#but also I don't think there'd be a way for me to drop off the face of the earth for a month or so and not have them find out what was up

[dubiousdoctors]

I think I would be more confident about trying to get top surgery if I was sure that the recovery process would actually go well...

[lostbetweenvampiresandmusic]

Hi!! Could I get a poly!lost boys x male(or gn if you don’t do male) reader who sleepwalks? Just their reactions to it and a bit of humor, but also a little danger because the reader almost sleepwalks out of the cave during daytime? And how the boys would adjust things to make sure it never happens again?

Thanks!

I hope you like this!💜

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"It's really becoming a problem," Marko sounded worried, which was unusual, to say the least. Paul sat next to him, his legs on Marko's lap. Even though Paul didn't speak, it was clear he agreed. "What if he walks out into the sun, and we don't notice it because we're all asleep as well?"

David nodded, leaning back in his chair as he sighed. Their mate, as much as they loved him, as much as they loved the fact that he changed, had a bit of a problem. Not a bad one, per se. It's not a problem in the sense of him changing wrong or him not being okay with being a vampire. No, it was in the sense of taking some human traits along with the change. Back when the boys had first met him, they first started hanging out with him, they hadn't known. It was only when they had invited their mate over to stay the night at the cave that this problem came to light.

He sleepwalked. Every night, like clockwork. Back when he was human, all they had to do was make sure there'd be no mess on the floor so he could walk safely wherever his dream took him. They did board up the cave entrance, but that was purely for his protection, so he didn't walk off of a cliff while sleeping. Now, as a vampire, this sleepwalking resulted in him walking and sometimes even floating around during the day - and the risk of him ending up in a stray beam of sunlight was getting bigger and bigger.

The three boys inside the cave looked up as Dwayne entered, quickly followed by their mate. The fresh stains of blood were still visible on his chin, some blooddrops stubbornly being stuck in his stubble.

"What's up, guys?"

"We need to find a solution for your sleepwalking problem," David said, causing their mate to shake his head a little and sigh.

"I've always done so, I don't know if it can be stopped."

"Then we'll have to find a way to make sure you'll stay safe," Dwayne gave him a soft smile. As the elder vampire sat down on the fountain ledge, the younger went to sit on the ground, between him and David.

"I mean, we can tie you up at night?" Paul offered, looking at his mate.

"I thought we agreed to keep talk of kinks in the bedroom?"

"You do realise we fucked on almost every surface in this cave?"

"Is that why the floor is so sticky?"

Marko laughed, throwing Paul's legs off of his lap. "What if we tie bricks to your feet, so you won't float away?"

"Why are the two of you so keen on tying me up?"

The two boys shrugged, grinning. "We're just into it babe."

"Yeah, I realise that," he laughed. "But no. How about you make sure there's no where to float to?"

"There are too many holes to be certain we've got to them all," David said as he lit a cigarette, throwing the package towards Dwayne. "In the long run, it will work, but until then, you still risk being burned."

"I think I can handle a sunburn though."

The four elder vampires immediately shook their head. "You'll burn and melt like a marshmallow dropped in a fire."

"What if we sleep in a bed for a while?" Dwayne offered as he lit his own cigarette, pocketing the package. "We'll notice if you'd get up, and with the four of us surrounding you, the chances of you getting up are slim anyways."

"See," their mate looked at Paul and Marko, "that what a normal, non kinky plan sounds like."

"You do realise you'd be on the bottom, right?" Dwayne grinned, causing him to groan.

"Wait! What if we start sleeping in caskets? Coffins? I mean, if it's a closed lid -"

"We won't find a coffin big enough for the five of us."

"Don't tell me you won't be able to sleep without me next to you, David."

"Fine, I won't."

The two vampires grinned. Outside, the sun began to rise slowly, the sky lightning already. "We need to go to sleep," David sighed. "We'll go with Dwaynes plan, find a better one tomorrow."

"I think it's a good plan!" Marko, Paul and Dwayne spoke simultaneously. David chuckled, looking at his mate as he pulled him close. "Or you could latch yourself to me tonight. You know I'd never let you go."

"If you were anyone else," he said, looking at David, "that would be a terrifying statement."

"I'm not anyone else."

"No, you're not," he gave him a soft kiss on his cheek before yawning. "But I don't care what the plan is, I know I am dead on my feet."

It was quickly decided that tonight they'd sleep on their bed, a huge piece of furniture that practically took up the whole room it was in. It was large enough for the five of them to sleep comfortably, but tonight, they all laid close to each other. Limbs were entangled, several complaints about boys laying on each others hair.

"Paul, your knee is in my stomach."

"Better?" Paul looked at his newest mate.

"No, you're-"

Paul moved a bit more, leaning closer to him, speaking in a teasing, husky tone. "We can still always try my plan?"

"You wish!"

[wooahaes]

struggle

pairing: non-idol!s.coups x gn!reader

genre: dark yet also fluff...? mentions of married au.

word count: 0.8k~

warnings: depictions of violence (reader being pinned roughly against the wall by their neck), cheol being a dick. mentions of reader having a gun at one point. not proofread in the slightest. teehee its an actor au tho, reader just gets into character. writer also knows little about making movies.

daisy's notes: hes in his villain arc rn (also sorry for no taglist im exhausted, will rb w taglist tomorrow sometime)

All within a moment, your back was slammed into a wall and Seungcheol was staring you down.

"Pathetic..." He spit the word at you, cold eyes indifferent as he curled his fingers around your neck. "You really thought you'd get away with this, didn't you?"

You swallowed hard, hands tugging at his grasp. "I... I didn't--"

His hand grew tighter for a moment, pushing you harder against the wall. "I should kill you right now," he growled. "But I won't. We deserve an audience, don't we?" The cruel smile that tugged at his lips terrified you. Fuck, if only you hadn't lost your knife earlier--you wasted your last shot while he was pursuing you, and you'd dropped the gun when he grabbed you. "He'll be here soon."

You started shaking your head, tears brimming. "No. Nonono--Not Chan. Don't you fucking dare touch him--"

His hand grew tighter for just a moment. "Do you really think you're in the position to make orders?" He clicked his tongue. "You truly are stupid. Tell me," he grabbed your hands, pushing them above your head. "Why shouldn't I let him watch as I tear you limb from limb? You made this deal for him."

"I didn't!" You barked, tears running down your cheeks. "He doesn't have anything to do with this, you fucking monster--"

Another slam, and you let out a whimper of pain. Yet he was still cold, tilting his head curiously. "Humans are always so feisty," he clicked his tongue. "All of this just to save his soul... Maybe I should keep you alive. Let you watch as I devour him whole--"

With one swift kick to his abdomen, he lost his grip on you, recoiling from the pain. Immediately, you heard a "cut!" from offstage, and you immediately rushed over to the bent-over Seungcheol while the director said something about getting your doubles back in for this next fight scene. There'd be moments the two of you would need to simulate, but that could wait for when your husband can actually breathe again.

"Oh my god, I told you I didn't need to kick you for real!"

