#btw thinking of changing the name i go by on here since i've been going by a different fake name and i'm not all that attached to this one

[elmo-rise]

guysguysguys i got my film back that i shot at osheaga also btw i never mentioned it but i did go to osheaga festival in montreal (went to another country) to see lovejoy (and other artists) but i got the film back and it's so good ough

[noirscript]

serpent's claim

Pairing: Yandere Naga x Reader Description: You ran, but Zaeral always caught you. Now his egg rests deep inside, and escape is no longer what you crave. Warning/s: Yandere | Noncon/Dubcon Themes | Oviposition (egg insertion) | Breeding Kink | Forced Captivity | Obsession | Stalking | Predator/Prey Dynamic | Isolation | Escape Attempt | Psychological Manipulation | Forked Tongue (I HAVE TO) Note/s: Commissions are still open! Enjoy this Yandere!Naga. Lemme know what you think about it. btw. I'll try to add the tw tags later. I've been trying to add them but it's not getting added below T^T

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The air was always wet down here.

Every breath dragged the scent of moss and something deeper into your lungs—something primal, slick with hunger. You didn���t know how long it had been since you’d seen the sky. Days, maybe. Weeks. It all bled together in this place where time was measured only in how long your heartbeat stayed fast and your skin stayed cold.

You didn’t fall into his territory. You wandered. That was your sin. You thought the shortcut through the canyon would save time. Maybe you didn’t want to go back at all. But now you were here. Now he was here.

You heard him before you ever saw him. A low scrape against stone. A hiss, too long to belong to any animal you knew. It slithered across the air like it was following you, not chasing, not yet, just… watching.

You’d screamed the first time he spoke. A whisper in your ear when you thought you were alone. "You breathe like prey." It echoed. There was no body to pin the voice to. Only dark, endless tunnels, lit by cold, phosphorescent light, where shadows stretched too long.

You ran. Of course you did.

But you learned quickly that you were never fast enough.

You never heard him move. Just the breath on your nape, the lightest brush of scales across your path when you thought he was behind you. The way rocks ahead of you were suddenly slick with moisture. A hunter didn’t need to charge when his prey was already cornered by instinct.

He introduced himself after the second escape.

Zaeral. His name slithered from his lips like a caress, like a chain sliding shut. When he finally showed himself—all of himself—you understood why you had no chance.

His upper half was almost beautiful. Tall, lean, chiseled in the way ancient statues are, timeless and cruel in their perfection. His skin was pale, barely touched by light, with veins like opal beneath the surface. Hair black as pitch hung past his shoulders, framing eyes that glowed faintly with a vertical sliver of gold.

And below the waist—no legs. Only an endless coil of thick, glistening muscle, wrapped in dark scales that shimmered with hints of violet and green, shifting with his breath. His tail could crush boulders. You knew because you saw the bones. He left them there, visible, arranged like a warning. Or maybe an invitation.

He spoke to you like a lover, not a captor.

"You belong down here," he’d murmur, coiling around you as you slept, his body a cage of heat and weight. "You’re so loud, little thing. Every heartbeat calls me closer."

You learned not to scream when he wrapped around you. Not to cry when he pulled you into his nest of damp moss and hollowed stone. It only made him hold you tighter. Only made him hum into your throat with something like joy.

"I adore when you squirm," he’d purr. "It stokes the fire in my belly. And soon, it’ll stoke more."

You never saw another person. You weren’t even sure anymore if the surface existed. When you closed your eyes, all you saw were tunnels, and the glint of his eyes in the dark, and the pressure of coils slowly winding up your legs. You tried to map the labyrinth. You tried to mark your way back.

He always erased them.

"You don’t need a way out. You only need a place inside."

Sometimes, he would leave. Hours, maybe longer. You never knew where. But you always knew when he was coming back. The air changed. Grew heavier. More charged. Like the earth itself tensed with your dread.

He would appear, gliding in with something clutched in his claws. Fruit from underground trees. Pelts that still smelled of blood. Once, a silk scarf stained with perfume—your perfume, long faded. You didn’t ask how he got it. You didn’t want to know.

"You are not the first I’ve chased," he admitted once, curling a length of his tail around your ankle. "But you’re the first to last this long. You burn brighter. You make me ache."

He said things in your ear that no one should say. Things about your body, and his, and how perfectly they’d fit. How your hips were made to take him, no matter the shape he wore. How he could mold himself around you, fill you from any angle. How he wanted to see your belly swell with his spawn. How he dreamed of it.

He wasn’t crude. He was reverent.

Like you were holy. Sacred. A shrine he wanted to desecrate with worship.

You told yourself you hated it. That your tears were from fear. That your trembling was because of the cold, not because of the warmth that bloomed deep, shamefully, when he wrapped his coils around your thighs and purred into your stomach, his tongue flicking lazily against your navel.

“You smell different when you’re scared,” he’d murmur. “But oh… when you’re not scared... that scent drives me to madness.”

He waited. That was the worst part. He was patient. He didn’t force himself. He didn’t need to.

He knew you’d give in.

He’d make you believe it was your choice.

You escaped once. Maybe twice. You didn’t count. Each time, the tunnels stretched longer than before. Each time, your body weakened faster. Once, you made it to a crack in the cave wall, and sunlight kissed your face.

And then his tail yanked you back, gentle as a lover’s hand tugging a hesitant partner.

"You tried," he said, brushing your hair back. "That’s why I love you. It means when you finally stop trying, I’ll know it’s real."

You screamed into his chest, and he rocked you like a child.

"I will never let you die here," he promised. "But I will never let you leave."

You didn’t try after that. Not seriously.

You thought you were giving up. But maybe you were just giving in.

You started to listen when he whispered to you. Started to ask questions. Small ones, at first. "Where do you go when you leave?" He’d smile. Never answer.

You started to watch his body move, the way his tail flexed and rolled over itself as he settled beside you. The power in him. The control.

You began to wonder—just wonder—what it would feel like if he really touched you.

He knew. Of course he did.

One night, as you lay in his coils, barely breathing, his voice dropped low.

"I dream of pushing you to your knees," he said, lips grazing your temple. "Of laying you out across my nest and feeling your body arch as I bury myself in you."

Your thighs clenched before you could stop them.

He growled. Low. Deep. It vibrated through your bones.

"You want it now, don’t you?" he asked, not mocking. Just… knowing. "Say it. Say it, and I’ll make it so you never remember the taste of anything but me."

You didn’t speak.

But you didn’t run, either.

And when his hand slid down your stomach, and he pressed his palm over your core, hot and possessive and unbearably firm—you didn’t stop him.

"You’ve already surrendered," Zaeral whispered, his tongue flicking your cheek. "Let me claim you. Let me fill you."

Your breath hitched. Your body burned. You hated him. You hated this.

But your hips lifted into his touch, and your thighs spread just slightly wider.

A hiss of satisfaction spilled from his mouth.

"That’s it. That’s my precious little mate."

The word mate tasted like ash and honey on your tongue.

You whispered his name.

Zaeral.

And he smiled.

TBC.

noirscript © 2025

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[odysseyeurobeat]

Whatever Happened to Eurobeat Brony?

…and what's up with this Vtuber girl on the bottom of the picture?

I'll explain in a moment, though be forewarned: It's less climactic than you may think it is! (Warning: Contains pre-transition photos and footage of me!)

TL;DR

I never really left! I just started making more originals, got really into streaming and Vtubing, and came out as a woman. I've even still made a few Eurobeat Brony tracks in all of that— like I said, I never really left! I've even got a 2025 version of an old track lined up to release TOMORROW! And if the show re-inspires me, I'll release tracks as Eurobeat Brony again.

NOW FOR EXCRUCIATING DETAIL

It's me! I'm Eurobeat Brony!

...or, rather, I should explain how we got there from here, right?

BRONY BEGINNINGS

I've been making eurobeat music and releasing it on the internet for many years— some of the earliest instances of my work specifically in the genre are still up from 2006. So, I've been active as Odyssey Eurobeat for FAR longer than I've been Ken Blast (short for Kendra btw!), and longer still than Eurobeat Brony.

In 2010, my family lost my grandfather on my mom's side to pretty severe malpractice, and I turned towards cartoons and animation to cope during my first semester of classes at SJSU. In that time, I discovered some of the early threads floating around about the first few episodes of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Curious due to the inclusion of Lauren Faust's name on the series, I explored it a bit. In early 2011, I created a remix of "Evil Enchantress" from the episode introducing Zecora, which (to my understanding) is the first documented "brony music" song on the internet in terms of publication date! The rest was history— several remixes of the show's songs, a handful of originals (Luna, Diamond Dogs, Batty, Fly... and, of course, DISCORD!), performances all around the world... dare I say it, I had the tiniest taste of the rockstar lifestyle!

I'd go so far as to say, it felt like the mid-late 2010s were some of the highlights of my career! Performing for huge crowds, collaborating with folks, traveling the world, and all focused on a show that made dark days brighter when I needed that the most.

During this time, for BronyCon 2018 and 2019, I wanted to make a gesture of love and gratitude for folks still supporting my work and shows— in 2018 I created a new version of Luna, and in 2019 I created my best version of Discord to this day, the one I think encompasses my original intentions for the first version… Discord 2019.

Keep that in mind going forward, it'll be important later.

So, where did I go after all that? Did I dramatically depart from the fandom? Did I get bought out by another scene? Did my music interest drastically change?

...no! Honestly, I never left!

FROM 2019 ON

After Discord 2019, my focus shifted back to original works for a while. 2019 in particular was the year I began to work full-time as a musician instead of pursuing digital marketing positions, or driving for DoorDash. It was not for lack of love of the show, but I did feel like I could do a lot more creative work if I wrote about more ideas and concepts than MLP tended to focus on. Besides, these newfangled Vtubers seem to be really cool, perhaps I could get into that!

As well, I had spent a large portion of the 2010s silently battling gender dysphoria, planning multiple times to come out and begin HRT, each time finding excuses or losing my nerve or just plain failing to do so. It took the lockdowns of 2020 and getting Covid in early 2021 to finally impart the fact that I am not owed tomorrow, and that I'd need to fight for it. Once I recovered, I began the work towards starting my medical and social transitions, and on May 26 2021, I came out as a woman live on my Twitch stream (since, well, this would be where I'd be the most visible... they'd see the transformation one way or another)!

SO, EUROBEAT PEGASISTER THEN?

Naw. "Eurobeat Brony" still feels right, somehow.

AH, OKAY. PLEASE DO GO ON.

At any rate, my focus shifted away from MLP for a while, focusing on streaming on Twitch and producing original works. However, this wouldn't last— after a while, I was reached by Step 2 Harmony, the My Little Pony Cover & Cosplay group, about creating an updated version of my remix of Mirai Start (the opening theme for the show in Japan). We worked on the remix... then got to chat further, until I had the honor of joining them on stage to perform the choreography live at Ponyville Ciderfest 2021!

In the next year, TanMansManTan, a long-time host of my earliest brony work, decided to revamp his YouTube channel, which meant delisting the earliest versions of my work. He sent me the video files as best he could, and I hosted the new versions of those videos on my YouTube channel, as well as a new remix of Vylet Pony's incredible anthem "Antonymph", which I designed to contain the spirit of old Super Ponybeat work in the lens of recent production knowledge. If I was going to keep being invited to brony conventions, it felt like the least I could do was throw some love to the scene and its innovators.

(In fact, during this time of fewer releases, I often sought out new releases from other musicians active in the scene to play in my sets!)

OKAY SO... WHY TALK ABOUT THIS NOW?

So.

Remember when I mentioned creating updated versions of my work for BronyCon 2018 and 2019?

This year, I was scheduled to perform at Babscon 2025, but the convention maliciously fired its concert lead three weeks before the convention. In solidarity, every single musician on the lineup withdrew from the convention. Most of that lineup joined her for her amazing Neighhem concert held in nearby Redwood City, and I was honored to be the final act of that show.

...and a little song of mine I had been working on for Babscon up to that point, made it into the show. And now, it's finally fully ready.

At 12:30PM PDT on May 30, 2025, I will release the 2025 version of Batty. I would be honored for you to enjoy this new version of the song, a gesture of love to a scene in which I grew tremendously, and to which I owe a tremendous amount of gratitude.

This song will be available on platforms like iTunes, Spotify, TIDAL, etc... but in traditional Super Ponybeat fashion, the song will be available for free/name-your-price on Bandcamp. Please enjoy the song as much as you want, and support it if you can!

THE FUTURE OF EUROBEAT BRONY

...it sounds so official typing it out, right? 😅

It's here that I make a confession— I never did finish the show. I had a handful of remixes I cancelled or never really got around to, an original idea or two I never built out... and while I was further along in the series than I thought, I still don't have everything from the show. When I have a moment to do so, I'd like to finish the series, and remix any songs that particularly stick out to me

At the very least, I'd like to remix the ending song, "The Magic Of Friendship Grows". However, I don't want to start that until I've watched the series up to that point. I'd like the other songs in the show to catch my interest first so, if I do decided to take a crack at them, I can. I'd like to give the show room to inspire me one more time, y'know?

That said, finding the time for that may be difficult. I've never been busier in my life than I've been lately, and time for consuming media has been a little limited (when I do, it tends to be other Vtubers lately). The possibility of me never getting around to it is nonzero.

But I tell you what gives me hope.

I mentioned Neighhem earlier, yeah?

It was here, not at the final BABSCon, where I reconnected with so many brony musicians, modern and legacy, that I remembered what drew me here in the first place. Spending time with everyone, some I hadn't seen in years, others I hadn't met yet, sparked something in me I hadn't felt quite the same since the early 2010s. It felt like a home away from home.

There's something to this horse business that disarms, that gives us a second to pause and hear others out, to become interested in their lives for a second. It's a feeling I've lacked in the 2020s, and one I've direly missed.

That feeling hasn't left me yet, either. Somehow, I still have that little spark in me from that night. And while it's still here, I want to try.

For some of you, Eurobeat Brony was your introduction to eurobeat (still wild to me to think that!!!); for others, EbB was a fun association with the show or fandom. For a surprising many of you, that name still holds quite a bit of value. It has some for me, too.

So... yeah. That's where I've been. And I'd love to have you with me from here, too. If you're down to see the Vtuber stuff, if you're down to hear my new original work (I just did a hyper techno track with a fantastic rapper friend!), then my central hub (you can choose which socials or other things to check out from here, at least!) would be odysseyeurobeat.com! Or you can check out my Twitch, Twitter, Bluesky, or even the very same YouTube channel I used for Super Ponybeat material all these years.

