#can you tell i'm too ace to know how to draw characters kissing?

[espy-heart]

Day 4!

[misstrashchan]

2, 3, 7, 20, 27, 28, 29, for the rwby ask game? If you don't mind!

2. Rank the soundtracks

From favourite to least:

V1

Not a single track I don't love. Forever iconic, each and every one.

V5

Ignite is my favorite Yang song, as is Path to Isolation for Weiss. Smile is such a tragic song of showing Ilia's parents telling her to cope by smiling, by hiding, to the present where it's twisted into an angry mantra and she's still hiding who she is in a different way. The Triumph feels like such a comeback song with how high energy it is, all our girls heading back to each other, jumping back into the fray. All that Matters is PEAK bumbleby pining angst song. All Things Must Die is glorious, and tbh I think even This Time is pretty underrated as a song for Blake/the White Fang.

V7

I find myself relistening to this one a lot. Trust Love is my favorite OP (and yes that is in part the refrences to the Little Prince I can draw). I also like Touch the Sky and Brand New Day as these kind of recovery songs for all the characters that had been at their lowest or feeling lost finding their hope and confidence, happy in themselves. Let's get Real is a song that DID get me into Renora a little, it's a bop. Was over the moon to have an Oscar song in Fear that encapsulated the theme of the volume and complimented Ozpin's fear speech. Hero makes my brain go AAAAHHHH at how it captures the hubris of Ironwood. Such a great tragic downfall song for his character. Until the End is a great listen and such a lovely surprise to have a Ruby song after so long. War is a certified banger and a great song for the RWBY vs Ace Ops fight.

V9

In fairness I don't think I've listened to this one enough, but the more I do it definitely grows on me. Inside feels like the most unique OP, Checkmate is catchy as hell, Trapdoor makes me INSANE as a Ruby spiralling song. Pleasantly surprised to have a Jaune song in Quiet that's very moving. Worthy is beautiful as a Bumbleby confession/kiss song, truly magical. As a whole I feel the songs lean into being more gentle and introspective as to the usual hardcore rock ballads we know RWBY for, even Checkmate with it's jazziness feels fresh and new. I haven't actually listened to the Edge or Guide my Way enough to have an opinion on them, but I remember liking them, Guide my Way is a nice continuation and evolution of the Red like Roses song trilogy.

V3

When it Falls is SO HARDCORE. Bleeding edge and tragedy for the death and destruction to come. I'm the One is fantastic at laying out Emerald and Mercury's trauma's and subsequently coping mechanisms. Neon is one I like to listen to a lot, it's so fun and upbeat. Divide is brutal and chilling as the song to introduce us to our main villain after seeing her for the first time in all her dark glory at the end of V3. Not Fall in Love with You is... eh. It's my Turn is a good Weiss song, but it's not one if my favorites.

V6

I really like Rising as an OP, it feels the most... magical? fantastical? idk. I like the vibes. Indomitable is what I feel like singing all the time in wake of the recent RWBY news! We really are indomitable! Nevermore as a true triumph over Blake and Yang's trauma at Adam's hands, while acknowledging the tragedy of Adam's own situation. And Big Metal Shoe is a certified banger, love all the fairytale references crammed in there. Miracle is... fine. One Thing is a great song for Neo's return and revenge quest, but I never bought into the Neo hype so I'm kinda mid on it too.

V2. SACRIFICE I LOVE YOU FOREVER AND EVER PLEASE REPRISE IN THE SHOW LATER WITH CINDER PRETTY PLEASE. Now it's Time to Say Goodbye is an incredible banger of an OP, but it felt a little misleading considering it's a song all about losing innocence and leaving behind childhood, which feels more appropriate for V3 and the FoB than V2. Shine, Dream Come True and Boop are all fun and cute but I'm not hugely into Arkos or Renora so I'm kinda neutral on them. I'm also kind of mid on Time to Die as a song.

V8. Honestly this is just the soundtrack I find myself listening to or remembering the least, even though I really like Friend as the perfect Penny song that had me tearing up, and Truth, while short was a great bittersweet song for Cinder. And it was nice to get a Nora song too. The opening for this volume never really grew on me like all the others did (aside from the "some ROSES WILL NEVER BLOOM, SOME HEROES CHOOSE THE WRONG SIDE"). I also just associate this soundtrack with fandom arguing a lot about what song applied to who and it felt exhausting.

3. Favorite Ruby ship?

ROSEGARDEN ALL THE WAY BABY!

7. Favorite lines I already answered for @hoepunkausta

20. What are you looking forward to seeing in Vacuo?

*vibrating at a frequency unknown to man* idk I think a reunion hug between Ruby and Oscar would be neat maybe. Like @aspoonofsugar has pointed out all the set up at the end of the extended epilogue points to these two having a second alchemical wedding and so their relationship having a certain amount of focus/development in Vacuo seems apparent. After so long of not seeing them onscreen together I'm excited for any interactions honestly. I miss my kids.

Wanting to see WBY all trying to support Ruby more and her actively trying but still struggling to open about how she's feeling. More of what see saw with Ruby/Yang in the Boba episode. I'd especially like Ruby and Weiss to have a heart to heart.

Very curious about what Theodore is gonna be like and whoever the hell the Summer maiden. With the Dorothy allusions and those who've lost their homes trying to make one in Vacuo, I'm expecting an exploration of "there's no place like home" to be leant into.

RAVEN. TELL US WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT MISSION WITH YOU AND SUMMER. RUBY AND YANG DESERVE TO KNOW. For real though I'm hoping we see what lead Raven to rejoin the fray too, and how she'll interact with Yang and Qrow and even Ruby, what tension might be there. Delicious family drama....

Speaking of delicious family drama, the Schnees! all reunited! I want Winter and Whitley to tackle hug Weiss to the ground! Also the Schnees appear to be being confronted with all the harm their family and company has done in a kingdom like Vacuo, so I'm curious to see how Weiss handles that. Also Winter is clearly Not Doing Good, so something I'd really like is if Weiss (as her sister) and Ruby (as a friend of Penny and someone she also offered the maiden powers too) and maybe Jaune (who was there with Penny in her final moments) offer comfort to her and they all grieve together.

Emerald. Honestly suprised we didn't get much of a sense of how she was doing in the extended epilogue, not even briefly like Mercury. But I'm super excited for what her arc holds. Seeing her integrate with the group, if Ren, Nora and Oscar are already on friendly terms with her but RWBY are all still a bit wary of her because they've spent less time together. Seeing more of her friendship with Oscar develop (gimme that Little Prince/Fox allusion with their friendship in taming each other pretty please) and like. Mercury. Emerald KNEW Mercury and Tyrian were being sent to Vacuo, she saw him off in the ship, but Ren seems suprised to see him and Tyrian on the cameras in the epilogue. Did Emerald... not tell them? Even though that's incredibly important information that could help her new allies? Because... she wanted to protect Mercury? Because she still feels conflicted? It's incredibly juicy and I can't wait to see how Emerald and Mercury's relationship comes into conflict during the Vacuo arc. Gimme that Emercury angst pretty please.

Vacuo in general. By virtue of the books I think they have the most interesting world building, the food, the culture, the different words for weather phenomenon, the fauna, the nomadic tribes, the history of being a once incredibly beautiful oasis full of everything they needed, then exploited time and again and left with nothing and yet still surviving and carving a home and life for themselves. The world building of Vacuo is one that is inevitably tied to the story because of their fraught history leading to tensions between them and all the refugees from Atlas, Mantle and Vale seeking their aid and shelter in their kingdom, not to mention the Crown seeking to restore the monarchy, it'd be easy for them to be divided and conquered by Salem, and so our heroes have to find a way to overcome that and bring everyone together. So just getting to see the kingdom animated and learn more about its history and culture would be cool. I also like desert punk aesthetic, so I'm hoping whatever new outfits our girls get will have a little of that. (part of me hopes for maybe some Trigun inspiration... we've had Gurren Laggan inspiration in Yang's outfits before!)

I would also say I'm looking forward to seeing my darling cringefail wife Cinder but I don't know if she'll be in Vacuo or with Salem in Vale wrecking shit.

27. Favorite voice performance?

AARON DISMUKE AS OSCAR HANDS DOWN. Him being the VA for Oscar meant I was destined to like him, I usually do with characters he voices. The fact he has to also voice Oscar when controlled by Ozpin, and sometimes Oscar pretending to be Ozpin, and completely nails the subtle differences in all of them is phenomenal. And as the merge progresses he's literally having to mix and merge their voices together too!!! It's crazy!!! The awkward and shy intonation becoming a more sincere and quiet confident voice as Oscar develops, and gaining Oz's mannerisms in speech with a deeper and more serious tone. That is some crazy talent this man has.

Always impressed with how well Linsay Jones and Miles Luna hold up in earlier volumes, they've consistently been the best voice performances from start to present. Also Cherami Leigh as Ilia is absolutely fantastic, it's rare I've heard her get to flex her emotional range like that in her voice work for such a complex character.

28. Fairytale character you'd want to see RWBYfied?

With how character songs are a big thing in the show and semblances that can hypnotize and mind control exist, and instruments sometimes being weapons (gestures to Flynt), I'd love an allusion to The Pied Piper or the Lorelai Siren as a villain of some kind. Bonus if you had a Little Mermaid/Lorelai Siren allusion for that victim/monster/hero duality RWBY likes to play with.

Not technically a traditional fairytale but also very much one, the Last Unicorn, one of my alltime favorite books would be beyond amazing to be alluded to, even a tiny bit. Amalthea the unicorn being the last of her kind, the rest hunted down by a wicked beast at the order of a tyrant. She is associated with silver, the moon, hope and purity constantly. A story that is both a love letter and deconstruction of fairytales, an exploration of the nature of humanity and mortality. Tell me that wouldn't be perfect as an allusion to a Silver Eyed Warrior (also thought to be a myth) trying to find out what happened to the rest of her kind.

