#i got bored so i said ehhh why not

[nyxypoo]

i think i went overboard at the library

[therealmylesmorales]

Loser!Vi Headcannons pt 3

Warnings: hinted at masc4masc relationship, Vi should be a warning herself, NSFW themes so disrespectfully MDNI

This might be the last Headcannons list when it comes to loser!vi I’m out of ideas 🧍🏾‍♀️

WC: 725

⭒ We already know Vi likes to irritate you. Getting into your personal space— though she believes your space is her space— pretty much doing whatever she can to get under your skin lovingly. Half the time, she doesn’t really know when to stop and it ends up backfiring you her.

”Are you still mad at me?”

”Have I ate your pussy yet?”

”No 😔”

”Okay then.”

⭒ Vi will also slap your ass with every fiber in her. You’ll be bending over, laying on your stomach or entering a room and the next thing you know, a heavy hand smacked against your backside and you’ll see Vi’s retreating form as she runs away from you. She’ll scream and cry if you try to get her back.

⭒ Vi’s hot. Like legitimately. She runs like a furnace. That’s why she doesn’t wear much clothing when she’s at home— tits out and boxers on. She doesn’t really like sleeping with blankets either so you have those all to yourself. But the blankets, mixed with Vi’s unnatural heat, one has to go and most nights it’s Vi.

”You must hate me, at this point.”

”Vi, please it’s literally so hot—“

⭒ A little angsty, but she doesn’t like to cry in front of you. She deemed herself as your protector and doesn’t want to seem weak around you. She’ll cry when she’s alone, breaking down whenever she needs to. But some days are harder than most and those days she really wants your comfort. Vi will wordlessly throw herself in your arms and you will hear small sobs coming from her. Sometimes she’ll talk to you about it, sometimes she won’t; she just needs you.

⭒ Contrary to what people may think, Vi is a great cook. Let’s be fr, she did not get those arms by ramen packets and pizza rolls. Therefore she loves to cook for you. But Vi’s just a girl (ehhh) so she’ll go for a sweet treat whenever possible.

⭒ Along with Uno, any type of Mario games are banned from the house. Vi’s too competitive, and not to mention a sore loser. Mix that in with how much Jinx and Jayce likes to tease her…that’s just trouble waiting to happen.

⭒ Vi punches first and asks questions later when it comes to you. So whenever you sit at the bar at The Last Drop during one of her shifts, her eye is on you the entire time making sure people are being respectful. The moment you look even the smallest bit uncomfortable with someone talking to you, she’s already making her way over to you.

⭒ Before the two of you got together, Vi often talked to Jinx about you…a lot. To the point where Jinx knocked her head against the nearest wall hoping that it would knock her out.

”I hope she’s taken so you’ll finally SHUT UP!”

But despite how Jinx acts 95% of the time, she likes seeing you both together. (They have a happy and semi-healthy relationship in the loser!au verse.)

⭒ Vi kisses you like she’s trying to swallow you whole. One hand glued to the back of your neck while the other stayed on your waist. Believe it or not, it doesn’t always lead to anywhere that’s just how she is.

⭒ Whenever a camera is out, 8/10 she’ll just randomly flex.

You come into the living room, phone in hand. “Hey, can you guys watch my girlfriend real quick? I’ll be right back.”

Your phone is placed on the table, aiming directly at Vi. Her eyes followed you as you left the room before moving back to your phone. Not even five seconds passed before her muscles bulged from her arms, grinning wildly. She would try out different poses before her hands reached for the collar of her shirt.

”Vi, no! Keep your shirt on!”

Something extra 🫶🏾

⭒ Black!readers, I hate to say this…but she is not sitting through a hair appointment with you. She did, once, when you both started dating because she didn’t believe you when you said it would take hours. About 45 minutes in, she got bored and fidgety. Yeah, she did enjoy being in your company but she was doing NOTHING the whole time.

When you both got into the car, Vi immediately told you she would not be joining you again. She would gladly pay for it, though.

[twoderanged]

Kikufuku & kaju katli 𖤐⭒๋࣭⭑

A/n: It's my first time writing on here and well I hope anyone who reads it likes it! Aaannnddd it's an introduction chapter!! It will be a series ig

Gojo satoru x special grade! Reader

Indian Female reader!

Geto is alive in this au because I wanted to<3

Part 1 | Part 2 | part 3 | next

You were a special grade in india, which tbh was very boring since all 4 other special grade sorcerers you knew were all in japan so you decided to hand in your transfer papers to the principal, who was also your former teacher

The old man was furious, but ultimately he knew he couldn't stop you from going.

So that's how you found yourself in front of the gates of Tokyo jujutsu high, a bag slung over your right shoulder and a cigarette in between your fingers, casually walking in as you owned tre place.

As you entered the principal's office, you saw two guys- gojo and geto sat on the couch, while yaga was sat at his desk. You knew them well back in your student days, but eventually grew apart with being busy with work.

As soon as he saw you, gojo's eyes lit up, immediately recognising you even after not seeing you for a few years, "y/nnnnnnnnnnn omggggg hiii!!!!!!!" He practically squealed.

You looked at him weird but gave him a smile and a wave as you gave yaga some documents finalising the transfer, then swiftly turning around and walking out, cigarette still in between your lips.

"damn... It still smells like smoke and vanilla... Mmmhhhmmmmm so sexy" gojo spoke to geto as they both walked out of yaga's office.

Geto looked at him weird and disgusted "chill man, your too down bad"

Gojo smiled, a blush appearing on his cheeks "I've always been, ever since I've known her"

"ugh... Weirdo" geto sighed

As they both walked into the training grounds to get back to training the first and second years respectively, they saw a small crowd in the middle of the field.

As they got closer they saw both the first and second years surrounding you, bombarding you with questions, as a roughed up nobara stood beside you

"ahhhhhh.... It was just out of instinct, i didn't notice her there!" you sheepishly said, patting nobara on the back

"woah what happened here...?" Geto asked

"ehh... Well I was ... Just standing here and um... Kugisaki came out of nowhere behind me so I kind of sent her flying across the field, but i swear it was my reflexes" you mumbled, as the tips of your ears turned red out of embarrassment.

"ha?" Geto said, baffled, as gojo beside him burst out laughing

"sooooooo yn you wanna go out this weekend?" Gojo said, slinging an arm around your shoulder.

"depends, is shoko coming?"

"huhhhh! I was just thinking it'd be just you and me yk, like a date?"

"a date?"

"yes"

"you fr?

"yes"

"like frfr"

"...yes..frfr"

"like actual--"

"omg, yes woman, stop doubting me! How could you doubt the strongest, and most handsome, Satoru gojo!?"

"well i decline" you said, talking a whiff of a cigarette.

"what....whatt?!!!!?!" He stopped in his tracks, having a hard time believing it.

"what? Having a hard time believing someone would say no to you?"

"ofcourse not sweetheart, But why, you wounded me "

"ehhh, too early don't ya think? Maybe later, when we're not so... Busy and bombarded with mission every living second"

"sigh...whatever you want sweets, whatever you want"

Mwah, idk how i did but pls like and repost babes 😽😽😽🎀🙏

[strniohoeee]

hii i was thinking you could do a smutty fic where y/n is the triplets bsf and she lives with them,and they go out to dinner one night and y/n was like wearing i very revealing dress and matt couldnt contain himself so when they got home matt went to hang out in y/ns room(alone) and he says something along the lines of “i looked so fucking hot today” and then makeout the session and then smutty smut smut,if u cant that’s totally okay love u and ur fics bae😝

Creepin

Pairing: Matt Sturniolo X Female Reader

Synopsis: After dinner, and Y/N wearing a short dress Matt’s feeling a bit conflicted….and turned on??🗣️

Warnings⚠️: SMUT SMUT SMUT. There’s nothing like crazy crazy at least that’s how I feel, but uhhh they definitely FUCKIN🖤

Song for the imagine: Creepin- Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, 21 Savage

⚠️This is an 18+ imagine, so minors do not interact, or do??⚠️

And if you’re Creepin, please don’t let it show

Oh baby, I don’t wanna know

The triplets had decided to have dinner at a fancy restaurant for hitting 5 million subscribers on YouTube. They invited Madi and I.

I have never been out to a fancy restaurant, so I was so excited to play dress up especially with Madi! We both decided on wearing black mini dresses, and we looked so hot

As we walked out to the living room we hear Chris

“Can we get a little commotion for the dress!! Holy shit yall look good” he said

“Thank youuuu” we both said giggling

Unbeknownst to Y/N, Matt was struggling to rip his eyes away from her. The way the dress hugged her curves, made her breast pop and her legs look long and beautiful. He was struggling badly

We had called an Uber to to the restaurant, and when we got there Madi and I felt so fucking luxurious. I mean high ceilings, thousand dollar light fixtures, hot older men….we were having a blast

“Holy shit we could find a sugar daddy” I said to them

“Omg let’s be on the lookout” Madi said winking at me

It seemed like they hired good looking people here because the waiters and waitress were out of a fucking model catalog

“Nick I see a whole lot of eye candy for you” I said looking over at him

“You’re fucking telling me…..my mouth is on the floor” he said looking around

“The women are hot too” I said winking at Chris and Matt

“I’m seeing a lot of blonde….not really my type” Chris said

“Not really my vibe” Matt said looking at the girls

“Your fucking loss every bodies hot here” I said to them

We had a waiter who was the definition of a wet dream. Black slicked back hair, dark eyes, tan skin and sharp facial features

“Dude he’s checking you out” Madi said

“Ehhh he’s alright” I said to her

“Alright? That man’s so fucking fine” Nick said

“10$ says he will flirt with you when he comes back” Madi said

“You have a bet” I said reaching my hand across the table and shaking her hand

When the waiter came by he gave us our drinks, and came back to me to take our orders. Everyone ordered before me and finally it was my turn

“And for the beautiful lady?” He asked me

“Oh…umm I’ll have the steak, medium well, and what are the sides?” I asked looking up at him

He flashed a sideways smile before looking at my lips and reading me the sides

“I’ll do the mashed potatoes and the Cesar salad” I said closing my menu and handing it to him

“Great pick pretty” he said all flirty, and then walked away

“You owe me 10 fucking dollars” Madi said laughing at me

“Why do guys who I don’t find attractive always hit on me” I said rolling my eyes

“Because you’re hot, ummm you radiate feminine power and you smell good” she said to me

“Boooo boring” I said to her

“Ouu how much you wanna bet he’ll leave his number and give us some type of discount” Chris said wiggling his brows

“Alright let’s not use her looks to take advantage” Matt said chiming in

“The number maybe, but a discount I doubt look at this place too boujee” I said to Chris

We had all finished our dinner, and gotten dessert and it was time for the bill to come around

The waiter came up to me, and handed me the bill while winking….bold fucking move

I opened the check and my jaw dropped

“SHUT THE FUCK UP” I said laughing

“WHAT IS IT” Nick yelled

“He fucking gave me his number, and gave the whole bill 20% off” I said laughing

“NO FUCKING WAY” Chris and Madi said

“I just saved yall 100 dollars” I said passing the bill down to Matt

“Dude you’re coming with us everywhere” Chris said shaking his head

“You gonna call him?” Madi asked

“Fuck no, but if I want a discounted meal I might” I said shrugging my shoulders

“Ew what a fucking loser he put a heart next to his number” Matt said laughing

“I was thinking the same thing” I said laughing with Matt

We had gotten another Uber back home, and everyone went to sit on the couch to watch a movie, but I decided to go to my room because I was so tired

