#he needs me time to discover some freaking hobbies

[blindmagdalena]

man i just wanna have him leave vought, to finally realize that he doesnt really need them, like bro please, just leave man. go take over the world, go freelance, do something other than work for that soul crushing company.

im a avid vought hater, stan can eat a bullet.

love ya <3

(and your writing.)

i love u more!!! the idea of homelander doing literally anything else with his life really brings me such joy. what kind of things would he be good at. what would he LIKE doing. who the heck would he freelance for??

his strength means he could do pretty much any manual labor, but if they TELL him to do something, his pathological demand avoidance kicks in and suddenly he's gritting his teeth and kicking them in the shin. he doesn't want anyone telling him what to do anymore. but also he craves connection, direction and outside structure, so he's not gonna be his own boss. he made Ashley his CEO so he could just be the face of the company. he's a hypocritical little enigma.

maybe he just needs to be a hermit in his log cabin for awhile. with a friend... preferably not another Doppelganger.

[jamies-latex-lust]

Euphoric Grasp

[I hope it’s okay if I make a little request with this submission. I had been planning on submitting a different story this month, but I was talking to a friend of mine about a Japanese animation movie he watched as a teenager in the 2000’s. It was an adult movie he found at a hobby shop, and though he watched it a couple times, his parents found it and threw it out. He’s been trying to find it for a long time, but hasn’t had any luck. The title might’ve been similar to the title I used for this story. The VHS case had the title in Japanese, so it’s a rough guess by my friend. The plot gave me the idea for this story, and I included a summary of the movie as my friend explained it within the story. The name of the main character and the images I use for her obviously aren’t from the movie, but if the plot sounds similar to anyone out there, could you please reblog and let me know?] - Everywhere he looked, Alan saw the same thing. Women wearing what looked like white shirts with bows, underneath black blazer jackets, with a matching skirt. Working in a tailor shop, he saw plenty of fashion trends come and go, usually based off what some celeb wore. Yet every celebrity he looked into hadn’t worn this outfit. At least, not until after it had taken off. He finally got his answer one evening as he was settling down for his day off the next day. That plan was complicated when he got an unexpected knock at his door. When he answered it, his close friend, Tiffany, was outside waiting for him. It seemed even Tiffany had started wearing this outfit. “I’m not interrupting, am I?” Tiffany asked. “Not at all,” Alan said. “What’s up?” “I know tomorrow’s your day off, but I’m having an emergency,” Tiffany said, before pulling out two outfits that nearly matched her current outfit. “I ripped my jackets.” “Oh, these,” Alan said. “Well, I can take care of it as a personal favor, but you have to do something for me.” “Of course,” Tiffany said. “What do you want?” “I have seen so many girls wearing this look,” Alan said, taking the outfits from Tiffany. “Where this trend come from?” “You haven’t heard?” Tiffany asked, before reaching into her bag. “I brought this just in case, but I really would have thought you’d seen it by now.” Tiffany pulled a DVD out of her pocketbook and placed it on the clothes. “It’s from an anime movie,” Tiffany said. “That’s where it’s from!?” Alan asked incredulously. “I thought you said these shows were for freaks.” “This one’s different,” Tiffany said excitedly. “I think you’ll love it. If nothing else, you can use it as a reference for the clothes.” “I’ll get to it as soon as I get up tomorrow,” Alan said. “Thanks, Alan,” Tiffany said, batting her eyes. “I can always count on you. And if you’d like to see how you wear the look, feel free to try them on.” Tiffany shot Alan a flirtatious smile before leaving. Just as he said, Alan got to work on the clothes over he’d woken up the next morning.

Since there had only been small tears, Alan finished mending the clothes quickly. He hadn’t even needed to watch the movie to properly fix them. Still, it didn’t seem like it was a bad idea, in case something has been broken off that he didn’t know about. Alan grabbed the DVD and popped it in his player. The movie was about a student at an all girl’s school named Anzu, the character he kept seeing women dress up as. She was the standard school girl you would see in a work like this. She began investigating a new student who transfered into another class. The new girl was quiet and seemingly anti-social. Anzu’s friends tried to talk sense into her that the new girl was just that, a new student who had yet to open up. Anzu, however, kept investigating, even on her own. After several hijinks with her trying to discover the new girl’s secrets, Anzu is cornered in the other classroom by the new girl. As she’s trying to talk her way out of this, the other students fill the classroom. This is odd, because classes are supposed to be over for the day, and the other students should be at their clubs. The new student reveals she knew Anzu has been spying on her, and this was part of her plan. The new student was actually an alien, sent to study Earth, as the human lifeforms were of interest to her species. She converted her classmates into drones to serve her, and had some sort of beacon that exceptional people could pick up on. Anzu happened to be one of those exceptional people. The entire classroom was transported to the alien’s spaceship, where the other students, at the alien’s command, loaded Anzu into some container. The alien then revealed that she used these individuals who were attracted to her beacon as an eternal energy source. Within the container, multiple humanoid arms reached out, grabbing Anzu and absorbing something from her. Instead of being painful, however, this seemed euphoric, as Anzu kept crying out in ecstasy. The alien explained how this was all Anzu would experience for the rest of her life, never needing to sleep or eat or any other “foolish human need”. The pleasure Anzu was experiencing was all she would require. As the alien went to seal Anzu with the rest of her captives, something was going wrong. The alien tried to fix it, having more hands grab Anzu, until all that could be seen was her face, but while that increased the ecstasy Anzu felt, whatever happened still wasn’t fixed. The ship shut down, and Anzu exited the container. From there, the movie showed Anzu leading the alien and the drone students throughout the city. Anyone Anzu spotted would fall under her sway and start to change to look like her, including the men. Their clothes would change into her school uniform and their bodies would morph to look more and more like her with every scene. Anytime anyone fell under Anzu’s thrall, they would let out a squeal just like Anzu did when the hands grabbed her on the ship. Even her friends weren’t exempt from this, as she seemed to take an almost sadist joy in changing them, since they had left her to investigate alone. Her personality had done a 180. Finally, in the last scene, Anzu was surrounded by the entire town, all having been transformed into her slaves and doppelgangers. It was clear she was planning to take over the planet. Anzu then turned to the viewer and said, “You will be converted next”. It wasn’t what Alan had been expecting, but he couldn’t say he didn’t like it. Anzu was likable enough, and the scene of her screaming in pleasure would stay in his head for a long time. He had rewound the movie to the final shot of Anzu staring at the viewer and paused as he double checked his work. It definitely looked like the character’s outfit, or close enough. But as he stared at Anzu, Alan couldn’t shake the thought of how he looked in her uniform. Tiffany had told him he could try it on if he wanted. So, after locking the door and covering all his windows, Alan took off his shirt and nervously stood before the uniforms. While he was building up the courage to put them on, a voice said to him, “You must wear it.” Alan turned to the origin of the voice, his television. Anzu was on the screen, glaring at him. That was odd. He had paused the movie, and just before the credits.

“Go on,” Anzu said. “You want to be like me.” “Y-yes…” Alan said, nodding his head. Alan took one of the shirts and slid it over his arms. Instantly, a sense of pleasure spread through his body. Without even thinking, he let out a cry of ecstasy, much like Anzu did in the movie. As Alan buttoned up the shirt, the euphoria flowing through him grew more and more powerful. With each button, his cries got louder, and his voice grew more feminine. On the screen, Anzu nodded, a victorious smile on her lips. “More,” Alan said, pulling the jacket on. When he was buttoning up the jacket, more pleasure spread through Alan’s body, which was slowly starting to look like Anzu’s. By the time Alan had put the skirt on, his hair had grown long, his chest had expanded, his waist had shrunken and his legs had become smooth. “One last piece to go,” Anzu said. Alan nodded as he took the bowtie and began tying it around his neck. As he finished dressing, his body had become exactly like a real life version of Anzu. With his transformation complete, he let out a few more cries, before falling to his knees in front of the television, exhausted. “Good,” Anzu said. “You look perfect. You are in a state of bliss now, aren’t you?” Bliss was putting it mildly. Alan’s mind was experiencing something he couldn’t even put into words, although he’d never talk back to Anzu. It was indescribable. The closest would be to say it was a mix of blissful ecstasy and euphoric pleasure. “You know what you must do,” Anzu ordered. “Yes, ma'am,” Alan said, his voice now that of a young woman’s. Alan walked over to the phone and dialed a number. After several seconds, Tiffany answered. “Who may I ask is calling?” Tiffany said. “Tiffany?” Alan said. “It’s me, Alan. I watched the movie and tried on Anzu’s uniform like you said.” “Wonderful!” Tiffany said. “And I can tell from your voice you’ve been converted, Alan. Oh, but I suppose we should call you Alana now.” “I like that,” Alana said. “I knew having a seamstress like you would please Queen Anzu,” Tiffany said. “We can make more uniforms for all the people we convert.” Alana looked over at Anzu, who nodded. “That’s perfect!” Alana cried. “Everyone needs to know what this is like.” “Then come by my place,” Tiffany said. “We can get started spreading Anzu to the whole world.” “Gladly,” Alana said. “I’ll be over soon!” As Alana rushed out of the room to go get everything she’d need, Anzu smiled. Another fool had been converted into the cult of Anzu. The more who saw her story, the more would be under her control, until the world belonged to her.

