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freckle-face-ace · 1 year ago

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Portgas D Ace X CisFem Reader

Gravel crunched under your boots as you made your way to the '72 cream beetle that sat in the drive. You unlocked the driver's side opening the door for Kuma to hop inside. Ace followed quietly stopping short of the vehicle eyeing it with some uncertainty.

"No cars like this where you're from?" You guessed.

He shook his head slowly.

"Well hop in." You nodded toward the passenger door.

He opened the door and slid into the soft leather seat. You did the same showing him how to buckle his seatbelt.

"All set?" You asked bringing the old diesel engine to life.

Kuma woofed from the backset as you shifted gears lurching forward following the gravel path that stretched passed the house and framed the nearby forest.

"Where are we going?" Ace shivered.

"You'll see when we get there. Sorry, she's old the heater takes a while." You answered fiddling with the dials on the dash.

He shivered again as a blast of cold air hit him and began to slowly change temperatures. In his world he could take advantagde of his devil fruit to keep himself warm. Humanity seemed more fragile here.

"Missing your devil thingy?" You asked glancing at him sideways.

"Devil fruit." He corrected, "And yeah. It's weird being cold."

The sun was high shrouded in a veil of wispy clouds. Ace watched the scenery on the right slowly drop out of sight revealing an endless choppy sea. He'd known it was nearby; though the air was cold he could smell the hint of salt in the breeze but based on what he could see from your property he hadn't guessed it would be so close. It was hard to resist the urge to hop out of the vehicle and take it all in.

"Almost there." You smiled as if you'd read his mind.

He hadn't spent much time with you but it seemed your smile only made special appearances.

The little bug sputtered to a halt. You locked the e-break in place and unbuckled nudging Ace to do the same. Yawning and stretching you climbed out of the car turning to fold the seat down for Kuma and removing the blanket you kept in the back seat. Ace stood in awe of the view of the bay from the bluffs. Jagged rock formations jutted out of the sea almost reaching your perch. It was something most people only saw in pictures. The sound of the crashing waves filled the air broken up by the call of a few guls that refused to migrate.

You spread the blanket out and dropped down tightening your coat. Ace tossed a stick for Kuma before taking a seat beside you.

"I thought you'd appreciate this even though you were cursed by the sea." You pointed a gloved finger toward the view.

"Even though it's freezing...it feels a little like home." He smiled widely, sending a rush a of heat to your cheeks.

"Tell me about it." You rubbed between Kuma's ears as he rested his head in your lap.

"About home?" Ace quirked a brow.

"If it isn't too painful I mean." You lowered your gaze.

It was unlike you to take interest in anyone, and any sane person wouldn't have taken this complete stranger in especially after witnessing how he entered this world. But you felt comfortable. If he was going to try something he would have by now, after all he just spent the night in your bed.

He began telling quirky stories about his brothers on the Whitebeard crew. Most of their antics were ridiculous and if you were being honest a little impossible. But nothing was a crazy as the stories he had about Luffy which lasted the drive home.

"Pirate King?" You gave him an incredulous glance, "Like... The King of all pirates."

"That's the idea I guess." Ace nodded.

"So, like, would he get to tell everyone else what to do?"

He looked at you unsure of how to respond, "I'm not entirely sure... I think it would be more of a - no one can mess with you - sort of thing."

You hummed not completely satisfied with his answer.

"I'm starving." He sighed.

"I just got paid... We can drop Kuma off and go get something in town. I-if you're up to it." You suggested.

"If you're up to it." He emphasized, "You don't seem to like people much."

"I'm a big girl. I can handle it."

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After dropping Kuma off you and Ace headed into town. You figured you'd be alright as long as he was with you. His calm energy seemed to help your nerves much like Kuma's.

The sun had long since set in the late autumn sky when you pulled up and parked in front of a restaurant that had recently opened in the center of town.

Both of you welcomed the warmth of the building after sitting outside for so many hours in the cold sea breeze. A chirpy young woman stood at the hostess station smiling widely with a slight blush as you walked up with the adorable raven.

This was your first time in public together and you hadn't really thought about how other people would react to him.

"One or two?" She asked sweetly brushing a lock of her purple hair behind her ear.

"Two." Ace replied politely.

Her smile disappeared for a fraction of a second as she grabbed a couple of menus and lead you to an empty table near the large open kitchen. Taking your seats and glancing over the menus you placed your orders with the server and continued to chat.

The chefs and kitchen staff were working feverishly with their backs to the patrons. You were a bit puzzled as Ace fell silent gaze now fixed on the staff.

"You ok?" You asked lightly touching his knuckles.

He nodded slowly turning back to you, "I'm fine."

"A-ace?" An unfamiliar voice caused both of your heads to snap back to the double doors leading to the kitchen.

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sovsleaze · 1 month ago

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Media of the Week (May 2nd-May 13th)

Content Warning: Discussions of Graphic Violence and Sexual Content Ahead. Reader Beware!

Hopefully I'll get better at these introductions as I start kicking things off, but welcome to my first blog post! I want to talk about everything I've watched this week (or week and a half), from the good, the bad, the grisly, and the weird.

While the main focus of this blog will be movies, this is media of the week, so books, games, TV shows, and music are on the table, just not the primary focus! With that being said, let's get started.

Movies Of The Week

Eaten Alive: A Tasteful Revenge (1999)

Genre: Science Fiction (I guess, I dunno)

Let me use this time to talk about W.A.V.E. Productions.

W.A.V.E. Productions was a production company that began in 1987. It specialized in creating micro-budget fan films: movies that were requested, funded, and written by people who wanted to get their stories out there... or, most notably, get their rocks off.

W.A.V.E. films were specifically catered to bringing many of their viewers' bizarre fetishes to life. Whether people (mostly scantily clad women) were getting strangled to death, groped by mummies, or covered in duct tape, anything was fair game. It was only inevitable that W.A.V.E. would come out with its most shocking film yet: a 30-minute revenge tale where W.A.V.E. veteran Debbie D dons a shrinkray to eat her (mostly naked) victims alive.

The film follows Stacey, the employee of a mysterious company who keeps missing out of a promotion in favor of fine, fresh faces. I use the word "mysterious" to describe the company because not only does this company run a fashion magazine, but they're also manufacturing a shrinkray, one that Stacey steals from her coworker's office and utilizes to exact her revenge. From now on, anyone who stands in Stacey's way will be reduced in size and eaten alive!

I'm not going to sit here and act like Eaten Alive: A Tasteful Revenge is a good movie. The acting is atrocious (though charming), the sound design is grating, alternating between too loud and too quiet, and the effects are downright offensive to look at. But if that sounds like a good time to you, which it certainly did for me, then you're in for a treat.

It goes without saying that you need to have a certain tolerance for ridiculous bullshit when going into a movie like this. Given my previous ventures into W.A.V.E. Productions and independent films by W.A.V.E. alumni, I had an idea of what I was getting into, but I was certainly not ready for the frozen PNG hand of Debbie D waving around the screen while her helpless victims yelled, "Don't drop me! Don't eat me!" I also wasn't ready for a ridiculous scene where one of Stacey's victims is shown rolling around in her stomach and moaning in slow-motion as water squirts onto her, something I found both hilarious and profoundly disturbing.

If you think I've described all the tricks this movie pulls out, I certainly have not. Eaten Alive: A Tasteful Revenge has to be seen to be believed, in all of its crude and inappropriate glory. Dare I say, it's a great watch with friends and I can't wait to subject everyone I know to this 30-minute SOV shocker.

My Rating: 6/10

Red Spirit Lake (1993)

Genre: Horror

Directed by Charles Pinion, Red Spirit Lake follows Marilyn, a young woman returning to the property of Red Spirit Lake after her aunt's gruesome death so she can settle the estate. When the men responsible for her aunt's death arrive to torment Marilyn in increasingly vicious ways, she must harness the spectral powers of Red Spirit Lake passed down from her aunt in order to survive.

That's the simple way of describing this movie, at least. Red Spirit Lake, despite speaking on themes of control and the historical impact of men in high positions of power taking what's not theirs, has no interest in exposition or explanation. This is a psychedelic arthouse flick, with less of a focus on plot and more of a focus on its snow-covered setting and a healthy dosage of graphic violence.

While operating on a small budget, as all good SOV flicks do, this never once feels like a low-budget effort. From wonderful pops of color to grand spectacles of gore (death-by-fisting being one of my favorites), this has all the working parts to the type of shit that works for me.

Of course, Red Spirit Lake is not a perfect movie. I think one of my issues with it, and really my only big problem, is the way it treats women's sexuality and, more specifically, sexual violence. I do think it's used as an interesting framing device, but the implication that sexual trauma is the foundation of the witches in this movie's powers does feel a little... in poor taste. It is a complicated topic, and I don't think this is the worst way to have that discussion, especially since most movies containing sexual violence don't want to have a discussion about it at all, but it does feel a little gratuitous and, dare I say, male gaze-y. My opinion on how it touches on the subject matter has changed the more I read about it, however, so maybe my idea of how it was handled here will change with a second viewing.

Still, despite a couple gripes, Red Spirit Lake is an excellent voyage into psychedelic horror, if you can stomach some of the subject matter. It's droning, it's a little long, and a lot of it doesn't make much sense, but it's a touchstone in SOV horror and you get a lot of bang for your buck.

My Rating: 8/10

Celluloid Nightmares (1988)

Genre: Horror

Not to be confused with Celluloid Nightmares, or Muzan-E, from 1999, which is a really disgusting but entertaining exploration into the porn-to-snuff pipeline, this is a pink film directed by Hisayasu Satô, a prolific exploitation filmmaker responsible for the infamous Splatter: Naked Blood and, my personal favorite, Muscle.

Celluloid Nightmares follows a young woman investigating a string of murders that are correlated to a series of videotapes showing the murders take place. Most notably, the killer's camera is equipped with the knife he uses to kill his victims, Peeping Tom-style! Sounds awesome, right? Right? There's not going to be a ten-minute oral sex scene between a brother and sister, right? That would be weird and have nothing to do with the movie! Right?

