#i don't have much in the way of story but. there are these two scenes in my head that are SO good

[may-stuff]

tw: handjob, cum play (sort of), sub!franco, +18 mdni

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He's been growing restless for the last couple of minutes. His attention, previously settled on the tv, has been corrupted by the feeling of you lovingly brushing his hair. Dainty hands get intertwined with his fluffy locks and Franco couldn't feel more at peace.

From his spot on your lap, a pillow between your legs and the back of his head so he can be comfortable, he observes your beautiful face. Focused on the film you're watching, your eyes shine with the emotions that are being triggered in you. Your expressions change with the story that unfolds before you, making you look incredibly adorable when a character you really like gets injured. You look gorgeous even when you're upset. Franco realizes then, that he's never cared for someone as he cares for you. 

Your hands in his hair feel divine. The way you gently brush it, massaging his scalp from time to time, makes shivers run through his spine. Closing his eyes, Franco focuses on your touch, on your soft hands, on your perfume that surrounds him and doesn't ask permission to numb all his senses, triggering the need he always has for you.

You, on the other hand, are completely oblivious to what he's feeling and thinking. Your attention is still on the TV as your hands keep brushing Franco's hair. This is something you do often, always touching him in some way, hands always itching for contact with his skin. You enjoy the way he trembles under your touch, taking deep breaths to keep the composure when, from time to time, your hand travels from his hair down his cheek and then the side of his neck, softly caressing the skin there. Before he can do or say something, you go back to his locks. 

But the ambience shifts violently when, due to a shocking scene and your reaction to it, you tug his hair. Your hand grabs a handful of it and pulls hard. You do it once, then twice, and when you pull his hair for the third time, a moan calls your attention back to him. 

Franco's eyes are wide open, as if he's been caught doing something he shouldn't be doing. Your expression is similar, but then you relax when you understand what's going on. At first, you thought he was in pain, but the look in his eyes lets you know that's actually not the case. 

He whispers your name before you pull his hair again and, this time, he moans shamelessly. In response, you mutter words that have him writhing on your lap. 

“You're so sensitive, baby.” 

Baby. He loves it when you call him that. You don't do it often, it's always love or Fran, but when you call him baby it usually means that you're about to take control of the situation, and that allows him to go into a mood where all he wants is for you to tease and pleasure him, whispering sweet nothings in his ear as you make him melt in your arms. It is a rarity, this dynamic between you two, but he absolutely adores it as much as you do. 

“You like it when I pull your hair, huh?” You tease, softly caressing his locks. Franco nods and moans one more time when you tug his hair again. The sounds he makes when he's lost in pleasure are probably the best sounds you've heard in your life. 

For a few moments you keep pulling his hair, coaxing even more moans out of him, until you see his right hand moving towards the waistband of his pants.

When your eyes follow his movements, you can now see something that doesn't really surprise you: he's hard. The bulge in his pants has grown to a size that you're sure it's becoming more and more painful as the minutes pass by, and that's why he's trying to touch himself. 

“What are you doing, baby?” You ask, amused, as you keep caressing and pulling his hair.

He whimpers again before answering. 

“I'm- I'm trying to- it hurts, (y/n). It hurts so much, I'm- oh.”

His words are suddenly interrupted by your own hand moving over his bulge. Gentle fingers dance all around the hardness that is painfully pressing against the fabric of his trousers; his eyes look at you, pleading, asking in silence to please just take him out and touch him without any barrier between you both. 

But you can't give him that just yet. It can't be that easy, because if there's something you enjoy in this world, it's the sound of Franco begging to be touched. So you keep touching him like this, easing the pain in his cock but not enough to give him an orgasm.

After some torturous minutes, you almost gasp when you see that he's crying, tears coating his beautiful face.

“Baby…” you say, voice so sweet that has him moaning again. “You need to control yourself.” You move your hand away from his bulge and hear him protest.

“No, no! I- I can't!” He cries, desperate. “It's too- please, amor. Por favor.”

He sounds miserable and you kind of love it. How could you not? He looks so ethereal like this, trembling under you, eyes closed, hot tears falling down his rosy cheeks. This is probably the most beautiful thing you've ever seen and you don't want it to stop, but you also don't want to hurt him and you fear that, if you don't give him what he wants, he will actually suffer. 

When your hand goes back to his hardness, you can feel and then see that he's stained the fabric of his trousers. 

“You've done such a mess, baby.” You softly scold him, running just your index finger over the wet patch and he whimpers for the hundredth time. 

“Perdón.” He answers, voice barely above a whisper. “No puedo- I can't- please!”

Tired of making him wait, you undone his trousers in a matter of seconds and then put your right hand inside of them, looking for his cock. The sound that escapes his throat when you finally touch him is almost too much; a mix between a groan and a cry and it sounds so good that you feel you could touch yourself and ease the pain growing in your pussy. But he is what matters now, not you.

So your fingers close around his dick and you feel it insanely warm against your skin; soft and hard at the same time, thick drops of precum coming out the tip, falling down the side of it. You smear it all over his length, using it as natural lube. The sound of your hand around his dick, impossibly wet, fills the room alongside Franco's moans. 

You can feel the wetness staining your underwear but you couldn't care less. All you want right now is to give him what he wants, to make him feel good to the point of no return. But then he opens his eyes to look at you and you know he's able to see the lust in your gaze.

As you keep moving your hand around his dick, Franco sits up to take his shirt off. Now his face is in front of yours, the tip of his nose nudges yours and then he takes your mouth in his, kissing you in a way that leaves you breathless, asking for more and accelerating the pace of your hand around him. When you start massaging the tip of his dick, he breaks the kiss to moan just over your mouth. Lips still touching, mouths agape, he moans and you drink from those sounds, unable to hide your own for much longer. 

“Your dick feels so good in my hand, baby.” You moan, feeling the warmth spreading all over your chest and neck and then your face, as you hear the lust in your own voice. “So fucking big, so warm… I want to put it in my mouth and suck it until you cum down my throat.”

He whimpers again, nodding his head, asking for it. 

“But not now.” 

You want him to cum like this, by only the touch of your hand. You want him to look you in the eyes while he does it. And so you keep working on his cock, soft hand firmly wrapped around it, going up and down, taking him slowly to the edge. 

His breathing becomes more erratic as his hips move slightly upwards, as if he's trying to fuck your fist. He bites his lips, closes his eyes and his moans become a little bit higher. You, observing all of this with adoring eyes, kiss his earlobe and then softly nibble on it, which makes shivers run through his spine. 

“You gonna cum for me, baby?” You whisper. He nods his head again. Your hand starts moving faster, pumping his throbbing dick as fast as you can. “Come on, love. Cum for me. I want you to make a mess.”

And he does. When your thumb massages the tip again, he cums hard. Deep groans leave his throat as his dick twitches in your hand once, then twice, and then long spurts of hot cum come out of it with enough force to stain not only your hand but also his lower belly, chest and his lower lip. 

Franco is still in the stupor of his own orgasm when your hand leaves his dick. Your index finger then starts following the path that his semen has painted over his body; first you touch his lower belly, then his abs and then his chest, leaving a trail of goosebumps behind your touch. 

Before you can touch his lower lip, he opens his eyes and looks at you. There's still so much lust in his gaze and yours as well, so it isn't surprising to any of you when he kisses you, now coating your lips and tongue with his own cum. You moan in the kiss, tasting him in your mouth. 

“Dirty baby.” You whisper against his lips once the kiss ends. He chuckles in response. 

“You love it, though.”

“Of course I do.”

Franco laughs again as he stands up from the couch. He takes his trousers off and now he's completely naked before you. His cock has gone limp but you're sure he's not done yet. 

He confirms it when his hands come to the waistband of your sleeping shorts and start pulling them down. 

“Fran, what are you doing?” You ask, amused.

He kneels in front of you before moving your underwear to the side, and as his fingers come in contact with your wetness, he mutters:

“Guess.”

a/n: definitely not my best work but I wanted to give you something 🥰 I hope you like it!

