#anyways ughhh she's so messed up i adore her

[natasha-in-space]

So I'm replaying Ray's After ending rn, and it got me thinking that what I adore so much about Rika as an antagonist is just how damn scary she can be. I always found those who cause harm with good intentions (at least in their point of view) much scarier than those who hurt you with pure intention on hurting you. I think the best example of it is this CG in particular:

Look at that. Such a loving, gentle expression on her face. Probably kissing his forehead. Because she loves him. Heck, without any context, this CG looks even sweet, if you think about it. And yet, all that is while Saeyoung is forcefully sedated on a powerful concoction of drugs even a trained agent like him can't do anything about (and Saeyoung WAS definitely trained to deal with this sort of thing, hence it's mentioned that this is a 'special' kind of drugs). He looks miserable. Bags under his eyes, his expression pained and troubled, even his hair is paler than usual. All that as a direct result of her actions. But she's utterly blind to it. What's scarier, is that she knowingly shuts off her understanding of what's really happening. She's not oblivious to it at all. She just chooses not to see it that way. Simply because she doesn't want to.

Rika is the type of antagonist that will cup your cheek into her warm hand with the most loving of smiles on her face, all while you are getting elixir poured down your throat. Even whispering to you that you're doing great, that the pain will soon pass, and that she can't wait to see you reach the happiness she knows you deserve. I won't be surprised if she even cried genuine tears of compassion during some ceremonies for her believers. All while being the sole reason behind their suffering.

And that's... God, that's terrifying to me. I love that about her.

Rika Kim, they could never make me hate you

[elly99]

밍구리 먕먕

With no class on Wednesdays you had plans to sleep in, but instead you were woken up by notifications from Kim Minji, the NewJeans idol star, chatting with Bunnies on Phoning. With eyes half open you read:

"Yesterday when I was shopping someone came up to me and said, 'Minji, I just wanted to tell you that you're so adorable,' and then just left."

You whisper to yourself, "Mood. Whoever that was, same, bro," before falling asleep again. Nearly fifty minutes later you wake up again and catch up to the chat:

"You don't know 힝구리 퐁퐁? You just use it when you're a little upset."

This time you say aloud in your morning voice, "Ok, girl, you are adorable but who gave you the right to be this adorable?"

"Have a great day today, Bunnies! Don't be 힝구리 퐁퐁. Be 밍구리 먕먕."

"Ok, I'm done. That's too much, man," you say as you stand to get breakfast. When you come back with a bowl of cereal in your hands, you're greeted by notifications from Kim Minji, your girlfriend, chatting with just you.

"언니ㅣㅣ good morning 🤗💗"

"hey minji baby!! good evening to you 😚🌙"

"how are youuu"

"i'm good! just woke up to your chat on phoning"

"oh did i wake you up?"

"it's alright! needed to wake up anyway cuz it's almost noon. how was your day?"

"i had lots of fun! shopping and rehearsals. but i'm 힝구리 퐁퐁 cuz i miss you"

"i miss you too!! but i wanted to have a word with you about this 힝구리 퐁퐁 business. why are you being so cute today? i'd just woken up earlier and you were already trying to kill me"

"i'm only cute today? 😏"

"ugh you know what i mean! and stop smirking at me i'm already dying"

"ㅎㅎ just felt like it i guess. didn't mean to hurt my 언니~"

"bro shut up you know exactly what you're doing"

"my 여친~~ hehe 😏"

"BRO STOP"

"unnie can i call you? i wanna see your cute morning face before i go to bed"

"ughhh fiiine"

Quickly check to make sure you didn't make a mess of yourself after nearly spitting out the milk you were drinking earlier.

"Hey, unnie! You look adorable. Good morning!"

You have one hand partially covering your face in embarrassment. But your blushing was impossible to conceal.

"Hi, baby."

"I'm 밍구리 먕먕 now that I can see you," she says with her signature smile. "I love seeing you super shy. It's super cute."

"Please stop. You're being such a baby girl. I can't deal with it."

"Don't you like it, unnie? I'm your baby girl. Your 여자친구."

"Ok, that's it! You didn't have to spell it all out! I'm hanging up!"

"Ok then, unnie," she says, pouting. "사랑해뉴."

"Ugh, I'm not actually going. You're too cute. I love you."

"Hehe I knew it," she says smugly, putting on her signature smirk.

"No, you're really trying to kill me, I swear. 미쳤어?"

"Yeah, a little. I'm crazy in love with you."

[proudfreakmetarusonikku]

anyway for the Fucked Up Fire Nation Royal Family Analysis

i think it’s important to note that this is the last time in her life azula would have supportive adult guidance that wasn’t just flat out abusive, and it’s really sad to see, because she’s… a kid. a fairly normal kid. a mean one, but the reason is equally as sad to see- she idolises her father. she adores him, and kids at that age do imitate the behaviour of adults around them! azula's behaviour is an imitation of her father- she's so young it's almost certainly imitation of someone- and that behaviour is concerning.

she’s violent, callous, and you can already see a burgeoning manipulative streak within her (as much as it’s possible at her age- it’s transparently obvious bc she’s like. five or six years old she’s not really old enough to do it well). but she’s not the monster we‘ll see later on. most obviously, she seems to genuinely love her brother on some really messed up level. she drags him into her “games” (even if they’re basically just bullying) she drags him into her eavesdropping and she does genuinely warn him about the risk to his life- albeit in a cruel way. she wants to be around zuko! she doesn’t have a solid grasp on how to express that at all- since the person she admires and looks up to doesn’t even see her as a person but an extension of his own will- but she does care.

but by the time of the series, we'll see her actively just completely fine with killing her brother. even when she was eleven, she was happy to see his abuse. and the reason why, i think, is probably pretty obvious but also sad as shit and that’s the fact that the prior abuse zuko went through (and therefore, azula experienced by proxy- abusing one child in front of another is threat of harm and therefore abusive in turn) most likely started, or at least intensified, after the flashback seen in this episode.

which also means what we're seeing? the fucking sad scenes of baby zuko? yeah, they’re probably the happiest memories the poor kid had.

but yeah, anyway. while the children's mother was around, they at least had someone looking out for them- someone who would be able to do something to protect them and cares enough to do so. i absolutely think he was abusive before then- the fact azula, who idolises him enough to earnestly hope for him to become the fire lord, mimics abusive behaviour, is sign enough of that. for kids that young, bullying is in fact often an expression of a bad home life, because young children mimic what they were taught. but it had to be subtler, it had to be something that their mother couldn’t pick up on.

but once she was gone? once ozai was the fire lord, and not just a second son, a spare for if the heir were to perish? anyone who cared enough to stop it couldn’t. ozai had enough strength both martial and political it’d be essentially suicide. even iroh couldn’t do anything when zuko at thirteen was mutilated in front of him.

and from what we can gather, it seems a very clear scapegoat- golden child dynamic emerged. zuko was the primary victim of direct abuse, made to feel useless and humiliated for not living up to his sister, while azula grew up being made to watch this, internalising that she was superior to her brother and therefore had to be perfect else she’d meet the same abuse he did. and just. ughhh. poor kids. i mean this absolutely does not excuse either of them especially azula who's pretty clearly abusive towards her polycule but like. they were prisoners inside a gilded cage of a castle and treated like living extensions of a sadistic war criminals will. no wonder they became shitty people (and zuko is trying he's just mentally fucked from the abuse and believes he's the one in the wrong and therefore obsessively clings onto the excuse his father gave for abusing him and tirelessly works to change that into something his father would love because he sees approval and love from his father as a sign he’s doing good because he is sixteen. the latter part about approval applies to azula too but she’s also pretty clearly entirely uncaring about the morality side even if she does admire and love her father)

[btsqualityy]

today's chapter was adorable, thank you sm for uploading even tho you're so busy☺️I hope you can rest enough of the holidays! anyway i loved jin's part here.. the way he said it's okay if she doesn't say it back ughhh so sweet☺️☺️that was also the night they messed around for the first time and she let him get her off or am I wrong? i don't know if at this point, he already knows she's a virgin or not

No problem, I’m glad you liked it! To answer your question though, he does know and there’s a part coming up where they talk about it 😌

[putschki1969]

『Wakana Anime Classic 2021』 Tokyo ~ Live Commentary

9/4(Sat)@Kioi Hall <Day> Open14:00/Start15:00   ¥3,500 <Night> Open17:30/Start18:30 ¥3,500 Archive: ~September 11 e+「Streaming＋」：https://eplus.jp/wakana/st/ If you have the means, please be sure to buy tickets (available for purchase until September 11)! It is important that we support Wakana.

I have tickets for both the day as well as the evening performance and am planning to watch them live so as always, I will be posting my initial thoughts and impressions. I wonder if she will have any cool announcements for us today? Maybe a new release? It’s been a while T_T I wish she would land an anime tie-in gig! It would do wonders for her popularity [This post will be updated throughout the day]

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1. Yasashisa ni Tsutsumareta Nara: Edit: Oh no, I actually missed this. THANK GOD I have a ticket for the evening performance as well (and there is an archive). Ughhh, why did I mess up the time?! I am stupid. 2. Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa (Day )/Kimi wo Nosete (Night): Phew, I almost missed the start.  Anyways, Wakana looks GORGEOUS. So far I am really liking the piano-violin-cello arrangement, thought it would feel a bit lacking compared to last year’s live but it really doesn’t. Great start!!! I don’t think she sang this in Osaka. MC: Introduction of musicians. 3. Inochi no Namae: *sobs* Was dying to hear this live, it’s so much better than expected. I am blown away. This hits me right in the feels. How is her voice always going straight to my heart??! Goosebumps every single time! 4. Kaze no Toorimichi: Her voice is a bit breathy here, I think she is choosing this style on purpose but I am not a particularly big fan of it. Ahhhh, Loving her “ooooh”s! For the evening portion she changed her singing style a bit so she sounds less breathy. I like it much more this way. 5. Kimi wo Nosete (Day) / Mononoke Hime (Night): I think her performance of Kimi wo Nosete is much better than back in December. Maybe it’s the arrangement which is a tad slower so Wakana isn’t as rushed, not sure. Either way, her vocals are so much stronger here, at least imo. Ah, I see, her night performance setlist seems to be pretty much identical to her Osaka setlist. Makes sense to have Kaze no Toorimichi and Mononoke Hime back to back. perfect combo. Also, so happy I get to hear it again. This is one of the very few old-school anisongs I actually know. And Wakana’s version is to die for!! The arrangement was also breathtaking. MC The first half of her concert is dedicated to Ghibli pieces. The next piece concludes this section. 6. Toki ni wa Mukashi no Hanashi wo: The high parts are flawless here, love them so much. Her “dokoka de” at the end was a bit sudden tho XD INTERMISSION (20 min): She wore the lacey white dress we have already seen in pictures for the first half with her hair down and wavy. For the second half her hair is in an elaborate ponytail and she has changed into a gorgeous blue gown with a sparkling waist belt. So pretty!

7. Rain: Not my favourite cover song of hers but a lovely performance nonetheless 8. When She Loved Me (Day) / Utautai no Ballad (Night): Ahhh, so happy to have this back again. Unfortunately though, this was a bit shaky at times. Liked her version in December better. Will have to rewatch later. Rewatching it right now, my initial reaction was a bit off, Wakana’s performance was actually really good, not sure why I didn’t like it in the beginning. During the evening performance she sang Utautai no Ballad which was beautiful. The arrangement isn’t as epic as the one with 1966 QUARTET but Wakana’s vocals are TOP NOTCH, much better than last year (she ran a bit out of breath back then). 9. Bokura no Natsu no Yume: I suspected she would sing this because it was also part of her Osaka setlist. I listened to the original which didn’t impress me much. Wakana’s version on the other hand is absolutely beautiful, perfect for her voice. Her” whoooo”s towards the end KILLED me! SP FREAKING GOOD!! MC: Talk about the rainy weather. After all, she is the bringer of rain XD 10. Get Wild: Will never get tired of this. Such a perfect song for Wakana, who would’ve thought? Poor baby, I think she stumbled over her lyrics a bit in the beginning. But she recovered quickly. 11. Kimi Wa Taiyo: Another cover I was expecting since it was also part of the Osaka setlist. Everyone is clapping along and having fun. Not a huge fan of the original song or Wakanas version...Wakana is obviously having a blast but meh, she doesn’t sound too good singing this. Already liking this a bit more now that I am listening to it a second time during the evening performance. It will not become my favourite Wakana-cover but it’s actually a lot of fun (similar to Country Road actually). MC: She wants to hold many more lives like this in the future. It’s already time for the final song before the encore. 12. Ai ni Dekiru Koto wa Mada Aru kai: Nailed it. Perfection. EN. 13. Yatsura no Ashioto no Ballad: Wakana is back on stage with Sin. Initially I didn’t really like this song but by now I am honestly in love with it. MC: She wants to think of us all while singing this and brings back all musicians for this final song. EN. 14. Country Road (Day) / Yume no Yukue (Night): Ohhhh, I didn’t expect  Country Road. Thought she would be singing “Yume no Yukue” from her album. Was so sad when last year the live stream didn’t include the encore so we weren’t able to hear Country Road and Magic Moment. So cute!!! I have never actually heard the Japanese version, so far I have only known the original English version but Wakana’s cover was so freaking adorable! Admittedly not her best vocal performance but she more than made up for it with cuteness. Such a feel-good song! During the night performance she did sing Yume no Yukue though (as expected). Always a pleasure to listen to this. MC: Wakana says she didn’t expect so many people to come to her live. Awww, I am so glad lots of fans showed up to support her even during these tough times. She briefly talked about her upcoming Billboard Lives but no new announcements :-(.

Summary: So for the day portion she sang ALL songs of her cover album with the exception of Yume no Yukue. In addition, she performed  Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa, Bokura no Natsu no Yume (Summer Wars), Kimi wa Taiyo (Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror), When She Loved Me (Toy Story 2) and Country Road (Whisper of the Heart). For the evening performance she dropped Kaze no Tani no Nausicaa and sang Mononoke Hime instead. When She Loved Me got replaced with Utautai no Ballad. Just like in Osaka, she finished he concert with Yume no Yukue.

[degenerate-otaku]

Au where the androids in trunks time arint evil anymore so the three of them just hang out for the rest of their lives time traveling with trunks to save the day after they realised what their doing is wrong somehow cause we need happier times

Hey! I took this in a slightly different direction since I just go with the flow.

I hope you enjoy it though ♡

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It had been almost a year since the androids had come to an agreement to end their destruction. In some ways it was an anticlimactic ending to an almost 17 year battle. A part of me still wants to bring Gohan justice by destroying them, but that may just be my Saiyan side. I know that Gohan always did his best to be like his father and forgive others, so maybe he'd understand.

