#i added “go brrr” for a reason

[eri-pl]

Sorry, not sorry, having 11 options on a poll felt too weird and like a missed opportunity.

Maglor poll

[hazbinshusk]

I need more information on the overlords of hell, if only because I have this whole thing in my head about how they each stand in for the seven deadly sins, and I don't have one for sloth and I need it so my brain will brrr.

I know it's probably not a new idea, but here's my reasoning:

wrath - camilla carmine. she's a weapons dealer, powerful and running things (much in the same way that satan is running things - at least while lucifer is mia). she and satan also both have this whole restrained anger thing about them which I think is a great parallel (although she's got more control than he does).

lust - obviously valentino and his porn empire. now, he's a darker side of the idea of lust than our good boy ozzie. he leans more into the concept that lust without consent is greed (which ties into one of my other overlords later, you'll see), but his power absolutely lies in controlling what's 'sexy' - like how angel's work seems to be dependent more on val's kinks than what's popular with the pride ring.

envy - hear me out, but it's vox. he's constantly amassing this empire, this power, which, yeah, could be read as greed, but he's doing it because he wants what others have. he wants to be a one of the big dicks of hell, to beat camilla and zestial and especially alastor. vox creating the vees is a way to push himself above the others because he wants them to want what he has. his shows, his apps, his beef with alastor in stayed gone, everything is designed to make people like him more than the other overlords, especially alastor. hence the big smiles and posturing for audiences - he doesn't need to do that for power - he already has that. he does that because he wants to be respected/liked more than the others are. and alastor has that with the other overlords - zestial and rosie like him, camilla respects him (at least enough to speak to him like an equal). vox is looked down upon by the other overlords, and he envies that power alastor has.

pride - I feel like it's obvious it's alastor. he's so self-assured to the point that he's dismissive of everyone around him, especially those who could be seen as a threat. he goes up against adam, the most powerful of the exterminators, seemingly without any concern that he might not be strong enough to stop him (to the point where alastor isn't even armed with any angelic steel.He has some in the shield, but not even his little summoned creatures carry angelic weapons against adam). and to that point, pride is alastor's downfall there - if he'd been better prepared, he could have taken adam out. but he refused to use weapons provided by another overlord. he's threatened by lucifer (the actual sin of pride) because he can provide charlie with things alastor can't, and alastor being charlie's go-to for advice and protection and her hotel's needs are what gives him power in their relationship. it's what he needs for his ulterior motives to succeed. also, pride going head to head with pride is the most on point thing possible for the seven deadly sins.

gluttony - this feels a little lazy honestly, but rosie. but she's a cannibal, and what is cannibalism if not people throwing away all their reasoning for the joy of the feast?

greed - velvette. she's got a whole material wealth thing about her. fashion/social media overlord, the latter of which is always tied to overconsumption (hello, watch any of those grwm tiktoks where they have like, outfits for their stanley cups and twenty-three step hand care regimes where most of it is completely unnecessary). she and val are the only ones of the overlords we see consistently changing their outfits, and as I mentioned above, I see val tied into this sin, too. not just because of the outfits, but because of the love potions. ozzie calls them artificial bullshit, and we see ads in Hazbin that show that val and vel make and sell them. I also think husk would have been the overlord 'of greed' back before he lost his soul to alastor, which also fits into my headcanon that with velvette being the youngest of the overlords and having died around the 2000s/2010s (I think?), husk probably lost power before she acheived overlord status with the vees, maybe even before she died, seeing as the other residents of the hotel don't seem to know who he was in his past, so maybe it's been a while since he fell off the map.

sloth - ??? we don't really have one for sloth? I don't think the gambling overlord would have fit here, so I don't think it was husk. and we don't know enough about zestial or the others for them to fit but it doesn't feel like zestial's vibe? like, the closest we have is him not wanting to fight the angels, but that was for lack of information, rather than laziness.

so please, season two, solidify this idea for me because I love the symmetry of it and it's killing me that sloth is unfulfilled.

[star-cosmos]

Could Silent Salt have betrayed the Beasts?

I know I've already talked about this but I kinda wanna go into more detail about this theory since episode 10 might have added more fuel to it. (Because hyperfixation go brrr I guess)

just as a heads up, this will contain spoilers for the end of Beast Yeast Episode 10.

So, Silent Salt might be at least semi responsible for the Beasts being sealed away.

Based on the ending of both Episode 8 and 10 of Beast Yeast, we know that a mysterious figure, most likely a cookie, may have helped the witches seal the Beasts into the Silver tree.

We don't know who this cookie could be, but it's possible that they could either be someone related to Silent Salt or Silent Salt themselves.

In episode 8, we get to see a small glimpse into the moment where Shadow Milk was sealed. There, we see a figure. We can't tell who it is for sure, but it weirdly looks similar to Silent Salt.

Though it also kinda looks like Elder Faerie or Fire Spirit's base form, and while possible I doubt it. Elder Faerie's dead now and the elemental cookies have their own subplot at the moment.

(plus didn't the brave gang already start recruiting the Elemental Cookies? Cookie Odyssey made it clear that the elemental cookies were needed to beat Dark Enchantress Cookie. Do we really need another reason to get them in the main story?)

As for Episode 10, while the figure we see doesn't look like Silent Salt, they were described as being 'A Most Honored Guest' and 'Silent as the wind'.

Both are things that would fit Silent Salt well if this encounter took place before all the Beasts were corrupted. Plus, the Beasts' color scheme seems to be heavily influenced by their soul jam color. Prior to corruption, their soul jam was white/silver, so it'd make sense if they used to wear white.

And while I know that the Beast trailer had pre corruption designs (which we only saw the silhouettes of), those designs aren't very accurate to the pre corruption designs we got in game. So there's a good chance that the same'll be for Silent Salt.

From what Sugarfly explained, the two of them talked for a long while, and then the Silver Tree was planted.

Of course there are some issues with this theory. For example, had Silent Salt really been responsible for the Beasts being sealed away, then why would Shadow Milk refer to them as one of his friends. And if they did betray the beasts, why did they also get sealed away?

For the first thing, Shadow Milk is a liar. He lies to everyone, including and ESPECIALLY himself. We also know for a fact now that the Beasts aren't exactly on the best of terms at the moment. Maybe they were friends once, but as of right now their relationship seems pretty strained.

So if one of the Beasts betrayed the others, if one of them was the reason they were sealed away, I think Shadow Milk would lie to himself about it. Turn away from the truth like he's done all too often and pretend one of his friends wouldn't do that.

Especially not Silent Salt. Not the cookie which used to represent Solidarity.

But the idea that someone Shadow Milk trusted sealed the beasts could explain his crash out when Pure Vanilla asked to be his friend at the end of Beacon of Truth. I don't think he'd react like that if the Beasts simply grew apart due to their corruption.

And the worst part is we know Shadow Milk wanted to accept the offer. He wanted to be Pure Vanilla's friend, but didn't let himself.

As for the other issue in this theory, there's something I've been wondering recently about Silent Salt based on the little we know about them.

Was Silent Salt actually corrupted before the Beasts were sealed?

This question stems from the inconsistency of Silent Salt's Soul Jam in the few instances we've seen. In the 3rd anniversary asset, the soul jam is placed on their torso and is a purple/dark purple. But in nearly every other instance, it's on their sword and a white/silver.

With how often we see Silent Salt's Soul Jam on their sword, you'd think that Devsis might have just made a last minute change to their design. But I doubt that's the case.

To start, look at the 3rd anniversary asset for Silent Salt, look at the sword. There's an indentation/hole the exact shape of the soul jam. Meaning that at some point that was where Silent Salt's soul jam used to be.

This is further proven in Silent Salt's part of the Beast Gacha Mural.

The soul jam is not on the sword, It's neither purple or white and lacks the extra details Silent Salt's soul jam has. Meaning that their sword is likely covering where their soul jam actually is. This also mean that their the only beast who isn't showing their soul jam in the beast mural.

Last time I pointed this out, I said that the hole in the sword it gave off the illusion that Silent Salt's soul jam was upright, due to how they hold they usually hold it facing downward. But now I wonder if there's actually a specific reason for that.

Another thing is the Beast trailer. When we see Silent Salt attacking the cookies, their soul jam is still white. Glowing purple, but ultimately white.

And while the other Beasts' soul jams were glowing, their soul jam color stayed the same. Devsis could have easily made Silent Salt's soul jam purple here, but they didn't.

Then at the end of the trailer, their soul jam's color changed.

I should also note that while Silent Salt was being sealed, their soul jam was still a. On their sword and b. white/silver. Which could imply that Silent salt wasn't actually corrupted before their imprisonment.

We know that Soul Jams can change both color and shape post corruption, as seen in the Herald of Change (his soul jam used to be orange) and Sugar of Happiness (her soul jam's shape changed to be sharper) flash backs. So the idea of Silent Salt's soul jam changing color isn't too farfetched.

If this is true, then it's safe to assume that Silent Salt may have been the last Beast to fully corrupt. Which would parallel how White Lilly was technically the first (and only, at the moment) Ancient to corrupt (outside of costume AUs).

As the former Virtue of Solidarity, I can imagine that Silent Salt wouldn't like the idea of their friends turning their backs on all they knew and hurt the cookies they once swore to protect. To go against everything they stood for as Virtues.

