#but this can also apply to literally anyone. go be a freak for your f/o!!!!!

[proship-mafuyu]

shout out to selfshippers who are completely possessive of their f/os. nobody else can have you, you’re mine and mine alone. you don’t need anyone else. i’m all you could ever need, don’t you dare love anyone else.

[hiimsociallyawkward]

Dear Lara Jean,

HI. so i watched TATBILB: A&F a few weeks ago, and I have some words. Before I begin, i'd like to preface that i'm literally 17 and have no film experience, and that I've read this book once maybe 4 years ago but here it is.

ps. if you haven't gotten it already: there will be spoilers. Heavy spoilers.

first of all, i'm sorry but i really didn't like the little edit things. Maybe I've reached that point in my life where I don't f with that anymore. Like when theres a drawn house and it slowly fades so it's real life?? no thanks

the music choice... I honestly didn't have that big of a problem with it, but my korean friend kept going "wtf is this music choice" so i'm quoting her on that.

the filming and editing. well maybe it's just me but I didn't really like it. yk when you're watching a youtuber and they do those zoom in things and it's sort of fast and funny? I think there were a few times the movie did that and i didn't like it.

literally, lara jean looking directly into the camera?? it feels like it's breaking the 4th wall and maybe they're doing it to be edgy but no thanks i didn't like that either.

WHY???? Her breaking the 4th wall added NOTHING to the movie. It just took me out of the experience. I especially didn’t like it when they did it in PS I still love you when they temporarily broke up.

THEY SET THE MOVIE IN OREGON. WHAT WAS THE REASON. THE BOOK WAS SET IN VA, AND I LIVE IN VA SO I FELT A CONNECTION TO THE BOOK. AND THEN THEY GO AND SET IT IN OREGON. WHAT. WAS. THE. REASON

OREGON DIDN’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE COLLEGES. THEY’RE STILL PRETTY FAR AWAY FROM STANFORD. IN THE BOOK, UVA WAS CLOSE BY SO LJ WOULDN’T HAVE TO BE TOO FAR AWAY FROM HOME. NO OFFENSE TO THE STATE BUT WHY OREGON. THEY COULD OF PUT THEM IN CALI AT LEAST

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY LJ WANTED TO GO TO UVA IS BECAUSE HER FAMILY WOULD BE CLOSE BY. BY PUTTING THEM IN OREGON, YOU TAKE AWAY THAT REASON. i just want to 👊 whoever’s idea this was

FURTHERMORE: THEY CHANGED UVA AND UNC TO STANFORD AND NYU. I AM INFURIATED. THE WHOLE POINT WAS THAT THEY WANTED TO GO TO UVA BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE 10 MINS FROM WHERE THEY LIVED AND IT'S A STATE SCHOOL. LARA JEAN FELT LIKE THE WAS GAURANTEED TO GO TO UVA AND WHEN SHE DOESNT, IT ACTUALLY HURTS THE READERS.

in the book, LJ was waitlisted from UNC, rejected from UVA, and accepted to W&M. I’m sure you can find like 40 people at our school who can relate to this situation. I doubt 40 people in our school can relate to being rejected from Stanford BUT accepted to NYU. dear writers, please give teens across the nation (your target audience) realistic expectations for college admissions.

YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME THAT PETER AND LARA JEAN WERE ACTUALLY QUALFIED ENOUGH FOR STANFORD. LEMME JUST SAY, I'VE APPLIED FOR COLLEGES THIS YEAR AND I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD GRASP ON WHAT IT TAKES TO GET INTO CERTAIN COLLEGES. YOU'RE TELLING ME THE TWO OF THEM. REALLY. GOT. INTO. THOSE. SCHOOLS. pls.

DON’T GET ME STARTED ON THE KISSING BOOTH. ELLE AND NOAH ARE POSSIBLY THE DUMBEST CHARACTERS I HAVE EVER WATCHED. I DON’T SEE THEM DO A PAGE OF HOMEWORK AND I DON’T EVEN THINK THEY ATTEND CLASS. LIKE MAKING A KISSING BOOTH FOR ONE FUNDRAISER FOR A CLUB THAT CONSISTS OF 2 PEOPLE DOES NOT COUNT AS ENOUGH TO GET INTO HARVARD. but that’s a different movie...

this is literally the idea that television and movies have in making it super easy to get into ivy leauges. as if some in state college isn't up to society's standards of where or where not it's ok to go to college. it's when gabriella montez goes to stanford, troy goes to berkely, ryan evan goes to julliard, teddy duncan goes to yale, cody martin is accepted to princeton, HANNAH MONTANA does to stanford.

and lara jean wants to study english lit. she never says “i want to go to stanford because of their great english lit program”. it’s only “i want to go to stanford because my boyfriend is going and i have no other life outside of him

fine. make your characters seem awesome by making them go to awesome colleges. but still. this is upseting.

you know how awesome it is to hear UVA, the college I've always wanted to go to, in a published book? and for them to just rip it away- espeically when UVA is so attainable?? Yea yea movie directors, i get it, UVA isn't good enough for you. whatever.

They had AT LEAST 5 MONTAGES. 5. FIVE. WHO NEEDS THAT MANY MONTAGES. To quote my friend "the movie is all montage and 30 mins of plot" AND I CAN'T FIND IT IN MYSELF TO DISAGREE WITH HER.

AND THE DANCES. I REALLY DIDN’T NEED TO SEE NOAH CENTINEO DO WHATEVER HE CALLS “DANCING” IN 2 MONTAGES. I know everyone fell in love with noah in the first movie, but i’m pretty sure everyone fell out of love with him in this one.

again, i know nothing about movies, but 5 montages?? it seems like you're just filling space and trying to make everything seem ✨awesome✨ and ✨amazing✨. SURE. everything might be awesome and amazing, but this movie was 1 HR AND 55 MINS. and you decided to add 1 HR of montages? WHy. AND. one of them was in slowmo. i can't

THEY HAD VOICE OVERS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MOVIE. sure. 1 at the begin and 1 at the end, I think that's cute. BUT THE WHOLE MOVIE?? WHY. like bruh- have a focus.

literally did anyone read the freaking book? Remember how- in the book right? Margot was actually really not ok with Trina bc she's sort of replacing their mom? and Margot is rlly not ok with it but gets over it?? see how that was summarized in like 5 seconds in the movie? Oh i'm sorry you used all your time for the movie making STUPID MONTAGES but can we get some actually emotionally beats next time?? thanks.

ok this is a big problem i have with the movie. in the 3rd book, peter tries to have a relationship with his dad who ran away from him years ago. He struggles with that relationship the whole book. This is good stuff. people can relate to this. the scene in the diner where peter “confronts” his dad was CRINGEY. It could be noah’s acting but i couldn’t take him seriously. AND HE FORGIVES HIS DAD AFTER 30 SECONDS. the movie tries to include these smaller storylines but can’t because of the time limit. i’m no screenwriter, but i’m sure there could have been a way to subtly move that plot line during the entire movie rather than that one conversation in the diner

and in the book, peter has to train for lacrosse so he has to eat healthy which stresses him out. i specifically remember him getting mad at someone (maybe it was john ambrose, i don’t remember fully) for EATING HIS CARROTS. this just shows that peter has a life too. he has to worry about lacrosse along with losing lj. but no, the movie makes him look like the perfect boyfriend who has no other worries in life except for the girl in front of him

remember how- in the book (right?? bc they had a book to go off of???) Stormy was a part of the 3rd book? like a BIG part?? They LITEALLY just used her as John Ambrose's grandmother (WHICH IM PRETTY SURE THEY DIDN'T EVEN DO IN THE MOVIES). literally, stormy and john ambrose were throw away characters in the second movie and i am infurriated. BUT ALSO I LOVE JOHN AMBROSE HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO HIM??

and remember, how in the book, how the dog's name is "Jamie Fox-Pickle" and they changed it to HENRY??? where is the flavor. what was the reason. SERIOUSLY.

BUT ALSO. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT THERE WAS A POINT IN THE PLOT WHERE PETER'S MOM TOLD LARA JEAN TO BREAK UP WITH PETER. DOES NO ONE ELSE REMEBER THAT?? AND THEY CUT IT ALL OUT OF THE SCRIPT?? LIKE WHY. WHAT WAS THE REASON.

ok those are my biggest book grievances I think. but lemme just say, they NEVER went to NEW YORK. They literally wrote that in for the purposes of NYU. in the book, Chris and Lara Jean DRIVE to UNC because that's ATTAINABLE. BC THEY'RE STATE UNIVERSITIES. ANYWAYS

LJ’s and Chris’s spontaneous trip to unc showed their friendship in a good way. I never really liked chris as a friend to lj but during the trip, they are besties and it shows. the movie tries to do that in ny but peter is also in ny for some reason. she should have fell in love with ny WITHOUT peter at her side nagging her to sneak out and go on a date. she should have spent more time with chris rather than thinking about peter while she was watching the band.

the scene where Lara Jean is in New York and at the party and she sees the band? To all the boys I've loved before: Always and forever?? more like To all the boys I've loved before: gay awakening time.

when they moved the pink couch to the subway? WHy? They wanted snazzy pics.

when Lara Jean and Peter were making up and it was a really cute sequence AND THEN THEY MADE HER LOSE HER V CARD. FINE. I GET HOW THAT'S REALISTIC BUT IT WAS A CUTE SCENE. MY FRIEND ALMOST STARTED CRYING AND THEN LJ LOST HER V CARD AND WE COULDN'T STOP SCREAMING.

this is different from what was in the book (for the 100th time). In the book, they don’t do it and it shows that you can be in a high school relationship without being physical. I strongly appreciate that message. This darn movie had to have her lose her v card. WHY. IT ADDED NOTHING TO THEIR RELATIONSHIP. THE YEARBOOK SIGNING WAS SYMBOLIC ENOUGH

the montage where it's a montage of all of lara jean's and peter's cute moments?? ok fine. that was cute. but they literally just took scenes from past movies. imagine the impact if we like hidden moments from their relationships. maybe they're laughing in the car together. maybe they're watching they sunset. maybe peter is looking at her lovingly while she sleeps. WHAT IF. it WASN'T a montage of all the "bigger" moments of their relationship, and we got to see them just exist.

