#i do not know enough about pro gaming to know if these are mutually exclusive (i assume no)

[wellnoe]

i will be honest from looking around i think fandom usually takes this to mean he was mostly a streamer but i think it was probably esports. i think that makes more sense w his character and how he interacts with the world.

yjh being a pro gamer gets dropped so casually for something that absolutely rocked my world as far as character details go

[sammysdewysensitiveeyes]

Choose violence game.

You know what. I'm very curious about your opinion about ALL OF THE NUMBERS

Wow, you chose violence, my friend. And I appreciate it!

These answers are mostly exclusively for Marvel/X-Men fandom. Be warned, I blab on forever. I cut out questions I already answered.

the character everyone gets wrong

I would love it if writers and fans stopped treating Sebastian Shaw as a sexist strawman.  I think the most ridiculous recent example was Shaw arguing against Curse’s resurrection in X-Men Green, and Kitty accusing him of having problems with powerful women he can’t control, and name-dropping Jean “Fire and life incarnate” like that’s supposed to intimidate Sebastian.  Give me a break, are we really girlbossing Curse?  I think Sebastian opposes Curse’s resurrection because she went a killing spree that makes her a liability to Krakoa.

It's also…..interesting to me that Sebastian is treated like the epitome of rich white male privilege.  I mean, I get it, he is rich and white and male, and he acts like he spends all his free time swimming in the money bin, but he also grew up in poverty.  There are plenty of rich characters born into wealth who don’t get this treatment.

2. a compelling argument for why your fave would never top or bottom

All my faves do both.

3.screenshot or description of the worst take you've seen on tumblr

I’m assuming this means just fandom related, not real world issues.  But if I can veer away from X-Men fandom for a second, I really, really hate the way English-speaking manga fans have picked up the word fujoshi and turned it into “those awful women who fetishize MLM”  The original meaning of fujoshi, or “rotten women,” was misogynistic and homophobic male manga fans insulting any woman who was a big fan of anime/manga, and especially women who shipped M/M.  Japanese female fans embraced and reclaimed the term as a kind of badge of honor.  And now English-speaking, mostly Western fans on Tumblr have snatched up the term, which they don’t fully understand, as a way to differentiate themselves, the “good” M/M fans, from those awful fujoshi, the “bad” M/M fans.  I honestly think it’s racist to use the word that way.  You don’t get to enjoy Japanese BL/yaoi manga (or ship characters from manga) and also steal a word from Japanese fandom and use it incorrectly to bash on other fans.  If you want to talk about female fans fetishizing gay men, that’s a conversation we can have without taking a word out of context from another culture.  Personally, I think the main thing that really matters is how people treat actual, real life LGBTQ people.

4. what was the last straw that made you finally block that annoying person?

Aside from those friendly pornbots, the main people I block are random strangers that I see having shitty opinions on threads reblogged by people I follow (the people I follow are generally reblogging a refutation of the shitty opinion).  So anyone posting, say, anti-trans stuff gets a block immediately. 

I’ve never blocked a mutual or someone that I previously followed, it would take a lot to get me to do that.  There was one blog that I had bookmarked and frequently read back before I had a tumblr account, because they mostly posted about a character I like.  Their posting got gradually more and more red-pilled – they started posting Jordan Peterson videos, then it was pro-Trump stuff.  I don’t know what the hell happened, they had seemed like an intelligent and empathetic person.  I never officially followed them on tumblr, but last time I checked their blog, they were whining about SJW.  Blocked.

5. worst discord server and why

I’m barely on Discord, aside from talking to a couple of IRL friends.  I prefer this Discord. 

And this one.

6. which ship fans are the most annoying?

I think it all comes down to the individual fans.  Any ship can be annoying if it gets large enough that it sort of dominates fandom, but I still don’t mind if the fans are well-behaved.  Ship wars in general annoy me – ship and let ship, as far as I’m concerned.  I probably get more annoyed with people who make a big deal about hating a particular ship.  I don’t mean just disliking it, or making a few posts venting about the ship or fans being annoying, I totally understand that. I mean constantly posting about how much they hate the ship, like it’s their own personal crusade.

9. worst part of canon

That Pyro and Avalanche have not kissed yet.

10. worst part of fanon

That not enough people have written about or drawn Pyro and Avalanche kissing.

11. number of fandom-related words you've filtered

None.  I don’t really bother.

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

Morph from TAS.  Look, here’s this upbeat and cheerful mutant (who is also kind of annoying, admittedly), who is “killed” while trying to protect their friend, and then goes through absolute hell being manipulated and tortured and turned against their own team and having to confront their own dark side because they did terrible things, that’s an interesting character right there.  And Exiles Morph shows that TAS Morph has a ton of untapped potential in their powers.  Not to mention, we know so little about the character and their background, you can project whatever fanon you want onto them.  (Slaps roof) This bad boy can fit so many headcanons into them!

While I’m at it, I’ll also give a shout-out to Spyke from Evolution, a cute and likable kid with very cool powers, who also goes through an interesting arc with his powers visibly mutating his body, and he goes underground to live with the Morlocks and becomes their protector (which is nice, given that the X-Men mostly ignore the Morlocks).  And unlike Morph, Spyke was actually a main cast member on the show.  No offense to X-23, but how is it she got imported into the comics as a major character, despite only appearing in two episodes, and Spyke never really did?  (I know the answer – it’s because she’s a Wolverine.)

13. worst blorboficiation

Leah Williams completely re-writing Blob’s personality.  Don’t get me wrong, I like a more thoughtful, sensitive Blob, I like chill bartender Blob living his best life on Krakoa, I don’t like a personality change that barely resembles the old character.  I like Blob’s big and loud personality, even when he was often an obnoxious jerk, and I think there are ways to write him more sympathetically without completely losing that.

To be honest a lot of Leah Williams writing is just…..a little too Tumblr for me?  (Outside of other issues)  Like I totally love and appreciate the jokes and memes people make on here, but I can’t stand Jubilee using the phrase “juicy dumper” to describe having a nice ass.  Not because Jubilee can’t talk about sex or her body, or be vulgar, she’s a grown adult mother.  Just that “juicy dumper” sounds so fucking stupid, even for Jubilee, who is a slang queen.  It’s speech that works online, but people shouldn’t actually say it.

14. that one thing you see in fics all the time

If we’re talking about things that annoy me, the obvious influence of TV or movie versions of characters when people are supposedly writing the comics version.  Or people tagging all possible adaptations, even though those have wildly different versions of the characters.  I don’t mind people being creative and adapting various versions of the characters, I do mind people claiming they’re writing the comics character, and it’s obviously the movie/cartoon version.  Or going into a fic not knowing at all which versions of the character I’m going to get.  That’s probably my most petty, gate-keeping fandom opinion.

15, that one thing you see in fanart all the time

I really don’t have a problem with most fanart. I do get tired of Madelyne Pryor fanart being all evil-sexy-boobs-out Goblin Queen, but in fairness, that’s how the comics have been depicting her for years.  And unless you tag it as Maddy, or put her in her flight suit or Anodyne costume, it’s hard to know it’s her otherwise.

16. you can't understand why so many people like this thing (characterization, trope, headcanon, etc)

The Wolverine/Jean/Scott “love triangle,” I’m so tired of it, but Wolverine writers will never let the whole Jean thing go.  I think fandom is actually pretty divided on it at this point, but there are plenty of people that still seem to love it, or want some kind of poly thing between them.  (I don’t have an issue with a poly relationship in comics, I just have an issue with Jean/Wolverine.)  I hate it because it feels forced, because Wolverine has had many partners and it seems like writers just want him to be the cool guy who gets all the women, and because they want some of the conflict between Wolverine and Scott to revolve around Jean, even though it’s already an obvious conflict between team leader and Guy Who Hates Authority.  I have never read any kind of attraction on Jean’s part that has convinced me, it just feels like Wolverine either pining for or chasing after a woman who is not interested, and who is already with someone else.  I’d much rather see Wolverine/Storm, or Wolverine/Storm/Nightcrawler if people want a poly ship.  That’s actually a romance growing naturally out of friendship and mutual respect, not “The cool rebel guy likes The Girl, and therefore he should have her.”

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

Pyro and Avalanche kissing, obviously.

18. it's absolutely criminal that the fandom has been sleeping on...

Shinobi Shaw.  He’s a hot bad boy with a history of being abused, he’s the son of a prominent villain, he’s bisexual and has an amazing fashion sense (when he’s not in Marauders).  He’s a poor little meow meow.  He has all the qualities that should make Tumblr latch onto him, but for some reason people haven’t.  Maybe because he hasn’t had much to do in the Krakoa era outside of Marauders, and he didn’t really get to do much in Marauders, either.

20. part of canon you found tedious or boring

I’ve been trying to read some of the original X-Men issues, like the stuff from way back in the 60’s, and wow is it a slog.  I’m honestly mostly bored with the original five, I like Jean and Bobby, but I think the book gets way more interesting when the Giant Size X-Men show up.

21. part of canon you think is overhyped

Big comics events, editors please stop making writers interrupt their stories every few months for the latest “event.”

But the recent specific thing is Mr. Sinister.  He’s a fun and entertaining character, but he or one of his clones have played SUCH a big role in the Krakoa books, and we just had an entire event about him taking over, and it seems like his story still isn’t over, I’m honestly just tired of him.  I’m glad classic Sinister went into the Pit, but there are still three clones running around to fill the void, and they’re not that interesting either.  I don’t want Sinister to leave the books entirely, I just want him and his variants to GO AWAY for a little while.

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

Phantazia.  Where are you, Eileen?

Also, why has no one put Pyro and Fabian Cortez together as a musical duo when they both can canonically play instruments.  (Or at last, Fabian says he can…..)

23. ship you've unwillingly come around to

I can’t think of any ship I actively dislike that I’ve been convinced to like.  But I have been introduced to ships that I hadn’t thought about before, like Maximus/Namor, or Gambit/Quicksilver, or Unus/Blob.  I was already into Sam/Bucky, but fans have got me liking it even more.

24. topic that brings up the most rancid discourse

Things aren’t so bad on Tumblr, but on other social media like Reddit, any time a character in super-hero comics is LGBTQ.  It doesn’t matter if it’s a pre-established character coming out, or a completely new character, all the assholes come crawling out of the woodwork to explain why they totally don’t have a problem with gay characters, they just don’t like the way this particular one is written.  Every time.  There is no winning with these fans.  If it’s an established character coming out, then we get “Just make a new character, don’t change an established one!”  Even though comics are full of other types of character retcons.  Even though creators were restricted in depicting gay characters for decades (and to some extent probably still are), and a lot of meant-to-be-queer characters got straightwashed.  Even if it’s a minor recurring character whose sexuality was never previously established.  If it’s a completely new character, then they are an example of comics going “woke” and caring more about agendas than storytelling.  If the character’s sexuality is not a major part of their storyline, then they’re a token, if it is a major part of their storyline, then the character’s whole personality is about being gay.  There is no “right way” to write LGBTQ characters for these fans, because they really just don’t want gay characters in their super-hero comics.

This also applies to just about anytime a character is something other than a straight white dude or a conventionally hot woman.  “I just want good storytelling, not forced diversity!” people say about Kamala Khan, a popular and well-written character who has carried her own book with a great supporting cast for years.

25. common fandom complaint that you're sick of hearing

Anything negative about the inclusive nature of A03.  Use the damn tags, or else go construct your morally pure fandom archive somewhere else.

[pridewhatpride]

omg pls talk more about GX rival shipping once the transfer students come

Dear anon, I love you for asking this of me, but I have to wonder if you want everyone who follows me to start hating me.

Long post coming up? You know it. I apologise to all Johan fans, he's great and I loved him and his deck as a child. Now I'm just salty because he's too perfect. Warning because this is a mess of unrequited feelings and it's an all around bad time if you ship anything in gx. I did mention I do not practice self care in a previous post of mine. Enjoy your pain c:

So here are my bad takes of the day, under the very handy cut!

You see, gx rivalshipping becomes a lot more complicated and angsty when the transfer students arrive. The dynamic changes. If there is a dynamic at all. I mean, imagine yourself in Manjoume's shoes. You've lowkey had a crush on this dumb guy who kind of ruined your life (but actually improved it and freed you from the restraints your family imposed on you), just to watch a handsome scandinavian dude who is a lot more muscular than you are and maybe a little bit nicer, maybe just waltz in and completely captivate said dumb guy's attention. Just when you had managed to admit your own feelings to yourself.

Johan comes in and steals the room, everybody loves him, he's good looking, charismatic, kind and has a magical exclusive shiny sparkling deck at his disposal that he uses as if it was the most natural thing in the world, like he hadn't received approval Pegasus himself on top of the duel spirits. And Judai clearly can't get enough of it, because he's always seeking him out, ever since the duel they had in front of everyone, and Manjoume finds that he's really annoyed by it. He wishes he'd been chosen for the demonstration, deluding himself into believing that if he'd won, Judai would have never started caring so damn much about Johan. But a part of him knows he would have probably lost and that even if he hadn't, Judai would have not cared about the outcome at all. It's nice to think that winning a card game can solve all your problems, but, while Manjoume has only ever experienced how much losing one can mess with your life goals, he isn't stupid enough to think that winning would grant him happiness. Not anymore. No well-thought-out strategy can rid him of his bad temper and his worthless pride.

The thing is, he can't really hate Johan, because nobody can hate Johan. He's just the perfect picture of everything Manjoume isn't and, going by everyone's reaction, the fact that 'everyone is unique in their own way and worthy of love' is absolute bullshit. There clearly is an objective better one of the two and Manjoume is very aware that he isn't it. And he'd probably begrundgingly be cool with it, after all he'd accepted that Jaden was braver than him, that Asuka was emotionally stronger and more resolute, that Daichi was smarter, not to mention how much plain better than him his fomer upperclassmen were. Forget about pros like Edo, whom Judai had stood on equal grounds with. But Judai is clearly playing favourites, too, hell, he hardly even acknowledges Manjoume.

He finds himself forcibly removed from his already shaky position as rival, because now Johan is there to take it up, on top of the titles of 'best friend' and 'emotional support and crutch' and 'maybe something else I'd really rather not know'.

Manjoume just generally hates it all. He might have changed and improved himself, but there is no saving him from the fact that some people were just better. That doesn't stop him from trying. But again he finds himself pitted against Judai, the irony of his fate never giving him a moment to rest. Manipulated and turned into the enemy of those he cares about, again.

