#he’s so mid🤦‍♀️

[aang-whore]

I’m not over seeing ppl say Zutara is the female gaze and implying in the same sentence that Aang was toxic when Zuko literally got violent over seeing his girlfriend talking with another guy. EW?????? Is being a possessive creep loved by the female gaze now???? Literally throw this hc away because Zuko makes the female gaze want to gag, actually.

[heartkaji]

[ ★ ⸻ @megutime ]

★ OVERVIEW

HI MIRO !! hru babygirl 💓 omg i read ur req and ur the cutest thing ever ?? you and sakura would definitely be the perfect match. im not sure how to sum up your dynamic to a simple trope so I’ll simply describe it: I think you’re 100% right about your perception of sakura. apart from the fact that I don’t think he thinks that much about experiencing romantic love, I DO agree that when the thought crosses his mind he can’t help but feel unworthy for it. He’s the type who wouldn’t believe you liked him if you confess to him, simply because he believes he’s undeserving of your love </3. i think you’re a gentle lover; sakura triggers your nurturing side and you can’t help but try to prove him wrong through various acts of affection. i think you’re the kind of person he needs by his side 100%

Q1 — HOW DID YOU FIRST MEET ?

you met sakura while he was on patrol around furin. your pet rabbit went missing and you were searching around for it when you bumped into him. at first you’re apologizing profusely, but you stop mid sentence when you notice his two toned hair & different colored eyes. you thought he looked pretty so you couldn’t help but stare and the eye contact caused his cheeks to flush. “what are you staring at ?!” His words snap you out of his trance and you’re apologizing once again 🧍‍♂️

he’s about to leave but you notice his furin crest and grab him by the arm without thinking—he’s flustered at first, but you explain your situation and he calms down. he grumbles that it’s basically his duty so he’ll help you out, but between you and me that’s not the only thing going through his head </3. he thinks you’re cute—like really cute. you’re wearing a white floral sun dress and you look straight out of a shoujo manga. with blushing cheeks he follows along as you lead him to the last place you’d seen your bunny rabbit.

thing is, unknown to sakura you thought he was really cute too. you wanted to ask for his number but you were a bit shy too, and the fact that he seemed in a hurry to leave didn’t exactly motivate you (he was just flustered, damn). after sakura leaves you’re a bit sad because you doubt you’ll see him again anytime soon and unfortunately you were right. furin is a small town so any day you left your home you secretly hoped you’d bump into the two toned boy who’s name you didn’t get to catch. a few months later you bump into sakura at a grocery store (he was buying seeds for ume btw <3) and this time you’re determined not to let him escape so easily.

Q3 — WHO FELL FIRST & WHO FELL HARDER ?

i think who fell first is pretty blurry with you guys. i want to say you both fell in love around the same time, but ngl i think with you two there was always some kind of attraction ? this goes back to your first meeting. ever since that day you’d been curious about sakura, and you as well had never left his mind. when you two finally met again and eventually became friends i think there was this spark between you both that everyone (except you two) could see. suo would always tease sakura about you and he’d bashfully dodge any rumors, and when your friends teased you it was the same. i feel like everyone could see you two obviously liked each other, but you and sakura refused to see it 🤦‍♀️ the fact that you’d overheard sakura denying to his friends that he didn’t like you certainly didn’t help things either.

i’d say that at first you seemed to have fallen harder, but some months down the road it became the other way around. if i’m being honest i’d say you’re both idiots in love (affectionate <3) but in the beginning it seemed less obvious on sakura’s end because he’s just so not used to being in a relationship. he was always pretty reserved, rarely texted first or initiated anything, and so you had to take the lead. why i say it became the other way around is because i feel like sakura eventually began to relax. he became less scared of receiving affection or getting attached. when he overcomes this fear i think it becomes more obvious he loves you; he shows it by getting you little things that remind him of you, picking up extra snacks from konoha’s, actually kissing you back, etc. actually i think i’m gonna end this by saying you’re both very in love with each other, rather than saying one fell harder than the other 💘

Q10 — AT WHAT MOMENT DID THEY FALL IN LOVE ?

sakura’s another person who falls gradually in love i think. i feel like it first started with him warming up to you, but ofc even that took forever. he’s always really blushy around women in general i fear, but the fact that even after you became friends he still always seemed on edge confused you. i think sakura really began falling in love with you though when others started to help him see it : nirei would always ask him about you, and suo would tease him by referring to you as his girlfriend. of course he’d always deny it, but after suo sat him down to seriously ask sakura if he actually had feelings for you, though he said no he began to ponder the question. immediately he tells himself no, but he can’t help but notice you more after the conversation: the way your eyes gleam when you eat something sweet, how you’re always ready to help a friend in need, how your expression always melts into a smile whenever you see him. even though at this point sakura knows he doesn’t like you in the same way he likes his other friends from furin, i 100% don’t think he ever realizes he’s in love, at least not on his own. it takes another conversation with suo before he’s able to put a label on the warm feeling in his chest.

