#i am like so keyed up and pissed off rn

[mostlyihyperfixate]

Look, I won't go into details because of the nature of my job but lawyers from San Antonio are my least favorite of them all byyyyeeeee

[rowdydevs-nhl]

hii i hope u r having an Amazing day/night i definitely am! im thinking rlly hard rn about jealous possessive woller… marking reader up.. w some chokingg and i love ur writing smm 💞

Hi 🤭🤭🤭🤭 my first Woll ask 💕thank you.

+18 -> smut | He’s a sweetheart with a jealous streak 🩷

𝓳𝓸𝓼𝓮𝓹𝓱 𝔀𝓸𝓵𝓵 𝔁 𝓯𝓮𝓶𝓪𝓵𝓮 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓻

c/w: ownership, marking, jealous, choking, the reader teases him intentionality, woll walks into the reader’s place on an off-night and catches her wearing a swayman jersey

You heard the lock click and the door swing open, and you barely suppressed your grin.

Joey stepped into your place, still in sweats from morning skate, his brown hair a little messy, poking out from under his hat—that boyish grin started to form the second he caught the twinkle in your eyes—until he saw it.

You didn’t even pretend to hide. Just stood in the kitchen, barefoot, putting away dishes, wearing nothing but a Swayman jersey.

You looked over your shoulder with the most innocent expression you could muster. The jersey swallowed your frame, barely grazing the tops of your thighs, your ass peeking out as you rose onto your tiptoes to reach the top shelf. No shorts. No panties. Nothing.

His eyes flickered over you slowly, smile fading, replaced by a stormy silence. He dropped his keys on the counter and turned his hat from front to back. His head tilted slightly, jaw ticking as he held himself back—for now.

“Joey… baby, are you okay—”

“You serious right now?” His voice was low and calm, but those piercing blue eyes told a different story.

“What?” you asked sweetly, biting your lip. “I found it in the back of the closet… We’re watching the Bruins. It’s—It’s comfy.”

“So, you know why I’m pissed. Didn’t even have to tell you.”

“Well, I kind of figured, given your whole… focus—”

“You don’t even like the Bruins,” he scoffed, cutting you off.

“You know how I am, Joey. I’m a sucker for a goalie… And, he’s a cutie—”

You knew exactly what you were doing. It had been a while. Why not stir the pot a little? You missed that darker edge in him.

In two long strides, he was in front of you, hands gripping your waist with just enough pressure to steal the breath from your lungs.

“Take it off.”

“Why?” you asked, widening your eyes, fluttering your lashes, feigning innocence as you looked up at your boyfriend.

His hands slid down, gripping the backs of your thighs, lifting you with ease. You gasped, legs wrapping around his waist instinctively, back hitting the kitchen wall a second later.

“The fuck do you think you’re doin’, huh?” Joey growled, his mouth brushing hot against your ear. “You don’t wear another name when this pussy belongs to me.”

You gasped, thighs clenching around him as he rutted up into you—already hard, pupils blown wide with hunger.

“You want me jealous?” He murmured against your jaw. “That’s what you want? ‘Cause I know you know better. Say it. Tell me you know better.”

“I—I know better—”

His lips crashed into yours—rough, hungry, possessive. He set you down just long enough to tear his shirt and sweats off between frantic kisses, then yanked the jersey over your head, tossing it aside. He kicked your legs apart, driving into you with a growl, making you feel it with every thrust, every bite to your neck, every low “mine” muttered against your skin as you whimpered and took it.

Joey threw you down onto the couch, your neck littered with marks, lips swollen and kiss-bruised, your pussy soaked and messy. His hand wrapped around your throat, holding you still as he hovered above, chest heaving.

You were breathless and aching, bottom lip quivering. He leaned in, grip still tight, forehead resting against yours, his pulse pounding against your throat.

“Don’t pull that shit again,” he whispered, voice deep and hoarse, lips brushing over yours.

“Mhmm…” you whimpered, threading your fingers through the hair at the nape of his neck, tugging him closer. “I promise.”

He kissed you slow, almost sweet, tapping his thick tip against your clit, feeling the stutter in your breath against his mouth.

“That thing’s gone,” he muttered. “Torchin’ it.”

You smiled against his lips just as he swirled his cock around your soaked entrance and thrust inside—deep, hard, and possessive.

“You’re mine.”

[can-ya-guess-my-curent-obsession]

Murdoc with a spouse that loves and cares for him very much?

Murdoc with a very loving, and caring GN!S/O

Authors Note: I truly did not think I would get a request so fast, but I'm happy I did

[Other note: sorry is formatting weird, I'm doing this on my phone, cuz my internet on my laptops acting like a bitch. But I really wanted to start working on this.]

Requests: closed

Edited: No :,)

Pairing: Murdoc x GN!Reader

Phase: unspesified

I'll edit the text green tomorrow, rn I need to go to bed... also I might add more later but I am tired af

TW: Kinda angsty, murdocs got issues, swearing, jealousy, trust issues, mentions of murdocs drinking, unhealthy coping, bad communication, if I missed any do tell!

once more, love? who's that?

This man's never met them in his life

But seriously like I've mentioned before Murdoc does not handle kindness well

He doesn't think highly of people and often think they have bad intentions

So he often thinks people are either using kindness as some underhanded tactic

Or that their stupid cuz their nice

I feel like a broken record at this point but Murdoc was not raised in a environment that fostered an environment that encouraged him to care for others, it was kinda a man eat man world, and it made him very self centered

So he has a very hard time grasping at the idea of caring for anyone else but himself

And again same goes with being nice, in his world being nice got him no where so in his eyes those who are nice are incompetent

But either way nice people, caring people, love- make him mega uncomfortable and nervous

So his S/O like I've said in past he's break down some walls

when his S/O starts being real loving and caring at the start of the relationship, it honestly sets off alarmbells for him

He thinks your up to something your not, he's just paranoid

but another part of him soaks it up like a sponge

inflating his already inflated ego

he'll soak up praise and let you be as caring as you want, he's being treated like he deserves in his mind

that's until the voice inside his head starts spreading the little seeds of doubt

his trust issues bubbling up as your love is seeming more unconditional

It's unnerving really, people usually start acting less nice by now...

Your care is making him uneasy

And he'll cope at the start by making fun of you teasing you, and he has the tendency to take things to far at times

He can become aggressive if you make him feel too vulnerable too early in the relationship

it takes time for him to get used to more genuine love

He can't handle romantic or genuine intimacy

It scares him :(

So he copes HARD

Like it's sad to watch

Ways he copes: he thinks you doing things for him is you coming on to him, make fun of you if you say you love him, praise is met with teasing, ect

He doesn't nesisarly not like it, in fact if you stopped he'd get into his own head even more

And there is no short term solution, you just need to be patient and carful, he needs understanding and time

This is probably the first genuine relationship in his life

His relationship experience is mostly hook ups and hollow relationships that never lasted long

This is new and intimidating

The the shitty part is that he doesn't let you know that

His communication skills are trash and is scared to express his true feelings

Your kinda left to figure it out yourself(which isn't that much of an issue, it's obvious to his S/O that he has these issues with how he acts.

It's all about how you approach it, patience is key

As you break down these walls by continuously being there for him when he needs you, when his self destructive behavior gets the better of him

And he ends up piss drunk, hung over in the winnebago, relying on you to take care of him

It with times like these his trust in you grows and the more vulnerable he allows himself to be infront of you

And at some point you'll get their with all the walls broken(for you at least, he ain't letting anyone one else see him vulnerable)

And he'll be a greedy little bastard with your love

Honestly, your love turns him into a bit of a attention whore

But that comes at the price at him being intently jealous

Since a lot of walls had to come down at this point and Murdoc is generally just a very jealous person, he doesn't react well to what he perceives as someone receiving love that is ment for him

Acts like a piss baby, and saunters over and try and take the attention away from that insignificant person and on to him

He'll try and get you away from the person in a way that probably makes him look like a total dick and or if his actions get him in trouble or he can't separate you from the person he just pouts and whines as he attempts to get your attention

Once this man has S/O's love, I don't think he could live without it

"Love could you repeat that for me?" "I love you?" "Yeah, just like that, say it again?"