29. Favorite opening to sing along too?

TRUST LOOOOOVVVVVEEEE AND OPEN UP YOUR EYESEESSSSS TRUST LOOOOVVVVVEEEE THE TRUTH IS THERE BUT SOMETIMES IN DISGUISE

[drrt-opposite-au]

I’m not sure if I’m allowed to ask this, since this currently takes place in chapter one. But what would the motive secrets be in this AU?

This is an OOC post! I was originally going to post other questions that involve drawing, but Ibis Paint was RUDE and kept crashing. And since I took a two day break, I think y'all deserve some sneak peaks.

SMALL NOTES: 1. The secrets themselves are mostly the same, just worded differently. A few of them, though, are completely different. 2. Only the canon ones will be shown. I have a few secrets that I believe to fit certain characters, but as of now, I'll only be sharing the canon ones. 3. Many of these topics, much like their canon counterpart, deal with serious issues. Some of these topics include forms of self-harm, eating disorders, mention of suicide, death of family members, etc.

This is a really long post, so I've decided to cut it. ^^

Also! Alexander is not on this list because I personally do not think David was telling the truth. Something in me believes that David was straight up lying when he said that Xander's secret was what it was. ...Maybe I'm just in denial.

THE SECRETS

DAVID: "You exist to manipulate others. Everyone else exists to be a stepping stone."

ACE: "Your body is falling apart, but by now, you've grown numb to it."

EDEN: "Ever since you kissed her, you've avoided her. You think that your crush will ruin your friendship. She just wanted to keep in touch."

JULIA: "You hide your alias to pretend you aren't as disobedient as everyone thinks you are. You are J Moreno."

WHIT: "Your mother is dead, but all you can think about is how your father left you in your time of need."

AREI: “You say you feel bad, but you’ve never admitted to the fact that you framed your sisters for heinous crimes.”

CHARLES: "Your older brother died, yet you deny ever knowing him."

ARTURO: “Your younger sister killed herself because of you. You were too selfish to think about her.”

ROSE: "You still remember your moms' faces when they realized you're the reason for their debt."

NICO: "No one accepted you for who you are, so you just isolated yourself from the outside world. You live in constant ignorance."

[fairyringsandwings]

can you please share with us your writing tips (especially for beginners and stories for romance and smut).

also, can you share some tips on how to overcome anxiety and worrying on whether on not your should publish a story, especially if its a self-indulgent or ooc fanfic .

Hello Dear Anon!

I completely understand you having anxieties and worries over whether or not to publish your writings. It's quite scary putting your work out there for people to read. I actually still get very anxious before updating or publishing new stories. I go through a whirlwind of 'people are gonna hate this' and 'this is the chapter they realise how terrible a writer I am' and 'they're gonna abandon my story cause of how badly I wrote this chapter'. But, I enjoy writing, and every time there's always at least one person who likes the story too and that definitely makes it worth it to me.

For what it's worth, the majority of fanfic readers are kind and supportive, regardless of the writer's skills. I think over the 12 years I've been writing fics, I've maybe had 3 or 4 mean comments (and it's always been from anti-shipper/rival ship shippers who are only out to upset people and stir drama). Most people remember that fanfic is FREE and written by people of all writing levels, during their free time. No one can complain about it and most will only give you advice, tips, and criticisms if you ask for it in your author notes and most are very kind when doing so.

Whatever kind of fic you want to share, there is definitely someone out there who will love it! Don't worry about it being ooc. It's always fun and interesting to see different interpretations and sides of characters + you might be writing them more in character than you realise, but it's your nerves telling you otherwise. And a story can neeeever be too self-indulgent. My stories are all 100% self-indulgent! They are perfectly catered to my oddly specific likes - fanfics are just as much for their authors as they are for their readers.

As for writing advice, I don't really know what kind of advice to give, but I'll share with you some of the tips + resources others have given me which really helps me! :D

Descriptionary | Helping Writers Find The Words (wordpress.com)

This is an amazing site! It'll help you find ways to describe things like emotions, colours, environments and physical appearances. It'll also give advice on other aspects of writing like pacing.

I also use Grammarly to help me pick up spelling and grammar mistakes.

Always remember, your first draft of a chapter doesn't need to be perfect. It can be messy, mistake-ridden and filled with blanks or lines like *they fought*, *they kissed*, *something happens*. Just get that first draft down - the skeleton of the chapter, if you will - so you can go back and edit it, fixing the mistakes, fleshing it out, finding better word choices and filling in the parts you got stuck on. It's much easier once you get a draft down, no matter how messy and chaotic it is. If you get stuck, move on to the next part. You don't have to write it linearly. Having an ending in mind can also really help as it gives you a target to aim for.

Read lots and write whenever you can!

As for writing smut and romance, it's my fav things to write about but I really struggle with it as truth be told, I'm a sex-repulsed ace/aro who has never even kissed anyone xD So, I can't draw from experience and sex ed in my catholic school was pretty... um... well, not helpful. So, I turn to these links for guidance and quick help.

The Ultimate Guide to Writing Smut Fic by QuinnAnderson

How To Write A Kiss (Old Tumblr post. Original deleted. But it's got useful tips that I like to refer to)

Interesting Writing Words (Tumblr post)

Emotion Cheat Sheet (Tumblr Post)

If anyone has any writing advice, please feel free to share!

[mallowninja]

A little late but this is for the Uncommon Questions askbox meme! For Malachi: 10, 21, 39, and F, G

:D

10) What lie do they most frequently remember telling? Does it haunt them? → While no verbal lie was involved, Malachi thinks about the day he and Molly abandoned their chores to play on the riverbank, leading to his near-death and her actual death. He still feels fully responsible for it.

21) Why do they get up in the morning?  → He truly believes he needs to put all of himself and more into supporting them because his mother's health isn't sufficient to perform the labor required to support a household of five (one adult, four children). He can't sit back and relax anytime he wants, his family needs money! The kids are gonna need more and more food as they get older and start hitting their growth spurts, too. So that's more work.

He gets up because he would feel like he's letting a bunch of children and his own mother down if he doesn't.

39) How easy is it for them to ignore flaws in other people? → When he's not angry, it's easy to push down and ignore. When he is angry, it's all he can think about. Lately that has become more of a struggle.

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F) What do you feel when you think of your OC (pride, excitement, frustration, etc)? → Majority pride, minority anxiety. I really do love that people like him! My OCs are for me, I won't write or draw a character I don't enjoy working with, but it's so heartening to know other people like the stuff that comes out of my brain. It's motivating!

In that regard I don't want my characters to feel same-y, and I also still struggle at times to portray anger in a way I can maintain for long enough for it to be believable. It's almost as exhausting for me as being """mean""" in-character is.

G) What trait of theirs bothers you the most? → I don't think it's really a bad aspect, but Malachi's emotional exhaustion is hard to really land properly. He used to be a relatively normal teenager, including teenage romance. (He's kissed before! He's had teenage-core short-lived relationships before!) But after he had to take on the patriarch role of the family while simultaneously caring for his rapidly-declining father, he stopped being able to easily interact with others in a way he used to. He still has emotions and desires but he can't tap into it easily. It's hard to toe that line properly.

I'm going to call that "I am too ace to figure out that middle ground" and move on lol

[plagued-melodies]

※Request and writing guidelines and just overall what to expect from my blog <3※

Background information about myself

General information, interests, pronouns, DNI, etc

I am Lost or sometimes known as Melody (My online alias, they are by no means by actual names)

I am 18

This is my main blog where I'm just as annoying

I go by all pronouns and do count myself as genderfluid (I am afab)

Bi(myself)

I love to write (obviously), draw (as you can tell from my main blog), BAKE, and clean any space that is not of my own because god where I do I even begin.

I don't have many DNI honestly, my blog is pretty much open to anyone except I am uncomfy with older men. I don't mind them online but I do write self-insert ship stuff so take that with what you will.

I am VERY specific about certain ships. I do not care much what people ship, as long as it isn't gross (child and adult or animals with people) or whatever, I won't care because I understand having a specific ship most people hate but the only reason you ship it is because of VERY SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES that would have to occur that you could EVER imagine it in but you can't simply say that in a short breath so people automatically think you're weird or some creep when no it's not like that LET ME EXPLAIN- PLeAse

DO NOT INTERACT IF

You are okay with minor x adult ship or Beastiality

You are homophobic or transphobic (this means the exclusion of nonbinary people too, incels)

you ship siblings

Do not include Aro/ace people in the queer community

You are conservative (this is a pro-choice blog)

Fandoms I write for

Blue ones are my current brain rots as of writing this and will probably post about them the most (probably mostly Genshin though) but if you request any of these I will try my best :D

I have intense tunnel vision I'm sorry

BungoStrayDogs

Toilet Bound Hanako-Kun

Servamp

Genshin Impact

The Owl house

gravity falls (MAYBE??? still dont know about this one honestly maybe headcanons about Dipper and Mable's future or something)

Danganronpa

supernatural

Security Breach (mostly interpretive with this, it can be seen as romantic OR platonic, I can see the appeal but I cannot forget that they are ROBOTS 😭)

My Hero Academia (Haven't finished or started it much tho, I will literally only judge them based on what I have found online and how they look)

Kamisama Kiss

Voltron

Inuyasha

Black Butler

Breath Of The Wild

Mystic messenger

The Arcana

WILL WRITE ✨

Fluff

Smut

Angst

Multi chapters or harem type deals, where it all sort of interconnects I always find those so cool <3

talk of mental illnesses but will not do so if I am not knowledgable on something (see my restrictions for more info)

Platonic/familial with children (I.E child! Reader + [insert character] but purely platonic or familial)

Teen! reader x teen character pairings are okay though, I'm a teen myself but once I'm an adult I will slowly migrate away from that or age the characters up with me :)

Platonic pairings

canon Character x canon character pair headcanon (platonic, familial, romantic, etc) It doesn't have to be self-inserts^^

Any kind of reader, from god, mortal, fem, male (though I'm more hesitant to do male! Reader x male characters because I am afab but Im genderfluid so I can only feel comfortable taking such requests from MLM individuals if I even feel comfortable at all) and so on and so forth :)

QUEER HEADCANONS, if you headcanon [character] as trans or as aro or as anything like that I will 100% do so.

