#and before you say no they're not getting paid to be nice to fans

[shoggothkisses]

"BEDTIME STORY" - Preliminary Archon Quest (Ch. 4- Act IV) Thoughts

My diligence has finally paid off! For the first time in a while, I got to play through a Genshin quest as soon as it dropped! So, while energy is still high and the novelty of the event is still - well, novel - I offer you a collection of observations and examinations from the most recent Archon Quest.

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS - do not click unless you've played Bedtime Story or don't mind being spoiled on its events!

FIRST, and arguably (for me) most importantly - THE SINNER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, and before yesterday there was NO way you could have convinced me that it was Dainsleif's brother. (Has he even mentioned having a brother before this?) (The "Dain is the twins' sibling" theorists are probably deeply unhappy. Sorry for your loss.)

(A bit sad that it's not Deshret, personally, but that's not relevant atm.)

His name, Vedrfolnir (or Vethrfolnir, or Veðrfölnir or any number of phonetically similar spellings for those of us who can't do Scandanavian languages to save our lives), comes from the name of a hawk that, in Norse mythology, is partnered with a (nameless?) eagle that sits on top of Yggdrasil (Irminsul). Vedrfolnir is believed to represent the eagle's wisdom, able to see everything in the Nine Realms (likely why Genshin!Vedrfolnir's title is The Visionary) and passing information back and forth to it - much in the way that Odin's ravens are believed to pass information back and forth to him.

It is also believed to play a role in the battle between the eagle and Nidhogg (the serpent at Yggdrasil's roots) at Ragnarok - possibly similar to that of Ratatoskr, whose gossip back and forth between Nidhogg and the eagle (and Vedrfolnir by extension) is what causes their mutual aggression.

The name Vedrfolnir means something akin to "pale wind."

As far as the other "Five Sinners of Khaenri'ah" are concerned:

Hroptatyr is another name for Odin (huge? can you say HUGE?). The "wise" part is self explanatory. The name means "sage" in Old Norse.

Rhinedottir is, as we know, a Norse spelling of the German "Rheintöchter." She's named after the Rhinemaidens, three water spirits who dwell at the bottom of the Rhine river and are said to protect the Gold(tm) that can grant anyone immeasurable power. This origin is, however-

While the original Nibelungenleid (the 12th century German poem-epic) makes mention of mermaids, and Norse mythology makes mention of the proverbial gold (see below) the massively significant role mentioned above was almost COMPLETELY made up by Richard Wagner while writing the Ring Cycle. The Rhinemaidens are mentioned nowhere in Norse mythology, whereas all the other Sinners' names are pulled directly from old Norse sources. (Considering Rhinedottir's level of importance to the overarching plot, especially in Mondstadt, I have a hard time believing this difference from the other Sinners isn't equally important.)

I have discussed Surtalogi previously, so lemme just... (clears throat). Caaaaaalled it.

So yeah. He's the "Fire of Surtr," the jotunn who burns it all down. Dain and Surtalogi, sword buddies. Nice neat explanation. (Who's gonna be Surtr? Will we have a Surtr? We'll put a pin in that.)

And...if he's "the Foul," then I guess anyone who adopts his power has...the...Foul Legacy...yeah. No need to delve into that much. At least not for now.

Rerir is a little more to unpack. Or a lot more. Who am I kidding. In the Norse Volsungasaga, Rerir is part of a long and complicated line of royal births and deaths that result in rise and fall of the titular Volsung clan (similar to, but not the exact same as, the Nibelungenleid). A brief overview:

Odin gives birth to Sigi.

Sigi gives birth to Reri. Sigi is killed by his brothers-in-law.

Rerir avenges his father's death (for all you Sherlock Holmes fans - Racher is "avenger," or one who gets revenge [Rache].)

The goddess Frigg has a crow bring Rerir and his wife an apple because they're having a hard time getting pregnant. It works.

Rerir dies while his wife is pregnant - for six years.

Volsungr (Rerir's son) is born by C-section (something that seeems to happen with a lot of heroes in different mythologies, just saying). His mom dies in the process.

Volsung fathers (in addition to like ten other kids) the twins Sigmundr and Signy (in German, Sigmund and Sieglinde).

Sigmundr fathers Sigurd (Siegfried in German).

Sigurd is the dragon-slaying, Nibelung's-hoard-and-ring-of-power-having king that ends up being killed during a combination political dispute/relationship drama.

The chunks of the Volsungsaga from Volsung on are retold in Wagner's Ring Cycle, albeit with his own embellishments (see Rhinedottir).

The aspect of Rerir's title here that's confusing me the most is "Solnari." Based on Rerir's mythological origin, Solnari should be his father - but then, why not just call him "Racher of Sigi"? Meanwhile, Sol is almost certainly a reference to a Sun deity (in Norse and Germanic, the sun goddess), but the "-nari" suffix is more confusing. From what I can tell,

1) "Nari" is Sanskrit for "woman" or "maiden" - so if Solnari were The Lady Sun it would make sense, but it seems weird to randomly throw Sanskrit into a Norse civilization; and

2) Nari, or Narfi, is a different deity in Norse mythology that is supposed to be either Loki's son (killed by his wolf-shifting brother Vali), the personification of night (Nott), or both.

I can't really make sense of it in the moment, but hopefully we'll get more info as we go - preferably before another year goes by, Dainsleif, please!???

The Vinster King is, likewise, difficult to parse. There is, on one hand, the Swedish word “vinst” meaning to win, or make a return/profit - which would make the “vinster king” the king who…won? This isn’t totally impossible as we know there have been plenty of wars of succession between both gods and humans in Teyvat. On the other hand, this may be a butchered spelling of the German “finster,” meaning “dark,” “sinister,” or “gloomy.” I wasn’t super sold on my own interpretation of this until I remembered this sweet loot drop we get in the Chasm:

So that may be the case, and, as such, the “Vinster King” may be another name for Irmin.

(Side tangent: I now think it would be super funny if we found out later that Irmin and Pierrot really ARE the same person…Gloomy King…becomes a Clown…? Love that…anyway.)

I have already heard that someone has translated the message in Caribert’s memory-travel/loading-screen thingy, but I DON’T TRUST PEOPLE! So i’m gonna do it here for myself.

From the top, line by line:

FAREWELL ATOSSA

I APOLOGIZE

FOR MAKING YOU KNOW ME

UNWILLINGLY

STILL I DONT WISH

YOU TO FORGET ME

This is written in Sumeran script, not Khaenri’ahn. A nice easter egg, and very touching to be sure. ;v;

One last thing: on the Sea of Flowers.

There are a few things that this Sea of Flowers reminds me of - Nabu Malikata and her connection to water and flowers comes to mind, for one - but the thing that I was IMMEDIATELY reminded of was the Dandelion Sea.

For those who don’t particularly enjoy coming through Genshin’s archive: The Fox in the Dandelion Sea is a whopping 11-volume story series found hidden throughout Mondstadt. In the story, a hunter makes a deal with a fox (or spirit. or fox-spirit) who believes that he intentionally saved her life (he was just a bad shot, and broke the ice that was keeping her trapped on a lake): teach her fox-child to speak the language of humans, and she will teach the hunter how to transform into other creatures.

In order to meet and teach her cub, the fox takes the hunter to a “sea of dandelions, stretching as far as my eyes could see.” All foxes who “disappear during the hunt” come here, and time appears to be meaningless. While the hunter appears to move toward learning a lesson, by the end of the series, he still informs the fox that his reason for learning transformation magic is to be a better hunter. At this, the fox turns him into a dandelion puff and blows him away to a “faraway land.” He then wakes, as is from a dream, with none of what he could have had (the magic, the beautiful fox-woman, or the peaceful sea of dandelions).

While I’m unsure if the Sea of Dandelions actually has anything to do with the Sea of Flowers, it would be interesting if we found out that the Sea of Flowers is some alternate version of reality - a domain, an isolated region, or even a beautiful (but ultimately unattainable) dream.

THAT IS. basically all i have so far. This is coming off (as i said) basically 4-5 hours of sleep followed by all day on-and-off research to try and process everything we got since yesterday. and yes i know I didn't mention the Loom of Fate even ONCE but honestly between the pretty explicit "it weaves ley lines" description and the Abyss twin's equally explicit "I don't know what I'm gonna do with it yet," I don't really feel like any deeper picking has to be done for now.

okay byeee

[wisteria-cherry]

reader x sirius (or remus) in a record store, they're both menaces and clueless and the attendant is just sighing and 'i'm not paid enough for this shit' every time they touch something

bye this is so cute

remus x reader

you frequented the record store for more reasons than one. although 90% of those reasons were music related, there was a 10% that was composed completely of the cute boy who also frequented said store. tall, with sandy hair and whiskey-colored eyes, and a gentle demeanor that made you want nothing more than to relax with him. of course, you were sure that he didn’t like you back, but you could certainly dream.

you were searching through the l-m records, seeing if one of they had the newest album of one of your favorite artists. you pulled a sleeve out from the row, studying it; it wasn’t the one you wanted, but it was one you didn’t have yet.

just then, the pleasant sound of the bell hanging on the door resounded through the shop, and you looked up. it was him. you swallow, record forgotten in your hand, and watch as he made his was towards the classic rock. you set the record down, not once taking your eyes off him. unbeknownst to you, you put the “l” record in the “m” section, but you were far too distracted to correct your mistake.

discreetly as possible, you move about five feet, give or take, from the boy, pretending to flip through records as the boy did the same— although you were sure his intentions were different. as you flipped, you noticed him getting closer, too. you quickly stare determinedly at each record sleeve your fingertips brushed— queen, at the moment. however, just as you touched the top of a sleeve, another hand came on top of yours. your eyes widen, and you look up, frozen, at a loss for words. the boy looked back at you.

