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BingLiuShen au where Shen Qingqiu's fevered heteronormativity poisoned brain decides that the best way to avoid dying for the crime of being a heterosexual male in a stallion novel is to pretend not to be heterosexual and thus not a threat to the protagonist's harem. He figures if he can hit that sweet spot where his (supposed! Not real at all!) sexuality is just a quirk of the beloved mentor then the narrative will have no choice but to keep him alive. Airplane might be a hack, but he's exactly the sort of hack who would put in a token gay character, then shunt them off to the background, only to be trotted out again when he's getting flack in the comments for sexist, homophobic, and/or generally shitty writing decisions.
And for Shen Yuan, whose stated life goal is to idle away the hours in luxury and occasionally bask in Binghe's protagonisty coolness (in a very heterosexual way of course!) that would be the perfect out. There's just one problem- how does he demonstrate his (definitely fake!) homosexuality without playing into homophobic tropes and getting himself killed for offending the genre's aggressively het sensibilities?
The answer? Pretend to be pinning away silently in unrequited love for another man. It's perfect! All he has to do is drop a few extremely subtle hints in Binghe's hearing implying having feelings he would never act on for say, Liu Qingge, and he'll be golden. After all, what person attracted to men (which he isn't!) wouldn't fall immediately in love with the Bai Zhan War God? It has the added benefit of proving what a good Token Gay he is by the fact that he saved Liu Qingge's life without any expectations or hopes and without ever even revealing his (supposed!) feelings.
Shen Qingqiu gets about a week of feeling like a genius after putting this plot into motion before Liu Qingge starts showing up at Qing Jing with small gifts and pastries and asking to spar, and well. In between melting down (because how on earth did he put it together from the grand total of three entirely ambiguous hints he dropped!) and trying to stay composed (because even the straightest guy- which he is!- would get flustered by having Liu Qingge smiling at him Like That) he figures the only rational thing to do is just Commit To the Bit, resign himself to one day becoming cultivation partners with Liu Qingge and retiring together into the background of future plot shenanigans. Their are clearly no other possible ways of dealing with this situation, and hey being with Liu Qingge of all people isn't bad. That's a fan favorite character and he's stupidly handsome and brave and kind! Shen Qingqiu could do a lot worse, especially in a world like PIDW. In fact given the alternatives, Shen Qingqiu's could probably consider himself incredibly lucky. Objectively that is. From a purely 'guy trying to survive this dumb novel' point of view. It would be an honor to have Liu Qingge's arms wrapped around him. If he where into men of course.
Meanwhile you have Luo Binghe in the background of every scene the two are in with a forced smile, internally speed running the '*fork in garbage disposal noises*' to 'I just want my Shizun to be happy! I swear!' to 'actually Liu-shishu is really nice I can see what Shizun sees in him' to 'oh no I think I want to be in the Middle Of Whatever That Is' arc.
(And of course, Binghe at the end of the day IS the protagonist, and after much trial and tribulation, is supposed to get exactly what he wants...)
And all the while you have Liu Qingge, utterly oblivious to the mental anguish and gymnastics of his shidi and shizi, who just keeps turning up at Qing Jing, because he really does like Shen Qingqiu and even if that first date was his sister's idea he's found he really does enjoy spending time with Shen Qingqiu, and also Shen Qingqiu's sticky first disciple who despite the crocodile tears is actually clearly pretty strong. He has no idea that Shen Qingqiu is silently picking out drapery for the future house while Luo Binghe tries to rationalize his out of control heartbeat as a completely normal side effect of the sparring match they just fought (Which he only keeps challenging Liu-shishu to make sure he's strong enough to protect Shizun! He swears!).
WIll the three of them ever figure it out and get their act together? Sure. Will they do it before the Conference/Abyss arc upends everything? Absolutely not.
#SVSSS#SVSSS AU#scum villian self saving system#Bingliushen#liubingshen#shen qingqiu#shen yuan#luo binghe#liu qingge#the real person suffering in this situation is ming fan#who has no idea what is going anytime all three of them are in one room#but he KNOWS it's not normal and that he can't and shouldn't do anything about it#at first he's thrilled when he thinks that sqq and liu-shishu are getting together#but his approval is quickly rescinded after the first time Liu Qingge pats Binghe on the head and Bing almost starts crying
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Was chatting about good alternate Cody&Obi-Wan dynamics with @threebea, and one of them we just had a lot of fun with.
Bea:
Cody: We are doing a good job at war. Are you proud general. Obi-Wan: [grump in CW '03] Cody being in a lacky position is very funny to me, if that makes sense. Cody: The boss will surely promote me. Obi-Wan: You're diligent and thorough but we cannot save supplies by powering this with my lightsaber that is not happening. I have always considered that of the two of them, Cody is the reckless hot-blooded one and Rex is the level-headed one. (Obi-Wan's view skewed however having raised one Anakin Skywalker making Cody kicking droids seem very reasonable and thought out.)
Here were my options for Cody and Obi dynamics:
Obi-Wan treating Cody the way he treats Anakin, early on in their working relationship, tentative but working on that angle because those two are the same age and rank so like. Cody might really be as much of a Dumb Young Man as most young men are, yes?
Obi-Wan treating Cody with a hands-off approach because the guy can manage the army while Obi-Wan runs off to stab the Count, right?
Obi-Wan treating Cody kinda coldly because his instinct is to be very delicate and nice to these traumatized young men, but they don't like it when he does that, so he has to be standoffish because otherwise he'll start babying them because they're barely any older than Anakin was when he got his boy.
Obi-Wan treating Cody as a Research Assistant because he's a nerd and sometimes padawans would be assigned to him in the archives, and Cody hovers behind his shoulder the way those students did so he just got distracted and started giving Research Guy orders instead of High General orders.
Aaaaaanyway we got in on that last one.
Obi-Wan definitely had to call him Padawan at least once Cody: ... [Looks around nope just him]
Cody: I expected to be mistaken for my brothers due to our faces. I did not expect to be mistaken for... Anakin Skywalker? Did I get that right?
Rex: My general called me mom once. I think he was joking? but I'm not sure.
One day, Cody has to come into the Temple for some professional reason, is told that Obi-Wan is in the archives, and walks into the sight of Obi-Wan wandering the stacks with several teenagers following him like ducklings, giving instructions with just "Padawan, could you grab that one?"
When Cody asks how they know which one he means, they tell him they don't. They just go with whoever's nearest the given task.
Cody: But he doesn't do this to any other clone [he does] Rex: You stand just behind his shoulder handing him files all day.
You Are Doing The Padawan Thing
Cody initially worried because implied Obi-Wan thinks of him as a student/not fully ready for the responsibility of being a commander or whatever. Obi-Wan: ? No I just… You're Padawan shaped. I can't explain it any better than that Cody gets it the most because he happens to stand exactly where Anakin used to stand the most often. Ironically, Obi-Wan tries hard to call Anakin by his name as a respect to his no longer being a student thing. Cody is firm about military discipline calling Obi-Wan sir and General because if he called him Master Kenobi or Obi-Wan the 'mistaken for Padawan' thing would happen three times as often. Cody: [grumbles] Alpha-17 didn't have this problem. Rex: Alpha-17 drew a line between himself and the Padawan day one to avoid it I think.
Alpha also has been acting like a middle-aged man since he was five. The disdain. Dripping.
Which actually didn't save him he was just more openly insulted when it happened once so Obi-Wan made sure never to do it again. Alpha: I was trained by Jango Fett himself and have proven myself a full fledged captain. I am not a Padawan :/ Obi-Wan: [listening to the speech] noted Cody: [far too polite to ever correct Obi-Wan] What did you need, General? Probably reinforced Alpha acting like an old man. I think he even calls Anakin kid? Anakin: I'm older than you you're the kid 😦 Obi-Wan: Padawan don't argue with the captain. I need a five times Obi-Wan called Cody Padawan (and one time when it was Alpha-17) fic now lol
Anakin: Why does he get away with-- Obi-Wan: Because I feel that if I call him Padawan by accident again, he may break something. And we don't have the funds for that.
Anakin: [in the room once but realizes Obi-Wan was taking to Cody] Anakin: Am I jealous by rival son/Padawan or am I amused that Obi-Wan is going senile?
"my baby boy" vs "generic younger person whom I feel some fondness for"
It's like. Old southern men who refer to anyone younger than them as "son" or "miss."