Whether you're a modern Oddity (Oddities are Odyssey fans!), an old MLP fan, or someone else entirely, I cannot thank you enough for having enjoyed my work for even a portion of your day, week, month, year, life. I genuinely never thought I'd be this far along, that music would be a full-time endeavor that's actually working. I am immensely grateful to you all. 💖

[casscainmainly]

if you had a graph with the x axis being from "doesn't view batman as a father" to "views batman as a father" and y axis being from "doesn't view bruce as a father" to "views bruce as a father", where would you put each batkid?

btw, i love your recent metas <3

This is such an interesting ask!! Here's my rendition of it:

I'm going to add a little reasoning because these are contestable!

Dick: I personally don't think Dick separates Bruce from Batman the way some other Batkids do. Even if he did, Dick has been with Bruce so long, is so steeped in both his vigilante and civilian lives, that he's Bruce's son in any identity. Their bond transcends any 'Bruce vs. Batman' division.

Tim: Similarly, I don't think Tim separates Bruce/Batman, especially since he came into his life knowing both identities. The reason he's lower than Dick is because Bruce wasn't his dad originally; I'm a little biased since I'm now reading Batman: Contagion, but the presence of Jack Drake in much of Tim's tenure as Robin prevents Tim from being as strongly attached to 'Bruce/Batman = dad' as Dick.

Cass: Of course Cass separates Bruce and Batman very clearly, as she does with many people, such as herself and Babs as Oracle. For the early part of their relationship she didn't know Bruce, nor did she care; Batman is her father, Bruce is just the guy Batman happens to be sometimes. (I think this is less true recently, but she still thinks of Batman first and Bruce second).

Damian: Struggled with him because he definitely thinks of Bruce as his dad under any name, but I do think it's Batman that matters to him. He is the 'blood son' but it's the Robin mantle that establishes his relationship to Bruce (Robin, Son of Batman, not Damian, son of Bruce). This may have changed recently with the current Batman and Robin run, but for the majority of Damian's time I think it's fair to say he thought of himself as the son of Batman, not Bruce. (He is not anti Bruce though, which is why he's not that low).

Jason: Jason for sure thinks of Bruce as his dad - the entirety of UtRH wouldn't have happened if Jason didn't believe to his core that Bruce loved him as a son. That belief is so strong that Bruce overshadows Batman, in a way. Jason spars with Batman on the moral front, but his conflict is ultimately always with Bruce, which is the name he consistently uses in UtRH. This is the one I'm least sure about though because I've not read lots of Jason's runs.

Stephanie: Like Cass, Stephanie didn't know Bruce at all, so a lot of her relationship to him is Batman-only. She definitely doesn't think of either Bruce or Batman as a father - her desire for Batman's approval has shades of him being a father-figure, but it never goes as far as an actual desire for a father-daughter relationship. The only reason she's higher than Duke is because of the somewhat complicated way he echoes a father (and she, to Bruce, echoes Jason).

Duke: Duke doesn't really care about Bruce, and he cares about Batman only as a mentor. He basically tells Bruce he's only useful as Batman; even then, Duke doesn't have a super deep emotional attachment to Batman. He also loves Doug, who's still alive (though MIA), and wouldn't replace him in any scenario. He explicitly calls Batman a 'mentor' and 'friend'.

These are just my takes, I'm sure there are other interpretations of every single one of these. It's one of those questions that highly depends on your preferred dynamics for the characters, where canon can go either way. Even if this is horribly incorrect, I hope it was interesting! Thanks for the ask <3.

[nightscythe]

primarchs' obscure fetishes/kinks

as in random, not so talked about fetishes they may have. trying to improve my smut writing skills cause it's not my forte. i was trying to research some of these to make them better and i read some like. dirty shit. fucking loved it mate. i learnt new words and all.

would happily do a shitpost version btw, or more "taboo" vers.

very nsfw, 18+ below the cut. based on pre-heresy. i've tried to make each one as gender neural as possible.

tw for some of these, especially somnophilia and hypnosis. i have made them as consensual as i can. angron's one is reader unaware. it says at the start what the fetish/kink is, if you're not into it, don't read it, that's all i can say. enjoy otherwise!

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the lion: somnophilia. his jaw is clenched. every part of him ached. he'd not been sure why he came here, he should have been preparing, planning, but he couldn't get you off his mind. and now he as here, and you lay peacefully before him, his body only yearned harder. remembering the way you reached for him that morning, how he pulled himself away from you for duty, and regretted each moment since. each part of his armour is discarded, his trousers hastily unlaced as he kneels beside you, gently caressing your thighs, not wanting to disturb you too much. he leans over you, nearly each part of you touching, and presses a soft kiss to your neck, then your jaw, and whispers your name. his fingers twist into the sheets as the softest whimper leaves your lips. i'm back, my love, he tells you, let me take care of you now. when he thinks you’re not listening, that’s when he shows his caring side. 

fulgrim: vicarphilia. you're sat beside him, deep in conversation that you'd drifted in and out of. but then you hear it. really? do tell us more, as his fingers wrap around your wrist. you steal a glance his way, but his fixation on his guests doesn't change. they share an intricate story of debauchery, their narration not missing a single detail. as the story goes on, he finally looks your way, the sweetest of smiles on his lip, a silent ask as he grips your hand a little tighter. a polite excuse is given before he leans down to you, a murmur that you should have expected, every single thing they did, his voice pauses for a moment as that regal smile falls back onto his lips, i'm going to do to you tonight. he makes sure his guests never miss a single detail. every single touch, every single denial. his eyes get darker with each admission. he’d not explain why it makes him feel this way, maybe it is the thought of you in those positions, or maybe its just the thought of the sex itself. either way, he’s not missing a single detail. 

perty: kinbaku. he'd stood and admired his work. you were perfectly presented, restricted, artistically refined with beautifully intricate rope tied in all the right places to ensure you couldn't move without his help. he circles you, fingers ghosting your skin, each of your nerves sparking as he disappears from view. you're on your front, hands are behind your back, thighs and hips suspended from above. you can feel his touch drag across your thighs, the rope not too tight, but enough to feel everything, and when he takes his hand away, a soft gasp leaves your lips. don't move, his voice commands, and though you feel your thighs tighten in response, you keep still for what seems like minutes. when you feel him again, its a challenge. he dares you to go against him as he finds your most delicate areas. as long as you endure, he'll give you everything you want. good pet. 

khan: acarophilia. he used to tell you he loved it when you were on top. he loved seeing you that way, admiring you, watching you take charge. but recently, he'd always wanted you to be beneath him, writhing with his every touch, unable to form a coherent sentence as he filled you up. you thought it was a dominance thing, seeing you so small compared to him, but then it clicked. his hands hold you steady as you straddle his thigh, his leg bouncing, your face buried in his shoulder. as he rocks you back and forth, almost naturally in a way, your fingers clasp onto any part of him that's nearby, your nails digging into his skin. as you begin to lose yourself, you grip falters, your nails dragging over his skin, and you hear him practically growl. again, he dares you, mark me as yours, little one.

leman: odaxelagnia. he smothers you. he holds your hands above your head with one hand, he holds your body down with the other. he lives off each of your cries, the sweet sounds leaving your lips urging him to continue. and though you were both clothed, you could feel all of him, how his cock throbbed for more, but he held himself back. he was preoccupied, crafting a masterpiece of purples and blues on your neck, shoulder, and collarbone. he only stops to look up at you, searching for approval, then sinking his teeth into your skin one more time. you beg him, over and over and over, but he takes his time. only when he's satisfied does he stop rutting his hips towards you, finally giving you what you really wanted, knowing that next time his canvas would be the soft skin of your untouched thighs. 

dorn: joi. he didn’t want to rush. he wanted every single second of this moment of sin to stay with him forever. you’re sat across from him as he kneels on the floor, thighs spread, hand wrapped around his aching cock. you’d told him exactly where to be, how to sit, what you wanted him to do. he’d played the voice recording over and over to make sure he followed your instructions perfectly. faster, your voice calls to him, imagine its me. his hips stutter, sigh falling from his lips as he tries so hard to be composed. you’re not with him, yet he listens to you, even if he doesn’t want to. he wants you to be proud of him for following every instruction. he wished you were watching him to see how good he was and reward him with the mouth he loved so much. 

curze: psychrocism. he’s behind you, arms wrapped around your body. from above, the freezing water walls over you both - you’re still not accustomed to the temperature, your body squirms from each drop. the way your nipples peak from the stimulation, how you push your body into his to seek the smallest bit of warmth from him. his cock twitches against your skin, but he resists for a little longer. he presses his lips to your neck, his touch softer than usual, as his rough hands reach over your stomach, waist, hips; anywhere he could reach. seeing you shiver beneath him, he can’t explain what it does to him. but there’s a reason he always brings you back here, knowing he’ll fuck you against the wall under the freezing water when he’s done watching you whine for his warmth. 

sanguinius: pecattiphilia. no one would believe you if you said anything. no one would dare to think their pure and noble angel was capable of such acts. yet he knelt before you, on his knees, mouth occupied with pleasuring you with those perfect lips and masterful tongue. there was nothing pure about it, and he knew it. as your fingers twist into his hair, holding him down, telling him how good he is as he gets you off, he can’t help but think how others would react if they knew this side of him. submissive, yearning for touch, desperate for more. he fights back against your hands to look up to you, asking so politely, please can i have more. this side of him was for you, and you alone. but the thought of someone else knowing, that someone could walk in on him right now and see the truth… it drove him crazy. 

ferrus: technophilia. he had refined you. he’d removed every part of you that made you weak, and changed you into the embodiment of perfection. made you flawless. he had even impressed himself with his tiny adjustments, tweaking colours and minor wiring and other bits that wouldn’t have even crossed anyone else’s mind. he’d made you perfect for him. he’d sat back, leaning against the wall, looking down at your hands that wrapped around his cock, stroking him in the exact way he needed, watching him with an eye innate desire to learn precisely what it was that pleased him. and as he finally got his thick cock inside you, he’d know you could take more, he made you just for him. don’t make me repeat myself, he’d tell you, knowing you’d relax and let him take you. the smile that rests on his lips is intoxicating, and his fingers grip your chin to make you look directly at him as he speaks. good. obey me. 

angron: auralism. he’d be ashamed to admit to anyone just what he did. they’d think him weak for not approaching you. he could have as much of you as he wanted, yet here he was, stood on the other side of a wall that was far too thin, palming himself as he hears you. he’d discovered it by accident one day, but the second he heard a whimper leave your lips, he stayed. and he became obsessed. he had no idea what you were doing on the other side, but it didn’t matter to him. the way you moan, unaware anyone could hear you, whimper at presumably your own touch. it’s all he needs. maybe one day he’d let himself in, show you what attraction you’d gained without knowing, but for now he’d keep it his secret that he got off to just hearing you. 

rob: endytophilia. he remembers when it started. how his gaze followed you all day, how his heart had raced as you got closer to him. his hands showed you just how desperate he was. he turned you around, pushed you against the wall, his clothed bulge pressed firmly into you. he presses a kiss to your jaw, hands roaming over your body, fascinated by how it feels under your clothes. the way you said his name made him growl. don’t move, he whispers, lips ghosting over your ear as he rolls his hips into you, you don’t leave until i say, my love. there was no time for him to find a more suitable place, to even undress you. he slides his hand into your underwear to please you, pushing it to the side to have his way with you after. he didn’t anticipate enjoying it as much as he did. now he has you dress in sweet clothes that he touches you through, pushes aside, and admires afterwards. 

morty: chastity. he’d been obsessed with your purity since he met you. how you were so different to everyone else he knew, how you spoke to him with such grace, how your touches were meant to be everything but sexual. but his wicked mind, it made everything into more. and now he can’t get the thought out of his head. at first it was just having you look pure, wear white, such a stark contrast to him, but then he had handed you the cute-looking leather and metal belt. my little fawn, would you wear it for me? his cock twitched at the thought of you coming to him, begging him to take it off because you wanted to touch yourself. knowing he had that kind of control, that you willingly let him take control over your purity? it was only for him. if you wanted to touch yourself, he’d be there to witness it all. every single time. 

magnus: hypnosis. it came naturally to him, letting his mind overtake your own, tell you how to feel, when to feel it, all at his mercy. he’d asked you to let him try something, to see if he could get you off without touching you. so there he sat across the room from you, nothing more than his words causing you to feel an intense ache. he’d tilt his head, curiously watching as your hands twist into the sheets and your body contorts as his words fill your mind. does it feel good, imagining my mouth all over you? his smile only deepens as you rock your hips. maybe he’d taken it a step further and used his powers to make you feel it too, he couldn’t deny you that much. my heart, do you know how much i want a taste? his breathing is heavy where he sits, his cock hard from how little of him it takes to have you squirm. even worse, when he knows you’re close to your high, he’d stop without warning, teasing you with the real thing. 

horus: narratophilia. he’s not an exhibitionist. the thought of someone else seeing what’s his? knowing your beauty in the way he does? never happening. but maybe its close. he’s sat beside you, a possessive hand splayed across your thigh, his grip light yet his fingertips still press into your skin to remind you he’s there. he’d smile like he was paying attention to whoever is speaking, but really, he’s planning. imagining. he leans to you, close enough that no one would be able to lip read, but maybe the words he says will carry in the slight breeze. if i had my way, you’d be on my lap right now, and i’d be fucking your tight little hole, his words are accompanied but nothing more than his grip on your thigh tightening. he shifts in his seat, so he’s as close to you as he could possibly be. forty minutes left. he can explain it all in detail. try to keep still, sweetheart. we wouldn’t want others knowing how hearing what i’ll do to you works you up. smug bastard makes it out like he’s not the one edging himself. 

lorgar: zelophilia. his heart rate is through the roof. his breaths are heavy. his hands grip onto the stone wall before him as he watches, knowing he’s powerless to it all. he could kill the man who had his hand on you without thinking, but then he’d no longer feel the ache through his body that grew the fire in the pit of his stomach. he reached his hand down, softly caressing himself through his clothes, eyes never leaving yours. when you finally catch his gaze, he has to stop himself from responding. anyone who looked closely would have noticed the way his eyes begged. and as you lean into the stranger's touch and let them touch what is his, not once breaking eye contact, he digs his thumb into his tip and starts to get himself off. he doesn’t care for anyone else. he just needs the agony of seeing someone with you to remind him that he couldn’t function without you. having you play along too? know exactly what your smile at another does? then go back to him and let him serve and devote himself to you? that is the euphoria he lives for. 

