#edited it so that you get 4 of them on the same gif!!! this cat cafe event has me on grip 🐈🐈🐈🐈 its so cute 🥺🥺💖💖💖💖

[xinyuehui]

/ᐠ˵- ⩊ -˵マ Meow's Café Ⳋ

[mellxncollie]

alex you really had to go and do this again, didn't you? (which is wonderful because i cut a few gifs from this set and now i get to share them!)

well damn i wasn't planning on another ao3-style comment but nooooo, you had to go make another beautiful gifset (lmao i love both you and your gifset so much!!) literally saved this until i can fully appreciate it, i feel like a little kid wanting to open a present slowly to keep the suspense longer, like i'm trying not to look at the gifs first (impossible) because i want to give you my FRESH response. i adore colour palettes (to no one's surprise)!! so excited for the ep2 gifs!!

obsessed with the fact that you waited to look at these!

gif 1: NIKO MY BELOVEDDDD. i love love love the green-pink contrast, i feel like that is just very niko!! we see her in other colours, sure, but in my mind they're her main two. obviously the pink is the sprites (and the lesbianism of course lmao) but the colour palette just really draws attention to it which is soooo pretty. and the yellow and greens!! the way her school clothes actually look green makes the whole thing SO cohesive and satisfying. also also the different shades of pink, like if i didn't look closely i would've thought it was one shade of pink except the colour palette made me look! *heart eyes motherfucker*

the main connecting colors that make this episode cohesive were pink and yellow, with a hint of green. and it's so perfect for niko! because you're so right, niko and pink is just... meant to be :) the whole flashback/memory sequence has those pink/red floating shapes and my brain definitely edited them out the first couple times i saw the episode, so i can totally relate. only really noticed the pink when i made my first gifset of the scene (all the way back in may, holy shit i've been at this for a while)

gif 2: ohhhhhhh my god turquoise+gold my beloved!!!!! sooooo in love with this palette it's not even funny. everything is so turquoise and kinda monotone with the funky lighting, and then you just have a few gold lights to give the whole thing life ough. (also a fun callback to the ep1 cat leash, aka the conflict they're headed towards??)

love the connection to the cat leash, definitely didn't think about it but now it's all i'm thinking about!

gif 3: HI LESBIAN NIKO HI! i love how the animations reflect in her eyes omg, i wonder how they did that? the purple that's the reflection of the light on her hair :o i never noticed it!!! and the other non-pink colours, the sort of pastel-y light green and yellow is so perfect for this scene WOW, actually all of the animations seem to be all pastel-y! and the green coming from the background (window?) is SO COOL

funny you mention lesbian. because. um. i title all these gifs "palette-[keyword].gif" and the keyword for this gif?

oooh so i also never noticed how the animations reflected in her eyes but now looking at it (and this is kind of a technical answer) it looks like the reflections in both eyes are the exact same and they don't reflect on her sclera, just her irises and pupils. i suspect that they just added the reflections as an overlay, and then masked around her irises, and it's not too hard to have those masks shift with her slight movement using keyframes for that short scene. so... probably added in post.

also the green!! i eyedropped that from the animations actually, i totally missed that it also matches the background window!

gif 4: hhhhhhhh SUCH a fun base shot but not one that i think is usually giffed? at least i haven't seen it around. it's really lovely to get those scenes like little treasures! and the greens!!! god i love a good green and these are the BEST. the monotone? *chef's kiss* (also i think i said something about it in the ep1 reaction and i know there's an aesthetic reason for it BUT it really does make the boys feel more ghostly since the only colour on them that's represented is the greenness of the forest reflecting on them. it looks amazing, basically)

funny that you mention this one as not usually giffed. because i have made soooooo many gifs of this exact shot, it's one of my ultimate favorites in the whole show actually, but i almost never publish them. i think this is the only gifset i've published with this scene. and the only other time i've used it was for the cover of the cinematography post:

little secret: it's not actually a monotone scene at all, i totally fudged it for this set. the ground is all yellows and reds, and there's a ton of blue and magenta lighting around it too. i didn't like the blues and magentas in this shot anyways, so i adjusted them to be more green and desaturated, and then ended up changing the rest to be more monotone.

gif 5: oooooh neutrals + gold? did not expect it, but i LOVE. also very fitting for the bathroom as this sort of very mundane place. nothing supernatural's going on in here, no sirree. also also very fun camera angle! something something about the light itself being white, but the light it casts being this warm gold? also the reflection of the light in the water, never noticed that!! i know the water is for crystal to splash her face with, but it just gives off scrying vibes and i am such a big fan. they should let the gang explore more supernatural methods in s2! but i digress. (oh and crystal being much more present, the dark colour picking up in her hair as well as the tiles, and the beige and white in her rings, just like the taps! crystal is so alive)

i barely noticed this shot before making this set actually! ended up being my favorite gif in this set though. something about those neutrals and the pop of yellow and the texture of the tiles. it's all so very satisfying :) love the thought of scrying vibes!

gif 6: another green with some red this time!! lmao it's like an optical illusion, my brain refused to see the reds until i actually stopped and looked for it. so nice and autumn-y <3 again the accent colour being the most prominent example of that colour is SUCH a vibe. also. they are so teeny-tiny omg who let them out to solve cases T-T

yep this one definitely is way easier to see the colors if you zoom really far out. i can see the red better in the little icons on my desktop than i can in the full size gif. had a few iterations for this one, including a version with a more muted color palette and another with the same palette but a slightly different yellow.

this was anther shot i didn't ever really pay attention to until making this set, but it's sooo cool. definitely love the autumn vibes and the scale!! yes!!! they look so small!!

gif 7: PIIIIIIIIIIIINK (god i love a good monotone) plus the (weird) perception we have of pink as this innocent colour vs this horror that niko's going through?? the good sauce man! also i love how the pink shifts until the middle colour basically fades against the background, that's really fun

oh yeah this one is really interesting because of that color shift. i initially made the palette eyedropping from one of the first frames but when i played the whole gif, they looked out of place by the final frames. ended up pulling colors from vastly different frames across the gif to get more balance.

gif 8: sprites sprites sprites! lmao i love them, they're terrible but at least they're funny about it <3 the colours?? obviously the greens, the gold in the coins and litty's dress, the white in their hats and clothing (and litty's highlights, damn girl), but that blue?? iconic. i probably wouldn't have seen it if not for the colour palette omgggg

i was actually thinking of you when i made this one and picked that blue. reminded me a bunch of the palette gif on the tube from episode one and the blue in the lights. i was having a hard time picking out a fifth color for this and was deciding between a few but ultimately picked the blue (probably subconciously for you).

overall: i didn't expect you to be able to surpass the ep1 colour palettes but i should never have doubted, oh my godddd olly!!!! just. WOW. loved all the nikos! loved the bright colours! loved the monotones! loved the greens! loved the pinks! loved the golds! (honestly it might be faster to mention everything i don't love, which is..... nothing) THANK YOU FOR GIFTING US MERELY MORTALS WITH YOUR DIVINE GIFSETS <3

to be totally honest, i wasn't sure if this series would work for the rest of the episodes. episode one has such a cohesive look in a way the others don't, and does way more things with lighting and colors than the rest. so i was anticipating the rest of the episodes to be more of a challenge. it ended up being a bit more difficult to find shots, but not nearly as hard as i expected! loveee that you picked up on the green/pink/gold colors here, which make so much sense thematically (niko=pink, green/gold=dandelions)

i ended up cutting four gifs for this set. the first two since they didn't totally fit the green/yellow/pink colors that i think make this set work

and with these next two, the first was cut because i already had 3 forest scenes. the second because i didn't love how the colors cover up esther's face

thanks a bunch for doing this alex!!! i adore hearing your thoughts on these and the little bits of meta you drop are such brainworms. going to be thinking about the connotations of pink as well as crystal and water scrying for a while <3

Dead Boy Detectives (2024) 1.02 — The Case of the Dandelion Shrine (insp)

[awsugar]

okay but rank frank’s hair through the years bestie

i’m taking this so seriously. maybe too seriously. 2007 long hair 2010 long hair 2013 long hair 2015 long hair 2017 long hair and 2020 long hair are all DIFFERENT ok. trust me. i’ll be ranking them in terms of how much i like them but i could alternatively also rank them in terms of stupidity...that’s a post for another time.

without further ado: mack’s definitive ranking of frank’s hair. this is long as fuck. you’ve been warned.

ok i know i said long hair is different and it IS but for my own sanity i have decided not to rank EVERY time frank’s hair has been some level of short and brown. only the ones that stand out to me.

32. short yellow dreads. what even was this. doesn’t even have the our sweet baby charm. dead last.

31. dreads. objectively also the worst. there’s something sweet about him in that era like our sweet baby is not to be underestimated but for ranking purposes it is the worst.

30. hiatus hair. wasn’t a fan of this at all. can’t pinpoint why.

29. 2008 hair. this is like non-hair. try harder.

28. 2013 long hair. many of you know that long hair frank is truly my beloved. but this just didn’t do it for me.

27. current hair. god has left the building. but i think he can bring it back.

26. late 2014 hair. not long or short enough. make up your mind.

25. turtle hair. both because this is from the snippy video and because he looks a little bit like a turtle. now don’t me wrong he was FIIIINE in this era but it was 0 to do with the hair and 100% to do with the beef.

24. basic tbp hair. nothing wrong with it but nothing great about it either. it just exists. 

23. medium length revenge hair.

22. head tattoo hair. this was a heinous crime.

who did this to him

21. shrine hair. not as severe as head tattoo hair. he looked great from the front!

but from the side? questionable

20. 2014 long on top. this is where we switch over from hair i dislike or am indifferent about, to hair i like.

19. buzzcut/really short. this covers both bullets and dd. what can i say he’s pretty and he can pull it off

(edit by @cocaineandtoupees)

18. 2015 long hair. it’s like. yes you are beautiful and breathtaking. but also you remind me of an oompa loompa why is it sticking straight up like that. 

17. early 2016 hair. like this is just some man but fuck if he isn’t pretty.

16. red hawk. iconic yes but it doesn’t hit as hard as its blonde counterpart.

15. shaggy 2015 long hair. it’s different to the oompa loompa. this is what i call puppy hair.

14. australia 2016 hair. i can’t find a proper photo that does it justice but check out these gifs by @iero. legendary and spectacular.

13. leathermouth dean winchester. there are like 4 pics of this and i wish there were more.

12. 2010 long hair with the blonde streak in the back. top points for combining long hair and peak stupidity. i would love to know what inspired this.

11. regular revenge hair with the devilock tucked to the side. SO stupid. as far as haircuts go. i’m obsessed. 

10. 2021 reverse revenge hair. we’re in the home stretch now. don’t know what’s going on here king but keep up the good work the bisexuals are losing their minds.

9. barriers hair. as far as frank’s many forays into short brown hair this is pretty much peak. 

8. 2007 long hair. what else is there to say. my love.

7. fuzzy blonde hawk. when it started to grow out...that’s it own haircut.

6. 2017 long hair. this did so much for us as a society. this pic exists somewhere without the watermark but oh my god. this gives me symptoms.

5. faux hawk with streaks. reminds me of those black and brown cats. just pretty. i promise you this is not the same as orange faux hawk. i promise.

4. orange faux hawk. speak of the devil. i don’t know why i love this so much but it’s the best. was the color intentional? was it not? we’ll never know.

