#i had to ask my brother to explain some context HAHAHA

[aryomengrande]

these tiktoks of rin cosplayers tryna stop sae cosplayers got me cackling lmao one of the sae cosplayers even has a suitcase 😭

[pendwelling]

Helloo,sorry for the trouble but could you tell me a bit about the ending of twsb? Is it a happy ending? Do all the main 3 get to live together? I am still in 170s as there is no other eng translation out there to read ahead... 🥺. I would really appreciate your help as the curiosity is killing me.

//SPOILERS FOR TWSB ENDING!!!!!!//

I answered a similar question on twt/x so I'll just elaborate on my answer from there haha:

It's a very VERY happy ending!!!!! Think of all the struggles and desires of the main characters and imagine them finally getting peace, solace, and happiness. TWSB at its core had always been a very character-driven story where the goals and desires of the characters were what largely push the plot forward, and after all their struggles, you can tell the ending was lovingly crafted over a careful build-up of 920 chapters. They all get their resolution, and character who have went through tragedies get their second chances at living a kinder life, and the villains get their comeuppance in the fair way that TWSB tends to treat its antagonists (there's also proper trial investigations being done and etc etc, politics and court affairs in this novel is actually so interesting.)

All the characters have obtained their perfect endings in their fitting respective ways! It's a super gratifying conclusion for readers, and the thing about Sookym is that they also do a great job in making us care (or feel strong emotions towards) their large cast of characters.

In a more meta sense (since TWSB, for its genre, is surprisingly very meta)(and this is also a spoiler in regards to the universe's God), the "God" wishes for the main characters to be happy, and so the story has shifted itself so that a happy ending is something that our beloved characters are finally able to achieve for themselves without outside interference of original narrative structure forces (think of it a bit like ORV's Probability, TWSB has something similar to that). And in fact, for both the TWSB universe, AND the original QPB universe, as well. I can also confirm that the original Jesse Venetiaan gets his well-deserved happy ending, too! 🥹

Yeseo does indeed get to reunite with his siblings, too, and he ALSO gets to live with Cédric and Ham Ga-in Christelle on the weekends! (Despite pretty much being "married" into the Imperial Family and becoming Pope, this guy still chooses to work his usual 9-to-5 in the modern world LMAO.....)

There is an inter-world arrangement going on that is a bit hard to explain because there's a lot of context behind how it came to be haha, but basically Yeseo is essentially a bride that moves between households after getting married (LMAO). Everyone is very happy! Cédric especially, is very very smug that he gets to keep his beloved partner close by—he even safely escorts Yeseo back home like a dutiful partner whenever he needs to go back to his family home HAHAHA. Jung Hyunseo and him kinda have some beef over it, actually (Hyunseo: "this is his home?? why does he need an escort...." *insert smug Cédric face*). Hyunseo is really the older brother who has to deal with the antics of eccentric otherworldly in-laws and a model-student younger brother who has now grown up to be a bit of a troublemaker..... (There's a scene where Yeseo shows up and goes "Here's our baby!" while holding pretty-much-their-baby(DONT ASK WKDJKD)(AND NO THERES NO MPREG) and gives Hyunseo a near heart attack while Cédric looks so so so smug and self-fulfilled, he's such a brat..... (affectionate)).

All in all, after the war between the Riester Empire (with the allied forces of other countries + Crown Princess Elise) and the Sneijders of Venetiaan, there are award ceremonies (several characters get promoted or given new titled ranks), memorials and eulogies for those fallen in the war, and a very well wrapped-up conclusion to this huge conflict (again politics in TWSB are actually very interesting and really well done imo). It largely has to do with the Almighty God, as well, but I won't say much about that because 1.) It's a revelation that is best made while reading yourself, and 2.) It's a bit complicated to understand without the proper context anyway hahajah....

(I can also confirm that future emperor Cédric probably won't have to worry about siring an heir. Congratulations to Yeseo for essentially being the queerplatonic mother to his two partners' "children".....)(this sounds absolutely crazy but it makes sense OK trust me, but anyway, CYC are partners and I trust that they will continue to support each other for a long, long time hehe)

It's super, super satisfying, and a very happy ending for Yeseo and friends! :')

[menemosa]

ooooh deities <333

warning: this is very very long fjeiwajgoaew

okay okay so Deities is kinda weird cause its basically just a 15-page compilation of all the short stories/character exploration things i do for some of my ocs. uhh for context, i’ve been working on a pantheon with a friend for about 2 years now technically inspired from nordic mythology but honestly we just made it into a building place for any ideas we have for... whatever honestly HAHAHA

i’ll just add a snippet to one of the short stories and give a really long explanation for it cause uhh there’s a lot of stories and lot of context and we’ll be here forever if i explain each and every one lol

Amaia is known for being the most merciful amongst her siblings, the one that is sure to answer when mortals seek her help. She is the one with prayers flooding her eardrums, crowds of worshippers that burn her their finest materials, and devotion felt in the crevasse of every piece of marble on her temples.

She is only one left of the Oprindelige, the only to survive the madness that courses through her family’s veins. Amaia’s worshippers adore her for the fact that she is the only one who stayed, but she knows that it’s only a matter of time before they grow displeased with her. She is too kind, too distant, too neutral. She remains with the souls of the dead, and the living has never quite forgiven her for that.

Amaia now knows she is an amalgamation of the things she tries to leave behind. A juxtaposition of immortality and death, she is surrounded by the skeletal husks of the once was and no longers. Her heart holds a vice-like grip on her memories and plagues her with the whispers of what if. They murmur a name long forgotten. Amaia had run to the realm of the dead to find some of the peace the dead seemed to possess, but only found that bitterness lasts far beyond the grave and regret? Regret remains forever.

so basically, amaia’s the she’s the youngest in four gods called the “Oprindelige”. they’re the accidental children of vynarin, a four-faced primordial god, and were conceived as he was wounded by his older brother (who’s basically trying to kill him but that’s another story lol). vynarin is a shitty, neglectful parent who doesn’t care one iota about his so-called children.

this ends up driving amaia’s older sister, eyfura, to become controlling and manipulative af towards her siblings because of her abandonment issues and eventually drives each sibling against each other. now all of amaia’s older siblings despise mortals, which is a big problem because amaia actually runs away and falls in love with a mortal princess turned queen haha.

in an attempt to bring her back into their embrace, her older siblings execute this amazing plan to kill off amaia’s lover (all ofc orchestrated in the background by eyfura the sister of the year <3). their plan backfires on them completely because rather than go back to them, amaia instead exiles herself into the realm of the dead and takes over as the goddess of the dead. and because she’s actually kind and cares about humanity, she’s the most worshipped one of her siblings lol

so all in all, this entire thing is just amaia reminiscing about how she attained her status as a beloved god and being very very sad

ask game

[scoups4lyfe]

Cont. They kind of set it up by having the previous time having some humor with Kagerou even though in his arc he was always played fairly serious. Like Daiji asking Sakura why she kicked to hard or the three saying the annoying ones are here. Toku often uses humor to bring villains down from their terrifying status from before like Kuroto Dan or Gentoku. However if the writers bring back this as a moment for Daiji later in the series then I would change my opinion from a bad funny moment.

LOL. Thanx for the explanation anon <33.

Yeah hahaha I get what you mean. Honestly the episode 15 non con was SUPER purposeful and has a lot of really interest symbolism and mirroring for the narrative.

The siblings thing specifically was in there for more than just lols, hahahaha. I say this because the writers for Revice put sh#t in there for a reason. ALWAYS.

(Which is why I was originally so confused about the ep 15 non-con, I was like "this was done on purpose 100%. But uh...why? WHY???" lmao. Know I kno)

Revice, Intentional Writing, and the episode 15 Non-Con being GENIUS actually.

Warnings: Spoilers (obv) and uh...idk talk about cults :D

Analysis under the cut <33.

Yeah so as stated above, I was like "wow why did they DO that."

And then me and Nacho were talking about the show (when I should've been liveblogging LOL, and ended up analyzing the sh#t out of the non-con episode.)

Right so our conversation:

context; I was explaining how intentional and genius is Revice is when it comes to all the little details. Like how episode 10's apology seems lackluster -- until you change the lens you have of Daiji, and why Kagerou was created. I talk about this more in another one of my analysis posts. WHich I'll eventually link here at some point :PP.

me:

"Originally, I had this problem with Ikki's apology in episode 10. But upon retrospection, it's actually really good? Like if you have on the lens where Daiji wants to be relied on and trusted, then it makes sense. Cause Ikki essentially apologizes for not believing or having faith in Daiji,;;;

"You're really strong too, aren't you?"

See, originally -- when ur out here listening to Kagerou's nonsense, you're like "lol Ikki.....it's nice that ur apologizing for not believing in ur brother. But this does not at all address the fact that you stole his dream from him" -- because if u see Daiji's hurt as "ikki became kamen rider, and stole my dream" then.... the apology just seem very lackluster.

But if you see Daiji's hurt as him wanting to be relied upon, and trusted / needed thennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.....It's an outstanding apology.

