#he's just an example i think of a guy who turned a fun hobby into a job and now he hates doing it

[boy-above]

j/hn wolfe make one video without complaining abt ur audience challenge

[inactivewattpadauthor]

Johnny Cage x Writer Reader: Basically What The Author Going Through

Warning: Venting. Title is self explanatory ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your eye twitched as you hear the front door to the studio open and close. Just another noise is needed to distract you. Again! Fucking frustrating.

"Baby, I'm home!" Johnny calls happily for you, grunting as he drops his duffle bag aside, filled with his props or outfits or guns, or wherever the fuck job he came from today.

You didn't call back. Grumbling as you forced yourself to lock in on the page before you. You were about to pull out your hair. Nothing has came to your mind for the past hours... days.... WEEKS!

Only one draft is needed nearly one day a week. So why are you always scarce?

Footsteps thumped to your little office den. "Oh, don't tell me you're still nesting here." Johnny enters and frowns as he was very much told silently.

The death look you gave him just checking up on you.

"Y/n, you're still trying to think of what to write for your paper-"

"You don't get it, you pretty boy bastard!" You hissed.

"Easy, easy." The actor held his hands up in pacifist. "Okay, if it's this bad, why don't you just... step down for a bit. This was an off and on thing for you, right?"

"Okay, yes! It is an on and off hobby for me. But I start caring too much. I don't want to stop, at the same time, I can't keep up. And if I can't keep up, I'll have to redo it all over again."

You pace around the room and speak so fast for him. The concerned blind guy only just follows you with his eyes. Looking at you like the weird hysterical young woman you are.

"It's not like I can force myself to just write ANYTHING. I'm too bougie to be posting dog shit plots. It gets obvious." You add on.

"Okay, are your emails open for your readers? Maybe they can help-"

"𝐍 𝐎."

"Okay, got it." Cage cleared his throat and looked away.

"I already feel pressured since I don't feel that motivated. I don't need more pressure being added onto me like that. I don't miss that feeling."

You stop to breath before furrowing your eyes.

"My emails are always opened to my beloved readers. I like hearing what they have to say and think of my work. But I know the second I decide to take requests, I'm going to be the next Cory."

"Who?" Johnny raises an eyebrow.

"Okay, okay!" You held your face in your  hands and took deep, deep breaths. Finally, you'll stop talking very fast and crazy.

"I... I don't want to stop posting stories. But... without any passion to write... and how I can't think of what to write. I don't think it's possible anymore. I keep telling and telling that I'm running low on pages, that writer's block is itching me, I still force myself to keep up the every six days expectation. And I end up having to post something I feel is crappy or too overused."

You stopped there not knowing what else to say. But it felt some sort of good on your part.

Johnny got to speak. "Look, Y/n. I get what you're saying. And it's okay if you end up slowing down. You'll get back to it whenever your mind is ready. But you can't be too harsh with yourself because that's what makes the fun turn into some nasty prison cell, whatever."

He pats your shoulders reassuringly.

"There's so many other important things you have to do in life. So, who cares if you post a day late. Or two. Or a month. Or maybe even a year and a half. It's your call. Tell all those self expectations to fuck off!" He half jokes and holds a middle finger up with the exclaim.

"Right." You smile.

Wow that feels so much better our chest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you :') I wish my creativity didn't go down otherwise I would try harder.

It's like the only time I get motivated is if I'm feeling freaky and decide to write about Fujin, and thats an example of overused. Ik some of yall like it, but I try to post different characters.

[bravo4iscool]

girl, I’m not gonna lie to you, I have some free time, and sometimes I really like to use it uselessly. and I found your ig account, then I did some other research and I found a lot about you and your family, so I could really rate you. And yes, I can say properly: you’re ugly.

now, you're kinda right, I give you that. some fit guys do like fat women, maybe one guy out of ten. but these are REALLY PRETTY WOMEN, 'cause I don’t deny that there are beautiful fat women, but they are usually rare, and that’s definitely not you.

I’m not seeking validation wtfff has nothing to do with anything, girl… you seem stupid. I just really found your behavior hilarious. like, how the false illusion of the new age got you, making you really believe in fairy tales. I mean, you're clearly so insecure, trying to pass as “I’m fine with my weight” while really trying to convince yourself that you’re desirable. and like, you’re not 😭 and it’s so fun when you talk about validation, because, you see, I may be petty or bitter or mean, or whatever it is. but, if you really felt confident, pretty, and good about yourself, you would just turn off the anon or ignore me. but no, you’re here, writing answers so you can post and be consoled. that’s how I know you feel pathetic and horrible about yourself, and need these other weirdos to help you fool yourself. you can ignore me, or reply me, it won’t make difference. you too fucking transparent, so easy to read.

or you wouldn’t be doing headcanons of really fit men attracted to you, because if you were desirable and if you really felt that way, you would just know, and not try to reaffirm yourself along with other equally UGLY FAT GIRLS. the main thing here is how out of touch you are with reality. close the tumblr, go to a nice spot in your town, where you KNOW there are hot guys, and please record yourself being chosen by them. if you're so sure of yourself. and open your instagram account, since you have nothing to hide and being ashamed. I mean, you’re pretty right? lol

y’know i’m not doing this cuz i’m insecure💀 also, i never said those hc’s were about me LMAO. i’m very aware that he and every other cod character is fucking fictional💀. this is just my hobby😗✌🏼.

also, why are you so keen about finding out about my personal life? wtf do i have to do with you? it’s fucking creepy to stalk my ig and all that💀. who tf do you think you are?

the only one being pathetic here is you, because you’re out here insulting me via anon haha. at least grow the balls to confront me correctly lol.

but yk, your stupidity and insecurity is pretty hard to ignore. you can have your opinion about me but let me be. i didn’t ask you for it lmao. also, i couldn’t care less about your opinion. you can think i’m ugly, idgaf, but stop annoying me with it.

and idk if you know but talking down on other people has to do with one’s insecurities, so maybe you’re the insecure one here😘.

and yes, i’m fine with my weight. i’ve come to terms with it, since i can’t change it without a medical intervention. is it so hard to believe that someone overweight actually accepts that fact or what? it says that says a lot about you actually.

also, i’m posting this so people can see that there are, unfortunately, still people with the iq of a fucking brick out there. i couldn’t care less about what they tell me. as i said, i’m perfectly fine on my own.

i’m actually laughing writing this because i won’t ignore you. people like you should rethink their life choices ngl.

you’re going crazy over a tumblr post and start to insult me as fat and ugly and you started to fucking stalk me. you’re being the prime example for insecurity rn💀.

your messages can get as long as you want them to be, i will respond to them because it’s sad people still think like you.

there are people out there saying all things about cod or ghost or whoever. if i don’t like them, i scroll, but i don’t start insulting and stalking the author of that post/headcanon/fic or whatever.

grow tf up and get a helmet💀.

