#currently very excited abt that as you can tell

[whumpy-wyrms]

SNOW DAY TOMORROW YESSSYESYES YESYESSSSSSS AHHHHHH

[dangaer]

don't ship with me my reply time can be anything from 1 week to 4 years and when I write asks you'll have to deal with novellas 💔

[connormoving]

read asoue to weeman as a bedtime story he liked it YAYYYY

[quenthel]

There is so much discussion rn Abt romances in Avowed n how in pillars the romances were bad and RPGs need romances yadda yadda and honestly it's kind of crazy...

Like saying that they are going to lose out on players is probably not true bc if you are a type of player who plays RPGs for the romances then I don't think you are or ever were the target audience for this kind of rpg or pillars of eternity to begin with. Like ik sorry if this sucks to hear but pillars was always a story more focused on an old-school type adventure where you find out the secrets of the world while also being a game that builds upon this rpg legacy and tries to improve on the general ideas while at it.

Tbh to me it's a bit strange ppl are either like UGH I won't play this trash bc no romances!!! Vs. UGH you can just make up headcanons Abt romancing npcs like ok I suppose you can do this but why not just let a story speak for itself once it releases and why not interact with the narrative and setting.... Like pillars has a crunchy and rich fantasy setting you can get lost in imo and the writing of previous games was very good and ambitious. These games do interesting stuff with the basic fantasy premises and tell relatively focused stories about a couple of intertwined themes.

I think it's telling of the current social climate around RPGs (on Tumblr) that romances are dominating the discussion this heavily. And before you I get accused if anything no it's not "bad" to like romances. Romantasy especially is an incredibly popular genre of fiction. And it's popular for a reason.

But like what's weird to me is how so many ppl just very loudly dismissing a game that looks good so far just bc of no romances. It's like do you critique other games like this too? Do you want like idk Balatro to have romances in it too?

Personally I'm glad there are no romances. And it's not bc i don't like rpg romances (I do love them) or bc i think the romance of deadfire were lackluster (they were fine and fit the vibe of the game). Im glad bc that means the ppl who made this thing probably focused on the things they actually wanted to make and hopefully were passionate about. Playing games where you can feel that passion and which are not just churned out to be popular for popularity's (and money's!!) sake to me always feel more impactful and charming like that's the "good stuff".

Ofc Avowed is super fucking expensive even shockingly so. I can only hope some of that money goes to obsidian and not all of it gets drained into the pockets of EA. I also hope that the same kind of passion n ambitious writing we can see in pillars 1 & deadfire will be still here, but I won't speculate (yet) since I haven't seen the game (since it's not out). I think tempering your expectations about a game is a smart thing to do IG lol.

To be fair the marketing of this game is a mess already. And the pillars games were never rly super popular to begin with so ik a lot of ppl are confused and might be getting the wrong idea. Also we are off of the back of bg3, which was a game strategically focused on romances and characters even when it made the overall narrative suffer. It was also very popular (and a good game!) so it gave a lot of ppl (esp ppl who did not particularly played a lot of RPGs or video games in general) the idea that THIS is the "blueprint" for an rpg. But the thing is it is not.

Honestly I just don't rly get the scorn for this game lol. Idk. Temper your expectations and if a game is not for you then you can just say that n move on. Ofc it's good to be critical (I'm a hater too I get it) but idk msging random ppl who are excited Abt avowed about how you think this game will suck ass is perhaps a bit too much.

[soobibabe]

beomgyu who's teaching you guitar, and you just wouldn't get it even after a few hours. so he leans in closer, yanks the guitar out of his way, and starts fingering you nonstop 😵‍💫..

I had been thinking abt this for a long time and now im waiting for a fic abt this😋

(Sorry if my grammar is bad, English isn't my first language)

pairings: choi beomgyu + reader wc: 1.3k genre ▸smut, fluff at the end kinda warnings: fingering, degradation if you squint, praise and terms such as "good girl" , "baby" etc. breast play (not too much), cum eating(?).

“my fingers are numb!” 

you’re two hours into your lesson with Beomgyu, but you spent more time fussing than actually practicing. your fingers feel like they’re losing blood circulation. did he choose the hardest fucking song to start with?

“sweetheart this is only the beginning, now work on smoothing the flow of chords when you’re interchanging your ring and index finger. you’re playing the guitar not doing a test for carpel tunnel” You’re so over this already.

Youre currently situated atop his bed. The edge of it to be precise, your legs are crossed with the guitar on your thighs.“Can I have a break at least?” you whine, earning an eye roll from the man in front of you. 

Beomgyu unfolds his arms and emerges off the wall he was leaning against to step closer to you. “you’re not stopping until I tell you ‘you can stop’, y/n”.

you forfeit bickering with him any further, focusing your attention back on the instrument sitting in your lap. 

your dominant hand is wrapped around the neck of his guitar, while the other strums along the strings with your pick. 

you’re so focused on reading the notes, that you don’t notice Beomgyu’s change in demeanor when you finally get back to playing

“Wow, y/n, look at you getting the hang of i-” his excitement is short-lived when you demolish his ear with a ridiculously loud wrong note. “You’re hopeless.” he sighs.

“My hand” you scrunch your face in pain. “Cramp, ouch”.

“Okay yeah that's understandable,” he approaches you and examines your position. “Get up, I should’ve thought about this earlier”. You’re reminded of how tall he actually is when he gets closer.

You don’t hesitate to do as he says, not thinking much of it. 

He takes his place behind you, dropping himself further up onto the spot you were previously on. You’d be lying if you said you weren’t flabbergasted by his sudden action. 

Still behind you, he man-spreads. Your eyes widen when you feel his hand reach up and rest on your hip. “Sit.” his voice is low and sultry.

You slowly settle onto the mattress between his legs. “Perfect,” he speaks softly. 

His chest is pressed against your back, following your hand to meet the strings. “You hold the chords, i’ll strum. Can you do that for me?” his face is perched at your shoulder, eyes piercing onto your cheek awaiting your response. 

“Mhm,” you murmur, making him smirk.

