#hes my favorite and i hope i can vote him innocent

[unfortunate--moth]

when double comes out i might morph into a completely different person. mikoto please let me vote you innocent please dont make yourself look worse .

[mamamittens]

I absolutely adore your series, Sweet Child

My favorite One Piece reader story for sure.

So I'm not sure if this question has been asked, but what would've happened if Akainu won?

Also you somehow got me swooning when he holds reader in his arms and you describe his expression of awe??

That probably wasn't even intentional but it's got me wondering what an ending with him would be like.

Is a yandere too? Platonic? Romantic??

Well, actually, there is one pending request for a yandere Akainu end (with smut). Though by default all characters are platonic (Akainu was the surprise yandere by secret vote actually). Hopefully I can finish the au endings next month but I've been meaning to write them for quite some time now so... I guess we'll just have to see?

And anyway, an ending with Akainu would have him miraculously survive the blast and find reader at the inn before Marco and Ace do. Reader was smart enough to act in a way that would leave them relatively clear if they couldn't get away, but Akainu doesn't need much encouragement to excuse anything reader does as somehow innocent.

Thing is, every since he'd heard of them (in a meeting where the higher ups were considering where best to assign reader given their devil fruit), he's been enchanted by the idea of them. An agreeable, fresh recruit with a devil fruit to match. And seeing how most devil fruit users match their fruit, he made the not so crazy assumption that reader would also be supportive. And as someone so much stronger than his subordinates, he's used to having to do the heavy lifting to accomplish his goals. His equals so different in personality and power they inevitably clash, right down to their ideas of justice.

But, in his eyes, reader just needs to be taught. They're still weak (though now he knows they can be very clever) so it's understandable that they may have picked up on some bad habits.

So, when he finds them again he personally takes them under his wing. No more 'other partners'. Just him. And he sort of slips into the headspace that he's the only one that can keep reader on the right path. That their time with Whitebeard has caused permanent psychological harm (like, not immediately immolating civilians that help pirates--obviously this isn't an issue of ingrained morals but brainwashing to think it's okay to help criminals). This isn't helped by reader not being stupid enough to argue with him under normal circumstances.

And since reader can't be trusted to make good decisions on their own, they just need to stay with Akainu so their 'real' true potential can be met. The fact that this means Akainu will never have to feel alone in life or his pursuit of Absolute Justice is not a coincidence. Having a 'perfect match' is intoxicating (Marco himself ran into this issue since physical contact makes the reader also feel like a phoenix so his instincts without the power to oppose him). Having your perfect match be incapable of threatening you on any real level even more so for people with clear issues like Akainu.

He doesn't chain the reader like Teach did. But they're never too far from Akainu's reach either, other marines under strict order to return them to his side if they're caught elsewhere.

This ending is meant to be a tad ambiguous as well if it's platonic, romantic, or sexual. But it could very easily be any of them since his attraction isn't based on their looks or personality, but what their presence brings him personally. That look of awe could be from seeing first hand how their devil fruit could be used or that someone could influence devil fruits that much and be meant to stay by his side. After all, they were tossed about different bases without his protection and look what happened!

Hope this long post answers your question! ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

[archivalofsins]

My toxic Milgram fan trait is wanting to normalize being a little hater. Like actually stop trying to justify voting a character Guilty it's so fucking pointless and drenched in hypocrisy it'd be much simpler to say I hate them and move on.

Oh, but Gunsli, you wouldn't do that with a character, would you? Yes, and I plan too. I don't think people understand how little I care about people knowing my biases and exactly why I have them. So, for anyone interested in knowing.

Yeah, I hate Kotoko on an ideological level.

I am not interested in her second song, her crime none of it- I fucking hate this lady. The best Milgram is getting from me is either abstaining from voting or voting her guilty every fucking day of those three months. Bu-but why? Well, I don't really have to explain why I can just hate her like I said. I don't need a reason.

Well, it's because she jumped the other prisoners right- Because she jumped Mikoto and threatened to kill him, right? And you like Mikoto that's your bias, right?

22/12/15 (Kotoko’s Birthday)

Mikoto: Ah, Koto-chan. It’s been a while. Both of us have kinda split off from the group, but how’ve things been? A lot’s happened, but fr now let’s try to get along. I mean, it’s your birthday today, right? I got the feeling nobody else was going to do anything, so I came to celebrate.

Kotoko: ……how carefree. It doesn’t matter, a villain like you won’t be forgiven next time either. And when that time comes, it’ll be the end for you. I’ll make sure of it myself.

Mikoto: Ahh?? Just try and do it, you nutjob. I’ll crush anyone who hurts me…… You’re gonna be totally beaten at your own game……! [TN: The word “me” here uses first person pronoun “boku”.]

Kotoko: Hm. The border between the two is getting a lot vaguer. Your entire existence is a crime. And I will see you’re punished for it. That is what Milgram, and Es, and I have chosen.

Like, Gunsli I could understand if you didn't want to vote her Innocent because of that we all have our favorites we're only human.

Mikoto ain't a bitch like Shidou he can take care of himself. I ain't worried about ya'll girl she ain't about it, she a coward, she needed to order weapons because she really ain't that good. Hope she ordered herself a shield during trial two because she's going to need it. I'm sorry Mikoto better figure it out. Love him but uh nothing I can do about that if he gets killed by Kotoko I'll just be disappointed in him.

Outside of that I already didn't like her before she did that stuff. Well, damn what the fuck did she do? Nothing but be herself. I don't like her. I don't believe she's a good person. I don't think she's doing what she's doing now or did what she did before for anything other than the satisfaction of herself.

I find her mentality a direct threat to my personal safety for various reasons and will not support it. How about any of you guys try growing up and going to high school during the resurgence of fascism? Having people walk around armed with military grade weapons as you're just trying to get a book from a bookstore. All while stating they're going to make the world better through violence and see how you feel about people with Kotoko's mindset afterward.

See how any of you feel about it when you're at the receiving end of constant persecution based solely on how people like you are reported on in the news. Something that is never biased, as we know.

Like she was doing a good thing- To some in some people's opinion! I don't have time to argue about why this sort of mindset is dangerous to people who've never lost a thing from it, and I'm not gonna! I'm tapping out before her trial even starts. I did my investigation already I do not care.

So, everybody can miss me with that she killed bad guys shit because I recognize that I just think she's just as bad as they are and knows it.

I'm never voting her Innocent (Forgiven), it's a kindness I'm even considering not voting her at all. Unless I'm getting something out of voting her that way like a secured Amane and Mikoto Innocent verdict she can kick rocks.

Fuck her, the ideology she espouses, her justifications, the hill she lives on, the hill she'll die on and the horse she rode in on.

The worse sort of person to me is some nosey entitled son-of-a-bitch that comes into my life telling me their actions are going to make the world better by any means. So, if I have a problem with how they do things I can either shut up or they'll shut me up. Because useless weaklings should just be quiet and let themselves be protected by them.

Fuck that I'm not agreeing with that because that sort of thinking ends with people who look like me dead. Someone would have to have me all the way fucked up if they thought I'd agree to letting her of everyone here back out into society. There are enough people like that in my immediate vicinity to my ever-growing discomfort already.

So, yeah normalize hating a bitch for no reason. Normalize not having to explain yourself because I'm not about to hurt my own feelings trying to explain how this mentality is dangerous and harmful to people who don't care. Because they'll never see this behavior as the issue it is.

Simply put it's not about anyone else's ability to understand my reasoning behind my actions. The thing most important to me is that I understand the reasoning behind my beliefs, and I at least put forth an effort to interrogate those. Even if through interrogating those things I arrive right back at the answer I started with.

I at least understand why people like Kotoko at the end of the day and recognize this is my bias alone. While fundamentally understanding how someone feels about any of the characters in Milgram doesn't define who they are as a person or what they're willing to let others get away with in the real world. So, I don't feel like I have to defend disliking anyone or how I vote a character because it's my opinion.

I'm just gonna do what's best for me and keep it moving. If she wasn't a character in a piece of media, I'd care more, but she is. So, I can recognize her good qualities. Those are however outweighed by the multiple red flags and sirens consistently going off every second because of my background belting the words,

WARNING! WARNING! IMMINENT THREAT TO SAFETY!

As though I've entered a fucking sundown town at sunset. There is nothing in me that doubts this bitch would commit a hate crime and is therefore someone just unsafe for me to be around. Avid defenders would be like "Um sweety is it a hate crime to get rid of child abductors and criminals?"

I don't know, has anyone seen the film The Birth of A Nation or looked over the historical context around criminality? Or just read how the news reports on people who deviate from norms committing crimes regularly in contrast to how they report on the dominant culture committing crimes? No, I don't think anyone put that much effort into interrogating the ideology of the good looking subtly gender nonconforming lady.

Because they said oh bad guy bad, news said so- So, they deserve to be killed Kotoko is so right go off girl boss.

So here,

Kellie-Jay & the Neo-Nazis | Shaun One hour, fifty-six minute, and fifty-seven seconds long.

How Police Make Up The Law (ft. LegalEagle) | Philosophy Tube Forty-eight minutes and fifty-six seconds long.

The Hidden Rules of Modern Society | Philosophy Tube Forty-four minutes and fifty-four seconds.

The Americanisation of Blackness. TheStoryteller Twenty-eight minutes and fifty-seven seconds.

Triumph of the Will, or, "Yes, You Might Be a Fascist" | Cinema Antifa Twenty-two minutes and fifty-three seconds long.

How Black Americans Monopolized Racism Foreign Man in a Foreign Land Eighteen minutes and twenty-three seconds.

The Cultural Gentrification of Black Britain | EXODUS TheStoryteller Fourteen minutes and ten seconds.

The Need for Gangs? | TheStoryteller Twelve minutes and twenty-six seconds.

Why You Shouldn't Watch The Birth of a Nation (AND WHY YOU SHOULD) | Brows Held High Ten minutes and forty-nine seconds long.

There's a lot of videos that go over a good deal of the things I think about when considering Kotoko's case and mentality. So, anyone interested can go and take a look over this information and think for themselves whatever they want. I won't be discussing this because a lot of people in my opinion are very willing to cut off their brains and let Kotoko get away with whatever just to make themselves feel good.

People liked to discuss how Futa was radicalized through the Internet yet continue to ignore the clear radicalization of Kotoko through mainstream media. People all over widely accept everything put into mainstream media as true or unbiased. Because unlike the internet people believe mainstream media cannot lie without repercussions. Yet this is not always the case and the fact that Kotoko is so willing to end other people's lives over uncertain or extraordinarily little information based off the bias judgements of others as she continues to do even now is an issue to me and something I do not personally agree with.

Especially considering how mainstream media can be biased and get things wrong. She's just looking at what appears to be a more reputable source, a source with more authority than the internet mob then going it must be true because they said it. Just like how no one fact checked Es when they claimed that they were considered an adult in Puerto Rico and Haiti because why would Es lie? Why would the news lie? When has law enforcement ever forced a confession out of anyone or arrested the wrong person.

As a news article sits in Harrow about the jumping, we know Kotoko did with the police stating they assume the assaulter was a man. Not even going into the news articles that stated people paid to have information buried. But yeah, the information she had is much more concrete than whatever the hell Futa was basing his shit off of.

[fairytale-poll]

ROUND 1B! MATCH 4 OUT OF 8

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Ruby Lucas:

she's cool, and a werewolf!

She's a red/big bad wolf combo, she's bi, she gets tragically underused like so many OUaT characters

She’s a werewolf :)

We first see her as Ruby in Storybrooke where she's initially depicted as a fun-loving flirt who spends her nights most likely in a bar while wearing revealing clothes that her grandma disapproves of (and is all in red. Absolutely everything). She lives with her grandma who runs a diner and that's where Ruby works. When Emma wakes up the sleeping town, she tries to leave Granny's and ends up helping in a case that Emma's working on by following her nose. That episode also has her backstory, but when we first see her as Red in the Enchanted Forest, she's confident and helpful and not afraid to use her lycanthropy. But the start of her story has her being an innocent young woman with a love for discovering the world and her boyfriend Peter (of Peter and the Wolf, I guess). She meets Snow while still living with her Granny in her cabin in the woods and takes her in. She's so hopeful - and then she turns into a werewolf and kills Peter (after they all thought he was the werewolf and had chained him to a tree). She is obviously quite traumatized by this and takes off with Snow. But that and her subsequent adventures gives her the growth she needs to be comfortable in her own skin, whether human or wolf. And, when the curse breaks completely, you can see the change in her - she would absolutely walk through fire to help Snow and the other good guys.

Another version where Red Riding Hood also ends up being the Big Bad Wolf. She eats her boyfriend which is sad but she falls in love with Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz in like Season 5. Her red cloak is what keeps her in human form which I think is neat. When all the storybook characters are transported to the modern world, she runs a diner with Granny.

She's one of my favorite characters from Once Upon a Time. She's a cool Red Riding hood wolf girl who is bi and has seen like 3 of her love interests and her mother die. She slays very hard so I nominate her. (Also I used to have a crush on her as a kid)

VOTE RUBY LUCAS FROM ONCE UPON A TIME. SHE WAS IGNORED BY THE WRITERS SO MUCH SHE DESERVES THIS SO MUCH. QUEER ICON!!!

Ruby Rose:

She has a scythe that is also a high-impact sniper rifle.

She is literally just based on Red Riding Hood and she's such an amazing character holy heck

Red Riding Hood but with a gun. (Specifically a combination scythe/high-impact sniper rifle called Crescent Rose). Also she's gone through so much she deserves it. She's trying to save the world and keep going despite all the people she's lost. Grew up dreaming of being a hero who fights monsters. She knows life isn't a fairy tale and wants to make it better. Just went through a mental health arc where she had depression from trying to live up to her (presumed dead) mom and from her friend dying for the second time. Killed the Big Bad Wolf with her magic eye powers. Her sister is Goldilocks and her friends are Beauty and Snow White. also I love her <3

She’s the little red riding hood but also a powerful fighter with a massive fucking scythe that is also a sniper rifle and she’s so skrunkly and so gender. Also RWBY’s whole thing (well one of them) is that their characters are all inspired by pre-existing ones from older stories and Ruby’s the main character so like, poster child of ‘character based off [insert relevant fairytale here]’ so I think she deserves to at least get pretty far

Aesthetics, themes, meta, personality and raw coolness.

She is the main character of her show. The most common monster they fight is a type of wolf (its been a while since ive seen it). Her job is to hunt them down before they can eat her. this story is very much about failed fairy tales, many of the side character's inspired arcs end in failure, but (having not seen the most recent bits) Ruby is still going strong, and i really like her cape, rose petals, and use of a scythe.

She is THE RRH character of all time. She has a scythe that's also a gun and she has to be the hero because she's got super rare main character powers. She is my happy girl. Also her mom was Sleeping Beauty and her sister is Goldilocks, and she fights to stop Rapunzel from destroying everything on the world, the gods, and then herself.