And I'm assuming that Silent Salt was at the very least mid corruption during their part of the Beast trailer, just because of the Purple glow on their soul jam.

So it's fully possible that Silent Salt, knowing the danger their allies were turning into, knowing the danger THEY were turning into, went to Elder Faerie and planted the Silver tree as a means to protect everyone from the beasts.

Silent Salt being Sealed away along with the other Beasts could have been a precaution if they weren't fully corrupted by then. Or maybe the final straw depending on how they viewed the witches before then, as it's only after that scene where we see Silent Salt's soul jam change to a dark purple.

So... yeah, I think Silent Salt might have had a hand in sealing the beasts into the Silver Tree. This is mainly just speculation until the next (and maybe last?) two episodes come out, but I definitely think it's possible.

At least that's based on what I'm aware of. Could be a mistake here or there.

[justagaycryptid]

K @spicysoulsa asked for it (ty for your inquiry btw, I always love talking about Rigel) so here’s Rigel’s Smash or Pass list for funsies. Depending on which au version of her you’re looking at, multiple of these ships can be ‘canon’ mostly bc I think multishipping is fun and also there are no rules 

Characters I focused on are mostly the gods/demigods and npcs that you can actually speak to, so npc invaders don’t count here sorry

Ranni: Smash; she is very enthusiastic about her beautiful enchantress wife (basically one of her very few exceptions for her general disinterest in magic users)

Morgott: SMASH; she thinks that old man is HOT as FUCK (once they’re done trying to kill each other)

Malenia: SMASH x 100000; I cannot overstate how very into Malenia Rigel is and if Malenia was receptive Rigel would take her up on it in less than an instant

Rykard: Pass; the snake thing is weird even for her. Finally someone has outmatched her freak. 

Tanninth: Pass; that is a Married Woman. Also Rigel never sees her without her mask so she doesn’t know she’s smokin hot. But she does appreciate her ruthlessness

Mohg : Smash; however I headcanon Mohg as exclusively gay so she knows he wouldn’t be into her which she respects

Radahn: Pass; Tbh she has pretty much no interest in him. I could see them being horse girls together tho so a friendship could work.

Godrick: Pass; They don’t like each other even a little bit. 

Rennala: Smash bc she cannot ignore the allure of Tall Woman but Rennala is very much not interested 

Marika: Smash. Tall Woman but with the added bonus of Muscle. 

Radagon: Pass. Tbh Rigel doesn’t gaf about him at all

Godfrey: Pass. I could see them getting along but tbh she just isn’t that interested in him. 

Patches: Pass. She’d like putting him in his place but she knows that by the next morning he’d have pickpocketed her. Does not respect him even a little bit and is also still pissed about the cliff thing (Mad Dog Rigel killed him for that btw) 

Sellen: Pass; eh not really that into her tbh, probably because she’s not a mage so she doesn’t have much reason to be around her. Also Rigel is buds with Jerren after fighting with him in the Radahn Festival so that doesn’t help, though she admires the conviction to overthrow Rennala even if it’s kinda foolhardy 

Yura: Smash but he’s too hung up on Elonara to be even a little bit interested in her back, which she respects (even if she’s a bit disappointed)

Boggart: Smash. Fwb. They eat some prawn after going to pound town and she calls him pretty boy after he takes off his helmet. Tho they wouldn’t be in a relationship since I hc Boggart as aromantic and they work better as friends I think. 

Blaidd: Pass; Brotp tho like they’re best buds but Rigel isn’t interested in fucking him. 

Varré: Smash but pretty much only when she’s the worst version of herself and the relationship is basically just a toxic cesspool 

Rogier: Smash but like eh. He’s kinda cute tho she can tell he and D have something going on tho. Like maybe she’d bed him once but I don’t see them forming anything long term. Not even just because of the death blight but that doesn’t help. She’s just generally not into sorcerers/magic users. 

D: Smash. Corruption kink go brrr. Tho he would not entertain her in the slightest.  Also he’s clearly exes with Rogier and not over the breakup yet even though he pretends he is.

Roderika: Smash. She would probably be her most gentle as a lover with Roderika. Part of Rigel would be terrified to ruin/break her or otherwise sully someone that she essentially sees as one of the most genuine people in the Lands Between

Ensha: Pass. She doesn’t vibe w/ him even before he tries to kill her

Dung Eater: do I have to even say anything 

Brother Coryn: Pass; Similar to D in that corrupting him could be fun but she knows he would be terrible in bed and it would take way too long to teach him/mold him to her whims to be worth it. Also he’s not even hot

Goldmask: Pass. He’d snap like a twig if she even thought about it

Thops: Pass, she kinda just pities him. Also knows he would not be very good (not through lack of trying!) 

Diallos: Smash. She likes pretty boys but I don’t see them forming something long lasting. She thinks he’s cute but that’s about it, and he mostly admires/respects her 

Latenna: Smash, but gently

Fia: Smash. Uh, MILF vibes tbh

Gideon: Already said this in my other Gideon post but just for the sake of this one it bears repeating; Smash, but she admits this begrudgingly. She kinda understands his ire when she first arrives but unfortunately she also has an ego the size of the moon so their first interactions didn’t endear him to her, but she knows he likely knows a bunch of crazy shit so he would probably be a good time. Added bonus that she admittedly thinks his voice is hot. But after the deal with Nepheli and the Albinauric Village this changes to a staunch no. He would not fuck her at any point

Nepheli: Smash, enthusiastically. She likes beefy women. Also Nepheli is nice and has a good moral compass which Rigel respects even though Rigel is a bit more opportunistic than righteous herself 

Millicent: Smash. She thinks she’s hot. I could easily see them as having a brief fling, maybe in a camp under the stars.

Melina: Pass. Strictly platonic, though Rigel mourns Melina deeply when she sacrifices herself to burn the Erdtree

Kenneth Haight: Pass. Doesn’t care about him in the slightest. Very neutral opinion 

Selivus: PASS. Hates his guts and thinks he’s a slimy, condescending cunt. 

Rya: Pass, she doesn’t interact with the recusants like at all for the most part and thinks Rya is a bit too naive/childlike

Kalé: Pass, that’s her pal tho

Hewg: Pass, she kinda sees him as more of an older mentor-type

Boc: Pass. Too fragile. She’d feel like she’s taking advantage of him. Also a bit too small and skirting too close to animal territory for her. 

Gurranq/Maliketh: Pass. Idk I don’t really have a reason I just don’t think she would. Maybe he’s too close to animal territory or something

Iji: Pass; same reasoning as Hewg.

Bernahl: Pass. Tbh he’s just Some Guy to her

Iron Fist Alexander: Pass; just friends but also How

Gostoc: Pass. Knows about the runes and locking her in with the Banished Knight. He’s lucky she decided not to make him swallow his own teeth

Igon: Smash, enthusiastically. She thinks revenge is hot and also she likes it when people stroke her ego like Igon does

Florissax: SMASH PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

Leda: Smash but before Enir-Ilim/ immediately becomes a no if Leda goes after Ansbach. Rigel thinks with her second head fairly often and does think bloodlust is very hot but she does have at least enough morals to be upset when her friends are targeted. 

Hornsent: Smash. Same thing as Igon regarding revenge also he’s not wearing pants anyways. Tbh they probably fucked after killing Messmer. Little bit of hate-sex on his part but Rigel is into it, though she felt genuine betrayal when he invaded her before the Church of the Bud. 

Thiollier: Pass. Too pathetic even for her and also the thing with St Trina pissed her off bc she’s a lot of things but a liar isn’t one of them. Though she does forgive him after the battle against Leda and her allies in Enim-Ilir, but she still wouldn’t fuck him. 

Sir Ansbach: SMASH let her at that old man. She wants him…., so fucking bad

Moore: Pass, she mostly just think he’s cute in a naive sorta way and also I don’t think he would be interested since he sees everyone as a family sorta

Freya: SMASH. Beef woman, also she thinks Freya is cute and admires her battle convictions, even if they are misplaced

Messmer: Pass. She thinks he’s pathetic and not even in a hot way. Yes she knows his backstory, no she does not care

Rellana: Smash. Tall woman in armor even if she did devote herself to a bitch with insane mommy issues 

Miquella: Pass, the child thing is Weird and so was his deal with Radahn + Mohg. That’s a whole mess that Rigel is not unpacking thank you very much

St Trina: Pass; the eternal slumber thing makes things tricky and she doesn’t know her well enough to know if somnophilia would be on the table (/joking), but also mostly she’s kinda got the same child thing going on as Miquella which is Weird

Ymir: Pass. He weirds her out 

Jolen: Smash. Again, woman in armor

Queelgin: Pass, she think he’s a loser and his fuck-ass bob is distracting 

Romina, Saint of the Bud: Smash; this is probably her biggest hear me out 

Dryleaf Dane: Pass tho she did beat the absolute fuck outta him like twice

Bonus:

Any big knight-like enemy like the Crucible Knights, Banished Knights, Night’s Cavalry, etcetera: Smash but armor stays ON during sex (codpiece excluded obvs) 

If I didn’t list a specific character you can ask about them but chances are it’s a pass lmao

Anyways;

[ginnvngagap]

watching the Little Mermaid live action remake, and I'm gonna make it your problem

oooh, shiny scales, I love it

Ariel's breathtaking, I love how her hair flows in the water

her sisters are also gorgeous and their designs are amazing

CGI sea creatures look realistic but still manage to be all magical and shxt, nice

Ursula's not a drag queen (a crime tbh), but her design is so coooool

aaah, Ariel's voice (I don't watch trailers, this is my first time hearing it)

Eric has a personality?!

they gave an actual reason as to why Ariel would be attracted to Eric aside from teenage girl hormones go brrr for pretty boy

oooh, they did the cliff thing

Eric has an I want song now and his voice is heavenly

did... did they just add generational trauma to the mermaid family? great addition, I approve (yes, I've seen the prequel)

had to Google Sebastian's accent, it's Jamaican, I love it, I think it suits him

so many pretty sea creatures dancing, oooh, jellyfish

why the fxck do they swim like that?

