#and i was super worried that i chose poorly

[ramblingsofafanatic]

[bengiyo]

Unknown Ep 12 Stray Thoughts

Last week, Wei Qian and Xiao Yuan consummated the physical desire in their relationship, before Wei Qian ended up trying to deal with his head injury on his own again. Yuan broke through that and the two went home together, where Li Li was being supported by San Pang. I'm still feeling some consternation about the way they framed that sex scene and how they handled the emotional aftermath.

Li Li is reminding me of my own sister handling my coming out somewhat poorly because she was mad that she wasn't informed sooner.

I like her moving around the table to talk more intimately with Yuan after getting the big answers she needed.

Episode 12: Us

I like everyone trying to navigate this dynamic between Wei Qian and Yuan carefully. I'm a big fan of Xiong wanting to make sure he knows he's on their side.

Wei Qian looks so much better when it doesn't look like he's being crushed by the weight of the world.

Men should grab each other by their ties and kiss each other more often.

Yuan is a menace! He was not going to keep this on the DL at all.

Oh no...top-bottom discourse. Thank you for shutting it down, Wei Qian.

Li Li is pregante!!

This hallway scene is phenomenal. Wei Qian really is such a good brother, and I really love the way this scene reminds us of that. This thing with Yuan was super confusing, but he kept his cool so quickly with Li Li and focused on the important things. Yuan coming out of her room to intercept Qian. Li Li coming out of Yuan's room to talk. San Pang entering from Qian's room, and then the ensuing fight across all three rooms.

See all of Qian's reactions here are well-grounded in what we know of his relationship with Li Li and how hard things were with their mother.

Not me crying because of this group handhold.

I'm not sure it was clear earlier that their mom chose to die. This adds another harsh layer to Wei Qian's worries for Li Li.

They're doing that thing where they focus on Yuan maybe a little too much.

I'm relieved to know that Li Li had her baby without many lingering worries.

Final Verdict: 8.5, Recommended. I think the early parts of his series were incredibly strong, but I think there were some problems after they sent Yuan away to NYC. I feel like they didn't properly capture the turn for Wei Qian where things go from fraternal to romantic, and especially sexual. They introduced terrible sexual trauma to his story in a way that went unresolved, so it hurt the big moment where he decided to accept things with Yuan. I'm also high-key mad about this head injury plotline because they ended this show without telling us about the surgery, too. It didn't fully-connect with the family angst they were going for and left me a bit unsatisfied with it as a running plot in the background. That said, I think this show took the found family and relationship change conceits seriously and I respect that.

[katiekatdragon27]

More Flatland stuffff~~~

[Cursive transcript: I'm so sorry this is so sudden, but I had to keep my Chosen safe!]

So, uh, the 4th dimension, am I right?????

So, on my last post, people were more interested in A. Tesseract than I thought. I did not expect her to stir so much interest, but here you go lol.

More under the cut lol / lots of notes:

Some basic information on 4th dimensional beings:

They refer to themselves as "hypersolids" and "polytopes". Only Tesseracts prefer a different name than just "hyper(insert shape here)". When talking to other dimensional beings, they call themselves "Spacelanders".

They usually keep their eyes closed, and they do not emote much.

Their bodies naturally morph as they talk. They are also partially transparent, so you can see their inside movements. Not organs or anything, but the next emotions or actions they are going to express. Sort of like key frames or a fade in effect.

They call "Spacelanders" "Heightlanders".

Their civilization is located in space. They are able to breathe through little pockets of air on their rings that recharge when they enter the atmosphere of other plants. (This is why they are spotted relatively frequently)

Buildings are constantly moving spirals. They also fly everywhere, so they require a lot of energy to maintain their health. Luckily, any stars nearby tend to charge them up just fine.

Also, everyone goes by they/them along with another pronoun if they choose. Gender constructs be damned (or certain groups are fighting for that).

There will be more once I think of it, but that's what I have in the world-building department right now.

Some basic information on Angelica "A." Tesseract (she/they):

She tends to say "I'm sorry" after anything they might think could have been of inconvenience or offensive.

They are relatively soft-spoken, but they are incredibly smart compared to her peers.

Her quiet nature causes others to disrespect and step all over her.

She overthinks LITERALLY EVERYTHING. You could tell her something that is even the slightest bit vague and they have the chance of spiraling.

She KNOWS there are more than four dimensions, but they are struggling to prove it with science.

They are much more emotional compared to other hypersolids. They tend to cry easily.

She chose A. Sphere because of his confidence and drive to get his points across. They admire him for that.

Some basic information on A. Sphere in this:

He's much less snarky. His whole vision of the world was destroyed in the blink of an eye, and he's stuck in another world completely unknown to him. He's going though it currently.

He's still blunt about everything. If you suck, he'll tell you. If you are cool, it'll take a little longer, but he'll tell you.

He got his eye busted after the attack on Messiah Inc. When getting removed from "Heightland", his eye got caught in the blow last minute and it got damaged. He can still open it slightly, but he can't see out of it.

He was relatively indifferent to seeing his body transparent. He was more worried about his eye injury over anything else.

At first, he did not like A. Tesseract (cuz kidnapping), but he learns to appreciate the gesture and does his best to help her out.

[Cursive transcript: For now, I'm afraid so... sorry. / I'm so sorry. If I was just a but faster, I could have saved your eye.]

Yeah, their friendship starts out really rough.

A. Sphere adjusted to the environment very poorly at first. He was very standoffish and snappy, but it then soured to just sorta feeling sad all the time. He gets better eventually the more he learns about the world, but it takes a lot of effort out of A. Tesseract to get him there.

I mean, he expected to die, lost his eye, everyone in "Heightland" hates him now, he lost his business and research, and he fails to take the blame for anything for a while. I would also be super pissed and sad.

A. Tesseract was not any better. She feels an incredible amount of guilt for not stepping in in time to prevent A. Sphere's eye damage, and she constantly apologies to him for everything. This sucks for A. Sphere since he finds it super annoying.

[Cursive transcript: N. H.Sphere: You weren't supposed to bring them HERE! / A. Tesseract: I'm sorry, I had to save him- / N. H.Sphere: I should fire you-!]

N. H.Sphere is a mega grouch. He is A. Tesseract's boss who treats her terribly. Discrediting her work, ignoring their research, and just not valuing her opinion cuz women, he is not fun to talk to or just be around in general. No one knows how HR lets him stay in charge, but some theorize that he pays them off or something.

Despite all of the traumatic crap A. Sphere has gone though in this story, he still does not stand for disrespect from anyone. When he learns that A. Tesseract is constantly being pushed around by her bitchy boss, he decides to defend her.

This solidifies their friendship and later science partnership when the story ends. This also makes N. H.Sphere more resentful towards both A. Tesseract an A. Sphere. This leads to A. Tesseract actually getting fired from her job. Thanks A. Sphere.

[Cursive transcript: N. H.Sphere: Why are you so scared? He's fine! / A. Tesseract: It's my un-medicated anxiety!!]

One of the downsides of being in the 4th dimension and living in space is that the gravitational pull is super sporadic with no real patterns. Some areas have super powerful gravity while others have zero. 4th dimension beings have learned to adjust perfectly fine.

The pressure changes and general lack of oxygen negatively impact A. Sphere's body, however, so to help him be okay, he sits in those vacuum boxes that allow for added pressure to be put on him to help even his breathing. He usually isn't put in unless he is fading in and out of consciousness, since he hates the confined space. It freaks out A. Tesseract every time it happens.

Her boss thinks she's stupid for worrying so much and using company tech. A. Tesseract worries more for A. Sphere than keeping her job, so she ignores N. H. Sphere.

[Cursive transcript: Care to see him again?]

Outside of the partial angst and stuff, this dimension is the reason why A. Sphere shows up in A. Square's hallucination.

During A. Square's trauma-induced hallucination, he shows up in the 4th dimension briefly with the Monarch of Pointland. A. Sphere and A. Tesseract take notice, and she offers him the ability to talk to A. Square one last time for closure reasons.

In this version, this scene would be longer, with A. Sphere possibly apologizing for denying the existence of the 4th dimension and not being able to assist A. Square in the way he wanted to. It's more wholesome and conclusive than transactional like in the movie. The other stuff is there too, but having more sentimental moments would be so cool.

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I am very sorry how messy these particular doodles are, I was drawing all these super late at night during my shift, so I was not paying much attention to the flow of the images. When the inspo hits, you don't really realize how incohesive they are until you start photographing the images to post lol

Thank you once again for reading this whole thing, and have a wonderful day :)

[iblameashley]

Jumping on the CoD brain-rot bandwagon.

I'm also like, super lazy so I'm going this in point-form. This was quickly and poorly written. Don't blame me, I'm gay and thirsty.

"Meeting & First Date"

*Mini-story* Civilian | Male

(König)

You were new to the city, but found a nice little coffee shop to hit up every day before work. It was quiet and the staff was friendly.

Most days there was a slow, but steady pace of patrons. Until one day, he came in. He was fucking massive.

He was wearing a mask, and a shirt so tight you could make out the dog-tags he was wearing.

The coffee shop was pretty much empty that day, so he instantly caught your jaw hit the floor. He smiled under his mask, blushed a bit and then quickly cast his eyes to the floor.

As he took his order, you took a less-than respectful look. He had to be almost 7' tall and was built like a mountain. Suddenly your whole 6' stature felt very small. He spoke surprisingly soft, though, you could barely hear his order.