[lu-is-not-ok]

I was doing my usual round of replying entire story to look at all of Hong Lu’s lines, as any sane individual would do, and noticed this:

Nothing crazy, I just thought that it was interesting how in both cases it’s Sinclair taking note of how chill Hong Lu seems about everything.

Mhm! Funny you bring this up, as Sinclair and Hong Lu do have an interesting rapport between one another.

Sinclair is shown to be one of the only people on the bus with the potential to call Hong Lu on his bullshit, as he's the only one whose upbringing is anywhere close to being comparable to him, as the two rich kids.

This is further explored through Sinclair being one of the very few people to show outward concern or doubt towards Hong Lu, like in the scenes you show. Most of the other Sinners tend to brush off whatever weird shit Hong Lu might say, with the first scene you sent in showing Gregor doing exactly that. Unlike Sinclair, the rest of the Sinners don't really know what to expect from wealthy Nest-born people, and so they just take Hong Lu at face value.

I find that interesting because it appears Hong Lu himself is aware of this fact.

There are multiple moments where Hong Lu, when sharing information, leans on what Sinclair says first and frames his knowledge as just a cultural difference. He never explicitly corrects him, but the information he brings up is always the actually right one compared to Sinclair.

In addition, there's that one moment in Canto 5 where Hong Lu scares off Sinclair while retelling a spooky story and in response seems to drastically change its ending. You can tell it's one that doesn't fit the rest of what he was saying based on everyone's reactions.

My interpretation of this scene is simple - Hong Lu fucked up and misjudged Sinclair's tolerance. So, when Sinclair ran off, he over corrected himself and changed the story to be more palatable to the person closest to him in class. Notably, he's doing so while Sinclair is already gone, so it's not something he's doing for Sinclair specifically, it's more so just the baseline he chose for the facade he wears around all of the Sinners.

In a way, you could compare this to how in Regular Check-up it was revealed that the Golden Bough brought everyone's power levels down to Sinclair's. Hong Lu, in a somewhat parallel to that, is making his facade at Sinclair's level - a rich kid who doesn't have much worldly experience, but isn't anything special.

...A big fuck off lie considering how knowledgeable Hong Lu has actually proved himself to be, and considering that it appears his Family has much closer ties to H Corp than his "shareholder of H Corp personally visited our household" anecdote implied.

[cookies-after-dark]

S Anon reporting for duty 🫡 rambling to you with something MUCH sweeter as a black sapphire enthusiast !!!!

Okay but like imagine if he caught feelings for us, my god he'd probably be even more frustrated, he'd HATE it but he didn't exactly "HATE" the feeling if you catch my drift, suddenly the hate fucking occasionally get softer- the slut shaming almost toned down but his grip is hard as he's plowing us down but he's muttering things we can barely catch but it sounded so soft and said in a loving tone.

He catches himself before he goes too far and strangles us again though and back to shaming he goes 🫡 maybe he stays awake while we're curled up by his side fast asleep after everything, wondering how the hell this happened (catching feelings)

(additional tags: explicit content,

(ships: black sapphire cookie x reader, hints of shadow milk cookie x reader)

Honestly, I've been writing Black Sapphire Cookie to be so aggressive and jealous on this blog so far, but after rewatching his scenes in episode 8, I feel like that purple dude is a pretty good caretaker and is more than capable of caring for other cookies! Not that I thought he had no feelings before, but I really paid attention to how much he cares for Shadow Milk Cookie and Candy Apple Cookie. His pleasantness is not just for show around those two.

That, coupled with the fact that he genuinely just enjoys entertaining you, I can see him getting used to you quickly enough if Shadow Milk Cookie truly established you as part of the "family".

Don't get me wrong, Black Sapphire Cookie still greatly enjoys being in control. He loves to be the 'host' out of the two of you. It just feels rightnto have himself cater to you in a way in which he takes care of you, not the other way around. He likes being in charge. He likes knowing the script and having you play along.

But Black Sapphire Cookie's dominant nature slowly transitions from "pushing around the lowest member of the hierarchy to teach a lesson" to "caring and providing for the newest addition to the family and giving them lots of entertainment to laugh at". Black Sapphire Cookie finds himself bringing you things he'd think you'd enjoy more, telling you more funny jokes and swapping more stories of his times out in Earthbread.

He goes from "Candy Apple Cookie...! ...Oh, it's you." to "Oh, it's you!" and having the realization that something has changed gives Black Sapphire a very hysterical "Oh shit." moment.

It's not that hard to notice that Black Sapphire Cookie actively seeks you out more, instead of just leering at you from afar. The way he rubs himself up against you and roams his bands over your body is less possessive and more affectionate now. Even the way he fucks you so thoroughly is more intimate than ever before, with more thought and care put into it rather than just using your body as a toy.

Candy Apple Cookie and Shadow Milk Cookie both think it's just so hilarious. Shadow Milk Cookie even gives helpful tips and tricks on sensual lovemaking unprompted, pushing the two of you together and saying, "You kids be safe, now! Remember to practice safe sex!" (despite the fact that he shares you).

If you ask, Black Sapphire Cookie will just smile sweetly for you and deflect to something else. "What, you think I'm hiding something from you? Perhaps we could make a game out of it, if you're willing."

That's okay. You know the truth, and so does he. Neither of you have to say it out loud to know that you've gained another loyal companion.

[zorosangell]

⛥ﾟ・。 round two

synopsis: things get a little heated during a sparring session between you and the moss-haired swordsman. and the results are... inconclusive.

cw: part 2/3 (possibly more), fluffy fluff, comfort, awkward zoro, awkward reader, i hate writing fight scenes

a/n: this took me ridiculously long for no reason

"Are you wearin' down on me, swordsman?" you asked, cockily, letting out a small grunt as your broad sword clashed with his katana, sending sparks flying through the air. "I thought your parries were faster than that."

He scoffed at your obvious taunt, biting back a smirk as you both pushed off, landing on opposite sides of the crow's nest for a quick breather.

"I could ask you the same thing," he panted, rolling his shoulders. "Footwork's gettin' sloppy."

You snorted, the adorable sound resonating deeply within the swordsman's chest.

"You wish my footwork was sloppy."

Just like that, you both were back at it, attacking and counter-attacking each other at speeds many could never hope of achieving.

And you both were only sparring.

"I think that's bounty's starting to go to your head," you weaved around one of his swings. "A billion berries can't buy you a new neck to support it."

He chuckled, forgoing the direct approach and opting to attack your sides, shifting his stance in order to compensate.

"Spoken like fifth place," he grinned, teasingly. "If I knew any better, I'd say you're jealous."

You gasped at the outlandish statement, nearly losing focus as he swung for your hip, your sword just barely making it in time to divert before you attempted to sweep his feet.

Sadly, he manged to jump out the way.

"I am not jealous!" you scoffed, throwing away your sword—the signal to begin the hand-to-hand section of your session, "I don't know if you've forgotten, but I entered this little race a little later than everyone else. And I still managed to make it to 950 million."

It was true.

The day after the banquet, your mother had all but kicked you out of the castle, going on and on about how as heir to the throne, it was your duty to explore the world before assuming the position, and that joining Luffy's crew was the opportunity of a lifetime.

And, of course, you understood her point, seeing as she had personal experience—she began traveling the seas around the same age with some infamous pirate crew led by a man named Rocks.

Though, a small part of you was a little worried.

You had never even stepped foot off Nabis before, so how the hell were you going to sail across the sea?

But, to your surprise, you managed to get along swimmingly with the Strawhats.

Making jokes... telling stories... sharing scars.

In fact, it went so well that by the time the banquet was over, Luffy was practically begging you to join—he reasoned that he had never met a real knight before, and wanted one on his crew.

Which brought you here, several hundred miles away from home and on month six of your journey across the sea.

Sprinting forward, you both quickly began exchanging hands, weaving, dodging, and striking in almost perfect sync.

Zoro grinned, pleasantly surprised to see that you'd taken the offensive this time, your movements speeding up in an obvious ploy to distract him while you dealt a final blow to his feet.

'Gonna have to do better than that.'

To say you both were "just crewmates" would be a criminal understatement.

You both were infinitely more than that.

Your relationship was completely different from what he had with the rest of the crew, from what he'd ever had with anybody before.

