#and i'm not even a SS fan + i like M way more

[lord-squiggletits]

One TF fandom argument that confuses me is when people put Megatron and Starscream versus each other like, when people say that it's "unfair that Megatron gets redemption but Starscream doesn't" (in regards to IDW1) because like. One, IDW1 in phase 2 was written by like 4 different writers, so you can't try to claim that there was some unified vision where the nonexistent Singular Writer of IDW was like "no Starscream isn't allowed to have nice things."

And second, I don't think the writers would even think of it that way? It's not like the writers were like "okay we have one Get Out Of Jail Free Card and we're going to spend it on Megatron, sorry Starscream maybe in the next reboot you can get it." The divisions fans make between X character likers and Y character likers are completely made up fandom drama and sometimes I feel like people don't understand that the writers aren't privy to fandom infighting/drama and wouldn't write Megatron and Starscream in opposition to each other as if one character's gain must come at the other's expense.

And finally............. IDW1 Starscream literally does get to be portrayed as a more morally gray person, have his feelings shown and treated as human, even make some friends/have people treat him nicely? IDK what fucking comics people are reading where they think that Starscream is treated as an evil villain with no redeeming qualities at all. Maybe it's the same Starscream fans who shit on TAAO/Scott or something, that's the only way I could explain it.

[avenger-hawk]

I stumbled upon your ffrecs - thank you. I've read some MadaSasu and TobiSasu and it was refreshing to read something where writers put emphasis on character-accurate depictions. Mainly Sasuke is often written very off-character in fics. I want to ask you two questions: 1. If you were to change one thing in Naruto what would it be? 2. If you would like to rewrite Naruto one day - from what chapter would you proceed onwards?

Hello and thank you. I 'm repeating myself these days cause I don't have anything new in mind I guess, but I became very picky with fanfics, I now don't read anything new cause I'm not motivated and this happened because of all the healthy, unproblematic and woke crap from authors who instead of trying to write in character, they take all the "danger" from them, turning them in some off character idiots from some netflix teen drama. Anyway, I mostly try to understand why narration and plot go towards a certain direction, so mostly I follow the canon plot and fill in the holes. Like, without the Kaguya plot twist, that I found extremely boring, Obito and Madara wouldn't have been redeemed, and I admit that the concept of Madara who had manipulated to much, being manipulated in turn, was interesting. Without Uchiha massacre the Itachi and Sasuke relationship, Sasuke's motivations would be less strong and he might not join Orochimaru, thus he would not meet Team Taka. Without Itachi dying at the end of their fight he wouldn't know the truth from Tobi that way so he wouldn't act like he did later. Fix-it fics are cool and all, but without injustice and suffering characters wouldn't be so interesting.

This said, what I would change is the canon end pairings and the existence of the offspring, cause NH and SS are off character and interesting only for superficial ppl who self insert as those female characters. Imo a sequel would have been better with totally unrelated characters from the academy or smth, but ofc the authors should have invented new characters and powers while creating children of already loved characters with the same power as their parents was easier. This ruined everything for me anyway.

(pls don't send asks related to the ending and canon pairings as I wrote everything abt them already!)

Tbh before the ending happened I wrote In Power We Entrust...because I knew Sasuke wouldn't be given justice, and by justice I mean public recognition of the massacre as a decision from Danzo and the elders, clearing Itachi of all accusations and pardoning of Sasuke's consequent actions, so I wrote my post ending, where Sasuke lives in Konoha and Tsunade gave him justice but outside the village he's not trusted. Then I wrote What He Wanted, In The Dark and Of Feathers And Fangs to give myself explanation of the ending for Sasuke as the result of brainwashing, and I explored possibilities from that start, in a dark way because I can't not see it dark. So I understand my vision is extremely subjective, especially when darkfics are even less tolerated by preachy fans lol.

But I wrote more about my "ideal" ending here, here, here and here. Also kinda here, here and here.

My headcanons tag.

[sneezemonster15]

Hi, did you see this art made by a fellow SNS fan? https://at.tumblr.com/nareuteo/i-wish-i-could-make-this-up/0tzon788tzi5

This is so true and I'm one of the people who really like SNS as it is, I don't like when people change either Naruto or Sasuke or both into girls, but sometimes when I see enough posts from homophobes acting this way, I actually find myself wishing Sasuke was a girl so we could've had SNS be canon, and the anti fandom wouldn't be so loud and annoying. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure SS and NH fans would still exist, but I'm sure they'll either be a minority, or they won't get as annoyed if someone says they prefer SNS. They definitely wouldn't use any "sibling" arguments, that's for sure. 😭 Plus we wouldn't have to deal with cringey ass novels and animations like whatever's going on with Boruto and that SS novel. 😪 What do you think?

Hey.

No way in hell would I have either Sasuke or Naruto be anyone other than who they are. One of the major reasons this story is so amazing and the narrative so rich and nuanced is because they are both boys and in love with each other. If Sasuke was a girl, we would not see Naruto facing such a dilemma and kage arc certainly wouldn't have had the impact that it did. This love story wouldn't have had the impact that it did if one of them was a girl. Characterisation and narrative isn't interchangeable like that. Who they are and what their circumstances are like informs the story and its ending. We have had enough heteronormative media to last us for the next century and I certainly don't want any more. It's an entirely oversaturated theme.

I don't care how many homophobes are out there in the fandom or in the world. They don't get to appropriate this media just because of their narrow and bigoted worldview. They need to acknowledge that people can be gay and in love. And Naruto and Sasuke are both. Because what's the point of reading the story if you can't even follow it for what it is? I will certainly not capitulate to the whims and fancies and entitlement of heteronormative folks who think the entire world caters to them and they can have whatever they want.

Well, they don't get to have Naruto. Fuck that. They don't get to trivialize and appropriate it just because of their mindless, unintelligent, imperceptive and thoughtless projection. This story is a love story about two boys. And they will just have to accept it. I don't care whose feelings get hurt. Cry me a river. Boo fucking hoo.

