#i can't wait to play as him aughhh i just like him so much

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JUST remembered i never posted my technoir oc (well, dcals, but whatever) drawn by my wiiiiife <3 her name is marymay and she's having some trouble learning how to be a person. but thats ok

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i finished statius' ACHILLEID. thoughts thoughts thoughts:

i knew going in it was a VERY short unfinished epic, but i didn't know it would be FUN?? if i ever get that time machine, FIRST THING i go back and find one publius papinius statius, i lock him in a room, and i'm NOT letting him out until he's finished the achilleid!

achilles is statius' BLORBO in a way neither homer, quintus nor virgil have blorbos. statius likes achilles to be strong and pretty and graceful, but most of all ENDEARING even when he fails. and he fails a lot, because this is him still figuring out how to be an adult, not to mention a prophesied legend literally everyone is waiting for to step up

the one thing that gets tiring is just how many prophecies permeate the achilleid. nothing's left to chance, there are so few unknowns. even ODYSSEUS was aware that from peleus' wedding there would come a child destined to be a central warrior in an upcoming gigantic war.

as it stands, the achilleid is more of a... thetisiad? she is very centered in the narrative (we spend more time looking at things from her point of view than achilles') and there is SO MUCH SYMPATHY for her, oh my gosh!! she loves ONE person, her son, the only worthwhile thing she got out of a traumatizing marriage, and she despairs that he's fated to die young in a silly human war.

also i'm a deidamia defender forever now. so three-dimensional, so clever!

aughhh i love how much characterization statius puts in, even in the small scenes! my favourite example is odysseus and diomedes as they walk up to lycomedes' place (literally just moving characters from A to B). diomedes teases odysseus, and odysseus is delighted to be teased. that night we're told odysseus CAN'T SLEEP because he's too excited about showing off his plan the next morning!

the unveiling of achilles is completely different from the chagrined defeat/"achilles is a fucking idiot" ways i've heard it retold! i love that it's collaborative, it's a mutual triumph. it's just as much achilles (who's been suffering in gender dysphoria hell for a year) longing to be exposed as it is odysseus LIVING for showing everyone (especially diomedes?) how clever he is. it's not just the shield and the spear and the bugle, it's odysseus playing the part of the siren, whispering in achilles' ear that he knows who he is and describing how glorious he will be on the trojan battlefield. it's achilles' grateful relief at being ALLOWED not to pretend anymore as he rips off his own dress even before the bugle calls

also it's very important to me that the moment he's no longer hunching over trying to make himself look small and inoffensive, we're told achilles is taller than both odysseus and diomedes

i KEEP IMAGINING how good statius would have made the rest!! especially because as book ii ends, achilles regards odysseus as a cool uncle; he's the guy who rescued him! i want to think statius would have put in the big mystery quarrel achilles and odysseus are said to have had early in the war, something to drastically change that affection. i want to know how statius would have handled troilus, and the gods. augh statius you roman BLUEBALLER

an assortment of story beats still revolving in my head:

chiron is such a sweetheart!! he's SO gallant with thetis, he's so affectionate with achilles. he HIDES HIS TEARS when achilles leaves, awww

statius writes out phoinix completely. as a phoinix stan i object. sure chiron can raise young achilles, but i NEED phoinix to tend to him as a baby

i enjoy how achilles EXPLODES into a mess of teenagerly hormones when he first sees deidaima. it's so funny that thetis is looking on (and we get my favourite simile of the achilleid, of a herdsman delighting in a young bull snorting and foaming at a beautiful heifer) like "aaaaand there's my son's sexual awakening. i see! well, we can use that" and THAT explains why achilles is so willing to commit to the female disguise

(listen. listen. few things mean more to me than the love between achilles and patroclus. but achilles is a teenage boy at the age when a fucking breeze will give him a boner, and deidamia is the most beautiful and the cleverest of her sisters. i really enjoy a story where achilles and deidamia are neither "fated eternal true love" or one's a sneaky opportunist. it's much more compelling that they're both knots of budding emotions and bodily feedback)

i notice that statius never uses the name pyrrha, he doesn't seem to have a fake name at all, just "achilles' sister"

lycomedes is SO honoured and proud that thetis is entrusting her daughter to him. i feel sorry for lycomedes, he seems so earnest and hasn't done anything to get tricked

the one thing i can't forgive statius for is that after spending SO much time establishing that achilles and deidamia (who knows he's a guy) are genuinely into each other, it feels like statius goes OUT OF HIS WAY assuring us that their first sexual encounter is rape. sure they talk right after, deidamia forgives him, AND i understand there are social rules that makes deidamia more "honourable" and "worthy" when she resists, but like. sigh.