UGH. THE VOICE OVER AT THE END OF THE MOVIE IS SO CRINGEY I CAN'T

"WE AREN'T LIKE OTHER COUPLES. NOT US, LARA JEAN AND PETER KAVINSKY. BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING BETWEEN US. WRITING LOVE LETTERS" please. b freaking s

Some redeemable qualities

while i didn't like most of the songs, "like me better" by lauv will always be loved. especially since it's a call back from the first movie?? I can ftw

WHY WASN’T “LIKE ME BETTER” THEIR SONG???? I really thought it was a good song to be their song and they referenced it in the beginning. No offense to the “beginning middle and end” people, but i felt no attachment to that song.

they customized her phone. it looked like it was a 7 (idk rlly, i don't know crap abt iphones) but they customized it. Granted, I KNOW lara jean would be the one with the aesthetic background with color coded folder, but still- they did give her relevant apps. some to note include; tiktok, spotify, instagram, netflix, notes, messages, facetime, maps, whatsapp and the STANFORD APP?? whatever- i'm chill.

they did make lara jean make choices so that was good.

the prom ask?? That was cute. with the pancakes??

at the end when Peter played the song even though earlier he didn't like it?? I liked that. i liked that a lot. ok fine i more than liked that a lot. There are multiple texts where my friends are screaming at each other. In fact, 26 separate messages.

chris in general. granted, she was more present in the books, but i'll take what i can get.

some notable quotes by her, the queen

"I'm dead inside"

not wanting to do a gigantic walk down from the stairs and asking the boys not to turn around

peter said he liked lara jean's forehead kisses and that reminded me of emma chamberlain so that's a positive only bc of emma

I remembered that they were the class of 2021, and I'M class of 2021 and it just hit for a second.

my friend cried over their graduation but i felt nothing bc we're literally living in a pandemic and chances of me getting a real graduation?? we'll see

again, these are all just my opinion. my friend doesn't like the movie bc she says she's sad and bitter and seeing these cute couples makes her feel lonely but i'm just diappointed. the books were GOOD. they were gold.

there was so much they could’ve done with the movies, and i just feel like they didn’t deliver on anything. Jenny Han, i’m sorry. The movie overall, ik someone who cried about it and someone else who gave it 7/10. props for them but jeez i just wish for more.

ok but that’s the show folk. i mean, obviously everything i said was opinion and literally don’t listen to anything i’ve said. BUT. feel free to add what you hated or loved abt the movie too. thanks. i love you guys. “always and forever” :,)

p.s- omg not them ripping off taylor swift. jk jk. ok bye

[nny11writes]

For we will raise you, in safety and peace

Okay, tumblr ate the first attempt at this post, hopefully it doesn’t devour this one as well! Here’s the deal, I can’t seem to figure out a good ending for this fic to save my life and I don’t want it to languish in the pile of unfinished wips. So I’m going to post what I have here on tumblr to at least get it out there somewhere. If anyone has suggestions for an ending I am all ears! HUGE shoutout to @venn364 for helping me figure this fic out to this point and for helping me Horde-ify hush a by baby! 

Rating: Teen (for some cursing) Category: F/F/F Relationship(s): Glitradora (Glimmer/Catra/Adora) Characters:  Glimmer, Catra, Adora Warnings: None apply, this is a fluff fic Additional Tags: Multiple PoVs, fluff, happy fic, happy ending, crushes, idiots in love, dorks in love, young children, Catra deals with the curse of being cute, Adora is a massive dork but what else is new, Glimmer tries to flex on her crushes by singing, lullaby, hush a by baby, post war, post canon Summary: During the post-war reconstruction of Plumeria, Glimmer volunteers herself and voluntells her crushes to take care of the local children to keep them out from under foot. She just, didn’t expect the Horde to require childcare as part of their regular duties and rotation. Or Three Sapphics watch one another interacting with young children and go, “Well guess I’m somehow more in love, cool cool cool.”

Adora and Catra looked at one another and shrugged. “Yeah okay.”

Glimmer was relieved, don’t get her wrong, but that was…not exactly what she’d expected. “Just like that? That simple?”

It wasn’t like she’d expected them to just hop on board with her, even if she’d wanted this to all pan out.

Catra rolled her eyes, a bit too theatrically thanks, before answering, “Well, I mean, sucks to be doing Cadet chores again, but, whatever. Just a buncha kids.”

“I feel like I’m missing something,” Glimmer grumbled, rubbing a hand at her neck. “You’re not trying to act too cool, and you’re not freaking out enough.”

They shared another confused look before Adora spoke up. “I mean, why would I? We’ve done a bunch of rounds at the Infant Pods, more than our fair share in fact.” That last part she said with a pointed look at her oldest friend.

Catra stretched lazily, “I will not apologize.”

“Point is, we can do this. It’s pretty simple over all, especially with you there as a third!” 

Glimmer laughed, “Wait. Hang on, seriously? I’ve never babysat before but you two have?”

“Really? Weird. But, uh, yeah. Everyone in the Horde has some child rearing experience, it’s literally part of your Cadet chores and rotation.”

The galaxy must be on it’s side right now. The Horde, the EVIL Horde, had enforced babysitting chores. “Why?”

Adora shrugged, “Well someone has to make sure they’re clean and fed, doing their homework-”

“Not destroying property or getting in dangerous situations before we could send them to the meat grinder-”

“Keeping them out from underfoot, and getting their energy out too.”

“Also the whole, sometimes babies just die when you don’t, like, hold them enough thing. ...What? Did you think Hordak was at the Pods rocking them to sleep?” Catra laughed.

It certainly was an image. Glimmer giggled as she pictured Hordak overwhelmed by a literal wave of babies. “No, I just never thought about it I guess. You’ll have to teach me.”

They both grinned and Glimmer felt her heart skip a beat. It was, look, don’t judge, it was a really, really good look on them, okay? 

It only took a few minutes to arrive at the temporary nursery Perfuma had set up. While Plumeria was still being cleaned up, she’d wanted a safe place for the children to go, and only needed a few extra hands to help as she pulled her subjects to help redesign their homes. Not that she’d put it like that. Something about syncing their harmonies while reconnecting with their innermost roots? The point was that Glimmer had offered to help mostly to help and partially to avoid another extremely long and boring meeting, but one teleporting queen with no childcare experience was not ideal. Perfuma had been the one to suggest Catra and Adora, seeing as the reconstruction really relied more on Perfuma regrowing the homes in this particular space.

So, they were working with what they had. And apparently that meant Horde soldiers. Experienced Horde soldiers who knew what to do with kids. Weird!

~

When they arrived, it was chaos.

Catra couldn’t help the small grimace she wore, she’d never been fond of IPD. Kids are loud, they don’t have boundaries or respect for other’s boundaries either. She doesn’t know how many times some toddler or Junior Cadet had petted her or pulled her tail and ears with their mysteriously sticky little hands while covered in snot. But she could also say that the one good thing about it was, without fail, some baby was going to think you were the hottest shit ever. And it had done wonders for her low self esteem as a Cadet to know that she’d always collect a gaggle of kids who everyone claimed were impossible to handle doing exactly what she wanted.

It had actually been kind of hilarious out in the Crimson Waste to use some of the tactics she’d learned in the IP against grown gangsters and thugs.

Catra could also say that the very next best thing about it was watching Adora either slowly unravel into a total mess or watching Adora get all the other kids under her thumb. Not that Adora would think of it like that, the goody two shoes, but kids seemed to naturally either love the blonde or desire nothing more than to destroy her. 

Especially at the time, Catra could relate.

She was actually kind of interested to do this now just to see Adora go at it again.

And also Glimmer apparently had no experience with kids and Catra would kill to watch that skiff wreck. No, ugh, she had promised to help hadn’t she? Alright, no watching that skiff wreck unless it happened before she could intervene.

She snickered a little as, just like she used to, Adora gave the attention claps that none of these particular kids would know. Embarrassingly, the old rhythm still made Catra’s back straighten a hair just thanks to the amount of times she’d heard it. 

Adora’s voice rang loud and clear across the little fenced in area, “Atten-shun!”

The kids mostly stopped, but Catra had a feeling that was due to an adult shouting and not out of their training. Did rebellion kids have training? They had to get some kind of education for sure. Huh. Probably should look into that, like, now that it was post war and all.

“Hello, salutations, and greetings!” Adora started her old spiel as if she’d never stopped, putting on her ‘force captain’ voice which was almost a mockery more than anything else. Not that Adora realized that. “I am Adora, this is Catra, and this is Glimmer. Today we will be watching, caring, sharing, and not botching a wonderful day of enrichment with you. Starting now we will do our very best to educate, captivate, and celebrate without need to castigate! It is time to have fun and run, uh, under the sun! Can I get a hoo-ra?”

