts of your subconscious. So, him bottling shit up and repressing it becomes a monster that affects him without him even necessarily knowing.

As for how that manifest in his life, it literally affects his judgment. Like, literally. It messes with his decision making.

As a fellow human with a similar problem, I can almost bet that any issue he has with another member will be shoved away and it will fester until he's at his breaking point and he'll absolutely weaponize it but disguise it as "just poking fun" or he might also purposefully create low level chaos. It's really intresting because this could manifest in so many ways. It could be his insecurities, issues with other people, fears ect and they fester in his brain space fucking with his judgment.

What he can do to lessen this vulnerability is deep emotional healing. Istg these cards are too perfect to make up. He needs to do THE WORK and heal it. He probably recognizes this and is working on it. Its not fair to himself to put himself aside in order to put other people first. (I think this probably happened a lot in the early bts days bc he had to be an older brother and a responsible figure to 6 other kids so he prioritized group harmony over his own issues and emotions)

Yoongi

????

Um, okay. So what makes yoongi most vulnerable is the dark side of wealth. That's the 10 of pentacles rev. But it gets interesting bc the 10 of swords isn't what makes him vulnerable but it also isn't how it manifests?? So here's my theory time. What makes him most vulnerable is the dark side of wealth. I can only assume that it's the isolation and internal conflict of benefiting off of a system that fucked you over in the first half of your life and also feeling bad for having wealth that most people can never imagine? I really don't know? But with the 10 of swords talking about betrayal and deep wounds, it could be that he's extremely afraid of being taken advantage of? Like, that's another downside of wealth. Maybe people have tried to use him for money or influence? Especially in his personal life. Like, he probably finds it extremely hard to get close to people because he's afraid of betrayal over something that is already hard for him to deal with?

Also loss. He wasn't born rich. He worked his ass off to get what he has and he's probably afraid to lose it. He might "stash" money?

Anyway, knight of swords, how it manifests. This card is about a drive to succeed. So essentially this makes him run and push himself hard and harder and harder to out run what he sees as an inevitable end? Sometimes this can blind him.

As for what he can do to lessen this vulnerability, we have, self confidence through God confidence. This card to me talks about having faith in your actions and skills and trusting in yourself even if you doubt your ability. Essentially, yoongi just needs to trust in himself to land on his feet no matter what happens. Life is always uncertain so he needs to trust that he can weather any storm he might face.

Hoseok

This was one gave me some thoughts. So, similar to jin, it's the bottling shit up and having you subconscious mind eventually figure shit out because it's been neglected but with the 2 of swords in reverse, talking about confusion and being indecisive, I think this kinda causes him to shut down? He might get apathetic. It's almost like when you work a computer so hard that it crashes.

And how this manifests for him with the 3 of pentacles in reverse is that he gets thrown out of alignment with the group. Kinda like how you shouldn't drive on a flat tire. He withdraws and becomes hard to reach and puts up a wall that causes a lot of problems for him as well as those he is around. It's a defense mechanism. It can also manifest in him preferring to work alone as well instead of group settings.

This exposes him to depression and doubt.

Also similar to jin, for how to lessen this vulnerability we have Bless your heart with talks about reaching out (breaking down that wall) and healing your heart and healing the root issue.

Namjoon

Okay. This is the one that makes so much sense but also confuses me.

So. What makes him most vulnerable is the magician rev and 10 of cups. Unrealized potential and poor planning as well as love, harmony and alignment.

So.... what? How does love and the happiest happiness make him vulnerable?

Well, I think he's suspicious of it. I think that he can't help but wonder in his big big big brain if THIS is the right happy or if its really happiness at all? Almost like commitment issues but also not? It's like, he's afraid that it won't last? He might have trouble fully allowing himself happiness. Also, what makes him the most vulnerable is love. It opens up every bit of his soul and puts it on a laundry line for everyone to see and I don't think he thinks he's worthy enough to be seen like that?

