#but i think it's gonna be unrealistic after everything that happened anyways

[crowfromfoggyforest]

Oh my god. I just realized something. I think i'm onto something. This is wild. I finished watching s6 of ouat over a month ago, and i just saw a random rumbelle post, and something clicked in my brain.

Lacey liked Rumple's dark side, but he still wanted Belle. We already knew that.

Belle kept wanting Rumple to become someone else, she couldn't accept him the way he was. We knew that too.

Rumple says he loves Belle because she sees the good in him. But in later seasons, he realized that he felt unable to become who she wanted him to be. He accepted who he was, didn't want to change anymore, but still loved Belle for seeing him as a better man than he actually was. For putting hopes in him that would be dissapointed again and again.

That's not a positive thing. That's not "you make me believe in myself and in my ability to change." He's convinced he won't change. He knows he will only cause them both pain. And he loves that pain.

You can't convince me otherwise, Rumple has deep-rooted self-hatred. He thinks he deserves to suffer. His love for Belle isn't positive. It's masochistic. He unconsciously uses it to punish himself. He can tell himself he has accepted his dark side all he wants, deep down, he still hates himself for not being able to change. And he wants Belle to remind him of this. He gets a bitter satisfaction out of dissapointing her again and again. "See? I'm a failure. No one could ever love me for who i am."

[moii3]

My Candy Love New Gen Ep.7 Review!

Spoiler Ahead, Obviously

Another day, another short episode. I think off the bat, im dissapointed with how short the episodes are. I really think they need to get it together with the amount of content. It's just not enough and it doesn't help that we have to wait for almost a month every single time for a new ep.

I just had to point this out because since i've been replaying the Eldarya TO, i just started to appriciate how beemov games used to have longer, more filling, structured episodes and stories compared to now. Maybe this is too early for me to say since we are only 7 episodes in. Who knows? Maybe Beemov will actually start to have an enemies to lovers arc between the writers and the new gen game. Anyways..

The ep starts out with Candy complaining to my love Elenda (and soon the whole office) about how difficult it is to live with her annoying mom and sister. Seriously, we see from the flashback that Candy's mother basically insinuates that she didn't think she would have to live with her adult ass daughter in her house. Both Tasha and the Mother(i forget her name) were pretty rude abt it in my opinion. Instead of talking with Candy about house rules they just go on like nothing happened, and make it clear that she is just a guest. Not a part of the household.

Mentioning of TikTok was thrown in one scene for good mesure lmao

As they all hear the story, Devon decides everyone in the office should help Candy look for an apartment. They apperantly don't have anything else to do the whole day.

It almost feels like a little bit Mary Sue-ish. Everyone taking turns wasting their free work hour trying to find Candy an apartment, making it a competition seems comical and unrealistic. (not everything has to be so realistic but it's just ridicilous atp). They are literally racing to find this rich adult woman a place to live...

When it comes to the actual apartment hunting, Thomas's route was a roller coaster 😭. Since apperantly no one rents apartment to stinky stinky singles, LI s jump in to save the day, pretending to be our partners during the apartment showing.

Thomas had both me and the realtor gagged the whole time.

(sorry for the whack screenshots)

I was cringing big time

ma'am please be quiet...

A bit awkward? You're telling me..

Just as we think we are over with this, leaving the apartment, he kisses Candy.

I saw some people saying they didn't like how this kiss came about and i have to agree. He calls it "our little ritiual" , apperantly to convince the realtor. We know that's bullshit and it was kind of an excuse to kiss her. I don't like that Candy is in a cornered position to accept the kiss and it felt kind of unneccesary, no matter how hyped everyone was about it.

Like if this is the dude we will eventually gonna fall in love with& date, it's kind of a bummer that their first kiss had to be "fake". I know they thought of it like a little romantic game Candy had to play to get close to Thomas but i really think even for this it was kinda underwhelming.

I also saw other illustrations from different routes and Roy's has to be my favourite. I wish it was more romantic like that and actually made sense. Anyway..

Anyways, after they leave the house, Thomas gets back to the nonchalant attitude again (obviously) which, gagges Candy again.

Like i said, i don't really like how this kiss happened and i think even for Thomas this was kind of crazy.

If i was the realtor, i would honestly block their numbers and hope that Thomas wouldn't show up at my house to wear my skin the very same night. He deserves some kind of compensation.

I'm gonna keep doing these reviews no matter who reads them, this is for me and my ranting. But i hope you like it! Oh, I also will rate these episodes out of 10.

For my first rating on this series, I'm givinf this episode an underwhelming 5/10

Best part is that this ain't even about the house anymore, even realtor knows he fucked up and they are not gonna choose this house.

Until next time, xx

[yuttikkele]

ok so I saw that anon giving very persuasive reasons to be a zukaang shipper, and I like was writing a bunch of tags on the reblog so I just decided to make my own post 😭😭 it was way too many tags. I have a lot to say about zukaang guys.

Everything’s under the cut, but this gets very chatty very ramble-y fair warning.

anyways the part I was mostly talking about was how zukaang has a lot of what mainline ships have to offer. but like, more. and like no offense to the ships mentioned, I think they’re cool banger ships! I'm just biased towards zukaang. ofc I'm gonna think it has everything those ships have to offer and more.

though I do like these ships, there might be a little negativity towards them in this post, but I assure you, I do not mean it in any mean-spirited way.

zkka for example. I liked it a lot at first, but then I got into zukaang, and, it's just no comparison. zkka is still amazing tho it's a really silly and heartwarming ship, and sokka deserves a popular gay ship as a treat. I like them 💙❤️

but text wise?? zkka went on a two part prisonbreaking journey. zukaang spent the whole show revolving around each other with multiple key episodes exploring their dynamic. zkka can't compete with that.

and sorry to bring ztara and ktng into this as well but I gotta.

Listen, ktng is great. I think they’re really cute! Though there’s tons of discourse about which ship should’ve been canon, I think the creators made the right choice making this one canon (it was set up from the beginning, and I do think it’s the more popular ship. I think they would’ve gotten MORE backlash had they not made it canon). BUT, they’re literally middle schoolers. Of course they DO end up together, but the chances of that actually happening are off the walls! They only stayed together because of bryke, fan popularity, and what the show ended on (it would be really awkward if it ended with them getting together, and then bryke saying they broke up later. I get that. I don’t think they made a bad decision there). It’s just a liiiiiiiittle unrealistic (and I don’t wanna hear nothin bout “this is a fantasy world everything’s unrealistic.” You know what I mean go smart off somewhere else). Zuko and Aang, on the other hand, are bound by fate. They’re best friends, and they stay best friends for like, ever. Platonic soulmates, ying yang, does that not ring a bell? They’re not separating, it’s in the code. Though Katara and Aang don’t break up, I still think, realistically, it’s possible that they’d last a couple years then grow apart. Meanwhile, Aang and Zuko get closer and closer and then boom: just as much gay tension as roku and sozin. But not doomed this time.

