#dunno how well the idea translated

[nadezhda-wexler]

isn’t it?

- Andrea Gibson

TV APPRECIATION WEEK 2023: Drama

[kaialone]

Double-Edged (?)

I got distracted by this while I was thinking about something else, but-

When you look the shapes Paracelsus takes in Strive when A.B.A's Jealous Rage is active, obviously it seems like the "blade" part of his body is reverting to a more ax-like shape and all:

(there's a lot to talk bout here, but for now let me just focus on the thing that distracted me)

What caught my interest is that when you look at the blade part, it definitely looks like there was half of it broken off, like it's supposed to actually be a symmetrical, double-bladed battle ax:

Now, since Paracelsus' shape is constantly changing, obviously this might not be representative of any physical damage that literally happened, and could instead be a symbolic representation of something, but

I kinda like the idea now that Flament Nagel started out as a double-bladed ax, and half of it was broken off at some point over the course of his history, like maybe all the way back when he was still an actual lifeless ax, or maybe as late as during his first battle with Slayer?

I dunno, that's just one possibility, of course.

Just kinda continuing from that train of thought while I'm at it, I'm sure a lot of folks already know that "Moroha", (the name of the berserk state that A.B.A and Paracelsus would enter in the past games,) actually translates to "double-edged".

When Testament says this during A.B.A's Strive arcade mode, they actually use that same "moroha" wording in Japanese, making a fun little reference to the mechanic:

Obviously that name, "double-edged" is also like, alluding to the "high risk, high reward" nature of the mode back in the day, since the resources to use it were limited, and it actually drained A.B.A's HP (which could only be replenished if you knew how to play it well)-

but with what I talked about above in mind, it's also kinda interesting to think about how that name is applied to fighting with an ax that's actually single-bladed.

This is now going into full "just my own thoughts" territory, but looking at it from this additional angle, I kinda like to think that, metaphorically, it's like A.B.A herself is now the second blade, so to speak-

Both in the sense that she provides an extra means of attack and defense, and has a certain restoring/healing influence on Paracelsus, but also in the sense that she introduces another risky, potentially self-destructive element to the balance again.

[flowerwiththemachinegun]

I dunno, just a funny little scenario that played out in my mind though I couldn’t translate it to words very well. It’s written so I’ll post it. I really like the idea of Sephiroth being the sweetest Yandere in the world. Like yea a little property destruction and harm to others, but he’d never hurt you. He just loves you so so so much, poor baby gets overloaded with emotions.

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You roll over, tucking yourself into the blanket, letting out a long sigh. “Get out.” You say almost a little too sweetly. It’s hard to hold your composure after he’s completely ravished your body.

“Really?” He questions, walking around to the other side of the bed to make eye contact with you. “You can’t possibly still be upset, I just wanted to make sure you were safe.”

Pouting. Of course he’s fucking pouting, gods you could just go back to riding that pretty face of his. But fuck this is exactly how you ended up in this situation. 20+ missed calls and lord knows how many texts confessing love, anger, plus death threats for whomever you’re with next.

If we’re being honest, you absolutely love that THE Sephiroth is obsessed with you. That Sephiroth is in love with you at all is amazing to you because you love him but-Did you expect him to be a stalker? No. Did you expect 12am arguments because he’s suspicious of other men(insecure but he won’t own it this early)? Nope. Did you expect him to bust in and almost ruin you and Tseng’s mission because he’s sure Tseng has feelings for you? Absolutely fucking not. This man even accused Angeal of looking at you the “wrong” way. He’s never looked your way again.

“Don’t ignore me y/n.”

Pulling yourself back to the conversation at hand you finally look Sephiroth in his eyes. “You know you’re an absolute loose cannon right? A ticking time bomb really.” You say, narrowing your eyes at him. “You kicked down my front door, yes I want you out.”

Making his way into bed regardless of your weak attempts of pushing him back and your even weaker portrayal of being mad at him cause him to chuckle. Sephiroth wraps his arms around you, pulling you in close and peppering you in kisses. “Y/N, my love, you should’ve taken that into consideration before you fucked me. Besides, you know I’m not going anywhere. You’re supposed to show me what forever truly means.”

[powerfultenderness]

I am so, so thirsty for neighbor!Konig and I humbly beg you for the following request; reader has secretly been hard core cramming online German lessons, and Konig says some stuff (lewd or otherwise) that she ends up understanding. Maybe she teases him by saying something back to catch him off guard and make him flustered? Idk but I just spent an hour reading all of the series and im heart needs more to survive

I'm so happy that you're enjoying the series! I liked this idea so much! But I ended up changing it a little bit, I hope you don't mind!

Nothing really happens, but König does say something a little horny, so I guess this will be [rated Mature 18+]

“What, are you going back to school?” 

You jolted from your studies and looked up just in time to see a friend join you at the table in the break room. You laughed as you greeted her. She was almost right, it certainly felt like you were in school again! Your lunch was pushed to the side, nibbled on, while you were hunched over a notebook and your phone. 

She leaned over the table a bit and took a glance at your notes. “Why German?” You sighed, you needed a break anyways, and started to pick at your food. “Just trying to impress the hot neighbor.” 

“Ooh, is he German? And how hot are we talking?” 

“Austrian,” you answered with another laugh. “And very.” Sort of? Well, even if you had never seen him without some sort of hood or mask on his face, he was still a fine specimen of a man. 

“Want me to help you?”

“You know German?”

“I studied German for years in school and spent some time abroad in Berlin.” 

You narrowed your eyes and hummed as you tried to translate her words. “You said: I something, German, something something, Berlin.” 

Now it was her turn to laugh. “Oh! I know just what to teach you!” 

-

Bzzt! 

You picked up your phone and rolled your eyes before sending a quick text.

König didn’t like it. All night you were half paying attention to him and half paying attention to your phone. “Who keeps texting you?” He finally slipped, unable to hold back the slightly envious (ok maybe a lot) question anymore.

“Sorry,” you winced at how rude you were being. “Just a friend from work. She started to help me with a project and thinks she’s sending helpful tips.” 

Just a friend from work! It didn’t sound like someone he had to worry about (though he wasn’t sure if you were also attracted to women, and so didn’t completely write off this friend just yet). “But her advice is not helpful?” 

You scoffed and shook your head. “Not really. She’s jumping the gun. She’s thinking way too far ahead.” 

"Hm. Well, perhaps I can help you?" Anything to get you to pay more attention to him. 

"Oh, König," you were about to tell him that it was unnecessary, after all you wanted to surprise him, but your phone buzzed again. "You know what, that would be great." You tucked your phone between the couch cushions as if that would stop your friend from texting you.

"Yea? What can I do?" 

You hummed before smiling at him, an idea coming to you. “Can you say something in German?” 

“What? How will that help?”

“Well, it wouldn’t really help so much as distract from-” your phone buzzed, a little quieter now between the couch cushions, just on time. You smiled and gestured to your phone, “from that.” 

He chuckled and nodded, “alright. But, what do you want me to say?” 

“I dunno, something…nice?” 

König glanced away from you to the television, whatever was on was long forgotten by both of you, as he thought about what to say. Something nice? He could write a whole book of nice things to say about you. In whatever language you wanted: German, English, maybe even a bit of Korean that he picked up from Horangi. But what to say? That you were one of, if not the, kindest people he’s ever met? That he noticed how you were frightened of him at your first meeting but you pushed that fear aside because of that kindness? Or that he noticed you liked puns, and would seek out the corniest puns just to hear you laugh? No. Maybe he should tell you that you are the most beautiful woman he’s ever laid eyes on? Yea, that was nice, right? 

“Hey,” you interrupted his thoughts in a soft voice before you settled a hand on his knee, which he hadn’t even noticed that he was bouncing his knee a mile a minute until you stopped him. “I was just being silly. If you don’t want to-” 

“What! No!” He shook his head, “it’s not that.” He paused and looked down at the hand you were still resting gently on his knee, then looked back up at you, eyes shining underneath his hood, and took a deep breath before words began to quickly tumble out of his mouth. 

“There is simply too much for me to say, I could not decide! Everything about you is perfect! Even the not perfect things! Ever since you moved here, I have not been able to stop thinking about you! You are on my mind all of the time and I don’t know what I would do without you!” “Whoa! Whoa!” You jerked back at his sudden outburst. “Slow down!” 

He shut his mouth so quickly and hard that the snap of his teeth was nearly as loud as the tv. 

It was quiet for a moment, the two of you just staring wide eyed at each other, before he started again. “I am sorry! I-” “No! No, I’m sorry. Like I said, I was just being silly and wanted to see if I could understand anything. You know, after hanging out with you so much…” 

“Oh…” 

Another beat of awkward silence.

“Did you? Understand anything?” 

You laughed a little sheepishly. “Uhm. I’m pretty sure I can guess what “perfekt” means, soo,” you looked around, trying to spot something perfect and snapped before looking back at him with a grin. No you hadn’t understood much, but you could lighten the mood with an overly ridiculous answer. “So you must have been talking about…dinner? My stroganoff is great, I mean I wouldn’t say perfect, but-” 

He started laughing, dragging you into fits of giggles too, and leaned in a little closer to you, elated that this time you did not pull back.

“So, was all of that actually nice?” You asked once your laughter faded out, though you still smiled up at him.

“Yes. I can only think of nice things to say about you.” 

Oh! Nothing could stop the goofy smile that crossed your face, not the butterflies in your stomach, or the way your heart sped up, not even the blush that heated your face. Still you decided to cover up your sudden over acting nerves with a touch of humor. You played up your reaction, one hand over your heart as the other tapped his arm playfully. “Aww, König, you’re so sweet!” 

He gently caught your hand, running his thumb softly across your knuckles. “Should I try again?” 

“Hm?” “This time I won’t speak so quickly.” 

Him holding your hand like that was not going to return your heart rate to normal! Still you smiled at him, a bit shyly, and gave his hand an encouraging squeeze. “Sure.” 