[juno-of-wonderland]

the reader/mc is a descendant of one of the sevens

Queen of Hearts

- despite her ancestry, doesn't follow the rules so strictly, only the ones they thinks are worthwhile

- amazing croquet player, memorized all the rules and doesn't need to cheat to win every time

- strangely not a big fan of tea, not that he doesn't like it, but it wouldn't be his first drink choice 

- cliché but her favorite color would be red 

- you spend a lot of time in the Heartslabyul dorm or you are a resident, either way they are very close to the students 

- how they found out doesn't matter but I imagine it this way: they were all gathered for tea if Riddle was having one he spat out, while everyone else froze, Ace looked at them in exasperation and yelled YOU ARE DESCENDANT OF WHOSE?! 

- chaos settles in the dorm

King of Beasts

- how it happened don't ask me

- clearly you are a lion man beast

- is very smart after all they/you family values ​​the mind over strength 

- doesn't mean you're not athletic 

- if something interests you, you will spare no effort to get it, otherwise you will only do the minimum 

- loves to be sarcastic and tease others, his favorite people for this are Ace, Leona, Ruggie and Epel 

- when they discover the family tree, Leona can see it as a rival now or let it go, Ruggie wouldn't care much but he would definitely ask questions here and there, Jack would probably be more respectful than he already was

Sea Witch

- favorite hobbies: reading, cooking and watching the mafia trio (Azul, Jade and Floyd) 

- favorite of teachers 

- loves pets 

- Of course, it's an octopus mermaid 

- you certainly released information about your ancestor, something like that is an outrage, as a descendant of the witch of the seas it is my duty to help these poor unfortunate souls, everyone stops and wonders if this is true 

- Azul goes after the director and confirms everything, he will ask for business tips with that characteristic smile

Sorcerer of the Sands

- a complete riddle 

- smart, astute, calm, athletic, basically the perfect student 

- everyone has no idea what to think about you, after all you are so kind, but there are days when you wake up with this aura that you are up to something 

- some students are sure they heard a snake and a parrot coming from their room 

- the principal who comments on his family and it spreads around the school, a real annoyance 

- Kalim will be the first to jump on you (literally) and ask questions non-stop, Jamil will be behind him sighing

Fairest Queen

- it will be a Vil 2 lol 

- very photogenic and videogenic 

- has a HUGE wardrobe 

- potions? nah, the thing is to produce perfumes and have your own company 

- very artistic, knows things about this area that are even scary 

- a bit dreamy and romantic 

- it's public knowledge that your blood comes from the queen, so no surprises for anyone 

- I think I would only have political relationships in Pomefiore

Lord of the Underworld

- ...lazy...just a little 

- sarcastic as hell 

- her flaming hair is hidden with magic but nothing that a good surge can't make it shine and break the illusion, if your hair is long, it will look like Idia's 

- speaking of this boy, someone saved him, as he would be his main source of entertainment 

- you are a bit unlucky 

- he is in Idia's room along with Ortho, just browsing around until a news item in which his face and that of hades are side by side and in the title it says "the youngest descendant of the lord of the underworld" 

- olympus is being cursed and Idia is freaking out about how disturbing you look

Fairy of Thorns

- former fae royalty 

- doesn't mean it's not respected there 

- amazing with magic, never missed a spell 

- sure, you have horns and maybe you have green skin 

- polite and elegant 

- the night is like a sister 

- has a small garden of carnivorous plants and poisonous plants 

- Malleus, Lilia, Silver and Sebek know his identity and it is because of the last individual that the rest of the school finds out

[just-some-guy-joust]

What’s Kazooie’s deal. Please tell me about them.

thank you so much for asking he's one of my favoritest guys in the world ok so

oldies who have been here since the lovecore swag showdown and perhaps those who were here for the deep sea fish tournament may remember the oc i put into the lovecore showdown, amedeo. for those of who don't, the basic rundown is amedeo is a gamer who is so obsessed with being a perfect friend and getting people to love him he gets manipulated and turned into a demon and ends up killing one of his friends before hitting his redemption arc.

for those of you who were here last time and paying attention, you may also remember the oc i put in the doomed by the narrative tournament, eden. she is a normalcore girl who ends up discovering her world is a video game and she is simply an npc. and now she's actively falling into a spiral of helplessness as she tries to help the player escape reality while never giving a fuck about her well being or whether or not she can be considered a real person.

both of these ocs are from the same story. other members of the cast include: the guy amedeo killed who now haunts their electronics and gets a sick robot body, a demon from the monster realm who is the first monster to set foot in the human world in a good while and ruins the world by refusing to do his job as player 1, an assassin who is also the lead/drummer of his band and got paid like 3 bucks to go kill the last guy and he was just fine with it, player 2 of the game who is in a death spiral and WILL delete as much of the game as they can if they don't finally escape, a tv head robot monster guy who is part of the aforementioned band and can't be normal about his crush on the assassin so he just starts mind controlling people in an attempt to kill him, amedeo again i cannot stress enough how much of a freak he is i love him. all of these characters end up involved in complicated plotlines revolving around the center of the story, the gamer club that most characters are part of. they turn into demons, get killed by demons, face the complex morality of being a person, face the complex morality of being a bunch of code in a video game, and more.

and then there's kazooie.

kazooie is a 24-27 year old transgender aroace man who runs the gamer club. he is a solid 5'3. his main hobby is gaming. he acts a little bit like a prick but he's always making sure the members of his club are having a great time. he named himself kazooie because he is autistic and his first fixation was on banjo kazooie. he lost his leg around his tweens and he does not feel very strongly about it, it's just a thing that happened to him.

the most exciting thing that ever happens to him in this entire fucked up convoluted story, is the assassin can't find his original target but kazooie was right there so he figured he'd just kill kazooie and call it good, which kazooie then got out of by talking fast enough about music for the assassin to start rambling about his band and want to be friends instead.

that's it.

kazooie's most important trait for the plot is that he runs the gamer club so he is involved with a lot of the plot but also everything just barely misses him by a couple inches and he mainly just has a normal day while his friends are out here experiencing the most bullshit buckwild experiences possible. and i Love Him. he's everything to me. he is so sweet and lovely and full of mischief and he's so silly and he loves his role and tries so hard to make the best of everything. he is just some guy and its what everyone needs so bad. in the middle of all the chaos, kazooie is always there scheduling club meetings so everyone has a moment to breathe and play some games together. he is so fucking normal.

also he's amedeo platonic partner/bestie/roommamte. ok here's some art of him

all above art by me

all above art by hershelchocolateart

[gorgeousundertow]

OTP: Brad/Nate

For @mutantmanifesto

inspired by this mega post. None are exact copies (that I'm aware of) but in keeping with the general tone.

TW: angst, suggestive content, etc.

Who would end a heated argument by defending their actions with ‘because I love you!’ ? Brad. I think the argument would get very wordy (obviously) and he would end up twisting himself into a logically impossible state, and have to resort to "Because I love you!" But - both do stupid things on account of love.

What would they do if the other woke in a manic state after a nightmare? matter-of-fact and reassuring; here's where you are, here's what's real.

Do they wear the other’s clothes? (sweatshirt, bandana, necklace, etc.) Nate steals Brad's clothes.

Which one is more protective? Who needs to be ‘protected’? Brad is more protective, but neither of them needs protecting.

Describe their cozy night in. Nate is reading, working on something, and Brad is fiddling with gadget. At some point they play a game like Risk or Scrabble and get really pissed at each other

Who would beg the other not to leave? Who has to leave to protect the other? Depending on the circumstance, either would leave to protect the other, but I could see it more likely to happen with Nate leaving Brad. I don't really see either of them begging the other stay bc they're dumb and don't use their words.

Would they build a pillow fort together just because? No.

What happens if one of them gets sick? Brad freaks the fuck out and makes soup and takes Nate's temperature every ten seconds. Nate is much more reasonable.

What are their thoughts on having children? I think they both like kids, but it might not occur to them that they would be good at it together for a long while.

Describe their first date. They don't have one. They just trip over themselves until they discover they've moved in together.

Do either try to hide their emotions if upset? Can the other still tell? Absolutely. They do not acknowledge the existence of emotions (maybe anger? Anger is fine) but yes, they can always tell.

Do they have many heated arguments? How do they smooth things over? They have some heated arguments, but a lot of the time everything gets said with the eyes.

Who’s the bigger tease? NATE.

How do their personalities compliment each other? How do they clash? They sometimes have disagreements because their values aren't exactly aligned; Nate is a lot more practical and ruthless than Brad is. In some ways Brad is more of an idealist--Brad pushes Nate to be a better version of himself, someone who doesn't need to compromise his own integrity, and Nate keeps Brad from getting lost in his own head.

Do they always say 'i love you' before leaving? No, but it's implied.

Can they stay up all night just talking? Oh yes, wandering down philosophical rabbit holes.

Who's more likely to pull the other in by the waist and kiss them passionately? Either one, whenever they think it's most likely to surprise the other.

How likely are they to have fur babies? How many and what kind? They strike me as dog people.

How do they feel about PDA? Uncomfortable with it due to Don't Ask Don't Tell, but in certain circumstances they might enjoy shocking their friends and family.

Choose one song that perfectly describes their relationship. R U Mine, Arctic Monkeys

Who would get into a fight to defend the other's honor? Who tends to the other's wounds? Lol both. But mostly Brad.

