#drab drab drab memes

[vanalex]

[i-am-kat-hi]

The war of the chemists

[confettimafia]

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I can’t be the only one that noticed this right?

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[xaviergalatis]

Lol

[miscellaneous-misty]

diligent nerd sukuna who is the most strict, grumpy, arrogant nerd you have ever met.

diligent nerd sukuna who feels the need to intervene when you sit next to him near the front of the lecture hall on the first day of class. with all the typos and mistakes you're making on your notes, he thinks it's either a fluke or a miracle that you even got into this advanced course.

diligent nerd sukuna who corrects your misunderstandings about the lecture and material as you write the information down, insulting you after the lecture for bringing a laptop for taking notes when you clearly should've brought a notebook. writing notes by hand is better for remembering the material in the long run, don't you know something so basic? idiot.

diligent nerd sukuna who nearly snaps his pencil in half when you shrug and tell him you never really take notes for most of your courses. when you tell him you never study for the exams, he really does break his pencil then.

diligent nerd sukuna who is personally offended by your unreasonably relaxed attitude and utter disregard for your academic career. he drags you to the campus library, demanding for you to sit down and learn to study. you shrug and go along with him, a coy smile teasing the edges of your lips as sukuna unknowingly makes you skip class.

diligent nerd sukuna who sits next to you and hands you a spare notebook he carries in his backpack because of course he carries an extra notebook with him, do you take him to be an idiot like you?

diligent nerd sukuna who lectures you for three hours (with 15 minute breaks in between because obviously breaks are important for absorbing the material properly) on proper studying methods and note-taking. you sit there, smiling and nodding blankly, admiring his handsome face and the muscles bulging underneath his drab clothes, wondering what his body looks like underneath.

diligent nerd sukuna who takes everything way too seriously. he'll scoff whenever you try to show him any memes or videos during the breaks, judging you for wasting your time on stupid content instead of relaxing in a more productive and useful manner, telling you to join him in stretching and taking a walk instead.

diligent nerd sukuna who doesn't understand what you find so funny about his dress sense. yes, he wears glasses, sweater vests, white button-up shirts tucked neatly into his crisp khaki pants, and sensible shoes. what do you mean it doesn't suit his personality? what do you mean his tattoos don't match the vibe of his outfit? are you trying to piss him off?

diligent nerd sukuna who gets pissed off when you tell him your grades are decent enough, so you don't see the point in studying or trying hard. you'll get your degree either way, it's not like it matters. but he scoffs, telling you that it's important to understand the material properly because if you don't, your incompetency will negatively impact everyone you interact with at your place of work once you graduate. he holds his chin high, looking down on you as he says that you shouldn't settle for less if you want the best possible outcome for yourself and for the world around you.

diligent nerd sukuna who really can't understand why the hell you stared at him for a moment before laughing and calling him cute. you really must be stupid to respond like that.

diligent nerd sukuna who patiently explains every question or concept you don't understand, despite having a grouchy demeanor about him. when he leans in close to you to look at what you've written, you can feel his body heat radiating from him, hot and inviting, the faint smell of his fresh, minty breath making you wonder what it would taste like to kiss him. the three hours pass by quickly with a tutor like him.

diligent nerd sukuna who gets the funniest, goofiest look of shock on his face for about a millisecond when you tell him you missed a class because of his spontaneous study session with you.

diligent nerd sukuna who is immediately angry that you didn't say anything about the class you were supposed to attend. he's even more livid when you shrug and say he was more interesting than your class. you still should've attended instead of skipping!

diligent nerd sukuna who looks like he wants to throttle you when you giggle cutely at his reaction, a weird feeling fluttering around in his stomach at the twinkle in your eyes. you jot down your number in his spare notebook, winking at him as you tell him to hit you up sometime for another study session.

diligent nerd sukuna who watches you leave, annoyed that you left the notebook behind. what was the point of taking all those notes if you weren't going to keep them for reviewing later? wasn't it obvious he was going to let you keep the damn thing?

diligent nerd sukuna who decides to never text or call you because you're a carefree slacker, a simpleton who flows through life all easy breezy. the complete opposite of him. he should only be surrounding himself with like-minded people who value success above all else.