Sure, he and Sanji were relative in strength, but the cook didn't care about training, and the swordsman couldn't stand him, anyway.

He and Luffy were close, but the captain would much rather goof off and eat than work out, much less converse about sword techniques.

You were the first person to actively share the same interests as him, and actually have the strength to match.

If he finished a thousand push-ups, you finished a thousand push-ups.

If he was holding weighted handstands, you were holding weighted handstands.

If he was doing four-hundred pound squats across the deck, you were doing four-hundred pound squats across the deck, all the while chatting about a new thing you learned or a new weapon you'd been meaning to buy.

And it wasn't just training.

You and the swordsman did practically everything in equal measure.

Drinking... napping... laughing, everything.

He'd be a liar if he said he didn't enjoy it, and he'd be a liar if he said he didn't enjoy you.

Suddenly feeling something attack his ankles, Zoro's eyes went wide, the man grunting as you swept his feet and knocked him on his ass.

But before he could even think to counter, you pounced, straddling his hips and pinning his wrists above his head with a triumphant grin.

"How's that... for fifth place?" you panted, taking a moment to bask in your victory.

You had never beaten him in hand-to-hand before.

Embarrassment burned up Zoro's neck at how easily he was taken down, his cheeks taking on a faint tinge of pink.

Not only because of that, but because of your compromising position.

With the way you were sitting, and the way you were leaning, your core was parked right on top of his crotch, and your tits were hanging right in his face.

'Goddamn it...'

And if that wasn't enough, you were wearing one of Nami's tiny tube tops and a pair of booty shorts—the navigator said your ancient wardrobe was in dire need of revitalizing.

Before you could react, Zoro used his strength to overpower you, flipping you both over and pinning your wrists above your head.

"I've seen better," he taunted, playing off his surprise.

Pissed you let your guard down, you let out a frustrated huff, leveling the swordsman with a miffed expression.

"You know, the gentlemanly thing would've been to let me have my win," you pouted, struggling in his grasp to no avail.

"Yeah, but where's the fun in that," he chuckled, his grip ironclad. "Besides, I thought you liked a challenge?"

"Don't act like I didn't have you on the ropes, swordsman," you smirked, defiantly.

"Oh, now I'm swordsman?" he cocked a brow, amused, as he leaned in closer.

"You'll be Zoro if you let me go."

"How about I be Zoro and keep you here?"

"Real caveman of you to refer to yourself like that."

"You mad me beat you again. You sore loser."

"You asshole."

At your antics, you both laughed, the sound of his genuine one sending a thrum of warmth through your stomach.

You had been surrounded by men all your life—warriors, soldiers, leaders—and not one of them ever made you feel the way you felt around him.

In his presence, you felt light as air, yet at the same time, heavy as rock.

It was indescribable, and also unprecedented.

Since birth, you'd been trained to keep your emotions in check, both as a princess and a warrior of the royal army.

Yet, somehow, whenever you joined the swordsman's company, all that training seemed to go right out the window.

As your laughter died down, your eyes met in intense stare, the air between you two quickly thickening with tension.

And suddenly, in a sharp pang of instinct, you surged forward, crashing into his lips with a little more force than intended.

Instantly, Zoro's eye blew wide, completely taken aback—though he made no move to pull away.

He wanted to do everything but that, actually.

Yet you, judging by his facial expression, quickly realized that you'd made the wrong call.

"Oh, Great Hera," you muttered, utterly mortified as you pulled away.

The man was completely frozen, his expression unreadable as he stared down at you.

"Zoro... words cannot express how—"

Without a moment's hesitation, he leaned in, one of his hands leaving your wrist and cupping your cheek, pulling you into a passionate kiss which you more than happily reciprocated.

Newly free, your hand found its way to the nape of his neck, teasing his hair as he moved to hook his arm under your waist.

At your eagerness to reciprocate, Zoro smiled into the kiss, slightly relieved that you didn't punch him in the gut or put him in a Nabisian choke hold.

This was a long time coming, and now that he had you in his clutches, he could agree it was well worth the wait.

The two of you pulled back for air, awkwardly meeting each other's gaze.

"So...?"

"Yeah," he blurted, flushed from ear to ear.

"..."

"..."

"Wanna go for Round Two?"

"Yes."

[nightdragon22]

Incoming yap sesh

Heart goes out to my ancient tristamp au that existed because I just wanted Vash and Nai to grow up together and for Knives to find some tolerance for humanity.

That being said, here's my info dump about it.

Anyways, Nai loses his leg during the crash after it got stuck in some rubble and Vash accidentally got it cut off with some shrapnel. Because if this, Nai was forced to be taken in by the same humans that took in Vash, ending up wheelchair bound for a bit. He doesn't trust ANYONE and only really let's Vash near him because of ✨️trauma✨️ (they're trauma bonded and act like a pair of anxious house cats with separation anxiety but they do get better as they get older)

It's a very slow process of getting Knives to trust others. Though it starts with the first successful Thomas hatching in their ship, Vash proudly showing off to Knives and Knives ultimately getting attatched. This is his first "project" he ever has while he waits on a prosthetic to be made. First raising Thomas then breeding them himself, (horse girl /j) which gets him to be more social with certain members of the crew as well as overall opening up to Vash more.

Ludia is the one that approaches Knives about the plants. Vash is a huge help with them but Knives is the one that literally crashed the fleet for the Plants. Working one on one with her and Knives to figure out how to ease up on using the plants powers. This leads to the garden idea.

Once he gets his prosthetic leg, Knives starts helping around with the garden on ship three before moving on to spearheading the project. Vash going in and out of the ship more frequently to help gather seeds and equipment. As well as helping out any nearby Plants so they don't die.

Ehm, anywayssss a lot of story beats in this are more or less the same. Knives still is willing to kill others to protect himself and his brother, the scene where Knives witnesses all those plants dying still happening with minor differences. Aka Vash is actually there to witness the Last Run with Knives instead of showing up afterwards. Knives still still gets to cut Vash's arm off and stays hunched over Vash until one of the ship members they trust shows up to help. Knives caring for Vash the same way that Vash once cares for him when he lost his leg.

They do make jokes about it now that they're older in an "eye for an eye" kind of thing.

So about the bounty, you might me wondering. How are they wanted criminals? Easy.

Knives is still stealing plants but in a "Hey, they're dying/dead we gotta get them OUT". He's also breaking and entering to see plants and repair them, which had led to a growing bounty over the years. Knives is the problem child here as he only has so much respect for humans and is running on the logic of "They can't tell me what to do". He's got Vash STRESSED. Also again uh... he do be murdering people sometimes in self defense.

I just realized how much I yapped so I'm gonna do quick finishing bullet points

- Knives has exactly one friend and it's Milly. She saw him and picked him up by the scruff of his neck and he doesn't have it in him to complain. He's teaching her how to repair plants for them him and Vash aren't around. She just thinks he's neat :)

- Meryl and Milly are on sight correspondence! Milly carries radio equipment while Meryl live reports the danger and escape routes... very usual when you have two twins with a habit of accidentally leveling cities.

- Wolfwood is a bounty hunter still but also a cowboy.... might still in a cult against his will haven't decided yet. (Knives and Vash may have accidentally started something similar Eye of Michael, oops). His goal was too catch Knives and Vash for their bounty but well he really hit it off with Vash. Him and Knives are rivals in a "I don't want you to flirt with my brother" "bet? I'll do it to piss you off now".