A part of him despises how good it feels to learn that Johan has gone missing, but Judai is screaming like his arms have been torn off and while he hates that it's all for Johan, he hates that Judai is in pain even more. Judai had saved him before and it's only right for him to return the favour. So he insists on helping him on his stupidly risky plan to save Johan. And it's all to get the old Judai back.

...The rest, from Manjoume's perspective is a mess. His feelings of anger stem from the hatred he harbours towards himself and the bond between Judai and Johan. He'd been trying to help, he had, he sincerely had, but everything just swirled together and the next thing he knows is that he is shouting at Judai because it suddenly made sense to guilt trip him over the fact that he'd abandoned his friends, he'd abandoned him as soon as someone better had come into the picture. And it was Judai's fault for letting them- him believe that he cared when he didn't, when he couldn't have cared less, because clearly he had one priority only and that was Johan. They had come to help and it still wasn't being appreciated.

Disappearing is a relief, for a moment, but then he finds himself in another hellish place and he can't help but think that it's retribution for being so upset over something that has nothing to do with him. That's right. It's his own fault for making Judai, his only real friend (aside from Fubuki, sorry for breaking the immersion, but I love Fubuki), carry the burden of the stupid hopes that came with his feelings. Judai has no fault. Johan has no fault. It's his own for desiring something that would always be out of reach.

As he is tortured by his own thoughts and regrets in the other dimension, Manjoume silently wishes his words meant nothing to Judai, that he'd be spared the pain of betrayal. He wishes Judai can achieve his goal.

When Shou appears to him, he knows there is no time to waste. If he is alive, the others are, too. Judai would want to know that they are safe. So he asks Shou to carry his message, along with his good luck wish. He hopes it's enough to make up for his mistakes.

Next thing he knows, they are back at DA, Judai is nowhere to be seen. Manjoume mourns the loss of his first and only friend and curses himself for tarnishing that memory. (Judai's return and season 4 would be too much to cover, this was only Manjoume's pov and I might as well just rewrite the entire show at this point.)

So what about Judai?

I personally want to believe that he genuinely does like Manjoume at some point. But as much as it pains me to admit it, season 3 just wrote Manjoume off from the list of main characters and relegated him to 'he's your funny comic relief, nobody really gives a shit about what he thinks or feels, so why should you, the spectator who has grown to love him, care at all? Also here's his sticker that confirms that Judai going after Johan makes him really angry for some reason, make of that what you will c:' (fuck the writing staff, I'm not even sorry).

Judai is so clearly smitten with Johan. It seems to me that his refusal to accept Manjoume's help that one time on the cliff shows that Judai doesn't really understand the way Jun operates. He probably labeled him as just someone else who counted on him to be saved. And sure, Manjoume is saved by Judai in multiple occasions, but he doesn't ever really... ask for it? Or more importantly expect it. He doesn't get himself into situations he can't handle because Judai can save him anyways, the trouble just kind of happens at him and more often than not he's only involved by accident, because he happens to be close to Judai.

The problem still stands, as season 3 starts, Judai is very much burdened by everyone's expectations and Johan is a breath of fresh air and the only one Judai actually considers a friend and an equal. It's heartbreaking that he felt that alone.

They get their gay 'have we met somewhere before moment', they duel gaily, they homoerotically tell eachother how admirable the other is, they shamelessly flirt and whoohoo Judai has an unofficial boyfriend and who can blame him for concentrating on him along with wanting to escape the pressure his former gang unknowingly laid on him.

But yeah, Judai in season 3 has a one track mind and it's hard not to see it as romantic. Does he know it is? Maybe? I honestly don't know. I feel like Johan is the one of the two who is aware of the implications of their interactions. Which also kind of brings me to say... does Johan think that all of Judai's friends are horrible people? Because he never once comments on how Judai distances himself from them once he arrives. He probably thinks they were never good friends in the first place.

Judai probably excuses his attentions towards Johan with the fact that they are alike because they can see spirits, but then he rememebers that so can Manjoume and maybe he feels guilty for a second, but Johan cracks a joke and Judai laughs and thinks to himself that Manjoume is probably happy to have the peace and quiet he so often claimed to want.

Like... I think a part of him would get that tightness in his chest because it's like he's betrayed someone, but he knows he hasn't, because there isn't any actual mutual agreement he's going against. So he lets himself fall deeper into the comfort of Johan's presence. Johan is, to Judai, the ideal person. He is exactly who Judai wants to become. Judai admires him very deeply and strives to be more like him, but he falls gradually into despair as he learns, once Johan is gone, that no, he can't be like him, because Johan is so much better than him, and if he doesn't get him back soon he might even forget what he was like in the first place. Johan can't be erased, can't be forgotten. And Judai feels like he's vanishing already, so he throws himself into a wild interdimensional manhunt to save his hopes for the future.

Turns out that wanting to do good doens't always result in a good outcome. That's what Judai learns when Manjoume lashes out at him just seconds before disappearing. Along with the others, too. Judai doesn't even have the brain power to compute that some people are still there, that he can still save someone, because he realised then that he had focused so much on Johan that he'd completely overlooked the fact that while his friends relied on him a little too much, they hadn't meant any harm. And if he'd just told them, maybe they would have been fine, they could've cooperated- but Manjoume had told him that he was a traitor, that he'd doomed them with his irrational behaviour.

Manjoume's last words to him had been spoken with hatred and Judai realised only then that he had misread him entirely. He lets despair and self hatred take over as he realises that if he had managed to hurt the ones he cared about so easily, discarding them for the new good thing, he could just keep doing that. And it would stop hurting, eventually.

I like to think that Manjoume really does have an impact on the awakening of the Supreme King. Yeah, I know he only turns once Johan's death is mentioned, I know. I just suffer from abandonment issues and can't stand that Manjoume dying in front of him is more impactful to Judai than a guy who literally can't be trusted saying "Joke's on you, the one you're looking for is in another castle already dead."

So yeah. That's the angsty overview.

TL;DR Johan is an Adonis, Judai is smitten and Manjoume is very very heartbroken. But actually so is Judai. Because while being with Johan feels right, there's someone whose absence feels wrong, but he doesn't allow himself to dwell on it and everything goes to shit. All around a bad time for everyone and they'll have a lot of talking to do once they properly reconcile after graduation.

[thatesqcrush]

SFW Alphabet: Bryan Kneef

A/N: The NSFW Kneef x Reader Alphabet was so much fun that I decided to give the SFW a roll. So here we go... 

A = Affection (How affectionate are they? How do they show affection?) Bryan is affectionate in his own unique way. When in a relationship, it is PDA all the way, arm wrapped around your shoulder, deep kisses wherever he knows he can get away with. He loves to touch you and wants the world to know that you are his. He also shows his affection by spoiling you with everything your heart desires.

B = Best friend (What would they be like as a best friend? How would the friendship start?) Over bourbon and a Cubs game on the screen. You impress him with your sports knowledge and one week later, you find yourself with him in box seats at the rubbermatch game between the Cubs and Dodgers.

C = Cuddles (Do they like to cuddle? How would they cuddle?) He will never ask for cuddles. But he secretly loves when you cuddle on his chest or next to him while he reads aloud.

D = Domestic (Do they want to settle down? How are they at cooking and cleaning?) His place is immaculate – but not of his own doing. He has hired services to make sure his living space runs like clockwork since his line of work can call for late hours.

E = Ending (If they had to break up with their partner, how would they do it?) He doesn’t do emotions – he tends to shut down. He would be very blunt and just end it with you. He’d also try to make you hate him, so you break it off.

F = Fiance(e) (How do they feel about commitment? How quick would they want to get married?) To him, marriage is just a piece of paper – another transaction. He can enjoy life with his partner without all the unnecessary drama that comes with planning a wedding. He actually feels sorry for all the sad sacks at the firm who are tied down. But if he were to get married, it would be a simple ceremony, at the courthouse – and he would have an iron clad prenup to protect his assets.

G = Gentle (How gentle are they, both physically and emotionally?) He is guarded and it takes awhile for him to open up with you. He does not enjoy feeling vulnerable; it is a sign of weakness. As for physically, he tends to steer to the rougher side, but he has moments where he is gentle with you – usually when you are both alone, where no one else can see.

H = Hugs (Do they like hugs? How often do they do it? What are their hugs like?) He generally is not into hugs, but if you’re upset or stressed, he will hug you since he knows you enjoy them.

I = I love you (How fast do they say the L-word?) As noted above, it takes awhile for him to open up and very few people have been recipients of the L-word. He is actually so unfamiliar with it, that until a mutual friend points it out to him, he doesn’t even realize that he is in love.

J = Jealousy (How jealous do they get? What do they do when they’re jealous?) Oh the green-eyed monster gets stirred up easily. If someone tries to make a pass at you, he will go up to you and make it clear that you are taken, usually with an overly passionate kiss. He will also suck marks onto your skin in areas that are noticeable and hard to hide. One summer in particular, at a party at a mutual’s place, you attracted so many, that he dragged you to the bathroom and left an obscene number of marks with his mouth and beard. When you returned to work after that weekend, you had to wear a scarf around your neck for a week.

K = Kisses (What are their kisses like? Where do they like to kiss you? Where do they like to be kissed?) Open mouth deep, sweeping kisses, full of passion. All teeth and tongue. He loves to suck on your bottom lip and when you moan into the kiss, it just spurs him on. He loves when you kiss him, and tug on his beard.

L = Little ones (How are they around children?) He has plenty of nieces and nephews that he loves spoiling and that is more than enough. He made sure to get snipped and only shoots blanks.

M = Morning (How are mornings spent with them?) Rare – he usually is in the office early or down at court. But on rare days where neither of you have somewhere to go, you just lay in bed in each other’s company, only getting out of bed to refuel, and then you both head straight back to bed.

N = Night (How are nights spent with them?) Dinners and drinks at places where only the titans of Chicago frequent. Lots of dinner parties for work, trying to impress clients and bring in more revenue for the firm. Other nights include sex, sex, and more sex.

O = Open (When would they start revealing things about themselves? Do they say everything all at once or wait a while to reveal things slowly?) Very guarded/cautious and plays his cards close to the vest. As your relationship with him grows, he becomes more comfortable, and bits and pieces of who he is and why he is the way he is, come to light.

P = Patience (How easily angered are they?) Very little patience and quick to temper. He is feared amongst staff – as well as opposing counsel. He aims to make people feel guilty, so he can get what he wants. You give him a run for his money though, calling him out on his crap. 

Q = Quizzes (How much would they remember about you? Do they remember every little detail you mention in passing, or do they kind of forget everything?) Most relationships are nothing more than a fling, so he doesn’t really retain much on them, as he has already moved on once he has gotten what he has wanted. With you however, it’s different – he makes sure to set reminders in his phone/computer for everything – because you are that important to him.

R = Remember (What is their favorite moment in your relationship?) There was one particular date night where everything that could have gone wrong, did – and to top it off, you both got caught up in a freak thunderstorm that blew out of nowhere. By the time you made it back to his place, you both looked like drowned rats. After drying off, you settled in for a Netflix double-feature with the fireplace roaring. It was accompanied with a smorgasbord of cheese, crackers, fruit, nuts, and wine. You ended up making love in front of the fireplace, the movie long forgotten.

T = Try (How much effort would they put into dates, anniversaries, gifts, everyday tasks?) Dates are always at the most exclusive of places. Birthdays and anniversaries are often well thought and planned out.

U = Ugly (What would be some bad habits of theirs?) Being on his own for so long and having a long string of flings, he is not used to cleaning up his beard trimmings in the sink or leaving the seat down. He also has a bad habit of leaving his ties all over the place.

V = Vanity (How concerned are they with their looks?) He knows he’s handsome as hell. And uses that to his advantage.

W = Whole (Would they feel incomplete without you?) When you both had your first real blow up and you were like, “boy bye,” he realized how empty his life was and he did everything in is power to reconcile.

X = Xtra (A random headcanon for them.) He is a keen poker player. He enjoys rattling people and uses table banter to get under their skin. One time, one of Bryan’s clients put their company on the line playing poker. The client signed a contract on a napkin, giving up his $30 million company to cover a $3 million bet. Of course, he lost the hand, and Bryan came to the rescue – playing all or nothing and was able to win the company back for the client.

Y = Yuck (What are some things they wouldn’t like, either in general or in a partner?) It’s a must that whomever he is with, takes care of themselves – impeccable dresser, good hygiene, etc. Overly clingy partner. Also not having any goals or ambitions is an instant boner-killer – be interesting.

Z = Zzz (What is a sleep habits of theirs?) He can run on very little sleep, as he is used to it from his law school days. He also sleeps in the nude most of the time – finding most undergarments restricting – not that you are complaining.

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Huwumi: "I think I'm in love with you and that scares the crap out of me."

Oh, Anon... I am so weak for soft, emotional confessions like this~! 

"Avoidance is the approach of a coward," Father had once told her. It was one of the few pieces of advice he offered her after her Quirk presented and he deemed her a failure. She hadn't thought much about it back then. After all, she had no plans to go into Heroics so it seemed rather impractical of him to give. Especially since it was mere weeks after she'd announced her decision to go into education.

Hindsight, however, revealed that he was correct. And that she, Todoroki Fuyumi, was a damned coward.

She was a little embarrassed about it, if she were honest. She was almost 23 - a grown ass adult! - but she was still playing silly kid games like this. She wanted to blame her students in some small, immature way. When one spends most of the hours of the day interacting with and grading assignments completed by children who are just starting to grasp concepts like the toilet and reading words, one could arguably develop some tendencies gleaned from that age range. Like how her students tended to shy away from new things because they were scary. Typically in the form of one of the students acting up or attempting to derail a lesson to avoid the subject all together.

Which worked great for preschoolers with preschooler problems. Not so much for Fuyumi and her 5'8" of Winged Hero problem.

And a part of her knew she was being silly. It wasn't like Pro Hero Hawks - or Takami Keigo, as she addressed him in private - had done anything to earn the cold shoulder from her. Or, rather, not intentionally or even knowingly. It was just a her problem brought on by her own hang ups and fears. He really didn't deserve the treatment she was giving him and she knew that. And that knowledge only worked to further highlight why her fears were absolutely founded and why avoiding him was the right course of action.