Obi-Wan: It's even gender neutral I don't have to remember names at all. Obi-Wan also probably called Ahsoka 'Anakin' a number of times, but that's due more to the A name combined with her jumping off something a Padawan should not be jumping off of. He mostly defaults to Padawan but a scolding 'Anakin! No!' Comes out every now and then for her. Obi-Wan: Anakin! No! Anakin, beside him: What? Obi-Wan: ...Sorry, force of habit. Ahsoka! No!
#star wars#the clone wars#obi wan kenobi#commander cody#anakin skywalker#alpha 17#phoenix talks#sw legends
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BOY IS MINE !
warnings : ( kissing , grabbing , cheating )
you strictly always wanted jungkook to yourself. but it was hard when he always had his little girlfriend with him.
not proof read.
"why is she always yapping." you rolled your eyes annoyingly. "maybe she drunk?"
your eyes traveled to the chick and back at jungkook who was shaking hands with everyone who kept going up to him. you did not care how hard you stared. if someone had a problem then they can address it.
"don’t do anything dumb y/n— already bad enough today."
"please. i won’t do anything dumb." cap again. you knew what you were gonna do. well shi — it’s jungkook. you finished your wine before fixing yourself.
"y/n! let’s take pictures on the red carpet. everyone is waiting for you to take pictures with everyone. this is your big day too!"
you had just uploaded a music video with jungkook. the song called boy is mine. everyone went crazy over it. you were new to the game and you figured a music video with jungkook would go big. you had to admit, you had always wanted jungkook but everytime you tried his little sidekick was there. you also never gave a fuck. the moment you saw all the comments and tags of everyone editing you guys saying they ship, you knew jungkook was yours— it was just a matter of time.
"hey y/n! how was doing the music video with jungkook like?" an interviewer asked. "it was fantastic, i knew i picked the right person." you smiled. "could you say the same jungkook?"
"of course, it was fun and y/n is super sweet!" you bit your inner cheek. "do you think you’ll ever do another music video together?"
"yes, i actually wanted to shoot one for my new song!"
"would you do it y/n?"
"of course!"
"let’s take photos now." your manager yelled. everyone going crazy. jungkook putting his hand on your back. "new music video?"
"yes, i was going to text you but i had to make sure it was a solid thing."
"look jungkook, i want you." brave is the word for you. "m'sorry what?"
"you heard me. you shouldn’t be with her. i see the way you act around her and it’s not the same. you and me can blow this industry through the roof. i know you were feelings me during our shoots. take a chance. break up with your girlfriend."
shock was an understatement. you took a last photo and walked away. he couldn’t lie and say he didn’t feel anything when you guys shot the music video but he didn’t think you would be so straight forward or just figured you ignored it. he also couldn’t lie to you and say he never thought about it. before you even blew up big he spotted you from the moment you were with megan thee stallion during their remix of butter.
even asked megan if you were single. you began walking inside the ball room when you felt someone pull your arm into an empty room. "what the —" before you could finish your sentence you felt soft lips on yours. locking into the kiss putting your arms around his shoulders. you didn’t even have to open your eyes. you knew it was jungkook. his cologne gave it away. his hands going down to your ass cheeks.
"meet me upstairs after this party." jungkook kissed you one more time and walked out making sure no one saw him or you. you bit your lip still thinking of the kiss. it was warm, soft, tight. if you could pull your panties down and fuck him there— you would. but i mean who wouldn’t.
sccrim — all rights reserved. please do not modify, repost , translate , or plagiarise my content.
#jungkook short stories#jungkook x y/n#jungkook x reader#jungkook x you#jeon jungkook#jungkook#bts x reader#bts x you
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Can u write headcanons for the sakamoto days characters as the animes coming out on Saturday. For ur bestie friendie 😆😆
Sakamoto days x reader headcanons
Yes I will, happy birthday to you. You should be ecstatic rn.
Is the Sakamoto days fandom alive on here??? Hope so.
Shin
He's really obvious about the fact he like you, like reallyyy obvious
Puts extra effort into every little action he does so you think he's cool(he's really not),if you two met in the JCC he'd make sure his entire routine for group assassination missions is basically flawless.
Can't help being curious about what you thought and tunes into your thoughts and has to pretend his face isn't growing hotter by the second as he walks back in line, your inner thoughts of admiration replaying in his head.
Has at least one person(Mr Sakamoto) who he talks to endlessly about you, if he was still an assassin he'd have found it unbearable but now he sits blissfully with a ramen cup in hand as Shin talks away, when his mind wanders to young love and then eventually his wife, Shin snaps at him to pay attention.
Knows a lot about you (most without you knowing but sh), sometimes he just comes up to you and reminds you of something you're about to forget or a question too niche for him to ask and you're like "huh?" and he just blinks at you before going "huh-?"
Takes a deep breath and does that silly shake thing guys do when they're about to run when he's determined to talk to you, ends up folding anyway because he's geeked you asked to eat with him today.
Does the absolute most to keep you out of danger, at the JCC and at the shop, enemies seem to be popping up from anywhere now he and Sakamoto had dropped from the ranks and he didn't want you wrapped up in that.
Cannot flirt, he cannot and it's so embarassing, it's sweet when he tries though, the moment he sees you trying to hold your laugh he just gives up and holds his flushed face as you double over laughing. At least you said he was cute(internally.)
I can imagine you two in his or your room on a hot day, the windows wide open and the fan is blasting in your faces as you split twin popsicles, he thinks you look beautiful even as you sweat profusely and fan your face with your hand.
Nagumo
So annoying, to the point it's almost driving you mad, makes every excuse under the sun to come see you, be it day or night. People often ask how you deal with his unprecedented visits and you can only drag out a sigh and shrug.
Terrible gift giver but it's clear he tries, hands you a beaten up rubber duck and looks at you expectantly when you're not immediately ecstatic (cause what??). He'll explain like some expertise in the science of you that he saw you cooing and feeding ducks one day in the summer five years ago. You look down at the small colourful bird and decide it's actually quite cute, it can go in your random trinket box.
Naturally touchy guy, an arm around your shoulder is not a rare thing but one thing he does get nervous about is holding your hand. Yes he could hold you against his chest for ages as you read out something to him but the idea of holding your has his head in his hands as he squats on the floor.
Would love it if you liked his stupid jokes but would love it even more if you made it your goal to absolutely despite them. He finds the dynamic quite funny. Actively enjoys seeing the way your face crumples up when he cracks a joke at the absolute worst time, something dumb about grannies as the both of you are still panting and painted in blood in a care home of all places.
Not that jealous or possessive but will feel left out when he notices you're hanging out with someone a bit more than him. Will insert himself between you and this new person, mostly unaware he's acting on self preservation to keep himself in your sights.
Shishiba
He's so calm and collected all the time, the concept of him liking someone and that person possibly being you had never crossed your mind and it probably never will.
He likes to praise your work ethic a lot, "Looks good." , "You cleaned them up yourself?" You just nod back with a smile and he's convinced he made the boldest move in the books.
Would want to make absolute certain you like him before saying anything life threateningly risky. Pretty traditional with it, asks you out to eat after work and lets you choose the place. Insists he pays because he earns more than you but he just wanted to treat you. Has a list on his phone of the places you two enjoyed the most and pins them on Maps in case you want to go again.
The type to stare daggers into you while you're busy talking to someone else, when you're done talking he's still looking your way and waits for you to acknowledge him. Sometimes he announces himself, sometimes he'll just walk up beside you and hands your new assignment over which honestly startles you at times.
Wish he could've met you under different circumstances, wherever you're in his line of work or not. He'll never be truly satisfied with the way things are, constantly weighing the options.
For now he's enjoying watching you enjoy your favourite snacks and his heart warms when you offer him a generous bite.
Kashimo
Doesn't know what he's feeling towards you, the only thing he knew was his loyalty to Slur and you were gradually changing that one situation at a time.
It started when you'd apply ointments to where his body disconnected even though he was literally designed to be able to be broken and put back together with no effort. But you put in that effort, insisting he should let you and it'd be beneficial in the long wrong, he liked to believe you.
Often shows up to your cubicle at work just to say good morning then walk away, not even waiting for you to respond. You find it oddly charming and he just likes hearing your giggle as he leaves the office.