AND THATS MY SILLY AU FROM LIKE 2 YEARS AGO FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS

Hope you liked my yap session, I call this the Eden au but name is pending <3. Please enjoy my only doodles from years ago I have left of Nai in this au and his Thomas, Buttermilk

EDIT, HERE ARE MY INFO DUMPS FOR THIS AU - [1] [2] [3]

[variousqueerthings]

yeah brett!holmes (and others, but he's my main guy) and the poirot movies are interesting in inversion of that sort of voyeuristic gaze. (thinking vs for example ritchie holmes, and also that this is a thing about irene adler in almost every adaptation -- again, not brett) (elementary is very interesting on both of these counts, it's less of an inversion and more of a subversion of expectations)

due south absolutely plays into sexy fraser, including/especially when he's all beat up. this is... not a complaint. [looks at things ive written]. but it's interesting that the voyeurism (the scopophilic camera) provides a tension between what fraser's boundaries seem to be, and his inability to enforce them a good deal of the time. the camera is complicit (there's a whole other meta i just don't have the brain for Today, but potentially when i finish the show and confirm some hunches)

as for the uniform, it's interesting. it's canonically a source of attraction (in this case fraser at meg/top lady mentions several times that "red suits her" smthsmth uniform fetish i need to write some boot-polishing fic anyway) and there's a prolonged scene -- i'd argue still the horniest scene in this show to date -- where she asks him to remove his serge so she can get at a metal pin in there and he does so in the closest to a strip-tease he'd probably ever get

there has also been at least one instance of a woman groping him while he's in uniform and on-the-job, and i think others who mention the way it looks good on him (funnily enough, ray vecchio doesn't seem overly thrilled with it at times, mainly because it draws trouble/danger to fraser: "He's Superman, all right? What do you expect me to say, he's a moron? He dresses up in that damn red suit every single day of his life like a signpost") + the instance of the mountie fetish outfit and the instance of the mountie strippers (both of these make fraser uncomfortable)... and several other examples i can think of, so the suit is definitely not not a source of voyeuristic attention, whatever else it also is

as for being looked at (scrutinised/fetishised/analysed) i read fraser as someone who doesn't "like" it much. by this i mean, the uniform is a uniform, it's meant to draw the eye to what it (he) represents, not to him as a person/object of attraction. when he's been the source of someone's interest he has tended towards discomfort, with a few exceptions (all.... dommy brunettes...)

however i'd have to go in again with this question and be more deliberate in analysing his interactions with others in terms of doing a proper write-up of how the camera plays into these scenarios as a third participant

i do read fraser's body as repeatedly traumatised, be it physical or emotional violence, and i do read sexualisation playing into that absolutely, and i also (as per a meta i said further up i wouldn't be writing) think that the Narrative-as-meta-character has enacted violence on fraser via Looking (and oft-times gazing/lingering) and the only way to end this prolonged violence is to leave the story (there's something here about the busy surveilled city vs the quiet Wild, the camera on him in uniform vs in casual wear, especially in s3ep1 where he begins as his most casual/dishevelled weirdo and is clean cut/in the red uniform by the time he's back in Chicago, obviously the two episodes where he gets the shit kicked out of him, the fact that this is a self-aware Narrative, it's a "mythological archetypes" type Narrative, it's a fable the layers of which include The-Story-As-Character in which a fairytale and a relatively grim realism crash into one another, and how can a fairytale adapt to/survive that? i think a lot about the pilot episode in which fraser was told that the city would "eat him alive" and how this applies to Looking)

but yeah, benton fraser absolutely fits into the jessica rabbit paradigm, on many levels, not least because the camera and characters around him think he's really hot, but also because lingering on this "hotness" is in and of itself a reason to enact violence and a form of violence in and of itself

what fraser needs is one of these:

actually the jessica rabbit paradigm is one I'm going to take onboard more in regards to characters: "does this character actually fuck, or do other characters just want to fuck them?"

otherwise known as the "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" dichotomy

obviously first coined by all those clever people who dubbed jessica rabbit an ace icon, and is applicable to other characters who are considered sexy by others, but which doesn't reflect their own canon attitude towards sexuality. this often including the writers and audiences of the text, who likewise project an allosexuality into a context in which it doesn't necessarily exist, based on the perceived attractiveness of the character and how other characters react to that perceived attractiveness

[mai-komagata]

Screentime in Rings of Power

So, I keep hearing comments on which characters were sidelined, or what storylines were cut from season 1 to season 2, so i figured, hey, why don't I actually write this down?

So i spent all day making a rough spreadsheet:

My main analysis was seeing how the role of Galadriel changed in comparison to Sauron. But there is data on scenes with a main cast woman, how all the main cast screentime was affected, and how the hobbit storyline has changed. Feel free to disagree with my buckets. I just did this for my own curiosity, it is not the only way to break up the data, and it is not 100% accurate.

Conclusions from last tab:

I excluded the Galadriel and Sauron Backstories from the screentime count because I initially was just comparing those two characters. It is such a significant amount of time that the rest of the story analysis is very skewed with it.

My main conclusion is that Season 2 moved Sauron from "part of the cast" to Principal Antagonist. As such, he has equal screentime to Galadriel and has been given an equivalent length backstory

Galadriel is still the character with the most screentime in the show, and it isn't particularly close. Unless you count Sauron's backstory, but then season 1 is Incredibly skewed in her favor if you count hers.

As it is, Galadriel had double Sauron's screentime in season 1 -- her screentime was not just "being with Sauron".

Of the other characters, Celebrimbor gained the most significant share, and Elrond lost the most, so it is a wash for the two male main characters in my view.

They also replaced one main character, Bronwyn, with two female characters of roughly equivalent screentime. Hopefully they will beef up Estrid in later seasons to fill Bronwyn's original role, since Mirdania is gone.

Disa was also greatly expanded as a character, as was Earien

Miriel lost some screentime, but i think part of this is the battle caveat.

My battle caveat is that I wasn't chopping up each individual frames characters were in a battle. Any characters in battles have lots of screentime in the analysis. Maybe I'll fix this another day. So the analysis is a bit skewed b/c of this. Gil Galad i think mostly gained so much screentime b/c of this, not b/c he is suddenly in a ton more scenes.

I think the claims that the Harfoot storyline was *significantly* cut are a bit exagerated. It was cut, certainly. It is still a big chunk of the show. The Harfoot women are the women with consistently the most screentime after Galadriel.

And if you don't like it, make your own spreadsheet. I think i have some errors (I initially was only counting "nori+poppy time" so some nori only scenes might be miscounted), but it's close enough for a rough outline.

[whateverisbeautiful]

Richonne in Retrospect - The 💋 List

(every Richonne kiss ranked)

#9: The Candlelit Kiss (7.12)

What a kiss this was. 🥹 Say Yes is a gift truly and especially this lovely candlelit dinner scene. With the way TOWL had turned the dial all the way up on Richonne's passionate love scenes, I knew my Top 10 was likely going to have a majority of TOWL scenes on it. Which is why I really applaud any of Richonne's TWD kiss scenes that managed to hold it's own and still be as great as the kisses in Richonne's epic love story miniseries. And this particular proposal kiss definitely deserves some major love and recognition on this kiss list 🥰...

Say Yes is so special to my Richonner heart for many reasons, and especially for this candlelit dinner scene which includes a proposal and a gorgeous, glowy, golden kiss. Richonne's honeymoon vibes this episode were so refreshing and heartwarming to watch. Especially knowing how dreary and difficult life had been for them lately under Negan and the Saviors. It was so meaningful to see Rick and Michonne still be able to carve out alone time with each other and experience some genuine joy by being in each other's presence.

I love how cute, happy, and relaxed they seem as they enjoy their MREs and how Michonne so sincerely expresses belief in Rick's ability to lead the new world if it's something he wants. Then it's great that Rick knows he can be honest and vulnerable with Michonne when he says he wouldn't want to be the sole guy in charge. But what's even greater is Rick knowing what he really wants and letting Michonne know too as he shares wanting the two of them to reorder things together if it's something she wants. It's so sweet how he's nervous before saying this and then how assuring and touched Michonne is as she says yeah. They both know they're happily agreeing to spend the rest of their life together side-by-side.

Hearing the love of his life say she wants it to be the two of them just as much as he does is music to Rick's ears and I love the way he has such a wholesome smile at Michonne's response. And then as you know, Richonne is very good at making a heartwarming wholesome moment also hotter than a furnace which is exactly what happens as Rick leans in to kiss her. Everything about this is so good. The way he's again trying to consume her lol, the way she so sweetly holds his arm. They're savoring each other as they do best, y'all. And this kiss really does feel like it's the two of them having a proper passionate acknowledgment of what has just been proposed - which again, is Rick and Michonne agreeing to be leading lovers side by side for life.