Q15 — WHAT DO YOU LOVE MOST ABOUT HIM ?

his tsundere personality. you think it’s the cutest thing ever frankly. at first, i won’t say you disliked it but you definitely found it confusing. sakura would say one thing, but his expression and actions would say the complete opposite. now that you’re dating, you can’t help but find it adorable : you ask him for a kiss and he grumbles, but he shyly cups your cheeks and presses his lips to your own regardless. the whole time his eyes never meet your, and you have to do everything in your power to stop yourself from laughing. when sakura notices your suppressed giggles, trust that he gets all defensive, but you don’t mind. you simply pull him in for another peck on the lips to shut his whiny self up <3

#SAKUMIRO CORE !

>> 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 <<

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[vspin]

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤣🤣 I keep forgetting my only unmodded save has Astarion in his underwear. Ofc I didn't save mid-netherbrain fight so I'd have to re-do it to change it...I love how he puts his shoes on lmao

[exo-raskreia]

hi my dear, i have to say i love your blog and how you get over those pitiful ichihime statements

i want to know how will you explain or if you have another post that explains... how time doesn't interfere between ichigo and rukia

bc i always see how ichihime fans say how fucked up their ship is just bc of their age. i mean, we understand that time goes different between both worlds, but it's like they just refuse to understand it

also how it is not so much about age but connection, understanding and equal interests, they also seem to forget isshin and masaki

i'd be glad if you can answer, thank you much for all your posts 😭 it makes it easier to like ichiruki, sometimes ichihime fans just make it so hard, like you're committing a crime

Oh, thank you! ☺️

Antis really think an unrealistic age gap is a problem in a FANTASY or SUPERNATURAL setting? Especially in the Bl3ach universe, where there's already a canon couple with that trope? Doesn't it sound silly?

They act as if Mortal X Immortal ships don't exist, as if they aren't a popular trope/dynamic in many forms of media. They call IR problematic because of it, but turn around & ship pairings like Yato & Hiyori (Noragami), Inuyasha & Kagome, Tomoe & Nanami (Kamisama Kiss), etc. Yet, they cross the line at IR?

They conveniently forget or ignore the fact Ichigo is a product of Isshin & Masaki, a canon couple that the antis support & like to use as "parallels" with their mid ship (even though those of us who can read know IM parallels IR). Isshin was probably way older than Masaki, older than Rukia even, yet once again, the antis cross the line at IR?

Hypocrisy, much? They only bring up the age gap when it's convenient for them. When they want to grasp at straws to invalidate IR. But all their arguments have a counter-argument to them 🤷‍♀️. IR is just that powerful 😌.

Ichigo & Rukia vibed so well right off the bat, getting on a first name basis early on, & often seemed to share the same brain cell 🤣.

Souls in Soul Society age much slower & differently than living humans. Rukia was the equivalent of Ichigo's age, so she was "15" in SS terms when they first met. Antis like to act as if she's some ancient hag or s*x goddess who's going to corrupt poor innocent Ichigo, yet Rukia showed to be quite innocent in many matters, not to mention, she thought kisses were only for greetings in one of the early chapters 💀. Out of the two, I'm pretty sure Ichigo would know more than her in these matters...

(I've also seen this stupid argument against HitsuKarin. They be calling Hitsugaya an "old man"!! Like, seriously?! How is he gonna "corrupt" Karin—by giving her a large stack of paperwork?! He's about 10-11 years old in SS terms, the equivalent of Karin's age, who was 11!! Then they both conveniently aged up to 12-13 after the 17-month timeskip... Just what was Kub0 getting at?!🤦‍♀️)

Not to mention, Ichigo felt very at home in Soul Society & got along so well with all the "ancient geezers & hags" there, even going as far as calling some of them by first name & hanging out with them like old buds (such as Renji). No wonder Ichigo didn't feel like he belonged in the Living World much; he really was born in the wrong generation (or world), lol... 🤪 He always showed to be more in touch with his shinigami side... (no wonder he chose that out of all his hybrid sides in TYBW, & yet... 😮‍💨)

Anyway, don't engage with the antis. Ignore/block/mute them. Follow the age-old fandom rule: just ship & let ship. Don't let the antis ruin your fun. There's so much IR content out there 😄.

[lemotmo]

Some random 8x02 thoughts…

I just watched the episode. Talk about an exciting episode! I was at the edge of my seat the entire time.

First things first, Athena on that plane. I just love Angela Bassett. She’s such a great actress. She can convey anything with one simple look. Top tier acting!

The plane disaster was so well executed, although I do have some small pet peeves about it:

Cabin personel is trained for situations like this. Why did some of them suddenly seem to forget what the procedures are? Athena was the one who had to tell the flight attendant to clear the end of the plane? No, that should be the other way around. The flight attendant is trained and should know what to do better than anyone. It just irked me.

Also, the moment in the middle of the episode where everyone was just magically ‘fine’? Like the girl with the broken leg giving a rousing speech in the middle of a plane disaster? No, just no. The older couple making jokes? No. 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Don’t get me wrong. Moments like these are what makes 911 so appealing to the audience, but it just kind of took me out of the disaster for a moment? Does that make sense?