Spicy or suggestive but there will always be a warning

same with descriptive gore/horror but I will always put a distinct warning

Poly relationships, not poly myself but I am a multi-shipper and I say we have two hands for a reason so go ahead, give me the polycules 👁👁

FAMILY HEADCANONS, like if you wanted me to write about your reader having a family with a character and whether or not that reader and character have kids and if they do whether or not they adopt 🥺

SOCIAL MEDIA AUS OML I MAY START ONE THEY ARE SO FUN

JUST AU's IN GENERAL ARE SO COOL OH MY GOD

I WILL NOT WRITE

Anything regarding really complex mental health stuff such as eating disorders, depression, OCD, Bipolar, etc. I do not have these disorders nor am I knowledgeable enough to write about them (highly doubt anyone would ask but I wanted to make it clear)

Minor characters in NSFW situations

NO INCEST

Genshin is a bit more nuanced with ages but characters like Bennett, Fischl, QiQi, Sayu, Yao Yao, Klee, Chongun, Xinqiu, Xiangling, Barbara, Noelle, Diona, Razor, Dori, Nahida, Freminet (debatable but I can't tell with him honestly), and Sigewinne (there might be more) AS OF THIS MOMENT I see as all MINORS. I may have missed a few and many more will be released but will try to update this asap. (I think Dori is a minor? I've seen mixed reactions but I'm just gonna say she is or that I'm uncomfortable with writing anything suggestive with a character that looks too much like the children characters)

Anyways, please stay safe, hydrated, and have an amazing day <3

[slurp-imagines]

Hi! Can I pelqwe request head canons for Shanks, Ace, Sabo and Benn for their Female S/O flinching during an arguement? Tysm in advance❤️❤️❤️ :) (also if u don’t write for Benn, just leave him out haha)

I actually only take 3 characters at a time for hc requests - and I remember veeery little about Benn, so yeah I’ll leave him out lol. thank you for sending anon!

Fem!S/O flinching during an argument: Shanks, Ace, & Sabo

Shanks

↳ Shanks hardly ever becomes genuinely angry, especially toward his loved ones. I don't see him as the type who becomes very animated or loud at those times, but there's just an intensity to him that's quite off-putting. Like there's something so obviously boiling under the surface and you don't know whether it's about to explode. So when the flinch happens, everything was so silent that it was unsettling. He had just stood up from his chair, and then his s/o was suddenly skittering back, instinct hurrying her away from his heavy glare.

↳ It probably takes a few moments for Shanks to connect the dots & realize what just happened. Usually he's always got something to say, but in this situation he really doesn't know what to say. So he'd just take his seat again, hoping the height reduction would helps ease the intimidation factor.

↳ I could actually see him sort of nervous-laughing? Just like a breathy, disbelieving huff of laughter, while he rubs a hand over his face. Once he has his mind a little more together he'd probably say something like, "I'm sorry, Y/N. I– Here, I'm gonna calm down. Let's just calm down, yeah?" And he'd definitely take a few deep, deliberate breaths to make sure he does calm down, because Shanks hates the look of fear that crossed her face a moment ago. He never imagined he could ever be the cause of it.

↳ He'd open his arm to her after a little bit, hoping she'd come and sit with him. He's so relieved when she accepts him, letting him hold her in his lap and stroke his hand up and down her back and apologize. He makes a hundred promises to make it up to her; he'd probably yield on their earlier argument, too. He feels like it's not worth arguing about it anymore if this was the outcome, anyway.

Portgas D. Ace

↳ He is SO distraught. He can't even describe it. Once it really sinks in, it's even worse. His throat goes tight, and he can feel heat pricking behind his eyes, but he really doesn't want to cry. Not in front of her. Because it's really not about him at the moment, it's about how he let his emotions get so out of hand that he made the person he loves afraid of him.

↳ So he doesn't accept it when she comes closer and tries to wipe at his eyes. Ace just takes her hand and apologizes. Profusely. The argument really doesn't matter to him anymore– if it's that important, they can return to it another time. He tells her he didn't mean to scare her, that he'd never even dream of hurting her like that; and if she allows it, he'll draw her in for a hug and hold her and kiss her head until he knows that she believes him.

↳ Ace kind of doesn't know how to act around her for a while after this. All of a sudden he doesn't fully trust himself. And he knows he shouldn't be treating her like a glass doll, but he really can't help it for like a day or two; he probably spends the next few days just absolutely spoiling her as well. He treats her to good food, they do whatever she wants to do, he's always running errands for her. He lost ALL his good-boyfriend points and he needs to make them up to her somehow

↳ Even if this never happens again, even if his s/o promises him she's not afraid, he'll remember it every time they get in an argument. He really tries not to get so heated. He could get pretty mean with his words, but in the future he tries to make absolute sure that none of it leaks into his body language and actions the way it must've back then.

↳ But if it was on a bad day, I could see Ace just... spiraling. He'd feel so mad at himself, but it'd quickly melt into bitter shame. It's one thing for him to annoy or anger her, but to make his partner fear him? He feels like a monster. The memory of her flinching definitely comes back up on those nights when he's already feeling down on himself. He really tries to keep it from her, though, because he doesn't think she should be responsible for how he feels.

Sabo

↳ The second he sees her flinch, he freezes. It's like a mental reset. All his earlier anger drains out of his body, and there's this heavy silence when he realizes what he just caused. And he feels absolutely awful. He's stood there, looking incredibly hurt, before just stuttering out, "Sorry. I'm sorry." He'd probably leave the room, too, even if she tries to ask him to stay– he doesn't want to make things worse for her.

↳ While they're both taking time to cool down, Sabo can't help but wonder if it was something from her past that made her respond that way, or if he was really that frightening in her eyes. He over-analyzes all their past interactions, wondering where this came from. Does she really believe he would lay a hand on her? How many times has he scared her before, and he just never noticed? Has she been afraid of him this whole time they've been together?

↳ I could actually see him going to Koala and asking her all these conspicuously vague but pointed questions... "Am I a scary person? Do you think I'm too violent? Do I intimidate people?" and she's just like Sabo wth are you talking about. (She probably has to talk him down a bit. The boy's having an inner crisis and it shows)

↳ But once he and his s/o finally talk again (probably sometime later that day - Sabo wouldn't let this go unaddressed for too long), he's apologizing immediately. For whatever the argument was about, for getting not controlling his anger, for letting things get out of hand. He really wishes he could go back & change how he acted, but he knows it's not possible. He's another one that never forgets this incident– and he does everything he can not to repeat it.

[cooki3monster]

Kamaboko Squad when y/n needs to study

Hi! This is my first writing and I wish you guys enjoy. You can request drawings or writing ideas on my ask. I wrote a lot unintentionally...

Characters: Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Inosuke

Word count: 1194(total)

Warning: None

Tanjiro

You were sitting on the floor studying for your upcoming exam. You had put a lot of effort into studying for this exam. Due to you studying hard, Tanjiro didn't want to bother or break your pace.

He had done well for a few hours. He just stayed out of the room minding his own business and taking care of Zenitsu and Inosuke from tackling each other.

Some thoughts of you started popping up in his mind but he tried to forget it because he definitely knew he was missing you. Time went by and Tanjiro couldn't wait another minute of not being next to you.

Tanjiro stood in front of the door inhaling and exhaling, thinking if this was the right choice and if it was going to ruin your whole study time.

You turned your head over to where the sound was coming. As the door creaked and opened to the side, you saw your sad boyfriend disappointed in himself as he couldn't wait until you were done with your studies.

You smiled at him widely and swung your hands to tell him to come your way. Tanjiro walked towards you, dragging his heavy legs across the floor. You held his hand and Tanjiro sat behind you hugging you from the back.

Both of you didn't talk for a while but your actions smile had already told Tanjiro not to worry too much. Tanjiro was just looking at you study, feeling proud that his beautiful s/o was also very smart.

Tanjiro tightened his arms around your waist while placing light soft kisses on your cheek.

You closed your book and turned around to face Tanjiro. His hands were still wrapped around you and you kissed him on the lips. Even though it was one kiss on the lips, it gave Tanjiro butterflies and filled all of the missing affection he needed.

After a long deep kiss, he carried you to the bed and you guys cuddled under the sheets. It gave both of you shivers not knowing how much you both missed each other's touch.

You guys chuckled and giggled and every touch and drifted off to sleep.

Zenitsu

Y/N CHANNNNNNN!!!!! He busted open the door revealing you focused on your book. You had already told him that you needed to study so if he could give her some space.

Zenitsu had already received 2 warnings for bursting into the door yelling out your name from the top of his lungs.

"Zenitsu! How many times do I have to tell you not to come in! Is it that hard? You keep on coming back every 10 minutes and it's hard for me to focus!" you said, highering your voice. Zenitsu was quite shocked by your reaction.

The other times he came in, you wouldn't even look at him. Your eyes glued to the page, you would just tell him to leave or give you a couple of hours more. Zenitsu looked at you in the eyes for a few seconds then just left, closing the door behind.

Zenitsu started thinking about what would happen if you failed your exam just because of him and you might want to break up with him.

Every time he heard a bird sing or a wind blow he thought you were going to come out and break their relationship and all the memories they had together. But the impossible happened.

You did come out of the room. Every time Zenitsu heard your feet touch against the floor, his heart would beat faster and faster. You were 1 step away from him so Zenitsu quickly stood up.