3. long blonde. are you surprised to see this up so high? this photo changed the trajectory of my life. i was skeptical when he first debuted it in those pizza photos with a hat on but this?? incredible.

2. blonde hawk. ESPECIALLY with the freshly shaved/dyed sides. probably the most iconic look of all time and VERY close to being my number one favorite.

and drumrolllll.......

1. i’m not okay hair. yes this gets it’s very own. it’s incredible. never been done before never to be done again. 

literally exquisite. if you made it through this whole thing congrats. now it’s possible that you’re just as unwell as i am.

[feuqueerfire]

Magic of Zero: Zero Photography Live Blogging

I've already seen so many gifs from this and it's so aklsdfjalk;sfj stinking cute.

I don't know what to tag the gifs/posts of this as in my blog... Magic of Zero is the whole series and it'll include diff couples, do I want them all to be in the same tag? Should I do Zero Photography? Also it's a Bad Buddy offshoot but not actually Bad Buddy, so I won't tag that as well (except for 1 gifset so that I just... remember lol). Same for the girls tag, just tag it for one post so that I remember it exists but not for any subsequent ones.

Aug 18

Part 1

Love/Pa is soooo cute and endearing. The way she said "nooong" to the cat was so >.< Also she's calling herself Phi in relation to the cat and we've never heard that before since she's the youngest in BBS

Naurrr insecurities *knife emoji*

rip seeing the flashback to Pa being drawn to being photographed 7 years ago vs now being like "I won't take photos anymore"

Pa's curious little "Alai/What?" @ 7:15

Part 2

aah the teasing friend hehe

lmfao silly ass bike incident but cute. reminds me of some BL incidents like Theory of Love Khai and Love Mechanics Vee accidents

Pa adorable as hell looking around all confused

obsessed with miss girl Pa hitting her head on that piller 2x to try to go back to present time, then decide to fall on her back while she's bleeding from her head

P'Ink to the rescueeee

Pa in awe of Ink's coolness lol

Part 3

aww Pa being cute and almost crying being like "P'Ink I want you in my future"

D: "From now on, stop bothering me. I beg you." Will we ever learn why she said this?

tbh did not expect the random slight angst here, I thought this was just humour and hijinks and some insecurities

Part 4

They're so cute aksdjf;kasf >.<

The Oishi bottle falling from between their faces is probably the closest we'll get to an InkPa kiss lol thanks advertisement overlords

Overall, very cute, and the product placement was better incorporated than I expected.

Rating: 6/10

Tiktoks

Pa trying to get Ink to take photos of her (bg: I wanna be your girlfriend - girl in red)

cute edit of them (bg: cruel summer)

Ink taking Pa's photo for the first time (bg: Dandelions - Ruth B)

[asleepinawell]

How has poi changed your life? Genuinely curious, I love this show

I got this ask in May '20 and am only now answering it. :')

part of the problem with answering it is that half of the answer would be to the question of 'how has fandom changed your life' where poi is the fandom I've been the most active in and where fandom made the most difference. and that's a long story

my first draft of this was over 2k words long, and went back much further in time explaining how i had and hadn’t fit into queer spaces and fandom throughout my life. I edited it way back but it’s still long-ish, so you can read it below the break

many years ago, when I got my first full time job in my chosen industry my senior year of college I was so busy that I couldn't function. massive unhealthy amounts of overtime and a toxic work environment. (don't work at tech start-ups, kids!!!) my social life vanished. strikethrough on livejournal happened right then too and fandom, which i’d only been a silent participant in at that point, kind of went quiet for a while and by the time it started regrouping I was so busy that I didn't know about it. several awful years later I quit my job, spent several months in my room in my parents' house trying to recover from massive burn out (see my comment about tech start-ups), and then got a job on the opposite coast and left behind my whole circle of friends some of whom made up my entire connection to the queer community at that time.

making friends after college is very hard when you're an introvert and just generally don't like socializing that much. making queer friends can be even harder since there's fewer places to meet them and there's often an underlying question of dating/sex that hovers around awkwardly when sometimes what you want is just an absolutely no romo/no sex friendship. so while I did make a few queer friends eventually, I didn't have that same sort of community I did before I'd moved and I missed it

(I would be remiss in not saying that the queer friends i made in this time are all amazing and wonderful and some are still my close friends and very important to me. The thing I’m highlighting here was the lack of feeling like I was part of a larger queer community).

fast forward a bit. I get sick. like really really sick. I'm in and out of the ER, I'm missing tons of work, I'm mostly bed-ridden. I think after the last few years people can more easily appreciate how intensely lonely and surreal being stuck at home by yourself non stop can be when you're not used to it. sometime right before that I'd joined tumblr for the sole purpose of looking at cat pictures on my phone during boring meetings. I wasn't really aware that this was where fandom had migrated to (it was in fact possible to use tumblr without intersecting with fandom). but stuck home alone with time to kill I started looking for art and gifs of the tv and games I was consuming and stumbled into fandom tumblr and specifically queer femslash fandom.

I kind of poked around the territory and eventually fell into the carmilla fandom which became the first fandom I actually created content for. a few of my fics had a decent audience and while I was never part of the central core of the fandom I made some good friends there. some of y'all probably followed me back then. I eventually drifted away from carmilla for a lot of reasons I won't get into and stumbled right into poi. this would have been between seasons 4 and 5, late 2015-early 2016.

my health problems get more exciting and I end up in the hospital. I have vague memories of watching poi on my laptop in my hospital bed (vague because I was on a lot of morphine). I actually posted some fic while I was in the hospital (would have been the end of my carmilla run still).

and I get out of the hospital (early 2016) and am somewhat better but it's pretty clear that I'm going to have chronic health issues probably for the rest of my life. my social life, such as it was, was mostly dead, a lot of stuff I used to do for fun was much harder to manage. I'm still spending a ton of time at home (not even counting covid) and I have bad days where I feel terrible and can't do much. but I'll come back to that

I think most of us remember 2016. the year tv show runners fully embraced the bury your gays trope (and sometimes the fridging trope at the same time as a bonus!) and, by autostraddle's tally, 30 queer female characters in tv shows died. and then on top of that we had the actual real world tragedy of the pulse nightclub shootings. it was a massively depressing time all around for queer people

s5 of poi aired that year. I know people have different opinions on s5 of poi, and that's valid. I hated it. and I really intensely hated how it treated root and shaw. there aren't enough words to express how fucking angry I was after s5. or rather, there are 319,678 words.

I wrote a fic many of you may have read called sliding towards chaos that rewrote the entirety of poi from mid-s3 onwards. it got pretty popular lol. I put so much into writing it, too. it was basically a second full time job for me and a great way to take my mind off the fact I was still having health problems and all the crazy shit going on in the world (we had a presidential election in the US in 2016 :)))) it did not go well!)

i'm very proud of writing stc, and even if I think it isn't my strongest writing (which is good! improving over time is good!), it was what really connected me to a lot of other people in the fandom. I felt part of the fandom community in a way I hadn't with carmilla and it was an intensely queer community built around shared interests

one of the problems with finding queer friend groups out in the 'real world' is you're often gathering to meet based on the uniting factor of being queer, and your interests may vary greatly. fandom is amazing because it lets you find queer people who you share all these interests with and who you can bond with over them and collaborate with and that's just so so important. does fandom have a ton of issues and toxicity and bigotry? yes, absolutely. but it also has so much good to offer

through stc and later fics I became close friends with some really really cool people in the fandom (including my favorite writer and my favorite artist). these are people I'm still very close friends with. some of them I've hung out with offline and the ones I haven't are mostly because they live too far away. after years of not having my own queer circle of friends I have found one again and one I can usually participate in even with my health problems and that is such an important thing to me

on a creative front, the fic writing and the gif making I've done have both taught me an enormous amount and been a very positive part of my life. working collaboratively on comics has been one of the coolest things I've done. there is just so much good that came out of me seeing one shoot gif on tumblr dot com years ago and being like hmm looks gay I'm in

and in terms of the actual content of the show, I think a lot of the reason I was drawn to it (other than my lingering crush on fred from angel) was that root and shaw felt so uniquely and wonderfully queer in a way few f/f ships I'd seen had before. shaw being bi and reading as aro to me (I've talked about that here) and root being a chaotic computer nerd just felt so relatable to me and their relationship with each other made sense to me in a way that few others had. and the specific draw that they had for some fans probably has a lot to do with why I found friends in this fandom who I really clicked with

so yeah. I don't know how to sum this up. fandom can be a great way to find your people and engage your creativity and I think that's very sexy

[riverdale-events]

Are you ready to come Home for the Holidale, fandom?! Home for the Holidale - an all ship, all character inclusive event - will run from December 8th - January 1st. We have 5 holiday film themes to pique your every holiday or winter related fandom desire. Don’t forget to tag #riverdaleevents in your first 5 tags!

While You Were Sleuthing: For all your romantic comedy needs!

Jingle Jangle All the Way: Make it a family affair!

The Daymare Before Christmas: What’s the holiday season without a little fantasy, horror, or magic?

Mallmark Hall of Fame: Did somebody say Hallmark drama? (They did. It’s us.)

The Miracle on Elm Street: Ye Olde Classic Christmas/holiday faire! 

Each theme is for an overarching holiday movie genre which is very broad. Any concept, idea, AU, or specific prompt, at any rating, that is applicable to a theme is accepted! You may double up (or more) on themes in your content, just let us know which theme it is for. If you have any questions on if your piece applies, and if so for which theme, don’t hesitate to contact us!

Remember!: Make sure to 1. tag your content on tumblr with #riverdaleevents - exactly as written, no spaces 2. indicate which theme your content is for 3. add your event fics to the HOME FOR THE HOLIDALE collection on AO3. 4. send us an ask if we miss reblogging your content

Find out everything you need to know about this event in our FAQ below the cut! If you’ve got clarification questions, just ask us!

WHAT CHARACTERS AND SHIPS ARE APPLICABLE?

We will be accepting content for ANY Riverdale character or ship (including OCs)!

Solo, original character, reader insert, het, slash, and ot3s are all welcome!

WHAT KIND OF CREATIVE CONTENT CAN BE SUBMITTED?

Fanfic (oneshots, drabbles, or multi-chapters), Graphics, Gifsets, Fanart, Aesthetics, Fanvids, Edits, Playlists, Fic recs, etc

If it’s created content, you can submit it!

If your piece is a multichapter fic, you don’t have to complete it before the event ends. It is eligible as long as you start posting it during the event window. Make sure to keep tagging us on your chapter update posts!

M and E rated content is welcome for every theme!

HOW DOES WORK GET SUBMITTED FOR THIS EVENT?

To submit work, please tag us with #riverdaleevents in the first 5 tags of your work AND at @riverdale-events​ on your piece. Tumblr tags have been very unreliable so both will help ensure we find your work. We will reblog every submission here at Riverdale-Events over the course of the event. If we miss reblogging your content, send us an ask!

Be sure to indicate which theme/prompt your content is for. You can put it in your tags or on your piece, just let us know so we can reblog appropriately.

We also have an AO3 collection. AO3 has a really great tutorial on how to post to a collection! Check it out for in-depth instructions. The easiest way to join is to go straight to the HOME FOR THE HOLIDALE collection on AO3, and click the “Post to Collection” button. That will take you to a screen to upload your fic as normal! That button fills out the specific collection for you, so you know your work is going to the right place. Your fic will still show up under your works, and you will be listed as the author of your story.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE FANDOM EVENTS GOING, CAN I INCLUDE IT IN ALL OF THEM?