Nacho:

No yeah. Like I said before (about how everybody's facing their demons), it's a turning point for Ikki. He realizes how he hurt Daiji. The problem is that Ikki doesn't recognize how he's been hurt. Which is the problem with the entire Igarashi family system.

This is what I mean by nobody ever apologizes for the right things.

Ikki's right to apologize to Daiji about never letting him like, be himself. It's like, he slightly misses apologizing for over parenting y'know? It's the difference between saying "sorry for being such an overprotective older brother" and "sorry for acting like your father when I'm not"

And this I think isn't a small difference.

Sorry to bring this up again, but to me it proves why that non-con nonsense happened where Ikki and Sakura restrain Daiji.

The problem's problem's problem of the problem with Ikki is that he needs to really think and know the words: "my parents put me in a position where I was the parent to my siblings when that shouldn't have happened"

Until he does, he's always going to think his behavior's normal in some way. For example, Vice telling him that it's okay to be himself and be a busybody yadda yadda. It is okay to be a busybody, not okay to be a parent to your siblings, much less grown siblings.

Until Ikki reframes himself and his relationship with his siblings in his head, he'll keep giving himself liberties to overstep boundaries with them.

I mean can't uncook the rice. He's always going to have some weird approaches to his siblings and they to him for their entire lives. Can't go back in time and un-parent them.

But my point is that Ikki needs to tell himself that he needs to make boundaries between him and his siblings. It's great that he's letting Daiji do his own thing and trusting him more, but that's for Daiji

not for Ikki.

Biiiiiiig difference.

This is where the whole thing with restraining Daiji comes in. Ikki learned his lesson that hovering over Daiji was hurting Daiji. Simple. He won't do that thing that is hurting Daiji ever again.

But it's not seeing the forest through the trees. Not trusting Daiji is a consequence of parentification.

Back to my weeds metaphor LOL. The "weed" is the lack of trust, but the "root" is the parent-role of Ikki. So. Basically, as long as Ikki doesn't do that thing that hurts Daiji, he can be overbearing in other ways and that's okay bc nothing is telling Ikki it isn't.

He can decide what's best for Daiji bc he's Daiji's parent.

So if he and Sakura restrain Daiji, it isn't harmful, bc Ikki's in charge and supervising. He knows better, that Kagerou is needed for their mission, and that Daiji needs to accept Kagerou. Does he tell Daiji that so Daiji can make that decision himself? No, bc Ikki's the dad, Ikki decides. It's all good bc he's not doing that thing he knows hurts Daiji, he's not hovering and not letting Daiji fight like before. This is a totally different element of being Daiji's parent. And this allllll goes back to what my issue is with the apologies the Igarashis do. Don't get me wrong, Ikki's apology to Daiji is good like you said, from the perspective of addressing Daiji's hangups.

The issue I have is that Ikki sees the apology from a parent perspective. "I'm the father. I'm supposed to protect Daiji and instead I hurt him. It's my responsibility to make this right."

Me:

Man the non con episode....makes so much sense now?? And dammit wouldn't you bet that these two non-con cases are then running a comparison /contrast to each other?

It ALWAYS felt weird to me that we had the weird sibling non con and then right after fking jacked to sH*t;;;; ten times WORSE noncon with the deadmans.

Fked up and evil.

ANYWAYS.

My brain is wanting to make connections without actually thinking anything through so......

[It all comes back to Role Responsibility.]

For Ikki -- he dismisses the situation as okay, because as you said -- he's supervising.

For the Deadmans. It's the same.

Except Oltecca is the supervisor.

His role responsibility is for Gifu to be restored, and now that they have everyone needed gathered, its time for Aguilera to idk accept her purpose or whatever.

(As the virgin sacrifice or whatever fking nonsense was going on there sacrifice-wise. )

Essentially --- Oltecca was working, yes WITH Aguilera, and in a equal position to Julio -- but what gives him more responsibility or edge or power would be....

Whoever the fck told him Aguilera's actually a sacrifice to begin with.

So it all goes back to that skeevy Davy Jones mfer.

*****ANYWAYS.****

Oltecca sees himself ---(as his duty is as stated above, Gifu-sama's revival,,, so he was probably placed next to Aguilera for that reason, as well as whatever the hell makes you qualified for a latin-sona.)

as "in charge" .

Aguilera was never actually in charge, she just thought she was. And then she's the real sacrifice, Oltecca obv saw her differently than him and Julio.

Blah blah blah whatever-

Basically -- Oltecca is the one supervising Aguilera, and since Julio rioted?

Well.

Then he needed to be suitably punished.

So here, I don't doubt Oltecca did all that sh*t to teach Julio a lesson.

I mean, its even shown in the camera movements. Notice, that Chameleon's hand doesn't touch Aguilera (its in movement towards her face) until we have a close-up on Julio and his reaction of it.

And what happens next?

The camera zooms out while Julio continues screaming (while being held down) and now the camera chooses to angle itself over Oltecca's shoulder. Why? Because -- notice how Oltecca is placed a few steps above Aguilera and Julio (while he's being punished). He's even sitting right next to the Gifu-statue.

Which represents how (in being closer towards the statue, and up a few steps from ground-floor); Oltecca is essentially in a higher position than Aguilera and Julio.

And the camera therefore angles over his shoulder, not only to show the difference in placement between the Deadmans 3 in terms of power, but ALSO to show that Oltecca is supervising the situation.

See, if it was as simple as:

We need to sacrifice Aguilera to Gifu,

....then there would have been no need for the non-con scene. She could just be tied up and sacrificed. But Julio attacking Oltecca at the start of the episode is the reason, why Oltecca does this.

In this punishment what he's essentially saying is:

'She isn't your leader. She isn't your friend. She's a sacrifice.'

Now, this is also why in ep 15 -- although it would've been easy -- Oltecca doesn't kill or hurt Julio in any way that would be permanent. (y'know other than mentally) Because he recognizes Julio as part of their fked up cult family; hence why he chooses to punish him instead.

Even HERE, Oltecca isn't worried about Aguilera trying to run off. She's pretty well brainwashed when it comes to Gifu-sama, and she herself said she would gladly be a sacrifice for him.

No, Oltecca's addressing Julio. "YOU need to stay put!" All of his emphasis is on Julio, and his insubordination towards both Oltecca and the cult.

And again -- like you said,

Oltecca obv don't see nothing wrong with what he's doing (nor them other fools) because Oltecca is supposed to be supervising. He's the one that needs to hand out the punishments as he has the highest rank among the 3 of them.

So just more cult baloney basically....

Anyways :D...I guess now a LOT of things make sense to me. LIke why Oltecca killed Julio's friend.

Nacho: Naw, I get you. The *PARALLELS*

Me: Yeah, that's the whole thing.

THAT'S why ep 15 is known as the non-con episode. It's like a fked up puzzle box. Where it's 3D so you gotta....fit the pieces together. Damn this all makes so much more sense?

And I never would've gotten it ---clicked--- if it wasn't for ur analysis of Ikki's role and why the non-con scene happened?

[On Oltecca killing the Friend]

See, this actually really does make sense to me, because for Oltecca --- this friend is a THREAT. It's an outsider, who is trying to establish a close relationship with someone in the cult --- and nOT because they want to join the cult either.

Plus, the component of Julio's continued insubordination, and his 'betrayal' of the cult by taking Aguilera's side (when Oltecca is tech their supervisor. Julio should be listening to HIM, and not fleeing with the sacrifice) and then when you tack on the fact that Julio was probably Oltecca's closest thing to a friend / companion....

Just makes it all the more fxxked up.

I think for Oltecca what crossed the line for him

(aka why he decided to critically injure/kill Julio at the end of ep 18)

.... is because of Julio.....entering a state (because of his friend dying) of idk trauma induced power from anger, and fking TOTALING Oltecca.

Rocked his sh*t so hard he started to evaporate.

So, here ------ Oltecca actually being injured and needing to flee is 1) insulting because as he's the highest rank among the Deadmans 3 and a subordinate attacked him, PLUS having more power is..........not great. And then when you add in the fact that Julio HURT Oltecca.

.....Before this Julio had never actually succeeded in causing any damage lol. He just attacked Oltecca and then got his lights stomped out.

And, obviously the more power thing made Oltecca vunerable as well which I'm sure he didn't like.

And we see this, in Oltecca for the first time ever, saying: "Julio, YOU BASTARD!!"

Before escaping like a coward, so when Julio is just on his mad rampage and fighting the sibs, Oltecca comes to watch from afar. I'm sure there is something else I'm not thinking of for his surveillance /him watching from above.

Nacho: Hmmmm I'd like to rewatch the scene too. Something something distance? From the other deadmans, so like Oltecca is both distant and above them?

DAMN AND THAT'S WHY OLTECCA IS ON THE BALCONY!!!

HE'S TRYING TO DISTANCE HIMSELF!!!!

Like-- he's raised higher, placing them below him, and he's disconnected aka he's only watching.

(This was basically the end of me and Nacho's convo <33.)

And in hindsight of that conversation/Episode,

I would also like to raise the observation that BEFORE Julio hurt him, Oltecca walked on equal ground with him. (Standing on the same plane.) And directly after Julio hurts him, Oltecca distances himself from them AND places himself above them.

