#but otherwise i think it looks pretty good

[dreamsteddie]

This is a second love Omegaverse au inspired by @lexirosewrites fanfiction, Sometimes Goodbye is a Second Chance. It is one of my personal favorites and I have read it many a time and was inspired by it. This is meant to be a part of Slick Sunday but it got really long so I decided to post it like this instead.

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They both find themselves suddenly alone in the world with little notice.

Steve thought he was in love. He was in love. But it turns out she wasn't. At least not anymore.

There had been a single moment of elation when she told him she was pregnant. That joy was quickly and brutally squashed by the admission that the pup was not his, and better yet, she was leaving him for the sire. They were going to take the chance of having her take a competing bond, hopefully beating out the strength of the old one to eliminate it completely. It's dangerous. If it doesn't go right the Omega will likely drop, maybe even lose the child from the shock of two bonds not willing to coexist but not being strong enough to eliminate the other

Apparently, moving on from Steve is enough of an incentive to risk it all.

Two nights later, he feels the bond dissolve. Gone, just like that. Empty where he had once been full. He turns into the pillows, the ones that still smell of her, and weeps. He reaches up to cradle his mating mark, now an empty scar with no meaning.

Eddie knew what he had wasn't love. He doesn't know if he'd ever been in love, but he knows it's not what he has with his Alpha. Without even realizing it, he had fallen into the same patterns of life his parents had tread before him. He met an Alpha at a bar, thought he was the best kind of wild, stayed with him just long enough to think that this was as good as it was going to get, and resigned himself to a bond. His Alpha wasn't the worst, but he was far from nice. He was a bartender who took advantage of his proximity to alcohol with a kind of reckless abandon that Eddie used to indulge in himself.

Then, all of a sudden, Eddie was pregnant. He didn't know how to tell his Alpha. Didn't know how he would react. Would he be excited? Mad? Indifferent? At the end of the day, he never gets to find out. By the time the call comes in to tell him his Alpha had had enough alcohol in his system to wrap himself around a pole, he's already felt the bond break. He thinks he should be sad. He should be devastated, it's the natural way to react, but all he feels is scared.

What is he supposed to do now?

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They're both there to get their scars removed.

It's not a completely unusual procedure, common enough that there are a handful of clinics in town to choose from.

Steve hates it here. He hates the beige walls and the beige chairs and the smell of artificial air meant to cancel out the smell of distress that would no doubt be filling up the space otherwise.

He clocks Eddie first. He looks...vacant in a way that Steve can't help but feel is unnatural for him. He's dressed in all black but not like a widow. Chains and rings and a baggy hoodie brandishing the logo of some metal band he doesn't recognize. He doesn't know why, but something compels him to reach out.

He gets up, "this seat taken?" he asks.

The Omega looks up and, Jesus Christ, he has pretty eyes. Steve doesn't know if he's seen eyes quite like his before.

"Guess not," he says, voice deeper than any Omega Steve has ever met before.

For a while, they just sit. Everyone at these clinics is given a window of time to come in, so they could be stuck in this waiting room for five minutes or two hours. It all depends on how bad the cases before them are.

It's the Omega who breaks the silence.

"So, what are you in for?" he asks, looking at Steve with a little bit of that mischief that looks so natural on him. It makes Steve smile for the first time in weeks.

"Isn't it obvious?" he asks, turning up his wry smile just a little bit "I got dumped. She cheated on me, got pregnant, and now she's gone. Gotta figure out where to go from here, I guess."

If Steve wanted to flatter himself, he would say that Eddie looks shocked at the admission. In reality, he doesn't know what to call that look. He just stares at Steve for a long moment and then says, "Huh, wasn't expecting that one." It's enough to pull a startled little laugh from Steve.

"I'm Steve." he holds out his hand

"Eddie." he takes it.

"So Eddie," Steve says as he releases his hand, "what are you in for?" That, apparently, is the wrong thing to say because the Omega goes from quietly amused to averting his eyes and slumping in his chair.

"My Alpha died last week."

Oh.

Before Steve can think of anything to say to try and spit out the massive foot he just put in his mouth, Eddie is pulling at the collar of the hoodie and tilting his head slightly to reveal his mark. It's different than Steve's which has been red and irritated since the bond broke, upset at not having a match. Eddie's is dull, to say the least. It's like a grey film has been placed over the whole area. He hides it away as quickly as he'd shown it off.

"The wild thing is I don't even miss him. I didn't even really like him!" he says a little too loud for the low buzz of the waiting room, but he doesn't seem to care. "I didn't even like him but then he went and got himself killed and left me alone with a pup I didn't even want! And now I can't bear to give it up even though I know I should because I have no fucking Alpha and no job and I'm going to be a shitty fucking mom and-" By now he's definitely too loud for the waiting room and people are starting to look around like they're waiting for someone to do something and Steve really does not need to be kicked out right now so he does the only thing he can think to do.

Steve wraps Eddie up in an incredibly awkward side hug and starts crooning at him, trying to gentle him into relaxing a little bit. He subconsciously tries pumping out calming pheromones but with the clinic purifiers, it's probably not doing what it's supposed to. He half expects Eddie to push him away. He doesn't seem like the kind of guy who appreciates random Alphas invading his space, but to his surprise, Eddie melts into his side almost too easily. He puts his head right over Steve's sternum, getting as close as he can to that gentle rumbling purr.

"Fuck, sorry, that was too much," Eddie says, voice muffled by Steve's shirt.

"Hey, hey, don't worry about it. That sounds really rough, I'm sorry. I'm sorry about your Alpha." he soothes.

Eddie just lets out a little sigh, clearly not planning to extract himself from Steve's hold any time soon. "Like I said, it's not even the Alpha. Honestly, he kind of really sucked. It's just...It all seems so big right now, y'know? I never planned on pups, but now I've got one growing in my belly like some kind of parasite and all I want is to see their little face and hold them in my arms and keep them safe. I want this baby, but I don't know how I'm going to do it."

Once again, Steve doesn't know what to say. He's been abandoned more times than he cares to think about, but never in the same way Eddie has been. He doesn't know what to do, what to say, where this whole thing goes from a kind stranger offering a little comfort to an Alpha trying to insert themselves into a vulnerable Omega's life. He should say nothing. He should hold Eddie for as long as he wants to be held and get the last of his bond removed and start thinking about what to do with his life next.

In fact, that's exactly what he's planning to do, but in the course of step one -comforting Eddie- Steve makes the mistake of leaning his head on top of the Omega's. This close to the source, not even the extra strength air purifiers in the clinic are enough to hide Eddie's scent from him.

Steve has never really believed in scent mates, always thought they were an old wives tale, but he thinks Eddie might just change his mind. Steve has never smelt anything quite it. It's muskier than most Omegas tend to smell but with sweet notes of basil and peaches. It takes every ounce of self-control and a reminder to himself that he has been without a mate for less than a month for him to not start huffing at the poor guy's hair like a lunatic.

All that really means is that rather than continuing to hold Eddie in silence like a normal fucking person, he instead blurts out "I could help you!"

Startled, Eddie backs up enough to look Steve in the eye, his own eyes wide in surprise. He doesn't completely leave the circle of Steve's arms which he counts as a small win.