ztara I can’t see happening based on the text. they have a lot of sweet moments from them talking about their respective moms' death (kinda sorta death) to like zuko accompanying her for "revenge" (not really revenge) to katara fighting azula with zuko. and their dynamics are cute like rivals to lovers and stuff. but, I just can’t see it. Plus, zukaang has that.

zuko’s mom was taken away from him, and aang’s father figure was threatened to be taken away from him. but it doesn’t stop there. no, shortly after these events, zuko was banished from his nation while aang fled from his. (MIRRORING CHECK DO I GET A MIRRORING CHECK???) zuko might’ve gone with katara to tie up loose ends of her past, but zuko went with aang to learn from the past for the future. and not to mention, on that journey, zuko and aang met mirroring red and blue dragons that formed a heart around them then proceeded to shroud them in rainbow flames while they learned firebending from the first firebenders not unlike oma and shu who were lovers from opposing sides of a war. (DO I HEAR SYMBOLISM AND STORY COMPARISON???) and zuko? he said “it’s my destiny for me to help the avatar.” and he DID. Yeah fighting azula was a culminating moment of his character arc and was imperative to taking down the imperial fire nation, but do you think zuko would just go attack his sister if she wasn’t a threat to Aang and peace? No, he would not. And you may be saying “uh yeah you said ‘and peace,’ zuko’s doing this because he believes it’s the right thing, and to take down his corrupt family, and for peace, not Aang.” BUT DO YOU SEE IT. AANG AND PEACE ARE LIKE SYNONYMS TO ZUKO. THEY COINCIDE. THEY’RE THE SAME THING. And in that Azula fight Zuko was given a MIRRORING scar with Aang. Aang’s back scar and his chest scar. (DO I HEAR DEVOTION???)

also headcanon-wise, I just really think Zuko is gay, so the ztara thing also kinda falls apart at that for me. Zuko just doesn’t?? Treat women very well??? Sorry, it IS kinda true tho. For so much of his life being spent with his main friends being only girls, he does not treat the women he dates very well. He actually treats Katara the best out of the girls he interacted with in my opinion even though he totally crushed her trust first try. (Some ships are about to get stray shots here while I explain this so sorry 🙏🙏)

Alright now here’s Zuko just not being the best with girls in general with romantic and platonic relationships. Not saying he hasn’t had his good moments, but, if I knew him irl I’d be trashing him for how he treats girls. Him and Mai always had continual problems on both ends. Zuko never really seemed interested in her genuinely, but on top of me just not really feeling the chemistry, Zuko was unhealthily distrusting and jealous of her like an object, he broke up with her through a note, and she risked her life for him and he didn’t even think about busting her out of jail. he really didn’t think about Mai much at all when he was with team avatar, and when he did, it was usually with weariness. he never really seemed upset that he was away from her. Now there was the “that’s rough buddy” conversation, but that’s when Zuko said “oh yeah leaving the Fire Nation was EASY” to which Sokka brought up leaving behind loved ones and Zuko went “Oh yeah, I had a girlfriend. Bummer I had to leave her to go FOLLOW THE AVATAR. AGAIN.” I was never convinced either of them actually liked each other romantically. The best thing I can say about their relationship is that Mai didn’t want Zuko to die, and the hardest part about Zuko’s easy decision to leave the fire nation was leaving Mai. For Katara, obviously, he severed things with her pretty early on, but was able to regain her trust so kudos to him. I guess he and Suki’s minimal interactions were positive I don’t really remember them sorry. Zuko DIABOLICALLY denied Toph her field trip. And Jin from Ba Sing Sei. j1nko is actually the Zuko het ship I like the most and that’s just cause I think they’re cute, and also this is like one of the times Zuko does something romantic that the girl actually likes. And he just never saw her again. Like I understand he was in a bit of a complex situation, but he could’ve gone to visit her or give condolences once everything settled down?? imagine you go on a date with this guy and the next day he’s ghosted you so hard he’s not even in the same city anymore? Jin was probably so heartbroken and then she sees HE’S THE FIRE LORD?? Nah I’d be so mad. Zuko has issues with girls. Men tho? I don’t see this problem arising. He just really reads as a gay dude to me.

Switching topics abruptly here, angsty zukaang has its place, but me personally, zukaang is not one of my angsty ships 😭😭 they worked so hard to be together y’all let them have it. There’s multiple solutions to the kid problem in my opinion, some more ideal than others but yknow. they could find out they loved each other after they already had kids and got a divorce? They could get surrogate mothers? They could say “screw you” to having to have bio kids and just adopt (and probably not announce it publicly cause how would the people know? Just keep them believing.). My personal favorite, they could avatar magic it and bring in some storks ectobiology and poof! magic bio baby they’re both blood related to. Hey, crazier things have happened. And zukkang has made a world where they can both be together and it’s beautiful and lovely and sweet ❤️🧡

and like, I don’t think it’s an all-out solution to the ship war. I think zutaraang is the all-out solution to the ship war. BUT, zukaang is a solution. It’s that one Thomas Sanders Prince vine where he goes “you’ll never have her! because I want you…”

uhhh anyways thank for comin to my tedtalk ramble about zukaang. Enjoy the rest of your day, and God loves you :DD

[fictionkinfessions]

[WARNING: Has major, MAJOR spoilers for «“Persona 5 Royal”», please continue scrolling if you do NOT wish to see them!!]

Good morning, afternoon, evening, or whatever time it is for you right now!

Um. I know that you might not want to hear anything from me, I can understand that, but even so..

I wanted to say "I'm sorry", I guess? You might wonder: "sorry for what?", and to be honest.. I don't know either, I just know that I feel awful that I couldn't really do much more for you. Maybe I should have tried to help you since the very start, as I noticed something was.. kind of off about you. Not that I meant anything was wrong, it's just that.. you always seemed more like you tried to fit an ideal or as if you were merely playing an act rather than being yourself most of the time? Ah, the more I think about stuff I could have done, the worse it makes me feel about everything, but this isn't about that.

I'm sorry for not being there for you more, and I'm sorry for how everything ended with us. I'm sorry about how the only thing I have left of you is your glove, and I'm sorry for pretty much everything I could be sorry for.

I know what you're gonna say: "are you an idiot or something? What are you even apologizing about?", but still, I feel as though there's a lot of things left unsaid in between us, so I might aswell just use this chance to properly tell everything..?

I'm aware, that you probably do not think of me this way, and that's why I never really tried to say anything, but I always felt like you were somehow more special than anyone else? I don't know, but the second we met I just.. I guess something clicked and I grew to like you a lot more than I thought I could. More than I thought a person was supposed to.

Even knowing that, I never really knew how to explain this feeling without making everything awkward, and it's not really like I'm an expert about love or something, but I guess that whenever I tried to look more into it, that was always the word that fit better than the rest? So I'm gonna be honest, I believe I may have fallen in love with you the exact second I saw you. I didn't really believe in love at first sight, as I thought it was unnatural, unrealistic and only happened in movies or fictional stuff, so this is actually a shocker for me.. and maybe also for you if you actually never noticed anything 😞

I could tell you that in three languages, actually, but isn't that more of a brag than something romantic..?? Oh, whatever, not like it will matter now or ever.

