#come save me toxic yuri please come save me

[idolomantises]

I’ve seen people make excuses for the writing by mentioning it’s all just set up for spin offs and sequels but… I don’t want that? Why on earth would I want to wait 3 years for a show to say “oh by the way these characters will get proper conclusions in the spin offs”.

Just tl:dr I’m over this series and don’t plan on watching any of the sequels or spin offs. Maybe if they introduce a hot robot character I’ll check it out.

There’s not even a promise that every single character that has an inconclusive ending (which is all of them btw) will have spin offs and sequel shows. I’m pretty sure they’re likely going to just use a completely different cast since League has a lot of characters.

I’ve seen arguments that the season is bad because it has very few episodes and wasn’t spaced out, and while I do agree the pacing is terrible I also… don’t even think this show could have been salvaged if they gave it a full 4 seasons. Because either way, it was going to end with a lot of characters being badly written, sideline and having arcs unfinished so it can be explored in sequels and spin offs (if that even happen).

One thing I liked about arcane is that it avoided a lot of really bad tropes that I’ve seen modern queer media weirdly struggle with. Arcane avoided the pitfalls written female characters, female characters used to push male relationships and very clearly abusive couples that are dismissed just because they’re gay.

Then season 2 happens and Mel becomes a disposable black woman trope, Sky only existed for male angst, Maddie is literally there for shock value and adds nothing to the narrative, Vi just… turned into that and Caitvi is toxic yuri in a way that’s very unfun and frustrating. These two are seriously so incompatible for each other, but they make out and have sex a lot so I’m sure this destructive relationship with warring idealogies will be fine. Please queer shows for the love of god stop assuming gay characters kissing and fucking makes up for their lack of communication and horrible behavior to each other.

Honestly I’m really disappointed that all these things happened to Sky, Mel and Maddie because watching fans tear apart female characters for 4 years just for existing and getting in the way of ships only for them to be exactly that and for fans to cheer about their suffering pisses me off so bad like girl… what the hell happened did the writers have amnesia. How do you write this show right after season one and fuck up this bad.

Maybe we should stop making videos about how tv shows write female/queer characters well until they’re actually done because this is getting ridiculous.

And yes I want to come back to the issue with how black characters were treated because I do find it pretty gross for Mel and Ekko to be absent for most of the show but then come back to basically save the day so fans don’t complain about how they were obviously sidelined for the sake of other characters. I dont really care for Ekko/Jinx but I did enjoy their time together in the AU.

And another annoyance is that this show did such an incredible job at introducing moral greyness to the show but then got scared to really commit to giving these characters any consequences. And I don’t mean like death or going to jail, but I mean holding grudges. I think Jinx is a very interesting and tragic character but she’s also… a terrorist? She caused the death of their friends and father? Like she’s a grown woman making these decisions. Having characters run around and risk their lives to save her felt a bit frustrating because yeah circumstances lead to this but half of these circumstances are also her fault. I really wish the entire season was about Vi choosing whether or not she was ready to forgive Jinx instead of basically accepting her back because Vander is back.

And VANDER…. Actually I won’t say anything because the more I mention him the more it pisses me off.

I have more thoughts but I gotta draw some comics so I’ll just leave at that. Disappointing season that I think is a lot worse than fans insist it is. It’s not one or two issues, it’s just compounding problems that won’t improve.

Thoughts on Arcane season 2

I didn’t like this season

It’s not bad, but I found it incredibly rushed, cramped and deeply unsatisfying

While season 1 had several protagonists it was also pretty obvious that Vi and Jinx were the emotional core of the entire show so why on earth was their dynamic barely explored here

Vi went from being my favorite character to a character I found deeply frustrating and annoying. What the hell is her personality of getting her sister back and fucking the hot lesbian. She has no consistency whatsoever and it’s something I don’t think the show realizes how batshit the constant flip flopping in. What do you mean you sister tells you she’s going to kill herself and then you start fucking your messy situationship

I don’t really care for Jayvik but I found Jayce’s confession very sweet.

Mel my beautiful queen they’re gonna call you a Mary Sue

What the fuck was with all that Witch shit and Ambessa’s death was incredibly unsatisfying

Victor fans who kept begging the team to not make him a hot buff robot so he can still be a skinny twink pisses me off so bad because now we have an inferior twink robot design. I know fans probably didn’t influence this but I also need to complain about their lack of taste like what do you mean you didn’t want to see a hot buff robot man.

Ekko feels like an incredibly unimportant character and I’m pretty sure fans only like him because of what he can do for Jinx. A part of me wished he actually did hold a grudge just to see how fans reacted.

Season 1 was all about setting up emotional complexities and how nobody was truly evil and the show made it seem like there was no way for anyone to fully recovery from this but everyone is holding hands and singing kumbaya’s so alright nevermind then

This show was honestly a little too in love with Jinx. I did not enjoy her writing in acts 1 and 2.

The jokes were really bad this season

The songs oh my god the SONGS. I didn’t mind them in season 1 but in season 2 it started to remind me of love is blind and anyone who has watched that show would know what a massive insult that is.

Caitvi lesbian sex scene and I couldn’t even enjoy it because the writing was pissing me off

Caitlyn should’ve continued her little fascist arc.

Mel’s arc this season felt like weird fanfiction.

A bunch of random side characters die off unceremoniously after the show gave them so much unnecessary screen time

I hated Isha sorry. I’ve never seen a character more clearly made to die.

Jinx death means nothing to me because I know she isn’t dead so why even do all that lol

I will never call this show sexist but it has done a massive disservice to its female characters.

[bg3storage]

❝Loosen the grip on your pride for one blasted moment, won't you? We needn't be enemies. there's plenty of those to go around...❞

[saphflare]

I know Mizisua is like the main doomed yuri thing here, but like can I talk about MIzihyuna because like I feel normal about them, so much.

Just Mizi, and her loving her saviors. That we have Sua who was in the dark and Mizi had showed kindness to, shining a light for them. But return they were someone human that understood them and stayed by her side enduring and reciprocating of her affection. That in the end saved Mizi by sacrificing her own life, whether fully planned or not so that she may advance the round and live on.

Then there is Hyuna who saved Mizi from the stage where she was supposed to die. That despite the tragedy and the loss of her world, she is given another one by the grace that is the rebellion and shown something that could be hope. That perhaps it isn't the same kind that she once had before, but it is another chance from Hyuna that guides her to loving life again.

And another point in that Mizihyuna is its own flavor of tragedy because oough I can't see this ending well.

That Mizi still grieves Sua and even if she was with Hyuna, she likely hasn't moved on from her old universe, after all how could she when it had defined her for so long. How could she ever do so without it hurting and perhaps making it feel like a betrayal to the person that died so she could life. Moving on from the one she devoted herself to for so long in loving. That despite everything that Hyuna has become to her and might ever be, it will never replace the empty half that was taken from her. And that even Hyuna might not be long either when there is a darkness in them, something seeking the destruction of not only a system greater than either than them but Hyuna's old shadow of her past. Because the narrative has its pattern and the world it is rooted in is one that is uncaring for any kind of love between those trying to survive and live again.

And I don't see it ending well. That in some way, when we finally see Hyuna and Lukas get their own little number together, it won't end well for whoever is going to be involved. And all I can think about is the fact that the hope in Mizi's life is going to be taken from her again and I fucking can't do this T-T

[disenchanteds]

okay now ep 2

the wild card is literally they are always starving but they cannot eat normal food they have to chomp on stones and dirt and grass and wood and everything that isnt usually food and each one gives them a different effect (including poison) and they have to figure out which foods actually feed them AND THEN it gets randomised every like hour or so? (they have 3 hour recording sessions so idk exact timing so) and so they start from square one again and there was A Lot Of Death

now so every life series cows are important for food u see but then thats where all the mayhem and stealing happens and impulse goes over to gem and joel to accuse them of stealing his team's cows when they didnt and it was actually martyn but none of them know that and so the next time scott cleo pearl and impy comes over gem says "i dont like you impulse" AND THEN SHE TURNS AROUND AND SAYS TO PEARL "and i dont LOVE you because you betrayed me last season" and just the pure fact that gem said love instead of like for pearl??!? the fact that she just rounded on pearl like that even though pearl has done nothing??? *cries in despair* and now we have gempearl divorce arc

TO MAKE THINGS WORSE bdubs found out that cobblestone wall causes poison and gives it to pealr and asks her to eat it but pearl already knows what it does so bdubs asks her to give it to someone else and she tries to give it to gem but gem refused and did not want to trust her even when pearl said she would eat it with her and then pearl eventually gives up and walks away while saying "i should try this on someone else but everyone else is my ally" BUT GEM OVERHEARD IT and turns to scott who was just standing there and said "wHy would she say that SHES INSANE" even though from pearl's pov u can basically tell that pearl believed that with gem she wouldnt take the aftermath too hard and would laugh about it with pearl and then forgive her while others might not but GEM TOOK IT THE WRONG WAY AND UGHHHH

and then heres more stuff they've said on livestreams

basically gem has been playing through subnautica and there was this one scene where a person breaks up with someone else and says the line "i would like to reduce our hours together. to zero" and gem basically reacts to it by saying "wow i've never heard a breakup line so cold before...reduce our hours together to zero. i should try that line on pearl" head in hands WHY gem WHYYY

and then pearl on her stream said "why are people saying i betrayed gem when she was actively trying to kill my mounders (her alliance team) the whole time and i actually allied with scar for the last episode and never had any actual alliance with gem so really she betrayed me first" and guess what SHES RIGHT. i really need to lock them in a closet and have them talk it out i swear. and during the secret life finale even, pearl literally said to gem "lets sword it out gem lets sword it out" when pearl couldve killed gem with a bow easily and pearl is also better with an axe and has lost to gem multiple times with a sword but idt gem heard it and scar and gem were already battling it out so now we have gempearl divorce. i am both so enthralled but also in pain. save them please

there is actually so much more that happened in this ep but i'll prob talk about it tomorrow together with ep 3 because im sleepy eepy and i have to watch ep 3 that just came out too

OKAY OKAY TOXIC YURI TIME OKAY. gem NO DON'T DIVORCE HER but also I am SO here for it they should get more toxic but also PLEASE DON'T CAN YOU BE HAPPY PLEASE but also YESSSS TOXIC YURI

[asklesbianonceler]

sending you Sellen for the asking game ✨️

Favorite thing about character:

I mean aside from being a huge baddie I love the confidence and mystique that veils her hubris. She's written so well to keep you strung along, making you expect she'll be harsh and rude but then being nothing but encouraging and "honest". Her praise and thankfulness and constantly telling you you've made her happy or proud when compared to every other NPC is so poignant and clearly worked to make people feel they had a nice relationship with her. They made her allure so clear and it's easy to tell how she was able to lead so many scholars to their death despite it all coming off as her warming up to you and respecting you.