“sorry,” you manage to squeak out.

“no worries.” the boy smiled, removing his hand.

“(y/n)!” riley, your favorite employee, called from where you just were. you looked up, and noticed the boy looking up as well, probably curious.

“yes?” you answer, watching as riley pulled out your misplaced record with a deadpan.

“wrong section.” riley waved the record pointedly, before putting it in the “l” section much more dramatically than you thought was necessary. you glance over at the sandy-haired boy and your cheeks heat up. he totally saw that.

“sorry,” you call.

“they’re good.” you nearly jump out of your skin. you hadn’t expected the boy to actually comment.

“sorry?” you say again.

“you apologize an awful lot, don’t you?” the boy smiled somewhat teasingly.

“sorry.” you look down at the records, unsure of what to do beyond apologizing for your repetitiveness.

“don’t apologize.” the boy laughed. “i’m remus.” remus. what a nice name.

“(y/n).”

“they’re—“ remus nodded towards the record riley was putting back, “a pretty far stretch from queen. do you listen to a lot of different kinds of music?”

“i dabble,” you answer, figuring it was a safe bet, silently hoping remus wouldn’t be the type to ask you to name five songs to prove you were a true fan. you figured he wasn’t.

“i see.” remus hummed, reaching back to the record you’d both touched, pulling it out. “i’ve been looking at this one for quite a bit.” you lean over slightly to get a better look.

“a day at the races.” you read.

“it’s a good one.” remus flipped it over to read the back.

“what’s your favorite song?” you ask curiously.

“good old-fashioned lover boy.” remus answered, looking to you with a sheepish smile. “a bit corny, isn’t it?”

“i like it.” you smile back. “are you going to buy it?” remus considered for a moment, turning his gaze back to the album.

“yeah,” he decided finally. “but i’m going to loan it to you. give it a listen, and then we’ll have something to talk about next time we see each other, yeah?”

“yeah.” you agree, biting back a grin. he wanted to see you again. he wanted to talk to you again. “sounds good.”

giddily, you follow remus to the register, where riley immediately gave you a raised eyebrow and an unamused look. from over remus shoulder, you returned it with a pointed look that told riley not to interfere. riley relented, and presented you with your total. you pulled out your coin purse, and before you realized it, remus’ hand was in yours again, warm and calloused.

“sorry!” you pull your hand back quickly. “i just meant to pay-“

“it’s alright.” remus laughed. “i said i’d buy it, remember?”

“right.” you blush furiously. you’d barely registered the part where remus said he’d buy the record. you were far too distracted by the fact that he wanted to see you again.

“your change.” riley interrupted, holding out the few sickles for remus.

“thanks.” remus nodded, putting the coins in his own coin purse. he turned towards you hesitating for a moment, before looking away with a smile.

“i’ll see you around.” he glanced back at you, as if for confirmation.

“see you around.” you echo, gazing at his pretty whiskey-colored eyes, which then averted their gaze as he left the store, just like that.

“you’re smitten.” riley snorted.

“shut up.”

[agirlwholovesrockstars]

you ain't woman enough

☆ EDDIE MUNSON'S MASTERLIST ☆

❣ AGATHA'S MAIN PAGE ❣

Summary : some crazy diehard fan claims to steal your man, of course- you won't let that happen

Word Count : not too long, I hope

Warnings : 18+ Rockstar!Eddie Munson x FEM!reader, language, reader and Eddie are both (25) also they're MARRIED to each other, no use of y/n, Gareth is (18), Jeff is (20) mentions of a fan having self-harm history, the lunatic fan (I named her Delancy, she's 18) can be very invasive, disrespectful, delusional and too obsessed with Eddie, alcohol consumption, mentions of pregnancy at the end, I think that's just it tho

What to Expect : angst and fluff teehee

Note To Reader : guys, you're not going to believe this because my fever just bounced back again making me suffer once more 💀 (but I'm good right now don't worry)

Author Note : LOVE LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH- OF COURSE YOU KNOW I'VE HAD TO MAKE A FIC WITH IT ;)) (idk if I feel satisfied about this fic but here it goes)

You and Eddie have been together for ages

A bit dramatic, isn't it?

But no, seriously, it's like you spend a lifetime every minute, hour and seconds being with him

Since high school, Eddie thought it's cruel joke when you talked to him for the first time

He had a bit of time to grow on you back then, but when you finally get to know him when he unsheds his layers of showing the tough act to people at school

He is actually very sweet

That's where it all took off

You're always been there

The Hellfire Club campaigns, The Hideout sessions, the best part is that you we're also there when he got his long-awaited diploma

Wayne loves you, gosh, Eddie can still vividly remember the teasing moments that make him so freaking embarrassed when it revealed that Eddie has a crush on you

It's the most silliest confession that you both shared to each other, giggling at the same time

It's also wholesome in a way that you feel like yourself when you're with him than you're own

That's says something

You watch him grew to become one of the highest paid rock bands all of time, Corroded Coffin

Back in graduation in college, he said that he'll marry you and you'll be on his side while he's touring around the world

The words you told him never left his mind

"Always keep your dreams alive, Ed's"

You both love metal music, films, obviously certified nerds, always excited when you're both talking about your favorites

I mean- what's not to love?

"You're ready? sweetheart?"

"Yeah"

You gave him 360° turn to your full ensemble for the tonight's show

Oh, he was stunned at it, he takes a minute to process

"Well?"

"You look fantastic- I mean- hot, super super hot"

You snort "Okay, let's go rockstar"

You've prepared yourself for this since the beginning, the moment that Eddie got himself big time at a record label

You know what you're in for

You're ready to face it all, the tabloids, loads of paparazzi everywhere, awestruck fans that recognize the both of you walking in the streets of L.A

You also know once you entered this business, there's no longer privacy that you knew before

The fandom that Eddie has is like a freaking movement almost like an activist, every false lies, rumors, gossips, they defend him with his bandmates

You adore them, really, grateful for it

The head of the official fanbase of Corroded Coffin is really nice and respects everyone of you, even treat you like normal human beings

They organized parties when it's time for an occasion like Corroded Coffin won a Grammy, New Year's, when someone in the band has a birthday, it's really great

Sometimes, you wish every fan is just like that, or sometimes even not a fan, you wished they'll treat you kindly

While eating lunch with Eddie at a local diner downtown

"You know, there's a young girl keeps looking at our spot for like 30 mins now" Eddie is wearing Ray-Ban black sunglasses as he quietly speaks as he takes a sip of his coffee

You had a mouth full of philly cheesesteak as you turned around to find what your husband is referring to

There, you spot her, when you catch her eyes, she simply look away shyly

You hum as you shrug "It looks like she wants to say something"

"Oh, boy, here she comes"

Before you can react to what he just said, she's now standing to where you both seated but she gave a distance for personal space that leaves an impression to the both of you

Eddie caught a glimpse of the young girl's wrist with marks of healed pocks, you saw it too, he watches her intently but when he saw how genuine her eyes are, he knows this isn't some weird fanatic

You cleared your throat as you smile at the young girl

"Uh- hi, I'm so very sorry, if I made you both uncomfortable but I- I just want to express my gratitude, your songs really helped me a lot and ever since I stopped doing it for 5 years already and I feel a whole lot better and uh- your love story has always been my favorite- it's very inspiring and I've always been looking up to the both of you and uh- yeah thanks for everything" she leaves at that

the young girl went on and on with her slightly ducked down too shy to even look at the both of your eyes

"That's really sweet" you say with twinkling eyes as you kept your eyes on the young girl

"Wow, see- this is why I'm doing this! I will keep on making music when something like that happens! I can help people!" He beams exhilaratingly with a smile

"Eddie, haven't you realized you've been doing this since highschool?" You hold his hand across the table

"Yes, I know and I will do what I do best" he winks and you by that look

You know he's gonna make this interaction memorable

"Hey, kid"

The young girl almost can't believe the Eddie Munson called her out

"We appreciate you so much" he says as he picked the whole new latest album from his bag

Young girl is appalled, felt weak on the knees almost, you giggled at her reaction

To make everything go insane, he even signed the album cover

You hand it out to her "We're so proud of you"

She takes it with shaky hands as she laughs "I-I'm sorry, I'm freaking out inside, thank you so very much"

"You'll be the first person to hear it"

"I'll listen to it once I get home, I will never forget this day in my life!"

You and Eddie both chuckled "Treasure it, sweetie! You deserve it!"

