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[reijisteacup]

how would the diaboys react if their S/o JUST got their drivers license and was absolutely WILD not even on the freeway yet and there’s already multiple traffic violations and laws broken

LOrd 0_o

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Sakamaki's

Shu Sakamaki:

“…Tch. Why did I even get in the car.” Shu’s lounging in the passenger seat, eyes half-lidded, but then you peel out of the parking lot at 40 mph, drifting over a curb. His head hits the window. He sits up. He blinks. Slowly turns to you. “You’re going to kill us both. Is this your plan?” Lowkey terrified but too lazy to react with full panic. He mutters, “I’d rather be asleep than dead, you idiot.” But secretly…? He kind of finds your wild energy hot. Will never say it, though. Just clenches the door handle every time you accelerate. Dramatically says a prayer every time you merge.

Reiji Sakamaki:

“…PULL OVER. NOW.” He hasn’t even buckled his seatbelt before you blow a red light, drive up the shoulder, and accidentally drift into oncoming traffic because you were “testing the brakes.” “You just committed 5 violations. In twenty seconds.” He is having a full mental breakdown. He’s screaming GPS directions like his life depends on it. “Signal before turning—SIGNAL—NOT THE WIPERS, YOU—!!” Reiji writes down every law you break in a tiny notebook and sends it to the DMV. But deep down, your chaos infuriates him so much it makes his heart race.

Laito Sakamaki:

“Oh~ Bambi-chan, you’re dangerous~” He reclines in his seat like it’s a joyride through hell. You almost hit a pedestrian? “Whoops~ guess they should’ve walked faster, hmm?” Laito lives for the chaos. Thinks it's the sexiest thing ever. You’re running lights and blasting music and he’s like, “This is soooo hot. Should we make out while you drive through a toll booth?” Zero regard for safety. Makes suggestive comments while you swerve. He loves your unhinged energy and will absolutely post your driving on social media with “💋 getaway driver vibes.”

Kanato Sakamaki:

SCREAMING. NONSTOP. He’s sobbing into Teddy before the car even moves. You floor the gas and he shrieks, “WE’RE GOING TO DIIIIIEEE!! WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?! SLOW DOWN, YOU MONSTER!!” If you brake too fast and his candy flies out of his lap? It's over. He will lose his mind. He clutches Teddy like a seatbelt and curses your entire bloodline. 100% tries to crawl into the backseat and scream at Siri for help. Will never trust you again. Demands you pull over and call an adult. By which he means Reiji.

Ayato Sakamaki:

“HAHAHA YEAHHH, LET’S GO, CHICHINASHI!!” This menace is all in. You hit the gas like you’re about to launch into orbit? He’s hollering like it’s Mario Kart. You swerve past a cop and flip a U-turn over a lawn? “SICK!! That guy’s pizza is NEVER getting delivered now!” He encourages your every law-breaking moment. Egging you on. “Drift through the next light—DO IT!” Will film it. Will brag about it. Will fight the police when you get pulled over. The ultimate chaos co-pilot. No thoughts, just vroom.

Subaru Sakamaki:

“WHAT THE F—?! YOU JUST RAN A STOP SIGN!” He starts off calm. Just a little nervous. But the second you take a corner on two wheels or reverse into a trash can, he’s losing it. He’s gripping the side door handle so hard it dents. “YOU CAN’T JUST—WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! YOU'RE GONNA HIT THAT CAT—NO WAIT, THAT'S A KID—!!” He yells, but he also instinctively shields you during every sharp turn. And when you finally stop, he’s shaking. “Tch… idiot. Don’t do that again… unless you like scaring the hell out of me.” Lowkey proud you’re bold—but will never drive with you again. Ever.

Mukami's

Ruki Mukami:

“…Livestock. Do you intend to kill us?” You jump a curb, run a stop sign, and hit the windshield wipers instead of your blinker. Ruki is vibrating. He has one hand white-knuckled on the dashboard and the other gripping the seatbelt like a lifeline. “You were supposed to merge, not obliterate the lane.” He gives you directions like a hostage negotiator. Every time you make a mistake, he adjusts his glasses with increasing rage. “That’s a one-way—NO, THE OTHER WAY—” Will never let you drive again without a 3-hour reeducation course led by him personally.

Kou Mukami:

“KYAAA~! That car had a baby on board sticker!” Kou is scream-laughing the whole time. He’s terrified but also kinda loving the chaos. He’s clutching his phone and streaming your chaotic joyride to his fans. “Look at my babe gooo! Star powerrr~☆ Even the cops can’t catch you!” If you bump into a cone or swerve a little too close to another car, he’s squealing and throwing glitter from the glovebox like it’s Mario Kart. “You’re lucky you’re cute, or I’d be in tears right now~” 10/10 gives you a kiss and says, “Let’s do that again but with sunglasses and gas station snacks.”

Yuma Mukami:

“WHOA WHOA WHOA—BRAKE! BRAKE, DAMN IT!” This man is in shock. He thought he was the wild one—until you Tokyo Drift into a parking lot on purpose. “THE SPEED LIMIT IS THIRTY, NOT LIGHTSPEED!!” Yuma’s yelling, flailing, stomping his phantom brake pedal. “If I die ‘cause of your ‘new driver swag,’ I swear I’m hauntin’ your ass.” Once you finally park, he’s gripping the seat like he just came back from war. “You drive like a gremlin with rabies. I respect it. But also—never again.”

Azusa Mukami:

“…Th-this is… kind of… fun…” He looks calm at first. But then you take a turn on two wheels, and his hands slide slowly down the seat. “…Ah… the car is… tilting…” He doesn’t scream, but he quietly panics. At one point he mumbles, “I think… I left my soul… back there…” He genuinely tries to support you, even when you nearly hit a parked bike. “Y-you’re doing… great… just maybe… don’t reverse… into the sidewalk again…” He still thinks you’re cute even if you’re a public menace. Will sit beside you holding a plushie next time “to feel safer.”

Tsukinami's

Carla Tsukinami:

“…What… is this infernal machine you call a vehicle?” Carla doesn’t trust mortal technology at all, and now you’ve dragged him into a 40mph death spiral with jazz playing and a coffee in your lap. “You drove over three curbs and nearly hit a fire hydrant.” He sounds calm, but his hand is gripping the passenger door so hard it cracks. He glares at every other driver like they're the problem. “Control yourself. Or I will commandeer the wheel.” He’s trying not to admit he’s terrified. You’re the only human he trusts, and now you’re making him question his immortality. Lowkey impressed, highkey traumatized.

Shin Tsukinami:

“HELL YEAH, BABY—RUN THAT YELLOW—TOO LATE, IT’S RED!!” Shin is THRIVING. He throws his arms up like it’s a rollercoaster. You speed through a school zone and he yells, “THIS IS SO HOT. YOU’RE SO HOT.” When you brake too hard and the airbag almost deploys, he just laughs and says, “Bet I could do worse.” He’s 100% flirting while you’re narrowly avoiding death: “Wanna make out at a red light? C’mon, we might die, it’ll be sexy~” You have awakened his inner feral. He’s definitely encouraging you and feeding you snacks while you break every rule of the road.

[elleloquently]

i honestly don't even really like to talk about tlou2 but something that will absolutely baffle me until the end of time is how many people romanticize the farm sequence and view it as happy. every time someone says the game should've ended there or that ellie threw away her whole life and she could've been happy etc etc etc, it really makes me realize how many people do lack literacy and the ability to read between the lines. because how are you seeing the farm scenes and not realizing how devastating it is?? it feels so empty and lifeless.

yes ellie laughed and they listen to music and dance but those are such small snippets. anyone with severe ptsd / mental trauma can be okay for a moment. but ellie was quite literally killing herself on that farm and absolutely would've ended up dead by her own hand (which is not a crazy assumption to make it is quite literally context clues)

like she’s always been skinny and lean but she’s even more thin on the farm?? she literally says she doesn’t eat or sleep?? and the panic attacks that she has?

also when ellie says “i’m not like you dina” and dina instantly snaps back with “you think this is easy for me?” like no that’s not what is being insinuated at all, but the fact of the matter is that dina is still able to function and cope in healthy ways and ellie is not. and the fact that dina doesn’t understand that kinda kills me. also telling ellie to “prove it” when she tells dina that she loves her is so fucked considering everything.

she would’ve died! i will stand by this forever, ellie would not have lived much longer. (confirmed btw in directors commentary, ellie was severely suicidal at this point. so not sure how everyone views the farm as her happy point.)

i don’t think ellie had an obligation to suffer in silence for the sake of what dina wanted.

i don’t blame dina for leaving obviously, that was the best choice for her and i don’t blame ellie for going either!! i think their relationship is very doomed, it was quite literally built on years of miscommunication and it only continues as they’re together.

i don’t blame ellie for leaving the farm whatsoever, she did not “fumble dina,” she didn’t throw away her life, she was barely functioning in the first place. if the game ended with ellie on the farm and the last thing we saw of her was her trying to play house while knowing how much she was suffering, that would’ve been so damn depressing. her leaving may not be the “morally good” choice but it was necessary considering her own mental state.

i think it’s also so important to remember the way in which joel died. she’s not just grieving and dealing with survivors guilt, she’s also living with the brutality of what she experienced. watching the person she loved the most get brutally tortured/beaten to death while she was held down and begging for it to stop?? and you guys expect her to just move on and deal with it so she can keep living on this isolated farm and play happy family??

and it’s not like ellie was fine until tommy showed up. she was already on the edge. the evidence is in her behavior, her journal, the clues around her house (the whiskey glass at her bedside) and her literal mannerisms.

this is very messy and disorganized i just don’t understand how many people STILL oversimplify the farm stuff or act as though everything was happy and good. every time someone says that ellie owed it to dina to stay, i lose a year off of my life.

basically a ramble instead of a proper analysis/breakdown bc i’m trying to focus my energy elsewhere but hopefully it makes enough sense to be understood

[cecilysass]

Happy Heart (-Shaped Hail) Day! Fic Recs for Rain King for Valentine's Day (or Any Time)

It's funny how in the fandom circles I tend to spend time in now, Rain King seems to be a pretty beloved episode: super shippy, romantic comedy, multiple fanfic tropes made canon.

When it aired, the online fandom's opinion of this episode was pretty mixed. There was a large contingent of fans who really hated it. (I remember this because I am 4,000 years old.) Season 6 had already been perceived as being too light in tone, and we'd already come off of a run of Triangle, Dreamland I and II, and How the Ghosts Stole Christmas. There was a lot of anxiety about the move to LA killing the show's dark and angsty feel.

Me, I always liked Rain King (and Triangle, and Dreamland I and II, and How the Ghosts Stole Christmas). And while I can identify the tone change in season 6, I don't hate it, nor do I think that the show really loses its darkness and angstiness (a lot comes back in the second half of the season). I'm also not someone who believes comedy is a de facto more stupid or less substantial genre than drama or suspense, so I think that's part of it.