Ruby as a character is literally based on little red riding hood! She has a red cape with a hood

the Red trailer is better propaganda than I could ever write

She is a badass with a scythe, inspired by her uncle and fueled by her mother's death and her sense of righteousness

She has a giant scythe

[jrueships]

tag yourself as some of my favorite players except if you can tag yourself, you may need help . Ignore the pronouns lol

Jaboobi

doesn't know how to hold a proper conversation if it doesn't involve at least one special interest

picky eater

do NOT interrupt when in the middle of doing one out of the many favorite monotonous tasks, WILL kill you

still has to hold mommy's hand when nervous

kills people who call sports 'sportsball'

actually really nice when not pissed off 24/7

' i don't have anger issues and to show how i don't have anger issues, i am going to roll this Giant Boulder over a Small Village.'

adopts random things/people when he doesn't know what to do with his life

Gay Bear

Says eep

Finds the lack of an amygdala extremely attractive

Considered a vip at furcon

Voted best babysitter in hometown, should be a school teacher if the economic state of the world wasn't corrupt

Repeats jokes that fail until someone pity laughs, will frantically look around to find anyone who might find it funny

Unironically exclaims 'it's so preppy in here!!!'

Should wear a shirt that says 'warning, will leap into your arms when frightened and WILL expect the catch to be bridal style on the whim'

Nba youngboy

' i can say 'OMG' bcs 'OMG' to me isn't an insult to God, it is my Friend'

Invites himself to parties

Eavesdrops with eyes as big as saucers and mouthing surprise. Shocked to find out his spying has been discovered

Will argue with you while holding a popsicle in the hot sun

Shameless when it comes to the opportunity of social media account growth

Would ask a stranger if they had a hysterectomy because they give hysterectomy vibes

Tried to use an egg as a drum and was surprised when it cracked

Gamer Twink

Kink is people that could kill him

Over-the-top filters over any image taken by a camera is more useful and used than oxygen

Has to do The Thinker pose when thinking

If he can't have his daily little treat or life reward for being alive on earth, considers k*lling himself

Never knows what's going on until he hears one word of what could be news and then acts like he was the primary witness at the scene

'I do really good voice impressions, wanna hear?' 'Not rea-' 'hi im spongebob'

Says 'ggs' after sex

Drew

'Skibidi toilet rizz!'

Will make a random sound. Look at you in morbid silence. Waddle away

Texts using only a single pointer finger while squinting

that one Tiktok of that one ruff n tumble man who lives in the desert and acts very disgruntled by the fact that he has now adopted a stray kitten who's crawled into his trailer, ignoring the fact that he's immediately spoiled it with a million toys and the best food, water, and care possible

Has to be euthanized to be stopped from telling people 'don't fall in' when they say they have to go use the toliet

' not reading that, sorry, not reading that, sorry, ... squeak now or forever hold your cheese ? LOL! liked :] ! ...not reading that, sor-'

Behind those beautiful doe eyes.. is a man so horny ..

Reeses Puffs

Considers 'ya'll' a worthy word to be written in all essays

Hates being hugged but loves giving hugs

Mystified by magic shows

Superhero media lover till he dies

Walks into random conversations already laughing then asks 'what's up :D!! What's funny! What are we talking about :D!!' After the people go silent bcs who tf is this

People think he's innocent from his humor but is actually very messy and lovesss listening to drama

Refers to his pets as his children

Doesn't know what a vacation is

Poo Dirt

' im not going to speak to you.. im just going to Stare at you. And hope. You are a telepath.'

Wants a bad gf but would fumble her so badly

Thinks beastmode is still a thing in 2024

Has like two friends in his phone. The rest of the texts are from his family

Quietly clingy

Scary looking bitch who is actually quite soft and enjoys watching a good episode of bluey after work

'Hey guys' *chat dies*

Doesn't know how to end conversations. Just kind of. Wanders off

Faggant

Having sex with himself would fix him

Doesn't know how to admit when he likes new things. Has to make fun of it first

Would move mountains for a goth bitch

Just Laughs and automatically agrees to things when he doesn't know wtf you're talking about

'Imma be honest... i stopped listening to what you had to say and started thinking about how quiet this restaurant got after that one noisy ass messy ass etiquette lacking ass family left 35 minutes ago, sorry'

Gets ice cream at crumbl cookie

Gets lost going to crumbl cookie

Doesn't want to say anything about that

Jdumb

Used to be that one kid who would immediately t-pose when he recognized his friend in the hallway

^ weird

His fashion and hair IS his emotional state right now

Haahahaa :]!! *face drops* im going to Kill you.

Attends the movie theater in full-out cosplay

'Milk does not belong in cereal'

^ sicko

[yogurtverse]

Right, now that all the reveals are officially out for Disventure Camp 4 I've decided to make both a prediction list and a personal ranking list while fully expecting both to be proven wrong immediately.

Alessio

From the reveal I decided Alessio would be my favorite. He just seems like a cool guy and I like his design. But that being said, I could imagine his plotline only lasting a few episodes as he tries to find inspiration in the moment, while getting easily distracted. I would love if this was another Zee situation where he just flies under the rader and pulls some genuinely impressive moves, possibly making an art piece so good it stops him being voted out, but for now I don't see it.

Personal ranking-1/18

Prediction ranking-18/20

Amalie

Amalie grew on me. I'm guessing she'd be an early villain interested solely on making deals with other players and cutting what she perceives as the weak links from her team (I am fully expecting her to say 'nothing personal, it's just buisness' at some point) but by the time the merge hits she's alienated most of the cast and nobody really wants to keep her around.

Personal ranking-10/18

Prediction ranking-11/20

Anastasia

I see Anastasia as an early game villain. She'd be the most obviously evil player from the start akin to Heather or Julia, but this attitude and ruthlessness leads to her getting blindsided by the main villain of the season and one of the last pre-merge boots. Although I do really like her design.

Personal ranking-5/18

Prediction ranking-14/20

Benji

Benji the type of guy to say 'all caps when you spell the man's name' when you type mf doom in lowercase. Anyway, I see him as being the first victim of a villains alliance due to being a genuinely easy target as he'd probably be too trusting early on. But he'd win a comeback challenge around the merge, and actually become a pretty good player due to a mix of genuinely impressive moves and dumb luck (like just guessing or accidentally implying he knows about someone having a game changing twist on them and letting him use it in exchange for his silence) he'd get voted out near the end for being an actual threat, which he'd take as a personal win.

Personal ranking-3/18

Prediction ranking-19-6/20

Diego

Yeah Diego probably wins because yaoi. He just seems like a nice and dependable guy nobody would want to target while helping other characters be the best they could be. Also he and Spencer are probably gonna smooch.

Personal ranking-8/18

Prediction ranking-1/20

Hannah

Look, Hannah could be cool, but I currently see her as the Ashley of this season, where's she's just a therapist for the other characters (although that could go to Tristan) IDK, that or she has some convoluted romance plot. That's all I see for her currently although I'd love to be proven wrong. But like Ashley, I'm guessing she's first merge boot.

Personal ranking-12/18

Prediction ranking-12/20

Isabel

As an atheist, I'm really hoping Isabel isn't just a strawman of religious people. Gameplay wise, I see her as somewhat innocent, getting in over her head and becoming part of a villains scheme to get further, trying to justify it to herself by saying it's for the greater good, only to take the fall and get booted.

Personal ranking-13/18

Prediction ranking-8/20

Ivy

Look, I think Ivy has the potential to get real grating real fast, and I don't care for her 'hehe I'm quirky' attitude. But seeing as she's an actress, I can see her being like Riyas good counterpart, where she acts evil around more villainous players for the sake of collecting dirt on them and actually getting a few eliminated. I can also imagine her and Benji on the same wavelength around the merge.

Personal ranking-15/18

Prediction ranking-5/20

Jade

I have pretty much no strong opinions on Jade. My current guess is that she's gonna have an alliance with Spencer and Diego, balancing the extremes of Spencers brains and Diego's emotions, while being the best of the three at navigating the game. Unfortunately, this makes her a prime target for the villains who boot her during the pre-merge.

Personal ranking-14/18

Prediction ranking-15/20

Logan

I'll be honest, Logan just looks like a guy I don't like drawn in the TD artstyle which is the sole reason he's at the bottom of my list. He's probably the best player in terms of physical ability, and that combined with his friendly attitude makes me think he'll be seen as an obvious threat and be the final pre-merge elimination.

Personal ranking-18/18

Prediction ranking-13/20

Lynda

Lynda's my pick for the seasons main villain. As said in her audition, she'll be crafty, seeming like an innocent middle aged woman who helps in challenges and provides an ear to players going through things, but then using that information against them.

Personal ranking-4/18

Prediction ranking-2/20

Marissa

Marissa just hasn't left much of an impact on me. "I want to play honestly and join the military" okay cool I guess. I think she's my pick for first boot, as honesty really doesn't work well in a game like this. (For what it's worth, it took a while to think about who the first boot could be)

Personal ranking-17/18

Prediction ranking-20/20

Natalia

Natalia seems great. One of my favorite designs and she seems she'll be a real force of personality who doesn't take shit from anyone and is ready to press further to see who people really are. Unfortunately, this lands her on the wrong side of a villain and she gets booted early on, but wins a comeback challenge and is on the front lines against whoever voted her off the first times, refusing to pump the breaks until the finale

Personal ranking-6/18

Prediction ranking-16-3/20

Richard

Richard just seems cool. Probably the highest jump on my list from reveal to audition. While age is catching up and he's not physically as good as he was, he'd serve well as both a mentor and a tactician for his team and allies, later on serving as the heart of the heroes group like Connor in all stars, later on being targeted purely for how good he is socially.

Personal ranking-7/18

Prediction ranking-10/20

Spencer

Spencer has my favorite VA so far. But bro said he doesn't anticipate a twist eliminating him so that's probably gonna happen. I see him making merge for several reasons (mainly him and Diego getting together) and I also see this twist happening at any point during the merge. 9th is probably the lowest I'm guessing he'll go I see him ranking anywhere from 4-9, but 9 feels right so far.

Personal ranking-9/18

Prediction ranking-9/20

Ted

Ted seems funny. I think he'll he villainous in actions, but not in personality. Personality wise I think he'll just be kinda sad, as his VA showcase implied people leaving him behind is a regular occurrence (I know they're not canon but they'll probably give a hint to what their arcs are) and I think he'll come to regret his actions near the endgame, voting off people he's grown a genuine connection with to get further in the game (I'm guessing him and Richard will have something together and voting him off will be the start of his redemption arc) getting voted off near the end but making the game much harder for whatever villains are left by that point.

Personal ranking-2/18

Prediction ranking-4/20 (haha)

Tristan

Tristan seems fine to me. Like Ivy, their personality seems nice but could get grating quickly, because a lot of their early dialogue implies the writers are gonna try hard to make them quirky (them calling themselves a spunky little guy just rubbed me the wrong way, don't know why) gameplay wise, I see them just being a nice person, super calm and accepting of other people and able to bring people together. I also think they're getting far solely due to being the first NB character in DC. Like Spencer, I can see them getting further than I suggested, maybe even finalist potential, but for now I see 7th as a good place.

Personal ranking-11/18

Prediction ranking-7/20

Zaid

Zaid has left like, no impact on me. He's a chef which could be something, and he seems like a good guy, but I don't think he has the force of personality at the moment, although I could see him getting wrapped up in something major and coming out the winner of the confrontation. Honestly, this is the early elimination I'm most confident will be wrong, he could end up anywhere placement wise.

Personal ranking-16/18

Prediction ranking-17/20

Current ranking (personality)

Alessio

Ted

Benji

Lynda

Anastasia

Natalia

Richard

Diego

Spencer

Amalie

Tristan

Hannah

Isabel

Jade

Ivy

Zaid

Marissa

Logan

Current prediction

1 Diego

2 Lynda

3 Natalia

4 Ted

5 Ivy

6 Benji

7 Tristan

8 Isabel

9 Spencer

10 Richard

11 Amalie

12 Hannah

Merge (Benji and Natalia come back)

13 Logan

14 Anastasia

15 Jade

16 Natalia

17 Zaid

18 Alessio

19 Benji

20 Marissa

So there's my ranking. Again, this is purely vibes based and I'm fully expecting both lists to be proven wrong immediately, but hey, it's fun to speculate.

[1moremilgram-enjoyer]

Thus commences the last in the "Haru bugs FF about Milgram" series, with only two more characters to put on the table !! ...Huh? Ask in my inbox? What ask in my inbox, I have no idea what you're talking about !! Aha !! Ahahahaa !! (i swear i'm getting to answering it i'm sorry for the wait) The last two on the list is Green Anime Baby (/ref) and Schrodinger's Sexuality, both of which you have already talked about before but this can serve as an opportunity to say whatever else is on your mind regarding them

The end of an era, really. The final two people.

Take your time on my ask! It's pretty hard to get so many thoughts on these characters in words, because there's a lot to them, so.

CW: Internalized homophobia, suicide and murder, cults and indoctrination, child abuse, heavy Amane apologism.

EDIT: On second read, I may have come off a bit strong with the Amane apologism. Keep in mind most of it’s hyperbole. I recognize her actions are morally grey, that’s the fun of it, but this isn’t a serious analysis. This is a collection of brainrot, and so I’m letting myself indulge in mindless Amane apologism, hope it’s not too much of a bother.

Let's start with Kazui. The (allegedly) gay (possibly) aromantic old man. Yeah, the aro/gay reading has grown on me since I made that Cat post. Though I'm biased towards the aro thing for obvious reasons.

Anyways, I like him! For the final time there is the issue of sexual attraction being a decently big part of someone's character, and me not really being able to relate to that, but at least this one has the whole thing about lying and societal expectations which makes it a bit more interesting for me. I personally have never had any big issues with my sexuality after I figured it out, but I can sympathize with his struggles to an extent. More than I can sympathize with Mahiru anyways.

I am always inclined to like characters who lie a lot, because it makes them more interesting to analyze. I tend to prefer when they aren't constantly telling everyone they're a liar, but Kazui isn't as annoying about it as some other characters (if I can like Kokichi I'll survive Kazui's thing). Kazui is cool because there's always the tiny doubt in my mind that maybe we're making a horrible horrible mistake by voting him inno this trial, but the more logical part of me knows that really isn't the case probably.

Shame his songs aren't really my kinda thing. I like Cat well enough, and I think half is good too, they're just not what I usually listen to.

I think it's funny his first instinct in his first VD was to try and apprehend Es, very funny guy. In particular, I think one of the most hilarious things that I've seen from Milgram so far is when someone before the release of Cat shipped him with the bartender just so Milgram could have a "Gay or European" parody, which is great, watch it if you haven't, and then it became canon (in theory).

As you know, I'm currently voting him Innocent, not just because of the whole "defending the others" thing, but because he clearly regrets what he did, he didn't mean to kill Hinako in the first place, so while what he did was pretty shitty, I don't think it's completely unforgivable.

I'm honestly coming up a bit blank on what to say about him other than the stuff I've sorta already talked about. I'll talk about the interrogations later, because right now I'm sorta distracted... by her.

Look at her!!!!

Look at how silly she is!!! She is not mentally stable but she slays that insanity look!!!

There's more of them??? This is fantastic!!! I love that for her!!!

Look at how happy she is, going to commit first degree murder!!! Yes, go literally slay queen! Kill 'em! Make them suffer >:D!!

(That last image and her murder shot may be my favorite Milgram frames btw)

I love her a lot a lot. To make it clear to you, I like her about as much, if not even more, than Min. Yeah, that's the critical levels of brainrot we're dealing with here.