Absolutely! We support all fandom events! If there is another fandom event, such as a Secret Santa, running at the same time as this one, and your content is applicable, feel free to submit it/include it in all of those available! Make sure you tag ALL applicable event tags in the first 5 tags of your post.

WHEN CAN I SUBMIT CONTENT UNTIL? WHEN IS THE MASTERLIST RELEASE DATE?

We will continue to reblog and accept Home for the Holidale content through JANUARY 1st (with overflow until we post our masterlist).

We will post our masterlist on January 3rd.

If you have content that you’re almost done with and need more time, please contact us and let us know. We will do our best to accommodate.

Posts applicable to the event, like chapter updates, will continue to be reblogged after the event wraps. However, they will not be added to the masterlist.

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Every piece of content we reblog will be appropriately tagged with ship (in the format of character x character) and individual character tags. When you post your piece, make sure to use the correct ship tag so that we can reblog appropriately.

If there is a trigger in your content, make sure to tag appropriately on your tumblr post and/or Ao3 post.

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If you have any questions, comments, or concerns feel free to send us an ask, or reach out in direct messages to any of us running this event! Cat - @bettycooper Cyd - @bluevelvetvideo Sarah - @theheavycrown

[giowritess]

Dull — Michael Corleone

masterlist. | michael corleone.

Pairing: Michael Corleone x fem!OC Tatiana van Doren

Plot: Tatiana and Michael have always been pushing each other’s buttons. One day, when confronting him about a deal that went south, their relationship takes a different path.

Warnings: cursing, sexual themes — choking, vaginal fingering, intercourse, unprotected sex, edging. 

Word-count: 2,555

Kinktober: prompts — • 4. begging • 10. against the wall • 11. hatesex • 12. fingering • 13. edging • 32. choking

Author’s note: Wassup people!!! Sorry for taking so long to write something. I finally wrote something about one of my all-time favorite characters, who doesn’t have a big fandom but should. If you don’t know what The Godfather is about, all you need to know is that they’re gangsters and this man is perfect. This lovely piece I wrote alongside the most precious being on universe that’s @pacinorose! I love you so much and I can’t thank you enough for entering my life. I haven’t written smut in four years and this is my first attempt at it. This is also my 1st official post for kinktober. About the banner/gif: @littlefreya​‘s inspired me to do one. The gif edition is mine, but I don’t know who the gif itself belongs to (let me know if you do). I really ope you all enjoy it! Also, not beta’d. xoxo 

     Tatiana van Doren was not a force to mess up with. The van Doren family and the Corleones had always been on each other’s bad side. Their mutual hatred transpassed the invisible strings of time and, all that despise, disdain and hostility towards each other carried on through generations and generations. It definitely hadn’t missed out on Tatiana van Doren and Michael Corleone, the oldest children to take over the two businesses.

      Interaction between the two of them was always hard. The only exceptions were when both had to attend any kind of social gatherings, where they had to maintain politeness and grace. Usually, they were always at each other’s throats like cat and rat, always pushing each other’s buttons to nothing but pure and inexplicable rage. Michael always made Tatiana turn into an angry beast who wouldn’t keep quiet, and she did the same thing to him. He couldn't even recognize himself when he was around her. Michael always tried his best to suppress his emotions and stay indifferent, but with her, he just couldn’t do that. He brought out the worse in her, and she did the same to him.

      So, that meant that business between them was nearly impossible. They'd joined forces against a common enemy and that involved mastering a hazardous business deal which included exchanging weapons imported from the docks. Of course, it hadn’t been easy to find something both agreed on.

      “Miss van Do-”, Michael’s secretary started to speak, standing in a flash from his chair in a futile attempt to try and stop her.

      Tatiana was on a warpath as she blasted through his office door and almost took it off its hinges. She didn’t give a damn about discretion and was ready to take out the revolver from her thigh holster and shoot any bastard that dared to stand in her way.

      Michael’s eyes were wide from the action as he snapped his head up from his work. His eyes soon narrowed when he saw exactly who had interrupted him and caused such a scene. Her dark, doe-eyes no longer had that sparkle full of mischief and teasing. Instead, they held complete and utter anger as she pierced holes into him, her chest weaving up and down in an erratic rhythm.

      “I tried to stop her, Mr Corleone. I’m sorr-,” his secretary started. Michael interrupted him putting his hand up, a gesture for him to be quiet before he silently dismissed him and he left both alone.

      Michael took a deep breath and finally brought his eyes back to the brunette girl. He wasn’t in the mood to deal with her day-to-day teasing and uncontrollable annoying mouth, that just wouldn’t close without spurting snarky comments about how he conducted his work.

      “Do you not listen, princess?” he asked with a calm voice,  his brow arching in question. He clenched his jaw so tightly he thought his teeth might crunch under the tension of his frustration, .

      Tatiana’s face completely fell in disbelief at his audacity, and her eyes soared into his so intensely the Corleone almost took a step back. Him calling her like that made her blood boil, and he knew that.

      “I’m sorry? I don’t fucking listen?!” the words started to violently fall from her lips, like bullets hitting their targets. “I told you not to move the contraband under a fucking full moon! We agreed on that! And what do you go and do?!” she asked, prodding her index finger towards him as she spoke. Her eyes were wild with fury as she looked at him.

      While she did her small angry speech, Michael couldn’t help but notice how well that floral-print summer dress hugged her body, leaving little to the imagination. To his imagination, that would happily fill in the gaps late at night, both when he couldn’t sleep and when he’d dream of her. Of course, his dark desires were well hidden as he kept a stern look and averted his eyes back to his desk. He moved his hand to align a piece of paper that fell as he stood up to confront the intruder in his office, shrugging her comment off with an emotionless glance.

      This only pissed her off more.

      “Who the fuck do you think you are?!” she continued, striding in front of him so she'd force him to make eye contact. She was fuming. “My men could’ve been caught because of you. Because you’re so fucking dull.”

      Her fast breathing matched his clenched body, and she couldn’t help but feel a shiver run right through her while he looked down into her eyes. He seemed to be staring right through her. They'd never been so close before and, by how he was staring at her, she couldn’t help but feel like a prey, about to be devoured by its predator.

      “You’re a dull fucking bastard,” she mumbled, not even a bit intimidated by him.

      He inhaled so quickly and sharply before he brought his hand up to her throat, she had no time to register what had happened. Tatiana winced as she felt the impact of her back hitting the wall, her eyes immediately locking onto his. She wasn’t surprised by his action. Instead, it surprised her with the effect it was having on her. Her body was tingling everywhere, sending shivers through her spine and sending a fire straight down to her core. The feeling of Michael’s strong hand clenched around her throat, not hurting but still strong enough to keep her in place, was doing more to her than she wanted to admit. That she would like to admit. He could squeeze the life out of her if he wanted to — the predator could easily devour his prey. But by the look on his eyes, she knew those weren’t his plans.

      She gathered her posture back up, that mischievous glint that he so much hated returning to her eyes. Even though she wanted to be devoured by him, she couldn’t help the words coming out of her mouth.

      “What are you going to do, Michael? Kill me,” she asked, her voice slower than usual, “or fuck me?” she rolled out the last words with the pop of her tongue, sounding almost like a purr.

      Unsurprisingly, he slammed his lips down to hers, pressing her further against the wall, his hand still strong on her throat. Then, he pulled away abruptly as his hand loosened its grip around her neck, uncertainty making its way to his mind. As Tatiana slowly opened her eyes, he thought that she was the most beautiful woman on Earth at that moment, without the ice wall she had built around herself. He knew that doing what she did, she had to protect herself, but she was even prettier when she didn’t need to hear that mask. And she definitely didn’t have to wear it around him. Michael could see straight through her without any effort.

      Tatiana could see his jaw clenching as she brought her hand to his neck, slowly dancing her fingertips over his skin. As they reached his face, her eyes repeatedly travelled from his lips to his eyes, which were following every single one of her movements with attention. His chocolate eyes softened at the look of longing in hers, but then it was gone as fast as it came as she smirked up at him. Her fingers finally reached his lips, tracing a line in them before moving her hand to the back of his neck and entwining in his soft hair as she stood on her tiptoes and brought her lips to his, pulling him closer by the neck. It was slow and sensual, giving each other to explore that uncharted path that they had been longing to discover for a long time now. His hand left her throat and travelled down her back, while the other found the back of her neck. Their kiss got needier and hungrier by the second, the mutual desire finally coming to light after being repressed and ignored for so long. They kissed until both couldn’t breathe, pulling away and kissing again, letting their tongues dance together in a harmony they could only find in each other.

      She could feel herself getting flushed, her skin hot, as if she could make fireworks explode every single time that sinful mouth of his made contact with her skin. He was kissing a path down her neck and her collarbone, quickly pulling down and exposing her breasts, begging for his attention. The shape of his erection pressed against her felt like hard marble, and it only made her even wetter than she already was, feeling her panties soaked.

      A moan left her lips as his hot mouth sucked on her breast, and Michael felt his cock twitch in pain at that heavenly sound. He hadn’t even touched her where she needed him the most, but she was already a panting mess from his kisses alone. He knew he was going to leave marks on her body as he sucked, kissed and bit every piece of skin available to his reach.

      Her heart skipped some beats as he started kneading on her thigh, her whole body tensing with expectation and anticipation as his hand went up slowly. She knew he was doing that on purpose — he wanted to torture her, and it was working. Michael finally found the hem of her underwear and stole the air out of her lungs when one of his fingers dipped down her cunt, meeting no restrain.

      “So wet for me,” he whispered in her ear, watching carefully every reaction that crossed her beautiful face.

      “Fuck,” she muttered.

      Tatiana had to cling to his white shirt as his finger swiftly entered her, moans and sighs leaving her mouth as they pleased. Her eyes fluttered closed as he started moving up and down, his finger soon joined by another, while his other hand remained on the side of her head.

      But his torture wasn’t going to end. When her heart started beating faster and her breathing got unstable, he slowed down, only to speed up again when her breathing went back to normal. Over and over and over again, lever letting her chase her high. He could see the eagerness and irritation on her face. The fact that she was entirely at his mercy and under his control only made him harder, if that was even possible.

      “Michael…” she moaned. He could hear the exasperation in her voice.

      “Yes, princess? he replied in a mocking tone, never stopping his movements.

      He knew how impatient she was growing.

      “I… I want you,” she admitted, making a smirk appear on the corner of his lips.

      God, how ironic it was for the roles to be inverted.

      “You’re gonna have to be more specific, darling,” he said, his hot breath against her neck.

       “I want you,” she repeated, this time staring into his eyes. Her voice was nothing but a desperate plea. “Your cock, buried deep inside me. Please," she muttered, almost whining. "Please, fuck me. Please!”

      Her raspy voice full of desire and need turned a switch inside of him. Having her beg for him was exactly what he wanted, and now he just couldn’t take it anymore. He wanted her too, badly, and he couldn’t wait to be inside her. Pulling his fingers out, he held her by her thighs as he picked her up and placed her on his desk, throwing its contents to the floor and not giving a fuck about it.

      Tatiana watched impatiently as he unbuckled his belt and finally released his cock, painfully hard. She couldn’t help but lick her lips as she wondered how it would feel on her mouth, against her tongue.

      And then he thrust into her, and she felt like her brain had short-circuited and stopped working. Was she even alive? Was she breathing?