Here's something that really sucks about pink films: while the directors can do essentially whatever they wish with the movie they're making, they are required to have a sex scene about every ten minutes. Some movies are able to integrate this into the movie pretty well, notably the Female Prisoner Scorpion series and the previously mentioned Muscle, but other movies don't integrate it at all!

Celluloid Nightmares has a really interesting plot, with many different threads, captivating characters, and a really fucking cool visual aesthetic, but it's very meandering for the sole reason of stopping for a prolonged sex scene or two... or three or four or five or six or seven. Coming from someone who's extremely against the emerging conservatism surrounding sex in films, it was a slog to get through here. If anything, Satô seemed kind of annoyed he had to do it, too.

Still, for what it's worth, Celluloid Nightmares has some meat on its bones. While it doesn't follow the traditional formula of its giallo-esque roots, it looks amazing and has a shocker of an ending! It's just not one I think I'll need to come back to anytime soon.

My Rating: 6/10 (yes, I rated it the same as the 90s vore movie, shut up)

Submit to Me (1986)

Genre: Experimental

Clocking in at ten minutes, Submit to Me is an edgy, sexy, and transgressive semi-music video to "Cherub" by Butthole Surfers. Over the course of the 1980s, this, alongside Richard Kern's other notable shorts, were screened in secrecy in New York due to their explicit violence and sexual content.

With that being said, it's a visual treat (did I mention sexy?) and a glorious voyage into sex, bondage, and murder. It also stars Lydia Lunch, who is HOT, and members of Sonic Youth, so it has everything you could want and more. Fun idea: playing this on my TV on loop every time I have company over.

My Rating: 8/10

No Is Yes (1997)

Genre: Experimental

If you're like me, and you wish Gregg Araki directed fifty more movies before he started directing episodes of Riverdale (yes, he really did do that, look it up), then this is a solid alternative, maintaining much of Araki's visual aesthetics and taste for nihilism and political commentary. Considered lost media for years, No Is Yes is now streaming on Vimeo for anyone to behold.

No Is Yes follows two teenage girls who accidentally (?) kill their favorite scumbag rockstar at a party. What follows are zany hijinks reminiscent of a Broad City episode from Hell, and it's equal parts hilarious and thought-provoking, offering criticisms of the rock culture of the 1990s and the roles that many women played as a result of it. It's hate-fueled, and rightfully so, violent, and cool as hell.

Maintaining the filmmaking style prevalent on MTV in the 1990s, this is unapologetically experimental, which, unfortunately, is a detriment to the movie at times, especially given the short runtime. Some scenes last too long and some of the dialogue is a little too on the nose, which is to be expected with nihilistic movies in the 1990s, but it does come off as a little cringe-inducing at times. That's purely subjective, though--it didn't work for me, but it will probably work for a lot of other people!

Overall, No Is Yes is a wondrous time capsule with an amazing visual flare. There's a shot at the end of this movie that's so good, you'll know it when you see it!

My Rating: 7/10

Inner Depravity and Inner Depravity 2 (2005)

Genre: Bullshit

This is the part where I get really pissed off.

Inner Depravity is helmed by Rémy Couture, whose two short films served as a portfolio for his admittedly impressive work in practical effects. He wasn't going to bring this to any major studios, however, mainly because the content is too vile, but also because Couture was arrested in 2009 for obscenity and suspicion of murder because of the content seen in Inner Depravity.

It doesn't look that good, first of all. It's fine. It's gross. It serves its purpose. Maggots crawl on gentalia, a man flays a woman's boob by sliding his hand under the boob skin, and... oh, yeah, he just mutilates women's corpses for the full twenty minutes. That, and a little kid comes in and does it too, at some point? Whose fucking kid is that?!

Needless to say, I am not a fan of Inner Depravity. I'm always down to watch a movie that merely exists to show off some nasty practical effects, but something about this feels especially heinous and comes with a sinister agenda that's aligned to most extreme horror films but feels especially vile here. Shocker, the extreme horror movie is misogynistic and hates women! Most movies can get away with it because it's hidden under a plot or even an excuse for a plot, but this is unapologetically hateful. Some people might respect that it doesn't hide its true agenda, if it even has one at all, but I really hated to watch it.

With that aside, this is overall just amateur-ish. Rémy Couture is not a director. He probably knows that, since this is his only directing credit, but this is terribly shot and edited and offers zero entertainment value. Despite the shit I watch on a daily basis, I really wish I didn't let curiosity get the best of me here. People seem to enjoy it given the reviews I've seen online, but if you're asking me, I'd just tell you to watch one of the later Guinea Pig movies instead.

My Rating: 1/10

Center Jenny (2013)

Genre: Experimental

Finally, a movie for the kids who grew up watching Fred Figglehorn and Annoying Orange! Only, unlike its counterparts, this aged gracefully.

I'm going to try and offer a synopsis, but this movie is VERY weird.

Center Jenny takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where everyone is named Jenny and exists as a genderless, media-obsessed unit. With one Jenny, or perhaps multiple Jennys, being "left-of-center" as the other characters call it, conflict emerges between the characters, leading to an ultimate catharsis.

Center Jenny is impressively edited and dialogue-driven, though if you're going into this looking for a plot, or even an essence of my above synopsis, you're shit out of luck. This is borderline-unintelligible insanity from start to finish. Most of the characters' dialogue is sped up or slowed down, and usually comes off as stream-of-consciousness improvisation, the editing is flashy, the music is EXTREMELY LOUD, and it's mostly shot in a studio, with crude lighting and literal green screens aplenty.

Still, I couldn't help but fall in love with Center Jenny. It's sometimes hilarious, sometimes nightmare fuel, and sometimes offers a glimpse of a really depressing reality that is not far off given the general public's obsession with technology and meme culture. It dares to ask the question: are we already a hive mind? And the answer is: totally, bitch.

My Rating: 9/10

Mai-chan's Daily Life: The Movie (2014)

Genre: Bullshit

Rule of thumb: if people on the internet are telling you to watch a movie because it has lesbians in it, DO NOT LISTEN TO THEM!

Mai-chan's Daily Life, adapted from the infamous manga of the same name (which I thankfully have not read), follows a maid girl who harnesses the power of regeneration. When this is revealed to her superiors, they exploit her in order to fulfill all of their most twisted desires, dismembering Mai-chan while she's forced to oblige.

If you read that and thought to yourself, "this sounds like porn", that's because it's true. The director, Sade Satô, specializes in what is dubbed online as "blood porn", which are PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEOS (or self-proclaimed "documentaries", whatever, dude) OF YOUNG WOMEN ACTUALLY SELF-HARMING ACTUALLY. If that doesn't sound like the next worst thing to Lucifer Valentine's Vomit-Gore Trilogy, which is a topic for another time, then I don't know what is.

While none of the gore in Mai-chan's Daily Life is real, this is still full of shit you hate to see. The ethics of Satô's filmmaking aside, this is just not a good movie. The frantic editing and digital zoom-ins do not work in favor of this movie, the acting is not good, and its display of brutality is ruthlessly over-sexualized, similar to the "ero guro" genre it's channeling but, damn, it's just in such poor taste.

I'd offer more excuses if the filmmaking was actually provocative or interesting, or if they even decided to extend on Mai-chan as a character, but her story is completely one-note and she starts and ends the film as a punching bag for the other characters. No catharsis. No real resolution. And the lesbians are a psy-op designed to get people to watch this stupid movie.

It is especially annoying when a movie has the potential to offer an interesting commentary, especially when you have Mai-chan's character, whose exploitation could pave the way for a commentary on autonomy and abuse of power. I'd give this movie some brownie points if it even suggested that it was thinking of these things at any point during the movie, but the rumors are true: this is just bad porn. Fuck all the way off.

My Rating: 1/10

Men Behind the Sun (1988)

Genre: Historical

Believe it or not, Men Behind the Sun maintained its spot on movies I would never watch for YEARS. But when a friend in need wants to watch a fucked up movie, I have no choice but to oblige. I can't help myself!

Men Behind the Sun follows the war atrocities committed by the Japanese in Unit 731 during WWII, events that actually took place and are shown in agonizing detail in this film. Fun fact: this was the movie that added the Cat III rating to Chinese cinema, our equivalent to an NC-17 or even X rating in America. It paved the way for many extreme films to come out of China, for better or for worse.

This film is depraved. A man is thrown into a decompression chamber and he poops out his intestines. An ACTUAL CHILD is dissected on screen. An ACTUAL CAT is thrown into an ACTUAL PILE OF RATS. The rats are later ACTUALLY BURNED. I highlight all of this because it's where Men Behind the Sun's morals regarding the production of the movie really shine. Sure, the parents of the child getting dissected allegedly consented, and sure, the cat was allegedly fine after being attacked by rats and was rewarded with some fish for his troubles. Still, that doesn't change the principle of the whole thing. It's pretty condemning, but regardless, the film stands as a harrowing portrayal of the atrocities of war.

With that being said... I'm of the opinion that while a film can portray real-life atrocities, that doesn't absolve it of any criticisms regarding how the movie is done. For instance, Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door is one of THE WORST MOVIES I'VE EVER SEEN! I'm coming out as a The Girl Next Door hater. Fuck that movie.

Now that I have that out of the way, there are a lot of problems with this movie. There's not much of a focus on the people who were actually being subjected to these atrocities unless it is a scene of their torture and subsequent murder. The focus is on a group of young Japanese soldiers, and while that could be an interesting point of view, the movie never does anything with it, and the characters aren't offered any legitimate character arcs. Also, there's a dub on this movie that is just... awful. Maybe that's just the version of the movie I watched, but I wasn't a fan!

Overall, this isn't your average splatter film like many people describe it. Sure, it's freaky nasty, but it does spend a lot of time in other places, though I'm not sure what that achieved. The point being, Men Behind the Sun, while touching on an important topic, is most definitely not the best way to learn about Unit 731's atrocities. Go read a book, you sick freaks! Unless you really want to see that guy poop out his guts. It was fucking gross.

My Rating: 5/10

I'm Haunted (2022)

Genre: Horror

I have a complicated relationship with found-footage horror. For every great (Noroi: The Curse), there's at least fifty duds. I think there's so much you can do with a minuscule budget and a couple actors, but found-footage oftentimes comes off as a lazy way of telling a story. Still, if there's one thing it can do, it's offer a cheap scare or two.