Poor Unfortunate Souls slaps, Ursula's voice is aaaah (very eloquent)

huh, Ariel still sings in her head (good decision imo, it would've been such a waste)

Ariel doesn't like high heels and corsets, completely understandable tbh

ooof, her meeting the prince and not being able to speak was so much more devastating with the added thought singing, my baby heart, noooo 😭

apparently Ursula put a spell on Ariel that made her forget her objective of kisskissfallinlove and I don't know how I feel about that (in hindsight it makes sense, this Ariel would've totally jumped Eric's bones, lmao)

Scuttle and Sebastian's banter is fxcking hysterical

roll credits, lmao

oooh, Eric has a stuff room too

Grimsby is best boi

Ariel breaks for goats but not humans, we stan

Anakin would flip his shxt if he saw this dance scene

aaaw, Ariel taught Eric her name

Shalalalalala... You Gotta Kiss The Girl~🎶

Ursula's growly voice 😩👌

I love how Ursula's appearance on shore feels even more sinister than in the animated movie

is... is Scuttle rapping? and she has mad flow?! SEBASTIAN TOO!? also it's actual genius how Scuttle's rap sounds how you'd expect a bird rapping

human Ursula's uuuh... huuuh... 🥵

Grimsbyyy you naughty boi

she's also fxcking terrifying, holy fxckaroni

Eric's waaay too chill about Ariel turning into a mermaid right in his arms, lmao

loving the ominous ink cloud

tentacle raaave

Triton's baaack, baby 👑

I love his character design btw, that clamshell armor is so cool and shiny ✨

mermaid dad sad 🥺😭

the send-off definitely didn't make me cry, shutup

neither did Howard Ashman's name in the credits

[banesberry-anomoly]

I was gonna wait until I added more to the ref sheet but yall havent been fed in a while and Im impatient 💔

Were gonna ignore the fact that I spelled Piccolo wrong in the drawing

Throws our 963 at you, this is my husband. Its in one of our partner systems and I lob him

The Medallion isnt in the ref cause I didnt fuckin draw it cause Im lazy, but its made of orange fire opals and changes shapes for some fucking reason. It most often looks like this but brighter orange. I lost the image of its other main shape but Ill update this post if I find it

Some fun facts under the cut

- Over 7 feet tall. They TOWER over me

- Hes extremely lanky and yes the hand is purposely drawn with long fingers

- The medallion is hot to the touch

- Magnus Archives Spiral & Desolation core. If you dont know what TMA is then go listen to it *holds you at gunpoint*

- Hotheaded, quite literally. May I interest you in some fire hair? (Only happens with extreme emotions)

- Were also married to our wife Kondraki. Shes transfem. TransMasc x Genderfluid x TransFem is real in this house

Still hammering out details cause fictive memories go brrr and also Im running on a total of 9 hours of sleep in the past like 50 hours or somethin so this def isnt our best work (and by work I mean writing shit down) lmao

[lingy910y]

Weekly Tag Wednesday 🎄🎁

thanks @deedala and @energievie for the weekly reminder that it’s already wednesday 😭

favorite nickname you’ve ever been given: hmm lingu <3 it’s not rly a real nickname cause it’s just adding sounds to the back of names but the way my friend uses it is cute 💀

where are you located? ny

what season is it where you are now? winter brrr

favorite tradition this time of year: fandom events (masquerade event save me…gallacrafts save me…galladrabbles save me…)

favorite holiday food: idk, maybe udon cause we go to restaurants during the holidays or eat them at home and it always feels like a big deal 😌

mulled wine, eggnog, or hot apple cider? hot apple cider 🤔

turkey, ham, or nut roast? turkey ig

would you rather spend the december holidays in: a cabin in the woods surrounded by snow, or a house on the beach with sun and sand? 🏖

are you pro-snow or anti-snow? more anti-snow but i’m not a hater

have you ever built a snowman? tried and failed

skiing or snowboarding? never tried either, but i wouldn’t mind learning

do you decorate for the holidays? a little

favorite holiday movie? elf

favorite holiday fanfic? not shamey but i remember reading this the entire time i was on a trip <3<3 https://archiveofourown.org/works/32997163

if you were to star in a holiday movie, who would be your love interest? where would it take place? my crush from elementary school for unresolved reasons 🗿 school reunion cause it kept appearing in my dreams

ok tagging @softmick, @krystallouwho, @mmmichyyy, @michellemisfit, @lupeloto, @jademickian, @vintagelacerosette, @heymrspatel, @sleepyfacetoughguy, @juliakayyy, @tanktopgallavich & @juliakayyy ⛄️❄️

[abysskeeper]

Tagged by the lovely @keldae. Thanks friend! <3

3 ships

The ones always at the top of this list, my Trick and @gothamcityneedsme's Tavon. The ship that started as a high school joke of "what if we put the rebel and the loyalist together?" and has developed into 13 years (and counting) of the most wonderful stories of two, incredibly broken people slowly befriending each other and putting each other back together against all odds. Trick is the OC for me and these two own my heart. If I ever try to say otherwise, I'm lying.

As of late, coming up right behind the ship of ships for me, is--unsurprisingly--Gale/Nox. I'm just really excited to finally be writing my first DnD PC (ok...technically second, but not really. It's complicated) consistently, and I'm finding the outcast wizard/outcast wizard pairing is lending itself really well to my usual brand of drama, angst, and pretentiousness in writing. They should make each other worse, and the only reason they don't is because they're on opposite ends of the 'Do you want to become a god?' spectrum, where Gale is a resounding yes and Nox only moves slightly away from 'would kill a god if given the opportunity' because they do, actually, kill a god. In short, I'm having a blast writing them.

Not OCs, but third place gets to be Rosegarden, or Oscar/Ruby from RWBY. While we're waiting in v10 limbo, these two live in the back of my mind, and every so often come out to demand some attention. Without getting too much into it, something about destined, Chosen One kids and rhetorical/thematic parallels makes my brain go brrr.

First Ship

Hmmm. I think I usually answer Kataang for these but if I'm really thinking about it, I remember being super invested in Leo and Piper from Charmed, when my mom let me watch it. I couldn't really tell you what it was about them because I was about 6-8...but I was in it with them. They were the only ones I really cared about knowing what happened to them when the show ended.

Currently Reading

I currently have @/aevallare's Ao3 page up, and have for weeks because I'm notoriously awful with reading and then even worse about reading fanfic. I don't have the time and energy to start up Kindred right now (soon...vacation...hopefully), but I've been poking at Alex's one-shots. tailwind is delightful for those of you stuck in Gale/Tav hell like I am, and Wisp is jam-packed with character in such a succinct manner that I'm in love.

Last Song

I'm actively listening to Campus by Bastille right now. Great work-vent song for me. Immediately made its way onto Nox's playlist too.

Last Film

Also Argylle! I went in completely blind to it and then it gave me everything I didn't know I wanted. It was a fun romp, and the fact that it was incredibly Trick/Tav coded was an added benefit.

Currently Craving

Sleep, money, time. I'd like to say that once the paper crunch at work is over with the first submission it'll get better...buuuuut I know that's not true. I just want to have enough energy to write again. Also what I'm always craving, strawberry lemonade.

I'll actively tag @dr-demi-bee and...anyone who wants to do this lol (steal from me, please. I know not who wants these and who doesn't).

[violetwoodnymph]

Weird thing happened on bircraft today.

Here's the order of events:

Log in. My horse is gone. When I logged out I had it tied to a fencepost (and my base area is very well lit up considering it proximity to spawn and the shopping district) so it didn't just wander off.

My pigs, which were in a pen by my horse, are all missing.

That's weird. I gotta do some shopping though. Worry about this later.

There's a new shop in the shopping district. I investigate.

There's a hole in the back of the shop. My horse is in the hole. Whoever owns this shop probably stole my horse.

Oh well. I steal my horse back. I leave a sign asking what happened to my pigs.

I do other stuff in the server for a while.

I end up back in the shopping district (with my horse because fast mob go brrr). I leavwe my horse unattened for a minute while I pop inside another shop to check if something got restocked.

I leave. My horse is gone again. I have an inkling that it's back where it was.

I check the hole behind the new shop. My horse is there, along with signs calling it the "Spawn Horse"???

