#and ig mine at some point in the future

[valdrift]

trying to invoke white woman home renovator while i plan how to fix up my parents house

[connormoving]

loveee when a character is crushed under the weight of someone elses expectations for them love when a character dedicates their entire life to something they never even wanted for themself love when the only reason a character keeps going is because theyre Supposed to and bc theyre supposed to make another person happy/proud. YES !!! CLAPPING !!! YES !!!!!!!!

[yandere-romanticaa]

I'm so happy to see this plot point addressed, Dragonspine has some super cool lore and I'm hoping we can FINALLY see Evil Albedo again LOL.

One thing that really bothers me though is just how so much of Genshin's lore is locked behind these events. For example, the Hexenzirkel appeared in an event but a friend of mine wasn't able to do that event when it was around. So when we saw Mona's master during the Fontaine quest - who is also a member of the Hexenzirkel - my friend had no clue who this person was and I had to give her a briefing on who she is and who this group is.

And whenever I do mention the evil Albedo (ik he was later given on a name but I forgot it), there's also always a solid chunk of people who ask me just who is that because they weren't playing Genshin at that time.

That just sucks.

That whole event was so damn interesting to me and was so important to Albedo's character and will probably affect the plot in a major way in some way in the future. But fuck you for not playing it, ig.

I wish Genshin does the same thing that Honkai Star Rail does when it comes to events, you can still do them later even if the rewards are slightly lessened. Genshin should at least keep some of these lore important events because players will just get lost and confused because they never play a certain event.

[yonderghostshistories]

3, 7, 12 & 17 for the end of the year ask game? 😊

Thank you so much for the lovely ask @thesuetyouforgot !! I deffo appreciate it fr!! I’ve highlighted the questions btw as I have ADHD and therefore have a bad memory lol 😂

3. “A new hobby or interest you picked up?”

Idk if it is kinda a hobby or not, buuuutttt in a way…..

ig my new(ish) kinda hobby is collecting/buying DVDs, particularly DVDs of my special interest/featuring and/or involving my special interests!! (for example; most of the DVDs that I’ve had my parents buy for me are mostly Monty Python and/or HFC-oriented, either (a) they star and/or feature some of the actual Pythons (whether in a big role, in a small role/a cameo, etc), (b) they star and/or feature the actors who starred as the Pythons in the BBC 4 MP tv biopic “Holy Flying Circus” (2011) (again, whether in a big role, a small role/a cameo, etc), and/or (c) in a rarest of ALL rare moment(s) where the stars align, *possibly* both an actual Python(s) AND a HFC Python(s) are in this show/movie together (whether they share a scene together or separately, etc))

Idk why, whether subconsciously or not, but I have and have had a special and new appreciation for DVDs when collecting/buying them. Idk whether it’s maybe a childhood thing or something (I used to have a few DVDs as a kid), but just the thought of just physically OWNING a piece of media in your hands and having it on my shelves makes me very happy fr 🥰. Whilst I do equally love appreciate streaming and its convenience, I do also love DVDs and I personally think both can co-exist together for everyone’s enjoyment!

Whilst I do literally sweat at the fearful thought of possibly accidentally breaking my DVD disk or possibly my DVD disk just annoyingly pausing at a random point in the film/episode of a tv show, I think my utter love of DVDs kinda far outweighs the bad imo. Again, this is just me personally!

7. “An obsession that disappeared as suddenly as it came?”

Suffice to say……no, not really.

My obsessions have mostly been intact and are never going to leave me nor disappear from me methinks.

That’s actually one of my personal fears tbh. That my obsession(s) WILL leave me and disappear if I suddenly don’t feel as interested in it/them anymore, that I’ll become an empty husk with no personality whatsoever. I know that sounds kind of silly, but it’s one of my genuine fears if it were to happen to me in the future. I do wish to make peace with that fact sooner, otherwise I might possibly feel broken and emotionally shattered from it all if it DOES happen to me.

BUT, also weirdly simultaneously, I am aware of the inevitability of it all, and that I’ll try to get through this fear of mine.

12. “Do you end this year with the same celebrity crushes & comfort characters that you started it with?”

Again, technically yes!!

Albeit if I’m very obsessed with a new movie/tv show (particularly a celebrity crush(es) and/or comfort character(s)), then I will ADD said new celebrity crush(es) and/or comfort character(s) to my ever growing list of existing celebrity crush(es) and comfort character(s)!

Examples of a new celebrity crush and comfort character, among others ofc but these 2 particularly, that I’ve gained this past year are these:

Celebrity Crush : Tom Fisher (his real surname is Browne, but his stage/professional surname is Fisher). I’ve first gained a crush on him from when he was in “Holy Flying Circus” (2011), when he was ALSO playing my OTHER existing celebrity crush, Graham Chapman! Everything from his FINE ASF beauty, his mannerisms and wiseness and quotes and gayness of Graham was just *mwah* PERFECT-O 😘👌!! and his voice in general is just….VERY VERY VERY sexy indeed!

After watching HFC, I just went down a bit of a rabbit hole (and still am in a bit of a continuing rabbit hole lol) of seeing all the other films and TV shows that he’s been involved in! There’s 2 films of his where he plays the main character, those being “Treacle Jr” (2010) and “The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz” (2000), where’s he absolutely great fr acting wise!! I’m still on the pilgrimage to watch EVERY single movie and tv show that he’s ever starred in (whether in a main role or a supporting role) and/or directed cuz HES THAT AWESOME AND SEXY AHHH!!! (also I literally have a sideblog dedicated to this beautiful asf man fr, that’s how much I’m in love with Tom Fisher frfr)

Comfort Character : Roddy (played by Graham Chapman) from “Doctor in Trouble” (1970)

I honestly only watched this otherwise…..ehh ok film for and only for Graham, and this did NOT disappoint fr!! Roddy is a CAMPY AS GAY FUCK 🏳️‍🌈💅✨ICON✨💅🏳️‍🌈 FR!! His (Roddy’s) camera is so cute and I love how he’s unapologetically and authentically his queer asf self on this cruise ship 🛳️ 🚢 full of (presumably) mostly straight people lol! Honestly SLAY QUEEN 💅💅 Fave comfort character of 2024 imo goes to…..Roddy the Campy Gay Photographer 🏳️‍🌈📸!!

17. “Wild card - Something else that you really want to mention/talk about?

Actually there IS smth I really wanna talk about!

Ok so, I mentioned my fave actor (that being British actor Rufus Jones, who also played Terry Jones in HFC) on a post/tweet I made on Bluesky (which from what I heard is basically a less toxic version of Twitter), and to my utter surprise, HE RESPONDED BY RETWEETING IT EARLIER TODAY AHHH!!!!

It honestly surprised me when I saw the retweet, like I couldn’t in a MILLION YEARS thought he’d retweet it!! It honestly made me very happy and I think it’ll serve as a very happy moment in the last day of 2024!! That one of my other fave actors (Rufus Jones) who played my other fave Python (Terry Jones) from my fave biopic responded to me!! Honestly an absolutely amazing surprise frfr!!!

Amyway, thank you so much for the ask @thesuetyouforgot , and I hope you have/have had a very good and wonderful New Year’s Eve/Day!!

See you in a few hours in 2025!!