It does hurt me that SNS isn't canon. But I would rather have that than Sasuke being a girl. The ending, no matter how tragic it is, is realistic. But it would be this story's defeat if Sasuke were a girl, because it would take away all the challenges that Sasuke and Naruto face in terms of each other and the plot would change. If Sasuke were a girl, the story would certainly not remain the same because shinobi world is a homophobic and heteronormative world, m/f relationships are more than normalised in it, and it doesn't allow anything outside the norm including gay relationships, so characters of Sasuke and Naruto won't face the same dilemmas that they do if they were of the m/f dynamic. We wouldn't see so much tension and intrigue in their dynamic if one of them was a girl, because it simply wouldn't be required. Sasuke and Naruto's characters would not be the same if one of them was a girl. Would you say it would have been better if Jack or Ennis (Brokeback Mountain) were a girl because it would mean they would end up together? Well no. Because in that case, it wouldn't be the same story. It would just be like those other heteronormative love stories that we are already stuffed up to our gills with. There would be no reason for it to stand out the way it does. And the reason it stands out is because it shows a dynamic, characterisation and nuances that we don't get to see in straight love stories given the world they are written in. The film is great because of the characters in it and the way their stories are told, because their struggles are different from the struggles of a straight person living in a glorified heteronormative world that caters to them.

Changing their gender isn't going to fix the problem. The problem is not that they are both boys and in love. The problem is that people are homophobic and prejudiced. You don't get to change the story because you only want to see things through a certain set of lens and want it to follow your worldview. Otherwise what's the point of stories or storytelling? Stories open up an alternate world for you, to look into someone's else life and thoughts. If everything had to abide by the reader's rules, this whole industry would collapse. Stories wouldn't exist. Why would I tell a story if everyone expected to read the same shit in it that they always do? If it was monoform?

As for the cringey novels, they will still exist even if Sasuke were a girl.

One of the reasons bad fics or bad art exist is because people who make them aren't that smart or talented. And even if the story itself changed, those people will still exist. And so the bad art and the bad fics/novels will do too. So will the people who would spend money to buy them.

I love stories. And I love this story. Because of what this story is about. And because of whom it is about. The characters make the story and if I changed the characters, the story would too. And that is not acceptable or right. Let's also not forget that representation matters. Naruto and Sasuke are main characters who are gay lovers in a genre where it isn't generally seen. And they have been written intelligently and sensitively. Respectfully. Realistically. It matters. Making it a het dynamic would be so wrong on so many levels.

[zelda-cooper]

Thoughts, Headcanons and Comments on Liquidator (My AU).

This here is more of a commentary blog and maybe a rant, it can also be considered as a headcanon blog and also for Liquidator fans like me. Maybe I'll make the others Fearsome Five/Four, but I'll see about it... For those who want to, they can read it as they wish, but I'm already advancing that it's LONG and will have some low-level words (I'll censor it, but it's still worth it).

I was watching Avatar these days while I was doing some drawings and I ended up realizing something that could kind of be used for Liquidator from Darkwing Duck... I thought something like this: "Calm down there, the water dog there is pure water... He was basically going to M@SS@CR@TE DWD with his powers alone! HOW THE F*CK DID THEY NOT EXPLORE MORE OF HIS POWERS?!?! LOOK AT THESE WATER BENDERS!!! WOULD KILL THE DARKWING DUCK EASY!!!"

It was just like that... Only mentally...

But my point is... I understand very well that the series is a comedy, it shouldn't have that much budget for the series (correct me if I'm wrong) and it would probably take forever to animate moving water. But, man... LIQUIDATOR HAD ONLY ONE EPISODE OF HIS OWN AND THE OTHERWISE WAS ONLY WITH THE FEARSOME FIVE!!! SOME OF THE FANS DON'T EVEN PUT HIM ON DARKWING DUCK VILLAIN LISTS!!!! WHAT IT IS?!?! AHHHHHH-

*takes a deep breath*.... Sorry, my Liquidator fan side got pissed off. But I think you get my point. I don't know if ALL Dator fans will agree, but it's kind of my thought. Let's face it, Liquidator is already strong considering the dog IS PURE WATER, which makes it intangible. In fact, I suspect that even then, you can attack him. The Sandman, one of Spider-Man's villains, is sand, but he can be attacked and have his limbs like arms and hands shredded with specific attacks.

(I didn't find a Gif showing this, so settle for that one. It could even be good to be this scene after Liquidator fell into the water tank...)

And we've ALREADY seen him manipulating water and CHANGING its states. He heated the water to the boiling point, it evaporated and he was good and he TURNED THE FUCKING SAINT CANARIAN OCEAN INTO A YELLOW BORBERCHUDY STUFF!!! (I guess it was some kind of resin or rubber, but I interpret it to be some kind of resin anyway)

But I think the writers forgot about his skills... I think it was to reduce the water dog's power, the villain was a bit stolen. But here are some thoughts of mine... I think it, itself, doesn't exactly control just water. This is MY headcanon, so you may disagree, but Dator controls her liquid and CHEMICAL components more. Let's face it, NOBODY knows what he put in the water tanks, but it was probably random chemicals so basically he's melting in that scene (and in the end he went swimming there to see if it worked... Because of Darkwing Duck... ). Let's face it, if he created resin in an OCEAN, he can make other compositions like acid or even glue. I'm not good at chemistry, but I don't find it difficult... To be honest, if Dator was stolen like that... I'd love to see it!

But obviously... Let's have LIMITS!!! And the first is... He's water, people... One of the points I liked most about his solo episode is the way he was defeated, which is coherent. Use cement powder! That basically left him a statue... He came back, but still (What I didn't think was cool was that they turned him into Jell-O in Justice Ducks, that was pathetic, it's diminishing the character's morals, in terms of comedy, it's got some laughs, but... no). There is another point that is also... He still feels tired, that is, if he uses too much he faints. He doesn't necessarily have to sleep (yes, he sleeps in my AU...), but a five minute break or an hour maybe. And the last one, this one is more specific, would be high sound frequencies. For those who are fans of DC, take the Black Canary, for fans of Ben 10, several of his aliens with sound powers. And that really loud sound frequency. This makes his form fall apart.

So the main weaknesses, um... Cement just in case the situation gets tough, if he uses his powers too much he gets tired and any weapon or high frequency sound powers dismantles his form.

I have more to say about my headcanons than my water dog, but I'll stop here so I don't have to make such a big bible. But, for those who like my drawings, here's one of my Sona with Liquidator. That's it... BYE!!!

