#hell if you want two characters who don't engage with each other and are basically blank slates do burgerpants and nice cream guy

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

what some of the undertale fandom did with grillby fucking fascinates me like my god

[rainbow-crane]

Best and worst danganronpa trials/chapters?

Oh gosh, I don't know. There are so many to choose from, and while one trial might be total ass, the rest of the chapter can usually hold it up, or vice versa.

Trialwise, I think the best one is definitely 2-5. There's basically no time lost on petty filler and the Soda horniness, while present, is kept to a minimum. Mechanically, it's a pretty decent one to my memory(Hangman's Gambit excluded but face it, that's always the case). The trial remains engaging all the way through, even if you've already figured out the identity of the traitor, and the performance of each of the involved characters is incredible. I'll never get over Chiaki willingly sacrificing herself in the end, or Nagito's plan to kill all the despair by betraying the class, or the insistence from everyone- Sonia, Soda, Akane, Fuyuhiko- that Chiaki couldn't possibly be it, all unconsciously trying to save her since they couldn't last time. #1 trial for me, always

On the inverse, there are 2 candidates for worst trial, and it depends on what you mean by 'worst.' On the one hand, 2-3 is literally physically impossible. I mean, not only does the provided explanation for Mikan's coverup require a level of speed, focus, and dexterity uncharacteristic of a klutz with a deadly disease, it's also just generally physically impossible given the timeframe. I mean, what, you mean to tell me in the time it took for Hajime to sprint to the immediately neighboring motel, scream for help, and turn to leave, Mikan was able to:

tear a ring of wallpaper away from Hiyoko's corpse

fold it and tuck it into the back room

destroy the camera

break and drop the drumstick

line the doorway with glue and let them shut, with enough time to dry and stick together

sprint back inside the hospital before Fuyuhiko got there

and the infuriating one

WALK the perimeter of the island THE LONG WAY AROUND to meet Hajime and Chiaki outside the motel?

Yeah, I call bullshit. It makes no amount of sense no matter how many times you say it. Also, Mikan is treated like shitty fanservice just generally, so a trial in which she's at the center/is the killer should really center on her reclaiming her agency, especially considering her two victims were a) the girl that wanted to take pics of her whenever she tripped into inappropriate positions, and b) her greatest bully on the island. Instead, the whole trial is just about "woah Mikan was crazy ALL ALONG???? OOoooOooOoOOOoooOO scaaaawy disease thing." Which is just plain fucking lazy. And hell, that execution??? What the fuck is that???? One final parting fanservice gift that NO ONE WANTED? Thanks I hate it.

On the other hand, 1-2 is straight up offensive on multiple angles. The introduction of a blatantly ableist DID stereotype with the confirmation of Toko and Genocide Jack, along with the inherent transmisogyny of Chihiro's story and the way all her agency in the narrative is totally stripped from her is egregious. As a trans person, a person with DID, and/or someone who gives even one shit about either/both types of people, the whole thing just makes you wanna throw up. In that sense, it's worse, but at least there, the murder case itself made logical sense. So ultimately, when push comes to shove, I still say 2-3 is worse. I'll take the one that's only offensive over the one that's offensive AND nonsensical. Doesn't treat its victims or killer with respect at all, offensive execution to any victim of SA, and just a fucking PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE TRIAL THE HELL-

In terms of overarching chapter, I'm gonna say 2-4 was the best one imo. I quite like the funhouse motive and the conflict it presents, and I think there's a lot of good packed into the chapter as a whole, both in the progression of the story, character development for all involved parties, and the relationships found in it. I think being forced to slowly drag your way to the Final Dead Room as Hajime is great, and Chiaki saving us later becoming the proof against her is just *chef's kiss*. Fuyukane platonic besties 4 life???? Sign me tf up. The fact they were willing to perspective-shift us to Nagito for part of the investigation was incredible too, I love that shit. Also, there was a statue of Sakura. Real shit.

The worst chapter is 1-3. I do not like 1-3. I do not like their lazy asses not even bothering to let us have FTEs with Kiyondo, I do not like turning Hiro and Hifumi into pathetic little jokes and refusing to do more with them in their own chapter(the flashback of Hifumi thinking SA bad is the bare minimum). I do not like the severe tonal whiplash from the emotional turmoil and dark mystery aspects with the Robo Justice "Stand Tall, Galactic Hero!" overly flashy nonsense. I don't like that this was all they wanted to do with Celeste, who objectively would've had more thematic purpose if they'd let her be an overarching antagonist. Hell, the stageplay understood she had more potential, and that shit severely cuts down and rewrites the content for time!

[ordinaryschmuck]

I saw a post about how Carmen Santiego has great character designs and diversity through race and body types. I considered it a good post and one that makes a good point...And then below it was a reblog about how a person went "If Carmen Santiego can have a diverse cast of HUMANS, then what the hell is up with Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss?"

First of all...What the hell do either of those two things have in common? They sure are animated shows, I'll give you that. Except that one's a children's animated spy thriller and the other two are adult musical comedy dramas in Hell. Stylistically and tonally, neither of them have anything to do with each other and you just randomly made a point because...you hate Hazbin and Helluva? Cool. Congratulations. Now get a new personality and just fucking watch something else if these two shows made your hatred this obsessed when you randomly attack a show through a post that has NOTHING to do with it. The OP wasn't attacking Hazbin Hotel or Helluva Boss. Unless they constantly attack it and they made that post to prove a previous point, something that does NOT come across in that original post, there's no reason to go "Hey, why didn't these completely different shows with their own styles take notes of this kids show with ITS unique style?"

And here's the thing: I like Carmen Santiego. I like the way that it looks, and I think its style really is unique compared to other animated series that have come out around the same time. And I do agree that it has a great diverse cast that shows off a lot of body diversity where every single character looks unique in their own way. But here's the thing: I would not go out of my way to attack other shows, to the point where I'd hijack someone else's post to say, "Yeah, this show is WAY better than this other one I hate." And if I had in the past...I'm sorry. I really am sorry. I hate that I acted that way and I will try to do better. Because that's what I do with media criticism or talking about stuff I don't like. I try to act BETTER than I have in the past because that's not how you talk about media. Whether you like it or hate it, it's never a good thing to talk about something you hate when the discussion is about something someone else loves. Sometimes it makes sense, as there are often two products that are similar to each other. Like Marve/DC, Star Wars/Star Trek, and The Owl House/Amphibia. Those are media where there's a lot to compare and contrast, with people being unaware that the main reason why they like the other basically boils down to personal preferences when it comes to consuming media. But with Hazbin/Helluva and Carmen Santiego, there's really NOTHING to compare and you're just going out of your way to talk about something you hate when it's not relevant to the conversation. It's like people who hyped up Puss in Boots: The Last Wish just to shit on Velma. Yeah, The Last Wish is a thousand times better than Velma, but there's nothing similar about both products that make the discussion worth it. You're just using something you love as a weapon towards something you hate.

I get it, people like some things and hate others. It's how we're wired as human beings and I can't stop that. Nor do I think I CAN stop it. But just feel like this is making media discussion worse when all we can think of to do when discussing something we love and bringing in something we hate into the conversation. It's not necessary, and you're feeding the creators that thing you hate by still talking about it. You want to know the best possible way to react to "objectively bad" media? Stop talking about it. Stop watching it. STOP ENGAGING.

If you don't fucking like it, stop consuming this piece of media and go watch something you enjoy instead. Give THAT your time. Show how THAT does everything right and sing its praises. Raise up this one thing that you believe is "objectively good" so it can effectively overshadow this thing you consider "objectively bad." There's a way to discuss media without shitting on something you don't like.

[cornerofhell]

Writin' Lies

I didn't wanna have to do this. But my hand has been pushed.

WARNING: NSFW MENTION

For those that don't know, a user by the name of artinandwritin8 has posted a document about my two dear friends, Glam and Kindheart. The reason I am making this journal post is to point out one of the many flaws of said document and to tell my side of the story since artinandwritin8 has stolen that from me.

I ask that you do not harrass anyone I mention here, and I ask that you please do not spread that document around, which is why I'm not linking it..

First, let's talk about that little flaw I mentioned within this document. The reason I am not referencing others is because this particular flaw is of one of a high nature... If it couldn't easily be fought against.

I would post the screenshot here, but you'll see later that she blocked me before I could!

"Last but definitely not least, the nsfw channels and Glam’s strange sexualization of herself in front of everyone. Now I am a person that is not at all bothered by nsfw topics, at all. As long as it’s purely fictional, legal and consensual, I can engage in a conversation with no problem! I can even discuss irl nsfw topics with my close friends on private with no problem. My problem lies with people that randomly come to tell me about their private lives unprompted, or people that talk about their sexual lives out in the open.  Thought it was basic understanding not to talk about your sexual life on the general nsfw channels exclusive but not limited to memes. For a very long time there was just one nsfw channel that functioned for all purposes, too, so that made it even worst to try and handle any and all random statements people made out of nowhere about their private irl lives, while Glam encouraged it. And even though later in time more channels were added along with restrictions on who could and could not access these channels (bc yes, there were no restrictions before and minors did enter, and was not talked about properly after being fixed), it did not stop at all since it would bleed into the other channels all the goddamned time. You could not escape it. I hated it, because like I said I hate people coming to me to talk about their private sexual lives out of nowhere, and I can only guess I wasn’t the only one, since this happened frequently and in front of everyone. I did not reach out to say this bothered me because the owner encouraged this behavior and actively engaged in it, not even considering how her being a fresh adult talking in detail about her sex life unprompted could make others feel at all. You can be open all you want, you can be way more open than I am, but don’t be open right in front of me when I showed no indication of being interested in knowing at all. I hated it."

Huh. That's very interesting seeing how you were one of the main contributors to bringing NSFW out in the open outside of the designated NSFW channels.

Let's talk about the piss jars, shall we? For those that don't know, this was a joke in our server, Heliophilia. The whole Rainbow Dash Jar debacle was a running gag in our NSFW channel at the time, and the joke was made that it be urine instead.

I forget the reason why, it may have been funny banter (since I believed we were friends" but one day everyone awoke to find artinandwritin08's pdf to be my fursona, in a piss jar, which she laughed about and joked about to me.

Then, after I changed my PDF to a character that artinandwritin08 had a heavy crush on in a jar, the mod, kindheart, directed us TO THE NSFW CHANNEL TO CONTINUE THE JOKE. Other people joined and soon everyone's PDFs were piss jars of each other's characters. Hell, artinandwritin08 and I even made jars for two of kindheart's OCs, and kind was fine as LONG AS IT WAS IN NSFW!

Hate to tell you, but URINE IS A WELL-KNOWN KINK. YOU KNEW THAT. Why? Because that's the kink you're claiming that Glam "sexualized herself to everyone" WAS A PISS KINK. And even then, she wouldn't mention her kink outside of NSFW, she would joke about in- get this- NSFW MEMES! Wanna know how I know? Because she never mentioned her piss kink until the NSFW channel had more than just one section. She posted about it in one of the NSFW sections, and after that, it became a running gag in the NSFW channel that mainly everyone participated in. Because it was a JOKE! She was fine with people joking about it, so whenever we saw a meme about urine in NSFW MEMES, everyone would go "oh glam!" The only people who did it outside of NSFW were people tagging her, and her telling them to take it to NSFW.

This is all funny because more recently before the server was deleted, artinandwritin08 and I were joking around in the NSFW channel, section general chat. See, at the time I had considered her a friend, and I had built enough trust with her, to show her my parents. She joked about my mother being hot, and turned that into a running gag between us, which I was semi-okay with. Fast forward to said joking in the NSFW general chat and I changed my PDF to her favorite character's piss jar again, as a joke.

What did she proceed to do? Threaten to put MY MOTHER in a piss jar without any acknowledgment it was a joke and put it as her pdf, in the NSFW general chat, and in front of everyone. I deleted the photo of my parents before she could do it, thankfully, but that sure is a lot of talk for someone uncomfortable with NSFW out in other channels about real people.

NOW the part that was stolen from me!

After the situation of the server being deleted, I unfollowed artinandwritin08 and the others who had been involved in the slander against my friends. It wasn't until today that I saw on tumblr that not only had artin made her own post, but that I was mentioned in it.

I am the member in question in this screenshot above. This section was not only posted without my consent, but it's also flat-out false and severly outdated.

This took place on April 11th, 2021. Yes, you read that right. More than two years ago. The character that artin is referring to was a part of a verse that I deleted more than a year ago. The character's personality and job was almost exactly the same to Kindheart's character, the difference being their species and colors. Kindheart graciously pointed that out when I posted said character, and I realized on my own that Kindheart was right, and I accidentally used her character as help for my own.

No one convinced me, I didn't have on rose-colored glasses, I realized I had made a mistake, and fixed it.

Here are the DMs between Kindheart and I to show she didn't convince me of anything.

As I before mentioned, the very universe and character that this was all about, has been deleted for a long time. So I was appalled when I found this mentioned in the document, and so inaccurately, portraying me as some kind of naive little child as if I couldn't make my own choices, because artin hadn't asked my consent in the first place.

