#i dig this kind of aesthetic ngl

[laxmiree]

[CN] MLQC Lucien's new Halloween SSR event + Date Blurbs

"Kiss me... love me... smile at me please."

Date blurbs under the cut!

[Castle Date]

The castle before you seems like a scene from a fairy tale.

Surrounded by footsteps and dolls, you have already become a part of the story.

Wanting to escape, yet nowhere to run, in the end, is there only surrendering to the trap he weaves?

But this time, the queen will replace the jester, leaving behind a brand new ending.

"I know... at this moment, you are also watching me."

[lumpsbumpsandwhumps]

I have spend the past few days dying because of severe acute tooth pain. Legitimately convinced that this shit would be an extremely effective easy torture method, I'd rather break a bone over this shit ngl. That said what type of whump senerios do you think could come out with teeth as the focus?

Teef!! TEEF!!!!

We have the classic, the holy grail, of Whumper using pliers to pull out Whumpee's teeth for a myriad of reasons. Talking back? Biting? Making room for tubes to be shoved down their throat? The possibilities are truly endless, and of course, bonus points if the pliers are rusty <3

Whumpee losing a tooth from some kind of mouth trauma (a punch, a boot to the face, etc) is one thing. But what if that tooth only cracked? What if it chipped? Not only are they going to have to deal with the pain of an exposed nerve and jagged edge constantly being touched by their tongue, but literally anything is going to aggravate it. Food and water included. Yikes.

I've mentioned it before in my "gross and messy" whump post, but just general neglect would be enough of a catalyst for tooth pain. Months without brushing and constant vomiting can lead to rot and decay, which can lead to a further infection of the entire mouth. Whumpee practically feeling certain teeth disintegrate, spitting out blood and pus until finally they can pull out a blackened dead tooth from their inflamed gum for relief.

Got a vampire Whumpee? Why don't you just file those pointy chompers down, just in case :)

After Whumpee is rescued (or if...) and they finally get the care they need, they'll have to make peace with the fact their mouth is full of gaps that would cost a fortune in dental work to repair. And maybe they do and get the crowns or dentures they need. And maybe they don't. The one constant being they have to live with being self conscious over an imperfect smile. Not that they have much to smile about anymore to begin with.

This is purely aesthetic but I love the idea of a Whumper purposely replacing their own canine teeth with gold incisors to look extra menacing when they grin. Do as you will with that.

More aesthetic style, less scenario-based but:

Whumper with a mouth full of fangs that love to dig into Whumpee's skin

Teeth indentations all over Whumpee's body

Whumpee snarling with their teeth stained red from the blood pooling in their mouth

Spitting a tooth out, unperturbed by the hit

Open mouth gags being used on Whumpee that show their teeth on full display

Feral/Traumatized/Rescued Whumpee absolutely using biting as a defense on anyone that comes near them, including Caretaker

Whumpee with arms and hands full of scarred over bitemarks from where they've had to chomp down on their own skin to muffle their cries

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Octavia Redesign🌒

Made my own take on Octavia for fun!!!! I always loved how casual her look is compared to her parents more regal styles. Also dig her having a celestial motif⭐️.

Because for my take, Stella has a sun motif while Stolas still has a moon motif. I gave Via an eclipse motif🌙☀️🌒!!!!!! Why I added darker colors, more circle shapes and for her eyes I was going for an eclipse. I kept the star motif from her OG aswell but I made them into pentagrams and smaller sparkles and constellations for her mesh & hat. Fun fact, apparently during eclipses you could see all kinds of different stars and even planets!!!!!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🪐🪐🪐🪐🌌🌌🌌🌌🌌

Pushed for a Nu-Goth aesthetic with celestial motifs, I figure it’d fit well for her whole love of the occult☠️🔮🌌

Switched out the sweater for a purple dress with sparkly mesh. Casual but still very classy for a Goth Princess✨✨✨✨✨👑👑👑

Made her hair longer with a dark purplish gradient. Ngl Marceline the Vampire Queen(Adventure Time) and (Teen Titans)Blackfire gave me inspiration. Also gave her V-bangs.

I really wanted to add more of her mom’s physical traits into her, show her as a mix of her dad and mom for the eclipse theme. @lovesart23 Octavia really helped me consider on how to add her moms swan traits. She has a gradient glow which she gets from her dad but also has long lashes which is part of her mom’s eye marking developing. I can see most assume it’s eyeliner. Also made her body type more of a medium of her dad and mom’s figures.

Went for purple instead of pink. Stella(pink) + Stolas(blue) makes purple! It’s also a color that symbolizes magic, royalty and very gothic💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Removed the boots, giving her a mix of her dads and mom’s feet. Has webbed so she can swim well being part swan 🦢

Gave her skin a purplish gray tint as cygnets(young swans) have gray skin so I imagine she’d still have a bit of gray.

Made her tail less big. Also gave her talons like her mom but black🖤

Replaced her crown beanie for a more gothic Wide Brim hat with constellations 🌌

Gave her hair a gradient as when she was a kid which I assume is from Stella’s side since It was shown she had some white gradient and I wanted to bring that back to show her also getting it from Stolas’ side with his gradient.

What do u think? I’d love to know💖

I’ve also made designs of I.M.P, Verosika and even her folks, Stolas & Stella.

[xxagofbagxx]

Rating Danganronpa lesbian ships🎀-

Thh:

Kirizono(kyoko x sayaka)- my personal fav from thh! They are so opposite attract, also bonus points for the male protagonists female love interest x female love interest 🤫 10/10!!

Kirihina (kyoko x aoi)- 7/10! They have potential and I think it’s a pretty cute and wholesome ship overall!! I personally prefer Sakura and aoi as a pair but I think aoi and kyokos personalities complement each others nicely!

Celesgiri(Celeste x Kyoko)- 9/10! They match each other’s aesthetic so nicely and they are so similar yet so different, it’s a nice pair! They both have pretty dark aesthetics and both are kinda mysterious in their own ways. I love how the dynamic is detective x liar, it’s a very interesting pairing overall! (celesgiri does it better than saiouma XD)

Fukagiri(Toko x Kyoko)- Tbh I don’t like or dislike this one I’m pretty neutral on it so 5/10! I can see their appeal but at the same time it makes sense it being a rather rare pairing, as they honestly work better platonically.

Kyoko x Sakura- honestly I’ve never seen anyone ship this and personally I think they’d be way better as friends! Also Aoi and Sakura are my OTP I have a hard time shipping them with anyone else😅 4/10!

Mukagiri (Mukuro x Kyoko)- honestly I kinda dig this! They’d be super interesting for sure and I see the appeal, they have similar personalities and it’s a villain x detective ordeal. 6/10!

Enogiri (Junko x Kyoko)- this one is kinda a guilty pleasure one for me😅 I just really enjoy the toxic Yuri dynamic, but in all practicality the would never work, I just think they are hot :] 6/10.