As for how it manifests in his life, 9 of cups, personal fulfillment and a strive to have everything else in hislife sorted out? Essentially wanting to have a perfect foundation so eventually he can share with all the important people in his life.

As for what he can do. Value your self worth. pretty straight up. He needs to value himself more. He deserve love and he deserves to feel seen even if it's uncomfortable at first.

Jimin

Oki. What makes jimin most vulnerable is choice. The 7 of cups talks about focusing on what's best for you and making choices based not on illusion. I think jimin is plagued by unrealistic expectations and confronting the fact that it's not possible is what makes him most vulnerable. He makes choices that are driven by illusion. Usually about self. I think specifically about how he doesn't always see how good he already is so he pushes himself to chase after something that isn't always right for him or even there in the first place. Acknowledging and facing it brings vulnerability that he doesn't always want to face. I think he might equate vulnerability to powerlessness.

How it manifests. 9 of wands rev. Paranoia and being defensive. It's his own fear and insecurities manifesting outside of himself.

As for what he can do, passion and purpose and multifaceted. Focus on what is close to his heart and don't get side tracked. Theres so much more to this situation and there isn't an easy fix. There's a lot of things that need working on in order for him to feel comfortable.

Taehyung

Oki oki oki. What makes Tae most vulnerable is strength rev. Raw emotion. He doesn't always express his emotions and when he chooses to be more open, his emotions go through a bit of a filter. Showing his unfiltered emotions makes him most vulnerable because it's him as he is. In his truest form. It's all of his wants, joys, fears. Everything.

As for how it manifests, 10 of wands and Hanged man, it becomes a burden that he carries because he feels like he can't just be honest. He pauses and allows himself time to feel on his own but that means possibly being misunderstood and a bit isolated.

Now. What can he do to lessen it? Bless your heart and healthy communication in relationships. TALKING TO PEOPLE AND ALLOWING HIMSELF THAT VULNERABILITY. It's not bad to be vulnerable. Heal that shit bb bc you are worth it.

Jungkook

So, what makes him most vulnerable? The world in rev. Not having closure and seeking it. The process of seeking closure for himself about things that could have or putting to rest something that has come full circle. It brings vulnerability because he has to face things that he could have done better. He has to face things coming to a close and be okay with is.

How it manifests, the tower, ace of cups, 5 of cups reversed.

The tower is essentially everything crumbling down. I think jk thinks too much? If you follow a ball of yarn all the way to the end then you just unraveled a whole ass ball of yarn.

Him going to close those things cause him to unravel his foundation.

With the ace of cups, creativity and love/ new emotions, I think him taking the time to pursue personal closure helps him to be more open to love as well as giving him creative fuel.

The 5 of cups rev. Means that him doing this closure thing helps him to forgive himself bc he's taking time to move on and tie up loose ends?

For jk this closure thing manifests in every aspect of his like and I almost see it as him shedding? Sounds weird but he's consciously moving on and paying attention to what he needs?

As for what he can do? Deep emotional healing! He runs the risk of feeling more of the tower manifestation so he needs to keep himself emotionally healthy in order for this to be productive instead of destructive!

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I hope y'all like this! I feel like the cards didn't always follow what I was kinda going for with my questions but it all works out in the end I guess?

My next reading will be up later this week (I've already done it and taken all of my notes. I just have to type it all out) so look foward to that as well!

[nicepuppet]

abuse mention, car trauma mentions

being in the car as my drunk mom swerves all over the road as she speeds and tells me to stop crying because 'youre not dead, are you? i could kill us all right now if I wanted if you don't shut up about how scared you are, I know what I'm doing and you're being ridiculous'

being almost crushed underneath a car that I am trying to prevent from rolling into a creek while my unconscious drunken mother does not respond to me begging her to pull the brakes. (as part of my brain says that while i write this that wouldn't have really happened, I wouldn't have really died, im just saying that because I thought I would and if I just understood the reality of the situation I would recognize that i wouldn't have) and then being told by my grandmother to stop crying, and that if I want to go to the bank then I have to get myself together and stop worrying about my mom.

my grandmother does not recognize or comfort me as I cry. she does not respond in any way that I can remember when I sob and ask her to give me a moment because I almost just died. I tell her I almost died. she does not comfort me. she tells me 'im sorry you feel that way but you need to hurry up, I don't have all day.'

some part of me can recognize that's fucked up, I think. I cannot trust myself to understand how fucked up that is, even if the fact that it sounds unbelievably fucked up to the point it's unrealistically horrific should have some indication that it is, in fact, that bad.