[yellowcry]

You know what time is it? It's time to yap about the new solarballs episode because I loved it

Uranus, please, calm down and think for a moment. I feel so bad for him tbh. For the first time he had a chance to become something other than a joke and unfinished parody of Saturn with weird tilt. Just for reality to smash it into pieces. And the last scene, where he threatens to leave... like you can see he just begs for attention. But, just as always, the ice giants are forgotten...

Mars seems as the most conflicted. Well he did admire Jupiter. Honestly I'm glad the planets aren't all immediately jump to hug one another but seem to have pretty hard feelings in case of the rocky planets. Saturn and Neptune are probably the only ones genuinely happy. (And be real, we all could expect this from Saturn)

"Let's not pull this stunt with heading into the sun again" MERCURY I'M GONNA THROW YOU INTO THE SUN MYSELF RN this is literally the best way to make suicidal person even more suicidal why did you have to say this. 😭😭/hj No but I understand he's probably stressed too. Pretty nice to see Mercury putting his feelings first. This isn't right, but just as Uranus, it all makes a lot of sence. And the way Mercury got unsulted at being called 'a moon' bro weren't you told not to treat them as inferiour? Honestly, this kinda returns to the point where planet, while they DO love their moons, they see them as lesser.

But seriously can anyone put earth to therapy again. And jupiter. And sun. And honestly the entire solar system.

Low-key dissapoined that they called past Earth 'Proto.' Proto is kinda shortened of Prototype. And prototype of what he was? The current Earth? They couldn't even be aware of his existence? (Say I as if the fact their names before humanity make any sense at all). I am a deep Gaia believer. (Or at least Terra)

Jupiter reunited with his moons! Finally! I've been waiting for this for the past ten years lolz. 'Wait that was real?' The best reaction one could have. But omg they are so wholesome. And seing Europa tear up wasn't on my 2025 bingo card. The entire scene was honestly so sweet. Solarballs for real let Ganymede be hurt. (Fair, Jupiter wouldn't have to question his state. Question is only WHY is he healed in the patreon previem like it takes place right after the episode??). But dang it, nice to see that despite everything they love one another.

'Are you really saying hi to me or is it another one of your lies?' Sun, are you okay? Like mentally/j i know he is not. But this is the weirdest reaction one could have.

The fact planet X didn't lose suddenly makes a big mess. I mean, Jupiter won't be ejected again that's for sure. But damn, it would be so easier if moons had actually won. Bro, Ganymede looks so guilty when sun reminds planet X won the challenge. But Sun I am still pissed off at how you made them play an asteroid dodgeball. Kinda hope he would be confronted on this fact in the next episode.

[tsarinatorment]

okay so-

on the discord i was scrolling through past convos in a desperate search for a link that i've seen before, and i came across another one of your and fsinger's aus starring Michael👀

It was like a Kronos Wins/Time-Travels AU where Michael, Thalia, Bianca, Nico, and Hazel are the MCs and I was like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and then when the first main plotpoint was basically Michael going "SAVE MY DAD" my FIRST thought was that one Puss In Boots: The Last Wish scene;

Michael, about Apollo: I will save you!

Every other god, suffering in Tartarus: Save us too!

Michael: ...if it's convenient!

like. gnawing on this au rn. i gnaw on all of your aus. this one and the Lee Lives/Apollo Becomes Mortal/BotL Au are officially my favs (Eclipse at this point is basically canon to me lol)

but yeah. I know this au has a BUNCH of beloved characters die, which would have admittedly upset me like, three years ago, but now?

now i merely eagerly rub my hands as my brain imagines how this scenario goes down eheheehhe

Ah yes, this AU! Not one I've thought about in a while, but still a fun one!

Fun fact, for you if you missed the origin of it, and also for anyone else who might be reading this and hearing about this AU for the first time - this is an AU spinoff of my AU fic Tears Will Not Wash Away Your Crimes, where defeated!Kronos from canon timetravels back to the start of TLT to take Michael out before he could become the threat that saves Olympus (see: my long rants on how by being the one to realise Williamsburg Bridge needed to break, Michael stopped Kronos winning on the first day of the siege). In that fic, he succeeds in making Luke kill Michael, and while the fic never goes on to state it, it does become an alternate timeline where Kronos does, in fact, win (due to various factors such as Luke's betrayal not being discovered because Percy wasn't there to survive being poisoned and reveal that he was the traitor, etc. and also Kronos knowing how the demigods/gods operated and basically having the cheat code of being able to squash anything they try before they try it).

But also I am a perpetual Michael!lives fan, so with the enabling of @fearlessinger, as you mentioned, another AU spawned off of this, whereby when Luke carelessly mentioned Apollo by name, he caught Apollo's attention and the god himself turned up to whisk Michael away to safety. In the end, though, it doesn't stop Kronos from winning, because no-one knows enough to trump what Kronos knows. Hence, Kronos wins!AU.

But then!

There are some key changes that go down because of Kronos' prior knowledge... Change #1: Thalia is not restored by the Golden Fleece. Kronos did this because he wanted her as his host, but he tried that last time and it failed - he won't try again. Change #2: The di Angelos do not leave the Lotus Casino. No Thalia in the running suggests that Hades may not have bothered to pull his own children back into the prophecy race - if he really wanted them to be feasible as prophecy children, he'd have brought them out when Percy was claimed, as that would make Bianca a similar age to Percy and therefore viable as an alternative. Bringing them out a year or two later makes his kids younger than both Thalia and Percy and doesn't actually make sense, unless it was a response to being the only Big Three god with no kids involved... Change #3: Daedalus doesn't die, because Nico isn't around Change #4: All our Greek Hero demigods (and the Hunters) are dead, barring the above, and Michael, who was kept safe on Delos the whole time.

And these changes all line up quite neatly into a ridiculously large plot, based on the following consequences:

Consequence #1: the gods are thrown down into Tartarus Consequence #2: the triumvirate's deal with Kronos for their support involved getting Apollo as their prize so Caligula can still claim the sun god spot and Commodus gets his revenge. Apollo is passed to them, instead of Tartarus Consequence #3: Michael is rather pissed off about all of this

What happens after that, well. Imagine Michael, no longer trapped on Delos because the twins aren't there, making his way to Delphi. Imagine Phoebe initially reclaiming Delphi, before Kronos realises she was never on her side and instead release Python to reclaim it; Michael has enough time to speak with his grandmother, but only very little before he's forced to flee into the Labyrinth to hide.

Imagine Daedalus trying to atone for all the deaths he's caused by keeping this one demigod still alive, hidden in the Labyrinth while Michael tries to work out how the fuck he's supposed to save the gods, but never even considering not doing it ("the gods", of course, meaning "Apollo, mostly").

Imagine Apollo weakened, but still able to make dream contact. Apollo not being able to dissuade Michael from trying to save him. Apollo with nothing left to lose except his one son he can't protect himself, so he gives Michael knowledge, things to help him stay alive.

Knowledge, like how the daughter of Zeus is a tree but isn't dead, can be healed by that golden fleece (Percy, Annabeth and Grover retrieved it still, but the tree was not sick and so it was never hung upon it). Knowledge, like how there are two more Big Three kids trapped in a place where time doesn't move.