It had all started out from a mutual physical attraction nearly a year prior. It was at one of those charity events where Pros went to rub elbows and grease palms and do other such things she'd been trained to look away from. And it wasn't like she hadn't seen him before. Hawks was a model when he wasn't working as a Pro, for heaven's sake! She'd seen him in magazines in various states of dress and camera filter effect. She'd seen him on the news, all red and gold, zipping to and fro to save civilians. She was aware he was an attractive guy but something about seeing him there, dressed to the nines and his hair slicked back, had certainly done something for her specifically.

And if she ended up spending a portion of that night ushered away from prying eyes with his tongue down her throat? Well, nobody else had to know.

Things continued like that between them; playing like they were teenagers hiding in broom closets all over again. And it was… honestly nice. He wasn't Fuyumi's first foray into relationships but things with Hawks felt different, hit different. The physical side of things were very good and she had no complaints there. A good portion of the people she had dated in the past had done so without any real sincerity. They were just interested in her because of her family ties to the Number Two Pro Hero and what being important to her could win them. After the fourth time someone asked her out for the express purpose of using her to fast track their own Heroics career, she decided to just circumvent the emotional side of things. She would stick rather tightly to friends-with-benefits arrangements to get that infernal itch scratched and then dip the moment a partner started trying to push for more.

But Hawks was different. He didn’t need her for any of that. He was the Number Two by his own merits and skill. He didn’t need to use her as a rung on that social ladder when he was already hovering right at the top.

But that didn’t mean the emotional side of things didn’t still terrify Fuyumi.

And slowly things were becoming less physical. Or, rather, he was seeking her out for more than just a quickie. It started as him walking her home from work every so often, when his shifts and days off lined up properly. It was… nice. He never talked about his own work day when she asked, but he would ask her about hers. He’d listen to her anecdotes about her students and the mayhem they enjoyed causing or the latest plot twist in the drama she was watching. He would hover around the Todoroki estate those days, stay for dinner and watch a few programs with her before leaving for the night. From there, it progressed to him taking her out for lunches or coffees when their days off lined up over the months to follow. They’d talk about this or that and it just felt so right, like she could just be herself and that was enough to keep him engaged with her.

But then he had offered her a smile, chin cupped in one hand and a look that was far too soft in his eyes, and declared, “See, this is the best expression on you. When you talk about something you really care about, your eyes light up and you talk a little faster. It’s cute.”

That exchange had her confronting her own feelings and, unsure of what to do with those epiphanies, she decided to run away. And that was two weeks ago.

“You can’t avoid him forever,” she chided herself as she gathered her things at the end of her day. She’d been able to ignore his texts and calls easily enough, and then been able to dodge him when he stopped by her work by convincing some of her peers to claim she was busy with something or had already left for the day. So far he hadn’t tried to come by the Todoroki estate but she was certain it was only a matter of time. He was well-versed with where she lived and the inner workings of the Todoroki home from their meet-ups. “Eventually you’ll have to talk to Hawks about it.”

“Well, I’m not sure if I’m flattered or concerned that I’ve been on your mind,” Fuyumi didn’t even bother trying to muffle the startled squeak she released as she whipped around to face the figure leaning heavily on the frame of her classroom door. He was still in his Hero uniform, even still sporting his visor, and his headphones hanging at his neck. A small part of her wished he’d been wearing them so that he didn’t hear her.

She took a deep breath to compose herself before standing up a little straighter. “Hawks,” she said, dipping her head politely. Perhaps if she aimed for being politely callous he’d just leave on his own accord. That way she could spare herself having to say anything condemning because saying things out loud would make them all far too real.

He stepped forward and she moved back, watching his movements carefully. She didn’t like that he was wearing his visor. It made it harder for her to read his mood. She had learned that his eyes tended to be the biggest give away to what he was really thinking at any given moment. It was incredibly subtle things she’d noticed - the slightest slackening of his upper lids when he was content, the slimming of his pupils when something displeased him - but she found it all incredibly enthralling. “Oh, so I’m Hawks now? Not Keigo?”

She opened her mouth to make some kind of smart retort back, like calling attention to the fact that he was still adorned in his Hero gear, but the words wouldn’t come. Her hands shifted grip at the edge of her desk behind her, trying to find something to ground her. “I need to get home and start on dinner before Father gets home,” she said, forcing the excuse out and having to resist wincing at how forced the words sounded. 

He moved slowly towards her, like he was approaching a startled animal. Which, she realized, was a pretty fair assessment. If she wanted to make a teasing comparison based strictly on name alone, he was the hawk and she was the field mouse poised on a tree stump in a field. Once he was close enough he settled one hand beside hers on the desk and leaned closer to her. “Look, if I did something to piss you off, just tell me. Ghosting me doesn’t fix anything,” he said, a bite of irritation making his voice a bit harsher than usual.

Not that she blamed him.

“You didn’t,” she said evenly, leaning more heavily against her desk to put just a hair of extra space between them.

“So you’ve been ignoring me for no reason?”

“There’s a reason but it’s not-!” she cut herself off, scowling up at him for a second before fixing her glare on the floor. “It’s not a you thing. It’s a me thing.”

He growled quietly and it startled her enough to look up at him, taking in the frustration and hurt she could just barely make out. “Don’t give me that ‘It’s not you, it’s me,’ bull! Just tell me the truth!” This was exactly what she’d been hoping to avoid. She didn’t want to hurt him. Underneath the bravado of the big, confident playboy, she’d seen he was a genuinely sweet guy. And she knew that, some day, she’d end up hurting him.

She’d hurt them both, but she could deal with breaking her own heart. No, what she dreaded was having to hurt him.

“I think I’m in love with you,” she admitted, forcing herself not to flinch as she watched his body stiffen, “and that… that scares the Hell out of me.”

She was trembling after the words escaped her. She wasn’t sure why she’d let the truth out. Maybe to just rip the bandage off now? Just get it over with and embrace the pain sooner rather than later? She knew she had already started to as the silence between them stretched out and she let her gaze fall. This was it, she told herself as she squeezed her eyes shut. He’d tell her she was crazy and walk away and she’d be hurt for a while and she’d swear off exclusivity again. But then there’s a gloved hand cupping the side of her face and tilting her head up. She felt her shaking get worse as her eyes met his, visor removed, and saw nothing but what she could only call… relief? “What if you weren’t the only one who was scared of that?” he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.

“What?” she breathed as his thumb traced along her cheekbone.

“I’m not exactly versed in the way of relationships,” he laughed quietly, the tension slowly waning from his body. She felt herself start to relax and match him a bit more. “I mean, I wasn’t really raised in an environment where that kinda thing was… given a lot of focus. I’ve had a few other sexual partners, sure, but a committed relationship where it’s about more than that? Never. I never really wanted that until you, Fuyumi.”

She swallowed hard. “I'm not easy to be with,” she mumbled before she could stop herself, her voice cracking and trembling.

“Are you trying to persuade me to walk away? Because that isn’t going to work. I’m not one to just walk away from something once I’ve got my hooks in,” he said, amusement dripping from his words as he pulled her closer. His wings spread out and curled around them, too, as tucked her head under his chin and let them mutually rest against each other. “When you really do want me to go, I’ll go. But until then? You’ll just have to get used to having me around.”

She wanted to tell him he was wrong, because that was a silly thing to say, but she also knew how happy his words made her selfish heart. She knew how much she wanted to hear those words and have them be worth something more than hot air. For as much as she wanted to cling to him she also wanted to shove him away. Because good things never lasted for Fuyumi. Good things in her life were fickle; either leaving abruptly like her brother and mother, or being nothing but surface level like her past partners. For as much as she wanted something or someone good to be permanent, she knew it wasn’t.

She closed her eyes and let herself melt into his embrace, forcing her mind to shut down as her fingers curled in the material of his jacket.

Dear God did she want this to be the one good thing that didn’t fade.

[gukptune]

user: 95mochibuns → jimin

↠ Pairing: jimin x reader

↠ Genre: camboy!au, streamer!reader, smut

↠ Warnings: explicit language, cute but dangerous jimin, masturbation, teasing, edging, more of a clean smut

↠ Words: 3.3k

↠ Plot Summary: not much could be said about a camboy who gets himself into trouble with a streamer he admires.

↠ a/n: possibly a part 1 of 2. This has been sitting in my draft for a long time. Hope you enjoy it, it’s not GREAT but it’s cute. Second part will be much better!

Frustrated, infuriated and annoyed, all these words meant the same thing but they’re the only things that crossed your mind but of course you couldn’t show it not right now.

“Honestly, I knew this game was difficult and no, I will not wear the chicken hat. Never,” you announced, your voice coming right back at your from your mic to your headphones.

Keeping that quick witted and mischievous persona that all your viewers came to you for.

Comments rolled in with tips and tricks but of course most of them weren’t helpful, your eyes were automatically glancing over the sexual comments and what not, saying shit like your aspirated groans and whines at the game was hot.

Then a tip rolled in and that wasn’t normal by any means, your tips were of high price ― 20 for a tip was just ridiculous but it stopped a lot of stupid kids commenting. You had loads of subscribers and make a lot from this yet streaming and gaming wasn’t your job. You didn’t want to make it seem that way either because you were still in the end a student.

The tip popped up with your tip icon, blinking with the sender’s icon ― a bunny? 

“All these kids commenting that you suck should fucking stop commenting anonymously like the fucking *shilantropussies* they are.”

You were looking at the sender as you chuckled, “Exactly, jbunnyjeon.”

Of course it was nice to point out people’s names when they tipped because funny enough most of the tippers live for that shit. You were streaming one of the less popular games mostly so you could play it because well you don’t stream for other people but for yourself.

Playing Metal Gear Solid could’ve been a mistake, since this game was a drag in time and effort. Yet, a whole lot of male viewers loved seeing girls play ‘manly’ games, whatever.

“Anyways, I still don’t get why we need this guy with us but I got him,” you commentate as your character, snake, hauled your capture onto the back of your horse.

Finally, you got past the stupid robot. 

“Congrats :( that part took me *days* ― legit was about to kill myself.”

A comment by a fellow streamer, it popped up larger than most since you both were mutuals.

“Jeez, you fucking suck Tae,” You teased, imagining his reaction to everyone seeing how you played better than him. Since, he was a self proclaimed pro-gamer.

You leaned back in your chair, watching yourself on the screen to your left through the cutscene. Seeing all the comments which made you chuckle and respond to some through text. You weren’t one to talk through cutscenes at all.

As things seemingly were going smoothly a buzz through you phone made you groan, if someone was fricking texting you at 9 pm you were about to kill them because there were multiple and they were loud.

Out of frame of the viewers you flipped your phone over, it immediately unlocks and you scroll to see the notification.

95mochibuns is going live!

95mochibuns is going live in 10 minutes!

Your eyebrows furrowed as your eyes lock at the time. It was really 9 but fucking 9:50.

95mochibuns announcement! 

Hey guys! A spontaneous live coming up, something special - feeling horny and fucking hard. Hope you can all join me tonight! 

Entry is at 10 on the dot, only those who click in time can view. Testing out something new, maybe you guys will like it. I’ll be able to see your comments easier since it’s exclusive and limited.

Did I mention there’s only 35 slots, :) I love you all.

Oh fucking hell. Were you really going to drop your stream to watch his. Were you going to pretend to have a great reason to stop the stream now, lie to your audience to watch this camboy jack himself off.

Fuck yes.

Letting out a cough, you turned back to face the camera as your phone slips up into your hand, “Urgh, hey guys― I think I’m getting tired.”

"I’m so going to have nightmares about this game tonight, hope you all enjoyed,” you smiled softly, giving your audience the best worn out expression you could. Waving your hand at the camera, seeing comments of those saying ‘goodnight’, or saddened emojis and you know the typical ‘don’t go’ or some mean comments.

Winking at the camera before you shot hearts, “Thank you so much for tuning in on tonights stream! Metal Gear Solid Ep. 24! See you all, next time. Much love!”

Clicking off you let out a sigh, stretching out your back and feeling the cracks moaning at the release. Shit, you’ve been sitting in the same spot for hours, your back was killing you. Twisting and turning trying to pull out all the cracks and tightness you peered at the time on your desktop.

9:54 it was. You had 6 minutes to get on his page and wait, you knew it was going to be war and you were going to be refreshing like your life depended on it.

On the cam website and app, called ‘weheartcam’, it was one of the best in your opinion. The website only took amateurs and didn’t take companies or businesses streaming on their site, only independent streamers, how lovely.

Though Jimin, 95mochibuns, was one of the most popular boys apart of this camboy trio. Made up of himself and his two friends, though you only watched Jimin― something about him makes you just drool.

His fluffy blonde hair, muscular thighs, ripped body- fuck, he was just a korean boy who knew his ways around people of all countries. His english was amazing, he slips his native tongue every now and then, making him even hotter. 

95mochibuns is going live in 5 minutes!

Holy―fricken―fuck. Was it anxiety, you were going to cry if you didn’t get to watch. You ended your stream for this boy, you felt like you were trying to get concert tickets or something.

You clicked on the bookmarked page you had favourited, that directed you right to his page. 

On the videos page, you propped your leg up hugging a knee close to your chest to get comfortable.

Seeing his array of very explicit thumbnails, of which one of them was blurry― for tonight. Plastered over the image, ‘Coming Soon’. Oh yes, he was going to be coming in many ways.

Here you are, playing the waiting game. Being a well traverse streamer of course you internet connection was legit and you had faith in yourself... as much faith you could have when you know at least ten thousand people would want to be watching. He gets at least millions on each of his streams and well whenever there was a live he had more than a hundred thousand watching when it’s on. Though, there were the occasional people who joined instantly and that was the ten thousand super fans.

You wouldn’t say you were a super fan, you didn’t really have a fan page just a random one you used to comment and tip Jimin. You didn’t like all his posts on instagram... you always a bit busy. But well, you’ll have to try― at least.

9:58, nine―fucking―fifty eight. Hearts racing, in the spur of suspense. Your eyes were burning a whole into the clock as your finger on your mouse hovered over the video. Did this seem like you were being too much, no, fuck no.

Time blinks away as you finger immediately taps on the video when it game on. Being delighted by the cute face of Jimin himself, smiling at the camera as he watches the number of streamers go up. Each of the streamers were tagged with a number, you were number 26, fantastic.

Which always made you question how the hell did anyone have better connection that you, especially when you’re pretty sure you pressed right on the dot. Some sort of wizardry bullshit, or bots of course. Yet, these kinds of streams were only for members, of which you definitely were.