Once again showing he thought of Julio more as a friend/someone he was on a similar level with, than Aguilera.

[laughing-with-god]

Pandemonium VI

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“And where would I be?  Feeling lonely...separated from my one and only.  So please, don’t take my love away.  Let my baby stay.” - Mac Demarco

“I mean...it is rather nice of him to do that.”

You shrugged at Kat, still on the fence on whether or not to have a positive or negative reaction to the anecdote.  

You had just informed her on the call you had received just a couple of hours ago, the one concerning a certain artist paying off your mom’s medical bills.  

Even you (a very stubborn person) had to admit that having that expense paid was a giant weight off you and your families’ shoulders.

But at what cost?  

You recalled his cunning and sly smiles, further proof that his intentions may not be all that innocent.  All you needed to find out was his motive for doing this. That would connect this puzzle and ease your mind of the enigma that was Taehyung.  But the more you thought about it, the more puzzled you became. He was flirtatious but just you thought someone was cute, doesn’t mean it will justify paying off their injured mothers’ medical bill (that was at least a couple grand).  

But, this was a rich kid you were talking about.  

Money was as familiar to him as water was to fish.  

He spent thousands like you spent monopoly money.  Little to no care of real life consequences.

“I just wish for some context.  Like what the fuck?” You asked your friend.  Kat just nodded as she walked beside you, half listening to you but half paying close attention to the shops you guys passed.  

“Yeah, it is very odd.  You did say this was Jimin’s younger brother, right?  Perhaps he heard about Jimin snapping and coming to our dorm so he figured he should apologise on Jimin’s behalf.”  At the mention of Jimin’s name, your face went stony and expressionless.

You didn’t want to tell Kat about your day, about how Jimin went so far as to show up outside your class, clearly looking for you.  You didn’t want to bring up his name ever again, especially in front of Kat. The last thing you wanted was for her to be reminded of your crazed sugar daddy and how he dared assault her.  Hell, you didn’t want to think about your craptastic day.

You just sighed and agreed to let the topic drop, for now at least.

“I guess that makes sense.  You’re very smart, Kat.”

She just laughed, used to you complimenting her IQ when you were just being over-dramatic and lacked the use of yours.  Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks which caused you to do so as well. Her elfish face looked up and grinned up at the sign of a certain small shop.  

“We’re here.”  

--

The overwhelming floral scent hit your nostrils, causing you to scrunch up your nose in slight disgust.  You never got why people hyped up the smell of flowers...the citrus and perfumey smell gave you a slight headache when given to you in heavy doses.

“Kat, I really don’t think this is needed.”  You murmured to you friend. She waved you off and guided you to the short line.  

“This place is the most well-known florist shop in our city, (Y/n).  Trust me, your aunt and mom will love this. And it’s always proper etiquette to send something when a family member is in the hospital.”

You rolled your eyes, “Sis, I literally spent days with her at the hospital.  I’m pretty sure I’m in the clear as far as etiquette goes.”

Kat wasn’t hearing it.  “Maybe after seeing our nice ass flowers, your aunt will get off your dick.”  She laughed while rubbing her hands together.

“Okay I’m gonna act like you’re not just using my mom’s accident as an excuse to look at some flowers.”  

If Kat heard you, she ignored it as she began to list off the different kinds of flowers that would be good in this situation.  She really was a tumblr bitch whom was addicted to these types of things. You fondly smiled, you rather her be like this than the way you saw her yesterday.  Shaken and afraid.

The line moved as one more customer was served.  At this moment, Kat’s phone rung and her cheerful face slid into a more somber expression.  

“I need to take this, it’s Cynthia.”  You let her go, knowing just how thin and frail the foundation of their relationship currently was.  Now you stood alone in the line, waiting for your turn.

With nothing to do, you couldn’t help but overhear the guy who was in front of you and talking to the worker.

“I don’t know much about flowers but I just need something to send to my friend, he just got married last week and I couldn’t make the wedding..” His voice was velvet smooth and neither high-pitched nor low.  

All you could see was the backside of this man.  He was tall and rather lean. Shoulders were wide, but they had a delicate droop downwards, giving his posture a relaxed but consecutive posture.  His neck was long (at least the back of it was) and sat on top of his head was a perfectly brushed mop of black hair.

The worker just nodded and began to work on getting an order together for him.  You supposed that they got that all the time, people just coming in and asking for flowers without knowing what is called for.  

“I can take the next person in line!”  

You moved up to the area beside the other worker and that mystery guy as an older lady waved you over to her work station.  “What can I do for you, sweets?”

Words were caught in your throat.  Fuck, it was Kat who was supposed to be doing all of this.  You decided to follow that other guys’ lead and just tell her the situation so she can come up with the appropriate set up.  

“Yeah, I need flowers delivered to my mother’s house.  She got into a car accident and I can’t be with her as much as I’d like.”  the older lady gave you a sympathetic look as she began to lay down some paper to wrap the the flowers in.  

“Do you have a particular color in mind?”  She asked, sensing your lack of knowledge. You shrugged.  

“I don’t know..  My friend mentioned doing something multi-colored?”  You trailed off, trying to recall bits of Kat’s rambling.  

“Well, we just got some lilies in.  They come in white, pink, red, orange and yellow.”  

“Can we do white and pink?”  She nodded and smiled.

“Did you mention this will be getting delivered? “  You nodded and she handed you a paper that needed to be filled out before heading towards the back to get the flowers.  

While putting down the address and zip code of your moms’ house, you couldn’t help but feel as though you were being watched.  

You looked over and it was the guy who was in front of you just moments before, instead this time he was facing you head on.

His face was long and slender, just like his body.   Chin was in a perfect V-shape, lips were wide and pink while currently being pulled back in a chesire grin. His teeth were tall and pure white. His nose was high rised, but had a smooth and perfect arch.  It was long without being too big and was weirdly the best nose you’ve ever seen. Although his face was slim, his cheeks held a good amount of flesh on them, and they caused his eyes to crinkled while smiling.  His eyes were ink-black, but deep set and held a glossy look over them that made them appear slightly watery. They were slightly swollen as well, giving them the appearance of cuteness and surrounded by dense eyelashes.  Sort of like an anime character. The man was currently wearing a denim jacket, white shirt and black jeans.

You made eye contact and he just continued to stare at you.

You huffed.

Why the fuck were men addicted to staring?  

“Can I help you?”  You called out.

He nodded, smiling even wider if possible.  

“What’s your name?”  

You rolled your eyes.  “What’s it to you?”

“I’ll pay for your order if you just give me your name.”  

Instinctively, before you can process it, you had said, “(Y/n).”

He took a step towards you, now peering down at you.  “Hello (Y/n), I’m Hoseok.”

You nodded but ignored his words and pushed the clipboard to him.  “So like right here is where the card information comes in. Don’t forget to tip the delivery person too!”  You shoved the paper in his face, making sure he won’t go back on his promise.

He laughed cheerfully, the sound like bells chiming as his eyes scrunched up to the point where you doubt he even could see through them, mouth widely ajar as more laughter escaped it.  

“Your very funny, (Y/n).”  He commented, looking at you up and down while still chuckling,  

You nodded but couldn’t help but notice that he had yet to fulfill his side of the deal.  You fake laughed but grabbed his hand and forcefully shoved him to the table along with the clipboard.  

“HAhahA, yeah so the order should come out to like 30 or something and I don’t know about shipping costs but like here’s the pen and if you can just sign here and there, that’d be great.”

He laughed but did it nonetheless, signing off on paying for the order.  Apparently, your pushiness was very humorous to him.

You gave hit back a pat on the back and said, “Thanks dude, but I gotta blast.”

He called out from behind you but you sprinted out of the shop, not wanting to give him the chance to regret paying for your flowers.  Kat was outside still on the phone, you just dragged her along with you down the street, promising to explain later.

As a wise woman once said; men ain’t shit but walking dick with wallets.  

--

“Is that really what you thought of me?”  He laughed hard, bunny smile evident and and rounded teeth poking out.

“Listen sis, I just know a fuckboy when I see one and all my alarms were going off when I spotted your steroids headass.”

“For the last time, I’m not on steroids.”

“Yeah, you prob just snort protein powder like it’s crack. “

Jungkook laughed harder at that, hunching over in his seat.  

At the moment, both of you were at the campus library.  You had agreed to meet up for the project, not willing to risk your grade being compromised just because your partner was someone less than ideal.  Also, he proved himself to be somewhat decent when he helped you sneak out when Jimin showed up. Quickly, you started to feel bad for assuming that he was trash.  Throughout the study date, it became apparent that he was stuck in a fuckboy body, what laid under that was actually an easily flustered dork.

“(Y/n), you’re hilarious.” He giggled. You shrugged at this.  You honestly weren’t that funny, people just didn’t expect girls to be able to crack decent jokes.

You two were sat at a table, side by side with papers and books spread out between you two.  The library had large bookshelves that surrounded you, so tall that they almost reached the high ceilings and successfully blocked anyone from being able to see you and Jungkook unless they were at one of the other tables in the section.  However, the place was very empty with the core inhabitants being the librarians themselves, plus Jungkook and you.

