#i actually don't think his voice fits either of them 😭 but that's a different story

[nighhtwing]

it's like cosmically funny jensen ackles voiced both jason todd and bruce wayne... father & son for sure

[fuumiku]

Selkie AU

Ok so on discord we went off. A lot of this is just paraphrasing or copy pasted from buddies hii guys. It’s honestly a fun concept to play with no matter how you turn it around~ I’ll start off with the version I drew these doodles for but it’s all under the cut because it got so long... There’s also always place for different flavors like if they realize the other’s a selkie immediately or over time, etc etc so this is all just food for thought. Marcille is always the instigator though lol, obsessed with him no matter the universe. As a selkie wants to learn more about this human and as a researcher is chasing after this secretive mysterious sea-guy while he very much tries to escape everyone’s attention.

Fisherman Chil & selkie Marcille

Old sad fisherman Chilchuck… He drinks out at sea even. Divorcee dad who’s got nothing waiting for him on land anymore. He’s on the sea every day to get fish to sell at the wet market or to the butcher, the sky and sea’s grey and everything’s dull and tedious. Seals are nothing special either. The only stuff he knows about selkies really could have some selkie storybooks he reads to his daughters. Meanwhile selkie Marcille… You could go a lot of different routes I feel. You know I feel like being a selkie fits with Marcille and her mom, with that interaction of "you’ll have to let others go and deal with that", like in this AU she’ll always be different and will have to leave people behind for the sea eventually here and there and whatnot…

Chilchuck and worksongs... Fisherman Chilchuck singing sea shanties while selkie Marcille sings her songs of the sea and then she hears him and gets curious and follows him back on land or something…… Tries to blend in with humans just so she’s like. What’s his deal. But them only meeting out at sea is very cute as well. Eventually she gets on his boat and they hang out. Melancholic psychological horror sea tragedy-romance would be fun idk. Maybe he starts hearing a woman sing out at sea randomly and thinks it’s the alcohol. But he’d be a goner already lmao. Like don’t get me wrong it’d take a while of actual interactions for him to actually fall in love, but also ~~he’s lonely~~ pretty blonde woman waaaa. Siren imagery hehe. "Hmmm I didn't know selkies had hypnotic voices as well" (they don't. he's down outrageous and he knows it.) Mr "in denial so bad maybe magic is the answer yep for sure". I want her to hear him singing something he used to for his daughters/wife etc and shes like 👁️👁️ who hurt this man........... (Could also work for selkie Chil) What’s his tragic backstory…..

I think marcille also deserves to go silly and catch a carp between her teeth, giving it to chilchuck batting her eyelashes like teehee... I'm such a good assistant right... He needs them undamaged if he wants to sell them but he still makes use of her gift anyway... Puts it in a stew and shares it with her... Something we made together..… Marcille being able to taste human food with actual spices and actual heat and actual cooked meat... His home is the warmest place on the surface. His hugs are more comforting than even the water’s. AGH and how long hasn’t he eaten a real homecooked meal you’d bet 😭 Marcille notices he’s underweight and is like "he’s always fishing though??? Does he just need like, a lot??" and takes it upon herself to bring him more fish to feed him. "He NEEDS to blubber up. I know it." Do you think when his wife was still there he'd come home to the smell of cooking.... but now there's nothing......... He’s on his own, he sleeps in the boat… It just smell like fish all day. The stench gets to him and even the burn of alcohol in his nostrils is a kinder hell. NOW he comes back to the stench of roting flesh and he's like :))) ahh.... my gi rl firned 💖 /j

Selkie Marcille getting onto his boat out of nowhere and slapping the beer bottle out of his hand. It’d go hard if he’s so drunk once that he’s leaning over the railing with his bottle hanging down from his grip and the beer goes into the sea and she tastes it and is like. Now what the fuck is this. Ew. He doesn’t look so good maybe I should splash him with water. She could save him from drowning... Girl who puts him on a rock somewhere until he wakes up and hides in the water as soon as he comes to… Peekinh at him from the surface of the water because, oh dear we're shy now because it's face to face… Drawing parallels between swaying (drunk) and swaying (motion of boat on the sea). She sways his world…… Makes him feel dizzy in a nice, light airy way…… He crashes into his bed in his home and still feels the rocking of the waves under him, and he falls asleep thinking of her…