"No, no, it looks better--" He chuckled, straightening up. "Trust me--"

You smacked his arm, already pulling him off set, passing by your doubles. Yours gave you finger guns, calling out something about how that take looked pretty damn good from where they were sitting. To your dismay, the director agreed: the real kick did look better on camera in terms of Seungcheol's legitimate surprise. It fit the moment better, since his character was meant to be shocked at your character overcoming their fear to save their love. So the two of you retreated off set to rest for a minute and hydrate, and you caught the way he was pouting at you.

"I don't like the way Seokjin gets to have so many romance scenes with you." He sighed. He paused, eyes falling to your neck. Sure, the two of you had been walked through the scene plenty of times before on how to make it look real without him hurting you...

Before he could actually touch you to check you over, you swatted his hand away. "I'm fine, Cheol," you said. "Are you really jealous of him?"

"No!" He huffed. "I just hate how we don't get to play romantic roles. We should try to find a romantic role next."

The way he was frowning at you earned a snort from you, and you leaned against him. "Aw, my Cheollie's jealous."

He rolled his eyes, smiling as he settled in. "I'm not. I'm the one who gets to go home with you. I just... I like the idea of playing romantic leads with you. We could play something silly. I think we'd be good at it."

"Yeah, sure--"

"I do!" He pressed a kiss onto the top of your head. Even in his dark contacts and sullen makeup, he still looked handsome. You dreaded the scene where you killed him later: he'd never let you hear the end of it. He took your hand, playing with your fingers as he continued to muse aloud: "I think... It should end in a wedding. So I can marry you all over again--"

You swatted at his arm. "You sap."

He chuckled. "Just for you." He glanced back to where the two of you probably should start heading back in. Seokjin had already been on stand-by since he'd burst into the scene after your one-on-one fight with Seungcheol, and the two of you still had to film more for that for the close-ups...

Yet Seungcheol turned you to face him, kissing you hard and fast. "There." He chuckled. "It's out of my system."

(Although you were positive Seungcheol would steal another after the next scene you had with Seokjin...)

[mysteryshoptls]

SSR Leona Kingscholar Beastly Garb Personal Story: Part 3

"Whatever I feel like doing."

(Part 1) (Part 2) Part 3

[Sunset Savanna]

Leona: Who woulda thought there'd come a time I'd be driving this many people in my car.

Vil: Are we distracting you? If that's the case, you should have just arranged for another car.

Leona: Well, we can't do that, now can we?

Leona: Regardless of how I act, I'm still a prince here.

Leona: If I said I wanted to head out of the capital by car, it'd summon one of the royal family's chauffeurs.

Leona: But, it'd be terrible of us to have them drive every which way when they're already so busy, don'tcha think?

Leona: That's why there's no other choice but for me to take the wheel.

Leona: How thoughtful of me? Oh, I know. But I'm used to driving, so no need to rush to compliment me further.

Vil: You went and got the car so you would be able to leave Kifaji-san behind. And you still said all that with a straight face.

Vil: Well, I'm willing to believe only where you say you're "used to it," though.

Leona: Hey, hey, don't pick and choose just one thing I said like that.

Vil: I mean, you're so good at driving, yet no one knows you can, right?

Vil: Sage's Island is rather small. If you were to drive around the island, someone is bound to see you.

Vil: Similar to how we sometimes see Crewel-sensei driving around in his bright red classic car.

Vil: So you basically cultivated your driving skills here in Sunset Savanna, yes?

Leona: Who knows. I'll leave it to your imagination.

Vil: Well, despite your usual laziness, you leapt at the chance to drive. There's no way you don't like driving.

Vil: And yet, the fact that you never did on Sage's Island could only mean…

Vil: You hid it because you felt it would be troublesome if anyone knew. You really are such an incorrigible man, hiding what skills you have, like this.

Leona: I think you got the wrong idea, there… I'm not hiding it, or whatever.

Leona: There was a car on Sage's Island that I could just take whenever, sure, I'd totally do something like take my precious club members into the town, no prob.

Vil: Again, just speaking with out feeling, as always. Oh, also…

Leona: Just drop it, Vil. Also, hey, Kalim, Lilia and [Yuu], be prepared to get out soon.

Leona: We're almost there.

[Sunset Savanna – Arena]

―After the Catch the Tail victory

Kalim: Ahahah! Who woulda thunk we'd get this kind of victory parade!

Kalim: Tamashina-Mina was an amazing celebration!

Lilia: You're right. This was definitely a great trip ♪

Lilia: This memory will definitely last a lifetime. …And that includes this final ride, too.

Vil: We had just gotten a wonderful victory, but apparently we can't even finish this with elegance.

Leona: All of you need to just shut it. Just close your mouths before you bite your tongue off.

Leona: We're off. Time to leave this lame festival behind!

[Sunset Savanna]

Kalim: There's so much rain. There's so many tiny rivers starting to flow in the savannah.

Leona: Well, the rainy season's here now. The scenery around here'll change soon enough.

Kalim: Oh, cool. But anyway, Catch the Tail was sooo fuuuun. Sunset Savanna is sooo awesome!

Vil: True. There were a few moments of frustration, but… Now that it's over, I suppose the experience as a whole wasn't too terrible.

Lilia: Those royal guards we faced in the last round were splendid as well. I could really feel the strength of this country's convictions.

Leona: …

Lilia: Oh? There's a huge puddle ahead of us.

Vil: It doesn't seem like we'll be able to avoid it. Shouldn't you drop your speed a little?

Lilia: We're getting closer to the puddle with every breath.

Lilia: Leona, hurry and brake…

Leona: …

[vroooom!!]

Vil/Lilia/Kalim: EH!!?

 [SPLAAASH!!!]

Vil/Lilia/Kalim: GAAAAAAH!!!

Vil: Why'd you just slam into the puddle like that!? That shocked me!!

Lilia: Ahahah! That was exciting, Leona. I commend you on being able to surprise me like that!

Kalim: That was a huge water spray! All that mud came so high and even got on Vil's face! Ahahah!

Vil: That's nothing to laugh about! All of my makeup has been ruined.

Leona: Don't throw a fit. You never know, there might be one or two beautifying effects in the Sunset Savanna mud.

Vil: Where did your driver's common sense even go!?

Vil: You were such an exemplary driver with decency yesterday…

Vil: But today, you've had no consideration for your guests at all as you drive!

Leona: Common sense, decency, consideration…

Leona: Aren't you the ones who said I had none of that in the first place?

Lilia: That's… Oh, are you talking about from back when you invited us?

Vil: Are you serious? Were you just holding that as a grudge the whole time?

Leona: No? In fact, I actually agree with you.

Leona: I think… Having to give the Sunset Warriors "Guardianship Lesson," these old customs, and all the old men who cling to these things…

Leona: They're all so stupid!

[VROOOOM!!]

Vil/Lilia/Kalim: GAAAAAAH!!!

Lilia: Ahahah! I bet all the nearby animals are also all startled too. This is a hoot!

Kalim: This is amazing… I've… I've never been in a car that shook this hard…!

Kalim: It's so heart-pounding, I love it!

Vil: Leona! I'd like it if you didn't use us to relieve your stress!