Love that she's also like, "Ugh. Seluvis. Didn't want to hear about that guy again"

I like that she seemingly just pushes Rennala aside in the library. That's a big woman. Did she do that all by herself?

Least favorite thing:

Weird rendered, overly sexy anime drawings of her that I see on Twitter.

Headcanon:

I feel like she had all of her peers and most of her professors completely won over except for Rennala. Like I truly think all of them were eating out of her hand until the end and Rellanas ascension to headmaster is what did her in hence her extreme dislike of the Carians.

Brotp:

I like the one sided tarnished thinking they're her bro kinda thing.

Alternatively the Brotp is my int tarnished and her just both sitting there as orbs at the end. They don't speak but their crystals are charging. Every so often one of them just makes an uncomfortable little noise. It's parallel play.

Otp:

I want to see some Sellen toxic yuri. I have nothing more to say on the matter.

Notp:

Feel like I've seen her shipped with Seluvis. When it comes to Seluvis I want evil old many yaoi or nothing. He's got a doll of her in his room. Don't give him the shipping satisfaction.

Unpopular opinion:

I have to be honest I don't engage in Sellen discourse to know what's unpopular. I do not think she had good intentions for you though. I don't think she could be wifed up. Genuinely it seems like we are being shown exactly how she rose to such respect in the academy in the first place and her banishment in a lot of ways saved her and she learned nothing from it.

Quote:

"Splendid. I thank you. This pleases me. It's been far too long since I found a fellow kindred spirit. You must have a fabulous teacher."

Love that she's a little cheeky, but oh boy does she know how to get what she wants

Song:

I think a lot of Blood Ceremony songs have Sellen vibes. Morning of the Magicians is a good one, but a lot have heretical witch motifs

Pic

Is this my favorite? No but she's an NPC who stands there and I just redid this part of the quest and Idk this is just funny to me. Her arms look so ragdolled. Like it's a "toss the Muppet" pose. Mixed with the face that can't show any emotion. I know she's going through it but with the mask on its just goofy to me. Why did they leave the helmet on for this bit? In hindsight I really think they should have taken it off...

[calciumdeficientt]

ELLIE CONEY HCS WITH HER TOXIC YURI GF HCS RN

Ouuuuuugh ellieeeeeeeee save me Ellie. Please save me. Lotta love for jock ocs. Even more love for ocs that are just,,, awful, compllicated people

ELLIE CONEY HCS

Winner of the 2006 most hompohobic lesbian competition. Shes bitter, and angry and so far inside the closet that if she’s not careful someone is gonna pick her up and donate her to the Goodwill. She thinks all men are a scourge on the earth, even more so gay men. This comes on account of the fact her dad divorced her mum to run off with another, younger man and start a new life. Leaving his current family destitute and her mother reliant on booze to stay alive. She became a proto-mother very young and therefore wants absolutely nothing to do with motherhood, children, or any of that sort of stuff. She had to raise kids when she was just a kid herself, she’s had quite enough of them. He dad’s betrayal created a deep seated hatred for queerness as well as for men.

Ellis is a young trans girlie, when her father left, her mother drank herself to the point of memory loss. Sort of like a lobotomy. The disintegration of their nuclear family allowed her to change her identity without much pushback from her mother. She was able to start puberty blockers pretty young on account of saving a lot of her money from birthdays, Christmas ses ect. Her parents sort of forgot about her because she was the oldest. She never got presents, just money and she saved all of it for a rainy day. Her dad was also into some pretty shady shit, so he had a stash of money in their house that she stumbled across and used to begin her transition.

Traditionally feminine girl, she likes bows and pink and glitter and honestly, the reason she’s not cheer captain is because she’d run that squad like it was the navy. She views anything and everything masculine as a threat and has very rigid ideas on what should and shouldn’t be accepted as valid expressions of femininity. Despite being a member of the jocks clique, she hates their guts, The only one she’s even remotely close to is Juri, and its because he’s secretly a very effeminate dude. Her repulsion of boys runs so deep that if she can help it, she will hide out in her dorm room all day until she is literally forced to go to class by a prefect.

HATES. Blood and guts and dirt. Shes the kind of girl to faint during biology class. The only reason she’s passing is because she makes Beatrice do all of her assignments for her. They’re kind of friends, both of them are manipulative bitches. They get on pretty well. It’s also. Another key reason she hates the jocks, they’re all essentially, sweaty, bloody, dirty animals and she’s not down with that like at ALL. Ellie can barely manage A Nightmare on Elm Street without getting squeamish and whining for it to be turned off.

Owner of a very extensive, very precious collection of scrunches. Her collection is her prise and joy, and as she ages she finds there’s lots of other, equally childish and girly stuff that she can collect. This eventually ends up in her becoming a particularly intense disney adult. You can’t really blame her, she didn’t have much of a childhood, but it infects EVERYTHING in her life. Her whole house is disney, her car is Disney. Her SOUL belongs to the mouse.

Shares a dorm with Lenora, and these two fuckers HATE each other. Ellie hatred of Lenora manifests because she’s a masculine woman who also happens to be comfortable in her identity as a lesbian; and Lenora hates Ellie because her phoney ‘girl’s girl’ act doesn’t extend to her, in fact she’s personally victimised by Ellie a LOT. They’re a real enemies to lovers type deal, and not just a snide comment in the hallway or a dirty look before they go to bed. It’s full blown fights and pranks dialled up 10000 notches. They pounce on each other like feral wildcats and have to be pulled off of each other almost daily. Ellie once put rat poison in Lenora’s water and she was VERY sick for a good few weeks, and in retaliation, Lenora slammed a locker shut on Eliie’s hand and completely shattered her wrist.

It’s the literal definition of toxic yuri, but they keep gravitating back towards each other like they’re magnets. Secretly, Lenora lets her win fights because her childhood dream was to get beaten up by a pretty girl at least once. They’re so terrible for each other but its hard to deny that they’re a really cute couple, aesthetically anyway. If you get to know them you’ll realise that you should never hang out with them again. They’re poisonous, and that toxicity radiates off of them like they’re a drop and run canister of weapons grade uranium.

[themythicsages]

Greetings from a very sleepy and bored roleplayer.

Hello Tumblr! I hope the night, or day depending on your timezone, has been treating you well. I come to you today looking for new, long-term roleplay partners for a very small percent of the fandoms that I am currently in and fixating over. I am 21+ and I work most afternoons, so more likely than not my responses will come out later in the night. My timezone is est for reference. Given the few fandoms I'm pulling from for this request, I will unfortunately not want to use ocs since I don't have any real OCS for any of these who aren't just ship children and I personally don't like doing oc x canon, save for specific instances like with BG3 and any other instances with canonized self inserts. While my average reply always falls somewhere between literate and advanced literate, with me averaging between 1 - 3 paragraphs per, I have been known to dip into novella when I get insanely motivated. I only roleplay on discord, and while tupperbox is preferred for this it is not required. Also, being queer myself I have always been more drawn to queer ships since they feel more right to me. And just a given but please don't be afraid to geek out with me in ooc. The whole reason I'm searching for a real person and not just going to ch.ai is because I like being able to shoot ideas off of my partners and just be silly in the background. Also don't just assume that yes romance means yes smut. I don't do that as much anymore.

Now that that essay is out of the way, onto the pairs why don't we?

Jujutsu Kaisen

I am unfortunately anime only, but I do know much of what is to come after Shibuya thanks to how heavily spoiled I was on this series even before I knew I wanted to enjoy it. Feel free to correct me if I get something wrong.

Satoru Gojo

SatoSugu (Romantic. The hyperfix is very real with them.)

Nanago (Romantic)

Gojo + Megumi (Strictly platonic, leaning more familial.)

Yuji Itadori

ItaFushi (Romantic)

ItaJun (Romantic)

Yuji + Nanami (Strictly Platonic, leaning more familial.)

Yuji + Choso (Strictly Platonic. Just brothers being brothers.)

Yuji + Todo (Strictly Platonic. Also brothers being brothers, but different.)

Final Fantasy XV

Prompto Argentum

Promptis (Romantic)

Honestly any ship with him works fine I'm just biased LMAO

Ardyn

Versdyn (Romantic)

Aerdyn (Romantic)

Ardyn + Somnus (STRICTLY PLATONIC. Flashback to when they were young and actually cared about each other.)

Final Fantasy VII

Cloud Strife

Zakkura (Romantic or Platonic. Could go either way.)

Clerith (Romantic)

Strifentine (Romantic)

Sefikura (Romantic. Yes I know they're toxic, tell square to stop making them act like a divorced couple and then we'll talk)

Cloud + Yuffie (STRICTLY PLATONIC. The siblings ever.)

Genesis Rhapsodos

GenGeal (Romantic)

SephGen (Romantic)

SephGenGeal (or whatever their poly is lmao) (could be romantic or platonic)

Vincent Valentine

Vincrecia (Romantic)

Valenwind (Romantic)

Strifentine (Romantic)

Vincent + Yuffie (STRICTLY PLATONIC. They give team father/daughter vibes)

Vincent + Young Sephiroth (STRICTLY PLATONIC. He's his father now. Tie them to a Vincrecia family au and my life is literally yours.)