He believes you're also one of those people whose never done anything worth damning in their entire life. You're so kind and considerate of him he couldn't even fathom you doing anything wrong. Sometimes he hopes he's still capable of dying just so it could be alongside you, doesn't understand what that means fully though, it's just an ideal.
Likes it when you hold his arm, patting it slightly as you give some feedback on the latest mission. Doesn't understand the point in it but is far from complaining, he enjoys your attention and doting words.
Doesn't like to hold delicate things, like cats he really likes them but has a lingering fear he'd accidentally hurt the small thing. Instead he likes watching you hold these fragile things, pointing to them and you pick them up with a questioning look on your face, he makes a motion for you to scratch it's ears, he's pleased when you do.
(Y'all know like those slime stimboard monkey vids💀💀)
He considers you to also be delicate, so you'll never catch him making a move to touch you even though sometimes his bones ache to, he's fine with the brief touches you give him he couldn't ask for anything more.
Heisuke
He's also helplessly down bad for you, instead he tries his best to be helpful to you but you always seem to one up him in that area, especially when you let him crash at your place. Like a true angel.
Doesn't bother with pickup lines he's tried them out and they're not really his thing but sometimes he says something so heartmoving you pause all together. When he notices your reaction he's completely oblivious he's successfully shot his shot, "Pfft look at ya face."
Piisuke loves you because he does, it's like their brains are interlinked. The bird will catch small sight of you and immediately rush over to perch itself on your shoulder and snuggle its beak into your cheek, it hurts but how could you say no. Heisuke already knows that whenever his small partner did this you were likely around, so he's walking up to you bashfully and taking Piisuke back (he's secretly setting the two of you up.)
Showers you with compliments and praise likes it's nothing, words of affirmation is definitely one of his top love languages on hopefully getting you to like him back. But the moment you reciprocate, admiring his terrifyingly precise sniping skill he's so flushed and hot and fumbling his words he just has to slap a hand over his mouth. Needs a minute before he's chucking softly, his hands smoothly over the rough build of the artillery as he thanks you.
The forgetful sort but not when it comes to you, suddenly he remembers everything. Sometimes he comes to you to say something he needs to remember because it's so much easier when it's your face and voice he remembers reprimanding him.
Dreams of a soft domestic life with you, maybe, if you like, a kid or two to complete the picture and of course the family pet as Piisuke. Grins stupidly to himself at the idea of how he'd propose to you (you're not even together yet.)
#sakamoto days#saka days#sakamoto days x reader#shin x reader#nagumo x reader#kashimo x reader#heisuke mashimo#heisuke x reader#headcanon#yh
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This was so close yet so far away. This really isn't a "white people" thing, this is a generally uneducated and societal issue thing. Sorry it just annoys me a lot when people present universal problems as a "Whytie" problem, because it shows that you guys actually don't look past your own narrow world view either. Like great, we're pointing out the failings of white folks, but everybody else is gonna pretend that their ethnopurism and lack of education doesn't exist because they're being told it's specifically a white problem.
I'm guessing this is like just another case of extreme US-centrism where only the way people in the US act is put as the gold standard you all think we fall into. If you'd at least have worded it specifically like something you personal feel or is an anecdote. Do you honestly believe white people are the only ones who could have idiots believing the bullshit equation of interethnic children? Even with US-centrism I at least normally see people acknowledge that some POC groups have the exact same dumb shit opinion.
Honestly, that is such a huge fucking tip off that you lack a wider understanding of ethnopurism*, xenophobia and global racism.
Sorry but nothing is quite as obnoxious as people trying to make a really widespread issue a "whytes" problem, because they can't even fathom that the same level of bullshit exists in other communities and groups. Congrats.
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𝐎𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬, 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
WARNINGS: mattheo riddle x slytherin!fem!reader, friends to lovers, playful banter, kissing, SFW, not proofread, english is not my first language.
fluff ☏
SUMMARY: You’re trying to study in the library, but Mattheo is more focused on being charming and annoying in equal measure. After some teasing, and him claiming to be a “delicate flower,” he finally drops the act and confesses he likes you. Turns out, you like him too (shocking, right?). Cue a sweet, awkward kiss that makes all the banter worth it. And of course, Mattheo immediately uses this new relationship status as an excuse to distract you even more. Typical.
WC: 1.4K AN: Small drabble of sweet Matty confessing his feelings :)
𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓:
The library was quiet, save for the faint rustle of pages and the occasional thud of a book being shelved. You were hunched over your notes, quill in hand, trying to make sense of the convoluted explanation in your textbook. Across the table, Mattheo was reclining in his chair, twirling a quill between his fingers with a smirk that told you he was anything but focused.
“Are you planning to actually help, or are you just here to look pretty?” you asked, not bothering to glance up from your parchment.
“Looking pretty is a full-time job,” Mattheo quipped, his grin widening. “But if you insist, I could try to dumb it down for you.”
You shot him a glare, and he raised his hands in mock surrender.
“Kidding! Don’t hex me, please. I’m fragile.”
“Fragile? You?” you snorted, shaking your head. “That’s rich coming from the guy who got into three duels last week and didn’t even flinch when he got hit by a Stunning Spell.”
“Exactly,” he said smugly. “It’s all a facade. Deep down, I’m a delicate flower.”
“A delicate flower who doesn’t know the difference between a bezoar and a bicorn horn,” you muttered under your breath, earning an offended gasp from him.
“Hey, I’ll have you know I’m a wealth of useless knowledge,” Mattheo shot back, leaning forward on his elbows. “Go on, quiz me. I dare you.”
You arched a brow, deciding to humor him. “Fine. What’s the incantation for a Summoning Charm?”
“Accio,” he said instantly, looking pleased with himself.
“That one was so easy,” you replied, unimpressed.
“What’s the primary ingredient in Veritaserum?” He blinked, caught off guard, before squinting at you suspiciously. “That’s not a fair question. No one actually knows that.”
“Incorrect,” you said, smirking. “The answer is: someone who actually studies.”
Mattheo groaned, dropping his head onto the table dramatically. “You’re cruel. You know that, right?”
“I prefer ‘motivational,’” you said sweetly, turning back to your notes.
He lifted his head just enough to peer at you, a lazy grin tugging at his lips. “You’re lucky you’re cute when you’re smug.”
Your quill paused mid-stroke, heat creeping up your neck at his casual remark. “You’re so annoying,” you muttered, trying to ignore the way your heart was suddenly racing.
Mattheo chuckled, the sound low and warm. “And yet, here you are, willingly stuck with me. What does that say about you?”
“It says I’m regretting my life choices,” you shot back, but the faint smile on your lips betrayed you.
He leaned back again, studying you with a look that was softer than usual. “Nah, you’d miss me if I wasn’t here.” You rolled your eyes, refusing to admit he was right. “Keep telling yourself that, Riddle.”
“Don’t have to. I can see it in your face,” he teased, pointing at you.
“You’re insufferable.”
“And you love it,” he said, his tone light but his eyes lingering on you for just a moment too long.
The playful energy shifted slightly, the banter fading as an unspoken tension filled the space between you.
Mattheo hesitated, then stood abruptly, walking around the table to stand beside you. “Come on,” he said, holding out a hand. You frowned, looking up at him. “What are you doing?”
“Stealing you away for a minute,” he replied with a crooked grin. “You need a break. You’re going to fry your brain with all that studying.”
Despite yourself, you took his hand, letting him pull you to your feet. “If this is another one of your dumb pranks—”
“It’s not,” he cut in, his voice softening. “Just trust me, okay?” He led you through the maze of bookshelves, finally stopping in a secluded corner where the world felt smaller and quieter.
He turned to face you, his hand still holding yours.
“You’re acting weird,” you said, narrowing your eyes.
“For once, I’m not,” he murmured, his gaze searching yours. “I just… there’s something I’ve been meaning to say.”
You blinked, your heart picking up speed at the shift in his tone.
“What is it?”
He hesitated, his usual confidence faltering. ‘It’s now or never Mattheo, come on now.’
“I like you,” he said finally, the words coming out in a rush.
“More than just as a friend. And if I don’t say it now, I feel like I never will.”
Your breath caught in your throat, his words echoing in your mind. For a moment, you could only stare at him, the vulnerability in his eyes so unlike the confident, teasing Mattheo you knew.
“I…” you started, but your voice faltered.
His hand began to slip from yours, and the sight of him pulling away sparked something in you.