"I love you both so much, you have absolutely no idea! um- I'll be attending your show this coming Saturday" you shyly added with a grin

You squealed as you look at Eddie with excitement, he took his glasses off

"That's very metal, dear" he makes a rock n roll sign as the kid does the same time, both shared laughs

You watched the kid happily as she runs over to her parents with the album in hand as they become starstrucked when they saw both of you, waving at their daughter

You sigh in content "Isn't that just awesome?!?" You slam your hands on the table feeling giddy

Eddie throws his head back in laughter as his mind replays the endearing interaction earlier

"My manager is going to kill me after this"

"Oh, yeah right- you weren't supposed to reveal your latest album yet"

"I doubt it she'll not spread it to everyone"

"I'll drink to that"

Turns out, both of your guts we're right, the young girl didn't leaked the whole ass album for the whole world to hear

The tour was going fantastic, the crowd roars, screams, cheers everyone is going nuts once the band came out the stage

The after-party is your favorite part when the set is done, it's just you, Eddie, Jeff and Gareth hanging out

It's like old times, the difference is that all of you are a part of public figures now

But, no, never once or anyone of you let that get into your head, you don't want to believe or let yourself be aware of that "I'm a celebrity and you're nothing" type of shit, all of you remained humble since day one

No wonder why people adored you so much

Jeff finished his degree last year, now he's got himself a babe beside him, Gareth only have 2 years left at his college

He is so sick of it already, but he won't stop until he finally graduated

"Now, I get it why- Eddie feels so fucking drained after college" Gareth groans as he sats down next to you

"But my tutoring while on the tour bus helped, right?" You gave him an sympathetic smile

He smiles tiredly "Yeah, I'm just so exhausted but I'm almost there"

"That's the spirit!"

"Man, I don't know how you do it, are you getting enough sleep?" Jeff chimes in as he drinks his beer as he awaits for his friend to answer

"I don't even remember when's the last time I got a good night's sleep"

"Your time has run out" a voice rudely interrupted your conversation

You, Jeff, Gareth turn around at the girl who is standing closer to you

Jeff and Gareth shared confusion looks to each other

"Excuse me?" You say as look at her directly

"I said he's done with you"

"Who?"

"Eddie"

Jeff makes a face and Gareth is unamused, offended by it

You tried your best to be polite as you wave your hand in front of her dismissively, maybe it's just some girl who mistakenly thought you're someone that she knew

"He doesn't love you anymore"

Who is this person? You think to yourself

You laugh incredulously as you lean forward, Jeff and Gareth looked at you and thinks why you're aren't doing anything to be mean just for once

They're watching the nicest argument ever

"You have to let him go" she says as she crossed both of her arms

"Why would I do that?"

"So, I can take him"

You, Jeff and Gareth looked at each other with knowing looks as you tried to keep your composure stable

The bartender is clearly knows what the fuck is going on and couldn't help but to bite back a laughter as well

"Ooh- okay, hot shot- gimme a sec" you say with a mockery on your voice as you bit your lip to stop bursting to any second

You kick Jeff and elbowed Gareth to stop them from snickering

"Hey, Francis" you paid for the tabs, you treat the guys for the drink tonight

"You didn't have to-"

"I insist, you always gave me fine drinks and you never let me pay? Come on- take it"

The older man smiles and sighs and muttered a small thank you

All of you go down to your rotating circle chairs, but before you left her, you twirl around with a teasing smile

She became annoyed at you, you didn't even know what the hell she's annoyed at you for

"Sorry to burst your bubble, you can't do that"

"What makes you think that I can't?" She snaps and it makes you amused

Jeff and Gareth make a teasing "Oooh's" as you flipped the guys off behind your back

"Because-" you looked at her from top to bottom

She really wasted her beauty for pulling a stunt like this?

"You aren't there yet"

You know, she ain't gonna understand that phrase because she's young, you didn't even bother to explain what it means so you turn heel and left her at it

You wiggle your fingers at her as you wave goodbye and she watches the three you finally booming the streets with the loud cackles

At the backstage, 10 mins left before the show starts

"Eddie! Stand still!" You say as you fix his outfit

"I've been performing for years and I still get nervous" he says with a unsure smile

"That's totally normal, Eddie, once you get out of there and feel all of the people energy and literally once you start singing? You'd be great like you always do" you say as you finish doing touch ups to his look

He didn't replied, he instead hugged you

"Oh" you got startled at his sudden action but you melt with it

"Thank you, sweetheart"

"Anytime, Ed's"

A frequent knock is going on the door, almost breaking it, he swung it open- he got cutt off by someone

"Alright, alright! I'll be there-"

"Where have you been?!? I've looked for you everywhere!"

"What-"

"Didn't you missed me?!?"

You lean onto your side of the doorframe with arms crossed as Eddie looked at you for help almost like he's saying "Do you have any idea who is this person?!?"

The young lady who you encountered last night meet your eyes, you swore you saw the fire ignited once you came into the frame

"What is she doing here?!?"

Eddie is so perplexed as he continues to look at the random girl and you just smirk to yourself

She reached for Eddie's hand as he became so stunned at her action and you raised both of your eyebrows at her boldness

The audacity of this person is wild

"Honey? Care to explain, please?" Eddie is obviously trying to let go of the grip that she's holding onto him

"Oh, I just met her last night and how rude of me not knowing your name- if you even had one" you sarcastically speak up, it's very comedic to watch her face crumpled up to your smugness

"It's Delancy"

"Yeah, right- Delancy!" You act like it was the most interesting information ever

Eddie is watching you with a wolfish grin, he finally understood it

"I'm here to support my boyfriend" she lOviNgLy looks up at Eddie, the situation doesn't even get worse from there as he looks at you through his bangs as he purses his lips together

"Sweetie, before you can get to him, I'll have to move over and I'm gonna stand right here"

"You can't!"

"It will be over my dead body"

Eddie finally got away from the hold as he looks at her with fake sympathetic smile with a pout as he throws both of his hands in defense

You glanced at the corner and saw the security guards probably looking for her

You lean closer as you say "So, get out while you can" you nudge your chin towards the guards and she panic as she runs away

"Oh my fucking god" Jeff jogs as he tries to catch up his breath

"Give me a minute" Gareth holds up a finger as he pants

"So, she's the girl that you little shitheads talking about, huh?"

Both of the young men nod as they chuckled slightly

"Can't believe she got herself inside" you scoff as you shake your head

"Hmm, maybe there's a way to end this ridiculousness" Eddie smirks as all of you looked at him in confusion

The show is exhilaratingly amazing, Eddie called out for you, is this his plan?

You shyly get up on the stage as the crowd cheers for your name

Once you walked closer to Eddie he pulled you in for a kiss

You're surprised but managed to recover as you wrap your arms around him as you kiss him back

Jeff whistles as Gareth clapped aggressively

The whole crowd screamed harder as Eddie pulled you closer more to him as if that were possible, you became flustered as you break the kiss from running out of breath but Eddie?!? Kept stealing kisses as you giggled

"My beautiful wife everybody!" Eddie announces in the microphone not caring if your lipstick is all over his face

"Thank you guys for the insane night! We love you! We appreciate all of your support! Take care and we'll see you soon! Keep on rockin'!" Eddie left with that as Jeff and Gareth came onto your side as they join you for a bow before all of you waved goodbye and exit the stage

The interview is happening in the morning after the last night's show

"Have you heard about the rumor? There's basically a young girl claiming your husband, Eddie, to be as her boyfriend? What is your comment about this?"

Gareth chimes in with a smirk on his face as he leans over to steal a moment in the camera "No comment" he says as Eddie, Jeff snickered as you chuckled as well

"Yeah, I did, I even interacted with her- she seems....interesting"

"Interesting for a therapy" Jeff adds as the three man crack up to his joke

"She even said that Eddie looked at her at the concert last evening" the interviewer spoke up as you can watch Eddie genuinely reacted to this

"Oh my god" Eddie rubs his face as he hides his face buried on his palms as he tries not to laugh

"Well, a man looks at things sometimes that he doesn't need, I think she's referring to what happened at the backstage-"

"I took a second look-" Eddie narrows his eyes at you

"But he's in love with me" you point to yourself ignoring your cheeks blush

"Exactly" Eddie grins as you held his hand

"She even said that the kiss that happened was a fake"

"I don't know where that leaves her" you shrug at the interviewer

"You know where you stand"

You chortled at the interviewer's remark, knowing that this will even more pissed her off

"Precisely, I know where I stand" you agree as you nod

"And there you have it, folks, The Corroded Coffin, it's such a delight to finally to get to talk to you all and the man of the hour, Eddie Munson with his wife, Jeff and Gareth the icons behind the band, Thank you for tuning in!" The interviewer wraps it all up

"Please, do invite your fans to come on over to your tours"

"it's our pleasure, to share our music around the world and all we wanna do is just inspire people" Eddie smiles at the camera while he always pulled you into his side, you love that he never fails to show you off

As the airing ends, Eddie whispers to your ear

"Let's make her even more furious" Eddie bites his lips as he could think for a conniving idea

You snorted at him with a playful smile

"Telling to everyone that you're having a baby" he winks

"Eddie!" You push him playfully on the chest but he laughs as he carries you and spins around at the studio

But he ain't wrong with that, you'll even consider it later ;))

[intimidating-fettuccine]

I can request a poly LJ and Jason scenario with the reader, where the three of them are on a date in the city, when suddenly they are recognized by some fans and have to find a way to escape?

I apologize I know you asked for a scenario, but I have just not been in a writing headspace so I went with HCs. I apologize for that, but I hope you enjoy regardless. I tried to make it a bit longer to compensate.

