#everyone invited except for link lol

[echoesofwisdomcountup]

110 Days Since Echoes of Wisdom Release. THIS IS SO FREAKING ADORABLE.

Zelda in the Zora Performance, but everyone is invited!

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[the-moon-files]

So I have tried to request this prompt from someone else but I don't think their blog is that active anymore. If your willing I'd love to request the following.

Prompt: Reader is bisexual and gender neutral.

Reader is considered fairly attractive and gets flirted with pretty often by basically whoever gender wise. And maybe reader and Zelda even end up flirting a little bit. Reader would have a similar lackadaisical flirty personality as Warriors has.

I wanted to see how each of The Chain would react to this with the context of them having secret feelings for the reader.

2nd official request, woo look at me go 🏃💨

Sun: Gender-neutral Reader (”you”/they/them)

Orbit: Headcanons-ish

Stars: Zelda (Assuming they meant BOTW), + the classic Chain of Links <3

Comets & Meteors: Content Warnings: mild cussing, mild typical loz violence, Mildly Suggestive, & Trigger Warnings: none known.

Please comment if I missed any. /gen

so i like to think that modern flirting is radically different than their medieval flirting,

like mayyybbeee Wild can handle it, but even then, they have royalty/knights still, so hes still gettin flustered lol

and i like to think u learned that difference the first time Wars complimented ur new/strange modern fit, and u returned the energy?? except 10x stronger (to them)??

youve played the player, and beat him at his own game, the Captain of the knights is sputtering and shit LMAO

(he said smth like, “their beauty is god-like in this otherworldly clothing“ and YOU said smth like he’d “thank you, youd look better in my bed than in armor 👉 😎 ���� ” lmao)

funniest part is, bc its so natural, i can see u immediately shooting off smth and forgetting it instantly, much to the Links collective shock 😭

u go to towns and notice theres always 1 hero around to steer u away from shopkeepers, townsppl, etc so u wont flirt w/them LMAO

(when u finally notice, u just, “ohh i get it now, so im only allowed to flirt with someone named Link, ohhh, okayy” and they just, “NO we didnt say that-!” “No its just their bold flirtations are not for the weak of heart-!” “Yes.” “CAPTAIN-”)

the only one who they cant steer u away from is Zelda.

afterall, they kinda have to inform the Princess/now Queen of the kingdom, whats going on w/them traveling with Link (Wild) around time and space

the sheikah tablet had been disconnecting + reconnecting to Purah’s both fascination and worry

so as theyre invited to eat dinner and explain in the rebuilding castle, everyone’s absorbed in shadow talk or smth, and u can see Zelda’s struggling to follow along, u just casually bring it back to her, as she’s also trying to write notes and theyve moved on too quickly w/o her

“wowww, all these men and not a single one’s gonna offer the lady any, ‘hi, hello, how is the most beautiful girl in the world today?’ “

and the gapingggg from the links shut them right up, while Zelda goes all pink and coughs, and agrees that they should move on to more chill topics lol

and u can crack anybody tbh, Zelda giggles at ur compliments all the time, even in work mode, u can deffo get Wars to blush to his ears, and even Time to look away first in a flirty + staring contest lol

Legend might actually put his hands up like he’s prepared to fight u anytime u try to flirt at him when its just you two, before he realizes what hes doing and stops LMAO

oh and u absolutely get a lot of mileage out of that one lol

the best reactions have gotta be, in order of most to least extreme: Hyrule, Sky, Wild, Four, Legend, Twilight, Wars, Time

Rulie, Sky, Wild and Four fall into that classic, shocked-heart-eyes, full blush up to their pointy ears, etc category when u get them,

they are also very easy to get lmao

Four is the best at recovery, or ducking away, but if its the Colors, its this type of obvious lol, w/the obvious ones like Red and Blue, Green takes a little more to break, and tbh Vio could go toe-to-toe w/u better than Wars tbh before he crumbles under the pressure lol

Legend, Twi, Wars, and Time faces may not change a lot, bc theyre trying to save it lmao, but the way their cheeks go pink and ears twitch is how u know ur gettting to them (along w/legend’s defensive reaction to getting cornered LMAO)

Twi has caved and covered his face w/his hands before lmao

one day youll get Time to break more than an ear twitch, and looking away, One Day.

(Wind is in fact, having the time of his life, watching you absolutely hilariously wreck these otherwise v serious heroes, hes glad u got them to finally relax a little, but also its hilarious seeing Wars and Legend red faces, and occasionally stealing Wild’s tablet to take funny pics of them all to blackmail later lol)

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idk how good that was, as im kinda bust at flirty banter between characters, so i hope this suffices ur need to flirt w/everyone lol

also i feel i should apologize for not rlly including pronouns? it just kinda comes w/writing reader stories to put them in 2nd person to both make intimacy for readers w/their little avatar im controlling for them, and to purposefully remove the need for gendered pronouns :/

so im sorry i couldnt quite figure out how to make it where “they/them” got used much, i promise i love all pronouns, its just a skill issue tbh lmao

btw

send any prayers, blessings, or good vibes u got my way tomorrow bc im getting wisdom teeth surgery and i am intimidated✨

ill post more asks (i have multiple asks!! <33) after im lying in bed lamenting my painful fate,

mostly just worried ill react badly to the drugs, also the idea of being knocked out during surgery is a little scary so what can i say

have a great weekend guys!! thanks for reading if u did :)

Peace out,

🌙

[amoristt]

trust i seek, and i find in you. | pt2

part 1 (x) part 3 (x)

「 ✦ seong gi-hun / reader ✦ 」

tags: sfw // mild violence, reader is having an existential crisis, gi-hun is baby girl as always, lots of fluff but like also some slight angst lol a/n: i tried to keep readers backstory vague enough to be kinda relatable but also clear enough to understand their motives/struggles LOL i loved writing this chapter i hope u enjoy

Tug-of-war was like hell.

Almost all of you had died, that bottomless pit taunting and swallowing anyone who fell over the edge whole in the blink of an eye. Your team had clear disadvantages much to Sang-Woo's dismay, who struggled to hide the disdain in his eyes as he watched other teams build muscle whereas yours seemed to build... Outcasts.

Player 244 made you uneasy like a sinking boat in murky waters. Trepidation built up within you like a simmer into an inferno as the elevator climbed up to the planforms. You'd seen group after group perish and tumble over the edge, dragged down like sacks of led before the ropes were cut short, their lives along with it.

It was a close call. Even with Il-nam's strategic placement, even with Ali's strength combined with all of your own, it was close. Watching Gi-hun dangle over that cavern made your entire world stop.

But perhaps 244 had spoken some truth, because when you begged the Lord above to save him, he provided. Dragged Gi-hun right back to that platform and sent the other team spiraling to their dooms.

Your team managed a sour win.

It was hard to forget the look on your opponents faces as they fell, link by link.

Exhausted beyond belief, slick with sweat and heavy with your aching muscles, you were more than ready to get a nights sleep. Everyone was silent on the ride back down on the elevator. Silent during the walk back to the dormitioties.

This heaviness tainted your morale. You knew you shouldn't torture yourself over it- it was your life, or theirs. There wasn't a choice. But between your own rapidly crumbling resolve and 244's ramblings you were struggling to keep your composure.

You missed your neighborhood- which was funny, because you swore you spent years cursing it with your every breath. God, you missed your bed. Shitty as it was, it was yours.

Or maybe it was less longing for your bed and more missing the way you used to be able to sleep with both eyes closed. Staring up at your stained and leaking ceiling, you remembered being so miserable, telling yourself one day things would be different. You would come out on top. Now you'd give anything for it.

It was decided (much to your dismay) that you and Gi-hun would be the first pair to watch over your sleeping comrades. Your hearts were heavy. Your arms feel even heavier. Sore and aching. Gi-hun didn’t say much for a while afterwards. The woman with the long curly hair, Player 212, really put a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. Before the game had even started you were already fed up with her. As you were sitting with your friends, debating who to invite to your team,

"You need some real muscle on your team, not these skinny girls," She'd harped. She'd plopped down beside you and slung an arm around your shoulder despite the way you grimaced and bristled. "You look pretty tough. The two of us could make a good team, yeah?"

She had nerve to do it after everyone witnessed the way she clung to 101 until he'd discarded her like trash. It made your skin crawl. And she didn't stop there, following you and your team around like a lost dog going on and on about absolutely nothing. You really didn't have the energy for it. No one did.

Even Ali had a snark up his sleeve, taunting her for being so unwilling to cooperate with Sang-woo’s quick thinking idea. You didn't think it was possible.

By the time lights out had come, everyone except you and Gi-hun were quick to fall asleep. It had been such a dreadful day, all you could do was pray tonight was different than the last.

You both sat side by side watching. Waiting.

Gi-hun’s eyes were farther away than you’d seen so far. The moment the lights went out, he’d stared off into the darkness, blinking every few seconds in an empty glare. It was odd to see him like that, and honestly sad to know a little bit of that warmth that had drawn you in so intensely had been distinguished. You could the games starting to weigh him down, the lines in his face growing deeper with each passing day.

Just before bed, everyone began to move their beds, forming barriers around every entrance of their forts. And your group did the same. During so, that man, player 101, approached Gi-hun. Taunted him, threatened him. Though it wasn't the first time they'd both had an intense interaction, something was different about the way Gi-hun spoke to him. He wasn't defensive, or apprehensive as 101 approached. He merely stared him down, unfaltering. Glared right into the barrel of that gun. 

“Can you really trust your team?” He asked, voice low and grave. “If that was me there, once the fighting starts to happen, you’d be the first person I’d go for.”

You’d never heard him sound like that before. It’s intimidating. And it worked. 101 stared hard as his team over his shoulder, watching them wrestle like buffoons while the rest of the room prepared their defensives. There was this dubiety in his eyes you hadn't seen yet, his usual sneer falling flat.

Gi-hun had changed, even if just by a little. Hard not to after everything. But you hate seeing the difference. Not so trusting. Not so naïve. 

But… he was still good. Still Gi-hun. 

You suppose you’ve changed too. Maybe in the opposite direction, though. You’d come in so confident and ready to take on anything and everything in your path. A train that wouldn’t stop for anybody. But for some reason you’d found yourself derailed. Whether if it was because you’d clearly overestimated your abilities, or something else entirely, you weren’t sure, but your priorities were shifting right before your own eyes.

In moments of great, great terror, your first fear wasn’t that your life was to be cut short. It was that someone else’s- one of your friends, would meet their demise. 

Even the fact that you were considering them your friends at all was a problem, and you knew it. But you couldn't help it. You valued them. It made you sick to your stomach with worry.

Why was letting people in so fucking hard? Granted you survived this somehow, would you always suffer like this?

Love, even platonically, was foreign. You felt like you couldn't cope, sometimes.

And it was all thanks to Gi-hun. Him and his heart. It was contagious, infected you like a sickness you couldn’t quite shake. Changing and manipulating the very core of your DNA. 

He’s still staring forward, unfocused and lost in thought and tense when you speak. 

“You alright?”

He damn near jumps when your voice cuts the silence. He stammers, recollecting himself from something you couldn’t place. 

“Hey.” You reach out, and you hesitate first, but you touch his arm. He turns to look at your hand, resting faint and unsure on his bicep. 

“This barricade,” he starts, with a shake in his voice. “It reminds me of… an old job I worked at.”

You tilt your head, a little piece of his puzzle shifting into place. 