Celesaya (Celeste x Sayaka)- 6/10! They are also very opposites attract and I see the appeal! I don’t think they’d work out but I can see why people would like this one. :]

Celeshina (Celeste x Aoi)- 8/10! Tbh another guilty pleasure ship for me! They are so different from eachother yet Aoi has so much compassion for Celeste and she is a very supportive and kind girl. While on the other hand Celeste is very conceited and selfish, they are so different but look so cute together. :]

Celestoko (Celeste x Toko)- 4/10! Not the biggest fan but I don’t want to yuck another’s yum! I don’t think their personalities work together, but there’s worse lol!

Celeste x Sakura- Not a fan! 4/10, I could see them platonically as Sakura is such a sweetheart and kind to everyone, but otherwise they just don’t fit together.

Celeste x Mukuro- hm 4/10? Not sure how I feel about this one, I kinda like it in game but otherwise I think it’s kind of a boring pair. I don’t see any chemistry they are almost too similar haha.

Celesjunko (Celeste x Junko)- 8/10 hell yeah, They’d be hella evil together. They’d make an interesting pair, I sorta dig their dynamic.

Hinazono (Aoi x Sayaka)- 6/10! They’d be super cute friends, I can only really see this pair platonically!

Fukazono (Toko x Sayaka)- I kinda like this one! 7/10, they’d be super cute imo. I believe in lesbian Toko supremacy and I think she’s super cute with overly bubbly girls (cough cough komaru) yeah this one would be cute!

Sakura x Sayaka- super cute platonically! 6/10! They’d make great friends, I could see Sayaka hanging with her and Aoi!

Ikuzono- solid 9/10 I heart this one so much, my 2nd favorite Sayaka ship! I love opposites attract as I’ve previously stated and I also enjoy the male protagonists female love interest x love interest. :]

Enozono (Junko x Sayaka)- 8/10! More toxic Yuri!! Both stylish and beautiful, famous ladies! I enjoy.

Fukahina (Toko x Aoi)- 9/10! Super cute, Toko definitely had the hots for Aoi subconsciously. They’d be such cute enemies to lovers.

Sakuraoi (Sakura x Aoi)- ♾️/10 of course!! My favorite lesbian ship in all the DR games, they are my Roman Empire Oml.

Aoi x Mukuro- hm kinda an odd pairing 4/10! Maybe platonically!

Aoi x Junko- Bro they’d be hot ngl, but Hina is too nice for Junkos evil ahh. 5/10!

Toko x Sakura- 3/10, Toko was so cruel to Sakura during the game I could never ship that :(

Toko x Mukuro- Hm, once again I’m not sure how to feel about this one. 4/10? I don’t think they’d like eachother all that much. I can’t see any chemistry with these 2.

Toko x Junko- oh wow, I meannnn Toko definitely finds Junko very attractive especially her huge “assets”. I could see this as a one sided attraction and nothing more, maybe Junko would mess with her for that? 6/10.

Sakura x Mukuro- I think they’d be great friends 6/10! They both are super powerful, strong, athletic ladies! They could train together!

Sakura x Junko- no way haha, Sakura is way too kind. 4/10.

Mukuro X Junko- Haha no way, I can’t rate this one. I know this one is quite popular online due to the messed up dynamic and as much as I love toxic Yuri, they are twins and that’s a line I’m not willing to cross. Dark shipping dynamics can really be hit or miss, but I find these kind of pairings quite gross. Sorry if you feel differently haha!

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Thanks for reading! XX I’ll be doing Sdr2 next! Stay tuned till then! I hope you enjoyed, feel free to express your own opinions or share your thoughts on mine!!

[diorkyeom]

: : love, love, snapshoot

joshua x dokyeom, non-idols au, fluff, strangers to lovers

4.8k+ words, no warnings

also on ao3 | ngl i kinda think i might wanna make this a little longer? it's an idea ive had for sooo long haha

summary: "it was the fourth time this month that seokmin had come to the park, the fourth time he'd seen the pretty stranger sitting there, and also the fourth time his camera instinctively came up to his eyes, pressing the shutter with a small click. it was, however, the first time the stranger looked into his lens at the shuttering sound." seokmin takes photos of pretty things, and joshua is the pretty stranger he likes photographing the most.

Seokmin really needed to stop taking photos of this one stranger in the park every time he went out.

It was not like he was doing this on purpose. But sometimes, when life became too stressful, Seokmin liked to grab his camera and walk to his nearest park, taking pictures of the trees and the birds or the children in the distance as they lived through their childhood. Lately, though, there had been a man sitting there when Seokmin arrived, sipping a coffee or looking at his phone and being entirely oblivious to the world.

Seokmin liked pretty things! Pretty things, nice things, like the silhouette of an elderly man walking his dog during the evening, like the frost patterns across the wooden benches during the winter. Anything pretty that caught his eye would be photographed for him to keep as his reminder that this world was still a wonderful place. 

And, well.

This stranger was really, really pretty.

Late afternoon on a Friday found Seokmin taking a walk once again, the red straps of his camera wound around his wrists. The clouds were a soft grey, fluffily making their slow way across the tired blue of the sky, looking much like how Seokmin felt at that moment, all fatigued and relaxed. As he neared the park, he slowed down, fingers twitching around his camera as he recognised a familiar figure sitting on one of the benches.

This was insane.

It was the fourth time this month that Seokmin had come to the park to destress, and also the fourth time that he’d seen this pretty stranger sitting there, hair gently ruffled by the wind, looking like the handsome main character of some insanely aesthetic anime.

It was the fourth time that his camera instinctively came up to his eyes, watching as the man took a deep breath in, the upturned corners of his lips making him look like he had a permanent smile on his lips before Seokmin’s finger pressed down with a small click.

It was, however, the first time that the stranger turned to look right into his lens at the shuttering sound.

His first thought was that the stranger had the prettiest, warmest, most doe-like eyes that Seokmin had ever seen, and he decided that he really needed to sort out his brain if that was the first thing he noticed. His second thought was that this was a really, really awkward situation.

“Oops,” Seokmin blurted out, and felt a lot more idiotic when the word left his mouth. “Um. Sorry. I’m just—”

The pretty man was still just staring at him, eyes wide, while Seokmin fumbled over his words and fiddled with his camera and shuffled on the spot, trying desperately to figure out how to not make himself sound like a creepy stalker while trying to explain himself.

“Sorry,” Seokmin said again. He gestured to his camera weakly. “I like taking pictures of things ‘cause it helps me relax, and I come to this park sometimes because everything is just so peaceful. There are so many pretty things here and you’re pretty and I just— oh, God, you’re really pretty and you look all lovely while sitting there and I like to take pictures of, um, really pretty things and you… yeah.” He trailed off, realising that he was rambling and repeating himself now, and the man was still staring at him and he kind of wanted to go dig a hole into the ground and bury himself in the hopes that he’d never have to have another conversation with anyone ever again. “I promise I’m not a creep,” he added with a strained smile. “You’re just really… really pretty.”

The stranger blinked, open-mouthed, before suddenly he ducked his head and hid his mouth behind the back of his hand, but then his eyes crinkled as he took his hand away, laughing such a melodic laugh that Seokmin could almost see the white doves fluttering around and the sudden, angelic glow that lit up his vision as he watched the man’s lips curved up even more.