Rain King has generated so, so much fanfic, and most specifically fanfic that zeroes in on this little fun fact: THEY CANONICALLY SHARE A MOTEL ROOM BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE ROOM. Obviously many of the fics I'm recommending below are based on that premise. So here are my Valentine's Day recs based on Rain King. (Even though I think it's not actually set at Valentine's? Because the cold open happens months earlier? There's some kind of timeline hijinks, idk.) But anyway, it's the clearest Valentine's episode we have, so happy Valentine's Day.

Free Merlot at the Cool View Motor Court by Sarie_Fairy @sarie-fairy Scully tries a little experiment with Mulder after the reunion that gets rapidly out of hand. This is smutty fun—the kind of high end sexy times this author is really known for. Dating Kings and Queens - Baroness_Blixen @baronessblixen A pure romantic comedy style plot variation on the ending of Rain King. The agents discuss the last time they've been on a date. Turns out it HASN’T been so long for Scully. This is just so charming. 

Kroner by DM When Mulder finds out about the “flicked switch speech,” he deals with it in a flirty, somewhat less sentimental way that feels very in character to me. I like a fic with dialogue that feels like it goes a little unexpected.

No Big Deal by dreamingofscully @dreamingofscully Scully offers to help Mulder sleep in the hotel. This is UST, but deliiiiiiightfully so, and heavy on the complex feelings.

Can’t Fight This Feeling by mldrgrl  @mldrgrl A sweet and more subtle little feelings reveal after Rain King by an author who does this exact thing well. Also there is slow dancing to 80s music.

Time Enough At Last - baylorrific Absolute textbook classic one room trope, but it stands out for me because I like how it focuses on their mutual discomfort. They’re both so awkward here, even though it’s Mulder POV. I also like how the classic Twilight Zone episode Time Enough At Last is in conversation with what’s happening with the MSR.

There’s No Place Like Kroner - MonikaFileFan @monikafilefan You know what would make a “there’s only one room” Rain King fic extra fun? DIANA. Okay, okay, I admit I wrote this prompt for the exchange, lol, so of course I think it sounds fun. But Monika wrote the actual fic, and you don’t want to miss it.

Pillow Talk - Alelou This is a short piece about a chatty Mulder very carefully putting out feelers in the motel room after the reunion. Sweet and in character.

Land That I Heard Of Once in A Lullabye - leiascully @leiascully In Kroner’s tiny airport, Scully takes stock of where they’ve come from and where they’re going. I love this. It feels especially spot on character-wise for season 6.

All that Lights Upon Us - wonderland @amplifyme This is a very different kind of Rain King fic, part of a series, although it can be read alone. During the events of Rain King they share a first kiss, but this fic is about their conversations afterwards (Mulder and Scully, as well as Mulder and Maggie). Gentle affection, and the process of taking little steps towards one another.

On the Flicking of Switches - SisterSpooky1013 @sisterspooky1013 Mulder initiates an awkward conversation in the motel room after the reunion. SisterSpooky1013 always has her characterization shit together, but I think this is an especially compelling character sketch of season 6 Scully.

Break in the Weather - ATTHS_TWICE @atths--twice Mulder and Scully can’t fly out another night in Kroner, so they kill time by going to a drive-in movie. Honestly, this is just adorable.

Still Raining - Donna When Sheila sends them both a letter a few months later, she alludes to what Scully told her in the bathroom. This raises questions for Mulder.

Stop Me - Gina Rain A little seduction by Mulder in the Kroner motel room. It starts with her feet, if that’s your thing. But it’s not exclusively about feet, if that isn’t lol.

They're SOOOOO MANY great Rain King fics, so drop any I missed in the comments! And if you want to read my Valentine's Day recs last year based on Milagro, they're here.

[legendofmorons]

Idiots in love with Hyrule for bingo please! I swear no one requests for him and it is a crime!

Everybody knows

Everybody knows you and Hyrule are together, except for the two of you. You make this everyone else's problem, of course

You find yourself sprawling out on a blanket with Hyrule curling into your side with his head on your chest. You play with his hair idily as he traces swirling patterns on your arm that don't seem to make any one thing.

"You feeling okay, sweetheart?" You ask warmly.

Hyrule lets out a low hum, letting his eyes open. "Just tired. How do you feel?"

"Tired," you say lightly. "This is nice though."

"It is."

You smile, continuing to run your fingers through his hair. His weight against your side is a comfort that you hope to never lose.

He starts to hum gently, low and half mindless. The tune isn't familiar but he seems happy enough so you don't mind.

"By the three, would you get a room?" Warriors groans from somewhere to your left.

The way his finger still traces patterns on your arm is gentle and makes your heart feel all mushy.

There's a sense of safety of silent wonder that Hyrule always gives you. He's such a strong and admirable person.

You're so lucky to call him your best friend.

"You're acting like we're some obnoxious couple," Hyrule rolls his eyes as he snuggles closer to you, head resting on your chest.

You giggle again, using the arm around his back to pull him closer.

"You are an obnoxious couple." Legend scoffs.

"We really aren't," you say as you share a look with Hyrule.

Hyrule is immediately laughing as soon as you catch his gaze. The sound is like music to your ears.

"You really are," Warriors sighs heavily.

"Obviously. We're just really close friends," you smile brightly as you squeeze Hyrule's hand as if a greeting to the affection.

"We can't be, we aren't a couple," Hyrule scoffs as he moves his hand down your arm before lacing your fingers together.

Warriors gives you both an unimpressed look and raises one brow.

"You're kidding me," Wind snickers.

"No? I think we'd know if we were dating," Hyrule says as he pushes up on his elbow to give you a look that seems to ask if you're witnessing this too.

"Oh fuck, are you serious?" Legend gapes.

You snort, squeezing his hand where it still holds your own a second time to confirm that you are, in fact, seeing this.

"Why would we lie?" You frown.

You giggle, face warming a little. "Aw, sweetheart! You're amazing, and honest, and funny, and handsome too!"

"Right? If I was dating (Y/n) I'd want everyone to know! They're amazing, and smart, and attractive, and funny!" Hyrule lists off with a smile, seeing no flaws in his logic.

His voice is sincere and warm. He must really value you as a friend! The words make your heart melt.

"I'd be so lucky to date you," Hyrule smiles.

Legend and Warriors both make an obnoxious gagging sound that causes Wild, Wind, and Twilight to laugh.

"I'd be lucky to date you!" You echo without even an ounce of hesitation.

The worst part is that you both mean it. In fact, if asked who you would marry today out, if everyone you know, you would meet each other at the chappel.

"Are you hearing yourselves?" Four asks from further away.

"Do you understand what they're playing at?" Hyrule asks you.

"They're serious," Sky breathes out in absolute horror.

You think that reaction is rude and uncalled for.

Are you not allowed friends now?

"No clue."

He hums once, settling back down to rest his head on your chest again He rubs his thumb across the back of your hand idily.

"Oh, kill me now," Wind groans lowly.

You roll your eyes, returning your hand to his hair. "Drama king."

Hyrule snickers, finding that he likes this. He likes being at your side and letting you play with his hair while you tease his brother.

It feels like home.

He doesn't understand why anyone thinks you're in love and dating. That's wild.

"I'm going to tell them," Wild threatens.

Time sighs, pinching his temples, "Do not."

[do-you-ship-it-polls]

Which Toxic Yaoi is the best

Sequel to the toxic yuri poll. I deeply apologise if some of these are not toxic, i went off of the propaganda

Propaganda under the cut!

BbKaz (Big Boss/Kazuhira Miller)

they have multitudes.. you can ship it as something goofy and fluffy or as the most toxic yaoi of all time and theyre both pretty reasonable interpretations. they go on a date together and have sex in a cardboard box on a beach in canon and a bunch of other crazy shit. their relationship spans 20 years so they span from honeymooning to divorced to one trying to kill the other etc. "love loses" the ship they make me insane

Flash/Reverse Flash

"It was ME Barry, I jerked you off at supersonic speeds so it would seem like you nutted at just a woman's touch!"

Possibly the most toxic yaoi of all time

SuzaLuLu (Kururugi Suzaku/Lelouch Lamperougue)

TOXIC YAOI TOXIC YAOI

SaruMi (Saruhiko Fushimi/Misaki Yata)

Toxic yaoi, obsessive boy joins a gang with his best friend but then his best friend makes other friends in the gang so he joins up with an enemy gang instead. Normal behavior.

Valvert (Jean Valjean/Javert)

They’re so obsessed with each other (especially javert to valjean) it’s like half of the plot. Pinnacle of toxic old man yaoi. Produces the funniest plot point in the show: Valjean (escaped convict in disguise as a mayor and businessman) saves someone by lifting a cart he was trapped under and Javert (cop trying to catch Valjean) goes “Damn girl… you remind me of this guy…. He’s the only guy I’ve ever seen who’s as swole and jacked as you”

Lawlight (Light/L)

"L and Light are the founding fathers of toxic yaoi" is what people WANT you to believe but these poor men are being slandered... You see it's ackshually totally heterosexual to give your bestie (who's also your mortal enemy) a foot massage while he he makes soft little grunting noises and wipes the water droplets from your rain-soaked hair all while a soft melancholic piano track is accompanying this surprisingly tender moment between the two of you- IF it's a religious callback to Jesus and Judas. It's just a Bible reference bro. No homo. 🤓☝

Anyhow don't google the Japanese version of "Playing his Game" (which is called "Inside of him" in Japanese) from the Death Note Musical. I assure you there is absolutely nothing gay about those lyrics.