He told you about his old job. How he'd sank over a decade into it making car parts, had a baby on the way, when suddenly a majority of the crew was fired- dropped off like trash. So naturally, they’d held a strike. 

It takes a moment for him to get it all out, but when he does, his eyes fall downcast. 

So much violence.

Your words betray your thoughts, soft coo’s of comfort even though the smart part of your brain demands you stop right there. 

It was becoming too real for you. Makes you squirm in your skin- you shouldn’t be learning all this about him. He’s crossing your barriers. But you can’t stop yourself. 

You realize, after he shares with you, that the weird disquiet in your gut isn’t brought on by conflicting feelings. It’s guilt. Guilt over the fact that he was so transparent, and raw with you. Meanwhile you lied about something as little as what dish of food you like. After all he had done for you, too. Took you in with a bright smile and never once led you astray. Saved your life during the night attacks. Held you when you couldn’t break yourself from the hysteria. 

Trusted you even when you didn't deserve it. That alone drove you do better, just for him.

He falls quiet again. 

“I lied.” You blurt suddenly. Gi-hun glances at you from the corners of his eyes. You chew the inside of your cheek, guilt eating away at your conscience. Man, he had really fucked up your game plan. “I, uh… I don’t really have a family. I never did.” 

He looks at you with an expression you can't quite read. Not anger, or confusion. It’s softer than that, but not quite happiness either. It makes your stomach roll. 

“I know.” Is all he says, nudging you with his elbow. 

He knew? This entire time? 

You blink at him. “How?”

“Everything you’ve said about your childhood has just been so… Unclear.” He sighs and leans forward, elbows on his crossed legs, eyes still scanning the room. “You’re so vague about your dad. You don’t even call your mom mom, just my mother. And- and, in the first game, you were one of the first to cross the line. And you already knew how to play tug-of-war! So I thought to myself, she doesn’t seem like she’s never played games!” He paused briefly, you stared at him slack jawed. Then, he smiles, and he laughs and it rings through your ears. He turns towards you. “And if you really stayed inside reading and coloring all day, dalgona would have been a breeze for you.”

For a long moment, you’re bewildered. He was so observant and you hadn’t even noticed it. The gears in his mind were always turning, eyes always watching.

“You never tried to trip me up.” At first it’s supposed to be a question, but it leaves your lips like more of a statement, or more of an appreciation.

“I'm sure you have your reasons.”

You stare at your lap. This level of consideration and thoughtfulness was new to you, and you weren’t sure how to navigate it. Your cheeks warm up, your breath quickens. He had such a way of drawing you in, even despite your brain warning you to do otherwise. To keep him at an arm's length.

But you don't want him at arms length. Sometimes, when you're lost in thought in the quiet moments that grow more rare by the day, even an inch seems too far away.

“So why are you here, then?” He asks. 

You have this knee jerk reaction to lie through your teeth again. But then you see the way he's looking at you, studying you, taking in every curve of your face, and suddenly you can’t bring yourself to.

“To prove to myself, and to everyone else, that I’m not worthless.” Your voice is so small. 

“Who is everyone else?” 

You shrug. You honestly don’t even know the answer to that, yourself. 

“Are your parents even alive?” He suddenly asks, and the abrupt question almost knocks the wind from you. 

“No.” You answer plainly. Then, you start again. “Well, I don’t know. My dad died when I was a baby and my mom…” You chew the inside of your cheek, ignoring the sore spot you’re starting to create. “She may as well be. I haven't seen her in years. We don’t talk.”

You expect him to sneer at your answer the same way almost everyone else does. You never talk to her? you can already hear him saying. What kind of daughter cuts contact with her own mother?

But, once again, he shocks you. He seems to do that a lot. After a beat of silence, he says, “Ah, So it’s like that, huh? I get it. Relationships are hard. You try to do your best, but…”

Your heart rate picks up again. He gets it. The end of his sentence falls off and you’re sure you could finish it for him if you had to. The same boat. 

Relationships are hard.

“Do you talk to your mom?” You ask quickly, trying to hop away from the topic of your own mother before that annoying lump forms in your throat as it always did when you actually put thought into the whole ordeal. He nodded. 

“She lives with me. Er, or, well, I live with her. She’s been struggling with some medical issues over the weeks but she’s still just as stubborn as always.” His eyes are far away now, somehow softer than before. You feel like you’re at the edge of your seat. “That’s why I came here. She needs surgery but, well… I’ve been… A lousy son, I suppose.” 

He tells you bits of his life in bite sized moments. You learn about his issues with gambling, his struggles with finances. The up’s, the downs, the rock bottoms. How the strike, the violence he’d seen that day had been a catalyst for years of struggling.  Stealing money from his own mom to fuel his addictions, losing custody of his daughter. Missing her birth. 

She’s moving to America, He’d sighed, forlorn with fleeting tears soaking his waterlines. 

It's shocked how much he's willing to tell you. It's almost like he'd been waiting for someone to ask. Or maybe, waiting for someone to actually give a shit.

For some reason, your heart hurts for him. This was his shot to really make it up to those he’d wronged in his life. To spoil and give rather than to cheat and steal. It made your reasoning feel so much less… Worthy. Petty. The moment your mental scale begins to teeter in his favor, your brain tries to fire off the flares all over again. 

You shouldn’t be doing this- bonding with him.

But it’s hard. You want to know everything there is to know. 

There could only be one winner.

And suddenly, the thought that used to bring you comfort, pains you. 

Only one.

Unease planting seeds in your chest, the vines worming their way through your resolve. How cold you’d felt when he was in danger, how you threw yourself in harm's way to help him without even thinking. It was beyond survival. You liked him. Felt for him. Put his life above your own, even if it was just for a second. 

You were supposed to be the one to make it. You, not him. But, oh god, the way he looks at you. Like you’re something actually worth giving a damn about. Someone worth listening to. The way you want to spill every last secret to him. The way you want to know every last bit of him down to the minute detail.  

Fuck, you dont want him to die. 

You were screwed. 

You should sit in silence, and stop this conversation dead in his tracks and get some sleep trying to fight away the conflicting thoughts of him you harbored. But you don’t. 

He tells you stories of his time at bootcamp, with his best friend, Jung-bae. Some were funny, some were a bit scary. At least the way he told it, anyways. All of them successfully blanketing you from the harsh reality that was the games momentarily. You giggled and leaned towards him subconsciously, opening up to him. Letting him in, bit by bit. So you give just a little more of yourself. Tell him stories of your days spent playing in the afternoon sun. Ball, tag, wrestling, tug-of-war. Always covered in bruises and scrapes and always running on an empty stomach, but never really giving a damn. Once you broke your foot jumping from the top of the swings, trying to land farther than your friend had. You did, in fact, draw a farther line in the sand. It was too bad your ankle had to bear the consequences for it.

Gi-hun couldn’t help but laugh at your wild stories growing up free. That’s what you preferred to call it, anyways. Free. And definitely not neglected. 

That’s when he also told you a particularly funny story. One that he didn’t find funny at all but it made you have to cover your mouth while he went over the details. While he was learning to dance for his wedding, he once fell on his instructor, a woman, and he’d fallen just right and broke the poor lady's arm. He remembered how she cursed at him as she was taken to the hospital, demanding he find a new instructor. 

“Guess I didn’t miss out on anything, then.” You snorted, quietly, trying to keep your voice down. He shook his head, trying to shove the bad memory out of his mind. His eyes settled on you. Low, forbearing.

“Missed out?”

“I never learned to dance.” You chirp, leaning back on your palms, like it’s something to be proud of. 

“You really don’t know how to dance?” He asks, incredulous, eyebrows raised high on his forehead. 

You shake your head. “Nope. Never had a reason to.”

He faces forward into the vast span of the dormitory, nibbling his lip in thought. You wonder what he’s thinking. Probably mulling over the fact that you laughed at his not-so-funny-but-also-super-funny story. You almost worry you’d offended him somehow, but then he finally speaks up.

“You should learn how to dance.”

Wow, he’s really stuck on that, isn’t he?

"I'm fine." You scoff. “Not like it matters, any. Look where we are.”

“I can teach you.” 

You freeze.

“What?” Now it’s your turn for your eyebrow to raise. 

“I’ll teach you.”

You’re sputtering for a reply, unsure what to say, or even do, next. The room is suddenly uncannily silent, your friends breathing in tandem around you. The next thing you know, the option is being stripped from you. He stands up and grasps your hand, drags you up with him. He looms over you, and for some reason it only just now strikes you that he’s got almost a full head of height over you. He’s standing so close that you can feel the warmth of him through his tracksuit, hands finding your shoulders.

“It’s easy,” he hums, like you aren’t on watch for your lives. Carefree as a child. He makes it easy to forget your lives are constantly at stake. “Hold, here.” He brings your arm up over his torso, rests it on his neck. You flush a furious red. Was this seriously happening? Right now?

Why are you just letting him do this?

You try to keep your breathing under control when he runs his fingers down your other arm, captures your hand in his and brings it up. His hand is warm and soft. Fitting for him. You feel like you’re going to combust. It gets even worse when snakes his other arm around your waist and bumps you against him, nearly chest to chest now. Surely, he could hear your heart hammering away in the cage of your ribs. And surely you’re gaping up at him like a awe-struck fool. He, on the other hand, beams with a sort of tender glee you've never had the pleasure of witnessing until now.

“Follow my lead. It’s easy. Take a step back when I take a step forward, take a step forward when I step back. Like this, see?”

You’re barely even registering what he’s saying. Too caught up in how you can hear his quiet breaths and the way his thumb is making idle circles into your waist.

He’s killing you. He’s killing you. 

And he’s leading you. Tugging you along with every step. Backwards, forwards. You’re fighting to keep your breathing under control but he captures almost all your attention, eyes on yours. It feels like time isn’t real. As if it’s just you and him. He’s humming something, just barely audible, but there none the less. You don’t recognize the tune, but you realize he’s following the rhythm of it, stepping in time with the tune. You chest feels full. You imagine him from years ago, nervous and misaligned and anxious for his wedding. You imagine his eyes so full of life and shining with love. 

Carefully, he starts to turn, guiding you by your waist. You can’t believe it’s this simple- you can’t believe you’d never had this before. Always on the sidelines, never under the spotlight. Never having anyone's arms wrapped around you. You always told yourself it never bothered you- you didn't need anyone but yourself. No one would ever understand you, no one would ever be worth changing for. 

A fugacious life full of loneliness so profound you wore it like armor.

But now that you’re here, following Gi-hun’s every little movement, leaning into him, flushed tomato red with shaking hands and racing thoughts, you don’t know… Maybe you have been missing out. The way he looks at you like you’re the only person in the room is so alien it feels almost wrong. Like this sort of intimacy wasn't made with you in mind. It takes your breath away. 

You wonder how you're supposed to go through the rest of your life without it.

Ali rolls over in his sleep.

You're supposed to be watching.  

It’s like being thrown into cold water. Your heart lurches as your line of sight snaps at the sound, suddenly acutely, painfully aware. The façade is broken. 

Gi-hun could die at any moment. 

You suddenly feel sick to your stomach. 

“Where’d you go?” His voice drags you back to him. You meet his gaze once more, concerned. “There you are. What’s wrong?”

What’s wrong? What’s fucking wrong?

“I-...” Your gaze flickers anxiously between him and the wide open space just outside of the bunk bed barrier. Anyone could just show up, anytime. You wouldn’t be ready. 

Have you always been this neurotic?

