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picrews having extensive piercing options so i can make completely lore accurate me..
#like PLEASSSEEEEE#i hate when the industrial option is JUST an industrial#i have 5 other piercings on that ear too that i need to show off!!!!#same with helixes#i have even MORE on that ear!!!!!#and then when they make you pick 1 facial piercing option..#i have 3#even worse when i used to have four#gothihop speaks
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Sometimes I feel inspired to pick up my art supplies again and draw and paint and print beautiful things. I feel a burst of love and passion like I had in my youth to create things and share them with the world.
Then I log onto Instagram or twitter or any of the places I was aggressively told in university to post work to eight times a day if I even wanted a chance to break into the industry, and I see every small company that uses to be the entry points for young artists now using crummy AI art for everything they do and all of the larger companies and publishers advertising art that has been so aggressively forced into one very specific, lifeless style because that is what fits the market and is quick to produce.
I see every artist desperately posting the most beautifully crafted artwork that means the world to them and those posts being mindlessly ignored until they beleive their work is worthless because Internet culture has unfortunatly conditioned us all to be bottomless consumers and so hundreds of hours of blood and tears is nothing more than something to scroll past.
Then I log out and go back to bed, and my art supplies sit sadly on the shelf another year.
People love to say "create for yourself!" but that only takes you so far. Humans create as a way to share.
Imagine you baked a stunningly beautiful cake every week to bring to work - it took you practically the whole weekend to bake every teir and frost it and decorate it to perfection. And either no one eats it or a single piece gets taken, and nobody ever thanks you. There's a thousand cakes on the coffee table; most either store-bought ones or even fake ones.
Eventually you stop bothering to bring a cake in. You still bake, sure. You like baking. But you don't make beautiful cakes anymore. You only have you to bake for, after all. What's the point in making them beautiful or trying to create something new when you could just eat it out of the baking tray with a fork?
Its just all so....sad, isn't it?
#art#delete later#havin the weary depressions today lads#i just really really hate AI#i dont think people realise just how devistating it has been for young artists trying to break into the industry#lower paid illustrative jobs for new graduates just suddenly dont exist anymore because smaller companies now just scrounge ai#and i cant stand when people say you should only draw/write/create for you#because yeah of course you should but also from the furthest reaches of time the arts have always been how we connect as humans#people WANT to share their creations thats what theyre for#if your only options are keeping your drawings to yourself or throwing them out into a silent void it feels like#being that one whale that couldn't communicate in the same frequency as the other whales so it spent its whole life alone#but noone can communicate anymore so we are all dying alone with pens in hand crying ink into the void hoping someone will hear us just once
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whoever decided every single adult dental product needs to be mint flavoured needs to be shot
#the cryptid speaks#i stg im going to scream#for context: i Hate mint. it burns my mouth and even the scent usually fucks with me#i am also an adult who hates brushing his teeth but is Trying so hard#and it is made 100 times harder when i cant Use 99% of the options available to me#this post is inspired specifically by the fact i could literally not find any non-mint mouthwash Except for some children's ones#which is upsetting and probably will not help my teeth as much as the adult ones#but i dont have that OPTION bc the dental industry HATES me#anyways im Fine just once again upset at mint . pls if u also hate everything dental mint reblog and support me#we can start a rebellion /d
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obviously people who work with The Public have very good systemic reasons to complain about customers, and i would never tone police them for that or say it is not their sacred right to bitch about how the public is dumb. hating on customers is a time honored tradition and an important bonding and stress relief practice
it's just the case that the actual root of their suffering is the exploitation and alienation of the industry in which they are working, and the highly routinized, structured interactions which they are forced to reenact hundreds of times in a day, with a focus placed upon brute efficiency and predictability, such that they only way that they can experience another person who is confused, has questions, or breaks the expected script is as an annoyance or a dummy, rather than as a human being who is not operating with the same information or incentives as them.
not saying anyone should be more patient with customers, truly fuck them, it just ultimately sucks that capitalism creates an adversarial relationship between service worker and customer when typically both parties are being taken advantage of by a common evil.
the more rigidly scripted the customer service dialogue options are on the phone, the more frustrated and stuck the customer calling in is because they have no way of communicating accurately what they need, and the more the customer service worker on the other end of the line (who is forced to act out that script) hates them, when obviously it's the people writing the phone script and forcing it onto people who is the source of the evil, etcetera.
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I know I've posted bingqiu actors au before but I'm having thoughts for another one..