Wdym people love shipping two mortal enemies with an unhealthy obsessive murderous rivaly??? What is the world coming to... Besides Light is clearly heterosexual. His lack of interest in women is because he's a based sigma male obviously...

and additional reason here but this one is a spoiler

Foot washing scene. The musical. God, they're so obsessed with each other. When L dies Light loses his main drive, his passion- being Kira isn't fun anymore without L, he isn't having a good time even though he won their battle of wits. Light being L's first friend. L being... really, the first person to understand Light. Theyre insane I love them

[quibbs126]

So I’ve been making this

So basically last night, I was listening to some music, specifically Not Gonna Die by Skillet, more specifically a version on YouTube with the intro (because I’m not the biggest fan of Good to be Alive where the intro actually is). Anyways, when it’s night, my imagination tends to be more active and I tend to have more energy. While listening to the song, I eventually got this mental image in my mind of this scene with Dark Choco, and the more it crystallized the more I wanted to draw it. I was going to go to sleep and maybe do it in the morning, but I realized that I probably would forget the vibe and not have as much energy, so instead I decided to power through and draw the idea

It was a bit difficult since I had limited references for the pose I wanted, and I suppose I can admit the sword looks a bit off anatomically, but it looks good enough I think, and lets me keep the eyes revealed

I did eventually have to stop drawing, because my iPad had been worked all the way down to 4% (and it was at 30% when I started, the poor thing), not to mention it was around 11:30 already which is pretty late for me, and my earbuds had been running nonstop for over 2 hours (yes I was listening to the same song, it’s how I keep the vibe). I was at least able to get the pose, base colors and lineart done, and I’m still pretty proud of where I left things last night

Today was mostly just doing the background and lighting, which admittedly I may have fumbled. I’m not very good at backgrounds and I didn’t know how to draw lightning. I tried my best, but honestly I don’t think I got the image in my head. Didn’t help that my brain was playing the wrong Skillet song this morning

Oh yeah and by the way, the background is supposed to be from this. That’s what I used as reference

The lightning both feels like too much and too little. Like, it’s crowding the picture, and I can’t have more because it’d be way too crowded with it, but also at the same time, it doesn’t feel like enough, like there isn’t as much power as I wanted

Actually wait, maybe I can add some small particle effects to like, enhance the lightning feel. That was in the original sketch but I omitted it in the final. If you see one with that, you know I did that

Edit: I did indeed do that

To be fair though, I don’t think I have the art skill to properly convey the image in my head. Basically the scene is that Dark Choco is using absolutely every amount of his power for this final swing down, so much that it’s too powerful and the Strawberry Jam Sword completely shatters. But also it’s too powerful that Dark Choco’s body simply can’t handle it, and he basically ends up exploding. The scene depicted would be the wind up to that final swing that destroys the both of them

This isn’t necessarily the first time I’ve come up with this scenario, and the setup would basically be that he turned on the Cookies of Darkness slightly earlier, because he didn’t want to destroy his homeland again, and he tried to get rid of them while in the kingdom but not yet at the Citadel, but he ended up failing, so with nothing to lose, he chases after them and decides to put everything into destroying them, even if it likely ends in his death. After this he probably killed Pomegranate and crippled Licorice in some way (I don’t think he’d attack Poison Mushroom), so his final act did have some effect, but he’s still dead by the end of it. And he and his father never got the chance to properly reconcile because Dark Choco thought that could never be a possibility anymore and he had resigned himself to his fate

But yeah, I just don’t know how to convey that sheer overwhelming power and emotion that this scenario suggests. I tried my best though

I also want to submit this to the Dark Cacao Forever contest, but I’m not sure if it’s good enough for it. What do you think?

[cozy-fantasy-stories]

Suvi is *by far* my favorite character in WBN. Like I get Ame and her idealism, and I get Eursulon and his passion, the Fox is hilarious and a fantastic foil.

But Suvi. My god Suvi.

I’m on my first relisten and she’s magnificent at every turn.

Children’s adventure and she stays inside. Does as she’s told. Doesn’t go out in the dark. Cleans up the bathroom! Waits. Alone.

She makes it in time—Grandmother Ren calls her my granddaughter and I am slain. Casts identify on the house!

Immediately says yes to helping Ame find the sword. No question. She doesn’t have to. But she does it.

Leaves a coin for the family and helps with the damn laundry! Do you know how practical that is?!

Immediately solves the being stuck problem for Eursulon. Terrifies that horrible little man with a Wild One under his boot. She rescues the music box, no question. Eursulon is free.

And Emliss.

Emliss.

Terrifying.

She ends Emliss, the Chalice, the shadow. The thing that *kills* Ame in a single turn.

The *indignity* of having to pay a hustler (FINLEY) for her mother’s coat lining. Yeah, okay, Eursulon went and made it all right (bet he never pays her back). But Ame talking about payment when she doesn’t even have money?!

Who fights for Suvi? Who defends her? Who thinks of her?

Ame making assumptions about the Citadel. (yes yes we get it institution bad we know what we’re listening to) But come on! Ame has no knowledge at this stage, just judgement!

Will Gallows. The Ace of Wands.

They never get the sword without Suvi in that room. Ice in her veins. Ice.

Who asked for “I’d like to count you among my friends.” Eursulon has the string in his pocket, but Suvi is the one who bargained for it.

Don’t even get me started on the Chantry and Morrow. I’m not doing it.

She gets them SAFE.

Resolves problems and defends her people with confidence and conviction.

She doesn’t deserve that dressing down from Steel. She doesn’t.

And Ame vanishes.

Off to talk to a murderess goddess that would end Port Talon in a heartbeat.

Of course Suvi goes to rescue her. Immediately! NO QUESTION. You think a search party would have found Ame?! With Orima of the Reaching Green as pissed as she was? HA. (but yes she’s thinking of Steel she doesn’t want to let Steel down not again not Steel)

Three days of walking and walking and walking.

(okay but Aabria having Suvi lose it is freaking brilliant and just absolutely incredible role play absolute perfection what a way to lean in)

And then Steel. Again.

Larger than life.

With the yelling. And the power. And the telemet.

Calls her a princess (dismissive) questions her like a prisoner (her adoptive mother really) and knows about the King of Night (suspicious).

And then.

Naram.

The Wild One heeds a call. The Witch arbiters consequences.

Our Wizard saves the godsdamned day.

She doesn’t run when it’s the derrick that’s at stake. She gets it. Even though she’s said awful things (you get what you get what a LINE trap a spirit and you get what you get bet she feels that way about Eursulon she trapped him she deserves it).

Suvi’s brilliance is not about what she says it’s about what she does. Galani mentions Orima and Suvi immediately moves.

Suvi’s quick thinking saves Port Talon.

Actually saves Port Talon.

She’s the one that does it. She’s the one that leads Orima to Naram. The reaching green and its *stranglers* and its indifferent cruelty to those in its way. ON THREE HIT POINTS.

And then Steel has the AUDACITY to act disappointed. (it’s not at Suvi not really but still).

Impossible odds.

Complex character choices and she carries the weight of the world on her shoulders. Always thinking, strategizing, anticipating.

SUVI.

Love Suvi.

She makes the right choice. Every time.

[folkloresthings]

hello hello hello !!! i just want to say i love love LOVE your fics, esp the oscar ones… the one you posted a few hours ago 🥺 my heart 🥺

i saw your post about oscar requests and i thought it’s meant to be because i’ve been listening a lot to taylor these last few days! could i maybe request osc and “all of the girls you loved before”? 🤭 hope you’re having wonderful day sweetheart!! 💓

-@httpiastri

this song. this man. thank u @httpiastri

ALL OF THE GIRLS YOU LOVED BEFORE. ❨ oscar piastri x reader ❩

despite being young, you weren’t stupid. you knew millions of women would kill to be with your boyfriend. you knew that, before you’d met, he had girls hanging off of his arm every weekend. you knew he’d had girlfriends before, flings and flirtations. but for six whole months, he’d been yours and yours only.

he never spoke about his ex’s, just as you never spoke about yours. you didn’t need to — you were too wrapped up in your love for each other to care about anyone else. that was, of course, until you went home with him.

the australian grand prix meant meeting oscar’s family for the first time. it went perfectly, an absolute dream. his mother adored you, fawning over you every second you stayed in her home. you, too, were her biggest fan. she’d raised the man you loved, bringing him up loyal and kind and everything you had fallen for.

being in his hometown meant bumping into other people from his life, or his past. even the ones you didn’t want to.

“oh, hey! y/n, right?” the bar was loud so you could barely hear the girl over the music. you nodded, smiling, and took a sip of your drink.

“yeah, that’s me! hi!”

the girl smiles back at you, but its one that makes you uneasy. a judging sort of smile, one that takes all over your features. all of a sudden, you hate the dress you chose and the way you’ve done your hair. this girl is stunning, all tanned and beach waves.

“i’m jessica,” she tells you, assured. “i used to go to school with oscar.”

your eyes light up, loving to hear from people who knew oscar long before you did. you look around for your boyfriend, but he’s off somewhere with lando.

“he’s around here somewhere — have you bumped into him yet?” you ask, innocent and sincere.

“no, not yet. i’m dying to see him though.”

you engage in as much painful small talk as you can, your gut twisting uncomfortably as you concur that this girl knows something you don’t. you only relax when you feel a familiar hand on your waist, oscar’s lips pressing in greeting to your head.

“hi, baby,” he murmurs, eyes going a little wide when they find the other girl’s. “jessica?”

“hey, os!” she greets brightly, reaching across to hug him, awkward from where his hand never leaves your waist. “i was just talking to your new little girlfriend here. have you taken her to all of your spots yet?”

your brows furrow towards the girl and she smirks.

“oscar used to take me to all these special places around here when we were going out. i’m sure he’ll show you them, won’t you?”

“oh, you two dated?” you question, glancing between jessica and your boyfriend.

“yeah, for ages.”

“barely.”

the two speak at the same time, jessica’s cheeks going red from oscar’s answer. she was fighting a losing battle, and his grip on you was only getting tighter.

“me and y/n have our own places,” oscar states, gaze cold. “see you, jessica.”

he’s pulling you away from the scowling woman before you know it, out to the empty smoking garden and fresh air. his eyes screw shut, frustration pulling a low groan from him.

“shit, i’m so sorry. we dated for, like, a month when we were sixteen. she cheated a few times and only took interest when i started driving for F1,” he explains, breathless and panicked. “i swear, she means nothing. i can’t believe she tried to talk to you like that.”

“oscar, calm down,” you laugh fondly, taking his soft cheeks in your hands. he returns a pout, eyes all puppy dog like to make you melt. “it’s fine. i’m not bothered about her.”

“you’re not?” oscar sighs, relief shedding from him. “i thought you’d be… i don’t know, annoyed.”

“that you have a few ex—girlfriends?” if you couldn’t already be impossibly in love with him already, he was giving you a million reasons to be. “babe, all of those girls — all of the ones you loved before, they’ve made you the one i’ve fallen for.”

oscar visibly softens, and it fills you with so much emotion that you feel your chest seize. he squeezes at your waist, pulling you into a tooth—rotting kiss. you press against his soft, wine stained lips but he’s smiling too much into it that the kiss is lost in a sea of loving giggles.

“i never loved any girl the way i love you, you know,” oscar whispers, eyes raking over your love stricken face.

“not even your mum?” you smirk, poking his side.

“shut up,” oscar grins, kissing you again. “yeah, but don’t tell her that.”

[one-piece-aus]

Hii I hope your day is going well ! I was looking through your masterlist and saw your music hcs from a few years ago for the straw hats and I don't think you did the followup for supernova trio? I was wondering if i could request that myself or even music hcs for all supernovas if possible? Thank you :)

Ahoy! I sorta haven't been getting around to it like many of my other hcs and requests, but I am in the mood to do music related stuff! Also I've broaden my music tastes a lot since last time so I might need to update the Strawhats' later, but for now we're here for-

Music Genres/Artists the Supernovas Listen to (Headcanons)

Law

If your first thought is that he listens to the most edgiest emo music there is, you're absolutely right!/hj

Okay, but being real here, he's gonna be picky about the edgy music, I'd say it leans more to moody rather than depressed

Songs like that would be Something in the Way and Heart-Shaped Box by Nirvana, Paint it Black by Rolling Stones, Natural, Bones and (maybe) Enemy by Imagine Dragons, Heathens and Stresssd Out by Twenty One Pilots, Losing My Religion by R.E.M. , Crying Lightning by Artic Monkeys, Duvet by Bòa

Crazy by Gnarls Barkley was 1000% played a repeat nurmous times

Can be found at 1 am - 3 am listening and sometimes singing Wake Me Up Inside/hj

Oblivion by Dirty Palm on the other hand is played here and there but he's not too much a fan of bass songs unless he is at the club drunk and dancing all that stress & trauma off (love that one rave Law fanart )

Viva La Vida by Coldplay is a classic favorite for him

You know, he probably listens to Maneater by Daryl Hall because Dr. Heart Stealer gives those vibes

Enjoys the SIAMÉS album Bounce Into The Music but would also find comfort in their album Home

His go to genres would be soft rock or alternative rock but isn't opposed when it comes to certain pop songs like Don't You Worry Child (catch him at the right time and he will get emotional over that song)

Enjoys the older stuff & independent artists (I remember reading Law is German so many he'd like German music?)