You misstep. 

Your stomach drops at the feeling of losing your balance, but he’s quick to catch you, jumps forward and you fall into his chest, your gasp muffled in the fabric of his top. With your ear pressed to him, you both hear and feel the rumble of his quiet laughter.

It’s soothing in the way you imagine car rides are for infants, a wave of tension leaving you in one deep breath. 

“It’s okay. I did the same thing.” He murmurs, and he says it so delicately it makes you nearly recoil. 

“H-” You flounder in your attempt to speak, having to settle yourself before you try again. “Hopefully no one breaks an arm this time, right?”

His grip, even if he doesn't realize it, tightens around your waist. He shakes his head. “Not funny.”

“It’s a little funny.”

“Is not.”

“...A little bit.”

Gi-hun sighs into the crown of your head. You realize, with a stuttering heave of your chest, that he’s pressed his lips to your scalp. And he’s smiling- you can feel it. He’s swaying back and forth with you tucked against him like you’d done it a thousand times before. Your mind races and stills all at once. Your heart can’t decide if it wants to drop in foreboding gloom, or if it wants to flutter. Maybe both. 

Nothing makes sense anymore.

You aren’t sure how he’s managed to worm his way under your skin like this. Even more so confusing, why you’re letting him. God, it was so easy to let him. There was something different about him- like, if light were to be a person, it’d be him. If love were to be a person, it had to be him. 

Long ago you’d told yourself you’d never be vulnerable for anyone, ever. 

But. It had to be him. 

Back, forward. Left, right. 

You can’t help the way your lips upturn when his pets his hand down your lower back comfortingly. He drags it out of you like a snake to a song even when you’re upset. Even when you’re scared- and god, have you been downright terrified over the days. 

You wished you could dance like this forever. 

Back, forward. Left. Right.

Ali stirs again from the floor. Him and Sang-Woo would soon take over, and you’d be given the grace of getting some real sleep in before tomorrow came and you’d find yourself faced with-

Don’t think about that right now.

Your brain puts the breaks on your spiral. You’re not sure when it learned how to do that. 

Just focus on right now.

Gi-hun’s gentle breathing, ghosting over your hair. His hand on your waist, the other clasped with yours oh so sweetly. 

Back. Forward. Left. Right.

You shut your eyes and press your face into his chest. This could be the first, and the last time.

You let yourself have this. 

Time slows again. It’s just him. He begins to hum again, and you teeter on every note. 

“Ready for the best part?” 

His voice is just a whisper, but you’re confused, because how could it possibly get any better than this?

Your conjoined hands are brought down between your chests, gently pushing you backwards. Without his arm wrapped around your waist, you try your best to not stumble, watching him with a strained expression, unsure what to do next. His eyes crease at the corners in excitement, and then, he spins you.

It’s slow, and it’s choppy as you struggle to not topple over, but you spin. Once, then twice. The dormitory is just a nonexistent blur of darkness, Gi-hun’s hand the only thing in this world truly anchoring you. It feels beautiful. After the third spin, it feels dizzying. Then you’re fished right back into his arms, his lips pressed against the top of your head once more. And that… That feels perfect.

Meant to be. 

“Woah.” You say into his chest, partially referring to the light feeling in your head, partially referring to the way you’re in active motion of understanding the true depths of your feelings for the man before you. He chuckles at your amazement.

“Pretty fun, right?” 

You wished you could stay right there. Prayed that somehow, tomorrow wouldn’t come. Or that it’d be different. Anything but what you know is coming. You don’t know if you could bear to see him get hurt. At this point, you weren't sure if you could handle seeing any of your little rag-tag group get hurt. The night everyone had slaughtered one another like animals… the way you felt knowing their lives were on the line.. It was like nothing you’d ever felt before. 

You’d never cared before. It’s a difficult feeling to navigate- a concoction of adoration and trust blending and twisting with non-stop anxiety for their wellbeing. 

To have is to lose. You never had much in your life. But, the things that were yours, you were so tired of losing. 

You can't lose this.

When Gi-hun separates from you, it takes all your willpower to not chase him. He sets his broads hands on each of your shoulders, and you gaze up to find his line of sight. You can’t read his expression- something far away, or maybe something close, at the tip of his tongue. His thumbs brush the sides of your neck. 

You'd never had the urge to kiss someone, but it's there now.

But then, Ali sit’s up and yawns with a wide, broad stretch. Gi-hun’s hands leave you- and you’re suddenly aware how cold you are. Everything just feels wrong, disappointment dragging a frown out of your previous smile.

But you greet your friend regardless, crouching down in front of him as he wiped the sleep from his eyes.

“Your turn?” You breathe. He nods. There’s no mistaking the let-down that thrums at your heart. 

Gi-hun leans down to tap at Sang-woo’s shoulder. The sleeping man rises in silence and he's quickly sitting up without so much as a groan. The moment his eyes opened, he did a head count, his eyes settling on you afterwards.

“It’s been quiet.” You already know what he’s going to ask, so you beat him to it. 

He nods once, eyes passing between you Gi-hun quickly. “Good. Get some sleep. You’re going to need it.”

So cynical.

Even if he was right- you found the taste in your mouth always so much more bitter when Sang-woo spoke than when Gi-hun did. 

Despite it, you agree.

Gi-hun lays down before you do. Practically throws himself on the ground with an oof. You take more care, kneeling down before you plop onto your side and let out a breath of content. 

Ali’s voice is low from where you had been moments before, murmuring something to Sang-woo. You can barely see the outline of them sitting side by side. What you can see, however, is Gi-hun rolling onto his side to face you. His expression looks deeper, eyebrows furrowed in thought like something was truly eating at him. You tilt your head and prop yourself on your elbow. 

“You okay?” 

He stares at you. 

“Is your favorite food really Bulgogi?”

“No.” You snort. There he went, surprising you again. He was such a strange man. A strange man that really gave a damn about your likes and dislikes. The thought of food makes you hungry, and you remember your favorite dish your friend's mom would prepare now and then. It was one of the few warmer memories you’d stored. “...It’s grilled fish.” 

His eyes light up. It makes your heart swell. “Mine too. Grilled mackerel.”

“I can’t say I’ve had mackerel.” You murmur, eyes starting to slip shut.

“Yet.” He’s quick to retort. 

You blink at him. Something bittersweet and knowing blooms in your belly, but you echo him regardless.

“Yet.” 

It's a promise of some sort. You're sure of it.

He smiles again, something real and dear, before he rolls on his back and hums. That same little tune he’d played in the soundtrack of his mind while he brought you to himself and danced like there wasn’t a care in the world. It makes you happy. Content. 

He’s the last thing you think of before you fall asleep. You don’t even try to force the reoccurring lovely thoughts away, either. In fact you’re almost too happy to welcome them in, allow him to infect your dreams and hurdle over every wall you’ve built to keep yourself safe. 

Only one winner gnaws at you from somewhere deep and buried in your brain. 

Your eyes crack open to stare at the high ceiling overhead that seems to be lost in the darkness. 

You were so damn screwed.

[unicoo]

Okay just hear me out

(You absolutely don’t have to agree with this, I’m just saying what I THINK)

I’m going to post the link to @austinslounge post with the timeline because I used that for help

My theory (based simply on my intuition of people & what I’ve watched, I could be very very wrong about all of this, I’ll be the first to admit if I am 😭) starts in 2023….kinda. Just stay with me while I lay out the timeline.

Towards the end of the year they seemed fine, like they can still stand to be around each other and at least pretend to be in a “loving relationship”

End of 2023/beginning of 2024 Kaia starts attending more events alone around this time as well, she’s got movies and she’s getting invited places and it’s amazing for her. Everything seems great for Kaia, all the things she’s “worked so hard for” are in her reach.

It’s also notable that around this time Cindy DIDNT want Kaia to wait for Austin to settle down lol.

Then we get the infamous Dune 2 after party (sorry for the jumpscare), I think we can all agree that what Kaia did, didn’t please Austin. After that we get a month break from Kaustin and then those really bad gym pics came.

Honestly, compared to how they started the dune 2 after party, with kisses and hand holding…..this looks bad. She’s in front of him throwing the door open with no intention of opening it for him….that’s how it looks to me 🤷‍♀️.

When I read the situation I can see (humble opinion again) that the after party incident caused bad tension and by this point Kaia was kind of making her way to the top, so why keep “acting” “in love”? Why not get this break up on the roll?

I only think this because after those pictures Kaia has her palm royale premiere AND a Jimmy Fallon appearance! I mean that’s HUGE for her……except it isn’t. She goes to a few more solo events and the crickets keep chirpping. This whole time Kaia thought she bagged a W and she hadn’t. Her name was still connected to her mom, Austin, or nothing at all.

Then we got these 🙄 she needed press for herself because she had more events coming up that she KNEW Austin wouldn’t be attending, just like he didn’t go to award shows & take her, just like he didn’t watch the Golden Globes with her, even though she tried to make it seem like he did. Kaia is not stupid, she’s pretty smart, she knows she needs another BIGGER name next to hers to get attention, Austin’s is perfect. If fans believe she’s with Austin or he’s with her, they eat it up and give her attention.

She had the Met Gala (which Austin didn’t go to) & another premiere after those pictures. At both events she looks like a kicked puppy. And with the Met you can pinpoint exactly when she gets sad.

While getting ready she looks fine, eyes look normal, then she walks out of the hotel………..she isn’t as popular as she thought she’d be 🥴 I need it to also be noted that after this we see the start of what we now know to be significant weight loss. In my opinion this was her relapse into ED.

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At the end of May a fluff piece about Kaustin was written and not long after that, this comes out.

After this we get this 😂😂 if anybody has the link to the video please put it in the comments, but you can tell Austin was OVER IT. Like you can just tell.

After this Kaia goes on a Vacation that looks a lot like a breakup trip. She was calling Camilla her one true love and using Travis to pose all seductive, as if saying “look what you lost”.

Sometime after this is the first time Austin gets asked about Kaia in an interview and after that it happened a few more times, more than it had in the past years. And each time you could tell it caught Austin off guard and he was uncomfortable. Then we get the Bikeriders premiere with the separate arrivals and forced kiss that was posted WITHIN MINUTES. Austin was obviously taken aback and after that he’s seen on video dragging Kaia around like a child. Then they go their separate ways and sorta disappear, but Kaia still blesses us with her thirst traps and post-breakup feeling posts.

After this we got the play date that was just hilarious tbh. @destinymoore05 THIS is the smugness lol. The video of him completely ignoring her for his fans and her DESPERATELY trying to be a star LMAO. Then the way he stares down the camera in confused amusement as she tries to be sexy and capture his attention LOL. Don’t even get me started on the phone in almost every picture 😂🤚

After that was the Library Science event he went to, which correct me if I’m wrong, it was the only one. After that Kaia goes to Paris with mommy and no Austin in sight, even though so many shippers claimed he was there. Then we got the late night, still weird in my opinion, fan encounter.

Then there was the wedding Austin didn’t attend, followed by a pap walk and TWO birthday parties neither do them came to. Which is so weird for a “loving couple” lol. Event though Kaia wasn’t at Austin’s birthday celebration, they did a pap walk 3 days later.

I love this pic, Kaia in her element, sucks she has to keep dragging Austin through it. After this Kaia does the whole Disney birthday trip and no Austin, but Ayo & Presley’s girlfriend do go.

