#i genuinely have no clue what they could announce that would actually be good

[zroqravity]

If the "big jrwi announcement" is fucking 100 dollar merch again ill kill myself. If it's bitb 2 I'll take you all down with me

[demxters]

—𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄

frat!bradley bradshaw x f!reader

dagger squad college!au

summary: bradley meets the girl he believes to be his good luck charm at a party. the only problem is, he doesn't have a clue who she is or how to find her again.

wc: 2.1k

warning(s): 18+, fem!reader, no y/n (reader goes by nickname clover), a wild jake and ace appears, explicit swearing, alcohol, college parties, slight nudity, tattoos

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𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐃𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊, 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀���𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃!

You hated your ex with a passion. You knew what he was doing the second you saw his arm around Allison freaking Simpson. Not only was she the dean’s daughter, but she was also one of the top students of their class. 

In other words, she was everything you were not. Your ex was trying to prove a point and you hated that it was working.

Deep breathes, you remind yourself, thinking back to the meditation classes you took over the summer. 

Your eye twitches at the sound of Allison’s obviously over exaggerated giggles. Tyler Jacobs was not that funny. 

“He’s not worth your time,” a soft voice from beside you interrupts your glaring.

It was a girl you recognized from your classes over the years. Quiet, yet incredibly smart and snarky when need be. You’ve never actually talked to her much, but she was thoughtful and much more tolerable than a majority of your peers. 

“You used to date Tyler Jacobs, right?” Apparently, she was also very observant. 

You cringe at that. “Unfortunately.”

She hums, before returning her gaze to her notes. “I mean this in the nicest way possible, but you could do much better.” 

Now that makes you laugh. “Thanks,” you send her a genuine smile. 

You knew she was right. You could do so much better. Tyler was all you’ve known. Dating since high school, prom king and queen, the whole cliche. You just needed to expand your horizons. 

After another grueling hour and a half of listening to your professor talk about god knows what, you’re more than relieved to finally be released from class. 

The girl beside you packs up with haste, almost like she has somewhere to be. 

“Hey, Ace, tell that boyfriend of yours that he can suck my dick!” Tyler yells after her. 

“Go screw yourself, Jacobs,” she replies with a flash of her finger. 

You wrap your arm around her, noticing the tension in her shoulders as you deliberately announce, “I’ve seen it and trust me, your boyfriend would not be impressed.” 

The people around you snicker, making Tyler’s face turn red, and you smirk in satisfaction. 

The girl, who you remember was called Ace, is laughing as you guide her out of the lecture hall. 

“His face was priceless!” Ace says between laughs. 

You shrug with a smile. “I only said what’s true!” 

Ace shakes her head. “Amazing.”

A call of her name distracts her, and you both turn to see a tall, blond man jogging toward the both of you. 

You won’t lie. He was incredibly good looking. But the way his gaze was set on Ace told you all you needed to know. “The boyfriend, I’m assuming?” 

He wraps Ace up in his arms and she playfully rolls her eyes at his display of affection. 

“The one and only,” he grins. “Jake Seresin, pleasure to meet you. It’s so nice seeing you branch out, Ace. She is so anti-social, I swear,” he murmurs from the side of his mouth. 

She scoffs, smacking her boyfriend on the arm. “Shut up!” 

You laugh along with the duo, your heart aching at how in love they were. Even if they didn’t know it yet, you could tell they would be together for a long time. You had a knack for noticing those kinds of things–relationships that were meant to last and matchmaking. You take pride in the fact that you were the one to set up your old high school math teacher with your favorite art teacher. Now, they were happily married and had two kids with one more on the way. 

The one person you were unable to help in the love department, however, was yourself. How absolutely ironic. 

You used to think Tyler Jacobs was the one. You imagined the two of you growing old together, having kids, and telling them the stories of how the two of you fell in love. Being with him since your freshman year of high school and knowing him since kindergarten made you truly believe that he was the love of your life. 

Up until a month ago, when everything came crashing down and everything you thought you knew turned out to be a lie.

“Hey, you should come to the Delta Chi party this weekend,” Jake offers, noticing the sudden lull in conversation. 

Ace nods with a smile. “Yeah, something to take your mind off that ex of yours.” 

You eye Jake, unable to contain your growing grin. “A frat party?” 

Jake winks. “Only the best frat on campus.” 

Ace was right, you needed to take your mind off Tyler. You wanted to prove that you didn’t need him–that you never did. Besides, when did you ever say no to a party? “Alright, I’ll be there.” 

»»————- ♣︎ ————-««

You’ve been to so many parties, the sweaty bodies and loud music no longer deter you. 

Pushing your way through the crowd, you say hi to some familiar faces as you make your way to the drinks. 

One of the Delta Chi guys gives you a cup full of cheap beer, which you gladly accept. You continue to wander around the house, only being there once before. With Tyler. 

Just even thinking of him makes you nauseous. Downing the rest of your cup, you go back to the keg, desperate for another drink. 

Two becomes three. 

Three becomes four. 

Until, eventually, you’ve lost count and the only thing you can feel is the warmth of the alcohol and the beating of the bass in your chest. 

You hardly remember Tyler and Allison nor the aching heartbreak you’ve been going through for over a month now. 

It was just you and the dance floor. And maybe a few frat guys and sorority girls you didn’t know the names of but danced with anyways. 

Your cup was empty again and you groaned at the realization. You stumble your way back to the drink station, no longer able to control your heavy footsteps and swinging limbs. 

Your vision is so hazy that you don’t see the body you haphazardly bump into. 

“Holy shit!” the person says as you catch yourself on the table. 

He turns around with wide, doe-like eyes. Even through the horribly lit area and hue from the alcohol, you could tell that the guy in front of you was hot. His slightly curly hair was plastered to his forehead through the sheen of sweat that glistened on his skin. You could tell he was muscular, even under the ridiculous Hawaiian shirt he was wearing. And his eyes… you couldn’t pinpoint the exact color they were due to the poor lighting, but they were what you would describe as kind. 

He gapes at you like a fish out of water. You catch yourself giggling at his flustered state. 

“Are you some kind of good luck charm or something?” He blurts out. 

“What?” you slur. You boldly grab his forearm in order to steady yourself from swaying too much. You bite your tongue to hold back a sigh as the smell of cinnamon and faint cologne floods your senses. 

“I said, are you some kind of good luck charm or something? Because I just won that shit!” He gestures sloppily to the table where a game of beer pong was set up. 

“No way!” You bounce on your toes, feeling giddy from the excitement oozing off the guy in front of you. 

He nods vigorously. “I was about to make that shot, but then you bumped into me and I still got it in. That was awesome. You are a good luck charm! You’re like a… like a…”

Your eyes light up as he continues to think. “Like a four leafed clover?” 

He snaps his fingers. “Yeah!” 

A mischievous grin tugs at your lips while your fingers tug your shirt upwards. Rolling the loose tee you have on so it’s resting just right above your bra, you turn. “You mean like this?” 

His gaze zeroes in on the image inked below your right breast, on the edge of your rib cage. There lies a delicately etched four leaf clover. 

The tug in your chest is palpable. The pull this guy has on you is strange, yet welcomed. It was unlike anything you’ve felt before, even with Tyler. You wanted to beckon him closer. You wanted him to take his fingers on his large hand and delicately trace the outline of where you are most vulnerable. 

Your grip on your shirt loosens as it rolls back down your chest to your abdomen, suddenly feeling self conscious of how forward you were. Great, you just met the guy and now you’re gonna scare him away.  

He opens his mouth to speak, gaze glancing back up to meet yours, clearly rendered speechless by the unexpected action before him. 

“Yo, Rooster! Come on, someone’s trying to beat your time on the keg!” 

He’s interrupted by another guy who shakes his shoulders and pulls him away without another word. 

He gives you one last look over his shoulder, one apologetic and full of longing before you lose him in the crowd. 

Rooster. What a strange nickname. 

You just hope your sober self remembers it tomorrow. 

»»————- ♣︎ ————-««

Bradley can’t tell if the pounding is in his head or coming from his bedroom door. His head feels like a bowling ball and he can barely open his eyes without feeling like he was getting stabbed through his skull. 

He rolls over, throwing his pillow over his head. He prays that whoever is on the other side of the door gets the hint and leaves him alone. 

Much to his dismay, the person ends up inviting themself in anyway. 

“Rise and shine, sleeping beauty! Welcome back to the land of the living,” Jake’s irritating Texas drawl rings through his ears. 

Bradley groans, tossing his pillow lamely at him. “Go. Away.” 

“No can do, Bradshaw. Up! Up! Up!” He shouts, clapping his hands in front of Bradley’s face like a drill sergeant. 

Bradley wishes it were Jake in his place right now. In another time, it was Jake that was in his place. Bradley would be the one ushering him and his latest fling out of bed. When he started dating Ace, Jake changed. She straightened him up—made him lose the fuck boy act and be more respectful. Now it was time for Jake to have his fun. He hates how much Jake is enjoying Bradley being on the other end of the stick. 

“Go away before I rip your dick off,” Bradley threatens with narrowed eyes. 

Jake doesn’t take Bradley’s comment the way he wanted him to. His cackle and the rush of sunlight that enters the room makes Bradley whine pathetically. Even with his eyes squeezed shut, the light from outside was burning through his eyelids. 

“Reuben cooked breakfast. Hurry up if you want to eat anything other than bread crusts,” Jake announces before, not so softly, shutting his bedroom door. 

Bradley throws his pillow back over his head to block out all the light and sighs. Every time they host a party, he swears that he won’t drink too much. And every time without fail, he ends up blackout drunk and in bed with a sorority girl. Which is why he’s surprised that, for once, he can actually remember the night before. There wasn’t much significance to last night. Just like any other Friday, Delta Chi was throwing another rager. All his friends were there as well as the usual sororities. However, last night at the beer pong table was embedded into his mind. 

He could still smell the perfume of the girl he recalls being his good luck charm. He could see her bright smile and the tattoo she willingly flashed at him. A dopey smile tugs at his lips as he reminisces about last night. 

His euphoric haze is cut short when he realizes he never even got your name. Bradley didn’t know who you were or who you were with. He finds himself getting more of a headache trying to remember if he has ever seen you at any of the Greek life events on campus. He doubts you were in a sorority. He’s sure he would’ve remembered seeing a face like yours. 

The best thing he could do is ask if anyone knew a girl with a clover tattoo, but even that would probably get him nowhere. 

The pounding in his chest didn’t settle as he continued to relive the interaction from the night before. If only he hadn’t been pulled away by Omaha, he probably would’ve mustered up enough courage to get your name and number. He maybe would have even asked you out on a date. But he was whisked away in an instant. After the fiasco at the keg, Bradley wandered around the house trying to find you, with absolutely no luck. He didn’t understand what it was, but he was convinced that he needed to see you again. He had to. 

Even in his hung over state of mind, Bradley was on a mission. First, he was going to sober up and shower. Then was going to find his four leafed clover. 

this one is dedicated to @blue-aconite for this fic and clover wouldn’t exist without you, ily <;3

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[chaifootsteps]

Rewrite of the Seeing Stars episode :

Instead of the Episode kicking off on Stolas' side of the story, have it start on Blitz and Loona's argument. Have Blitz wait a few hours before looking for her after she stormed off only to find out Loona had packed her stuff and left their home. Have him worry and look for clues before realising the Grimoire was also gone. He doesn't hesitate, he knows he'd be in big trouble and the whole situation would be more awkward after what went down at Asmodeus but he doesn't care, and calls Stolas to ask for his help. Stolas doesn't answer his phone right away which was strange but Blitz chalked it up to what went down a few days prior. Stolas picks up after a few rings

"Blitz, I don't know what you're calling me for but you have no idea how much this came at the right time. There's a dozen of things I want to tell you, I know I have to tell you, but right now I need your help. Octavia, my daughter... I think she ran away from our home. I need you and your team to cover more ground than I could in Hell to find her. I think she went to an event, something big happening today. I don't know where but it's at nighttime and... She's gonna stay out all alone that late. Who knows the number of people who'd try harming her for being my daughter... Loo Loo Land was a close call on more than one time and she doesn't have half of my magic powers-..."

Blitz relates to Stolas' predicament and reassures him that he'll send M & M's to check on the biggest teen hot spots in Hell for him. They got a big contact list from all the places Loona often started brawls at... He then drops a bomb on Stolas about the Grimoire and how he thinks Loonie used it to head to Earth and how he needs to find his daughter before anything bad happens to her too. Stolas agrees to help Blitz because, the sooner his hellhound daughter is found, the more people could help find his daughter. Loona's sense of smell could help retrace Via's steps ! (He'll bring a few of her belongings with them on their trip to Earth so she'll start right away once they find her!)