Leona: Keh… Hahaha! Just looking at all your ridiculous reactions's really making me feel better.

Leona: I always thought that it'd be great to just jump in a car by myself and drive wherever, but…

Leona: I guess it's not too bad to have loudmouths like this ride me with sometimes.

(Part 1) (Part 2) Part 3

[riseofthecommonwoodpile]

Hi Izzy! I remember back in the day you were a big fan of Sunspring and wrote a beautiful piece discussing it and talking about AI art. Do you think any AI art has surpassed Sunspring? Have changes in the development of AI changed your perspective on it at all? Asking bc I love that essay and I’m very curious :) thx

(context for those who don't know, Sunspring is a short film made about 8 years ago that used a relatively early LLM to generate its script, which was then filmed with a real cast and crew. if you want to watch it here it is, it's about 9 minutes, i highly recommend it)

i've thought about Sunspring a lot as AI art has become such a big topic in the past year or so, and I think the pieces i wrote about it i still stand behind, though i got a few things wrong that i'll bring up when i answer the second question.

to answer the first question: i personally haven't see any AI art that has impacted me emotionally nearly as much, but i also kinda dropped off watching new movies (most of the new-to-me movies i watch are found footage horror movies, 70's porno-chic also-rans, and shot on video movies from the 90's), and i would wager that, if i could somehow experience all of the AI art that exists, there'd be something that hit me in the same way again. there's too much of it for that not to be the case, and too many genuinely creative people experimenting with it. that said, what was so beautiful about Sunspring was how imperfect the tech used to create it was. Almost all of the script makes grammatical sense, but the way it flows, the directions sentences go, the phrasing used is so strange that the friction between the failures of the tech to be truly convincing and the actors trying to bridge the gap to make it still work is what was exhilarating and moving. as the models have gotten better and better, as the rough edges smooth off, that tension so often has just faded into a bland beige unflavored oatmeal of average aggregate language. some of the phrases in Sunspring that have stuck with me the most ("I think I could have been my life", "Whatever you want to know about the presence of the story, I’m a little bit of a boy on the floor.", etc.) wouldn't be created by any of the most popular LLMs today. they're too idiosyncratic, the phrasing is too odd, the grammar almost but not quite there. the plot is surreal and associative, the structuring bizarre and dreamlike. the lines Sunspring ends on— "He looks at me, and he throws me out of his eyes. And then he says he’ll go to bed with me."— are some of my favorites in any film, and it's because they are abstract, poetic, like the computer stumbled upon a phrase so evocative that no written-by-committee script would've let it through. he looks at me, and he throws me out of his eyes. this man who is supposed to love me looks at me in a way where his love of me has gone, where i'm barely even seen as me. it's not the kind of sentence most modern LLMs, with their focus on being convincing, are designed to create.

as far as the second question, i think the biggest change in my perspective is how my belief in the technology, both good and bad, has curdled. i bought into the hype that the technology would progress to the point where screenwriting could be turned into an assembly line, and maybe after that the rest of the parts of filmmaking as well. i had hoped it would become a new collaborative process between human and technology, and i feared it would become a way for movie execs to pay people less and eliminate jobs. the first i haven't seen much of, and the second, while certainly the dream of so many boosters of the tech, has largely been a failure (though plenty, plenty of people have still lost their jobs to LLMs despite that, and as a labor issue i still think it is a very important area of focus). i was too caught up in the possibilities that i didn't bother to research who was making the tech, where the money was coming from, what growth in the sector would look like materially, etc. i still believe LLMs can be used creatively, but most likely any interesting art coming from them will emerge out of models custom-molded by artists to have some of those same rough edges i loved in the first place. i think, in terms of mainstream film, any use of AI is in service to the same bland competence the rest of the industry is mired in, a determination to make products for everyone that inevitably become products for no one. i've become a lot more cynical about the trend towards mediocrity in entertainment, and that cynicism is due at least in part to much of what i've seen come out of the AI space. i do not have a knee-jerk hatred of the tech, but it has not at all panned out how i had hoped or dreaded.

[alex-turners-world]

I don't think Alex is really holding onto Alexa; At least not in the way it's mainly speculated. I think he knows it's over for good and that they don't work as a couple but I think it took him awhile to realise this and accept it like after Arielle's time, she really was a rebound. Alex dropped her so fast at the opportunity to have Alexa again and this is one of the reasons I really don't like Alexa because I reckon she uses Alex for an ego boost and she knew back then how much he still wanted her, the songs spoke for themselves really. Alexa played with his emotions and in my opinion always has done to her benefit. Obviously, I think Alex would've been better off being single and allowing himself to process and heal from the heartbreak but like many others he chose to try and 'move on' with someone else. I could be wrong but I think Alexa was his first love and first real heartbreak and since then I think Alex has been seeking to find that kind of love and companionship again. I think it's possible he may have thought he found it with Taylor, I mean despite not agreeing with many of her views and behaviours it seems clear that Alex and Taylor did have common interests (love of Cinema/TV) and likely had similar thoughts and views on certain ideas. I think there was a connection between them beyond physical. Alex did seem truly smitten at least in the first year or so. Alexa couldn't give Alex 'It All' as he sings in 'I Want It All' which is why they couldn't last because they're not meant to be but I don't believe Alex has entirely given up on that dream yet hence 'There'd Better Be A Mirrorball' I'm speaking purely off what I felt when I heard that song for first time; It floored me, it's so beautiful and to me the music and the lyric: 'So can we please be absolutely sure, that there's a mirrorball for me' made me feel that this is saying 'My great love better be out there, cos I'm waiting, searching for you'. I think this is also why we see him get emotional when he sings this song. It breaks my heart and I feel him. So I think he longs for the kind of 'relationship' he had with Alexa more-so than him wanting her specifically. In regards to Louise's cheap cosplay I think it's become obvious to us all he's not really into it, probably turns his stomach. I really think he jumped out of a fire and into a frying pan with her, he really didn't know what he was getting himself into when it came to the wacky world of Pauline.

I do think he clings to those memories and feelings more than to Alexa herself. It's like he wants to feel that way again, but they're no longer those versions of themselves, so it won't work. But it still looks like he holds onto that hope that they can be together, even though they have failed like twice after the breakup.

Maybe when he met Louise he thought like well, she kinda looks like Alexa, behaves like her, listens to the same music as her, has the same interests, styles herself like Alexa, maybe it will work out, I'll just pretend she's Alexa and will be able to experience those feelings and memories again. But then he realized it's all a facade and became even more frustrated.

[emsprovisions]

GM request prompt: sharing clothes in a totally friendly way

(optional, for additional humor) opportunity to put gus in a situation where he wears matt’s stupid ripped-sleeves shirt that has his name printed on it

thanks :)

HEY YOU'RE FUCKING INSANE OH MY GOD /pos friends to lovers prompts

They weren't supposed to get caught in the boiling rain. The weather hadn't called for it, but when had weather on the Boiling Isles ever been consistent?

Matt's house was closer, so using a large leaf and darting under the cover of trees in the forest, the boys made a run for it from the Graveyard.

After arriving with minor damages, Gus pulled out his scroll to let his dad know where he was.