"What?"

This is Steve's chance to back out. To back peddle and make up something, anything, except for what he's really thinking which is something along the lines of "please be my mate and let me help you raise a child. I think we might be soul mates!"

What he actually says isn't all that better.

"I mean, I could help you with the pup, you know?" Eddie just continues to look at him, eyes getting impossibly wider, "I mean, we just met and that's crazy but I just got a new apartment with an extra bedroom and you seem like a nice guy and..." Steve deflates a little bit, letting the silence linger.

"Steve?" Eddie prompts. A little bit of hope peaking through his words. Just enough to give Steve the push he needs to tell to truth.

"...and I don't know what I want to do with my life anymore. I don't know what to do next. All I ever wanted was a family, but no one ever wanted one with me. So, if you want, you can stay with me. It doesn't have to be permanent but...maybe it could be. Eventually. Your choice." and he means it, is the thing. As bat shit insane as it sounds Steve is suddenly so sure that he could make a life with Eddie. That they could be happy together. Mates.

Eddie is, once again, silent. He's still just staring, jaw dropped searching Steve's face for something. Steve doesn't know what it is he needs to see, so he just lets him look.

"Eddie Munson?" a nurse calls out, breaking the bubble they've built around them. They both startle, instinctively scrambling out of their chairs so she doesn't pass over Eddie for the next patient.

Steve starts to panic as he feels this opportunity start to slip through his fingers. Once Eddie passes through those doors, there's no guarantee that they'll ever see each other again, but he won't push him. What he's asking for is crazy, he knows, and Eddie has every right to flee from him and never look back.

Instead, Eddie whips around. There's more life in him than there has been since Steve first spotted him. There's fear and hope and joy all dancing across his beautiful eyes as he surges back to grasp Steve's hand from where it was lying limp at his side.

"Yes!"

"Yes?"

"Yes! To all of it! Fuck!" Eddie is, once again, being way too loud for this waiting room, but Steve doesn't give a damn about that. How could he care about anything else at all when Eddie is smiling at him like that? "Just, wait for me ok? Or, I guess I'll wait for you since I'll be out first?" he says it more like a question than a confirmation, like he's suddenly scared Steve is going to take it all back.

"I'll look for you." is all he says, suddenly aware of the nurse making her way toward them, clearly impatient to get things started. He wishes he could go in with Eddie. Wishes he could hold his hand through the inevitable pain of the removal and soothe the pup growing in belly reacting to their mother's pain, but he has his own appointment to wait for.

Eddie nods, squeezing his hand just once before finally allowing the nurse to usher him back toward the offices in the back, never looking away from Steve as he does so. Steve gives him a little wave as he passes through the door before collapsing back into the seat behind him.

All that's left to do now is wait for what comes next.

[jinx-isha-forever]

Good luck charm

(Jinx x fem!reader)

Summary: Vi, Caitlyn, and Jinx are playing Risk. You and Isha are watching.

(Risk is a strategy board game)

Warnings: none.

A/N: This is a silly idea I had over the holidays. Enjoy!

(Also, first post ever kinda nervous) 😅

“Just roll the dice already!” Jinx says dramatically, throwing her hands up.

Jinx, Vi, and Caitlyn were currently playing Risk. You and Isha decided to observe the masters at work.

“I will…. I’m just thinking it over.” Vi says looking at her troops intensely.

“Well you’re taking forever.”

Jinx grumbles folding her arms, slouching in her chair.

You return to the board game with a fresh pot of coffee, Isha following close behind with a cookie. Smiling at Jinx’s childish behavior.

“Okay, I’ve moved my troops.” Vi says with a smirk leaning back in her chair.

“It’s your turn cupcake.”

Caitlyn side eyes Vi for a sec, before she starts to strategically set down her troops.

“Soooo.” You say looking over Jinx’s shoulder.

“Do you have a plan? Or are you just making it up as you go along?”

You say teasingly to Jinx. You knew she always started with a plan and then kinda drifts off, attacking whoever she chooses to take revenge on.

Jinx turns her head looking straight at you with a dramatic, hurt look on her face.

“Do I have a plan. What kinda question is that? Of course I have a plan, and it’s a really good one too toots! You just wait till it’s my turn.”

She says putting her hands behind her head.

“I’m going to attack one of Jinx’s territories!”

Caitlyn announces picking up the dice. Jinx quickly sits up and grabs her dice as well.

“So you think you can just take one of my territories.” She says looking at Caitlyn, beginning to shake the dice.

“We’ll see about that.”

The little war goes on for a few minutes, Caitlyn ultimately winning Jinx’s territory.

“Well… I think I’m finished….for now.” Caitlyn says confidently, arranging her last troops. Clearly proud.

Jinx surprisingly says nothing. She just folds her hands together waiting for Caitlyn to finish.

It was finally Jinx’s turn.

You look over at Vi knowing she was probably the first to go.

“Ooooookay.” She finally speaks scanning every single troop. “Y/N, Isha…..drum roll please.”

She says looking over at you with a spark of mischief in her eyes.

You and Isha began to do a little drum roll with your fingers against the table.

“I have saved every single territory card this whole game and now……I’m cashing them in.”

She says in a funny voice, laying down 5 cards.

Vi and Caitlyn look at her with shocked faces.

“Noooooo.” Vi groans. Putting her head on the table.

Caitlyn watches in horror.

“I was going to do that next turn.” She says looking at You and Vi.

“Well you snooze….. you lose.” Jinx says with a smug smile, sitting down her huge army.

Jinx begins her warpath, taking out everything in her sight.

It wasn’t long before Vi’s last troop got destroyed.

“Whyyyy.” Vi cries out annoyed.

“I was so close to victory too.” She huffs.

“Are you sure about that sis.” Jinx says under her breath in a grumbled voice.

You kinda chuckle at Jinx’s words but try to stifle it when you see Vi giving you both a sharp look.

“Okey dokey.”

Jinx says picking up the dice once more, turning her attention to the last player ……Caitlyn.

Caitlyn looks up, grabbing her dice as well.

The game goes on. Jinx’s troops are starting to get pretty thin as she try’s to finish off Caitlyn.

And then finally it comes down to one more roll.

You sit there holding Isha in your lap both of you watching intensely.

Jinx picks up the dice.

Everyone nows this ones got to count. Otherwise, it will go to Caitlyn, and she will cash in her cards and do the exact same thing to Jinx.

Caitlyn looks over at Vi. She looks confident. Like she knew this was going to happen.

Jinx begins shaking the dice. But stops suddenly.

“Hey toots, Isha.” She looks at both of you. “Blow on these for me.”

She holds the dice right in front of your face. Isha looks up at you.

“This for luck or something?”

You question looking at the dice.

“Well yeah it’s for luck, and I need both of you to blow on them.” She says rolling her eyes playfully.

You look down at Isha before you both blow on the dice.

Jinx smiles. Caitlyn face palms.

The room gets quiet as Jinx rolls the dice. You hold in a breath as she lets the dice fly.

They hit the board and everyone is leaning over the table to see.

“YOU WON!” You shout!

Isha hugs you, giggling at all of the excitement around her.