They make their trip to Earth and land in Los Angeles where they get mistaken for some human super stars. Blitz is about to explain that this is a big misunderstanding to these folks when Stolas gets a genius idea : If they perform together well enough, they could use the TV broadcast to send a message to Loona, convince her to return back home and get her to meet somewhere so they'll all be able to go back to Hell. Blitz has left his acting career way behind him but for the sake of Loona, he'd have another go at it, no questions asked. It was a bit hard at the start but he found his footing again and gives some pieces of advice to Stolas while at it. They perform well enough but Stolas suddenly gets very distracted during break time and nearly blows their cover... It's because during break time an announcement was made for tonight's big event : Meteor shower. While he rummaged through the few things he brought with him from Via's room, he took out the calendar and finally understood that the date circled was tied to an event not in Hell but on Earth. (Cue to the Stolas and Via flashback from the start of the canon episode here)

Their daughters were actually together on Earth.

So how did things go on Octavia and Loona's side of the plot this whole time in this rewrite ? Octavia couldn't really go around Hell as a Goatia so she was disguising herself as a normal hellborn all the way to I M P to get the Grimoire from there and was basically using that fake identity when she crossed paths with Loona. She knew how to use the Grimoire better than her and decided to make a deal with her : They go to Earth together and in exchange, she'll show her a cool place there... Loona isn't convinced. Octavia pulls out a wad of cash from her shadow hammer space and says the expenses will be all on her. Loona is convinced.

They genuinely have a good time together in their girls' day out, discovering Los Angeles, going on restaurants but eventually Blitz and Stolas' broadcast reaches them and while Loona's surprised, Octavia runs off to the Observatory before Loona notices her being gone... Loona finds her and Via starts off by apologising for lying to her this whole time. She then explains her situation with her family and why she ran away. Loona does the same. Octavia adds that she left before Stolas could finish his apology because she learnt his routine. He pretends to care about her, messes up big time or doesn't notice her discomfort, goes after her when she runs away and apologises... Only to do this all over again. At this point she knows he just apologises to feel better about himself without realizing what he needs to apologize for or knowing what wrong he did to her. "It's the same thing here : He really doesn't know what he did wrong. He just apologised for show... Heh. Literally on live TV." ... But Loona tells her it's not the case this time. She knew she'd find her at the Observatory because Stolas said he'd join her there himself. "High ground, no trees, little to no city lights, ... All for the most perfect view."

Blitz and Stolas reach the Observatory on time and while Stolas and Octavia are enjoying the meteor shower on the dome in silence, Blitz and Loona have a chat. Blitz tries to apologize but Loona quickly changes the subject to his performance in the sitcom they used for the broadcast. She is... Complimenting him. He is flustered and deeply touched to hear these words and especially from his daughter. She then reveals something to him : She always wanted to be an actress. Sure it's not a job for hellhounds but it has always been something she wanted to do herself.

This is Loona's way of opening up to Blitz after their fight earlier and her rather standoffish, closed off attitude and why she hates working a desk job (even if IMP is Blitz's dream business come true), really seeming to enjoy herself the most when she is pretending to be someone else, like for the contract kills at Verosika's concert.

The episode ends with Via and Stolas fulling their promise for a dream they share together and on Blitz and Loonie's side, they are making their own promises for the future and are each building their own dreams. The meteor shower seals the new promises and the wishes that go with it

Thank you for the beautiful rewrite. Helluva Boss if it had character bonding and empathy in it.

[tapwater118]

The Post-Split Rant, part 3

a.k.a.: Grown Woman really should have finished this like 3 weeks ago give me a break

Part 1 | Part 2

yes i did just section the parts out like this just for the visual gag shut up

BFB Post-Split is my least favorite season, so now I’m gonna wrap up my whinging about it and move on with my life. These are my opinions, you’re free to disagree, bluh bluh bluh let’s just get on with it already.

BFB 28

Okay, I said I would talk about the eliminated contestants here, but I remember them doing more in this episode than they actually did for some reason. I guess I’ll get to them in BFB 29 I suppose.

Anyway the Announcer is back! Announcer’s actually my favorite host out of all the seasons (sorry Four), so when I watched this the first time I remember being really stoked to see him again. And I am glad to say they did him very nicely! He still has his slightly snarky demeanor (in spite of his monotone TTS voice), and is overall used in a very interesting way here. I’ll get more into it later, but it is very clear they didn’t just bring him back for nostalgia points, which I appreciate.

For an “all-in-one” challenge, this episode did it a lot better than BFDI 23, dare I say. Instead of spending a bit too long on the first few challenges and speeding by the rest, they spend time just on the challenges that they can get good bits out of and briskly walk past the others. I feel this approach works a lot better than BFDI 23.

Honestly, pretty nice episode. No real issues here. Not as good as BFB 20 or 26 I’d say, but a good deal better than BFB 22. Moving on.

BFB 29

They said it was impossible. They said it couldn’t be done. Post-Split actually has a second good Taco and Blocky interaction. They’re having an actual conversation! With witty banter and such!What is this wizardry? Why couldn’t we have more like this?

Not related to anything else really but I have to get this out. I find the over abundance of nicknames in Post-Split to be kind of grating at times but NOTHING grinds my gears as much as the stupid “blank”-ster nicknames. “Tacster” “Blockster” “Teadster” SHUT UUUUUUUPPPPPP. They’re just fine in isolation but they use them SO FREQUENTLY I HATE IT. Gelatin uses these the most and I honestly think it’s lessened my opinion of him to a non-negligible degree. Leafster is the only one that gets a past the rest suck so much shit.

Ok sub-rant over. Back on topic.

The whole, well not really backstory… interstory(?) they give Announcer here is very neat, I like it. Really adds a lot of depth to his character. Whoa, Post-Split just had compelling character development. I think I need to sit down. I guess I’ll also add here that it’s nice Taco has something to do other than whinge at Blocky. I mean, there’s a handful of other characters just kinda sitting around that they could also have investigating the Announcer, but I feel Taco fits this role the best (out of the characters available to do so).

The quality-downgrading bit near the end is also fun too- okay enough beating around the bush. I’ll talk about it here because I already have enough to say about BFB 30 on its own; they pretty obviously set Flower up to win. Having her be repeatedly ignored and tortured for those sympathy points, and then having her be the one to save the show to cap it all off.

I voted for Flower to win, and even if they didn’t set her up like this I still would have. She’s one of the few characters in all of BFDI that actually has a serious degree of character-growth throughout the series, from being the prototypical “mean for the sake of it” character in season 1 to having genuine compassion for those she cares about by the end of BFB. Gelatin doesn’t have any of this, and if I can be candid, I have no clue how he got so far in the season.

BFB 29 is good overall, but let’s not dwell on it any longer. The real meat and potatoes of this part of the rant is going to deal with the final episode, one I have so many thoughts on I have to split it into multiple segments. Let’s talk about BFB 30.

Smaller Thoughts on BFB 30

The scenes with the fake seasons add a lot to Four’s character, and are a nice lead in to the fact that he’s actually a huge BFDI fan who really just wanted to be in that show he really loves. Judging by his actions in the early days of BFB it’s obvious this was a rather late addition to his character, but his cruelty to the objects could likely be interpreted as just a culture difference between Algebraliens and objects. I could make a whole separate analysis about this, but right now I’ll just leave it that these aspects of Four’s character are rather interesting.

This is going to be really nitpicky, but I have no clue why Bubble would want Gelatin to win. He’s been nothing but horrible to her the entirety of Post-Split. Maybe you could say the same for Flower’s behavior towards her both here and in season 1, but in that case have her indecisive over her vote, not overly enthusiastic. This choice makes no sense. (Can you tell that Bubble is one of those characters I care way too much over how they’re written?)

Gotta say, very nice how they have Firey reflecting on his actions without outside prompting here, good sign of character development. Now if only they could have had him say something to this effect eight episodes ago… sigh…

From here the episode splits into two plots that it jumps between repeatedly. Going through every scene in the order they happen would start to get confusing, so I’ve given them their own sections. Gonna be honest, not really a fan of how either of these went. Let’s start with the better of the two.

Flower and the Battle for the BFDI

So, Flower and the Announcer start fighting over who should get the BFDI, and Purple Face comes out of nowhere to steal it for himself. They get in the bus, a bunch of other people give some silly reasons why they should have the BFDI, and then the bus is dangling off a cliff. Everyone hops out except those still fighting over the BFDI: Flower, the Announcer, and Purple Face.

Purple Face does not need to be here.

Flower wants the BFDI because she won, it’s her rightful prize, very valid. Announcer wants the BFDI because it’s his life’s work and, as he reveals here, the only remaining copy of that work, very valid.

Purple Face wants the BFDI just because he thinks he deserves it. His reason for wanting it is just as stupid as all the reasons the other characters (who aren’t Flower or the Announcer) gave for wanting it, and those were all treated as jokes. Hell, Firey (and by extension Leafy) DEFINITELY had a better reason for wanting the damn thing.

Why are we supposed to be taking this seriously? Purple Face has been nothing but a joke character the entire season, and now they suddenly want people to feel bad for him. So much of this scene is dedicated to him over Flower and the Announcer, the two this scene should have been focused on.

Time to get to the much weaker of the two plots.

Gelatin Helps Four Find Out His Value

Okay, I’m about to be way too overly negative, so let’s have something positive for a breather. “Choo Choo! Think again, Balloon Buddy!” is one of the best jokes in the entire series. I will not elaborate.

So, Four starts to run away, and all the characters who didn’t go after Purple Face (except Profily) chase after him. After a bit, they all end up on the sun, and a character gives a speech about how they’re all mad at Four, how he’s hurt them and been mean to them throughout the entire season, and he still expects them to all stick around for him?

Pretty nice speech, I wonder which character gives it?

Maybe Bubble? She’s constantly going under ire and has had to take a lot of shit this season.

Or maybe Flower! Maybe she could reflect on when she was a bad person, and how she turned around to better herself, and try to impart the things she learned onto Four.

Perhaps X! They’re Four’s best friend, and have certainly been hurt by him throughout this season. Maybe he could show Four sympathy for the objects? This is probably the best option, because of how close these characters are.

But no, none of these characters make this speech.

Gelatin makes this speech.

Gelatin.

Motherfucking Gelatin.

MOTHERFUCKING. FORK-FLINGING. PEOPLE-PUSHING. BOMBY-EXPLODING. GELATIN.

Gelatin is the last character who should be giving a speech about how being mean to people is bad. HE IS A GODDAMN MENACE! HAVING HIM SAY THIS MAKES HIM INTO A GIANT HYPOCRITE!

And then they play a montage on the BFB to show how fun this season actually was, and convince Four that they all really do like him. Am I the only one that thinks Four got off a little scot-free for the whole murdering and tormenting his contestants thing?

Whatever, let’s take a look at the supposedly “fun” moments of BFB that they want to give Four credit for:

Flower getting excited for like a second that she didn’t get eliminated, before running off in embarrassment because she tried to celebrate with the contestant who actually did get eliminated

A scene mere moments before Four despawns X again

A bunch of people playing with the popper toys, something that had no involvement from Four and likely would have happened regardless of his presence

A scene mere moments before Leafy painfully burns to death

Gelatin’s fork stack, which definitely didn’t involve Four because it happened before they showed up

The boring-ass train ride from BFB 21

Four’s almost-four-way-tie song, which I guess gets a pass

Aside from the last one maybe, how is ANY of this meant so show how much fun the cast has had with Four? And to top it all off the most unfitting piano music plays over the whole thing. Absolute dumpster fire of a montage.

Ending Thoughts on BFB 30

Everyone gets together to have a party and all is well in the world. Except for those 50000 dead Davids in Davidland. A shame, really. (that was a joke)

Wow, this best friends line sure aged well, didn’t it, Teardrop? (Actually thinking about it now they probably planned for Teardrop to join TPOT by this point. So why include this line when they already knew one of his best friends ditched him?)

This line is really corny. But also kinda charming? Weird. I guess all she really wanted in the end was friends, and now she has them! Good for her.

And you know, if I ignore how much I dislike how Post-Split reconciled Firey and Leafy, this scene is really cute. Very nice note to end on.

For the episode, that is. We still have stuff to talk about here.

So, about BFB 30 as a whole. Do I think it’s a good BFDI episode? Yeah, I guess. I have my problems with it (as I have more than made clear), but it still has a lot of laughs, and things conclude in a halfway decent way. So yeah, it’s a good episode.

