#and i think tiktok is fucking allergic to anything boring

[sunfoxfic]

the most insidious thing about TikTok is that the platform inherently immunizes the people on it to criticism about the platform. I try to talk to my sister about how I think it's kinda fucked that algorithms can so easily radicalize anyone by preying on and worsening people's poor attention spans, and she gets defensive because criticizing the way the platform hurt her is basically the same as calling her stupid enough to fall prey to the platform. And if I point out that people with ADHD often get trapped in the app, then I'm ableist, because I'm just saying that ADHD people were too dumb not to. And if I point out that the visual medium inherently skews the platform in favor of conventionally attractive people, then I'm just calling people outside of conventional beauty standards ugly and actually the algorithm is the only thing that makes it POSSIBLE for them to get an audience.

Fucking brainrot, all of it. And the moment you attack it is the moment you're calling everyone on TikTok dumb so you obviously can't do that.

[fanficks-from-fictives]

The call comes in as Midoriya is trying to hop into his pants and brush his teeth at the same time.

The noise he makes when he answers couldn't technically be called a word, but it gets the point across that he's ready to listen to the caller.

"Sorry, did I wake you?" Mineta asks after a moment of silence. Midoriya swears he hears a sad sniffle. Is Mineta crying?

"N-" Midoriya chokes on toothpaste so he quickly spits it out and rinses his mouth. "No, I'm getting ready to go to my early morning training. Are you okay?"

"Yeah... I just haven't been able to sleep."

"Like at all?"

"At all." Another sniffle followed a muffled cough interrupt Mineta's train of thought. "Sorry, I have a little bit of a fever, probably stress related. Also probably why I couldn't sleep. Sorry to bother you, I just got bored of scrolling through Tumblr and was kind of lonely since Tokoyami turned off his music and went to sleep."

"You're not bothering me. But uh... All Might is going to be overseeing my training this morning to make sure I don't like, break my arm again or something; do you want me to tell him you're sick so you can try to sleep through classes today?" Midoriya is now successfully in his pants and wondering if he should maybe check in on Mineta.

Midoriya is sure he doesn't know Mineta all that well, but something tells him Mineta is one of those people who likes to pretend he feels better than he does so he doesn't worry anyone.

And, ironically, that worries Midoriya more.

The silence from Mineta drags on for a just a moment too long and Midoriya opens his mouth to ask if he's still even on the phone, but Mineta finally speaks.

He sounds out of breath, but the small, "that would be great, thank you," is counted as a victory by Midoriya.

Mineta continues with, "sorry for not responding right away, I muted myself to cough."

"You're fine. Do you need anything?" Midoriya is out of the bathroom and walking towards his own room to return his towel to its rightful place.

"No; thank you though."

"Right, well... if you need anything feel free to call me again!"

"Thanks, Midoriya, bye."

Midoriya hangs up, and the second the line goes dead, painful sounding coughing erupts from Mineta's room.

No way in hell is Midoriya letting Mineta be alone when he's sick. Not if he can help it, at least.

He shoots a quick text to All Might, letting him know he won't be at training or in classes today so he can look after Mineta, waits for confirmation, and then goes to gather a glass of water and some fever reducers.

He runs into Iida while he's in the kitchen.

"What are you doing up so early, Iida?" Midoriya asks, filling a glass.

"Getting ready for an early morning run. I see you're getting ready for your early morning training." Iida responds as he stretches.

"Actually, I've had to cancel that. And I was wondering if you could take notes for me today? I won't be in class either." Midoriya finds the fever reducers right where they're supposed to be and grabs the right amount for Mineta.

"Are you ill?"

"Huh? Oh- no. Mineta is. I'm staying to look after him, though."

"You are a very kind and devoted friend, Midoriya. Don't worry, I'll take notes and gather the work for you two."

"Thank you, Iida!"

And with that, Midoriya is off, back to Mineta's dorm.

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Mineta is sitting in his bed, knees drawn up to his chest, arms around his legs, blanket draped over his hunched back as he scrolls listlessly through his favorite subreddit, enjoying the wholesomness of this tiny corner of the internet. He brings a wadded up tissue to his mouth to cover the chesty cough that racks his frame for far too long, then forces his breathing to regulate again before he goes back to his phone.

A knock at his door snaps him back to reality.

Whomstive the fuck is up at this ungodly hour? Besides himself, of course.

"Mineta? Are you still awake?" Midoriya's voice calls softly from the other side of the door.

Oh yeah, Midoriya wakes up stupid early. And Mineta had called him just a few minutes ago. 'What the fuck, Minoru, why are you forgetting what you did like, 10 minutes ago?'