Rufus Shinra

Rutseng/Tsengru (Romantic)

Yuri!!! On Ice

Victor Nikiforov

Victuuri (Romantic. The husbands ever.)

Victor + Yurio (STRICTLY PLATONIC. Could be tied to a family au, perchance, or as an addition to a romantic Victuuri plot to turn it into a full family au.)

Okay so if any of those sound good to you then feel free to like or reply to this post! I look forward to hearing from you guys!

This is Sage, signing out ✌️.

edits: Added Tsengru/Rutseng, Victuuri, and Plat Victor + Yurio. Also fixed some typos.

[noahtally-famous]

td 2023 s2 ep1 spoilers below the cut

(okay so I have not finished s1 but I know the general gist of what happens through mutuals posts and just the td tag lmaoo. maybe later I will actually sit down and watch the whole thing, but that time is not now.)

moving onto my thoughts of s2...

AHHHHHHHH idk how else to explain it but I absolutely LOVED the episode, and honestly I have a feeling I'll love this season, simply bc everyone is so great!!

heck even ripper and chase were tolerable, like, there weren't any fart jokes or anything, it was great!

MKULIA SWEEP???? HELL FREAKING YEAH idc if it's a friendship/alliance, I'm living in my world where they're toxic yuri

Caleb getting some much-needed character development??? I'm SO here for it, and the stuff mentioned during the episode def fits the kinda vibe I have going for him, so that's even better!! (potential caleb & emma friendship??? they can bond over kittens and of caleb being emotionally mature)

also his reactions to the team choosing was gold, I can't wait to see what A-Game he's gonna bring. I'm hoping he doesn't become a version of justin--I just want him to want to be a useful teammate and person for his team/friends/competitors and want to win as well. no overly crazy 'tda justin' villanry pls?? (I mean, I won't be averse to it if it does end up happening, but it'd be cool if things changed up this time around)

CHEMMA BROKE UP THANK FRICKING GOD, our prayers have been answered!! please please PLEASE have them stay broken up

raj & wayne on the same team again!! I was not expecting that tbh, but I'm curious to see where this goes

rajbow is so adorable, like bowie not even letting chris finish before he immediately picks raj first for his team is so 🥹

ngl chase is still a dumbass but now that chemma is out of the way, I mean it affectionately, I can't bring myself to hate any of the characters and that trend isn't going to stop here. that moment when he ran at granny hatchet and bowie was like "I don't believe it, I think he's gonna make it" like that scene was insane

damien is amazing as always, no words need to be said. manifesting a final two involving him

NICHELLE. FUCKING NICHELLE. GOD I CANNOT ARTICULATE HOW MUCH I ADORE HER HERE!! saving the best for last goddammit, I love her so so so so much, omfg the way she slayed the challenge, pls I'm so hyped for her character development this season, I can't wait for the other contestants to eat their words abt her

axel trying to 'be nice' ("i'm a work in progress" yes you are but you're doing amazing) but acting like an ass to ripper is something I live for. "I'm not following you, we're running in the same direction!" LMAOOOO

the fact that priya doesn't hold any resentment toward her parents still irks me, but I still love her character and I'm excited to see what's in store for her

GRANNY HATCHET SLAYED, 'NUFF SAID

I'm still hoping for some axelle content, but I'm more than happy with the mkulia servings we got

I'm lowkey interested in scary girl's change of character. I feel like this wont be the last we see of her--will she be like an amy and swim back to the island to enact revenge? or will she be like ezekiel and live on the island in secret? or will she be a secret third thing? I sure as heck don't know but I can't wait to find out!! her parting words def seem ominous enough to imply something

speaking of, scary girl's change of character and when she talked abt how she became "normal" everyone's reactions were sending me lmaooo

bowie going "you're never right" to chase but is the one to choose chase on his team, like yes dude frrr that frenemy whiplash was wack lmaoo I love it

same with bowie choosing julia, like yes we love to see two manipulative competitive strategists banding together

on a different note, I wonder what will come of bowie and emma's friendship from s1 and how that broke apart. maybe they could rekindle it in s2? hmmm

zee and their suitcase of sodas 😭

"she's an animal" OKAY MK TONE IT DOWN (pls don't, actually pls continue doing it) YOU'RE NOT HELPING MY MKULIA CASE HERE

millie being priya's first pick >>>

"what strategy? you just stop and run, it's not rocket surgery" 😭 I used to dislike ripper, but if he continues on like this, that opinion will def change. it's only been the first episode and I already don't dislike him anymore so-

MORE MKULIA P L E A S E IM HOPING

chris is still 'tdi chris' aka the b e s t chris imo, and I'm here for it!! also chef and chris's dynamic is still spot-on

in conclusion, im so very excited for what this season will bring!! in case you didn't realize, I LOVED the first episode!

[aquanthis]

tell me more about linore and linestelle separately .They both look so cute I want to learn. please. looks at you with autism in my eyes

OH YES i loooove talking about my less talked about wow ocs >:3c ty for asking!

both of these girls have Issues™, though which of my wow ocs don't tbh. i'll start with linore because she's just a little more developed <3

putting this under a read more because it is. Long

^ full version of the screenshot i used for the carrd btw

Huntmaster Linore Featherbow, the Stars' Fury

my BESTIE. she's a marksmanship hunter + a huntmaster :) she wields thori'dal because i can do whatever i want. teehee. she's transfem and bisexual and a horse girl. dw about it

she's very, uh, stable? i guess? firm and grounded, more logical than emotional. she's very gentle, though, which is why she works so well with her horses. she's honest and forgiving, though not to the point of being spineless. she didn't have strong feelings toward the horde until uh. well. You Know. and now she's more distrustful than she feels comfortable with. she's an amazing tactician and a great leader, though sometimes she's a little more cautious than her position demands, and sometimes it saves her ass. depends on the day. :)

she grew up learning skinning/leatherworking from her father, who was a talented leatherworker working in darnassus. her parents were relatively overprotective, so she wasn't allowed to go out hunting with her father for a long time, despite her keen interest in it. she'd work with him in the shop though, and has a great love and respect for the craft. eventually, when she got older, she finally talked her parents into letting her go, and she honed her skill with the intention to eventually take over for her father.

unfortunately, uh! both of her parents died in the fire. so . she had to do that earlier than expected.

she also had a childhood friend named maven (seb's oc!) who had a huge crush on her, and they were very close. she never realized she had feelings for him until she found him washed up on the beach as teldrassil was burning, nearly dead and horribly wounded, and everything came crashing down on her so so bad. it makes me so crazy. i love them

there's more stuff but i don't want to make this the longest post ever JSHDKJ here she is with her horses though

as for linestelle!

Soulreaper Linestelle Deathweaver, Deathlord of the Ebon Blade

ooooh girl who died and came back wrong for realsies. she's a blood death knight (despite looking like a frost dk lol she's taking after her dad!) and a deathlord. she wields the maw of the damned. you just so happened to ask about a couple of my champions LOL

she's a butch lesbian and should be much beefier than she is in game. she was killed and subsequently raised as a dk during the attack on silvermoon. she was in her late teens, and completely lost her memory, becoming a mindless soldier. she was adopted by koltira (hence the last name) shortly after he broke free from arthas, and then was adopted by thassarian by extension. she was scared, and the two of them took pity on her and took her in.

in her former life prior to becoming a dk, she had a bit of a romance going with a girl in silvermoon who survived the attack (one of my other ocs who is less developed and isn't listed on the carrd. her name is auridel though!). linestelle completely forgot her because she lost her memory, but auridel Did Not forget her, and actively hates her because she thinks she ran away and left her, instead of, yknow, Dying And Losing Her Memory. they were kind of toxic yuri. auridel is rommath's apprentice now if that gives you any idea as to Her character KJSHDKDHSKD

personality-wise, linestelle doesn't really have much of one anymore. she lost a lot of the personality she had before losing her memory, so nowadays she's kind of flat-affect most of the time. she used to be hotheaded and some of that comes out when she fights, because she's Super easy to rile up in a fight, but outside of that she's rarely emotive and tends to keep to herself. if you knew her before, she'd hardly be recognizable now. the only person who can get her to smile, even a little, is thassarian. with bad dad jokes. :) the only time you'd find her laughing is if she's tearing a zombie apart or something.

oh, also, she looks after invincible now. they're friends. :)

anyway, i like her a lot. i like her so much. linestelle my friend. can you tell i love thassarian and koltira also. sorry about that

i hope you like my girls!! <3

[skrivarmelodi]

Now AOT is over...

So, I read the final chapter of Attack On Titan and there are a lot of thoughts and feelings. But overall I'm pleased with the whole story and the ending. I trusted Isayama and he didn't disappoint me.

There are certain things I'd like to go into detail about Levi, Ymir, Mikasa, Eren etc and certain moments during the story.

So if anyone cares here we go. (warning, this got long and contains spoilers for chapter 139 and obviouisly the whole story!)

First, Ymir Fritz, Eren, and Mikasa.

The more we got to know Ymir, the more we knew about her circumstances and how it all started, the more I asked myself, why she doesn’t simply stop all of the misery, if she can and, obviously, has the power to do so (chapter 122).

I thought, perhaps, because she loves King Fritz so much, after all, she sacrificed herself in order to protect him (which I didn’t like at all, because he was a shitty person). But then I wasn't sure if Isayama would use 'love' in such a way. He did and it's nothing new but it's something we can all understand. Love is good, but it can also be something bad, something toxic, and Ymir was most likely a slave of her own feelings because she didn't know better. Her life was miserable until she got the power to become a Titan and gave birth to the daughters of the king. But as you can see, at the beginning of chapter 122 she watches a couple getting married and that was what she wanted too. To be loved. This was the love she knew and the love she protected and believed that was true love (most likely) because she didn't know a different kind of love.

When Eren told her, that she can decide and asked her to give him the power he needs, it didn’t sit well with me. I guess because I never connected Eren to have any romantic feelings (though I guessed so much when it comes to Mikasa and he simply wanted to be cool or something). But AOT in itself doesn’t display love in the way we usually see, that became very clear to me with each new chapter. And love is not the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about AOT.

