#anyway! not the ending I expected 100% but pleasant!

[bookwyrminspiration]

OH! I forgot, but guys I finished this is how you lose the time war :)

[lostxmelody]

wake up babe, new prisoner just dropped 🔥

(og design (??) by good-beans!!

I wanted to send this anonymously so badly but it doesn't work with images 😞)

LMAO no fucking way. jumpscare of myself in my own ask box.... literally my honest reaction to finding out i have yet another 9-5:30 shift (< has one today)

[stringsbasement]

ngl i 100% thought peri would be an antagonist

he's the first fairy in thousands of years, born directly under the lineage of what has to be the most powerful fairy family line in current existence

(cosmo is a von strangle, and also the very reason fairies stopped having babies in the first place. he's incredibly powerful and nobody talks about it for some reason. it's clear peri inherited that destructive potential)

the second he was born, entire fairy species (including his own kin) were out to get him to use his volatile magic for their own selfish goals. he's nearly kidnapped thrice, and almost ends the universe on the same day

the threats keep coming, and he's being dragged to countless adventures that put him at risk. he literally ceases to exist more than once

anyway, i wouldn't be surprised if some form of expectations were placed upon him growing up. maybe not by his family, but he's famous (a teacher described him as such once); in fairy world, he's automatically adored and celebrated by adults and peers alike, which foop antagonizes (and tries to kill) him for

cosmo and wanda would, realistically, of course try to shield him from all this, but no matter what they do, he's inevitably isolated

people either want to use him, put him on a pedestal, or is a universally infamous human godchild who will forget all about him in a matter of years

(cosmo and wanda becoming godparents and learning (choosing) to eventually let go of their kids is one thing, but it can be assumed poof was still a young, underdeveloped child by the time timmy (+chloe, for what it's worth) got his memories wiped

and he sees that timmy's able to live his own happy life without him in it. he lost his brother just like that, and there's nothing he can do despite all his godly powers)

there's so, so many ways he could've gone wrong

thus, my initial thought was that peri was going to be a somewhat petty, "spoiled brat," and him becoming a godparent would be the result of spite or rebellion, which cosmo and wanda would feel entirely responsible for. I HATE MY PARENTS!! yada yada yada

it was a pleasant surprise to see all those clips of them loving each other. and it's not even because i doubted for a second that cosmo and wanda are bad parents, it's just what you usually expect when seeing shows from the 2000s, even if it doesn't make sense

all things considered, i'm very glad they went for the lighthearted silly family trope. not every show needs such conflicts, and showing healthy dynamics are better for kids overall

still, i find it interesting to think about if they'd gone down another route instead. i love me a pathetic cringy villain who tries (fails) to hate the people they love the most

[shipmansflannels]

"who asked first" with the yellowjackets

yay! I'm back! the decision to open a new blog just for yellowjackets wasn't easy at all, but since it's been a year since this obsession has barely gone away and I already had an extremely confusing blog with layouts and the like, I wanted to start over with this one. hope you like it. I'll make a very simple and small prompt first, and then I'll make the masterlist and the oneshots/fanfics. stay tuned! sorry for any grammatical or coherence errors, english is not my first language and I'm trying to improve!

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who asked first with the yellowjackets girls...

jackie taylor.

well, if we're going to be honest here, you definitely asked first.

of course, jackie had already been rehearsing for weeks how he would ask you out. but she's obviously a girlfaillure, so you definitely asked first.

it was probably when she least expected it. it could be at soccer practice, or when you were coming home from school together and you had the audacity to ask her to go out with her to some hypothetical and boring place in the middle of the street… whatever.

all I know is that this little loser was eager for you to ask, and she definitely rolled out the classic, "took you too long…"

shauna shipman.

again, you asked first.

shauna doesn't have the social tact to ask you out (she's just like me), and drunk is even worse, so you actually had to make the first move most of the time.

just like jackie, it could have been when she was at soccer practice, or when she was alone enough to vent to her journal and you were able to get close to her without scaring her. anyway, the thing is, shauna was already secretly expecting this to happen (a lot of her journal pages were about you btw), so it wasn't a surprise either when you asked her out.

despite everything, you didn't have any difficulties on your first date. she's pleasant company, I suppose.

natalie scatorccio.

one of the rare exceptions where she asked first.

okay, don't be fooled, either. natalie is very cocky from time to time, but asking to go out with you is definitely one of the times she tends to weaken. so, kevyn probably dared her to do it and she just took advantage of her cooler personality to use it on you.

but that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. in fact, it's kind of a good thing (and probably depressing for her) because she only felt like herself when she asked you. I see in nat a huge tendency to ignore some of her feelings, especially when it comes to people she likes.

the invitation was probably also full of teasing on her part, from body language to the words used for it. and somehow she made it look cool and convinced you to accept it.

things that only natalie scatorccio could do.

lottie matthews.

for some reason, I'm 100% sure you asked first.

I know many of us think of lottie as a completely carefree, liberal and often bitchy enough person to ask someone out on a date. but, if we count the pre-crash, I think she was a very insecure person and uncertain of her feelings, more due to the influence of the pills.

so, as incredible as it sounds, you asked first. it was in an extremely relaxed conversation between you that the invitation ended up unintentionally, and she was visibly panicked when she agreed.

lottie is probably the type of person who has a rehearsed speech in front of the mirror while getting ready, and with her enviable style and expensive clothes (some stolen), she would do anything to make your date the perfect date.

taissa turner.

she asked first.

taissa is confident enough to ask you out, I have no doubt about that. but she definitely spent weeks planning the perfect invitation, just in case everything went wrong and she needed to run (just like what happened when she thought about breaking allie's leg before nationals).

anyway, taissa would certainly ask first and it would be quite a surprise for you. taking into account that, from the moment you accepted, you would discover that van also knew about her friend's ideas, and later that half of the team also knew. it would be a shock because you wouldn't understand tai's intentions at first.

but none of them are necessarily bad. one, is that tai was really excited if you accepted, and her anxiety couldn't stop her from wanting to tell the world. two, because she was overly excited that you had agreed to go out with her, and wanted the world to know it as well.

van palmer.

as much as I would really like to prove otherwise, you asked first.

van has the same problem as lottie, but in her case, it's excessively because of the sarcasm jokes and high charisma. she thinks she's being too much for you and that asking for something like that on this level would end up scaring you away.

in the end, it's totally the opposite, but it's going to take van a long time to figure that out, specifically. the invitation would happen when she least expected it, probably when you were feeling confident enough to pass notes to her during classes.

it's a cute invitation, and one that van would hold in question for a long, long time.

misty quigley.

there would be no other answer. she asked first.

misty has no shame in admitting that she has a crush on you. and of course, to ask you out on a date, this shame decreases even more. she doesn't even care if she will be made fun of by her colleagues, what really matters is that she planned everything for you to accept.

and when I say everything, it really means everything.

from the moment she will slide up to your table and quietly ask if you accept, to the tone of voice she will use to persuade your brain to accept, to the place she will take you hand in hand and then let it slide. … she literally thought of every detail.

and, well, knowing misty quigley's ability to create plans, the whole thing worked out… until you figured it all out and admitted that you liked it even more, much to her surprise.

laura lee.

you asked first, of course. there would be no other answer either.

of course, not ruling out the possibility of laura lee asking first, given her hidden impulsive personality, but, in this case, taking the obviousness into account, you asked, and had to be careful with every line said in the invitation.

of course, it needed to be at a time when you were alone, because you were afraid that pressure from other people would make you feel suffocated. this, of course, did not happen. she thought it was a classic weekend outing, like you guys usually did, until she realized your real intentions.

and, truly, at no point did it make her feel restrained or scared. she was ready to be vulnerable and be herself around you, no matter what.

(but, if you casually ask lottie at some point, she will definitely claim that she saw laura lee rehearsing some speeches and compliments for you in the locker room mirror…)

[ryuichirou]

I love how you draw the tweels and Azul. They look so imposing in your art style! I know you love drawing Ignihyde, Octavinelle and Scarabia boys a lot, but I'm curious if you have drawings of the rest of the twst cast as well. I'd love to see everyone in your art style!

Anon! Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m glad you like how I draw the Octa-boys. I’m not even sure which dorm I draw most often, but it has to be either them or Ignihyde haha. But in all honesty, I really love drawing all the characters; even if we don’t care much about them, they are usually still quite pleasant to draw at least once.