[kunoimochi]

𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐘𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐤𝐮𝐞𝐧

They're so bright I can't–

Edit: these are their old color of their uniform,i change it because this one is to bright and I'm more comfortable working on with a more mute color, please check the updated one in my pinned post about yahiko gakuen 💫

Menori Arai

Members of etiquette committee, a crazy obsessed firearm guy that always carry a lighter and any type of firearm with him. Get banned from entering explosive committee storage because he's once blow up that place. Doesn't care about people around him and avoid joining social events because he hate people.

Burai Kasei

Members of P.E committee, a talkative guy that will carry any people that he find interesting everywhere. Love to compete with people especially someone who's better than him in physical education. Dislike Raiyuu tho, he thinks that guy is annoying

Fuyuto koike

Fuyuto are one of the members of accounting Committee, he's always seen with Maori since fuyuto admire him sm but at the same time fuyuto think that Maori kinda dense and clueless make him very worry about him. Have a very loud voice and talk very loud too. The top students among 4th grader. Close with senju, Date's siblings just different yk he love being around them

Reku muto

Members of equipment and storage committee, always seen carrying his weapons around make people feeling uneasy with him. Easily lose temper tho but he know how to control it. A very problematic students, a bullies, always destroy people stuff and pranking people in a extreme way for example left you in the boat in middle of the lake. Because of this he doesn't have a friend at all

Kimio oye

Kimio is one of the 'weirdos' at the yahiko gakuen, he's library committee members. He's very quiet and very mysterious boy. Close with Hagemu shirai since they both come from the same hometown.

Risaku yano

Members of biology committee, always seen with his iconic sake bottle that he replaced it with soy bean milk (but sometimes he change it into real sake in special situation)

Sunaoshi shimada

A boy that got cursed with fox mask that contains evil spirit, his hair used to be black but turn white since he got stuck with that mask. Have a cunning and sinister personality if he wear that mask, his personality is the completely opposite when he get away from that mask. Etiquette Committee members.

Poki tamanaha

Biology Committee members. Poki is the shortest among his peers, he's doesn't bothered by this eventho his friends making fun of his height. A clingy person and always try to take the Kunoichi's attention with his cute charms (what a sneaky guy) really love insect especially butterfly make him attracted to Senju. Senju clearly despise him so much but he's doesn't care about this. Love to do insect taxidermy.

Oujirou sakurazaki

Health Committee members, a clumsy guy that make a mistake in everything he do. People call him cherry boy because of his hair color that look identical to a cherry blossom tree. His hobby is ikebana a.k.a arranging flower. get bully and pranked by Reku.

Shiroshi Uyehara

There's no information about him except being a P.E committee members.

Ryomie ozaki

A exorcists or also know as the funni guy, always make a trick that he call magic to make people day better. Share his dorm with shiroshi and oujirou since his dorm is bigger inside like a whole house than on how it look outside. Have mixed blood with foreigner. Famous with the Kunoichi's since they say he have a very charming personality and look. The members of Library Committee

[prosciuttulipa]

RAAAAAAH i want a match ngl LMAO

Jjk match because Im a fucking simp, and a guy bcs I am in fact a straight woman thanks

I'm a big nerd. Like, a very big nerd. I do math for fun and I am not ashamed at all when I interrupt someone to correct them (I have autism and ADHD, how could you tell?)

I'm relatively closed off, and most of the time, insecure. I'm shy and I barely ever make the first move (unless I've had a couple of drinks or a lot of eyeliner). I think what people most define me as is the "old soul, young body). I'm like the mom of the group, though I am absolutely reckless when there's another mom in the group, since it takes the responsibility away from me.

I hate going out, and it's really hard to get me to go to the beach, for example. I think my best quality personality-wise is that I'm down to earth and realistic about my goals. A problem is probably how much self-doubt I have, since people constantly tell me I am capable of achieving more than I think I can. I don't settle for seconds, but I'm not too excited when I rech first, because there's always a new competition.

Oh yeah, I'm competitive. Very.

I'm a pessimist, though I like to say it's realism, because why be positive, hype myself up, only for it to go wrong and the disappointment hurt me? As I said, emotionally closed off.

My personality is the infamous black cat, and I think (though I'm not sure), that a golden retriever boy is what would fit me best. (even though I simp for other black cat guys)

For hobbies, I'm boring, though I do have many. I play the guitar, do martial arts (krav maga), draw, sing, write absolutely filthy smut, and, most important of all: do math and study. Yeah, my main hobby is studying.

I'm not sure how I show my love? I don't, usually. I can love someone unconditionally and be absolutely lovesick, but only after a very heavy emotional session, may it be a fight or drinks, will I tell soemone how much they mean to me. I spent the last four years with my best friend, and only after a day's worth of drinking and crying did I tell her how much she meant to me.

I'm a bit icky with physical touch, but if I trust them, I'll let them cling to me. Initially push people away and only after knowing them do I let them hug me, kiss me, cuddle me. I am awful when dealing with compliments, and I cannot take a gift. So probably quality time is my love-receiving language when generally speaking. A boyfriend/husband would probably work with physical touch and words of affirmation, though.

I dont think there's any big turn-off or turn-on in relationships? Maybe not giving me enough attention and helping me emotionally, because I'm easily falling into insecurity, feeling like I'm not enough.

I have like medium curly dark hair and dark eyes. Eyebags, and a lot of moles all over my face. My body is relatively fit? I have a bit of fat ngl but I also have muscles. A bit of a tummy and thicc thighs (they do, in fact, save lives) that double the size when I sit (insecurity alert!) I'm pale, though I am a mixed baby. I dress in all-black most of the time, and all the color variations are like red or dark blue. (I AM NOT EMO). I wear eyeliner from the moment I wake to the moment I sleep and I have pierced ears. I also plan on getting nip piercings and plan on getting

I think i need more songs to listen to, so I'm going with the three songs he associates wit me.

Congratulations! You have been matched with...

Choso Kamo

When people see you and Choso together, they immediately assume that you're just another average emo couple, quick to place stereotypes. But under the heavy eyeliner and dark clothes, are two people who are just trying to figure out life in their own way.

Choso is fascinated by your contradictions: insecure yet quick to correct others, pessimistic but burning with a competitive drive for more. Where some people may see indecision, he sees something much more real and human in comparison to the single-minded characters he's met during his time alive. Living is hard, has experienced it for himself, so he doesn't shun you for your contrasting perspectives. Instead, he wants to learn about the world alongside you, unpicking the way you think, wondering about your insecurities. Although he's been through a lot, there's something inherently innocent and simplistic in the way Choso sees the world. If you're an old soul in a young body, then he's a young soul in an old one. Perhaps by meeting somewhere in the middle, the two of you will get closer to unravelling the mystery that is life.