      "Like this?" he asked, but she couldn’t even reply. "You like it when I fuck you like a whore?" his voice was almost aggressive, his hands holding tight on her hips where he knew would be purple tomorrow.

      A breathy "yes" left her lips, followed by a series of moans that only made him even closer, feeling the way her velvet walls enveloped him with perfection.

      "I bet,” she started to say, but a loud moan interrupted her, “you've… you’ve dreamed..." it was hard for her to finish her sentence, getting harder and harder to form coherent thoughts, "of this."

      Even with his cock thrusting in and out of her and hitting every right angle, making her roll her eyes with bliss and see stars, she still managed to be snarky.

      “All the fucking time," he growled back, and one of his hands found its way to her throat, squeezing lightly, testing the waters. His other hand was busy, rubbing circles in her clit that made her feel as if she was going to explode.

      He knew he was in good waters when his name left her ajar lips in a scream, Tatiana shutting her eyes closed, overwhelmed with the pleasure building up inside of her. Quite satisfied with himself, he applied a lot more pressure around her neck, and he felt her getting tighter around him.

      "Fucking you on my desk until you couldn't speak was all I wanted when you wouldn't shut up," he said, punctuating his last words with some particularly hard thrusts.

      "Michael," she moaned, almost begged, and his name on her voice could've made him come alone. It could easily turn into one of his favourite sounds, and he could get used to hearing it all day long.

      Well, he had fulfilled his goal — she was nothing but a moaning mess under him right now. She couldn’t form a sentence even if she wanted to, her brain simply wasn’t working. The only word that came out of her lips in-between moans and sighs at that moment, the only word she knew, was “Michael”, chanting his name like a prayer as if he was a god meant for her to praise.

      He admired her as she threw her head back in complete bliss, her eyes clenched tightly and her mouth agape as the pleasure overtook her. Her hands were gripping the edges of his mahogany desk so firmly that her knuckles were turning white. No one could say this was the mighty, feared Tatiana van Doren, cheeks red and flushed, out of breath and eyes out of focus, her breasts exposed, spread out on his desk while he impaled her with his cock, each time sending her over the edge and into oblivion. To him, she had never looked prettier.

      Michael was completely enthralled by her, mesmerized by the way she moved, her face, her expressions, the way she grasped his cock and made him see stars. It was as if she’d cast a spell on him, making him feel like no one had ever done before. Now that he finally had had a taste of her and her ferocity, he couldn’t let her go anymore. He couldn’t even understand how he’d gone so long without her, but now he knew he definitely couldn’t keep on without her.

      Who would have imagined all it’d take to tame a beast was another beast?

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the theme that almost killed me and I’m not sure the next will be responsive, or

ele theme #06 - pastel and cats

Static preview and code in the source, with sizes and extra info. Like or reblog if you use! Reminder I have a ko-fi! <3 Change as you please but keep the credit! Also I’m here if there is any problem. Gif above has 540px posts - smaller posts will keep both sidebars at their side when on a 1024px laptop.

I tried to make it even more customizable because @eggdesign​‘s poll confirmed that people do like it and aren’t bothered by having many options (like I worried about in the past).

What kind of theme is this? -very basic, non contained posts, a topbar, a main sidebar with optional searchbar, and then optional sidebar2 and banner that you can toggle off. 4 links in the sidebar, 3 in the topbar. You will have to go to the html editor to add more. You could use as personal, fansite (you’ll have to add your own widgets) or rp theme. 

quick change of images, rp-style:

What can you customize without going to the html editor?

-pretty much all colors and images. the main sidebar has a linear-gradient function if you want to use two colors for the background, and so does the blog’s bg. Main sidebar also has a bg image, and you can select from the menu the blending mode: if you want no blending and to pick between image or colors, or try ‘screen' or 'multiply', 'soft-light' and more, so you can mix them together and see what works (static preview shows ‘screen’ mode, the gif itself was black with snow falling). Same for sidebar2 but it has only one bg color. besides the blending you can also select: width of post (400,450,500,540) and the blog will adapt (you can also go to meta names and add your own, but more than 540px would mess up the theme’s responsiveness), type of blockquote, and the font of your body/posts, description, blog title, post title, and finally for optional updates and their titles.

rest of options you can customize from the menu under read more because it got long

-you can type the size of: the font of your posts, blog title, post title, description, and the gutter (distance between images in photosets, npf and non) Your optional second title. The titles and infos in your sidebar2. The url, name and text when you hover of each of the seven links in the theme (so if you use an icon instead of a word people can hover it). -you can toggle on and off: banner, searchbar, suggestions when you click on the searchbar (which if you want to keep you'll have to type in the html editor, ctrl + f and block:ifsearchbarsuggestions will quickly help you find them; this is the ONE thing you can't do from the menu), sidebar2, the portrait/your avatar on top of sidebar2, the second title, the rounded borders, and finally unnested captions/the dashboard look: for all posts except text posts and for text posts (latter thanks to @annasthms​. Why I separated the last two? Because regular bloggers tend to just reblog, rpers use xkit to edit previous posts and may not like the way those ‘unnested’ textposts look in their blogs, but they may still like to have captions under photosets. So you get to pick if both, none or which gets the unnested captions. Visual example in my source link shows you the difference.

Lots of instructions in the editor. 

This blog is also always responsive: when the screen gets smaller and there isn’t enough space for all sidebars and container, sidebar2 will go under the main sidebar. In tablets and phones the sidebars will be in a short container and the posts will start under them. So everything is always there, you just need to scroll. 

What other scripts, fixes, and extras this blog has - links to tutorials in my credit page.

-npf posts fix by @glenthemes​ (searchbar done following their tutorials too), pxu photosets, video resizing fix, lightboxes by @shythemes and fix by @bychloethemes . askbox won't shrink. No more external links with href.li added by tumblr by @magnusthemes.  -on the bottom right of each post: button to copy link of each post (by @seyche ), a like button (turns red when liked) by shythemes,  a reblog button. Source always visible if there is one (on the left). Scroll to top button by @clcrk-tutorials. Dark, smaller and semi-transparent controls that will grow more visible and bigger when hovered by @painthemes. -On the bottom of the post you also get ‘post type’ by ‘source name’ type of message. Submit post styled a little, since tumblr doesn’t allow to do more than to change the submitter’s name look. Reblogged asks and answers look a little more symmetrical, you can see them in the preview, replies underneath will look like dashboard captions if that’s on. -All text has the same size like in all my blogs.

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Tagged by: @ewan-mcgregor  (dammit, you tagged some of my most often tag for these things people, so thank you again 😂) and @paulwalkerr . Thank you! Tagging: @henricavyll  @tennant  @carricfisher​  @mikaeled   @acecroft if you haven’t already done it, and with no obligations, as always.

1: Why did you choose your url? I was thinking about how bizarre this site actually is, in that everyone is so anonymous and we really know nothing about the bloggers, making assumptions based on images they post and reblog. It made me think of various statements from villains in films about how society judged them and/or made them what they are. The difference being, what people think of my scrollblr has no effect on my life in the real world.  2: Any side blogs? Uuughh, don’t make me go there... I’m only going to list the ones I created or was a co-founder of where I’m still regularly active, and not ones I inherited from friends who left or am just a member of: @sci-fi-gifs @classicfilmblr @televisiongifs @retrotvblr @fruitblr Some very old personal fandom sideblogs I occasionally still post to: @professorlupins @thenyoustoleme @fyeahkennethbranagh 3: How long have you been on tumblr? On and off since fall of 2008. There have been numerous hiatuses, some lasting years. 4: Do you have a queue tag? For my primary? Eh, sort of. I don’t consider being tagged obligatory - it just means I’ll check out your post. Mostly I queue close mutuals who tag me to groups and/or sideblogs that their post is great for, and not my primary. I took it down for years and it only recently went back up. My old account overwhelmed me, so we’ll see how it goes. So far, it’s not bad since most of the groups have their own tracked tags and this primary is pretty low key. Anyone reading this shouldn’t take this personally, since almost everyone on here uses it now, but I think it’s a stupid tumblr trend that a lot of people wield like some sort of popularity badge. I either like something or I don’t, and it doesn’t matter if it came off my tag or my dash. No one is ever going to click on that “tagged” tag. I find it insulting, like, do you really like my post, are you just wanting to make yourself look popular, is this a show of people who owe you, a note of posts you really don’t like and are separating them from your actual posts with this tag? I don’t get it.  5: Why did you start your blog in the first place? Some friends talked me into making an account on here, and I couldn’t figure out what the purpose of the site was. I scanned all of my vintage photos and film stills and when there were no more, was like, ok, I’m done! I didn’t realize tumblr would delete blogs for inactivity, so that blog is no more. 😂 6: Why did you choose your icon/pfp? I wanted to make something different and I love editing free use clipart and graphics. Cat woman is fun, and fit the URL. 7: Why did you choose your header? I don’t have a header. 8: What’s your post with the most notes? I don’t really pay attention anymore once something isn’t recent. I did notice not too long ago there are 3 old ones on sideblogs/my old account that are still floating around close in notes: Galavant abc, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and a Harry Potter one. 9: How many mutuals do you have? Most of whom I follow are mutuals. 10: How many followers do you have? On this primary, very few. 11: How many people do you follow? 176 12: Have you ever made a shitposts? Not true shitposts. Sometimes I’ll make a humor set on something I don’t like, but also on things I do like. Viewers assumption on which it is. 13: How often do you use tumblr each day? I’m not on every day, but currently I check my messages and tag most days. 14: Did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won? Nah, no fights or arguments. I’ve come across a few people with their heads up their arses with some weird demands that I didn’t comply to and think, “I don’t want to deal with you, nutter URL whom I know nothing about.” Does that mean I won? 15: How do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts? I don’t reblog them. 16: Do you like tag games? As long as they’re not incredibly stupid or fishing for personal information, yeah. It keeps things fun on here, and I think reminds us that there’s an actual person behind what is otherwise a nameless scroll of images. Sometimes it takes me a bit to do the ones where I have to make gifs. 17: Do you like ask games? Same as 16. 18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous? I don’t think about it. I follow people with common interests and a sense of humor. I could care less about blog popularity. 19: Do you have a crush on a mutual? All of my mutuals are awesome.

[sztefa001]

Question about your transformers OCs, if they could get a pet. What would it be? (Also hi Sztefa!)

HI ALPS THANK FOR THE ASK! >w< <3

Okay so

Here comes the promised wall of text that took me 4 evenings to write:

Bit of summary: camera drones for Taf and Breeze (that's canon), kitty for Mini, and probably therapy dogs for all the rest xD ;w; Also I feel like a lot of that's gonna become canon. Including Morph getting a [read! not gonna spoil that one!]

Also there's a doodle at the end! :3c

Seekers Taffy and Breeze:

The pastel babs who lived away from the war in relative luxury had a bunch of cyber pets transforming into camera drones and that's canon. They're all actually one and the same pet 'cuz hive mind. Not an Earth-based pets as, well, back then they weren't on Earth nor they knew of it's existance. But you know those funny miniature goats? That's how the drone pets behave. So yeah, babies. All of them. While in drone mode they record all the best shots of the pastel babs so that the pretty seekers can select, edit, cut out gifs, pics, make videos, etc. Yep, they're influencers and celebrities. Lord Master makes big money out his two pretty properties. After breaking out and escaping they manage so save one of them and it later lives with them. Once they have a chance they most likely buy one or two more and copy that one's personality so that it has company (it feels better while in more bodies). Happy bunch once again, yay!