[batsplat]

about 2007 motegi, i’ve really thought a lot… when valentino congratulated casey on his title, he specifically mentioned his championship t-shirt. from my observation there wasn’t anything particularly special about it, it might just be valentino’s joke

but casey really cared about valentino’s actions… he not only wanted valentino’s verbal congratulations but also asked just like why didn’t you come shake my hand!!! i should get the same treatment as nicky!!!😠

(vaguely following on from this and this post) oh I remember the shirt, it's actually one of my favourite bits of niche valentino/casey lore!! valentino isn't JUST being a facetious dickhead here, his name is literally on casey's 2007 championship shirt as one of casey's heroes:

isn't this crazy?? I've never been able to find a great source for the actual list of names, so god knows how exclusive this club was... apparently casey also had the names of his ducati crew on there, which is a nice touch tbh. but he had valentino's name on that shirt!! given how by this point he was already mad at valentino for switching up towards him, it's such a funny choice to make. literally nobody would have questioned his exclusion! you're competing against the guy! idk, I love it when casey does something just a little unexpected like that, really makes you want to poke at the guy to figure out what his deal is. and pleasingly, we do also have an actual clip of valentino commenting on the shirt:

Yes, like I say before, it's a great pleasure that one of my fans wins the world championship - so I think half is also mine!

look at his smirk. insufferable. just a fantastic dynamic they've got going on, isn't it

but I did NOT know about casey complaining about not getting a cooldown lap handshake. and. lol?? casey?? come on. some dignity, please. I can't believe they actually got valentino to respond to that. reminds me of a similar-ish 'controversy' from 2010 about how jorge was accused of deliberately ignoring future teammate ben spies coming to congratulate him on the cooldown lap, as like... a form of sophisticated mind games ig. at least there it wasn't actually spies complaining. you can tell that even casey upon reflection probably decided this wasn't a legitimate grievance by how he's not brought it up again since... valentino did have a pretty nightmarish motegi race for annoying tyre-related reasons, so was understandably not in a great mood, and he was not in fact the defending champion... so like. I checked the footage and reckon valentino probably could have worked a little harder to get over to casey, but also this is obviously an extremely petty thing to complain about

and while we're talking petty, the ghostwriter of casey's autobiography thinks that casey was also pissed at valentino at the next race in phillip island for *checks notes* having a special helmet design at casey's home race? incredible scenes

literally started off the infamous phillip island streak with a spite win. your regular reminder that casey says in his autobiography that he doesn't use his rivals to motivate himself

estoril, the race before motegi, was also the race where they had their little table football date [ed.: originally thought it was at motegi itself rip. nope, table football was at the first matchpoint race]

so late 2007 is when casey really starts going in on how valentino had cooled off towards him AND talking about not liking valentino's tone in the press, that valentino wasn't as complimentary of him as he'd been at the start of the season... which might be true, but casey wasn't exactly a shrinking violet either when answering questions about valentino. as an example, this is how he's talking about valentino in july of 2007:

"This rule is not good and we need more tyres," Rossi said earlier in the week, "The problem is for the show because, at the end, it is the tyre that decides the race." "At the beginning of the season, Valentino and the others were all for the new tyre rules," Stoner points out, "but, as soon as they don't win, the rule is crap. I've had my bad races this year, especially in Germany, and I'm not complaining about the tyre rule. "They can moan and whinge about it as much as they want, but it shows that [Michelin] has had such an advantage in the past. This season, they cannot bring a tyre in just for the race [and] it's a matter of relying on the company that supports you to do a good job."

"moan and whinge" steady on casey

valentino over the years has talked about this rivalry far less than casey has... which includes not being all that interested in diagnosing when things soured interpersonally between the two of them - beyond saying a couple times in 2010-12 during the pettiest phase of the feud that casey hadn't gotten over laguna. mostly this isn't that big a problem because valentino's side of the rivalry is so much more straightforward, but it's still obviously not ideal. it's that relative scarcity which makes the following interview answer from 2009 one of my other favourite tidbits:

"He bases his sentences on the results. Even at the beginning of 2007 he was giving me a lot of compliments, then, after winning the World Championship, he started with heavy criticism."

isn't it lovely that casey thinks valentino switched up his tone towards him because casey started winning, and valentino thinks casey switched up his tone towards valentino because casey started winning... just nicely mirror each other, don't they. such good foils

so taking all these pieces of evidence together... you get a really nice sense of how casey by end of 2007 was all over the place wrt valentino. he misses valentino being as friendly to him as in years past!! he liked valentino congratulating him by rubbing his head in qatar 2007 :) enough to mention that parc fermé interaction THREE TIMES in his autobiography!! doesn't appreciate not getting his hand held after sealing the title :( is increasingly surly that whole year about how nobody is giving him enough credit for his successes :/ is building on a reputation already established in 2006 for being rather an outspoken character when it comes to complaining about everyone in complaining range... but also has an issue with valentino being rude about him in the press :| but still puts valentino on his championship shirt on his list of heroes <3 like... buddy. what is going on here

part of what's going on ofc is that casey takes offence incredibly easily and valentino can be a pretty offensive character. now, again, I really don't think valentino was doing that much in 2007, but obviously my standard for 'valentino being reasonably respectful to rivals' is probably rather different to 2007!casey's standards. it's the malice casey reads into valentino's actions that I reckon is mostly misplaced... like yeah sure valentino distances himself from championship rivals, but. y'know. that's pretty normal behaviour. the fun thing about 2007 is that knowing valentino's entire feud history, you're sort of primed to read it as valentino being the aggressor... but if anything, casey is generally openly ruder towards valentino than vice versa. now obviously, valentino at this stage is a lot better at the subtler, under the radar nastiness that must be infuriating to be subjected to... but y'know, at the end of the day valentino still isn't openly attacking casey. and when discussing this rivalry, it's crucial to acknowledge what an extremely prickly character casey is - that's what makes it so enjoyable!! even better, he's an extremely prickly character who is very ready to make enemies but is ALSO kind of weird about valentino rossi specifically

and yes, having a valentino rossi complex is basically part of the job description if you're a motogp rider of a certain age. still, always important to acknowledge that all of valentino's feuds with younger riders involved guys who were already A Bit Weird about valentino going into the rivalry, which inevitably affected how those respective rivalries ended up laying out. what's so fun about it is that all three of them express it in completely different ways - from jorge's somewhat deranged level of dedication to analysing valentino's every breath, to marc's overenthusiastic commitment towards imitating valentino and beating him and also throwing himself at him at every opportunity, to casey's rather more repressed approach where he's simultaneously extremely sensitive to any possible offence on valentino's part while also kind of wishing they could be friends...? or something? I don't even know what casey's after! doesn't help that he's subsequently retconned this period where he like... kinda looked up to valentino, sure, and respected him and all that - but certainly no mention of putting valentino on championship celebration shirts. so we still have quite a limited amount of evidence at our disposal, but I would gently suggest that casey's cool, composed 'didn't even care who I was beating' rhetoric doesn't quite match up to reality. and casey thinks that valentino got more critical of casey because he was losing and valentino thinks casey got more critical of valentino because he was winning... and the thing is, they're both going to be somewhat right!! attacking rivals from a position of strength is actually kinda part of both of their preferred MO's - it's a similarity between them that plays into how casey at times gets to play the valentino role in this rivalry. so yeah, casey will have almost certainly gotten even mouthier once he could get away with it. but equally, even though valentino wasn't escalating hostilities by his standards, even just his natural process of distancing himself a little from his direct title rivals and getting a tad snarky about them in the press wasn't exactly being well received by casey. and thus they can both say with some justification that the other rider was a lot friendlier towards them at start of the year, and both will have reacted to this in a way that helped further gradually ramp up the level of hostility. lovely stuff

still, you do have to come back to how imbalanced this rivalry was wrt how emotionally invested the pair of them were. having a firm grasp of their dynamic in 2007 is key to understanding how the whole thing subsequently played out, in part casey was less guarded and just a little more likely to let a few things slip... valentino wants to beat this challenging new rival, but I reckon he's mostly being sincere in that his main frustration in 2007 is feeling like he's not even able to fight casey at all for bike/tyre reasons. it's a rivalry he generally enjoyed when they were actually going at it! a comfort zone rivalry that really isn't all that emotionally messy from his side. even if he'll maybe still imply casey's compliments of him were never sincere, seeing how they dried up over the course of 2007... or perhaps joke about casey putting his name on his championship winning shirt, how at least he's losing to a fan... something fun about how valentino is always aware of that idolisation dynamic and is capable of playing with it, just a little. even with casey

whereas for casey, this isn't a game. casey really enjoyed valentino being nice to him and is ever so sensitive towards valentino pulling back. casey thinks valentino isn't giving him the credit he is owed and escalates his rhetoric in response. casey puts valentino's name on his championship winning shirt and then complains valentino didn't hold his hand. poor casey... it'd all be easier if he just didn't care, but that's the one thing he could never quite manage

[local-ragdoll]

Ooh... You wanna donate to the Lilith fund soo bad...