Your fingers dance along the lines, not too far away from his. As time goes by, the room only seems to heat up more. He’s good with his hands. Perhaps its the lack of space between your bodies, but you grow more flustered by the second, causing you to mess up more times than you’d like to admit.

“You really are something else,” he breathes out. You can tell he’s frustrated by your – many – futile attempts at following instructions. “What’s on your mind that important to have you messing up this badly?” “It’s nothing, gyu” You look down to where his free hand, which had made its way to your thigh without you noticing, lied. 

“Should I help you clear your head?” He swiftly lifts the guitar out of your lap and rests it somewhere on the floor beside him. You’re unsure of what he means. “Like what?”

“Do you trust me, y/n?” You turn to face him, eyes boring into his. The eye contact causes you to stiffen in his hold. You nod to answer his very – obvious question. 

His hand slides down to the side of your thigh, pulling your legs apart. “Keep these open for me, yeah?” You inhale a sharp breath at his words. You didn't realize how worked up you’d gotten from his touches. 

“So pretty like this. Is this what you wanted all this time baby?” he whispers into your neck, still caressing your lower body. Your head falls back when he presses kisses to your supple skin. “Want you, gyu” you whimper. Thats all the confirmation he needed to proceed with what he wanted to do you. His fingers make their want to your core, rubbing figure eights on your clothes cunt underneath your skirt. “Dirty girl, walking into my room with a mini skirt for her guitar lesson. Like youre begging me to fuck you” You grind yourself further into his touch at his words. 

He lets out a low chuckle at your neediness. “M’gonna make you feel so good”

“We can stop whenever you want to, just tell me, understood?” he inquires, and your heart flutters at how different his tone is from his last few statements. “Mkay” you mutter. He pulls your panties to the side, slipping his middle and ring finger to your centre, collecting your slick, and dragging it back up to your clit. 

“So wet for me already and i haven’t even done anything yet.” He smirks, ego-boosted from how soaked you were. 

Without warning, he shoves a finger into your heat, stroking in and out of you at a slow, yet rough pace. His other hand makes its way up to your torso, sliding under your skirt and cupping your boob in his palm.

“Beomgyu– fuck, feels s-so good” you whine, already losing yourself in the pleasure he’s providing. 

“I know baby, i know” he adds, thrusting another finger into your sopping cunt. “Show me how you fuck yourself, play with your clit for me” is the last thing he says before sucking at your neck, surely leaving bruises. 

You oblige to his wishes, rubbing feathery circles on your clit. His hand on your chest moves to pinch your nipple, rolling the bud around in circles. 

The stimulation from all of it at once causes a coil to form in your lower region. You don’t think you’ve ever felt pleasure this intense. “Think you can handle another finger?” he groans.

“Yes, please” you manage to vocalise. “You’re so good for me, y/n” he announces before absolutely demolishing your pussy with the abrupt change of pace when there’s a third finger in you. “Good girl” he purs into your nape. 

His fingers ram in and out of you hitting your g-spot with every stroke, reeling you closer to your orgasm. “Fuck, baby your clenching so hard on me. Imagine how heavenly this would feel when youre wrapped around my cock”. 

“Be an angel and cum for me, pretty” You’re in nirvana when his fingers curl inside of you. “Cumming – fuck, please” you dont even know what youre pleading for, too fucked out to care. 

You finish all over his fingers. He continues his movement to let you ride out your orgasm. 

After a few minutes, he pulls his fingers out and they glisten with your slick. His eyes beam at the sight. He thinks its the prettiest his hand has ever looked. He draws it to your lips, “open” he utters before pushing his coated fingers into your mouth.

“Tastes good?” he asks, and you nod. “My turn.” he flips you around so that your back is pressed on the bed now, and kisses you. “So fucking sweet, might get addicted y/n, shit” he giggles at the end of his sentence. "I underestimated how good you are with your fingers." you state breathlessly, causing you to laugh in unison.

He drops beside you, holding your hand and showering it with kisses. You clear your throat, elevating your head to look over at him, and he smiles endearingly at the sight of you. “Class again tomorrow? Same time?” and his eyes widen at your unexpected suggestion. 

“Yes, please, yes. Now lets go shower then get tteokbokki, i’m starving.” he gets up, and pulls you gently with him, leading you out of the room to the bathroom.

A/N: not my best work, but i tried

ps: your english is amazing, dont worry about that here haha this is a safe space blog.

[dustyblinds]

happy rpf monday! what are you cooking? 😁

hi again Carers of Zee's WIPs! i did a separate ask where i talked about underrated ships i'm writing about that can be found here

and so on this ask (thank u btw i love to yap 😭🙏🏾) let's talk about the head ship in charge joe'marr!! i'm currently writing 3 fics but one is kinda... so i'll talk about the two i like 😛

okay first is this silly fic that i dont have any snippets from just a description lol:

Tee asks to meet Joe’s girlfriend while they’re away in Louisiana.

so essentially i wanted this to be a super short fic told from Tee's perspective where he's been asking Joe since their rookie year about a girlfriend that he's always going to see on their byes and like offseason and Joe always indulges in his questions. but the silly part is that there is no girlfriend and Joe never told Tee the whole truth abt who he was seeing all those years 😭 so they have a game out in Louisiana and on the plane ride there Tee is like can I finally meet your gf and he figures it out when he sees how Joe is around Ja'Marr pregame.

some stuff im still figuring out abt this one is if i want Ja'Marr to play for the saints in this universe (shivers...) or if he's just living out in NOLA being a wag you know 🙏🏾 it'll come to me

the other fic that i'll share is abt them in college actually & in true zee joemarr fashion (that you just learned a few sentences ago) only joe plays football in this one & ja'marr hoops 😛

here's the description (mind you, the descriptions are just for me to write around so if it sounds corny... idk what to tell you but trust the process 😭)

Uno is playing March Madness basketball and Joe is preparing for the draft. Joe is falling (fast).