Shen Yuan only occasionally acts in things he's interested in.. he'll be like "oh I like this book, they better not butcher it!" and then because his family is rich, he'll get a role. People who have never worked with him before hate him at first bc he's a nepotism baby, but then they see his passion and acting skills and go "Oh nvm, he's actually really good... he didn't have to audition like everyone else because he has connections, but if he had auditioned, we would have picked him regardless."
Then there's young binghe playing a minor character.. he's not an actor, nor does he want to be, but child labour laws say he can't get a regular job and he wants to help provide for his mom.. a 14 year old can't work at a fast food place, but movies do need real children to act in them, so that was the only option he had
Shen Yuan is 19 at this point and binghe ADORES him. He brings him food he made at home and shyly waits with bated breath for Yuan gege to say it's good. Shen Yuan helps him with his homework when neither of them are in a scene, and whenever binghe acts really well and the director praises him, he ignores everyone to run to shen yuan and ask if he did well.
When production nears its end binghe says he wants to keep working with Yuan ge!! Shen Yuan isn't working on any other projects though, and the ones he is working on won't hire Binghe.
Everyone is impressed enough with Binghe to help him stay in the industry though, and get him another minor role, then another, then a somewhat important role, then a co-lead... by the time he's in his early twenties, binghe is a household name, and shen yuan is "that actor most people will recognize but don't remember from where."
By the time they finally work together again it's like
Binghe: Yuan gege!!!! I'm so excited to work with you again!!!!
Shen Yuan: haha you remember me! I'm happy :)
Binghe, who borderline stalks shen yuan: haha yes of course I remember gege :))
Shen yuan still gives him head pats like when binghe was a kid and binghe still clings to him. One time shen Yuan gently pushes Binghe away after a tight hug that's gone on too long and says "okay okay that's enough" and binghe looks CRUSHED so shen yuan feels like the devil and pulls him back into a hug immediately
The movie comes out and it's very well received. Binghes acting was the best it's ever been (since he wanted to show off in front of Yuan gege) so people are very interested in seeing the behind the scenes footage
When it comes out people see binghe being OBSESSED with shen yuan. Whenever the two of them are in the same frame, binghe is looking at shen yuan with the softest most loving expression while shen yuan is yelling at the script writer about fan service. There's about 10 moments when Binghe comes up from behind and grabs shen yuans waist and sets his head down on shen yuans shoulder. When people see binghe saying "gege open wide, I made this just for you!" And hand feeding shen yuan they're like okay yeah there's no denying it anymore.
Then they find out this isn't their first time working together and find old bts footage of when binghe was 14 and following shen yuan around like a puppy with hearts in his eyes and they go holy fuck he's been obsessed with shen yuan for YEARS
The cast all go to an interview
Interviewer: people were surprised to see how close you two are!
Shen Yuan: well it's not our first time working together :)
Binghe: I've been waiting to work with Yuan ge again for all this time :D
Interviewer: aww! Now about rumors saying Luo Binghe is in love with shen Yuan...
Shen Yuan: obviously they're-
Binghe: true
Interviewer: ..... oh my
Shen Yuan: um...?
Binghe: Yuan ge is very well aware of my feelings, I was very obvious
*camera pans over to shen yuan where his face is red and his mouth is wide open in shock*
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⥠Pairing: sex worker!mingyu x chubby!fem!sex worker!reader
⥠Genre: smut/fluff
⥠Word Count: 3.2k-ish
⥠Summary: While spending the weekend at a mansion in the Hollywood Hills, a risky late night comment of yours draws the attention of your crush who happens to be in the same city and wants to see if you're all talk or about that action.
⥠Warnings: you're both spicy content creators, drinking, unprotected sex, Gyu's dick is kinda really huge, size kink for sure, stretching, riding, rough sex, doggystyle, clit play, ass slapping, oral sex (m receiving), cum eating/swallowing, dirty talk, switch Gyu/reader
⥠A/N: I usually put a sweet artistic statement in this space but I don't have a sweet artistic statement. I have a hot girl playlist and Mingyu's existence which is exactly how we ended up here. It's Mingyu, for the love of goddess, can you blame me?
This was never where you thought youâd end up. When you joked with your best friend, a successful OnlyFans girl, about starting one if your job kept working your nerves you hadnât imagined actually doing it. Yet here you are, 8 months after that tipsy girlâs night, with a hefty following on social media and enough subscribers to never have to set foot in that job ever again.Â
Like any other job it has its ups and downs but having your best friend there to help you navigate it early on makes it feel like lightwork now. Plus itâs so easy to ignore your haters when your bank accountâs as stacked as it is.