He flashed you one last look before he left with his large coffee. You couldn't read his eyes, was he mad? Flattered?

You finished your coffee and danish and left for work.

It became a ritual. You arrived at the coffee shop, ordered, sat down and about twenty minutes later, he would come in. Always wearing a mask.

He would look at you, and then go about his day.

It took about a month of this before you noticed the change in his demeanour. He came in, gazed your way, and went to order his food. But his fist was clenched. It worried you.

So you actively started to look away when he came in. After all, you were the rude one, always staring at him. But he kept looking at you. You could feel his stare and now you felt uncomfortable.

Several days in a row, he would turn your way as he waited for his order. Staring. Fist flexing. And that god-damn mask hiding his face.

It was almost the end of the second month when it finally happened. His fist clenched, he made a pivot that nearly gave you a heart attack, and he walked with purpose over to your table. He towered above you; probably would even if you were standing.

"I'm sor-" You began. But stopped as he held out his hand. He was holding a piece of paper. "Order for King" the Barista yelled. He flapped the paper a little and you took it. He said nothing as he turned, grabbed his coffee and walked out.

'What kind of name is King?' you asked yourself. He was gone now. You realized now, how hard and fast your heart was beating. You were shaking a little. And then you remembered the paper you were holding.

You opened it up. In surprisingly nice printing it read: "You stare a lot, you shouldn't. Its rude. You seem nice, though. If you want to go on a date, please text me."

You were sure you were suffering some kind of hallucination. It was so grade-school "do you like me Y/N" but so endearing as well. You took out your phone and typed up a text. "Your name is King?" You smiled as you hit send.

It took no time to get a response. "No. Its a nickname." You smiled and replied, "Military code-name, more likely ;)"

He was taken by surprise. "What makes you think I'm military?" He asked. "Saw the dog-tags. Your shirts are very tight."

The chatting went on all day. Every chance you got you would reply to him and ask more questions. He was incredibly sweet, it seemed. And then finally he asked. "So, do you want to go on a date?" You did. "Yes." you replied. You spent the better part of the afternoon setting up the date.

(Date Night)

You chose to meet where you met, the coffee shop. You had decided to do a public date. He seemed nice, but you were still very much intimidated by him. He arrived in a button-down that was straining to stay closed, and that mask. Always with the mask.

"Hey, King." You said as he approached. He gazed at you quickly, then back to the ground. "Its Jakob." He said shyly. "But you can still call me King if you like."

"I would." You smiled. "So King, got a question for you." You smirked. He tilted his head like a puppy. "We're going on a date, right?" He nodded, following along. "First you're taking me to a pub for drinks and dinner, right?" He nodded again. "So how are you planning to eat, with that on?" You reached up and tapped his mask.

He was silent as his brain worked away. "I can eat later." He finally said. I don't want to make you uncomfortable. You could see the sadness and shame in his eyes. "I want you to like me first."

You pulled out your phone and began scanning it. After a moment, you put the phone away and looked at him. "We have spent 3 days talking and have sent several hundred messages to each other. I agreed to a date. I already like you. But I would also like to see you, and I will not eat by myself while you watch." You took a breath. "But…" you started. "If you really don't want me to see your face right now, we can skip dinner and just go on the walk through the park."

He was fidgeting in place. He was confused and stressed. It felt like everything was falling apart and he didn't want to ruin the date, not after taking so long to even ask for a date."No. I will show you my face. I will eat with you."

Before he could remove it, you placed your hand on his cheek over the mask. "Only if you want to. I don't mind skipping the dinner part of our date." He shook his head and you lowered your hand.

He took the mask off slowly and looked away as he did it. You could see he was breathing hard, but let him take the time he needed. When he finally worked up the courage, he turned to you. Across his lower-right jaw was a large scar. It looked like a bad burn and reached from his chin to just behind his ear.

You took his hand and gave it a squeeze. "I still like you," you smiled. "ready to go?" He squeezed your hand back. "Are you-" he started. "Yes. Lets go, handsome." This time you got to see him blush.

He spent most of dinner talking. He mostly ignored his food as he talked about anything and everything. You figured the beer was helping to loosen him up, but you enjoyed learning just how much of a nerd he was. You smiled and followed along, asking questions when he needed to take a breath. It was actually incredibly fun. He would apologize for talking so much every now and then. You waved your hand and just said "Keep going."

After you had both finished dinner, and several drinks between the two of you. He paid the bill and off to the park you went. The walk was peaceful and he seemed to have run out of things to say, so you talked for a while.

You could feel him looking at you the whole time. But it was softer this time. At one point, as you were standing in front of a pond, enjoying the last of the evening sun, he took your hand in his.

You stopped talking and looked up at him. "Is this ok?" He asked. "This is ok." You replied. "I've been worried." He said. "This is my first date…" He started to breath heavy again.

"With a man?" You asked. He nodded. "I mean, I've been with men.. but I don't sleep with a lot, I mean, Its fine--" You held up your free hand, and he stopped.

"You don't have to explain yourself to me." You smiled. "We can taken this as slow as you need."

"What if I wanted to kiss you?" He asked. "Do you want to kiss me?" You asked coyly. You looked at him and smiled. "Yes." He said sternly. You could actually see it in his eyes. He really did want to kiss you.

He bent down a bit, to match your height and slowly placed his lips on yours. They were soft and warm. It was a long, slow kiss. His hand behind your head to hold you there. You were just about to pass out when he pulled away. You caught your breath, and just stood there smiling like an idiot.

"Was I good?" He asked. "You literally took my breath away." You laughed.

You leaned into him and watched the sun set. You couldn't wait for your next date with your gentle, dorky giant.

[allisonmysidee]

I personally think he's kinda got himself a bit stuck atm - I'm not talking about his relationship (that's irrelevant) but interms of the album cycle. There were clearly setbacks (change of direction/production issue), but them the ball started rolling properly after LA. He seemed super excited all through the summer, Boardies went well, etc. But esteem issues were still there and there was a decision to not do standard promo. I think the arena gigs were the pre-launch, but then he got sick, and it went off course. Physically and mentally, it could understandablely done a number on him. Now, there's a fear of doing promo and the fear of reoccurring vocal issues going forward. Meantime he's isolated from family and friends and isolated from his bandmates. It's super hard to shake yourself from something from a setback like that, especially with negative comments everywhere. He's not socialising, just always on social media platforms. I think he's gotten too comfortable with feeling down at home to just get back out there. The longer he stays in that rut, the harder it is to get out of it. It happens. I think the brit push is a remedy to get promo without him having to get personally involved. I'm not convinced about the EU tour going ahead either, which is why they are desperate for the award to have something positive out there xxx

I get it, I really do. I had a time in my life, back when I was 15/16, where I was so depressed I physically didn’t leave my house for 6 months. I’m going through it now, my friends keep asking me to meet up and I keep making excuses cause I’m just in such a rut as my illness flared up at the end of the year and left me in bed for a couple weeks, so now I’ve got the anxiety of going out again that the last thing I wanna do is socialise even though I am feeling better. It’s a scary cycle cause only you can get yourself out of it but it feels like there is no way out. I don’t want to speculate too much but I do think he’s still quite badly poorly and that is why nothing has happened. I 100% agree, the Brits is his promo in a way. I think releasing remember my name a week before the album is also a last mini push for promo without him doing any interviews. Like that voice message he sent on WhatsApp today, he could’ve done a video message on insta stories but yet he chose to not show his face. Dean literally doing the interviews now and seemingly doing the most promo. Something definitely isn’t right, I’m quite worried about him if I’m being completely honest xx

[samuel-de-champagne-problems]

ok i also don't know what's going on (which is worse bc i am being graded on knowing what the hell is happening) but basically my senior thesis is to find what impact certain economic variables (poverty status, police populations, education, race makeup of a state, health status, etc) have on violent crime rates in the years 1991-2020. (totally NOT criminal minds inspired 👀). anywho

my hypothesis is that certain decades/years will have different variables that have a bigger impact. ie 1991-1995 would be abortion rates while 2008 would may be unemployment rates. it's hard to explain unless you've taken econometrics (i still only half understand tbh) but I'm basically seeing how the data/numbers i've collected on a state level for each year correlate to violent crime rates (a very basic, probably incorrect explanation for what a regression is).

then, im taking those years and comparing them against each other in what is called a panel-data with fixed effects regression, which controls for the variations across the states to find what is varying across the years only. bc I chose violent crime, i had to get my data from like four different datasets, while my peers did more economic-based topics, which only required one that I said that was already compiled (i had to type in everything by hand woop woop data entry). my teacher herself said in a meeting with someone in my class "🐝 is working herself into the ground" bc I am making it WAYYYY harder than it needs to be and i had to COMPLETELY redo all my data entry (357 observations) for the abortion rates ack. but it all for naught bc im doing NOTHING with this major after i graduate 🙃

^ if you dont understand that please know that it was a very poorly written explanation of my research

and not to mention that I have a final paper for my other major's senior seminar class which at least is only 10 pages. but that one is on white collar crime and how it links with my current internship with a state-level investigation bureau.

i think that was oversharing oops- spencer reid rambling who- sorry fam

-🐝

Don't worry about oversharing/rambling...that's all I do on here anyway lol

But I am super interested in all this. That sounds so impressive! I would absolutely never change my major (early childhood special education/accessible education is my jam) but this is just fascinating tbh!