I guess I'm just too used to the more gritty European shows that are waaaaay more dark than this. You wouldn't see scenes like this on shows created in my country. It would all be dark, bleak, there'd be no hope in sight and everyone would be crying and dying. Sounds appealing right? 😂

On to Bobby...

I love how ‘Hot Shots’ is a kind of a meta mirror of 911 and they’re also going through the same crazy situations that would never happen in reality. And Bobby is sitting there, annoyed and half asleep, while his own life is exactly like that. The only difference it that Bobby isn’t an idiot like that actor.

Can I just say that I love the actor-guy? He is crazy and it seems like he is border-line stalking Bobby, but he is the kind of character you have to love to hate.

The Gerrard business was hilarious! Everyone was happy that he was gone. The man is hated in that fire house. Buck seems to think that Gerrard getting hurt was his fault. Why does that man always assume that he did something wrong and he's at fault? The Buckley parents have a lot to answer for. 🙄

I also really loved the scene where everyone in the firehouse is helping out someone on that plane. However, there is no way that they all had such good cell phone connections. No way. I sometimes have trouble calling someone from my house, let alone from a plane in mid-air that has two gigantic holes in it. 😂

Last but not least, I really liked that kid helping out Athena. I can’t be sure, but it almost seemed like he might have been on the spectrum? ASD? The way he wandered off and didn’t seem to have any fear? His hyper fixation on airplanes? It just felt like that to me.

Why do I feel like Jenkins is going to die saving Athena next episode? I just have a hunch.

Oh! One more thing… I’ll just come out and say it:

Moustached Eddie doing his little 'Gerrard is gone' dance and later on twirling down that firepole are two of THE hottests things that we’ve ever seen on this show. Sorry not sorry. I’m just stating facts here. 🤷‍♀️

[angel-with-paper-wings]

“The Brothers Karamazov”: Book 1 Random Thoughts

Spoilers under the cut!!!

Poor baby Mitya being forgotten at every turn by the adult guardians in his life 😭😭 This definitely won’t leave any long-lasting psychological damage…

We’re two chapters into the first part and Fyodor Pavlovitch is already proving himself to be worth less than the scum on my shoe 😤

I can tell Dostoevsky was a big believer in the “trauma during childhood leads to psychological challenges in adulthood” theory, which is so important since a huge portion of modern-day psychology believes this to be true as well. It just makes his book seem so real.

SLAYYY THE GENERAL’S WIDOW DOING WHAT WE ALL WISH WE COULD DO AND SLAPPING FYODOR PAVLOVITCH IN THE FACE 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥

In the words of that Brooklyn-99 meme: “I’ve only had Alyosha for a day and a half, but if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this room and then myself.” 🥹🥹

“There are “certain” words and conversations unhappily impossible to eradicate in schools. Boys pure in mind and heart, almost children, are fond of talking in school among themselves, and even aloud, of things, pictures, and images of which even soldiers would sometimes hesitate to speak.” - It appears that students in Russian schools in the mid-1800s acted the same as students in American public schools today 🙄

During the whole “Are there hooks in hell?” conversation between Fyodor and Alyosha at the end of Chapter 4, all I could think of was that one SpongeBob ep:

“He entered upon this path only because, at that time, it alone struck his imagination and presented itself to him as offering an ideal means of escape for his soul from darkness to light.” - But why did Alyosha feel the need for the escape from “darkness”? So far, this kid seemed to grow up in a nice household where he was taken care of well, at least in comparison to his brother Dmitri. I’m curious to know if he’s secretly guilty about something, or maybe he is still grieving his mother? Hmm, he is a tough nut to crack…

I’m so fascinated by the chosen alliances of the brothers: you would expect that Dmitri, being the most similar to his father in behavior, would be the one to get along with Fyodor the best, but instead he allies with Alyosha almost immediately, and Ivan gets along with their father the most??

“He only sent word the day before, through a friend, to his brother Dmitri, that he loved him and expected him to keep his promise. Dmitri wondered, for he could not remember what he had promised…” - DMITRI 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

This has been SUCH an interesting read so far! I’m so excited to learn more about these brothers and their terrible father!!

[hyunluvscreamy]

Yeonjun with a short s/o♥︎

in a cute mood today so I made this♡︎

You have never necessarily been insecure of you height more like annoyed,for example having to literally sit on the counter to reach your coffee😞.yeonjun would LOVE when you had to ask him for his help to reach stuff,for one thing is boosted his ego second it’d make him feel special he just loved the idea that you were dependent him😖.this boy would purposely put stuff were you can’t reach just so you’d ask him for help🤦‍♀️,but ofc his annoying ass would never admit that instead he’d tease tf out of you😒.