Jinx moves her hand in a gun motion “pow” a smile on her face, moving Caitlyn’s last troop off the bored.

Vi sits there with a smile.

“Guess you should’ve asked me to blow on your dice.” She says nudging Caitlyn softly.

Caitlyn shakes her head in disbelief.

Jinx is now doing a victory dance and Isha joins in laughing and giggling.

You stand from your seat, Jinx tackling you in a hug.

“I guess you and Isha are my lucky charms now.” She nuzzles her nose in your neck smiling.

You smile, rapping your arms around her.

“I guess we are.”

[andromeda4004]

Thank you for the tag @brunheiffer. I haven't read any Cadfael in years but I have been thinking of picking them up again, I might have to borrow one from my mother.

Last song: Daffodil by Florence + The Machine – not quite my usual thing but I’m getting into it. I felt like I'd run out of inspiration with music lately so I'm trying to branch out.

Favourite colour: I love teal, but I’m currently looking for my perfect deep plum purple to paint my new home office.

Last book: the last paper book I read was Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth, for my queer book club.

Last movie: last one I saw new was Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, which was pretty good if you can ignore a complete misunderstand of how steam engines work (I can’t but I tried not to let it spoil things for me)  Otherwise, I have a six-year-old so I’ve watched Encanto a *lot* lately.

Last tv show: I get so little time to watch tv that the six-year-old didn’t pick that I genuinely can’t remember the last series I watched just for me.  Probably a rewatch of Staged or OFMD.

Sweet/spicy/savory: Sweet, very much (currently eating sweet and salted popcorn).

Last thing I searched online: what were Mr Bingley’s sisters called in Pride & Prejudice (I’m sure that couldn’t be fic related at all!)

Current obsession: Good Omens.  It’s been my favourite book for over 30 years, but I am loving the online fandom and the friends I’ve made here.

Looking forward to: getting the keys to our new house – hopefully any time in the next four weeks, and then there’s decorating to do, but it will be so good to have more space. And photos of the newly-dyed hair!

People I’d like to know better: no pressure, play along if you feel like it @sabotage-on-mercury @afrenchwriter @adverbian @malachitegrey @cemeteryangel725 @voluptatiscausa

Ten people i’d like to know better

Thanks for the tag @hermiola

last song: one of the songs I loved most lately is 'In The Modern World' by Fontaines D.C.

favourite colour: blue

last book: that is not fanfic? 😂 The last book I've read is Persuasion (and yes, it was my first time). I'm currently reading Emma and a very Italian book written by the same awesome author who tagged me for this game (@hermiola 💜)

last movie: I can't tell you the last 'new' movie I watched at the cinema because I'm a bit ashamed (it's a Xmas movie made by two Italian youtubers, but what don't we do for our kids?). Last movie I watched on my couch, though, is Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (and yes, I don't feel fine about it 🤣)

last TV show: I'm watching THERE SHE GOES for the first time and I've just re-watched Around the world in 80 days. I'm also currently re-watching Scrubs and Staged with my husband (his first time, he's loving it 😂). Last 'new' show I've watched and finished is probably Dead Boy Detectives, though. Oh, I'm also currently re-watching Good Omens. Like constantly, always.

sweet/spicy/savoury: savoury

last thing i searched online: holiday vacation destinations for next summer (because the kids, again, you know 😃)

current obsession: Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens-Good Omens. Probably, also the whole M+D world (so, Staged too, apparently) 😂

looking forward to: those fu**ing pictures of Michael and David with dyed hair.

ten people i’d like to know better: (no pressure tags 🤩)

@anatomic-girl @ineffablerainstorm @somewhere-in-wales @captainblou @firephoenix2305 @phoen1xr0se @sunrisesinthesuburbs @bellisima-writes @yokohamama @missunderstoodlyrics

[sporeclan]

Hellooooo! I’m working on a clangen blog of my own, so I’m going around asking my favorite clangen blogs some questions. I’m happy to get answers to whichever you feel like answering (or none at all if you don’t feel like it!)

What program and file size do you use?

If you use a font, what font is it?

How far ahead do you recommend playing?

Do you have any advice for layouts?

Do you have any tips for lighting/drawing fur?

Do you have any tips for making cats look more unique?

If you do backgrounds, do you have any advice for creating them?

If you use them, where do you recommend finding reference images?

Hi!! :D

1) I use Clip Studio Paint! Unfortunately not a free program, but I'm very very fond of it. Definitely recommend it to anyone who has the money! My file size is about 1680px wide, I believe? With varying heights. I definitely wouldn't recommend doing it that way, but it's what works for me so :')

2) I made the font myself, actually! Highly recommend doing that tbh, it's a happy medium between getting something handwritten looking without having to spend a thousand years writing haha :D There are probably a hundred websites out there that let you make you own font, but I used Calligraphr

3) It depends! For me playing to about 12-15 moons ahead with a minimum of 6 moons works really well with my style and workflow. Makes me able to cobble together these small interpersonal plotlines while also letting me occasionally play and get new drama to get invested in these characters all over again about. But if I were going for something with a major overarching plot, I would probably go a lot further ahead, if not straight up take the playthrough as far as I'd want it/until a game over just to not risk rng screwing with my plans

4) I would suggest looking up comic panelling tips in general for a better explaination than what I can offer, but I'll try to explain my basic process :'D I mostly go by heart, but I do like to sometimes follow this rule of thumb I like to call the 'Z'

When we read text, we learn to go from left to right, then back to left at a slight diagonal to get to the next line. By following that simple shape when placing characters and especially text, it makes it flow much more naturally to us. And when your pages flow well, you get to break that flow when you want a scene to feel more tense! I tried doing that with the last two panels of the page above and I really liked how that came out :D

Another couple of tips is 1) try not to make the panels too uniform 2) if you want to use two panels for one scene, slanting the side of a panel can make it feel like they flow into each other better, like matching two puzzle pieces if that makes sense 3) small overlapping panels are great for reaction shots and so fun to do!

And lastly, don't be afraid to break the panel border!

It can add a lot of momentum and impact if used right! Plus it's so fun to do <3

5) No sorry, I don't do lighting/shading in my comics at all :'D

6) I have a couple posts here and here describing my own process a bit! But otherwise I'd like to refer to whisper-cats' response to this same prompt, it's pretty in depth and I think they give some really solid advice here!

7) Not particularly, just find a style that works for you the best. I don't do a lot of backgrounding, but when I do, it's in this lineless limited palette style because that's just my favourite kind of background to make

I do highly recommend trying to limit how much time you spend on a background. Don't burn yourself out on one panel because then you'll never wanna finish the whole page!

And for 8), I dont use references so sadly I can't give you any good recommendations there either :')

I hope any of this made sense, lol! Good luck with your blog!

[moons-of-dewclan]

Hellooooo! I’m working on a clangen blog of my own, so I’m going around asking my favorite clangen blogs some questions. I’m happy to get answers to whichever you feel like answering (or none at all if you don’t feel like it!)

What program and file size do you use?

If you use a font, what font is it?

How far ahead do you recommend playing?

Do you have any advice for layouts?

Do you have any tips for lighting/drawing fur?

Do you have any tips for making cats look more unique?