Angry, and genuinely hurt, I took to artin's comments of her tumblr post and wrote this:

"Jess. Take the part about me down. First of all, the part you are referring to is when I was still making the Musicalverse, YEARS ago. The character in question, Love Bug, was in fact way too similar to Kindheart's River Morganite at the time. Kind and I discussed it, and I changed it because I agreed with her! It was almost the exact same story! I wasn't wooed or convinced like you say. Which you would know if you hadn't blocked me and asked my consent to post my story in the first place. Making me anonymous doesn't change the fact that that story is clearly about me. I wasn't forced to do anything. Kind asked me. Why? Because I'm not just a fucking fan who can easily be manipulated or anything like what you said. Kind and Glam are some of my best friends, and once upon a time, you were too. This hurt, Jess. Remove that section about me."

Artinandwritin's response was to block me, and not touch the section about me at all.

The thing is, she didn't know that I had other accounts, and I wanted that section that was misrepresenting me gone. So I used my Ask Glen and Glenda account to comment again, hoping to get that section removed.

And guess what? I was blocked again, within seconds, and that section about me still hadn't been touched.

So using my third account, I posted a comment a final time

And once again, I was blocked. So here I am, having to explain my story because artinandwritin stole it from me, and decided that I was too much of a "fan" to tell my own story.

Then again, there are so many holes in that document and the other that Jerry is stealing it from Tom thinking it's cheese, so who am I to say?

So to set the record straight, I'm not a little fan. I'm Glam and Kindheart's friend. They are like sisters to me, and to have me used as a little "victim" in a story against them is fucking cruel.

To Jess, because I know you'll be reading this: Thank you for proving to me how little you care about people, and how our friendship and probably any others you have, is a fucking lie. Good luck being a therapist.

To everyone else, I love you, thank you for reading.

[xxswagcorexx]

as the resident (only) swagdoons poster of tumblr do you have any writing/fanfic recs? stuff you've read and stuck with you or had interesting premises or whatever

SORRY FOR TAKING A BIT ANON i was. Away. but im back now! im gonna assume you're looking for mostly swagdoons-centric fics (but if you want another fic rec list involving other cc's, feel free to send another ask :D)

anyways. im going to give a quick synopsis of each fics, content warnings/heads up, and if the fic is platonic/romantic/some secret 3rd thing. also if any fic authors are reading this, pls don't take these recs personally!! ^^ its just a matter of personal preference !!!!

anyways that's enough beating around the bush . let's get into the recs!

smoke and mirrors to set the world aflame by Anonymous/eventide

ah yes, a classic (to me) but it's a goodie! a fic about crime lord!ash holding ceo!red for random. even though red is Literally being held hostage, he still manages to spin the situation around into a business deal. wonderful fic if you enjoy swagdoons fics with power dynamics (both of them have more power than the other somehow. crazy). this is romantic, although there is no kissing! ^^

cws for: implied murder/assassination, russian roulette/guns (dw no one dies), hostage situations/kidnapping, a brief mention of donturnt, power dynamics, and generally what you expect from a mafia au . if u don't like that, feel free to skip!

hide-and-seek with tied eyes by Felix_J

vampire!ash has a hit put on him, and hitman!red is sent to kill him. issue is, red and ash have a fling together, and red learns some... unnerving information about ash's job. don't worry, they talk it out. sorta. if you enjoy fics with a hint of urban fantasy and Convoulted relationships because of circumstance, this one is for you! (in general, a lot of felix's work is like this, so if you enjoy this fic, i recommend checking xe's other works out! ^^) this is romantic, but there is no kissing (although their fling is explicitly stated)

cws for: a hit being put out on someone, mentions of past murder, government corruption, and dubious morals/what you expect from a hitman/mafia au. if u don't vibe w that, feel free to skip!! ^^

nightmares (and a god is waiting in the next room) by stillłifewithsaxifrage

an scp au with researcher!red and reality bender!ash (which. if you're like me and don't know about scp, is like. fucked up eldrich horror!ash. dw you don't need to know abt scp to read this fic). basically the fic is about red waking up, and realizing is deeply, deeply wrong. reality warps around him as he tries to find ash, with little flashbacks of the two of them sprinkled in between. if you love surrealist imagery and horror-eques fics, this one is for you! this is romantic, with kissing and even a marriage proposal

cws for: unreality (like. reality is actively being warped in this fic), horror, a bathtub of blood (dw there's no gore/injury), like. 1 mention of sex as a joke, donturnt as a side character, and general trauma from working at a government agency. if that doesn't sit right with you, feel free to skip! ^^

all the roads led to you by Anonymous/np13

ah yes. another classic (to me). a reincarnation au where zombie apocalypse!swagdoons reunite in another life in the modern world. you get 2 narratives in this one, both the zombie apocalypse and the modern au are woven together, so beware of that if you're confused why settings change. if you love worldbuilding/vivid imagery with a dash of good vibes to. heal you from the Trauma (and also underlying themes of trust in someone who you've been through hell and back with), this fic is for you! this fic can be read either platonically or romantically as they are very intimate/engage in physical contact a lot

cws: unreality (i guess?? does switching in between. 2 different realities count), death, implied suicide, injury, implied cannibalism, pretty. existential themes about death, and so so much trauma from watching your friends slowly turn into zombies. if that's 2 much, feel free to skip! ^^

too late by treacherouna

a modern au fic where ash is up late, and hears a knock at his door. when he goes to answer it, it's red. issue is that they broke up and red moved out. if you love Lingering feelings and confronting those feelings and tenderness, this one is for you! this fic is romantic, with explicit descriptions of their relationship

cw: drunkenness and implied alcoholism

show me that you're Goliath and i will play David by Anonymous

love s4 swagdoons? this one is for you. this fic is about god!ash trying to impress red, and red increasing the stakes. really good imagery in this fic :D this fic is romantic and the entire fic is about them kissing with power dynamics. so like. if you like that this is up ur alley

cw: totem popping, lighting, red intentionally putting himself in danger (but this is like. explicitly in mc and it's just health going down), and power dynamics

game theory by Anonymous

a character study about swagdoons and trust and loyalty. if you loved spilt or steal/the prisoners dilemma in boosfer's "one of them is lying" video, this fic explores exactly just that. this fic is romantic, but there is no kissing, just descriptions of ash sleeping at red's base sometimes and red cutting his sleeve off (which is a euphemism for mlm relationships)

cws: none that i can think of

(also if you're interested in that concept, hand grips hand by Felix_J explores the same concept. cws for death (in a video game)

Dark outside, a moonlit night by BearAndHoney

ash and red have an argument. this fic is mostly about losing someone and making your life better/learning how to heal as a result. this fic is romantic, with ash and red living with each other as romantic partners

cws (taking this from the start of the fic): major character death, drug use/drug addiction, implied underage drug use/drug addiction, alcoholism, drug overdose/misuse, vomiting, blacking out, death, very minorly implied eating struggles/disordered eating

you and me by Anonymous

ash puts his cigarettes out on red, and red lets him do it. if you like unhleathy swagdoons, this one is for you. this fic is romantic

cws: cigarettes, cigarette burns, unhealthy relationships

and how here's some other fics that stuck with me because they're sweet and capture swagdoons' dynamic well:

Stay a little longer? by 13001

a fic about vampire!ash and politician!red. ash drinks red's blood and forces him to eat and get some rest, and they cuddle and kiss while that happens. this fic is romantic.

cws: vampire blood drinking and passing out

away from the winds by Anonymous/np13

a fic about ash and red taking a ferry to the mainland (they live on an island). this fic can be read either platonically or romantically as they are very intimate/engage in physical contact a lot

cws: none that i can think of

(oh,) to be a comfort by Felix_J

earthbound! ash and earthbound!red meet by the lake and red purposes to ash. very sweet if you love that kind of stuff :) this fic is romantic for obvious reasons

cws: none that i can think of

and some extra ones that don't have swagdoons as the main focus, but i think are nice anyways:

farewell to the port by Anonymous

a pirate au with lots of lifesteal members involved! this fic is mostly platonic, although that's because it's pre slash.

cws: almost drowning, blood, violence, public execution, and explosions

la petite mort by whichlights

THE TITLE ISN'T WHAT YOU THINK OF I SWEAR but a crime au where branzy is a cilvian and somehow crosses paths with clownperice, a hitman in the criminal world.

cws: temporary character death, violence, guns, shooting, hits being put on people, murder, medical procedures, and recovering from medical procedures

and reminder for all of thse fics, if one of the cws might be an issue for you, its perfectly ok to skip the parts where they show up or the fic all together! ^^ stay safe and happy reading <3

[conchelle]

Aight let's discuss Yorumorukimiri. Unlike the other Towelket games where each game has its own confined story with very little real continuity between them, Yorumorukimiri is very much it's own series with very specific portrayals of characters and it's own lore and world rules that stay consistent throughout the games.

I was going to make a separate post for each of these games as I played them but I just couldn't be bothered...it felt kind of like trying to judge a show based on every individual episode without having the full picture. So now that I've played through (most of) the final game, I'll start writing my thoughts on the first game of the series now.

There are three games in this series. Yorumorukimiri, Bonds of Tails and Girl of the Beginning. They're all pretty long for RPG makers games to be honest. I spent about 46 hours in total playing through this series.

So, let's start with Yorumorikimiri, the first game in the series.

The premise is pretty simple. You play as Moochasu who's transferring to this new school. But turns out this school is weird as hell where nobody, not even the students talk. The only exception being two of your classmates. A friendly catboy named Keita and another girl who transferred during the same time as you.

So you and Keita do some investigating on what's really going on with this school and next thing you know, you're in this strange world called Yorumoru Kimiri. There's monsters called "Lizards". There's a creepy giant girl sitting off in the distance. There's four evil women who will kill you if you're unlucky enough to come across them.

Basically everything sucks and there's only one saving grace. A dog named Wanko fishes an angel out of your heart and it's the only thing that will keep you safe in this horrible world.

So you and Keita escape and meet up with some other survivors and the story goes on from there.

To start things off, I'll talk about the writing in this game since it was clearly the main focus.

This game definitely takes itself a lot more serious compared to previous Towelket entries. Not to say the other games were all just fun silliness but there was always a thin layer of self awareness and gags littered throughout that make for a pretty unique tone for these games. Like yeah, a premise where the main characters are cursed to walk in 4 directions like RPGmaker characters is silly but you better believe it'll play this plot completely straight until the very end.

Now that's not to say that this game is completely humorless and dry. There's tons of funnies sprinkled throughout. In fact these moments actually made me caring a lot more for some of the characters in the long run.

However when the story wants to be serious it absolutely will be. And I've gotta say, I was consistently engaged throughout it. Now there is something to be said about the pacing in which these events are told but I'll get to that in a bit.

What I want to discuss is honestly probably one of the first things that stuck out to me. The way the game looks and generally presents itself. To put it bluntly it's not really great. Towelket has always reused tilesets and I've never really been put off by it. Typically it's apart of the Towelket charm but geez, this game really does just feel like a mess of reused scenery we've already seen thousands of times. Nothing really feels like it fits. It feels like this game really just lacks its own visual identity.

Warau has it's own visual identity by recoloring the usual tilesets to be less saturated and using heavily edited photos as backgrounds which give it this almost gothic look throughout the game.

Other games do the opposite and opt for a more shiny and pastel looking color palette, all using the same tilesets. Basically what I'm saying is. These games don't need to have brand new shiny pixel art every time. What matters is how it's presented and how it makes itself relevant to the story we're experiencing.

However Yorumoru unfortunately just doesn't seem to have much of it's own visual identity. It feels more like a cluttered mess of things that worked much better visually in previous games.

Basically it just feels overly distracting to look at. The latest update of this game does do a little to make the game look nicer by replacing the overworld sprites with much more detailed and larger versions of themselves but to be honest, while the sprites themselves look nice, they to phase through a lot of objects...even during cutscenes and it gets really distracting at times.

Like this could have easily been fixed had the character just been set to stand literally anywhere else during this cutscene. But whatever, it's not that big of a deal. Just a little distracting at most.

This game is about 18 hours long. There are plenty of segments where you can easily go hours without experiencing combat of any form. I vividly recall this particular chapter which was probably 80% dialogue with very few spaces to actually stop and save. Basically, the game began to resemble a visual novel more than an RPGmaker game during the midpoint. Did I have a problem with that? No. Absolutely not. If the game has a story to tell me without the need for random monster encounters and pointless drawn out explanation, I'm 100% fine with that. I'd rather them just do that than try to pad out the time with meaningless busywork in attempt to remind me that this is an RPGmaker game.

And I will say, what was being told was actually pretty engaging and interesting. I was very interested in what would happen next however there was just one issue. How this section was presented was just...boring? The story wasn't boring. Absolutely not. However there were certain scenes that had a lot of text and information being put on screen without anything remotely interesting happening visually.

Characters would often just stand around and talk. I get it, it's difficult to do much in terms of interesting cutscenes with RPGmaker, however when the game already lacks an interesting visual identity, that particular segment really did feel like it was dragging on a lot more than it should have. And it's really a shame because it's definitely a section I would like to revisit in hopes of picking up on things I might have missed.

Thankfully I can say that this is the only game out of the three that have this kind of issue.

I won't get too much into spoilers since, really it's a lot and it's difficult to talk about without trying to explain the context for this game and the next ones.

So, the characters. How are they? Are they good, are they bad?

Well, they're a little inconsistent. It's not their portrayal that's off, not at all. Rather the cast just feels extremely unbalanced. The characters that are allowed to actually develop and get lots of screen time are fairly interesting and engaging.

Chihedomusubi was great. Uikechuke was great (though some of her scenes suffered from pacing issues). I was very interested in these two characters throughout the entire story.