Which is why I can actually compile my drawings of pretty much every character in this reply! It’s honestly surprising lol but also not really. I can’t believe it’s been a year since we started drawing and posting twst…

Alright, here we go!

Heartslabyul – wow, I can’t believe I don’t have any coloured Aces that are relatively new… We like Ace a lot, I should probably draw him. And Cater too, to be honest, this is my only coloured sketch with him. I never expected to enjoy drawing these boys as much as I do, to be honest.

Savanaclaw – Leona is the only character I don’t have a proper sketch that is not a commission with lol I’m sorry. But I actually quite like the comms of Leona that I got to draw, so here is one of them! I also really enjoyed drawing Ruggie, I should do it again… And Jack too…

Octavinelle – aw yis yakuza fishies babyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Come on, you know I love these guys lol Whenever I look at them I feel at home. It’s a shame I don’t draw them wearing fedoras (for some reason I’m still intimidated by fedoras), because I love everything about their dorm uniforms.

Scarabia – I also don’t feel like I draw these two often enough, but their uniform is probably the most difficult one to draw, simply because of all the details and prints and gold and accessories. But it’s so worth it!... I also think that Jamil is the prettiest snake in the world.

Pomefiore – it’s stupid how long it took me to find a Rook that doesn’t look creepy in my drawings lol I really love this side of him. I also really enjoy drawing Vil, but whenever I do, I feel intimidated. I just can’t mess him up..! But if the Vil that I drew ends up looking good, I get so emotional that I cry (not a 100% lie)

Ignihyde – picking an Idia and an Ortho out of hundreds of sketches of Idia and Ortho was more challenging that I thought it would be, so I picked these because I still really like their faces and think they’re cute! I also can’t get enough of them… to this day… Their hair, their teeth, everything.

Diasomnia – I feel like whenever I draw these guys we have an urge to make it into an art, this is why we have a lot of finished rendered artworks with them. Their aesthetic is just… super fitting for all kinds of dark and gothic stuff. I also adore drawing their eyes!!! All of them have such pretty eyes.

The teachers – if you feel the urge to laugh at Crowley for only getting a black and white sketch, I encourage you to also laugh at Vargas for not being here at all… I think he is the only character that I’m missing, huh.

Others – bonus round! I actually also have a sketch of Fellow Honest and Gidel but by the time I remembered them I got tired of making this thing lol, and we haven’t watched the event yet anyway, so they’ll get their chance to shine some other time (you can find it on my ko-fi though). Meleanor is also here, and I honestly I would be happy to draw every twst mom at some point… And other minor characters too…

But not the dwarves; screw them (just kidding I might draw them too at some point).

[zerobaselove]

kisses with zb1 ♡

pairing: zb1 x reader

genre: fluff

warning: hanbin's is slightly suggestive? i think? but nothing other than that! lowercase intended, not proofread

notes: thank u anon for the request i've been wanting to write smth like this :D im not sure if its 100% what you wanted but i hope you like it anyways

members under the cut!

jiwoong ;

"does this look okay?" you couldn't help but ask your boyfriend; looking in the mirror at the outfit you chose. it was nice, sure, but with a boyfriend like jiwoong by your side you had to make sure you didn't look completely like a fool. "it looks great, you look great." he smiled, coming up behind you and wrapping his arms around your waist, his vision moving to the mirror to look at the two of you.

you couldn't help but melt into his touch as he leaned down to press light kisses on your neck. "my love, you always look gorgeous," he said in between placing kisses on your skin before turning you away from the mirror and towards him. "now let's get going," he placed one last kiss on your lips, savouring the moment and letting his lips linger. his hand came up to cup your cheek, gently so as to not ruin your makeup, and smiling into yet another kiss.

"jiwoong," you mumbled against his lips, "don't we have to go?" he pulled away with a pout on his now slightly lipstick-covered lips. "why do we have to go to this dinner," an even louder sigh escaped his lips, "you're all i could want anyways." you brought your thumb up to wipe off the makeup that now adorned his lips before smiling, "well you have me," it was your turn to reach up and plant a kiss on his lips, "so let's not let these outfits go to waste."

zhang hao ;

you hadn't expected to come home so late, but when you walked into your shared bedroom with your boyfriend hao, you made an attempt to get ready for bed quietly. you were under the impression it had worked, until you got to your side of the bed and went to get in. "you're home," you could barely make out hao's sleepy mumbles, but what you could make out was his arm holding up the blanket to let you in; sliding under the covers you turned to your boyfriend.

"hi hao, go back to bed, i didn't mean to wake you." the only response you got from the boy was the feeling of his hand on your side, trailing up till he found your face in the darkness of the room. with his hand on your cheek he leaned in to feel your lips against his. "missed you." he mumbled against your lips, the feeling sending sparks through your body. "missed you too hao." you managed to get out before kissing him again, your hand coming up to run through his messy hair.

eventually, you pulled away, both feeling the weight of the day weighing on you and wanting to let the drowsiness take over. with his hand resting over your waist, you relaxed into the bed and let your eyes shut. "goodnight hao." you muttered, just loud enough for him to hear. while you couldn't see him, you just knew he was smiling back at you. "goodnight love."

hanbin ;

"did it hurt?" you asked, tracing the tattoos across hanbin's chest, dragging your finger to trace the lines of his collarbones as well. "it wasn't pleasant," he giggled, whether at the ticklish feeling of your light touches or just because, you didn't know. "but it wasn't too bad." a sheepish smile spread across his face partnered with a blush as he took notice of the way your eyes trailed over his skin so intently.

"too bad i couldn't have kissed it better," the words fell from your lips without much thought, but it made hanbin's breath catch in his throat. "you, you still could." the blush on his face had darkened and he had to resist the urge to hide his face in his hands at the suggestion. without another moment passing you kissed the boy, his hands subconsciously coming to rest on your side and trace shapes on your skin. you trailed down his jaw ending at his collarbone, peppering kisses across his skin until you reached the delicate celestial tattoos adorning his body, much like paint on a canvas. "pretty."

after a few more moments you reconnected your lips, "you're the pretty one," he mumbled against you before pulling apart and resting your foreheads against each other, taking the opportunity to take in the moment, memorizing every feature on his face. he took your hands in his, squeezing them tight. "my pretty y/n."

you flushed at the nickname, your heart skipping a beat without even realizing before squeezing his hand back, "my pretty hanbin."

matthew ;

"in what world is strawberry the best flavour." you huffed in disbelief at your boyfriends ice cream opinion, getting a smug smile in return. "in this one," he said matter-of-factly, taking another taste of the pink dessert. "you don't know what you're missing out on y/n." you couldn't help but laugh as you shook your head, taking a bite of your own ice cream.

matthew had to stifle a giggle when he saw you, leaving you to raise your eyebrow in confusion. "what?" you whined, seeing the smile on his face get wider. "you just have a little ice cream on your nose," he brought his thumb up to wipe it off, unable to stop smiling at just how cute you were. "anything else?" you joked.

he only nodded, causing you to sigh at the state of yourself. before you could whine any more, matthew had connected your lips in a short kiss. "there," he smiled, "got it!" you were a little dumbfounded, but that didn't stop you from pulling him in to kiss his lips again, leaving one last peck before you pulled apart.

"you taste like strawberries." you mumbled, your thumb coming up to your lips, seeing your boyfriend flash his biggest smile back at you. "not so bad is it?"

taerae ;

it wasn't often that taerae got sentimental, but when he did it was always adorable in your eyes; his smile would grow and his eyes would soften just talking about how much he loved you, and the feeling was absolutely mutual. as much as you loved hearing his kind words, you couldn't fight the urge to kiss him anymore. leaning in to connect his lips with yours had pretty effectively quieted him down.

"god you're perfect," he whispered against your lips, continuing his tangent from earlier; this time in muffled whispers against your lips in between kisses. his hands had found themselves on you; one tangled in your hair and the other finding purchase on your waist, keeping you in place. your own hands resting on his shoulders, subconsciously pulling him closer until you needed air.

you both pulled apart with ear to ear smiles, and you couldn't help but be aware of his hand still on your waist as you find yourself leaning into it. "have i told you how perfect you are?" he asked, fiddling with the hem of your sweater, and you couldn't help but laugh a little. "you did just a few minutes ago taerae."

