#asian wh

[annamariedarkholmes]

watching x-twitter and r*ddit try to stir up ~dissent against brevoort because he isn’t effusive over the same pet characters who’ve been front and center at the expense of everyone else not just all krakoa but since the early 2000s

[grindset]

they made chan apologize 💀 bffr

[dnmcnt]

So hi, my account got deleted a while back so I've made a new one and I'm going to behave a bit more and mostly just shi-post and reblog Warhammer stuff 🤣

[shivroy]

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 Can you help Sarah and her family by sending a donation and sharing this post with a friend or family member? 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Mohammed Almanasra, his wife Manal, his son Abdulrahman, and his daughters Sarah and Lynn are in urgent need of donations. 

They are living in a tent which does not protect them from heat or cold, and are without water, food, medical care, clothing, and bedding. Mohammed suffers from chronic asthma and cannot access and afford his medication. His wife has cancer which requires immediate medical attention. His children are subject to the heat, the cold, hunger, and insects. 

This family needs your support. @save-mohamed-family

only tagging you for reach, i hope it's no bother - i love and appreciate you all

@holycartoonwarrior @teomodo @georgeromerosanalcavity @spooksier @cott-creature

@feast-for-the-worms @ezrazone @sh5 @yourlocalxenomorph3 @gmaybe666

@wuntrum @selenevassos @ripclaudia @eastgaysian @transmutationisms

@louisironson @tomshivbaby @honeyfangzhive @fortnitezuko @meshimellow

@fat-fem-and-asian

[fox-guardian]

[ID: A sketchy comic of Sam and The Archivist from The Magnus Protocol. Sam is a fat South Asian man with curly hair and a mustache, and The Archivist is a tall, shadowy figure made of static with frazzled long hair and eight eyes.

Sam, looking downwards: Dammit Archivist, standing directly behind him: GIRL DINNER Sam, noticing it behind him: Wait wh-

Sam is now floating with waves of static coming out of his eyes and mouth, going into The Archivist's mouth.