Artists he listens to: Nirvana, Coldplay, Three Doors Down, Franz Ferinard, Artic Monkeys, The Score, Imagine Dragons, and Fall Out Boy

Kid

Metal Music

Was that not obvious?

Loves the classics

Metallica, Guns & Roses, Thrasher, Black Sabbath, Rob Zombie, Three Days Grace, Smashing Pumpkins

He enjoys rock

The Offspring, Foo Fighters, Skid Row, Rolling Stones, Finger Eleven, Ozzy Osborne, AC/DC

He enjoys some new bands like Yungbund, Blacklite District, and Goku Luck

I know there's pirate metal but he gives more viking metal vibes (does listen to both)

You know he's jamming out to the second Death Note opening & Kaiju No. 8's opening

Traitor by Daughtry and Unstable by Chaotica

He might like phonk

Says rap is crap (who's gonna tell him Goku Luck is hiphop)

Allergic to Country/serious

Is the kind of Metalhead that says Nu Metal is not Metal

Psst, can I let you in on a little secret? He secretly listens to Lady Gaga, don't tell anyone or he'll kill you

Killer

Listens to most of the stuff Kid does but also has his own tastes

Nickel Back, Coldplay, Valley of Wolves, Unsecret, Skillet, One OK Rock, Meatloaf, Opal in Sky, Okamoto, The Cranberries, and Man With a Mission

Killer is more familiar with sea shanties than Kid

He enjoys listening to Uta (Ado), his favorite song of hers would be Gira Gira because he does relate to the lyrics (he really wanted to go to her concert but the crew probably got caught up doing business on another island and missed it)

Secretly would go to a 90s pop rave, waving glowsticks as artists like 2 Unlimited blast through the speakers/silly

Is the kind of Metalhead that says Nu Metal is Metal (not in front of Kid though)

Also allergic to country/serious

Hawkins

Dark Academia and Goth Ambience

He enjoys the somber pianos, it's peaceful and helps him study

Organ pianos are pleasing to him as well, if played right

He might be able to play piano but the violin (which is another instrument he enjoys listening to) is tricky to find the rhythm he prefers

Does love classic violin yet finds the epic violin music videos on YouTube to be appealing

And if he’s not listening to that, meditation/ambiance music is playing

Unironically listens to background music from video games such as Minecraft or Genshin Impact

Moonlit Night from the Death Parade OST is one of his favorites

If you can't tell, he enjoys soothing instrumentals

Is a big fan of Tchaikovsky

Enjoys music from 90s Disney (Cinderella especially)

Absolutely listens to Phantom of the Opera! Look at this man! You can't tell me he doesn't!

Probably enjoys French love songs

Apoo

DJ Apoo is in the house and you know he's all about the funky music!

80s, 90s, 00s, 10s, and even 20s, he loves all the rave & bass boost songs

Eurodancer, Daft Punk, 2 Unlimited, it's all a bop

Hip-hop & Rap are his jam (his taste for that would not be mine so you may list them here)

Apoo is pretty organized with his playlists, being a DJ and all, has most of them separated by genre

He thinks listening to music from Anime, Movies, and Video Games is stupid (*hands you your baseball bat*)

Drake

His ass is boring

He listens to whatever is playing on the radio

Not much of a music guy so he doesn't have any custom playlists

He might be fond of a few songs that come on the radio

Music to Drake is mainly just background noise when driving

While he doesn't mind someone playing their music, he prefers if he can understand the lyrics

Drake will easily get flustered if he hears spicy songs being played, especially if someone else is there, if he’s alone he’s instantly changes the station

Bonney

Popstars by KDA

I think her taste leans to rebellious as in "Fuck you, I do what I want"

So her taste can go from Don't Threaten Me With a Good Time by Panic At The Disco, to Seven Nation Army by White Stripes

Artists she listens to on the regular would be The Offspring, Panic At The Disco, BTS(?), P!nk, Fallout Boy, Cozmez, Fake Type, UNSECRET, and Eminem

Maybe a few Kelly Clarkson songs like Stronger and Since You've Been Gone

She does not like others putting on music, you can expect her to make a fuss if you try putting on something

Auxcord hog

Bege

The Godfather OST/hj

But for real he does like Italian instrumentals

Has a taste for soft love ballets

A few French and Spanish songs are appealing to him

He doesn't like pop, hip hop, rock, metal, or rap, and doesn't understand why the youth enjoy it so much

Except for 80s J-pop, he can see the appeal for songs such as Airport Lady by Toshiki Kadomatsu or Telephone Number by Junko Ohashi

And soft rock, specially the love songs like Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel or Can't Help Falling in Love With You by Elves (he just loves his wife, guys)

Urouge

So basing this off one of his hobbies Oda has confirmed

He loves seductive music, whether it’s playing in the background or he looking for something to listen to

Most played songs is Careless Whispers

Jazz and spicy pop are his top genres

Prime examples are: Mirrors by Natalia Kills, Sway by Michael Bublé, Pause by Pitbull, One More Night by Maroon 5, Stalker's Tango by Autoheart Lent

I could make playlists for them if y'all want but for now, do what you will with these headcanons, make your own playlists ✨️

[yeonmuse]

THRILLRIDE | DAY 5

PAIRING Guitarist Younghoon x Antifan Reader

WORD COUNT | 3.5k

GENRE Smut

WARNINGS 18+ MINORS DO NOT INTERACT ‼️ riding, petnames like princess, sloppy kisses, penetration, clit rubbing, tit worship

SUMMARY You didn’t think that your best friend dragging you along to her favorite bands concert would end with a night joyride from their lead guitarist.

MORE | Day five of the Groupie Love Series

You found it completely normal wanting to just spend your entire day pampering and relaxing yourself, though in your best friend's eyes it made you completely boring. You had tried time and time again to avoid getting yourself dragged out of the house by her, even using the old sick excuse which your best friend immediately dismissed. Now tonight instead of being snuggled up in bed all nice and cozy you were being dragged out of the house to attend the concert of some band you didn’t even like. For the sake of your best friend you simply fake it until you make it, breathing a sigh of relief as the concert finally came to an end which meant you could finally go back home, or so you thought.

“Uh you do know you missed your exit right?” Breaking your gaze away from the passenger side window you look over at your best friend.

“Yeah that’s because we aren’t going home yet.”

“Come again?”

“Yn it’s saturday night and the city is so alive. We just went to one of the most amazing concerts in the world.” (You would have this disagree on that)

“Are you serious right now? It's almost midnight and now you’re dragging me somewhere else? Where are we even going this late at night?”

“The After party, you didn’t think I’d just stay at the concert alone did you?” Right now you were wishing the ground would open up and swallow this car whole.

“This is the last time I let you drag me out like this, I could have been in my home cozied up in bed in my nice warm sheets.”

“Well too bad, tonight you’re going to party whether you like it or not.”

On the contrary to your best friend's statement you weren’t indulging in the party in the slightest. You were quite fed up from the moment you entered the door. It wasn’t that you didn’t like parties but in the moment you just weren’t in the party mood and you and your friend both shared a differing sense of fun when it came to parties. While your parties included drinking, games and a variety of music hers were full of sex,drugs, alcohol and music so loud you just might temporarily lose your hearing.

As you leaned against the kitchen counter, occasionally taking sips from your cup you were pulled from your focus as a voice spoke up behind you “I can tell by that look on your face you’re having so much fun.”

“Oh my you absolutely caught me I just absolutely love hanging out with a bunch of drunks on saturday night.” You respond sarcastically, earning a laugh from the handsome stranger.

“I’m Eric, i'm a friend of the host.” As he held his hands out for you to shake you were hesitant for a moment, after observing him for a moment you decided that he didn’t seem like he meant any harm so you happily took his hand and gave it a shake.

“Yn and I'm a friend of the girl that dragged me here just to leave me alone while she fucks some random in the bathroom.”

“Ah the old drag your friend to the party and leave her alone trope, she’s so original.” His sarcasm made you laugh, you couldn’t deny that talking to him was quite entertaining or it at least made you want to kill yourself a little less in the moment. Couldn’t tell anyone how you ended up there, but you found yourself outside in the backyard with him, both of you wanting to escape the loudness of the party going on inside.

“So do you always come to these types of parties?” You tried your best to make small talk with him, considering he was your only form of entertainment for the night it was only right that you got to know him.

“Honestly, these aren’t exactly my type of parties , but when you have over 10 different friends that throw parties nearly every week you tend to just show up to be supportive.”

“Ah the old showing up just to please your friend's trope.” You respond playfully, a nice little callback to his earlier joke.

“By the way who is ur friend anyways? I wasn’t exactly told who’s house we’d be coming to, I was just told that we’d be coming to some after party.”

“You don’t know?”

“That would be me.” A voice spoke up from behind the two of you making both you and Eric turn around. You couldn’t exactly pinpoint where you had seen his face before but you knew there was something familiar about him.

“Younghoon, where the hell have you been, I was looking for you for nearly half an hour.”

“I was out in the city, by the way Juyeon or Sangyeon won’t be joining us tonight, Sangyeons spending time with his girlfriend and I don’t know about Juyeon all he said in the text was something about his security guard not letting him leave.”

As if finally realizing you had been staring at the two Eric issues a quick apology to you before introducing you to his friend.

“Yn meet Younghoon, the host of this party and owner of the house. Younghoon, meet Yn, she thinks your party sucks and would rather be home.” At Eric's words your eyes widened and in that moment you really wanted to push him into the pool.

“Really? Not enjoying yourself?”

“Just not my idea of fun.”

“And what exactly is your idea of fun?”

“She would rather be at home doing skincare and snuggling up in bed with her dog.” Once again Eric starts foaming at the mouth with his words, giving you the perfect opportunity and excuse to push him right into the pool behind him.

“What was that for!?” He complains as he bounces back up to the surface

“Ah so your idea of fun is sitting inside and being boring?” Younghoon speaks up, pulling your attention back to him.

“Much better than being in a house full of drunk strangers, dancing around to music that’s bound to make your ears burst.”

“Oh so you don’t like wolfsbane?” At your sly comment about the music choice his eyebrows raise. You had just insulted the artist to his face without having realized it.