“Yeah, yeah.  Listen, we got to find a way not to fail this class.”  You told him, trying to turn the attention back to the work.  

You had been there for roughly 20 minutes, but still nothing had been accomplished yet.  Jungkook had wanted to know why you were at first so cold to him, and you honestly told him that he just had that stupid frat boy vibe and you were already in a grouchy mood in the mornings.  He spent the next few minutes trying to convince you that he was actually a lame nerd. He listed off the things he did in hopes that your previous assumption of him would melt away. You had to admit, it worked rather well.  The iron man obsession, the video game marathons, the IU posters and the hobby of photography and videography weren’t what you first pictured when you saw him. You thought of axe body spray, “nudes?”, stupid gym pictures of him flexing and party going along with all those other things that came along with being a fuckboy.  You guess you were wrong.

“Basically, he just wants us to answer those questions onto a google presentation that we have to share with him.”  Jungkook explained, also looking at the work now. You groaned.

“How am I supposed to be able to answer those questions when I wasn’t even here for that lesson?”  You thunked your head against the table. “Jungkook you should consider curb stopping this professor.  Like, your so big for no reason? You should take one for the team…”

“Is that all I am to you?  A fucking right-hand man to send to handle your enemies?”  Jungkook fake pouted, placing a hand onto his chest.

“Shit, kook.  If I have a body builder for a friend, am I expected not to use him?”  Jungkook sighed, bunny face relaxing into a lazy grin. He took out a few more things from his folder and handed it over to you.

“Here, I have the answers and notes from that lesson.  Just copy it down so you can look it over whenever you need.”  You nodded in thanks and began to copy his work over to your own blank sheets.  It was quiet for a moment as Jungkook just fondly watched you do this, taking in your

side profile and adorable face expressions of concentration.  He wanted to drink you in blissfully, not with a care in the world for anything but this moment.  But something was preventing him from doing that. Something that bothered him.

“(Y/n)?”  he asked gingerly.  

“What?”  You responded, not looking up from the scribblings of fast note-taking.  

“Do I know that guy who you had to sneak past?”  

This question caught you off guard.  You looked up. “No. He doesn’t go here and he’s a bit older.”  

“If he ever gives you any problems, you know you can call on me right?”  This made you snort.

“Kook, you wouldn’t even hurt a fly.”  

He stared into you, eyes so dark and voice so bleak when he stated, “I can under the right circumstances.”

--

“KAT! WHAT THE FUCK ARE MY QUALITIES?!”  You yelled from across the dorm from your spot on the loveseat.

“FUCK IF I KNOW!”  She hollered right back from the bedroom.  You grumbled and pondered a bit more.

‘Good team player, headstrong, analytical and grand ability to laugh at oneself.’ You typed this down while chuckling at how lame it sounded.

The next question popped up on the screen.

“KAT!  WHY AM I A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION?!”  You screamed.

“SIS YOU’RE NOT!”  

You ignored this while typing down, ‘In desperate need of experience and said position offers such qualifications.’

The job application was complete and sent.  

Ever since you had cut off Jimin, you sworn off sugar daddies all together.  But, this didn’t mean that income wasn’t needed. You decided to do things the old fashioned way instead of chilling with older and richer men for cash, and chose to start filling out job applications.  

To be honest, you didn’t know how you were going to manage to take classes full time as well as work but you figured that you should at least try to talk to some employers about working.  You sent applications everywhere. To fast food places, to clothing stores, to even personal assistant positions.

If you didn’t at least get one call back, you were going to shoot yourself.  

Luckily, in a matter of two hours a call did come.  

You had an interview tomorrow afternoon.

--

A skirt, a dressy top and heels is what you were currently wearing.  You looked at yourself in the bathroom mirror and honestly couldn’t recognize yourself.

You looked like such a corprate drone…

The business building was very nice as well as the bathroom that you were currently hiding in.  You were one of the few people from the waiting room that were all interviewing for the position.  It was to be a personal assistant of some business director.

The description mentioned that it would be all very easy work.  Just managing the schedule and meetings he would have, getting coffee, and maybe picking up some dry cleaning here and there.  Apparently this guy was a big deal because one letter of recommendation from him will almost guarantee a number of jobs.

But here you were, freaking out in the bathroom.  

The other females in the waiting room all appeared to be very much determined to work for this guy.  They looked more qualified and more comfortable with the setting that you just felt like a fool for even showing up.  You would definitely be wasting the interviewer’s time. The other girls in there wore stilettos and carried fucking mini briefcases!  

You took a deep breath and tried to cool off by spraying some cold water on your face, not enough to ruin your minimalist makeup.  However, it would take a bit more to calm you down

You decided to make a quick call to Kat.  You dialed her up and right away she picked up.

“So I’m having a panic attack in the bathroom before my interview….”  You trailed off.

“Naturally.”  

“Listen!  I know I’m the queen of over reactions but I can’t help but feel like something really shitty is about to happen!”  

At this moment, a woman who was way more prettier and confident than you’ll ever be in such a place, walked in to the bathroom during your little rant.  She gave you a dirty look before disappearing in a bathroom stall. Embarrassment colored your cheeks.

“(Y/n), what the fuck can happen at an interview at a well respected business?  Don’t freak yourself out and get back out there. Let’s get this bread.” Kat attempted to encourage you.

You just nodded and hung up given you were no longer alone in the bathroom and would feel more awkward to continue your meltdown.

‘Let’s get this bread indeed’ you thought with fake confidence, before leaving the bathroom.

As soon as you stepped back into the waiting room, a voice called out,

“(Y/n) (l/n)?  Mr. Kim will see you now.”  You halted in you steps before taking a deep breath and making your way up to the desk, heart pounding.

The secretary smiled at you sweetly and motioned for you to follow her.

You allowed yourself to be led to a conference room where she told you to just knock and wait for a response before going in.  

You knocked on the large black door, lightly.  Listening closely for your cue.

“Come in!”  A light voice called out.  

You opened the door and stepped inside.  

It was a big room that had glass walls and a breathtaking view of the city’s skyline.  There was a long table with about 10 seats sourrounding it smack dab center of the room.  You guessed that this is where meetings were held.

A man was seated on one side of the table and began motioning for you to sit on the one right in front of him.  

Currently, he was looking down at his laptop and typing away, glasses on and cup of coffee beside him.  He still had yet to look up at you.

You supposed he did this one too many times today.  The guilt of wasting his time hit you once again now that you had a face to put to the poor interviewer.  And what a handsome face it was...

He had really wide and buff shoulders that was covered by a suit.  His skin was extremely pale and free of any imperfections. Not so much as a single blemish tainted his face.  A walking advertisement for any skin-care product he uses. His face was oval shaped and held a very sharp jaw. Chin prominent and square-ish to balance the slenderness of his cheeks. The lips were very pouty and dark, berry pink. His nose was straight and had a cute, fleshy bulbous at the end.  At each side of his nose were one of his small and black eyes that were currently downcast. His eyes held slightly curled and coal black eyelashes, that matched his black hair that was charmingly tousled on top on his head. He looked like he was a high-class actor. It was almost hard to believe that someone could achieve such physical perfection without the help of plastic surgery.  Not one feature about him was off-putting. You supposed someone as physically blessed as him must get used to the stares of women.

“(Y/n), is it?”  His voice was high and soprano with a enchanting twinkle.  

“Yes.”  You simply answered.  

He looked up for a brief glance to look back down at your resume, only to look back up at neck-break speed.  

His eyes bulged a tad bit as they met yours once again.  

A crooked smile spread across his face after a moment of just observing you.  

“I’m Kim Seokjin.  I’m the one who is looking for the assistant.”  Your eyes widened a bit at this development.

Fuck, this whole ordeal just became a bit more intimidating.  

“Well Ms. (Y/n), I’d love to get to know a bit more about the type of person you are.”  He said while leaning forward against the table, placing his enthralling face on top of his propped hands.  

You were a bit taken aback at how focused he was, and wondered if everyone got such treatment during their interviews.  

“Umm...I-”

You were interrupted when the door opened and someone stepped inside.  A husky voice asked,

“Jin, when is the meeting going to start?  We all got shit to do you know and you’re taking up the whole conference room.”  

Jin’s face dropped to a look of annoyance as he glared up at this unsaid person.  “Yoongi, I’ll be done in a bit. I’m in the middle of a interview.” he looked back a you.  “It will most likely be the last one for today. Miss. (Y/n) looks to be a very promising candidate…”  He winked at you, confusing the hell out of you. You barely said anything about yourself and you knew damn well the info he had on you wasn’t exactly groundbreaking.

“Whatever, I’ll just tell the rest th-Wait.”  The voice cut itself off. You heard footsteps get closer.  “(Y/n)?”

You turned around.  

And there stood that fucker from the bus.  

“Yoongi?”  You asked. He smiled, gummy and sweet.  

Today he was wearing an armani suit (nothing like the hoodie you first saw him in) however his tie was still loosened which made you smile.  Even in this type of environment, he still managed to be laidback and chill.