But, back to what I was saying..

I'm sorry. I was willing to just give up on our reality and to live in a perfect utopia world just because I was afraid of losing you again. I didn't want to let go of you, the person that I believe is the most important to me. Of course, I really care about the others, please don't get me wrong, but even so, I still cared too much about you like to just.. let you go, knowing you'd be dead and that I'd never get to see you again outside of a casket, if anyone even bothered to make one for you after you.. well.. died. Wouldn't it have been easier to live in a world where you and everyone else was happy? Sorry, this was and still is selfish of me, but I really just wished we could have been.. you know, friends, without all of the trauma.

I hope you have never questioned how much I loved and treasured you, though, since I tried to make it as clear as I could without making it weird..?? Anyways, I truly love you, te amo muchísimo, so please don't think that because you're not just some sort of real life prince charming I won't love you, because I do, I genuinely do. You're a super nice and uncanningly perfect person? I love you. You're actually resentful, full of hatred and actually were plotting to murder me? I love you. You're both? I love you. You're neither? I love you. It doesn't matter, whatever your true persona-lity (pun intended!!) may be, I will always love you, so don't worry about me hating you, since as long as I'm alive, you'll always have someone who wants to hangout with you, or maybe to just sit somewhere in pure, comfortable silence with you. You get it, right?

And, even if I'm not entirely sure about the idea of reincarnation..

maybe we're together in every universe, somehow?

Sorry, I'm pondering about this whole message and I'm realizing how cheesy it sounds, but I hope that, regardless, it will reach you, Akechi Goro.

(ily!! 愛してるよ！！ te amo!!) (but remember to actually take care of yourself and to sleep well or else I'm sending Mona to haunt your thoughts 😒)

— #❂🥞🐈‍⬛✮ (OH GOD I ALMOST FORGOT TO SAY WHO I AM 😭 hi, hello, I am Ren Amamiya / Akira Kurusu / “Joker” from «“Persona 5”». I'm not sure if this is allowed, but could you please tag as both fictive and kin?? Sankyuu!!) (oh, also, yeah the tag isn't taken)

(futaba, ILYY!! I miss u and the rest of the phantom thieves a TON :( you're in charge of them if you reunite with the rest and I'm still not with you all by then btw 💥💥 will forever be grateful that Mafia Caillou [Shido] is not in this universe, though.. I think. 😥) (also to sumire, ilyyyyy!!!!!)

"I love you!! I love you!!"

[gleefultogo]

Opinion

you know? Could you imagine being a character in kique's comic. and lets say that again said characters do get upset about things etc etc, but they kinda just sit on their ass and do nothing about it?. I'll be honest, lately I have this frustration on the way kique handles a characters "problem" going back and seeing in previous pages. and well I strongly dislike how he constantly uses "sex/intercourse" as a clutch to somewhat "cure" a trauma or something. To me, I feel that is just very unrealistic. and because since kique is die hard trying to push these feral, animal and dog characters to come off as human. I'll talk about it as it was reality. First of all, If I was a person who say was in a relationship and my partner was in a bad state of mind mentally. I wouldn't be a person and throw myself towards them sexually, I feel its just wrong in a way? If anything using sex comes off as more of a "in the moment" type of thing. If you get what I mean, like a distraction? Personally I don't think it helps anyone get better when mentally unstable. And I'm just tired of kique's characters being magically cured all because they slept with each other. like huh? again it's just a distraction. But it's used as a constant cycle in his comic. Realistically it would come off as something unhealthy. like i'm sorry but if you had a partner that was constantly in a bad mental state or something and need sexual intercourse just to make them feel better. UGH it was just get really tiring you know?. like it would lose the whole purpose of being "intimate" with your said partner because it's constantly forcefully used in a way that doesn't come off as romantic. Half the characters in this comic who did do the deed. For me it wasn't romantic in anyway, cause fuck kique's patreon supporters. They clearly don't understand the difference. Because let's be honest here, but who in their right minds would wanna have sex with each other knowing 1. A family member of yours might die due to a raid, clearly knowing about it. But you sit on your ass and screw someone out in public? like what? (Feaf and Rhov) like you couldn't wait until there was a bit of peace in your life first? 2. Finding out that your family member died, so someone forces themselves onto you. ok look we all know that rogio is a scummy predator. but if these characters were written more realistically. Then I am certain roamer would of pushed rogio away. Heck I wouldn't wanna sleep with someone after I just talked about my dead friend. That's just weird 3. Knowing that partial family members of yours are nearby. So out of excitement you forcefully kiss someone, then proceed to lead them on? I know keirr and bootleg kargo didn't sleep with each other. But I'm trying to point out that the whole situation wasn't romantic in anyway and the fact that people were shipping them just because they "kissed" is ridiculous. It pretty much just shows that a lot of the patreon people are in it for the sex stuff. I suppose it is ok to have adult content in your comics, movies and stuff. But it being a constant cycle of the same stuff happening, It never really sat right with me and I don't enjoy it. Because with kique's characters there is no chemistry between the characters what so ever. it all so forced. but you see what I am trying to get at here? None of these characters talk about there problems or try and fix them. we just get constant self pity, having sex and then everything is all magically better. When actions speak louder then words. stop feeling sorry for yourself and do something about it. No one is gonna do it for you. Anyways... Happy Valentines day? lol

[my-maehem]

Ok 😅sorry . It's my fault . So rarely used word the taboo , i wrote wrongly . So , the Hogwarts Legacy now lot artists favorite now , painters/writers and i love it . Im reading a lot on AO3 and i dont understand why they why missing from every fanfiction the the "consequence of free love" . Realist , i know but would be huge turn in one story . Only Tamayula drawed Sebastian and Ominis as fathers . One guy shocked on me bec "they're minors" as he said.....yeah 😄they are who's kills , they do threesome or just traditionally (with MC) . They already wrote alrernative universes , same way they do everything...and there is the unspoken baby shield . The MC is a strong wich , only she can use anchient magic . Sebastian and Ominis too camed from strong / talented family . Their child could be more special , stronger bloodline . With the pregnancy whould came the interesting questions : Which one the father , when , how she'll hide from everyone in the 6th year, with illusion charm ? So thatswhy i asked ,why taboo the pregnancy subject for every artist if the "very detailed lovemaking" not shame ? 🥲

I never knew I couldn’t put community label on a ask… so… Warning: NSFW (talking smutty stuff)

You are perfectly fine! Thank you for more context, I think I understand your question more clearly now and oh boy— this is gonna be a long response

Now I wanna point out that I haven’t really read any actual full blown fanfics, at least ones that include underage smut as you’ve mentioned. The closet I’ve ever gotten was one shots and that’s it. I’m not a fanfic writer myself, I’ve only written some random head canons.