I steal my horse back for the second time that day. I remove the signs and leave another sign asking what happened to my pigs.

I come back to the shopping district and notice someone looking into the hole I found my horse in. I hide and stalk them as they re-add signs and walk off.

Once they're gone, I go read the signs. They have put up a "missing" sign calling my "Spawn Horse" a threat to the server (affectionately, of course).

I intend to change the signs and re-add the one asking about my pigs. I hear someone fall behind me while I am removing one of the signs.

The person who added the signs did the exact same thing I did to them. I panic and run off.

I decide to turn back and figure out wth just happened. I tell them that the horse in the hole was my horse and I stole it back.

They are confused because they thought it was their horse.

Apparently, they lost an identical horse to mine in the mountains (close(ish) to spawn, but not as close as my base is to spawn) and upon stumbling across my horse in the shopping district, thought it was their horse.

They agree that it makes more sense for the horse to be mine and we go on our merry way. They probably weren't the one to steal my horse in the first place.

This doesn't change the fact that somebody, for some reason, did move my horse to the shopping district and put it in a hole.

I still don't know why my pigs are gone

[spacee-pop]

'PROJECT ORION: A SOLDIER'S BURDEN' WILL BE COMING OFF OF HIATUS

hihi, as some people may know, i put all my stories on an indefinite hiatus for reworking.

well, I've decided I want to take PO:SB off of hiatus—and as for the time being, it will be the only story off hiatus of mine.

THESE ARE THE REASONS WHY I AM TAKING ONLY THIS STORY OFF HIATUS FOR THE TIME BEING

lesser dark/sensitive topics, and a more tame plot. I usually tackle topics like abuse, SA, mental health, and more in my stories, as I like to go out of my way to make accurate representations of such things to teach others, and for me to learn myself. when I include these topics, I research about them, listen to those who experience/have gone through things, and more. PO:SB lacks much of this dark material, and was actually intended to be a more friendly sci-fi story for fun. it means I can get things done quicker, and don't have to take my time making sure I don't misrepresent a dark/sensitive topic.

the plot is simpler and easier for me to work with, which means I can get more done.

much of the plot is already planned out and ready, it's currently just going through revision, and more content is being added.

I plan to try and make comics for the story, but they won't release anytime soon, as I want to plan things out and perfect things. I am also currently working on the world still, character designs are still ironically going through updates (main character armor go brrr), more characters are being added, scenes, etc. I would usually write on Wattpad, but I don't think I could ever properly convey what I want to do with PO:SB with just words alone, and it would ruin many of the scenes. I will be posting more PO:SB content soon, I'm just in my ups and downs with motivation, hyperfixating on things, and working on other things.

TLDR — 'Project Orion: A Soldier's Burden' is coming off of hiatus, due to having a plot easier to work on with less research time needed. there will be comics released in the future and the story will not be on Wattpad, but not anytime soon, as it is still being worked on and revised. there will be more PO:SB content being uploaded sometime soon, I am currently having fluctuating motivation, hyperfixating on things, and working on other stuff

TOP DIVIDER IS FROM @enchanthings-a

BOTTOM DIVIDER IS FROM @enchanthings

[peregrineroad]

B5: S4: 07-8

Epiphanies: I like the melancholy of the opening scene: the determination in Sheridan's voice on 'Give me today and I will be happy', as well as the way the music immediately shifts into something sadder, more ominous... It's also a lot of fun seeing all the various species dancing. One Narn was really tearing it up there!

Stephen makes sense as the character most willing to live in the moment: that's about the upshot of his last character arc.

Thinking about Virini as a kind of foil for Vir: both have 'walked the corridors of power' and come out still unambitious--iirc, Virini's first scene was with Vir in Sic Transit Vir? (No, I checked, it was the Quality of Mercy all the way back in season one. But the Vir scene illustrates his character much more.) Both come across as harmless and mostly endearing (although Virini is, uh...a lot more racist, which is part of the interesting contrast.)

Garibaldi drawing the face in the steamed up mirror is interesting because it's simultaniously really on-the-nose and really ambiguous. Yes, his self image is obscured, a new self has been imposed on top of the original, only revealed in a kind of liminal state, obvious metaphor goes brrr. And yet, both his actual expression and the drawn one are completely impassive. What's going on in there? We don't know.

Notable that when resigning, he doesn't bring up any of the grievances he's been developing with Sheridan except an extremely brief reference to 'not doing it the right way'. Way back in--season 2, I want to say? When he actually did step down because of Sheridan's treatment of Morden, he was plenty clear about it.

I do also like that his explanations for leaving, especially to Zack, are genuinely convincing. I can believe he's genuinely tired of all the great cosmic stakes and wants to do something straightforward. I made a separate post about my general thoughts about the brainwashing arc, but I think how I'm reading it here is that he's been given certain objectives and also made to try and mentally justify them so that his psyche doesn't completely and obviously fall apart. Maybe a lot of the time, he's sort of scrambling backwards from an outcome to find bits of his personality it might match up to.

LOVE the contrast between the cheery way G'Kar talks about the deal with Londo to Garibaldi, and the way he reacts to Londo's actual presence. I'm glad he added 'usually' to his comment about the universe rewarding good intentions: we're not going full 'just world' fallacy here, but an openness to connections and willingness not to act on hatred certainly helped.

Londo does not look delighted to no longer exist in G'Kar's universe! Given the almost dread with which he faced up to him, you might think this was getting off easy, and yet!

Bester's machinations were fun as always. He came out of this one the loser, but his little speech at the end was so chilling that it really didn't feel that way.

Sheridan has hardened since the war and his death, I think--he had good reason to be upset with Lyta, but I don't think he would have threatened to let her be vivisected before.

The Illusion of Truth:

The ease with which Sheridan and Susan slip into Doing A Bit is very cute. :D

The reporter does a pretty neat bit of manipulation, starting with an appealing bit of honesty about the profession, then slipping into the courageous underdog role. No-one's actually suckered, and they have their own reasons for letting him proceed, but they still weren't prepared for just how dishonest he was going to be, I don't think.

Garibaldi's only been doing this gig for one scene and he's already fed up with people taking him for a fool, ha. I like the contrast between how sharp and precise he is with his client and the unfiltered rambling gift he gives to the propagandist later--this is one of the bits which is best at drawing a disernable line between Garibaldi as himself and Garibaldi as influenced, I think, although him having to be coaxed by the reporter in the latter scene does run somewhat into the problems I mentioned in my other post. His reaction to Sheridan in his first scene being immediately connected to a related flashback of the brainwashing also works well. I wish they'd done more of this.

Sheridan's little scene with Londo is adorable and even malicious editing fails to make the look on Sheridan's face throughout less adorable, so there.

'Nothing will be able to stop us' is clumsy in a way which strikes me as OOC when Sheridan is deliberately trying to avoid things which might be taken out of context, but I can see him getting very emphatic about his relationship with Delenn. They're very cute on that couch together.

I kind of like how totally unconvincing the broadcast was? The conspicious muting, the blatant conspiracy theory, the spurious psychology. It fits with the way fascism often asks you to stop thinking for yourself--their explanations can be absurd, but they don't need to persuade you to believe, just to take no adverse action.

[fandomchaosposts]

rating my spotify playlists (in alphabetical order) <3

404 error ethan not found

8/10 - way too sad and yearn-y for this name but i was being gay about stuff and i respect that. points deducted because there was no reason to be sad about this and now ive lost a good name

2. ah yes, the feels

ill be honest fam i dont even remember making this. 6/10 - i dont like these songs anymore but i was going somewhere with the name

3. All the songs you wanna hear right now

3/10 - there is no universe in which i would want to listen to this combo of songs. points added because i like maybe 4 out of the 40 songs in there

4. Apple music who?

??/10 - i dont even know if ive ever listened to this. zero points added for the name, a bit of sympathy bc it was created for f1 reasons

5. bear hug

decent 5/10 - i see where i was coming from and i would like a hug right now

6. brain go brrr

7/10 - brain do be going brrr ive missed these songs

7. do you love me, hate me, I don't understand

9/10 - i wouldn't click on this myself but i would vibe to the songs in a heartbeat and the name fits the vibe

8. fire *cackles*

6/10 - decent songs coupled with some that i simply have zero vibes with

9. get a panda, name him Horse

9/10 - honestly the only reason this doesnt get a 10 is because i havent touched it in years

10. hi *waves* im not the sea

984693/10 - WE FIGURED OUT WHERE I HEARD NO LOVE IN LA FOR THE FIRST TIME other than that not rly my vibe anymore ngl

11. if you dont like my presense why would you invite me

10/10 simply *chefs kiss* i love it, if you dont like my presense why the fuck would you invite me??