I totally believe in you, Bee! You got this and while the subject area may no longer be applicable you're learning so many great skills that I'm sure are going to suit you in an incredible career that's ahead of you.

[theloganator101]

The House Arrest Punishment was BS

Finally! I get the motivation to talk about the House Arrest Punishment!

Let’s start with the most glaring problem of the whole situation.

The fact that Izuku was punished as well.

The only thing he did was defend himself against his long-time bully and had no choice but to fight as a last option.

Yet he’s treated to be just as fault for the situation and, even if he chose not to go, who’s to say that Bakugou wouldn’t just drag his ass to the training ground?

Now for another problem I have with it, Aizawa.

He didn’t even bother trying to get the whole story and just pinned the blame on both of them. Sure he gave Midoriya one less day but that doesn’t help anything! Just goes to show his dislike to Midoriya.

But the thing that ticks me off the most is the consequences for it…

Not only are they not allowed to know the current assignments, which would cause them to get left behind, but Midoriya also gets treated poorly because of this.

WOW WHAT GREAT FRIENDS YOU HAVE MIDORIYA!!

Because not only do they talk about it in front of them! But don’t tell them about it at all!

But don’t worry! It gets worse!

Because in the end, MIDORIYA, is the one to apologize for his behavior even though he did NOTHING WRONG other than defending himself!!

So yeah the whole House Arrest thing makes me super angry, can’t you tell?!

[hmslusitania]

so. i just finished s4 and uuuh. they're 100% gonna break eddie and ana up in s5 right? 'cause like, eddie was fucking shot and almost died, and instead of using that to (finally lbr) solidify the eddieana relationship, they made her and their relationship almost irrelevant. they made buck and buddie the focal point of it all. 'cause they had the time to solidify it, and yet they chose not to. how am i NOT supposed to think that's on purpose, y'know?

I think it was definitely on purpose and from what we know from various behind the scenes blogs and their dedicated work to keeping an eye on things, GW has been around for filming…exactly once and it was back at the very beginning. She’s in the official cast list for 5x01 so it’s my — not entirely unfounded, but certainly optimistic — belief that she’ll be there long enough for Eddie to break up with her and then she’ll simply be gone.

And I know you didn’t ask this and I haven’t had my coffee yet and I’m typing on my phone BUT I think my ideal season opening (like opening opening not the entire episode) would go like this:

We get the cold open, some wild call the 118 and maybe Athena all respond to, and it’s clearly the present day but then—

We get a flashback montage like that lady with the bicycle in the mudslide episode except it’s our folks

We see the month of May, Chimney confiding in Buck about his worries around Maddie’s health

We see the month of June, Eddie breaking up with Ana because she keeps hovering when he’s injured and trying to recover and he wants to just deal with it himself. He clearly has some ptsd going on but this is presumably not addressed

We see the month of July, Athena is notified that in the next couple months her attacker is going to trial

We see the month of August, Maddie is not improving at home, not with Chimney’s help, not with Buck helping take care of Jee when he can

Still in August, we see Eddie re-certify for his job and refuse to have a party about it and maybe this is where he tells Buck he doesn’t want to jinx it like Buck’s homecoming

Now it’s September and Athena’s case is moving to trial and she’s totally fine stop asking about it thanks

And then we’re up to present day and it’d an episode titled Panic for a reason

There’s a 0.00003% chance of this happening? But that’s what I’d do with it if I were writing. It gives us short scenes of Maddie that they could’ve filmed at the end of season 4 (which I saw rumour of them having done, along with Kenny and Oliver and a baby) which could dove tail into what I think they’re going to have to do with Maddie for 5A which is send her to a recovery place and (hopefully) have her communicate with her family via Skype as she heals. It gives us an insight into how Athena is doing with the news of her attacker going to trial which would of course be poorly but she’s putting on a brave face because she’s Athena and she doesn’t know how else to be. It gives us insight into Eddie’s recovery which is not going super smoothly but he’s fine of course he’s fine why wouldn’t he be fine he’s been shot before what else is new yes he did break up with his girlfriend but not because he’s not fine don’t be stupid he’s obviously FINE stop asking please.

And then we’ve got a three episode arc and my money is still very much on the lights going out at the very end of Panic when they’re all in a hospital together because of maybe the medevac helicopter rescue they listed in the summary and maybe this causes Eddie to have A Moment that he mistakes as a health scare but is of course a panic attack and our episode ends with the lights dying and Eddie in the hospital and our team having to leave him there, thereby separating him from the squad like Buck in 3x01 and Athena in 4x01.

I would kill for there to be a scene between just Athena and Eddie where they talk and maybe she recognises how exactly not fine he is and it’s a moment of self-recognition through the other in which she sees Eddie pretending to be fine and realises that she also is doing the same thing.

I would also kill for the inevitable (if it’s not inevitable I will manifest in Timothy’s home and steal all his left socks) breakup scene between Eddie and Ana to include her getting about as much dialogue as she normally gets — roughly zero because I am petty and small minded about it and I don’t like her. And as you very correctly pointed out, they could have used the whole “Eddie gets shot” thing to solidify their relationship and instead they used it to solidify Eddie and Buck’s relationship. Outstanding heterosexuality on display there, really.

Sorry for the ramble, thanks for coming by!

[lady-lyrjok]

Hi! I hope this isn't a bother or anything but I was wondering if you had any writing advice for, well, writing characters accurately?

That's my biggest worry, I've recently been inspired to try to write some fanfiction again and I want to make sure I do the characters justice.

If you don't have any advice over characters, that's okay! Some advice for starting the first page instead would be nice if possible ^-^

No bother at all! I love talking about writing! This got kinda long too so I apologize for the info dump.

I think my best advise about characters is to write them as a whole character. You and I have both positive and negative traits that make up who we are. As much as we love our characters, we can't just dump every good trait into them and ignore everything else.

Write down the traits that make the character and show off all of them! Plus it's totally okay to change those traits as you go. People grow and change as they live their lives and encounter new people or situations, so your characters can do that too(though not a the drop of a hat, change takes time).

When I'm going through a scene, I tend to think about how this character would realistically react. It might not always be the socially or morally correct reaction to the situation. It might make the situation worse in fact, but if they were to chose the positive solution every time, the chance for that character and the characters around them to learn disappears. It also takes out any tension or opportunities to explore the scene/characters more. On the flip side, don't make your characters fail and choose poorly every time either.

Finally, give yourself space to not completely know your characters. It's okay to sit down and have just a couple of traits and ideas for them. As you write, ideas will pop up that most of the time are better for the story than a lot of pre-planned scenes. Let it be organic and have fun with it!

For a first page, write a scene. Write action. Write your characters doing something or reacting to a situation. Stick us in the middle of their life. Showing your readers action will tell them more about your character than paragraphs of you explaining the world ever will.

It doesn't have to be super exciting or crazy either. A simple showing of their evening off of work, or how they react to meeting an unexpected person or situation will do to kick off your plot. You can always sprinkle in more as you go. It's called character growth and world building for a reason. It takes time and energy to get to the end result. You got this!

That got wordy and long but I hope it helps! Happy writing!

[nightswithkookmin]

Hi Goldy, JK was bold in the past, around 2017-2019 (to me, gcf & rosebowl can be considered as ‘coming out’). But it seems he now prefers to stay closeted? E.g. he snatched JM’s hand in the Xylitol x BTS shoot, then looked at the camera. Holding hands is normal among members… a lot of his interactions with Jin, V and other members are more intimate than holding hands… his reaction makes me feel like he wants me to pretend I didn’t know…?

Sorry I've been a bit AWOL lately...

I'm busy being the man of my woman's dreams in a cis het anti black capitalist world

Fun times.

I saw that bit, uWu-ed and kept it pushing.

It's nothing new really. I think a few months back when I was out here screaming Jikook are toning down, acting super professional around the cameras yadda yadda people out here were looking at me like I'd lost my two delulu heads- but this segues into that theme for me and since I've exhausted the topic I don't know what else to add.

I've said before they've both been very conscious of the cameras within certain periods post October- again nothing new, they be like that every now and then every season every phase and the whys will always be up for debate in these ship streets- on that subject, I've read a lot of opinions yet I think like mine better and will stick to it. Thanks Kimberly of Delulu precinct. Walk along now. Lol.

Jimin was like that during the Coway behind the scene shoot too when he noticed the cameras and quickly elbowed Jk to draw him away from the gaze of the cameras.

I don't think it's because they stopped being 'bold' or want to pretend. It takes a lot of courage to even pretend or even perform the gay in front of the world and your peers. I think they are just awfully aware and conscious of the people they work with as well as corporation's growing awareness, intentions and interests in them. You just never know which saessang is moonlighting as a brand PA or marketing director for a company they are working with. You just never know who is watching especially whenever they have to work with these 'outsiders.'

Think of Dispatch. Were they not allies or business partners, they'd be careful around them too if they worked with them. Know what I mean?

Toning down and exercising caution is necessary sometimes. I don't know why some people think that's absurd or Tuktukkerish when I say stuff like that. Especially with the kind of reputation they have as a ship and just how commercially attractive that image is. It's common sense at this point if you ask me.

Jikook sells. Argue with the analytics. I don't know who thinks they don't. Must be the clowns and penguins. They sell period. BigHit knows this, BTS knows this, companies know this. We don't scream Jikook is a brand within a brand for no reason.

