#and these days in fandom there really is no community

[reallyromealone]

Title: idol

Chapter: 6

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Fandom: Kpop demon hunters

Genre: omegaverse

Warnings: hurt to comfort, angst, omegaverse, male reader, Omega male reader,.alpha HUNTR/X,.alpha Saja boys

Notes: wrote this on a four hour flight back to Toronto lol also I'm back bitches, writing Rome IS BACK

Summary: reader learns how to be himself agaim after the loss of the Saja boys, but are they really gone?

Tag list: @robbin-g @heinzsqueezebottle @sooobiinn @sfxtiebee @kittenwerewolf @gh0stiedd3ath @strangebarbarianbarbarian @0eye0 @barrythestrawberry041 @cherry-blossoms-187 @snowy-violet @akira3na @hot-older-bro

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(Name)s days moved slow, the Omega finishing his degree with a heavy heart and the HUNTR/X girls watched him slowly shut down.

Shrine duties and home, Mira paid for his expenses but it wasn't like he ate much, sinking deeper in depression and trying to keep it together but failing at every duty.

It had been six months.

Bzzzt.

(Name) Glanced at his phone and saw the notification 'after a six month hiatus, the Saja boys release a new album: lovestruck' (name) immediately stood up as he re read it and looked at the album photo....

"They're alive?"

What the fuck.

(Name) Couldn't figure out if he was furious or even more heartbroken or elated...

Why didn't they tell him?

Glancing at the clock he sighed, time for shrine duty...

The elders was looking at him to be the next to watch over the shrine as it's head priest, (name) putting all his energy into the old property and trying to make it look better.

(Name) Put on his shrine clothes, dressed incredibly traditional and got ready to go the routes that Tourists typically avoided, he hated when they made him late.

He was a pretty Omega in traditional clothes, nothing special...

(Name) Stepped out into the world and made his way to work, putting on his priest persona and smiling to the elderly and politely bowing as he went, even in the big city everyone knew who he was professionally and a few even knew who he was personally "ah (name)" an old woman walked towards him slowly "just the one I was looking for..." She said sweetly and (name) immediately recognized her, Mrs (random name) who owned the sweets shop "I made these for you, you have been looking down these days" the old woman handed him a paper bag filled with treats and the likes.

(Name) Smiled at her sweetly, bowing deeply "thank you so much, that's very kind of you" and ignored how a few tourists that found their way to his location whisper about the pretty Omega, (name) covering his face when they took photos "it's illegal to take photos without consent" (name) said seriously to an alpha man who glared "then why are ya wearing some weird cosplay?!"

"Sir, I'm a priest" (name) glared at him "you are in another nation, please respect our culture" (name) said firmly, he wasn't going to let some asshole disrespect him or his home like that.

"Yeah! Leave him alone!" Another tourist piped out and some locals came to his defence, (name) politely bowed to the elderly woman before continuing his journey, not letting that be an issue for his already terrible day.

(Name) Always had a hands on approach with his work, after the events at the idol awards he wanted to make sure he could help in whatever way he could and even put aside his ambitions for the safety of those around him. The girls tried to get him to pursue his career ambitions but he would just smile and say "there's more important things, don't worry about me" his words empty and distant while continuing his duties.

(Name) Put together local events for children and the rest of the community, fundraisers for both the shrine and struggling communities and putting all his pain and struggling into something useful.

It didn't make him happier but it got Mira off his back a bit.

He still hasn't spoken about his weapon, not really wanting to think of it... What happened for him to even receive it.

"(Name)! The flower stuff came in!" A shrine maiden said excitedly and (name) perked up at this, taking off his sandals and wandered towards the supplies "perfect, this should be great!" (Name) Said softly, having used his own money to buy tiny compostable flower pots, soil and flower seeds, free for people to take and grow their own little flower when visiting the shrine, a little something to set off the new year.

It wasn't much but... It made people happy.

(Name) Spent the afternoon making countless little flower pots and members of the shrine would bring them out into the public space inside with a cute sign the children in the area made, cute little drawings and even a dragon? (Name) Didn't question the children's imaginations, always telling the little pups to pursue their ambitions and goals, usually having a few of the. little ones following him around.

"You have been busy" Rumi said softly as her and the others looked curious at everything "cute! Can I take one (name)?" Zoey asked curiously and (name) nodded "we have a lot so go ahead" he said softly and the girl beamed before taking a tiny flower pot "the shrine looks great" Mira said thoughtfully, it was immaculate and lively "so many people came, your ideas have been working"

"Attendance has been going up too" (name) said softly before looking at them seriously "I have a request... A HUNTR/X request" he never asked for a request from them as artists "what's up, (name)?" Rumi asked softly and (name) sighed "the Saja boys... They're back..."