I almost die in a car crash with my best friend at 18. a police officer tells us that we are clearly the ones that did not stop. the man driving the truck that could have killed me is believed over two 'girls'.

I recognize that I could have died. I recognize I was so, so very afraid of a truck tboning me and thinking that those were my last moments on earth. I recognize at the time I will have PTSD from that. i wonder how it will affect me later, but the car is damaged and we have to figure out how to get home. there is no time to break down. there are solutions that need to be found.

[lil-bumbum]

Shiro x male galra reader

  ×3rd pov×

M/n!! Please it's me!it's Shiro,  your friend! ", Shiro yells begging for his galran friend to respond.  (m/n) ignores his friends plea as he continues working with Haxus on the controls of the ship.  Sendak chuckles evilly.  " He won't help Shiro. ",  he says chuckling more.  "(m/n)! I know you remember me! You have too! You helped me escape!! ", Shiro yells,  now frustrated.  " After he had helped you we punished him and did some.......upgrading.",  Sendak says smiling at shiro's distress.

    "Sir, you should listen to this. ",  Haxus says to Sendak.  " What is it? ",  Sendak says still staring at Shiro, smirking.  " I found a radio signal,  sir.  We think there is another paladin inside the castle, sir. ", (m/n)  says,  catching Sendaks attention.  Sendak walks over to the pair.  There is static but if you listen hard you can hear the fuzzy,  muffled voices. " Make it clear.", Sendak demands getting a nod from (m/n).  The said boys expert hands flying across the controls.

    The signal gets clear enough to where you can clearly make out the words being spoken. "We now know where the paladin is.",  Haxus says smirking. " Follow the paladin,  then kill them. (m/n) you stay on the controls and wait. ",  Sendak orders.  (M/n)  once again nods as Haxus runs to find the paladin.  "You called me space cow because you read books about earth and you said my hair reminded you of a cow!!! ", Shiro yells,  his eyes full of sadness and hurt.

    (M/n)'s head snapped up and his hands froze. The collar around his neck sparked a little bit. Shiro's eyes widened as Lance laughed at the ridiculous nickname despite them being in a literal life or death situation.  'Why didn't I notice that collar before! '.  Shiro thought mentally smacking himself. " WHO SAID YOU CAN STOP!? GET BACK TO WORK! ", Sendak yelled making (m/n) snap out of his daze. " You never called me champion because you know how much I hate that name!"

    "You always said 'You have to fight it. If you let your arm control you then that means the galra wins.' You would steal food so that I can have something to eat! You were never scared of me even though I'm scared of myself! You helped me escape even though you knew that death is one of the punishments!! ",  Shiro yelled at the ravenette/white haired boy.  ((I think galrans only have black, purple or white hair)) . (M/n)  froze again.  All of the memories flooding back.

    (M/n) falls to his knees, clawing at his head. He screams in pain as he remembers his punishment. The knives, the whips, all of the blood and bruises.  Getting beaten to the point where he thought he would die. He whispers,  shaking and muttering to himself. Then (m/n) finally faints as his collar stops sparking and starts smoking.  Shiro and Lance stare, eyes wide.  Shiro's in shock and regret for leaving his friend. Lance's in shock and sympathy.