BUT! I have drawn somewhat naughty things, although not as smutty as what I’ve seen other artists do 👀 I do have a couple of… some… I guess you could call “teasing” artworks and I will do more but anyways that’s besides the point—

What I get from your ask is: Why don’t artists ever talk about the consequences after these smutty scenes? (Please correct me if I’m wrong)

Which is a fair question! You know if we are talking canon, this is late 1800’s we are talking about. They didn’t have a plan B or a healthy way to abort a pregnancy. But also there is the factor that there’s only a CHANCE you get pregnant. Now unless they’ve written in there fic like 6 smut scenes then yeah— it is a bit unrealistic unless the character is someone who actually can’t conceive any children (which would be so sad and angsty ngl)

Back then having intercourse before marriage was considered a sin, they believed that sex was gate kept by married people only. So… why not have one of the boys ask MC to marry her? Well you see… back then it was very common for young women and in this case girls to marry… but the man had to be 21 or older legally if they wanted to marry someone younger. So the boys can’t marry MC while they’re still in school.

Now, back to the question. Why don’t artists talk about the pregnancy? The truth is, it would probably impact the story in a negative way. Meaning that if MC has a child at 16, then she basically has a ball and chain on her ankle because she was seen as a widow (and many other words) which was seen as a HUGE red flag to others way back then. And the boys can’t do anything about her reputation… they basically just ruined it by making her pregnant before marriage.

““No sex before marriage!””

The thing is that back then it was taboo to talk about pregnancy and even sex for that matter. Specially when they’re young and not married. Those conversations were reserved for when they want to procreate.

Personally for me, I don’t think MC should be having a sex life at the age of 15 or 16. I mean don’t get me wrong, it can STILL happen, just because it wasn’t excepted back then doesn’t mean it never happened. I just don’t think teen mom really fits well with MC (or at least mine). Plus babies, although are cute, can be a huge pain in the ass while you are studying at Hogwarts while beating up poachers and killing trolls with the imperius curse

Now I do over analyze things you can thank my AP teach in hs for that. And this is only an opinion with a hint of research I did. You do not have to agree with me. As an artist I’m not ready to make that kind of content and this is just my way of thinking. I don’t speak for other artists, so if you want to write underage smut, and even a teen mom MC you do you! Don’t let my words dictate what’s right or wrong because in reality of it all, there is no right or wrong.

There can be other factors like:

Artists not feeling comfortable writing about pregnancy

Just wanting to write smut because they can

There might be hidden context that the artist is keeping secret until the right moment

They are literally writing in a AU where pregnancy can be avoided (modern AU for example)

We are talking about an AU where there are witches and wizards, there could easily be something that could prevent a pregnancy if you just make a HC

But I think it just all comes down to artists comfort level. I mean I’m comfortable with adults having kids because it makes sense… but at 15??? Unless they were married which is was very common for young females in the Victorian era, I don’t think MC having a child while still in school would be realistic in that time period. Honestly women going to school is unrealistic too but this is a different AU… things aren’t going to be realistic.

Just some random research I did because I love analyzing things: (this is based off of England)

A woman can get married at a very young age… BUT— the man has to be 21 or older if he wants to marry someone under the age of 21. Because in England of 1823, it was legal for a man and women to marry at the age of 21. Although it seems after 23 men could easily marry a female from 12 and up without parents consent (I know, sickening)

In the Victorian era, although it was common to see young women with older men, the average age a women would have a child is around the age 21-23

Females who got pregnant in their teens were actually punished for their “sins” and were actually forced to put their child up for adoption in some cases

It wasn’t common for people to have premarital sex until 1920

[darkenforcer]

not gonna post a starter call for part 2 (yet), but i wanted to jot down a few tidbits regarding yuri's nightmares anyway! keeping them under a cut for tw: angst...

(for real tho, actual trigger warnings for: vague mentions of death, murder, medieval execution-type stuff, implied asphyxiation).

the most recurring landscape in his nightmares resembles the lower quarter after the aer had run rampant in zaphias. overgrown, rampaging flora and fauna demolishing everything in its path, except -- this time -- its residents weren't lucky enough to make it out.

there's a highlight reel of pleas and final moments playing from a distance, inescapable. ragou, cumore, don whitehorse, zagi-- the souls of those he'd single-handedly killed, back to haunt him. to make matters worse, they're occasionally joined by the potential outcomes of those he feared he had to cut down; estelle, flynn, judith, raven... quite the line-up!

in regards to yuri himself, a vaguely-shaped, yet prominent scar has branded itself around his neck. regardless of the cause, it's clearly a depiction of the sorts of lawful punishments he's deemed his actions fit.

y'know that falling feeling you get in your sleep? yeah, that's gonna happen, unfortunately. a lot. just assume if he blanks and suddenly jerks back to attention, his body's experiencing some unwanted reminders of his fall from zaude </3

while we're at it, let's add a disappointed, scathing hanks, jiri, and/or captain niren to the mix! maybe even his own guild turning on him! it's unrealistic (and yuri knows that), but that doesn't mean he can't dream about it, or think it's justified!

[misszura]

I know you’re obsessed with Heathers musical so here is my idea you can share if you want to:

On derry school is gonna be a drama play, it’s the Heathers. Your Jane really love it and hopes she’ll get heather role and signs in not knowing Henry signed in as a joke.

When the teacher called in every kid that signed in, she saw him there and said to herself “god not this asshole again” and you know what’s more funny? Jane got heather role and Henry JD.

It’s my idea but I’ll leave it on you :3

Ok, i have like 3 other asks to answer (one is from 2 years ago, the person will be so stunned when I’ll answer…) but you’re tickling my brain with my obsessions, so here I am.

I mean… I don’t think it’s in character to play in a musical (and in a more me opinion : please people, don’t make teenagers play Heathers… dead girl walking dudes…)

Anyway, who cares about characterization tbh ? And chronology ? (first heather’s musical was like in… 2009/2010) (I do) (I like really are)(but I love play around with ooc)

That would be beautiful. (This is the promotion poster or something, I just wanted to try something)

Henry would never willingly play in a school play, even less in a musical, but when Jane got in, he said no guys was allowed to play her boyfriend, so he joined. He hated everything of that. Playing a guy who hasn’t a mother and has daddy issues ? That’s so unrealistic. Even more knowing the guy’s mom left because of the dad’s abuses… nonsense 🙄

Anyway, he was a good JD, surprisingly, he can sing. People fought for him to abandon the musical, i mean, he isn’t really popular… a bully with anger issues shouldn’t be allowed in school fun.

(First, the infamous open the door from meant to be yours, second is from dead girl walking (2) I mean, it’s obvious tho… the 3rd, freeze your brain and the last is in fight for me)

They changed their minds. Mostly the girls. Henry Ace ass wasn’t ready for the waves of fangirls coming from everywhere, the guy was just a jealous boyfriend, and ended up somewhat popular. His fav song of the musical is our love is god, and to play around, he sings it with Jane even after the last representation.

Jane tried only because she liked musicals. She thought she’d had a figurative role (she hoped saying « why don’t he date me » in beautiful) but ended with the main role.