(Honestly I could write a whole separate post on just how interesting Uikechuke is as a character. Someday. Maybe)

Keita was alright. He starts off as the comic relief character and the bits he shares with the main cast are entertaining. It never felt like he overstayed his welcome when it came to these bits. He always reacted appropriately to situations when the story took a more serious tone.

He gets his fair share of development as well however once a certain character joins the cast...a lot of the scene involving him really just end of revolving around that particular character and nothing else. It honestly felt a little frustrating and I lost significant interest in anything Keita had to say once it became apparent he would only be having back and fourths with this character whenever he was on screen.

Then you have the characters that suffer from "Air syndrome". For anyone who's new to Towelket, sometimes certain characters will be labeled as "Air" or like "Like air" some kind of variant of that. This basically means that they're going to be written out or just outright forgotten by the story. It's a bit of a running joke however in this game it really just bums me out.

While there aren't any characters that are actually explicitly labeled like this in this game, all the symptoms are still there, unfortunately. Characters like Minpo and Warawau are present but they're both forgotten by the story before the first chapter even ends. Minpo moreso as she's barely even mentioned until hours later when the game remembers that she is in fact still apart of the story.

Warawau on the other hand felt like she only existed to fulfil a specific purpose before being written out entirely. Which was a huge, huge disappointment. I really did feel that her character had potential. There are a handful of moments where characters talk about her and what's said is very interesting stuff that I would have loved to actually see in action. Unfortunately she just doesn't get the screen time I felt she needed to feel like an actual character rather than a tool to get the story moving forward.

The you have to protagonist, Moochasu. As always he's a silent protagonist however in this game it really, really, really does not work at all. You see, only for the first quarter of this game are you actually playing as Moochasu. Does he have relevance to the story? Yes, he does. However for the majority of the game, the focus is constantly flopping between different characters. Characters that are much more interesting than our protagonist. And their individual stories and character arcs just outright don't involve him.

Like I would even go as far to say that characters like Chihedomusubi and Uikechuke are much better suited protagonists that Moochasu since their actions actually influence the story and it's progression a lot more than Moochasu. The fact that he's a silent protagonist that barely acts as the protagonist half the time just leaves us with this weird character who feels more like a prop than anything.

Of course, towards the end it all leads back to him but by the time the ending happens you're left more confused about his character than anything. It affects what I believe would have been a pretty solid and touching ending had this character just been allowed to be relevant.

I've complained a lot in this post lmao. But that doesn't mean the game is bad! Trust me, I only complain this much when I believe something really good could have happened here. Not to mention I was trying to avoid spoilers because...let's be real here it's just a lot.

Overall, I did enjoy this game. Despite everything, I think it was a pretty solid introduction to the world of Yorumorukimiri. I'll probably revisit it again someday, just at a much more reasonable pace lmao.

Uhhh once again I'm not gonna add it to the Towel rating. I'll probably just treat the entirety of Yorumoru as it's own big game sooo we'll get the rating once I do a write-up on final game.

[mermaidsirennikita]

I also read the Maiden Lane series (I finished the last book last week) and I actually think book 2 was my favorite, I devoured it, I think all the negative reviews there are on Goodreads made me lower my expectations and I was so pleasantly surprised. It was such a different “ballroom romance” and never afraid of going to more difficult and “immoral” places. I think generally speaking there is too much purity discourse around historical romance and I was just surprised by how unapologetically messy all the characters are in her books. Do you have other books with that vibe? Also thank you a lot for the rec cause I think my perception of what makes a good historical series totally changed after reading her books

I'm so glad you liked it! That book gets a bad rep because it is "cheating", which I think is so unfair tbh. I don't feel like historical romance cheating is often the same thing as contemporary cheating, lol. Was Hero engaged? Sure. Did she have any feelings for that man or vice versa? No. Her brother was forcing her into the relationship. She had no true power. Her giving her virginity to a man who was not her intended was truly one of the only acts of agency available to her, and it was risky as hell.

But yeah, a lot of historical readers, unfortunately, are there to basically act out their purity fantasies. Like, it's fine if the characters fuck outside of wedlock, but only if it's monumental and viewed with shame. Non-virgins must be widows. Sex should result in pregnancy, etc. There's not a lot of consideration given to the fact that a) these books are inherently inaccurate and b) even if they were true to life, people had casual (by the standards of the time) back then, many marriages occurred because sex was had out of wedlock, people anticipated the wedding often, women took lovers. Not everyone felt this huge amount of guilt over it. Hoyt is so good at that.

For a similar vibe, I would absolutely recommend Joanna Shupe, who wrote a few Regencies, a few Victorians, and mostly Gilded Age books. Her characters love sex and are immensely messy (so much drama, so many revenge plots, so many heroines defying their fathers, so much excess) aaand often make bad decisions at first. I would recommend basically anything by her, but standouts include:

The Uptown Girls Trilogy: About three daughters of a rich New York man--the oldest one, who fucks daddy's lawyer/fixer; the rebellious middle child, who asks a casino owner to mentor her but dun dun DUN he really wants to ruin her dad; the baby angel, who gets tangled up with a gangster.

Fifth Avenue Rebels: Four friends get into some bullshit after a messy Newport party--the first is childhood friends to lovers with a heroine engaged to another man; sex lessons by a himbo rake to a shy wallflower type; former fiancees who hate each other hooking up at a masked sex party; and two assholes who've been circling each other the whole series finally becoming fuckbuddies, except he wants LOVE.

My Dirty Duke: a novella about a heroine who wants her father's BFF

Wicked Deceptions: her Regency books about: a duchess who disguises herself as a courtesan to get pregnant by the husband that abandoned her; a former scandal of a woman tangling with an uptight earl; a woman who cross dresses in order to do some good in the world getting found out by her dude friend who thinks he's going insane.

Nicola Davidson writes some fun books about people who walk on the wild side--she especially focuses on sex and queer issues. Start with her novellas, like Seven Sinful Nights (heroine agrees to be bad man's mistress for a week to avoid. her horrid in-laws) or Duke for Hire (the heroine pays a down on his luck duke to deflower her). Davidson does a lot of research and is super knowledgeable about things like sex toys, sex work, etc, in the past.

Eva Leigh writes really frank, honest books with morally complex characters. Lady Viper and The Bastard is her Georgian novella about a pair of rivals (both in their 40s) who fall in love as they scheme to tear two lovers apart; her Last Chance Scoundrels trilogy is a really good series about three friends (two of whom are brothers) who have to find wives within a year after ruining a much-vaunted wedding. Does a good job of exploring a more diverse (in several ways) England with artistic circles and parties and hedonism. Offers characters from both aristocratic and working class backgrounds.

Adriana Herrera's Las Leonas series focuses on a group of friends who leave the modern Dominican Republic and go to Paris to find love. The first book is m/f, the second f/f. They explore a world you rarely see in historicals, with sex (not all straight) and politics and art and subversive thinking.

You might also like Sierra Simone's historicals--she writes great erotic romance. Try The Chasing of Eleanor Vane (m/f, heroine is engaged to a loser but is seduced by his older uncle) and The Last Crimes of Peregrine Hind (m/m, one hero abducts the other for revenge, BDSM ensues), and The Conquering of Tate the Pious (f/f medieval, abbess falls in love with a lady conqueror who also conquers ladies).

Stacy Reid writes some deliciously messy books that sometimes feel like send-ups to old school historicals. Try her Wedded by Scandal series, which I love, featuring absolutely nobody who isn't messy, and tons of public sex.

Grace Callaway writes some really hot, fun, messy, mystery-solving historicals. Give her Lady Charlotte's Society of Angels series a try. It's Charlie's Angels, but historical, and these girls are constantly getting into trouble and falling for men who go "I must spank yhou for this, 10% as punishment and 90% because I'm hard". They're delightful.

Of course, you should definitely try Sarah MacLean as well. Her Rules of Scoundrels series (my favorite) focuses on four casino owners; Bareknuckle Bastards centers three outcasts who run Covent Garden; and her current Hell's Belles series focuses on a girl gang of friends who fuck shit up, basically.

Alexis Hall's Something Fabulous is a m/m historical romcom about a pair of heroes who go on a wild goose chase for the uptight one's fiancee after she runs away. The next book, Something Spectacular, focuses on the queer world even further with a genderfluid lead falling for a castrato soprano (fun fact: entirely accurate that castrati GOT THE FUCK LAID EVERYWHERE). If you want less whimsy and more drama, his A Lady for a Duke focuses on a trans heroine falling for a duke and having to deal with telling him about her past. Also something historicals often avoid--queer people have always existed!

[thepenguinandthefiend]

S/I List

Here is a list of my S/Is. This should be very comprehensive, so I don't think I'll be adding more to the list, but you never know.

(This post is a work in progress. I'm only adding basic info now. Details and backgrounds will be added later)

Tierney Quinn

gender: fluid universes: pretty much any that don't have another s/i listed (also known as Tierney Constantine in the DC universe and Arrowverse)

Tierney's lore varies depending on the universe that they are in. I won't put everything here, but feel free to ask about their backstory in a specific universe.

Lex Phaelyn

gender: none universes: Hunger Games, Z-Nation (this picture does not show Lex's tattoos. They have tattoo sleeves of vines that also go across their chest and upper back.)

Lex Phaelyn is a victor from district 7, and is in a long term romantic relationship with Johanna Mason. The two are currently married, but in secret. Only a select few people know about their relationship because they don't want the Capitol to use it against them. Lex's trauma from being in the games led to them feeling less-than-human. Instead, they consider themself to be a swamp monster, as their HG arena was generally a swampy/marshy area. They have a big issue with geese, which were a muttation during their games. They have a kid with Johanna, but I'm still working out the details of how that fits into the lore

Salem Saxon

gender: fluid universe: Doctor Who/Torchwood

Salem Saxon is the biological child of the Master and Lucy Saxon, and therefore half Time Lord. They were born after the Master supposedly "died," and Lucy, not wanting any reminders of him, gave up the baby for adoption. Salem was raised by a human couple for most of their childhood, but Missy found out about them when they were a teen, and took them away with her. Through their parent, they met The Doctor and Bill Potts, the latter of whom they began dating.

Hadley Parson

gender: transmasc/genderqueer universe: Check, Please

Hadley is the younger sibling of Kent Parson, who is the only family member they remain close with after most of their family refused to respect their gender identity. Hadley went to Samwell along with the main characters of the series, and struggled to earn a place on the SMH team, due to the fact that they were AFAB. Jack Zimmerman championed for letting them try out for the team when the coaches were hesitant. During their time at Samwell, they developed a qpr with Larissa "Lardo" Duan. They started at Samwell the same year as Eric "Bitty" Bittle.

Ciar Callaghan

gender: male universe: Supernatural

Ciar Callaghan is descended from Celtic gods. His father is the son of the death goddess Morrigan, and his mother is the daughter of the sea god Lir. While they were raised in the mortal realm, he was still brought up with full awareness of the vast array of creatures that were in the world. As an adult, Ciar decided to travel the world to discover the different types of demons and beasts that were out there. During their time in the United States, they met the Winchester brothers. While the brothers initially rubbed Ciar the wrong way, he eventually developed a fondness for Dean, and the two began dating.

Cai

gender: agender universes: Lucifer, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Cai's father was a demon and their mother was human. Their mother died when they were young, so they were raised by their father in hell. During their time in hell, they became close with the demon Mazikeen. The two spent centuries in a will-they-won't-they situationship. It wasn't until they were both on Earth for a couple of years among the humans that they realized how important they were to each other. The two are now engaged. (if you are interested in Cai's BtVS lore, please ask. I would love to gush)

[pictures found here] Siobhan Maddox gender: demigirl universe: WWE/AEW Will Francis gender: male universes: WWE/AEW

Niko Perry gender: trans masc universe: DC comics (my secondary DC s/i) (for pic and info, click link)

[frostyreturns]

Frosty Ruins The Neighborhood

One of the benefits from unplugging from most pop culture is hearing about all the dumb shit people are watching that I've never seen. Eventually you get to a point where a show you've never even heard of has five seasons by the time it reaches your awareness. Every new show gets one of two reactions from me "no I haven't seen it" or "what the hell is that?" This show falls into the latter category.

Sometimes it's interesting though to dive into the middle of a show that's totally escaped your notice. I've not experienced an ounce of the shows marketting, I've not seen so much as a second of a commercial for it, I've not seen a clip of it online and I have not even come across a gif or image set of it on social media. This means my impression of it is completely my own.

My first impression is that it's going to be a terrible sitcom. Sitcoms can be bad in a good way and there are some sitcoms that are bad that I'll still enjoy as something mindless you put on in the background while I do other shit. But then there are bad sitcoms that hurt to watch. Right off the bat I notice two actors from different tv comedies, one is the blonde chick from two broke girls…which is a bad sign because that show was fucking terrible. However I also notice the extremely jewish gay but not really gay dude from New Girl which was the good kind of bad tv comedy.

A minute into the show I think I understand the premise of the show I think it's a reaction to percieved tokenism. I think they wanted to make a black show with token white people. It's the racial equivalent of the female ghostbusters, ignore all the positive black representation on tv and get mad about a fake problem and solve it by doing the thing you accuse others of doing. No wonder they picked the bland basic white chick from 2 broke girls and the persnickety magoo dude from new girl.

And like female ghostbusters it's full of horseshit libtard socjus political propaganda pretending that it's funny and entertaining. It delves very quickly into complete and utter cringe with lines like "set your alarm it's time for me to get woke." And of course like any show that follows this formula the men are also all dumb or jerks or dumb jerks.