    Sendak walks to (m/n) 's unconscious body. Shiro eyes now filled with anger.  " DON'T TOUCH HIM! ",  he yells. Sendak ignores Shiro and taps (m/n) 's foot with his own. He growls turning around,  ready to strangle Shiro and Lance.  As he angrily walks toward the two there is a big boom,  echoing through the halls. The lights spasming on and off before finally stopping leaving everyone in darkness. Sendak yells in anger as his plan to take control of the ship back fires.

    The sounds of grunts and hitting reach his ears. The lights turn back on,  this time glowing blue instead of red meaning it's no longer under galran control. Sendak spins around.  The droids on the floor in pieces Shiro and Lance gone. He growls turning back around toward (m/n) 's body to find that he is also gone. He walks over to the controls and punches the table in anger. He now has no choice but to retreat.  Lance and Shiro runs, (m/n) in Shiro's arms.

    Shiro stares as (m/n) and notices his purple skin is paler than usual, his body lightly shaking, his eyes going back forth under their lids, and his breathing shaky. Shiro runs faster wanting to help his friend before its too late.

    ×TIMESKIP×

  Muffled talking echoes through the halls. Hunk staring at the stove ((Do alteans have stoves?)) thinking about what had happened. All of the lions we're almost taken and hundreds maybe even thousands of innocent lives were almost killed. And now there's galran in one of their healing pods. Hunk is snapped out of his thoughts by a sizzling sound. 'Balls, balls, balls! I forgot about the food'.  Hunk rushes to mix the oddly bright, chunky mixture so that it doesn't burn any more than it already has. He tuned off the stove and gets plated for the group and scoops up the bright green goop and puts it on each plate.

    He holds all of the plates on his arms like a waiter and makes his way to where the rest are thinking of what to do. He hears yelling as he walks closer to the closed doors. And almost drops the plates as the big door slams open and Shiro stomps away. Hunk regains his balance and walks into the room, nervously smiling at the tense, cold feeling radiating off of allura. He gives each member their plate and shaking makes his way toward allura, pulling his collar as he sweats. He quickly drops her plate in front her and runs to his spot.

×Shiro's P.O.V×

    I angrily stomp my way to the healing pods. I know I should calm down but I can't help it. It's not their fault that they're not fond of galrans but not ALL of them are evil. (M/n) proved that. He was the first to show me kindness and he wasn't afraid to help me. He gave me whatever I needed and he helped me escape with no hesitation. 'He's my........... friend. If the others gave him a chance the would realize he doesn't plan on hurting anyone'. I start thinking about what I had just thought about. 'What is (m/n) to me? '. I shake my head as I open the door to the healing pods. I walk over to (m/n) 's pod and stop. I feel my anger dissapear as its replaced with sadness and regret. My eyes soften as I look at the scars covering his body.

    'I should've taken you with me', I thought. I look at his face, he looks so worried and sad. I put my hand on the glass that separates us. I see his finger twitch and I jump back as his hand shot up. His hand in the spot where I had put my hand before I jumped back. I cautiously step forward reaching my hand out. I put my hand where his is. (M/n) 's eyes snap open and the pods starts opening. I step back again just in case he's still being controlled. But my caution flies out the window as I reach forward and catch him before he hits the floor.

 

 

×(M/N) POV×

    'Where am I? Why can't I move? '. I try to open my eyes but I'm rewarded with nothing. I slowly start to panic as I can't move no matter how hard I try. I stop as I hear muttering. " I should've taken you with me. ". 'That voice..... I know that voice!,I can't remember who that voice belong too.i have to see who they are!'. I again try to move but get nothing. I continue to try and then I feel my finger twitch. 'Yes! Just a little more'. I think as I slowly gain control of my arm.

    I move my arm trying to feel where I am since Im slowly gaining control of everything but my eyes are still heavy. I raise my hand up and I hit something cold and hard. I hear something shuffle and then I feel warmth where my hand is despite the glass being cold. I struggle to open my eyes and when they do I open all I can see is a blurry black shape. I hear a hissing sound and a mist surrounds me as I no longer feel the glass. I try to walk but instead I fall not being able to feel my legs. I put my hands in front of me to protect my face and they hit something warm and hard. I open my eyes and and notice I was in someone's arms. " (M/n)  are you okay!? ", a panicked voice says. I look up and my vision cleared and I recognized the mystery person as " Shiro? What..... where are we? ", I ask confused.