But is it a good finale? I don’t think so. This is supposed to be BFB’s last hurrah, its final impact on the viewers. It should be putting its best foot forward here, but it drops the ball on so many things I can’t in good conscience say it was a satisfying conclusion to the season.

I just hope TPOT handles its finale a lot better.

Post-Split as a Whole

Welp, that certainly was a ride. Time for some closing thoughts.

While it might seem like I dislike characters like Gelatin from what I’ve said in this rant, I really don’t. I like these characters in the other seasons they’re in! Post-Split just kinda doesn’t do all that great with them.

Additionally, I don’t hate Post-Split either. I don’t love it, though. It’s just okay. It has some high highs, and some pretty deep lows. It has a lot of little things (and some major ones) that all together keep me from loving it like I do all the other seasons.

I’ve seen some people say the Split was the nail in the coffin for BFB, that there was no way Post-Split could have lived up to what came before. I don’t share this opinion. Episodes like BFB 20 and 26 (and to a lesser extent, 28 and 29, and to an even lesser extent, 22) show to me that Post-Split could have been something special.

So what happened? Why did Post-Split turn out the way it did?

I don’t know. I’m not here to do any meta-analysis or anything.

I’m just here to rant.

And rant I have.

[daily-doodles-and-fics]

Eyes and Ears: Worlds Collide

At this point it’s if I forget to make an art then I make a fanfic. Once again a continuation of the previous two

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Chapter 3

“Grian, what- I- I genuinely don’t know what you mean..” Phil murmured, hands rubbing his face a bit. “I mean, like, so first you tell me what only a few people worshipped is actually a deity, he can and has made out lives miserable and will continue to make them worse and worse. And- and.. you got physically ill from the aspect of what has been going on.”

“Yes, Phil, I have, because it’s messed up, it’s so, so, horribly messed up. A literal duo of 16 year olds and a fucking 2 year old fox hybrid in a war! A war!” Grian was shouting at this point, that mildly crazed look back in his eyes.

Xisuma placed a hand on Grian’s shoulder, as did Doc, they both seemed to want to try to calm down Grian.

“Do you want me to contact Scar to come over and help? I’m sure that he would be willing to put a small pause on the finishing touches of Scarland, I could tell him to bring a Jellie cat, does that sound good to you?” Xisuma offered.

“Xisuma I don’t need your fucking pity.. sorry, that- that wasn’t nice.. I don’t know what’s gotten into me, I’m sorry.”

“Hey, we all have our bad days, alright? I get it, you’re angry probably beyond what any of us understand, we are just trying to make this a bit better for you.” Doc said, the organic side of his face morphing into a sympathetic smile.

There was a notification sound from all of the Hermits’ communicators. Phil realized that this server was quite technologically advanced for what it was. “Scar’s on his way, he said he’s bringing a Jellie panda, no clue what that means” Announced Xisuma.

A smile started playing at Grian’s face as he replied. “I do, he knows I love them.”

Hesitantly Phil asked, “Grian, I know you barely know me and your friend Scar is coming by soon but do you want a hug?”

“Yes, please.”

Phil gently wrapped his arms around Grian, the shorter man just leaning into the hug and looking more relaxed than he ever had during Phil’s few hours on the server.

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I hope yall are enjoying these fanfics. I might end up posting them to AO3

[remy2fang]

A.K.I. Lore Predictions from 2022

I have permission to post our conversation from a tiny private discord server. We’re mostly F.A.N.G girls and Shadaloo enthusiasts.

I was looking at our silly old speculations about A.K.I. back in early June 2022…and many of them end up being correct lol. This was the time when no one has any idea what her character was going to be like. SF6 was set to launch on June 2, 2023 and A.K.I. dlc would be released on September 27, 2023. In June 2022, we only had the roster leak picture and that’s it. The only clues we had that time was her acronym name, nationality, and purple claws, which points to F.A.N.G for those who actually saw the connection. But even then, a lot of people at the time thought she had no affiliation with F.A.N.G because they look so different from each other …and that most people didn’t notice any FANG traits from her. Also, a lot of people initially thought she had a Vega connection because of the claws. Another character people thought she was associated with was Kurow Kirishima from Rival Schools because they both look similar with their hair color, clothes, and …claws.

Nevertheless, I think our discord thoughts hit the target in several places. One friend was right that AKI is FANG’s biggest fan (we still referred to her as Phantom at the time because of the TOXICITY story). Comatozoid was right that Bison found someone else, but it’s Rosinante the horse LOL! And Bison has a soft spot for him. Fumi was right that AKI is a top, because official art have her chasing/trapping a reluctant FANG lol 😂😂

Minareee3 was right with the character dynamics in which AKI loves FANG but FANG told her “No,” which is basically canon in SF6. And I said that AKI doesn’t want Bison’s attention towards her because in-game she wants FANG’s attention instead lol.

I think we were all onto something back then because that’s how much we know about FANG and Shadaloo, and that we were able to correctly predict these outcomes. That’s how much we love them…even if we go on our silly shippy headcanon territory 😂😂💜💜

I like how we joked that Bison might turn his attention to AKI because she’s a cute sexy lady and FANG would get jealous. But with their in-game win quotes, Bison didn’t care much about AKI and was more interested in knowing about FANG! It’s in that win quote where BisonFANG shippers could rejoice hahahahahha.

Ngl, I was genuinely nervous on how FANG would be portrayed in SF6 if he were to appear in it. Now that we all know what happened thus far in the game, I’m glad Capcom gave more attention to FANG than what we’ve hoped for. It was definitely more than we thought. And they did a good job on his character too. They gave him a cool new look, expanded on his character by showing his more kinder side (still evil btw), and giving him an important role in the story post-WTM.

Also, Comatozoid predicted Bison’s SF6 character correctly as a homeless amnesiac lol. This was on May 31, 2024, which was about a week before Bison was announced on June 7, 2024.

Hmm, our fun-filled conversation and the Bison announcement was exactly 2 years apart. What a coincidence!

F.A.N.G appreciators are always the absolute best!! 💜💜

[thefirstcourtesan]

Misha’s Replay Rankings Pt.3

I decided to do three lists with a 1/3 of the alphabet each just to make it more readable. So part 3 will start with the letter Q.

Links to Part One and Part Two

Queen B

Story: A- (The story delivers exactly what it promises, it is a fun, fishy story about hot, rich college students and stupid popularity games. It is ridiculous, but it is supposed to be, and more importantly, it is entertaining.)

Art: A- (This isn’t one of the top books for art, but it does have some nice CGs and delivers in the big story moments).

LIs: B- (The LIs in this book are handled so badly and I’ll never forgive this book for not letting me romance Carter).

Romance Scenes: A (Whatever lacklustre feelings I have about the quality of the LIs, the romance scenes themselves were well done.)

MC: B (This MC fits the story, but I wouldn’t want to hang out with her and I found her frustrating to play at times. Definitely not my favorite MC.)

Friend Group/Side Characters: A- (This book has a large cast and while some of the characters are pretty shallow and underdeveloped and it often feels like Zoey is our character's only real friend, the other characters are generally entertaining and some of the squad scenes are cute).

Villain/Antagonist: A- (Poppy is an intriguing combination of rival/frenemy/fuckbuddy and the overall build of the story is good, but the execution was painful at times).

Paywall: D+ (Oh this book is brutal on free play. The squad, the popularity content, the clues, all of it. There are so many paywalls. This is book that is fun if you are willing to pay)

Overall: B+ (This series is fun for what it is, not one of my favorites but it is fun and the second book is better than the first).

Previous Ranking: 28/50

New Ranking:

Rising Tides

Story: B+ (The story actually moves pretty quickly and a lot happens, but it is also so obviously done as a public service announcement that it takes away from the story but honestly there are a lot worse plots in the Choices universe.)

Art: B- (nothing spectacular, a lot of reused assets, but the MC does have the prettiest underwear of any Choices MC) and the LIs are genuinely attractive).

LIs: A (I genuinely liked both LIs, I thought they had roles that made sense in the story and I was honestly conflicted to the end which one my MC should end up with, which never happens. Neither was a top 10 LI for me, but they were both good characters)

Romance Scenes: A (They were good, we got a lot of family information and background info about the LIs, they built the romance, etc.)

MC: A- (I liked this MC. I like that she had a distinct personality, there were times I wished we could shape her beliefs a little more and it felt like Charlie was more the “main character” but this MC was generally fun to play)

Friend Group/Side Characters: A- (I didn’t love the best friend and Charlie got annoying at times, but I mostly loved the relationship between her and MC, the parents were great and I enjoyed the townspeople. Also Diego was adorable.)

Villain/Antagonist: B+ (Warner was a little stereotypical, moustache-twirling villain for me, but he was also a pretty good representation of the corporate billionaire so…)

Paywall: D (I feel like this book would be unplayable without diamonds, especially with the scenes to restore the town, but even the fact that a lot of the LI’s backstory and motivations were locked behind diamond scenes)

Overall: B+ (I enjoyed this book way more than I expected to. It was definitely not perfect, but for the most part it was genuinely enjoyable.)

Previous Ranking: 44/50

New Ranking:

Save the Date

Story: B+ (This book delivers what it promises and is a sweet, light-hearted romantic comedy but the formula gets a little repetitive and the drama feels manufactured at times, but mostly it is fun)

Art: B+ (Yes there are repeated faces, but the picture wall is cute and the variety of outfits are nice.)

LIs: A- (If this book was made today it would 1000% be a single LI book. The romance with Justin was a major plot point and Simon felt both bland and shoved in, at least Lindsay had an actual purpose. Still I really enjoyed the push-pull between Justin and MC and Lindsay is adorable.)

Romance Scenes: A (These are good, you learn a lot about the various LIs and get some cute and steamy moments.)

MC: B+ (I did not enjoy the first person as much as I did in MTFL and this MC felt like she was a lot, but also her emotional growth was limited. I didn’t hate her, but I definitely wouldn’t want to hang out with her).

Friend Group/Side Characters: A- (Nora and Monica are the best part of this book, Ali is a sweetheart and the various brides and grooms were utterly adorable.

Villain/Antagonist: D- (the ex boss is kinda hte villain, but he is basically a non-issue and I guess Justin is an antagonist, but he is also the main LI and it’s not that kind of story 😂. So yeah, this book does not do well with the whole villain thing.)

Paywall: B+ (I played this at least twice with minimal spending and enjoyed it, the only thing that is really affected is the picture wall/bonus scene at the end, but that is more of a cute epilogue rather than something you are really missing).

Overall: B+ (This is a cute, light-hearted book. It has some flaws but it is generally enjoyable).

Previous Ranking: 10/50

New Ranking:

The Shadow

Story: A- (It is a little short and choppy but a girl finding out she has been seeing a vampire and then having to figure out what to do about it in one night is a decent premis).

Art: F (there is no art)

LIs: D (are there really Lis? I mean, you can say you want to explore life with Dev or end up a vampire with Lucien, but romance is really not the point)

Romance Scenes: F (there are none)

MC: A- (I liked Sara. She was strong and kept a pretty good level head. I enjoy set MCs though.)

Friend Group/Side Characters: B- (Again this book was short and lacked depth but I did think Natasha was a decadent default bff adn helped keep the story moving).

Villain/Antagonist: A- (the villains were also the LIs, and who the villains were was also dependent on your POV and choices, which is really neat. I think this is one of the parts they did best).

Paywall: A+ (only a few diamond scenes and even buying everything, I am pretty sure I broke even).

Overall: D (This book struggles with my rating system due to the lack of romance and art, but I also wasn’t that invested in it.)

Previous Ranking: N/A

New Ranking:

Sunkissed

Story: A- (This is an excellent story about grief and how it can impact relationships and trying to rebuild a family in the aftermath of a devastating loss. The problem is it also tries to be,a lighthearted summer romance and that doesn’t work as well, but the story of grief is so beautifully done).

Art: B+ (There isn’t a ton of extra art for this book but the backgrounds and outfits are pretty)

LIs: B (None of them are bad, but none of them stand out and the imbalance of how they are developed and used in the story is very noticeable).

Romance Scenes: B+ (a lot of the scenes are orety rushed, but you do get some good character development from the LIs and are able to build the relationship appropriately).

MC: A (I really like this MC. I can relate to her wanting to keep her family together after tragedy but also how she gets frustrated with being the peacemaker and I thought her involvement in the other characters problems was normal level, which I also liked,)

Friend Group/Side Characters: A- (The only friends the MC has are the LIs, but that is because this is mostly a family book and ai love the relationship between the three women and how it grows and heals over the course of the book.)

Villain/Antagonist: A (this is controversial because there is no standard antagonist, but the villain of this book is death/grief and it is handled so well. The way grief can affect every aspect of your life, can damage your relationships and turn you into a different person).