It's been a difficult journey, no doubt about it. To keep the androids happy, as well as the people of earth, who probably have not forgiven 17 and 18 and want nothing more to see them dead, I tend to go out with them, just to make sure there are no problems. The androids have to disguise themselves to not be recognised, which isn't too hard since they are incredibly inconspicuous (apart from 17 perhaps, who seems like the type of kid to be stealing and causing havoc anyway). Usually, it's just a case of them hiding their eyes, since that's how people can recognise them.

“Trunks, you really need to brush up on fashion.” 18 remarked as she sipped at her drink. I snapped out of my thoughts immediately, which often consume me.

“Huh? What do you mean?” I was rather offended by her comment but I kept my face and tone neutral.

“Well...you don't have many outfits...and the ones you do have are...” She looked me up and down and continued, “A little...dated to say the least.”

Before I could respond, 17, who was riding on his skateboard as he slurped at his soda interrupted, “Trunks, you look like that guy from that movie 'Back to the Future'.”

I had no clue on what he meant, since I've never seen that movie, but it seemed like no matter what I would say, they'd always have a comeback.

It had always been like that, so what was I expecting?

“Well, we are right outside a mall.” I knew what she was suggesting immediately.

'How convenient' I thought to myself.

“Sis, your shopping trips take whole days!”

I almost laughed at what 17 had said, but held back.

“Shut up! You spend all day in the arcade like a little kid! Plus, you need new clothes too!” 18 poked her brother in the chest, asserting her authority. It's so strange to see 17 shaken like that. As a kid he seemed unmoved by everything, just like his sister.

“Ugh, whatever.” He sighed, throwing the empty cup of soda in the trash.

Strolling casually within the recently rebuilt mall, which my mother helped to fund, 18 finally found a store that she thought had good items for us.

“This place looks lame!” 17 sneered at all the rather classy looking shirts and pants.

“If you're gonna be a brat, go to Hot Topic!” 18 retorted, pointing to the store she was referencing.

“Bitch, I AM the Hot Topic!” 17 loudly declared, walking off. I wasn't sure on how much money he had. The androids liked living large, and still did so, despite my mother not being so pleased about it. She told me once on how it was like she now had three teenage brats but then she realised I was right there and said that I wasn't a brat, though I know I was when I was younger.

“Now that he's out of the way...” 18 sighed, adjusting her hair, before pulling out a shirt from a rack.

“What do you think?” She asked, holding up a blue T-shirt that said something in Japanese.

“See, you gotta stop hiding those muscles! I've seen them up close and I know normal girls will faint over that, especially with your skin tone.”

My cheeks felt hot when she said that and I began to stammer, “W-well..I don't think it's for me...uh, I...don't like showing my arms.” I looked down at the glossy marble floor, and felt her gaze pierce me.

“What, because of those scars?” She scoffed and I looked up at her, not knowing how to react.

“They aren't that bad. Plus...girls like guys who have feelings and have been through stuff.” I didn't get what she meant.

“For a person who hates humans, you sure do understand them.” I don't know why I said that. She frowned and then just moved on, after putting the blue shirt in the basket, whether I liked it or not.

“So...” She tried to steer the conversation back onto clothes, “What do you like wearing anyway?”

“Well...mostly loose, comfortable stuff.” I answered.

“Yeah, like that sweater and pants you used to wear all the time when you were like...what, 13? 14?”

Why had she remembered that?

“Yeah...I have a lot of those kinda outfits.” She walked along to another aisle and I followed, not noticing that there were a few girls looking at me and giggling.

“What made you pick this one? The whole...jacket and vest combo. You wore a similar thing when we beat your ass a year or two ago...wasn't that in the ruins of this mall?”

I felt pain thinking about that. I was a fool, admittedly for going there to try fight them, but I've grown a lot since then.

“Oh...yeah, the light blue jacket and white shirt...uh, I guess I think it looks cool..especially with the sword-”

“Ughhh, what is it with men and their little toys, I've got my brother with his stupid gun, and you with that sword!” She groaned. “They're pointless!”

“Well...technically, my sword has a point-” I smirked.

“Wow, I thought you were incapable of jokes.” She replied, then pulled out a sweatshirt for me. It was a simple grey colour with a logo on it.

“Girls also like guys who dress casual...but that sorta depends. This and some nice loose jeans would look good on you, though you'd need better shoes.” I was rather astonished at how she was able to make so many combinations and knew what would look good on me, but then I realised something.

“Why do you keep trying to find outfits that would attract girls?”

She rolled her eyes at my question.

“Well, c'mon you're almost an adult and you haven't got a girlfriend! Wait...are you gay?”

I blushed hard. “What? Well, I dunno! I haven't really thought about it...”

“I'm just trying to help you find someone.” She smiled, trying to find a price tag on some shoes.

“Wait a sec, I'll ask someone about this.” She left me standing near the basket and as I fixed my hair in while I looked in the mirror, two girls came up to me.

“Hey, uh, you're cute...can I have your number?” One said and I was unsure of what to say. I didn't want to be rude, but I wasn't sure I wanted to talk to them.

“Well, uh, you see-” My brain suddenly seemed to fail me.

“He's taken.” Suddenly, 18 reappeared and out of nowhere kissed me before dragging me by the arm.

“Hey! What was that?!” The kiss was only for a split second but I was so confused.

“Wait, was I your first kiss?” She laughed.

“N-no!” I folded my arms and didn't look at her directly.

“If I didn't know better you wanted it to last longer, hm?”

“WHAT?!” I exclaimed, losing my cool.

“Hey, I'm just messing with you...I just had to get you out of there-” She picked up the basket and walked over to the queue, her hips swaying prominently

“The kiss was unnecessary!”

“You're the first man ever to reject a kiss from me.” She sounded bewildered and I gave up trying.

We exited the store with two bags of clothes and 17 had a bag of his own stuff too.

“So, mind telling me what that was?” 17 inquired and even 18 blushed a little.

"Aww, what an adorable couple!“ He mocked, laughing hard at his own jokes.

”Shut it, bonehead! That meant nothing!“ She scolded him and I don't know why I felt hurt by that.

”I was just trying to make him look good for once, but I really couldn't care less!“ She continued and I wondered if she had even meant what she said about my scars.

For the rest of the day I couldn't stop thinking about that moment. It's stupid of me, I know. I'm so fucking awkward I can't handle a girl talking to me, and when a person I hated growing up does it to me, I want it to happen again, to feel that kinda jolt down my body.

But I guess I won't.

[aqvarius]

5memorable moments and 5 guys you came to love?

[5] memorable moments:

1. shinobu narita from serendipity next door throwing a fucking fit because mc saw something personal of his while he literally was snooping through her personal work bag basically every day and making shitty, uncalled-for comments about it all the time

you just called YOURSELF insensitive you dickweed!!!!!! 

2. issei telling mc to kill him. i couldn’t believe he actually did that. i thought kor mc was going to battle through her conflict between love and revenge internally but when he told her to do it, i thought my heart was going to stop. i think this is not only one of the most memorable but what i probably consider to be one of the greatest voltage moments

3. when lute from akd actually dies. this is the one and only voltage moment that actually had me sobbing in real life. i make a lot of jokes about crying over voltage routes and guys. but when lute’s heart stopped beating i was actually a mess. i remember having to take a half hour break to actually weep into my pillow because i just couldn’t bear it. maybe i was premenstrual or in a particularly weak mental state? no idea, but that one scene really wrecked me in that moment

4. kaga’s colourless dream/nightmare of mc’s death when he takes a bullet for her. we rarely see kaga express how important his mc is for him, but this really cemented that she is everything to him. to see the meaning of her in his life, the responsibility he also feels to her family, the fact that he’ll do anything and change anything just to have her back, in such a poetic way felt so poignant, especially on the back of what happened in adversaries when kaga had to choose chasing the perp over saving mc who was bleeding out. when i think of kaga’s love for his mc, it’s this scene which i think captures it the best. 

5. hue ripping the stars out of his one remaining eye to save his love again/goddess mc making her decision between being with hue or saving humanity/mc going back in time and promising hue they’ll find each other in the future. i can’t pick between these three incredible hue x mc moments so i’m just gonna bundle them together as memorable hue moments. (oh!! also when mc finally remembers hue in the lake!!) these three moments i think are the pinnacle of what i consider to be voltage’s most fated romance. these moments are what make hue x mc my forever otp, because these two are each other’s past, present and future and they were never meant to be with anyone else. anyway hue should have been scm’s title character because he and mc are the canon scm couple and i WILL fight anyone who says otherwise.

(edited to add links to the aforementioned hue moments because of COURSE i had to have screenshotted and posted them on my blog haha)

6. BONUS when ayumu and mc finally have sex for the first time. the anticipation had been building up for so long and then to have that whole agonising ‘error’ and misunderstanding happen before they finally did the deed really made it so significant when they do finally have sex. i think this may probably be the most touching and momentous sex scene in any voltage route.  

[5] guys you came to love:

1. ayumu shinonome: if you scroll waaaay far back to some of my earliest hlitf tagged posts, you may remember this time when i was saying i was afraid to play him because he seemed too twisted (btw this is because i was/am still suffering from shinobu-induced trauma) and i didn’t wanna spend money buying all his routes hahaha (tea, you fool!!!). luckily @effloresensemn ​ talked me out of it and he’s definitely someone who i have come to absolutely ADORE. talking about this mushroom with @gamerjanice ​ and @world-a-to-z ​ is probably one of my favourite things to do on tumblr haha.

2. takeshi yuno: i mean i was definitely interested in him from the start and then i really started to fall for him about midway through his MS. but i think it was his later seasons where i came to love him more than ever. he and his mc go through so much together. i once said that take’s routes put a thousand tons of emotional burden on you and i really think that is what makes their relationship so great. they’ve been together through all the ups and (so, so many) downs and it just makes their relationship (and my love for him) so much stronger because of all the difficulties. 

3. chikage: this dude is… both so hard and so easy to love. sometimes i’m like oh chikage why you so tsun but then he’ll just do something ridiculously cute or suddenly be really straightforward about something embarrassing and i’ll be like whAT???? you’re too shy to hold my hand in public but you’ll sacrifice your life to save me? or comment on my ass??? i love love love chikage so much even though he’s prickly as a cactus but i just have to share one of my favourite moments which is when mc gained some weight and was trying to wear a weighted vest under her clothes to lose the weight and she fell off a boat and was drowning and chikage, who hates getting wet and didn’t even wanna ride this boat, dived in to save her. and then this exchange happened:

you can read the whole convo here ughhh it’s so great

4. kazuomi shido: i wasn’t expecting to like kazuomi as much as i do because i really thought he was just gonna be generic oresama type. but i’d definitely say he’s more of the kyohei type than the leon type, if that makes sense. i thought yuzuru was going to be My Guy in masquerade kiss but actually i think i like kazuomi more (although i prefer yuzuru’s mc cause she’s better at her job haha). he’s just… fun? but he’s so clever, and i love that he challenges his mc and kinda toys with her and lets her do her own thing rather than just commanding/ordering her around. also when i found out about his past and his love for crowded/frenetic places i think that’s when i really felt a stronger connection to him because i feel really similarly myself. 

5. hiro sarashina: i’m actually surprised that i ended up liking him because honestly i don’t really go for the genki guys and at that time @hikarunohana and i had this thing going where we were just hating on sora from msb who i thought would hiro would be really similar to lol but yeah i was kinda surprised that i actually ended up loving hiro because he’s surprisingly(?) reliable and attractive. 

thanks for the ask!

[elliepassmore]

Assassin’s Blade Review

5/5 stars Recommended for people who like: novellas, character background, fantasy, assassins, strong female leads, character development I love love love this book, even though thinking about a certain someone makes me want to cry. The ‘parts’ to Assassin’s Blade were originally separately published novellas, so I’m going to separate the review into parts, but as a whole, I love how Maas constructed the story and wove the parts together (especially in light of EoS and KoA). Maas is big on the chiastic plot structure, so, as someone who’s rereading all the books, this entire collection is basically plot- and foreshadow-porn. Keep in mind, there are mild spoilers throughout this review (and there likely will be in the others as well), since most of the books have been out for years at this point. I still tag the important spoilers with *SPOILER*. The Assassin and the Pirate Lord There’s a ton of funny lines in this one that I really enjoy. Coming back and rereading it, it’s obvious how much of a goddamned brat Celaena is, I actually feel bad for Sam, even though he’s a brat right back. Maas definitely sets this up to be the Start of something, and we see references to it throughout the entire story. I really enjoyed watching Sam and Celaena interact and grow as a team. Sam’s mothing henning when Celaena is snooping through Rolfe’s office is hilarious, though knowing Arobynn, his worry is understandable. Rolfe and Sam’s interactions are funny too, even if Sam is duping him half the time. I think, given time and opportunity, the two could become friends. I also, almost begrudgingly, enjoy Rolfe and Celaena’s interactions. They’re waaayyy too similar, I think, to ever really get along all that well. I love how Maas has Sam and Celaena deal with the knowledge that Arobynn’s agreement with Rolfe was about slaves. Each has their own personal trauma relating to it to deal with, and, despite their…difficulties getting along, they’re able to act as a team to sort of execute Celaena’s plan. I also like how this is the (implied) first time they truly agree about something and meet each other in the middle. This understanding definitely sets the stage for their future interactions, and you can even see it impacting how Celaena thinks about her reckless plans in the future. It’s also the beginning of Celaena’s arc for this storyline, and it kind of connects to her arc in the future books as well. We’re introduced to her as a spoiled 16-year-old, and by the end of this first story, we’ve seen she’s willing to risk hell to free slaves simply because it’s the right thing to do (and maybe because she understands the feeling??? just a thought). The Assassin and the Healer Honestly, this felt the most realistic out of all the stories. Obviously, I’m not talking about the mentions of magic, but of Yrene in the inn working around shit conditions serving shitty people and dealing with even shittier men’s behavior. When you read the story and know the context of how things with Yrene turned out, it’s incredible to see the transformation. Yrene already has a decent amount of bad-assery in her when Celaena shows up, but Celaena definitely helps her amplify it. Troublemaker. But in all seriousness, Yrene needs someone to wake her up to the fact she’s running from the life she wants because it’s more convenient to stay put, and Celaena needs someone to remind her that Arobynn was wrong about things and that she still needs to go back and confront what she started. Reading this, I wonder what would’ve happened if Celaena had left the continent and set up an Assassin’s Guild somewhere else and later came back for Sam. Obviously, the books would be a lot different, but my curiosity is definitely piqued. Of course, if that’d happened, we also wouldn’t get to see her character develop in the next couple of novellas. Celaena would be static, or near-static. The Assassin and the Desert This one might be my favorite story of the collection. I absolutely adore Ansel and Celaena’s relationship. I think their relationship offered a nice balance to so many of the others Celaena has in her life, which typically include power plays and one-upping. With Ansel, it felt more like a true friendship. I also really like how Maas offered an alternative to the assassin world we’ve already been introduced to. With Arobynn, Maas makes it seem like the assassins are all cruelty and brutality, but with the Silent Assassins we see a different, gentler side of things. Yes, they’re still training to be killers, but even Celaena points out that things are less cutthroat with the Silent Assassins. I feel this is definitely a turning point for Celaena’s character. It’s here, in the desert, that she not only realizes that the way Arobynn runs things is messed up, but also gets a sense that she needs to look beyond herself and the immediate. I also love the wonder she has for the different cultures and places she doesn’t know about. I mostly just really like the characters and their interactions in this story. Mikhail and Ilias and Ansel and Celaena all teasing and befriending one another offered a lightness to the story that’s sorely needed, and also hard to achieve in the others in the collection. It also makes everything about Celaena’s life hurt. I liked the Mute Master as well. He definitely understood things in Celaena’s life were messed up, but he didn’t push her, just waited and trained and was—are I say?—gentle with her until she came to the conclusion on her own. The ending kills me too. Not the last scene, though that’s amazing, but the climactic scene. Celaena has a great line about hate and feeling the need to make people pay: “‘Because I know what it feels like.’ She dared another step. ‘Because I know how it feels to have that kind of hate. I know how it feels. And this isn’t the way. […] But you have a choice. You’ve always had a choice.’” (213-14), edited for spoilers. I don’t know why, but it just felt like such a powerful line as I was reading it and I love it. The Assassin and the Underworld Ughhh there’s so many feels in this one! Ironically—or maybe, not-so-ironically—this is also where the stories start to get painful. Celaena’s back in Adarlan with Sam (yay!) and Arobynn (boo), and things immediately start going different than she expects they would. No surprise there.