What reminds each of their partner? Little things. Brad of Nate: Baseball games, New Yorker Magazine, collared shirts, crossword puzzles, backpacks. Nate of Brad: Wired Magazine, Astounding Science Fiction, hydration packs, faded t-shirts, very organized dressers.

Who's more likely to convince the other to stay in bed come morning? Brad. Dude likes his sleep.

Who's more likely to give the other a massage? Neither unless there's sex involved, or an injury. If there's an injury, Brad.

Do they have any hobbies they share? They're very competitive, so anything that's a hobby becomes a competition.

What are their vices? Oh god. Being right?

Who is the light weight that needs to be taken care of after a party? Lol both. Brad's bigger, but he doesn't actually drink much because he likes to remain in control, so he's not used to it.

What are there thoughts on pet names? Do they have any? Only to annoy the other one.

Who is more likely to jump in an elevator? Who freaks out? Neither

Your OTP gets to pick out each other's outfits; what is each wearing? anything but a MOPP suit.

Can they sit side by side without touching the other or are they handsy? (lacing fingers, touching knees, etc.) They're pretty handsy actually. Nate maybe slightly more so.

Who's the better story teller? Brad. Brad Brad Brad.

Who's the better cook? Also Brad.

Who's more likely to tell a dirty joke or story to make the other blush? Definitely Brad, but occasionally Nate.

Who's more artistic? Nate

Who's more likely to fire up the stove at 2am because the other woke up in the middle of the night hungry? Brad

Which is more likely to swear? Brad

Who is more sexually experimental? Who's more vanilla? Nate is a dark horse.

Who would rescue an injured animal and nurse it back to health? What would the other think? Brad, and Nate would be resigned and on board

Who has an insatiable appetite? And what does the other do to help? Dark Horse Nate. Brad does not mind one bit.

Which one would take their jacket it off and drape over the other one because they were visibly shivering? Come on. Brad.

What's their favorite type of weather to enjoy together? (getting snowed in together, watching thunderstorms, etc.) These idiots would go out in the bad weather because it's neat.

Who would give their life for the other without a second thought? Both. Nate might try to think of another way for a hot second, actually, but he would still definitely do it.

Who would dance in the kitchen making dinner? Would the other join in or watch from the doorway? Brad would dance, Nate would join in (badly)

Can they fall asleep without the other? Yes, because they are professionals.

Would they get frisky at the movies by themselves? YES.

Does either of them have a secret that could potentially ruin their relationship? No.

Who's the better driver? Nate, because he's safer. Brad, because he's faster.

Does either of them have a hard time being away from the other? Yes, but mostly Brad. Not that he'd admit it.

who's more likely to do something out of spite? Nate.

What’s a non verbal way they say I love you? Sergeant/Sir (still verbal I guess but ya know)

Describe their weekend getaway? They each have a different version, and they try to meet each other's needs. For Brad, it's something adventurous, something that tests his limits, and Nate's game--so a long wilderness hike, foraging for food. For Nate, it's more likely more of a classic vacation

Would they ever go skinny dipping? Yes.

Who’s more likely to carry the other to bed? Brad.

Do they like watching clouds or star gazing? Star-gazing more likely, with Brad pointing out constellations and Nate telling the legends behind them.

What do they do turn the other on/put them in the mood? an eyefuck is all it takes

Whose the serious one when grocery shopping and who likes to toss random things in the cart? Nate makes a list, Brad tosses in anything

Who’s more likely to hold a grudge after an argument? Nate

Who tops? Who bottoms? Switch

Who pulls the other closer when they’re sleeping? Both

[latestparis-style]

My sister and I made French toast from a recipe in a fanfiction. And we took a lot of pictures.

Welcome to the LatestParis_Kitchen.

For the last year or so, my sister and I have made a fun hobby of reading the most bizarre Phantom of the Opera fanfictions we can find. Out loud, tossing the phone back and forth to each other by chapter. Neither of us read it beforehand, and it's a 10/10 experience.

There's a POTO fanfic on Wattpad by the name "Angel In Hell". It's by user: momenttodebruh. Read the fic. It's the epitome of the perfect, unhinged Y/n fic. With loads of iconic lines. My sister and I quote this fic like it's a popular TV show. Seriously, it got to the point where my mother repeated one of lines because we said it so often. This fic is (intentionally or not) hilarious and a masterpiece.

In the fic, the protagonist, a Y/N my sister and I dubbed "Bitch", makes her "famous French toast™" to impress the manager into hiring her as a chef at the opera house.

The best part?

The recipe is followable with exact quantities given.

Here are screenshots from the fic:

I refined it to this recipe:

You know, just in case you're a freak who wants to try this.

My sister, Beth, and I have joked about "Bitch's famous French toast™" every time we make regular French toast, and today is the day we decide if her recipe would make us hire her.

Beth can make a mean French toast, so let's see how Bitch's famous recipe measures up.

Here's all the ingredients. We are following this shit as closely as possible, so no half batch. 6 eggs and all.

We thought we would only need four slices of bread. God were we mistaken.

Just as a side note, Beth and I were doing this while our parents were out to dinner, so we're on a time crunch. Sorry for any blurriness in the photos!

Here's the 6 eggs. This is the least gross looking photo I managed to take. Also, Beth is method acting, look at the Victorian lace on those sleeves.

MAY I PRESENT THE TEASPOON OF THE ONLY SEASONING! CINNAMON Y'ALL!

We added the vanilla extract here too, but I believe it didn't change much.

Okay, so we used our four slices only to discover that there was half the batter left. Beth suggested we make it to freeze. She has much more hope in Bitch's Famous French Toast than I do, but I agreed. We were drenching these slices, so maybe you could get more out of this recipe.

haha, this is where shit hits the fan, or egg hits the pan? Anyway, the house started to get a little smoky. Our house has smoke detectors connected to the alarm system, so if they go off, the firetrucks are coming. We burnt about half the French toast, so I took the smoke detectors off the walls. Then the alarm started... beeping? It wasn't blaring, thank God, but I'd never heard it beep before, so Beth opened all the windows to air out the house, and I had to awkwardly call my dad like: "heh, we made French toast, so if you get a call, don't let the fire trucks come. oops."

Only after that did I realize that the alarm was beeping because I took the smoke detectors off the walls.

So I put those back on.

We were simultaneously laughing our asses off while flipping out about the possibility of firefighters coming to our house because of a fanfic. It was fun. Certainly intensified this experience.

And in the end we had...

A strangely eggy, flavorless stack of "Bitch's Famous French Toast"

Some of them were very burnt, but that's down to Beth and me. Y/N doesn't hold any blame.

Look at all that toast (eight fucking slices) and keep in mind that Firmin canonically eats the entire stack. And, AND! It was so good, in the next chapter, he call for it to be served to the whole opera house.

Beth quote: "It really just tasted like eggs. The cinnamon didn't do much, but because the egg soaked into the bread so much, it had this strange, bizarre custardy quality?"

Her rating: 4/10

I, as a person with celiac disease, had to make it on gluten-free bread. It's worse that way: 3/10

After eating, uh, some of the French toast and freezing the rest for a moment of hungry desperation, we sat on the couch to collect ourselves. I started typing up this post, when our upstairs TV miraculously turns on (it turns on with any change in the room's lights, and it's extremely annoying).

What is it playing?

KITCHEN FUCKING NIGHTMARES

Which, in fairness, we had been watching earlier. Gordon Ramsay was speaking to our souls while we sat on that couch.

Side note, please don't take this as us hating on this fic. It was our single biggest inspiration while writing "A Girl's Desire" and we genuinely adore it for all it's worth.

If the author sees this, I will be starstruck.

[ransprang]

[Ko-Fi Request]

Hi there! I've really been looking for a JJBA (parts 1 to 6) matchup and I really hope you would be able to find the most fitting character for me :)

So, to introduce myself I'm pretty tall, muscular and fit I have long fushia dyed hair, pretty pale skin and brown doe eyes(I also look tired all the time) My sense of style is pretty one of a kind,I really like skirts and turtleneck sweaters . I usually wear a lot of jewelry and chains in my outfit and I have a HUGE love for hats, all types of hats.

I may come off as cold and tense at first glance but I'm a big sweetheart which tend to make people confused I'm very shy and hardly open up, that's why I would need an understanding and kind match I'm also not talkative but a great listener, I love hearing about any types of stories.

I love animals and nature as well as art and painting which is my favorite hobby but I'm also extremely adventurous, and love traveling and discovering new places. Also have a big interest for the unknown, mysteries and out of the common stuff as well as a soft spot for gory stuff sometimes I'm not easy to scare at all, only people can freak me out

When it comes to my S/O, gender doesn't matter as I am pansexual, all I have to say on appearance is that I prefer longer hair.

I really would like a Jojo characters who has the same thrill for adventure but who is also extraordinary sweet and protective Loyalty is highly preferred as I am deadly jealous when it comes to love

thank you anon for your ko-fi request <3 if anyone wants a match up like this here is our link!

Your match up is……OKUYASU!!!

How you meet: It was raining heavily as you walked back to your house, when a man crouching over a cardboard box in the midst of the storm without an umbrella caught your eye. Not being the person to just approach a stranger on the street, you ignored it and kept walking on…until you heard the softest little meows. You froze, looking around until you realized it was coming from that box. Okuyasu noticed you looking at him and waved you over. He started talking about the abandoned little kittens and how he wanted to get them to a safe place. You had no choice but to offer your umbrella and walk him home with the kittens. Immediately he started gushing about how pretty you are and tried to impress you. You weren’t too impressed but it got you both talking and by the end of your walk, you were both friends.