“No, wait,” you said quickly, your fingers tightening around his.
His eyes flicked back to yours, hope mingling with hesitation on his face.
You exhaled a shaky breath, your heart pounding in your chest. “I like you too, Mattheo. I have for a while now. I just… I didn’t know how to say it.”
His eyes widened slightly, and for a second, you thought he might not believe you. But then his lips tugged into the softest smile you’d ever seen, one that reached his dark, expressive eyes.
“You’re serious?” he asked, his voice barely above a whisper. You nodded, a small, nervous laugh escaping you. “I mean, why else would I willingly put up with you? Let’s be honest, you’re a bit of a nightmare.”
He chuckled, the tension easing from his shoulders. “Fair point. But you’re not exactly subtle, you know.” Your cheeks flushed. “Excuse me?”
“I’ve caught you staring at me more times than I can count,” he teased, his smirk returning. “You’re terrible at hiding it.”
“I was not staring,” you protested, though the heat in your cheeks betrayed you.
“Sure, keep telling yourself that,” he said, stepping closer until the space between you was nearly nonexistent.
“But for what it’s worth, I’ve been staring at you too.”
Your heart fluttered at his words, and you couldn’t stop the smile spreading across your face. “Well, I guess we’re both terrible at hiding it then.”
He laughed softly, the sound warm and genuine. “Guess so.”
Mattheo hesitantly leans closer, his breath warm and gentle against your skin. His eyes search yours, soft with vulnerability, as he timidly nudges his nose against yours—a silent, tender plea for permission, waiting for your response.
Your heart flutters at the intimate gesture, his closeness sending a warmth through your chest.
Slowly, you tilt your head, answering his unspoken question without words. Mattheo’s lips hover just a whisper away from yours, his gaze flickering between your eyes and your mouth as if ensuring this is what you want. When your fingers brush against his, giving a reassuring squeeze, his hesitation melts away.
With a soft exhale, Mattheo closes the distance, capturing your lips in a kiss so tender it feels as if he’s afraid to break you. It’s gentle, unhurried, and filled with a quiet intensity that makes the world around you fade away.
The kiss deepens ever so slightly, each movement deliberate, as if Mattheo is savoring every second. His hand gently rises to cup your cheek, his thumb grazing your skin with a touch so soft it sends shivers down your spine. Time seems to slow, the only thing grounding you being the warmth of his lips and the steady rhythm of his breaths mingling with yours.
When he finally pulls back, his forehead rests lightly against yours, his dark eyes searching your face for any sign of regret.
Instead, he’s met with your soft smile, and his lips twitch upward in response, a mixture of relief and joy playing across his expression.
“I’ve wanted to do that for so long,” Mattheo whispers, his voice barely audible, as though the moment is too fragile to disturb.
His vulnerability is palpable, and it tugs at your heart in ways you can’t quite describe.
“So,” he murmured, a playful grin tugging at his lips, “does this mean you’ll let me distract you from studying more often?” You rolled your eyes, laughing sweetly. “You were already doing that, Matty.”
“True,” he admitted, smirking. “But now I get to do it properly.” Shaking your head, you smiled, your chest warm with a happiness you hadn’t expected to feel that day. “Salazar boy, you just now how to get to me, huh?.” “And yet, you like me anyway,” he said, his grin widening. “Unfortunately,” you replied with mock exasperation, but the smile on your face gave you away. “Lucky me,” he said, pulling you closer.
And for once, you couldn’t argue with him
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CAN I REQUEST THR SWEET READER U DID FOR BRIAN WITH JAMES AND ANGEL :)
I LOVE HOW U WRITE SWEET READER LIKE HE'S JUST SUPER NICE AND CARING AND NOT ACTING LIKE A DUMB CHILD OR LIKE HES ALL INNOCENT 😓
James Doakes, Angel Batista with a lover who's too sweet
male leaning, arguments, expensive gifts, guilt, angel feels like an ass, james feels like more of an ass, reader being clumsy, silent treatment, clumsiness , getting distracted easily, i like making the reader like rita, i love rita, #ritaxdexterxaaroncannon, marry me rita, rita kiss me, no rita slander, rita i love you
— How'd you get with this guy.
— You worked alongside him after Laguerta was out as lieutenant, and you agitated him at first. He didn't at all want to work with some kid, nor was he ready to work with someone else just yet. Obviously he complained, but he had to oblige because it was his job.
— He'd grow way too fond of you, you pretty much made his day as well. When he just got to work after a long night, definitely not feeling it just seeing you walk in with the brightest smile on your face warmed his heart. Even if he didn't show it as much.
"Ain't shit to smile about detective." Your head turned towards him as you waved at him. "Morning to you too!" And it wasn't even in a sarcastic way, you actually meant it.
— Even during heavy moments you would never fail to make him laugh. For someone as calm and sweet as you, you were just all over the place.
— Hearing you yell, "I got it!" During a chase just to fall flat on your face, then get up and go "I still got it!"
"Just put him in the interrogation room, uh.. detective? What happened to your.." you wiped your face of any leftover dirt, but there would still be a mark left.
"I fell." Laguerta turned to Doakes, making him sigh and roll his eyes. "He fell."
— You had accidentally confessed to him, you were enjoying one of those nights where someone like Dexter or Angel would buy a whole night of drinks and you decided to join for once.
— James told you to stay home for things like these, but you shook your head and claimed you weren't a lightweight yet here you were.
— You were going insane, hanging off random people, dancing on randoms and you almost got taken home by someone you didn't know. The man could barely have fun because he had to make sure you didn't do anything stupid.
— When you tried to get up on stage to be one of the strippers he decided it was time for you to go home.
"I told you not to come here." Your face was at the side of his chest as he carried you to his car, your wobbling figure tripping over absolutely nothing but air.
"James.." you muttered, "Yeah, yeah, I got you." His chest felt tight as you whispered his first name, loving the way you had croaked it out even if it was barely audible.
"No, James.." He got confused. "No? No, what." You stopped in the front of him, making him trip over your feet and get entirely too close to you. "I love you.." and you kissed him— well something like that. Your lips simply grazed his before you passed out on his shoulder.
He was stuck for a moment, still kept a hold on you yet he was still absolutely lost and dumbfounded.
— Getting you home was such a hassle, you had woken up mid way and instantly tried to get his pants off.
— You were trying to take off your shirt at first because it was hot, but when you noticed James was in front of you, you randomly thought the two of you were having sex.
"Hey, quit it." You whined in his ear as he took your fingers off of his belt, putting your hands next to your head. "But why..? You love me don't you?" He did. He wanted nothing more to take you right then and there.
"I won't do this. Not while you're drunk."
— It sort of became an unspoken relationship, the two of you just sort of knew you were together and went along with it. Everything was amazing, you were amazing and the best he's ever had.
— Dates were fun, work was even fun, acting like you two were teenagers that were still in love.
— Yet there was one thing you most definitely tried to avoid, and something he definitely tried to avoid. You tried to avoid arguments, because you knew he wouldn't win, and he tried to avoid making you upset because you were really good at giving him silent treatment.
"How longs it been?" He couldn't believe he was talking to Dexter about this.
"2 weeks."
— There wasn't much communication needed. He knew what he did.
It wasn't a good day, not even you could help him too much. He was stressed, and the whole crime scene was just messy and nothing was getting done. He had just yelled at Morgan— both of them to hurry up and get as much evidence as they could. And you were tired as it is, a bit of a headache this morning but you yourself still tried to make the atmosphere feel lighter.
But then you bumped into something, and knocked it over covering it in blood. "Oops.." you said quietly. And that made James livid.
"Damn it Detective!" Detective, him calling you that was the first thing that made your heart drop. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to—" "This is an important case right now! We almost have this guy and you're here fuckin' around?!" You could barely get your word in as he kept going.
"Maybe if you did your fucking job," There it was, the heavy feeling in your throat. "We could actually shit done, and not get as many damn complaints of not doing what we need to do, your the main reason!"
Your face dropped completely, staring at him in disbelief before you just walked away. Now there was no light feeling in the air, everyone knew when you got like this there wouldn't be a good feeling for a bit. Masuka went up to doakes, giving him some advice "Uh..me and Dexter can get the blood off and still get some prints of the sort."
"Masuka."
"Sorry."
— Oh bless his poor soul. He's the biggest loverboy who makes way too many mistakes.