WOWZERS!! Amir Talai, our beloved voice for Alastor, is raising money for an abortions fund! And...

Come on. We gotta see him in the inflatable Alastor costume. Plus, the money will be going to a good cause!! This is Amirica Fund " Let's have fun and do good by being nincompoops and raising money!

Welcome to my fundraising page!

Last year I was proud to lead an effort that raised over $35k for The Lilith Fund, the oldest abortion fund in Texas. This year, let's make it 40!

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For anyone who makes a donation of $25 (USD) or more, I'll read your name and thank you on either IG Live or YouTube Live. Plus when we hit certain milestones, I'll drop fun and silly content for you to enjoy! at $10,000, I will absolutely debase myself by posting genuine Amirican thirst traps-- one older photo from when I had a total six-pack, and one more recent shirtless mirror selfie where's I'm flexing like a complete douchenozzle at $20,000, I will eat -- live on IG -- the most awful food i can imagine: CILANTRO at $30,000, I will play a vintage video game on my first ever Twitch livestream at $40,000, I will go out to a fan convention wearing an inflatable costume version of a very popular character that I have played.

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[dendrofiles]

nsfw ask meme with my pcs :)

pretty much what the title says ig !! i’m filling this out bc i feel called to. enjoy (or don’t, it’s long asf)

1- what’s their position in bed?

niko- this man is the subbiest bottom to ever bottom. he could not top if his life depended on it

callie- she will do whatever honestly. with her lovers she’s more of a bottom and a bit more submissive. except for robin, for whom she learned to use the strap, except robin is very much still in control of the situation. with clients she’s open to whatever

augustine- i don’t think he understands that he could top. to him, sex is a sacred ritual between him and sydney, and syd has the penis so naturally he’s on top

percy- he would top if eden would ever let him. but he doesn’t, so percy is a bottom. though he doesn’t mind getting bratty sometimes!

2- what turns them on/off?

niko- honestly any attention from his lovers leaves him flustered, but little random touches and gropes throughout the day are going to definitely ++arousal

callie- she’s honestly very indifferent to a lot of standard turn-ons, but sweet words from her lovers DESTROY her. nothing that makes her want to fuck more than someone she loves saying they want a future with her. she will be like Okay. let the babymaking commence

augustine- nothing turns him on more than the thought of total oneness with sydney, their promise tying their souls and bodies together in this life and the next :) ok dude take your ass back to genesis damn

percy- POSSESSIVENESS. nothing that will get him going quite as much as a “you’re mine” or casually slipping “my” in before any term of endearment. or possessive touches, or being protected and cared for, or being collared… this boy belongs to EDEN and that’s his greatest joy in life. also, biting, but eden won't let him :(

3- how long does it take for them to climax?

niko- not. long at all. he’s very sensitive so it’s happening immediately. that doesn’t mean you should stop though!

callie- longer than most. most of the sex she’s having is not intended for her pleasure. that doesn’t really bother her though, because being able to meet bailey’s rent is a pleasure in and of itself. but when she’s with her lovers and they actually want her to cum? she’s melting immediately

augustine- this boy has never been touched so it’s fast. you can bet that syd is absolutely taking advantage of this.

percy- average amount of time, but he has very good stamina and will just keep pushing on even after he cums the first time. insanely short refractory period combined with an overstimulation kink!!

4- most sensitive parts of their body?

niko- pretty much every erogenous zone. all extremely sensitive. also his neck. he hates being choked, but stroking his neck or sucking on it >>

callie- boobs!!!! they used to be less sensitive but then remy happened.

augustine- his pussy is incredibly sensitive, partially because it’s never been touched. once sydney learns about this he becomes extremely pussydrunk

percy- he is in general not that sensitive. except for his ears. pet his ears during sec and he’ll cum immediately

5- easiest way to seduce them?

niko- he’s heard it all at this point. if you’re not in a relationship with him, it’s not going to happen. if you are in a relationship with him, just make sure he’s not exhausted or stressed, and he’ll do it.

callie- you do not need to seduce her. if you pay her, or prove that sex with you will be worthwhile for some other reason, she will do it.

augustine- he’s not going to have sex with anyone but sydney. sorry. sydney does not need to try very hard. if he mentions something about “becoming one flesh” or “starting a family” he will definitely get some.

percy- also not going to have sex with anyone but eden. with eden, there is really no seducing involved, as eden just kind of does what he wants. however, percy is more likely to initiate, being a fox and having a higher libido.

6- how often do they masturbate?

niko- only when he needs to relieve stress, so… about once a week.

callie- a few times a day. usually once in math class, once in english class, and once at home (to relieve some of her back pain from lactation).

augustine- never!! he doesn’t really think it’s a sin, but he just does not enjoy it that much

percy- only if he’s in heat and eden’s not in the mood

7- what’s their favorite position?

niko- mating press... the breeding kink on this boy goes crazy

callie- with clients, it's doggy. with lovers, it's missionary.

augustine- i'm not sure if he is aware that any positions besides missionary exist lol

percy- cowgirl! he prefers to ride. yeehaw

8- how did they lose their virginity?

niko- to robin... i haven't talked much about the niko/robin relationship because it's complex, but my current thought is that in the polycule au robin comes out as a trans girl and they break up amicably, and then she's the aunt of the polycule kiddos!! <3

callie- to the tentacles in the underwater ruins when she was looking for lichen. the things she did for that fucking science fair.

augustine- to sydney in the temple during the rite of promise <3

percy- to avery. not consensually. percy hates him for it.

9- favorite place to have sex?

niko- in the shade of the trees at the farm!

callie- in the temple prayer room!

augustine- splayed out on the altar!

percy- in eden's cabin!

10- ever been caught having sex or masturbating?

niko- yes. he has pretty high exhibitionism fame. feels so much shame about it.

callie- caught? that's her job. fucking in front of people is second nature.

augustine- no! never! he doesn't judge people who do, but he's too careful for that.

percy- got caught masturbating in the bathroom at the orphanage once, before he met eden. it was kind of titillating for him, honestly.

11- are they loud or quiet?

niko- loud. his pathetic whimpering can be heard in the next town over

callie- loud when with clients, definitely playing it up. when with lovers, she's a little quieter, but still pretty vocal.

augustine- can be loud, but he always claps a hand over his mouth out of embarassment. sydney always takes his hand away and whispers something like "don't be shy, my love, your noises are so beautiful" (can you tell that i need sydney so bad)

percy- quiet. he's really focused during sex. his eyes have an insane look in them because he's thinking of either eating or being eaten by his lover it creeps eden tf out though, and he'll try and make him more vocal. if he thinks percy's being too quiet he'll flip him over and pound him until he's moaning and crying and whimpering eden's name <3

12- do they own any sex toys?

niko- just one vibrator which he hides. in the polycule au he owns a breastpump because the polykids (polycule kids... get it) require a lot of milk

callie- one vibrator, a strap on, breast pumps, and a fuck machine! the fuck machine cost a lot of money but sirris started selling them at the shop and callie was too curious to resist.

augustine- he doesn't own any personally, but sydney has developed a bit of a dominant streak. he recently acquired some handcuffs and a paddle. augustine is not able to resist when sydney asks "can we try this one my love <3"

percy- nah. eden's monster dick is plenty.

13- do they prefer giving or receiving?

niko- receiving, but he's good at giving head

callie- 50/50. she likes to receive, but she's great at giving head and she's been working on her strap game.

augustine- receiving!! this boy is the pillow princess to end all other pillow princesses

percy- giving!! absolutely loves to suck eden off!!