"Hey, Matt?" Gus called, cupping his hand over the bottom of his scroll. "My dad said it's supposed to storm all night. He wants me to stay over if your parents don't mind."

Matt shrugged. "Sounds good. I'll let them know."

After clearing it with all parents, Matt gestured for Gus to follow him up to his room. Matt cleared some junk off his bed–a few sweatshirts and books–to make room for Gus.

"I'm filthy and sweaty from working today. I should probably shower fir–oh right," Gus realized. "I don't have any clothes."

He didn't have any of his usual amenities, actually, of which Matt knew Gus always brought plenty to sleepovers. Gus usually only stayed a night but it always felt like he had packed for a month. There'd be shower gels, and lotions. Multiple pairs of underwear? It was a miracle if Matt remembered his toothbrush when he slept over at Gus's.

"It's alright, you can borrow something of mine."

Matt went to his dresser and dug through it, sniffing various shirts and sweats for signs of cleanliness. When he'd found stuff that passed inspection, he tossed it over his shoulder to Gus.

"Thanks man!" Gus called before disappearing into Matt's bathroom, the lock clicking behind him.

Matt pulled his own soiled shirt over his head and stripped to his boxers, before pulling on a random pair of sweats from off the ground. He swiped on some deodorant and sprayed some icks body spray on himself and decided he was clean enough for now. He dropped into his desk chair, throwing a leg up on the desk as he grabbed his game controller and booted up his crystal ball.

Gus emerged from the bathroom fifteen minutes later, steam following him out.

Matt glanced up and then back at his game.

And then he nearly fell out of his chair.

He'd just realized he'd given Gus his ratty old t-shirt Steve had made him. The sleeves were ripped because he wore it to job sites. Matt's name was emblazoned across the chest in red–Steve's signature. It stretched a little tightly across Gus's chest, well-fitted because he was a bit more broad than Matt was.

He gulped. Gus's arms looked really good in those ripped sleeves. Why the hell was he thinking about Gus's arms?

Gus, Matt realized, was also staring. He'd just realized he'd never put on a shirt.

"Shit," Matt swore, scrambling to find a shirt nearby. "Didn't mean to give you a peep show of my tits."

"I guess I'm kinda giving you one too, huh?" Gus laughed, gesturing at the tight shirt.

Matt felt his face grow hot. "Mhmm. Yeah. Dinner? You hungry? I'm hungry. Dinner?"

Gus slung a playful arm around Matt's shoulder with a devilish grin. "Thanks for the clothes, Matty."

[tyoffee]

ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE SPOILER DUMP BELOW 💥💥💥💥💥💥

starting with the cameos oh ymgod

BEN. BEN REILLY MY LITTLE EDGELORD. he is like fail girlfriend to me. I need to see more of the clone squad in part two (spiderboycough)

DONLAD GLOVER PROWLER HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII LOSING it over his suit

AND THE OTHER LIVE ACTIONS UEOEOOGUH I DIDNT KNOW THEY COULD DO THAT!! EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT GWENS PETER WAS ANDREW (nope he's blonde) BUT NO ACTUAL ANDREW GARFIELD WAS IN THE 'SPIDERVERSE' VISUALISER ALONG W RAIMI UNCLE BEN GOTD DAMN!!!!!!!!!!

speaking of what everyone thought I love the changes from the trailer. Everyone saying oohhhh they're showing too much they're giving away the whole movie WRONG. YOU COULD NOT COOOMMPRREEHEEENDDD THE SHIT THAT WENT ON IN THERE.

miles' expression changes especially. he is Not as cringefail as initially believed put some respect on his name. he can be cringefail Later.

oh my godddd oh hyhg PAVITR.... PAVITR MY BEAUTIFUL BOY we need more of him we need more of him in part two do you hear me Sony.

'coconut oil, prayers and genetics' INCREDIBLE SHOWSTOPPING HILARIOUS

HIS UNIVERSE W A S OKAY FUCK YOU GUYS. HE DID JINX IT A COUPLE TIMES THOUGH BUT THATS NOT HIS FAULT

THE WAY HE HAS A GWEN.. AOUUUUUUUUUHH. CAPTAIN SINGH LIVES BABY

the way that the main tension in this movie is literally CAPTAIN STACY MUST DIE. so real

the thing is he usually doesn't too it's great

SPEAKING OF COMIC CONVENTIONS.

ULTIMATUM / THE PROWLER MILES MORALES

I TOLD YOU I SAID I SAID THERES GOING TO BE THE ORIGINAL MILES.

The movie is So good at letting you forget that the spider was glitching too. That's not his spider. Miles is the original anomaly OUUGGHGH (miguel was a Bitch for saying it like that tho)

ULTIMATE AARON DAVIS HIS FUCKING EYES HIS EEEYES MAN OUUUHHHHHHH

THE WAY ULTIMATE MILES' SPANISH IS BETTER. HIS BRAIDS. HES ON THE STREETS MORE. HES THE FUCKING PROWLER. AUG god they're gonna tell us who the spider was for ik and I do hope it's miles. yeah there's a spiderman miles who can exist but it's not you. You weren't supposed to be here. AUG

Since we have the Jefferson memorial maybe ultimatum has a great expectations piece too. maybe that's how he's reasoned with who knows I'd love to think that the collider is the split off point between both of them

Though that'd mean there'd need to be an og spiderman to make wilson fisk lose his family which there isn't- hey wait how was the spider created without fisk doing his dimensional shit. I thought we weren't allowed to acknowledge Norman Osborn.

also also also speaking of alchemex Spot being bagel guy. Of course he is. Holes

Do you think that was the inspiration. Bagel hole.

Anyways I need a full turnaround sheet of Ultimatum/Prowler I need to see him I love the glow and the spray on symbol aaaugghh

BETER AND GWEN FAKE AS HELL 🖕

I get the struggle tho. Beter and Captain Stacy made my dad cry.

ALSO GWENS BAND AT THE END

SORRY I ALMOST FORGOT HHOBBBIEEEE HOBIE 'if you want a watch just make one. we're spiderman we can just do it 🤨🤨🤨🤨' BROWN I LOVE HIS STYLE I LIVE FOR HIS STYLE PORTALS I LOVE HIS PROWLER THEME OH MY GOD

THE SOUNDTRACK RELEASES TOMORROW AND I NEED HIS PROWLER THEME YOU DONT GET IT

i get my 2 hours of gatekeeping this movie b4 it drops in america and I'm losing it I need to talk abt it with other ppl but I'm also is it mean to want to hold it away from ppl who don't care abt spiderman and idk what they do draw weird porn of every new movie and ppl who will misinterpret it completely that feels selfish of me Anyways

THIS MOVIE IS A MASTERPIECE. literally it's art it's animation oh hhhhhgh it's so gorgeous I'm not kidding it's bresthestking (PAVITRS SWINGING!!!!!) but it's also just SO FUCKING GOOD. THE SCENES THE SHOTS THEY WENT CRAZY ON ENVIRONMENTS OH MY GLORD

ITS SO GOOD. ITS SO GOOODODDDDDDDDDDDD AUG

I'm seeing it again in like 2 days . I will not be satiated until 2024.