Go out to the sea in a storm because you can’t stand feeling useless. The sea is your livelihood, it's where you're good and useful. On land you never know what to do with your hands. Maybe he should just let the sea pull him under. let it sweep him away.  Marcille does exactly that, but it's not something that erases him. It's not something that swallows him whole. It's something that shows him a whole other world- The coral reefs, the schools of fish that exist below, the lush seaweed forests that Marcille treasures so much. It's all been there for him to see, theres so much beneath his feet. And all he had to do was let her take his hand. This world full of fish and creatures he's caught and gutted... that he gets to see in a different light…… The idea of him trusting her enough to let her lead him underwater... I think the time that Marcille leads him into the water should be on one beautiful evening, with the water shimmering, and the sun casting rays onto the waters surface- enough that it's still scary at first, enough that Chilchuck still struggles against the salty grasp of the waves, but when marcille takes him under he can see just how the light of the sun casts its spotlight on the seafloor- and how even in the shallows therein lies a thousand wonders, ones he's stepped right over before. I'm just obsessed with chilchuck experiencing a whole nother world in there. Give me childlike wonder. Give me a Marcille who wants to show her grump fucking fisherman boyfriend the cute fishies and the minnows, the pretty hermit crabs. Something about the sea looking different from beneath the waves... The parallels of him on the beach stepping over shells and urchins in the shallows with his boots and just crush them right over, not even noticing he did from force of habit and routine having dulled everything… Him working on the sea all the time but never really seeing it because he’s so absorbed in his own shit and he always just uses the harbor so there’s never real contact with it anyways. When the sea water laps at his forearms when he reels the net in but they feel like lashes of frost against his skin. She'd look really pretty with her hair flowy in the waves............ Marcille’s hair should get used for creepy compositions more… In the water she takes him under and her hair tangles and latch onto him against his skin. Her hair is long, underwater it could engulf him probably, he likes blonde hair he'd be happy with that… Not the lowkey suicidal ideation of letting the sea take him and how he’d be happy suffocating in her hair when doing a dive wow ok

I keep thinking about the Dredge AU… The video game yes yes. It’d be a mess but ohhh ohh the sea and its wonderful world but also its dark secrets, Marcille researching the depths and finding dark powers and idk the tragedy of a man at sea who can’t forget what he’s lost and the mythical gf he made that was never meant to be and it’ll destroy them both idk idk. Bc of Marcille helping him fish from below as a selkie, Senshi like YOU ARE OVERFISHING YOU ARE DESTROYING THE ECOSYSTEMMM @ them lmao You are feeding the whole town and making big bucks but you’re fishing so much that some fish are starting to get stale without being bought, the sea is bleeding and the leviathan is hungry

Maybe one time, one of them gets upset at the other and holds the seal fur hostage, its sooo mean but it also feels very them. When I think selkie I think of the movie Song of the Sea and in that movie the father of the protags loved a selkie, the mother, but she had to leave at one point for the sea because that’s her nature etc etc, but he didn’t want her to leave so he hid her skin which like. Ruined everything and hurt her. And ohhh the parallels… Leaving him… Just food for thought.

Selkie Chil & marine researcher Marcille

The reverse of that where Chil’s the selkie, Marcille’s fascination for him has the reverse angle, almost like admiration too. Crying she’d be like "who’s this mysterious guy, why’s he look kinda ethereal(selkie fairy blablabla)?" and investigates meanwhile he doesn’t want anyone to see him transforming and such so he’s like "leave me aloneeeeeee!!" Selkie chil? secretive man who just wants to chill gets grabbed by the most enthusiastic fairytale-obsessed girl out there. She WILL almost drown trying to say hi. C’mon mister mythical let’s have a storybook romance <3 Jumping in da water and he has to rescue her and immediately gains 100 grey hairs. She gets her storybook ‘saved by the merman’ moment but at what cost. "WHAT ARE YOU DOINGGG" screaming, she gets scolded very much but it all goes in one ear out the other tbh. Selkie Chilchuck is even better with his secretiveness... How do you get around the fact you’re a seal? Iunno I’ve never been a seal Obsessed with the implications of his family in this. Except if his wife and daughters were humans and so his work travels are instead selkie shenanigans going out at sea for months on ends, I imagine they’d be selkies too… Did they get separated? Die? Is Chilchuck’s cowl in this one Flertom’s fur? :(   Once more mentioning sea shanties Chilchuck btw, Roll the Old Chariot comes to mind… Ooough Song of the Sea from the movie that he sung to his daughters <33 I’m fine

