#but new kirby oc just dropped anyway

[jlan22]

y'all ever just recycle old ocs you had and even make them a specific franchise's fan character? yeah me too

[context and more info under the cut!]

for context: warton is an old oc i made back in 2021. i initially made him for youtube as a lil partner of my sona back then. he's been inspired by 2 paper mario allies: huey and olivia (you can TELL, specially huey). since the time i made him, he's been abandoned. recently, i decided to change things up about him; he's now a kirby oc! with a glow up like damn bud you look good with that fresh new haircut!!

warton is a good friend of susie. they're considered pretty close, and he seems to have a crush on her! to his luck, susie views him differently, more as a brother type friend (they're FRIENDS and NOT RELATED), so poor guy constantly gets bro zoned by her

but it's okay he would still do things for her like bring her flowers and spend some ice cream quality time with her <3

[s4cool-123]

This is probably the first and last Kirby OC I'll ever make lol

Lore down below if you're interested in this lil fella

So I made this star about 2 years ago, before I was given the divine calling to make the KTD AU that's been going on in my youtube channel. I've actually forgotten quite a lot of details about them, but I do remember they followed kirby around as a helper of sorts, like Ribbon and Elfilin. They left sporadically to look for mirror shards they dropped (will be explained in further detail later). They were created as the basis of a new Kirby game, presumably after Forgotten Land, and prior to an eventual Kirby Triple Deluxe remake. I was still very much obsessed with KTD, so this story might interest you if you like that game since the ending to this hypothetical game hints about Sectonia.

Bolded text will be from notes I wrote down since their creation, Regular text will be any thoughts, facts, or opinions I have as of right now.

Little background before delving in: Their name is Tolim, based on the Toliman star (Alpha Centauri B?). Probably chosen because they're not very bright compared to other stars? I can't believe I forgot this detail 😭. Anyways, they have no gender as far as I can remember, they just happen to have long lashes.

July 27, 2023 Tolim - An unwanted dwarf star who was willingly sacrificed by their clan to a version of Dark Matter who actively avoided Kirby, knowing that if they ever met, Kirby would defeat them. Tolim is technically still a newborn star so they don't know much about the world.

Also, some sidenotes have them sort of coughing in their hypothetical idle animations, and when they "cough", small bits of darkness appear and disappear.

July 28, 2023?

Part of a cut-off script (talking to another character?), not used in-game but just for background knowledge it seems:

You see, I was born in an unknown galaxy far away from my clan. Because of that, the ??? clan didn't recognize me as one of their own. Since nobody was there to help me survive, I lived out my life surviving as a thief. Eventually, everyone got tired of me and agreed that I be sacrificed to a being known as Dark Matter, who was tormenting the ??? galaxy for years. (They did this in order to drive out Dark Matter, and it actually kind of worked!) Stars like me are able to absorb darkness, however too much would eventually kill me. I ended up absorbing a lot of Dark Matter while I attempted to escape, so that's why I look like this. If the last bit of Dark Matter catches up to me, I'm a goner...

According to some other text, I found out that basically the storyline for this hypothetical Kirby game would go like this:

Kirby and gang are chilling out when Tolim all of a sudden appears and tries to steal the Rainbow Sword (as seen in Kirby's Dreamland 2), only for it to disperse into rainbow drops all around Popstar. Kirby tries to follow Tolim, who is still carrying around a part of the sword (or rainbow drop? idk). Kirby eventually catches up to Tolim, and here is where Tolim basically explains theyre not evil, and that they need Kirby's help. Tolim also explains they were able to travel to popstar from the ??? galaxy (which is super far away) to Popstar via the Dimensional mirror. Willing to help out, Kirby helps Tolim find all the rainbow drops.

Eventually, their journey ends with them in the ??? Galaxy. The clan leader is a bright star who, angry at the fact Kirby is helping out a "criminal", sends his soldiers to fight him. The player defeats the clan leader's soldiers and we end up fighting the clan leader himself (bossfight time!). Once the battle is over, the screen starts shaking as we see dark matter materialize and aim directly at Tolim, thus creating 03.