I'm Haunted is not one of those movies! Existing as an impulsive Tubi watch, I'm Haunted follows Genesis, who, you guessed it, is haunted! What follows is 75 minutes of the lead actress describing everything that's happening to her in agonizing detail, practically holding the audience's hand through the entire ordeal, up until the film's ridiculous ending. It is excruciatingly boring and meandering, but also very hilarious. I'll probably watch I'm Haunted 2.

My Rating: 2/10

Music Of The Week

Fancy That - PinkPantheress (Album)

Genre: Pop

I love PinkPantheress. Heaven knows is probably one of my all-time favorite albums and Fancy That is just a wonderful follow-up. All of the problems with Heaven knows, mostly the Central Cee feature, are nowhere to be found here. It's clear that PinkPantheress has evolved her sound and is heading towards a new avenue. Fancy That is fun, sexy, and easy to dance to. Enough said! Thank you!

Favorite Tracks: Girl Like Me, Noises, Nice to Know You

Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name - Lucy Liyou (Album)

Genre: Experimental

We have to alert the media. REAL sad music is back. Tell your friends.

Every Video Without Your Face, Every Sound Without Your Name is short and sweet. It's smooth, seductive, and deeply personal. While the focal point of the album is the piano, each song feels different from the next. And did I mention it's earth-shatteringly sad? YES. Inject it into my veins immediately.

Favorite Tracks: 16/8, Credit, Jokes About Marriage

Czech Hunter - E_DEATH

Genre: Electronic

No other artist is brave enough to sample gay porn (and have it work) the way E_DEATH does. Czech Hunter is an amazing continuation to Abandon Lust, another dazzling E_DEATH album, and even though I'm still marinating on this one, I think I might like it more? Czech Hunter is always either making you sad, making you horny, making you scared, or making you want to bust a move, and sometimes even all four at the same time! It's complex, it's fun, its samples are perfection (did I mention this album samples gay porn?) and I love it so very dearly. E_DEATH is the goat.

Favorite Tracks: 206, Beauty Killer, Gabapentin (III)

Game Of The Week

Persona 5 Royal (2022)

Genre: JRPG, Action/Adventure

Persona 5 Royal is not reinventing the wheel of JRPGs, but it's pretty damn fun and offers a diverse and interesting cast of characters. And you'd better like it if you think you're going to finish it, because this is a 100-hour game! If you don't like that, take your ass back to Balatro!

Persona 5 Royal has a good variety of things to do, a well-done combat system, punishing dungeons with high rewards, and one of the best soundtracks of all time. If it took more time to get to the heart of some of its characters (unfortunately, many of the social links are boring and lead to nothing), it could have probably weaseled its way into my list of all-time favorite games. But hell, they can't all be Persona 4.

My Rating: 8/10

TV Of The Week

RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars 10 (Episodes 1 & 2)

Genre: Reality TV

Sometimes you have to watch some good trashy television. And for an IP I've clung onto for almost ten years, RuPaul's Drag Race isn't half bad! Sure, All Stars 10 is bringing queens back for their third or fourth go-around, and sure, the spoiler culture surrounding this show is horrendous, but is it not enough to see the hottest woman any of us have seen in our entire life? (Bosco, hiiii Bosco).

I'm excited to see where the rest of this season takes us, even if some of these eliminations piss me off a little along the way.

Conclusion

Well, congratulations on making it this far! Same time next week?

In all seriousness, thank you for reading! I can't wait to come back around to talk about more of the depraved shit I watched. Bye!

#movies #movie review #horror #horror movies #disturbing movies #new music #rupaul's drag race #gaming #extreme horror

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frogsmulder · 5 months ago

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What's the origin of your blog title? Mulder crouching in a frogs position also David Duchovny's famous jeopardy line "what are frogs"

OTP(s) + Shipname: Mulder and Scully, MSR. Janeway and Chakotay J/C. If its not a barely canon ship from 90s scifi with slow burn and mutual pining I'm not interested.

Favourite colour: Blue <3

Favourite game: Rayman? If you mean like computer games.

Song stuck in your head: I don't actually know. I have like one bar of music in my head, almost no lyrics, all I know is that it was in the charts when I was at primary school. Okay it was the verse from Olly Murs' heart skips a beat.

Weirdest habit/trait? Um, I don't usually wear socks around the house? Is that weird?

Hobbies: honestly at this point it feels like I don't have any. I like to read/write fic and draw and bake/cook but I haven't done those in ages. Also trying to get back into rock climbing.

If you work, what's your profession? I am a student of linguistics ehehe

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be? Actually would wanna be some type of artist like a pot thrower

Something you're good at: writing I like to think, people seem to tell me so. I'm alright at cooking but I'm not brilliant, I just make nice things that are tasty, nothing fancy.

Something you're bad at: sticking to a timetable and actually doing shit on time

Something you love: I've been missing my family alot lately, I think also bc my childhood dog died new years day and I haven't been able to go back home yet and give her my love in her resting place.

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: The X-Files, I mean it's why we are here. Also star trek and doctor who. And also language change over time and variation among dialects is my jam. I mean I could talk for hours on anything I have a base level understanding of. I am a yapper.

Something you hate: closed mindedness, being tired, deadlines, having to deal with my dad's lack of "that's weird" radar.

Something you collect: pressed pennies and special coins but I hate this new cashless society we are living in

Something you forget: literally everything all the time

What's your love language? Gift giving probably and also quality time but I think that's more being an extrovert

Favourite movie/show: the x files, Star Trek, don't make me choose between them. Also Spaceballs and Hot Fuzz

Favourite food: tuna mayo pasta with onion cucumber tomato black pepper and lemon juice

Favourite animal: dogs. Literally we made the perfect animal

What were you like as a child? Somehow both shy and arrogant. Smart. Competitive. Also frequently mistaken for a boy

Favourite subject at school? Literally all of them. But particularly German and Science and Maths

Least favorite subject? Only really when I got to A Level and tried to do physics A level and it sucked ass I couldn't do it.

What's your best character trait? I really struggle with a sense of self so I'm not sure I could say. I don't really know what I'm like

What's your worst character trait? Again couldn't really say

If you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be? Having time to relax and sleep and not having to think about all these goddamn essays

If you could travel in time who would you like to meet? Noone in particular I don't think. I'd rather experience the time period. I've always wanted to go to Victorian England. Actually I would like to meet past family members who lived during that time.

Recommend one of your favourite fanfics (spread the love!): I really wanna reccommend Parallax by @dreamingofscully but it isn't up on ao3 anymore. It's such a good story. I think about it often and I'm so glad I had the chance to download it. Although I'm sure if you ask nicely enough jen will send you a file. It's on my to bind list hehe.

These ramblings were instigated by @sagan-starstuff. I don't really have the energy to tag people to do this but if you see this, I'm tagging you <3

#tag games

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littleredpandanaps · 5 months ago

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get to know your moots

Thank you @oonajaeadira, I'm sorry for repeatedly liking the post whilst my little sausage fingers tried to remember how to copy and paste on mobile!

What's the origin of your blog title?

Favourite animal + favourite activity. Also, have you seen red pandas napping?! Adorable

OTP(s) + Shipname:

I thought this meant One Time Password and after much Googling I learn that in this context it means One True Pairing and having learnt that, I cannot think of a single couple ever throughout the history of time and space.

Favourite colour:

💜💜💜💜💜

Favourite game:

I like me some boardgames, Articulate and Telestrations being present faves

Song stuck in your head:

I've had a medley of sea shanties stuck in my head since Christmas, currently it's The Wellermen. I spent a good six weeks in the run up to Christmas singing the well known festive classics, Islands in the Stream by Dolly Parton.

Weirdest habit/trait?

I have many, that I don't think are weird but others do. When out in a public place like a restaurant, I like to be in a corner, I don't like not having edges/walls around me

Hobbies:

I'm struggling with hobbies at bit at the mo (injury+low mood) but Lindy hopping (it's a thing!) swimming (particularly open water and open air pools), vintage *stuff*, reading, going to museums, making jewelry, hiking, cooking and napping

If you work, what's your profession?

I do work but I like to keep work and Tumblr very separate. I love my job but it can be stressful and confusing and this is my current safe space from that.

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be?

Probably what I do now but in the charity/voluntary sector instead OR I'd go wild and I'd love to work with animals in some capacity OR if I had any talent, I'd be an artist

Something you're good at:

Remembering incredibly niche random shit. Untying knots in necklaces/chains.

Something you're bad at:

Basic maths and cleaning, life is too short to clean a bathroom!

Something you love:

Being in a woodland at any time of year

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff:

Dogs. Lindy hop and associated dance forms. Star Wars. Musical films from the 1930-1950s aka the 'Hollywood Golden Age'. Pre-Raphaelite art. Gerbils (don't ask). How to pick apart a film and analyse it in a way that would bore most people to tears. Food throughout history and cultures. House plants.

If I like something, I go all in is what I'll say.

Something you hate:

The sound of people brushing their teeth

Something you collect:

Books. Interesting rocks. House plants. Dungarees. Ticket stubs from theatre/concerts/gigs that I've been to. Vintage hats. Badges.

Something you forget:

What day of the week it is fairly frequently, where I've put my glasses, damp washing in the machine...

What's your love language?

Recieving: quality time, could be a walk, cooking together, just spending some really good one on one time with someone special.

Giving: I guess acts of service? I come from a family that shows their love for each other through food. We feed our loved ones, we bake for those we care for and batch cook at a time of crisis.

Favourite movie/show:

Taskmaster / The Mandalorian

Favourite food:

*BREAD* though I've just found out I have a high yeast intolerance

Favourite animal:

Red panda, duh. Or dogs.

What were you like as a child?

I collected snails and said they were my friends. Not so good at making human friends, got bullied a lot. Very creative and imaginative though.

Favourite subject at school?

Art, music and history

Least favourite subject at school?

Sports, unless it was swimming and maths.

What's your best character trait?

I think I'm reasonably empathetic

What's your worst character trait?

I procrastinate so much

If you could change any detail of your day right now what would it be?

I would have procrastinated less and got more work done so my anxiety wasn't so bad now.