And a lot of the toning down in recent times has perhaps inadvertently mitigated that growing power and demand of them as a marketing resource- who knows, that could have as well been by design, intentionally instigated for obvious reasons which I argue is the case but don't mind me. I'm delusional, gay and apparently the man of my woman's dreams uWu. Gotta wear that pants in my relationship. Ayaya Hwaiting.

When you say he prefers to stay closested- I thought they are both closested already?? They both have never been fully out in our opinion. Yes our opinion because I feel we are like minded. Let's be delulu mates.

On the topic of closets, I want to save that for a separate post. What I can say though is they are both growing and maturing and learning and unlearning. Jungkook's desire to 'come out' or act reckless with his glass closet in my opinion stemmed from him placing more value on his personal happiness over other values perhaps because he was young and hadn't fully grasped the full and complex nature of happiness or understand the privilege he has as part of BTS.

We make decisions based on our values most times. It's how I make sense of their actions really. I'm more likely to assume things that are consistent with the values they each have expressed openly and tend to reject any theory that contradicts or is inconsistent with those values. A guy who values his career is less likely to act in a way that puts that career at risk. And I'm well aware their values evolve over time.

These days he has never quit as one of his mottos next to rather dead than cool- do you see the contradictions in those values? Rather dead means quitting life. Yet now he says never quit. Don't mind me. I'm in a grumpy mood.

But what I'm saying is, the desire to want to show the world who this person means to him is not fixed or a priority all the time. Now i think he values his career a lot more than before which means he is more likely to compromise and less likely to do things that may put that career in jeopardy.

Transferring that to his relationship, I don't expect him to be breaching the glass closet anytime soon. And if he do, it might be incidental and may carry with it consequences which I believe he is well aware and concious of now. Will that change? You bet. Again it depends a lot on what his values in a given moment are and which ones he prioritizes.

It's their relationship. They chose which aspects of it they want to share with the cameras. Some of it get written off as fanservice. Fair enough. But the nonfanservice passing moments has always been questionable- although I must say, I find all Jikook moments and interactions questionable lol.

It's just skinship. Holding hands I mean. Why would he be conscious of that right? II'vetalked about consequences and repercussions of their actions. Sometimes I think it's the off screen scolding that gets to him. The ones silently whispered at his back. I mean we saw his reaction when Jimin was getting scolded by the hyungs for sleeping late. He's talked about skipping sleep too if I recall correctly. Jimin is hyung and I know the hyungs expect him to know better and do better. I'd Imagine Jimin would equally scold JK if his actions reflected poorly on him too.

So why the hell would he not say anything to Jungkook for posting on his birthday when he hadn't posted at all for any hyung's??? Sigh.

It's sad his guards are back up- but it's for good reason I believe given the context of the situation.

I don't think dramatizing his dynamic with Jimin makes him bold. Nor does Jimin's propensity to over express himself with Jungkook mean he loves Jungkook more than. Both are extreme takes for me.

Nevertheless, I contrast that moment with a Tae Kook moment which is one of my favorite tuktukk moments. In this moment, JK is staring at Jimin, his whole body turned towards him. Tae notices the cameras and draws JK's attention to it. I think there are two such moments like that from the recent contents? I don't know I have to cross check.

Tae in that moment reminded me a lot of Jimin. Jimin does this too- play out their relationship infront of the cameras to the point one might say he likes to show off their bond- which is such a BTS thing to do too so no big deal. I mean they like to show off their bond and chemistry as Tae said a while back.

It's one thing for JK to hesitate to act with a member because of the cameras, it's another for him to act self conscious only after the fact.

And JK has always been him like this with Jimin as Jimin used to say- JK acts different with me off cameras than he is on camera. He had a history of suppressing himself around Jimin owing in part to his personality

He's talked about putting on a mask around people and in a recent interview Jimin have talked about pretending and acting one way when he's not- I mean I've ever talked about the boy being in love with the Maknae being a facade- one of many.

They have public personas which, from what BTS themselves say, looks slightly different or similar to what we see on screens- or that they've grown to be more like what we see on screens.

I guess what I'm getting at is that 'pretending' isn't exactly a new thing or out of the ordinary. Personally I'd say he's being conscious of his surroundings like Jimin was and not that he is 'pretending.' If you know what I mean.

If he's pretending he has good reason to I believe and we can only speculate on that- we can't know for sure why.

If Jikook is fanservice then there's no need for either of them to worry about the cameras picking up on their interactions or who's watching them.

What goes on in Tae's head? I wanna know.

I don't know where to direct this post because you didn't really ask a question.

I'm fine thanks for asking. I'm really fine. I'm thinking of joining Jimin in the gym at 3am to bench press and build some biceps to match my role in my relationship😒

And no I don't need any advice. Keep it.

This is going to be my attitude until we switch back😐

I'm gonna be a boyfriend from hell and a blogger from satan's ass.

Also I think I overshare💀

GOLDY

[lizbotw]

hii can you write hcs on shinso having a gf who’s super nice to everyone and doesnt stand up for herself but stands up for other people

Shinsou With a S/O that Stands Up for Others But Not Themselves

hey! yes, i can ;) also, although you said girlfriend, it’s a bit more gender neutral so i hope that’s fine! hope you enjoy these and let me know what you think ♡

Shinsou Hitoshi

Your caring and helpful personality was one of the major reasons Shinsou fell in love with you in the first place.

The strong sense of justice you always embodied as you put others in front of yourself quickly drew his eye when he spotted you one day after school, standing up for a business course student that was being bullied for being weak by some other U.A. kids.

The way you told off the bullies and made sure they knew that everyone came to this school for different reasons and that’s why they chose the courses they did?

The way you said that above all everyone was trying to improve themselves here and that everyone had different strengths that still mattered no matter what it was?

The way you checked up on the business student to make sure they were alright and helped them off the floor and back to their feet after the bullies had ran away when you threatened to call a teacher?

Shinsou couldn’t keep his eyes off of you.

With his quirk being mistaken so many times as a villainous one, Shinsou was obviously very passionate about becoming a hero and not only did you seem to embody the caring nature a pro needs, but you were also understanding of those who were misunderstood. He felt like you were exactly what he needed in his life.

Shinsou wasn’t exactly the type to get hung up on dating or crushes, but after a few times of spotting you in school and still being unable to turn away, he knew he had to do something about this. That’s why he made it his personal mission to get closer to you.

Originally, he thought it might be nice to have someone else to talk to that seemed to understand him, but that friendship soon grew into more and before either of you knew what was happening, you were dating and the happiest you’d ever been.

However, as Shinsou got closer to you, he began to realize a few things behind your outward persona of “the nice model student who bakes every one cookies and speaks out against bullying.”

When you were just friends, he had brushed the issues off as him overreacting, but now that you were dating and spending so much more time together than before, they were impossible to ignore—it was clear to him that you refused to put yourself first.

Whether it be you apologizing whenever someone did something to you even though it was clearly their fault, you sitting there and not saying anything if anyone was mean to you, or you simply always going out of your way to help your classmates, it all began to concern Shinsou. This passive, timid side of you was a sharp contrast to the fiery personality he had fallen in love with.

The tipping point was when one day a girl accidentally spilled her lunch all over you and started yelling at you for bumping into her. Some of it had spilled on her, but it was only a few drops, compared to you who had gotten most of it all over you. Your uniform was absolutely trashed. You were apologizing profusely to her and promising that you would clean up the mess.

As you turned to go grab some napkins to give to the girl to wipe herself off, Shinsou grabbed your arm and stopped you. You looked at him, confused, until he started dragging you out of the lunch room.

You were struggling against his grasp and saying you needed to finish helping the girl because it was your fault. His heart absolutely broke in two at that. Even when others were rude to you, you were still so nice to them.

“Hitoshi, what the fuck, stop, you’re making a scene.”

“No, you are. Quit yelling,” he replied simply, sighing.

In the hallway, he released his grip on your arm and instead held your hand, not wanting to let go in case you ran off to go back.

“What was that back there?” you asked, eyebrows furrowed as you tried to shake him off. His grip held fast and you eventually gave up, letting your fingers curl comfortably around the familiar bumps and curves of his hand. You two continued to walk through hallway and further away from the scene of the incident, much to your chagrin.

Shinsou pursed his lips, thumb smoothing over the back of your hand in small circles just like he did whenever you were stressed about deadlines or needed to be lulled off to sleep (naps dates were common with you two). “(Y/N)...”

He told you that it wasn’t your fault at all that the other girl hadn’t been paying attention and that you were the one who should be mad at her.

“But Hitoshi, I’m the one who bumped into her-”

He held up his free hand to silence you, frustrated expression taking over his features at the idea of you even feeling the slightest bit of guilt over this. “No, you didn’t. Did you forget I was with you the whole time? I saw what happened.”

When you tried to protest, he just kept going, letting you know that you don’t always have to worry about others and need to put yourself first sometimes. After all, how can you help other people if you’re burnt out from letting yourself get stepped all over all the time?

As an example, he brought up that time you offered to do most of the group work on a project because your group didn’t seem to like the topic. Obviously they enthusiastically agreed, but as a result you ended up pulling all nighters all week to finish it in time and did poorly on the test you had that week as well since you had no time to study.