I had changed and took off my makeup, washing my face and had been scrolling on tik tok for 20 minutes before I heard a knock at the door

“Come innn” I said locking my phone and putting it down

“Hey” Matt said coming in

“Oh hey Matt” I said smiling at him

“Can I chill with you? They’re being so loud and annoying out there” he said

“Of course you don’t have to ask” I said as he walked over and sat on the bed

“Do you have any plans for tomorrow” I asked Matt

“Nah, I think they want to film a vlog” he said sitting in front of me

“Oh funnnn” I said cracking my knuckles

“You should come with to film” he said

“Maybe I have some plans tomorrow morning, but after sure” I said to him

“Ouuu plans with the waiter?” He said wiggling his brows

“Oh god no eww” I said laughing

“God you just looked so hot today in that outfit” Matt blurted out

“WHAT?” i said genuinely shocked

“I mean….uh I’m not sure why I said that” he said blushing

“I appreciate it, I really do especially coming from you” I said smiling at him

“Oh yeah?” He asked

“Yeah Matt. I have liked you for so long I have waited for the day you’d compliment me” I said to him

“I have liked you so much too…..I’m so glad we feel the same” he responded

“You looked so hot tonight too” I said batting my lashes at him

“I did?” He asked honestly shocked that I called him hot

“Matt you’re really fucking hot. Not sure how you don’t know this” I said laughing at him

“Just kiss me already you’re begging for it at this point” he said laughing

I rolled my eyes at him and grabbed him by his shirt pulling him in and crashing our lips together

When I pulled away his pupils were dilated and his breathing was shallow

“I have wanted to do that for so long” he said looking at my lips

“Me fucking too” I said licking my lips

I pulled him back in for another kiss, and slowly we started to make out. I eventually scooched down, and Matt was above me now

Kissing my lips to my jaw then down to my neck.

“Do you want this?” He asked me

“More than anything” I said out in a sigh

Matt began kissing my neck again, and came back up to make out with me again our tongues fighting for dominance as our teeth clashed together

I pushed Matt back, so I could remove my shirt

“No bra” he said tilting his head

“Oh yes my bad I was getting ready for bed, and wasn’t expecting to fuck you, so how dare I not have some decorum” I said sarcastically

“Shut up” he said biting his lip before kissing me again moving his kisses down to my neck, and then to the valley of my breasts slowly moving to take my left nipple into his mouth, sailing his tongue around it

“Fuck Matt” I moaned out

He then went to my right nipples taking that one into his mouth as well

As he was doing that he slid his hand down to my waistband, and slowly slid his hand into my underwear snaking his hand to my pussy

“So wet” he said before licking my nipple and taking it back into his mouth

I just mewled at this feeling so fucking good

He slowly started to rub my clit and then switched to my left nipple

“Matt this feels so good keep going” I said running my hands through his hair

He slowly slid his middle finger into my pussy stretching me out, and causing me to gasp at the feeling, slowly pumping his finger in and out of me. About two minutes later he add his ring finger in

“FUCK” I yelled out

“SHHHH” he says laughing and covering my mouth

“SORRY” I said laughing with him

He kept fingering me for a good two minutes before I stopped him

“Baby I need more” I said looking into his eyes, and he nodded

Matt removed his pants and boxers, and the removed my pants and underwear

“Spit” he said holding his hand out, so I did

He then brought his hand down to his dick slowly stroking it

“I could cum right now” he says rolling his eyes back

Once he got his dick wet he then came down and licked a strip up my pussy

“Oh my god” I said shuddering

He slowly slid his dick in, us gasping as he pushed in further

“Alright we have to be really quiet” he said bottoming out

“Yes baby anything for you” I said nodding

“Good” he said and slowly started to thrust into me

Matt was pounding into me and I’m sure the whole house was hearing it if they were out in the living room

“Fuck Matt” I said clenching down onto him

“Keep doing that baby, and I won’t make it much longer” he said as he thrusted into me

Matt then turned me onto my left side lifting my right leg up and started to pound into me

“FUCKKK MATT” I screamed out

“SHUT UP” he said and smacked my ass

“I’m sorry it feels so good” I said with my eyes shut and my brows furrowed

Matt kept thrusting into me harder and faster, and I’m sure everyone had to hear us fucking at this point

“Fuck Matt I’m gonna cum” I said

And he brought his hand down to my clit using his thumb to rub the sensitive bundle

“SHIIIITTT” I moaned out clenching down on him harder

“Come on baby give it to me” he said thrusting harder

Matt started to rub harder and pound into me harder

“IM CUMMING IM CUMMING” I yelled out and clenched down on him as I came all over him. My thighs shaking and my knees bending as my toes pointed…..this was the most intense orgasm of my life

“Matt Matt Matt” I said as I was still coming down from my high

He let me ride out my high, and then pulled out of me stroking his dick, and cumming all over my pelvic bone and lower stomach

His lower abdomen constricting and his body shuddering forward

“Fuck fuck fuck” he said as he rode out his high

He went and grabbed a wet towel to wipe me down

“Lets shower baby” Matt said

“I agree, and maybe round 2 in the shower” I said winking at him

“I’m do-“ before he could finish his sentence we were cut off

There was banging on my ceiling coming from upstairs….Nicks room

“STOP FUCKING WEVE HEARD ENOUGH” we heard Nick yell through the vents

“SORRY” we screamed back

“IM FUCKING SCARRED” we heard Chris yell back

“WERE SORRY WERE HEADING TO FUCK IN THE SHOWER NOW” Matt yelled and I smacked him

“FUCK YOU GUYS! YOURE SICK” Nick yelled back

We ended up laughing, and heading over to the shower.

The End

Hope yall enjoyed this one too, and I’m about to start my last request and then I’m going to post my own ideas for imagines🖤🖤🤭

-J💅🏽

[sonic-takeover]

Ok, so im glad you agree with my plan! Little hints here we go! First try a small complement! Like, how he smelled, or his eyes or strength, metal, please show sonic how to properly compliment someone without it being not obvious as hell and confusing!

-💤

Ehhh I got this. I don't need his help. *he runs around the bigass house until he finds Shadow, leaving the house a wreck. Amy screams from somewhere in his path of destruction. He finds Shadow doing his skincare in their bathroom, wearing a Korean wire headband to keep his fur out of the way. Sonic leans against the counter, watching him closely. Shadow glares at him as he massages serums into his face*

What do you want.

Hi~

....Hi. Like I said. What do you want.

I'm bored, wanted to see what you're up to. What's this? *He picks up the bottle Shadow has open and sniffs its contents. Shadow sighs*

It's discoloration serum. It prevents hyperpigmentation. I get that under my eyes.

Ohhhh. ..... What's that? *he sniffs the bottle Shadow is now using, which has pink liquid inside*

Niacinamide. It's brightening.

...it... changes your skin tone?

What? No. Idiot. It helps with dark circles and- Why am I even explaining this to you??

*Sonic sniffs a tub of moisturizer* Ooh, this one smells like a creamcicle! *Shadow grabs it from him*

Get out!!

Okaaay okay, I'm going, calm your highlights. *he raises his hands, backing out the door* You look cute in a headband by the way. Very nice~

*Shadow flushes and throws a hairbrush at him*

[quill-and-paper-cranes]

@pepsiiwho tagged me for this like two weeks ago, and true to fashion, I'm pulling up now with it filled out late as fuck. Ka chow.

(It's a fic writer's 20 questions, for anyone mentally unstable or bored enough to peruse my answers to it. I don't speak much on public spaces, but I am habitually a yapper to those who've ever messaged me, as this will likely indicate.)

1) how many works do you have on ao3?

8 at the time of me answering this, but let's call it 9 because I'm going to upload a fic I did for a friend in ehhh hopefully a few days or so.

2) what's your total ao3 word count?

I gotta add shit?? Ughhh. Ok one second.

179,426, apparently.

3) what are your top five fics by kudos?

1. Sleep Schism (Hades Hypnos/Zagreus family fix it)

2. .....oh. ew. It's my old as fuck homestuck JohnKat oneshot??? Jesus. Listen, time in the market beat timing in the market. That's the only explanation for that one.

3. Hit Dogs Don't Howl (Metaphor ReFantazio Will/Basilio)

4. Two's Company (Metaphor ReFantazio bedshare trope)

5. To Leap the Chasm (nsfw Sleep Schism sequel/somewhat standalone)

Other than my.... very amateur HS fic from a decade ago skewing the running there, the list is about as expected when one takes into consideration things like publish date in correlation to size and interest of the fandom at time of publishing, ship popularity, length and topic, nsfw or not, etc etc. It's entertaining to me to think about metrics and why they might be a certain way or not.

4) what fandoms do you write for?

This list isn't reflected in its entirety on ao3 because I have an even older ff net acc that you will not prize from my cold dead hands, but the list from oldest to current is: Bleach, Invader Zim, Homestuck, Hades, Metaphor ReFantazio. That's it. I actually don't have a ton of published writing under my belt, to be honest, and a solid 3/5 of that is like EAARLLYYYY embarrassing teenager shit. I can only assume my current writing is as competent as it is, because I have read such a ludicrous amount of fic over the years. (And have a generally excellent grasp on english spelling/grammar as a foundation.)

5) do you respond to comments? why or why not?

Yes, always*. I tend to return the complexity I'm given- if someone just sends emojis, that's still sweet, but all I'm compelled to reply with is emojis in return, or a simple thank you. When people send me miniature books, analysis, quoted favorite lines, questions, whatever? I reply to those pretty in depth. Because I'm incapable of shutting the fuck up.

6) what's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

None of them. I don't tend to end fics on sad or ambiguous notes; not my preference. I deal in happy endings, by and large.

7) what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

See above. Pretty much all of them end on a positive note.

8) do you get hate on fics?

No. Oddest comment I got was someone forgetting the existence of chimneys in a fic with a fireplace in the room- they were concerned the characters were suffocating. But it wasn't mean, just amusing. Maybe they live at the equator? I didn't know what an ice scraper for a car looked like until I was like.... 23.

9) do you write smut?

Yeeeees. I'm afraid I'm not a terribly kinky or adventurous individual though, so unless I'm humoring a specific request, you probably shouldn't expect to see any really wild shit from me. My tastes run pretty vanilla.

10) do you write crossovers?

I almost said "no" and then the ghost of my abandoned Homestuck x Skyrim fic wrapped it's spindly fingers around my throat so. Uh. I suppose yes, lol. Damn am I picky about them though.

11) have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of! I Google the titles once in a while to see if anything sus comes up, but Google is so abysmally shitty these days that even the actual ao3 links don't populate for some of my fics, even with verbatim title searches. It's pretty pathetic how inept it's become. So if they're stolen out there, well- I'm not sure I'd know anyway.

12) have you ever had a fic translated?