You laughed, thinking of the thumbnail he had. He must’ve posed for it in the same outfit before he started the stream.

“Hey guys!” Jimin flashed his ultra pure smile. 

Fluffing up his hair as he seduces his viewers through the camera, “Slots are full, hmm, I’m glad you’re all here.”

They way he speaks is husky, breathy, his eyes were dim and blinking more often. He even moans, holy fuck. He was laid back on a couch, from what you could see. The lights were more dimmed now, neon lights peaking from his left shining on his face.

He must’ve had what you think was the television on, as it was flashing against his face. His camera was still, must’ve been on a tripod.

“Yea, I’ve been busy―argh, sorry for the lack of stream this week. I was actually going to go to sleep, it’s really late here,” he speaks casually, smiling at the camera as he reads through the messages― the non-spamming one. You weren’t commenting though, you were more distracted by what he was doing.

He was wearing a dark sweater, his right shoulder was flexing. Maybe it was your gamer instincts to notice everything, observe everything. He was not just sitting around.

You felt ridiculous, were you actually imaging. No one else was pointing out his erratic breathing, for flustered cheeks. Everyone was asking him what he was doing today, how his day was― innocent things.

Opting to do it yourself you began to type.

peachbubbles: you’re cute when you’re blushing ;’)

Which apparently catches his eye as the side of his lip curls into a smirk, he chuckles patting the back of his nape, “Hmm, you’re observant, huh?”

“Peachy,” he winks at the camera. You felt awfully exposed at that moment, it was clear he was directing that to you.

He made you squirm and blush from the mere look on his face and the way he speaks. This was more than a stupid crush, you’ve been watching him for years and hell, he’s changed since the beginning. He’s so much more confident with himself now.

Since he’s noticed you, but doesn’t really know who you are you commented again.

peachbubbles: why don’t you show us what’s going on downstairs? <3

He seemed to see your comment again, which was easy to spot as yours mentioned a completely different topic from everyone else’s occasional ‘i love you’.

He shook his head humorously, “Downstairs,” hissing through his teeth, “You’re too smart, unlike most of the fans here. You actually think― with your head.”

He grins, reaching forward to the camera, making your heart race from how close he was, it felt realistic from your huge screen. He zooms out.

Your breathing hitches when he pulled back and relaxes on the couch. Everyone’s reaction was well, pretty similar to yours.

He has his legs sprawled out wide, his sweatpants pushed down. His hand fisting his own cock, he bites his lip reading all the lewd comments. Pulling at his balls with his other hand.

“I’d give you a prize if I could, darling,” He teases, flashing his perfect smile again.

His eyes perked around reading the comments, he picked out one in particular to read out.

“Ah... You’re all wondering why I chose to do this random stream, uhm, honestly. This may come as a surprise but I don’t think it is,” He pauses, mumbling a few words, cocking his head back and forth, “I got hella turned on watching, uhm, one of my favourite gamers.”

“She’s pretty hot, she was aggravated by this game, ugh, it’s pretty fucking cute,” you had a sense of jealousy, he was jerking off to the thought of a hot gamer he’s watched, fuck, she was be hot as fuck.

“Anyways, sadly, she had to end her stream before I could jack off to her,” sad indeed, though of course you felt kind of relieved that you won’t be watching your ultimate crush jacking off to some gamer that could be your rival.

If anything, you had just came off your stream.. right? Hell no, Jimin wouldn’t possibly be referring to you, no.

His face was now redder than it was before, he must’ve read the comments spilling with assumptions that he was dating them, having a crush and etc.

“She’s a great gamer! You might know her, she just passed a huge robot level on this game...” as if time had stopped, you awaited what he had to say. Holy fuck, maybe he was talking about you.

“Metal gear solid? Is it? I don’t know much about games like that but it seems cool, I mainly watch those streams for her,” he explained, rubbing his face shyly, “I don’t even watch the gameplay, just her face.”

“Fuck, that sounds creepy doesn’t it? It doesn’t? Thank god,” he sighed, relieved that most of his fans commented how they’d be grateful as fuck if he’d jack off to them.

Jimin leans into the camera, as if he’s whispering and telling a secret, “Hmm, I nut to her nearly everyday.”

He chuckles, leaning back onto the bedframe. His eyes reading through the comments before he playfully huffed.

“Her name? You guys want me to expose her? Hell no!”

He chuckles with an amused tone, shaking his head, “Well, if anything maybe you guys will like her more than me.” 

Damn. You don’t even know how to feel anymore, knowing that your ultimate crush is getting himself off with the imagery of you―you. You didn’t know if you should say something, hell no, if you did you’d get attacked by his raging fans.

God, look at him though. His eyes half shut, euphorically pulling at his balls and jerking himself off― you got so wet just staring at his face, not to mention the sight of his thickened cock in his hands.

Then rolls the comments.

parkhearts: you’re famous! slide in her dms, maybe you’ll get to slide in elsewhere too

babymochi: omg, get together! I ship.

bunbuns: She’s cute, omg, I watch her. Didn’t think she’d be his type, she’s so... cunning haha

iloveprkjm: She’d totes dom him honestly.

jiminsgirl: she’s not even that cute wth are y’all on

Jimin must’ve caught those comments because he sighs, stopping himself for a second as he responds, “She’s way too good for me. But hey, ‘bunbuns’. I’m pretty cunning too, that makes her and I compatible right?”

“And yea. She seems like a total bad girl, and yes, ‘iloveparkjm’ thank you, she could totally pull off a dom look and well I’d let her choke me any day.”

Your breath hitches. His tone was so serious, he wasn’t even laughing it off. He was just grinning like the cute ass he was, knowing well enough that whatever he said made everyone cream their pants.

And cue the thirsty comments.

itsjustpark: i’d let him choke me to death

berrychu: imagine sub jimin tied up though...

perkie: i’m so jealous

chimsgirl: here comes the thirsts and the jellys

More and more comments scrolled their way rapidly down the screen, Jimin’s facial expression was the same as yours―shocked but not surprised. He knew what he said and what would happen, god he loved the attention.

“You guys! Relax, it’s not like she knows I exist,” He laughed, before eyeing the camera and smirking, “I won’t cheat on you guys.”

Did you just cringe? Probably, god he said things that made all his girls die and squirm. You could probably feel the same as them but at the moment all you could think about was the fact that he just told the world he jerked off to you― indirectly but some fans caught on.

jiminsbitch: you guys could make a sex tape... that’d be pretty hot, ____’s hella hot.

heartsforhim: so it is ______

jiminsmine: _____? who’s this hoe

honeybuns: holy fuck imagine seeing him fuck someone.

perkie: i bet minnie knows the motions of the ocean ;) 

You god damned imagined the same thing. Shit, you got off on him too. What’s to stop you from actually messaging him... his fans or your pride.

“Geez, guys please focus on me and not your imagination of me right now,” Jimin teased, still going at himself.

Pushing your ridiculous thoughts away you focused on the now.

peachbubbles: i’m sure she’d love for you to fuck her

Jimin’s eyebrow quirked at your comment. What, he saw it through the floods of other comments, that’s ridiculous. 

“Welcome back from the dead peachy, thought you left,” He said, grinning to the camera as sweat begins to trial down his face.

You continued typing to him.

peachbubbles: are you close~

Jimin hummed, “Close enough.”

He read your comment again, it wasn’t just a coincidence then. You didn’t understand. Maybe you didn’t see other people commenting the same thing.

You began to type something else, maybe something he would do― at least that could solidify if he was actually focusing on your comment.

peachbubbles: i’d love to see you with a cockring

He didn’t respond. Maybe it was too forward or weird... maybe some guys didn’t like using toys. God, why’d you just ask him that, it’s kind of personal right. It’s definitely more daring, maybe he’s just weirded out or just didn’t see it.

He stares down at his cock, slick and wet. Pursing his lips and biting them as he nears his end.

“You know, I’ve never considered getting one,” He says, not looking back at the camera, “Also, aren’t cock rings more of a thing couples use.”

“Pleasures the girl as well as yourself,” Oh christ, why is he doing this to you.

He does enough by just looking into the camera as if it was a real person. His moans and whimpers, he was so shameless with sex and it was glorious. He tugs and rubs himself so well, quick yet stable. His forearms flexed all the way even though his hands were gently touching himself.

Then you could hear his quiet mumbling, “Maybe, ____, likes cockrings.” Chuckling to himself as he shakes his head.

Jimin smirks out of the blue, changing the pace, “Urh, I’m gonna cum. Fuck―uh.” He’s leaking. It’s hot, wet and sexy. 

He always wore the most sultry expression, his one eye half shut and the other completely. Trying his best to look at the camera as if it was a person, whilst his head jerks back in pleasure at his release. His white thick cum creaming out of his cock, all over his hands and thighs, with a name lingering on his lips.

“_____, shit― I fucking h-hope she knows I exist. I’d fuck her―so hard,” his breathing was erratic, he groans through his words, “I’ll take your advice guys―”

He chuckled, “I’ll text her.”

He was going to... to text her― that her was you. Oh god, what are you suppose to do. Play it cool, no way, that’s just fake. Tell him that you’ve been watching him all this time and would love for him to fuck you so hard, no way, that’s just pathetic.

Jimin cocks the camera back up to his face, with a knowing grin― a knowing grin that all his fans fucked themselves to him.

“I’ll see you guys in the next stream, wish me luck,” He smiled boyishly, before pointing a finger at the camera, “And please, do not send her hate or I will hate you.”

“Goodnight!” He waves towards the camera as the stream ends.

You mindlessly waved back. He seemed very serious about texting you―too serious, maybe he’s just playing with your emotions, you as in the fans. He loved causing a storm, though he wouldn’t bring attention to someone so... mindlessly.

Leaning back in your chair, fuck, you didn’t even get off. Rolling your eyes before tapping exit on his page. Getting your ass back onto twitter and reading the comments from your fans as always. Pretending that whatever just happened, never happened.

And then as the world seemed calm and happy.

A buzz killed the air. You furrowed your eyebrows, looking over to your side at your silenced phone. A message? God, who is it.

There wasn’t much you thought about, probably your friends begging you to go out with them for a fun night.

Peering over at the lit up screen your breath comes to a stop at the name. Instead of being your friend wanting to party and hang out―

parkjimin: heyyy~

It was him. Right, maybe you’ll just die.

c. 2019

[tobespecial-a]

HIYA  FOLKS  WELCOME  TO  MY  BLOG  HERE.  GONNA  KEEP  THESE  AS  SIMPLE  AS  POSSIBLE  SO  LETS  GET  TO  IT.  ---  this  blog  is  dash only  for  now  but  may  change  in  the  near  future. 

first  things  first.  i  am  a  student  in  school  monday -  friday  from  1-5pm  so  expect  some  slowness  on  my  end.  i  am  studying  to  be  a  mental  health  and  addictions  worker  &  am  really  passionate  about  the  field  i  am  in  so  i  will  be  obviously  prioritizing  school  &  also  irl  commitments  over  rp.  please  respect   this  &  we  shall  be  dandy

now  that  thats  outta  the  way.  HI  THERE  I  AM  ES  !!!! (  well  technically  its  ESTELLE,  but  you  can  call  me  either  or  i  do  not  mind  !!! )  YOUR  LOCAL  NON-BINARY  GAY (  they /  them  pls  )  who  is  in fact  straight  af for  a  certain  gay  icon  zachary  quinto  ---  i  hail from  the  pst  timezone  in  vancouver  canada.  fun  facts  about  me.  ANYWHO  ON  WITH  THE  RULES.

REPLIES

this  is  not  my  only  blog  folks,  it  will  be  one  of  my  more  active  ones,  but  it  is  not  the  only  one  i  run.  please  be  patient  in  terms  of  replies.   i  usually  try  to  stay  on  top  of  my  game  but  sometimes  i  miss  shiz.  pls  poke  me  after  2  weeks  if  you  are  wondering,  i  may  have  missed  it  !!  however  it  is  likely  in  my  drafts.  PRO  TIP  THOUGH,  i  like  each  reply  or  starter  posted  to  me,  if  i  didn’t  like  it  there  is a  95%  chance  i   did  not  see  it.  so  please  feel  free  to  remind  me  after  the  2  weeks.  

also  personals  do  not  reblog  my  threads,  ooc  posts  or  anything  thats  not  a reblogged  photoset ,  its  annoying,  just  don’t  do  it.   --  i  also  have  minor  case  of  dyslexia  so  please  be  patient  with  spelling  errors.  i  catch  most  of  them,  but  sometimes  i  don’t  get  them  all.  if  something  becomes  an  issue  please  tell  me. 

FOLLOWING  AND  UNFOLLOWING

i  am  mutuals  only.  please  keep  this  in  mind.  i  will  only  take  ooc  asks  from  non  mutuals.  if  i  am  not  at  least  following  you  (  cos  i  know  some  people  who  i  write  with  /  have  written  with   don’t  follow  everyone  cos  they  want  a  clean  dash,  but  they  still  wanna  write )  then  please  don’t  attempt  ic  interactions.  this  is  your  first  &  final  warning.  i  will ignore  attempts  &  block  if  it  persists. 

do  not  follow  &  refollow  me  repeatedly  its  also  annoying  &  will  likely  get  you  blocked.  i  take  a  while  to  follow  back  sometimes,  please  be  patient. i  rarely  unfollow  so  if  you  see  it  happen,  please  poke  me.  however  i   have  the  right  to  ignore  it,  or  not  answer.  you  have  the  invitation,  i  just  don’t  have  to  invite  you  in  if  i  chose  to  revoke  it.  

disclaimer  i  probably  will  not  follow  blogs  that  romantically  ship  peter/claire.  incest  normally  doesn’t  bother  me  enough  to  mention  it, but  this one  just  really  is  a big  nope  for  me.  sorry  in  advance.  

CHARACTERIZATION

gabriel  is  based  off  nbc  heroes  &  my  own  personal  headcanons.  at  the  point  of  writing  this  i  have  seen  the  first  &  second season,  i  am  making  my  way  through  the  rest  of  the  show  at  present.   don’t  worry  about  spoilers  though  as  i  pretty  much  know  most  of  the  major  plot  points  for  gabriel  during  the  series,  just  not  all  the  specifics.  ---  threads  will  generally  take  place  in  aus  &  content  i  have  seen  however,  until  i  have  caught  up.  though  idk  how  big  the  fandom  is  so  i  sense  a  lot  of  aus  my  way  any  ways  lol

***  REGARDING  HEROES  REBORN

i  have  no  plans  to  watch  it.  sylar  isn’t  even  in   the  show  so  its  really  just  not  required  of  me  to  view  it.  any  plot  lines  transpired  in  that  canon  will  never  be  seen  in  any way  on  my  blog.   sylar  reforms  himself  post  series  &  just  goes  on  from  there.  when  i  officially  make  it  through  the  whole  show  i  will  write  proper  headcanons  on  that.  