Okuyasu doesn’t mind if you’re quiet at the start of the relationship. He is a really chatty fella and will tell you a ton of stories. He’d be the type of guy to text you updates about what he’s eating and send you random selfies.

Once you open up he’ll be a bit shaken by how much of a sweetheart you are, but he’ll love you even more for it. He’d think he’s a lucky guy and both of you would be a super sweet couple making others be jealous of y’all (especially Josuke).

You won’t be scared of people as long as you are with Okuyasu. He is a scary looking fella himself and he’d stare down people who look at you funny. Or he’d try to distract you from looking at scary looking people.

If you tell him you like gore he’ll beat people up and then look over at you “HAHAHA DO YOU LIKE THAT BABE. AREN’T I SO COOL.”

He may borrow some of your jewelry and chains because it looks really cool on you, complimenting his massive gold dollar chain on his chest.

He’d be down to explore untouched parts of Morioh and just roam around aimlessly. Once you both save up money he’d take you to other parts of Japan and try cool things like jet skiing or hiking.

When Okuyasu realizes that you have a preference for long haired men, he spends all night the day before meeting you, trying to straighten his hair to make it longer. He ends up with the jagged pieces of hair behind his neck being half an inch longer.

He makes a point to highlight it to you during your date. Okuyasu loves you so much that he would wear a different hat everyday, and he may even learn to sew to make you some cute crocheted ones. This manly man will only be soft for you.

You being tall, muscular and fit, blend in perfectly with the Jojo universe. You have no problem when Okuyasu, who is similarly tall, muscular and fit, takes off running somewhere randomly.

your gore,

admins sar, sav & san

[tate-lin]

15 Questions with Ly Minh

Thanks for the tag Cee! 🥰

Tagging @justahalfling @ihaventpickedausername @iced-ginger-tea @andromeda-grace @kaiyo @iriswords @yors-truly @words-after-midnight @islanded-in-a-stream-of-stars @sabels-small-sphere @leebrontide @pure-solomon @mattresses-and-macaroni @thepixiediaries @poetinprose @arowanaprincess @hd-literature @freedominique @mariahwritesstuff @ls-daydreams @mrbexwrites @wildswrites @thecrookedwriterspath and anyone else who wants to do it!

[Not pictured are her numerous burn scars]

1) Are you named after anyone?

Heyy I'm Ly Thi Minh, and nope I'm not named after anyone. Honestly though, with how common my name is in Vietnam, I very well could be lmao

2) When was the last time you cried?

Well that escalated quickly.

3) Do you have kids?

I only just turned 15 so if I do have one, be sure to attend my funeral tomorrow!

(P.S. Bring plum blossoms or I'll rise out of my grave and eat you :))))

(P.P.S. Nom nom nom slurp slurp slurp)

4) Do you use sarcasm?

No ♥️ /s

5) What's the first thing you notice about people?

Their threat levels. Practically speaking, what else would you notice?

6) What's your eye colour?

Dark brown. There's not much variety in Southeast Asia, I'm afraid.

7) Scary movies or happy endings?

Happy endings. Why would I want to deliberately make myself miserable?? Please, if I wanna scare myself, all I need to do is look in the mirror 😂

8) Any special talents?

I recently discovered that I'm freakishly good at dodging shit, so let's go with that.

9) Where were you born?

Vietnam, in New Hanoi! It was my childhood home and 75% of it got reduced to rubble :)

Now I live in Lorelei, United States. It kinda sucks but it's also kinda cool. You can say that I have a... Love-hate relationship towards it, I guess. I had to leave, obviously, of course I had to, but it's not exactly a crime to miss it, y'know??

10) What are your hobbies?

I used to do jigsaw puzzles. I even got into a Facebook group where we borrowed puzzles from a shared collection and Kalisha would help me frame up my pieces 'round the house. We haven't done that in a while though... The last one I did was a really cool piece of various Pokémon with a stained glass window effect. Kalisha bought it for my birthday and she even helped me put it together. I don't think puzzles are really her thing though haha

11) Have you any pets?

Má got a goldfish for me once and I named him Lucky. He died the next day though, so I guess he was actually Unlucky.

12) What sports do you play/have you played?

Barrier Ball! I don't know if you've heard of it but it's a popular game in America where there are goal posts on the ground, in the middle of the air, and high up in the sky. I know that there are other sports where you can use barriers to run around in the air but this is extra fun cause there are some volleyball elements too, like our setter-like midfielder. I actually wanted to do that, but I got forward instead. It's not bad though; it's kinda fun to 'disappear' and come out of nowhere with a shot. Like a sniper :)

Freaks out the opposing team every time haha

13) How tall are you?

5'5... I can't believe I think in feet and inches now; what have I become???

14) Favourite subject in school?

Math, I guess. Once you get into the rhythm, your brain kinda just switches off. It's actually really relaxing.

15) Dream job?

Uhhhhh I don't know. Does anyone really know what they wanna do at this age?

Besides Má, I guess, but that's cause she's crazy over ethreasts. Not everyone has such an obvious passion though, and especially not me :/

[iraniq]

Surreptitious

It was a normal morning, it waking time could be called a “morning”. The underwater reek was specifically strong today, but you were used to it by now.

The breakfast was something between puke and partially molted – delicious for this geographic place. The biggest terror was the boredom, nothing to do here, but slowly perish. But today was a good day – you all would have a new toy to play. They announced their arrival last night to agitate you. The simple mined ones were in fact eager, you – not so much!

621 to population! – the warden yelled as he pushed a man inside.

He was rather skinny, some punk boy who had recently discovered he was born wrong, because this is where the defective ones go.

The Box was the most underrated metahuman prison in the world. Simply because men/women did not know of it’s existence. Men/women who were born “wrong” thought the bullets will kill them, but death was a blessing. Here … here was the real Hell.

The skinny boy just stood there, looking around. Some of the simple minded attacked him. He turned out to be quite skilled fighter … for someone his size.

Skinny punk boy spend the next year participating in the underground fights and won a higher place in the prison community. You assumed he was some kind of a gangster outside, since he had the thinking of one – establish power, learn/earn advantage – use it to become lethal.

No one bothered you tho. Not after what happened 4 years ago. It was yet another sunny /artificial lights have been replaced and now the dim light was blinding/ afternoon when appeared as dark haired, but not actually, boy approached. In the close distance you saw he was actually a grown man, mid 30s maybe, which explained some of his skills. One that come with specific age experience. And the brown hair was actually dark green.

So what is your deal. – he casually sad, sliding an orange pudding your way.

The orange colored were the least gross. He was obviously properly schooled by whoever ratted.

You just nodded and started eating with less than a zero care.

I learned you are one of the bosses around, since I became one last night … - he waited, for what, you to congratulate him, you just shoved another spoon of the orange goo in your mouth. – Well  figured we might team up. I have the lizard people and the molesters … - you choked, really, the molesters … - Yeah, yeah I know … he put a strand of his hair away. They want to leave the most. So … I was thinking, you might want to join us too.

Do you even know who I am.

You are her, the one who ate an alive human 37 years ago, you are an urban legend.

Am I .. you air creatures definitely need a hobby.

We do have one … urban legends.

Do you know what happened 4 years ago?

You killed some extra strong freak of an experiment gone wrong metahuman with 2 hits. Been a fan since I found out! – you make him choke on his blood while munching on his liver, so yes,2 hits. He was technically right!

So you do have a type! – you motioned to the snake eyed girl that has been tailing him the last several months.

Oh no … I don’t  do attachment. We are just having fun!

Well … then I a hard pass!

You want to date me peach, I am flattered.

You choked on his silly joke. Poor skinny punk boy had no idea who you were.

Tell me your name skinny punk boy!

The one and only – Joker. – he dramatically pointed at himself – Also know as The Clown Prince of  Crime, Ace of Knaves, Harlequin of Hate, Mime of Destruction, Grand Mogul of Mountebanks, Thin White Duke! – the last one fitted his skinny ass.

Excuse you, but the one One who wears the “Thin White Duke” is David Bowie.

Where do you think I stole it from! – he proudly winked at you.

You forgot “Jester of Genocide” and “King of Gotham”.

So you know me.

I was bored … - and the orange goo was over. – I will listen to you when you get me a new one. – you just got up and walked away.

You did not see His Royal Majesty for a while. Then one day he popped up, extra happy … happy for this place, this man was nuts!

Ready peach? We drift off in 3 days.

You know I can rat you on the guards right. I will be getting my orange pudding for a week.

Come on sweetheart, you look bored, tell me there are better places to be than here.

You know how I got here?

He shrugged.

I chose to! The outside world was too chaotically boring. I like the order here.

Wow … so very dramatic? Are you joining us or what.

I told you, tell me your name!

I did!

Not the one you chose for yourself, the one your poor single dad gave you, after your mom overdosed at the factory she worked in and died, also there, on that heat summer night. The last one Gotham had … in 29 years. – the pale punk boy got even whiter.

How …

I am special, this s a metahuman prison after all. You have less than zero powers, why are you here?

I …

Careful! – you pointed at your lips – lies cost lives here!

Normal prisons can’t hold me, Gotham’s wanted me permanently dead and since they failed at doing so, they send me here.