She's just so fantastic honestly. Her entire story and personality and capital S Silliness is just fascinating, I could think and talk about her forever. It's hard for me to put into words, because I think about her and I start vibrating. Hands are shaking because Amane too awesome.

Amane is the reason why I even got into Milgram in the first place, you know? Like, I was seeing it pop up around my dash every now and then, but I was content to kinda ignore it... until I started seeing fanart of this weird little girl standing in an army of clones, and she looked a little... a little silly you know? I wanted to see what the deal was, and so I started obssessing over Milgram, so.

And what a time to join. Purge March may not be my favorite song musically (it's probably fifth after Backdraft, MeMe, Harrow and Bring it On. Magic is a bit below that but I also like that one), but it's probably overall my favorite MV of the series. Amane's an incredibly interesting character, the visuals are awesome, and lyrically it's amazing. Literally my only complaint is that it isn't longer, like please under three minutes? The shortest fucking MV in the series?! Evil /lh

One of my favorite Milgram lines in general is:

After you cry, repent, and kneel, it’s now your turn to say that hopeless “I’m sorry” You’re sorry? I don’t care! Please, go ahead and die already!

Just the almost jarring shift from "like our religion ordains, everything will be back to normal if you just apologize and repent :)" to "I don't care what you do, I hate you and I want you dead" is fuckaingadjk yes Amane go go go kill 'em! I don't care if you try to excuse your actions by twisting your cult's teachings so much you actually contradict them! That just makes it even better!

Yeah my sense of morality cannot properly process Amane's crimes as actually evil. Honestly she could kill the entire cast and I'd forgive her. Sounds like a skill issue on their part not gonna lie. Just let her stab Shidou, come on! Let her brainwash Fuuta! If she has DID, then let one of the alters not afflicted by Milgram rules stab Es! I think that'd be very funny.

God, she's just asodak`+ anda alsldk

Sorry, I'm normal again <- Kazui-core statement (aka a lie).

Amane's just really awesome. I can't properly make a character analysis here because I will simply explode and I'd like to survive to see her third trial MV. I think I'll love it no matter what it is, but I do have some things I would particularly adore. Bassically I just want her to go feral, just- just go insane. My inner Veronika in full swing, I wanna see a play by play of her murder and just her covered in blood and screaming like yeah girl beat 'em up! I've seen some people suggest she should just turn into a monster in her MV and that would be so awesome. I am so immensely normal about her holy fuck do you understand.

Obviously I think she should be voted Innocent this trial. Because I'm pretty sure there's just no coming back from a second Guilty, so we're essentially dooming her and irreversably breaking her psyche. Shidou will probably survive any physical wounds she could possibly inflict, but I'm not entirely sure Amane would be able to recover after a Guilty. I also have a full draft talking about all the ways voting her Guilty just to protect Shidou could go wrong (Fuuta could attack in her place/there's a chance it wouldn't even stop Amane/Amane could sabotage medical equipment even while Guilty/Amane might still have the "first stage of physical restraints" from Trial 1 making a second Guilty redundant/DID could let her skip over the rules/etc). So overall I think Innocent is by far the better option, and I hope the way she's bleeding Inno percentage is some sort of statistical quirk and not her actually losing ground on absolute terms...

... But.

Listen, an inno is absolutely the best option in my mind. But if she gets voted Guilty, after I cry for a few months straight...

I am going to be so excited to see what she does in Trial 3. My inner Veronika coming out again, I wanna see how bad she gets. The more terrible and feral she becomes, I'll only love her more. I want to see all the horrible things she's willing to do and say without justification (/ref). God Kami-sama I need therapy.

Ehem. Anyways, I like Amane a lot.

And there's the dynamics, the dynamics! I've already brainrotted about her and Fuuta a bit on his post, but holy shit I love them so much. I want them to get out of Milgram and be silly together. They really are the siblings ever. Fuuta would introduce Amane to all sort of online and self-indulgent stuff she probably wouldn't have had access to before, helping her reconnect with her own desires and happiness, and Amane would try to get him to touch some grass and fail miserably. They are probably my favorite prisoner duo overall; they're both already silly on their own, and their silliness is multiplied exponentially when they are together.

Like, you gotta understand. It's not just that they are objectively hilarious together and they should hang out all the time always. There's also the parallels. Have you ever noticed how they both present themselves as heroes in their own ways (knight and magical girl)?

That they both want nothing more than to impress the very people who are pushing them to do bad things?

[Magic] I hope, I hope everyone can be happy and smile

[Backdraft] Tolerate, impress those spectators

The way Fuuta sees judgement as fire while Amane sees it as rain?

And justavs jas doj oq

God I am exploding I am going crazy like O2 I'm burning myself into oblivion I'm undeniably inequivocally definitely completely insane-

Okay I'm calm now. I need to stop thinking about 0308 parallels because I will simply combust. So we're moving on to-

Oh fuck the Es parallels too!

Amane: We’ve talked about this before. There are things more important than the law. That would be our teachings. Es: I won’t acknowledge you turning such selfish rules into a standard of judgment. I won’t allow it. End of story. A: … E: Both religion and faith are free. However, a doctrine can’t become a universal standard of judgment. A: You fool. Isn’t Milgram trying to enforce a new standard of judgment precisely because laws cannot guide this world onto the right path? Are you still being weighed down by the law?

E: Shut your mouth…! I am the one casting the judgements here! A: Hehehe. And how does that set you apart from us?

A: “We”? What’s “we”? Are you not just “I”? E: … I…? A: Aren’t we the same? Me and Warden-san. You know, I’m aware that I’m out of the ordinary. That my environment was peculiar, and that everyone else is normal.

What if I just ascend into another realm? What then? Can I still post my silly little thoughts from the world beyond?

Listen, there's so much to talk about with these two. I've already said I'm a sucker for protag foils, and Amane may be the most direct foil Es has alongside Fuuta and possibly Kotoko. Not to even mention their sibling dynamic, too, only matched in awesomeness by 0308!

E: No matter what you do, no matter how grown-up you behave – you’re a child. That’s an unchangeable truth. A: You’re a child, too! E: Wrong. I’m fifteen, so I’m an adult in Puerto Rico and Haiti. You’re twelve, so you’re a child no matter the country. A: …!! E: Hehe. You look angry. A: I don’t. E: You do. A: I don’t!

Actual sibling behavior what the hell. I think they should stick together if they get outta the hell prison.

Honestly it's ridiculous how awesome this girl is. I could talk about her and her parallels with all prisoners for days straight. I am not normal about her.

It's not even the prisoners either! Like, have you heard of the Sacred Texts, the godforsaken fucking cat parallels?! I'm going crazy just thinking about them. The only reason I haven't posted 15000 different posts about it is because Amane PhD haver Dr purgemarchlockdown has already talked about it so much. But they are so incredible. Animal cover goes hard, too. I have to listen to all of those at some point.

I will be so upset if she doesn't end up Innocent this trial (not as in mad, as in extremely depressed and a bit mad). I've even tried to cope by thinking of how it's mathematically possible she's actually been getting more Inno votes than Guilty but her percentage is dropping anyways due to statistical quirks and please tell me once the percentage stabilizes it will hover around like 53% give me some graphs I want to try to make some predictions please augh-

Anyways I need to calm down or I will never be able to post this.

So let's look at interrogation questions! New ones come out soon, yeah? I'm excited to talk about them when it happens (and after someone translates lol). Kazui first!

(T1) Q2: Is there anyone you hold in high esteem?

K: You wouldn't know them, but I have a childhood friend. I really look up to them. Sorry for bringing up someone you'd have no clue about.

(T1) Q17: What would you do if the world ends tomorrow?

K: I would lazily do some fishing. My childhood friend who I talked about earlier has a boat.

Childhood friends to lovers AO3 tag is strong with this one huh. Hope his Trial 3 MV contains a scene of him fishing. It's just a funny image really.

(T1) Q3: If you were allowed to do anything, what would you want to do?

K: I'd like to live righteously.

(T1) Q4: Do you think that your family is proud of you?

K: No. They must find me embarrassing.

(T1) Q7: Do you like yourself?

K: I can't really say I do.

(T1) Q19: Do you want to be forgiven?

K: I'm not sure. I also want my weakness to be tolerated, to be honest.

Yeah, the (alleged) internalized homophobia is strong with this one, huh. I'm assuming that's what he's referring to when he says "weakness" unfortunately. I hope he gets therapy when he gets out of Milgram. But you can say the same about all the sillies I guess.

(T1) Q5: When you go to an amusement park, what do you like to ride?

K: The merry-go-round. I actually want to try riding on one.

What. Is this. Is this related to the merry-go-round in I Love You? Like Kazui wanting to try being in a relationship where the love is (somewhat at least) reciprocated? Will think on this more later. Maybe.

(T1) Q6: What is the difference between an adult and a child?

K: Responsibility. Adults can't just go and do whatever they want.

One day I'll start making posts about the prisoner pairs and this will come up in 0708 but I am currently unable to think more about Amane without imploding so.

(T1) Q12: What is the meaning of life?

K:I wonder what. If you find out, kindly come and tell this old man.

(T1) Q14: Do you listen to music?

K: Well, a decent amount. I'm sure you wouldn't know them because they're all old songs.

Why does my guy always talk like he's about to die from old age. Dude you're not even 40 you have literally half (song reference hah) of your life left at least, at least try to live it you know?

(T1) Q15: When do you wake up/go to bed?

K: Because I don't have a job now, I'm letting myself act freely. I sleep whenever I get sleepy, and get up before noon.

I've always wondered about this one. Retirement for police officers in Japan is around 60 years usually, so there's gotta be some other reason my guy's unemployed. That's assuming he was a police officer, since I've seen some dispute the claim, but I think it makes sense. Did he quit after Hinako's death? Something happen before it? It's really peculiar, especially because we don't really get any reference to this in either half or Cat from what I can see.

(T1) Q16: Do you believe in past existences and fortune-telling?

K: I don't. I can't shift to them the responsibility of what happens in life.

Oh you mean like how Amane pretends her murder was ordained by God even though her cult would very clearly disavow her killing anyone or anything because of the whole "follow thine destiny" thing? Curious.

Alright now get ready for me to analyze literally every single Amane question out of principle.

(T1) Q1: Do you have any special skills?

A: Nothing that I can call a talent. Perhaps studying. I do well in my Japanese class.

Does murder count as a special skill? Because I think she's actually decently good at it. Her studiousness is obviously caused by the whole cult thing, but good on her for being good at Japanese! Couldn't be me.

(T1) Q2: Is there anyone you hold in high esteem?

A: My father. My father has been on a journey for a while, but that is something very honorable.

I've always wondered how the father thing plays into her story, there hasn't been too much reference to him yet. There is the second voice reveal trailer thing, but honestly I'm not too sure what to make of it honestly.

(T1) Q3: If you were allowed to do anything, what would you want to do?

A: Nothing really. I am not lacking anything.

Alright you lying liar.

(T1) Q17: What would you do if the world ends tomorrow?

A: If everything ends? Then, I might do all sorts of things I have never done before.

I fucking love characters who lie to themselves yes fucking inject that shit in my soul-

(T1) Q4: Do you think that your family is proud of you?

A: Of course. No daughter is as exemplary as I.

(T1) Q13: Who do you want to meet right now?

A: My father. I want him to praise me for working hard.

Her (allegedly) dead mother staring at her from hell like ಠ_ಠ

One day I'll make a post about how it's possible everyone in Milgram's just dead and Amane got killed by her father when he returned home and that's how she ended up in Milgram and I'll be sad.

(T1) Q5: When you go to an amusement park, what do you like to ride?

A: That is a place I should not go to.

I hate her cult so bad. I imagine that would be obvious, but I'll say it anyways.

(T1) Q6: What is the difference between an adult and a child?

A: There is no borderline there. I think there are grown-up children and childish grown-ups.

She had to grow up so fast I'm fucking depressed. Also ngl "childish grown-ups" is kinda based I think Amane should just insult people more often it's very awesome of her.

(T1) Q7: Do you like yourself?

A: I have never considered it from the perspective of love and hate, but I do think I am a good child.

Ouch. Ouchie ouch ouch.

(T1) Q8: Between ethics and emotion, which do you prioritize?

A: Both are trivial.

"Throw down, ethics is a delusion"~

This is honestly just a really funny answer. I get why she's saying it (common ethics and her own emotions are not as important as her cult's teachings in her eyes), but there's always a bit of hilarity that ensues when you say "ethics are trivial." Amane should honestly be allowed to violate Geneva conventions, I think the world would be better if she did.

(T1) Q9: Tell me what your family consists of.

A: It was my father, my mother, and I.

Was, huh. Wonder what happened there (murder happened there (allegedly)).

(T1) Q10: Is there any prisoner you're close with?

A: If I were to say, I guess it would be Yuno and Mahiru.

And then she wasn't! Kami-sama that first trial aftermath was a warzone.

(T1) Q11: What kind of meat do you like?

A: I don't eat meat.

The part of me that loves body horror sorta wants Amane to be shown eating her victim in Trial 3 to really drive home how 'this is not what the cult wants her to do'. Is that not a normal thing to say? It makes me sound completely fucking unhinged? Oops. Anyways.

(T1) Q12: What is the meaning of life?

A: I think it is something you learn for the first time when you look behind yourself when it ends. I do not want to have regrets then, so I live on with all my might.

Sometimes (a lot of the time) I think about Amane when she grows up and hopefully is out of her cult's control, and how she'll feel about the first 12 years of her life. I hope she and Shidou make up.

(T1) Q14: Do you listen to music?

A: Not really, to songs that are highly entertaining.

I headcanon that if the prisoner's listened to each other's songs, Backdraft would be Amane's favorite because it's exciting and she likes Fuuta.

(T1) Q15: When do you wake up/go to bed?

A: I go to sleep at 9PM, and wake up at 6AM.

She sleeps for nine hours a night? This is the healthiest sleep schedule I've ever seen in my entire life the fuck is this. I get this is because of the cult thing, so I think my girl should get to do a sleep-over with some of the other prisoners eventually, but still.

(T1) Q16: Do you believe in past existences and fortune-telling?

A: Although there are many fake ones.

How do you think Amane would react to Mikoto's tarot thing? I can't think of anything funny to say so I'm just not gonna address the question.

(T1) Q18: Do you regret your "murder"?

A: No. It was a natural obligation.

So true bestie, kill the bitch. I will live up to my name as the Local Amane Momose Apologist, I want her to kill everyone that's ever hurt her (not the audience obvs).

(T1) Q19: Do you want to be forgiven?

A: Of course. I anticipate that you will make the right judgment.

Come on, how can you disappoint her again? Vote her inno, she deserves it.

(T1) Q20: Any complaints about being imprisoned?

A: No. Because this is a trial by God.

Reason #543785478 why voting her inno is the better option: there is zero chance she sees a second Guilty as anything but another trial she must endure, so she'll only cling harder to her faith and I seriously worry we might not be able to get her back by the time Trial 3 rolls around.

Okay brainrot over. I'll be surprised if anyone survives that amount of insanity but here we are. Thanks for all the asks! And excited to see what you're cooking on your end. Take care!