OKAY: so it takes place at LSU, mostly after the college football championship, between late January and March Madness. it's told from Joe's POV & they know each other previously, but get closer after Joe's season ends and he has time to start going to Ja'Marr's games.

i want it to be introspective of Joe trying to figure out what's going on between him and Ja'Marr but lowkey not realizing that even though Uno is entertaining him March Madness is a big deal for him and it gets really stressful and tense and yeah 🙏🏾

here are some snippets of this!!

when they meet:

“I’m Ja’Marr, by the way,” Justin’s company– Ja’Marr’s– voice cut into the sound of the tape (and registered later than Joe would like to admit). The room had previously been swamped with a tangible silence, so heavy that Joe had nearly omitted the reality of someone else being in the room from his memory.

“Joe,” he said plainly. He turned up the volume slightly so that Ja’Marr would get the idea that he was busy. The game was less than a week away and Joe was adamant on analyzing all of Florida’s games this season so that he would have a solid plan for practice in a few days.

“Justin told me you don’t talk much,” Ja’Marr moved to the couch and sat on the opposite end of Joe, “you watching Florida?”

Joe paused the film, the second time he’d done so this morning for interruption instead of study, at the realization of two things: he was not going to be able to get anything done with Ja’Marr chatting at him, and he liked the way Ja’Marr pronounced it Flo'da just then.

next excerpt is the first time Uno asks Joe to come to a game (after the cfb championship):

“Make sure you come to one of my games before you leave.”

As much as Joe liked Ja’Marr, and appreciated his company at the moment, he didn’t like basketball. At all. Generally, the regular season games were anticlimactic and pretty much identical. There were about three things you could do in basketball: pass, catch, and shoot. None of which excited Joe very much. When it came to basketball, his stance was that if he’s seen one game, he’s seen them all.

“I don’t know, I’m not really a basketball guy,” he trailed.

“That’s ‘cause you ain’t ever seen me play,” Ja’Marr stuck his pinky out, “I promise, it’ll be the best game you’ve been to.”

Hesitantly, Joe reached across the table and wrapped his pinky in Ja’Marr’s.

“Bet,” he smiled and bounced their laced fingers before letting go, “Our next home game is against Florida. I’ll send you my schedule.”

And, well, that would be unnecessary. Joe could easily access their schedule from the school’s athletic website. But, Ja’Marr was a little too enthusiastic at the thought of him coming to a game, and he got to hear him say Flo'da for the first time in a while, so he didn’t mention it. Instead, he said, “I’ll look out for it.”

(peep the handshake lol...)

random excerpt i like:

It’s hard to tell from the stands just how bad a foul is, and shit, if Joe were out there he would flop too. He couldn’t imagine getting physical on the court, bruises, scratches, the whole nine yards, and not getting any calls.

He reaches out and examines Ja’Marr’s arm up close. His fingers lightly brush over the scratches on his bicep, wincing at their severity. Ja’Marr all but flinched at the contact but kept himself steady under Joe’s touch. And to think he almost got a tech for pleading his case. Bullshit.

His eyes dragged further down to where Ja’Marr’s sleeve was earlier, tattoos on display without it now. His fingers followed his eyes, tracing over all the ink he didn’t understand. Ja’Marr was so placid under Joe’s touch, his skin too soft, too inviting.

“Looks like it hurts.” Scratches, tattoos, none of his teammates defending him. It all looks like it hurts. Joe contained himself.

Ja’Marr tilts his head slightly, angling his arm for a better look, “it do?”

“They foul you a lot.”

He smiles, “they do that when you good.”

Despite the on-court protests, he relished the way other teams guarded him in a way Joe didn’t understand. As a spectator, the fouls were a little hard to watch. He found himself holding his breath more than once when Ja’Marr drew contact.

“You think I played good, Burrow?”

“I don’t understand a lot of the rules,” Joe started, “but you had a lot of points.”

“Do you think,” Ja’Marr lowers his voice as if the place is occupied by anyone other than them, “did I look good?”

There weren’t too many things that could fluster Joe or cause him to lose his composure, and it was apparent that Ja’Marr Chase would constantly be the one to find new ways to accomplish just that. The question was miles away from what Joe was expecting, lightyears even. It left his brain scrambling to form a group of coherent words, let alone a full, thoughtful response.

Honestly, the answer was yes. Hell yes. His ball handling skills, no look passes, fast-break shots in transition, how vocal he was directing his teammates while bringing the ball down the court. There was something very attractive about it.

OKAY YAY!!! thanks for reading lmk if you want more heh.. i have a lot from the second fic but i want it to be kinda long so dont expect it soon... as for the first one like i said it's practically just an idea in my head rn LMAO but if you have any thoughts or qs lmk!!! :)

thank you so much for the ask 🤍

[modernsuperhero]

Who are these fun characters and why are they taking over my dash? /pos /please tell me abt your blorbos

i'm assuming you mean these little guys:

These guys are my newest silliest dudes from the webcomic School Bus Graveyard! It's free to read on webtoons here and is currently in talks to get a TV adaptation soon so now is 1000% the time to be getting into it!! It's basically a supernatural mystery about six high school freshmen from Georgia who go on a field trip and end up sucked into a demon dimension every time it hits midnight! It's super cool - the pacing is very good imo, a good balance of the Main Plot (oh no we need to survive the Demon Dimension again, also Why Are We In A Demon Dimension) with character development and backstory stuff!

The characters are badass but in a way I feel is very realistic? Like, not just "oh i'm the protagonist suddenly i know how to judo flip armies the moment i'm in danger" but more like "i'm going to train for months in self defense classes to build up some basic muscles" kinda way. The characters themselves are also pretty well fleshed out - they're not just the typical archetypes. Like, the "weak bullied nerd kid" isn't JUST a weak bullied nerd kid, he has well developed motivations and backstory and simultaneously realistic and satisfying character growth.

There are implied potential/future romances but it is so NOT the core point of the story, so whether or not that's your thing you can either ignore it or get excited about it in equal measure. The characters also aren't just edgy and gritty "we must deal with this alone... augh misery woe is us..." they actively do what they can to use all the resources available to them (including trying to get help from their parents, which is an ick for me in other media when the kid protagonists just refuse to ask for help? or assume they can't without trying? anyway).