With the researcher angle actually being pushed there are interesting plots and scenes you could think of obvi, but uh we kind of went off on the fisherman Chil Marcille selkie AU instead haha. It’d be cute if she ends up teaching him how to live on land in the end. Dresses him up like a funky lil guy. I went with tallman Chil when drawing it and selkie Marcille’s more elf-like, and for selkie Chil I’d imagine it’s the reverse where she’s tallman-like and he still looks like a halfling… Sea-related AUs are my weak spot <33

No matter how you turn it, Marcille is the instigator lol. Selkie Marcille: this little man… I want to know more about this human! Selkie Chilchuck = tries to avoid everything but this Marcille keeps chasing him! It’s her job to, Chilchuck minds his business!! He sees a sliver of something weird out at night? Not his job nope keep your nose out of that it’ll only bring you trouble. It’d have to really itch him at him for him to crack I think… Honestly he’d make a great lovecraftian horror protagonist lol. We love a girl with no chill and her nose in everyone’s business

Shout to to @dayundying, @cabinette, @soappox and @lucky-fydraws!! These people were there for the brainstorming and the writing of the scripture…

[anonymouscheeses]

Vaggie and Valentino are connected and no one has been talking about it (I think 😭)

Brutha. I've always known this but like these two are surface level similar yet so SO SO SOOOO different its terrifying.

Question might be, why tf am I comparing the r*pist and the beautiful, gorgeous, fantastic, inspiring, humble, generous, smeggsy, former angel?

Simply because they are both moth demon's that speak Spanish. It's a bit too specific. And rlly that's kind of all I have right now. Sure, you could say "erm actually, Vaggie isn't a moth demon 🤓" and ur probably right. But if she's not, why is it that in her redesign for the show they lean into the moth hair? It's look much MUCH more moth than in the pilot. So if Viv wanted to stray away from the moth theme, why make it look more like that? She may not he exactly a moth demon but she does have intentional moth features. Perhaps Vaggie just disguised herself like that, either way, still a connection..

I would get it if one of them were in helluva boss jst as a way to recycle and make room or whatever. But no, they are in the same show, same world, same ring of hell, same city(I think). It's a weird connection and I kind of don't want it to exist. Like at all. Because if they are connected I can't think of any other way they are except that Val could be a fallen angel. Which I CANT imagine. Unless Vaggie is like, a winner that became an exterminator, but genuinely that would be a bit complex. But what isn't in this show. Then again, Adam said he created her, or that could be a metaphor for that Vaggie was never noticed as a human and just brushed off to the side so therefore Adam "created" her (created a name and image/status of her). But that's unlikely, I don't they would be that smart lmao.

Personality wise, they both have anger issues. Pilot Vaggie and show Valentino are more alike but show Vaggie is still somewhat spicy. They also both have hot voices, sorry not sorry, like fuck Val (not literally) but his voice is BAZINGA 😍 and I'm a simp for Stephanie Beatriz. I'm a simple gal.

Design wise they have rare commonalities. They are both heavily red but thats everyone in the show it make my eyes bleed. But. A weird thing someone pointed out in a slideshow on tiktok is that show Valentino has white stripes on his hips. Me personally I'm not sure what to think about it really. Like I mean it IS a new detail that spawned AFTER the pilot and it is like... on the EXACT place. But like, it's such a weird thing to include when it's such a common pose yknow?