14- how often do they have sex?

niko- weekly. alex tries to do it more often, but niko is usually way too tired at the end of the day

callie- daily. that's her job, and she needs to stay impure so she doesn't lose her mind bc she's a succubus

augustine- whenever he and sydney have the time.

percy- every few days or so. percy would do it more often, but eden's lust is pretty unpredictable

15- their biggest sexual desire?

niko- pregnancy... he wants to have... a lot of babies... (this doesn't really work out because in the polycule au he gets tired after the third kid and declares that no more shall be had)

callie- an actual romantic getaway with whitney and sydney.

augustine- transcending the flesh. also, having sydney's baby.

percy- cannibalism!! he is Hungery

16- what’s the best term to describe them sexually?

niko- whiny

callie- apathetic

augustine- shy

percy- insatiable

17- their bra or dick size?

niko- ok so this is fun bc none of the boys have a dick. niko has small breasts which are easily hidden, EXCEPT FOR IN THE POLYCULE AU because those pregnancies did a number on him

callie- girlie is a dd because of course she is. also her strap is the biggest possible. can you blame her? she just wants to see robin squirm and cry and struggle to take it <3

augustine- very very tiny breasts. and thank god for that.

percy- according to him, if he had a dick it would be ginormous. the factuality of this statement is questionable

18- what do they think about when they masturbate?

niko- getting pregnant. this is until he actually gets pregnant, at which point he finds it supremely unsexy

callie- it's either "waow i'm in the middle of class anyone could see me rn" or "god my back hurts so much i just need to get this over with"

augustine- he does not masturbate

percy- sinking his teeth into someone's flesh. or having eden tie him up and threaten to carve him up like a rabbit in one of his traps

19- what's their sexual orientation?

niko- gay

callie- lesbian

augustine- sydney

percy- gay

20- what's their favorite thing to do sex-wise?

niko- this is a vague ass question lmao but he likes tender affectionate sex with lots of foreplay

callie- her favorite part of sex is after- either when she’s laying with her lovers and resting, or when the clients finally leave her alone so she can relax

augustine- i fear he would not understand this question. to augustine there is one “thing to do sex-wise,” and that is to have sex. but he likes when syd teases him, even if he covers his face and blushes

percy- teasing eden until he snaps!

21- weirdest place they've had sex?

niko- the sewers. thanks a lot wraith

callie- there are very few places in doltown where callie hasn’t had sex. but probably the night monster’s lair

augustine- he has had sex in a total of three places: the library, the temple, and the sex shop. you decide which is weirdest.

percy- the forest. hey, he had to get that fox tf somehow!

22- their favorite place on the body to be kissed?

niko- his neck!

callie- the top of her head! she'll say she hates it because it reminds her of how short she is, but she actually enjoys it

augustine- his lips, this boy is a romantic

percy- in terms of easily accessible places, the forehead. in terms of more intimate places, his inner thighs

23- worst sex experience?

niko- back before he got to the farm and was still dating avery for the money, there was a night when quinn won the game. niko's will is not that strong. it took him hours to get out of the goddamn landfill. needless to say he does not fw quinn in the slightest

callie- when whitney tried to whore her out. she was incredibly hurt

augustine- avery trying to have sex with him. luckily augie smacked him, then robbed him and ran away

percy- also an avery hater. like i said before, getting assaulted by avery was what took his virginity. he might help augustine take down the children of auriga, if only to get back at avery

24- have they ever orgasmed more than once in one go?

niko- yes, and then he gets extremely overstimulated and red and pathetic!

callie- she used to, but it takes a lot more to get her to orgasm now, so multiple are pretty rare for her

augustine- yeah... sometimes syd gets a little too excited and they go at it for quite a while

percy- literally every time he has sex lmao. insane refractory period heh

25- how often do they think about having sex?

niko- a lot... it's hard not to with alex, whitney, and c!sydney as your partners. that's a very horny trio. a lot of thoughts are being put in niko's mind without his permission!! someone save him

callie- whenever she sees someone she loves, her brain will immediately think of intimacy with them. that's pretty much it. when she's having sex with clients she's not even thinking about sex. she's probably thinking about like. gaming or something idk

augustine- pretty frequently, for an angel! he can't help it! his future husband is just so handsome and their romance is so beautiful!

percy- a lot. lmao. everything eden does is incredibly hot. but eden's sex drive is pretty unpredictable so percy is often suffering

26- are they self-conscious about any part of their body?

niko- he has some pretty bad chest dysphoria :(

callie- she WOULDN'T BE if people would just stop looking at her and saying "nice cow tits"

augustine- not really! it's just a human form, and he's happy in it, all things considered

percy- he has a bit of body dysmorphia, but it helps to be told that he's hot a lot

27- how long does sex normally last with them?

niko- as long as his partner wants it to. he will survive... probably

callie- with lovers, as much time as they have. with clients, 30 minutes on the dot

augustine- sex between augustine and sydney is a very slow, meticulous exercise <3

percy- he could go for hours. eden's an old man who gets tired, though

28- are they serious during sex or do they like to laugh?

niko- his brain is too gone to even consider being serious or being silly

callie- when she's with clients she'll match their energy. when she's with lovers she's more giggly

augustine- he and sydney are both awkward little virgins so of course they're gonna laugh. neither of them know what they're doing

percy- he's too locked in to laugh

29- wild card. give us a fun fact!

niko- there are a lot of videos of niko on the internet. it's kind of difficult when he's trying to go about his business and people are constantly staring at him because they've seen his pussy. this is why the farm is so nice lol. for someone who's so violent he's incredibly pathetic and whiny in bed hehehe

callie- she would never admit this, but she has a terrible intox kink and a thing for plantgirls. shh don't tell anyone

augustine- sydney's gotten rather possessive and dominant with augustine... i was thinking about this and this is what inspired my recent sydney hornypost lmao

percy- he's a fox and he mates for life! he's completely monogamous with eden now. also we all know about the cannibalism kink. i don't even know if that warrants mentioning atp

me when i do this instead of my actual writing projects. awesome

[sngj08]

[User] idol!sungchan x fem!reader

summary: Sungchan just broke up with his girlfriend he had since his debut in RIIZE. Eunseok tried to cheer him up to play roblox with him, the other members and his friends. Sungchan feels relaxed hanging out in the roblox go that he talks in the ge more often. He ends up being close to you, Eunseok's friend and Sohee's sister. You guys talk more often until things get a little complicated.

06. his ex

warning: cursing, shotaro being selfish ig, sungchan being childish, mentions of sex, back talking

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“Sungchan-ah I brought you some food from our bakery!” The girl runs to Sungchan with a paper bag of goods.

“You mean your parents’ bakery right?” Eunseok scoffs at her as she rolls her eyes to Eunseok.

“But it’s going to be mine and Channie’s one day right?” She said while ruffling Sungchan’s hair but the girl notices Yn.

“Who is she?” The girl said, pointing at Yn with sass and attitude.

“I’m-“ Yn was about to introduce herself to the weird acting girl with her a welcoming smile until Sungchan cut her off.

“She’s my girlfriend now so leave.” Sungchan says while eating thefood Yn brought for him.

Yn was phased about what Sungchan said cuz they have just met in real life but she brushed it off because the girl seemed to be getting on everyone’s nerves so she just stood there and stood quiet.

“Why are you eating that Sungchan? Those aren’t good for you! Here have some-“ The girl said taking away the tiramisu cake and replacing it with a sandwich but Sungchan grabs her wrist to stop her and stands up.

“Why the fuck are you here Yuna?” He glares at her while she looks at Sungchan innocently.

“I got you food?” She said with puppy eyes, lifting the sandwhich in her hand.

“WE BROKE UP, PLACE THAT IN YOUR HARD HEAD OF YOURS” Sungchan shoved the sandwich to her but Shotaro caught her before she fell down to the floor.

“Yo is this how you treat people Sungchan?" Shotaro says to Sungchan as the other members look at both Shotaro and Sungchan.

"You know how this is man." Sohee tried reasoning to Shotaro about Sungchan but Shotaro shakes his head.