diligent nerd sukuna who caves in less than twenty-four hours, telling himself he's just messaging you because it's good for him to explain the concepts to someone else to reinforce his own understanding. he's only doing this for his own benefit. it's definitely not because he can't stop thinking about your smile or laugh or the way you look at him like you want more. definitely not because of that.

diligent nerd sukuna who glares at you when you two meet again and you tease him for contacting you so soon, singsonging that he definitely likes you. he adamantly denies it, insisting that this is the last time he'll be studying with the likes of you. no, he isn't pouting. why would you even suggest that? stop laughing and let's get to work already!

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[xenosagaepisodeone]

I've spent so much of my life perfecting the art of walking on eggshells in largely conservative environments that I think when openly gay people see me in my normie ass ponytail and drab cardigans they probably think I'm homophobia coded. when we make eye contact I probably appear so clenched that to them the intention behind my gaze is impenetrable and alien. It's literally the homura meme.

[lyriumrain]

Browsing the avowed subreddit again (i know), and i see more people talking about Marius being intolerable, whiny, etc. And I'm at the point where I'm asking myself if there's something weird about ME.

I think i have a fairly low tolerance for drab or nagging characters, but every time Marius said he didnt want to do something dangerous, or advised against doing something dangerous, I just chuckled and kept playing. Like, I just can't understand the headspace of someone who was taking these comments completely seriously, so seriously in fact that they left him in camp for the whole game and think he's a bad character.

Idk man i just thought "Oh, you!" and played the damn game. You know that meme of the guy and the dog looking at each other? Wait i found it, it's literally called "oh you" lmao

Anyway this was my experience with early game Marius and it all made so much more sense when you get deeper into his story 🫶 I love himb

[starlight-eclipsed]

Honestly if the chain saw most of legato's clothes

I genuinely hope they didn’t have to endure either the cheetah or cheerleader outfit

Because those two are their own category of questionable

The frost bite tunic,voe tunic (totk) kind of weird in fact

Like it looks like it would not do a good job protecting legato from injuries

When it really is just a cat girl outfit and a very short two piece with Pom Poms

Like that looks like drag and on one hand good for him for having the courage to wear it (most likely at a publicly viewed event at that… cheerleader is hilarious in the drabland because you can cheer people on with a fun animation but is more of a meme in the arena because it has low damage output…like how cursed thighs outfit mains sometimes appear for fun when it is the most ridiculous outfit next to bear minimum)

But also the chain probably would freak out if legato showed up in either of the three outfits in any kind of arena lol

First thing he has basically no armor in a gladiator ring of all places

Second they think he just a lil guy who is already in a bad spot with a horrible childhood (yeah the childhood part kinda true though ) being exploited for entertainment

And then also the fact that the whole stadium probably is having a blast over the eccentrics and depending on how much the announcer plays with the fact that a joke battle is happening

Yeah the chain is probably going to combust with rage while legato is trying to tell them to chill out and that putting on a good performance in a joke battle can be good publicity even when you lose most times (completely ignoring the fact that they don’t want him to have that kind of publicity or any kind of publicity and are probably just barely restraining themselves from burning the entire kingdom down over it)

Would be even worse if legato by that point realized that it probably looks horrible with the context of them thinking he is a lil guy then tells them technically he is an adult since the moment he entered the drab lands (accidentally not realizing just how vague he was lol)

While time has flashbacks of the time when termina considered him an adult for having a sword and completely hates the implications

Because by that point even if legato tried to mention that it was obvious legal and he was an adult

The chain probably would have taken it the wrong way regardless

He is just eternally a lil guy and it already happened to be a bit too long for him to reveal he is an adult

Oh, I absolutely left those out for a reason. There is no context I could put them in that isn't creepy for the child that Legato appears as, so while I personally adore the cheerleader outfit and appreciate the speed buff with the cheetah...Legato is smart enough to know what would've happened if the Chain saw those outfits. If Warriors freaked out about the Showstopper, those other outfits were a no-go. He'd rather avoid starting a second witch hunt thank you very much.