I just…I feel so bad for her in this one and Empire, but since the review is for this one, I’m focusing here for now. She wants so badly to be free of Arobynn, but he pulls the classic abuser profile and pretends to be sorry and showers her with gifts and his fake-ass regret and gaslighting with Sam and Lysandra and…W O W this guy deserves to die. Anyway, she falls into his trap because things get confusing and he’s offering her the chance to kill a guy that’s working to start a continent-wide slave trade. It feels like all the right things, right? Wrong. Maas sets this one up so wonderfully that you can kind of sense that something’s off, but you don’t quite know what it is until Celaena knows. Arobynn’s reaction to everything too, I’d be curious to know just how far out he mapped Celaena’s reactions, or if once she reacted he was able to reorient his original plan a little to make it still fit. This one’s definitely more brutal than Desert I think, but there’s still some of that softness there. Celaena, Arobynn, Sam, and Lysandra go to the theater and we get to see a gentler, more emotional side of Celaena. We also get to see some of that teasing friendship she had with Ansel come out between her and Sam. It’s definitely better when they’re on the same page with one another, because otherwise I just want to knock their heads together and be like ‘oy, you imbeciles, who both like like each other and want free of Arobynn, get your heads out of your asses!’ They come around, though, and similar to Pirate, the thing that brings them together is their shared desire to be rid of the slave trade (and music and dislike of Arobynn, but those are new things). The Assassin and the Empire I’m going to be really, really honest: I almost didn’t read this one. Obviously, this is a reread of Assassin’s Blade and I’ve read the rest of the books, so I knew what was coming but…Jesus, I still didn’t want to read it. It’s just so unfair and it makes me want to SCREAM and maybe murder someone (very similar to how the EoS ending makes me feel, actually). This is another one where we see gentle!Celaena, and it's a nice change. She's definitely happier in this one than in the other ones, at least for a time. We also got to see more of Sam and what he's like, similar to in Underworld, but this time with just Celaena and Arobynn instead of a mix of other characters. I felt Celaena’s character development regressed a little in this one. She’s went back to being a little more selfish, a little more spoiled, and it’s a really interesting contrast to her in the later books, and even in Throne. Of course, all that was wiped away toward the end of the story when…The Incident happens. Honestly, it even starts to chip away halfway through the story, when she sort of accepts that as long as she’s with Sam and they’re both free, the rest of it won’t really matter. Reading this particular story also explains a lot of why she doesn’t trust other people with her plans and is so dead-set on doing everything alone, I think. As much as I hate the ending, I also love it. After The Incident and toward the very very end of the story, we see a switch flip in Celaena's mind. There's this moment after she sees the stag (which I definitely think helped her) and before they reach *SPOILER* Endovier *END SPOILER* where the silence recedes and she remembers Sam and she remembers what happened and all that burning fire and rage and desire to live above all else comes back to her, even if it's just embers at first. It's enough to get her on her feet, to start her on the path of Becoming. A completely heartbreaking ending that will always be painful to read, but also a brilliant one and it gives the whole collection a strong end-note. End Thoughts I love the collection as a whole, even though it hurts to read. There's so many wonderful, interesting characters in the book and so much character development for Celaena that it's worth the read. I also love that you can reread it after the end of the series and pick out all the moments of foreshadowing that Maas includes. Some of it is super subtle and some of it is more apparent. If you're a first time reader and read it before you read the others, it definitely gives you a decent introduction to the world, even if I didn't talk about worldbuilding too much in this review.

[idealisticrealism]

Blindspot 4x02

I really need to get onto these recaps in a more timely fashion. Left it too late then had to rush through bc I have somewhere to be. Ooops. Anyway happy Blindspot day everyone! Wish I could watch live with you.

Reade: oh honey.Things aren’t really going your way today, are they? First your AWOL bff-slash-kinda-lover-slash-heartbreaker is ignoring your calls and being glamorous in Paris with a shady heiress, and then she’s possibly exploded in a plane crash. Ouch. At least you took a moment somewhere in there to subtly tease Rich by complimenting Boston, I mean it’s good to know your soul hasn’t been entirely crushed by the mess your life has become lol

Zapata: girllllll what are you doingggggg. You are going down the worst kind of rabbit hole, and fast. Though I guess this isn’t the first murder you’ve helped cover up, soooo.... But ugh even so I still wanna swoop in there and steal you away and protect you. I’m sure your whle storyline is gonna somehow prove relevant and important later and may even somehow save the day, but STILL. Even Keaton seems worried about you, though lbr no one knows what that sneaky bastard is really thinking (not even you). And I mean seriously you had such a great and loving team and somehow you ditched them to seek out progressively worse company. And now you’re in deep shit, bc what the hell are you gonna do with a child who has seen your face and knows you were involved in her mother’s murder??? (Don’t you dare call Reade lol)

Patterson: Ugh my adorable sassy baby. You were part of three amazing duos this ep and I could not get enough. I mean I am ALWAYS here for your adorable friendship and teamwork with Rich, but god I love the love/hate relationship you and Boston have-- like the fact you had to pause to consider if solving a tattoo and potentially saving a lot of lives was worth having to deal with him again haha. But lbr you guys are secret besties. He even calls you PatPat and you allow it, and you have your own fistbump I mean what could be cuter. And then there was your other teamup, heading out into the field with Remi. I was worried that Rich being in more eps would mean you would get less airtime, but I’m so glad that’s not the case. Also everyone forgets you’re also a badass FBI agent who can handle herself out in the field just like any of the others, so I’m glad these last two eps have given you the chance to kick some butt. Too bad you got screwed over by Remi and slept through half the action though lol. Oh also I loved the line “Would you like to make a transaction? Ugh not really” hahaha, you are the cutest lil sassy thing and honestly if you and Rich took over as the leads of this show I would be totally fine with that

Rich: holy crap, never in my wildest dreams did I expect to have an episode where you were literally in almost every scene. From cracking tattoos to sincerely comforting Reade (man you two never have scenes together and you both did so great with these) and even actually using Zapata’s name for once. That’s how we know shit is serious haha. And then going from a happy lil puppy when your bf Boston is allowed to come play, to a little kid acting out bc you’re worried that someone else is gonna steal all your toys, then sucking it up and attempting to be the proverbial bigger man (not entirely successfully, but props for trying). And of course, as always everything you say is amazing, as is every little gesture or expression-- like seriously who needs to watch stand up comedy when they can just watch you instead??? I love you the way you love this team, so I think you’ll understand when I say please never ever leave me. Ever.

Weller: welcome back to the team, buddy. Now you can proceed to be basically a background character for most of the rest of the episode apparently haha. Although that was a cute moment where you figured out the web address thing before anyone else, including two expert hackers. That was a proud moment. I do like how you handled the Jane-taking-photos thing, addressing it quickly and with gentleness and concern, and hardly any manly over-protectiveness. But dude you definitely gotta be recognising that something is off about Jane. I’m sure you’ve written it off as related to the ZIP poisoning, but by now you gotta wonder if it’s something more, right?? Oh and now the overprotectiveness has kicked in and you’re off to save the day. There’s my lil heroic hubby, I’ve missed you. I’m actually super impressed you took the shot when the spy guy had her hostage, that took some true guts and trust in your own abilities. Looks like the real Weller IS back after all. 

Remi: Boston’s right, your hairdo does change your whole vibe. And with the lack of smiling, it even makes your face shape seem different. Which is cool, but creepy, bc man are you one vindictive little brat. To an extent I enjoy your sneakiness and watching this secret game of cat and mouse you’re playing right under the team’s noses, but every time you’re subtly mean to them or smile at their misfortune I wanna stand in between you and them and growl at you a little bit. I’m not at all happy about you betraying my precious Patterson like that. The little moment you shared with the spy dude was actually kind of interesting though, did we maybe see a little bit of depth to Remi just now? Maybe a small indication that she really does want to HAVE a family, not just get revenge for the one she lost?? Ugh also why did it make me so happy to hear you say “my husband’s FBI”? Maybe bc it sounded kinda genuine? Like you could have told the guy that it was your team coming and they wouldn’t risk you, but no you focused on Weller specifically. And then ugh that amazing parallel to the moment in 1x01 with one of you being held hostage and nodding for the other to take the shot. Did you remember that, somewhere deep down? Did you realise that you truly trusted him to do this?? I feel like this moment is gonna have deeper ramifications than you expected or intended and it’s gonna make your little vendetta a lot more difficult for you. And maybe that unwelcome emotion is exactly what triggered you cooking up a literal murder needle in your kitchen... seriously girl do you realise how Extra you are, or?? But lbr despite all your talk, you won’t be able to kill him. Something in you loves him, and that’s why you’re so damn grumpy all the time haha

Roman: Damn, son. Even as a hallucination you’re still such a grumpy little wounded puppy and I miss you soooo muuuuchhh. Also I’m so sad that when Jane/Remi is eventually cured from the ZIP poisoning you’ll probably disappear forever ughhh :’( 

Keaton: ....why are you even here right now. Couldn’t you just give them this intel over the phone. And now you just gave Remi the opportunity to screw over Patterson ugh. Next time, just call okay

Boston: oh you sarcastic bitch I love you so much. Like not only do you basically solve the whole tattoo, you call Jane out on being different “Your whole vibe is...edgier. It’s a triumph.” (of course you like the more evil version of her lol) and “Awww, you got one, Limpy!” You do that mix of sweet and mocking so well, though lbr you actually kinda love these guys and you’re so happy to be here. I think you would love to have Rich’s job but you’d never actually want to replace him in it, because you know how much he really does love these people and how he’s found a family here. But of course that won’t stop you messing with him and making him worry about being replaced lol. Please leave but also please come back soon haha

Guy at the very start who looks like an older David: hey man you look like an older David thanks so much for making me sad

[dreamingbrownie]