(Imagine Apollo chained up and forced to be his own oracle as his divinity is drained away. Imagine a little girl with sickle-rings on her fingers being drawn to him anyway, this captive god of the Beast. Imagine the god that still wants to save a child, if only he had the chance)

Imagine Michael healing Thalia with the fleece, the pair of them fleeing from the remains of camp (the remains of Michael's home) as Kronos realises he's there. Imagine Michael and Thalia edging into a casino that's too bright, too jovial compared to their broken world, and pulling two younger demigods back into the timestream. Imagine lurking in the Labyrinth, in the Underworld and discovering a dead girl who still remembers when she shouldn't.

Imagine these demigods plotting, scheming, desperate, and the power of three children of the Underworld combined, pooling their powers together until they can go anywhere the shadows touch.

Imagine them rescuing a god, and the little girl coaxed along with them.

And when they've got one god back... it's only a matter of time before they get the rest.

(And when Kronos discovers it's Michael, again, that foiled him in the end... Well. Some Fates can't be denied)

[scekrex]

Hello there gorgeous ✨

Prompt idea with reader being a part of a band that's heavily inspired by Babymetal, like the type of music is pop mixed with metal, the outfits, the whole vibe basically. Heaven's got a new band in town and it's reader's band (You can either create a name for them, go without mentioning any name or whatever else you choose to do with that! You can even ask me and we'll both think about the name c:). Adam at first was like "Tf? New band getting popular? Pfft, they probably suck, no one can out-do the first fucking man🙄" but then when Lute asked him to actually go and check it out with her since she got curious when one of the exterminators went there and told her that it was absolutely fucking awesome. They go and it's literally just a blast. The crowd work is astonishing with how the fans, even the shy ones, have no problems with being vocal with the lyrics or movement, the light effects are just top notch, sound quality is gorgeous and clear, the vibe on its own is just one of a kind and Adam is like "Yeah, shit, this is actually really cool, like wtf" but the biggest magic is when he first hears and then sees the reader alongside the two of his like "backup vocals" (I wouldn't really call Mo or Moa that, but I can't find a better word rn) absolutely rocking out, enchanting everyone as if he was some sort of magician, making Adam start questioning his sexuality, simply going "Am I fucking gay? What's actually happening right now?"

Recommendations for like ideal crowd work representation would be any song but my favourite is this one:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E8pcFhPZQYg&pp=ygUKSGVhZGJhbmdlcg%3D%3D

Light and visual effects I'd probably say this one:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hru3zh8l2kE&pp=ygUUQmFieW1ldGFsIGRpc3RvcnRpb24%3D

And the one that could work the best in my opinion to like WOW his snarky bitch ass would be this one:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ALznpaBWUTo&pp=ygUMbWV0YWxraW5nZG9t

Rock on my superstar! 🤟🎸❤️

Sup babes, I changed the vibe a lil, going in a more punk-like direction. I don't like describing outfits so the only thing that got a description is reader's vest bc low-key important. Anyway I hope you like it!! xoxo

Part 2

And I dream to be your fantasy

pairing: Adam x male!reader

warnings: language & sexual tension

note: not beta read bc fuck you I don't have beta readers

A new band was blowing up in heaven, their posters were everywhere and Adam was already pissed off by it. Who the fuck did they think they were? Playing in his area? Fuck no. He avoided them as best as he could - considering that their posters hung in every window it wasn't that easy to do.

Lute landed next to Adam, she was visibly excited about something so the first man stopped with a sigh and turned around to look at her, “Sir, have you heard about Divine Fuck-Ups?” Adam growled as he gave Lute a nod, “Bitch, their posters are everywhere, how could I fucking not?” Lute simply rolled her eyes at him, “Yeah well, the other exorcists won't shut up about how good they are so,” the exorcist pulled out two concert tickets. Adam looked down at her, his expression a mix between hatred and betrayal. Had Lute seriously bought two tickets to a different band's concert? Especially when that band was playing in his fucking area on his fucking main stage? Apparently she fucking did. “You bought fucking tickets,” Adam grumbled, pointing out the most obvious thing ever. “The concert is tonight, I'll pick you up so we won't be late.” And it was not like Adam could have disagreed with her, Lute was onto something and the brunette was pretty sure she'd move mountains to get his ass to that concert.

-

The concert was… different than what Adam had expected it to be, the crowd was loud and wild, there were multiple mosh pits and none of their fans stood still for even the finest moment, they were constantly moving, vibing, enjoying their music to the brim. The first man had to admit: he was impressed by that. The only thing that bothered him was, that Lute had picked him up so fucking late that they were basically behind the massive crowd, enjoying the concert from the distance which also meant even though Adam was tall, he wasn't seeing shit.

So he simply grabbed Lute's wrist and pulled her with him as he made his way through the crowd, careful not to hurt anyone. Because while he was all for rock ‘n’ roll, the most rock thing to do was to watch out for each other at concerts, a rule he had learned very early.

He had somehow managed to make it to the front row, Lute by his side as he finally laid eyes on you for the first time. Your hair was sticking to your forehead, it was soaked in sweat just like the rest of your body - that was probably the reason why you were shirtless, wearing nothing but a black jeans vest with golden spikes on its shoulders. Your arm was wrapped around the waist of your background singer and you and him shared a microphone as you growled the lyrics of Lute's favorite song.

The background singer that had been in your arm only moments ago, was now dropping to his knees in front of you, grabbing your hips and wiggling them, his face only a couple centimeters away from your crotch, before he quickly got up again. Holy fuck that was hot. Adam was visibly mesmerized by your performance, not just the singing, growling and shouting but the way you owned that stage. The way you made the people go wild, your harmony with your band mates was a once in a lifetime sorta bond and the first man loved everything about it.

The song ended and you breathed heavily into your microphone. “Make some noise for Cove,” you yelled only to lick the man's jaw, Cove - the background singer that had gone down on you during your performance - was enjoying it, a little too much to Adam's liking but who was he to judge? Well he was the first man, that's who he was. “Okay, whatcha say to one more fucking song?” The crowd screamed and cheered, demanding the offered song like it was their air to breathe, shit even Lute screamed at the top of her lungs. Her white hair was all messy, her clothes clung to her body due to her sweating so much and she looked like she had one hell of a time.

The guitarist played the first three cords and the people around Adam were cheering, clapping and whistling. Then the drummer joined in and so did the bassist. Then your voice echoed through the air and Adam felt like he was in trance, all he needed was your voice and your body.

He wasn't able to dance, to enjoy the music, all he was hearing was your angelic sounding voice, it was enchanting through and through. The way you were moving your body held him in a chokehold, the amount of control you must have had over every single muscle was pure bliss in his eyes. He didn't even realize that the last song had ended and that you had just spoken your goodbyes, that's how lost he had been in your voice.

He really didn't understand why but everything inside of him was screaming to get to you, to make you his, to have you. Where those thoughts came from he didn't know, he wasn't gay after all but fuck you had looked hot on stage, better than any woman could have.

-

Don't ask him how, but he had managed to get a backstage pass once the concert had ended, it definitely had its advantages to be the first man. So there he was, waiting for you to arrive and once the door opened his eyes were basically glued onto you. “Hey there babes,” a cocky, confident smirk was on his lips as he pulled his mask off his head. You gave him a quick glance out of the corner of your eye as you walked over to your dresser, “So you're the bitch who thought of him as important enough to get backstage even though my team told ya no, huh?” Adam tilted his chin upwards as if that was something to accomplish, something to be proud of, “The one fucking and only.” You just rolled your eyes at his answer as you turned around to face him properly, “Listen, if you wanna hook up, now's a bad time. I have to get ready for another gig in just a couple of hours on the other side of heaven, be a fucking babe and leave, okay?” Oh but the brunette wasn't planning to, not now, not when he had the person he desired right in front of him. He walked over to you, his hand was quick to grab you by your hip and pull you in, the first man leaned down a little and murmured, “Oh babes, no need to act like you're fucking hard to get, I know you want me just as much as I want you.”