"Seriously I know what I'm doing?!" Sungchan storms out of the room while the members all shook their heads as Shotaro went after Sungchan.

"Bro you know this is a big deal. Her aunt is at a high position in the company. Keep that in mind. You don't want to lose your job do you?" Shotaro said to Sungchan as he was about to walk outside for fresh air.

"You just don't get it. You know the reason I dated her right? We LIKED each other but we never worked out." Sungchan explained to Shotaro.

"Then make it work!" Shotaro says as if it would be easy to be done.

"Easy for you to say. You only agreed because you knew it would get us a raise in promotions as a group." Sungchan raised his voice to Shotaro.

"But at least I'm looking out for the future of our group... unlike you." Shotaro said back to Sungchan which gave him the last straw.

"I looked out for the group since a long time ago. I forced myself to like her for you guys and we just didn't work out. She was being a bitch and was always off fucking other guys anyways... You want me to date a cheater and a person I didn't even like just for the sake of our jobs?! Job is a priority but not to these stakes Shotaro." Sungchan ranted to Shotaro and left the building.

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[hivemuthur]

i don't know if this is considered a request or not ..., but i saw you saying that one of the upcoming fics contains " small chest appreciation" i was gonna request it when you open your requests but it's literally the same idea as mine so if u r comfortable, can you make it curvy reader but with a small chest? i hope this makes sense to you because i don't see it a lot in fanfics or in other ppl, god didn't bless me ig lol but I'm glad you're giving something to small chest girlies thank you a lot. <3

Hi Anon! I'm literally writing it as we speak, and gave Reader big thighs in my mind :D So I guess we are on the same wavelength.

But! I generally tend to not specify Reader at all. I even lean toward refraining from fingers combing through hair (though I might have done it at the beginning), because I know you beautiful curly heads can't always have this experience (me included).

Outside some obvious mistakes I made in the past that code Reader in a certain size (like sharing clothes and here I've done it mostly for The Game of Teaching Body, as the story actually had an OC shaped in my head) or Viktor always being taller than you (just imagine he is at least +2 inches to your height :v though I kind of wanna write him same height or shorter than Reader at some point), I think I've managed to make the fem-bodied Reader with she/her pronouns rather universal, so if this is how you read, I urge you to imprint yourself on it. I myself have big thighs that save lives, an ass that takes an entire sit, boobs that choke me when I try to do reverse yoga poses, bony hands and monkey feet. And no skinny guy snapped under me, they ain't that frail! I've had one for 10 years and he is good as new :D

Having said that, I am aware that only the non-explicit stuff I write has a gn!Reader. To be completely honest, it's a skill issue, as I haven't worked out how to make smut entirely inclusive. But, I've worked out 2nd person POV, present tense and how to get rid of Y/N, so I will probably get there as well.

AND having said that, I will of course happily try my hand at super specific requests in the future. It's not me saying 'don't ask me about specific body preferences', no, please DO. It's me saying 'in the meantime, you can freely read my other things and I assure you Viktor will be happy to have a person like you frick-fracking with him :D

[phannibal]

finished the fight the future novelization!! overall it was an extremely mid adaptation that did not take advantage of the change in medium to do anything interesting, but it was still a fun read and honestly some plot points were clearer than in the movie. liveblog and standout moments under the cut :3

immediately the narration feels like someone is describing something that’s happening on screen. this is not a good thing; a good adaptation is able to use the strengths of its medium to tell the story in a way that is compelling in and of itself (day of the doctor perfect example) (this is why screen -> book adaptations fall flat when using a different author, the book author has a lot of guesswork to do wrt POVs, motivations, and other internal character stuff) (but do I really want to read a book by chris carter)

wait this is awesome face blindness can’t affect me in the written word. wow turns out that one guy was two guys all along

y’know it’s almost not fair to criticize this book for being a clunky adaptation bc fight the future leans so hard into its own cinematography in a way that makes it irreplicable in text. god I want to write a dissertation comparing this to the dotd novelization with references to the other x files and target novelizations and comparing franchises and impact of same vs. different author of the same story. waves sadly at my nonexistent media studies degree

he comes into the initial hearing and her heart LIFTS. this is what i’m talking about use the medium to give us character insight!!!

oh no fucking way. author just used “who’s” when the correct word was “whose.” probably worst mistake I have ever seen in a published book

the dialogue in particular does not translate well to text. maybe there’s a way to make m&s’ opening back and forth just as iconic and characteristic in print, or mulder’s drunken exposition slash tagline just as comedic yet foreboding, but as is, they (and other standout lines) just fall so flat

they don’t even say that he’s peeing on the independence day poster 😑

did this author come from fanfiction or something bc the amount of “the younger man” I’m having to roll my eyes at is obscene

this is the biggest glimpse we get into any character’s thoughts so i’m holding it to my chest forever and ever

god so the 3am “what are you implying” “is that what you’d like me to do” feel WAY more loaded in text

also “she had been thinking exactly that” 🥺

TWICE. yeah i bet

I’m like 90% sure some lines of dialogue are slightly different like just meaningless word order choices but I’m not putting on the movie to confirm

no okay the above is definitely true. “the one thing in the world he can’t live without” is NOT the original line but goes just as hard

have to include this bc it is absolutely the most changed dialogue in the whole book. wish i could see into this author’s head

realizing for the first time that the guy that planted the bomb = the guy eavesdropping on mulder in the bar = the guy driving the ambulance because in a book you have to spell that type of thing out

i DID actually pull up the movie upon reading these lines bc i was like i knowww i would remember this. i wonder if the author was working off of the original script or something and this was part of that? or if she was really just allowed to freestyle

god so we know in the movie he just kind of jumps down a random ice hole after he initially falls through. here it’s specifically and clearly a vent because ig this author could not rationalize him choosing to jump down a random hole

long af image so click to read but INSANE insane emphasis on the cpr scene for no reason. like that lasts 2 seconds in the movie but is fully a page and a half here, thanks for that at least ms elizabeth hand

protectively :')

why is this exchange so neutered?? where is the passion? where is "some hollow personal cause of mine" and "i can't. i won't"?

that's all i got! i think these excerpts really demonstrate the shortcomings of a direct, no-frills screen-to-text translation. i can't help thinking that this book was meant to be just another thing to put on shelves and sell, as opposed to being born of a genuine desire to retell the story in a new way. like i said, still fun though, and enough new tidbits to make it worthwhile!

[jackhues]

since it was mat’s birthday this past weekend, mama and peanut celebrating mat’s birthday?

peanut's world! au - birthdays

slightly modified to take place about 4-5 years in the future, peanut's around 7, mama and mat got married a few months before

photos not mine!

peanutsmama:

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peanutsmama - four years ago, i got drunk in a bar and spilled my entire life story to some stranger. thankfully, he never judged me. somehow, he found me 'endearing' and was adamant on earning facetime privileges. after those were earned, he was adamant on earning meeting-peanut-privileges. and after those were earned, he was adamant on earning watching-diehard-together-privileges.

over these four years, he's grown from a random stranger from the bar, to my best friend, my husband, my soulmate.

thank you mathew-who-i-can-call-mat for being there for me that night and happy birthday pretty boy 🤍

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jackhughes: i didn't even get an ig post for my bday while mat got a wholeass paragraph with his post -> peanutsmama: i'm not married to you -> jackhughes: THAT'S NOT THE POINT

elblue_06: happy birthday mat! -> barzal97: thanks mama hughes!! -> userone: he calls her mama hughes??!! ahh all my dreams are coming true

trevorzegras: she stole his nickname! AH she made him pretty boy!! -> peanutsmama: yeah... that was the whole point of the last sentence ???

usertwo: happy birthday mathew!!

titobeauvi91: you should've added the video of him spilling his coffee all over that shirt -> peanutsmama: that's saved for the gc dww -> titobeauvi91: @/barzal97 you picked an amazing wife -> barzal97: i know 😌

userthree: ahh i love how he's always carrying peanut

barzal97: i love you 🤍 thank you for letting me watch diehard with you -> lhughes_06: honestly, that's probably ur biggest accomplishment -> _quinnhughes: even more than her saying yes to marry you -> peanutsmama: i can't even be offended

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[ren-rambles-often]

'Tale of Winter and Spring' another goyuu arranged marriage fic that might just become a fave despite some reservations of mine!!! Let me explain!!! (Rec Review and thoughts)

This review was so sweetly requested by the actual author and lovely mutual of mine @star2112 (really love their name for some reason). So with that context and their permission I'll be going a bit more in depth, and letting them know where I feel they could improve upon. I do keep in mind that many ao3 authors aren't from the pro writing background so I'll be super gentle.