Choso doesn't mind that you don't like going out, but you often find yourself tagging along as he explores the world in small ways. A trip to the convenience store may as well be a museum visit, with the way he asks you about the products, eyeing them with confusion. He also admires the fact that you study math—to dedicate yourself to understanding anything in such depth is no small feat—and he's happy to sit next to you while you work, occasionally asking questions about your interest in the subject. His most common form of affection is just leaning his head against your shoulder, watching silently as you work.

Dates with Choso are pretty laid back, since he's happy to take the lead on whatever makes you comfortable. It doesn't matter to him where you two are. For him, understanding your mind (and falling in love with the way you think, the way you are) is what matters to him the most.

The Matchmaker's Gift:

Contrary to popular belief, Choso's music taste is rather soft. This song reminds him of the inherent dependence that comes with being connected.

Offering you this song with a curious tilt of his head, Choso asks you if this is how your pessimism feels like.

This is the song Choso uses to confess to you. His feelings are one of the few things he has to his name, and he wants to share them with you.

[sailorspica]

reijean hitchannie college band AU headcanons that may not lead to fic form but i feel strongly about because i did undergrad at a huge university with a prestigious music school where everyone was depressed + i've been giffing kids on the slope (2012) w reiner's seiyuu + the given akihiko/haruki reijean agenda:

all the warriors grew up playing classical music w/ varying degrees of parental pressure, for example mr leonhart is a violinist and annie's first and forever teacher so maybe she maims him here too (he's like jk simmons in whiplash); karina is into classical music as a status symbol

by contrast hitch and jean know how to have fun. hitch learned everything from youtube, jean's mom let him quit piano lessons as a kid so he came back to it on his own when he realized it was cool/thought it could get him girls (it doesn't) (inspo: nick cave)

annie (lead/rhythm guitar), hitch (vocals/rhythm guitar/octave pedal "bass"), jean (vocals/keys/bass), reiner (drums). reiner would do bass if he had sukuna arms

reijean meet in intro to audio engineering which counts as a science class for some reason, form the band after roping annie into their final recording project; annie's an undeclared part-time student who mostly works

first they try marco as rhythm guitarist but he is too jazzy and cannot wrap his mind around rock tone, annie is furious (low stakes version of trost; sounds derogatory but marco just looks like a jazz guy)

hitch is a business major who thinks music is a hobby, kinda yasu from nana energy. annie recruits her after overhearing her teaching/berating marlowe before he absolutely bombs an open mic night

hitch is an acoustic girlie (dark ukulele past) but annie and jean take her shopping and she picks a danelectro stock '59

annie plays a jaguar bc of her short fingers, she's some combo of lindsey jordan / luna li but also j mascis

reiner's favorite drummer is karen carpenter, deadass

hitch is the least disciplined which equal turns teaches them to relax but incites rage, annie and jean lock her in a room w reiner bc this bitch cannot count

everyone sings but especially hitch and jean, the vibe is michelle zauner and craig hendrix; i think they hype up the other two who are very self conscious

main songwriters are annie and jean, jean finds jazzy chords that hitch hates

annie was concertmaster of her arts magnet high school orchestra until mikasa showed up and the worst part is violin is mikasa's like, tertiary instrument; now they are ex-gf roommates

opera singer mikasa ruins lives, she is kissing kissing mezzo historia in boy drag (inverse girl armin) in uhhh idk la clemenza di tito

ymir is probably a drummer in a nu riot grrrl band, root of her frenemyship with reiner, also i think she's trying to steal annie and/or hitch

reiner is a cello performance major who became interested in rock percussion after hooking up w eren; eren's taste is incredibly lame, he likes like, dave grohl

eren and mikasa both did piano lessons as kids and she forces him to be her accompanist most of the time, but he and jean tag in and out ever since eren gave himself gamer's carpal tunnel before mikasa's first jury freshman year

jean is Not a music major but he makes money as music majors' accompanist; he could be studio art? or something "reasonable" (a la the MPs, business school hitch), like cybersecurity

annie and marcel = violin, pieck and bertie = viola, reiner and porco = cello

bertolt is living studio ghibli whisper of the heart in italy

for the first half of undergrad reiner lived with marcel in place of porco bc that little shit felt smothered by the galliards bUyINg a whole apartment for their boys, but when marcel graduated pocco moved in and uhhhhh evicted reiner, who thought he had saved enough to make it on his own by living rent free but uhhhhh karina stole it

uhhh pieck looks like my first gay crush (a violist opera singer) so let's say she's studying abroad

point is, reiner is isolated through no one's direct fault, really, besides pock; annie is his closest friend in town and she's such a tsundere about it. he lived on her and mikasa's couch for a week but will never return because it was too awkward even for his broke ass

[crackinglamb]

Choose Violence Asks they said... 👀

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

*immediately forgets everything I've ever known ever*

Okay, more seriously, this is a bit meta, I think. I don't understand why people like to hate on a particular media. Like, engage with it, get involved in it. And then, naturally, create all sorts of nonsense 'hot' takes to display their superiority in disliking it. It combines the worst parts of snobbery and nastiness into one awful flagellating mess, imo.

And I'm not talking about legitimate criticism of things that are wrong in said media. Because that's a different topic altogether. I'm talking about people who willfully play games they don't like, then complain about how terrible they are. Or watch tv or movies that provide them no enjoyment and bitch about it. Or hate read and then harass the author as if it's their fault. Like, you have free will people! You are not being driven by whips to experience this thing!*

An example: my former partner was reading a novel and telling me about it. And how he really didn't like it, but felt compelled to finish it because he'd started it. And I was just like...why? "It builds character," he said. Again, why? Why are you willingly subjecting yourself to something you dislike under the guise of 'building character'? You already have a job. Hobbies are supposed to be fun. The only thing it's building in you is resentment. And then. THEN! He tried to convince me to read it too, even though I had absolutely zero interest. "Oh, but you should experience things you don't like (paraphrasing), so you get perspective."

My dude, my guy, my worthless ex, I have zero requirement to suffer needlessly. Guess what, I have a pretty low quota on suffering for a purpose too. I am not that Buddhist/Catholic/evangelical/capitalist/etc.

Put down the story you don't like. Stop playing the game you aren't enjoying. Turn off the television.

Get over your sunk cost fallacy and go somewhere else that you will enjoy, ffs.

*Notable exception to this is required materials in school, because tiny gods was I forced to read some shit in high school for a grade that I would never have touched in a million years. But we are talking about fandom spaces, so we can just shove this under a rug.