Kaia has 2 premieres after this, which have traction for the NIGHT. After that she’s irrelevant again lol. She third wheels a date with Cole & Camilla before she and Austin go out ONLY AS DAMAGE CONTROL after the Marcello stunt she pulled. She showed her ass and it needed to be fixed, I find it telling that Austin pulled the mask and hat back out too. Since this they haven’t been seen together again.

Interesting enough this article came out AFTER the Marcello incident and BEFORE this pap walk. Then we get sorta back to back articles, this one from Austin’s team, then another Cindy article that’s a whole 180 to what she started the year off saying.

Kaia has been to countless events by herself, from Times100 to Hollywood Next Gen. She’s going to after parties for movies directed by people she wanted to work with. She did the vogue cover, no Austin at the party despite being in the same city. Let’s not forget the Halloween party she attended, the same party Austin’s coworkers Matt Smith attended……We had the Austin stays in Mexico situation, followed by the weird thumb dude Kaia posted, and now we have the “I’ll sit on a lap, just not Santa’s” situation.

Saying all of that leads me here, so if you stuck along I appreciate it, I promise there’s payoff 😭

I THINK, the year started with them gearing up for a breakup. That’s why the Cindy article dropped and Kaia was everywhere solo for a while, pap walks included. They didn’t really need Austin anymore, Kaia “had a name” and a foot in the door. As the year went Kaia realized she didn’t have any of what she thought she did. She wasn’t important or popular and the Met Gala cemented it for her 💯. She went from clear eyes getting ready, to that brief upset on the bus, to red eyed on the red carpet, because the truth began to show itself. After that she and Austin are back “together” expect after the Dune after party I think Austin made it clear, I won’t take you to any more events. Pap walks are fine and I’ll even support you at yours, but you have to keep yourself & your paps away from mine. After that they stopped acting, no longer pretending to like each other, let alone love and stand one another. Kaia keeps trying and nothing, those pictures of them smoking were done on purpose and if I’m not mistaken an article followed not long after. She was already planting the seed that Austin was a bad egg, starting all the way back with Cindy’s first article. She goes to the Met Gala and all these events and realizes, she still needs Austin, but he’s not going. He’s over it and tired and just wanted to focus on his career in peace. My guess is Kaia tried convincing him to do more events together and he said no, because soon after that his team drops an article that bluntly states they have nothing in common, it even planted the seeds for a summer break up. Which is why we were all kind of shocked about the pap walks and premiere kiss. That break up was supposed to happen this summer, I firmly believe it, but Kaia & her family used their “power” to pressure Austin. The article even said they would if he didn’t take their daughter to the three year mark things could get ugly. So Austin settles in for the rest of the year. He’s done pretending, he won’t feed into it anymore, because just like Kaia’s been planning, he is too. He gets smug, staring at the camera, keeping contact minimum, really showing us with body language (and ig likes) that he does not like her. By then I think they were really finished which is why afterwards Kaia went on a whole post-breakup Instagram coping phase. The ONLY reason she was at the Bikeriders premiere is because Austin flirted shamelessly during the press tour, which he didn’t really do during Dune. It was definitely a statement on his end, especially if you pair it with his disinterest with Kaia in any sense when it came to the public. She forced a kiss to prove a point, but it backfire, as all her plans do. She keeps trying, wayy too hard, and Austin is eating it up. He’s happy she’s making her own trap, all he has to do is pull the cord and in all honesty Austin has the most control in this situation. (He may not be Uber rich, but his name hold weight within the movie world, if he was a bad guy he could ruin Kaia’s whole career tbh.)

Back to the theory, Kaia goes to Paris with her mom for the Olympics and some Omega bullshit. Shippers start rumors that keep Kaia’s trip relevant, Austin was NOT there, but they had to make the delusional claims that he was. After that is the wedding Austin doesn’t go to, but he does go to Canada for their vaca? That’s weird to me and no real couple would do this. He was only in Canada to talk over game plans and contracts between him and Kaia (my opinion!) What they didn’t account for was Kaia’s messy, disrespectful, slutty nights out. So damage control had to be done because Kaia can’t look bad when the breakup drops, it has to be Austin if she wants to keep come relevance. So they do a few more pap walks, they have to keep Kaia’s name trending as well as make it to that three year mark. They don’t spend their birthdays together, don’t even pretend, because by this point it’s strictly business. Austin’s going out with friends and doing things by himself for himself, by all accounts he’s free. Meanwhile Kaia keeps shoving her foot further and further in her mouth. And to make it even clearer that he’s DONE, his team drops an article about Austin outgrowing Kaia & the relationship, another very clear indication that he’s ready for this to be over. Then to combat his article, Cindy releases one, she has to tell the people her daughter isn’t boring, she’s trying to keep herself busy & interesting! And let’s not forget the Gerber article where they basically shit on Austin AND beg him to love Kaia lol. I think that came from Austin’s team. Why would the Gerber camp release an article that made them look crazy? They wouldn’t, but Austin would & could to help protect his image against these powerful leeches.

Going back to the Deuxmoi situation, I do actually think Austin said something about Kaia, but only that yeah they were still together. No breakup article is out so they have to keep the appearance up, but also, it makes Kaia look bad when she does things like get on her knees for a guy then spend 20 minutes in the bathroom alone with him, or sit on some rando’s lap. People are literally turning on Kaia before our eyes, it isn’t many, but an avalanche always starts as a snowflake. Now, it’s pretty clear they aren’t together. The last few things we’ve seen from Kaia have involved different guys and Austin is MIA. Austin can’t afford another post Vanessa break up situation. He caught so much hate and still does because of rumors and misconstrued situations. He knows that Kaia & her family can milk him for a while after the breakup and by letting Kaia bury herself it leaves Austin with solid ground to stand on after this is all done. Kaia tends to act a certain way when things don’t go her way, and right now the pattern is patterning.

Austin is smart and I’d like to hope his team has his best interest at heart. I hope they’re letting all the snow fall before letting out the yell to release the avalanche.

The Gerbers have been playing Checkers, and whole time Austin might’ve been playing Chess.

And again, I could be very very very super wrong….😭

[ganondoodle]

so, doing this as an extra post bc i dont want to spam op nor invite more disaster into their post (sorry)

(i get annoyed, i get frustrated, but i rarely get pissed off, so if this sounds aggressive to you, it is; i have had enough of arguing with people -even if most of that arguing has happened on twitter-)

someone had replied (and later apparently deleted) something along the lines of "well zelda wanted to restore hyrule at the end of botw and what is so bad about ganondorf always being the bad guy in the way that he is?"

so first off, while i know hyrule and KINGDOM of hyrule is often used as an equally interchangeable word to refer to the world there, i dont think she meant the kingdom or its or its monarchy when she said that (does she? i dont have the end in my head rn and pretty sure its a lil different than english anyway) and much more the LAND of hyrule, its still in shambles even if people have found ways to live with it- that is an interpretation of me mostly, you can think what you want in that regard idc

secondly .... im not gonna get into that rant bc you cannot be seriosuly asking what is bad about how ganondorf is presented, treated in the games (espeically in totk) and his role and "writing" (oh geez i dont know maybe all the racism and stereotypes?? also, frankly boring ass writing, if your villain can be replaced by a cloud of toxic goo incapable of speech and nothing would change except saving money for voice actors that dont fit the role that is not a great look- hes never gotten much but totk is a new low)

then theres this reply

astro-shark3113 replied: "You're kidding right? If she cared about reinstating the monarchy then why is the castle still in disrepair after five years? Why does she become a teacher and live in a cottage with her boyfriend instead of taking on duties as princess? She clearly wants to help people and be a leader but she can do that without wanting to be a Queen. Please be real"

i am not kidding and i AM being real, i think you need to look at the game without your rose tinted glasses for a second; the castle is still in ruin? what the hell do you expect, theres no soldiers and very few servants left, repairing anything is quite impossible in that time and frankly not a priority (not proof of her not caring lol) also there is a plan for it at the very least given the camps with the hyrule crest all over it in the ruins of castle town- we dont SEE her as a teacher, or living a "normal" life, that happens in between the game, its flavor text, what HAPPENS in the game is her being taught a lessson on who she needs to be and what hyrule needs to be (pretty in your face too, she gets sent to paradise past of the "first" king that is some supposedly godly thing from the HEAVENS and watches him and his queen die at the hands of the eviiil guy, the last scene in the game mimics perfectly the scene where everyone that god king got under his rule swears undying loyalty to her ffs); she does live in that house, but what other option is there, set up camp in the collapsing throne room all alone?? nigh everyone from that time is long dead and the only one she actually knows is link who happens to have a house (bc impa doesnt care i guess idk), with her ""boyfriend"" is also interesting, a "boyfriend" that apparently is locked in the basement, lives in the woods or straight up dematerlializes when theres no big bad in need of stabbing bc why the hell does no one fucking know him in hateno??? not even the kids that come to the house EVERY SINGLE DAY?? and taking on duties as a princess, she very much does? just bc she doesnt get physically carried around in a castle doesnt mean she isnt doing royal stuff (also, again, that happens BETWEEN the games, not actually in totk), she still sees herself as the princess, everyone calls her that, she herself calls herself that (if the memorial stones are anything to go by) and everyone listens to the most overtly stupid and nonsensical stuff that zelda puppet says (even her friends follow that order without even asking back???) after over 100 years of there not being a kingdom as such its pretty weird how everyone immediately, even the ones not alive for the calamity event, snaps into blindly following her orders

"she can still lead without being a queen", did we play the same game?? totk? TEARS of the KINGDOM?? (its zeldas tears, she IS the kingdom) that game?? the game couldnt be more directly telling you that its whole point is that royal family holy and good and how much everyone has to sacrifice to uphold the holy kingdom bc its the only thing that keeps evil man from overtaking it!! including turnign herself into a farmable, glorified stone pedestal for the entirety of the actual game and then that sacrifice not meanign shit bc she just gets deus ex machina'd back (i didnt need her to stay a dragon, though it would have been the better choice if she still didnt get an active part in the game i would kill for her to have been a capable companion instead of the stupid ghost sages, and you dont even get to actually do anything for it, it just happens), not even the nuclear pebble is lost, how great! she and everyone else that is a leader of their people has a nuclear pebble now!! they will not let a bad evil man be a threat ever again!! like the point to bring her back in that utterly unsatisfying way is that otherwise the royal line wouldnt exist anymore, its a blessing of her ancient ancestors!! woohooo!!

and the thing is, i LIKE botw zelda, i liked her character, that she wasnt the typically maiden princessy type, her struggle (even if i find the way she unlocked her powers lame), i do NOT like totk zelda, after the intro of the game she is a princessy maiden standing prettily at the side of the god king that rules the only thing keeping evil at bay, the level of how much totk disrespects her makes me mad on her behalf but i have ranted about that alone enough as well

and with this i am DONE talking about this game, i have ranted so much about it, made my points carefully clear over and over, said that i dont have the nerves left to be nice anymore about it given how much shit alone on twitter i had to live through just bc i dared mildly critisizing the damn game, if you comment some snarky "be real" thing again im just gonna go straight to blockign people bc i am done with this

[tiredfairywings]

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My name is Mafuki and I run an art group for twisted wonderland! I am looking for twst yume artists who are also looking for friends!