end ID]

~~~~

so this is what happened in ep 28 right

[base0h]

NOT SAYING I LOVE YOU BACK TO HAIKYUU CHARACTERS

a/n - I feel like someone requested this with Osamu, nishinoya, ushijima, and tendou a while ago and it got deleted??? Sorry anon 😭🙏 bro writing this made me feel lonely. 💀

Warnings ⚠️ - g/n reader, s/o reader

- bold of you to assume bro would let you do this

- well for this let’s just say he did

- you saw this TikTok about this prank where one person didn’t say I love you back to their partners, and you thought it’d be funny to try it on Osamu

- Osamu was getting ready to head to a late practice, getting his bag and shoes to leave your room

- you were doing some homework, so he gave you a hug from behind and pecked your cheek

- “Love ya, goin to practice now.” -Osamu

- “Ok be safe, bye Samu.” -you

- you said that with a smile, going back to your homework, acting as if nothing was wrong

- Osamu nodded, closing the door behind him, his footsteps receding, but then suddenly they stopped

- you had to struggle not to snicker at the sudden stop of his footsteps

- then you heard him coming back and you swore you almost let out a laugh, swallowing it quickly as he opened the door again

- “Y/n. I love you—“

- “Huh? Yeah I know Samu, be safe and good luck at practice.”

- he looked at you like you were Atsumu, squinting as he put a hand on his hip, shifting his weight to one foot like he was posing to be in a magazine when in reality he was just confused and a bit irritated

- “…What did I do??”

- “You didn’t do anything what do you mean??”

- “Yer makin’ me look desperate here— I love you—“

- “…Yeah i know???”

- “Y/N.”

- “Osamu???”

- “Wh— don’t use my full name! What the hell did I do???”

- you couldn’t take it anymore, you laughed, covering your face as you struggled to catch your breath

- meanwhile osamu’s looking at you in the doorway with his hand still on his hip like a pissed off Karen that wants to speak to the manager (if he had a weapon it’d be a frying pan)

literally Osamu ^^

- oh my god his face was priceless, you wished you’d taken a real photo rather than a mental screenshot so you could show Suna

- “I’m sorry samu it was a prank. I love you too.”

- “…..I ain’t making ya dinner.”

- “NO PLEASE I’M SORRY—“

- yeah bros done with you

- he was all worried for nothing 😭

- he thought he did something wrong but no you just wanted to bullshit him

- he still made you dinner btw

- he like gave you a plate without saying anything and eating in the other room but he still gave it to you (he’s petty)

- basically an Asian parent 💀

- nishinoya probably says ‘I love you’ about 100000000000000+ times and counting, per day

- and he lives for hearing you say it back to him

- he still gets giddy when he hears you say it

- “Y/n I love you!!” -Nishinoya

- “Love you too noya :)” -you

- “…..RYUUUUUUUU Y/N SAID THEY LOVED ME!!”

- “THEY SAY THAT EVERY DAY NISHINOYA SHUT UP STOP MAKING ME FEEL MORE SINGLE—“ -Tanaka shouted whilst sobbing in the corner (dw Tanaka you end up marrying the love of your life)

- you saw this prank on TikTok and obviously you wanted to try it on your eccentric boyfriend

- but you did feel SLIGHTLY bad about what his reaction might be since you were well aware that he loved hearing you say it back

- but you’re mean so 🤷 (Jkjk you’re awesome just pretend you’re mean for this pls🙏💀)

- Nishinoya was about to go to class, giving you one last bear hug before he went as usual

- “Are you sure we gotta go to class? I like you better than math :(“

- “Yes noya— you have to graduate high school remember?”

- “Ok fineee— I’ll see you after class then??”

- “Mhm.”

- “Ok love you y/n!!”

- “Ok— don’t fall asleep in class ok? See ya later.”

- the fact that the silence was so loud that even kiyoko who was walking by was like: 🫢

- Tanaka’s jaw was on the FLOOR

- Daichi probably verbally said “ohhhhh snap 😬” with that exact face

- Nishinoya was frozen, and all of the sudden he just flopped off of you, still holding his hug position, and just like died on the floor in a dead bug looking position

- you legit could not tell if he was breathing or not 😭

- you killed him

- good job y/n, you killed the guardian deity of karasuno

- Nishinoya literally passed out cold from pure despair because he didn’t hear you say it back, and therefore in his mind that equaled you didn’t love him and were breaking up with him and the world was ending and aliens were gonna invade earth (bro what? 💀)

- he woke up with his head in your lap, resting on your thighs— and he woke up with like zero memory and woke up as high as a kite too

- he was giggling like an idiot, spouting random nonsense and corny shit, going from flirty and sobbing his eyes out back and forth 😭

- “Am I in heaven? Cuz you look like an angel, angel 😏”

- “Thank you goddd— for blessing me with this gorgeous gift— 😭😭😭😭”

- he forgot about the prank btw

- hit his head way too hard on his way down and woke up on his favorite pillow so yep everything turned out semi ok 👍

- hey may or may not have permanent brain damage! 😄

- daichi aged 10 years after this incident by the way

- I feel like tendou says I love you all the time, but whenever you say it back he’s always a bit surprised

- he’s heard you say it a bunch of times by now but he’s still just a tad shocked everytime

- like he’s genuinely surprised you actually love him back 😭

- the first time you said it back bro cried 🥲

- he would NOT stop talking to ushijima about it, he kept gushing about how perfect you were and how he doesn’t deserve you and meanwhile ushijima is sitting there like: 🧍‍♂️

- funny part is that ushijima’s genuinely trying to listen to his friend but bro just doesn’t get it 💀

- you saw this prank on TikTok that seemed funny, you two always kinda went back and forth playing little jokes on each other

- last time he got you by putting a huge ass fake spider on the ceiling of your room so when you walked in he pulled a string and it jumped out and hit your face

- you did not talk to bro for days

- I wouldn’t either man 😭

- so now it was time to get him back

- he was getting ready to leave for a late practice, and he bounded over to you from behind your work chair as you were reading the shonen jump he had lent you

- “Ok I’m goin to practice I’ll see ya later y/n—“ -tendou

- “Ok bye tendou, have a good practice. Don’t piss off Semi too much—“ -you

- “Oh come on I don’t piss him off! Semi is my bestie he can confirm!”

- “I honestly don’t think you could pay semi an amount that would make him call you his ‘bestie’”

- “I can work miracles! Ok— bye y/n I love youuuuu—“

- “Bye tendou, good luck with working that miracle.“

- He paused, his lanky arms dropping down to his sides as he thought for a second

- did you not say it back or was he just going deaf?

- he did that thing yk where you like tilt your head to the side in confusion— and his hair like drooped down a bit 😭

- “…I love you—“

- “I know tendou, have a good practice!”

- he’s scared, genuinely terrified

- he’s running through his mind trying to think of why you didn’t say it back— did you think he was annoying?? Was he being too loud? Did you actually just not say it because you didn’t love him anymore?

- he wanted to ask what was wrong but he thought maybe he was being annoying so he just left to give you space 😭

- you felt awful

- he looked so confused and hurt before he left

- tendou went to ushijima for advice and to just talk about it— he’s probably the worst person to talk to about this stuff bc bro literally thinks the earth is flat but whatever

- “…..That’s rough buddy.” -ushijima whilst awkwardly patting tendou’s shoulder

- “…Was that an avatar reference?” -tendou

- “Hm? What is an ‘avatar’?”

- “Nevermind. Thanks for trying.”

- you felt so bad— so when he was just in his room doing homework, you came in and immediately gave him a hug, apologizing and saying I love you to him over and over

- he was confused but happy to hear you say it back— he was SWEATIN bro 😭

- “I thought I was being annoying—“

- “Oh no tendou it was just a prank—“

- “….Wait was this payback for the spider?”

- “…..Yeah.”

- “…Ok I kinda deserved that then.”

- “Love you tendou, I promise you’re not annoying.”

- “Love you too y/n :)”

……

- “….Don’t you dare even think about pranking me with a spider again.”

- “I won’t make any promises that I can’t keep 😄”

- if there’s one thing he always remembers to do it’s to say ‘I love you’ before he leaves or before you go to sleep

- he doesn’t talk much but he never fails to say it to you

- even if he pretty much doesn’t talk the whole day, his few words will be those practiced words that have now been engrained into his mind

- you saw a prank video on instagram and thought it would be interesting to try it on ushijima, you honestly weren’t sure how he’d react