For the first time in your life itâs optional to check pricetags, you can literally have whatever you want. Some things you donât even have to pay for, theyâre just dropped in your lap simply because you are who you are.Â
Thatâs precisely how you scored yourself a weekend at this million dollar home in the Hollywood Hills. Youâd passively mentioned during a custom video for one of your fans how hot you found it that he owned so much property.
âIâve never played with my pussy in a mansion beforeâ you pouted cutely, a vibrator whirling away inside you on its lowest setting. It wasnât hint dropping as much as you wanted to stroke his ego but he took it as a chance to impress you, offering you a getaway at one of his places while he went on vacation for business.Â
Youâd be doing him a favor, he insisted, because he hated to leave the place empty for so long. The ego boost was more than enough compensation on his part that he didnât feel like you owed him anything. Good because as a rule you do not fuck customers. You donât even do content with other people in your industry. Everythingâs solo. Always.
âShow us the top but offâ you giggle, reading through the comments on your Instagram live. You do a quick spin, showing off your barely there bikini top. âThere it is but itâs not coming off. You guys are gonna get me banned.âÂ
You only arrived a few hours ago and, exhausted from travel, decided that youâd rather spend the night in the jacuzzi out back than venture out to some crowded bar. This weekend is about relaxation after all and whatâs more relaxing than sipping champagne in this warm bubbling water under the starry night sky?
It began to feel a little lonely though, youâre so used to having your best friend with you on these trips, so you decided to prop your phone up on the edge of the hottub and go live for a little bit.Â
Reading through the comments, you get caught up in conversation about a million random topics. Thereâs suggestions for the best restaurants in LA, debates over if aliens are real or not, and even a quick KPop Smash or Pass game before someone brings you to a topic that has your heart thumping harder than an EDM festival.
Your rule on sleeping with other creators is a hard âNoâ, this everyone already knows, but when it comes to one man in particular that ruleâs nonexistent.Â
100_karat_xo Gyu saw your retweet đ youngxkwonskitty Heâs coming over here aaaaaah!!!
You nearly choke on your next sip of champagne, watching the chat go wild as the memory of a recent drunken retweet hits you like a wrecking ball.
Your introduction to who Kim Mingyu was had been innocent enough. You were scrolling your feed one night and saw a video of a bunch of guys dancing. They were just fucking around really but they were genuinely talented and hot as hell so you had to do a little independent research to figure out who they were.Â
Mingyu was the one who caught your eye the most with his beautifully tanned skin and a face so gorgeous it hurts to look at. It only worsened the situation when you stumbled upon his spicy account and found out he had the deadly combo of a body Greek gods would envy and a cock thatâd have you walking funny for days. Who needs to walk straight anyway? You followed him on everything immediately, nearly died when he followed you back, and itâs been non stop flirting since.Â
The two of you even ran into each other at a few parties where things would almost get hot and heavy but never ventured beyond a cute little makeout session. Itâs painfully obvious both of you want something more though.
The most recent evidence came when Mingyu posted a video of himself seated in a chair facing a mirror wearing nothing but a pair of gray sweatpants. No shirt, nothing under the pants, just that muscular sunkissed chest and a mouthwatering dick print.Â
You were weak in the knees from the sight of that alone but when his hand started moving in his lap, his palm smoothing over the long, thick print, you went feral. Mingyuâs caption asked, âWho does this belong to?â and the shots of Soju in your system that night had you responding, âMe!â before you could think better of it. That was a week ago and you mustâve pushed it to the back of your mind because you havenât thought about it since. But Mingyu has.Â
âComing over here? What do you mean?â you ask, slinking down into the water as if itâll somehow make you invisible. You get your answer immediately when a familiar name appears in the chat.Â
dongangu.daddy Hey beautiful
âMingyu! Stop! What are you doing here?â you squeal, a hand thrown over your mouth to hide the uncontrollable smile his arrival brings to your face. As if thereâs a way to conceal how giddy you are over this man. Two words from him and your whole aura changes. You were glowing before but now youâre radioactive.
jeonghanssimp95 my worlds collide omfg _horanghaeheaux_ Can you both marry me?