Thanks for the ask! 💕From this list.

[lakanakana]

2, 11, 38, 39

2) show us a picture of your handwriting

an ancient proverb and a bit of English nonsense thrown in too

11) what do you consider to be romance?

I honestly can't tell between romantic attraction and being besties but if you ask teen me it's when someone gets enough points on a list of attractive features (like living in the same country, having emo hair and liking cats) you use to evaluate them and based on that you can accept their confession and start dating.

Here's one example of those lists that you can literally carbon-date to be from 2012 based solely on the usage of the term "swaggot". I was about 12-13 years old.

You've gotta appreciate how my handwriting hasn't changed almost at all in 12 years

I think these were more like points I'd prefer to find out before accepting rather than an absolute test that you'd have to pass to get a good grade in "ok I'll start dating this guy". Pretty sure I never actually outright asked anyone if they masturbated to my little pony because holy fuck lmao what???????? I eventually stopped making these because I was told that calculating distances between home addresses was kinda creepy (￣▽￣||)

My current partner is one I picked based on me wanting to have sex with him and it's been so much fun! I've been so lucky because he doesn't even coerce me into sex and isn't mean to my male friends behind my back ^w^ (wow what a normal sentence to type um maybe I need some introspection on this)

So in the end I think romance is when you have fun with someone?

38) fave song at the moment?

夏物語 by コンシャスTHOUGHTS!! (Conscious thoughts - Natsumonogatari for those that can't read kana and kanji)

I switch between a select few fave songs every now and then and this is my current one ^o^ I like happy sounding stuff a lot

39) youtuber you’ve been obsessed with and why?

I mostly follow edutainment youtubers, my faves being channels like Tom Scott, Miniminuteman and Ben G Thomas, but I'd like to pick something outside of that scope:

GeoWizard

He's a GeoGuesser nerd who just aces the games as if it was no big deal, can pinpoint the precise locations of his patreons' pictures ( granted that they're taken outdoors) and does cross-country walking as a hobby. I really like his straight line missions where he walks across countries in a straight line. Deviation of 25 meters is allowed because you know mountains and shit. If he was a lizard or something he would pull it off in a total straight line I think.

He also does things like crossing cities without using roads and I think it's fascinating how many pretty places you can find among abandoned railways or sewage gutters!

He's just the kinda dude that can identify a country based on how the road is painted, but will happily walk into a bog and then get surprised about almost turning into a bog body <3

at 10:38 he's just like "uuuggghhh a muddy little puddle again :///" not exactly being aware that he's about to turn every kid's fear of quicksand traps into a reality for himself

[raitobie]

Light seemed to be wary of developing feelings for Misa,if we go by English manga. Therefore,I feel like he'd prefer more artsy,creative girls - even if he might not be aware of it. And being a skilled musician is another strong point for Tobie. For a (totally) non-romantic example,Sayu is a girl who likes idols and dramas.

Nice interpretation (and thank you for validating Raitobie, hehe 🤍🩶)!

It seems he does think of idol culture/TV/celebrity gossip and drama as vapid and a waste of time (and to be fair to a degree, it is). But I also roll my eyes at this idea that he’s this super boring, out of touch guy who doesn’t like ANY form of the arts or entertainment like literally anybody else and hence, can’t bond strongly with somebody else who isn’t as smart as he is.

Sayu always loves to point out that she knows her big brother well and what is and isn’t normal for him, and she doesn’t find him wanting to watch MMA on New Years OOC at all. Which tells me that he genuinely likes it.

He also has a ton of tapes and a TV in his room, books, video games, a computer, etc. like he has to have non-academic hobbies and interests and if anything, just because he’s an excellent student doesn’t mean he doesn’t still think school is boring and lame (and we know he does lmao).

I tried to make a post yesterday, but it didn’t go through for some reason. But I had said that Light lives vicariously through Tobie’s more free-spirit, creative lifestyle because he feels trapped in his more rigid, futile path yet Tobie always seems challenged and like she’s doing something new, stimulating and fun.

In turn, Tobie lives vicariously through Light’s picture perfect, everyday life because she longs for normalcy, belonging and structure that she’s always felt unworthy of and envies his family and stability deep down.

Tobie and Light like similar music and bands and go to shows together since Tobie tends to get free access due to her work and connections. Light also lends her his psychology and non fiction books after finding out that she likes to go to the library and checks those books out.

He appreciates and admires how much time Tobie spends on technique and music theory and expresses whatever she wants on her instruments with ease and high skill. He likes to pick her brain and process as well as like that she adapts well to whatever genre or style she’s playing. There’s plenty to establish a great friendship and later on, deeper feelings between them.

[luna-loner]

Hi!

Take that as me considering you the Kanzaki connaisseur, but I was genuinely curious about your point of view on a trivia:

Yoshida Taisei crush on Kanzaki Yukiko. It's only ever mentionned in the character profiles, and they don't interact in canon.

The logic goes that he sees her - and his expression softens up - when he turns his head to his left, since their seating is next to each other. (and Hazama has the time of her life observing the shenanigans from her seat behind Kanzaki 😂)

I don't ship them in the slightest, but I think that we can look at it as yet another point on how Kanzaki is percieved by her classmates;

Yoshida is her polar opposite, and I personally imagined the crush to be very surface-level, attached moreso to her exterior and assumed identity of "sweet, demure girl with good grades" (very realistic middle school crush, in a way 😂).

But still, I was wondering what your thoughts on it, your input, are. Their constrast is interesting, to say the least, and I guess we can either ignore it/find a way to go around it, or use it to see what it tells us about these two.

Do you have any headcanons or anything about Yukiko's point of view, etc etc.?

Thanks in advance, have a good day! :)

What if I told you I briefly shipped them at one point? The Tough motorcycle guy x Madonna gamer girl dynamic is pretty fun to think about. Give me a proper lady on her boyfriend's bike and I'll kiss your generous hands. (Meanwhile, Papa Kanzaki looks like he's about to have a panic attack XD)

I've never invested in Yoshida, so this ship didn't sail for me. The ideas above were me seeing him as a trope rather than a character. And GakuYuki's already living rent-free in my mind

That said, from what I've read about him, I interpreted his character as a secret softie with a tough exterior. A nice guy who likes other nice people; it'd make sense why he'd like Yukiko.

I think Yukiko has noticed him looking at her, and it has made her uncomfortable given her horrible luck with men. It doesn't help that the Terasaka gang weren't the most cooperative and agreeable bunch early on in the series.