(I don't think he likes me...)

(Inspired by this here!)

[eldritchmusing]

Having read V/vzie's Twitter thread about M/llie only showed, at least in my opinion, how little she plans out things for the show. She even more or less admitted that she didn't really know what to do with M/llie, and also doesn't even talk about some of the genuine problems with M/llie other than a brief "yeah we know that she and M/xxie were written to be a couple and we ended up doing more stories for M/xxie anyway".

It genuinely feels like it's supposed to be "NO GUYS TRUST ME SHE'S GOING TO GET HER OWN CHARACTER" but now if she doesn't deliver, the fans are going to go "...wait what you said there WAS going to be development".

Idk it's kinda funny to see how little V/vzie planned for the show, especially seeing that she only started planning for the plot AFTER the pilot.

Like, I may not know much about animation, but something about that seems off. Like yes, pilots are not always the exact thing (ex. Miraculous Ladybug, Owl House, ect.) but they at least have the same energy you know??

H/lluva B/ss doesn't have any of the energy of the pilot (like the pilot wasn't GOOD by any means but it wasn't that bad, even for me) and it sure doesn't give ANY confidence about H/zbin H/tel.

Also as a general note: i'm mostly doing th/s because I know that Tumblr's search system is shit which is why I've gotten into the habit of that so that any H/lluva or H/zbin fan REALLY had to go out of the way to see my posts.

[fireemblems24]

I think is very funny on how people says that the fact that Byleth has to "choose" Edelgard (level her suppor to B, talk to her to go to Enbar) means how Byleth is their only true self in CF and not in the others because you, the player, are not given a choice to dump on Dimitri or Claude, which for me is the opposite, Byleth not needing the players input makes them have a (even though small) "character", a good example of this is when Byleth can choose SS not once but twice. If you didn't /1

caught on already, a lot of the opinions on some characters (*cough Edelgard cough*) depends entirely on how much do they self-insert in them, a lot of the most "extreme" Edelfans see Byleth's and El's relationship the love story of the century and how precius and pure F!Byleth (because M!Byleth doesn't exist) "fixes" the poor and lonely El, but if they hate Dimitri or Rhea, then Byleth should have totally "put them down like an animal". I think a lot of these issues could have totally been /2

fixed if Byleth was an actual character with a voice and personality, and not somekind of weird thing between a silent character and self-insert, I know for this to work you would need to change some things (*cough Edelgard's obsession and playerpanderism cough*) but I think those problems can be fixed with a coherent and consistent character's arc. /3

I do think it's an interesting theory that the more someone self-inserts into Byleth, the harder they lean into CF, but I'm not exactly sure that's true.

For starters, it's always F!Byleth for CF. I imagine the majority players are male, and historically men have a harder time relating to a woman character than women do men (all the "controversy" over female protagonists in traditionally male-dominated stories like superheroes or just video games in general) (and no, it's not because "woman = mysterious" and "man = simple" but because we're overexposed to male writers, directors, characters, etc . . . compared to female ones). I have a feeling if they were truly self-inserting, they'd choose the gender they self-identify as.

I also fully believe there's people self-inserting as Byleth to marry characters other than Edelgard (and my God, Dimitri fans seem equally horny to be honest).

Plus, it's just impossible to prove.

I do agree that Edelgard has a subset of extreme fans who hate on every other major character and generate arguments to support their opinions rather than looking at evidence and coming to a conclusion, but hey we all do that sometimes.

I do with Byleth was a bit more of a defined character. I'm enjoying seeing them get more voiced lines in Hopes, it's doing a lot for characterization. And Shez getting multiple sentiments you pick rather than like "yes" or "ok" is going a long way towards a self-insert having more obvious personality. I also agree that if Byleth weren't such a possible blank state people would be able to respect the choices character!Byleth is making even if it's not one they like.

Also, the people who argue CF is "good actually" for Rhea and Dimitri because you "put them down" are making a disgusting argument. You put down dogs when they're in so much pain they can't recover from. You DO NOT put down mentally ill people and act like a life with mental illness isn't worth living. I'm glad I don't see it except among the most extreme Edelgard fans.

[1eos]

idol music truly has anyone's potential getting muted or lowered, whether it be singing or dancing 😔😔 prolly irrelevant to u but it's crazy that there is this one member in that l*ss*r*f*m grp that literally was trained in opera yet sacrificed all that just to sing mediocre kpop songs where her skills will never be fully utilized...

anyways, it would be good if leo just steps away from idol music and just become either a musical/theater actor and go full soul/rnb with creative freedom: like if he's already so good in idol music, just imagine how much potential he'd be letting loose fully dabbling in those genres without limits...

its actually wild the talent being stifled in the idolverse like GET OUT OF THEREEEEEEEE. and ik that if you play your cards right it's a sure fire way to get into the idol to musical actor pipeline like i just know leo's plan was even if vixx failed he was gonna get his claws into the musical world but it's still crazy that haseul is a trained opera singer and had like 3 seconds of lines in songs. or the serfiaifmm girl. don't they have a ballerina too? i can't imagine dedicating my life to a craft just to be in an industry where fans will stream your songs on mute and only care about gifs.

and eye'm HOPING that with piano man being p much 99.9% leo and it being his best selling album to date that means we can get more creative freedom to branch even further from the ever shrinking formula of kpop 😭😭😭😭😭 like i'm ready for leo to drop his usher confessions type album. i won't care if the songs are about cheating cuz they'll be HITS

[thefairyletters]

NaruSaku Fanfics

I wouldn't say much – I love NaruSaku and I hate to see great works shadowed behind the piles of popular NS stories that I never have liked as much except for a few, which also I'll drop below in the list.

I'll update this list whenever I come across a story that I particularly enjoy or finds worth spreading word across. So be sure to like and reblog this post so you can revisit it to add new story in your reading pile later.

Also, genres vary and are not mentioned, but does it make any difference as long as the story is good?

Warning: super long post featuring beautiful, beautiful stories that you wouldn't regret reading. I swear. I'm positive. Contains SNS and other side pairings.

Without further ado;

How I fell in love with my best friend: Krapo || ff.net || M || complete

How the little blond boy Sakura had always known had changed, changing as well her feelings. The unfolding of their life, while Naruto worked to become the best Hokage and she faced her own emotions. Growing Love.