Man! I wish I could find the sketch of how they looked!! But basically 03 is like a scarier version of 02. I'll just HAVE TO draw them one of these days. If I remember correctly, they're mostly black and red, and have multiple eyes/mouths. Oh yeah, the mouths in 03's design kind of laugh if 03 hits you. One of the eyes is different from the others. It can be seen sort of crying at times, which is Tolim themself since they're being possessed by Dark Matter. The boss fight is super awesome and kind of goes with the beat of the epik music 😎. Also the rest of the design has four wings and four hands, two of which attack with some cool looking sword (again, I NEED TO DRAW THIS AND HOPEFULLY IT LOOKS AS COOL AS I IMAGINE IT TO BE!!!). Now that I think about it, it's kind of like a biblically accurate angel...Idk if that was intentional lol. ANYWAYS,

There are two endings: After defeating 03...

if throughout the game you picked up all the rainbow drops, an animation of a very small brown/orange speck of light (with Tolim's unmasked face) appears saying they'll stay in Popstar and regain their strength, as they'll need it to "fulfill a promise I made to someone I met in the Dimensional mirror!".

if you missed some rainbow drops throughout the game, part of Tolim (SUPER weakened and still colored in black and red) survives and falls through a piece of a mirror shard (which Tolim held on since the beginning of the game). Meanwhile, Kirby looks around worried, trying to see where they fell, until he sees the shard on the ground. It's revealed Tolim carried this shard around after escaping the dimensional mirror, which broke as Tolim made their escape to Popstar. Tolim promises that they'll make it out alive, and that they'll "save a friend in the Mirror world that helped me as much as you (Kirby) did!".

By the way, the friend Tolim keeps mentioning is Sectonia, who is actually trapped in the dimensional mirror since (spoilers for my own ongoing AU) she had actually swapped places with "mirror Sectonia", (yes, the one responsible for all the events in KTD.)

Final note: I might have forgotten some important lore elements (especially all that regarding the rainbow sword and etc), but all in all Tolim's story/purpose, atleast from what I can discern here, was basically to:

Bring back references from Kirby's Dreamland 2

Make a cool and updated version of 02 (hence the name 03!)

To reference Sectonia/joronia and to set up her eventual grand reappearance in a KTD Remake/mainline Kirby game.

By the way, if you've managed to read all of this congratulations! :D

ALSO IM SO HAPPY YOU READ MY BRAINDUMP ON SOMETHING I'LL PROBABLY NEVER MAKE BUT STILL! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING TIME TO READ THIS MESS LOL!! ok ill stop with caps lock now lol, see ya!

[bbangsoonie]

just u

member: sunwoo genre: fluff word count: 1,903 synopsis: sunwoo thinks you’re a flirty drunk but doesn’t notice you only flirt with him.

a/n: oc’s facial flush after drinking alcohol is mentioned once in the fic

Eric: giant sleepover at hyunjae’s tonight

Hyunjae: this is news to me ??

Eric: be prepared to pull an all-nighter because we are doing everything from watching movies to playing games to ✨drinking✨

Sangyeon: his house is also my house ???

Eric: y/n, can you pick up some snacks and drinks with sunwoo?

You: sure

Sunwoo: this is news to me as well ?

Eric: see you all at 6! i know no one has classes today and tomorrow’s saturday so i expect full attendance :)

Juyeon: again, our house is not just solely hyunjae’s ???? younghoon and i live here as well ;-;

Eric’s impromptu gathering was in no way organized but he knew everyone would go along with it. Your group of friends consisted of the most spontaneous people you’ve ever met. They were always down for anything, anytime.

That was how you ended up going grocery shopping with Sunwoo and Haknyeon after you stopped by campus for your professor’s office hours. You ran into Haknyeon there who wanted to tag along to make sure you bought his favorite snacks.

“Any requests for chasers?” you called out to the boys who were an aisle away. You scanned the shelves of sodas in front of you, trying to recall who liked what drinks.

“Chasers are for babies,” Haknyeon scoffed as he made his way over to you.

“I’m baby,” you proudly pointed at yourself.

“Are you referring to the Kirby meme right now?” he blinked. When you nodded, he pretended to gag, making you slap his back.

“Do you guys think this is enough alcohol?” Sunwoo arrived with a cart full of bottles. You almost laughed at the amount of cases. Anyone passing by would think you were shopping wholesale. Which honestly didn’t sound like a bad idea for a group of 12.

“Should be,” Haknyeon shrugged, taking over the cart. “Now time for the good stuff!”

You and Sunwoo watched as he threw in bags of chips and jelly into the cart. You only picked out one or two for yourself since Haknyeon was essentially just getting everything. There was a wide variety for you to choose from anyway. Sunwoo had to physically stop him from adding more stuff, insisting that there’d be dinner as well.