But as the year goes on and the gang gets along with the rest of 3E, she starts to see them in a more positive light. As for bike boy, he challenges her to racing games as a way to get close to her. (Also because he was surprised she turned out to be a master gamer and thought it was cool) Yoshida would always drop some vehicle facts. Sure, it's mostly bike-related but he knows some stuff about cars, trains, and even planes. Yukiko may not be interested in these things, but she respects him for cultivating such vast knowledge on something he's passionate about. My girl can relate since she prolly knows so much about her hobbies and passions (flowers, Japanese, games, elderly care, etc...).

And ofc, we can't NOT bring up Hara. I like to think Yukiko visits her often to learn recipes for the elderly, and Yoshida tags along (when he's not hanging out with the gang). This gives them more opportunities to interact, and Hara probably has some funny stories from Yoshida's childhood. I can also see the three eventually forming study groups even during high school, and Yukiko helping Yoshida with Japanese (and maybe other subjects) either through texts or in-person. Another thing, they'd definitely partner up to plan Hara's birthday surprises and figure out which gifts to buy.

Hazama would not be Hazama if she doesn't tease the living daylights out of Yoshida. Picture the two sitting together when Hazama casually says Yukiko's behind him (she's not) and Yoshida just jumps. She wouldn't overdo it, or tell the rest of the gang about it (though I don't doubt some of them have noticed, like Itona for example). She'd also try to talk to Yukiko and tactfully bring Yoshida up just to know how the other girl feels about him, or if she's aware of Yoshida's crush on her, which brings me to the next point: All of this fanon interaction can lead to one of two things:

Yoshida starts to see her in a platonic light and they become good friends.

Yoshida's romantic feelings for her grow stronger now that he's gotten to know her a bit more. As for Yukiko, she may or may not like him back.

(Or he starts to see her as friend while she starts to catch feelings for him, which is both hilarious and sad imo...also, why must I torment my girl??)

One more thing, you pointed out how similar they are. I'd like to add that their reason for falling into E Class is virtually the same. She spent too much time at the arcade, while he spent too much time at the racetrack. Whether their relationship takes a romantic or platonic route, I'd like to see them discuss this eventually and bond over it.

And that's all I've got. Sorry it took so long; I was busy irl and didn't know how to properly articulate all my thoughts. I tend to be a perfectionist when it's something related to my best girl, but this was really fun to think about. Hope you liked it!

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i bet those saiyan stomach enzymes they got are monsters at digesting. like they could eat an animal bones and all but they dont (or do they??????)

anyways those saiyans eat so god damn much that indigestion and acid reflux have a higher vhance of killing them than fighting. No savoring or nuthing, they always eat like its gonna be their last meal lawl.....

I do think yamcha like. Occasionally cooks for them tho. Like as a treat. Like he won't do it often, but I think of him as the type of guy who cooks as a hobby IDK

(maybe vegeta savors his food slightly more than anyone else's IDK!!!!)

I believe this. This is believable

I want to see them eat bones... Chichi is standing at the oven making bone broth one day and Goki is hovering like "when is food time chichi?" and shes like "settle DOWN Goku-sa I'm only just now making the soup stock" and she turns around for a minute and when she returns the bones in the pot are just .. gone?

Future Trunks literlaly has acid reflux. A passionate truth of this blog.

They can eat anything & their bodies put so much WORK and Desperation into digesting that I do believe that it could kill them you're right .. if they only eat bones for example then they wont last long becasue the effort it takes to digest them is more than the returns the meal yields. Imagine eating so much that you die from exhaustion. The Saiyan digestion track is a precarious thing, like a clunky haphazard engine perhaps, always go go going.!! Like a hummingbird's cardiac system perhaps.

The only innate source of insecurity that you'll find in the tough and confident Saiyan is food insecurity .. all of their energy comes from food and they burn an awful lot doing what they love .. they have to eat so much all of the time. So much so that their bodies will digest anything. And sometimes that's scary and their stomachs get sad.

Vegeta didnt really care about Trunks to start but I can see that maybe what made him start to care was, for a reason that he could not make sense of, he began to grow so insecure on Trunks's behalf that he wasnt eating enough. There is literally all of the world's food and like 30 gourmet chefs at his disposal, but vegega was still hovering and telling Bulma "make sure hes eating enough..!" and Bulma would snap and go "Stop backseat parenting me, I know what I'm doing. And all the kid does is eat! He barely sleeps with how much he eats!" and Vegeta would be like "OK. But if he runs out of food for even 20 minutes then make sure he eats still. Feed him the furniture because it's better than nothing."

It's literally never enough.

I got another ask saying that the reason that Vegeta is so short is becasue he didnt eat enough in his formative years. I domt remmeber if I answered it or not but I didnt really agree with it but now I'm seeing the merit. I like the abysmal and acute insecurity that that would leave Vegeta with now that would lay dormant until there was a kid in his life for him to lay all his worries on. Very piquant stuff.

Bulma is like "I knew Son-kun when he was young I KNOW how Saiyans eat" but then she sees Vegeta eating bones with her son as a post-dessert appetizer and shes like ... k maybe there is an oddness here that I wasnt anticipating.

It gets to a point where Bulma feels like Vegeta is getting Trunks to eat TOO much. Trunks will be having fun doing an activity and dinner isnt until hours later amd Vegeta will enter the room and ask "you hungry?" and Ttunks ofc says "yes" so then they go get food and Bulma eventually is like "could you stop distracting him with food every time hes doing something else? He needs to develop his brain not just his stomach! Stop telling him he's hungry when hes fine!" and Vegeta is like "Saiyan children are always hungry. Always"

Like honestly the only time Bulma ever sees any real Emotion and Vulnerability on Vegetas face is the panic-stricken look he shoots her when she says that dinner isnt until 45 minutes.

Honestly like WHAT IF Vegeta didnt have enough to eat in his growth spurt years.. he and his men were having to hunt for themselves AND continuously grow stronger AND Vegeta specifically had to get stronger the most. Maybe Raditz got tall just becasue he wasnt as strong, more energy was allocated to height. But Vegeta had to beat Frieza one day. He had to make sure he was the strongest.

Amyway. If Bulma ever got this story out of him (the loose string that unties the knot being his devout over-empathy and anxiety regarding how much Trunks has to eat, and the way that it's causing him to Not Trust Bulma and shes damn sick of it) then she would say "ohmygod is THAT why you're so short?" and Vegeta would be so surprised that he would stop crying. Just cos he never really thought of it like that. But yeah that is why. And his body knows that it didnt eat enough to reach its full potential and it's forever sad about that.

Oh and not to mention what this would do to Trunks .. hes a healthy kid but Vegeta feels like hes living paycheck-to-paycheck with food so he tells him that hes too thin and needs to eat more. And that's gonna affect Trunks's body image and his relationship with food in a weird way. And hes gonna be all fucked up for it. All he does is eat. He both hates it and needs it as a habit.