"They're what?" Mira asked wide eyed and (name) nodded "I-I want to know if you guys... Can figure out what happened?" His words hesitant and the three looked at him seriously "we will figure this out (name)" Mira said firmly, the other two nodded in agreement "don't you worry (name)"

"Thank you... Now go do your prayer"

"Uuuugh you just wanna use our faces for the shrine!"

"Shrine needs donations!"

"Yeah yeah!" The girls hugged (name) tightly, the Omega getting a smooch on the cheek from each of them and he chuckled, a genuine chuckle that made their hearts feel warm.

He was healing... Little by little.

-

"Bobby?" (Name) Was confused at his sister and her mates managers presence (he knew those three were mates, he just didn't say anything... Didn't want to be rude ya know?) "hey (name), long time no see" the short beta said softly and quietly thanked (name) when he let him in "what brings you here? The girls aren't here" (name) spoke softly and the elder sighed "actually I wanted to talk to you about something"

"Oh?"

"I have a job offer for you" the two sat on (name)s couch, Bobby smiling softly "I was wondering if you... Wanted to go into modeling? With me managing you of course" the beta looked at (name) with soft eyes "c-can I think on it?" (Name)s words were barely a whisper and Bobby smiled at him with a gentleness that he reserved typically for his girls "of course, kid... Here" he handed (name) a card "lemme know your answer when your ready, just know... You would do great"

When Bobby left, (name) looked at the card "I'm tired of waiting for them, it's time to live for me" he said softly to himself and went to his door and Bobby was standing there with a smile "so it's a yes?"

"Yeah... As long as I can do my shrine duties too"

"That shouldn't be a problem"

When Bobby did leave for real, he scheduled a day for (name) to come in and they could talk further and honestly?

(Name) Was excited for once.

-

"Saja boys!" Zoey said seriously when they caught them on a joint show special guest event "can we talk?" Rumi said softly and they seemed nervous to be near them but followed regardless into their dressing room, once the door locked Mira glared at them "how are you back?!"

"We got our souls back" Jinu said softly, looking at them with a hesitant expression "were still... Demons but demons with souls? We aren't sure what we are honestly" the others nodded and their chests glowed but... Their eyes also glowed gold.

"Why haven't you checked on (name), we know you guys were talking to him before the idol awards" Rumi asked confused and romance sighed "we-- we were really cruel to him, we didn't want him getting hurt and we knew we were going to die... So we made him hate us"

"He doesn't hate you, he misses you" Zoey was serious as she spoke "he spent six months crying over you guys! How dare you act like you're doing some noble shit?! You guys better go find him and beg for forgiveness! He the alphas he believes you can be you cowards!"

Everyone froze at her outburst and she looked a little.sheepish "he deserves love, go show him you love him before someone else does"

"Also if you hurt him again, I'll crazy murder you" Mira said seriously and pointed her weapon to Abby's throat "got it?"

"Got it"

-

(Name) Was excited for his first shoot, apparently be was working with some famous model in Japan for a collaboration-- he couldn't believe Bobby got him such a big gig for his first gig...

He just hoped he didn't blow it.

He spent two hours getting his hair and makeup done, humble and polite to the two omegas working on him and they swooned at how sweet he was "you're ready for the camera! Good luck!"

(Name) Stepped towards the set, looking ethereal to those around him and locked eyes with the alpha he was working with, dressed in dark and gothic clothes compared to (name)s sweet and pastel clothes "pleased to meet you, I'm (name)" he said softly in slightly broken Japanese and the other looked at him wide eyed before smiling kindly and spoken in fluent Korean "it's great to meet you, I wasn't told about working with someone so beautiful"

(Name) Looked up at him and tried to not look flustered at his words, especially from someone so handsome.

"Oh, how rude of me... I'm (pick a character or oc)

-

(Name) Was excited to tell his sister about his photo shoot, immediately calling her on video call while getting into the private car Bobby got him and waited till the Alpha answered "how'd it go?!" The three asked and (name) grinned "great! And I made a friend!"

"Oh?"

"Yeah! Some model guy from Japan, his name is (pick a character or oc)!"

The girls froze at that name, they knew him damn well.

And they knew he was a fuck boy.