ACTIVITY 

because  of  school  &  other  blogs  i  won’t  always  be  around.  however  i  can  always   be  reached  by  mobile  if  you  need  anything,  just  hmu.  thank  you  for  your  patience  in  this  regard.  also  fair  warning  i  do  have ADD  a  low grade  form  of  ADHD  so  i  get  a  lot  of  the  fun  extras  that  come  with  it.  please  respect  there  are  times  i  may  need  to  step  back  or  times  when  i  become  disassociated ,  its  been  happening  a lot  lately  so  i  wanted  to  inform  people  so    they  don’t think  i  am  ignoring  them.  i  promise  its  not  you,  its  me,  i  just  need  space.  FOR  THE  MOST  PART,  i  am  usually  always  around  to  answer  ims  &  messages  so  do  not  be  afraid  to  message  me  or  anything.  

SHIPPING 

ah  yes  everyones  fave  category.  if  anyone  has  questions  you  can  always  im  me  or  hu  my  ask  box  for  more  deets.   GABRIEL  IS  PANSEXUAL   BORDERLINE  GRAY  ROMANTIC  (  hes  between  demi  &  gray  )     

imma  start  off  by  saying  that   i  ship  syelle  as  well  as  petlar.  a  note      about  the  later, from  what  i  have read  &  seen  i  will  only  really  ship  them ( petlar )  during / post  the  wall,  which  at  the  time  of  writing  this  i  still  need  to  view.  i  would  be  open  to  pre  show  aus  to  start  at  this  point. 

anything  else  is  fair  game  at  this  point, just  be aware  sylar  isn’t  looking  for  anything  serious  really  during  heroes  canon.  plus  hes  not  exactly  a  nice  guy  so  like  be  warned  there.    ----  honest  to  god  if  your  interested  in  shipping  with  sylar  or  gabriel  (  yes  there  is  a  difference  )  pls  come  @  me.  the worst  i  can  do  is  say  no.  

i  will  also state   i  don’t  ship  sylaire  because  well…. shes  underage  ???? &  before  you  leap  down  my  throat  about  heroes  reborn,  most  of  the content i  have  seen  is  her  being  underage. but  i’m  not  gonna  accuse  anyone  of aging  anyone  up  for  a  ship,  cos  there  is  canon  where  she  is older.   i  am just  not  interested.  don’t  see  the  appeal,  i’ve  read  way  too much meta  &   just  don’t  see  it.  

it  is  also  worth  noting  that  post  3x01 the  second  coming,  sylar  can  no  longer  die.  he  is  immortal.  save  for  one  weak  spot  which  he  aint  about  to  tell  anyone  where  it  is. 

finally ummmm  i’m  22  guys  so  no  lying  about  your  age  to  smut  with  me.  i  will  block  your  ass  if  you  do.  don’t  make  me  be  the  bad  guy. 

GODMODDING

pls  do  not  god  mod  my  muse.  you  wanna  write  him  ??  make  a  blog  of  your  own,  or  go  write  some  fic.  i  play  three  strikes.  first  time  is  a  reminder,  second  time  is  a thread  drop  third  time  is  a  partner  all  together  drop.  THESE  CAN  BE  EXERCISED  AT  MY  DISCRETION  HOWEVER 

also  i  think  its  worth  mentioning  cos  some  might  see  this  as  potential  godmodding.  sylar  is  not  a  nice  guy,  hes  a  type  of  serial  killer.  he  will  kill�� you  if  it  benefits  him,  or  if  you  piss  him  off  enough.  hes not  above doing  it  just  to  prove  a  point.  he  will  hurt  you  if  you  make angry,  might  not  kill  you  but  he  can  hurt  you  if  you  anger  him.  so  if  your  muse  riles  him  up  enough ??  just  be  prepared  for  potential  violence,  that  might  follow.  ---  i  will  not  exercise  my  muses  strength  cos  you  think  its  funny  to have  yours  poke  the  hive.  --  if  you  don’t  like  this,  please  don’t  attempt  to  write  with  me.  my  muse  is  a  villian  for  most  of  the  show  &  i  won’t  be  watering  him  down  for  you.  

OOC  VS.  IC  KNOWLEDGE

at  the  point  i  am  in  the  show,  the  only  people  who  know  what  sylar  looks  like  are  the  people  that  have  seen  him,  furthermore  only  those  who  have  heard  the  name  know  he  is  even  a  thing.  so  its  safe  to  say  a  lot  of  normal   savillians  don’t  know  him.  HELL  a  lot  of  the  heroes  don’t  know  him  either.  ---  keep  this  in  mind  when  interacting.  if  your  character  has  special  abilities  to  know  who  he  is,  thats  different,  but  don’t  just  assume  you  know  who  he  is  or  what  he  does.  

FURTHERMORE  TO  GO  OFF  A  TANGENT  i  am  not  gonna  be  too  keen  to  see  a  bunch  of  starters  of  people  begging  for  their  lives.  gabriel  is  a  hell  of  a  lot  more  then  just  a  random  serial  killer.  he  is  a  complex  character  who  has  feelings  &  issues  of  his  own.  hes  not  going  to  kill  just  anyone  for  the  sake  of  it.  please  bare  this  in  mind.  i  will  likely  not  reply  to  those  kind  of  random  interactions.  ---  by  all  means  if  you  wanna  plot  something  like  that  i  am  game  for  it,  but  please  give  me  the  heads  up.  i  will  not  reduce  my  muse  to  a  stereotype  killer,  cause  hes  not  & thats  the  tea.  he  only  kills  when  it  benefits  him,  its  not  a  sport  for  the  hell  of  it.  

TRIGGERING  CONTENT

given  the  nature  of  my  muse  there  will  be  some  triggering  themes  on  this  blog.  such  as  murder,  gore,  suicide, manipulation.  if  anyone  is  bothered  by  this,  please  blacklist  accordingly.  i tag  “  insert  trigger “ tw.  i  will  not  be  posting  heavy  gore  on  this  blog  in  visuals  at  least  &  i  ask  you  tag   it  if  you  post  it.  i’m  fine  with  a  bit  of  blood,  but  too  much  makes  me  a   little  ill.  writing  is  fine,  anything  like  a  photoset  with  heavy  gore  needs  to  be  tagged  for  me,  &  i  myself  will  not  be  posting  such  content.

MAINS  &  EXCLUSIVES

i  will  only  be  doing  exclusives  for  ships  &  crossover  fandoms  at  this  time.  if  you  are  interested  in  being  mains  lemme  know.  i  do  however  require  previous  interaction  ic  or  occ,  preferably  both.  if  you  wanna  be  exclusive  i  ask  you  return  the  favour  otherwise  i  drop  the  exclusivity.  

AND  I  THINK  THATS  ABOUT  IT  !!  I  PROMISE  I  AM  LESS  SCARY  THEN  THESE  RULES  MAKE  ME  SEEM,  I  AM  GIANT  NERD  WHO  IS  HELLA  FRIENDLY  &   LIKES  TO  GUSH ABOUT  HER  FAVES  ALWAYS !!  MUTUALS  MAY  ASK  FOR  DISCORD  IF  THEY  WISH  TO  TALK  THERE

NOW  HURRY  UP  &  ATTACK  MY  INBOX  OR  IMS  OR  LIKE  A  STARTER  CALL  LETS  WRITE  !! 

[mistwolf-wanderer]

A Professional in a Team of Randos

Commission I did for @viceterships !

Genji Shimada contacts Hana Song to request that she join Overwatch. She turns him down, and tells him exactly why.

Genji Shimada sits across from Hana “D.Va” Song. Canned coffee and instant ramen sit on the table before him, neither impressive nor repulsive, staring him down with as much intensity as Hana’s stare. He carefully reaches over and takes the ramen and chopsticks in his hand and peels back the lid before stirring the contents around. He sniffs.

“Spicy flavor?” “I wanted to see you suffer.” “Thanks.”

He takes a long, careful sip of the broth, coughs, and nods before opening the coffee and taking a deep swig.

“I am suffering,” he remarks. “So you win.” “Always play to win,” Hana sighs, rolling her eyes.  “So why are you here, unannounced, shoving dusty-ass Overwatch flyers in my face?”  Genji swallows and takes a second to compose himself. She waits, crossing her arms.

“We have thirty minutes until my stream starts and I kick you out,” she comments. “I hope you’re aware.”

He nods.  “Of course. Friends though we are, I wouldn’t have you missing your stream for me.”

“Who said we’re friends?”

“I assumed we were, after all those games we played together, and the races we’ve had.”

“We are,” she grins.  “So continue.”  

Genji sets down his coffee and bows his head respectfully.  Hana snorts.

“I’ve come to ask you to join overwatch as D.Va.”

Hana looks at Genji for a beat, face neutral. She taps her chin.

“Nah.”

“‘Nah’?”

“Yeah, I’m not doing that.”

Genji rubs his face.  “Are you bound by contract or something? I would think you of all people would jump at the challenge of saving the world from devastation.”

Hana clicks her tongue.  “It’s not an issue of ‘can’t’ or ‘not allowed,’ it’s an issue of ‘won’t’ and ‘this is stupid’.” She sits back. “Overwatch was disbanded―end of story. So why bring it back?”

“I told you, we believe the world needs heroes―”

“―And we are those heroes. But has it ever occurred to you that even all you guys put together won’t be enough?”

Genji looks at her quietly, curiously.  He waits for her to go on. Hana gestures to her symbol―the bunny that marks her mech as her own.

“The reason you’re here is for that, not me.” She gives him a once over. “You have master tacticians and military leaders at your back. So, check and check, you already have what Hana Song can give.” She sits back. “You need D.Va, and you need my MEKA. The strength. The armor. The bullets. But did you ever think to wonder where it comes from?”

Genji nods.  “MEKA is a branch of the Korean military, which uses human pilots instead of drones to fight hostile omnics.”

“Right,” Hana says.  “But MEKA doesn’t come from the military alone, specifically because of the people involved.”  She smiles and points to Genji. “You’re a gamer, Genji. You’re not pro, but I’m sure you’ve played enough competitive games to know what I mean when I say we’re not always exactly…”

“―Team players,” he finishes.

“A good shotcaller can bring a team together,” she says, bringing her fingers into a mesh, “but when you’re all pros, sometimes you all think you’re a shotcaller, and the team falls apart.”  She lets her hands fall back to the table, undone.  “We customize our MEKA with sponsorship money, not military funds. We’re barely qualified to be called military, if you look at the way we operate. No uniform, no ranks, no true military training.”  She points to the Overwatch flyer.  “You’ll be like us at level one.”

“A team of heroes from across the world have the diversity we need to tackle every obstacle, but…”

“You know they’ll be relatively untrained, with little to no chemistry at the first go, and the civilian casualties and environmental destruction will cost you millions when―not if―you get sued.”

Genji sits back, uncrossing his legs and leaning back and closing his eyes.

He can see in his mind’s eye a future where everyone is together.  The world’s best assembled before him.

And they are nothing like the team he knew years ago.

Half are gone, the other half is made of new recruits.  The one with the most military experience is Fareeha Amari, Ana Amari’s only daughter, and he can see the shadow cast behind her. Not nearly as tall as her mother’s.

Angela Ziegler has no incentive to return―not after what happened in Switzerland.

Reinhardt will answer the call, but the man is over sixty now, with a creaking back and old suit of armor.

Reyes and Morrison are dead, or they should be. But of course, Genji should be too.

He blinks.  The list of names goes on and on.  For a second, he thinks of Hanzo and sighs.  He rubs his eyes.  “So what do you propose we do, Ms. Song?”

Hana grimaces.  “Ew, don’t call me that, it makes me sound old.”

“You are nineteen.”

“And we’ve yet to move, as a society, from the idea that women should be married by 25. So don’t call me that.” She makes a face. “Or else I’ll start calling you Mr. Shimada.  Or maybe Shimada-sama?”

Genji grins and laughs lightly, putting a hand on his face. “Please, Hana, never call me that again.”

“Contract signed and honored, pal.” She grins.  It fades quickly.  She leans back on her hands and looks to the side, out the window to the city lights outside.

“That was quite the face journey you went on,” she comments.

“I was just thinking about how you’re right.”

“About?”

“Overwatch being a bad idea.”

“I don’t think that making a group of heroes to address worldwide pain is bad, but we aren’t the Justice League. And they had their fair share of legal issues for obvious reasons.”

Genji sighs again.  “So what do you propose instead? The wheels are in motion, and I can’t just tell them to shut down alone.”

“I feel like the answer’s obvious.”

Genji cocks his head at her.  “How so?”

“MEKA only works because of three things, and it’s the same reason all pro-gaming teams do well.”  She counts off on her fingers.  “Team synergy, public support, and sponsorships.  Money.”  She looks at her symbol again.  “This icon is mine, not the military’s. And my fans recognize me for it. They don’t recognize me because I’m in MEKA, they recognize MEKA because I’m in it.”

Genji nods slowly.  “Overwatch was shut down for a reason,” he says, contemplative.  “I may have been one of those reasons, at some point.” He sits back up and looks at his hands.  “With these hands, I…” He sighs. “Let’s say I was angry back then. Overwatch gave me an outlet,” he closes his hands, “but it wasn’t what I needed.”

“Not what the public needed either, I assume.” She watches him think and crosses her arms.  “And now that Overwatch is disbanded, you’re fundsless.”

“Totally broke,” Genji agrees.  “And I’m dead to the world, so I’m not getting any of my inheritance.” They share a grim chuckle that falls swiftly into silence.

“I don’t have a solution,” Hana professes.  “Your name is wrecked. Brand name, I mean, and that’s what you’re selling.” She sighs. “Maybe for some of the members, it would be enough to call them back just to relive the glory days. But the public will see those faces and remember what happened. Meanwhile, your newbies will be disorganized and without a real common goal.”

“Isn’t saving the world a common goal?”

