#i get very happy that poeple know what they are

[temeow]

me when i see a post witha jerboa and it has lots of notes 😆😆🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍

[hansoeii]

Hullo! I’ve been watching a bunch of your Timelapses and I was wondering how do you always come up with the colours for your pieces? They’re always so cohesive and pleasing to look at (I almost exclusively work in greyscale so if I’m using colour it’s always a lucky guess and it never looks quite right)

Hey there!

I have to be honest that most of the time I don't actually know what I'm doing and that I have no idea how most of my pieces are gonna turn out. My work process is usually based on "Fuck around and find out", haha. I'm happy to know that it apparently doesn't come across that way, though.

A lot of it comes very naturally to me simply because I've been drawing non-stop for so long, but I can give you some small tips that really help me:

1. Have as many references as possible!

Here's what my reference sheet looked like for the Jayvik piece:

It helped me a lot to understand the overall color scheme I wanted to convey. Lots of very cold tones, pinks and very light blues and greens. These colours sorround Jayce and Viktor throughout all of season 2 and I wanted to keep them, especially since in my piece they are lying in the glowing hexcore.

Don't shy away from using references, get as many as you possibly can! Look at other poeple's art too and try to understand how they work with colours.

2. Work with complementary colours!

Since I paint a lot of romantic illustrations I want them to look pleasing and comforting, which I can accomplish by using complementary colours! You see this a lot with couples that are blue and red coded, for example. And I wanted to do the same thing in the Jayvik piece! For that I used the highlights in their hair!

Viktor's highlights are a soft pink hue.

While Jayce's are a soft blue hue.

The colour wheel works perfect for figuring out if two colors compliment each other because they are literally right across from one another!

3. It doesn't have to be true to life.

Pretty self-explanatory, but I thought I'd add it in here anyways. It's important to understand how colour and light works, but you don't always have to follow the rules. Does the rim light look cool but it makes zero sense? Who cares! Keep the cool rim light! Just have fun and fuck around.

4. A little trick to make your life easier!

I'm not excatly the best at colour theory, I still struggle with it quite a bit, but here's a little trick I like to use from time to time:

If you want all your colours to look coherent, take one specific color as your flat colour. Choose a hue that you would like your piece to have. Like this:

Now you choose whatever colours your characters have and paint them in. For example, here are the skin colours I chose for Jayce and Viktor:

Looks off, right? These colours don't fit the overall piece at all. So what do we do?

Turn down the opacity! It's that easy, wahoo!

I went from 100 Opacity to 72 for this specific illustration. And look at that!

It's so much nicer already! Now you know what colours to use as your actual flats! Just repeat this with every other part of your illustration and you'll have a great starting point. :)

I really hope this was helpful! I'm not an actual teacher and I don't have a proper illustration degree, so some things might not be completely accurate, but I thought I'd try my hand at this anyways!

[ghostdiva]

TADC Ep 4 Trailer Dropped

I've taken many screenshots, and it's time to theorize about how I think the episode will go.

if I'm right, then there will be spoilers ahead, so read at your own volition.

now, I think that for this adventure, Caine utilized the Suggestion Box, after getting the feedback from Zooble that no one really liked his adventures.

However Caine, ever desperate to keep his guests happy and entertained, takes multiple suggestions at once, and turns them into the retail hell the circus crew is about to experience.

before that tho, I think Gangle gets some advice from Ragatha

This advice might backfire considering what happens later.

Gangle is also given a new mask by Zooble, who brings her to their room to give it to her.

Gangle Checks out the new mask, figuring out how it functions in comparison to her comedy mask. my personal guess is that it makes her more confident and assertive, which might boost her moral, but change her attitude in a possibly negative way.

also a small side note that's completely unrelated: there's not a single shot in the trailer that shows Kinger in this adventure. So it's possible he either sits this one out, or just straight up doesn't get much screen time. We got a small clip of Kinger in the circus, but that was it.

Anyway, as Gangle is trying out her new mask, her and Zooble's absence prompt Pomni, Jax, and Ragatha to go see what's up.

Jax and Ragatha will likely question Gangle about the new mask. Pomni might voice her curiosities on how it works too (it's only Pomni's 3rd day in the digital world, so there's a lot she still might not know yet).

Nonetheless, after checking in with Gangle and Zooble, they all head back to the main area, where Caine sends them to work at Spudsy's.

Orbsman is probably the "quest giver". though this time it's not really a quest, it's more like minimum wage food service hell. despite that fact, he still assigns the employee roles to everyone, making Gangle the manager.

Gangle, I think, would be sheepish about this role at first, however the assertiveness and confidence from the new mask helps push her to step up to the plate. So Gangle starts assigning different tasks to everyone. Ragatha, Jax, and Zooble seem to take on tasks like prepping and making food for the orders, like frying the burger patties, assembling the burgers, etc. and Pomni, who can't cook to save herself, ends up running one of the tills at the counter.

and Jax runs the drive-thru for a bit.

eventually, customers start to come in, most of them being wooden artist dolls. However, Caine did reuse some NPC's for this one, which is unfortunate for those who remember them.

idk how to make gif's here, but aside from the gloinks pulling up to the drive-thru, I think Pomni will end up taking Gumigoo's order. Pomni is understandably surprised to see the NPC she bonded with in the second episode, as she literally startles so hard she falls over.

Incidentally, Gumigoo probably doesn't remember Pomni at all, and Pomni might struggle to hold herself together when she realizes it.

Like, look at her. she looks like she's emotionally breaking, but forcing a smile because well, customer service. She also could just be happy to see him alive. I think she might try to sneak off to see if Gumigoo remembers her at all.

idk what else this image could be, outside of like, picking trash up from the ground or something.

Jax also seems to genuinely hate the Fast Food Adventure, in fairness, very few poeple enjoy the fast food industry.

he also takes a moment to cause some mischief

Anyway, onto the main plot. this episode is about Gangle. and with the pressure of being a manager, Gangle might start to boss people around a bit.

there are a lot of shots of characters looking like they need a break, especially Ragatha.

I think it's possible that Ragatha gets tired and worn down from milling about and completing orders. and despite Gangle trying to hype her up, Ragatha just can't summon the energy to keep going. Poor Ragatha is clearly exhausted, and needs a break to like, put her head down for a bit and relax.

Gangle continues to be somewhat bossy, her behavior worsening as time goes on. we see this as Gangle get progressively more unsettling, almost acting crazed whenever someone complains or voices a problem they're having.

Gangle probably starts off trying to hype up the others to get them to do what she needs them to do.

However, none of them really see Gangle as a source of authority, and thus don't take her seriously until she starts to lose her composure.

in this clip, she seems to say the word "now". and look at her. she's clearly struggling with the stress of wrangling everyone, and getting them to do what has to get done for things to flow properly.

However, (except for maybe Pomni) everyone on this adventure hasn't worked in the food industry, or any job for that matter, in years. they've gone on wild adventures every day instead, which is wildly different. on adventures, everyone is kinda left to their devices, to do what they want within the general confines of the adventure. Following orders, and doing monotonous, intensive tasks, both physically, and mentally, is not something they're used to doing. at all.

Thus Gangle struggles to get everyone to do what she needs to, and snaps from the stress.

I think after she snaps, the mask breaks, leaving Gangle with her tragedy mask. so she goes outside to get some fresh air, startling Pomni.

I think Pomni and Gangle chat for a bit, since that seems to be a theme. Maybe Gangle will just be expressing remorse for treating everyone poorly while wearing the mask. she might feel guilty for pushing them all as hard as she did.

and Gangle carries that guilt with her after the adventure ends too.

it seems Zooble has words to share with her tho, so it looks like she gets to have 2 heart to hearts, maybe.