aLONG with the previously mentioned interplay between odysseus and diomedes as they walk up to lycomedes' court, there's a simile where they're both starving wolves on the hunt. so sexy it's almost illegal

the feast scene is SO FUNNY omg. all of achilles' careful feminine training dissolving because odysseus and diomedes are there with their boundless masculinity for him to feed off of. deidamia practically WRESTLING achilles back down on the couch every time he forgets himself and behaves too much like a man. odysseus chatting with lycomedes SPECIFICALLY trying to rile up achilles, and then after the women have left (achilles dragging his feet and looking back, YEARNING for their male company) odysseus specifically praises the maiden's "almost masculine" beauty (because ohh he suspects. he just needs to prove it in the morning. he can't SLEEP for it)

when they depart, achilles earnestly swears to deidamia that no other women shall ever bear his children. i find it interesting as a reminder of the social rules of its era. neither of them expect achilles to be sexually exclusive, just not fathering potential heirs. which again makes me wonder about the contraceptives in ancient greece

on the ship towards aulis, diomedes begs achilles to tell them all about his feats and training with chiron, and achilles is so shy about it! who can blame him! diomedes has a WAY more impressive track record

odysseus is SO good at firing up achilles' outrage at paris even as he's just catching him up on what the war's about. and he's so pleased at how easily achilles' outrage can be directed! you KNOW that would have developed in such an interesting way AUGH THE REST WOULD HAVE BEEN SO GOOD.

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Kiss Kiss - [MUTI! BLLK X F!READER]

Staring: Rin, Shidou, Sae, Niko, Kaiser, Ness, Otoya, Karasu, Reo

[ BLLK Scenario Masterlist ]

TW: heavy ooc (I MEAN HEAVY. forgive me, it gets a bit better later chapts i swear), bad grammar, bad spelling, bad formatting, etc.

Their reaction to a kiss on the cheek

>Rin

Rin is NOT used to physical affection

His eyes widen and he just STARES with the tiniest bit of blush

“I-... what was that for…”

He needs to process what just happened (bro is shocketh)

Once he does, he'll pull you in for a hug and ask for another one while avoiding eye contact 

>Shidou

Bro's jaw DROPS

Shidou squeals in excitement, blushing and everything 

then he tackles you immediately after

Literally won't let you go till you give him another one. And another… you get the point 

>Sae

Does that thing when the blink a lot trying to process

Looks at you, then down at himself, then back at you

Will grab you by your shoulders “I want you to bare my children” A/N: I'm just kidding lol

He looks so embarrassed, and just stares at you, trying to be mad “What was that for… do it again.”

>Niko

This man is a blushing stuttering MESS

He will bury his face in his hands/arms, but we all know he's smiling ;)

“I-Wha.. w-wait… why-huh??”

Will whisper ask for another :3

>Kaiser

The initial shock lasts for around 2 seconds because he pulls you in by the chin grinning

“Wow Meine Liebe, didn't know you were so bold~”

Total ego boost

“Pussy. Go for the lips next time.”

Then he’ll do it himself 

“Hm. did you use chapstick? Tastes good”

>Ness

His entire face is so shocked/flustered

“I-ahdifuauhweilufgaf;iesuddffba”

Silently screaming and mentally rolling on the floor

Completely forgets you're still there watching him

Stutters so much, can't get any words out

Will rant to Kaiser about it later

“Then guess what- they KISSED me >////<. They kissed ME- AESJBWJSJBSHAJ”

>Otoya

Otoya was not that surprised (I mean, what do you expect ;v;)

“Oh~? I bet I could do better-” wink wink

He'll unintentionally stay up thinking about it tho (I'm delusional guys)