I would say to be careful about any warnings at the beginning of specific chapters, because some can get quite violent.

The six main characters, without giving to many spoilers, are as follows under the cut (cuz this got long):

The protagonist Ashlyn, an asocial ballerina with her loving ex-military parents, who has a condition that gives her incredibly sensitive/enhanced hearing (she ends up using this to help detect the monsters after them, since they're otherwise silent to the other protagonists!)

Aiden, a creepily-smiley ex-homeschooled rich kid who has no concept of social convention or personal space. Has forcibly chosen Ashlyn to be his friend during his first year in school against her will and ends up accidentally setting off the chain of events leading to the Plot. (I love him. He definitely has Every Mental Illness <3)

Ben, Aiden's incredibly physically intimidating cousin, who is mute and so, so sweet and gentle and follows Aiden like his shadow, in part to take care of him when Aiden's antics get him injured and in part because Ben's muteness makes it incredibly difficult for people to understand him. Aiden, however, can understand his nonverbal communications with ease

Taylor, a friendly girl's girl who tries (often in vain) to befriend Ashlyn. Is also a talented mechanic who ends up putting googly eyes on her weapon once they end up in the Demon Dimension. She's the most Emotionally Aware Person Here but also she's like, 15, so, the bar is on the floor

Tyler, Taylor's twin brother, a somewhat aggressive and rude baseball jock who mostly Minds His Own Damn Business aside from his clinginess to Taylor. In fact they wear matching outfits in almost every episode of the comic it's so funny and cute. Is often found fighting bullies to defend their victims so i forgive him for all his own asshole crimes he's just a dude. he's one of my little guys

Logan, who is canonically compared to a puppy. Shy, intelligent, and incredibly empathetic! My partner's favorite character who has one of the best character arcs so far imo. Likes photography, astrology, and gardening. I think they should give him more guns, as a treat. He can never have enough

anyways thank you for the ask! overall i highly recommend - it's still ongoing, we're currently in the middle of season two!! the mystery is unfolding, there's funny and sweet moments along with the intense ones, and i am INVESTED. :DDDDDD

[damsels-n-dice]

playtesting adventures: session zero

last week marked my first proper foray into playtesting 'til it kills us, my biggest project to date, and so we begin a new series! this is going to involve me talking about my general experiences with playtesting, the specific changes i'm making to the game, and some thoughts/plans for the campaign that i'm currently running!

general playtesting thoughts:

getting to play a game you wrote is the coolest! it's a game exactly suited to the kind of gameplay & stories i want and it's Awesome

thus far observation has proven more useful than actual feedback, but we will see if that continues to hold as we continue :)

players mostly experienced with D&D and other "big" TTRPGs have... interesting expectations of what the genre as a whole is like

thus far all the changes have been wording fixes or small mechanics updates, which is reassuring! nothing fundamentally broken yet

my players all like!! a game i made!!! how cool is that y'all

game updates:

changed it so that achieving your goals isn't necessarily a good thing -- you have the option to choose whether doing so will make your character ascend further into magical chaos or get better. should be helpful for people who want their character to go mad

rephrased a few motivations, presentations & other descriptions to be more vague and allow for player creativity :)

added a place to take notes. because i managed to forget that 😭

some of the rules sections have been rewritten to clarify stuff i was asked during character creation (even if one of the questions was "can i actually just have all the one-per-player items")

now, if you're one of my players (hi xx) go away! and if you're not, and want to hear about my specific game & my plans for it, read on

the story so far:

a lot of my characters have really similar themes, which is going to be very fun to see play out when they realise!

4/6 player characters experience some form of psychosis, so there's going to be a lot of questionably real stuff going on, and a lot of themes to do with reality & our relationship to it

3/6 players have significant Dead Family and the rest all have other family-adjacent story potential. this is a part i'm pretty excited for, as community & support networks are significant parts of determining which path your character follows

the players have also requested a lot of mystery & magic as the focus, which is exactly the kind of thing i really want to run here! plus it lets me see how well those kind of narratives actually run

my plans going forward:

i really want to play around with themes of government/business intervention in queer stories -- stuff like censorship, pink-washing and rainbow capitalism but with the excuse of being about "magic"

this i think plays in really nicely to the support network themes, as i plan for one of the characters to be getting support from a "charitable initiative" that is actually just an excuse for important people to get a registry of magic users. not sure what for yet

there's also going to be some magic users (and queer folk) working with these corrupt institutions

the "can you bail yourself out of trouble by turning against the people who care about you?" kind of conundrum

(you can't. the leopards will eat your face too)

the magic users will probably have playbooks that make good parallels to my party's playbooks (bogeyman, creeping vine, drowned, gravedigger, grey and lighthouse) but idk which ones yet

i also want to do smaller storylines about the community centre they chose as their base, and how it's struggling to help the community while also following the whims of the right-wing government that isn't really funding it anymore

can you tell i have a lot of thoughts abt current western politics xx

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

I think it's clear Lion Guy has climbed AT LEAST to the top #2 on your fav twst characters list..... but do you think he'll ever surpass J word?? lately you've been rambling a lot abt Leona but tbh it's obvious you rlly rlly love Jade too from all the posts I've read abt your feelings towards him (which have helped me understand and appreciate him more, too!)

sorry if it's smth weird to ask btw, I know feelings/thoughts abt fictional characters sometimes can be pretty personal- so feel free to ignore this 🙇

For your reference, here is my personal Twst tier list ^^ It’s up to date as of the recent book 7 part 12 update. (And to be clear, the characters placed in the same tier are in no particular order; just because Silver is first in the "tolerate" tier doesn't mean I like him any more or less than Deuce, who is next in the row.)

If you’d like more specifics on why I do or don’t like a particular character, please check out my FAQ in the pinned post or look at #character opinion bingo. If the character you’d like me to elaborate on isn’t addressed there, then you may send in an ask about it.