If you do backgrounds, do you have any advice for creating them?

If you use them, where do you recommend finding reference images?

NYELLO! 1. I use Procreate on Ipad! File size is pretty small because i feel more easygoing working small. it forces me not to worry too much about details. Dewclan comic pages come in 1200px wide and.. however tall the page calls for. 1200 DOESN'T SEEM SUPER TINY BUT!! when you think about adding in the speech bubbles and doing usually two panels per 'row', make space for the panels themselves, etc, you end up with only like.. 350/400px to work with. s'LIL 2. FONT is copperplate! 3. this entirely depends on you. if you wanna be able to plan ahead to connect some events, you gotta go a few moons ahead to know what to connect. but sometimes going moon by moon really keeps up your muse and excitement, because even YOU wonder what's gonna happen next. if you need to stay excited about something to keep up with it like ME, i recommend not going too far ahead. keep it Fresh 4. advice would be.. keep in mind/sketch out the placement for your characters AND their speech bubbles in their panels. i don't do this and it shows ALSDNKLSD. sometimes my speech bubbles are squARSHED, or sometimes i have to adjust the size of the font to make it fit. it's silly. PLAN AHEAD. otherwise i'm not so great at layouts and composition in that i don't have a lot of confidence in it, so i can't give much advice OGH 5. shade fur like you'd shade anything else! don't overthink it. but drawing fur can be done in a billion ways so that's a tough one to answer. in my clangen comic it's very simple, bc there's just the illusion of fur. YOU JUST.. ASSUME THERE IS FUR BC.. cats. but there isn't much definition really. sometimes i throw in a tuft or two bc for fun. outside of clangen, uHHHGH.. my fur rendering is sort of a mess. look at how your favourite artists do it! there's no one single way 6. unique cats.. play with shapes! cute round soft shapes, pointy angular shapes. play with the shapes of their ears, give em tufts or give them no tufts. think about silhouettes if you're not going with realism! if you figure out what makes a cat look like a cat enough, you can warp that anatomy and keep them looking cattish 7. i do backgrounds!! i dabble, i partake, in the backgrounds. BUT UAA advice is hard there too. what kind of bgs do you wanna do? :( I'M SORRY I NEED VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS I'ASKDNLK I'M EASILY CONFUSED. general advice is again, look at ones you like! think about what you like about the bgs you see and HAVE AT EM. do studies :3 8. Pinterest is good for references. at least it was last i checked before the big AI boom.. bc it'll recommend you similar things. tho i find the layout pretty disorienting. IF YOU CAN GET USED TO IT, IT'S HELPFUL THO

[ilysungho]

Hello, how are you? I don't remember if you answered any questions about boynextdoor being more about boobs or butts and maybe thighs, if not I would love to hear your opinion on this. Thank you😁

hi love, i’m good! i hope you are too 🫶 i haven’t answered that yet so dw! it became a bit long so it’s all under the cut. enjoy and let me know what you think <3

sungho - tits, thighs

sungho strikes me as the type to want to face you during initimate moments, so as long as he can look at your expressions, anything is fine. this is why i think he’d be into tits more than ass (though he doesn’t mind the latter)! and i was talking to cee earlier about how he’d be such a thigh guy… always holding on them or having his head buried between them while eating you out 🤭

riwoo - tits, ass

i see riwoo as being into both boobs and ass, whether it be dom or sub! i can imagine how when he’d want to be in control, he’d have you doggy style while one hand holds your waist and the other spanks you. and from spanking, he’d love to see your pretty plump butt all red from the impact. on the other hand, sub riwoo would want to bury his face into your chest as you ride him to the edge (also big on boob fucking).

jaehyun - ass

idk like it’s just something about him… he’d be SO into it. you both would be in public and he has you attached to his hip and groping your ass. he’d even tell you he prefers for you to wear bottoms which make it easier for him to grab it. he has no shame in doing so in public either while making out in the corner of some street.

taesan - HEAVY on tits, thighs

first of all, i understand the ass lover allegations he has from how he grabs everyone’s butts. BUT i think with you, he’s wanting to just be engulfed by your thighs. whether it be his waist or his face, he can’t get enough of them. he’d definitely mark your thighs a lot before tongue fucking you. and his fingers are always playing with your nipples if his mouth isn’t on them. he’s so into marking and would color your body in so many shades of pink and purple, his muse and canvas 💗

leehan - ass

much like riwoo, leehan would be into spanking you. and i’ve mentioned this so many times already, but he’d definitely have toys for you too. paddles and flogs would be used for spanking punishments when the session is serious, otherwise his hand is enough. his favorite positions would also be ones where he can see your ass go up and down on him, as well as all the marks he’s left there <3

[moonsdrs]

MAYBE TOMORROW WE'LL KNOW...a j.munch love letter

john. the name of my partner, best friend, lover and soulmate. the name i think of from the moment i wake to the second i enter the rem state and your name is all i can chant. john, john, johnny. you hate that. johnny. that name. but you love it, johnny, don't you? at least when i say it, otherwise, you'd lundge at the offender's throat for daring to say your name the way that i do.

and you're annoying as hell, johnny. you criticize me. 'too much sugar in your coffee.' you say. 'why do you hold your pen like that?' you ask. then you do this thing. a real weird thing. your voice softens and you lean into my ear, 'what language was that? it sounded pretty coming from your lips.' or when i come back in from the interrogation room you pat my shoulder and whisper how good i did. and that sound became my favorite when not even 50 minutes ago i deemed it the top 10 worst followed directly behind the sound of babies crying.

oh god, this memory. a memory of you and me in a diner on 6th. how close we sat, legs touching as we talked but neither of us outright acknowledge it. nor the way we looked so deep into each other's eyes into each other's souls as they screamed 'i love you!' for us because we can't just say that yet. not yet. not yet. the time isn't right but your fingers, albeit cold, grazes my skin as you reached for our singular shared milkshake between us i want to. fuck, i want to. but not yet.

i take a bite of my pastry. strawberry glazed with sprinkles which opposes your plain glazed. and your thumb suddenly touched the corner of my lip and wiped something away. and then it's not just your thumb but your hand..no hands. both of them, pressing against my cheeks as you guide me forward to meet your lips halfway. and after that we don't have to say it. because we know it. we felt it.

'i love you.' your heart beats.

and mine beats it back harder, louder and faster.

note: margaret by lana del rey came on as i wrote this and i teared up because truly, when i knew, i knew.