[camatchoum]

What about me...

Timothée Chalamet x reader

Part 2

Part 1 Part 3

Summary : You and Timothée have been dating in private. You both want to keep the privacy. But what happens when his PR team has a new idea?

Words : 4.4K

Disclaimer : Hi, here is part 2. Hope you enjoy it. Sorry for the wait. I have to study all day. But don't forget that there is no hate for Kylie or their couple. If they're happy, then it's all that matters.

Warnings : fluff, angst

“Hi Timmy!” You say with a lot of joy. You were so excited to finally be able to hear his voice after what felt like so long.

“Hi mon ange” he says with much less excitement. He was very relieved to hear your voice but he knows what is about to come.

“Are you okay? Is everything alright?” You ask with concern. Of course, you picked immediately that something was off. But maybe he was just tired.

“Don’t worry, I had a long day” he answers, and even if you are not sure whether he is believing him or not, you start to talk to him a bit about what you were doing. But he wasn’t listening. How could he do that? You were there on the phone, sweet voice full of happiness, and all he could think about was the contract he had just signed a few hours ago.

“Timmy? Timothée? Timothée!” You yell a little to gain his attention. Okay, now you were sure something was very wrong.

“I’m sorry mon cœur, I just.... I-I... I’m just so sorry” he sighs. You could hear the desperation in his voice, and by the way he was talking, you could swear he was on the verge of crying. His voice feels so fragile, so broken.

“Sorry? What are you sorry for? Timmy what’s happening? Are you okay?” Your voice full of worry. Is he hurt? Did something really bad happen to him or to his family or even to one of his friends? You don’t know what to do right now because all you could do is wait for him to tell you what is going on. “Timmy I need you to tell me something, please. Are you okay?”

“I’m okay physically, I swear” he mumbles. He knows he has to tell you. The longer he waits, the harder it gets, but he doesn’t want to be the reason behind your sad face. You were full of worry, and he was about to make things even worse. “I-I-I did something today, something really bad. And I don’t know how to tell you”

“It’s okay I’m sure whatever it is, we can work something out together, okay?” You didn’t really know what to think. You want to be there for him, but what if it is something that will break your heart? Now, you are just afraid of what he is about to say.

“I had a meeting earlier with the PR team” he begins, and you hold your breath, preparing yourself of what’s about to come. “They had this idea to help me gain attention from the public. And I wasn’t really happy about it”

“Wha-What is it?” you ask. It takes some time, but he finally sighs and tells you.

“They want me to date someone” your heart stops. “They asked me to date Kylie Jenner” He finally tells you what was on his chest. But he doesn’t have time to feel relieved or relaxed because stress starts to eat him whole.

“I-I-I” you are at a loss of words. You don’t know what to say or how to react. It’s like the information didn’t kick in your brain. “I just don’t know what to say.... I don’t understand why?”

“They think that if I date her then I’ll be in the spotlight and that my movies will gain a lot of interest since apparently poeple are mad for the report of Dune and that Wonka doesn’t come out until December.” He explains to you trying to help you understand their mind even if he’s not okay with it.

“And what did you say?” You don’t really understand how that is the best solution, but you wanted to know what he thought of it.

“I told them no, of course, I was really angry at them, and I still am.” You feel relieved that at least he doesn’t want this. But you know there’s more. “But...” There it is “I still signed the contract”

“Why....?” you ask with your voice barely a whisper. He exhales loudly.

“I promise you I said no at first, I told them that I couldn’t do it because I didn’t want to and that it was clearly not necessary. All I could think about was that I already had you as my girl, and I didn't need or want to replace you. I couldn't do that to you, to us” he defends himself, and you could hear that he started to cry. “But I couldn’t tell them that, and I thought that you wouldn’t want me to expose us just for that. I just didn’t know what to do. I felt trapped and overwhelmed with the situation. I felt like I couldn’t get out of it, so I just signed and left.”

You just don’t know what to feel. Well, yes, you feel nothing. Your brain is just offline, like it doesn’t want to process everything. What are you supposed to say? Seriously? Of course you aren’t okay that’s for sure, but are you supposed to cry or to understand what he did? That he didn’t have a choice? Or did he really have any? You wanted to say that he should have told them about you, but was revealing your relationship really the best idea? Do you really want the public to know? Definitely not.

“Mon cœur? Please say something... I need you to tell me what you think”

“What would you have to do?” You ignore his, please. And of course, he knows you were doing it on purpose, so he sighs.

“They told me that it’s going to be just a lot of fake pictures, really. With us walking outside, holding hands, and being fake happy. And maybe some kisses but nothing, including lips. I can assure you that. I only want yours”

“Nothing much bigger?”

“No not for the moment, at least. They want us to have this act like we dont want people to know, but we are not good at hiding it. They want us to reveal it in a bigger way, but they don’t know how for now” he knows this isn’t the best, but he wants to at least be completely honest with you.

“No kissing?”

“No I promise I won’t put my lips on hers”

“When does it start?”

“Tomorrow” if people could ask him, no, he didn’t feel like he was doing an interrogation. “I promise I will tell you everything before anything happens so that there is no surprise” he waits a moment before he hears you sigh. You were processing everything, contemplating what to say or even what to feel.

“Okay” you just say.

“Okay? Are you really sure it’s okay?”

“Listen, I’m sorry, but I just don’t know how to feel. Of course I’m not glad and it’s like I don’t understand how it is the best thing to do. My head tells me that you didn’t think of us, of me. But-”

“Y/N I promise you I did it because all I could think about is you and-“ he tries to tell you, afraid that you are mad at him but this time you are the one cutting him off

“BUT at the same time I’m really glad you didn’t expose us. I-We discussed it a million times, and I’m not ready for the public to know. I like us this way.”

“Me too” he smiles for the first time since the start of this conversation. “You know I want to keep you to myself as much as you do” and when he hears you giggles, he just knows that everything’s going to be okay. It will be hard, but you could both survive this.

“You need some rest now, okay? It’s really late for you”

He doesn’t want to go, but it’s really late, and with all the things that happened today, he was just so exhausted. But at the same time, he was glad it was okay between the two of you. “You are right, I should go to sleep”

“When am I not right?” You tease.

“I wouldn’t put myself in your bad side, so I’m not going to add anything .” he chuckles. “I love you so much”

“Really really really?”, and his smile just got bigger.

“Really really really.”

And with that, you hang up the phone. Timothée went straight to bed. He was really exhausted. And on the other side, there is you, looking at your phone reviving everything from this conversation. Your boyfriend is going to date another woman just for the purpose of his new movies. And that’s when it hits your brain, and you couldn’t hold back the tears anymore. You wanted to understand him and the need of this situation, but you just couldn’t. Everything felt like a dream for one and a half years, and now what? The universe didn’t want you to be happy? You aren’t mad at Timothée you really aren’t but how are you supposed to take all of this?

And your head just kept spiralling for at least two hours until there were no tears anymore because you just relaxed yourself. Timothée loves you, and you know it isn’t just words. It’s real, and you love him too, so much. So all you have to do is watch him act in real life with another woman, but you know that at the end of the day, he is yours.

You felt really better, as happy as you can be right now, but you still want to talk a little about it with someone, so you take your phone and dial the number.

“Hi girl what’s up?” Zendaya’s voice comes out once she picked up.

“Hi Z. Nothing much really. I just wanted to talk” you say, and Zendaya could see right through you like a best friend would.

“Aaargh what did he do?” she groans, knowing it's about Timothée and you could hear Tom in the background asking the same thing, and rapidly enough, you are sure Z put the phone on speaker for him to hear. Yes, you were private, but in this world, private means that Zendaya and Tom knew about it. They were your best friends, after all.