With Hyunjae in charge of ordering food, it was no surprise that you walked into his house smelling like chicken. Eric greeted you from the kitchen and you hollered out a “hey” before joining Changmin and Chanhee in the living room. They were in the middle of an intense round of Super Smash Bros and by the looks of it, Changmin was winning. When the game finally ended, Changmin shrieked with laughter while Chanhee dejectedly collapsed onto the sofa.

Jacob and Kevin walked in not long after, exchanging greetings with everyone else. Sangyeon, Juyeon, and Younghoon emerged from the staircase after finishing their assignments upstairs in their own respective rooms. With the whole group together, Eric gathered you all in front of the TV to have a Super Smash Bros tournament.

“Only people who suck at playing games pick Kirby,” he yelled as you picked up a controller.

“I do admit I suck at games and love Kirby,” you stuck your tongue out as you chose your character, making Chanhee groan.

“All you do is spam down b!” Kevin whined.

“Well no one wants to teach me other moves or how to play other characters,” you shrugged.

“I tried,” Hyunjae sighed. “You’re an impossible student.”

“That’s because everyone kills me off while I try to learn!” you huffed.

To your amusement, you won the game by avoiding everyone in the air while they battled amongst themselves. Then you constantly attacked Younghoon with the same move until he eventually died. He screamed in frustration when your victory flashed across the screen.

Unfortunately for you, everyone decided to target you in the beginning for the next round. After easily finishing you off, they enjoyed what they called a “true fight” that Eric ultimately won.

The long night officially began with the mountain of boxes of chicken in the kitchen. It was easily demolished before Changmin won rock, paper, scissors to put a horror movie on. Before the film was even chosen, Sunwoo was complaining about how he hated jump scares.

“Bro just say you’re afraid and move on,” Eric snickered.

“I’m not scared! I just don’t like being surprised,” Sunwoo insisted.

“Pft, if you’re a true man you can watch it,” Chanhee teased, unaware of his embarrassment to come.

The next couple of hours was chaotic. Chanhee screamed at every noise, making everyone else scream as well. Haknyeon and Sunwoo ended up watching the movie with their ears closed and Jacob gave up entirely by trying to nap instead. You had the unfortunate seat next to Younghoon and became his ragdoll that he clung onto and shook every time he got frightened. You didn’t even get to react to the movie because he kept screaming and grabbing onto you.

Eric and his mischievous instincts spent the whole time trying to startle Juyeon who ended up chasing him around until he promised to stop. Changmin, Sangyeon, Hyunjae, and Kevin were the only ones who truly enjoyed the movie.

When the lights came back on, Chanhee and Sunwoo pretended that it wasn’t scary at all. Hyunjae laughed, reminding them of their reactions to which they feigned oblivion to.

“I need a drink,” you groaned. “Younghoon stressed me out more than the ghost did.”

“Everyone go slow and steady,” Eric warned. “I want to be playing until the sun comes up.”

“My body is too old for this,” Sangyeon mumbled as he began taking the alcohol out of the fridge.

“Hey, Y/n, can you pass me a bottle?” Sunwoo asked. You felt your heart skip a beat when his fingers brushed past yours to take the drink from your hands. The exchange made you blush and you quickly took a shot to mask your tinted cheeks with the flush of the liquor.

Spending the night with your friends meant that you would be spending it trying hard to not fall in love with your budding crush. You tried your best to keep a safe distance from him, relying on Chanhee to be your trusty barrier.

After a series of drinking games (that mostly resulted in your loss), you were beginning to feel the effects. With Chanhee and Haknyeon by your side, you were slightly swinging in your seat. You were all sitting on the floor in the spacious living room to start whatever game Hyunjae had suggested. His words had gone in and out of your ears while you were finishing your last punishment drink.

“So basically one person will ask another person a question and that person will say their answer out loud. The answer has to be the name of someone in this room. Those who are curious about the question will drink to hear it,” Hyunjae explained.

“Can I go first?” Kevin excitedly asked. With the majority agreeing, he happily went up to Jacob to whisper in his ear.

After hearing his question, Jacob thought for a second before saying your name. The boys teasingly “ooh”ed, making you roll your eyes. Sunwoo, Eric, and Changmin were the only ones curious enough to drink for the answer.

“Aw, Y/n, you don’t wanna know why he picked you?” Kevin pouted.

“By the look on your face, I think I get the gist,” you chuckled. “Any questions involving girls only leaves me as an option. And to be brutally honest, I don’t really care what he thinks of me.”

Jacob, faking pain, clutched his heart.

“Ouch,” he joked.

Jacob asked his question to Younghoon, who answered with your name again. This time, you were slightly intrigued.

“Me again for the second time in a row? Now I’m kinda curious,” you pretended to think hard.