— You were like a blessing to him, he couldn't keep on distracting himself with other women to get over his ex-wife. It just wasn't working.
— But seeing you practically trot around the station and greet others like they were your closest friends had him head over heels for you and he didn't want to ever let go of that feeling.
"Morning Angel!"
"Morning.."
— He adored every moment he could, even the moments where you got distracted. He wouldn't say you're bad at your job, he would say at times you're surprisingly good at it.
"Our suspect is a white male, maybe about 5'9, a bit of stubble and he's a Blondie." He would continue giving the description of this guy, while your eyes would be on someone who seemed to be sneaking away from the crowd. You'd been staring at him for a while.
"Like that guy?" Angel stopped talking, looking behind him and seeing that the suspect was now completely booking it.
"What— Why didn't you say it sooner!"
"I didn't know!"
"Yes you did!"
— You were his every reason. Including the reason he'd drink his feelings away.
"I mean Dex..I don't know, I'm such a fucked up guy and he's..perfect." Dexter knew he was afraid to make the same mistakes, treat you wrong and push you away.
"Angel—" "I mean he's the sweetest person in the world, and I'm me, I get fuckin' awkward around him all the damn time. What could he see in a guy like me?" "Angel—" "I love him, man."
Yeah, he was out of it.
— He planned to ask you out at some point, to have the most romantic moment he could with you. And that's exactly what he set up, he booked the most expensive place he could in Miami and took you there.
— You asked him what the occasion was, but he thought that bit would be obvious.
"Look, I.." he took a bit of a breath, looking down at the gift he got you. It was a bracelet, with diamond littered all over it and it was his entire pay to get it for you.
"I want to—" "Yes." You were too excited, you knew what he was gonna do, Dexter 'accidentally' told you. But he still wanted to have his moment of saying what he was gonna say.
"Sorry! Sorry, continue."
— He for sure made sure to not screw up, to treat you like the sweetness that you were. But you always outdid him in some way possible.
— He had gone through at least ten anniversary gifts, and settled on more jewelry. It was a necklace, pretty expensive and anyone could tell. The butterfly had amethyst all inside of it, glowing beautiful in the moonlight and in the sunlight.
— Your reaction had him smiling and giggling, you were kissing him all over and instantly wore the gift on your neck promising to never take it off.
"Now time for your gift." His gift? You left him outside, covering his eyes and having him wait a moment. He heard the sound of concrete cracking, like wheels driving on it? And then he heard the screeching of a car.
No damn way.
"You got me a car!?" He was jaw dropped, while you had the wide smile on your face. "Mhm!" He shook his head, not believing a single bit of it. He got you a necklace..while you got him a car?
A car.
"No. Give my the necklace back."
"What? No, it's mine."
"It sucks!"
"No it doesn't!"
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Hello guys, I had a idea of a fanfiction, and not long after I wrote it and now I want to show it to you. A big thanks to my English teacher who corrected all of my mistakes. And now, have fun reading it!
Characters: yangchen, kavik, akuudan, Tayagum, jujinta
Tags: yangvik, arguments, kisses, hugs, tears
Why are you even arguing?
In the last time Yangchen and her companion Kavik did not see each other much, in the time they did see each other they were in a lot of arguments.
The arguments themselves were nothing big, but some of them led to bigger ones that really put their patience to the test. In these times both of them acted quite stubbornly and wouldn’t admit how sorry they were for arguing for such a dumb reason, they just went different ways and either forgot about the arguments or kept arguing later on.
Even though they didn’t seem profound, the arguments really hurt Yangchen, and what was even worse was that she didn’t even knew why she was so vulnerable because of these stupid reasons, why did she let her tears fall for this? Why did she let her tears fall for him?
It had been a long week with a lot of missions, some were dangerous, some were just boring. At the end of the week Yangchen was in her room of the hideout, reading a book, but not focusing on what she was reading. Where was her mind? It was on Kavik, she was thinking about him.
She knew she missed him because she hadn’t seen him for the entire week. Was he ok? Was he angry at her? These few questions were swirling in her mind the entire time and she didn’t even understand why.
The last time she saw him they ended up arguing about the a stupid thought of hers, she thought he had secrets, then he went away with Jujinta for a mission. And about a week later... He still hadn’t come back.
After she caught herself not focusing on her book, she laid it aside and went out of her room, to her other two companions, Tayagum and Akuudan.
The two were sitting and eating some traditional water tribe snacks, Yangchen thought that the food was probably something like some fish or some kind of meat, but to her surprise it was a plant that grew deep in the ocean. Yangchen had tried it before, and it was really tasty in her opinion. As an airnomad she didn’t really try different food from other nations, even as the avatar she usually sticked to her traditional food, or food that she knew tasted good.
When she took the seat next to Akuudan, the older man immediately asked if she was all right.
Yangchen looked up at him, why did he asked it, of course she was all right, why wouldn’t she be?
Just as she wanted to answer that she was perfectly fine the words got stuck in her throat,
maybe she wasn’t that alright as the thought she was.
Tayagum also noticed the sad expression in Yangchens eyes, he looked at her and then started
asking if Kavik was on her mind.
"It's Kavik, isn't it?" before Yangchen could think about her answer she just nodded, both Akuudan and Tayagum looked at her, then at each other, why were they looking at her that way?
Then everything started to make sense, she knew what they were thinking about.
"It's not what it looks like, stop smirking. I don't like him - at all. It's just... The last time we saw us, we ended up in a fight."
Before Yangchen could finish her sentence Akuudan interrupted her. "You miss him, huh? Him and Jujinta. I know Chen, we all miss them. But don't worry avatar, they will come back soon."
Jujinta? No, actually she didn't think much of Jujinta, the only person that was swirling in her head in last time was Kavik. "Yes, I miss my companions." she managed to say, somehow not crying. Wait, she wanted to cry because of him, again?!
The door opened and two more people entered the room, Kavik and Jujinta.
All five members of team avatar looked at each other, in that moment Kavik caught Yangchens eyes, she jumped from her chair instantly and stepped towards him.
She was quite a bit shorter than him, but not too much. Without any thoughts she wrapped her arms around Kaviks chest and gave him a hug. Everyone stared at her, but did she care about this? No, she did not. Kavik didn't know how to react at first and just stood there for a moment before hugging her back.
All her worries were gone in this moment, before Jujinta interrupted... "Hello avatar, glad to see you." the man said, standing in front of Kavik and Yangchen.
She tried her best to not give him a roll of her eyes, somehow, she managed it and looked at him and nodded in response.
The rest of the afternoon they spend together, chatting, laughing and telling stories about their time together.
Yangchen caught herself looking at Kavik while he was telling a story about the time when they both were staying at the northern airtemple, this story was one of her favourites. She was sitting at a campfire with a few other airnomads, when - all of the sudden - he stood behind her to give her a scare, he was successful! She screamed and fell backwards, he managed to catch her and
both of them ended up laughing.
She could not keep her eyes of his face, this beautiful smile, his blue eyes that matched his blue watertribe jacket. She really missed him.
While she was lost in her thoughts, she suddenly heard someone saying her name. "Why are you looking at me this way?" Kavik asked her. She snapped out of her thoughts and felt the heat in her face. Was she blushing? "I am just listening to you, Kavik" she answered her beloved companion.
"Uhuh, really? The last time we met you were acting like you have absolutely no interest in a friendship because I have "secrets", and now you can't stop looking at me?"
There it was, the reason of their last argument... Suddenly, she felt sad. Of course she wanted him as a friend, why would he think the opposite...
"Kavik, I do trust you." she said quickly looking away from him. He rolled his eyes and continued telling another story. Akuudan felt the tension between them, he knew that they were in anargument... Again.
"Why are you like that?" Yangchen managed to ask. "Like what?" Kavik quickly answered, "Like an idiot! Why are you this mad at me? I didn't do anything to you Kavik!" Yangchens voice was breaking while she tried to hold her tears back, Kaviks expression softened as he saw her this sad.
He stood up from his chair to go towards her, but she immediately made her way to her room where she leaned against the closed door and let the tears fall. Why was she crying for such a stupid reason?
The next 15 minutes she spent quietly sobbing in her room. This whole time she was silently cursing herself for being so weak and crying about the fact that he might be angry at her. She heard a knock on her door. Not long after Akuudan came into the room. She quickly tried to
compose herself by wiping her tears away, but well that did not really work, her face was drowned in tears and her eyes red, she tried her best not to sob again, but the lump in her throat gave her a really hard time.