vulkan: lingophilia. he’s a caregiver. he wants to worship you, love you, support you like no other. and what better way to worship than his mouth? he hadn’t thought much of it at first, it was normal to love with every part of him. but something was different. feeling you in his mouth, tasting you, lapping his tongue whether makes you feel best. lay back for me, beloved, he’d say, his larger hands guiding you to a throne of pillows he’d built for you himself, you are meant to be cherished. he’s slow. devoted. relentless in his pursuit of adoring you beyond the realm of any other. he’d have you come multiple times, never expecting anything in return, just wanting to see you writhe from his mouth alone. but it doesn’t stop there. even when he’s buried deep inside you, length covered in your own release, he has his mouth around your nipple, or tracing kisses on your neck, or even finally stealing a kiss from your own lips for once. 

corax: hypoxyphilia. he had his hand around your throat. he’d been hesitant at first to do it, knowing how fragile you were. but when you’d been so eager to feel it, to be completely at his mercy, there was no going back. he’d imagined you’d be a whimpering mess in his arms, but this was different. you were on his lap, back against his chest, completely naked and at his mercy. his fingers gripped your neck tighter, knowing he could still go further without hurting you. his cock throbbed against his thigh as he fucked you with two fingers, working you open. your pretty little hands curled around his wrist and bicep, not wanting him to stop, but wanting to feel more. you like this more than you thought, right little dove? he chuckles to himself as he adds another finger, tightening his grip one more time. should i choke you whilst i fuck you too? he’s not lasting long when he does, if he even makes it that far. 

alpharius: sensory deprivation. it was just a pretty piece of baby blue silk he’d held in his hands, but it meant so much more. he’d been gentle as he tied it over your eyes, reassuring you, you don’t need to see. then you’d felt something slip over your ears, with his words whispered just before he left you with little more, just feel, angel, be good for me. no predictions, no warning – just trust in him. he’d take his time. he’d leave a lingering touch on your inner thigh, but then he’d be tracing your collarbone. his mouth, so warm and inviting, would be on yours, then it’d be tracing somewhere more intimate. he’s right there, touching you, making you feel pleasure like you haven’t before, and then he’s just�� not. he can watch from the other side as your press your thighs together and shift on the bed, searching for him. but he’s in control. he decides when you feel good, when you can react, when you finally break. he’d be sitting across from you getting himself off just at the thought.

these are pretty tame. i will do a more taboo version if wanted, i have some ideas but not sure how they will be taken.

anyone want like.. a mournival version, or a night lords brooding pile version. i've got ideas...

[ryo-kaikura]

Yandere Male CEO x Top sorta low self-esteem male reader

I had some other requests but I wasn't able to finish them 😭(it's like writer's block but on my other stories that I was planning )I'm sorry but this was quite literally stuck to my head.

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“YOU KNOW WHAT!!?? WE'RE DONE!!”

“B-but why??? Didn't I do things that you like???”

“ What do you mean I like? U never gave me any attention, you’re even more stuck to your electronics than me.”

“But he sai-”

“I've always wondered why I even liked you, Alexander already said you don't care about me🙄😮‍💨”

“wait plea-”

“Pack up, you're leaving my house I bought with my money”

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There it was… my romantic relationship with someone. I always knew relationships are hard but I, m/n, messed up big time. I have no house since I always saved up for our marriage… now I only have around £3 billion. Should I just change it back… it's no use since she doesn't want to marry me anymore.

*at the bank

“Hi.. I wish to change my money back to (country currency). O-oh please put it in my bank savings account”

“Very well sir”

*after booking a hotel room and going in it

Ugh, my hair is long and my body's stiff. I thought she would like a gamer boyfriend but I didn't know she wanted a rich gamer boyfriend.

Whatever… I better go and get a haircut these days. Hmmmm, the money I have, I should invest it but on what?? Oh I know, I ask Derry, he should know.

*in chat

D:Your girlfriend like ugly oily men

U:No way, you're lying

D:Hell no

Today

U: Hey Derry…

D:What's up man

U;What investment should I invest

D: How about company A I heard they're a rising

U: Okay

Weird… wasn't company A going down these days. I should just invest 100.000 on company A just in case and 900.000 on Xander enterprises.

*few days later

I've been staying at the hotel this whole time while searching for a house but my ex made it so hard since anyone that heard my name would cancel their contracts, how did I know… she told me 😅.

The only places that I would be able to buy are mansions 😭… wait a minute… it's not that expensive yay 😆.

*at the house

Huh… it's ugly 🤢. I gotta change it to a proper mansion. This looks like it doesn't scream home, it screams I'm rich so I'm gonna buy a hospital and make it my house. Guess I'll have to do some renovations… I'll call someone, I don't know how to build a house🥲.

OMG, the workers was in budget 😆. But the hotel was fully booked. Where could I stay 😭. Oh maybe Derry would let me

U: What investment should I invest

D: How about company A I heard they're a rising

U: Okay

Today

U: Hey Derry… could I stay at your place

D: Huh… why?

U: My house is being reconstructed

D: Okay

D: Here's my address

D: (Address)

U: Thanks

Thank goodness he let me. I should start going there. Oh he's home. *knock* *knock* he's really home 😁

“Hello Derry glad you allowed me to stay with you😁”

“No prob, btw I have other friends over currently”

“Oh it's fine, so am I gonna sleep on the couch or…”

“There's a guest bedroom, you could stay there. There also blah blah blah house stuff. And blah blah more stuff.”

“Okay thanks, it's already late so I'm gonna sleep😁, good night”

“Okay sleep tight”

*when you're asleep

“Isn't he your rival to getting Mila? Why invite him here, it would've been better just to let him rot”

“Nahh. He's not a threat, Mila will be mine whether she likes it or not*whispering* but I barely feel anything for her…how weird.”

“okay, ‘Derry’🤭😂”

“Shut up 😒”

*a few weeks later

I've been awake since 5 in the morning but I've been thinking because all the advice Derry gave me was useful months ago but a few weeks before, his advice has gone awry. Never mind, it's probably he has bad Intel on those things…I should tell him.

*the kitchen

Oh! There's Derry…

“aren't you tired of letting him stay here?”

Isn't that Mila's voice, why is she calling him?

“No need to worry, I'm not that mean and he's my friend, plus he doesn't have a house now, does he?”

Baby??

“Ugh, you're right, okay bye, tell me when he finally leaves.”

“Bye.”

“since my love is worried, maybe I should kick him out”

*you step into the kitchen

“Oh m/n, have you finally woke up? I've cooked some breakfast for you, eat up😊”

“Oh, okay. By the way, it seems your Intel about investment was off, since company A has just gone to bankrupt”

“Really 😯, but my friend said company A would show their wings and soar through the sky again… I'm sorry, I didn't know..”

“Oh right, Derry, do you want to hang out later today…?”

“Sure I'm free then.”

“Okay see you later”

I've been stressing about the renovations of my house but my appearance is terrible… I should get a haircut before he and I hang out.

*at the barber

“could you show me haircuts? I wanna pick which one is my favorite.”

“Okay sir.”

“I want (haircut pick)”

“Okay”

“It's done, wow sir, you're so good looking, pretty sure if I didn't have a wife, I would've turned gay for you”

“Thank for the compliment”

DERRY'S POV

Honestly, I'm still shocked after all these years they broke up… soon he'll be mine, wait ‘he’??? Wtf??? Nevermind I've probably gone crazy cause I'm tired. This evening m/n invited me to hang out. I'll humiliate him by making him meet his ex. This way she'll hate him more, he'll be embarrassed and I'll be the hero…

*that evening

Ugh, I've been waiting for 5 minutes but where is that ugly sad sack… I'll text him

Company Xander enterprises has

been growing so if you wanna invest

go to that one

Today

Hey, m/n where are you?

Beside you this past 15

Minutes

Huh?

I looked to my side and a guy was waving at me.. His style is the same as m/n but he's handsome… wait no it is him. It looked exactly like him in the past. Why is my heart beating so loudly… there's no way I didn't fall in love with Mila but him at first sight, RIGHT?!!!

“Oh hey m/n, didn't notice you there, I thought you were a creep since you were standing next to me for the past 15 minutes”

“No problem, I should call out to you..”

“Anyways, what did you plan?”

“ You know in the past, you said you like horror movies, right? So booked one for us”

“Oh, it's amazing you still remember”

*after the movie

“It was so exhilarating, don't you think so?”

“Yeah.”

Can't believe he still remembers, she doesn't even remember my favorite things while he did.

Huh why is m/n screamin my name

*CRASH*

FUCK

.

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M/N'S POV

Noo, Derry.. I've gotta bring him to a hospital

*picked him up bridal style

Finally the hospital..

“PLEASE SIGN HIM IN, HE WAS JUST HIT BY A CAR”

seems like screaming did help since they instantly prepared a room. The car… the plate number was Mila's, I know cause I was there when she got that car 3 years ago. Fuck… I should call that friend of his… (you got the phone number when you ask in the first few days he was at the house)

*you called him over

“M/n what happened…”

“I don't know Luke, he was lost in thought and walked super fast, and when I caught up I saw a car hitting him super hard, their plate number was (Mila's plate number)”

“okay.. Could you take me to his room?”

“Oh yes.., let's go”

*at the room

“Ah… m/n did you come to pick me up for uni?”

“eh? You're an adult”

“yeah I'm 20 years old right?”

“ERM, no. Your 28 years old”

“Eh, and who's the bastard beside you”

“This is your friend Luke, you remember right?”

“No, why should I”

“M/n could you wait outside I need to speak with Derry”

*you left the room and went to get water

“How dare you use that nickname”

“Sorry boss, but why are you pretending to be amnesiac?”

“I'm testing something”

“But who hit you?”

“that fucking bitch Mila, never thought she would want to kill me”

“Wasn't it you who was blind to that and even loved her? She realized you were the one behind the ir breakup after she regrets breaking up”

“I was forcing myself… I knew I didn't actually like her… I just can't believe I like m/n.”

“So you're planning to cling to him? Plus you've been lying to him, you think he would forgive you?”

“Hah that's the easy part, all I need to do now is just make him fully believe I'm amnesiac.”

*a nurse came in and brought Alexander to a VIP room

“Did you upgrade my room?”

“No”

“Excuse me, nurse… who upgraded my room?”

“The one that brought you here, the one that carried you like a princess, here a photo(photo of m/n carrying Alexander to the hospital), I couldn't help myself, you both looked like the perfect couple”

“Luke, get me a copy of that picture, and destroy that board”

“Okay sir”

*you enter the room just as Luke was leaving

“Oh why are you leaving Luke? Anyways here's a cup of water”

“Thanks, I'll be leaving for stuff”

“Okay… how are you feeling Derry”

“You do know my name's Alexander right?”

“Huhhh, what!! I thought it was like Dexter or something… it actually makes sense.”

“anyway, I upgraded the room since you look slightly uncomfortable with the bed and room, thankfully it wasn't that expensive”

“...”

“...”

“...”

“Anyway, Alexander, do you want to live with me? My house just finished renovation and I was thinking if you want to help me decorate it since I'm not that up to date 😅”

“Sure😃”

*after he got discharged and started to look live with m/n

“Thanks to you, my new house feels like home”

“No problem, btw can I come over with the secret key you keep?”

“Yeah sure, why not”

“I'll go back to my house now”

“bye 😁”

ALEXANDER’S POV

I really didn't know why is didn't realize I like him, but he should really be cautious *he's checking his phone that shows m/n's house, he put cameras in m/n's house*. I mean in the past I would put cameras where m/n would visit most often but I must truly be in denial.

Heading back I saw Mila, she was in crocodile tears… truly, why did I think I like her… she was sobbing saying shit like, I didn't mean to hit you and stuff.

I quickly head inside and locked then I start to plan my next moves

*next morning

*Alexander goes to m/n's mansion*

I started cooking while I knew he wouldn't be awake. When I heard him coming over, I started to cry.

“*sniff* ugh… I'm soo pathetic”

“Huh, Alex, why are you crying… Are you okay”

“huhuhuhu, a scary girl showed up in front of my house screaming I didn't mean to hit you, huhuhuhu I'm scared. Huhuhuhu”

“There there, who would do that, tch tch tch how crazy people are these days”

“And out of nowhere this expensive looking package showed up🥺, I'm scared to open it🥺. Help me”

“Oh okay, it seems like it's a ring. Oooh, that’s the ring I bought. I was thinking of gifts and rings came up, so this way we'll be matching 😁, you'll wear it right? 🥺”

“ah, em, o-okay.”

“great😁”

M/N'S POV

This ring looks exactly like the ring he showed me when I was asking for engagement ring ideas🥲 maybe he didn't realize it…

*BANG**BANG**BANG*

“OPEN THIS DOOR M/N”

“Huh”

*opening the door

“HOW DARE YOU STEAL MY BOYFRIEND”

“Huh? I didn't”

“Since when was I your boyfriend, pretty sure girlfriends don't hit and run the boyfriends”

“That was an accident, you should know that!!”

“M/n that's the scary women that showed up in front of my house 🥺”

“I can't believe you scared a sick patient, you of all people should know that”

“Ugh🙄, I don't care, give me back my boyfriend”

“The one you said was your boyfriend just proposed to me *lifted the ring finger* thatmeans he's not your boyfriend, now, you're just pathetic...., security! Kick this women out of the property”

*you and Alex went inside

“Sorry Alex, I used you and lied to her… I mean this ring looks like an engagement ring 😅”

“No problem…but I've liked you since a long time ago, you know”

“Huh?!!!”

“So? Will you marry me?”

“Emmm, aren't you amnesiac, maybe we sho-”

“No, I'm scared you'll get stolen by somebody than so I should ask now”

“Oh, then, yes, I would like to marry you”

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*A few years later

Life's been great since I married him and lived in my mansion, turns out he's the CEO of Xander Enterprise… and I own 20% of the company's shares from when I invested in the company.

Tho, I'm curious what is in the basement since after we married he took the basement for himself. It used to be for a wine cellar, but we made one in the kitchen.

I should check it out..

*enter the basement and turn on the light

Huh, why are there multiple pictures of Mila and other girls… is he in love with them… I mean he was probably straight… I suppose I should tell him it's fine to take mistresses

ALEX'S POV

*Alex arrive at home

“ Alex… I went to the basement”

Fuck he didn't see the rotting corpses right?

“I'm just gonna tell you this”

If he ask for a divorce I'm gonna threaten to kill myself

“If you wanna take mistresses, I'm fine with it 😔”

“Huh, what, no, definite no, I only like you.”

“You don't need to lie I say the pictures”

“How about I prove myself then😄”

“Huh???”