“You are very beautiful.” He started, but your soft smile turned into a grin and he paused.

“Aww, you think I’m pretty?” You tried to downplay just how intimate this was starting to feel.

“Beautiful,” he corrected as he took his hand from yours and gently held your chin so that you were looking directly into his eyes. “Stunning, actually.” You were especially cute when you looked so flustered like that. He gently traced the bottom of your lip and leaned in even closer, his voice dropping to barely above a husky whisper. “And I want to see these pretty lips wrapped around my cock.” 

You squeaked out a tiny little gasp and pulled back from just enough for his hand to drop. 

König froze. “Did. Did you understand. That?” 

“No!” You quickly shook your head, eyes darting all over the place before settling back on him, though you could no longer hold eye contact. “What, uhm. What did you say?” 

Oh. You were a bad liar. Good to know. He wished he hadn’t said that. He wished he hadn’t said anything! Maybe he should have never come over in the first place! Why was it so hard to say no to you? 

“Nothing!” He abruptly stood up. “I have to go.” He rushed to the door and nearly ran out, but at least stopped himself long enough to wish you a good night before fleeing.

“Ah, König!” 

But he was already gone. For a guy that big, he was certainly fast.

“Oh, shit.” You muttered to yourself, heart still loudly pounding in your chest as you dug your phone out from the cushions.

You pulled up your texts and scrolled through the many, many, English to German (or vice versa) raunchy translations your friend had been sending you. Sure enough, between her translations and König’s words fresh in your mind…

“AHHH!!! I THINK HE JUST ASKED ME TO BLOW HIM!!!!” You sent off a text to her and finally remembered to breathe.

Bzzt. Bzzt. Bzzt.

“Lol! Are you sure? What did he say? I’m calling you.” 

It’s a whole week before you see König again. And you both awkwardly pretend like your last encounter never happened. And you both desperately wish that it hadn't ended. 

[Neighbor König Masterlist]

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[icedemi]

ᡣ𐭩 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐗 !

FEATURING: dazai !

SYNOPSIS: dazai almost forgot his birthday?! might as well give him a night to remember forever . . .

CONTENT WARNING(S): NSFW content , MDNI , DOM! READER , SUB! DAZAI!! overstimulation , orgasm denial , kinky sex , gender neutral reader. NOT proofread..

ᡣ𐭩

" 'samu, guess what day ittttt issss! " you cheered, eagerly awaiting his response with your hands hidden behind your back.

— " i dunno, garbage day? shit! don't tell me we forgot to take out the bin again.. " he sighed as he retrieved his phone from his coat pocket.

" ill call atsushi, im sure he wouldn't mind emptying it for us " —

" ah.. not quite.. c'mon silly, take a look at the calendar! "

he turned his head to look at the calendar and noticed the 19th marked with "BIRTHDAY" in pink pen, underlined twice with a bunch of hearts around it.

— " ah so today we celebrate the unfortunate day i was involuntarily brought into this dreadful world..." he joked, his eyes lingering on the calendar before turning his gaze to you with his beautiful brown eyes... how could he look so good talking about depressing shit?? —

" oh, stop sulking and open your gift! " you huff, shoving the wrapped present in his face with a pout.

— he chuckled as he opened his gift, a smile spreading across his face. "awh darling, you shouldn't have..."

as he opened the gift his eyes widened at what he saw inside, he picked it up to reveal a vibrator.. —

" surpriseeee! I was thinking we could pass the time before your surprise party at the agency tonight. " you giggled, hugging his waist while teasingly rubbing your knee over his bulge.

— " my mmfph– s.. surprise party huh..? god 'donna you're so bad at keeping secrets... " —

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you two had been at it for hours now, dazai is a complete whimpering, whiny teary-eyed mess! god how cute and pathetic he looks

he's practically shooting blanks at this point, however you don't plan on stopping one bit! infact you even brought in a blindfold and a ball-gag just for him! how sweet of you!!

ever so sweetly dragging the vibrator over his flushed pink tip, occasionally pumping his dick just to watch his gasp and beg for more, desperately thrusting into your hand for release..

... just for you to remove your hand and vibrator

— " fuck! mngh-ph.. 'd-..ah!..donna.. c-cmon don't be so mean... " —

... " y'know, naughty boys who aren't grateful, don't deserve to cum... it's a privilege, not a right.. understand me 'samu? you won't be cumming until i allow you to.. "

he desperately whined, nodding his head ever so slowly before shooting it back as you grab ahold of his cock.

— a-augh!~ nmph~ !

" yeah... you’re a dirty slut, aren’t you? but you’re my dirty slut, isn't that right 'samu..? "

... " im gonna have so much fun breaking you tonight! "

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AUTHORS NOTES

— yea ur getting edged !! totally not me just running out of ideas 💔

.. sigh, tysm for voting on this !! it was rlly fun to write and i hope you enjoy it 😓😓

stockholm syndrome w fyodor is coming out tomorrow or friday, just a teeny warning it contains like medical / drug kinks??? idfk he drugs you and youre supposed to like it 😭😭

also should i start writing for other fandoms like hsr?? idk about genshin since i haven't been active since fontaines release 😓. 100% inlove w lyney though.. and fremi omg he's so cute

THANK U FOR READING ILYSM

© icedemi please don't steal, re-upload or translate my work ill cry and sob my eyes out!! reblogs r appreciated and ill literally let you makeout w me /pos

[cirilla-fiona-riannon]

𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐨 𝐇𝐢𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫/𝐗

This is just a rough translation. Expect grammatical errors and inaccuracies.

This might be sudden, but I've bought out this place. That means, starting today, it's mine. No objections allowed. It looks like it used to be for promotions or whatever, but now that it's mine, I'm running the show.

Eventually, I plan to use it to promote a business I'm working on. But for now, I'll just tweet whatever comes to mind. You should be grateful—you're getting my unfiltered tweets straight from me. Make sure to spread the word, okay?

Finally got a break from work and had a proper meal. Lately, it's been nothing but parties, which means nothing but drinking and snacking. I'd kill for a proper meal—something she made.

Forget I said that. Got it?

Just a hypothetical question—if there were dozens of me and you were surrounded by all of them, would you be happy?

No, never mind. Forget I asked.

That damn mutt won't stop yapping again. No matter how hard the job is, he just keeps going. Anyone got a good way to shut him up?

Even if it's just a taste test, eating too many sweets messes up my stomach. But since it's for her, I've gotta check the flavor. Gotta admit it's pretty well made.

Dunno if he even saw my post, but some so-called god popped up saying, "Need my help? Just say the word, and I'll be there!" How the hell is that guy always so sharp?

Wondering what I'm up to? I'm making a 'dream' happen. Even the craziest ideas can become reality with enough money and creativity. Depending on how things go, it might even turn into a new business venture, so stay tuned.

I originally planned to use this place as a promotional platform, but the buyout deal got put on hold. For now, I'm just putting things back the way they were. Not that it matters—I can buy it whenever I want, so there's no rush.

I might pop in and post again if I feel like it. No heads-up, so keep your eyes open. Later!

[1000sunnygo]

One Piece Academy chapter 40: Cora san part 2 (Quick translation)

source | part 1 | index

Sanji: Huh..? Aren't you...?

Luffy: Who?

Nami: Luffy! We've just seen this guy in a photo a while ago!

He's Corazon!!

Cora: Guh..!

*tap tap*

Nami: Ah, he's running!

*wham*

Nami: Ah, he fell ;;

Cora: Law, what's the meaning of this? How did this place get busted?!

Law: I'm in a state of shock myself... I swear I wasn't being tailed by anyone.

You guys, how did you...?

Robin: Underestimated our skill of gaining intel, haven't you?

Sanji: You did a good job hiding your tracks, but...

[flashback]

Luffy: Traffy... he's totally gone, huh.

Bart: Ah, Luffy senpai! It's been a while beh!

Luffy: Oh? Isn't that Romeo!

Do y'all know Traffy's place?

Bart: Naa I don't.. Gambia, do you?

Gambia: I dunno. Lemme ask my granma at home.

Gambia: Helloo, granma! Do you know where Trafalgar Law lives?.. Hmm, hmm... oh?

*pulls up a map*

Gambia: She says he lives here! Even gave us details on how to enter!

Bart: Granma really has all the wisdom beh~!

Luffy: COOL!! Thanks!!

Cora: THIS IS WAYY BEYOND THE REALM OF WISDOM THOUGH!!

Usopp: She also said, "if you're worried about the doorknob's prickly static shock, just touch the wall with your palm first."

Law: So she shared some real wisdom too? That damned Bartolomeo!

Zoro: A man believed to be missing is here, 'hiding' so nobody can find him - so it seems.

Corazon:...!

Since I got busted already, I guess there's no going back.

*cracks knuckles*

I'll make sure to make you feel at home.

Coby: Woah!

Law: DON'T START A RICEBALL PARTY!!

Luffy: What flavor is that one, Corao?

Cora: That's umeboshi! Law hates it.

Law: Cora san... ;

Cora: It's okay, Law..

Cora: After all, the only visitors we get in this home far from the town are Bepo and team. And that's just Law's pals.

Law: They're... not exactly pals...

Cora: That said, it's not like someone is expected to live here. The entrance is far down some secret underground passage. We buy our groceries from the neighboring Swallow city.

*clang*

Nami: Why all these secrecy?

Coby: Where are you going?

Cora: Follow me! I'll show you.

Luffy: Traffy's place seems fun!

Law: Make sure not to ravage it.

Cora: This is.. The Doflamingo countermeasure Headquarters.

Nami: The Doflamingo countermeasure Headquarters?

Luffy: That's a lot of Mingo!

Cora: You get the gist of a secret opposing faction, don't you?

In short, we call it "Vs Doff.." "Quarters.." well, something.

And not just Doflamingo, we collect information about the Family executives.. Even about the Onigashima middle school.

I investigate here everyday.. *tapping some keys*

And think of countermeasures.

<bzzzzz>

Coby: YOU JUST SHUT IT DOWN!