The part about their newly acquired sun was a nice touch, Catra mental gave Adora extra points for finally having learned to change it on the fly. Catra weakly lifted a fist to mutter ‘hoo-ra’ with a few confused kids. Oof. Rough, but not unexpected. These ankle biters hadn’t been trained to respond promptly and loudly to Horde commands.

Yet it still had about the same effect. The children were already split down the middle looking at Adora like she was a complete idiot or like she was the best thing ever. Soon more of them would think she was the best thing ever than not, kids loved Adora’s canned speech. It always got a few laughs. Kids were easily entertained by someone clearly putting on a show and rhyming. 

Adora put on an over the top look of bewilderment, putting her fists on her hips in some sort of quasi-power pose before asking, “What kind of hoo-ra was that? I want you to shout from deep in your lungs, you won’t sound dumb when it’s all in good fun! Now can I get a HOO-RA?”

Catra gave a slightly more enthusiastic call, and was delighted when Glimmer gamely screamed her head off and then blushed as the kids stared at her, because they had still not shouted. Alright, this had already paid off! Nothing better that watching Glimmer blush like that.

Adora was smiling warmly at the queen, that was always a good look on her. “I SAID HOO-RA!”

This time they managed to get most of the brats on board. A whole army of kids no taller than her waist who were thrilled to scream, a few even did it more than once. It was kind of nostalgic.

“THAT’S what I call a call! I am floored by this horde-” Adora’s eyes widened in panic as she tried to pivot her pre-written speech for a second time. “-o-of wards! Floored! I am floored!”

Aaaand twice was one too many alterations. As much fun as it would be to watch Adora fall apart over it, Catra knew it was mean. And she was trying to, you know, to be less mean.

“Ca-Adora,” wow this was harder than she’d thought. She hadn’t almost called Adora a Cadet in years. “Will be working with any of you who’d like to play a singing and marching game. Line up in front of Adora if you want to join.”

Catra grabbed Glimmer’s hand to pull her forward, which really was only for the benefit of getting to hold Glimmer’s hand. “Anyone who does not want to play a game can join us, we will be taking care of the infants so it’ll be quieter.”

She was not surprised when most of the children flocked to play. There were always a few quiet ones or nervous ones who would hang back, and she was counting on it. Sure enough four kids shuffled their way instead of towards Adora, who was already sorting her little platoon into rank and file, teaching them a quick sound off to learn their names.

Catra motioned between her and Glimmer, “You know our names, what are yours?” The kids shifted awkwardly, looking at one another to start. Catra smirked. “If you don’t want to say I will give you a nickname. For instance, this is now Sparkles.”

Glimmer glared at her, but Catra didn’t stop or let her get a word in edgewise. She pointed at the first kid with glasses, “You can be Specs, short for specification.” A bold faced lie if she’d ever told one. “Stripes, I like your shirt!” Less of a lie. “Flower Power just like Princess Perfuma,” she nodded to the boy with a flower crown. The last kid was nervously shifting hoof to hoof, “And Two Step you got some fancy looking moves.”

“And what do you all think we should call Catra?” Glimmer asked, grinning evilly, as if the kids wouldn’t just suggest kitty or fluffy or whiskers. Maybe tails if someone was feeling creative.

“Kitty!”

Catra chuckled, it was like clockwork. “How about Big Cat? It’s cooler than Kitty!” They nodded gamely to the change. “Cool. Now, does anyone want to help me with the babies? We just need to hold them.”

That was how Catra found herself leaning back against a tree with an infant sleeping on her chest after she’d situated Glimmer and the quartet. All while snickering at some of the concerned looks being shot their way as Adora got the platoon marching and singing. If they weren’t gonna get their asses in gear to manage all the hyper kids, then they could suck it up. Besides, it wasn’t even that intense of a song.

“I think that learning is cool!” The kids echoed after Adora. “Which is why I will stay in school!”

It was schlocky and dorky, if she’d been over there she’d have died of embarrassment already.

Still, Catra couldn’t help but melt a little as Adora exaggerated a high march and then kids behind her did basically whatever they wanted as she marched them around the nursery. It was nice. Even if it made Adora look really dumb, it also made her look happy.  Something Catra hadn’t seen a lot of from her in years. Oh no, she was getting mushy about this now? 

Disgusting. She needed a distraction stat.

“Anyone have a good story?” Catra asked and after a beat of silence, promptly ignored the kids as they started almost talking over each other to tell something about their day or who knows what. Thankfully Glimmer seemed interested even if a little stiff and awkward. Catra was grateful that her fur hid a sudden blush as she watched Glimmer holding a baby and being enthusiastically engaged in the kids' stories. 

Wow. 

She gets away from the Horde for less than a year, and now she’s getting sappy over Sparkles. 

Gross.

~

Adora, of course, had a plan. A good one with details and everything! 

She was using her patented IPPA (thankfully, things had to be going pretty bad for her to resort to Infant Pod Plan B) and so far things had gone well. She’d taught her platoon to march, even got them to make up some rhymes to sing for it (even if she’d had to backtrack after one of the boys said ‘butts’ and everyone then started to just scream sentences with little sense ending with ‘butts’). After a bit of that she got them doing some basic exercise with her. Jumping jacks and running, she’d then start a game of charge and was already wincing in sympathy pains as some of the kids hurled themselves full speed at the enemy team only to fold in half around their linked arms. Still, the point was to give them free reign here to lose their minds and wear out their bodies a little in preparation for a well earned nap or quiet play time.

After making sure that Catra had eyes on her group, Adora left to hunt down water for everyone, and maybe spent a little time making heart eyes across the field.

Catra, despite what she thought, was pretty good with kids. Especially little infants. Between her fluff, heat, and purrs she was an instant baby soother. Adora would know, she was once the only big baby that Catra would soothe the same way. When they’d been younger, Catra used to lose her temper during IPD, but the older they got the more she’d pull it together. There had always been something heartwarming about watching Catra sit down with a kid who was upset and listen to them intently. 

Then there was Glimmer. Gosh, she’d been so nervous going in, but seemed to be quickly becoming a favorite. Because Glimmer always listened to people, no matter their age, and her high energy responses appeared to be winning her fans. The more she integrated with the kids, the more she relaxed too. And there was something absolutely mind blowing about watching her bounce a little baby in her arms, while gasping in genuine delight at something a kid had scribbled into the dirt with a stick.

Adora didn’t even blush, didn’t feel a lick of shame as she quietly got affirmation that yes, girls.

“Ew,” one of the kids snickered after finishing their water, looking right at her before making a face. 

She smiled, shrugging and offered her best, worldly advice. “Girls are great.”

“Ew.” They repeated before giggling and skipping away to their friends.

Whether they eventually agreed with her, liked boys instead, like everyone, or even no one, Adora felt very assured in her assessment of wow girls pretty, so she let it slide.

Later, standing at the barrel and handing out gourds of water or helping kids re-apply their protective balms (the sun was nice, but the sun could apparently burn you which was insane), she did another check. Taking note of any particularly worn out kids to send over to Catra’s group, and was very pleased that no one seemed to be really injured. Man, this was way easier than manhandling Recruits who were about to be Junior Cadets. Maybe she could do this more often? Without all the jockeying for power and praise it was actually fun.

After another thirty minutes whizzed by according to her internal clock, Adora decided it was time to start her platoon’s cool down for water and snacks. Maybe a nap after that. It was all smooth sailing!

Adora managed to make eye contact with Catra, flashing a quick few hand signs they’d made up when they were eight and almost lived in the pods between Adora’s clumsiness and Catra’s random bursts of high energy. Catra nodded, both hands occupied as she bottle fed one of the infants, and Adora almost died. First of cuteness, because Catra was looking so cute! But also from laughter because Glimmer’s tongue was sticking out between her teeth in concentration as she carefully fed another infant. And also because she looked super cute doing it!

What a sight! It took her another minute to realize she was just standing there staring at them with a horrifically soft smile on her face. And Catra was staring back with an equally mortifying soft look. And Glimmer was now looking between them with her own embarrassingly tender look. 

So this is how I die, public affection.

For some reason this was the thing that set her off. Blushing as red as her jacket, Adora pivoted around to call the platoon to get some snacks and more water. Which, considering most of them were either still singing or making up marching songs, took a little bit to organize.

~

The snack and water break had been decently timed, they had just finished burping the last of the babies when Adora called all the kids over. Catra waited with Glimmer until everyone else had something to eat, before mingling as best she could. It was more second nature to keep her head on a swivel, making sure no kids were making a jailbreak and no one was beating someone else’s face in. Although that probably wasn’t a concern on the Rebellion side. Maybe she’d have to rescue a kid from suffocating under a bunch of hugs? 

She shrugged and got a gourd of water, barely finishing it before Two Step tugged at her hand. They’d only gotten more energetic the longer they’d been helping, so she wasn’t even surprised when they asked, "Can I pet your fluff!?"

Catra sighed heavily. This is what she got for wearing a crop top around children. She turned to look at the Two Step and smiled as best she could while also dying inside. If she didn’t let it happen following her own rules, many kids would simply find a way to make it happen anyways. Better to get it out of the way and without sticky hands. Seriously what do kids even do that makes their hands that sticky? "Sure, but only if I can touch your antlers, they look fuzzy."

They almost stabbed her in the stomach with said nubbly antlers in their excitement, apparently oblivious for at least a moment about how fragile they were. Two Step was still wiggling around the way they had the whole afternoon as they rushed to explain, "They are! They’re new and growing in bigger and my dad says that someday they’ll be HUGE like his!"