[shmothman]

(This is just curiosity btw)

I'm interested in knowing your opinion on the rest of the cast 🎤

Vash is clearly your fave and brainrot material for everyone at this point (me included), but I wanna know your opinion on other characters of the series if you don't mind! (If you wanna talk about your love for Vash that's welcome too, I love seeing different takes and opinions on this gramps)

My personal fave is Livio. Dunno if you read the manga or know anything about him yet (he's showed up briefly on Stampede but it's a very different version. Still like him tho, I'm excited to see how his character will play on second season)

Sorry if my English is bad, hope my little rambling made sense 🦐 love your writing btw!!

(Your English is great, no worries!!)

Ok so the thing about me is that I’m allergic to angst. even ‘98 was kinda hard for me to watch at points, and Stampede is even sadder. And the manga… is just plain too much for me 🤣 so I have watched all of 98! But only a few episodes of stampede. So although I’m absorbing all the plot and lore of stamp and max secondhand, I’ve still only watched 98. So my take on the characters pretty much only comes from that.

THAT BEING SAID. I LOVE Milly. I love Wolfwood and Meryl too, but Milly is probably my second favorite character. I love a character who’s loyal to her own ideals—and just plain loyal—and I love the fact that she’s as kind and peppy and optimistic as she is despite… well. Despite the world being what it is. She’d do anything for Meryl and for her family (and I do think that includes Vash and Wolfwood), and she protects innocent people fiercely while not being afraid to hit a motherfucker with a giant… whatever it is she shoots from that huge ass gun.

What can I say, I like characters that are just good despite the world around them being awful.

Wolfwood is great for all his contradictions, for how interesting and complicated he is. And because he’s a slutty priest. And I do like Meryl! I just don’t have super strong feelings about her honestly 🤣

Knives is… knives. I can’t find it in my heart to hate him despite the… atrocities,, because vash still loves him. And because I mean. He DID experience some Horrors at the hands of humanity. Cool motive, still murder, etc. i do really love the end of 98, although I know it is NOT how max ends. At all. 😬 this is me casting my vote for knives domestication arc.

My least favorite is legato. Square up you puffy sleeved bitch I will fucking kill you. Leave Vash alone. Get a job.

Number one take: Let Vash Be Fucking Happy For Goddamn ONCE. (if you want something done right you must do it yourself. gestures to my pages and pages of fanfiction in the works.)

(and if you’re wondering why I chose the Angst Anime if I’m allergic to angst. It’s shrimply because I do not choose the hyperfixation. Vash make brain go brrrbrrrrrrr.)

[tothedarkdarkseas]

do you think you can point me towards a compilation of stu's lad moments that we know in canon? i'd like to try my hand at writing, but realize there is a ton of content to go through concerning gorillaz. even just your favorite moments that are... less innocent

Hi there! Ah, I wish I had a link to a good compilation, but Gorillaz lore is so scattered across various mediums that things like video or audio compilations can still miss fantastic written interviews or old website easter eggs, and vice versa archived webpages won't often feature things like radio interviews, so it's tough to ever compile it in one!

Here's a link to an ask from a few years ago where I listed some favorite Stu moments, though it falls far short of capturing them all! It wasn't really lad-specific, so I'd also point out his love of football, his canonical interviews with football websites and promo spots filmed with Chelsea players. Absolute lad behaviour. My dream of Stu recording a proper football anthem grows distant, especially after Baby Queen wound up in FIFA somehow, but I hope against reason regardless...

I'd definitely check out LobotomyPop to read old interviews, though you're right that it is a lot to process, and frankly not always as helpful as one may think (under normal, non-Gorillaz circumstances) if writing is your goal. Picking a year and just reading through some things can be a rewarding experience with hidden gems, but you're also likely to run into some of the inconsistency that muddies the waters. Here are a few I pulled out on a quick look-through!

​The  Eye,  May  2005; features Stu and Murdoc sharing a wavelength on artistic grimness and pointedly recording against mass-market sunshine, a nod to his paternity suits, the iconic "Murdoc thinks he's in control but he's not" quote, as well as another winner, "Friendship... that's a strange word to describe a profound bond of mutual hatred and emnity. Listen, this band came together because of creative differences. We broke up before we started. Between you and me, though, without the other Gorillaz around him Murdoc just falls apart. Everything's always someone else's fault." I suppose I'm conflating laddishness and Stu displaying open hostility or discompassion for Murdoc, haha, but I think they go hand in hand!

​The  Official  Gorillaz  Fansite,  July  2005; features a great quote missing from the list above, "I had a girlfriend but Murdoc took her. Well, tried to. I was going out with Rachel Stevens ex-S Club for a while, but then Murdoc, like, hassled her and hassled her until she got bored and went home. I had a load of girlfriends down in Eastbourne, while we were taking a break. Is your friend eligible? I don’t know. Is she old enough to vote?"

...but I'll tell you, my heart shatters that I can't find the Synths are My Friends interview at the moment. If anyone reading this has a link, please do share, you'll be a lifesaver!

[leahriellexoxo]

Things in my life that make me overwhelmingly happy ✨

• my home. the smell is always so welcoming & clean. The energy is safe & loving. You can see provision in the walls of my home by the way my kids glide through their home. The way my husband loves coming home. The furniture. The design. The structure. You can sense the love & the care that reside here as well.

• my family. My children are so authentic and loved. They are the most confident and genuinely happy souls. They love because they are loved. They share because they live in abundance. They thrive because they aren’t raised to survive. They’re pure. Innocent. They’re fun. They’re giving. They’re helpful and so intellectual. I enjoy the uniqueness of each of them. It reflects greatly in their style and room design. My favorite part of life for them. Pumpkin patches with them 🎃 Christmas tree decorating 🎄 Baking, eating, toys and leaving the mess for memory. Photos from them and with them. Teaching them to prioritize self care & God. Giving them what they need and want. Nail day for my girls? Done. Boys wanna go gaming? Let’s do it. One on one dates? Of course. They are my primary priority in life 🩵

• my man. he’s so handsome and good looking. He smells so attractive. He’s clean and sexy. He’s confident and alluring. He’s charming and respectful. He’s understanding and comforting. Compassionate, romantic. Thoughtful. So masculine though. Muscles and not too much of them. Strong but not nonchalant. Emotionally mature and he’s so inspiring. He’s a provider without stipulation or conditions. He loves his family. He puts us first. After God. He’s a leader. His touch makes me blush. He knows my body so well 🥰🤤 he’s talented and very very blessed. His favor is evident. He surprises me with dates, flowers, money, vacations, gifts and other things but he expects nothing in return. I consider myself blessed to be able to give back to him in such a high manner, to be his wife is a blessing. He’s my personal contractor, covering is A1 - this man can PRAY. He’s selfless but he can be because I love to take care of him too 🥰 he’s my best friend, my soulmate. We’re made for each other.

• my business. Mylf is more successful than I have ever imagined. The storefronts are first and foremost BEAUTIFUL. They are performing so well, I’m ordering inventory every week! They women are loving it here. The fitness keeps getting better. Women leave happier and happier. The skincare line - glow girl. Top seller, dermatologist recommended is CRAZY. Kim K is even asking, WHAT is she doing over there? The mommy & me salons are a hit. Happier women, happier world! Thanks to the great stylist, child care providers and amazing staff behind the scenes. I enjoy meeting with my teams. I love working in the warehouse, it’s so beautiful. The content days are my favorite 🤩 I live for my glam team and everyone is so genuine and authentic and really see the vision and I’m so blessed to be surrounded by people who want to support and help keep mylf one of the best companies/franchises in the world. I am doing a Forbes interview later, STOKED! Can’t wait to see the front cover I shot this week and my collaborative projects are of course so 🔥. Truly blessed to have a brand built on just being me. Celebrating 9 figures this month!!!!!!!!

• The properties we own - have blessed so many families. The apartments are everything i imagined. They actually look luxury but the rent is affordable for families. The daycare center has been voted safest center. The staff is so loving. They really care for the babies and mothers/fathers. The waitlist is so long I feel bad but we are still remodeling the new apartments and hope to launch them very very soon. My mother is very hands on in this portion of the business. I trust her judgement on these. She knows my vision and she handles business well. She also runs the party planning agency and she’s kick ass in that! Auntie is too 🥰

• my cars … oh I love my cars. I love them so much. A/C is underrated. The seating comes in handy. Babe keeps them clean for me. I love that I have options. I feel so blessed to be able to choose but also lend. We started the rental company and I have developed a great appreciation for luxury cars. Gas tanks are always full, thank you Jesus. I’m so happy 😁

• me. I 100% love myself. I trust myself, I care for me, I respect me. I honor me. This woman I am is so grateful to be alive. To look this good too. Hair stays done. Style is immaculate. Mental health is top tier. Skin looking young and fabulous. Manicured down. Nails always eat. My favorite thing about me today: … my joy, can’t be messed with. It’s pure. It’s authentic. It’s strong. It’s safe. Im safe. I don’t live in fear anymore. I do not live in fear, or lack anymore. I’m so grateful. I’ve learned to control my emotions. I’m so much more mature and logical. I never stop learning, I’m always bettering my life and the quality of it. I pour into others because I’m FULL. My cup overflows.

[lisxdumbr]

hi hi hi lis!! its been a whilee hope youre having a wonderful day :D!!

your door theory is actually interesting!! and for the guiding audience towards a certain vote, besides the ways you already said in both commencement and report videos he does make a lot of comments about the characters situation and our votes!

although voting kazui is a tricky concept related to kotoko? since hes in a 'bodyguard' role in a way which helped after the first trial results and kotokos attack, if she does get voted innocent and him guilty it kinda puts the others prisoners in a risk

(also it does make me think for a audience vote based intreactive project what guiding the votes in a certain way means but i sadly dont have enough words to actually talk about it ^^;)

and unrelated but how do i keep finding you in every fandom im in? got recently involved with hypmic and then discovered you were also in there too! a great surprise for sure!!

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HI STARRY, LONG TIME NO SEE. I'm glad you liked my theory !! I've been thinking about it ever since the first 3 covers dropped more or less? And yeah it makes sense to me so I thought I'd share.

I understand that guided votes are not like. the most exciting thing but to me it makes sense. It's their project after all, and the stories were already planned since the beginning, I'm very sure we should get a showdown or something like that after trial 3 (or in it) where we'll know the actual truth and we'll see which people actually deserved what vote. I also think they already left us a lot of freedom in trial one.

ALSO HELP ME. oh you got into hypmic 👁️ yes I've been in hypmic since forever actually. I met it in like. 2019 more or less? And I became much obsessed, I just happened to meet enstars a couple of years after and oh well. you know.. hypmic is still my favorite music project ever I believe, it's my roots,, also back in the day hypmic Tumblr used to be full of writing blogs which were so extremely cool and I loved the imagines so much,,, do enjoy the story, contrary to enstars where I mostly only read for my faves I have consumed every single crumb of hypmic stories, tracks, manga, and even stage (though I have to catch up because I haven't heard the DT of the Chuuoku album cough) you can always come here if you want to vent any thoughts !!

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it's okay, it's okay! you're still very quick actually! i have a few things to say under the cut too!

*nods* yeah, akio is one of the most fun prisoners for me to work on, even though his crime is so easy to solve and understand. and yes, there will be a lot more sad akio content in season 2, even though he will keep a lot of his t1 personality traits. i don't think he will mention why he's so obsessed with being better than everyone else in his vd and there won't be any answers to that question in his mv, but maybe i can leave a hint in his interrogation. oh, and arata will be mentioned more often in season 2 and he will play a bigger role, so i hope you're ready for that because i'm not <3 (and yes, akio would enjoy being carried around a lot, even though he would blush a lot too and complain about it being embarrassing)

AIMI'S DESIGN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES she's so fun to draw.. aimi's crime is very interesting to me, because it's like.. it looks so easy to solve, like, if her classmates play such a big role in her mv and she keeps mentioning them all the time, does that mean that she killed all of them? and how did she even do that? why did she do that in the amusement park? her t2 mv will answer some of these questions though! her accomplice will appear too, so be prepared for that! and YES i wonder how akane would react to aimi's crime because the nature of it is very interesting, it's like.. personally, she's innocent to me, but i still can't say she's a good person even though i feel bad for her. there's more to her than just her murder. (honestly, this might sound a bit silly, since it's supposed to be something only the guards (and the viewers) do, but it's interesting to think about, like, how our prisoners would react to each other's mvs, like for example, what if akio saw ichiro's mv or akane saw aimi's mv)

the fact that you don't have much to say about shun is so funny to me because he's one of my favorite (and most relatable) prisoners here 😭 but i can kinda see why! right now, there's not much to say about him, except the fact that he's a yandere who forces himself to forget the things he doesn't want to think about. i can't say that his t2 mv and vd are gonna be something completely new, but yeah, i still think it's gonna be easier to understand what kind of person shun is. i think he's gonna be voted guilty in season 2 tbh

hmm, i can't say that naomi is similar to mayumi and i doubt that she's similar to noa either? but she's definitely "the big sister who doesn't want to be here", that's a very accurate description of her character. i feel like naomi is less sympathetic than both mayumi and noa, like at least mayumi did it for her morals and what she thinks is right and noa is just.. a very sad woman, naomi's case is more scary, i think? she's one of my favorites as well, because it's like, at the same time it's hard not to relate to her, i mean, kids can be very annoying, but also.. she's a child murderer. and i can't say she wouldn't do something like that again if she was able to leave milgram, this woman is more unstable than she seems.

HDGBHDJKSKSKS kei really is one of the most popular characters here, if not the most popular one :'D and i'm glad to see that, i love him a lot! his t2 mv is so painful to describe kei also will act much more like a wet cat in season 2, but he will still have some of his t1 personality left. which means more arguing with eiji and calling him out even more often! and hmm, i think i can say that daisuke and kei give off similar vibes, but kei is like.. i don't think he's as "mature" as daisuke, i guess? it's like, sure, kei is having fun right now, but if anything goes wrong and not as he expected.. he won't be happy about it.

you're so valid, honestly, i love eiko so much, but i do feel like she's not as memorable as some other prisoners 😔 i think she will talk more about why her expectations are always so high in season 2 though! she also will be more "active" and maybe she will actually be related to eiji's character development in some way.

asahi!! my son!! my boy!! his innocent verdict will not make him act any better but that's okay <3 (at least when it comes to eiji and other prisoners. he likes miki though) oh, and asahi thinks it's a normal thing to call everyone his older siblings, but it actually comes from him wanting to have someone to rely on and someone who can protect him, even if it's not a parent :') so maybe if all of them weren't in prison and were just. idk, a found family, asahi could actually see everyone as his older siblings.. and yes, maybe he really could heal after he's free, but.. would he be able to find someone who can guide him though? 😔 miki is not really the best influence too..

yurika is definitely that oc that i used to find forgettable at first, but now i personally find her one of the most fun characters to write shsjksksls like, she really is a pathetic ex-rich girl who was kicked out by her parents and was like "but what if i let a pretty woman manipulate me" 😭 her t2 version scares me so much, but also.. this is just real yurika. this is her if she didn't have to pretend like she's fine. so yes, expect her to hurt at least one prisoner in season 2 (her victims will still say a lot about her character)

riku was actually supposed to dye his hair in season 2 but i'm not sure if i will do that yeah, tbh i don't think riku would kill someone again if he was allowed to leave milgram? i mean, his other friends are very nice and supportive (they might be a bit insensitive sometimes, but hey, riku is like that too) and he really does love them even though he didn't like it when they called his victim talented so he would never hurt them. he doesn't really like his brother because yeah, his brother has health problems, so he can't help the family in any way, but riku is tired of having to do everything himself, however his brother really does love riku and tries his best to support him, so their relationship is still mostly okay. (also i remember saying "oh, i don't think he will get as bad as muu in season 2" and. u-uh. i was wrong)

speaking of guards, i think i will reveal more information about the sanada family and what kind of person eiji was before milgram! he was still just as aggressive though.. but his personality and the way he sees milgram will slowly start to change. miki and asahi's relationship will also start to develop (asahi will even become more protective of her), maybe his "real" name will also be revealed too 👀

My thoughts on the Linagram characters

@linagram Here it is~! I hope you don't mind the wait.