Additionally hes gonna learn that if he wants to get out of doing something he can use "I'm hungry" as an excuse and Vegeta will defer to it every time. So now hes just learning about instant gratification and procrastination. Son of a bitch.

Sorry for rambling. I love an insecure Vegeta. I love eating bones. I believe this

OH YEAH and the Yamgeta thing. Lol. I said in the middle of an exceedingly long and rambly post recently that Vegeta does like to eat at Yamuchas cabin just becasue it's Real. Theres never enough but it's an honest meal like the campfire meals that Vegeta grew up with. And Vegeta will use Yamuchas woodstove and end up burning something but it's fun for him to get to cook again too.

Good post

[agreenseil]

Fic Idea:

reincarnation cycle with a pair (or group, but pairs sounds easier to organize), but instead of dramatic tragedy until the Canon life, they're just being besties and picking up hobbies that carry on to the next life

for example, zosan (not in any chronological order):

rivalry on sight (obviously)

sanji learns to cook because he met zoro in an alley eating a yellow thing that definitely shouldn't be fuzzy like that

zoro's the feral bodyguard bc while pretty boi Sanji can hold his own, should he have to???

crap, I cant think of anything else. this all came from that one YT short about past lives but it wasn't fancy or dramatic cycles

they're just hanging out in a yard, harassing chickens and squirrels

sanji keeps his knives hidden away after the doctor tried to use them to "treat" zoro's dying via plague (yoinked scene from the Short)

is that dramatic? yes, but it kinda suits them lol

also example, nami and usopp:

disaster lesbian nami, disaster bi usopp

usopp talking bout a girl he met and rejected and nami asks why and lists all the good things and usopp's like, "why don't you date her then??" and nami's like "wait, I can do that?" bc historical whatevers and usopp's like, "yeah." and nami's like "okay, bet" and then usopp regrets it bc nami cant stop waxing poetic about her partners but also he doesnt regret it bc bestie happy = you happy

and then he finds a hot guy with great muscles and oh, how the turns have tabled

also art buddies

be gay, do crime. nami does the thieving thing with usopp sometimes

isnt it nice to have someone so resourceful?

Also I think Robin should be in one too but idk who with.

Mayhaps Brook. I rlly liked that one fic where Robin dreams of Brook's ship while on the run and Brook sometimes gets this kid on his ghost ship and he cant tell if he's hallucinating and they do the friendship

Robin and Brook at a fair, robin stops to listen to his street performance after they reached for the same book at one of the stands

they don't even know each others names yet but they had a nicer day after meeting each other

in the next life, Robin listens to violin and piano music while she reads, though she can never find the same jaunty tune

brook performs in all the book related events he can find, tailors his style into something fun, but chill enough not to distract you from your book

maybe in canon he visits ohara to perform accompanying music? 👀✨ and robin finds her friend sooner

franky and chopper:

franky, who makes himself into a type of monster

and chopper, who didnt want to be a monster, but learns to accept it

idk how this will work, actually, I just think they complement each other

forgive me, I know nothing about jinbei ;w; I welcome your thoughts about him

and luffy seems to be someone who would be in all of their lives, but he's so bright I think that would make a big impact in their lives

oh! what if he is always there but hinted in the background details because he's not in the pairing

and then he gets his pov scenes where it ties all those hints together and does the fluff and his crew realizes that he had always been there and ahhhh I'm very happy and definitely not going to be writing this anytime soon.

anyone who wants to adopt this idea is free to do so :] pls call me over when you do so I can read it ✨

or if it already exists and you have the link 👀

[separatist-apologist]

You review ": From Blood And Ash + the other books. Look. When are we going to discuss the absolute antisemitism that ribbons through these books? I guess its fine since Casteel is so hot, but lets not pretend the whole shadow elite drinking the blood of innocents for eternal youth/power isn't just repackaged blood libel because it absolutely is. Ignoring that, JLA is a bad writer with no editor pumping out book after book to bleed her fandom dry. How many 500 page books of no plot are people willing to read before they move on?

Gurl, i-. i was onep of the people kinda follow the booktok book reco back inthe day. When ut was hyoe and love all across the booktok fandom. But gurl. I WANNA BE MAD AT HOW BORING THE BOOK AND HOW I WANA SLAP BOTH ML AND FL. I was so mad by how hype the book is. I feel betray by the booktok community.

Then i give chances to the Kingdom of wicked. Like hellooo?? This book is dar below kingdom of ash. AT LEAST, i remember that cassteel is the ML,pretwnded to be a guard, climb a tree wuth the maiden FL and black hair. But this ML in KoW?? I remember nothing of the guy. He so bland,no spice at all,all salt and thats is that. But I did remember he had a good body. The rest? Wth am I reading? Is this a fever or what? I dont even remember whathappen in that book. But i know the FL hs twin and FL grandma sounded fun to have in holiday and her cook can solve world hunger

How the hell tiktok love this book. Half of the booktok reco is a scam. Now, the only reco i take from booktok is non fic or anything not YA,fantasy and romance

I think my issues fall into two categories: is it bad technically (craft/pacing/writing/etc etc) but not harmful

Or is it bad (all the same) AND harmful. I have a rant, I'll put it under the cut

So like- who cares really if someone likes garbage? I like garbage too, we all rummage through the trash and pick our faves and while it's not for me and I don't like a lot of it, I don't begrudge people who do. Kingdom of the Wicked is here. It's boring, it's got a plot that never made sense and it's clear the author didn't have a plan when she went in. Whether she wanted to write her books as quickly as she did or was pressured, I think the constant pumping out books for consumption like it's television seasons diminishes the quality. I would guess publishers are riding author's hard to write faster in order to captialize on hype because it makes them money.

I also think the way a LOT of self-published author's write like they're publishing to AO3 is part of the problem. So like- leaving me a rude review is mean because I'm doing this for free and it's a hobby but author's ask you to consume their work, often for money and its disrespectful when they don't, for example, hire an editor to catch their mistakes and then turn around and make people feel bad for leaving poor reviews or send their followings after reviewers for pointing out the lack of quality and consistency.

Those things are, in my opinion, bad and I dislike it's usually white mediocrity being put on this pedestal over and over when there are very well written, GOOD stories by poc author's that are ignored in favor of another mid story of a dark haired abuser and a spineless sassy LI.

But then there are bad books that are also harmful and that's where I don't feel so nice and I AM judging people like. Very hard. ESPECIALLY when it comes to the blood libel because Jesus goddamn Christ it's like every 4 months it's another author saying "oopsie I accidentally put antisemitism in my book" like look at the Haunting Adeline author. At least she's sorry but it's really exhausting AND highlights what a good editor could catch if they had any respect for their readers.