The goal of our group will be to collaborate to create artpieces together (ex. art style challenge), and collab with each other (ex, 2 artists one base)! Something I'd love is for us to create a video with our ocs and their love interests together! All of this is non-profit so no one, including me will be gaining any monetary gain (unless you wanna post YOUR own pieces online aka not the other members unless you get permission). This is all for fun and you own the pieces you draw! We don't gatekeep pieces lol

We would love to make a group-home for people who just love twst and are passionate about it! The goal is for us to become a really close group of friends who just��love twst. If you have any questions, feel free to comment/pm me!

I've been put in a bind due to a missing member so if someone can start a prompt right away I would be very appreciative!

p.s. currently most members like to rp if youre into that

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Just because you reply and fill in an introduction does not mean you'll automatically get an invite link to the discord group.

Due to the intent of the group, I would like to stay as far away from Drama as possible but also allow for there to be a safe space for anyone to vent and feel accepted. The goal is to operate similarly to Nightcord@25 [a project sekai reference].

As the person who decided to create the group, I hold all responsibility for anything that goes wrong and as such, I'll be speaking to each potential member first through chatting. There is nothing you need to do except be yourself. This is simply a vibe check. I'm looking to foster a safe environment for all those involved and will not tolerate extreme personas.

❀⌇Guidelines Before Applying:

➼ Must be between 16-25 (if you're slightly older, it's still okay! Around 20's is preferred but vibes are the most important aspect) ➼ Your race, gender, sexuality of both you and oc WILL NOT eliminate you. The goal is for this to be a safe space and as such, the only thing that matters is personality. Timezone also does not matter! ➼If you have a mental illness that is okay!! As long as you won't let it effect/use it as an excuse to hurt other members it is alright. Everyone I've recruited (including myself) has experience with various mental illnesses. ➼Even though this is an art group, art ability does NOT matter!! The goal is for us to have fun, and all that matters is that you're passionate about twst. And that you actually draw lol No need to know how to edit videos! As long as I have the assets I can edit the videos for the group! Bases are also okay with credit. ➼Since we're all making yume art, I'd like to try to keep to different characters per person ➼ Remain Relatively: Drama free, generally will have a good vibe aka not being judgmental, and is alright with criticism. Communicates well with other members and does not belittle.

Current taken characters: Azul, Malleus, Epel, Ruggie, Idia, Rollo, Rook, Lilia Potentially Taken characters**: Riddle, Jade, Leona, Kalim, Trey, Deuce

**DISCLAIMER: I accept people on a first come-first taken basis. It's purely on vibes so if I like someone's vibes then they're accepted along with their Yume choice. If I don't like their vibes, then I'll let someone else take that yume for the group.

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If you're cool with everything, feel free to fill out this form and dm it to me! I'll speak with you shortly :3

TEMPLATE: ❀⌇Name (preferred, not irl obviously): ❀⌇Age or Age range: ❀⌇Timezone: ❀⌇Yume Interest: ❀⌇MBTI and Enneagram (not necessary --> I know psychology quite well so I can usually tell your top 3 so don't worry if you're mistyped or don't know your type [This is just for me to keep in mind so I can be mindful of you as a person]): ❀⌇Other interests: ❀⌇Important things to note (ie. accommodations): ❀⌇Triggers: ❀⌇Extra Info: ❀⌇Art Samples (just so I know you are able to draw! Preferably yume art but otherwise is okay!!)

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[cassberry]

(Some links if you want to watch 3rd Life or Last Life first! EDIT: And here is Limited Life! )

Welcome one and all to the life series soulmate AU season! I seem to have got into the habit of making a new one of these whenever the new season is literally just around the corner. And I use them as an excuse each time to re-watch the life series and to ramble about it lmao

Now thankfully the core mechanic this season of soulmates made collating this guide 1000% easier then 3rd or Last Life. With a few exceptions, soulmates tended to stay side-by-side the whole session. Now don't get me wrong although some perspectives can be interchangeable, they are all a great watch! I have just put the POV I believe to show more of whats happening on the server or an incredibly important moment.

WARNING: Once again an incredibly long read more where I expound at length why I chose these specific POV's lol enjoy!

SESSION ONE

Grian - I'm keeping with tradition and recommending Grian first because in all honesty his first episode is a fantastic watch. Between the reveal of who his soulmate is and various shenanigans, this episode was so much fun.

Cleo or Scott - Cleo and Scott probably see most of the server trying to find their soulmates so either of these POV's are fantastic.

Pearl - Pearl bounces between groups for quite a bit of this session, so she's great to get a good look at multiple dynamics. However, its the last 5 or so minutes of her episode that really set in motion some of the leading conflicts of the season that you don't want to miss.

Etho - Just a fun episode honestly! His soulmate reveal with Joel is so freaking funny and I called it my 3rd Life post that when Etho and Joel team up, they just become little gremlins lmao I think they spend half the episode giggling.

SESSION TWO

Impulse - The Real Housewives of the Mid-Century Modern Home is a totally true and totally real show that happened during Impulse and Bdubs episodes this week. They are happily married and will prove that fact by breaking up every other couple on the server.

Scar - With a combination of swindling and major arson, Scar really does do it all this session.

Scott - The interpersonal drama this season is amazing and Scott being right in the middle of it makes this POV a great watch.

Tango - Absolutely not related to another POV this session, but making the Ranch out of wood was probably not a good idea in the long run.

SESSION THREE

Big B - The drama between Big B and Ren this session is so juicy. Between secret soulmates, Scott testing their relationship and [SPOILERS] becoming the first reds on the server, I don't know how they survived as long as they did.

Jimmy - Along with his soulmate, Jimmy and Tango welcome a beautiful baby boy into the world this week and probably cause the most chaos I've ever seen in the life series.

Martyn - Man, he is really bad at maths.

Pearl - Being the lone wolf (heh) of the season, her POV is great to get an outside view on events.

SESSION FOUR

Joel - I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at the beginning of an episode before. Also fishing rods are to OP, mojang needs to nerf them before they claim even more lives lol 

Cleo - So much happens this episode, its ridiculous. But Cleo has a good blend of chaos and calm.

Ren - The most elaborate plot to kill others never seems to be as good as just a weapon in the end. 

Martyn - As Martyn is inviting everyone to a pool party, he probably sees most of the server, so he is great perspective to see what everyone is up to.

BONUS: watch Scar’s POV around 26:10 for the ultimate badass moment.

SESSION FIVE

Scar - Scar goes through it this week. I really can’t say much more without major spoilers but oh boy, this is an exciting POV.

Etho - The boat boys have wayyyy to much fun being red this session.

Jimmy - At this point I think there is someone out there has a personal grudge against him lol also if you want to see a fandom go nuts over a Ferris Bueller quote, watch the end of Tango's video.

Big B - Just a good solid episode and the ending is actually tragic.

SESSION SIX

Pearl - The most essential POV of the season. Heartbreak! Betrayal! Just general badassery! It's all here and its all amazing!

Bdubs - Gives a good overview of the Red Alliance and the chaos that happens when a group of people have nothing left to do but hunt others down.

Cleo - Watching her and Martyn try and outrun the reds is so incredibly stressful. Watching her turn red is so incredibly satisfying.

Grian - After he kicks the bucket due to... reasons, he sticks around in ghost form for a bit. Also his credits honestly makes me a little emotional.

In Summary...

And that's it! This season was incredibly short due to the shared life mechanic, however it was no less amazing than the others. Can I just say the fan content that came out of this season has just blown me away. It's just all so damn good.

Also I had someone ask why I do it this way rather than just recommending specific POV's to watch all the way through. It's really because I believe the best way to watch a Life season is to binge all the POV's of one session at once, completely break down over the sheer amount of content and then move onto the next week lmao just like as if it was live!

But really, there is something magical about watching multiple perspectives of the same event one after another that just gives the life series its charm. You see everything there is to see and then your anticipation for the next session is super high which just makes the experience so much more exciting. Anyway I hope this helps you on your Double Life adventure!

[proshippy-fox]

story time!

previous fandom was tiny, the community for it here on this site is pretty tight knit and everyone knows each other but I joined it for about a month while I was really into it. I say about a month because looking at the timestamps for the art I made for it, they were all within the same month.

I got invited to the discord server a few days in, and it all seemed good for awhile- rules that made me side eye it were "no ships in different age gaps and no incest." which, yeah, pretty plain flags for them being antis but I figured there were minors in the server, so whatever.

had a conversation with one of the members shortly after joining in one of the channels, and they said something along the lines of "yeah I've been liking incest lately." I basically told them "idgaf about whatever it is if it's fiction," and the member's admission never went punished or anything. figured that it must be relatively okay to like dead dove stuff then, right?

fast forward a week or two and a server member says "all x [specific character] ships are valid! (except proships)" and everyone agreed. got disappointed about it, searched up "proship" in the server and the only other result was someone sharing a link to one of those "proshippers bad" youtube videos and lost hope in the community. I left it muted for awhile and then left permanently about a month later. funny thing is, yandere themes are pretty "dead dove" or """""proship""""" if you think about it, yet those same themes were pretty popular within the community.

now, I've been writing incest fics for my current fandom, and one day I wake up to the usual "You have kudos!" email. I normally just delete it but something caught my eye this time- a username in all caps leaving kudos on multiple of the fics. I look closer, and it seems to be a bit familiar, but nothing I'm quite sure of yet. opening their profile, I see that they've written some fics themselves. One of them has a very similar premise to something I remember hearing before.

And then it hits me. That server member who admitted to liking incest in that fandom server I left? They talked about writing a fic with that same premise. And thinking back on it, their username was in all caps and had the same keywords in it that were on that profile. That person, who I talked to that many months ago and thought that due to me leaving that fandom would never see them or anyone else in that server again, found my fics for my current fandom and read them through.

You ever see someone in one place and then see them again the next day in a different place, but never actually really talked to them? Happened to me online and in my previous job at retail. lol

anyways I just wanted to share this story. happened awhile back but I remembered it suddenly and thought it was interesting

[saiiboat]

🔦?

🔦 - how did you discover your system?

CLASSICCC sail system story. so to set the scene this was 2020. desmond was host at the time, although he was very secure in his belief that he was the previous host except now a Desmond Miles kinnie, and had been host for around 6 months. around like. march 2020 or so. whenever hlvrai came out, desmond joined a hlvrai kin and system server on the basis that he believed he kinned tommy from hlvrai. you can probably see where this is going.

one morning around halfway through June, desmond decided he wanted to share his experience with kinning and sent a message into the kin server like "hi :3 i have really crazy kinshifts where i fully believe im this other person and it changes how i perceive the world around me its really crazy. does anyone else experience this?" and someone linked the like. mayo clinic page to OSDD and everyone else was like hey desmond man. i think you should read that. but it was early in the morning so desmond had to go feed the neighbor's horses while spiraling thinking about this and by the time desmond got back the server had imploded because the server owner had outed themself as a racist 😭

anyways we got an invite to the new server sans the old owner and desmond started to figure shit out LOL. at the time it was him, tommy, and stu and then cyrus showed up a few days later i think once desmond stopped having a mental breakdown about this shaking his entire world LMAO

anyways. great story. thank you hlvrai kinnies and introjects we wouldnt be here without you‼️‼️‼️the server itself was great there were a lot of people in there that i still think fondly of to this day. the owner was insane though for real 😭😭

send us asks about the system!

[theaceslittleartcorner]

The other art pieces that distracted me from my Destiny 2 comic lol. It’s for a thing called #AzemApril on twitter. Going to post 10 of them at a time so when I get the next 10 up they’ll be next. 