*after sex

“😚how was it.. My ass, can't believe you took control in an instant and did it for the whole night 🤭”

“Um😅, you just felt sooo good, it felt like you were hugging my cock🥵”

“So you won't ask about mistresses and side pieces??”

“I won't😘”

“This is why I asked you not to go in the basement😔”

“I'm sorryyy😖, but why do you have pictures of those women”

“Those girls were nagging me to divorce you, so I destroyed their companies 😁”

“Oh, um please don't 😅”

“I'm kidding, I was just showing their flaws since they keep saying you were trash and they were perfect for me”

“OoO, okii”

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A bit rushed 😖

[walsuf]

hey I wanna make a character with narcolepsy and I've been doing my own research but I also felt like maybe asking someone who has it and stuff and since you made that comic headcannoning SM with it (really neat btw <3) I thought that you may be comfortable sharing some experience with it (as much as you feel comfortable ofc!) so I could better understand it so I may fit it into a character myself. OBVIOUSLY YOU DONT NEED TO ACCEPT IF YOU DONT WANT TO! this is coming out of nowhere and stuff so apologies if you feel uncomfortable!

[LONG POST] Yeah! Let's talk narcolepsy! Some things that might help (ft. Shadow Milk)

First and foremost, I want to say that my experience with narcolepsy is going to be very different from other people's, and I'm mostly just going to yap about my own details. Everyone experiences their symptoms in a unique way, kinda like how every bag of fruit snacks is different. You anticipate the same stuff inside (symptoms), but one bag will have all of the colors and another might have all orange ones.

I think my biggest advice here is to not dogpile all the symptoms, just focus on what heavily affects a character the most. Sometimes that's going to be nightmarish hallucinations, sometimes their sleep attacks; for Shadow Milk, I fixate a lot on cataplexy! (Weakness is a huge thing that I struggle with personally.) Regardless of additional symptoms, excessive daytime sleepiness will always be present :p

This one might be hard, but do something that you resonate with the most. Most people have experienced sleep paralysis at least once; a lot of people with narcolepsy get sleep paralysis very often, usually accompanied by visual/audio/tactile hallucinations. Then, it becomes a matter of changing the frequency and intensity rather than making something up.

When it comes to hallucinations, they can sometimes be horrifying (and are exacerbated by sickness, lack of sleep, and general unwellness). I find that a lot of people with nightmares and frightening hallucinations tend to have those in excess; I personally almost never get those. My hallucinations are usually very minor, like seeing the lights flicker when I close my eyes, or feeling like my body is surrounded by water or gently rocking back and forth. My most frequent one (and by far the most annoying) is that coming out of sleep I hear my alarm going off or my name being called. Neither of which are actually happening.

Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), like everything else, presents differently in everyone. Sleep attacks are only one aspect of it---which gives a person the nearly irresistible need to sleep for seconds to sometimes hours. Some people thug them out (often they can be resisted) because they find themselves losing way more time succumbing to it. Some people fall asleep very quickly, and can be in the middle of an important thing while doing so. I've personally fallen asleep mid-lecture while writing notes, and looking back at them is... interesting (there's a thing called "automatic behaviors" you might want to look into). Personally, I don't get sleep attacks often, but they are exhausting to deal with, and make me pretty much appear and act drunk without the fun part.

My normal experience with EDS is just a general level of sleepiness following me throughout the day, like that same feeling you get while working on an essay late in the night. It's manageable, but sucks. This isn't to say I never feel alert, there are good days and bad days, but most are in this sleepy middle ground that forces me to nap twice a day (noon and afternoon) lest I get all grouchy and my speech starts to slur.

From the outside perspective, sometimes people can guess that I'm having a sleep attack or just generally sleepy before I even know. I'll be told, "you sound tired," which is almost followed up with an, "...I do???" I crash within the next ten minutes almost every time.

Cataplexy is a symptom specific to N1 (which is actually an autoimmune disease, fun fact), and also happens to be what I struggle with frequently. It has strong emotional triggers (think anxiety, anger, surprise, laughter [doesn't have to be all of those, just pick a few]) and causes a degree of weakness. This can be anything from eye twitches and difficulty holding up the neck to full body collapses. For the most part, I feel it in my hands. When I laugh, I can't write or clench my hands any more. They become useless floppy limbs until a few minutes pass and they're back to normal. I am (unfortunately) a very giggly person. Personally, my slightest attacks make my head fall forward. My most severe one had me collapsing 6 times in the course of 15 minutes, hitting my head each time. Cataplexy attacks can cause subsequent attacks to come easier, and it's difficult to break the cycle. I avoid stairs for this reason.

If you've ever experienced morning weakness, or a few minutes in the morning where its slightly more difficult to hold things and get around, that's a lot like what minor cataplexy feels like, except condensed into a short, spontaneous episode. Oh! And it's often accompanied with blurred vision (look up ptosis) and speech difficulties as well!

I don't fear any of my symptoms because that's just how I experience the world. I've always felt weakness with laughter, so I thought that was always normal. I've been frequently sleepy and assumed that I was somehow lazier than everyone else. Now, I try to listen to my body. It takes a lot of effort to stop a conversation and go to sleep because my body needs it, and it sometimes sucks to forewarn my lab partners not to tell jokes around me. Sometimes I lay down in the middle of nowhere and have random people asking if I'm okay (hate this, I'm usually too weak to respond).

All in all, just try to make it a set of circumstances that someone else lives with rather than a set of symptoms that constantly put a character into crisis mode. People with narcolepsy don't need to be babied (I sincerely hope my comics don't come off that way because they're rooted in personal experience), they can manage their symptoms just fine on their own. Self-accommodations can come off as strange or funny (bringing a blanket everywhere, wearing sunglasses to manage minor cataplexy, wrist strap on the phone so as not to drop it), but they're there for a reason.

Sorry for the tangent, I've actually been on a heavy uptick educating myself. A good place to go for life experiences would be, of course, the narcolepsy subreddit. It's a good resource for people talk rather than medical jargon. If you need any examples for how to write or depict certain symptoms, though, I would be more than happy to do that on request! (I loove writing drabbles, and I know there's almost 0 narcolepsy fics, much less any written by people who care about accuracy. I'm begging to be asked here [will probably cookie run-ify everything though])

Thank you for reading if you got this far, and I hope this helped!

[dayslily]

hi nic!! do u have a tutorial on making gif packs?? i've been trying to look for tutorials and i think i just overwhelmed myself so i dont know where to start :((

omg hi!! i know a tutorial for this method exists, but i cannot seem to find it 😭 i'll go ahead & make one for you ! beneath the cut, you'll find my gifmaking process + all my favorite gif resources. i think something good to note is that every gifmaker i know does it a little differently, so you may prefer other methods like screencap clipping or video-to-layers. i think these tutorials by pochunts would be super helpful if you wanted to explore other options <3 here's the gif i made in the tutorial btw :p

how to make gifs using photoshop's video timeline (+ extra resources):

(if you want to follow along directly, i'm using this video.)

1) download your video. i use this website (cobalt). for the cleanest final product, try to use videos that are 1080p or higher.

side note: if you're downloading something other than mp4 files, you'll need a file converter- i use handbrake for this. this tends to come up if you're downloading tv shows!!

2) open your video in photoshop. (not import, just regular file > open)

this is what mine looks like now. our layouts may look a little different because mine is tuned to my job too.

if you're new to photoshop, go ahead & pinpoint a few things: your toolbar (yellow), actions panel (pink), adjustments panel (green), layers panel (blue), and video timeline (red). if you don't see these panels, go to window in your topbar & click the names.

general photoshop tip... go to photoshop > settings > preferences and 'up' your number of history stats. this will give you more 'undos' if you mess up rather than hitting a wall :p i have mine set to 75!!

3) convert to smart object. with your base layer protected, right click > convert to smart object, or go to layer > smart objects > convert to smart object. this basically allows you to make changes while keeping the base properties in tact!! you'll notice your timeline change from blue to purple.

bc i use this so often, i made the shortcut cmd+f. you can do the same by going to edit > keyboard shortcuts if you'd like :p

let's focus on that timeline for a moment... get familiar with the split button (red), zoom buttons (yellow), work area (green).

the split button is how we'll divide the video into clips, which will become our gifs. the length of your clip will vary. i just try to fit a completed action into one clip if that makes sense!!

the zoom buttons allow you to move through the video a little easier. this will end up being a personal preference thing. i usually zoom until frames are broken up by 2's (02:00f / 04:00f / etc - shown 2 pics down) but it also depends on the length of the video

the work area defines what will export when you hit save. later on, you'll want to make sure your adjustment layers cover the entire work area.

4) clip your video. skim through your video and pick a scene you'd like to gif. split at the beginning and end by clicking the scissors, so you have something like this. i'll pick three clips for the tutorial.

as a general note, i will clip the entire video in one go, save as a psd, then move onto sizing/coloring/sharpening/etc

go ahead & delete the layers you won't be using as clips. i would rec saving as a psd at this point to save urself the grief of any photoshop crashes since u have now clipped a video to your heart's content!!

5) now, onto sizing your gifs.

first you'll use the crop tool (pink, toolbar). you can input your desired size to keep the scene in ratio (in the pink squared boxes). this is up to personal preference again, i use 260x150.

once you choose a size, you can click the menu the green arrow is pointing to, scroll down, and define a new crop preset.

adjust image size. go to image > image size and type the size you decided. make sure it's set to pixels and that you have the in-ratio button (pink) clicked.

6) next, sharpen your gif.

as you're just starting out, i would suggesting using an action. i have my favorite options in this tag! to keep us on the same pace for this tutorial, i'll use this one by svgarboo.

using an action: click into your actions panel (red), click the options button (yellow) and choose 'load action', use the arrow (green circle) to open your action's folder and choose the playable option (green box). with your layer selected, click the play button (pink).

NOTE: if your play bar isn't over your active layer it won't apply

your video should look a little better & your layer should now look like this over in the layers panel:

if you want to make adjustments, double click the options buttons (pink) and adjust opacity to your liking.

7) coloring your gif. i could not begin to make a coloring tutorial bc i hate how mine turn out 90% of the time </3 BUT there are some beautiful tutorials in here ... I WILL SHOW U HOW TO PLACE THE LAYERS STILL !!!

add a new group (pink) & drag it above video group 1. it will float above your clips on the timeline. this is where your adjustment layers will go! i'm including a screenshot of my adjustment layers so you have an idea.

8) exporting your base gifs. adjust your working area bars to the beginning and end of each clip. go to file > export > save for web. i'll attach a screenshot of my export settings.

WHEN MAKING ADDITIONAL GIFS, REPEAT STEPS 5-8 AS NEEDED. because you used smart objects, you can use ctrl+t/cmd+t on your gif layers to resize instead of cropping each time.

9) adjusting gif speed. open your exported base gifs. you'll see that your video timeline has changed to a frames timeline.

go to options (pink) > select all frames. with all frames selected, click the dropdown arrow (yellow) and adjust your time.

timing will depend on a case-by-case basis. i usually go 0.05, 0.07, or 0.09. play around with speeds until the motion seems fluid and natural. my gif is around 110 frames long so i'm doing 0.05.

10) export again, using the same settings as step 8.

YOU CAN SET UP ACTIONS TO HANDLE STEPS 9 & 10 IN BATCHES. lmk if u would want a tutorial on that :p

now i have 3 finished gifs!!

11) uploading your gif packs. i think hosting directly on tumblr is going to give you the best loading time. and by that i do mean, just uploading gifs to a tumblr page 🙂‍↕️ if you choose to use alternate hosting sites like imgbb or gifyu, make sure you back your gifs up with a zip file on google drive.

[worldly-fluster]

Snapdragon

Dragon!Sylus x Non-MC! Reader

Part 1 of ?

*This will be Non-Canon BTW it starts with Dragon!Sylus and goes into normal Sylus*

Warnings: Blood, cussing...I think that's it lol

**non-mc but will be called MC because it's easier to write than (y/n) every time 👍**

-The Start of Something Normal-

-1st person POV- changes throughout**

Have you ever wondered if there was something...more?

Something other than going to a 9-5 and paying rent with all you earned, there must be something else.

At least I had my games right?

-

Today is weird.

Just weird.

Ever since I woke up from a weird dream, that I can't even remember, I've been randomly smelling flowers.

Checked the LADS game, flowers.

Got ready for work, flowers.

Delt with customers, flowers.

But I'm the only one smelling it?

Maybe it's the stress, I'll just have to take melatonin when I get home.

-

As I walked through the front door of my apartment, coming home after a long day at work, I was greeted by dark silence. I hate living alone...

I sighed as I placed my keys on the shelves by my door and threw my heavy jacket on top of them. I limped slightly into my living room/kitchen, my feet hurting from standing all day. When I reached the couch, my nose was assaulted by the smell of flowers once again causing me to groan.

"What the fuck... Bruh." I plopped down on the cheap leather futon with a weeze, reaching for the bottle of melatonin gummies I threw on there the other night.

Popping two into in my mouth, I grabbed the iPad next to the bottle and opened up the Love and Deepspace app.

I smiled when I saw Sylus show up immediately on the screen, my heart doing a badump as I sang quietly along to the intro.

Finally getting onto the game, I went to the daily login that I forgot to get this morning, ignoring Zayne standing there in his Panda onesie.

After completing the normal, I didn't know what to do, so I went to check the memories. Only then did I remember I never actually watched the new Dragon Sylus cards...

From what I heard about them it seemed traumatizing. But I guess if I had nothing else to do?...I'm gonna regret it aren't I.

The smell of flowers hit my nose again, even stronger than before, when I tapped the first one I saw called 'Abyssal Blossom'.

As the memory loads, the iPad glitches and shuts off. Maybe I forgot to charge it and it died? The smell of flowers is almost overwhelming, as if I'm standing in a field full of them.

I started feeling tired, so tired that I could hardly stand up so I decided to just sleep for a while on the futon. I fell asleep quickly.

-

This dream?...felt familiar...and too real.

The scent of the flowers made more sense here, the field looking familiar...oh its almost exactly like the flower field you can see in one of Sylus' Dragon cards.

What was the name of it again? Abyssal something...

Oh whatever, these flowers are nice. The scent kinda comforts me, almost like a mix of vanilla citrus? With a slight hint of herbal lavender I think... I don't know I'm bad with identifying stuff.

This dream is quite detailed though, the flowers, the dirt, the nice cool breeze and warm rays of sun on my skin...wait, what's that? Looks like something flying in the sky? A big bird maybe...it's coming closer? Oh shit, what the fuck-?!

The air was knocked out of my lungs as I was picked up and yoinked through the air.

"Are you here to try to kill me?"

I blinked up at the...man? Are we flying??