"but that was a few minutes ago," he leaned in to peck your lips again, "i'm gonna tell you how perfect you are until i run out of breath."

ricky ;

"i just don't know what to do," your voice trailed off as you brought your hands up to cover your face. "everything is just so overwhelming." you felt bad for your boyfriend ricky, always having to deal with your ramblings, but he didn't seem bothered by it; always sitting and patiently listening to you and your thoughts.

now that you were both sure you had finished your tangent. ricky couldn't help but lean in to place a kiss on your lips, effectively pulling you out of your head enough to calm down. "it's okay," he smiled, "you're not gonna go through this alone, so there's no point worrying about that right now." this time placing his hand on yours and rubbing small circles with his thumb.

you breathed a sigh of relief, connecting your lips once again. "thank you," you muttered between kisses, "i don't know what i'd do without you." ricky only hummed as his hand found its place at the small of your back, pulling you closer to his chest; his other hand reaching up to hold the back of your head, planting a kiss on your head, "you don't have to, i'm never leaving your side."

gyuvin ;

"gyuvin-" you whined out, hoping your boyfriend would hear you from the other room, "i need your help." you called out, soon being welcomed with a smile as he sees your predicament. "can't reach?" he asked, smirking at the cabinet that seemed to be just too far out of your reach. "listen," you started, letting out a joking huff at the boy to match the pout across your face, hopeful to convince him. "are you going to help me or not?"

he thought about it for a moment before letting a mischievous smile spread across his face, "i'll help you, but for a price." you couldn't help but laugh at his antics, only giving him a nod to continue his train of thought. "i'm going to need payment in kisses," his smile widened as did your eyes, "no free labor here!"

you only sighed before taking a step closer and leaning up to reach his lips, giving him a small peck before looking expectantly between him and the top shelf of the cabinet, "there. now help me." when gyuvin leaned closer you had thought nothing of it; until he went for your lips. his hands wrapped around your waist, opting to lift you onto the counter so you were closer to his height. the two of you pulled away a few minutes later, cheeks flushed and smiles wide.

you turned to look behind you, grabbing the box off the top shelf now that you were on the counter, "didn't need you anyways!" you giggled, hopping off the counter and sticking your tongue out at gyuvin to taunt him, getting a huff in return. "i'm the whole reason you got up there!"

gunwook ;

"i got in!" you yelled, holding the acceptance letter in your shaking hands. "oh my god," gunwook matched your energy, wrapping his arms around you and picking you up, "i knew you would!." he let you back down, his one hand grabbing your waist to stabilize you for a moment before holding your face with the other, leaning in for a congratulatory kiss.

"you deserve this." you'd almost think he was more excited than you with the way he had been cheering you on, but that's just how he was. "thank you gunwookie," you brought your arms up to wrap around the back of his neck, pulling him down to connect your lips again, both smiling into the kiss.

you pulled apart from each other's lips, still with your arms around each other, "you know what this calls for?" you asked, seeing the gears in his head turning as he thought what specifically you were thinking. "another kiss?" he shyly asked, unable to contain his enjoyment of the affection. you laughed at the boy, "not what i was gonna say," you paused to pull him down closer, "but that works too."

connecting your lips for the nth time that afternoon, you couldn't help but smile before separating again"i'm so proud of you," he hummed as he playfully pecked your forehead, "and what better way to celebrate than with your lovely boyfriend, am i right?"

yujin ;

"and that is how it's done." yujin said, neatly kicking the soccer ball into the goal before turning expectantly to you, "your turn." you let out a laugh of disbelief, "yujin, do you really think i can do that?" instead of responding, he opted to just kick the soccer ball your way, hitting your shin in the process. while it didn't hurt that bad, the shock caused you to let out a yelp.

"oh god, are you okay?" he rushed to your side, immediately checking to make sure you weren't badly hurt. you laughed at the boy, reassuring him it didn't hit you hard, but he insisted he should make it up to you for how sorry he was. "well i've got an idea how you could make it up to me." you smiled widely, getting a caring, but confused look in return.

you pointed to your cheek, hoping he would get the hint, and he did. leaving a quick peck on your cheek with a sheepish smile, causing yours to grow even wider. as you turned to the boy, you hadn't realized he was going in for another one, and your lips touched in a chaste kiss; it was clumsy, bumping noses and all, but it was perfect to you. "oh, hello," you chuckled, bringing your hand up to your lips.

"i didn't mean to," he rushed out, cheeks a deep crimson. "yujin it's okay," you grabbed his hand in yours, "i thought it was cute."

[orangepeetals]

MIKE SCHMIDT X F. READER, lust by chase atlantic inspo.

Summary: Mike has a little drug addiction, Mike is your best friend, who has been secretly in love with you for years, Mike is tired of seeing your jealous boyfriend all the time as if your boyfriend really deserved you, Mike and he hate each other but your boyfriend is really an idiot. For Mike you are everything, simply the world makes sense by your side but he doesn’t know what this feeling can come to.

TW: violence, drugs, psychological abuse.

a/n: This is my first time writing something, I speak Spanish so the story was originally written in Spanish and then I translated it into English, plz don’t be rude if there is a mistake 😭 I wrote this before I fell asleep.

‘Long walk through the forest come and find me.

Cold night, dark sprites, sip it lightly.

I don’t even wanna fuck, I just like you.’

One more line.

Mike felt how his body received that precious dust through his nose, he inhaled and reclined on the sofa, feeling every part of his body react to the intruder in his body. Possibly it was his third or fourth line on the day, I have consumed my quota for the week, I think. He thought. He wanted to run, he wanted to go out, he felt that he could end the world at that very moment, his mind was heavy, the images did not stop running frantically in his head, he was feeling the impact of the narcotic.

He quickly searched for his phone, Mike was the type of boy who has many girls in his contacts willing to fall where he suggested and this was one of those moments, Mike was a type of fuckboy, although the term seemed pathetic to him.

He was focused on looking for some girl from his old nights, until he felt the doorbell on his door. Anger grew inside him, he did not expect company, not yet at least, the effects of the drug were obviously making him feel much angrier, he went angrily to the door, once opened, it seemed that everything was multicolored, the girl behind the door looked so beautiful that for a few moments he thought that maybe he was hallucinating.

“Y/n? What are you doing here without telling me that you would come?” Y/N, his best friend and evidently the girl he loved from the moment he met her, would never be bothered by such a pleasant visit, although if he had known it, he might not have made his state with the drug obvious, he hurried to look away from the girl and wiped his nose from the remains of dust that could remain. Now he felt embarrassed.

“Hey, Mike... were you putting that shit in again? Look at your eyes...”

The girl pushed Michael slightly so she could enter the apartment without paying attention to Mike. The boy simply closed the door and followed you with his eyes, trying to calm the thoughts that went to a thousand per hour, for Mike you looked as beautiful as ever, anyone with a minimum of common sense would notice that he was totally fucked by you.

On the other hand, you had always seen Michael as your best friend, you loved your boyfriend even if sometimes he behaved like an idiot and made you suffer on multiple occasions but you loved him anyway, even when he abused you psychologically. You knew that Michael had a history of being a heartbreaker and a drug addict, so no matter how much you loved that boy, in the past you could not have generated romantic feelings for him either, you were not going to submit to that pain, although more than ever, in the solitude of your room you thought what it would be like to be touched by him, it was just lust.

“Michael, we’ve talked about this at least 100 times since you started this shit, don’t you understand how serious it can be if you don’t stop?”

Mike, who was now sitting again on the couch next to you looking at the small tray with the remains of the white powder, simply let out a giggle as he hugged the girl, noticing how she let out a small moan of pain.

What was happening?

Michael separated from you as he watched you with intrigue, as if he expected you to explain the reason for your pain, which did not happen.

“Does something hurt you, y/n?”

Silence again for a few seconds until you could think of something, you had screwed up.

“I fell and now my back hurts, nothing to worry about, Mikey.”

Michael sketched a small smile as he looked away, it was enough to know that he had not believed you at all, his intuition was never going to fail, you could see the paranoia in him eyes. A few minutes passed in silence in which your gaze was on the ground, it was useless to hide it, you were not a good liar. Michael’s hands removing your shirt took you out of your thoughts, leaving only with your bra. You shuddered at his touch and felt the heat on your cheeks, this was new.