Cora: Crap, I blew it up again...

Nami: Cora chan, might you be a bit clumsy?

Cora: I have always been a clutz. It doesn't get better.

Vivi: We know that Doflamingo is a bad guy who needs to be stopped.. But do you, as his brother, have any specific reason for your action?

Cora: As his younger brother, my goal is...to prevent my older brother Doffy from falling into the dark world.

Brook: Dark..

Chopper:... World?

Cora: Do you know what they call Doffy in the town?

Coby : I'm pretty sure it's Joker, "The Town's Charisma"....

Cora: He's a regular hot topic among young admirers, my brother's got that talent in him. But..

He's being approached by the people from the dark world - meaning the Bad adults, as they observed those qualities.

To be honest, brother does have the predisposition and ideas for 'evil.' He's already a bad guy, you can't call him good even as a flattery.

Zoro: Will he remain as the Town's Charisma, or become a Charismatic Evil?

If it's the latter, that'd be way more serious that being just a bad, flawed person...

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[oh-no-its-bird]

Ok so everyone say thank you to @kirabasai for infecting me with the thought of Commander Fox getting zapped from starwars to naruto

Mitsuki and Fox clone solidarity,, I know Mitsuki only exists in Boruto but I don't give a shit so now not only is this a dimension travel au it's also a time travel

Somehow both Fox and Mitsuki end up in normal naruto canon, and work together bc uhhhh. Reasons, I dunno.

Fox gets zapped first to boruto, probably through spooky Palpatine sith shenanigans that don't actually matter. But he's only there for a second, with just enough time to knock into Mitsuki before he's zapped again into naruto— accidentally bringing Mitsuki with him.

Oops.

He actually feels kind of bad ab it. Or like, as bad about it as Fox can feel, bc he's Fox. But then he learns Mitsuki is a clone and it isn't just awww shit he accidentally kidnapped some kid but aww shit he accidentally kidnapped a Shiny

Head in his hands, he didn't ask for this,, he was a good boy,, he did his job so diligently,, he hid all the bodies and killed all the people Palpatine told him to,,, literally never done a thing wrong,,,,

Fox winds up with Palpatines lightsaber somehow, and over the course of the story it kind of becomes his. It freaks the absoloute FUCK out of literally any sensors, it is radiating legit evil over there and Fox is holding it like it's no big deal (bc he can't sense shit and is kind of numb to sith energy anyways)

Fox also has a blaster and I am definitely thinking ab the comedy of like. A gun in Naruto. It's a gun. It's a gun that moves fast as light. No one knows what a gun is and Fox is going to get SO much milage out of just having a weapon he can aim places without people realizing what it's ab to do (shoot you in the fucking face)

If someone were to pry into Fox's mind they'd actually have a really awful time of it, then probably walk face first into some nasty lingering sith mind fuckery stuff. Bad experience, 0/10, Fox is very happy w how it turned out but also has no idea why he got that effect. Either way, keep ur nasty ass mind fingers to yourself

Also, Fox speaks Basic. Not Japanese.

I'm thinking he has some sort of standard translator chip that allows him to communicate, but it sometimes translates the stuff he says weirdly. For example, from everyone else's perspective, he keeps introducing himself as Kitsune.

Which, for obvious reasons, doesn't really go over that well with a lot of people in Konoha when he gets there.

He's also visibly foreign and keeps being mistaken for being from Suna

So anyways, Fox and Mitsuki first fight bc like. Hey!! You fucking kidnapped?? Me???

Mitsuki gets the jump on him bc shinobi kid vs guy who doesn't know what a fucking shinobi even is

But then they're able to kinda talk it out and like, look neither of them know where they are so... truce?

Ok so now the fun part:

Fox has no fucking clue what's going on.

From his point of view, he's on... some kind of semi primitive planet. Doesn't remember how or why, but he's here now. So standard GAR procedures; find a way to contact home base. He has his normal gear on him, but no deep space radio, so he'll have to just... make one. Fuck, ok. If he can find the parts, it's doable. All command class clones are taught the basics of how, just like how they're taught how to assemble a blaster from scraps.

But from Mitsuki's point of view, they time traveled.

Mitsuki's POV is the only reason Fox knows there's smthn seriously up, but he's not exactly gonna go "aha! Dimension travel!" On top of it all

Now here's the thing. They're in early naruto canon, some time after wave arc.

Mitsuki only knows chunks of history, and only what has been taught to him second hand from school, Orochimaru, and very very occasional stories from Sasuke or the rest of team Taka

(I feel like Suigetsu especially would have fun telling all sorts of stories)

Not... all of these stories are completely accurate. And even if they are, they're often dumbed down to be easily understood by children— think that one Boruto episode where they put on some sort of silly play about the sanin (which was adorable btw and also fucking hilarious. Actual war criminals son learns about war crimes in class and everyone is just cool happy magic of friendship about it. Amazing.)

So now Fox is learning these fuckin third hand stories from Mitsuki, who literally learned it from the villains of many of the stories, and there is some SERIOUS biases going on

They go to Orochimaru for help.

Local scientist, parent of child (= dependable?) Best source of tech for potential radio + blaster repairs if needed. Fox can trade information to him if needed, it seems like a good choice.

It is not a good choice.

Orochimaru is like nearing the heights of his insanity, and I think it'd be real fun if he decides Sasuke is cool and all but a man from the stars??? A man literally made in a vat to be the perfect example of human physique???? Who's also resistant to many forms of corrosive chakra????

New perfect body alert.

Mitsuki is cute but Orochimaru isn't really in a parental sort of mind set, sorry <3

Mitsuki is going "Huh!! My parent did say they had a pretty severe midlife crisis..."

"Kid I think this is a bit more than just a midlife crisis."

Anyways, then they escape and continue to fuck around trying to build a deep space radio, which at this point is Fox's only hope home which also means it's Mitsuki's bc maybe the jedi can help with the whole uhh... time? Thing?

I'm thinking that after the thing w Orochimaru goes to shit, they're both a lot more wary of the fact that Mitsuki's information may not be the best.

After Oro in terms of figures of power and safety, almost everyone else is either a child, not born yet, or their current location is unknown— except for good old dependable ✨️ rokudaime Kakashi ✨️

Ok so picture this. You're Kakashi, sleeping peacefully in bed after a long day fucking with your students (who you're still very conflicted about having) You wake up to a presence in ur room and there's some fucking snake kid leaning over ur bed going "Hatake-sama—"

You freak out.

Knives may be thrown.

The snake kid has a very angry looking, foreign adult man body guard.

This is so fucking suspicious.

The snake kid says he's a time traveler, and that you are the eventual Rokudaime and also the only person he knows he can trust 100%

This is so fucking suspicious.

So obviously, Kakashi plays along then turns around and reports the fuck out of their asses to the Hokage.

Yeah, Fox doesn't really know what he expected. If some random kid showed up looming over HIS bed in the middle of the night, said he'd be the next chancellor and they know bc they're a time traveler and also pretty please help me build a deep space radio so I can go home— well, he wouldn't report them to Palpatine because not even he's that sadistic. But he'd probably toss them into the cells for a minute, if only because it was one of the only perks of his job

Or, well, for that analogy to work it wouldn't be a deep space radio, because he was used to space travel. It'd have to be something wilder— like an interdimensional radio. Haha, good one. Like that existed. God, imaging having to try and make one of those, that'd be insane. Fox would just kill himself at that point. Good thing he doesn't have to, right? Right?

Anyways mid adventure, they bump into Jiraiya who is fucking horrified to recognize Orochimaru's way of smiling in Mitsuki and gaslights himself into thinking he HAS to be wrong.

I think its Jiraiya who finally helps them out

[weebsinstash]

consider; multiverse shenanigans with a spider!reader where they make some offhand comment about how their heat/rut is coming up soon and they'll need some volunteers to cover patrols while they're down and half the society is like 'o damn that sucks, yeah i can swing a tuesday' and the other half is like 'your WHAT is coming up???'

and it turns out that a decent chunk of the multiverse has no idea what a/b/o orientations even are and it somehow just got totally lost in translation until that very second that this was a thing. what do you mean omega???? what the fuck do you mean you just thought i was a really boring smelling beta?????????? y'all motherfuckers are SNIFFING PEOPLE?!?!?!?!

now consider a miguel that is not from an a/b/o verse hearing about this and doing a little research to figure out exactly what a heat/rut is and just getting sucked down a rabbit hole and going feral for the idea that you're going to be in a highly suggestible and vulnerable state for nearly a WEEK and he's going to miss it!!! he didn't get invited!!!! what the fuck!!! the man spends a solid 48 hrs immersed in really bad multiversal porn and comes out the other end hungover and weeping that he nearly missed out on this

so he takes it upon himself to do a little rearranging, some scheduling, some scheming, and lo and behold you find yourself stuck in this crappy half-built nest in nueva york with miguel, who has no real idea how he's supposed to actually perform for you while ur like this and is just making it up as he goes- and totally ignoring the cultural and consent issues he's digging up doing this bc its biology right? so its fine? people in ur universe do this all the time, he has no idea why ur complaining just let him help u out jeez-

Some rando Spiderperson intending to be transphobic: --and they want us to accept everyone as whatever they say they wanna be now, as if men can get pregnant!

Reader, without skipping a beat: what the actual fuck are you talking about, my father carried me and my siblings for 6 months

Miguel is just starting to know you and is actively trying to learn more about you and one day you just, I dunno, you two do a mission together and he gives you praise and you just look at him with a big smile 😊 and your ass straight up PURRS for a few moments and he's just like 🥺❤️ gatito... ❤️

The man sees you talking to Jess and Peter B one day and O'Hara is watching from a distance because he's, awkward and not sure how to approach you, and suddenly his super hearing can pick up someone in the room talking idly about you, or even explaining ABO stuff to another person. "Yeah, see em over there, holding Peter Bs kid? Those Omega always have nurturing instincts. It's cause they're wired to spit out tons of babies. They're the breeders. They even have natutal pheromones to calm down their mates and friends and children" and suddenly Miguel's ears are burning "youre tellin me my darling might wants lots of little babies running around? Fantastic."