I had someone ask me once in a comment if they could, for Hit Dogs, and I was like yeah sure! Just credit me/link to the original, that'd be dope! Never heard anything back about that though, and it feels... presumptuous, I guess? To poke them and be like HEY hey hey what about translating my fic??? (It's a long fic, translating it would be a lot of work for a personal project lol.) And ofc I've no way of knowing if it DID indeed get translated (into mandarin, I think was the proposal) and is subsequently floating around on the Chinese net somewhere. Maybe it is. I hope they like it, if so.

13) have you ever cowritten a fic before?

Not as such. Most I've done is bandy about details of a Metaphor ReFantazio StrohlLouis story with some friends (we need to actually like WRITE it for it to count, lol), and some borderline rp-esque exchanges to flesh out OCs.

14) what's your all time favorite ship?

Oof. Impossible question, genuinely, haha, because I hyperfixate and tend to move on. I do have several (even if I haven't revisited them in literal years) that come to mind though, so I will list them in no specific order: Spock/Kirk, Izuku/Shoto, Zuko/Sokka or Zuko/Katara, Basilio/Will, Zagreus/Hypnos, Sollux/Eridan, John/Karkat, almost any permutation of the main BG3 crew, Gaara/Lee, Shino/Tenten, Prompto/Ignis, Seto/Joey, Zexion/Demyx (but much of the writing for them was atrocious, when I looked as a teen), Sheperd/Garrus, Ulquiorra/Orihime, Seth/Jane, Astra/Evelyn, Canach/The Commander, Ed/Winry.... mmn, that's good enough for now. I'm sure there's others, though.

15) what's the wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

The only unfinished one on my account: my ancient Homestuck x Skyrim fic. I started it almost an entire decade ago, and like my other hs fics, it shows its age in terms of penmanship; baby's first forays into serious writing. By now, it's been so long I've been out of both fandoms, that even if I returned to it today, I couldn't do it justice in terms of 'in jokes' and lore accuracy/references. (I barely remember the characters. I couldn't even tell you how the fuck Homestuck ended, it sucked and I don't remember.) My writing would have improved, I'm sure, but technical skill is only half the battle of crafting a fun and compelling fanfic; the other half is knowing and utilizing your source material. If you don't call back to the source material- via accurate characterization, dialogue, lore, in-universe jokes, interpersonal relationships, analogous problems, etc- what the hell are you even doing calling it a fanfic at that point? It's just a regular story borrowing an IP's skin and nothing more.

That said... I do think about that fic a lot. It's a bittersweet sore spot, but an important reminder to keep around, I think; once in a blue moon it actually still gets a very kind comment. And those comments I can never bring myself to reply to*, because it would be like acknowledging the elephant in the room even though it's clearly a decade dead fic. It's stupid, I know. I adore the comments all the same, they're very poignant and they serve a very important and selfish purpose to me: they encourage me to not do it again. To not post something incomplete, and leave it that way. These days, my writing tenets are modeled after the lessons I took from Beasts: I don't upload a multi chapter story unless it is already done. It's an archival example of where I used to be in terms of skill, and it's a present day motivator to see things through.

(Maybe...... maybe I ought to go back and fully reread it, though.... at least ensure the embedded images aren't broken...... I'm sure they are, these days. Hm.........)

16) what are your writing strengths?

My 'set dressing' and my dialogue, I think. I'd like to be a clever writer and a funny writer and a passionate writer, and maybe I am those things in some amounts too, but I get the most compliments on the way I describe things and the accuracy with which I make the puppets talk for any given IP. Every time someone tells me "it's like I can hear their voices so perfectly saying this in my head!" I'm like yessssss.

17) what are your writing weaknesses?

Transitions. I've been told my pacing is good, but I feel like I struggle with wordiness and an inability to briefly describe a scene or event, or a sequence of them, and move along. I get stuck on what I affectionately call 'set dressing'- I describe the room, the time of day, the location, perhaps the reason(s) or a few tangents... etc etc. There's really good fics out there that "timeskip" well, with those little pagebreak bars. Short scenes, relevant asides, alternate povs and what have you, and they generally don't ever strike me as jarring at all? So I don't know why I struggle to do the same, to just pinch it off. Perhaps it's because I tend to like telling continuous stories, maybe? (I don't jump around a timeline. Everything is linear.) Likely to my detriment, that means I've also not ever done like any sort of italicized memory snippet/flashback sort of thing, which is a tool in a toolbox I maybe ought to try using some time. Comfort zones and growing through adversity and all that shit.

18) thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Umm.... it's a bit of a sticky conundrum. I think worst case scenario is when the author actually writes that other language into the fic because it's jarring, it's irritating for the eye to have to skip over in chunks, and- unless the author is a fluent speaker of both- it's probably Google translate gibberish. I can't imagine how irritating that must be to actual speakers of both, seeing mistranslated word salad. I can't even stand word salad in ONE language, lol.

I think, depending on the POV of the fic, the other language is better served either in unknown prose that the 'author' can't understand such as "he switches back to [language] to speak with his men for a moment, the exchange quick and angry." Or, if that alternate language must be understood by the reader (via 3rd person omniscient for example) I generally find either italics or [when the other language is written in brackets, like this], to denote it's the other language. There's... not really a super elegant solution to it, because even the prose avenue, if overused, ends up being back to back variations of "he said some words in [language]" over and over. Much like how the verbal language barrier is irritating, so too is the written version of the same, lol.

19) first fandom you wrote for?

Preeeetty sure it was Bleach, but it might have been Invader Zim. (Teenager, what can I say. We start cringe, we reject cringe, and then we return to the cringe from whence we came. The circle of life.)

20) favourite fic you've ever written?

Sleep Schism. It was like the weirdest bolt of inspiration straight from the heavens or some crap: I'd finished playing Hades and it was great, but I was like ???? Why did they shaft poor Hypnos so hard?? He got his apology with Than, and that was good, but.... they left out so much, so many things are still unhealed. And that ANNOYED me. So much so that I vomited up, what, like 60k words, about fixing it.

The reception of the fic was amazing, it felt good to contribute an (apparently beloved) addition to the otherwise somewhat sparse hyp/zag ship, and I met an awesome friend and many others by that proxy. It gave me a creative hobby. It's an accomplishment I'm proud of, and has inspired me to keep writing. Even as my hyperfixations come and go, I can and will always point to Sleep Schism as being the catalyst for a lot of good things in my life.

[jujumin-translates]

Event | Act 3.5 Event - NEW ERA GARDEN | Chapter 7

*Contains spoilers for Act 12 - eternal moment*

Yukio: Everyone looks so cool.

Costume Manager: The fit seems fine too.

Syu: Yeah. Thanks for gettin’ this all pulled together in such a short amount of time.

Costume Manager: No, no, it’s nothing! It’s not every day I get an opportunity to do something like this, so I’m honored!

Yuzo: I’m used to wearin’ Japanese-style clothes, but the Shinsengumi’s haoris still feel too youthful.

Kasumi: Let’s take a commemorative photo together!

Hiro: You’re putting that on the web version of “Spotlight,” aren’t you?

Kasumi: Ehe, how’d you know?

Yukio: How about striking a pose and saying “Go, Shinsengumi!”?

Kasumi: Join us, Yukio-san!

Yukio: Eh, me too?

Costume Manager: If that’s the case, I have a spare dandara haori, so why don’t you put one on too, Yukio-san?

Syu: Sounds like a great idea.

Zen: Who’s Yukio playing?

Yuzo: Yamanami-san maybe?

Yukio: But I’m not an actor--.

Reni: …

Yukio: Umm… I just won’t do it! It’d be like having a tourist in the mix!

Yukio: Just go ahead and take the picture!

Zen: …

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Yukio: Well then, let’s end rehearsal here today. You can all put your costumes away and head home now.

Yuzo: Good work today.

Kasumi: Good work, everyone!

Zen: Nice work.

Yukio: Ah, Zen-san.

Zen: Hm?

Yukio: It’s your turn for a one-on-one interview, Zen-san.

Zen: Oh, gotcha.

Yukio: Should we go to the usual bar?

Zen: Let me decide where we go.

Yukio: That’s fine, where do you want to go?

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Zen: Here you are.

Yukio: Stew…!?

Zen: It’s been a while since I’ve made somethin’ like this for you.

Zen: The recipe is the latest version of the one that I’ve been workin’ on since you nagged me about it back then.

Yukio: Zen-san…! I never thought I’d be able to eat this again! I can’t wait!

Zen: …

Zen: (It was really hard to come up with this recipe.)

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

That day, for the umpteenth time, we met to review the stew before dinner.

“How is it?”

When I asked that, Yukio smiled as he sat alone in the dining room, eating the stew.

“…It’s really good. But… I think it could use a little more white wine and maybe some more miso. Maybe a little less butter too. But just a bit!”

“…Got a long list of demands for your stew, as usual.”

“Ehehe.”

“I’ll try that recipe next month.”

I sighed as Yukio held out his empty plate.

“Seconds, please!”

“You literally just had lunch. This is what I’m makin’ for dinner.”

Yukio pouts, insisting I was only doing that because of what he said.

“C’mon, just a little bit? We can have some together, Zen-san.”

“Fine, but just a bit.”

I ended up putting some more stew on Yukio’s plate and put some on my own before sitting down with him.

“It’s better to have a meal with someone else, after all.”

“Doesn’t matter if you eat with me, it’s boring either way.”

Yukio smiles at me while I silently return to eating my food.

“That’s not true. Generally speaking, you want to eat with other people, don’t you, Zen-san?”

“You sayin’ I’m a loner?”

“Yeah. I’m with you, so I guess I kind of get what you mean. The MANKAI dorms were built because I wanted a place where all the troupe members could live together like a family.”

Yukio looked right at me as he said that.

“People like you should create a ‘place’ like that for yourselves someday, Zen-san.”

“A place?”

“Yes. This place I created is unique. I’m forever grateful for the precious time you all share in my life.”

I was a little surprised that Yukio would think about such an admirable thing, given the way he was always pushing everyone.

“The only way lonely people like us can be at peace is by making a place for ourselves!”

“…I ain’t like you.”

“Ehhh, I think we’re pretty alike.”

Despite my denial, Yukio’s opinion got some nods of approval.

But being lonely just doesn’t match with me.

No one else thinks of me like that.

Yukio is a strange man. He so easily opens up and shows what he’s feeling inside without even realizing it.

Despite having been betrayed before, I’ve been tempted to rekindle the bonds with the others that I never thought I’d want again, since joining this theater company.

I guess Yukio is right, maybe I am a lonely person after all.

· • —– ٠ ✤ ٠ —– • ·

Yukio: …Snf.

Zen: Old age makin’ you weepy?

Yukio: …This taste never gets old.

Yukio: You’ve had the love of my stomach ever since the day we met, Zen-san. The fried rice from back then was good too.

Zen: Oh, that store went outta business.

Yukio: Eeh!? Really!? I had no idea… That’s shocking.

Zen: The owner seemed happy at the closing party because a lotta the former staff was there, me included.

Yukio: I see. So you didn’t end up missing it in the end. You used to get so mad while you were working there part-time…

Zen: …You’re a lonely guy, too, but you’ve done well enough on your own for so long.