“What are you doing here, doll?  Don’t tell me you’re trying to be Jin’s new assistant.”  He droned, face bored but soft smile still present.

You nodded, nerves slowly melting away now that you saw a familiar face.  You joked, “Do you mind putting a good word in for me, man?”

Yoongi rolled his eyes.  “Sorry babe but I don’t hate you enough to try to put you onto this job.  Jin’s probably gonna have you position his hair dryer just right for him more than doing actual work.”  

“Hey!  Is that a way to talk about your older brother!”  The handsome man seated in front of you yelled, facing turning slightly red.

Your jaw dropped at ‘brother’.  

Before you can say anything, another voice added to the conversation, this time it came from right outside the now open door.  

“What’s the hold up, guys?  We promised dad to get the expense reports done today and I’m not working overtime.”  

You looked over at the voice and almost shat yourself.

God wasn’t gonna let you outrun this for too long.  

You ran from him originally but somehow you managed to run towards him without your knowing.

There stood Park Jimin.  

“(Y/n)!”  He exclaimed.  He thrusted himself into the room and onto his knees before you, taking your hands into his.  His eyes (that already were rather swollen and red) teared up as his cherub face glazed up at you.  

“B-babygirl, I’m so happy to see that your okay!  When you told me about your mom and the car accident I just felt so awful.”  His voice broke as he hiccupped some more. “W-what can I do to help, (Y/n)? Please!  Just tell me! I’ll do anything to earn a spot back into your life!”

He was full on sobbing at this point.  Chubby and small face covered with tears as he pushed himself further onto your lap and closer to your face.  

“You have the right to be upset with me, b-but you can’t just kick me out of your life!  I’ll accept any punishment but that!”

Due to the commotion, you hear murmuring sounds come from outside the room.  You couldn’t bring yourself to tear your eyes from Jimin and his usually joyful face that was now crumpled up with misery.  A proud man who had everything was currently on his knees in front of you, begging just for some sort of contact with you and reassurance of your well-being. His unique and raspy voice sounded so raw and broken when crying out for you.  

You patted his head, trying to get him to calm down to any extent.  

He leaned into the action, reminding you of a kicked puppy who just craved affection from his owner.  

You heard multiple footsteps enter the room, without a doubt here to witness the scene of businessman Jimin and his sudden breakdown.  You decided to ignore the other personas in the room and try to reason with your former sugar daddy.

“Jimin, you attacked my roomate.  I can’t forgive that.”

He jumped up at this, grasping at your waist and pulling you closer to him, apparently not caring if he wrinkled his fancy suit.  “It’s a misunderstanding, I swear! Let me explain!”

You heard a harsh gasp that pierced the room so vividly that you just had to look up and see who it was.  

There stood four men, watching the scene.

And you knew all of them.

Each and every single one.

“i have 6 brothers.”  Jimin had told you this on the night of your first outing.

And like that, it connected.  

All of it….. connected.

Like a puzzle you didn’t even knew existed until all the pieces were face to face with you, mocking your inability to solve it.  

7 men who were all young, handsome and heirs to a multi-million dollar company ran by their father.  

Like a Shakespearian drama, hell unleashed itself in the confined space of the conference room.

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“You’re the crazy ex (Y/n) was talking about?!”  Jungkook yelled, glaring at Jimin with his doe eyes know filled with pent-up aggression now that he knew whom was responsible for your fear.

“How the hell do you know her?”  Hoseok demanded of Jungkook. This made the youngest of the bunch scoff.  

“What do you mean how do I know her?  We’re classmates! The question is how do you old, senile fucks know her?!”  He hollered, addressing all of the other men in the room.

Jimin ignored this and tugged your face back to him.  He just needed you to forgive him, he didn’t bother with his siblings at the moment.  He had tunnel vision whenever you were in a room. Now more than ever, as your forgiveness was top priority.  

“I didn’t attack Kat!  (Y/N), you have to believe me!  And why are you even interviewing for this job, baby?  You know that as your sugar daddy that I’ll provide for you.”  Jimin was holding you so close to him, afraid that something might just snatch you up if he wasn’t looking.  Which was somewhat true given the particular scene…

“Sugar daddy?!” Seokjin gaped, shocked at the revelation.  

“So she’s basically only with you for money…”  Yoongi smirked, monotone voice expressionless as always.  He was pleased because this meant your relationship with Jimin was very easily replaceable and not built off of true feelings on your side.  He’d just offer you more money and tada! You were going to be his.

“Was.  She was with him.”  Jungkook corrected, crossing his arms.  

Jimin snapped at this term, brain not willing to comprehend that it was over.  Couldn’t they see that this was just a bump in the road for him and (Y/n)? He wanted them to shut up before they gave you ideas of keeping him away from you.

“Shut your fucking mouths!  This is our relationship and our business.  Not you nosy motherfuckers!” He growled at them, stunning you.  

Your mind was so preoccupied at the moment.  Even amongst this chaos.

How did you manage to run into all of them at once?  In an office setting, nonetheless.

You’ve been to Jimin’s workplace before and it was a building that was on the other side of town.  So, how the fuck are they all here?

“I thought the building on the West side of town was your guys’ family business.”  You mumbled, dazed and confused. This was like a venus fly trap that you stumbled upon.  You usually had more wit than this to willingingly walk into a messy situation.

“We have 3 different locations in the city, baby.”  Namjoon said this while studying your concentrated face fondly.  It was so cute when you thought so hard.

You eyes looked up to meet the one brother who had yet to speak.  

He was the only one who looked unbothered with the whole ordeal, just watching it with aloofness and moderate entertainment at the digs they gave each other.  

“Why did you pay off my mom’s bills?”  You couldn’t help but ask him, not knowing if you’d ever get this chance again.

He smiled down at you, and even the other brothers stopped to study Taehyung, alarmed at your question.  

He shrugged and asked, “Is it wrong to want to take care of my future mother-in-law?”  

Author’s note: ALL MEMBERS ARE HERE NOW SO ALL ASKS ARE OPEN!!  Also thank you all sooooo much for the support and esp the asks, I love doing them.  Pls let me know what you think of this chapter and also you guys should feel free to send any questions you may have for me or just to say whatever you want.  I love it.  

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Legend of the White Snake -Episode 16

Hahaha, when he tries to give her the medicine, Qing Er goes wild she’s like get out with your garbage. Poor Zhang Yutang, he has no idea. Xu Xian goes to have a look and thinks the medicine is good quality, but Qing Er won’t let him buy, thus Yutang leaves angry. Qing Er is angry too an follows him to prevent him from hunting anymore. She invokes some fog and he chases a green snake, but in the fog, he falls down a cliff. Then Qing Er saves him. Well, she doesn’t like him that much it seems. I believe that would be the cliff Ruyi fell down from hmmm.

So made up and he even gives her a piggy back. Would that be Qing Er’s first love? I mean, after Suzhen, because she’s definitely in love with Suzhen too. Anyways, he does kind of like her too, because she’s not like all of the other ladies. Of course. She wanted to be a boy. She took a girl’s form only to stay with Suzhen.

What? Why is frog guy putting something in the well in the middle of the night? This is like... so random?

Awww Xu Xian is getting jealous. Basically, some ladies came in pushing and pretending they had a problem to see Xu Xian the cute doctor, but to drive them away, he said that girl patients should consult with his wife instead. When they are gone, he asks Suzhen to work with him and she worries that if she comes in people will stop coming, but he’s not worried, people were eager to consult with her back at Jishi tang. Then, she says that he should  take care of the girls and she takes care of the boys so everyone’s happy. Then he says, everyone except me hahaha. Sorry, I am not sharing my wife with anyone else.

So an epidemic diseases starts to kill people in town, even one of the doctors catches it. There’s no medicine able to heal it. Jishi tang says they have it, but it’s really expensive. Okay. So basically, what is probably happening is that frog dude poisoned the well with is demon poison. And he’s the only one to be able to cure it. And with that he’s going to make money for Ruyi and a name for himself.

Most people can’t afford the medicine, but Xu Xian didn’t know and is surprised to that some people are not going when he learns they really have the medicine for it. He is really surprised to see that Ruyi would allow something like that so he decides to go and convince her to sell the medicine at a reasonable price. She won’t budge a notch, unless he gets rid of Suzhen. That girl. She’s making it harder and harder for me to at least pity her. I mean, she didn’t have mom and her dad spoiled her because he felt bad for her about that, plus he was a man that lover money. But wow. You’re willing to let a whole town die just to break a couple because it happens you like the husband? I am sorry. That’s asking a little bit too much from me.