Ah yes, the scar!

How do you know!

Your mane boy! – you raised your voice and half the creatures around just left the place.

Wow …

Name!

He sighted, like the effort of revealing was physically painful!

Jack Joseph Napier.

Sweet! So you know who you are, you are sane, so sane it makes you nuts to live in this world, that feels like a delusional dream!

So you are here because of this!

Yes! And to answer your questions, I see your soul. And your life until this very moment, like I am watching a movie … not gonna talk about the lizard thing..

Please don’t! – he laughed, and for the first time in 67 years you felt a person being genuine about something.

I can’t leave and be outside in the open air alone, I need a soul to be bound to, since I don’t have one. I was created by … the last semen of a dying man and some virgin to be  prostitute when the first artificial insemination was created.

Wow … like that book “Alraune” by Hanns Heinz Ewers.

Where do you think they stole it from! – it was your turn to proudly wink at him.

Neat! So you can hypnotize people to do your bidding?

Sort of! I also consume one’s essence for a living.

So what, you eat souls?

Sort of, I consume the soul and the life spawn of the creature with it.

How old are you?

Don’t you know to never ask a lady this!

The process was created in 1922… so 100?

Close, 93.

So… how…

One bonds to a soul!

Yeah?

You pledge yours to me, I will bite out of it and place it where mine is supposed to be.

Kinky … buy why you don’t have one.

A Soul Eater powers is unlocked by one eating their own.

Not so kinky! – he made  face like the food in his imaginary plate was gross.

You laughed, this was a funny one.

How did you get in and how will you go out.

My ex – Harls got herself a new lover, her so called best friend Gre… Pamela. So now my arch nemesis Batsy will get me out. Since I am the only one that can help him against the League of Shadows…

Shush… too much info! Fine … we will make a deal, you give me a bite of your soul and a ticket out and I will help you in your endeavors.

You will be my bad ass sidekick.

You rolled your eyes.

No…you are a sneaky one … I will present you as m weird talisman, you will barely say a thing and all will think I kidnapped you or something, they will think you are of value … will try and quite possibly grab you, offer you deals, include you in big plots, confess their love …

That is so boring. – humans always thought love was something important.

They will tell you some fancy stories, their deepest secrets even … you will be on 1st row of all the drama … you love it don’t you!

Yes! – and for the 1st time in 37 years, since you came in, a sparkle bloomed into you. Finally a nice drama to involve yourself in.

What do I win tho? – he got the dirt out of one of his nails.

Immortality. I am an eternal entity who can not die. As long as I am pleased with the surroundings of mine. You will share my immortality and higher for humans strength and healing.

Wow … and all this for a tiny piece of my soul.

Yes – you smiled wickedly.

What if you get bored?

I will consume your essence and move on to another.

Then I will make sure to keep you entertained my darling.

You smiled, baring all your teeth.

I’ll be damned. I am in. – he stretched his hand. – should we seal the deal with a kiss? – he joked.

Yes, yes we should! – his surprised lasted less than a half blink and then your lips crashed his.

He did not felt anything. Even laughed about a kinkier sensations. You smiled and breathed in.

Three days later, as promised his weird bat fetish friend unsealed the hatch and fresh air came in – no hallucinogens and sedatives. You felt it, it was the middle of the night on your schedule, but it was a bright afternoon for the rest of the world, their last one.

The Box’s inmates were awoken by a scream. A scream like nothing else, even you got the chills. You entered their dreams, feeding on fear, then enter their waking minds, shifting reality. Then you absorbed their souls and nothing but dust was left. Your new friend told the sad dressed in black child that some experiment gone wrong was horror  downstairs “no one can be saved”, he said, not knowing there was nothing to be saved. You consumed them all! He sort of felt it, as your essence flew by him … like the ashes you left behind you, you roamed the open world, looking for some innocent girl’s body to inhabit, as you and J had agreed upon the settled scenario!

Let the games begin!

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inspire by @diyunho 's story vibes!

@loki-hargreeves i know you will like it

haven't done that in a while ... dunno who to tag. Enjoy you all i guess!

[h0ney-letters]

hi

About me (kinda)

Age: 24

Pronouns: she/her

Main blog: @h0neyfreak

Genre/style: literary fiction, speculative fiction, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, poetry. I would also love to one day write a themed cozy mystery series under a pen name that sounds so fun.

Published?: no, not sure if I want to or if I just want to write for fun. I’ll probably submit things to some journals eventually and maybe self-publish if I ever write anything longer

Other hobbies/interests: knitting, drawing (traditional and digital), painting (oils mostly), ttrpgs (currently DMing a MOTW campaign), and I’m a casual Formula 1 fan

cw tags: I’ll always tag explicit depictions of rape, gore, and violence as “#cw: [subject]”

(Some of my) favorite books:

Madness is Better than Defeat by Ned Beauman

The Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan

Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (but only the Constance Garnett translation)

The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh

Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Current wips (updated monthly) (current ver. Oct 2023):

Long work 1: Every Reason Why. A novel following a waitress as she gets into an abusive relationship interwoven with anecdotes from her life before her abuser (going back to childhood) building two parallel stories. ~10k words at time of posting.

Long work 2: [untitled] A group of friends meet at summer camp and ~something bad~ happens. Follows them through adulthood as the bad thing unravels/becomes clear. Currently just a vague idea with some bulleted lists and snippets. Has not left the notes app.

Short work 1: What Violence? A short surreal body horror story about a young girl who gets stabbed in the chest with a knife and discovers it does not hurt or bleed the way it should. She searches for someone to bring her to a doctor to give her stitches but struggles to explain what’s going on. Based on a dream I had. ~300 words at the moment.

Short work 2: He Called Me Something Bad. A young girl kills her teenage step brother (or woman kills stepson, still sorting it out) in what appears to be an accident. The social worker/detective interviewing her starts to realize that it was not An Accident. Currently in the notes app/ideas phase. Unclear if it will make it out.

Tag list (mostly for my own reference/benefit)

#ref -> helpful lists, words, resources etc.

#guides -> kind of like ref but more to collect posts about how to write specific rules/identities of characters or settings

#inspo -> quotes, art, snippets, prompts and other things that make me want to write

#wip -> I’m a slut for a good Pinterest board/Spotify playlist/other way to outline ideas without having to sit down and write so that stuff will go here. Along with any snippets

#ocs -> any stuff about my characters. idk how much I’ll use this one because I mostly see people making OC content for genre fiction and it feels weird to make stuff for short stories and kinda disjointed literary fiction. But I also might be a weird little freak (likely) who needs to get over herself (extremely likely)

#tips -> useful info about the writing process, publishing, software, etc

#my work -> anything I write myself. I can’t pick a title to save my life so tagging by title won’t work

#good stuff -> writing by other people that I love and want to come back to and read a bunch because it is good

#review -> book/story/essay reviews. Goodreads stresses me out but I want some way to catalogue what I read now that I’ve graduated and have time for it. Also reviewing stuff helps me figure out what I want my own writing to sound and feel like.

[anonygowose]

SO here's part one of the images and LORE included (mentally ill & brainrotting over them :/) THIS IS A VERY LONG POST (mostly for me anyways) !!! BEWARE LOL It starts out with Luke Deal, a guy who enjoys everything but is good at none of it!

He's finally decided to move out of his house and he's like ! shit I can't afford rent by myself!!!

Then here comes Rocky Road.

Rocky is an alien, he came down to Earth to admire the planet and to fall in love with all the people. He creates his own "human" form and wanders around Earth. He discovers Luke Deal freaking outside and is like ! Ohohoh my first human interaction, I can't wait for him to fall in love with me so I can ruin his life! Luke's like, bro, I need a roommate, and Rocky's like. Haha what's that

So they move in together

And Rocky's like actually I won't be mean to Luke because I need somebody to rely on and basically leech off of as I destroy the world

Rocky's just #quirky like that :3

(Luke on left, Rocky on right)

They immediately start a fire. They clean up the mess caused by it and decide to make their living space more colorful (on Rocky's behalf, he thought everything in the house seemed too dull and boring for his liking).

Later on Rocky is like. "LUKE! You. Take me places I want to explore this world!!!", so Luke's like "Ok that's weird but we can go fishing at a park?"

So they do. And they immediately catch a cowplant. They plant her and name her Moomie.

They give Moomie a stuffed bear as company and some music, which they all jam out to :D

Rocky realizes that night that maybe this planet isn't as bad as he actually thought, that they're all just living their life. He still wants to take advantage of people, but he realizes that here isn't like at home, people are just living their life and aren't constantly fighting for power. I head canon that Sim Earth is not even remotely close to Earth Earth, people are just out here living their lives.

So a few days later Rocky meets some guy named Mitchell who is head-over-heels for him. Like love at first sight kinda deal. Rocky's thinks "Awesome my first victim >:)" and as they're dating Rocky realizes how BORING this guy is. He doesn't want to do anything together, he doesn't care for Rocky's attempts at all and Rocky doesn't feel anything from this relationship. They argue and argue and Rocky doesn't understand why he's so fed up with someone he wanted to hurt at first, and out of anger Rocky breaks up with him. After this moment Mitchell is an absolute asshole towards him, actually upset at everything that went on and Rocky is sobbing over it all. Alien relationships are nothing compared to human ones, they're a lot more shallow and more for reproduction purposes than anything, so being in an actual human one for ~2 months was something Rocky was NOT prepared for. He knew they were deep (which is why he wanted to cause chaos by breaking hearts) but didn't know they were THAT deep.