(First one when playing dead girl walking, drunk Veronica sneaking in JDs bedroom, second Veronica who doesn’t know how to react when her bff fall in Heathers trap in candy store, 3rd you’re welcome. Last one, Veronica at the end. You’ll forgive the colors, I love how it turned out.)

They took off her glasses during the « makeover scene » in Beautiful, because you know, when you want to show a girl makeover in cinema (and musicals) you take off her glasses and put down her hair. It was Hard for Jane, since she can’t see shit without her glasses. She didn’t expected being able to be Veronica, but loved the experience. She loves the song you’re welcome, Ram and Kurt were lovely during the rehearsals, and were fun to be around (I know. If we’re talking about earlier heathers, it should be Blue and not You’re welcome. Well, I said fuck chronology, I prefer You’re welcome.) but her fav song to play was Fight for me.

Never mention dead girl walking in front of any of them. (Btw, did you hear the dead girl walking sang by ladybug and Luka ? Dude, it’s gold. I love them)

She would have loved playing Matilda (and being Matilda) in another school musical, and maybe it will happens. Henry in another hand said he would never do it again, even if she had to kiss a boy on stage. (But god… dead girl walking)

[cognacdelights]

i honestly think there will be a season 4 because it is still one of netflix biggest shows, the only way i can see it being cancelled if is netflix looses a majority of their customers after the whole not sharing account fiasco ( that i am so pissed of about )

anyway the only reason why i am excited is because they are finally addressing the pogues mental health and JJ’s childhood abuse and anxiety because of that

eh i don’t really think it’s that popular anymore

i know A LOT of people who have lost interest in the show since they confirmed jiara and will not be watching, including myself

i genuinely think that that will plummet ratings dramatically like so fucking low. people don’t want to see that tbh 🤷🏻‍♀️

it’s such a shame bc i think all of them a good enough actors to pull that off and have some really emotional scenes but the reality is that one shit judgement to green light a shit storyline completely ruins the show

plus we all know that the writers are shit and it’s going to be done in the stupidest way possible. pope is going to get with cleo before any jiara shit happens so he has “no right” to be mad about it (which he should be and it’s unrealistic if he’s not) and then it’s gonna kiara whining at jj for 10 episodes straight and changing everything about him that people actually like and spending the entire season apologising to her for being himself and not what she wants him to be

[dudewhosfondwithunhappiness]

I hate my birthday.

I've always hated my birthdays. You can guess why I'm writing here again after almost 2 years. Cause it's my birthday! I don't know, whenever June strikes, it's like this eerie feeling always lurks inside my brain. Like, I know that nothing bad's gonna happen but it makes me feel worse the closer we get to the date and the date is now.

The closest thing I can compare it to is how I feel about Sundays, but like amplified. I've always hated Sundays too. At first, I thought that it's because we go to church on Sunday nights, maybe it is, but I don't think so now. I think I hate it because it's so mundane. I don't look forward to the mundane, munday, monday, worldplay, which like Garfield, I don't look forward to too.

On birthdays, it's always going to be mundane. And if it's not, I don't think it can live up to my expectations of what I want to happen. Which is weird, because when I think about it, I don't really want anything. I don't remember most of my birthdays, I mean sure I remember what we did, what we prepared, who came and everything, but other than that, nothing. What is other than that is the question. I don't know, man. Maybe I'm putting too much shit on it. I think what makes me feel like shit on my birthday is that we go through the year existing, like any other human being, nothing special. But I think on birthdays, I think I long for the feeling of being special. Maybe that's not the right word, but you get it. I expect people to make me feel special, I think. And the problem is, I don't think anyone can because I won't let them. I'm not used to people making efforts for me, and I think it gave me unrealistic expectations the more I expect it to happen, if that makes sense.

Anyway, life update, I'm 24 years old now. I've got a job for almost 2 years. How is it? It's meh. It's a good job, it pays decent, but it's not challenging for me, which is what I need now, I think. I've prolonged taking the board exams for god knows what reason, maybe defiance, but I'll be taking it this October. It's given me anxiety and stopped me from doing anything productive the past 2 years so I think I should just get over it. I've got three months to take it seriously and I think I will. Family, I found out something this year that I think I've always known. My world collapsed and it changed me and my plans. This feeling deserves another post so I won't get in detail so yeah. Love? It's good, I think.

You can kinda notice that my writing got worse over time, which means I haven't been writing in a while, which means I haven't been overcame with sadness, anxiety, jealousy. Nope, I was but instead of writing here, it just exploded. Which means that I should be writing here more often. Haha. I should.

That was a long rant, made me feel kinda less not okay.

Anyway, happy birthday, you psycho.

[bonerot19]

finally caught up to seventeen going under… I don’t have an ao3 account so I’m gonna leave this here.

i love that Jason’s anger is described as cold. imo it’s so often ignored that his anger is a special brand of calculative bitterness. he’s exaggerated to this anger issue guy when that’s closer to Bruce. everything we see in utrh suggest that this guy is a very intelligent planer, and that his anger doesn’t exist despite it but fueling it.

i love that Jason’s angry at Bruce and co waving around the rich privilege. it’s so in character for someone used to unfairness to be stubbornly against using that unfairness for his benefit, at least someone morally righteous.

also, not writing the family apologizing after their fights rang so true. I saw your note and idk if it’s just you and me but I can tell you we don’t really apologize with words after fights, and it strikes me as strange when people do in fiction. I think it also depends on how close you are with your family members.

the part with Jason helping Alfred cook and dicing a pepper made me laugh lol knowing you’ve been struggling with writing about cooking 😭

Jason adopting children everywhere is also SO in character. idk I have my own aus and hc and he’s one of the batfam characters I can see adopting children the most.

lastly thanks for Steph’s outburst! in general Steph and Jason’s friendship is so underdone I love them they have every reason to meet

anyways my little guys I hope they feel better soon .. I might be back if I think of smth else I hope that’s ok

you are making me SO HAPPY HOLY SHIT I wish I could hug you

I totally agree with the anger thing! I also think that a cold anger is more restrained, channelled inward. boiling rage is all fine and good when you have the luxury of reacting but most people from shitty homes will say, you often don't get to react the way you want to and that kind of anger manifests a lot differently. the anger you can't let you. it's not the throwing things, breaking dishes, screaming anger.

I feel like Jason is a character that follows his own morals pretty strictly and he doesn't appreciate corruption in any sense. so to him, it's just as bad even if it would be in his favor, I'm so glad that rings true!!

I too feel uncomfortable when there are perfect apologies in fiction. like, I get that we get to write the apologies we wish to receive, but they feel so unrealistic. sometimes they're realistic, but usually not, especially when they happen right away.

jason doesn't know how to dice a bell pepper, I don't know how to dice a bell pepper, neither of us know anything about food 😂😂

I love Steph. adore her. she's so interesting and complex and underutilized! definitely working on expanding on her and having more of her in the secret third thing I'm doing a bad job keeping secret

message me anytime buddy, I love talking about this shit and it feeds my life force to have people interact with my writing

[strangeswift]

I actually think it is important to be be 'controversial' sometimes because it clears your mind. I am speaking from personal experience. After reading same things over and over again in the tag and seeing the same takes, it blurs your mind and it is like you join a caddle. Then you kinda need to step back and think more clearly and reading other takes and readings help you to clear your mind. I've changed my mind on many things because of that and I believe I have a better understanding in things now than before. Like. I am not gonna get blindsided by what happens next on the show because I do not agree with most popular byler takes (that are reaches most of the time). I still read those things but I am open to different or 'controversial' takes and ideas that are not widely accepted by the bylers in the tag.