- he was getting ready to leave for practice, coming up from behind you as you worked on some assignments, giving you a quick one armed hug since his other arm was full carrying his stuff

- “I’ll be back tonight, goodbye y/n, I love you.” -ushijima

- “Ok, have a good practice.” -you

- he waited a minute, since usually he heard you say it back— but no you went right back to doing your work

- he assumed that maybe you were very absorbed and busy with your assignments and studies, which he understood and wanted to respect your work time

- so he left without another word, not wanting to disturb you

- but he’d be lying if he said he didn’t care about the fact that you didn’t say it back to him

- he was so accustomed to you saying those three words back to him or to him directly, maybe he’d taken it for granted? Because now without hearing them, he felt— wrong

- he wasn’t greatly disturbed, but he wasn’t normal either

- he thought about it a couple times during breaks in practice, wondering if he did something to make you distant or frustrated with him

- after practice was over, he came back, seeing you still doing your work like when he left, and he tried to be as quiet as possible to not bother you in case that was the reason behind why you didn’t say it back

- dude he was trying so hard to figure out what to do 😭

- he called tendou because he thought either tendou was the expert on these things or semi, and semi did NOT pick up 💀 (idk why but I feel like semi never answers his phone, not even on purpose, but like his ringer doesn’t work or some shit and he’s sitting there wondering why no one texts him or calls him)

- “Uhhhh…. Good luck Wakatoshi-kun!” -tendou

- “Is the situation that bleak?? I require your best wishes..? Tendou is this serious?” (Poor guy is sweating now 💀)

- “Well it’s either ‘damn well— good luck’ or it’s a prank! I’ve seen people do a prank on their partners where they don’t say ‘I love you’ back.” (tendou’s chronically online there isn’t a meme or prank trend bro hasn’t seen)

- “…..I see. How do I know which one it is?”

- “…..Good luck with that!”

- some help you are tendou 💀

- ushijima is not good at being subtle, so he just blatantly asked you— after you were going to take a break from your work

- “Y/n, did I do something to make you distant? Or was this a prank? Tendou told me about a certain trending prank partners do to their significant others, and—“ (he was talking the most you’ve ever heard him speak because bro was nervous actually despite looking normal)

- “I’m sorry Ushijima it was a prank yeah— I love you too ok?”

- he felt his shoulders relax when he finally heard you say it with that familiar smile that melted his heart

- ever since that prank you did— he’s said it more often

- he has a routine now, instead of just when he leaves or when he goes to sleep, he texts you in the morning, or says it to you if you’re there with him

- he says it whenever you say you text him or say over the phone you have to go do something

- he says it when you get back or when he gets back

- he says it a lot let’s just put it that way :)

- also semi was so betrayed that ushijima asked tendou for advice and not him later on 🥲

- “You asked TENDOU first?! Of all people?! You would’ve had better luck with goshiki!” -semi

- “Huh what?! I heard my name! Did someone call me?!” -goshiki appearing out of nowhere anytime someone says anything starting with “go”

- “BRO HOW DID YOU MATERIALIZE?!”

- “BAHAHAHAHAHAHDHDHEUHDUD—“ -tendou having an asthma attack from laughing

- “Apologies Semi, you did not pick up your phone. And from what I recall, you’ve never been in a relationship before, correct?” -ushijima

- bye bye semi’s self esteem 💀 tendou was about to cry and turn blue from laughing so hard, slapping his knee, cackling, shaking semi by his shoulders and giggling like a little shit

- ushijima is BRUTAL bro 🥲

a/n - semi got violated, a moment of silence for him 😔🙏

[joanquill]

Truck-kun Did It

Now coming to terms that you were no longer in the world you knew, you now have to face your saviors, the Lord of Crime. Continuation of "How I Got Sent to Another World"

A/N: Sorry this took so long! I had writer's block, so I can't guarantee this is good 🙃 It's also my first time doing a taglist so I hope this is correct, I also only added the ones who explicitly said they wanted to be added just in case 😅 Tag/s: Fem!Modern!Asian!Reader Warning/s: Profanity

"Ugh..." you groaned as you turned to your side, moving your hands to feel silk sheets covering you.

Bewildered, you shot up and found yourself in a luxurious room lying in bed, creating more questions.

You removed the sheets, seeing your hands and ankles covered in bandages.

You were still in your clothes last night, but your body didn't feel as sticky or dirty as before.

"What is going on...?" you muttered, trying to recall what happened last night.

"Right... The newspaper, and those three men... But wh-" the sound of knocking snapped you out of your thoughts, making you turn to the door.

Before you could react, a blond man with glasses opened the door, pushing a trolley with a cloche.

"Ah, you're awake, Good." he greeted as he saw you sitting in bed, pushing the trolley to your side.

"Miss (Y/N), I believe?"

"Oh-Yes! I'm (Y/N) (L/N)... And you are...?"

"Louis James Moriarty,"

"Lou-" you stopped yourself as you recalled the character of the same name, bearing a striking resemblance to the man before you.

'There's no way... right...?'

"I hope this meal fits your palette," he opened the cloche and revealed a plate of omelet rice, bacon, and beans.

You gulped at the sight, feeling your stomach grumble as you gripped your hands.

"Here, you likely haven't-" you snatched the spoon and fork from Louis' hands and ate heartily. Each bite tasted better than the last.

"So good..." you muttered, ecstatic to finally have something to eat and finish the meal instantly.

"Ah-! Thank you so much for the meal! I haven't eaten anything since lunch..." you awkwardly laughed, making Louis widen his eyes.

"...I'm glad you enjoyed your breakfast," he replied, surprising you.

"Breakfast?" you repeated, looking outside the window to see the sun shining brightly.

"Ah, right..." you mumbled, feeling the same dread and unease as last night as you looked down on your clothes.

"Ah, an associate of ours cleaned you up last night. I believe she put it inside your nightstand," Louis reassured as you nodded, looking at the bandages.

"She also treated your hands, knees, and feet. If you are feeling better, please stop by at the parlor downstairs,"

"O-Okay, thank you again, Mister Louis..." you blurted, earning a nod as he pushed the trolley out and closed the door behind him.

You took a deep breath and sighed--almost a whine-- as you leaned back on the bed.

"So all of this is real..." you muttered, looking around the room again, now noticing the familiarities in the series.

"There's no way... right? Then again, there's no way I could have gone back to freaking Victorian Era England-- And yet, here we are!" you grumbled as you raised your hands in defeat, pacing in the room.

"That reminds me..." you patted your clothes, feeling nothing but your body.

"Right... No pockets. It's all in my bag... Which I probably lost back when I-" you stopped as your blood turned cold, "...When I got hit by that truck..." you sighed, dropping down to your knees.

You took another deep breath as you stood up, going over to the nightstand and seeing the cloak washed and your shoes on the side of the bed.

"If this world really is from Moriarty the Patriot..." you grumbled as you put on your shoes and grabbed the cloak, "Then that means this place is..."

"Miss (L/N), good morning," William greeted you with a courteous smile from his seat.

Albert sitting on the chair beside him, Sebastian, Bonde, and Fred were on the couch, while Louis, Jack, and Moneypenny stood in the room.

'Oh God... They really are...' you gulped as you put on a smile, nervously walking up to the room.

"Good morning...! Um... thank you again for your help," you greeted back, making William smile as the others kept their wary eyes on you.

'Please don't kill me... I'm broke- I mean, not rich...' you prayed in your head as you stayed in your spot, holding your hands tightly.

"Well then, shall we get going?" he asked as he stood up, grabbing his cane as you blinked at him.

"...Excuse me?"

"Your home, miss," he clarified, making you hum in understanding.

"Right...! Of course...." you nodded, following him out of the manor.

'...What the fuck do I do now?'

You kept quiet as you restlessly looked out of the window of the carriage while William sat across from you, observing your every move.

"We should be far enough by now," he spoke up as he looked outside, catching you by surprise as he gave you a calculating smile.

"Now then, would you mind clearing some confusion of mine?"