Now about Eren.

Oh boy, look at that. When Eren slowly became the villain I liked the idea but at the same time I was questioning it. It simply made no sense to me why he would want to kill everyone and yet care so deeply about his friends. Also, Isayama is not that sort of person to let his characters act out of character. Whatever the characters I agreed with it because that was how Isayama created them. That's why, when it came out that Eren was able to see the past, present, and future, I thought he probably saw a way to stop all of this and protect his friends. Isayama played us good, when Eren was rude towards Mikasa and Armin and then the rumbling came, but I constantly thought 'No, there must be more to it'. And yeah, Eren saw a possible future because everything was unclear to him and he grabbed that chance and took it.

Remember in the first season, when Eren, Levi, and Levi's squad were fighting against the female titan and that Eren has to decide what he should do and what not? That he has to accept the consequences? Yeah, Eren did that and he knew it was bad but it was the way he believed in and saw, even if it meant to kill 80% of humanity (what the...) and sacrifice his own life. I don't see Eren as a hero nor as a villain. But he definitely acted on his own free will and accepted the consequences.

Now about Mikasa.

Well, I'll be honest, I was never a fan of Mikasa. I didn't like how she was solely focused on Eren and didn't seem to have her own goals that were not connected to Eren. I simply didn't like that and Eren wasn't my favourite either, but I love their development. The moment I started to feel sorry for her was when Eren said he hated her. You see, I get it, I understand why Mikasa is the way she is and I'm simply no fan of this 'I do everything for you, fuck everyone else' especially not in a world like AOT, I also understand the Ackermann Bond (I ship Eruri after all). So I was really pissed at Eren to stomp on her feelings like that because, no matter how much I like or dislike a person, you don't treat them the way Eren did (also toward Armin). From that moment on, I enjoyed her development and when she cut off Eren's head I was sad and happy for her.

So, in many ways, Mikasa is like Ymir, or rather, Ymir is like Mikasa, but on a whole different level. Mikasa, who devoted herself to Eren, just like Ymir did to King Fritz, saw that what he was doing was wrong and she decided to stop him. She loves him still, of course, but she was able to do what Ymir couldn't and she did it for the greater good. Because there is more than Eren, there are more people who deserve to live. I did like that and also that her action was the eye-opener for Ymir. It doesn't change the way Mikasa feels about Eren, and that's okay, but she was willing to kill the person she loves more than anything because it was the right thing to do. Ymir simply couldn't do what Mikasa did because she didn't know better.

About Levi, Erwin's death, Armin saving humanity, Berthold wasn't supposed to die, and just some thoughts about AOT in general.

Now, I do ship Levi and Erwin together and I was sure Levi would die and meet Erwin in the afterlife and then Isayama would out them (haha). But I'm just happy that Levi survived and is now the adopted uncle of Gabi and Falco. He's my favorite character and a lot of things would have ended badly without him. For me, he and Erwin and their squad represented not only a strong force and saviours but also how you probably have to be in order to survive/handle a world like AOT.

So I was shocked, at first, when Levi saw Erwin and the others because I thought he would die, but when the tear ran down his cheek, I could feel how everything fell of his shoulders. Levi never cried, never had time to mourn his comrades because he understood the world they were living in and that he needed to keep on moving. I never considered him as someone cold because he clearly wasn't. But he also never cried and seeing that... finally. And I'm sure he cried some more after everything. I thought he would cry (he was close to though and perhaps did when he was alone) when Erwin died because that fucking broke him.

Their relationship fascinated me even before I started to ship them but it broke my fucking heart when Erwin died too.

And here we come to the part about Armin and Bertholg.

I was so pissed that Armin survived and even more when things just became worse. I thought, in AOT, you can't solve everything through talking. It worked during certain critical moments, yes, but it simply isn't the main key for everything when it comes to the world of AOT.

So, I never understood why Armin had to survive and not Erwin and it became more and more confusing for me as the story continued because Armin, clearly, is not Erwin and he doesn't have what Erwin has. I don't know if things would have been better with Erwin being in charge, but he would have definitely done something while Armin didn't know what to do. Sure, he is younger than Erwin, doesn't have the experience as Erwin does and in his core he is very different, and that's totally fine. Armin is fine the way he is, but during the story. I constantly found myself thinking: 'With Erwin and his mind, we wouldn't be in such a situation'. I once read somewhere that Levi and Erwin are too smart to be fooled by, for example, Yelena. I can't help but agree.

And today, when I read the final chapter and Eren said 'Berthold wasn't supposed to die on that day' and also, that he couldn't see the past and future as separated paths but everything at once I thought, that this is Isayama giving us his version but there are also many many other ways this story could go. Which is, for me, such a sweet and grateful message. We are free to choose our path (fanfiction/fanart etc) and to create a different story, but this AOT version is his version and how he imagined it, or rather, how Eren saw one possible happy end.

I'm still certain with Erwin around things would have been different, better even, but I understand Eren too. I guess, he didn't only choose Armin because he knew things would have a happy ending for his friends. He also choose Armin because of personal feelings. I wonder what would have happened if Berthold survived, was there also a happy end but without Armin? And perhaps without the rumbling? I think it's nice that Isayama did this and that he, basically, points at a different way but it's up to us.

Now, the rumbling is over and so is the power of the titans and in such a world, someone like Armin is the right person to be in. Now it's all about talking, having a proper conversation, creating relationships through words. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure Erwin would have been able to do that as well, but Armin is much more diplomatic than Erwin because he doesn't want to fight or kill, it's really the last option for him. Erwin on the other hand wouldn't hesitate, and someone like him was important for the world before the rumbling was over.

Now some general thoughts about AOT now that it's over.

Okay, so, I watched tons of Anime when I was a teenager and the best thing for me was Death Note. But after Death Note I found nothing that really interested me and a lot of weird stuff. I don't know, it simply wasn't for me. However, I continued reading my yaoi Mangas and even studied Japanese for a year. Then, I did hear about Attack on Titan but I was so used to shitty Anime that I thought it would be shitty too (the next best thing I found was Yuri on Ice). However, a friend of mine gave me the first season and I thought, well, why not. I was so wrong and through AOT I found my way back to Anime.

It's not just the story, not just the art-style I like, it's Isayama and his brain I enjoy so much. I'm a very logical person and I like it when stories and things make sense and are connected from the beginning till the end and when it never feels forced but natural, true, loyal to the characters and the world they created. I don't know how he does it but I'm so grateful for AOT and that he decided to share this amazing story with us (even though it was fucking painful and my poor Levi). It's really been a while for me to find a story that caught me like Death Note did many years ago.

So, ありがとう、Isayama-San!

But I'd love to know more about the Ackermans and Levi and perhaps we'll get a book like Answers etc later. That would be great.

[jeonchan26]

Love Me Not (Final)

Theme; Angst & Fluff.

Warnings; Heartbreak, Saddness. Super Low Self-Esteem. Abuse & Toxic Relationship. Mention of sex. 

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    You woke up you’re body feeling sore. You noticed the white walls and the beeping sounds coming from next to your bed. You looked down to see Jimin sleeping by your side. He looked so peaceful, “Jimin, w-wake up” you shock his hand that was intertwined with yours. 

    Jimin opened his eyes slowly, looking around before his eyes landed on yours. “(Y/N) Hey you’re awake. How are you feeling?” He said in a gentle voice sitting next to you on the bed holding your hand tightly. 

    “W-where am I? W-what happened?” You looked at him confused and scared. “W-where is Jake?” You jumped up scared looking around. 

    “Hey hey, you’re okay. Jake can’t touch you anymore and you’re in the hospital. You passed out when we got to your place. Jake actually hit you pretty hard in the head but because of the adrenaline in your bother you didn’t feel it until after.”

    “You guys saved me why?” you looked at him confused. “B-but who did you know Jake was there?” 

    “(Y/N). I noticed the bruises and the way he would treat you when I was with Yuri. Jungkook and Yoongi noticed as well. Why were you still with him? Why did you let him treat you that?” Jimin looked like he was in the verge of tears. 

    “Because I figured that it was the only type of love I deserved” You mumbled. “I mean I thought we were happy and even after giving you everything you still left me” you shrugged. “So what is the difference of having some mistreat me. Giving you everything wasn’t enough. Plus why would you stay with me? When Yuri is so beautiful and well put together. She fits in your life more than me” You smiled weakly wiping a tear that escape. “T-thank you for saving me...you didn’t have too really. But I appreciate, tell the boys I said thank you.”

    Jimin stayed quiet just staring at you with guilt, regret and sadness in his eyes. He knew he took you for granted, he was aware that he probably broke you being repair. Looking at you now, he didn’t think that you would end up in the hospital because of the stupid mistake he decided to make. If he could take it back he would in a heartbeat because he finally figured that letting you go was probably the stupidest mistake he had ever made. 

    Before he could say anything the doctor came in with 6 other smiling face. “Ms. (Y/L/N), I see you’re awake. How are you feeling?” He smiled gently glancing down at the clipboard. 

    “I’m feeling good doctor just have a headache really but other than that I’m feeling good” you smiled. 

    “It’s normal, seems that the guy hit you pretty hard on the head. But I prescribed you some medication. The nurse will bring it to you in a few, but you are free to go. Do you or your friends have any question for?” He asked looking around room. 

   “Is she going to get release today?” Hoseok asked. 

    “Yes, but she does have to be in bed rest for a few weeks due to her injury. It gave her a small concussion. So she cannot be left alone.” He stated looking at the boys before nodding and heading out. 

   “I’m gonna go sign the discharge papers and get the medication. Come on boys lets give them some privacy” Namjoon said and opened the door for the rest of the guys. The guys came and each one of them gave you a kiss on the forehead before leaving the room.

    “We’ll wait for you guys downstairs in the waiting room” Jin said closing the door behind him. 

    “You guys really don’t have to stay with me. I can take care of me” You whispered. You slowly got out of bed and started making your way towards your clothes. But as soon as you reached them you almost fell only to fall into Jimin’s arms. 