It's honestly quite rare for the three of you to get to go on a date together these days. You're all always so busy with your own things that by the time your schedules finally line up you're all too tired to truly go out, so occurrences like this are treasured between the three of you. These times, however, are not necessarily respected by the people around you. Being the people that you are, working for the boss that you do, the three of you are varying levels of well-known in the Underworld, with Jason sitting at the top. The man can barely leave the mansion at all without being spotted, so when the three of you were just trying to enjoy a nice dinner at a mutually loved restaurant, it shouldn't have been a surprise when the whispers started spreading and everyone's eyes fell on you.

The three of you know that crowding the table is the next step (luckily you'd already paid, thanks to Jason's impatience for waiting for things), and Jason apologizes before they're even out of their seats and walking over. Some nights the three of you can just say hello, take some photos, and go back to your evening, and that's what you're hoping will happen. Jason stands as they start crowding over, blocking you and Jack with his body as Jack protectively holds you, and tries to sway the crowd away from you all. However, it's a group of fans that seem a bit too keen on being close to Jason, and those nights are the most annoying. Jason glances back at you in genuine concern and indecisiveness. He wants nothing more than to get you and Jack out of this situation, but he also doesn't want to crumble the reputation he's worked so hard to build. In the end, he'll always choose you. 

A familiar plan, Jason knocks subtly three times on the table and moves closer to the crowd, allowing you and Jack to slip out of the restaurant as he distracts them. As Jack practically carries you out the door, apologizing and snuggling into you as he tries to get you far away from any crowds, Jason does his best to get away from the crowd himself. When they protest, trying to follow them, he assures them that should they take even a single step towards him, they'll find their skin melding into porcelain, and that there is a time and place for meeting with someone such as himself. The crowd is upset but too scared to challenge the power emanating off of him, so Jason makes his own escape, following the two of you and tracking you down (as it's quite easy to spot and follow a giant seven-foot-tall clown dressed in extremely eccentric clothing and running comically towards a park with you bouncing in his arms). You and Jack are hiding beneath a large tree by the time Jason catches up to you, and the minute he's there the three of you are in a tight, warm embrace. 

It's one of the few times Jason allows himself to be emotional in public as he apologizes to you, a few tears slipping from his eyes, saying he's so sorry that this always happens and that he wishes it didn't have to. You and Jack are both quick to apologize, but with you two being far more frazzled than him, Jack comforts both of you, giving you both kisses and comforting head pats as everyone tries to calm down. Away from the crowd, you all feel yourselves relaxing, and Jason clings to both you and Jack with all of his might. As you and Jack both comfort him with affection, it's Jack who breaks the silence to suggest some dessert after all of that to wash down the excitement, and as you and Jason make eye contact and laugh, the three of you make your way to a spot the three of you love, a nice little dessert store run by a friend of Jason's, where you know you're guaranteed that any crowding will be stopped by the owner. As you settle into your seats, various desserts in hand, it's now that you find humor in the situation, giggling over the experience as you eat to your heart's (and Jason's wallet's) content.

[yankstrash]

expanding on these relationship dynamics :)

-`♡´- athlete bf x artist gf

it's simple, will is an athlete and rylie is an artist. will's gonna be a professional hockey player in a couple years and rylie is studying to be an artist and/or art teacher

-`♡´- bf with a big group of friends x gf with a smaller inner circle

will is always hanging out with his hockey teammates, and there are a lot of them. on top of his own teammates he also hangs out with a lot of other athletes and just people he's met on campus. rylie prefers to hang out with smaller groups of people and they mainly include her fellow art friends and people she's met in classes or at a coffee shop. she prefers a smaller, tight knit group over a large group of people. it definitely takes her some getting used to with wills teammates

-`♡´- short gf x tall bf who loves to rest his chin on her head during hugs

will is 6'0, rylie is 5'1 so there is a bit of a height difference between them but will LOVES it. his favorite way to hug her is wrapping his arms around her shoulders and holding her tightly against his chest while he places his chin atop her head. he'll remove his chin to kiss her head ever now and then before putting his chin back

-`♡´- "you're annoying" gf x "but you love me" bf

although rylie tolerates will much better now that they're together, there are still times where he can get on her nerves and she is not shy in telling him when he does. she'll tell him he annoys her and he'll just smirk and say, "i know baby, but you love me anyways". and she just grunts because she can't even deny it

-`♡´- "i'm smart" bf x "i'm smarter" gf

will quite literally proved rylie wrong when he fully pulled his weight on their project and also showed her he isn't a stupid jock, but she can't help but note how she's still smarter than him nonetheless. sometimes she just loves to one up him, it's kinda her thing

-`♡´- likes going out bf x prefers staying in gf

will likes to party and have fun, there's no surprise there. rylie however has never been a party girl and probably never will be. she'd much rather spend her saturday night cuddled up under a blanket with a hot tea and her drawing pad on her lap. now that she's dating will, they compromise on this. she goes out with him and his friends one night, and he stays in with her the other night. she isn't a fan of going out, but she does it for will. plus she likes to keep an eye on him because she is more than sure that there are plenty of girls making oogly eyes at him (she trusts him, but not other girls)

-`♡´- sweatpants bf x jeans gf

will wears sweats nearly everyday and rylie wears jeans nearly everyday

-`♡´- bf who plays a sport x gf whose never watched sports

rylie is dating a division 1, soon to be professional hockey player yet she has never watched sports. well she's watched sports but has never cared or paid any attention to them, so she has no idea what's going on the first couple of times she goes to wills hockey games. and when she's hanging out with him and his friends and they're watching football? forget about it. girlie is LOST

-`♡´- physical touch bf x gift giving gf

wills love language is physical touch. he loves to hug and kiss rylie, he loves to hold her hand, he doesn't mind pda, he loves stroking her hair. any kind of physical touch he adores, especially with her. rylies love language is gift giving, especially handmade gifts. since she's an artist she is always making will the cutest gifts whether it be a drawing, a painting, something out of clay, something she crocheted, literally anything. she spoils him with handmade gifts and he loves every single one of them

-`♡´- big but soft bf x small but mighty gf

will might be a tall athlete who puts on a tough facade but he's really just a big softie who's a total sweetheart. he's such a nice guy who wouldn't hurt a fly (that unintentionally rhymed..). rylie on the other hand is a smaller gal but she doesn't let herself get pushed around by anyone and she hates being told what to do. also, sass her and she'll give it right back (talking to you, william.)

-`♡´- outgoing bf x keeps to herself a bit gf

will is very outgoing and an extrovert. i wouldn't necessarily call rylie shy, she just prefers to keep to herself more and has a more introverted personality

-`♡´- artistic gf x "i know nothing about that but for you i'll learn" bf

as a way to try to impress rylie, will started studying up on art. he really liked her and wanted to show her that. now that they're dating, he continues to learn and try to fit into her world. he watches her draw and paint and is always wanting to take her to art museums and let her teach him about the art

-`♡´- night owl bf x early bird gf

will goes to bed late and rylie is an early riser. their sleep schedules are not aligned when they first started dating and it took some getting used to. will would send her a text at 10 pm and wouldn't get a reply until the next morning when she would say, "sorry, was sleeping." he likes to poke fun at her for it, but she is always bright and well rested in the mornings

-`♡´- "i want to paint the sunset" gf x "i'll drive you to it" bf

miss rylie is a sucker for a pretty sunset and will loves watching her paint and is her personal driver so anytime she says she wants to watch sunset and/or paint it he always offers to drive. even if she's just painting and he's just watching her do it, he will always offer to drive her. she loves the sunrise too but between wills night owl habits and his early morning practices/workouts, that doesn't always work in her favor

-`♡´- iced drinks bf x hot drinks gf

will prefers iced drinks and rylie prefers hot drinks. will will order an iced coffee whereas rylie prefers hot coffee or tea

-`♡´- overthinker gf x thinks everything she does is cute bf

rylie tends to overthink every little thing and will thinks she's so cute when she gets in her little head and makes her little frustrated face where her eyebrows scrunch and she bites her lip. she's just always so cute to him. he thinks some of the things she overthinks are cute also. "did i paint this the right color? or was it supposed to be yellow.... uhhh.. ummmm.... d- why are you smiling?" she asks will who just shrugs and sayd, "you're just adorable, that's all"

-`♡´- "i don't like you" gf x "oh but you will love me" bf

will can't even count the amount of times rylie told him she didn't like him before they started dating, but he would always just smirk and say, "oh but you will love me, some day". rylie denied it, but look what happened.. although she still sometimes will tell him she doesn't like him just to tease him, and he's like, "yeah yeah, get over here and kiss me"

-`♡´- "i need help" gf x "i'm on my way" bf

no matter what time of day or what the circumstance is, will is always there for his girlfriend. if she needs him, he is there. he will always take care of her and make sure she's okay. if she ever texts or calls him that she needs help or anything, he is on his feet and on his way to her in a second

[stackslip]

so where's asa in the chainsaw man wrestling au?

well she started as a fan who was never happy about anything and went to every match and ppv while bitching online and being a sharp critic who was never happy and calls everyone out of shape and says they're pushed underservedly

she has a blog where she writes most of her itemized criticism and ranks matches and everyone agrees she has shitty taste and her fictional booking fucking sucks and she gets into arguments in the comments of her blog

she also laments that kayfabe is broken and wishes wrestlers were still larping 24/7 but they aren't, so she considers them all posers.