"...Okay," 'I'm pretty sure I'm dead if I don't, anyway,'

"Judging by your appearance and conduct, I assume you're well-off enough to not be living in the streets, such as how we found you last night,"

You took a breath you didn't know you were holding and exhaled.

"Right..."

"You seem to be in the working class. However, I do not recall any occupation a woman can have that will lead to bloodshot eyes, fatigue, numbness and pain in the wrist, and poor posture-- which explains the neck and back pain," he continued, making you touch the back of your neck.

"It's as if your work asks you to sit down for a prolonged period of time... Perhaps with a typewriter?" you held on your wrist, and sure enough, the pain from working in front of the computer is still there.

"...I'm an office worker-err uhm...! A clerk, I guess...? As you say here? Sorry, English isn't my mother tongue," you nervously chuckled, but William kept his serious gaze.

"Now, for your clothes..." he continued, making you feel conscious as you covered yourself.

"Ah, I apologize. It was not my intention to make you feel uncomfortable,"

"N-No, it's fine... They're my work clothes," you explained, knowing lying or trying to trick him would be a mistake.

"I see... And where do you work?" he asked, making you gulp.

"...It's not exactly easy to explain..."

"Take your time. This carriage is only circling the block, after all," he reassured with a smile, shocking you as you looked outside, seeing it was Fred in disguise driving the carriage.

"...Of course..."

"Now then," William smiled as he pulled out a traveling tea set, setting it up as he poured you a cup.

"Shall we continue our discussion?"

Extra:

The reader after realizing most of the food/convenient items they know are either inaccessible or haven't been invented yet AND learning the hygiene practices of the Victorian Era:

Taglist: @stayblinkarmyatinymoafearnot, @tinkerleaf, @muqingswife, @jungpuss, @rekisgay, @ih3artpjo, @sparklysoullover

[absolutebl]

What I'm curious about is what makes a BL a BL? What separates it from queer cinema and mainstreamed LGBTQ+ media? When I watch BLs, it's very clear to me that it is a BL rather than queer cinema (the same way I know that God's Own Country is queer cinema, not a BL), but I don't have the background in the genre to explain what it is that I'm picking up on as a viewer.

Forgive me if you've answered this already. I did search your blog but I didn't quite see the answer I'm looking for. Your post about BL breakdowns by country gave me some good info on differences between countries, but I was curious about this on a broad genre-wide scale.

[slowcatsisland]

Some physical headcanons for Zoro 🥰🙏

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Roronoa Zoro; Physical Characteristics Headcanons

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

A/N: yes

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

His pre timeskip color palette was PERFECT

His hair genuinely looks like a mint chocolate chip green and it’s because of the sun. The more sunlight he receives the lighter it makes his hair look (it got really dark during the timeskip because of Muggy Island’s climate but is progressively getting lighter currently)

When he was young his hair was more of a grassy color

His hair is really thick and surprisingly soft despite how spiky it can look, Luffy likes messing with it when he’s bored (yk when a guy gets a buzz and when you run your hand over it one way it’s soft and then the other it’s prickly? That’s kinda like Zoro’s hair no matter how long he grows it-he also doesn’t ever grow it that long)

His hair takes a long time to grow in general he cut it all off once, never again

(Yosaku, Johnny, and himself all shaved their heads together once when they were growing up. Prolly something to do with touching their mental fortitude and trying to become with the sword or smth. Zoro found out that he has a weird, rectangle head shape without hair to frame it and refuses to lose all his hair ever again)

His hair can’t hold a curl for shit

He smells like steel and iron. He also probably had a strong natural musk bc of his hygiene (bro needs to shower more)

His facial features are so sharp. From his defined temples, the bald patches of forehead along his hair line, his jaw, nose, even his eyebrows and cheek bones all collectively make his face full of sharp lines and cuts

(I’m so not a fan of how rounded he looks post timeskip, especially in Egghead and I mean u could argue that it makes him resemble a tiger more but just guyss)

He actually has more Asian facial features than shown in the manga/anime imo

His eyebrows are either the same light mint green his hair is or they’re a green so dark they look black from afar I just can’t tell which it would be

He has serious threaded eyebrows. Law might have 90s eyebrows to an extent but Zoro is on a whole other level. He never does anything to them either, he’s actually had a whole conversation about this with Nami (she’s envious)

Zoro has a slight concern about accidentally getting his eyebrow hair shaven off somehow and them never growing back

YALL THE HAIR ON HIS EYEBROW PART OF THE SCAR STILL HASNT GROWN BACK-

He has long eyelashes but they’re straight so you don’t see them from the front (his side profile is beautiful-)

His eyes look like they turn upwards but it’s subtle

His eyes are a shade of gold I tell you!! It fits with his whole ‘tiger’ as his animal thing so well

Also also yk how guys in One Piece don’t rlly get their eye color shown unless it’s a specific frame in the anime at least? That happens with Zoro during his fight with King I’m like 90% sure

They’re a type of gold that matches the darkest shade of his earrings

I’ll forever believe his eyes were meant to be gold

He’s got that epicanthal folds trust

He under eye also has that slight puffiness to it too trust trust trust

I heard a theory abt how in his closed eye post timeskip is another soul (one of his swords) and if/when he opens it it’ll be ringed I feel like that’s worth putting here

His scar along his eye is actually a really clean cut with minimal texture differences I guess? If you run your finger across it you feel the ridge of the scarring but it isn’t messy like how Luffy’s under eye scar is

His nose is like, idk sturdy I guess? Yk his live action Mackenyu’s nose is a perfect reference imo

His lips downturn so it looks like he’s frowning or brooding a lot even when he’s not (Sanji’s threatened to fix his face countless times)

He has a scar on his bottom lip going to the end of his chin from getting cut by Kuina when they were using real blades against each other (one time Franky thought Zoro was really messy when they were eating a type of pasta that Sanji made and told him to wipe his chin..nothing came off)

He also has a cheek scar from Kuina on his right cheek going from the center of it to just below his ear (it’s really faint)

His neck has uneven flexibility because of his lack of visibility on his left side (he can turn it around like an owl to the left)

He’s naturally tan but he also soaks up sunlight like a sponge and almost never burns

Pre timeskip Zoro was obviously more lean but he was still the most jacked person on the crew. His muscles were probably more noticeable pre timeskip due to his tighter clothing than they are post timeskip even though they’re bigger now

He’s pretty well proportioned torso and leg wise, not like some of the other characters such as Sanji, Law, or Nami that are mainly legs.

Yk bros back is a holy sight

Pre timeskip he had defined abs but post timeskip he has a healthy layer of fat covering them slightly (Sanji has him on a meal plan, Zoro’s unaware he’s on said meal plan)

Bro lowkey everything about Zoro is just big post timeskip

He’s still the same height, but pre timeskip Zoro looks taller than post time skip Zoro (the muscles and baggy clothing make him look more blocky)

I feel like comparing him to 2000 Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine in Marvel’s X Men or Mackenyu for pre timeskip 👌

Then post timeskip Zoro is more comparable to say 2014 Dave Bautista’s Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy

His stomach scar is actually rough like Luffy’s under eye scar because of how it was healed and it’s probably pretty sensitive I’d assume

Bros legs are built so sturdy. If Sanji’s legs are like pillars of steel then Zoro’s legs would be bricks of iron if that makes sense

His hands are plenty calloused along his palms

He also has a good amount of smaller slash-esque scars from training with real blades along his hands, arms, and quads

It was easier for him to move around quieter pre timeskip but he’s still considerably quiet when he’s walking around

I feel like he’d be ticklish or skittish, mainly around his sides just cause he doesn’t receive physical affection that much