(Granted, the undersuit that comes with his epilogue outfit puts those options back on the table, somewhat. It'll probably be fine so long as nobody thinks about it too much.)

[asharkapologist]

Fandom Opinion Chart + Explanations Under the Cut

I love Giulietta, it's as simple as that,,, her character growth from her selfish attitude towards her sister before the game, to trying to make her way into high society, to returning to her roots but finding love in a man supposed to be her enemy, to trying to stop the gang war that takes almost everything from her, to later leading a resistance against a dictator is incredible to watch. She's the real main character of Crimson Banks and Capital Peak idc. She endures so so much heartache, I cried both times I played In Love and War, that case genuinely makes me feel ill, and yet she manages to get back up because she's just that strong. I hope she was happy after the game ended.

On the other hand, I despise Jack. He makes several sexist comments throughout the game (I've half a mind to compile them to prove my point), and I have no idea how someone as immature and annoying as him managed to get a job in Interpol. His relationship drama with Asal is insufferable to sit through, and the way he constantly whines about her in South America and North America months after they broke up made me want to throw my phone, especially with the awful way he treats her after she's stabbed and almost died. And then in Travel in Time, he's just boring.

I initially didn't like Samson at first because he killed one of my favorite characters for a stupid reason (accompanied by a confusing message--how was Malcolm supposed to know Archie's death was targeted towards him?) but now I love him because his plan was so dumb and he's fun to meme on and he's REALLY hot.

Nebet is like my favorite main antagonist and it's so sad that she's gone for like two whole districts because even though I saw it coming, her betrayal HURT. Like 99% of s6's writing effort went into her, and she would have been a good antagonist even if she hadn't returned after killing her father, but the fact that she comes back and kills her younger self because she changed in exile makes her such an interesting character. I want to know so much about her, her thoughts while she was working with the team, and especially her epiphanies in exile, how she changed in exile and decided to turn against her parents and their goals. That's incredible fanfic material. She's also incredibly beautiful just LOOK AT HER.

Trevor Finn sucks. Fake af shark "expert" who probably just gave himself that title after watching Jaws but never bothered doing any research about sharks because he just spews misinformation and stereotypes about sharks that aren't true. For some reason, Pacific Bay really hated sharks. But other than that, there's not much else to mention about him, when with Jack I at least have stuff to complain about.

I realllly don't like Rozetta and do NOT think she was redeemed, even if Denise was a greater evil. I feel like people brush over the fact that she was KIDNAPPING AND TORTURING HOMELESS PEOPLE TO DEATH. She abducted who knows how many people and conducted horrific, torturous human experimentation on them that only one person (Zoe) survived, and nothing indicated she felt any remorse for those crimes, she only started fighting against Denise when Denise betrayed her and her friends. And even though Zoe escaped, Rozetta started the chain of events that led to Zoe's death. However, that being said, Rozetta is really, really pretty.

Archie is a millionaire and yet he dresses so drab. Lawson isn't as rich as Archie, and yet he dresses more fancy. Also Archie's collar looks weird and like his tie would be strangling him or something

I don't really talk about Penelope, but she (besides Nebet) is my favorite main character of s6! I relate to her a lot because we both like history and writing. I think we'd get along great talking to each other about story ideas, fangirling about fandoms, and talking about history.

Seamus x Giulietta is my favorite because Giulietta is my favorite character and I'm a sucker for tragic, star-crossed lovers. Got really emotionally attached to them even though I knew they wouldn't have a happy ending. Honorable mentions go to Arthur x Bernadine, Archie x Elisa, and Hope x Gwen.

Speaking of Hope x Gwen, they should have been canon instead of Gwen x Pierce. I hate this ship so much. Hope and Gwen had much more chemistry, and the FIRST DISTRICT in s7 proved why Gwen and Pierce wouldn't work out, and then out of nowhere Pierce shows up??? And gets back with Gwen randomly??? Huh??? And they have a kid??? Why. Hope was RIGHT THERE if you wanted someone to comfort Gwen after her mother's death and the complicated relationship she had with her.