    “You have to be careful. Here let me help you change” You nodded not have the energy to argue with him. Once he got you dressed and packed all your stuff, you started walking towards the waiting room. 

   You noticed Jimin was quiet with you but he was holding your hand. You couldn’t help but smiled missing the feeling of his hands on yours. You stopped yourself from thinking anything else, you knew Jimin didn’t have feelings for you anymore. He was just here because he pity you. 

   You quickly pulled away not noticing Jimin frowning as you pulled away. Once you got to the waiting room, you saw the boys waiting for you. They smiled as they got up and started walking towards the car you following behind them quietly. Jimin opened the car door for you and you got it him following behind. 

    After a while of arguing you finally cave in and let the boys take you back to their dorms. That’s were you where going to stay until you got better. 

    “Jimin? Can you hold me?’ You whispered as you laid down on his bed feeling tired. You felt the bed sink next to you and a pair of arms wrapping around your waist pulling you close to him. You leaned into him loving the feeling, you sigh softly before closing your eyes. 

   “I’m sorry (y/n). I shouldn’t have taken you for granted. I still love you and I know I’m late on my apology but I hope you can forgive me. I want us to happened again. But I know its gonna take some time before you trust me. I promise I’ll never hurt you the way I did. Just please give me another chance.” you heard him whispered into your ear, his grip on you tighten not enough to hurt you. 

   “Please, I’m sorry baby.. I can’t live without you” he said before kissing you head feeling a few tears fall down from his face. Jimin didn’t cry much mostly at concerts and seeing him cry in front of you made your heart hurt. 

   “Jimin I can’t forgive you complete but I’m willing to try and make us work again. Just please don’t hurt me anymore” Jimin grabbed you chin turning you to face him before kissing you passionately. 

   “I promise I’ll never hurt you again”

[dreamer95]

Love Me Not (Final)

Theme; Angst & Fluff.

Warnings; Heartbreak, Sadness. Super Low Self-Esteem. Abuse & Toxic Relationship. Mention of sex. 

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    You woke up your body feeling sore. You noticed the white walls and the beeping sounds coming from next to your bed. You looked down to see Jimin sleeping by your side. He looked so peaceful, “Jimin, w-wake up” you shock his hand that was intertwined with yours. 

    Jimin opened his eyes slowly, looking around before his eyes landed on yours. “(Y/N) Hey you’re awake. How are you feeling?” He said in a gentle voice sitting next to you on the bed holding your hand tightly. 

    “W-where am I? W-what happened?” You looked at him confused and scared. “W-where is Jake?” You jumped up scared looking around. 

    “Hey hey, you’re okay. Jake can’t touch you anymore and you’re in the hospital. You passed out when we got to your place. Jake actually hit you pretty hard in the head but because of the adrenaline in your bother you didn’t feel it until after.”

    “You guys saved me why?” you looked at him confused. “B-but who did you know Jake was there?” 

    “(Y/N). I noticed the bruises and the way he would treat you when I was with Yuri. Jungkook and Yoongi noticed as well. Why were you still with him? Why did you let him treat you that?” Jimin looked like he was in the verge of tears. 

    “Because I figured that it was the only type of love I deserved” You mumbled. “I mean I thought we were happy and even after giving you everything you still left me” you shrugged. “So, what is the difference of having some mistreat me. Giving you everything wasn’t enough. Plus, why would you stay with me? When Yuri is so beautiful and well put together. She fits in your life more than me” You smiled weakly wiping a tear that escape. “T-thank you for saving me…you didn’t have too really. But I appreciate, tell the boys I said thank you.”

    Jimin stayed quiet just staring at you with guilt, regret and sadness in his eyes. He knew he took you for granted, he was aware that he probably broke you being repair. Looking at you now, he didn’t think that you would end up in the hospital because of the stupid mistake he decided to make. If he could take it back he would in a heartbeat because he finally figured that letting you go was probably the stupidest mistake he had ever made. 

    Before he could say anything the doctor came in with 6 other smiling face. “Ms. (Y/L/N), I see you’re awake. How are you feeling?” He smiled gently glancing down at the clipboard. 

    “I’m feeling good doctor just have a headache really but other than that I’m feeling good” you smiled. 

    “It’s normal, seems that the guy hit you pretty hard on the head. But I prescribed you some medication. The nurse will bring it to you in a few, but you are free to go. Do you or your friends have any question for?” He asked looking around room. 

   “Is she going to get release today?” Hoseok asked. 

    “Yes, but she does have to be in bed rest for a few weeks due to her injury. It gave her a small concussion. So, she cannot be left alone.” He stated looking at the boys before nodding and heading out. 

   “I’m going to go sign the discharge papers and get the medication. Come on boys let’s give them some privacy” Namjoon said and opened the door for the rest of the guys. The guys came and each one of them gave you a kiss on the forehead before leaving the room.

    “We’ll wait for you guys downstairs in the waiting room” Jin said closing the door behind him. 

    “You guys really don’t have to stay with me. I can take care of me” You whispered. You slowly got out of bed and started making your way towards your clothes. But as soon as you reached them you almost fell only to fall into Jimin’s arms. 

    “You have to be careful. Here let me help you change” You nodded not have the energy to argue with him. Once he got you dressed and packed all your stuff, you started walking towards the waiting room. 

   You noticed Jimin was quiet with you, but he was holding your hand. You couldn’t help but smiled missing the feeling of his hands on yours. You stopped yourself from thinking anything else, you knew Jimin didn’t have feelings for you anymore. He was just here because he pities you. 

   You quickly pulled away not noticing Jimin frowning as you pulled away. Once you got to the waiting room, you saw the boys waiting for you. They smiled as they got up and started walking towards the car, you following behind them quietly. Jimin opened the car door for you and you got it him following behind. 

    After a while of arguing you finally cave in and let the boys take you back to their dorms. That’s where you were going to stay until you got better. 

    “Jimin? Can you hold me?’ You whispered as you laid down on his bed feeling tired. You felt the bed sink next to you and a pair of arms wrapping around your waist pulling you close to him. You leaned into him loving the feeling, you sigh softly before closing your eyes. 

   “I’m sorry (y/n). I shouldn’t have taken you for granted. I still love you and I know I’m late on my apology, but I hope you can forgive me. I want us to happen again. But I know it’s going to take some time before you trust me. I promise I will never hurt you the way I did. Just please give me another chance.” you heard him whispered into your ear, his grip on you tighten not enough to hurt you. 

   “Please, I’m sorry baby... I can’t live without you” he said before kissing you head feeling a few tears fall down from his face. Jimin didn’t cry much mostly at concerts and seeing him cry in front of you made your heart hurt. 

   “Jimin I can’t forgive you complete but I’m willing to try and make us work again. Just please don’t hurt me anymore” Jimin grabbed you chin turning you to face him before kissing you passionately. 

   “I promise I’ll never hurt you again”

[mandysxmuses]

(( 🎊🎭💬(2 who haven't met yet) 👄 🐜💥🐩🐺- i do this b/c i luv u uwu ))

🎊: Which is your favorite muse?

//Oh gosh, currently -- well, Todd and Jemand have always been favorites of mine to write, but I think right now it’s actually Shoichi. I know I just added him like, a day ago, but I really like his character so much already and it’s one of those guys I want to write a ton of stuff about but am also worried about annoying people with spamming the blog over

🎭: With which of your muses can you identify the most?

I’ve always really deeply identified with Carrie (especially after having to shed a lot of religious fears), and a lot of the time recently I’ve been feeling like Laut and just a little bit like Alice (her problems are much worse than mine but still, sometimes taking care of your mental health can be really difficult)

💬: Write a banter between two of your muses. (Bonus: Sender chooses which muses)

“Vincent? That can’t be right. You were... -- oh, you’re Asian. Nevermind, you look a lot like him from the back.”

“Haha -- I look like a friend of yours?”

“Gross, he wasn’t ever my friend.”

Shoichi snickers and adjusts his glasses. “Well, hopefully you won’t see him again, then?”

“I’m sure I won’t. ... You take much better care of your teeth, by the way.”

“... Haha -- an unusual compliment, but thank you.”

👄: Which of your muses would probably get sexual with each other, if they met?

Todd and Jemand let’s be honest man but Verheiler and Knirschen are definitely attracted to each other

Maybe Nero and Fiona? And Patroklos and Fiona too, they both have very similar taste in women

OH and even though I think I removed Lillian from the blog she and Walter would be cute together

🐜: Which of your muses is the most clever/intelligent/educated one?

Speaking of Walter, I think he’s the most educated ‘Keeper boy’ when it comes to what’s up on Earth besides Jemand, despite hardly visiting, because he’s a huge bookworm and obsesses over wanting to be human.

But also

Nico’s demonic weapons are insanely powerful and I’m surprised this woman has not gotten herself killed so she’s pretty smart too

Judging by how he behaves I bet Shoichi’s really clever too, which makes it really sad he took up lower-paying jobs and eventually just resorted to killing for money

💥: Which of your muses would you fight with?

“kill me Todd”

“nice”

I wouldn’t fight any of these guys. I don’t like dying and otherwise I don’t like fighting cinnamon buns

🐩: Which of your muses is the most loyal?

Nero is very loyal. The entire crux of the first game he appeared in was his loyalty to Kyrie and wanting to save her from a bunch of demon-worshiping creepers, and in the second one he saves his father and uncle after revealing how deeply his brother’s death affected him (which makes me wish it was touched on more in the previous game because Credo’s death was kinda brushed over on Nero’s side in that one)

Heather’s story literally focuses on a revenge plot for her father’s death she loves Harry Mason please protect him

... well protect Heather it’s kinda too late on Harry’s end

Grirrian’s entire thing is that he’s so loyal it’s toxic, because he’s refusing to let anyone else in but this little angel (and his mother)

And I think the Keeper story could also focus a lot on toxic levels of ‘loyalty’ bc they were getting increasingly possessive of Emma as time went on, and are literally murderous over Keepers they like

🐺: Which of your muses is the most unsocial? 