until someone says "if you're so unhappy why don't you train to be a wrestler herself" and she says FINE

and gets rejected by ten consecutive trainers (three of which hateread her blog, one of whom was quanxi who just looked her up and down and huffed "no chance, sweetheart")

and then out of nowhere she gets offered to be trained at the main wrestling promotion run by makima. gets a letter with a full paid ride and all. she brags about it EXTENSIVELY on her blog

she is deeply unpopular at the training center and is not athletic at all and refuses all aid

but she is stubborn as fucking hell and puts herself through a strict regiment for like three weeks before considering she sucks, she's awful, she should drop out and crawl and die somewhere, delete her blog and change her name

but she gets encouragement...... from a mysterious middle manager (asa thinks it's a middle manager, she hasn't even bothered to look up who owns the promotion and they tend to stay out of spotlight anyway) who keeps leaving nice comments on her blog and giving her advice that doesn't sound like advice and thus lets asa's pride assimilate it without feeling like she's indebted to someone and a burden or anything. she gets a bit better. not great in the ring but ok. solid even. she'll be a jobber but you know. it's ok

her first televised match she gets booked like shit but wants to die, until mysterious redhead tells her she did very good and the praise kink part of asa's brain activates so so hard for this woman.

it double activates when the stupid loser she's been bitching about how overrated his indie career has been for years (denji) gives her a thumbs up and said it was a great debut and she accidentally falls in love and immediately reconfigures her brain to consider him the best wrestler who ever lived bc he was nice to her from a distance one time

asa at first gets very tepid reception. then she starts getting go-away heat every time she steps inside an arena. redhead middle manager tells her she has a bright future as a heel and asa 200% believes it

her promo skills are absolutely atrocious. she monologues tonelessly without moving or taking the crowd into account about latest comments on her blog and thinks it's working bc the crowd is working itself into an apoplectic rage as her time goes on and she starts eating into others' matches. she has to be pried off the ring and then goes apeshit at anybody touching her during these times

online is divided. they cannot tell if she really is that bad but a small and growing faction is beginning to argue that she is really a wrestling storytelling genius and has always been a wrestler who has been doing a slowburn storyline for five years now and using the blog as a way to build heat and the two camps fight each other viciously

asa thinks she should be the main event of the ppv and then the next day is drafting her resignation letter and planning on throwing herself off a bridge. only to get a single element of praise and again believing she is the next wrestling god. and then a tiny bit gets to her and she is once again about to walk off into the wilderness never to be seen again.

her online fanclub is so divided and has started making conspiracy theories tying her to indie star chainsaw man who's now supposedly wrestling in this main promo but nobody believes it's actually denji bc denji's a loser and chainsaw man ruled too hard. they're like gaylors but it's about asa playing 5d chess at being the world's greatest wrestler. they're a small fanclub but have doxxed people before and are VERY vocal. there are multiple youtube deep dives on them and on her that call her mid. asa does not know they exist bc if she did she'd resign and die that day.

[lis4ux]

can we get a sneak peek at ch 4 😁

Oh well since you asked so nicely 🥰

They walk out the front, the day complete. They're still talking, but Kiara's eyes are still scanning for the big 1970s VW Van that John B was so found of. He promised to pick her up since her car died for some reason.

While she's searching, Cal is going on about a trip he took to Florida and the clean ups they did. She's listening to him as she scans the parking lot, but then everything goes silent when her eyes land on a brooding blond in a fitted white T-shirt and dark blue jeans, leaning against his motorcycle. The douche is even wearing sun glasses.

She sighs, audibly, and Cal catches that her attention isn't on what he's saying. He follows her line of sight, landing on a guy parking in the parking lot.

"You good?" Cal asks.

"Yeah, um," Kiara blanks, hand coming to her head like she's in pain for the fact that she's going to have to deal with JJ fucking Maybank at her place of work. "Sorry, I gotta go," she half explains.

Cal nods, glancing over her shoulder at the blonde man looking very intently at them. "Alright, I'll ah, I'll see you later?"

"Definitely," she agrees.

Once Cal has made his way back into the building, Kiara turns on her heel to face JJ.

"Wow, Princess," JJ says as she approaches him. "Who's the guy?"

Kiara's face scrunches up. "What?"she asks, somewhat confused before shaking her head because, "It doesn't matter. What are you doing here?"

"He looks like a manager at Target," JJ comments.

Kiara scoffs a chuckle. "Whatever, what are you doing here?" she repeats. "Where is John B?"

JJ smiles. "Got caught up."

JJ paid him off actually. Took a bit of convincing, too. John B isn't a fan of getting in the middle of World War three, and always declined any opportunity to assist JJ with his plan. So much so, that Jj had to be pretty fucking honest about why he wanted to be the one to pick Kiara up today.

"I'm sure," she says skeptically.

"We need to talk," he tells her.

Kiara furrows her brows. "I don't want to talk to you," she informs him.

JJ clicks his tongue against his teeth, pushing off his bike and taking a few steps towards her. "Well, that ain't an option, Princess."

[dragon-snoots-a-boopin]

I am not 100% if I have done this before so I am going to call this my updated Destiny 2 vs Warframe post. However, before I get into thing, please note that EVERYTHING I SAY IS BASED ON MY OWN EXPERIENCES IN BOTH GAMES and that my experiences may differ from yours and if you can't accept that then just stop reading now and go somewhere else. Now I shall get into my thoughts and opinions on both of these games.

I am going to start with Destiny 2 here and the things that I like about it because, contrary to what one may think, there are things about Destiny 2 that I do like. While doing that I will also make comparisons to those same things in Warframe too.

If there is one thing I can definitely give Bungie credit for is just how good everything looks in Destiny 2. The environments, characters, weapons etc all look really, really good. They definitely have some extremely talented artists over at Bungie and it really shows. Of course, Warframe is also a very good looking game too and is also one reason why I like Warframe but, I think Destiny 2 has a little more going for it in the looks department.

Another thing, and this is something I really enjoy from Destiny, another thing that I really love is the music in Destiny 2. I can sit and listen to all of the soundtracks for Destiny 2 anytime and all day long too. Hell, sometimes I listen to Destiny 2 music when I am playing Warframe. But, on the same note, I recently listened to and downloaded the Warframe soundtracks and they're very good also! Sure, I'm not a fan of the lyrical tracks on the second soundtrack but the rest it and all of the first one are really nice to listen to anytime.

Yes, that is pretty much where things that I like about Destiny 2 ends so, let's get into what I don't like.

First up to bat here is that calling Destiny 2 a free to play game is an utter joke. What can one do as a free to play player in Destiny 2 anyway? Well, there is no base game campaign anymore which was the major reason I even tried Destiny 2 in the first place. You get a tutorial mission in place of that and the first mission of each expansion and that's really all the story content you get. You have a limited number of strikes, I think only three or four of them. You have Gambit which, honestly, I have no idea what this mode is as I've never done it. You have Crucible which is PVP which I imagine is a small amount of maps for F2P players. There's the Dares Of Eternity activity from the 30th Anniversary and then there are two raids and one dungeon. Yeah, as a F2P game, Destiny 2 lacks so much. Once you do these things beyond the first time, you'll see just how boring this game really is. Comparatively, Warframe absolutely EXCELS at being a F2P game, especially with the vast amount of content at ones disposal. You have like seven to eight planets to do all the nodes on, you have Duviri which also has The Circuit and Steel Path, you have the stuff associated with Railjack missions and so on! Best thing too is that a good amount Warframes and weapons can just be obtained from farming assassination missions and don't have to be bought from a store. Warframe has a terrific F2P structure that definitely sets it far above Destiny 2.

Of course, if you don't want to be a F2P player and don't want to sit in an empty well of content, you could always fork over somewhere between $160 and $200 to get all the DLC for the game. Oh yeah, you could also spend additional money on the season pass and in game shop too. What? You don't want to fork over more money for a game that you already paid money for? Yeah, no one wants to do that. This is the area where Warframe excels because it has an actual, sound F2P structure. Now, I've heard some people say that one doesn't have to spend a dime on Warframe and I am sorry, but that isn't true. The difference with Warframe is that one doesn't have to spend much on the game. To me, Warframe having a limited number of inventory slots is a major thing. Initially when starting the game, you have a whopping two Warframe slots and if you get more Warframes, it'll cost you 20 platinum per slot and platinum is something that has to be bought with real money. I myself have spent around $7 on platinum because of this, because I have 11 Warframes with a 12th on the way soon. I find it to be a little but looser when it comes to inventory slots for primary, secondary and melee weapons. But here's the thing, you can EARN more inventory slots by doing the Nightweave dailies so if you want to get more slots slowly, that's the way to do it. Also, yes, of course, like Destiny 2, Warframe has a store where you can buy stuff with you platinum. But, ultimately, Warframe is such a better F2P game that Destiny 2 will ever be. Clarification: It has been brought to my attention that it is actually possible to not spend a dime on Warframe, even on inventory slots for Warframes and weapons. This is possible because one is able to trade their leftover Prime parts for platinum. I myself have been showed this by a friend and I myself find it to be complicated. I just plainly forgot about this method until it was brought to my attention and I thank those who did for reminding me about this.