(I have nothing but upmost reverence for this story. This author writes one of the nest NS and I have loved all. NS is beautiful and Sakura is badass. Everything we already know is here and more.)

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Dangerous infiltration mission: Krapo || ff.net || M || complete

Naruto and Sakura are send by the Hokage for a difficult infiltration mission. They will have to face more than just the danger itself as they will have to keep their cover to be fake husband and wife credible. how it will impact the relationship between the two ninja. Growing Love. Misunderstanding.

(If you loved the aforementioned story, you'll love this one too. Mutual pining.)

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All over again: Krapo || ff.net || M || post-war || complete

Sasuke come back, Team seven is reunited. But Sakura has lost Naruto. How will she make him fall in love with her again? What other difficulties lies ahead of them?

(Naruto loses memory. SasuSaku angst but not in romantic sense and I loved it all. Misunderstanding and more mutual pining. And I'm in love with this story too.)

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Hit the floor running: Sakurablossom009 || A03 || M (but unnecessary) || Modern Hitman/Robbers AU || complete

Life was going great, Sakura thought. She was penniless, stranded in Europe without a way home, her fiancee had just dumped her for another woman AND her new companion was quite possibly a thief. How could things get any worse? Wait...was that guy pointing a gun at her?

(Now, personally, I don't prefer modern AU, but this story really had interesting characterisation and more character depth. NaruSaku is pretty spot on. It also features SasuHina and bamf!Hinata)

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The greatest pretenders: snowyseas || ff.net || M || Borutoverse || ongoing

Fifteen years is a long time to not talk to someone you consider your best friend, and is made even more difficult when they (and you) are married. The things Sakura should have confronted Naruto about never came to fruition, but as an old saying goes, "the truth will always be revealed".

(Your typical I-made-a-wrong-choice-but-now-can-be-done story but unlike many other stories in this they don't admit their love for each chapter at the first chapter itself. In fact, it feels so canon and you can almost superimpose it upon the canon. Sakura is mentally strong and knows what's right. )

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He was the sun: SavageTrickster || ff.net || T || Canonverse || ongoing

He had come a long way - from a lonely orphan ostracized by everyone to a loved hero. He deserved all these. His Hokage dream to come true. All the ramen he could eat. - Her eyes fell on a certain Hyuuga seated close enough for accidental touches. Her heart sank a little at a harsh whisper of reminder - And a deserving girl...who could give him all her love.

(So far so good. It's ongoing, and is at chapter 3. Sakura leaves Konoha much like how Naruto did, to explore the world aka seeing my headcanon in writing.)

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Wilderness: Kanji no Sakka || M || canondivergent || ongoing

As the war screeches to a temporary halt, Naruto leaves the battlefield on a unique mission only he can complete. Sakura is ordered to go with him. In the days that follow their bond is changed forever.

(Although I hate any explicit stories that involve characters below age 17, I give this a pass because of the uniqueness of plot and characterisation. It has fine lemons that comes with a good plot.)

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How It Should Have Been: OfPaintAndOil || ff.net || T || canon divergent || oneshot

It wasn't supposed to be this way. Sasuke was supposed to be the dark one, the unredeemable one. Naruto was the bright one, the good one. It wasn't supposed to be like this, with blood on his hands and glowing red eyes and a grin. Naruto was supposed to make everything better, and maybe he did, in the end, but Sakura had never expected the end to look quite like this.

(Featuring Yandere!Naruto. It leaves you wanting for more and is a fascinating read. It's dark themed so proceed with caution as your favorite character might or might not be dead.)

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The Best Dates are the Cheap Ones: Shivakashi || ff.net || T || post!Timeskip || Oneshot

The whole point was to get the best date; that meant the richest and classiest guy, right? Sakura realizes what she has taken for granted and Ino learns a lesson in value.

(Sakura learns her lesson and snatches her boy. InoNaru is worth noting. Not the best characterisation of Sakura but bear with her jealousy for that is the reason why NS fluff exists. Story itself is very light and entertaining.)

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mangoes and strawberries: ohthelinsanity || ff.net || T || postwar || oneshot

Sakura Haruno was elbow deep in Naruto Uzumaki's guts when he asked her to marry him. It was so not the right time. But she still said yes.

(This story just screams NS upon every single line. Diabetes warning. Too cute for this world. One of the best NS fluff I've read thus far. It kinda sticks to you forever!)

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18 minutes, 23 seconds: ohthelinsanity || ff.net || T || postwar || oneshot

in which Naruto asks Sakura about that time she literally reached into his chest and grabbed his heart with her bare hand.

(Heartwarming. We all know how Sakura held Naruto's heart on her palms and how we love that moment. This is memory of that moment reminisced by our cutie pies.)

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One Big Uzumaki Family: John Smith || ff.net || T || postwar || Complete

A set of drabbles revolving around Naruto, Sakura, and their children. It turns out that, when the war ends, these two get busy. Real busy.

(IF YOU DON'T READ THIS MASTERPIECE HOW DARE YOU CALL YOURSELF NS FAN?!!! READ!!! This story should be on the top of your reading list.

UNDERRATED AF!

R e a d t h i s s t o r y and cry with me for this should have been canon. 100%)

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My Life Would Suck Without You: peanutbutter126 || ff.net || T || oneshot collection

Sometimes it's the smallest things that matter the most.

(Read this and then One big Uzumaki family. You'll feel super satisfied. I promise.)

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Colors and Carousels: Folle Sakura || ff.net || T || oneshot

She couldn't count the number of times she'd been mistaken for Naruto's girlfriend. Not that she minded. But Naruto acted like it was so… so… offensive.

(No words for this one. Just read and enjoy the confusion.)

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Let's Get Married: luvtoshi || ff.net || M || postwar || complete

It was supposed to be a simple solution to their immediate problems. But maybe they took more than they can chew?

(This is one of my few favorites that is also popular. Spot on characterization and beautiful relationship growth. This is one of the few stories that always stuck to me.)

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Chasing Smoke with Bare Hands: soulaire || ff.net || T || oneshot

"I could have loved her," Sasuke says flatly. "If she'd just given me the chance—" "Sakura gave you all the chances in the world," Kakashi cuts in, stern. "You underestimated her. And you underestimated her ability to walk away from you. At the core of it all, that's where things went wrong."