dongangu.daddy has requested to join
Your eyes widen at Mingyuâs request, not expecting to be put on the spot like this. Itâs not that you donât want to see him. Youâd look at that face every day if you couldâbeside you, on top of you, under youâbut youâre mortified of swooning over him in front of this many people.Â
Finally deciding that your retweet did all it could do to expose you for being down bad for Mingyu, you dry your hands on a nearby towel and accept his request. Another screen pops up below yours. Thereâs some darkness at first, a few seconds of shuffling, and then Mingyuâs displayed in all of his bare chested glory.Â
âWhy do you look like youâve seen a ghost?â he teases, shifting to a more comfortable position in bed. Of course he had to be shirtless. Of course he had to be in bed. Fuck your sanity.Â
Your brain has to shake off a five second delay before you can answer. âYou just got on and already youâre picking on me. Iâm about to revoke your privileges, sir.â
Mingyu laughs off your comment, confident that youâre bluffing. You are. âNo, donât do that. Iâm sorryâ he pouts, raking his fingers through his short dark hair, âI just expected you to be happier to see me.â
âI am happy to see you but you canât come on my live talking your shit.â
âI thought you liked it when I talk my shitâ he smiles, recalling all of the X rated texts youâve exchanged over the past few months.Â
You shrug, mindlessly twirling your hair, âTalking is cute buuut actions are better.âÂ
The true meaning of âactionâ is clear for you both. Mingyuâs wanted action with you from day one, spam liking your posts the moment he saw that you followed him. You had the prettiest face, the sweetest smile, and your body was so soft and plush he couldnât stop fantasizing about getting his hands on you. You were even more irresistible in person and that knowledge has had him on a mission to make you his ever since. A mission heâs not willing to give up on easily.
âAction? I can do that. I heard youâre in LAâ he says, the white sheet around him falling away as he sits up in bed, âI am too. If you arenât busy, maybe we could see each other tonight.â
âOh, y-you wanna see me? And do what?â you stutter, going in for another nervous sip only to find that the glass is empty. You were not prepared to be this thirsty for a drink or for him.Â
Mingyu tucks his bottom lip between his teeth, eyes flicking down to take in what he can of your figure peeking out from the water. His heart begins to race, his cock stiffening at the way your lush breasts bob above the surface, droplets of water decorating your cleavage like diamonds.Â
âYou tell me, babe. What do you wanna do?âÂ
His question soaks your bikini bottoms with a new type of moisture, your pulse already racing. What do you wanna do? With Kim Mingyu? What donât you wanna do?Â
âGyu, aaah, fuck. Itâs soâŚsoâŚmmmâ you whine, sinking lower onto Mingyuâs cock.
Your fingers trace his abs, your pink and blue ombre acrylics nicking his skin as your pussy relaxes to take the next inch of his cock. Youâd seen it in pictures, even felt his bulge once or twice in person, but having him inside of you? Nothing couldâve prepared you for this stretch or for how full youâd feel after only a few inches. Thereâs still a couple more to go and youâre already shaking like youâre ready to cum.Â
âKeep going, baby. Youâre taking it so wellâ he praises, hands cradling your hips to help you take him at your own pace.
He isnât in a rush to fuck you. That was never an intention of his. Mingyuâs more than pleased to lay here with you in bed, your fluffy thighs snug around his waist, and enjoy the view from below. And what a view it is. The faces you make are too cute for words. They make him want to hold you close and protect you from the rest of the world. At the same time, theyâre the sexiest thing heâs ever seen. And, coupled with those little whines of yours, they give him the ravenous urge to fuck your brains out. Every last cell.Â
âDonât wanna wait anymoreâ you moan, leaning back with your arms behind you, palms resting on his legs. âI need it all.âÂ
He smooths his hands down your thighs and back up again, âAnything for you.âÂ
One thrust of his hips and youâre seeing stars. Mouth wide open. Eyes watering. Itâs the fullest youâve ever felt and you can only piece together a string of broken moans as your body adjusts to the new sensation.Â
Mingyu smiles up at you, beaming with pride at what heâs done to you. âToo much for you?â he teases, his thumb stroking a solitary tear away from your cheek.Â
You shake your head, never the kind of girl to reject a challenge. Breathing in deep, you steady yourself, raising your hips and slowly lowering them back down in a motion that has his eyes rolling to the back of his head.Â
âOh god, fuckâ he groans not just at how perfectly your walls hug him and not just at you being wet enough to make that hottub outside look like the desert. Every move you make hits the perfect spot, your body titled at the exact angle required to make him feel like youâre stealing his soul straight from his body.