NO. WHAT? I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THAT. That ugly frog dude. He poisoned Xu Xian. Wow. Suzhen, when the little boy’s mom was sick, you knew right away it was the poison from a demon, why can’t you feel it now? She’s going to ask Ruyi for the medicine now... of course she’s going to try and tear them apart TT

Ok. She redeemed herself a little bit in my eyes. She is just heartbroken. As soon as Ruyi hears that Xu Xian is sick, she gives all the medicine that is left to Suzhen. Suzhen thanks her and she’s wondering to herself, since when as it come to a point that between her and Xu Xian, they should be thanking each other. Just to put into context, in Chinese culture saying thank you shows that you are not that close with somebody, like you have to be moderate with how you say it if you are close to each other? And especially between family members. Even though Xu Xian doesn’t think of Ruyi in that special way, they grew up together like brother and sister, that Suzhen would thank her like that excludes Ruyi from Xu Xian’s family somehow. Not in a mean way, it’s just like.. a feeling. It’s complicated to explain. But basically, Ruyi and Xu Xian are drifting away from each another and that bond that they shared might be broken forever.

Suzhen rushes back home to feed Xu Xian with the medicine. And the first thing I am thinking is: did she even check what’s in it? Nobody knows where that Wang Lingdao comes from, I wouldn’t want to feed my husband something bad. Well, I don’t understand a thing about medicine, but if I did, I would check thoroughly. And I bet she didn’t check because... IT’S DEMON’S POISON! And I know she can recognize that. Or maybe it worked with Qing Er because they are both snakes? I hope it’s that, because otherwise, I’m starting to think it doesn’t make sens AT ALL.

Xu Xian is saved. And he’s so smart. Excellent, Suzhen isn’t too dumb. She didn’t know what was inside the medicine so she didn’t want to give him too much. Xu Xian takes a look at what’s left and is thinking it’s impossible for medicine to act so fast. It looks more like... anti-poison. That’s what I have been saying since the beginning. He notices that it’s probably not made with herbs, but rather with stones? Like, boiling the stones? It’s probably something more complicated than that, but as I said already many times I know nothing about medicine, and especially Chinese medicine and for all that I know, they might just say whatever and any doctors watching this would be pointing everything that is wrong. But I feel they keep it very general and don’t really go into detail about the diseases.

Now that Xu Xian determined that it’s poison, I hope Suzhen finally notice that there’s a demon involved. Xu Xian is also wondering, if it’s poisoning, how come Jishi tang happens to have the antidote. It’s a little bit too much just to be a coincidence, right?

Suzhen decides to investigate and she follows Wang Daoling. With Qing Er, she notices that he put something in the well. Oh finally. Since she doesn’t have her core anymore, that’s why she can’t see his real form. And Qing Er is too young to have that ability yet. Jing Song, that would be the perfect moment for you to come out and redeem yourself. And I kind of miss you, so come back soon.

Okay, so they get into the frog’s den and steal all of the antipoison. But they have to make sure he doesn’t notice so they can catch him. While they prepare to save everybody, Xu Xian wants to go again and see Ruyi to convince her to stop what she’s doing. If that Wang Daoling took good of Ruyi, it would make Xu Xian at ease, but now that he uses such ways, he can’t bear to see Jishi tang in the hands of such a man and feels like as a big brother he should help Ruyi keep off going the wrong road. Qing Er is really mad that Xu Xian would go and see Ruyi and is about to tell him how Ruyi treats Suzhen, but Suzhen won’t let her, because she doesn’t want Xu Xian to be caught in between two people he holds dear. Such a good wifey.

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How old were you when you had your first crush? The first crush I had that wasn’t a celebrity or a teacher was when I was 12. If you're a girl, how old were you when you started your period? It was a month after I turned 10. By that time I was just entering Grade 4 and when we were asked who had already gotten theirs, only a handful of hands shot up haha. I was an early bird for sure. What is your worst period story? Pretty obvious TMI warning here. Happened last December. I was visiting a photo studio to test if they were going to be suitable for my college batch’s grad shoot and unfortunately my period started in the middle of the trip. Even more unfortunately the trip was all the way in fucking BINANGONAN, which meant I couldn’t have access to napkins for the entire drive. I had to cross my legs real tight to avoid any leakage but at the time we got to the studio, my crotch area was soaked nonetheless. I had to ask for napkins from the studio staff, but thank god they were the nicest people ever and didn’t hesitate to hand me one. Does anyone else know who your first crush was besides you? Gabie knows. I think she’s the only one who knows, but I also think Pia asked me at one point too, so maybe her as well. What was your most embarrassing moment? I have at least one everyday.

What are your worst cramps like? Leg cramps that wake me up at 4 AM, without a doubt. Those always end me in tears no matter how old I am. What is the most physically painful thing you have ever experienced? Either my foot infection back in ‘09 or the toothache I had a few months back. I had no idea a TOOTH could send me crying almost every night or wake me up in the middle of the night just from being so painful. Oh and the time I ripped my ear piercing off. What are you allergic to? I’m not allergic to anything... at least I haven’t encountered anything I turned out to be allergic to. Have you ever wanted to be someone else? I’ve never seriously wanted to be a particular person, but I’ve found myself fantasizing about if I were richer. Have you ever been jealous of someone? Sure. Have you ever been jealous of a friend? Yeah. Just mostly high school stuff though, like the time Erk kept getting Gabie away from me and I got super fed up about it at one point that I stopped talking to Gab for like a month lmao. Do you feel shy around someone when you are first getting to know them? Yeah of course. Aren’t most of us? Do you feel shy around a crush? I get both shy and distant. What color hair did your first crush have? Black. Do you ever cry in public unwillingly, or are you able to hold it in? I’m able to hold it in because I hate making a scene. I just keep swallowing the lump in my throat and try to blink less. Do you throw up involuntarily when you have to, or can you swallow it down? I also can swallow it down as long as I have to. But if I really need to throw up I run to the nearest toilet. What's one near-embarrassing moment you had? Uhh idk. If I can tell something is going to be embarrassing I usually already feel pretty embarrassed about it, regardless if I’m saved from the embarrassment or not. Do you ever call yourself stupid? Yeah. Just yesterday BoJack Horseman’s “You’re a stupid piece of shit" kept replaying in my head all afternoon and evening. What was the name of your first imaginary friend? Katrina. She was my first and last. What's one weird habit you have? When I get my usual drink at Starbucks, my first sip has to be a long one and I usually savor it by closing my eyes and letting out a contented sigh haha. Only then can I start working.  Are you more of an open or a private person? I’m a bit of both, if that makes sense? I keep my shit private when they aren’t being raised, but when someone asks me about them I have no problem being an open book. Do you wish you could be more open with others? No, I already am. Do you feel ashamed? Not permanently lmao, but I feel it every now and then. Do you get embarrassed easily? Yes. Do you have regrets? Some. Have you ever fallen asleep in class? Never. I feel like – aside from being disrespectful – it’s an embarrassing thing to happen, especially if you’re caught and get scolded for it, so I make it a point not to let it happen to me. What was the hardest thing you've ever had to forgive? [Big trigger warning: Domestic violence] The day my grandpa said sorry to each of us in the family for beating up my baby cousin in a drunken stupor. After that he left the house for the week, presumably out of shame, then he came back to ask for forgiveness from each of us. I was desensitized to all of the violence I’ve seen at that point, so my 9 year old self gave him a shrug. Is there anyone you hate? No, not hate. Is there anything or anyone you're angry at, that you haven't forgiven yet? I don’t plan on forgiving my deadbeat uncle or my brother anytime soon. List five of your biggest bullies. A lot of people bullied me for my name and looks when I was younger, but they’re all irrelevant in my life now and I’ve forgotten all of them save for two – Kaira (who’s my friend now) and Sophia (who I don’t like just as much as when I was 4). Have you ever plotted revenge against someone? I’ve fantasized about revenge but never plotted anything. Have you ever done anything to get revenge against someone? Nope. ^If so, do you regret it, and did you apologize later? Have you ever had a friend crush (i.e., you really wanted to be their friend)? Yeah I remember being like this with Macy. She’s changed quite a bit these days and we don’t talk anymore, which I find sad considering what we’ve gone through in the last couple of years. What is the greatest longing of your heart? Money. The rest of my desires - happiness, contentment, the material things I want - comes after I have money lol. Who was your first love? Gabie. What was the last thing someone said that warmed your heart? Chesca said something very sweet to me and it was something I needed to hear, but explaining it would need too much background context so suffice it to say, she reassured me when I needed it most. Do you pray regularly? Nope. ^If so, to whom? Do you love Jesus? What church do you go to? I’m not religious but my mom is, and she drags the entire family to church every Sunday. That said we go to a specific parish within our area, because that’s what we’re a part of. What denomination is your church (if you go)? Catholic. What was the first year you voted in a presidential election? 2016. How old were you when the year changed to 2000? At exactly January 1? I was a year old, but I was turning 2 that year. Have you ever been afraid of the world ending? Not really, but it certainly has felt like the end of the world these days. This is the kind of shit you only ever get to read about in textbooks, so it’s feeling a little surreal. Do you enjoy public speaking? If I’m prepared for it and/or I enjoy what it is I have to talk about. What food makes you gag? Pineapple, raisins, or ice cream with nuts. Who was your first celebrity crush? Ashley Tisdale when she was Maddie in Suite Life of Zack & Cody. I also lowkey liked the mom, hahaha. What show did you want to be on when you were younger? Hi-5 when I was extremely younger; the kiddie crowds looked so lit 😩 Hahaha but when I got a bit older, I wanted to be in Legends of the Hidden Temple or be one of the people splashed with slime at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. Looking at my answer I could now tell I was definitely a Nickelodeon kid. What was your childhood dream? To be an astronaut, to be a wrestler, and to have a big house with a swimming pool. Did you ever fulfill your childhood dream? I have 0/3 achieved, but it’s okay. My wants have mostly changed. What is your dream now? I still want a big house with a pool for sure lmao, but I mostly just dream of having enough money all my life and never having to worry about finances or having to ask people. What is your passion? History has always been my biggest one. Are you living your dream? Not yet. Do you receive insults or compliments more? Compliments, but that’s because I don’t let myself thrive in an environment where I’d get insults more because yanno, self-care? Lol. What is unfair about your life? Bad past presidents and how it’s led our country to be in the miserable state it’s in today, whereas I have to see other countries flourish in their unbelievably competent governments and see how these countries have public parks, libraries, playgrounds, etc. I don’t know what I did in my past life to have to end up in the Philippines hahahahaha, but here we are today. What about your life would you change? I wish my dog can stay with me forever. Did you write love poems when you were younger? Nope. Who are you jealous of and why? I’m not really feeling jealousy at the moment. When someone hurts you, do you start to feel jealous of them? No? Why would that happen? Name five people you know who have everything handed to them. Idkkkkk. I don’t wanna namedrop anyone for something like this lol. Name one person you know who is spoiled rotten. Boomers? Name one person you know who seems stuck-up. I know someone but I’m not naming him on here lmao. Name a church that just wants money. All of them? LOL at least all the Catholic ones, I can’t speak for the other denominations. What is your least favorite chore? I really hate folding clothes. Have you ever had an account of yours hacked? Yeah but like by a virus or something, not a person. Have you ever been a victim of police misconduct? Nah. But traffic enforcers have been incredibly rude to me before. Do you keep a diary? This one. What color is the diary you are currently using? It doesn’t really come with a color... Do you actually write "Dear Diary"? Only in the diaries I kept as a kid, because it’s what I saw in cartoons. When was the last time you wrote and sent someone a letter? December. I included a handwritten letter in my Christmas gifts for Gab. Do you write in cursive or print more? Print. Have you ever self-harmed? Duh.