(This story is for those who loves both SS and NS but thinks Sakura deserves happier life than what she got in canon. Features NS and slight SS.)

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Touch: ohthelinsanity || ff.net || T || oneshot

Kakashi watches as his student grow to be more physically comfortable with one another. He finds it kinda ridiculous.

(Fluff. Feelings. Kakashi's fed up and might have diabetes from all the observation.)

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Moonlight shadows: luvtoshi || ff.net || T || oneshot

Sometimes, the moon brings out hidden feelings to the surface.

(Beautiful literature. NS feels. You can almost mistake it for canon with the way characters are written.)

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Seriously Serious: Damsel in Shining Armor || ff.net || T || modern AU || oneshot

He confessed to her when they first met. He confessed to her years after. He confessed to her almost everyday. Her response was almost always positive... So why the heck was he still single? "I love you." "Love you too. So is Sasuke-kun taken or not?"

(The only reason why I even picked this story is that it is a oneshot. I have very little interest in modern AU. But this one makes another exception. Pining. Love at first sight.)

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It was always you: luvtoshi || ff.net || M || postwar || complete

The war is long over. They have both grown. Now it's time to conclude their story. Naruto and Sakura.

(You know what, all stories from this author are just, Chef's kiss. )

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A Safe Pair of Hands: Kanji no Sakka || ff.net || T || oneshot

Sakura heeds a stern warning to make it clear how she feels about Naruto.

(Feels. You'll love this if you like first person pov. This story told from Sakura's pov.)

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Other Dreams: tricksie || ff.net || M || oneshot

"Naruto, you shouldn't endanger yourself—" "Stop it," he snapped. Dropping his arm to hook under her seat, Naruto pulled her firmly onto his hip, locking her to him. Sakura gasped, suddenly aware of just how very close they were.

(Sexual tension. Romance. Leaves you wanting. Also, high on feels and lust on equal measure.)

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Heaven Unexpected: Folle || ff.net || M || oneshot

Because nothing can happen; it's Naruto. He always comes back. He's practically indestructible.

(Heavy on feels. There are chances that it might rain. Actually there are high chances. But oh well, it's beautiful and one of my favourites so here it goes.)

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Shade of the Leaf: Ravyn || ff.net || T || canon divergent || complete

Sasuke is back. Naruto has joined ANBU. Sakura is spending more time in the hospital than in the field. Team 7 struggles to redefine itself, because sometimes you don't know what you really want after all.

(Featuring Mature but still in-character!Naruto, Badass!Sakura, (Bit)Supportive!Sasuke along with Team 7 friendship. Mutual pining. Ending but with a lot loose ends.)

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Breaking Up Isn't that Hard to Do: Narf-for-the-Garthoc || ff.net || T || oneshot

This is not an epic tale of action, suspense and true love. Yeah, I'm disappointed, too.

(This is pure comedy. With a dash of romance. And insanity.)

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Steamy Encounters: Narf-for-the-Garthoc || ff.net || T || oneshot

A flurry of coincidences and fateful machinations bring Naruto and Sakura together at the local baths. Can they rein in their animal passions? And do you really think that's the kind of story I write?

(Just r e a d. Please.)

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Garden of Sanctuary: Nes Mikel || ff.net || T || Canon divergent || oneshot

An alternate ending to Naruto. The Heavens describe the Garden a peaceful paradise. The Hells describe the Garden a baneful prison. In here... which is it?

(This is part of a series which you can follow from the author's profile. This is the second part, but can be read exclusively. As far as the AU goes, this story and settings is brilliant and heartbreaking. This is told from Naruto's pov. To look at things from Sakura's, read the first part. It is multi-chaptered.)

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Complications: Geno Calamari || ff.net || T || canon divergent || oneshot

While capturing the Kyuubi, Uchiha Itachi finds true adversaries in the form of Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto.

(Wanna see NaruSaku teamwork? This is it! You wouldn't find it anywhere better. Strong!Naruto, Strong!Sakura versus Itachi Uchiha)

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Life is a waving feather: jusrecht || AO3 || T || AU || oneshot

Everyone thought they were inevitable.

(There's beauty in subtlety and this is that. Also, mentions of character death.)

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Home: kirabook || AO3 || T || AU || complete

Shinachiku finds himself in a strange place with little to no explanation. Everyone he knows is there, but why are they acting so strangely? Why do they seem so different? And where is his home? 

(Cute and heartwrenching at the same time. Cameo Stalker. Read this for NS family feels pre-marriage.)

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Things we never say: thekatthatbarks || AO3 || T || oneshot

She wished she knew how to hold things lightly. There were some things she was terrified of breaking. Whether it be from an honest misstep or simply because she could.

(Reminds you why we love NS so much.)

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Open seasons: sazzafraz || AO3 || T || SNS || postwar || oneshot

The way Sasuke comes home is less myth and more devastatingly embarrassing happenstance.

(Featuring badass!Sakura, obedient!Naruto and normal!Sasuke, as well as Sakura's commentary on her life)

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Five things Sakura will never tell Naruto: sowell || AO3 || T || AU || oneshot

Kunoichi know how to keep their secrets.

(NS relationship analysis story.)

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Artistic purposes: StormyInk || AO3 || M || AU || Oneshot

Sai finds his favorite drawing subjects a bit lacking of late, and he sets a plan into motion to draw his team mates together. Simply for the sake of his art, of course.

(Aka Sai is fed up from seeing his teammates dancing around each other and decides to help them get laid–the story. You gotta admit Sai is the best wingman.)

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I collect my tears (so I can drown you in them): amako || AO3 || T || AU || complete

The hardest thing is letting go. Or Sakura sees Naruto falling in love with Shikamaru a little more every day, and she does the only thing she can think of. Then it's only a matter of learning how to stop loving Naruto.

(Sakura and Angst that has nothing to do with Sasuke. Featuring Sakura-sensei. And Shikamaru. It's a great story if you know when to let go of canon)

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Stranger than the wild: kiddattwell || AO3 || M || SNS || postwar || Ongoing

The war is over and Sasuke is home for good, but Sakura can't choose between the boys she loves. Sasuke still has his demons and Naruto still fights them and Sakura still follows them both, but this time down a path that none of them expected.