Akio ♡

First of all, I love him as a character! His motive for killing, his follower and even his victim really tells you a lot about the kind of person he is. His personality is snappy with an undertone of sadness (that will surely be more obvious in t2), and I'm interested to find out about why he's so focused on studying.

I personally think that when two characters have a complex and developed relationship, it automatically makes them shine in their own right as well. You can't make two bland characters have an interesting relationship. Admittedly, half of Akio's appeal for me comes from Arata, haha. I want to study them like lab rats.

I wouldn't talk to someone like Akio irl though. He would intimidate me.

Akhsjsksjsjhsudsgss Akio seems like the type to like being carried around (even in a handbag). I can imagine him secretly enjoying it as a chibi. With how much he likes to act like a king, I think he'd like to be carried around like one too. Or maybe he'd prefer certain people carrying him around instead? 👀

Aimi ♡

I love, love, love her character design! Her gradient eyes have captivated me and seeing her in her oversized uniform makes me want to give her a big hug. Those bandages do a good job of making her look sympathetic too, like a kicked puppy in need of love.

I love her, but all the unknown factors of her crime scare me a lot. I'm not good at analyzing stuff, so I'm mostly worried about the accomplice/friend she had before the whole murdering happened. We don't even know who her victim was, or if she even killed them herself. Her crime is turning out to be not as easy as I thought it was. A very Muu move to pull, good for her.

I'm a little nervous to see her again for t2, because she probably won't stay friends with Akane for long. If it turns out that her murder wasn't sympathetic and she's actually a "bad" person, Akane wouldn't want to associate with her anymore. But they're so cute together. :(

Shun ♡

His whole stuttering thing and memory problems would probably weird me out irl honestly. He's interesting as a character tho!

His quirks are really interesting, but there's only so much I can say about him tbh. Shun is a really unreliable narrator, so I don't actually know much about him or his murder? I'm pretty sure I can't forgive him regardless. He's giving me all sorts of bad vibes. Who knows? Maybe he's killed more than a few people.

Naomi ♡

She doesn't have a good relationship with her parents, so I suspect she hasn't had the best history. I do wonder what her victim did to make her so angry that she would resort to killing him though. I don't think she ever mentioned what he did, just that some kids can be more evil than adults. She doesn't like kids now, but still wants to be voted guilty for her crime. She seems torn over how to feel.

At first I thought her personality would be similar to Mayumi, but she seems closer to Noa actually. I'm getting the vibes that she isn't as nice as she seems actually. Like a reluctant older sister figure that would rather not be here at all. /lh

Can't wait to learn more about her backstory in t2! Her reaction to being voted innocent scared me quite a bit actually. I wonder what kind of character development she'll get.

Kei ♡

He such an interesting and fun character, I love everything I read about him! Watching him interact with Eiji is such a treat. Its interesting to see him get under Eiji's skin with such unnervingly accurate remarks. They're obviously incredibly dysfunctional, but I have a feeling they both still love each other in their Sanada family twisted way. I eagerly await more Sanada family lore!

I think he's the kind of character that works better in a dynamic because you get to see just how twisted he is when he's with someone else? Like, him and Eiji, him and Ruka, him and his mom that loves him so much. Him, Eiko and Shun too!

Since he's always giving off the impression that he's happy and having fun in Milgram, I'm looking forward to seeing his little meow meow side in t2 asjdskdskdjkdsk He and Daisuke are quite alike.

Eiko ♡

Um, yeah, I don't much to say about her. Her family background is intriguing, but something about her personality just makes her forgettable to me? She reminds me of Yuno, and I don't like Yuno all that much. Her careless attitude but high expectations kind of annoy me. Do you care or not?

Also, based on what we know of her crime so far, it seems as though she killed someone she was talking to online because he lied about who he was to her? The murder method is gruesome, but the actual motive is quite boring for me. Hopefully t2 will bring me more juicy details about her crime. Or more lore to let me understand her better.

Asahi ♡

I love his design soooo much <3 He's a lil purple boi with crown shaped pupils, how could I not like him? His fancy clothes are really cute too! It shows the difference between the more upper class life he had with his adoptive parents compared to the life with his dad.

He's very much a brat, but I can also tell that he's really scared and doesn't know what to do. His prickly attitude is probably similar to Akane's, where they both lash out in order to protect themselves. He still addresses everyone older than him politely though, so that's a really cute detail. I wonder where he learned to do that from?

Yes, he's a horrible person. Yes, he's never done anything wrong with his life. Asahi, an 11 year old murderer, exists. The main theory now is that he killed his adoptive mother by putting something she's allergic to in her food, and we don't quite know why he wanted to kill her yet, but he's obviously traumatized and trying to compensate for the hurt he suffered in the past. His relationship with his imaginary mom isn't the most reassuring coping mechanism either.

I think if he were ever to get out of Milgram alive, there's a chance he could heal and change for the better with the right guidance. He's still a child after all. I wonder if he feels guilty about his murder.

Yurika ♡

Eiko and Yurika are your ocs that I often forget about, haha. They're just not the type of characters that I pay attention to. I will say that they're very well written though! Yurika's fear of growing up and having to be independent is a nice touch.

Her crime is really hard to pin down, and the contradicting evidence isn't helping much. But I have the feeling that her crimes aren't as complicated as her first MV makes them out to be. The switching of POVs and shaky timeline does a good job of confusing me, but the actual murdering bit probably won't be that hard to understand.

Yurika keeps saying that she killed her victims out of self-defense, but her motive for killing them seems to be more of them knowing too much about her. Also, her manager was most definitely manipulating her into doing some dirty work, so there's that. Although I sympathize with her struggles, she is an adult and should be able to handle her problems without resorting to murder, whatever they may be.

Riku ♡

He has the best hair out of all your ocs, hands down. The rings on his fingers really give him a cool look too!

Now, he's really babygirl and I love his personality (bb please stop hurting yourself). Its not that I think that he was in the right to kill his friend, but I can understand his motive behind doing it. His mental state is also in shambles, even from before he was brought to Milgram, so he obviously has some serious issues he's trying to cope with.

I don't think he's the type to kill again if he makes it out of Milgram. Perhaps with the proper support, he can learn to take care of himself. But this is Milgram and Lina /lh we're talking about, so things can never be easy. Can't wait to see what kind of character development he'll get after being voted innocent!

Reina ♡

Okay, its not that I really dislike Reina, its just that her "I'm an evil serial killer" act annoys me. Someone claiming they didn't kill anyone or that their murder was an accident I can understand, but claiming that you have over 50 victims? Really? I also think that she's trying really hard to make herself look guilty so that her friends can be spared, which annoys me as well.

I am curious about how and why she ended up bullying others with her friends though. Did she feel pressured to go along with it when they did it as a group? Or was she more active in her decision making? She had a fight with someone over her behavior too, which sets up an exciting story to find out about in t2.

I find her annoying for now, but she's still quite the interesting character! She's going to get violent in t2 in order to make the guards vote her guilty too, so I can admire her determination at least.

Eiji ♡

I love him so much, he's so funky and such a sadistic guard its refreshing in a weird way. Sometimes he gets so excited about punishing the prisoners, it seems as though he doesn't care that much about judging them as much as getting to punish them. There are also times when he decides on someone's verdict based on his personal feelings, like when he wanted to vote Haku guilty because the guy has a good relationship with his brother asdjksdskdjsks In comparison, Es doesn't remember his life before Milgram, so he can't do that.

His relationships with just about everyone he's interacted with is so interesting!!! Especially whatever he has going on with Kei. His friendship with Miki shows promising potential too. If I had enough braincells and ability to string my thoughts together neatly, I could write whole analyses about their relationships but alas.

I am interested in knowing how Eiji would treat someone outside of Milgram though. Like, his normal life in the outside world before he was made a warden in Milgram. I get the feeling that he isn't as aggressive compared to the way he acts as a warden.

Also, the idea of having siblings in Milgram is so cool!! Even better that one is a prisoner and one is guard, and THEY'RE BOTH twisted in their own ways. Its really intriguing how Kei reveals a lot about Eiji's true feelings when they interact, but Eiji isn't able to say much about Kei that we don't already know. ITS SO- GRFSNDISSDJSSK

Miki ♡

YO we have a bingo!!!!!

She's very cute, I love her pink pigtails!! Her personality is so complex and well-developed too! At first glance, you'd think she's just idealistic and naïve. But then she turns out to be struggling with strong feelings of guilt from her past and more manipulative than expected. Wow.

Her relationships with the prisoners are fun, and her changing friendship with Eiji is sooooooooooooo good!! Her seemingly gentle personality really shines through when she interacts with others. And based on the different personalities she interacts with, we get to see a new side of her that we don't normally see too.

Her development for t2 is really exciting! I can't wait to see how far she can take her newfound god complex. And how different she'll be treating Asahi now that she knows he's related to her.

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I wonder if Muu, someone with very little allies, would be comfortable with the only one willing to listen to her disappearing on her now that she's guilty. I wonder how many people like Mu outside of Haruka. How many are willing to help her and who will just think, "It's karma right; what goes around comes around as she said that has nothing to do with me". I know Yuno doesn't/wouldn't want to be bothered, and Futa has learned to stay in his lane. So, he wouldn't concern himself over either of them as they seemed to have not with him. Well, if his second written interrogation holds true, that is.

It's interesting to wonder if Muu can keep the same flippant attitude over what Haruka said he'd do now that it played out this way. It would seem Milgram doesn't have her or Haruka's best interest in mind. It's a bit fun to see someone who could only get as far as she did through having people beneath her indulge and at times do the work for her so willing to lose someone that meets what she's been asking for.

So, does Muu really support whatever her friends want to do or was all that talk just that talk. Now that she's having issues will she still support Haruka doing that or will it turn into a I need you so you can't do that situation. I wonder what will happen either way as guards it's best to prepare and recognize that no matter where the pin drops the blame will be put directly on our heads.

At times like this, it's important to know ones own resolve well. A person can't change what other people decide to do, only how they react to it after all. I'd rather do what I believe I should than something I think everyone else believes is the right course of action, but I'd personally regret. So, what Haruka did and Muu didn't try to stop was bound to get mixed reactions. I wonder what will come first Muu's continued comfort since she may only have Haruka on her side at this point or stinging those who betrayed her out of jealousy.

I mean this is Muu we're talking about. She may not even see this verdict as a response to her murder but a bunch of people lashing out because she's Haruka's favorite. Since all people proved was they like Haruka oh so much but what about Muu? Muu says we could just vote everyone Innocent crickets Haruka begs people to vote Muu Innocent her Innocent percentage goes up. It wouldn't be difficult for her to interpret that as "I overheard I found out...how much I'm not needed." I guess Haruka was actually the one meant to be pitied in the end.

She told us what would happen if anyone betrayed her out of jealousy. The sad thing is people like Muu tend to assume everything that happens to them that's bad is because someone is jealous. So, will Muu rely on Haruka or leave him to the birds... I guess it's more pitiful for her to lose a friend over something that could have been easily avoided then blame us for it like this is your fault guard you're so mean, right?

It's a real win/win situation regardless of how Muu let's it play out. It could easily turn into a situation similar to Futa's what if Mahiru had died then you and I would be no different scenario. Except Muu may be more than willing to not only let it happen but conveniently ignore how she was complicit in allowing it to get to this point. She may go I guess some of it is my fault like in After Pain or cry for minutes on end like in her first interrogation.

Either way, in my eyes she deserved every bit of that verdict, and I don't feel bad for her at all. Sucks to be Haruka, though. I mean having to tie something that simply isn't about him to his own wellbeing the level of commitment is wild but still sucks. Well, if she wasn't validated to begin with, then maybe things would be different... However, if you feed beasts and run out of food, something is getting eaten. At that point, the best a person can do is hope it's not them.

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Mixtape- Part 3- Thankful

Series Summary: You’ve just moved from Los Angeles to Hawkins to finish your senior year and you meet Eddie Munson, who offers to help you find a place in your new school.

Chapter Summary: It’s thanksgiving break, Eddie comforts you after a family member gets sick.

Part 1, Part 2

Masterlist

Pairing: Eddie Munson X Fem!Reader

Genre: Fluff, slow burn, hurt/comfort, eventual friends to lovers

Warnings: Language, anxious thoughts, insecurities, sick grandparent, pet names used(Sweetheart, babydoll, doll, dolly, princess, honey, darling), tickling(is this a warning?)

Word Count: 4.4K

Author’s Note: Hello! Welcome to part 3! So this little story is just falling out of my head with ideas. I have at least 2 more pre-season 4 parts planned and I’m trying to find ways for the reader to be included in the events of S4. 

I hope you all like this chapter, I loved writing it. Though I was getting pretty worried near the end so I hope this came out okay! I got emotional reading it back but I also only slept for 3 hours in between finishing this so maybe I’m just sleep deprived and it actually sucks. Haha. 

I’m adding a taglist so let me know if you want to be added! 

As always, likes, comment, and reblogs are always welcome!

Wednesday, Nov 20, 1985

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

“Wake up call! You said to make sure you were up by 11:30 and it’s 11:35. You’re going to be late.” You heard your mother say through your bedroom door, waking you up. 

You heard, and felt, the groan that was let out into the crook of your neck. “Fuck, I’m tired. This is all your fault babydoll.” Eddie croaked, that morning voice you love coming out in full force.

You were laying on your back with Eddie’s head on your shoulder and his arm around your waist, pinning you to his body with your hand tangled in his curls.

You scoffed, “How is it my fault you dork ass?” You asked, tugging lightly on his hair. He let out another groan into your neck.

“Because, sweetheart, we were at a perfectly good stopping point in the campaign last night and you were the deciding vote as to whether we kept playing. Thus, princess, it’s your fault we got back here so late.” He said, you felt a hand ghosting along your side. A threat.

“Well, darling,” You started, lacing your fingers with the threatening appendage. “If I recall, you were the one who insisted we still marathon all the Indiana Jones movies anyways. So, honey, I think you being tired is at least partially your fault.” You teased.

“Listen here you smart ass.” Eddie laughed, suddenly springing up and attacking both of your sides with his hands. Your laughter filled the room. The sweet sound was music to the brunette's ears. He loved every time he was able to pull the beautiful noise out of you, even if he had to force it out like this. 

Eddie had a list going in his head of the best sounds you made, among his favorites were; the way you said his name and rolled your eyes when he made a dumb joke. The content, almost subconscious, hum you make when he rubs your back when he holds you. The loud dramatic “MUAH” when you kiss his cheek when you say goodbye. The dreamy sigh you make right after you say good night to him. But his favorite above all of them would always be your laughter. He’d do just about anything to hear it.