Tagging games #5

I’ve been tagged by @fandom-glazed and wanted to do this anyway, so here we go! Tagging anyone who wants to do this ^__^ 1. what’s your favorite way to dress? Black all the way. I’m a fancy goth on the inside and trying (but most likely failing) on the outside. 2. If you could change anything about yourself, what would it be? Not to be so voulnerable to the people that mean a lot to me would be nice. Not getting attached so fucking fast. 3. What movie/game/etc. helps you calm down? I tend to love movies reducing me to a sobbing mess, so that doesn’t count as calming me down, does it? As for a series, I’m all for Merlin BBC at the moment which I watch unfrequently with @fandom-glazed on Netflix and usually laugh my ass off at Arthur and Merlin’s antics. :D 4. What does your room smell like? Dust, nailpolish, some tea and the slightly burnt smell of my old heaters. 5. Do you like to organize? Hell fucking no. I’m an ADD person, nope, I don’t. 6. What kind of music would you listen to if you could only choose one? German rock / gothic rock. Unheilig, Staubkind, Blutengel, Lord of the Lost, Letzte Instanz, that kind of thing. Not that either of those bands would ring a bell with most of tumblr users, I assume. 7. What song is your aesthetic? Oh man, making me choose there is mean. Ghost Love Score by Nightwish, Stand my ground by Within Temptation, Morgana by Lord of the Lost. Hard and heavy. 8. What color do you think goes best with your personality? Crimson like my hair right now, probably. 9. Do you believe in auras? Nope. 10. What do you wish you hated, but actually like? Ballet. To wish for having been introduced to how to ruin your body in the most beautiful way as a child is kind of unhealthy. 11. Vague about your crush(es) Valentin Winter / van Porcelain. That man. Go to his tumblr @valentinvanporcelaine and dare ask me again why I’m addicted to his aesthetics. 12. Is there someone you have mixed feelings towards? Yep. Not talking about specific people in my personal life here tho.  13. Talk about an AU or story you came up with Oh boy, here we go. If you get me started on my vampire novels, we’ll be here all day and I won’t even be half way finished. I adore my own characters to a decree that might be weird, I ship some of them and the main gay pair Count Louis and his life long best friend and personal vassal Chris, later Knight of Alderton, to death and writing anything with those two idiots in love soothes me so much. The main trilogy (A shimmer of Red, Black and Silver respectively) is huge (as in 200k for the first, 140k for the second and 110k as of yet for the unfinished third) but not finished yet, I’m almost there and would have been a year ago if I’d just get my arse out of the Fantastic Beasts Fandom and saunter off to writing my own stuff again. Unfortunately, Albus and Gellert own my ass at the moment and I’m overflowing with plotbunnies that won’t go away on their own. I know my mind. I need to write them all down before I get any peace at all. Lol. 14. Do you like makeup? No, not really, I like sharp-winged-eyeliner though. 15. Do you prefer space or the ocean? Ocean all the way. Space is fascinating and I’m a massive nerd for SpaceX because their projects are so promising for the future of mankind, but standing at the shore, being able to breathe properly again (asthma kid here, hi) and cry from sheer relief of hearing the waves crash against the cliff or roll onto the beach again is my life blood. I’ll have that next week again. Fucking finally. The sea soothes me so, so much and I suffer from constant longing for distance. We have a very fitting word for the feeling in German. Fernweh. Roughly translated to “I want to get far away from here so much it hurts.” Yeah, that’s the German language right there for you. 16. If you could pick any planet besides earth, where would you live? Pandora, probably. You know, three meters tall blue humanoids, a captivating nature, trees large enough to be a bother for the planet’s rotation, probably? Yeah. I’d like that very much. 17. What form of government do you like the most? (capitalism, socialism, etc.) I’m quite content with the German system of Social economy. Pure capitalism, socialism and communism are shit, don’t work in the long run and should just be abolished altogether. 18. What animal would you keep as a pet, if you could? Give me a black cat, please 19. What do you think our purpose is in the universe? To find our place between the stars, become a multi planetary species and to develop a way that’s not as destructive to the planet we inhabit. There’s a beautiful sentence that sums it all up in Interstellar from Cooper: “We might have been born on earth, but we don’t have to die here.” 20. Do you believe in god(s)? Nope. Atheist all the way. Before anyone misunderstands me, though: believe whatever you want to, I don’t judge people for their religion, it’s just so not my tea. 21. Is there a song you can’t handle listening to, even though you like it? Yep. Chasing cars by Snow Patrol. 22. What ex do you miss the most, if you have one? Mean question. I only have an ex-girlfriend and sometimes I miss her gentleness and how instantly she saw right through me, but she replaced me, we’ve been done for a bit more than five years now and I’m over her. :) 23. Do you like soft, fluffy blankets or rough/smooth blankets? Soft, fluffy blankets all the way. 24. What is your favorite thing to learn about? History. What do you think I’d study that for? :D 25. What country’s history do you find the most interesting? Man, that’s a mean one again. I’m pretty solid on English history, but I don’t know the first thing about Asian history altogether because german schools don’t teach that and we’ve got a different subject for Asian culture in university so it’s not included in my must-do-schedule too, but I’d like to learn more about it soon. 26. What do you think about genderbent ____ (insert someone here) Nope, noping right out, nopedinopenope, not my tea. At all. 27. What breakup was the hardest, if you had one? The one I had was... bad. Not talking about that here any further tho. 28. Do you have someone where you can’t decide if you like them romantically or just as a friend? A couple of weeks ago, my answer would have been yes, but I’ve got that all sorted out now. Not dwelling on it, though. It doesn’t matter. 29. What do you think about tumblr discourse? Ughhh. Exhausting most of the time. I loved the metas in the Sherlock fandom before it all fell apart and I like Fantastic Beasts metas, but people get so emotional so fast that normal discussions are all but impossible here. 30. What instrument do you wish you could master? Piano. Still salty that I’ve been forced to stop that as a child. 31. How easy is it for you to be honest? Very. I’m a very honest person and I’m shite at lying. 32. Do you have any strange interests? Fandoms, probably? xD I find fossils infinetely fascinating, anything conserning dragons (that sounds strange in context, I’m well aware that they don’t exist) and the way stars are born in large nebulas is something poetic to me. 33. Do you have any strange fears? Strange? I dunno, I’ve just about ran out of the kitched screaming at the top of my lungs when a fucking spider dropped ON MY HEAD yesterday evening, you tell me if that’s strange. Drowning would suck a lot, I guess. Anything that makes you suffocate. Nope. 34. What food do you binge on when you’re lazy? Toast with something on it. I did that in exam week last week, not because I’m lazy but because I just did not have the time or the nerves for cooking. 35. When you get angry, how do you show it? I go all quiet and drill my posture to absolute perfection until it hurts. You’ll notice when I’m mad. Seldom happens, though, I’m hard to offend. 36. Do you have any impulsive movements? (twitches, ticks, flapping, etc.) Picking fingers. Bad habit that I’m trying to get rid of. 37. What do you listen to music on? YouTube and Spotify on the PC, used my phone a massive lot for that during the summer too but now with all the layers of jackets and coats and such it’s a bit hard to stuff my large phone anywhere. 38. Are you left brained or right brained? Uhhhh what? I’m right handed, but I don’t think I have any tendencies otherwise. 39. Earbuds or headphones? Earbuds. 40. Do you like light blankets or heavy blankets? Light blankets for around the flat, heavy in bed. I’d like to be able to breathe.

[tayjoefanfic]

Making Her Feel Better

Author’s Note: This fic is definitely *mature* and includes some shower sex, so only read if you’re okay with that. I hope you guys like this! I know it’s been a little while since I posted my last fic and even longer since i’ve done a mature one, so let me know what you think! 

 As he woke up, Joe looked down at the sleeping blonde beauty in his arms and couldn’t help but admire how peaceful and gorgeous she looked, resting with no makeup and her hair all over. He couldn’t bring himself to wake her up, as she had been so tired the day before. However, Joe knew that he wasn’t going to be able to fall back asleep, so he decided he might as well get up and go for a quick run and bring back some breakfast for the two of them. He gently removed himself from under the warmth of their covers, careful not to wake Taylor, and proceeded to quickly throw on some workout clothes and head out the door.

After a quick run, Joe returned with some coffee and Taylor’s favorite breakfast sandwich from a little cafe near their London house. He headed up the stairs towards their bedroom to surprise Taylor with some breakfast in bed, and found her already awake, sleepily scrolling through her phone.

“Hey baby, you’re up! I just went for a quick run and picked up breakfast for us” Joe explained, walking over to the bed and placing Taylor’s breakfast on her nightstand.

“I can’t even think about eating anything right now, I just wanted to cuddle with you, but you abandoned me all alone” Taylor dramatically responded with an adorable pout on her face, still not fully awake.

“I’m sorry babe, you looked so peaceful. I didn’t want to wake you. Why don’t you want to eat? I brought your favorite breakfast sandwich and some coffee,” Joe offered.

Taylor cuddled up next to Joe before explaining, “Because I’m in pain. These stupid cramps woke me up. I hate my period so much. But thank you for the thought, I forgive you for leaving me,” Taylor added, clearly still not in the happiest of moods.

Joe hated that she was in pain, but couldn’t help but find her completely adorable in her half asleep and stubborn state. In an attempt to make her feel better he leaned over and kissed her neck and began gently rubbing her stomach, hoping it would ease her cramps a little bit.

“I’m sorry baby, is there anything you need me to get you or is there something I can do to make you feel better?” Joe asked.

“You can stop touching me like that. As good as that feels, these hormones are already making me more horny than usual, and you touching me is not helping the situation. I don’t want to be in pain and wanting you, even though I can’t have you until this stupid period is over” Taylor groaned.

Joe couldn’t help but laugh at her blunt honesty before responding, “who says you can’t have me right now? I may not be able to make your period go away, but I can take care of you in that department. And who knows, maybe an orgasm will also help your cramps feel better” Joe responded, the smirk evident in his voice, while continuing to touch her, gently running his hand over her lower abdomen.

“Baby, we can’t have sex right now. I’m bleeding and it will get everywhere. Trust me, it won’t be sexy and you will be disgusted,” Taylor shot back.

“First of all, sex with you could never disgust me. And second of all, I would do anything to make you feel better right now. What if we move this to the shower? Then we don’t have to worry about the mess. A little blood isn’t going to scare me away from giving you what you need,” Joe suggested.

Taylor had to admit, this wasn’t a terrible idea, and she really was craving him. Maybe sex would take care of two issues, her horniness and her cramps. She had always wanted sex more while she was on her period, but never considered actually asking a boyfriend to deal with that. But she was more comfortable with Joe than she had been in any of her past relationships, and if he was really okay with this, she wasn’t going to argue.

“I guess I should take a shower anyways, and you just got back from a run so you definitely need to shower as well. Are you sure this isn’t going to freak you out?” Taylor asked.

“Yes baby I’m definitely sure, now lets go make you feel better” Joe winked, before picking her up and carrying her to the bathroom.

Taylor couldn’t help but laugh at Joe’s eagerness and his ability to make her feel better in any situation, even when she was irritable and on her period. Joe quickly turned on the water before stripping off his clothes and waiting for Taylor to do the same. Taylor followed suit and slipped out of Joe’s shirt that she had worn to bed before heading over to the toilet to remove the tampon she had been wearing.

“You can go ahead and get in the shower. I need to take this tampon out if you have any plans of putting anything else up there.” Taylor responded in a dry sarcastic tone.

“I have a lot of plans,” Joe noted, with a smirk before entering the shower and letting his body relax under the warm water. After a few moments, Taylor opened the shower door and stepped in to join her waiting boyfriend. Joe immediately moved to the side to allow her to get directly under the warm water.

Taylor closed her eyes, enjoying the sensation of being under the water as she felt Joe wrap his arms around her from behind and start kissing her neck. She let her body relax back into him, loving everything he was doing. Joe reached down to grab her bottle of shampoo before pouring some on his hand and beginning to gently massage it into her hair. Taylor just let herself relax, loving the calming feeling of his hands in her hair.

After Joe had washed her hair and rinsed the shampoo and conditioner off, he took the body wash and began to run his hands all over her body. As he reached one hand up towards her boobs, she moaned out a warning “be careful, they’re sensitive.”

“Don’t worry baby, I’ll be gentle” Joe noted as he began to gently caress run his finger over her nipple while returning his lips to her neck, knowing all the right places to have her moaning out for more. He could tell that she was becoming increasingly aroused, as he continued to move his other hand over her stomach as he had done earlier, getting closer and closer to where she needed him.

“Baby” Taylor breathlessly moaned out.

“Hmm?” Joe responded, clearly teasing her.

“Now is not the time to tease me, please just touch… oh god ughhh” Taylor replied, moaning out as Joe cut her off with the pleasure of his hand moving down to apply pressure to her clit. He continued rubbing her in slow circles, causing her to become more turned on by the second. She didn’t know what it was, but just this simple hand movement was doing everything for her. She couldn’t believe how quickly her body was responding. Period sex really was a whole other level and she was quickly coming undone in Joe’s arms.

“Oh fuck, baby please don’t stop” Taylor pleaded.

“Do you like this? Does it feel good baby?”

“God yes. I’m so fucking close, if you keep doing that I’m going to cum” Taylor warned.

“Good. I want you to let go for me. Cum nice and hard for me baby” Joe encouraged.

“Ohh god. Fuckkk I’m c-cuming” Taylor moaned out as her body began to tremble in Joe’s arms. Joe held on to her tightly, continuing to run his fingers over her clit, whispering dirty words of encouragement in her ear as she rode out her orgasm.

“Wow you really did need me. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen you orgasm that quickly just from me rubbing your clit,” Joe noted.

“Trust me I know. I’m not done though, I definitely still need you inside of me” Taylor breathlessly admitted, clearly still incredibly turned on.

Joe was not going to argue with that request. He was already incredibly hard and ready for her just from the erotic sight of watching her cum in his arms moments before. He then felt Taylor reach back and begin stroking his member before commenting, “I guess you’re definitely ready too” noticing how hard he was.

Joe turned her around again and pressed her up against the shower wall, while lining himself up with her opening from behind, rubbing his dick up and down her slit to tease her.

“Ughh Joe I need you inside me now. I can’t wait any longer,” She moaned out in a desperate voice.

Joe finally gave in and slid himself inside of her, groaning at how good she felt around him. Taylor threw her head back in ecstasy at the relief of finally having him inside of her, providing some much needed friction as he continued to thrust in and out of her finding her sweet spot.

“God Taylor you’re so tight,” Joe moaned.

“Yes baby fuck that’s it right there. Don’t stop. You’re going to make me cum again” Taylor moaned out.

After a few more minutes of Joe steadily going in and out of her, he could tell that she was about to go over the edge, and he was quickly losing it as well. He reached an arm around to rub her clit in rhythm with his thrusts and encouraged her to let go.

“I’m so close baby, I want you to cum with me. Cum nice and hard for me baby” Joe moaned in her ear.

That was all she needed. Taylor lost it, descending into a mind blowing orgasm as she felt Joe cum deep inside her only intensifying the immense pleasure. After both of them came down from their highs breathing hard under the warm water, Joe quickly washed himself off, trying to actually get some type of shower out of this fun situation.

After both of them felt satisfied and clean, Joe shut off the shower water and reached outside the shower door, grabbing a towel and wrapping it around Taylor before stepping out and putting his own towel around his waste. Both of them were clearly exhausted yet very satisfied, still coming down from their amazing orgasms.

“Are you feeling any better?” Joe asked.

“Much better.”

“Good, I’m glad. Never ever be afraid to tell me when you need me like this. I don’t care if you’re on your period or not” Joe sincerely explained.

“Oh trust me, I won’t. That may have been some of the best sex we have ever had. Plus, now I’m actually hungry and feeling like eating that breakfast sandwich you brought me. Lets just go back to bed and have a lazy day. I’ll even let you pick whatever movie or show you want us to watch first as a show of appreciation for all that,” Taylor replied with a smirk, clearly referring to the amazing orgasms he had just given her.

“I get to pick whatever I want with no complaints? Wow I must have really fucked your brains out, I never thought I would hear you give me this power” Joe responded feigning shock.

“Oh shut up” Taylor shot back, lightly hitting his chest before adding, “I let you choose what we watch all of the time.”  

“Okay, well then lets watch Valentines Day” Joe teased, knowing how much she hated watching her teenage self act in that movie.

“If you want to watch me make out with my ex boyfriend on screen, then be my guest” Taylor shot back, knowing that he was trying to mess with her.

“I think I’ll be able to handle it, assuming that you two never did what we just did,” Joe smirked as the couple got dressed and made their way back into bed.

“No we definitely didn’t do anything like that. In fact, you are the first person I’ve ever had period sex with” Taylor admitted.

“Good, I’m going to be the only as well. You and me forevermore.” Joe lovingly quoted her lyrics as the two them cuddled up in bed.  “But we don’t really have to watch Valentines Day, I was just kidding babe. Let’s catch up on Grey’s Anatomy instead,” Joe suggested.

Taylor couldn’t have been more thrilled with his choice. She was proud of herself for getting him hooked on Grey’s Anatomy, having them watch all 13 seasons while she was on break. They were finally caught up to the current season and Taylor had been meaning to watch the last couple of episodes.

“Ohhhh yess! I should clearly let you pick what we watch more often” Taylor exclaimed showing her approval.

Joe laughed at how cute she was when she was excited about something. He would pick her favorite show anytime just to receive this reaction. Joe started the episode as the two of them cuddled up in bed, eating their breakfast and enjoying being in each other’s presence having the perfect lazy day. Moments like these reaffirmed what both of them already knew, they were meant for each other and would spend the rest of their lives feeling grateful to have each other.