She ran a few fingers carefully along the warm velvet and nodded, it was softer than she’d actually expected it to be, and it almost seemed like she could feel the blood pumping in them? Or maybe her brain was messing with her? Either way, weird. "Neat. Your turn kiddo."

Catra did her best to not groan in annoyance when the girl simply leaned forward to rub her face on the fluffiest part of her belly.

"You said pet."

"I am petting!"

"Petting is done with your hands, not your face."

"Says who?"

Well shit, had her there. “...alright, well played.”

She glared as the trademark a high pitched whistling sound of cooing alerted her to Glimmer and Adora looking at her with hearts in their eyes and sparkles around their faces. Not literally, but she could picture it. The traitors. She could see Glimmer mouthing the words so cute and groaned. She was not cute! Ugh!

“Okay, I think that’s enough.”

Two Step grumbled but let go. “Thanks!” And with that they skipped away to hang out with the other kids. 

Oh yeah, definitely time to put the kids down for a nap if they could.

~

It had taken longer that Glimmer expected to calm down the kids. A small handful of them went tearing off around the field cackling like loons as Catra easily loped after them on all fours. Which of course resulted in more kids wanting to get chased for some reason, shrieking in delight each time Catra put on a hair more speed to tap their arms or legs. Eventually even they were exhausted and fell panting into the grass for Adora and her to watch while Catra continued herding. It was adorable and Glimmer was never, ever gonna let her live down her afternoon of being a sheep dog. If only Bow or Entrapta were here to take a picture!

Glimmer reluctantly left her post of watching and jeering at ‘Big Cat’ to help Adora get the youngest ones situated and sleeping rolls or blankets laid out. For the ones who refused to take a nap (whether because they weren’t tired or wanted to pretend they weren’t tired), Glimmer asked around to find a few decks of cards for them to use. She wrangled a promise from each group to be quiet so their friends could sleep, and by the time she’d finished that it was tempting to take her own nap.

Adora was efficiently sorting kids into sleeping spaces, and Glimmer smiled a bit at the way she let pairs and groups just pile up together. Having seen the impossible looking ways Adora and Catra could be found tangled up after a nap, she felt pretty confident that they knew what they were doing.

When Catra finally arrived with the last two kids, both of whom she carried under her arms as they giggled, Glimmer was grateful for the chance to relax a little with her friends. She nudged Adora’s side as they passed and whispered, “Maybe afterwards you can use She-Ra? You know, give them a climbing gym or swing them around.”

Adora blinked rapidly before breaking out in a huge grin and did a little over the top flexing before they made their way over to sit with Catra. And for a few minutes they sat in a peaceful silence, enjoying the sounds of the forest and leaning against one another. 

“Pssst,” Stripes rolled over to look at them, making huge puppy dog eyes before asking, “Sing us a lullaby?”

Glimmer’s eyes sparkled as she turned to watch Adora and Catra apparently debate the issue, because hello! Getting to hear them sing lullabies! They rapidly signed back and forth, faces squashing and stretching as they added emphasis to the conversation before they turned and nodded.

“Okay,” Adora said softly, “but you can’t laugh, we only know Horde songs.”

“The Horde had songs?” A little boy asked, popping up from his blanket with a huge smile.

“Yeah we did. To be fair, they’re not uh,” Adora faltered and quickly looked at Catra, which to be fair Glimmer hadn’t considered that the songs they knew might be inappropriate. She quickly decided that she also didn’t really care.

“Adults probably wouldn’t like them here.” Catra supplied with a mischievous grin, apparently knowing that the kids would all be desperate to hear them now.

“Catra!” Adora hissed in what was probably supposed to be a whisper.

“I want to hear!” Glimmer added fuel to the fire and snickered at the look of betrayal on Adora’s face. “What? I do!”

She threw her arms in the air before huffing in her fake annoyed voice, “Fine, I’ll sing a song!”

There was a moment before Adora shakily started to sing both a very familiar tune set to very different lyrics.

Hush-a-bye baby, your crying will cease For we will raise you, in safety and peace If the walls crumble, there’s no need to bawl We’ll burn the villains, princess and all

Glimmer sputtered, accidentally ending it before it even started, not just because the lullaby included a line about burning rebellion citizens to death including princesses. But also because her mother used to sing this to her! “Wait, wait, wait, that’s- that’s not how that song goes!”

“Wha- yes it is!” Adora huffed, arms crossing as she blushed, “I said you couldn’t be mean!”

“First of all, you said I couldn’t laugh and I didn’t! Secondly,” Glimmer cleared her throat to sing her version. She’d always loved singing, even took lessons when she was younger before deciding she’d rather do it for fun. But what was the point of being able to sing flawlessly under pressure if not to flex on your crushes?

Rock-a-bye baby, thy cradle is green; Father's a nobleman, mother's a queen; And Buckley’s a washer, who wears a gold ring; And Tambour’s a drummer, who drums for the king.

Not that she got any further than Adora did before being interrupted as well.

“Ew, it’s all princessy!” Catra jeered playfully getting a few giggles from the kids.

“Uh, yeah, my mom sang it to me when I was a baby!”

“Gross. Ours is better!”

Adora laughed nervously, apparently unsure what to do as their play fight went down in front of a room full of impressionable children. Which, really, was her own fault for not expecting it.

Glimmer puffed up and leaned forward, tapping Catra on the nose just to be a brat before issuing the challenge she knew would get results. “Prove it!”

Ah, the good old stand by of “prove it”, as equally effective as a double dog dare!

So Catra, looking genuinely affronted, took a breath and sang in a wholly and unfairly good voice.

Hush-a-bye baby, your crying will cease For we will raise you, in safety and peace If the walls crumble, there’s no need to bawl We’ll burn the villains, princess and all

Baby is drowsing, valiant and brave With Hordak’s power, disorder we’ll stave Though cadet’s sleeping, her dreams we all share For order and harmony’s, our duty to bear

Hush-a-bye baby, do not you fear Never mind, baby, your squad is right here Strong little fingers, but eyes must shut tight Stay sound asleep now, until morning’s light

“People sang to you as babies about Hordak’s power and burning people?” Glimmer asked, both perplexed at the Horde-ified version and slightly disturbed. No wonder some of their soldiers bought the Evil Horde’s propaganda if this was what they were taught from the cradle!

“Glimmer, I love you, and I say this with as much respect as I can,” Catra said without an ounce of respect in her body or soul, “We grew up in the Fright Zone under the eyes of commanding officers of the Evil Horde. What did you think they sang to us about?”

Well shit, had her there.

[kvngjoong]

jongho + nsfw a-z

finally finished with ateez’ vers of this! if you enjoyed and want to see another group, let me know (+who to start with!). i really enjoyed it and finished with the lesser known kinky bitch. stan jongho, king of vocals

A: Aftercare 

jongho if a soft baby but he has no idea what he is doing. he will kinda be unsure whether he’s supposed to do anything, like he’s heard of aftercare but damn he don’t know what that entails. he’ll just kind of.. be there for you. he’ll respond to your own actions and as he becomes more comfortable, he’ll know your needs and wants, and can act on those too

B: Body part 

he low key loves his thighs, since he developed a habit of putting you on them since accidentally having you ride his thigh once. he didn’t know thigh riding was a thing, so when you started getting off by grinding on his thigh he was a bit confused, but all for it when you have your head on his shoulder and you’re falling apart from him literally just flexing. he also likes your hands cause they’re skilled

C: Cum 

whilst he usually keeps it a little tidy, jongho likes cumming in your mouth or on your face. he likes how it looks, especially when your make up is smudged and your cum is over it too. he’s not sure where that comes from but it’s always been that way

D: Dirty Secret 

one time, jongho bought these zappers as a joke. he said to you he wanted to attach them to ur nips - which he did, and although it took some experimenting to actually get them to the right level not to actually hurt you, you had some fun with them and jongho was happy with his purchase that took top level mastery to hide from everyone else. what he didn’t tell you was that when you were out one time, he decided to try them out on himself. it left him a bit sore afterwards, and a bit tingly too, but he enjoyed it more than he would ever be happy to tell anyone 

E: Experience 

not very much. that’s why he gets excited so much and is easier to please. whether you’re his first is debatable, but he probably wouldn’t say anything to you anyway if you were

F: Favourite Position 

it just seems to be that jongho and you won’t have sex that much. jongho likes new things, he really wouldn’t like it if you just had sex and that means that more often than not you guys are cumming multiple times from something other than sex. so on the chance that you guys are actually having sex, he likes reverse cowgirl cause he can see your ass. not many men are that easy to please and he takes pride in being an ass kinda guy

G: Goofy 

he’s not really goofy during anything nsfw, because he’s caught up in the moment and it would be a bit weird if you both started joking about something (for him, anyway). plus you’re gonna be too busy to be thinking about anything other than jongho - don’t play yourself

H: Hair 

he probably shaves, keeps it tidy and clean most times and doesn’t often slack unless he’s busy doing something else

I: Intimacy 

the longer you are into your relationship, the more intimate he is - though that applies to everything. he obviously cares about you, and he loves you, but he’s a bit shy when it comes to showing any intimacy in general. so yeah. give it a year or two and he’ll be showing the intimacy more often

J: Jack Off

for him, it’s a normal amount that he jacks off since you don’t have any rules between you and he probably accidentally pops a boner over you more than he would like to admit (or he just gets one, you know). he would prefer if you were there to take care of him, or at least watch him (does he like it when you sit on your knees in front of him and just watch him jack off? kinda)