“Uh Yn” Eric chimes in from behind the two of you seemingly trying to stop you from saying anything more.

“Nono Eric let her continue, I’d love to hear her thoughts on them. Go ahead and continue darling, the floor is yours.”

“Their music has no heart, it’s just a bunch of mindless lyrics. They don’t write anything substantial and all of their songs feel the same. I thought about giving them a chance since my best friend decided to drag me to their show tonight, but it didn’t really change my mind.” Younghoon simply stood there with an intrigued and slightly amused look on his face at your synopsis of his band. Meanwhile Eric stood being you covering his face with his hands after having you spill all of that to the one person you most likely should not have.

“Excuse me but I need to go find my friend. I think it’s about time I get home.” Walking past Younghoon and back into the loud and crowded house you pushed through the sea of people seemingly struggling with the search for your friend. You had searched for her for nearly half an hour and you finally gave up. She hadn’t been answering any of your calls or texts, and she was nowhere to be found which meant you were left there completely alone. Now you were praying to god that Eric was still here and he wouldn't mind giving you a ride home, but to your disdain he was nowhere to be found and you had no way of contacting him.

“So you decided to stay, the party must not be all that bad then.” You heard his obnoxious voice and recognized it almost immediately. He stood in front of you, hair slightly messy with a pair of shades pushed back on his head. Once again it hit you that he looked so familiar yet you just couldn’t place where you had seen him.

“Not like I had a choice, my best friend is nowhere to be found and it seems like Eric’s already left.” You sigh and massage your temples with your fingers.

“Eric had a flight to catch since his tour will be starting soon, try not to miss him too much.” At his words your eyes rolled back almost instantaneously.

“And If I do miss him? Not like it would be anyone's business.” You respond, shrugging your shoulders.

“I'm assuming you need a ride home or something?”

“Well would you look at that you finally said something right tonight.” Your sarcastic response made a chuckle spill past his lips.

“Meet me out front, I'll take you home.”

“Youre gonna leave all these people alone in your house?”

“Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve done it, besides a few of my friends are here so I’m sure they’ll look out.”

“Rich people.” You roll your eyes and turn your back to him, making your way through the sea of bodies once again until you reach the front door.

You aren’t exactly sure what you were thinking about getting in the car with some complete stranger that you had met only moments ago, but if it meant getting away from the house and the loud music your decision had already been made from the moment he opened his mouth to ask if you needed a ride. Part of you was pissed at your best friend for having just disappeared without so much as a text, but the other half of you was simply just praying that wherever she was, even if she had been tangled beneath the sheets of some stranger's bed, that she was okay.

“So much for having fun.” You sigh and throw your head back in annoyance. The sound of rubble crushing underneath tires gains your attention, as you look ahead your eyes find Younghoon sitting in the driver's seat of black drop top.

“The city waits for the princess Cinderella .”

“Cinderella?”

“Yes because it’s midnight and you’re trying to run off back home.”

“Ugh I know we just met and all but you’re absolutely annoying.” You roll your eyes at him as you make your way to the car, he chuckles and pushes the door open for you watching as you slide in before pulling on your seatbelt.

“So you really don’t like wolfsbane huh? Not even one song?” At Younghoons question you sigh, this was usually the reaction you got whenever you told someone you didn’t like them.

“Again their music isn’t really for me but if I had to choose, there's one of their older songs that I think is good. Suckerpunch?” Younghoon seemed shocked at the chosen song that left your lips, out of all songs he could have expected Suckerpunch wasn’t one of them.

You were right when you said one of their older songs, suckerpunch had been one of their first releases where they first made it big.

“Why that one?”

“It was just so raw, you could feel the heart in every lyric , every chord, every key or drumbeat. But then again it isn’t surprising that they would lose their spark, it happens to many bands in the industry.” You spoke absentmindedly as you watched all the cars pass you by.

For a moment Younghoon remained silent until he finally decided to speak up once again. You seemed quite opinionated and you didn't seem afraid to tell it how it is.

“If you’re up for it can I show you something?”

“You aren’t going to take me to some place off the grid and murder me right?”

“I think you’ve been watching a little too much true crime, don’t worry Cinderella I won’t touch one hair on your pretty little head. Just need a yes or no.”

You were a little skeptical about the situation but part of you could admit that what he said back at the party was right, if you went back home now you’d be bored sitting there all alone. “Fine, where is it that we’re going exactly?”

“Don’t worry, just enjoy the ride.” And enjoy the ride you did. Honestly you were quite surprised how much you let loose considering you were in the car with a complete stranger. Honestly Younghoon didn’t seem to mind, this seemed like an entirely different girl than the one he had met back at the party. Your hair blowing in the wind and your hips swing as you stand up in your seat screaming the lyrics from the radio at the top of your lungs. The way you carelessly raised your arms in the air seemingly lost in the music that played on the radio which he took note of by the way. He found himself smiling at how much you had seemed to loosen up in just a few minutes, he honestly wasn’t sure if it was the drinks you had at the party finally setting in or if this was just how you were but he liked it.

“Why are we stopping? Is this the place?” You watched, slightly confused and somewhat alarmed as Younghoon parked his car at an overlook, (an overlook which gave a perfect view of the city) before getting out of the car. He silently moved over to his trunk and pulled out a guitar before slipping into the back seat.

“You drove me all the way here to listen to you play Guitar?”

“Just listen to me and tell me what you think, yeah? I come here whenever I need to get away from everything or clear my head…or when I just need some sort of inspiration.”

“But why me? Why not ask someone else.”

“Judging based on everything you said earlier today about wolfsbane you aren’t afraid to be honest or tell things how they are so just be honest with me.”

“..okay, then let’s hear what you got.” You didn’t know what you had been expecting from him but it certainly was not this. His vocals were the perfect mixture of sultry and raspy and every chord he played meshed together so perfectly that it was as if he had been playing a recording of guitar rather than strumming it right here before your face. As he finished he looked to you with a seemingly hopeful look on his eyes.

“It’s not exactly done, but what are your thoughts?”

“That was amazing, the guitar chords, your voice, it all went together so well. If I were you i'd release it.”

“Mm unfortunately it’s not what the industry wants to sell.”

“So? Who cares it's about making good music that people will listen to, music that your fans will love. You have real talent, it's raw and, and cathartic, who cares about what the industry wants when you can make money putting out music that you love.” There was a silence that had come over you, a silence that gave Younghoon the opportunity to look at you, to really look at you. Your eyes had been glued to the look of the city but he found himself looking at you.

“Where have you been all this time?” He spoke softly, slipping his finger beneath your chin so that he could turn your head to look at him. Once your eyes were finally on him he could no longer contain himself,

“If you don’t want this then just tell me to stop.” You could feel his breath against your nose as he leaned in closer to you, what you weren’t understanding was, why weren’t you stopping him. Younghoon took your silence as an invitation to kiss you, both your lips melted together as if they had been made for each other. Suddenly his hand snaked around your waist and he pulled you into his lap, his hands trailing eagerly down your body until they rested on the bottom of your shirt. He wasted no time pulling it off of you.

“Younghoon, what if someone drives by?”

“Let them.” His disinterest for the outside world at the moment turned you on even further and you weren’t going to deny it. Younghoons hands explored your entire body until they found the clasp of your bra, in one swift moment he had it unclasped as if it was already something he had been used to doing.

“Fuck you’re so beautiful.” His lips immediately latch onto one of your breasts while he takes the other into his hand and massages it against your chest. Soft moans spilled from your lips and your fingers tangled in his hair. Your head fell to the crook of his shoulder, your back arching as Younghoon wrapped his arm around your waist and trapped you in his strong arms.

Forcing his lips off of your breasts he pulls you back into a heated kiss, this time slipping his tongue past your lips while his hands work a lifting up your skirt. Your hands moved to his pants eagerly yanking and tugging at his belt to get it off of him only seeming to struggle which earned an amused chuckle from him.

“So eager, don’t worry princess I got it just sit pretty yeah?” His entire demeanor seems to have changed from how he was a few moments ago. He takes a moment to lift you up in his lap momentarily so that he could push his pants down. Your gaze fell upon his already hard cock, making the ache between your thighs worsen.

“Let me know if it hurts alright?”

Before you knew it he was buried deep inside you, impaling you on his cock over and over again.

“You sound so pretty moaning for me like this, ” he whispered into your neck, tongue and teeth playfully sucking at the tender flesh. To him now having heard your moans it was sweeter than any song. His grip on your hips were bruising and possessive, and your breasts bounced fervently at how he snapped his hips upwards to feel your walls coat him and hug him tightly and warmly. This was a feeling you had never gotten from anyone else, his cock pushing so deep into you that it'd bruise your cervix. The way his hands explored your body and lips remained wrapped around your breast was enough to send you over the edge. A low growl spilled from his lips and he tugged at your hair to tilt your head to him, his tongue slithering to your lips to taste your lips on his tongue once again.

As his hand moves down to circle your clit you gasp into his mouth. The pleasure had been so overwhelming that Your mind had gone completely fuzzy. You began to feel like you were on the urge of breaking apart from both his ministries and before you knew it, you were kissing him fervently. You decided to take over, resting your hands on his shoulders Younghoon let you take control, his head falling back as you started bouncing on his cock until you were too overwhelmed to speak, crying and mumbling incomprehensible words.

“Fuck you look so fucking pretty taking me like this.” The squelching sounds from your cunt and the view of his cock sliding in and out of you so easily drove him crazy. He wipes the tears from your face and leaves soft kisses on your neck as you continue to fall apart in his arms. You whine upon feeling him kiss your neck down to your shoulders, scraping his canines until you were absolutely lost in the feeling. Unlike the previous pace, the slow sensation of your cunt hugging his cock with your arousal letting him slide in and out so easily allowing you to feel every part of him, almost mind-wrecking at how good he’s able to make you feel like he was used to your body already. His hands meet your waist and he began to slam you down into his cock earning screams and loud cries of pleasure from you.

“Fuck, you’re so fucking tight. Is driving me crazy.” His head fell back on the couch, a low curse spilling from his lips at the way your nails penetrate his skin from the intense pleasure you had been feeling.

“So close princess, where do you want it?” You could no longer process his words functionally, not when he’s slamming you down his length like that and burying himself in you as if he didn’t want to be anywhere else.

“Fuck, Cum inside me Hoon please.” His name spilled from your lips so effortlessly that it put him in a daze. As he felt your walls tighten around him and combined with the twitch of his cock inside of you he let out a loud moan tossing his head back against the seat as he spilled into you painting your pretty cunt with his essence at the same time of your own release.

You lie breathless against his chest, still unable to fully grasp exactly what had happened between the two of you.

“Well you may not like my band or our music, but tonight ill be satisfied with knowing you like having me buried deep inside you.” He smirks and kisses your neck

“I KNEW YOU LOOKED FAMILIAR.” At your outburst Younghoon just laughs and pulls you closer to his chest.