“JUN CAN YOU COME HELP ME WITH THIS”you yelled from the kitchen while you were practically climbing the pantry he quickly came once he saw why u were asking for help this mf laughed ”oh rlly you think this is funny🧌” you said annoyed “y/n come on its not even that high���” “SHUT UP N HELP MEE🗿”you yelled like anyone would😪he sighed n FINALLY grabbed the chips you were screaming abt “yk you could’ve just grabbed a chair seems like someone just wants my attention😌”he said “..well yes..👉👈😞” you had to admit it.you went back to making your mid-day snack,you feel yeonjun’s warm arms wrap around you “I love you y/n”you turned your head to look at your pretty bf yeonjun gave you a soft smile “I love you too jun”

much love to my short readers y’all go thro to much😖🫂

[austinslounge]

Hi I’m the one who sent in the anon regarding Cabo and vogue party. I wanted to say that I have no doubt that Austin has been anything other than a co-star and a friend to Zoe. There is nothing that makes me think that something went on and I truly believe that’s all they ever will be. However I do think the Kaustin shippers are a whole different breed in this fandom and will run with any theory that protects their precious princess and blames Austin. Something like a very hot kiss (one that Kaia could only dream of getting papped with Austin) with a co-star for a film that was fully scripted unlike her infamous Marcello photos and there 20min bathroom sighting 🙄

You’re right though they’re not a normal couple by any means and they definitely should’ve ended it 2022 or early 2023 at most. Last year you could tell something was off but this year was off the charts for strange behaviour from both of them esp mid-year with those tense/angry pap walks. Then we saw him partying at night without her for his bday even though we know she was in NYC (after the pap walk that we knew was going to happen a whole month before) but him not being there for hers. Then he didn’t go with her to the wedding or the family holiday but was seen with the family 27Aug in Canada. Plus the very cringey airport pics in LS merch that came after the IG pic she posted to suddenly start hearing BU rumours only to get a trusty pap walk?!?! Its just all so weird and strange - Someone please make it make sense 😵‍💫

They haven’t looked happy at all this year even in Cabo he was acting weirdly. But as you say this is them so anything goes and they burnt us way too many times in the past to get comfortable or assume they’ve finally pulled the plug. I agree in what he does next and how he acts after filming will give us a better insight into what’s going on. Mind you hes played this circus act for last 3 years so can we dare to believe only to get another good old pap walk a few months later 🤦‍♀️ 🤣

Hi I’m the one who sent in the anon regarding Cabo and vogue party. I wanted to say that I have no doubt that Austin has been anything other than a co-star and a friend to Zoe.

Hey Anon!

Exactly 💯 I'm sure Austin and Zoe got along fine, but there's nothing at all that gives me the impression that he and Zoe were anything other than costars on this filming.

However I do think the Kaustin shippers are a whole different breed in this fandom and will run with any theory that protects their precious princess and blames Austin. Something like a very hot kiss (one that Kaia could only dream of getting papped with Austin) with a co-star for a film that was fully scripted unlike her infamous Marcello photos and there 20min bathroom sighting 🙄

That's one thing that I don't like about the shippers. They very obviously turned a very blind eye to those party pics with Marcello, or the DM sightings of them together, or her following Nicholas Chavez, or her kissing other people on the lips, and the other countless weird stuff that has gone on in this Kaustin relationship for years, all in order to protect Miss Nepobaby Kaia Gerber. 🙄

I just don't like the double standard. Call this relationship what it is! It's weird! 😵‍💫

The thing about shippers (in any fandom) though, is that they always hide the not-so-favorable things about the ship/couple in order to protect their favorite couple and portray a certain perfect idealistic image of them, instead of just calling a freaking spade ♠️ a spade ♠️. It's so annoying. 🙄 You would think these shippers get paid to promote these relationships or something.

They haven’t looked happy at all this year even in Cabo he was acting weirdly.

That is the honest truth 💯

I agree in what he does next and how he acts after filming will give us a better insight into what’s going on. Mind you hes played this circus act for last 3 years so can we dare to believe only to get another good old pap walk a few months later 🤦‍♀️ 🤣

Lol! 😅

I say, let's just see what happens after Austin finishes filming, and then we can go from there. If we get a pap stroll of them together, it will just be the same ol' same ol' thing we have expected anyway, so, no harm, no foul.

[ahorsenamedphoebe]

Ride 100

Luna and I completed our second ever 30 mile Limited Distance endurance ride! This one was hard. I thought the last one was hard, but this one was harder. It was split 18 miles and 12 miles again, and luckily the 18 mile loop was first. My barn buddy and her horse Aster rode with us at the start. The ride managers had warned us that we would have to take the hills slow on the first loop, so I was prepared. We were fresh still when we hit the top of the first loop, it was probably only 5-10 miles in. I remember thinking “oh that wasn’t so bad” (oh boy was I wrong🤦‍♀️). The rest of that loop was fairly uneventful, we met a few hunters, but nothing too scary. Besides the big hill the trails were wide and flat with a lot of space to move out. I alternated between posting and sitting the trot so I wouldn’t get tired of one or the other this time. We finished the first loop in a little under 3 hours, the same pace as the first ride.

Unfortunately during the vet hold my barn buddy’s horse got pulled for lameness. He came in off on his right hind. That definitely threw me into a panic, I felt bad for my friend, but I wanted to finish my ride and wasn’t sure if I could do it by myself. Luckily, we are able to find a rider who we had seen on the trail, she came in about 10 minutes before us. She very graciously allowed me to ride with her, and waited an extra 10 minutes through her hold for us to join her.