[nemirutami]

Excuse me for being a weirdo who backreads people's blogs, but I had a small additional question regarding your answer to this ask here: /171315404167/ Do you also hate Alcor? If so, I'm incredibly curious to know why, since never harbored any ill will towards humanity and genuinely cared for the protagonist. (I realize I'm a little biased as I ship them together, but that's beside the point) I do agree most of the characters' motives and views were pretty selfish though.

I LOVE DESU ASKS.... AS EVIDENT BY THE VERY LONG REPLY... (SORRY!)

I’m glad ppl are reading them bc sometimes I feel like I’m yelling directly at a wall and my opinions are just bouncing right off, but I have an answer for that. 

I think the game did Alcor disservice in how he was represented. He would have benefited more from being impartial (but he isn’t impartial- and I’ll go more into detail about how he meddles to tip the scales) but I will admit anime!alcor was worse and just a sloppy attempt at making a NGE reference- but I won’t go into that because I could write an essay about how shitty the DESU2 anime is (I think everyone can- no one that played the game liked it and I can’t blame them).

The characters I actually can’t stand are: Yamato and Ronaldo. Because they’re actually the ones that actively go out and wipe out even ALLIES for their own benefit, not gonna lie- I might hate Ronaldo just a tiny bit more because of Makoto’s fate events, even if Yamato is just as bad if not worse. On top of that, they’re both awful hypocrites and unlike Yamato where I can kinda see the appeal, Ronaldo is completely unlikable. Even so, I can enjoy ships with Yamato in them. Tho I ship absolutely no one with Ronaldo because why would you evoke that kind of suffering in anyone. 

Everyone else is either bordering on annoying, bland, or just a mean spirited asshole. I feel more sympathy for Keita than I do for Hinako because at least Keita calls everyone a piece of shit, whereas Hinako seems to single out Daichi to shit on... on Daichi’s own route. Fumi also talks down to everyone, but in this case, Daichi’s just caught in the crossfire. Similar with Airi, she hates EVERYONE apparently, and will even punch Jungo. Hinako tho seems to specifically target Daichi on his route like... what the fuck is your problem? You called him an idiot twice in 1 battle Hinako holy shit, go chill??? I will never let this go because BOY was just BREATHING and she went “UGHHH YOU’RE SO STUPID” LIKE LET HIM BREATHE HOLY SHIT IS HE NOT EVEN ALLOWED THAT ANYMORE? 

Anyways, onto Alcor.

There’s a lot of plot holes and inconsistencies surrounding how the summoning app actually works (Alcor invented it after all, and gave it to us to use) and all these inconsistencies just make Alcor look bad from a writing standpoint (more of that below). He could have been a good character had he not been written poorly (Much like Yamato and... like 99% of the cast really. Even Daichi suffers from shit writing and I’ll never forgive them for this.) and had the plot not fucked him in the end and basically had him destined to die even on Daichi’s route (which sucks but is understandable since he is a septentrione) perhaps I’d have actually liked him. 

I tend to love characters that obsess with the protagonist, and they’re usually my absolute FAVORITE characters. I’m really surprised I didn’t jump on Alcor’s ship with the protag because it HAD the setting I absolutely adored for relationships to form? Especially the alien/human dynamic since I came into DESU2 right after exiting NGE so I was IN THE MOOD. Alcor in and of himself was just. Not satisfying to interact with (bored me to tears too) because of his cryptic messages that (more than anything) just waste time and bring the player nowhere unless they rank up to like 4 right before Yamato basically THROWS EXPOSITION AT YOU AND EXPLAINS THE ENTIRE PLOT ON THE 2ND LAST DAY (it’s even worse and comes even more out of nowhere if you haven’t interacted with Alcor at all in his fate events. More disservice. They should have made Alcor’s fate events more intimate and given Alcor more plot relevant lines within the plot itself instead of his events. Much like... Daichi really. They fucked up with Daichi by making his fate events more relevant to his character growth than the actual plot. I guess they did the same for Alcor but truth be told, I remember so little about Alcor because more than anything Alcor just bored me. Never quite pissed me off. Just bored me.) 

Ok, but onto the cake. The things that made me iffy on Alcor’s character in general.

Alcor supposedly gave humans fire and culture and blah blah. Already this is telling me to practice immense amounts of disbelief since it’s well documented how these things came about, but I suppose if no one actually knows the history then they can accept this at face value? I wasn’t tho. He acted responsible for it and it put me in disbelief and just made me think he sounded like an idiot. It also made him seem very arrogant, because it implied people NEEDED to be given culture, and that we just didn’t develop culture and diversity on our own. It implies we were all lifeless husks until he came along and granted it to us. Which is insulting.

The fact he’s a septentrione isn’t foreshadowed well and is very obvious from the second we see him floating and talking to other demons/septentriones since he clearly knows what they’re saying. Not really a character-specific issue. Just more problems of bad writing. “Who is he...” Daichi have you seen a HUMAN float in space like that god fucking damn it i love you but why u so duMB WHY YOU ALL SO DUMB IT’S CLEARLY EITHER A DEMON OR A SEPTENTRIONE, THE REAL QUESTION IS- WHY IS HE HELPING US?

Btw that’s another point. Why is he helping us? Oh, right, because he messed up.

He doesn’t want Yamato’s world, but he gave Yamato the power to reform society. Then, when Yamato tries to do what Alcor granted him the means to do, he’s like. Hm. Well. Shit? This guy’s a fucking psycho. Time to place my bets on the protagonist instead (which he does favor a lot- which doesn’t make him impartial really since he clearly favors explaining things more to Hibiki/Protag than anyone else in the game, and it puts everyone else at a disadvantage when a GOD LIKE ENTITY is behind the protag boosting him to make the “right” choice for humanity). I know Alcor was fascinated by humans and wanted them to live (which is fine), yet he didn’t bother to warn the MILLIONS that died (and remained dead in one of the endings- thanks Alcor) due to his negligence. Knowing about it and at least not issuing a warning is cruel. Sure, he gave people the demon summoning app, but the app was considered a “prank site” (nice advertisement, Alcor) as Daichi said at the start of the game (which i hate more than Yamato himself. Daichi. This. This idiot. This idiot signed his best friend up to a DEATH SITE just cus LOLS- the writing is bullshit, and I really disliked early Daichi, too. I disliked some of later canon-Daichi too because he was just rendered to a joke outside his Fate Events). The writing is really unfair on everyone, and it doesn’t help that the app doesn’t work the way it’s advertised to work anyways, seeing as Alcor can twist it to do what HE needs it to do at any time.

For example, the app is said to send death videos regarding people you’ve made a bond with, but clearly that’s all bullshit considering Alcor manually sends Hibiki a warning (and only Hibiki alone) of Otome’s death video so that NO ONE BUT HIBIKI CAN SAVE HER. This implies he can manipulate the death videos personally and exclude others from receiving videos. This. This is not kind. Not at all. I know he was testing Hibiki, but at THIS RISK? Losing Otome can FUCK YOUR PERFECT RUN and outside game mechanics, ELIMINATE ANOTHER HUMAN LIFE. If he wanted to, he could kill characters he actually doesn’t like this way by basically not sending the videos out to people, which, if you don’t go to save Otome right away- will be the end of her. He’s putting all his bets on you alone and testing you by cutting off everyone else from the app- potentially hindering backup to save Otome. Sure, you save her but you can just as easily kill her. I can’t say this wasn’t a sleazy test because he was basically playing with Otome’s LIFE and showed no signs of remorse. Some love for humans you have Alcor. Shit dude. This isn’t kind at all.

But I guess these are my main qualms about him- at least the ones I remember- but take everything I say with a grain of salt bc I tried to avoid confrontation with him completely in my 2nd and 3rd run so I have vague memories lingering. I don’t hate him? I can actually like him if he’s written well by other people, but given how he is in the game, I can’t say I ever enjoyed interacting with him. He didn’t annoy me other than the 2 times I’ve stated above, where he basically talks down to us about how we got to our culture and how he kinda lets Otome PERISH if we don’t respond quickly enough. I know it was a test to the protagonist’s will, but aren’t the septentriones a test enough of my conviction, Alcor, honestly. Unlike Airi, Hinako, Keita, and everyone else, Alcor doesn’t annoy me at all. Io annoys me more, if not only because the game wanted Daichi to be plot relevant only for Io to get all the spotlight. Io is genuinely maybe the better written character- it’s just such a shame they flipflop on her as a lead when in any other game, she could easily have been a lead. Her love triangle kills any enjoyment I get from her at all tho and just makes me bitter. More bad writing- who would have guessed.

Tho from a shipping standpoint? You can ship Alcor with Hibiki for good reasons, obviously. There’s a clear connection and fascination there that doesn’t surprise me people flock to (because I would have been there too had they just written him better). I don’t really mind the ship itself. When I say “i don’t mind it” I just mean I don’t feel anything for it and I’d probably not draw it for myself. There are really no ships I hate or really... dislike? There’s just stuff I don’t ship, but I can definitely ship Hibiki/Alcor if it was for a plotpoint of some kind in a fic or art or whatever. It depends on the idea really. 

I guess it’s too late to say something like this so far into the post, but I like to believe that ANY ship works if the construction/buildup to it is good enough. I believe you can make any character do/say anything under the right circumstances with the right motives without it being OOC or feel out of place. I’d like to think talent is wicked like that- a double edged sword of risky ideas that can either make or break your interpretation/perception depending on how you build it up. Though, that takes effort. Something DESU2 sadly lacks in a lot of ares, but it’s still a game worth playing for the experience and I wouldn’t not recommend it for the good parts that are (while few) really, really good.

[lindseyluvsdrag]

It Takes Two Ch. 7

Ignore any typos :)

Unsure of what he'd see when he passed that threshold, Matt said a silent prayer, held his breath and entered.

---

His wife was laid on her side fiddling with a loose piece of thread that was created after her blanket had obviously been snagged on something sharp. She turned to look at him. With the raspy voice that she greeted him with and the dark circles under her eyes, Matt knew that the woman was clearly exhausted. He pulled up the chair next to her bed and grabbed both of the woman's hands, being careful of her IV.

“Are you okay? Is the...is Lord Tater…” After the nightmare he'd had, Matt could hardly bring himself to ask the question.

“The baby is fine...she is fine.”

“Sh-she?” Matt stammered, verbally tripping on his own excitement.

“Yeahhh, I know we wanted another surprise but they just blurted it out and-”

“No, no, this is amazing!” Matt squealed as he kissed the backs of Violet's hands. “God, I love you.”

“I love you too. But I'm still mad at you.”

Matt frowned. “I know. I'm really sorry. Had I not been in such a rush, I would've stopped and gotten all of the chocolates and roses.”

“Matthew, I don't want chocolates and roses. I want to be able to trust that you aren't doing sneaky stuff behind my back.”

“Oh, this is the first and last time,” Matt said honestly. “The only reason I was feeding you more calories was to selfishly make you curvier. I wanted you to have a fat ass.”

“But a fat ass means nothing if I'm in the hospital,” she retorted.

The man's head hung low. “Do you know why you're in here? What was wrong? Why were you bleeding?”

Violet sighed. “So I guess I have mild preeclampsia and the longer I would've waited, the worse it would've been. But they also think that I had a 'placental abruption’ which is why I was bleeding.”

Matt frowned. “What's that?”

“It's when the placenta detaches from the uterus.”

He cringed.

“Yeah, that's what I did when they told me...and cried.”

Matt felt like shit. “So what do we have to do to fix it?”

“They’re going to consistently monitor the baby while I participated in ‘bed rest, no stress’.”

“So I guess I should probably leave?”

“Nooo, I missed you,” Violet admitted.

“I missed you more,” he said. “Single parenting is no joke.”

She laughed. “Where is my pumpkin?”

“Sleeping in the lobby with Shea.”

“Aww, I wanna see her.”

“She has an epic punishment coming when she wakes up.”

“Ooo, what'd she do?”

*5 minutes later*

“You were stuck in the tunnel at Chuck E. Cheese?!”

Matt nodded.

Violet did her best to suppress her laughter, but she couldn't contain the snort that bellowed out.

“Babe! It's not funnyyyy. My shoulder still really hurts.”

“Aww, I'm sorry, honeybun. I'll give Clark a piece of my mind when she wakes up.”

He sighed in relief. “Thank you.”

“Andddd I'll tell her about the birds and the bees.”

Matt nearly fainted. “What?!”

“Well, if she's already flirting with boys, she needs to know right?”

“No! She's not leaving that house until she's 45! I'll make her wear a backpack full up bricks so that she develops a hunchback, then she can go.”

“Someone will still find her attractive with a hunchback, Matthew.”

“Ughhh. Then I'll have her teeth removed and- oh God, oh God. Some pervs are into that too! This is stressful.”

Violet exhaled. “We can't protect her forever.”

Matt scowled. “Watch me.”

Violet winced.

“What's wrong?” her husband asked.

“She's kicking and it hurts like hell.”

Matt's eyes grew wide. “When did she start kicking?”

“A few weeks ago actually but I think I'd gained too much weight to notice at first.”

He frowned.“Babe, I'm so sorry. What can I do to gain your forgiveness?”

Violet kicked her feet from underneath the blanket and wiggled her toes. Before she could say the word, Matt slide down and began to kiss his wife's feet.

“Nooo, Matthew,” she said through a giggle. “Massage them!”

The man obliged and began to rub her feet but it didn't help the painful kicks.

“Would you calm down?” Violet pleaded.

“Can I feel?” her husband asked.

The woman nodded so Matt climbed behind Violet onto the bed and wrapped his arms around her, placing a palm on her tummy. It was instantly responded with a kick.

“Whoaa, she's strong!” Matt exclaimed.

“She is! I'm 32 weeks and she's already 7 pounds.”

“Wasn’t Clark like 6 pounds?”

“Yes. And now this Paulina Bunyan over here is pummeling my uterus.”

“Maybe she's the next Laila Ali.”

“Well, she doesn't need to practice on me,” Violet said with a chuckle. “This is worse than Clark's kicks.”

Matt leaned down towards his wife's belly. “Hey you, stop beating on my wife.”

There wasn't any movement, but a moment later, Violet groaned. “Oh, God, I think she just rolled over.”

“Did- oh no ma'am! Did you just turn your back on me?!”

Violet cackled before wincing. “Ooo, yep she's now facing the other way and using my kidney as a punching bag.”

“How rude.”

There was a knock on the door.

“Come in,” Violet replied.

Shea entered the room with Clark.

“Mommy!” the girl squealed as she rushed to Violet's side.