Yukio: By the way, it’d be a shame if this long-awaited stew were any saliter…

Zen: Don’t cry into the stew. It’s gross…

Yukio: Ehehe. Even back then I was making a place for myself, you know. I thought I was doing okay, but…

Yukio: When I was allowed to come back to Japan, I was thinking about what I’d even do when I got back.

Yukio: I realized that the first generation MANKAI Company was really the best place I had in my life.

Zen: That why you’re afraid of fightin’ with Reni?

Yukio: --Ah, yeah.

Yukio: …I’m kind of tempted to talk with you more, Zen-san. About a lot of things.

Zen: Even back then, I told you to tell me if somethin’ was wrong, but you never did.

Yukio: It’s because I couldn’t do it back then

Zen: …Why?

Yukio: I think maybe you’re right, because I was scared. Our bond was reconnected, but if something happens to break it, it’ll all fall apart again.

Yukio: If I get into a fight with Reni, I’m sure everything would happen all over again…

Zen: …Yukio Tachibana’s a human being too, ain’t he?

Yukio: You’re right. I forgot that while cleaning the costume.

Zen: Because it was broken once but brought back together, that bond must be stronger than ever. And each one of us is even more developed as a person.

Zen: Ain’t no way somethin’ like that is gonna be broken so easily. So confront it head on. It’s not with the Reni from then, but with the Reni now.

Yukio: Right…

Zen: The one and only place where we belong will probably never be taken from us again, so we should cherish it until the day we die.

Yukio: …That’s the way of a lonely man’s life.

Yukio: Seconds, please!

Zen: Hmph, you still eat as much as ever.

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[authorautumnbanks]

Accidentally Dating (9)

Summary: A series of accidental dates and meetings between Kagome and Satoru over the years.

Pairing: KagomexGojo

Series Master list

Satoru huffs as he walks behind Suguru. This mission honestly should have been given to the second years.

It's so boring. A waste of time in his opinion for him and Suguru to be assigned to this. They are the strongest! Shouldn't they be doing cooler missions? Something worth some effort? So, what if he and Suguru are only first years? They're stronger than the second years and the third years combined.

Even InuYasha is stronger than the second years.

"Stop pouting," Suguru says, "The faster you take this seriously, the faster we get this done." Suguru huffs as he stuffs his hands in his pockets.

"Tch. Whatever." He rolls his eyes and then comes to a stop. Wait a damn minute. That feels like Kagome. She never said she was gonna be back today. Did she come back and not tell him?

The audacity. She knows he needs to know when she comes back home from the past. He doesn't care what hour it is. He doesn't care if he's on a mission or not; he wants to be the first person to know when she is back.

And she didn't even send him a text message.

The. Audacity.

"What's wrong?" Suguru walks over to him and then looks over at the girls running track. "Seriously?" He sighs. "We aren't here to pick up girls. We have a mission to do."

"GOME-CHAN!" Satoru calls, smirking when she nearly falls over. Kagome glares and jogs over to him.

He blinks. Have her legs always been that long? And what kind of outfit is that? She may as well be wearing underwear. And why is her hair up in a high ponytail? She's showing everyone how elegant her nape is. Where is the decency? Doesn't she realize she's surrounded by a bunch of horny teenagers? She can't be walking around like that.

Satoru bites his tongue. He outta tell Dad and Mom about this.

"Satoru? What are you doing here?" She crosses her arms. Her high ponytail and bangs are a combo he didn't know he needed, though she should only wear that around him.

Wait. He gives himself a mental shake. Now is not the time.

"Investigating. You didn't call me." He pokes out his bottom lip and wobbles it just for show. She should be more considerate of his feelings. "Or text me."

"It was so early when I got in." Kagome shrugs.

"So?" What does she mean by it was so early? He doesn't care how early or late it is. He wants to know when she is back. "I don't care what time it is. You could have called me. I would have stopped by."

"Um, hi?" Suguru says, giving Satoru a look that says they will talk later.

"Hi! I'm Higurashi Kagome. Satoru and I go way back." Kagome smiles at Suguru.

"Gojo," Satoru huffs. Is she still introducing herself as Higurashi? Even Mom jokingly calls herself Gojo here and there. Sota still calls himself Higurashi only to carry on the legacy.

"She knows who you are." Suguru shakes his head. "Geto Suguru."

"No, her name is Gojo Kagome. Last I checked, we never got divorced."

"We never got married either."

"I'm not the one holding up the ceremony."

"You never even asked."

"Ask? I said —"

"Stop!" Suguru interrupts, pressing a hand to his temple. "I missed some milestones. Wife? How do you have a wife when you are only 15?"

"I'm not his wife," Kagome says, shaking her head.

"You said you were."

"We were like 11."

"So, you admit it."

"Toru," she warns.

"Where's the rest of your outfit?" He motions with his hand. How long has she been running around in that getup? Is that why she didn't want to tell him she was back? She must have known she'd be wearing this today. Satoru frowns. Is it another guy?

Nah. Kagome wouldn't see another guy. She has him.

She glances down and frowns. "This is the gym uniform."

Uniform? That is not a uniform. His outfit? Yes. Her outfit? Absolutely not.

"Where's the principal? I need to talk to em."

Suguru grips his shoulder. "We have things to do, Satoru."

"Ehhh, nothing is more important than Kagome, and that is not a uniform. Look at those boys ogling her," Satoru rants, and then pauses. He presses his face close to Suguru. "And where are your eyes looking?" His temple throbs. Has Suguru been checking Kagome out this whole time? He glares. Suguru isn't fooling him. Kagome is his type.

Suguru better not be getting ideas. He saw that smile Suguru flashed at Kagome.

"I'm the only one focused on the mission!" Suguru huffs and pushes against Satoru's chest. "Did you forget why we came here?"

"Tch." Satoru directs his attention back to Kagome.

"Kagome!" some girls yell, running over to her. Satoru inhales. Why are they coming over here? Can't they see that he and Kagome are having a conversation?

"Whoa!" a girl with short black hair exclaims. "Are you new here?" She leans forward and Satoru grimaces. Why is she so close to him? "I'm Eri," she chirps. "I can show you around if you want."

"Uh Eri," another girl says. "I think these are Kagome's friends?"

Kagome sighs. "This is Satoru and Suguru. This is Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi."

"Oohh, so these are your friends, then Kagome?" Eri asks, trying to wrap her arms around Satoru, but he sidesteps her and twists his lips back.

"I'm her husband," Satoru deadpans, throwing an arm around Kagome's shoulders. "Can't you show us around? We'd hate to get lost here."

Suguru smacks his face and groans.

Eri pouts while the other two girls scratch their faces.

"Fine," Kagome sighs. "Girls, I'll catch up with you before the next period." Kagome waves goodbye to the girls and leads them inside the school. "So, why are you here?"

"Mission. You felt anything weird around here?" Satoru tips his sunglasses down and looks around the perimeter. There are some curses here, but they seem to be hiding. Maybe because he and Suguru are here, but most likely because Kagome is here.

"Wait... does she know?" Suguru asks.

"Of course she knows. Kagome is my wife." Satoru shakes his head. What is with Suguru? He doesn't normally need so much hand-holding. "But she isn't a sorcerer, and I don't want her to be."

"I'd rather not attend Jujutsu High," Kagome quips. "I've got enough on my plate without having to worry about missions on top of studying."

Satoru nods. Plus, she's still collecting shards in the past. Not that Suguru knows that. No one outside of the family knows that.

"I have so many questions, but I will wait until after we are done. Has anyone gone missing around here? Someone not showing up to classes that normally does?" Suguru crosses his arms and stares at Kagome, waiting for an answer.

Kagome blinks.

Satoru sighs. Kagome wouldn't know that. Hell, she fits the description of a student that doesn't show up half the time.

"Never mind that," Satoru cuts in. "Feel anything off?"

Kagome taps a finger to her lips. "Now that you mention it, Hojo-kun was being weird."

Hojo... kun?

"But I don't think that has anything to do with why you two are here. There are some curses that like to hang out in the music room, but they're mostly flyheads and don't do too much. They just watch." She shrugs. "If there is anything else going on, then it's probably not the school itself."

Suguru sighs.

Satoru rolls his eyes. Why is she coming this way? He tightens his hold on Kagome and makes a point of looking away from Eri.

"Kagome!" Eri yells. "Sorry for bothering you. Would you be able to help Hojo-kun out? He's back by the field."

"Uhh..."

"Thanks so much!" Eri reaches for Kagome's hand and pulls her into a hug. "He's by the field, right next to the equipment. I can show Satoru around." Eri beams, and Satoru swallows the disgust down. He doesn't need anyone to show him around. It's a school, not a maze.

"Well okay," Kagome says. "Satoru, be nice."

"I'm always nice."

Suguru snorts. Satoru flips him off. He is a nice guy. He hasn't told Eri off yet. And he had that dog house built for InuYasha. He's very nice.

"Eri, was it?" Suguru asks, after Kagome heads back out of the school. "Do you know of anyone that's missed a lot of classes lately? The principal asked us to investigate."

"The principal did?" Eri hums. "Kagome misses a lot of classes because of her diseases." Eri glances at Satoru and then looks away. "But other than that... well, there is one other person who hasn't been around much. He had an outburst in class the last time he showed up, and it was freaky. The room started shaking, but there was no record of an earthquake that day."

"Oh? What's his name?" Suguru smiles.

Eri glances at Satoru again, who angles his body away from her. Why is she looking at him? What a creep.

"So, you're Kagome and Sota's brother?" Eri asks, ignoring Suguru.

"Kagome is my wife, and Sota is my brother-in-law." Satoru rolls his tongue over the top of his teeth. He's getting antsy. First, she asks if he and Suguru are Kagome's friends and now she's asking if he is their brother. So, she knows of him but is downplaying his and Kagome's relationship.

He didn't come here for this.

Eri laughs. "That's so cute, but Kagome doesn't need an overprotective brother. Trust me. I have one and it's caused quite the strain in our relationship."

Satoru's eyes twitch. Is she hard of hearing? "Suguru, come on. We're wasting time." He turns right as Eri tries to latch on to him.

"That was weird," she mutters. "Well, anyway, I can show where his locker is. Kato-san's locker. There's a rumor going around that he's cursed, but I think that's silly. It was just a weird coincidence. I wish people weren't so mean," Eri sighs. "Everyone deserves a chance." She bats her eyelashes and Satoru wants to hurl.

How could Kagome just up and abandon him like that to help some guy out? Kagome is far too nice.

"Thank you, Eri," Suguru says, shooting him a look. "We're just worried about him, is all."

Eri leads them to the locker and stands there. Satoru sucks in a breath and tries not to sigh. Can she just go? How are they going to break into the locker if she's standing there? Satoru glances at Suguru, who nods.

Yeah, they're gonna have to come back tonight. This isn't working.

"Oh!" Suguru exclaims. "We're nearly late, Satoru. We need to get going."

Satoru snaps his fingers. "Right! Let me say goodbye to Kagome and then we should be good to go." He runs out of the building, leaving Suguru and Eri behind.

He can't take it anymore.

Why is that woman so clingy?

Kami, she is worse than the women in the other clans. For whatever reason, they or maybe their fathers seem to think that with enough money, his marriage with Kagome won't go through. Father should shut it down completely.