So Luke takes him out for dinner as a result, feeling very bad for his absolutely destroyed roommate.

It was on Talk Like a Pirate Day too, so they had a lot of fun acting like idiots and drawing on coloring pages at dinner.

Another month passes before Rocky finally decides to confess to Luke that he is an alien, feeling relieved. Luke had absolutely ZERO idea the entire time, despite the signs (acts weird towards normal human things, glowing when over-emotional, etc.) and freaks out a bit, but eventually cools down and remembers that he's the same guy he's known for awhile now.

They both fall into separate jobs and hobbies (though, Rocky never kept a job for more than a week at a time).

Luke decided to become a comedian whilst Rocky picked up some creative hobbies. Knitting was one he fell in love with a lot.

During this time, Rocky decides to go out on his own. He goes off to Brindleton Bay, talking to some of the locals and hearing about a mysterious haunted island. He takes a boat over there and explores the area. It's actively thundering outside, he's hungry and tired, and he's scared as shit, but he sees a dog off to the distance that calls to him. He makes his way over and discovers it's a ghost dog. He gets overly excited at this discovery, as he hadn't known dogs had physical ghosts like humans. He befriended and adopted the dog before going home and passing out. Luke found him and the dog, with Rocky nearly dead due to his stupidity. The dog's name was Captain Whitaker, which they kept.

Luke and Rocky make a really good unintentional team, with Rocky setting fires to every flammable thing he sees (with Autumn becoming his favorite season for the abundance of leaf piles), and Luke jamming out besides the flames that were created.

Luke, enjoying everything, of course loves to cook. He eventually pushed Rocky into cooking with him for Harvestfest, as it was a holiday of appreciation and fun, sparking an interest for Rocky that he never knew he had. Alien foods aren't all that great, with a lack of spices the foods rely entirely on the flavor of the ingredients added. Even then it's all the same, goopy and bland. Human foods are far more unique, and cooking them is a blast!

Rocky meets yet another lover, a lady who lives across the street. This time Rocky decides to not make it official, and rather a "friends with benefits" sort of thing, as he imagined it would be less devastating on him once he decides to cut her off. This caused him to have nearly no feelings for her, which I guess was his plan, but ended up making him feel more empty than anything.

Anyway here's him being a total alien by straight up leaving her house via bike.

Luke decides to apply to some universities, dropping his job in the process. He hopes that maybe getting a degree will get him a better job. As much as he loves being a comedian, he realizes it isn't a great permanent job.

In between the stress of applying to colleges and scholarships, Luke plays games. He loves destruction, but unlike Rocky his fantasies are purely fictional. Maybe the alien could learn a thing or two from him. (Also yes, those are their placements from their first dinner together hanging on the wall above the computer).

Luke got accepted to some university, but ended up being a horrible student aka my excuse for my mods fucking up university and causing him to be an F grade student.

Rocky, on the other hand, had to become the sole provider for the household due to the fact Luke was now a full-time student who couldn't make much off of part-time jobs alone. This was overwhelmingly stressful for the both of them, as Rocky was incredible noncommittal and desperate for change (changing jobs weekly, which he had to stop doing if he were to provide for the household).

One night Luke woke up sobbing, having a horrible time with school and just the general inability to sleep.

He went over to Rocky's room, head down and woke him up. Rocky got up without any hesitation and sat with him, trying to make him feel better. Luke has always been this chill guy in Rocky's eyes, one who doesn't display any sort of negative emotion, so this was bewildering to him. He felt sort of protective in a way, not wanting Luke to ever feel this way again.

They made dumb jokes and hung out beneath the stars.

The next day is the Festival of Love! Rocky is hyped for this event, as it allows him to look for a new potential partner, as he hasn't given up his desire to break peoples' hearts. Luke joins him as he's never really thought of being in a relationship before, and wanted a reason to get out of the house and away from schoolwork.

This specific image makes me giggle, as Rocky is drinking two (alcoholic) drinks and is very much drunk, showing it off to others like "HAH you could only WISH you were me!!!"

Luke spends his time watching everyone together, and realizes that the only person who actually catches his eyes is Rocky. He tries to get his mind off this revelation, as Rocky is very much drunk and interacting with others in the park.

Eventually Luke gets up and talks to Rocky, trying to express his realizations and feelings for him, but unfortunately in Rocky's drunken haze he doesn't actually realize this. He instead laughs at it and makes a mess with petals, showering Luke with them.

Luke is a bit heartbroken at this, but understands that this probably isn't the right time anyways.

The next day is Luke's university festival. He's invited to go, despite failing every single one of his classes and having 0 friends. Rocky finds out about this festival and pushes Luke to go, getting him to allow the alien to come along.

Luke is nervous, understandably so, and despite his extroverted nature he becomes physically incapable of making any friends.

Rocky, on the other friend, finds the school mascot and immediately clicks with her.

He gets to know her, and she introduces herself as Seema. Unlike most others, Rocky actually clicks with her in a completely platonic way. This is the first person besides Luke that he has actually desired to form a friendship with.

Luke leaves unsatisfied, and Rocky leaves with a new friend.

Just a few days later, Luke receives a call. It's his University informing him that he has just gotten expelled for poor grades. Luke is devastated, but understands it was for the best, as he wouldn't of gotten any better during his time there.

He feels a mix of emotions; tense, anger, disappointment, relief. And just a few moments later, he gets a knock at his door.

It's his neighbor, the same one that Rocky (love interest) is having a near-relationship with. She's here to drop off a present for Luke for being a great neighbor. He isn't too happy for it, but he accepts it nonetheless.

A good few weeks ago Rocky got both him and Luke notebooks to journal in, as he heard it's a great way to jot down emotions and experiences. Whilst Rocky uses it for ideas of self-gain, Luke finally finds the time to open it and jot down all of his negative emotions.

It was 5 in the morning, he hadn't been able to sleep well at all, and finally decides it may help him a lot. It actually did, especially since Luke isn't used to controlling such feelings.

After calming down a bit, Luke decides to do some stress-baking. It's a great comforting activity for him, and nothing's better than some breakfast cake!

So I hop onto The Sims 4 on my brand new laptop to find out all of my saves had been wiped. OneDrive stopped backing up years ago. I didn't realize the Gallery was local-only (bold of me to assume that EA could ever possibly think of Cloud Save) and I lost all my households, including my comfort save with sims I've had for 3 years now. It was the one household I genuinely cared so much for, had a fuckton of lore of, and are the only human characters I actually draw relatively frequently. I have sobbed my eyes out about this and god damn, I didn't realize how emotionally attached I would get with a save. Luckily I screenshot everything (a folder I manually backed up via USB) so I still have all of their life events and outfits and such, and I did plan on making a short blog-like series with them (eg; they are the ones posting about their life) but. Waghfjdgj. Gonna be posting a buncha screenshots of them momentarily because I'm brainrotten

[originalwinnercheesecake]

Ideas for continuing shorts/a show based on Encanto

Okay so Encanto came out and it is doing really really well, like a lot of people are calling it the best thing Disney has done in very long time... so naturally Disney wants to turn it into a whole franchise. Once upon a time that would have just meant at least 2 sequel movies and a ton of dolls/cloths. Well they are selling the dolls/cloths, and we may some day get the sequels. But in the age of streaming and Disneyplus there is talk of Disney first doing a series of shorts or possibly even a show. I love both those ideas and here is some what I would like to see.

The creators tweeted that Casita has only 1 bathroom and all 12 Madrigal fight over time in it. Make a short on that.

They also said that Felix and Agustin are good friends and, since they have no powers, are basically SAHD' as well as doing the majority of the house work. Give me a day in their life.

I want flashbacks to when the triplets were growing up and what things were like back when it was just them and Alma inside Casita. On that note it occurs to me that their next birthday will be the first one all three have celebrated toghter in atleast 10 years, and I NEED everybody in the family (cough* the town*cough) to make a big deal out of that.

Show me Bruno trying to get to know his nieces and nephews. I want them to all watch/perform his telanovas together and bond. Also my personal headcannon is that 7foot rat-man Bruno was like Camilo's favorite piece of fanfiction, and Bruno gets worried that maybe Camilo won't like the real him. But once Camilo finds out his Uncle is a performer, and a card, he, much to Pepa's dread, starts to freaking worship him and always wants to be around him.

I would like some flashbacks and a bit more background as to what Alma and Pedro's relationship was like. Maybe have it be their anniversary or Pedro's birthday, and Alma is really reminesant over him. Her family get worried she is falling back into depression, so they ask her to tell them about some of her happiest times with Pedro, and them try to recreate them for her.

Okay so I would prefer if shorts where used to flesh out characters who got less screen time in the movie ( Agustine, Camilo, Dolores, etc) and don't want Mirabel to be the main focus of them all...but we'll I think its cool that she loves and is really good at embroidery and sewing. Since the movie didn't really give focus to these hobbies I would like a short or an episode of her wanting to make something really special and getting a case of artist block. Have her relatives do a bunch of things with her to try and help her get inspired. The girl deserves to get some support as opposed to always being the one to give it.

I want Luisa to adopt pets, either rescue a bag of abandoned kittens ,or maybe one of the donkeys she takes care of gives birth to a runt the rancher doesn't want and is planing to get rid of. But Luisa steps in and says she wants it. Have Luisa try to train them and make them really strong, but for them to get tired and decide to rest. Luisa gives in and just curls up with them for a break.