   Shiro holds me at arms length as i grab hold of his arms to keep me standing. He stares at me as I stare back in confusion. I open my mouth to say something but Shiro pulls me back into a hug. He nuzzles into my hair and holds me tighter to his hard chest. I feel him start to shake and I feel something wet. I look up as best as I can since I'm being crushed into his chest. "Shiro? ", I ask softly.

×3rd pov×

    " Shiro? ", (m/n) softly asks. Shiro looks down at (m/n) seeing his confusion. Shiro gently lifts his hand up to (m/n) 's cheek, softly rubbing his light/dark purple cheek. " I'm sorry, I'm so sorry", Shiro whispers to (m/n). (M/n) looks even more confused. "What are you apologizing for?", the galran asks his human..... friend? " I left you. I left you instead of taking you with me", Shiro says laying his forhead on (m/n) 's. (M/n) huffs. "We both know I wouldn't have left Shiro. Someone had to distract the guards and it definitely wasn't going to he you. ", (m/n) says. Shiro sighs knowing that he's right.

    " But they hurt you. I should've come back for you immediately after...", Shiro's voice cracks. (M/n) cuts him off. "No, Shiro. What's more important one life or millions of others? Besides I'm right here in front of you. In your arms. ", (m/n) says sternly but soft. Shiro looks into (m/n)'s (e/c) eyes. Those eyes that have always read him like an open books, the eyes that seem to be staring right into his soul. The eyes that made him melt and go soft. " I missed you.... so much", Shiro whispers after a moment of silence. "Me too.", (m/n) whispers back.

    (M/n) closes his eyes, leaning into Shiro hand as his fluffy purple ears twitch cutely. Shiro silently watches (m/n)  enjoy all of the warmth he's getting. Shiro hesitantly moves forward as he closes his eyes. His lips connecting with (m/n)'s. (M/n)'s eyes flew open in surprise as his ears rise up, he slowly closes his eyes and purr ((i feel like they would purr idk 😅)) enjoying the pleasant feeling of the humans lips on his. There are no Sparks or tingles but there is definitely love. The two seperate from the kiss and look into each other's eyes. " (M/n), I love you.", Shiro says sincerely. "Shiro,...... ". Shiro looks at (m/n) with hopeful eyes. "... I don't know what that means", (m/n) says nervously chuckling as Shiro sweat drops forgetting the galran boy doesn't know most human terms. Shiro chuckles hugging (m/n) again. " My galran boy", he says breathing in (m/n)'s scent. "My space cow", (m/n) says smirking evilly as Shiro's eyes snapped open and narrowed his eyes at his now lover.

   

[jhopeislovelifehappiness]

Hii!! Sorry to bother so much, but if you have time could you do a : "Are you jealous" x "I'd say Im sorry but I'm not" of Yoonseok please? Only if you have time and feel like it :)

Not sure this is the direction you wanted it to go, but here’s what I came up with lol

Hope you enjoy ^_^

Hoseok woke up one morning, the sun shining in through his window. He opened his eyes and smiled. Yoongi was beside him, only half dressed and drooling slightly. He laughed lightly at the scene before him, mostly because he was happy to have the privilege of getting to see it in the first place. He turned on his side and faced Yoongi and wrapped his arms around him. Yoongi opened his eyes. An annoyed look came across his face when he saw all of the sunlight streaming in through the window. Hoseok gave his boyfriend a long good morning kiss and then lept out of bed; he had a lot of practicing to do today.Yoongi made an angry sound and rolled back over in bed as Hoseok walked out the door.