It's annoying. He doesn't want anyone else, and he will not change his mind.

"Kagome!" he yells, skidding to a stop next to her. Kagome coughs at the dust he kicked up in his haste to make it over to her.

"I'm right here. Why are you yelling?" she grumbles.

"I'm coming back tonight. We can't get any answers with that girl around."

"You mean Eri?" Kagome blows out a breath. "She just has a crush on you."

He gags. "Do you want me to walk you home?"

"If you aren't doing your mission now, shouldn't you be at school then?"

"Got it. I'll meet you at the gates when you get out." He leans forward and kisses her forehead. Kagome flushes and slaps her hands to the spot he just kissed.

"Seriously?" she shrieks.

His heart beats faster. There's a pink hue to her cheeks. Is she blushing? Satoru grabs his jacket, right over his heart. What is this feeling?

"Satoru?"

"I'm fine," he says quickly. "I'll uh... see you later today." He backs away and trips over Suguru.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Suguru groans, pushing him off. "You've been out of it since we got here."

"I'm fine!" Satoru points to himself. "Just fine."

"You don't seem fine," Kagome comments.

"No, he doesn't. Perhaps he's the one that's been cursed."

"Shove it," Satoru says. "I'm fine. Kagome's fine. Everybody is fine."

Kagome frowns and looks past him. "Eri doesn't look fine."

What?

Satoru looks over his shoulder. Ugh. That chick is persistent. He waves at Kagome. "See you later!" He dashes away with Suguru hot on his heels. The faster he gets away from that Eri, the better. Kami, help him if she waits at the gates with Kagome.

"Satoru," Suguru calls, huffing. "Seriously, who was that?"

Satoru smirks. "My wife."

And Suguru better not forget it.

***

A/N: Had a dream that Satoru came back but he didn't come back the same. Like Shoko had to give him an order because he was so out of it. Kind of like how Meliodas gets in seven deadly sins whenever he comes back from the dead. I think it's a sign that Satoru needs to come back in How To Tame lol.

And I have a question...why am I being drafted to fight Sukuna? Gege hasn't run out of characters lol. I wouldn't even try to fight Sukuna, I'd rather have a cook off against Uruame and take their spot instead. I know my strengths and fighting is not one of them lol.

"Will InuYasha have a friendship with Suguru?" - I think so and it'll be nice to see a different dynamic between them. If anything Suguru's calmness may remind InuYasha of Miroku.

"What do the others think of InuYasha?" - At first they thought he was a cosplayer, but Ito had to hose him down one time and realized that he was in fact not a cosplayer. To anyone else, InuYasha is similar to Panda. But those closest made a binding vow and know that he's a demon.

"Will InuYasha call them mom and dad?" - He'll call Mama H mom, but Papa G is still old man.

"Is Ryu in the story?" - He might make an appearance.

"Was someone trying to get rid of Syouma?" - Nah, it was a mistake on their end. Curses are getting stronger and Jujutsu society isn't keeping up. We'll see this come up later.

"Is InuYasha from the Kamo clan?" - I didn't even think about that...but now I can see the Kamo clan and the Zenin clan having beef with the Gojo clan for taking away prized clan members.

Side note, I had to go back and make Satoru and Suguru first years here because I started on the next chapter and the timing wouldn't have worked otherwise. Hope you're ready for stalker Eri lmao.

Hope you are having an awesome week. Take care of yourself. Get out and get some sun if you can. Take your vitamins and drink your water. Next update will be One night. It might come out on Saturday, just depends on how busy I get.

[daybreakrising]

okay, quest thoughts under the cut, but again, i'm not really saying anything other people on my dash haven't already said-

i'm gonna get the negatives out of the way first, bc i like to end things on a positive note. i promise you, i do have positive things to say, but-

genshin peaked at fontaine. i'm sorry, maybe there's a little bias involved there, but i genuinely believe that. i'd accept an argument for sumeru to be included too - the storytelling in both of those regions was amazing.

nothing in this story has grabbed me the way fontaine's did. i had zero emotional connection to any of the characters, most of whom i found to be severely lacking in any distinctive personalities beyond surface level traits. i just had no reason to care about them except that the story was basically telling me to, which... is very bad storytelling. if you want me to care about these people and their stories, then give me a reason to, show me why i should be invested in them and their stories. i had more emotional connection to the saurians than the people. as for the archon... listen, i may not have found raiden all that interesting, personally (in comparison to other archons, that is), but i could still connect with her and her story. mavuika? eh. i'm sorry, but she's just boring to me. yes, she's kind, she's strong, but is that... it ?? for her personality ??? and sure, it's sad that she said goodbye to her family so she could come back in 500 years but to me that's nothing compared to the sacrifices or the losses that other archons have faced. in my tier list of archons, she's at the very bottom with no competition. we'll see if her story quest changes anything, but based solely on what we get in the archo quest? i just don't care. i know some people love her but for me there's just not enough there to care about.

and the story itself... is boring. the idea behind it is interesting, some of the execution of it has been fantastic, but as an overall plot... ehhh. being force-fed "friendship is magic" themes over and over, the constant introduction of frankly pointless interludes that add nothing to the plot, the pacing of the story itself... it made me tune out and skip dialogue (by this i mean: i read the subtitles and skipped the voiced lines once i was done) and it felt like such a drag to get through. i saw this last act described as a 'slog' and honestly.... that's so accurate. it was.

that first half didn't need to be included, or if they had to shove it in there, why wasn't it part of the equally pointless (and very short) interlude quest last patch? it would have made more sense to have the 'post-war downtime' elements in the interlude so you can start off the final act with the actual action. i know i began playing when i was already exhausted, but it isn't the first time i've picked up an archon quest on little to no sleep and i've never before had to put down the controller and take a break because i was bored. nothing pulled me in, nothing gave me the motivation or the drive to finish it (or at least get as far as i could before i had to cave to exhaustion). i literally got to the point of "wait 2 more days" (again) and went: i cannot be fucking bothered with this. it honestly felt like a means of 'padding out' the story for the sake of content, and just frustrated me because i wanted to get to the point of the plot.

side note: i'm getting so tired of the constant "wait x amount of days" quest objectives. you can show the passing of time with a simply cutscene, or even just one of those black screens with text genshin likes to throw at us a lot. that and the "walk three steps, cutscene, walk two steps, cutscene, walk-" elements that are prevalent throughout hyv games but seem to be more frequent in current storylines are just... killing it for me. it's unnecessary and interrupts the pacing of the plot too much.

i have many issues with the storytelling in this region, some i've talked about before, some other people have put into finer words than i can produce right now, but it does come down to: there's no conflict, there's no real consequence, and it's not real enough. "but lauri, 2000 people died in this quest, how is that not a consequence?" - this is one of the positives i have about natlan because yes, we see actual consequence of war but at the same time... that's it. we get one act with consequences and then magically the world is all back to normal. i saw a video that touched on this exact issue: during that act, we saw the region torn apart and contaminated by the abyss, we saw people and saurians dead or dying - but then once we complete that part of the story, there's no follow-up (i do not count that pathetic interlude. it had promise and it failed to deliver imo) - and to prove this isn't entirely based on bias, fontaine did have the same problem. there was a huge ass flood and other than poisson, nowhere needed rebuilding?? there was no lasting damage??? genshin pls we know you can alter the state of the world around us - do better. and as much as i hated the trope of 'dead sister = awakened power', we should have seen more of how that affected chasca after it happened. instead, we got a few lines of dialogue and that was it. and idk if it's gonna come up again in a later quest of some kind but her whole "tainted by the abyss" deal just... never became relevant outside of her briefly losing control in her grief. i honestly expected that to play a part in the archon quest somehow and it... didn't.

because there's no conflict. & i'm not referring to the actual physical conflict of war, but conflict between characters, between elements of the plot, etc. everyone is just perfectly happy buddies that all magically get along and that is just.... not real at all. even when people band together against a common enemy, join forces to fight for their people and their home, you're not going to magically work together perfectly. there will be clashes, opposing opinions on how to move forward, etc. if there's conflict between characters, it makes it more meaningful when they do come together and fight for a common cause, it makes the victory even more impactful because of it. instead it just felt... empty. lacklustre.

i have never before finished an archon quest's story and gone: is that it? i did with this one.

i've rambled enough about the negatives so i'll close on one final thing regarding capitano and his story: there wasn't enough of it. there wasn't enough of him. again, other people have already touched on this with far more eloquence than i can muster at this moment, but as one of the only genuinely interesting characters in this quest, i was very disappointed that he was just... nowhere to be seen until the very end. 'but he didn't have an ancient name, he couldn't help with the final fight' - so wtf was he doing while it went on then? idk man i just think they could have showcased him a little more, especially since he's the first harbinger.

and now for the positives!

natlan as a region has a lot going for it from my perspective. i love the landscape, i love the saurians, i love the music (though it doesn't always fit the tone of the scenes happening in some of the quests), i love the different tribes and the culture of natlan as a whole. i may not like some of the playable character designs but some of the npc designs are fire (pun intended). the lore is fantastic too, and i've really enjoyed the world quests (which makes me sad they aren't voiced, bc i prefer them to the archon quest in this instance)

capitano saying a big fuck you to the lord of death was *chef's kiss*. i'm sad that his character has essentially come to a close now, but it was definitely clearly leading to that and it is a very fitting end to him. i loved that he was nothing like anyone really expected him to be & he's definitely up there amongst my favourite harbingers. the fact he asked to removed from the mission to collect the gnosis was a nice touch - further establishing the honour he upheld (i'm also curious who will be sent instead - given the new area incoming, perhaps dottore again? it's a shame the one i want to see the most canonically doesn't leave snezhnaya-)

and i didn't hate the story entirely, don't get me wrong. i know i've complained a lot about many elements, but that's only because i know they can do better. and some of the small things - vichama's sub-plot & the fact he does eventually get to reunite with his friend at last, people you've helped in the tribes or in world quests coming to your aid, etc - were very nicely done. it had such a good premise that was simply let down by bad storytelling and a lack of investment into making the main characters interesting enough and important enough for you to care about what happens to them. and i'm sure not everyone will feel that way - people will connect to characters for a multitude of reasons and that's very valid, but for me i just. i needed more.

i enjoyed it, but i enjoyed it in the way i enjoy a book with a plot that sounded promising but didn't quite hit the mark: i finished it, but it's not going to a memorable story that i'll come back to. it's gonna sit on the shelf next to inazuma and gather dust, whilst fontaine gets taken down and experienced again and again.

i can only hope snezhnaya brings it back around

[fleechin]

Here's my @portal-secret-santa prompt for @deathishauntedbyhumans, they requested a scene with cores, mainly Factventure, so I did a lil something of them being stuck in the place where you find all the corrupted cores right before the Wheatley boss fight. I tried to avoid references to fanon cores like Virgil as much as I could, by their request, though occasionally they slipped in.

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It was no secret that adventures came in many forms, and in many phases. Sometimes you were running as fast as you could from a volcano or tornado, and everything was about getting away as fast as possible. Sometimes you were fighting hordes of enemies at once, having to figure out their weakness and be ready to exploit it, all in a matter of seconds. Sometimes you were sneaking into a carefully guarded enemy fortress, depending entirely on your stealth, knowing full well that any slip up would mean you were a goner. 