Paywall: C- (I am making guesses here, since I have always spent at least some diamonds but a lot of the grifter/family stuff is locked behind diamond scenes, which is a problem, because that is really the heart of the story and I think without it this would be a much more shallow book),

Overall: A- (This is a sweet book and it really does hit me in a deeply emotional place. I think it is probably a very niche book, but it tells the story of grief and a family recovering from a deep loss very well and I appreciate that.)

Previous Ranking: 15/50

New Ranking: N/A

Villainous Valentine

Story: A- (I love the concept of this, but it gets marks taken away from how awful the fit story is. It does not fit at all, it is a villain I do not care about and a story that does not connect to the existing story. The other stories save it though and we’re all thoroughly enjoyable interludes.)

Art: B- (Nothing new here, but these are all series’ with nice art and backgrounds and that crossed over to this story),

LIs: B+ (Afain, the first story is awful and brings the general ranking down. The other LIs are actually all delightful and they come across, very in character. Maybe I would care more about the Empress if I had played far enough in Blades 2 to have met her yet, but as is I had zero investment in that scene and I found that “romance” awkward and creepy. But the other four options were all fantastic.)

Romance Scenes: B+ (The romance scenes are short and not particularly detailed and again, the first story really drags it down, but overall this series does a good job with the romance and the various levels of it, from people just meeting to a couple who have been fighting falling in love).

MC: A- (The MC in the first story was awful and had zero personality and I am personally offended she has the ACOR face, but the other MC’s in this book were perfect. I actually liked the CH MC in her chapter and she is one of my least favourite MCs, TRR MC was perfection and the alternative ID MC was so much fun to play as)

Friend Group/Side Characters: C (the short nature of this makes this category hard, but the TRR chapter did a good job of showcasing Liam and the ID chapter showed the banter and rivalry between Lewyn and Astoria well, so that counts for something).

Villain/Antagonist: B+ (This category is tricky because the LI is the villain, this is where the first chapter excels because well, she is evil. Radiance is still very much the villain as well. Olivia was always more antagonist than villain and doesn’t do anything villainous here and Astoria and Lewyn just show a disdain for human life, still overall the villain romance angle comes across well).

Paywall: A+ (Each chapter only has one diamond scene, which is just the love scene, but the romance still reached a conclusion without it and you don’t need that scene to tie up the story, so you could play it without spending diamonds. Of course, it is a VIP exclusive, so paywalled in another way, but that is a different discussion)

Overall: A- (I really loved the concept of this and the execution was almost perfect, except the first chapter really sucked. But the others were amazing and fit well into their respective series, a wonderful glimpse of what might have been or in the case of ID, a look into the lives of side characters. Overall, I really enjoyed this)

Previous Ranking: N/A

New Ranking:

Wake the Dead

Story: B+ (This is so not my genre but I think they did a good job with this story for the most part and you can tell that it had some of the same team as TC&TF. I like that it took place years into the apocalypse, I think that was a neat twist and for the most part the story worked but it felt a little rushed and a little flat at times with just too much happening and too much formula.)

Art: A+ (This is a gorgeous book in a creepy, apocalyptic kind of way, and the characters have scars!!! I think the attention to detail was very cool and they did a good job visually building the setting).

LIs: A (This is a good group of LIs, with different backgrounds and personalities that all add something to the story. I think with more books, they could have been one of my favorite groups, but they ended up a little less developed because it was a standalone but they are still a strong group of LIs who all have an important role in the story).

Romance Scenes: A- (You get some pretty deep moments here and get to learn about the characters and their motivations, but the romance feels a little like the afterthought and the scenes are more about character building.

MC: A+ (I like this MC. She is take-charge, rarely annoying and does what has to be done and I like the stubborn, can’t keep her mouth shut vibe. I enjoy when MCs have a bit of a set personality and this one does. Plus she kicks ass.)

Friend Group/Side Characters: B+ (There are a LOT of characters in this book, almost too many because we don’t really get to know post of them and many of them are cannon fodder but the Raiders are fun, along with some of the other colonists.)

Villain/Antagonist: B- (All of the villains of this book had potential, but none of them really lived up to it. I think this was the issue of the book being plotted as a series but becoming a standalone and that not happening, is the back half feels rushed and the villain stories feel crowded and convoluted.)

Paywall: C- (A free play requires a lot of skill and effort, but it does seem like it is possible to still get a decent ending, although you would be pissing out on the lore and a lot of extra content, but there does seem to be some effort to reward players for playing smart, unlike some books.)

Overall: B+ (Overall, not bad and I think it had a lot of potential and the biggest problem is that it feels rush and a bit shallow, mostly because it never got a sequel. But I hate zombies and I still mostly enjoyed this book.)

Previous Ranking: N/A

New Ranking:

With Every Heartbeat

Story: A+ (This book is exactly what it says it is, it is a tragic story of first love and it does it beautifully. The love story was beautifully done and I was sobbing by the end).

Art: C- (This is not an art heavy book, lots of recycled backgrounds and faces and that is fine. This one is about the story, not the visuals).

LIs: A (I don’t rate single LI books higher than A, but Dakota is pretty special and is a very well fleshed out character and it is a beautiful love story.)

Romance Scenes: A (The scenes in this book are very sweet and well done and build that feeling of first love).

MC: A (There were times this Mc annoyed me, as they often do, but she is also a teenager and I think they showed the growth well, especially given the situation she was in.)

Friend Group/Side Characters: A (I loved this group. Amy grew on me a lot and I liked her more than I did my first playthrough, I think because I bought more of her scenes, and Matteo and Lennox are precious. I also loved the way MC’s relationship with her mom grew.)

Villain/Antagonist: A+ (Cancer is a fucking bitch that ruins lives and this book did an amazing job showing that and the insidious ways it builds hope and takes it away.)

Paywall: C+ (This isn’t a book where you miss out on major plot details or clues, but you do miss out on emotional moments and bonding and this is a book that is all about the relationships so that is a lot. As I said, I felt the relationship with Amy a lot more once I bought more of the scenes).

Overall: A (This is a beautiful book that tells a sweet, heartbreaking story of first love. It is exactly what it advertises and it does it very well.)

Previous Ranking: 18/50

New Ranking:

[elthadriel]

writer ask meme: 13 + 29?

Hey!

13. How much planning do you do before writing?

It really depends on the length of the fic but I always do some. For shorter fics it's often bullet points of the beats I want to hit and the longer the fic the more in depth those will get. With very long stuff, <20k, the planning process is a whole thing. I make tables and charts breaking down thematic plot lines and how they relate to each other vs the driving plot.

I don't have a good one to share just now, but once I finish my big bang I might share the outline for it.

29. Share a bit from a fic you’ll never post OR from a scene that was cut from an already posted fic. (If you don’t have either, just share a random fic idea you have that you don’t plan on getting to.)

Have the opening 800 words from the Fox/Thorn fic that I started almost two years ago and just never seem to have the time to crawl back to.

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Thorn comm’d Fox about two minutes form his office, which was enough time for Fox to send a reply that Thorn would ignore, Fox to realise he was being ignored, send a second, ruder message that Thorn would also ignore, and finally resign himself to his fate.

The office wasn’t locked when Thorn arrived, and he let himself in.

“I brought you a present,” he announced, placing the bottle down on Fox’s desk, finding space between a stack of filmsi, two data pads, and five empty cups of caf. At least some of the caf looked like it had been sitting for a while and Fox hadn’t downed it all in the last couple of hours.

How much did Fox need to piss?

“You know, when a senior officer comms you, you are expected to read and obey them,” Fox drawled, somehow eyeing the bottle up suspiciously even through his helmet.

“Would you believe me if I said I didn’t understand the message?” Thorn sat in the seat across from Fox, wondering if Fox would be genuinely annoyed if he put his boots up on Fox’s desk or just pretend to be.

“You’re right, this is my fault. I forget you were trained by Alpha-31. I’ll use smaller words next time. Is asshole still too long for you?” Fox hadn't put his work down, but he had lent back in his chair and Thorn could hear the smile in his voice even if it was hidden by his helmet.

“I don’t know, Sir, maybe if you attach a picture?”

Fox snorted and Thorn beamed. Success.

“Seriously though, the drink, Fox. I had to pull rank on a whole squad of troopers to get it for you.” All he’s actually said was that Fox might like the last remaining bottle and all competitors had abruptly lost interest; they were a good bunch.

“What is it?” Fox asked, still not reaching for it.

“Not a clue, some fruit based soda. It's very popular on [planet]. The senator’s nephew gave us a crate.”

“Uh huh.”

Thorn sighed, plenty loudly enough for Fox to hear.

Fox glanced back down at his datapad and there was no way Thorn was letting that fly. He popped the seal on his helmet and pulled it off, dumping it onto the ground by. Checking Fox had looked up again he pulled the tie from his hair letting it fall around his shoulders. It probably looked awful, it had been tied up all day and was still half holding that shape.

Fox didn’t move, except a slight lift of his head and Thorn wished he’d waited until Fox had removed his own helmet.

His hair was very much not regulation and if any other CG officer tried it Fox would hold them down to shave it off himself if he had too. Thorn worked his hands through the loose curls, trying to pull his hair back into a half decent shape.

“It’s against the regs for a member of the Guard to remove his helmet while on duty—“

“Not on duty,” Thorn pointed out.

“—Or otherwise representing the Guard including but not limited to wearing other pieces of his armour or in areas under CG jurisdiction.”

Thorn rolled his eyes, a big obvious motion. Fox never mentioned his hair length though.

“Report me if you want, I know the man in charge and he’s a little bitch,” Thorn said and, stars, he could picture exactly how Fox would be smirking at the challenge.

“Need me to come over there and spank you, Commander?”

Thorn’s mouth went a little dry. He wasn’t even into that shit.

“Big talk for a man too scared to drink a soda he hasn’t heard of,” Thorn said and decided Fox would probably only pretend to be annoyed and placed one boot and then the other up onto Fox’s desk.

Fox lent back in his chair, tossing his datapad onto his desk. Thorn tallied that up as his second win.

“Thorn, the last food you brought me gave the worst shits of my life, the time before that was, according to Prayers, literally poisonous,” Fox pointed out.

“I had both just fine,” Thorn said, “It’s not my fault your delicate constitution can’t handle anything with more flavour than a purple ration bar.”

“You know that excuse won’t hold up when your dragged in front of a tribunal for murdering a superior.”

“There’s just so few chances to advance my career, sir.”

Fox snorted and rolled his shoulders in a way that suggested he’d been sitting still for far too long.

“How was I supposed to know it would make you sick? They told me it was a delicacy.” Thorn had certainly enjoyed it.

“To [aliens], sure. To humans it’s a chance to explain to your medic that trusting you doesn’t require brain damage and regular stupidity will do the job just fine.”

[queen-of-bel]

some general fe3h thoughts now that i'm at like month 8

starting with the bad and i feel like this is a very severe flaw but this game is not well put together at all. they force you to make all these choices with no context or supporting information and then you just pray it turns out okay

i tried this game first like a year and a half ago and could not stand to finish it. i didn't like anyone in my faction and ed*lgard's vibes were rancid as hell and the idea of pouring like 50+ hours into a game where i want to throttle half the cast was not appealing to me in the slightest

then i tried out dimitri's faction and immediately fell in love with ashe and dedue so i was motivated to keep playing. ironically i think dimitri's vibes are gross as hell too but i genuinely like every other person i have in the group

a choice as big as who you spend the entire game with should not be made after just speaking with the characters for like. 3 sentences. it really will make or break your enjoyment of the game and it's baffling that you're forced to make such an important choice after only 15 minutes of playing

this complaint doesn't just apply to the story, it's towards the gameplay too. the chapter 6 map was complete dogshit. all the warping tiles would've been manageable if it weren't for the fact that you also were on a time limit. i have no clue what the right way to warp is and i have to just pray that whatever i chose is the right answer. i had to restart that battle like 3 times bc i kept choosing the wrong direction. why in god's name am i supposed to be rawdogging this map like that like WHO in the good lord's name thought that was a good idea

and then the devs obviously did not bother to integrate the support scenes into the main game at all like it's actually really laughable. like man i would've expected maybe at least an attempt...

i think ultimately the game is horribly disjointed in a lot of ways and it just feels like it's a bunch of random gameplay mechanics just slapped on top of each other and the game doesn't even bother to try to tie any of it together in a way that's cohesive or even pretends to have it make sense

that being said, it's not as big of a complaint as it normally would be for me bc i actually am (for the most part, dimitri can choke) really enjoying each of those pieces.

i do think it's funny that you can permakill team members with zero fucking fanfare and minimal announcement. rip to sylvain but i didn't even notice he had died. no clue when i lost him 🫡

it's pretty amazing, despite having a lot of my biggest pet peeves in video games, i actually am hooked to this game and can't put it down. quite the definition of high highs and low lows so far, but the highs are outweighing the lows by far

[miintlxtte]

jesus christ that’s a lot but okay

I assume this is how you play?