[pwurrz]

i’m reading the teyvat food notes for childe and…

‘tartaglia made an appointment to meet, but he didn't say where to meet at all... it's definitely something he would do.’

“yo! comrade!” ‘why are you here?’ “oh, because it suddenly occurred to me that i forgot to say where we met hahaha. it seems that you come to the adventurer's guild every day to receive commissions, so i thought if i waited for you here, i would definitely find you.”

“if i walk with you, i always feel that i will encounter many powerful enemies on the road, no matter where i go.” ‘i thought for a while, and said that we should go to conquer the ocean this time. when tartaglia heard the word "conquer", enthusiasm was written directly on his face, and we set off like that.’

“ah? by ‘conquering’ the ocean, you mean... catching octopuses?” he really won't hide any emotions, and his loss is completely written on his face. i explained that it happened to be tartaglia’s birthday, and i wanted to have a different "battle" than usual. in addition to the ocean, let him try to "conquer" the feeling of cooking. the loss is gone, his enthusiasm is back...’

‘tartaglia’s knife skills are unexpectedly quite proficient.’ “haha, i used to cook for my younger brothers and sisters during the solstice of winter.”

‘we will challenge more monsters together in the future. tartaglia smiled happily.’

“speaking of which, if you want to travel around teyvat, you should also go to snezhnaya one day, right?” ‘um.’ “you can call me when the time comes, i can ask to go on leave for you.” ‘um.’ “the scenery there is beautiful, and if you have a reliable tour guide like me, you will be able to appreciate it too.

these are all rough translations because the original page was in chinese and google translate isn’t very good at translating so i had to correct some grammatical errors and fill in some gaps in context. but he’s so cute 🥺🥺🥺

[mycasandstarrs]

SPN 7x08: “Season 7, Time for a Wedding!”

THEN: Sam calls Dean out on his behavior. Sam and Dean were separated but now they’re back together. Supernatural is a thing. Beck Rosen is their #1 fan; she has a serious thing for Sam.

A waitress in a strip club that’s also in grad school? Fuck yeah, girl! Get your coin!

Dean talking about his situation using the “I got this friend” narrative.

And there’s a blurred El Sol right behind Dean.

(Irrelevant, but do the brothers still do their “sacred pilgrimage” to Vegas?)

Ha, Sam’s text: “348 Twain Ave WEAR FED SUIT!”

“See? Baby bro needs you after all.” Aww, she was sweet.

The pink carnation. “Apparently, pink is for loyalty.”

“I'm in love. And I'm getting married.”

“...”

“Say something, like, uh, like, ‘congratulations,’ for example.”

“What?”

I’m with ya, Dean.

Oh goodness.

Special title card! With the Supernatural twist. Of course.

“Shouldn't she ask for my permission or something?” hahaha.

“You know what? Ignoring everything, have you forgotten the average life-span of your hookups?” AKA the peen of death.

Dean keeping his cool until Becky leaves. ff hahahaha

Dean’s general behavior here is hilarious.

"First official Tweet as Mrs. Becky Rosen-Winchester!" Oh dear. (It does have a nice ring to it tho.)

Dean’s still driving the car from the last episode. (And Cas’ coat is still in the trunk.)

I won’t lie: If I had a husband like Sam, I’d be inclined to show him off too.

“Guy, meet my husband, Sam.”

“Hey. It's an honor to meet you, Sam.”

Ohhhh, knowing this is a demon....

How fucking shhaaddyyy.

Dean juussttt missed them.

Huh, Dean’s got John’s journal with him.

And now he’s got a case that isn’t Sam.

(Oh, I recognize this song from “Pretty in Pink”.) “Cherish” by The Association.

Becky does look nice.

Sam broke through the spell momentarily.

“Feeling better, honey?”

“Now that I’m with you.”

Ooohhh this gives me the heebs and jeebs.

RIP this dude. Killed by baseballs.

pfft. A waffle iron.

Ahh, Dean thought Becky was part of whatever weird thing was happening in town. Fair.

“You know, I went after her, Dean. Maybe that's what's bugging you – that I'm moving on with my life. I mean, you took care of me, and that's great. But I don't need you anymore.” Big Yikes.

Bobby assigns Dean a new hunter partner.

Sam wiping the marker off Becky’s nose is rather cute.

“I got a present for you.”

“His and hers fake IDs? Oh!”

What every relationship needs.

Oh my god, I’m about to see my sweet, darling Garth!!

“Hey, you Dean? I thought you’d be taller.” 

“He said you’d be all surly and premenstrual working with me.” lmao. I love that Bobby had to warn Garth about Dean’s bad mood.

We’re not even a minute into meeting Garth and I’m already in love with him again.

Where did Dean get the sweater vest?? It looks amazing on him.

“Actuarial Insider” pfft.

Garth just cuts straight to the point.

“We were just wondering if you got here by nefarious means.”

“Whoa! Garth!”

“Oh. Uh, I-I didn't mean, of course, uh, corporate backstabbing – I'm sorry. I meant more like, uh, you know, black magic or hoodoo.”

Just when you thought Garth pulled back, he pushed forward even more.

The wife’s a big b-

Dean and Garth already communicate/work well together.

“I'm trying to save you from a really bad accident.”

“Are you threatening me?”   

“No. No, I-I-I'm pointing out a pattern. Why do people keep thinking I'm threatening them?”

“Because it sounded exactly like a threat, dude.”  

lol

Sam’s breaking through the spell again.

“Bring the damn car around. I'm not walking five blocks in my heels.” To be fair, I wouldn’t either.

Garth taking charge. No wonder he was the next Bobby.

“Uh, here's the plan. I drop this lady at my cousin's. He'll stop anything trying to get her. We, uh, find Sam, hopefully fix this, everybody's home in time for ‘America's Got Talent.’ Now, you – you'll be living with a tri-racial paraplegic sniper until this all blows over, okay?”

Bless his heart.

Enough with giving Sam head injuries!!!

From bad to worse.

“Don't worry. I didn't do anything weird.” TAKING OFF A PERSON’S PANTS WHILE THEY’RE UNCONSCIOUS AND THEN HOG TYING THEM TO A BED DOESN’T CONSTITUTE AS “ANYTHING WEIRD”??

“This isn't the honeymoon I had in mind. Well, some of it is, but not in this context.” Becky’s got kinks. That’d actually explain how she knew how to tie Sam down like that.

“social lubricant” pfft.

“You know your pal Guy is the one icing all those people, right?” Not directly.

My patience with this episode is running thin.

Becky’s deep in it now.

“I love reunions. The desperation! These schlubs will sign on the dotted line for money, power, hair – whatever it takes to impress the nostalgically bangable head cheerleader.” That’s smart, I’ll give him that.

Ha, Becky uses the word “gank”.

“Uh, she's got 11 Twitter...ers. Last post – ‘Going on romantic trip with hubster!!!’ Three exclamation points. I guess she got excited.” pfft, Garth.