“It’s not really him that did something. It’s his PR team” and you go on and on about the whole conversation that you just had with your boyfriend. How he was supposed to date Kylie Jenner and the promises that he did to you and, of course, why he did accept.

“Oh my that’s bloody messed up” Tom says “Ouch!” and that’s Zendaya hitting him on the head. “Sorry Y/n/n”

“No that’s okay, you are right” you chuckle, but Z wasn’t having it. She can’t wait to call this Halamet boy.

“How do you feel about that?” she asks with such concern that you laugh lightly, but soon between your laughs, there is a sob.

“I’m just really, really afraid of what’s coming, guys. I love and trust him with all my heart, but” and the tears are back. “I’m just so afraid of what is going to happen to us. What if this stupid idea just tore us apart? I dont want to lose him.”

“Listen Y/n/n.” Tom catches your attention “You need to calm down because, yes, this idea is really bad, but I promise you that everything is going to work on in the end.”

“He’s right, you know. This guy loves you so much it’s sickening. You two are far worse than us, and that tells a lot. I can assure you that you two will just love each other even more and I can tell you that we have your back. I’m going to make sure that he doesn’t do anything stupid.”

The words of your friends give you so many feelings, and you mostly feel confident. You can do it. You both can because you love each other and mostly you trust each other. It’s just a phase, a bad long moment to go through together.

“Thanks guys, I really appreciate that. Everything is going to work out.”

“Of course it is.” Z add. “I just want to give you a hugg now, but we have to wait two freaking months.”

“Yeah, I can’t wait to see you two at the convention for Dune”

“It’s going to be bloody awesome.” And you all laugh.

“Thank you, guys. I’ll call you later.”

“Bye Y/n/n!” they both say, and then the call is over.

And with that, you work to the end of the day before going to sleep. You. Could. Do. this.

The next morning Timothée wakes up. Not really feeling it. After what happened last night, he doesn’t know what to think. And it’s also because today is the start of the worst role he ever had to play. He goes to his emails and sees that Jack sends him what the plan is for today. Apparently all he has to do is go the his favorite coffee shop to order something and sit for awhile and Kylie will appear like magic and discussing for awhile and paparazzi will have a private source to tell them where they are. At least that’s easy to do and doesn’t need a lot of romance. He forwards you the mail so that you know when you’ll wake up. He just goes on with all the prep he has to do and put on a cosy outfit so that the paparazzi don’t know it’s all a part of the plan. He walks to the coffee shop, enjoying the fresh morning before autumn starts. When he arrives, he orders his coffee and goes straight to a boot next to a window that will be best for the photos. Just when he sits down, he gets a text from Zendaya. Oh no. He was in for a ride.

Z- She called me crying last night.

T- I know it’s really messed up. How is she?

Z- Afraid mostly. She doesn’t want to lose you. I understand your way of thinking but this isn’t a good idea.

T- You really think I don’t know that? I’m sorry, but I just felt so overwhelmed, and I didn’t know what to do.

Z- Just be careful, okay? She trusts you. Don’t make her doubt on anything. Alright?

T- Z I’m in love with her, and you know that. I will do everything so that nothing hurts her more. I promise.

Z- I trust you with that. Call me or Tom if you need help with anything.

T- Will do. Thank you, Z. I promise I will take care of this.

Z- You better.

“I’m sorry, is this seat taken?” he hears a voice. And when he looks up, he sees none other than the Kylie Jenner dresses in a casual outfit with sunglasses on, just like him. She wears a big smile and he reciprocates it.

“Of course not. Otherwise, the plan is not going to work” he feels bad for letting that go so easily. “Sorry just not really feeling like I want to be in this situation”

“Don’t worry about that, I understand. When they told me what we had to do for the sake of our careers, I was a little mad.”

“But you accepted it anyway” he says a little to defensively.

“If you think it was my idea, then forget about it. But I mean, I see where they want to go with this, and it can’t affect me in a bad way, so I signed. It will help my brand, so that’s cool.” She explains.

He wanted to feel hate for her, but this isn’t her fault. Yes, she agrees with all of this, but she doesn’t know that there is someone in his life. He doesn’t know if he should at least tell her so that she knows that there are some limits for him, and that’s why he acts a little too angry. But after reflection, he doesn’t want her to know for now. He doesn’t know if he can trust her. And so the plan begins. They talk, not so much, but they talk a little, and when they receive a text from their managers telling them that the paparazzi are outside, they go and act. Laughing and after an hour of pretending, they both get up and say goodbyes, leaving in different directions.

You are in your kitchen, cooking when you see the photos trending on Twitter. Your boyfriend and Kylie Jenner are laughing while drinking in a coffee shop. You aren’t surprised since you read the mail. And with that, the plan begins. You are okay for now, at least. It’s all fake, after all.

And it goes on and on for a month and a half. They started to do more and more fake dates. Each one you knew about appart for two because Timothée didn’t know about them until they happened. There is nothing to be mad about, but you are hoping it doesn’t happen again because it was making you more anxious. You are globally okay. Each day Timothée makes sure you know that he loves you even if these past few days he stopped sending you cute texts. But you still try to call every day, even if it happens less and less, and he drowns you in sweet words, even if the calls are really short because he’s so tired. There's nothing to be worried about, right? That’s all normal. You think too much.

You are preparing a suitcase because tomorrow you’ll fly out to see Timothée. You are really missing him and sort of in need of his presence. Even with all the sweet words, you are starting to worry a little and to get a little insecure. So, I'm going to pass some time with him for a week before the two of you go to the convention. Will you do you good. You are actually so excited to see his face.

A few hours later, you are at the airport, waiting outside for your boyfriend to come pick you up. He was supposed to be here an hour ago.

Y- Are you there yet?

T- What do you mean?

Y- Well I’m at the airport right now, waiting for you. I already have my suitcase and all.

T- Aargh, I forgot to tell you. I’m with Kylie right now.

Y- Okay I’ll find a way to come.

T- Great. I’m really sorry, mon cœur I really forgot.

Y- Don’t worry about it. It’s fine.

T- Don’t forget to walk in with the back door. Nobody can see you.

You don’t want to answer anymore. Did he forget that you were coming today? That’s impossible he sent you a text this morning telling you how he can’t wait to see you. So... he wanted to see you but he actually forgot when you were supposed to arrive. That’s nice. That’s pretty nice. You then call a taxi, the only way you could go to his house apparently thanks to your boyfriend. Well, thanks to this curly bloody boy.

Yes, you are mad. You don’t want to, but he didn’t have the decency to warn you about this part of this plan. And is it really hard to cancel one fake date? He could have at least done that.

You take a deep breath and sigh. You can’t think that way. You don’t know how much of a choice he has. So you just take your suitcase to go into the taxi and go to his house.

When you are there you remember that you have to go to the back door. It didn’t shock you when he told you to do so because that was how you did it last time. So you just walk in with your keys. You go straight to his room since you supposed that he isn’t there if he is with Kylie. You put your suitcase on his bed so that you can put away your clothes in one of the closets, but you stop yourself when you hear noises downstairs. Maybe Timothée is back. You couldn’t stop smiling when you rushed downstairs to greet him and give him a hug. You enter the kitchen, and when you see him, you just jump on him, giving him a big hug.

“Woaw!! What are you doing here?” he asks with shock, but you don’t seem to catch that this wasn’t really a happy one.

“I thought you weren’t here, that you were with Kylie, so I just came in.” You say with a big smile. But something was off with him even if he hugged you back, and you just realised that. “What’s wrong?”

“Timothée?” and you look up to see Kylie Jenner in the doorway. “Who’s this?” she asks kindly.

“Oh I’m Y/N. Nice to meet you.” And you both shake hands.