Truthfully, I thought the worst was over once we started the 12 mile loop, but it was much harder. We hit a steep incline with huge rocks about 4 miles in and we had to walk a significant amount of trail. The hill felt like it went on forever, and once we got to the top there wasn’t wide or stable enough spaces to trot. When we finally hit the bottom, we still had 7 miles to go, and that stretch felt like forever. We eventually made it to the mile marker, and walked in from there.

Luna’s heart rate took a bit longer to come down during both vet checks this ride. The mid ride heart rate had to come down to 64, and ending had to be 60. Luna came in at 72 both times. The first loop it took about 5 minutes of water and hay, and she came down easy. The second loop took a bit more time, and she got sponged and got to eat for about 10 minutes before we tried again. I was a little disappointed with that at first, but considering she’s a heavy set type, and it was a lot harder of a ride, I’m not too worried. Besides the heart rate she vetted very well, with the lowest grade being a B+ on gut sounds on one side. She got As everywhere else, including attitude and impulsion, so I was very pleased.

The second loop took us nearly 3 hours, so our total ride time was 6 hours and 5 minutes. We came in 11th out of 12 riders, but placed 3rd as we were only 1 of 4 heavyweights. I’m sad to say I didn’t win the turtle award, as there was someone slower than me, though I really wanted to cool prize. But I’m very happy with how this race went, and I’m glad to know that Luna is capable of doing very difficult rides like this.

[spaceorphan18]

So. My mother calls me and I left my dash open (to see above) and didn’t realize what was on it and when I noticed I stopped mid sentence because I became completely distracted. And mom was like — are you okay? And I’m like — no mom I am not. Only I can’t say that cause then I’d have to explain and meanwhile I’m just staring at the gif like an idiot and not refreshing or closing out of the tab or doing anything useful and that was the most awkward ninety seconds ever. 🤦‍♀️

…

Until I started writing this post and then my brother calls telling me he wants to watch Bridgerton with me because he wants to know why I like it so much 😳😳😳

I give up.

[sagescented]

Another day, another great dinner (which I sadly forgot to photograph. Oops): Sweet Chicken Sausage Tagine.

Chicken Sausage. 2 tbsp Olive Oil. 1 Red Onion. 1 Green Bell Pepper. 2 cloves Garlic. 1 (28 oz) can Petite Diced Tomatoes. 2 cups Chicken Stock. 1 tbsp Lemon Juice. 1 tbsp Harissa Seasoning. 1 tbsp Ginger. 1 tbsp Cinnamon. 1 tbsp Paprika. Salt & Pepper to taste. Handful dried Golden Raisins. Handful Dried Figs, quartered.

I tossed in the leftover Rice and Lentils mixture from earlier in the week- hence the use of the larger can of Tomatoes; the original recipe only calls for a small can, and only 1 tsp of each seasoning. But the lentils weren't entirely cooked when I made them earlier in the week, so I used a larger can to account for it, and upped the seasonings to accommodate.

Wish I could figure out which of the new recipe books it came out of, but for some reason I can't find it again- and unfortunately I didn't write the book name on the back of the card like I usually do 🤦‍♀️

Unfortunately the Hubby thought it was just mid; "nice, but not something he'd order from the restaurant again if he went back" kind of thing. So I probably won't be making it all that often. It was still good, though!

[justanotherrcblog]

So @robintora asked about my KCD ending, & perhaps others are curious too. My Kindness+loyalty+high respect epilogue, with ALL THE SPOILERS:

Ratan and Amala are running the cult together, even though Amrit & Rishi are both alive (their fate seems contingent on some dialogue & diamond choices, so fyi these two may not be alive for you)

Ratan is still a diety. They talk about how they are (& always will be) too busy to spend any time together, & when they do they only talk about politics. He does call her his June Lily 🪷, and they kiss…but it all feels so mid. Also since they’re connected via the ritual, he’ll die when she dies. However this just feels…sad & banal, not epic or emotional

I then spent 100 💎 for them to get married, but this only buys a few pages of dialogue, no cg or anything 🤡

You also hear very little about anyone else’s fate. Her Uncle becomes the mayor, and a saved Sana lives on as Amala’s maid 👍. But as for Lima, Killian and Kiran 🤷‍♀️. They all survived, but may as well be dead along with Priyanka, Vimal and Gabriel

At least her outfit is pretty? 🤦‍♀️

[heartkaji]

[ ★ ⸻ @saelvr ]

★ OVERVIEW

HI AELA !! omg another kaji stan welcome to the club 💓 YOUR ASK WAS SO SWEET BBY, i’m so glad my work could inspire you and you should def start writing again, i’d love to read ur works 💘 ANYWAY you and kaji’s dynamic is kinda hard to sum up. maybe clumsy gf x protective bf ? either way, you two are a cute couple that kusumi, enomoto and your friends love to hype up from the sidelines 🤞

Q1 — WHO FELL FIRST AND WHO FELL HARDER ?