And that actually caused you to chuckle, because the confidence was so fucking wrong. You had just told him no and yet he acted like he was the man of your dreams. “Cutie,” your finger slid down his chest and stopped at his sternum, tapping him there harshly as your voice dropped an octave and your expression shifted to seriousness, “I do men, not boys. Come back when you decide to act like one.” And fuck, that did things to Adam, things he would never be able to admit to, not fully at least. Because you were acting like hot shit and for the first time he wasn't annoyed by it. Because you were hot shit, fuck probably the hottest shit he had ever laid eyes onto. “Now move your pretty ass out of my dressing room, babes,” you gave the first man one last sweet smile, your finger traced along his jaw and he leaned into every bit of touch he got from you. His eyes were clouded and for the first time in very fucking long it wasn't just lust that fogged up his mind, but interest and maybe even love.

[b1adie]

Oh my bad I should've elaborated! What I meant exactly was that it seems REALLY buggy/glitch-y and a lot of people online are complaining about it and that the EN voiceovers are bad is another popular complaint rn

Is that true? In your experience at least :0

OHHHH okay well here are my thoughts

well i don’t seem to be getting nearly as many crashes/disconnections as i’ve seen people complain about (it’s never crashed for me, but it occasionally will say “reconnecting” for a few seconds). kind of glitchy, but not in a way that really effects anything too badly. like 90% of the time you can just run straight up a wall, which honestly? hope they never patch that, i love it. also you don’t take fall damage which rocks. leave that.

the en voices though,, yeah, they’re not great. really flat and peculiar imo. like you can tell they’re reading off a script and it sounds like it’s the first time they’ve ever read it. not much of an issue for me since i rarely play games with sound on, but it is kind of disappointing (and sometimes irritating…)

they’re also just throwing a bunch of words at me all the time and its so much of a lore dump that i didnt even bother trying to keep up and just started skipping cutscenes LMAO like yeah i’d like to know more but i dont know half the shit they’re saying to me and they’re not making me interested enough to find out. i was only playing the main story for the xp and shit but i got to a point in it where it was like “you have to increase your level more before you can continue” so ive just been running around exploring and fighting shit. which! is mostly what i like doing, anyway. i like to pick flowers and kick the shit out of monsters

i’ve been having fun but i am disappointed with the story and the voiceovers. like, they really just start throwing so many words at you and dont give you a second to catch up… i LOVE video game lore, but they didnt even let me get a slight grip of the world before saying a bunch of new shit to me, so i lost interest in trying to figure out what anyone was talking about.

but! like i said, i just love running around. i’m a big fan of open world games and exploration. if you knew anything about the story/characters and were interested in those you probably won’t be too happy.

OH BUT YOU KNOW WHAT PISSES ME OFF?? they make you click the scroll wheel of the mouse to lock on to enemies, if you don’t click it you don’t auto target enemies and just kinda fire at whatever. I DONT HAVE A MOUSE I PLAY WITH A TRACKPAD!!! so i had a harder time starting off but now i’m really good at rotating my camera fast as fuck. still, super annoying that they won’t even let me change the key input for it in settings…

[captain-n-crunchies]

Omg... He fell!

Todo Aoi x Black Reader!

This my first story y'all so be nice! well critic but keep it cute!

' Omg...this nigga dumb as hell' I thought, seeing Yuji and Todo arm wrestlin but with..pinkies? Like I understand they both got loose screws in they head because of..I truly don't know but, they don't get it all up there! I was watching til my friend Liyah taps me and snickers " Girl you finna burn a hole in they head!" she giggled, and I just roll my eyes adjusting myself in my seat to look at her. " Hey na!, not too much I'm only watchin" I responded still somewhat looking at them but not Yuji; I mean he's cute and all buttt, I LOVE ME SOME TODO! I mean his muscles, and his smile that little smirk just gets me goin!, and lets not talk about his confidence! Usually, cocky guys just give off red flags but him, he's confident in himself! He don't need to prove himself to nobody because he knows he's the shit he like drake but not drake ( Fucking hate drake).

Me and Liyah continue talking about random shit like baddies and if Coi Leray a real rapper when Yuji and Todo waltzes, they big asses up to us.

" Hye ladies- I mean young pretties!" Yuji starts, to be honest he walked up like Chris Brown did that girl in the Fine China music video all smooth and stuff, me and Liyah side-eye him and we say our little " Hii!"s Yuji starts talking about how it's a new cafe opening up downtown and he and Todo wanted to invite us! I turned to Todo to speak to him but, he avoids my eyes! Like I'm Ms. Netta in the face and I'm like ' Don't make me cry rn why tf you are looking at me like my lace liftin!?' (But you don't have a- chile..) I looked and Todo, his tan a little darker around the cheeks and I ask what wrong.

" N-nothing! Just a little hot today! Afterall, I just whopped Yuji's ass in battle so i am a little sweaty" Yuji then cuts his eyes to Todo and gives him a stank face.

" Todo..I flipped you 12 time-"

" That don't matter brother" Todo cuts him off with a smirk.

Me and Liyah laughed at that and agreed, Yuji told us be ready by 5pm and we say our goodbyes and I headed to my dorm. I opened the door and let out the biggest giggle of my life! I'm going on a date with my man that's not my man, but ya know..we basically dating! I opened my closet to pick an outfit, not thotty but shows some skin, not too modest thought because it too hot to be a nun, and not too casual because we never gave basic; I just picked some blue and white dunks, light blue flare jeans, and a cute top and I touch up my hair and face ( Face card neva declined) and I called Liyah while doing my hair to see is she ready.

" Hey boo! You ready or almost ready?"

" Heyyyyy! About that.. I cant go"

... and I remember thinking.. I'm about to beat this bitch up.

" What you mean ' YoU CaN't Go' I mock, getting anxious and a bit pissed off.

" I'm Sorry! My job said for an extra $50 I can come in really quick for today! But don't worry Yuji told me Todo is still going an-"

" Wait YUJI NOT COMING!?" I almost yelled, I mean if the world wanna crash down on me it can! But GOD WHYYYY??

Liyah explained Yuji had a mission a bit far and he went but, Todo was going because it close to his gym. I just roll my eyes at the phone and just says ok and hangs ups, I finish up my hair and face and I grab my purse and keys when I open my door and Todo is mid pause of knocking on my door.

" Oh! Hi, why are yo-"

" Hello lovely reader!"

" Hi Todo, are you here to pic-"

" Ive come to pick up up for our outing this evening!" ...Well no shit I couldn't have guessed. I turned to lock my door and we are off to the cafe, as we're walking Todo seems quiet...for the first time he's not yelling or anythuing but he's calm almost nervous.

" Everything alright Todo?" I asked looking up at his stature.

" yes..eveything fine reader, just a bit off ease" Todo says stone faced or regular I don't know really but, I ask what wrong and he gets into how he feels like I don't like him like I like Yuji... this man must be dumber than a box of nails because I can't!

" That's not true Todo, I like you just as much as I like yu-"

" But its not what I want." He stops, I turn to look at him confused.

" I want you to LIKE me, not friend like, not family like but, LIKE me how I like Takada Chan, LIKE me how I like you"

I fucking knew it.

I get bitches and niggas, I'm that girl fr, I'm practically like Lori Harvey; Todo just confessed to me and all im doing is smiling like got $5 from my auntie randomly. I giggled though and Todo looks up at him and kind of frowns.

" I know you may not return my feelings but laughing i-"

" OMG SHUT UP BRO" I yelled and somewhat laughed, Todo confused just plainly stares at me.