“Isn’t it always? Everyone wants to rule the world or save it―and those things aren’t mutually exclusive.”  She sighs.  “You see it, right? The issues an org like this has?”

“I do,” Genji says.  He gets up and stretches, servos whirring as he does.  He sighs.  “And here’s what I want to propose to you.”

He takes a second to breathe.  “Overwatch may not be able to offer you anything. Perhaps joining us would only bring you down.”  He looks back down at her, then bows at the waist. “But we need you. You said it yourself―you have the fans, the sponsors, and you know how to make a team work.  You have the platform that could make us work.” He stands up straight and smiles at her, hesitant and sincere.  “We may not know everyone who needs saving, or have the best history, or even have a lot of money, but I know that we could become better.  And I think you could help.”

Hana blinks at him slowly.  “That’s a lot of smooth talking,” she says slowly.  “Turning all my points on me like that and stroking my ego...you’re a real piece of work.”  She smiles.  She gets up and hands him his coffee and ramen, both gone cold.

“We’re friends,” she says.  “So for you? Maybe I’ll think about chasing something totally stupid, like an extralegal superpower organization with a shit ton of guns.”  She pats his back, then turns him around.  “But for now, I need you outta here.  I have a stream to do, and you’re in the way.”

Genji grins and puts his mask back on his face before saluting and climbing out her window.  She leans out the window and shakes a fist at him.  “Use the door next time!”  She sighs and stretches before settling before her computer and setting up her stream.

She settles into her persona as D.Va and begins her stream, interacting with the fans casually while she gets into the flow of the game.  On a whim, she glances back to look at the flyer Genji left on her desk.

Ana Amari’s valiant image stands clear on its faded-print surface.  She returns to the game, thoughtful.

“So what do you guys think about Overwatch?”

[simonjadis]

those of you who know me know that Dragon Age is my #1 hyperfixation

I’m aware of the DA4 “leaks” which may be real-yet-outdated but may also be someone’s ploy for attention by describing a plausible-sounding guess

unrelated to that, I’ve been wanting to do a “will this person show up” list and just talk about how likely certain companions and other popular characters are to make an appearance in DA4 and future games

I’m not going to try to guess what writers have planned, here; just which characters are and are not available

Alistair Theirin: can be dead, can be king, can have been stranded in the Fade; with this number of variables, I doubt that we will see Alistair in DA4 unless the Hawke/Alistair/Stroud/Loghain character appears and you have Alistair in that slot. you can likely expect for codexes or even dialogue to mention him if he’s king or died a hero. it’s likely that Alistair’s story has been told, so to speak [tl;dr probably not]

Morrigan: Morrigan is always alive and is a free agent and has possibly even been empowered with some portion of Flemeth’s power and perhaps even some of what Flemeth removed from Kieran, though that is speculation on my part; whether or not she drank from the Well, Morrigan could easily appear [tl;dr available]

Zevran: in worldstates where the Warden killed him instead of recruiting him or in worldstates where he betrayed the Warden to Taliesen in Denerim, Zevran is dead. iirc, Hawke has the option of turning Zevran over to the Crows in Kirkwall, though Zev could escape that. I would say that he will probably not appear in DA4, though there is a chance that popular demand (and the fact that he’s the only Origins romance who didn’t show up in Inquisition) could give him an appearance. He’s been tearing down the Crows. [tl;dr probably not, barring popular demand]

Leliana: she’s alive and an important fixture in canon, but since probably more than half of all worldstates (that’s a guess) have her as Divine Victoria, I wouldn’t expect to see her unless we meet the Divine. In fact, I’d say that chances are reasonably good that all three candidates for Divine are now retired from the game, though since Cassandra might lead the Seekers and Vivienne might lead the new Circle, they could show up. still, I feel like Leliana’s story has been told. [tl;dr probably not]

Wynne: she’s dead, jim [tl;dr not available]

Shale: Shale is wonderful, though a DLC companion and also potentially having been slain if brought to face Caridin by a Warden who sided with Bronca . . . but otherwise very likely still alive and active and, in the default worldstate of the novels, Shale was part of the initial Mage Rebellion at the White Spire. Shale’s one avenue for death could easily be written out [tl;dr available]

Sten: Sten could be dead (left to rot or if he tries to kill your Warden) but, if he didn’t die, he’s no longer Sten but now the Arishok. His chances of appearing in a future game are fairly high, though some worldstates might have a Stroud-like substitute as Arishok. [lt;dr available]

Oghren: the yosemite sam of Thedas is probably alive but I don’t expect to see him again and honestly I was shocked that he had enough fans that he came back in Awakening [tl;dr probably not]

Dog: the Warden’s mabari (whom my Surana named “Jowan”) is . . . well, old. We might see a descendant of the Warden’s dog, as it is canon that your mabari was personally involved in replenishing the Fereldan mabari population

DRAGON AGE II

Anders: an extremely well loved and also extremely reviled character; quite possibly the most controversial figure in the Dragon Age franchise (yes, more so than Loghain or Solas or Morrigan) who could potentially be dead in half of the playthroughs . . . no. we’re not seeing blondie again. [tl;dr not available]

Isabela: worst case scenario, Isabela was given to the Qunari at the end of Act II of DA2, presumably by the Worst Possible Hawke. that horrible fate could easily be written away, such as with an escape. they even put her in the DAI multiplayer. it would be hard to picture a game featuring naval forces or pirates where she isn’t at least a questgiver or something [tl;dr available]

Fenris: could be dead (if he sides with Meredith against Hawke and won’t switch back), could be traded away to Danarius by an absolute monster of a Hawke. though all signs point to Tevinter for the next location in the game, writers may feel like Fenris’ story has been told or that there are too many versions of him. [tl;dr maybe but probably not]

Merrill: sweet and beautiful and clever, Merrill seems like she’ll be getting increasingly relevant thanks to certain events shown in Trespasser, though I doubt that she’d be on board. That said, because she’s a potential romance for Hawke, and because she tends to not be pro-Annulment and thus can die fighting to protect mages from the slaughter, she’s not always alive or available. [tl;dr available but not likely]

Aveline: Aveline is busy being the main character on Law & Order: Kirkwall, thanks [tl;dr probably not]

Varric: spoiler alert but he’s the Viscount of Kirkwall so he’s very unlikely to show up as more than a cameo [ tl;dr probably not]

Carver/Bethany: the fact that I am writing about them both at once, because they are mutually exclusive characters, should tell you -- too many variables. either can be alive. either can be a Warden or a Circle Mage/Templar. [ tl;dr probably not]

Sebastian: hot but probably the least popular DA2 companion; he’s the Prince of Starkhaven and shows up in the comics but as a DLC companion, plenty of people never even met him also, he has a city to run. [ tl;dr probably not]

Dragon Age Inquisition

Cassandra: as I mentioned about Leliana, Cassandra may be Divine and therefore I feel that it’s unlikely that we’ll see her unless we happen to see the Divine or maybe unless we encounter the Seekers. [ tl;dr probably not]

Varric: as I said, he’s busy Viscounting in Kirkwall and can’t come to the phone right now [tl;dr probably not]

Solas: well he’s sure as frick not gonna be a companion again but I 100% expect to see him again [tl;dr available]

Iron Bull: he’s wonderful but potentially killable if your Inquisitor makes bad choices, so between that and the fact that his story feels like it’s been told -- despite his storytelling potential in Northern Thedas -- I’m gonna lean towards “no” [tl;dr probably not]

Krem: not a companion but relevant: Krem is killable if your Inquisitor makes the same bad choice that cost Bull his life; that said, Krem is overwhelmingly popular. the devs would have to balance out the popularity of letting us see our precious son again vs the uproar over retconning his death. considering that they refuse to let us see the Warden again because some people give Morrigan the finger instead of doing the sensible thing in Origins, I sadly don’t think that we’ll get to see our handsome boy [tl;dr probably not]

Sera: unless I’m totally missing something, the worst that you can do for Sera is not recuit her or kick her out of the Inquisition, which would be a shame because she’s a (chaotic) treasure. honestly if you avoid talking politics with her she’s darling, and perhaps the most enjoyable romance in the franchise (even if you’re not into women!), so while I don’t really expect to see her again, she’s definitely around, right? [ tl;dr available]

Vivienne: again, she could potentially be busy being the Fantasy Pope and, if not, she’s leading the new Circle [ tl;dr probably not]

Blackwall: his story is told and he’s already old af and some versions of him didn’t exactly get their happy ending, so I would be shocked if we saw him again [ tl;dr probably not]

Cole: our precious ghost son! this sweet, good boy has too many variables and may have even returned to the Fade, so [ tl;dr probably not]

Dorian Pavus: there is a very strong chance, in my estimation, that we’ll see Dorian again. not only was he a popular character (even with the Hets) and a beloved romance for many, but his story is tied to Tevinter. his variables, like his relationship with his father and whether or not he’s in love with the Inquisitor, can be handled via a few dialogue items and and are unlikely to make his character burdensome for the writers or the people doing cutscenes. [tl;dr available]

Cullen: he’s been in three games despite starting off as a one-off NPC and he was a romance in Inquisition; we are unlikely to see him again in game except perhaps to deliver a quick cameo line where appropriate somewhere in Southern Thedas [ tl;dr probably not]

Josephine: despite being only an advisor, I feel like Josephine’s odds of returning aren’t low. she’s young and she’s a master of the Game and she’s supposed to take over House Montilyet, an Antivan House. unlike Leliana and Cassandra, she’s not part of the Chantry. her only real variable is whether or not she’s hooking up with the Inquisitor, which is no obstacle (as with Dorian, dealt with in a few lines about a long-distance relationship). [tl;dr available]

anyway, those are my guesses

[davidfostercomedyblog]

How Did the Yankees Become the Red Sox?

Just as important as it is to have friends who see the world similarly to yourself is having those who challenge your perspective – not with contrarian pretense – but organic disagreements that force us to reflect on the all important WHYwe think the way we do and consider if one or both parties have room for flexibility.

One such friend of mine is a Mets and Jets fan, the poor bastard, but an educated intellect in spite of his unfortunate childhood choices. He was beyond confounded, to the point of angry with me when I told him I couldn’t (and didn’t) even watch Game 4 of the ALCS.

“Whaaa? How could you not--?” It’s your team! You can’t— This is what you watch the whole year for. For this! “

And I understood. For a Mets/Jets fan the playoffs are like food to a starving man. No matter how gross or stale it is, he wants it. He needs it! It’s enough just to be eating.

Conversely, the Yankees fan has dined at all the finest restaurants and continues to do so on a regular basis - just not the top finest one in quite some time. On one hand that latter truth is fair, right? Let the other teams have a chance. On the other hand, that’s not how life works. In life pro football has the Patriots, basketball had the Lakers and Spurs, and baseball better have its most legendary franchise that happens to represent the greatest city in the world in the borough that created hip hop for God’s sake. We should dominate, maybe not always, but mostly.

The Yankees’ loss in Game 2 was disappointing but acceptable. A split in Houston was acceptable. Even when my friend tried to humorously rouse me for it I responded arrogantly, with that cocky conviction of Yankees’ years past: “Yeah, it took Houston 11 innings just to get a split.”

I believed in us.

And it wasn’t that we lost Game 3. It was how we lost. Just like last year against Boston and the year before against Houston, we couldn’t get a hit in a big spot. Sure, this was against Cole, but so what? Great teams hit great pitchers all the time in the postseason, plus we got enough hits to put runners on base in the first place. We just couldn’t bring them home.

Game 4 was more of the same. Our play grew boring and frustrating, monotonous, and spectating began to feel like a job. Watching baseball should not feel like a job.

For me it brought up the ghosts – not the old ghosts, unfortunately, but the new ghosts of the 21stcentury: Mariano’s missed throw to second, an inept offense against the Florida freakin’ Marlins, the Red Sox breaking the curse, and year after year after year of the best hitters in baseball cowering like stunned bullies as soon as the calendar turns to October. Something is wrong.

Sure, we won in 2009, and obviously no ring is anything to spit at, but c’mon… That is the one title I would concede to Yankee-haters as purchased, with an offensive free agent shopping spree that overshadowed the entire rest of the team. This fact isn’t mutually exclusive to the great play of C.C., A-Rod or Matsui, or any of the individuals who performed valiantly. But it wasn’t at all like the teams of the 90’s or 70’s that went through war together and discovered success with grit and magic. I don’t know if it was the towers falling or Boston’s curse breaking, but in my opinion that magic has been gone for almost 20 years, and now we are the new Red Sox of the league. Ugh, how hard is that to face?

I understand that the fans of the Mets and most other teams would kill to be competing in the playoffs every year. They diagnose Yankees fans as inherently fair weather, spoiled and overly entitled to demand more, to which I demand: Why shouldn’t we?

First, this is New York. We work the hardest to pay the most rent and generate the most culture of any metropolis on the planet. We’re the best.

Second and more importantly, we’re adults, with lives and responsibilities and free time at a premium. We don’t owe it to our team to “support” them anymore than they owe it to us to stick around when another team offers them a bigger contract. I own Yankees t-shirts. I go to a few games a year and cheer, drunkenly, loudly, and always stay to the last out. And I pay for YES on my cable bill. Consider me in support.

There can be a fine line between disloyal and disinterested. It’s one thing to jump from team to team, choosing new loyalties every time the wind blows, but another to lose interest in a loser. For example, I’ll always be a Knicks fan but I don’t watch them anymore because to me (and many others), sports lose their allure when they lose drama. Without hope there is no drama. Add to that the déjà vu all over againof watching your protagonists transform from savages in the box into hitless wonders, and frankly it’s boring. Ultimately we tune in to be entertained, which is why I had to break from it.

I was happy to hear that we won Game 5, eager to cheer us on in 6 with hopes to watch Game 7 at a bar in the Bronx. Unfortunately, the new Yankees reared their ugly heads again (or didn’t), and another night of stranded runners, weak swings at bad pitches, and heartbreak watching yet another team accomplishing what we seem no longer able to. I won’t be so naïve to say I won’t watch next year, as I love baseball too much, but how are we supposed to get excited about October after almost 20 years of being teased and lulled to sleep?

Red Sox fans, you did it four times as long. I humbly ask for your advice.

[bornpariah-a]

REPOST,  DON’T  REBLOG!  