“That wasn’t anything special… I mean, i’ve kissed better girls… right?? AHHHH WHY WAS THAT MY BEST KISS AUGHHH” he threw his pillow across the room

Then proceed to sleep with the pillow imagining it was you, while telling himself he wasn’t

>Karasu

Takes a few seconds to process

“... So, that's how that feels huh?... I like it”

Will try to play it off cool, but man's blushing

He can’t stop thinking of you, even Otoya notices

“Hey bro, you alright? You’ve been spacing out a lot…” 

“Yea I’m fine, Otoya…nothing special” Karasu would try to shug it off

“Hmm. Are you in love?” Otoya teased

“What-NO?” He tried to play it off, he couldn’t…

The white haired boy would just laugh “Cmon, I’ve been there, being in love and all that… I get what you’re going through! If you even need any rizz tips, hit me up”

Karasu scoffed “Please, like you know how to treat a girl well,I would never do anything like that to them…”

“SO YOU DO LIKE SOMEONE!”

>Reo

The biggest look of suprise on his face, takes him a few seconds to process

Takes out a handful of $100 bills and slams it into your chest while trying to cover up his face without saying anything

Will be so distracted the rest of the day, even Nagi notices

“Nagi, I'm being normal right? So normal. This is normal. EVERYTHING IS NORMAL.”

“Reo, it's 11pm. They kissed you hours ago, you are not normal.”

“If I asked them for another one, do you think they'll be okay with it??”

“Go to sleep, Reo.”

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overall review of performances

silvio - pleasantly surprising!!! i loved the performance of this live it was so energetic

it ain't me babe - INSANE FUCKING INSANE.!!! THE ONLY SONG I WASN'T EXPECTING and so it was one of the most magical because i had no idea he was going to play this but from the first song i went holy shit holy shit he's doing it ain't me babe what the fuck!!! also the harmonica was SO AWESOME seeing bob play harmonica live is just something else

love sick - SO beautiful i actually love this song it's one of my favorites ever just .. so good

little queenie - very fun and funky, i wasn't too familiar w the og so it was fun to hear it for the first time live! bob's covers are always so nice

mr. blue - so so beautiful and in my mind i kept thinking about the basement tapes version of this and he still has that same dictation w it!! i loved it

early roman kings - SO GOOD LIVE OMG so much better than the already amazing studio version and i forgot about the unhinged lines until they came and almost screamed. the "i'll even make love to a bitch or a hag" line was SO funny to see live and the serious way bob says "ding dong daddy"

hard rain - OHHH MY GODDD so he did switch up the order of the verses and stuff it was just so so cool and magical to see live oh my god

under the red sky - the most surprising of the night aside from it ain't me babe. i knew he was going to play it but the way he did it was so so awesome and killer and his band just made the performance so special and awesome

things have changed - THE BEST THING EVER THIS WAS INSANE TO SEE LIVE IT CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER I JUST LOVE THIS SONG SO SO MUCH IT WAS JUST INSANE AND OBV I WAS EXCITED TO SEE BOB BUT TO SEE THIS SONG LIVE??????? AUGHHH AND I LOVE HOW HE CHANGES THE STYLE UP LIVE I LOVE HIM SO MUCH I CANT EXPLAIN HOW SURREAL THIS WAS

stella blue - also a song i haven't heard before due to it being another cover but probably one of the most sensual and delicate and beautiful performances the entire night aughhh

six days on the road - also very very good i loved it!!!

can't wait - so i've been OBSESSED with the alternate versions of this song recently so this was AMAZING to see and i just loved it so much i LOVE this song its so awesome

i'll be your baby tonight - easily one of the best performances of the night actually. i loved how he started it slower with less instruments and built up the song and the performance was so good especially when it picked up the way bob said "SHUT THE LIGHT!!! CLOSE THE DOOR!!!" i was squealing the entire time

soon after midnight - i like this song okay on the studio version but it was REALLY BEAUTIFULLL to see live. not one of my favorites but i appreciated it

simple twist of fate - INSANEEE AND SO SO BEAUTIFUL and it was insane and obviously the new lyric change made me go crazy esp bc i forgot he had a new lyric change and then i was like oh my godddd he's so insane

ballad of a thin man - ALSO ONE OF THE BEST!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE BOB DYLAN SONGS AND IT WAS JUST. SO GOOD!!!! AND HE STOOD UP AT THE END AND GOT ALL EXCITED PLAYING THE PIANO!!! JUST LIKE 1966!!! IT WAS SO SO GOOD OH MY GOD