“Oh, wow, that’s okay,” the man said, still laughing softly, waving a hand reassuringly. “I, uh, come to the park sometimes as well, when I’m destressing myself. I had no idea I was being someone’s model at the same time.”

That made Seokmin wince a little. “Sorry,” he said, yet again, thumb brushing over the top of his camera nervously. “It’s probably really uncomfortable for you, and if you want, I can totally delete any photos I have, because um. I have a lot—”

“No, seriously, I don’t mind,” the man said, and his eyes were such a warm brown that Seokmin had to blink a few times to consciously stop himself from falling into their softness. “It’s okay with me. I’m okay with you taking photos of me.” He smiled, and his smile was so pretty and his expression so lovely and open that Seokmin felt dizzy.

“R… really?”

The man laughed again, and Seokmin saw dove feathers once more, cheeks heating up slightly at how absurd it was that he was finding a laugh to be so attractive. “Yeah, really,” the man said, eyes bright even in the fading light of the late afternoon. He paused, and then asked more hesitantly, “Could I see some of the photos, though? If that’s alright with you?”

“Oh!” Seokmin almost dropped his camera in surprise as the man stood up, making his way over to him, and this wasn’t how he’d thought his Friday late afternoon visit to the park would go, but this certainly wasn’t bad. “Yeah. I mean, they’re of you, so…”

The man just laughed, and then he leaned over Seokmin’s camera, standing so close to him that they were practically brushing shoulders. The man smelled nice, Seokmin thought faintly. Like something gentle and silky and sweet all at once. For a brief moment, he had a thought of how nice it would be to wake up in bed with that scent and a pair of arms wrapped securely around him. 

Okay. He really needed to get his brain sorted out. 

He opened up the camera gallery, tilting the screen slightly so the man could see the photo. The stranger hummed interestedly, tilting his head.

“Wow. That’s beautiful.”

In the photo, the sun was setting somewhere in the trees behind the man, and his side profile was darkened. But still, it managed to define the curve of his lips, the gentle slope of his nose, and the blue-grey sky and the peaceful colours of the park that drape so elegantly over the brown suede coat over the man’s shoulders only serve to make him look even more like the romantic, beautiful male lead of a fairytale-esque movie. 

That very same man looked up from Seokmin’s camera, eyes wide. “I think it’s incredible, how you managed to make me look like that.” And he was looking at Seokmin with such awe in his eyes, as if Seokmin had made him look prettier than reality, as if he didn’t know just how beautiful he truly was.

Seokmin lowered his head, feeling the blush that was rapidly creeping up his ears. “It’s nothing,” he said, shy. “It’s you doing all the work, anyway. It’s because you’re just so pretty.”

The man didn’t say anything to that, looking down at Seokmin’s camera again. “Can I see some more?” he asked softly, and there was no way that Seokmin would have ever been able to refuse.

And so, they stood there in the park, bent over Seokmin’s camera even though there was a bench right next to them, flicking through Seokmin’s pictures while the man hummed aloud in wonder and Seokmin blushed further and further.

“Oh wow,” the man said again, when he landed on one of the first pictures that Seokmin had taken of him, where the golden light of the setting sun painted his face with such beautifully warm colours, his lashes creating gentle shadows across his cheekbones while his head had been tilted down, eyes closed. Seokmin had been so awed by the man’s beauty that day, capturing that moment almost without being aware of what his hands were doing.

“This is one of my favourites,” Seokmin said, a little embarrassed, wondering how him taking photos of this stranger had somehow, in the span of fifteen minutes, led to him showing that same man all the photos he’d taken of him. 

“It’s incredible,” the man murmured. “Is it okay if I…?” After getting the reassurance from Seokmin, he wraps his own hands around the camera, warm fingers brushing against Seokmin’s for a moment before he hurriedly snatches his hands away, the blush painting tendrils all the way down his neck. 

He watches as the man brought the camera closer to his eyes, fascinated, and felt his heart constrict at how genuinely nice and sweet the man was being. As he looked up at Seokmin, eyes bright as he asked him how he managed to get the photo focused so well, Seokmin wondered whether maybe he’d met the love of his life, right in that moment. 

And also whether he’d be able to ask this pretty man for his phone number.

“You’re so talented,” the man said, the sincerity practically glowing in his words once he’d seen the last photo, handing the camera back to Seokmin. “I think you’re so incredible to be able to make things look so beautiful through a camera lens. I don’t think I’ve ever seen myself look so… ethereal.”

Seokmin’s eyes widened, surprised. “You’re the prettiest person in the world,” he said, and now it was his turn to have the glowing sincerity lighting up his words. “Honestly, I don’t really take photos of people as my main focus. It’s normally just landscapes, and maybe the occasional people as small dots in the distance, but you… and you’re such a nice person, too,” he added, for some reason feeling like he has to let this man know just how wonderful Seokmin thought he is. “If someone else had caught me taking photos of them, they would’ve… I dunno, smashed my camera by now, or something.”

The man gaped. “Who would do that?”

Seokmin bit his lips, embarrassed. “Okay, maybe that’s an exaggeration, but they wouldn’t have been happy. But you even asked to see the other photos, you know? I don’t think others would have done that.” Seokmin smiled, and he knew he had that stupid starry-eyed admiration in his eyes, but by God was this man truly the loveliest man he’s ever met.

“I—” The man blinked rapidly, one hand coming up to brush his knuckles against his cheekbone, and his lips twitched as if holding back a smile. Then he looked at Seokmin again, eyes endlessly warm. “Thank you.”

Seokmin beamed, and his ears felt like they were on fire but he ignored it. “No thanking needed! You’re seriously just so pretty.” Seokmin thought he’d probably said the word ‘pretty’ during the span of their conversation more times than he’d ever said as a compliment for Minghao’s outfits, and that was really saying something. He held up his camera bashfully. “It’s why I took so many pictures of you, after all.”

The man stared at Seokmin for a long, long moment. 

“I’m Joshua,” he said abruptly, extending a hand in Seokmin’s direction. “And it’s really, really nice to meet you.”

The sudden introduction threw Seokmin off a little, startled, but Joshua’s eyes were so wide and earnest and he fiddled with his camera, trying to free his hand so he could return the handshake.

“I’m—”

“Joshuji! God, why did you get here so early? I bet you’ve been waiting for ages, haven’t you?”

Both Seokmin and Joshua startled at the new voice, and out of nowhere an arm suddenly slung around Joshua’s shoulders, tugging him close to another man’s chest. Seokmin blinked at the newcomer, feeling like he'd been hit in the chest because wow, this man was so pretty too.

The man grinned, and his eyes glittered as he looked at Joshua, not even seeming to notice Seokmin’s presence. “Let’s go, yeah? The theatre’s actually a bit further from here than I thought, so we’re gonna have to hurry if we want to get to the show in time.”