K: Kink

jongho’s not a vanilla kinda guy, but he isn’t there for anything extravagant, and he’s not a true dom or sub at heart, he’s into his own things that don’t involve anything like that. he will, if you are into it, probably be a switch with slightly submissive tendencies. aside from that, he’s really into giving and receiving body worship, any time you gag around him he cums, he likes it when your make up gets smudged cause he fucked your face, and he is kinda really into you wearing special (not necessarily sexual) outfits, like a cute corset. visuals are big for him

L: Location 

as long as it’s your/his home, he’s fine. there has to be some kind of cover and privacy for him. it also means that he can cuddle you easy afterwards. he has a heart of gold, swear

M: Motivation 

since visuals are a big thing for him, jongho usually likes seeing you in certain things. he also tries memories to clothes. so, if you’re wearing a top that you did two weeks ago when you gave him the suck of his life, he’s not gonna get rid of the thought in his head. you know clothes you can buy in underwear stores (ie bodies n stuff), if he sees you in one of them then you best best he’s gonna be tugging at your hand asking you if you can leave early

N: NO 

jongho might be more submissive than dominant, but he’s really not into the whole proper dom/sub thing. he would really dislike if you tried to get him to properly sub, and likewise if you were attempting to make yourself a true dominant or even get him to do it. he doesn’t like the traditional roles - topping is fine, but don’t be telling him he can’t cum and that you’ll punish him

O: Oral

he enjoys receiving more than giving (see below) but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t like giving. he’s just a bit shy when it comes to it because he doesn’t really know what he’s doing and he doesn't want to disappoint (though never actually tells you this). so he’ll make an attempt, and he’s probably better with his fingers than his mouth, but it’s still enjoyable. you’ll be sucking him off more though, sorry

P: Pace 

quick and intense; jongho might be prone to getting a touch bored if it’s too slow, and usually he would be the one who is telling you to speed up 

Q: Quickie 

nah, it’s not the way he works and although he can try, he’s not into it. unless you suck him off quickly before he has something to do, or jack him off cause he asked for your help, it’s gonna be a longer session

R: Risk

it’s a big yes to taking risks as in trying new things he/you may not like, but anything involving someone walking in on you is not something he’s into. that is, however, not the case when it involves someone who has a crush on you, then he may be trying to get you to let him finger you under the table in front of them just to annoy them

S: Stamina 

although he can go for a while, i think it won’t be as much as some of the other members purely because he cums easier and he can switch out of the nsfw mindset quickest too. it gets a bit awkward for him, so yeah - he won’t go on for too long

T: Toy 

he likes more niche things. the zappers, the clamps, the blindfolds; jongho is an accidental freak when it comes to this stuff because he sees something and thinks about it for a bit too long. he usually invests in them, and they’re always something you weren’t expecting (ie ‘hey jongho what’s that?’ ‘nothing much just a pinwheel’)

U: Unfair

he’s not a tease unless you’re sucking him off, and even then he’s not really teasing you but something says he knows exactly what to say and when to say it. so even if he doesn’t realise, when he’s holding your jaw and telling you how good you’re being (damn it comes so naturally to him i--), that may just count as him teasing. and he likes putting you on his thigh and flexing. animal

V: Volume 

on the louder side, since he likes to express himself vocally. you should encourage him to, too, his voice is so beautiful and everyone should hear it. he may be a bit shy to at first but it won’t take much to have him whining and moaning cause he feels good. doesn’t really grunt though, or groan. he talks, a lot

W: Wild Card

i said that he’s not very intimate but he does care about you, and it is kinda obviously. mostly when you’re sucking his dick. he likes it when you are clearly struggling to take him all in your mouth but you do anyway. he’ll stroke your hair back and tell you how good you’re doing. if your eyes start to water he’ll stroke away your tears and tell you how pretty he thinks you are. at some point he’ll have his fingers through your hair and he’ll fuck your face pretty good, and when you start to gag he will cum

X: X-Ray

jongho is a big boy (◠﹏◠✿) i will leave the rest to you

Y: Yearning 

though he probably could wait a little longer for you, he doesn’t want to. he’s annoying as a boyfriend anyway, always texting you and asking you for pictures (usually of a more sexual kind, not that he will admit to anyone) etc, so he may seem like he yearns a lot for you. he’s just excited though, and he wants to see you whenever he can. so he’s needy, in every aspect, but keeps that on the down-low

Z: ZZZ

jongho isn’t impartial to sleeping after any activity between the two of you. he’ll usually end up cuddling you, looking at instagram together or watching a video. usually falls asleep after about twenty minutes with his head pressed against your shoulder, then wakes up ten minutes later disorientated, though you shush him back to sleep on your shoulder and continue doing whatever you were doing

a/n sorry if the editing is weird, idk if anyone else is getting this but copying from word is pasting as a picture?? so i had to just copy from google docs so it doesn’t clear any implemented formatting. idk

[youngwings-writes]

Infinitely Ordinary

Lee Felix x OC

Summary: "𝕀 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕖𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣 𝕨𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕀 𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕟𝕖𝕕 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕠 𝕤𝕝𝕠𝕨 𝕕𝕠𝕨𝕟"

Busy. Busy worrying, working, just trying to survive. That was the daily life of Jordan Johnson. The world never seemed to slow down; not for her...not for anyone. Finally deciding to take matters into her own hands and get some much needed R&R, she jets off on a trip to South Korea. While there, she unexpectedly meets her soulmate. Will they be able to find happiness together, or will his status get in the way?

Genre: Fluff

Length: 2k

Chapter 4: Sunshine

"So... I guess we're soulmates?"

I froze.

Obviously, I had come to that conclusion on my own already, but to hear Felix saying it was a whole other thing. Like, this is the boy I've been admiring from afar for years. I knew so much about him, but he probably didn't know I existed until 60 seconds ago.

I didn't trust my voice at this point, so I simply smiled and gave a shy nod in response.

"I know this is really sudden, but I'm not sure the middle of a dog cafe is where we should be discussing such a serious matter... is there any possibility we could go to wherever it is you're staying and continue getting to know one another?"

"O-of course! That's no problem at all. Just let me pull up directions again so I don't get us lost," I began fumbling with my phone, trying not to look as nervous as I felt.

Soon enough I had the directions to my apartment pulled up on my phone. Felix and I grabbed our drinks and made our way out into the streets of Seoul.

"It doesn't seem like you're from around here, where are you from?"

"Phoenix, Arizona, born and raised," I said with a hint of triumph. Arizona isn't exactly the classiest state, but to survive the summers was definitely a feat.

"Oh! I actually went to Phoenix not that long ago with my mem- my friends! I didn't get to see much of it before we left though."

I could tell he was going to say his members, but he stopped himself. I know he went to Phoenix. Hell, I saw him while he was in Phoenix. My friends and I pooled together enough money to get all four of us P5 tickets to their concert. Still not sure how our broke college student selves pulled that one off.

Should I tell him?

Well, he'll find out eventually, so why not bite the bullet and tell him now?

I took a deep breath.

"Can I tell you something, Felix?"

His head turned to face me, one eyebrow cocked in curiosity.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"I want to be completely transparent with you, especially since we're apparently soulmates... I know who you are."

I could see him grow stiffer. I continued.

"My friends and I were at the Stray Kids concert in Phoenix. I've been a Stay since before debut. The last 10 minutes has my head absolutely reeling. I never thought that I would meet you or any of your members, let alone have you turn out to be my soulmate. If this makes you uncomfortable, I'm so sorry. It's probably strange hearing all of this; learning that your apparent soulmate knows so much about you while you know so little about them. Not to mention it's probably overwhelming. I mean, we're both still growing up, plus you have the stress of being an idol on top of it," I let my mouth run.

Everything came out like I had just opened the floodgates. I was beyond nervous to hear what he had to say, but also relieved to have said what I did. The last thing I want is to have kept the fact that I knew Felix before he knew me a secret. He deserves to know the truth and not feel like I just used the fact that he's my soulmate for my own personal gain. Keeping him in the dark and using him like that would just be fucked up.

"Okay, wow. First of all, I just wanna say thank you for telling me everything. I also want you to know that the fact that you know who I am doesn't make me uncomfortable. Actually, I'm both flattered and relieved. I won't have to explain being an idol and what that entails for us, so that makes things a lot less stressful. This is completely new territory for both of us, we just need to trust one another and make adjustments as we go," he said as he flashed me a reassuring smile.

"Besides, the fact that you know more about me than I know about you only means I have to spend more time with you and work to know you faster. Plus you get to know a side of me not everyone knows."

"And I'm hoping that side isn't some secret dark side you've been hiding to save face," I gave his shoulder a nudge.

The remainder of the walk to my apartment was relatively quiet. There was a bit of small talk here and there, but nothing extreme. For the most part, we just strolled along in a comfortable silence. It was... suprisingly nice.

One of my personal fears has always been making a fool of myself in front of others or making things awkward; especially with people I looked up to. To be experiencing such a comfortable peace with Felix seemed unreal. Bonus points for only mildly making a fool of myself in the very beginning.

Self improvement baby :)

Even with my poor navigation skills and even worse sense of direction, we made it to my apartment building without any problems.Entering the glass double doors, Felix and I made our way to the elevator. The elevator doors opened with a soft ding and we stepped in. Pressing the button for the third floor, we began our ascent.