1. whats your favorite thing in your room? this is a good question, probably my stuffed animals

2. how tall do you wish you were? like, 5’5? 5’6?

3. what color is your hair? dirty blonde

4. whats a rare fear that you have? worms. I cannot fucking stand them. it’s the way they move why is itlikethatstopittheyFUCKINGMULTIPLY

5. are you single? no

6. has your heart ever been broken? yes

7. what was your favorite thing as a kid? organizing my toys, and owls.

8. favorite coping mechanism? rocking :3 or denying it

9. whats your favorite love language? okay idk if this is receiving but I show it as gift giving/words of affirmation, and I like receiving quality time and words of affirmation!

10. how often do you get nervous? all the fucking time (diagnosed generalized anxiety core <3)

11. if you had three wishes, would you use them? yes

12. if you could be fluent in any language which one would it be? assuming I can keep my current language (english), sign language if it counts, otherwise French so I can ace it in school or Japanese

13. where do you wish to live? canada or something idk

14. what's something surprising about you? i’m not that interesting

15. when did you last shower? last night

16. when did you first join tumblr? shit idk I believe early this year MAYBE late last year i’m baby to this app

17. do you want any tattoos? if so, where, what, and why? okay Im getting one on my arm, matching with my dad; every night we say “I love you to the moon…” “…and back” so that’s what we are getting, and i’ll probably get a semicolon at some point.

18. whats the most prominent dream youve had? it was this horrifying lucid dream where I told my 2 best friends it was a dream and one turned into a demon the other tried to gaslight me. haunts me.

19. whats your dream job? i want to run my own salon or do something with physiology, but I think i’ll be a school counselor

20. whats your ideal date? ok ok ok picnic, secluded spot of a park, watch the sunset, painting. (all of those at once ofc)

21. what do you wish you could do better? play tennis i’m so bad at itttt

22. what country would you live in if you could? I have no clue

23. whos the best person you know? I know too many cool people for that. let’s go Z, M, J, R, C?

24. have you ever walked into something you shouldnt have? 🙁

25. whats your favorite holiday? christmas..I just love the vibes of it man

26. when have you been most embarrassed? I don’t wanna talk about it 😞

27. whats your favorite halloween costume? last year I did kuromi, kinda cool tbh

28. what are you best at? I think i’m good at acting, I can cry on demand and shit (without touching my eyes at all)

29. do you know how to tie your shoes? YES?????????????? WHO IS ON TUMBLR BUT CANT TIE THERE SHOE (unless disabled, obviously)

30. do you have siblings? ya, older sister

31. if you could know one thing about the future what do you wanna know? if I still know my current friends well

32. whats a dealbreaker for you? if they use any of the following as insults genuinely : gay, autistic, retard

33. whats your favorite current class? i’m a fucking nerd so like math or art

34. how many people have you dated? 3 technically but i’m gonna say 2

35. how often do you wash your hair? daily, it’s otherwise a total mess

36. do you daydream? what about? yes, I actually cannot share what

37. where do you go to be alone? my room, lol

38. which parent do you like more? you can’t do this to me bro

39. whats the one standard you hold yourself to? you can feel whatever, but you can’t take your emotions out on people.

40. whos voice do you enjoy? my girlfriends 🤧

41. if you could announce one thing to the world what would it be? “ur mom” or something really deep.

42. whats one thing you wanna do but havent yet? go zip lining!

43. what do you wish you never did? I wish I never left that sleepover

44. do you believe in life after death? nah, not really

45. do you prefer book over movie? I get too bored with both, lets go book tho.

46. whats your favorite season? summerrrr

47. whats your favorite time of day? midnight, or like, 3 am, or 2 pm

48. do you have a beloved stuffed animal? my pink bear! he’s like 2 or 3 feet tall, I won him at a fair, i’ve had him since I was shorter than him. (I think you can guess what he looks like)

49. whens a time you wish you acted differently? oh there’s so many, lets go with my tennis awards banquet last week.

50. what's something you wish that you never bought? this one pen that broke the NEXT DAY. still angry. {its been 3 years}

51. do you have your own room? yep

52. whats your favorite book? under my reading level ofc, but the someday suitcase makes me so emotional

53. who's someone you hate? this girl, K, who has feet pics of everyone, hits my best friend, and says L to serious shit.

54. whats your best hottake? it doesn’t matter what pronouns 10 year old emily uses, an this is form someone who actually can’t use neopronouns and just uses they or there name, how the actual FUCK does it effect you

55. whats your favorite game? probably any of these : sally face, fran bow, little misfortune, there is no game 2

56. whens a time you felt real genuine fear? when I was trying to shower and my sister banged on the door screaming and crying hitting so hard the room shook is one instance.

57. are you a morning person? absolutely not

58. do you drink enough water? …….

59. how different are you from the little kid you used to be? very

60. do you enjoy tumblr? yes

61. have you ever had a tumblr experience that made you wanna delete the app? nah not yet lol

62. whats your least favorite game? uh, idk

63. were you a markiplier fan? no

64. how do you respond to compliments? *nervouse giggle*

65. whats something that would make you fall in love? free bread

66. do you believe in marriage? eh I probably won’t get married

67. do you have a crush on someone? yesnt

68. do you like tumblr? mhm!

69. were you a voltron stan? who?

70. whats your favorite ship? ugh okay so any of these : huskerdust (hazbin), hananene (tbhk), oneminexotori (komi)

71. whats your favorite song? I don’t have one atm, sorry

72. do you like loud crowds? NO WAY

73. have you ever created conflict on purpose? well duhhh

74. how do you sleep? I don’t

75. do you bite your lips? yes :’)

76. do you use chapstick? ofc

77. do you have any pets? yes, dog named marley!

78. what color are your eyes?hazel

79. what's something you wish you could change about yourself? my stomach

80. have you ever had surgery? no thank god, might end up having to for my scoliosis

81. whats your least favorite animal? I don’t have one

82. whats somethina that voure really bad at? speaking. I stutter. it has actually led me to accidentally curse in front of my teachers and on top of that say a fucking SLUR. words don’t work right :( /srs

84. do you have an sqishmellows? mhm! a lot, hello kitty ones too!

85. do you enjoy fast food? yes

86. do you like soda? affirmative

87. what grade are you in? N/A

88. do you wear any jewelry? yes, mainly bracelets and necklaces!

89. what socials do you use? tumblr pinterest yt discord

90. whats your lowest grade in school right now? a D in band (don’t ask)

91. whats the latest youve stayed up till? 6 am

92. did you ever have bangs? yes

93. what trends did you hate? hot take but clean girl makeup

94. whats your favorite item of clothing? ohhh, my zip up hoodies

95. do you like dinosaurs? YESYESYES

96. whats your opinion on body hair? natural and gorgeous

97. whats your least favorite time? 12:21 pm

98. do you make a wish at 11:11? yes

99. do you have your phone on military or regular? military, suck it up losers

100. have you ever been to church? I used to go, yeah

101. are you Igbta? NOOOOOOOOOOOO (yes)

ask game

1. whats your favorite thing in your room?

2. how tall do you wish you were?

3. what color is your hair?

4. whats a rare fear that you have?

5. are you single?

6. has your heart ever been broken?

7. what was your favorite thing as a kid?

8. favorite coping mechanism?

9. whats your favorite love language?

10. how often do you get nervous?

11. if you had three wishes, would you use them?

12. if you could be fluent in any language which one would it be?

13. where do you wish to live?

14. what’s something surprising about you?

15. when did you last shower?

16. when did you first join tumblr?

17. do you want any tattoos? if so, where, what, and why?

18. whats the most prominent dream youve had?

19. whats your dream job?

20. whats your ideal date?

21. what do you wish you could do better?

22. what country would you live in if you could?

23. whos the best person you know?

24. have you ever walked into something you shouldnt have?

25. whats your favorite holiday?

26. when have you been most embarrassed?

27. whats your favorite halloween costume?

28. what are you best at?

29. do you know how to tie your shoes?

30. do you have siblings?

31. if you could know one thing about the future what do you wanna know?

32. whats a dealbreaker for you?

33. whats your favorite current class?

34. how many people have you dated?

35. how often do you wash your hair?

36. do you daydream? what about?

37. where do you go to be alone?

38. which parent do you like more?

39. whats the one standard you hold yourself to?

40. whos voice do you enjoy?

41. if you could announce one thing to the world what would it be?

42. whats one thing you wanna do but havent yet?

43. what do you wish you never did?

44. do you believe in life after death?

45. do you prefer book over movie?

46. whats your favorite season?

47. whats your favorite time of day

48. do you have a beloved stuffed animal?

49. whens a time you wish you acted differently?

50. what’s something you wish that you never bought?

51. do you have your own room?

52. whats your favorite book?

53. who’s someone you hate?

54. whats your best hottake?

55. whats your favorite game?

56. whens a time you felt real genuine fear?

57. are you a morning person?

58. do you drink enough water?

59. how different are you from the little kid you used to be?

60. do you enjoy tumblr?

61. have you ever had a tumblr experience that made you wanna delete the app?

62. whats your least favorite game?

63. were you a markiplier fan?

64. how do you respond to compliments?

65. whats something that would make you fall in love?

66. do you believe in marriage?

67. do you have a crush on someone?

68. do you like tumblr?

69. were you a voltron stan?

70. whats your favorite ship?

71. whats your favorite song?

72. do you like loud crowds?

73. have you ever created conflict on purpose?

74. how do you sleep?

75. do you bite your lips?

76. do you use chapstick?

77. do you have any pets?

78. what color are your eyes?

79. what’s something you wish you could change about yourself?

80. have you ever had surgery?

81. whats your least favorite animal?

82. whats something that youre really bad at?

83. do you have an sqishmellows?

84. do you enjoy fast food?

85. do you like soda?

86. what grade are you in?

87. do you wear any jewelry?

88. what socials do you use?

89. whats your lowest grade in school right now?

90. whats the latest youve stayed up till?

91. did you ever have bangs?

92. what trends did you hate?

93. whats your favorite item of clothing?

94. do you like dinosaurs?

95. whats your opinion on body hair?

96. whats your least favorite time?

97. do you make a wish at 11:11?

98. do you have your phone on military or regular?

99. have you ever been to church?

100. are you lgbtq?

[a-muffin-full-of-poetry]

Can i ask for a request on how the obey me! Boys would react on mc making them watch eurovision song contest?

Sure thing lovely! Who were your favourites to win? I'm ngl, Romania, Norway and Serbia were... i've got Llamame stuck in my head so many times. Anyways! Speed ran this because this is kind of on a time crunch so might be a little short.

Summary: MC and the boys sit down for some Eurovision.

Warning: none today!

Lucifer:

Don't get me wrong, this man would do anything for you but what in the Devildom is Eurovision? Of all the brothers, he would be one of the more willing ones to sit down and watch it but trust me, he is going to have no clue what he's watching.

Well, he does. A singing competition, but why is there two yellow wolves on his screen, what?

All in all, he actually enjoyed himself quite a lot. You caught him bobbing his head to a few songs and he was even quite excited to see the end results.

Definitely the one that made it to the end without falling asleep.

Mammon:

As much as he protested, Mammon was actually very excited to watch it. He’d heard through the grape vine (Satan) that it was a bit of a tradition in the human world and he’s excited you want to share it with him.

However, as good as the music is, he cannot take his eyes off of the costumes. He’s such a magpie he couldn’t keep his eyes off of a lot of the shiny material. And when it wasn’t the costume, it was the staging.

By the end of it, he was more pumped up at seeing whether he could sneak to the human world and steal a costume.

That would see for a lot, right?

Levi:

One of the only people who knew about it way before you even brought it up and he really wanted to watch it with you. So, when you invited him? He had a massive plan.

All out, got snacks, as much drink to last you a whole night and sat with you the entire time. Those all nighters literally saved his life there.

Dancing, clapping and giving commentary the entire time, he is definitely one of the best people to watch it with if you want to get really excited but he will know none of the words.

Will hum though.

Satan:

Already knew about Eurovision. When you first came, he did so much research on traditions in the human world and it was one of the first things to come up. In advance, watched all the songs so he would have some idea of what was going on.

Sang obnoxiously out loud to annoy Lucifer, which worked, but he also absolutely loved a few songs. He was hopeful that his favourites won. Also in absolute awe of the staging, already planning to read several books about how to do stuff like that.