“Hi, baby! Whoaa, what's up with your hair?” Violet asked as she examined the tangled mess that was pulled into a ponytail.

“Daddy vacuumed it,” she chirped.

Violet gave her husband a look. “What?”

“Oh, no, no, no,” Matt said defensively. “I'm not the one who deserves to be in trouble here. Why don't you tell her what you did at Chuck E. Cheese?”

Clark placed her hands on her hips. “Why don't you tell her about that bad place you took me to.”

Matt scoffed. “What bad place?”

“The daycare with all the bugs biting me!”

Violet gasped in horror. “What? Matthew, explain this.”

“Oh my God,” he groaned. “I was looking for a daycare and we stumbled on a really bad one but we didn't stay there long.”

“But you allowed my child to be bitten by fleas or whatever the hell it was!” Violet shouted. “Why were you looking at daycares anyway?”

“Because I can't work and take care of her at the same time.”

“You do it all the time!”

“Yeah, but not when she's like this! She's been so bad lately! She fights, she throws tantrums and babe, guess what, she opened my vintage Joker! And she was wouldn't even say she was sorry!”

Violet turned to Clark. “Why did you do that?” she asked in the tone that was the backbone of discipline in their household.

Clark folded her arms. “Because.”

“Because what?!” Violet demanded. “Just using the word 'because’ isn't an option, young lady! Now answer my question: why did you open your father's doll when you knew how important it was to him?”

Matt cleared his throat. “Actually, it wasn't a doll, it was-”

The raise of Violet's hand silenced the man. “I'm waiting for an answer, Clark Christine.”

The girl stomped her foot. “He wouldn't call Auntie Naomi!”

“That's no excuse to misbehave,” her mother retorted. “Now, I know your father. He tries his best to take of you and you have no right to destroy his things. So apologize to him right now.”

Clark's bottom lip began to quiver and her father felt terrible. “Vi, it's okay,” he said.

“No it isn't, Matthew. If you let her get away with that she'll think that she can get away with anything.”

The man ignored his wife and scooped his now crying daughter into his arms. “It's okayyy,” he cooed.

“You're just spoiling her! That's why she's so bad! And I'm the one who has to be the bad guy while you guys tag team me and- ughhh!” Violet groaned out in pain as she clutched her abdomen.

“Baby, are you okay?” Matt asked with overwhelming concern.

“Just get out, please,” she whimpered just as a machine began to beep.

A nurse rushed in and ordered them out of the room.

“No, I'm not leaving,” Matt replied. “It's my wife and damn baby too.”

“But you won't have a baby if you won't fucking listen,” Shea hissed. “Get out.”

Matt stormed into the lobby and nearly wore a hole into the floor with his pacing. It seemed like an eternity before someone updated him of Violet's status.

“She and the baby are fine but she doesn't want to see you.”

“What? No, I'm going in.”

The woman cut off his walking path. “Mr. Lent, this is quickly becoming a high risk pregnancy. You are stressing your wife out beyond belief and I advise you to leave her alone...for now.”

The man groaned.

“Where is she? Where is Violet?” a familiar voice panted from behind them.

When Clark turned and saw who it was, the girl let out primal screech. “Auntie Naomiiiiiiiiiiii!” Clark sprinted over into the woman's arms.

“I'm so happy to see...you,” Naomi said as she took in the appearance of Clark's hair. “We have to do something about that hair.”

Clark pouted. “No vacuums, right?”

“Um...no? Why would they- never mind. Where is your Mommy?”

The girl pointed in the direction of her mother's room.

Naomi took a step and Matt protested.

“Violet doesn't want anyone in her room. I mean, she didn't want me, what makes you think she wants you?”

“Her phone call to me about an hour ago,” Naomi said smugly.

“Bullshit! It takes 3 hours to get here from New York.”

“Hmm, good thing I happened to be in Cuba with my fiance when she called.”

Shea popped her knuckles. “Your bitch is here?”

Naomi rolled her eyes. “Define bitch.”

“The bitch that threw the bottle at me! You know exactly what bitch!”

Not wanting to be in the middle of the room when Naomi consoled her friend, Joey opted for pacing the sidewalk. But when he heard shouting, the man quickly entered the lobby and protective wrapped his arms around Naomi's waist. “Everything alright, babe?”

“Yeah,” she said smugly. “I was on my way in to see Violet when I ran into some old friends.”

“We were never friends,” Shea said. “Tell your bitch, pregnant or not, I'm still fucking her up on sight.”

“Classy,” was Naomi's sarcastic response.

Clark frowned. “You guys aren't friends? You guys need to be friends.”

“Oh, ignore us adults, Clark. We don't know what we're talking about.”

Joey made an exaggerated face. “So this is the world famous, Clark?! You're even more adorable in person.”

The girl frowned. “I'm not adorable. I'm a hero.”

Naomi laughed. “Clark this my fiance, Joey. I've told him so much about you.”

“Even my secret identity?!”

Joey nodded. “I've heard all about it. I appreciate what you do and how safe you keep the community.”

“Thank you,” Clark chirped.

“I'm gonna go in see Violet, so you can just chill out here if you want,” Naomi said to the man.

“I'll be in the car. Love you.” The couple shared a kiss.

“What the heck?!” Clark shouted. “You can't kiss unless you- wait, who is he again?”

Naomi giggled. “My fiance,” she said bashfully.

“What does that mean?!” the girl demanded.

“It means that we're going to be married.”

Clark's expression clearly showed confusion but Matt reached for her in order to intercept the hundreds of questions. She turned away.

“Noooooo, I want to stay with Auntie Naomi!”

Clark wrapped her arms tightly around the woman's neck but Naomi didn't mind being choked by the girl she'd missed so much.

“No, you're coming with me,” Matt ordered. “Naomi has no idea how to take care of you and respectfully update me at the same time.”

The woman frowned and Joey raised an eyebrow. “What's that supposed to mean, bro?”

Matt scoffed. “I'm not your 'bro’ and I said what I said to her about my damn daughter. That has nothing to do with you.”

“Just watch how you speak to her.”

“Just calm down, Mr. And Mrs. Testosterone,” Matt said before groaning. “You're going to take that the wrong way aren't you?”

“What the hell do you mean by that, dude?!” Joey shouted causing Clark to flinch and cover her ears.

“First of all, don't yell in front of my kid. Secondly, everyone has testosterone even women, I mean, my wife gets a mustache like no other but you'd never know because she bleaches it. You guys are barging on here like you own the fucking place and you're on a testosterone high or some shit.”

“Makes sense to me,” Shea added, “And if you guys still have a problem, we can handle it right here and riiii,” the pregnant woman said as she struggled to get out of her seat, “right now.”

Naomi rolled her eyes. “All I want to do is see my best friend. That's all.”

“Then that's fine. But don't upset her,” Matt warned.

“She's been my best friend for over 25 years, don't lecture me about upsetting her,” Naomi retorted before brushing past the man towards Violet's room. With Clark still in her arms, the woman slowly entered. For a split second, she thought that she'd entered the wrong room when she saw her plus sized friend, but she had to admit that the weight looked great on her.  “Hey, Vi,” she whispered.

Violet immediately burst into tears.

Naomi placed Clark on the foot of the bed and began to stroke her friend's hair as she cooed. “Ssssh, it's okay, Vi.”

“I just really fucking missed you,” she sniffled. “Like there's nobody who understands me and it sucks.”

“I missed you too,�� Naomi sniffled through laughter. “I went through our old prom pictures the other day and I can't believe we thought that crop top dresses were cute.”

“Pfff, speak for yourself. My abs were great,” Violet replied as she wiped her eyes. “Where the hell were you, Naomi? I called and called but I never heard from you. Your parents said that you were fine, but it wasn't good enough for me. Like stressing about your well being is part of the reason why I'm in here.”

The statement melted Naomi's heart. It felt amazing to finally know that Violet depended on her just as much as she depended on Violet. “It's kinda funny that you say that. After you got mad at me, I sorta kinda checked myself into...Happy Smiles.”

“The psych hospital?! Oh my God, why?!”

“Because I just felt like I'd fucked up our friendship and literally nothing in this world matters as much to me than my relationship with you.”

“Ditto, bitch. Well, except my kids...but that's not even in the same category...wait... you're both like family so-ugh, just know that I love you and I'd give up my fucking arms and legs if you needed them... I have no idea when you'd ever need my arms and legs but still. Just know that I'm willing to give them up for you.”

Naomi laughed. “Don't even stress yourself about the terms of endearment. Simple fact is that you have kids now and special requirements come with that. I should've told you about Raven coming over, hell, I tell you what I have to eat everyday so withholding information has never been a problem. My main concern was not wanting you to stress. You and I both know that Raven would never hurt Clark, right?”

Violet reluctantly nodded. “But I still don't want her around my daughter.”

“And that's completely fair. I'm sorry that I allowed it to happen.”

The woman smiled. “Bitch, I fucking missed you so much.”

“I fucking missed you too!” Clark chirped as she climbed back into Naomi's arms.

“Heyyy,” Violet sternly reprimanded. “Just don't say that in front of your father.”

“Daddy doesn't like people to yell or say bad words. Auntie Naomi's boyfriend was yelling and Daddy almost beat him up,” she said with a giggle.

Violet raised an eyebrow. “Boyfriend?”

“I was getting to that part,” she said bashfully. “Do you remember Joey Esposito?”

“How could I ever forget the boy who turned me down and chased after you instead?”

“Long story short,” Naomi said as she held up her left hand, revealing the plump diamond ring that adorned it.”

Violet screeched in excitement before pausing. “Are you trying to be a bigamist?”

The woman sighed. “No. So…”

*5 minutes later*

“So you initially checked yourself into a crazy house because you missed me but you quickly realized that you actually had real deep rooted issues and with Raven lurking around, you just couldn't move forward with your life, but it just so happened that Raven had another memory lapse and has no recollection of your marriage so she had no problem signing the divorce papers and as you told your doctor your life story, she thought it'd be good to find Joey and reconnect you two and you guys essentially picked up where you left off and are now engaged?” Violet asked in one breath.

“Yes,” Naomi replied as she prepared herself for her friend's negative reaction.

Violet paused but only for a second. “I'm so happy for you, babe! But of course, I need to see and approve him before he's allowed to marry you.”

“Fair enough,” Naomi said with a chuckle. “But right now is about me and you. I really hope you can forgive me.”

“I forgave you the very next day. I just always miss youuuu. Nobody is able to calm me down like you, hell, with you around this probably would've never even happened to me. I'm a thousand pounds Naomi!”

“Oh hush, you look amazing. You have to have a little weight on you for the baby's sake.”

“Yeah, a little! Not enough for triplets!”

“Alright, alright, Vi. We can both work out and get into shape so that we can be a sexy mama and a sexy stepmama.”

“Awwww! How many kids?”

“Just one. A girl.”

“Oh my God, we're gonna have so many little princesses around us. The bun in this oven has pink frosting.”

“Aww, Vi, congratulations!”

“What's that mean?” Clark asked.

“The baby is a girl,” Naomi reiterated.

Clark wrinkled her nose. “Lord Tater Tots isn't a girl.”

“Yes, the baby is a girl, Clark. I saw her on the monitor.”

“Oh...well I don't want a sister.”

“Why not?” Violet asked.

“She'll try to be Super Lord Tater Tots and take my powers away!”

“Clark, don't be silly.”

The girl folded her arms in frustration.

Naomi decided to change the subject before a fight began to brew between the two Geminis. “So do we have any birthday plans?”

The woman and the girl's voices immediately began to overlap as they shouted out birthday ideas.

---

For the remainder of the week, Violet progressively got better and was cleared to fly home. The woman was placed on a strict diet which she was determined to follow, but the lack of sweets in her life made the woman twice as irritable. This was made evident by the fact that everything her daughter did made the woman want to scream as they battled for Matt's attention.

Clark demanded more games and teatimes in which her mother wasn't invited. Superhero dress up time usually didn't include Violet, previously because she thought it was stupid and now because she couldn't fit into the tights.

“How about we do something that includes Mommy?” Matt asked.

“Nooooo. She's brewing a villain,” was Clark's usual response which continuously earned her ‘the behavior talk’. The girl didn't seem to care, as long as her mother kept her distance whilst possessed by her future nemesis.

“Clark, why do you think that the baby is a villain?”

“Because! Look how she's making Mommy act! She took away all of my comic books so that I couldn't study them for upcoming battles!”

“No, Mommy took your comic books away be a you refused to apologize for opening my vintage Joker.”

“I did apologizeeeee,” Clark whined.

“Yeah, but after the fact though, boo. Do you understand how that made me feel? You damaged my things and you weren't even sorry about it.”

Clark sighed. “Yes. But that doesn't change the fact that Lord Tater Tots is evil.”

“Well, I can't wait until you meet her so she can change your mind.”

“Matthew!” Violet shouted from the other room. “I need help putting on my shoes!”

“Coming!” he replied as he pushed himself off of his daughter's bedroom floor.

Clark folded her arms. “When I need help putting on my shoes, you tell me that I can do it by myself but you're helping Mommy and she's a grown up!”

“Clark, you're a big girl now. And with the baby, Mommy can bend over...well she can definitely bend over, she just can't bend down to tie them.”

“That's cause she's fat,” the girl retorted.

“Hey, don't be a little jerk, okay? She gained weight for the baby.”

“She gained weight because you were switching her ice cubes with sugar cubes.”

Matt scowled. “True, but don't remind her. I'll be right back.” The man rushed out of the room and quickly found his wife panting on the edge of their bed.

“I tried, but I can't reach it.”

“I got it, babe.” Matt began to tie the running shoes. Paired with the blue sweatsuit that she wore, it made Matt raise an eyebrow. “What are you about to do?”

“Go jogging.”

Matt cackled. “I've never seen you jog in my life.”

“Don't laughhhhh. I'm determined to lose this weight.”

“Okay, then Clark and I will jog with you.”

“Awww.” Violet kissed the man before he returned to his daughter's bedroom.

“Hey, get your shoes on. We're going jogging with Mom.”

Clark made a face. “Why? Fat ladies can't run.”

Matt pursed his lips to stop himself from laughing. “Well we're about to find out now. Get your shoes.”

“I don't wanna jog with Mommy.”

“You kinda have no choice little lady. I'm going and you can't be home alone.”

“No,” she said firmly.

“If you don't come on, I'll have to stuff you into your old stroller.”

Clark folded her arms.

---

Grumpy Clark sat with her sunglasses stuck to her face with her arms folded as her legs dangled over the edge of her old stroller. Her father pushed the stroller while he paced alongside her wheezing mother.

“Come on, babe. You can do it,” Matt encouraged.

Clark blew a raspberry.

“This is...harder... than I...thought,” Violet panted.