Other times, however paradoxical it seemed, adventure meant being stuck in one place for a long time, with no way in sight to pass it. A dragon’s dungeon, a prison camp behind enemy lines, even something mundane like camping in a strange forest, waiting for the sun to return, or in the front room of a castle, waiting to meet a powerful king you would want to ally with. Or in this case, being stuck in a container full of other cores with no way of getting out. 

The self proclaimed adventure sphere had seen worse. But worse wasn’t quite as boring. A good song would sometimes pass the time, but it wasn’t easy to pull inspiration from anywhere for lyrics.

“Nananana nAAAAAA, and then another explosion, NANANA, riding the shockwave to VICTORYYYYYY!”

Rick sighed, and looked over at his companion. “Ayo, pinkie, how long’s it been?”

The aptly named pink-eyed testing sphere sputtered a bit. “Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve. Twelve.”

“Ehhh, that’s whatcha said last time. When’s the last time you went and got yerself looked at?”

“The fact sphere is not defective. Its facts are wholly accurate and very interesting.”

Rick rolled his optic. The fact sphere, or Craig, as he sometimes liked to be called, had been a good companion for a while now. Rick could never quite remember how they had started hanging around each other, but as long as he could remember, wherever he was, “Pinkie” would follow.

That, however,  did not mean their adventures were without conflict. “Pinkie, do you even remember how we got here?”

“The Intelligence Dampening Sphere, several hours after assuming control of the facility, restarted the explosives manufacturing wing, at first accidentally while trying to silence the alert announcer protocol. Upon realizing what he had done, he then began using parts of cores, both deactivated and live, to make more bombs, so as to increase total production.”

“Exactly. Now, I happen to be lucky, cause as much as I love explodin’, I’m more valuable to ol’ blue-eye as a consultant than as a single lil’ wad o’ napalm.”

“He will most likely kill you, violently.”

Rick looked over, or at least as best he could given his position. “Ain’t that the point of an adventure? Overcomin’ the odds, fightin’ towards victory. ‘Sides, I can keep ya from bein’ turned into a bomb – why else do you think he brought you here?”

“The fact sphere is the most handsome sphere.”

Rick sighed. “Run a temperature check for me, will ya, pinkie?”

“WARNING: Sphere temperature reaching ninety- Apples. Oranges. Pears. Plums. Kumquats. Tangerines. Lemons. Limes. Avocado. Tomato. Banana. Papaya. Guava.”

“Exactly. When Doc Virgil was sayin’ you was hot as Rigel, he wasn’t exactly complimentin’ ya. Only I can use that there line –  got me a trademark on it.”

The moment he had said the word “Rigel”, a yellow-eyed core immediately sprung to action - that action being to spin its optic rapidly.

“Rigel! Rigel Rigel… blue star! Big blue star! …Goooooonna go supernova! Big bright star go boom! Wanna go to Rigel. Wanna see big boom star.”

“Sigh… yeah, that. You bein’ all overheated n whatnot makes you a perfect catalyst for a big bomb. And as much as I might enjoy that, I need ya alive so you can help me do the math for the next adventure course I build. Lucky for you, I know how to get us both outta this. ‘Member when we got Avery out of the whole mess with them turrets?”

“The adventure sphere had placed the gardening sphere, his then-romantic partner, into a custom built ‘adventure course’, which left her on the ground and under fire from turrets after a panel malfunction. Her injuries would require a full hull replacement afterwards.” 

Rick nodded, “And how’d I get ‘er out of it?”

“The adventure sphere initially attempted to negotiate with the turrets as they were firing on the gardening sphere. This attempt was unsuccessful, as the turrets could not hear over the sound of their own gunfire. After several minutes, the fact sphere found and hit the deactivation switch.”

“Exac- wait, what?” Rick tried his best to remember. Now that he thought about it, Craig was right. He had tried to negotiate, but it was the fact sphere that had actually shut the turrets down. In his defense, he had better memories of what came next, when his romantic partner had decided to end things then and there.

“Alright, fine, bad example, but point is, I’m what keeps you and Spaceball here both nine times outta ten.” Remember that time I saved you from bein’ launched into acid?

“ERROR, ERROR, ERROR: File not found.”

The space sphere, seemingly unconcerned with the argument in question, had shifted his focus to planets. “Go to Jupiter, go to Jupiter, see all the moons! Bababa bap babap baba. Become the smallest moon of Jupiter.”

The adventure sphere rolled his eye. “Ayo Spaceball. Say one useful thing. One. I dare you. I will give you a hundred dollars if you say one thing remotely applicable to anything at all.” 

Before he could respond with facts about neutron stars, however, Rick heard footsteps and what sounded like the one voice every core could hear from everywhere in the facility. Only this time, it was muffled, coming from what sounded like a small speaker.

“Corrupted cores, we’re in luck!” The footsteps grew louder, showing something Rick could never have imagined was still around. A human. The voice continued. “You find a way to stun him, I’ll send you a core, and then you attach it to him. If we do it a few times, he might become corrupt enough for another core transfer.”

The human nodded, made a right turn, and disappeared. Rick turned his focus back to his other companion. “Check it out pinkie, we got us another adventure! Good thing I’m here to save the day.”

The fact sphere was unfazed. “The adventure sphere is a blowhard and a coward.”

Rick was taken aback. “I… c’mon pinkie, you n’ me both know that ain’t true.”

“The adventure sphere, despite his insistence that he has no fears, cannot admit to his friends or partners that he depends on them or cares for them in any way. This traps him into a perpetual cycle of the cores he cares about abandoning him, which he justifies by insisting that they lack his adventuresome spirit.”

“C’mon pinkie, what are you even talki-”

“Examples include the gardening sphere, the culinary sphere, the public relations sphere, and the fact sphere.”

“I… I mean I don’t…” Rick was shocked more than anything to hear his companion say that. Not only because it was the same thing several of his exes always said to him, but also because it was perhaps the first time he had ever thought, or been made to think, about Craig as someone he cared about. 

But now that he was forced to face it… he did care about Craig. Every now and then, when Craig was occupied, either from being repaired or working on the little documentary series he had been making, Rick was stuck on his own. If that had come across to Craig, it had been despite his personality, not because of it.

And as fun as it was to be on his own against every threat the world could throw at him, it wasn’t quite as fun if he couldn’t talk about what he enjoyed with someone who had been there as well. Craig was not really a singer, so they had never done a duet of any adventure songs, but he had been there to listen to them longer than anyone else. He’d even critiqued them from time to time.

It had taken him forever, but now he had to admit it.

“I… I care a lot about ya, pinkie. You’re like, my best friend and stuff. And… I dunno, I like havin’ ya by my side when I’m on an adventure.”

The fact sphere sputtered a bit. “To make a photocopier, simply photocopy a mirror.”

In the past, Rick had ignored his companion’s little tidbits whenever they were unsolicited. But for the first time, it felt good to hear them. 

“We uh… we make a good duo, the two of us. I got me the adventuresome spirit, and you got yourself the brains.”

“It is incorrectly noted that deer are usually hunted for their antlers or their meat. They are instead hunted for their gearboxes, which can also be used to power motorcycles.”

Rick chuckled. Nervously, he looked away from Craig, hoping to find the right way to phrase his next question. “Shoot, whaddaya say… when we get us outta here, maybe we should like… hit the encore club again. Just the two of us this time. Whatcha… whatcha say?”

“Whoever wins this battle is clearly superior, and will earn the allegiance of the Fact Sphere.”

Rick’s handles moved, and his CPU experienced an extra burst of energy. “Ha, I’ll take that as a yes!”

The Space core, meanwhile, had continued his ramblings. “Ba ba ba babababa ba, wanna go to Saturn, go see Saturn. Saturn’s got rings. Big rings. Put a ring on it.” 

Rick chuckled. “Heh, maybe we oughta put a ring on it, huh pinkie?”

“Cores do not have fingers.”

[yerbamansa]

20 Questions for fic writers

I got tagged by @thetragicallynerdy, thank youuu <3

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

57 since 2018!

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

494,281, the vast majority of which is from the last year and a half.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Currently just Our Flag Means Death, but previously Schitt’s Creek.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

to wild homes we return to (Schitt's Creek) (5,943 words)

an atypical emotional response to common sounds (Our Flag Means Death (TV)) (6,612 words)

Made With Love (Schitt's Creek) (8,942 words)

What happened in Vegas? (Schitt's Creek) (1,000 words)

actually, the markup is very good (Schitt's Creek) (1,166 words)

I started writing Schitt’s Creek fic when the fandom was relatively small, so I suspect that accounts for the prominence here. Funny enough, the one OFMD fic in this list is the most recent thing I posted. The stats on that thing blow my mind a little (not that ever do, like, big name fan writer numbers).

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I reply to every one if I can. Sometimes when people binge-read a multi-chapter fic and leave comments on several chapters I find it hard to come up with something to say in reply to all but the last (or specific things mentioned in the comment), but I love when that happens!

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Gotta be in a time trap, an efficient little 5+1 not-exactly-a-fix-it OFMD post-S1 timeloop fic where Stede keeps waking up with Chauncey’s pistol in his face.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Skipping the Schitt’s Creek fics, because those are largely happy fluff to begin with… Probably the most uncomplicatedly upbeat happy endings are found in Disruptors and We’re Gonna Live In The Trees.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

No one has ever said anything unkind to me on AO3.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Oh, god, I’m fucking TRYING, and it is a TRIAL. It is NOT my default, but it’s personal shit I wanna work on, so. It’s generally not mlm, though ‘an atypical emotional response to common sounds’ is the one exception. Currently pushing myself to improve throughout the t4t tealoranges climate apocalypse fic the way things are going (with deep gratitude to tragic for their support and advice).

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

Heh, my first attempt at writing smut was a Schitt’s Creek/The Good Place crossover, Wine Tasting! Eleanor helps Stevie explore her bisexuality as a kind of soul-saving thing (look, I don’t know). I’ve written a few other things that are heavily inspired by other things, or rewrite/twist something into the current obsession (OFMD, always OFMD), but no full-on crossovers.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge. That’d be weird.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nah, though a few have been recorded as podfics. ♥️

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yes! Ask Me Anything: A TealOranges SMAU was totally co-authored with @thetragicallynerdy, of course. I also like to say that Kitchen Mistakes & How To Avoid Them was in many ways a collaboration with my friend rose, who was muuuuch more than a beta reader, even if they won’t claim it as such. And oh no I’ve dropped the ball on this (it takes effort) but several pals in one of my group chats were co-writing a silly thing together, Public Relations: An OFMD Celebrity SMAU. I really enjoy collaborating on creative projects and would do it again! Though, uh, probably no more SMAUs. 😂

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

tbh ships in and of themselves are not my main approach to enjoying things, though I realize that’s the structure a lot of fanworks take (including my own). I really do love writing Jim/Oluwande and Ed/Stede. I know, boring ol’ canon ships, but whatever. Those guys can fit all kinds of wild AUs and personal shit!