You went quiet at his words, blinking back tears. You bit your tongue, squeezing his hand tighter.

You started to apologize for not realizing that before, but he interrupted you midway through your sentence, stopping you in the hallway, pausing your long strides during the walk, and cupped your face so you were forced to look at him.

He let you know it was okay and that he wasn’t mad or anything. He was just worried about you.

“I didn’t mean to make you worry, Toshi. I’m so sorry...”

“(Y/N), it’s practically my job to worry about you.” Shinsou cracked a smile at that, hoping to make you feel a little better. “I would be a pretty bad boyfriend if I didn’t, huh?”

You managed to grin through the few tears that had started to slip out of your eyes and quickly wiped them away before they travelled too far down your cheeks. “Yeah, I guess so,” you agreed softly, laughing.

After he made you promise to start putting yourself first a little more, he pressed a soft kiss to your lips and you giggled at that. His heart warmed at you seeming to cheer up, even if it was just a little.

With that, you two walked hand in hand to the teachers’ office where you asked for a new uniform for the day since there was no way you could keep wearing yours right now. Shinsou even waited for you to finish changing into it, not caring if he was late, and walked you back to class, glaring at the girl from lunch when he spotted her in the hallway.

From that day on, Shinsou made sure that he let you know when you were overworking yourself for others too much and when you needed to think about yourself more. He wished he had said something sooner as soon as he realized the problem, but at least now he knew he could take care of you properly and you seemed more than grateful for his help.

[kylewalker-peters]

i personally love how poorly managed this whole ESL has been. the whole thing was revealed in the press on sunday to absolute huge condemnation from everyone who likes or is involved with football. then the league gets officially announced by its members at a time when most people with a job or respect for their sleep schedule were already in bed which makes the whole thing look cowardly. again to widespread hatred from everyone. plus barcelona doesn’t even get around to announcing their involvement till half 8 the following morning which doesn’t mean anything it’s just absolutely hilarious that this “SuPEr lEaGuE” couldn’t even organise a uniform announcement 

then you realise there’s only 12 founding members signed up out of 15 so who’s the other three going to be? the “big” german clubs? nope they’ve all just put out statements saying they hate your league. okay psg? well they haven’t said anything yet so maybe but they’re owned by qatar who happen to be hosting a world cup in 2022 so probably best not to piss off fifa just yet. alright...er... porto? oh...no they’ve told you to fuck off too alright okay no need to panic. what about another english/spanish/french side? oh sevilla, lille and multiple english clubs like everton have also told you to shove your ESL up your ass.....right okay so technically your league has immediately been devalued because there are still big european clubs that would play in the champions league so it’s still desirable enough.....

okay but hey who needs 15 founding members right now? not to worry it only means you’ve failed step one and the huge immediate condemnation and possible involvement of domestic and international governing bodies plus governments means right now it’s impossible to see clubs signing up to try and be one of the lucky 5 who get to temporarily join the world’s most hated league without even having to kick a ball about (there’s also very little info on how you’d even chose which 5 small pitiful clubs you’d dare grant the chance to play against you considering europe has a fuck ton of countries and clubs and also the UCL and Europa league didn’t just disappear but fuck it we’ll forget that right now)

and now it’s the second day and it’s rumoured one of the english clubs wants to drop out already and florentino perez is out there cementing himself as one of the most hated men in the world (oh and he’ll also conveniently be the president of the ESL so that’s wonderful)

[undine-taz]

5 times Diavolo failed to be a sugar daddy and one time he succeeded

I'm just imagining poor Diavolo trying SO HARD to spoil an MC who is just. Not greedy in the slightest and loves weird little shinies while being totally indifferent to the super crazy expensive gifts he usually gives to people he's trying to woo. Just in case, this is the PUREST OF FLUFF and completely sfw. I can’t even think of any tw to tag??? Let me know if you notice something. Oh, and MC is imagined to be gender neutral. There’s a mention of perfume, but not in the feminine sense- that’s just the proper word for a certain level of scent concentration.

1. Expensive Perfume

Diavolo's first attempt is the most expensive perfume/cologne money can buy

He's not quite sure what MC's favorite scent is, so he buys a wide variety

All the bottles are sleek and minimalistic and the scents inside are VERY obviously expensive, the kind of thing Mammon would probably lose his mind over

MC's reaction is perfectly grateful, they say sincerely how much they appreciate him thinking of them. He doesn't feel a single lie off of them and he walks away mostly satisfied thinking maybe they’re just the type to not show a ton of excitement over gifts

That is, until he's walking down the hallways in RAD and happens to overhear a conversation between Asmo and MC

Asmo's talking about how he's been going through perfume at a record pace lately, and he feel so bad about wasting these beautiful bottles... would MC like them? He has one shaped like a rose, one like a star, one modeled after the cosmos... 

Asmo doesn't even get to finish because MC is already flapping their hands in joy (I'm autistic and MC is going to happy stim if it kills me) and wiggling and practically jumping into Asmo's arms in excitement

Asmo's laughing and promising to save all of his prettiest empty perfume bottles for MC from now on and MC is practically wiggling in joy and nuzzling their face into Asmo's chest in happiness

They’re talking about spending the night in Asmo’s room trying to make perfume blends for each other to fill up the bottles and tossing scent ideas back and forth

And Diavolo is sitting there feeling a bit like he's been bonked over the head. Those happy stims are ADORABLE and he wants to be the one who causes them. He's not sure why his perfume failed and Asmo's literal empty bottles worked but he's DETERMINED to try again

2. Fancy gemstones

Diavolo's next attempt is fancy gemstones. He finds large, beautifully cut and processed gemstones, the type that are so perfectly processed they look almost identical except for color

Again, when he gives MC his gifts he can tell that they're sincerely grateful! They tell him they love that he was thinking of them, they worry that he spent too much money on them ( they try to refuse at first because it's too much, but Diavolo breezes past their protests with a smile and an iron will) and Diavolo doesn't sense even the tiniest hint of untruth from their professions of gratitude

But.... there are no happy wiggles, no stunned gasps, no joyously flapping hands, no nothing. Just calm gratitude.

Diavolo goes back to the drawing board, and he's just going to visit the HOL library for inspiration in a rare book (and as an excuse to see MC) when he hears Satan and MC laughing together in the library.

When he walks in, he sees Satan and MC crouched together with some strange tools in their hands, gently chipping away at a large rock. There's a tiny pile of uncut, unprocessed gemstones at MC's elbow.

As soon as MC sees him, he's aflood in a wash of excited chatter as MC tells him about the gemstone mining kit Satan bought after reading a book on gemstones. In fact Diavolo can see the book open at Satan's elbow along with a notebook where the two have been identifying every gemstone they dig up.

Before he knows it, MC seizes his hand and he's drawn into the game, watching their eyes shine and seeing them bounce in their seat with excitement every time they uncover a new gemstone.

Dammit. Another failure. But, Diavolo finds as he watches MC's obvious joy, he can't be too frustrated when they're this happy. 

3. Shopping spree at Majolish

Diavolo is undeterred! He takes a day to bring them to Majolish, having them try on outfit after outfit. Sure, they're not picking out very many things, but he loves spending time with them and they say they're enjoying themself.

After several hours, Barbatos gently reminds him that he has a meeting soon and that MC seems absolutely exhausted.

Diavolo pouts, especially when he sees that MC hasn't picked out very many things, but he sighs and concedes.

When he drops them off at the HOL, MC gives him a hug and thanks him for helping them pick out some more formal outfits for any upcoming RAD events. Diavolo accepts the hug gladly, but there's no squeaking or jumping and DEFINITELY no flapping. MC seems rather exhausted, and Belphegor has appeared from nowhere and draped himself over MC and is mumbling about needing a nap buddy and MC isn't even trying to argue 

The next day, Barbatos shows him Levi's post on Devilgram. It's a video, of Levi giving MC a plain, unassuming box.

When MC opens the box, their mouth drops open, their eyes go wide, and they fling themselves at Levi, happily nuzzling into his chest and mumbling incoherent thanks while Levi turns bright red and starts stuttering and clearly tries not to combust

The video cuts out for a second and then starts again with MC wearing a simple shirt embroidered with a strange logo, which Levi explains from behind the camera is inspired by MC's favorite series and was handmade by Levi for practice. Levi was apparently asked to design formalwear inspired by anime, and he chose MC's favorite to practice a design. According to the caption, the two spent an entire day together watching the series and sketching ideas!

MC is beaming and happy stimming while Diavolo thumps his head into his desk dramatically and Barbatos elegantly stifles a chuckle behind him. 

4. Bouquets of flowers

Well now Diavolo is determined. HE WILL MAKE MC HAPPY STIM IF IT KILLS HIM

HE HAS HIS PRIDE AS THE FUTURE DEMON KING DAMMIT

He begins watching the corniest of romcoms for ideas.

Midway into one of them, he sees the character buy their love interest bouquets upon bouquets of roses

BRILLIANT! He's up and placing orders immediately. Barbatos stays behind for a few minutes to actually watch how this particular ploy works out on screen, before laughing and going to watch the chaos

As dedicated as he is to the young lord, watching Diavolo scramble around trying to impress his first puppy love only to fail because the target of his affections is simply too humble.... well, it's honestly adorable. He'll step in if it goes on for too long, but for now it might actually be good for the young master to experience something he can't have by throwing money or influence at it.