The boy’s face was indescribable when he saw a bruise on your back, observing with intrigue, again you didn’t give him an answer, this was very bad.

“Can you explain to me what the hell happened to you? This is not a simple fall, y/n.” You noticed how his tone was firm and serious, it even seemed that the entire effect of the drug had disappeared if it were not for his dilated pupils.

You let out a sigh and looked away with shame, you cleared your throat before you could speak, you had to choose your words well to prevent the boy from reacting even worse, less in this state. “My boyfriend and I argued, I was wrong and accidentally burned his favorite food, he got angry and started yelling at me, when I tried to apologize he just pushed me against the kitchen table and I think I lost consciousness for a few seconds... it’s the first time it happens, it’s nothing serious, I’ll talk to him when I can.”

Michael ran his hands through his hair in frustration, he knew it and was trying to control his anger, he breathed a few seconds before getting up violently.

“Y/n, it’s not the first time it happens! Many times I have seen marks on you, I always tried to think that maybe it was something private of yours or something fortuitous, I tried to think that maybe the faggot you have as a boyfriend was not such an idiot, he was so wrong! Now I will go and I swear that he will suffer so much that he will have to beg me to kill him.”

Mike took his jacket and you felt your abdomen contract when you noticed that he was serious, you could see the anger in his eyes, you were really scared. Before he could get to the door, you stood in front of him and kissed him desperately, you didn’t know if the desire was because of his attitude, his touch and that you had been feeling lust for him for a long time, anyway you managed to distract him.

His body relaxed and although it took him a few seconds to reciprocate, he took your waist and attached you more to him when he didn’t touch the area you had sensitive, as if he had also been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Mike’s thoughts were in a spiral of emotions, he was confused, although he also knew that you were possibly doing it to distract him, anyway, he knew that he would never leave you close to that man again. The kiss intensified and you took your arm to walk towards his room, your desire was wild, you needed it, now.

“Y/n, wait.” You stopped at the door of his room, waiting for what the boy had to tell you, you left some wet kisses on his neck while waiting for his answer, feeling his body tense at your touch. “No, y/n, I don’t want this like that, I don’t even wanna fuck, I just like you.” Of course he wanted to, Mike wanted it more than anything but he wasn’t willing to make you think that he only wanted that with you.

“Mike, fuck love, we can do this shit forever if it’s just lust.” You said before kissing him as if it were the last thing you would do in your life.

[imagobin]

🩵Leorio Boyfriend HCs🩵

Because we need more Leorio content!! Here's just a lil love story in the form of HCs as I often do... cause I can't just make a list of stuff lmao enjoyyy! I can feel my HxH phase dwindling but I still wanted to put these ones out here.

Meeting at the library:

It was kind of cliché, he saw you struggling to get a book from a high-up shelf, and after getting it for you, Leorio mostly just went on with his business.

However, it is difficult not to meet people more than once when you're all in a campus, so needless to say, you and Leorio would accidentally be seeing each other a lot in the library, getting ready for exams and the like.

Things took a turn when one afternoon, after classes, you saw him in the library, sitting at a desk and looking a bit glum. At this point you're not even really acquaintances, you two just know the other exists, and sometimes you wave at each other... but it's not normal for him to look so down.

You decide to just casually sit next to him, it wouldn't be the first time that's happened anyway... you try to act normally study for a bit, trying to find the right moment to ask him if everything is okay, until you hear him sigh for like- the third time in five minutes. You finally pose the question.

At first, Leorio tries to convince you it's nothing... but it doesn't take much for him to actually talk about what's on his mind. Three minutes of complete silence were enough to convince him to spill the beans. He needs to talk about it with someone, and the person he knows from the library is the closest thing he's got to a friend!

He ends up rambling to you about his troubles with actually keeping his grades high, plus the worry the friends he's made outside of college will drift away from him, one already is, it's making him stressed and he's struggling to focus on studying as a consequence, BUT HE WANTS TO BE A DOCTOR REAL BAD!!

You listen to him, a little baffled that it took so little for the floodgates to open.

Grabbing Coffee:

The following day, Leorio is acting a bit more awkward around you... he can't believe he actually talked so much about his own problems to someone he barely even knew... and he was 100% sober when he did that.

He's very grateful that you actually listened to him though, so... to pay you back for being a good person, he asks if he can ever offer you a coffee or something sometime...

He's blushing. It's not romantic or anything... he does think you're pretty attractive though... I mean what do you expect, he's a simple guy, but this is REALLY just about paying you back! He swears to it!

And it really was like that the first time he asked you out for coffee.

It was a pleasant outing, you two finally got to talk properly. Leorio seems genuinely interested in what you mention about yourself, asking more questions, keeping the conversation alive.

What was supposed to be a one time thing, soon became a more frequent occurrence, until basically every day, after class, you two would meet up in that cafe to get a snack, a drink and chat.

The fact that Leorio was a naturally affectionate guy didn't help your developing feelings at all. It was not uncommon during your later "coffee dates", for him to let those goodbye hugs linger a bit longer, or for his arm to wrap around your shoulders whenever the conversation slowed down a bit and left room for a comfortable silence.

You liked that... and you liked that he was fun, a little dorky, and above all one of the kindest people you'd ever met.

On the other hand, he himself was trying to manage his feelings. He liked you, he knew he did, but he didn't know if he could handle both a relationship AND med school at the same time.

He'd have to juggle two things that were very important for him... and he was a passionate guy, meaning he always gave 100% in everything he was focused on... could he handle that?

Confession:

He finally realizes what he needs to do. You're the first person in a long loooong time that actually managed to understand him, he couldn't lose his chance with you.

The actual confession part was extremely anti-climactic, the fact your feelings were mutual was no secret, but it was definitely nice to hear you say you felt the same.

From then on, things became definitely more... cuddly.

Studying in the library had become a rarer occurrence, because Leorio had found another prime spot to study on... your lap.

You'd think that would distract him, but actually it just helped him relax and focus better... also head pats while he's studying, extremely important to avoid headaches.

Thanks to your relationship, his stress has gone down and he's been able to perform better in tests!

Of course, he's not all about studying and books. He makes sure to take you on dates frequently, whether you like more relaxed homey dates like watching movies together, or taking you out to dance- everything's game to him, as long as you're having fun!

And the cuddles and kisses?? They're the absolute best. He picks you up effortlessly every time, wraps himself around you, peppers your face, neck and shoulders with kisses- the whole thing.

I'm not joking, he's really affectionate, and it helps him relax too.

He can hold back on the PDA if you're not into it, but when it's just the two of you, it's cuddle hour until either you pull away, or he falls asleep.

[novelmonger]

Finally got around to watching Wish (mainly so I could form my own opinions about it), so I want to lock in my own opinions before I go look at all the criticisms of it I've been saving up since it came out :P

Overall, it was...fine? Not spectacularly good, not spectacularly bad. Kinda forgettable and pathetic for what was supposed to be Disney's "look at us we've been making animated movies for 100 years," but I've certainly seen worse from this studio.

As always, no matter what else I think of the movie, Disney always delivers on quality animation. Nothing groundbreaking, but I did like how it kind of looked 2D sometimes even though it was clearly all 3D though Klaus did it way better.

That being said, why did it look so much like Tangled? I don't just mean the palette-swap Disney seems to be using for every "princess"-like character these days, with the big eyes and the same basic facial structure. I mean that even the color scheme of purple and gold was the same. I loved Asha's hair, but the way it fell looked an awful lot like Rapunzel's sometimes (though obviously much shorter). Even some of her movements just looked like they recycled the animation from Tangled.

The songs were actually kinda catchy, though I didn't like the "You're a Star" song or whatever it's called. Best song by far was the duet with Asha and the villain. Also, I was expecting there to be more songs.

I'm sure everyone and their brother has already talked about this, but the villain felt lazily handled. His sudden descent into evil was too abrupt and too...all-encompassing? I could kind of see where they could have gone with him, someone with genuinely good intentions who takes it too far and decides the ends justify the means. But they made him too selfish and "mwahaha power!" so he just ended up boring.

The message that "if you dabble in forbidden magic even once, you're giving yourself to it for all eternity" was a surprisingly dark one for Disney, and not one I agree with at all. I would have much preferred to see even the tiniest smidge of a redemption for him. He can still get thrown in the dungeon at the end! But they had this whole scene about another character being forgiven for his actions in the movie, so why is the villain beyond redemption?