Joshua looked at the man and then back at Seokmin, looking a little panicked. “Uh, Jeonghan—”

“I know, I know,” the man, Jeonghan, interrupted, squeezing Joshua’s arm. “It’s all my fault. Don’t worry, if we run then we’ll be able to make it. Might be faster if you carry me,” he added with a laugh, and Seokmin’s heart sank.

“Jeonghan,” Joshua said again, “I’m talking to someone.”

Jeonghan finally looked over at Seokmin and then paused, narrowing his eyes ever so slightly. Instantly, his sweet, angelic face became something sharper, and Seokmin felt awfully like he was being judged. He was about to awkwardly wave when Jeonghan’s expression suddenly cleared, beaming so widely that it had Seokmin reeling a little at the abrupt change. 

“Hi, person that Joshua was talking to! Sorry, but I really gotta drag him away from you,” he said brightly. “He and I have a date, and we really don’t want to miss it.”

Joshua’s eyes widened. “Jeonghan! You can’t just—”

“Come on, babe,” Jeonghan said, removing his arm from around Joshua’s shoulders to instead intertwine their hands instead. He gave Seokmin a mini salute, mouth quirking up into a smirk that looked scarily devious. “Sorry I have to drag Shuji away so quickly. It was nice meeting you!”

“I’m so sorry,” Joshua apologised as Jeonghan started to pull him away, “If it’s alright, could I still please get your n—”

The rest of Joshua’s sentence was lost as Jeonghan tugged at him, hard, and the two of them walked away, fingers firmly interlaced, the wind ruffling Jeonghan’s hair and Joshua’s coat.

In a few seconds, they were gone, and Seokmin was left alone.

Damn. He sulked to himself, looking sadly down at his camera in his hands. He’d just met the love of his life, but apparently the love of his life was in love with someone else.

He and I have a date. He and I have a date. He and I have a date.

Seokmin sighed disappointedly, wrapping the red straps around his hands before beginning to walk out of the park and back home. Well, he supposed he could congratulate Jeonghan for being able to get Joshua to fall in love with him. Seokmin would do absolutely anything to have someone so lovely and pretty loving him, after all.

He kicked at the grass, the image of Joshua and Jeonghan holding hands while looking so utterly perfect next to each other ingrained in his mind. 

Joshua and Jeonghan. Even their names sounded so perfect with each other. Like brass bells, golden and ringing and sweet. 

Oh, well, Seokmin thought as he walked home, it wasn’t really like he would have had a chance with Joshua, anyway. Joshua was too pretty to be stuck with someone like him.

—

When Seokmin saw Joshua again, he was most surprised by the fact that it had actually happened. 

It had been a couple of weeks since their first proper meeting, where Seokmin had learned the name of the pretty stranger before he'd been whisked away by his pretty friend, and Seokmin had accepted that he'd probably never see Joshua again. Fate just didn't work that way. So when Seokmin was sat in a coffee shop in the morning and he saw Joshua's familiar form walk past the windows and open the door, he found himself blinking in amazement. 

They were going to meet in a coffee shop. All Seokmin could think about, for a short moment, was how this was such a beautifully cliché meeting, and it was so perfect and so horribly unfair. 

Because Joshua wasn't even his. 

Joshua’s eyes widened when he saw Seokmin sitting at a table in the corner the moment he walked into the cafe, and his face broke out into a startlingly relieved grin. Seokmin found himself returning the grin with equal vigour, giving Joshua a tiny wave as the man made his way over to sit at his table. 

“Hi,” Joshua said warmly, and maybe Seokmin’s ears were deceiving him but he sounded strangely happy to see him again. “Fancy bumping into you again, huh?”

Seokmin smiled wider, unable to stop the way his lips curved upwards at Joshua's voice. "Maybe the universe is trying to tell us something," he joked, and beamed as Joshua laughed. 

"Maybe," he agreed. He nodded in Seokmin's direction, eyes twinkling. "You don't have your camera today, hm? Grown tired of taking pictures of me?" 

Seokmin blushed, ducking his head. "I would have brought it if I'd known I was going to bump into you," he said shyly, his words partially true. "I'd never get tired of looking at you."

That part rang entirely truthful, and Seokmin worried briefly that it had been too forward when Joshua blinked, before the man's face melted into a smile that looked even softer than before. 

"I'd never get tired of looking or talking to you," Joshua said, apparently completely oblivious to the way Seokmin's heart started to flutter wildly in his chest. "And I'm gonna go order my coffee now, but is it okay if I sit with you after?"

Seokmin blinked, before nodding rapidly. "Yeah! I haven't seen you at the park in ages! Not that I was going there just to look for you," he added hurriedly, "but, like. You've been there every time that I've been there, so. I was hoping to see you. But then I didn't. But I was looking forward to! So it's really nice to see you," he finished abruptly, deciding that that was enough rambling for one day. 

Joshua just chuckled. "I wanted to see you too," he said, and Seokmin desperately tried to stop the blush rising up his face. "I'll just go get my coffee first, okay?"

And he did, and Seokmin watched him do so, wondering vaguely why Joshua looked so happy to see him, all soft smiles and bright eyes. And where was that other man? The angelic, scary man? 

"How was your date?" Seokmin asked once Joshua returned with his coffee. Joshua tilted his head, confused. 

"My date?"

"With—with that man," Seokmin said, confused as to why Joshua was confused. "When we met! That angelic man who came up to you and took you on a date? To the theatre?"

Joshua frowned, and then his face cleared. "Jeonghan is a menace," he sighed. "We're not actually dating. He's just my best friend, and besides, he has his own boyfriend.” Smiling slightly, Joshua carried on, “He’ll be glad to hear you called in an angel, though.”

“You’re not dating him?” Seokmin asked.

Joshua shook his head. “Nope. I’m not dating anyone. I’m really, really single.”

Seokmin grinned, suddenly feeling a lot better about seeing Joshua again. “Oh, me too! I’m almost painfully single, actually. My friend keeps telling me that I need to go out and start dating again ‘cause apparently I’m being too mopey and it’s ruining his vibes.”

That made Joshua laugh, eyes crinkling as he took a sip of his coffee. “You don’t seem like a mopey person to me,” he said. "You're the brightest person I know."

People told Seokmin things like that a lot, but oddly, hearing it from Joshua made it sound like the sweetest, rarest compliment in the world. 

"Although, I don't really know you," Joshua added. "I never did get your name, even though I gave you mine."

"Oh!" Seokmin's eyes widened. "Sorry, you're right." He adjusted himself in his seat, putting on his sweetest smile. "I'm Seokmin. Lee Seokmin."

"Seokmin," Joshua repeated softly, and his eyes had melted into an emotion that Seokmin couldn't quite name, all caramel-coloured and gentle gold. "It's lovely to meet you, Lee Seokmin."

Seokmin laughed, attempting to cover up the blush rapidly spreading across his face. "It's lovely to meet you too, Joshua!" he chirped. He tilted his head, smiling so widely that his own eyes crinkled. "It's wonderful to make the acquaintance of someone so pretty like you."