shocking, but kaji fell first; gradually though. i think your friendship started because you somehow needed his help like twice a week every week. you became a familiar face and needing to take a detour off patrol to help you out with something became weekly routine. at first, i think kaji lost his temper with you a LOT. you were always losing something, getting into some sort of trouble, honestly he was sick & tired. but after a while (and many scoldings) he gets used to it. hearing you yap more and more as you get more familiar with each other while he accompanies you to help you out with whatever you need becomes less of a punishment and more of a reward. i feel like at some point you stopped calling him to help you out when you saw him on patrol and then he began to miss you. the next time you needed something and called him up, he asked why you’d stopped needing to see him. you explained you’d been deliberately trying to be more careful so you wouldn’t bother him, but he rolls his eyes : “who told you you were bothering me, huh ?”

kaji also falls harder here i fear 🤦‍♀️ this man has become a fool for the very girl he used to call a fool unfortunately. every second of the day where he’s at furin and not with you he’s wondering what you’re doing, where you are etc. he frequently texts you during class, and you happily oblige, sending him silly selfies to ‘brighten up his day’. he rolls his eyes before saving your pictures to the album named ‘her<3’ on his phone 💘

Q2 — AT WHAT MOMENT DID HE FALL IN LOVE ?

like i said, with you it was a gradual thing. i don’t see kaji having a “damn i’m in love moment” with you, unless we count how he felt weird when he realized he missed your presence? or maybe we could take it as that. kaji builds up some sort of affection with you the more you spend time together, and although it’s initially a friendly affection it turns more into love the more he notices little things about you : the way you forget about whatever you’re on about the moment you see a stray kitten on the road, the way you playfully grab onto his arm and call him your “knight in shining armor” (which he claims to hate btw ) whenever he takes down a bunch of guys harassing you, the way you gradually seem to become an entirely different person from who you were when he had first met you. at first you were so shy and quiet, but now you have the nerve to tell him to fuck off when he tells you to shut up mid ramble. kaji’s not sure exactly when he started to look at you differently, but one thing he knows is the girl he’s in love with is the girl you’ve been all along

Q3 — THEIR FAVORITE ACTIVITY TO DO WITH YOU ?

SLEEP ! in the most innocent way possible. you can be pretty lazy, and that’s great for kaji because you two can be lazy together. after a long day chasing stray cats or keeping things in check at furin, kaji likes to come back to you and be welcomed with open arms. a lot of times you straight get to talking but you’re immediately cut off : “hi ren, how was your—“ *kiss* “nuh uh, sleep.” he’ll drag you off to your room, gently push you onto the bed and flopping himself on your chest. it catches you by surprise everytime but it only makes you smile. with flushed cheeks you pat his hair and listen as his breathing slows. before long, you’re fast asleep as well <3

>> 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓 <<

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[the-brainrot-central]

Feeling writerblocked as fuck and too tired to answer my asks so fuck it, old man mpreg thought dump. And by “old man” I mean this bitch 🤦‍♂️🤦🤦‍♀️

Why the fuck did I have to fixate on this mf I swear to GOD I HATE MY FUCKING BRAIN 😭

(TW: mpreg, mentions of hate crime, mentions of miscarriage)

Anyways THOUGHTS:

Him getting pregnant obviously wasn’t the intended outcome, but him and his wife decide to keep it because they’ve been trying for a kid for quite a while, and this might be their only chance. They’re both getting older and that fertility window is closing.

He is violently ill for a long time and they have no clue why until they see a doctor. His morning sickness gets so bad he can hardly eat some days. His wife gets mad at him because of how damn picky he’s being with food—even plain foods bother him, sometimes even just the texture is enough to make him throw up—but tried her best to accommodate and make different foods that are easier on his stomach.

This happening in the mid-sixties, people aren’t too kind about pregnant men, so they both agree not to tell their families until after the baby’s born, and then they’ll tell them it was just a normal pregnancy

His pregnancy is higher risk, in several ways, being both geriatric and male. Because of this he has to see doctors more often, has a visit every other week throughout the duration of his pregnancy.

But yeah he has to keep it pretty much under wraps, once he gets big enough to be noticed he just stops leaving the house altogether for fear of being seen. His wife gets a job as a secretary while he’s homebound. He feels really guilty about staying at home and making her go to work but they both agreed its what’s safest for him and the baby, they’re especially wary after a particular “incident” that happened in his second trimester (a stranger assaults him and they almost lose the baby)

Birth is a planned c-section, though it turns into somewhat of an emergency when his water breaks three weeks earlier than his due date and the contractions start coming on quickly after.

Despite his nerves and the pain, he’s pretty calm while they prep him for surgery, meanwhile his wife is an absolute neurotic mess, starts crying while they’re giving him anesthesia and putting in his epidural because it’s finally setting in that oh shit, this is really happening, their entire lives are about to change. Not to mention her husband is about to go through major surgery and something could easily go wrong

Fortunately, it’s a pretty smooth delivery, baby Kira comes out easy peasy and they’re both sobbing messes when they get to hold him for the first time 🥺

Losing my goddamn marbles tbh

[purrincess-chat]

The whole fandom is speculating that Adrinette will break up next season and / or there will be Ladynoir angst bc of Maribug keeping secrets. Do you think it's possible?