“Are you his cousin or something?” she asks.

He didn’t tell her about you. You know that you never discussed it with him, but isn’t it common sense to realise that she should know that he has a girlfriend? So that she knows there are some limits? And that’s when Timothée clears his throat.

“Actually Kylie, this is my girlfriend Y/N”

You can see the shock on her face and just after her eyes widen in realisation. She immediately engulfed you in a hug before looking at you.

“Oh my god I’m so sorry I didn’t know. If I knew, I would never have said yes.” You are actually surprised. You were ready to hate her, but here she is apologising to you. She turns to Timothée. “Why didn’t you tell me?”

“Yeah we kind of decided to keep it private, and I just didn’t know what to do.”

“Yeah no I understand. I’m just really sorry Y/N”

“Don’t worry about me”

Kylie is at Timothée’s house because they wanted the paparazzi to take a picture of her car in his alley and of her leaving his front door. So you just talked for a few hours. She is really nice but you don’t feel like talking with her. She still is your boyfriend’s fake girlfriend, and watching how the two of them interact with such complicity made you feel more insecure.

Not soon enough Kylie is leaving, you watch hiding in the kitchen how your boyfriend kisses her cheek and says goodbye with a loving smile. He’s really a good actor. Okay, now you have to stop otherwise you’ll break down, and nobody wants that. You decide to go lay on his bed to wait for him to say bye-bye to his wannabe girlfriend. And sure enough, after a while, you feel the bed deepening and arms grabbing you to rest your back against a chest.

“I’m so sorry, mon ange” he whispers while kissing your head. “I’m so happy you are here. I missed you so much” he tights a little his arms. You slowly turn around so that you can take him in your arms, too. You aren’t really okay, but you missed him so much, and you just need him right now. You spend a few minutes like this, relaxed to finally be with each other.

“Are you mad at me ?” he asks quietly.

“I don’t know” you mumbles.

“Please talk to me” he says sweetly, needing you to elaborate.

“I just, I just don’t know what to think. It’s really difficult for me to see you with her. And I know it’s fake but the more you spend time with her the more we don’t talk. You promised you were going to tell me everything and you didn’t keep that one. And you actually forgot that I was coming today and you just left me. I know you don’t always have a say in this situation, but all of this is starting to bring me down mentally. I just miss being loved by you, and I’m so afraid that this thing is going to break us” You are fully crying, soaking his hoodie, but he doesn’t care. All he cares about is how his heart breaks at your words.

“I know it’s difficult, mon cœur. It’s so hard for me, too. I’m sick of seeing myself every day knowing that you are hurt because of me. I know I messed up badly.” He begins to cry in your hair. He sniffles and lift your head so he can look into your eyes. “I promise you, and I can assure you that I will keep this one. I promise you everything is going to be over soon.”

“I really want to believe you, but do you really think that your PR teams could forget this idea?” You say your eyes, no longer looking at him.

“Hey” you look up “I talked to Jack yesterday, telling him I couldn’t do it anymore. He didn’t want to give up at first, but when I told him that a break up would do as much noise as if we were still together, he reconsidered it. He told me that just before Wonka was out, we were going to end everything.”

“So just one month?” You hold so much hope in your eyes

“Just one month. And then, if you are okay with that, I want you to come with me as my date to the first Wonka premiere”

“You mean... going public? Wouldn’t we get more hate than if we would have done it before all of this?”

“I don’t care about what people think of us. I’ll protect you”

“Okay”

“Okay?” he asks with a big smile. “You are willing to do that?”

“Well, I have to tell the world that this boy is mine” you answer with a smile just as big as his. You both chuckle, and Timothée just tights his arms around you, feeling relieved that he hasn’t lost you after all.

“I also had to play the grandma card” he says, causing you to look up at him once again. He could fall in love every day with your eyes.

“You did not!” You gently slap him, and he laughs. “You know your grandma asked you to stop telling people she was sick to get away with everything. One day, she is going to curse you.” And you couldn’t help but to laugh with him.

And right now, while you were laughing with your loving boyfriend, you are full of hope. One month is really long in this kind of situation, but the end is going to be worth it. You just feel like everything is going to be okay from now on.

If only you knew.

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That's it for part 2. Hope you enjoyed it, guys!

[simplywrong]

It's time for some conspiracy (and made up rumours). @itsblasttothepast I'm so happy you actually used that logo. Don't read below the cut if you don't want to see my speculations.

With Horner now confirming that it was Sergio's decision to go away I think beside the obvious answer of not wanting to work for a team that hated him (not talking about the mechanics and the staff, just the leaders) there are some possibilities about his future so I decided to make a list: - One and the most controversial (and one I don't want to believe) - he took the ambassador role and will collect money from Red Bull for using his face as a marketing device in the Americas - but I doubt that, he wouldn't go for it after what he went through with the team and the only thing that would prove that is Horner saying he 'still is a part of the RBR family' and we all know Horner is a snake so it's safe to assume he is lying; - The next one is that he is retiring for good - it would be supported by what Antonio said about him wanting his son to retire and with Carola's post thanking him for all the years being able to watch him race (it's just my interpretation of the words so I'm not saying those are facts). But it makes no sense with the posts from Jo and Slim, who suggest there is a new thing coming. He always said he wanted to spend more time with his kids so maybe he decided it's the end of his career; - Some poeple say Sergio can come back in 2026 in Cadillac, some say it can be a reserve driver for AM and some say he'll go with Nico to Audi. If Andretti gets his way there will be two empty seats too. But it's hard to say with real things being mixed with wishfull thinking from the fans. This one would be supported by the captions under Slim's and Jo's posts but it also could be interpretated as just show of support that they go with him. The speculations all come from Sergio's 'we'll see each other soon' and how relaxed he is compared to how he was in 2020 when he lost the seat; - The most crazy one so far is that Slim will actually buy a team for Sergio (this is not going to happen but it would be fun). There are people saying he should join different category and that would be kind of awesome too; As for Max, I kind of think RBR is slowly planning to replace him because of two reasons - how he went against them a few times this year and the fact that he might retire earlier than anyone wants (he said he will drive as long as he is having fun and would honor the contract but he said family comes first and with him becoming a father maybe something will change in his perspective - especially if RBR doesn't give him a good car, Max won't enjoy being in the midfield and without Newey the new concept might go very badly for Red Bull). So I have two theories about this: - The are terrified he will leave and want someone to learn from him but I doubt Max would want to tutor his teammate (not that talent can be learned anyway); - They are mad about how he openly talked to the media about the shitty car and how he threatened to break the contract if Helmut leaves so they will sabotage him this year to favor Lawson (especially if they thing 2025 is already lost - and it's possible, they took the wrong turn with the car and I really doubt they will fix everything before the new season) and try to prove why he was the better option but I really doubt this will go unnoticed. No one is delusional enough to really think that a rookie could beat Max, right? Either way I hope this team falls apart and if Max still wants to race he will change teams. What do you think about this? Also to all of you saying 'poor Liam he doesn't deserve the hate' can you please shut up? Most of you were on the Checo hate train for laughs and he had it way worse than some people saying that Yuki would be better in the seat. Do I condone hate? No, it's never the right thing. But it's not 'being against hate' if you only do it when your driver is getting it. It's hypocrisy.

[lilybug-02]

Honestly human touch IS very important, and I am so glad you're treating it with care and showing a bit more awareness to it, because some people in my circle just... don't find this important?? And I don't like it at all when people I'm not that comfortable around touch me, even if they didn't mean anything malicious by it. Like I don't hate human touch, it just makes me so uncomfortable and annoyed and mad (i don't know why i get mad, but for some reason i do😭) if I get it from certain poeple.