[selfproclaimedunicorn]

Sliding doors, dvd bonus, processing, and small things for SOTF?

This is so many, omg. Hopefully I can think of enough satisfying for this!

SLIDING DOORS: pick a character from one fic to drop into another!

I mean, I've kind of already done this twice lol

Cassana Strong kind of technically got ported over from The Red Princess, because I didn't want to remake the Strong family tree more than once (although it being made for TRP at all is an artifact of an old draft of the plot that I don't want to get into) & she sort of accidentally became important to the plot. And Aldreda got plopped into the main SOTF modern AU because I just think its silly if she's there, but she's not in the main text. I don't think she'd really mesh into SOTF though, because the Master Of Ships position on Aegon's small council is gonna be flush with options & he won't have an issue filling it.

So doing this in the way it's probably intended: I think that having Taryne in SOTF would be fun! She'd fit pretty unobtrusively & wouldn't change a whole lot of the plot though. The only thing that'd really get altered would be Alicent having a friend in King's Landing & Gwayne coming in a little sooner than he's most likely doing in SOTF (don't ask when he's showing up in SOTF, I have not even thought about him in that fic yet. I still haven't even figured out how I'm writing Daeron). All their stuff would be happening off page, but also, maybe, Taryne's second son wouldn't die in SOTF because it's likely that the opportunity for his death would be gone. Again, not guaranteed, but there'd be hope for him maybe!

I know that the real real intent of this particular ask is probably to say how an OC from a different fic would heavily alter the plot, but tbh, I do not vibe with how Daenys (the most major OC I could use to alter the plot of SOTF) would alter things. Because Daenys's story is (I'm planning/hoping at least) will have as happy & hopeful an ending as the Roycegaryens', but going in a complete opposite direction, so by extension it would kind of make SOTF way less happy (& probably way less fun to work on😅)

DVD BONUS: pick a fic and I’ll describe or write a deleted scene!

So, in the latest chapter, I have Aemon write Ella a letter telling her that he's had his first kiss. And, through the sheer power of writing things about his dynamic with Medric & then having dumb stuff dawn on me I know the general idea behind this! And it's so fucking silly.

Behold the main inspiration to riff off of [soured from pinterest]

Working off of the established canon that those boys just don't knock when going into each other's rooms; Medrick walks in on Aemon changing & has his "congrats on the pipe" moment. Aemon jokes it off by saying he hopes he doesn't scare whoever Lord Desmond finds for him to marry, & Dumb Horny Teen Boy™️ that Medrick is, he yes ands this joke with the pretty explicit implication of being into Aemon. Back & forth thinly veiled "I'm down if you ares" continue until Aemon has some pants on, & then Medrick gets vulnerable for a second to ask if he can kiss him.

PROCESSING: pick a fic and I’ll tell you what it was like to write it!

It feels like this the entire time

I always have at least 3 documents open at the time, Valyrian gets cobbled together from the English/Valyrian dictionary with guess-worked grammar & individually translated/stitched together words I pick through various google searches for how sentences work, & every time I have to write a meal or feast I black out for half an hour & don't physically reenter my body until I have a ridiculously decadent meal plan I only half touch on in-text. I keep accidentally making some stuff more relevant than intended because I forget canon things attached to what I stuck in based on vibes.

Did you know that Criston Cole & Borros Baratheon did not originally know each other because I randomly picked Borros's dead mom's House from a list of Stormlands noble families after having forgotten that Criston's dad works for Peepaw Dondarrion?!

I will barge into messages with friends at random hours & ask them if something sounds like it makes sense. @emilykaldwen has regularly watched me string chapter outlines together by way of rambling text walls. At any given point, I can string together the specific outfit someone was wearing in a scene & I will touch on one (1) detail of that in text if I am lucky.

Each chapter has the potential to be a slow descent into madness, but I'm honestly having a great time

SMALL THINGS: pick a fic and I’ll tell you my favorite minor detail from it!

This is very hard, I have so many silly little details that exist as definite canon within SOTF but never get mentioned. Can I have 2? I'm gonna have 2.

Lara Mormont's mom [Yngress] is a wildling who let herself get captured during a failed raid south of The Wall after circumnavigating it by way of the Bay of Ice (see: threw herself at Jeor Mormont's feet & very loudly tried to prompt him to kidnap her before just openly coming onto him & saying she'll be his woman if he brings her home instead of turning her & her kin into the Night's Watch)

Queen Alysanne had an affair with Alaric Stark, & Alyssa is his kid. A few doubled up doses of Latent Northern Genes is why Griffith/Ella's son looks Like That™️

[threadsun]

Um, Sun, did you LISTEN to that new SDJ audio on patreon?!? Jack’s dirty talk, him saying that he wants to fills us up, ordering us to not waste a drop of his cum, M/C being referred to as a perfect slutty little sundrop, the GROWL!? SO HOT! Idk about you, but that whole audio of Jack jacking off (pun intended) puts a WHOLE new perspective on how he is in bed. Sure, we had that praising, cuddly talk in the yes route of the game that is similar to how the birds and the bees would be discussed with a child, but this MFER was pulling out all the stops (him saying cock, cum, slutty, etc.) which means that he ABSOLUTELY can degrade the hell out of us with filthy dirty talk. Praise mixed with degradation? Yes PLEASE! But now I’ve got to hear MORE of that side of Jack instead of the innuendos he was using in the demo. How do you think that would go with m/c if he got more comfortable showing that side of himself? I mean, his bdsm test DID say he was a exhibitionist, primal(hunter), dominant, degrader, AND a sadist, so that domineering side is definitely strong in this one! (Of course I know there’s others, but I can’t pull them all from the top of my head lol)

Of COURSE I listened to it!!! Every part about it was So Good...

But absolutely, I think there's a lot more to Jack sexually than what we've seen in the game! I haven't seen the bdsm test results (were they in the patreon discord server? Cause Moon and I aren't part of that...) but those all sound about right imo!

I think that Jack would very much want to ease his Sunshine into his kinks, and would of course respect their limits (when it comes to the game. In fic, well... that's our choice :3c). But I think the more up for things Sunshine seems, the more he'd gently push them towards what he wants. And if his Sunshine is kinky themself, well he'd want nothing more than to indulge them too~

I definitely think that his main goal is his Sunshine's pleasure, so I don't think he'd bring it up if he thought it would make them uncomfortable. At least, not outside of sex. There's definitely always the chance he could let something slip in the moment. Calling Sunshine his perfect little whore or telling them to keep their voice down unless they want everyone to see what a cockdrunk slut they are for him.

Even though he'd be happy with any Sunshine, he would obviously be the most sexually satisfied with a Sunshine whose kinks aligned with his own. Someone who could keep up with his needs, and wants to do so. A masochist who likes being degraded and manhandled and everything.

I've seen a lot of people complaining about his kinks, which like... rubs me the wrong way. They don't have to be your kinks, but to complain about creators giving their characters kinks just because you're not into them? Kinda entitled imo. Especially since they make it clear that Jack wouldn't do anything you didn't want him to.