Eagerly awaited the points that he sat through it all just to find out if he won.

He will watch it next year and he will force it.

Asmodeus:

Asmo was told in way back when they were doing the qualifying rounds and he definitely sat you down to watch them all. He would critic the songs, learn all the words for his favourite, talk about the costumes and the staging.

By the time of the final, he was so ready.

A night full of singing, he even stood up and tried to get you to dance with him (which you eventually gave in to).

When the winner is announced, Asmo is genuinely so happy regardless. Started crying because he had to wait another year though. Poor baby ;-;

Beelzebub:

Had absolutely no idea what you’re talking about but anything for you MC :)

The one with the most amount of snacks for you both to share but probably the most quiet as he just munched on the food. Will nod along to the songs, but won't really say much else.

Does manage to make it a decent way through the show, though, before he wandered off for more food and he does come straight back.

Don't get me wrong, he absolutely loved spending time with you but it's not one of his main interests. He's really only there for you <3

Will watch it again if you asked though.

Belphegor:

When you asked, he blinked at you and asked a bleary "What?"

You woke him up MC >:(

However, you're hard to say no to and he will immediately come and sit besides you to watch with you.

Nodded along for the first few songs and he tried to stay awake for all of it. Doesn't even make it to the end of the songs though before he was passed out.

Had to find out who won later because he would not wake up.

You're welcome to ask him to watch it again next year but warning: he will fall asleep.

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How to Exploit Kindness [A New Kind of Lila Salt Prompt]

[ Ive seen Lila and Class salt that goes a lot of different ways. In some Lilas a sad lonely girl who will do anything for friends and the class fall for her lies through a mixture of manipulation and Lila’s genuine sad lonely but real persona. In others Lila is insane and the class get basically sucked into her cult. And in others still, Lila slowly breaks the class down by preying on there insecurities, hidden jealousies ect. There are the versions where Lila just bribes the class with connections and the versions where Lila frames Marinette until no one believes her. But I wanted to write a new idea for people to use, one that I feel is a bit more realistic. One where Marinette’s classmates are more their more authentic kind selves but still get slowly pulled into Lila’s web and where Lila is just a bit more intelligent. ]

[ As usual with all my prompts feel free to borrow the idea to write for your own thing salt, sugar, cuteness angst ect just be sure to credit me for the idea so I can read it. ]

Lila was furious! This wasn’t how it was supposed to go! She was supposed to be everyone's friend! She was supposed to finally get a cute perfect boyfriend who would cherish her like she deserved! She was supposed to be HAPPY! But no, the pathetic beetle Ladybug and that goody two shoes Marinette kept ruining everything!

No… No that wasn’t quite true. As much as she wanted to blame her problems on those two it wasn’t entirely their faults. Honestly Lila wasn’t quite sure what had happened. Her lies had been working at first, they had gotten her praise and compliments and adoration and friendship! But now? Now they were all ignoring her, unimpressed by her celeb lies! She could not understand it! At first she’d been sure it was Marinette or Ladybug maybe even Adrien had turned on her! But when she’d probed for information she’d learned that none of them had blown the whistle. So what was it! Tomorrow… Tomorrow she will find out one way or another. She needed to get them back under her thumb somehow.

 It was Chloe who gave Lila her answers. Chloe was the reason none of her classmates cared about her stories! Chloe was the idiot mayor's brat. And what a brat she was constantly wiggling her way into her mothers fashion shoots or had celebrities over at the hotel. Of course Lila’s classmates didn’t care about Lila’s celebrity connections because Chloe was always name dropping just as many people as herself. The only difference was Lila used fake modesty and shyness that made her ‘friends’ view her lies in less of a gloating light than Chloe’s haughty claims of celebrity meetings.

It was a damn shame, celebrity lies were her bread and butter, they were exciting got people to think you were important and they were hard to prove or disprove allowing Lila to easily get around the messy little detail of ‘proof’ if someone asked for pictures all she could say was that her mom didn't let her take any because she didn't want her precious daughter being targeted by crazy fans. And if someone asked her to use her celebrity connections? Well she could just turn on the water works and cry about them just being her friend for her connections. Thus her prey would be forced to be her ‘friend’ , always listening to her and doing things for her, unable to ask for anything in return. Then when her mother announced their next move Lila would tearfully say goodbye and leave all her suckers behind. But without the sway of her celebrity lies her system broke down. That was the problem with picking the school full of rich talented idiots she supposed.

Well with Chloe ruining her system she’d need a new one. Scrolling through her classmates' social media for a clue she sneered at their overly cheerful and cutesy posts. Always encouraging one another and posting encouraging puff pieces about this or that. Always acting like they were so nice. As Lila scrolled over a charity fundraiser event that Alya had retweeted from Milene a sudden thought crossed her mind. Her classmates were very ‘nice’ and annoyingly so. They were always butting into each other's business, always being SO concerned, always organizing events to help each other and appreciate each other and going to charity events.

In fact now that she thought about it the stories that had intrigued her ‘friends’ always had some sort of charity garbage attached. Saving Jagged’s kitten or raising money for some cause or other that always got her heaps of praise. Sure saying Clara whatshername stole her dance moves got attention but not in the same way saying she raised money for some green project. Was it really that simple? Sure her classmates all loved Marinette for her extreme generosity and kindness but was it REALLY that simple? She needed to check.

 It was actually that easy. One simple little lie about how she pulled a blind old man out of danger when he was nearly run over and suddenly the class was bathing her in praise. And the ‘fact’ that the whole very real thing made her miss first period and sprain her ankle? Well that was just the cherry on top. Suddenly Max was offering her a copy of his notes and everyone was back to caring for her like she was a princess. The fact that Marinette looked like she was seething only for sweet naive Adrien to keep her mouth shut was just so perfect. She’d found her golden ticket. Her classmates were truly ‘good kind people’ and nothing could be exploited quite like kindness.

With this knowledge Lila would easily be able to destroy Marinette, sure she wouldn’t be able to do it quickly but slowly she would replace her, with every good deed she made up with every act of false modesty she would build a reputation greater than Marinette’s she would replace her and become there new ‘everyday ladybug’ and the best part was she wouldn’t have to say ANYTHING against Marinette. Not. A. Thing. No sweet righteous Marinette would eventually snap, sadly for her it would probably be too late with how much control Adrien had over her, so when it happened Marinette would look like the jealous crazy girl going after the girl that was kinder, sweeter, and better than herself. As for Adrien… Well she had a hard time believing it at first but he really was an idiot with a pretty face as long as she was careful as she built her new reputation he would genuinely believe that she was changing for the better and then he'd fall for her.

The best part was, her classmates were genuine. As she built her new good girl heart of gold persona they would genuinely come to love her, all the loyalty Marinette got to enjoy all the perks of being friends with such talented, kind, sweet people would become hers. Slowly no matter how Marinette struggled she would lose, eventually she’d have nothing left. Of course she’d need to be careful with her lies but that was easy. Bring the class to a charity here and there and tell them that she was the one who gave the idea for the charity to the actual organizer but didn't want any credit because she was just that kind and humble. If they tried to make her do actual work then she’d have a sudden accident that would require she sit down.

And then once she’d done more photoshoots with Adrien for Gabriel she’d ‘convince’ the man that a charity would make him look good and boost sales. She’d MAKE her lies true all while winning over her future father in law, and heck maybe she’d even pocket a little of the money, she could use a better wardrobe and the extra would be perfect to buy her ‘friends’ the occasional ice cream or presents. In between that she’d just lie about saving people or volunteering on weekends. Maybe even let it ‘slip’ how she was a temp hero for Ladybug . One of the sweetest parts was that between volunteering with Lila, there own activities and hanging out with Lila so she could ‘thank them for their hard work’ no one would be spending a second hanging out with sweet pink little Marinette, they'd abandon her without even realizing it because they’d be SO busy. Sadly this plan of hers would take a little more work then her others, but it would be worth it to become the queen bee of the class- NO the school! And when Marinette eventually slipped up and looked like the biggest jealous bully in the school. Well she’d have no choice but to leave the school with her tail in between her legs.

Victory was looking sweet and satisfying.

 [ And where it goes from here is up to you. Lila can win, she can slowly convince the class and school that she's a model citizen and an everyday hero. She can sneakily maneuver the class to not spend time with Marinette slowly separating the girl from her friends. In this way Alya and the rest of them don't become evil salty versions of themselves who overnight hate Marinette and love Lila, but rather they are good naive people who got slowly separated and tricked by someone who wants to use their genuine talents and skills to make herself look better. Adrien who is already shown to be naive and wants to believe the best in people, can fall into Lila’s trap and become genuinely convinced that his high road method really worked and ‘reformed’ Lila into a better person. OR Lila can fail, she can claim to be the wrong temporary hero for ladybug, or she can pick the wrong charity to lie about, or get exposed any number of ways and the class can realize with horror that because they are kind but flawed people who are perhaps too trusting and gullible that they got pulled away from Marinette through subtle manipulation and so they can be redeemed because instead of turning into outright bullies they stayed the same kind people they always were but just got genuinely tricked which is something that can actually happen in real life. You can go heavy salt where Marinette does eventually leave the school or class heartbroken that her kind friends have fallen prey to a bad person Marinette cant find a way to expose. Or you can go clever salt where Marinette figures out Lila’s plan and fights her from the inside slowly exposing the cracks in her facade. Or you can go sugar and redemption where maybe just maybe Lila actually LIKES being nice to people and having real friends who dont care about her fake celeb connections, maybe she honestly redeems herself and even makes amends with Marinette. You can do genuinely anything with this idea and I hope to see this generate some new less *and suddenly everyone is evil* content for those that like salt and angst. ]

[moonflowcrr]

florence wip! ♡

have a lil thing i’m working on~

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sometimes, you think yourself as a little off in the head. flinching at camera shutters, and gasping at the air as if there’s a ghost that only you can see. but you would much rather spend your time here, in this pleasant dream- weird and wide-eyed, than anywhere else.

you're sure that, sometime soon ( maybe in the distant future where you're convinced that this is too good to be true ), you'll wake up. sit up in bed with a hand clutched to your chest and a ' that was a weird dream ' ghosting on your lips- but until then you're here. sat in a side room with a lady who's hands are too cold as she fixes your makeup, waiting to go and sit in front of a crowd as you answer questions and hope desperately you don't spoil the plot of your upcoming movie.

you must’ve wiped your sweaty hands on the thigh of your dress at least three times now, but the moisture still seems to creep up on you as you wait nervously, jittery, for them to announce you.

it'll be over before you even know it, you remind yourself quietly. it's a mantra you used to tell yourself as a child. a quick fix it to a bad situation- like waiting for your injection or the gun to pierce your ears.  it'll be so fast, you'll think back and laugh over how worried you were.

;; ♡

and then suddenly, as if time itself decided to pluck you up and place you into the thick of it all, you're sat on stage with your hands clasped in your lap as you blink dumbly up at the man before you. with his too wide grin and sweat brimmed brow winking at you as they catch the light. you tilt your head to the side, ( you think absently about how the lady who spent hours doing your hair must be screaming right now, and make a mental note to apologise later) and mutter out a quiet " sorry? "

the crowed around your erupts in laughter, and you're acutely aware of the sudden rise of heat in your cheeks.

shit. you zoned out.

Jimmy Fallon, with his years of experience and his perfectly mastered smile, shoots a private grin as if to say ' breathe, you're good ' before he launched back into the previously missed question.

" bit star-struck are we still, (y/n)? "

it's a teasing question, you know, but you can't help but cringe at how right he is. this is a dream come true in a sense no one would ever be able to understand, and you've bitten away at your cheek to stop yourself from screaming, so much that it bleeds when you smile too hard, or talk too much- but it's proof. solid, painful proof that this is real and happening and by some crazy miracle, you made it. you actually made it.

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honesty, you find, best comes when you're panicked. telling people what they want to hear is easy- but a difficult gag when you're too stressed to see clearly. you had ( somehow wondrously, miraculously ) made it through the entire evening without leaking some massive plot points for your film, and the swell of pride that inflated in your chest was starting to get to your head. it made you dizzy and excited and far too proud.

" so from what we've seen so far, your character is the love interest in the main sections of this film, correct? " he asks in the way that he does, cheery and light- and you find yourself slipping into a comfortable banter about love and portrayal. it's easy and honest, and you tell him about practiced love confessions into a mirror.

" but, i must ask! this is such a raw, genuine display. i don't think even the best of the best could act with this much authenticity. so what's your secret? is there a lover we don't know about yet? someone to think about when you're swapping spit on set? " Jimmy has an eager look on his face,  big brown eyes searching for clues in yours.