Hi anon!!!! Oop I went on a rant so hold on lemme put a read more. Warning I talk about byler doubt (just the concept of having doubts nothing specific about it) towards the end.

Okay anon I agree and this makes me feel good about posting opinions that go against the grain. So thank you for saying this, because I'll be real even though I am confident in my takes, sometimes voicing them comes with a level of anxiety. Here's the thing. The tag likes to act like there are certain things we know for sure are going to happen in S5 (byler endgame being the biggest thing obviously, but there are lots of other more specific things, byler related and not) and the truth is: We Don't Know Anything For Sure!! And I think it's wise to be prepared for the possibility that things work out differently than we are expecting. And this goes for fandom discourse as well not just theories like I think the tag is a bit of an echo chamber, like you said. It truly is easy to get sucked it. I've always been extremely skeptical, that's just how I am, and sometimes I forget that just.. not everyone is as skeptical as I am. Don't get me wrong, I have been sucked in before too. There have been instances where I held an opinion, then when I examined it further I realized it was just rooted in the fact that everyone else held that opinion, and I didn't actually agree with it. But generally I take anything and everything with several grains of salt, which is why like you said it's probably good for me to talk about my opinions when they differ from the norm, because it offers an alternative line of thinking. I do keep my mouth shut about most things because I like to be liked, but yk... I also. hmm do I wanna talk about this.. eh fuck it. I think the biggest thing that makes me "controversial" to some people, other than disagreeing with widely accepted theories, is that I have on several occasions voiced my Byler Doubt™️. And honestly there's a reason why I do sometimes talk about it. I realize that there's no point in dwelling on the possibility of byler not happening, it's depressing. And I would never put doubt in the tag or anything like that. But here's my thing. When I was a smaller blog and didn't have the platform I do now, NONE of the big blogs ever EVER expressed any level of doubt. The narrative was "having doubt is bad, endgame is obvious, if you don't find it obvious you are media illiterate, stuck in heteronormativity, or just plain stupid." And I vehemently disagree with that. Frankly? I find 100% confidence to be a little bit unrealistic, but I would never ever think someone is any less intelligent for having 100% confidence! But I digress. My point is, I suspect there are many people, like me, who have doubts and who feel very isolated. Having doubt is literally taboo, which is insane to me. It's cult vibes is what it is. Anyway. Now that I have a big enough platform that I more or less can kind of say what I want and not get blacklisted, I almost feel a responsibility to occasionally be like hey by the way, I have my doubts! Just so people know. Because it doesn't make you stupid. It makes you realistic. Okay rant over sorry <3

[pocket-size-cthulhu]

I recently asked my Twitter followers what their apocalypse skill is, like what they would be doing for the community in a solarpunk apocalypse future for example. I got a lot of interesting responses (feel free to reply with your own!) but i also got a lot of responses that were like "haha i would just die" or "I'm not strong or fast so I'd be left to die" or like "you're trying to live through the apocalypse? Lol"

And like--i like those jokes. They're funny.

But on a deeper level, i find them deeply troubling because i think they say a lot about how we, individually and as a society, feel about apocalypse, survival, human nature and the meaning of life.

Buckle up.

First and foremost, i feel like a lot of apocalypse media i see is based in some kind of weird, delusional male power fantasy. Like, "are you fast enough to outrun the zombies? Strong enough to kill them? If not your group will leave you to die!" And like, that media isn't trying to be realistic, but i do think it's a pity that the market is saturated with media that's so hopeless and unrealistic.

People have lived through apocalypse time after time after time. Even as recently as, say, the world wars--what was the bombing of Hiroshima if not a sort of localized apocalypse? What about the capture and slavery of African people, or the genocide of native Americans, or the Holocaust, or the burning of the American South in Sherman's march? Aren't those all a kind of apocalypse? War, plague, natural disasters etc have ended people's worlds over and over as long as people have been around.

But the human race persists. I don't know how because I've never lived through anything like this, but i have to guess it's because people have this inherent burning drive to persist, and because we pull together and make an identity for ourselves and do the most human of things: take care of each other.

Even when the unthinkable happens, people are still hungry. People still need shelter and clothing. People still have compassion on each other and seek each other's company. The day to day of being human isn't going anywhere, even if our world goes up in flames. And having those needs means building infrastructure and community to meet them.

That's why it's never going to be "if you can't outrun the zombies, we're leaving you for dead." Because we need other skills to survive. And because we have compassion on each other. So you're not fast and strong, but are you good with kids? Can you help count and organize stuff? Do you know how to sew or cook? Do you know first aid? Can you mediate between people who are fighting? Do you know about plants? Can you learn new skills? Can you problem solve? Anybody can swing a bat, but other skills are even more necessary. And the more of us that band together, the more warm bodies we have in our little survival group, the better our odds are. That's how we've always survived.

Also, the idea that we'd be fighting zombies or whatever with brute strength alone is so absurd. That's a massive waste of energy. We're gonna be holing up in some architecture or on a hill, i guarantee it 😅 and most of the day would be spent addressing basic needs anyway, not fighting zombies. Anyway 😂

The reason this is so important to me is not because i think i will live through an apocalypse, but because it helps remind me why it's worth it to try to avert one. If i believe the apocalypse will come and I'll just be left to die, honestly where's my motivation to keep fighting for a better world? If i believe other people are just cruel and don't care?

Truth is, the apocalypse is already happening. Slowly but surely: animals are going extinct at alarming rates. The air and the ocean are polluted. Necessary ice is melting. In Utah, the Salt lake is set to become an arsenic dust bowl in the next 5 years. Millions have died, and millions more have become disabled, from our latest plague. We're living through the apocalypse right now.

Even if we turned everything around today, the planet is still going to be irreparably different than it was. Things are still going to change in irreversible ways. And, it's worth it to keep pushing for positive change. We literally can't afford hopelessness. To accept our own death (by zombies or climate change or anything else) is also to accept a warped "survival of the fittest" mindset that puts the most vulnerable people, like kids, the elderly, the destitute, and the disabled, on the altar of our complacency. That's not something I am willing to go along with.

I like positive apocalypse stories, even though they are unrealistically peaceful and calm and safe, because it helps me maintain hope in the idea that there's something to fight for. It reminds me of the good there is in humanity. It reassures me that even if shit does hit the fan, we're going to stick together and try to help each other survive. I need as much of that as i can get.