"Y/N! Y/N! I'M SO SOR-" Before he could finish, you gave him a big hug wrapping your hands around his neck on your tippy-toes. Zenitsu froze and was shocked at how you hugged him because he was expecting something very different but he didn't talk about it.

He was so happy that the scenario in his head didn't really happen. He wrapped his arms around you and you guys stayed like that while Zenitsu rocked his body side to side.

Inosuke

You told Inosuke about how you had this important thing called an exam and to ace the exam you needed to spend hours and hours studying so he shouldn't bother you. He just replied with an okay and ran away to play chase with Zenitsu.

It was easier than you thought it was going to be. You were sure he didn't even understand the words you were saying but he didn't really seem to care.

You went into the room with a joyful jog. As soon as you sat down you heard the door slide open. You were grinning and were kind of happy that Inosuke was already needing your attention. You looked at him and he started talking.

"Y/n (says it wrong), does it mean that I can't eat if you have that efam or ecem thing?"

Food over me? Seriously? You thought to yourself but didn't tell him how you felt since you didn't want to be a jealous little girl.

"No no. I will be done before dinner. It will only take me a couple of hours so don't worry about starving."

"Okay. Have fun with your thing." and he ran off again.

You corrected your posture and sat properly to study. You were able to study for about an hour but a part of your mind was set to when Inosuke was going to come to find you again.

You were the one who was needing his attention more than him. You wanted to stop everything you were doing and just run to Inosuke but you couldn't do that obviously. You just shook your head and focused on your studies.

After a while, you didn't even notice it had passed another hour and the sun was setting. Inosuke came into the room, slowly opening the door. He stood in front of you and looked at you then your book back and forth.

"Are you done?"

"With my studies? Sort of. I don't think I'm really ready. I just need a little bit more time. Why are you hungry?"

"No. I'm okay. Just do your thing."

Little did you know he was very hungry. He had been running around the field all day but didn't tell you directly because he was concerned about your "important thing."

He just didn't say it out loud but he got an idea of how important it was for you not to talk to him all day and some of the information Tanjiro had told him about exams.

Inosuke looked at you for a while then bent down and took his mask off. He laid his head on your lap and watched your appearance at you from his view.

You looked down and gave him a light peck on the lips and went back to reading like nothing happened. Inosuke felt the annoying feeling he didn't like but it made him forget that he was hungry.

He shoved his face into your leg and hid his red face until you were done.

[inadaydream99]

Hi! I hope you're doing well! So I have a bit of a weird request. I was wondering if you could do like an Ateez reaction that their S/O is an animator, or an animation student. I'm sitting her animating for a class project and this popped into my head, so I'd love to see what you write! <3 Thank you!

A/N - Hey! Thanks for this request ☺️ That’s so cool that you do animation, sounds like such a fun class! I really hope you enjoy what I’ve come up with, I decided to go for more scenario based bullet points... also, I’m not the most knowledgeable on animation but I tried my best 😂

Their S/O as an animation student/ an animator

Hongjoong

Despite knowing that you are an animation student, Hongjoong hadn’t seen much of your work before

So when he lets himself into your place unannounced, to find you sat working on a project for that class, he’s a little shocked

He’s honestly not sure whether to approach you to let you know he’s here or just patiently wait until you decide to take a break?

But after watching you intently stare at your screen for a few moments he decides on the first, instantly moving up close behind your seat to gently place his hands on your shoulders

You jump a little, having not expected the sudden touch

But as soon as you turn your head to find Hongjoong you relax once again

“You almost gave me a heart attack!” You exasperatedly sigh, hand covering your racing heart

Hongjoong simply laughs in amusement

Once the shock has died down again you resume your work

“I had no idea you were so good at animation (Y/N).” Hongjoong mumbles next to your ear, leaning over the back of your chair as he watches you in complete amazement

You really have no idea how much it warms his heart to see that you are so creative (because he’s very creative himself)

“You’re too nice Joong.” You bashfully gush, shying away from him when he attempts to get you to face him properly for the first time that day

“I’m serious...” He beams, whispering as he cups his hand on your cheek, leaning his forehead against yours

Seonghwa

One thing that your boyfriend wasn’t aware of was that you spend a lot of time animating, it’s escapism for you and so when you are feeling stressed you like to shut yourself away and work on creating new characters

Seonghwa, usually being very busy himself, had never seen any of your work

But that’s mostly because you are shy... and he doesn’t know

That’s why you’re currently hiding you face in your hands, hot with embarrassment as Seonghwa stares at your work

“How did I never know you could do this?” He questions in amazement, his eyes drawn to one image in particular

It’s only small, but clear enough to know it’s of him - which only makes you more flustered

“It’s not good...” you sigh, finally uncovering you face to reach out and close your work

Seonghwa’s hand reaches out instantly, covering yours and stopping it from clicking on anything on your screen

“You’re kidding... it’s amazing.” His voice is a whisper now, his free hand under your chin to guide you to face him, just so he can convey how much he means every word.

Yunho

“Oh that’s so cute!” Yunho excitedly points out a cute little animation of two dogs cuddling into each other

He wasn’t meant to see that yet because it was something you’d been working on secretly for valentines

Being the ever excitable puppy Yunho is, you thought it would be cute to make a little animation for him to represent you both as your favourite animal

“Wait- why are you hiding it?” He pouts the second he realises you are trying to close your work down

“Because it’s not finished and I don’t want you seeing it.” You faintly chuckle

But Yunho isn’t having any of that, doing his best to persuade you to let him watch the ‘puppy love’ animation you’d made just one more time

And, of course, you comply because the elated smile on his face is worth it

Yeosang

“You did that?”

Yeosang is speechless as he watches your screen in amazement

You, on the other hand, can’t even look at him. Choosing to preoccupy yourself by playing with your fingers

“How come you never mentioned you could animate like that?” An amused smirk rests on his face as he approaches you, tucking his finger under your chin to direct your focus onto him

“I don’t know.” You swallow, your delicate voice barely reaching his ears from how lightly you speak

This only makes Yeosang more amused, however

He finds your shyness to be on another level of endearing and it makes his stomach flip

Deciding he wants you to come out of your shell more, and being the incredibly supporting boyfriend he is, he presses a little further in encouragement

“Can I see more of your work?”

San

For your final project, you had to animate a scene that was significant to you in some way

Which is honestly a lot more difficult than it sounds

You had chosen to recreate one of your most memorable dates with San; the time you sat out in the park, stargazing together

You have been working on adjusting the final movements of your characters laying in the grass, wanting each tiny detail to be absolutely perfect

“Is that us!” San whispers into your neck, pressing a light kiss as he smiles into your skin

You had no idea he was behind you, but now that you know you feel very self conscious

It’s obvious that you’ve drawn the two of you because of the bright pink hair you’d given the guy

“San~” you whine, face hiding in your hands as you feel yourself flush

You feel him snicker into you, his arms twisting tighter around your waist to pull you impossibly close

He doesn’t need to say anything for you to know he likes your work, his thumping heart can be heard out of his chest

And maybe that’s all you need to finally uncover your face and turn to him with a shy smile...

Mingi

“Why can’t I see?”

Mingi has been pouting at you, sending you the most adorable puppy eyes as he tries his absolute best to make you cave in

You see, he’d recently found out about your animations because you had ranted to him about how stressful you were finding the class

Except, you wouldn’t let him see any of your work because it wasn’t finished at the time

“Because...” you trail off, trying to come up with a decent response

“But you submitted it yesterday...” he continues to plea, and that’s when you finally sigh in defeat

Sometimes you swear Mingi’s more of a child than your boyfriend... although you can’t deny that it’s one of the things you love most about him

That and the fact he never takes himself too seriously, which you really wish you found easier to do yourself

You can’t face him as he takes a look through your most recent animations

But relief quickly takes over when you feel him pull you into a back hug, his arms encapsulating you in his warmth

His next words making your heart skip a beat from how sincere and heartfelt they are

“I promise you have nothing to be shy about when it comes to your work... you’ll definitely ace that class.”

Wooyoung

“You don’t keep secrets from me (Y/N).”

Wooyoung is frustrated at first, whiny and stroppy

But that melts away within seconds when you finally take his hand and tug him silently over to your work

A light “woah” emits from him as he takes in the short animation you’d been working on

You remain silent, your mouth dry from revealing something you’re quite proud of up to critique

Though you should know that Wooyoung would never

“This is why I’ve been ignoring you.” You finally speak up, meeting your boyfriends guilt stricken gaze over his earlier accusations

But the heavy air is cleared within a moment, pleased smiles adorning both of your faces as you take his hand in yours and interlace your fingers

“Can you teach me?”

Jongho

“I thought we told each other everything...”

Yep, all Jongho had to do was pout and you were guilt tripped into showing him your animations

You still aren’t sure how he even found out about you taking that class because it always fell at the same time as his practices

But, you aren’t entirely against him seeing a few

You watch nervously, bottom lip trapped by your teeth as you chew away in anticipation

“You never cease to amaze me.” He gently thumbs your bottom lip out of its trap, smiling at you warmly

You aren’t sure what to say, all coherent responses seemingly erased from your brain

But there’s no need anyway, because the way your eyes sparkle as you stare up at Jongho tells him everything he needs to know

It conveys your relief that he likes your work, as much as, the overwhelming affection you have towards him

And he can’t resist any longer, drawing your face up close to his as your eyes flutter shut

[beholdme]

All the Many Shades of Gerry - Chapter 13

Chapters: 13/19

Fandom: The Magnus Archives (Podcast)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Martin Blackwood/Gerard Keay/Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist, Martin Blackwood/Gerard Keay, Martin Blackwood/Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist, Gerard Keay/Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist

Characters: Martin Blackwood, Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist, Gerard Keay, Tim Stoker (The Magnus Archives), Sasha James, Gertrude Robinson, Elias Bouchard

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Library AU, Librarian Jon, Artist Gerry, Trans Male Character, Trans Martin Blackwood, Canon Asexual Character, Asexual Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist, Ace Subtype - Sex Positive, Polyamory, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Romantic Fluff, Falling In Love, Boys in Skirts, Kissing, Demisexual Gerard Keay, Minor Character Death, Past Character Death, Canon-Typical Child Neglect, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Flirting, Minor Jonathan “Jon” Sims | The Archivist/Tim Stoker, Adventures in Hair Dying, Happy Ending, Banter, Gerry has a lot of sass, Gerard Keay is Morticia Adams, Jon is a very grumpy Librarian, Martin adores them anyway.