Mineta slides out of bed and opens his door. "Hi." God he's so awkward.

Midoriya stands in the door with a cup of water and a couple pills in his hands. "I wanted to bring you medicine, and, ya' know, take care of you. Can I come in?"

This is how Mineta dies, he decides as he steps aside to allow Midoriya in.

God he's glad he has such a great poker face.

Midoriya places the medicine and water on the table and produces a thermometer from his pocket.

Oh shit, Midoriya means business, huh? 'What are you talking about, Minoru, Midoriya is always serious when it comes to his friends' well being!'  Does Mineta really count as one of Midoriya's friends? 'Apparently so.'

"You said you thought you had a fever, so I figured we should keep an eye on that." Midoriya explains, offering the thermometer to Mineta.

Mineta takes it and sits on his bed, motioning to his desk chair. "Feel free to sit," he offers to Midoriya before putting the thermometer under his tongue.

Midoriya thanks him and makes himself comfortable in the desk chair and Mineta makes himself comfortable in bed.

"Your workspace is really well organized." Midoriya comments.

Mineta glares at him and huffs out through his nose.

"Sorry I didn't mean to offend you!"

Mineta angrily looks away.

"Ah-! Please don't be mad at me!"

The thermometer beeps and Mineta takes it out. "Don't compliment me when I can't thank you. It makes me feel rude." He looks at the numbers on the thermometer and winces, then hands it to Midoriya.

"I'll keep that in mind. Sorry about that." He accepts the thermometer and is instantly beside himself when he sees the number. "38.5?"

Mineta can tell he's trying to whisper to himself, but it's still pretty loud. Midoriya isn't very good at being quiet, he never has been.

He feels like he blinks, but suddenly Midoriya is holding out a pill and the water for him to accept.

How did he move so fast? His quirk, probably.

"I brought fever reducing medicine; please take it."

How the hell is Midoriya so fucking cute?

Mineta accepts the medicine and takes it with a sip of water, trusting Midoriya to not poison him.

As Mineta still has the water to his mouth, Midoriya's hand strays to his forehead, where it lingers for a second before moving to his neck.

"You're burning up, Mineta." Midoriya frets.

Mineta nods as Midoriya sits by his feet. He brings them in. "I said I had a minor fever."

His breath catches and he presses his tissues to his mouth as a coughing fit overtakes him. Midoriya takes his water from him and pats his back.

"38.5 isn't as minor of a fever as you seem to think it is." Midoriya says once Mineta has his breath.

Mineta breathes in to huff angrily, but another coughing fit consumes him.

He's gagging by the end of it, but swallowing it all back, having decided throwing up in front of Midoriya is too embarrassing for his liking.

"Oh Jesus! Are you okay Mineta? Do you need to go to the restroom? Do you have a trashcan in the room-" Midoriya anxiously rambles until Mineta cuts him off.

"I'm fi-" he gags and swallows again, "I'm fine. I have a sensitive gag reflex." He doesn't actually, he could deep throat a corn dog- not that he's tested it; totally not.

"Are you sure you're not going to throw up?" frets Midoriya, placing his hand on Mineta's leg.

Mineta nods. He's worn out from coughing all night, but his fever is making it impossible for him to sleep- he's too uncomfortable.

Midoriya seems to catch on to his tiredness, because he comments, "should I get you some sleeping medicine?"

"I've already taken some." Mineta shakes his head.

Midoriya is silent for a moment, then he shifts and crawls into Mineta's bed next to the wall.

Mineta's face explodes into a blush as Midoriya explains, "cuddling with my mom usually helps me get to sleep when I'm not feeling well, and, while I'm not my mom or yours, maybe I can be as comforting?"

The reddening of Mineta's face being so apparent, Midoriya freaks out a little, "is your fever rising? Are you allergic to the medicine I gave you? Should I-" He cuts off when Mineta snuggles into him wordlessly.

It only takes a couple of minutes of Midoriya scrolling through tiktok on his phone and petting Mineta's hair until Mineta is unconscious.

[sessenaa]

Question game

f@katarrinskey tagged me so I just answered everything because I was bored.

Name: Felix

Gender: ftm male

Height: 1m80 or 5‘9 for you heathens

Sexuality: demisexual bi

Favorite Animal: cats

Cats or Dogs: I‘m allergic to dogs but I love and grew up with them, that said… Cats all the way

Current Time: 6 pm

Dream Job: Idk… Something to do with my sociology major I guess lol

When I Made This Blog: uuuhhh 2015 I think??? I‘m not sure. Didn‘t really use it until a few years later.