Seeker Renfrew:

Battered by war Breeze's long lost trinemate, some time later sparkbonds with Taffy as well. Enjoys the presence of the funny little camera drone (makes him smile!) but what he needs most is probably a therapy trained dog. Maybe Terry helps him get a specially trained cyber dog? Ren ofc appreciates Earth creatures as well, is happy when they're not scared of him.

Flying Minibot MiniMint

Being raised on Earth she's used to Earth creatures. It saddens her that they live for such a short time but it doesn't stop her from making friends with them. Is friends with local cats, dogs, birds, etc. Most likely there was/is a cat or two in her life but it's not like she's actively adopting them. If one likes her and decides to stay - "Welp, guess I have a cat now :D" Also during one of her adventures on another planet she makes friends with big horse-like creatures (or maybe just cyber horses, idk). Imagine tiny bot the size of a human riding on a wild giant robo-horse leading the whole herd. Wow.

"The Big Guy / Widower / Old Man / Ex Mafia Boss"

This guy is a side character and doesn't have a name yet, created for the sole purpose of hitting Alpine's oc Holly with major angst and drama. His story may change but what stays is that the love of his life suddenly dies and he doesn't take it well ("time to murder everyone and then myself"). But eventually he calms down and adopts a cyber dog. Big borzoi looking bab who was too nice to become an attack beast. Not therapy-trained but really good at at her job. Knows when to quietly hug or when to throw a husky-like tantrum. 10/10 best girl and she's canon.

BM-21 Grad TerrorRain

The war may be over but this hotheaded multiple rocket launcher still has no chill. Would like an attack beast, loyal and obedient. Gets a cyber doberman or sth like that to give it a military training. All goes well untill the dog is ordered to attack someone that's not a training doll. It loves destruction, sure. But when ordered to hurt another living being it will curl up apologetically and start whining. At first Terry is angry and frustrated but soon learns that there's really no need to be so violent anymore.

Monoformer Morphine

Dead inside and worn out by the war medic who may or may not be a bit addicted to sleeping pills. He doesn't really care much about anything. Would never adopt a pet on his own - that's effort and responsibility and he has already barely any energy to function. Once Terry gets a cyber dog he doesn't pay much attention to it except for being basic decent (giving head pats when doggo wants, maybe sneaking a treat or just letting the dog get spoiled a bit when Terry's not looking). He doesn't expect much from the dog but turns out its a real good boi that knows exactly when Morph is just fatigued and when has a bigger crisis. Cuddles up to the poor medic or tries to get his attention to provide distraction. Often prevents Morph from taking more drugs than he should. This also teaches Terry how to differentiate between Morph's regular-depressed and gonna-drug-myself-to-pass-out-for-the-rest-of-the-night-crisis.

Also I can't get one image out of my head, said image being Morph feeling free while horse riding. I want him to have a cyber horse. Maybe later when they move out from the Old Mafia Boss they get to live somewhere where those are? That'd be cool. Mini would defo visit often. That's it, I'm defo gonna give Morph a horse, yolo.

Monoformer StrongSpark

Tiny, blind, heavily disabled bot that barely survived after forming (or rather deforming) in highly radioactive environment; survived only becausse Morphine refused to give up on him. So yeah, basically Morph's and Terry's kid (and later also Mini's bff). The 3 of them live at the Widower's place and his dog immediately starts taking care of the kid. Helps him calm down, protects him, notifies of upcoming attacks, etc. Terry's dog cares about Sparky as well (tho these two are out more often). Tiny bab with 2 big guardians. Nice. When the good grandpa (yes, the Old Mafia Boss adots them all) passes away the family inherits the dog and the good girl officially becomes Sparky's guardian 24/7.

IF YOU MADE IT TILL THE END (or just scorlled past the descriptions) HERE'S A DOODLE OF A CYBER MINI GOAT FOR YOU:

[seb-owns-these-tatas]

Witcher Of The Night (Chapter 4.1)

THIS IS MODERN ERA READER WHO WOKE UP IN THE DIMENSION OF THE WITCHER.

WITCHER OF THE NIGHT MASTERLIST

CHAPTER 4

Characters: Geralt of Rivia x small!Naive!Reader

Summary: Seems like a Hirikka wants to be adopted. Thus, it was the Hirikka's presence that made things a lot more complicated for Geralt as he seemed to have a difficult time saying no to those doe eyes that you and the Hirikka had; leaving Jaskier to realize there was seriously something fishy about you and it was not just because of the witcher's frustration for his great abstinence that he badly needed a woman. Hence, there was something more.

Warnings: Fluff and tension from Geralt and Y/N! A tamed Hirikka who wanted to join the fam-bam! The word vagina and smash 😂 curse words and a very dramatic bard! Brief mention of Yoda. 😂 Soft! Geralt! 😍 Y’all can sense how Y/N has a crushie on the witcher. Taking care of an endangered species at home; but will eventually be freed when...it’s time.

Words: 4,100+

A/N: THANK YOU FOR ALL THE UNDYING SUPPORT! It's still full of fun, excitement and development. You'll have a sip of the plot soon enough! Problems will arise soon and I don’t know if you’ll like it? Heehee!

TAGLIST IS STILL OPEN FOR THIS ONE! Heehee! Don’t forget to REBLOG, COMMENT OR GIVE FEEDBACK IF YOU DID LOVE THIS CHAPTER! IT’LL MAKE ME SMILE!

Disclaimer: PNG's used in edits are not mine even the GIF's too. However, the edits and oneshots are definitely from moi. Characters, places and said monsters aren't from moi as well.

MY WORKS ARE NOT NOT NOT NOT NOOOOOOT TO BE POSTED ON ANY OTHER WEBSITES. My official username in Wattpad is “TATATHEPOTATO” and that’s the only other site I have for writing aside from Tumblr. Thank you, Tater tots!

Some people said that when you're on your way to a journey you never knew about, it would be as difficult as taking a trek up the Mount Everest; saying that the way back home was pretty much effortless because the right path home was already engraved inside your head.

Not for you. You were heaving breaths again as you were not even halfway through the forest till Geralt's house.

Your eyes scanned the whole woods. It was extremely vast, thick and humid. Thoroughly astir with life like you have never seen before. Never, even back in your dimension; in earth to be precised. The forest of Kaedwen was like a fantasy genre game that has came into life and you were completely astounded even though, you were hunched over your knees like a dog panting in heat.

You've heard his horse gallop, wheezing before you as you gave them both a huff of exhaustion; giving Geralt a nasty lour when you've breathed in another deep one. The witcher suddenly jumped off his horse as you carry one with heaving breaths when he'd abruptly called out for you.

"Come," He demanded; standing beside Roach completely poised and with authority. Both hands on his leather belt with those hypnotizing set of peepers fixated on you. His expression lukewarm.

A baffled crease of your forehead coming together as you stood up straight; lips forming a tight thin line full of enervation. You've sauntered to where he is, very languidly and feeling your soles hurt every now and then. With Geralt suddenly conscious of your limping form and the huge cape you were trying to keep away from dirt because you've held the ends of it as you walked through the forest. "Why? Is there something wrong?"

The witcher shell-shockingly tutted when you were at arms reach, shaking his head as he does so. You've felt him take a step closer, towering over you with a stare he could muster that can get your face boiling in twitterpatters.

His palpable warmth was radiating off you quite irresistible. Such a warmth that could want one person to be engulfed in all night against the crisp wind that the kingdom of Kaedwen can offer. A tempting gesture you've wanted to take but had no will to do because it'll be very much strange for a person who'd suddenly appeared out of nowhere and hug the warmth out of him because of the cold wind.

"Turn around," He deeply muttered, slightly leaning his chiseled face down to your side as if to whisper in your ear. You've felt the baffling goosebumps rise your skin; the familiar warmth suddenly itching your face once more like a charger that was about to explode.

Faces close to each other and the vision of him leaning down just to whisper in your ear was enough to make you stammer like a high-school girl again. His Aurum eyes undeniably clearer and different when stared at with only a few inches away. It was giving an effect that makes you question yourself what your name was when you already know what it is, that kind of effect as each day passes.

"Why--why are you so demanding---" you started with a wild stammer. One side of his lips lifting in an inconsiderable amount that got your heart pounding, "Turn. Around." Geralt repeated, very much firmer and clearer with that subtle mischief in his peepers.

The cheeky bastard knew what he was doing.

You've stood your ground. Your eyes narrowing at the Witcher with a tenuous amount of pout because of how he'd gotten out of the ordinary since the moment he'd given you his hooded cloak.

A brief amount of headstrong stares were shared before the other raised his white flag, wanting to roll his eyes at the disobediency. The tall, brooding man sighed exasperatedly before you've felt his gentle fingers hooking your hips and painstakingly turning you around to his satisfaction.

This was the first time he has held you in such way. Your breath hitched and Geralt definitely heard and felt how your body react to his touch. It was like he was injecting a fiery kind of warmth that shoot through your veins when he turned you around.

Your legs were submitting to his demand. He was like your master and you were his puppet that he could play with the strings. Totally controllable with just one whisper.

"A stubborn midget, indeed." He uttered, completely lackadaisical. You bit the insides of your lips in consciousness. Very attentive of his fingers tightly clasping your hips and his warmth radiating from behind.

Geralt couldn't help but get a whiff of that delectable scent you had. The irresistible scent that boils his emotions like fireworks popping in the sky. He deeply sighed, eyes fluttering closed as he breathed. A coherent growl coming out of his chest making you turn your head to the side; wanting to ask what was wrong because he seemed to be having a battle within himself.

His touch was sending you the shudders whenever you were having a date with one of your suitors. These suitors that eventually got tired of courting because of how boring you were in reality. They were just attracted to the outer beauty you had; the adorable expressions you make or a sweet voice that gives them the thrill of having you. But, when they finally had the privilege on seeing the real you; they suddenly stop and find another woman who was worth the courting.

Kind of disheartening but you were used to it. All the damn time. They've called you boring but you've called yourself an idiot for liking them a lot in the end when they were officially pulling away.

Though, with Geralt's touch; there was something different. Something that could get your heart feeling the thrill and comfort you wanted and needed that nobody could ever give and you were beyond dumbstruck because of it.

"Hold on to Roach," the witcher suddenly dictated as you were distracted by those fingers clasping your hips, "What---" you asked out of nowhere, feeling his hold go firm as he pulled you closer to him. The mellowness of your face growing hotter when you've also felt his breath on top of your hair. You were panicking, but in a good; thrilling way.

"---and jump when I carry you," he added with the gruffest tone he could perpetrate. Your hands were quick to grab onto Roach's body when all of a sudden, you've saw an animal sitting on the ground in your peripheral vision; only catching the silhouette of his body.

"Wa-wait," Geralt ceased to carry you onto his horse's back. A curious hum leaving his chest as he haven't carried you midway yet. The sound of feet shifting was heard and you've turned your soles to be met with a brown animal who also had a lanky torso, legs and feet to stand, with arms that had the same structure of a human. Big eyes in the shade of dirty yellow, a stout jaw and nose but with sharp teeth of a wolf.

"Geralt?" the sound of your voice consists of slight fright but also completely fascinated and with utter interest. No words were given to you when you've pointed at the Hirikka who stood on its feet, languidly blinking back at you with those doe eyes, "A walking puppy!"