The next thing is that you basically can't play this game single player. Not only because the matchmaking system will match you with random players regardless of if you want to or not, but also because I found that a lot of things that are NOT those opening story missions for each DLC is just way too hard for a single player to handle. I find that Warframe is only a little bit better in this regard. Early on when doing planet nodes, you can do them my yourself no problem. I found though that once you hit Saturn, Uranus & Neptune, that pretty much goes out the window. But, those early planets are also not completely possible to do single player because the boss fights will require other players, otherwise they're way too difficult.

Kind of coinciding with missions is that I really with they would do away with parts of the mission where they don't allow one to respawn. I mean, even in a group this can be trouble and I don't think it's fair to the players to have be worry about dying and having to restart an entire leg of a mission over again. I am so, so glad that Warframe doesn't do this. However, Warframe only lets one respawn four times but, after that, you can rely upon other player reviving you. But, if you're doing something alone and go through your four respawns, then your fucked. But, Warframe definitely does this better in my opinion.

Events are kind of boring. At the time of making this, it is their Halloween event, The Festival Of The Lost, and the event is kind of boring. The event playlist consists of killing an amount of Headless Ones in an amount of time and then doing a boss. There are like three maps for this playlist and the boss that spawns at the end is always the same too. Yeah, I do it for getting gear and weapons and because I don't have much else to do but yeah, playing the same mode on the same three maps over and over is boring. I've honestly not taken part in any of the events in Warframe so I have no idea how they compare.

The lack of unique weapons is a small thing that bothers me. You could get a super awesome legendary weapon and yeah, it looks like 20 previous weapons that you have already used and the only reason it's even special is because of damage numbers or whatever. You have all these talented artists, surely you can make more cool looking weapons for this game. Warframe definitely excels here as they have completely different and unique weapons that looks very different from each other.

Now, I am going to make this a Part 1 post and am going to do the same thing as I've done here for Warframe in another post.

[padfootagain]

I understand we all can lose inspiration for a while, but if you're saying you write and feel inspired only if Ben has "big and important projects", I'm sorry but I don't think you're much of his fan as you want to be. Literally it feels like you're wrapping up "Something good" just so you can continue with Hozier and you're making it feel rush. Would you "lose inspiration " an stop writing about Hozier when he stop with his music too?

Hello, anon!

Considering I've been an active fan of Ben's since Narnia, and have been writing dozens of fanfictions over the past 9 years for him and the characters he's played, I do believe that I am a fan, indeed.

Now, besides the fact that there is no such thing as 'better fans', what I meant was that there is more things to draw inspiration from when a person is active to write about them, simply because you can draw from what they're doing to invent new situations (and considering the number of fanfics I've written about Ben over the years, it's nice to play with new cast members, or new information he gives us in interviews).

Also, I'm not wrapping up SG to hurry back to Hozier, as you seem to believe, the final chapters were ready before I started working on OAA, but I wanted to post on Hozier at that moment and post the whole fic, which is why I delayed posting SG. I also delayed because, as opposed to what you're insinuating, this fic has been with me for a very long time and I feel very emotional at the idea of parting with it for good. I am not rushing the final chapters, I simply had to close Ben's arch, and it's literally the only thing I have left to do in this fic. The couple is happy together, Sally has accepted Ben, Liam is coming around, we only had Julia left to deal with, which is what I've done in the previous chapters. I have one last chapter to post to wrap up the theatre project, and all the elements will be completed. Besides, I don't reckon that I'm rushing through a story that is over 95k-words and 28-chapters long.

Now, about Hozier, I've just begun writing for him, so for now I have many ideas and AUs I want to play with, which is why I am very active in my writing for him atm. Of course, once I've written all of my ideas down, I will probably take a break and wait for a new idea to come around. Whether he releases new music or not is not important, the problem is to get new ideas and feel inspired to write something new, and it's harder to do that for someone you've written about as much as I've written about Ben. For now, I'm more inspired about Hozier, and will thus write mostly for him for a while. Especially considering that this is a hobby I am not paid for and that will give me little back but the joy I get with creating a story I enjoy.

If you don't like the way I write or who I write for, feel free to unfollow/block me, your remarks will certainly not be missed.

Have a good day!

[makingspiritualityreal]

Firstly, I love your posts soo much!!

Maybe it is the effect of pluto and sun transiting the Aquarius!! that I have an idea..just hear me out.

I wish there were some free open astrology forums that helped people by telling them one positive life event that individual can look forward to based on their charts.

In fact, it would be so nice if the predictive astrology could start offering predictions about more positive events to look forward to such that it becomes slightly easy to bear with what's happening at the present.

Just saying...

💛

Are Predictions Important in Astrology?

I appreciate your message, and it is an excellent time to talk about my perspective on the subject.

I am not a fan of predictive Astrology. I say this as a person who completely understands how it is to feel such despair that you feel like you can't go on another second without having the assurance that your life will get better soon. That's also why people turn to more abstract means of divination, such as tarot.

However, these tools should be used to understand the flow of your life and what your current growth path is about. They're not a take out menu that you pick from. Insistence on predictions has caused many astrologers to be treated very instrumentally. Some people think a psychic is someone who's supposed to just deliver the version of the future that the client is going to like to hear. "you will get married in a year and it will be a June wedding" yeah right lol.

I know many good astrologers. I have yet to see even the best ones I know make a single accurate prediction. When events such as death, loss or illnesses in my family were happening, it was always a surprise. We're not supposed to know such things. Fun fact, my psychic abilities were tingling, up to a year ahead even, but I always ignored them in key moments.

I will explain it to you through an example. My mother died prematurely when I was barely out of high school. She was a single mother, and her death put me on the outs with the rest of my family, that showed their true colours in a difficult situation. It was a shock to everyone because she was very physically healthy and fit, and way too young to die and yet it happened.

A year before her death, she left me alone for the summer in the condo where I grew up with her. I was working in my hometown at that time, in between college semesters, and she found an extra paid summer job with some of our family members that live abroad. It was the first time in my life, that I was without her for that long, and to be frank, I loved the independence, like any very young person does when you let them "off the leash". I remember very clearly the day she left. We used to have family pictures taped to a glass door on a living room cabinet. My grandfather was an avid photographer and we always had plenty of photos with him around. One of the pictures was a close up of my eyes. Because the glass cabinet was positioned close to the living room window, the sun was always streaming in on it. That can cause discoloration in printed photos. On that day, the picture of my eyes had the sun leave long marks on it in such a way, that they looked like tears.

I believe this to be the strongest psychic experience I've ever had, even though I still had years of spiritual learning ahead of me at that point. Because upon seeing that picture, I knew my mom was going to die, and that it was going to cause grief in my life, even though it took over a year for that prediction to come true. I never told anyone about it, and never took that feeling seriously.

Why? Because it was so unbelievable. Because logic was against it. Because I had my own personal feelings and egoic consciousness, that had completely different feelings and desires about my life circumstances. And because it wasn't yet the time of my life when I was mature enough to treat my spiritual journey seriously.

And that is how it was meant to be at the time. Looking back on it now, I remember the feeling of prediction more as a moment of awareness. It was like seeing an inevitable chain of events unfold. Something in my consciousness was smart enough to be able to see so far ahead. Spiritually, I believe it was a warning from my spirit guides, and in a way a friendly one. "Get used to being alone and handling life alone for more than one summer vacation because it's soon gonna become your reality". But I couldn't take it seriously, because my mom and I were fighting a lot at that time, so missing her was not what I had in mind at all. I craved independence, and that feeling was my reality, which I took more seriously than some abstract premonition. In a way, knowing didn't really help me at all in the moment.

And that situation shows perfectly what the problem is with predictions. Human beings are limited by their egos and their flaws and their lack of perspective. That makes them reject whatever doesn't currently fit into their narrative. People don't want a real prediction. They want to hear they're going to get the cookie they're craving. Then they want it over and over and over again.

I understand my journey now, so many years after all these events. But it took so much growing up, that no prediction would ever fix.

There is always something to look forward to in life. Don't try to control it, and let it come to you. When the Universe wants to put you through a certain experience, it will, and there is nothing you can do about it.

[topconfessions]

Am I the only one who feels TOP/Choi Seunghyun isn't as nice as everyone makes him out to be?

He's a 37 year old grown MAN who made his own life choices. He consciously decided to use substances illegal in his country. It doesn't matter if I personally think weed isn't a bit deal in my country, but his country obviously sees it another way and he chose to do something illegal and he paid the price. No one forced him to do it.

In fact, I think he's very lucky all he got was probation and community service, and not actual jail time for years. Do I agree that the media should have criticised him that severely even all these years later? No. But ultimately he's a grown man.

As for his suicide attempt, listen, my brother took his own life, so I know exactly what that does to a family. But the fact of the matter is TOP had the money and resources to get help. That man was AND still is loved by millions of fans around the world. But he couldn't handle what some media outlets were saying? Ignore them! I'm not trying to come off as a bitch and say that mental health doesn't matter, even if you're rich and famous. It does matter. It drives me crazy that someone who has so much love would completely check out over a decision HE made.

I also will fully say I dont agree that they made him go before the press to apologise but Korea is a different culture and that's just how they are.

That man has barely done anything in years besides that stupid space thing... which let me be so real, so glad it got canceled it was a horrible idea!!

And Correct me if I'm wrong he and his former band mates have one another blocked would someone who was once so good do that? He barely interacts with fans anymore, he doesn't care for his old band, barely cares for music anymore, but everyone is like "oh he's soooo sweet he's so good so nice" yall don't know him?