I get that this is a kids' movie, and I don't exactly expect a hard magic system from Disney, but how on earth does the star magic even work?! If everybody's a star, why does wishing on the stars in the sky work differently than just making a wish to yourself? Clearly the star has significant magic power, but if everybody has that power within them already, why does Asha need a magic wand to do things with it? How does everybody still have star power inside them if their wishes have been taken away or destroyed? I don't need everything about magic in any given story explained to me in scientific detail, but everything about the magic in this movie felt so arbitrary and convenient.

I'm sure I'm not the first person to point out that each one of Asha's friends corresponds to one of the seven Dwarves. I was patting myself on the back for figuring that out for myself, because I usually don't notice Easter eggs like that without someone pointing them out, but then they made it totally obvious at the end anyway -_-

I really wish the animals didn't start talking. Normally, I don't mind that in Disney movies; I kind of expect it, even. But every word that passed through Valentino's lips made me want to kick a baby goat. Not a pleasant experience.

You know, I just realized I think the only time I laughed in the whole movie was that moment when they open the door and see the chickens having a dance party. I usually have more fun with Disney movies, but there were too many times in this movie where it felt like they were trying too hard to be funny, and just ended up being kind of cringe. (Contrast that to Tangled, which still leaves me splitting my sides every time I watch it!)

What was Asha's mother's wish?! I kept waiting for them to show it, and started to think it was going to be something super important to the plot or something...but no. Just left a mystery forever.

The star was very cute.

I liked the pictures of all the animated movies in the credits. That was a nice glance back through the past hundred years. But did I blink and miss it, or did they leave off Meet the Robinsons and The Wild? I don't like either of those movies, but...weren't they Disney?!

[king-paimon]

Houseki no Kuni Chapter 100 Thoughts: Simplicity

Hello, everyone! I hope you all have been fairing well for the past couple of months. Several catastrophic events have been happening across the world during this time and I wish all the best to those who are negatively affected by them.

I just finished reading Houseki no kuni’s 100th chapter and... it was fine. It was a cute chapter and the final pages seem to suggest something important will happen in the next chapter. But personally speaking, while I liked the chapter overall, I guess I expected a bit more since A) It’s chapter 100, and B) we had to wait several months to get it. 

I understand if others don’t feel the same way I do and you can share how you felt on this post. Don’t get me wrong; I liked the chapter overall, especially because we got to see Phos having a nice time with the new rock species (until the end). But with that being said, I know I enjoyed previous chapters more. Compared to those chapters, this chapter felt a little subpar, especially when keeping in mind what I said above, aka the hype around the release of the chapter. So, yeah...while I liked the chapter, it was a little bit disappointing. Perhaps this intended and was to serve as yet another “calm before the storm” chapter. We’ll see!

Anyways, despite my "okay-ish” view of the chapter overall, I do have a few things to say about it. It gets surprisingly philosophical in one part so I hope you don’t mind. I may add more to this over time, but we’ll see. As always, please feel free to share your thoughts, especially on what you think the end of the chapter means! I’m genuinely curious to know what you guys thought of it.

Enjoyment of Simplicity: Cute Little Rocks Being Cute

I will reiterate again about how cute this chapter was. Phos’ interactions with the pebble are honestly really precious. Also, I didn’t realize how small the pebble was! I don’t know why but knowing this makes it cuter somehow!

The discovery of the other rock organisms was also pleasant, and I’m fascinated by the fact they are all different in almost every way. To me, this further reiterates how this new species are not like the previous inhabitants. They are not cookie cutter copies of one another with small differences distinguishing one from another. These new rocks have different appearances, ways of moving, and ways of communication. Part of me believes that’s one of the reasons why Phos like these rock organisms.

But other than this new species seemingly not sharing a connection to their past (I’ll get into that in the next section), I think what Phos likes about them the most is their simplicity. Not just by how they look and move, but by how they view the world and enjoy what is. Phos is clearly learning how to adopt that view and after everything they experienced, this was needed.

Look at how the chapter starts. Phos is just with their little pebble friend, singing to each other while “gazing” at the world around them and the little bugs giving them flowers. Nothing is bothering them and they are just enjoying the moment without a care in the world. After everything, especially after the seemingly endless number of emotionally and physically damaging course of events, being able to just live in the moment must feel nice. 

Isn’t it funny how Phos ended up going from wanting to do big things at the beginning of the story because they felt unfulfilled and lonely, to be doing small and seemingly mundane things but is enjoying themselves with company? Maybe having the right company and a new mindset was what Phos really needed. I know it’s not that simple and there were many factors that contributed to Phos’ journey through this story. But thinking about how they are in this chapter had me thinking...

How would the events of the story have played out at the beginning if Phos had their current mindset? I’m certain I’ve brought this up in previous posts and I know others have thought this as well, but what would have happened if Phos had decided to NOT go beyond their means and instead learned to enjoy what they had and not on what they didn’t have. This again goes back to my previous post about the last chapter, about how Phos had an unquenchable desire for an unfulfillable goal. Perhaps if Phos didn’t constantly chase after their unrealized dream and focused on what they had, maybe they could have had a happier life. It would have been simple, but if could have prevented a lot of the suffering they experienced.

But then again, living the simplest has it’s own drawbacks too, including self-sabotaging personal growth. If you oversimplify your life to the point that you prevent yourself from experiencing things and learning from them, you’re stunting yourself and that could hurt you just as bad as experiencing the bad stuff. I realize I went on a tangent, but I hope what I said makes sense. 

Anyways, I find the contrast between how Phos was during different points of the story to how they are now is very intriguing. It looks like they are finally happy.

At least until those final pages of this chapter.

Phos’s Final State: Breakdown or Final Fulfillment?

Before I made this post, I saw a few people have already shared their reactions and many of them share the same thought: What the heck happened at the end of the chapter? Why did Phos gelatinate/turn into a puddle? Did they just die? This is clearly something new because during these past few chapters, it’d been shown to us that Phos’s new form had never changed, even after the long periods of time. So this change is significant, but what does it mean? What happened to Phos and why? After thinking about it and reviewing what led to that final image, I have three current theories. I’ll do my best to explain them and if you need further explanation, please let me know and I’ll add more details!

The first (and second) theory is speculative, but perhaps this form is another physical manifestation of Phos’s emotional state and is supposed to indicate that they had a mental breakdown. I thought this because it seemed Phos reacted this way because of what the pebble said. After reading what the writing rock wrote, Phos seemed fine for the most part and didn’t fully understand the significance of the words. But when the pebble reiterated what was said and seemed to understand their significance, that was when Phos became a puddle. Why? Well... What if the rocks making this revelation made Phos think about their past again, thus causing them to breakdown in mourning? 

I consider this my weakest theory, but I’ll do my best to explain it. After being with the pebble for so long, perhaps Phos thought they were finally able to move on from their past with the now deceased human descendants. But the rocks had unintentionally reopened wounds Phos thought had healed and caused them to spiral again. I hope this isn’t the case because it would contradict Phos’ actions and feelings from the previous chapters.

For my second theory, it’s a slightly different take on the first theory: what if the pebble’s revelation the was meant to indicate to Phos that the Gems, Lunarians, and Admirabilis are not completely gone? Yes, they no longer exist in this new world, but what if what was left of them now lives on in the new rock organisms? Basically, these rocks could be sort of reincarnations of the deceased human descendants and this realization is what causes Phos to literally breakdown?

This theory is what I was hinting at in the previous section. Like I said before, I believe one of the reasons Phos liked the rocks is because they seemed to bare no connection to their past with the human descendants. But these last few pages seem to indicate otherwise, with the new rock species stating to Phos that they are connected to them. This leads me to the belief that instead of becoming complete nothingness like Gems, Lunarians, Admirabilis and Phos had hoped, their broken down “essence” had essentially spread like confetti in this new world and parts of them now live anew in these new species. This concept is based on some religious, spiritual and philosophical beliefs that are similar in nature to this; basically, the belief is that once you perish, your spiritual and physical essence is “redistributed” into the world. This belief can be connected to the concept of reincarnation; to me, the concepts are very similar but not exactly the same.

In context of this theory, either concept could work; the rocks could contain remnants of the disintegrated human descendants or they are their reincarnations. Either way, my theory is that Phos made that connection and this is what causes them to breakdown or reexperience trauma.