If they removed every kink and sexual thing that not everyone was into, there'd be no sex or kink at all, which would make the whole game entirely different (and worse imo). It kinda goes back to the stuff I was talking about yesterday wrt competing access needs and creating content for yourself rather than scrubbing it free of all details so it's palatable to everyone but completely boring.

ANYWAY back on track with the ask, I definitely think that Jack will pull out his dominant side the moment he's sure Sunshine is okay with it. His dirty talk game is strong and he clearly has a thing for talking dirty as well.

Also like... one thing that really stuck out to me was him talking about aftercare while still touching himself. Like idk something about that was so sweet to me? That even in his rougher sexual fantasies, he still gets off on the idea of taking care of his Sunshine afterwards too. Like to him that's part of what makes it sexy, rather than just a boring chore he has to do afterwards.

Jack is absolutely the type to have the roughest, filthiest, most disrespectful sex and then take care of you so sweetly afterwards. And then maybe get hard again while he's caring for you. Which is very sexy of him imo.

[omamervt]

So there was a post that was shared a couple days back talking about how People are talking about Godot and completely ignoring Unreal and that the reason for that was because Unreal could easily decide to do the same thing in the future if Unity makes good money off it, even if they implode afterwards.

I apparently didn't bookmark it because I was gonna reply to them directly but now I can't find it so... of course that's how it go. But anyway, while I can't say this with 100% confidence, I don't think we have to worry about Unreal following suit, and citing that as the reason Unity devs specifically are switching to Godot feels like a complete misread of the room to me.

Unity supporters always preferred it to Unreal because of how lightweight it is out of the box, and because it supported more than one programming language. In the same way Unreal makes it easy for an artist with little programming knowledge to jump in and start making a game, Unity allowed Programmers with little artistic sense to jump in and start in a way that Unreal actively gets in the way of.

Also, In order to make a game in Unreal for low target hardware, there are a million settings and features you have to go in and turn down or shut off completely, and if you want it to run on a Windows XP-era laptop, you'd basically need to rewrite the shaders in the source code. Unity's the engine you used if you want to be able to show Grandma what you do for a living. Grandma will basically never be able to run an Unreal game. Incidentally, Unreal also requires more of the computer running it, so it requires a much larger hardware investment upfront.

At the moment, Godot is as lightweight as Unity was, even if that's partially because it's missing a ton of features due to how new the engine is. THAT's why there's such a conversation surrounding Unity to Godot. Anyone who needed Unreal is already using Unreal, and existing Unreal devs aren't exactly affected by something Unity's doing.

COULD Unreal decide to copy the Unity per-download model down the line? Yes, and there'd be little any indie dev could do to stop it. But that's the thing - People love to say Epic got as big as they did due to Fortnite, and that may be partially true, but realistically, Epic Games gets a cut of the sales from nearly every AAA bestseller from the past decade, and increasingly, that includes foreign games. Do you really think all those major corporations, many of whom still also own and maintain in-house engines, would hesitate to drop Epic if they decided they were going to implement a similar per-install fee? You think it's bad for the indie who sold tens of thousands of copies and earned $200K? How do you think the Square Enixes and the RGGs and the Respawns and the BioWares who sell tens of millions and clear $200M+ are gonna feel seeing that $2M+ fee get tacked on when Epic's already getting 5% of every sale? No, it's not gonna affect their bottom line as much, but at that level, they HATE paying other people! Just on principle!

AAA studios would also collectively have the power to say, "yeah, we're not paying that for games made before that went into place" and Epic absolutely could not afford to take each and every one of them to court.

Again, could still happen, would still be devastating for the indies affected, Wouldn't even put it past Epic to implement a different policy for its existing corporate partners, I'm just saying, I have my doubts.

And that's also in part because Unreal's royalty model is less hostile than Unity's to begin with. As far as I can tell, Unity expects you to upgrade to their pro plan when your game makes $100K, which is currently $2.5K-4.5K/yr, on top of the per-install fee. A clean royalty would have been less painful. Unreal, on the other hand, doesn't start collecting their 5% royalty fee until after your game's made $1M, and I've seen estimates saying the runtime fee could amount to a 15% royalty, all said and done. Again, all subject to change at the whims of people who don't care about us in the slightest, but Unity has been making itself more expensive to use for mid-budget games over the past few years anyway. Unreal has not followed suit.

I cannot stress enough here, I do not believe Epic is on your side. There's just a LOT of additional factors to consider which makes the likelihood of them copying Unity's ill-advised fee seem pretty slim.

[ca-suffit]

i appreciate u actually taking the time to explain ur thoughts re: sam’s acting but i have to say i disagree. the accent fixation seems silly to me bc nobody bar maybe jacob has a perfect accent (delainey’s is particularly inconsistent, but who cares). it at least makes sense for lestat’s accent to be confused? he’s been around for hundreds of years, grew up in rural 18th century france and all accents have evolved since then… he’s lived in a bunch of different places, spoken multiple languages, like genuinely what do ppl want him to sound like? i think his accent/voice works perfectly for the role. jacob is incredible but there are a ton of subtleties in sam’s acting too (e.g. nuances in each perception or iteration of lestat) and it’s rly annoying that that ppl praising him is dismissed as just liking the “white and loud” character. basically saying anyone who’s favorite performer is sam only feels that way bc of racial bias when it’s a perfectly valid opinion (as is the case to prefer someone else)? ur obviously influenced by ur own ambivalence towards him as a character/actor. among fans (critics do tend to focus on jacob/sam) i’ve seen nothing but tons and tons of praise for assad, jacob and delainey bc i try and curate my circle w ppl who appreciate the entire cast. but also — wdym it took ppl 5 hours to compliment anyone else after ep 7 — i was on twitter when it dropped and tons of ppl were giving jacob and delainey their props?

I was comparing the accent between S1 and S2. It abruptly changed and I couldn't see a reason why? Armand's changes too but it's in character for why and then other ppl's are sometimes actor's own limitations. It's w/e tho tbh, it just pulled me out of a lot of it bcuz I don't remember being conscious of it in S1 like that.

"it’s rly annoying that that ppl praising him is dismissed as just liking the “white and loud” character."

That is what he is tho? The fandom's reactions make it worse too. Ppl can like whatever they like but idk how u can't see how annoying the fandom is about him and what a turn off that is. Nobody is saying u can't like him or he's not worth paying attention to, but being white is a large part of this by itself. A lot of what ppl like is that he fits a "fun" flamboyant, white, gay character and that's a lot of all we ever hear about. We can't discuss anything else about him bcuz everyone is so quick to coddle everything that isn't praising him, so nobody is *really* even dissecting the meat of his role bcuz none of it's ever allowed to be "real" yet. If ppl wanted to talk about the rest of this more then there'd be less hostility to anyone defending him.

"ur obviously influenced by ur own ambivalence towards him as a character/actor."

I'm curious why u think this about me tbh.

"i’ve seen nothing but tons and tons of praise for assad, jacob and delainey bc i try and curate my circle w ppl who appreciate the entire cast."

Well I'm in the tags and other public spaces as a whole looking at the wide range of fandom specifically for the purpose of discussing fandom racism.