" oh, no nothing like that, " you breathe, and you can feel the air wrap itself around your throat and just sit there.

" with a reaction like that, " he starts, and he's laughing before he finishes the sentence.

" it's obvious that there must be someone your mind wanders to! come one, you can tell me. just between us. " joyful eyes meet yours and he leans across his large mahogany desk to reach you- like two children sharing secrets at the back of a classroom, you lean forward and move your hand to whisper in his ear.

" i suppose you could say i've got something of a crush on Florence Pugh, " you whisper quietly, feeling your whole body flush at the confession of your long guarded secret.

" but you absolutely didn't hear that from me. "

;; ♡

[freelancearsonist]

Something Wicked this Way Comes

Blinding Lights

A Poe Dameron x fem!Reader Series

Chapter Fourteen of Twenty-Nine

Rated PG for use of language and mentions of illegal activities

1,318 words

A/N: literally more than a year and half later (sorry) here’s the next chapter! this is a very special birthday gift for my beloved @aellynera​ because she’s been begging me to revive this series 😂

“This place is truly gorgeous all dolled up,” Rey comments, some type of wine or another in her hand. “It’s so nice that so many people came.”

“Well, thirty years is a big deal. Especially in this industry,” you note. “Hardly any celebrity couples make it ten years anymore, much less three times that.”

“I suppose you’re right,” she hums with a smile. “Have you seen Finn? I’ve been searching for him all night but I’ve yet to find him.”

With the crowd that’s turned up, looking for Finn is like searching for a needle in a haystack. You haven’t even seen your own boyfriend since he left to go get a drink at the beginning of the party.

You had hoped that you would stay by his side so all of the celebrities here wouldn’t be able to sense how out of place you were. So much for that.

You don’t know what else to do besides nervously fidget with your dress as your eyes scan the crowd for a familiar face—but the thing is, on an acre full of celebrities, all the faces are familiar. It’s even more challenging to find who you’re looking for when you recognize literally everyone.

Time slips by like waves on sand and you have no clue how long you’ve been searching for your boyfriend when a hand reaches out and grabs your arm. You nearly scream before you recognize the face and voice attached to the arm—your brother.

“There you are,” he chuckles—his face that seems unable to smile summons a vague smirk. “I was wondering if I’d see you here.”

“Armie… what are you doing here?”

“I’m the guest of Vice President Ren,” he announces with the most hoity toity tone you’ve ever heard in your life.

You scoff and roll your eyes, a gesture that apparently damages his attitude of self importance.

“Cut the act,” you tell him, not entirely unkindly. “It’s very unbecoming.”

He genuinely laughs at that—pulls you into his arms for a tight hug that completely catches you off guard.

“I’ve missed you, little sister.”

“I missed you too,” you mumble into his chest. “So, Ben actually made an appearance?”

“Kylo Ren,” he corrects, like it’s an instinct he can’t hold back. It’s so automatic it almost feels like you’ve tapped his knee and his leg has kicked in response. He hesitates for a moment, then… “sorry. you know I have to be diplomatic with everyone.”

“Not me.”

He gives a wry smile at that and opens his mouth to say something, but he’s interrupted by a much deeper voice that instantly unsettles your stomach.

“Hux, this must be your beautiful sister. It’s such a pleasure to meet you.”

The voice’s owner is tall and dark-haired, handsome in an untraditional fashion. But something about him makes you feel incredibly uneasy.

He holds out his hand for you to shake, and you do it with such reluctance that it nearly makes him uncomfortable.

“I’m sure your brother has told you who I am.”

“As if I could not know,” you say—your tone is way more seething than you mean for it to be. “You and President Snoke are all anyone hears about anymore.”

He chuckles at that—a stunted noise that sounds more like a cough than a laugh.

“Yes, well, our work is very important.”

You want to point out that his work is controversial at best. Outright unconstitutional at worst. No one’s really sure how he and Snoke managed to make it into office, much less stay there.

But you keep your mouth shut. You’re not sure if you would if your brother wasn’t standing right there, but he is and you don’t want to upset him.

“I’m surprised you actually came,” you tell him—that hint of venom still in your voice.

“It’s good for publicity.” He chuckles like it’s a joke, but you can tell it’s really not. It makes sense—the media is up his ass as it is, and showing support for his family will get him some brownie points.

You almost wish he wouldn’t have showed just so the papers had one more thing to crucify him for.

But you take a deep breath and close your eyes, and you remind yourself that you can’t cause a scene here. You’re here for Han and Leia, and you won’t be the one to ruin their big night.

“Well, it was nice to meet you, Ben…” you take a modicum of self-satisfaction in the way he grimaces at the use of his real name, “but I’d best be going. Im looking for someone.”

“Dameron, right?” You don’t have to look at the scowl on his face to hear the distaste in your voice. You’re almost proud that someone like him doesn’t approve of your boyfriend—it makes you more solidified in the fact that you made the right choice.

As if on cue, you feel the familiar warmth of Poe’s arm as it wraps around your waist and draws you close to his warm body.

“Ren,” he practically spits. “Nice to see you.”

“Likewise.”

There’s a tense moment where the two men simply stare each other down like they’re preparing to pounce, but thank god someone pulls Ben aside because you’re not sure you could stop Poe from jumping the vice president. Or if you would even want to.

Poe presses a kiss to your forehead as he apologizes for his disappearing act—you barely have enough time to tell him that it’s okay before he’s dragged away by some producer he used to work with and vanishes from sight.

You feel entirely lost for a moment before it registers that your brother is still here. And it takes another moment to note the sour look on his face.

“What’s wrong?” He nearly flinches when you set your hand on his arm, before seeming snapping out of whatever day dream he was in.

“Stay away from Ren,” he warns in a low tone. “He’s up to no good.”

“Yeah, America already knows that,” you try to joke.

“I mean tonight. He’s not just here for his parents, or the publicity.”

For a moment, it’s like everything fades away. There’s no crowd babbling, no band playing, no drinks clinking. It’s just you and the gravity of Armie’s warning.

And then it hits you—what Han said earlier.

"I have a feeling something’s gonna happen tonight. I’m not sure why, but... I dunno. I had the same feeling in the pit of my stomach the night Snoke took in Ben. The same feeling I get every time something goes wrong.”

You shouldn’t have written it off as nerves. He was right. Something big is going to happen, and you might be able to stop it.

All you have to do is find Han—a needle in a haystack.

You wish Poe had stuck around just a few minutes longer. He would know what to do. Maybe he could distract Ben while you find Han, or…

But there’s no point on fixating on the “what ifs”. You need to focus on finding Han or Leia or both of them and warning them that something big is coming. That Han was right.

As if on cue, the crowd hushes and you see Han and Leia taking their places on the raised platform outside of the house, drinks in hand. Ready to make speeches and toasts.

Part of you wants to scream, wants to do anything to get their attention. But what if Armie was wrong? What if Ben doesn’t have anything severe up his sleeve?

You won’t be the person to ruin their special night.

But you wish you would’ve been, because almost as soon as Han opens his mouth, he chokes up and drops to the ground.

THE END

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[beelovesnct]

𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐨 [𝐩𝐭. 𝟐]

—a compilation of boys having aiko's back in return

fan video by: urmydreams

**note: bold-english, regular-korean, indented-editor’s note

Hi! I'm back! ><

Since you all liked my, "how aiko loves nct dream", I made a new compilation, now showing how the dreamies love aiko back in return!

I mean, it's pretty obvious that they're whipped for Aiko (who wouldn't be), but here are some of my favorite interactions that prove just how much they love our Aiko-yangi <3

They protect her image when she can't!

[MENTAL TRAINING CAMP 2021]

It was the second day of the two-day mental training camp made to strengthen the mindset of idols who choose to participate.

Seeing as it was the second day, Aiko got a little bit more comfortable than the day before, and for the dreamies, this was both a good and a bad thing.

Good, because that meant Aiko would react and interact more, not only with them but the staff and the host as well. Her genuine warmness and sincerity would then be portrayed, for the world to see just how amazingly complex her character was.

Bad, because, well, in the dreamies' perspective, when Aiko gets comfortable, she really gets comfortable. And while this wasn't anything new to the managers and the members themselves (basically living and growing up with her), it wasn't a particular scene that they would want the fans, the host, nor any of the new staff to see.

The scene was Aiko, absentmindedly raising her shirt up to the point that the hem of her sports bra was showing.

This alerted Mark, who was in the same room as her, swiftly noticing the camera that would perfectly capture the girl's midriff.

Thinking quickly, Mark lunged at Aiko, hugging her tight while laughing nervously,

"Dude, you're getting too comfortable," Mark managed to cover these words with his laughter, though the camera picked up on it; labeling the scene as 'Leader Mark protecting Aiko'.

Aiko, who got the message blushed profusely at this. She then buried her face in the crook of Mark's neck, too embarrassed to face the camera at the moment.

Mark, getting the clue finally giggled genuinely; patting the girl's head and back as he muttered words of assurance. Though it came more as teasing so Aiko weakly punched him in the chest.

"It's fine, it's fine. You're hot anyway."

They sense whenever she's in danger :0

[NCT WORLD 2.0]

It's not a secret that Aiko's not the most athletic in NCT.

She's (for the lack of a better word), a homebody. She's really great at strategy virtual games, but for actual physical matches, she has no chance to win at all.

This is why, when the announcement came that there would be a vault competition, the dreamies immediately glanced over to Aiko (who was placed in OFN), worried that with her clumsy and unathletic character, she would hurt herself.

Their prediction came true when Aiko tried for the 180cm vault (they were so relieved that she passed at least the easier ones).

Aiko did a good run-up, so much so that everyone thought she would make it, but her jump was just slightly lower. Thankfully, she was quick enough to turn her body around, which made her hit the vault back-first (it didn't mean it hurt less though).

Aiko fell on the mat, the stacks following her soon after. But before it could even touch her, her five brothers from dream already made it to the rescue, stabilizing the remaining stacks and swatting away what could have hit Aiko's figure.

"Aigoo, you clumsy cat, up." Renjun demanded, his hand stretched so Aiko would take it.

Aiko did, but not before showing a slight pout, muttering a small sorry in return.

The other NCT members watched in both amazement and amusement, their eyes wide and their mouths hung low, (frozen in place as they were about to come to Aiko's aid too); bewildered at how fast the dreamies' reflexes were; as if they had spidey senses that would indicate whenever one of them was in trouble.

At that moment, the screen showed the title, "The Dream-y Senses—an amazing reflex from the NCT Dream members."

They make sure she's always okay! (Though Jisung kind of messed this one up ><)

[🌶️ NCT DREAM HAS THE HOTTEST STRIKING SKILLS I HOT SAUCE BOWLING]

It was the time that Aiko dreaded the most—the punishment time.

Her team had just lost against the other in an unexpected turn of events. They knew that Jisung was the only one with an actual fighting chance of knocking over any of the hot sauce pins, and with the practice match from before, they observed how Jisung doesn't even have the best striking skills. Hence, when it came to the actual battle, they thought they had it in the bag.

That was until Jisung landed a perfect strike.

So here they were, with Haechan, Jeno, Renjun, and Jisung themselves, making the hot sauce mixture for their tacos.

Aiko was shaking her leg out of nervousness, enough to catch Mark's attention that he placed his hand on her thigh while muttering words of reassurances.

"Don't worry, Jisung's going to be the one to put the sauce on yours,"

The dreamies knew that Aiko had a very low tolerance for spice, so as much as they wanted to tease her, they won't let it go out of bounds to the point that the member would be suffering already.

In the end, it was planned that Mark would get the worst mix of spices, folded nicely in the taco (courtesy of Jeno); with Aiko having the least spice (courtesy of Jisung).

Jisung then laid the tacos flat on the table in descending order, with Aiko thefirst to grab what she thought was meant to be hers (the last on the sequence).

"Here I go," She announced, the smell of the food already bringing tears to her eyes.

But she trusted Jisung, more than anyone, so she closed her eyes and abruptly took a big bite.

Then all at once, her sense exploded into overdrive. Her face got so red and tears were leaking from both sides of her eyes. Suddenly, she couldn't breathe, gasping for air as she coughed continuously.

The boys reacted immediately, coming to her aid with milk and cold water. Mark was gently patting her back, Jaemin giving her tissues to wipe her tears with, and Jeno pouring her a glass full of the cold beverage.

"Yah, Jisung, what did you put in there?" Renjun started scolding, his expression was just as worried as the rest of them.

"Just the mild one! I swear!" Jisung was waving his hands defensively, hovering over his noona as he stared back at Renjun.