Mexican/Irish and also Catholic Miguel who wants one of those STUPID HUGE families where people have at least 6 kids and it's like "oh a typical Omega pregnancy usually has at least two or three babies in one go and theyre shorter than normal human pregnancies huh? Interesting :)"

Some members of the Spider Society are like "why is Miguel kind of lowkey being a dick to me all the time now" oh well its very simple you see, Miguel read your file and found out you're an Alpha and you share this weird connection and also natural biological attraction to HIS lil honeybee and He Hates You Now. Fuck off out his house and don't let him see you talking to his baby or else

He gets really close to you one day, I mean like physically, or hey maybe emotionally too, and he's hugging you and he gets a whiff of your scent and it's something he can't even describe, something that has a carnal biological effect on his where he just wants to keep holding you and hearing your voice like a drug, like it's oxytocin on crack, and suddenly in true scientist fashion he's researching you, your universe, its history, its medicine, its culture.

Can't help but imagine a Miguel who goes full yandere and gives no fucks about doing what he wants for darling and splices his DNA with Alpha DNA so he can officially claim you as a mate, scenting, knotting, and everything. Lyla gives you instructions to meet him in a specific place and it turns out he's been experimenting on himself and he's deep in a rut and suddenly your knees are getting pushed into your chest and you're getting passionately knotted and filled up by a grunting growling purring Miguel who's leaving love bites and kisses all over your skin, just, his size alone would make him hard to get away from, you don't even need to add Alpha instincts and being able to track your pheromones on top of that 😳

Miguel "just let me 'help you as a friend'" O'Hara who tracked when your next heat was going to kick in and maybe even drugged you so it comes at a specific time and he makes it where the two of you are together or even trapped or something when it happens and, here he is, "oh just let me help you, isn't it hurting" but like. We all know it's because he wants to. Like could you even imagine he's, you know, using his fingers and he goes to remove his pants or free himself or whatever and you're just like "no I'll get pregnant" and he just kind of has a Microsoft error window in his brain because it's like. Oh you'll get almost DEFINITELY pregnant? Guaranteed? You're trying to tell the man you dont want to and instead at least internally he's like "promise? 👉👈"

[slutoru1207]

Invincible!Dad x pregnant reader part 9

Shopping with Uncle William

You should’ve known better than to let William come with you to a baby store.

He was treating the entire experience like a high-stakes mission, marching through the aisles with laser focus, analyzing baby clothes like they were combat gear.

“This onesie,” William declared, holding up a tiny yellow outfit with an absurd amount of frills, “is offensive. No child of mine—uh, yours—is wearing this.”

You snorted. “It’s just a onesie, William.”

“It’s hideous. I refuse.” He put it back, hands on his hips, scanning the racks. “We need something with style. Something with pizzazz.”

“William, it’s a baby, not a runway model.”

“Okay, first of all? Rude. And second—look at this.” He held up a onesie that said Born to be Awesome in bold, sparkly letters. He wiggled his eyebrows. “Now this has energy.”

You chuckled. “I dunno. That kind of feels like something Mark would pick.”

William gagged dramatically. “Ew, you’re right. Can’t have that.”

You rolled your eyes and grabbed a soft, simple onesie with little stars on it. “What about this?”

William inspected it like a fashion critic. “…Acceptable.”

You laughed, tossing it into the shopping cart.

As you moved through the store, picking out tiny socks, bibs, and a ridiculously soft baby blanket (which William insisted on testing by rubbing it against his own cheek), you both fell into easy conversation.

“So,” William started, tossing a pack of pacifiers into the cart, “how’s our favorite disaster boyfriend doing?”

You sighed. “He’s… handling things. I mean, as well as he can.”

William gave you a knowing look. “Translation: He’s brooding about everything and pretending he’s fine.”

You smirked. “Basically.”

William shook his head. “I swear, he’s lucky he’s hot.”

You burst out laughing. “William!”

“What? I’m just saying! If he wasn’t, you’d have dropped his angsty ass ages ago.”

You grinned, nudging him. “Maybe. But I love him.”

William made a gagging noise but smiled. “I know, I know. And for the record, I love him too. Just… in a platonic way. Obviously.”

“Obviously.”

You reached for a tiny baby hat, and William grabbed it before you could, dramatically placing it on his own head.

“How do I look?” he asked, striking a pose.

“Adorable,” you deadpanned.

“I know.”

Shaking your head, you took the hat from him and tossed it into the cart.

After a moment, William’s playful expression softened a little. “But really. Are you okay?”

You hesitated, fiddling with a price tag. “I… I think so. Some days, it’s overwhelming. The idea of actually being a mom? Raising a baby with Mark?” You exhaled. “It’s a lot.”

William nodded. “Yeah, I get that. Well, I don’t personally get that, because I am in no way ready for children. But I get you.” He bumped your shoulder gently. “And for what it’s worth? You’re gonna be a badass mom.”

Your heart warmed. “You think so?”

William scoffed. “Uh, duh. You’re smart, you’re strong, and you already put up with Mark’s dumbass on a daily basis. If you can survive that, you can handle a baby.”

You laughed. “Fair point.”

“And besides,” he added with a smirk, “I’ll be the best uncle ever. So really, your kid is in great hands.”

You grinned. “Oh, obviously.”

As you both moved to check out, William suddenly gasped, gripping your arm.

“Oh my God.”

You blinked. “What?”

William leaned in, whispering urgently. “Two aisles over. Near the stuffed animals.”

You followed his gaze—and nearly choked.

Eve.

Shopping. Alone.

Your stomach twisted. You hadn’t seen her much since everything happened. It wasn’t hostile between you two, but… things were definitely weird.

William grabbed your shoulders. “Okay, what’s the game plan? Are we ducking? Hiding? Running?”

You sighed. “William, we’re not twelve. We can just—”

Too late.

Eve turned—and locked eyes with you.

Both of you froze.

Then, slowly, she walked over.

“Hey,” she said, giving you a small smile.

You returned it, feeling awkward. “Hey.”

William, never one for subtlety, looked between you two like he was watching a reality show reunion special.

Eve glanced at the baby clothes in your cart, then back at you. Her smile softened. “Shopping for the baby?”

You nodded. “Yeah.”

For a moment, neither of you spoke. Then, to your surprise, Eve let out a small laugh. “I still can’t believe it. You and Mark are having a baby.”

You chuckled. “Trust me, sometimes I can’t believe it either.”

Eve hesitated, then said, “I know things have been… weird. Between us. But I just want you to know—I’m happy for you. Really.”

Your chest tightened a little. You knew how complicated things were—how tangled emotions could get when history was involved. But hearing her say that? It meant something.

You smiled. “Thanks, Eve.”

She nodded, glancing at William. “And I assume you will be the most overbearing uncle ever?”

William placed a hand over his chest, gasping dramatically. “How dare you. I will be the perfect amount of overbearing.”

You and Eve both laughed.

And for the first time in a while, it didn’t feel so weird.

As Eve said goodbye and walked off, William turned to you, smirking. “Well, that wasn’t as dramatic as I hoped.”

You rolled your eyes. “Not everything has to be dramatic, William.”

“Wrong.”

You laughed, linking your arm through his as you both headed for checkout, your cart full of baby clothes, blankets, and enough pacifiers to last a lifetime.

Whatever happened next, at least you knew one thing:

With William around, life would never be boring.

part 10

[82mitsu]

{18Trip} The Homescreen Voice Lines Vault

Collection of all the voice lines I have translated on my Twitter account. Uploading it on here for archival purposes.

Note: A lot of them were made to fit the Twitter character limit, sometimes they're a bit freestyled.

Mostly Raito oriented, with some others thrown in the mix.

Chihiro: Raiting, you spend a lot of time watching vids, don'tcha~ What channels got you hooked?

Raito: Let me see, channels all about information over ramen and the occult stuff like Muu☆Tan's are vital to me.

Raito: Kuguri, you can do what you want but, have you considered to stop sleeping naked from time to time? No doubt you'll catch a cold.

Kuguri: I'd prefer for you to leave me be. A certain Someone who can't properly wake up in the morning has no right to police others on how they sleep.

Raito: According to this scripture of taboos that I procured on my own, it appears that Pandora's Box will open up again soon. The theory of hope remaining at the bottom is plausible but, let's just wait and see...

Akuta: Uugh... I can't... I can't go on like this anymore.... Raito-san, please do the usual thing again tonight!!

Raito: A hopeless guy, aren't you... Got it, I'll take care of you. I will... feed you the best late night ramen that there is.

Netaro: Raito~! Trouble's afoot! There's hearsay of a unfamiliar flickering luminant body appearing behind the dormitory~!

Raito: What!? An unidentified flying object, in other words!? We must unravel its true identity! Let's go right away, Netaro!

Kuguri: Sometimes Nanaki looks at me cutely and pleads for advice on composing music. Well, my involvement is limited to hearing him out and giving a nudge, however.

Kuguri: I don't disagree with your way of living, Ten... It smells sweet, exclusively so. How about we go on a drive together again sometime.

Ten: Aha, it's an honor to get invited by someone like Kuguri-san~ I don't mind the kinda relations where you stay outta each others affairs either.

Chihiro: Geez~! Taotao, you play Anigun way too much! Didn't you like promise you'd go shopping with Chii today! And here I sat looking forward to it~!

Tao: Sorry. To think there'd be an event out of nowhere... I'll buy you some pudding as apology. So let's go shopping. Okay?

Akuta: Like, during flower viewing... adults do /that/, right... Y'know... the thing... s- s- s- strip rock paper scissors....!

"yakyuuken" is a Japanese game on based rock paper scissors, where the loser ends up stripping.

Akuta: Ten-san, I heard you talking to a woman on the phone earlier, but is she for real... wrapped around your finger!? Like both hands all over a beaut and...!