Edit to add for those who didn’t see the reblog: Thank you @undine-taz​ and @mailgirl-bellwether​ for bringing up Buddhism! Yes, Buddhism is one of the religions that came to mind when this theory was conjured up. My understanding of Buddhism is limited and I didn’t want to make baseless claims, so I initially omitted this in the post. But yes, Buddhism played a role in this theory. And since there’s heavy Buddhism symbolism throughout the story, maybe this theory isn’t completely baseless.  

My third theory is different from the other two; they revolved around the belief that Phos is having a mental/physical breakdown in response to the new rock species. My third theory instead focuses on the possibility that Phos realized that they no longer need to be there? What if after bringing these species together and them coming to their own revelations, Phos felt that they weren’t needed anymore and just allowed themselves to “die?” That they fulfilled their final purpose in this new world by helping build, or initiating the build, of a new world for the inhabitants. Phos got to enjoy the fruits of their grueling and unfair labor with the pebble and now that they brought it to other organisms that are like it, Phos is no longer needed... and decides to release their final form and slowly fall apart until there’s nothing left.

I don’t have a lot of evidence for this theory other than it being abundantly clear that whatever happened at the end of this chapter was unusual based on the pebble’s reaction. These were just the theories that popped into my head after rereading the chapter a few times. Please feel free to share what you guys think, including your own theories on what happened at the end of the chapter!

What’s Going On In Your Head, Ms. Ichikawa?

Well... I’m glad to see that chapter 100 was not the last chapter of the story since it ended on a cliffhanger. But the question is... now what? Where is this story going and how is it going to end? This chapter has once again made it very unclear; Ms. Haruko Ichikawa is way too good at that and I’m still debating if that’s a good or a bad thing.

Anyways, thanks to the cliffhanger, we know for sure that there will be more to this story. What it’ll entail?... No clue; I’ve given up guessing for the time being. But I can’t wait to find out and, honestly, I can’t wait for the story to end. Despite my gripes with it, including how I felt about this chapter, I’m still glad I’ve stuck to this story for so long and I can’t wait to see what happens. I just hope it’ll be worth it. 

[eleanorfenyxwrites]

WIP Wednesday

Saw a post celebrating leather daddies (as we SHOULD) and immediately got reminded of my little hint at NMJ and MY being into the leather scene in my 3zun extra for my 70’s AU so. Anyway I definitely 100% needed another new wip, I was running low 💀

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Lan Xichen arrives home from work to his phone ringing. He contemplates not answering — there’s a big case most of the firm has been assigned to work on, and many of his colleagues Lan Xichen has not yet had the…pleasure of working with don’t seem to have much respect for personal time like his usual team does.

The ringing stops as he’s untying his shoes, and starts again just as he’s sliding his feet into his house slippers. A little spike of worry wriggles its way under his ribs. Of course it isn’t only people from the office who have his phone number, and if it’s his family calling then to do so this late (and so insistently) would mean an emergency.

He hurries into the kitchen to answer it, the cool, heavy plastic creaking a little in his grip as he lifts it to his ear.

“Hello?”

“Er-ge,” Meng Yao practically purrs on the other end and every bit of nebulous anxiety abruptly fizzles out to be replaced by something much sweeter.

“A-Yao,” Xichen replies with a tender little curl of a smile. He switches to Mandarin to continue, “I wasn’t expecting to hear from you until tomorrow, what a pleasant surprise.”

“Were you working late again, gege?”

“I was. You may scold me as much as you like.”

“So forward!” A-Yao laughs, catching the innuendo just as Xichen had intended. “You want to come out tonight? We could do something about that scolding if you want, though I actually had more of a special treat in mind.”

Xichen closes his eyes and doesn’t even try to stop smiling like a fool. He knows what he should say — it’s late, it’s only Wednesday and he has work in the morning.

“What’s my treat?” he asks instead, because anything but seeing his boyfriends a day earlier than anticipated seems like unnecessary torment, and he’s trying not to punish himself either intentionally or not anymore, as per said boyfriends’ request.

“The bar’s understaffed tonight, literally no one available to cover the first shift, so Da-ge has caved to the inevitable and agreed to do it. He’s a sight to see, I promise it’ll be worth the trip.”

“You and Mingjue-ge are always worth the trip,” Xichen argues. He smiles wider to hear A-Yao laugh and turn his head to call out what he’d said to Mingjue, barely muffled by, Xichen assumes, his hand over the receiver.

There’s a bit of a scuffle and a waspish, “Go pick it up in our room, you animal!” that Xichen stifles a laugh at, easily imagining Mingjue using his bulk and much longer reach to manhandle the phone away from A-Yao.

“You suck-up,” Mingjue grumbles in his ear, the words clumsy but tinged with his amusement. (His Mandarin isn’t quite as fluid as A-Yao’s, but they all agreed it was the best way to keep Xichen’s lily-white neighbors from overhearing something dangerous should they pick up and catch them saying something private on the neighborhood party line.)

“I only speak the truth! You’re always worth seeing, gege.”

Mingjue grumbles some more under his breath, some mixture of English and the dialect that Xichen has only ever heard Mingjue and his brother use (and barely understands even when spoken clearly), before he sighs and says, “Come to the bar, A-Huan. You’ll have fun, we want to see you.”

“Alright, you’ve twisted my arm,” Xichen laughs. “I’ll be there, ge, don’t worry.”

“Good.”

Xichen’s heart stutters in his chest at the sound of a click, someone new connecting in.

“It’s just me, I picked up the other line,” A-Yao soothes, anticipating his fear with his usual ease. “So you’re coming, yes?”

Xichen exhales the fresh tension with a hum. “Mn, I’d love to. I’ll have to leave early in the morning though.”

A-Yao tuts softly, the sort of gentle disapproval that can send both Xichen and Mingjue to their knees to apologize in a heartbeat. “That still leaves us plenty of time tonight. Just get here soon.”

“Quick as I can,” Xichen promises them both, painfully earnest in a way he knows they know to expect from him now.

[yuesya]

hey there it is chainsaw man makima-planned-it-all-along theory anon

I was not expecting such a detailed response! Thanks for going the extra mile and replying with long paragraphs :)

I do believe a lot in my theory so here’s me grasping at straws. Feel free to ignore this next part as I debate poorly. Especially since it is all speculation with no proper evidence haha.

1) I would say that makima did a “to fool your enemies, you must first fool your allies” plan since it would be odd if the special divisions were under attack but not her. She can take any hit on her anyways.

Pretty sure she could have chosen to kill off Sawatari any time too but it is because the team had yet to accomplish their duty of fooling everyone that the gun devil is out there trying to get to denji.

I speculate that Makima probably controlled some random offscreen extra to make the deal with Sawatari to kill all special divisions people.

Side note: I did not mean to imply that Sawatari was part of Public Safety but rather I did mean the same thing that you said which was wearing the Public Safety Uniform meant that you were under Makima’s control.

2) I can’t argue with you there HAHAHA 🏳️ Especially since the president of America summoned the gun devil specifically to kill her.

3) Makima wanted to take out the weaker people in her division since she had no use for them. She had accurately estimated that Aki, Power and Denji would survive. The fiends were of more use to her too. (Narrative-wise, the mangaka just wanted to focus on a few people only)

(Please do not mistake me for a Makima simp, I am 100% all for Denji’s happiness and I hate Makima for what she did) (The only reason why I continued reading on to Part 2 was so that I could ultimately see Denji being happy with his life)

TLDR: I have read a lot of your other works previously. They’re all great and I am looking forward to whatever you will write!! I found zenith of stars first on ao3 but it only clicked that yuesya = xXZuiliu when I went to fanfiction dot net and found the jjk fanfic there as well haha (something that I knew but had now forgotten - no wonder the style of summary was so familiar)

It was a pleasant surprise to see that you have also written works for jjk and csm! Can’t wait to read whatever you have in store :>

Hihi~ As you may have sussed out by this point I tend to get a bit rambly sometimes haha. It's fun theorizing things!

Honestly, as long as the manga doesn't outright confirm or deny anything, I think you could probably argue both ways on this particular topic! Although I will admit, looking back on Arc 1 and considering the overall narrative, Makima does seem verrryy 'sus.' ;3

(More below the cut:)

1. I definitely agree with you that Makima getting attacked was a smokescreen (her conversation with Kishibe after he trains Denji and Power seems to suggest that as well). Although, it's not so much 'Makima being attacked' that stands out to me as it is, 'Makima being attacked with the honest intent to murder.'