This is another Richonne kiss where their response after the kiss is equally gold, as Rick looks right into Michonne's soul and Michonne kisses his hand. They're as in love as can be. 😌 I love that they don't hold back from expressing their love and that they trust they can be their most authentic, vulnerable, head-over-heels selves with each other. Rick got down on one knee in TOWL to make their marriage formally official, but Richonne had been married a long time before then and this dinner and kiss in Say Yes made that crystal clear. Because this whole lovely Say Yes scene was an exchange between a husband and wife 100%. And the greatest husband and wife on the planet, at that. ♥️

[cry-ptidd]

Some things I'd change are:

less Seras objectification (really don't like how the series treats her sometimes),

more time between Seras and Pip to build up romantic tension (I genuinely didn't realise I was meant to ship these two until Pip DIED),

a more proactive Integra (I think she's cool, but too reactive. It would be awesome to see her predict and foil some of Millennium's plans and set them back in significant ways instead of simply reacting to what they do and responding exactly how they want to. Showcase her strategic mind! Also she can sword fight, give her a sword fight, please!)

THIS IS ALL EXCELLENT. Especially the Integra parts.... yes yes she's severely underutilized. I think Millenium didn't have nearly enough setbacks, and the lack of punishment for them felt really anticlimactic and frustrating. Integra pushing back against their onslaught would've been not only extremely interesting, but would showcase what makes her a capable leader despite every single odd being against her. AND GIVE HER A PROPER SWORD FIGHT DAMMIT!!

And then, Seras. My poor baby. She really deserved better from both the story and the author. Really fell victim to the Break The Cutie trope, with the rapey fanservice rubbing salt in the wound. At least it had the decency to not play it off as a joke or make her "like it". The bar is in hell.

Seras's character is extremely interesting and could've benefited, like Integra, so much from not only extra screen time but with more room to act instead of react. Her relationship with Bernadotte was so rushed, and it was done somewhat well in my eyes with the, like, 3 scenes of them we got. I do like the trope of the female character being the avenger for her dead lover instead of the usual other way around though.

Hirano, you coward.

[communist-ojou-sama]

Otherside Picnic Manga vol. 14 Bonus Chapter

Interlude: Yozakura Onee-san's Chichibu Trip Report Stream

"Hey there, everyone! How's it going? It's your big sis, Yozakura!"

As Kozakura greeted the microphone, a flood of comments poured in from her listeners.

"Good evening!"

"Big sis!"

"I'm doing great! How about you?"

"You're always so beautiful. Love you!"

…

The usual banter from the comment section. Some listeners responded with simple greetings, others dropped jokes, and there were those who, like bots, repeated the same thing every time.

What a bunch of cute weirdos, Kozakura thought.

It's often said that streamers like their listeners more than the listeners might think.

That might vary from person to person, but it definitely applied to her.

Sure, there were some oddballs in the mix, but overall, she found her listeners endearing.

The more they interacted with her as "big sis," the more she grew fond of them.

In that sense, she couldn't help but feel a certain warmth toward the people who looked up to her.

It was probably a result of her personality being amplified through her avatar.

After wrapping up the opening banter and responding to comments, she got down to business:

"Today, like I said earlier, I'm going to report on my recent trip to Chichibu!"

She displayed the title image she had prepared: "I Went on a Trip to Chichibu!" (1) She had chosen to write it in hiragana to avoid repeating the kanji for "trip" and "go" back-to-back.

She was the type to pay attention to small details like readability. Whenever she watched other people's videos and came across captions riddled with typos or voiceovers that clearly hadn't been checked, she'd find herself getting annoyed all by herself. She had spent about five minutes agonizing over this text. Writing it in hiragana made it more approachable, but it also gave off a slightly unserious vibe. On the other hand, writing "I Went on a Trip, and it was to Chichibu!"(2) felt a bit too wordy… In the end, she came to the conclusion that not a single one of her listeners would care one way or another. After all, they didn't need to know what the streamer was stressing over behind the scenes. What mattered was the content of the trip.

"Right, so like I hinted at last time, I went to an onsen in Chichibu a little while ago."

Wait, isn't this the first time you're talking about a trip?

Big sis, you're such a homebody. This is rare.

Isn't this the first time you're talking about a trip?

"Oh, right. I don't usually go out much."

As she skimmed through the comments, she responded.

Big sis not being a hikikomori feels wrong to me.

"Then keep feelin' wrong! I'm just a homebody, but I do go out, like anybody!"

The only time I remember you going out was to Yodobashi Camera.

You mentioned going to a department store basement before, right?

"Well, yeah, my destinations are limited. Mostly just the local supermarket. As for trips… how many years has it been? Uh…"

She tried to recall how long it had been since that trip to Hakodate with Satsuki, but gave up.

"It's been so long I can't even remember. This time, I only went because they kept bugging me to join them. Actually, listen to this!It's a terrible story, actually."

Albeit well after the fact, Kozakura started venting, her frustration bubbling up.

"So, here's the thing. I got this pair ticket for a hot spring trip, right? By chance, I ended up with it. But I'm such a homebody, and I don't have anyone to go with on a pair ticket. I could've tried to sell it, but it would've only been worth a few thousand yen at best. Too much hassle."

Why not auction it off?

Or sell it at a ticket shop?

"Nah, too much trouble. Anyway, I didn't want to let it go to waste, so I thought of these two people I know who are always hangin' out together. I figured, 'Hey, why not give it to them?' So I gave 'em the ticket, and then they were like, 'Come with us!'"

Her voice grew heated as she recalled the confusion and irritation of that moment.

"Was it just a polite gesture? No, no, it wasn't like that. They practically begged me. 'Please, come with us!' Isn't that weird? It's a pair ticket, right? They were supposed to go together! But instead, they dragged me along, saying they'd take care of everything. I was honestly scared at first. I couldn't figure out what they were thinking. Do you get it, everyone?"

No idea…

Is this a mystery now?

Is this one of those 'scary when you understand it' stories?

Maybe they didn't want to be alone together?

"That's it! Exactly! It's baffling. They're always glued together, but when it comes to a hot spring trip, they suddenly get cold feet. I couldn't fuckin' believe it when I realized that!"

Was it a mixed bath?

"Huh? No, it was a regular… Oh, you mean that? No, no. It was two women."

Wait, are these the friends who terrorized you with food pics from Okinawa?

"You remember that, huh? Can I even call them friends? They're both way younger than me."

So, even though they're always going out together and even traveling, they suddenly got shy about bathing together? Isn't that even more embarrassing?

Why not just take turns?

"You're smart, aren't you?"

Those two were so flustered they didn't even think of that. Honestly, they're such idiots.

"Anyway, they basically begged me on their knees, so I ended up being the babysitter for these two kids. That's the backstory. So, early in the morning, we took the train to Seibu-Chichibu Station."

She switched the image on her streaming software.

"Here, this is the hot spring inn we stayed at."

It looks so atmospheric!

"But, well, this photo was taken on the second day. On the first day, I was in a really bad mood. Oh, right, it wasn't just one night. It was two nights, three days. Pretty fancy, huh?"

Wait, two nights?!

Oh your mood improve on the second day, huh?

"Improved? Well… hehe, it was actually really great."

When Sakura said that, the comment section exploded with laughter.

So you ended up enjoying it after all!

LMFAO

You had a blast, didn't you?

"I did! I wouldn't be streaming about it otherwise. I mean, I went to a place I'd never normally go, so I figured I might as well make the most of it. That's why I decided to turn it into stream material."

What was the best part? The onsen?

"Yeah, the onsen was great, and the food was delicious. Want to see? This is dinner on the first night."

Did you upload the wrong image?

It's so blurry I can't see anything!

"Hahaha. Well, by the time I thought to take a photo, I was already pretty drunk. I think this pink line here is from some grilled fish or something. But what was this line…? I can't remember at all. Hahaha."

You drank so much you lost your memory, huh lmao

"Well, yeah, it's a bit embarrassing. But when I get drunk, I just pass out. By morning, I was neatly tucked into my futon. Even without remembering, I managed to behave myself. Pretty impressive, right?"

lol you were out cold.