"No?"

I wheezed out my answer, it sounding more like a question in my shock as I clung onto him. The man? narrowed his eyes at me.

Are those red eyes? And horns? Why does he look like Sylus?? Wait, Dragon Sylus???

He seemed to search my face for something, his own relaxing a bit as he found what he was looking for.

"Then why are you in my territory?"

"I don't know, I just woke up here..."

"Woke up here? Who, in their right mind, would come into my territory for any reason?"

"I don't know...I just remember falling asleep at home and waking up in this field. It's beautiful by the way."

"Hm..."

"What should I call you? I'm MC."

"...Stayrus*" (Something that sounds similar lol)

"...How about Sylus?"

"Do what you want. It'll be up to me whether I answer or not."

"So...where are you taking me?"

"To my home, where I will be keeping an eye on you."

"Oh okay."

"Don't get any ideas human. I'm bored and I have been waiting for something interesting."

"I mean, I figured. No one just goes out and picks up a random stranger without being a little bored."

He grunts as he continues flying through the sky.

He brought me to a cave opening at the top of a deep canyon, he sat me down and lightly pushed me inside.

"You will be staying here until I say so."

"Alrighty. Any rules?"

"No...you are oddly okay with this."

"Well," I shrug, "it's either this or fend for myself in an unfamiliar place outside."

-

"Sylus?"

"..."

"Um...Stayraytus??"

"That was terrible."

"Sorry..."

"..." He sighs, "What is it?"

"So...I have zero survival skills...can you teach me how to survive here? Please?"

"...child."

"Yes...sorry."

-

It's been about a week since Sylus, yes he started answering to it, let me stay in his 'home'. He started teaching me some survival things, like how to find food, telling me to ask him first if the thing is edible. Other than that, it was...boring.

In my boredom, while Sylus lay on the cool cave floor surrounded by gold, I started stretching.

Touching my toes, bending to the side, balancing on one foot like a flamingo...you name it, I was trying to do it.

I was in the downward dog position when Sylus spoke.

"What are you doing?"

"...yoga?"

"...yugo."

"Pffft-" I couldn't help but laugh a bit, "it's Yo-gah."

"...why are you doing whatever that's called?"

"It's so my body doesn't get stiff."

"...how old are you?"

"23."

"..."

"...Don't you dare say it."

Sylus grunted as he went back to messing with his golden lamp thing.

After a bit of silence he spoke.

"I'm 27."

I looked up at him in a little surprise.

"Really? You look my age honestly."

"hm."

-

We were sitting by the entrance of the cave, watching the sunset, when Sylus broke the silence.

"Your hair..."

"What's wrong with my hair? Is there knots? I swear I got them all out earlier..."

"No, it's just different."

"What do you mean?"

"everyone I've ever seen had lighter hair...yours is darker. It's...pretty."

My face felt hot as I turned away from him.

"Oh, thank you...no one's said that about me before."

"Why not?"

I shrug.

"I'm sure that you get called pretty, beautiful, every time someone sees you, I mean, you're pretty attractive...I'm going to shut up now..."

There was a bit of silence until he spoke, looking over my face.

"No one has ever called me any of those things before..."

"Oh...well I still think you are. Those people are just blind."

"...Thank you."

I smile at him.

"Any time."

A comfortable silence settled over us but I couldn't take my eyes off of him if I tried. His hair looked so soft and fluffy...

"Hey Sylus?"

"Hm?"

"Can I...touch your hair?"

He looked questioningly at me, one of his brows raised.

"Why?"

"It looks so soft, but you don't need to say yes. I was just curious."

Sylus looked to the side, seeming to think for a moment before he looked down with a small smile, giving a small nod before he lay stretched out and placed his head on my lap, careful of his horns.

I let out an excited hum as I carefully ran my fingers through his hair, my nails slightly scratching his scalp. He grunted, not really used to this type of contact but...he thinks he can get used to this.

Sylus closed his eyes as he felt your hands work their way through his hair, around the base of his horns gently and lightly rubbing behind them in the hard to reach places. His chest felt warm, his heart fluttering as all he could think about were your hands, the warmth of your thighs...

He could definitely get used to this.

-

It seemed winter was fast approaching as the cave seemed to get colder, frost covering the edges of the entrance. I sat snuggled into Sylus' side.

"...What are you doing?"

"It's cold, it's called cuddling for warmth."

"... do as you wish."

His tail gently curled around us, pushing me just a bit closer.

"...it is getting colder out. We'll have to get you something warmer."

"Ah, don't worry about it. You're warm enough so I'll just have to stay right here."

Sylus grunted, his tail wrapping just a bit tighter. Just enough for me to notice.

-

The next day, Sylus was gone for a little while. I had to stay warm by my own makeshift fire, the dry sticks that were just by the edge of the cave entrance being my fuel.

While I waited for Sylus to get back I watched as the smoke went up through a small hole in the ceiling of the cave, wondering, how long have I been here? Where he could have gone? ...how much longer will I be allowed to stay?

After just a few more minutes, I heard the sound of his powerful wings as he landed at the entrance. He was holding a big bundle of... something.

He walked over to me and just, dumped what he was holding onto my head.

"Mph?!"

"This should work."

His tail moved the pile of burning sticks to the side before I could accidentally fall onto it with his gift still suffocating me.

Seeing me still struggling with it, he chuckled and plucked one blanket off my head letting me poke my head out of the pile.

"Guh! Why you do this?"

"English Sweetie."

"What is this?"

"Blankets, for warmth."

"...Thank you Sylus."

"Hm. Now scooch over, I'm cold."

"You're literally a walking furnace?"

"... I'm cold."

"Just say you wanna cuddle."

"...cuddle me."

-

As winter gave way to spring, the flowers started blooming again. The change in temperature seemed to make Sylus stir crazy.

I let out a squeal as his thick tail wrapped around my waist and pulled me along.

"Sylus! No!"

"Sylus yes."

"No!"

"Do you want to see the flowers or not?"

"...fine. But if you drop me, I will haunt you."

-

After a short flight, Sylus landed at the field of flowers he found me in. I looked around, having not had the chance to fully look around before being whisked away, when I saw something that made me gasp.

"Oh! Look, there are Snapdragon's!"

I moved towards them, Sylus staying close to my side.

"What? There aren't any other dragons here."

"No not actual dragons, Sy, they're a type of flower."

I move so he could see it better.

"This is a snapdragon!"

"That looks nothing like a dragon."

"It kinda does, see? This is it's eyes, nose, horns, and this!"

I push the sides of the flower together, making a small opening into the flower.

"Is it's mouth! Cool right?"

"... dragons don't open their mouth just because you touch their cheeks."

"These ones do. Try it! It's fun."

"Fine."

I watched as he moved his claws around the flower, actively trying not to damage it, but failing.

"Sylus you have to be gentle." I giggle as he accidentally crushes the flower between his claws.

"Here, use the pads of your fingers instead."

I hold his hands as I help him gently open the Snapdragon's mouth. His breath seemed to stutter as he let me guide his hands.

"There, you did it!"

"Hmm..."

In a small burst of confidence, I giggle and lift my hands to his face where I gently press on his cheeks.

"Good job!"

His eyes widen slightly and out of reflex, or shock, his mouth slightly opens.

"You know, you're my big Snapdragon."

-

After we made our way back to the cave, I had a thought.

"What if I end up going back some day?"

"Back where?"

"My home, like how I woke up here, will I one day wake up back home?"

Sylus seemed to stiffen a bit as he looked towards me, eyes searching my face.

"...do you want to go back home."

"I don't know, some days I miss home but most days I forget."

"I understand...what if you never go back?"

"Then I hope you'll let me stay?"

"I'll be here."

There is a long comfortable silence as we watch the sunset from the mouth of the cave once again. I took in a big breath of the freshest air I'll ever have and enjoy the moment.

"Sylus? Can you promise me something?"

"What is it?"

"If I do end up leaving somehow, I want you to find things that make you happy, not just surviving but living."

His tail flicks a bit behind us.

"...fine, as long as you promise the same."

-

A few days later we were at the flower field once again.

The sun set and we continued to sit amongst the flowers after a long day of lazing around. The stars slowly came out one by one.

While I watched the stars it reminded me of a song that gets stuck in my head.

"You and I stargazing...intertwining souls..."

I quietly sang, trying not to disturb the quiet night.

While I looked at the stars and the moon that hung beautifully, Sylus looked my way with a slightly raised brow, curious.

"What's that?

He whispered his question, his rough voice surprisingly soft.

I gave a small hum, still looking at the night sky.

"it's a song from my home... sitting here under the stars reminded me of it."

"Hm..."

"You know...the moon is very beautiful tonight."

"...yeah, it is."

He couldn't seem to look away from you, watching the moon and stars that reflected in your eyes.

-

I heard birds chirping as I slowly woke up from a comfortable sleep, feeling warm. I could smell flowers still. I tried to turn but a weight on my side stopped me.

I heard a deep grunt as the weight tightened around me and pulled me closer. A second weight being added onto my legs, seeming to curl around and in between them.

I groggily opened my eyes to be met with a familiar shiny red jewel, just barely grazing my nose. I moved my hands up from their place by my stomach up to the jewel. I leaned my face into the jewel and snuggled closer.

I could feel a soft rumbling coming from the dragon I was cuddled to, having realized it was him from the warmth he gave me.

"It seems we fell asleep..."

His voice was deep from sleep, his clawed hands pulling me closer. The scent of flowers being drowned out by his smell. Scent like a bonfire and leather.

"We're still in the field?"

"Yeah...I didn't want to wake you."

I felt his warm breath on the top of my head, taking in my own scent.

He...he's definitely used to this. He never wants to let you go. You gave him a warmth he thought he would never receive, showed him care and treated him not as the monster everyone screams he is. With you, he's not a Fiend. He's Sylus, your Snapdragon.

-**

It was only a few moments...

That's all it took.

One second, you both were walking through the field towards home when there was a sharp sound. Sylus reacted almost immediately, dodging the claymore that sliced into the dirt where he was just seconds ago.

He barely let out a breathe before the assailant attacked again. He dodged once more before he heard.

"Sylus! Help!"

His head snapped towards the direction of your voice. What he saw made his blood boil. You were being pinned to the ground by a big burly, ugly, man.

"I got you!"

In his moment of distraction, the one attacking him hit him with something like magic. Golden chains wrapped around him, pinning him down. He heard a laugh as a woman walked into his sight, she was a sorceress and she had an overconfident smirk on her face.

"Time to face your fate, Fiend!" She laughed out, "honestly, I thought you were stronger than that. How disappointing."

"Fate?! What fate?!"

Sylus heard you struggling, making him start to struggle as well so he can get you out of here.

"Now now," the sorceress tutted towards him, then turned towards you, "His fate is to die by my claymore. Simple."

"That's his fate?! Bullshit!"

"You can't change fate-"

"Like fuck I will!"

You cut her off, just as you knocked the large man off of you with a quick kick to the groin. When you were free you threw yourself between her and Sylus.

"Just watch me."

You smirked as you watched her eyes widen and she took a step back.

"MC! No!"

Sylus struggled with the golden chains of magic holding him down.

"Don't worry Snapdragon...I got this."

"Stop! This is not-"

"Too late, already did."

-**

I grunt as the claymore goes through my chest, I can feel the intense pain for only a moment before it seems to disappear. The claymore is lodged in my chest, a ringing going through my ears. Sylus' eyes widen as it feels all the air is taken from his lungs when he sees the end of the claymore exit your back.

"MC!"

"Hahaha! Now what are you going to do Fiend?!"

"I'm going to fucking kill you!"

I heard a growl and the sound of something breaking but my mind goes a little fuzzy as a fight rages on, roars of anger and grunts reach my ears along with the sounds of a blade and claws. I could faintly hear the sound of tearing flesh.

All I could do was stare at the claymore still embedded in my chest, my hands too shaky and weak to pull it.

For a moment I thought the last things I would hear was the fight until-

"MC-"

Sylus slides over to me, his bloodied claws gently holding me. His wounds are already healing over as his panicked eyes look me over.

"MC, she's gone, you don't have to worry now. I got you."

"Sy..."

"Shit..." His voice grew hoarse, his eyes and hands shaking slightly as he tried to figure out a way to help. He seemed to find an idea as his brow set in determination.

"We need to resonate, my healing could help you but we need to resonate, now."

I nod slightly and he grabs my hand gently with one of his as his other gently tries to remove the claymore. I could feel his claws shake a little as he closed his eyes but I didn't want to close my eyes yet. I didn't want it to be the last time I did, so I watched as his power and a power I didn't know I had, connected. When I concentrate I can feel his anger, his fear, and something else I couldn't place. I watched as the claymore fell out of sight, his now free hand coming up to cup my face.

He leaned closer, our foreheads lightly touching.

I could almost feel my flesh mend, but the pain was numb to me as I kept my eyes on his face. I saw his brows furrow, his lips thin in what looks like pain-our shared pain, his eyes stayed closed in concentration.

After a moment more, I felt complete. I let out a sigh as the resonation slowly disappeared, my eyes fluttering closed a moment before I fixed them onto him. I watched as his eyes slowly opened, his nose grazing mine as his eyes locked on mine.

"You aren't going anywhere. Not without me. We live together and we die together. Only you can kill me, and I you."

There is a slight glow to his eyes and the gem in his chest as he stares into my eyes, into my soul.

"Sylus-"

"You're stuck with me. Who else will teach me about your home?"

I shake my head with a giggle.

"What would I do without my Snapdragon?"

"Hm..."

"I'd probably die."

He glared at me for even joking about it, his hand gripping mine a little harder. The hand on my cheek pressed against me, forcing my forehead to press onto his a little more.

"Even if I wasn't here, I would do everything to make sure you stay by me."

"That doesn't even make sense." I laugh.

"You know what I mean." He smiles as you bring a hand to his face, rubbing your thumb of his cheek to get some dirt off. He leaned into your touch, his eyes full of warmth as he continued to stare into your eyes.

After a moment I pull away and stand, Sylus standing as well. I look around at the now destroyed field, a pang of sadness hits my heart...

As both of us take in the aftermath, an oddly familiar scent hits my nose...when suddenly my body starts to glow slightly.

"Wait, Sylus what's happening?"

"I don't know, come here."

This feeling I get from the soft glow feels familiar...my eyes widen when I realize, the smell...

"Sylus!"

"MC?!"

We reach out to each other but the moment his clawed hand touches my hand, a bright light shines and I'm gone.

-**

Nothing is left of her as the light completely disappates

"MC?!"