Also the X's on the boobs are so sensual I cannot be the only one. And ykno Val is the king of sensual (🤮)

Maybe you could be asking, "if Val and Vaggie r connected jst because they are moth demons then that jst means that anyone that are the same species are somehow tied to eachother huh? 🤓" like Angel Dust and Zestial. But what I think differs from that is the fact these two have actual big similarities apart from jst the fact they are moths. Like what I just explained, personality, design, both speak Spanish. While Angel Dust and Zestial are only just both spiders. Angel's reason for being a spider is due to the ykno, "web of crime" thing. And Zesty man? Idk he probably got bit and fucking died by a poisonous spider. I mean, health shit wasn't exactly great back in his ye olde time.

For Val and Vaggie we have NO idea why they are moths

But I did find this! From google AI.....? (I didn't even know that was a thing..) but, I think it's true. It explains the dynamic with Angel alot and I think that's an interesting detail.

Which could also apply to Vaggie because of her hyper-dependency on Charlie.

Plus this fits Vaggie so. SO much. If my theory that Vaggie just disguised herself as a moth to blend in then that would be a good connection to the entire moth motif. Love, I don't even need to explain.

It can fit Val too if you think abt the disguise part a bit. Like he disguises himself as this charming and calming figure to avoid suspicion and lure victims... fucking creepy 🤮

Also in Vaggie's past designs she was more moth.

Here is like. ONE image I could find that wasn't too blurry. Like I wouldn't say it's heavy moth but I think if you asked me what insect she was based off I would guess moth in like a few minutes. The colors being dark, the fluffy legwarmers. Yum, that's a mothy. (THIS DESIGN YHO KINDA PISSES ME OFF. WHY IS THERE THE FEMALE SIGN OK HER SHIRY I THOUGHT SHE WAS STRAIGHT IN THIS VER??? also str8 vaggie scares me don't ever bring up that thing around me. They are NOT the same. #notmyvagina)

From what I know there aren't any previous old beta designs of Valentino, so he was likely made for the show specifically.

Overall, they are both sexy Spanish speakers who are moth demons, in the same show, oddly specific connected design choices, and have some anger issues.

Oh also they both hate Angel Dust 💜

[pineappleciders]

hey!! i saw that ur writing reqs were open and i was wondering if u could write (platonic) hcs of the main 4 finding out their friend, reader, is trans ftm?

++reader transitioned before meeting the main 4 and is afraid of revealing it to them, worried that their relationship as friends might change somehow or they might not even see him as a guy anymore

take your time!! i love ur writing btw !!!!!!

sp main 4 finding out reader is trans ftm

A/N: thank you so much!!! i can do a mtf or nb vers for anyone who wants it :) i'm sorry if anything is offensive or anything!!!

TRIGGER WARNING: some transphobia on cartmans part (i know this sounds bad but jsut read it😭) and probably some talk about dingalings and hoohas (very briefly)

stan marsh

he's curious about it!! like he'll ask a bunch of questions about how you found out and what it means and stuff

he honestly probably doesn't know a lot about it before u explain it to him. like he knows people are transgender but he never learned about gender dysphoria or why people transition

he might ask a few,, personal questions. he genuinely doesn't mean to be rude or weird he's just curious !! will stop and apologize if you are uncomfortable

"seriously, you don't look like you were born a girl. i never would've been able to tell."

it might make him question his own gender??? like he might talk to you about it sometimes and he explains it as 'not really feeling like either a boy or a girl'

other than that he doesn't really care, like he doesn't treat you any differently. honestly he probably forgets it if anything😭😭 like in the T.M.I. episode he asks why you aren't lining up to get ur wiener measured and then he's like oh yeah oops i forgot💀

kyle broflovski

"oh. really? like, actually? huh."

he's honestly just confused as you've never said anything about it before. he might ask why you didn't tell him but when you explain he understands and tells you he wouldn't view you differently no matter what

"i mean, i think it's stupid that some people deliberately go out of their way to misgender people. like, you've been a boy and i've always seen you as a boy, so why would i purposefully make you feel bad? that's just stupid!"

he appreciates if you teach him a bit more about it, 'cause he doesn't know a whole lot

i feel like he'd purposefully do more,, boyish things with you???? like he invites you to play football or play video games more or like idk. do boy things.