[butwhatifidothis]

I LOVED To Be a Creature, and it genuinely creeped me out to see the things Edelgard and Hubert said to Byleth (though it's the same as the game, stripped out of its voice acting and background music, the dialogue is so much more horrifying). Really makes me wonder if Edelgard's love for Byleth is genuine in any way. Do you think there's any real love there or is it just obsession?

Thank you!!! I had a feeling that placing Edelgard and Hubert's words in a context that isn't meant to make them look flattering would really let their casual racism shine, and I'm glad it's seeming like that is in fact the impression people are getting lol. SO sorry for the late answer btw 😭😭😭

As for whether Edelgard's love is genuine... I got opinions lmao.

got a bit long lmao under the cut it goes

If Edelgard felt the way she does for Byleth on exclusively SS and CF, I could maybe see how this is a "genuine" love (insofar as a love steeped in "I may hate your race but you're special and Not Like The Other Ones because I think you're special to me" can, uh, ever be genuine, in any case). But because Edelgard still feels as strongly towards Byleth on AM and VW where she quite literally never talks to them directly in any meaningful way, it becomes waaaaay more like she's just weirdly obsessed with this person who saved her one singular time ever five years ago from an attack Edelgard set up. It makes the "love" way more forced and contrived and obviously trying to squeeze tears out of the player for standing up against the cute girly trying to murder them. Or, alternatively, it makes Edelgard come off as manipulative, saying that she just wanted to walk with Byleth and it makes her so sad to HAVE to fight Byleth because BYLETH wouldn't stand by HER - and she's saying this on AM/VW to a person she's talked to in conversation a cumulative, what? Hour? Two? Maybe a few days, being nice? Over the course of, being as absolutely generous as physically possible and not counting the five years Byleth was missing... two fucking years? She's shitting herself over fighting this stranger she doesn't fucking know? Yeah, sure buddy, whatever you say - you see what I mean?

And honestly even outside of those two routes, I think it's more that she sees Byleth as being hers rather than actually liking them for who they are. A body to stand next to her and tell her how right she is and comfort her - who doesn't have the background of "I was literally raised to think this is my only purpose in life" muddying the sincerity of the brown-nosing - who also happens to also act as The Perfect Fighter and The Perfect Strategist to actively help her get what she wants. That view of Byleth being a tool doesn't really go away unless they marry her, seen by how they quite literally get nothing for all they've done for Edelgard should they go unmarried to a noble (guess they just weren't meritable enough once their use to her was done).

As well as how much more Edelgard doesn't like Byleth disagreeing with her or otherwise going against her flow than pretty much anyone else in the game - you lose supports points if you don't think the Black Eagle Strike Force name she made is good, she quickly denies the notion that Byleth isn't detached from others/emotions and insists they are just like she is, she gives them the same callous and thoughtless words she was apparently given once in her life while they are in the midst of mourning their recently murdered father so that they get over it already and get back to being useful to her (directly saying she will only reach out her hand when it's time for HER to move forward, not when BYLETH heals from WATCHING THEIR DAD DIE IN THEIR FUCKING ARMS MAYBE A WEEK AGO). She never treats Byleth kindly unless they do everything she wants, which like. Isn't love???? At all????

There's just this... weirdly possessive air Edelgard has around Byleth that always threw me off, especially with how easily she admits to have been willing to kill them so far into CF and how readily she cuts ties with them the second the fighting's done (which is particular because how just how clingy she was to Byleth everywhere else - you know during all that time Byleth had a use to her). Incorporating that into being an intentional part of her character is certainly interesting, but not in a way that's flattering to the idea of Edelgard genuinely being in love with Byleth lmao.

Personally tho, even disregarding almost everything else, the simple explanation is that I don't think you can really sit there and say you love someone while openly hating part of their racial heritage. Wild thought, I know lmao

[mindless-existence1]

Shawn Spencer x fem!Reader

Summery: Shawn finds you, his best friend ever (besides Gus), laying at home studying in his pj's pants and he battles with wanting to ask you out.

Warnings: none its fluff!

Word count: 915

Although it sounds embarrassing kinda depressing your entire day had consisted of working and istening to music in your living room. Finals had come up and there was literally nothing better to do then study.

No new cases had come in at the station so Gus was going back to a more regular work schedule and you hadn't been to the office recently focused soley on studying. Out of your trio theres was only one person who had absolutely nothing to do, of course that was Shawn.

When hes not being a fake psychic hes hanging out eith his two best friends. Both options are gone, so what better to do then try and annoy you into hanging out with him.

"Somehow my two bestfriends are the most boring people in Snata Barabra. Its like one of those towns in walking dead, that are abandoned and full of buzz kill zombies." You can hear Shawn walk through your front door, curtousy of the key you gave to him.

He stops by your kitchen to pick up snacks while he talks. "Im not a buzzkill Shawn I'm and adult with adult responsibilities." You hear your cupboards being open and closed repeatedly, Shawn no doubt double checking everything.

"Hey I have adult responsibilities too. Who do you think supply the food at the office?" You chuckle a bit at that but retort with "Gus's credit card?" An over exaggerated gasp comes from the kitchen along with foot steps headed toward wear you sit in the living room.

"Wow here is the psychic again? Oh wait its me" he comes into the living room on hand to his forehead the other holding what you assumed is a pineapple smoothie.

"Technically neither of us are psychic" the words falling onto deaf ears, hes too preoccupied taking in the site before him. A computer and notebook sat infront of you, highlights layed randomly on the coffee table. You layed down, hair messy, and in nothing but a sports bra and pajama pants.

The pants happened to be a bit too long and happened to have Shawn's name written on the tag. Because they happened tone his that he left at your house a long time ago.

They fit loosly at your waist and shawn saw you randomly fiddle with the waist band, pulling it up. Shawn comes back to himself after half a second, he blinks and look back at your face. Confusion written all over it.

"Shawn? You good?" You ask, ever so slightly concerned. You did start to go back to the homework sitting infront of you though.

"Was Weasley good when him and Buttercup totally made out at the end of Princess and the Bride?" Shawn said the first thing he could think of and walked over towards the small armchair next to your couch.

"Ohhh Princess and the Bride, thats a good movie." You say it mostly to yourself, watching Shawn take a seat next to you. "So what'cha working on?" Shawn asks after a minute of silence. The only sound being your pencil scraping against paper.

"Just notes for one of my classes, boring shit really." There was a sigh after your words, already done with finals and they hadn't even happened yet. "Oh yeah for sure for sure." Shawn nodded but he couldn't stop his eyes from drifting to your waist.

Every time he caught himself he would go back to your face. It wasnt much better because you looked at him like you felt something more. And heaven forbid he saw your tits, in an old bra that slipped on your shoulders ever so often.

He must have been too quiet and staring for too long because when he looked back at your face you were staring at him confused. "Are you mad about the pants? Finders keepers dude you left them here. If you didnt want me to take them thats on you."

"No! I mean-" he cleared his throat, somehow losing all the "smoothness" he gathered in his 20 plus years of living. "I just mean its fine that you're wearing them. You look better in them than I do."

Really Shawn? Thats the best you could come up with? How have you ever gotten a girlfriend? You laugh at what he says and go back to working, flipping the page of your notebook.

It had been a few minutes of what you thought was comfortable silence, for him he was going down a rabbit hole. Shawn had always kinda had a thing for you, of course he never acted on it. Ever. At first it was just a little kid crush but through the years its grown and become something more. But everytime he thought about tell you, he just couldn't bring himself too.

I think I love you. I thjnk ive loved you for years. the words caught in his throat, his mouth agape. His voice lost when you looked at him with your pretty eyes. Bright from sunlight that peaked in through the blinds.

"Hey y/n?" His voice wavered a bit, Shawn spoke without thinking. He took himself by suprise when he called out your name. You lifted your head from what you were writing. "Yeah?"

"Nothing." Was all he could bring himself to say. Because when he looked into your eyes he saw someone he couldn't loose. And that ment not telling you, at least not now. Maybe with some grand gesture but not now.

[a-risk-to-take]

….you posted your tattoo (sick) and linked to house of dirk and i read it all and its unfinished. if you hadn’t posted i may have lived my life without getting fanfic blue balled for the first time since 2015. if you have any sympathy for my loss you would give me fanfic recs >:[ /lh

I feel your pain believe me 😭😭 I’m sorry I didn’t warn you at least. I’m low-key hoping the tattoo image gets to imarriedacherub and inspires them to continue the story - obviously not likely but it’s nice to dream!

I got recs for you though! I’ve got hundreds of bookmarks on my ao3 but here’s the HS stuff I love the most:

The epics:

Dayvhe’s Broken Diamond Club and everything by @unda-dsk: DBDC is my personal fave of theirs, and the best treatment of troll culture in any fic ever. If you know HS fic you are probably aware of MC Escher That’s My Favorite MC, and that one is absolutely excellent and completely deserves its status as one of the very best. And then there’s Alternate Universe, which is a perfect and beautiful magic school story. All of these are absolutely top-tier - I cannot stress this enough. They are epic and very long but some of the best stuff I’ve ever read—fanfic or otherwise—and they changed me when I read them. Despite the length, DBDC is very episodic so you can read each chapter as its own story and easily take breaks in between them without losing the flow, so you might want to start there. I promise it’s worth it!!

so we don’t kill the ones we love by @callmearcturus: I’ve never read anyone who can create an atmosphere like Arc can - this one is kind of a John Wick AU but in a really refreshing and elevated way. The characterization is so on point. Lots more I could rave about but I’ll just add that Arc’s Karkats are the hottest and most based out there. Again all his stuff is really good - this one is my favorite, but don’t miss this really cool magic artisan AU also.

The meteorstucks:

Aahhh there’s no way this is gonna be complete because I’ve read like hundreds and I get them confused but these are some that stand out. In case you haven’t notice already this list is gonna be very davekat centric!

Keep It Down by sburbanite - chef’s kiss concept and execution just read it

A Xenological Exploration of Music and Language by superbloom - super fun and well written with neat headcanon - and turned me on to some great music

I’m actually gonna just declare this section unfinished for now - I need to revisit these and remind myself what’s what - stay tuned!

Illustrated

Since you liked HoD you might be looking for more comic-y stuff with art. Definitely check out @chthonicarcher’s amazing davekats! Such as That’s All We Are

Dream a Little Dream of Me by koroke - this is just a little dream bubble comic but it’s simply the loveliest and I’m massively envious of the art style

Gonna Need Some Windex by the End of the Year by magniloquentChanteuse - more artistic storytelling just neat!

More

It’s About Time by @laurasauras - this is a sweet cute lovely little time travel davekat that I actually sent to a friend to read who knew nothing about HS and successfully led them into the fandom. (Followed by AU by Unda). Laurasauras is prolific and there are so many great fics written by them I can’t list them all here but they are one of my absolute favorite authors. Their understanding of the strider psyche is absolutely impeccable

The Worst Goddamn Movies Ever Fucking Made by writerbot - this fic brought me so much hilarity and joy I can’t even tell you. The Karkat voice is perfect and delightful and the social media interludes are so fucking funny and impressive. One of the first fics to show me how creative and funny this fandom can be.