Link to Original

Set: 11-20

Set: 21-24 (WIP)

Day 1: Introduction

“Not sure how active I will be for this Azem April but I will try lol. Anyway, meet Theia! He/Them. A Seer, a Parent, and the Convocation’s headache.”

Day 2: Eros

“Despite having a partner, Theia still pines for Hades. His wife, Hyperion, doesn’t mind it and is working with Hythlodaeus to get ‘both’ hades and Theia to admit their feelings. 

Day 3: Downtime

“Theia likes to spend time with family, which includes Hermes who is related to his wife, Hyperion (a cousin). He and his family drop by often to the point Hermes is used to their shenanigans. He would invite Themis, but time isn't always on their side.”

Day 4: Duty

“When Theia is on call, they take their duties very seriously. To the point where it can be called excessive.”

Day 5: Storge

“Theia raised his little brother, Themis, since he was an infant after their parents left for the star. Thus, they are close, and they are renowned for being mischievous when they are together. “

Day 6: Pandæmonium

“The reason why Theia creates tiny and 'out of the way' concepts. It is a concept that Theia created when he was young and had made to grow and sustain on aether. He hadn't realized to make it 'stop' growing however until it grew too large and it didn't help that it was aggressive towards everyone except Theia. Much to his grief, it was decided to be kept in Pandæmonium, where it could be watched and surveyed. Being a former traveling companion, Theia visits it on occasion. It greets them gleefully each time.”

Day 7: Hemitheos

“Kept researching it but all I could find is a fusion of essence between Ancient and a beast so I thought "why not Theia's concept from the previous post fuse?" so here we are! The arms represents Theia's refusal to let it go.”

Day 8: Free Day

“Decided to draw Theia with their first concept (which is from Day 6 and 7). Plus wanted to draw baby Theia lol. It became their traveling companion before they took the seat of Azem and Theia can see what it sees through his left eye.”

Day 9: Agape

“This was all I could think of lol. Sometimes being able to see the future isn't a blessed a gift everyone believes it to be.”

Day 10: Elements

“Theia is a natural mage and of course, prides themselves in black magicks. Specifically, Fire and Ice :D”

The background is a reference to the Paradox skill : https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Paradox

[sleepnavigator]

(an anonymous person linked this in my asks with no other message, so if you're reading this anon I hope you don't mind if I answer here instead)

I do not condone all the awful things that have happened in order to make the olympics possible in france. i have been following the news and while i didn't post here because, frankly, i don't think anyone really reads what i write lol (well now it seems an anon follower does read my posts?), i've been very outspoken on the terrible decisions affecting parisians this past year in my daily life.

i will admit, however, that i do agree minors should not transition (medically). this doesn't mean i am against the lgbt+ community (if my catholic faith is one of the themes that has prompted you to link this post), in fact, i have actually been publicly supportive of trans people in their journeys. but that's a different topic.

on banning hijabs, i have not read anywhere what the olympic committee's stance was; if they asked for an exception, if they themselves decided to abide by the french law. so no comment on that from me other than i think women should be allowed to wear the hijab if that is their faith. this should never be a law enforcement in any way.

i wasn't aware workers died during the construction of the olympic village, however, when workers died during the construction of qatar's stadium for the football world cup, i was also outspoken. naturally, i find this horrible news and pray justice is served for the families of the lost people.

overall, i invite everyone to message, email, and protest against injustices, speak up! it seems that tiktok is the best platform right now to spread the message, so i encourage you to take advantage of social media while the olympics are taking place.

if you've got any questions, concerns, comments, or simply want to exchange ideas, you are more than welcome to message me either via ask or dm 🤍

Yeah the opening of the JO is cool and shit

But let's remember that France evicted 13 000 humans to house Olympic Games staff

That many workers of all age died on olympic-related sites

That trans people are banned to compete and that France is currently trying to pass a law to make it illegal for minors to transition, no matter how many drag queen they showed during the opening ceremony for a false sense of open-mindedness

That they have banned athletes from wearing the hijab as france is a very islamophobic country

That they expulsed thousands of homeless people from the city to ""clean"" it

Thedestruction of tahiti's marine environment to host events when there was already enough to do without having to carry out more work

And that they had the fucking audacity to have Israel, and that France is also one of their top donor in europe

If you just need a few glitters, a dance and one or two fireworks to forget all that, we have a fucking problem on hands.

[bisluthq]

I forgot to copy the post link, but this is a reply to two posts I guess, the one who said their dad drinks too much and the one from the teacher who doesn’t drink.

My dad is an alcoholic and has cut back heaps for him, but he could easily drink 35 standard drinks before he started to be “drunk” because his tolerance is so high. He’s down to about 14-22 standard drinks a day.

I have never had more than a few sips of a drink because, yk, look what I grew up with lol. He was still high functioning and going to work on time but having 20+ standard drinks a night in a 4 hour period. I never saw him throw up in my life and only saw him fall down on really hot days when he had been drinking but was dehydrated (cause he never drinks water). This isn’t to make any assumptions about anyone else, but my mum is slurring words after 3 drinks and falls asleep/ passes out after 6. My dad was always “normal” like other dads on work nights despite his TWENTY DRINKS. It looks different for everyone you know.

People ALWAYS asked me why I wasn’t drinking and why I was ordering a virgin drink and double checking with the wait staff that it was an alcohol free drink. Even at house parties when I was 18, my friends’ PARENTS would ask why I wasn’t drinking and say how I’d still be fine to drive after just 1 or 2 drinks 💀 a lot of those friends got booked for drink driving, luckily no one was ever injured.

Then I had one job where we’d do lunches with clients and co-workers, I had to be charming, intelligent and win them over so naturally you’d think I wouldn’t drink - my boss asked me why I wasn’t drinking at one of these lunches and encouraged me to, so I ordered a virgin cocktail but asked them to not say it was alcohol free lol. But you’d think my boss would want me sober!

. There’s so much expectation everywhere to always be drinking, even brunch and day drinking to just watch Netflix. It’s not healthy.

But you know what shocks me more though (going back to last weeks talk lol)? NO ONE wants to order dessert because they’re diet conscious (fair enough!) but they’ve just had half a bottle of wine and a cocktail (which makes no sense) lol. Fuck that Long Island ice tea and have the pastry! It’s so much better lmao

EXACTLY!!! I could’ve written a lot of what you’ve written minus the fact that from my student years to last year tbh I was drinking a lot. I’ve realized it’s not great for my mental health or my physical well-being and impacts a lot of my relationships tbh in a negative way so I’ve cut back a HUGE amount. What’s funny is like I said that people, even some people who previously expressed concern for how much I’m drinking, are still baffled that I don’t want to drink. I ordered a tomato juice at brunch recently because I… like tomato juice… and the friend I was with was like “why don’t you just get a Bloody Mary?” and I was like “because I… don’t want vodka? I want tomato juice?” and she was like “yea but you can have one cocktail surely even with your whole cutting back thing” and I was like “I absolutely can, but I don’t want to” 🤷🏻‍♀️ I did want an Aperol Spritz the one time, so I had it. But I didn’t want vodka for breakfast tbh and that was, to my friend, odd. Another friend who literally EXPRESSED CONCERN about my drinking a few months ago invited me round for drinks recently and I was like “can we rather go for a walk?” and she didn’t want to lol. It’s just this pervasive thing everywhere yk and it really has started to bug me. Like I want to do other things lol except sit around drinking tbh and I don’t want to be fucked up every time I go out. It’s also funny you mention the pastries thing because as I’ve said I try to follow IE principles and I haven’t been big into sweet things but since I cut back on the booze I’m super into cookies lmao. I keep fucking buying cookies and just munching them 😂 Cookies are so good y’all, way better than vodka 😂🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

[lonespektr]

OCTOBER 22 & 23 HORROR WATCH

Make ups

Red Rose 1x1, 1x2, 1x3

Smart House dependent can't turn on her own lights by hand

As soon as her mom comes home she jumps???

Apparently they sign shirts over there

One brown person nobody likes ... Alright

Everyone got an invite to Beckys except this one

Whop turns out becks is being nice she didn't invite her because there's a cover charge and she knows she po

Lol where is the music coming from???

Our protag has wandered away from the party and been linked - via becks

A vid/game!!!

Of red rose

Masquerading as a beauty filter app

This guy old enough to play a dad now??

The other one they all hate is south asian

And apparently the gonnies aren't cool

This is what's wrong with children these days

It's targeting lonely people that's pretty foul

Hanging out in the graveyard ...with???

Those meter things in the UK for electricity are predatory as shit as soon as the power goes out the phone bugs her this like big data

And boom three wishes the power comes back on

Do they like a drain on society???? 🧐🧐

Do they look like they want to speak to the manager???

Not climate change 🤣🤣

Lol wtf

It told her build a fire

It's recording and accessing her apps

Here it is again they keep showing the kids of ghost of themselves

The kids appear to be fighting about literally nothing

Oh that's her mom

Figured that was her dad because the other dad was also mid thirties

All them little friends is broke but i guess shes food stamp pantry broke

The other one was rich so why target her

She's not wondering why the phone knows ger friends name

OH SHIT

She declined to do a thing the phone told her to do it hacked the tv and put up shame video standing in the food pantry line

And it's been texting her friends and sending her fake texts

Wild

Phone to her to kiss the guy her friend was seeing and that's on the tv now??

Ohhh now it's sending live vids of her little sisters she left at home

She told each twin they are in charge of the other one , which if they are both responsible girls is smart 🤣🤣

1x2

The lights are out at the house again what happened to that 100$ credit??

Can't believe Americans don't have that shit system

The girls are safe but they were hiding in the cubbord

They said someone was in the garden

The electronics are going in and out but she doesn't have a smart house so the phone can't do that

The phone keeps showing her her dead mom in partial silhouette haunting the house

She deletes the app

Mental illness/suicide

The app obvs did not delete

Gross now the phone is using her dead moms voice

Absolutely foul

This is just abject cruelty

She used her common sense and didn't message her she wrote a letter

They may but they are so shit at communicating thru didn't resolve anything

Literally no reason to carry the phone though

Okay well she wanted to show her the thing but before and afterwards you should have taken the battery out

Twins and dad are off to visit family

Unclear why dark black hair hates new guy

It's just random children stuff as soon as the two indian kids made a decent joke they are now legit

Apparently

Mam are you googling exorcisms on the posessed phone?

Church got bose blue tooth surround sound

Phone does not want to be exercised and something is sneaking up behind her (in the camera)

Keep throwing holy water at it

It stopped.

The kids have crowd sourced that the phone is the common denominator and new south adian kid says it doesn't really matter if it's not real because she's having a shit go

Dude they saw the phone deconstructed on the floor right???

Then they are saying she posted something

The phone is on the floor ??? The windows open

One kick

It's a flimsy lock

You could say it's cause their house is shitty but it could also be cause they already had to break that door down once

folks remember that suicides and family deaths is an increased high risk for suicide of their loved ones

That is a cheap ass casket they are dirt poor or the UK regular folk do not bury dead like the US

That was short of a pine box by two gold handles and some laquer

Sis don't download it baby

Bro you hiding behind the closet

AI hacker stalker

How he not see it, it was right there???

Panopticon see 👀👀👀

Now other apps are doing stuff WTF???

The overarching thing is poverty and not great parents or unavailable parents due to poverty

They all jumped to ghosts instead of just a hacker

She's

[tiredfairywings]

[CLOSED for now] Wҽʅƈσɱҽ ƚσ Tɯιʂƚҽԃ Rҽʋҽɾιҽ~

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My name is Mafuki and I'm looking to run an art group for twisted wonderland! We're looking for twst yume artists who are also looking for friends!