Ten: Aha, the hell man. Don't slander me. She's just a plain ol' friend. Maybe you're still too young for this though~?

Akuta: That freakin' Kiroku, he put a kinda bracelet that girls would wear in his desk. Ah, wonder if he's like also doing the do with her...

Ushio: Oi Stupidtake, record what I make all you want but don't snatch food while i'm not looking. You itching to get banned or something?

Akuta: Geh... got caught, huh... I regret my actions! Please spare me from being exiled! Oh great god from heavens above Ushio-samaaa~!

Nanaki: Kugunii, come over whenever you feel like it again. I'm sure Dad, Mom and Big Bro all are eager to see you.

Kuguri: Perhaps so. ...I'll go if the mood strikes me.

Nanaki: Spring is the season of encounters, huh... I already have crossed paths with my G.O.A.T though.

GOAT: Gen Z slang, means "Greatest Of All Time".

Ushio: Listen Murakumo-san, I know you're fooling around, but can you please refrain from putting any weird ideas into the younger guys' heads?

Ten: Oh-hoh~ look at you sounding all cool there. Dunno what you mean with "weird ideas" though.

Ushio: ....I curse the freaking guy who dared to use my shampoo without permission to go bald from losing 10 hairs every second...!

Ryui: Toi, your hair's sticking out. Here, sit still. I'll fix it to make it pretty.

Toi: Wah... Thank you dearest Big Bro. My beloved Big Bro really is the coolest in the whole wide world... My heart's skipping a beat...

Toi: A mature seductiveness like Yodaka-san's... How can i end up having that too? I'm jealous, you see.

Yodaka: Fufu, but Toi. Don't you have your own kind of charm that I lack. I admit I'm also envious on that front.

[lafiametta]

As long as we're doing some headcanons (thank you anon) I head an idea that maybe at some point Igor has to go back to Russia for like a wekk ( I dunno why, reader's choice lol), but ani misunderstands and thinks he's returning for good (she probably hears 'I'm going back to russia' and stops listening). Then in the days leading up to it she's a bit sulky and he doesn't get why, and as you said they're not the best at talking about feelings, poor babies ha. Then the night before, she realises he'll be back soon, and is so relived she just sobs. This can be a call back to the car scene because he'll just know why and holds her. She doesn't have to say that she loves him, he'll know just by how tigght she holds him back

Without getting into the intricacies of American immigration law, certain visas have time limitations, so you have to leave the country by a certain date, but then you can get a new visa to come back fairly quickly (within a week or two). It’s annoying as hell, and no doubt really expensive for someone like Igor, but it might also be a chance to see the rest of his family and his old friends. So he tells Ani, “My visa is expiring. I have to go back to Moscow.” And, yeah, in the translation or in Ani's immediate (but quiet) devastation—because she’s found this person she doesn’t hate being around, maybe even likes being around, and now he’s going to abandon her too, like she’s always been abandoned, and what was she thinking, letting this fucking guy into her life in the first place?—she doesn’t realize it’s only temporary. So she reverts to bad habits: she ignores some of his texts, she starts calling him a “piece of shit” or a “fucking weirdo” again, she starts to pull away from him so that it’ll hurt less when he goes. And Igor doesn’t really understand—maybe she’s just mad that he has to leave New York at all—but he doesn’t say anything because he doesn’t want to start a fight and make it worse.

The day before his flight they go get dinner at this cheap shawarma place she likes and on the walk back he’s trying to cheer her up a little and he tells her, “You will be okay when I’m gone. You have work and Lulu and that TV you like to watch.” And finally she’s just had it, because he’s just going to walk out of her life and he’s telling her to fucking watch television? So she spits out a “fuck you, dude” and starts to walk away, but he catches up to her as they’re almost to her steps. “It is only two weeks, Ani,” he says. “I can not come back any sooner.” She stops and looks at him, utterly confused. “What the fuck are you talking about, ‘come back’? You’re moving to fucking Russia!” He shakes his head: “I get a new visa, then I come back to New York. In two weeks.”

And suddenly she gets it and she’s still so pissed, but now she’s relieved and happy and she can finally breathe, but she can’t really, not when this strange feeling is spreading through her chest, settling into all the little hidden corners and filling them with warmth. She doesn’t want to think about why it matters so much that he’s coming back, that he wants to come back to her. But it does, it really fucking does, and she can’t stop the tears of relief that are welling up or the way that her arms instinctively reach out for him and she presses her face into his chest. He pulls her in closer, the feel of him so solid and reassuring. She knows she must look awful, crying like that, her makeup ruined and most of it probably smearing across his shirt, but Igor doesn’t seem to care. He just holds her, like he always does, their bodies speaking even if they can’t ever find the words.

[syyskirjat]

Sueños de piedra (ch1)

Okay, I promised (to myself) to check out whatever media won the ultimate obscure blorbo tournament ( @who-do-i-know-this-man (I wasn't sure whether to tag you or not but in the end I figured I might as well, hope you don't mind I guess))

Turns out that it's a guy from a 2015 Spanish YA fantasy book

And turns out there's a free sample available! Which is lucky for me because I'm currently very broke

Sueños de piedra by Iria G. Parente and Selene M. Pascual

I don't speak Spanish so I'm gonna rely on the translator quite a lot lmao (well I understand some Spanish actually, but definitely not enough to read a whole book)

The title translates to something like "Dreams of Stone" I think?

Once upon a time in a kingdom far, far away, a prince rewarded a wizard for helping rescue a young girl in trouble. Charming. Too bad none of this is true. In reality, the prince dreams of glory and revenge; the magician, with her spells not always being a disaster and the young woman in trouble, with fleeing from a past that torments her... and from the memory of the man she has killed. Once upon a time...

(Yes this is just Google Translate, sorry)

Okay so, prince, magician and a damsel in distress? Prince wants revenge for something, who knows what, magician is having trouble doing the magic, and the damsel is in fact a killer? Ok ok

The dedication goes as follows:

To all those who embark on a direct journey towards their dreams every day. May you always reach your destination.

Okay so Marabilia is a place? That's apparently also the name of this book series. Is this like the kingdom then? So it consists of three islands, two small ones and one big? Or is it supposed to be a continent? It definitely seems too small to be a continent

I know the blorbo is called Arthmael de Silfos so I'm guessing he's from the Silfos area in the north of the big island then. I can see what's probably a city called Duan and a forest called "Merlon Forest". We also have different towers around the big island, one of which seems to be called the Tower of Black Magic. (I didn't even need to use the translator for those yay xD)

Okay the first chapter is called Arthmael so I guess we're meeting our blorbo already, which is nice

— Let me make it clear: are you going to give my crown to a bastard?

Okay..... the very first line and I already think Arthmael might be a bit of a spoiled brat (I assume he's in fact the prince)

Apparently Arthmael just found out that he has an illegitimate older brother but I guess this brother's mother is noble anyway so it's legit? I dunno yet. Arthmael thinks this guy is blackmailing his father somehow and is already considering poison as a solution

And anyway, what kind of a name is Jacques for a king?

lmao, so much shade to all the kings called Jacques

Okay so Jacques's family is very powerful and loved by the people of Silfos and the king fears a civil war if he disrespects his claim to the throne. Alright. Kinda weird since based on Arthmael's thoughts, this society has a similar attitude to bastards as in European history, but okay then. I wonder if Jacques is even actually the king's son or is this some kind of a ruse?

Arthmael is very cheeky and even references his dad's love life directly to his face, his dad is not very happy

The king tells him to just be a good boy and hopefully they'll find him some crown princess to marry so he'll get a kingdom that way

I guess these different areas on the map are kingdoms then, that makes sense. They look like very small kingdoms but this is a small place in general.

Arthmael doesn't seem to mind this idea except that there's only one possible princess like that in Marabilia and that's Ivy de Dione. Not sure what's wrong with her.

Well, who knows? Maybe, if I wait a few moons, some other bastard, in Verves or Idyll, will come out from under a rock and come offer me her hand.

Somebody's very snarky, that's cute

Arthmael is very haughty about how the people have always known him as the crown prince and accepted him as such, Jacques laughs and asks what has he even done for the people. He's like well he hasn't really done much yet because he was planning to do things once he became king, but he's been supporting the local business (taverns) and employing servants (lmao). Also apparently there are some girls he's seeing...

Apparently Jacques's family are big traders and business people (despite being noblemen) and create lots of jobs, and also big on charity, so everybody loves them

Arthmael is jealous of how proud his dad looks when Jacques says this, and how he's never looked at him like that

Well, I guess you're kind of a little shit so it makes sense, Arthmael

— If the smartest thing is to become the idol of a few starving people in order to be king, I can do it too.

Oh my god, this little brat

He declares that he's going to be a hero, to overshadow the charity of Jacques' family, because heroes are remembered by history while philanthropist aren't

So he plans to become a storybook Prince Charming, saving damsels in distress etc.

Jacques finds this understandably hilarious, the king is not amused

Once Jacques leaves, the king again offers to arrange a marriage to Arthmael, specifically with the princess of Dione

I'm almost tempted. I have never been to Dione, but they say that their ships are the lightest and fastest, and that sailors come to their shores from the other side of the sea, speaking strange languages that only they understand. Who come from lands where women wear short dresses, if they wear anything at all. Places where war is so normal that, as soon as a child is strong enough to pick up a sword, they push him to the front lines.

Alright then, I see what he fixates on

Was there anything wrong with the princess then or?

Barbarians. I remove the thought from my mind.

Oh okay. What a charming young man /s

Dione is like right next to Silfos according to the map btw, is this like one of those neighbourly feuds?