12. if you hate the royal family clap your hands

4/10 - honestly points given only for the name

13. listen to this 🔪

currently empty but i dont think i could rate it anyways, i just need to remember to listen to song recs

14. i listened to this now what

follow up of the previous playlist, honestly i dont think i can rate it

15. imyb <3

10/10 playlist for when youre in the feels, name fits so no points deducted for that

16. *insert good playlist name here*

-137/10 - unoriginal name and i swear to god ive seen the same combo of songs in a previous playlist

17. *insert good name here*

3/10 - honestly only stays bc i think i made it for a friend like 4 years ago

18. i wonder if you think of me ✨

10/10 - i do. wonder if you think of me. sometimes. and the songs are seriously fire <3

19. lets see, what do we have here

5/10 - love the artist hate the name, havent touched it in years

20. More Songs I will listen to once and then inevitably go back to Minecraft

3/10 - points for the accurate name but i didnt even remember this existed until now

21. new songs playlist *ahem* lies *ahem*

??/10 - not even gonna rate this one its the millionth time im seeing these fucking songs

22. Oh? Brauchst du einen Name? Ich kann dir nicht helfen

4/10 - points for the name but i fucking. havent listened to these songs in 4 years

23. physics? who is she i dont know her

110/10 - honestly? the reason i made this to begin with who is physics i dont know this woman

24. pretend this has a name

0/10 - unoriginal i kinda like the songs but i havent touched it in so long anyways

25. sea sickness

5/10 - i was going thru my tiktok phase okay

26. songs you listen to instead of going to sleep

5/10 - i guess?? fam i dont remember listening to this i know i used to like the songs but its been like. 5 years.

27. your friendly local neighberhood unhinged screamer

7/10 - lando norris cover in a palaye royale playlist you cant go wrong with this one

28. your voice. gimme.

6.5/10 - listen i was figuring out my gender and corpse has. a Voice.

[b00sh]

adding more to this before my brain fries hold- hold on This is very specifically the first fight, which is the main reason I didn't do the fun ice bull that a lot of the other fan designs have. Personally I think that it only applies to post-fight/summon/re-fight king because it's like, a physical/visual (depending on context) representation of what happened, considering he kinda fucking died. Of course others can do whatever (and it does look cool) but that's my personal rule for it Physical representation of the players trauma go brrr Also I'd probably do some fun gore/body horror, I mean imagine seeing this frozen corpse that's also just the soul of a guy you killed spring to life in your own dreams just to resent you and hate you for a bit before going "huh yeah I guess you got a point" like that would fuck you up man

one day I'll have the motivation, one day

wip I'll never finish ig

[adonis-koo]

sweet nothing • 1

( in which you prove to be far more trouble he thought you'd be )

↳ Description: being a guest at the Jeon Estate after a mishap of being kidnapped and dragged into your brothers affairs isn’t all that bad. Truth be told it brings you a lot closer to the mobster and owner of the estate Jeon Jungkook himself.

His two rules are simple, don’t cause trouble and don’t give him a hard time. Somehow you manage to constantly do both in the most endearing way despite being pregnant and waddling around most of the time.

↳ Pairing: Jungkook/reader, ???/reader

↳ Genre: slice of life AU, mafia!AU, pregnancy, there’s like…a little bit of a plot but not a lot, future smut? maybe? it's very domestic!

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Note: the crowd is booing so loud at the sight of pregnancy but I don’t care!!! slice of life makes my head go brrr. lol in all seriousness I hope you all enjoy this lil story! It’s just a mini series that is super domestic and light hearted! it popped into my head and I had to write it down so enjoy! also this hasn't been proofread, we die like men

The room was suffocatingly silent. 

Jungkook had ignored it promptly though, leaned back in his leather chair, hair dusting over his eyes slanting his view, but his sight couldn’t be more accurate then it already was. 

This was not what he had asked his men to do. 

“I…” Your voice scratched, trying to find something to say, not only had you been kidnapped a mere hour ago, but now you had been brought into your captor's home and taken to him directly.

Your throat tightened as your heart beat frantically, you couldn’t be scared right now, you needed to take action before it was too late, “I understand why I’m here but please,” You looked up at him earnestly, “I…I’m due in early December. You can sell me off, keep me here, do what you want with me but please, Mr Jeon, give my baby a chance."

Your eyes blurred at just the thought, your hands hugging over your swollen stomach. You had been so shaken up the whole time that it hadn’t even occurred to you how fast this had all happened. 

It was late and you had been worried your brother found himself in trouble again, one minute you were getting ready to phone him, the next the door was smashed open to men in suits, guns in the air and tearing the whole apartment up. 

You were taken as…what you could only assume was collateral, you knew who Mr Jeon- you had informally met before.

Your brother had been paying him ransome for protection against…well…You supposed there was no reason to bother recounting everything. You were here now, in front of Jeon Jungkook, who looked less than pleased at the moment. 

What made you worried however was his continued silence, he was never a man of many words, or at least that's the impression you had always gotten when your brother and him would meet. 

Jungkook shifted in his chair, his lip visibly twitched before he muttered, “Get her out of here.” 

You felt your stomach lurch as you were yanked out of your chair with a yelp, “In one piece.” Jungkook added with an annoyed glint in his eye. 

The grip on your arms was relaxed immediately before you were jostled out of the room leaving it in silence once more. 

“It was the best we could do Sir,” Yeonjun spoke, crossing his arms behind his back, “We searched the whole apartment but Wonho was gone. We took her for collateral until he’s found.” 

Jungkook looked more visibly angry, “You brought me a pregnant defenseless woman.” He stood up in his chair, “What the fuck am I supposed to do with that?” 

Yeonjun lifted his hands, “Send a message out to Wonho, tell him we have his sister and we’ll see if he actually has a soul and gets the money to save her.” 

“And if he doesn’t?” Jungkook challenged, his eyes brewing hellfire as he inhaled sharply, Yeonjun had wisely chosen to not engage in his questions anymore, “I’m not going to kill her for fucks sake, even I have my limits.” 

Jungkook tucked his tongue into his cheek as he leaned against the desk. 

“Well we can't just release her now,” Yeonjun replied, “So what do you want me to do with her?” 

Jungkook crossed his arms, his jaw clenched in anger as he shook his head in thought. Who’s bright idea was it to take her ransome? Truly? Because he knew Yeonjun wasn’t that stupid. 

“Put her in a nice room, draw her a bath, offer a foot massage. She’s fucking pregnant, do I have to keep reminding you?” Jungkook hissed out as he waved his hand about.

“Noted.” Yeonjun sighed, “Anything else you wanna add to that list?” 

“Yeah, if I hear about one bruise, one little fucking scrape on her, I’ll have everyone lined up and shot in the living room.” Jungkook replied, before turning around to sit back down, “Now go. I don’t wanna see anyone unless they have something about that rat that isn’t a waste of my time.” 

Yeonjun nodded and said no more, leaving while his head was somehow still intact. Jungkook collapsed in his seat as he ran a hand through his hair in frustration. Wonho had fucked up more then just not paying his debts, he had leaked sensitive information to the Kim’s and it had him on extremely thin ice right now. 

He didn’t need a bystander involved in this situation. Jungkook crossed his arms in thought as he leaned back in his chair, you were a familiar enough face for Jungkook to recognize, you had only met a handful of times and was never involved in more dangerous dealings your brother dealt with. 

Quiet, you were considerably quiet, though Jungkook can recount a few small harmless conversations you had both made while waiting on your brother or in other circumstances that would call for something as such. But it had been awhile since he had seen you. 

Obviously long enough for you to get knocked up and in the middle of a pregnancy. Jungkook exhaled as he closed his eyes, trying to ignore the stress induced headache he had. 

Yeonjun was right, now that they had you it would be better to just keep you here and out of the line of fire, if they let you go now there was no telling what you would do, would you warn your brother? Would he sell you out? 

Would the Kim’s have kidnapped you as well? 

Jungkook had made the decision that yes, it would just be easier to keep you here at his estate, more as a guest than actual collateral because he honestly didn’t believe the idea that your brother would actually care about anyone but himself, he had proven that countless times. 

Jungkook may have not known you personally, but given your display of groveling, it was evident you felt the same.

This…was not what you had expected.

Your lips parted in shock as the door shut behind you, the rooms were easily bigger than your little apartments living room, a glass chandelier hanging from the ceiling and plenty of spare space, large windows were next to the bed with tall hanging curtains and a writing desk was on the wall next to it. 

Then there was the bathroom, a claw foot bathtub and fluffy towels all folded up with various shampoos and soaps on display. You had to rub your eyes twice to figure out if you had been hallucinating. Everything was…nice…

You weren’t sure what you had expected but this wasn’t it. The water was hot against your skin as you showered, a little paranoid albeit, waiting for the door to bust down once again and for them to drag you into a less nice room. 

But the men never came as you laid in bed, shifting constantly to try and fall asleep.

One of the downsides of being pregnant was not being able to sleep on your stomach the way you had been, your side felt uncomfortable and your back kept cramping anytime you laid for too long on your back. 

Your hand gently brushed over the bump with a sigh, you didn’t understand why Jungkook would do this. You had spoken to him a handful of times, and while you wouldn’t describe him as a charismatic person, he was polite. But you had heard the stories about him, rumors of something much darker than who you had talked to that lurked beneath. 

Jungkook was a CEO of a small export company, big enough that he had well established connections in the upper socialite world but small enough that he evaded being in the spotlight of hollywood and its nosy media reporters. 

He refused photoshoots or magazine interviews at whatever cost and only attended parties unless it was absolutely necessary. Or so he had somewhat jokingly recalled one evening when you both were sitting at a club bar, somewhat awkwardly waiting for your brother who had gotten busy with a prostitute after Jungkook had come later then he said. 