Eric drank again and eagerly asked for Jacob’s question. Trying to elicit a response from you, he acted shocked and grabbed Younghoon by the collar. Laughing, you gave in and drank to hear the question.

“He thinks you’re gonna be the first to get cuffed,” Jacob whispered to you.

“Ah, unfortunately no,” you shook your head at Younghoon, sitting back down.

This time, Younghoon asked you a question. He asked who you would date if you had to choose from the friend group.

“Sunwoo,” you said almost immediately. His jaw dropped at how fast you made your decision and he gave you a smug look.

Again, Eric couldn’t hide his curiosity. His reaction made the rest of them interested and everyone ended up drinking to find out what Younghoon had asked you. Hyunjae hooted but the alcohol in your system left you unphased by all their teasing.

After their excitement died down, the game continued until each person had a turn. It ended with Eric drunk crying thanks to Juyeon picking him as his most cherished friend. Seeing him cry made Sunwoo cry as well and Changmin was having a blast laughing at them both.

Not wanting Sunwoo to also turn into a crying drunk, Sangyeon took his cup away from him. He reminded him to keep his pace, prompting him to sulk. As soon as Sangyeon looked away, however, Sunwoo stole it back and downed the rest of his drink.

“Sunwoo, no,” Sangyeon groaned.

“Sunwoo yes!” Sunwoo exclaimed with glee.

The group then split off into subgroups to take a break from drinking. You, Younghoon, Juyeon, Changmin, Sunwoo, and Eric propped a phone up to make TikToks together. Meanwhile, the rest of the boys were just chilling on the couch, laughing as they watched you embarrass yourselves.

Subconsciously, you ended up with your arm wrapped around Sunwoo’s neck for most of the stupid 15 second video. You honestly weren’t sure what you were filming or why you were so close to your crush but you were having too much fun to care.

Chanhee, on the other hand, definitely noticed. He smirked as you rested your head on Sunwoo’s lap and Sunwoo’s face reddened. He nudged Jacob to point it out and made fun of how oblivious you two were.

Before reconvening, you stepped outside to get some fresh air. When you didn’t return after 10 minutes, Sunwoo was sent to retrieve you. You lit up seeing him join you on the veranda and beckoned for him to sit down next to you.

“It’s cold out here,” he said. “Let’s go back in.”

“So then you should hold my hand to keep me warm,” you giggled, holding out your hand.

“You’re drunk,” he commented as he raised an eyebrow.

“Drunk on you,” you winked, making him shyly look away. He cleared his throat to rid himself of the awkward tension between you.

“You know, you’re a flirty drunk,” he mused.

“Only to you,” you shrugged. “Haven’t you ever heard of drunk actions reflecting sober thoughts?”

Taken aback, he stared at you in silence. You pouted at his lack of response and got up to go back inside. Before you could open the door, he finally spoke up.

“I’ll think about it if your sober actions reflect your drunk thoughts,” he said.

“Really?” you beamed.

“As long as your drunk self is only flirty with me,” he teased.

“Oh please, have you ever seen me like this with the other guys?” you laughed. “I only like you. Just you.”

[excelsi-or]

your type (pt. 6)

Hiiii friends, it’s only been like two weeks! Pretty good in terms of posting for me lol. I don’t know what it is about this story in particular, but I feel so self-conscious about posting new parts. But I’m also not someone who likes to leave things half finished.

I hope you’re all doing well :) 

BIPOC recs: I actually have a few! Two books: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 - Cho Namjoo (basically follows a woman’s life in South Korea and all the micro-oppressive things that women face in their personal and career lives); Winners Take All - Anand Giridharadas (a non-fiction about how billionaires create such a disproportionate world for us all; I love listening to Anand’s talks about this subject. I find it fascinating). Music: Cross Country - Breland (excellent country song); Boyz II Men - Kirby (I love this woman’s energy)

w.c. 2.6k

pairing: jihoon x OC/reader

pt. 1; pt. 2; pt. 3; pt. 4; pt. 5

The summer semester has her in the research lab 8 hours a day. Luckily, Jihoon is also on campus for just as long. His professor got him a gig working on music for a few groups in various companies. It helps get his foot in the door, and while the deadlines are tight, he genuinely enjoys working.

They take their lunch breaks together, wandering the green or just wandering hallways if it’s too warm outside. But since he doesn’t have other classes, Jihoon’s been chatting with a few girls he’s met.

And he’s told her all about them, so she isn’t blindsided if someone else decides to share it with her.