But before we get to that I will give you a quick summary and listing out the fic's strong points (and there are a lot (✿ ♡‿♡)

CW for review and the story itself: there will be spoilers in this rev so if you want to read it before hearing my thoughts go ahead and follow the link in the title. The story involves mpreg, omegaverse and dub con.)

Tale of Winter and Spring is set in historical Japan as all good fics should be, where Yuuji is given away to Gojo by his older brother Sukuna. Thing is Yuuji is in love with next heir of the Zenin clan, Megumi and he's very, very, very unhappy with what's happening. Nevertheless he goes through it all with some very un-Yuuji like gloom )don't worry, we'll get to that). Its an ongoing fic so we don't know the end or which direction the plot itself is taking but for now there's a whole lot of intrigue and hints of Geto coming into the picture to ruin (or maybe not ruin) everything happening.

There's a handful of things that made this story a bit challenging to read but one of the many things I have to give props to is the development of the FushIta relationship side of Yuuji's story. I don't hate FushIta but it's one of many jjk ships that makes me grit my my teeth when it's not a side story in a goyuu ntr fic. So reading the development of their bond here… actually made me kick my feet a bit, is the author a FushIta shipper in disguise??? We'll never know ig ¯_(ツ)_/¯

There's the flashback scene where they're talking about books they read and after some banter Yuuji's like,

"hey megumi… in the future, let's go North, and see if those demons are real or not."

And I felt that, especially since Yuuji does end up going North (Gojo's Clan location if I remember correctly) but Megumi isn't there with him and it's much colder and lonely for him since he can't relate to Satoru at all.

Genuinely almost sobbed ಥ‿ಥ

Another thing I did enjoy was Sukuna's backstory and part of me really wanted more of it and him. It's said he got his hands dirty but I'd love to know what exactly this entails as it would really add more depth to the evilness of his character which is mostly told but not shown. It's easy to so say oh this character does evil things and imply that constantly but harder to display those evil things and show them doing the tragedies that solidify them in the reader's mind like 'yeah, this dude is the worst'. Example, Sukuna throughout the entirety of jjk lollll.

And there was an opportunity for the story to show one of such things which I'll get to in the critique part of this review.

I also really love the characterization which is very important you're making and alternate world. You don't always have to put characters in roles they'll fit but one thing I do like is when a they reflect that role with their canon personalities. And I know someone's already going "well fanon doesn't care about canon" which is fine and true but realistically many fanfic readers, myself included aren't into ooc content. What counts as ooc does vary from person to person tho, especially bc different people interpret characters differently.

Despite the various interpretations there is a common way a character is viewed and enjoyed, which is why, despite how much I enjoyed reading, there was something about Yuuji that constantly…called out to me.

I'm getting into the critique section now to talk about that. Where the writing shines in dialogue and interesting world building, it's kind of falls back in consistency.

Somewhere at the start, in the wedding scene, Utahime says they all have high expectations of Yuuji putting Gojo in his place with kind of indicates a firey kind of attitude but up until this point Yuuji has being quiet and avoidant and kind of continues to be until some of the later chapters. So it's weird she puts this responsibility on him when his character hasn't shown any signs of it. It's not one of more glaring instances but it's one that precedes a few others.

There's another part where Yuuji apologizes for speaking angrily, but Gojo says he doesn't have to because he knows he's the problem. Yuuji's internal thoughts proceed to view that as his apology being discarded which don't exactly make sense to me and ends up feeling like he's looking for reasons to be nitpicky at this point.

Character building isn't a huge problem but it's always the little things that manage add to the overall picture. There's a scene where Sukuna wants to take Yuuji to the Zenin clan and Wasuke doesn't want him to bc everyone thinks Sukuna wants to sell him off. Thing is Sukuna says he's not depraved enough to use an omega child like that but in my opinion it would have done his story and Yuuji's a greater service for him openly consider it and hold that over Yuuji's head for good behavior. He's evil, even if he'd actually never do it, evil people say evil shit.

With all this talk about characters it's time I finally expand on what really got to me and that would be Yuuji. My baby boy is literally all over the place. Yuuji canonically is a very social characters, eager to please and more ready than usual to give other's the benefit of a doubt. Here he's very quick to judge and overly guarded to me.

Now, I'm not saying has to overly friendly either but there's a balance that could struck with him not insulting or assuming things of Gojo constantly, and yeah the white haired bastard doesn't make it especially easy but one of Yuuji's admirable traits is his fortitude and patience with those around him.

Nevertheless, a part of me does think this was a stylistic choice to convey the disparity of Yuuji's behavior with his two love interests; Yuuji is only truly his best self with Megumi and the worst with Gojo. And understanding this, I was able to look past his behavior with the hope and interest of seeing both him and Gojo warm up to each other.

Also, did I mention it's still a mystery why Gojo asked for Yuuji's hand in marriage. Either that or it was mentioned that it's bc of his scent and I forgot (I've been through a lot this week forgive me (〒﹏〒)

My final critique is the writing structure and grammar. Grammar and writing are like 80% of a fic for me. If I don't vibe, no matter how interesting the concept I just might not read.

Thing is, I do vibe with Star2112's writing a lot, it simple yet beautiful in the way in which it conveys the emotions and moods of the story and characters. I enjoyed reading the scene where Yuuji freaks out cuz Gojo didn't spend the wedding night with him and now it may harm his reputation and Sukuna's. I enjoyed every FushIta interaction and I most definitely enjoyed when towards the ending of chapter 8, Yuuji allows Gojo to touch his belly and feel the baby while the Alpha spoke it (also Gojo wants to be a girl dad and that made me throw my phone across the room screaming cuz cuuuute (●♡∀♡)!!!!)

What I didn't enjoy was the structure of the sentences.

"Sentences work like this," Ren says. ✅

" Not like this, " They add. ❌

Figuring out how dialogue and quotations work are a big step for every author's writing journey, it's common not to know if you end with commas of full stops but for the most part, that doesn't really matter. Leave no spaces between the quoted sentence and the quotations marks and always start a new statement with a capital, doesn't matter if it was a continuation of what they were saying in a previous sentence.

Capital.

Grammar-wise, there were a lot of frequent errors but none to glaring and they could all be fixed with a more thorough read through. It can be pretty hard without a beta reader bestie but I believe you, there's so much talent for you not to give the best reading experience you're able to.

Overall, this is definitely a fic I would recommend to avid arranged marriage goyuu fans that love the DRAMA (and if you're like me who likes to read Megumi getting cucked, tho it's not exactly cheating here we'll manage ( ꈍᴗꈍ)💕

At the end of the day, a lot of this advice is partly objective, all authors are free to take what they feel they want to work on and leave the rest. Or leave it all because what matters about writing and fanfiction is that you enjoy what you do. Other's enjoying it is just a bonus/by product.

And to Star2112, you're doing so good, keep it up, I'm subbed and ready to see more, especially if I'll get to read goyuu raising their kid or kids, I'm a sucker for 'oop it's twins'. I'd also encourage you to read more books outside fanfic if you don't if you're still interested in dialogue and sentence structure. You have a strong voice and I think working on your weak points will really amplify that. I'm honored you came to me and hope I was able to help.

If anyone else wants to request, recommendations and reviews are kinda two different things. If you Recommend me a fic and I may or may not talk about it, depends. If you request I Review (for analysis and advice) a fic it has to be yours and you'll have to prove it to me. Depending on what you want I'll either write a post or just let you know my thoughts privately. DMs open so don't be shy.