I also don't talk about her as much as I should, but I love Priya! I love her character arc, her relationship with Zander is very sweet and well built up throughout the season, and her being a werewolf made her character arc all the more interesting. She's also just a very genuinely kind person, and I feel like she would have been a really good chemistry tutor when I was struggling with it in school lol

Given how annoyed I get with classmates and coworkers who are poor communicators, I would despise being around someone like Frank who's always late, drinking whenever he can, and who treats his female boss incredibly disrespectfully. Plus he eventually becomes a corrupt police officer and yeah, not a fan of those. Wouldn't want to be around one irl. He certainly needs professional help, but I am not the one to give it.

[pomrania]

Today's prompts were "drab" and "evil twin". I had such a strong mental image for this piece, that I must have seen a picture like this somewhere before. Not EXACTLY this -- even aside from the whole "plague doctor" thing, there's some bits I changed to make it easier for me to draw -- but with nigh-identical framing. No idea where that might have been though; and honestly, since an earlier concept involved the "Spider-Mans pointing at each other" meme, it's not like I'm particularly worried about being "original" for here.

I'm using the prompts from @plaguefairy and @creep-tober. My progress thread for this piece can be found here.

1-10: here . 11-20: here . 21: "force" + "weird architecture" .

[fridayincarnate]

Hardinal - 36 😏

[from this prompt meme]

36. total control

"Put a stop to this ridiculous game now and I may still grant you a swift execution," Hux sneers, his head held high in defiance even as the magcuffs lock down on his wrists. "You are mine to command, Cardinal, not theirs."

"Not anymore. It's Archex, now." Archex clamps his hands around Hux's narrow shoulders and hauls him past the fallen troopers. He can't look at them too long, not when he's to blame for the start of their journey as much as the end of it.

"Call yourself whatever you like," Hux hisses, "I am your General, and I am in control—"

The rest of Hux's sentence gets snared in Archex's handkerchief, its drab olive fibers pressing his sweat into the corners of Hux's lips as Archex ties it around the back of his head.

Satisfaction simmers in the depths of Archex's stomach as he meets Hux's vicious — but silent — green glare. Archex marches his prisoner back to the Resistance base, and for the first time in his life, he is in total control.

[vanalex]

[brooklynislandgirl]

Questions for the Mun

Copy this and fill in your own answers. Then tag some people to learn more about them.

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• Favorite smell - rainy morning with a breeze blowing in off the ocean, a hint of cedar or pinon burning in the fire place, coffee brewing in the background and a good book half-way read.

• First Job - LGBTQIA+ Cat themed cafe and bookstore. It was called the Great Catsby.

• Zodiac sign - Pisces

• Favorite pizza - My hubby's home made sourdough crust pepperoni/bacon/pineapple/green chili pizza. Seriously, the sauce he makes from scratch? I could drink it with a straw its so good.

• Favorite dog - I am a sucker for all doggos who are absolutely all the best boi and best girl in the world. But I am completely biased towards Rotties {the more chonk the better} and Dachshunds, and Corgies, and...

• Favorite foot attire - barefoot is preferable, Birkenstocks if I must be shod, and socks at home.

• Favorite Roller Coaster - Oh Absolutely Not.

• Favorite candy - I love white chocolate Lindor truffles and red vines.

• Favorite ice cream - Blue Bell Pistachio Almond and Java Jolt flavours, and sadly...Ben and Jerry's discontinued my favourite: Rainforest Crunch which was a vanilla ice-cream with brazil and cashew nut butter swirl.

• Pet peeves - People who pronounce it LIE-berry, instead of library. Also the pain of not retyping every 'favorite' in this meme as 'favourite'

• What are you listening to right now - Jesse Welles

Color of your vehicle - red

• Color of eyes - hazel {green/blue}

• Favorite Holiday -Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Winter Solstice, Mabon, Sukkot, and thanks to a friend of mine, Tu B’shevat

• Night owl or day person - I am one with Mother Darkness. I also prefer drab, cloudy, rainy days to any amount of sunshine.