“How was your date last night?” she asks at lunch.

Jihoon shrugs. The girl had come over since Seungcheol was at Jihyo’s. “She was whatever.”

She lifts an eyebrow, eating the sandwich that Seungkwan made for her lunch. She’s now taken to spending the night at Seungkwan and Hansol’s when Seungcheol visits.

Jihoon sighs. “Jiwoo was uninteresting.” When she has no response to this, he pouts. “She didn’t really have any opinions on anything, so we couldn’t find anything to talk about.”

“But you didn’t just go for dinner.”

“She was fine in bed.” Jihoon shrugs. “Didn’t really tell me what she liked, so hard to say how she felt about it.”

“Ahh.”

“What does that mean?”

She pops the rest of her sandwich in her mouth. “I don’t really know how to continue from that.”

Jihoon snorts. “Well, you’re the one who asked.”

She thinks for a minute. “Are you just saying she was uninteresting?” She kicks him lightly under the table. “Did you listen to her?”

“Of course I did!” Jihoon sips his coffee. “You said that I need to look at people more,” he makes a point of staring at her, “and to be aware of my body language because it comes off as standoffish.”

“And still?”

“All she talked about was her dog. I love talking about people’s dogs, but not for two hours.”

“Dinner was two hours?”

Jihoon shakes his head in frustration. “The kitchen kept getting the order wrong. Anyway, enough about my failed date, how’s your research going?” He pushes a napkin towards her.

She pulls out the pencil she was using to hold her hair up. Her hair cascades around her and she begins sketching out her reaction. While Jihoon hasn’t quite learned all the chemistry terminology, he recognizes various things, specifically the compounds she’s working on. She’d taught him some basics about catalytic testing, using drawings to help him follow along.

Multiple times she’s insisted that her research is really boring, especially for people who aren’t in science. But Jihoon likes listening to her talk, and her research lets her dominate the conversation. He asks questions and clarification, and she’s always great at simplifying things.

Jihoon has learned that her amazing attention to detail translates well to analyzing his songs. And she’s always very honest about the parts she likes and doesn’t like.

“I have some finished works I want your opinion on.” They start to clean up their table.

She glances up at him. “You don’t have a date tonight?”

Jihoon waits for her to fall into step with him. “I do, but I also have deadlines. So, if you’re not tired later, meet me in the studio?”

She waves goodbye to him. “I’ll let you know where I’m at.” She waits for him to exit the building before going to put her earphones in. As she’s heading to the stairs, she sees Seulgi heading towards her. They cross paths in the chemistry labs, but have never been on real speaking terms.

She smiles at Seulgi, about to go around her like normal, when the woman asks, “Are you and Jihoon dating?”

Despite her earphones in, she does hear the question. She turns. “Uhm, no.” She pauses and Seulgi says nothing. “Why?”

“I just…” Seulgi gives her a once over. “You seem too nice to be dating Jihoon.”

She’s taken aback by that observation. While Jihoon has given off the hot-cold vibe, player energy, and a slight lack of communication skills, she can’t say Jihoon’s ever warranted a comment like that. “We’re just…” She tries to come up with a word. “We’re just friends.”

“You’re smart.” Seulgi seems to mull something over. “But smart girls like you have fallen for his charm.”

“Like… you?”

“Once, but I’m not talking about me here. I’m talking about my friend.”

This piques her interest more than she wishes it did. Jihyo has warned her against listening to all these testimonials of women dating Jihoon.

“Maybe you just need to give the man a solid chance. If you’re gonna spend all your time with him anyway.”

Against Jihyo’s advice, she asks, “What happened to your friend?”

“Jihoon broke her heart. He doted on her and from the sounds of it, worshipped her, but then all of a sudden, he went cold. Stopped answering messages, stopped picking up the phone, avoiding her in the hallways. Then he said—”

“‘I’m ignoring you now, please leave me alone?’”

Seulgi tips her head. “Have you talked to Wendy?”

She runs her tongue along her bottom teeth. “No. I haven’t.”

“So how did you—?”

“I met another girl he’s dated. And… he’s a creature of habit, so… figured he’d say something similar.”

Seulgi hums. “Well, Wendy refuses to see any other man now. But she’s fine, mostly. We just can’t mention Jihoon around her. So, just…”

“Be careful?”

Seulgi chuckles. “So you’ve heard the warnings before?”

“A couple times.” Under her breath, she mutters, “Maybe I should heed them more.” She gives Seulgi a friendly nudge as she walks away. “Thanks for the warning.”

“Is everything okay?”