Diavolo has some of the Devildom's finest florists on the horn and he's sending a veritable flood of their finest cut flowers... AND he's sending them from an anonymous source, just like in the movie! The woman in the movie only sent over THREE bouquets to the object of her love, so Diavolo sends 300. Only the best for his MC :)

He's waiting impatiently for the results of his little scheme when he gets an apologetic text from Lucifer saying that he'll be late to the meeting and MC won't be coming at all. Some anonymous admirer sent MC an excessive amount of flowers and the sheer amount of pollen triggered allergies in ALL of the demon bros and MC.

Lucifer needed time to clear out the house and distribute allergy meds to everyone and buy out the nearest store on tissue paper

Barbatos is no longer even bothering to stifle his chuckles while Diavolo buries his face in his arms to hide his shame

To rub salt in the wound, Lucifer tells him a few days later that he set up a miniature greenhouse for MC to grow humanworld herbs in and they've barely left it in the last two days

Lucifer’s been spending most of his free time in the greenhouse with them, helping them tinker with humidity spells and listening to their excited monologues on human gardening techniques

Lucifer is definitely smirking as he tells Diavolo this and Diavolo doesn't bother to ask how Lucifer knew what was going on, because his old friend knows him too well and Diavolo realizes he's not exactly subtle.

What he doesn't realize is that Barbatos is also a dirty dirty snitch and he and Lucifer have been watching over his attempts with a mix of hilarity and pity

5. Desserts

Some might give up, but not Diavolo! His newest ideas is fancy desserts. He was told by a sweet old succubus that the best way to his lover's heart was through the stomach (actually she initially had some far raunchier suggestions that had made Diavolo blush and had given him some ideas for far, FAR in his future relationship with MC, but that's neither here nor there) and so here Diavolo is, placing a giant order at Madame Scream's to be delivered to the HOL.

This time he has learned from his mistakes and he signs it as being from him and addresses it to "MC and the residents of HOL" because even he recognizes there are far too many sweets for a human to eat before they go bad

Barbatos by this point is starting to feel pity and is almost tempted to suggest he wait until it's not Beel's day for Fangol practice to send a giant array of tempting sweets.

Almost. If it weren't for the maid cafe fiasco of last week Barbatos probably would have, but that lace had chafed in areas that should never be chafed.

Diavolo sent his gift only to receive a poorly drawn thank-you card drawn by Beel and signed by everyone at the HOL, including MC, even though "I didn't even get a chance to eat any, BEEL"

This poor man feels his soul leave his body, especially when he returns home from RAD to find Barbatos and MC baking together and singing along to Disney songs (well, MC was singing, Barbatos was simply watching them with a smile and occasionally twisting them into a simple dance to make them laugh and squiggle with joy)

Et tu, Barbatos?

After yesterday's glitter incident, Barbatos has no shame and simply smirks back. He'll help the young lord when he can shower without finding glitter in every crevice.

+1: Tea together

Diavolo is planning his next gift when he gets a message from MC, of all people

His heart flutters, he has butterflies in his stomach, and he hasn't even read it yet!

It's a simple text- "What are you up to?" 

Obviously Diavolo can't admit he's shirking paperwork to try and figure out a gift that would make them happy! So he improvises and claims he's working. He gets back a sad face emoji and a simple "Miss you! I feel like we haven't hung out in forever, but I know how busy you are. Good luck, I'm rooting for you!"

SHOT THROUGH THE HEART AND MC IS TO BLAME

This man is dramatically draped over his desk wailing about how cute MC is.

Luckily for him Barbatos has forgiven him for both the maid cafe incident and the glitter incident and Diavolo has been too distracted trying to plan gifts to cause any new chaos

Barbatos hands him a lovely picnic basket, complete with tea and fancy sandwiches, and tells him to go see MC and take a break since he's clearly not getting any work done as is.

Cue guilty glance to the overwhelming stack of paperwork that's been building up. He swears he's never seen Barbatos place more and yet they keep growing, are they breeding somehow...? Did Lucifer curse him after the taffy incident?

Either way, Diavolo takes the basket and heads off to HOL.

He's either very lucky or (more likely) Barbatos bribed Lucifer into helping him out, as MC is the one to answer the door.

They look kind of down until they see him and he explains he's there to spend time with them, and then they absolutely LIGHT UP.

Before he knows it, they've thrown himself into his arms and they're bouncing in excitement and snuggling him and happy flapping and boyo is confused but OVER THE MOON.

He finally did it!?!?! What was it!?!?! The picnic basket? Do they have a thing for picnics baskets!?!?! 

And then he actually tunes in a d listens to their flood of chatter and how happy they are to see him and how much they've missed him and how excited and grateful they are they he took time out of his busy schedule to spend time with him and out in the thought to prepare a way for them to spend time in each other's company...

O H

He is M E L T I N G

He can't believe it was this easy.... no need for fancy gifts or anything like that, just... paying attention to their likes and spending time with them???? 

Holy shit he is gonna protect this human's smile witH HIS LIFE 

And now that he understands them better he can buy EXPENSIVE SHIT THEY'LL ACTUALLY LIKE AND HE'LL GET ALL THE HAPPY SNUGGLES AND JOYOUS STIMMING IN THE WORLD!!!! 

Yes, he decides, wrapping his arms around them while trying to keep the basket level

Now that he's gotten a taste of their sincere joy, he's hooked and he's going to make them as excited and happy as this as often as he possibly can. 

[smugraccoon137]

Supergirl Season 2 episode 8 Medusa review part 2

If your curious part 1 was just my breakdown of Kara and Mon-els relationship that got way too long. But as always SPOILERS AND GAY THOUGHTS AHEAD

Me and kel get so excited when Lenas in an episode. Like practically giddy. I can’t help smiling when shes on screen honestly. And yes Katie McGrath is beautiful, but beyond that such a pretty smile and lovely voice. I’m sure ratings started to spike when she joined the cast. Okay enough about pretty girls on to the review 

Tipsy fucking Alex though guys I can’t get over this mess of a person. 

Alex: if I have to come out to my mom then I choose to do it drunk

Kara: no your not *yoinks beer*

Alex: wait no my coming out juice

Kara Danvers sneaky sneaker extraordinaire can totally interview Lena and find out Cadmus things without anyone knowing. The confidence this goofball has is top tier

Underrated relationship: Alex and Winn though. I really really love Winn and honestly Alex is such big sister energy to both him and Kara. 

wow Lenas pretty in the interview scene. A touch of auburn hair from the sunlight really makes this shot and we never get to see her with her hair down. Fan service honestly, or maybe she heard a certain beef cake reporter was gonna come by and wanted to dazzel her.

Lena: hair up is for business. Hair down is for flirting friendship time with Kara

Poor baby thinks she falls short nooooo. Your doing your best godamn your only like 25 jesus. Kara give her a hug she needs love and affection

Kara thinks shes being so sneaky in this interview. Such a golden retriever, bad at sneakin. As soon as she toes the line Lena catches on and kicks her out. Really good acting in the scene, the subtle change in expression to show Lenas guard raising. Good job Katie.

Real quick Lena why is your office so ugly? How do you keep it clean? You spend 99% of your days in this place and its whiter than a hospital room. I hate it. Why is your desk an oval? and why does it have a hole in it? Kara cant eat you out in secret anymore damn. 

OOHHHhhhh noooo the fucking gas bomb in the bar what the fuck. EVERYBODIES DEAD JESUS WHAT WAS THAT

Poor Mon-el. What happened at the bar was fucked up, and he feels like its fault when its obviously not.

Love that he and Kara are having bro time playing some Monopoly. Oh no not Kara asking if he likes her. Honestly thought these two had good chemistry in this scene. Im a sucker for dumbass not understanding certain words and phrases. So Kara having to reiterate her questions and finally being like “You don’t want to mate with me do you?” was super fun. Omegaverse vibes mfs. Although I am confused by mon-els reaction “I mean have you seen the kind of women I’ve been attracting?” I honestly don’t know what this means.

Kara internal reaction though: Oh thank god

Wow Kara really just has no regard for her own life, huh? she just opens the door and possibly contaminates herself. It’s good to want to help people, but love you gotta care about yourself too

Good reveal with the fortress of solitude. Oof Kara gonna feel like its her fault all those aliens died and mon-els sick. They do a really good job of showing Karas relationship with her parents through their holograms. She wants so badly to see them again, to talk to them. And she can, but not really. They just aren’t real.

Lena cattily to her mother: im used to celebrating holiday weekends alone at my desk

me to Kara: please invite her to thanksgiving

Okay so Lena being adopted is another interesting parallel to Kara. Also the fact that both Kara and Lena fall into there families shadows, and are left behhind or forgotten. Really interesting how Lena and Karas relationship is so similar to Clark and Lex’s for obvious purposes. Though the CW queer coding the fuck out of their relationship in Smallville really only adds to Supercorp fever. Its always been Homoerotic subtext Harold!

Me watching Lena and Lillian trade verbal blows: Wow ya’lls relationship is fucked up. Lex and Lionelle would spar and fence but you two are on another level jesus

oooooof that last line. 

Lena: I know your lying

Lillian: and how could you possibly know that?

Lena: because you told me you loved me. And we both know thats not true

Who wrote this jesus fuck my heart. The PAIN.