Summary: In which Gerry is a kaleidoscope and Jon and Martin can’t help falling in love with him.

He happens to love them back.

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If someone had asked Martin where he had least expected to be on the day after his thirtieth birthday, the veterinarian probably wouldn’t have been at the top of his list, but it definitely would have made the top ten.

Honestly, Martin didn’t think he had ever stepped foot into a vet clinic before in his life. He had never owned so much as a pet hamster, and now here he stood, clutching a tiny ball of mewling fluff and trying not to get distracted by the pet toys.

He felt positively inundated with new information on all sides. There were about a million different types of pet food lining the walls, and everything seemed to be a new bright colour to draw his distracted eyes. Warning signs that made very little sense to him filled the space, most memorably ‘Large birds must be kept leashed at all times inside the practice’, and ‘Reptiles need to be secured inside their travel enclosures.’

There was indeed an iguana in a massive glass enclosure sunning itself under a heat lamp, but it appeared to be a permanent resident, not a guest. Seemingly opposite to this was the massive tabby cat draped across the reception desk.

Martin begins to panic slightly.

He desperately wished he had allowed one of his lovers to accompany him, but he had sent Gerry back to bed to sleep and Jon had been shooed off to work, both quite thoroughly hung-over.

Now here he stands, alone with his new fluffy friend, and doesn't even know where to start. Neither of his partners have ever actually had a kitten before, but at least they had both owned cats before.

Gerry had been adopted by Saturn as a full-grown boy when he arrived at the window of his shitty little flat in Edinburgh and demanded to be let in. Gerry had confessed to a romantic feeling of instant affection for the fluffy beast and had taken Saturn in without a moment’s hesitation. They had moved together as he traveled the country, eventually settling together in London, where he had found Jon again.

Jon had been raised with several cats that had all been born before him and had liked them, but he had told Martin once that he heavily associated cats with his Grandmother and his slightly cold upbringing. That was all the pet experience he had until he met Saturn and fell in love with him as easily as they’d both fallen in love with Gerry. Like goth, like feline companion, apparently.

Nevertheless, Saturn did not appreciate being taken to the vet and had never gone once since Martin had met him.

"Can I help you, sir?" A kind-looking older lady sat at reception, and she beaconed Martin forward gently.

"I- I-" He started, stuttering badly. He closed his eyes and shook himself to dispel the unfortunate remnant of his childhood. “I found this kitten, and I was hoping the vet could check on it for me?”

“And will you be wanting to surrender it into our care?” She asks, tapping away at her keyboard.

“What?” Martin shies away, pulling the cat protectively even closer to his chest.

“You’re more than welcome to keep it, but we do also take in strays if you aren’t able to.” She smiles at him soothingly.

“Oh, I want to keep her please.” Martin flushes a bit. “I already gave her a name.”

The woman smiles at him knowingly. “The vet can see you in 15 minutes then.”

She takes his contact information, and they weigh Martin’s new friend. She guesses the kitten's age to be about 2 weeks and sends him off to sit close to the iguana.

*

An hour later, Martin stumbles out the door, armed with more supplies than he could ever have imagined he needed to raise one small animal. His head is spinning, alternating between fond adoration and complete anxiety over this new task that he has given himself. Luna meows at him supportively, happy to be clean and have a full belly.

Out on the street, he finds Jon. It’s raining slightly, and he’s wrapped in a long peacoat, with a scarf Martin is certain was once his.

“What are you doing here?” Martin demands, shocked. He stumbles over to his partner, and Jon reaches out to steady him. “I thought you were at the library."

Jon presses a quick kiss to his shocked mouth, before taking several things out of his overcrowded arms.

"I know you said that you were going to do this on your own, but I wanted to be nearby in case you needed me, so I called off." He shrugs a bit, "I reckoned that I had earned it, what with all the overtime I work and don't get paid for."

Martin is filled with warmth, eyes welling a bit. "Oh, Jon."

"Oh no, don't cry. I'm sorry." Jon's face pinches in concern. "I can go if you want me to."

"No, I'm so happy you're here. I was just wishing for you, and there you were. Thank you." Martin steps towards him as best he can, and they kiss softly for a few moments, out in the rain.

In time, the kitten, haphazardly clutched to Martin's chest, makes her displeasure at the soggy conditions known. Gripping hands tightly, Jon and Martin set off towards the bookstore, just a couple blocks over.

It’s quiet when they arrive, the morning pre-work rush over, and the student and lunch crowds far off yet. The two baristas and Tim descend upon them immediately when they see the small head poking out of Martin’s coat. There is much cooing and fuss over Luna, and Martin recounts the tale of discovering her in the back alley of Gerry’s bar.

Once they return to work, Jon and Martin settle on one of the sofas, a coffee table before them. They make up a small cat bed, which Luna explores for a few moments, before sitting at the edge and staring at Martin imploringly. He scopes her up and plops her inside, before placing the tiny bed right in his lap. She happily passes out after that, the wild adventures of the morning catching up with her little kitten body.

Deciding to truly have the day off, Jon does not take out his laptop and start working on it, instead ordering their tea, picking a book to read from the store, and bringing it all over to settle with his partner.

“Thank you for coming,” Martin tells him, a soft look on his face. He leans an elbow on the back of the couch, head resting on his fist. “I didn’t even realise how much I needed you until I saw you there.”

“I know,” Jon starts, frowning in concentration, “that I’m not always the best at sensing these things, that sometimes I can be too focused on myself and the things going on in my head. I do hope that I always manage to catch the important moments, and I trust that you’ll always let me know when I don’t.”

Jon pauses, and sighs, a self-deprecating smile lining his face. He continues, “I want to learn to be who you need me to be. I want to be for you, what you always are to me. I love you, Martin.”

“I love you too, Jon.” Martin squeezes Jon’s hand, before placing a sweet kiss in his palm. “You are exactly who I need you to be.”

It is a soft, hazy sort of day. The rain pours outside, and Jon lies against Martin and reads two books before lunchtime. Martin practices bottle-feeding Luna, every few hours, and Jon sits nearby watching nervously. He wonders vaguely if his partner is alarmed to be around an infant of any kind for a while, but on the third feeding, Jon seems to rouse himself and offers to give it a try.

Each time a new client comes in, there's a round of cooing and petting, and Martin worries that she’ll be spoiled rotten in no time. He imagines that if she spends much time here, he’ll have to sell cat treats and Luna will one day be as fat as a house.

At one point, Jon starts to read aloud, and Martin seems to fall asleep gently propped against his shoulder. He wakes to find Jon laughing softly and Luna learning to use him as a climbing frame.

"I think she likes you, love," Martin whispers into his hair.

"Well, I think I might like her too," Jon confesses, a world away from his scepticism of just this morning.

After lunchtime, Gerry flies into the store very manically, clutching a very strange backpack to his chest. It has a weird clear window, reminiscent of a ship’s porthole, and the rest of it is hard structured plastic.

He ducks down to kiss first Martin, then Jon, before thrusting the backpack into Martin's hands.

"What is this?" Martin asks, holding it away from himself as if it might bite.

"It's a cat backpack. Saturn has always preferred it to a normal cat basket, and I thought it might be useful if we need to take her to work with us and then back to various flats." Gerry walks around the table, bodily picking up Jon's legs and sitting beneath them. He looks like nothing so much as a large, damp bat, black trench coat flapping around him like over large wings. "I ordered her one of her own, but it won't be here for a few days, so I brought Saturn's in the meantime."

There's a beat of shocked silence, so Gerry adds, "Only if you want it, obviously."

"I- I do, thank you." Martin can feel himself blushing with odd pleasure.

He had made sure to ask them if they were okay with Martin keeping Luna, but he hadn't really expected them to embrace the situation with such gusto, and his heart burns with an odd intensity at their gestures of support.

It's almost-

It's almost like they love him, and care about all the things he cares about.

Martin sits, staring at a cat backpack, and allows the realisation to wash over him. It hits him like a tidal wave, despite the dozens and maybe hundreds of times they've said the words to him.

He feels very foolish, left floored by the fact that his lovers- well, that they love him!

Martin knows, understands even, that he has been left slightly broken by his father leaving, his mother hating him, the things that he chose to do to survive in his early adulthood. He does understand that, and yet he never realized that he was hearing Jon and Gerry say they love him and saying the words back, and yet subtly holding on to the (clearly mistaken) understanding that they don't really mean them.

It makes a sick kind of sense, clinging to the idea that they don't really care about him, so when they decide that they don't anymore, it doesn't leave him broken beyond repair.

Martin puts the cat bag down on the table, hands Luna to Gerry, and gets up. He waves at them reassuringly when they try to ask him what's wrong, before walking to the bathroom, locking the door, and sobbing like a child for several long moments.

*

As Luna grows, she spends time with each of them.

Gerry takes her most of the first nights, feeding her through the evenings and then handing her back to Martin as he leaves for the bookstore.

This means she spends quite a lot of her formative life in a bar, but when Martin goes in to check on them, he finds Gerry's plastered clientele just as enamored with the kitten as his own tea-drinking patrons.

Jon likes to have her in the late afternoons, keeping her at the library for a few sleepy hours before he leaves for the day. He tells Martin once that the children's reading group comes in during that time, and he likes to sit in with them and let Luna listen along.

The children, of course, adore her and Jon tells Martin very primly, "Listening comprehension is a very important skill in a developing infant."