For example: my dad. He just sometimes randomly pokes me and pats me, and when I lean away from his hands, he just start saying things like 'What, can't I touch you?' and then... proceeds (HOLY SHIT SNOWGRAVE REFERENCE???) to touch me again just to fuck with me :(( I know he means well, it's just udfghaoighhi the fact that he just shrugs off the hints that I'm not exactly comfortable with what he's doing is really not helping with our relationship.

OH MY GOD this turned out to be longer that expected. So yes, what I'm trying to say with this is that I greatly appreciate that you depicted this in such a realistic manner (or that you depicted this AT ALL).

HUMAN TOUCH IS IMPORTANT!!! keep that in mind people

🥺🥺 Of course! I am so glad to shed light on it! 🫂🫂🫂

Physical touch and human interaction are such an important aspect of our lives and both are very overlooked in individualistic societies. Humans are a social and group-oriented species. We need physical touch to feel mentally and emotionally stable! But how we get it and need it is different and special for everyone! Talk with friends/family and start slowly incorporating physical touch somewhere in your life. (I started finally hugging friends in late high school and I found out I actually really like hugging friends! It makes me feel happy!)

I recommend watching this video on Touch Starvation and its effects on Gen-Z by a professional doctor. I legitimately cried in the first few minutes, but it is so important to know!

HUMAN TOUCH IS SUPER IMPORTANT!!! Educate yourself so that you can inspire others to do the same ❤️❤️

[importantgalaxyrunaway]

Halloween party 🎃👻 (part Colby x y/n)

AUTHORS NOTE 📝 : so you guys voted for me to write this one I’m here it is. It’s a bit longer than the others I write but I’m still pretty proud of it. Let me know your ideas please. I’m kinda running out of ideas 💡. Anyways I worked hard so please like. 👍

CONTENTS: fluff, party, drinking, creepy guys (they don’t do anything though) smut (but not a lot bc I cut away)

To celebrate Halloween and the end of a successful hellweek. Sam and Colby are a having a Halloween party. Of course I came I use any excuse I have to hang out with my boyfriend Colby. And I absolutely love Halloween. Just because I didn’t have a costume doesn’t mean that I couldn’t dress festive.

When I get there it’s crazy packed. I see Sam and Colby in the crowd however and meet him.

“y/n I’m glad you came. Happy Halloween” Sam says

“you look really hot” Colby tells me after sam walks away to talk to someone

“you do too” I smirk as we join the party. We mingled and dance for a bit. I kept thinking about how Colby looks so hot in his shirt. They had some sort of alcoholic punch. The party was getting really wild. People we’re making out in the hallway and getting very drunk. I heard a breaking of glass from another corner of the house where a fight broke out. People we pushing each other into the pool. And outside there was a keg stand. There were so many people there it was massive. The punch was really good but I have no idea what was in it. “Colbs can you please get me another drink?”

“sure”

A few minutes after Colby left two men came up to me. Neither were very attractive and one of them was clearly drunk.

“hey baby” one of them said “how you doing?”

“fine” I answered flatly

“come on, come upstairs with us” the other man said slurring his words a bit.

“I have a boyfriend!” I angrily replied

he grabbed my hand “well I don’t see him” I started to pull my hand away but he held on tighter.

“He right here” Colby said in a low angry tone. he was seething.

“woah there pal, we haven’t done anything”

“Colby, let’s go” I say pulling him away to his room where we can talk quietly. He sat on his bed and I sat next to him.

“Are you mad at me? You know I don’t like him. I told him I had a boyfriend.

“No it’s just.” He sighes “I love you y/n and it’s hard for me to see people look at you like your an object”

my heart swelled with love “oh colbs” I wrapped my hands around his neck. And I kissed him. He responded my deepening the kiss and running his fingers through my hair. I grabbed his shirt collar and kissed him roughly. He then started to attack my neck with hickeys. They felt so good. It was amazing. I get on get lap and take off his shirt. I run my fingers down his chest. He eagerly takes my shirt off and rips my bra not able to wait another moment. He then crashes his lips into mine in a very heated kiss.

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(listen to this when you read the chapter idk how to get it so it’s not just a preview but listen to it from beginning)

When I wake up my legs are so incredibly sore. I get up and steal some of Colby’s pjs. His flannel pants and t-shirt. I inhale the smell of the t-shirt. It smells like him. It was comforting. He got out of the shower

“Oh your awake. How do you feel?”

“after last night? Incredibly sore. I can barely walk”

He laughed ”should we go assess the damage?

There was absolute carnage. Majority of the poeple made it home safely. But there was still a lot of drunk people passed out in the hallways. There was glitter everywhere, and don’t ask me why I don’t even know. The beer cans and bottles were scattered everywhere.

“all right all right everyone out!” I said as I woke them up from their trance. I had to bust some people out of closets where they had hooked up. As everyone was waking up I went and looked in the mirror.

“aw fuck” I whispered as I looked at the massive amount of hickeys Colby had given me. But I still don’t regret it. Once everyone was Finally out we and Colby wiggled up to each other to watch a movie. It was a scary movie to celebrate Halloween. But I didn’t feel scared at all. Not with Colby’s arms around me. With him I feel safe and protected. He kisses me warm and tender. It’s sweet and I don’t want this moment to end. And for a very long time it doesn’t. For the rest of the day we sit together watching movies. Content in each other’s company.

[cherylmustdie]

I remember the very first time i ever cut myself. It was a very stresful moment and i wasn't even aware that it was self harm at all. I didn't know such a thing back then. My friends thought i was a freak once i told them that it made me feel good. They gave the blade to one of my friends and told him to cut me too. He didn't do it ofc. I actually liked the fact that they called me freak. It kind of made me feel powerful. I continued doing it at random moments a few more times. Then i relized it wasn't normal to feel that way. So i googled like "is it normal to like to cut myself?" or "is it normal to enjoy pain?" the results i find were about being masochist. I didn't know what it meant back then. I still thought that i didn't find anything useful. Because i was not a masochist. Then the quarantine came up and i didn't do anything to myself for like 1,5 years. When i went back to school, i actually started to sh and got addicted to it. A while later i remembered the first time. I didn't knew anything back then 'cause like i was 10. But since i'm aware of all this things now, i can't help but think that this was a urge thats been lying inside of me since i'm little. I don't think i'll ever get over it. Even tho i recover and be really happy, on the inside this will always be in me. I'm destined with it. No matter how much progress i make i'll still be diffrent from the poeple who never strugled. It will always be inside of me. And scars are to proof to it. I'm dirty. I'm stained.

[huggingkoalas]

mentions of self-harm and suicidal thoughts. PLEASE proceed with caution.

i’m taking a break from writing for an indefinite period of time.

i try to keep my blog as positive as possible, but it’s been very hard especially since i’ve been struggling with a lot this year. i know tumblr isn’t the place to be talking about everything i’m about to say below, but if i don’t, i think i might actually fucking explode.

i’m tired. i’m so fucking tired with everything.

writing used to be my escape from reality, a way for me to put all my thoughts into paper, but writing’s been tainted for me. ever since i started writing, my life has gone downhill. to me, writing = losing the poeple that mean the most to me, and it’s made me absolutely fucking hate writing. one of the friends i lost said that i ‘prioritized my writing more than her’, and i cant get those words out of my head. it’s just... sad, that writing has become one of the reasons why i’ve fallen apart from her. and to be honest, writing doesn’t even make me happy anymore, because it drains so fucking much of my energy. maybe it’s time i focus on another hobby.

this year hasn’t been kind to me. i’ve been in and out of hospitals lately due to extreme exhaustion and stress. not only am i the only one that’s been hospitalized a lot, but my mom too. the constant stress of being a nurse and sole caregiver to my mother has become too much for me. i’ve never felt like anyone could relate to what i was feeling. and yes, i do work as a nurse. but i really hate working at inpatient wards because of how much trauma i’ve gotten from when i was a student nurse. i’ve always associated the hospital with bad memories, and going there almost every week for my me or my mother’s appointments makes my stomach churn with dread. i just feel so... drained.

my emotional, mental and physical health is the worst it’s been in my life. in the first time after four years, i’ve had suicidal thoughts again. i genuinely, really considered self-harming because of how many fallouts with friends i’ve had to experience this year. i’ve never felt more alone, fustrated, sad, and angry in my whole life. it’s only been 6 months into the year, but it has been the worst 6 months in of my life.

i think i need to focus on myself again, even if it means closing myself off to people. i’ve put my trust in people, and it’s backfired on me. and now, i realize that the only person i can trust is myself.

i’m so tired of losing so many friendships every fucking month.

i’m genuinely so, so sorry to the people who’ve sent me writing requests. i’d like to complete them, but i really don’t think i’ll be finishing any of them anytime soon.

thank you for reading, and the support i’ve been given about my fics. i hope that one day i’ll return and be able to write again.