NAME:  mimi NICKNAME:   meems, asshole, etc. AGE:  21, aaaalmost 22 which is a weird thought FACECLAIM:   myself? PRONOUNS:  she/her HEIGHT:  5′2 BIRTHDAY:  september 4th AESTHETIC:  my aesthetic primarily consists of black, monochorme, space, organs ( and i mean that literally ) and flowers, particularly flowers growing out of organs. also generally self-hatey things and pro-bisexual things. tbh you can just look at my pinterest board? LAST  SONG  YOU  LISTENED  TO:  danse et danse by coeur de pirate

FAVOURITE  MUSE(S)  YOU’VE  WRITTEN:  uhmmm probably dorian, mutou yuugi, and naminé fall under this category, mostly because they are some of my favorite characters of all time and writing them is a fun time for me. on top of that i really enjoyed writing tuskishima kei from haikyuu!! while that was a thing

WHAT  INSPIRED  YOU  TO  TAKE  ON  YOUR  CURRENT  MUSE  ( THAT  YOU  ARE  POSTING  THIS  ON ): i saw him in the game for the first time and i immediately said i love him and he’s my favorite and then rain happened and here we are

WHAT  ARE  YOUR  FAVOURITE  ASPECTS  OF  YOUR  CURRENT  MUSE:   god... everything. i love everything about dorain. i love his confidence and his arrogance and his love for magic and research and fashion and how those things don’t have to be mutually exclusive, he loves them all and perhaps not equally ( he loves magic and research more than fashion, fight me ) but he loves them all the same. i love his character arc and most of his characterization and i love his tone and how he speaks and the fact that he’s incredibly emotionally stunted and adores literature and reading and chooses the library to stay in out of all the places he could have and i love his lack of confidence ONLY in regards to romance because he’s constantly hurting on the inside aaaaaaaaaaaand yeah. i really love him.

WHAT’S  YOUR  BIGGEST  INSPIRATION  WHEN  IT  COMES  TO  WRITING: uhm!!! you know, i’m not really sure. i suppose that i pull inspiration from poetry and prose, for the most part, especially things that remind me of whoever i’m writing at the time. my writing partners also really inspire me as well, because i love the feeling of being equally as into a thread as someone else and when that happens i’m so enthused and excited and happy to write. 

FAVOURITE  TYPES  OF  THREADS:  longer threads are my shiiiiiiit. honestly i don’t have a favorite type of thread, all things considered? as i mentioned before, it all depends on the enthusiasm of my writing partner? if i feel like they’re as into it as i am, i get super excited and those are aaaaalways my favorite types of threads. also, i like ones that develop the characters and their relationships?? which seems obvious but ones that go beyond the basic banter and what not. really getting into the nitty gritty and all that shit.

BIGGEST  STRUGGLE  IN  REGARDS  TO  YOUR  CURRENT  MUSE: i often get paranoid that i’m not getting his dialogue right because dorian has such a unique voice so it’s!!! worrying for me that i may not be getting it right. also i feel like i’m getting more and more and more repetitive insofar as like. the subject of my writing. how i’m writing it. i feel like i can’t get my prose unique enough and it makes me concerned that it’s all just so. same-y, i guess??

TAGGED  BY: @blackwine​ ♥ ♥ ♥ TAGGING: whoever wants to do this should go for it!!

[sunshinekarliekloss]

Karlie Kloss talks fans, ballerinas and Taylor Swift

Derek Blasberg chats to his friend and fellow native of St. Louis about the nature of fandom in the age of instant-access celebrity.

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Derek: The most obvious question here is: who is your biggest fan? And the most obvious answer is: me, Derek Blasberg.

Karlie: Definitely it’s you. You’ve been the most loyal president of my fan club since I began!

Is this a good time to point out that it’s been unpaid position?

Oh, shush! You just get paid in good karma and love and cookies.

When you were a kid, what were you a fan of?

Sports teams and New York City ballerinas. I knew of all the ballerinas and principal dancers in ABT.

What was your favourite team?

The Cardinals, of course! C’mon, we both grew up in St Louis, where being proud of the Cardinals was a requirement of living there. That’s fandom on a whole other level. When I was little, I knew every person on the starting line-up.

Back in high school in Missouri, I found that so much of the socialisation was based on high-school sports, too.

It’s like a religion. In small towns, you care as much about the high-school sports team as much as you do the professional teams. Actually, I think people cared more about the high school team than they did about the pros.

Maybe that was a good life lesson. Maybe that’s why you and I are so friendly and work so well with others, because from a young age we are encouraged to participate in group sports and teamwork. That’s when we learned there’s no ‘I’ in ‘team’ and all that.

For sure! The whole community was fans, and everybody pitched in, whether it was fundraisers, bake sales, chili fests, whatever – it was to help support the team. I think that’s definitely fandom on a very personal level.

How was your high-school team?

Better than yours!

That’s because you had a bigger student body, and just by law of averages a bigger student body means a better team. But, ha! It’s interesting that even now we are fighting over who had the best team.

This is true. But it’s like this pride and this joy that comes from supporting the teams and being part of the games and I don’t know, I don’t find that I’ve felt that same kind of loyalty in sports, even in New York.

What are you a fan of now?

I’m a fan of Derek Blasberg.

Correct answer! But what else are you a fan of?

Now, I’m a fan of individuals more so than I am of teams. Though I still have a soft spot for dancers, like Misty Copeland, who’s a boundary-breaking ballerina in New York City. Derek, who are you a fan of?

That’s easy. Ricky Martin.

This I know.

Apart from athletes, who are you a fan of?

Artists? I’m a fan of Alex Israel. I’m a fan of Beyoncé. I’m a fan of Melinda Gates. I like people who are creators, people who have blazed their own trail and stand out in their industries because they’re being true to themselves and following their passion. I think individuality – a person who doesn’t just follow what the crowd is doing – is admirable too.

When I ask who you’d be a fan of in the fashion industry, who comes to mind?

Arthur Elgort. He was the very first person to ever give me a break as a model.

Which job was that?

I did a photo shoot with him for Teen Vogue when I was, like, a baby. He knew I was a ballerina so when I went to meet him in his studio he kept asking me to jump. It was a big deal to me because I knew he had photographed so many iconic dancers. Like he photographed Baryshnikov. I think he could tell that I knew it was a big deal to him, so he saw something in me and supported me through the rest of my career. So maybe we were mutual fans of each other from then.

Do you feel a certain pressure to entertain your fans? With Instagram and Snapchat and Facebook and Twitter… Tell me about the modern relationship of fandom.

I think that for a long time fandom was about exclusivity and not fully giving yourself away. Not showing everything, not showing the behind-the-scenes – and that’s for everyone and for all industries. It was about illusion and smoke and mirrors, right? But now we live in a world where what is so exciting is a direct relationship from creators of all kinds to their fans and to their fan base. I think that it’s really exciting because the people who are truly unique and passionate create work that really stands out. You can have access to them through technology, through social media, through so many different ways. There is a much more honest, intimate relationship that people have with their fans. It’s not necessarily a responsibility or something you have to do, but I think it creates a much stronger relationship with the creator.

So, being able to show more is a good thing?

I think that the intimacy leads to, hopefully, a longer relationship and the idea that someone is really invested. They feel like they really know you, and I love that.

Do you show the real you to your fans?

Yes, and you have to. I think people know when you’re not being genuine. And I think the idea of fandom is really feeling like you’re a friend of someone.

Does it come naturally to you?

For a long time it was tricky, especially when I was living at home in St Louis and balancing this normal high-school life of football games and pep rallies with starting to build a career in the world of high fashion and being recognised. Honestly, it made me uncomfortable. Any time someone would come up to me and say, ‘Karlie can I take a picture with you? I’m a fan,’ I would feel odd. Not because I felt like people were invading my privacy, more because I felt I didn’t deserve that recognition or that I didn’t earn it yet.

Is it easier now?

Now it is, because of how connected everyone is. It’s easier to start developing a fan base. You don’t have to be the most famous person in the world, you can just put yourself out there in an authentic way and people really connect.

Is there anything that you wouldn’t share with your fans?

I probably don’t share everything in my life, but I definitely care about using the following that I have and the influence that I have in a way to draw attention to things that matter to me. Whether it is trying to help teach girls different things like coding or share cooking recipes, I recognise that it’s a special opportunity to build a relationship. I care about the people that pay attention to me. I feel grateful they care, so I want to share what I feel comfortable sharing.

Is that enough on fandom?

I hope we didn’t forget anything.

Taylor Swift! Shouldn’t you say you’re her fan, too?

Ha! Yes, I’m a big fan of Tay Tay, but I love her for who she is and what a wonderful friend she is. So I’m a fan, and a friend. (x)

[suzanneshannon]

When to Use SVG vs. When to Use Canvas

SVG and canvas are both technologies that can draw stuff in web browsers, so they are worth comparing and understanding when one is more suitable than the other. Even a light understanding of them makes the choice of choosing one over the other pretty clear.

A little flat-color icon? That's clearly SVG territory.

An interactive console-like game? That's clearly canvas territory.

I know we didn't cover why yet, but I hope that will become clear as we dig into it.

SVG is vector and declarative

If you know you need vector art, SVG is the choice. Vector art is visually crisp and tends to be a smaller file size than raster graphics like JPG.

That makes logos a very common SVG use case. SVG code can go right within HTML, and are like declarative drawing instructions:

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100"> <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" /> </svg>

If you care a lot about the flexibility and responsiveness of the graphic, SVG is the way.

Canvas is a JavaScript drawing API

You put a <canvas> element in HTML, then do the drawing in JavaScript. In other words, you issue commands to tell it how to draw (which is more imperative than declarative).

<canvas id="myCanvas" width="578" height="200"></canvas> <script> var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas'); var context = canvas.getContext('2d'); var centerX = canvas.width / 2; var centerY = canvas.height / 2; var radius = 70; context.beginPath(); context.arc(centerX, centerY, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false); context.fillStyle = 'green'; context.fill(); </script>

SVG is in the DOM

If you're familiar with DOM events like click and mouseDown and whatnot, those are available in SVG as well. A <circle> isn't terribly different than a <div> in that respect.

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100"> <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" /> <script> document.querySelector('circle').addEventListener('click', e => { e.target.style.fill = "red"; }); </script> </svg>

SVG for accessibility

You can have a text alternative for canvas:

<canvas aria-label="Hello ARIA World" role="img"></canvas>

You can do that in SVG too, but since SVG and its guts can be right in the DOM, we generally think of SVG as being what you use if you're trying to build an accessible experience. Explained another way, you can build an SVG that assistive technology can access and find links and sub-elements with their own auditory explanations and such.

Text is also firmly in SVG territory. SVG literally has a <text> element, which is accessible and visually crisp — unlike canvas where text is typically blurry.

Canvas for pixels

As you'll see in Sarah Dranser's comparison below, canvas is a way of saying dance, pixels, dance!. That's a fun way of explaining the concept that drives it home better than any dry technical sentiment could do.

Highly interactive work with lots and lots of complex detail and gradients is the territory of canvas. You'll see a lot more games built with canvas than SVG for this reason, although there are always exceptions (note the simple vector-y-ness of this game).

CSS can play with SVG

We saw above that SVG can be in the DOM and that JavaScript can get in there and do stuff. The story is similar with CSS.

<svg viewBox="0 0 100 100"> <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="50" /> <style> circle { fill: blue; } </style> </svg>

Note how I've put the <script> and <style> blocks within the <svg> for these examples, which is valid. But assuming you've put the SVG literally in the HTML, you could move those out, or have other external CSS and JavaScript do the same thing.

We have a massive guide of SVG Properties and CSS. But what is great to know is that the stuff that CSS is great at is still possible in SVG, like :hover states and animation!

See the Pen ExxbpBE by Chris Coyier (@chriscoyier) on CodePen.

Combinations

Technically, they aren't entirely mutually exclusive. A <svg> can be painted to a <canvas>.

As Blake Bowen proves, you can even keep the SVG on the canvas very crisp!

See the Pen SVG vs Canvas Scaling by Blake Bowen (@osublake) on CodePen.

Ruth John's comparison

See the Pen SVG vs Canvas by Rumyra (@Rumyra) on CodePen.

Sarah Drasner's comparison

Tablized from this tweet.

DOM/Virtual DOM Canvas Pros Great for UI/UX animation Dance, pixels, dance! Great for SVG that is resolution independent Great for really impressive 3D or immersive stuff Easier to debug Movement of tons of objects Cons Tanks with lots of objects Harder to make accessible Because you have to care about the way you anmimate Not resolution independent out of the box Breaks to nothing

Shirley Wu's comparison

Tablized from this tweet.

SVG Canvas Pros Easy to get started Very performant Easier to register user interactions Easy to update Easy to animate Cons Potentially complex DOM More work to get started Not performant for a large number of elements More work to handle interactions Have to write custom animations

Many folks consider scenarios with a lot of objects (1,000+, as Shirley says) is the territory of canvas.

SVG is the default choice; canvas is the backup

A strong opinion, but it feels right to me:

One extremely basic way to answer it is "use canvas when you cannot use svg" (where "cannot" might mean animating thousands of objects, manipulating each pixel individually, etc.). To put it another way, SVG should be your default choice, canvas your backup plan.

— Benjamin De Cock (@bdc) October 2, 2019

Wrap up

So, if we revisit those first two bullet points...

A little flat-color icon? SVG goes in the DOM, so something like an icon inside a button makes a lot of sense for SVG — not to mention it can be controlled with CSS and have regular JavaScript event handlers and stuff

An interactive console-like game? That will have lots and lots of moving elements, complex animation and interaction, performance considerations. Those are things that canvas excels at.

And yet there is a bunch of middle ground here. As a day-to-day web designer/developer kinda guy, I find SVG far more useful on a practical level. I'm not sure I've done any production work in canvas ever. Part of that is because I don't know canvas nearly as well. I wrote a book on SVG, so I've done far more research on that side, but I know enough that SVG is doing the right stuff for my needs.

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[ixvyupdates]

New to Teaching? These 4 Tips Will Improve Your Classroom

I’m still less than a year into my new role as a teacher coach specializing in supporting first-year teachers, but here are four things that have stood out as major levers for novice teachers to improve their practice.

1. Break the Plane and Get Moving!

What could be duller than staring at a person who doesn’t move?

Perhaps it’s the way classrooms look on television or at the movies, with teachers posted up by the chalkboard, lecturing to students, but so many first-year teachers operate as if they are physically leashed to the front of the room.

They need to get moving.

It’s called circulation, and it can revolutionize a teacher’s practice. Teachers need to think about their classroom layout, and plan effective and efficient paths that take them to all corners of the room as quickly as possible.