Bonus thought Lena thinks Karas smart. Goofball beefcake sneaky sneakster who doesnt know the difference between flirting and friendship is smart she thinks. I love these idiots

Wow Kara just doesn’t wait huh? Oh cadmus is going to be at LCorp? Not on my watch. Lena’s there. I know this because I tune into her heart beat just to check on her cus she likes to work late. Don’t worry Alex it’s for friendship reasons.

That LCorp security guard got princess carried for .2 seconds. Best moment of his life.

God its like dark out. Lenas working on a holiday weekend into the night. I hate this, give her friends.

Lena looks so scared when Kara gets thrown into the giant LCorp sign

And then hurt Kara looking up at her with dread.

Kara internal: fuck don’t come out now. I came here to save you

God I love the protectiveness. Its *chefs kiss*. Hank throwing the beam at Lena and Kara even in her hurt state throwing herself in front of it. Sometimes self sacrifice is gay. But how Lena looks at her after wards like “I can’t believe I’m alive. I can’t believe she chose to save me”. Met with a gruff “Get out of here!”. mm yes this is my kind of content. Fight for me.

I was robbed an aftercare scene but I doubt it will be the last time. (*COUGHS* the “im leaving” phone call *COUGHS*)

Talking about the virus Eliza: what about Lena Luthor?

Kara: What about her?! (super defensive is also a super power maam)

Winn: Luthors can be pretty good actors

Kara: No, I looked into LENAS EYES. She doesn’t know anything about cadmus or her mother

J’onzz: Would you stake Mon-els life on that?

well I guess that really puts Lena and Mon-el right next to each other in priorities huh? Which one is more important? 

Wow Lena totally has a crush on Supergirl after that. Flustered dork. 

Lena: *laughs nervously* you know that doors not really an entrance

Kara: *upsettit stone face pupper*

Lena: :,) 

Okay but the way Lena just says “Anything” all breathless and helpful when Kara says she needs her help. Shes crushin hard

Kara tells Lena her mother is in charge of Cadmus. 

Lena: >:(

Annnd the crush is dead. That did not last long. Really love that Lena has such a different relationship with Kara vs Supergirl though, good dynamic having her reactions so different. Which I believe actually relates as a Clark and Lois parallel? Seeing as how Lois has two separate relationships with Clark and Superman. 

OOf the way Lenas throat bobs with genuine sadness because who she thought Supergirl was is wrong. Shes just like the rest of them. Thinks Lena is just another crazy Luthor. It hurts

Kara: I know what its like to be disillusioned by our parents, but Im a pretty good judge of character, and you are not like your mother. She is cold and dangerous. And you are too good and too smart to follow in her path. Be your own Hero.

Wow just what a good line. They are capable of some things here and there arent they? Melissa's delivery on this is excellent. And the way Katie McGrath is able to show such depth of sadness and bitterness even from a shot of her BACK is really cool. Great acting in this scene in particular. And I can see why the “desperation to be good” is such a highlighted part of these two relationship. Its the one thing in common between Lena and Supergirl, the place where they can meet in the middle. And the way Lena looks after her as she leaves! AHHH thats the good shit, the pining

Okay big Mon-el scene in coming so if you dont want to hear my ranting skip over this part. 

Funny how as soon as Kara has this big impactful scene with Lena full of tension and emotion the writers were like: shit we almost forgot Mon-els dying. 

Kara: *staring sadly back into Lenas office kind of wanting to go back in*

Writers: *cough cough* KARA He’s DYINGGGG

Kara: Oh shit right. Mon-el Oh no. My *looks at poorly written handwriting on her palm* romantic interest?

Wow Mon-el looks like shit, poor guy. Someone swaddle this pillow princess and get him some soup.

Heres a question. Kara is visibly upset that Mon-el is dying. Is it because she’s sad that the guy shes likes is dying. Because her friend is dying? Because her father created the virus thats killing him (what the writers want us to think)? Or because no matter what Kara does the people she loves keep falling through the cracks and shes helpless to stop it?

Her parents. Clark. Her adoptive father. Now Lena. Now Mon-el. Why can’t she ever do anything? Why is it always her fault? This poor kid has some deep seeded abandonment issues

Mon-el: you know you look beautiful with the weight of all these worlds on your shoulders.

I do remember my reaction here, cus I thought this was a weird line. A line that was obviously meant to be romantic and complimentary, but it felt unsettled in my stomach. Coming back and watching the scene it sits even more uncomfortably there. He obviously means well, but this line is kind of just shitty. Its a very selfish and unthoughtful thing to say to someone. 

Kara’s entire fucking life has revolved around other people and making sure they are happy and taken care of. But having “failed” at such a young age to do the impossible things asked of her (carrying on Kryptons legacy, raising Clark) she overcompensates. Any normal person would just make their life revolve around their family and friends, not healthy but it works. But Kara feels responsibility over an entire world of lost people and lives. So the amount she overcompensates is ungodly. She does have the weight of worlds on her shoulders. This is not a joke or hyperbole. Its just her life. And thats so fucking shitty. And to have someone actually see that and acknowledge it. To make it a reality so to speak. Then to have them say “yeah you look good like this” while you’re a shaking Atlas being crushed. It is just a little too much isn’t it? That pain to have someone see you finally, and then completely miss the point. For them to go “oh wow your so strong. your so brave” instead of “let me help you. you shouldn’t have to do this at all, forget by yourself. But now I am here”. 

I imagine this was the scene that crowned my darling himbo boy Mon-Hell? Which is so unfortunate. I hope Im wrong, but I feel that his character might just end up a big missed opportunity

I want everyone to know that me and Kel screamed through the entire enxt few seconds of the scene. We knew the kiss was coming from how they were building it up. But god was it painful, especially for it to be delivered after a line like THAT. But yeah very loud angry screaming

Also not to be that bitch but Kara and Mon-els scene was a total of 1:53 RT, and Kara and Lenas ran at a 1:57 RT. Just sayin...

No Lena don’t be evil thats too sexy...

Okay but the way that Lena just tricks Lillian is so good. Shes so clever. And added bonus she makes her ask for her help, which is nice actually. Lillian's obvious vice is weakness and that is often shown in embarrassment. A woman like this asking for help borders that line of weakness and its nice to see on such a dislikable character. Lena didn’t just get what she wanted she got a point over her mother.

Lena looks good in the purple coat. Repeat she is pretty

Love the mental chess game between Lena and Lillian. Lena offering help right off the bat and giving her the isotope free of charge. And then Lillian making Lena launch the virus to prove herself. Good stuff.

Kara appears: don’t do it Lena!

Lena: why not? im a luthor

Okay so obviously Lena switched the Isotope and the Virus won’t work. But thats what makes this line so perfect. Throwing it back in Supergirls face. Like “Yeah, Im a luthor. And Ill show you what im capable of.” But instead of mass death and destruction Lena saves the day. She saved thousands of lives, and its because shes a Luthor that she was able to do that. Really nice way to full circle that 

Wow Lillian really just starts booking it without Lena, huh? bitch

I really love the scene of the virus falling all around National City. The choice of an orangish snow falling was a really really good one. Paired with some excellent music for the mid season finale.

Its sad but I do love Hank just being ready and at peace with death. Im sure he misses his wife and daughters. 

Okay but Lena calling the cops is tea. Send your mom to jail honey. 

So we’re really not gonna talk about how Lena saved everyones asses? Like don’t you think Supergirl would want to talk to the woman that A) kind of tricked her, and B) saved National City. Thats just what makes sense??? But no we’re going to ignore that the DEO is a kind of shit at their job sometimes. And that the woman that they were accusing of having a part to play in all the xenophobic shit is the one who did their job. BY HER SELF. 

Okay rant over. This was a long one review dear god. Really really good episode though. I enjoyed rewatching all the scenes even if it was a mixed bag of feelings. Thanks for reading hope you enjoyed all the screaming!

[nobodyfamousposts]

Mominette: Jealousy

Based off @susanphoenix’s idea (https://susanphoenix.tumblr.com/post/189830965967) and @thegreysman​‘s art  of toddler Conner. Particularly the one of poor Chat dealing with unhappy mini-Conner.

Turns out Conner is a jealous baby. He adores Ladybug and wants to be near her at all times. He also wants her attention on him and tends to respond poorly when she’s paying attention to others. He responds even worse when she’s forced to leave him with Chat while she goes to get a carrier so she can keep him with her while she’s powered up.

This...goes poorly.

Chat tries. Oh, how he tries. But it seems even as a toddler, Conner doesn’t like him.

He tries not to take it personally. After all, Conner was a baby now. And didn’t seem to retain any of his original memories. It was likely that in his current state, Conner still recognized Ladybug on an instinctive level. He knew she was safe. To an extent, Chat had some of the same magical aura, which may have been why Conner was only whining and fussing instead of throwing an epic temper tantrum. Though that may still become a possibility if he couldn’t get the kid to calm down.

Except Conner wanted Ladybug. And while Chat may try to help, he just wasn’t the figure baby Conner wanted at the moment. It stung a bit, but he got it.

But Ladybug was counting on him to look after Conner until she could get back. And he couldn’t have Conner fighting him. Baby he may be, the kid was still a super-baby. And while his suit protected him, he was concerned that Conner’s increased fussing could get him hurt if Chat lost his grip.

Conner let out a few hiccuping sobs, clearly unhappy.

Damn. What could he do?

What would a parent do?

...what would a parent who wasn’t Gabriel Agreste do?

Almost unbidden came a memory.