he doesn't do it to single you out, he just really wants to make sure you feel like you fit in with the rest of the guys, so he's always inviting you to meetings with the dudes and treating you like a brother

eric cartman

i feel like there are a lot of different ways this could go, but mainly i feel like he's never actually going to view you as a girl?? if that makes sense

like he'll make fun of you and probably tease you (similar the whole sand in kyles vagina thing and calling him ms. broflovski and shit yk??) but no matter how much he tries to crack transphobic jokes he still sees you as a guy

he honestly might be a little uncomfortable at first because he feels like you're 'a spy for the girls'. but he quickly gets a stern talking-to from kyle and at least doesn't voice that opinion anymore

either way as much as he hates it he still sees you as a dude, if anything it just makes him uncomfortable to think about ur (or anyones) sex so he just goes with the flow. literally dress up as anything and he'll treat you like it. he doesn't want to put that much effort into caring

so yeah he makes fun of you and misgenders you but not in a genuine way. he can try but he still views u as one of the guys so he just accepts it and moves on. again he doesn't care enough to dwell on it

kenny mccormick

he might ask a few questions like stan but he genuinely on god fr doesn't care. it literally does not affect his view on you at all

he doesn't necessarily fully understand what being trans means but he doesn't really need to to understand that u are what u are. like if ur happy being a dude then be a dude he doesn't get what's so hard to grasp for some people

kenny isn't really one for labels. he also hasn't really explored his gender and stuff and honestly?? he doesn't plan on it. it just doesn't matter to him, he's fine with just living his life (when he's actually alive and living it)

even if he does have a few erm personal questions he keeps them to himself. he knows it could be a touchy subject and he really just thinks that whatever you were born as isn't any of his business

he will defend u whenever you face harassment from certain people, like he honestly just tells them that it's not their business and to fuck off. he mostly jumps in because he knows it probably hurts to hear stuff like that and tries to tell you that it doesn't matter what other people think, all that matters is that ur happy in your skin :)

[yonezawacastle]

i honestly think each event is written by a different set of writers. and you can tell when a writer has a particular favourite or dislikes a particular character. they commit complete character assassination or don’t even bother

like omg no way they made kojuro act surprised over a woman being interested in politics as if he doesn’t have a literal voice diary saying “women are the future”. his whole character revolves around appreciating strong women. he doesn’t call his lady “miss” for no reason 😭

also no yeah for nobu, i actually appreciated how attentive and empathetic he was in the beginning. but i didn’t like what the writers did in terms of addressing what happened to MC at the end :/ like MC herself doesn’t address it sigh

but yeah this event… idk i didn’t quite like it very much. masamune would NEVER but also, his lady would never try to take advantage of him like that either. they’re both gentle angels who love each other and always seem to be on the same wavelength.

the writers tried to use the jealousy trope but bc they’ve already used it before, they tried a different more “fiery” angle. and it failed.

but yeah idk who wrote this event, it was terrible. the consecrated vows event was actually really REALLY good. shingen’s event was so beautifully written. to go from that to this… nah man. voltage doesn’t have the best writing but they can still do better than this.

i hate nothing more than when they make the characters act ooc. or they try to hard to push a particular trope. like with ieyasu. in his main story he’s got such beautiful development but some of his event stories truly ruin his character :// even nobunaga. his ES are not as bad but he’s such a goofy guy idk why they don’t show more of that. you would never know his true character unless you play his MS

Ngl I was just glad to see the back of that event. I tend to really like exploring the characters' flaws and insecurities. Even good relationships often have cracks in them, which is part of what makes them interesting. I think growing with someone involves a lot of willingness to bare your jagged edges and try to fit them together.

But, I'll be honest and say I don't personally vibe with otome storylines that leave me wanting to slip the MC the phone number of the local women's shelter hotline. There's an audience for that, I'm sure. I'm just...not it. And the characters did feel. Well. Out of character to some degree.

I do want to engage with Nobu more. He comes across so terribly in Mitsuhide's stories and I have a reflexive tendency to avoid his character type, but I'm always a bit curious about his own perspective.