Hoseok was the happiest he had been in his life; he and Yoongi had been together for a month or so, and he was so glad that he didn’t have to wonder anymore whether he was crazy for having such wild thoughts about Yoongi.Hobi tried to focus on his work, but Yoongi was the only thing on his mind. In an attempt to clear his mind for a while, Hoseok went back to the living area and sat down. Peace and quiet… at least for a little while.After only a few minutes, Hoseok’s precious silence was interrupted by boyish giggles from in the other room. He recognized the laughs as Jimin’s and Yoongi’s. He tried his best to ignore the noises, but he couldn’t stand it. What in the world was so funny?Hoseok walked over to the doorway of the room and took a look inside. Jimin and Yoongi were lying next to each other on Jimin’s bed, watching something on his laptop. Yoongi’s leg was draped over Jimin’s.“What’s so funny?” Hoseok asked.The two boys looked up and smiled.“Yah, Hobi, you should watch this!” Yoongi yelled.“Okay…” Hoseok said hesitantly.It was an epic fails compilation–nothing Hoseok hadn’t seen before. He didn’t find it very amusing, not when his boyfriend was having such a grand time with Jimin because of it. Hoseok wondered if he was being ridiculous for being somewhat angry about the situation, but even if he was being ridiculous he couldn’t change how he felt if he tried. He became quiet and attempted to laugh at some of the funnier videos, but Yoongi could tell that something was up. After the video ended, Hoseok rose and told the two boys that he needed to get back to work. On his way down the hallway, Yoongi ran up to him.“Hey, is something wrong?” he asked Hobi.Hobi didn’t want to be silly. Yoongi was just having a good time with a friend. No big deal, right?Before he could answer, Yoongi said,“Are you jealous?”Hoseok sighed.“Maybe just a little bit.. but it’s only because you looked like you were having such a good time with Jimin…”“You don’t need to be jealous,” Yoongi said.“Okay..” Hoseok said. “Sorry.”“It’s okay, you have nothing to be sorry for.”The conversation was painfully awkward, so Hobi said, “Okay,” and went on his way.

Hoseok found it a bit easier to practice after that.

After a few hours of work, the rest of the boys entered the practice room. They spent hours and hours doing reps of songs and perfecting their moves. Hoseok worked hard, so hard that he just couldn’t work anymore. He went back to his room and fell asleep quickly; it was only 5:00 pm.

When Hoseok woke up, it was 2:00 am. There was no sunshine coming through his window, and Yoongi was not beside him. He laid there for a long time, not moving, staring at the ceiling. Eventually, however, he got up to go to the bathroom. He could use a shower.Hoseok grabbed his things and walked down the hallway to the bathroom. All was quiet in the other rooms, until he reached the bathroom door. There was the sound of giggling inside.Hoseok’s heart flared at the sound. It was Jimin and Yoongi. There was quiet mumbling between the two boys that he couldn’t quite make out, and then there was moaning. Lots and lots of it…Hoseok was utterly distraught. His boyfriend was cheating on him, with their friend. Jimin probably had no idea that Yoongi had been sleeping with Hoseok at all. They had never really spoken about it to anybody. But Yoongi knew what he was doing, and that was what made it worse.Hoseok’s eyes burned with the tears that he tried to hold back. It felt as if there were a gaping hole in his chest. He thought that Yoongi loved him… He must have thought wrong.Hoseok walked quietly back to his room and cried. He fell asleep on a damp pillow that morning.