You've given the Hirikka a toothy grin as you were enchanted by how adorable it is. The animal was beyond out of this world for you as there were no types of animals like it. The Hirikka slanted his head to the side, curiously watching what you were doing as he'd seen you smiling before he languorously tried to smile back but it appears as if he was threatening you and showing its teeth.

The witcher's eyebrows were met with a tight knot; thoroughly judging you from behind. It was the Hirikka he'd given an apple before you even met Cuthbert.

"---Or...It's...It's a walking cat!" you pressed on and pointed at the animal with no idea that it was already a monster standing before you. Your giggle was enough for Geralt to know that you were ecstatic for seeing a Hirikka rather than being scared. He kept silent and continued listening to your rambles, "---A big cat with the ears of Yoda!"

You were about to make a run for it; before Geralt held you in place and tugged you back with his hands still on your hips. Totally unaware that he was still holding you because it felt all natural for him to be touching you like that. Your eyeballs were close to having it pop out when you've felt him keep you rooted in your place as he mindlessly droned, "No, It's a monster. A Hirikka. An endangered one," he paused, feeling you sigh and notice the dejected pout you had because it wasn't just a normal animal but a monster to their world.

The latter was quick to back-paddle; trying to lighten your hopes up, "---But, harmless. Never fear, midget."

Your smile flared up into a grin, all teeth shown at the Hirikka with Geralt's enlightening statement before yanking your head back to meet those gold eyes staring back at you in humdrum. The upper portion of your head; hitting his armored chest with a soft thud. Those peepers of yours overflowing with perversity and a hint of beseeching.

"Geralt?" you beamed wider than ever before; hoping you looked worthy enough for the favor to be accepted.

The witcher dropped his hands to his sides, not even noticing he was holding you longer than he intended to. He crossed his sturdy arms with a look of irritability and refutation from the whole idea. He just knew what you were pointing out as you wanted to hug the Hirikka if he didn't pull you back.

"Can I---"

Geralt sighed a deep one; looking away as he wanted to roll his eyes, "No. Only a demented person will think of having a Hirikka as a pet,"

"I'm not taking him as a pet," you countered and wholly turned your body to give him that puppy eyes of yours, "---I'm befriending the cutie!" with a point of your fingers, the Hirikka smiled another one; entirely benign to even begin with. You've seen the Hirikka blink cutely and wanted to do everything just for Geralt to say yes. If you would be staying in their world, you might as well find something entertaining to get your weariness by taking care of a Hirikka rather than staring at Jaskier who slept all night like a big baby.

"No, you're wanting him to be a pet," Geralt retorted with another sigh of vexation; emphasizing the word 'want'.

Another sally was sent, "You told me it was already endangered," pause. "---The poor little thing needs to be taken care of especially that he's all alone and so hungry. You don't want him dying in starvation, right?"

Geralt groaned to himself, closing his eyes to relax himself from telling you that monsters can't be kept as a pet nor taken care of because they knew how to take care of themselves. Yet, there you are; looking at him like what a Hirikka appeared to be like as you were trying to act pretty cute just to have what you wanted.

"Creatures wandering in our world should be left untouched. Not be taken as a pet," the latter seethed with his jaw clenching when he was met with your twinkling, hopeful eyes.

However, you weren't backing down that easily. "Come on! Even just until I'm here then you can let him go, please? please? please?"

His face was in the correct wrinkle of a wince like he was close to punching a wall. Geralt hardly exhaled and gave you a grimace; a look that could get your knees turn to jelly because of how sexy it looked like. You were definitely out of your mind for finding a scowl attractive from a witcher you hardly knew about.

"Fuck," his cursing seemed to be a definite affirmation for your request and his next words confirmed your hunches, "---Fine!" he gruffly exclaimed.

Thus, you beamed back at the witcher and jumped excitedly, giggling in the process and resisting yourself from hugging him tight, "---Just don't fucking starve the horseshit because you're definitely going to be his next meal,"

Geralt didn't actually mean that because Hirikkas don't eat people. Just plants, fruits and sometimes animals when its that time of the month or a full moon.

Despite of trying to threaten you and having the chance to back out from your wishes, your smile even grew wider if that was even possible; snapping your fingers to tell him that you had something in your weird mind. "I'm naming him Kolby!"

The Witcher's forehead creased more, mouth turning into a frown as he beseeched, "Why?"

"What do you mean why? One deserves a name even a stone!"

He turned his back away from you, shaking his head to open his back that was latched behind his horse, grabbing onto another fruit. It was a plum. He threw the fruit towards the awaiting Hirikka who was now closer within an arms reach and the Hirikka gladly accepted it with a loud wheeze, "I'm not an idiot to be naming a stone, Midget." he gave you the side-eye.

You raised an eyebrow back at him; your smile never seem to be fading since the moment you had with him back in Cuthbert's house, "Says the person who's dressed up in an all-black costume like he was out of an action role playing game,"

"It's an armor," Geralt shut his bag closed, mouth forming a thin line from your naivety and how you weren't taking his world seriously. His voice turned a pitch lower and utmost gravely, "You don't know how this world is filled with beasts, Midget."

He turned his booted heel to see you still smiling back at him. Geralt hummed out of his habit and abruptly pulled you to his solid chest. The uttermost close proximity letting your smile fall from the action. You gaped up at him in question, when he'd given you an answer filled with a touch as he gently held onto your hips and turned you around like you were his stuff toy.

"Now, jump." he rasped. Before you could even comprehend, he'd lifted you with no sweat and you were holding onto Roach's body with all your life. Half of your torso still hanging onto his horse as he haven't lifted you all the way.

"Geralt!" you shrieked, his horse utterly huge for you to jump on by yourself with Roach neighing in the background.

To the witcher's unfortunate position, he was inches away from your clothed bum. His eyes narrowed at what was shown to his face; his nose flared as he stared, turning his head to look away with a displeased hum and seeing the Hirikka judging him from the side.

He glared at the poor harmless monster as it looked like he was judging him for even looking.

They've both stared like they were having a competition before you frustratingly quipped and pulled your whole body to raise your leg to the other but finding that it was quite difficult, "Help me! But, don't touch my ass!"

Geralt gave the Hirikka a death stare before he'd touch your clothed thighs; intentionally avoiding the bare skin of your legs. You could feel him shooting daggers across your back with no reason you'd know and finally had your legs across the other side when he'd pushed you through it. Your face was all red and mellow because of the fact that you've uttered out loud for him to not touch your ass; which was sudden. He wouldn't dare to touch it because who even are you to tell that he wanted to?

Well, you do if it was the other way around. If the bum was....his.

But, he didn't need to know that you lowkey wanted to tap it. The secret should be left alone.

"I-I don't know how to ride a horse," you stumbled over your words from the embarrassment and thought he wouldn't also ride, yet you were surprised when you've felt him grunt from behind; feeling his presence and jumping on his horse as he held onto the halter from behind you.

"Oh," was the only word you could muster as you felt yourself be caged in his brawny arms. Your face started to become beet red as you've realized the meaning of your random thoughts that ran behind your head. Those thoughts that planned to keep you from sleeping all night with the painful reality of not being able to go home yet and probably even the face of a certain witcher that was making the butterflies run wild inside your stomach.

You've finally arrived in their home with Kolby following behind you and Geralt when you were riding his horse.

At the present moment, Kolby was standing before their wooden door. It was Geralt's idea to welcome Ciri and Jaskier for his presence as it would be the best gift for the bard as a token for his benevolence and for keeping their friendship in tact and strong still.

There were padded footsteps behind the door and a booming voice resonating from behind it before the door opened and creaked as Jaskier came into view as he went on and on with his talkative mouth, "Why, Geralt! Have you enjoyed your conquest with Y/N--!!" his words were cut short as he shrieked and jumped on his spot when he was welcomed by a Hirikka that he'd seen before but very much smaller and midget looking.

Jaskier's baby blue eyes were wanting to come out of his eye-sockets as he fell back on his knees. Hastily standing on his feet as Ciri emerged from the kitchen to look at the commotion happening on their doorstep. The bard violently pointed at the Hirikka who stepped foot inside with its doe eyes scanning the whole cavern. "---IT'S ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS AGAIN! I thought he'd already tasted its painful demise from that foolish knight years ago?!"

You and Geralt followed suit after Kolby did; giving Jaskier and Cirilla a guiltless smile while the witcher was smirking behind you; specifically entertained by Jaskier's bolt from the blue.

"What's that creature doing in our home, Geralt?!" the bard jogged away from the harmless monster with a proximate amount of space where as he was already in the far end of their house with that scandalizing frown on his pretty face. You gave the Hirikka a soft pat on the head; automatically leaning closer from your sweet touch and purring in a way he does.

"His name is Kolby!"

To say Jaskier was shocked isn't enough. He was beyond flabbergasted. Extremely floored. "It has a name?!"

The Hirikka's feet was waggling in sheer pleasure; like an animal who loved being pet on the head. Jaskier gave you both a look of pique from how normal it was for you to be petting a Hirikka when a normal person would've stabbed the life out of the monster. "You---You are simply bonkers, Y/N!" he stood rooted on the ground, never paying a chance to get close to the three of you.

Cirilla excitedly strolled to where you were, Her eyes gleaming with pure curiosity and fascination. "What is it?" she'd manage to ask as she stepped in to give you and Geralt a hug for being safe as you've arrived home.

The princess dropped her feeble arms around you and aimed to look at the monster who was shorter than her, studying the monster with a crease of her forehead and noting how adorable its eyes were.

"It's a Hirikka, princess." Geralt dearly answered for you as he gently closed the door behind and stepped inside their home. Cirilla gave him a look before she went on with more queries, "Does it bite?"

The witcher gave her a small beam for reassurance as he shook his head, "Utterly harmless. Just don't starve the poor fella',"

Jaskier gave a glout and inspected the whole scene before him. "Are you perhaps short of a marble?!?!?" the message was sent to you or maybe to Geralt and Ciri as well when he'd gestured with his arms like he was gesturing how long his patience were wearing down for the stuff happening and the changes occurring when you've arrived.

You gave Kolby a short set of your tutting but it was actually for the bard who was judging you from a distance; caressing the Hirikkas head as Ciri wholeheartedly did as well.

"There, there, Kolby. Don't be sad. Jaskier is just mean because he's just sexually frustrated,"

Jaskier was quick to retort, his hands now on his hips as he eyed you who had been downright offended by your opinions, "I AM CERTAINLY NOT!" he bellowed with a huff and a sassy eyebrow raising from your banter. The latter pointed at the witcher behind you who had his smirk raised more than he intended to. Jaskier's vexation towards the Hirikka completely entertaining him that he couldn't help but emit a low chuckle from behind that certainly caught your ear as it was the first time you've heard him laugh. Hence, it was like the angels sung for you, "THE WITCHER BEHIND YOU IS! NOT ME!"

"---Tell me, Geralt," The sonneteer fixated his blue eyes on the man behind you. A frown etched on Jaskier's face, "Were you against this idea that the rat wanted a Hirikka as a pet?!"

Geralt crossed his arms, narrowing his eyes at the bard as he thought for a moment before giving him a mocking answer, "At first, yes."

"And now?"

The witcher kept his lips closed, just staring at the bard and trying not to smile back at him from how his mouth went completely ajar from his silence. Jaskier already knew what happened and what his answer is even though his question wasn't verbally answered by the man himself.