Martin finds it hilarious and adorable and can't help but pull Jon into his arms and kiss him breathless, an unimpressed Luna trapped between them.

Saturn does not appreciate Luna at first, disappearing in a huff the first few times Martin brings her over to the studio.

"Don't worry about it, love." Gerry had waved away his concern casually. "He's just a jealous baby. He'll figure out that she wants to play with him eventually, and then they'll be the best of friends."

Indeed, Martin walks into the kitchen one morning to find the two cats curled together in a shaft of sunshine. Saturn is gently giving her a bath, and Luna purrs sweetly at the attention.

When Saturn notices him watching, he untangles himself, shows Martin his bum, and then disappears. He's reminded of nothing so much as Gerry himself, caught eating ice cream for breakfast, or smoking during the day, an activity he would insist is a nighttime pursuit only. The same drama is employed as a distraction technique, and Martin wonders whether the cat learnt it from the goth, or the goth learnt it from the cat.

Luna grows and settles, and Martin adores having her more than almost anything.

He takes the time, as they raise her, to force himself to accept his life for what it truly is. He puts aside the constant nagging fear that Jon and Gerry will lose interest in him one day and begins to notice all the ways they show him they love him, which makes the words all the more precious to him when they take the time to tell him.

[whaleofatjme1920]

Hi! Could I get a romantic nsfw matchup please?

also like your writing is soo good oml, you're a very skilled author <3

First off, I'm 20, my pronouns are she/her and I'm into guys. I have long (like lower back) brown hair and light blue eyes. I'm about 5'3"? I think? Definitely on the chubbier and curvier side. I don't quite wear a full face, but I do wear some makeup, usually like some mascara, eyeshadow, blush, and lipgloss. I have kinda long nails? They're always painted though, usually a pastel color

I wear like a ton of pastels. My wardrobe is very feminine and cutesy, like lots of skirts and dresses, and like "kawaii" clothing? Just like really soft uwu stuff lmao, I like feeling cute :) 

I'm in university as a history major with an anthropology minor. I study a lot, and I put a bit too much effort into it. 

I'm kinda shy, I have trouble making friends and getting to know new people, but I'm very open and talkative once I get to know someone! I'm really empathetic, and definitely a people pleaser, I just wanna make other people happy, y'know? I'm kinda impulsive and clumsy, which low-key makes me a danger magnet?

My have some like artsy kinda hobbies? I draw, paint, and needle felt. I play video games a lot, mostly cozy and / or open world games (my favorites are the Assassin's Creed series, Stardew Valley, and Minecraft). I put a lot of effort into my notes, I really like having those like aesthetic notes

 I listen to mostly alt rock and alt pop, but I'll jam out to other stuff too of course. My favorite bands are AJR, Neon Trees, Lovelytheband, and Weathers. I love Sanrio and Disney so much. I love animals, I have a pet rat and a frog. Also, y'know those bitches who have like a collection of rocks that they just found outside and thought they looked cool so they kept them? It's me, I'm bitches. I love baking, I have a huge sweet tooth. I also have a major caffeine dependency ngl, I drink coffee like there's no tomorrow

Loud noises freak me out, and big crowds make me nervous, so I tend to avoid really big social settings like that (like concerts or walking around in major cities)

Ngl, I can be really clingy, but if my partner tells me or I feel like I'm being too much, I'll tone it down, but generally I'm very affectionate. I really like partners who are like kinda protective? And are like kinda possessive? Protective + kinda possessive guys are just *chef's kiss*. My main love languages are physical touch and time spent together <3

As of more like nsfw kinda stuff, I'm a huge sub. I've tried being dom, very much not a fan. I have a pretty big daddy kink, and I'm into rougher sex. I have a huge praise kink, but I kinda like degradation too? I really like choking too, and like biting?? yes please 😌 I have a lil bit of a size kink too ngl

I hope this isn't too much? Or not enough? 

Thank you so much <3

Your matchup is…. Toby!

Read more because of NSFW :}

In general:

This took me a minute or so to finally come to a conclusion because I felt two strong matches here, but I’m going with Toby because romantically, I feel the two of you just click together so, so well. I’m gonna have to explain the NSFW stuff though so let’s get into that.

What he likes about you:

Physically speaking, Toby just loves hair. He wants to run his fingers through it and braid it and just y’know touch it lmafo. Your eyes are also really, really beautiful to him. Your body is so beautiful to him too, like I feel like Toby has a thing for curves and just thighs in general like -- yes. Your style is also really cute and he finds it so light and airy. Toby doesn’t understand makeup but he does like yours! Likes your lipgloss kisses. That uwu soft stuff REALLY appeals to him but I’m gonna have to come back to that too. Your hobbies are all really cool to him and he’s gonna want to see what you’re up to. Toby likes video games and wishes he’d play more of them, and I think he also likes history so AC? Absolutely. Just history, stories and asssasination how fun. He also likes your music choices! You being clingy is admirable to him because he’s into that,,,,,

General cute things:

The video game dates are a must between the two of you. He’d sit you on his lap and let you play something while running his fingers through your hair, just enjoying your presence. Will doodle with you, and will also take joy in your needle felt. Is amazed by your talents. He loves your rat and frog!! He has such a fondness for frogs omfg the rat might take some getting used to but I guarantee he’d fall in love after some exposure. He will find cool rocks in the woods for you and give them to you like gifts. Like, y’know those penguins that gift stones to their loves? That. That. Toby is slowly taking up baking but like, he will eat everything you send to him. He’d love it so so much. He has a sweet tooth. Please. Also feel free to run your fingers through his hair with your long nails? Like scratching his scalp? I feel like Toby would be so into that. Toby likes history. PLeae tell him about history and anthropology. He just wants to hear everything you have to say.

You two as a couple & NSFW:

Toby is super protective of people he loves, so of course he’s gonna be all over you. He’s also relatively tall so like, hey. Doesn’t mind that you’re shy, finds it cute. You making other people happy/wanting to make them happy is something he finds cute as well, mostly because he just likes seeing people being selfless like that. He’s admittedly clumsy so like, he’s always ready to patch you up if something happens. I don’t actually think Toby is all that impulsive so he will every now and then reel you back in and be like “uh no lol.” He’ll also do the quiet, lowkey kind of things with you as to not stress you out. So, no crowds, or cities, stuff like that. Just things that make you feel safe and secure. Toby is really good for that ngl.Toby is possessive,,,,,

ALRIGHT SO Toby loves your body, I have established that, and he loves your thighs. Always gonna be touching your thighs. They’re just mesmerising to him. Your cutesy style also fuels his daddy kink like please call him daddy. He’s such a loving guy and kind of a soft dom so like, I feel like he’s a perfect guy to fuel your daddy kink. He’s really, really good at praise and will have you heated over the things he’s saying. He can make your heart flutter like no one else!! He’s working on degradation but honestly his voice is hot so like,,,,,,,,,,,, it just works out. He’d definitely taller than you and muscular in all the right places so he’s gonna just engulf you in his size because you’re so tiny in comparison to him. Toby CAN get rough. I’m talking hair pulling, biting and scratching, fucking you until you can’t breathe or think straight but he can also be kinda soft. Toby is also getting used to choking but he can choke you so good with his rough hands.

Closing Thoughts/Other Things:

Hi love bug, you sent me a good amount! Tell me about your favorite AC game/characters! Edward Kenway was my very first assassin and AC4 was the first console game I’d ever played. I’m extremely biased towards him. Thank you so much for complimenting my writing skills, you seem like such a lovely person! You and Toby just feel like a perfect match to me. I briefly thought of some other characters - LJ was my other intuition thought, but like, I just feel the two of you wouldn’t match up romantically?? So, Toby it is and I just think Toby would be super soft and protective of you and that’s that. 10/10 I love this matchup. As always, let me know what you think and I hope you enjoyed!

[uncanny-accuracy]

Time to spill the tea, y'all

For those of you who know what's going on, cool. That's cool. I don't need to explain. For those of you who don't, you'll find out soon enough if you keep reading.

Now let's not get our panties in a bundle. Redrose is an amazing person and fucking GREAT addition to this fandom. But because of one thing she said, that's not even an opinion, it's FACT, y'all decide to go after her.

So let's spill the tea on me. Yes, me. You read right. I'm gonna tell you why, if anything, you should be attacking me. Because Redrose put up with my shit, and she did it marvelously without anyone but the two of us knowing.

This damned Hell-bent world has a decent human being and y'all are really starting to push her over her limits. After all my bullshit, which is proof Redrose is a good-hearted person, maybe y'all can sit back and let me explain what she meant and why this whole post is relevant. It may not seem so at first, but the beginning of this post DOES further my point later on.

For those of you who remember on Redrose's Instagram, she got an anonymous ask on her tellonym awhile back. Essentially, it said something along the lines of, "Uhh don't mean to be rude but there's already an RA Amino so :/ That's kind of a kick in the dick."

Redrose posted a photo on her story of an Amino invite card to the second RA Amino. But guess who's a leader on the first? This bitch!

I thought it rude or whatever. I was stupid and honestly? Dead fucking wrong.

Here's the screenshot:

That's me. Want to know how Redrose handled this? Fucking beautifully. Wanna know what I did? I was a dick. I went on my art account on Instagram and messaged the Amino invite card to her, no explanation. I don't think she ever put it up. And you know what? Good. Because then I continued to kiss her ass after I realized my Instagram name could be tracked to the watermark on the art posted on my Tumblr account.

Redrose couldn't have missed that watermark. But who know what she did? She didn't say a word. She made the connection of uncanny-accuracy to LowReihn. But like a mature, responsible adult, she didn't say shit.

Next up, we have my main Insta account! Who has no connection to any RA related stuff. But Redrose posted on Instagram a picture of John Flanagan's United States tour dates. I saw one of them was close to me so, because I couldn't find any info, I asked her if SHE could take time out of HER day to help me. I don't know if she was busy, but she did hunt down the info and she posted it for me, no complaints.