Oh gosh

Carrie White for sure

Laut

Todlich

Maybe Yuri definitely Yuri

Niemand

[hsj-scenarios]

Brilliant idea about the horror AUs!! Can I have a scenario 9 with Keito. お疲れ!!

Buyer Beware | Horror AU | Word Count: 4,369

Note: I’ve actually been working on this off and on for months now and finally had the time to finish it! Perfect timing I suppose since it’s his birthday. Horror is still a new genre for me, so please be kind. Also, I was told after I had finalized the story that Rubik’s Cubes don’t work the way I thought they did, so I do apologize for that. Because of mentions of violence, blood, and gore, viewer discretion is advised. -Mod C

Huff. Huff. Huff.

Keito did everything he could to try and stabilize hisbreathing. If he was too loud, he would draw attention to himself and that wasthe last thing he wanted. But no matter how much he tried, he couldn’t get hisheart to stop pounding and his breathing to return to normal. His eyes wereburning from the tears and the toxic smell that had been plaguing them sincethey had passed through that gate. It was acidic and rotten and seemed to belingering everywhere in this god-awful place.

Once he had managed to pull himself together and his eyeshad somewhat adjusted to the darkness around him, Keito peered around the sideof the tree he stood behind, doubtful but still looking for one of the others.They had gotten separated when that…that thinghad started chasing them. If Keito could find them, the next step would be justfinding a way out.

Keito remembered the way the ornate silver gate had warpedin on itself as he and his friends had started running towards it. It hadgrabbed them from the living room of their apartment and flung them into thismess, vanishing as suddenly as it appeared. Getting it back open would be hard.Getting out without that thing noticing would be impossible.

“And what exactly is this thing again?”

Keito turned the strange silver cube over in his hands,eyeing it curiously. It was a bit larger than his hand, small symbols inscribedinto each plate. It seemed similar to a Rubik’s cube, but rather than color youhad to match pictures. Keito’s attention shifted to you as you sat down on thecouch beside him.

“It’s called Mania.” You plucked it from his hands, turningit over in your own a few times before tossing it over to Yuto who was sittingacross from you. “Some guy dropped it off at my family’s pawn shop, said somethingabout it being unsolvable.”

“Why is it called Mania?” Yuya, Yuri and Hikaru had returnedfrom getting dinner, boxes of pizzas and liters of soda being carried betweenthe three of them. They set it all down on the table, Yuri grabbing a slice beforesitting down beside Yuto, Yuya and Hikaru making themselves at home as well.

All of you had gotten together for Keito’s birthday, himinsisting that he wanted to keep it simple. For you all that meant hisapartment, junk food, and bad movies. Yuto was taking party photos and all ofyou had gotten Keito a joke gift and a serious gift, the throwaway from yourpawn shop being his joke gift.

Sitting up to grab a breadstick, you grin and say, “They sayit got its name because everyone who didsolve it went insane.” The boys all scoffed, rolling their eyes at your answer.“I’m just telling you what the guy said! And he definitely looked a bit out ofit.”

Keito laughed with them but, when the puzzle made its wayback over to him and the movie had been started, he found himself turning thecube over in his hands, eyeing it curiously.

Unsolvable, huh?

“WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?” You yelled. You still hadn’tlifted yourself up from your place on the ground, the suction from those gateshaving pulled you from the doorway halfway across the room. If it hadn’t been forHikaru’s tight grip on the couch and him grabbing you before it was too late,you would’ve ended up being taken along with the others. Instead, you werestill in Keito’s living room, reeling from what had just happened, shufflingfrom your back onto your hands and knees to look at the others who were left.

Hikaru was trying to catch his breath and Yuri was staringwide-eyed at the space where those gates had once been, not entirely sure if hehad seen what he thought he had. He had been here the entire time, he had seenit happen, his grip on the wall the only thing that had kept him from vanishingas well, grey paint buried deep under his fingernails. But it still seemed sofake. Slumping down on the ground, Yuri leaned his head back against the walland took in a deep breath.

“They’re gone…”

You could see the fear and resignation in both their faces,but you weren’t willing to let go that easily. They couldn’t be just gone. Theyhad been with you not that long ago so there had to be a way to get them back,those silver gates be damned. Getting up from the floor, you hesitantly walkedtowards the windows, taking it step by step in case the gates reappeared, orthe floor fell out from underneath you or any other crazy phenomena. You walkedaround the area, feeling the empty space to make sure that there really wasnothing there.

“(Y/N), what are you planning on doing?” Yuri asked.

When he finally found his voice, Hikaru said, “We need tocall the police…report them missing, abducted, kidnapped, something!”

“And who’s going to believe that? Yes, officer? My friendsand I were having dinner when suddenly a BIG GATE MATERIALIZED IN THE LIVINGROOM AND WHISKED THEM OFF TO NARNIA.”

The two of them began to bicker behind you, you doing yourbest to ignore it while looking for something, anything, that could help youunderstand what had just happened. You move closer to the wall, your foot steppingon something. Bending down, you picked up the flat piece of metal, your eyeswidening and you jumping back up.

“Both of you shut up!” You snapped turning to face them. Youheld up the engraved silver piece for them to see and, when you saw the lack ofunderstanding in their faces, you explained. “The puzzle. Keito must havesolved it. We need to find the other pieces. Then…Then, we might be able to getthe gate back open.”

Yuya had been walking for what felt like forever, no sign ofhis friends and no signs of that thing, either. It was cold and dark and soempty. Wherever that thing had brought them, it was home, but it wasn’t. Therewere no people as far as Yuya was able to tell and everything felt…backwards. Hewasn’t exactly sure what it was, but he knew that he definitely still wasn’t intown, no matter how many of the same stores and homes he passed.

He paused for a second in the middle of the street,listening closely to his surroundings. He was sure he had heard something justthen. He waited to see if he heard it again before walking, this time a bitfaster than he had before. Yuya heard it again, his name being whisperedthrough the wind, but rather than stop, he kept walking, hands in his pockets,eyes forward. He needed to find his friends and get out of here.

As he was turning a street corner, Yuya froze, hisskin crawling the second he locked eyes with it. Standing at around 7 feet,Yuya wasn’t best sure how to describe what exactly it was that he was lookingat. It was like a man or rather like it was trying to be a man but had no ideawhat it was supposed to look like. Its arms were too long, reaching well pastits knees that looked dislocated, its back hunched. Its skin was like burntcrisp leather, no visible facial features. With a sickening tearing sound, amouth formed, sharp canines showing in a gruesome grin. Yuya started to backaway from it slowly, his heart pounding in his chest.

The same breeze that had carried his name come throughagain, this time another word following it.

Run.

“The other pieces have to be around here somewhere.”You huffed in exasperation. The three of you had all but turned the living roomupside down looking for the rest of the cube. You had found 2 of the 6 piecesnear where the boys had vanished, but there was no sign of the others. Itdidn’t make sense. Where else would they be if they weren’t in the living room?

Throwing the couch cushion down, you groaned, placingyour hands on your head. Tears were beginning to well in your eyes from fearand frustration. You needed to find those pieces. You needed to get the boysback. But you also had no idea where you were bringing them back from or ifyour idea would even work.

Sniffling, you said, “I’m gonna go look in thebedroom. You guys…I don’t know. You guys, split up and see if you can findanything.” And with that, you left the living room and headed to Keito’sbedroom, closing the door behind you.

Everything was exactly as it had been that afternoonwhen you had first come over. The bed made, a glass of water, a book and hisglasses sitting on the bedside table. You ran your hand across the top of thedresser, pausing when your eyes landed on the guitar sitting in the corner. Hehad a larger display in the living room, but this one was his favorite, the onehis dad had given him. Just looking at it, you could see the smile on his faceand the excited tone of his voice whenever he talked about or played it.

Sitting down on the edge of the bed, you tried tofight the tears that were forming again but it seemed like you biting them backonly made them fall faster. You knew that it had been meant as a joke and itwasn’t as if you really believed any of the things the old man had come intothe shop saying. But all you could hear was the voice in your head telling youthat this was your fault. If you had given him something else, if you had beenmore careful, Keito would still be here with you. You would still becelebrating his birthday, and everything would be fine.

You had seen it. Whatever it was that had taken theboys, you had seen it as the gates closed. You couldn’t stop seeing it, loomingin the distance as the gates tried to pull all of you in, that broken form of awould-be man.

Clearing your throat, you tried to pull yourself backtogether. Sitting here wouldn’t save them. Feeling sorry wouldn’t save them.Wiping at your eyes with the back of your hand, you started digging throughdrawers and his closet, trying to see if you could find another piece.

Yuto had gotten separated from the others. They hadtried to stay together, Yuya yelling for him and Keito to stick close to himonce the gates had closed. But, the second that thing had shown up, they hadscattered. Once he had been sure that whatever it was hadn’t been following him,Yuto started to head back towards the park where they had first appeared. Itwas the same park Yuto and the boys had been going to since they were younger,in between the convenience store and the apartment complex Keito lived in now.While he doubted that either of them would still be there, he figured thatmaybe they had had the same idea, that maybe they were trying to find him, too.

When he rounded one of the street corners, he ended upalmost exactly where he had started, three streets down. Confused, Yuto turnedaround and tried to go in the opposite direction, but no matter how many timeshe tried he couldn’t seem to get away from the corner of 245th and248th street. His confusion began to turn to panic, his heart rateonly increasing when he heard a scream. It sounded like Yuya.

Rather than try to take the main streets again, Yutocut through the alley between a coffee shop and a drug store, sprinting towardsthe sound. His pace slowed, however, and Yuto was left frozen in place when hedid find Yuya. He couldn’t believe his eyes, couldn’t think straight, couldn’tbreathe. Keito was standing over Yuya, ripping him apart with his bare hands,something Keito didn’t even think was humanly possible.

There was so much blood. The air reeked of it. But Yuto couldn’t look away.He was scared and confused but he couldn’t move. Keito looked over at him,hands stained red and splatters of blood on his cheeks. He smiled. It wasdisgusting, the curl of his lips, the overly exposed teeth and gums. Keitostood, his body moving almost disconnectedly, like he was picking himself upand putting himself back together. As he took a step forwards, Yuto took a stepback, distancing himself from Keito. He had to get out of there.