The point of the episode I'm reviewing seems to be to create a strawman justification of regressive racial politics being pushed onto kids. They act like all they're doing is teaching kids about history and telling the truth…and any resitance to racial politics in schools is just trying to deny history…when in the real world these "diversity" classes are full of lies hatred and insane cultist marxist ideas designed to breed social conflict and societal upheaval.

The characters say things like "I just think its important for kids to get the whole picture." when what they meant to say was "I just want to ignore all of human history except for what a small number of people of a certain group did at a certain point in one specific place so I can paint one race as being victims and another as being perpetrators so that the murderous pedophiles who wrote this curriculum can turn people of different races against each other so none of us notice that it's always just the government committing atrocities and trying to rule all of us like tyrants."

For some reason I don't think teaching kids that slavery means 'that time when white people enslaved black people' is "giving them the whole picture." Treating slavery like it's this thing that happened once in American history rather than something that every group of people has engaged in and been victim to is retarded and evil. Evil because it's being done specifically for the racist and malevolent purpose of demonizing white people. Nevermind that the word slavery is named after slavic (white people) because of how those people were viewed. The retards who wrote this will say things like "it wasn't that long ago" to try to place collective blame on white people but will ignore slavery happening today…currently in Africa.

The other angle the propaganda here takes is one not everyone might notice. They pretend these kind of divisive racial politics is a new thing…it's a new curriculum that they are fighting to add and that most except a few are in favour of. In reality they've been teaching this shit virtually forever and almost everyone hates it. It's just gotten progressively worse and boomers and gen x have been mostly unaware of how batshit insane the stuff being taught to their kids in public schools is. It's insane as someone who's been out of the system for a long time watching tv shows like this pretend like this is a new thing being introduced when I had to listen to it daily. They don't want anyone to make the connection between how retarded people have become and the things they've been teaching. By pretending it's new they can act like the consequences are an unknown but we've been seeing the consequences for a long time and they're very real…and they're fucking intentional.

The other thing about jumping into a comedy like this in the middle is you really notice whenever it lacks comedy. Shows like this rely on character gimmicks and self referencing to generate the appearance of funny. I keep hearing the laugh track going…and genuinely have no idea why what was said was supposed to be a joke. The dialogue is stilted unnatural, the acting is terrible, the characters are wooden and pointless and everything just seems so empty and soulless. I'm really starting to believe that conspiracy about everything being written by AI. Sitcoms have always kind of been like that…but there's just something so alien about the way this show is put together. Like it was written by someone who's watched a lot of tv but has never talked to a person before. I think every character in the show would fail a turing test.

This hurt to watch, everybody who was involved in it should be ashamed and embarassed. If you like this show you have a cultural gutter palate. I refuse to believe that anyone watches this earnestly. I will believe that there are men who enjoy getting kicked in the balls, that makes more sense to me than there being a single viewer for this show. Once again I'm proved right that you should never watch anything made after 2017 if you want to have a good time.

F- late stage cancer

[lovecolibri]

SaL anon here friend and I don't know about you but I'm so, so tired. Amazing how the rush of excitement I got at seeing the promo pics for an actual dramatic emergency could instantly be taken out by a 7 second promo. I feel like KR got the news well before the official announcement and said "I'm going to turn this finale into everything I want", and basically decided to push everyone but Buck to the sidelines and make them observers while pairing him with her failed self-insert. And ugh, the only thing equally as bad as the prospect of L being involved in saving everyone is the prospect of the emergency just being like a quarter of the episode and us wasting the rest of the time on wrapping up Buck's many, many, many storylines. I know we don't know for sure this is what would happen, but KR has given us no reason to think it won't. Frankly I think we should let ABC know that should they, in taking over 911, choose to retcon anything (or everything) from the last two seasons we're okay with that, and no questions will be asked.

And yeah, I can definitely agree that while Buck taking over during a crisis would be a nice way to get closure on his doubts from episode 1, the path there (if one can call it a path, which implies it goes somewhere) makes absolutely no sense. I don't even want to think about how they are going to shove Natalia (I think she's around next episode?...still) and a baby into the whole mess. I honestly would have easily taken 50% less Buck this season if they had just taken the time do the leadership arc well and have this grand emergency to show that off.

So while I'm kind of resigned on the finale for OG, I have a bit more hope for the LS one, though I too am hard side-eyeing the "earn the wedding" comments. Who exactly has to earn this wedding? The audience? They make the effort to tune in regularly despite some pretty shitty writing choices, I think they're owed a debt. The characters? Not sure how two people being in an long-term relationship and seeing each other through hardships hasn't earned them a wedding. We'll see what happens, but at this point its the odds are 50/50 that this "tragedy" will involve either a hospital or a crime scene (or both)

Hi my friend! I have been under the weather this week and ended up being out of town all day today so I am *literally* tired, but also I am WITH you on my excitement for the finale getting sucked away by half that promo being of L and her once again butchering line delivery on something as minimal as "mayday" 🙄 I already got my hopes up for a good firefam feels focused episode and got let down by 6x11 SO HARD, so I'm just going to operate under the worst assumptions that way I can, hopefully, end the episode with a "could have been worse I guess". Although I went into 6x17 with zero expectations and the show still managed to let me down anyway soooo 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

I'm sure KR knew something was up, the negotiations were *rough* last year so I'm sure they were all told to prepare. And since it's something the show usually does, wrapping up nicely each season, it won't feel out of place, however I'm also worried the emergency won't be that long. Seasons 2-4 all had a cliffhanger in the penultimate episode to get people to tune in to the finale but 6x17 did NOT give people a lot of reason to HAVE to tune in. At least s5 made the effort of showing that firetruck crash like 8000 times over the week and making it look like Bobby was in danger, even if it was just a 5 min emergency that ultimately didn't do anything at all or affect anyone. They couldn't even be bothered to give a promo until Friday and without a cliffhanger, what's the hook to draw everyone in for the finale? Because you know those casual viewers are scouring the internet for news about the show, hell, most of them probably figured with no promo that 6x17 WAS the finale! Madney got engaged which is usually a season finale thing so I wonder how many of them though that was it!

"I honestly would have easily taken 50% less Buck this season if they had just taken the time do the leadership arc well and have this grand emergency to show that off." 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 SAAAAAAAME. They should have spent less time trying to turn everything about his storylines into a joke and actually delved into HIS emotions more. Instead we got the whole sperm baby now being about some rando characters we don't even know or care about's emotions for some reason?! His death being turned into "haha funny math skills for ONE episode only!" And this whole death doula thing where we haven't even heard them actually really talking about anything and what we did see was her being DEEPLY insensitive and unempathetic for her line of work, and then a parade of Buck's awful choices to remind everyone of them for??? What reason exactly? To give her a reason to leave? When after what we've seen we....didn't even need her in the first place? Like, WHAT has she actually said or done that has actually been meaningful or addressed Buck's death? We saw some of the aftermath in his talk with Eddie at the cemetery but what purpose besides giving Buck another LI he met on a call is she actually serving? Anything important could have been imparted by a victim at a call, and that triggered Buck to talk to someone in his firefam (OR HIS THERAPIST FOR THE LOVE OF CHRIST!), and given us a peek into Buck's head about it. Instead we have wasted all this time on what? An excuse to bring two of the most audience hated characters back? WHAT?! Like, literally, who allowed this to happen? WHOMST in that production team looked at this absolute mess that KR presented as an idea and said "yeah, that works!" ?!?!?!?! Sorry, I'm too grouchy to try and make sense of this, it's just SO stupid and such a waste of time, the ONE thing KR is good at.

As for LS, I still haven't gotten to watch last week's episode. I'm hoping to watch it tomorrow but at this point I'm just watching that show with an "eh. This might as well happen I guess" because I'm out of energy for much more than that. I've seen some of the spec floating around but mostly I'm just excited that we were all right and Paul is officiating. Bobby is gonna be sooooo jealous. But for real, WHAT is this idea on shows that characters have to "earn" happiness and that always meaning that someone like, dies, or they have to be miserable in 98% of the episodes to get one or two happy scenes before the next tragedy strikes? Because I think the WRITING should have to earn the payoff and neither show has managed to do that this season.

Here's expecting the worst so we aren't TOO disappointed, while holding space to be happy if Andrew manages to get around the nonsense KR insisted on to give us a decent emergency because I doubt we'll get a satisfying wrap up for anything else on the Buck or Eddie front. Maybe we'll get extra lucky and the backlash after this week (and on that TVLine article, seriously what did they expect with that question?) will get L's scenes cut as much as possible again. For old times sake. Pretty much every article comment space, review space, and SM space I've seen has been pretty clear about KR needing to be gone so here's hoping ABC is taking notes! At the very least, their promo team can't possible be worse, right?

[tiger-moran]

Also there's this post going round where someone who I already had blocked for reasons I don't remember though maybe it was that post that made me block them who knows anyway it's them basically mocking people for not reading loads of books per year and saying essentially anyone who doesn't read many books per year, their opinions on everything are uninformed and worthless, and it pisses me off no end.

I mean not only is it condescending as hell

and absurd to make it sound as if reading books is the only possible way to get information and a broader viewpoint on things

it's also basically ableist as fuck too to expect everyone to be able to read countless books

and it's ignoring the fact that many people can't afford to read countless books (and sorry but 'free ebooks and libraries exist' does not solve that problem, there are loads of reasons why both those options are useless for many people, especially many disabled and poor people)

And I am just... I am sick of wasting my time and money getting and reading books that I turn out to hate. Like even only within the past two or three years, just off the top of my head there's been Caroline Akrill's fourth book in the eventing 'trilogy', a series I loved as a child and still liked when I reread it as an adult but I hated the fourth book, it was like she'd forgotten anything and everything which made the original series engaging (possibly not surprising when she wrote it like 30 years later (and it really really showed, despite it being supposedly set right after the original series) and I really genuinely wish she hadn't bothered); Lights of Prague which was so, so boring; some Sherlock Holmes anthology, I don't know which it was since I sold it months ago, which I didn't give a damn about no not even the story involving Moriarty and Moran because it was the standard 'they are awful people and we have to defeat them' shit and despite how other people made it sound they were barely in it anyway while it was mostly about Mycroft, a character I really don't care about; Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell or whatever it's called which had the distinction of being the first book I ever managed to fall asleep while sitting up in the middle of the day reading it because I found it so tedious; the Frey and McGray series which I stuck with despite not liking a lot of elements but I did at least like the main characters (or at least I liked them when they weren't drugged and being horrible to each other) but I enjoyed the last book in the series so little I've now put the entire series in my 'to sell' box; The Magpie Lord which was just awful anyway and contained a relationship dynamic I really dislike as well. There were probably others I've repressed all memory of. Even some other stuff I liked, it kind of... degenerated for me the further it went. Like for example I did quite like most of Caroline Graham's Inspector Barnaby series but I really didn't like the last one, I didn't like a lot of it anyway and then by the end it went way too weird as well.

I am genuinely at the stage now where I just... don't dare risk buying (and therefore reading) any more books because this keeps happening, so many of the ones I do risk buying I do not like at all, but I am sick of there being nothing I want to read, of every single list of 'recommended books' being lists of stuff I haven't got the slightest interest in reading not least because so, so much now seems to be 'young adult' stuff. I do not want to read about children! I do not want to read about teenagers! And I certainly do not want to read about teenagers and their romantic relationships (or usually, it seems, ~love triangle~ shit)! (What happened to books about adults? Because going by most of the lists I've seen unless you want ~classic literature~ books about adults over the age of about 20 barely exist any more)

I'm sick of it being impossible to find anything else I want to read because nobody is writing it or publishing it, stories with the type of characters and relationships and other things I have an interest in... they do not exist. I have searched time and time again and I am not finding anything.

And if I ask anywhere for recommendations mostly all I seem to get is people recommending me stuff that bears no resemblance to what I'm actually asking for (post-WWII is not Victorian!) and where people seem to assume a book simply being ~diverse~ in some way somehow automatically makes it an amazing flawless book that I'm going to absolutely love every moment of reading, also very often all they recommend are ebooks I can't read anyway and/or books that cost like £15 each which I can't afford.

And then those shits start ridiculing and demeaning people who don't read many books.