What about your two friends?

"We were all together. All three of us were in the same room, and we all fell asleep. We were so well-behaved. Better than a school trip."

Big sis, you were supposed to be the supervisor, but you slept with them!

"Oh, but there was one thing… When I got up to go to the morning bath, I found a bunch of slippers scattered in the hallway. I don't remember anything, but on the second day, they looked really awkward. I think they must've been collecting slippers from all over the place in the middle of the night."

Why would they do something so weird?

"I don't know… Did you ever mess around with hospital slippers as a kid and get scolded? Maybe it's something like that."

That's so childish.

"Yeah, they're basically kids at heart."

Sakura switched to another image.

"Now, the second day. Since it was a two-night, three-day trip, this day was free. I didn't really plan anything, and I wasn't feeling motivated when we left. This is the breakfast at the inn. It was a buffet. We talked about where to go while eating."

Chichibu was pretty touristy the last time I went.

"Yeah, it was. When I looked it up, there were a lot of places we could go, so it was hard to decide. But researching tourist spots after arriving at the hot spring is such a last-minute thing to do."

Didn't the other two research anything?

"Nope, nothing at all! They were too hung up on the hot spring."

They're so pure, that's adorable.

"Pure? Well, I guess you could say that."

lmao at you softening your punches

"Well, you know. If I say too much, I'll just start badmouthing them."

While the comment section laughed at her evasive response, she displayed the next image: a photo of a shrine's grounds.

"So, in the end, we decided to go back to Seibu-Chichibu Station and walk around the nearby area. This is Chichibu Shrine. It's within walking distance from the station, and it has a surprisingly long history. I didn't know this, but it was apparently built over 2,100 years ago. Is that for real? I feel like these things are often exaggerated, but it does seem pretty old."

Visiting shrines and temples surely is a...refined choice.

"Is it? Haha. Now that you mention it, I guess it is. One of the two suggested it, saying they wanted to visit a shrine. There's an old shrine in Chichibu that worships wolves. What was it called again? I forgot."

You might want to avoid mentioning the name since it's trademarked.

"Really? No way. Do shrines really do that? Anyway, they were interested in that, but it would've taken an hour and fifteen minutes by bus from the station, so we gave up. Instead, we went to a famous spot nearby."

Lately, a lot of people visit shrines and temples for their supposed spiritual power.

"Spiritual power spots, huh? That feels a bit insincere. But I guess it's not much different from visiting a shrine out of curiosity when you normally wouldn't. After leaving the shrine, we wandered around Chichibu."

She displayed a photo of a retro streetscape.

"This area is probably the approach to Chichibu Shrine. Apparently, it's been bustling for a long time, and there are a lot of old buildings. Look, this shop looks like a movie set."

The atmosphere is amazing.

Is this what they call Showa retro?

"I think there were quite a few buildings older than the Showa era. We walked around, eating and visiting shops… It really felt like proper sightseeing when I think about it."

She cycled through photos of the places they visited: a traditional house cafe, souvenir shops, a classic coffee shop, a diner… As she did, Kozakura continued to share her memories of the trip.

"Then, after trying some sake samples, we ended up at a traditional house pub while it was still light out and had a drink."

lmao real drinker hours huh

You really like your alcohol, don't you, big sis?

I'm glad you had fun, big sis.

"Well, yeah, it was frustrating, but it was fun. I might even forgive those two for dragging me along, considering how much I enjoyed it."

Listening to you talk, it sounds like they really admire you.

When Kozakura read that comment, she tilted her head.

"Admire me? I feel like they're just using me for their convenience."

I don't know, but it really feels like they trust you a lot.

"Really? Hmm, I don't know… It's all a bit suspicious."

Laughing, she was slightly surprised to find that she wasn't entirely displeased with the idea.

(1) 『秩父旅行いってきたよ！』

(2) 『秩父旅行』に行ってきたよぉ

[ilikekidsshows]

After watching the latest seasons, I'll be honest: I don't think Marinette is that different from one of Adrien's crazy fans. I know the show wants us to believe she truly loves him for him, but they never really show this. Five seasons later, she still puts him high on her pedestal as the most perfect person ever, only gives reasons like he's nice and pretty for why she likes him, is openly annoyed with his other personality as Chat Noir, and doesn't think he's capable enough to make his own choices about his life and has to be coddled.

---

Yeah, like, the show insists they're made for each other and soulmates but, rather than give them fun chemistry like they had in the original seasons, they just have characters say Marinette's love for Adrien is totally different and more pure. The show, due to how badly its main romance is written, implying things like “Marinette objectifies Adrien but she does it out of love so that makes it okay!” are exactly why I’ve started viewing Adrinette as the “are the straights okay?” ship. The people defending what this ship has become say some absolutely bonkers stuff is what I'm saying.

A big underlying problem that causes this, even before the retool exacerbated it, is that Miraculous is both a love story and a wacky comedy. The Miraculous writers feel the need to focus on Marinette’s crush a lot, but also to include wacky comedy hijinks. Because of this, Marinette's love for Adrien gets played for wacky comedy hijinks more than it gets depicted actually seriously, so we can't take it seriously. When something can't be taken seriously, it comes across as really shallow.

Miraculous has a tone problem that’s only gotten worse the longer it's gone on. The same things get treated as sources of comedy that are also supposed to be the emotional core of the story, sometimes within the same episode. The series almost simultaneously expects the audience to laugh at the things that are also supposed to be the reason to even care about what happens. I’m surprised it isn't causing people emotional whiplash.

But, like, that's the problem with the writing being consistent about the wrong things. The elements that are supposed to be comedic are also present in scenes we’re supposed to take seriously. That’s how we get Marinette trying to defend Adrien against her grandmother simplifying him as just “pretty”, but Marinette can't come up with anything else about him she's attracted to. Is this supposed to be a hilarious joke? Like, are we supposed to laugh that Marinette can't tell her grandmother why she loves her boyfriend, the endgame romantic partner of this series?

Miraculous' idea of comedy and humor ruins its romance, and, when it's not the comedy, it's the cheap drama that makes Marinette look like a terrible human being when she's supposed to be an aspirational hero. It makes it hard to get invested in its main couple or sympathize with its main hero, the two things that are necessary to enjoy the story the writers want to tell. The fans have to be willing to do all the work and go “I can tell what the writers are trying to do, so I’ll do my best to view the story the way they want me to”, but, like, we can only tell what the writers are trying to do because we've seen better shows than Miraculous that do these things well. Why should Miraculous' writers get credit for not only being subpar, but failing so utterly they depict the opposite of what they intended? What good things have they actually given us that warrants this much leeway?

Especially when the small kids watching won't have a deeper understanding of genre conventions to tell them “the writers are trying to break conventions and aren't replacing them with sensical story decisions and that makes the story fail so much”, they can just see the bad morals and either reject or internalize what Abuse Apologia the Show is teaching them. And, like, considering how much abuse apologia this show’s and it's hero’s most insistent defenders are spouting, I’m not sure even all of the older kids or the adults in the audience can tell that this show's morals are rancid and should be rejected.

[fiber-optic-alligator]

Hello,Hi!

Just wanted to stop by and tell you that I love your 'New Safe Haven' Fiction!

I love it so much that I've been rotating it in my head 360° for the past days.

But seriously the way you depict the three dough boys and how all that mindfuck is pulling the player/reader through an absolute wringer is just chefs kiss. I especially like the whole trust issues and slowburn way of attempting to better it and the realistic/serious handling of the PTSD and traumatic experiences the player has been though.

Latter is also the reason why I love that vore is included because the trust/fear/comfort concept you can do with it and how well it is utilized in the fiction is just sooo good! Nom-enjoyers stay winning and well fed with this one!

Though as I was re-reading the last scene from chapter two,where Kevin is threatening the reader -also as an emotional/stress outlet from how I interpreted it- I was thinking about the possibility of there being a scene where Kevin eats the reader prematurely,as in the sense that things are still too turbulent and hostile between him and the reader for it to be safe/comforting,like how it is with Mathew.