“You're doing great so far. Keep it up and I'll buy you a smoothie.”

“Throw in...some... diamond... earrings?”

“Anything you want,” he assured.

Clark scoffed. “Why do you need earrings? We've only made it to the mailbox!”

“Shut your...filthy little mouth. We have a long driveway!” Violet retorted.

The three of them made it halfway down the block before Violet needed a break.

Clark took a loud sip of her juice box. “So is this gonna make Lord Tater Tots skinny too?”

“No, she'll stay the same size,” Matt assured. “It's not healthy for a baby to lose weight.”

“Oh, so I'll have two fat ladies in my family.” The girl sat back in her stroller and returned to sipping her juice.

“Did she just- oh no you didn't just acknowledge that I'm fat!” Violet fumed.

“Babe, come on. We don't want your heart rate to slow too much, we gotta keep moving,” Matt said.

“Oh, feel my heart! It's pounding because I'm ready to kick the wheel of this little booger’s stroller!”

“That's not very nice, Pink Pearl.”

Matt laughed so hard that he snorted.

“Why is that funny? What's a Pink Pearl?” Violet demanded.

“Um...Pink Pearl is... she's kinda-”

“Just spit it out, Matthew!”

“Pink Pearl is a super villain and terrorist in the Marvel Comics,” the man informed.

“She's also super, duper fat,” Clark added.

“So that's what you guys think of me? A fat, villainous blob?”

“No,” may replied.

“Yes,” Clark blurted.

Violet's bottom lip began to quiver before she turned on her heel and began to waddle away.

Matt groaned. “Way to go, Clark. Babe, wait,” he said as he followed after her, pushing Clark along as the girl continued to sip her juice box.

“Leave me alone, Matthew. I now know how you guys feel about me and I'm done.”

“Baby, that’s not true. I think you look so sexy with this weight on you. I think you look great.”

“You think I look like the Pink Pearl!”

“No I don't.”

“Then why'd you laugh when Clark said it?!”

The man felt guilty. “Because Clark has such obscure references I think it's amazing.”

“Yeah, okay, you think it's amazing for her to reference me as a fat bitch. Thank you my dear husband,” she sniffled. “And thank you dear daughter for being soooo loyal to me from day one. You knew that your Dad was essentially poisoning me and making me obese and yet you didn't say a damn thing and now you want to make fun of me. Just,” Violet clapped sarcastically, “thank you so much.”

“You're welcome,” Clark chirped.

Violet didn't want to give the girl the satisfaction of knowing just how much the comments were affecting her. She began to walk away again.

“Babe, please-”

“Please leave me alone!”

“I can'tttt cause then you'll give me the cold shoulder.”

The woman didn't reply.

“Babeeee.”

“You have to give her something or talk nice about her because that's the only things she likes,” Clark said. “Like her birthday.”

“Ooo, that's a good idea. Babe, I know you want an amazing party for your 30th birthday. Why don't we-”

“I'm turning 29 again,” Violet sniffled.

“Fine,” Matt said.

“And I don't want to celebrate with you guys who clearly don't care about my feelings. Naomi and I will do something.”

“Can I go?” Clark asked.

“No!” Violet exploded. “Wait, sure you can go. I'm having a vacuum cleaner party,” she said underhandedly.

“Noooooo,” the girl whined. “Vacuums are evil!”

“I'm going to have a vacuuming hair hack party in your honor,” the woman continued. “You're going.”

“No I'm not!”

“Mhmm,” Violet hummed before jogging off.

“No! Daddy, go after her!”

Matt suppressed his laughter as he slowly pushed the stroller along behind Violet.

“Faster, Dad, faster! She won't get away with this!”

“I'm not listening to youuuu,” Violet sang as she continued to pace.

Clark tossed her juice box at her mother but.missed.

“Hey,” Matt interjected. “Do you want to be grounded?”

“No, it's okay, honey,” Violet assured. “We'll just get her a handheld vacuum for her birthday.”

Clark began to cry and scream and although it was wrong to taunt her daughter to tears, it made Violet feel better. Matt knew that he should've spoken up, but he'd had enough of being caught between the ladies in his life for the day. He was glad that he because over the next few days, the arguing duo made up for it tenfold.

Matt had to convince Violet to let Clark have a party themed by something that she wasn't terrified of and he had to convince his daughter not to eat her snacks obnoxiously loud whenever her mother was having a craving.

The man didn't know the definition of exhaustion until now. He felt as if he was juggling two toddlers, one of which who demanded sexual favors on occasion. Whether it was cries over a top that no longer fit or demands of getting comic book reading privileges back, Matt took every opportunity he could to hide or take a well deserved nap in the bathroom when he claimed to be showering or taking a shit. It seemed as if the only person who wasn't giving him problems was Lord Tater Tots, and even if she was, he couldn't get too close to interact without being threatened with divorce of he didn't stop breathing so loudly. He'd kiss Violet's belly anyway before rolling onto his side and falling asleep nearly instantly.

---

Matt stifled his yawn as he carried Clark's Avengers Cake onto the patio. The man was dressed in a full Ironman get-up, including tights that Violet couldn't help but appreciate. He placed the cake on the table in front of the girl that sported a tiara and a Black Widow outfit, complete with black water guns for authenticity purposes.

“Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to Clarkkkk, happy birthday to you!” everyone sang.

“And many moreeeee!” her father dramatically added before kissing the three year old's cheek.

Clark grabbed a fistful of cake with her hand and stuffed it into her mouth while her mother sniffled as she pushed herself out of her seat and stormed off. Matt noticed the pending storm and quickly followed his wife.

The man removed his Ironman mask. “What's wrong?” he asked.

“She's eating the cake with her hands,” Violet replied in a broken voice. “One, that's disgusting and two, she insisted on getting chocolate cake when I wanted her to have something else, like, something healthy since I'm on this fucking diet. I suggested carrot and/or strawberry but she was like 'nooo I want chocolate’ just to spite me so I can't eat any. Like, if she would've gotten the carrot, at my next doctor's appointment I could've been like yes, I'm sticking to my diet. I've had a good helping of carrotsss,” Violet sobbed. “I want cake too!”

“Okay, babe. I will have someone go get you cake, okay?”

“No, I want you to get itttt.”

“Violet, I can't leave Clark's party. I'm Ironman!”

“And I'm nearly divorced!” she said hysterically before storming off.

Clark scoffed. “Mommy is being such a baby,” she said to Naomi.

“She's just hormonal,” Naomi defended.

“What’s that mean?”

“Um...the baby is making her way more emotional than normal.”

“That's because the baby is a villain,” Clark said as she licked her fingers.

“Is that so?” Naomi asked.

“Yes! She's making Mommy crazy.”

“True.”

“But that's okay. I have cakeeee.”

---

“I want cakeeee!” Violet cried, nearing hyperventilation.

“Babe, I will get you cake as soon as I can.” Matt kissed his wife's snotty lips. “Okay?”

Violet nodded. “I need you. I really need you,” she said as she pulled the man close.

---

“Daddy!” Clark shouted as she stomped through the house in her black leather boots.

Matt attempted to pull away from his half clothed wife but she secured her legs around his waist.

“Daddy, I wanna open presents!”

“Babeeee,” Violet whined.

“Daddddyyyyy!” Clark fumed.

Matt pried Violet's legs off of him.

“Matthewwww!”

“Babe, it's her birthday,” he said in attempt to reason with his wife.

“So?! She'll have another next year! I wanna fuck!”

Clark banged on the door of her parent’s bedroom. “Daddy, I want to open presents right now!”

“Clark, go away, we're busy!” her mother shouted as she pulled Matt close again but the man quickly broke away. “Babeee!” Violet whined.

Matt leaned in to whisper into the woman's ear. “You let her finish her party and I promise I'll fuck you so good that you're gonna think your birthday came early.”

Violet let out a soft whimper that let Matt know that she wanted him then and there, but she was willing to wait. “Okay,” the woman exhaled.

Matt kissed his wife before pushing himself up and rushing to the door. As soon as he opened it, the man was blasted in the face with Clark's water gun.

“Heyy, what was that for?”

“Sorry, Daddy. I thought Mommy was opening the door,” Clark admitted.

“But that's not okay eit-”

The girl pulled her father along. “Come on! Presents! Presents!”

After Violet pulled on her panties, she slowly made her way back down to the patio. She watched as her daughter went through gift after gift, showing appreciation for everything, especially the necklace from Naomi and the mini Batmobile from her father.

“Who is this from?” the girl asked as she grabbed the small pink wrapped box.

“I don't know,” Matt admitted.

“It's from me,” Violet said.

Clark inhaled sharply before pressing her ear against the box. “I don't hear any ticking so it can't be a bomb...is this a box full of scorpions?”

The woman shook her head. “Just open it and find out.”

Clark gulped and cautiously tore into the paper. When she got down to the box, she slowly lifted the lid and squealed in excitement when she saw her comic books. “Thank you, Mommy! I missed them so much!” The girl quickly went through the stack to make sure that all of her treasures were accounted for before frowning when she saw that she had one book too many. “Hey, this isn't mine.”

“It is yours,” Violet assured. “I had it made for you.” The woman waddled towards the table. “It says ‘What Big Sister Clark Does Best’.”

Clark gasped and quickly began to flip through the koala bear charactered book that represented her and her pending sister. “Is that supposed to be me and Lord Tater Tots?”

“Mhmm and this page says ‘Big sister Clark is the best. She will push you on the swing. She will share her snacks,’” Violet read as Clark stared at the pictures that depicted what her mother was saying. The woman turned the page. “Big Sister Clark will show you how to be a superhero.”

The girl gasped in excitement over the idea. “Mom, I didn't think of that! Instead of letting Lord Tater Tots be evil, I can teach her to be good like me! She doesn't have to stay evil, right Daddy?”

Matt quickly brushed away the one tear that he'd brewed. “Of course not, Clark. You'll be the best big sister and you'll teach her awesome things.”

“Yes! I will study this book and get all the help I can get before Lord Tater Tots is borned! Thank you, Mommy!” Clark stood in her chair and wrapped her arms around her mother's neck.

“You're welcome, sweetheart. I love you...even if we do fight a lot.”

“I love you more.”

“Pfff, no way little dork. I love you more.”

Clark frowned. “No! I love you more!”

“Who do you think you're yelling at?! I'm your mother, and when I tell you that I love you more you have to just accept it!”

The girl blew a raspberry. “No way.”

The shouting quickly began to overlap so Matt simply turned on his heel and rushed to the nearest bathroom in order to get a nap in.

---

Matt had been secretly planning Violet's birthday party for weeks. When he'd taken his sketchbook full of fashions he'd love to see his wife in to a local designer, the collaboration was like something out of a high-fashion sci-fi magazine.

Violet excitedly sat in the front row with her friends as the show dedicated to her commenced. She told her husband that she'd happily wear any of his designs but only Naomi knew the truth of how the woman would only sport the low cut gown silver gown that was clearly inspired by Storm.

“Oh just wait until I get my old body back,” Violet said.

“You like them, babe?” Matt asked from a few seats down.

“Oh my God, are you kidding? They're all so stunning they should be featured in Girly Magazine!”

The man's smile was smug as he turned his attention back to the catwalk.

Naomi gave her friend a nudge. “You're terrible,” she whispered.

“I know,” Violet admitted before taking a sip of her non-alcoholic beverage. “But he's so sweet and he has good dick so I have to keep his ego inflated so he can keep me happy.”

“And pregnant,” her friend added.

“Oh hell no, this little bitch will be the last one. I swear I'll tie my own tubes if I have to.”

Naomi laughed. “Good luck.”

Just then, a text came through to Violet's phone. Even though she'd deleted the contact, she recognized the number as Raven's.

I know we aren't as close as we used to be, but just know that I love you with all of my heart. You are beautiful inside and out and you have an unmatched confidence level that I one day aspire to have. I went about my life the wrong way. There's a famous saying that goes 'if you can't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?’ and all these years, I've been trying to love people when I don't even know who Raven is. I'm on a journey to find her and I'm beginning to love her more and more each day. I appreciate everything that you ever did for me and one day, I hope that you, Naomi and I can he the fashion Musketeers again. I love you. Happy birthday.

Violet's smile was soft as she read the message.

“Whatcha smiling at?” Naomi asked.

Violet showed her and the other woman quickly read it and shrugged. “Maybe.”

“Maybe in the fourth installment? It Takes Three, anyone?”

“Huh?” Naomi asked, clearly confused.

“Nothing.” Violet chuckled to herself at the inside joke before turning her attention back to the show.

---

*Some long ass time later*

“I love you,” Matt whispered against his wife's lips as they cuddled.

“I love you too.”

“You know, we've yet to discuss baby names,” he said. “I don't need you coming at me with your IV because you hate another name that I've picked.”

“Heyyy, I ended up loving Clark.”

“The girl or the name?”

“Umm...both...kinda.”

The couple laughed.

“Go get some popcorn and we'll discuss names.”

“Okay.”

Matt stole a quick kiss before pushing himself off of the bed and making his way to the kitchen. He popped a bag of sweet and salty kettle corn before returning to the room he shared with his wife. He flopped onto the bed and grimaced at the warm wetness that was soaking their mattress. 

“Did you wet the bed?” he asked.

Violet, who was still trying to figure out what was happening, continued to stare at her crotch. “Matthew...I think it's hammer time.”

“It's hammer time?! Oh God, oh God.” In his attempt to run and help the woman, Matt slipped and face planted against the hardwood, effectively splitting the bridge of his nose. By the time they made it to the hospital, the emergency staff was more helpful to Matt than they were to the woman going into labor.

After six hours, the woman was experiencing all kinds of contractions, but she wasn't near dilated enough to push. As Matt massaged her back, a flurry of texts came into his phone.

“Oh wow, Shea just gave birth.”

“Are you fucking kidding me?!” Violet shouted. “She's not even 36 weeks yet. Why does she get to have relief and I don'tttt,” she sobbed.

“Babe, you're almost there. The baby will be out any minute now.” He kissed her head. “Just hang in there.”

“Is her baby okay?”

“Yeah, he's good weight and he apparently looks just like Danny so that shut down the infidelity issues.”

“Good,” she groaned. “What's his name?”

“They haven't given him a name yet.”

Violet groaned again as another contraction hit her. “Doctor, get this fucking baby out of me now!”

It took another six hours before Violet was allowed to curse Matt out and nearly break every bone in his hand as she pushed the nine pound baby out of her vagina. “God, I fucking hate you! You're never touching me again!” Violet hissed at her husband while the baby began to cry.

“It's a boy!” the doctor announced.

“What?!” both parents shouted collectively.

The man handed Matt the scissors and directed him to cut the cord which he mindlessly did as he tried to wrap his mind around having a son. The doctor toweled the baby off and placed him into Violet's arms.