He knew Geralt wanted to smash. Maybe because he utmost needed it or not because you were just a woman with a vagina that could give him pleasure. There was something more for his hurried fondness for you. There was something more; deeper, greater and utterly unexplainable. Jaskier knew that the witcher had the hots for you as he was openly accepting what all you wanted and he wasn't just doomed because Ciri already had Geralt wrapped around her own finger with the fact that she was his child of surprise.

But, you weren't any child of surprise nor weren’t you a child. Though, you already had him wrapped around your own fingers by bringing home a Hirikka that he certainly doesn’t do ever in his life. 

"---Of course, she'd managed to control your overly deluded fondness for her and used it to her advantage!" It was like he sounded to cry out. You couldn't help but giggle from how he was dramatically crying like a baby as Ciri continued petting the Hirikka for you.

Jaskier exhaled a breath, loud enough for you to hear his denial about the whole Hirikka saving thing. He sent the witcher a glare full of aggravation, "I am utmost disappointed in you, Geralt!" and he shook his head as he pinched the bridge of his nose when he continued to wail like a kid.

"---Please tell me he's not sleeping beside me,"

Geralt hoarsely scoffed as it turned into a smile that appeared faultless. He nodded his head towards the Hirikka who shortly licked Ciri's face as he gestured for the tamed creature, "If I'd choose you between Roach to be noshed for his satiation, you know what my answer would be, bard."

Jaskier groaned to himself, pinching the bridge of his nose tighter and having a mental breakdown for meeting a Hirikka on their doorstep and even getting to live with one when he'd seen his species get killed by a knight and now it was going to sleep where he takes his nap. It was stressing him, everything is.

"Great, utterly great," he muttered with his eyes closed, one last sigh given as a sign of submission for everyone who stood before him.

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Rules: It’s time to love yourselves! Choose your 5 (or so) favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works.

I’m just going to pretend @prometheuswelsh tagged me directly instead of leaving it open – they saw basically every single one of these fics before I posted them, and are basically my beta-reader by now! (Yeah yeah, I know, cut down on the run-on sentences with a million commas, I hear ya.) Check out their top 5 most beautiful gifs of 2020 here.

I’m undisciplined and have a top 6, not a top 5. I can be found on AO3 as selkieskin. Because this got long, all except the first one are under a Read More!

 1.       A Life Less Ordinary (Cherry Magic fic, M/M: Kurodachi). I wrote this after episode 6, knowing that episode 7 would probably make it non-canon, but hey – it’s about Kurosawa, and why he reacts the way he does to Adachi, and how his own internalised homophobia manifests. It’s pure quality angst, and I loved rewatching each episode to capture Kurosawa’s reactions to write this – it’s also about not feeling normal and not believing you can be happy, which is a very personal topic for me. This just flowed out of me basically fully-formed, and I think it really shows – there isn’t a thing about it I would change (non-canon-ness aside)…

 2.       The Everthere (OffGun fic, M/M: OffGun). This was a bit of a deep-dive into actual events and the way that Off has changed towards Gun, imagining how being in an ‘imaginary couple’ can change things. I just feel like each part of this flows together so well, with each flashback tied to what’s happening in the present and the ambiguous nature of their relationship building in intensity throughout… I’m so happy with how it turned out!

(Fun fact: regarding these first two, I wrote both the majority of The Everthere and the entirety of A Life Less Ordinary (part 1) in the same 2-day span. I had Chinese language exams to procrastinate on practicing for, so I just felt Inspired™. I literally wrote over 10,000 words in two days – I wish I could manage that all the time! I usually take months to finish stories… part 2 of A Life Less Ordinary is part-written, but it’ll take a while!)

3.       Let Sleeping Cats Lie (NCT fic, Gen / M/M: JohnTen). I felt like I wanted to write a fic that focused on how it is to love a pet cat, and WayV have pets, so this was a no-brainer. Ten gets trapped in bed under a cat (Louis), and the cat demands that he look at only him. Near the end, his boyfriend Johnny drops by and gets into bed too to sleep, and it’s just a lovely cosy fic that I feel turned out really well – I was really proud of being able to capture that gentle, comforting atmosphere in the story.

4.       Lovely (Heart Made Of Glass) (NCT fic, M/M: Yuwin). This one might not be everyone’s cup of tea and I do feel like it’s a bit awkward in parts, but it’s intensely personal for me, so this is #4. Winwin and Ten choreographed their romantic duet dance to Lovely by Billie Eilish, and one day late in the practice rooms, Yuta fills in to help Winwin practice. Yuta is gay, and Winwin is aroace – both get to let out their frustrations and their lack of understanding of the other, before they finally meet in the middle.

5.       ZaintSee On Set series (Why R U RPF fic, M/M: ZaintSee). I didn’t really write smut before 2020, and part 2 of this was the first proper smut that I published! (I’m aroace, so have struggled in the past to get beyond ‘tab A goes into slot B’ style of description.) I loved Why R U, and the way that both main couples just seemed so into each other in an unguarded way was my favourite aspect of the series. In this, I imagined what it would be like for the actors to act this way in front of the cameras. In the first part, Zee asks for a kiss, and in the second part… well, it’s set during the episode 9 bed scene, so you can imagine where it goes. I had a big crisis of confidence when posting part 2 the first time – like I mentioned, I’m new to writing smut, and felt like it was probably ridiculous and overblown, and even deleted it once! I like it now, though.

6.       A Walk By The River (NCT, Gen: Johnny & Mark). This was really interesting to write, because I only had a very vague plan when I started writing it, and wanted it to feel genuinely like one of those late-night conversations, not always linear or well-articulated. So I just wrote, and wrote, and this is long but I think it feels like a journey with a lot of surprises and I was really proud of how I captured their conversational style and how a character who is so uncomfortable about talking seriously about his feelings finally manages to open up to his friend.

Honourable mentions to:

Textbook (My Engineer fic, M/M: MekBoss). My second published smut! Let’s face it, My Engineer was a hot mess and nobody liked the main couple, but the side couples? Hell yeah. And my favourites were MekBoss. This slight AU was really fun to write, with Boss being very chatty in bed in a totally ridiculous way!

Fighting (Haeyadwae) (NCT fic, Gen: Lucas & Jungwoo). I wrote this as kind of a comfort to myself and a friend for those days when everything feels overwhelming and like it’s too much. Jungwoo’s at that stage, and his friend Lucas tells him to just lie on the floor with him and escape from his anxiety for a bit. It’s short, but sweet.

 I know it’s a couple of days after New Year now, but I’d like to tag @stickers-on-a-laptop to do this, if you haven’t already – I already know my own favourite 2020 work of yours (CherrYYY Magic, which is a fantastic crossover and has our aroace queen Fujisaki as the main character!) but I’d like to know what you think!

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Tagged by @we-are-rogue (her post is here)

Rules: It's time to love yourself. Choose your 5 favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you've brought into the world. Tag as many writers/artists/etc. you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works!

When I began thinking about this, all I could think of were analyses. (I've been in something of a creative slump.) So I had to do some digging. All of my stuff ended up being D&D-related.

1.) The characters for the "one-shot" (dungeon crawl; took three sessions) I ran. The idea worked so well that for a campaign I imagine will be ongoing, we're kinda doing it again. There were four parts to these characters:

An odd premise.

A boon with a major drawback.

A backstory generated from the Random Edgelord Backstory Table (below).

Three random quirks which may or may not feature in the story.

I came up with an arachnophobic/entomophobic dwarven rogue in (mithril) full plate, Ronan the Bardbarian (skald, genetic throwback, and former kindergarten teacher), a dhampir magus who had all 000s on the above backstory table (except for the antagonist, which I made a coven of hags and succubi), and -- the pièce de résistance -- Phillip Withtwoells (NE female nickel witch; totally not a pile of ravens masquerading as a halfling from the 1950s [that's her familiars]).

It was such a hit that Phillip's player wants to play her again (but statted correctly; I lost the character sheets and had to remake them on the fly at the last minute), another player insists on doing the same method again, and the other two are kinda in similar positions.

2.) Meow. I made Azcyrrimeowndifelixasimilian from a character concept a friend had (wizard polymorphed as a cat, kept a spellbook as scratch marks in some floorboards) and ran with it. I thought Meow would be looked at as annoying ("WE'RE HERE FOR SORCERY, NOT CATPOSTING!"), but the likes I get seem to suggest otherwise.

3.)

This is up there not just because it is both pretty and thematically appropriate, but because it's a testament to me learning the ins and outs of 5e, which I've been doing a lot of for this blog (even though I don't have any of the books yet).

4.) Cantrip: Curse of the Snacks

I also made the gif.

5.) My own personal Jesus lightsabers (description). I hadn't thought about them beforehand, but I really like what I came up with.

(I had to hand type the URLs because the app is stupid for no reason. Lemme know if they don't work.)

Tagging @wearemage @wearemagicalchild @we-are-avenger @we-are-ninja @kazeofthemagun @we-arerevolutionary and really anyone who wants to do this.

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Ideas I've had for dnd/tabletop role playing campaigns:

1. Everyone's in a forest beast world and are like, anthropomorphic animals like mice or badgers or lizards, evem bugs! and are the same size as normal them. Their weapons and armour would be styled like woodland nature stuff or human trash i.e. A mouse using thumb tacs as daggers.

This one I feel is more aimed towards having a cute vibe to it, but could easily go down the route of Redwall or Warrior Cats and ha e some darker vibes to it too.

2. Stealing the plot of the Steven Universe movie since none of my friends have seen it and I think I could get them to cry over the Spinel stand in villain/friend.

Basing it in a fantasy setting I'd replace the gem reset mechanic with some sort of time travel fiasco. The garden can be a fantastical fantasy magic Grove or even a huge castle sumthin like that. The fun part would be getting them to make all these characters with interconnected backstories and pasts and allocating only one of them to remember it all uwu

Bonus, I get to use the soundtrack as background music, utilising the story beats in it to help accent the revelations in game.

3. Players are locked in a medieval city which is plague ridden. They have to escape. Avoiding catching the deathly illness and fighting gangs and guards to save any chance of getting out alive they'd have to deal/barter, sneak around alleys and hidden passages or fight their way through the high city walls. The players could even have friends or family that they want/need to bring with them out of the city to add more challenge!

Pros of this include, funny gang and guard office comedy routines, cool ass plague doctor aesthetics, and familial/close bonds being stressed for me to toy with their emotions!

4. The UnAlive game! The party are all undead!!! They want to change that! The necromancer that brought them back got crushed under a rock or overly ambitious skull for his next project and didn't drain their will away so it's now their perogative to find a way to restore their beating hearts (or whatever pumped precious life energy throughout their body)! Having to disguise themselves or convince townsfolk to let them in, this would be a fun angle for experienced players to have to think from! Even if they've played an undead before, there can't have been many people who've been in a whole party of them!

I've been saving a character for this who is an undead Bard who playes the guitar, his name is Dead Sheeran

5. Sci-fi superhero game!! Think like how overwatch has a bunch of superheros that are made through science and technology but have magical like powers too! I've already run a game like this, Basing it in a military like institute very much Like overwatch as a way to get the players on missions. Instead! This new game shall be them playing as Villains!! Now, I'm not too much of a fan of evil games as they do end up making people second guess themselves when it comes to harming the public and stuff like that, stupid morals (this is a joke. I also don't like running them since it leaves a bad taste in my mouth) so! These evil vagabonds shall be attempting to take over the world, megamind style! They dont want to kill anyone, they just want to right the wrong they see in the world! And be flamboyant and extra with every step of the way! Their secret base is in a volcano for petes sake! The evil mastermind sends them out on their next eeeeviiil mission to *looks at smudges writing on hand* kidnap the presidents daughter!... Again!!....