[strawberrystar7]

Yk Lila (is that even her name? Cerise? Whatever her name is I’m just going to be calling her Lila for simplicity) seems interesting to me. Why does she have at least 2 if not 3 different identities? How did she turn out this way? Why does she want the butterfly Miraculous? What is her plan going forward. What the heck did she see at the end of the season 5 final? She looked so scared. I hope we get some answers in season 6.

I have to be honest I don’t really like her as a person but as a character she’s very interesting. Similar to Chloé in a sense I guess but also different. I don’t really like Chloé as a person either but when it comes to her as a character I find her interesting. When it comes to Chloé she has both potential to be a villain but also potential to get a redemption if done right (well maybe not anymore after season 5 but up until season 4 final she had that chance). I like reading Chloé redemption fanfics because of it. Tho I don’t like the ones where the redemption takes place over only a span of a week since that seems unrealistic. For Chloé to change she needs first to learn that she can’t get everything she wants considering how spoiled she is that takes a significant amount of time to get into her head. And that’s just the bare minimum.

After that she needs to do some self reflecting. Why does she want to change? It’s not enough if she only wants to change because of the Bee Miraculous or because others tell her to. She needs to want to change from deep inside of her. The wish to change needs to come from her and not from others or from what they can give her. At the same time send her to therapy. This girl needs it. Only once she has begun to self reflect can the redemption actually begin. All of this is just the groundwork. The real redemption can only start now. This is also precisely why the presumed „redemption arc“ in the show has failed. None of this groundwork has been laid.

At least a few months would have gone by by the time all of this has happened. That’s why just a few weeks or even worse only a week are unrealistic in redemption fics. No one works through their issues in such a short time especially not if they are as deeply rooted as Chloé’s. Oftentimes it feels forced because people just make Adrien, Marinette or one of their classmates tell Chloé that her actions are wrong and she suddenly has a change of heart. Like no that is not how this would actually work. Just because someone tells Chloé that it’s wrong doesn’t mean that she suddenly would change. This would take far longer than just 1 sentence. It would take therapy and self reflection and the realization that she can’t just have everything

Then there’s the possibility for Chloé being a villain and not just a flat one dimensional villain. We actually know why she is the way she is. It gives her a motive.

Anyway I swerved off topic. This was supposed to be about Lila and not Chloé. If you want to read more on my thoughts on Chloé you can read my post on Chloé’s role in the season 3 finale. It’s a bit outdated since it was written during the run of season 4 but it still matches mostly with my thoughts today. Either way Lila is interesting in a different way. I don’t think she has the same potential for redemption as Chloé has but she seems like she could be a great villain. She is cunning and manipulative. She is also very mysterious, which allows for speculation. We don’t know anything about her. We don’t know who her actual parents are, we don’t even know if she’s actually Italian and we don’t even know what her real name is.

Not gonna lie it came as a shock to know that she lied about her real identity. But now that I think about it maybe I shouldn’t have been shocked. Thomas Astruc has been alluding to the fact that Lila is lying about her identity. If I recall correctly he had posted a tweet talking about how Lila is a Liar and that we shouldn’t believe anything she says and she could be lying about being italian or something along those lines. I can’t find the tweet, maybe he deleted it, so sorry I can’t provide a screenshot but when trying to find it I saw other people talking about the same tweet. Either way that’s not even the main point of this post. (A Tweet? An X? Twitter was renamed to X so no way the posts there are still called Tweets so what even are the posts on X called? X is such a weird name change.)

Lila is cunning, manipulative, a liar and very mysterious. It makes her interesting to me and I do hope we get some semblance of a backstory for her in season 6 as well as some answers to those questions I stated above. I mean don’t get me wrong it’s fun to speculate but it’s also nice to have some confirmation on what actually happened and to add onto that canon framework. That way it’s easier to get an actual grasp onto what she’s like and why she’s this way. Similar to my posts with Chloé. They are built on the canon framework of Chloé’s backstory and current life but they also allow for analysis which isn’t exactly possible if you know nothing about a character (at least from the time when they were posted so not including season 5 since those posts were made 2 years ago.). In Chloé‘s case you can analyze her character arc as well as add onto her canon framework. But in Lila‘s case you can only speculate. And like I said speculation is fun and I‘ll probably take advantage of it until season 6 airs but it’s also nice to analyze the canon framework and add onto it. Both are nice in their own way I guess.

Not gonna lie when Lila first entered the show in the Season 1 Final I thought she was going to be a girl who lied because she wanted friends. Because she felt lonely and thought lying was her only possible way of making friends especially since some of her classmates are famous like Adrien Agreste, a world famous model, Chloé Bourgeois, the mayors daughter, and Alya Césaire, the Ladyblogger. I thought that she would resent Ladybug in the beginning but eventually would get over it and that Marinette would try to befriend Lila because she felt bad for blowing up on Lila as Ladybug. But then Lila disappeared in season 2 only to reappear in the season 2 finale to create the illusion, and then season 3 happened which changed my opinion on Lila once and for all. But even then I didn’t expect Lila to aim for the Butterfly Miraculous or that her lying went so far as to the fact that she had multiple sets pf parents, lied to all of them and that she even had multiple sets of identities. What kind of teenager even does that and why does she even need multiple identities?

Either way should that happen and they do elaborate on Lila‘s backstory I‘ll probably be back after season 6 trying to analyze Lila‘s character. It’s been a long time since I analyzed or theorized about Miraculous and if anything I would be interested in doing it with Lila but for that I don’t have enough information on her right now. In the meantime I‘ll be speculating about who she is and why she is like that. Who knows maybe I‘ll post some of those speculations on this Tumblr page, maybe I don’t. It depends on how I feel.

[badgirlcoven-official]

For that headcanons post, Luz Noceda?

Send a character’s name to receive four different headcanons

Realistic headcanon: I was gonna put this in unrealistic but actually thinking about it this is completely plausible I think it would be really funny for Luz to know a lot about systems/plurality from the internet and she's been like. kind of considering trying to create a willogenic system with Azura but she was never POSITIVE she wanted it (she did become plural and get an Azura fictive during her adventures completely unwittingly, you can decide whether from trauma or not, but she didn't notice that until after the dust settled and everything was over) but anyway for this reason she's up to date on the modern system terms and discourse* so she is Eda's go-to after she starts connecting with the Owl Beast. Like all she needed to know was advice on communicating better but Luz went on a tangent and now words like endogenic and medicalization are swimming through her brain and she has no idea what is going on anymore only that it all sounds really stupid to be fighting over when you have entire people in your brain to deal with.

Unrealistic headcanon: Despite knowing she is in fact like 14 in the 2021-2023 range I cannot imagine her having a childhood that's not at least partially like mine like realistically she would not have been a 2000s kid she'd be a literal infant then but I find myself projecting my childhood experiences on her anyway and just writing it off with the fact that sometimes as a kid u just experience things that are old.

Heartbreaking headcanon: The "last words" she says to Eda and King mirror the way that her father broke the news of his prognosis to her. She isn't sure she could even really talk about her own death without borrowing what he told her back then because how do you even put those emotions into words? How do you focus on the important part? Additionally, she wishes she would have thanked them before dying because when the time came for Manny to say his goodbyes to her, he thanked her for all of the joy that she brought him while he was still alive. She was able to know that no matter what happened in a future without him in it that she was appreciated, she wants her loved ones to also have that luxury.