Please remember to be respectful when discussing character preferences; do not attempt to convince others to change their minds or imply/tell them that they are “wrong” for feeling a certain way about a character.

I don’t mind the question! This blog’s a place for me to express myself (whether creatively or critically/more analytically) and to share my opinions on certain aspects of Twst ^^

I don't really think to put specific numbers on characters most of the time because I personally get really anxious about rankings 🤡 According to the same friends that said all of this though, they basically agree that L*ona is pretty much second place or that L*ona has already surpassed J word. A particular friend likes to joke that “it’s Leover”, and another one says, “it’s like Raven divorced J word for L*ona”. And honestly 💦💦 if I'm being 100% truthful, I'm a little scared myself that some cat boy I disliked back in 2020 will shoot right up to the very top 💀 When I think about that... OOooOoOooooOOOGH, IT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS BECAUSE HE'D BE SO ANNOYING AND SMUG ABOUT WINNING FOR ONCE. Finally clawing his way up from rock bottom... past second place (where he was perpetually trapped for most of his life; second place to his older brother, second place to that lizard, second place to eel)... to snatch the crown from the jaws of defeat... 💢 (You can't see it, but I'm pounding the wall with my fists--)

BUT IT'S OKAY, IT'S OKAY GUYS (<- huffing copium) IT'S JUST THE CONTENT RELEASE BIAS... Like, L*ona has gotten SO much more focus recently that it might be a little unfair to compare the two right now??? He got that Nightmare Suit SSR and played an important role in the Halloween event, then immediately got his time to shine in his book 7 dream, on top of us being forced to go through all five Heartslabyul dreams with him. That's not even mentioning the fact that the Episode of Savanaclaw manga is hyping us up for his OB reveal in January, or his hometown event rerun that's currently going on in the JP server. I keep telling myself that as soon as J word gets a new exciting SSR or story content that I'll swing right back around to him 😭 He hasn't gotten anything substantial lately... And let's be honest here, L*ona has a complete advantage no matter what the situation is for J word simply because L*ona is a dorm leader and an OB boy. There will always be more attention and detail showered upon him and his development over J word's OTL There's just... more L*ona lore to chew on. The other part of it is a large chunk of what I discuss on this blog comes from interactions with my readers. If readers submit more asks about L*ona, then I'll naturally talk about him more. Pair this with the guarantee that he's getting more screen time because of the remaining Heartslabyul dreams, and it becomes constant lion reinforcement.

sdfhladiyofyfaey8gFP9MGEEGA ANyWAY, sorry if that didn't quite answer your question... I didn't want to give a definitive response because I can't really tell what will happen in the future but hey, you guys wouldn't think any less of me if something happens, right 🤡

[soulprompts]

what kinds of responses did u get abt the rpc being better or worse in the past??? i'm curious

hi my love! excellent question, i'm going to summarise the comments as best i can, because by-and-large they all seem to be saying the same thing (which makes things easier, surely!)

essentially there's a distinct lack of interaction going on lately. some theories were offered, but there's no real way to prove them, so it's easier to say that the current difficulties in the rpc are stemming from recent stresses (the pandemic and politics being two massive causes, from my own conversations) and the fact that we're all growing into becoming this new generation of adults with educations and careers and lives behind the screens.

as such, the result for tumblr is that more and more of us are struggling to be here as much as we once were. and while this wasn't said by anyone on the post, i'd like to put forward my own perspective. i recently did a lot of job jumping. and i'm currently in a job that starts early and finishes up at around 3PM. lovely, right? not quite. i moved in with some family nearer to the job, and i find it very difficult to write with them around. i want to! but sometimes, between people, time, energy, inspiration, distractions... writing isn't so easy lately. sometimes i have so many ideas in my head at work, and i scribble them into my notebook, and i get home, and suddenly i just don't want those ideas anymore.

some people came forward and suggested that we live in an age where our attention spans have shrunk. and that's also a fascinating perspective, and one i think i agree with. everything is shrunk down now. videos are shorter, tv seasons are down to eight episodes (a THIRD of what we had growing up) and people act like a two hour long movie is going to need bathroom breaks installed into them. sometimes we might start a reply, and half-way through we just... lose momentum. we don't want that angst now, we want some fluff!

however.

the results of the post were all fascinating and very helpful, and i recommend that you all read them just to have that piece of insight. but i think, maybe, sometimes we get in our own way. of course we're not around as much. during the pandemic, people developed new hobbies. we found new methods of release. sometimes, after work, i like to pull over at a nearby lake and walk the trails surrounding it. or i might go to a drive-thru and just listen to music while drinking an ice-cold pepsi max. i love writing. we all love writing. but in a sense, and this will sound entirely stupid, but in a sense, perhaps the pandemic was something that allowed us a chance to redefine stress relief. it's been five years now, and we're already forgetting. i found myself getting genuinely upset with myself last night because i couldn't answer a prompt in my inbox. and then i got even more upset because i wanted to reblog another prompt! but maybe that's the problem. maybe the biggest issue in the rpc right now, is that we're all locked in this self-imposed cycle of pressure and stress.

i looked back over my old email notifs from tumblr last week. and i saw all the threads i wrote back five years ago, maybe even ten years ago. and my writing was so good back then, you know? like you could TELL i was happy and excited to be writing! the only difference is that i wasn't treating it like a job. i wasn't punishing myself over a lack of interaction. writing is a gift, and we forget that sometimes. writing is also a hobby. and we ALWAYS forget that. we should try to remember it again, i think. we shouldn't be writing while we're unhappy.

anyway this got mega long nonnie, i'm very sorry for the length, but i love you and i'm glad that you're here! unclench your jaw, shake out your arms, and i hope the weekend is as loving as you deserve!