If you could travel in time who would you like to meet?

I'd like to have met and become friends with PP back in high school (I think that's what it's called in the US, it's secondary school where I'm from) I think we could have been two oddballs together. Failing that, my maternal grandfather, he passed away shortly before I was born but sounded like a lovely, kind man.

Recommend one of your favourite fanfics (spread the love!):

@oonajaeadira latest PATS journal entry has been living in my head rent free recently and @wrathkitty 's Short Debts Make Long Friends is my Mando fever dream

tagging:

@sawymredfox @galaxyedging @for-a-longlongtime

#tag games #trying to copy and paste this on mobile made me feel like a boomer #worth it

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eternal-aster · 5 months ago

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I guess I'll finally make an intro post! Jsyk I'm big on coloring text, so if there's anything that's hard to read lmk!

Basic Info

For my name, you can call me Aster, Astertail, or Ashe! (Although most people call me Aster).

Former usernames: aqsvaporeon, genderfluid-ashfur, eternal-aster (current)

I sign (most of) my art with the initials "AQS" with a crown over the Q! If you see that signature, that art was made by me! :3

For my identity, I use any/all pronouns (including neopronouns!) I'm genderfluid, quoiromantic, panromantic, and pansexual. I am a feline cladotherian, and I have AuDHD.

I am a minor, so don't be weird!!

I don't know where to put this, but I would like to mention that I feel very heavily connected to space, stars, planets, black holes, water, oceans, rain, rivers, vaporeon, and the night sky.

Interests/What To Expect

Fandoms I'm in (in vague order of highest interest to lowest):

Cookie Run: Kingdom (current hyperfix)

Dandy's World

Warrior Cats

Heathers (the musical and the movie)

The Owl House

Steven Universe

Pokemon

Amphibia

Sprunki

Be More Chill

Infinity Train

Dead End: Paranormal Park

and probably a lot more that I didn't think to list

Some other special interests of mine include:

Musicals

Cats (and felines in general)

Dinosaurs

Rocks and gems

Christmas

And music!

I'm really big on characters within fandoms, so here are my favorite characters in no particular order!

Shadow Milk Cookie (Cookie Run: Kingdom)

Glisten (Dandy's World)

Ashfur (Warrior Cats)

Jason J.D. Dean (Heathers)

The SQUIP (Be More Chill)

Atticus (Infinity Train)

Spinel (Steven Universe)

Vaporeon (Pokemon)

Sprig Plantar (Amphibia)

You can expect me to post a lot about the fandoms I'm in, especially my favorite characters. Right now, it's mostly going to be about Cookie Run Kingdom, specifically Shadow Milk Cookie and Pure Vanilla Cookie. I post art sometimes, but I only really draw when I find the inspiration to. I reblog a ton of art from my fandoms, I post random thoughts I have, and I may participate in tag games and other silly stuff like that.

DNI:

If you are on this list, please do NOT follow me or interact with my content in any way

Homophobes, transphobes, xenophobes, racists, proshippers, pedophiles (or MAPs), zoophiles, Xenogenderphobes, ableists, misogynists, TERFS, and anyone else of the sort. A basic principle is that, if you hate someone or a certain group of people for doing something that doesn't harm themselves or others, then don't interact with me.

Boundaries

I am not taking donation asks!

Tagging me in rb bait or tag games is 100% fine, but be aware that I may or may not participate, depending on how I'm feeling.

I love love LOVE getting asks! You can ask me literally anything as long as it isn't weird or intrusive. That includes info dumping, asking about my art, my opinions on stuff, art requests (although I may not get around to drawing it), and even just saying hi! :3

Anyone can follow me; I love getting new followers! Most of the time, when someone follows me, I check out their blog, and if they seem like a cool person, I follow them back! I have so many mutuals it's not even funny anymore lmao

You're allowed to tag my art as any ship you want, granted it's not specifically stated otherwise, or the ship doesn't fall under any of my DNI categories. An example of this would be me drawing something abt Glisten and Finn, and someone reblogging it with the tag #sparklingwater or #glisten x finn.

Spam-liking and reblogging my stuff is also completely fine! I love knowing that people like the stuff that I post, it makes me super happy! :3

Other general info

If I come across as blunt or rude, please understand that I struggle with tone! More often than not, if it seems like I'm being mean-spirited, that's just me failing to get my tone across through text. I'll try to use tone tags and emojis/emoticons most of the time to get my point across, but if you have to ask for clarification on what I meant, I don't mind at all!

I have a lot of anxiety when it comes to texting/general interaction online, so if it takes me a while to reply to you, or if I don't reply at all, I promise I don't hate you or anything!!

That's basically it. I hope you like my blog! And if you don't, then that's fine too!

-Aster 🌺

Divider credits under the cut!

The first one (dangling stars) -> @/sweetmelodygraphics

The second one (genderfluid stars) -> @/cafekitsune

The third one (vaporeon divider) -> @/blinkees

The fifth one (ocean) -> @/plum98

The fourth and sixth ones (rising moon and swirly waves of purple and blue stars) -> @/enchanthings

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specter-writes · 2 years ago

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Today im feeling "ship" so hear me out poly!lumity, huntlow, and raeda hcs

LUMITY:

-movie nights, where luz is in the middle and you and amity are both curled up next to her (with popcorn!!)

-sharing earphones but since there's only two ending up unplugging them and blasting music

-hugs. all the hugs. e v e r y h u g

-SPANISH PET NAMES

-I think lumity would be an established couple already, maybe you're luz' or amity's best friend, and you have feelings for them both, and shit goes down yada yada and you join the relationship

-flower crowns??????? flower crowns.

-BEING PART OF THE GOOD WITCH AZURA BOOKCLUB

-also spending hours in the library together, reading aloud or just separately, not really talking but still feeling together

HUNTLOW:

-I think it'd really domestic you feel?

-like baking and picnics, and just... Small little things

-tripping over a rock and having willow freak out but try to keep it together while hunter internally implodes at th sight of blood

-willow is the only chill

-you and hunter are simply chaos gremlins

-making lunches the night before school/work/events/whatever together

-willow tries to teach you to take care of plants but you're shit at it

-infodumping all about your special interests to each other

-not having to make eye contact because it makes hunter uncomfortable (it also makes me uncomfortable lmao)

-human AU takes, willow a theater kid + aspiring voice actor, hunter is a comic book artist, they both listen to rock in slightly different genres (willow is more into modern indie while hunter prefers 90s/2000s era stuff), willow is part of an environmental conservation club, she plays volleyball, and hunter is like the quiet kid stereotype

-hunter is heavily musical, expect to either listen to a lot of practice or practice with him if you play

-showing up to flyer derby matches and practices to cheer them on

-idk why but I think you 3 would frequent ice cream shops

RAEDA:

-you and raine used to date after raeda broke up, and then you got with eda much later on in your life. reunion bullshit and eventually here you are with a two step children and the same number of spouses

-eda was always opposed to the idea of marriage---not dating, marriage. she thought it was weird. then she actually met people she wanted to marry. on the other hand, Raine always loved the idea, they thought it was romantic. they were a little worried they'd make a mistake though

-well after a few years of marriage, tthey can confirm they did not make a mistake, and they couldn't be happier with their wife and spouse

-raine isn't great at cooking. none of you are honestly. eda is passable at best but has burnt more than she's done well.youre probably the best over all, by that's really not saying much

-more flower crowns

-having a part in raines rhapsody and some of their other compositions

-3-way hugs

-being 2nd and 3rd parental figures to king and.... Like 273762th to luz? She has a lot atp

-grudgby matches

-you got a schedule for chores. raine usually cleans, you usually cook, and eda listens to luz explain the plot of the good witch azura for the 33rd time

-helping eda and Raine with their night terrors

#raeda #toh x reader #specter speaks #the owl house #xreader #lumity #huntlow #poly toh x reader

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zestysthoughts · 9 months ago

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Tep Tons: Albums

10. The Break of Dawn (Blue In Green) Smooth all the way through, this is full of music to just kinda vibe to, similarly to what you'd find hosted by Lofi Girl. Along with much of Gramatik's early work, it's the album that helped fuel my initial interest in the hip-hop style, especially with jazz elements. Here's a taste!

9. This Time (Los Lobos) I don't often listen to rock, but it's actually what I grew up with. At the center was AC/DC, Smash Mouth, and Linkin Park. In the periphery and having at most a single album I'd listen to, were Crossfade, 3 Doors Down, Finger Eleven, and Los Lobos. This Time sticks out as being not emo edgy and full of cringe-worthy self-pity. It's got energy, variety, and good vibes all around. Here's a taste!

8. Small Plates (J3PO) Short and sweet, this is one of those sketch albums, filled with some of the many snippets thought up and created by the artist. I love the existence of albums like this, as some of the real banger ideas that never get a full produced song can see the light of day while the artist is still alive, Small Plates (and Sweet Treats) having some of my favorites by J3PO. Here's a taste!

7. Fantastic (Slum Village) I couldn't pick one of the volumes, so I'm going with all of them lol. I love the wonky Dilla-time, as anyone who's seen my music recommendations would know. I love the unfinished feel of Vol. 1 with a bunch of really bumpin' beats that unfortunately never made it past this point, and I love that they revisited and polished a bunch of them and for Vol. 2, then there's the further edited version of 2, complete with hilarious and heartfelt testimonials at the end of some of the tracks. Here's a Taste!

6. Funk Blaster EP (KOAN Sound) While there's no one album that incapsulates my dubstep phase, this one was definitely the most prominent. It's funky, wubby, and well-composed. I'll admit I am "that guy" when it comes to KOAN Sound, I liked them better during their early experimental days, until Polychrome when they made a habit of putting 2 different songs in 1 track. Honorable mention to Risky Endeavors Here's a taste!

6.5. Planet Neutral (Getter)

5. Things Fall Apart (The Roots) One of the newest additions, The Roots has become one of my favorite bands ever. Through and through, this is but one of the masterpieces created in the Soulquarians sessions at Electric Lady Studio, filled with banger after banger. Honorable mention to the Deluxe Edition, featuring some of my favorite Roots songs ever. Here's a taste!