Unrealistic but idc headcanon: She's a Deamonne kid Darius and Eber didn't intend this to happen but she kept inviting herself over and calling Darius variations of dad casually. Even if Hunter didn't exist she'd still be their kid they can coparent with Raeda and Camila she is collecting parents they have no choice/silly Also she teaches Darius how to make slime with glue and he has an etsy store now

(* if anyone tries to syscourse on this blog I'm going to throw them into the sun but in case it wasn't obvious all systems are welcome here idgaf what you call yourselves)

[themculibrary]

Bars/Bartending AU Masterlist

A Little Too Close for Comfort (ao3) - helplessly_nonstop sam/bucky T, 1k

Summary: Sam and Bucky work at Stark's Bar and usually the regulars will flirt with Bucky. Sam is okay with that. But a new patron decides to get a bit too handsy and Nat sends Sam to save him... not that Bucky needs the help. This marks off my Bartender/Bouncer AU square!

B is for Bartender (ao3) - VenusDoom3 steve/bucky E, 5k

Summary: "Well," Bucky says, his tone low and brimming with promise, "you won't really know if you're into guys unless you try it."

Steve swallows hard, his eyes flicking to Bucky's mouth. "As in... try what?"

"Tell you what." Bucky reaches across the bar and cups Steve's jaw, ghosting the pad of his thumb over Steve's full, red lips. Steve quivers. "I was thinking about shutting down early tonight. If you'll give me ten minutes to close up, I'll take you upstairs to my place and let you try whatever the hell you want." ** Or, the AU in which Bucky is a bartender who offers Steve service with much more than a smile.

Brooklyn Boys (ao3) - Swietek93 steve/natasha E, 11k

Summary: Steve and Nat are sarcastic idiots who roll their eyes a lot and can’t see what’s right in front of them.

-Or-

Natasha and Steve are attracted to each other but are too dense to admit it. Cue sexual tension, ridiculous flirting, pining,and some jealousy.

Eyes Lock and It's Over (ao3) - fallingfromthestars steve/tony T, 1k

Summary: “Do you want to open a tab?” Tony asks, almost yells because of the music.

“Depends, will you take care of us tonight?” The man asks as a grin spreads across his face. The smile is kind, but his eyes are deceiving it. They are dark (and it’s not just the lighting) deep and blown with lust.

Fairytale Bar (ao3) - cryptidpoet bucky/peter M, 3k

Summary: Peter has played with gods, tricksters, magicians, and witches. He’s stood next to geniuses and monsters, has himself become a monster. He’s dipped his toes into other worlds, other universes, parallel universes. He believes in a lot of things. Impossible things. Unrealistic things. Beautiful, tragic, cruel things.

But he doesn’t believe in fairytales.

Feel Something (ao3) - orphan_account steve/bucky T, 5k

Summary: Some people just never find anybody that they fall deeply in love with. They wander through life grasping for the right person.

Bucky Barnes is a bartender at the Blue Note Lounge. He is scared that he'll never find his soulmate.

goddamn professional (ao3) - mwestbelle steve/bucky E, 3k

Summary: In which Bucky is a beefy stripper and Steve is a hipster bartender at the club with a crush. (Involves fewer stripper tropes than you probably hope)

Hey, Bartender, Pour ‘Em Hot Tonight (ao3) - emphasisonem steve/bucky M, 22k

Summary: In which Bucky is a bartender and Steve is immediately smitten. He's not the only one.

Keep You Warm (ao3) - ineachplace steve/bucky E, 7k

Summary: “You ever gonna stop fussin’ over me and get yourself a girl?”

Bucky’s face goes soft for a minute. It’s why Steve says it. To see the lines in his forehead smooth out. Sometimes he feels a strange urge to kiss him. Like he’s just so full of affection for him that it’s the only way to show it.

Steve knows it’s ridiculous. Knows it doesn’t mean what it sounds like it means. But sometimes, he wants it anyway. Regardless.

Kiss the Cook (ao3) - mambo steve/bucky, peggy/angie, maria/sam T, 28k

Summary: Former Top Chef contestant Steve Rogers opens a restaurant with his best friend, Sam Wilson.

And everything is great, except for Steve's giant crush on their new bartender.

Miracles Don't Happen Here (ao3) - zombified419 loki/tony, phil/pepper M, 105k

Summary: Tony finds himself in a new bar that he normally wouldn't ever frequent. After being rescued by Captain America, he finds himself drawn back to the location that witnessed one of his lowest points - and a cunning new bartender. [FrostIron] (Humor/Romance/Drama) Now completed!

Pour the Guinness (ao3) - buckybarnesdeservestobehappy (hutchabelle), lyn7 steve/bucky, pepper/tony E, 21k

Summary: Bucky’s a bartender at Stars and Bars, the coolest nightclub in Brooklyn. He’s excellent at his job, so he’s often called in when someone else misses a shift. Irritated he has to work on his scheduled night off, he’s pleasantly surprised when one patron makes his sacrifice worth it. Shy, handsome Steve Rogers is the best tipper Bucky’s ever met, but he wants something much different. Unfortunately, Steve’s hiding something, and Bucky’s not prepared when the secret comes to light, especially when he’s got one of his own.

Shaken (ao3) - glittercake sam/bucky G, 13k

Summary: Sam Wilson runs a small, independent investigative firm with his college friend Steve.

He's renowned for solving and uncovering just about anything that lands on his desk until random strangers start disappearing in his city. With only a hunch and an address, he heads to a dingy dive bar downtown for answers.

What he finds is so much more than he bargained for.

The Sherwood Lounge (ao3) - msraven clint/phil M, 10k

Summary: Everything about the place entices you to settle in and stay a while, to linger over good drinks and good conversation.

A bartender!Clint AU with bonus artist!Phil

Untouchable (ao3) - AvoidingAverage steve/bucky E, 43k

Summary: It's been eight years since Bucky Barnes left Steve standing alone and heartbroken. Eight years since Steve confessed his feelings and shared a kiss that left him aching for the impossible. Eight years since Bucky Barnes abandoned him to take up the mantle of his step-father's mob, Hydra.

Now, Steve's carefully rebuilt world is threatening to collapse again when he finds himself on a list of 'Untouchable People' in their neighborhood. Anyone who harms Steve Rogers will find themselves the target of a new, vicious mafia leader--the Winter Soldier.

(Or, the AU where Bucky tries to protect Steve by threatening violence on anyone who hurts him and inadvertently leads him into a world of mob violence, Interpol raids, and an overthrow of Alexander Pierce. )

Well, this is awkward (ao3) - Saturning harley/peter E, 5k

Summary: Peter and Harley hooked up at a bar some night. Then on other nights, too. Three months later, Tony introduces them, so they could work on avenger‘s tech projects together and maybe become friends.

Well, this is awkward. How are they supposed to tell Tony?