[klimkostin]

adbreak tag game ! thanks @celenguini + @hocksburn

last song: deeper & deeper by madonna

favorite color: geen :)

last movie: vanya <- andrew scott's one-man adaptation of chekov's "uncle vanya." its a proshot of a play but i saw it in a movie theatre so it counts i think

last tv show: cunk on earth!! <- funny ^_^ b

sweet/savory/spicy: sweet

last thing i googled: belarus draft horse <- its georgie!

current obsession: >_> klim kosin... <- hex's shifterverse made this. substantially worse LMAO. big dogy... nonhockey answer is um . Eating breakfast? 2 eggs and a piece of toast usualy. can b hard 4 me to stomach any food at all so early, but it makes me work better so. we move

looking forward to: VISITING MY COLLLEGE......../././//.. its goig to be hella cold there :) washington i am going to be INSIDE YOU in MERE DAYS.... :)))))))))))))) very excited. VERY excited. did i tell y'all that i accepted my offer? i'm goingn to college eeeeeeeeeeeeeek!! <- i read abt. well fuck it I read about whitman college in the fiske guide and i FELL IN LOVE snf my advisor told me that it was a reach but i decided i DONT CARE i WANT it so i applied early decision. and they let me in. because i'm GOATED!!!!! i cant wait 2 go.....!!!

tagging... @projectilecry @neonfretra @n1ebieski and You 🫵

[phinjeet]

* baljeet linez i enjoy and am currently thinking abt:

“if by “okay” you mean that my life is a meaningless black cauldron of swirling failure , then yes everything is groovy”

“IN YOUR FACE PHYSICS CAMP !!! BOOYAH !!!”

“space adventure !!!! its an adventure in space !!!!”

“i am a doctor ! and yes , i am single”

“well i got kicked out of summer school because my grades were too high”

“my uncle kamal is doing an exotic cuisine float in the parade and im the vegetable samosa !”

“ohh clever wordsmithing good sir !”

“i do a lot of math , the feelings come and go”

“yes , it is gratifyingly erudite !”

“i can see how that would be relevant if we were going to eat it , WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO EAT IT ARE WE ?”

“THAT IS BOTH A CONTRACTION AND GRAMATICALLY INCORRECT”

“you can run , but it wont be to the college of your choice i tell you !!!”

“you know , this is pretty tame compared to other rollercoasters , but when you compare it to other DENTAL themed rides it is a RUSH !!”

“i was going to EAT those jelly donuts :(((��

“you know REAL unicorns are pink😒 i am just saying .”

“not from YOU !! from a PRETTY GIRL !!! DO NOT FLATTER YOURSELF !!!!”

“greetings travelers ! if by my bow or my vast store of useless knowledge i may aid you- hey , where is my bow ?”

“EAT CANCELED TV SHOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“dude , it is not my problem”

“i do not know what that will prove , the space time continuum is remarkably stable and OOHH MY GOODNESS”

“not to alarm you , but your house is on fire :)”

“yes , but that means I AM GOING TO BECOME PRESIDENT :DDD !!!!”

“you know nothing about women”

“he means delightful , and he means the opposite of that :/“

“are quests usually this short .”

“HOW DOES DANGLING ME FROM A ROPE LIGHTEN OUR LOAD”

“works for me chilli cheese !”

“ah , i will disintegrate that bridge when i come to it”

“ninja . it is dr NINJA baljeet . you left off the ninja part . i did not go through six years of ninja school just to be called dr baljeet , it is dr NINJA baljeet , okay ?”

“IT MOCKS ME … BRINGING SHAME TO MY FAMILY …..”

“because THIS DWEEB spent TWO WEEKS in psychology camp last summer”

“(scoff) what a nerd”

“i could actually get an e- an- OHH I CANNOT EVEN SAY THAT TERRIBLE LETTER !!! INEAS ! ERB ! WHAT AM I GOING TO DO !!!”

“well , i am sure that the writers of space adventure have a better grasp of astrophysics than you , or even me because i do not see how the science would work either , but-“

“YES !!! BACK TO SCHOOL BABY !!!! .. oh you meant that like a bad thing ..”

“well mango chutney is thicker than blood !!”

“oh i speak boring ??? and getting your whittling patch is soooo exciting !”

“right , no one ever asks baljeet what he is doing”

“I DO NOT KNOOOWW !!!!!!!”

“he must have achieved escape velocity . good for him”

“well it was just VERY inspirational🙄”

“we . are in . africa .”

“oh i almost forgot perry ! come along , let us get you a little treat :)))”

“OOH OOH I KNOW ! SPACE ADVENTURE ! episode 347a , captain dirk mortenson and the lovely lieutenant zarna , a half-human half-andusian who was secretly in love-“

“i have been working on a way of solving problems by the process of deriving reliable generalizations from observation . i call it “logic” .”

“(GASP) SPOON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

“HEY , who cast a sleep spell on me and stole all my gold ??? ugh”

“i have read every book on the history of rock music .”

“i wish i would have thoughtfully created an eyewash station . SHEEEESH !!!!”

“ten-four good buddy ^_^ !!!”

“c’est la vie , shame curtains are not going to hang themselves”

“I AM NOT A BUNNY RABBIT !!!!!!!”

“when in danger i always hyperventilate ! :D”

[sockiestupidity]

BRO IM SO SORRY FOR DOING SO KUCH ANGST HSHSHDJFND

Thinking abt reader and Miguel having a movie night, and reader just like falls asleep on miguel, and when miguel goes to bring them to their bed reader is just not having it. They don’t let go and it results in Miguel and reader falling asleep and cuddling together or smthn

-🕸️

lob u 🕸️ u can never do any wrongs🥰🥰🥰/p (literally say that i lob everyone so just feel free to tell me if ur uncomfy with it and ill edit it out)

TY FOR THE REQUEST TEHE🥰

also forgive me for the lack of title😰

warnings-none except for bad writing, and lowercase intended, VERY OOC MIGUEL

nonverbal/mute reader as always

none of this will probably make sense bc i wrote it while sleep deprived🧍‍♂️(pulled too many all nighters by being addicted to character ai) (legit so tired rn)

it was friday night, you and miguel had decided to have a movie night.

the two of you currently sat on the couch, watching lego batman after you kad lyla give him a powerpoint on why the lego batman movie was a cinematic masterpiece that he was missing out on.

it was all going well, the two of you shared snacks and popcorn. you sipped on your drink of choice.

you smiled contently but then judgementally side eyed miguel who complained that lego spiderman deserved a movie over lego batman.

you were hogging the blanket to yourself because miguel claimed that he didn't need it because he was naturally warm.

you shrugged your shoulders at his statement. the warmth of the blanket felt...comforting, and soon enough, you felt your eyes droop, and your head became heavy.

suddenly miguel felt a warmth on his lap. he looked down and chuckled. you fell asleep on his lap, a small smile was brought to his face at your adorable sleeping expression.