Why I Made This Blog: I don‘t remember lol

Reason For URL: Apparently sessena was my imaginary friend when I was a toddler. It‘s also what my dad used to go by online.

Followers: 449 as of me last checking

1. What is the color of your hairbrush? Got a comb… It‘s black

2. Name a food you never eat: Meat. I‘m a vegetarian lol

3. Are you typically too warm or too cold? Cold. Cheers mum thanks for the bad circulation

4. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? Finishing up a drawing

5. What’s your favorite candy bar? I‘m not really a chocolate person tbh

6. Have you ever been to a professional sports game? Yes. Football (soccer) but I was too young to really remember anything.

7. What is the last thing you said out loud? Told one of my cats to move over

8. What is your favorite ice cream? Funnily enough chocolate but I like most things except for vanilla

9. What was the last thing you had to drink? Tea

10. Do you like your wallet? Yes! It‘s got the Hyrule emblem and I got it from a very good friend!

11. What is the last thing you ate? Mushrooms and mashed potato with a salad uwu

12. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend? Nah

13. What’s the last sporting event you watched? Good question… The last olympic winter games I think???

14. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn? Sweet

15. Who is the last person you sent a text message to? My boyfriend

16. Ever been camping? Yeh. A few times with our fire departments youth group and just with friends

17. Do you take vitamins? No

18. Do you regularly attend a place of worship? No

19. Do you have a tan? Hard to avoid in the summer when you help with the garden and walk the dog. I‘m a pretty pale person though

20. Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza? Chinese though I never say no to some good za

21. Do you drink your soda through a straw? When I have the drive to grab one yes

22. What color socks do you usually wear? Socks? I dont know them. I go barefoot or in birkenstocks when I can because I am a carricature of the area I live in lmao

23. Do you ever drive above the speed limit? I can‘t drive :( But I wouldn‘t.

24. What terrifies you? Oh a lot of things. Space, heights, dissapointing people… yknow

25. Look to your left, what do you see? My TV only used for video games

26. What chore do you hate most? Laundry

27. What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? The girl on tiktok who sings Iconic australian media moments

28. What’s your favorite soda? Cherry Cola

29. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? I go in but I hate to do that now because of the pandemic

30. What’s your favorite number? 9 because that was one of the few I didn‘t have trouble multiplying in elementary school (and now haha)

31. Who’s the last person you talked to? My brother

32. Favorite meat? I really liked beef when I still ate meat

33. Last song you listened to? Deviltown by cavetown because I am a certified transmasc lol

34. Last book you read? I don‘t read much anymore, I think it was the shepherd‘s crown by Terry Pratchett tho

35. Favorite day of the week? Saturday. It‘s dnd day!

36. Can you say the alphabet backwards? What do I look like? A wizard?

37. How do you like your coffee? I stopped drinking coffee a while ago but sweet with cream

38. Favorite pair of shoes? My birkenstocks which almost have holes in them lol

39. Time you usually get up? 8-9 am

40. What do you prefer, sunrise or sunset? Sunset

41. How many blankets on your bed? 2 and a million pillows

42. Describe your kitchen plates: A colorful mix of plates because we were too poor for matched sets and now we have enough to not buy new ones

43. Describe your kitchen at the moment: Clean thanks to my mum

44. Do you have a favorite alcoholic drink? I barely ever drink but pina colada if I‘m out and about

45. Do you play cards? Not really. I can play mau mau and that‘s it. (Idk what it‘s called in english. Its basically uno but with normal playing cards)

46. What color is your car? Don’t have one, my mum‘s is a black convertible that is older than me tho

47. Can you change a tire? Probably. I can do most things with a good tutorial

48. Favorite state or province? ??? I liked Portugal when I was little… Weird question

49. Favorite job you’ve had? I had one job as a kitchen helper/ cleaner and it fucking sucked. Also had to do service there which killed something deep inside of me.

Ah I tag @bubbakenzie and @foryourownbosom

[mingishoe]

Thank you for tagging me lovely🥺 @ncitythoughts hopefully I’m at least a little bit interesting 😳

Relationships: Not really, I’ve been in a handful of relationships but none of them were too serious,,, or at least on my end. I think the longest “relationship” I use that word in quotes because we never dated because I had told him I wasn’t looking for a relationship but he said he’d wait for me but he had got too involved even when he knew I wasn’t looking for everything (I even told him lots of times) and I was panicking a lot because he would tell me that he loves me and I wasn’t able to say it back because I didn’t want to lead him on or anything but it lasted for a whole year before he finally took what I was saying into consideration and decided to “break it off” even though there wasn’t anything to “break off” but yeah and then there’s my one boyfriend who was a koreaboo but we dont talk about that😳 unless anyone wants a story time,,, I’ve talked about it before but it was forever ago

Breakups: Again not anything I really took to heart or was too upset over

Kids: No,,, I don’t really like babies so maybe if we could skip that part and fast forward straight until maybe 2 years old?? But yeah dunno if I want any kids from myself, I think I’d rather adopt kids to give them a better home.