Okay he says it's because he doesn't want a foreign kingdom, he wants to keep his home, which is fair I guess

The king is like what do you want me to do, kill Jacques and his pregnant wife? And Arthmael is just like yeah great idea, because he's a dumbass. The king is like wtf

Apparently Jacques' family is from that Duan city that I noted earlier, and his mother died a few days ago and apparently "her loss is greatly felt"

The king regrets spoiling Arthmael too much, and talks about how Arthmael doesn't understand anything about suffering or anything and only cares about girls

Arthmael is already considering faking his death to make them all feel sorry, because of course he is, he's exactly that kind of guy

He says he doesn't want to go try to charm the princess, he'd rather just go off on his own (also there's a whole bit about how only a man can rule Dione or something and the king of Dione won't accept his daughter to become a ruler)

His dad tells him no, just stay here and be a good boy, don't make everybody gossip about drama in the royal family

Arthmael is like hey you managed to hide your bastard son for years, you can hide my disappearance

They fight a bit more but then Arthmael just storms out, grabs a few things from his room and leaves

a change of clothes, a bag of coins, my sword, and my favourite cloak. I do not need anything else.

Okay then, good luck I guess

To be a hero you only need a brave heart. Or so they say.

I feel like you also need to not be a selfish prick but maybe that's optional

Okay end of first chapter!

Our blorbo seems like a real brat!

But I guess the point is probably that he needs to learn some lessons along the way, or something like that, idk. I'm sure there's a reason for why whoever entered him into the tournament likes him so much

I'm guessing the damsel in distress is not the princess? Probably? She wasn't called a princess anyway. TBH she's the character I'm currently the most curious about. The next chapter is from the point of view of someone called Lynne and I hope that's her. Could be the magician too though I guess? No wait, I think the magician is a guy. Altho idk maybe Lynne could be a guy's name, I don't fucking know.

I'm guessing that Arthmael will try to rescue the damsel so he can be a hero, because that's what heroes are supposed to do, but then it'll go wrong somehow? And then the magician will get involved somehow, I have no clue.

That's all my predictions I suppose. Altho I'm guessing that Jacques might turn out to be a villain somehow, I didn't get the vibe that he was particularly great either, just not as much of a brat as Arthmael, and it would then be something for Arthmael to do when he gets back home. Then again maybe the book will surprise me, who knows. To be honest, it would feel a bit like a cop out if it turns out that the guy he hates actually is evil, but it could be handled well, and it's not like I like Jacques either so far. He seems extremely sus too

No guesses as to what the title refers to yet, it could be anything

Idk, like I said, the damsel's storyline is the one that interests me the most rn, it might actually get me to read further (good job, blurb, you got me)

I still have a surprisingly good amount of the free sample left, there's actually nine chapters here, so idk, maybe I'll keep going? We'll see

I'm pretty happy with how much I was able to follow the text even on my own, altho I definitely had to rely on the translator. I would not have had the patience to try to translate all of this myself. But I definitely understood multiple full sentences! Yaaay xD

Apologies to fans of this book series, I hope I didn't seem too rude

[1way2mars]

Pazuribe Event Translation - “Let's all get along!? Getting out of the marvellous room!” — Part 2

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OPENING STORY

望月 完爾：こっちの部屋にも扉があるが・・・開かねぇな

Mocchi: There’s also a door in here but… it won’t open.

黒川 イザナ：この扉、メモが付いてるな

Izana: There’s a note on the door.

鶴蝶：「扉に光を当てよ」・・・どういうことだ？

Kakucho: “Shine the light on the door”... What does this mean?

灰谷 蘭：謎掛けなのか、はたまたそのままの意味なのか

Ran: Is it a riddle or does it mean what it means?

斑目 獅音：あぁ！？どういうことだよ

Shion: HAH!? What are ya talkin’ ‘bout?

灰谷 竜胆：この情報だけじゃ、何もわからないってことだよ

Rindou: He means that we basically know nothin’ with that info.

黒川 イザナ：仕方ね、また部屋を探って脱出方法を見つけるぞ

Izana: No choice but find a way to escape this room.

望月 完爾：チッ、やるしかねーか

Mocchi: Tch, let’s get to it.

STORY BEFORE THE BOSS

斑目 獅音：イザナ！なんか鏡見つけたんだけどよぉ　これって脱出の鍵じゃねーか！？

Shion: Izana! I stumbled upon some mirrors… think they might be the key to gettin’ outta here!?

黒川 イザナ：6枚の鏡・・・これでどうやって扉を開けるんだよ

Izana: Six mirrors… How are they gonna open the door?

斑目 獅音：え、いや・・・それはわかんねぇけどよ

Shion: Eh, well… I dunno.

望月 完爾：イザナ　こっちは宝箱見つけたぜ　これはいかにもじゃねーか？

Mocchi: Izana. Came across this treasure chest. Ain’t it too obvious?

黒川 イザナ：たしかに、いかなも大事なモンが入ってそうだな

Izana: Looks like there’s probably another important clue in there. 

斑目 獅音：でも鍵ついてんじゃねーか　オマエ開けられんのかよ

Shion: But it’s locked… Can you even open it?

望月 完爾：適当の試してみたが開かなかった

Mocchi: I tried, but it won’t budge.

斑目 獅音：はっ！じゃあ意味ねぇーなぁー！

Shion: Haaah! There’s no point!

望月 完爾：あぁ？

Mocchi: Huh?

黒川 イザナ：箱の裏にヒントが書いてあるな

Izana: There’s a hint on the bottom.

望月 完爾：ヒントなんか書いてあったのか　気づかなかったな

Mocchi: I totally missed that clue..

斑目 獅音：なんて書いてあんだ

Shion: What’s it say?

黒川 イザナ：「ぬいぐるみをよく見て」

Izana: “Look closely at the plushies”.

鶴蝶：ぬいぐるみみって、これのことか？なにか仕掛けでもあんなのか・・・

Kakucho: Look at the plushies, you mean these? I had no idea they were rigged...

灰谷 竜胆：なんかメモがついてねぇ？

Rindou: Is there a note stuck to it or what?

灰谷 蘭：全員のぬいぐるみに付いてるみたいだな

Ran: Looks like they’ve all got something on them.

鶴蝶：オレのメモには「みち」って書いてるがどういうことだ？

Kakucho: My note says “michi”, but what’s that even mean?

黒川 イザナ：全員のメモを出せ　並べるぞ

Izana: Hand over all your notes. Let’s line them up.

鶴蝶：イザナのが「の誕」オレのは「みち」蘭は「は？」竜胆は「ゃん」モッチーが「きり」獅音が「生日」

Kakucho: Izana’s says “‘s bir”, mine says “michi”, Ran’s “when is?”, Rindou’s “an’s”, Mochi’s “kiri” and Shion’s “thday”

望月 完爾：・・・意味がわからねぇな

Mocchi: I have no clue what that's supposed to mean...

灰谷 蘭：並び替えたら文章になるんじゃねぇ？

Ran: If we rearrange them, it’s a sentence right?

灰谷 竜胆：じゃあ、これはこうだろ！

Rindou: Yeah, that’s it!

斑目 獅音：いや、ちげぇよ　それはこっちだって！

Shion: Stop, that ain’t it. That one goes here!

望月 完爾：バカか、そうするとここの意味がわかんねぇだろ

Mocchi: You idiot, then it doesn’t make sense.

斑目 獅音：あぁ！？誰がバカだって？

Shion: Huh!? Who you callin’ an idiot?

鶴蝶：おい、揉めてる場合じゃねぇだろ

Kakucho: Hey, this ain't a place to fight.

黒川 イザナ：・・・できたな

Izana: …done.

黒川 イザナ：「きりみちゃんの誕生日は？」

Izana: “When is Kirimi-chan’s birthday?”

鶴蝶：きりみちゃんって　そこの壁に描かれてるキャラクターか？

Kakucho: Kirimi-chan… Isn’t that the character painted on the wall?

灰谷 竜胆：誰か誕生日知ってる？

Rindou: Does anyone know its birthday?

斑目 獅音：知らねーよ

Shion: No idea.

望月 完爾：ヒントの意味がねぇな

Mocchi: I don’t even get the clue, man.

黒川 イザナ：あのイラスト、よく見てみろ

Izana: That drawing, let’s check it out.

鶴蝶：ん？どうかしたか？

Kakucho: Mh? What’s up?

黒川 イザナ：他のイラストは何も待ってないのに、きりみだけ野菜を持ってる

Izana: The others aren’t carrying anything, but Kirimi is the only one holding a vegetable.

鶴蝶：ほんとうだ　なにか意味がありそうだな

Kakucho: That’s true. That’s got to mean something, right?.

灰谷 蘭：野菜か・・・0831とか？

Ran: Vegetables… 0831*?

灰谷 竜胆：いやいや　そんな単純なわけないっしょ～

Rindou: Nah, nah. It can’t be that simple～

黒川 イザナ：開いたな

Izana: It opened.

灰谷 竜胆：マジか

Rindou: For real?

鶴蝶：宝箱の中には何が入ってるんだ？

Kakucho: Is there something inside the chest?

黒川 イザナ：またパズルゲームか

Izana: Another puzzle game?

斑目 獅音：じゃあ、これをクリアしたら扉が開くんじゃねーか！！

Shion: So, if we beat the game, the door’s gonna unlock!!

黒川 イザナ：・・・・・・だといいけどな

Izana: I hope so…

EVENT ENDING

黒川 イザナ：扉はどうだ？

Izana: How’s the door?

望月 完爾：開かねぇな

Mocchi: It ain’t opening.

灰谷 蘭：今回はパズルをクリアするだけじゃダメってことか

Ran: Maybe this time there’s more to it than just solving the puzzle?

鶴蝶：やっぱ「扉に光を当てよ」の謎を解かねーとな

Kakucho:  We still have to solve the “shine the light on the door” riddle.

灰谷 竜胆：なぁ、隣の部屋パズルクリアしてから壁から光が出てきたんだけど

Rindou: Hey, after we cleared that puzzle in the other room, I spotted a light poppin’ outta the wall. 

斑目 獅音：うぉ！？なんだぁ？緑の光線？みたいのか出てるな

Shion: Wow!? What the? A beam of green light? Or somethin’ like that is coming out.