And with that memory came a tune.

“Little kitty on the roof, All alone without his lady...”

He continued to sing, rocking the child in his arms. Then to hum softly when he saw the little eyes start to close.

Even when he felt the breathing deepen, he didn’t fully stop.

(He would later learn someone had gotten pictures of this moment.

Marinette wouldn’t be surprised that Adrien hoards every single one of them.)

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Except it turns out that Conner isn’t the only jealous one.

Some time later, after the akuma is dealt with and Conner is restored, Marinette and Conner chose to take a bit of time to discuss the matter. Meanwhile, Chat entered Marinette’s room and greeted his kids.

Only to receive the response of a plush unicorn thrown at his face.

“Hey! What’s that for?”

His answer was another plush to the face. A monkey this time.

Adrien ducked behind the chaise to avoid any more toys.

“What’s going on? What did I do?” Adrien demanded as he peeked at the three. Not harshly. More worried than anything because his kids were mad at him and he didn’t know why.

Littlebug was armed with a cat toy and looking rather cross. Minimouse was curled up in a corner looking horribly dejected. And Chaton was glaring at him.

“I can’t fix it if I don’t know what I did to make you mad!”

He could feel their little stares on him.

“Can I come out without having you throw anything else at me?”

A pause.

Littlebug put the kitty toy down, but crossed her arms in a huff.

Adrien slowly edged out from behind the chaise in case she changed her mind or either of the others decided to pick up where she’d left off.

“Can you explain what I did?”

Chaton pointed to the computer screen. There on screen was a video. It was paused, but Adrien recognized the image of himself holding Conner in his toddler form.

“Conner? You’re upset about him?”

Chaton pressed a button, playing the video. It was faint, but the sounds of Chat’s singing were clear. Chaton stomped his foot and pointed to the screen, insistent and unhappily.

Adrien blinked in surprise as the meaning clicked. “The lullaby?”

The dolls nodded.

“You’re unhappy about me singing Conner a lullaby?”

Chaton looked a bit embarrassed, but nodded. Littlebug also nodded. Minimouse looked almost tearful.

“Wait...”

His eyes widened.

“Have I never sung you guys a lullaby?”

They shook their heads and pouted at him.

“Oh.”

He winced.

“Oh.”

They wanted a lullaby from him.

“I’m sorry. I never even considered any of you would want one.”

They all looked up at him, a bit surprised. Even a bit confused. Littlebug was incredulous. Because why wouldn’t they want a lullaby from their Papa?

“You only had to ask.” He gently chided, coming closer to the bed.

Littlebug looked away, a bit guiltily. Chaton leapt onto the bed and nuzzled Adrien’s hand in apology. Minimouse smiled up at Adrien, hope clear on her face.

He smiled at them.

“Come on. Bedtime.”

When Marinette later entered the room, it was to the sight of Adrien in her bed, singing softly to the three little sleepers nestled next to him. 

[angelbaugh-writes]

The Three Times You Told Steve You Were In Love With Him And The One Time He Actually Understood (Steve Rogers x Reader)

Request: 13 and 20 with steeb please!

Warnings: description of injury at the end

Author’s Note: I’m a sucker for these types of fics. I hope you guys enjoy this one! It’s poorly edited because I wanted to get something out for you guys. I love all so much. Thanks for reading! Xox Angel Baugh

    Steve was oblivious. You'd spent the last few months trying to subtly confess your feelings for him, but the super-soldier never caught on. Everyone on the team had started a bet on when he would finally understand the hints you'd been giving to him. Some even bet that he'd never figure it out. It wasn't uncommon fo you to directly flirt with him to see his reaction, but you preferred the subtle route. It made room for error. If he didn't feel the same way, you could pass it off as platonic admiration. You just hoped luck was on your side if he ever came to his senses and listened to what you were actually saying, -     The team was resting in a hotel after a rough mission. After debating back and forth for a few minutes, everyone decided to spend the night in a hotel rather than take the long flight back home. Tony had called Pepper to let her know as he handed out the room keys. You'd been paired up with Natasha for a room, though that's not where you sat when the clock struck midnight.     Unable to sleep, you chose to relax in the indoor pool. Steve was already in the body of water when you arrived. This wasn't an unfamiliar situation; the two of you spent many nights after missions avoiding the nightmares that came with sleep. You held the towel close to your body as you made your way to the lounge chairs in the corner. A pile of clothes sat in on the left along with a red, white, and blue towel that caused you to hide a laugh.     The blonde watched your actions closely, completely immersed by how you moved. He found himself doing this a lot. Over the past year, you'd become one of his closest friends, and he loved every moment he spent with you.     "Look away," you ordered. Steve's laugh filled the room, echoing off the walls. The loud sound sent a shiver down your spine.     "You are about to be in the pool with the same swimsuit on. I'm going to see it anyways," he cocked his head to the side as he spoke.     "Please," you pouted. He sighed dramatically before turning around. You smiled as you pulled the cover over your head and threw it onto the unoccupied chair. Deftly hopping into the pool, you swam to your best friend, putting a hand on his shoulder to get his attention. He turned to you with a big smile.     Within five minutes he'd already challenged you to a race. The first lap was close, but you began getting tired by the second. Steve had done ten laps by the time you finished your third.     "You're cheating!" you exclaimed.     "No, I'm not. It's not my fault that you don't have the same talents as me." He chuckled as he passed you again.     You shook your head, "You never fail to amaze me." -     Movie nights were common between you and Steve. He wanted to catch up with current day pop culture, and you loved watching movies. It made sense for the two of you to watch them together. Before watching, you always went to a nearby grocery store to get snacks. He would browse the shelves of candy, taking note of the nutritional values and calorie counts, while you held down the shopping cart. He was looking through the different m&m flavors when a boy, no older than six, approached him.     "Excuse me?" The little boy tugged on Steve's jeans. "Are you Captain America?"     "I am. What's your name?" He smiled as he crouched down.     "My name is Elliott. Can I have a picture with you?"     You watched as the mother took out her phone to take the photograph. The little boy smiled enthusiastically. After posing, he turns to look up at the hero, asking him about his shield. His eyes lit up as he explained, his inner history buff's excitement matching the child's as he spoke about the symbolism behind the colors of his suit. The sight warmed your heart. You loved watching Steve interact with fans.  He was always so kind and patient with the young ones.     "Okay, Elliott. We have to get going. Say goodbye."     "Bye, Mr. America!"     Steve looks elated when he turns back to you. "Sorry about that, doll."     "You are so perfect."     "Thank you. I was thinking that we get the regular m&ms so we can mix it in with the popcorn. Oh! And we still need to get a movie. I was thinking that we..." The tall man continues to ramble out his ideas as he guides you towards the dvds. -     You stood just outside the quinjet with Steve in front of you, clad in his blue hero suit. Nat, Tony, and Clint were rushing to get everything they needed, but Steve had been prepared since the day before. A mutual understanding stood between you two. When he wasn't on a mission that you were a part of, he would worry incessantly until you returned safely. It worked the other way around as well.     "Be safe, okay?" Your voice was raspy. In any other circumstance, you wouldn't be up this early in the morning. The cool, morning air blew past you, leaving goosebumps behind. You only wore your pajamas and one of Steve's sweaters you'd stolen previously.     "You know I'm going to be."     "Will you promise me?" He pulled you into a hug, wrapping his arms tightly around your shoulders. You relaxed into his embrace.     "I promise that I'll be safe." He pressed a small kill to your temple.     You whispered, "Come back to me safely. I can't risk losing you."     "You know I'll always come back to you."      "Hey, Mr. America! We're waiting on you, buddy," Tony called out. You laughed quietly to yourself. Steve's face turned a bright red as he pulled away. He gave you a peck on the cheek before walking towards the aircraft.     "We'll have another movie night when I get back, okay?"     "I can't wait." -     You waited outside the med bay as you waited for the doctor to come out. Your leg shook anxiously while Tony sat calmly next to you.     "Okay, Thumper. Take a deep breath. The old man is going to be okay. This is just a precaution," Tony spoke.      You groaned, "What even happened? No one has explained anything to me."     "During the mission, one of the big bad wolves shot too close to Cap. The bullet would've barely grazed him, but he moved too quickly. It's lodged into his arm. It's not going to hurt him. We just have to get it removed before his super healing starts. He's going to be okay, Y/N." You nodded at the explanation. It wasn't as bad as Clint made it out to be. You'd have to lecture him later. Right now, the only thing that mattered was Steve.     It took twenty minutes for the doctor to come out. You didn't listen to her words; the only thing you heard was the invitation into his room. Tony ushered you inside, claiming that he wanted to ask the doctors a few questions.     When you walked in, you spotted him. He sat on the edge of the bed, examining his bandaged bicep. He looked up when he heard your timid footsteps, a smile took over his features. It soon disappeared at the sight of your frown.     "What's wrong?" he asked.     "Don't ever scare me like that again, Stupid." You crossed your arms in an attempt to seem angry.     The smile returned. "I missed you. Come here and hug me."     "Stop making that face. I'm supposed to be mad at you." You pouted. He just laughed, causing you to pout harder. "It's not funny. I need you in my life, Steve."      He doesn't know what switched inside him but, in this very moment, he finally saw you. Maybe it was the "as close to death as Captain America could get to" moment. Maybe it was the way you looked in the dim light. His grin grew.     "I love you, too."