Siblings: Nope, only child here👉👈

Pets: Yes! I have 3 dogs :) my oldest dog is a mutt and we’re not sure what he is because we picked him up off the street when I was like 6? My other dog is a pure chihuahua and she got into our yard and just,,, wouldn’t leave so we didn’t really have a choice but to keep her akhdks my other dog is like a little over 2 years old and I’ve had her since she was born🥺 one of my uncles dogs had two separate litters of 10 puppies and I took care of them all because he said they weren’t his, only the mama dog so he was ready to just leave them all to die. We had them all from such a small age, only a few months because the mama dog refused to feed them so we had to do it by hand and yeah it was horrible but we were able to get the rest of the puppies to good homes and I was allowed to keep one :)

Surgeries: Only one. I had to get a B.B. bullet out of my face. It could’ve been done under a general anaesthetic and wouldn’t have to be put to sleep BUT it was too close to my eye and I was too scared I’d move and the doctor would cut my eye.

Tattoos: No :( but I want lots in the future

Countries I’ve been to: I’ve never been out the country but I’ve almost went to Japan but the corona virus happened and :\ but me and my mom might go to Korea and I might go to Europe with one of my moms friends for her retirement since no one else wanted to go with her :(

Been in an airplane: Yes! Airplanes are my favourite! I’m that annoying bitch that always fights for the window seat👉👈 I’ve gone all over the US though and there aren’t many states I haven’t been to, mostly like the northern states because I feel like there aren’t many places to go to,,, minus Montana because the nature there is really pretty.

Been in an ambulance: I’ve been in ambulance but not for any emergency reason

I sing karaoke: I’ve never been to a karaoke place but if singing in the car counts then...

Ice skate: No but I’ve always wanted to🥺 even if it was just to the mall and skate a lil bit. I can rollerskate and rollerblade though.

Been on a cruise: No but I would’ve if I didn’t choose the BTS Speak Yourself concert last year over it👉👈

Driven a motorcycle: I don’t even have a regular license😳

Ridden a horse: No but only because I’m SUPER allergic to them and can’t even be too close to them.

Stayed in a hospital: Yes but I wasn’t the patient

Favourite fruit or berry: Pineapple,, even though it burns my mouth if I eat too much

Favourite colour: Turquoise and Black

Last text: “ITS FUNNY AKFBAKBDJS” I sent my friend a tiktok and she didn’t find it very amusing😒

Coffee or Tea: Tea!

Favourite pie: I don’t like pie, and I can’t eat meringue pie because I’m allergic to it so👉👈

Favourite pizza: I think just regular pepperoni maybe with pineapples sometimes,, and stuffed crust bc that slaps. 

Cat or dog: I really like both🥺 I wish I had a cat but I’m very allergic to them.

Favourite time of the year: Autumn🥺🥺 around Halloween/Thanksgiving

Met a star: Not one that I knew,, one time we were at the airport at my mom was like lOoK iTs *i forgot who it was* and I was like oOOhH... wHo iS tHaT?? And she wasn’t amused but yeah I had no idea who it was

Flown a helicopter: No? But honestly I’d be too scared to even get in one

Been on TV: Yeah but it wasn’t very exciting, it was just something for school.

Broken my leg: No but I broke my toe akdhjs and it was horrible bc I broke my joint specifically and I had my foot fucked up for like 6 months.

Seen a ghost: Yes, both mine and my aunts house is haunted so I’ve definitely seen some stuff. At her house sometimes you be laying down and you feel something/someone either sit or lay down next to you and at first it was scary but after it happened a few times I was like PlEaSe gO lAy dOwN sOmEwHerE eLsE tHiS iSnT yOuR bEd.

Been sick in a taxi: Not in a taxi, in my aunts car but I stuck my head out the window in time

Anyway maybe I’m a little bit interesting?? Hopefully it wasn’t too boring👉👈 I dunno who to tag so I’ll just tag @yunhoshoe (sorry I’m annoying and tag you in everything shkdhsj)