黒川 イザナ：この光を扉に当てろってことか？

Izana: Do we have to shine this light to the door?

鶴蝶：けど、隣の部屋だぜ？壁で光が届かねぇよ

Kakucho: But, it’s in the other room, ya know? The light’s not gonna make it through the wall.

黒川 イザナ：獅音　鏡、あったよな？

Izana: Shion, still have the mirrors?

斑目 獅音：あぁ　さっき見つけたやつがあるぜ

Shion: Aah, here’s one.

灰谷 蘭：まさか・・・その鏡で光を反射させて当てるって言わねぇよな？

Ran: No way… Don’t tell me you’re gonna use that mirror to reflect the light?

黒川 イザナ：それしかねぇだろ

Izana: Ain’t nothing else to do.

灰谷 竜胆：さすがに無理あるんじゃねーの？

Rindou: Ain’t that kind of impossible?

鶴蝶：ちょうど人数分の鏡があるんだなやってみようぜ

Kakucho: There’s exactly one mirror for each, so let’s try.

斑目 獅音：めんどくせーな、クソ

Shion: Shit, what a pain in the ass.

黒川 イザナ：ここから脱出するためださっさとやれ

Izana: If we wanna leave this place, we gotta do it.

灰谷 蘭：はぁ～こんなむさ苦しい空間さっさと出たいしな

Ran: Hah～ I wanna get out of this cramped room.

望月 完爾：おい、ここに立ちゃいいのか？

Mocchi: Hey, do I stand here?

灰谷 蘭：それじゃ光反射しねぇもっと角度つけろ

Ran: That way the light won’t reflect, so change the angle.

望月 完爾：あぁ！？こうか！？

Mocchi: HAH!? Like this!?

灰谷 竜胆：じゃーオレはここかな～

Rindou: Then I’ll be here～

斑目 獅音：オレはここでいいのか！？オイ、鶴蝶！！？

Shion: Am I okay here!? Hey, Kakucho!!?

鶴蝶：場所はそこでいい　鏡をもうちょい上に向けてくれ

Kakucho: That spot is good. Turn the mirror a little bit higher.

斑目 獅音：くっそ、ムズかしいこと言う��じゃねーよ！！！

Shion: Shit, don’t say hard stuff!!!

鶴蝶：そこだ！そのまま働くなよ・・・・・・イザナ、いけるか？

Kakucho: That’s it! That might work… Izana, you good?

黒川 イザナ：あぁ　これで、扉に光が当たるはず・・・・・・

Izana: Yeah. Then, let’s shine the light on the door…

ーガチャ

Click

黒川 イザナ：！

Izana: !

鶴蝶：開いたな！

Kakucho: It opened!

灰谷 蘭：まだ喜ぶのは早いんじゃねーの？また部屋が続いてるかもよ

Ran: It’s too early to celebrate right? There might be another room. 

黒川 イザナ：・・・開けるぞ

Izana: Let’s open it…

ーパァ

Pam

鶴蝶：・・・・・・ここは

Kakucho: Is this...

黒川 イザナ：横浜だな

Izana: Yokohama.

斑目 獅音：戻ってきたのかオレら！！！

Shion: We’re back!!!

望月 完爾：オイ、扉なくなってるぞ

Mocchi: Hey, the door disappeared.

灰谷 竜胆：うわっ、マジじゃん　服も元に戻ってる・・・・・・どうなってんだ？

Rindou: Wooow, for real. We switched up our outfits too… What’s going on?

灰谷 蘭：超常現象じゃん　うけんな

Ran: Paranormal phenomenon… No joke.

鶴蝶：まぁ、細かいことはいいじゃねぇか　無事脱出できたんだから　な、イザナ

Kakucho: Well, let’s not overthink it, we made it out. Hey, Izana. 

黒川 イザナ：あぁ・・・・・・

Izana: Hah…

鶴蝶：どうかしたか？

Kakucho: What’s wrong?

黒川 イザナ：ぬいぐるみが落ちてんな

Izana: These plushies dropped.

鶴蝶：これ、さっき蘭と竜胆が持ってたやつと同じじゃねえ？

Kakucho: Aren’t those like the ones Ran and RIndou had on them before?

灰谷 蘭：本当だな

Ran: That’s right.

灰谷 竜胆：さっきは邪魔くせえとしか思わなかったけど、小さいと結構かわいーじゃん

Rindou: I thought they were on our way, but when they’re small they’re sure cute. 

黒川 イザナ：そのぬいぐるみ、なんか持ってねぇか？

Izana: What is that plushie holding?

鶴蝶：なんだこれ、手紙か？

Kakucho: What the hell is this, a letter?

灰谷 竜胆：「クリアおめでとう♪　一緒に謎解きができて楽しかったよ！」・・・だとさ

Rindou: It says “Congratulations for winning♪ Being able to solve the mystery together was fun!”

黒川 イザナ：・・・・・・どういうことだ？

Izana: What the…?

女の子：あ！私のシュガーバニーズ！

Girl: Ah! My sugarbunnies!

灰谷 竜胆：あ？これか？

Rindou: Oh? These?

女の子：うん！お兄ちゃんが拾ってくれたの？どうもありがとう！

Girl: Yeah! Did you find them? Thank you so much!

灰谷 蘭：この手紙、オマエが書いたの？

Ran: This letter, did you write it?

女の子：手紙？知らないよ？あ、ママが呼んでる！もう行かなきゃ！バイバイ！

Girl: A letter? No idea? Ah, my mum is calling me! I have to go! Bye-bye!

・・・

鶴蝶：ぬいぐるみの持ち主はいたが手紙は謎のままか

Kakucho: So that was the owner of the plushies, but the letter still is a mystery.

斑目 獅音：あのガキ帰してよかったのかよ何か知ってたんじゃねーの？

Shion: Dunno if that brat went back home, but maybe she got some info?

望月 完爾：どう考えても、ガキがどうこうできるレベルじゃねーだろ？

Mocchi: Surely it’s not some level that brat can manage?

斑目 獅音：あぁ！？聞いてみねーとわかんねぇだろーが！！！

Shion: HAH!? If we don’t ask, we’ll never gonna find out!!!

黒川 イザナ：うるせぇ　おんなことどうてもいいだろ

Izana: Shut up. I don’t care about that girl’s stuff.

黒川 イザナ：さっさと帰るぞ　オレは疲れた

Izana: Let’s go home. I’m exhausted.

鶴蝶：あぁ　いろんなことがありますぎだよな　さっさと帰って休もうぜ

Kakucho: Yeah. We did a lot of stuff, so let’s head back and rest.

灰谷兄弟：へーい

Haitani brothers: Yeees.

望月 完爾：フン

Mocchi: Mhph. 

斑目 獅音：わかったよ

Shion: Yes sir.

STORY AFTER DEFEATING BOSS LVL. 2

三ツ谷 隆：なるほどな　だいたいわかってきた　次は勝つぜ！

Mitsuya: I see. I get it, next time I’ll win!

STORY AFTER DEFEATING BOSS LVL. 5

三ツ谷 隆：強いな・・・けど、オレだって負けねぇ

Mitsuya: You’re strong… but I won’t lose. 

STORY AFTER DEFEATING BOSS LVL. 10

三ツ谷 隆：もう1回だ　次こそ勝つ！

Mitsuya: One more time, I’ll win for sure!

*0831 makes references to Vegetable Day in Japan, which is celebrated August 31st.

[the-blossica-fan]

*taps on mic before leaning in*

Matilda and Kakania are the last ones to know that they've been in a committed romantic relationship for 5+ years. It is when their partners planned a anniversary dinner that they subsequently admit their feelings to said SO and ask if they could start dating (officially).

Isolde plays it off remarkably well. The only giveaway she shows is a (confused) tilt to her head before she smiles (blindingly, radiant, nearly knocks Kakania out) and accepts with a faint blush. This is in part due to her realization that she can speedrun the process now that it's "offical" in Kakania's mind. This is dangerous for Kakania's heart as she suddenly is on the receiving end to more physical and overt affection from Isolde than ever before, but now she is also at the mercy of Isolde pouting when she doesn't get to hold Kakania close and whisper sweet nothings to her 24/7. Semmelweis comments once that Kakania might want to get her heart/blood pressure checked because "there's no way that much blushing is good for your health." Marcus is just happy Isolde and Kakania worked things out (Isolde went to her to help find some of the most heart-wrenching yearn filled poems ever written before they cleared up the misunderstanding).

Matilda unfortunately runs away beet red when her SO's respond with "we've been dating for years now wdym?" J is absolutely no help when Matilda barged into his room, red in the face and refusing to speak in mostly English (she keeps switching to French halfway through a sentence). When he finally figures it out, his laughter only makes her feel more embarrassed, but when they both calm down, he offers to help. He's used to blacksmithing weapons, but that doesn't mean he can't learn to do small things like matching lockets that Matilda fills with the dust and small herbs she uses for divination. Unbeknownst to many, Matilda is an ardent romantic and has memorized books worth of French poetry and will say countless romantic turn of phrase with a strange amount of heartfelt confidence and loving clarity (she can only do so because they can't understand her which takes away a lot of embarrassment). Tennant manages to hear her once and compliments her dedication to the craft (loving women) but refuses to translate anything Matilda says because "what's the fun in that? But I'll give you a hint, try saying back 'Tes paroles sont plus douces que du miel, mon amour.' And see what she says 😏."

(She goes red, makes a sound much like a ducks squawk, and runs away)

"you said you love me? Haha that's so gay!"

"we've been married for 20 years"

"wait really? Wasn't that to avoid taxes?!"

They seem like the kind to get married and not know if it's romantic or platonic. Fucking idiots/aff

I love the idea of Isolde standing there, entirely confused as Kakania asks her out and wants to make things official as if they haven't been going on dates for 2 whole years. Since she loves that damn idiot so much, she places all those worries asides just to kiss her and accept her proposal.

She looks back at that moment fondly as she lovingly stares at her stupid girlfriend. Kakania is lucky her girlfriend loves her so much.