Joshua ducked his head at that, knuckles brushing against his cheek before looking up at Seokmin again, his cheekbones faintly stained pink. "Well, you're not so bad yourself," he said, smiling, and Seokmin found himself smiling even wider.

"Certainly no match for you," he returned, laughing, mesmerised by the way Joshua's eyes seemed to twinkle even more.

There was a short moment of silence then, as Joshua simply continued to smile at Seokmin, before suddenly his eyes widened and his cheeks appeared to pinken even more as he blinked rapidly.

"Seokmin," he started, "I—"

Just then, they both flinched as Seokmin's phone began blaring out his ringtone at an obscene volume, vibrating vigorously on the table. Seokmin winced, and hurried to pick up the call. 

"Hello? Oh, Seungkwan, what's up? What? Why are you at the hospital? Oh my god, is Hansol okay? Oh, good, good, that's good. Huh? You want me to do what? Just take the bus, you don't need to drive… Soonyoung is probably closer, isn't he? Alright, alright, fine! No, don't cry! I'm coming, I promise, just lemme get to my car."

Seokmin ended the call with a sigh, looking apologetically at Joshua. The man tilted his head, looking both worried and curious, and with the morning light filtering in through the windows behind him, he looked like some sort of gorgeous, benevolent deity. 

"Is everything okay?" Joshua asked. 

"Kind of? One of my friends took one of my other friends to A&E because he'd apparently fractured his wrist, and now they want me to pick them up," Seokmin said, quickly finishing his coffee and standing up. "I'm so sorry, I'm going to have to go."

"No, no, of course," Joshua said, standing up as well. "I understand. You should go help your friend."

"He's a little bit of an excessive drama queen," Seokmin joked, "but yeah. I should probably go. Hopefully I'll see you around?"

Joshua smiled, all lovely and pretty and it took all of Seokmin's strength not to melt on the spot. "I'd like that."

Seokmin had nothing to say to that, rendered flusteredly speechless, so he simply blushed further and waved goodbye before hurrying out of the coffee shop. 

It was as he was getting into his car, however, that he realised. 

He still hadn't managed to get Joshua's number. 

—

Seokmin ended up not seeing Joshua around. 

It was depressing. Depressing that he doesn't see Joshua, but also depressing that it was affecting him so much. Every Joshua-less day was taking its toll on him, and eventually Minghao had to take him by the shoulders, manhandle his camera into his hands and force him out of the front door to go to the park and make him relax and feel more himself again. 

It was weird, because Seokmin had only really seen Joshua twice (those times where he'd been accidentally stalking him did not count), but the memory of Joshua's smile and his gentleness and the melodic nature of his laugh was already ingrained into his brain, and Seokmin never wanted to forget it. 

But it had been weeks since their last encounter in the coffee shop, and Seokmin was devastated that he really was beginning to forget. 

The park was practically empty when Seokmin arrived, save for a couple of teenagers in crocs kicking a ball down the path. Seokmin didn't pay them any mind, instead sitting down on the nearest bench and looking around the park with a sigh. 

There was nothing pretty around. It was late afternoon, and the sky was a weird blue-grey and everything just looked so dull. It hurt his eyes, a little, how dull everything was, so he closed his eyes and breathed in deeply, in an attempt to become at one with the peace of the silence. 

Click. 

Seokmin's eyes flew open, and he turned to the side to see a man smiling at him, phone raised up to his face before he lowered it, eyes drinking. 

“Sorry,” Joshua said, voice all light and sweet and warm, “But you just looked so pretty. I couldn’t help it.”

“Joshua?” Seokmin gaped, as the man sat down beside him, phone still in hand. “What are you doing here?”

Joshua laughed, tilting his head back, and Seokmin’s vision was blinded once again by the golden light he’d seen the first time he’d heard Joshua’s laugh. “Taking pictures of all the pretty things I see, of course,” he said, nudging his shoulder gently against Seokmin’s. “Wanna see the photo I took?”

He showed Seokmin the photo, pointing out the pale afternoon light that made Seokmin’s skin look like it was glowing, pointing out the relaxed curve of Seokmin’s mouth and the defined lines of Seokmin’s nose and jaw.

“Don’t you just think it’s so pretty?” Joshua said, almost absentmindedly, still smiling down at the photo he’d taken. “I think it’s the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Seokmin couldn’t help but smile to himself, immensely pleased and immensely shy. “I still think that you’re the prettiest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Joshua looked up at Seokmin then, mouth half open, and there again was that gentle pink brushing against his cheekbones before he blinked and straightened. “Seokmin, can I be really, really honest with you?”

The sudden change in topic made Seokmin stutter in surprise. “I—huh?”

“I kind of knew you’d been taking pictures of me,” Joshua admitted, and Seokmin balked. “But I never said anything, because you were always so quiet, and I kind of found you really handsome, the way you were so focused on taking such beautiful photos of everything. But on that day, I just… I guess I just really wanted you to know that I saw you, and I really… appreciated it? I suppose?”

“Wh—you knew?” Seokmin’s mind was reeling. He thought back to their first encounter, but nothing Joshua did had given away the fact that he’d known. 

Joshua fiddled with his phone, shy. “I think I kind of liked you,” he admitted. “You’re cute. And Jeonghan… he kind of sensed that I liked you, when he met you, so he went overboard to see if you thought that way about me too. But, uh, he kind of rushed it, so I never even managed to get your name, or your number, even though I really wanted to keep in contact with you.”

Seokmin gaped. “You—you what?”

“It’s okay if you don’t want to give me your number,” Joshua said hurriedly, as if that was the most important part about what he said, and not the fact that he thought Seokmin was cute. “I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable, or if you don’t think about me in that way, or—”

“Can I get your number?” Seokmin blurted out, and Joshua paused. “I mean,” he rushed to carry on, “you’re so pretty and so nice and when I first saw you in the park back when I had no idea who you were I still thought that you were the most gorgeous person in existence and now I’ve gotten to know you better and you’re also someone who’s really lovely and kind and of course I would have loved to give you my number but to be honest, I really wanted you to give me yours because wow I think you’re exactly like my ideal type and I kind of really like you. A lot.”

Seokmin took a breath, and then let it out as a sigh. He really needed to stop rambling.

Joshua, to his credit, just smiled wider, as if Seokmin was being incredibly endearing. “It’s a good thing that I think you’re exactly my ideal type and I kind of really like you a lot too,” he said, teasing and fond all at once, looking at Seokmin with stars in his eyes. “I really like you, Seokmin. Even though we’ve met, like, three times in total.”

Seokmin laughed, giddy, as Joshua inputted his details into his phone before handing it back to him, eyes crinkling at the corners. He looked so pretty and it was doing things to Seokmin’s heart and his brain and he found himself saying out loud the first thing that came to his head.

“Can I take you out on a date?” he asked. “I really like you, seriously, and—and I wanna date you.” He blushed, aware of how weird he sounded, but Joshua just laughed and all Seokmin could see were those pure white dove feathers once again.

“You can take me out on all the dates,” Joshua promised, smiling. “Only if I get to have a kiss first, though.”