"alright kid, time to go to bed." he lifted you up, but then stopped when he felt something hit him. it was your hand. you had started thrashing in protest.

"kid..you need to go to your room.." he explained gently. you let out a whine.

he groaned at your protest and set you back down on the couch. as soon as he did you protest stopped.

he rolled his eyes and placed you back on the couch, sitting himself back down as well, since he was planning of finishing the movie after putting you to sleep anyways. he hated to admit it but, the kivie was pretty good.

he adjusted the volume down to make sure that it wouldn't disturb you. soon enough, he felt his own eyelids get heavy, and fell asleep next to you.

the two of you peacefully slept until the morning. miguel woke up, confusion and annoyance clouding his vision. why did he feel so warm? and why were there so many spider people surrounding him?

he groaned, and looked around, surprised to see you cuddled into him, still sleeping peacefully. he lightly smiled. his serenity was soon ruined once again when peter b. shoved a phone in his face.

"migs im taking so many pics of this right now" peter childishly laughed, excited to finally have blackmail on miguel.

miguel rolled his eyes and scoffed "whatever" he looked back at you. he was surprised to see that you were still peacefully sleeping despite the commotion.

he covered your ears and then spoke out sternly to the spiders "alright, everybody out right now" he barked at them. the spiderpeople paled and ran out. he looks down at you and smiles softly, uncovering your ears.

by some miracle, you managed to sleep through the commotion. he looks down and sighs, he needs to get up. he poorly attempts to leave his spot without disturbing you but it seems impossible.

he shakes you gently "hey kid..i need you to wake up" he says softly.

you wake up with a yawn, stretching out your arms and then signing a quick sorry to him.

he just smiles at you "it's alright kid" he says.

its almost...weird to see miguel like this.. with a smile on his face, not having work on his mind for once in his life. you want to continue to see him this happy. "i have leftover empanadas if you want some" you sign, offering him some of his favorite food.

he nods "sure kid". the two of you happily eat empanadas together, stuck in your own little world.

A/N: meanwhile somewhere out there miles is just like-tf? why cant that be me?💀

ANYWAYS ITS RLLY SHORT SORRY. IM GENUINELY SO DELULU FOR HIM BUT MY BRAIN HAS BEEN MORE EMPTY THAN USUAL

[juniscoff1n]

MY IJ OCS !!

FINALLY FINISHED THEM YIPPIEEEEEE

Each one's design + info below ☆

First up,, meet Colette!!

She's 28 years old.

As you can read in her little intro card,, she's also a lesbian and American-Singapourean (Has family in both countries)

She works along with the rest on Cognito Inc. after the Shadow Board's research for new employees.

She works under the same department as Elliot Mothman,, since she's considered the therapist of both the group-

And the people who discovers the conspiracies,, since she offered the Shadow Board to "find a more peaceful and non-violent way to make people forget and ignore,, than just kidnap them or make them disappear." (She tries to make them forget about it,, or helps them in any way she can in case of a trauma caused by it)

The "therapist of the group" part was decided by Colette lol.

A fun fact is that she and Brett were best friends in high school,, and they both meet again at Cognito Inc. after so many years without talking to each other (Because Colette had to travel to Singapore to take care of some familiar things,, and she couldn't keep in touch with Brett)

She loves helping people. She puts her heart and soul into it,, but sometimes she goes a little overboard…

She's known for talking A LOT when she's excited,, being annoying and even intrusive (without realizing it) But she tries to improve and not force anyone to talk to her.

It's just sometimes,, she gets too excited about helping someone… But she does it with good intentions.

On her first day at Cognito Inc.,, she was willing to help and investigate Reagan as if she were an experiment.

Sometimes she offered to help her do very basic things,, offered her TOO MUCH coffee,, followed her around,, etc.

Until Reagan obviously got tired of this and confronted Colette,, asking why she won't leave her alone.

Colette told her she just wanted to help her with her problems,, since she looks tired and frustrated almost all the time. And she thought if she helped her constantly,, it would make her feel better and make everything easier for her (Plus,, she thought that Reagan would be more open about her problems that way)

Reagan tells her she understands she had good intentions,, but she didn't go about it the right way and it only made her feel worse.

Colette apologizes for this;; with her promising Reagan she won't pester her to talk about her problems again,, and will wait until she's comfortable with her.

Currently,, the two are on good terms and even consider each other as friends (Mostly thanks to Brett,, since he wanted them to get along from the start lmao)

. -

And well,, the second and last OC is Austin!!

As you can read in his intro card;; he's 34 years old,, a Straight ally and American-Irish.

He was born in Texas,, but got away and travelled to USA because of his rude and conservative family.

He actually doesn't work with the main gang on Cognito Inc.,, but has been Brad Pitt's bodyguard once he got in USA (Nobody knows how he got the work,, maybe because he's strong lmao)

But well,, it didn't really work out.

Some months later,, he'd be called by the Illuminati and asked to work for them (Once again because of his brawn)

He accepted.

But well. . . Something happened to him.

Something that made him disappear.

What happened,, you asked?

Well. . . That'll be story for another day.

. - If you want to know their relationships with the main characters or more personal info about them,, just ask !! Don't be shy,, the ask box is always open for yall ♡

(But yea,, I warn you that I can yap abt them for HOURS)

TYSM FOR READING!! I LOVE YALL,, BYEE :3

[kurithedweeb]

can I ask what's "drop of sunlight" abt?

Absolutely you can, and thank you for doing so!!