There's a reason he's always single. There's a reason that one ex said what said said about him as a boyfriend/lover. There's a reason he got in trouble. There's a reason he doesn't speak with his former bandmates and the common denominator is him.

Not to mention his public alcoholism issues that were so public in the past. I remember that one video where bigbang ALL wrote him letters and they ALL mentioned he needs to stop drinking so much and "passing out" from drinking so much!

That doesn't sound like the "sweet guy who cries so easily" that everyone says type to me

GIRL! You spoke facts but now you in trouble cause they're gonna get you for this.

[luviddreqms]

Can you tell us more on inverted dreamswap characters personality traits

HELL YEAH

Cw: Mentions of drug abuse, alcoholism, and other stuff that may not sit well with you

Revion (Dream's invert) : He's that one guy that people tell you to avoid interacting with as much as possible. Revion wants to watch all of humanity burn and make life as uncomfortable as possible for what he sees as mistakes of creation. He flirts with people to objectify them and give people motives to become criminals. If he doesn't do these things to you, congrats, he likes you. This is partially Bex (Ani's invert)'s fault, Bex killed whatever sympathy Revion had left in him. Even if he looks dumb he is emotionally intelligent. It's how he knows what gets people to tick and why he likes people who don't fit into social norms personality wise. (Also, he's a big drug addict and a alcoholic)

Bliss (NM's invert): The smallest things set him off, and he thinks everyone is against him even when they're not, which is why he has no friends. He has roommates, but just because you live together doesn't mean you have to like each other. The way he dresses tells you a lot about how he thinks about himself, too. He also has a pet fox, Lenny (Kevin's invert), that he neglects, so the other two have to take care of her instead. Lenny is literally the sweetest angel (literally) that you couldn't believe came from the same household as Bliss. Bliss is pretty smart logically, though.

Jioo (Ink's invert): The sweetest person ever, very popular with people, many friends, but his kindness often leads to him being a people pleaser, which leads him ultimately into situations he never wanted to be in. He's the yes men of yes men. It takes a long time before he eventually reaches his limit.

Hallow (Cross's invert): Despite his cold exterior, everything about him stems from his insecurities. From the way he dresses to how he acts, it's to make sure he's as textbook definition normal as possible so that he doesn't leave any kind of impression to people that he's weird. He approaches things logically, and even if he's blunt, the things he says are technically fact. He's still human, and he still has interests. They're just hidden deep deep down.

Robyn (Finch's invert): He's loud, reckless, and more open. He has way too much energy than the average person and sometimes just says things without thinking. An act before you think kind of guy.

Patch (Error's invert): Remember fanon Error? The "UwU-boy" Error? That's how he acts. Now, also add a victim complex in there, and you have Patch.

I just wanna explain the surface level definition of a victim complex before we move on; it's when a person feels they are constantly victim. People who suffer from this can start blaming others for their problems, take things personally, feel unseen, and isolate themselves socially. Another thing: just identifying with some of these surface level symptoms doesn't mean you have a victim complex or any other mental illness. Please check with an actual professional, this is just to give an idea on how Patch's personality is.

Rust (Blue's invert): In silly terms; he comes the closest to matching Bliss's freak. In actual terms; he has anger issues. But he can be nice to people he actually likes. He also very much enjoys violence and is a masochist.

Deslor (Hacker's invert): He is not a fan of intimacy. Specifically sexual intimacy. He's just got too much on his plate for that. After all, being a doctor in an underground clinic while having your medical license revoked for malpractice is a taxing job. He takes his job seriously and is a germaphobe

Randall (Randy's invert): You mention being a dad to him once, and he'll look at you with disgust. To him, Deslor and Servie are annoying coworkers. To him, all that matters is that the job is done and that he's paid.

Servie (Bobby's invert): He's a very calm and soft-spoken guy. He's really popular and is actually in school, studying to be a dentist. He plays baseball as an extracurricular and prefers to be in the great outdoors than be inside cooped up in a house.

[blakelysco-pilot]

Chickie!! Oh I love those OC asks 🤭 3, 4, 8, and 22 for both Val & Jo?

These were so fun thank you chickie!!

asks from this OC asks list - inbox is still open for questions 💗

3) What song describes your OC?

Run to You by Whitney Houston describes a specific period of Val's life. She's been hurt, she's scared it will happen again, and the person who protected her the last time, she can't be sure if he'll be there forever. She want's to throw her arms open to Ev and collapse into him, but it petrifies her.

And just for funsies, because I fully believe Val to be a Madonna fan, Like a Prayer for obvious reasons.

Is That Alright by Lady Gaga is so quintessentially Jo in that she so clearly sees the future mapped out for her and Rosie, even before either of them admit they're in love with the other. She knows that he's the one that will be there when they grow old, and he'll be the one that she starts her family with, and be by her side.

And because Jo also deserves a "just for fun" song, Love in the First Degree by Bananarama.

4) What song describes your OC and their partner/love interest?

Ev & Val- Senza Fine by Dean Martin In Italian, Senza Fine means Endlessly and I think that's perfectly defines their relationship. It's endless.

Rosie & Jo- Nice n' Easy by Frank Sinatra The lyrics speak for themselves:

Let's take it nice and easy It's gonna be so easy For us to fall in love Hey baby what's your hurry Relax and don't you worry We're gonna fall in love We're on the road to romance, that's safe to say But let's make all the stops along the way

8) What hobbies does your OC have? What do they do to unwind?

Jo bakes (yes Rosie, we know you're upset you couldn't be the cookie taste tester this year), and she also sews. She's particularly good at dress patterns, which we'll see more of post-war when the babies start arriving. She also loves a good book, which is evident by the fact that all the wives of the men of the 100th have started a book club after the war, which is really just a way for them to get together monthly and drink martinis and gossip. They love it, but the husbands are sometimes less than enthusiastic when their wives come home after one too many Jean Crosby martinis.

Val, like Jo, is part of the book club with the rest of the girls after the war. During the war, she's the go-to when one of the fellas needs their shirt or pants mended. Sewing is a skill her mother insisted she know, and it's paid off in one way or another not just for fixing up the boys' uniforms but her own clothes. When she can't settle, she braids the red string bracelets for the boys, an Italian superstition/form of protection that somehow takes on a life of its own on base after she makes them for Ev and Doug (and always one for Curt, reckless that boy). After the war, Val finds happiness in helping her friends decorate their new homes, and Ev Blakely will be the first to admit, she makes a mean Sunday dinner.

22) Fight or Flight? Are they a lover or a fighter?

Val is a fighter, specifically when it comes to her friends. We see it when Olive and Doug are at odds and she ends up fighting with Ev for a week, but also the physical side of her fighter nature when she goes to swing at him for his inappropriate comment. But, she's also a lover. She loves hard, and if she loves someone, she makes sure they know it. This extends beyond Ev and Curt, but to her friends as their group grows over time.

Jo is a lover girl through and through. She loves Rosie, she loves her friends and her extended family. She especially shows this in how she takes Jean Crosby under her wing at the start of the war. But, she will fight from time to time, and if she's yelling at you, then take shelter. That means you, Rosie.

[galaxythixf]

@fatexbound said: ⭐ Send a "star / ⭐" and I will list muses I would be interested in throwing at yours, or potential muse combinations if you are also a multi. (If you are a multi and you want to see which muses I would be interested in throwing against a specific muse of yours, send ⭐+ that muses name) || Accepting

Lea Lea Lea, why do you want me to bug you even more than I already do? This is going to be very long so get ready.

Also I'm going to include all of your blogs so besides our Yochie …

Chie/Yu - This was actually one of the first ships I liked for Yu. I've only ever had the chance to explore it briefly before it was snuffed out but that was years ago. So I'm interested to see if I can fool around with it again, even if it's just as friends tbh. I just like their dynamic.

Chie/Yukiko - The besties. I love these two together either as besties or lovers it doesn't matter. We've talked about this before so I won't have to say much but I'm always down for interactions between these two. I almost never get to explore this one.

Naoto/Rise - I have always liked the dynamic potential between Rise and Naoto. Both being under such tremendous pressure and all, I just think I like how different they are despite their similar experiences. They're like total opposites but those types usually have an easier time meshing together for great interactions.

Naoto/Yukiko - I have always been … intrigued by Naoto and Yukiko interactions. I cannot explain where this idea came from I just think it would be interesting for them to hang out together. They're both busybodies that need to slow down. Maybe they should take it slow together.

Akihiko/Makoto - These two are slept on. There's potential here. Maybe Makoto should be dragged out of their damn bed for a change. Get up and do work, fool. Also join him in his likely very ill-advised adventures to Tartarus please. Having Makoto there really pushes him to do better and he likes that.

Akihiko/Hamuko - I know a lot of people like this dynamic and I'm welcoming any all interactions with it. I've seen his cringey dialogue/route with Hamuko and I love him for it. Haven't seen all of portable though but that doesn't really stop me. I mean I assumed the main story was essentially the same and paid more attention to the character interactions so if there's anything different main story-wise I probably did not see it but yes I am curious about these two.

Akihiko/Mitsuru - Ah, my first Akihiko ship. Brother, I love these two together. I am a 3rd year shipper first and a person second. I just really like their bond alright. She keeps him in check, he watches her back, it's so nice. This is like my bread and butter. I also just like how much she calls him out, it's hilarious. She knows him so well. Other than ships though I just like their dynamic in general I'm just biased.