" I've liked you since liem forever, when you told me how your favorite singer girl impacts you ti was soo cute! Like you really are kind, goofy, maybe a bit idoitic but it ok! Becasue it makes you well you!" I go on and on with my feelings and when im done odo is just crying

" Oh! Todo i dint mean to-"

" THATS THE KINDEST THING SOMEONE HAS EVER SAID TO ME!" Todo says well sobs, He hugs me tightly and goes on about his crush and I'm just patting his back awkwardly (I'll bite him tbh)

Todo lets go and wipes his face and smiles at me a bit, I return it and I grab his hand and I hold it tightly. The warmth of his hands cools down my cold hands, the world seems to slow just a bit, and everything seems more peaceful.

We interlock hands and Todo smiles, and we walk onwards happily...until Todo trips on a rock and busted his ass.

" OH- Omg..OMG! Are you ok!?"

Todo just lays there and says nothing...for a while, I look around and I just drag his body to a bench. He's big and hungry because aint no way your 17 and you weight 55,000 pounds you big and freaky man! I fan and him and clean him up with a spare napkin and he groans to consciences.

" You ok?"

" Yes...where is Takada Chan?"

...Don't tell me he thought I was Takada bro...he so dumb.

Omg y'all this was like a spontaneous thing! And it soooo long like I'm really Shakespeare fr if you think about it. But yea this my first lil story or whatever tell me if like it or if it needs some work because I lowkey wanna expand on my headcanons about this FINE ASS MAN! 😍😍

[the-dalseum-duet]

shivah and murdah not-fic pt 1 baby

guess who won’t be finishing sham. it’s me. because I’m turning an ADULT in like less than 24 hours!! and I don’t want the Gale Porter allegations. Ik it’s like. It’s fine. You’re much more of a freak than I am. And like… none of what I write really does anything to me sexually. I am not writing this to make you interested sexually in anything. That’s not the intention in the slightest. It just interests me how the characters interact with each other under high-pressure situations. So ik there’s hypothetically nothing wrong with anything that would be in sham but. but something abt the (somewhat romanticized) fangstitch plot with you being two years younger than me. hooo… not a fan of that. 

And it’s romanticized because this is very much a retro dark comedy… not quite parody? A pastiche perhaps. I do not condone most of the shit that happens. It’s just kind of a love letter to that late 2000s campy emo era of corny bloody movies and plots with no regard for morality. But you don’t want to hear me talk abt that WE’RE HERE FOR THE PLOT!!! WE HAVEN’T EVEN GOTTEN TO THE GOOD SHIT YET BUT WE GET THE JIST OF IT TONIGHT @svwhssftr

So we left off at Crow and Strike texting abt how they’re going to meet up at the Shiroganes’ house to get freaky. Strike mentions that both her dad and Mako are gone. Crow has five missed calls from Mako but chooses to ignore them after the argument they had the night before. Strike mentions wanting to see Jennifer’s Body, and Crow says he’ll be down to go see it.

If you know anything about the plot of Jennifer’s Body… that fore is covered in shadows rn. 

But minutes before this, Strike got into it with Mako over Mako telling his dad that she and Crow have been fucking. Which is untrue. Strike’s obsession with this little bird boy is overtaking her, but she can’t afford to give into it yet. Until Mako uses their relationship against them to try to get out of trouble. Strike tweaks out on him about this and ends up throwing a knife at Mako’s head, aiming for his eye. She misses and slices open his ear. Mako, who hates blood, dips and freaks out. He locks himself in the bathroom and tries to take care of his injury, but Strike is actively pounding on the door screaming at him. 

She’s not normal. Crow just has not seen this side of her yet. Mako, though. Mako knows it well. 

After applying some peroxide and a towel and all that, Mako knows his only safe bet is to escape out the window into the pouring rain. Except his keys have been confiscated, so he can’t leave. He doesn’t even know where he would go. Crow is pissed at him, which isn’t a big deal, but it is to the fearful teenage brain. So he makes a much worse decision. 

He runs to the nearest subway station and goes to the center of the Cocktail quarters to Gale’s apartment. Mako lives maybe twenty minutes out from the city.

Keep this distance in mind. No reason.

The lights are all off, so he breaks in under the impression Gale isn’t there. But Gale is, indeed. He’s sad and pathetic and daydrinking and reading some old poetry book. Mako is just in survival mode and goes “hey dude i’m using ur shower. don’t worry about it” and Gale ofc freaks out like “GET OUT OF MY APARTMENT?? THE FUCK” but mako is like “i had no where else to go man. I needed to talk to you anyway” and closes the door and takes himself a nice warm shower. Internal monologue about how he knows he is attractive. Bc Mako lowkey is fine shit. Tall. Lean. Clear skin. He’s who I aspire to be. And he shows a bit of his teenage bitchiness here with “Crow could never understand this. he can afford the emo punk rock lifestyle bc he has nothing going for him. I’m throwing my entire life away for this guy. I have so much potential and Crow’s nothing compared to me. But damn it. I want to throw my entire life away for this old ass man. But I can’t jerk off in his shower. That’s rude. Even though the thought of me smelling like him is really fucking hot. His soap smells really good. Shit.” 

And after his very deep introspective session he’s like “fuck. I have no clean clothes” and has to yell at Gale to get him some. and. this is where everything is over before it even starts. 

Mako stumbles out all pathetic in Gale’s oversized Cambridge shirt yapping about “after all this shit, I don’t even know what I want anymore. I thought I wanted ucla but is this really what I want? do I want this lifestyle? what if I’m wasting my time? what if I’m not good enough once I get there? I’m fucking cooked”

and Gale, half-sober, is like “look mako you’re going to be safe. you’re not going to be like me. you’re going to get a good job because you’re a smart kid. you’re not going to get fired because you had an inappropriate relationship with a student”

and mako’s like “wait you actually got fired? omfg I’m going to kill my dad you don’t deserve that.”

Gale’s like “yeah he and Noeul threatened to take me to court if I didn’t resign lol”

but mako’s dumbass. god bless him and his fuckass thought process. “but no this is good! this wasn’t what we were meant to do!! we can go out to the British countryside and leave all the naysayers behind. they don’t understand us. we were meant for each other obviously.”

and Gale’s like “bitch what we broke up. I broke up with you for a reason”

and mako is not innocent here either. I am not victim blaming. I’m just saying he REALLY FUCKING WANTED to be the victim. if I were Gale Porter I too would have folded if a tall, pretty boy was kneeling by my bedside smelling like my own favorite body wash and his slutty little shoulder was peeking from my t shirt. mako BEGS him to take him back. he goes on this tirade about how UCLA and his future means nothing if he can’t have Gale which is. not true. but sheltered gay teenager in 2009 behavior you know. 

and Gale finally gives in and says he loves him (big deal bc he refused to throughout any of the excerpts when they were actively together) and they make out by candlelight and plan to ditch Dalseum and go to Britain together. nightmare situation I’m shuddering. 

back at the shirogane house, Kai returns from his minor errand of like. girl who fucking knows. the post office or some shit. had to get stamps? may or may not burst in on Strike fisting Crow because he was fucking screaming so loud that they didn’t hear him walk back into the house. fisting hurts it’s ok crow. he’s a fuckin virgin and strike’s over here trying to rip him apart. 

and Kai’s just like “whatever. I don’t care anymore. as long as neither of you are getting pregnant it’s fine.” bro has been worn down by his dumbass kids “where is mako”

strike says “idk. he just left” GIRL YOU TRIED TO ASSAULT HIM

Kai’s like “okay… if he’s not at your house Crow… and he’s not here… where the hell is he??” 