• Fave day of week - Fridays and Sundays

• Tattoos - None, but I have a small, adorable nose ring.

• Like to cook - I love to cook but really can not bake to save my life. So trade off, I cook and hubby bakes.

• Beer or wine or neither - I'm a Scotch, Vodka, or Whiskey kind of girlie but I can make some really great cocktails. My dad worked part time as a bartender/bouncer during and after the Navy. I do not care for beer, and only like wine to cook with.

• Can you drive a manual transmissions - Fun fact, I have never learned how to drive.

• Favorite color -Green, black, purple, silver

• Do you like vegetables - Generally? Yes, and some depending on how they are cooked. It's mostly a texture thing.

• Do you wear glasses - Yes...for reading mostly. My prescription is wrong because wearing them messes with my almost perfect far-vision.

• Favorite season - Autumn ~*~

tagged by: stolen from my darling @little-earthquakes-rp tagging: Everyone who is glad today is Friday and wants to tell the week to F right off.

[rissahs]

Gashapon Machines: A Tale of Love, Loss, and Three Goddamn Stingrays

Gashapon, for the maybe two people out there who dont know, is what happens when you combine the two most addictive substances known to man: collecting tiny figurines and gambling. It's just like collecting jpegs of anime women in your Genshin Honkai Grand Order Companyknights games, except you can actually touch them and also now you have a whole bunch more shit to dust on the shelf or desk of your choice. Which makes them crack cocaine to bitches like me, who love having a useless trinket little guy to look at and also have an income disposable enough to make the odd $20 bad financial decision.

So, when my friend and I made our grand little pilgrimage to a Gashapon store today, we were fully prepared to probably spend a little more money than we initially planned to, and then have to do the Marge Simpson looking away and hiding her face while being surrounded by fried foods meme the next time a post crosses our dash begging people to not gamble ever because gambling is bad.

(gambling is bad, kids. do as I say, and not as I do)

This is a story about how gambling is funny when it happens to those who are not the person reading this.

For me, it started off great. There was a machine that had tiny statues of penguins in various stages of depression, which is how you know that any figurine you get is gonna be a winner. Mine is lying on its back and staring at the ceiling with a forlorn expression, as if contemplating where it went wrong in life. In the industry, we call this foreshadowing.

The second machine featured colourful squishy bugs painted to look like bread: Four beetles, and two ladybugs. Me, being the Silly Bug Guy, had to go for one of the beetles. Unfortunately the first roll was a ladybug I wasn't super into so I thought 'eh, why not try again', and the second attempt netted the one bread beetle I wanted the most. In the industry, we call this hubris.

I gave the ladybug to my friend because it is pink and squishy and she likes pink things and squishy things. She replies that she wants to buy one for me now to make it fair. We set our sights on another machine that is practically screaming HI RAI "RISSAHS" LASTNAME I AM RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS SPECIFICALLY

Six goofy ass wooden sea creatures. One I like the most (the whale shark), three good consolation prizes (the shark, otter, and walrus), one mystery, and the stingray. Which don't get me wrong, I love me a good sea pancake, but you can't deny it is kinda missing the certain je ne sais quoi that the others have.

She scans her card to purchase a token, then passes it to me. I place the token into the machine and turn the handle.

It's a stingray.

"Oh nooo," My friend says, disheartened by the drab brown beast sitting in the capsule. "I'm gonna buy another token to get you a better one!"

"The stingray is fine! He's cute!" I reassure her, but she is already gone and back with a second token.

We try again.

A second stingray.

We have moved from the denial phase of what the hell kind of luck is this, skipped the anger phase, and have reached the bargaining phase. There are two gacha capsules left in the machine.

"I think the two stingrays are a sign" I say.

"The capsules are colour-coded for each choice, aren't they? The stingrays both came in red, and there's another red-looking one and a blue one left" She replies, peering into the machine and scrutinising it harder than a Cash Convertors employee trying to see if the jewellery they've been given contains any real diamonds.