“A kiss?” Seokmin’s eyes widened. “Like, right now?”

“Yeah,” Joshua said, lips curving upwards and eyes twinkling almost shyly. “If that’s okay?”

“Oh my god,” Seokmin breathed out, eyes wide. “Oh my god, of course that’s okay.”

Joshua’s lips lifted even further as Seokmin carefully set down his camera, turned to him and gently cradled Joshua’s face in his hands. He looked at Joshua one last time, silently asking if this was really okay, and when Joshua’s eyes only crinkled further he grinned, leaning in closer.

As Joshua leaned in to finally close the gap between their lips, Seokmin was aware of the quiet click of a phone camera going off, capturing the gorgeous moment that was their first kiss.

[hollyandherkinks]

4, 12, 21, 33, 35, 39, 48 for foot fetish asks :3c

Hooray, more questions!~

4. Does anyone know about your foot fetish? Who?

My husband does lol, as do most of my exes. My best friend might've put 2 and 2 together by now, I haven't been super subtle about it (not flaunting it either, y'know how it is), but if he has he hasn't said anything or changed his behavior at all, so I'm good either way. Outside of that I don't think so?

12. Do you enjoy seeing, or like wearing toe rings, anklets, and other foot related jewelry?

It doesn't specifically turn me on moreso than any other kind of presentation, but from a purely aesthetic perspective I think it's really cute!! I specifically like anklets that have the chain stretched over the top of the foot that connects to a toe ring, although I forget what they're called

21. Have you ever given or recieved a foot job? If so, tell us about it.

Unfortunately never given a footjob, despite how much I'd love to. Have received a couple; my ex girlfriend from high school gave me one until I finished on her toes, which I then licked and sucked off (which immediately turned me on again). I tried it a couple times with my husband too. It's more fun foreplay than it is a way to finish for me, but I still think they're super hot, and giving one seems like it'd be so fun

33. Share one of your favorite feet pics.

Not sure if this is meant to be "one of your favorite feet pics you took," or "one of your favorite feet pics from someone else." I'm assuming the former? In which case I'll have to do a bit of digging, I unfortunately deleted a lot of old nudes and feet pics when I was in a mood a few months ago, but I'll be sure to post it if I find the one I'm thinking of!~

35. If you could write something on your crushes foot, what would it be?

Oh gosh,,,,, something like "for Holly" or "Holly's face here" would be so hot

39. Have you ever snuck a picture of someone elses feet?

I have been tempted ngl, but I generally don't like doing things like that. Just a personal preference

48. Which do you like better; The Pose, or Soles POVs?

Both are good, but The Pose™️ is one of the hottest poses anybody can be in

Thank you so much for the ask!! <3

[writingmochi]

Tag your moots with what song do they remind you of?

lissie: oh god... this is gonna be filled with so many people and assigning this will be hard (especially with my currently experimental prog music taste lmao) i’ll try my freaking best!

@kookthief : my time by jungkook (bts). your kook-themed username reminds me of it and i wanted to pick euphoria at first, but i like my rnb songs and i want to promote my time more too hehe. and it's a song about kook growing up and i just had this older-sister-feel from you tbh

@ujunxverse : an alternative-lover queen! ngl the song that reminds me of you is hyper-ballad by björk. it reminds me of you because of how unpredictable you are (in a good way of course), kinda like when i listened to this song for the first time. it goes slow then fast kinda like how you write your story tbh which in return, making it so immersive

@euphor1a : is it weird that you remind me of into the i-land? specifically, the one where enhypen and &team perform together. it has a sense of melancholia in it but is also hopeful at the same time...

@heartandfangs : sober by hyoyeon (snsd)! i first think that i get reminded of you by enhypen songs but you are more than enhypen and i owe you to me and other ppl. i just think of your blog's aesthetic with this song. idk if you like dance/bass type of genre or not, but it just kind of *click* you know

@jeongwins : because of your innie pfp, blueprint by stray kids! it's one of my fav skz songs of all time because of how feel it sounds. thinking of you reminded me of your review on crossroads which is so wholesome and i think this song encapsulates the wholesome-ness too...

@s-ngh8n-main : stereotype by stayc and yes it is because of your sieun and yoon pfps. but, ig it is also from the sound of it that reminds of you and kinda matches your lemon-y vibes <3 hope you have a good time offline!

@boba-beom : thinking of you reminds me of troubled pixies so much and the every breath you take-inspired fic of tyun. so ig throwback songs are what i'm reminded of you of, specifically cloudbusting by kate bush. it sounds dreamy af and tbh... if you can make a beomgyu fic out of this song, i will be forever grateful

@dim-sun : you seem so bright from just a few posts and i think thank you by asahi + haruto (treasure) reminds me so much of you! i had fun watching this live and i hope the optimistic feel of the songs keeps you up with whatever you are doing

@itz-yerin : since your milestone event is based on baek yerin, you really reminded me of k-r&b songs, especially imagination by dean + miso (the fact that this song is not on any streaming service is freaking illegal. i love this song so much). it has an ethereal presence about it, kinda like your blogs tbh... since you prob like my crossroads playlist too, ngl if this song is on spotify, this song will defo be in that playlist

@heart2beom : when i see you like 2000s romcom movies on your blog, 7 things by miley cyrus came into mind! it is unapologetically 2000's dcom soundtrack and probs right up your alley (esp with your f2l agenda that i'm digging.) the whole story of this song could be a fic idea itself so pls if you could make a fic from this song, i will also forever be grateful

@tyunlatte : alex you are a wholesome human being!! you remind me of time of our life by day6! it just gives such a teen adventure type of beat which i associate with you esp with your drawing board and sleepovers! i haven't read your works yet but i just have inkling that it has a somewhat feel like this song

@lovejoshua : fast pace and light a flame by seventeen! both are very jazzy and latin-sounding seventeen songs which reminds of you because of your carat-ness and just because they’re something you might like. tbh maybe it's because they have a sense of maturity to it and you are older than me lol

@junniieesbby : you seem like a very carefree person to me but also confident in the same way(?) ngl while scrolling through your blog and what you wrote on discord, i suddenly had maneater by nelly furtado in mind. my assumptions is that you pretty much ate up things lmao i'm sorry if that is too random >.<

@hanniejie : i really think that you are an embodiment of the sun from how sweet you are. it's gonna be a random choice again but i thought about pocketful of sunshine by natasha bedingfield when being reminded of you. it gives off a sense of encouragement and kind of reminds me of when you send us anon asks that is just words full of encouragement

lissie: this is actually so much fun to make. thanks anon!

[koumeowkami]

Allenkana/ shogotoma for the bingo thing

kanallen:

couldn't wait for someone to ask me about kanallen even tho it's pretty obvious that i'm head over heels for them :D i kin them both so it came naturally, plus i mentioned manyyy times how much i love this specific kind of ship! allen is so persistent into getting in kanata's life but the kid is too much of a tsundere to admit he likes the fact he finally has someone other than nayuta in his life. he just has to get used to it! i'm pretty sure nayuta teases the fuck out of kanata everytime he rambles about how that suzaku bastard has been annoying him <3 they're so funny.

i think they're aesthetically pleasing cause they're polar opposites. i love blue/red pairs (*coughs* nayuren) !

shogotoma:

ngl i don't know much about them cause i didn't really dig into visty's relationship yet BUT i read some stuff somewhere. they're cute! they support each other and are pretty much friends to lovers material! i'd love to know more tho

[scripture-digital]

You’re not really cybergoth if you don’t take a picture inside a burned-down nittyhouse...