(Isolde is so seductive tho, whispering in Kakania's ear? She wants that woman to die from gay)

I MIGHT be stupid but I literally read that French line backwards 😊

No I definitely am stupid.

Matilda is a mess, she gets a girlfriend (TWO, how? Dunno she just pulls), she doesn't know she has two girlfriends. The appreciation for a dumbass is all.

"hah! Of course I'd have good friends! I am the best in this whole suitcase" and said good friends cuddle with her to sleep every night, give her romantic gifts and kiss her cheeks. Very friendly, very normal.

You know what, shootout to Joe for trying to help that idiot, and shootout to Tennant for making her girlfriends understand (not rlly) said idiot 🙏

[wehangout]

Shameless DVD Commentary

The wonderful @i-think-you-mean-reduction asked for a DVD commentary on Suncatcher! This was the first time I'd read it since finishing, so that was a lot of fun, too! This whole thing got away on me, so hit that read more if you want to read more 💜 as usual, thanks to @callivich for starting this awesome idea!

Which fanfic is your DVD commentary about?

Suncatcher!

Give us some stats - (when you wrote it, word count, how long it took to finish, is it a one-shot/multi-chapter, etc)

Okay, I started posting this in March of 2022, which leads me to believe I started writing it in 2021 (I'm on a borrowed laptop, so can't check). It took some time to finish because ~real life~ and word count hits 58,592.

What was the initial inspiration for your story?

Oooh, okay. This post. If you don't want to click, it's a text post saying "au where thief!cas tries to ride dean's dick and keep track of when his flashdrive is done stealing the contents of dean's computer at the same time". Obviously, that kind of scene never happened in Suncatcher, but vibes, you know?

If the story is written from a character’s POV, why did you choose this character?

Mostly Mickey because almost everything I write is Mickey pov. But I did experiment with this by writing those 3rd person Ian snippets, and literally the only reason for it is so the reader could be there for that moment of realisation when Ian figures it all out.

What was your favourite scene to write?

I don't know that I have one, but I really enjoyed the scene where Mickey asks Ian to come to Mexico. Getting to write them being soft, even just for a minute, was nice. And literally any of their flirty banter was fun to write lol.

How did you come up with the title?

I feel like this doesn't need an explanation, lol. I will say, though, I had three other titles in mind. I had "Denouement", "Encontrar", and "Atrapasol". Encontrar means "to find" in Spanish (because I knew it would end with them in Mexico), while "Atrapasol" means "suncatcher". At least, according to Google translate lmao.

Are there any little moments or references you hope readers will notice?

I did a reread in order to write this commentary, so, please, have a list of moments, foreshadowing, and references.

* Mickey's nautical-themed sleeve! “Sailing? Nah, man. I just really like pirates.” Get it? Because he's a thief? And pirates steal shit? Literally no one caught onto that haha * “Uh … growing up the way I did, I’m probably better at the B&E itself rather than tryin’ to solve it.” -- Mickey literally says this in the first chapter lmao * His mind doesn’t go over every detail of the North Side burglaries and he doesn’t obsess over the thief committing them. No thief. Just a bartender. Just Mickey. -- Um, hello? * “Never gonna give that up, are we?” “Never gonna live it down.” “Those aren’t the lyrics.” “Okay, lyric police.” -- 27 Dresses, thank you * Ahh, Mickey's blowjob tattoo. The amount of erotic tattoo designs I looked at for this, but nothing was right. Until Mitch 💜 * He snorts. “Clearly you don’t know many writers.” “I don’t. Should I?” “No. They’re the worst.” -- I'm dying 😂 * Well, this really has turned into a commentary, huh? Apologies. * "A little dry, to be honest." Chapter 3 and 9. Did anyone catch that?

Was there anything you struggled to write? If so, how did you overcome this?

The last two chapters. Life completely turned upside-down on me and I couldn't write a thing. Zero motivation, infinity depression. Then, at the beginning of this year ... I dunno. I don't know what happened, but suddenly I was writing again and I haven't stopped yet.

Favourite line in the story?

“Catch me if you can, motherfucker.”

“Two, I give you the keys to the cuffs and leave. But first I suck your dick until you come down my throat.”

“I’ll give you what you want, Red, you just have to decide what you want more; the thief, or his mouth?”

“I didn’t do anything,” he whispers. “You did everything, Ian.”

“Interesting,” he says. “I was already half in love with you by then.” 😭

“I’m gonna fuck you now. You know that, right?” You groan and drop your head. “You might just break my fucking heart if you don’t, Gallagher.”

“So long as that lover is you, Gallagher.”

Did the storyline change in any way as you wrote the story?

Yeah, but only chapters 9 and 10. Initially I was going to write Ian having a depressive episode and Mickey talking to him about everything while he was down, but I hated the idea. I didn't want it to seem like Mickey/the thief was the cause of his episode, and I also didn't want to use it as a tool. The idea changed into a possible attack on Ian, but that still wasn't working for me. So, instead, you got the scene with Mickey handcuffed and Ian asking questions. I switched the vulnerability around and made it way more fun.

If you are writing a particular trope or genre, was it your first time writing this?

Nah. A little crime with my romance is my go-to lol

What are you most proud about in the story? (plot, characterisation, dialogue, twist/cliffhanger, etc)

Finishing it. Kidding. Kinda. Not really.

Actually, though, the dialogue and banter is pretty good. It reads very natural, so I'm proud of that.

Are there any deleted scenes that didn’t make it to the final story?

Only what I mentioned above. I wrote the attack on Ian, Mickey sitting with him in hospital ... it wasn't good.

Are there any ‘behind the scenes’ info you’d like to share - e.g. what’s going on in a characters head in a certain scene or how you came to write a certain line?

Oh, the moment where Ian finds the camera and leaves it. He'd just heard Mickey tell him that he stopped watching before things got interesting, and that's what he's thinking about as he puts the camera back down with a smirk. About Mickey not stopping just as things get interesting. I had thought about writing it, too. A scene where Mickey doesn't close the laptop, working consent into it and Ian putting on a fucking show

Reading back the story now, is there anything you’d change or add?

I don't think so. I'm pretty happy with most of it.

Would you ever write a sequel to this story?

Kinda did. Wouldn't be opposed to doing more. All the cream pie banter I'm rereading is def giving me inspo for if I write more of them oops

Are there any ‘easter eggs’ in your story - e.g. references to other stories you’ve written, a trope you often use etc?

I think I mentioned this in the commentary for Thicker Than Forget, but Jim Morrison/The Doors lyrics. I don't know, man, it just works for me haha.

Also the name thing - Gallagher/Ian/baby and Mickey/Mick.

There's also the line "It’s gone from bartender and customer having a bit of fun flirting and teasing, to silk sheets and Nine Inch Nails pounding through the speakers." - The NIN might be a reference to Help Me (Tear Down My Reasons) 😏 iykyk

Were you nervous or excited to post this story?

Excited. Probably more excited to post ch2, though, just for the reaction to Mickey being the thief haha

Did you have a beta or a friend who helped you as you wrote?

@whaticameherefor always 💜

Ask your followers to pick a snippet (no more than 500 words) and share your thoughts about it.

@i-think-you-mean-reduction asked for the scene where Ian asks Mickey on a date which I've pasted below.

A couple of notes on it:

The Riverwalk Cocktail Festival is a real thing in Chicago

I put a stupid amount of research into finding them the perfect date and this just fits.

Reading it back, I love that the Mickey doesn't think of the thief or anything to do with that shit once during this conversation. It's just two guys who like each other, and one's asking the other out on a date. It's just happy.

I think Mickey was so surprised that Ian was asking him out that everything he said and felt and thought was genuine. He even has a moment of "Fucking finally" that he doesn't mean to say, but 100% means.

I'm sad they never did it.

“Just my gut.” He pauses. Smiles. “Speaking of … in the interest of trusting my gut with my personal life as well as my professional life, have you heard of the Riverwalk Cocktail Festival next month?” Your heart skips a beat. Yeah, you’re heard of the fucking festival, and you can’t believe Ian’s doing this. “I’ve been a few times,” you tell him. “Sandy and I go under the pretence of work, and then get shit-faced.” “Okay, so do you maybe wanna go again?” He fingers go back to the coaster, but again he keeps eye contact. “But, you know, with me instead of Sandy.” There’s nothing romantic about the Riverwalk Cocktail Festival unless you go to the Riverwalk Cocktail Festival with romantic intentions. If you go with a date then it’s stupidly fucking romantic and you and Sandy used to talk shit about those assholes every chance you got, but … But the idea of being one of those couples, of going with Ian and having it be romantic … it makes you sick to your stomach how much you like the idea. “You askin’ me on a date, Gallagher?” He stares at you, eyes wide and honest. “Yeah.” “Fuckin’ finally.” You don’t mean to say it. You think it and you mean it, but you don’t mean to say it. Ian’s smile, though, makes the slip worth it. “So that’s a yes?” “Yeah.” “Good.” He smiles. Fucking beams. “Because I’ve already bought tickets, so I would’ve been kinda fucked if you’d said no.” “You already bought tickets?” “Some might call it presumptuous; I call it optimistic.” You shake your head. “Ian, man, those tickets are expensive as fuck –” “Doesn’t matter.” “Matters. At least let me pay you back for mine.” You already know he won’t let you pay for both of them. “Not a chance. This is me trusting my gut, asking you out, and feeling really good about it.” A smile pulls at the corner of your mouth. “Oh yeah?” “Yeah.” He smiles right back. “You wanna pull me out of that good feeling, the one I get when you agree to go on a date with me, by bringing up my money woes? Or do you wanna talk about our date and agree upon matching outfits?” “You better be fucking joking.”

Anything else you’d like the readers to know about the story?

So, as mentioned above there was a good chunk of time where nothing was updated. If you were someone who left a kudos or a comment or messaged me on here during that time, or even continued reading when I finally updated, please know it meant a lot.