“I got this thing about fish. Dead eyes, man.” That’s fair.

Sam’s muffled commentary is hilarious.

Not to be a broken record, but none of this would be happening if the Publisher was here instead of Becky.

Setting off the blueberry vodka devil’s trap. Nicely done, Becky.

“Dean Winchester. This is really thrilling. Hey, can I have your autograph?”

“Sure. Yeah, I'll, uh, carve it into your spleen.“

Burn.

Guy’’s “intern”, Jackson, is the one behind the killings.

RIP Jackson. Killed by Becky.

“You’re Crowley!”

“And you're – well, I'm sure you have a wonderful personality, dear.”

Damn. 

Ratted out by the intern.

“There's a reason we don't call our chits in early – consumer confidence. This isn't Wall Street! This is Hell! We have a little something called integrity. This gets out, who'll deal with us? Nobody! Then where are we?” I do admire Crowley’s business ethics.

Crowley and his long term plan: “ You met that dick yet? Smuggest tub of goo since Mussolini. I hate the bastards. Squash 'em all, please. I'll stay clear.”

I almost feel sorry for Guy.

Garth finally comes to, lmao.

An annulment. Even worse than divorce.

Sam has a pretty signature.

“So, I'll see you again?” NO.

“Becky, look. You're not a loser, okay? You're a good person, a-and you've got... a lot of... e-energy. So, you know, just do your thing, whatever that is, and the right guy will find you.”

I’m with Sam here tbh. Becky isn’t a bad person. She’s got issues that might require her to get help and work through them, and when she does, she can be a better person for her own sake. Through that, she can develop better relationships with people. So wherever Becky is in the show’s timeline, I hope she’s doing better.

Becky and Garth. That would’ve been a chaotic relationship.

“Well, buddy, I got to say, man – you, uh... you don't suck.”  What a high compliment from Dean!

AWWW.

“Look, man, uh... When I was all dosed up, I-I said some crap.”

“Oh, you mean, she – she wasn't your soulmate?”

Accept the apology, Dean.

“You know, I got to say, man... For a whack-job, you really pulled it together.”

“That's the nicest thing anyone's said to me.”

hahaha.

“It's stupid to think that you need me around all the time. You're a grown-up.“ Ohhh, look at that progress! We/they need to get it back soon.

“It might be nice.”

“What?”

“I mean, you basically have been looking out for me your whole life. Now you finally get to take care of yourself. About time, huh?”

*cries internally* That’s what I want for Dean too.

[intoxicatedeuphoria]

Conversations from Mustang & Hawkeye Story Mode (FMA Dream Carnival Translation)

Here’s the full dialogue translation from the Royai arc of FMA Dream Carnival for PS2 as requested by @prettywitchiusaka! I went all the way and translated the prologue as well BECAUSE MAES HUGHES IS THE BEST EVER BEST FRIEND AND WINGMAN... and so you guys can understand the context of the scene with Barry the Chopper (it’s the epilogue).

In Dream Carnival, the characters form pairs (i.e. Ed x Al, Roy x Riza, Maes x Alex, Lust x Gluttony, Greed x Scar, Winry x Izumi, with the exception of King Bradley who acts as the big boss/final opponent). They fight against each other in the festival/tournament and you get to choose which pair to play as from the Main Menu.

P.S. I tried my best to preserve the tone of each character (i.e. Riza with her polite responses, Alex with his overly formal/archaic way of speaking, etc.), but it’s so difficult since some words/verb forms do not exist in English. I also included some screenshots because Roy and Riza’s reactions are adorable ^__^

Please credit/mention my blog when you use my translation for your works. Thanks <3

in the office | PROLOGUE

Roy: *eyes closed* hmmmm...

Riza: Colonel? May I help you with something?

Roy: Ah, no. It’s nothing.

Riza: Please take care of the the matters we’ve discussed before!

*Roy leaves the office in a haste*

Riza: *confused by Roy’s behavior* ...hmmm?

*Maes pops out of the blue*

Maes: Heyyyy~! Oh! What’s the matter, Riza-chan? What’s with the troubled expression on your face?

Riza: Huh? Oh no! It’s nothing...

Riza: I’m wondering a bit since the Colonel is acting strangely.

Maes: HAHAHA! Don’t worry about it!

Maes: *talks to self* It is strange that he has not yet begun until now.

*Riza gives Maes a nasty glare*

Maes: U-uhhh. No, no! Err, it’s probably the tournament, don’t you think?

Riza: *utterly confused* The tournament?

Maes: Yup! It seems like he has not yet decided on a partner.

Maes: I would have asked him, but I already signed up with Major Armstrong.

Maes: I thought he would pair up with Riza-chan for sure.

Maes: OH~? Are you not available?

Maes: I came here as soon as I realized why Riza-chan was given the cold shoulder, although...

Riza: Yes, do you know...

Maes: *glasses sparkling* Well then, there’s that 

Maes: You see, that guy was treated by Riza-chan as useless so he’s feeling quite down~

Maes: The tournament is a great opportunity to show Riza-chan that he isn’t [incompetent].

Maes: [He probably thinks that] there’s no point if he were to accept Riza-chan’s support, don’t you think so?

*Riza blushes*

Maes: Well, that’s half of it. It’s also a great place to show off to the girls.

Maes: [if that’s the case, then] being with Riza-chan might be unfavorable or something like that.

Riza: ... *glares at him*

Maes: Men have this strange pride that makes them fixated with such things

Maes: so Riza-chan, please give him your unwavering support.

Riza: ...yes.

Maes: *hearts background + huge grin*  Oh, but we will achieve victory! After all, I have a gre~at ambition~

Riza: Alright. I shall let him know.

Maes: See you then~! *leaves in a hurry*

Riza: *alone in the office with a fond smile* ...how stupid.

on the train  |  BEFORE THE FIRST BATTLE

Roy: Standing in the battlefield with you just like this reminds me of the time when we were in the civil war.

Riza: Today is a festival. It is different from that time.

Roy: That’s true...

Maes: *butts in from nowhere* Hey, you two right there~!! You’ve got a nice atmosphere going on, not bad at all!

*Roy pouts and grumbles*

Maes: I wonder if you will be flirting [i.e. acting lovey-dovey] after you’ve defeated us...

Alex: That is IF you can bring us down, of course.

Roy: Bring it on! I will give you a taste of the power of the Flame Alchemist himself!

Maes: Afterwards, you will be in the mood for some lovey-dovey. [NOTE: another translation for イチャイチャ is making out... just so you know how devious Hughes is with his innuendoes]

Riza: *embarrassed* [We] won’t be!

somewhere in Central City  |  EPILOGUE

*Roy and Riza are walking down the street. Both changed into civilian clothes after the tournament*

Roy: Whew... it’s finally over.

Riza: It was really difficult to win and advance to the next round with such opponent lineup, right?

Roy: ...hey, Lieutenant?

Riza: Is there something the matter?

Roy: *turns away in embarrassment and scratches his cheek with a finger* ...would you like to evaluate [i.e. review/look over] our previous battles for a little while?

Riza: *small smile* ...Colonel

Barry: *comes in from nowhere* Siiii~s!!!

*Riza is shocked*

Riza: Barry?!

*Roy is pissed, strides towards Barry*

Barry: I watched you fight today! As expected of sis, I fell in love with you all over again!

*Roy — wearing his pyrotex glove — approaches Barry with a murderous look*

Riza: *walks away from Barry* Colonel, let’s go!!

Barry: But why?! How mean...

Riza: The colonel and I are exhausted. Can you please tone it down today?

Barry: That’s fine with me, but you’ll become even more tired if you go that way.

Fangirl 1: There she is! Ms. Rizaaaa~!!

Fangirl 2: *squeal* 1st Lt. Hawkeye~!!

Fangirl 3: Riza-samaaa~!!

Barry: Sis’ fans have been been stalking you for a while now.

Riza: *salutes all of a sudden* C-colonel! I”m sorry, but I shall escape!

Roy: O-okay!

Fangirl: Wai~iiit!!

Fangirl 1: Ms. Rizaaaa!!

*fangirls and fanboys chase after her*

Barry: *pushed aside by Riza's fans* Ugh! You’re in my way, you $*%#!! Siiii~is!!!

Roy: *looks hopeless then gazes up to the sky wistfully* Aahhh...Today’s a full moon, huh? *walks away defeated* I’m going home and sleeping.

T/L NOTES: The dialogues are too funny, especially the ones with Hughes!! He tried to explain Roy’s behavior to Riza just like he did so with Winry about the Elric brothers. I was surprised because Hughes uses Riza-chan to call her. I checked the Japanese manga, and they never had a conversation in the canon so I can’t say for certain if such name-calling is legit. I can’t say that the game is canon because the timeline is off since Maes had already passed away when Riza first encountered Barry in Central.

The best part IMO is when Roy attempts to ask Riza out for dinner with the pretext that he’d like to review their strategies and battle tactics. Then he gets all embarrassed while asking her. WHAT A DORK =)) In the end, Barry foils his plan and the colonel ends up doing home alone to sleep. Poor guy!