"That's.... Great" Rumi said with a nervous smile and (name) seemed proud of himself, it wasn't easy for him to make friends so this was big for him.

"Yeah! He invited me to go see a movie!"

Oh god he invited poor (name) on a date.

"What theatre?"

[radioactive-earthshine]

So.

I do have a lot of thoughts after seeing the Superman movie as a comic fan and I must say it really did deliver. I feel like this movie really had its heart in many of the comics, but adapted in a way that was digestible for the general public.

It has been the only recent DC film put out that didn't make me immediately want to rip my hair out.

A lot of what has already been said I would just be parroting at this point, but my worst fears (Guy just being the ASS and the JOKE of the movie) was incorrect. That was a GUY and every scene made my smile.

Until my thoughts are completely in order I'm just going to list off the things about this movie I genuinely loved.

⏬ Spoilers below ⏬

1.) EVERYONES performances. Everyone was so well in character and perfectly cast.

2.) The special effects, makeup, design, color, perfect.

3.) The story itself was relevant to today in a poignant way and it is very obvious why MAGA losers hate this film.

4.) Krypto was perfect - because he is just a dog. He's a super dog, not a super-smart dog! He's literally just. a. dog. I was worried this film was going to turn into a weird dog-training montage and I am glad it didn't.

5.) Krypto was literally perfect and I am glad I got to see a billionaire get mauled nearly to death by an animal.

6.) Lois really was perfection, she hit every single point I expected to see from Lois as her comic hero self. This wasn't Lois the love interest, this was Lois the super hero.

7.) I am so glad the movie cut in after Clark was already established as Superman and I didn't have to go through 40 minutes of origin story AGAIN. We know it, we don't need to see it again. He is already Superman with a connection to the other hero community. Done. We get him and love him immediately.

8.) Lex was really evil and I am glad for that because I feel like fandom in general generally always seems to forget that he is evil. Yeah I know Smallville season 1-4, yeah I know elseworlds, yeah know Clex baby clone bullshit forget that, yeah I know current comics he's in this weird space but listen forget that. He. Is. Evil. He is an evil, petty, envious, deeply insecure fearful billionaire. Full stop. The amount of people he cares about genuinely in terms of love can be counted on a couple fingers, and no, none of those people are Kon.

9.) Mr. Terrific's autism 💛💛💛💛

10.) Shayera's hawk screech 💛💛💛💛 HER EVERYTHING

11.) Guy Gardner's constructs.

12.) Jimmy Olsen being literally the catch of the day and absolutely irresistible. As he should be.

13.) The Daily Planet team in general was absolutely perfect and I love how they were also all superheroes and deeply instrumental in solving the real problem through journalism and THE TRUTH.

14.) The Kara reveal at the end was unexpected but a full on delight.

15.) I am glad that this movie really did say Hope Punk really is punk.

and finally but not lastly because there is more....

16.) I love, love, love Eve and how it was through her femininity and perceived stupidity/inferiority that allowed her to save the day - while Lex thought she was just being a silly self-absorbed trophy taking selfies, she had gathered everything they needed to win and tell the truth.

Anyway, go watch Superman 2025. It is signed off by me, a Superman comic fan who reads, and enjoys, the comics.

Oh and one more thing I liked.... No fucking Batman or any mention of him thank fuck.

[olderthannetfic]

Something that happened to me recently:

The fic tags: Aromantic Asexual Character, Queerplatonic Relationships

The comment: [indicates that the commenter interpreted everything as romantic]

My internal response: "Did you even look at the tags or fic notes? Why use ao3 if not for the robust tagging system?"

My external response: "I know QPRs aren't everyone's cup of tea, so I did my best to add tags and fic notes to make that as clear as possible. Personally, I get disappointed when a story doesn't deliver on its tags, so I'm intentional about the tags I use on my own fics."

The whole interaction made me curious about some history around ao3's tagging system. So my question for you, ONTF, as someone who was involved with ao3's creation and knows a lot more about fandom history than I do: was there a lot of confusion or resistance to developing and making use of ao3's extensive tagging system early on? I've never used wattpad, only have vague memories of lurking on LJ and ff.net pre-ao3, and wasn't around for ao3's early days. I do remember ff.net not really having a tagging system, and IIRC LJ was big on shared communities, but I don't know if there was a way to add tags to a post and view all posts with that tag (like tumblr does, when it actually works).

--

LJ types were obsessed with Delicious. AO3's tags come straight out of that.