4. Astro Lounge (Smash Mouth) Yes I know, it's the one with All Star. Like I said, Smash Mouth was one of my favorite bands growing up, and Astro Lounge just has a special place in my heart. The title I think sums it up best, feels like you're in a cozy futuristic lounge, or at least the idea of futuristic people had in the late 90's. Here's a taste!

3. Random Album Title (Deadmau5) Another one I'm nostalgic for, this is the ultimate vibe album for me. The somewhat droning and repetitive nature of it, plus the seamless mix between songs, gives it a video game soundtrack quality in that it's great for just putting on in the background while you're doing stuff. Unfortunately Spotify is being weird and there's like 3 slightly different versions of it with the same name. Here's a taste!

2. Plastic Beach (Gorillaz) Aright it's another nostalgic one, this I think is the first physical CD I ever bought. I love the metaphorically nautical/maritime theme, and as per usual with the Gorillaz, there's a great variety in musical styles. Plus there's a kickass music video for Stylo. Here's a taste!

1. Djesse (Jacob Collier) I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, Jacob Collier is the greatest musical mind of our time. This album has such a profound effect on me I can't fully describe. Whenever I sit to listen to any part of it, it feels like a hug that gives you the warm shivers, it tickles my ears, and almost always I well up. Djesse is the work of a man who thoroughly explores the depths of music and sound, travels the world to learn, combines it all in unique ways, and all the while exuding this infectious energy and curiosity. Here's a taste!

#music for your earholes #tep tons #top ten #koan sound #getter #blue in green #smash mouth #jacob collier #los lobos #gorillaz #deadmau5 #the roots #soulquarians #slum village #j dilla #J3PO

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drgnnova · 1 year ago

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Chapter 3: Friends 101

Ps: most of the chapter is very different than the canon version. but near the end of the chapter (when the mermaid scale is first mentioned, it becomes very similar to canon because i didn't know how to do this part differently. if you really want you can skip the last part of the chapter)

"page 3: start a conversation by talking about your interests…"

Hanako and Amane were sitting in the school library, a book about Astronomy. "…" their was a awkward silence. "ah- this is embarrassing!" Amane face burn a deep shade of red, as he shove his face into his hands. "Minamoto-Senpai is going to think I'm some kind of weirdo for being into stars and the moon… maybe more people would like me if i like something more popular, like a sport" Amane told Hanako, a idea came into Hanako's mind as she smile.

"why are you interested in Astronomy?" Hanako asked him, moving closer to him.

Amane face was even redder out, in a different type of blush. 'why is she getting so close…' "Uh- My father used to be into Astronomy…" he admitted, when he brought up his dad he frown. Hanako was about to take back the question, when she noticed the frown thinking she stepped on a sore topic by accident. "as a child, I was very Sickly. so my father would always tell me stories about the moon and the stars and i guess that what started my interest" he smile, and Hanako sighed in relief. "and when me and my little brother… twin were 4. Tsukasa found a Lunar rock, he gave it to me and he wished on it for me to get better"

"i know it isn't real. but the fact Tsukasa said it was, made it special" Amane smile brightly.

Hanako lend on her hand, as she smile at Amane. "i guess the wish worked, huh?" she asked him, noticing he look like a healthy 15 year old boy.

"i suppose you're right. the doctors said it was miracle that i live and won my long fight against it" Amane glanced down. "it's nice to talk to someone about this that isn't Tsukasa and Sakura-Chan" he admitted.

Hanako tilt her head, "do you still have that Lunar Rock?" she asked, curious.

"No" he admitted bluntly. "I gave it to my junior high school's homeroom teacher, Tsuchigomori-Sensei" he explained to her, he thought he notice her react weirdly to the mention of Tsuchigomori's name, but her expression was back to normal before he had time to process so he decide not to pry.

Hanako stood up "I think it time's you try to talk to Teru-Senpai about your interest in Astronomy. since you were able to talk to me about it and some other personal stuff, and I'm a complete stranger. so how is one more stranger going to scare you?" she encourage him.

"yeah!" he yelled out.

after awhile of walking, they found Minamoto Teru. he was walking with some of his classmates, Amane and Hanako were hiding behind a corner, Amane sighed "I can see why you're into him, Hanako-San" he told her in defeat. "but how do i go about telling him of my interest in Astronomy…" he said out loud.

Teru was about to walk past them, "go!" Hanako whispered loudly at Amane, which startled Amane causing him to ran out Infront of Teru. Teru stop before he could walk into Amane, Amane glanced up at him.

"ah, you're that kid from the office" Teru said with a soft smile on his face.

Amane suddenly couldn't find the words to speak, he turned a bright shade of red out of embarrassment. he found it scary to talk about his interest, and being called a kid as a high schooler didn't help his overthinking that Teru didn't think highly of him. "Minamoto-Kun, is he going to say anything?" Amane was snapped out of his thoughts by one of Teru's classmates.

'I can't do it!'

"Are you okay? is their something you wanted, are you looking for…" Teru was asking, as he extended his hand toward Amane.

Amane turned and ran away, Hanako Face palm as she saw Amane ran past her. "such a weird kid." one of them said out of loud from beside Teru.

"that isn't very nice. he was probably just nervous" Teru spoke up for Amane.

Hanako found Amane sitting in the stairwell that was empty, he had his flustered face hidden by his knees. "I made a fool of myself, Infront of the student council president! he's probably going to spread rumours to the whole school!" he complain, holding back his tears.

"did your other bullies do that?" Hanako asked, sitting down beside him.

Amane took a shaky breath in, and straighten himself as he glanced at Hanako. "Yeah… their the reason why I consider my interest in Astronomy as stupid. the bullying got so bad that i would skip my classes." he admitted.

"I GOT SO FLUSTERED BACK THERE AND THEN RAN OFF! HE PROBALY THINKS I'M WEIRD!" he yelled out at Hanako, a girl just happened to enter the stairwell. she quickly walked down the stairs and left the stairwell with a concern look on her face.

Hanako got up and stretched her arms "actually about that someone called you wei-" as she was speaking, Amane blush in embarrassment as he hit himself in the forehead with his palm. "ird, but Teru-Senpai stood up for you, saying you were probably nervous" she finished her sentence, and Amane eyes widen, he wasn't used to a upperclassman standing up for him.

"so their still hope, so let's try another approach!" Hanako yelled out, raising her hand into the air.

Amane raised his hand into the air "Yeah, let's try again!" he yelled out. he heard someone clear their throat behind him, it was a lady and her group of friends. he blush in embarrassment as he realize they thought he was talking to him.

he smile a he leaves the stairwell to try again. Hanako had given him the courage to try again, but he'll try to avoid talking to loud and around people when talking to Hanako. he didn't want people thinking he talks to himself.

Hanako flick to a random page "Page 9: Do a small favor" she ran from the page, with a smile on her face.

"Can this book be even more Vague?" he asked her, she shrugged.

they stood there as they tried to think of a favor they could do for Teru, what could the president of the student council need help with. "let's go to the student council room!" Hanako yelled out.

Amane follow Hanako to the student council, he stop when he saw a sign on the door that reads 'Student Council members only, unless given permission' "I can't go into there" He told Hanako.

"your also not allow to go into the old building…" she reminded him, "and the girl's toilets but you did anyway…" and then Hanako gasp as she turn to face Amane. "could it be you're a pervert, Amane?" she asked him.

Amane eyes widen "I'm not a pervert" he told her, while blushing. she giggle as she phase through the door and into the student council room. Amane sighed, and open the door and close it behind him as he entered after her.

"so what's the favor I'm doing?" he asked Hanako.

Hanako smile "see that stack of papers? those are papers that Teru-Senpai has to finish. if we finish it for him, he won't have to." she explained to Amane.

Hanako hand him a sticky note "when you're done, right your name on this" she told him. Amane nervously sat down, some of the papers were from school clubs asking for more funds or requesting equipment from other clubs. Hanako and Amane discussed together and then wrote their replies down.

when they were done, Amane and Hanako left and hid nearby. Sakura and Teru entered, lunch time was almost over. if this fail, they'll have enough time to try one more thing. 'Tsukasa isn't with them… is he hanging out with Airhead-Senpai? are they already that close…?'.

Sakura walked over to the stack of papers, and her eyes widen. they all had written replies on them, but she know she and Teru hadn't done them. and the door had been open, meaning someone came in while they were gone. the note just said 'favor for Minamoto-Senpai', but their was no name on it. Sakura recognize the handwriting, it belong to Amane, but why would he mess around with the student council, well base on the note that didn't seem like his intent. "President someone wrote on the letters" she told him.

Teru looked at the papers, the ones he just came back with Sakura to finish before class. "seems like some of these respond are ones, i would write. so I'll send those ones out, and then I'll fix the ones I don't agree with. slightly less work for me" he told her.

Sakura nodded her head, she didn't reveal it was Amane. because he would still get in trouble with Teru and Sakura for entering without permission, even with good intentions. Hanako and Amane quickly left the surrounding area of the student council room. "wasn't a complete fail. huh" Hanako told Amane.

"If i didn't forget to write my name, i would have gotten into trouble. Hanako-San!" he yelled at her.

Amane walked away from her, he was upset that nothing seem to work. he decided to try talking about his interests again, it shouldn't be too scary. he had broken so many rules today, so why would talking to Minamoto-Senpai be scary?

he ran to the student council, took a peak inside. they were already gone, he was running he found Minamoto. he ran over to them, but he was going to fast to stop. he notice he wouldn't be able to stop intime, in front of him was the pink guy that Tsukasa girly face yesterday. "watch out!" Amane yelled out.

Amane's head ended up hitting him in the stomach, sending him flying down the stairs. Amane gasped as he covered his mouth in horror, he glanced over at Hanako, she had a weird horrified look on her face, as if this has happened before. Amane quickly ran away.

"Woah! some boy crashed into a boy from the middle school department!"

"heeey! the boy fell down the stairs! is he alright!!?"

Amane ran back to the old building girl's toilets. his head was hurting from the impact of slamming into the middle school's kid side. he still shock, it sent the boy flying down those stairs. "argh! this stupid book isn't helping!" he yelled out. "I thought you were a expert at this Hanako-San, why do you need a book to help?" he asked her.