[divorcedwife]

hi! i was wondering what exactly you mean by characters that are kind on purpose? i have an idea but im curious about the details. could you give some examples?

i was also wondering how you like the characters in tevinter nights compared to how you like them in game, just your opinion on them. oh and did you read the book before you played the game or the other way around?

oh of course!! i meant characters who are extremely kind and selfless and never take things personally, but are written this nicely on purpose, to make a point. like the idiot in dostoevsky's book - the prince is kind and sweet and doesn't hold a grudge, he's disarmingly sincere and always compassionate, he has great insight into other people and why they behave the way they do. and it's on purpose in that this makes him extremely singular, a mystery to other people, cause every other character is held back by social conventions or pragmatic desires or cruel impulsions, and the prince simply doesn't have those. i think this idea also applies to hareton in wuthering heights to some level, he's not saint like and doesn't talk people through their issues, but he is patient and willing to endure cruelty, to take violence inward and not look for revenge. everyone else is thinking about revenge and who they can torment as proxy for revenge (like heathcliff taking revenge on hindley by mistreating hareton, little cathy is mean to hareton because heathcliff makes her miserable) but he is willing to defend little cathy from heathcliff and to defend heathcliff from little cathy, even thought that puts him at risk. he's very selfless in a book where everyone else is pretty selfish, so it stands out

i really love both of these characters, i just don't like it if someone is meant to be a normal regular person but they're a saint in social interactions anyway, or if everyone is also like that - i dont remember for sure what prompted me to make that post in the first place but i was probably vaguing veilguard, i imagine. that's just my personal bias but i cant imagine someone insulting me to my face and responding by trying to coach them through their feelings, and it doesn't feel like a natural human response to me, even less so when everyone else is also like that. i wouldn't mind kindness if there was one character who was a ray of sunshine and always selfless, but we have TOO much sunshine in this beautiful guard of the veil for it to feel like a trait specific to anyone

i read tevinter nights after playing dav! i went in dav with zero info on the companions aside from very very basic things, like i saw some gifs. that's about it i ended up not finishing tevinter nights because of the eight little talons story - i disliked that one SO thoroughly that i needed a break after. but that's so weird, because i only realized recently that the author for that also wrote the lucanis story that i really enjoyed?? so idk what happened there, i don't get why courtney woods would do that to me. i hesitate to call anything objectively bad, but i found that story painfully sexist in how it handled the characters of teia and viago, and also not very good as a murder mystery (i guessed the killer based on the fact that the character spoke ominously and had otherwise nothing to do). i liked teia and viago way more before i read this, i will never look at them the same again </3

but i did still like the lucanis story, and it has made me sympathize with illario way more lol. it's a shame he's written with zero subtlety in the game, because i do like their dynamic in this one! if i had to help my cousin on a special mission and he kept changing objectives and getting us in danger by being too kind and sweet, i would also want him mega dead tbh. i'd think about it at least. looking back though, i think the issues with lucanis do start in this story ; in that he's an assassin with a moral code who doesn't kill innocent witnesses and will draw out a killing to make the target suffer more - i think that's 1) unprofessional 2) contradictory? for example, in this story, he kills a bunch of guards. were they all guilty? to the level of deserving death? i wouldn't think so. the idea that someone can be a good & moral assassin who only kills bad guys is a total dead end, it's not possible. especially if he's not a vigilante, but a hired mercenary. it shows in his banter in dav, his sense of morality made him sound more deluded and sinister to me than if he'd said "i kill people for money, whatever" i still think this story is fun in itself, and i enjoyed it. i think this contradiction in lucanis could have been interesting if it had been on purpose and explored in the game, but i think the writers really thought they found the loophole to have an assassin who is morally unquestionable....... too bad i liked neve's story, i thought her bitterness and the way she assumes the worst outcomes and the worst of everyone, but still never gives up, that was fun. if neve was written by the same person who wrote the story (and i think so?), then she was written by the same woman who wrote evka, which i think is amazing because i thought multiple times that they were pretty similar, but i like how it works for evka more. i think it's because evka is balanced by antoine, the optimist to her pessimism, who knows her deeply and allows her to show a softer side without it feeling jarring or contradictory like it did for me with neve

i also liked the first story, the one that had strife, thought i felt VERY unprepared for the first named character in the book to be extremely elf racist. it's not bad, it's definitely on purpose, it's just that since you never see anything like that in da:v, i didn't think it would be on the table. i liked the action scenes and the little twists and reveals, which i think may what weekes is best at writing tbh... my favorite dragon age book i read is probably still the masked empire, and i remember liking that about it, the action and the suspense and the twists

i like the story with antoine and evka, who are great and i love that we get to see them before they fall in love. i think this story benefits from the fact that i know they will come back later and their relationship will grow - on its own, i probably would have found it just ok, but the book and game feel very complementary and work together well in my opinion :-)

other stories have already slipped out of my mind for the most part, i just remember liking the one with emmrich and really disliking the one with dorian. maybe i'll finish it at some point, there probably arent that many stories left anyway... just for completion's sake

[nerdycheol]

congrats for 100 followers!! may I request vernon + degradation (reader receiving) pretty pleasee??? thank you!

Thank you so much for being a part of this milestone and sending me this request! here it is, hope you enjoy it:

warnings: 18+ MDNI, smut, explicit language, unprotected sex, degradation, public sex, use of words like slut & whore, i'm not used to write smut so forgive me if anything wrong

wc: 833 words

You’ve always known how to get under his skin. Vernon can feel it now, the heat from your teasing words cutting through the noise of the bar like a blade. The way you lean in, just close enough to make him feel your breath, the way your eyes gleam with challenge.

“You really think you can keep up?” you murmur, your lips brushing just enough to leave him wanting more.

His jaw tightens, a flicker of something dark flashing in his gaze as he stands straighter, brushing past you to make his move. It’s quick, too quick—before you can process, his hand is on your wrist, pulling you through the crowd with a force that makes your heart race.

You don’t even get a chance to protest as he leads you down the hall, the bass from the bar growing distant. The bathroom door swings open, and with a single push, you’re inside. The tension from the night presses in on you both, thick and heavy, the air humming with anticipation. Vernon doesn’t speak, but his eyes say everything as he closes the door behind him, locking it with a click.

“You really want to keep playing this game, hm?” he thinks aloud before pressing his mouth against yours. He cups your neck, pulls you closer, pays attention to how you grunt and tug at his shirt.

“Babe we shouldn’t do it here” you say but the way you press yourself against him betrays your words

“Really? Would you rather me take you to your bed? Hm? Is that what you want?” he moves his hand under your skirt, tracing his fingers over your pussy pushing your buttons. “But your pussy seems to think otherwise, so needy” 

You moan into his mouth, hips bucking as he slid a finger between your spread thighs so he can shove two long fingers into your dripping cunt. Your panties are soaked around the edges of his knuckles. You drool as he thrusts and scissors in the way he knows will make your eyes roll. 

He wants to punish you, for teasing him all night. But he wasn’t graced with that kind of patience. Instead he pulls out his dick pumps it two times as he pushed you on your knees “Suck it whore” 

You take his hardened length in your hand tapping the head on your tongue trying to tease him. But that was until he grabs a fistful of your hair and begins to thrust his hips forward, fucking your mouth.

His cock is growing harder and harder, and you could feel your body responding in the same way. Panties soaked, squeezing your thighs together as tightly as you could to relieve the pressure. “Fucking slut, can’t even wait for her turn”

He pushes your head down further, almost gagging you as the tip of his cock hits the back of your throat. "I'm about to cum. Get ready to swallow."

you moan again, feeling him swell up inside your mouth.

"Ohh, fuck, that's it. Swallow it slut."

He releases into your mouth, squirting his cum deep into the back of your throat, forcing you to swallow it quickly and you do as you are told, swallowing it all down before releasing your lips from around his cock. you look up, keeping your gaze lowered slightly as you do so.