“No, no, no,” she said in disbelief. “The doctor in the Bahamas said it was a girl and I saw no penis on that monitor!”

“Pfff, Bahamian hospitals are so outdated when it comes to their equipment. The screen was probably so grainy that they could've told you that you were having twins and you would've believed it.”

Violet sighed. “Well, we're 0 for 2 in the gender guessing department,” she said to her husband as she handed the baby to him.

Matt, who was now bawling, accepted the baby into his arms. “But we have a sonnn. A cute bald, squishy son. I feel like Mufasa right now or something.”

Violet could only muster up the strength to smile as the exhaustion of twelve hours of labor finally overwhelmed her.

“Welcome to the world, Lord Tater Tots,” Matt whispered to the chubby cheeked newborn.

<<<    >>>

[thepuppymastermind]

Great my sleep schedule is a mess because the monster woke me up at an ungodly hour last night/this morning, soon after falling asleep, because she was sick

And she threw up all her food and kept making those weird swallowing/retching noises (you know the ones) even after and didn’t wanna get up and move

So a little freaked because we never had that before at all I called the emergency vet/animal clinic and they were like she’s probably just still super queasy but we could come in and check if we were worried to make sure she didn’t eat anything dangerous and wasn’t dehydrated. But it’d have been super expensive there not to mention a long taxi drive and longer wait

So I said we’d wait a little and see if it gets better

It didn’t she was making the Noises without pause and we remembered the regular vet here is actually open on Saturdays in the morning! So we waited the 1 hour or so and I checked the website and voice mail to be SURE they were really open berfore.

And then we arrived with the taxi... and there was a letter at the door... saying they were on holiday

And I was like WTF even their voice mail said they open on Saturdays at nine and nothing else. The monster already seemed a bit better but I was still like wtf am I to pay another taxi to drive us to a different city this time?? After a delay of like 1 hour??

So I was That Person I called the emergency number of our vet and threw someone out of bed apparently and was like “uhhh so not sure how much of an emergency this is but were are in front of your door what do we do?” and vet tech was like “uhhh there’s a big piece of paper right there telling you we’re on holiday” and I was like “...yes... but it’s literally not mentioned anywhere else so we’re here now do we need to go to the animal clinic in another city”

And the answer was yes lol and I hung up all polite as you do but honestly wtf??? They have a website AND a voice mail and neither is up to date?? Like usually I’d feel horrible for having woken someone up like this but for once...

I mean if this had been more urgent we’d have been screwed (I didn’t explain why exactly we were there so the answer I got was a general one; note normally they will come into the clinic for emergencies, hence why the number exists)

ANYWAY we decided to try walking all the way back home (remember I had not yet slept lol and also I was not dressed warmly at all oops) because it’d take nearly as long to call another taxi possibly. And luckily the monster seemed much better during the walk aside from eating TONS of grass

So at home I went back to bed though the monster kept making the Noises for a while and I couldn’t sleep before she stopped.

Ughhh

Anyway she’s on a diet now and sleeping like the most adorable creature there is

[horizondawn]

For the Doctor Who ask thingy, if that's alright! 7, 13, 19, 23, and 25

It sure is! :D

7. Favourite companion/doctor relationship 

ughhh, this one is hard too! haha This is what happens when I love pretty much everyone literally equally (well in Moffat’s era anyway). Dang it between Amy/Rory/Doctor and Clara/Doctor it’s ridiculous (the only reason Bill isn’t included is ONLY because of the fact that there is only one series to go off of, and she’s with a Doctor who (lol) knows who he is). See, friendships and family mean the entire world to me, so that’s why the Ponds are so important on a personal ground, but Clara is the one who helped the Doctor truly understand and accept who he, or eventually they, are at their core. For those of us who read every little sliver of character development we possibly can, we see who the Doctor is more than ever right now, and that’s all thanks to Clara really, for being there after he lost the Ponds. It blends a lot for me because everything about Eleven and his relationships with his friends is what ultimately lead him to where he is now. And we can’t forget that Missy is the one entirely responsible for bringing Clara and the Doctor together in the first place. It’s all a mess of emotions for me with the Doctor and his companions in the era of the Moff.

13. First story you saw on TV.

If we’re talking about on the actual channel it originally airs on (BBCA for me) than it would be The Magician’s Apprentice. When I got into Doctor Who I lived in South Korea, so there wasn’t a way for me to watch it except for livestreams and streaming sites while series 8 aired. By the time series 9 started I had moved back to America, so I had actual TV again for the first time in over 2 years.

19. Favourite one off monster

I never actually thought about this before. Hmmm… that’s a tough one, but the episode that first popped into my head was the unnamed monster in Midnight. That episode was seriously messed up psychologically, and we didn’t even see the dang thing and don’t know what it’s called. I just have a fear of not being in control of my emotions and actions, and that’s exactly what it strips away from you. And it made everyone else go mad. I’m sure there are other great ones that I’ve forgotten, but this is one that definitely stands out.

23. Least favourite companion (why?)

Okay hopefully this stays in a safe spot because it’s a pretty unpopular opinion for a certain portion of the fandom. And I’m not saying I hate her, but Rose is at the bottom of the list. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE her in series 1. She is fabulous and I absolutely adore her. Once Ten comes in though she becomes this bratty and clingy child who just wants the Doctor to herself. And then her lingering presence makes itself known in not very good ways following her departure that hurt Martha and Donna within the narrative even when she wasn’t there. Not only that, but her actual return was extremely anti-climatic. And in the end she got her Doctor clone. Her character was just a mess after series 1 as a whole, but even then I wouldn’t have had that much of a problem with her if it weren’t for Rose-stans people. She’s good as a whole for the introduction of the show and I will not invalidate her importance to the Doctor with her being his first companion after the Time War, but her character got really sloppy in the end and I felt like she didn’t grow at all really as an individual, again following series 1. But again, that’s just me. People are allowed to love her of course. It’s that certain part of the fandom that has ruined her enjoyment for me to the point I can’t look at her without that bitterness most of the time because you know, Moffat companions are “flat and are only mysteries to solve” apparently to them.

25. Favourite EU companion?

I actually got really excited about this question. And because I talk about the EU so little I’m going to mention my top three. First is the lovely Josephine Day. Holy I love this girl so much. She’s the companion of the eighth Doctor from Titan Comics. She’s smart, has a wonderful personality, she loves art, and she and the eighth Doctor are so in sync and balance one another wonderfully. And there’s a wonderful little twist at the end. It’s only 5 volumes long, so I highly recommend it for a short story but wonderful character (and the art is absolutely lovely as well).

The other two are ironically companions of Eight as well, and sometimes River Song. Yeah, I’m talking about Liv Chenka and Helen Sinclair. TBH I do need to listen to their stories again to remember specific details, but once again I just love their dynamic with the Doctor, and how gay everything becomes when River shows up. It’s not even River’s interactions with the Doctor I get excited about (which isn’t as much as you think since it’s always younger versions), but River with Liv and Helen gives me life. If you can find a way to listen to it, Doom Coalition is astounding, and Liv and Helen are half of the reason it is.

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A Ruff Love

( :^)))) IM SO SORRY THIS CHAP TOOK TOO DANG LONG  TTTTTT BUT AFTER 5 MILLION YRS IM DOne! Also look at this old Mingyu pic lmao how cute. ANYWAYS I HOPE YALL ENJOY THIS CHAP!)

Prologue / 1 / 2 / soon

Genre: Fluffy, Minor Angst, Minor Violence, High School Au

Member: S.coups/Seungcheol, Mingyu/Kim Mingyu, (Ft. today Joshua and Jeonghan!)

Word Count: 1503

Over the past 3 days, Scout has successfully adapted to the house and he adores the couch especially. At first, Scout was somewhat reluctant to go inside the house, but after you had stayed outside with him for awhile, he went in. Did he just want you to be safe inside? You weren’t sure why, but he held a very protective aura around you already.

You are laying on the bed, listening to music when you feel the end of your bed sink down. “How’s my cutie doing?” You coo lovingly at scout as you sit up, ruffling his head. He on rubs his head into your hand further, loving the attention he is getting. “You are so pretty… i wonder why they gave you up?” You say out loud to no one in particular. “But I guess it’s a good thing… because you have me now! And I will love you dearly!” You coo, giving him a kiss on the head. He gives you a sloppy kiss on the cheek in return, practically responding to your love.

“Y/n! Come get your breakfast!” Your mom commands. 

“Okay okay! Let me change first!” “Why do you need to change for breakfast?” “After I’m done I’m gonna go out with Mingyu to introduce Scout!” “Ohhhh! I gotcha! Is he also gonna take Monshi as well?”

“Yup!” You squeal. Monshi was such a cutie you couldn’t help but cuddle him whenever you went over to your best friend’s house, always making him pout for paying attention to Monshi instead of him. You smile at the thought of Mingyu’s childish pout. “Don’t keep him waiting then,” she scolds “Hurry up and eat!”

You stroll along the sidewalk with Scout seeing him show off his new sleek collar and brand new leash, grabbing many people’s attention. Did he charm many people with his golden fur and handsomeness? You chuckle at the people entranced with him. 

You and Scout get near the park when you hear someone shout your name

“Y/n!”

You turn to the source of the loud yelling and see Mingyu’s tall figure running towards you with Monshi. Scout gets in a hostile form and bares his pearly whites, growling loudly at Mingyu. “Hey hey it’s alright Scout…” you kneel down, petting his head, whispering sweet nothings in his ear.

Mingyu slowly halts to a stop seeing Scout get protective, and lifting up Monshi in his arms. “Is he alright y/n?” He questions worriedly. You give him a look. “Well duh. You scared him though! You were yelling loudly!” You scold. He flinches at your words. “Sorry Scouty~ I won’t do it again.” He bows a little. Scout just gives him a grunt as to say “Don’t do that again!” And stops baring his teeth at him. Mingyu just giggles and sets down Monshi, squealing at how cute they were.

You get a good look at Mingyu for a moment. His face has been getting more and more defined every time you see him. It was summer and he had gotten a bit more darker (and of course gotten more taller), his skin looking as pretty and darker as ever. You remember when he felt self conscious about it and was picked on for it, but you had reassured him his skin was the least of his problems and that it was a perfect shade. He has blushed at the compliment and said that was cheesy before running off to play on the playground. You realize that he had colored his hair a brown shade, giving him a cute appearance for it was also poofy.  

“Monshi-ah~” you say sweetly and ruffle his hair. He looks up from his kneeling position and turns red. “What the heck…” he stammers but doesn’t move away. You laugh and kneel down with him to play with the dogs. “How have you been loser?” You inquire.

“I’ve been fine, I’m working part time for a small shop. Been hanging out with the boys and playing volleyball lately. How has my Kongju been?” He questions with a smirk. You roll your eyes at the name he calls you.

“I’ve been fine, haven’t gotten a job yet but chilling at home. Also taking care of my cutie.” You giggle as you rub Scout’s head. “That’s good. Atleast you have someone to watch over you when I’m not there.” He chuckles.

“Anyways, ready to walk them now?” He stands up, offering you his hand. “Of course loser~” you slur, taking his hand.

Getting to the park wasn’t a long process but the actual park pretty big, it was almost like a forest. You and Mingyu make small chat about your summer, since it was getting close to its end in two days.

“Ahhhhh… I really don’t wanna go back yet.” You complained. “Why not? We are gonna be 11th graders!!! We will be fine! And we will have classes together as usual~” Mingyu states. You begrudgingly agree, if you didn’t have Mingyu with you then what’s the point of even showing up?

You both stroll further into the park and hear people chatting behind you, not really thinking about it. “Mingyuuuuu… let’s eat afterwards~” you whine and bat your eyelashes at him. “Ughhh… Fineee… my kongju is so needy~” he whines right back. You smile sweetly at him, “Thank youuu!”

“Hey.” A rough voice barks.

Scout apparently knows the voice and turns around excitedly, making you also turn around with him. Your blood turns cold when you see who it is. “Hm? What’s wrong?” Mingyu questions before turning around, fear covering his face as well.

Standing right before you two, were 3 of the baddest kids in school, the three main leaders of The 17 quilates. Choi Seungcheol or “ S.coups” as he was most often referred too, was the main leader of the whole group and was the worst to mess with. The second one was Yoon Jeonghan, the handsomest one but also the most vile one in the group. If you wronged him in anyway or form, kiss you good reputation goodbye, for he would make sure you were shunned and punished to the ends of the earth. The final one was Hong Jisoo or “ Joshua”, the group’s Angel and Devil. He is a perfect student and has a pure facade to fool anyone. He has all the school staff and student wrapped around his finger, and with one word he could command them to do anything and get away with anything. He also makes sure his group is not to be messed with and to make sure his closest friends never get in trouble.

So exactly why are the most feared boys in school, and maybe even in your town, are standing right in front you and your trembling friend?  

Seungcheol looks down at your legs and smiles when he sees Scout.

“Scout… come here.” He commands sweetly, ignoring you and Mingyu. You kneel down quickly and hold onto Scout, making sure not to squeeze him. “Um… what are you doing here and why are you talking to MY Scout?” You sneer at him, but stammer on your words.

He glares at you coldly.

“ ‘Your’ Scout? Yeah right.” He scoffs in a rude manner, his friends chuckling making you feel stupid for some reason. “He isn’t 'Yours’, he is 'Mine’. Right?” He turns around to his lackeys. “Well duh Seungcheolie, She is just out of her mind right now, right y/n-nnie…?” Jeonghan chided looking down at you.

You turn to the ground, to scared to make eye contact, hearing them laugh at your action. Your face turns red. Why are you so scared?

“Jeonghan-ahhh~ quit scaring the poor girl,” Joshua commented “She doesn’t want to look dumb in front of us~”

You coyly look back up and look at Mingyu for a second. He is scared still, but now he is fuming.

“Well miss y/n, I will be taking MY Scout back.” Seungcheol says, offering his hand to help you up. You stare at his hand and slowly put out your hand.

“… Nah.” You exclaim, slapping his hand away and standing up. All of them gasp.

Seungcheol looks at you like you like you had just sprouted three heads.

“Scout is MINE, he is MY new family member, and also I adopted him and have his paperwork. So if you try to steal him and if I find out he is missing, I will report you and you will most likely get arrested given your record… So!" You walk away, Scout complying.

"By the way 'Seungcheollie’… I will see you at school! Bye bye!!!" 

You smile and bow at him and his friends and take off in a sprint with Scout, Mingyu bows as well and stumbles right behind you, holding Monshi very closely to his body.

"What…the hell… What the HELL?!?” You hear Seungcheol roar. You smile deviously. This might be interesting.