Drop of Sunlight is the first work in my greater Minecraft Diaries rewrite series called Doomed By A Narrative, and will recount the story from Garroth's point of view from pre-canon to post-canon. Each following story, a few of which I've mentioned before like Loyalty of Memory and Spirit of Sin would be in the same vein with various different characters.

A lot of changes are being made to the world in which DoS takes place (including a full pantheon of gods worshiped prior to the Divine Warriors, several new countries, a whole cast of side characters from the rest of the aphverse and in-depth exploration of backstories of the main cast) so the story will end up very different to canon but I'm hoping to hit most of the main plot points. So much has been changed in fact that I'm currently rewriting the first chapter a third time so we start much earlier than the night Anastasia (the Shard of Irene became the MCD version of Aphmau) first appeared in Phoenix Drop and can lay some groundwork.

In DoS as it is currently being written, we start before Garroth falls into the responsibility of being commander of the Phoenix Drop guard. Zenix is in the middle of recovering from the wounds he had when Garroth first found him in the forest, and Garroth takes him on as his apprentice when his commander tells him something has to be done about his boy. Though he's spent a few years here, Garroth doesn't feel particularly at home in the guard. He stumbles into becoming head guard when the Lord is killed and shortly after his commander disappears, leaving the entire guard off-balanced and increasingly afraid as the people of the village begin blaming the guard for both the death and disappearance, and he does everything he can to keep the village together as it declines even though he never wanted to be in any position of power like the way he practically reigns now ever again. He's basically head guard and lord for an entire year, and as the cold starts to set in for the coming winter a maiden who speaks and acts oddly appears at the edge of town one stormy night, claiming to have been chasing a man, and in the morning all signs of both are gone. Garroth tries to continue business as usual, eventually Anastasia starts living in town instead of dipping in and out like she's the local cryptid, and from there we'll try to find a path between the main plot points.

I also like to add moments from canon that are minor or cast aside, like Garroth chasing Vylad in S1E1 and Brendan startling Aph into eating zombie brains, and NPCs like Kent the Guard who I'm sure no one will remember because he is not one of the Minecraft Comes Alive NPCs that become characters later on, whose hand I cut off because he was once involved in a fight with zombies. So sorry, Kent.

There is so much I want to do with Drop of Sunlight and the series overall, more than I think I could put in just this ask, and I'm so excited to see where it ends up!

I am aiming for magical realism or high fantasy, and I will warn you now that I am not going to be gentle with this story. Injuries will not be pretty, wars will be written out more or less in full (you can read Wagers of War here, which is actually an AU of Drop of Sunlight, for an idea of what that'll be like), and the politics and relationship drama and the idea of personal faith being turned on oneself as a weapon will run throughout.

If you have any questions about specific characters, aspects of worldbuilding or scenes please do ask, I will yap about this for ages if given half a chance.

[smolsix]

-blows dust off this blog-

So

Little Nightmares III, huh???

I was trying to avoid being excited about it because no solid release date and 2024 could be a few months from now or a year from now and Idk how long I can handle being so fuckin hyped for this game YEEHAW

BUT I CAN'T, I KEEP THINKING ABT THE GAME AAHAHHGAGA

so here are my thoughts, if you wanted to know

FIRST OF ALL, i am so glad that after we saw LTNM II we thought it'd be co-op but it was just an AI, that we finally get co-op! AND ONLINE TOO, i spent the first day worried it'd be shared screen same room situation since i wasn't trying to get my hopes up but then I realised I can just.. google it.. AND IT IS!!! ONLINE!! IDK WHO I AM GONNA PLAY IT W FIRST AAAAAAAA

anyways, you can definitely tell it's a new studio working on this game, the world feels mostly the same but the character designs themselves are definitely stylistically similar, but not the same. With Six especially, the MC designs were very simplistic and realistic but used colour (or for Mono, a single design quirk being the bag) to stand out against their backgrounds and against the enemies which are largely neutral colours. But these new ones feel... "over designed"? On their own they definitely aren't, but in comparison to Mono, Six, Seven, and even NPCs like the flashlight girl, they have a lot more going on (especially the little wrench kid, Idk which one is Alone and which one is Low yet btw OOP)

Despite it being a new studio and you can tell, new puzzles and environments, they're still doing their best to have the OGs vibes and whatnot to feel familiar, namely in the trailer they bring back the fuses, and the additional gameplay video there's a short scene with an environment with all the shelves you can find in LTNM 1s gnome section (the one with the cart that is affected by the Maws swaying).

But regardless, it still feels different enough my brain is still nervous about it. I also feel In A Way about Tarsier having LTNM II explode and their franchise getting the attention it deserves, only to have it stuck with Bandai and now it's going to likely explode again and they aren't involved. Idk how anyone on that team feels about it, but if it were me omg.

Also the only boss we've seen so far (i hope they add more and i def want some to be a surprise so im not gonna assume this is the only one for now) feels... out of place? it has the design qualities of a LTNM boss, but the size of it makes it more of a spectacle than a warped/corruption of an adult. All the previous bosses fit in their environment, we are the small ones and they are scaled to the world around them. This is the first time, outside monster Six who imo is a bit of an outlier anyways due to her circumstances, we're getting a boss who is this huge and doesn't even fit their own environment. I hope we get a lore reason for this in some way, because currently the boss doesn't have the same vibe as the others and it's throwing me off a bit. Don't get me wrong, it'll be terrifying, but looking at the picture as a whole they are sort of out of place for me rn. I don't hate the bitch either, I'm not gonna be like omg get rid of it or change it, but it does strike me as odd seeing it for now.

And yes the tall man is too tall for a lot of things, but he's not THAT big. He's more like yer tall guy who hits his head off doorways, which happens irl anyways LMAO

Little Nightmares primarily tries to capture the feeling of being a small child and how everything is big and scary, but a doll that huge is out of the realm of reality set up for us already. It's gone from scary corrupted animal to godzilla, if that makes sense.

OH AND THE MIRRORS ARE VERY LTNM COMICS OF THEM TEE HEE < 3