Jihoon received her text around 4:30, saying that she wasn’t feeling well and would go straight home after she was done in lab.

“Yeah, I’m just… I think I’m getting sick.”

She had seemed fine when he saw her.

“Okay, I’ll walk you home then.”

There’s a long pause. “I actually caught up with Taehyung, Jungkook’s boyfriend? He said he would walk me home.”

Jihoon turns in his chair at this odd development. “Oh. Okay. Well, I’ll… see you tomorrow then.”

“Bye.” Almost like an afterthought, she adds, “Sorry.”

Jihoon turns back to stare at the pieces of work he has open in the task bar that he wanted to show her. Instead, he closes them and goes back to work.

Time passes without him realizing. Before he knows it, it’s time for him to meet up with Ara. He glances at the clock, thinking.

Jihoon (19:14)

Meet me at the gym?

Jihoon (19:14)

Hey, don’t think I’ll be able to make it tonight. Caught a cold.

Soonyoung (19:15)

Sure. See you in 10.

Mingyu (19:15)

I’m in.

Ara (19:15)

If I didn’t know better, I’d assume you have another woman in mind.

But okay.

Get well soon, babe.

True to their word, Mingyu and Soonyoung meet him at the gym near their homes. Soonyoung leads the way inside and they go stretch while Jihoon disappears to change.

When he reemerges, Mingyu asks him what’s wrong.

“She cancelled on me.”

“Who?” Soonyoung is stretching on his right.

Jihoon crosses his right arm across his body, feels the stretch in his upper delt and across his arm. He updates them on what’s happened in the last 7 hours, from lunch, to her saying she’s sick, to Ara.

Mingyu frowns. “I didn’t realize you two were still going on dates. I thought you’d already gotten to the… dating part of dating.”

“Wait,” Soonyoung seems to realize something, “are you seeing other women right now? We cannot win this bet unless you commit!”

Mingyu observes Jihoon in the mirror. He has a dazed look in his eye, as if he’s thinking hard about something. “You actually like her.” He turns to Jihoon. “You’re genuinely upset that she didn’t come to the studio.”

Jihoon wasn’t really frowning before, but he is now. “No. I’m not.”

“Wonwoo hyung said that he thought you were seeing other women again.” Mingyu turns back to the mirror. “I said that couldn’t be possible, because you don’t like to lose.”

“Can we just work out?” His tone is harsh, but his friends hear a small plea in there too. They exchange looks over Jihoon’s head and shrug.

“Yeah, let’s go.” Soonyoung nudges him towards the free weights.

It isn’t until after their gym session on their way home that Soonyoung and Mingyu begin grilling him.

“Are you seeing other women right now?” Mingyu asks.

“Well…” Jihoon adjusts his bag on his shoulder. “Yeah.”

Soonyoung and Mingyu’s jaws drop.

“Dude. The bet.” Soonyoung gives him a push. “What if she finds out?”

Jihoon watches his feet move beneath him. “She already knows.”

“She knows? And she still goes out with you?” Mingyu demands. “Are you guys just friends?”

Soonyoung groans in frustration. “Seriously, Jihoon, bets are serious business. We went all in on this bet. You can’t just let Seokmin win a bet like this.”

“What happened, hyung?”

The question seems to release something in Jihoon. He throws his hands up in frustration. “I don’t know. I really don’t. She just… holds herself at a distance from me. I can’t seem to…” He makes grabbing motions in the air. “Get anything out of her.” He shakes his head. “Maybe we should just give up here. I don’t know if I can win this bet.”

“Yah!” Soonyoung throws an arm around his shoulders. He squeezes his arm. “I am not losing to Seokmin and Seungkwan on a bet that I know that we can win. You are the best at this.”

“She’s just as good at keeping me at a distance. And apparently she’s also had men castrated before.”

Mingyu and Soonyoung blink in surprise at the sudden information.

“Okay, well, we’re not going to let that happen to you,” Mingyu states.

Soonyoung agrees. “But you’re going to have to start pulling out al your moves. You—”

Jihoon shakes his head. “Listen to me. I have been at this since February. The girl won’t even let me kiss her.”

Mingyu scoffs. “You haven’t even kissed her yet? You guys are just friends.”

Soonyoung holds a hand up in Mingyu’s face. “You are not being encouraging.” He readjusts his grip around Jihoon. “Look. We’ll help you then. Lee Jihoon doesn’t tap out like this.”

“You said she canceled on you.” Mingyu tips his chin in Jihoon’s direction. “Why?”

“She said she was sick and found someone else to walk her home.”