[gabrielsbubblegumbitch]

Hey, I have a writing concept, and your insight on these guys is beneficial (especially since I'm mixing your characterization with another fan thing)

For this hypothetical how would the Vees respond if they lost their public status and power? In this scenario, I am not referring to them losing their magical abilities. Instead, I mean situations such as Valentino being unable to secure a willing contract, Vox's patrons not paying for his product, and Vevelette being unable to generate any interactions on her online posts. And let's say they can't get it back. (If that's too far then that part can be ignored.)

Don't answer if you don't want to!

Hmm, it depends on what you mean by "they can't get it back." Is this some kind of inevitable curse? If so, Velvette is definitely going bonkers because lack of agency and being bound is her worst nightmare. Probably for the first time in the Vees' history, Vox and Valentino have to deal with her serious meltdown.

Managing finances would definitely be problematic because they are all spoiled, and used to extravagant spending. So Vox would have to take handle of it and probably block all Val's credit cards. Val is hysterical because for the first time in his life he was actually happy, and now it's all ruined, and he has to go back to survival mode. Vox would also be hysterical because power and status mean everything to him. Actually, the only thing preventing him from spiraling into depression is neoliberal copium: "I made it to the top once, I can make it a second time."

Also, I think it largely depends on whether they know what caused it. If they knew that it is, for example, some curse, they would try to work around it since Vox and Vel are very smart and goal-oriented. If they didn't know and from their point of view, it would look like the world is slowly crumbling and falling apart because nothing works, Val would actually handle it the best, being the only one who does not fixate on seeking the rational explanation why the formula does not work anymore. If he still has his powers, there are multiple ways he can make money and gain respect. He could probably show Vox and Vel how they can get life stability back the good old-fashioned way (organized crime). I mean, they still have powers, they can make a lot of money (Vox and Val can literally force poeple to give them their wallets?) so the hardest thing to swallow would be lack of prestige.

[kanmom51]

The is a difference between lying and not saying the whole truth or keeping some things to yourself.

Truth told by V and JK in ITS: We're not as close right now as we were years ago. People change and it's okay.

Omitted info: Why?

It's personal and none of our business. Luckily it looks like that talk was good for them and they started getting closer again.

Truth told by JK: ARMY is for Army and the crown and J is for JK.

The ARMY one is pretty obvious. And J being for JK is new, but that does not mean it's not the truth. He said so himself.

Omitted info: Why it's placed over the M, when it's connected to the crown? Especially considering him sometimes referring to Jimin as JM (including in the new live and RUN).

Again this might be personal and poeple are allowed not to say everything. Especially if the whole truth could hurt them.

They say the truth and keep info to themselves in EVERY interview. Everyone does that on a daily basis, without being a superstar with a big chunk of their country's BNP on your backs. That does not mean, that what they are NOT saying is not also the truth. It just means we don't know all of it and that's how the world is.

I will never call any of the members liers. I just accept that everyone keeps personal stories and info to themselves and doesn't have to share everything. I don't do that myself, so why expect it from them?

Have a lovely day 💜😘

PS. Just my personal opinion of cause.

Your personal opinion very well put.

An opinion I tend to agree with, as I have stated in my posts following the first round of lives we had from JK.

As you said, we all omit stuff, it's personal, it's ours not to share with others if we don't feel comfortable enough to do so.

But in their case, these two young men, whom we love and believe are in a closeted long term loving queer relationship, two young men that are at the top of the world fame-wise, they have everything to lose if they are outed.

With their level of worldwide fame there are those that forget at times where they actually come from, the societal pressures they are under. SK isn't an LGBTQ+ friendly country (not that in friendly ones it would be that much easier). Korean society is very conservative, and if we thought things were going somewhere prior to 2022, well the 2022 elections kind of sealed the deal on that one (without going into the politics). They are also just about to be enlisting to MS, where queer relations are not only unwarranted they are illegal, a law that is being challenged but yet to be cancelled.

And as you know, the bigger you are, the greater the fall. I would love to live in La La land and believe that them coming out would be accepted and celebrated. That the fandom would be happy for them, for being themselves, for finding love. That the society they live in would celebrate their bravery and that they would champion the LGBTQ+ cause in SK.

But those are all dreams.

Unrealistic dreams.

Because the fandom, they won't accept it. Look at how they behave now when JK shows even a smidge of queerness. Our latest little example the reactions to him singing Unholy. And SK society, well look at Holland. Yes, if they ever decide to come out it will have, I feel, an immense effect on the LGBTQ+ cause, if only by giving it the back wind and exposure it might lack at the moment. A celebrity at their level, someone that is loved and adored so much, admitting to being queer, it will definitley have an effect. But the price to pay for them will be a great one. It's up to them, together, to make that decision if and definitely when. And the when is also definitely not now.

God, I have a point here, I promise I do, even though this feels like me just going on and on and on with stuff already said in the past.

My point is, as I've made clear in several posts now, that JK in his live could NEVER admit that the J and M together are meant to be JM.

Not out loud.

Not for everyone to hear.

That would be literally outing himself, and most likely JM as a consequence as well.

Because seriously, EVERYONE knows what that would mean.

JM tattooed on to his ring finger. For eternity.

Why do you think army came up with the convoluted theory about Army plus J being for all the members? Because everyone knew exactly what that JM meant.

So, admitting to it was not an option.

And yet, he wanted to explain his tattoos. He wanted to tell us what Army stood for, what other tattoos stood for, and he couldn't just ignore the J. So he gave us an answer. But like I've said, and like you have too, he didn't give us a full one.

But you know what?

This super intelligent young man who made a conscious decision to add the J tattoo on his ring finger, placing it right over the already existing M, while he knows that many of us aren't stupid either, is aware of the fact that if he gives us a plausible explanation most of the fandom will latch on to that, because they would prefer to believe anything at all rather than even toy with the thought that perhaps he is queer (re: the army is the members idiotic theory).