Strike notices he left his phone behind. Kai’s like “there’s only one explanation for this. and it means I’m pressing fucking charges. we ride at dawn I want Porter’s head on a spike”

but there’s really no way of telling where he is. they just wait for mako to get back home. 

but mako never goes back home. he just stays with Gale, who plans to go back to cocktail to get his stuff from his classroom. and then they dip. 

and then.

the day of reckoning.

the next Friday. 

strike and crow go on their little date. they watch the movie they have a good time whatever. crow gushes about the panic! song. fuckin autistic loser. me too crow

but afterwards strike is like “hey I have a surprise for you :)” and drives out to the school? for some reason? 

crow’s like “tf are we doing here lol” and strike leans down beneath her seat to grab something. crow’s like “oh it’s a new vibrator or something”

no crow it’s actually a gun

and he’s like “heyyy strike um. what’s. what’s this” and she says “I mayyy or may not have forged a memo from your dad to Gale that they needed to have a meeting to finalize the details of his resigning. he should be here soon.”

crow’s like “oh ok understandable”

and she waxes poetic about how she’s a carnal creature. she likes to fuck. she likes the thrill of the kill. until she met crow, she just masturbated and fantasized. during training, she just killed animals. squirrels. birds. dogs, even. but now that she’s fucked for real, she wants to see some real blood.

and crow’s just like. “that’s a little odd but like… if you’re gonna kill someone kill this bitch. fuck him for ruining mako” 

but strike yanks a knife from her pocket and pins Crow down in the backseat and says “the line between love and hatred is real thin, crow. and I love you so much. if it turns into hatred, it’ll be catostrophic. I don’t want to hurt you. Don’t tell a single soul”

and crow agrees bc he gets behind her message. she puts her blade back up. 

Gale finally shows up. She shoots him point blank right there in the parking lot for everyone to see once school is back the next week. Gale fucking dies. They dip back out to their respective houses with each other’s date as an alibi. 

oooh I’m going to bed now but what will happen next?? truly suspenseful truly suspenseful. spoiler crow and strike fuck. a lot more. guys calm down. please. time and place. right after a murder is not the time nor place.

[thirdtidemouse]

as i gaze upon your blog i wonder, “what the hell is taskmaster?” i’d journey the lands of safari but its much better to hear the words of insight from the enjoyer. quite interested in the au tho, tempted to watch this thingamabob because of it. i like hearing your ramblings about your fave doodabs and whatchamajigits. i am determined to return to you with the holy gift of a singular hilda but finals are kicking my ass and i’m learning a new art program. while i wait i’d love to be graced by your words :3

HI ANON!! first of all good luck with finals and your new art program i hope everything turns out BEAUTIFULLY for you don't forget to have fun!!

i'm so glad you asked! taskmaster is a ridiculously entertaining gameshow that originated here in the uk with other versions in other countries. it's super fun to make aus/character studies around the tasks because they're so telling of personality!

the format of the show is - 5 comedians per season are set tasks by host greg davies (6'8" ex-schoolteacher, and it shows) and creator/cohost alex horne (the brains behind it, but onscreen is very weaselly/neeky and generally picked-on).

each episode begins with a prize task, in which contestants must bring in prizes to be won by the winner each day - the most high-octane item, the thing that makes the best noise, the most difficult thing to take home. prizes range from body parts to furnished bathroom sets. these, along with every other task, are scored in the studio from 1-5 points. the rest of the tasks are filmed beforehand mostly in one house, individually and sometimes in teams, and are incredibly arbitrary, silly, confusing or difficult:

eat as much watermelon in 60 seconds. eat an egg the fastest (it starts raw). interview, then write and perform a song about this stranger. conceal an entire pineapple on your person. take three huge exercise balls to the top of this large hill. make the biggest mess, then clean it up. get this object as far away from here as possible. go the longest time without blinking.

sarah kendall purposefully, blindfoldedly, throws her own house and car keys into the trees in front of the building. james acaster gets taken aside onstage to be told off by greg like a schoolboy. respected academic richard osman throws a shopping trolley into a river in a fit of rage (it is retrieved). nish kumar and mark watson write a genuinely beautiful song together. bob mortimer makes a floor-size chart documenting the amount of piss produced across britain.

the episodes end with a live task in the studio in front of the audience. the show allows the contestants to genuinely go off the rails with comedic creativity and problem solving, and it's SO fun to impose characters onto this template. person gets presented with task -> completes task as they see fit -> is judged on their actions -> reacts to the judgement. like if you want to develop an oc. look no further!! put them on taskmaster in your brain.

every contestant, whether it be famous comedians, up-and-coming stand-ups, or actors & presenters, really shine in taskmaster. people who i don't really find funny become entertaining and i root for them simply because of the genius format of the show.

it gets gross, argumentative, tense, earnest, and never ever loses the clownish spirit and light-heartedness of the meaningless and hilarious program it sets out to be. greg davies is ruthlessly harsh with points, alex horne is endlessly nitpicky and often bullied, and they frequently bring up fanfiction written about the two of them for some fucking reason. they embody such perfectly fine-tuned characters, only to break them constantly to laugh at the show.

if anyone (no one) wants to know a few of my fav contestants rn they are:

sam campbell, lucy beaumont, sarah kendall, bob mortimer, nish kumar, james acaster, and the ENTIRE freakish family team dynamic of frankie boyle, ivo graham, jenny eclaire, kiell smith-bynoe, and mae martin

thank you anon :-) i'm sorry this was so long i hope you didnt mind reading it all and it told u what u wanted to know!!

[tibialtybalt]

MAG 4 - Page Turner

Episode that has literally everything in it let's go

Dominic Swain doesn't know that every statement giver spends the first half of the statement talking about their job and it's the best part of the episode. Come on man

I want to draw the woodcuts........... It would be a fun experiment

That is a crazy dangerous mishap. Xenon-mercury lights like??

Oddly enough, I somehow hadn’t learned any more Latin since I bought it twelve hours before

Lol

The only thing I found that looked even remotely relevant was a listing on eBay from 2007. The auction was titled “Key of Solomon 1863 owned by MacGregor Mathers and Jurgen Leitner” and had been won for just over £1200 by a deactivated user – grbookworm1818.

Smiles so sneetly over this.

WHY would Leitner commission people to bind them 😭😭 he sucks so bad

Walking felt as natural as falling.

Really really good sentence

Hi Mary

Gerry art <3 tmagp I love you

Dominic is so lucky to encounter 2 leitners and be hurt by neither of them. Why does bro only have contact with the 2 safest ones

Well I guess ex altiora almost ate him just now. But still

MIKE 🫵 hi Mike

Hi Gerry ^-^ hiiiii

Wait I don't know my timelines at all is this before or after MAG 12. Bc he burns himself later and goes "eh I've had worse" which is surely referring to 12? But Dominic doesn't mention his sick tats. Maybe Dom just doesn't think they're that distinctive lmao.

Poor Gerry :(

Ugh he's so cool

Bro stole Dominic's trash? Or did he put it down again before leaving.

If Jon were 9% less professional he would be reciting the leitner rant rn. I will do it off the dome in his name after I finish listening

Given that she was Head Archivist for over fifty years, then that is… This might be a bigger job than I originally thought.

Lol........

Martin couldn’t find any records of Ex Altiora as a title in existent catalogues of esoteric or similar literature, so I assigned Sasha to double-check.

LOl.......

true Leitner tome

WHAT is his deal man. Tome? Tome????

Still, all the other books from his library have been custom editions of known texts on dæmonology or the arcane. If there are Leitners out there that we haven’t even heard of, I fear that may be cause for some small alarm.

ME WHEN I LIEEEEE oh Jon buddy my love my friend. Bestie. Beloved. Is this helping? Are you winning? Grisps him

We’ve also been unable to locate Gerard Keay at all. Aside from this encounter, he seems to have almost entirely disappeared following the end of his trial.

Huh. I guess all the info about him would be hidden in the tunnels?

He brings it up with Elias. Ouuaagghhh. What do you think that conversation went like.