"about that…" she laugh nervously "I'm a newbie at friendships" she admitted.

his eyes widen, "what do you mean you're a newbie!" he yelled out at her.

"I've only ever had one friend. and that because we were childhood friends since our family were friends!" she admitted, but then went quiet as she glanced away. "Wait!" she turned to face him "Why don't you ask him to be your friend?" she suggested.

Amane hit his head on the sink "you really are a newbie. if that work than 50% of the times, don't you think i would try that first?" he asked her.

"do you have anything else in your pockets?" he try to put his hand in her skirt, without thinking.

she jumped back, while blushing. "you really are a pervert!" she yelled out at him. he blush, as he crossed her arm.

"Don't make things weird. you're just a suspicious ghost is all. you say you make wishes, but all your ideas have just include every day objects!" he argued back.

a bag accidentally fell from her pocket, and he picked it up. "What's in here?" he asked her, but he didn't let her even start speaking before he open the bag and took one of them out of the small bag.

"oh those are for matchmaking…" she was saying, not thinking much of it.

he forgot matchmaking was for couples, and Hanako seem to realize as she tries to reach for him "Wait! Amane! don't!" she yelled out. "give those back!"

"waaaah!" she yelled out.

Amane had shove one of them into his mouth, "tell me how to use it!" Amane words were muffled by the thing in his mouth, he kept his hands covering his mouth.

"alright!" she yelled out. "They're mermaid scales. when two people ingest a scale from the same mermaid… a terrible curse will be placed upon them… but they will be bound together with a force like no other… it usually for romance"

he was about to say oh, but then he accidentally swallow the mermaid scale. "oh…" he said, as if this was the most normal occurrence to happen.

"AH! AMANE!" she started to panic "you shouldn't have put it in your mouth, before finding out what it is." she told him.

she reach for the bag, but Amane step back. she was confuse "I tried and tried so hard to make Minamoto-Senpai my friend. but nothing to work!" he yelled out. "Sure these scales are usually use for romance right, but their main focus is that they bound people together right!?" he yelled out.

he started running toward the door of the girl's toilet, with the bag in hand. "I was going to do it the hard way! but I'm using a shortcut now, I'll be his friend even if it means I've use a dirty trick like this!" Hanako's eyes widen as she watch him open the door. "no one will want to be my friend without the use of magic, or other factors like me being Tsukasa's brother!"

he ran until he found Minamoto Teru, he was currently sitting down on a bench as a lady came over to him. 'there he is' he hid behind the boxes. "uh… um… Minamoto-Kun! I've liked you since our first year!!" the girl confess to Teru. 'she could bring herself to confess to Minamoto-Senpai… but I couldn't bring myself to ask him to be my friend…'

Teru rubbed the back of his head, and glance away while blushing. he started second questioning himself, he wasn't throw away his morals for one friend right. what about what he said earlier, about Tsukasa and Sakura being better than fake friends from magic. "I'm sorry. i already have someone else that i like. I've liked them since forever, and i just can't be with someone else right now…" he was nicely rejecting them, letting them down easily without embarrassing them. "that's why… I'm sorry"

Hanako was right, Teru is nice. he rejected them so nicely, he would have let down him easy if he didn't want to be friends. so why did he make himself believe that Teru would become some horrible person if he didn't want to be his friend.

he glance down at the other mermaid scale in his hand, regretting his actions. he realize that anyone would have done it for him, he realize him and Hanako had been friends this whole time, since he told her about his interests. he saw his arm, they had grown scales 'the curse!'

he dropped, as he thought about everything. 'why? why did this happen to me? I… I've done all i could… No, I haven't. I didn't talk to anyone in middle school because of a few bullies… I didn't even tell Minamoto-Senpai my interest in Astronomy…' 'I thought that my little brother was just lucky for everyone loving him, but Tsukasa… he always spoke to the students in our class and didn't let other words cause him to shut himself off…' 'I even asked a ghost for help. I'm so selfish… I…'

'i deserve all of this… all of it'

"Got you!" he heard someone yell out.

he was suddenly underwater which confuse him "man, i almost didn't make it. any later and you would have dried out." he recognize the use now, it belonged to Hanako-San. he realize he could breath underwater. "I put in everything you'd need, Amane. I hope its to your liking" she told him.

"what's going on? what's happened to me?"

she stood in front of the mirror with a smile on her face, Amane look at the mirror and noticed he was a fish in a water tank that Hanako was holding. "Voila!"

he splashed around in the water "is my fishy enjoying his water tank?" she smirk.

"am not!" he yelled out. "WHY WOULD I BE HAPPY ABOUT TURNING INTO A FISH!" he splashed water at Hanako but it went right through her.

Yashiro chuckled "Remember, I'm a ghost?" she laughs. but then she frown "I though i told you, that it comes with a price. you've been inflicted with the curse of the mermaid. had you made someone else ingest the other scale, the curse's power would have split between the two of you. and you wouldn't have had completely turn into a fish. you would still be fish-like though. the mermaid scale only curses the person who ingests it. we called it a matchmaker because two people with the same curse are tied together with a strong bond. but you didn't do it, huh? why is that?" she asked him.

"I didn't really want Minamoto-Senpai to be my friend. I just wanted a friend that is just my friend… not Tsukasa's… just mine. but in the progress, my threw away my morals of wanting genuine friendship, i was going to force Minamoto-Senpai into being my friend, to make myself feel better… Anyone would been fine, I just want real friends that I could share my interest with… I was being selfish, I'm a terrible person.."

a creepy voice started being heard around the empty classroom. "now, now, such foolish creatures, these human are. be overjoyed, little boy. for you are now my servant. I'll make sure to treat you well." Hanako and Amane look around.

"so you're finally here. Mermaid!" Hanako yelled out.

Amane eye's widen, "this is a mermaid. it's here to retrieve it's new servant. but that's something i wont allow. it'd be bad for business" she told him.

The Mermaid hit Hanako "you're in the way, Bitch", Hanako crashed into the tables. Amane yelled out for Hanako "judging this young boy when you almost ate a mermaid scale yourself, but your friend stop you" Amane notice the hurt expression on Hanako's face, and wondered if it was the same friend she mention earlier.

"Pathetic! My life spans millennia. A mere School Wonder could never hope to best me!" she yelled out, Hanako was sitting their with a hand on her shoulder and a look of horror on her face. 'what happened to this friend of Hanako-San…?' "Now, come with me.", The Mermaid was about to get Amane, Amane screech in fear.

Hanako stood up, "wait a minute" the mermaid turned around when she heard Hanako's voice. "I know the problem of the Mermaid scales, which is why I tried to stop him. i didn't mean for it to come off as judging, but i didn't want to commit the same mistake i almost did." she explained, she walks closer to the mermaid.

"I haven't granted one of that boy's wishes yet. If you're going to take her, could you wait until I have?" she asked the mermaid.

the mermaid didn't back down, "Quiet! i will not have you order me around!" The Mermaid spoke up against her.

"is that so? well, i guess I'll just have to…" Hanako was saying, as she pulled out a garden shear out of herself. "resort to violence"

The Mermaid open it's huge mouth, but Hanako use the Garden Shear as scissors on the mermaid, slashing the Mermaid from both sides. "How could a mere fledging of a spirit like you possibly have this much power!?" the Mermaid yelled out "curse you school legend!" it disappeared.

Amane's tank fell, but Hanako was able to catch it in time. "gotcha!" she yelled out "well, the mermaid's gone, however. it looked really stubborn, so we probably haven't seen the last of him, we did manage to buy some time though, so I guess it's fine.

Amane started crying, "she; going to come back… does that mean she'll try to kidnap… if i hadn't made that wish".

"Don't think I'll let you off easily just because it was revealed that i Almost fell for the same trick" she was smiling softly, but then it turned into a creepy smile "I actually listen when someone warned me of the consequences" she smile down at him, putting her finger near Amane.

Amane spoke up "I didn't mean to swallow it" he reminded her.

"yeah but you idiotically put it into you mouth before asking me what it was. it's still on your head, I guess that book was right about you being a dummy" she insulted him. "maybe i should call you little mister stupid, from now on" she poke him.

she sighed "however. your Senpai didn't swallow the other scale. which means i can still grant a wish for you. do you wish to be human again? should you make that wish, I'd grant it for a price, of course" she gave him an offer.

"what's the price?" he asked her.

she shrugged "No idea. but at least, you'd be able to live a barely normal life. what do you think?" she asked him.

"c.. change me back, please! I'll do anything! make me human again! please, Hanako-San!" he was basically begging her.

Hanako flick the Mermaid scale with her finger, and then catch it. "That's what i wanted to hear. alright then" she put the mermaid scale on her tongue "I'll have you pay me back with your body" she swallowed the scale "I ended up still eating a mermaid scale one day…"

Amane transform back into a human, his clothes were soaked from the water of the tank. he lift the tank that fell on his head "now our fates are tied together… across the worlds of the living and the dead. I'll make it so the curse is split between us. in return, I will be taking your… Physical Labour" she finished her sentence.

"uh… what's that expression, did you take it the wrong way?" she tilted her head "YOU REALLY ARE A PERVERT, AMANE!" she yelled out, crossing her arms.

he shove her while blushing "you can't just phase it that way and then call me the pervert!" he yelled out. Hanako fell over and hit the desk "huh? I touched you Hanako-San" he cringed at how wrong that sounded as soon as it came out of his mouth.

she sighed "Didn't I just to tell you? our fates are now bound together. so treat me well, since I'm a lady you know" she reminded him.

"Yeah a lady with Daikon legs" he said under his breath.

she glared at him "I thought you said their cute!" she snapped at him, he blush "And I granted two of your wishes, So I don't want to see you being so bad mouthed toward me!" she yelled out at him, while crossing her arms.

"I did… Didn't I?" he said barely above a whisper, as he gets embarrassed "did you say two…?"

she smile as she grabs a hold of his hands "change me back into a human. and anybody would have been fine as long as their a real friend and aren't just friends with me because their Tsukasa's friend. wasn't that what you truly wanted?" she asked him. "I think the talk in the library about your interest and your dad, Also being bound to me. makes us friends, right?"