...although for some reason it looks like a greenscreen.

What I like most about this picture is the feeling it emanates, and also the way she did her bottom half. Her boots I dig, kind of - I can’t see them all that well, but if they are what I think they are (what my mind wishes them to be, rather), they’re quite cool, I think!

But that’s not what fucks in this instance, dear no... It’s her tights. They’re so beautiful - are those fishnets under the striped tights? Just ripped, normal tights with a very low denier? We’ll never know, but bless her they look lovely. Black and purple is always a safe bet, and she suits the colour scheme quite well - physical traits-wise (no I will not elaborate, because I don’t know how to word this except she LOOKS like the black and purple type, y’know?).

Maybe it’s her skintone - note to self, wear green in the summer, and stay away from purples you are NOT that pale Script.

I can’t tell if she used one of those fake clip-on fringes, but I’ve actually been thinking of using one myself when the time for me to truly ascend comes around (very soon, I am praying I am praying I am prayi-). Clip-on fringes are either cringe or fantastic depending on how you use them, on how you style them - they’re literally mini-wigs, but for your front only.

Overall I think this is actually good inspo for more everyday kind of stuff - which admitedly is what I’m looking for, I just hope I wont hyper-fixate on it when I like the full-blown styles the most lol...

Her shirt is quite cute also, to be honest. I know my bias is definitely getting in the way but I’d be caught in wearing that with a cybergoth fit also ngl - and the fit itself looks rather affordable (AliExpress is my best friend in this). One thing I do wish was different was maybe her having something underneath, such as a long sleeved fishnet top (which could be maimed by scissors to one’s own liking!), also her boots’ buckles (??) having a bit of like... leather strap hanging off towards the back, like it’s y’know an actual bel mechanism or something.

That’d be cool. I’m a sucker for “belt mechanisms”. I WILL train to open one with my teeth, even. Her dreadfalls I’d make fluffier if I were to inspire myself through them - and actually seeing so many dreadfalls as I was completing my beloved outfit inspo cybergothian nice collection has warmed me up to them - they just seem comfy. Crin will always live on in my heart, but there’s more room in my right ventricle for dreads now...

Only thing I really dislike about this is her makeup. That brings the fit down - please, if you’re going to use vivid colours on black, use vivid colours with black IN YOUR MAKEUP also argrhrrgrhrhrgrh!!!!! Anyways good fit I’d go to Aldi for my weekly grocery shopping in it ngl - as always with personal touches, I really dislike copycatting etc etc...

6.5/10 overall, quite close to a 7 but the makeup is really screwing it for me. Good feel in the photo also, very cool aesthetic hehe (´ ∀ ` *)

[rabbithaver]

Want something better to do?

Tell me your top 5 favorite Fallout charcters and why.

oh this i can definitely do. these are in no particular order

Cait - Cait is my wife. we are married. that's it that's my reason i love her so much she's everything

Veronica Santangelo - *Griffin McElroy voice* Fuckin' look at her. i love Felicia Day's acting in this role, i love Veronica's story, i love how passionate she is. her story resonates with me a lot as someone who grew up Mormon but is no longer religious. i also kind of love that she punches things so hard their heads explode. that's really good.

Nick Valentine - i dig his aesthetic and his vibes are immaculate. he's a good person who found himself in a bad situation and i find the parallels he has to the Sole Survivor to be really interesting

Paladin Danse - ngl at first it was just his voice that attracted me to him, but honestly his story is just insanely compelling to me. every day i weep for the cut content where he takes over the Brotherhood

Lily Bowen - i fucking adore this woman. i love the concept of a grandma in the wasteland who's actually a 15 foot tall mutant. she's maintained so much of her humanity despite being changed into a nightkin and honestly she's just very sweet. incredibly violent, sure, but it's Fallout and that comes with the territory

Honorable Mention: the Final Pam. she's canon to me

[mosviqu]

well i mean at least u get ur thoughts out of ur system ig?!😭

THAT BUTTON IS SUCH A STRUGGLE ACTUALLY LMAO AND IM GLAD IM NOT ALONE WITH IT 🥸 and idk if i have asks on tbh so i will have to figure that out or sumn:o but jsjndnfmgmfmf the fact that u think of telling me things just makes me sjhdnfjgkd/pos i feel very honored cuz of it lmao🥹

YESSS PEOPLE WANT HIS EMOJI TO BE A CAT BUT THE STRAWBERRY WOULD BE SO PREFECT FOR HIM LIKE PLSSS 😭gaslighting is not going to be needed cuz the songs will be good (manifesting so hard bro) wahhh can't wait till enhas album is out cuz the songs will actually slap so hard and i really hope u will like them as well but a bit of the title got leaked and some people didn't like it so;-;

SAME I COULDNT TALK ABOUT LOVEJOY WITH ANYONE REALLY SO U ARE MY SAVIOR!! I LOVE THAT REACTION LMAO TBH I HAD TO REPLAY PORTRAIT CUZ I WAS LIKE NO WAY IT CAN GET BETTER THAN THIS THEN I WAS LIKE NO WAY THEY JUST OUTDID THEMSELVES!!! u are so super right!!!!! i feel like everyone watching wilbur's mc vids should be a lovejoy stan!!! i really hope he never stops mentioning european cities they just have a special place in my heart and i really hope they will go to bratislava !!! AND OKAY PLS DO IWOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE LOVEJOY THINGS and ngl i also can't listen to them without thinking of u😭

THE SPACE BUNS WERE SO UNEXPECTED (or at least to me it was) AND JUST SO GREAT!! I ACTUALLY NEED JIHOONS HAIR TO BE LIKE THAT FOR A LONG WHILE!!!I LOVE UR LAYOUTS AND LOVE JIHOON!!! and as u should tbh changing layouts is fun probs one of my fav things to do (and i deff need to change mine lmao its a bit of clapped) (LIEBESTRAUM ANON💞💓)

u dont have asks on but i can always dm u ig 😌😌 which brings me to a question HOW DID U LIKE THE ENHYPEN ALBUM TELL ME TELL ME TELL ME I NEED TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS !!!! yes i think of telling u things because in my mind we are basically besties.