I mainly thought this hypothetical scene to be caused by Kevin getting overwhelmed by a stressful situation that escalated,which threatens to endanger his brothers too,that causes his anger and hurt to overflow and in the heat of the situation to turn on reader,despite it not even necessarily being their fault.

In this scene I also like to think that through rather extreme means,Kevin and Reader learn to begin to trust/bond with each other. By extreme means I mean that once Kevin has Reader in his mouth,he is on the brink of ending their life. About to crush and tear them up between his teeth,though before that happens I think that reader tries to reason with him -although in a full blown panic attack- and during that,reader says some very heartfelt apologies and regrets that just tug at Kevin's heartstrings to the point he realizes that ending them isn't the right thing to do. However I like to think that during his outburst Kevin injured Reader's arm or leg when he got them into his mouth and between his jaws/teeth,knowing that despite not wanting to harm them anymore,letting them out of his mouth wouldn't be smart or bettering their situation,hence Kevin ends up swallowing the reader.

Which understandably causes their panic to flair up all over again,pleading Kevin not to do it,unknowing that he changed his mind and wants to protect them now. I imagine that the scene ends with Kevin not explaining himself,due to regreting his behavior and thus trying to process his thoughts and feelings first and leaving the reader curled and shaking but at least safe within his belly.

Sorry that this is so long,I just really love 'A new Safe Haven' and your portraying of Kevin,Matthew and Jack.

I also planned to do fanart for my favorite scenes from the fic too and perhaps when I don't feel like a coward anymore,I might send the fanarts to you without the anonymity.

Hope you have a good day/afternoon/night!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I am so happy you are enjoying the fic!!! I love Matthew, Kevin, and Jack, and I wanted to give them a story in which they receive the happy endings they deserve, with the reader eventually taking care of them and giving them the love they never got from anyone in Playtime Co.! There is definitely a lot for the reader to process while in the presence of these boys; on the one hand; they desperately want to trust them and fit into the mother role given to them. On the other hand, they are severely traumatized from everything they’ve experienced, and they are absolutely TERRIFIED of the boys. There are little moments where their terror fades and they allow themselves to be more open and trusting, as you’ve seen in the three chapters out. But for the most part, Matthew, Kevin, and Jack scare them, and they are convinced the boys will turn on them and kill them at some point.

I’d say the reader is scared of Kevin the most. He clearly doesn’t like them, and may even want them dead. So far, they’ve steered clear of him, and definitely will continue to after his threat at the end of chapter 2. I’ll say that it’s not impossible for Kevin to find himself in a highly stressful situation where him and his brothers are in danger, and he ends up lashing out at the reader. After all, he is a kid who is hurt, and holds a lot of pain in his heart. He has no healthy outlet to direct this pain, and the only way he knows how to express his negative feelings is by taking it out on others. So yeah, he’d take his anger out on you. I LOVE the angsty scenario where he has them in his mouth, ready to crush them between his teeth and end them once and for all, when suddenly he tastes tears on his tongue. He listens to the reader sob out apologies, telling him that it’s not his fault, no one was there for him when he needed support the most. All he wants to do is protect others from those who would hurt them. He’s just a kid. And as Kevin listens to the reader’s apologies…he knows this isn’t the right thing to do. Of course, he’s always known that. Kevin isn’t a malicious kid who enjoys hurting others. He just doesn’t know what else to do with his frustration and sadness and helplessness. He hides behind a wall of fear that disguises itself as aggression.

You don’t deserve this pain. You’re just as scared and helpless as him. If he kills you…he’s no better than the scientists who hurt him. Because he’s using his strength to overpower you, and that…that isn’t right.

Cue being swallowed down into his belly with an injured arm or leg and sobbing yourself straight into passing out. I love angst LOL.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE send me your fanart if you decide to make any! I adore seeing fanart from others, you have no idea how much it makes my day!!! I would be honored and so so thankful to see it!!! Again, THANK YOU for reading the fic, and I appreciate your support and sticking around! :D

[ogorodami]

Finally read F&B in full, some thoughts:

Oh, they ruined the Greens that bad, huh.

Weird, still haven't found that part where George was like "noooo dark fantasy royal women nooo stop that you can't do that dark fantasy royal women, you're girls and all girls should be friends and never fight like dem boys do all the time" I looked everywhere, guys

I really enjoyed Rhaenyra and Alicent as characters. I mean, was I supposed to not enjoy the cutthroat rivalry between two powerful, rich, entitled women who would burn the whole world down for their families and have the absolute audacity to salivate at the thought of destroying their enemies?

It's so funny how the show seems to completely trust Mushroom's pornbrain account of events, except when it comes to Nettles (who doesn't even exist in the show) or absolute lowlife scumbags like Hue and Ulf.

Nettles has got to be the showrunners' sleep paralysis demon: bonds with a dragon without any "superior blood" (gasp, the horror), cucks their one true qween (which is solely on Nyra's creepy ass hubby), exposes her racism by just existing, lives free while their fave ends up in dragon dung. Yeah, traumatized Dany stans wouldn't have survived that. I'm willing to bet that Nettles' removal from the story was the first order of business, they were never going to bring her in.

The way it's implied that Daemon's feelings for Nettles are some true love shit because she's not as young as the girls he's used to molesting (she’s 16).

Book Daemon's whole personality not being some edgy fanfic male lead manchild took me by surprise, not gonna lie. Turns out, he had genuine connection to people in his life besides precious Rhae Rhae. You know, like people usually do outside of Condalland. In fact, I wouldn't even consider Rhaenyra "the love of his life", that's either Laena or Nettles.

I will never take show Mysaria seriously after reading the book. I mean, she’s boring and pretentious, so I pretty much forget about her existence half the time, but wow, they really made westeros diddy a fighter for women and children’s rights. That’s embarrassing.

Book Aegon loved Aemond a lot more than his brother loved him. Doesn't change the fact that Aemond's betrayal in the show makes zero sense, and you know what book Aemond doesn't do? That.

Man, Aegon's post-munch arc is dark. as. fuck. Him watching Sunfyre die, his solitude, the unfathomable pain, his quiet return to the capital. The motherfucking burning of the Shepherd and his followers. Oh my god, what if something happens? What if Ryan and Sara just leave hotd for any reason? What if TGC will be allowed to devour all these scenes? What then, what would we even do with our lives?

jk the smallfolk will storm the Dragon Pit inhabited by actual man-eating dragons because of misogyny or something. And not because they were starving, isolated, and terrified out of their minds under Rhaenyra's rule. Then it will never be mentioned again and the show won't even attempt to tackle other characters after her death. Alicent will probably poison Aegon on Dragonstone and steal the rest of his arc.

I was so ready for the Mad King Aegon II Targaryen, I was not prepared for the "pay me money for your betrayal, oh and that toddler usurper will be raised in my castle" Aegon II Targaryen. C'mon man, you could've at least killed Mushroom.

People arguing over which queen is more feminist while completely sleeping on Gaemon's mom and her gf, rip legends

Aegon being granted a dignified death despite all the humiliation he has suffered

Cregan Stark ratio'ing everybody and being the only adult in the room (literally)

It would've made a lot more sense for either Alicent or Aegon (preferably Alicent) to be the main protagonist of the show. And I don't mean Condal's idea of a protagonist, just the central POV. Make Rhaenyra a wet-eyed victim, whatever, but don't butcher such a grand story down to her tiny ass arc. She spends at least a full third of it in mourning for her children and that's exactly what CondalHess chose to focus on for the better part of s2. In a show that's supposed to be the prequel to Game of Thrones. You know? THE Game of Thrones? Well, sucks to suck.

muppet tallys

[thyme-in-a-bubble]

we've been blessed by the delicious updates on thuyw. tysm 🥰 so it's been on my mind & that lead me to reread some smutty book scenes* & got inspired. (don't know if you've read the Royals of Forsyth series, but there's a character who's packing just like Bucky. it's a whole thing in the story) anyway, i'm imaging Bucky being so feral for reader that he gets kinda impatient & maybe tries like making her super horny (maybe asking the other guys to stoke the fire, or movie night with sumthign super raunchy?)even maybe plying her w/ aphrodisiac foodies, or even making her more relaxed with certain cookies/gummies. just so he can get in there!!! lol. i am exciteeeeed for them two (or more of the frat guys) to get it onnnn! can't u tell 😆😂

ps. thanks for writing this deliciousness. k tnx byeeee

no, i'm not familiar with that book series, but fun that it also has someone who is stupidly hung!

i have a few details already figured out for when reader and bucky finally cram it in there, but actually not too much yet.

i hadn't thought about it through that lens though, if bucky were to give her something... both in a helpful way or in a dark way.....

you know what? let's put it up to a vote, see if that's the route the people want it to go:

knowing me, if we go with yes, then i'll most likely stumble down a dark road lol.... i mean, the other one is by no means squeaky clean either, but like, my mind automatically goes to some dark places with the drugs, so just beware. how dark do you want bucky to be? just a menace or actually evil?

if any of you have more thoughts on this then please please do share!

do you already have a fantasy of how bucky and reader should fuck for the first time? maybe we could brainstorm a few different fantasies and then put it up to a vote!!