It's like the 5th rainy day this week, and everybody is stuck inside and acting really board. Camilo tries to start a house wide prank war to keep everybody (including Casita) entertained. Shenanigans ensure.

Flesh out Dolores and Mariono's relationship (no babies yet). They are implied to be each others true loves, but what is them dating like? Does Dolores help him with his poetry? What are her interests? Maybe do something where a big milestone is coming up and it seems like Mariano doesn't have anything planed so Dolores decides she will plan a special date. But it turns out Mariano did plan something for that evening, he just been nonverbal about it so he could surprise her, and they wind up surprising each other.

Antonio discovering uses for his powers. It occurs to me that he would understand pets. Someone suggested that dead goldfish lady might be Felix's bio sister; they look kind of alike and she is one of the few villagers who makes casual visits (not just for a party) to Casita. What if while babysitting him she mentions having a new fish that she is worried isn't acting well, so he sticks his finger in the water to bring the fish to the surface and asks it what it needs. Later the pair are shown infront if a brand new pond in her backyard that is full of goldfish, with Antonio telling her they are all very happy. Off in the distance you see a line of people and their pets wanting to see Antonio and ask if their is anything they could do better.

I know some people like to headcannon Isabela as lesbian. I am not going to give people grief for that as long as they acknowledge that is a headcannon, and in cannon she had other, still completely valid, reasons for not wanting to marry Mariano (not being in love with him, not having explored enough of herself and her power yet). I also do think the decision to leave Bubo (her true love) out from the first movie, and having her make decisions based on herself was a good one. But the Bubo in drawings and the deleted scene (well part of the deleted scene, I could do without the more explicitly part) seems like a really funny character, and I would like him to be introduced as long as it was done in a way that didn't impend on Isabela's growth or self discovery. He is clearly supposed to be knowledgeable when it comes to the jungle. Maybe she is having trouble caring for all her new plants, and Dolores hears Bubo wandering around the jungle studying plants, just outside the Encanto. So Lusia and Mirabel go get him and ask him to teach Isabela about the different types of plant needs.

Might be controversial but I would really love a short where the Madrigals are getting ready for/ celebrating traditional Columbia Catholic holidays. Yes they are confirmed to be Catholic.

[czo-tired]

Some things I will put in my version of season 2 of Our Flag Means Death which I'm going to write to suit my own needs if it doesn't get renewed by HBO:

-Stede calls Blackbeard "Edward" when they see each other again and he says "I am the Kraken" and they have a very homoerotic duel, possibly to Tusk by Fleetwood Mac

-This is my version of season 2 and nobody is paying me so I'm allowed to be gratuitous, and therefore Stede finds the bit of red silk floating in the water before he gets back to The Revenge, and at some point gives it back to Blackbeard in an effort to repair their relationship, or maybe Blackbeard is snooping through Stede's belongings and finds it or something, idk. Maybe it falls out of his pocket during their duel or he's just subtly wearing it in his outfit, the way Blackbeard started wearing Stede's necktie in season 1

-Before Stede makes it back to The Revenge, Jim causes some manner of havoc on the ship involving knives and Izzy Hands

-Izzy actually cannot deal with Blackbeard going sicko mode because he is the primary target of Blackbeard's ire, and he perhaps tries to help Stede repair their relationship to mellow Blackbeard out

-Lucius is alive somehow (maybe Anne Bonny picks him up or something while he's floating on some driftwood) and the crew is going to run into him at some point either at Spanish Jackie's or some other place. Pete is going to freak out and when Lucius tells him Blackbeard tried to kill him and he survived, Pete is going to pog super hard and then tell everybody that story all the time for the rest of both their lives. Lucius will sheepishly allow this behavior.

-Izzy's crisis of faith/masculinity comes to fruition and he kind of gives up on keeping Blackbeard in murder mode because Blackbeard's new favorite hobby is making him miserable. Izzy perhaps gets a hobby and discovers some things about himself

-Stede and Blackbeard are doing their big homoerotic reunion duel and they're interrupted by the arrival of Anne Bonny looking for her husband Calico Jack, and when she finds out he's dead (nobody survives a cannonball, are you kidding me), she's a little fucked up about it and remains on the ship

-Very Important To Me: Stede tries to explain himself to Blackbeard after he's stopped trying to murder him, Blackbeard does NOT immediately forgive him but doesn't try to murder him again. Stede actually puts in effort to repair their relationship over the course of at least one episode, preferably a few, and they eventually make up.

-The crew comes across Mary Read at some point and Anne Bonny is absolutely stricken and they are allowed to love each other and not die

[falloutjay]

The guys playing Outlast with s/o?

Ahhhh, you gave me such a good reason to rewatch my favorte Lets Play of the games while writing. I still need to actually play the second game myself already but I rather watch than do it myself. :D

Hope you enjoy! <3

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THE GUYS PLAYING OUTLAST WITH A S/O

Cartman:

Hyped to try.

He had it laying around but never got to play it, so when you discovered it in his collection and asked to play, he was on board.

He made his mom get good snacks and drinks and you guys will switch playing ever so often.

He will try to play more though, as he loves playing.

You don't mind at all, as you like leaning on him and watch him get slaughtered whenever an enemy gets him.

  Stan:

He's a secret fanboy. He played the first game, Whistleblower and the second.

Despite having played the games some time ago, he still knows every major scare and enemy by heart.

He's not interested in playing, but he loves having you in his lap and watch you.

Every once in a while, when you get caught by an enemy too many times, you will begrudgingly give him the controller as he laughs.

Its really fun with him, since he will gladly explain what’s going on, when you don’t get it, and he will give you tips or background information on the game and its characters.

  Kyle:

Newbie. No idea what he's in for. He knows it's a horror game but not much beyond that.

When you first saw Chris Walker, Kyle immediately renamed him to Cartman.

He will be scared sometimes, but not all that bad.

You love watching his somewhat serious side slip whenever he gets nervous because he heard something or gets caught by an enemy.

It's a real treat for you and you don't mind at all giving him the controller more.

His favorite is Outlast 2 and he is the only one who thinks so.

  Kenny:

He's no stranger.

When it came out, he saw some let's plays and later got his hands on a used edition to play the first game himself.

He's happy when you offered to play Whistleblower and Outlast 2.

Just one weekend and minimal hours of sleep later you were done with both and it was amazing.

He will gladly let you play and make some bad jokes about having to hug you, so you won't get scared. (Even when he was the one that almost pissed himself at the Eddie Gluskin jumpscare)

He’s one of the funniest people and makes the game a little less horror, since he will involuntarily make you laugh, even when being chased around he asylum.

  Butters:

He was no idea what the game is and gets quite nervous when you show him the cover.

"Why is that fella looking all roughed up, Y/N?"

Upon hearing that it's a horror game he would love to just say no, but he just can't deny your wish to play with him.

He feels super uncomfortable most of the time, since he's scared easily and would rather play a cute harmless game.

"Why are those fellas naked and.... Why do I even ask..."

You had to play at your house, since you know his parents would freak of the sight of the game.

He sat through the game, but he won't play Whistleblower or the second one with you.

  Clyde:

Such a big mouth.

When you first asked him in school, he'd brag about how he will hold and comfort you and that no horror game can scare the big and strong Clyde Donovan.

You let him talk.

Yet at the very first scare he will hide in a blanket and watch you play.

"I-I it over yet?"-Questions every 5 minutes.

He liked the game and its story, but he will be so relieved when you finally tell him it's over.

He would never admit at school he was scared and will tell anyone that you were the scared one when you aren't near.

His friends saw right through his lies when you asked him to play the second game and he couldn't hide the dread on his face.

  Token:

You’re both new and don’t know much about the games so its mutual curiosity.

Playing the game on Tokens big ass TV gives a whole different vibe but you both enjoy it a lot.

Switching after a major event is the rule and you root for each other and easily rush through the three games with joy.

You two are certainly not immune to jump scares though as you get caught off guard with a high-pitched scream ever so often.

Token is super enthusiastic about the game and you enjoy replaying the game once in a while.

It becomes a new hobby to try new horror games together and Outlast will forever be a special one that you replay ever so often.

  Craig:

You wouldn’t have guessed that when you asked the stoic Craig Tucker to play Outlast, you could actually see his expression falter for a second.

In private he will admit that he’s not a big horror fan, but you manage to convince him to give Outlast a try.

So, you go over one weekend, place Strip with you guys on the bed, so he can calm you two and you start playing.

Once he actually gets to play and finds clues to what’s going on in the asylum, he’s hooked and cant stop playing.

The weekend after you guys will play whistleblower and after that the second game.

You both get scared ever so often, but Craig is a good partner when it comes to the chase sequences, as he is somehow better than you.

Similarly to Kyle, he will rename Chris to Cartman.

Craig will actually be thankful for showing you the games.

  Tweek:

He will immediately say no. No Outlast. No horror games. Too scary.

If you still manage to convince him, he will just sit next to you with a dreadful expression.

He hates you so much for showing him all this shit.

He will scream and twitch like crazy whenever a jumpscare comes.

This blonde boy will never sleep again.

[lexosaurus]

Going Angst Week 2021: Birth

I wrote a short five part fic for this year’s Going Angst Week! Fair warning as the event suggests, no one in this fic will make it out on top.