I mean im down for a cat emoji too because come on... he IS one but the strawberry is so cute i need it to be a strawberry😭😭😭😭 i fucking love strawberries and everything abt the aesthetic that comes w them HHHH i love your manifestation 💗 the album is already good altho it doesnt exist yet and i am a strong believer of that💗💗💗

i am a portrait of a blank slate defender at all times if someone DARES to say a bad word abt the song i'll bring out a gun. also im a lovejoy stan first, human second 😌😌 so im glad i found someone i can scream to about them AHAHA. I did show my brother lovejoy songs once and he did enjoy them and was in DISBELIEF that its wilburs band but i dont think his knowledge of the songs comes further than the few listens he had w me 😭😭 but im pretty sure one of his parody songs was his top song on spotify one year so :,)

they were kinda unexpected with his eboy image but also kind of expected because he's babygirl 😭😭 I NEED HIM TO WEAR THEM MORE also thank u for loving my layouts i try. Also have u seen the clip of him singing super by svt on a live i almost cried he he HE.

also your theme is not clapped i actually kinda dig it ngl 😭😭

[koishua]

𝐟𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 ?

[sparkelingspectres]

ah yes theres truly nothing like giving yourself a stupid impulsive haircut 15 minutes before therapy

[rapha-reads]

TEN DAYS BEFORE EUROVISION - MAY 10th

This is a reminder to everyone who does not care about ESC to block the tags, because the European side of Tumblr goes crazy in May : esc, eurovision, eurovision song contest, esc 2022, eurovision 2022... You know the drill.

Part 1: Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia and Norway

Part 2: Poland, San Marino, Finland, Estonia, Netherlands

Part 3: Albania, Montenegro, Germany, Australia, Denmark

Part 4: Serbia, Ireland, Romania, Switzerland and Moldovia

Part 5: Belgium, UK, North Macedonia, Ukraine, Austria

Today we're doing Slovenia, France (AAAH!), Croatia, Greece and Sweden.

Slovenia : LPS, Disko

Oooooooh ! A+ aesthetic, it's not in English, nice part Jazz part Disco part Rock vibes, acting game... Oh, this is nice, Slovenia ! This is totally the kind of sound you jam to at 2 in the morning after having been up for 20 hours.

Pros: nice vibes, good quality! Cons: a bit bland Overal: 8/10.

France : Alvan & Ahez, Fulenn

Pre-warning: *mode patriotic engaged* I'm never chauvinistic except for Eurovision.

OH MON DIEU. OUI. OUIIIIIIIIII !!!! J'ADORE.

Holy SHIT, PERFECT CELTIC RAVE, HELL YEAH.

I'm going to get extra patriotic, because my grandmother was from Bretagne and I still have some extended family living there, even though I've never been myself. But trust the Bretons to BRING IN THE FIRE. We should give them their independence I swear.

Oh, MAMA, I love this. I'm putting them as high as Italy because I have no chill.

Pros: everything - they're gorgeous, their voices are gorgeous, the music is gorgeous, the lyrics are gorgeous... Cons: nothing, this is a pure piece of art. Overall: 100/10.

Croatia : Mia Dimšić, Guilty Pleasure

Ngl, that's more my vibe than a basic ballad (looking at you, Ireland). It's a very nice guitar and voice with a gorgeous voice, added chorus and added instrumentals, and a frankly handsome and holy shit talented dancer (oh, and she's pretty too). Also I totally dig the black leather aesthetic.

Pros: voice, music, dance, aesthetic. Cons: eeeeh... The lyrics are a bit classic, I guess? Overall: 8/10.

Greece : Amanda Georgiadi Tenfjord, Die Together

I haven't heard a single note and already I love that name.

Oof. Too much reverb. Hurts my head. Also, come on, you can't have such a badass title and then do nothing with it! I'm disappointd, I was expecting something so much more goth and punk, I get cottagecore and another "we'll make it through" song. No offence to cottagecore, y'all are cute af, but if you're going to name your song "Die Together", I want the punkiest vibe ever.

Pros: it's cute I guess. Cons: too much reverb, not enough punk. Overall: 6/10.

Sweden : Cornelia Jakobs, Hold Me Closer

Lots of pressure on you, Sweden, as usual... Let's see if you hold up to your reputation.

Well, first thing first, she's gorgeous. Damn, her eyes are looking straight into my soul !

I love the fact that her voice is so powerful she doesn't even need more than a few beats to accompany it.

It's simple, it's elegant, it's powerful. It may not be my favourite number but it is undeniably excellent.

Pros: everything about Cornelia Jakobs. Cons: not much. Overall: 9/10.

VERY excited for France ! We might be able to do the same as last year, Italy 1, France 2, and I love that !

Next up: Portugal, Israel, Malta, Iceland and Cyprus.

[reanimatedgh0ul]

you just opened my eyes with the concept of ghost knight danny

i DIG that ghost king danny aesthetic (cape, sword, crown, etc) and him being a knight is the perfect way to keep the aesthetic without the “you are the ghost king, it’s your duty” thing

i also would like to add that DAN being the ghost king makes a lot more sense to me than danny being the king in the first place. he’s a powerful and tyrannical ghost just like pariah dark was, someone fright knight would most likely to follow rules from just as he does at the beginning of TUE (plus this open the possibility for a really cool dan redesign)

exactly!!

the reason why i think the role of a knight fits danny better is this idea of being a humble servant to the people, a protector, that's what danny is

also danny actually gets a choice in being knight vs w him being the ghost king, he's almost always obligated to do it regardless of whether or not he wants to

i feel like your idea of dan being the ghost king could rlly illustrate that no one needs that kind of power not even an alternate version danny bc there never should've been a king in the first place

ngl this concept is kinda elaborate excuse for me to want to see danny in sasha's armor from s2 of amphibia

[rudjedet]

ngl, i feel like any instagram historian playing 90% on Aesthetics for the followers is probably a garbage historian lmao. i always avoid them. their info is always clickbait, skewed, flashy, usually NOT widely academically supported theories. it makes me mad that they’re the only ones who ever get attention as opposed to like, real historians who do actual work

That's often the case, yeah. Colleen is at least decent, so she's got that much, but her dear old husband isn't quite as solid a scholar as he once perhaps might have been.

And honestly, I see why lay people in good faith enjoy the aesthetic posts. If they don't know any better (and they usually don't), I'd not hold it against them for following her or other aesthetic historians. Pretty sure 90% of the people following those kinds of accounts think they're getting good aesthetic AND proper historical content, but the latter is very much debatable and that's what bugs me too, aye.

I don't think it's defensible for someone in this field to dress up in that exact way while engaging with the field the way the Darnells do. It's like the curse of the mummy: there's so much baggage that there is no way to engage with these concepts without egregiously missing the point. I love 1920s fashion myself, but I would NOT want to look like Evy Carnahan while on a dig (even though Evy is of course our patron saint). But because the Darnells do it, and so successfully too, there's so very little room for criticism of their shtick. People will think it's perfectly fine, they're Egyptologists, aren't they? They'll know what's right and what's wrong! And so other Egyptologists get waved off when we say, "hey, fuckers, maybe don't flirt with colonialism and perpetuating the notion that we've not evolved past Victorian times?".

Or the complete opposite: people using the Darnells to cast aspersions on the field of Egyptology as a whole. To be honest these two singlehandedly put Egyptology between a rock and a hard place, so yeah. We're currently dancing in the streets that the earlier-posted article got written, and so eloquently, too.