"Oh my god it's gonna be another stingray isn't it. If I get three of them I'm gonna laugh so hard"

"But we could get the blue one. I wanna try again"

"No, I think our chances are it's gonna be a the third stingray, it's the one below the blue one..." A pause, as the devil takes the reins of my cerebrum. "But maybe it's actually a pink capsule? The colour looks slightly different, doesn't it?"

I am cautiously optimistic, yet recklessly naive. And also probably should have been wearing my glasses.

I'm content with the two stingrays, after all it is kinda funny that the odds were a 1 in 5 chance to get a duplicate and yet my luck works in mysterious ways specifically to remind me that the world is a stage and I am the comic relief.

... But it's a 50-50 shot, right? And as a great platforming mascot scrimblo once said, what could possibly go wrong?

A third token is bought by my friend. A third token is placed into the machine. The handle is turned for the third time.

...

It's a third stingray.

I crack the absolute fuck up. My friend has reached new levels of despair previously not known to man. God has cursed us for our hubris, and our only reward is three identical stingrays. A triple stack of pancakes but no ice-cream or maple syrup to sweeten the meal.

There was nothing left to do but reach the acceptance stage and move on, placing the small army of myliobatoidei into the carry bag that now had a striking resemblance to the Dashcon ballpit with our combined gashapon purchases (minus the piss).

... But not before nabbing that final capsule left in the machine, of course.

The story ends with the fourth and final capsule being that coveted whale shark, which means that after all that the moral of the story is NEVER STOP GAMBLING BAYBEEEEE REAL WINNERS NEVER QUIT #WINNING #BLESSED #NEVERPUNISHED #FUCKITWEBALL

Ahem. I mean. Be responsible or whatever. Or don't, I'm not your parental figure.

(Pictured: The demons who cursed my dick. And also the JJBA volumes my friend bought me for my birthday.)

[ofallthingsnasty]

This is highly unlikely to happen BUT imagine the show Wife Swap (old american reality show from the early 2000s). I never saw a single episode and don’t intend to but the premise is simple (and really weird lmao): two wives from vastly different families swap households for a while. Shenanigans ensue.

Anyways, there is not a chance in hell Crocodile would let his basement wife anywhere near Doflamingo, but imagine some devil fruit fuckery swaps basement wife and the family pet temporarily. Everyone, except for Doflamingo maybe, will be having a really hard time until wife and pet can be located and brought back to their proper places

Oh, anon if only you knew - the German version was a huge part of my tween years, mainly because of one specific meme that came out of it (Frauentausch-Andreas)💀 The thought is so fucking funny, though. Idk what it is about dark content with a crack-treated-seriously twist, but it makes me laugh.

tw. crack treated seriously, noncon (only for Doffy), basement wife is fat + fem, family pet is gn as always

Oh my god, call that basement wife's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. You thought your cartoonishly evil pseudo-husband was bad? Hah, you know absolutely nothing, you stupid little thing. When Doflamingo scrapes you out of the crate instead of his little bipedal dog, he's confused - but he can put two and two together, and quickly at that. Obviously, you're not some assassin (really, what kind of strategy is that? Killing one of his family, making the body disapear and then wait for him to appear? Hilariously bad, honestly), not some spy and you really, really aren't the one who's supposed to sit in that cage. And when you start crying the moment he asks you what the hell you're doing here, he knows this isn't intentional. At all. Another once-over, a look at your weird little outfit, at the clunky stone on your hand and it clicks - he only knows one man with a similar taste in clothing and jewelry. Would you look at that, it's Crocodile's well-kept (and apparently not-so-little) secret. Reality can be stranger than fiction, huh? He's real nice after that epiphany. Too nice. Sits you down with a cup of tea like you're old friends, seats himself across from you, legs perched on the table while he smiles. Chats. Laughs. Acts overly familiar. It's bizarre to witness - but he's trying to glean what exactly you, the little teary-eyed butterball you are, offer Crocodile over him. Really, he's a little hurt: you're drab and soggy and soft in more ways than one, you cower and snivel in front of him like some beaten dog. The only fact that saves you from being mind-numbingly boring is that you're immensely valuable to Crocodile - and it makes ideas pop up in his head. He really likes the way you're stunned into silence when he suddenly uses his powers to immobilize you, right as you're in the middle of talking. And he gets why Crocodile keeps you around when you're bent over the table and he fucks you until you're just a sobbing mess. It's at least a little different from his usual endeavours and he takes his sweet time with you, leaves some evidence for the other man to discover later on. Once the mix-up is solved, Doflamingo hands you back dressed entirely in pink and with a thousand yard stare in your eyes. Will ask Crocodile about you every time he sees him from then on, a shit-eating grin on his face while the other almost loses it.