"friends…"

Hanako took a towel out of her pocket, "your scales will go away if you dry them" his eyes widen as he looked at his arm.

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strugglingyetvibing · 4 months ago

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HAPPY F175 DAY!

we get to see every f1 team unveil their 2025 livery (not their 2025 car - the difference is that the livery is the paint job and the car is the engineering) as well likely seeing drivers in their new suits and helmets! we'll also see (and probably hear from) every team principal, and i'm sure there will be some big f1 names in the crowd!

the event is hosted by Jack Whitehall, who is a comedian and actor, and will feature musical work by country artist Kane Brown, mgk, Brian Tyler's Are We Dreaming, and a band named Take That

if you're in eastern standard time, the event will start at 3pm. you can view the event on F1's youtube page and likely F1TV as well.

i recommend watching on F1TV if it's hosted there, as the platform is built for large viewing numbers and will have a smaller probability of crashing. however, i checked a little bit ago and there's no mention of the event on the platform, so we'll see

i also recommend watching the watch-along that matt and tommy (of p1 with matt and tommy fame) are hosting! they were offered the chance to attend the event but declined so that they could host the watch-along, and i think they'll have some fun and interesting things to say during the event! i believe they're streaming on youtube and twitch.

personally, i have mixed feelings about the event. on the one hand, it's exciting because we get to see the pretty new colors on the cars and we're just one step closer to the start of the season! but on the other hand, this, to me, is an obvious cash grab on the part of f1. i'm behind doing something special for the 75th anniversary of formula 1, but this just feels really detached, if that makes sense. it seems like they wanted to board the hype train of talyor swift-style sold out stadium concerts, but instead make it a formula 1 pageant.

i'm not trying to dock anyone, and i very well could be under a rock when it comes to this, but i've never heard of any of the performers or the headlining announcer. i know brian tyler for his work on the formula 1 theme song, but apparently he's appearing as his alter ego called "Are We Dreaming," or something, which is interesting to say the least. i think i've seen jack whitehall on social media doing standup comedy, but that's it. apparently mgk used to be known as machine gun kelly, but last i heard he was under fire for doing something weird or bad (or maybe just having a weird vibe in general). and, again, maybe i'm under a rock for this, but i know a few country artist names, and kane brown is not one of them. however, maybe i've heard a few of this songs and just don't know it. but i've definitely never heard of Take That, but that could definitely be because i'm just not british, haha.

having these artists perform at what f1 is touting to be the biggest event of the season (or at least pre-season) and an oscars-style or met gala-style event feels very similar to the musician robbie williams making a biopic movie about himself as a cgi monkey and no one (at least in the usa) knowing who he is.

i think that this would have been a better headline event if they had brought in great f1 drivers/influential people of the past to be the main 'stars' of the show to showcase the legacy of formula 1. you could have also brought in a few up and coming stars (maybe from f2 or something) to show where the sport can go in the next 75 years. and if they just had to get outside celebrities, i think they could have gotten bigger names to be a part of it, because they're formula 1, the self-proclaimed "pinnacle of motorsport." if they could bring shakira to a race (and then profit off of her name being used in drive to survive), why couldn't they bring her (or someone of her caliber) to this event?

lastly, i think it's very interesting how they only announced who was hosting the event and which musicians would be playing at the event the literal day before the event. it's almost as though they couldn't get their act together and find anyone to host this thing until the last minute. that's very odd to me, especially considering we've known they were putting this event together for multiple months now. it's almost as though they were expecting the hype of the launch to propel itself and the fact that it'll be at the "O2" arena/convention center/something in London was all fans needed to know to get excited for it.

i really do hope the event goes well, and i'll definitely be watching live, but i have my reservations about it for sure.

#call me a hater i guess lol #but i'd like to be known as an optimistic hater #i want this to go well #but i won't be surprised if it doesn't #f175 #formula 1

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beatlblog · 4 months ago

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#George can fix his own dinner sorry it’s for couples only (via @didwemeetsomewherebefore)

#steak and spuds#but none for George huh?#I would love to have heard John's 'indignant' voice#real indignant or mock indignant? (via @crepesuzette2023)

#a regular LITTLE HOUSEWIFE!!!#also his and johns dinner#LMAO literally only cooking for John like#George is right fucking there#but I’ve always loved to think of them in Paul’s house and Paul’s out here with his little apron making John his tea#so honestly this only confirms that image#I’m dying it’s so funny#Johns like don’t point it out to him then he’s gonna stop being my little wifey#I wish he’d answer tho#WAS IT COMMON JOHN 🎤 (via @sleeper9)

#has probably cooked for john since they were teenagers and now people are calling them weird for it#anyway I love the domesticity of it#everyone needs a work wife (via @javelinbk)

#cooking a steak for his husband after a long day of being rock stars#a single mom who works two jobs etc (via @backbenttulips)

#let him cook (literally) (via @elena-ferrante)

#paul being a little campy fork found in kitchen (via @hamyilton)

#ay el amor#perhaps affectionately (via @alwaysreturntome)

#they're in a penthouse where obviously the thing to do would be room service#especially in 1964 where that sort of thing was still new and exciting#Also the fact that George is sitting right there and Paul's not making him dinner I'm dead#Where was Ringo I wonder#But really it makes me think of how Paul talks about being good at scrambled eggs and mashed potatoes and not much else#He likes to be Linda's sue chef and chop things up and hang out with her while she's cooking but she's the one who loves it#And yet here he is cooking for John in a penthouse#Why is it so important for him to maintain gender roles in at least the media perception of his marriage?#Because of comments like this?#Or maybe Linda really was just so many worlds better at cooking and loved it so much like they always assert (via @m1ssunderstanding)

not especially new in 64 but maybe for them newly famous with money

#does george just not eat (via @supersonic1994)

no he alwys does and that's why it's funny

#they let george STARVE 💔 (via @gardenwalrus)

#also John “I love to play it faggy” lennon finding THAT funny is honestly hilarious lol (via @cocaineskinny909)

#its ok if he does john don’t be embarrassed (via @beatlesmenrock)

#I’m going to imagine that Paul turned round and gave George $5#and said ‘go ask the hotel kitchen to make you a sandwich’#‘and don’t come back for a while’#‘mommy’s going to give daddy a special adult kiss on his trousers’ (via @didwemeetsomewherebefore)

#''it sounds funny'' yes it does john. yes it does (via @moptopper)

#also obligatory#what's libel about calling paul camp? (via @saturn-iidae)

#secure men could chuckle at their boy best friend bring called their little housewife (via @paulscunt)

#and yet the regular little housewife apparently forgot to cook something for their kids aka george and ringo lmao (via @innitmarvellous)

#pauls a mummy#johns mummy (via @beatlesyurii)

#this book is out next week and I’m really interested to know what the source for this is considering Malcolm Searle died in 2008#by which I mean…I wonder if audio exists (via @delightfullyatomicfest)

#*heavy italian accent* what? no steak for george? (via @maccaritamondays)

#1) paul only cooking for john and leaving george and ringo to starve in a cardboard box on the side of the road#2) where did he get a little apron when they were on tour#3) he really just wanted to be someone's wife so fucking bad (via @ozymandiasdirge)

#how much do you wanna bet this was a money saving thing#like george is there eating some nice takeout and paul's stirring potatoes saying ''you're wasting all your money. right john???'' (via @moptopper)

When We Was Fab: Inside the Beatles Australasian Tour 1964 by Andy Neill and Greg Armstrong

I’ve stolen this off a Facebook group but feel it needs to be seen on tumblr.

#John didn't have the issue with the question inasmuch as how it was said lmao #the answer is probably yes. yes Paul probably cooked for him often #<- prev #lm words #playfully camp

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forgetmynamepleasethanks · 2 years ago

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OHOHOH I have a good idea for a request :> possibly could I get either headcanons or a scenario, you can choose, of Kris with a reader who had a simular kind of incident to the one Mae Borowski had in NITW? (if you don't know what that is its p easy to search it up there's a whole wiki page for it) hope that made sense!!!!

This has been sitting in my asks for so many months along with a few other posts. I wont lie to you. I forgot my password. Fixed that issue though so here we are. I'm writing this little preamble thing December 10th 2022 so lets see how long it takes me to write this whole thing. Hope you enjoy.

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Wise parents in Hometown warn their kids to stay away from them.

Kids too little to even remember why they're supposed to be scared scurry off and kids old enough to remember keep their heads down and walk past them.

The outburst of the only other human in town and the disappearance of Dess Holiday has got to be one of the worst "coincidences" to grace Hometown newspapers ever.

For a while after the incident, you tried your best to recoup your losses. But no matter how hard you seemed to try, no one was interested in humoring your request to be friends anymore.

For 2 years this continued.

To the rest of Hometown you weren't a human, or a monster, but you were a monster. You were a perfect example of why they didn't let many humans live here. A psycho who brutalizes innocent monsters.

That's all you were to them.

You tried to get over it. Can't keep beating yourself up forever right? Time to move on to better things? Right? Your grades began to drop rapidly, bringing you from 3rd in the class to almost last place.

Despite everything, you kept going.

Kris did not understand you. They are one of the very few people who aren't scared of you. They feel for you, as a fellow outcast they get what it's like to just want to curl up in a ball and never leave your bed.

After everything that happened to them, all the yelling, being treated as an outcast, the weird looks, the loneliness, why wouldn't they want to just disappear?

You don't really talk to anyone, sometimes you'll ask them for a pencil but other than that it's effectively radio silence between you and the rest of Hometown.

You rarely smiled, you were rarely seen outside of school or your house, even seeing you at school became a more and more special encounter. You were almost like a secret boss in a video game or something.

You captured Kris' attention and never let go. Why couldn't they stop thinking about you?

"Well that's easy, you have a crush loser." Susie replied to them, throwing another rock into the lake.

Kris didn't believe a word of it.

A crush?

On you?

No way.

No wayyyyy.

Yes way?

I mean just because they thought your smile was so infectious that whenever you wave at them for a pencil they smile, or how even though they know what you did they can't get your face out of their head, or how no matter what you wear you look perfect doesn't mean they have a crush on you!

You probably wouldn't even like them back...

Only one way to find out right?