“Eddie! EDDIE!” You squealed as you gasped for air. “PARLEY! PARLEY!” 

Eddie stopped his fingers, pulling his hands back, smug look on his face. “What are your terms of surrender?”

“You stop tickling me, and I won't be a smart ass anymore?” You suggested with faux innocence. 

“You have to make me a deal that you can actually keep, sweetheart.” Eddie teased, hand going back to your side as another threat, devilish smile on his face. 

“Okay, okay! You stop tickling me, and I buy your lunch at the diner?” You offered confidently, shooting him a cheeky smile. 

Eddie’s hand shot out for you to shake. ”Oh, you got yourself a deal.” 

You rolled your eyes and shook his hand before pushing him away from you as you stood from your bed. “We have to hurry, we told Dustin, Mike, and Lucas that we would pick them up in like 15 minutes.” 

The metalhead let out an exaggerated groan and he too stood up from your bed, looking for his discarded shirt. “I can’t believe we’re spending part of our break hanging out with those twerps.”

You scoffed as you turned your backs to each other as you both changed into your clothes for the day, “You’re the one who said that you could kick all their asses at Dragon’s Lair.” 

“Yeah, well, you’re the one who said that you would give them the quarters so you can watch them kick my ass.” He shot back, “How is that supposed to make me feel, doll? We’re best friends!” He exclaimed dramatically as he turned around to face you when you were both dressed.

You walked up to him, cradling his face in your hands, matching his pout, ”I’m sorry Eds, you know I just love to watch you lose.” You said, your pout turning into a wicked grin.

Eddie threw himself backwards into your wall theatrically, holding his hand over his heart as if you had hurt him before sliding down the wall. “You wound me princess!”

“Yeah, yeah. Get up Prince Charming, we have your royal guard to pick up.” You said as you grabbed your rented movies, keys, and bag. You flung open your bedroom door, leaving Eddie on your floor as you exited. 

“Hey wait for me!” He called, scrambling after you.

He followed you down the hall and into the main part of your house, “Bye mom, pops. See you all later tonight.” You called as you opened the front door.

“Bye sweetie, have fun! Oh Eddie!” Your mom called after you both, causing you each to freeze in the doorway, “Just wanted to double check that it's okay you’re here with us tomorrow night for Thanksgiving? Wayne wont miss you?”

“Promise he wont, he has to work so I’ll be free all night.” He shot your mom a big smile, which she returned.

“Oh great, you’re going to get to try Y/N’s famous apple pie. She makes it every year.” Your mother beamed. 

“Can’t wait.” Eddie shot you a dimpled smile. You sent him a small one back. 

“Bye mom. Love you.” You said, grabbing Eddie’s hand and pulling him towards your car. 

“I don’t get why they asked you to drive, they’re gonna be cramped in the backseat. They have so much more room in my van.” Eddie said as you started driving towards the Wheeler's house. 

“Yeah, lots of room Eds. But no restraints and you drive like a maniac. Are you forgetting you almost gave Dustin a concussion when you took that corner too fast on Friday?” You questioned, a sly smile grew on his face.

“A little concussion here or there won’t mess him up too much. I’ve had loads of them!” Eddie exclaimed.

“Oh, that makes so much sense now!” You joked, Eddie jabbed your side in retaliation. 

“You’re being awfully mean to me today, sweetheart.” He pouted dramatically with an exaggerated sigh. 

“Oh, I’m sorry honey. Want me to buy you a milkshake at the diner too?” You teased.

“You could do that, but I think you should kiss it better.” The brunette smiled cheekily.

“Oh do you now?” You laughed, “How would a kiss make it better?”

“Your kisses are basically magic, I know if you lay one on me right here, I’ll be all better.” Eddie said pointing to his cheek. He turned his large doe eyes on to you, making them as innocent looking as he could. 

You stopped at a stop sign and sighed theatrically before grabbing his face, leaving a big kiss on his cheek with a loud “MUAH”. “Better now Munson? You know what happens when you turn those big brown eyes on me! God, it’s like trying to say no to a baby cow.” 

“So much better.” He said as he grabbed your hand, lacing your fingers with his. “Like I said. Magic.” 

He sent you that bright smile he saved for moments like his. Moments where all he wanted to do was tell you how much he cared for you, how he had fallen for you. Hard. You were his favorite person, his best friend. That first night he slept over was like a dam breaking in your relationship. You both found that you love being close to each other, emotionally and physically. He had comforted you when you broke down from homesickness. You had reassured him when he shared his fear of ending up like his father. You shared your worries, fears, hopes, dreams, practically everything. Well, except for how you both were absolutely crazy about each other. You both had your reasons neither of you could share that information. 

As for physically, both you and Eddie were incredibly affectionate people naturally. Both ones to love touching and being touched by the people you cared about. You were always hanging off of each other or touching in some way. Like walking down the halls at school hand in hand or with Eddie’s arm draped over your shoulder. Or him pulling you onto his lap to watch movies on the couch in his trailer.  There were kisses on the cheek, forehead, and hands; Eddie’s go-to apology being to take your hand, kissing the back of it with big eyes turned on you, “I’m sorry princess, forgive me?” How could you say no? 

Your friendship was moving incredibly fast, but how could it not? It seemed like the only time you spent apart was for your separate classes, Corroded Coffin rehearsals, and when Eddie made his drug deals, as he wanted to keep you separate from that saying they can be dangerous sometimes. You bounced between each other's houses, sleeping cuddled up every night since that first one. You had found that night that you both gravitated like magnets to each other as you slept so neither of you fought it, opting to just fall asleep in each other’s arms since you were going to end up there anyway.

Your friends and family were confused, you basically acted like a couple already. So why not just admit the feelings you had for each other? But the issue was that neither of you thought the other one was interested and just wanted to be friends. When you tried to explain that when you were questioned you were just met with confused looks. How could you not see what they did?

~

Dustin, Mike, and Lucas were crammed in your backseat practically yelling over each other about the campaign you had last night as you pulled into the Family Video and arcade parking lot. “I need to return these movies and then we’ll head inside.” You said before jumping out of the car and walking into the store. 

“Hi Robin!” You said cheerfully as you walked up to your friend at the counter. You and Robin had physics together and had become very close over the last month. It also helped that you and Eddie came to rent movies every few days so you saw her and her friend Steve often. 

“Hi Y/N! Didn’t expect you back so soon.” She exclaimed, taking the movies from you. 

“Yeah, you rented those just last night. Don’t tell me you actually watched all 3 already?” Steve said as he leaned on the counter next to you.

“Yeah, Eddie made us do a marathon until like 5am.” You laughed. 

“Oh, right. Eddie. Your not boyfriend.” He said, rolling his eyes.  

You sighed. Not this again.

“Why don’t you just ask him out, Y/N? He’s clearly crazy about you.” Robin questioned with a soft smile.

“I already told you guys. I’m not his type.” You said dejectedly. 

“How are you not? Have you seen the way he looks at you?” She exclaimed, gesturing wildly with her hands as she did. 

“Yeah, even I can see that. The guy can’t take his eyes off you when you’re here.” Steve agreed.

“Mike told me that he usually goes for cheerleaders. He’s apparently had a crush on Chrissy Cunningham for years. There’s no way I could compete with her.” You stated, picking at your nail polish. 

Mike had let it slip early on during a break in your first campaign with Hellfire about Eddie’s crush on the cheerleader.  It’s sat in your mind all these weeks how different you and Chrissy were. She was popular and beautiful. The queen of Hawkins High. And probably one of the nicest people you had ever talked to. You couldn’t even dislike her if you tried. So you just decided to be content with being in Eddie’s life however he would have you. Even if it was just as his best friend. 

“Maybe he did!” Robin said quickly, “But that doesn’t mean he still does. I know he likes you Y/N, just tell him how you feel!” 

“I don’t want to ruin the best thing to happen to me since moving to this little town, Robin. So I’m not jeopardizing what I have with Eddie on a feeling you have!” You sighed, “Now I have some hyper guys in my car so can I please trade this $10 for a roll of quarters?”

~Meanwhile~

Dustin watched you walk up to the door of the video store from his spot in between Mike and Lucas. Once you were far enough from the car he hit the boys next to him in the stomach to shut them up and leaned forward to tap Eddie on the shoulder. “So did you finally tell her?”

Shit.

Eddie put on a bored expression and let out a sigh, “Don’t know what you’re talking about Henderson.” 

“Cut the shit Munson, you know exactly what I’m talking about.” Dustin said, annoyed that he had to have this conversation again with a man 5 years older than him. “You said and I quote, ‘Tonight’s the night boys, gonna make that girl mine.’ So what happened this time?” 

“Not that it’s any of your business, Dustin, but I came to my senses.” Eddie replied.

“And what does that mean?” Mike asked from behind the man.

“It means that I remembered who I am and who she is. She’s Y/N L/N. That woman in there could change the world if she tried, go anywhere she likes, do anything she wanted. And I’m Eddie ‘The Freak’ Munson, Eddie the fuck-up. I’ll be lucky if I don’t end up in jail like my old man. Let alone make it out of the trailer park. I’d just hold her back. Keep her stuck here.” The metalhead sighed.

“Come on Eddie, you can’t think like that man.” Lucas said. 

“Yeah, you should hear the way she talks about you. She won’t shut up about how great you are. I’m almost positive that she likes you too.” Dustin said, putting a reassuring hand on the man’s shoulder.  

“And I’m supposed to take dating advice from you nerds?” Eddie scoffed.

“We all have girlfriends, remember?” Mike asked.

“Oh yeah, your girlfriends who conveniently live across the country. I forgot. Bring your girlfriends to Hellfire and then we can talk. Now shut up, here she comes.” Eddie snapped.

Eddie watched you bound up to the car, a shining smile on your face. You sat down and threw the roll of quarters into Dustin’s lap. “Now I’m counting on you all to kick his ass. Don’t waste my money.” You threatened. 

~The Next Day~

You were in the kitchen pouring the caramel sauce you had just made into a bowl to cool down when you heard a knock at the front door. “I’ve got it!” You heard your mother say from the living room followed by, “Oh Eddie, you look so nice! You’re right on time. Y/N’s in the kitchen.”

You were filling the pot you used with water to soak as Eddie came into the kitchen, you took in each other’s appearance since this morning, as he had gone home to shower and change into nicer clothes and to spend some of the holiday with his uncle before he had to start his shift at the plant.  Eddie was in his only pair of black pants that didn’t have any holes in it, and a white button up, sleeves rolled to the elbow and top buttons opened at the collar. It was simple, but as always Eddie looked incredible. The way his sleeves and bracelets framed his forearms, toned from playing the guitar for so many years, was entirely distracting. 

You couldn’t help but imagine yourself perched in between Eddie’s legs as you sat on his bed, those forearms pressed against yours as he guided your hands along the body and neck of his guitar. He was teaching you how to play his favorite Dio song, “Good job, sweetheart. You sound almost as good as Vivian Campbell already.” He praised into your neck before leaving a heated kiss there. 

“Stop Eddie!” You giggled, “You’re gonna make me mess up!”

“I don’t care if you mess up, I wanna kiss my girlfriend.” He said before attacking your neck again. 

You shook the thought from your head, ridiculous. “He’s just your friend. That's all he wants to be with you.”

Little did you know, Eddie was distracted as well. You were in a red knit sweater and black skirt that fell to your mid thigh and that would usually be more than enough distraction, but it was your apron that drew his attention. You looked absolutely adorable in it, he was imagining coming home from work and walking into your shared little kitchen to see you in it. You were pulling out a tray of chocolate chip cookies from the oven and placing them on a rack to cool. You turned to him with a bright smile, “Welcome home handsome. I just made you some cookies.” You wrapped your arms around his neck, “I missed you, baby.” 

“Oh, I missed you too, sweetheart.” He smiled, leaning his forehead against yours. 

“I’ll give you a cookie for a kiss.” 

“Deal.” He said before pressing his lips to yours in a giggly kiss.

Eddie pushed these thoughts away. “Hey princess, it smells great in here.” He smiled.

“That would be the pie, it’s cooling now.”  You beamed, pulling the apron off and hanging it on its hook, “We just set all the food out, let’s go eat.” You finished, grabbing Eddie’s hand and leading him to the dining room to join your family. 

~

“I’ve saved just enough room for a piece of your pie, pumpkin. Best part of every holiday.” Your father said as he rubbed his stomach from across the table. 

“I’ll get it if everyone is ready.” You said as you pushed your chair back, standing up and heading for the kitchen. You walked back into the dining room after a minute, arms laden with the pie, vanilla ice cream, and the caramel sauce you made earlier. 

“Oh I can’t…wait for the pie..d-darling.” Your grandma said, seeming to be struggling to speak. She had been more reserved during dinner but you assumed she was just tired. “I-I haven’t had..it since..last ye-year.” 

“Mom? Are you okay?” Your dad asked, clearly concerned. 

“I’m not…not sure. Chest..hurts.” She responded, out of breath. 

“Oh god, okay. Elizabeth, we’re going to call an ambulance, okay? We’ve got to go to a hospital.” Your mother said, rushing to the phone in the kitchen. 

As you waited for the ambulance you held your grandma’s hand while Eddie held yours. You had gone very quiet, only speaking a few words to your grandma here and there to make sure she was as comfortable as she could be. Thankfully, the ambulance arrived only in a few minutes and your grandma was loaded into the back quickly. 

“I’m going to go in the ambulance with them, mom’s going to follow us in the car. You stay here okay pumpkin? Eddie, can you please stay with her?” Your dad said to you both as you all stood by the front door. Everyone knew how anxious you get in hospitals, you would only be in the way if you went, so you were to stay home until they absolutely needed you.

“Of course, I'll be here all night.” Eddie assured. Your dad gave you a quick kiss on the head before running out the door and hopping into the ambulance. 

As Eddie was shutting the door you made your way to the dining room and started clearing the table in silence. The brunette was growing concerned, you’ve barely said a word. Were you in shock? What should he do if you were? Is that even what going into shock is? He didn’t know. He only knew that he wanted to help you anyway he could. 

While he was contemplating what to say, he heard a small sniff come from you followed by a fake cough that you were clearly trying to use as a cover up. You were trying not to cry. 

Eddie walked up behind you and placed his hands on your arms, stalling their movement. “Hey, we don’t have to do this now okay dolly?” He said softly. 

“It should be clean for- for when they get home. When she gets home.” You said quietly, trying to not let the tears that were threatening to escape fall.

“How about we just put the food in the fridge and the dishes in the sink and save the rest for later okay?” Eddie suggested, rubbing soothing circles with his thumbs on your arms. He watched you nod your head lightly before pressing a gentle kiss to your temple. He then let go of you and started to help clear the table, sending you a comforting smile. 

All the food was in the fridge and you were placing the plates into the sink when the trembling of your hands caused them to slip. They hit the bottom forcefully, “Shit.” You said, checking to make sure that none of them had broken. Eddie walked up next to you, placing a hand on your shoulder. “Would have been bad if they broke,” You sniffled, “She got these for her wedding in 1936.” You turned your head from him to wipe away a stray tear. They were getting harder to hold back.