You could argue that this was done on purpose, because it would be blatantly suspicious if everyone else was attacked with murderous intent but only Makima got off lightly. But then, considering that prior to the end of Arc 1, no one really knew that Makima was a devil who could regenerate from fatal injuries. If Sawatari was aware and acting under Makima's orders, she probably wouldn't have actually gone and murdered Makima.

This would be a moot point if Sawatari was unaware that Makima was the one holding the reins from the shadows, possibly using some intermediary to interact with Sawatari instead and set things in motion. Which is also a valid possibility.

Apologies for the misunderstanding on the Public Safety uniform!

2. Tacking on to governments using the Gun Devil: This isn't entirely relevant to the current topic of 'mastermind Makima,' but I also just wanted to briefly bring up the topic of non-governmental usage of guns as well, since I forgot to mention it last time lol.

Canonically, we know that governments produce and regulate firearms. However, I am also of the belief that not all guns are directly related to governmental offices.

If the government does its best to regulate something, then there is definitely going to be a black market for it. And no matter how strictly it's controlled, people are going to find ways around it if profit is involved. Arms trafficking seems like it might be very lucrative in CSM-verse, so I'm betting that there are also guns circulating outside of direct governmental oversight in this world.

3. I honestly didn't think about it as Makima weeding out the weaker devil hunters, actually! Although that's definitely how things ended up turning out, much to her advantage. For me, I think Makima cutting down on the numbers was to have a smaller division (mostly devils/fiends) that would presumably be easier to influence and control. More importantly-

Denji.

Killing off the majority of human devil hunters among the Special Divisions drastically reduced the number of people Denji potentially could've interacted with. Made friends with, or learned from.

Remember that drinking party with Special Division 4? The other division members were all older adults (most likely Himeno's age and older). Who would, presumably, want to look out for a minor shanghaied into being a devil hunter, and might care for his wellbeing as they come to know him. Which may very well conflict with Makima's plans for Denji, so they had to go. This way, the only kind of 'normal' that Denji will know is the 'normal' that Makima provides him.

Aki looks out for Denji, but Aki is fairly young, and I think he looks out for Denji more from the perspective of a brother rather than an adult. Also, he's obedient to Makima's orders, whereas some of the other Special Division 4 members had mentioned that the drinking party was their first time even seeing Makima in person, if I remember correctly.

The only survivors of the assault were devils/fiends under Makima's power, or subordinate devil hunters that Makima could easily command (Aki, Kobeni).

... Kishibe being the exception, but you can't look at Kishibe and seriously tell me you think he would be a responsible, well-meaning adult in the traditional sense. xD A normal adult would look at Denji and get the poor kid therapy, maybe hire tutors and/or send him to school and ease him back into society for a happy, normal life. The less said about what happened during Denji's first encounter with Kishibe, the better.

Another happy side effect of killing off of most of Special Division 4: Makima gets to study how Denji reacts to the deaths of his coworkers, and is probably able to fine-tune how she should manipulate him from there based off of his reaction.

... Makima is scary, I definitely wouldn't want to meet her LOL.

But ANYWAYS thanks for sharing your thoughts!! Always happy to toss around ideas haha. Thanks for reading my other fics, too~

Yeah, so the pen name thing may have caused some confusion. ;;; Back when I first signed up for an Ao3 account, I wanted to change my pen name, hence 'Yuesya.' But then I realized that all the chapters I posted on FFN were signed off as 'XxZuiliu.' I instantly concluded that there was absolutely no way I was going to go back and change everything, but I also didn't want to cause major confusion to anyone reading my fics.

... And that's the story of how I ended up with two pen names! xD

[sokuroda]

i haven’t done another one of these in literal months. it is January and the last I posted about things I completed was in November.

Mob Psycho 100 S3 -

my favorite show ever. I don’t even know what to say. i only got into mob like 2 years ago and im so glad i did. i sobbed at the ending. it was very bittersweet but i was so so happy for everyone. mob’s growth made me so so happy. genuinely just such a good show and i got my brother and my friend to watch mob too and they really enjoyed it. this is kind of a ridiculous statement to use in regards to a show but yknow, if i loved mob psycho less id be able to talk about it more. just so many emotions. the finale happened and one of my friends got several voice messages of me crying and just talking about it. i would really like to read the manga for it at some point, and i do plan to read the reigen spin-off as i do actually own it.

Cowboy Bebop -

I started watching this a few years ago and never finished so I thought I should finally come back to it, and it was worth it. It’s so good. The last few episodes made me sad. Just all the, lore episodes I guess, generally caused me a lot of pain. Ed and Ein leaving broke my heart. And honestly Faye’s backstory really got me. THE SONG THAT PLAYED DURING THAT PART TOO!!! SO GOOD. and don’t even get me started on Spike :( I did really like the cowboy episode though, the one with the YMCA or Young Men’s Cowboy Association. was a good episode, and the fridge lobster creature episode haunts me to this day.

Spy x Family - it’s just wholesome. always makes me laugh and is really a no thought head empty show and i enjoy that. i do keep up with the manga for this but it’s always nice to see it animated.

Chainsaw Man - obviously very positive thoughts about this one I love chainsaw man. Suffering from actual brain rot. the vibes are very different from the manga, it’s more cinematic ig but I do think it’s a great adaptation. The intro and all the outros are so good. Especially the Hayakawa family outro. I loved the voice actors. BEAM!!! His va is so good. I love just all the insane laughter from all the characters it brings me so much joy. I love chainsaw man !!!!

Vinland Saga - my brother is so into Vinland saga. And he has told me about it before. I thought I’d watch it because I knew a new season was coming out, and obviously he had hyped it up so much. And it was absolutely worth the hype. I binged like 16 episodes in a day and would have finished it in a day if I didn’t go see Puss in Boots ( which very good btw) It’s in my top 10 now, im not really one come up with a top 10 or anything. But if I had one Vinland Saga is definitely up there. I liked like all the characters. Thorfinn is great. Askeladd is so fucking cool. Canute and Thorkell phenomenal. Can’t believe thorfinn is so short too, like bro is minuscule im ngl. but anyways !!! Even like Bjorn I enjoyed. I was genuinely sad when he died. But anyways. I love Vinland saga too!!!

Kekkai Sensen/Blood Blockade Battlefront -

This wasn’t bad at all! Idk if I’ll watch the second season, but the first one wasn’t too bad. I did start watching it solely because of the outro, and yknow what the outro is really good and does make me very happy so I do stand by that decision. Was not expecting to hear Zoro’s VA in this so that was a pleasant surprise. Zapp overall was just a wild character, and he had a tiny ass waist like wtf was that all about. Anyways, was enjoyable overall.

Terror in Resonance - this show is so good. from what i can remember the music in it is good. There was a song I really liked but idk what it’s called unfortunately. It’s a good show to just binge. I liked it a lot. I cried at the end. I wasn’t expecting that to happen given like the premise of the show, I went into the show just thinking it was about terrorists, and to certain extent it is but also it’s more than that. Anyways, I guess I should’ve assumed things wouldn’t all be wonderful and happy by the end, but man… lots of really cool things within this show and overall just enjoyable though, so id definitely recommend!

currently watching - attack on Titan, one piece (im at thriller bark), buddy daddies, bungo stray dogs s4, and Vinland Saga S2

[crystal-in-nagasaki]

mitsui greenland

In May as the weather got more and more pleasant, I made a trip to an amusement park in Kumamoto prefecture called Greenland with a group of friends. I had been hearing about this park from many of my students over the years, so I was very excited to check it out. I'm a big fan of roller coasters, but walked in with low expectations thinking that the rides would be small and not that thrilling. While I was sort of right about the coasters not being terribly big, I was pleasantly surprised with just how enjoyable Greenland was, and by the large variety of fun rides!

According to Greenland's website, they host over 70 different types of attractions, the most of any amusement park in Japan. They also have many restaurants, food stands, and shops.