Okay the episode has ended. So. This one's for you Jon and Gerry

JURGEN LEITNER? STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING JURGEN LEITNER GODDAMN FOOL BOOK COLLECTING DUST EATING RAT OLD BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR OF THE WHORE. BIGGEST CLOWN IN THE CIRCUS COWBOY MOTHERFCUKING JURGEN LEITNER. STOP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT JURGEN LEITNER! I HATE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE HAVE SO MANY FUCKED UP BOOKS WHY DID HE DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT JUST SET THEM LOOSE! IS HE DEAD? IS HE A BASTARD? MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER SEEN THIS MANS FACE AND I ALREADY KNOW HE HAS THE WORLDS SHITTIEST BEARD GET AWAY FROM ME. IF I DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN AND GOD SAID JURGEN LEITNER WAS WAITING INSIDE I WOULD PISS ON GODS FEET FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF BEING SENT BACK DOWN IF I HAVE TO HEAR HIM SAY ONE WORD ON VOICE IN PERSON ON PODCAST I WILL NOT ONLY CLOSE THE TAB I WILL DELETE MY BOOKMARK OUT OF SPITE AND HAVE TO RELISTEN TO THE ENTIRE PODCAST FROM THE BEGINNING WITH THE JOY OF BEING ABLE TO SKIP ALL THE PARTS WHERE HE IS MENTIONED OR ALIVE I don't even know why I hate him so much. He collects books I am just mad because I am angyI don't remember the rest sorry

[milfbrainrot]

severed ants spoilers

well that was fucking crazy

i still don't get why they would kill gemma once it's all completed. i think helly asked what happens when they remove the chip? which i guess is in reference to what they would do to gemma to then take the chip out and study/replicate it? but i feel like i missed someone actually stating and explaining that for iMark to understand that. i also don't really get... why 25 innies? to always have someone on standby for a new trauma? like 4 Tempers makes sense for 4 but why 25?

there also was a trailer scene that i thought had milchick maybe helping mark? so i'm not sure what happened there bc that wasn't included. maybe i made that up.

sound design as always had my heart in my throat 👍 the band was a horribly fitting way to carry it out too.

i hope devon and cobel are fucking nasty rn. and that reghabi is somehow there too. i don't feel great about her yeeting.

i also am... not of the camp that thinks devon has been lumon this whole time, but that painting that featured her and ricken was interesting. i'm guessing it was because of his book and the influence she had since iMark did meet her? hmm.

AN DI'M SO. GLAD. ABOUT THE GOAT. EVER SINCE THAT TEASER WITH IT I WAS SO SCARED. I WASTED LIKE 10 MINUTES WITH MY HAND OVER THE SCREEN WAITING FOR THE WORST. SEEING THE HANDLER LADY GO CRAZY WAS EVERYTHING. REST IN PISS DRUMMOND.

speaking of i wonder who gets charged for murder, iMark or oMark sdfjhklskldjf. well. probably no one because i doubt lumon can go public with literally anything without something to show for it, and the Experiment got contaminated. but lol.

who was controlling the kier wax doll thing. i feel like any time we've heard the name "seth" over the past few episodes it's just been dripping with venom lmfao. nothing will ever beat irv's but that was uh. creepy.

i appreciate that we actually got an answer for cold harbor because i would be going fucking crazy theorizing over the next couple years without something more concrete to work off of. and that would also mean unfortunately looking at fandom theories more than would be healthy for me given how fucking stupid the fandom is 90% of the time.

so i guess what's next is a proper innie uprising? i worry for gemma. i imagine she's going to figure out where to go next. devon and cobel are probably waiting with a getaway car or something ajl;sdlfkj. it would feel anticlimactic if she didn't manage to leave the building and work from the outside to switch roles. i REALLYYYY do need her and devon and cobel working together now.

anything further does kinda get fucked up bc of how much control the team has over the chips with diff contingencies and such. like... with gemma and cobel and reghabi and irv and whoever irv had been calling on the phone and devon and anyone else working against them from the outside, that's something! they can't control everyone.

they still could control gemma though which is... not great! clearly the chips' range is at least extended within the town given the otc and ortbo. and all the innies have to stay on the severed floor to operate any further.

it is also promising that jame sees... kier... in helly... i don't have the braincells to unpack all that but it gives her as her innie some sort of leverage. i hope this doesn't mean she'll be kinda dissected next the way gemma had been? but i think that's key to the change on the horizon. jame is pissed the experiment got fucked up but he also... wasn't pissed about her speech. he was intrigued by her efforts that go directly against him. so i think whatever they have stacks the cards in the innies' favors in some way.

oMark made it seem like reintegration has steps that he hasn't actually finished but if it is a natural process that can't be stopped, that... maybe renders the chip less controllable for him.

idk just cool to see them hashtag unionizing but wow! fear! but again i'm also glad we can kinda guess where the next steps of the plot are so the Theorizing is more on what's next rather than what lumon's fucking deal is.

i am unwell!

[psaiouma]

Cupid's Writing Diary - 2/8/25

Entry End of Day February 8th, 2025 (dear god it's 5:45 am on the 9th rn) (this one's a rambling one, sorry)

Took a break for a couple of days because, whew, my emotional state is hashtag bad. I get a lot of dumb, mean anon comments all the time [it's why my fic comment moderation is on registered users only, if you can't take it, you're not allowed to dish it xoxo] (like seriously I made this Tumblr what?? Two weeks ago? And I've already gotten 3. Not to mention the anon that was following me onto other people fics asking me to write rape fics.) And even though this most recent was was extreme nothingburger of an insult, it was still something that affected me personally due to my own projections onto Shuichi.

WHEW okayyyy I just typed out four VERY long paragraphs talking about this insult I got and y'know what? It's very stupid and I do not wish to give the completely ignorant and incorrect anon any sort of energy.

Anyway, though, due to my absolutely ass sleep schedule, the ever looming threat of needing to get a job again, and my personal disdain for certain aspects of my life... writing is juuust not fucking happening.

That is, however, until irls got inspired to write again and needed a party! So, I got to hang out with my besties from high school and I wrote over 2k words, which felt incredible. I'm so fucking speedy when I wanna be. 'Cause all that was over the course of an hour.

I'm fleshing out Chapter 2 of Snautism very well!!! And I finally have a direction I want to take things in. I keep changing my mind on everything but that's the price I pay for wanting to do a spontaneous fic about snakes. I do miss the days where I just wrote and didn't care about the end result as much. But I like that everything I make is at a quality that I respect. Writing should always be for yourself, but I am a perfectionist neurodivergent who would rather die than have two sentences in the same paragraph start with 'he', y'know?

On top of the anon, I just remembered tat I had sent my fic to my friends just for entertainment purposes but oops they both thought it was being sent over for a beta and so they beta'd it and aaaaa they have a lot of changes suggested sobs sobs sobs. Plus, I'm debating on switching POVs for certain parts, or making it third person omni, which might be the play here and I haven't done for a while. However that's not what I've got like over 5k words of oops. Very distinct POV switches.

Regardless, today was AWESOME and I wrote and I got to hang out with friends and god I'm so addicted to quizzes. Does anyone else's friend group have an OBSESSION with quizzes??? We take anything our grubby little hands can get on. It started with me doing anime op quizzes with my roommate/bestie and now we've got the whole squad doing vocaloid and pokemon and video game music quizzes and grrrrr I LOVE quizzes.

... this has been a very off topic writing diary but I promise it all connects. I'm just saying being around that company inspired me to write. Because EVERYONE was writing.