Akihiko/Shinjiro - Shinjiii pspspspspsps. C'mere bestie, time to criticize Akihiko for his decisions again! The dynamic between these two has always been interesting, but I've never had a chance to interact with a Shinjiro before. Maybe I just like people that bully Akihiko is what I'm finding out?

Ken/Yukari - Yukari PLEASE tell Ken about your job as Pink Argus please please please. He may say it's childish or whatever but I cling to this interaction with my claws. He genuinely thinks it's so awesome, even if he's playing cool, he's definitely going to fanboy on the inside. Little brother wants to know what it's like, you're living his childhood dream at least fill him in on the details. He may have to collect her merch to support her.

Ken/Mitsuru - He's … trying to do his best at learning French to impress her but it's a little difficult, his English is better. I think he seeks her praise, even if he tries to act like he isn't. I'm a big fan of Ken seeking approval from his senpai and just genuinely valuing those bonds. Is this lingering feelings over the loss of his mother at a young age? Probably! But that isn't the point! The point is she inspires him and is the reason he's aiming so high in the first place.

Ken/Akihiko - Speaking of people that inspire him. Ken's still working on his physical routine but Akihiko is a still the goal he's aiming toward. Someone else to seek praise from and a role model he probably shouldn't be studying as closely as he is but that's fine, so what if he's a little reckless in combat. He admires everything ab out him and wants to grow to become as strong and reliable as him one day.

Ken/Hamuko - Hamuko couldn't escape this list. Past his little crush as a kid I just think he enjoys her company overall. She's quite possibly the person he feels is easiest for him to reach or talk to. Bearer of all of his childish and/or embarrassing secrets, I'm afraid. The same is essentially true for Makoto.

Ken/Shinjiro - Oof. Complicated. That's about how I'd sum up his feelings toward Shinjiro in general tbh. As much as he's accepted that truth too much as happened for him to simply act normal around this guy.

Ken/Futaba - Featherman buddies. Need I say more.

Ken/Makoto - Ken's like Akechi if he were actually nice. Ya know still traumatized and a little bloodthirsty but without all of the ugly personality traits. They have a lot of similarities what with trying to live up to all of that pressure they're under and really finding themselves. That's probably why I like when they chat so much? Because I feel like they could bond if they could get past all of the awkwardness. For some reason though I always feel like Ken's one emotional outburst from making this a very difficult path to travel by. It hasn't happened yet but I just feel like he's somehow going to shoot himself in the foot in this dynamic. On a lighter note, he'll watch your Yakuza movies with you Makoto and probably analyze them or use them as inspiration for combat techniques later. Idk how much you know about the Yakuza series but I'm so on board with them gushing about it because I also happen to be a big fan. I also just think … if these two just let loose for a second they could be giant nerds together, and that's just cute to me. Be silly together!

Hidetoshi/Mitsuru - We're testing this out and I'm still getting a feel for how he is but he genuinely likes Mitsuru and would like to spend more time with her if possible. He respects her, even if he's a brat sometimes.

Hidetoshi/Hamuko - Heyyyy Hamuko do you like bratty men? Because they sure do like you. I'd be lying if I said he wasn't going to try to look cooler in front of her in his own … unique way.

Hidetoshi/Yukari - Yukari you have the stamina for this, you'll be fine. Dealing with irritating men is like her forte. I have no idea, I just wanna see where this one would even go.

Goro/Makoto - LMAO you've answered so many asks for these two to guess the dynamic I might suggest here. I like a little rivalry. Maybe a little rivalry as a treat? Get under her skin for the hell of it? Could this turn into an actual friendship with a little work? Probably! Will Goro make that difficult? Absolutely! I mean he genuinely does admire a few things about her and Sae speaks about her enough for him to have an idea of what she's like outside of PT relations anyway but does he get a sense of joy picking on her? Yes, yes he does. He loves to challenge her.

Goro/Akira - Rivalry!! It never gets old!! But this time, gayer!! He simultaneously cannot stand and wants to get closer to this damned twink. A blessing and a curse. He has never met someone that he's felt so connected to and somewhat disgusted by in his life and it's really only because Akira has everything that he wants. He admires what he's able to do and that he's managed to get so many people to follow him. His charisma is natural and Goro's jealous of that. Jealousy and admiration. He won't make this easy either. He can never make anything easy.

[aaronsrpgs]

DAWstruck

A Quick Look at Sci-Fi/Fantasy Publisher DAW and My Desire for Cheap Entertainment

If you've ever been to an American used bookstore, flea market, etc., you probably recognize the distinctively uniform yellow (or faded-to-brown) spines of the DAW books pictured above.

From Wikipedia: "DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim, along with his wife, Elsie B. Wollheim, following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company claims to be 'the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy.'"

Wollheim was active in sci-fi publishing and fandom circles; he published the Ursula LeGuin's first two books at Ace, and as a youth, he was kicked out of the New York Science Fiction League club for getting a group of unpaid authors together to sue writer/publisher/organizer Hugo Gernsback after they weren't paid for published stories:

"It grieves us to announce that we have found the first disloyalty in our organization… These members we expelled on June 12th. Their names are Donald A. Wollheim, John B. Michel, and William S. Sykora—three active fans who just got themselves onto the wrong road."

I've worked in bookstores and libraries for decades, and my eyes always glossed over the shelves full of yellow spines. But I started to reconsider after listening to Sean at SFUltra talk about Electric Forest by Tanith Lee. (Once you're equally convinced, go back his Patreon, which is literally my favorite criticism on the internet.)

I started devouring Lee's work. In my opinion, she outstrips most of the "greats" of that era of sci-fi. Her prose is awesome, her plots are great fun, and she's prolific across science fiction and fantasy. Had I been sleeping on DAW Books? Were they all this good?!

They are not all that good.

DAW Books books run the gamut of sci-fi and fantasy, from alternate histories to barbarian tales to postmodern reactions to the post-war West. And taken as an overview of the sci-fi field at that time, they reflect the good (Tanith Lee) and the bad (libertarian cryto-fascism, coercive sex freaks, tired cliches).

So why am I writing about them? Because they represent a type of publisher that, as far as I know, doesn't really exist anymore. They published authors who'd never been published before, and they printed straight to paperback.

I have no idea if anyone was making a living being published by DAW, but I assume this was a foot in the door for lots of these authors. And the books were so cheap! The one I have on hand was $1.25 in 1976. Adjusted for inflation, that's $6.93.

And listen, I read difficult books. I read literary fiction and academic histories and complicated, confusing cross-genre works. But I also like to read trash! I think everyone deserves to read some trash. But I want that trash to be cheap and easily accessible.

And with modern publishers focusing on established authors and Next Big Things, it's hard to find trash! And when you do find it, it's often dressed up to look like a Next Big Thing and priced accordingly.

Please give me more cheap trash.

And god, look at those covers. Again, I don't know if any painters were making a living by selling work to DAW, but they were definitely putting in the work. You got classic Frazetta horniness, you got '70s psychedelia, you got "what if the Bible was weirder?" classicism.

I want to decorate my walls with these.

The nice part is that they're mostly shorter than 200 pages, and I've never spent more than $5 on one of these, and I can usually find them even cheaper. So next time you're at a library sale and you see a faded yellow DAW spine, take a closer look.

Just stay away from Gor.

(DAW is still in business today, as a subsidiary of Astra House Publishing. I would say they occupy the same spheres as Tor: popular, readable, and usually left-of-center science fiction and fantasy. Such as The Forever Sea, a sapphic ecological fantasy book about sailors on a sea of plants. They cost, unfortunately, more than $7.)

[meraki-yao]

"You pretty much need to get paid because you're like our therapist" long post anon, I'm not entirely comfortable with posting your ask publicly and I don't really know how to considering you send me three parts, but I still wanted to reply to you, so here is said reply

Firstly thank you 🤣 that's a really high form of compliment and I'll graciously take it 🤭I'm just glad I can share my thoughts and help people out

I'm not entirely sure what to you mean by you want my opinion cuz truthfully it sounds like you got it figured out? But I'll say a couple of points.

People aren't always in the position to voice or act on their opinion, especially when it comes to social and political opinions. (for example, I'm not) A lot of the times when is comes to personal relationships these things don't get brought up. And sometimes it's a matter of the job or environment. What happened in December was completely fucked up, but it also means that action should be stopped and shouldn't be repeated on anyone.

But for the "fans" on Twitter, you already figured out most of it: it's always the same small group of people stirring up drama, and a lot of their claims have been directly refuted on the record. Thus, their "opinions" don't hold value. I said this before: these people are people who take a stance and try to bend everything to fit their stance. I don't like using the word "crazy" as an insult (as someone who's been called that too many times as a kid when in reality I was going through panic attacks) but obsessive hating to the point you describe is indeed, unhealthy and pretty pathetic. We have a term for these types of haters: 黑粉 Hei Fen (Black-Fan) and they're pretty frowned upon.

But unfortunately you can't control their existence or what they do, the best choice to avoid them and ignore them as much as you can. And when you can't, remember, their opinions don't hold value.

And again Twitter isn't a nice place to be on. So you also might want to re-evaluate that part and see if it's worth seeing crazy people. Sometimes the good can outweigh the bad, but that's gonna be for you to judge.

Hope this helps! Let me know if you need a follow up.