[purpleglitch]

I've been insane about roleswap ever since taxolotl made fanart about it. Whenever someone mentions it my brain explodes. So many things could change, because, in the lore, Dream's reputation as this scary unbeatable guy iinfluences how things play out. Not only because of him being the creator of the server but because of manhunt, so maybe george would have to "prove" that he's strong and SHOULD be feared. The ways he could do this are alarming, considering how smart he is and how little he cares about consecuences. Also, george and dream approach roleplay pretty diferently, so I think A LOT of relationships and events can change. How would have exile been if george was the one in charge? would rs!rivals be mortal enemies because of techno being an anarchist and dream a king?

Idk there's just so much, but anyway DNF ANGST.

OH ANON YOU'RE SO SMART I LITERALLY GASPED WHEN I FINISHED READING

YOU'RE SO RIGHT so many things could've gone differently because of how their roles changed and i didnt think about this when writing that brainrot post, love the idea of rs!george proving that people should fear him, and without the "dream will protect me" dynamic from c!dnf it's so interesting to think about what would happen, rs!gnf has the power to make c!gnf's "destroying the smp" dream come true and i feel like because his "apathy" or how he hids his emotions/attachments, he could fit the monster title that people gave c!dream, like emotionless, apathetic, how he doesn't care about the consequences, idk how to explain it but im shaking with excitement. also this got long again but here are more thoughts xD

For those events, i'd say first that exile could've happened from a different cause, i think tommy could've been one of the people that knew about george's actual feelings towards dream and viceversa so maybe he could've used dream as leverage against george (maybe for the discs?) or straight up harmed him which made george very angry and instead of putting obsidian walls around new l'manberg like c!dream, he could just threaten to blow it all up again unless tubbo exiled tommy, what if instead of the "spirit speech" is george laughing at tommy thinking dream is important to him and pretending he's only threatening destruction because he harmed the king of the smp which was against their "allyship" with l'manberg. During the actual exile, i think george could've been more mischievous and pranking tommy destroying his stuff and laughing at him for his situation, while also throwing comments that it was tommy's own fault for what happened, and whenever tommy tried to rebel against him i imagine george would be like "aww tommy don't do that... you don't want me to blow up your city with all your friends in there, do you? remember that poor tubbo only has one life left!" all with a fake sad voice(??)

As for rs!rivals..... oof, that's a bit more complicated like you said their political stances are very different, and i remember that clip of c!techno killing c!george on the throne room and.... yeah.... but maybe since they know each other from other servers they could have talked privately about dream's role as the king and how it was george's idea for him so he could relax and not be as involved in the story as before, techno would also be one of the people that know about rs!dnf feelings about each other since dream brings george up in almost every conversation they have, also i feel like techno would throw jokes like "dream you're copying my fashion style look at you, cringe, wear something else" and maybe it's my rivals bias but i want them to be at least in friendly terms 😭 george and techno would be not as close as rs!rivals but they teamed up for doomsday and i think techno would find amusing george's crazyisms and when the prison arc happens and dream finds out i think he would plead to techno to help george somehow, he tells him he's no longer king, hasn't been for months but he's worried about his boyf- george and either (1) knows about the favors between them and he tells techno he's using george's favor to help him or (2) maybe before the smp rs!rivals already had some favors going on so dream uses his so techno helps george. and techno reluctantly does, he clearly doesnt want to make his friend happy, shut up chat.

but i'm also interested in your thoughts of rs!rivals being mortal enemies!!! 👀👀👀 sorry this got too long LMAO didnt proofread this so sorry for any errors

[nikikyuuun]

hello hhhhhh is it alright for me to request gender neutral reader and izumi sena? enemies to lovers? they're both in denial and one of them accidentally blurts out they've taken a liking to the other (you decide which is which) ^^

OH MY GODDDD I LOVE ENEMIES TO LOVERS PLEASE 😭 izumi is literally the. perfect fit for this. thank you anon for my life..... i got a little carried away i think, so i'm sorry if this is a little long! i originally wanted to make a scenario rather than headcanons for once but i cannot for the Life Of Me think of coherent prose rn... anyways, i hope you enjoy!