Soonyoung’s eyes widen. He releases his grip on Jihoon to get a better look at his face. “That’s it?”

Jihoon scowls. “Did I not tell you that I haven’t even kissed her yet? I eat lunch with her every day and then I walk her home.”

“Are we in the 1700s? What the fuck?” Mingyu demands.

“I can’t work out what makes her tick. She tells me stuff about herself, but nothing I can use. All I’ve learned is that she’s one of the smartest people I know, reads a lot, paints, and can give me actual feedback on my music.”

“Oh, come on, that can’t be all you’ve learned.”

Jihoon sighs, racking his brain for more information. There are obviously little things he’s noticed, like that she drinks a shit ton of water; that when she thinks something’s amusing, she lets out a little breath of laughter; or that she presses down on her fingers with her thumbs when she’s nervous. But he can’t share these things. They aren’t useful.

“I’ve learned she hasn’t really dated anyone since Byunggu. That she doesn’t even count that guy as a boyfriend so Jungkook is the last man she dated.”

“Byunggu… why do I know that name?” Soonyoung looks to Mingyu.

“Because he’s the guy who’s either been threatened, murdered or castrated,” Jihoon grumbles.

Soonyoung waves him off. “No.” He reaches behind Jihoon to hit Mingyu’s arm. “Isn’t he that guy who debuted last year?”

Mingyu’s brow furrows.

“He stopped coming to parties because he was filming some show or something, remember?” He pushes Mingyu, as if that will jog his memory. “He was one of your girls’ friends. Remember? She wouldn’t stop talking about him? That’s why you dumped her?”

“Oh! Yeah!” Mingyu pulls his phone out and looks something up. When he turns the phone to Jihoon, Jihoon squints at an article about this man who is currently doing small roles in various dramas. He doesn’t recognize the face. But until this point, he’d never seen any photos of this elusive ex. A debut would explain why he disappeared into thin air.

“What am I supposed to do with this information?” Jihoon pushes the phone away. “She clams up as soon as he comes up.”

“Okay, okay. Forget trying to replicate the men of the past.” Soonyoung says. “Just… be you.”

Jihoon stares at him in disbelief. “She doesn’t like me.”

“She must, because she’s spent a lot of time with you, hyung.” Mingyu sips from his water bottle. “Noona only gives certain people her time, if you haven’t noticed. Her girls, Hansol, Seungkwan, Wonwoo hyung these days.” He shrugs. “If you’re spending so much time with her, she likes you at least a little bit.”

Jihoon bites his tongue, annoyed that they’re right. “I’m only going to give this another month. If I can’t get this girl into my bed, then there’s no way she’s going to say ‘I love you’ first.”

“Don’t you think you’re being a little harsh?” Jihyo asks.

The two roommates are having a night in, watching a movie but talking the entire time with take out on the table.

She came home looking preoccupied, so Jihyo forced her to put on her pajamas, pick what sort of take out they would eat, and to bundle up on the couch. Then she forced her roommate to tell her what was wrong.

“I don’t know. Do you think it’s a sign that two different women have told me I should be careful?” She pouts. “I don’t want to feel like I need to tread carefully.”

“I don’t know what Jihoon was like with those other girls, but he likes you. I know what a guy looks like when all he wants is to get you into his bed. That look on Jihoon’s face when he sees you is pure adoration.”

She carefully breaks apart a cookie before popping a piece into her mouth. “If anything, Jihoon’s just a friend.”

“A friend who adores you. Who you also seem to like.” Jihyo nudges her with the back of her hand. “You can’t go around thinking every boy is going to hurt you like Byunggu.”

“I don’t think that. Why would I think that if I don’t even give them a chance to try?”

Jihyo snorts, both amused and frustrated. “Jihoon is putting in the effort with you. You didn’t even give him your number for like a month and a half. And he still made it work.”

“I did that to keep him away from me.” She rolls her eyes, a slight smile on her face. “So, thanks for helping him out with that.”

“You still hang out with him.”

“You know, he’s seeing other girls now.”

Jihyo pauses. “Really?”

“He tells me about them. He had a date yesterday. He has one tonight.” She shakes her head. “I think it’s just better for me if we stay friends.” She notices Jihyo on her phone. “What are you doing now?”

“Asking Cheollie if Jihoon’s home.” Jihyo turns her phone her way, grinning. Seungcheol had sent a picture of Jihoon next to him on the couch. The two seem to be playing video games. “Give the man a chance. You don’t know what kind of boyfriend he can be if you don’t.”