Okay. My roommate is about to wake up. It's almost 6am. Probably going to sleep until 2pm ugh. I was tired at like midnight why didn't I just go to bed??? Anyway, that's why this diary entree is so WEIRD but yeah Snautism happening. Very stoked about it. Moreso for it to be done so I can pick the next thing. Ooo! Maybe I can have people vote on the next fic since I'm doing this 'focus on it until it's done' thinig. When Snautism is over, I'll make a list and pin it for people who care to keep track of -nods nods-

Nighty fuckin' night don't be like me, kids. And also holy shit FUCK my 'i' key I REALLY need to fix it I've been editing so hard because it either skips or double presses pissing me OFF.

,,,, I type like Greg Heffley,,, save me.

[thepaintedsable]

Two spreads this time! Plus a reference sheet for a character and some other artfight prep in the form of my thumbnail marker! I guess I could use a digital one, but I think it’s more fun if I use a silly little physical note to keep them consistent. :)

Close-ups, character design/ref, and general AF prep under the cut!

FOWLE R!!! This guy is like… a derivative of a character I’ve had in my head forever. He got created in my scribbles room draw the other guy (who is a lot more human. A LOT. I can’t draw him lmfaoo.), and even though it wasn’t good enough for the other character I really, really liked this design. I’ve posted about him here, and I might post his original sketch page after I complete Sketchbook 29. I’m still deciding if I should go back and post all the other spreads, or just continue with my new sketchbooks only.

His story is still a work in progress, but I’m leaning towards guy who got trapped in a spell because he worked in the castle of a king who pissed some very magic monster off (think the Beauty and the Beast curse? Kinda.), probably because the king was low key pulling a Gaston and decorating his castle with monster mounts or something (general asshat too. Treats his people like dogs.), and while everyone is dealing with this poorly, Fowler takes it as a chance to fly off and actually take the chance to have a better life for himself. He was being treated very poorly as a person, and he ends up adapting very well to the change. :) Also the curse can’t be broken unless everyone works together, and he is so ready to tell the king to kick rocks. Irony probably comes into the fact he was named for his family’s profession of hunting bird monsters. If he was born this way, I think he’d been named Blackberry or something.

Art fight thumbnail thing!!! I’m team Stardust!!! I made one of these last year, but it was just a little sticky note that said the year and my handle. I’m not into the whole “OLD ART” thumbnails (although I don’t mind when others do it!), so I’d rather just put one of these on top of the art for the thumbnail right off the bat.

Art fight thing again, Dubwool, sheared Dubwool, some reference prep for Fowler, bird?????, and journaling stuff.

Dubwool is my buddy in Pokémon Go, because I think it is very funny that he is absolutely huge. He is just one big sheep, y’s-sir. I only play because a couple of my friends use it to keep in touch, in a way. Dubwool replaced my shiny shadow scyther because I really, really want to evolve that mf into scizor to make his shiny more obvious (scyther shiny really is just olive green vs piss green) and I have enough candies but I need an object thing and it’s very tragic. Needed to replace it with something that brings more joy, even though I barely open that game on my own accord.

Plush drawing! That mushroom cap was sewn in :) Also “The Moss” slaps. More Fowler stuff. And I finally broke down an drew a spider-sona-thing; don’t ask, but I had a Spider-Man nightmare and it put the thought in my brain. He does not have a name, but he is based on a spiny orb weaver and is not beating the villain accusations. Worm, who was surprisingly not birthed from a nightmare, is just a little guy. Then more journaling, but emotional edition™. Stress + boredom yum yum wonderful combo that should not exist. These feelings shouldn’t even overlap, but they sure do yes-sir-e. I have not touched a video game and enjoyed it in months and I think a good horror game I haven’t spoiled myself to might fix whatever is going on with me rn. I am drawing too much.

[entiretorridaffair]

ok so basically i leave for class right as my best friend (let’s call her m) is coming back from class (we share a room btw) but i’m texting her as im going to class just because. and she’s taking out the trash and forgets her key in the room 😭 so she’s freaking out that she’s locked out because im in class and so is our third roommate. HOWEVER. our fourth roommate (let’s call her g) is supposed to be in class at this time but we checked on life360 and g skipped class and was at her other friends apartment that’s like 3 minutes from our dorm. so m starts texting in our roommate gc that’s she’s locked out and g is literally just laughing and joking around 😭 and we’re like heyy… g can you just go let m in so she doesn’t get in trouble with the front desk (bc they’re so strict about getting locked out and we only have like one freebie to be let in before they start charging us) and so m starts privately texting me and we’re both like ???? bc duh m is not gonna use her only freebie when there’s another option. g is always doing inconsiderate stuff like this and it drives us so insane but both me and m are NOTTT confrontational at all. but the reason it was such a big deal is bc m has a project due tomorrow that she needed to be working on and i wouldn’t be out of class until another hour and a half so m was like “i am wasting time rn!” but basically g was like yeah sorry im at my friends apartment and blah blah blah. which like i absolutely understand that m is not g’s responsibility but the fact that she wasn’t busy and was so close was just so frustrating. and then in the gc g started gossiping about people in her classes while m was still freaking out and we were like HELLO?? also just for backstory, m and g have been friends since like 6th grade. so like they’re genuinely friends and g still didn’t wanna help 😭 but m sent a slightly aggressive text to g being like hey i know it’s an inconvenience and im not your responsibility but you’re literally not busy and can come help me. it was just so insane to me bc if g was the one in this position she would’ve EXPECTED us to help. like hello. idk g is always pushing my buttons!!!! i feel like if you knew g personally you would go insane 😭😭😭😭

nooooo omg that would actually piss me off SOOOO bad!!!!! screaming throwing up over people that don’t give a shit about their friends like that

[italianpersonwithashippersheart]

I was going to write a huge post but I don’t want to dump all that on u in your ask box or on your post so akbswidnej I’m gonna try to shorten my thoughts but on your We Are review-ish post?

I agree with the part on your cons section about throughlines, and as someone who dropped it in around episode 6 or 7, cmiiiw, but does We Are not have any episodic plots at all? Because I think that’s what was my issue with it….at least up until that point.

Like even for sitcoms or most series that ppl generally agree is SoL, even when they lack a strong central plot, they have much stronger episodic plots in turn.

Like chi’s sweet home is about the daily life of a kitty living with her family! But I never felt such stagnation that I did with We Are because each chapter/ep focuses on a specific…aspect or story I think? Like this ep is Chi meeting her neighbors, she meets several different neighbors that she may like or not like and the end of the episode has her yowling because she hears a dog! Another chapter is her discovering how to climb up the stairs and the end of the chapter is her discovering that she does Not like climbing the stairs because she can’t handle heights? 💀

it’s a very chill manga/anime, but I felt like it had more structure than We Are did up to the point where I dropped it? again cmiiw about this! I can’t make myself finish the series rn but I’ve started thinking that the reason why I dislike We Are when I like a lot of other SoL stuff is because of the lack of an episodic plot structure to make up for the lack of a central throughline? And I thought that’s prob what’s been bothering most people too but obviously that’s just my 2 cents

I agree with you, It doesn't super feel like We Are as an episodic structure at all. Event and arcs (if they can be called that) are not self contained at all. They last multiple episodes. Another reasons why I didn't thing this felt like a slice of life.

The thing is my best guess for what We Are was trying to do (and obviously why it's worked for so many people) is it was trying to not feel like a story.

Stuff happens, in and out of the characters control, Most of QTouey relationship was masterminded by other characters. The events that happened in the story might have not been realistic, and the setting might have used a bubble and escapism. But I think it was trying to not make it feel like narrative.

Like these were real people that just make decisions and stuff happened around them, and some stuff is resolved and other isn't. There isn't a character arc, or a story arc because real life doesn't have that.

I don't like that. In fact it low-key pisses me off. But I can see that was what it was doing and I know that it's been part of the appeal for people.

I am not familiar with the Maga you reccomended but it sounds adorable.