On the other hand, family pet does pretty well, considering the circumstances. I'd even argue it's the best you've been in years - because someone is treating you like an actual person, for once. Even if they aren't being kind. Crocodile is wary, of course - every single member of Doflamingo's posse is not to be taken lightly - but he also knows you. The fucking bird dragged you into official meetings enough for you to be a familiar face to him. He's furious, seething, beyond angry - but it's not necessarily directed at you. Doflamingo has to be behind all of this, he's sure of it, and you're just the collateral. (Admittedly, weird collateral, as you're the apple of Doflamingo's eye, always kept on his arm, cooed at, just treated like some ghoulish human pet, but who knows how the bird works? He sure as hell doesn't.) He'll probaby try to squeeze some information out of you (and when that doesn't help, he'll just plop you into a seastone cage and try to solve the mystery on his own. Yeah, he almost killed you minutes before - but then again, maybe you're worth something? He can always get rid of you later, maybe you do still have some value... He's feeling a lot of emotions, give him a minute.) Really, it's not that bad. You've been through worse. When everything is cleared up, I think he'd even let you take a bath and feed you a proper meal (on a plate!! A plate! Not a bowl!) before he'll trade you back in for his weirdly apathetic looking wife...

[benjineedssleep]

If you haven't answered them yet: 6, 17, and 23 for the fic writers questions!

muehehehe more asks *gremlin hands*

(here's the link if you wanna reblog/ask me smth too -> 40 questions -- Meme for Fic Writers)

6. Share one of your weaknesses.

my ego fluctuates like crazy. sometimes i think what i've written is the most amazing thing i've ever molded with my bare hands and other times i just sit there and cry even though it's not bad at all (and i'm aware of that). sharing with other people definitely helps though and i think the only reason i keep writing is because i share it with people who will listen to me, see the vision, and help me work through it if i need help <3

17. Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?

start to finish. not that i want to but sometimes withholding parts i'm really excited to write helps me get through the more drab bits. however i love writing one shots and i will write those out of order as they come to me. haven't done that with my sambastian long fic yet but definitely have with other things.

also, tangentially related, but i do sometimes take notes on chapters/ideas far in advance for timeline reasons. like for my sambastian long fic i 'plan' by season since the story is heavily influenced by birthdays and holidays. (for example, there's an entire arc dedicated to winter star + one that involves sam's 21st birthday.) so in that case sometimes i'll have bits of dialogue i definitely wanna use written like 10+ chapters in advance.

23. If you were to revise one of your older fics from start to finish, which one would it be and why?

i haven't written enough sdv to really warrant this but if i had to pick i would say sunsets. not because it's bad, but because there are certain things i'd want to clean up, ideas i wish i implemented/went with, etc. keeping it in short story realm was a massive goal for me but i do think i struggled with some aspects of the small wc and learned enough in writing it to clean it up.

but like seriously rewriting? not reusing a single word or phrase? i wrote a medieval/fantasy au fic when i was in the bnha fandom (at like 14) and the concept was fucking FIRE. it's still posted (wattpad) and easy to find if you care enough but i won't share because it's embarassing LOLOLOL i did really enjoy it though because it was very queerplatonic (before i even knew what that was) and involves a specific group of characters growing up together and figuring themselves out while overthrowing the system. it also ended in an (implied that it isn't permanent) sacrificial major character death. i still have notes somewhere and i think it would work so fucking well for the sdv fandom bc of the whole solarian chronicles thing and whatnot but idk if i can commit to another 100k+ word long fic. at least not right now. but just know the bunny is there and i think about rewriting it for different fandoms/with original characters at least once a year