"What's the matter, avatar?" she heard Akuudan asking, she was torn between telling him everything she was feeling or just sending him out of her room. But she came to the conclusion that it would be better to tell Akuudan everything. Why was she feeling shitty like this? Why did he have such a big influence on her?
"It's Kavik, isn't it?" He knew it. How... Never mind, he knows the reason for her crying. "It is him."
she pressed her knees against her chest and hugged them to feel a bit of support in this damn situation. Akuudan sat on her bed next to her, as he spoke, she felt his hand gently rubbing circles on her back, it was very comforting.
"You missed him so much, and just when he came back you two started arguing again. There is more behind it, right? Why would you be crying over such a stupid little argument."
It took her a moment to think of an answer. "I really don't know, it's just hurtful. It hurts me when we are screaming at each other. We just became friends again, I can't lose him, not again..."
After a moment of silence Akuudan spoke up and said that he understood her turmoil, he probably understood even more than her, he knew she fell for him, she fell hard.
He decided to keep quiet about the thought of a romance between Kavik and her, he knew how she would react to things like that. The only logical option was to let her figure it out on her own, because would she agree with him if he told her that she was in love? No, she would not agree as stubborn as she was.
It was already late evening, which was for sure. The exact time she did not know because the clock in her room had run out of battery, but it was probably time to head to bed.
Akuudan pat the back of Yangchen before he went out of the room quietly saying the words "Good night, Chen". It is a night, yes. But is it a good one? No, definitely not. How was she supposed to go to bed with the thought that he hated her? Why did he even. Before she could even recognize it, she fell into overthinking. Every tiny detail that she might have done wrong and that had upset him shot into her mind. Her overthinking session was interrupted by another gentle knock on the door.
"Who's there?" "It's me, can I come in? We need to have a talk, Chen."
Kavik?! Oh no, he definitely could not come into the room. She looked like a mess! But before she could answer his question the door opened, and he stepped inside quietly closing the door.
He looked at her and immediately understood that she was crying, guilt shot into the expression of his face, and he came to her bed where she was sitting. Without a warning he embraced her,
this time she was shocked by the embrace, but she quickly came back to reality and hugged him back. Yeah, she really needed that hug.
It looked like he knew that he was the reason for all her tears. For a long moment they held the embrace, neither any of them wanted to let go of the other.
He broke the silence first by apologizing to her for his rude behaviour, but was it a good apology? No, not really. He said that arguments are normal and that they were not that bad, how dare he?
Didn’t he see how she felt right now because of all these stupid arguments? "Are you kidding me!? Arguments are normal?! Maybe if you weren’t a jerk as you always are, we wouldn’t have these many arguments!" All the anger that she was holding back came out, she wanted to let him know how she felt because of his behaviour, but it didn't work out as planned.
"Jerk? You are calling me a jerk!? You are the one who always has this mad mood, no wonder we are always arguing!"
Oh, did he really dare saying this? Hurtful.
"I am not in a bad mood! You always start arguing because of the most stupid reasons, Kavik!"
She yelled at him, but he also yelled back, this really hurt. She couldn't meet his gaze, she knew she couldn’t look him in the eyes right now, these angry blue eyes. She just looked down without saying anything while he yelled that he is sorry for the arguments, but she was also a reason for them.
The thing that stopped him from yelling at her, was looking down at her while she covered her face with her hands, obviously crying. Her tired and silent sobs brought back the Kavik she missed.
He looked at her for a moment, immediately feeling guilty. He reached out his hand to
gently cup her face, but she moved away from him, now her moving away from him hurt him.
After a moment of thinking what to do next he just moved closer to her and hugged her again, at first, she tried to move away but quickly realized that she didn’t want to be apart from him.
She leaned against his chest, the fabric of his shirt soaking her tears.
After a while of sitting like this he began to speak in a gentle voice, clearly trying to apologize. "I am sorry Chen, really sorry. I don't know why I was acting so dumbly. You are right, I am a jerk. I am sorry avatar." There was clearly something he didn't want to say, but what was it? Why was he keeping secrets, again? "You are keeping quiet about something." she said, not long after her words she felt a hand on her cheek that led her head up to face him.
After a minute of just looking at each other he sighed and moved to stand up. What did he think he was doing? No, definitely not, he was not going anywhere. Wait why was she so obsessed with his presence?
And the realization shot immediately in her head, did she fall for him?! No, this could not be. She was the avatar she had to keep the world in peace, she had a duty. There was no time for a romance. Arg -whatever, if she was not saying it now, she would never say it. "Wait please, don't go! I don't want to be alone, not again. I can't lose you, I just can't, please Kavik. I love you!"
Is that the feeling when you fell in love with someone? Are you saying I love you first or are you confessing your feelings first? How was she supposed to explain this?
"Kavik you matter to me, you really matter" before she could finish her sentence something blocked the path of her words
- his lips. Spirits, he kissed her! Best day in her life.
That was the only thing that mattered now. He interrupted the kiss first and looked into her eyes.
"I love you too, Yangchen." Hearing these words from his mouth, felt like a dream. But no, it was not a dream, it was reality. They kissed and confessed their feelings for one another. This was what he was keeping quiet about. And maybe because of all their arguments he tried to gain space between them because he did not know how she would react to his confession.
It all made sense! He had loved her for a long time but couldn’t tell her because who expected a busy avatar to say yes to a relationship? Her presence made him nervous and that was why they were always arguing! Everything made sense. Spirits, how much she loved this jerk.
She smiled and pressed her lips against his once more, capturing him in a soft kiss.
So that's how love feels? She quite liked this feeling.
#avatar the last airbender#avatar yangchen#yangchen x kavik#yangvik#the dawn of yangchen#the legacy of yangchen#fanfic
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OK since the person I was replying to isn't somebody I want to get into a discussion with ill make my own post about it. Little rant on the aesthetics of arcane vs writer intention ahead based on the use of child labour in the show.
Child labour in Zaun is normalised. Although it's less recognisable to the viewer as such because we're more used to child labour being as being depicted in factories or mines, all of the zaunite kids in act one s1 are child workers. Ekko works in Benzos shop, repairing and selling things. Vanders kids work as thief's, Oliver twist anyone?
Child labour is a feature of industrial boom historically, as well as the result of wealth inequality. Silco and the other chembarons further wealth inequality in Zaun and make use of child labour, but they invented neither. Zaun is Piltovers industry, the majority of factories and mines down there will be owned by Piltovans because that's a major source of wealth.
We never see the piltover owned factories even though logistically they must exist. Narratively there's no place for them to have shown this, however it does seem like the show goes out of its way to show the poor treatment of children and workers by the other Zaunites but leaves Piltovers hand in it unspoken. The most I have here is Silco speaking on the poor working conditions they had and Jayces lack of surprise in seeing children working, both in the factory and when ekko sold him goods. However, realistically Piltover would absolutely be hiring child workers in zaun and would have been the main contributer to the need for child workers to begin with.
I'm mostly making this point for two reasons. One because I've seen Silco criticised as the source of child labour in zaun which I think dumbs down what actually leads to child labour existing. The fact is, with wealth inequality at a severe level, children are forced to work to sustain their family, if not Silcos factories there would be work elsewhere or they would go hungry. This isn't me justifying his use of child labour, I'm only saying the issue would still exist without him because the root cause goes further back than him.
Two, because I've seen people arguing about the strike team and whether or not children would have been caught up in the factory raids. I don't think the writers intended for the strike team to have gassed child workers, I think it's an oversight on their behalf, but yes, even with the most strategic raids children would have been caught in the gray.
I've then seen people claim the children and the workers deserved that and I'm not even going to bother getting into that, babies first exposure to exploitation much?
Anyway, all of that is to say these arguments can go on forever because there's a discrepancy between the aesthetics of zaun and what the writers want us to believe about Piltover. The aesthetics tell us that Zaun is impoverished and exploited, that it's reminiscent of victorian England, it has casual police Brutality hidden in montages. When you think about the implications it gets messy and you realise that some of our good guys are complicit in some nasty things. I personally think that's good story telling.
But then you get to the writing itself and what they're telling is another story. That zauns issues are more caused by zaunites, that the piltover council has very little to do with their problems, that the strike team cannot possibly have hurt civilians because that would make Vi and Cait TOO morally gray. I see this as pretty lame writing, frankly.