Thanks for sticking to the end, go check out Star's work to get in on that action and happy Easter my precious freaks!!!

Ps: will edit this later, my brain is literally on fire, bye lovelies (◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

[ncon29]

Helvetica - The Documentary

The Rise, Flatline, and Fall of the Modernist Movement's Darling Poster Child

Name: Helvetica (Die Neue Haas Grotesk) Parents: Max Miedinger and Eduard Hoffmann Nicknames: "Perfection" / "Ubiquitous" / "Air" / "Ultimate Typeface"

1950’s - post-war period - feeling of idealism

Social responsibility for designers

More democracy, clarity, rebuilding

Early experiments of High Modernist period - Swiss style

1957 - HELVETICA IS BORN !!! - rational typeface for all kinds of information to present ideas in intelligible/legible way - loud and clearly modern

Interesting that early modernism (dadaism, futurism, surrealism) was more subversive and that functionality emerged later

Would you use Helvetica in your designs?

I don't have particularly strong feelings toward it. Jonathan Hoefler says "it's like off-white paint" and many of the other designers in the documentary say it's like air. It's just there. I would use it if it matches the look that I'm going for, but I typically prefer more expressive typefaces - I'd probably manipulate the original form, at least. It's ubiquitous, versatile, and functional, sure, but why would I use it when there are so many other typefaces. Bit corporate. Bit SnoozeVille.

Like Rick Poynor put it (regarding designing with Helvetica over a period of time), “There’s a law of diminishing returns”. More exposure -> more use by designers -> more predictability -> uh oh it's dull now.

No flavour is the point but that doesn't mean I have to love it.

It's ok but why limit yourselfffff (to one type family). I guess to push your ideas as a designer. But experimenting outside that seems more fun to me. Some people favour restrictions though, so to each their own.

My view leans towards that of Erik Spiekerman (Gemini King), who says “[Type] just makes my words visible” and that “A real typeface needs rhythm, needs contrast; It comes from handwriting. That’s why I can read your handwriting, and you can read mine. And I’m sure out handwriting is miles away from Helvetica… But we can read it because there’s rhythm to it, there’s a contrast to it.” Obviously, you can't always read handwriting, but personally I'm pretty good at it and find it much more compelling than consistent, uniform typefaces. Spiekerman on letters designed to look the same: "Hello??? You know, that’s called an army. That’s not people.” This sentiment is interesting and appeals to me, because I like it when type has personality, as it's a means for social communication -- informed by people. Then again, uniformity is just another style. But, I personally like when you can tell that a human being made something with heart and intention, and if you can do that with Helvetica, then knock yourself out ig. Michael C Place expresses that though he doesn't know the fancy type terminology, he values the emotional response that type can bring and enjoys "the challenges of making Helvetica speak in a different way”. I can admire that idea: Originality with Helvetica depends on execution.

I do like how the designers in the doco describe the typeface in regard to the space between characters as opposed to the space that the characters fill. Mike Parker says “It’s not a letter that’s bent to shape; It’s a letter that lives in a powerful matrix of surrounding space”. The negative space is said to contain the characters which is an effective, formidable way to put it. Similarly, Massimo Vignelli says "typography is really white" which I find to be a refreshing perspective.

Would you use Helvetica for one context (type of work/audience) but not another?

Yes, as long as it suits the content, my vision/the client's vision. It would not be my first choice unless I was going for that neutral look, modernist style, or just maximising attention to the actual text, rather than its appearance.

Not as passionate about this topic as some designers involved in the documentary but it's fun/ny to watch them talk about it with such vigour.

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Michael Bierut: “In Helvetica. Period. Any questions? Of course not”

Wim “Gridnik” Crouwel:

“But if I see today's designers, they use all typefaces-one day one typeface, the other day the other typeface, all in favor of a certain atmosphere, I'm not... I don't like that... The meaning is in the content of the text, not in the typeface.”

Why must the meaning derived from either or be mutually exclusive ? Surely both the content and typeface can be used to amplify the message. It's about feeling and communication. Typefaces are just tools. Ricky P says type gives words "a certain colouring" which conveys a sense of a ranging intensity.

Paula Scher: "I was also morally opposed to Helvetica because I viewed the big corporations that were slathered in Helvetica as sponsors of the Vietnam War." <- Personal, moral implications.

Massimo Vignelli: thinks postmodernism is a DISEASE

Tobias Frere-Jones: Type Expression = important

“The same way that an actor that's miscast in a role will affect someone's experience of a movie or play that they're watching. They'll still follow the plot, but, you know, be less convinced or excited or affected.”

David Carson

“Don’t confuse legibility with communication.” I agree.

“If something is a very important message and it’s set in a boring, non-descript way, the message can be lost.” I neither agree nor disagree. Depends on execution.

Questions:

Why are there so many Michaels?

How was Erik's birthday?

Why do I prefer this typeface to Helvetica? It's cuter.

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[gojoidyll]

Thank you for making fei fei a love interesttttt. Mwah

I would love to see y/n being very possessive, I think it’s really hot when in a yandere type story, both the guy and the girl are equally obsessed with each other. Like…got me kicking my feet and giggling 💀💀.

For a scene of y/n acting jealous…I’m thinking of the dinner banquet like her latest life buttt, this time some maid gets just a bit to close to Jing yuan and suddenly a steak knife is chucked towards the maid that dared to overstep like a missile going at the speed of light. :). Bonus points if she gets a head shot. And mind you, they are a tad sharp ;)

And then y/n would oh so elegantly smile and go:

“Oh dear…my hand must’ve slipped. Would you be a darling and get me another pair from the kitchen?”

And when the very same maid grumbles away with an arrogant scoff, how could y/n resist bullying her a bit?. “This fork is stained, go get me another pair”.

This happens a few more times, each request from the hostage princess growing more ridiculous. From the mismatched silver ware to the “dirty” glass of water all the way to the plate “not matching my aesthetic today” 💀💀. Of course all the while, your husband to be sits relaxed as ever on his seat with a smile carved in his face. Perhaps he’s amused that his fiancé was *finally* taking some action or maybe just humored by the maid’s misery? Who knows…

I’m still pissed at blade tho…that dum dum couldn’t even bother to at least try to act, like broooo. Y/n should give him acting lessons. He is in dire need of some.

I wonder if there’s a way to actually talk to Sunday man without him calling on us first…like lore drop plsss.

And I’m already imagining seeing yuan train his soldiers, him and his compression shirt (I dunno if compression shirts were invented then but I’ll just delulu myself that they were.) looking ravishing as ever. 😋😋. God I wanna bite his cheeks.

Also, a couple of kinks I thought were related to yuan:

1. Bitting, marking, and hickeys galore. Maybe some in places where people could see, a way of saying “mine” to ward off any other audacious man that would dare touch his princess. (Ahem, boothill, blade?)

2. Degrading praise(?) if that makes sense, he seems like such a vanilla man but so mean at the same time 😳😳

3. He loves it just as much if y/n also gives him a hickey and swats away certain hands that try to touch him. And this man will def wear those same hickeys like a Medal of Honor.

4. A little more info of my hc of his public sex, he would definitely tease y/n that she’s being too loud or maybe the standby guards could hear or even someone could waltz in. Of course, the door to his throne room is locked, he replaced the guards of his throne room with deaf yet capable ones, and just so happen not to tell her that all the walls are sound proof.

And and and! Can we get a hickey scene pls pls pls. And I’m starving for more chapters 😣. You ate with the writing and I’m left starving for more.

I’m sorry if this is too long again, I’m tryna work out how to make my long ass essay asks easier to read. It’s oki if you don’t reply immediately but I’ll definitely be waiting, I think of it like Christmas Day but it’s almost everyday Ig? Yk, waiting for a reply? As always, I hope you have a 11/10 day ❤️❤️

I love that trope too! Where both of them are crazy for each other XD it just makes me happy like no matter who gets in between them, they will only have eyes for one another. Absolute cinema.