The entrance fee for an adult is 2000 yen (about $20 USD), but in order to enjoy attractions you must either buy a number of tickets for each attraction or buy an attraction pass for an additional 4000 yen ($40 USD), which means an adult with an attraction pass will cost 6000 yen in total. It's a bit expensive, but comparable to amusement parks in the US and the lines weren't nearly as long. My partner isn't a fan of roller coasters and didn't want to buy the pass, but I got her one anyway and we found that there were so many things to do that didn't involve big rides that buying the pass for her was well worth the money.

The only complaint I really have about Greenland is that they were only open from 9:30 to 5:00, whereas amusement parks in the US usually stay open later into the evening. The park was so big and there were so many things to do and 8 hours is really not enough time to see it all. Ultimately I ended up missing out on some of the bigger rides because we never made it around to the other side of the park, and I wish I could've tried them!

Anyway, I'll share a bit more in detail about some of the attractions we tried at Greenland.

When we first entered, some of my friends and I first got on the merry-go-round. Although this is obviously a ride for children and families, my friends and I were prepared to experience anything and everything, so we happily climbed on top of the colorful plastic horses and it was a fun start to the day.

From there, we headed around to the nearest ride we could find, which was this tall swing ride. It was pretty standard, but still fun and a little thrilling to be high up in the air.

Next we headed to our first roller coaster called NIO, which was a hanging coaster with lots of loops. It was really thrilling, but I don't always enjoy these kinds of coasters because the momentum just makes me bang my head around on the sides of the seat and I end up walking away with sore ears. But the design was still really cool!

Unfortunately, NIO did not agree with one of my friends and she needed a few minutes to sit and rest, so my partner and I rode the ferris wheel and some other small rides to pass the time while she recovered.

The ferris wheel was huge and gave us a big view of the rest of the park.

Near the ferris wheel were some small children's rides, but that didn't stop us and we rode whichever ones we could fit in, including one ride where you go in a circle while shooting water at lit up targets. It was really cute.

There was also a section with an arcade and some carnival-type games, so some of my friends played a shooting game together.

Some of us next got on a ride called the Skyjet, which was misleading because it actually moved incredibly slow. But it was still pleasant and we got to enjoy a scenic view of the park on our ride.

Greenland also had a small petting zoo area that you could enter with a ride pass. We paid about 100 yen ($1 USD) for a cup of carrots and fed some cute farm animals. My girlfriend loves pigs and goats, so she was really excited to feed them.

At the petting zoo they also had a lot of dogs! There was an outdoor area for them, but when we came by they were taking a rest in a shaded pavilion. We were able to enter their area to pet and play with them, but most of them were sleeping, including this big floofer who flopped down right in front of the entrance.

Next we hopped on this cute chairlift ride to take us to another area of the park. There were no seatbelts and only a net below to catch us, so it was a little sketchy, but overall it was fun and nice to float down to the next area.

After we got off the chairlift, we headed to a race track ride where you could drive a small car down a track. It was fun and looped near the other rides, so it was an interesting use of the space.

Across from this ride we got on a train ride that seemed to be thematically somewhere between wild west, outer space, and world travel. We rode a train around a small lake and used guns mounted on the sides to shoot at aliens that had invaded. Along the track were also various decorations of landmarks from other countries. It was really silly and fun.

After this we got on another gondola-like ride and crossed over the small lake to yet another part of the park. The park was so big but it was cool that there were so many rides designed to take you around to all the various areas.

From there we got on ANOTHER chairlift ride, which took us up to the top of a hill where we entered a haunted house attraction. The haunted attraction was meant to be an abandoned school. I didn't take any pictures inside, but it was creepy and had many detailed grotesque props reminiscent of the Japanese horror genre. In one room, we walked past several old fashioned toilet stalls, with each stall holding a new horror within. My friends made me walk in front, so I tried to be brave!

From there we took the chairlift ride back down to catch a few more rides before closing time.

The last ride I was able to make it on was the GAO roller coaster, which was shaped like a dinosaur. Even the coaster cars had a little dinosaur sitting in the driver's seat, which was so cute. This was the only other true roller coaster I rode in the whole day, and it was pretty fun!

Like I mentioned before, I was a bit disappointed that they closed so early because I wasn't able to enjoy more rides, but I was surprised by the sheer variety of rides and how fun they were despite not being overly thrilling. Almost everything I rode was extremely tame, but somehow they all managed to be very enjoyable and it was overall a really fun day.

Whether you like thrilling rides or not, if you're the type of person that loves to try something new and fun, I definitely recommend Greenland!

Thanks for reading!

[coccyodynia]

i was wrapping pizza up in foil so it wouldn't go bad, and i was reminded of the way wrapping up leftovers at the end of a family event was such an effort. there was always this whole commotion between sue and my mom and amber and debi about who was taking which leftovers home. like the most stressful 20 minutes of the night is when everyone is trying to leave but "wait! who wants to take the rest of the turkey home?!"

so anyway i was thinking about this, as i wrapped up my french bread pizzas, and i realized this memory of my childhood didn't feel bad. like i was expecting to be fully in a flashback - almost 100% anytime something from my childhood comes up it's a ptsd flashback - but this felt warm and home-y and unique in a good way, not a bad way.

this is my way of saying that i haven't really ever had a pleasant childhood memory come up, so it felt really strange and unfamiliar to think of my childhood and not be in a trauma symptom.

but this is also my way of saying ptsd is kicking my ass lately

[sillymiya]

tldr; 🚫 COMMISSIONS 🚫

Hi friends, I just wanted to pop in and get something off of my chest that’s been weighing me down this morning and to explain why I will not be taking commissions. First off, I’m extremely appreciative of all the support and encouragement that I have received from friends, family, and strangers that enjoy the art I create, and am truly grateful (and honestly surprised) that anyone would want to commission me as an artist. I started drawing as a hobby a little under two months ago, so my style is still evolving and I am still learning how to hone my craft. I share my art on social media in the hopes that it will bring a little bit of joy and color to peoples’ day with the full understanding that my art is not for everyone (and that’s 100% okay; it doesn’t bother me) and that I am still at the beginning of my art journey. In full transparency, my art is available for purchase via the links in my bio, but I have never treated anyone differently regardless of whether the support given to me was monetary or non-monetary. Again - I am happy if people simply enjoy the art I create and fully understand that there are people who do not/will not like it.

Someone recently reached out to ask if I would accept a commission for them as a gift to their family member, and being the newbie that I am to art, I was super excited and wanted to do this for them free of charge to express my gratitude. They said they didn’t want free work, so I humbly expressed my appreciation and waited for reference photos. I don’t want to get into the nitty gritty details of the DM or post receipts because I don’t feel that it’s necessary, but after sending them the completed drawing and resizing it to their liking, the conversation more or less ended up with them berating me about me not being responsive (not true), which then (for whatever reason) changed to me expecting them to respond faster (also not true; I have a full time job and respond to inquiries as soon as I am able and understand that people have lives), and they also went from (allegedly) loving my work to also pointing out that the drawing was not “done right”. They also decided to tell me they wanted two drawings after expressing they were “disappointed” with the one drawing that I had already sent. I ended up saying sorry that the drawing wasn’t to their liking,  referencing my art style in my posts, as well as telling them they could keep the drawing anyway (or not), free of charge as I initially told them, and complimented the subject that I drew. I wrapped up the conversation reiterating my gratitude for their request in the first place and their response (among less pleasant things) was, “that why I don’t deal with free work.” I wasn’t expecting a ‘thank you’ but I definitely wasn’t expecting *that* either, considering they were still (to my understanding) planning to gift my drawing to their family member after writing the recipient’s name on my drawing.

Should I have provided a payment link to them before starting the piece instead of assuming they could locate it themselves via my links? Yes. I didn’t have a firm stance on whether I would take commissions at the time, but this experience has solidified that for me. I let my excitement, naivety, and desire to provide a pleasant experience for someone out of the goodness of my heart rose-tint the reality of what would technically be (I guess) a business transaction.

I started drawing as a creative outlet and as a hobby that helped me to alleviate the stresses of daily life, and wanted to share my art in case it could do the same for others. While I will not be accepting commissions in order to protect my well-being, I am open to receiving technical feedback and requests for what you’d like to see as a subject in my art (which I may or may not accommodate). If you’ve read this far, thank you for taking the time out of your day to hear me out. And if you’re just skipping to the end because you wanted more context than the tldr; - thank you so much for the support and if you aren’t a fan of my art, thank you for stopping by.

Hope you have an amazing day 🤍

With gratitude,

miya ⊙ᴥ⊙