(This is canon. It is the best SNS story I've ever read. Story told in SNS POV in rotation. Slow burn, pining and relationship complication. YOU GOTTA READ THIS, I INSIST!!!! Also features SaiIno and InoShika.)

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Bringing Back Sasuke: Blue Jeans || ff.net || T || post war || oneshot

Naruto brings Sasuke back to Sakura. Many, many times over. Sasuke does not appreciate; not the blood and definitely not the angst.

(I've read this story multiple times and it gets funnier and makes your heart hurt and swell simultaneously each time. NaruSaku wouldn't be blissfully happy together without Sasuke thrown somewhere in the mix, that's exactly why I love SNS. This story perfectly represents the dynamic of team 7.)

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Yurei: Kanji no Sakka || ff.net || T || AU || oneshot

The past should stay dead and buried, but it won't if Naruto can't let go.

(Not exactly my favourite story, but I liked the concept. We all know how stubborn Naruto is once decides on something. If he wants to become Hokage, he will become Hokage. If he believes in Sasuke, he will believe in him forever. If he loves Sakura, he will marry her – uh, or should have, very OCC of him that he didn't.)

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So I did start m*ss *ff*ct and am a few hours into it and I just gotta say. Considering it is a cherished series with a massive fanbase that I have a good deal of crossover with as a DA fan... I am just about as unimpressed by it as I was Andromeda LMAO. I actually have an easier time with the combat cuz even remastered it's an older game so it's easier to see where everything is since paths are plain and free of eye-catching clutter, but other than that... Man. Outside of all the shit that's been said to death about the ways in which ME sucks, I'm also so extraordinarily disconnected from the power fantasy they're giving me that I have no earthly clue how to roleplay my character. At least in DAI (the hardest DA game to roleplay and the most intense power fantasy IMO) you start off as a total nobody, even if you're nobility, and we have to see every step of your rise to Inquisitor. In DAO, which has more tonal commonalities with ME, whether you're a nobody or not, you lose absolutely everything right away and have to rebuild yourself from the ground up, and even with all the power you can gain in this game you still have to work for it, you're on your own for so long. In ME it seems like out the gate you're already the coolest person to ever exist and you just have an extremely awesome ship for no good reason. At least Skyhold was given to you by the shadow antagonist lol.

It really feels a lot like KOTOR, from graphics to interfaces to level design, but even in that one you have to work your way up to Jedi iirc. Maybe it's also partially because I feel so weird and unsure about military fantasies specifically that I have an extremely hard time stepping into the shoes of my ultra cool space marine. Idk. But the first few hours haven't done much for me, I just feel weirdly nostalgic for DAO and also KOTOR despite never getting off the tutorial planet and saving Bastila from the SWOOP RACE or whatever I was doing

Oh also the character writing is just kind of meh so far (though from spending so much time on the DA subreddit I have seen fans of both series talk about how DA has much better character writing, so I wasn't expecting a whole lot tbh). I like Ashley the most atm, Tali's all right but it's hard not to think about her super creepy dude fanbase while interacting with her. Garrus loves to talk about how much he loves committing crimes to... Stop crime??? It's bizarre I always got the impression he was supposed to be like a bro character, like a varric, but he's straight up unhinged lol. Every time Kaidan opens his mouth I just hear Carth Onasi. Haven't met my love interest with the blue tiddies yet

[aphrodite1288]

This part :

Ksoo often apologized about it and promise to improve himself and reduce the jealousy. Especially when Ji leaves him at the dorm alone and goes out with his squad! That resulted too many bickerings and small arguments between them but nothing too serious. Ji always questions why Ksoo is so jealous and tells him that he shouldn't be and to tone it down. Ksoo feels guilty afterwards.

I'm sorry but it sounds like a fanfiction. Even ss can't know about those details. It's literally impossible for your "sources" to know about that if there are not part of kd's entourages...

True. I understand you.

But I only copy past the k-exol posts I found.

Also we witnessed this in Exo japan interview when Ksoo was supposed to ask a serious question to each member about something that bothered him lately.

All members asked basic things to e/o and when it was Ksoo's turn with other members he teased them with funny questions and compliments, but when he got to Ji he was like " DO YOU REALLY ENJOY HANGING OUT WITH TAEMIN AND YOUR SQUAD MORE THAN US ,YOUR MEMBERS??"

And Ji was offended and dejectedly defended himself and asked ksoo " NO! WHY ARE YOU PUTTING IT THIS WAY, YOU MAKE ME LOOK BAD! OF COURSE NOT! THAT'S NOT TRUE, I ENJOY BEING WITH YOU ALL" and continued defending himself and talking about how he always meets the members and have dinners and how he goes to the gym with chanyeol and baek and how he hangs out with the members who share the same floor as him whom are ( Sehun, Chanyeol and Suho). And then Ji said he couldn't see kyungsoo much coz of their busy schedules and Ksoo was like " No that's just an excuse, saying we have busy schedules that we can't meet is just mere excuses, but it's okay since we're always together in the dorm we always see e/o coz we live together" and it was mentioned that he said it sarcastically and annoyed. Doesn't that sound like a dialogue from a FF? Well it was posted on Exo japan Dvd book.

U must know sasaengs did work in SM hidden "as staff"!! and some staff leaked info to Sasaengs for tons money! Yes they do that and there were many many staff who went to jail for this ! Also I once read that when Managers get kicked by the company they go around spreading all secrets about the bands they worked with in exchange of massive amounts of money from their fans!I saw sasaengs dissing some SM staff for asking for a huge amount of money for some pics and news about Sehun!! U know the scandal of BP's Li/sa's own manager who took advantage of her naiveness and her trust in him and stole 1billion won from her account when she informed him that she is willing to open a project and invest in her mother land! he lied to her and promised her to find her a good local for the project and that he will invest her money in a project that would benefit her so much in thailand but at the end he took the money and disappeared, yes! Staff and managers don't get paid well btw and some go bankrupt with debts related to gambling and drinking and clubbing and paying hookup girls etc... And wanting to live a high class life and buy massive cars and appartement with loans from banks that they end up not being able to pay! And many managers asked money from their idols to solve their problems I read this few times about a female soloist and other female band who paid their manager's debts.