[donotaskwhyiamhere]

THE DEAL THAT HALD MY SOUL

ACE X M/F/GN MARINE READER

Warning: Alcohol (very drunk reader)

Sfw

You were marine captain that was placed in Loguetown for sometime until Smoker returned from another mission that was given to him. You were pretty strong and confident in your abilities. You were very flexible and used that to your advantage a lot when you fight. But not only that, you are very handsome/pretty/beautiful and have very curve hips. Most people you have fought said you had a very cocky/sly/flirty personality and loved to play games. Ace was very aware of all this, you and him had fought many times and you both see it as a game of mouse and cat. You both would flirt with each other to see who would get more flustered, who could pin the other down longer, sometimes you would even drink together when you were 'off duty' and didn't need to catch him. Ace had actually offered you multiple times to join him but of course you had sadly declined him because you somewhat enjoyed your job. But today you had decided that you would drink yourself stupid. You thought about it for sometime and you just wouldn't stop thinking about him, the only one who always gets away from you and keeps coming back like a boomerang. His cute little freckles, his greasy black hair, his wonderful body, hehe. You giggled to yourself thinking about the silly pirate. You finished your last little sip of alcohol before plopping yourself on your bed. Your tie undone, lose wrinkled shirt, messed up hair and red cheeks. You were a mess and you loved it! Giggling at nothing you get up and opened your window for fresh air... and possibly throw up. You lean out your window looking out in the streets, you didn't expect anyone to be up, except the late drinkers like you of course, but the bar wasn't near your building. You look at the two poeple walking in the streets, noticing the marine uniforms. Of course your gonna listen in their conversation until you became uninterested. "You really think (Y/N) is a traitor?" Said the one marine "Well, I do, haven't you heard, they even found him and Ace drinking together" his friends say, they were both red in the face, clearly drank. "Well, isn't that a problem" you say to yourself with a hiccup. You already knew something like this mite happen. You knew the government didn't exactly favor Ace and he just happen to meet you a lot and he just happens to get away every time. Your weren't mad, you were actually somewhat happy about the situation. You know the government is going to possibly execute you or maybe use you to get to Ace, and that was a big no for you. You were only a marine because it gave you money and you loved fighting for whatever reason. You started to pack a small bag of things you would need and money. You mite be drunk but you were a smart drunk (most of the time). But overall this gives you a reason to find Ace and see if you can possibly still join him and have one last fight as enemy's.

You had changed clothes and made your way to a shop that stayed open during the night and bought enough food that can last you to the next island. You made your way onto your ship and told the marines that you had simply forgotten to do some paperwork and are going to do it overnight. You went to the part of the ship that had no one around and stole one of the little boats.

You lied down in the little boat, your head started to ache but you stayed up and made your way slow but surely. You were almost at the next island. You planned to stop at the next island and get a proper ship and supplies before making your way to Ace.

After a couple of weeks you finally caught up to Ace. You made your way to were Ace would be, making your way through the crowd until you saw the handsome freckled face. "Ace!" You called out to him, he turned around hearing his name. He gave a big grin when he saw you "Aren't I then one who usually chases you?" He asked with a sly tone. You chuckled before asking for what you came for. "Ace, I actually wanted to make a deal with you" "A deal?" He asked with interest. "Ya, follow me to the beach" You say making you way with Ace behind you "What's all this about?" Asked Ace "The other Marines aren't found of our friendship" you answered "Did I get you trouble?" He asked walking next to you "A little bit but my choices also kinda affect the situation I'm in" you could see the beach and made your way down to the sand "What situation are you in exactly?" You stop in front of him as you got to the somewhat middle of the beach. "Long explanation short, I'm no longer a marine" You say calmly. Ace face lit up "Dose that mean you'll join me!" He said excitedly. "No" You say bluntly. Ace smile fell and somewhat annoyed with your answer. "The deal I wish to make with you" He listened closely "We are going to have one more fight as enemy's and if you win I'll be at your mercy, you can make me whatever you want, your friend, your slave, lover, plaything, punching bag, you name it. I will comply with whatever it is as long as you win" Ace was shocked at the odd deal but excited nonetheless "What if you win?" He asked with suspicion. "You have to do one thing for me" you say plainly "What? Is that a little unfair for your said of this, you basically selling your soul to me?" He said with shock. You smiled slyly and said "You think you can win?" He smiles from cheek to cheek and stood ready for your attack lighting on fire. "I know I will"

[chussyracing]

i have kind of made peace with the fact that whatever carlos does this year he is getting a free pass from everyone. oh he is not following team orders what are they gonna do fire him? oh he is crashing and costing the team wcc points what are they gonna do fire him? 2 more races and its over 😮‍💨

there are many things i'm not happy about in this fandom with various degrees of how problematic they are. the double standards and recency bias are the LESS problematic ones (when you consider how there are fans with racist and sexist comments? when poeple are harrassing drivers at their homes or mobbing them?). but i have to agree with you, it is very very annoying when you see those takes time and time again and know they are constantly using fallacies in their arguments. the best you can do is block and filter and go on (speaking from personal experience after years in fandoms)

[time-variance-archive]

A heartfelt tribute to Victor Timely

I know if you follow me on main you've probably already read enough posts about Victor Timely, but he's my favourite character from S2, and I love him very very much, okay ^^.

I will soon make a separate post about my impressions on S2 (it's complicated), but despite certain disappointments, this season managed to subvert a few of my fears and I'm happy with that.

As you might know, I was on the "burn the TVA to the ground" team, so I am not totally satisfied by the finale, but things could have been a lot worse.

One of my biggest fear for this season was the implications of Kang as the big bad.

Season 1 was all about free will and poeple being more than the role assigned to them by society. The very concept of Kang as The Enemy makes me uncomfortable because it implies the existance of a whole type of poeple inherently dangerous and evil by nature.

During the finale, HWR implied the existance of "benevolent" versions of himself, but as long as we don't see them in person, their existance is at best downplayed to justify the anhiliation of a whole group of poeple based on their time aura. Really icky...

But S2 made sure to tell the audience Kang variants are not inherently evil. They are human beings and they have as much free will as any other type of Variants.

Humanizing Kang

The first time we see Victor on screen, he is introduced as a child. And innocent little boy minding his own business until the TVA disturbs the course of his existance (not unlike Sylvie...).

And this is so important.

Compare this to the way Victor is introduced in Quantumania.

A mysterious man emerging from the shadows like a cheap horror movie's villain. Victor doesn't do anything bad, but he is framed as a menace.

S2 recontextualizes Victor as a human being. A little boy who grew up in poverty and worked hard to make himself a better life. And also, ultimately, a victim of the TVA.

But Victor Timely is much more than a simple plot device to remind the audience that "not all Kangs are bad" or serve Sylvie's arc. He is his own character with (in my very subjective opinion) one of the best arcs of the season.

Victor's ambivalence

When we first see him in 1893, he is introduced as an ambivalent figure. Is he a genius inventor ? A complete sham ? Maybe a bit of both ?

And this ambivalence is what makes him so great as a character. Should we trust him ? He's a Kang after all. But he's just a funny little guy and he seems so innocent.

His relationship with Ravonna is the perfect exemple of this ambivalence. His schoolboy crush on her is adorable. Is it reciprocated ? Maybe a little bit ? Ravonna isn't insensitive to Victor's quirkiness.

But ultimately, he betrays her in a brutal and cowardly way.

Once at the TVA, we discover another side of Victor's personality. He is very curious about all the futuristic technology, especially because he thinks he is the one who invented everything. And once again, there an ambivalence. Thinking he created all of this, Victor shows his big ego, but there is no malice in it. He doesn't asks what the TVA is or what they do, he's just running around excitedly and marvels at the coffee machine.

And yet, his capture by Ravonna makes the audience doubt again. Will Victor betray Loki and his team to save his own life ? To be completely fair, even if he did, he would still not be completely wrong. From his perspective, both Ravonna and Loki are strangers who want to use him for obcure reasons, and he has no reason to trust any of them. But he still choses to side with Loki, wasting her time until the rescue comes.

And when it's time to get into serious action, he willingly choses to put his life on the line to save the multiverse.

Poeple are determined by the choices they make

In the end, what makes Victor such a great character for me isn't what makes him different from Kang, but what makes them alike.

Like his more nefarious Variants, Victor is a loner who doesn't do partnerships, he is ambitious and has a big ego. But those traits are not inherently bad.