When we arrived in front of my door, I almost made the move to input my phone password on the keypad. Force of habit. Realizing what I was about to do, I pulled out my phone and notes app, punching in the number I knew I would've forgotten otherwise. Just as before, a soft beep and click were heard as the door unlocked and we may our way inside.

Shedding our shoes (or feet prisons as my sister would call them), we made our way towards the couch in the small living area the rental possessed. Since we both still had food and drinks from the cafe, I rushed to the kitchen to get plates and utensils for the two of us.

Upon returning to the couch I saw that Felix had already began unpacking our leftovers. I set the plates down and started helping him plate the treats.

"So, you said that you've been a Stay since pre-debut, right?"

"Yeah. I think it was around December of 2017 that I found Stray Kids."

"Wow. Was it random that you stumbled across us, or did you find us through another group?"

"A little bit of both. I first started listening to K-Pop back in 2012, but didn't really get into it until around 2014. From there, I got into F(x), Shinee, and BTS, but I was still more of a casual listener than anything. In 2016 I got into GOT7, Day6, and Twice, so I obviously knew about your label. Funny enough though, I found Stray Kids because one of the people I rode the bus with was talking about how they were upset with how the survival show was going. I think it was right between when you were eliminated and the finale..."

I felt kind of bad bringing up the part about his elimination. I had absolutely no clue if it was still a touchy subject or not. Seeing how far he's come and where he is now, I really hope it isn't and that he doesn't beat himself up over it. JYP's reasoning for it all was complete bullshit anyway.

"Well, that'll make for quite the introduction, huh?"

"For sure. I may not have been there from the very beginning like some others had, but there was definitely some intense feelings of pride seeing you all standing on that stage being told you would debut together."

"I don't think I'll ever forget that moment. Getting there was beyond difficult, but having experienced all I have now, I can 100% say it was worth every second." Felix's eyes shimmered as he spoke. Anyone could tell that he was thinking not only of his members, his brothers, but his fans as well.

Being such a music fanatic, I've seen some bands that you can tell don't care about their fans. While this was way more common in the Western music scene, it did happen in the Kpop world as well. Despite that, I could confidently say that Stray Kids genuinely care for Stay; I could say that before I discovered Felix was my soulmate.

"So do you have any other hobbies or interests besides Stray Kids?"

"Nooo, not at all," I quipped back, my voice oozing sarcasm. A small chuckle was elicited from the freckled boy's throat.

"In all seriousness, music is one of my biggest hobbies. I did musical theatre from age 5 until age 11, I was in choir throughout all of my middle school years, and played trombone in middle school and high school. I don't play a lot now, but I still find the time every now and then. When I wasn't taking part in local musical endeavors, I was at some concert with my friends or my sister. Other than that, I enjoy reading, writing, photography, baking, and cosmetology."

"Quite the artist, aren't you?"

"In every sense except painting or drawing, yes. Ask me to do either of those and I will go running for the hills. Why I can do makeup, but I can't paint or draw I will never know."

"I guess the only explanation is that life is just weird like that sometimes," he laughed again. I always loved his laugh before, but hearing it face-to-face was literal heaven. This boy is straight up an angel, and no one can convince me otherwise.

We spent the next hour or two in my temporary home, conversation continuing to flow. I always knew and acknowledged the fact that idols and other celebrities are normal people just like you and me, but I couldn't help but freak out a little when I met anyone. Of course the same applied to Felix, but I think I got over the shock value faster than I normally would. I didn't really dwell on the fact that he was a world famous idol for long; I honestly almost forgot about it.

Normally, it takes me a while to warm up to people and feel comfortable with them, but Felix seemed to be an exception. The more we spoke and got to know one another, the longer I felt I had known him. Talking with him almost felt like talking with my best friend since preschool.

Just as conversation was beginning to die down a bit, Felix's phone buzzed from the table. He quickly picked it up and checked the notification. I watched him read the words sprawled across his screen, his smile slightly falling.

"Have to go back to the JYP building?" I inquired.

"Yeah. We have a performance in a few days, so we've been drilling pretty hard lately. I'm honestly kinda surprised that I didn't get called back sooner. It's been a few hours since I left," he explained while rubbing the nape of his neck.

"Well, I've already kept you here longer than I probably should have. I don't want to get you in trouble with your members or any staff."

"I suppose you have a point... but how about you come with me?"

"...come with you?"

"Yeah, come with me to JYP, meet my members, watch us practice. Everyone there has to meet you eventually since we're soulmates and all, so why not take care of it sooner rather than later?"

"I don't really have any other specific plans for today, so it could work. But are you sure bringing me won't get you in trouble?"

"As long as it doesn't interfere with our work, you should be good to go. I'm sure you'll be fine. It's not like you're gonna run around wreaking havoc or anything."

"Okay, let's head out then."

We quickly cleaned the living area, grabbed what we needed, and made our way back to the entrance of my building. Hailing the closest cab, Felix and I got in. He gave the cab driver the address to the JYP building and we were on our way.

I guess I'm meeting the rest of Stray Kids now.

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[kaileah-kat]

‘Tis a freaking AU

Hey @altruistic-skittles , heard you were in a creative slump. I decided to finish this for you. Maybe brighten your day a little :D

Grocery Store/Supermarket AU! The most basic AU you will ever see (besides the beloved coffee shop au’s). I was at work thinking of all these scenarios because I don’t really talk to anyone so my mind just wanders and we end up with things like this. Prepare for a not-so wild ride my dudes.

EDIT: HERE’S PART TWO HERE’S PART THREE HERE’S PART FOUR HERE’S A FLOOR PLAN HERE’S MORE RANDOM ISH HERE’S A MINIFIC PT 1

Logan:

He’s 21 with no sense of adventure.

He started working at this random store with no name when he was 18.

He started in the pharmacy section because he’s a smart cookie.

Sadly, he’s not smart enough to understand “The customer is always right”.

He doesn’t play games. When you’re wrong, you’re wrong.

It got to a point where he had at least 10 customer complaints a week and management was very close to kicking him to the curb. 

They made a compromise for him to move to a department with literally z e r o customer interaction.

The accounting office. He loves it. He’s now a smart cookie in charge of money.

But, if cashiers could sort their freaking coupons, that would be great.

Oh! He’s also Emile's brother!

Patton:

He’s about 19/20 (I’m leaning towards 20) and a sunshine bean.

He started working at this random store with no name when he was 16.

He’s a cashier who everyone l o v e s.

He’s so friendly?? All the time?? 

Management used him as an example for Logan all the time.

He sorts his coupons. Just for Logan.

Patton loves children and he loves the fact that he can offer them stickers.

Once, a child denied his sticker. He was a little upset. 

He’s not allowed to do re-shops anymore because one time he ended up re-arranging the entire cereal aisle by color.

His one task, which was to put the cornflakes back on the shelf, was never completed.

A local dad friend to every minor working in the store.

He also knows ASL just in case someone’s deaf because oh boy he isn’t missing a chance on any customer interaction. 

Also, he’s Virgil's brother!

Roman:

He’s 18. Look at him thrive into adultery adulthood.

He started working at this random store with no name when he was 16. 

Forgot a thing: every minor starts as a cashier. 15? They have to stay there until they’re 16. 16/17? Great! As long as you’ve been a cashier for 6 months, you can move departments! Only to certain ones though, lets not get crazy.

Roman stayed a cashier until he was 18. People are cool, he doesn’t mind interaction.

He got bored and decided he wanted to move to the bakery so he can decorate cakes in excessive amounts of edible glitter. 

He lets his creativity f l y.

When someone has an ordered cake, you better know he’s making that cake so that it exceeds expectations.

Sometimes frosting mysteriously “goes missing”.

He eats it in the cooler. He hasn’t been caught yet.

Makes the best frosting flowers. They look almost like real flowers, it confuses everyone.

However, he can’t write words on a cake to save his life.

Virgil:

He’s 17. He’s small and needs to be protected.

He started working at this random store with no name when he was 15.

He’s selectively mute because of social anxiety so clearly putting this child on a cash register is a g e n i u s idea. However, it’s the law, he has no choice.

He’s also half of the reason Patton knows sign language because he loves his brother damnit! If Virgil is anxious in a public space and he doesn’t want to use his actual voice that’s a-okay!

The front end cashier managers will also accommodate so if Virgil needs to chill and do some back work (like re-shops or cleaning the registers that aren’t in use.) then that’s fine. There is one manager that can choke though, but we’ll talk about him later.

When Virgil turned 16 and was officially 6 months on register he freaking b o o k e d i t to management to see if he could move to accounting. (In the back where it’s quiet and the only person he’ll have to speak to is Logan? Sounds amazing.)

Sadly, the lad has to be at least 18 to be back there. 

Virgil settled for grocery. Still has customer interaction? Yes, but a lot less of it.

He still rarely talks and when people ask him where something is he generally gestures for them to follow him as he leads them to the item.

Belial (Deceit):

He’s 27 and can c h o k e.

He started working at this random store with no name when he was 17.

He’s one out of the four front end managers.

Every single employee hates him with the passion of 1,000 burning suns.

How did he get a manager position? No one knows.

Has made cashiers cry (mainly Virgil minors, and one super buff guy with a goatee).

Everyone thinks it brings him joy. Hint: It kind of does.

It tends to be his way of doing things, or the high way. 

All in all? A despised human with a snake tongue.

Emile:

He’s 27 and a legend who we will love and appreciate forever.

He started working at this random store with no name when he was 16.

He’s the Human Resource REP. and loves his job. Sometimes he wants to put his head through a wall, but he loves his job.

He wants the best for every single employee, except one.