When Hoseok woke up again, it was 9:00 am. He hadn’t expected to wake up that late, but it was a day off for him anyway. He turned on his side, but Yoongi was not there. He soon recalled the events that had occurred only hours before, and suddenly the world felt cold. Hoseok wrapped himself up in his sheets and laid there motionless.It felt like hours had gone by. Hoseok needed to use the bathroom and his stomach growled frequently, but he didn’t feel like getting up. He didn’t want to see Yoongi, or Jimin, or the bathroom either. It would all be too much.There was a knock on the door. It was Yoongi. Hoseok didn’t care. He did not reply.Yoongi let himself into the room, and Hoseok pretended to be asleep. It didn’t help that Yoongi crawled under the sheets next to him and quietly encouraged him to get up.Hobi was too fed up to even pretend. He opened his eyes instantly. Yoongi stared into his eyes. “You were awake?”Hobi said nothing.“What’s wrong?”Still nothing.Yoongi sighed and looped his arms around Hoseok.Hoseok was disgusted with Yoongi’s touch. He wanted nothing to do with him, and yet there he was letting him hold him. Oh, how weak he was.Hoseok got out of Yoongi’s embrace and sat up.“I heard you and Jimin last night,” he said blankly.Yoongi stiffened and sat next to Hobi.“Yeah?”The fact that Yoongi did nothing to try to apologize or make things better only brought tears to Hobi’s eyes.“Yeah,” he whispered. His voice would not work.Yoongi tried to speak,“Look-” he began, but he couldn’t find the words. “I-” he tried again. Yoongi sighed sadly. “I’d say I’m sorry, but I’m not.”Hoseok couldn’t believe his ears. After all that he and Yoongi had together, he had no sympathy?Yoongi began again, “I’m kind of bad with commitment, and…”Hoseok scoffed.“That’s your excuse?” he said quietly. He wanted to sound harsh but he couldn’t speak that way to Yoongi.“That’s not what I meant. I don’t think you understand,” Yoongi said. “I care about you both.”Hoseok pitied himself for feeling hopeful at that statement.“Well you obviously don’t,” Hoseok argued. “I bet you didn’t even tell Jimin about us.”Yoongi nodded in agreement.“You’re right, I didn’t. It’s because I knew something like this would happen.”“Then why didn’t you just break up with me or whatever and run over to him? You even told me that I had nothing to be jealous of!” Hobi said.Yoongi looked disappointed. Not in Hoseok, but in himself.“I care about you both…” he said.“But you don’t.”“I do.”Hoseok was done arguing.“Can you please leave?” he asked angrily.“No,” Yoongi said. “I care about you, okay?” He reached out to Hoseok, trying to hold his hand, but Hoseok swatted him away.“What’s wrong with you?” Hoseok asked, bewildered.Yoongi became embarrassed. His cheeks flushed, and he looked down at his hands.“Look,” he said. “I don’t want you to take this the wrong way…”Hoseok groaned.“I’m serious!” Yoongi said. “Please just hear me out.”Hoseok nodded impatiently for him to go on.“I…. I believe that… it’s possible to love more than one person at a time, okay?” Yoongi stammered. “I know it’s weird, and I’m sorry that you had to get caught up in my… unorthodox lifestyle, but I’m not sorry for what I did. I just… I really like both of you and I didn’t want things to be weird for you guys.”Hoseok was speechless.Yoongi looked up and him and sighed. “It’s okay if you don’t want to do this anymore, we can stop if you want.”“No,” Hoseok said. “I want to be with you. I don’t understand why you didn’t tell me earlier.”Yoongi tried to keep his cool, but he knew now that keeping things from Hoseok was in fact a bad decision.“I- I don’t know what to tell you.”“Maybe an apology would help,” Hoseok said angrily.Yoongi made a face.“Okay, I’m sorry.” Hoseok gave him the evil eye, and Yoongi added, “I truly am.”“Thank you,” Hoseok said. “Now maybe we can work something out–together.”

[fuckyeahaspiebot]

Hello! I'm an artist currently creating an Aspergers character (as a character designer I tend to focus on neuro-diversity) and I really want to do the correct research to make sure that the character genuinely represents the community. I have ADHD so I do understand some aspects and I have first-hand experience with some Asperger symptoms, but I'll never 100% understand the entire spectrum of it. Do you have any suggestions for what the community would really want in this character?