Whether this was all true or not was beyond you. 

You supposed at the end of the day you should be thankful he’s chosen to keep you alive, for now. But dread filled your stomach, after all, you were only alive on borrowed time. 

It was a beautiful day outside, it was early morning but the sun was shining bright with billowy thick clouds and it was still cool outside, but within a few hours the heat would once again be scorching hot just as it was yesterday. 

You had taken an extensive amount of time to take in the gardens as well, marigolds, tulips, buttercups and so many more were all around, well taken care of by the looks of it. It was gorgeous. 

This, of course, was all in an effort to avoid the gaze of the person who sat in front of you on the small table on the terrace. 

“You should eat,” Jungkook finally spoke, his hair was tied out of his face, giving you for the first time ever, a good look at his face. It was well sculpted with a chiseled jawline that oddly suited his rounded button-like nose. 

His thick brows were pinched as if he were angry as he ate, but you at some point realized the food must've just been that good, “You’re eating for two after all.” He added, “Nothing’s poisoned, if you couldn’t tell by now.” 

He gestured to his own plate, which had a serving of just about everything on the table on it, this made a weak smile tug on your lips, feeling oddly reminiscent of the few conversations you had shared before.

But this was very different. 

You were definitely hungry though, you had been craving syrup and fried chicken since four in the morning and while there was no chicken on the table, there was definitely syrup that could cure one of your cravings.

Hesitantly you put a few crepes onto your plate, adding some sausage as well before drizzling syrup over them.

“How was it?” 

You glanced up at him, not intentionally ignoring him, but to say you were still terrified of him was a bit of an understatement, “...What do you mean?” You finally asked, your voice no more than a whisper.

Jungkook wiped his mouth with an intricately decorated napkin, “Your room, it was rushed last night. They didn’t have time to put everything in there, you’ll be getting a wardrobe today but I didn’t know your size for maternity wear- or if that’s something you even wanted. You’ll have to discuss it with Jimin regardless.” 

You stared at him blankly for a long moment as he met your eyes, “What?” 

“Mr Jeon-”

“Jungkook.” His brows pinched, though this was not because of what he was eating. 

You stuttered, “...Jungkook,” You corrected yourself, still somewhat uneasy, “Um…I don’t understand, anything that’s going on.”

Jungkook sighed, as if he were expecting this as he leaned back in his seat, the buttons on his black shirt clinging for dear life as his chest puffed a little to stretch, “I doubt you know anything about your brother’s where abouts,” He replied, “And truthfully I’m sure you know he could give less then two shits about you or your baby.” He paused for a moment at the smallest sight, your lips briefly quivering and then your eyes darting to your plate. You were upset, but trying to hide it. It made him internally wince, perhaps his wording wasn’t the best. 

He cleared his throat as he continued, “So until this is all resolved you’ll be staying here, it’s the easiest thing to do with you at this point now that you’re involved. With your consent or against it. That’s up to you. But if you want to keep your baby safe then you’ll be smart and not try to escape.” 

You glanced up at him for a long moment before your hands curled, “You’re the one that kidnapped me. And it’s somehow my fault that I’m involved in my brother's affairs that I never wanted to be a part of to begin with?” 

Jungkook only curved a brow, quickly reminding you that you’re not in a position to be chastising him. 

However his lack of anger surprised you, in fact he sounded the opposite, “I did not kidnap you, my men did, without my knowledge of the whole situation. They made a split second decision in bringing you here, and indirectly involving you in the matter. It was a mistake on my behalf and I apologize for it.” 

You stared at him now in disbelief at his sincerity as he continued, “I’m trying to make up for it as best I can now by having you stay here. If you leave now it’s likely the Kim’s will take you hostage and see what information they can get out of you, or hell I wouldn’t put it past your brother to just sell you to them.” 

“My…my brother wouldn’t-”

“We both know the truth,” Jungkook cut you off with a frown, “There’s no point in trying to comfort yourself with a lie. There’s no telling what could happen if we let you walk out that door on your own. So like I said, if you’re smart and you want to keep your baby safe, you’ll stay here. How miserable you want to make this experience is up to you, but I have no plans of making you a hostage or holding you prisoner.” 

You slow began to eat, though having to hold back the urge to devour your whole plate, one bite had unleashed the monstrous appetite that had been lurking inside for the last six hours. 

“And I don’t suppose you’re doing this out of the kindness of your heart,” You replied, “You have to want something in return.” 

Jungkook took a large bite out of his bratwurst, “You’re right,” he nodded before taking a drink of champagne, “I want you to stay out of trouble and not make this any more difficult than it needs to be. Two requests, you think you can manage that?” 

You both stared at one another for a long moment before you glanced at your plate, “I don't suppose there’s much choice is there?” 

Jungkook shrugged, “Depends on your perspective, you could easily raise hell if you wanted, but I’d prefer you not. Where’s your husband? The last thing I need is someone nosing about trying to look for you. It would be better to just inform him and get things settled right away.” 

Jungkook paused though at the sight of you stiffening a little, your jaw clenching as you grabbed your flute of water. 

“I don’t have a husband,” You finally spoke after taking a long drink, “Or boyfriend. I work at the Bakery on main street though, they’ll want to know why I’m unable to come in to work.” 

Jungkook looked curious, but he didn’t ask questions, “Very well, consider it taken care of.” 

He didn’t want to pry but he was undeniably curious about your circumstances, caught up in all of this, pregnant without a husband or partner. Jungkook had never considered you the type of woman to sleep around, having always been rather shy around him but then again, perhaps it was because you had always known who he truly was. 

Still though, it was rather curious indeed, and there was nothing more Jungkook enjoyed in his past time than a good mystery.

Rather than let the silence linger Jungkook asked, “How far along are you? This could be resolved in a few days, or it can take months. I’d rather make arrangements now for the later rather than be caught unprepared.” 

“Twenty two weeks,” You replied, your hand pressing against your stomach as you looked down at your baby bump, a brief smile tugging on your face before it fell at the sight of Jungkook’s face, a bit confused before you weakly smiled once more, “Five and a half months. Like I said yesterday, my due date is December 13th

You had been anxious before about delivery your baby, after all, you had never done it before. But you're definitely anxious now at the idea of having to do it while being held as a guest in the Jeon Estate. 

Labor was already a painful experience, you don't want to have to go through it alone in an environment like this. Jungkook only nodded though, “I’ll have my personal doctor come by and fill in the role of your practitioner for check ins with the baby. A midwife will also be on staff for check-ins as well. If you need anything else just let me know. I’ll find time during the day to see you at least once.” Jungkook checked his watch as he sat upright, “But I have to go now, business to do. Yeonjun will show you around and then Jimin will be around to talk to you in further detail about your wardrobe.”

Jungkook grabbed his satin black jacket off the back of his chair as he stood up before leaving you alone. With a sigh of relief you sunk into your chair, having not released the breath you held in until you let it out before feasting on your breakfast while thinking about his words. While this was not an ideal situation, you couldn’t deny Jungkook’s kindness.

You had been settling in for the last week and a half with an odd amount of contentment, your days were filled with a lot less physical labor then before, though you did miss going out and seeing your coworkers and interacting with regular customers. 

There was a certain sense of peace the estate gave you though, you still took your daily walks in the garden accompanied by Yeonjun who had been personally assigned to oversee you and he was a rather funny person. 

His humor was dry and it was even funnier watching him interact with Jungkook. 

He served as good company as did a few other people you had met, Jimin being one of them, he oversaw the finances of the estate and basically kept the place running while Jungkook was off doing business, only ever bothering him when something of substantial financial sum was needed for something.

And true to his word you saw and spoke to Jungkook at least once a day as he said, either in the morning for breakfast or in the afternoon for dinner. But the talk was usually the same, either about this or that, small talk.

You supposed it wasn’t that bad, considering the situation you were in you should consider yourself lucky that Jungkook is who he is. Regardless, you didn’t feel comfortable asking him about your brother.

First off what had he done for you to be put in this position and more importantly, where had your brother disappeared to? You had no doubt many of Jungkook’s days were spent searching for him, which made you wonder, just what had your brother done?

You dismissed it from your mind, you had been trying to detach yourself from whatever consequences would eventually find your brother, after all Jungkook had a point- no matter how much it stung to hear.

You loved Wonho, you just wished for once he would put you first, that he would put anyone first, you couldn’t even remember when he spiraled down this destructive path of dealing in narcotics that got him all tangled up in gangs and inevitably, the mafia. 

Just that somewhere along the way your brother had turned into a total jerk that was willing to sabotage anyone to save his own skin. 

Just the reminder of the argument you had about this very topic had run through your head when talking to Jungkook, it was the reason you had chosen to stay here giving him no problems. 

While you still didn’t feel comfortable because again, you weren’t exactly staying out of complete free will, you did feel safe here. For once, you felt safe. Your hand rubbed over your stomach as you aimlessly walked through the halls. 

Yeonjun had an online meeting he was attending in his office which meant you were free to roam the inside of the estate of your own meanwhile, he had given you the grand tour when your first morning and yet it seemed like you were still finding new rooms. 

Curiously you walked through the ballroom, or the equivalent to one, it was a grand room big enough to host an expensive party for sure. Poking your head into different doors you never knew what to expect. 