Sylus turns this way and that, wanting- needing to see just a glimpse of her. His tail whipping around wildly as he floats around in a panic, clawed hands reaching for something, anything.

"MC!...Where..."

Sylus stops for a moment, slowly landing on the cold ground beneath him before collapsing to his knees.

He throws his head back as he lets out the most broken yell that could be heard for miles.

He looked to the side when he ran out of breath, his chest heaving as he let out a whimper. He saw that claymore, laying coldly on the dirt. Your blood still covered it, your scent still on it...

A few tears fell from his eyes as he reached out and gripped the handle. He pulled it towards him, curling around it slightly on the ground.

He lay there for what felt like forever to him, in the very flower field he met you...the flowers mostly crushed by the ambush of the sorceress that was sent to kill him with this very claymore.

When he finally had the energy to move, he went back to your shared cave, claymore in hand. Seeing the entrance made his flight stutter, knowing you won't be there to welcome him home...

He landed at the opening, he stepped heavily inside.

He saw your pile of blankets, the small fire pit you built, the little trinkets you collected from his horde that he let you have...

He stabbed the claymore into his old sleeping place then made his way towards the small stream that runs through the edge of the cave. He used the water from the steam to clean the blood off of him, yours, his, that damned sorceress...

After he was cleaned and dried off with the cloth you used to use, he made his way to your pile of blankets.

Sylus collapsed into them, burying himself in your scent, a wine leaving his throat as he held tightly onto what was left of you.

The dragon is lost without his master...

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

and the saga continues !! "JUST GIRLS?!" (I hope Jack Wolfe NEVER stops re-acting Wylan's 'JUST GIRLS?' line because it means EVERYTHING to me as this line/scene/conversation changed my life in so many such profound ways <3)

first vid in the mixed above is 'Jack sharing what would be Wylan’s cheesiest pick-up line at Magiccon' "He's got a very good one with 'JUST GIRLS?' I think it's pretty good." :https://www.instagram.com/p/DCv80M-IrFP/ (October 2024)

second is of course a clip from 'Shadow and Bone's Crows Answer Their Characters' Most Searched Questions | Netflix' interview when Jack decided that he and Kit should act THE SCENE for us. :https://youtu.be/iwCYQ8rEtnk (March3rd, 2023)

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE JACK WOLFE GOING 'JUST GIRLS?' as WYLAN??

i hope it's a NEVER ENDING SAGA!!

+How i first experienced Jack's incredible talent and Their magic (the day was January 13, 2022 Jack/Wylan day IYKYK) i went into youtube and watched this. Since then i've been only more and more and more in awe of everything He's doing, all the art They send into this world. JACK SINGING 'A Lot Like Me' from The Magician's Elephant:https://youtu.be/xf_DqSXKJak(VERY Wylan's song yes. LOVE the comments here btw)

!https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/718197308183969793/falafel14-proof-that-jack-wolfe-has-been-walking?source=share

!https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/786479782906019840/wait-theres-more-on-the-account-jack-davies &https://youtu.be/uVIoMjVfY1o &https://youtu.be/8WagZ0zrbSM

https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/781538945411497984/artemis-fowl-musical-in-development !!!

BELOW some WESPER / JACK/ KIT/ SAB important posts/links!! (LOTS OF CONTENT. FEEL FREE TO SAVE/SEE <3)

-Jack Wolfe on the nevermind. podcast w Veronika Slowikowska & Kyle Chase (Dec2024) :https://open.spotify.com/episode/40uF58oaP9w0Rbr0Ypc3gC?si=BpeOgxD2RJe3IXcRWiMNMA (WHOLE ep video on youtube) :https://youtu.be/fed55vhpxwI

-Jack Wolfe on the nevermind. podcast w Veronika Slowikowska & Kyle Chase (Dec2024) NEW FRIENDS THEME SONG(that part, Jack singing here is!!!) :https://www.instagram.com/nevermindpod/reel/DDaHbKxxqWj/

-Shadow and Bone Season 2 + subtle hints to Wylan’s backstory(in GIFS):https://www.tumblr.com/stevenrogered/712346903736664064/shadow-and-bone-season-2-subtle-hints-to-wylans

-i started shipping wesper with a passion when wylan literally stopped in the middle of a prison break to ask “wait but are you into guys?”:https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/774106073928990720/just-girls-iconic &https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/774106073928990720/just-girls-iconic?source=share

-he fell first, he fell harder :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/711788484640260096/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere-yes &https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/711305533150380032/yes-iconic-whos-mark?source=share

-iconic 'Who's Mark?' :https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/711124098894479360/this-and-also-9-days?source=share &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/711124098894479360/this-and-also-9-days

-WESPER INVENTED ROMANCE :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/698065920612024320/this-247-daily-reminder-that-wylans-first

-show fans are never going to know who wylan van eck actually is. they’re never going to know his true last name, the weight it carries. they’re never going to know that he grieved a woman who wasn’t even dead for years. they’re never going to know how strong he is, the abuse he endured. they’re never going to know that he survived a murder attempt ordered by his own father. they’re never going to see him tailor himself to look like someone else because he wanted to be someone different so badly. they’re never going to see him slowly work past his shame. they’re never going to see inej tell him that he wasn’t his father. they’re never going to see kaz tell him that not being able to read didn’t make him weak. they’re never going to see jesper call him a genius. they’re never going to know that the crows were wylan’s first friends, his only friends, and even if he had a pick of a thousand companions, they would’ve been the ones he chose:https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/770359780895260672 &https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/770359780895260672?source=share

-the HOTTEST couple in Ketterdam :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712874353105223680/the-hottest-couple-in-ketterdam

-Kit & Jack supporting each other:https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/711689404693037056/our-wesper

-Kit and Jack talking abt what they would say to Jesper and Wylan:https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/694089389183303680/kit-and-jack-talking-abt-what-they-would-say-to

-'Into the Fold' gets me every time :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/694088959368757248/into-the-fold-gets-me-every-time

-Netflix Geeked was so real for THIS back in Sept2022:https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/696703126195077120/netflixgeeked-youre-so-real-for-this

-so IMPORTANT to have Jack as Wylan :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/711682705248632832/hes-the-only-one-for-wylan-forever-jackwolfe &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/711573475348922368/httpstwittercomthisisgsage23status1634830806

-FAV 2023 TV character in one gif only and no need to explain:https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/705676416907411456/this-is-my-favorite-tv-2023-character-wylan

-Jack Wolfe talking about LGBTQ rep in SAB + wylan & wesper's queerness never being part of their baggage & wanting to be part of chosen found family YES-4mins-National Student Pride 2024:https://www.instagram.com/p/DLRrxtEtQlw/?img_index=3

-Jack doing his 54 Below debut (3 shows) long post (so freaking proud of Them!) :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/766406564479451136/jack-wolfe-54-below-november-3rd-2024-so

-https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/761244358040289280/this-means-so-much-to-me & https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/763070256354869248/just-so-freakin-proud-of-jack-wolfe

-A little bit of Jack performing “Finishing The Hat” during Sondheim on Sondheim at Alexandra Palace:https://www.instagram.com/p/DDPo48eo8eF/

.https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/747847529123725312/i-love-him-so?source=share

-Jack singing 'I'M ALIVE' saves lives :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/725173229102202880/jack-wolfe-singing-im-alive-over-and-over-and

-Jack supporting Gaza :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/747367229560160256/more-of-why-having-jack-is-so-special-in-this

-Jack Wolfe as JACK FROST when? :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/697105686494085120/jack-wolfe-as-jack-frost-when

-WESPER and their most iconic tropes :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/703327362810511360

-JESSIE AND JACK:https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/768494436932091904/the-genre-that-is-photos-of-jessie-and-jack

-https://www.tumblr.com/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere/720000720048422912/what-an-icon-and-hes-trending-on-twitter &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/720000720048422912/what-an-icon-and-hes-trending-on-twitter

-i love you forever Ness Arroyo and Wylan Van Eck, i love you forever queer boys who spat in their abusers/fathers faces and used their mothers’ surnames, i love you forever boys who survived hell but remained good and kind(...)https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/758328440370954240/i-love-you-forever-ness-arroyo-and-wylan-van-eck

-THAT WESPER 2x08 deleted scene :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/713967118556807168/wesper-deleted-scene-from-2x08-that-pic-that &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/713058629692129280/so-netflix-brasil-on-twt-really-just-posted-it-and

-THIS 2x03 WESPER scene :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/734506144224198656/no-other-scene-in-any-freaking-tv-show-or-movie-or

-STILL can't believe Wylan and Jesper's names were on a Billboard :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712576634080935936/this-is-real

-my FAVORITE cast S2 press interviewS :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/713786700952961024/yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere-shadow-and &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712746929769136129/the-crows-from-shadow-and-bone-read-thirst &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712329101440155648/oh-my-this-is-my-favorite-vid-ever-i-love-them &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712229553824727040/i-love-these-people-and-this-amazing-interview & (convention bts THAT Cal, Jessie, Jack vid :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/693989683373408256/one-of-the-many-many-many-reasons-why-i-love-this & https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/710152253812752384/my-new-favorite-video-im-cryinglaughing-i-love &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/713769556325416960/they-we-need-more-of-them-shadowandboneseason3

-Kit & Jack doing 'JUST GIRLS?' scene :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/710789647961341952/im-never-moving-on-from-this-wesper-soc (+edit) :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/710950364533407744/this-wesper-edit-does-things-to-meeeee-11-days

-FAVORITE bi Jesper/ Kit posts :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712321758880038912 &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/703327250886606848/yes-jes-our-bisexual-icon-post-here &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/714234769037246464/my-favorite-bisexual-icon-some-info &https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/717358988522602496/this-photo +Kit dancing to ‘Shut up and Dance’ is everything:https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/729978968509431808/kit-dancing-to-shut-up-and-dance-is-everything

-GRISHAVERSE SHIPS EDITS long post :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712406622424776704/grishaverse-ships-edits-tumblr-post-ill-keep

-THE CROWS- RASPUTIN edit :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712326087475101696/a-fucking-masterpiece-the-crows-rasputin

-SAB- Shadow And Bone-This Is The Greatest Show EDIT :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/734406122811899904/23

-i love this cast so much :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/712222719254691840/i-love-them-all-so-much

-Six Of Crows when it happens (GIFS) :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/737042937389662208

-SOC Spinoff SCRIPT :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/735349444702355456/thoughts-after-nov-162023-click-on-the-pics

-5/6 crows pictures-wearing THE iconic crows' names t-shirt (yes, we're still waiting for Amita you all) :https://yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere.tumblr.com/post/687376537779044352/update-waiting-for-only-one-more-now

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[isatartdump]

Hi meet (some of) my ocs!!!

you can still look for ISAT pilled posts here btw, there just may be ocs from time to time... I've consistently tagged everything and I plan on doing this still!

Will start oc pilling my silly blog with a messy dump of oc sketches I love. Inconsistent as all hell because most of the drawings are from last year

^ Haden (He's a fallen angel, to sumarize. Although this information IS heavily prone to change DASHUDHASU. He's from Spes (Comic name- No there isn't any comic work done outside of a few points I've drawn already))

^ Shopkeeper (Yes, his name is also his profession... He's a character for a game I am working on. Don't- Don't ask about it I also know jackshit about code and it has been put into the oven again since I want to try to learn coding games and doing the assets with a smaller project)

^ Ignis (He's a fallen angel, just like Haden! I'm strying trying to figure out her past design... But! This one isn't going to change I'm sure. Well. 80% sure, at least. They're also from Spes!)

^ Maru (Shes an alien Idol! Sadly I didn't do much on her story yet but she's half alien half human, since I (sadly......²) only have her concept on hand. I haven't decided which world she belongs to yet but I'm thinking on putting her alongside my other gay aliens for the funnies. Would be nice if she was a bit of the reason why Vector wanted to become a pilot. No I won't give context now)

ANd last but not least- minecraft ocs!!!

From left to right- Cain, the creeper is a vocalist/guitarrist without a band. Pete, the slime is a hunter (yes he hunts while serving cunt). Sulfur, the Warden is a farmer.

That's it- that's the post. Ty. I will share more blorbos later. Probably. I've been sick today and just wanted to get stuff for my ocs here :')

[sasaranurude]

Okay. I've been playing Tokyo Debunker today, since the release happened to catch me on a day when all I'd planned to do was write fanfiction. I just finished reading the game story prologue (it was longer than expected!), so here's a review type post. If you're reading this post not having seen a single thing about this game: it's a story-based joseimuke gacha mobile game that just released globally today. It's about a girl who suddenly finds herself attending a magic school and mingling with elite, superhuman students known as ghouls. If you look in the tumblr tag for the game you'll see what appears to be a completely different game from 2019 or so: they retooled it completely midway through development, changing just about everything about it due to "escalating competition within the gaming industry."

I'll talk about how this looks like a blatant twst clone at the end.

Starting with the positive: The story is charming. I enjoyed it thoroughly the entire time and am excited to read more. The mix between visual novel segments and motion comics was really nice--it broke things up and added a lot of oomph to the action or atmospheric scenes that visual novels generally lack. I like the art in the comic parts a lot. the live2d in the visual novel parts is... passable. Tone-wise, I think the story was a little bit all over the place and would like to see more of the horror that it opened on, but I didn't mind the comedic direction it went in either. The translation is completely seamless. The characters so far all have unique voices and are just super fun and cute. Of the ones who've had larger roles in the story so far, there's not a single one I dislike. It's all fully voiced in Japanese and the acting is solid. (I don't recognize any voices, and can't seem to find any seiyuu credits, so it seems they're not big names, but they deliver nonetheless.) Kaito in particular I found I was laughing at his lines a ton, both the voicing and the writing.

He's looking for a girlfriend btw. Spreading the word.

The problem is like. The gameplay is the worst dark-pattern microtransaction-riddled bullshit I've ever seen. Hundred passive timers going at all times. Fifty different item-currencies. Trying to get you to spend absurd amounts of real world money at every turn. There's like five different indicators that take you to various real-money shop items that I don't know how to dismiss the indicator, I guess you just have to spend money, wtaf. Bajillion different interlocking systems mean you have zero sense of relative value of all the different item-currencies. I did over the course of the day get enough diamonds for one ten-pull, which I haven't used yet. Buying enough diamonds for a ten-pull costs a bit under $60 (presumably USD, but there's a chance the interface is automatically making that CAD for me--not gonna spend the money to check lmfao), with an SSR rate of 1%. BULLSHIIIIIT.

There's like a goddamn thousand-word essay explaining the dozen different types of character upgrades and equippables and equippables for the equippables!! Bad! Bad game design! That's just overcomplicating bullshit to trick people into thinking they're doing something other than clicking button to make number go up! That is not gameplay!