He has very valid reasons to not trust easily, and in the hindsight, betraying Ravonna was the right thing to do. His ambition has mostly been used for good (and a bit of mischief), and there is nothing wrong with being confident and proud of one's achievement as long as we respect others.

During this season, Victor had plenty of possibilities to seize power at the TVA, but he kept making the best decisions, sometimes for selfish reasons, sometimes for heroic ones. And yet, we can ask ourselves what would have happened if Miss Minutes had not sabotaged his budding relationship with Ravonna.

Is Victor inherently a good man ? Or could he have made the same mistakes that sent his variants on the path of war ? Both HWR and Quantumania Kangs see themselves as the hero and think they are fighting to save the multiverse from their Variants. Maybe the fatal flaws of Kangs are their deep sense of insecurity and self loathing.

I'm disapointed we didn't see what happens to him after the events of S2, but since his name appears on the new TVA Handbook, we can assume he stayed in the new TVA with the poeple he learned to trust.

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I won’t lie foxy. I’ve expressed before how much i LOVEEEE your stories. The JK ones are always rereads bc they aren’t just some teenage netflix boo-boo story (not putting them down. some of these stories are great even if they are cheesy and immature sometimes) but the depth, and etc yours have give me so much serotonin ….

ANYWAYSSSS I have to admit, I love that you fulfill my guilty pleasure of adding pregnancy in a good amount of your stories, some being the main plot of it (sugar fairy and meadow(even tho that one stressed me out and bc of that i haven’t been able to reread it yet😝).

I think pregnancy is such a real thing. I’m also at the age and part of my life that talking about pregnancy and having kids although scary. it’s not completely off putting, since i’m not an immature unstable teenager anymore😭 lololol. and it’s a super important factor in all relationships, so for you to bring it into the storyline (especially when we’re talking about REAL mature adults over the age of like 22) and they all have different plot lines which i think it’s also a huge misconception in the fanfic world. so many put down on “found family” or “accidental pregnancy” and i’m unfortunately a who’re for them and not many write about that AU.

So when i see yours, ones i haven’t read yet. part of me lowkey be sitting there like “oh shit she gon get knocked up and then we will see character growth and the relationship build” NO. YOY DONT MAKE THE PREGNANCY THE ARC OF THE STORY AND YES THAT IS SO HEALTHY AND BEAUTIFUL BIT IM TOXICCFFF

like i lowkey was wanting an accidental pregnancy in Amended. I know that would of definitely thrown off the entire arc of the story and character development (for isabella specifically). I like to think that would of been so fun and cute to see. like i know she would of been miserable and gotten in her head bc “history repeats itself” but it would of been cool to see her “repeat history” but change it. JK wasn’t like the last two BDs and etc. Although Izzy got on my nerves 90% of the story, i can’t judge her for trauma she couldn’t control and her forced responses to it and who knows, maybe adding the accidental pregnancy would of probably been so bad there would of been no happy ending but like i said. I’m a whore for an accidental or ex-lovers (parents aus).

I also think bc you write pregnancy/growing families stories so well that I would love to see a good toxic “got knocked up first then fell in love” story from you… maybe a college au make it spicy.

.. I will not ask you to write my deepest guilty pleasure but i def know you would kill it either way. I hate that i’m so anti older woman bc i wanna read the Over the Falls but as a girl who is barely 24 and still thinks she’s 19. the idea of being way older than Jungkook makes me want to throw up

Have a good day and don’t mind me, I might go reread Meadows now bc i lowkey miss the smut and bronny is so sexy once she leaves Korea (spoiler)

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This was a wild read from start to finish! I find it a little strange you came to a writer who is older than Jungkook to insult women who are older than Jungkook --we don't condone any age-related hate around here, but especially not about women in their 30s living and loving! -- but you also insult teenagers so I take it you only like poeple you're own age? 😅 I definitely encourage you to broaden your mindset here though. You will continue to age, and you will also be older than people around you, and you too will understand in the not so distant future that 30s is not old at all, and that you still deserve all the happiness and romance and to be the protagonist of stories 🥰

Other than that though, I'm very glad you've enjoyed my stories! I just wrote what I wanted to read and didn't expect it would resonate with others and have been delighted to find there are those who it does! There are SO many aspects of life, and pregnancy and motherhood are not the journey for all women, but it's a space I've also found oddly lacking in honesty and variety in many of the stories I've read so it's been fun to connect with others or even just present new ideas around what those aspects of life can look like.

And look I'm all for messiness in stories 😈 I think people make mistakes and behave badly and can be their worst selves in certain situations and it's good to represent that honestly! And sometimes I just want a guilty pleasure messy story without apology😎You're totally right, Amended would have been a very different story. Personally, I do not think it would have gone well, but maybe they would have figured things out eventually and still ended up somewhere happy! You bet your buns I've written accidental pregnancy stories (other than Meadow)... one I may share some day, the other ones I"m not so sure, they were a little too guilty-pleasure to post I think 😂

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Get to Know Me ⭐ Sims Edition

I was tagged by @descendantdragfi @sim-songs @satellite-sims and @kazuaru Thank you, lovelies! ^^

What's your favourite Sims death?

I usually don't kill my sims, but long time ago I had a family of weirdos for a silly gameplay. One of them was killed by a meteor. That's something that could totally happen to me.

Alpha CC or Maxis Match?

Alpha! But MM in rare TS4 sessions.

Do you cheat your sims weight?

Nope, never did, never will.

Do you use move objects?

Of course! I use it for moving around sims for photoshoots and sparingly when decorating.

Favourite Mod?

Master Controller (and all the addons) and Pose Player.

First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack?

Word Adventures, got it shortly after the premiere.

Do you pronounce live mode or aLIVE or LiVing?

Umm, definitely aLIVE.

Whos your favourite sim that you've made?

Prakseda. She is just like I imagined her. She is the one that makes want to actually play that game.

Have you made a simself?

Twice, in TS2 and TS4, it wasn't fun xD

Which is your favourite EA hair colour?

I like the dark red one. From all the ea colors, this one looks decent to me.

Favourite EA hair?

The Sitcom Style. It's so gorg. I can't find use for it right now but I love it!

Favourite life stage?

Young Adult.

Are you a builder or are you in it for gameplay?

Neither for now :< Just sitting in CAS and taking pics. BUT I want to play and no, I'm not going to build anything. Just decorate in my shitty style.

Are you a CC creator?

Does converting counts as "cc creator"?

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad?

I'm not very talktive but I have some poeple that I really like. I won't name them because I'm scared some of them will think something like "wtf, we don't even talk" xDDD

Do you have any sims merch?

That's what is left of it :<

How has your ''Sims Style'' changed throughout your years of playing?

Omg, let's not talk about "before simblr" era... They were just potatoes with photoskinned clothes (that was the only cc for Sims 3 back then, okay?) Anyway, I always aimed for realistic looks, as close to real people as I could get (sometimes it was getting really obsessive). After I realized I can't make a clone of a real human in Sims, I slowed down and got the today's style. Realistic style with a slightly cartoon touch. At least I think it looks like that, lol.

Whats your Origin ID?

I'm the person with Sims 3 on CDs (the old ones).

Who's your favourite CC creator?

@gruesim @satellite-sims @smallsimmer @pleaseputnamehere @sim-songs @joojconverts @sourlemonsimblr @annoyinglydarkblaze and probably many more, love you all ♥

How long have you had simblr?

September 2013. I migrated from Garden Of Shadows because they didn't like TS3 too much...

How do you edit your pictures?

I use GShade and then some delicate edit in PS.

What expansion/ stuff pack is your favourite?

Pets, Seasons and World Adventures!

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