I’m surely going to add to this - there are so many more meteorstucks and other authors I know I’ll think of after I post this - but I don’t want to spend too much longer on this now when you could be reading some of this great stuff! ENJOY!!

[kaija-rayne-author]

Would you recognize an autistic or ADHD person if you saw one?

What about an autistic or ADHD fictional character?

Many of y'all will say, of course.

And you'll be wrong.

I'm not talking to hatched autistics and ADHDers. We can usually spot others like us and autistic/ADHD coded characters in fiction.

Definition: A 'hatched' autistic or ADHDer is someone who knows they're one or the other or both, AND they understand and accept that pretending to be neurotypical is bad for us.

It actually kills us, so, yeah, bad. The leading causes of death for autistics is unaliving or heart attack from the stress of living in a world that was most certainly not created for us. In some ways, this world is antithetical to us.

We also experience the stress of what's known as 'masking'.

Our average age of death is 36 years old. Think about that for a second. 36. And the rates of unaliving in autistic and ADHD kids is utterly obscene. The suicide watch for parents of autistic kids starts at 8 years old. 8.

(I don't say this for everything, but self-diagnosis is absolutely valid for autism and ADHD. In a world where people can still be institutionalized or lose their kids because of an autism diagnosis--this is fact for Britain and several US states. France is awful for autistics-- self diagnosis must be valid so we can figure ourselves out without endangerment.)

Masking is where a traumatized autistic (and I've also never met or even heard about an untraumatized autistic/ADHDer) will create a, persona, almost, that lets us function in the world.

It's rarely intentional, my youngest son started masking at 4 in pre-kindergarten because he wanted other kids to like him and want to play with him. Even though our home is very supportive of diversity, especially about autism and ADHD, y'all... he was *4*.

Being autistic and/or ADHD is so damned lonely. Especially if you don't know why you're different. So we do our best to adapt. That can cause issues.

Masking isn't meant as a lie. It's survival instinct. Because even though the world absolutely doesn't treat us like we're human beings, we still are. We want to survive and thrive as much as the next hominid. We have all the same needs and desires as any other human.

But what about the rest of all y'all? Can you recognize us?

Last week, a music teacher banned a 6 year old autistic kid from the school concert because 'they would ruin the experience for the other children' this is after making the autistic kid learn and practice the songs for weeks. 6 years old and that kid already has scars from discrimination about a genetic condition he can't help. It's cruel and so damned inhumane. At worst, the kid probably sang off key and maybe fidgetted a bit. But that would 'ruin' the concert. It's not the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, lady, it's an elementary school concert. It's absolutely not worth scarring that poor kid over. It also happened back in 2022, and again in 2017.

People will have seen 'Atypical' or 'The Good Doctor' or, gods forbid, Rainman and think they know what autistic people look like. (You should probably know that the majority of autistics loathe those shows because the rep is so bad.)

But here's the thing.

You can't see autism or ADHD. Not just by looking at us. It's purely a brain wiring difference. People don't even believe me when I tell them I am if they've seen me in person. And I'm professionally diagnosed as both autistic & ADHD.

Sometimes, there are co occurring issues, like intellectual disability, that are confused with autism, but they aren't actually the autism or ADHD part of things.

I'm an autistic and ADHD advocate. I have a consultant option on my Patreon for people who want advice either for themselves or so they do the right thing by their kids. I'm autistic/ADHD, my kids are too. I've been researching and learning about the topic for close to a decade at this point. I truly know what I'm talking about. I understand the different flavours and experiences of these two types of neurodivergency extremely well.

As an aside, while I have you here, ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) is never the right thing. You know how gay conversion therapy is bad? The same person (Ivar Lovass) came up with ABA, and it's meant to do the same thing. To torture people, most often children, into pretending to be what someone else wants them to be. It doesn't support or help the autistic person.

Almost unilaterally, ABA causes a PTSD breakdown of self coming into our 30s. I say almost, but I've never even heard of an autistic person who has been tortured by ABA who hasn't developed severe PTSD.

If you tried to use the methods used in ABA on a dog, you'd be guilty of extreme animal cruelty.

Yet, because it's practiced on human children, it's fiiiiine. Big money lobbying has even made it so that ABA 'therapy' is the only one covered by a lot of insurances.

We can thank Autism $peaks for that. They are a hate group. They fit every bit of the definition of one and then some. (So please don't donate to them at the till. They love to pollute stores like Toys 'R' Us.)

Adult autistics have been speaking out against them forever. But since most autistics (80%) are under or unemployed, we don't have the kind of financial sway we'd need to get rid of them. Yes, this even counts for 'the new ABA'.

You can't save ABA. Putting a 2 year old human child through 40 hours weekly of 'training' so that they can look and act neurotypical is just flat out torture. Making a child 'extremely hungry or thirsty' so that they will do what you want is torture. There's just no other way to slice that apple. It's rotten to the core.

But back to my point.

Recently, someone disagreed with my opinion on a fictional character. I feel the character is autistic/ADHD coded, the other person disagreed.

That's cool. Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. And it's fiction, whatever. I'm not mad or upset. (I'm slightly insulted, because if you're not autistic/ADHD, [and a comparison they suggested made me think they definitely weren't] it's definitely not your place to disagree with one of us who says a character is autistic/ADHD coded. It's disrespectful and more than a little ableist. Simply because so many people have the completely wrong idea about both conditions.)

Regardless, the important part for a fictional character is that a person was able to see themselves in the character, to empathize with them. So it's not a big deal.

But it got me thinking about this.

Would most people recognize the subtle signs? They're almost always extremely subtle.

Ever hear of 'resting bitch face'? It's an incredibly common autistic trait because we either emote less or we emote differently than neurotypicals. In our world, it's known as 'flat face effect'. I have it, and I've been harmed many times because it looks like I'm pissed off even when I'm having a good time or I'm just deep in thought. I've got a firey temper, trust me when I say you'll know it when I'm pissed off.

So. You see a character (or even a person) who doesn't emote a lot? Or emotes extremely subtly? Wellll... that's a good clue.

So, X fictional character (or person) has odd or esoteric knowledge or hobbies. That's a good clue.

Are they nerdy or geeky in some way?

Most autistics and many ADHDers experience what's known as hyperfixation on special interests. Ever see someone get so fascinated by a topic or skill or activity that they get lost in it?

Forget to eat or drink?

Learn to do an obscure craft just because they wanted to know how it's done? That person is likely autistic or ADHD or both. It applies to fictional characters too.

Are they stand-offish? Many of us are for various reasons. One is that we're trying to figure out the 'rules' of wherever and whoever we're with.

Why all y'all insist on staring creepily at each others eyeballs is beyond me. I find it either too intimate, painfully so, or just ridiculous.

That quiet character (or person) who warms up slowly? There's a hint.

Another reason we tend to be cool with strangers is that ever present trauma thing. So many autists and ADHDers get to the point in life where we just don't have it in us anymore to keep trying to make social connections. A very common trait of both autism and ADHD is a lack of understanding of neurotypical social rules. And trust me, y'all have them.

Does the character or person fidget? Either subtly or more obviously?

It's called stimming. I had to learn to do it unobtrusively, so I'll suck air through my teeth (my dentist isn't impressed by this), circle my pointer finger around my thumb, tap the pad of each finger on my thumb in a rhythm, count silently to myself... the list is probably endless. I intentionally leave the cuticles on my thumbs rough, because I often rub the forefinger or ring finger of that hand over the rough cuticle as a stim.

Maybe they rotate their ring around a finger?

Play with their hair?

Stimming is something that calms us down and helps us regulate our emotions. (It's also one of the first things ABA robs us of. It's called 'quiet hands'.) It's really bad to deprive an autistic or ADHDer of stimming.

I used to click the button on a pen so much that I banned myself from having clicky pens because of how annoying it can be to others.

There are healthy stims and unhealthy ones. (Head banging is an example of an unhealthy stim.)

So a character or person who is just, always moving somehow? There's a hint. Or they're rhythmically moving a body part? Tapping fingers? Wiggling a foot or leg? Fussing with their clothing? Rocking?

Is the character or person 'a walking encyclopedia'? In other words, do they know a lot of information about either one or two topics or about many topics?

That character (or person) is often stereotyped as being a computer genius who can make any computer work just by looking at it for a few minutes. But it can honestly be any topic or combination of topics. That's another clue.

Many autists are almost hard wired to be painfully honest. Unless we've been traumatized into it, we tend to be shitty liars. I'm, unfortunately, a very good liar. It's not something I choose to do, because I don't want my trauma to change something so innate to me as my honesty. I had to learn to lie to survive. I don't recommend it.

Does the person or character truly believe in things like honour? Justice? Mercy? Peace? (Many neurotypical people will call these things social lies that keep the world working.) I'm talking a bone deep belief in honour etc. Are they a shitty liar?

I think I've blathered enough for now. I want to make it clear that I don't speak for all autistic and ADHD folks. I'm just one person attempting to share some of the more common traits with whoever wants to read about it.

A final thought.

Nothing can make someone autistic or ADHD. It's a genetic condition. Which is why so many parents find out they're autistic or ADHD when their kids are diagnosed. It's not more prevalent now, it's just that more people are learning about the actual parameters of it. Diagnosis is easier now than 50 years ago. It's been around since ancient Egypt and probably evolved as a way to keep the clan safe in prehistoric times.

We often have heightened senses. Sometimes we have what I call 'predator vision' which sounds awful but just means that my gaze is automatically drawn to movement. Our sleep cycles are also commonly very different than a neurotypical's. We probably ended up being people who would take night watch, stare at the stars for hours, or warn people when food has gone off so no one eats it.

I think we evolved right alongside neurotypicals because we're both needed for a successful society.

Many, many of the world's famed thinkers/creators are considered to have likely been autistic/ADHD based on records about them.

These people include:

Leonardo DaVinci

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

Nikolai Tesla

Albert Einstein

Thomas Jefferson

Charles Darwin

Emily Dickinson

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

William Butler Yeats

Vincent Van Gogh

Benjamin Franklin

People who are autistic or ADHD these days that you may not expect?

Dan Ackroyd

Darryl Hannah

Anthony Hopkins

Jerry Seinfeld

Eminem

Courtney Love

David Byrne

Wentworth Miller

Satoshi Tajiri (creator of Pokemon)

There are also many, many people who have shown autistic or ADHD traits and haven't confirmed or it's impossible to confirm because they're deceased and we don't have the right records.

It's considered a massive faux pas to assign a diagnosis of anything to a living human being. So everyone living I've listed has in some way confirmed it. There are many, many other people (especially in creative industries or hobbies) I believe are likely one or the other, but I wouldn't label. That's for them to do.

If you enjoyed this or learned something and you can, please consider a tip or becoming a Patron. My work of words is my only income.

Every historical person is just a 'likely' because we'll never actually know. All we can do is point at the exhibited traits via records and say, probably.

[spiritboxies]

About OTP question meme:

Astra and Follow, and maybe question number 7?