It didn’t make sense. Keito wouldn’t. Keito couldn’t. But he had seen it with his own eyes. Keito had killed Yuya. Yuto felt heavy andnauseous but did his best to move, to run, to do anything. When he finally gothis bearings, he went back the way he came, running as fast as his legs wouldlet him, tears burning in his eyes as his brain finally processed what hadhappened. He had no idea how to get out of here, but he wasn’t going to stayhere, especially not after that. He needed a way out.

Keito stood in the center of the park near his apartment complex, callingout for his friends. He couldn’t have been the only one who had the idea ofgoing back to that spot. He wondered how long they had been here, how muchlonger they would be here. Was it still his birthday? He wasn’t sure. The skyhad been the same thick gray color since they had fallen from the gate and hecouldn’t even see the sun or anything that would give him some idea of time.

As he started walking towards his apartment building, Keito caught sight ofYuto running down the street. He couldn’t remember a time he had ever seen Yutomove that fast but, from what Keito could tell, that thing wasn’t followinghim.

“Yuto!”

When Keito called his name, Yuto froze, Keito’s eyes widening when the twoof them locked eyes. Yuto looked terrified, face streaked with tears. Keitostarted to move towards him, but Yuto started screaming, yelling at Keito tostay away from him. He was moving backwards for every step Keito took forward,tripping over himself and landing on his butt. When Keito was finally able toget to him, Yuto was crying harder, swinging his arms to try and push Keitoaway.

“Don’t touch me!” He cried. “Don’t touch me! You…You killed him! YOU KILLEDHIM!”

Keito dodged Yuto’s fists as best as he could until he could finally grabhold of his arms. “Yuto! Look at me! What are you talking about? I haven’t…LOOKAT ME!”

Yuto stopped fighting, his whole body shaking as he locked eyes with hisfriend. Keito wasn’t sure if he had ever seen Yuto this upset in the entiretime they had known each other. His eyes were cold and blurred with tears, hisexpression blank and withdrawn, like he had given up. He didn’t answer Keito. Histongue had turned to lead in his mouth and he felt faint. Even if he wanted to,though, he wouldn’t have had time.

A few moments after Yuto had stopped fighting back, Keito was pulling himup off the ground. Yuto was mostly dead weight at this point, but Keito did hisbest to lift him back onto his feet.

“Come on, buddy, I need you to pull it together,” He said hurriedly. “We haveto get out of here.”

He could see it coming down the street, partially hidden in a stream of fogthat seemed to be changing it. It was big and then small, disproportionate andthen not, like it was still trying to put itself together, figure out what itwas supposed to be. Keito managed to get Yuto up right and they were going tostart heading in the opposite direction when the fog cleared, and it was Keitothat almost fainted. He saw himself coming out of that fog, eyes dark andclothes bloody. He understood why Yuto had been so scared when they ran into eachother. He would’ve been afraid, too. Hell, he was terrified.

“Would you please be quiet? I am doing the best I can!” You snapped. Betweenthe three of you, you had managed to find the six sides of the cube. You hadtorn Keito’s apartment to shreds in the process, but that was quite definitelythe least of your problems at the moment.

You were trying to figure out how the pieces fit together. And, while youloved Hikaru and Yuri, they were not even remotely helpful in the process. Theywere both panicky. You understood that because you were, too. But it was as if,the second you had managed to find all of the pieces, that panic kicked intooverdrive. You were halfway through your only plan. You had found the piecesand now you just had to put them together and then...Well, then you just had tohope that what you thought would happen actually happens.

After trying several different combinations and the pieces refusing tostick together let alone open an interdimensional portal, you were getting morethan a little frustrated. Turning one of them over in your hand, you looked atthe carvings that were made in the cool metal and tried to think. You gettingirritated would only make it harder for you to figure it out. You carefullyaligned the pieces, pleased already when they began to click together ratherthan Hikaru having to hold them in place for you. When you attached the finalpiece, there was no clicking sound like with the others. This made you worry atfirst that you had put it back together for nothing.

That worry vanished, however, when the cube began to warm up in your hand. Youdropped it onto the table and watched as it began to shake. Yuri and Hikaru bothgave you uncertain glances, but you got off the couch and kneeled in front ofit, watching eagerly and hoping that whatever was happening would get you yourfriends back.

They had managed to create some distance between themselves and that thing,but only because it was letting them. It was moving too slowly, toying withthem, trying to see what they would do. Keito knew that. He knew better than tobelieve that they had run faster than that thing when it had so adamantly chasedthem before. But still, the distance was a relief.

He had led Yuto into the apartment building, the hallways dark and cold.Keito was relying mostly on muscle memory. If everything else here was the sameas back home, then the way to his apartment should have been too. Thankfully itwas, but Keito was skeptic when he saw the door to his apartment open. Themoved slowly towards inside, and Keito froze once they had made it to theliving room.

He could hear you. It didn’t make sense because you hadn’t been there withthem. He remembered seeing you on the other side of the gate, holding ontoHikaru for dear life but still looking like you wanted to reach out and grabKeito, save him. But he could hear you.

“Would you please be quiet? I’m doing the best I can!”

Yuto looked at Keito and then back towards the couch. He could hear you,too, but he remained frozen in his spot. Keito, on the other hand, was alreadymaking his way to the center of the room. He stood on the other side of thetable, across from the couch, waiting to see if you would say anything else. Instead,he heard clicking. The same clicking he had heard when he had solved the cube before.Then it stopped. He heard you wince in pain and the clatter of metal on wood. Andsure enough, the cube sat on his living room table. Keito’s eyes widened and helooked back at Yuto who was wearing a similar expression, moving around thecouch to get a better look.

“How did you get it to open the gate the first time?” Yuto asked anxiously.

“I…I don’t know. I just solved it and it opened.” Keito replied. “(Y/N)solved it so that should’ve been it. I don’t understand why…”

Keito reached out to grab it, the metal hot under his fingers. He pulledhis hand back but, as soon as he did, the gate was opening where the table hadbeen. He could see you in his living room with Yuri and Hikaru.

When the gate opened again, you started crying. Frustration, fear, relief. Allof it came pouring out of you as you jumped up from the floor. You reached outa hand to touch Keito, to see if he was really there. When he reached out back,you pulled him through the gate as soon as you felt his skin against yours. Hikaruand Yuri reached in for Yuto and you pulled Keito into a hug, apologizingthrough your tears. He was apologizing, too, for scaring you, for not being ableto save Yuya. You stared to ask what he meant when Hikaru called your name.

“What’s that?”

He was pointing through the gate. You and Keito saw it at exactly the sametime, putting itself together in the corner of the room, moving towards the gate.It was still wearing Keito’s face and he had to place a hand on your shoulderto reassure you that he was with you.

“We need to close the gate?” Yuto said. He was still shaken from what hehad seen before. And while he didn’t know whether that thing come cross thesame way that they could, he wasn’t willing to risk finding out.

“But how?” Yuri asked.

It started walking forward, face tearing into the same uncomfortable andinhuman smile. It was moving faster and you panicked. You couldn’t think of anyother way to possible close the gate, so you picked up the cube from the tableand threw it to the ground with all the force you could manage. The cube splitback into pieces and the gate warped in on itself the same way that it had whenit had taken Keito and the others.

“That’s all of it.” You sighed, closing the door to Keito’s car. Aftereverything that had happened, he decided to move to a different neighborhood. Itwas strange. You all had grown up in that neighborhood and Keito was the onlyone who hadn’t moved away for college or work. He was your last tie to the areaand even he was leaving. But for very good reason.

Of course no one was able to explain what had happened to Yuya, whose bodyhad shown up in the park two days later. Of course no one even felt remotelycomfortable trying to vocalize to anyone else what had happened. Even you didn’tknow what really happened. You had been too afraid to ask since Keito and Yutowere both so shaken up after they had gotten back.

You got rid of the pieces of the cube as best as you could. It wouldn’t meltand didn’t seem to be able to break into any smaller pieces, so you all haddecided to put it into a lock box and bury it far from the city.

Keito had already said goodbye to everyone else after Yuya’s funeral, buthe had asked you to help him get the last of his things. He wanted to saygoodbye to you alone. He hugged you for what felt like a long time and not longenough all at once. When he let you go, you started to ask him, again, if hewas okay, if he really wasn’t mad at you. But he had been trying to explainthat it wasn’t your fault. That you, just like everyone else, had only thought itwas a joke. You didn’t purposefully try to hurt him.

“Really, I’m okay. Or, at the very least, I will be. I’m gonna move closerto my parents so I can see them more often and look for a new job.” Keito gaveyou a small smile, hand pressed against your cheek. “It’s over now.”

You nodded and repeated that to yourself. “It’s over now.” Then you watchedas Keito got into the car, waving after him as he drove off before headingtowards the subway station.

The two teenage boys heaved the box onto the counter of the girl’s kitchen,her protesting the entire time. “You guys, come on. You know my parents don’tlike you being over here. Nozomu, that thing’s dirty, don’t put it up there!”

“Calm down, Sena.” Nozomu chided, looking through the kitchen drawers forsomething to pick the lock open with. When he found something that was decentenough he flashed Sena and smile and moved back to the box.

“Yeah,” Seiya parroted. “We’ll be gone as soon as we see what’s inside.”

“There’s probably a reason it was buried down there. We shouldn’t havetaken it. Let’s just go to the arcade like you guys promised.”

They were both ignoring her, though, and her complaints were cut off by Nozomuand Seiya’s cheers at popping off the lock. Triumphantly, Nozomu opened the box,his excitement immediately turning into disappointment when he saw there wasnothing in it but a cube.

Pulling it out, he asked, “Who the hell would want to bury a Rubik’s cube?”

Seiya plucked it from his hand and started bragging about how he can solvethem in under a minute. The turns of the sides were punctuated with loud clicksand then Seiya’s giddy laughter and matching the pattern so quickly. And then.