"but also — wdym it took ppl 5 hours to compliment anyone else after ep 7 — i was on twitter when it dropped and tons of ppl were giving jacob and delainey their props?"

This was here in the main tags. I've only recently been on twt and it already seems like the discussions are v different than here bcuz it feels like black fans have more of a voice over there.

[alitgblog]

alright s9 vol 5 thoughts: the episodes are getting less interesting to me but also shit I might be becoming a Hamish fan

I had a bunch of gems saved up because I got a bunch of the rewards from playing s4 episodes and also because I was slowly replaying S4, I kept getting the daily log in gems and the ones from watching ads, so I was fully prepared to use them this volume. And then oh nope I'm not even remotely interested in the drama they're asking me to pay to learn. Like I think I got one of the new dresses because I was sick of the t-shirt dress, but that's it.

"Woah woah woah I still don't know what's going on here" has basically been the name of the last two seasons with how much you gotta pay to listen to drama that mc conveniently wasn't around for

So Melissa gets dumped and her partner also gets dumped but he doesn't say much, which you'd think because no matter which route you're on, he did briefly have a thing for MC, he'd at least say something to her. Or there'd be an opportunity for a hug or closure? Nope. Goodbye, Henri. (And I played this on the fourth of july, that's just unAmerican 😤).

Then comes the highlight of the episode for me, which is the impressions game, because it could've worked so well and yet it happens soooo fucking badly.

But like the sticky notes on their foreheads, sure. It's like an easy gimmick to change the sprites so the game feels different. Like every time that they bring out the hideaway box, it's mildly exciting but mostly corny. But then it spoils which islander is coming up next, so why couldn't they have done it one at a time? Like show Will's name on Finn's forehead first, and then when that's done, THEN Kelly pulls out Bea's name and puts that on her forehead. And we shouldn't be able to see MC's note. Like let us guess and potentially be wrong lol.

Another even easier way to do this, is just drawing names out of a hat so the person pulling has to do an impression. Then MC has more opportunities to guess (like it's more engaging for the player than just reading what everyone else is doing). And like most of the writing would be the same I think. Like MC's partner is bad so instead of saying anything Alfie actually does he just says "oh... it rhymes with Galfie?" and then Hamish can still show off and guess each one if MC doesn't get it, or even if MC does get it then he still starts explaining every islander's backstory.

I also think someone needed to have done something absolutely unhinged for Stefan's name. Like Kelly is like "omg I wasn't even thinking putting his name in" which like I don't believe her, that's kinda shady, but also just kinda boring. Maybe the producers set up the game, or if the islanders do that's fine (like just have Kat or Melissa do it instead bc maybe they want to swoop in and take MC's partner). But like if we say it's the way I described above, then Kat's partner should've been like oh I can do an impression, and then straight up kissed MC, or like did a little speech about how he wants her back, or recited something from when Stefan was upset she didn't leave the villa with him (like it's an opportunity to drop more Stefan lore the way they've been doing it, which I agree is really annoying, but just to continue the trend). And then MC of course can choose the right answer, some other islander, or just be like uhhh wtf??? And then just kick off some more drama that way.

Also the impressions started off strong with Will and then quickly just explaining what happened to that islander. Like, ever heard of show not tell? Even for Ivy, I think it would be so easy to just bring up her checklist but instead they go for "sexy librarian energy"???? tf?? On behalf of Ivy, I'm offended at that description actually. And now you got me out here defending IVY of all people.

Uh anyway, so yeah my favorite bit was Hamish being really into Love Island lore.

And like I said, I don't believe Kelly when she says she didn't mean to put Stefan's name in there. Like I don't think it'll amount to anything, but because it seems like everyone's getting the universal, default Finn being into MC route (getting Suresh treatment), I'd rather it actually be her being kind of shady on purpose. Like she's jealous actually because Finn has already told her he doesn't want to be with her and wants to be with MC. And then give the wlw players a friends to enemies to lovers route with Kelly to change it up a little.

Oh right there was an excess baggage challenge this volume. It feels too late in the game. I think we need another fun challenge, comparable to the S2 paint challenge or the cake one. I feel like we don't get many of those anymore. I think an obstacle course-esque one is fun, because you can a few quick prompts that don't really affect the game but keep the player engaged. Like the games day in S8 but less pay to win prompts.

nothing notable from the baggage though imo. like even the Finn stuff was boring. also I kinda hate him doing hosting roles post love island, idk seems like he'd more fo all in with his brewery stuff and vacationing but instead he's tied to Love Island gigs? like I see that for like Tim because he's basically like Kem from UK S3 and for a while kem did just do hosting gigs for a while so it's not unrealistic to think an islander is making an appearance somewhere else, I guess I just don't see that for Finn. and like I could think of several islanders from any of the new seasons I'd pick before finn. Honestly even Hamish I would understand.

But I only bring up the excess baggage thing because MC and Hamish crawling around trying to listen in on drama is actually so fun. Like it just feels like a S2 Bobby thing to do and I appreciate that. I do hope Hamish's route isn't ruined and also that it only happens if you romance him, because I would want this type of moment to happen even if y'all were just friends, because we get so few friends in the game these current seasons.

Then we get to Finn's pool chat. I just wish, if it were as open as he said it was, then it wouldn't be a secret late night rendezvous situation. Like have the chat in the daylight if you're not afraid, you coward. Idk gave me kinda icky vibes just like in S5, so I said no even though I do think Finn could still be a really good friends to lovers route, like on the level of Jake, but the ball is constantly being dropped with him.

and so little has happened for Finn (that we the audience know of) between this episode and last volume where nearly the same thing happens in the shower and Finn rejects MC if she tries to kiss him (and so I rejected him this time lmao)

I saw the word double and I was afraid Marshall and/or Ozzy were gonna show up as hosts for the date (as if hosts for a date make any sense)

And having them switch dates is kind of a fun twist if not for the fact that the twist last time was that MC went on dates with Lyle and Jude and Chen went on dates with Kelly and his ex. Chen cannot catch a break and for all the loyal girls, wheres their time with their LI?? Like, I like the idea, but maybe it could've been saved for a different season? It just feels irritating to do it back to back. Especially when they've been in there and long enough that Chen and Natasha already know they don't like each other, and it feels like an excuse for Kat and Finn to have some drama we have to pay to listen to.

But you do get to talk to Hamish about Natasha, which feels like it could've been a friendly chat in the villa and we didnt need a date excuse. But alas, we don't get chill chats in the villa anymore 😭

and his little confession!!

Anyway,,, why am I kinda jumping ship for Hamish rn likeeeee... idk I like an individual route and I'm not liking where Finn's at rn soooo

I'm hoping for some Kelly villain vibes just for a little bit (like I said, give the wlw players an frenemies to lovers with her). Like she seems pissed about the note, and I feel like maybe she can possibly recognize Finn's handwriting? That'd be fun.

And then back to challenges, it feels too early for snog marry pie. I don't think they're doing a casa this season, just based off of leaks of islander names I don't think there's enough, but snog marry pie in my head is always around casa or after, and it just feels too early for even casa. But then again, we're on like 15 of 42, so maybe it's fine.