I feel like in general those ideas come from two different places and neither one are good in my opinion 🙄

People have been wanting Adrinette to break up or cheat on each other since they got together. That's not unique to this finale, it's just butthurt stans pouting and throwing a tantrum because it wasn't what they wanted so rather than getting over it and being happy the kids are together at all they'd rather see it crash and burn. For whatever reason. It's the weirdest take I've seen since they got together in canon. Like yeah we spent 5 seasons rooting for them and hoping they'd get together but now that they are together we totally want to see them break up and get together again but in different clothes because that totally won't fuck them up if they find out their identities later. Yeah, this person I totally moved on from and didn't want to date anymore is actually still my boyfriend/girlfriend. It's a different story if they are exes than if they are just friends. This fandom is so butthurt and wild that they don't even care about if it makes sense anymore 🤦‍♀️

The other side of this with people calling for angst bc Marinette is keeping secrets, to me, stems from people just wanting to salt Marinette. Which, what the hell else is new in this fandom? People have been gross about her since the beginning, but truthfully, I saw this coming when I learned what happens in the finale. I'm unsurprised. Because this fandom likes to blame young girls when, in reality, it's the fault of creepy grown ass men who could have just gone to therapy but chose domestic terrorism instead. 🤷‍♀️

Do I think either of these things will happen? Eh, maybe, maybe not. I think there will obviously be conflict in future seasons, and likely conflict within each of those dynamics because that's realistic and how stories work. I wouldn't mind there being Adrinette conflict that they resolve, that's good for their relationship growth. To break them up at this point would just be a middle finger to the audience and a way to drag us along. Because we know they're endgame so what would be the point other than prolonging the inevitable?

I definitely think there will be consequences to Gabriel's actions and his wish in future seasons. The show has always stated that there is a price to pay when someone makes a wish, and I think it's more than just Gabriel losing his life because he was going to lose that anyway, it wasn't much of a sacrifice. (And let's be real Gabriel's soul ain't worth much)

And for those that are genuinely curious if these things will happen and not coming from a salty place of just wanting to watch the world burn bc you're mad, time will tell. 🤷‍♀️ We will just have to wait and see.

Like I said, I plan to give this show until mid s6 at least before I decide whether I'll continue it or not. I'll give the new season a chance to show what it has to offer as far as continuing the story and where they're taking it next.

[crinkled-emotions]

Day 3: "I'm not going anywhere; nice try."

Fam... I have had a day (it's only 1pm lmao)

I wrote this a couple days ago, did a final cut last night to make sure it was satisfactory, closed my laptop screen and didn't think much of it... then my lovely Macbook decided to update overnight and didn't save the original fic and I looked everywhere but I couldn't recover it 🤦‍♀️

The good news is I had some notes left and the first paragraph or so written in my goodnotes!

Ship: Rhett Abbott (Outer Range) x OC (Hadley)

If you are looking for more of Hadley and Rhett, check out part of the first fic I wrote for them in August 2022 here!

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Rhett pressed a kiss to Hadley’s temple as he walked around where she was standing in the entrance waiting for him to get ready. They’d flown into San Diego that morning and Hadley could already feel her nervous energy rubbing off on Rhett. He didn’t love flying but when Robert called he didn’t hesitate. Robert, from what Hadley could understand, was Rhett’s estranged twin brother.

“How long has it been since you spoke to your brother?” Hadley asked as she watched Rhett move around their motel room. He shrugged.

“Jus’ turned 18, I guess. He didn’t want to stay on the ranch so dad made it clear he couldn’t come home when he washed out.”

“Sounds like he’s doing well for himself. A Lieutenant is a big deal, right?”

Rhett slowly exhaled, pausing his nervous pacing.

“S’pose so.”

Hadley put her handbag down, extending her hand to her partner.

“Are you sure you want me there? It’s okay if you don’t, I can-“

“-he said his team’s gonna be there. I want you to meet him. Bobby’s the only normal Abbott out of all of us. Started using his middle name as his last ages ago, made it hard to track him down.”

Rhett lifted Hadley’s wrist to check the time on her watch then gestured to the door.

“Should get a move on.”

-

The minute Hadley walked into the bar she immediately relaxed. Despite dozens of people in various uniforms milling about she could tell this was a good neutral ground for Rhett and Robert. Rhett kept a gentle hand on her arm as he navigated the crowd, occasionally double checking she was still behind him. Hadley couldn’t help but look around, so distracted by the bar’s décor and jovial atmosphere that she almost didn’t realise Rhett had stopped mid-step until she walked into his back. She snapped back to attention, about to scold him, when she felt his shoulder relax.

“Rhett.”

“Bobby.”

A long pause. The blonde man sitting beside Rhett’s twin at the table sighed, nudging the brunette woman on his other side.

“The last time it was this awkward, Tash, we found out Rooster’s pseudo-dad was-“

“-right here, Hangman.”

Hadley watched a shorter brunette man walk past, swatting at Hangman’s head in passing. Hadley cleared her throat, gently stepping around Rhett to offer his twin a handshake.