“Turn around whore” Vernon leans back on the wall. He loves how easy access your slick makes you. Just a few movements—glossy hand down your lace, shoving the waistband down over your ass, plugging his tip into your hole—and he can thrust his cock all the way to the back of your pussy. 

Fuck you feel so good, too good, tight and full with the most familiar, decadent squeeze around his thick shaft.You muffle a cry at a particular cruel thrust, legs starting to burn and shake from the weight of his hips between them. Your lips are swelling behind his hand, sloppy with drool. 

His keen senses perk—footsteps in the hallway, voices through the wall.Your eyes flash toward the locked door, yet the little ah, ah, ah~ behind his palm won’t quit.

“Yeah? you want someone to find you here,hm? See you all fucked out like a little whore. He presses his hand over your belly pressing it to feel the outline of his dick through your stomach. 

“You’re so spoiled, aren’t you,” he groans into your mouth, lips messy with spit, “you gonna cum just from my cock? Do I fuck you that good?”

“Yes– yes baby, I’m gonna– cum” The moment he gets his thumb over your clit, you come crashing down, causing your walls to clench tighter against him. He explodes as he feels you convulse around him.

“Fuck baby, gonna fill you up real good” He empties his balls into you, creaming into a cunt, filling you to the brim. 

His life would be so much easier if he didn’t have a spoiled brat of a girlfriend.

[steddie-island]

Cookies for Grandpa

Written for @steddiebingo 12 days of Christmas Prompts: Cookies, candy canes A continuation of Life finds a way but can (theoretically) be read alone! Rating: G | WC: 625 | Tags: Domestic fluff, adopted children, kitchen disasters ao3 | Divider credit

Their kitchen was coated in flour. Eddie wasn't sure, but he was pretty sure the grainy sound was sugar against the bottom of his workboots.

When Steve had said he and Andrew would be baking cookies to take over to Grandpa's house, Eddie hadn't imagined the kitchen looking quite like a tornado had torn through it after. Any time Steve baked he was meticulous, clean, he needed everything to be just so.

Then again, he'd never had a three year old helping him out, either.

The low murmur of their voices became louder as Eddie passed through to the dining room. There were two pans of cookies laid out. Some of them were more brown on the edges than others— no doubt from the two of them getting distracted while they baked— but otherwise they looked mostly intact.

"Hey!" Steve looked up at Eddie with a bright grin. He had flour in his hair and frosting smeared across one cheek."We were wondering when you would get home!"

"Hi Eddie!" Andrew stood up in his chair, and Steve immediately grabbed on to the back of it to keep him from falling backwards. "We maked cookies!" He had frosting on his face, too, smeared across his forehead and into one of his eyebrows.

"I see that!" Eddie stopped in the doorway to the dining room to remove his sugar encrusted boots, then came close to press a kiss to the tops of their heads. "It sounds like you boys have had a busy day! Do you need help decorating? I'm really good at that."

"Uh-huh!" Andrew dropped the candy cane he'd been eating onto the table before gesturing to the cookies that had already been decorated.

The base frosting was a muddy yellow color. Some of the cookies had what Eddie was sure were supposed to be flowers while others had hearts on them.

"I see you found a use for all of those extra candy canes."

"Who doesn't love a candy cane cookie?" Steve asked. He shot Eddie a wink, then stood up to guide Eddie into his empty chair. "Why don't you two keep decorating? I'll go check on Liz, and then I think there's a kitchen that is in need of some major TLC."

Eddie wasn't sure if that was an excuse for Steve to get some much earned alone time or not, but either way he was happy to sit and take over. "We'll be here!" he said. "Won't we, buddy?"

"Yeah!" Andrew shifted in his seat so he was on his knees instead of standing in the chair. "I show you how!"

"Good luck, Ed." Steve pecked his lips, ruffled Andrew's hair, and headed for where Liz was sleeping in the living room.

It'd been nearly six months since they'd taken Andrew and his sister Liz (short for Elizabeth) into their little home. Six months of paperwork and caseworker visits, of moving so they weren't all crammed into one bedroom and learning how to handle the occassional toddler meltdown.

Nearly six months of learning that they wouldn't be waking up alone together anymore, that bedtime would now come with sharp knees digging into spines and little feet tucking into their underarms and a head full of curls in their face— something that wasn't so new for Steve, since he and Eddie had gotten together.

Six months of diapers and spit-up and learning to run on three hours of sleep.

They'd both been right, it had been hard sometimes, even when it was fun. But as Eddie listened to Steve sweeping up sugar, and as Andrew corrected the placement of his candycanes to make the cookies "even perfecter", it hit him again that he wouldn't trade that six months for the world.

[nshi-ao3]

Some random headcanons for my take on Joker / Ren / Akira / Akiren / whatever you wanna call him for my fic:

- Probably ASD but he’s never been diagnosed and ain’t got time for all that. (I think just about everyone in the Phantom Thieves is neurodivergent to some degree haha. Especially Ren, Yusuke and Futaba.)

- Connected to the above — he’s a little fidgeter! Always fidgeting with something. Just look at his P5 animations!

- Probably non-binary, but again— ain’t got time for all that.

- Very much bisexual. Despite loving to tease and flirt with people for fun and sillies, he has zero experience actually having a romantic partner… At least before G’raha, but that didn’t get to go really go anywhere before the catboy voluntarily put himself in a coma, so uh… Does that count still?

- Generally (but not exclusively) attracted to older people lol.

- Ever since Sojiro taught him to make coffee and curry, he’s very eager to make food and drinks for other people. But outside of regularly downing his own coffee to keep himself awake, he doesn’t actually make stuff for himself very often. In fact, he eats way less then he should. (Morgana and Kawakami have canonically chastised him for this before, but he’s never done anything about it). Since arriving in Eorzea he’s been mostly, living off snacks Tataru gives him.

- His parents suck. They only got married because they’d been dating for a while and they guessed they’d reached an arbitrary milestone where they should tie the knot now…? And then they had a kid because that’s the next step? They’re very detached, and found the probation thing a big annoyance. Ren’s barely spoken to them since moving back to Tokyo, and they have no clue he’s missing.

- He’s really eager to make himself useful to other people. Really, really eager. Suspiciously eager. Seems worried that people will toss him out / ditch him if he’s not. Gee, wonder what gave him that idea.

- If you’re nice to him he’ll rapidly jump to ‘I’ll die for you’ levels of dedication. Also he’ll treasure anything other people give him, even junk. Just look at his shelf!

- Very good at reading other people’s emotions. Uncannily so.

- Starts to pick up other people’s quirks and habits a bit when he spends time with them. Doesn’t notice that he does it.

- Talks in his sleep (which he doesn’t to get enough of).

- He would be second only to Futaba in bad sleeping habits if Morgana didn’t make him go to bed on time. And boy is he proving that cat right lately…

- Was casually and kind of confusingly possibly romantically interested in Akechi before the start of the fic. Kept trying to reach out to him trying to get closer— platonically or otherwise— but Akechi insisted on being aloof. WELP.

- Thinks aether’s kind of tasty in a zappy, ‘in your brain’ kind of way. Wait does that make sense.