“Hey, hey, hey. Come here.” Eddie said quickly. He wrapped his arm around your shoulder and led you out of the kitchen and into the living room. He sat at the end of the couch and pulled you onto his lap so your back was resting against the arm of the furniture and your legs were draped to his side. He wrapped his arms around you, pulling you into him. “I got you, I’m sure everything’s going to be okay, babydoll.”

You rested your head on Eddie’s shoulder and let your tears fall freely. “I know we moved here because of her health not being good, but she can’t go yet. We need her, Eddie.” 

“I know, I know.” Eddie cooed, rubbing his hand up and down your arm. “We can’t think like that though, you know the last thing that she would want is for you to be so worried about her, right?”

The brunette felt you nod your head against his neck. He was right, your grandma was as sweet as anything but also incredibly stubborn, she didn’t like anyone fretting over her and her health. 

You and Eddie sat there for a while, you crying quietly into his shoulder and him rubbing comfortingly into your skin. He was humming the tune to whatever was playing on the stereo that was still on from dinner. 

“Oh, I hope we have some Styx fans out there this Thanksgiving, this one’s for you.” The DJ said, the sounds of Come Sail Away began playing through the speakers. 

Eddie made a noise of recognition, “Hey dolly, remember this song? When we went to the laser show with your family the other week? They played this song and your grandma was totally rocking out to it, remember? Who knew she was a Styx fan huh?” He smiled softly, feeling you nod your head against his neck again. He started singing along with the song, it wasn’t his style of music at all, but he was determined to at least get a smile out of you if he could. Even if it meant singing along to this cheesy song and making a fool of himself.

When the song started it’s breakdown Eddie suddenly grabbed your leg, pressing and strumming his fingers against the skin, using it as his guitar as he sang dramatically. 

“A gathering of angels appeared above my head

They sang to me this song of hope,

And this is what they said

They said

Come sail away, come sail away

Come sail away with me

Let's come sail away, come sail away

Come sail away with me

Come sail away with me

Come sail away, come sail away

Come sail away with me, baby

Come sail away with me

Come sail away, come sail away

Come sail away with me”

A large smile broke on his face as you let out a wet giggle, “Hey, guitars don’t bend like that doll.” He joked when you accidentally bent your leg. He straightened it out and started playing the guitar solo against it, relishing in your laughter as he acted his ass off for you. 

“There’s my girl.” He said softly as the song faded out, taking your face in his hands and wiping away the tears that had fallen onto your cheeks.  “How about you and I go get changed into something more comfortable and we watch a movie while we wait to hear from your folks, okay?”

“Can we watch Ghostbusters again?” You asked quietly.

Eddie laughed lightly, “You really love that marshmallow man don’t you?”

You chuckled, “He’s just so cute.”

“Of course we can watch it, sweet thing. Come on.”  He said, helping you off his lap and leading you out of the room, turning off the stereo on his way. 

~

It was near the end of the movie when the phone rang, causing you to jump from your place in Eddie’s arms. You scrambled towards the phone on your nightstand, answering it quickly. It was your mom, she told you how your grandma had a heart attack but they had gotten her there in time, and how she was admitted into the hospital and was going to be there for a few days for observation.   

“She’s not out of the woods yet, but they’re hopeful for a quick recovery.” You said to Eddie after the call, releasing a breath you didn’t know you were holding. 

“See, I told you it was going to be okay.” He smiled, lacing his hand with yours. 

“I need you to know Eddie,” You started thoughtfully, “how thankful I am for you. Tonight would have been much worse without you. Thank you. You’re..you’re probably the best thing to happen to me.” You confessed. Not a full confession. But it would do for now. 

Eddie’s heart was hammering in his chest. He was the best thing to happen to you? Maybe those twerps were right. You didn’t think he was a fuck up. You thought he was worth a damn. Oh how he wished he had the courage to tell you everything. How when he wakes up with you in his arms, he knows there’s no way that can be a bad day. How when you giggle at one of his jokes all he wants to do is kiss you silly. How he didn’t just want to be your best friend. He wanted to be everything he could be for you. Because you were becoming everything to him. But now wasn’t the time for love confessions. Maybe one day he’ll be brave enough, but it wasn’t today. 

“You’re absolutely the best thing to happen to me, sweetheart.” He said, eyes softer than you had ever seen them. He lifted your hand to his mouth, leaving a kiss on the back of it. “Absolute best.”

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A-Z SFW Alphabet | Oh Sangwoo

Pairing: Oh Sangwoo x f!reader

Word count: 3.8K

Warnings/contents: Lot’s of fluff and fluffy headcanons, mild language, slightly suggestive

Notes: So after quite the wait, I have Sangwoo’s SFW chapter! I know it got some votes the last time that I made a poll for which chapter to do first, so I hope those of you who have been waiting for this one enjoy it! You can find other Killing Stalking things I’ve done on my masterlist, but the rest of Sangwoo’s things can be found {here}

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A = Affection (are they affectionate with you?)

Sangwoo is almost overly affectionate with you at times. He’s very bipolar with his love— but a big part of it relies on you. If you give him the love back, as many kisses and “I love you”’s as he’s wanting, he’s a kind and doting boyfriend. However, if you feel off to him or you reject his love, he’s rather cold. Quiet, doesn’t message you for hours, ignores you if you’re there, even if you hug him from behind he just stands there and goes about his business as he pleases

B = Beauty (what do they admire the most about you?)

Something that Sangwoo has always admired about you is your eyes. He likes to look at them, watch them sparkle when you’re happy, watch them tear up when he’s pushing you too far in bed, watching them slowly close when he leans in to kiss you. He likes to watch them sparkle with interest when you’re telling him about something that makes you happy or that you experienced that day when you were away from him, but it makes him sad if you were to suddenly die out and look down with an apology. He’d never stop you when you were excited, always holding your face and telling you to keep talking to him. He plots a little bit of revenge in his mind for those who made you feel like an annoyance when you’re happy, but otherwise hangs onto your every word

C = Cuddles and hugs (how do they cuddle? what about hugs?)

Sangwoo loves to cuddle. To hold you close to him and be able to touch you anywhere and everywhere that he likes. He likes to hold you between his legs on the sofa, one foot on the floor, the other leg outstretched onto the coffee table. Your legs on the floor or on the coffee table while you lean back against him, hands holding his own that rest on your lap or on your stomach. He likes when you play with his fingers or draw little patterns or movie lines on the back of his hand. Thinks its cute and brings your hand up to kiss every now and then to show you he loves yours as much as you love his

During the night, Sangwoo’s favorite way to sleep with you is spooning. He’ll hold you close, kiss the back of your neck and let you use his arm as a pillow. Some nights he’ll hold your breasts, others he may be more on the innocent side and rest his hand over your side. He sleeps with a leg between yours and his face buried between your shoulder blades. He holds you close and very tight against him, it’s almost impossible to escape his grasp, but he’s so warm against you that you don’t really want to

When it comes to hugging, Sangwoo hugs you tight. Holds you close to his chest and squeezes you lightly in his arms. Rests his head on top of your head when you need a long hug. He often hugs you from behind while you cook, hands lazily wrapping around you and his chin pressing to your shoulder. He may press a soft kiss to your shoulder every now and then, he may ask you a question or about your day if he hadn’t seen you, things may be silent. You never know until he either speaks or doesn’t after you turn to kiss his head

D = Date (how was the first date? what are dates with them like?)

Your first date with Sangwoo was fun. You got coffee, sat in the café for a few hours and talked until the sun started to set outside. You “Got to know each other” better, by the end talking about whatever came to mind as you were so blissfully unaware of how Sangwoo was elaborately daydreaming about the day you finally gave into him and lived with him. When his obsession with you didn’t have to be such a long distance one and he could show you just how much he adored you

Dates nowadays are calm. Often the two of you stay in and have an at-home date, snuggling up on the sofa and making out. You often end up either sitting on his lap or laying your head down on his lap. He’ll play with your hair and massage your scalp, slowly putting you to sleep while he watches tv. You always wake up in bed with him the next morning, his face snuggled into your back and hand around your breast

E = Emotion (is it easy for them to express their emotions in front of you?)

Sangwoo is more truthful with you than he is with most people, however that doesn’t necessarily make it “Easy” for him to open up and express how he feels to you. He has a lot of things to work on, one of those being keeping his emotions and feelings a secret for no reason at all. One thing he’s never hidden from you is that he loves you and he wants you in his life, but when it comes to things past the surface, Sangwoo can be a tough egg to crack and only seems to put up more walls if you push him

F = Feelings (when did they know they were in love with you?)

He knew immediately when he started to obsess over you, but truthfully falling in love with you had caught him off guard. He’d never felt such strange feeling before. He knew what obsessing felt like, he knew he had an obsessive personality, but what was this new feeling? Seeing you cry wasn’t just a “Who did that to you” sort of feeling and it became more of a sad experience for him as well and all he wanted to do was make you smile again. The moment he realized that maybe this strange feeling he had was love was when you spent the night with him for the first time. Things weren’t sexual, you fell asleep in his arms on the sofa with the tv on, and he couldn’t help but smile to himself, laying you down on the sofa with him after he gave you a kiss on the forehead and held you close. He gave your neck a soft sniff and nuzzled against you with a silent realization: “I think I love you”

G = Gentle (are they gentle? If so, how?)

He isn’t necessarily “Gentle,” however Sangwoo isn’t too rough with you. He knows your limits, and while he does push those limits sometimes, he doesn’t push you too far because he does care about you and doesn’t want to hurt you, but he does like to test you sometimes to see if you can take more than last time, and often times you can and he always praises you for it, telling you how proud he is of you for taking him so well all of the time

H = Hands (how do they like to hold hands?)

Sangwoo loves to hold hands. He almost always has a hand in yours in public, fingers interlocked with yours even when it’s hot outside and the two of you are sweaty. He doesn’t mind, almost refusing to let go of your hand unless it’s absolutely necessary. He likes to hold your hand when the two of you are alone as well, especially while you watch movies together or when you’re in bed. He likes to face you, watch you drift off to sleep with your hand in his, occasionally squeezing it in your sleep while he kisses your knuckles gently

I = "I love you" (who said it first? and how? do they say it often?)

He said it first, loving the attention you gave him after he did before he realized he really does love you. He was with you at his house, making out while a movie played in the background. You gave a little moan into the kiss when he groped you and he broke the kiss to whisper it before he kissed you again, but it was impossible to miss your grin as you said it back. He hadn’t been expecting your little smile and giggle as you kissed him back to make his heart race the way that it did

Sangwoo may not say it every five minutes, sometimes he may not even say it all day until it’s late at night, but he does tell you that he loves you usually once a day. Unless he’s mad at you and withholds his love from you as a punishment, he makes sure you always know he loves you. Besides, he always wants to kiss you, hoping that you’ll smile and giggle against his lips while you tell him you love him back like you did the first time. He loves it when you tell him you love him back or even when you say it first

J = Jealousy (do they get jealous? how do they act when they're jealous?)

Sangwoo isn’t necessarily a jealous man, he’s a possessive man. He sees it very simply: you are his and nobody else should think they have a chance with you, certainly not if he’s beside you or within earshot. He always has a possessive arm around you, holding your hand and keeping you close, walking through the store with you between his arms and pushing the cart with him. He’s loose with his glares, eyeing anyone with a look most people won’t test if he catches them looking at you. As possessive as Sangwoo is with you, he thinks it’s cute when you get jealous. Kisses you with the other person looking and assures that as much as you belong to him, he belongs to you and that won’t ever change

K = Kiss (how do they kiss? who initiated the first kiss?)

Sangwoo’s kiss can change, but it has a rough feel to it almost all of the time. He’ll often hold your face or chin while he kisses you, keeping you close even if you didn’t want to pull away. He can get intense when he kisses you, a short kiss quickly turning into a rough and heated make out session if you kiss him back eagerly. It doesn’t always result in more, though he often times gropes at you and sucks on your nipples when make out sessions get like this

He was, unsurprisingly, the one to initiate the first kiss. He brought you home after your 3rd date, walking you to your door and talking to you for a moment more while you unlocked it. When you turned to say goodbye to him, he cupped your cheek in his hand and slowly leaned in to press a shockingly sweet kiss to your lips that lasted just long enough for you to want more— more that he didn’t quite give to you no matter how badly he wanted it

L = Love (how do they show you that they love you? what is their love language?)

Sangwoo’s love language is physical touch with some quality time as well. He always wants to be touching you when you’re together, and not always just in a possessive way, but he likes to touch you just to feel you, to know you’re there and that you’re his when you smile and place your hand on his for a moment that rests on your knee. He likes to have you close, within kissing range, able to lay his head on yours and whisper things to you when others are around. He likes to be with you, doing anything you want for a good majority of the time and not really caring what it is as long as you hold his hand and you let him be with you

M = Memory (what is their favorite memory with you?)

His favorite memory with you is when he first told you that he loved you. Even if he wasn’t so sure he loved you like he did and he thought he just wanted in your pants, he’ll never forget the sound of your laughter and smile as you kissed him back and told him you loved him, too. He’ll never forget the way his chest ached when his heart started to race as he kissed you and ended up snuggled up with you in his bed later that night

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?)

Nights are more often than not spent inside. Making dinner, cleaning up together, watching a movie, occasionally falling asleep together during the movie, spending some time making out during the movie. Sometimes the two of you end up in bed together, sometimes you play board games, sometimes you amazingly just talk. Sometimes you get him to open up more about things you’re still slowly learning about even after all of this time. You learned long ago not to push and he’ll tell you when he’s ready. These nights are often nights he insinuates because he wants to let you in

O = On cloud nine (how do they act when they are in love? how do they express their feelings?)

At first his love was more along the lines of “Obsessed,” in which he took a liking towards stalking you, watching you to make sure you get home safe, watching you take detours sometimes to see friends or get coffee after school by yourself. He learned little things about you to feel closer to you before he finally talked to you. Nowadays, his love is a little more along the lines of love in which he’s still very possessive and obsessive over you. He’s nicer to you, so long as you don’t make him feel like you’re rejecting his advances, he nuzzles against your head when you cuddle and holds you close around the waist in a protective manner

P = Pet names (what pet names do they use?)

Sangwoo has an array of nicknames he calls you, both sweet and endearing and often rather degrading. He calls you “Baby” the most, nuzzling against your head with a kiss to your temple as he asks you “How’s your day, baby?” He often calls you “Sweetheart” or “Princess” with a hiss of degradation in his tone when he’s angry with you. When he wants your attention, Sangwoo often lays his head on your chest and looks pleading at you, mumbling a soft and almost whiny “Babyyy” until you look at him.

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget things?)

Sangwoo does not forget anything. Once he learns something, especially about you, it goes in a special vault in his mind. He doesn’t always express it, sometimes he’ll “Forget” tiny things you tell him, but he didn’t really. At the beginning of your relationship, he feigned ignorance with things he was already well aware of, excited when he finally started seeing deeper than the surface level of you and locking it away. Because he doesn’t forget little details and he remembers things you tell him, Sangwoo often knows how to talk to you even when you seem completely unapproachable

R = Rainy day (what do they like to do with you on a rainy day?)