In terms of the actual gameplay, there is none. The battle system is full auto. There might be teambuilding, but from what I've seen so far, most of that consists of hoping you pull good cards from gacha and then clicking button to make number go up. There's occasional rhythm segments but there's no original music, it's just remixes of public domain classical music lmao. I'd describe the rhythm gameplay as "at least more engaging than twisted wonderland's," which is not a high bar

At least there's a cat in the rhythm bit.

And like, ok, I gotta remark on how derivative it is. Like I mentioned in my post earlier, this game is unabashedly aping twisted wonderland's setting and aesthetic. (That said, most of the stuff it steals from twst is magic school stuff that twst also basically stole from Harry Potter, so...?) However, it isn't exactly like twst: in this one, the characters say fuck a lot and bleed all over the place and do violence. Basically, the tone is a fair bit more adult than twst's kid-friendly vibe. (Not, like, adult adult, and I probably wouldn't even call it dark--it's still rated Teen lol. Just more adult than twst.)

Rather than just being students at magic school, the ghouls also go out into the mundane world to go on missions where they fight and investigate monsters and cryptids. Honestly, the magic school setting feels pretty tacked-on. The things that are enjoyable about this would've been just as enjoyable in about any other setting--you can tell this whole aspect was a late trend-chasing addition, lmao. So, yeah, it's blatantly copying twst to try to steal some players, but... Eh, I found myself not caring that much. Someone more (or less) into twst than me may find it grating.

Character-wise, eh, sure, yeah, they're a bit derivative in that aspect too, but it's a joseimuke game, the characters are always derivative. Thus far the writing & execution has been solid enough that I didn't care if they were tropey. If I were to compare it to something else, I'd say the relationship between the protagonist and the ghouls feels more like that of the sage and wizards in mahoyaku than anything from twst. There's some mystery in exactly what "ghouls" are and their place in this world that has me intrigued and wanting to know more about this setting and how each of the characters feels about it. I have a bad habit of getting my hopes up for stories that put big ideas on the table and then being disappointed when they don't follow through in a way that lives up to my expectations, though.

So, my final verdict: I kind of just hope someone uploads all the story segments right onto youtube so nobody has to deal with the dogshit predatory game to get the genuinely decent story lol. Give it a play just for the story if you have faith in your ability to resist dark patterns. Avoid at all costs if you know you're vulnerable to gacha, microtransactions, or timesinks.

[that-smallinjured-bowylamb]

Ngl, smth abt Universal Love!reader keeps me hooked... and some small hcs to keep me thinking.

This hc is solely for the universe that serves reader so, like:

•I could hc the universe being much more discreet with its favoritism. Like, as in no one would suspect a magicless student of all people being chosen to do whatever they please, even if they're lazy and depressed.

Like, imagine how it goes in TWST:

Okay, somewhere in book1, right? OR before book1. Ace gets to be the first to "find" out that the weak janitor has some power of sort. Like, imagine your making fun of a so-called "magicless" janitor, then suddenly you felt a very forceful push that made you fall, face-first. Imagine, to your shock, the janitor was just snickering/smiling/smirking/whatever in your miserably figure on the ground. It's like something is helping them, right?

•Okay, so Deuce "finds out" second. Why am I saying "finds out" with "? Bc, it isn't confirmed yet, and knowing that reader takes place in OUR world, and had heard about the game (or plays the game, or on the Fandom of said game) your kinda just quiet abt it. Cuz, listen, there's many students in here that would particularly like to... examine the power you hold.

•But at the same time, I wanna think what the universe would do during the ceremony. Maybe even subtly threaten to soften the dark mirror's words and put it in the most respectful way for your situation? Since I've mentioned about it in another post abt the OTHER multiverses would gladly help you with open arms (and favoritism) it could easily be hidden as "luck" from the blue fire, and you saving Kalim in the process. ("So like, where did you get the water from?" No worries. 🎀)

•But reminders of how the Universe is kinda like my OC, just involving itself to reader is the difference of my original OC (<-meant to be shipped, but I changed that 4 this post😋)

•Ngl, since you've been taken care of by the universe itself, you are probably sparkling. And for sure whenever you collapse in P.E there will always be this strange rainbow sugary cloud lying just for you to plop on (Eternal Sugar Cookie!?!?) Yes, you can eat it, the universe doesn't mind. ("ETERNAL SUGAR COOKIE IS THAT YOU???")

^One of your classmates btw.

•Okay so back to book1, your aware that anytime Riddle will overblot so you're thinking, "maybe I could use the [insert Universe's power bc I haven't named it yet]" well, you're not wrong, but thing is, you might risk revealing your identity (And I don't want SOME of the boy's take advantage even if I have the upper hand ☹️) so let's say this, he survived by luck.

•Okay, so now it's up to you whether it's platonic feelings towards you or not, bc it's entirely made up by your imagination (for me it's obv romantic and a bit of realism cuz look, I'm hopeless when it comes to romance)

•Now, as for book2... Leona would hate you on the spot. A herbivore seemingly to get everything they please? While he, had to work his ass off all for it to be shrugged in the end? [<-let's not ask how he exactly found out abt that, but maybeee witnessing you do smth that activates the command for the Universe???] He's as said [<-in one of the comments in my last post abt this] conflicted? In a way where, he could take advantage of your power, but you have more advantage of this situation bc you have the literal Universe to help you. On the other hand, he's envious it may or may not drive him to actually stir up the trouble he caused back in the magicshift incident a bit more quicker? Or, maybe just in the casual way. But, then again, you were probably hiding it for the sake of the plot going normally. (Listen, it's hard for me to drive the plot to a different route rather than the original route of the story plot).

•Personally, would spoil Ruggie because I can. I just love helping people and idk why, maybe out of habit. (But I've never had an 'act of kindness' as a habit)

•Not sure of Jack finding out, but maybe he has a gut feeling there is more to you than just being magicless. Maybe out of respect he feels that way or smth more.

•Anyway, Octavinelle.

•Yes, yes, that dorm... I love them (I love everyone that is) but, they gotta go. Personally thinking, Floyd reminds me of SOMEONE back in my class, like bro CHILL? Mf went through seasons in one episode within MINUTES. Then again, that student had problems, so respects for that srry. So, starting off the bat I don't think anyone would like him off the start (exception for a few writers cuz ik SOME would instantly like him despite the dangers at first sight)

•oooo, now I'm thinking abt JAMIL. Man's had been serving the Al-asim his entire life, only to see Universal Love!reader being served by the UNIVERSE ITSELF. (It's okay Jamil, just marry me and we'll both be happy 😊)

•Do you know that one feeling where you suddenly disconnect after seeing your math quiz paper? Yeah, you are probably feeling that rn due to so much shit happening. Tbh, how would you adapt to the universe suddenly taking interest in you AND getting sent to another world where you don't belong?? Seriously, I'm not going to last there.

•After book1 maybe a little bit of bonding you get to reveal things if you trust them enough, the fact that you don't know basic knowledge of this world still somewhat made you inferior in a way, like?? Where tf even are you? To be fair, if you didn't have this Universal Love [<-which, could be very important to your mental/physical health because the amount of shit your going through is A LOT] let's keep it real: you miss your friends and the place you call home.

•book2 your getting exhausted, the first one was a bitch now your dealing with another bitch that could be related with you on an emotional level [do you know the amount of people I've met that has the laziness but with potential and gave off Leona vibes?]

•book3 atp you want to take a break bc this is where the REAL feeling of seeing your math test and zoning out, like bro I forgot my last name one time so I just thought abt writing my first name and skipping to the easier parts of the math exam (none of them were easy). In comes octussy and two glowsticks with sharp scissor teeth and they enslave your friends like it is the 1619's and bro they even traumatized Grim (and yet he couldn't learn shit about responsibility) in comes another overblot, and at this point you just wanna skip, you don't know what to feel about Azul's backstory but it could end up in three ways;

1. You feel bad and somewhat see yourself in him (<-if you've experienced something similar)

2. You have nothing to feel, but not in a bad apathetic way, more like in a "How should I feel about this" way

3. You feel bad but didn't experience the things he went through, you've felt it, though.

And no, everything goes back to normal, his schemes are back on the loose (atp I have this sudden urge to flash him 100 memories of how terrible Earth's society is, Oh, and if I wanna talk abt that, this will go to bestie!Yuu)

•next is book4 l, goodness it's exhausting, not even the Universe can help that. Time doesn't stop and fate really loves to mess with you as a past time, seriously though. You were talking to a student named Jamil, all of a sudden you were dragged to the dorm, get hypnotized, trapped in there which is basically kidnapping, escaped with carpet, carpet ended up going to the sea dorm instead, get caught by octussy and the giant glow in the dark slimes, dragged them over to the hot scorching dorm, get into conflict since there is a big ass tension you can clearly see even if it's just air, Jade does his thing, the other skittles are doing there business by distracting Jamil, Jamil gets caught by Jade, Jamil overblots, Jamil throws you all to the end of the map, come back, distract- wait, no, you could just use Miss Universe to handle that, whoops. Dress yourself up in whatever traditional outfit the universe could fit you in, distract, and attack. Then everything goes to normal, you collapse from emotional exhaustion. The universe drags you back to Ramshackle, what were you living for again?

•So cue to befriending these guys (not quite but enough for the tension to ease a little), your just... you know what, you chased down the headmage just to tell him if he found your way home yet, fucker couldn't find an excuse in time and decided to ditch you and come back in book5 to tell you that you are manager for today. Atp this man reminds me of my father, neglectful but comes to me when he has to. Please save me 💕

•Anyway, you become manager, they get dropped off to your supposed Ramshackle even though it looks like a remake of an old dollhouse, Vil comments about it, Rook is fascinated bc he remembered it was WAY different than what this place had become, Epel is grumbling because of practice for the VDC, Ace and Deuce join along, especially Kalim and Jamil, your tired and just went to bed, Vil stops you because you're a manager even though you don't know what to fucking do, Rook comments on how healthy your skin looks despite being in a dampened and abandoned area, Epel wants to leave, Ace is teasing Deuce because Deuce was admiring the fucking wallpaper, Deuce gave Ace the fades, Kalim is looking around for literally anything, Jamil is cautious because maybe there are bugs (there aren't any), anddddd here we go. ROUND 5!

•In comes Neige and his seven dwarves, they greet you (but Neige looks awestruck) and with a quick small talk you left cause' holy knights you do not want to deal with anymore headaches, Floyd chases you down in the halls, you evaded, Jade was following along, you escaped (thank you Universe), Azul is dragging poor souls down again, others are doing whatever to prepare and shit (but they all lose in the end).

•Now comes another overblot which you've expected, Rook is strange but it's okay he's Rook, Epel is freaking out cus what the fuck, Ace and Deuce got war flashbacks of previous blots, Jamil had quick thinking and saved most of you all, Kalim knew the poisonous gas and liquid or whatever, you were drained, and you wanted everything to end already. Ace took notice and was completely concerned before covering it up and focusing on the main situation.

•When everything was done, Tsunotarou came, you called out for him just like in the game, everyone is shocked but who gaf, you were tired but as prior Ace already took noticed and ended this shit before you could crash out and use the Universe to destroy the fucking world your unwilling to live in, when everything else was done, Neige was interested in you, Rook is going to spy on you mostly from now on, Epel thinks your coo and he hopes you think of him as cool as well, the ADeuce duo brought you back home so you could rest for the whole day, Deuce spills the tea to the others back in his dorm, now they feel bad and decided to help you feel a little more at home cuz fuck you don't wanna do shit rn.

•Then. There's. Book. Six. Oh. My. Days.

My life is draining helppp.

[Not sure if I should add book 7 so :p]

[kingskyless]

thoughts on natlan's arc in genshin🌋

tldr: i'm pissed off!! watch me rant about storytelling under cut. please take your storytelling seriously and with love, jesus christ

this is long btw! this is what happens when you piss me off with your poor writing choices! i crave blood!

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these are thoughts i wrote on my private twitter but i'll put them here too, why not.

i really, really don't like being negative towards anything anymore, chosing to embrace the silliness of poor storytelling and just grab what i do love, but man did the final act for natlan piss me off

I've been waiting for Natlan since the game came out because we knew it was going to be inspired by pre-hispanic America. Aztecs. México. (i'm mexican for context) and it was!!! with the inclusion of Maori, Peruvian, Lakota, Hawaiian and Yoruba. and it was done Horribly

Natlan is still mostly inspired by México though, I made a whole video on genshin's mexican rep, when it comes to overworld, food, names, music and lore inspiration yeah, the Mexican rep is done well and very fun! but it's still mixed with the cultures previously mentioned which is bad!!

and it gets WORSE because you look at the characters, be it playable or NPCs and nothing about them is mexican (or any of the previous cultures) nothing at all, and that's when the issues start.

I literally made a tumblr post a few days ago how I didn't think Natlan's story was bad, we just didn't connect with the characters due to character design. And while it still holds truth, this final act just undoes all the build-up it had in the previous acts, leaving no true conclusion and, therefore, ruining the story as a whole. a lá game of thrones.

Natlan in its first 3 acts was actually really well done, presenting the different tribe cultures, character personalities and how they mix with one another, and they had very strong set up for more world building and Very Important Lore Reveals (the Abyss having a "heart", dragons, THE SHADES, FALSE SKY?) I really enjoyed myself playing the first acts!

But the marketing makes you distance yourself from the characters, devs decided to push back the culture of the tribes in game and delay the next acts of the story, and you disconnect!!!

going back to the first acts and it's wonderful set up, then what is the point of having all this beautiful set up, only to just - not explore it in the CLIMAX OF THE ARC. and it was very very important lore and conversations to move the story forward and raise the stakes!!!

and they ignored it or barely mention it!!! yes having all the answers shown at you is not fun, and they can totally explore these aspects of the lore later on, but by the way Natlan was written from the start it was 10000% expected to have those conversations in THIS arc.

there's also the set up that's been there since the games release. None of this is explored, we don't know who "he" is, who's the crossed out name, what was the secret of the god of war. there's nothing, this is never explored.

NOTE: that it is true the story was revisited or straight up rewritten way after this material was released, it is something that can happen during production, it partially happened with sumeru already. the thing is when you make changes like these, if you already established in previous trailers or manga certain lore, you have to be extremely careful, as the audience is already expecting something like this to happen in the story. when you rewrite this and there's no pay off it causes confusion and frustration among the audience, as you are no longer following what you set up and it creates plot holes a throw away line about the muratans or murata would've done to connect the manga with the current natlan, but there's not even that.