Makes puns and pop culture references way too often.

Most people don’t understand what the hell is going on when he starts. 

When a pun is made you can hear Logan groan from the accounting office.

Remy:

He’s 26 and sassy as h e l l.

He started working at this random store with no name when he was 19.

He works in asset protection (aka: security)

He has all the receipts and tea sweetie, he knows you were trying to steal that lipstick.

He doesn’t play games. (Okay, well, he knows Roman eats some of the frosting. But he lets it slide. He would do the same thing.)

He lives off of coffee. His coffee cups seem to be everywhere.

“Alright Felicia, here’s the deal,” “My name is Carol.” “Honey, sure it is.” -every conversation with someone trying to break the laws of the land.

Thomas:

He’s 29 and somehow not losing his damn mind.

He started working at this random store with no name when he was 15.

He’s the store manager, look at him t h r i v e.

He wants the best for every employee, even the one with a snake tongue.

Why he doesn’t fire Belial has been a mystery for years. 

Treats everyone in the store like they’re part of his family bloodline.

Everyone would 100% cry if he ever transferred to a different store.

Alright, this is long. Tune in for part two where we’ll talk about how they ended up applying for the nameless store, more about how they interact with each other, shipping :o, etc. I might only do that if this goes well though... who knows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[pan0ramy]

analysing darkiplier

wow, didn’t think i'd ever get around to making this, but hey! i had some ideas, so why not? :D

in case i haven't said it before, darkiplier is fucking AWESOME to me - unlike anti, who scares the ever living shit out out of me ;_;

i know he's supposed to be scary and freak you out (and he definitely does, in some ways) but he's just so fascinating to watch. yet, for some reason, even after going back and watching a date with markiplier a few more times, i couldn't really put my finger on why. what i ended up deciding on was going back, taking into account what mark has said about dark and applying it to what we see in a date with markiplier to try and "figure him out" a bit better.

just a heads up: all of this is purely my own opinion, and you're in no way inclined to believe everything in this post. this is just my own ramblings and observations about dark. <3 i'll be putting some comments from the st. jude’s livestream in here as well, from the parts where mark talked about darkiplier and broke him down - they'll all be in quotations & italics.

(i’m sorry in advance if dark’s quotes don’t display properly - i’d prefer to have his writing stylised and have it stand out than have it work perfectly tbh ^^”)

and yes, this will be long. prepare yourself. >:D

to start this train wreck, i want to mention someting that mark said about darkiplier before "a date with markiplier" even existed:

"And then, what happened was, over time, Darkiplier became less and less about the scary figure and more about this... romantic figure?"

this might not seem so important now, but definitely remember it for later. ;)

onto the man (demon???) himself! :D :D

most of us have seen a date with markiplier already (of course), but for those of you who haven't had the chance, there are three possible scenarios in which darkiplier actually appears.

HORROR

you are, as the title of this whole project indicates, on a date with markiplier. after a bit of a problem with paying for your meal, you eventually make it to the theatre and have a choice between two plays to watch - a romance play and a horror play - to get dark to show up, you choose the horror (which, can i just mention, is called "the dark mark"... WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THAT PUN, I LOVE YOU FOREVER). you sit down in the theatre, you're ready to watch the play, you look back around to see mark sitting beside you aaaaaaaaaaaand he's gone. that's when dark shows up.

straight off the bat, one of the first things you notice about dark is how he's dressed - full suit and tie. this is the first of many aspects that links up with mark's comment about dark being "seductive" - on the surface, he doesn't look crazy or dangerous at all; he's just a well-dressed, gentlemanly-looking guy in a suit. 

there's also the fact that there is this ungodly ringing throughout the whole thing. seriously, you might not notice it at first (like me), but it is downright PAINFUL. mark did say it was intentional, though:

"But nailing the audio, that high-pitched ringing that a lot of people were like “wow, that really hurts my ears” – that was by design. That was supposed to hurt."

aaaaaaaaaand dark opens his mouth and starts talking, which defintely makes him seem a little less trustworthy - he's got a very muted sense of anger in his voice. not sure anyone would trust that straight away.

"I ' v e  b e e n  p u s h e d  a s i d e .  R e p l a c e d .  M o c k e d . "

this may seem a bit meta, but i'm pretty sure we all know who dark's jealous of!  

(...it's anti, in case you couldn't tell. :D)

ever since anti came back at halloween, we've all had our attention focused on him. no-one ever thought dark would come back; we all thought he was just a "thing" from mark's old videos. but dark's been watching us this whole time; he's angry and quite jealous that we forgot about him. making dark angry is not a good idea. D:

the "mockery" part isn't related to anti, though - it's more likely related to how mark himself portrayed darkiplier previously:

"I joked about Darkiplier because it didn’t seem like something people wanted to take seriously. And I’m okay with that on certain aspects, but it – it had diverged into multiple different facets and multiple different personalities, and everyone had their own version of Darkiplier, and I thought it was hilarious that – “Hey, here’s my version of Darkiplier, he’s an idiot!” Like, he’s just this weird emo kid – and then I stepped back from that."

moving on, i want to focus for a second on how dark is standing. yep, body language plays a part in this too! after doing a bit of research, i found this:

arms held behind body with hands clasped - confidence, authority

even though he hasn't said anything huge yet, dark is already showing us who is in control in this conversation. he's the one in charge here - dark's got a goal, and you are nothing else to him than a method of achieving that goal.

ANYWAY, we'll come back to body language later.

"I ' v e  b e e n  w a i t i n g  p a t i e n t l y .   H e  p r o m i s e d  h e  w o u l d  l e t  m e  i n  a g a i n !"

now this is something i'm having a bit of trouble understanding: how exactly do you "let him in"? i'm guessing it's a matter of coming to trust dark fully. if you trust him, then you won't expect him to turn on you, right?

regardless of this, this moment is where we see one of dark's main traits - impatience. he doesn't have time to mess around. he's here for one thing, and one thing only, and you're just an obstacle standing in his way. if he has to use you to get what he wants (which he's fucking FANTASTIC at doing), then he may as well enjoy himself while he does so. 'cause killing people outright is no fun. >:D

"I ' m  t i r e d  o f  g i v i n g  p e o p l e  a  c h o i c e . . . b u t  I  s u p p o s e  I  c o u l d  g i v e   y o u  o n e  l a s t  o p t i o n .  

T a k e  y o u r  p i c k  -  a n y t h i n g  o f  f o u r  d i f f e r e n t   c h o i c e s ,  m o r e  t h a n  h e  h a d  e v e r  g i v e n  y o u .  

A n d  l e t ' s  s e e  h o w  f a r  d o w n  t h i s  r a b b i t  h o l e  r e a l l y  g o e s ."  

firstly, when dark says this, he (quite agressively) fixes his suit and tie a bit. when i was doing some research, i saw that fidgeting/fixing your clothes was a sign of nerves; i don't think that's the case here at all. in this case, it's more of a way for dark to cope with his own anger - to ground himself and stop him from lashing out too quickly. if he gives up his calm façade too early on, you'll end up figuring out what he's really trying to do (even though you'll probably have no way of escaping regardless).

when he gives you this choice between the four videos, it's really not a choice at all - it's an illusion of one. you get your hopes up thinking that there's some way you might be able to work around dark, and then you realise that isn't an option. the "choice" you have is between three of mark's old darkiplier videos, and then the actual correct option. (fun fact - this screen was actually supposed to be four links to the same video! ...just makes the situation worse, to be honest.) 

"[TYLER] The other thing... 

[MARK] Yeah, the other thing...

[TYLER] This was supposed to all be the same video.

[MARK] Yeah, but YouTube annotations – this new version doesn’t allow you to link the same video multiple times, so these are literally the old videos that I first did when “Darkiplier” first came about. Like, these are the ones."

all of this should be where alarm bells start ringing in our heads; regardless of how calm and suave he may have seemed so far, dark is NOT to be trusted. even though it seems like he's giving you a choice, the sheer mockery in his voice clearly shows this isn't the case. at all.

"A n d  m a y b e . . .  W e ' l l  h a v e  a  g o o d  d a t e  a f t e r  a l l."

there's one main thing that stands out to me about this line: just after he pauses, dark's eyes flicker towards the ground, and he smiles very briefly. to me, this is his moment of realisation; even though he didn't think so at first, he might actually be able to use you in his little plan after all. (his little wry smile at the end shows this too.)

(before i go on with this post i feel obliged to say one thing and one thing only:

i know how manipulative this man may be

but this literally makes me squeal every time i see it)

(okay, fangirl rant over moving on)

FREEDOM!

once you choose the right option from the four "choices" dark gives you, you're lead into a new scenario.

"G o o d  c h o i c e ,  b u t . . .   w h y  d o  w e  n e e d  t o  c h o o s e  i n  l i f e ?"

i guess this kinda links back to the original of all four videos being the same choice - if you still have any sense of trust towards darkiplier by this point, this should dispel that entirely. regardless of what choice you made, you still end up in the same place - which is why he's saying that choosing isn't necessary. no matter what decision you make here, you're (more likely than not) not gonna be able to get away from this him, whether you like it or not.

"I f  d i n n e r  i s  w h a t  y o u  w a n t ,  t h e n  I  c a n  p r o v i d e ."

once again, we're coming back to dark's seductive side. like i said above, you probably don't have any trust left in darkiplier by this point, and that's the opposite of what he wants. he understands that we need to be "reeled back in", so maybe a bit of romance will do the trick?