It's because of her that I'm meeting Flanagan on the 28th. Without her, I would've never known he was so close. She prioritized me. And yeah, sure, my main Insta has no connection to LowReihn, but she still did it.

Redrose is always answering asks, responding to comments, not just posting RA content to entertain but RA content to help others. Wanna learn about the Ranger knives? She's got you. Wanna know tour dates? She's got you. Wanna know more about a meetup or larp group? She's got you.

So let's move onto the Middle Ages stuff. Redrose made a comment that she didn't find Trans Alyss realistic because the stories are set in the Middle Ages. My opinion? She's right. That's not even an opinion. She's right. She's speaking fact. But that's not to say she's going against the LGBTQ+ community, because she's not.

Speaking as a nonbinary pansexual, I'm going to basically repeat what Redrose said. And y'all can't tell me I'm homophobic or transphobic or whatever, because I'm literally a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Ranger's Apprentice is set in the Middle Ages. Yes, it's fantasy, but it is still set in that time. LBGTQ+ was not openly expressed because it was wrong back then. Honestly? You would've been killed. Alyss being male to female isn't realistic, but I’m not against it. Redrose isn’t either. If RA was set in more modern times, then yeah. It could work well. But the fact remains that it's in the Middle Ages. Alyss would've been killed if she was trans. The same goes for anyone who's found to be gay, lesbian, bisexual (not that they knew what that was), etc.

Sure, characters could be a part of the LGBTQ+ community. Redrose isn't saying they can't be. I'm not staying that either. Will could be pan. Crowley could be gay or ace. Halt could be demi. Who knows? Only Flanagan! But they'll all written as straight because it's the Middle Ages.

Redrose is not against the LGBTQ+ community. And coming from someone who is a part of that community, I don't see why y'all are butthurt. I like headcanoning the characters as a gay or pan or trans or whatever. Both of us are just saying that it’s not really that accurate, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it or that we’re going to attack you. Because frankly? I’ve draw Halt x Crowley before. Redrose is a fan of Cralt and Will x Gilan, last I checked. I’m sure Crowley x Duncan is one she’s mentioned too.

Redrose has dealt with my shit on multiple occasions and continues to be nice to me whenever I reach out. And if she sees this and knows all my accounts now, then good. Because it isn't gonna change the way she responds to me. She'll continue answering when I ask questions. She'll continue being a decent human being, because she is a decent human being. Just like nothing happened, she'll be mature and honest and marvelously patient. She's a beautiful person inside and out.

Unlike you guys who attacked her. So let's sit back and think.

Who's the real monster here? Because it sure as hell ain’t Redrose.

[plamablat]

(this kinda spiralled out of control and turned into a vent, but i can't bring myself to discard it)

You have no idea how many posts I started writing and then promptly discarded because I couldn't get my opinions/emotions across.

Httyd3 is not great. While I love the animations and light fury, other aspects of the movie are less than good. There are other better posts talking about it.

But what completely ruined me was the indirect message that friendships are not that important.

As an ace and maybe even possible aro, I always struggled with representation. There are barely any aces in the media, and the rare ones get replaced or are pushed into the background.

But what I hate the most is the "romance is the end". Why does every franchise end with characters coupling together? I know for some it's because they want continuation, but I despise it. Romance always wins. It's always romantic love and kisses and passionate hugging that wins over platonic friendships.

I can't see myself with anyone, at the moment or in the future. Just thinking about kissing someone on the lips makes me shiver in disgust. I love all other forms of affection, from hugs and cuddles and even kisses on the cheek and forehead. I would completely be satisfied with life long platonic partner. I have friends and I'm happy, I'm not missing anything.

And I get that I'm in minority. I have people telling me from all sides that I will find someone who will change my view. I hate it so much.

I get that Hiccup and Astrid were basically made for each other. Their relationship is really cute and one of the better ones.

Toothless and light fury is the same thing but done much worse. There's no real background and happens too quickly. Which is stupid, but I digress.

Where they completely messed up was Toothless leaving Hiccup. You're telling me a friendship that overcame prejudice, changed the entire Viking society, built it from the ground up, sacrificed so much, were willing to die for each other, grew apart in the span of days???

We watched this duo fight for their friendship for 9, 9 years, only for one r/iamverysmart dude and one mary sue dragon oc to split it apart?

Are you telling me friendships are not worth it? Are you telling me i shouldn't try to interact and find connections with people who are different than me? That I shouldn't bother with long-distance? That I shouldn't bother because all my friends are going to find boyfriends and girlfriends and I'm going to be left alone?

I loved their relationship and httyd by extension because it was never focused on love. Hiccstrid was there, but only as a part, not the core. I always wanted someone who would love me and trust me the same way Hiccup and Toothless trusted each other. I want to go on adventures and discover new things with my friends. I don't want to settle down with my "perfect" partner and have kids.

I know friends grow apart. I know people just lose touch and it's hard to keep a long-distance, especially in this case. But you're telling me except for homecoming and the end of httyd3 they haven't visited once? To the point, Toothless forgot who Hiccup was? Just because they spent only 6 years together it's no less meaningful!! I remember friends from week-long camps, you're telling me one of the smartest dragons would immediately recognise their partner of 6 years? Their missing tail?? Their literal other half???

Httyd3 was basically a big nail straight through my heart. I have a hard time rewatching it, and it always makes me feel worse about myself. I can forgive plot holes and stupid characters, but I draw line at whatever this movie's message was supposed to be.

Hang on a sec...

I think I'm having an ace epiphany... I think the reason I was so sad about the ending of HTTYD3 was cause I was super disappointed that two best friends decided to leave each other over their respective romantic partners. The bond between Hiccup and Toothless is so precious, but even though they were best friends that's somehow less important than a heteronormative relationship? I know one is literally a dragon but I think the point still stands... Platonic relationships are not somehow lesser than romantic ones!!!

[aftgonice]

I'm 14 going on 15 and I hate how so many people who take a character that was just my age, and make creepy art and fic about him. I'm about to turn his current age and have been propositioned since I was 11 and was always told that adults who try things like that are perverts. So why is it when a bunch of 20 somethings pushing a teen who is around my age into a sexual relationship with an adult and do explicit crap, it's not perverted and gross? What about the teens who are feeling sexualized?

First off, thanks for writing me and being polite in your message. 

The first thing I want to address is this: you should never be made to feel sexualized. Unless it’s with someone you want to be sexual with, like a crush of yours. Even with someone you consider a crush, if you don’t want to feel that way and don’t want to do anything that can be considered sexual (be it even a kiss), you should never feel forced. This is not just now because you’re a teen, this is something that all of us go through and need to keep in mind even in our 20s, 30s and so on.

I’m so sorry that you feel that way in real life because some adults are absolutely disgusting. They are. Adults that prey on children are absolutely disgusting and horrifying and you should call them out, tell your parents or your teachers or the police. I’m not kidding here. I know it’s hard and you might feel like you’re going to be made fun of, or that they won’t believe you, or that they will side with the adult, or that will belittle you and tell you it’s not a big deal. If you tell someone you trust, they won’t do all those things. Go with your guts. Tell, even if someone only threw nasty words at you or catcalled you (and I really hope you never went through anything heavier than that). In those cases there won’t be much that you can do, but telling someone will help.

What I can tell from your message, is that you (subconsciously or not)equate sex with generally being nasty and perverted. This will probably be unnecessary, but I’ll say it anyway: sex is not inherently gross or disgusting or creepy. If you feel that it is, then it means you’re not ready to enter a sexual relationship, and that’s perfectly fine and normal. I won’t tell you that that’s only because of your age, because some people never (or very rarely) show any interest in sex (it’s called asexuality and it falls under the LGBT+ spectrum). Whether you do end up growing to want sex or not doesn’t matter here. 

What matters is that now you clearly don’t want to see sex and anything to do with it in your fandom experience and that’s fine. Tumblr offers you ways to make your experience better and show you only the content you want to see. Block any nsfw tag. Don’t follow blogs whose description clearly states that they post nsfw (like mine). Tumblr is a big and scary place if you just take everything it throws at you (be it ship hate, nsfw stuff, etc). The thing with it is that it can’t cater to everyone’s tastes, so you have to be active about blocking the stuff that YOU don’t want to see. Other 14-going-on-15 year olds might be okay seeing nsfw fanart and posts and that will be their Tumblr experience, but you should definitely take measures to protect yourself from what you don’t want to see. 

Now, the thing about Otayuri is that no matter how you twist it, it’s not illegal to ship it, even in a sexual way. You should definitely read this post about it, because the thing is, as much as we can project our feelings and real-world stuff into anime characters, they’re not real. 

I assure you that if Yuri on Ice was a flesh and bone show things would be different. I don’t really watch any current TV shows with teens in them so I can’t speak for what other fandoms do with their ship, whether they’re sexualized or not. I can only speak for this silly and amazing anime that’s been consuming my life for the past seven months or so.

Anime and cartoon characters are a safe way to explore things about real life. Whether it be sex or depression or anxiety or simply falling in love, we can all identify with an anime character and see our flaws, our fears and our history in them.

The thing you have to remember is that we (I’m speaking for the slightly older part of the fandom since I’m in my twenties) have been Yuri’s age. We’ve very likely had crushes on boys or girls that were a bit younger, our age or slightly older (like Otabek is). So I think for most of us, shipping Otayuri is a way to remember what it feels like to be a teen and be in love/have a huge crush. We will never be that age again, and maybe there’s things we regret not doing, crushes we wish we had confessed. By shipping Otayuri in an active way (meaning: drawing fanart or writing fanfiction) we can explore things we experienced as teens (or wish we had) and pour a little bit of ourselves in Yuri’s (or Otabek’s) character. 