[jesterjamz]

new pinned post just dropped, & im makin this baby FANCY!

name: jester / jam / olly / theo age: 15 orientation: lesbian-oriented aroace nonbinary! pronouns: they/them, jel/jelloself, ae/aem, & xe/xem. i also use she/her but im the ONLY one allowed to use them to refer to myself. dont use she/her for me unless you are olly jesterjamz town of salem, in which you are not & i am. byf: hey maybe dont follow/interact with me if you're 13- or 21+. 12 & below arent even supposed 2 be on tumblr, & quite frankly i find it uncomfortable if an adult interacts with me so yea <3 fuck off adults & children <3 (cool teens r good tho B])

(& this is the part where i put a "read more". below this text there will be a read more thingy. click it. or dont. i dont care, & quite frankly im not going to know if you click it or not anyway. do what you want. im gonna shut up now.)

things i post about the most: - tally hall/tally hall adjacent stuff (yes this includes telly hole & the thmgau) - town of salem - transformice - the adventures of flumpty & blam / animanboy - miitopia - possums, bnuuys, animals of the sort - hlvrai - the rtvs - the owl house - the mysterious benedict society - twitch streamer tealhollow1

however i do have other interests such as: - rtgame - mp100 - kirby - baldi's basics - the nightmare before christmas - pokemon - rudolph the red-nosed reindeer - the mechanisms - & more!

- andrew horowitz (green tie of tally hall) retweeted my art FOUR TIMES on twitter - i created the tally hall magical girl au <3 - every milf loves me. all of them. - my favorite color is pink! - i can & will beat up j*e h*wley in a wendys parking lot. do not test me, hoe jawline. - i wrote all the lyrics to crazy food by hand once. it was wild. - i stream on twitch! i wanna be an internet funnyman :]

my carrd (restates all of this but better & with less text) my oc carrd (READ THIS & ASK ME ABOUT MY OCS PLEASE I WILL CRY /pos also this carrd is a bit outdated but for the most part its good) my twitch (follow me & i'll personally give you an egg) my wattpad (believe it or not, i write stuff! they used to call me author for a reason.) my ao3 (i dont know how ao3 works i hope i linked this correctly) my artfight!! (if you have tally hall &/or town of salem ocs on AF i will gush over them on main <3)

@jesterjamster - my spam blog. dont follow this. @robcantorr - yes, im the one behind the brilliance that is robcantorr. @residents-of-pinewood - ask blog for my ocs go follow it RIGHT NOW @incorrect-thmgau - my incorrect quotes blog for the thmgau characters @tosconfessions - send in your town of salem confessions & i will post them on the world wide web @ask-the-jest - ask blog for the town of salem jester. very pog. @askthepowerfuloverlord - ask blog for my oc h. @jesterspogwritingblog - my writing blog! i use it like once a month cuz i only post non-thmgau stuff here but its still very pog <3 @badlydrawnthmgau - thmgau but badly drawn <3

this is the end of the pinned post. good job on making it this far! as a reward you get a hug. a socially distanced hug, but a hug nonetheless.

hope you enjoy your stay! :]

[hikaup]

re: crossovers! 

I’ve discussed this before, but not in super-good-detail: I can elaborate a little more on how I can integrate hikari into most universes, and also mention which ones I’m most familiar with! basically: you absolutely do not need to have a pokemon verse to interact with hikari. it’s actually way easier for me to transplant her almost anywhere else than it is to expect people to bend into the pokemon world. in any crossover, it’s easy for her to just be a ghost hunter and paranormal investigator. hikari’s specialty is non-pokemon ghosts anyway, as in actual dead-people-entities. 

I’m most familiar with: 

90-99% of slightly-older animes (mid 2000s-early 2010s), such as (but definitely not limited to): fullmetal alchemist, soul eater, the fate anime series, and so on! I think I’d start to reveal myself as major anime trash if I rly listed all the older-recent animes I love........ I only had anime rp blogs for a while, ok

most other nintendo-related series, including legend of zelda, mario, ace attorney, kirby, and so on! god smh now that I’m thinking about it there aren’t really tons of nintendo stuff I know but HEY

plenty of other non-nintendo rpg video games, such as assassin’s creed, horizon zero dawn, dragon age, mass effect, persona, uncharted, bioshock, and so on. 

the only thing I’m usually meh on is real human fcs. they tend to look....... rly crazy next to me and my illustrated icons. I love OCs as well tho and I’m always open to new threads and new stories! if you ever wanna plot, just hit up my IMs: I regularly drop opens and also occasionally drop starter calls!