They establish very important new characters, but don't explain their true role in the story beyond "evil" . What is Gosoythoth? why can it become a dragon? why are there voices around it? why are the former archons so negative? . Sure, we as an audience can make headcanons about it (and some answers were partially told, not nearly enough though) but it's information that needs to be talked about in the story, but the characters never question this and it's never explored.

and we KNOW they can write compelling characters and stories because Fontaine is right there!! it explores very important lore and intertwines it perfectly with the cast and their own personal struggles, what the fuck happened in Natlan.

it just pisses me off and makes me very sad, I was excited for natlan for many years because, for better or for worse, that's my culture they're taking to tell this story, and seeing them fuck up both frustrates me.

i'll keep playing because i still want to see how they wrap it up but aaaaa, i haven't been this mad since Inazuma, and i dont think Inazuma pissed me off this bad.

the following is things that bothered me personally and not something i can criticize from a storytelling standpoint:

the entire traveler parade after beating gosoythoth made me uncomfortable to no end. really really giving white saviour. it draaaged and everyone was kissing their feet and i was PRAYING for more depth in that but no! fuck me!

if you wanted to have the corny ass parade, okay, have it, but maybe show the traveler not being as happy? or carrying mental wounds after the battle??? GIVE THEM DEPTH OR SOMETHING?????????

you couldve expanded on the four shades, expanded on the abyss, expanded on the angels, expand on xiuhcóatl, expand on fucking gosoythoth since it was literally right there???? flesh out paimon, flesh out the main cast????

and totally flesh out capitano, he did absolutely nothing and he's the first of the harbingers, we just saw him get his ass beat by mavuika in the first act and then nothing??? (cutscene was great!) im not mad at the ending he got, it was very in character, i just wish there was more to him

natlan was set up as a nation of dragons and we learned nothing of them in the main arc, it set up the abyss having a personification and we learned nothing of it

this is mostly something i wouldve loved, but they set up the shades and time manipulation as we saw from mavuika, and no mention of istaroth??? hello???????????

also how did ororon know about nahidas power????

[neospokenworld]

SPRING SEASON ANIME 2025 FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Spring season has arrived... around last week lol, but no matter that, these will be the 5 anime I'll be watching this season and my impressions of them after only one episode! let's get started now

ROCK WA LADY NO TASHINAMI DESHITA

This just dropped a new episode I'm yet to watch so I'm basing myself from E1 only, and with that I mean this seems pretty good!! honestly the premise already had me from the start (like come on, girls in a rock band normally is something that piques my interest at minimum, plus I've seen it being promoted in some yuri/gl parts I follow so that makes me more interested too lol) and yeah this seems like a really good one. The animation for when they have the rock off was pretty accurate in my eyes and outside of that the music was good and the characters were nice and funny. Definitely a watch for the season

GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS

So lemme say this right away: I don't know anything about Guilty Gear outside of a few character names and appearance (Bridget being the only one I know the design but other than that, I knew Sol Badguy from name and Jack-O due to the pose that was kinda viral before. Oh and also there a girl I think? who has a giant key and talks with it iirc) so I'm going pretty much blind here

With that said, it was a pretty entertaining story and set all in all. Neat action and animation which I say it kinda look similar to what I've seen on the very few clips I saw before of the game. 'this was mainly an introductory episode so I'll expect to see more of this world 'll be on the watch to see how good it can go (also this anime being on could open a very small possibility for a Skullgirls anime which I would be so hyped about please let it happen lol)

LAZARUS

Shinichiro Watanabe the GOAT

It's kinda funny how around the time I finished my first Cowboy Bebop watch the trailer for this anime was released, and lemme tell ya I've been super hyped about it since then, patiently waiting until the anime finally released with only a slight shade of worry thanks to Uzumaki and, while I'll still have my guard up in case it goes to shit after this episode, I'll tell ya that it definitely was an amazing start!

From the animation to the set of the story and the characters; the music and the action choreography, everything was pretty much amazing from start to finish. Even though I know this is from the same creator and (likely) shares the same universe as all of his creations (still need to see Samurai Champloo and Carole & Tuesday btw) I could feel some slight Cowboy Bebop vibes coming from it, but modernized and also going on it's own flow which I really like.

I'm gonna wait to see how it develops but for now this has to be my favorite anime of this batch.

TO BE HERO X

So from my understanding I've been knowing about this anime's existence ever since it's first trailer dropped years ago but being honest I saw it and forgot about it until now lol.

Still, went to see it and it really has some arcane-ish vibes coming from the 3D animation and the switches to 2D were also pretty nice. The premise of the story so far looks very interesting since something tells me that Nice... Wasn't very nice behind closed doors lol, but really something tells me there's more going on with Nice seeing some reactions and some pieces of dialogue thrown here and there.

The opening was the thing that got to me when I first saw it in the credits, with the one I assume is the villain snapping their fingers and making the animation changes. I was like ''OOOHH IT'S THIS ONE!'' when I saw that lol, literally forgot about it until now lol.

Anyways pretty neat introduction so I'll be on the look for more.

DEVIL MAY CRY

Oh look, another game franchise that I don't know anything about it's lore that now has an anime

To be fair this one is on me. I had a PS2 pretty much all my life and in my 20+ years of existing I've only played the first game like once a couple of years ago (and that was only for a few minutes, didn't get any of the story made) and also the DmC game for the PS3 with the black haired Dante, which ngl it was pretty fun to play although I didn't retain anything of the story since the console wasn't mine lol

BUT, I know Dante and Vergil plus the fact that they're both brothers and their last name is Sparda, also the ''Jackpot'' line, so that must count for something right? (it doesn't lol)

Now, getting into the anime, the first episode was fun and interesting, nothing like really crazy but pretty entertaining all in all. It has the whole season already out so I'll probably put this in a separate ''final thoughts'' post since it'll take me like a week to go through it but the characters are neat and the soundtrack is nu metal heaven lol.

The animation, while I'll consider it an anime, it has an artstyle that can get roped within the ''anime-esque'' style that some western shows have like Pantheon; Harley Quinn; both the Tomb Raider and the Ark series, and the precursor of them all that is the Avatar shows (ATLA and LOK) but this isn't a diss to the style nor the shows, it's just something I wanted to point out lol, the animation was nice looking so it isn't a complain at all. Good start all in all

HAITE KUDASAI, TAKAMINE SAN

Listen, I'm a MahoAko fan, love both the anime and manga the same, and you wanna know how that started? by the fact of my wanting to see how far the anime will go just being an ecchi lol.

So with that in mind I went here and it was kinda fun. I'm gonna say here that this one feels MUCH more like an ecchi than MahoAko, like here the most we got were boobs and ass shots but over there episode 1 and there was already tentacle play lmao, but that aside the fun came seeing how absurd the plot was and well, not much else lol.

Honestly this one I don't think I'll finish but rather I'll probably watch it every once in a while to see how it goes, but if you look for an ecchi then this is one you should watch lol.

[flamingspud]

It was the end of the school day, and surprisingly enough seventeen year old Joel found himself approaching Scott and Gem of all people. They were at Gem's locker talking, so Joel slowly sidled up to them. He hovered there for a moment, not getting any attention, so he cleared his throat. The pair turned to look at him. "Can we help you?" Scott asked.

Joel takes on the task of organising a birthday party.

Surprise!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63167368

Fic under the cut:

It was the end of the school day, and surprisingly enough seventeen year old Joel found himself approaching Scott and Gem of all people.

They were at Gem's locker talking, so Joel slowly sidled up to them.

He hovered there for a moment, not getting any attention, so he cleared his throat.

The pair turned to look at him. "Can we help you?" Scott asked.

"Well, I heard of your little conundrum of having nothing to do this weekend-"

"What are you talking about?-" Gem started, but Joel continued on without notice.

"And I suppose I'll help you out with this problem, by offering to let you help me organise a birthday party."

"Um, pass," Scott told him.

"What?" Joel had not seen this coming.

"I said we're good."

"Ok…" Joel sounded dejected, yet he didn't budge.

This earned weird looks from the pair. "What?" Scott asked again, vaguely annoyed.

"Oh my god, he has no other friends," Gem realised.

"Oh my god…"

"What?! Of course I have other friends! In fact, I have so many other friends that I don't remember you guys exist most days. You're just blips on the busy radar of my life! You're so inconsequential that I can't even think of what your names are, actually have we met before?" Joel rambled defensively.

"Right…" Gem said, looking him up and down judgementally. "…Who's the party for?"

Joel perked up at that. "Well, if you insist, it's for Lizzie. She said she hasn't had one in ages since when she was a kid no one showed up, so I've decided to change that."

"That's… really sweet actually," Scott said, clearly surprised.

"Well duh, I thought of it."

Gem rolled her eyes. "Fine. I'll make the group chat."

"Really?" Joel asked hopefully, before quickly coughing. "I mean, cool."

The pair watched as Joel walked away.

"He has some serious issues," Gem commented.

"Oh definitely," Scott agreed, though they still made the group chat.

~~~

The group had decided to hold the party at Joel's place, since it'd be the easiest place to get Lizzie without raising suspicion. Joel also made sure to schedule a date with her in advance so that she'd definitely be around. As far as she was aware they'd be watching movies.

Lizzie's Surpise Bday

Gem <So what's the plan for entertainment?

Scott <party games???

What is she> Joel 

3?> Joel

Scott <no need to be rude

Gem <How much do those petting zoo companies cost?

Scott <probably an arm and a leg

Scott <I just checked and it's at least 280 for an hour

Yikes> Joel 

Btw Gem you spelt Surprise wrong> Joel 

Gem <That was on purpose

Really?> Joel 

Gem <100%

As Joel was sprawled on Cleo's couch while he texted his friends (though he'd never call them that out loud) about Lizzie's party, who walked in other than his divorced-from-the-family-uncle? 

"Hey Joel," he greeted.

Joel narrowed his eyes at him. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to pick Bdubs up for horse riding. What are you doing?"

Joel sighed. "Trying to find an activity to do for Lizzie's birthday."

Etho had an idea. "How do you feel about hiring a clown?" He asked.

Joel furrowed his eyebrows. "I don't think-"

"I'd pay for it," Etho added.

Joel eyed him suspiciously. "Why?" Etho wasn't known for being the kind of guy to go out of his way to do something generous for someone he didn't even know.

Etho considered saying he wanted to be nice, but Joel was smarter than that. "Do you remember the clown at Bdubs' eleventh birthday?"

"The one who punched you in the face?"

Etho winced. "Yeah- that one… I've been looking for an excuse to have a rematch."

"For three years? Why don't you just hire him without hijacking my girlfriend's birthday party?"

"I don't want to seem lame."

Joel thought Etho had long since crossed that line, but he went back to the group chat.

Lizzie's Surpise Bday

How do you guys feel about having Etho fighting a clown as entertainment?> Joel 

Free of charge> Joel 

Gem <Hell no

Scott <why is that even an option?

He has some rivalry with the clown from my cousin's birthday three years ago> Joel 

And now he wants revenge> Joel

Gem <Your uncle's messed up dude

You're telling me> Joel

Scott <ask him if he has beef with any bunny farmers!

Ok gimme a sec> Joel

He said no> Joel

Scott <damn.

The group tossed ideas around, but by the time they decided to turn in for the night they were empty handed. Gem had said she'd figure something out, but Joel was unsure.

~~~

"What's the ETA on the cake?" Joel asked as he ran into the kitchen to grab some scissors.

"It'll be ready when it's ready!" Grian snapped back.

"Around twenty minutes?" Mumbo suggested, glancing at the oven timer.

A popping noise could be heard from the oven.

"…make that an hour…"

Joel had convinced Grian to make the cake for him in exchange for buying him a DLC for one of his video games. A fair trade, he felt, but only if they actually got the damn thing done.

Joel sighed and went back to decorating. He kept checking his phone, as Gem and Scott were meant to be there already.

He was sticking up the last of the banners when the pair finally decided to show up. 

"Where have you two been? I've been decorating alone for the past hour!"

"Sorry, we were a little busy," Gem told him, and Joel watched as a flurry of cats were guided in by Scott.

"Holy- where'd you get them?" He asked, impressed that they'd actually managed to find some.

"Well-"

"Hold on, is that Jellie?" Joel asked as a grey cat started nuzzling his leg.

"Huh, so it is," Scott commented.

"Did you guys kidnap these cats?!" Joel demanded.

"More like borrowed them- they were outside, we'll keep them for the hour then let them go again, and no one will be the wiser!" Gem told him.

Joel didn't know what to say to that, but they were running out of time so he just decided to roll with it.

It wasn't long after until their friend, Oli, walked in. "Hey guys! I got the playlist ready," he announced.

"Perfect!" Joel said. "The speaker's in the corner."

Oli nodded and bounded over to it.

Joel checked his watch. People were supposed to be arriving around now, so where were they?

"Scott, you're sure you told them the right time?" Joel asked.

Scott winced. "There's a slight problem… nobody rsvpd…"

"What?!" Joel exclaimed. This could not be happening. How could they have a party if nobody showed up?!

"Well there's us," Gem reminded him, "as far as I'm aware we're her closest friends."

Joel was still anxious though, picking frustratedly at his nails.

Scott, of all people, put a hand on Joel's shoulder. "She'll love it."

Before Joel could say something, whether it be a thanks or a cutting remark he wasn't sure, Grian and Mumbo bounded over from the kitchen triumphantly.

"Tadaa!" Grian announced. "No need to thank us, your smiles are enough."

"What- I thought you were nowhere near done?!" Joel exclaimed.

"We uh- took some shortcuts…" Mumbo said, a somewhat nervous tone to his voice.

What that meant, Joel had no idea, but he had no time to interrogate his brother as the doorbell rang. "Everyone hide!"

Joel dimmed the lights as the others found hiding spots around the apartment.

He then walked over to the door and opened it. "Hi Lizzie!"

The girl was confused to say the least. "Hey Joel- why is your apartment so dark?"

As she said that one of the others turned up the lights, and everyone popped out from their hiding places. "Surprise!"

Lizzie's eyes went wide, and Joel took her hands.

"I know you don't normally have birthday parties, but I hope you don't mind-"

Lizzie suddenly wrapped her arms around him. "I love it," she said quietly into his shoulder.

Joel couldn't help the dopey grin that formed on his face. "Happy birthday."

Oli turned on the music, Grian cut slices of cake for everyone, and the group ended up having a really nice time.

As they ate, Joel did cast sceptical glances around the room to see if anyone was having an adverse reaction to the cake, but it tasted like cake so he figured it was fine.

All in all, it was a successful night, spent laughing and petting cats.