"A n d  I  c a n  t a k e  y o u  w h e r e v e r  y o u ' d  l i k e  t o  g o .   I  c a n  e s p e c i a l l y  t a k e  y o u  t o  p l a c e s  t h a t  y o u  d o n ' t  w a n t  t o  g o ."

the first line, i'm pretty sure, is purely seductive. pretty sure you don't have to think too hard with that one. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

the second line is a lot more ambiguous. i'm not entirely sure we'd want to know the answer to it, though... it'd probably end veeeeeeeeery badly for us.

maybe it's the persuasion room???? ya never know ;D

there is a contrast in emotion between these two sentences, though. the first sentence is very soft and well-spoken, the way dark normally tends to come across. the second is more solemn, and with a much more sinister tone and expression. again, pretty sure dark's right when he says it's a place we don't want to go to. D:

"I t ' s  e x c i t i n g  -  k n o w i n g  t h a t  t h e r e  a r e  e n d l e s s   p o s s i b i l i t i e s  w a i t i n g  f o r  y o u."

we're REALLY starting to veer into uncanny valley levels of eerie here. like before, dark has this malicious expression, but he's also speaking much slower; it's as if he's emphasizing what he's saying, making it seem important and - like he says - exciting. these "possibilities" are exciting for him, definitely; for us...? yeah, pretty sure you know where i'm headed. >_<

"I  C A N  G I V E  Y O U  A N Y T H I N G"

dark's starting to run out of patience and reach his breaking point. there's this undeniable sense of frustration - why the hell haven't you cracked yet? he's done everything he can to get you to trust him, so why the fuck are you taking so long? he's allowed you to mess around long enough; basically, this means no more mr. nice guy. (if you can even consider his demeanour to be nice as it is!)

mark's comment might help make things a little clearer:

"From the surface – like, especially in this first bit, where he says: “If dinner is what you want, then I can provide”. Like, in this – and I wanted this to come across in a seductive way, while also masking this, like, burning rage inside that – that breaks through the suave nature of it. That was my clue to reveal him – he’s NOT your friend! He is NOT here to help you! He is here to use you."

"I ' v e  b e e n  w a i t i n g  a  l o n g  t i m e  t o  g e t  s o m e . . . " p e r s o n a l "  t i m e  b e t w e e n  u s ."

the impatience carries over into this line, along with a small bit of frustration - but by the end of this sentence, dark's slipped back into his more seductive tone. maybe he's trying his best to keep it together? i think mark described it best tbh:

"And that – that also came across when I was thinking about, like, the effects. Like, he – his image shatters. Like, he separates, because he’s not – he’s not entirely “kept together”, you know what I mean? So, like, I wanted, like, the drastic impacts of the rage, pulling back suddenly to the calm nature, and the demeanour."

"T H E R E ' S  N O T H I N G  Y O U  -  O R  H E  -  C A N  D O  T O  S T O P M E

S o . . .  n o w  t h a t  w e  a r e  h e r e  t o g e t h e r ,  w e  c a n  r e a l l y  g e t  t o  k n o w  e a c h  o t h e r ."

LOOK AT THE EMOTION ON HIS FACE WITH THIS LINE. it's intially what seems to be an almost warm, welcoming smile, but by the end, it's pure anticipation. he's got you exaaaaaaactly where he wants you, and he's ready to pounce. he's ready to take what he came for. also, he fixes his suit once again, but it's different to how he did it before - previously, it was a way of controlling his anger; here, it comes across as expectancy. like i said, he's ready to put his plan into action. strangely enough, though, this is where his shell completely cracks:

"And this last one, I was thinking, was especially telling – it’s not me trying to break through. It’s his shell cracking."

"Y o u  j u s t  n e e d  t o  l e t  m e  i n .  I t ' s  a s  s i m p l e  a s  t h a t ."

both dark's tone of voice (which gets verrrrrry gentle and hushed towards the end of this sentence) and his expression show that his plan hinges on whether or not you say yes; i mean, you've fallen for his facade so far, you've got to say yes, right? say no, and he'll probably flip that table and break your nose... and then probably proceed to either kill you or torture you until you die. i mean, we've seen how angry he is until this point... do you really want to try and test that? ^^" 

AGAIN, ESCAPE ROOM Y'ALL

"He’s very much – people picked up on this, and people thought that it was really creepy, because this is what I wanted – he’s a social manipulator. He is – he is literally 100% manipulative. He leads you into this false sense of security, and he wants you to trust him, because he wants to take advantage of you. That is literally what I wanted for Darkiplier, and how creepy and scary that actually is."

"Y o u ' r e  n e v e r ,  e v e r  g o i n g  t o  e s c a p e  m e .  N o t  n o w ,   n o t  - "

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND CUE TYLER WITH A MASK ON. 

BEST TRANSITION 11/10 WOULD WATCH AGAIN

but seriously, are we going to mention that DARK'S the one that pulls the gun out of his pocket here?! he has a fucking gun for some reason?! jeez. and i thought anti was bad with the knives. O_o

i want to focus on dark's manipulative qualities for a second. here are some descriptions i found that really show just how much of a social manipulator dark really is:

Notice if the person uses charm to accomplish things. Some people are naturally charming, but a manipulator uses charm to get something.

This type of manipulator seems to have two faces: one angelic one for when they want you to like them, and one awful one for when they want you to fear them. Everything seems fine until you fail their expectations.

You may be walking on eggshells, afraid to make them angry.

A manipulator has a personal agenda and intentionally tries to exploit another person for power, control, and privileges at the other person's expense.

When you are being manipulated, your rights or interests are often compromised and are not important to the other person.

Listen to how they speak to you. Controlling people may try to control you by making you feel like you’re their “everything.” They may flatter you, even when these compliments are shallow or inaccurate. Often, though, controlling people will turn belittling or cruel at the drop of a hat, especially if they think you’ve done something wrong.

Be wary of any person who seems incapable of understanding or accepting the word "no." This person will tend to insist until they wear you down and make you give in, changing your firm no to a weak yes, and leaving you feeling guilt-ridden and ashamed of yourself.

just wanted to add those in before going any further - they really suit dark well and might make him a little easier to understand. :3 (and yes, i used wikihow articles, but their contents were actually quite good and informative for once. who'd have known?)

ALSO, to add to the creepiness, go back and watch the videos again (if you want to, of course) and take note of this: dark doesn't blink very much, huh? i mean, yeah, he blinks, but it's not often. then take this into consideration:

Prolonged, unblinking eye contact acts like overplaying the handshake -- it says 'I am powerful, I can break the rules.”

...freaky, huh? :D

LEFT

there isn't much left to go through here, but it's still worth a look. again, for those of you who haven't watched it, at the end of "FREEDOM!", darkiplier and mark (who's secretly tyler in disguise shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh don't tell anyone) get into a fight. this ends up with dark dropping a gun onto the ground, and you have to pick which mark to shoot. (if you're curious, pay attention to their shadows... should help you figure out who's who. ;D) in this scenario, you shoot the mark on the left - which, SPOILERS - ends up being the real mark. so real mark's dead. that's not concerning at all! D:

i've made a comparison post between these two routes before, so i think i'll just be lazy and quote from that :

"If you shoot the Mark on the right (Dark), Mark approaches you with a hug and tells you that “you made the right call”. When you get to the ice cream place, he says:

“Oh man, I am so sorry about that. You literally had to kill somebody! But I’m glad you’re taking it in your stride, so let’s get back to the date, and relax with some nice ice cream.”

Y'know, the drama’s over, let’s get back to the date I had originally planned. HOWEVER, if you shoot the Mark on the left, (the real Mark), Dark approaches you with a hug, reassuring you that “it’s okay”. Once you get to the ice cream place, he says:

“Oh man, I am so sorry. Are you okay? You had to kill somebody! I feel so bad… But, hey, it’s okay, we’re here now, we can continue the date with some ice cream.”

Dark wants to make sure you feel completely calm and relaxed before he takes full advantage of you to get what he wants."

that's all well and good (and quite creepy, may i add), but we do actually get to see dark at the very end of this video -  sitting opposite you on the other end of the table. he doesn't say much, but it's still worth a look:

"O o p s .  L o o k s  l i k e  y o u  m a d e  t h e  w r o n g  c h o i c e .  B u t n o w  w e ' r e  g o i n g  t o  b e  t o g e t h e r .   F o r e v e r ."

the sinister tone of voice returns, as expected. what i really want to focus on here, though, is how he's sitting - both hands on the table, fists clenched. i'd say that's a pretty dominant position. you're trapped with him now - he's the one with all the power. the grin on his face shows that he knows this, clear as day.

clenched fist(s) - resistance, aggression, determination

am i the only one who gets yandere vibes from this though? D:

as far as this post goes, that's it! holy HELL this took a long time to write. it's something i've wantd to do for a while, though, and i loved every minute of it. seriously, fucking huge well done to @markiplier, tyler, ethan, amy and kathryn (as well as everyone else behind the scenes) who made this project - the amount of work and effort put in here really comes through with its quality, and darkiplier was just the cherry on top. phenomenal job guys! :D

(...if you've made it all the way to the end of this post, i'm proud of you. good job. <3)

UPDATE:

i’m not the only one that’s been doing darkiplier analyses recently. ohhhhhh no.

@tiny-septic-box-sam made this phenomenal post about dark (and anti, because why not! :D), and they’ve picked up on things i COMPLETELY missed!

there’s also the little fact that they bLEW MY MIND HOLY SHIT.

seriously, if you care at all about darkiplier, read this post. you won’t regret it. <3