[halestrom]

Hi, sorry I’m late to the game!

I know you did some answers for this already but I really do love blank space: 2, 3, 11, 15 (Jake + Bradley), 17 and 30 (but more so on if you have any more thoughts on their relationship rather than if you would do an actual sequel)

And bonus, but I’m interested in the answer for 22, for any fic!

xoxo tornadeoqueen 🤠

@tornadeoqueen never too late!!

2. How did you come up with the idea?

i was bored at work and i send @nimuetheseawitch the message 'A fic where Bradley’s been married like 4 times because he just wants to find love' and then it just kind of blew up. initially jake wasn't gonna be the divorce laywer it was just funny to think of bradley getting married and then jake as the divorce lawyer came about and thats all she wrote.

3. Did the idea change at all by the time the fic was complete?

lol 3 ex's got added. so much of the fic was focused around that idea that i knew where it was going most of the time. (i also don't tend to plan a lot so sometimes its hard to remember.)

tho, looking back over the shit i was sending i did come across this. so lol this never made it in but its hilarious to read.

Omg they’re all hanging out and Bradley has a new girlfriend and Jake is eying her and she’s like ‘what’ and he’s like ‘you’re signing a prenup’ and she is baffled and Bradley just flips him off

11. What was the most challenging aspect of writing it?

7 OC's honestly. The daggers are basically all OC's to begin with but at this point I have a solid grasp on how I want to write all of them and how I expect the friendships to fall, so its a little easier. But then I needed to add the OC's and that was just difficult. Also to write them in a way that makes it reasonable for them to still be friends, despite being divorced. And a lot of it very handwavy, it's also why I gave bradley one really bad ex. for ~~realism~~

15. Talk about the characters’ struggles & how you decided on those

Jake: honestly, he didn't struggle much this fic except for how much he wanted to ask bradley out and 90% of the reason it took as long as it did was because i wanted to meet all the ex's first.

Bradley: We kinda see parts of it, but Bradley really does struggle with love. he wants it. He wants to get married and the length of time he's with his ex's gets shorter and shorter on purpose because he marries people on a whim because he wants that. And so he ignores a lot of other things to try and get it. And then he does work for it, each time hes gonna do his best but hes still imperfect and so he gets hurt when it ends but he keeps trying but he lives with this perfect idea of love because of the tragedy of his parents and it takes him a while to disassociate fictional love like that and real love that is imperfect but still worth it.

17. Talk about the fic’s ending. Why did you end it where you did?

I didn't really plan of having a scene from Jake's pov initially. I knew I wanted to get through the date, but I realized at the time that I tended to write a lot from Bradley's pov and I wanted to do more of Jake, especially in that world. So I decided to switch, also because we had had enough, and then i had to deal with where I wanted it to end and that's when the whole 'i already won' came about because it is SO JAKE. He did win, he got Bradley, he will be THE ex.

30. Would you ever return to the story’s universe and write more?

SO I have two fics planned for this as sequels. The first one is a series of little moments from the pov's of the ex's + javy as they observe jake and bradley over the years. And the second one is a series of little firsts for jake and bradley. one day ill get to it.

[wixenforever]

Good morning - time for my essay. Was this the first thing I thought of when I woke up? Yes. And then I glance thru my phone and see you posted ANOTHER comic - like, how?!!? How do you do this so fast @that1notetaker you're amazing!!

Okay, so, wow. The Blaise and Theo friendship here is so perfect! Like @jundsthoughts said a million kudos for writing this with Blaise pushing all of Theo's buttons but not going too far. Theos "dead-pan expression of you done fucked up" LMFAO like - that's what keeps Blaise in line!

You've opened the door to talk about Blaise and I have to be careful about what I say because I don't want to get too ahead of myself!! I imagine Draco and Theo to have cousin energy in my story, but Theo and BLAISE are legit BFFs and you captured that energy so well.

[Okay, in writing the little paragraph above I literally stopped and spaced out for about 10 minutes thinking about various future scenes in BOTL lmao so that was inspiration coming from you in real time I just wanted to call out haha]

Blaise thinking "MF get the hint!" makes me laugh out loud, along with all the little sparkles you added to his dialogue, so on-brand for him ahah.

ALSO - holy cow: I. Love. That. Theo. Steps. Back. When he gets mad and grabs Blaise (just fucking fabulous by the way, I want to frame that image) and then Blaise is like "my b I was just jokin", the fact that Theo facepalms and is like "ima take a walk".....I don't know exactly why but you just really hit his personality on the head with that moment. Unlike our boy Harry, whomst I love, I feel that Theo really would cool off before saying something he regrets. Just a subtle nod to that part of his character I love!

And then we get to his FABULOUS insight into Harry being treated like an object by everyone and everything around him - like, where is John? If he heard Theo say "I don't stand for it" in defense of Harry he would be drawing up a marriage contract. Or if SIRIUS heard that!? Holy shit. His brain might explode. He'd be sending letters to his godson like "So how's that Theodore Nott doing lately? 😉👀🥰" Love that all three of them are on the same mission.

Ugh, UGH! My heart! Draco and Blaise communicating via ESP like "this shit is serious" hahah!!! Yes it is!!!

Finally, I was reading y'all commentary on Jund's reblog and think that this is one reason why I love this ship so f'ing much. Then tension between Harry wanting to save or spare the people that he cares about from a bad situation because he knows/believes he can take it is (to me) so rooted in his self-belief that what happens to him doesn't matter. like, harry has no parents, no siblings. he has friends, he has people who care about him, sure, but even those few people would be "fine" without him (after all, they lived many years just fine without him!)

That's what I think Harry believes in his heart of hearts, even though he'd probably never say that out loud.

Then you have Theo, who is weirdly in a very similar situation. Even in other NottPott stories featuring different Nott family arrangements, his connection to his family is usually very weak or actively full of animosity lol. Of course in my story he has responsibilities tying him to the world, but for him his collatoral is his happiness and relationships with other people.

So you bring two somewhat self-destructive forces together, and Theo looks at Harry and is like "who is forcing this precious person into all this bullshit I don't get why he can't be himself/be happy/be safe" and Harry looks at Theo and is like "why does everyone treat Theo like a scary monster in the back of the room when he's the coolest, nicest, smartest guy in the world" and they both just want the best for each other WHILE respecting each other's individual strength and not necessarily getting in the way of what they feel called to do, even if it's dangerous.

Both of them might try too hard to protect or help each other in the beginning, but they'll level out haha. Wouldn't be a slow burn if there wasn't some sparks of conflict, right?

SINCE DAY ONE. @jundsthoughts @wixenforever

Another comic inspired by the awesome NottPott fic, The Burning of The Library by wixen here. In which Blaise is a suave motherfucker who wants Theo to get a hint, and ends up realising that the whole thing is deeper than both Draco and he thought. Theo remains oblivious for the most part, hidden under layers of intensity he doesnt have a name to yet.

Blaise, draco, who are used to this level of caring for one another from their parents. Also, common sense and Theo being an open hearted mf: 😳😳😳

Harry, somewhere: Ive never been more confused in my entire life.