“It’s great to finally meet you, Robert, I’ve heard so many great things. I’m Hadley; Rhett’s girlfriend.”

“Please, call him Bob, he’s forgotten his words. I’m Natasha, Bob’s pilot. Everyone uses callsigns around here; mine’s Phoenix.”

Natasha shook Hadley’s hand for her friend. Finally, Rhett snapped out of his awkward daze and he took Bob by the arm.

“Saw a table out the front; think we could talk alone?”

“Uh- yeah. Yeah, sure.”

The two men walked out of the bar, leaving Hadley standing by the other pilots. She winced, but Phoenix gestured for her to take Bob’s now empty seat. Hadley slid on to the leather and she had a cold beer in front of her in seconds.

“Hadley, right?”

It was one of the other men at the table; he had kind eyes, beautiful dark skin and the moustache he was sporting rivalled one of the other pilots wearing a Hawaiian shirt.

“Yeah...?”

“Payback. Let me introduce you to the others.”

He made quick work of it; Rooster, Fanboy, Coyote, and of course Hangman.

Hadley wondered what he’d done to earn that callsign.

“Australian, right?” Phoenix asked. Hadley agreed.

“What part of Australia?”

Phoenix had reached across the table for Rooster’s beer, taking a sip only to hand it back to him. He rolled his eyes but didn’t outwardly complain; too busy looking toward where Bob and Rhett had gone outside.

“Victoria. You’ve been there?”

“Me and Hangman flew water jets in Western Australia a while back. We both got heat exhaustion, put us in the medbay overnight.”

“I can imagine, I competed over there and I remember getting a sunburn so bad I couldn’t sit in the saddle.”

Hadley too glanced toward the doors, biting her lip. She felt someone gently touch her arm and found it was Phoenix.

“I had no idea Bob had brothers, let alone a twin until a couple days ago. I can’t imagine how you feel.”

“Confused, mostly,” Hadley confessed, “there’s no mention of Bob in the Abbott house and they don’t even share a last name. To say I’m shocked is an understatement.”

Phoenix hummed.

“It’s not my story to tell, I barely got it out of him yesterday, but Bob... he had his reasons.”

“I know.”

Hadley squeezed her shoulder, falling into conversation with the rest of Bob’s team.

-

Rhett and Bob reappeared almost an hour and a half later. No one mentioned the fact that Bob’s eyes were red rimmed behind his glasses and Rhett didn’t look much better, squeezing Hadley’s shoulder as he dragged another chair over to the table. Bob and Phoenix squeezed on to her seat together but it was Hangman who leaned over to whisper to him, brows furrowed at their hushed conversation. Hadley glanced over her shoulder to Rhett who cleared his throat.

“You don’t have to stay, Hads, I’ll be okay.”

She still felt that pit in her stomach, the tightness in her chest. She’d been feeling it ever since Rhett sat her down two days ago and told her about Bob. She smiled, nudging his shoulder.

“I’m not going anywhere; nice try.”

“Hadley; Bob tells me you’re a barrel racer?”

Hadley snapped out of their moment, turning to Hangman.

“I started camp drafting when I was a kid but I found the barrels a lot more interesting.”

“You have a horse here?”

“Bought Jester almost a year ago, he’s great.”

Rhett’s hand stayed on Hadley’s back, dropping a kiss to her forehead. She squeezed his hand, falling into the conversation.

“Wait, wait. Repeat the name of that place again?”

Hadley grinned.

“I grew up in Tiddybong, just outside of Wycheproof. From there I went to Werribee because I had a 3DE stint in my teenage years, and then I-“

Rooster started choking on his beer. Payback stifled giggles behind his hand while Fanboy’s brows shot up. She felt Rhett’s chest rumble when he started laughing too.

“Alright, fuck you. Take the piss, assholes.”

That earned snorts of laughter. Hadley would take it as a win.

-

Back in the motel room that night, Hadley took a seat on the end of the bed and reached for her bottle of moisturiser. Rhett was half asleep (read: tipsy) against the headboard, but he was also grinning and he’d hugged Bob on their way out of the bar with a promise to see him for breakfast in the morning. With her legs moisturised Hadley climbed under the covers and reached for her phone. Rhett frowned when he saw who she was texting.

“You and Phoenix hit it off?”

“No, I’m texting a photo of Jester to Hangman. I promised.”

Rhett snorted.

“You think him and my brother are together?”

“That’s not a can of worms for tonight. How did your talk go?”

“We’ve got some work to do if we want to fix shit, but...”

He shrugged.

“He’s my little brother, y’know?”

“Aren’t you two twins?”

“He’s five minutes younger.”

Hadley smiled, leaning over to kiss him.

“Gotta stay humble, right?”

“Stick to your roots.”

“The only roots you should be sticking to is me, Rhett.”

Rhett laughed.

“Say that in public, I dare you.”

“You know I would.”

Hadley leaned against Rhett’s shoulder, holding her phone screen out to him when it buzzed.

“Twenty bucks he’s sleeping with your brother.”

“That means shit in our currency.”

“Exactly.”

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