This allows for people to be arguing on the show based on completely different perspectives. I completely get why people argue the strike teams efforts were necessary and caused very minor harm, because the writers intend us to take that away, to the extent of only showing a child harmed by the gray when Jinx reverses it. But logistically tons of Zaunite children would have been caught up in the gray too, its just glossed over because the writers don't want us to consider it.
#arcane critical#this is so fandom wanky and indulgent of me but i had to get it off my chest lol#will be my only post about it
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i don't think i'll ever get over how people treat kids that aren't good in school as worthless no matter what. "oh it can't be that bad" my guy idk how to tell you this but the last time i went to a normal high school the principal called me into his office to brag about how he failed me in all of my classes before the semester was even finished & i should quit while i'm ahead cuz i'm too stupid ("officially" diagnosed as such by a school counselor & a psychiatrist!!) to succeed. & this is considered normal
#''poor teachers!!'' yeah well at least they can fucking quit & go work somewhere else#''okay but times are different than when you went to school in the 1970's'' this was 2016 my guy. shut the fuck up#''well maybe you were a violent & severely misbehaving kid!'' i wasn't. i have ADHD & severe anxiety disorder & depression#my biggest crime was being too exhausted & dopamine deprived to do my homework#my dad talks about how he was treated in school & i'm like damn dude i went through the same exact shit#how is it that a majority of teachers & principals are still abusive power-tripping pieces of shit 60 years later#why haven't things changed#well actually the answer is simple & it's because they want disabled people to disappear#& if abled students that simply disagree with the way things are done get caught in the crossfire then that is acceptable#because anyone not fit to make billionaires a billion more dollars should just die!#anyways here are my original tags from that gravity falls post i just reblogged:#I know this is supposed to be an appreciation post but like. ''for being the ''dumb one'' he's surprisingly rational.'' seriously??#as ''the dumb'' but ''surprisingly rational'' one of my family this is THEE biggest misunderstanding & it drives me up the fucking wall#just because a person struggles in one area doesn't mean they're stupid & should be an irrational dumb dumb idiot baby holy fuckkk#sorry to OP but even when people try to ''appreciate'' stuff like this they can't help but throw in insults#simply because they genuinely believe that ''even though you're stupid you SURPRISINGLY act competent sometimes'' is a compliment#I'm less mad about this & more sad that this kind of shit is still so prevalent in 2024#both Stanley & Stanford are smart & competent & rational#they just show it in different ways & exceed in different (sometimes overlapping) subjects#this is normal for human beings but the big societal scam is that if you don't do it in the way Ford does then you're stupid & a failure#& being surprised that Stan is also smart & competent in his own ways is the biggest sing that you fucking fell for it dude#btw before i get @ ed for this. i WAS that kid#i was so much that kid the school actually diagnosed me with stupid & spiteful & i was told to quit while i was ahead (they failed me befor#obviously this is very personal for me but also i don't think people realize the language they use is on purpose & it's used specifically t#& it's still happening right now & that just. makes me wanna cry honestly#like why are people still surprised that people can specialize in something despite bad grades in school#you know. the thing we all know is literally rigged to either put you in jail or in a factory to make billionaires more money.#man sorry for the rant the original spirit of the post is super correct but like fuck HS grade-centric judging of people's entire character#Stan being able to defeat Bill is just not at all surprising if you were him or knew/know someone like him#or really paid any attention at all to the show while watching it
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eating my popcorn watching all this drama go down irt the larian discord server
#like i never joined but the whole discord community relationship thing fascinates me from a psych perspective#like in a miller exp or stanford prison exp way#i am aware of the irony of this coming from a blog on tumblr where i act stupid on purpose#but i do think the entire larian discord has been incredibly unprofessional both from larian's employees and the moderators/support team#but. this isn't a hospital where i. like. care. this is my silly blog where i post dumb shit and wow are you guys seeing this?#like im am just trying to imagine. like if my hospital had an 'official discord' where staff interacted w the public like that#i cant. actually. because i've fired people for taking pics in clinic. this shit is wild#like no one seems to really know whats going on and some ppl are claiming larian hate modders/1 or 2 modders specifically#while others are like. no they dont; it just sucks having to reverse engineer the script extender etc#and then there's the google doc thing of like thousands of screenshots of the discord mod chat which i WISH i had the time to study#it makes me realize how little i know about the whole online moderater lifestyle thing that happens on discord and reddit etc#anyway im curious and nosey always so this is interesting to me#and the drama of it all takes my mind of other horrible things for a bit
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#seren.txt#sigh it's that time of month again where I have RSD spirals over bad takes pertaining to Ford from antis and coddlers alike#sorry but pointing out the harm his trust issues cause and saying that his exceptionalism is bad and does make him come across as a dick--#is valid critique and does not make the poster automatically a random vicious ford hater#there are some bonkers takes floating around- i saw that dumb fidds coffee one on twitter- but i swear i hear more complaining about#ford haters than i actually see haters. or people taking the slightest negativity towards him as 'this writer clearly hates ford' nonsense#just because he isnt sunshine and rainbows doesnt mean that person is a hater#maybe youre perceiving more things as attacks on the guy than there actually are#maybe because your interpretations are so narrow and specific that multiple pieces of canon contradict them and it's canon's fault right#yet only people who think like you are actual ford fans or whatever#and wow- woe is me i cant believe i hate 99% of the fandom- theyre all wrong but me and my 5 friends#some of these people also act like ford and fidds are the only characters who exist period#and that other characters arent important to their lives- issues- and arcs#I love Ford so much and cant comprehend being so much of a hater all the time- like seriously#theres a lot of thought-provoking or just fun fancontent and im having a good time#i hope the people who prevent themselves from having a good time can find their peace someday#blaghhh mind spiralling 6a.m.
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What are the psychosexual consequences of the twolves dominance right now
mmm.. i have been Chewing on this...
for quite some time .
so this is a thought i have always had tbh. These playoff results so far have just been bolstering my confidence in it.
Ant and Kat's love is loud love.
The Suns love is no love. Not that they dont have any love At All, because they do. But for each other? Im not so sure. The Suns is Men doing it all for the image of finally being champions so they can prove themselves to the people OUTSIDE their team.
The nuggets is domestic love. It's quiet, it's comfortable, it's won a championship, it's retired love. Retired does Not mean dead, it does not mean completely inactive, it means slower moving, at a personal pace, enjoying what you find to be the thing you wouldn't mind dying doing. Jokic and Jamal don't have to say they're in love 24/7 to let us know they're in love. Jokic doesn't have to talk about horses all the time to reporters for reporters to find out how much he actually does from him always going back to visit them. It's quiet, but it's so strong that it doesn't have to be anything but quiet to know
The mavs is a love built on respect. Wordless, they know they can depend on the other no matter what troubles the other may be dealing with or how much is happening, they Know someone will always be there to get the job done. They KNOW it's not a waste, whatever they're doing .
Kat Needs positive reinforcement, reminisces on it, dreams for it, grows restless and angered without it. Gets real self-conscious and starts faking everything to seem like he has everything so people can start treating him like he's not just some everybody in the world, but a SOMEbody in the world, someone whose opinions, thoughts, actions, and.. possibly most importantly.. WORDS will always be remembered as a meaningful contribution to the world.
Ant is a people pleaser. But he's not the meek, 'let your favorite teacher pronounce your name wrong until the grave' people pleaser where it can be pointed out as a problem, he's a Clever one. He's the kind of people pleaser who can step into a room and spotlight the targets that need the most self-value.. all so He can assure his Own self-value, and protect it. Because, ultimately, the phrase 'everybody loves Anthony edwards' is all about Anthony Edwards, which should be obvious, right? The answer's smack dab in front of your face, but the Confidence. The charisma of it all. Covers it. Conceals it just briefly, just enough for him to get away with it. Ant always knows what to say without even thinking twice. He's such a charmer. Except he's not. He's Always thinking, always brewing up the best ways to become a spectacle. Why even video himself saying that slur shit in the first place? Why not just keep that between him and his friend in the car like probably a good chunk other basketball players do ( because let's be honest. These are probably pretty straight men. They hate people like us. )
He can't. That wouldn't give him the best results in the kind of satisfaction he craves, which is all self based, when boiled down. He HAS to not only impress his one friend in the car with his in power teasing of others who don't even have a clue, he has to try and impress Everyone that he's included in his circle, and he just accidentally included the wrong crowd in that.