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Ehhh, honestly, if I abandon a WIP, it’s probably dead. I have at least one thing that might look abandoned because I haven’t updated it since August but I swear it isn’t. Probably. Ennhhh.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I think I’m good at picturing/researching the setting enough to shade in the details and make it feel real for the story. Dialogue, because I hear it in my head and rewind and play it back and write it down. Internal monologue/complicated feelings.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Oh god, smut. Smut is SO hard. Describing bodies/clothes and probably to a large extent facial expressions, too. Em dashes. Tagging.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I’ve really only done tiny bits of Spanish dialogue in fic. I took Spanish in school ages ago, but have never ever ever been fluent, so it’s pretty minimal and uses reference sites/translation tools to do my best that the phrases make sense in context, etc. If it were more than that, I’d want to confer with someone who’s a native speaker or has a lot of direct cultural experience, but generally I don’t think I’m ambitious enough to try to write outside my own experience in that particular way.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Schitt’s Creek, unless you count what might be considered songfic back when I was obsessed with Smashing Pumpkins and Radiohead in high school in the late ‘90s.

20. Favorite fic you’ve written?

Hmm, an impossible question, really. Maybe all that i need is you and the sea (an accidental time travel amnesiac love story told in five parts), because it was perhaps my first experience with something that bananas taking over my head and just flowing out of my brain over the course of several days, and it touches on all kinds of themes and issues and jokes I include in other fics. I learned a lot working on it, too. I just think it’s neat.

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Tagging some writers I <3 here who might've already been tagged (i will never catch up with tumblr scroll) or simply don't wanna, so feel free to take this as a friendly wave hello if anything: @emi--rose @epersonae @ghostalservice @bktrashcat @sassygwaine [am i currently re-reading ALTWSS? yes] @petrichorca or really anyone <3

[brxkxnhxxrtsclxb]

OKAY !!!!

i saw the boruto leaks this morning and i won’t lie, they actually had me hyped for the time skip. i know weird cuz this manga is ROUGH and i have a love-hate relationship with it because i love naruto and boruto doesn’t really feel like it lives up to it’s legacy

that said, i wanna share my opinions on the designs✨✨

i won’t be posting any images in case others don’t wanna be spoiled and because the official release has not happened

i’m gonna start with the main character

(under the cut in case it gets long)

boruto: overall i think he looks boring. i said it was too simple for being the main character, but that’s not necessarily the issue. what i mean by it is the colors make it plain and simple. he’s the main character and those colors unfortunately do not make him standout. also, i personally think his face is too cluttered. he has the headband on, two whiskers on each side of his face and then the scar. it’s a bit much…

shikadai: ehhh he’s alright i guess. not bad, but nothing impressive

inojin: OH MY GOSH WHAT DID THEY DO TO HIS HAIR ??!! he looks even more like sai !!!! which is fine cuz he’s his father but why would you cut his hair ???!!!! the yamanaka clan are all about the ponytails. their blond tied back hair is what they’re known for and… they just chopped it off…

chocho: okay SHE’s CUTE !! i like her design. out of all the girls, her’s appears to be more ninja-like

himawari: i think she looks adorable ??!! idk she’s just cute to me !! i do dislike how uneven her hair is but ehhh i suppose that’s just uzumakis (karin had the choppy hair). her outfit is okay with me. also looks fine since it provides mobility since they’re ninja. i do think the sunflower design is a bit much… but nothing that can’t be overlooked. her choker… why does she have one ?? feels kind of unnecessary xD overall she’s adorable. i think the long hair suits her and makes her look like a girl since her short hair made her look more like a gremlin than a human child xD

eida & daemon: they’re boring. nothing’s changed NEXT

code: i LOVE code, but his design is nothing we haven’t seen. he wore it in the chapter prior to the hiatus. i will say i’ve always adored the gothic look he has going for him♡

mitsuki: HE’s BEAUTIFUL !!!! i love how he looks but i will say his clothes… in black and white it kinda makes him look like a huge blob >.< but overall he’s pretty pretty !! lowkey wish he’d gotten some eyeliner to make his eyes look more like orochimaru’s and wear his style of earrings as well, but oh well. we can’t have it all :,))

kawaki: OMGGG I LOVE HIM !!!!! his design idk why but i adore it !! the baggy pants and huge jacket just reeks of his fashion sense xD it suits him perfectly :3 i especially love his longer hair. i think he has one of the better designs

sumire: i think she looks CUTE !! i will say her design is so plain and looks basic but overall i think it’s one of the more decent ones regarding the girls. a little short, but that’s ikemoto ://

sarada: sigh… i saved her for last because i am NOT A FAN of her design ._. it just doesn’t look right imo. she looks like she changed in the dark or threw on the first thing she saw for a quick grocery store run. she has some bodysuit as if she were training and then just threw on the jacket and most random shoes to go out. her shoes literally look like 1980s leg warmers… like why ?? not to mention the collar is unnecessary and if her jacket has the uchiha crest on the back, why does she have earrings of the uchiha crest?? it makes her look tacky :// i do like that her hair was kept short and it sports the uchiha spikes ^_^

overall i think the designs are fine… i like them, but at the same time i don’t. this is a manga about ninjas. these designs feel like the narutoverse got thrown in a modern AU. let’s not forget the reason naruto is the way it is, is cuz it was inspired by traditional japanese culture. i understand in boruto they’re getting more modern with the tech, but that doesn’t mean throw away the traditional aspects naruto had. if anything, the clothing made it feel more authentic and true to it being inspired by traditional japanese culture. boruto feels more like a shonen manga trying to be an outdated fashion magazine at the same time. i understand ikemoto is inspired by jojo, but that’s jojo. the fashion is a whole different kind compared to the naruto one. if they want us to see this as naruto’s sequel, these designs don’t help it at all

[squeamishnerd]

The Brights

Chapter 18: Learning, Part 3

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Ned: I want to say sorry for what I said, or implied, about woohoo between men. I shouldn't have just assumed, or brought it up for that matter.

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Beren: It's been months, we can just leave it behind us. There are things I shouldn't have said either, such as the things about creating sentient beings.

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Beren: When I got home that day I realised that eating meat goes against my ethical views.

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Beren: So I'm never eating meat again.

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Ned: At least not that kind of meat.

Beren: Oh my Watcher, Ned!

Ned: Sorry, just a bit of a payback.

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Beren: I guess I deserved that.

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Ned: I just want to make sure, are you okay with talking about woohoo?

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Beren: Meh, I don't have much experience in that department, but it's a normal thing, it happens to most people at some point. I'm not a fan of hearing details though.

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Ned: "Don't have much experience"?

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Ned: Do you have any experience?

Beren: No comment.

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Ned: I'm confused.

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Beren: Please continue to be.

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Rory: So now you've seen a few bots, and you've seen cars that move. Anything else we need to do here?

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Ahriman: Yes, there's something I'd like to check in Gibbs Hill, preferably after sunset.

Rory: No problem.

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Lou: Let me just go ask those two for directions.

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Ahriman: Ugh… Why is he asking some randos for directions when he could've just asked me? Didn't he listen when I was talking about the positioning of the sun and all that? Not to mention, I already know Britechester like the back of my hand.

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Rory: He probably just wanted an excuse to flirt with them. He's also not too smart in his were form.

Ahriman: "Not too smart" is a very kind way to put it.

(Author's note: Due to the etymology of the word "werewolf", I'll use "were form" and "wolf form" to describe the two forms.)

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Lou: Hi there! You two cuties don't happen to know which way Gibbs Hill is?

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Lou: Also, blondie, can I have your number?

Ned: No, sorry.

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Lou: How about you then?

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Beren: Ehhh… Gibbs Hill is that way.

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Ned: Nice save. You're blushing a lot though.

Beren: That was so awkward.

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Ahriman: You probably dodged a bullet with the blond one. I know I'm generalising now, but he looked like the type of person who'd be really boring in bed.

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Lou: But what about the other one?

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Ahriman: Honey, please, don't even think about it, he's so out of your league.

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Lou: But he was blushing a lot. That's a good sign.

Ahriman: He blushed because it was embarrassing. You were smooth as sandpaper.

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Lou: Is he out of your league too?

Ahriman: Maybe if he had had a goatee.

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[savethevamps]

Topmews communication will get them far. If we compare relationships theirs is the one that is most realistic and has more long term potential. It is amusing to see people cite them as the most toxic couple as well as the most boring couple because if they are boring then what are they doing that is toxic? Sorry to say but I don’t think any of these relationships are the definition of healthy by most standards so everyone pretending one is worse is idiotic. We can say who is toxic by our personal standards but we should not pretend like one is worse just because we like another.

Okay I agree on some points but some I disagree lol hold on, here’s another long answer no one asked for…

I agree that Topmew’s communication will get them very far and that was the point that Top was trying to make, as well as the point I talked about with forgiveness. They have the most long term potential because they are both looking for the same thing, are able to communicate, don’t sugar coat things, and can actually admit to their wrongs and apologize without making excuses. I don’t know if I said this here or not but they definitely have the vibes of a long term couple who are married and give out relationship advice to the younger queer kids (like Mew’s moms does for him)

Now on them being toxic ehhh I say let’s not pay that any mind because that is something that’s happening in the multiverse (and I told you guys we cannot pay attention to that because it will upset the space time continuum!) On them being boring? That is the people who think that’s own fault anonie, they had all these big theories about those two and let themselves down because they wanted some weird mastermind, villain shit to go down with them. They’re not boring by a long shot, they are painfully realistic and maybe that’s why people think that? The people who watch this show want “messy” (as in they want to see their faves hump eachother every other second while they have lukewarm drama happen in-between) so Topmew didn’t give them what they wanted since their problems were based in reality, and they actually showed growth. I truly believe people wanted Mew to turn into a cartoon villain who dunks Top into a vat of acid by the end of the series, they didn’t want growth or reflection; they just wanted revenge

Okay on your last point, mmm I think we actually can say some are worse than others from an objective standpoint. Like getting with your stalker? Yes, that is setting up a toxic relationship. Staying with the guy who verbally abuses you? Toxic relationship 101. Constantly trying to exact revenge on your boyfriend? Toxic as hell. So they all had their toxic points but I want people to focus on how it was handled in the end, and how we can predict they’ll move forward. Topmew acknowledge their mistakes and apologize while admitting that certain things will take longer to work through than others, at the end they decide to work and move forward because they love eachother. Nickboston highlight the fact that their relationship will be short lived and that they may not last in the long run, but that they will try to enjoy it while it lasts with no expectations and rules binding them. Sandray continue the cycle they’ve been in since day one where they lie and deflect without any real communication besides the same song and dance they’ve always done. All I’m saying is this, all these relationships got rocky but the way it’s handled is what matters in the end that’s all.

Anyway anonie, all relationships benefit greatly from communication and we can see that so yeah! Thanks for the ask <3

[the-silver-peahen-residence]

Hey Bradley have you tried doing something more stupid? Maybe involving the little drakes and hell kitten cub babies? Or did you learn your lesson?

@demon-blood-youths

Bradley tense hearing the anon but he sighed to glare looking away. "Ehhh...maybe? I was trying to help some guys so I can get some cash..though..that didn't work." he mutters.

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"Are you sure the demons you found are fresh and we can sell them with no issue?" the leader was walking down the hall with Bradley who was looking bored but proud of his little capture.