❧ enemies to lovers with izumi

content warnings: none

❧ it doesn't quite matter what your profession is—if you're an idol from a rival agency, or another up-and-coming model, or both! izumi initially hates your guts either way. especially if you're the latter—are you trying to outdo him? hah, fat chance. there's an undeniable air of tension around you two whenever you happen to be in the same room together, whether you return his feelings of animosity with your own, or with cool indifference.

❧ of course, all of izumi's ire is very much a private matter. as far as the public is concerned, you two are just rivals in the entertainment world! the tabloids are absolutely brimming with the latest "gossip" about the two of you—did you hear about the incident at the latest photoshoot? the challenging little smiles they both threw at the camera at their latest lives? it irks izumi to no end that your names are always beside each other in entertainment headlines—but on talk shows and interviews he always just smiles, too tense and with too much teeth.

❧ everyone from knights is well aware of who you are by now—with how much izumi complains about you, how could they not? he (uncharacteristically) drags his feet to a job whenever you're involved, but the whole time he's enthusiastic in a way that seems a little different from competitiveness... especially as you two work together more, he goes from dismissive and scathing to, well, mostly the same, but he's nicer about it. a little. he'll scold you for your poor form and show you how it's really done, but he'll go through the effort of saying you did a good job today on the walk back to the station.

❧ it's something that seems like the start of a not-quite-friendship, actually! you seem to work better together, almost, and the "playful banter" between you two in interviews and talk shows seems more natural. he denies it so vehemently that it's rather funny, though, and izumi absolutely hates when you tease him for it—what's wrong, sena? don't tell me you've finally fallen for my charms? he denies it within an inch of his life, but there's a part of him in the back of his mind that finds it rather cute, the way you say that.

❧ needless to say, izumi doesn't often listen to voices in the back of his mind.

❧ the actual "-to lovers" part of your relationship is rather...anticlimactic, to be honest. you could be hanging out in a changing room between shoots, or in some half-empty cafe, or on the way back to your house after izumi offered to walk you home. (because he didn't want you doing something dumb and getting yourself hurt, of course.) he's been almost suspiciously nice to you, lately, to the point that even he's aware of it now—and he can't help the heavy sigh that leaves him when you happen to ask why. izumi's retort of, "can't i just do something nice for you?" dies quickly on his tongue when you remark about how he used to absolutely loathe you when you first met.

❧ but you suppose it isn't so bad, you continue, that he seems to hate you much less, now. another remark about him falling for you, another nudge of your shoulder against his, and izumi is nothing short of mortified once he processes the words he blurts out next: "are you really so dense that you haven't noticed that i l—that i don't hate you?"

❧ (the way you gape at him makes him almost feel better about himself.)

❧ izumi's very good at keeping your new relationship under wraps, but that doesn't stop any of the tabloids from gossiping—are you two on a date? what are they to you? he brushes them off like they're nothing—but really, there's no way for him to hide the softness in his gaze as he looks at you sitting next to him on the set of the latest talk show.

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

Haha, you just became my favourite army like hear me out, I've been trying to vent or St least just want someone to get where I'm coming from without being called an anti or hater by other armys , first off I really felt that jks performance the first thing I did when I watched it was frown for some reason if it wasn't actually me cringing, it was too...idk it def wasn't something I would seem suitable for a soccer stadium to get people warmed up for an exciting match , it was okay

Second, I think that jk does have a great voice which I feel like the english pop songs actually lessens it's ability to shine, I feel like it makes it sound weak for some reason and I too hope that in his solo career he ditches the pop or at least work on strengthening it idk what I'm saying but I'm saying it anyway lol

Thirdly , twitter army's and Quora 😭 I deleted my twitter acc bc they are a lot and I believed everything lol like the Christmas song bro I was like 'damn , they are taking over ' lol it's everytime you open the app even if you're not solely there for boys there is something new and it honestly was overwhelming for me for some reason

Either way I just said a bunch of nothing but my point is just that I'm happy to come across a realistic opinionated army who doesn't just over glorify everything tiny little thing about the boys and still love them

Hahaha, your rambling is cute 😊 And thanks for the message.