Nothing.

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Me: *laughs* Most of the time, yeah. It just bothers me when I end up being one of them. I like t' think I'm better than that most days but, aha... what was phrasing you used? "Ego the size of a small country?" Maybe that really just makes me a narcissist *snorts*

X: Did I say that? =smiles innocently= I must have been having an off day, 'cause I'm pretty sure I meant the size of a small continent. :) X: Don't feel too bad about it. Shit happens. And even if you're the bad guy, you still gotta live with you, so no sense beating yourself up over it. Just do better. Haha. Which I see you're trying. That's all you need.

Me: :> Cheeky vixen. Not that I'd have it any other way XD Me: And ye. Working on it. Live and learn.

X: That's my name. Don't wear it out. Or do. :P X: Seriously, though, I'm glad you're doing okay with it. And you're taking a surprisingly healthy approach to it too. :)

Me: Just the healthiest health nut to ever health their way to health. Me: Emphasis on the "nut" part. :)

X: You're that alright. And I mean that in the most loving way.

Me: Ye I know ;)

X: I'm in the mood to write something ... waffy. It'll probably wear off.

Me: Hey I'm game if y'want to lol

X: I bet you Lavi is looking at you like you lost your mind. Haha. I don't know how fit him into waffy. :P

Me: *snorts* Nah we just kind of accept each others' certain brands of instability and duet over the rubble of what may have at one point resembled sanity, its cool :)

X: Okay, then, O Duo of Agreement and Tranquility. How do you propose we get Lavi to be waffy? Because I'll write the starter first thing in the morning if you can name me a situation. Haha.

Me: Okay, to be fair, I'm finding more than one definition of waffy and yes he is giving me a look at some of them but he's not saying no haha. So if y'wanna make sure we're on the same page that'd be great.

X: Like romancy! Haha.

Me: Okay, I figured but I had t' be sure lmfao. Me: Save the "Wait are we talking about the same thing here or..." bumble pffft.

X: I'm now curious. What other definitions are there? X: And which ones did he not say no to? :P

Me: *snorts* Ask Urban dictionary. Me: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=waffy Me: And mainly he gave me a look because a lot of them seem to put emphasis on yaoi and yuri and last he checked LaviLena was a very Het ship and he was vERY confused for a moment lmfao.

X: Pffft. Calm down, Lavi. Just talking romancy. Haha. Though it's probably gonna be toxic romancy, knowing us. So maybe waffy isn't the right word. How about ... hm ... I'll have to think of one. Kissy? X: Bah. X: That's still too cute.

Me: Don't hurt yourself. *laughs*

X: Then you're stuck with kissy. How you like them apples?

Me: I prefer peaches. Me: ...now I want fruit.

X: No. B| X: You get nothing for being a smartass. X: Especially not peaches. X: Or kissy. X: S'it.

Me: I'm gonna get peaches just because you said no. Me: No one can stop me now.

X: Fine!

Me: And while I procure peaches I am going to contemplate the kissy long and hard until I think of something.

X: I said no kissy, jerk. X: =sticks tongue out at you=

Me: :p

X: ... Do you actually have peaches? Because I kinda want one now too.

Me: PFFFT. Me: Only canned. Me: Which is just not the same if we're being at all honest.

X: I have a can too actually, funny enough. It's mixed with pears. X: And no, not the same.

Me: Ironically pears was the other thing I thought of saying in response to the apples.

X: It's a fruit orgy. X: I meant salad. X: Damn auto correct. X: Pfft.

Me: ,,,I'm not sure whether to believe that was auto-correct. *snorts*

X: You totally should. =shakes head no=

Me: I'm just glad I wasn't eating anything yet because I would have choked and I don't want "died choking on fruit while reading the words 'fruit orgy'" on my obituary page.

X: But why not? That would be one sick obituary. X: Also life and death in the same breath. One of those fruits can get pregnant. X: ... X: Okay, I wish THAT was auto correct. X: All of it.

Me: I'm framing that on my wall. Me: Forever. Me: #NeverForgetFruitOrgy2k17

X: I demand kissy payment for the memorable moments. X: Wait. I said I didn't want kissy. X: Right. So I could reject it. X: That's right. X: =snorts like a priss=

Me: Don't toy with the poor boy's nonexistent heart, he's only got like... none. Me: ...I'm never gonna be able to eat fruit salad with a straight face again. Me: or probably any fruit for that matter.

X: I am, legit, so pleased with myself. I can't even put into words how pleased I am with myself. Just. So pleased. And to think that auto correct was going all "fruit orchid?" No, bitch. Orgy. I meant what I said. Haha.

Me: Which one of us has the ego again? *smiles wryly*

X: I am an adorable little girl that knows no bad words and what is an orgy? =blink, blink= X: Is that like an instrument? X: Sounds a bit like organ, doesn't it? X: And speaking of organs ...

Me: *snorts* Me: Here it comes. Me: ...that's what she said. Me: Yep I'll just escort myself out now.

X: ... I rubbed off on you!!!! X: And here I was gonna make some heavy handed comment about reproductive organs.

Me: *side eyes Lavi* ...rubbed off on someone anyway.

X: He wishes.

Me: Well according to him, there are likely many reasons he is attributed to a rabbit, including but not extensively limited to his propensity to run away from Kanda's explosive temper. Me: *snorts and shakes head*

X: ... That was a bust. Also kinda like a bunny. So he's right there. Haha. X: Who is Bunny? X: Now that you mention it.

Me: My fiance.

X: That makes a lot more sense. X: My apologies. I will stop making sleepy innuendos. Haha. X: Coffee at midnight ain't a good idea.

Me: *snickers* You're fine. Its actually been really lifting my mood. I mean just talking to you in general but comedy is always good for the soul.

X: In that case, hold my beer and gimme that mic. It's stand up time. Pfft.

Me: Don't hurt yourself. *snorts* But yeah I'll hold your beer. U go.

X: =sits back down= X: I got nothin'.

Me: Best show. Me: Roaring applause. Me: Oscar award.

X: Ahem. You mean standing ovation? X: =taps foot=

Me: Yeah that.

X: Flowers on stage? And chocolates? X: And ... fruit baskets?

Me: *snorts*

X: I hate the fact that that sounded vaguely dirty.

Me: "Vaguelly"?

X: =hits you with a dictionary=

Me: That's fair. Me: But... Me: *opens up a page and holds it out* Me: I think the word you were looking for is "Overtly".

X: I think the word I was looking for was "Maimed."

Me: ...well that doesn't sound right.

X: Sure it does. Will describe you to a tee if you persist. X: =grins sweetly=

Me: So was that supposed to be a vague threat or an overt one...

X: Realistic. B|

Me: Glad we cleared that up.

X: We're just all about the definitions tonight, aren't we? I mean, fruit orgy, fruit salad, life is too short to care about these distinctions. X: It's all tasty anyway. X: =coughs=

Me: I have concerns.

X: Oh?

Me: Many concerns. Me: Self-explanatory concerns.

X: Start the list, I'll stop you when I feel like addressing them.

Me: Well first off. Me: Plants are asexual.

X: Imagination begs to differ. X: Anthropomorphic plants have interests. X: And they're not always wholesome. X: I don't see what your damage is.

Me: Second of all. Fruit salad is typically cut into chunks. That's like making it with a disembodied limb.

X: You're just jealous that the peach likes the green pear more than you. X: It's in chunks 'cause the clothes are off. X: I think. X: Yeah. Let's roll with that.

Me: ...if you could only have heard the wheezing sound I just made.

X: Did guy imagine a grape stripping to porn music? X: Because your life isn't complete until you imagine that.

Me: Did now. Me: Third... Me: Okay y'know what. Now I can't unthink that.

X: You're welcome. X: =sticks out grape leggy=

Me: If I have to suffer you're going to suffer with me.

X: Oh, lover peach!

Me: THIRD.

X: Yoo hoo! X: I'm sorry. Am I distracting you? X: I totally don't mean... X: Oh, wait, the grape's taking off its stockings.

Me: How would a fruit orgy even work, is what I want to ask. But then I remember fruit stems and center seed holes and I probably answered my own question. Me: You're welcome. Me: This is it. Me: This is the height of intellectual debate. Me: Fruit orgies.

X: And the banana appears on the scene. X: To give our discussion more subject matter.

Me: I'm done. You win. There is no distinction between a fruit orgy and a fruit salad.

X: Point, set, match. X: Although, I'm not sure who the winner is. X: I will never be able to eat fruit salad again.

Me: Really? I will.

X: ... Of course you will.

Me: Of course I will.

X: You are so extra. I love it.

Me: I just live to see people's baffled expressions when something like fruit salad makes me laugh uncontrollably. Me: And hey, more fruit for me. Me: Its not gonna eat itself.

X: ... No it's not. I hear that's very hard to do. Gotta be a gymnast. X: That banana might actually stand a chance.

Me: Its a shame that, despite being agnostic, I still find it in myself to believe in Hell, because there's probably a place for me in it and I don't like hot places. Me: I'm pretty sure fruit orgy counts as reasons why I probably make the list.

X: ...Based on that somber take on your future, I imagined what you must have thought. And it wasn't petty. X: Tsk tsk.

Me: I've gone down a road of no return.

X: By the House of the Rising Sin. X: No typo.

Me: Sounds about right.

X: And in that exhilarating note, I'm going to bed. (Always leave them wanting more.) X: I assume that kissy proposal shall be waiting On my desk at 10 AM sharp? X: And Gai forbid you mention fruit.

Me: Will you be mad if its there at 9:59?

X: No. But I will be if it's 10:01.

Me: Then yes ma'am.

X: I wanna say one more vaguely dirty thing. But it might be too much. Haha.

Me: Only because it'll inevitably be followed up by another. *smirks*

X: I was just gonna innocently retract my earlier statement. You can mention fruit in your proposal. As long as whip cream is involved. X: Thank you! And good night! X: I'll be here all week.

Me: Cheeky vixen. Me: Goodnight and sleep well!