- Generally made an effort to try to keep his living space decently clean and tidy before he got Isekai’d, but now he’s too tired.

- Related to the above: Really needs to go through his inventory and throw out old crap (and so do I………)

- His hair grows pretty quickly if he leaves it alone.

- Thinks bugs are kind of icky, but he’ll learn to look past that for the Vath’s sake.

- Likes to doodle and do silly sketches. He and Ryuji were responsible for the beta Phantom Thieves logo before Yusuke did a better one.

- Very, very easily shifts his brain to different ‘paradigms’, so to speak. Attunes with jobstones super quickly, can merge his consciousness with that of Primals and dip into their minds / way of thinking. His behaviour changes accordingly when he semi-Primes or draws on the power of a Primal extra hard. (He did the same thing to a much lesser extent with the regular Personas he picked up. They were just a lot less… loud.)

- Kind of wants to gnaw on Estinien’s arm (residual Bahamut teething memories)

[yaldabaothadeez]

From the replies:

yaldabaothadeez

This is really underspecified as is. How many goes do we get, what's the payout?

argumate

a finite but large number? the payout would be double or nothing

yaldabaothadeez

I think asymptotically the best* strategy would just be "start with uniform priors, make kelly criterion bets, update on the results" (*in that it maximizes the probability that you'd beat someone else using a different strategy on the same sequence of coin flips) Not sure how to properly account for the finite number of rounds.

^ I said this with maybe a little too much confidence, but I'm fairly sure it's a good answer, even if it's not the best by whatever metric we're choosing.

As a sanity check, I decided to check I actually did know how to do the "update on the results" bit, and... well, for someone who can do a lot of maths, I'm pretty bad at maths. Working through this as a post, raginrayguns-style:

The coin has some unknown bias b, between 0 and 1, such that it's H[eads] b of the time and T[ails] 1-b of the time.

You don't know b, but you have some beliefs about what b might be, which we'll model as a probability density function f(x), such that P( r < b < s) = ʃ f(x) dx from r to s (and the integral of f from 0 to 1 is 1).

In particular, we think the chance of the next flip being H is ʃ x f(x) dx (from 0 to 1).

Updating f on evidence: in general, the appropriate continuous version of Bayes theorem looks like (I think)

f_new(x) = f_old(x) * P(Observation | b= x) / P(Observation | f_old)

this is pretty easy in this case - we won't bother normalizing f until the end. Writing f_n for f after round n we have

f_n(x) ~ x f_{n-1} (x) if flip n was H f_n(x) ~ (1-x) f_{n-1} (x) if flip n was T

Where "~" means "proportional to". So after we see j Hs and k Ts (the order doesn't matter):

f_{j+k} ~ x^j (1-x)^k f_0(x)

Because we have no reason to think otherwise, and because it makes the calculations easier, we'll take flat priors f_0(x) =1.

So, after seeing j Hs and k Ts, our probability for the next flip being an H is:

P(next flip is H | f_{j+k}) = (ʃx^(j+1) (1-x)^k dx ) / (ʃx^j (1-x)^k dx)

-both those integrals are 0 to 1, the denominator is for normalization. Luckily these are just the defintion of the Beta function, so we can write them as factorials and cancel everything out to get

P(next flip is H | f_{j+k}) = (1 + j) / (2 +j +k )

which looks about right.

Okay, but that can't be the easiest way to get to that extremely simple answer. Someone who actually knows this stuff please explain how I'm being an idiot

oh an interesting scenario might be if you have $100 and can place repeated bets on the flip of a biased coin, but you don't know how it's biased; what strategy would you adopt to maximise your winnings?

[thesquidkid]

Matt Murdock's apartment in Lego

Timelapse under the read more

6 hours 15 minutes spread over a few weeks

mecabricks link to the model here

[moonverc3x]

(gosh I hope that comic is at least readable- Ignore all the inconsistencies, I've never drawn and colored a comic before 😭) Anyways- meet the heroes of yore! sort of... you get to know what they look like at least!

Im finally getting around to publicly sharing some tidbits of lore with yall! Originally the "heroes of yore" spiel Galacta reads was going to be just text but I thought people would probably like it a little better if there was a comic to accompany it!

and im. not sure how to end this post?? I suppose I can say that Meta and Galacta Knight are open for asks!!! Im hoping I can keep the energy to keep this thing going, but only time will tell!

[naggingatlas]

'thats not his role in the story!' hm i wonder what the point of it is then. hm i wonder what the dead pixel scene means. hm i wonder what wrong organ are trying to say with the context of 'awesome male friendship' and 'corporate hell where the only woman onboard is constantly under ridicule, abused or forcibly forgotten yet is the catalyst' if not this. hm i wonder how curly's physical agony being a direct parallel to anya's mental agony, stripped of voice, agency, just like her, and being forced to watch what happens while not doing jack shit, just like he used to, plays a part in this. i wonder what the moral of him being the final girl says about living with the consequences of your inaction, because of sentimentality, because of status, career and social. hm i wonder whatever the fuck this game was trying to say. hm i wonder what else is on this person's blog Oh Lord there's yaoi penice.

[eldritchmochi]

this got notes so here i am reblogging it with sum updates!

ive branched out in my colors, i now wear a LOT of red, which is wild (my hair was hot pink for a long time, which didnt pair well with red, and then it was emerald green, which i hate pairing with red). now that ive had top surgery, ive also found myself wearing lower cut things, which further proves the ymmv thing on like fit and cut of things: what makes YOU comfortable is not gonna be whats comfy on me etc etc

ive now bought from some of the above places so thoughts:

- straight to hell is absolutely worth it for a lot of stuff, the quality of the fabric is stellar and the cuts are great, especially if youre a very noodly person. however, i have had to resew all the buttons on the button down i got

- disturbia is really hit or miss. if you're really careful at reading the item info, you can find some gems, but their measurements are Bad (one chart for all items, but not all items actually match that chart), and even items that should be the same cut, just different details, do not fit the same. i also suspect they dont actually test their larger sized patterns on actual larger sized bodies, cos the couple of sleeved things ive gotten have been real strange in their proportions

- two crow collective shirts are chefs kiss SO GOOD buy from them

- ive been buying some staples at hot topic recently since hella sales for the holidays, and tbh i am not mad about the quality. the skirts ive gotten have been polyester, but the plaid has been woven in, not printed on, so theyre leagues better than a lot of other fast fashion ive found, and theyve got a pretty solid plus size section

additional shops that i didnt list previously:

- hell bunny, collectif (vintage repro, hell bunny is more goth whereas collectif is a little more typical "quirky" repro. both are stellar quality, and stocked by modcloth/uv, but have a TON more things directly on their sites)

- maya kern (like a cross between vetiver fox and morning witch, but specifically targeted at the higher end of plus size, up to a x6-x8? very cute stuff, and ive heard great things about them, theyre just not quiiiite my style)

- blackmilk (au shop so dont be afraid of the prices for my us peeps. they do a little bit of everything but are mostly focused on leggings and other stretch items. their stuff is SUPER comfy tho, way worth the price, and they have trousers that are great professional wear while still feeling like youre wearing jammies. also the sizing slaps, said trousers i have fit me at a 16 and my previous roommate who was like a 22-24? WITH ROOM TO SPARE, tho not all items are like this so follow the size chart lol)

- paola's pixels (cute nerdy stuff, similar to morning witch and maya kern, just specifically dnd focused. skirts and button ups mostly. size range isnt stellar, button ups in particular; the xl i had technically fit but was too snug for my preference, and looks much better on my bf who typically wears a s-m. their stuff is still really cute and otherwise good quality tho)

- artetak (like stable cake, not apparel focused but the apparel she does make SLAPS, especially if youre a pastel goth)

- ghost girl goods (western jfashion style street brand, ca based, very kawaii. stocked by kei collective iirc?)