Students needs to feel their teacher’s proximity, and know that within a second a teacher can be there to help or redirect. Teachers need to see the work their students are doing so they can pick up the trends that can inform their next teaching move. Are students forgetting to the carry the 1 in a math problem? Are students confusing simile for metaphor? Are they even on the right page? The only way to know, to really know, is to see it with your own eyes.

In an ironic twist of fate, the growing use of the doc-cam, the 21st-century equivalent of the overhead projector, can actually make a teacher more old-fashioned in that they have now become attached to the machine. So what is a teacher to do? Find that student who is an amazing notetaker. We almost all have one. Have them do their work under the doc cam. This can free up teacher movements, while at the same time highlighting a student exemplar throughout the class period.

Bottom line, the sage on the stage has left the building.

2. Stop Repeating Student Answers and Get Kids Listening to One Another!

I did it for years, and once it was pointed out to me, I realized that it made no sense.

We ask students a question. They give an answer. We repeat it. Why? So other students can hear it, perhaps. But if we do that, what is the logical unintended consequence? It’s obvious. If students know that I will repeat what their classmates say, what incentive is there for them to listen to one another?

Instead of repeating our students’ answers, we can bounce them around the room so other students can build upon them.

For instance, if Rasheen gives an answer, I can turn to Michael and say, “What do you think about that, Michael?” After Michael responds, I can turn to Shydeena and ask, “Agree or disagree and why?”

The best classes were when I was less a teacher and more of a facilitator. I was there to guide students towards knowledge, not necessarily impart it to them.

And among the best ways for that to happen was for students to listen to one another. And how do we make that happen? In part, by not repeating what our students say.

That way, they’ll have to listen.

3. Eliminate Distributing Handouts by Using Caddies Instead!

Minutes in the classroom are arguably a teacher’s most precious commodity; there’s never enough of them, and we never get them back.

And so many of those minutes are wasted handing out papers. Passing out papers can grind a class’ momentum to a halt and open up a myriad of opportunities for students to get off task and mess around. Then, even more minutes are wasted trying to get the lesson back on track.

It’s enough to drive teachers crazy. But there’s a solution. Put a caddy on every table or desk. Get to school 15 minutes early (earlier, I should say) and put all the handouts students needs for class in them before the first bell rings.

I taught five sections of high school english every day for almost 10 years. These caddies allowed me to have enough copies of four different handouts for every student I taught every day without handing out a single piece of paper.

Game changed.

4. Teach to the Skill, Not the Test!

This is not the place to discuss the pros and cons of testing, but one thing I’ve noticed about teacher mindsets about tests is that they believe teaching to the test and actually teaching students are mutually exclusive.

They’re not. Or rather, they don’t have to be.

Every student I ever taught sat for at least four standardized tests a year, not including the SATs and ACTs my juniors and seniors took.

My first few years, I taught my class with the test in mind and the students did poorly.

I had to find a new way to teach my students, one that engaged them and prepared them.

So, with the support of coaches, assistant principals, and colleagues, I began to look at tests differently. It wasn’t what the question said that was important; it was the skill that students needed to master that mattered.

Think of it this way. Let’s say an upcoming assessment required my students to be able to identify the main idea of a text, identify an author’s use of figurative language, and chart a character’s development.

If I was teaching to the test, I would look at the question stems and teach students how to decode the stem, eliminate wrong choices, and make educated guesses.

These aren’t bad skills, but they’re not skills the test was actually assessing, nor were they skills I felt in my English teacher’s heart were what mattered.

So I looked at our text. I looked at the pages we were going to attack that day. What skill did those pages lend themselves to? If the passages were dense and difficult to follow, then they were perfect for building comprehension skills. If they were poetic masterpieces, then we focused on figurative language. If they dove deep into a character’s internal struggle, we followed it to decode the character’s development.

And guess what happened. Student scores improved, oftentimes dramatically.

And they learned to love to read to boot.

When we teach to the test, students do worse. When we discard the test, we don’t know how they do. But when we use the test to tell us what skills we need, and then use the text to build those skill, student learning can soar.

Summer Is Coming

To all the novice teachers out there, I salute you. My first years of teaching were some of the most difficult of my life.

But you’re doing it. Keep it up. June is coming.

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11 Free WooCommerce Plugins Worth Checking Out

WooCommerce is by far the biggest player in the WordPress ecommerce space. It has its own robust economy of premium add-ons both by its creators and an impressive array of third party developers. So much so that it can be easy to catch yourself thinking that every add-on worth having is premium. But like WooCommerce itself (and WordPress of course) quality/usefulness and a $0 price tag are not mutually exclusive. There are plenty of free WooCommerce plugins out there that can enhance your store without requiring you to spend a dime. In this post we’ve rounded up eleven we feel are worth checking out.

1. WooCommerce Multilingual

Off the bat, you should know that expanding the languages your store is available in can increase sales and conversions. The WPML project is fantastic for that, and this plugin will let you make sure that your site reaches absolutely as many people as possible. I think the best part of this plugin is that it not only shows the pages on your site in a new language, but also allows emails that you sent to your customers to be translated, too. That’s good stuff.

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2. YITH WooCommerce Wishlist

You want people to come back to your site. While one-off sales are okay, the real money is with repeat customers. And what better way to get repeat customers than to give them a chance to browse your store and throw whatever they want to remember onto a wishlist? It works for Amazon, so it will work for you, too. Just install the YITH WooCommerce Wishlist plugin and before you know it, conversions and return visitors will be soaring. Plus, the image they use to promote the plugin uses an elegant black dress. I say their word choice is an omen.

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3. WooRewards

If you’re like most shoppers, free stuff gets you to buy more than you’d normally buy. Just the prospect of it being free is too tantalizing to miss. Even more than that, the best way to give something for free is to make sure they keep coming back to your store over and over again. That’s why rewards programs are so popular. With the WooRewards plugin, you can host your own rewards program for free. Just like the wishlist above, if you can get people to come back for any reason, they will most likely buy more stuff. And with something free dangling like a carrot on a stick in front of them, too, it’s a one-two punch that’ll knock ’em out every time.

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4. WooCommerce Direct Checkout

Remember how one of the most annoying parts of ecommerce is the abandoned cart? Well, that’s not an issue with WooCommerce Direct Checkout. Just install this baby on your site, and you won’t have any abandoned carts anymore. Zero. Zilch. Because you won’t have a cart at all. You can direct your customers directly to checkout with this plugin so that their impulse to buy is streamlined through the process perfectly. It’s totally free to use, but if you want a more robust experience, the developers have a pro upgrade you can opt for.

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5. WooCommerce Menu Cart

Just like it says, this plugin puts a cart icon in the menu of your WordPress site. Some themes don’t play well with WooCommerce, but that shouldn’t be a problem with this one installed. Just activate it, and you have a customizable spot in your menu bar that lets your customers keep track of everything they’ve set aside to buy. And if you don’t want it just in the menu bar, you can use a shortcode to render the cart wherever you want — widgets, footers, blogs, anywhere.

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6. WooCommerce Currency Switcher

If there is one lesson we can learn from the current state of the film industry, it’s that there’s a lot of money to be made outside of the United States. So make sure that your customers know what they’re really paying by using this plugin. When installed, this plugin lets your users see exchange rates for the price you’ve set and their desired currency. No more guessing how many Euros equal how many US Dollars, or how many Ruples equal how many GBP. The free version only supports 2 currencies, but that may be enough if you have a dominant country in addition to your native one.

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7. WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips

Running an ecommerce store is fun and games…until it’s not. The worst part about an online business (really, any business) is keeping up with all your paperwork. Thankfully, there is a slew of software out there to make it better for you, and this is one of the top options. With this free WooCommerce plugin, you can generate PDF invoices and packing slips (see why it’s named that now?) quickly and easily so your business keeps moving foward and doesn’t have to slow down while you push around a lot of paper.

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8. Amazon Pay

PayPal and Stripe may be your go-to payment methods for WooCommerce, but you should absolutely think about Amazon Pay, too. Since roughly everyone in the world shops on Amazon, using this free, official extension will make your store run a bit more smoothly. It lets your users integrate with a payment processor that they are already comfortable with and trust, and you get the same benefits because you’re dealing with a gateway that’s based on one of the biggest infrastructures in the world. The only downside as I see to this (and this is a minor quibble) is that users can’t use rewards points or gift cards for purchases via Amazon Pay. As a consumer, that stinks, but as a vendor, it should be no different than taking PayPal or Stripe.

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9. Woo Zoom

I don’t know what it is about image magnification, but there’s just something that screams a site is professional if you let users zoom in on your products. Installing this plugin makes it a breeze, and your shop will look a ton more professional immediately. You can upgrade to a pro version if you want more customization, but you probably won’t need to.

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10. WooCommerce Gift Cards

Everyone loves gift cards. Whether they are getting free money to a favorite shop (yours, obviously) or picking out an easy present on the go that can be given immediately, people adore gift cards. If you have this plugin installed, your customers will have that option, and even if they don’t find the perfect gift for that special someone, that special someone can pick it out for themselves. The downside to the free version of this plugin is that while the gift cards are available to purchase on your site, you have to manually send the codes to the recipient. For smaller shops, that may be a good thing, as you have a bit more granular control, but for later sites, that just isn’t possible to keep up with. Other than that, it’s easy to use and set up, so you should definitely take a look.

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11. Coupon Shortcodes + Coupon Countdown

To round it all out, let’s give your customers a reward for being so darn amazing. With the Coupon Shortcodes plugin, you can designate anywhere on your site as a location for your customers to get a code and apply it at checkout. While that’s awesome, it’s integration with Coupon Countdown is what really makes it cool — you can do a limited time offer for only specific parts of your site (maybe 404 pages or a sales page).

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Finishing Up with Free WooCommerce Plugins

No matter what kind of store you run, there’s a handful of these free WooCommerce plugins that should probably be installed on your site. Sure, not everything will work for everyone, but even the ones with limited functionality can work as a demo to see if it’s the right fit for your store. Given that all these are free, installing some of them can only gain you sales, right? Happy selling!

What is your favorite WooCommerce plugin? Have any changed the way you do business?

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Renck: Rockies make it personal, make U-turn

DENVER -- On June 27 in San Francisco, the Rockies reached a defining moment in their season. The plate umpire squeezed Adam Ottavino's strike zone as if it were Charmin. Colorado's lone functional reliever at the time suffered a rare misstep as the Rockies lost 1-0. 

It represented everything wrong with the season, revealing fissures. When the Rockies pitched well, they did not hit, suffering from big-swing syndrome. And when they hit, finding a groove from mid May, their starting pitching began leaking oil while the bullpen poured drums of propane into the flammable situation. 

Third baseman Nolan Arenado spoke up, wondering about his future. He loves Colorado, but wants to win. And this streak in late June offered a reminder that those things might remain mutually exclusive for uncomfortable stretches. The Rockies demoted opening day starter Jon Gray, a move several players told Denver7 they saw as a necessary message.

Gray slumped in his most recent Triple-A start and will make at least one more in the minors with Chad Bettis expected to rejoin the rotation before him. There was no way the Rockies could be taken seriously as a contender running out an ace-in-title only every five days. I hope Gray figures it out. However, the lab needs to be in New Mexico until he does.

The thing about losing for good teams goes back to the core: When does it become personal? For the Rockies, the watershed point arrived after the heart-in-a-blender loss to San Francisco. They have won eight of their last 10 games entering Tuesday's critical series with the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks.

It was not a coincidence after spending time in the clubhouse before the game.

"I think you get to a certain point as a team and realize this is not the way we should be playing. And that’s way easier said than done. You wish you could just flip a switch and play good all the time," Rockies all-star shortstop Trevor Story told Denver7. "To a player we realized we are better than this, better than the way we are playing. ... and that’s kind of the way we are approaching the rest of the games.”

Arenado took no credit for the U-turn. But let's not be naive. When the biggest star makes his frustration known, it resonates. No names were necessary. No finger-pointing needed. If a team believes they are good -- and this team had every right to carry that opinion -- then prove it.

The Rockies have long handled success horribly. They have never gone to the playoffs in back-to-back years. Two of their most disappointing seasons were in 2008, cementing the idea, fairly or not, that 2007 was a fluke, and in 2010 when they lost 13 of their final 14 games to miss the dance. 

This latest reversal started on the mound. Pitch and play defense, and it makes the game less complicated. Look around the big leagues. Radar guns continue exploding. Offenses are not equipped to score six, seven runs a night. As the Rockies rebounded, it traced to eight consecutive starts of allowing two runs or less. Kyle Freeland continued to show why he's the ace of the staff. How do I know? He can win without his best stuff and possesses an insatiable desire to improve.

"It's a game of adjustments. You can never rest," Freeland told me Tuesday before batting practice.

Freeland tamed Seattle over the weekend by relying on his changeup. He didn't even throw one until pro ball. A couple of starts into the season, he altered the grip. No need to go into great detail, but moving the placement of his thumb under the ball has created better movement and conviction in the pitch.

That's central to winning big league games. Maximizing nuances. Tyler Anderson, Tuesday's starter, is a thinking-man's pitcher. He refuses to compromise, stubbornness that has been rewarded this month. Freeland continues to tweak, looking for ways to remove a tick of velocity to make the pitch even more effective.

"He competes," manager Bud Black said.

Therein lies an explanation. Baseball players are solo performers in a concert. But while individuals can win games, teams win championships. This club receives fair criticism for its clunky home showings. However, there is a mental toughness present. As the season began to unravel -- believe me, I have watched the pull of one thread ruin an entire Rockies' year -- the players tied a knot and hung on. They climbed back into the race. They have a chance to make this another intriguing summer and fall. 

The National League West remains wide open. The Rockies decided against fading. Now comes the hard part: the rest of the season. Colorado faces a tremendous challenge. The Rockies, by my math, need to win 29 more home games -- going 29-12. Reach 47 victories at Coors Field coupled with 42 road wins, and the playoffs become realistic. 

They have shown resolve. Enough was enough. Now the question lingers: Do they have enough left? 

"You know what happened is what we were supposed to be doing every day. We picked each other up even when things were getting a little ugly. We always communicate," outfielder Carlos Gonzalez said. "We talked to each other and said, 'Hey listen this is the perfect time for us to turn things around. This is the time for for us to move on, gain ground and make things interesting. We believe we can do it."

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