As to what you pointed out, I have to agree with what you said about JK and English songs. Perhaps they're not a really good fit, especially the original songs. I've always liked his covers more, there was more emotion. Now, all feels flat. If he changes his direction in the future, it could be interesting. If not, and this is the path he chooses, then I don't know what else to say. It would be a shame specifically because we know he is able to do better. JK doesn't need to be another Biebs. Outstage your heroes, Jungkookie 🙏

As to your third point, why on Earth were you on Quora? 💀 Darling, good that you're out. I'm not saying that sometimes, there is legitimate information there, but it comes from regular people, except somehow it became some authority, different from other fan spaces when in fact it's the same. Bias and craziness like everywhere else. And about that supposed Christmas song, December is coming. Perhaps Army will get an amazing, wonderful surprise. Wouldn't that be nice and fitting for the holiday spirit? LOL

[imagine-a-life-like-this]

Aaaaahh okay I’ve finally arrived to gush about Dance With Me!!!!! (btw sorry about asking to be tagged so I could see chapters right when they come out, only to then be hella late to 3 WHOLE CHAPTERS ASKFKWLKR I AM JUST A LOWLY FOOL DONT KILL ME 🤡💀)

ANYWAYS, onto the gushing!!!

First of all, can I just say I absolutely LOVE the plot, it’s so refreshing!!! I love how even though their soul link is that they have the same hobbies/talents, they both chose different talents to make a living off of! Which is perfect bc in my opinion it wouldn’t be as interesting if they were both dancers or both chefs lol.

I’m honestly a little surprised that Jisung seems to be the main troublemaker of the view gang, considering Changbin is also in said friend group 💀 Don’t get me wrong, I love all of the character’s dynamics and absolutely adore both Binnie and Sungie irl, but I’ve always seen Bin as a much bigger troublemaker compared to Jisung. Like he’s such a little menace sometimes, but he’s our menace 🥰😂 Literally I adopted a fox in my current minecraft world and it kept wreaking havoc on my poor rabbits, so I instinctively named the fox Changbin 💀 But anyways, I’m basically just saying all that to say I’m amused to see that Jisung is the one causing trouble this time around lolol

ALSO!!!!!!!! I think The View is the most PERFECT restaurant name you could have possibly chosen!!!! Like all I can think of is how amazing that would do as a commercial/ad!! Picture this: the commercial would mainly consist of the boys dancing and frolicking around like they do in the MV with the song (that the boys all created themselves to become the restaurant’s theme song!!) playing in the background. Then near the end, they all settle down to chat and eat food from The View (either in the field picnic-style or they head back to the actual restaurant to eat with y/n 🥰) and by the last lines “I like the view right now, yeah~ Eodiro gado gwaenchana” they’re eating and laughing together all happily. Then you know how commercials always end with someone saying the name of the business and the slogan?? So the last line would fade out naturally only for Felix to swoop in with the narration and say something cool like “The View. Redefine Dining.” in his cool soothing voice to finish the commercial off right!!!!!!! Tell me that wouldn’t be the most perfect commercial to ever exist!!!!!!!!!! It would have cute boys, catchy music, yummy looking food, and good vibes all in one ad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Idk how to make edits, but someone who does should make that happen!!!! That would be so fun lol

(Sorry I’m ranting like crazy, I’m just really excited about this new series hehe 😅)

I tend to post a chapter everyday so it's okay if you can't keep up ! Don't worry about it, I'm just glad you're reading 😊

Aaahh thank you 🥰 reading this put such a big smile on my face! I appreciate you so very much!

Binnie is a little menace irl 💀 I just really love the idea of Jisung being a little shit, especially since he's working with his best friends. He just fits the vibe in my mind.

I took so long choosing a name for the restaurant 😭 I feel like naming this fictional restaurant took longer than writing the actual fic 💀

And honestly that commercial idea is perfect and I now need Stray Kids to open a restaurant or at least make an ad for one. Felix seriously has the best voice for voice over work. I would promptly pass away tbh.

And don't apologize for ranting! I honestly loved reading this! Feel free to give your opinions throughout the story, I'd love to read them! 🥰