(Would it be legal to ask questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 at the same time? Listening to your ideas about them is always interesting haha!)

send me a pairing & a number

you think i'm just gonna pass up on the opportunity to write an essay? but to keep this from becoming do you love the color of the sky 2 tho, i'll answer ur first question first and put the rest under a read more ^_^

7. What’s the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other?

astra: starts seriously considering how he wants the rebellion to play out. when he first became a cyborg to fight the cumulor’s forces directly, he assumed he wouldn’t live to see the results of his actions. now that there’s someone he doesn’t want to lose, it makes him a little more cautious during fights

follow: became much more involved in the rebellion. at first he did privately support their ideas about how destructive the cumulor was but never really acted on it. reconnecting with astra was the push to get him fully involved.

1, Who is the most affectionate?

follow, since he’s just a more outgoing person in general! astra has the same level of feelings for him, just has a harder time outwardly expressing it

2. Big spoon/little spoon?

big spoon astra & little spoon follow. astra’s basically a person-shaped space heater lol

3. Most common argument?

follow scolds astra to be more cautious since he really wants astra to live to see his goals reached. but astra has this whole “The Greater Good comes before anything else,” mindset, so even when he tries to reassure follow, they both know he’ll probably get himself killed trying to overthrow the cumulor.

4. Favorite non-sexual activity?

karaoke! even though astra really wants to be all “i am A Weapon for The Rebellion and nothing else matters,” he absolutely still loves music and singing, and karaoke nights are one of the few ways he allows himself to indulge in that. and of course follow never really left music, so for him it’s a way to reconnect with the history he and astra have together back when they were in the same band!

5. Who is most likely to carry the other?

astra. his cyborg body makes him strong af so follow barely weighs anything to him lol

6. What is their favorite feature of their partner?

astra: follow’s charisma, since it’s something astra struggles with a lot

follow: astra’s optimism. despite his cold exterior, astra has an unshakable belief that a better world is possible, which follow finds very grounding and reassuring

8. Nicknames? If so, how did they originate?

follow frequently calls astra “starry eyes” or “starlight” because of the name astra chose for himself, and because of the previously mentioned optimism. astra occasionally calls follow “mon ange” (my angel) because of his role as the mechanic that repairs him no matter how messed up he gets in a fight. and because he’s French lol

9. Who worries the most?

it’s actually pretty even! follow will worry about astra because of his recklessness, since even though he’s substantially tougher as a cyborg, he’s still mortal, and too much damage to his brain or power supply could be the end. astra worries about follow because of how much more vulnerable he is as a normal human (normal as a clone can be anyway lol). he’s terrified of follow’s cover getting blown and how few ways follow has to fight back in a worst-case scenario

10. Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant?

astra in a super specific way. i headcanon that his “choir” disguise is specifically supposed to resemble follow’s backup singers, and he usually sneaks into follow’s penthouse by pretending to be delivering coffee or his favorite baked goods

11. Who tops?

neither. astra don’t got anything between his legs 💔 i just use the order astra/follow bc it was the only result for the ship tag on ao3 lol

12. Who initiates kisses?

follow ofc

13. Who reaches for the other’s hand first?

astra, as a way of reminding himself of follow’s continued survival

14. Who kisses the hardest?

astra again, bc his skull is steel. he doesn’t usually mean to do it tho, just comes with being a cyborg

15. Who wakes up first?

astra again, since he doesn’t really sleep the normal way. it’s more of a scheduled sleep mode so he can charge efficiently for the upcoming day.

16. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer?

follow, though he never really gets to because of his busy schedule as a musician

17. Who says “I love you,” first?

astra, actually! though follow probably confessed feelings first, astra’s the type of person to feel the relationship more deeply, and thus would be the one to take it to that extra level first

18. Who leaves little notes in the other one’s lunch?

astra, but it’s never actually anything romantic lol. it’s usually codes he sneaks in so follow stays up to date with the rebellion’s plans

19. Who tells their family/friends about the relationship first?

neither of them really outright told the other rebels lol. but because follow’s not subtle at all and astra’s bad at being subtle, everyone just sort of. Figured It Out at some point or another

20. What do their family/friends think about their relationship?

pretty much everyone is like “good for them 😊👍” except for bass, who thinks follow is way the hell out of astra’s league and has no idea why he’s settling, atlanta, who thinks romance is gross in general, and reach, who’s so new to the team that he’s still clueless lol

21. Who is most likely to start dancing with the other?

follow! obviously he’s had a lot of training in that regard as a performer, while astra’s a little awkward due to him having to basically relearn how to use his body as a cyborg

22. Who cooks more/who is better at cooking?

they’re both quite good at cooking, but astra’s the better between the two! he’s had a lot more time to practice and branch out his knowledge, since follow has pretty much stayed busy in the music industry since he was created

23. Who comes up with cheesy pickup lines?

follow. and sometimes he sneaks them into the lyrics of his songs :3

24. Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear during inappropriate times?

follow again. though it’s less “in astra’s ear” and more “in astra’s Brain” bc of how his mental operating system receives the rebellion’s communications lol

25. Who needs more assurance?

follow, surprisingly! sometimes the pressure of keeping up his double life, as well as his fear of losing astra in the fight against the cumulor, can become overwhelming. of course astra’s always there to remind him that their struggles are all in the name of a better future ❤

26. What would be their theme song?

i’m still cooking up a whole ass ship playlist, but if i had to pick just one song, it would be is it really you? by loathe

27. Who would sing their child back to sleep?

idk how the hell they’d end up with a kid, but i guess if The God of Fanchildren bestowed one upon them, astra would probably be the one to do it! he stays up a bit later than follow

28. What do they do when they’re away from each other?

kind of a boring answer but like. their jobs i guess lol. follow obviously keeps plenty busy with his music career, and trying to dismantle a giant corporation that’s taken over ur country is no easy feat either!

29. One headcanon about this OTP that breaks your heart:

they both assumed & made peace with the likely possibility astra would end up outliving follow, since astra doesn’t physically age anymore as a cyborg while follow does (albeit much slower than a normal person). but then astra died when he blew up the pyramid 💔

30. One headcanon about this OTP that mends it:

follow at least got to live long enough to see the fruits of astra’s labor, and now follow thinks of him every time he sees the blue sky astra fought so hard to bring back :’) and of course i have my fanfiction where astra doesn’t die and they both get to live in the much nicer world of wekiddy lol

[pineapplefulfillseveryneed]

The Revenge Of Two Hands One Mouth - O2 Academy Bristol (November 27, 2013) by Adam Gasson

After 11 years of not finding a single photo from this show, I found these yesterday! I can not begin to express what this means to me, I nearly cried and I couldn't sleep last night. I was still a rather new fan and this was my first time going to a show in the UK, the first show I went to see with a friend, and my first time meeting that friend, too. And these above photos are SO GOOD! Not much was preserved from this show at all, there was no recording allowed (no charcoal drawings either), and to my knowledge not even the full setlist for this specific show was preserved anywhere. So better late than never, but here's what I remember (with some help from these photos!) and the things I've puzzled back together:

If there was opening music or an opening act, i don't recall, but Russell entered the stage alone. It was dramatic and impactful, and it went quiet as he gave an intense stare into the audience and did a drawn out "ahhh" into the microphone. After a little moment of quiet, it turned out the microphone had been connected to a sequencer which now started repeating "ah ah ah ah ah ah". Suspense, excitement. Russell added: "Hold, hold, hold, hold". (...I was definitely freaking out.) While that started looping on top of the ah ah ah sequence, he made stop signs with his hand as we all listened. A few repeats passed. "I'm getting mixed signals, mixed signals - mixed, mixed, mixed signals".

^ the only seconds of this show I recorded as I didn't yet know it wasn't allowed - security signed at me and I put the camera away. It was fine. (Here's a recording of it made during the US tour.)

I don't recall when Ron entered the stage at this show, whether it was during the song or after, but what a way to open! And what an amazing song choice!

The performance that left the biggest impression on me at this show though was Nicotina. It was a choice I didn't see coming, but also the way Russell sang it! Falsetto heaven. (Sadly not a single video is to be found of Nicotina from this tour. But for your falsetto heaven needs, I hope you can find a video of Here In Heaven that they also performed on this tour, because that will also kill you.)

As everyone here probably knows I am quite big on Bergman, which at the time was heavily promoted during the tours, and, the excerpts they played on this tour were different from what they played during Two Hands One Mouth! They played "I Am Ingmar Bergman", The Studio Commissary (my favourite song on Bergman), Limo Driver (but sang by Russell, and HOW!) and "Oh My God". (Here's a video of it from one of the American shows. It's extremely good. People who've been around for a while have seen me lose it over this video many times.)

The most unexpected song choice was probably Katherine Hepburn. Me and my friend had been joking for absolute months that we were going to see Sparks and they'd play Katherine Hepburn (as if that would ever happen, we were obsessed with that song though!). And here we were, and they were playing Katherine Hepburn right in front of our eyes. (What is reality.)

Falling In Love With Myself Again had me losing it over the organ sounds, always a fan of Ron on organ, and I LOVE that song. Russell sang a line in my direction (I died), and he managed to throw another line at me during Those Mysteries ...I died a few times that night. As you might expect. That was kind of the whole THOM/TROTHOM experience anyway. Lots of dying. But the variety of dying where you end up in heaven. (You're at a Sparks show after all.)

They wrote a song especially for this tour, which was not released but only ever played live: Revenge Of Two Hands One Mouth. What a thing to experience! A very dark song, but wonderful. (REVENGE! REVENGE REVENGE!)

At the end of the show Ron took a photo of Russell with the audience. I don't really remember that happening, but the photo exists and it really was not a thing they did often back then. We had been a good audience :)

Here's all the songs that were probably played that night in random order:

Your Call's Very Important To Us. Please Hold., B.C., Good Morning, Here In Heaven, Academy Award Performance, Those Mysteries, Falling In Love With Myself Again, Big Boy, Nicotina, Popularity, This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us, excerpts from The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman, Tryouts For The Human Race, Katherine Hepburn, Revenge Of Two Hands One Mouth. They likely also played The Number One Song in Heaven, When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way' and Suburban Homeboy. (I see mentions of How Are You Getting Home? and How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall? in setlists for this tour as well, which they very well might have played but I very sadly have zero memory of ever hearing those songs live.)

This tour had a real air of mystery, possibly even more so than Two Hands One Mouth, as the lack of existing footage definitely adds to it. But luckily some of it *is* out there, and I am so grateful for these photos :) On top of the songs I especially mentioned above, I would also advise people to look for recordings of Tryouts For The Human Race and Popularity from this tour, because the arrangements are probably not going to be the way you expect them to be. And as you might expect: B.C. is stunning live. (I could start a whole rant about Good Morning and Suburban Homeboy live but I think I sufficiently screamed about both in my personal notes on THOM the year prior.) Final note: I know Russell had some sort of dance move for Big Boy because me and another friend couldn't stop talking about it for months. I don't remember what he did, but both THOM and TROTHOM were wonderful for Russell dances <3