Keeping your pace, you lean forward and lick your way up his abs, sprinkling kisses across his chest. Mingyu can pretend that it doesnât tickle in a way he likes much more than he thought he would but his bodyâs a dead giveaway. His muscles contract beneath your kisses, his length pulsing against your walls. You can almost hear his heart pounding through his chest.Â
âToo much for you?â you taunt, smiling up at him, your walls purposefully clenching even tighter around his cock.Â
Mingyu bites his lip, staring down at you like a meal heâs prepared to devour. The fire in his eyes makes your heart jump. Teasing him back has consequences and you can tell youâre about to suffer them.Â
âNah, I want moreâ he growls and two strong arms close around your body, one at your back and the other at your waist. Keeping you flush against his chest, he spreads his legs and buries himself even deeper into your needy core. If you thought you were seeing stars before, there's galaxies now.Â
Mingyu holds you like he loves you, cradling you gently while he fucks you like he hates you, and with your arms pinned to your sides all you can do is take it. Waves of heat wash over your figure, the tingling of your nipples brushing his chest sending sparks through your system. Thereâs no talking back now, only fragments of his name rolling from your tongue.Â
âM-minâŚâ you whine, crumbling as the thick head of his cock bumps your sweet spot. You can feel his warm precum leaking into you, mixing with your arousal to make every movement all the smoother.Â
âM-minâ he coos, reaching a hand up to brush away the hair sticking to your pretty face, âHaving a hard time talking back, sweetheart?â
Your eyes are hypnotizing on a regular day but he must admit that thereâs something special about seeing them so dazed and glossed over all for him. He grabs the back of your neck with just the right amount of pressure, lifting you away from him enough that he shifts angles inside of you. Itâs such a small change in position but itâs more than enough to have you squirming, mindlessly rocking your hips against his.Â
âI didnât know I had such a greedy girl on my handsâ he says, tracing your jaw with feathery kisses. In a split second the roomâs spinning on its head and you find yourself face down on the sheets with your arms held behind your back.
Mingyu slaps your ass and the sting gets you up on shaky knees. He doesnât even need to tell you what he wants because you want it too. Teasing his cock at your entrance, he takes his time savoring the way that your juices drip all over him, your pussy already clenching in anticipation.
He runs the head along your slit, dipping it up to roll across that perky little clit of yours. He keeps you like this so long youâre drooling onto the pillow, clenching and dripping down his length and he isnât even inside of you yet.Â
Not one to be outdone, you drop your hips down, slipping him right up to your entrance. You sink back on him an inch or so, popping his head right inside of you. You hear a sharp inhale and feel his body give out on him for a second. You move your hips in a circular motion, teasing him with the sight of you stretching yourself open with his cock.
âI thought you said you wanted moreâ you giggle, shaking your ass in the cutest way.Â
Mingyu slaps it again, gripping your hips, âSo she can still speak. We gotta change that.â
He slams into you and you cry out at the force of his thrust. The aftershock has your body humming but thereâs no time to soak it in. Mingyu doesnât stop, doesnât let up even a little bit. Heâs feral for you. Already addicted to the feeling of you wrapped around him.Â
Keeping your wrists pinned, he reaches around to massage your clit, and your knees almost give out. He catches you before you can collapse, keeping you right where he wants you. Gripping the pillow, you bite down hard, screaming as loud as you want into the soft cotton while he deep strokes you to the brink of insanity.Â
Itâs not long before a familiar feelingâs tugging at your stomach. Youâre like a bottle of champagne, all shaken up and ready to pop. Mingyu rubs your bud faster, kissing the small of your back, âYou gonna cum for me, baby? Hmm?â
Your body answers before your words can, jiggling in all the right places while you cum harder than you ever have. The clench and release of your walls as you gush down your own thighs drags him closer to his own high but heâs not ready yet. He has to keep thrusting into you, playing with your pussy until your bodyâs spent.Â
For a moment it seems as if heâs achieved his goal. Reeling from your high, your whole body gives into the mattress and youâre stuck there, letting out the sweetest whines with his cock still inside of you. But that momentâs fleeting and in a few seconds youâre back up on your knees, whipping around to take his cock into your mouth.Â
You donât hesitate to take all of it into your mouth, not gagging once as you rub it against the back of your throat. If the gasps and moans coming from overhead are any indication, your tongue wrapped around his cock has him wrapped around your finger. You feel around blindly until you find his hands, intertwining your fingers with his. Your tongue traces the veins of his shaft, feeling the blood rush to the head throbbing at the back of your throat.Â
The taste of your mixed arousal floods your senses as it drips from the corners of your perfectly pursed lips. You sneak a peek up at him. That gorgeous face. Those muscles dripping with sweat. His body jerks and you easily pick up on the signs, slipping him out of your mouth at the perfect time for him to cum all over your tongue and those plush, puffy lips. You take him into your hands, stroking him until youâve gotten every last drop. Licking your lips clean, you kiss the tip and lay back in bed, bringing him down with you.