Ant and kat together are just two self-conscious people who like being together so they don't feel like they're two self-conscious people who like being together. Love can come in multiple forms, but, in my opinion, love oftentimes needs multiple forms to be at its strongest. When you pour all your love into one bucket, it leaves the others hollow. Love can be quiet, and it can be loud, it can be through words, through actions, through the easy times, AND the hard times, it is love.
I like to call Kat and ant the warped jaren and ja bcs unlike jaren and ja where it can all get spoiled from jaren saying something stupid like 'i love you' when they ARE in love and are just uncomfortable saying it, kat and ant NEED to say they're in love so they can feel like they aren't in it. It being Actual love, deep love that requires more than just pretty words and over-the-top compliments and sayings and comparisons and declarations. Actual love like ant going to kat's house and bringing the rest of the team because he knows kat misses having a stable family, hates the fact that something is missing and he'll never get it back.
Actual love like being awkward with each other
Which they Hate. Terribly. The two of them.
So they'll say how much they're in love with the other, how fondly they think about their memories, how they're so close. They'll tease and laugh and try to instruct the other. And the media laps it up, of course. Especially over the quiet love. It's just so boring in comparison.
Love is thrilling, and it is also boring. Like doing menial activities together like watching the news when you two could actually be the ones on it by doing something crazy together, but you don't, and you aren't, because you both agreed it's going to be a cozy day today where you'll both just be a cute pair of couch potatoes on a sofa watching TV together.
Ant and kat CANT be boring. They CANT just sit in that silence together. They have to say something. They have to know the other doesn't consider them a waste of their time because they don't have that same assurance in themselves.
Love is being scared.
Theyre not scared.
They can't Be scared.
Being down by 2 doesn't mean anything besides we'll bounce back. We're not scared about it. I played well, the shots just weren't falling, but i did good. We are doing good. We love each other. We swear.
We're not scared .
(TV loves confidence)
(Love loves fear)
#love is being terrified. petrified. of losing smthing permanently#whatever u do. it will never be enough to get back what u loved the most#im not saying theyre not in love. or they havent felt it#they are in it. they call each other family now and they have both felt a deep love for people they call family before#and they have both lost people that they love#ant & kat are like the im not like other girls powder puff ( girls football) player tomboy who used to make fun of girls wearing makeup wit#her asshole guy just friends cus im one of the guys friends (even tho the guys would criticize an 'ugly'/nonconventially attractive girl fo#not wearing it ten seconds later) falls for the dopey incredibly kind but thinks she's dumb bcs she's pretty and blond volleyball player#who always tags along with ant at bars so ant can ask guys if they wanna see them make out bcs they find it hot without knowing that kat#finds it hot too#& it turns out ants tomboy obsession with makeup is from her denying love of feminity on others#it's appealing. it's entertaining. it's everything u want to see blossom and grow#but. it takes TIME.#time that places like the ruthlessness of businesses might not always have no matter how captivating#if you are a waste then youre a waste#kat and ant cant stand waste. they cant stand the idea of all this acting like theyre in love (LOVE. love) is all for not#is all for not Actually being in love. just a big elaborate talked up grandiose excuse to say theyre not afraid to be in love#now THATS television!!!!#is it a sturdy relationship though? will something have to change to survive? will SomeBody (or somebodies) have to change? um.#cut the cameras.#deadass.#ted asks#ted longer#ant eds#katman#TY for this ask. i have been munching like a goat. uve probably forgotten abt this.. but i... i never forge-#im like an Elephant <-watched a replay of game 2 & thought it was an entirely different game
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wanting your mom to like you is a self imposed hell
#ramble tag#im sorry i cant fix everything. im sorry for all the world's suffering. im sorry.#hiiii im being so normal#theres. worst ways to act ig?#venting to the internet looks pretty healthy compared to. aha.#i hate the internet but if i didnt live in the digital age my body would be a mess#actually all war and suffering is my fault. sorry about that guys :( idk how to fix it#am i about to have an episode. im sayin some real dumb shit rn#i wouldnt. thatd be... Dramatic#my mom is Good im just. Messy#hey miss mother id tear my heart out and leave it on the alter if you wanted. this is normal and fine#i need therapy <3#no i dont. sort of. Its Ok Guys 👍#i want to open up my ribs and give her my organs i think thatd fix me#or gross her out but i do that normally anyhow#so sorry guys. my siblings follow my main lmao#Shiksa Goddess started playing so i think im just gonna like. laugh at that interrupting my weird tag ramble instead of like#idk. im not unpacking whatever that was. god bless 🙏
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hey how much is sapnap and matpat in the new tommyinnit video, i want to watch but i don't really want to see them
Matpat isn't in it. Sapnap is but it's just Tommy seeing him coming out of a store, asking if he's fucked up mentally, sapnap says no and Tommy is like "nice seeing you" very dryly and sarcasticly, and leaves. A lot of people say Tommy was being a bitch to him on purpose but he has autism and I ALSO have autism so....idfk
#asks#also the matpat thing is prob just personal preference BUT in case it isn't#he's....fine. I've heard people call him transphobic and i have no idea what the fuck they're talking about?? he's outspokenly an ally and#his cohost on gt live is nonbinary??? he includes nonbinary options in all of his gener surveys????#i think it's literally just because of his videos when he was in college and didn't “get” trans people but he LEARNED. and he learned fast#every accusation I've seen against him was either old#bullshit/made up#or purposely bad faith (like the pope thing??? he literally gave the pope a video game because he wanted to give him something that#represented the video game community while also having a kind message because it's traditional to bring gifts representing your community#and people act like it was a pusposeful intent to be cruel and evil and overshadow real genocide or something??? i read a rant on it and wa#like#...THIS ONLY MAKES SENSE IF YOU ALREADY HATE HIM AND ASSUME HE HAD BAD INTENT.#They hated him FIRST and then tried to justify it.#it's so dumb???!! it's so dumb. what the fuck#people also call him ableist and that's just as stupid and i- i need to stop my point is. free him he's literally just a normal guy#a normal guy who learns stuff over time?? like humans do????? and grows as a person?????#fuck twitter and fuck cancel culture. matpat rocks and i think he's fucking cool as shit. FUCK#matpat...strokes the screen....matpat I'm so sorry for what they did to you oh my godddddd#matty patty.....matty patty I'm so sorryyyyy#pookie I'm so sorry for what they said abt u I'll avenge u i prommy <3 ur so slayyy literally so slay don't let the h8ers get you DOWNNN om#he's a legend and he's genuinely not an asshole he's just kind of a himbo dumbass who has to have ash explain to him what a tumblr sexyman#is. he's just out of touch if you explalin to him he'll go “oh okay!!! i support you!!”#HE'S TRYING HIS BEST!!!!!!!! RAAASGUGUUHHHHH#matpat supporter i am a matpat supporter i am a matpat fan and bestie#he's my little blorbo he's my silly little guy my dumb theory man#you're allowed to hate him idc i just don't think saying he's an irredeemable monster who needs to be beaten up is fair.#you could say#.... he's “annoying at first”#get it? but yeah i think “i find him annoying and hate him personally” is fine but “he's evil and actually morally duplicitous” is unfair.
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want to post about long time blorbo roy mustang. do not want to interact with majority of roy enjoyers
#did they like. miss all of act 2#i know he's hardly in it while ed is in winter wonderland#but when he is it's like. super important#the takeaway from that scene is not that he dumped all the flowers on his bestie#did they miss how him acting like a dumb kid was a cover#DID THEY MISS HOW ALL OF HIS HETEROSEXUAL DATES ARE WITH SPY CALL GIRLS. THAT WORK FOR HIS FOSTER MOM. BRO IS GETTING DIRT#the maria ross reveal??? ice cream truck coupmobile??? hello??#that guy saying 'damn you always lose at chess' is not 'wow you suck at chess' it's pointing out that roy has been throwing!!!!!!!#(texturally)#FUCK!!! STOP THINKING HE'S ACTUALLY STUPID#'my stupid beautiful murder himbo' shut up shut upppp#also. ms hiromu how could you give him the most fascinating background possible and just. not elaborate. please feed me ms hiromu#bro is an orphan raised in a spy brothel. like. SAY MORE
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