[nettlewildfairy]

OK important things to know about the world concept that sprang into my mind fully formed upon seeing this post: 1. It's tropey as hell. it would read like soulmate AU's met Isekai anime and formed a TTRPG party together. 2. when a character turns 18 there's some test they can do that will let them know what their archetype is. You can get tested as much as you want but you have to like go somewhere and get a test done. It's annoying but doable. 3. destinies/roles would be either generic things "cobbler" "spear thrower" "Baker" "fire mage of great renown" ""chosen one" 4. effectively each role would come with maybe some sort of aptitude boost. This means people who have powers/aptitudes/roles they like would be incentivised to keep them and also to not reveal their roles. and people who would like to trade are incentivized to swap. Effectively this would make like public and political relationships function a lot like a game of coup and it would probably be an entirely seperate spinoff book to examine how that impacted the world politically in an engaging royal court drama of epic proportions. also like considering they have aptitude at job implications can you imagine the wildest job fair experience that would happen in a world like this? Chosen One is a big deal, it comes with a ton of social capital, a sponsorship from the king, a lot of money, and like a crew of people to go on a quest with. So you;d think whoever had this role would want to keep it, right? Wrong. The chosen one has no interests in quests, is perfectly happy with their starting level of wealth and isn't interested in fame either. They're just here to sleep around and have a good time. Destiny? no thanks. Meanwhile the demon king role comes with being a huge scary monster, and the monster is like kind of half heartedly pursuing the destiny because they don't know what else to do. This story would work best as parody/erotica combo plus it's basically made for short "person is stuck in a dead end job and has a brief but intense affair with a drifter from out of town and it changes their life for the better and gives them a whole new outlook" type stories so the novel would effectively be a string of them. I'd probably structure the plot around an extremely stereotypical hero's journey but alternating between the repeated unintended chosen one, and whoever gets the power in between as the main hero goes through a series of one night stands, relationships, and at the midpoint: an orgy, where they start with the power determined to loose it, and end up with it again at the end of the night anyways. Everyone's life that interacts with the chosen one destiny is changed dramatically in some way whether they settle right back into their old destiny or start something new it shakes things up largely for the better. and we'd see destiny keep happening despite everyone's intention to avoid it, and ultimately when it looks like the hero is well and truly trapped in a combo of spells and societal expectations to just finish the quest and kill the demon king, the two manage to somehow hit it off. Hero is like "I don't want to be here actually" and the demon king is like "phew, me neither." and they end up sleeping together, their roles nullify each other and both of them end up with no roles at all. This would have of course wide reaching implications, what happens if they pass on the absence of a role to someone else? what does this mean for the world at large? well all that would have to be answered in book 2. The ultimate goal of the series though would be defeating Destiny altogether and giving people the power to choose their own way. with the power of wild sex parties mostly. And even this thing would be at least half spent on grappling with what the premise would do to a society would be at least half the book, I've been thinking about it for 15 minutes and it's already got such far reaching implications as to fundamentally alter everything we know about relationships, careers, and politics.

Sexually transmitted destinies

[rcksmith]

Geniuses — Five Hargreeves

Request: “Hi! I am just the annon that recently sent the request 3,11,16 and 22. You asked what I wanted, I forgot to put that I got them from the “fluff” prompt list. I am so sorry!! And don’t worry! It’s not your fault I didn’t see the list 😂😂 but thank you so much! I really like your fics and your writing style so much! 🥺🥺💖💖”

Fluff prompts:

3“You’re staring again.”

11. “Wow- you look…amazing.”

16. “I love you. You enormously stubborn pain in the ass.” 16. “I heard that!” 1 .“You were supposed to!”

22. “well the probability of that is 0, but you go ahead”

A/N: We not tolerate any pedophilia here !!

I write about Five with their 20s. I write the same about the characters of Harry Potter.

Haha love, it’s okay💖💖 i hope you like, because I really like to writing tis. Thank you for resquest. Love u❤️

English is not my first language, so I so sorry if have a mistake.

Requests are open. Love you ❤️

Couple: Five Hargreeves/Fem! Reader.

Warnings: nothing, just bad words and fluff.

(gif not mine)

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It was fun to think that Five never had an equal opponent, someone as smart, canny, sarcastic and ironic as he. Five Hargreeves was always used to being the smartest person in the room, always being the one with the quickest response on the tip of his tongue.

And, well, it was fun to think that it all went up in the air when you showed up.

You were cruelly intelligent, able to correct errors in Five's math equations, sarcastic and always had a cheeky smile on your face. You weren't used to being underneath, which is why when Five wanted to show that he was better than you, well, you wouldn't give up.

But unlike the time traveler, you didn't have super powers, you weren't extraordinary, you didn't have any skills, but that didn't stop you from being equal to him in every other way.

Whenever Five wanted to come out on top with the argument that he had powers and you didn’t, you raised an eyebrow, looked at him as if he had made a basic math mistake, and said: “I don’t need powers, I’m a genius, you should try to be one too.” And it made him furious, and, truth be told, you just liked to tease him too.

But just as the two of you had personality differences, the ability to handle emotions and people well was different from Five. You were kind, funny and wanted to make people comfortable around you. Being a genius didn't mean you shouldn't be a nice person, and Five usually forgot about it.

As you and Five spent more time together, it became clear that you two were no longer able to stay away from each other. Five liked (secretly) to have someone to really talk to. Someone that understood and followed his line of reasoning, that understood the equations he did, and that considered him a genius instead of crazy with some reasoning.

Being with you was like, for Five, meeting another human being in a dog-only world, and when he kind of told you that in other words, you laughed out loud and said: “Or how to find an equal sign in an equation.” And that's when he felt his heart pounding for you.

Five remembered when you beat him in chess for the first time, no one had ever done it before, and he agreed to play with the full awareness that he was going to win again. Well, that is not what happened.

When you checkmate his king, Five was stunned. He leaned over the board, looking at the pieces as if they had created a head. And you laughed, leaned back in your chair in a victorious smile.

“This is impossible.”

“it's actually just intelligence, why don't you use it now and then?” You were kidding, it was obvious, you couldn't stand hurting people and Five knew it. The dynamics of the two of you who were exchanging barbs.

“You must have stolen or something, this is very much your style” He returned, eyes on you as you laughed “Let's play again and I will give you a the most brutal defeat.”

“Well the probability of that is 0, but you go ahead” You accepted, first because you wanted to show that you would beat him as many times as possible, and second because there was nothing you liked more than spending time with Five.

The matches started, and you won every time. And when the sunset and the breeze was cold, you and Five looked at each other, with the peach rays of the sun illuminating their faces, and the mutual smile they gave out sweetly.

He were really enjoy the game and you knew that, and he knew you not just want the victory. You two know Just more matches would make you spend more time together. And... Five didn't remember if anyone ever really engaged in a game just to want to be around him.

But things really got more real and serious when Vayna asked you to go to one of her violin performances too. And, well, you wore a long, red dress, firm in all the right places, and Five couldn't get his eyes off you just one second.

It was as if, when he saw you, all the equations in his life had been solved. And a single thought rang in his mind: “I want her”

And the certainty of that was absolute. He wanted you as an overwhelming force, which shook his whole body. He needed you like needed oxygen. And there was no way to deny that anymore.

But it all happened in a fraction of a second, and you had just chosen that moment to approach him and ask:

“So, how am I look? Are you going to make a little joke about berries or something?” You laughed.

But Five could think of nothing but that if there were the personification of sin and perfection, it would be you. He looked at you as a whole, a fucking beautiful woman with a fucking brilliant mind. You are incredible and he had no other adjectives for you.

“Wow- you look… amazing.” You felt all the intensity and truth in that sentence, and your heart pounded in your chest.

For, truth be revealed, you had dressed up for him. Because wanted him to think you were beautiful. Because you thinking him were a young God with all the vigor and beauty.

Five really wanted to focus on anything but you. Not In the swing of your body, in the outline of your lips, in how he wanted to put you out of that dress. He really tried. But his eyes were always drawn to you at the end of the effort, as if you were the only thing worth seeing.

“You’re staring again.” Luther whispered in his right ear, while Five kept his eyes on you for a moment that seemed to him seconds, but to Luther it was hours.

But who could blame him? You looked like a mirage, too beautiful to be true. And Five wanted to record every detail of it in memory.

“Take care of your life!” He replied, taking his eyes off you.

After that night, Five already knew that he could no longer keep his hands off you. He couldn't just look at you anymore when the hunger to touch you started to hurt physically. As soon as you got back to the mansion, he grabbed you by the wrist, in a strong, firm grip, and pulled you with him as he climbed the stairs towards his own room.

Five needed you. A kiss, a caress, a body-to-body contact, anything, he just needed it. And it had to be now, he not wait for you to go home and come back later, he couldn't wait days...damn it! He couldn't wait seconds!

Then he knocked and locked the door behind you when you entered the his room.

“What the hell?” You rubbed your wrist that he must not have measured how much firmly him hold you “You're acting like a nut and I thin ...”

But Five didn't give you time to continue. He couldn't give you time. He could not explain something that for him was still a mess. So he showed you.

Five came to you in big, determined steps, and he fit your face in his hands before tilting and sticking his lips to yours. And then the world seemed to make sense for the first time.

Everything was suspended. The people, the rotation of the earth, the wind, the noise of the streets. Everything went into a black hole and was no longer important. The only thing that really mattered was you. And Five kissed you until the oxygen was strictly necessary.

“I have been waiting for this for some time.” You confessed, and Five blew out a low laugh, answering you with another kiss that ended up taking you to a bed and messy sheets.

After that night, Five became more attached to you, and the relationship grew stronger over the weeks.

“You know this is wrong, right?” You said as you took a look at the equations he had made that afternoon.

Five looked at you with a frown, irritation in his eyes, but you were trying to contain your laughter.

“You have nothing else to do no?”

“Besides seeing your accounts wrong? No.” You had fun, taking one of the white chalk Five was using and erasing an equation from it, redoing it in the right way.

You could feel his gaze on your back, but you did your best not to laugh and return the chalk complacently.

“Now it's right.”

Five looked at the account you redid, and gave you an expression of so few friends that you couldn't control your laughter anymore.

And his expression closed even more. You shook your head and were already on your way to the door when when you heard him mumbling:

“I love you. You enormously stubborn pain in the ass.”

Then you laughed even harder and turned to Five, who had been doing his math again on the walls of his room.

“I heard that!”

“You were supposed to!” He countered without even waiting a second, and then you came back towards him, the laughter still present in your voice, your eyes full of play and love.

You put your arms behind his waist, still with the remnants of laughter coming from yours lips, and leaned your head against his broad back.

Five felt and heard your laughter, and then controlled himself not to laugh too, before giving yours hands that were hugging his waist a few gentle pats.

“You are unbearable.” You mumbled, but full of love overflowing with the words “But I love you.”

Then Five laugh came and he exchanged pats for an affectionate affection on yours hand, signaling that he also found you unbearable, but that he loves you.

[spidernerdsblog]

Into You

I have a idea for a smutty story with Peter Parker :D maybe Y/N is a new Avenger, Peter see her at her "welcome" Party but they know each other from a few months ago where they had very great sex (maybe a few details in the story, both love hard sex. Peter is the dom :D). Y/N had a great night with all, the girls love her but peter is a bit shy because he doesn't know if she reminds him. So time after time they repeat the night (please mention it) and fell in love. That would be great haha thaaanks :)) maybe a bit Action, where Y/N looks great in her suit and Peter is surprised what she is able to

Requested by : @fabienneweasley

A/N : Reader's character is inspired by Susan Storm of the fantastic four she basically weilds the power of invisibility and creating forcefields. Hope you like this. Feedbacks and suggestions are always welcome.

Pairing : Peter Parker x Avenger! Reader

Warnings : 18+, SMUT, mature content, unprotected sex (not a wise choice to indulge), dom! peter, fwb -> lovers.

The Avengers are fighting against madame Hydra and her troops

"Parker! Status?" Tony's voice crackles through the intercom whilst Peter fights against a group of Hydra soldiers which seems to just keep on increasing in number.

"Uh Mr Stark things are getting a little crowded over here a little back up would be nice" Peter replies back struggling to keep up the fight as he successfully webs up a bunch of the soldiers. But to his surprise a whole new troop emerges from nowhere.

"Oh no! Karen activate instant kill!" Karen activates the instant kill mode but it still wasn't enough to tackle the whole army as Peter was soon outnumbered. One of the soldiers threw a gamma ray infused bomb which if detonated can be catastrophic to anyone who is hit by its radiation. The bomb detonates with a huge blast but to Peter’s surprise a forcefield forms around it containing the blast inside it, soon the forcefield disintegrates, sucking in the deadly radiation with it like a black hole sucks in everything into it.

"Woah! what the hell was that?!" Peter was awestruck at what just happened.

Suddenly a feminine figure appeared out of the thin air in front of Peter. She was wearing a blue suit which hugged her curves perfectly, hair cascading down her shoulders. And as she turned to face him Peter felt like he was hit by a truck, it was you. He stood there like a statue still processing what he was seeing.

"You're welcome by the way" you quipped, breaking him out of his daze.

"Who are you?" Peter asks though he knew very well who you're but seeing you like this was a huge shock to him.

"Y/N Y/L/N aka storm and you're the famous spiderman"

"Yeah I'm indeed" he chuckles nervously, he was grateful that he was wearing his mask so you couldn’t see his face. You were about to say something when you got interrupted.

"Great work, Y/N" Tony's voice buzzed.

"Thank you Mr Stark" you and Peter fought side by side forcing the Hydra to retreat accepting their defeat.

After the city clean up was done a welcome cum victory party was arranged for you in the evening at the compound. Peter was shuffling on his feet in anticipation of meeting you face to face. The huge spacious hall was feeling stuffy for him. Everyone was enjoying themselves as you walked in a shimmery electric blue number looking stunning as always hair styled into loose waves a dazzling smile adorned your face, eyes scanning through the crowd and momentarily you lock eyes with Peter from across the room but you were soon to look away as if you didn't recognize him.

Peter's mind was a mess, never did he imagine he would run into you again and in a circumstance like this. He had so much to say to you. But you acted so oblivious. Don't you remember him at all? Moreover he was feeling way too shy to approach you what if you actually don't remember him. Tony clinked his champagne glass to draw everyone's attention standing at the center of the room with you beside him

"Ladies and gentlemen I would like to introduce you to our newest addition to the team’’ He introduced you ‘‘The very young and talented Y/N Y/L/N!" everyone clapped and cheered for you.

"Hello everyone honored to be a part of this incredible team and looking forward to working with you guys" For a fraction of second your eyes met Peter’s and memories rushed back in. You never expected to see him again not at a place like this. What is he even doing here?