Mingyu cozies his head up to your belly, his chest heaving for air, âWhereâd you learn to do it like that?â
âI donât know, maybe Iâm just giftedâ you sigh, brushing your fingers through his hair.Â
âWell, whatever you did, just know itâs yours nowâ he says, propping his chin up to gaze at you.Â
âMine? Whatâs mine?â
âI asked who this belonged to. You said itâs yours. Unless you donât want itâŚâ
âNo! No! No!â you scramble, your cheeks warming up again, âItâs mine! Itâs mine! Iâll take it.â
Mingyu raises an eyebrow, using his last bit of energy to crawl on top of you, âYouâll take it again? So soon?â
He spreads your legs, dipping his fingers between your legs and youâre still dripping wet. He presses up against you and you giggle feeling how hard he still is.
âYou did say itâs mineâ you smile, legs wrapping around his waist, âSo give it to me.â
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ŕŠâĄËłÂˇËâś â MIYA OSAMU x FEM READER
On a bad day, Onigiri Miya becomes your new comfort restaurant. Not only is the food good, but the man who takes your orders is always kind. You think the Miya youâve been venting to on the phone is the same Miya who shows up at your door to deliver all of your orders.
Itâs too bad you donât know thereâs two of them.
wc â 2k
tags â fluff, romcom, miscommunication, miserable corporate girl x small business owner who teaches her joy
The email doesnât even do you the courtesy of being short. They make you read through two whole paragraphs before you get to the point of it all in the final sentence.Â
Your termination is effectively immediately.Â
You sit back in your chair to allow yourself a moment to take it in. ItâsâŚnot terrible, all things considered.Â
You get to leave this job that you hate. Theyâll pay you severance. You have enough savings to be comfortable for the next few months.Â
It might even a blessing.
But it still doesnât feel good. You worked hard to land this, and now youâll have to start all over again. Change is always hard, especially when you havenât asked for it.Â
You look at the clock. Itâs currently 8:30 in the morning. Youâre giving yourself exactly twenty four hours to wallow, and then itâs back to business.Â
First things first - a good meal. Food always make everything better, and you really deserve something special today. For a moment, you entertain the idea of calling your friends over to get breakfast somewhere fancy, but then you remember -Â
Theyâre all at work.Â
Where you would be, if you hadnât just been let go.Â
That does sting a little, so maybe youâre not as okay as you thought you were. Hurriedly pushing those thoughts to the side in favor of scrolling through your options, a plain blue banner catches your eye.Â
Onigiri Miya, it reads.Â
Japanese comfort food. Family owned.Â
When you click on the link, it takes you to a page thatâs as simple as itâs name. Itâs just a menu and a series of pictures, but itâs what you need right now. Your head hurts. You donât have the capacity to deal with anything more.Â
You want something straightforward and easy to digest. Onigiri Miya it is, then.Â
ââMiya speakinâ. What can I get ya?âÂ
Itâs a pleasantly accented voice. When you rattle off your order, you suddenly find it a little less pleasant after he says, âEr. Ya sure?â
This is some shoddy customer service.Â
âIâm placing the order, arenât I?â
âThose two donât normally go together,â he says. âIâd suggest number nine and number thirteen instead. Trust me.âÂ
You donât trust him, actually. This is probably just an upselling tactic he tries on every customer, but youâre not in the mood to argue. You had thought when you called a family owned restaurant, youâd be speaking to some kindly old grandma who might let you cry and vent into the receiver for just a little while, not whoever this is.Â
At least the delivery is quick.Â
A series of sharp raps on your door alerts you to the arrival. You pull it open to a man in a baseball cap and a uniform with onigiris on both. Their merch is cute. Youâd wear it unironically.Â
Underneath the cap, yellow blonde hair peeks out. On his shirt, a name tag reads Miya.Â
Instantly, you feel a little worse for thinking poorly of him. Your bad attitude from work is no reason to take it out on this hardworking entrepreneur whoâs running a one man show by himself.Â
âHere ya go,â he says, thrusting a paper bag at you. âEat it while itâs hot!âÂ
And then heâs off, scampering back down the stairs instead of taking the elevator even though youâre several floors up. You suppose thereâs a reason he has those thighs.Â
That the food is good is an understatement.Â
Your former coworker Aiko used to work in food advertising before she pivoted. She loved to talk about how fake the industry was during lunch, both in terms of people and actual product. Itâs through her that you know that half of the food in commercials arenât actually food, but styrofoam and plastic painted to look appetizing.Â
Onigiri Miya, in contrast, doesnât look perfect. Appetizing, certainly, but not like a work of art. It just looks like what it is - a ball of rice with special ingredients for flavor.