The sun was setting, signaling for all the other kids to leave the playground and start heading home. Except you. You decided to stay a little longer. Feet brushing through brown mulch below the swing you gently rocked yourself on, hands wrapped around your journal, you heard the sound of footsteps on grass. You glanced up, focusing on the approaching figure which had sat on the swing next to you.

Kris Dreemurr.

After several minutes of uncomfortable silence, Kris broke it.

"I don't think you're a bad person." Kris stated quietly looking to you for your reaction.

"Gee thanks." You said, a little confused with the whole interaction.

"Why don't you come to school anymore?" Kris asked you.

"Why do you care all of a sudden?" You teased, stretching your arms and yawning.

For you, this was just some chance interaction, but for Kris this was now or never.

"Because I miss you." Kris explained quietly.

You froze for a second. Kris missed you? Town crazy person? Wow.

You grinned that crooked grin that Kris couldn't get enough of, before replying.

"Well if you care so much I guess I can show up some more." You proclaimed through your smile.

"I'd like that." Kris said, so quietly you barely heard them.

You stood up from your swing and yawned again. "It's getting late, let me walk you home." You offered.

Kris only nodded before standing up and dusting their pants off. Before they could react you had grabbed their hand and were pulling them along.

Oh.

So you did like them back. Would have

Wise parents in Hometown warn their kids to stay away from them.

Kids too little to even remember why they're supposed to be scared scurry off and kids old enough to remember keep their heads down and walk past them.

The outburst of the only other human in town and the disappearance of Dess Holiday has got to be one of the worst "coincidences" to grace Hometown newspapers ever.

For a while after the incident, you tried your best to recoup your losses. But no matter how hard you seemed to try, no one was interested in humoring your request to be friends anymore.

For 2 years this continued.

To the rest of Hometown you weren't a human or a monster, but you were a monster. You were a perfect example of why they didn't let many humans live here. A psycho who brutalizes innocent monsters.

That's all you were to them.

Despite everything, you kept going.

After everything that happened to them, all the yelling, being treated as an outcast, the weird looks, the loneliness, why wouldn't they want to just disappear?

You don't talk to anyone, sometimes you'll ask them for a pencil but other than that it's effectively radio silence between you and the rest of Hometown.

You rarely smiled, you were rarely seen outside of school or your house, and even seeing you at school became a more and more special encounter. You were almost like a secret boss in a video game or something.

You captured Kris' attention and never let go. Why couldn't they stop thinking about you?

"Well that's easy, you have a crush loser," Susie replied to them, throwing another rock into the lake.

Kris didn't believe a word of it.

A crush?

On you?

No way.

No wayyyyy.

Yes way?

You probably wouldn't even like them back...

Only one way to find out right?

Kris Dreemurr.

After several minutes of uncomfortable silence, Kris broke it.

"I don't think you're a bad person," Kris stated quietly looking to you for your reaction.

"Gee thanks." You said, a little confused with the whole interaction.

"Why don't you come to school anymore?" Kris asked you.

"Why do you care all of a sudden?" You teased, stretching your arms and yawning.

For you, this was just some chance interaction, but for Kris, this was now or never.

"Because I miss you," Kris explained quietly.

You froze for a second. Did Kris miss you? Town crazy person? Wow.

You grinned that crooked grin that Kris couldn't get enough of, before replying.

"Well if you care so much I guess I can show up some more." You proclaimed through your smile.

"I'd like that," Kris said, so quietly you barely heard them.

You stood up from your swing and yawned again. "It's getting late, let me walk you home." You offered.

Kris only nodded before standing up and dusting their pants off. Before they could react you had grabbed their hand and were pulling them along.

Oh.

So you did like them back. Would have been nice to know that earlier.

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I wrote this March 12, 2023. I wrote it all in one day and I'm not super proud of it but you know how it is. Hope you enjoy it. I'm going to try and be more active again.

#kris dreemurr #kris x reader #deltarune kris #kris deltarune #susie deltarune #deltarune

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ghstdoll · 1 year ago

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"it's called a radio, I think they were invented 30 years after you died...it's a way people can still enjoy music from the comfort of places like yheor own bathroom" she tells him when she notices the way he looks at the music box in her shower. a gentle smile on her lips, she wonders what the culture shock might feel like, it's probably what marty mcfly felt like when he went back to the future in the second movie but marty didn't spend over 100 years six feet under. "though I'm guessing from how elegant your grave stone is you probably got to see music whenever you wanted." at least she figures he probably came from some sort of money considering his tombstone was the only one with a bust of his face.

she couldn't help but giggle softly at the way he tiltled his head when her fingers moved through his hair, it's cute, like he's really enjoying getting scrubbed down but she can't exactly blame him either considering anyone would probably kill for a luxurious bath if they were covered in dirt. regulus confirms he did in fact have fans in his day, a cute smile tugging on his pretty face. "of course you did." she laughs, though that also makes her a bit jealous...what if he had a girlfriend back then? sure she'd be long dead by now but the idea of someone else getting to love on him felt wrong and with a face like his she can't imagine that whoever that girl was would've been able to move on. "can't say I blame them, truth be told I used to dream about you some nights...and you actually looked just like you do now but maybe just a little more alive at the time." not that she minds how he looks now, he's still something special in her eyes, with a sharp face and green eyes that seem even brighter compared to his pale white skin.

she's pretty sure he notices her weird moment of jealousy, making her feel a bit embarrassed for a moment. lacy was beautiful and sweet, like the girl next door type that all the guys wanted to take out on a date. nobody would argue with you and tell you how wonderful lacy was not even salem who hated most people. however what she doesn't expect is his hand to place over her chest where her heart is and it's almost as if she hear him telepathically, her cheeks flushing a little. "well you might just be the only person on earth that feels that way...not that I'm going to argue with you." she teases but her heart is pounding hard against her chest right now especially when his gaze shifts to her pink lips, was he really that interested in someone like her?

she scrubs his face from all the mud, his skin clean and fresh and she can't help but admire the features of his beautiful face, so soft and charming like a gothic prince, much more beautiful than any boy that's currently living. her finger fingers against his chin, a warm smile tugging over her lips when his hand goes to her chest again, right over her heart once more as his soft eyes look into hers lovingly. "oh.." she says almost shyly a soft chuckle falling from her lips. she wishes she could ask him why, but there's not many answers he can give her without being able to speak. "I have so many questions but I have a feeling it's going to be awhile before they're answered." she giggles.

he gives her a reassuring look, his smile so sweet it gives her butterfiles. he moves her hand to his chest, relaxing into the water as a soft chuckle leaves her. "so spoiled." she says teasingly, scrubbing his chest which wasn't as dirty as the rest of him considering her had clothes to cover it a little easier. "maybe this is weird but I'm glad you're here...that I actually get to talk to you and not an abandon rock in the middle of a cemetery. I'm not sure what it all means but I've never minded a little mystery."

the sensation of water feels a little jarring against his skin, mostly because he hasn’t experienced such a sensation since he was last alive. the water is warm enough though, and he almost wishes it were warmer, feeling cold and hollow except for when he looks into her eyes.

he listens to her change the music that’s playing, eyeing the unfamiliar device with curiosity. if regulus were a coward, he would be afraid, because how could music possibly come from such an object? it wasn’t an instrument, that was for sure. the sound that plays is nothing like anything he’s ever heard, which salem goes on to point out. he wants to speak and explain to her that his family enjoyed music in concert halls and venues, spending their riches to hear performers play works that belonged to composers such as wolfgang amadeus mozart, franz schubert, and beethoven, just like she mentions. some musicians created their own works but they weren’t enjoyed like this, in the way salem is enjoying this music now.

he wants to talk to her and ask her so many questions, but his voice won’t find him even now. so he sits, watching her talk with a faint smile. why is she still being so kind to him? he shouldn’t be surprised, since she’s the same incredible girl who went out of her way to care for his grave even though she’d never see anything in return… or at least, not that she knew of at the time. he looks at her with warmth in his green eyes, that faint smile still there even though dirt is smudged across his face and he probably looks worse than he’s ever looked.

he tilts his head a little as she uses the cup to pour water over him, soaking his hair as her other hand runs through it, loosening dirt. it feels good, how gentle her fingers are, and it makes his eyes close a little with a soft sigh as he leans into her touch. it’s the most comforting thing anyone has ever done for him; running her gentle hand through his curls and humming to the music playing.

he realizes then that salem has already given him more comfort than any of his loved ones did when he was alive, especially when she sat at his grave and cared for him meticulously, as if he mattered to her. he’s sure no one else would do what she did and he loves her for it with every fiber of his being. she may not know him but he knows her, listening to her sweet voice like it’s his lifeline and only comfort because for so long it was.

he’s surprised when she compliments his eyes, continuing on to say he was probably popular with girls. his eyelashes fluttering back open, he meets her gaze, a smile tugging at one corner of his lips as he nods. what she says is true, so why deny it? besides, he’s too distracted by how good her fingers feel scrubbing his scalp to really care about being humble.

but she also talks about her sister, saying she would like regulus and even fight other girls over him. he frowns at that, both because of her obvious jealousy and the fact he really only wants salem to fight for him. but maybe her words were still ultimately a good thing, if she really thought he was worth being fought over. reaching out, he presses a palm to her chest, attempting to tell her that she’s who he cares about. not wanting to get her top too wet, he pulls away, his gaze flickering down at her lips for a moment.

he isn’t able to look away from her for long, because she moves to his face, using a cloth to scrub at the dirt on his skin. his eyes flutter closed again, enjoying the attention she’s giving him. when he opens them, her hand is touching his chin, tilting his face so he looks at her. the smile on her lips catches him by surprise because it’s so beautiful, lighting up her perfect face. she asks him if he heard her all of those times she talked to him at his grave and he nods, holding eye contact with her as his gaze softens with love. he nods again when she asks if it’s why he came to find her, again reaching out to put his hand on her chest, over her heart.

to his surprise, she seems to become embarrassed, apologizing for talking so much. he shakes his head, giving her an encouraging little smile. taking the hand that holds the cloth, he presses it against his chest as if to encourage her to keep washing his body. he leans back, starting to relax a little as he gazes at her lovingly, waiting for her to continue.

#* prose › s. macher

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