JLA is offensive in my opinion because she doesn't care so long as people keep buying her padded books. She'll keep churning out books and if you say "you know maybe it's okay to be critical of what you consume, even if it's just for fun" you get railroaded with people saying you have internalized misogyny and can't stand to see women enjoy themselves. I personally support women's wrongs EXCEPT when they're perpetuating hateful centuries old conspiracy theories that have gotten people killed and are still spewed on Twitter by, for example, Kanye West.

And the fact that so many of these author's rush to write whats in their heart and what's in their heart too often is racism is a conversation I feel like booktok isn't interested in having and so people still uphold Haunting Adeline when it never deserved the hype (but at least the author said sorry I guess, and reworked her issues) and will say they don't notice the antisemitism in FBAA (lucky them) and they're just trying to have fun without ever considering whose expense they're having fun at or like. How the self-publishing model COULD disrupt who we make popular if people could move away from the same four tropes strung together by shreddable plot and a dark haired man with tattoos.

[prosciuttulipa]

Hiii! Congrats on 500 followers!! I’m here to join the match making event! I would like a matchup from JJK, I want my match to be a male,

personality; I’m overall really quiet, I could go through an entire day without saying a word but when I’m around people I’m close with I can talk nonstop, I complain about things, I randomly talk about stories of my life— basically anything. I think I’m pretty nice; I don’t mind giving my friends extra money and I love hyping them up and complimenting them; but I also love teasing people and joking around, I’m pretty touchy but I’m only touchy with people I’m comfortable with + if they’re fine with me touching them (I hate being touched by people I don’t care about/like 😭😭 like I’ll straight up be ‘stop touching me’ or ‘don’t touch me’ with a weird look)!

Likes and dislikes + Hobbies; I love shopping and makeup, I love painting and drawing but I most importantly love drawing out my friends or people around me for fun, I love taking naps and laying in bed and listening to music, I hate people who are easily angry/hot headed and get violent when angry (if you saw the way some dudes acted during the Super Bowl.. that’s what I’m talking about ☠️), I hate people who blatantly ignore boundaries

Love language; I’m being so deadass when I say this but when I took a love language test I got 25% for all 5 of them 😭😭 I show my love through words, lengthy love cheesy letters, gifts like handmade flowers, I love spending time with people I love like taking naps with them or being in a room with them; i show love in every way n love to receive it in every way (doesn’t have to be every way ofc), I basically show love in every way so whoever you match me up with has to put up w my showers of affection LMFAO

Green flag/deal breaker; I would fold for dudes who have dark hair; but when they’re protective?? like when I tell them ‘this dude gives me a bad feeling’ n he gets protective n gives him a ‘look’ I am FOLDING.

Looks; you can check my insta— ‘miizca’ for a proper and easier example, but I have black hair, bangs, hime bangs on the side of my cheeks; puffy lips (with lip gloss 😛), long lashes with eyeliner, in my pics (if you checked), you can kinda notice I have vitiligo (it’s on the right on the pics) on my arm and chest :3, I also love wearing lots of necklaces and rings, I like wearing tight clothes + I have a belly button piercing too!

I would also like a text conversation with my match!

Congrats on 500 followers!!

Congratulations! You have been matched with...

Toji Fushiguro

Toji Fushiguro is not a good man, and he does not try to hide it. He kills for a living, gambles (and has a losing streak, which is worse), and would rather swallow all his weapons than show an ounce of vulnerability. But around you, that tough guy act breaks, revealing an intense lover who'd go to the ends of the earth for your happiness.

Toji would first get involved with you in a transactional manner, either as a bodyguard or fake boyfriend (take your pick). He doesn't think he'll catch any feelings, but the more time he spends with you, the more he's proven wrong. The contrast between your quiet self and your rambling is endearing to him, and draws him out of his own shell. He'll accompany you on shopping trips, and realise he's a bit too happy to hold your bags. Then one day, you give him a drawing: it's a sketch of him wearing a smile, depicted in a way that can only be described as tender. It's not a picture of the Sorcerer Killer, or the failure of the Zen'in Clan—it's just Toji. He'd resigned himself to believing that no one would ever look at him with such care again, but you have. And Toji falls once more.

Above all, Toji just wants to be treated with love, so he'll take it in any way it manifests. However, he does have a particular soft spot for Physical Touch after a lifetime of mistreatment. He's always down to cuddle, and loves it when you kiss his scar. In turn, he's big on Acts of Service: he loves being your scary dog privilege when going out, glaring at any man who looks at you wrong. But he'd never dream of directing any aggression at you; he'd rather kill himself than let that happen.

Dates with Toji are usually stay-at-home, but if you insist on going out somewhere, he'll do it to make you happy. After all, what is money for, if not to make you smile?

The Matchmaker's Gift:

warning: insinuated NSFW

[precollapsesociety]

Linkin.Topics.13>> Hey everyone!!  VidLink Insert _ _ 

autoArchiver>>This VidLink was not archived due to KuyperBelt privacy regulations

Linkin.Topics.13>> Here’s a vid of my outfit from the last event I attended. I tried to minimize the anachronism of my personal air filter by painting it to match my skin using period makeup contouring techniques, but it’s a reasonable trade to be able to experience events outdoors on the site of this actual ruined EarthTerran mega mall. So historic!

Logic.Omaha>> I get so mad when people say you should have to minimize your air filter or not wear UV goggles. This is a hobby and they’re drinking froot-goop out of vacuum packs anyway, so they should shut up.”

Book.stray2222>> Suggestions have been made that consuming fruit-pac drinks is jarring to the atmosphere we’re trying to create but everyone should remember that we have members with glycemic dysregulations whose health needs have to come first. We don’t want to exclude people. And anyway, they had fruit drinks in Period.

XoCarhartt>> It is not that hard to 3D print a can. There are so many things that we can do to easily hide obtrusive modernity. Nobody can see your hover assist device if you wear wide-leg pants, and it is not difficult to throw a snuggie over a food replicator.

Curious.Rap449>> You could even dress up your stasis pod to look like a tanning bed or a coffin!

XoCarhartt>> I know a guy who built an entire replica Honda Civic hatchback and lives in it during events. All his medical devices, breather apparatus, and food reclamation system are in the engine compartment.

Book.stray2222>> Asking people to hide the things they need to attend an event is exclusionary. If you need your PortaLung, wear your PortaLung. We don’t want folks to feel unwelcome just because they can’t afford a repro reusable Aldi tote to hide it in. And can we really afford to turn away interested players when they could just stay home and buy another self-insert AI blockbuster? The important thing is that we show up and celebrate opportunities for participation.

XoCarhartt>> I really don't think we are going to lose people to VR. People who want to play our game are people who want to be 'outside' in meat space. No one is saying you need to not wear your PortaLung, and asking people to drape a towel over it is not exclusionary.