"I told ya yes! Believe me, these kids are all new and their pretty dangerous. Having demon blood in their veins of course. I think you'll love them." he said even if the boss was looking silent.

"Yeah, that's what some of my former men said before they got our asses beat up for stealing the wrong kids. You better hope for your sake your right." he said before getting to the door opening it. The room was lit but their was some sniffles and crying in a cage.

About 9 kids were in there chained against the wall. Bradley saw the leader look at them but he was silent due to them being scared. The leader walks over but checks the cage seeing the kids though some was crying and a few were pissed off.

"You said you found these demons right? They didn't belong to anyone else right?" He asked to be clear that Bradley sweatdrops.

"OF course! I said it time and time again! Believe me, they are random kids. Theirs pretty rare demons if I say so myself." he chuckled yet the leader looks to the kids but he noticed something.

Some of them had familiar grey eyes or some having black hair. Hold on....he sees the kids close but the ones that was angry was ready to beat the other up.

"Tch.....you old smelly farts will pay for kidnapping us! Wait till we get out of here!" One kid shouted but he was furious right now.

"I'm scared..I want my mommy and daddy!!!" one girl cries with some trying to calm her down.

"If I had my arms loose I can melt the bars of this cage!" a girl struggles while she was sitting down.

Yeah that seems familiar to the leader before he had to wonder. "I guess these brats will work. You, pay him." the other follower walks over with some cash as Bradley snickers.

"Thanks so much. I will be happy to work with you again." he said about to take the money until the leader gets a better look at the kids.

"You know? You brats look familiar....it's sad that you wont' live much longer after we are done." he said.

"Oh yeah!? Try it! I bet our mom won't like that you kidnapped her drakes! You'll pay for this!" Yuto said that the leader blinks.

"Wait? Your mom? I thought you brats were orphans.."

"No! Were not! That sleezeball kidnapped us!" Atsuki said.

"Hold on; who is your mother?"

"Ask him!" they said to Bradley who blinks. The leader looks to the kids then at him.

"You. Explain. You said you found these brats. Your telling me that they are still with their parents!?" he said grabbing Bradley who sweatdrops.

"Eehhhhh yeah? I mean, it's nothing wrong. I sorta kidnapped the six claws of the blue dragon's children and her bond sisters daughter. But it's nothing too bad-"

"YOU STOLE WHO'S KIDS!!" The leader was shocked but the flashbacks were coming back to look at him then at the kids in the cage.

"YOU IDIOT! YOU DIDN'T TELL ME YOU STOLE THEIR KIDS! THEY ALREADY WARNED ME TO NEVER MESS WITH THEM AND YOU GONE AND BRING THEM TO ME!? YOU EVEN BROUGHT THE HELL PANTHERS DAUGHTER!?"

"What?! You said bring you brats and I did!"

"You idiot! You should know their anger and wrath! they will kill us all if they found out! You need to give them back!" he said.

"Ummmm funny story I can't.." Bradley laughed scared with a sweatdrop.

"And why not!?" the leader demanded before the two hear a loud roaring noise from outside to make him tense and hearing some of his guards screaming in panic.

"......."

"....Shit. Not again.." he said afraid but hearing a more angry roar out there. "You idiot! I never wanted to get in trouble with them again! And you brought their kids here! Are you trying to get me killed!" he said shaking him.

"I thought you said you wanted subjects!" he said dizzy.

"I DO BUT NOT THE ROYAL CHILDREN YOU IDIOT!" He shouted before Bradley looks nervous. Of course Tatsuki, Kazuki, Airi, Atsuki, Mio, Shiori, Yuto, and Haruki heard and knew the roar came from their mom's Wyvern, Remby.

"That's Remby! That means mom and dad are here!" Tatsuki said happy to hear this but the kids were holding onto the bars. However, Kat saw some black flames knowing one thing along with cursed energy.

"Mom! Dad! Mine are here too!" she said happy.

Now the kids were screaming for their parents but the leader rushes to calm them down.

"No no please don't! I'll let you guys out!" he said struggling with the key.

"HEY WAIT! DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK ME TO KIDNAP THEM!?" Bradley said trying to stop him but he and the leader were fighting over the key with the followers sweatdrop confused.

They were not sure if they should stop them fighting before hearing more things being destroyed. However, that's when they saw some black flames mixed with cursed energy flying by hearing a angry shot from Jinx and Yuji who was beating up every bad guy wanting to find their cub.

"Damn it, where is my cub!?" Jinx said holding up one knocked out dizzy guard with the others screaming to run away from Yuji who was chasing them. The six claws were attacking any of the followers with Remby roaring out swinging his tail to hit a few with Ink kicking some away right into some crates. She was not happy right now and was more worried of finding her little drakes. They had to be here somewhere but she was gripping her greatsword.

She knew whoever took her babies she will not show mercy!

The followers pale to see this but that's when the leader gets the key from Bradley. "Finally! Here, I'm letting them out." he begins to unlock the cell and goes to free the kids while they were keeping still.

That is till seeing the hide out door get shot down by something as the followers tense seeing some angry tiger growling. They got scared moving away from him but Mio knew.

"Daddy!" She reaches for the tiger who heard but relaxed seeing his cub safe.

"T..that's her father!?" One follower said in shock seeing the others now more afraid. Atsushi growls at the followers who back up from the cage as the tiger roars out loud to tell the others he found the kids. The sound of foot steps were heard showing the six claws along with Jinx, Yuji, and Ink.

"Our babies!" Ink and Jinx rushes to the gate but shoves Bradley out the way as the leader freed Kat before getting grabbed by Jinx lifting him up. She was seriously strong.

"WAIT WAIT WAIT! DON'T HURT ME!"

"Why did you kidnap our kids!?" Ink said glaring as the boss was crying.

"It was not me! HE'S the one that kidnapped your kids!" he said pointing to Bradley who was tip toeing away but tense sweating.

"You again??" Jinx said yet Bradley laughed scared.

"Uhhhh hi?" he said but he saw the very angry wives/moms ready to kill Bradley who pales at the anger coming off the two in waves.

"Guys? Take the kids outside. Me and Jinx wanna talk to him.." Ink said as Jinx drops the leader who cries getting up and runs away screaming. His followers follow him in fear.

"WERE SORRY!!" They said running out and away from the angry parents. The six claws and Yuji nods going to pick up their kids. They were happy to see them safe but they knew their wives were going to beat up Bradley as he was crying afraid.

"WAIT WAIT! I'M SORRY I'M SORRY PLEASE SPARE ME!! NOOOOOO!!!!!"

As the husbands take the kids outside they were happy to see the children were safe. Though, hearing the screams of Bradley with Ink and Jinx shouting angry made them smile. Their wives were something else.

[tryingtolearnartsob]

I really did mean for break and DID have it. Just not as large of a break that I thought but did feel enough of a break to be one…I think I said break too many times I’ve lost the direction of where I was going with this

—ANYWAYS. it was very meaningful and very good for me. like I tried to not at all think about art and enjoy other stuff and well yeah I came back to art eventually and did urges to draw but I didn’t succumb to it mainly because I didn’t feel ready but I did start to just…watch videos.

—a lot of informative anatomy videos and stuff and like got around to wanting to draw then….and this time I really just wanted to scribble thingies in

—and just ehhh I forgot my main first thoughts as I was doing it tbh. but I know that I was focusing on the arms and stuff and I wanted to do it like in drawing circle for elbow first etc and then I wanted to focus on the pelvis. I did an overdraw for one of the figures too of how the pelvis would be like and then draw over it how the legs and stuff would connect cuz the first one looked like ??? what was that lol

—but I still didn’t feel like I really how things are structured and how legs are connected to it and so videos helped a lot in that 😌 I had like geneallllk understanding but it wasn’t enough and like looking at pelvis diff angles and stuff wasn’t enough either and I felt like I didn’t understand properly how leg was connected but I think I got it now….? I say that but I still feel like I need to strength my knowledge some more. it’s not as strong as it can be.

—anyways after that I was doing other stuff but still wanted to draw so I got out the pen n paper

—I didn’t have any real goal….i just had urge to draw smth…. Did some random doodles and kinda focusing a bit on drawing boxes and stuff I saw around me. Practicing my lines too (and lol I feel like my line on paper is so much better than line on digital….. idk if it’s just the texture of paper… rather than the glass or iPad but it feels like? my line control is so much better lol maybe it’s the knock off Apple Pencil that’s just bad) (sigh why did my pencil have to break 😔)

—also Drew juv n srda for a bit since I was getting bored of doing random stuff and ahhhh honestly just kinda feeling upset cuz I felt like I completely forgot everything 😭😭😭 on how to even sketch in a decent figure pose… 😔😔😔

—and I forgot what happened in the middle lol…? but I think I watched more videos and stuff and then tried to contrast the figure pose again after some time and this time…? I think I got it…! also one thing I realised with the arms is that lollll I’ve been forgetting to draw in deltoid…fjjfjfjdj. anyways very happy with the lower part of this page. I feel like that’s when I started to Get It

—I’ve been wanting to draw hands better but I think the problem with how I’ve been drawing/kinda practising hands before is that when I tried to draw what I saw in refs the problem was that I felt like my knowledge of hand was insufficient like I knew general/gist stuff but like… I didn’t feel like I had the best understanding so I watched a lot of hand anatomy stuff (thank you proko…) and it helped in getting more understanding of what’s going on with the hands and stuff and so when I was sketching in this time… it felt more fun and I liked this session of drawing hands to any other even if they didn’t turn out well cuz I felt like my understanding was much better.

—also added in some finger single studies since that’s what im very weak in also I feel like I need to better understand the fat/muscle sides of the pinkie and stuff since I don’t think I get that well.. I’ve been using method of drawing in the knuckle/joints of where figures would be after drawing in palm and it helped really great with getting the spacing and stuff down.

—like example when I say I didn’t get the understanding of hand before: like I knew how hand works and stuff but like I feel my understanding/structure of the hand was like…. very not fresh? but now I can imagine better and know what’s there. that I just need to focus on how to draw it and feel for how it all connects and stuff…. that’s what I mean

—I think the best hand kinda turned out to be the one where I didn’t do the whole drawing in the joints for hands… it was the second last hand I did and I felts like I had general idea of where the fingers go so I just drew in the general shape and it was much easier to clearly draw in the bend of the fingers that it turned out to look better… idk how to put this into words but yeah…

—I honestly did have plans to do more figure studies and stuff but I got swept by things and it didn’t come to be but yeah. very happy n satisfied with how this day turned out to be. the break was very well needed<3 it’s kind of funny since it doesn’t seem like a break but for real. I usually think of art 24/7 and even when im not drawing im usually thinking about it or watching videos about it. and well taking this break where I purposely drew my attention away from that was very good. I need that break. I think from here things are gonna go slow and stuff. Which is a pace I probs need. to ingest more construction/understanding information that I can then apply/strength my figure prac drawing….

—one thing I do want to focus on is the heads. like I noticed when I draw heads…..like for normal angles the problem is that I don’t have a structure and stuff for chin/jaw etc and it’s kind of….a lot of fumbling.? so I think I just need to get better understanding and think of way to draw it in a way that’s less more fumbling lol.