Closing the last door you walked a little further before you let out a breath, grabbing your stomach at the small kick you just felt. 

“You’re a little sucker aren’t you?” You winced out, the little kicks themselves weren’t painful, it was mainly your sudden back pain that had you leaning against the wall for support. 

What you hadn’t expected though was for the wall to press inward before back out, revealing a hidden door. 

You quickly straightened up right, back pain forgotten as your lips parted. Of course mobster Jeon Jungkook would have a hidden door in the fancy ballroom of his estate, you shouldn’t have expected less. 

You opened it up as you peered inside before delight filled your face, it was filled to the brim with books and the entire wall was made up of glass giving an expanse view into the garden, and there was a wide window sill with soft cushions making up a seat. 

Sliding as best you could inside the door shut behind you as you stepped further in, it looked magical in here easily, lights were strung up though they looked dusty, as if they hadn’t been used in years. 

How had you never noticed this during the walks in the garden before? Sitting down you curiously nosed through books, mostly children's books oddly enough. You smiled however as your hands constantly rubbed over your tummy, a soothing habit you had developed as the bump grew.

While you still weren’t fond of the idea of giving birth here, if you had too, you were relieved to know there were supplies here that wouldn’t be horrible to utilize for your baby. You could just imagine holding them swaddled against your chest, laying against the soft pillows reading here on a rainy day. 

Standing up you groaned as you grabbed your back, Yeonjun would be wondering where you were at soon, after all he said his meeting wouldn’t be long. But you would certainly keep this place in the back of your mind as somewhere to go during quiet moments in the day. 

Walking back up to the wall you pressed on it before your happy expression slowly shifted. 

There wasn’t a door handle.

You pressed on the wall once more, a little more forceful hoping it would latch open again but unfortunately it didn’t budge. Your heart rate immediately spiked as you tried to calm yourself down.

This is fine. 

You sat back down on the cushioned window sill trying to think rationally. Yeonjun would be sure to look for you and if he couldn’t find you which means he’d call Jungkook which would mean…

Somehow the idea of that happening brought you less comfort than before. Jungkook would assume you had made a run for it and would probably not even bother to look for you. 

In fact, he’d probably be relieved that you were gone and he’d no longer have to deal with you. 

“What the fuck do you mean you lost her!?” Jungkook hissed out venomously and not a single man dared speak up as he glared daggers at Yeonjun who held his breath for a moment, “She’s six months pregnant how the fuck do you just lose someone who’s six months pregnant!?” 

Jungkook was damn near ready to rip out his hair, he was already dealing with multiple loose ends on his part and now you were magically gone? 

“Where’s the CCTV at?” Jungkook growled as he ripped his jacket off, tossing it at his chair, he was burning up and his hand was itching to grab the gun that was shoved in his back pocket. 

“It’s been fried,” Jimin winced a little at Jungkook’s livid expression, “I went to check the moment I heard she was gone but it looks like someone sabotaged it just an hour ago.”

Jungkook’s lips twitched, “So what you’re saying is not only did all of you lose her, but she got fucking kidnapped in the process?” His hands curled into fists as he paced back and forth trying to not lose his cool any further as he viciously smiled, “This place is a goddamn fortress with over forty men guarding it and somehow, my CCTV footage got fried and guest got kidnapped within an hour and nobody noticed? Nobody!?” 

“There’s been no signs of breaking and entering though.” Yoongi, his business partner who had been sitting there watching the whole thing finally spoke up, “If somebody got in, we would’ve got the word. It’s like you said, you have over forty men on staff here.” 

Jungkook seemed to cool down a bit at his words but his tone was still sharp, “And the CCTV? What else could’ve fried it?” 

“The fact that you haven’t replaced it in the last five years?” Yoongi shrugged before snorting, “Maybe a bird chewed through the wiring, maybe it shorted. Hell if I know, what I do know is that it’s not normal for you to get this worked up over something.” 

Jungkook’s nostrils flared, “Because somebody’s life is on the line here. What about Y/n!? If she had left on her own there would be at least something indicating she left.” 

“Then maybe she didn’t leave.” Yoongi shrugged, causing Jungkook to pause his pacing as he stared at Yoongi accusingly, “What? It’s the truth, the estate is big Jungkook, she’s only been here a week, she probably just got lost. There’s no reason to make a big deal out of this when there’s no indication that points to it being a big deal.” Jungkook looked annoyed but said nothing to him, only muttering for them all to spread out and search the estate. 

It had been three hours of searching, every nook and cranny, under every bed in every closet and Jungkook had just about lost all hope as he gazed out the tall windows in the ballroom when he noticed something odd. 

The door to his childhood library was stuck in an odd position, it was old and he hadn’t been in here in ages, the door used to get jammed if it wasn’t closed properly. 

Luckily all it took was a little force to get open, he gave it a good shove before it clicked back into place and propped open as he peered inside. Mouth gaping at the sight of you jumping up in surprise, looking half asleep with a book in hand. 

Your smile was just as guilty as the rest of you as you said, “Hi…I was beginning to wonder if you’d ever find me.” 

“Out. Now.” Jungkook looked mad, but he was secretly relieved that you were safe. He’d rather you be stuck in the library by accident than having tried to make a mad dash on your own out of the estate.

Just the sight of your sulky pout let him know one thing for sure; you were absolutely not going to be able to follow his two requests, for better or worse. 

[emelinstriker]

Macaque ♢ No Response

Got too many fluff fics of Macaque, so have this one for the feels. c:

Hanahaki go brrr-

♢ ~ Angst ~ ♢

Not just anyone got to be this close to Macaque. Be it emotionally or physically. This demon held even people he enjoyed being around with at arms-length. You knew it's due to his past experiences and you didn't mind. You enjoyed hanging out with him regardless... Though, you were disappointed that he never showed any signs that he was actually interested in you beyond friendship. Thus, you never tried to make a move. However, you did give away subtle hints that you liked him.

From the way you were helping him with his daily plans, to the way you were regularly smiling at him. He never seemed to take the hint. He simply treated you like he would any other he deemed as 'friend', while also putting his dislike for Sun Wukong first.

And it hurt.

Yet this pain was quite minimal compared to how you felt during one evening's 'hangout'...

The sun was starting to set as the people of Megapolis slowly started to head home to rest from their tiring day at work or school. Meanwhile, you were waiting in an isolated corner at the park for Macaque to arrive. He wanted to meet up to ask you something so important that texting you apparently made him feel uncomfortable.

Hope arose when you read his hangout message once again. Was he going to confess? Was your love for him reciprocated?

After what seemed like an hour of waiting, despite it only having been roughly 10 minutes, a shadow portal appeared underneath the closest tree's shade. And as expected, your monkey friend appeared. "Sorry about being a little late. I quickly had to check up on someone..."

You waved your hand dismissively, telling him that it's fine. "I haven't even waited for half an hour. Anyway, what was it you wanted to ask?"

"Ah, straight to the point, as usual", he chuckled. However, while his smile remained, his gaze suddenly seemed a lot more nervous.

"Well... You see... How do I put this-"

Hope arose once more as you noticed a very faint blush on his cheeks. Macaque crossed his arms for some comfort.

"Do you..."

Your smile brightened.

"...Do you know what would be a good gift for a first date?"

...

What.

And in an instant, your smile was gone and was replaced by a mixed expression of hurt and confusion. You masked the expression with more of the confusing part almost immediately.

"I- Um- What-"

"I got a date with a human this evening and I haven't even come up with a gift! But humans bring gifts to dates, right??"

"...W- Well, generally speaking, I... I guess flowers are a first date thing?" You shrugged. "Or- Uh... Something small they might like? I- I don't know?"

"Something they might like... from what I recall, they don't like flowers. So that option is out of the question..."

"Oh." You liked flowers. "T- Then I don't know how to help you here... Sorry." He wasn't talking about you, clearly.

He sighed, placing one hand behind his neck with the other on his hip. "It's fine. I guess I could've just asked you this through text. But I felt like it'd be too... awkward."

"As if this meeting wasn't awkward...", you muttered lowly, hoping he wouldn't hear. Though, you forgot about his extreme hearing. The dark-furred simian raised an eyebrow at you, but refused to say anything. This meeting was kind of awkward after all. However, he thought it was awkward due to a very different reason.

"...Is there anything else you wanted to talk about?" You asked after a few seconds of silence. If he paid enough attention, he would've heard the obvious disappointment in your voice.

"I...", he started before pausing, "...No, actually. I'm just... looking for advice."

Your mouth formed a straight line as you crossed your arms. "I... guess all the advice I can give you is... act like yourself, give them something small they might like, and just... have fun. Good luck on your first date though, I'm rooting for you", you added with a small, fake smile.

And with that, you started to turn and walk away, hands in your pockets... When you suddenly had the urge to cough. You covered your mouth with one hand as you rather loudly coughed, trying to get rid of whatever was itching in your throat... And out came a tiny bit of blood. Your eyes widened at the sight as you let out a very quiet gasp. Macaque, of course, heard you. "Are you okay, (Y/N)?"

"Y- Yeah. Just... caught a bit of a cold, I- I guess... Don't worry about me though! Worry about your date!" You nervously laughed, brushing off the concern his gaze on you held.