The goal of our group will be to collaborate to create artpieces together (ex. art style challenge), and collab with each other (ex, 2 artists one base)! Something I'd love is for us to create a video with our ocs and their love interests together! All of this is non-profit so no one, including me will be gaining any monetary gain (unless you wanna post YOUR own pieces online aka not the other members unless you get permission). This is all for fun and you own the pieces you draw! We don't gatekeep pieces lol

We would love to make a group-home for people who just love twst and are passionate about it! The goal is for us to become a really close group of friends who just…love twst. If you have any questions, feel free to comment/pm me!

p.s. currently most members like to rp if youre into that

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𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓

Just because you reply and fill in an introduction does not mean you'll automatically get an invite link to the discord group.

Due to the intent of the group, I would like to stay as far away from Drama as possible but also allow for there to be a safe space for anyone to vent and feel accepted. The goal is to operate similarly to Nightcord@25 [a project sekai reference].

As the person who decided to create the group, I hold all responsibility for anything that goes wrong and as such, I'll be speaking to each potential member first through chatting. There is nothing you need to do except be yourself. This is simply a vibe check. I'm looking to foster a safe environment for all those involved and will not tolerate extreme personas.

❀⌇Guidelines Before Applying:

➼ Must be between 16-25 (if you're slightly older, it's still okay! Around 20's is preferred but vibes are the most important aspect) ➼ Your race, gender, sexuality of both you and oc WILL NOT eliminate you. The goal is for this to be a safe space and as such, the only thing that matters is personality. Timezone also does not matter! ➼If you have a mental illness that is okay!! As long as you won't let it effect/use it as an excuse to hurt other members it is alright. Everyone I've recruited (including myself) has experience with various mental illnesses. ➼Even though this is an art group, art ability does NOT matter!! The goal is for us to have fun, and all that matters is that you're passionate about twst. And that you actually draw lol No need to know how to edit videos! As long as I have the assets I can edit the videos for the group! Bases are also okay with credit. ➼Since we're all making yume art, I'd like to try to keep to different characters per person ➼ Remain Relatively: Drama free, generally will have a good vibe aka not being judgmental, and is alright with criticism. Communicates well with other members and does not belittle.

Current taken characters: Azul, Malleus*, Riddle*, Epel, Ruggie, Silver, Neige, Rook Potentially Taken characters**: None as of now

*If someone wants Malleus or Riddle, both of the other members are fine with taking Jamil. It's a first come, first accepted basis. Ex. If someone wants Malleus, the person who has claimed malleus will take Jamil, but if someone wants Riddle, Jamil has already been taken by the previous person so the person with Riddle will not switch.

**DISCLAIMER: I accept people on a first come-first taken basis. It's purely on vibes so if I like someone's vibes then they're accepted along with their Yume choice. If I don't like their vibes, then I'll let someone else take that yume for the group.

𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒

If you're cool with everything, feel free to fill out this form and dm it to me! I'll speak with you shortly :3

TEMPLATE: ❀⌇Name (preferred, not irl obviously): ❀⌇Age or Age range: ❀⌇Timezone: ❀⌇Yume Interest: ❀⌇MBTI and Enneagram (not necessary --> I know psychology quite well so I can usually tell your top 3 so don't worry if you're mistyped or don't know your type [This is just for me to keep in mind so I can be mindful of you as a person]): ❀⌇Other interests: ❀⌇Important things to note (ie. accommodations): ❀⌇Triggers: ❀⌇Extra Info: ❀⌇Art Samples (just so I know you are able to draw! Preferably yume art but otherwise is okay!!)

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Template Credit: https://aminoapps.com/c/templatesand/page/item/soft-welcome-message/jlEV_rbcoIlpdadYbEoNdgelnl55woxdj Document below is linked if you would like info on the others who have joined!

𝑺𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅~

[thelonelyarchon]

W-wait...

I'm probably going to sound insane (lol) but this got me thinking...

I always found it weird how they deliberately named one of their male characters "Artem" (in english). You can argue "Nah, it's nothing. And yes, there's a big possibility that it is nothing. BUT! Hear me out.

I'm no theorist or anything. I'm a simple Artem lover who loves to see him become "true route/canon" male love interest. Sit back and relax, I'm gonna ramble about him! <3

We know that Artemis/Themis is representative of our MC, Rosa, or us. We can see it in her statue. Although it's only a symbolism, with how far CN ToT has gotten so far, we cannot be so sure if this plays a bigger part.

So... I searched for the greek goddess/roman goddess diana/artemis and look at the interesting stuff i found.

Artemis is the goddess of the hunt, wild animals, chastity, and rebirth. She was mostly depicted by poets and artists as a STAG or hunting dog.

And we know who's been depicted as a stag/deer before? This guy.

Do I need to explain? >~<

So I checked what Deer meaning is and its usually gentleness and sensitivity and even innocence and youth. But when I search for it's meaning in love, I was floored.

Here is the article where I got the excerpt below:

"Deers do not force their way through life, and so they are a reminder that we cannot coerce the flow of love in our own lives. The deer encourages submerging into love and embracing love on its own terms. They do not wrestle it to the ground, rather..they gently survey and explore their realm, detecting the presence of love in every breeze and blossom on their path. This, I think, is the epitome of deer meanings in that these creatures display heightened sensitivity to life."

Now, I'm going to link 2 tumblr posts about Artem Love Theme in game. Actual CN lore/translation. You be the judge of this. I'll try to summarize it in excerpts:

1 & 2

From link 1:

"[可遇而不可求]... this phrase means is that what belongs in your life will come to you and what doesn’t belong to your life should not be forced. A wondrous thing can only be waited for and if it belongs to you then, when the opportunity comes, you put in the effort and you will get it. However, if it doesn’t belong to you, then even if you force it and obtain it for a short while you will still ultimately lose it in the end."

From link 2 (vid):

"It's not that I haven't thought this before, but perhaps to me you are something that can only be encountered and not sought for."

Like it fits so well with his theme of love in game. Also, why deer out of all the animals out there. Deer that is connected symbollically to Artemis/Themis? Hmm.. Sus.

I think I'm gonna cry... anyway! Moving on from the article and just to my thoughts in general.

I wouldn't be surprised if Artem's the actual true love/true end/canon-y male lead. Lol. Before, I would say Luke's very canon with the best friends to lovers trope but Artem blows away all of them by a margin that I like to call...

Fate. Specifically, Red String Fate and Past Lives.

This is just my personal opinion and everyone is invited to have a take. I even doubt there would be a "true love/true end/canon" couple like some otome games in ToT. But if we're going to agree just this once about who's more likely set up in game by Mihoyo as Rosa's canon lover (or who'll betray her--*someone staples my mouth shut*), it's going to be Artem for a few reasons I noticed.

His name is Artem from Artemis. Rosa is symbolically Artemis or at least connected to her. They're both symbols of justice since they're lawyers.

Artem is Libra. Libra is Themis' scale of justice. She holds him. You can argue he's favored but that isn't really a strong hold. I just think it's interesting lol.

In all major ToT events (except Enduring Light I think) such the Gufeng/Blizzardous Event and Artem's personal cards Entwined Fate and Paired Blessing, there is always a presence of the Red String trope. It's become clear it's their trope.

If you don't know what this trope is, to give a very rough idea, it's essentially you have a destined soulmate and your pinkies or your lives are entwined/tangled/connected through a red string that binds you forever. It's an invisible string that pulls you to this person no matter what, no matter where you are, what lifetime you are in. Like fate. Fated lovers in any lifetime. Reincarnation. I think the only way to sever this completely is through a pair of divine scissor (?). I dont know. I've long forgotten this tale TT^TT.

So going back, it's so weird to me that Artem and Rosa has so much past lives theme and red string themes like fate and all that in their personal love story. And its not even just in the personal cards like the separate ones from the canon in game events that comes with the cards like the exploration games.

Artem and Rosa's fates diverted out of their story multiple times and I think this happened with Luke too in the new event (the current one, Enduring Light) but Luke was playing a character when he alludes to little boss (rosa in their roleplay) as the person luke saved in his "past life" when he killed himself by purposefully crashing his plane lol. But with Artem and Rosa... they were themselves when they discovered objects that alluded to their "past lives". It's very cute. I don't think its canon (a/n: its not lol.) but i love how mihoyo has stuck to this religiously.

Here's a Twitter Thread.

4. Rosa is almost if not always saved by Artem in some way in Main Story. Remember when Rosa has to choose to kill Artem or herself? Yeah, that's on main story! Or other times they got trouble in that club or something? It's a lot. I think Artem's got the most screen time too in Main Story overall.

This is gettingbway too long so I'm cutting this short. Thanks for dealing with my rambling! Phew! You made it this far? You're a certified Artem Wing lover I bet 🤣💗🫶🏻

TAKE NOTE:

I may be screaming "Oh this is bloody canon!" "Oh they're canon!" "True love!" Yadada and all that, but remember this is just my personal, selfish opinion based on what I found and my thoughts in general as someone who goes with Artem as her main lead.

If you beg to differ, please you're welcome to give your thoughts! It's welcomed here 🥰🫶🏻

STAN ARTEM.

Guys I'm dead everyone knows Artem's name is a short variation of the greek "Artemis" but then if you squint at it...

Artem

Artemis

Ar-T(h)emis

Themis

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You should see me in a crown - Chapter 3 (Y/N Grimes/Negan Smith)

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A/n: Hi, this is my second story ever and I wrote it like 5 years ago but was too scared to post it lol so if you could give any feedback that would be much appreciated! I have more chapters to this so if you want ‘em ya gotta let me know! Y/N is like 20 in this and Negan is whatever age he is in season 7 so if that’s too much of an age gap please turn back!

Warnings: 18+ smut dn interact if not 18+ afab!you, daddy kink, kissing, age difference, abusive!Rick Grimes, protective Negan,

Summary: Negan and Y/N ride to The Sanctuary.

After grabbing a shirt and a few other things to take with me, Negan invites me into the passenger’s seat of the truck and he gets behind the wheel as the other men sit in the back, separated from us. This is truly the fucking craziest thing I’ve ever done — including trying to kill Negan the other day. But I don’t care. I’m sick of putting everyone else first. Negan pushes a CD into the player on the dashboard and AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” starts playing. 

“You’re so cliché,” I tell him with a smirk. 

I haven’t thought about music in so long...

“ Excuse me?” Negan snorts, clearly amused, putting down Lucille next to him securely and hitting the gas. “Me? Cliché? I’m one-hundred-percent genuine, original, motherfucking badass! And don’t you fucking forget it, kid.”

“Yeah, leather jackets and heavy metal. Really groundbreaking,” I smirk as the wind starts blowing through the flyaway hairs around my face that didn’t quite make it into my ponytail. 

“You are such a little shit,” he growls fondly, jostling my shoulder playfully and my heart flutters, as he keeps one hand on the wheel. I wanna touch him too. It’s like we can’t keep our hands off each other. “Like you’re the soul of originality anyway, huh? Mrs. Daddy-issues, falling for the big bad boy in the leather fucking jacket.”

“Got me there, bad boy,” I shrug, grinning. I lean over and kiss him on the cheek and rub my fingers through his hair, messing it up a little. It’s almost insane how comfortable I feel around him now. His stubble scratches against my lips. It was kind of an impulsive move, but he seems to have liked it. His ears go a little red. I count making him flush anywhere as a personal victory. He looks at me like I’m too sweet as I pull away, a little embarrassed, and he rolls his eyes.