So why are you crying as you finish your first onigiri and reach for the next?Â
Itâs been so long since you had a home cooked meal. Youâre trying not to be maudlin, but you can almost taste the love that went into everything youâre eating. Imagining Miya carefully packing each triangular ball of rice by hand with a smile has you reaching for another, then another, until eventually the entire order is gone before you know it.Â
Exhausted from crying and eating, you sink into your couch with a satisfied sigh and fall asleep.Â
Itâs 1:30 P.M. by the time you rise again, feeling a little better. Sleep really was the cure to all evils. Now you have 20 hours left to indulge yourself as much as possible.Â
Youâre not in the mood to turn off your brain by binge watching a show. You want to do something. You want to use your hands to craft something from scratch.Â
Learning how to make onigiri could be a start. A quick run to the grocery store and the first recipe that popped up on Google later, you have a half formed, crumbling mound of rice with pickled radish shoved inside. If you squint, it looks almost like what you got from Onigiri Miya this morning.Â
Who are you kidding?
Thatâs an insult to Miyaâs craft. He put so much care into each dish - you can hardly compare your shoddy workmanship to his. Thereâs only one thing to do. You have to taste the real thing again to see where you went wrong.Â
âMiya. What d'ya want to order?âÂ
âIâd like-â
âHold up. Didnât ya call this morning?âÂ
Flustered, you nearly fumble your phone. Youâre breathless as you clutch is tighter and bring it back to your ear. âYeah,â you admit sheepishly. âIs that bad?âÂ
âI mean, yeah, a little,â Miya says. âI appreciate the business but ya shouldnât be eatinâ onigiri for two meals a day. Yer going to make yerself sick.âÂ
âItâs a special day,â you tell him. âI got laid off.âÂ
In the resounding silence that follows, you have ample time to berate yourself for sharing that. What is wrong with you? Why would you say that? Heâs a stranger that youâve randomly dumped your misery onto and youâre sure heâs -
âOuch,â he says. ââKay, Iâll make an exception just for today. Whatâs yer order?âÂ
Miya shows up at your door promptly. Heâs ditched the cap so his yellow hair is on full display. It looks like heâs run his hands through it. It sticks up at odd angles.Â
âHere ya go,â he says, almost distractedly as he hands you your bag. âEnjoy.âÂ
You bring the bag inside and start rummaging through it immediately, excited to try new flavors you hadnât gotten the first time around. Out comes the four onigiri you had ordered, a cup of miso soup, andâŚ
A little takeout container of sushi with a catâs face drawn on it. A speech bubble next to its head reads, âYou can do it, meow!âÂ
Laughter echoes around your apartment. To your surprise, the world feels less daunting already. You hadnât realized how quiet you had been the entire morning. Miyaâs the only person youâve spoken to the entire day, and even that was a quick and whispered thank you. Your throat almost hurts with the force of your giggles after disuse all morning, but itâs a good kind of pain.Â
Onigiri Miya, family owned. You can almost feel the warmth of an embrace around you as you bite into your steaming onigiri, still a little too hot.Â
All too soon, it becomes a tradition for you to order Onigiri Miya as your comfort meal. It doesnât even have to be a bad day - you actively try to avoid associating things you like with painful feelings by using them as treats for hard days. Instead, Onigiri Miya is anything from a reward for getting to the second round of interviews or a celebration for successfully starting a new hobby.Â
Onigiri has become your favorite food, and the person on the other line who takes your orders and even spares a few minutes to chat with you when itâs not too busy has quickly become someone irreplaceable in your life.Â
You think you might need to redownload Tinder if youâre this attached to the man who fulfills your onigiri orders.Â
Even though you know itâs strange, you canât bring yourself to sever your connection. Miya is warm and kind, and youâve quickly come to think of him as a friend. Itâs a culmination of lots of little moments piling up over time.Â
When you had forced yourself to go on your first date after a while, determined to get back out there, it had crashed and burned catastrophically. Onigiri Miya had been there to pick you back up. Miya had even recognized the sniffles in your voice that you were fighting and drawn you another little cat.Â
The next time you had ordered, before you could even tell him what onigiri you wanted, Miya had asked you what happened last week. Maybe thatâs just how family owned businesses are. They actually care about their customers. Enough so to play therapist to the girl that orders from you every week.Â
Then there was the time you had gotten your first call back for a job application, and you had called Miya to celebrate.Â
Well, not Miya. You didnât have his personal number, but you had called Onigiri Miya, which is more or less the same thing at the moment. This time, he had been the one to be interrupted as you blurred out your good news.Â
You can almost hear the smile in his voice when he says, âWhatâd I tell ya? I knew ya could do it.âÂ
Thereâs no container of sushi with a hand drawn cat this time, but there is a little note written on a napkin. Itâs accompanied by an origami star.Â
You donât cry, exactly, but your eyes water up as you read the note. Heâs proud of you. The star is to wish you luck on your continued journey. The knowledge that heâs proud - his own words - fuels you as you keep applying and interviewing, never letting rejection stop you.Â
Heâs just the guy that takes your onigiri order, but at some point, heâs become someone special to you.Â
He cares. He spends an extra two minutes on the phone with you to ask about your day even when you can hear the sounds of a busy environment in the background. He remembers your accomplishments and failures. Whether you fall or rise, heâs there with you every step of the way.Â
Sometimes, you get a fluttery feeling in your stomach when he laughs at you, calling you silly for whatever mistake youâre relying to him. You miss his voice when you donât have an occasion to call, and when something happens, your first thought is always to tell him about it.Â
Maybe he feels the same way, because the next time he comes to deliver your order, he tells you, âWeâve known each other long enough, ya order every week. I donât like being called Miya. My nameâs Atsumu.âÂ
Or maybe not, because he never treats you in person the way he does on the phone. Thereâs no spark of connection, no bright laughter, no willingness to linger, to stay, to listen.Â
Perhaps heâs just shy. In that case, youâre willing to take what heâs offered you and make the first move.