"Are you sure? I could at least-" "N- No, no! It's fine! I'm f- fine! Maybe a walk back home will clear my pipes more." You were trying to hold back another cough as you started to walk away a little faster. "See you after your date! Text me how it went!"

After letting out another cough, you started to speedwalk away, leaving the shadow monkey alone to his thoughts. He was worried, sure, but you had a point. He had a date to prepare for and he was majorly unprepared.

While he set out to finding the perfect first date gift for the other human, you arrived home and ended up coughing into your bathroom's sink. You were already expecting more blood, but you were not expecting the petals that followed soon after...

You needed answers.

And so, you ended up looking up your symptoms on your phone. Oddly enough, it did not take long at all to figure out why you were suddenly sick and coughing up bloody petals. The first page of your search was entirely filled with articles, images and even documentaries about it. A disease, or rather a curse, called Hanahaki.

Apparently it wasn't a common disease. It sort of seemed to have vanished for the most part, and the most recent records you could find seemed to have happened a few years ago. It seemed to involve falling in love with demons and said demons not returning the person's love. Which is why it was also deemed to be a curse- A curse the Celestial Realm may have set upon humanity for committing the sin of falling in love with a demon. However, as said before, it seemed to have died down and the greater majority of humans are safely able to be with a demon...

You were not part of that greater majority.

Dread washed over you as you felt the urge to cough again. 'Oh, what fun', you thought sarcastically. Especially after knowing Macaque was on a date with someone potentially better and more interesting than you... Tears gathered in your eyes at the thought of being completely replaced by someone else as the person he usually came to talk to first. It did not help your increasing coughing fit.

Your coughing did not seem to decrease of stop either as more and more thoughts clouded your mind. Perhaps Macaque would be better off without you bothering him with your interest in him...

Speaking of the shadow monkey, he did not have a great time on his date either. Turns out his interest for his crush disappeared the moment they started to talk about their interests without ever asking him about himself. The conversation seemed to be more one-sided if anything. He did try to add some of his own interests into the mix, but his date would brush those off within seconds and lead back towards their own topics.

He couldn't help but imagine how this conversation would've gone if you were sitting there instead of his date. You probably would've talked about mutual interests and lead to the topic of a new videogame you two could try together. The dark-furred simian sighed as he nodded along to whatever his date was saying, already zoning out of the 'conversation' and starting to look at his phone on his lap.

At some point, they started talking smack about their friends and hinted at his friends probably being 'just as strange'. His thoughts only went back to you. However, one statement actually pulled him into the topic.

"That being said, i knew a loser back in my school days named (Y/N)." His date said as the monkey's ear twitched. "What an oddball, honestly. All they ever did was read, write and draw during recess with no friends at all. Haha! Someone this quiet and awkward would never be able to score a date, I tell you-" They suddenly stopped when they noticed the intense glare the demon sitting across the table was giving them.

"...You know what? Sorry, but I don't think this relationship could ever work. I'm out. Check's on you", he stated before angrily getting up from his seat. He took a few steps back before phasing through his own shadow.

"Huh- Wha-... HEY!"

Once back in the darkness of Megapolis's streets, Macaque started to calm down. Sure, they could've meant another (Y/N), but the way they described those interests of yours, those interests that you've been carrying around happily for years... It just struck a cord and he somewhat snapped. He actually had to hold himself back from just outright yelling at this human.

Though, even if they were not talking about you at all, they still were not suitable as his mate. The lack of common interests was just one part of it. Either way, he decided to text you, knowing you would still be up at this time. It wouldn't be the first time he would want to visit you before the clock hit midnight.

'Date was a bust'

'Kept talking shit and i lost interest before we even hit the 30 min mark'

'You awake?'

Yet you did not reply.

Strange. You did not answer like how you usually would... Maybe you just fell asleep early? After all, you probably expected him to be unavailable for the entire evening. And if you were sick, that would just add even more reason to it. Macaque groaned. He should've stayed with you to make sure you were actually okay! Worry started to take ahold of him once more at the thought of you ignoring his texts due to your last conversation with each other.

Only then did he realize... You actually seemed disappointed when he told you about his date.

What hit even harder was the memory of him wishing you sat with him instead of this other human he thought he had a crush on. But... it was you he actually wanted. It's been you for so long and he never realized.

He facepalmed before deciding you give you a surprise visit. Just to make sure you were asleep and not ignoring him for his stupidity. Using another shadow portal, his next destination was your living room. Once inside, he quietly roamed the darkened apartment. All lights seemed to be off, so he thought you were actually asleep... Until he noticed the light coming from your bathroom. Macaque, instead of knocking as to not scare you into thinking he was an intruder, spoke up.

"(Y/N)? Are you in there?"

No response.

"...Are you mad at me for sending you to the park for our short talk?"

No response. The demon closed his eyes and focused on the bathroom's sounds. Maybe you were actually ignoring him.

However, confusion started to kick in as he noticed... He did not hear anything. No water dripping, no movement of clothes...

...Not even a heartbeat?

Now that he thought about it, he did not hear your heartbeat even once since he got here... But you would never leave the bathroom's lights on if you left... If anything, you would only leave the living room's lights on if you were out for a short moment. Concern replaced his confusion as he tried opening the door. Only for it to be locked. He cursed under his breath before using his shadow form to enter the small crack beneath the door...

He froze.

There you were. Lying on the ground.

Dead.

He already knew you had no pulse. Your heart wasn't beating. And he couldn't hear any faint breathing either. But... what made him freak out the most was how you died. Dark purple petals filled up the sink. Dark purple flowers filled up your bloodied mouth...

Hanahaki.

Macaque started to hyperventilate as tears quickly gathered in his eyes. He ended up sobbing once he fell onto his knees. grabbing ahold of your corpse, cradling it in his arms.

"N- No- Please- This- This is a joke, right? You're not- You're not actually dead- Right??"

No response.

"PLEASE- SAY SOMETHING- ANYTHING-!"

No response.

"...I didn't get to... I couldn't even tell you... I just..."

No response...

"...I love you... sugarplum..."

> Masterlist <

♤  Part 2

[jonnnysuh]

Rating svt on who’d be the best wedding date

Requested by @holdinbacksecrets: my friend and i have been talking about weddings recently and added svt to the conversation. with your glorious rating svt posts in mind, i have a q for you nala: svt as wedding dates??? (maybe as an idea for a future rating svt or to at least share who you’d choose as a wedding date)

A/N: if you’re wondering, yes DK is my man of choice

Series Masterlist

— S COUPS 20/10 is adamant on getting the couple a really good wedding gift. Is still in disbelief that people his age are getting married. Exchanges Ring Pops and fake vows with you on the ride back home 😭😭

—JEONGHAN 6/10 brings a Tupperware bc he’s tryna score some dinner for tomorrow hello. Makes a bet with you for how long you think the couple will last.

—JOSHUA 10/10 will hold your shoes, your purse, your phone, your baby, literally whatever you have.  He’ll also put his blazer over your shoulders when you get cold brrr

—JUN 7/10 steals the bread rolls and puts them in his pocket. Finds himself hugging all of the grandparents for some reason,,, uses a different name to introduce himself to new people

—HOSHI 132/10 gets a lil drunk and wears his tie around his head. Clinks his fork against his glass ((and breaks it)) while trying to do an unsolicited speech. Has to be dragged away from the microphone by security. 2 seconds away from dance battling a kid

—WONWOO 7.5/10 shares pieces of his dinner with you. Designated purse holder,,, not even just yours but EVERYONE’S. Has been told that he is handsome by all the old people at least 10x

—WOOZI 7/10 sticks by you the entire night. Jokes that he’ll say “I object” when the officiant says “speak now or forever hold your peace”. Acts like he’s not emo when the couple says “I do”,,, he just has allergies !! Stop looking at him !!

—DK 1003738/10 fights the other girlies for a chance to catch the bouquet and SHOWS IT OFF TO YOU WHEN HE WINS 💐. Stomach is full of mini weenies. Gets HYPEEEE off the Cha Cha Slide

—MINGYU 7/10 will take your hand and lead you to the middle of the room to slow dance. Is always asking you to go to the photo booth bc he wants as many pics as he can get 🥺 Accidentally stained his shirt so he’s wearing an XXL from the lost and found

—THE8 10/10 is dressed better than the groom. Gets bored halfway through dinner and wants to sneak away with you to take a walk around the venue. Asks you to hide the centrepiece in your bag bc he thinks it’s pretty

—SEUNGKWAN 4.7/10 cries during the wedding vows and reception. Needs approximately 12 moments to compose himself. Can’t stop talking about how he wants to find true love some day. Is lowkey making a wedding Pinterest board the whole time

—VERNON 8.53/10 accidentally got seated at the kiddie table but he doesn’t mind bc they have chicken nuggets hehe. Engages in discourse about Pokémon with the children. Somehow becomes in charge of the DJ booth,,, loops the Macarena

—DINO 7/10 is at the front of the conga line. Almost didn’t wanna go to the wedding bc he had to watch the “how to tie a tie” video 25 times before figuring it out. Gets EXTREMELY drunk off the open bar,, lays in your lap and tells u how much better your wedding will be