"Y/N come let me introduce you to the rest of the team" Tony offered you happily followed him as he introduced you to Steve, Sam, Bucky, Rhodes, Dr Banner and then the other ladies of the team.

"Welcome to the circus girl" Natasha joked patting your shoulder "we girls always stick together, you'll love it here"

"Yeah and any problem feel free to come to us" Wanda insisted.

"Sure" you gave a broad smile as you engaged in a hearty conversation with them, your eyes occasionally fleeting towards Peter who was standing at a corner.

"Hey kid, why are you standing there all alone? Come here" Tony called out to him. Peter hesitantly made his way towards where you were standing as you watched him intently.

"And last but not the least my young and promising protégé, kid this is Y/N and Y/N this is-" you cut him off

"Peter" Peter looked at you wide eyed you indeed remember him.

"You know him?" Tony asks amused

"Yeah we met last year at Uni. I was an exchange student there before you know I got hit by some weird cosmic rays"

"Well then great! Peter can show you around won't you kid?"

"Yeah would love to Mr Stark" he smiled.

"Looking forward to working with you, Parker or may I say spiderman" you smirked with a playful glint in your eyes strutting past him to mingle with the other guests.

The summer of last year will always be memorable for you. Firstly because you accidentally got hit by cosmic radiation and got your powers and the epic one night stand that you will never forget. You were an exchange student for the Biophysics programme at the Empire State University though you actually never fitted the perfect description of a nerd because you were never a bookworm, very much outspoken, loved to go out and yet managed to score a perfect A during exams one could say you were the best of both worlds. You were a burst of energy in a classroom full of a bunch of nerds and none of them interest you. But in that classroom full of geeks one particular brunette in glasses caught your eyes. The cute awkward guy of the class Peter Parker. He had this boyish charm that you tried but couldn’t resist. You have often caught him stealing glances at you but every time he used to turn away flustered.

Peter himself couldn't deny the fact that he was attracted to you since the day you walked into the class, you were beautiful as well as witty but he knew it very well that you were out of his league and then you started to hang out with Harry Osborn and he started dating Gwen so nothing really happened between you two. And since none of you took the initiative to make a move both of you continued to secretly have a crush on each other though it was just a matter of time.

The club was crazy packed. It was a Friday night so you weren’t exactly sure why it surprised you. You were standing near the bar deciding your drink for tonight when your eyes caught a rather unusual visitor, Peter Parker. He was sulking at the corner of the counter looking a bit tired. You ordered two drinks and took them in your hands making your way towards him. You slid a glass to him, breaking him from his thoughts as he looked up to you.

"Rough day?" you ask nonchalantly. He smiles letting out a long sigh.

"Is it that obvious?" you chuckle lightly.

"Oh no, just never took you as a club going person"

"Well you’re kind of right, I was actually thinking of getting out of here"

"So where's blondie?" you ask while taking a sip of your drink.

"Uh we're taking a break" He answers nervously.

"Oh I see" you "Then let’s drink to that" you raised his glass in front of him

"No it’s fine, I’m not a drinker actually"

"C'mon for one night, now drink up" you insisted. He gulped down the drink, slightly wincing at the burning taste down his throat.

"Let’s go" you grabbed his hand pulling him off his seat.

"Where?"

"To dance! We are in a club Peter" You exclaim.

"I-I can't dance" He stutters nervously.

"Rubbish! Everyone can dance" you dragged him with you. Peter stood in the middle of the dancefloor feeling a little uncomfortable as well as nervous after all he had a crush on you and the last thing he wants is to disappoint you. He watched you intently as you swayed to the music. You took his hands and placed them on your hips placing your own around his neck making him sway with you. He slowly began to loosen up and dance with you enjoying the vibe. After sometime you went to have a couple of shots together and you were nevertheless drunk.

"So you and Harry, huh?" Peter asked, downing another shot.

"Nah we're just messing around" you shrug

"So no one in our class interests you either?"

"Good boys aren't my type. I mean they're real softies and that's cute" you scrunch your nose "But I prefer a little hardcore" You gave a subtle wink.

"Maybe you're wrong to judge just by the looks"

"Well I would be happy if you prove me otherwise" You practically challenged him.

"With all my pleasure if you want" he smirks. His eyes had a mischievous glint that you have never seen before. Things escalated pretty quickly as you found yourself back in your apartment in your bedroom. Your back arched up, face buried in the pillows as Peter took you from the back.

"Fuck!" Your grip tightened on the sheets as he rammed into your throbbing cunt. His grip tight on your ass, as he pulls you back to meet with his thrusts. Your elbows felt weak nearly in the state of giving out as you jolted forward everytime he snapped his hips going deep inside you hitting your sweet spot. He places a slap on your ass as you yelp in shock. You couldn't think straight the only thing you could focus on how well he was fucking you.

His hand goes to grab your hair pulling you back, flush against his strong and sturdy chest.

"You like it don't you? To be fucked hard like the slut you’re" he growled pressing his lips roughly to yours swallowing your moans one hand snaking down to rub your sensitive bud as he fucks you hard and fast. You felt delirious as you felt the knot build inside you. You screamed out his name as your orgasm washed over he was quick to follow suit.

Though it was a one night thing but it was worth it. After that night he had truly left you wondering how a nerd like him was so fit and strong and now you know why and if you had to put it quite plainly you were properly railed by spiderman last summer.

..........

"Sparring with you on my first day is it really necessary?" you quip

"You need to start from day one now C'mon give me your best shot" Nat stood defensively as you lunged towards her throwing a punch that she dodged without any effort before tripping you and causing you to fall on the ground. You groan in pain before pulling yourself back on your feet.

"Ow! that hurt"

"You really need to build up your lower body strength, start with some leg exercise today, do squats 3 sets 10 reps"

"Yes mam"

Peter was sparring with Sam, the moment you walked in that sports bra and skin tight pants he knew he was gone, his eyes frequently drifting away to you as he watched you work out squatting in those skin tight yoga pants which just perfectly defined your plump round ass.

"Yo Parker! Eyes here"

"Yeah, yeah sorry" Peter stutters as he feels his face heating up.

After you finished your set of workout you went to grab your water bottle. Peter's eyes were transfixed on you the whole time as he noticed a little bit of the water drizzled down the corner of your mouth trailing down to your chest just between your perfect cleavage. The only thing he could think of right now was to rip that sports bra off you and suck on to those perfect tits. You noticed your secret admirer through the glass as you sent a playful wink his way. Peter choked on his spit, turning away flustered as if a deer caught in the headlights. You turned around lazily walking towards him.

"You know I'm not a psychic so if you got something to say just say instead of staring at me like a creep" you quip.

"Wha-what do I have to say to you?" He stutters.

"I don't know, maybe hey how are you? It's been a long time" you half shrug.

"Uhh…''

"OK my bad" you turn to leave Peter scrunches his face at how stupid it was of him.

''Umm Y/N!" he called you as you turned to face him again.

"Yeah?"

"It's good to see you again"

"Good to see you too Parker" you smiled.

A few days went by like this, both stealing glances at each other from time to time when you were present in the same room or during your missions a lot of unspoken words and emotions bubbling inside of you trying to come out. Peter couldn’t help but admire this new and powerful you. He never got the chance to talk to you after that night because you just vanished from his life and now he knows why.

..........

A new threat arrived from madame Hydra again when she seized the cube and shielded it in a dome of lethal gamma radiation. The team had already sorted out a plan to defeat her malicious plans and you were to play a big part in it.

"May I come in?" You knocked at Peter’s door. He was busy on his computer as he turned to see you outside his room.

"Huh,yea-yeah sure" He says nervously. You smiled in return and walked into his room, eyes looking around.  

"Umm so Tony asked me to discuss with you the plan of how we are going to execute the whole infiltration thing to retrieve the cube which is shielded with gamma radiation’’ you showed him a holographic structure of the dome. ‘‘Anybody entering the dome will become an abomination. So you guys will distract them and I in the meantime will disintegrate the gamma dome so you can retrieve the cube" You looked up from the hologram to find Peter staring at you intently.

"What? Is anything wrong?"

"No-no, it’s absolutely fine" Peter fumbles

"Then what is it?"

"Jus-just still can’t believe that you are here and-and-"

"have super powers just like you which by the way was shocking for me too given that we knew each other for a while" You snicker, Peter smiles shaking his head.

"So how did this all happen?"

"Well a little misadventure with the quantum tunnel in the lab I got exposed to its energy and ta da! Now I make force fields as well as can go invisible"

"But now you can save the world"

"Yeah that's true" you chuckle "So how's blondie?" Peter stiffens at your question.

"Don't know, haven't been in contact for a while" He shrugs.

"Why what happened?"

"There were some differences so we parted ways"

"Oh I'm sorry" you place a hand on his gently

"Don't be" he smiles, eyes soft, gazing at you longingly as you gazed in his eyes too for how long you didn't know before you shook yourself from the daze clearing your throat.

"Uh I think I should go to my room now"

"Yeah-yeah sure" He stutters.

The tension between you was thickening at each passing day and soon it reached its breaking point. The other team members were out on a mission in which you weren’t required so you were now in the kitchen leaning on the counter with a nutella jar in your hand and a spoon in your mouth savoring on the delicacy when Peter walked in unannounced making you jump in fright.

"Oh god!" you gasped, surprising him even.

"Woah! relax it's just me"

"I thought you were Nat, jeez" you blew out your cheeks as he chuckles.

"Please don't tell her I'm not allowed to have this as per her new diet plan"

"My lips are sealed" He assures you with a playful smile as he goes to open the fridge and takes out the juice carton to drink. You poked your finger to swipe the nutella from the edges of the jar as you lick on to your fingers. Peter was following each and every movement of yours the way your eyes fluttered closed whilst you licked and sucked your fingers clean. He gulped as he felt heat rising in his body at your teasing gestures. Your fingers fell short to scoop the leftover at the bottom of the jar as you huffed in defeat. Peter stood in front of you as he gave out his hand

"May I?" You gave him the jar his long slender fingers easily reached the bottom of the jar as he scooped the cream on his two fingers and brought it to your lips. You stick out your tongue giving a kitten lick before wrapping your lips around his fingers. You hummed sucking his fingers a little deeper as you looked at him with big doe eyes. Peter groaned feeling himself harden at the mere sight of you sucking his fingers, a little moan escaped from your own mouth as you continued sucking, swirling your tongue around his fingers coating them with your saliva. You release his fingers with a pop, a trail of your saliva connecting your lips with his fingers.

He swiped his thumb on your plump lower lip eyes flickering between your eyes and lips. Your vision was clouded with lust and so was his as his lips came down to brush against yours. Both of you were breathing heavily as you grabbed his face and sealed your lips together. He slipped his tongue in your mouth, prying it open exploring it. Your hands go to grab on to his soft curls making him groan into the kiss. His hands trail down to your ass giving it a light squeeze through your shorts

"Oh missed this so much" He gasped, pulling away for some air.

"Does Mr Stark know that his young protégé isn't that innocent he looks like?" You bite your lip as one hand goes to palm his growing bulge through his sweatpants. He grips on to your wrist a cocky grin forming on his face.

"Maybe you need a little reminder of whose name you were screaming last summer"

"Then remind me Parker" your voice is challenging yet sultry. His eyes darkened as he threw you over his shoulder like a sack of potato and carried you to his room. He dropped you on the mattress whilst climbing on top of you whilst taking of his tshirt revealing his toned torso. You ran your hands through his muscular chest encircling them around his neck as you pulled him down, your lips meeting fervently as he grinded his hips to your clothed core.

"Mmmph Peter" you pull away after sometime

"What? Is something wrong?" He asks with concern in his eyes.

"No just lock the door, don't want others to come back and know about us do you?"

"Oh, yeah OK" he went to lock the door when a mischievous idea crossed your mind. You quickly stripped out of your clothes and got off the bed. Peter turned to see your clothes lying on the floor with no sign of you in the room.

"Y/N this is not funny!" He whined as your giggles could be heard in the room.

"Find me if you can spider boy" you giggled. Peter smirked accepting your challenge as he closed his eyes and focused his senses. He was able to hear you breathing and he swiftly moved to the direction pinning you against the wall. You squeal as your whole body slowly becomes visible to Peter.

"Gotcha!" he says pining both of your wrists against the wall.

"I’ll give you that spider boy" you smirk as you went to hold on to his face but were unable to move your hands when you noticed he had webbed your wrists to the wall.

"Parker!" You glared at him.

"Who's laughing now?" he chuckles as he brushes lips on the sensitive spot behind your ears making you shudder. He parts your legs placing his knee between them whilst he drags his lips down the column of your neck to your collar bones as you whimper at his touch. He trails further down to your exposed tits attacking your soft mounds with wet kisses before latching on to your hardened bud, rolling the other with his nimble fingers. He sucked and nipped on it as you moaned loudly. He pulled away gasping eyes dripping with lust as he went to kiss you passionately meanwhile his fingers brushed against your wet heat as you arch into his touch, making him smirk as he dips a finger and brings it to his mouth.

"Mmm tastes perfect just as I remember" He sucks his finger before continuing his journey further south slowly kneeling down. He hitches your leg over his shoulder as he looks at your soaking cunt hungrily. Two of his fingers spreads your slick folds as he licks a bold stripe drawing a loud moan out of you.