If anyone thinks this sounds fun, I urge you to check out the system Wild Talents. It's a little dense and a tad confusing on first read, but it let's you make a detailed superpower with limitations and everything! I used it for the said overwatch-like game I ran and it was heaps of fun once it got rolling!

(Edit- As I was using them as examples and not claiming credit for them I thought it would be fine using images to get the vibes of the campaigns down but it felt like reposting and I don't want to deal with the tumblr ballache so they're gone except the SU gif cos that's straight from the show)

[bettycooper]

The account you keep rebloging from is someone who thinks barchie has the best chemistry in core 4 , there are bughead blogs who have posted that same Betty gif from Heathers , support them instead, I know this sounds harsh but I think support pro bughead blogs should be our priority

Hi there. Normally, I’m not one to invite wank into my house, because my anxiety over it makes me physically ill... but you’ve called into question my support of Bughead content creators. & friend, you’ve come to the wrong place with that verifiable nonsense—something I have no time for here in House Cat.

Let’s start at the top. In general, a person’s blog is theirs to do with what they want. That’s how it works. Full stop. Specific to what you’re saying, if I see a well done gif set of a favorite character & I want to reblog it, I’m going to reblog it. I’m not going to deprive myself of any favorites looking amazing in solo sets just because the gif/edit maker & I don’t have identical shipping/character preferences. Are there plenty of sets of Betty looking amaze from 3x16? Absolutely. I’ve happily reblogged a fuck load of them (& will continue to do so because as my blog clearly demonstrates, I love a quality gif set of my faves. Trust.)! Infact, if you or anyone else is interested in seeing them all in one place either for reblogging or to showcase the veracity of my claim, Bettycooper.tumblr.com/tagged/3x16 has EVERY gif set/edit/canon missing moment fanfic/fanart I’ve tagged with that episode & since I have an extremely thorough tagging system on my blog, there’s A LOT there. You’ll find Betty & Jughead featured prominently in a great deal of those, of course.

Here’s the thing. Without any exaggerating I spend a sizable amount of hours of my life every single week going through tags to make sure I’m not missing things. I zero percent rely on my dash for new content. I actively track the tags: bughead, bugheadedit, jugheadjonesedit, bettycooperedit, riverdalecentral, riverdaleedit, riverdaleevents, betty x jughead, & bughead fanfiction. That means I go through these tags ON MY OWN TIME routinely to see as many pieces of new created content people in our fandom make to reblog either to my personal blog, source blogs I’m on, or both. I do this because I love this fandom, these characters, & I love this ship. At any given time, my queue is maxed out at 300, because it’s so full of content the people in this fandom have made. (You have perhaps seen non Riverdale content get posted on my blog, but I don’t queue that stuff. My queue, which I’ve been continuously maintaining for over 18 months, is purely Riverdale/Archie comics content. I enjoy waking up in the mornings & going through hpedit, disneyedit, and such to reblog in the moment. Because more happiness. I didn’t get tattoos of each for no reason. Same with the matching Bughead related tattoo I got with @theheavycrown. I don’t fux around with things I love. Haha) Fun fact: because I joined active fandom late (that anxiety I mentioned earlier? Yeah. It prevents me from engaging with stuff. A lot.), when I do see content which predates me being active on tumblr for Betty/Jughead/Bughead that I find beautiful, I go to the person’s page & go through their entire creator catalog to draft/reblog everything I like (things need to get drafted sometimes until there’s space in my queue). Double fun fact: sometimes there isn’t a single creator tag, so I fiddle around their blog searching different character/ship names until I find them all. Again, something I’m HAPPY to do because I like to look at the pretty/inventive/astounding things people have made for my favorites.

I also spend a great deal of time brainstorming, planning, organizing, scheduling, & proofreading (with some amazing fellow fandom supporters & content creators: @theheavycrown, @jemmablossom, & @smugheadjonesthethird) for the event blogs I’m fortunate enough to be apart of: @bugheadsecretsanta, @riverdale-events, & @bugheadfanfictionawards. They are A LOT of work (especially BFFAs), but it helps keep our community together, inspired, creating, & just pumped to be here-which makes it all worth it.

Reading Bughead fanfiction every day & leaving reviews is legit a part of my daily routine. (While in fandom, my ao3 has changed from shibbycat to bettysnooper to betty_cooper.) Leaving reviews is a literal exercise in not having an anxiety attack every time I hit “submit,” but I do it because I want to support the people writing the words which bring me ALL OF THE FEELINGS. I want them to know how much their words mean to me, so I leave that anxiety ridden review. & when I go through tags & find the applicable tumblr post, you guessed it, that goes in my queue too. There are somehow (I know. I’m always in shock about it too) even people who trust me with their words & graphics enough to let me beta or make a graphic for their written masterpiece. Truly an honor.

You can’t know this (very few people do) as I don’t talk about myself too much on here, but I kept all this up while Mr Cat was deployed to Afghanistan for 7 months, my health deteriorated, traveling around Europe, Mr Cat struggled to get a correct diagnosis after he came home & he kept getting sicker, he almost died due to medical negligence & incompetence, I’ve been in legally required lockdown since March as I happen to live in Italy, & obsessively cleaning my house at every turn because we be immunosuppressed up in here just to name a few.(Life is cookoo bananas. We been knew.) But I do it because it brings me so much pure JOY to see/read what people create, to support them, & to try and get others to see it too. Fandom is supposed to be happy, right? And ALL of this? I think it helps keep it a beautiful, happy, thriving place...a place I met some of my very best friends.

I’ve loved Bughead since I was a gooby looking ten year old wearing wooden clogs, shorts, and shirts with geometric patterns (clearly, a LEWK.) reading the Digests in the check out lines in grocery stores. Now that I get to see so much Bughead love every single day of my life OF COURSE I want to see & share as much of them as I humanly can. Look, I’m sure there are many things people can say about me, but one thing you can’t is that I’m not supportive enough to the Bughead fandom. Thank you for coming to my CatTalk.

TLDR: Here’s a bunch of verifiable ways I’m showing love for Bughead content every single day that I never talk about. Anyway, support Bughead fan content for good health. 👌🏻

[magic-is-something-we-create]

Get to know me tag!

I was tagged by @hannahs-creations in the original post!!! Thank you, Hannah! sorry im a bit late with it haha

Rules: Answer the questions and tag a few people!

I got a bit long-winded on these answers, so I’ll put them behind a readmore!

1. What made you decide to start writing or arting (assuming you write or do art)?

I can’t say I ever consciously decided to start writing - I’ve just always loved reading, and when I first got a school assignment for a creative story, I decided I never wanted to stop!

In terms of art, though, it was sparked by a similar thing: the Dragonology book. My first story was about a dragon in there, and part of that assignment was to make illustrations to accompany it, and I decided I needed to learn how to draw dragons. From there, I just fell in love with making a blank page into something I could look at and enjoy, and I’ve been drawing ever since!

2. What do you like to do more: photo editing or video editing?

Oh, this is a hard one... Video editing is fun for me, especially because, when I make videos, I tend to do speedpaints with commentary, and cutting my ramblings down to a manageable size is so satisfying. On the other hand, I like taking fairly mundane pictures and making them magical...

I’d say, for satisfaction levels, video editing wins. For the actual process, I think photo editing is my favorite!

3. Which do you prefer: YouTube or TikTok?

YouTube, 100%. The only TikToks I’ve ever seen have been sent to me by friends, and I don’t particularly like short videos like that? If it were Vine, though, Vine would win ;aslkdjf

4. How many books have you read in the last 5 years?

A lot, LOL

My favorite have been Six of Crows, The Stormlight Archive, Red rising, and The Fallen Empire!

5. Do you tend to post more cheery/cutesy things, silly things or more serious things to your blog?

I think silly things are the most common? I like to meme with my WIPs, since I just. love meme culture. And I like making jokes about things - it’s a quick and easy way to get myself to smile!

6. How long have you been on Tumblr? Just ramble for a minute about some changes you’ve noticed about the site.

I made my first Tumblr blog in 2013, and I kept that one up until about April of last year, I think, before I decided to remake. 

The biggest change I’ve seen is the shift from sharing things to consuming things, in terms of like, reblog to like ratios and whatnot. Also, the amount of discourse has stayed about the same, but it’s changed in subject for the most part. But fandom discourse is still pretty much the same, just with different shows, now.

Also, reaction gifs have faded out of use pretty heavily since I started. At least, in the areas I’ve been in.

7. If the staff of tumblr came up to you, genuinely wanting advice on how to improve the site, what advice/request(s) would you give them?

I would tell them to rename likes into bookmarks. Also, lift the nsfw ban, and make it so that in order for 18+ blogs to be viewed, the user has to be 18+. Yes, people lie about their age, but so many sex workers lost their audiences and sources of income because of it, and it legitimately threw away a third of the userbase in one hit. 

Also, no matter the pressures from other social sites, don’t make this site less anonymous. It’s one of the beauties of Tumblr - I’m never going to have a boss find my blog and know for sure that it’s me.

8. What was the most challenging thing about starting your favorite hobby? How did you get past it, if you ever did?

Well, at the time I started drawing, the biggest obstacle was finding a way to learn. The art classes in school were never trying to teach us how to draw something, just showing us that we could. I ended up getting “How to draw manga” books and looking up stuff on YouTube.

9. What do you think other people think of when they think of you? For instance, with me, most people think about either tomatoes, chinchillas or black cats, depending on the person and how long they’ve known me.

Well, I hope they think of my jokes, first of all a;lskdjf;aslkdfj

But in terms of like, objects or animals? Sketchbooks, pride flags, and dinosaurs.

10. If every animal except one specific species went extinct but you got to pick which one didn’t go extinct, which species would you pick?

Hmmmmmmm... probably Komodo Dragons. I really like big lizards :)

11. What do YOU feel makes the world go round?

Laughter! Or, really, anything that makes people smile!

12. What would you say to a person if you heard them talking shit about your best friend?

This has actually happened before, and they were saying it to my face without knowing we were best friends. I sat there, nodded along, and when they were done, just said “You know they’ve been my best friend for like, 7 years, right?”

They went so pale it was kind of funny.

13. What is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to you that has stuck with you?

This was more something they did, but when I was going through a nasty friend break up, I texted them, and within 5 minutes they were at my house, texting that person furiously, and letting me cry on them, even though they’re not a very emotional person themself ;-; I felt so loved in that moment, you have no idea.

14. What was the greatest piece of life advice you’ve ever gotten?

You have the rest of your life to wake up and decide who you’re going to be that day, and you should never feel bad about changing who that is from one day to the next.

It was said in the context of me realizing that I wasn’t genderfluid, I was transmasc, and my ongoing crisis over whether I’m fully a guy, or if I’m a bit more fluid than that. It’s helped me a lot with accepting that I might not have all the answers right now, and I don’t need all the answers all the time.

15. What one or two aspects of your childhood personality would you bring back to your current personality if you could?

Honestly? My willingness to just make things, and not care about how they turned out. I made so much art that I cringe at now, but I was learning, and that’s all that matters, really.

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Okay, this was long, but I’m going to tag: @nothingisliteral, @violetcancerian, and @morgan-s-writes! Apologies if you’ve been tagged before, and as always, no pressure, and if you want to hop in, feel free to say I tagged you!!