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

I feel like I could talk abt him forever

Mwah 😽

[luneengene2]

In the Middle of the Night

Slytherin!nicholas x hufflepuff!fem!reader

• You 'followed' Nicholas in the middle of the night just to steal a 'look' at him, but you got caught by him...

• Warnings : Suggestive content, make out, a little insult, finger sucking, Leads to smut, PDA, grammar error, etc...

• A/N : Fuck, I'm completely obsessed with Hogwarts AU, especially Nicholas being a Slytherin ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ

Maybe dreaming of dating a rich and handsome wizard but your status is not equal to him is just like a fairy tale. Yes, that's what Hannah said when you told her that you had a big crush on Wang Yixiang, or often called Nicholas, his English name.

Nicholas is the main heir of the Wang family, a pure-blood wizarding family that originally came from Taiwan, but moved to England in the ninth generation. The Wang family originally attended one of the prestigious magic schools on the Asian continent, but when the ninth generation moved to England and changed their citizenship, they automatically received an invitation to admission from Hogwarts. As a result, since the ninth generation, they have continued to attend Hogwarts.

Being the main heir to the Wang family made Nicholas enter the circle of popular guys, he was on par with Draco Malfoy. Many girls expect him to be their boyfriend, either because they genuinely like him or just want to build a family connection.

Nicholas is also known to be a bit of a brat and has quite a high temper, he sometimes gets into fights with some of the students who he says really bother him. However, somehow he managed to become a prefect even though he often caused problems. Maybe because of his smart brain.

Himself being the one that girls desire makes him become a playboy. Aka dating lots of girls. Any girl would bend the knee to him just to be with him.

And you? You do like him-no, you love him. You've had that feeling since your first year at Hogwarts. You were fascinated by his charisma and arrogant face. Typical Slytherin. However, you never had the chance to talk or get to know him better. Because of what? Because of the difference in status. Yes, you and he do have the same blood status, both are pure blood, but you are not equal to him in terms of wealth status. You were born into a middle class family. Meanwhile, Nicholas was born into an upper class family, almost aristocratic.

There were rumors that his type was like Selene Black, Regulus Black's only daughter. When you heard the rumors, you felt weak and seemed to be aware of the fact that you and him really couldn't be together.

However, that can't erase your feelings of love for him. You always secretly follow and watch him from a distance, watching all his movements like a stalker. Sometimes with a glimmer of hope that he will be able to love you even if it's only a one percent chance.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

At midnight, you secretly left your dorm to do something 'routine' on someone's patrol schedule. Nicholas' schedule. Yeah, Nicholas is the Slytherin prefect and this time it's his time to go on patrol.

You slowly walked down the Hufflepuff stairs after closing the house door and immediately walked to look for Nicholas. You tightened your robe because you were only wearing a short nightgown that was quite thin.

You turned down several alleys, but didn't find that Asian man. In fact, you were almost caught by several other prefects who were on patrol. You decided to walk towards the library.

A smile immediately spread across your face when you saw Nicholas talking to Michael Corner, you hid behind the wall and of course peeked. Even though the lighting around you is minimal, you can still see Nicholas' handsome, serious face. His thick, red lips moved seriously as he discussed some of the students who broke the rules tonight with Michael.

When Nicholas finished his conversation with Michael, he walked over to where you were hiding. You hurriedly hid your face before he caught you. He passed you without knowing where you were behind the wall, because he was walking straight.

You slowly followed him with light steps, hoping not to trip over anything due to the lack of lighting around the hallway.

As he turned towards the Slytherin house, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, making you hold your breath. Before you rush to hide, a deep voice immediately makes you feel like you're going to faint and startle. "Stop being a stalker, Miss Hufflepuff," you were in shock and of course you realized that Nicholas knew you were around him.

Nicholas turned around and he could see you clearly. He grinned and was about to approach you. Of course you immediately ran fast enough to avoid it, but unfortunately. Because his legs are longer than yours, he can catch you easily. He held your wrist tightly.

"Ah, got it," Nicholas chuckled and gave you a mocking look. Making you shiver in fear. "Nicholas please forgive me, I didn't mean it like this. I have no evil intentions towards you. I—"

""Being a stalker is considered evil, Miss Hufflepuff," Nicholas cut you off, he seemed to like seeing you scared. It's like there's satisfaction in itself. "I'm really sorry, I just—"

A clear step was heard, making Nicholas cover your mouth and take you to another hallway to avoid the person who was walking towards where you and he were standing before.

Nicholas pinned you against the wall, a mocking grin completely etched on his face. He placed his left arm on top of your head, stroking your hair playfully. Meanwhile, you are already hit by fear and tension. "Aren't you tired of being a stalker? That's the lowest and scariest way, you know," Nicholas insulted you quite sharply, you squeezed your robe, not daring to look at his face.

Nicholas forced you to look at his face. "Don't think I didn't know you were a stalker all this time. Luckily, I didn't curse you because you dared to have bad intentions towards me," You immediately shook your head and looked at Nicholas with pleading eyes. "I have no ill will towards you, Nicholas. Absolutely—"

"Oh wow, you dare call my name?" Nicholas cut you off again. “You really are too obsessed with me, miss. Aren't you aware of your middle class status? We are not equal, but you dare to be my stalker," He continued, which finally made you shed tears because you were too scared and hurt. Nicholas released your face from his hands, his hand suddenly moved to hold your left fingers.

A few seconds later, your cry was changed to shock again because Nicholas pulled your finger to his mouth. You immediately had serious goosebumps but your body couldn't fight it.

His wet mouth gently nuzzles your index finger, his tongue playing sexily there. Your fingers are wet with his saliva. It's crazy, but it's the sexiest scene you've ever seen.

Satisfied with playing with your index finger, Nicholas pulled it from his mouth. He could see your breath was short and your face was red. Your eyes were so glazed, and he looked at it with a look of...adoration (?)

Suddenly he pushed your wet finger into your mouth. "Suck it," You immediately didn't disobey him and sucked your finger like he did earlier. Nicholas felt a rush of heat seeing how beautiful you were doing what he said. Your lips stretching over your finger made a lust build within Nicholas.

Lust that coincides with a sense of overprotectiveness. He doesn't know much about you anymore, but he wants you only for him. He doesn't want to waste a girl as perfect as you.

"Fuck!" Nicholas pulled your finger from your mouth, then immediately pressed his lips to yours. Kissing you was rushed and full of heat as if you were going to leave him.

At first, you were very shocked but after a few seconds you were lulled by his sweet kisses. You put your arms around his neck and shoulders, occasionally squeezing and pulling his hair gently. Nicholas took off his robe, letting it fall down. He also pulled his tie tightly until it came loose and slowly opened the top few buttons of his white shirt.

His kisses became increasingly heated, making the oxygen you felt become increasingly thin. However, you couldn't deny that the play of his tongue coiling with yours was very intoxicating.

Nicholas brought your right hand inside his shirt, asking you to caress his firm and quite muscular chest. Of course you can't refuse. Isn't this what you want?

Feeling you were running out of oxygen, Nicholas immediately pulled himself away from you. He could see your face flushed, your chest rising and falling from panting, but your right hand was still in his shirt.

Not giving you much pause, Nicholas lowered the robe you were wearing, and now he could clearly see your body which was only clad in a fairly thin nightgown. He gulped at the sight before him. Your tits and satin panties were almost visible enough.