Didn't you hear the story of that Sasaeng who even entered Exo's main dance practice in 2018 and took pics of them practicing! Sehun talked about this somewhere i don't remember maybe on his IG or live, anyway he talked about the invasion of privacy!

U heard of the sasaengs who put cameras in teddy bears they gave to the members and recorded them for a long time before they were exposed! That happened a lot around 2013/2014 when exo became extra famous and gained tons of obsessive fans!

U heard of the sasaengs that got to Exo's hotel room and stole Ksoo's boxer and put it on sale and even his own socks! Check the post here on this link :

U heard of the fans who inserted cameras and mics under the members beds in the dorm and even in Hotels and in bathrooms!

There are tons of examples so I'll just write etc..

So yes most of 2012 Exo facts that you saw on internet back in 2012/2013 were all taken from recording the members for months by secret cameras and mics inserted in their dorm and hotels and even on the plane during flights !

I had an audio about Baekhyun's birthday party and chanyeol's birthday party with all members just talking and chilling and saying a lot of things! It was deleted after ! And i don't speak korean and didn't understood a thing back then in 2013 so I didn't care much about it! It was deleted after.

If I post what koreans wrote about Exo's daily life in their own dorm and what they said they recorded and filmed about them, you would be shocked! You would say HOW?? DID THEY LIVE WITH THEM?? Yes! THEY DID! DIRECTLY as staff and INDIRECTLY through sasaengs nasty ways.

Some sasaengs worked in S/M as staff and some sasaengs rented apartments in the same building Exo had their dorm at ! And followed them for years!

I even saw a korean exol talking about how she used to pay a woman whom is Exo's neighbor to get information about what she hears from their apartment coz they were living next door! And she said they were so noisy and so hyperactive and screaming a lot and playing music a lot and that kaisoo were the closest ones! And that korean girl didn't even like Kadi !

There was a sasaeng who even disguised as a house keeper and put application in house keepers's agency just to get the Job at Exo's dorm ! And Sasaeng paid Exo's housekeepers millions to get recordings from their daily life. Yeah that's how Kyungsoo got traumatized! And i won't say what happened to him and why he became like this! Scared of interactions with fans and he even mentioned in his interview how sad he is coz his debit trauma caused him to not make a difference btw Sasaengs and real fans that he saw them all as sasaengs and even apologized to fans to whom he was cold before! He said he can't know who would harm him and who are his real fans. And promised to improve his interactions skills. Which he did not very much improved 🤭

Ji and Ksoo and Baek were slutshamed and molested by female fans and male fans! Just a hint ! Let alone death threats and Love confessions and nasty dirty sexual letters sent to their own mail at their dorm! I gave a hint 😉

No problem i'll try to post something to prove you that I only copy past the posts of korean after asking for permission. And you will see the narratives yourself. But it's in korean and the translation is poor but deal with it!

[aliceaddellheidde]

Fatum

A/N: This is for @the-ss-horniest-book-club Lucky in love. March 2 - Big Break

WORDS: 1154

WARNINGS: swearing, kinda mind control

PAIRING: Bucky Barnes x reader (eventually) {Soulmates AU}

DISCLAIMERS: Endgame happened, but only Thanos and his peasants died. English isn´t my first language so sorry for mistakes.

Moi, Rai and Parca are genderless & are using they/their pronouns.

This is soulmates au. When you get tattoo, your soulmate gets it as well on same spot. It glows when you touch.

This is multi-chapter story. 2/19

Gif from here

Divider by @rainbowkisses31

„How was your mission with boys yesterday?” Wanda asked. „Good. Bucky was annoying as always. Gosh, how I would like to give him piece of his own medicine!” Wanda and Natasha laughed with you. You had girls night, with face masks, nails painting and gossiping. „You actually can do that.” Nat smirked. „How?” „Wanda can help you. With her magic thingy.” „And what exactly we should do?” you asked. „You nothing just repeat what she will tell you.” You were looking at her wide smile. „No. I can see your evil plan Nat.” „Oh c'mon! It will be fun! And Wanda has no problem with it, right?” She shook her head. „You promise it will not be anything too crazy?” „Yop.” „Ooooooookkkkkeeyy then.” „Yeas!” Nat squealed and they both threw themselves on me. „I hope I´ll not have to kill you.” „Don t worry. Now lets finish movie.”

„Parca, what did you do?!” Moi screamed at younger sibling. „Nothing!” Then disappeared in silver mist before Moi could throw something. Rai looked at them. „Come, it´s time to wash our masks off.”

Next morning you let Wanda in your head and walked to the kitchen. Bucky was already there, preparing his breakfast. „I didn’t know you are fan of Jews.” you said. „What?” he looked at you, surprised. „Bagel. It is a bread product originating in the Jewish communities of Poland.” „Cool.” He opened fridge and took out a butter and ham. „Did you know it takes 21 pints of milk to make a pound of butter? Interesting right?” „Not really.” „It also has vitamins D, E, K and A.” you said, dancing like cheerleader. Bucky laughed, watching you. „Wanna some tea?” „Second most consumed beverage on the planet – after Water? Sure, why not.” You ate in peace, which was surprising.

„Why is music so loud?” Bucky asked when he came to gym only in his shorts. „Listening to music while exercising can improve work out performance by 15%.” „Turn volume down. I can´t concentrate.” „But it´s helping me. You don’t wanna me to be healthy, strong and flexible?” „You have headphones. Use those!” You stuck your tongue at him, but obeyed and started your routine. What you didn’t see was Bucky staring at you. After 30 minutes on treadmill you moved to rowing machine. Letting your mind wondering in imaginary world you hardly felt tap on the shoulder. Only when Bucky repeated it, you turned to him. „Hey, what's up?” you gave him wide smile. „You're like Maria Sharapova.” he growled, his eyes wide. „I'm sorry?” you asked innocently. „Grunts too much.” „Makes you hard sergeant?” He was breathing shallowly and you felt your cheeks getting warmer. What was Wanda doing? „No. Just be bit quieter.” Then he turned and quickly went back to his punching bag. „I'm still not as loud as Michelle Larcher De Brito!” you screamed behind him and with smug smile you watched as he hit the bag and it fell on the floor.

„I'm not really happy about it, dear Moi, but Parca´s plan somehow works.” Moi looked at Rai sitting on trampoline and frowned. „I had nice dinner preparing on mind for them. To give them some domestic vibe. Not Y/N teasing Bucky like this!” Rai just shrugged and jumped on jumping mat. You screamed and startled Bucky as well. „What the hell Y/N?” „Trampoline moved by itself. We have ghosts here Borky. Save me, please?” You hugged him around waist and he stiffed. „If you will stop being so annoying with your random trivia. I still don’t understand how you can hold all of them in head.” „Ok, but only for today.” You stood up, took your water bottle and was ready for another machine when your next words left you in shame. „Do you know that the more muscle mass you have, the more fat your body burns while resting? I looove your muscles. Make me weak.” You realised what you have done when Bucky turned red and Wanda´s voice spoke in your head. „Run Y/N, RUN!” And that's what you did. Bucky was shouting your name and profanities in gym. „Run Y/N, run, run.” „Why are you speaking to yourself?” Wanda laughed in your head. „Shush you!” After few minutes you ran into her room, locking door behind you.

„What was that Wan? Now he's thinking I´m horny mess from him! For him!” „And you are not?” „Not at all! He's pesky, provocative, arrogant little bitch!” „Hmmm, I think he's not little. More like huge and has good package.” „Wanda!” She was laughing so much she started crying. „Don´t you have Vision for that?” „Yes. But I can have a look. You know it means nothing to me. I want only the best for you, even if Buck isn't your true soulmate. You still can have fun.” You sighed and sat next to her. „I envy you and others. I wished tattoo would appear on my skin for so long, but until now nothing happened so I decided I will do it myself.” „That's great! Whoever it is, I bet they will love you.” She wanted to hug you but then pulled away. „Sorry, but you really need shower.” You said your byes and went to your room.

You didn’t realized you fell asleep, but knocking on your door woke you up. When you opened it you met Bucky in red Henley and jogger pants. „Want something to eat?” he asked. „What?” you said taken aback. „Food. Dinner. Others left, so it´s just us.” „Coming.” You quickly put fluffy socks on and followed him to kitchen.

„Wanna some bolognese spaghetti? Or something else?” „Spaghetti is fine. Red wine?” „Why not?” You both smiled at each other as Bucky was preparing sauce and you were putting pasta in pan. Then he was cutting meat while you sat on counter, watching him. „Wanna watch something?” you asked him. „I heard Witcher is good.” „Oh, it is! Henry Cavill is there and he's sexy as fuck with his long white hair, yellow eyes and that dreamy hairy chest. Don’t forget his ass and thighs!” Bucky looked at you with raised eybrows, smirking. „What?” „I really don’t wanna your ramblings about him.” „Why? Afraid you can't compete with him?” you grinned. „I'm much better.” He stepped between your open legs, his hands on sides of your thighs. His face was closer and closer until you heard sauce bubling on stove. „We don’t wanna burned food. Right, Borky?” You handed him two plates and he put pasta, sauce and cheese on them. „To the movie room!” „And beyond!” You couldn’t stop laughing as you took wine bottle and followed him.

You ended watching half of season one and then fell asleep on Bucky´s shoulder.

Moi and Rai were on chairs happily looking at their hardest case. You two were on good way to your destiny after all.

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tbh i'm still so upset about how last night went PLUS that he's gotta deal w/ her again tonight. i figured she was always gonna be invited to the premiere (along w/ all the other people who pretend to be close to him) but i don't think he expected having to drag her to the gg & it's infuriating she's still able to shit all over his life. BUT i do agree w/ you. i still see more reasons than not that d+fox have a bigger plan & if so, that endgame can't be changed. no matter what m tries. 1/2

i actually think what'll be most telling of if things are gonna change, and how, is in the interviews & promo coming up. and what happens *after* the show starts airing. once they don't have to rely just on d's fans, critics, and penelope/ricky for the hype. imo that's when it'll start to be really clear how things may play out over the next year. 2/2

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Hi anon, you appear to be as despondent about last night as I am.  I knew as soon as he was announced as a presenter she would have to be dragged along, but I really hoped it would be done in a contained and respectful manner. And it was not at all. To the extreme that SS’s client the HFPA not only posted a pic of them as one of their "dynamic duos” but called her his wife. 

She literally stalked him on the RC, hovering behind him during every interview to be sure to be seen.  Actual famous plus ones don’t act in this manner (if they choose not to walk the RC and do the press). Yet this nobody with no accomplishments is all over the RC and in countless videos.  

I cannot even say this is contained to the fans anymore. While certainly the stans are the target audience and who are seeing the AW PDA post, the GA is who is viewing the HFPA. website and other official RC pic.

It find it quite frankly infuriating. And i guess it does not help that I think her presence detracts from him AND if people do their research, they discover exactly who D’s plus one is. And it is not a flattering picture once you get past the fake news articles and projects that were literally handed to her with her skills greatly exaggerated.

But most importantly, D has to deal with her for hours at these events. Drag her around. Introduce her to people. Pretend to like her. Take photo after photo with her. And try to muster a smile. All while he needs to be on his A game, promoting his show, that he is being praised for, and not ever let it show how miserable he is. I simply don’t think it is fair.

For me, while i thought it was too much to hope, i really did want him to have tonight free.  I knew however the only way that would happen is of a break up was staged and that never appears to have been the game plan.

I really hope that the plan moves forward and that D is still afforded his freedom. And not over the next year. He needs to have his freedom by the time it is his awards season, which based on practically ever critic, is inevitable. To force him to endure the torture throughout his season is just prolonged and unjust torture. Let him take his mom if that has to be the case.  That woman needs to be gone.  As I said early today, i honestly believe she inhibits his ability to soar to the heights he is capable of.  She is just so toxic.

I too will be looking a lot towards the press and how it is handled. First big talk show is on Wednesday i believe. I think seeing how he is questioned and what the press is allowed to ask will be critical.  

I must say, D did a wonderful job of evading a trap last night when asked if he talked to the women in his life about the discrimination issue and he said no, he talked to the men.  

I just find it a side irony that fox right now is promoting its show with the major themes of closeting and homophobia by having their closeted star drag his beard around.