- sugarbones (also an art brand, but branching into apparel. very soft high femme y2k vibes, think baby spice)

- miss candy holic (also started as a Western jfashion street style brand, has veered off to do their own thing. fit of items kinda like selkie, lots of empire waists and voluminous skirts, but much more casual and wearable as daily fashion)

- footclothes (socks specifically, but they have GREAT weird socks, and theyre really comfy and sturdy, AND dont have toe seams for my autistic girlies)

- dandy puppeteer (technically a western lolita brand, but their socks are really versatile and are tall socks specifically for thicc bitches. recently doing all leather shoes and bags for kawaii fashion)

I love when you talk about clothes. How do you shop?

OH MAN valda my dude you have opened such a can of worms

so the tldr of it is: all over. it really depends on what specifically i'm looking for and like.... the size i need, etc. i get a god awful number of *really on point* fb ads for small clothing brands, plus i try and pick up shirts and such from indie artists where i can, plus a variety of fast/er fashion alternative brands, and thrifting. so much thrifting

however, i do have some pretty strict guidelines for what i will buy. ymmv on a lot of my specifics because a solid chunk of it is based off of how i like my clothes specifically to fit and everyone has their own jam, but the key things i think everyone should pay attention to are:

sizing/fit: do not compromise. there is some flexibility depending on the item and how willing you are to alter a thing, but it should always ALWAYS fit the way u like, or otherwise be comfortably tolerable in the ways it doesnt (sleeve length almost always gets me because i have very long arms, but i generally push my sleeves up anyway so its not a deal breaker, BUT the rise of my pants will absolute result in me never wearing them if it's not Right, hence ymmv)

everything you buy should either be immediately wearable in at least 3 full outfits from things you already own OR be a staple piece to build a new branch of outfit options off of that otherwise works with at least one key item already owned, like shoes

other things i really look at are under the cut cos it got long lmao

colour pallet (i own almost no bright colours; if there's colour, it is 80% of the time going to be pastel pink or lavender, though I've been branching out into brights and primary tones a little. i also own precisely Four brown items: two are CR merch, one is my vintage cat vest, and the fourth is a pair of absolutely gorgeous vintage boots that i got for hella cheap as a bootblacking restoration project)

cut/fit (depending on where i wanna present of the masc >< femme spectrum in that outfit; i like all my bottoms to sit on my (very high and narrow) waist, with skirts generally hitting at or below my knee and either very flared (circle or swing) or pleated. box cut "unisex" shirts should hit where the ball of my hips sit in my pelvis but femme cut shirts dont have to be that long they will be tucked in. i almost never wear something sleeveless, or if i do i wear a shirt under it, and the closest i get to a low cut shirt is shirts with keyholes, otherwise nothing lower than maybe an inch or two under my collarbone. my shoes are also generally high tops or boots and often have either a thick sole or a full out platform)

theme (this is how i wear really weird shit in very cohesive ways lmao; my tshirts are all generally ominous goth graphics OR cutesy kawaii vomit (or both lmao), patterns on my blouses and skirts (or pants, on the few patterned pants i have) are in similar veins (lotta halloween themes, lotta hearts) OR theyre very basic stripes/tartan that i mix and match with graphic shirts)

i also pay attention to quality as much as i can, and will absolutely not shop directly from the really aggressively fast fashion brands like shein, h&m, romwe, etc. they're always cut and made like shit and basically never look good on an actual person, but every now and then i'll find something cute in a thrift store that i can physically check for quality. vintage also tends to be better quality in general, especially if youre looking for natural fibers (the number of vintage silk dad shirts i own for summer is A Lot lmao), but can be cost and size prohibitive

aannnddddd some shops that i either routinely buy from or have been planning to buy from, for reference

"big" brands:

killstar, blackcraft clothing (generally traditional goth, better for straight sizes, decent quality for the price)

unique vintage, modcloth (vintage repro, both stockists for other vintage repro brands on top of selling their own things, generally pretty good quality across stocked and in house brands, most skirts and dresses have POCKETS, lotta killer sales, good size range)

smaller brands:

myviolet and foxblood (sibling companies run by the same people, myviolet is pastel kawaii stuff while foxblood is goth; they do sometimes carry the same cuts of things in different pallets. generally pretty good quality, does a lot of stuff in cotton or modal but not everything. size range is pretty stellar tho especially for a small brand)

disturbia clothing, straight to hell apparel (disturbia is more corporate goth leaning with a lot of business type wear in goth colors and patterns, straight to hell is very rockabilly leaning. both are pricey but their quality seems very sound (i have not bought from them though))

wicked clothing (sarcastic goth), two crow collective (chronically ill), thentvs (native american streetwear) (mostly tshirts, but really off beat ones. only bought from wicked clothing so far, just tryna decide how many more tshirts i need)

sleepy peach (retro repro but make it weird, lotta weird mens cardigans)

kei collective (stockist of a lot of indie designers in the western kawaii streetfashion scene, a wide variety of very cute to VERY WEIRD apparel and accessories)

die with your boots on (stockist, carries foxblood and a lot of other straight black goth basics. quality is on par with foxblood, size range can vary depending on brand, great place to peek for things like strangecvlt shoes or foxblood items that are out of stock on the main site)

art brands:

morning witchy (lot of botanical all over patterns on button up dad shirts, skirts, joggers, shorts, tshirts, and so on, with absolutely banger size range. gorgeous quality and absolutely beautiful designs. i want so many of their sweaters so bad)

stablercake (not specifically apparel focused but they do pretty frequent tshirt designs and theyre all great, ESPECIALLY if youre a furry. quality is always top tier unless its a bs manu error, in which case they typically offer a replacement or coupon when they find out something is fading weird, etc)

crescent creepers (weird goofy goth all over patterns, like 80s style cartoon bugs or deep sea creatures. sizing isnt great but if you're thinner, they have a lot of really fun overalls/shorteralls and button ups)

vetiver fox (very pretty goth patterns, has a lot of gorgeous swoopy skirts (with fuck off huge pockets) and some cool tank tops, is planning on maybe doing a run of regular tshirts too)

s2heart bunny (kawaii anime girl art shirts except soft and pretty and often sad or, as is the case with the ones i have, kawaii bunnies with nail bats and middle finger flags lmao)

egglien creations (weird bright very clowncore apparel, i have the cardigan from their collab with lulu van hoagland, who also does gorgeous work, just usually not apparel)

also a lot of the times, artists (especially tattoo artists) you follow will do tshirts and the like, which is where i get a lot of my really weird things

uuuuh yep thats it