Chapter One: Birth

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“Don’t think of it as a death, think of it as a sort of rebirth.”

That’s what Vlad had told him anyhow, after he discovered who—or rather what—Danny was at their college reunion. 

“Who were you before this? A nobody, right? Just some little hormonal fourteen year old from the weirdo family, unpopular and bullied. No real hobbies or activities to speak of, aside from…” Vlad’s red eyes pierced down at him. “Video games, am I correct?”

Danny diverted his gaze to the floor. Vlad’s aura only increased in amusement.

“But now,” the ghost continued. “Now you’re something else. Something different, more powerful. The world is your oyster, and all you have to do is reach down and take it.”

“I don’t know,” Danny finally spoke up. He had been hoping that speaking to the older halfa would begin to patch things up between them, but so far every word out of Vlad’s mouth seemed coated in poison.

He knew that deep down he shouldn’t trust a damn word Plasmius said, but Vlad was the only person in the world who he could relate to. And according to the Vlad, there was no one else like them in the Ghost Zone either.

“What is there to be afraid of, Little Badger? You’re a half ghost, you can do whatever it is that you want and nobody, nobody can stop you.”

“It’s not that I’m afraid.” Lies, lies, all lies. “It just doesn’t seem right, is all.”

Plasmius leaned down, forcing Danny’s eyes to meet his. He grinned, bearing his fangs at the boy, as if he could see through all the fear that Danny was desperate to mask.

“Oh Daniel,” Vlad said. “Your parents will never accept you. No good you do in your ghost form could ever convince them that ghosts aren’t all evil, that some are good, that you are good. Don’t you see?”

“No, you’re wrong. My parents will accept me. I just have to—”

“Oh, will they?” Vlad laughed. “Your parents? The same ones who’ve dedicated their careers, their lives to developing ecto-weaponry meant to kill our kind? The people who have written countless academic papers as to the dangers of ecto-life on Earth?”

“If I can show them that we’re not all bad, then maybe they’ll see.”

“Ah, so I bet that explains why you haven’t told them about what really happened in the lab, right? You just wanted to wait for the ‘right time’ to tell them. Foolish boy, don’t you know?” Vlad’s cocky tone died down, as did the power of his aura. In the first moment of sincerity Danny had witnessed from the older man, he turned to Danny and warned, “Your parents are too blinded by their ignorance to ever see the truth.”

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Danny had been alone the day of the accident. He wasn’t sure why he did it, why he strapped on the hazmat suit (not before ripping off the Jack sticker), why he stepped in the portal, why he tried to figure out how to turn it on. Was it boredom? Teenage rebellion? Curiosity?

But delving into his reasoning was too little too late. Because the moment he tripped over the wire and hit the misplaced power switch, his life ended.

Literally.

Dying hurt. It was terrifying, waking up as something else entirely, and passing out all over again.

At first, he could almost pretend that he was okay. But then he woke up the next morning and felt like he’d been hit by a truck.

And then he fell through his bed, hitting the wood floor below his bed frame.

And then he dragged himself out and saw the extensive scarring on his arm.

And then he knew. That what had happened in the lab wasn’t just a fluke, that whatever the portal did had changed him forever.

That he wasn’t okay.

Still, he tried to carry on as normal. Eventually, the lightning scars snaking across his arm faded (even though they remained when he transformed), and the aching of his muscles subsided (but the coolness in his chest never went away), and his relative anonymity at his school meant that people hardly noticed a change in him (even though his two best friends seemed to hover more now than before).

Everything was going to be normal. Even if he wasn’t okay anymore. Even if he wasn’t human, even if he was...some monster.

What even was he?

“Danny?” Sam poked his shoulder. “Hey, space case? You haven’t touched your food. Are you okay?”

The world snapped into focus, and he realized that he was in the cafeteria at school with his untouched lunch tray splayed out in front of him. He couldn’t even remember getting out of bed this morning, much less making it all the way till lunch.

Regardless, he picked the cardboard excuse for pizza from his tray and took a bite, chewing slowly, and tried not to choke as he forced the food down his parched throat.

“I’m fine,” he said.

He’d been saying that a lot lately.

“We’ve been trying not to pry, but…” Sam looked helplessly at Tucker. “Danny, is...is something going on with you? You’ve just seemed off lately.”

“No, nothing happened. I’m fine.”

“You sure dude?” Tucker asked.

Danny set his school-issued pizza back down on his tray. “Guys, seriously. I’m your best friend. If anything happened, I promise you’d be the first to know. I’ve just been stressed about school, it’s nothing.”

Sam and Tucker exchanged a glance, evidently not looking too convinced. Regardless, Sam gave him her best fake smile and a, “If you say so. Just know we’re here if you wanna talk.”

But he didn’t want to talk. They were human, he...wasn’t. They wouldn’t get it. They’d think he was a freak, they’d stop talking to him, they’d tell Jazz who would tell his parents who would kill him trying to save him.

No one could help him.

They finished lunch in silence, and then it was back to class where Danny managed to fall out of his chair twice and drop his pencil too many times to count. In biology class a glass microscope plate flew past his fingers, shattering against the tiled floor, and in English class when Lancer handed him papers to pass out he dropped those too, sending them scattered along the ground.

He saw the way Lancer peered at him as he stumbled to the ground, hands shaking as he desperately tried to grab the papers while everyone laughed at him. He felt cold—he was always cold since the accident—and he was sure that he looked just as much of a mess as he felt.

Mr. Lancer sent him down to the nurses office after that.

But he couldn’t go to the nurse because his heart rate was slower than a human’s and he didn’t need to breathe as much and he was so cold.

And he was fine.

So he took the hall pass and hid in the bathroom for the rest of the class period.

“Think of it as a rebirth,” Vlad had told him. 

Except Vlad was wrong. Danny wasn’t stronger now, he wasn’t more powerful. In fact, Danny Fenton had never felt more powerless, lost, and alone in his entire life.

If this was the start of a new life, then he was terrified to see what would follow.

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[beautifulpersonpeach]

BPP i just wanted to gush about k-armys for a sec.

https://twitter.com/minkittenpdnim/status/1567374079908319232?s=46&t=MbJUDOrKFtXwCZIa3W379w

*They’re organizing freaking large scale volunteers to handle a lot of stuff for the Busan concert!!!i’ve always thought they were a great bunch of people after i found out that they donated their refunds from the cancelled mots seoul concert to charity so discovering this makes me respect them even more.

And not to forget the various projects i-armys have organized in the name of BTS too, most prominently the huge donation to BLM a few years ago. Paraphrasing what halsey said, it’s amazing to see artists inspiring people such good deeds in people!!! I can’t imagine how humbling it is to see millions of people volunteering and donating in your name, because you’ve touched, moved, and inspired them. And no matter how much shit Army gets, wheter deserved or not, we do not play when we need to get organized!! I guess it’s part of the perks of having a fanbase of millions of people in all walks of life, you can basically function as a small country haha!

*shame on the Busan for seemingly being so hands off for a concert they had to beg bts’ parents for!!

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Hi Anon,

I love everything about your ask. I love how you thought to highlight K-ARMYs doing something remarkable. I love how you thought to highlight international ARMYs doing similar things as well. I love how you cutely shamed Busan with an asterisk.

(My friend’s involved with this project! 💜😭) K-ARMYs have always been a force to reckon with. I’ve written before about the shit BTS went through before they broke out in the West - the people at the frontlines for most of that were K-ARMYs. It’s a shame some people think many of them are mantis (though it’s true mantis are definitely an issue), but most K-ARMY are dedicated, funny, intelligent people who genuinely love and respect BTS. For this project, I encourage people to take a look, do their own research, and if inclined, anyone able to support them should please do so.

This fandom is something I never shy away from saying I’m a part of. The reason I call myself ARMY is a bit of a no brainer to me: I call myself ARMY because that is who BTS acknowledges and recognizes to be their fan. And as I’m a fan of BTS, then I’m an ARMY. In fandom, a unified and respectful ethos is difficult to enforce because people aren’t bound by any spiritual or transcendent idea, they’re bound by some of the flimsiest things comparably: shared interest in a hobby. In fandom, a serial killer has a much right to be there, as a nun, so long as they share the same interests (of course a known serial killer will be behind bars but this is to illustrate the point that people with no morals also have hobbies and interests - Hitler probably sang along to Cliff Edwards in the shower and could be in his fandom if he had one). ARMYs are what they are, but most everyone I’ve come across in this fandom makes an effort to be a force for good. They don’t have to, no other k-pop fandom (or idol group) is raising US$1 million in 24 hours to fight racism and police brutality and nobody bats an eye at that, because why should a k-pop fandom care? But ARMYs do and they put their money where their mouth is. BTS have said they feel just as inspired by ARMYs, as we probably are by them. Sometimes, I see why the boys would say that about ARMY.

About Busan and the Korean government in general, I’ve written several times on my blog on the subject so I won’t rehash it, but man, this expo bid has been a spectacular disaster so far. The government is exceeding my expectations on that note. HYBE bears some blame here too, but in dealing with a government as duplicitous as this, with pressure from the members’ parents as well, I’m not sure the company had many choices.

Fingers crossed the concert goes off without a hitch. Just the thought of the boys happily performing for ARMY again is enough reason to hope the concert happens. I think this is probably the major reason the boys agreed to this in the first place.