"Oh fuck!" he smirks before his thin lips wrap around your sensitive bud as he dips a finger inside your heat. He thrusted in and out of you with a steady pace swirling his tongue exploring more of your pussy. He added another digit pumping them in and out of your core as you squirmed above him. One of his hands held your thigh, keeping you in place. You wanted to touch him, tug on to his hair so badly as you struggled to free yourself from the restraints biting your lips hard as jolts of pleasure coursed through your body.

You felt a tight knot building inside you and as you were about to tip over the edge to your shock he pulled away.

"What the hell Peter!" you snapped at him with frustration at your ruined orgasm.

"With that attitude did you think I would let you cum?" He chuckles darkly, you whined in anguish and desperation as you rubbed your thighs to get yourself some relief. He stands up face glistening with your arousal, his hand reaches to cup your face.

"What happened pretty girl? You want to cum?"

"Yes please Peter" you gave him your best puppy eyes.

"Such a needy little thing aren't you?" He chuckles seeing you at his mercy.

"Only for you Peter"

"Well if you be a good girl maybe I’ll let you cum on my cock" saying so he quickly got rid of his sweatpants and boxers and lined himself to your dripping entrance. He kisses you roughly before slowly sliding inside you, stretching your walls deliciously.

"Ungh shit so tight!" He grunts lifting you up from the floor with his strong arms as you lock your ankles around his waist pulling him closer to you. He begins to pound into you making you see stars hitting your spot every time he bottomed out.

"Oh feels so good Peter" you moan.

"I know baby. You feel so snug and warm around me, so perfect, my beautiful angel" he showered praises whilst sucking the nape of your neck marking you up.

"Peter please let me touch you!" you begged him desperately. He finally complied to your request as his hand went up to your wrists and ripped off the webs. Once free your hands greedily go to grab on to his face and kiss him hungrily while he keeps on with his punishing pace.

He halts for a moment still inside you as he pulls you away from the wall and carries you to the bed and lays you down gently with him on top of you. He draws back his hips and slams back right in picking up the pace from where he just left.

"Peter…" you breathed out as you felt the knot growing inside you.

"Yes baby, you going to cum? I can feel you squeezing me real hard" Your back arched when he brought his thumb to your clit drawing tight circles around it coaxing you to fall over the edge. Your eyes rolled to the back of your head as you gripped on to his biceps nails digging into his skin. You were a moaning mess by now, the fire burning in the pit of your stomach made you feel like you would combust any minute

"That's it baby, give it to me" Peter encouraged you.

Your body convulsed as your orgasm came crashing down on you. Peter continued with his thrusts fucking you through your high as he chased his own. His movements grew sloppier and with a few more labored thrusts you felt him twitch as he came inside you his warm release coating your pulsating walls. Your body trembled with the aftershocks as Peter collapsed on top of you panting head buried in the crook of your neck as you both gasped for air completely exhausted. He pulled out after sometime, placing a gentle kiss on your shoulder he rolled over to your side. Peter gazed at your figure as he watched your bare chest rise up and down when his eyes went to the bruises on your skin courtesy of him as concern clouded his face.

"You okay?" he asks, rubbing soothing circles on the bruised areas. You turned to him gazing into his soft brown eyes.

"I'm more than okay" you breathed out smiling with content.

Though you thought once this sexual tension between you subsidized you would be able to think clearly. But you were wrong as now you couldn't keep your hands off each other for a second. From lingering teasing touches to sneaking away from the eyes of the senior avengers in the lab or a quickie while on the quinjet during a mission. You had become addicted to each other making you come back for more after each time. Still you guys never acknowledged the course of your relationship. It scared you both what if the other didn’t feel the same way so you were content with this current arrangement of yours.

"Oh shit we’re late!" you shrieked checking the time as you turned to meet with a sleeping Peter you took your time to admire him. He looks so sweet and peaceful you really wished you could wake up to this sight everyday. You nudged Peter to wake him from his sleep.

"Peter! Peter, wake up!"

"Ungh what is it?" he groaned pulling the covers over him.

"We are late for our training" he forced his eyes open

"Huh what? What’s the time?"

"It’s ten past seven already"

"Oh shit! Cap's gonna kill me" Peter hurries out of the bed stumbling as he got tangled in the bed sheets before running to the bathroom. You laugh at his antics as you sneaked out of his room to go back to your room.

You were busy sweating it out in the gym after getting an earful from both Cap and Nat for your lack of punctuality you heard Bucky saying

"Hey queens what's with all these red marks on your neck?" you swallowed hard as Peter’s eyes bulged out in fear of getting caught.

"Umm nothing-nothing it-it was a cat, that-that I saved yesterday" he spluttered. "that darn cat, heh" he chuckles nervously.

"Wait let me see" Sam joins in too "Looks like some really big cat" he laughs

"Seems like the kid here is getting some, who is this unlucky girl who fell for you" Bucky teased

"Shut up man! It's nothing like that" Peter shoved him with his elbow.

"Oh c'mon leave my young adult alone he's way too innocent for this" Tony intervened meanwhile heat rose to your face listening to their conversation. Natasha noticed you standing all flustered.

"So is something going on between you two?" she asks you directly

"Between who?" you frowned at her question.

"You and Peter"

"Nothing! we're just good friends" you shrug "He's not even my type" you clarified totally flustered with the whole ordeal. Natasha decided to let you go though she was still suspicious with you two.

.........

You were at the Hydra base the other avengers were busy fighting their whole army making it easier for you to reach the shielded dome. Tony and Banner had devised a plan to blast the shield off which will release a tremendous amount of energy that you will contain inside your forcefield. And as per the plan Tony blasted off the dome you created a forcefield immediately shielding everyone Peter noticed the discomfort you were facing to hold it.

"Y/N no! It's dangerous for you don't force yourself" concern laced in his voice

"I can do it, trust me" You gave all of your strength you had in your body creating a massive forcefield to contain the radiation from the blast but it was true you never did this on such a large scale and it was taking a toll on you. Your ears and nose started to bleed. Peter noticed that as he grabs you by your shoulders and tries to stop you from using more of your powers.

"Y/N stop it, you're getting weak" he was scared of losing you.

"No I can do this!" You assured him as you managed to diffuse the radiation inside the field, finally letting go. Your body was completely drained out, your vision blurring out as you collapsed unconscious.

"Y/N!" Peter was quick to catch you. You were immediately rushed to the med bay in the compound. Banner checked your vitals and everyone was relieved that you were fine but you needed a long bed rest to recover.

You woke up after how long you don't know but your body felt rejuvenated. You sit up to find Peter sitting beside you dozing in his sleep. Your slight movement woke him up.

"Oh Y/N! thank god you're finally awake" he sprung up to his feet "How are you feeling?"

"Refreshed to be honest"

"Never ever do something like that again or I swear I'll web your hands" he scolds you

"Hey it's okay, I'm OK. Come sit beside me" he sat beside you as you looped your fingers to his "See? I'm absolutely fine"

"You know how scared I was? You have been unconscious for twelve hours"

"You don't need to be so worried about me Pete"

"Yes I have to because-because.." he fumbled

"Because what Peter?"

"Because I love you Y/N!"

"What?" you couldn't believe your ears.

"Yes Y/N I love you and if anything happens to you I will be not able to forgive myself ever"

"Peter… " you cupped his face.

"I know you never had feelings for me but this the truth I love you…"

"Hey who said I never felt anything for you? You were all I could think of since last summer"

"For real?" Peter was finding it hard to believe that you actually liked him too.

"Yes you idiot, I love you too!" You pressed your lips to his. It was all soft and gentle at the beginning which pretty soon escalated into a more passionate one with teeth and tongue involved in it you got on his lap as his hands kneaded the soft skin of your ass.

"Hey Y/N! We heard you are awake-"  all the older avengers were stunned at the scene in front of them as you jumped away from each other in embarrassment. Steve was shaking his head in dismissal, Sam and Bucky had a huge grin plastered on their face while Tony was utterly shocked and amused. Nat was the first to speak up.

"Umm you seem to be doing quite well, we'll leave you two alone" she says clearing her throat.

"Aww I'm so happy for guys!" Wanda chirped before Nat dragged her away.

"Be safe kid" Tony added before leaving, adding more to your embarrassment. After everyone left you were the first one to speak up

"So how long have you been into me?"

"Since forever my love" he smirks tackling you down on your back, you squeal as he smothers you with kisses.

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TFATWS

Word Count: 2,923

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x BlackFem!Reader

Warning: Swearing, arguing.

Summary: Y/N rides along with Sam, Zemo and Bucky to Madripoor.

A/N: I know this episode is over used but I write this and I just wanted to give you guys something after been absent for so long. My birthday is next week and I’m excited. Enjoy this one-shot.

They followed Zemo to his personal jet. An older man stood at the end of the stairs waiting on their arrival.

"So all this time you've been rich?" Sam asked looking at the jet. Y/N walked between him and Bucky behind Zemo. She hasn't really been talking to Bucky because of their argument.

It was basically about how he disappeared on her. He left without warning. The only reason the previous couple is around each other now because Y/N was there when Sam gave up the shield and decided to stay by his side through the journey. That’s how she ended up here on a plane with someone that broke her heart.

The reason why Bucky left because he’s scared to love. He’s scared that’s she was going to leave him because of his past since it was too much for her. So Bucky left and still hasn’t told her the reason why he did.

"I'm a Baron, Sam. My family was royalty until your friends destroyed my country." Zemo replied then spoke to the older gentleman in Russian. After the men greet each other the trio followed Zemo into the jet.

Bucky placed a hand on Y/N’s lower back to help her up the stairs, but she pushed his hand off. She had every right to be mad at him. Y/N really loves Bucky but he can't just leave her whenever he gets the chance.

Y/N sat in the chair in front of Zemo with Sam beside him and Bucky beside her. She nervously looked out the window, Y/N isn’t a big fan of heights.

"The fridge is out. But I will see if there is some good food in the galley." The man said to Zemo who replied in Sokovian. My nerves were getting really bad, She starts to fumble with her fingers.

"Y/N you okay?" Sam’s voice laced with concern. She turns to see them staring at her like a worried parent. Y/N gave them a small smile trying to ease their worries.

"I'm fine."

"Just checking Y/N. Why don't you tell us about where we are going Zemo?" Sam asked looking at Zemo for answers.

Zemo opened a book, "I'm sorry, I was just fascinated by this. I don't know what to call it but this part seems to be important." He pulled a little book that was inside the bigger book holding it up.

"Who is Nakajima?"

Bucky swiftly gets up wrapping his gloved hand around his neck. Y/N’s eyes widened from seeing how worked up he got up from that. All the nervousness about flying left her body.

"What the hell James??"

"If you touch that again, I'll kill you." Bucky seethed then unwrapped his hand from around Zemo's neck sitting back down. Y/N rolled her eyes at how dramatic he was. Deep down she wished it was her he was putting into place but no one needs to know that. (Our little secret.)

"I understand that list of names. People you've wronged as the Winter Soldier." Zemo said obviously not phased by what just happened.

"Don't push it," Bucky warned glancing at him then towards Sam.

"I've seen that book. It was Steve's when he came out of the ice. I told him about Trouble Man. He wrote it in that book. Did you hear it? What'd you think?" Sam amused but Bucky kept a straight face.

"I like '40s music, so..."

" '40s music? You definitely need to put me on some good music then." Y/N said engaging in their conversation. She thought it was kinda cute that he held on to the book Steve had. Bucky gave her a small smile.

"Whenever I get the chance, I will. Just for you."

Y/N bit her lip to keep from smiling to keep up the ‘I’m mad at him' act. But it wasn’t working.

"You didn't like it?" Sam asked shocked.

"I liked it." Bucky said giving him the face of 'duh I liked it.'

"It is a masterpiece, James. Complete. Comprehensive. It captures the African-American experience." Zemo said in the most formal way possible. Y/N gave a humorous smile nodding her head.

"That was one of the best ways to explain it."

"He's out of line, but he's right. It's great. Everybody loves Marvin Gaye" Sam agreed as if Bucky didn't agree. Y/N laughed at what he was doing.

"Sam, why are you still going on about it? James literally agreed."

"I like Marvin Gaye." Bucky continues looking at him.

"Steve adored Marvin Gaye," Sam said bringing up another memory of Steve.

"I have to go to the bathroom. Excuse me." Y/N held up the finger going to the mini bathroom. She struggled so damn hard in that small ass bathroom trying not to fall on her ass. Y/N soon came out to hear them talking about Madripoor.

"What's up with Madripoor? You talk about it like it's Skull Island." Sam questioned looking between the two who used to be villains.

"It's an island nation in the Indonesian archipelago. It was a private sanctuary back in the 1800s." Bucky starts while Zemo finished telling them the information.

"It's kept its lawless ways. But we cannot exactly walk in as ourselves. James, you will have to become someone you claim is gone."

Y/N glanced at Bucky who tensed up at those words. I knew it was going to be hard on him. Sitting back down in her seat, She moved the hair that was in her face.

"So who do I go as?"

"Miss Sapphire, one of the richest lady there. She models for every company you can think of." Zemo said showing Y/N a picture of a woman who looked exactly like her.

"Ooo I think I'm going to like this," Y/N smirked looking at the outfit that she was going to have to put on. She knew Bucky wasn't going to like it but oh well, its part of the job.

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Y/N was beside Sam as they walked down this empty bridge. She kept sneaking glances at Bucky because he looked so good with his new arm. Y/N didn’t know she staring too long when his eyes linked with hers. She quickly looked away, face turning really hot.