Nicholas immediately connected his lips to your smooth neck, he squeezed your waist tightly. One of his hands lifted your thigh to his hip area. Makes you stick to him even more. Without shame, you moan his name in a regular rhythm. Pressing the nape of his neck to deepen the action on your neck.

Nicholas licks, sucks and bites your neck area, causing red marks. His naughty hands also squeeze your buttocks, he growls softly feeling how hot his body is and the part beneath him feels increasingly narrow asking to be freed.

He pulled away from you, wiping his lips with the back of his hand, he smiled mischievously at the red marks he carved into your skin. Nicholas held your neck gently, to maintain eye contact with him, he didn't want your beautiful eyes to look at him. "Let's go to my room, I need you, Miss Hufflepuff," His hoarse voice makes your body move as if he is commanding you. As a result, you just nodded in response.

He smiled with satisfaction, picked up both of your robes and then immediately carried you to his private dormitory to complete the thing he really wanted from you.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

// Morning Breakfast Hours //

Everyone in the great hall was just shocked to see something they weren't used to seeing, and it made you uncomfortable. Oh of course they were shocked, they saw clearly how Nicholas was beside you looking like someone who was lovesick. And this was the first time Nicholas looked like he was lovesick. And it was on a girl they didn't expect. You.

Nicholas has been looking at you like crazy all this time, he didn't even touch his breakfast. Occasionally his fingers brush your hair or move to your fingers where in some places there is his ring. Sometimes, he still forces you to sit on his lap which you immediately refuse.

Your best friend Hannah couldn't even move when you told her that you were Nicholas' girlfriend now. She actually got a little goosebumps when he saw Nicholas looking so obsessed with you. She's afraid you're just being played by him.

"Y/N! You darned scoundrel, how could you snatch Nicho from me?!" A scream immediately shocked the entire hall. Hearing your name shouted like that, you immediately looked at the person who shouted at you like that. It turned out to be Samantha Xoviz. She is one of Nicholas' former lovers who is still very obsessed with Nicholas.

Seeing Samantha take out her wand and seem to be going to put a chaotic spell on you, Nicholas immediately moved faster. "DEPULSO!" Samantha was thrown quite far before she cast a spell on you, you were quite shocked by Nicholas' heavy spell attack.

Nicholas walked quickly towards Samatha, his eyes flashing with anger. He looks like he's going to 'harm' Samantha. "You blasted thing, how could you even think of laying a finger on my princess?!" Before Nicholas grabbed Samantha, Snape first pushed Mattheo hard away from Samantha who was in pain.

"To my study now, Mr. Wang!" Snape glared at Nicholas. "Oh you're going to give me detention because I defended my girl who almost got hurt? Use your brain! If I don't move quickly then my girl will be the one who gets hurt!" Snape glared when Nicholas acted impolitely towards him.

"Come to my study in five minutes or I will withdraw 50 percent of Slytherin's points?!" Snape threatened sharply. He ordered several students to take Samantha to Hospital Wings for treatment.

Snape left the great hall to go straight to his study. He would wait for Nicholas there. "Fuck!" Nicholas snapped harshly and ruffled his hair.

Nicholas looked at you who also looked shocked by what you saw earlier. He approached you and kissed your forehead lightly. "No one will try to hurt you again after this," he said softly as he removed his kiss from your forehead. He glanced at Pansy. "While I'm in detention, please pay attention to my girl, don't let anyone find trouble with her or your fate will be worse than Samantha's," Pansy nodded quickly to what Nicholas wanted, she didn't want to get into trouble.

Nicholas kissed your lips briefly before finally going to Severus Snape's study. He already knew he would end up getting detention, and that made you feel really bad for him.

However, you are also increasingly convinced that he is not playing with you and is not just lusting after your body. He really sincerely loves you. The look in his eyes strengthened the fact that he also really loved you.

"I love you, Yixiang,"

[itspheenixbaby]

managers (3/2)

i dont think many people script their managers, at least not in as much detail as i have? but it was kinda fun. and i feel like if i dont script them in detail theres a chance theyll be cuckoo/weird/evil like some ent industry managers...

"the managers"

both were very popular for their [self produced] music.

worked with big names globally.

seem not to care about us but they really do. just arent over-sentimental.

mentors to the group in a looot of ways.

famous j-star/k-stars in the 2000s.

weirdly ambiguous relationship.

we lowk dont see them. 💀

⋆｡°✩ flyday chinatown - yashua ⋆｡°✩

a man & a woman - francis lai

"do you want ants? because thats how you get ants"

name ; Charlie Song 🦢

race ; east asian

ethnicity ; korean

nationality ; korean-american

origin ; upper east side, manhattan

manages ; soul, 7mth, occasionally spirit

personality ; playful, generous, likable, non chalant, lenient

b-day ; 3/19/88

dgaf about what people think of her.

grew up rich.

philanthropist.

like the members fun but distant aunt.

bensonhurst blues - oscar benton

"the same entitled crap as always: ‘i cant make ends meet. im on food stamps. my child died because i couldn’t afford new bone marrow.’ just me, me, me, me, me!"

name ; Charlie "CJ" Jouichi 🎸

race ; east asian

ethnicity ; japanese, mixed

nationality ; guadeloupean-american

origin ; south bronx, nyc

manages ; spirit, 7mth, occasionally soul.

personality ; intimidating, caring, private, cold, strict

b-day ; 12/3/88

he has a big fat potty mouth.

grew up poor asf.

were all kinda scared of him (esp the boys) 😭

chainsmoker.

terrible with names.

honorary members (4/2)

this is an extremely odd thing to script but simultaneously one of the favorite things i have scripted for my desired reality. there are four idols in specific that my group is individually extremely close to. theyre literally always in our dorms (maybe not always...more like 1/4 of the time.) kinda like squatters.

⋆｡°✩ blueberry faygo - lil mosey ⋆｡°✩

"the cousins"

both were living in our dorms for two years... ('22-'24)

always bickering with each other.

used to date back in nyc but that ended terribly.

terrible drivers.

oops i did it again - britney spears

"just like the old gypsie woman said!!"

name ; junko jong 🪄

race ; east asian

origin ; new springville, staten island, nyc

nationality ; jamaican, dominican, american

group ; illit

personality ; dramatic, delusional, ambitious, charismatic

b day ; 7/16/05

jasons cousin. she ran away from nyc for no reason to stay with him in korea.

practices occult to little success. more like a magic trick.

broke beyond comprehension. (runs in the family ig?)

lockjaw - sirmixalot

"yeah take that tone"

name ; mickey mukherjee 🐉

race ; south asian, west african

origin ; staten island/queens

nationality ; trinidadian, american, puerto rican

group ; munkee (original 6 person bg under belift)

debuted ; 2024

personality ; loyal, snarky, helpful, delulu, responsible

b-day ; 4/10/05

jodhis nephew, and sooo clingy.

loves trashy reality tv. takes pleasure in others suffering.

went to korea to visit jodhi but got stuck there.

"the twins"

started off beefing with everyone in both groups.

close with the [same-sex] members individually.

turning japanese - the vapors

"who are you? comrade question?"

name ; jerry banzai 🧞‍♂️

race ; west african, east asian

origin ; west brighton, staten island.

nationality ; guyanese-american

group ; s6nic (original 6 member bg under ador)

debuted ; 2021

personality ; opportunist, quiet, deceptive, calculating

b-day ; 1/1/04

was in an indie band back in nyc.

hella suspicious. but unassuming.

colors - halsey

"I will literally emasculate you"

name ; tommy banzai 🧞‍♀️

race ; west african, east asian

nationality ; guyanese-american

origin ; west brighton, staten island.

group ; new jeans

personality ; determined, perfectionist, charismatic, creative

b-day ; 1/1/04

loco in the coco but good at hiding it.

stole my boyfriend when i was in 8th grade.

had an rebel/emo phase.

[i-yap]

Hi! You mentioned in a prev oneshot that you were Indian, as a fellow south asian it is so nice to have someone into the fandom as well !!! May I have a request if batboys with an south asian so who does Indian classical dance like bharatnatyam or odissi please?

Heyyy I have never professionally learned classical Indian dances but I love watching them so ill try my best. Im sorry if its offensive, Im doing fem reader cuz gn wasn't requested..hope that okay too

Batboys x Dancer!Y/N

Dick grayson

He loved the story the dances depicted. He learned all the meanings and history behind all the hand movements and music.

Dick had probably been to India for a mission so he does know a little about indian history but now he has a much stronger motivation to learn everything and anything about that culture .

Also we all know dick has a thing for strong powerful women. And Bharatnatyam or Odssi or any indian classical dance for that matter REQUIRES SO MUCH STRENGTH . The facial expressions, the precise movement and the beauty of it all..he is whipped.

'He also loves when you get in touch with your culture. Dick is like a culture connoisseur and having a beautiful south asian girlfriend who is proud and expressive of her heritage makes him so proud.

He for sure has videos on videos which he show or boast about to anyone- even at galas , his favorite thing to talk about you and he is just so proud.

Jason Todd

I dont think todd will take the time to look into the difference meanings or stories these dances depict.

I have mentioned how much he stares and now he has a new found excuse to stress. Its like those movie montages of the wife through the husbands eyes where there is like a light glow behind her and he is just laughing (and then she dies or something)- idk if you know what I'm talking about but that exact thing happens with him.

you are like his salvation , so beautiful, golden poised and graceful. Its like a beggar seeing a goddess , a murderer on the steps of church or a ray of sunshine in the cold cold dark city - it becomes his way to spirituality.

He doesn't talk that much about it. the whole experience feels too surreal for him and he loves to see that side of you. when your practicing and don't have the routine perfected, he loves seeing the side of you no one else would get to see.

Tim drake-

This boy probably went to the ballet as a kid and I mean western rich parents-gotham city- I don't think he knows anything about indian classical dance so when he sees it for the first time he is shocked

He Is so intrigued , It just makes you so much cooler. He will love dropping in the middle of his patrols to watch you train and bring you snacks

He also loves doing your makeup for you , and the whole outfit....it looks super complicated and he is good with assembling stuff so he'll be really into it.

He would tbh encourage you to use your skill to start and internet channel and use that to promote movements. Also if you are into the idea of teaching immigrant kids on how to dance, he'll help find the means because being connected to your roots are just so important.

Rather than boring ass ballet in galas , he will promote other styles of dance especially indian classical.

Will cheer like a madman after your performances , even if they are at rich gotham galas. "WOHOO THATS MY GIRL THATS REAL ART YOU SEE THAT YOU RICH PRICKS"

Yea just because you have this super serious super cool skill doesn't mean you both wont be sitting in a dinner eating greasy food in the whole costume+makeup after performances. Youre still teenage dirtbags after all

Damian wayne-

he will draw you . loves sitting and sketching you dance .

He too is really into strong women and appreciates the beauty and precise art of indian dance.

Itll remind him of his home, like up in the mountains. Maybe dance is taught as a way of developing balance and precision. So to him you look like a strong fighter.

It just brings nostalgia and you look so ethereal while you dance. I think out of all batboys he would be most appreciative of the art

these are comparatively shorter but i didnt have too many thoughts. hope its okay tho

[hole34]

"dude what if julius caesar was all fucked up and shit"

"ohhh yeah like if he was asian"

"wh-"

[abbatoirablaze]

S.W.A.T, The Letter, Dominique Luca

Word Count:  1.2k

Warnings: mentions of death, angst, mentions of being blown up/bombs, mention of tortured victims.

Baby,

If you’re reading this letter, then you know something happened to me. 

And not a good something. 

I know I always told you that if I handed you papers, it would be because we’d be signing for a place on the beach and then following that up by making some beautiful blonde babies that would undoubtedly be future SWAT.  But I’m sorry if you ever have to read this one.

So, I’ll tell you in this everything that I always wanted to say…even if I couldn’t really voice it in the right ways. 

You’re the only person I ever want to finish a Call of Duty campaign with. 

You’re the one I want to wake up to in the morning…even if it’s at three am because you read that the waves are going to be amazing by five but be trash the rest of the day. 

You’re the only woman I ever wanted to give up being a bachelor for. 

I know that there is a matching letter in your locker, and that it’s addressed to me…but god, the only thing that scares me in this world is that one day I’ll have to read it. 

You’re amazing.

And fearless. 

And I know that I will never love another woman, and have never loved another woman, as much as I love you. 

Nikki…

You are my everything.

Dominique

“Hey there…” Luca nearly jumped out of his spot at the island.  The pencil cracked in half due to the tension that he’d been putting on it.  The brunette smiled and him, hiding a little laugh behind her hand, “wh-what was that Dominique?”

“No-nothing!” he said quickly, as though he was trying to shield the woman that he loved from the superstitious act, “what are you doing?”

“That doesn’t look like ‘nothing,’ Dominique…” she said slowly, taking a few steps forward until she was firmly in the grub room. Her chin tilted up and she noticed the hardened letters on the envelope beside the piece of paper.  She added up everything in her head, and her eyes met with that of her boyfriend’s, “Dominique…”

“I-I saw your letter in the top of your locker the other day when we were leaving!” he admitted, stuttering over the admission, “I-I’ve been thinking about writing you one for months…but I-I couldn’t-I didn’t want to think-“

She took a few more steps forward, and he stopped speaking when her hand reached out and stroked his forearm, “Luca…stop…you don’t have to explain it…”

He felt the tears lining his eyes; his emotions feeling like too much all piling on as he looked from between her and the paper, “i-I wanted to…”

“It’s okay…”

“Okay…”

Dominique,

I’m writing this letter to you on our four-month anniversary together.  And trust me when I say I hope I’m not writing this in vain.  It would suck if we split, and I had this letter in my locker until the end of time…because we both know how well I do when it comes to cleaning up.

But I wanted to write this. 

I love you.

There’s no other way to say it…no way to get around it. 

I know we’re both terrified of commitment, but somehow, both of us have made it this far into a relationship.  And I don’t want to hold it back anymore. 

I always remember you making jokes about how you’ll never get married, but lately, I haven’t heard you saying that.  Instead, all I hear you telling me is that if you ever hand me papers, they won’t be for anything other than signing for a place on the beach. 

And then you always say we’ll be as close to marriage as either one of us could stand because we’ll follow it up with some blonde swat babies…but lets be honest. 

I’m Asian. 

We’re never having blonde children. 

But they will have my kickass genetics…and yours too I guess…so they’ll be as close to perfect as humanly possible. 

I want you to know something more though.  All jokes aside, if you’re reading this, then something happened to me. 

And I wish that it didn’t…but it did.

But I wouldn’t change a second of what we have.  I wouldn’t change a second of who I am.  Because it’s what makes us work so well.  I’m only sad by the thought that we won’t get to live up to those promises we made each other.  Sad that we won’t be able to catch waves in the early morning…making love under the stars…going to Koreatown and arguing over who has the best bulgogi…for the record it’s me…when I’m making it in our place…

As you would say, ‘we’re both honorary Koreans at heart.’  All joking aside, I have to say it again.  Dominique…

I love you. 

Never forget me. 

Nikki.

“You okay, Luca?”

Luca sniffled, a tear sliding down his cheek and onto the aged paper.  He tried to nod his head, but all that came out was a choked sounding sob.  Hondo went to step forward, but Buck held his arm out, stopping him. 

“I had a ring…” Luca admitted tearfully after a few minutes of silence.  He dropped the paper, his hand reaching into his pocket as he shakily tried to pull the box from his tactical pants, “I-I told myself that I was going to propose when she got back from the mission today, but-“

He couldn’t finish his sentence.  He broke down, sobbing against the velvet box that he’d shakily managed to show the guys. 

Deac felt his heart wrenching in his chest. 

The man who acted more like a frat boy had wanted to settle down with a fellow SWAT officer from another team, but in the instant of one mission, his dreams had evaporated.  She’d played hero had had attempted to get to a victim and save them before the building exploded.

Deac thought about his own letter that he had sitting in his own locker in case something were to happen to him.  His pregnant wife would be alone. 

He felt tears building up behind his own eyes.

“Luca…”

“Sh-she was going to take on the job of Captain,” he sniffled once more “she was just talking to Cortez about it this morning.  We-we were talking about getting our little place on the beach and she’d be behind a desk.  We’d have it on easy street while she popped out a whole litter of baby Luca’s.”

“We’re sorry for your loss, Luca…” the commander of their group, Buck Spivey commented as he gave the young man a sad look, “Nguyen was a great commander…first female SWAT officer and team leader…was set to be the first captain.”

“This wasn’t supposed to happen,” he sobbed, looking up at his teammates and friends, “why did she stay in the building?”

“The vic was crucified to the wall,” Spivey admitted, “she was trying to get him down…told the rest of her guys to evacuate the building!  But you know her…she’d never leave a soul behind if she could help it.”

“I was going to marry her!” he cried, dropping the velvety box to the ground as he began sobbing into his hands, “we were supposed to have a future together.”

[justforbooks]

Killing Time by Alan Bennett

The author employs his pitch-perfect repertoire of satirical skills in his first book for five years – a novella about the residents of an upmarket care home during the pandemic

Alan Bennett, now 90, hasn’t published anything original in book form for five years. In the meantime – the Covid years and the Johnson years and the Truss month – readers have had to be content with the peerless annual diaries he writes for the London Review of Books, yearly proof that his special ear for English comedy and sudden pathos is undimmed. This novella is in part his reflection on those years, set inevitably in a care home, the unlikely frontline of national crisis during the pandemic.

Bennett, of course, knows his way around those institutional corridors. He inhabited them in perhaps the most memorable episode of his Talking Heads series, Thora Hird’s Waiting for the Telegram. That episode was not remade when Nicholas Hytner recast the whole series during lockdown, in part because social distancing prevented it, and in part because its sentiment might have been too much for the nation to bear. The gap of a couple of years, however, allows Bennett to frame that period with more imaginative certainty.

The story is a kind of parable. It focuses on the residents of Hill Topp House, a self-consciously upmarket establishment that makes the promise to potential “clients” of “a choir on special occasions and a glass of dry sherry”. It is run by the authoritarian Mrs McBryde who threatens her “community” with banishment to “down the hill” to Low Moor, a more basic council facility, in the event of rule-breaking – of which, with inhibitions loosened by frustration and dementia, there is inevitably plenty. It is Mrs McBryde’s belief that the virus, when it comes, will not afflict Hill Topp – the place is too rarefied for common germs, “the wind would take care of them” – but of course those snobberies are no defence.

That wider tragedy is the backdrop to a surface comedy in which Bennett employs his repertoire of middle-England satire: the anticipated pitch-perfect exchanges about chiropody or babies’ names or war memories, those conversational non sequiturs that have survived intact from his awkward childhood. The initial drama is provided by the eldest resident Mr Woodruff, the home’s inveterate flasher. “Are you not curious?” he asks Mrs Foss, a new arrival, of his habit. “No,” she says, “I was in the St John Ambulance Brigade.”

In some ways the book feels like a wry little rejoinder by Bennett to Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, which has invaded this territory without much nuance or subtlety. Death is a presence here, but it is not to be solved by any senior citizens’ famous five. Instead, the advance of the virus through Hill Topp becomes a vehicle for something odder, after Mrs McBryde herself succumbs despite explaining in A&E that it couldn’t get her (“The disease was something that was supposed to single out old people and the occasional Asian”). In her absence, the surviving residents take back control of their lives – “arthritis permitting, they scampered” – encouraged by Gus, the window cleaner, who provides extra services to the frustrated and the curious – men and women alike – in the tool shed, on a rota.

Even as a young man, Bennett seemed intrigued by the taboo-breaking possibilities of older age. He expressed that loosening of his own buttoned-up nature in the more confessional tone of Untold Stories (2006), which included his frank account of his mother’s depressive illness that shadowed his childhood, and his candidness about being gay. In his 2009 play The Habit of Art, about the last year of WH Auden’s life, he wrote about locating his Late Style, the capitals expressing his ironic sense of that description: “Feeling I’d scarcely arrived at a style, I now find I’m near the end of it. I’m not quite sure what Late Style means except that it’s some sort of licence, a permit for ageing practitioners to kick their heels up.”

This little book proves he is still enjoying finding ways to utilise that authorial blue badge.

Daily inspiration. Discover more photos at Just for Books…?

[cat-eclipse-m]

intro/masterpost

BIO>>>

NAMEZ?: michael/mike/mikey, karim stone (not my real name lols), myekari, gweb (nickname only the specials can call me >:3)

NATIONALITY+RACE?: british, eurasian (europian+asian)

SEXUALITY/GENDER?: ace+demi, transmasc/demiboy

PRONOUNZ?: meow/star/xe/it or they/he/she (for simplicity's sake, star/they)

LIKEZ?: the arts, generally (includes music, drama, art, etc), soft plushies, fidget items, baggy clothing

AESTHETIC?: my fav aesthetic gotta b scene/grunge with a mix of neon but i normally wear casual/streetwear

STAR SIGN?: pisces... yeah man im vry sensitive

TUMBLR @???: cat-eclipse-m, previously gweb-is-dead. i wanted my new handle to be a play on words, and i chose "cataclysm", so... cat... eclipse... m!!!! also cz i like kitties and the moon (nighttime is the BEST time)

PET PEEVEZ?: when ppl talk over you/interupt u in the MIDDLE of a convo, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE HYPERFIXATING!!! LIKE BRO??

MELTZ ME: things that make me go gooey inside include things like when ppl tell me they got something for me and its something they KNOW i'd like when i've never told them. reading the lil signs makes me so happy :3

~ i use :3 XD X3 XP :P etc a lot and unironically heeheef // helpful when using tonetags like /j /srs /sarc so yk thx ^3^

~ i have adhd (mixed) and i used to be medicated (not anymore!!! i've escaped the shackles >:3)

WOAOAHIA - me when my friends/mutuals reblog my posts;

~ personas importantés ~ (MOOTz)>>>

~ @number0mostevilgirlever

~ @moku-and-his-madness

~ @radioactive-mammothade

~ @buffporcupine

~ @howlctts

~ @just-type-it

~ @555cat

~ @tinybitofhope

~ @agentldiddy

~ @fartcowboy

~ @aspenii

are my posts viewer friendly? well... they can include;

~ suicide/suicidal ideation

~ self-harm/scars/bruises/cuts/physical trauma

~ gore/blood/gutz

~ murder/violence/weaponry

~ harsh language/profanity

~ suggestive??? <(by this i mean i culd post abt shirtless gay men wait wh-)(i nver post straight up NSFW/nudity btw,)

OBSESSIONS; (COLOURCODE: WEBTOONS // VIDEO FORM MEDIA // HOBBIES)

kill the dragon (ktd), one coin clear (occ), my s class hunters (msch), school bus graveyard (sbg), clinic of horrors (coh), hand jumper (hj), interpretation of the shadows (iots), bugtopia/monsters n girls (idolomantises), not so slient (nss), jackson's diary (j'sd/jd), batman: wayne family adventures (b:wfa), nerd and jock (with olga + tiger) (naj+ot), marionetta, potion witch (pw), silent screams (ss), winter before spring (wbs), between the branches (btb)

helluva boss/hazbin hotel (hellaverse), arcane

drawing, listening 2/creating/writing music (lyrics), making comics (sometimes), animating every so often

MASTERPOSTS BELOW!!!;

SONGSCRIPTS MASTERPOST

RANDOMS/SONA STUFF

MY OWN WIP WEBTOON

FANDOMS MASTERPOST

HOLIDAEZ XD

DIVIDER CREDITS (IN ORDER):

@rusababy

@inklore

@strangergraphics

@enchanthings

thkxs guys, love you <3