Single-fandom archives also had extensive metadata. Hell, the yarn crafts site Ravelry has similarly complex filtering and tagging and is from the same internet era as the height of LJ fandom.

No, there was no resistance.

[tsbs-hottakes]

sometimes this fandom minimazes Eclipse killing Lunar a lot, and yes I also got mad at Lunar for many reasons, but his hate towards Eclipse after he killed him was justified, while Eclipse killing him will never deserve to be excused

Lunar being hurt by Earth hanging out with Eclipse was justified, even when he said he didn't care about it (yes, bad communication, but he was trying to convince himself he didn't care because he was supposed to move on, even if moving on from being killed is not as easy as that), Earth should've been empathetic enough to understand she shouldn't befriend her sibling's killer and brothers' tormenter, at least not when he's obviously causing Lunar so much stress.

That's common sense, you shouldn't wait for an answer before hanging out with someone who caused such a big trauma in a loved one of yours, why is that more important than the person who you were supposed to help with their trauma? (not that she was forced to do so, she offered her helped, and then got mad at Lunar for acting like a trauma victim filled with rage and fear would)

Even if the Eclipse Earth befriended wasn't really the other guy, they weren't seeing it that way during those days and that didn't help at all

I don't think people should've just reduced Lunar's trauma to "get over it", as if dying means nothing at all, when we saw Lunar literally frozen in fear when he woke up and immediately heard Eclipse and was being threatened again

Eclipse v2 killed Lunar for not a single fair reason and I will forever despise that, no matter how "little" death means in these shows anymore

Lunar’s arc of “You show too much emotion. okay now that’s too little emotion. okay too much again… why don’t you just fight in an intergalactic war so we don’t have to talk about you” is so unsatisfying. Especially with the fandom joke of “Monty plea-“ becoming a canon thing. It’s so insensitive to Lunar. Why would you make a joke like that diegetic?

[kityafucker]

whenever i see someone referring to calories as cals i get so confused FUCK is my 2003 school shooting movie boy doing in yo food ho

[crabsnpersimmons]

How would Sun from your have you eaten au feel about hugs? He seems like he's so reserved and you mentioned that because he knows he's a robot he isn't very indulgent

But would he like hugs? Or could he warm up to them eventually?

(was chatting with @inkydoughnut the other day and i realized i never posted this comic woops 😂)

well well! Sun is no stranger to hugs! he doesn't usually initiate hugs, but he's used to receiving them from when he was a daycare attendant. he's never really learned when is a good time to pull back tho, so he often stays put until you pull back first:

Eclipse: Sun, we have dishes to wash.

Sun: You have 4 hands. And Moon.

[biblically-accurate-dca]

painting test with a limited color palette

here's the moon equivalent!

[lavandulastorms]

another charthur kiss sketch that looks so similar to the previous one LMAO

[hatelovelucks]

HELLO TCCBLR

i just got worded ❤️ i was hateloveluck

here's some art that i made you may or may not recognize

ok bye 😅

[candyheartedchy]

It’s been 4 days since I drew any of my self ships.

[luckyartdrawer]

Hello good sir, I am sure you have well intentions! :)

I wanted to do some lighting practice for fun and now I have this sly devil. I'm pretty proud of how he turned out and how fast I was able to make this! :3

Welp. Now I kinda wanna turn him into a character. we'll see if I ever do, hehe :P

[furbytoybox]

Beeky is watching Bluey with me

[p1ctur3]

Can't believe it has been a full year since I starting posting AvA/M fanart

so I redrew my first piece of fanart :]

[fuumiku]

Day 3 : fashion Jackalope & dungeon rabbit

"Who are you to Chilchuck Tims?" Smiling softly: "I’m his best friend, his confidante… His silly rabbit." "His… silly rabbit?" "Yes." "Does he call you that?" "No."

I spent way too long rendering this. Coloring Chilchuck’s hair is like painting an autumn landscape and I appreciate that

I love love love brown hares and jackalopes being a Chilchuck thing. Why jackalope specifically it’s more complex bc it’s also tied to my indulgent cultural hc for him but if you want to you can dig through this post, for when I talk about why rabbits are so good for him & them. Though now I also associate Rabbit Hole by Deco*27 with them… In my mind they alternate as Miku in that popular animation mv for it, equality for all… Also Zombies but that’s for another day. Also Fashion by Lady Gaga. Also-

They are both flat asses to me. In my heart of hearts

[sapphicjigsaw]

its been fun yall see you when splatoon 4

[killrabbit]

the whole pitting mj and jv against each other is sooo fucking tired