LMAO perfect!!! I can definitely see y/n getting into fights with the maids when it comes to jing yuan in the future. Maybe not right now in the story but definitely in the future!! When the two start to get closer!!

Y/n and maid beef will go hard, ngl

Jing yuan would love to see all the action that unfolds 100%, but of course he wouldn't let any maid actually retaliate lmao

Acting lessons 101 with y/n as the professor. Hehe (I think jing yuan would join just to see y/n in a professor outfit 💀)

!! Lore drop incoming !!

There is a way to speak to sunday without him being the first to reach out. May or may not involve a piano. Though The Herta may be able to shine a bit more light on the matter (with a key or two)

Moving on!!

For plot purposes, compression shirts now exist in this time period. I will not be taking critiques at this time over the matter. Because YESSS, jing yuan in a compression shirt would be so hot!!!! 🫣

Love those kinks btw!!

1. Definitely loves to mark y/n up and let y/n mark him up. He seems like the type to enjoy the slow process of marking and biting too. A tease 💯

2. Will probably not degrade too harshly, but seems like the type to be both into degradation and praise. Idk, I think he can balance those two out pretty well without getting carried away

3. Imagine a maid he sleeps with trying to cover a hickey that y/n gave him with one of her own 💀 immediate execution me thinks

4. Jing yuan would do that, there is no doubt 💀 the man is careful, he wouldn't let anyone see y/n, but y/n doesn't know all that

Hickey scene? 👀 yeah, I think i can do that hehe

And pls don't ever change! I like reading your asks no matter the length of them!! 💞

And same to you! I hope you have an amazing day!!!!!!!!

[nvrsaidiwasinurcloset]

hiiiii anon who has had 9 of their requests written. Ig i’ll use the squid emoji from now on to represent myself 🦑

you asked if there were any other requests of mine you haven’t gotten to and im genuinely having a hard time remembering all the requests ive sent you 💀

But ik there is one i requested about ethan and reader having phone sex when being in a long distance relationship

one angsty fic that ends in smut where both ethan and reader think the other person doesn’t have feelings for them anymore

i think i suggested one the notebook coded one

and i think i suggested one where its super fluffy smut where ethan and reader lose their virginity, and are at first nervous because they want it to be special, but realize it’s special purely because it’s between them

oh and i requested a second part to the voyeur fic (that og request was mine as well 🤭)

AHHHHH ILYSM

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Ahhh, my favorite cephalopod ❤️

okay OKAY the phone sex one…have they ever met in person at any point of their relationship? Or is it like a met online kind of situation? Just want to know if Ethan’s already familiar with readers body or not🫣

The angsty smut one where reader thinks Ethan doesn’t like her anymore, I was kind of leaning more towards a friends with benefits situation but they both have their feelings (readers made hers obvious, but Ethan’s scared of heartbreak), and Ethan gets a little cold towards her, like not acting like he always does around her, and she thinks he doesn’t want her anymore, which leads to Ethan thinking she doesn’t want him because she just kind of does her own thing(I still have the request so I know how you want it to end, I don’t want to give the whole thing away because someone else might read this and I’d ruin the story👀), seriously, let me know if that sounds okay!

With the Notebook coded one, the only thing I’m really caught up on is how much time passes between the breakup and when they see each other again, and if they both still try to date other people during the breakup or if it’s more like…they both just don’t want to because they still love each other sm that they can’t even really think about anyone else (I’ll admit it, I only half-watched the notebook once👀)

The virginity one I’ll get to soon, because I just need to write some super sweet fluffy smut in my near future lmao

And the voyeur fic, I’ve actually been working on that one a lot lately! I keep bouncing back to it and tweaking a few things, because obvi reader and Ethan see each other after she sucked the soul out of him and like, there’s SO MUCH TENSION.

For real, if you want to talk about this stuff through asks, we can! Or if you want to message me, I’d of course still keep you anonymous! I’m sure you’ve realized that I like to go into detail, like it’s probably awful tbh, but I want to make sure something I write is exactly what you want! ❤️💕🫶🏻

[carlos-in-glasses]

Hii im so glad to hear you like my comments! at some point i worried i was being annoying lol. as for my writing its just been some drafts, i used to be into making visual poems and im gonna start doing em again! though i do also love to have little narrative pieces so im probably gonna rewrite some old stuff and maybe finally write some of the stories in my head! some of which ARE tarlos, i want kidding when i said its scary to read carlos fanfiction as a hispanic person, the steriotyping and bad spanish are REAL 💀 so ig ill try to be the change i wanna see and write some good carlos fics in the future LMAO. also! just wanted to say that in ur rythms fic carlos writing in both languages is such a mood, to me words flow easier in english but then i can get more poetic in spanish, wby? do you write in other languages? id love to hear abt ur process/what you like! ur writing is really amazing and just cozy? lol. hope you have a great day! ALSO yeah gringos dont really use wpp that much! crazy lmao

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🐦‍⬛ Hello!! Oh my goodness don't you worry - it's my absolute pleasure to receive feedback like yours! Amazing that you're going to get back into visual poetry!!! Poetry that you can SEE?!! Sounds brilliant. I could never. I love art. I love artists. It makes me so happy that there are so many different kinds of creatives in this fandom. It seems to me that if an arty-type discovers Tarlos...art will happen at some point. It's impossible to resist! ALSO so exciting that you have some narratave works afoot, including Tarlos fic!! I'm certainly relieved to hear that the Spanish in Rhythms rings true enough - I don't speak other languages, so honestly if the Spanish is decent it's a result of research and just trying really really hard to do right by the Reyes fam. I'm also cognisant to what 'poetry translation' actually means. A published translated poem is not literally word-for-word translated, but the meaning translated. I knew that Carlos writing a poem called The Wrestler in English wouldn't necessarily mean a Spanish poem called El Luchador, so it became El Angel. Because that (in my head) is indeed the added romance (as in actually romantic, not Rome) and poeticism that writing in Spanish brought to Carlos. English is a hard language in every sense. It's harsh. It's made up of aspects of many others. It can be beautiful but also ugly, but you can also get away with a pidgin version of it in a way you might not be able to with other languages. I kinda liked the idea of Carlos leaning into the ugliness of English and then turning the same concept into something else with Spanish, and leaning into how one thing can be two different things at the same time. Which is true of so much of life. But that's Carlos' process lol. Mine is more slapdash. I plan for all it's worth, but then writing goes off on a merry journey of its own and I have to wrangle it back. Imagine a string of pearls snapping and going everywhere, and scrabbling to scoop the pearls up. Imagine an orangutan eating the paint of an abacus. Imagine a golden retriever running downhill on an icy road. That is my brain. Also 'rules' about writing? Fuck 'em. Don't tell me not to use the words sigh and chuckle. Don't tell me not to use adverbs (oh adverbs my dearLY beloved). I will use whatever words the characters need in order to be themselves in the story I'm telling, and I will use everything in my broken and shy little soul to make them as real and loud as I can for the reader. I appreciate all fics that do the same - and I can feel it when they do. In fact, that's probably why I've found so many fics that I've LOVED so much more than actual books I've bought off the shelf. The warmth, the non-compliance, the experimentation, the absolute passion. I have a creative writing degree and masters specialising in poetry and fuck it, some of the best writing I've seen in my life is right here in the fandom.

Thank you for your kindness re. my writing and for finding it cosy!!!!!!! Amazing!!! And thank you for teaching me a thing or two about whatsapp. I confronted my friends @lemonlyman-dotcom and @thisbuildinghasfeelings about it after I saw your comment and I was like wtf do you mean Americans don't use it??? It's an American company???? and they were like....sorry??? And then explained the situation. Anyway, for about an hour I really couldn't accept nor face it. But I've calmed down now and you've reminded me I need to go back and edit. But then we lose the fun of Wrestling Whassuppp??? Which was a PLAY ON WORDS!!! Maybe I'll keep it anyway... ❤️

Me trying to explain my writing process: