#because shes being so dense abt it

[ladykyriaa]

-WN SPOILERS-

This so cruel He's on his way to grow shrooms again

[dancefloors]

trying not to get irked by swiftie media illiteracy. I've retired! I'm out of the game!! but some of you are very stupid

[maretriarch]

amerikkkan tiktok commenters will see someone not eating three squares meals and three snacks and 9 consumer purchases of little treats and will be like I Hope You Heal One Day

[diningpageantry]

haaaaiiii guyyyyssss (gn) probably gonna be on here more often again soon. life events occurring. have occurred? still occurring, i suppose.

i'll probably post abt it more in depth at some ltr point, still in the very early stages of some stuff. i dont want to classify them as positive or negative things, however they're certainly things.

there's a lot of thoughts in my brain (hah), and ultimately i want to share them, but for now this is kind of me waving at everyone with a smile while my life has an "under construction" sign

[riaki]

OKAY EVERYONE IS SAYING GOJO DOESN'T DESERVE A HAPPY ENDING YES

BuT what if we could make it a little ANGSTY instead?? 👀 He gets his happy ending. His. Happy ending. You? Well.. Old habits die hard. This is what you wanted after all no? So what if he breaks his promises? What if your smile begins to fade? What if

What you said about later on reader and freckles growing apart cause freckles seemed nice it'd be a shame for him to be an ass

But that it's silly cause the irony is what if that freckle boy.. was just like Gojo but in a different light.

Being as it wasn't him who hurt reader, it was easy to overlook the fact of how similar he was to the old Gojo she knew before it became a shit show

Maybe she realizes that

Maybe she starts thinking

Maybe she drifts apart

And maybe Gojo comforts her but he's the last person she wants to see

Because it's these stupid feelings for Gojo that led her to this hell

And Gojo goes again

And he reels her in

And once he has her

Only to see as her smile begins to fade

As all the effort he had put in when he didn't have her start going away once again

And he starts to fall into old habits becoming the same as he was before, but this time, with you at his hand

As he slowly takes away your smiles again.

But it's okay, he'll make it right. Just...later. and later. And later...

You hope.

sorry I'm not good with angst sorry for any cringe 🤣

this is!! such!!! a good!!!! take!!!!!! on hsbully!gojo!!!!!! tbh this ask speaks for itself lol n dw anon! i rlly love the way u brought it :3 this is highschoolbully!gojo part 592727465527 *suggestive!

yeah. freckles boy isn’t that great of a person. maybe he tried but it didn’t work out; u dunno why but u keep seeing gojo in him— hints of satoru in ur life. like that stinky cologne he thinks is kinda cool but rlly doesn’t smell too good on ur bfs drawer, or the way he takes his coffee. honestly, if u squint, it almost seems like freckle boy is tryna copy gojo in a way…? but u don’t like thinkin abt him so u don’t blink an eye.

fast forward u broke up with freckle boy because something or other; the point is, u really didn’t feel anything with him. there might’ve been a spark, but it was really only artificial and had no wind to fan the flames. and since u got together gojo’s been distant; his smile seems dimmer and there’s always this faraway; foggy look that makes the brilliant azure of his eyes seem cloudy gray. but then ur catching up with him again and at some random frat party you get drunk and ur sense is inhibited and— u end up kissing gojo… oops.

so then u kinda enter this fwb state with him. and.. he’s pretty cool, right? he’s kinda evrything u want in a guy— tall, pretty, cool, strong, handsome, charming— it’s a package deal. but there’s also this… rift, between the two of you. see, ever since gojo lost u the first time, he’s always been so scared of pushing u away. so u stay fwb because he doesn’t wanna lose u again in case he’s feelin more than you are. but his heart doesn’t skip a beat when he sleeps with other girls and his chest doesn’t tighten like it does with u when he gets mouthfuls of fruity gloss from kissing other girls. but he forces himself to keep this wall up between the two of u because he just can’t risk losing you a third time.

it sucks for u too, though! gojo’s just a bit too dense to see it. whether it’s in his own nature, or he’s faking it. it’s probably the latter, but that’d mean he’s not being genuine again, n you don’t wanna think about it. but you’re gettin comfy with him and so is he, and you really do whole heartedly believe he’s changed this time, and for good. and it’s true! he has. but not in the way you thought. apparently, he’s exchanged being an ass with an unreachable ego to a pinch more genuine, but still an ass. it’s proved when u get to his apartment one rainy day ready to spend the weekend w/ him for a study date, but there’s clothes on the floor. dresses n stockings and a frilly blouse that you definitely think (or hope) don’t belong to gojo. unfortunately, your suspicions are confirmed when you lay eyes on the tangle of people on his bedroom through the crack in the door— this time, it’s your turn to run in a hurry. turns out, he got comfortable with you— all in the wrong way, thinking it’d be okay to sleep around. except he gives chase— after pulling on a pair of pants, of course.

eventually he catches up to you; you hate those stupidly long legs. catches your wrist and forces you to face him. in front of a chick fil a, nonetheless. he gets an overwhelming sense of deja vu— but he’s forcibly snapped out of it when je realizes you’re crying. and damn, you look gorgeous, and he wishes it would rain because the sunlight falls around you like liquid gold, framing your pretty face and reflecting prisms of rainbow in your tears.

once again, he doesn’t get it. why are you crying? it’s not like you were really serious or labeled, right…? and the entire reason you’d stayed that way was to avoid somethin like this. but gojo slowly comes to the realization that he’s fucked up big time— he has been since day 1. really, he should’ve found somebody cheaper to chase— you stole his heart and his pride, making him awkwardly and stiffly apologize to you in front of a fast food restaurant on some random crossing next to a train station. it’s only tense because he doesn’t really know how to apologize— he doesn’t have much experience with it, and for that he blames his ego.

but even so, he’s not ready for those big, sappy love confessions yet. you always made him feel so weird— correction: you still do. so you walk away somewhere between fwb and strangers. it’s always one step forward and two steps back with gojo. but maybe, just maybe— he can slowly rebuild your trust with some patience, empathy, and a lot of genuine love that he’s yet to realize he’s been nursing in his heart for you since the first time he laid eyes on you.

paaaaaaart one

[zuhaism]

6th member!lesserafim y/n is a gantlewoman (without she realizing it) kinda stoic but has a soft spot with all members le sserafim.

5th member!aespa y/n is dense, (make rina blushing but she doesn't know it lmao)

Did aespa!yn in Karina and minjeong imagines the same person?

YES YOU ARE SPOT ON

zhang y/n lsrfms 6thmember

she takes great care for the members mostly because she grew up like that. her family rlly looked out for eachother. she babied her younger brother alot when she was little. she still does now. but yea its older sister syndrome.

for example; they were walking to mubank and it was raining and the paparazzi took pics rhat eventually went viral on twt. it was pics of y/n’s side being drenched (notrllybut water was visible) while sakura was completely dry. y/n held the umbrella closer to her as to not get her wet.

there’d also be compilations of y/n adjusting the members in their sleep lamoo. bcs she knows they’ll wake up in pain if they continued sleeping like they js got in a car crash.

shes also pays very close attention to the members. especially kazuha bcs she tends to not say directly what she wants. but y/n picks up on it. shed ask kazuha what she wanted and then shell propose it to the group. kazuyn 4life 🙏.

basically y/n is js ssera’s gf 👅👅

bro shes also the type to js eavesdrop on conversations and not participating. so shed know everything that’s going on. like shed be doing sumn. mayb eunchaes hw and chaewon n yunjin wld be talking in the kitchen and shell bring it up the next day.

“unnie i think you shld give her a chance”

“when did i talk to u abt this??”

the other yn aespas5thmember

to answer your question yes in both of the imagines they’re the same person. y/n dont rlly do much she js there for the vibes and laughs

shes like idk lovesick?? idk but she rlly admires the members by alot. shed deffo write loves songs while thinking abt her members.

she’s also the sugarmommy of the grp. bro buys anythn for her members. once a week a member will post a pic of the most luxurious brand youll ever see with the caption “thank you @yn”

in conclusion, shes very lively when she’s with her members. i havent rlly explored her character in depth yet 🙏🙏 swwy.

[lakesbian]

i have had like 10 friends rec worm to me but nobody’s given me a good like, gist of its vibe and what its abt because ‘its best blind’, could u please give a like brief summary and vibe check of it 😭 it’s so long i dont wanna try and invest that much time without knowing much abt it

so, worm is a 1.7 million word long webserial written in 2010. 1.7 million words seems like a lot, but it was also written over a relatively short period of time, which means the writing style is very easy to parse--the ideas aren't without complexity, but the language itself isn't intimidatingly dense. you can get through it at a very decent pace. i agree with your friends that there are vast portions of worm that hit best when you're unspoiled, but the thing is that worm is long enough that giving you the basic plot pitch is in no way spoilers for any of the things that i wouldn't want to see spoiled for someone. i'm actually kind of baffled they're not telling you Any Thing, because it is in my estimation one of the best books i've ever read, but it also Needs a briefing before you get into it for like five different reasons. which i will now provide. i swear to god this is brief by my standards it's just that i am very thorough

worm is a story about superheroes and supervillains, set in a world where superpowers are traumagenic--rather than appearing randomly or innately, some people gain powers after a traumatizing event happens to them. the protagonist is taylor hebert, a 15yo girl who has the power to control insects and desperately wants to be a superhero. and then accidentally finds herself scouted by a team of teenage villains instead. who's to say how she's going to react to all that!

one of the most compelling things about worm is that the superpowers in it serve as visceral, hyper-literal metaphors for the trauma and traumatized coping mechanisms of the characters with those powers. each power is incredibly specific and thematically relevant to the person who has it, and it's incredibly interesting and evocative. it feels so natural and well-done that it comes off like how superpowers are just meant to be written.

the fact that superpowers stem from trauma also means that worm is fundamentally a narrative about trauma. specifically, about traumatized teenagers and the relationships they form as they cling together while struggling through growing up traumatized & mutually coping with an increasingly intriguing, intense, and far-reaching escalating plot. worm's depictions of trauma + mental illness--including unpalatable trauma responses, including traumatized characters who are allowed to be complicated and nuanced and messy while still receiving narrative respect--are deeply real-feeling and impactful, and they're placed in the context of a well-spun + engaging story.

i really do have to stress how excellent the character writing is. worm is fully deserving of being as long as it is. over the course of 1.7 million words of character development, the average reader's reaction to the main characters goes from "sorta interesting" to "okay, i want to see where this goes" to "augh...really likable" to "i am now on hands and knees crying and these characters are going to stick around in my brain forever." wildbow has incredible talent for efficiently conveying complicated, real-feeling, and viscerally evocative characterization. many of the interlude chapters (chapters written from the perspective of different characters other than taylor) are so interesting, fleshed-out, and emotionally affecting that they make you wish you could read an entire novel about just the side character being featured. with that level of characterization for just the side cast, it's not surprising that taylor (& co) are genuinely just downright iconic. and i do not say that lightly--taylor is truly one of the best-written protagonists i've seen in anything. ever.

the other main pitch-point for worm is that it's a fascinating deconstruction/reconstruction/examination of the conceits of the superhero genre. it answers the question of--what would the world have to be like, for people with superpowers to act the way they do in classic cape media? and it does this well enough that it's interesting even if you have only a passing familiarity with cape media. i am not a big superhero media fan, but worm addresses virtually every aspect of cape media that was under the sun around 2010 in a way that's so interesting i still find it incredibly engaging. the approach it takes makes the narrative very accessible even to people who aren't usually cape media fans.

and speaking of the narrative: the end of the story is coherent and satisfying and deeply thematically resonant*. the way worm follows through on all of its main mysteries & plot threads is excellent. you don't have to worry about getting thru 1.7 million words and being dissatisfied by the author shitting the bed at the end, or anything like that. he does an amazing job of weaving together plot events in a way that makes each successive one feel rationally, thematically, and emotionally connected to what came before. there's really only one part where i feel the story stumbles a bit, but i think it was the best option he had for the narrative, and it's by no means a dealbreaker. it's in fact really impressive how cohesive and satisfying worm is for such a long webserial released over such a brief period of time.

*this is subjective ive seen some people who didnt love it but ive never seen anyone who downright Hated it who didnt also demonstrate egregious misunderstanding of literally everything worm is about. so thats a good sign

as for the downsides of worm/things that might put you off:

there is a very long list of trigger warnings for it. if you have any trigger warnings you want you should ask your friends to let you know about the relevant parts, because the fact that it's About Trauma (& about typical cape media circumstances presented very seriously) means that traumatic and violent things & their realistic aftermath are constantly happening and/or being discussed. i would not classify worm as needlessly dark or spiteful to the audience by any means, but it is intense and covers a lot of heavy topics. i do assume if your friends are all recommending it to you, they think none of the material would be too much for you, though!

worm was written in 2010 by a white cishet guy from canada. it's typical levels of 2010-era bigoted, it has a deeply lesbophobic stereotype character, it has some atrociously racist stereotype characters, the author really hates addicts, It's Got Blind Spots. i think worm is generally fully worth reading despite these, but very fair warning that it can get bad. i think what exacerbates this is that worm is generally extremely nuanced & sympathetic regarding ideas such as "crime is a result of systematic circumstance vs people just being inherently evil" and "mentally ill people who are traumatized in unpalatable ways are still deserving of fundamental respect as human beings" and so on and so forth, so it's extra noticeable and insufferable when you get to a topic the author has unexamined biases on and all that nuance drops out. the worst part is that a lot of this is most concentrated in the early arcs, so you have to get through them without being super attached to any of the characters yet. it is worth it though.

worm like. Does have a central straight relationship in it. and it's a very well written straight relationship for the most part and i like it quite a lot. but worm also passes the bechdel test with such flying colors that it enters 'unintentionally homoerotic' territory. which means a lot of people were shipping the main character ms taylor hebert with her female friends while the story was being released. which caused the author to get so mad he 1. posted a word of god to a forum loudly insisting that all of the girls are straight and 2. inserted a few deeply awkward and obvious and out of character scenes where he finds an excuse for the girls to more or less turn to the camera and go "i'm not gay, btw. this is platonic." This is fucking insufferable, and will piss you off immensely, but then you will get to any of the number of deeply emotionally affecting scenes between them, and at that point you will be too busy sniffling piteously and perhaps crytyping an analysis post on tumblr to be mad about all that other shit. also they're only a couple tiny portions out of an entire overall fantastic novel

overall: if those points don't sound like dealbreakers (i hope they aren't they're really massively outstripped by the amount of devastatingly good moments in worm, worm still has a thriving fandom over a decade later for a reason), you should absolutely give it a shot and see what you think. my final note is that you have to read up until the end of arc 8 to really see where what makes worm Worm kicks in, so aim for at least there to see how you feel about it if you're just thinking about dipping your toes in vs fully committing. i hope that was helpful and not too long :)

oh and don't go in the comments section on wordpress if you don't want spoilers. or anywhere else in the fandom at all. you will be spoiled. quite possibly for things you could not even have imagined were topics to be spoiled on.

[queenofbaws]

Hi there! For some reason I feel like you've been asked this before but can u do one where Hannah realizes abt josh's crush on sam? thanks!

"Don't."

At first, he wasn't entirely sure the warning had been meant for him; he was the only person in the kitchen, yeah, and Hannah was staring a hole through his forehead, sure, but...still. She didn't look away though, not even as he slowly lowered his plate of pizza rolls onto the counter and raised his hands into the air, just kept glaring like she'd caught him kicking a puppy in real-time, so that sort of cleared things up.

"Don't..." he prompted, waving his hand to goad her along, "...eat a very important, very necessary, very nutritionally dense midnight snack?"

She crossed the kitchen in two furious strides, poking her finger squarely into his chest with every syllable she spoke (all in that same executioner's hiss, obviously): "Don't you do this to me, Josh - don't make things weird! - quit being all flirty with Sam, it's the grossest thing I've ever seen!"

"The grossest, huh," he droned, leaning back against the counter before biting the corner of a pizza roll, purposefully letting the steam billow out to fog Hannah's glasses, "Han, I don't know how to tell you this because you're my sister and I love you, but uh...I will, in fact, be taking that as a challenge to get even grosser where Sammy is concerned, so I'd advise you to strap in, cuz shit's about to get obscene."

six sentence sat(or)sunday!!!

[mewozie]

Hi Mel and friends. Since you brought up my post and video twice in your shitty excuse of a response, I'm here to explain why you infact dont know anything, and that youre only acting big and bad now cuz you realized you cant get out of this anymore. All of this is YOUR FAULT. YOURE the one that made all of this public in the first place, but now that people are criticizing you and calling you out you have the nerve to get mad???

I heard your voice and attitude change when you started talking abt me, Mari, and Luvus videos abt you. You fr only feel confident in what you say when youre shitting on others, but you arent even confident in defending yourself from grooming allegations. Cuz yk you cant defend it. You didnt even bring up the fact that you abused Voided and Clover, but instead wanna shit talk Voided for "shipping ocs". You focused on all our smaller points instead of the big shit youre supposed to be talking abt. Your video was a poor excuse of saving face that I have ever seen. And deleting comments on top of that is fucking nasty.

Anyway, no Mel, your sona is not just a goat and you fucking know it. Stop acting dense and all high and mighty when YOU KNOW what youre doing. Just own up to it and we'll all stfu. Your sona is not just a goat, you are using a CULTURE that you CANT USE because you arent part of it. Youre being disrespectful by drawing that creature from Native American culture, and you have been called out for this before, and you said you would never do it again

Proof of that above. But no!!! You went back on your word and drew it yet again for your SONA. Youre not 12 anymore so now you should know better. Its so obvious you did it to look "big and cool and scawy". People are telling you that this is wrong yet youre continuing it anyway and idk why. Its easier to just stop than to ignore people. Anyway, getting back on track. The skull is not a goat skull, it is a "W" skull

"W" skulls are longer, with big eye sockets, and fangs. Goat skulls have big jaws, smaller eye sockets, and a bigger hole for the nose, as well as the horns are either curled downward, or stick straight up

Proof that you drew a "W" skull, not a goat. The blue is to highlight shapes. Also did the reference you used cuz thats a "W" skull you used, not a goat like you oh so confidently said

More proof. The shapes are similar, as well as the spikes. And again the skulls are the same. "B... but Nisa... you just took one that looked similar to it!!!" Ok. What about this then

I found a picture that looked the exact same as the Aeron one, as well as posed similarly to your sona. I again, highlighted the skulls. The only difference for the bodies is that the "W" is slender on the bottom and wider at the top, while your sona is the opposite, however, the proportions and skulls are the same (edit: I have been made aware that she actually used the picture for inspo, still doesnt make it right, but yea)

Highlighted the skull here since you drew it as a mask, again, not a goat skull. And the proportions are still the same. The fact that you even had the nerve to add it into the video on your lil still is weird as fuck

Thats all I wanted to say abt your awful video since it seems like youre butthurt abt the fact that people are criticizing your art. Youre super childish, and instead of acting superior in your lil rant towards your ex and ex friends you shouldve focused on the fact you groomed Khai and sexually abused Voided and Clover

Grow up

[mr-urple]

you should definitely rant to me about your iteration if you can.. I would absolutely love to learn abt it to possibly draw our iteration turts interacting.. /nf

I LITERALLY SURPRESS A SCREECH OKAY OKAY OKAY OAKY HHHHH SO

TMNT: Found Family is a teetle iteration based off of my friends!! I only have the turtles drawn out (and April planned in my head) but!!! I do have some of the basics:

Donnie (He/Her): He's based off of Tomi!! She's 14, the youngest of the four bros. Typically quiet around people (unless she freaks the fuck out) but he yaps A LOT when she's either alone or with her siblings. A lot of people mistake him as a very meek and mild individual, but in reality he's a violent BEAST filled with rage. The #1 hater ever. But overall she's very silly and critter-like...

Leo (He/him): The second youngest, based off of me! I would've made myself Donnie but. Then I'd just be drawing my sona SO... yeah... I decided to go with Leo because the person I relate to the most (after MM Don, ofc) is Rise Leo. For. Various reasons. But yeah. He's a 16 year old shithead who looooves playing pranks and being a smartass. He's academically smart but SUPER dense (a lot of shit goes over his head..), but also somehow extremely cunning and witty. Despite being a ball of unhinged chaos, he still ends up caring for his siblings like a dad because he's also an Anxious Idiot. Oh also he has a severe case of RBF syndrome

Mikey (He/him): I based him off of Val, he's 17 years old and the second oldest. Gay as fuck, I haven't shown his design yet but he's. Literally a walking rainbow (and I mean LITERALLY... wait until you see his scale patterning). Like Leo, he's a little shithead who teams up with the blue boy to prank everyone within a five mile radius. He's also somehow even more insufferable than Leo. It's probably because he's gay (DON HOMOPHOBIC REAL!??11/??!?!??!? /j). Despite being a seemingly fiery ball of energy, he gets pretty quiet with strangers. Actually, ALL of them get quiet with strangers. Autism sibs unite or something idk

Raph (She/They): The oldest of them all, being 18 years old!! She's based off of my beloved nee-chan Phantom. The (appointed) leader of the group, she has a major case of the Eldest Daughter syndrome. She's a very caring figure of them all, but despite seeming mature and calm, she's just as chaotic as the rest of them. She won't hesitate to condone murder (for the right reasons, of course) and doesn't really reprimand any of her brothers for their shenanigans. If anything, she laughs and cheers them on. I mean, as long as no one's getting hurt, it's all good, right??

April (She/Her): April is also 14, standing next to Donnie age-wise. She's based off of Cin.. I haven't developed her as much since I don't have her design down yet, but as far as I've thought, she's a very mischievous creature.. think of Anya's smug little "heh" face. That's basically her entire personality /hj. Despite being a little bitch (/lhaff) she's very sweet and won't hesitate to comfort her friends and family. Best little sister ever <- not biased at all

As for the storyline.... uh... haha um I. Haven't really thought that far?? Ik for a fact Splinter (who I haven't developed in the slightest) finds all four of the turtles individually as time goes on, with Raph being the first, then Donnie, then Mikey, and then finally Leo. That's why my iteration is titled "found family", because they all literally found each other (unintentionally, but still).

[headcanons-n-shit]

since there was already a prompt abt pining can i ask for hcs on how the ffxiv boys (+leofard?) would go about expressing their interest in a particularly dense wol? 😊

We do love a dense motherfuker

Thancred is fucjing suffering over here. He cannot possibly make his intentions any more obvious. The problem is that hes accidentally played himself-- hes spent so long disguising his feelings as jokes, or as ploys on missions, and now you just assume that his flirting and holding your hand and wanting to be in your space all the time is just what the two of you do. He ends up having to go all rose petals and sappy love confession under the moonlight like some kind of storybook love interest. Its so sappy, embarrassing, but its also so, so sweet.

Urianger is, unfortunately, painfully Sharlyan about the whole thing. He gives you nice paper, expensive ink, masterwork tools, intricate glasswear for your alchemy lab. Practical, highquality armor. A delicately embroidered handkerchief. He thinks hes being overly forward with his affections, you think hes just being a really good friend, yshtola would rather drown herself than watch the rest of this soap opera play out.

Literally what else does G'raha need to do to prove his devotion to you??? The man unwound time and unraveled space just to be by your side. He was practically your sugardaddy your entire time on the First. He almost, almost thought you were flirting back with him when you brought him food from the Last Stand, and then Alphinaud and alisae and krile trotted in behind you and it took every ounce of his Exarch discipline not to retreat with his tail between his legs. Pls this man is suffering.

Estinien literally can not. Look me in the eyes. This stinky dragoon has spent a good half his life behind an armet. He is a horrible mix of country bumpkin, career soldier, aymeric's half-assed attempts to pound courtly decorum into estiniens dumb empty head, and Nidhoggs instincts. He wants to cook you food, drag you into a corner and kiss you silly, send you flowers, and bring you something he killed with his bare hands. He ends up doing all four. Not necessarily in that order.

Aymeric is dying. You are going to be the death of him. He has gone through great pains to discover your favorite flower and have them always displayed in your room. He has written you letters full of poetry. He has showered you with gifts. He has invited you to dine with him. At this point the other nobles are asking whether its going to be a spring or summer wedding, and he doesnt know how to explain how you are still woefully oblivious bc he cant explain it himself.

Haurchefant gave you a LITERAL DOWRY. He handed you the reins to an extremely expensive war-trained black de chocobo in front of everyone whos ever mattered to him and also half of ishgard, and then he had to stand there dying internally while you praised him for being a "good friend". There are bets not on whether hes going to throw you over his shoulder and carry you to his room to. Ahem. Prove his devotions. But rather on how long it will take him to break.

Sidurgu. Barely has memories of the Orl traditions around courtship. His mother had often regaled him with stories of how she had courted his father. Food, presense and friendship, proofs of skill. And yes, it frustrates him that you seem to brush off his attempts, but. Well. It took almost five years for his mother and father to get together, from the way they told it. Hes learned a lot for your sake, and for rielles. He can learn patience too.

Leofard is a pirate. He doesnt dance around the bush, he strikes when the metal is hot and takes what he wants. It works well with garlean airships and the odd unfortunate merchant. Not. So much with you. One, because your consent and emotions are important to him. Two, because you are so. Fucking. Dense. He steals silks and jewels and fancy foods for you, spends time with you, saved your life from diabolos, told you his sad life story. Hes one step from throwing himself at you like some fainting dame, and its embarrassing.

(Hes not gonns stop tho)

[streamdotpng]

Enid being dense is fun because you just know she designated herself to always being Wednesday's best friend, and got so stuck in that mindset that she missed obvious flirting

like Wednesday would lace their fingers together, rub Enid's head, kiss her knuckles, sit on her goddamn lap multiple times, and Enid's just there like

"i love being such good friends with her :) if only she saw more in our relationship :(" while Wednesday is there, about to break her teeth from how hard she's grinding them trying not to say anything

love me some herbo Enid, because that shit's canon :)

HERBO ENID IS SO CANON

Like she can catch all these signals from other people but she's lowkey in denial when it comes to wednesday

Yknow those types of friendships where you put time and effort to know a very closed off person and when you catch feelings, you do anything but think abt them reciprocating bc this must be the first time experiencing this type friendship

So CLEARLY these romantic signals are platonic and you've placed in so much effort, time and care that you don't want to even RISK ruining the friendship over some romantic gesture that they might not even be aware of doing

That's Enid

Like she'll over think abt it the first few times but once she realizes that it's a them thing, she'll feel honored that Wednesday thinks of her highly enough to do this

It's both a fear of rejection and bc Enid really appreciates Wednesday and doesn't want to make her uncomfy

Wednesday would be holding hands, lay her head on Enid's shoulder, all that cute shit that most friends don't do 💀 and Enid will think it's not that just bc she don't wanna ruin the friendship

They're gals being pals, yknow how it is

Anyways tirade over but Enid is dense within reason, I'm telling you

Unless Wednesday brings Enid in for a kiss, LIKE PURPOSEFULLY SMACK ON THE LIPS WITH PASSION, she'd convince herself otherwise

Also I say with passion bc you bet Enid will think that Wednesday was aiming for the cheek and that the kiss was a mistake bc she moved her head in coincidence

[gumbootillustrations]

day 18 - headcanon

i had too many so no drawing today. instead, i offer a list.

bogan laurance. or, more specifically, bogan meteli. like cmonnn u Cannot tell me that meteli (esp old meteli) is just a standin for small-town new zealand/australia. anyway, they all have aussie/nz accents. laurs is the most obvious bc i think its funny. @shadowqnights @abxolotl this one goes out for you guys <3

on that note, ru'aun's environment is basically new zealand's. especially the sacred forest - it has major nz bush vibes. like.

cmon u Cannot tell me that these were taken in the sacred forest of ru'aun.

anyway. travis gets kept up at night by kiwi screaming at each other (seriously. take a listen.)

also, tu'la is inspired by the roman empire. ill probs elaborate on this in the future.

necromancer cadenza! i've spoken abt this before here if u want to see a bit more :3

irene's cathedral/dimension/whatever is less cathedral and more eldritch labyrinth. specifically, i envision it to be a lot like the theatre of domination from honkai impact 3rd.

garroth gardens in his free time! it's how he grows all the flowers for his flower crowns.

meif'wa are werecats; they can 'tuck in' their ears and tails like werewolves can (but it's generally super uncomfortable, no matter the species), and have a sort of hybrid cat-human form that they can also shift into.

melissa is the first ultima - i sort of got into it in this post, but essentially after mel comes back to find falconclaw destroyed and her siblings, aaron and lilly, dead (to the best of her knowledge - aaron is still alive, however), she strikes a deal with a goat-eyed being to bring them back, but because the fine print was specifically worded to fuck her over, her soul ends up getting fused with the wolf that she sacrifices for the ritual and she gets ultima'd.

also, lilly is now aaron and mel's younger sister. she's a ghost.

juror relics! i hate hate Hate how the jurors never get fleshed out in canon, so i gave them a bit more backstory in ashes, ashes. their powers originally came from smaller, less powerful relics that xavier carved off of his own, but after they get lost, they become figureheads for a long time until about 20-25 years prior to the start of ashes, ashes. there's a bit more on this in my day 20 post, pinky promise.

the generals of the shadow lord's army are called "death knells", and although they lead their own units/squadrons/whatever, their primary purpose is to oppose the divine warriors; including the shadow lord (who opposes irene), there are only ever seven death knells at one time. an example of a death knell is gene, who is intended to oppose kul'zak.

zianna is a witch, although, for most of her life, her abilities were passed off as her having prophetic magicks; these 'magicks' are why she was married off to garte, as the ro'meave line wanted to introduce these magicks into the family. unfortunately, the heir, garroth, didn't inherit his mother's abilities, but her two other children, zane/zuwellyn and vylad, did.

nicole is a half elf from her mum's side; her mum is matilda's sister, making her and levin first cousins. this is based on matilda lowkey looking really similar to nicole. idk i just think its fun.

garte sells out o'khasis to tu'la for more power during s2, thus transferring the jury of nine into the control of the king. it's a whole mess, and in the process, he essentially scapegoats zianna by faking his death.

however, this does make zianna lord of o'khasis. we love a girlboss.

the relics have different effects on their wielders; for example, esmund's relic makes its wielders a lot more physically dense, meaning that they'll sink into softer surfaces like sand and mud. xavier's relic turns its wielders hair red.

consequently, zane has red roots. he dyes his hair black (its natural colour) to hide them.

katelyn has the moniker of "the dragon of o'khasis". the phoenix drop gang mostly assumes that it's because she's ruthless on the battlefield... until she decides that the best course of action is to breathe fire at an opponent uncle iroh-style.

katelyn is also Stupidly superstitious. like. she fully believes in the sweater curse and will Refuse to walk under a ladder even if theres no other available path.

mys!nicole gets forever potioned. this has Consequences for the home gang during the events of s5-s6.

speaking of mys!nicole, her and dante are queerplatonic coparents to dmitri. they had him when they were in uni after a brief fling. he's the street's baby.

anyway i think thats abt it. lmk if u have any questions :3

(ps two days until day 20)

[strrymko]

Meet Clarabelle! My Jack Horner x OC because I’m falling for this purple asshole so hard.. haha I wrote some info about her under the cut if you’re interested in reading! (Will make more posts abt her to add more lore.. hehe)

Some information about Clarabelle

Clarabelle is one of twelve sisters from the fairytale “The Twelve Dancing Princesses”. She is the fourth eldest sister and considered the most airheaded, however Clarabelle is very friendly to all she meets regardless of status.

Because nobody remembers or bothers to learn the twelve dancing princesses names, Clarabelle can easily disguise herself as someone else without being recognized. This is beneficial to her because she has more time to focus on herself and her hobbies.

Clarabelle enjoys dancing (obviously), singing, and cooking/baking! She can make a mean stew but her baking skills are lacking.. Many of Jack’s bakers wonder why he even had her work for the company.

Since Clarabelle burns pie crust left and right, Jack tells her she can work in advertising instead.. but she is required to wear a different uniform.. to you know.. attract paying customers.

Surprisingly, Clarabelle’s upbeat attitude and totally not because of her uniform  brings in more sales to Horner’s pie company. Some think she’s really good at faking loving her job, but in reality she genuinely enjoys it. 

“Come try Horner pies! They’re the best treat that can’t be beat!” :P

Even though Jack doesn’t really need more sales (Seriously, he’s already super wealthy.) he finds it amusing to see so many people buy his pastries only because his sales girl is so cute.

Also, he doesn’t know why she hasn’t noticed his pie company is a cover up for his crimes. He knows for a fact that she’s seen his henchmen carrying off a body or two.. or the maids cleaning up blood in the pantry. 

Clarabelle is just too focused on doing a good job for her boss. And totally not because she finds him handsome or anything..

Eventually, Jack grows bored sending Clarabelle off in the village with two henchmen (He wouldn’t let any inferior peasants even think of fraternizing with her!) and decides to keep her close by his side for awhile within the factory walls.

Clarabelle is more than thrilled to be closer to her boss. When they’re seen together outside his office, she’s practically beaming in the grim factory and trying to taste all the pies.

“Look, boss! You got another big catering order! Can I help with the tasting?”

Jack eventually asks her to stop calling him boss, and just “Jack”.. because he likes hearing his name roll off her tongue.

“I already told you to stop calling me ‘boss’. It’s just Jack!”

Months pass and Jack can’t handle the way Clarabelle just looks so cute selling his pies.. that he starts to drop more than subtle hints on courting her. Unfortunately, because she’s so ditsy, it takes her forever to realize.

He literally leaves a gilded rose preserved in magic dust inside her house with a note attached-

“My darling, if I were the moon, I would like you to be my brightness. - J

She is so flattered but doesn’t know what “J” means..

A week passes and Clarabelle doesn’t understand why Jack has been so moody lately.. Before she can ask him he tells her he has a private meeting and expects his office to be cleaned before he gets back.

As Clarabelle picks up different papers Jack as signed, she notices his initials on a few of them and is in awe with how pretty his handwriting is.

Then it dawns on her.. The “J” on her anonymous love note matches Jack Horner’s handwriting. Oh.

Oh..

“How come you’re so dense, Clarabelle?!”

When Jack gets back, he’s in for a surprise kiss and a million apologies for not knowing the letter was from him.. and that she’ll do better to understand cues in the future.

I’m sorry if this is a lot NVDSBVHFDS I’m just writing down my ideas hehe.

[readingwiththestars]

₊˚⊹♡ PICKING DAISIES ON SUNDAYS

[i'll buy you flowers every day for the rest of my life if it makes you this happy"]

| ✮ 5 stars |

THOUGHTS ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° . [possible spoilers ahead]

oh my god. i loved this book like yeah it was kinda cringey at points but ahsdghas idc at this point. im gonna die on this hill. the writing was simple but still very pretty and enjoyable. i was going back and forth from 4.5 to 5 but i ended up choosing 5 because i loved this book and im nearly positive i've found a new comfort book.

the cover (we judge covers in this household thank you very much) is so so so pretty i love it. and plus best friends to lovers and fake dating??? fuck yeah sign me up!!

the overall plot was really good, she's a fashion student and he's a TA (i also had ZERO clue what that was until i searched it up) and they had to fake date for his sisters wedding. tho it was kinda strange to me how like none of his family even batted an eyelid that she was there. there was no like hi i haven't seen you for like four years do you mind if i join ur wedding party? anyway what was so cute was how levi would pick dani up and drop her off everywhere and i mean everywhere. i seriously don't think im ever going to find love atp. and the flowers/flower shop ahhhh i love it.

AND THE POEMS. THE MOTHER-FUCKING-POEMS. im never getting over that.

i do feel like liana just picked all her fave tropes and stuffed them all into one book which did end up making some parts a little bit cringe. but i still loved it

CHARACTERS ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° .

daniella - ahhh dani was so cute throughout the book - i did want to just fucking shake her at some points because BABES HOW DENSE ARE YOU?? HE'S CLEARLY IN LOVE WITH YOU. WHO ARE YOU TRYING TO CONVINCE HERE? ME OR YOU? anyway aside from dani not being able to see how very clearly levi was in love with her. she was a decent character into fashion and worked at her aunt's flower shop which was such a vibe ashdgsaj.

levi - ugh new book boyfriend alert. my guy was just asjdhgasjd. he'd pick dani up from everywhere not wanting her to be alone at night. and the way he calls her daisy????? he was such a soft family guy. his sisters were the cutest little girls on the planet omg. i rlly dont remember too much abt him (1 because i was just fangirling over him so my brain was just: ahhhhhh (2 because its been like a week since i put the book down (i blame procrastination) anyway i love him end of story

jia and gabe [featuring josh] - omg omg omg i love them. give me their friendship rn. like seriously the whole stalking each other on dates is hilarious and when jia interrupted gabe's date?? poor old josh over here was just trying to get through a shift. in conclusion i love them and i need friends like this.

QUOTES ° ᡣ𐭩 . ° .[spoilers]

"you intoxicate me, daisy. the scent of flowers lingers on you everywhere you go, and i always want to follow." - levi

"you're spring baby. you're more radiant than the flowers and the sun and no one can take that away from you." - levi

“i want to be noticed in a crowded room. i want to be the only person in a crowded room. i want to be wanted, truly wanted, and desired. i want to laugh and to sing and to dance with someone and not feel self-conscious over it because i love them and i’m confident that they love me. i want to be touched and kissed and held because i’ve forgotten what it feels like…and yet, i think i deserve it.” - dani

when's it my turn for love hmm?

[optiwashere]

Which sibling does Asheera get on with the most? Which one does she get on with the least? 🤔 How do you think Shadowheart feels in getting to join such a big family?

Aaaa i know its like a three for one question but i promise Im very normal abt your oc 🧍‍♂️ I can be trusted with information abt your oc. /j

Lol no I love it, thank you for the questions! I love your very normal enjoyment of her 💜

Asheera probably gets along the most with the youngest of the siblings, her younger brother Fanel. She would never admit it though. He very much hero-worships her and their mother, and he falls into the life of an adventurer just because he wants to be like his big sis and mom. It's definitely a situation where Asheera wants to shake some sense into him, but what can you do? (She mostly gets along with her siblings though! Barring, you know, typical sibling annoyances and being such a massive family lol)

As for the least? Asheera would say her older sister Yetza, who loves to goad and needle her about little things constantly. Oh, remember that time Asheera forgot to put water in the bread dough and wondered why it was so dense and hard to work? Oh, remember that time Asheera embarrassed us in the park when she was really little? (In actuality, it might be the oldest sibling, Deirrun, who is just... very distant from the family. A bit of a loner.)

Shadowheart actually has complicated feelings about Asheera's family when they first meet. There's hints of jealousy, depressive thoughts, anger, but ultimately... confused joy. She's never had a family as far as her memories tell her, and she's just lost her own parents at that point in their story. She's naturally nervous about meeting Asheera's family because she has no clue how they'll react to her — there's no forced religious bonding like the Sharran cloister for her to rely on, and there's no familial love that her own parents did clearly have for her. So yeah, it's actually a little complicated for her. She's accepted in their family so readily that it's almost jarring to her, but she sinks into it so easily.

For those curious, I've written about the first meeting between Shadowheart and Asheera's family in this fic. There's also this prompt ficlet that explores what a day might look like when Shadowheart is more comfortable with the family!