When it rains, Sangwoo likes to watch it. All of the lights off in the house, the tv off, you beneath a blanket beside him on the sofa with the windows open or the shades up. He’ll hold you close if you’re afraid, occasionally bringing you to bed with him and cuddling with you, kissing all over your face and talking to you to distract you, feeling bad every time you flinch or stiffen in his arms. However, if you like storms as much as he does, he’d talk to you about things, kiss you, play with your hair, have sex with you— whatever the two of you felt like doing. Rainy days are lazy days with Sangwoo

S = Sympathy (how do they comfort you? how do they like being comforted?)

When it comes to comforting you, Sangwoo always knows what to say and what to do. He doesn’t forget anything about you, often knowing why you’re upset before you tell him because you mention something bothering you a few days before you finally have a breakdown about it. He’ll sit beside you, kiss your head, pull you against his side while you take a moment to cry or rant in frustration. He’ll hum along, listen to your every word and gently rub your shoulder in a soothing manner. No matter how angry you are, being with him like this always calms you down

When he’s upset about things, Sangwoo gets very withdrawn. It’s relatively obvious when he gets upset because he gets quiet even if he isn’t directly mad at you. Often times he won’t talk about it, he won’t open up about what’s bothering him. After years and years of having only himself, Sangwoo learned to deal with his problems silently and alone, often getting a bit baffled and damn near flustered when you quietly ask him if he’s okay. Occasionally he might let you in, but other times he’ll just nod and lie and both of you know that it’s a lie, but you go with it and kiss his head, doing whatever he wants for the day since it’s all you can do to comfort him when he won’t talk to you

T = Time (how do they like spending time with you?)

A good majority of the time, Sangwoo would do whatever it is that you wanted to do. If you wanted to go out, he’d go out with you, if you want to stay in, he’ll stay in with you. So long as you’re with him, smiling and holding his hand, he’d do whatever you wanted. However, his favorite thing to do with you is stay in. The lights off, the tv on, a blanket barely laid over the two of you while you sit between his legs and cuddle with him. Often pressing his forehead to yours with his arms around you while you play with his hair and the two of you sit in silence, occasionally breaking it to whisper to each other despite being alone together

U = Unencumbered (what helps them relax?)

When he’s stressed out, Sangwoo often needs quiet and to be alone— but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t want to be alone with you. He doesn’t find you to be a bother like he does a lot of people. Often times he doesn’t want other people around when he’s stressed because they stress him out more, but you never do and he doesn’t think being alone means he can’t be with you. So long as the two of you can relax in quiet for awhile before doing anything else, he’s happy. He often wants to cuddle with you when he’s stressed out, lay on your bare chest while you play with his hair and he can occasionally play with your nipples just to make you give a little whine, but he’s not in the mood for anything more than a light kiss to your breast before he goes back to simply laying there

V = Vanity (how concerned are they with their looks?)

Not too worried. Sangwoo is a naturally attractive kind of man, merely ruffling his hair after his morning shower and rubbing his tired eyes. He almost always looks the same unless he’s sick and his skin is pale and sweaty. He knows that he is attractive and will more often than not use that to his advantage when he needs something from somebody he views as weak willed

W = Waking up (what are they like when they wake up next to you?)

Tired. Sangwoo never wants to get out of bed in the mornings, especially not when he wakes up and your face is buried against his chest. He thinks it’s rather cute when you drool a bit and plays with your hair until you wake up. He gets rather sulky if he falls back asleep and wakes up later with you out of bed, but he’s easily persuadable back into a good mood if you come back, sit on his waist and kiss his face

X = X-ray (how does the relationship look from an outside perspective compared to how it really is?)

One day your relationship can seem almost too perfect to be real, sometimes it can be seen as toxic or too codependent, sometimes your relationship looks like any other normal relationship— it just depends on how the flow of things go day-by-day, though to your friends who see the flow, it seems very unhealthy, too close to be a normal relationship. Sangwoo doesn’t like your friends, your friends don’t like Sangwoo, at the end of the day, you choose Sangwoo and he knows that you will. Compared to how it seems on the outside, you’re used to the flow of things, doing things to ensure he’s happy just like he does things to ensure you’re happy. Even if there’s a few secrets, manipulation on his end when he thinks you’re too loose in his grasp and he’s even still borderline obsessive over you, you seem happy in his arms and always come home at the end of the day, no matter what anybody says

Y = Yes (do they ever think of getting married/proposing?)

He’s on the fence. Does he want to get married? Not really. Does he want you to wear a ring he gave you and share his name? More than anything. He isn’t afraid of the commitment, more-so making everything so much more complicated. He hears often how marriage can ruin perfectly good relationships and he doesn’t want you to consider leaving him. With that being said, he may get you a ring, a pretty, expensive seeming ring, and call it a sort of “Promise ring” despite the fact that it’s an engagement ring. After all, if you promise yourself to him, being such an honest and loyal person to him, you wouldn’t leave him. And in return, despite not wearing one himself, he’s always promised himself to you internally

Z = Zzz (how do they sleep with you?)

Sangwoo doesn’t fall asleep too quickly, usually after you do. He likes to take a moment to admire you when you fall asleep, especially if you’re facing him. He’ll gently trace the lines of your face, press a kiss to your nose and gently rub your soft lips. He often falls asleep like this with his forehead pressed to yours, sometimes waking up in a completely different position and sometimes waking up almost exactly like he’d fallen asleep with you only slightly more tangled in the blankets

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Eventually the Hermits get their hands on the one shulker box. They give it back a day later, filled with goodies as an apology for stealing, because they just needed it briefly so Doc could set up a shulker box duplicator.

(2/2) To expand on the shulker box ask I sent: It's cheating. They know it's cheating. They debate for a while over wether or not they should build it. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and dammit they need shulkers. Mules and Llamas can only get them so far.

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(this takes place before the fic where puffy finds zedaph.)

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The Hermits put up with mule highways and caravans of spitting llamas because they think they have no choice. At least one person complains about the lack of sophisticated storage transportation daily. Mumbo tries to create a system which will ferry items between bases, but it turns out to be more of a Rube Goldberg machine than anything, considering the items only travel at the speed of the water which carries them. Zedaph creates an actual Rube Goldberg machine for item transportation, but the only people who use it are himself and his neighbors, Impulse, False, and Tango. It’s more for prank transportation and snail mail anyway.

Things change when Stress, on a covert surface run, comes a bit too close to other humans on accident and catches sight of a blond man in a hoodie furtively checking his surroundings. Stress immediately does as she’s been trained, hiding herself behind tree cover and checking how long her invisibility potion will be in effect for. It says four minutes. As long as he leaves soon, she won’t have an issue.

The man surveys the muddy clearing with a keen eye, keeping watch for any evildoing interlopers. He places down an Ender chest, reaches his hands into it, then looks around once again to make sure no one’s there. Stress’s heart beats like a drum-- not the style of drums she usually plays, but rather the percussion of one of Xisuma’s favorite black metal bands. As the man’s gaze passes right over her, she feels the machine gun fire of her heart against her chest peak, breath catching in her throat.

He doesn’t see her. Quickly, he pulls something out of the Ender chest. A shulker box!

Stress’s breath stops for an entirely different reason. The things the Hermits could do with even one shulker box..! Item dupers are a thing, right? If anyone knows how to make an item duplication machine, it would be Doc. And a shulker box might be useful for an item duping machine! 

She’s getting ahead of herself. Should she steal from this person? Can she steal from this person? Even disregarding the moral dilemma, the members of the Dream SMP are fighters through and through. She’s got the advantage of surprise because she’s invisible and this man doesn’t know she’s here, but how long will that last? Even if she manages to take it, what if the blond man (Punz, she thinks is his name) kills her and takes the shulker box back from her?

As Stress weighs the risks and the rewards, she knows she’s running out of time. Punz breaks the shulker box. Right as he’s about to put it back in his Ender chest, Stress, who can see the window of opportunity closing, springs into panicked action.

She sprints right past Punz, hoping with every fiber of her being that her invisibility potion will be enough to save her. Snatching the box right out of Punz’s hands, Stress takes off running. Punz shouts, swinging his sword wildly at the air. He’s so close that a few strands of hair, just barely the tips, get sheared off of Stress’s fluffy mane and become visible as they flutter to the ground.

Punz’s eyes narrow, tracking the potion particles that he can just barely see. Unfortunately for him, the invisible thief takes off into the mob-infested forest. He gives chase, but the thief gains on him every time he has to stop to fight a mob.

Stress knows she can’t outrun Punz. She’s not bad, but he’s really good. Stress absolutely cannot lead this man back to the canyon. Allowing the hostile mobs of the forest to buy her time by slowing Punz down, Stress looks around rapidly, searching for something, anything she can do to lose the hunter on her trail.

A lone cow catches her eye. Thinking fast, she bites her lip as she dumps her only water bucket out into a nearby pond where it won’t be noticed, then milks the cow. In the distance, a zombie groans as Punz takes it out. Stress hyperventilates, frantically digging at the ground beneath her feet with a silk touch shovel. Once she’s created a hole just barely big enough for her to hide in, she hops in and puts the grassy dirt she dug up just seconds ago above her head and immediately downs the milk, so that there won’t be any potion particles to track her by.

Slowly, carefully, and as quiet as she possibly can, she digs up the dirt beneath her feet in absolute darkness. Logically, Stress knows that Punz won’t be able to see the light from her torch, but she’s too terrified to think logically. What has she done?!

Her shovel stills as angry feet stomp above her. Dirt crumbles into her hair when Punz walks directly above her. Caustic mutters faintly reach her ears through the loamy earth, fading farther and farther away as Punz searches in vain for the invisible thief. Stress waits with bated breath for minutes on end, hands shaking like leaves in a hurricane. 

Tentatively, she digs up the diorite block below her with a pickaxe. A mob shifts aboveground and Stress, paralyzed with the paranoia that it might be Punz, spends another five minutes in immobile silence. Burying her face in her hands, she sucks in a breath and continues digging. Once she hits a decently low y-level, she digs forward, taking care to place all her blocks behind her exactly as they were before she mined them.

After a solid three hundred blocks, she begins to staircase back up. On one unfortunate swing of her pick, water floods into her staircase. She must be under a lake or a sea. She can make out some kelp, though, so hopefully that’ll be enough cover for her to go up and check her surroundings.

Stress takes a deep breath and plunges into the cold water. Swimming up, she catches sight of wood-- no way. There is no way she’s made it to the docks just outside of the canyon. Eagerly, she swims back down into her staircase for a breath of air and the chance to down an invisibility potion, then back up to the surface.

On the entire journey from the bottom of the sea to the elevator on the other side of the canyon, she expects someone to catch her, to notice the water she’s dripping on the ground, to somehow sense the guilt emanating off her in waves. It doesn’t happen. Stress makes it to the elevator and pushes the down button eagerly. Every foot the elevator descends down is another thousand pounds of weight off her shoulders. She’s exhausted, and so close to home base. If she can just make it into the Atrium, she’ll have succeeded.

The elevator dings, rousing Stress from her daydreaming. “I really am dead on my feet, ain’t I?” she murmurs to herself.

She makes her way into one of the village houses, avoiding the pressure plates and tripwires which she knows like the back of her hand by now. In the house, she presses a button, which opens a door which leads to a tunnel. Sagging in relief, Stress practically melts across the floor as she traverses the short tunnel and finally makes it into Atrium 1-- a large circular room with a rounded ceiling and plenty of light.

“Woah, Stress!” Ren exclaims, running to support her. The dark circles under his eyes make him look as exhausted as she feels. He’s been working round the clock at the tree farm to churn out enough wood to meet the demands of twenty-four Hermits.

“Stress?” Ren asks with concern in his eyes, gently shaking Stress’s shoulders.

She laughs, high-pitched and wild. She’s done it. She’s really gone and done it!

“I got a shulker box,” she breathes.

Ren gasps. “What?! No way, they’re not even a thing on this server!”

“Yes they are,” Stress sing-songs, “because I have one.”

She tosses him the cyan shulker box with a look of pride on her face. Ren looks at the box in his hands, then back up at Stress with wide eyes.

“We gotta go show Xisuma, my dude.”

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The Hermits convene in the small meeting room in the residential district, then realize that the room is in fact small and twenty-four Hermits aren’t going to fit in it. Xisuma’s having a good day, so he decides to hold the meeting in Atrium 1.

There are many different opinions on the acquisition of the shulker box, which sits innocently in the center of the room. Some people like Wels believe that even if it’s a great boon, it was stolen and therefore the Hermits don’t have the right to use it. Things were different when they first arrived in the canyon; they stole small things in order to survive. A shulker is nice to have, but the Hermits won’t die without it. On the other hand, there are people who side with Grian, who believes that since the Hermits already have the shulker box, they might as well use it.

Doc rumbles a deep hm, indicating that he’s debating with himself whether he should say something or not. Finally, it seems that the side of him which wants to tell his fellow Hermits wins out.

“Have you guys considered shulker box duping?” he says. Immediately, there is a clamor of outcries, both for and against, as well as just plain disbelieving.

Tango speaks up: absolutely not. It’s cheating. False tentatively rebuts, though, that sometimes cheating is acceptable when it's for a good cause. After all, part of her season 7 base was dug out using TNT dupers. Mumbo awkwardly raises his hand and waits for someone to acknowledge him, which Grian does.

“Er… what if we give it back after we’re done with it?” Mumbo says. Tango still looks unhappy, but the idea seems to appease Wels.

“Friends,” Xisuma says softly. Everyone quiets down immediately. “Should we have a civil vote, or shall I decide?”

Immediately, everyone gets shamed into behaving. “We can vote,” Bdubs says. “Everyone in favor of not cheating?”

“Wait, what are our options?” Grian asks.

“Er,” Scar speaks up. “Keeping the box but not duping it, giving the box back, duping it then giving it back, or duping it and not giving the original back. Is that right?”

Bdubs nods. “Yeah! So, all in favor of keeping the one original box?” A few hands go up, maybe five or six.

“Giving the box back?” More hands go up.

“Duplicating the box, then giving it back?” Nearly a dozen hands go up.

“Well then,” Bdubs says, “I guess I don’t have to finish the options; dupe-and-return wins.”

Doc strides into the center of the room and mines up the shulker box before anyone can change their mind; Tango grumbles good-naturedly at having lost the vote. Meanwhile, while everyone discusses the vote, Joe ferries Xisuma off to his quarters.

“So who’s going to give the shulker box back when we’re done with it, my dudes?” Ren asks the room at large.

“I will,” Stress says immediately. “I stole it; it’s only right that I give it back.”

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Two days later, Punz wakes up to a noise in his house. He reaches for a knife under his pillow; just because there is no one to be seen doesn’t mean that no one’s there, as Punz is well aware given the theft of his shulker box, which he is still smarting over.

He gets out of bed, treading softly. Right there, in the doorway, is the same shulker box he lost! He looks around. This has to be a trap. No one is around… Punz might as well spring this trap.

He opens the box. Nothing is missing. In fact, there are more items inside than there were when it was stolen from him! A totem of undying, four diamond blocks, two ingots of netherite, and a note which reads, Sorry I stole your box! I only needed to borrow it, but I felt bad so I left some extra goodies in. xoxo

“...Huh?” Punz says to himself. This is the weirdest prank ever.

He puts the box back into his Ender chest and resolves to think about it in the morning.