Oh goodness, hmm. It’s really difficult to speak for the community as a whole, because everyone’s experience is different? Myself and some others have had complaints about people on the spectrum as characters being used as a punch line; ie, personally I dislike big bang theory for that exact reason, as it amps up the “look haha he can’t understand social cues and comes off as really selfish hahaha”… I just recall an episode I saw where he was insisting someone drive him around at times that were really inconvenient and asking her to do ridiculous things for him. In Bones they’ve really played up like “haha she’s so painfully blunt”… to the point she hurts people constantly and argues like “well why are they hurt by that it’s just sense.” Which I admit happens sometimes, but I associate this more with adolescents than adults, because adolescents are still legitimately trying to learn this, if that’s an issue… and usually care a LOT like “oh god I hurt someone but WHY?” in a “I don’t want to do it again” way not a “they should get over it” way.I’ve always liked series where they mention it once or twice, tops. They did it in bob’s burgers with Tina, like first season they threw a few jokes in “You’re the worst kind of autistic” which was… ehhh, bordering on kind of offensive, but never brought it up again. The series really mellowed out later too, I tried to show this one to my parents and was like oh god season one has so much cursing… I digress.I really like Reid in criminal minds, it comes up now and again but usually from outside characters. In the main cast he’s just Reid. I’m trying to think of defining characters that make him “autistic”… struggling a bit. I think it’s really subtle cues like the pauses he makes. Just small hesitations as his brain processes something and then he catches up. He’s also fairly logical, but when something gets to him emotionally it really gets to him and he seems to have trouble processing it and sharing that experience and just works on handling it internally. http://criminalminds.wikia.com/wiki/Spencer_Reid#PersonalityI liked the kid in Jurrasic World, I had a rant about it at one point when the movie first came out… they never said he was on the spectrum, but he displayed a lot of behaviors I associate with it, and identified with. http://fuckyeahaspiebot.tumblr.com/post/121547676957/im-sorry-but-im-really-confused-are-you-saying here it is!Another one is CSI las vegas’ Gil Grissom. Again, mentioned only once or twice throughout several seasons, very smart, great leader, he’s got his quirks but they’re useful and relevant to the career he chose and he’s more than happy to share and teach… he seems to have trouble switching tasks and hates being interrupted, again like Reid when there’s something going wrong in his life he retreats inwards, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Grissom#Characterization

So I think… the “good” characteristics; people on the spectrum, in my opinion are smart, really attentive to details, goal oriented, highly motivated, humorous, enjoy having others smile, are passionate, and when they care about something they care really REALLY intensely. Sometimes to the point of being overwhelmed by the emotion, which can be too much to process at once and results in people “shutting down.” (I had a client of mine die on the 3rd, I got home and sat on the floor staring blankly for like 30 minutes while my friends tried to coax me out of it, then cried for an hour)… and then more neutral characteristics, tend to stick to people they’re familiar with, and look to those people in social situations, can get distracted by cool textures and patterns, tend to enjoy structure and routines… some of the “bad” characteristics, getting overwhelmed by too much stimuli (ie, loud crowded rooms with lots of talking), trouble making eye contact, but may learn other ways around this like briefly looking at someone, staring at their mouth… fidgeting, sometimes, people like to stim but most of us know how to do it subtly, talking too much about something they enjoy (don’t do this too much though, like, Reid it’s usually someone he knows goes “hey,” and he catches himself in a snap and stops immediately.) Not great at picking up subtle nonverbal cues, but oh my god people can learn what crying and frowning mean we’re not idiots 8U I think if you have the character not recognize a nonverbal cue and it turns into a problem, make sure they remember it and tries really hard not to do it again. Most of us are super anxious and depressed because we’re all constantly trying to compensate for what gets missed… From personal experience, at this point I’m actually one of the best non-verbal cue readers in my group of colleagues (I work in Mental health) because I’m doing it from my knowledge that I’ve actively learned, not gut feelings. :0 Anyone got some things for this artist-anon that they want to add in? I’m sure everyone has something they’d love to see represented, or not represented, or represented THE RIGHT WAY or characters they like, SEND THEM IN. 8D I’ll tag them all as artist-anon. Also feel free to contradict something I’ve said! My personal experience and likes is no where near all encompassing of the community.