Those things might involve anything from simple fluff or rough sex, because, accept it or not, some people at 15 or 16 were (are) having sex of all kinds. Sweet, loving, rough, vanilla, kinky, you-name-it sex. So not to explore that aspect in a healthy way (through fics or fanart) would be lying about what reality is, it would be denying that we ever thought about or had sex at that age.

Much like with blocking tumblr content, you can choose what kinds of fanfiction you read. Only read General and Teen and Up tagged things, read about fluff and about falling in love in a sweet innocent way. Read anything tagged “Ace!Yuri” (it means asexual, the thing I was telling you about before). 

But please understand this: when we sexualize Yuri, we’re mostly sexualizing our (often past) selves. Not other teens, not other real-life people. Yuri doesn’t exist in real life, and many of us see bits and pieces of ourselves in him. When we write about him we really write about ourselves, be it because we want to see how we (maybe a little sassier and bitchier version of us) would have confessed a crush to our best friend, or would have handled the aftermath of having just shoved our gloved fingers in said best friend’s mouth in front of thousands of people. Fanfiction is a study about versions of ourselves that never existed, but might as well have.

Another thing I need to make clear: Otabek is not an adult. I assure you that the morning of your 18th birthday you won’t feel like an adult. You’ll feel like the you from yesterday and it will be anticlimactic af, you’ll be like “That’s it?” and yeah, it will be it. Just because the law in some country or state says that 18 is the age of consent (which is set to 16 or 14 years old in many other countries) it doesn’t mean that you’re automatically an adult at that age. You can be 18 and have had sex since you were 14. You can be 18 and completely uninterested in sex. You can be 18 and have a 15 year old mental age, or you can be 16 and be mentally more mature than some 20 year olds.

What canon has shown us, is that Yuri and Otabek are much closer to each other’s mental age than the 2 years + a few months difference they share. I encourage you to find posts about why there’s no power imbalance between Yuri and Otabek, because they compete in the same sport and they have had similar experiences in life.

In conclusion, if you feel irked about nsfw fanart and fanfics and discussions when it comes to this particular ship, please don’t read it/watch it. But what I can assure you is that none of us are trying to sexualize you or your peers. When we sexualize pixels on a screen we don’t see those pixels as a flesh and bone version of a human, we only see an idealized character whose age we are or have been and whose personality and experiences we want to safely explore.

Also really important: when we write/draw NSFW, we don’t write/draw it for teens to read. I repeat: WE DON’T CREATE NSFW CONTENT FOR TEENS. We’re not your parents or guardians, we write NSFW for whoever feels like they can handle seeing nsfw content. If you’re a teen that goes on the nsfw tag and then complains about it (I’m not saying that’s what you did here, I’m speaking generally), it’s only your fault for going in a tag that you weren’t comfortable to begin with.

TL;DR: 

Speak up if you feel sexualized IRL in a way you don’t like;

Learn how to use tumblr safely, block tags, understand that tumblr doesn’t do those things for you. Make your fandom experience exactly the one you want to see;

Don’t trust adults who tell you this ship is somehow illegal: it’s not;

Understand what’s behind fiction and fanfiction as a way we have to explore real life things (often too personal to write about as ourselves, so we project those things in characters we like);

Understand that adulthood is not something that happens from one day to another;

Learn to discern what content is meant to be consumed by a teen and what content isn’t;

Be safe.

[dont-sneeze]

Yes! It's all so true!

I'm actually going to take all of Jack's annoying flirting out comepeltely. I'm taking out her first scene during carrying the banner "cheeky boy gets nothing for his troubles" and just adding some different dialogue in there instead, and I'm also cutting "Dont come a knocking/I never planned on no one like you" (even though I love that song) for time purposes, but also because it's not necessary to the plot. Katherine will be in the theater, but the first time I'm giving her any lines is "why is everyone so scared of Brooklyn?" Jack's response? "Who are you and what are you doing here?" Kathrine; "I'm a reporter for the New York Sun, and I'm asking a question, have you got an answer?" Nix the thing about spending a lot of time hanging around the World, and following Jack, and just have her say that she's following a story.

Also, I saw a boot where the line "you didnt have to, I did." She was so excited at herself for coming up with it? Shes thinking to herself "I'm the one who came up with that!! That was so clever! Me! I did it!"

Cutting poor Romeo's line about Jack being out of his league and just having the starediwn interrupted by Davey, saying they wait for a real reporter for their exclusive.

When Jack gives her the go ahead to come and yo bring a camera, shes ecstatic. When she gives Jack an interview after that, Kathrine tells Jack she knows hes an artist because she heard Medda talking about his backdrops at the theater.

I was also thinking, I'm gonna have Jack drawing.... all the time when he isnt importaint to the scene. (He's gonna be awake drawing in the morning when Crutchie wakes up, While the newsies are rambling at the gates in the morning after getting his papers already, The part when Jacobi comes in, up until he starts talking to Davey about what's next, ect. Maybe she found a drawing on the table at Jacobi's and holds it up to him at that moment? Idk.

On another note, I have a whole post about this, I could go back and find it if you want, Kathrines character grows so much when it comes to understanding these boys. She asks Jack if he was selling newspapers to work his way through art school. She doesnt realize just how poor these boys are. If she thinks someone can get through school with half a penny a paper?

Im keeping "well maybe that ain't what I want." "So tell me what you want?" Hes gonna be silent. Because maybe he does want to go to art school. Maybe he doesnt even know what he wants. Take out Jack's dumb little "...cant you see it, in my eyes?" And suddenly, it's so much deeper. Theres so much meaning in silence. She just decides to move on to the next question after his silence. Taking out the dumb "I'd rather tell you what I'm hoping for tonight". None of that.

For more time purposes I'm cutting out verse two of WWH completely, since it's all about Jack anyway.

I'm keeping pulitzers like "too bad you've no family, but you cant have mine" because for one, it goes over a lot of people's heads anyway, and two, it can totally just be platonic, like shes wanting to be with the newsies more than him to spend time with, type of thing.

Instead of kissing him after threatening to punch him, she almost really does give him a punch before backing down and asking about if he really did it for the money. Scene cut after "then why are we still standing here?!"

Since I'm cutting so much of Kathrines songs, I'm not gonna have Jack send her away during Once and for All. Shes gonna be there the whole time, just as determined as the rest of them. Instead of "get goin' you have a very importaint man to see" Jack asks "...You think it'll work?" And she just has her "keep your fingers crossed" line, before the song starts again.

I was originally gonna have Crutchie say the Ace up your sleeve line instead, because this boy will follow Jack to the ends of the earth, but I love the idea of changing it to "We'll"! I'll probably do that.

When Jack sings his little ditty right before the finale, "if you ain't with me" he sings it to the trio, and Les, who I'm gonna have there because why wouldnt he be??? and then hugs them all because he is a big sap.

The story stays the exact same, Kathrine isnt a pushoff love intest.

One thing that really really bugs me about their relationship is how Katherine knew Jack for three days, and Jack has known Crutchie for how long? Yet hes like, "oh. My dreams dont matter if I have a pretty girl to kiss. So whatever." And Kathrine is like "I'll follow you anywhere Jack!!" And I'm like???? No??? You wouldnt??? You wouldnt move out to Santa Fe for a boy you barely know?? ESPECIALLY when she was able to get her article front page, above the fold?

My favorite part about king of New York? The boys are happy because they made the papers. Kathrine? She wrote it! She did bust out if the social pages and made front page news, which no girl reporter has probably ever done before! Now that's a cause for a celebration! She wouldnt just up and leave to a random place with a random boy when shes just made it this far. No way.

Anyway this was way too long oops. But if you have anymore suggestions please let me know!

I totally agree with you on the Katherine thing. I get that Disney feels the need to add a heterosexual relationship to everything they do but this one perpetuates a bad lesson for young boys. I actually kinda like Jack/Katherine but the way it was done was awful. Unpopular options, but if they needed her to end up with a guy Davey makes more sense? Idk if I even ship it but they spend more time together and, I feel, have more in common. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

Yeah, the lessons they give young boys with jack in general are bad. As older viewers, we can watch it and dissect his actions and explain his reasons. But for little boys, they get this:

It is okay to harrass women and send them unwanted advances until they respond the way you want. Some boys might even get the impression that this is romantic/a good tactic.

That it is okay to make a commitment, to have people counting on you, relying on you, and run away the second it gets tough. And that you will and should be forgiven the minute you come back with your tail between your legs. And they even teach that it’s okay to do it twice. To actively work against your cause to save your own hide and they will all welcome you back, same as before.

As I stated earlier, Jack’s motivation and reasoning is more complicated than this, a moral shade of grey. But to little kids, who don’t read between the lines and in every little crack in the text like we do, that is what they will get from him.

Katherine, although a better role model overall, also has some problematic messages. These mainly have to do with Jack.

Some, although not all, girls will come away with the idea that a guy who harasses/stalks you is being romantic. That he’s actually madly in love with you and he lays awake at night thinking of you and he’s never felt this way about anyone before. Some girls will get the idea that you should accept the advances, that getting a loving boyfriend is as easy as giving your number to the next catcaller. When in reality, most of these guys are just creeps who think you’re fuckable, and walking into their advances can be very dangerous.

This is the one that really irritates me. What it tells young girls is that, no matter how much you struggled to get respect, no matter that your brilliant idea was the one that one the strike, no matter that you turned them from a bunch of angry kids to a matter of public importance, no matter that you managed to pry yourself from under your father’s thumb, no matter how amazing you are or what you do, you will always be just the love interest. You will be considered of less value to the strike than Davey, even though you were of equal importance, and arguably more importance. Even if you were arguably more important to the strike than Jack. Your character is described as Jack’s girlfriend first, reporter second. You are nothing but the love interest. And I know, if I had watched it when younger, I would have admired Katherine so much, only to watch her be awkwardly set aside like just a love interest. And I would have been crushed. And I would have come away from that with the message “you are just a love interest in your own story”. And if I was young enough, I might have believed it.