"We have to fix this. I'm the only one who looks like a pimp." Sam complained touching his suit. Y/N rolled her eyes, her feet were starting to hurt from walking for so long.

"Only an American would assume a fashion-forward black man looks like a pimp," Zemo said. Y/N’s walk began to turn into limping which made her fall behind a little.

A little "Ow." came from her mouth, grabbing Bucky's attention. He slowed down walking beside Y/N.

"You okay?"

"I'm good."

"No, you're not. You just said 'Ow'. What's wrong?"

"None of your business James. I'm okay."

"So you’re calling me James now? And I know your feet are hurting Y/N. Let me help."

Y/N decided to be stubborn even though she wanted to get off her feet so badly. "It's always been, James. I'm able to handle myself, I can take the pain."

Bucky rolled his eyes, in a matter of seconds, Y/N was in his arms bridal style. Not in the mood to argue, Y/N looked everywhere but him.

"And it's Bucky to you. It's always and forever going to be that to you."

"Before you left, it was Bucky. Now it's James. You know what, I can walk myself." She moved but his grip tightened not wanting her to get out of his arms.

"No, I'm going to continue to carry you," Bucky said but Y/N didn't respond which made it quiet between them. She fought the urge to look at him since she was mad.

"I saw you looking at me and my arm."

She looked up at him fulfilling her urge and they made eye contact. Y/N quickly looked away nervously "Um, no I wasn't."

Bucky let out a laugh, "You indeed was."

"Was not."

"Was too."

"Was not."

"Was too."

"Guys! for the love of God, shut up!"Sam scolded from in front of them.

"He started it!" Y/N replied back like a little kid. Bucky laughed a little then sigh.

"Y/N, you've barely said a word to me today. Did I do something?"

She scoffs getting irritated from that dumb-ass question. "DiD I dO sOmEtHiNg?? Huh? Bucky stop talking to me before I say something I might regret."

"What? Y/N I just asked a question." Bucky said in defense. She huff rolling her eyes, 'a dumb ass question at that'

"No matter what happens, we have to stay in character. Our lives depend on it. There's no margin for error." Zemo explained as the car came into view on the bridge. Bucky placed her down on her feet when they neared it, opening the door for Y/N who climbed in the middle seat.

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"Here we are."

Walking into the bar they could feel the intense stares. Bucky glared at anyone that looked in her direction. Y/N had to fight off any instinct to grab his hand. It wasn’t the appropriate time to do it.

You could hear the whispers of the crowd looking at them. "Is that the Winter Soldier?". Zemo guided them directly to the bar. A tall dark skin man walked over to the trio so they could order.

"Hello, lady and gentlemen. Wasn't expecting to see you, Sapphire and Smiling Tiger."

"His plans changed." Zemo nodded towards Sam. "We have business to do with Selby."

The bartender looked at Sam,"The usual? Anything for you Ms. Sapphire?"

Sam nodded his head while Y/N replied, "No, Thank you." The bartender turned around grabbing a dead snake out of a glass jar. She covered up her mouth to keep from gagging. Y/N turn to Bucky shaking her head no.

"Ah, Smiling Tiger, your favorite." I heard Zemo say from behind Y/N. She would’ve laughed but Y/N wanted to puke at the moment. She knew Sam had drunk it when Bucky looked the other way to keep from I guess laughing.

Y/N moved to the side of Bucky when a man walked up to Zemo from behind. "I got word from on high. You ain't welcome here."

"I have no business with the Power Broker, but if he insists, he can either come and talk to me." Zemo then pointed towards Bucky.

"New haircut?" The man asked but Bucky just stared.

"Or bring Selby for a chat." Zemo continued his deal. The man walked away not even giving an answer.

"A Power Broker? Really?" Bucky finally spoke up.

"Every kingdom needs its king. Let's just pray we stay under his radar." Zemo explained.

"Do you know him?" Sam whispered not wanting to give himself away.

"Only by reputation," Zemo replied. "In Madripoor he is judge, jury, and executioner."

Y/N leaned against the bar with my back facing the crowd. She felt a hand being placed on her lower back. The other hand moved Y/N’s hair from the side to show her neck.

"Sapphire, baby, we didn't get to finish from last night. Let's get out of here."

Y/N prepared to punch him but stopped herself when she heard Zemo say "Зимний Солдат, Атака" ( Winter Soldier, Attack.)

Y/N turn around to see it was a different man this time. He had a smirk on his face, as his index finger touched her bottom lip slowly then used the rest of his fingers running down her exposed chest.

Y/N had never felt so disgusted in her life. His fingers stopped on her boob when Bucky's metal hand swiftly grabbed it, crushing his hand.

You could tell that Bucky was so angry for him even getting close to Y/N. The man grunts out in pain as both of them walked away from her while Bucky still clutched on his hand.

The pair shared a quick look. The way he eased back into his Winter Soldier character bothered her a bit. Maybe he had it like a switch?

Y/N winced not really wanting to see none of the combat taking place so she turned around with her back facing the crowd.

She didn’t want him to feel he can protect her all the time. Y/N didn’t want to seem so dependent on him especially if he isn’t going to always be in the picture. When Y/N needed him, he wasn't there. Getting out of her thoughts when Bucky slammed the man that touched Y/N on top of the bar holding on to his neck, eyes never leaving his face.

Everyone around them starts to take their gun off safety. Y/N’s heart starts to pound as she looked around. Zemo placed a hand on Bucky's arms whispering.

"Stay in character or the whole bar turn on us."

Zemo says something else in Russian which makes Bucky let go of the man. "Selby will see you now." The bartender announced.

"Thank you," Zemo said then walked off.

"You good?" Sam asked Bucky concerned. He looked at me but Y/N quickly glanced at them then followed behind Zemo not uttering a word.

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Turns out Y/N wasn’t the one she wants to talk to since she was just some famous model. She had to stand in the hallway and wait on them. Y/N was so uncomfortable, especially with what she had on.

Y/N heard a gunshot which makes her kick in the door. Both Bucky and Sam aimed the gun at her then lowered it.

"What the hell happened in here?!" Y/N asked seeing the bodies on the floor.

"We'll explain later, let's go," Bucky said grabbing her hand and they all walked out of the building. They walked through the streets hearing surrounding people phones going off

"This is not good," Zemo said looking around at the people who looked on their phones. They near the end of the street when bullets aimed at us. Bucky pulled Y/N to him as they ran in one direction.

"I can't run in these heels!" Sam yelled while he ran.

"You better learn today!" Y/N yelled back holding on to Bucky's hand since it was in the heat of the moment, not wanting to let go.

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Sharon help killed off the bounty hunters they had on us. At the moment Y/N was in the bathroom getting ready for the party she was having. Finished with getting dressed, she walked out of the bathroom running into a hard chest.

"Oops sorry!"

"It's an okay doll."

Y/N gave him a small smile then began to walk to the room where everyone else was until Bucky grabbed her hand.

"Why didn’t answer my question from earlier? What did I do?"

"You know what you did Bucky. Is there I need to say?"

"I think I know what I did? I don’t know Y/N. Just talk to me. Tell me what’s on your mind.”

"To answer your dumb-ass question, you did do something wrong. You act like everything's okay between us when it's not! Bucky, you left me. Like disappeared on me without explaining why!"

"I knew telling you that I was leaving would crush you. I didn't want you to be hurt over the fact that I left." Bucky rubbed his hand over his mouth.

"Leaving you was the best way to protect you. I'm feared by many but that still doesn't mean you aren't going to be a target to hurt me."

"Best way to protect me?! You leaving hurt me way more than what you think it did. You're worried about protection but not focusing on my feels. You said you love me but you left like it wasn't nothing." I groan flustrated raising my voice. He couldn’t look at Y/N and it raised her suspicion.

“You’re lying Bucky? What is it? What is the truth.”

“Y/N... Please.”

“Bucky tell me!”

"I was scared Y/N! Scared that you were already planning to leave because of my past. I know I shouldn’t have left when you needed me but I didn’t know what to do. You deserve better than me Y/N.” Bucky confessed as his head dropped. I placed my hand under his chin so he could look me in the eyes.

“Bucky I could’ve told me. You leaving hurt me more than what you think it did. I love you and that means that I’ll understand anything you’re going through. I don’t deserve better, and I don’t want better. I want you Bucky. You’re not alone in this baby I swear.”

Bucky pulled Y/N to his chest, as she wrapped her arms around his waist. “I’m so sorry baby. I love you too Y/N so much.” He kissed Y/N’s forehead.

“Oh and I wanted to kill him so badly but I knew you weren't going to like that so I stopped."

"You know me so well."

Bucky apologized again, “I’ve missed you so much. I can’t wait to make up.” He began to kiss on her neck making Y/N tilt her head to the side so he could have more access.

"Hm, I'll accept it if you dance on the dance floor with me."

"No! God no. I'll do anything but that. You know I don't like dancing." Bucky pulled back groaning but she gave him the puppy eyes.

"Please? Or I'm going to stay mad at you."

Bucky rubbed his hand over his face, "Fine."

Y/N smiled jumping in his arms and they rested under her butt to keep her held up.

"Yayyy!! This is going to be fun."

"I’m only doing this for you baby.”

“That’s the best part.”

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This took a long ass time to edit but I hope you guys like it. Like I said earlier I know this episode is overused but I had written this when tfatws was still airing so yeah.

I’m posting something since I haven’t posted in so long.

If this one-shot doesn’t make sense let me know cause it’s almost 3 am while I’m trying to edit and add stuff to this and I’m so sleepy 😂

Thank you for reading!

Stay slutty my friendsss 💕

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What was it, you ask? A nerve grinding, bizarrely executed, near rage-inducing experience known as CBS' holiday movie event Nugget Is Dead? A Christmas Story.

I only made it through 10 or 15 minutes of this mess before I switched over to NBC to watch Law & Order. Which, by the way, are two things this movie seems to lack.

Before I say anything else, I must say in all seriousness: If you are susceptible to sensory overload, especially noise overload, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO WATCH THIS!!! There is A LOT of people yelling and fighting.

In fact, we'll start there. The main character's family are always yelling and talking over each other. Which, yeah, that happens in RL. But in a movie, you should at least be able to hear the lines that are important to the story, especially in the beginning when your trying to set up the story and introduce characters. But in the scenes with these characters it was a literal cacophony of voices. You have to strain to pick up even parts of what (i think) are supposed to be the important lines. And I'm guessing there.

This is a horrible way to introduce a group who are going to be main characters, because I instantly hated every one of them (except the titular Nugget, a dog. More on that later). I wanted to just scream at them all to STFU. At least in the scenes with the main character, her boyfriend, and his mom, i can understand what they say. Which led me to hate them too, as they are obviously very upper-class people who look down on main protag's family. So I insta-hated them too. I don't have much to say about the main protag, other than she's apparently bi, but everyone talks about her as a woman, so no idea if she actually is or if the character who said that was just being offensive.

The premise is apparently, she didn't plan to go to her family's Christmas, but then her dog got sick (if its her dog and she loves it so much, why is it living with her parents, who clearly do not need to be caring for an animal?). This was only guessing, and I confirmed this when I Googled the thing trying to figure out what the hell it was. There's at least one lesbian character, but it's introduced in a very in-your-face way that made me offended for any lesbians unfortunate enough to be watching (the main character being bi is introduced in an equally offensive way). Also, the lesbian character is supposed to be either a veterinarian or a veterinarian's assistant. Either way, seeing how she was acting and talking with clients (seeming everly interested in one of the clients' love/sex life and not at all concerned about the dog apparently having a significant health issue that could be maybe be potentially fatal. Can you say unprofessional?) I wouldn't trust a dead animal to her.

Not a big deal, but significant still: the film is Australian. Which, in itself is not a problem. That's cool. The problem with this is that CBS is an American station. So most of the audience for this broadcast is American, including me. There were quite a few things that felt like maybe it might be a cultural thing unique to Australia, or at least something not commonly (if at all) known in the US. This is....not good when trying to keep audiences engaged and caring about the story, because it made me keep stopping and going "wait, what does that mean?/what is that?". Which can make it hard to tell if the thing is important to the plot or not. Don't get me wrong, it's cool to represent the culture of the country the movie comes from. But the way it was done here was very distracting. I should not be trying to mentally take notes of things to Google during commercial breaks because I don't know what they are.

Basically, nothing about what I saw made me want to keep watching this lawless orderless chaos that didn't really seem to know what kind of film it was supposed to be or what it was supposed to be about. There was nothing that made me like, care about, or WANT to care about any of the characters or whatever the story was supposed to be. Even the few jokes I could understand didn't get even a mental laugh from me. And I tried, I really did try to get hooked, to enjoy it, to find something to make me keep watching. But I can't find something that isn't there (hence switching to Law & Order, which had a very engaging story about a corrupt cop framing a known drug dealer, who had shot people in the past, for a shooting murder the dealer didn't commit).

Now, since I'm not a total pessimist, and you've been nice enough to read this far, I will say there is one good thing in this mess of messes. And that is the titular Nugget:

I mean.....this cutie deserved a MUCH better movie (also, maybe don't give a Christmas movie such a bleak sounding title? Just saying)

Overall, .5 out of 5 stars (.5 only because Nugget is cute, otherwise it'd be a zero), would not recommend. Stick to Hallmark for your cheesy Christmas movies. I will be, anyway.

Saw the worst attempt at a Christmas movie I've ever seen in my life last night.