Haechan then approached the table where the tacos were all laid, then smelled each and everyone before sighing loudly, facing the group with an unimpressed expression.

"Yah, that wasn't Aiko's, that was Mark hyung's."

Everyone then looked at the maknae with a blank expression, though the said maknae was already by his noona's side, apologizing profusely.

They always look out for her no matter what :> And even scolds her for her own good!

[VLIVE 210612]

This was supposed to be a very cheerful Vlive, with the main highlight being the Czennies' birthday. And as people who have supported them throughout their career, the dreamies were more than happy to indulge in the celebration.

Unfortunately, as fans seem to notice as well, Aiko looked like she wasn't feeling well.

As much as Aiko was quiet with the rest of the dreamies, savage when it came to reality shows, and even unrelenting to rude hosts, she was very very sweet to her fans.

Whenever interactions with fans happened—whether that would be in concerts, fan meets, and even Vlives, Aiko is always seen to be smiling (maybe not a huge grin), but there was always that happy glint on her eye, and the subtle twitch of her lips whenever she'd catch the eye of a fan—whether through physical or virtual means.

This never failed to make the fans melt in adoration, feeling special with how the introvert treated them.

Hence, it came as a surprise when the usually upbeat Aiko, looked utterly dead.

Her eyes were void of their usual shine and simply looked empty; there were bags in her eyes too. Her demeanor screamed that she was tired, but had most likely pushed herself for the sake of celebrating with the dreamies.

There were subtle comments of worried fans, asking if Aiko was alright; and sometimes, when some of the members catch the particular comment, their eyes would always worriedly flit to Aiko, who had her head down as she mindlessly scrolled through the comments on her phone.

Renjun, one of the members who saw the comment, would stare at her for seconds, then glance at the manager, looking over if there was something that could be done. When the manager mouthed, "Later," Renjun solemnly bowed his head, but not before shooting Aiko once last concerned look.

However, whenever Aiko was the one who glanced at the comment, she would pause then look at the camera straight before attempting a cheerful smile—that while contained their usual adorableness, came more strained and forced.

The fans' worries came doubling when Aiko looked as if she suddenly got dizzy, her head unconsciously shaking back and forth before collapsing just behind Jeno, his whole figure being able to cover her head.

With a sudden thud, all the dreamies looked at Aiko; with Renjun already making his way out of the frame to get some water for the member, his face scrunched in worry.

The nearest two immediately hovered over her; Jeno twisting his torso and Jaemin clinging unto hers, both quietly asking if she was alright.

Aiko sat up straight a couple of seconds later, smiling to reassure the other members she was indeed okay; and although they didn't believe her one bit, the dreamies went back to their what they were doing, shooting Aiko the occasional glance once in a while.

After drinking the water Renjun gave her, Jaemin then wrapped his whole arm around her head, his arm covering her eyes, forcing her head to lay on his shoulders in the process.

In a bubble update much later, Aiko soothed the fans' worries by saying she just had a lack of sleep and was momentarily dizzy because of it.

She also shared that she got some light scolding from both Renjun and Jaemin, and promises she'd try to sleep earlier.

They always remember her <3

[N'-134: We Are the Champions~🥇]

"I have something to recommended to you," Chenle says jokingly, his eyes mischievous as he looked at Jaemin.

Not even giving him a chance to answer back to his rhetoric, he replied to himself with the drink that Jaemin swears he hates the most, "Strawberry Yoghurt smoothie."

Unsurprisingly, Jaemin faces him with a blank face, with Jeno openly snickering in the sideline.

The trio was chosen to represent NCT Dream in the upcoming archery males division of ISAC 2020. Naturally, with the goal to dominate the game and possibly garner new fans, the company set out practice shootings for the members—that started with shooting at near-range, slowly inching their way to far-range targets in hopes of mimicking the exact distance they had to shoot at the actual play.

After, what seemed to be at least an hour of practice, the trio is seen in the mini-cafe situated inside the building, ordering beverages and snacks to refill on before continuing their training.

Chenle looked at Jaemin, "You told me you liked strawberry,"

Jaemin shook his head vehemently, getting that it was all for teasing but still would like to clarify that he absolutely detests the artificial flavoring, "You got me mixed up. Aiko, Aiko likes anything with strawberry, I—Na Jaemin, don't."

Then as if Chenle remembered the detail, he exclaimed, "Ah right! Then I'll buy Aiko some strawberry shortcake."

Forgetting his initial goal to tease Jaemin relentlessly, the Chinese member made his way to the counter, a giddy bounce in his step; Jeno followed suit, voicing out a concern about the snack.

"Won't it get melted though? We still have a few hours left to practice,"

"Ah, right." Visibly deflating, Jaemin assured the younger that they could simply order take-out before they head for the dorms,

"We can order when we leave."

Nodding, the younger faced the camera, explaining to the fans why he was so keen on bringing home some snack for the cat-like member,

"Our Aiko-yangi loves strawberry shortcake so much, so I wanted to buy her some," His eyes disappeared as he showed a wide grin,

"Is that your bribe to get her to play with you?" Now it was Jeno who was teasing Chenle, as he and the fans both know how Chenle loved playing games with Aiko.

Chenle nodded unabashedly, "Yes. Aiko-yangi has been rejecting my love lately, maybe this will change her mind."

Jaemin ruffled his hair fondly, "You favoritism towards Aiko is showing,"

Chenle scoffed, "First of all, Aiko is one of the—no, is THE BEST player I have played with, and SECOND OF ALL—" He shot the older two a knowing smirk,

"I'm not the only one."

As we can see, our Aiko-yangi is very loved by the dreamies (I hope I have friends like that ><), AS THEY SHOULD! Our Aiko is very precious (albeit very clumsy), so it's great to know that the boys always got her back <3

Requests are open for the next video; see you then~!

[mosshead-lover]

Perfect Imperfections

Bakugou x Reader

A/n: @miraclecherryblossomsblog, This one's for you. Hope it’s of your liking. It’s pure fluff( But you know you can always hit my ask box*wink wink*).

Also dedicated to all the other homies out there who look in the mirror and think ’not pretty enough’. I know it’s not possible to feel all ’I'm-perfect-the-way-I-am’ type of vibe overnight. I can't either. But, let’s take a small step ahead, feel a little less bad and appreciate ourselves a little more. Okay? One step at a time.

- Bau

Although it had been a year since you transferred to UA, It felt like you had been there forever. Even as a foreigner, you had no trouble settling down and making friends. Your genuine personality and carefree nature were adored by almost everyone. Even though you always told yourself that people saw you for who you were and not for how you looked, the insecurities regarding your appearance hit you from time to time. It was also one of the reasons why you could never confess to your crush. You always thought,

'There is no way in hell he is gonna like me back, not amidst all these perfect girls.'

You hadn’t even opened up to your best friend, Kiri. Only if you did, you would know how your crush felt about you. Only if you did.

New year's Eve:

"Hey! I am here, Redhead!"

You barge into Kiri's room, announcing your arrival. He was in front of the mirror, adjusting his spikes. He was all dressed up for the New year's party that the whole class was attending. He turned back in disbelief after seeing your reflection in the mirror.

"So, you really not gonna go?"

He looked at you up and down as if confirming what he saw in the mirror was real. Your hair was as messed up as ever, tied into a lazy loose bun. You wore an oversized hoodie with a pair of sweat pants. Did he need more clues to know that you weren't attending the party?

You plug in your laptop and settle on his study table, not bothering to answer him.

"The fuse went off. It's gonna be a while till girls block gets the power back. Stupid electricians. Taking their sweet time to arrive."

You curse under your breath.

Kiri crosses his arms and lets out an audible breath. You read the annoyance on his face and respond to his original question.

"Told yeah. The new episode of [Your favourite action show] is airing today. I can't miss it for the world."

He nods in disbelief and gets ready to go.

"Don't mess with anything. You know my roommate."

"Alright. Alright," You wave your hand.

"Though, I can't guarantee your snacks won't disappear."

Kiri lets out a huff, nodding at how well he knew you, and throws a bag of chips towards where you sat. You barely catch it and look at him with eyes full of gratitude.

"That's all I have. The rest is Bakugou's and, you wouldn't.." He begins warning you but pauses halfway.

"Actually...if it's you, he might let it slide."

"What?" Your voice was low and skeptical.

"The whole class knows!”

Kiri throws his hands back and laughs.

'I am sure I never acted so obvious!'

You were kind of terrified, more at the thought of what Bakugou might be thinking of you.

"I...Do you think I am good..."

"If you aren't perfect for him then, I don't know who is.."

Kiri bends down to face you and smiles ear to ear.

"Oye shitty hair, your chick is waiting for you near the entrance. Check your phone.Geez."

Your heart skipped a beat hearing that voice. It was your usual reaction. Only this time, you were also embarrassed, anxious, and whatnot. You had never had a proper conversion with Bakugou to date. Despite sharing the same best friend, you rarely bumped into each other, let alone exchange greetings. The last time you conversed was when you stood up to a molester who threatened you and the victim with the knife on the train.

Two times he spoke to you was on the same day.

"Stand back," before he took down the guy and

"Are you okay?" After.

"Oh! Shoot" Kiri checks his phone and shouts in dismay.

"Bakugou, Is that how you're coming?" Kiri seemed to have forgotten his waiting-girlfriend at the sight of Kachan.

"Who said I am going?" Bakugou snaps and walks towards the bathroom.

"Looks like it's a date." Kiri winks at you. After making sure that Bakugou went in and latched the door.

You click your tongue and dismiss his comment.

"Don't break his heart."

Kiri brushes your hair and takes large hurried steps towards the exit.

[Bakugou splashes his face with water several times. He didn't expect to see [y/n]. Not in his room! His eyes were on her so often that the whole class knew. When Denki asked if he should talk to [y/n] for him, he had threatened to fuse him. There was no way he'd let puny feelings like love take over. Not that this resolve helped him think of her less often. Every time he overheard her talk, he was surprised at how heartful and genuine she sounded. For him who rarely laughed, [y/n]’s laughter was music. For him who rarely smiled, hers was enchanting. Amidst all this, What [y/n] thought were her flaws barely caught his eyes, and even when they did, they did as perfect imperfections.]

You thought long and hard about if you should leave. What if he was staying? You'd just be disturbing him. but then, he might have been sarcastic. If was going indeed, he’d want the room for himself to change. Either way, you decided it's best if you left.

Just when you are about to close down your laptop, Bakugou comes out of the washroom.

"Is that [your favorite action show]?"

"Ah...Ugh...Yes."

You curse yourself for not being able to say a single yes without stammering.

’He must think I am a pathetic powerless loser!’

He grabs two sodas from his shelf and sits on the wooden stool near you, offering a can to you.

You are suddenly conscious of how messed up your hair is. You cry on the inside for not dressing up better. You take a sip and another as if the carbonated drink would help you loosen up. It might have, for you finally broke the awkward silence.

"So, You are not going?"

"Tsk. It's lame. I'd rather watch [your favorite action show]. So this guy's finally gonna use the Ace up his sleeve, eh?"

"Looks like it." You nod. Your mind shifted from the awkwardness to the show. You involuntarily offer him chips, and a few minutes later, when you turn to take it back, Bakugou's eyes meet yours. Surprisingly, he does not look away. You are flustered and, your breathing pattern goes wild.

You look away, more conscious than ever. You put on the hood as you turn away in embarrassment, hoping to hide your scattered hair.

"W.. Why are you looking at me like that? Is it the rashes on...?"

"What? No” He finally seemed to snap back to reality.

He lets out a deep sigh before holding the lace of your hood and pulling it down so that it became tighter around your head.

"You think shit like that matters to me?"

He sounded disappointed and agitated, his eyes still steering into yours.

"I can't do this anymore," he mutters under his breath and pulls you closer using the lace that he held.

"You can stop me," says he, before smashing his lips to yours. You were living your dream. Like you'd ever stop it. After a brief kiss, He parts, his face clouded with a little bit of guilt. You kiss him back, assuring him that the feeling was mutual.

You shift from your chair to his laps in the flow. He lets go of the lace, slides his hands under your hoodie to grip your muffin top.

"Bakug..." You call him out with a shaky voice, layered with a fear formed by one of your many insecurities.

He pauses, thinking you wanted him to, but soon realizes why you did that and pulls you closer with the same grip on your waist and squeezes gently to show how much he relished it.

"Remember dumbass, you are the one complaining. Not me."

He continues kissing you, bringing in more passion with every second that passed.

You had let the worldly definitions of beauty dictate your self-confidence for too long now. A weight the seemed permanent lifted off your chest as you savoured the moment.

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