“And I’ll have you know,” he tells me, poking me in the ribs for emphasis, smiling with his eyes, getting back to business. “That my silhouette is fucking iconic, okay? That’s how you know you’re fucking original, right? If you can tell who someone is just from behind? Like with movie characters and shit! You see me from the back, holding my baby Lucille, and there ain’t nobody for goddamn miles around who doesn’t know who the fuck I am and what I can do. But most importantly,” he says, his voice getting deeper, his big hand suddenly squeezing down around my thigh and I gasp in surprise. “Is that there is nobody out there as goddamn, motherfucking bad as me .”

The way he says that makes me giggle, but also tremble a little. It doesn’t help when he starts to rub up and down the inside of my leg. I inhale, trying to calm myself down. It feels so good. 

“Yeah, okay...” I nod, trying to keep my cool, but it’s really hard and I think he knows it as I try not to squirm. “Except I don’t even havta see Lucille,” I snicker, thinking about it, trying not to moan as his big hand moves farther up my thigh. God, I am desperate! “I can just tell by how far back you lean. How do you even do that shit anyway? Like you’re not exactly young and spry anymore, old man. And that’s some true acrobat shit,” I am full-out laughing now until Negan starts to rub over my cunt through my pants. Then I get quiet real fast and he smiles big in a kinda dark way I think is so hot. Fuck, I’m really wet now and my breathing starts to get a lot heavier. I’m such a sucker. The hairs on my neck stand up on end. And then his hand moves over just the right place and I let out a little moan involuntarily. I cover my mouth in surprise.

He chuckles like he owns me, his voice low, in complete amusement. And I’m totally fucked because he so does.

“Something funny, sweetheart?” he asks innocently, his hand disappearing under my jeans, rough fingers trailing over my underwear. And I am squirming for him to do more. God, it feels good how he’s moving against me, and my pussy clenches in excitement as I move against him, but it’s not quite enough! My heart beats so fast. I try not to rut into his big hand greedily. “Always so fucking wet for me, huh, honey?” he asks softly in my ear. I fucking tremble . “Christ, baby girl,” he smirks, seeing how worked up I’m getting. I look over and see the large bulge in his jeans and want to point out that he seems pretty affected too, but the pleasure — it’s too much.

“Please, Daddy,” I whine, surprising myself, my cheeks flush pink as I try to arch my hips into his hand. “ Please.”

God, I’m so fucking needy!

But instead of laughing, Negan just groans quietly in response, staring at me hungrily and for a second I’m sure he’s gonna pull over and fuck me right there on the side of the road, hard, and my heart races. But then he takes his hand away, with a huge amount of self-restraint, sighing, and I groan in frustration. He smiles wide at the control he has over me in the situation. 

“Nah. I don’t think so,” He shrugs, smirking infuriatingly. “You get to cum when I fucking say you can. You ought to know that by now, darlin’. And we’ve got somewhere to be. But God, you are such a fucking good little slutty tease for me,” he grins, slapping my thigh. “And fuck if I don’t I love it!” He reaches up to his parted lips and sucks on his glistening fingers that were rubbing against me a second ago. My eyes go wide, heat curling low in my belly. Ugh, I just wanna ride him! Even his fucking fingers. Whatever he’ll fucking give me honestly.

“Still fucking feel like making fun of me though?” he asks like a threat, his voice getting very low as he puts his hand back on my thigh, his words breaking me away from my thoughts. 

I shake my head demurely.

“N-no, Daddy,” I say even though I don’t really want to. 

“Good girl,” he nods, looking very satisfied. And I bask in the praise. But then he takes his hand away! Again!

And then I can’t help firing off my big mouth. And besides, maybe if I piss him off enough he’ll put it back since being good clearly didn’t get me any further...

“Hey, you know when you lean back like that, if I stood right behind you, do you think I could see your vertebrae disconnect?” I ask, trying not to laugh. “I mean really how do you do it?”

Negan rolls his eyes and slugs my arm half-heartedly, rubbing it before he takes his hand away, his tongue on his lips. But he’s smiling interestedly now, like he’s impressed with my persistence. 

“Hardy goddamn har. You are so fucking funny, kid, I’m rolling all over the goddamn floor. And here I was thinking you’d learnt your fucking lesson,” his voice lowers threateningly and I shiver. “Evidently not . But the lean? That’s a trade secret, baby.” His eyes light back up as he tells me. He licks his lips. “But you know,” he says. “Now that I think about it, I bet you can also tell it’s me from behind from how much time you spend staring at my ass .”

My face goes bright red. 

“Shut up!” I stammer, punching him back in the shoulder, hard. “Oh my god!” Am I really that obvious!?

Negan snickers.

“Hey, it’s no problem. I know it’s a nice ass and all —hell, my wives fucking kiss it all the time —but, Jesus, talk about thirsty… ” 

He’s snickering even more now at the mortified expression on my face. He’s so hot it’s hard to be pissed at how smug he is though.

“ Someone needs to get laid…” he snorts like he can read my thoughts. 

Well, whose fault is that!?

My face is bright pink, but I’m smiling too. I can’t help it. I still can’t believe this is happening. He isn’t wrong...

“Maybe you should do something about that,” I challenge, putting my hand on his warm denim-clad thigh. He’s not the only one who can play at this game. I mean, he’s still hard. I slide my hand closer to the large bulge and he sighs deeply in a way I’d like to hear again. “Maybe you need to, uh,” I channel every romance novel I’ve ever read. “Discipline me…” I suggest with a casual shrug. His eyes look amused, excited, and wanting. “You know, like teach me a lesson?” I try to clarify.

He laughs.

“Oh, baby, you know I—“

He’s about to say something sassy and sexy and promising I’m sure —I can tell by his face and the way he’s looking at me and the way my pussy throbs—but then his eyes wander and he notices my shoulder as we go over a bump in the road. 

“Hey, are you fucking dumb? Put your fucking seat belt on!” he barks suddenly.

“What!?” I stammer incredulously, snorting, literally so shocked that of all the things he could have said to interrupt me touching him, this is what he comes up with.

“You heard me!” he repeats like a pissed-off parent. Is he actually serious? “You are not fucking dying like that. Not on my watch. You’re way too smart and badass for that shit and you’ve got a whole fucking life ahead of you and I have big fucking plans for your cute little sorry ass.”

“What kinda plans?” I ask, getting on all fours and sticking my head out the window to egg him on. Is he trying to tease me? If he wants me to tease him, I will. The wind blows my hair everywhere as I look out onto the forest road, giving him a nice view of my ass. 

“I’m serious, Y/N!” Negan snaps, grabbing my ass that’s kinda sticking out towards him in the breeze and I blush. But he doesn’t even take the bait and try to play with me! He just yanks me back in and my ass slams back down into the seat. Boy, he’s strong. I sorta thought he’d spank me or something more fun. “You could get your motherfucking arms and head chopped off!” He shouts.

“Okay, fine, Dad !” I relent, shaking my head, sitting back down in a huff, crossing my arms over my chest. “Jesus, you did say my ass was cute and all…” I mumble a little sheepishly at the pissed-off look on his face in an attempt to explain myself. His face softens. “I was just tryna tease you...” But he was actually worried about me, the big sap! I hope those plans involve a lot of sex. But, like, I don’t think a single person has told me to put on a seatbelt since the apocalypse started. I guess it’s kinda nice that he cares. Jesus, who is this guy? My dad? The fucking safety patrol? A sex god? My personal temptation from Hell? And to think I would have killed him only a few fucking days ago! I reach for the buckle above my shoulder, but when I pull it down, it gets stuck halfway. I pull it again and the same thing happens.

“Jesus, kid, let me fucking do it why don’t you,” he growls, rolling his eyes, and reaches over and slams the metal down into the buckle, but I can see his eyes soften ever so slightly at the expression on my face. 

 “It’s broken!” I pout but cut myself off when I see he’s easily fixed the problem. 

“Broken, my ass. There. Honestly, what the fuck would you do without me, baby?” he smirks, adjusting the strap a little so I’m more comfortable. He looks like he’s enjoying feeling important and authoritative over me. Probably part of his goddamn savior complex he so perfectly laid out for me the other day...

“Alright, alright, I’m good,” I insist, my face a little red from embarrassment at not being able to fucking buckle my own self. “‘S not my fault you’re so fucking strong!” But I like the attention of him doting on me too much and I think he knows it. “Hey, Negan, though?” I ask suddenly, pulling on his shoulder, thinking of our impending arrival. “Hey, are your wives gonna be pissed at me?”

“Pissed? For not wearing a seatbelt? Fuck if I know!” he shrugs, rolling his hazel brown eyes, reaching up to adjust a mirror. “I try not to drive ‘em around too much honestly. Unless we end up fucking in the back. Or if they give me a handy while I’m driving,” he turns to me and winks. “Hell, if they blow me while we’re on the road, they sure as shit aren’t wearing theirs,” he grins devilishly.

“No. Fucking hell. Gross!” I roll my eyes. He smirks. “I mean about me being at the Sanctuary. Being with you. They won’t be pissed off about that?”

“Oh, I highly fucking doubt it,” he tells me with another shrug, rolling his eyes again. “They don’t much care who I fuck as long as they get to keep living the lavish-ass lifestyles they do.” He looks out at the road and not at me like maybe that pisses him off a little. But the look is gone as soon as it came. “Why? You know I’m the boss around there, baby,” he smirks, turning back to me, cocky and confident as ever. “You don’t have shit to worry about on that end.”

“Oh...uh, no reason,” I say quickly, my cheeks turning pink again. “It’s just, —I dunno —if I was your wife, I guess I wouldn’t wanna share you is all,” I shrug.

Sound more pathetic, I dare you!! I think to myself as soon as the words have left my mouth. I shouldn’t have said that out loud, but when I look up he’s actually smiling at me. And it’s not a smirk. It’s a real smile. He looks genuinely pleased. 

“Aw, you are such a fucking sweetheart, aren’t you?” he tells me, as he reaches out and pinches my cheek. I yelp and smack his hand away. And then he’s laughing, but I think he actually looks a little touched. “You are a fucking sassy little shit with one helluva fire in your belly, but sweet and soft as shit nonetheless,” he says fondly, looking me over. “It’s a fucking wonder you’ve survived this long...” he says over exaggeratedly, shaking his head and rolling his eyes, but he’s smiling big all the same. “Not too many people like that last in this shitshow…” he says after a moment a little more seriously, looking at me like he really sees me. 

“Guess you’re lucky you found me,” I grin.

“Guess I fucking am,” he agrees as he ruffles my hair and leans in and plants a playful kiss on my neck that turns into a bite and then a small, purple hickey as the wind from outside blows softly through my hair.

“So what the fuck kinda music do you like to listen to anyways ?” He muses. “And if you say that Justin Bieber shit I’ll throw you outta the goddamn car right here and now!”

a/n: FOR THE RECORD I don't hate Justin Bieber I just think that since the apocalypse happened in like 2010 he was a big thing then and that's the kind of thing Negan would say since he was a high school teacher he would have known his popularity, but all the beliebers can feel free to excoriate me in the comments if they so please. PLEASE leave comments or kudos if you want more I have a few more chapters. Do you like how things are progressing? Do you hate it? Let me know!!

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