Twinky.Elvis>> During this period people went to great lengths to conceal medical devices of any kind. Here’s a ‘blog post’ of the time discussing the importance to social status of not showing any form of disability in public if possible.

autoArchiver>>The TextToVid document you linked was not archived due to copyright regulations

LovesLawn>> Look, this is the 21st century *as it should have been.* We should not be reproducing stigma when we have boldly embraced the fact that 79% of the population has what would have been considered a disability at the time. This is the society the blogger envisioned!

GojiraEatMe>> We are already working with a rule set that only barely approximates the organization of 21st c. society. Remember the whole uproar two years ago when the House San Andreas people all showed up in blue tarp hovels?

XoCarhartt>> I thought it really added to the period atmosphere, and realistically a lot of people were unhoused back then.

LovesLawn>> Sure, but what are we considering Period atmosphere? Having all those folks performing authentic slam poetry in Spanglo-Korean at that event was a lot of fun, for example, but I don't think we need to reenact all socio-economic classes for the sake of authenticity. like, if you want to do SoCal urban, set up a popup bodega, maybe get a FeliDroid cat for it, and call it good.

LilithFairBoudicca>> That guy in New Schenectady has that sweet traveling vaccination clinic setup that’s a really evocative backdrop, but is it fair that he’s bearing the full carbon-offset cost of transporting it? Is this a resource the group should be supporting?

HempTeenie>> I love it, but also he complains on NetNer that he should have received the GenCommit award years ago. So off putting. It’s just a stunt. And besides, my group does fine with a comm projector and some pot scent tabs for realism.”

Book.stray2222>> The pot scent tabs really messed with my rebreather when I was at ElectionDay last year. I think it was really thoughtless of you to do that instead of just letting people opt in to a direct neural sim while on site.

HempTeenie>> It's really hard for us as a smaller station-based group to host high-ambiance events. We were doing the best we can, and that information was all in our ElectionDay bid package. It should not have been a surprise.

Dude.snoopy>> We did a really nice ColumbianGenocideDay event without any neural enhancers. You just need to find more volunteers.

LilithFairBoudicca>> I think we need to reconsider the ban on paid assistance. We could free up so much energy to just be in the immersive moment. And we would be helping our members with indenture commitments at the same time.”

HempTeenie>> No, look, we hashed this out last month, I can’t believe that I have to repeat that this should be an equalizing space regardless of work status. Anyone can grab some interlock from the reclamation center and join in.

JavaPony13831>> HELLO DOES ANYONE HAVE A TRANSPORT SLOT FOR ME TO GO TO FESTIVUS? PLEASE PING MY SUBNET

[waytoomanyhobbies]

I avoid fics where "the other guy" shows up to be the villain, and I think you guys have covered the problem with that trope pretty well already.

I did want to speak to the question posed about the Chloe and Rudy dynamic for a moment, though. I can't say I actively run around shipping it, but I do see interesting possibilities in it to the point that I could someday write some stories for that ship.

If you just go with the surface level of Chloe being the popular girl and Rudy being her fanboy, that's going to be vapid or read as a "joke" in the background of a story. However, they have character traits that can actually interact in interesting ways to expand their characters.

For example, if you take the characters when they are older and expose a more mature Chloe to a Rudy who–rather than fawning over her–is just living his best nerdy life and loving his hobbies regardless of how others perceive them, you open up some meaty ideas you can pursue.

You have multiple options you could explore depending on who Chloe is at that point in her life. Is this a Chloe who is still super popular and intrigued by how different Rudy is to the life she leads? Is this a Chloe who has become trapped by her own popularity and becomes enamored of the freedom she finds in Rudy's lifestyle? Is this a Chloe who is no longer the "it girl" and is looking to navigate a whole new existence outside of popularity. And what are Rudy's feelings about popularity when he's older? What would make him fall for Chloe at that point in time? Is there history between them that would serve as an obstacle for them to overcome?

Instead of those story options, let's twist this dynamic in a different direction.

Rudy himself is an intriguing blend of complete confidence and deep insecurity. He can earnestly pursue hobbies that everyone around him considers uncool or can find the most obscure characters iconic without a scrap of irony, but at the same time, he lets people walk all over him or refuses to complain until he finally explodes from having bottled everything up for too long. So, he both doesn't worry about what is cool, but he wants desperately to be liked.

Meanwhile, Chloe is enormously popular and self-confident. Her duck voice is off-beat enough that she could conceivably find a common interest with Rudy in some unexpected way. She also seems to speak her mind pretty freely. At nine, she's still selfishly about getting what she wants and could use a lesson in kindness.

They each have traits that can help or complete the other.

What happens if Chloe Barbash tries to make Rudy popular? There's several classic 80s teen romcoms to pull from, like Can't Buy Me Love or Just One of the Guys that could make for a great homage (as Bob's Burgers does so well). What could Chloe and Rudy both learn from that interaction? Is there a world where Chloe develops a broader idea of what's cool and Rudy develops more confidence to assert himself? Does Chloe's behavior or outlook change in a substantial way by getting to know and like someone she used to exploit for school work?

There are meaningful stories one could explore with them. There are things to say about popularity and sef-esteem. I love those possibilities. I love that challenge.

It wasn't until Copa-Bob-bana that I would even have entertained the possibility of Chloe and Rudy.

Chloe made it clear in the Valentines episode that she knows she isn't beholden to give a guy what he wants just because he's interested in her. Yet she came to the party after Rudy tracked her down to ask, and she even stayed after it turned out to not be a real pool. She stayed despite nobody having fun, despite Louise being passive-aggressive towards her, despite the lack of snacks. She is even shown helping them bail water out of the pool initially, before the leak gets worse and she decides to leave.

If you look at it from just a story standpoint, she's there because the writers wanted her to be a fly in Louise's ointment. If you move to a character perspective, that undefined motivation on Chloe's part creates the possibility for Chloe to be warming up to Rudy.

It's all about exploring the possibilities that the show doesn't.

Do you know what I find the funniest thing? In Louigan fics, Rudy is often portrayed as the 'bad guy' or ex and in Roudise fics Logan is portrayed as the 'bad guy' or villain.

When in reality, we all know these boys would have nothing to do with each other! Even Louise would make sure of that. If Louise was with Logan I don't think he would ever hate Rudy or see him as a threat. And if it was the opposite, Rudy wouldn't certainly ever start anything with him.

A lot of the time it's mischaracterisation, and also the fact that we are writing about over-the-top characters that are like 9 and fictional. But it does make me laugh cause' I see it all the time.

Also random question:

If anyone out there does ship Chloe and Rudy, I just want to know why? Like genuinely! No hate! I really do want to know!