Yeah so overall, I don't even really remember too much. Like it's feeling like S7, and I didn't finish season 7, but I do think I'll finish this one because I'm so curious how the Finn route will go and if they'll drop the ball with Hamish and also with Stefan. And also I like making these weekly posts so I might even just keep going for that alone. but also I enjoy slow burn and second chance romance plots and drama anyway so that could make the season better for me we'll see

[quinloki]

in your opinion, which op characters are most likely to have a more open relationship? bc i keep thinking abt an open relationship with shanks, like he’d have fun listening to you talk about the different people you’ve fucked, and what he’s been up to. (also i kept thinking about how much of an issue kid has with shanks, and trying to brag about how he fucked shanks’ s.o, but shanks just talking about it like ‘oh yeah they told me, they had fun with you’)

In my opinion hmm..

Freedom is a big thing in the One Piece world, and I can actually see an open relationship or a polycule of some variety being a decent norm.

I think the Celestial Dragons would be excessively strict about marriage and family units (yes I am staring at the camera when I say this), and the nobility as well, but more likely commoners and pirates would have a widely different view. (Marines would be a mixed bag, but I think the statistics would lean more toward monogamy for them. And I'm not saying monogamy is *bad*, but I do think there's a kind of "being used as a tool for control/propriety" certainly exists)

Ahem, anyway!

I can see, off the top of my head, Shanks, Kid, Killer, Heat, Wire, Penguin, Shachi, Zoro, Law, Marco, Ace, Izou, Thatch, Rayleigh (canonically, actually), Roger, Buggy, Mihawk, Crocodile, and possibly even *maybe* Doflamingo being in some variety of open or group relationship.

Crocodile and Doffy get pretty possessive, imo, but I can see there being a situation with a set group where they'd be into it. Neither would be okay with hearing about things after the fact, or not being a part of things in some way shape or form.

Shanks would 100% be okay with hearing about your exploits, and sharing his in return. Marco would be okay hearing about your exploits too, but I feel like he'd have less to share in return. Ace would be somewhere in between the two I think, in terms of hearing about and talking about exploits.

And I mean, Rayleigh is canonically in an open relationship, so >.>

I can see Kid bragging about a lot of things, but considering how I see him and the entire Kid crew, I don't think there'd be any malice in those regards. Kid's contest with Shanks and the Red Hair Pirates is more about being pirates than being good in the sack. (Also I don't think Kid has a singular drop of doubt about how good he is in the sack XD )

Most everyone else I see as more being in a poly situation and not so much an open one. A distinction being that partners and escapades are discussed prior to having them happen. So the conversation would be before and after - at least at the start of things, once things stabilize in the relationship it works a little different.

But yeah, with freedom and being true to oneself as part of very important themes for the show, I wouldn't be surprised to see poly and open relationships more a normal thing among pirates and such than not.

Luffy, I think, would be into open relationships, but I also don't know how much I think Luffy would be bothered to define any relationship outside of certain parameters. He wants you to be happy, whatever shape that would take, while also being happy himself, and I feel like he's the kind of guy who feels wholly responsible for his own happiness, which makes him very flexible for fitting into whatever shape your happiness needs.

But that's just a random off the top of my head thought that popped in at the end of this, so xD take it for whatever.

[coldflasher]

Caitlin Snow

 Is this character fuckable?

repulsive | no | just a hug | kissable | maybe | down to cuddle | yes | absolutely | Take Me Now

i’d top them | i’d bottom for them

i’d dom them | i’d sub for them

one night stand | fuckbuds | partner | marry me

first and foremost she is gorgeous, and i say this as someone who's met danielle panabaker and was so overwhelmed by talking to such a beautiful woman that i immediately went to pieces and dropped all my stuff. bear in mind she had a mask on at the time so i had this reaction despite only seeing her face from the eyes up

caitlin seems like the vanilla type so i don't think there'd be much d/s action going on, she does seem a bit like a "missionary with the lights off" kinda girl. which to be fair in reality would probably actually suit me quite well because i may talk the talk but in real life... well. let's just say if any of my exes heard me talk about the stuff i'm into in the safety of my own head, it would definitely be news to them lmao

i also don't see her as a casual sex person, so i think we'd probably have to date before things would go in a sexual direction and i wouldn't be opposed to it. she's such a sweetheart and i think she's adorable, particularly in the early seasons, but she's also got a little bit of a fucked-up streak in her that is interesting to me, and i don't just mean killer frost, i mean the whole "holing herself up in a lab obsessively trying to create a fucked-up clone of a dead facet of her split personality". like. there's something deeply wrong with her and i respect it

i'd probably marry her. there's a strong chance it would be a terrible idea, i think in many ways we're too outwardly similar. i'm not saying she's a high-masking autistic woman who has learned to perform socially accepted likeable behaviours that manifest in the form of extreme kindness and people-pleasing to her own detriment and that we'd both end up essentially dating and falling for the masked versions of each other and never feel truly comfortable being our authentic selves but i'm not NOT saying that...

so idk. maybe we'd actually be better off dating and then eventually the spark would fizzle out and we'd decide we're better off as friends

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Hi, I just finished reading your story about what happened between Ambar and Simon after they got together and kissed in series 3. In this story you made Ambar inexperienced and on the contrary Simón experienced in sexual matters, I want to ask how do you think it would go if Simón was the virgin and Ambar the one who already had sex?

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I really want to write how it'd be with Simón being the inexperienced oneeeee. Unfortunately, I am buried in wips, so I don't think I'll be able to get to it anytime soon😅 It doesn't mean it doesn't cross my mind often tho!! Especially considering it's the most likely escenario ?? (Like, either they both have done it or Ámbar has done it; it was so unhinged of me to write it backwards 😂)

Anyway, um, I always picture that it would have to be after they've been dating for a while. Simón would want to be a gentleman and not speed things up (especially since he's nervous bc he doesn't wanna disappoint). Actually, what if he couldn't get it up because of nerves? lol

I think our dear Ámbar would have to be the instigator, but it's not like it would be easy for her either because this is the first time she's actually in love with the person, so I think she'd be a little nervous about that too. But, you know what? These two have sexual chemistry in spades. Maybe they wouldn't have to even think about it and it would just happen, u know? Well- Some stuff would happen, definitely. I don't think they would go all the way right away. They probably would just be making out one day and one thing would lead to another and then there'd be some touching... I think they would earn experience getting each other off before the main event would happen. It would also give them the opportunity to discuss, you know, how far each of them have gone before with other partners, how far they're comfortable going now, and what to do about contraception. I think Ámbar would be on the pill, but maybe Simón would want to use condoms too just because that's what you're supposed to do. I believe he would drop them eventually (if he even used them at all.)

Btw, once they get more comfortable with each other, Ámbar would be such a little shit sdkjfnds. Because, you know, all of this is new to Simón, so she would looove driving him crazy. He's just so responsive-- it's cute!

(She better enjoy the upper-hand while she can because the moment this guy gets some experience, oooooh boy, it's over for her. It's so over. It's sosososo over.)