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SCARAMOCUHE LETS READER PLAY WITH HIS HAIR

°Warnings-- scara says "danm it" once

°fluff of course ♥︎

°gender neutral reader always♡

°im sorry this is so random idk I just wanna play with his hair, hope I'm not the only one (　-̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥᷄◞ω◟-̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥᷅ )

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Scaramouche had left an hour ago some harbinger stuff he had to go do, you didn't mind although you were starting to miss your scara all you wanted to do was cuddle and kiss him

You decide to go lay down and watch some tv while you wait for him to get home, you open the door to your shared bedroom the door Creek's, the room is dark it looks a bit eerie, and for a second creeps you out but just for a second because then you look at your bed and see the cute bunny stuffy Scaramouche bought for you

It makes you smile and you go over to cuddle the stuffie, the stuffie was white and had a blue bow with long ears you still remember when Scaramouche gave it to you, you weren't dating but you like each other a lot it was 3 days before he told you, the thought makes you smile

You began to close your eyes and daydream about Scaramouche as you slowly start drifting off to sleep.....then suddenly you wake up to a soft kiss on the cheek, and you lazily open your eyes to the sudden contact, it's just Scaramouche "I love you so much" he says and walks away, you don't think he noticed you were awake

You close your eyes about to fall back asleep but then you have the sudden urge to cuddle scara so you slowly crawl out of bed with your stuffie

You see scara sitting on the couch reading something on a notepad, he sites back relaxed "hi scara" you walk over and sit on his lap "oh hello love" Scaramouche smiles happily to see you awake, you look up at him and lay your head on his chest, Scaramouche look into your eyes AHH HIS EYES ARE SO GORGEOUS you could get lost in them, you begin to feel a faint blush sprawl against your cheeks "your so pretty when you blush", you weren't expecting scara to say anything it makes you jump back a bit

"I'm sorry I didn't mean to go scare you," Scaramouche says apologetically "it's okay scara" you rub your thumb against his cheek and he smiles and leans closer planting a faint kiss against your lips, scara takes your cheeks into his palms and holds your face-up "danm it your too cute"

You can't help but smile at his words, you wrap your arms around his neck you feel so in love at this moment, you lean on and gently rub your noses together making scara chuckle a bit

You hum and slowly you place your hand into Scara's hair, it's SO SOFT AND JUST AHH, he moves back a bit his eyes widen and he blushes "i- um...my love...." W-what are you doing" he says nervously, you quickly let go of his hair you felt bad you didn't mean to make him nervous "I'm sorry scara" you get off his lap embarrassed not sure what came over you to do such a thing

With your head down you begin to walk away, your face flushed with embarrassment "wait" you hear scara say, you turn around and he pats a spot on his thigh gesturing for you to sit down, so you sit on his lap he kisses your and lays his head in your shoulder you look down at him he looks away from you his face full of embarrassment just like yours HE LOOKS SO CUTE EEEEEE

"I- umm... I liked when you did that" he says hesitantly, wait really you think to yourself "can you do it again please?...my love" his voice sounds sheepish and cute, you nod a bit stunned by his comment about liking his hair being touched

You slowly place your hands back in his hair, your fingers wove throw the strands of hair, the way the light reflected off it gave you butterflies it was so soft as well, a faint blush peppered across your cheeks you try and avoid eye contact with scara you're scared it would be awkward but ever so often you peek down at him, he's blushing a lot more then you are

DID HE JUST GET 1000 TIMES CUTER AUGHHH

You keep playing with his hair, the way it tickles your hands, the softness, the color, and that it was his hair just made the experience so much better

Suddenly you feel scara's arms wrap around you, you look down at him and he looks up at you, you both are blushing profusely and you see a faint smile begin to form "I love you cutie" scara says his voice calm and delicate

"I love you too."

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Hi traveler (●’◡’●)ﾉ

I'm sorry this Is bad but I tried I do hope you enjoyed tho

Have a great day/afternoon/night <33