The next time you order, you end the call with, âThanks, Atsumu. Iâll talk to-âÂ
Thereâs an abrupt interruption from the other end immediately.Â
âWhatâd ya call me?â His voice sounds funny.Â
ââŚAtsumu?â
Even when youâre confused, the sound of his belly deep laughter makes you feel all shivery from your toes to your head. It makes your joints feel weak, like they canât support you, and you ease into the dining chair as you wait patiently for whatever laughing fit thatâs gripped him to pass.Â
âAtsumu,â he repeats, with another snort of laughter. âAtsumu, really?â
âWhat?â
âYa know Onigiri Miyaâs a five minute walk from yer place, right?âÂ
âWhat does that have to do with anything?â
âCome here,â he says, and hangs up.Â
When you enter Onigiri Miya, you get instant whiplash. Thereâs two of them!Â
Youâre just wondering if you should get your eyes checked when you start seeing the subtle differences. They have different hair colors, and their eyes are just the subtlest shades apart.Â
The most discerning difference is the way the one with grey hair is looking at you.Â
âThereâs the girl of the hour,â Atsumu says. âIâll leave ya to it.âÂ
When Atsumu leaves, Miya gestures for you to sit at the bar in front of him. Heâs still packing onigiri.Â
âIâm a little hurt, ya know. Canât believe ya mistook me for my twin.âÂ
âIt was an accident!â You protest. âHow was I supposed to know?âÂ
âIâm teasinâ ya,â he says, laughing. âYer so easy to rile up. Remember this, okay? Iâm Osamu. The nicer brother.âÂ
âI heard that,â Atsumu yells from the back.Â
âAtsumuâs just the delivery guy,â he says. Thereâs a twinkle in his eye. You donât think itâs that funny, but you like seeing him mirthful. âIâd rather make the food than deal with the people, so he does it.â
âAm I part of the people?âÂ
He gives you a look.Â
âStop fishing for compliments,â he says, and your cheeks grow warm with delight. âYa know ya arenât.âÂ
âHere,â he says, sliding you a napkin with a series of numbers and a hand drawn picture of a cat. âIâve been meaning to do this for a while.âÂ
By the catâs head, the speech bubble reads, âMiya Osamuâs personal number.â The cat is winking at you.Â
âIs thisâŚ?âÂ
He smiles at you. âStop clogging up the line cause ya miss me-â
âI donât-â
He ignores you. âI got a business to run, ya know? Just call me next time.â
Then, he leans over the bar. Heâs too close. Your cheeks feel warm under his attention as he whispers to you, âIâll make something just for ya, compliments of the chef.âÂ
Trying to recover, you swallow to bring moisture to your dry mouth. Youâre trying to be playful when you say, âItâs a date, then?â
He looks at you with a hint of a smile. âIt is.âÂ
#sera writes#miya osamu x reader#osamu x reader#haikyuu x reader#hq x reader#miya osamu fluff#hq fluff#haikyuu fluff
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Hi there! I apologize for taking up your time, I am just so curious: When you tackle a comic, what does the process behind it look like?
Asking because I found myself scrolling through your blog once again and couldn't help but marvel at all the beautiful effects you use, at how flawlessly the structure guides the viewer's eye across each page, how the graphic weight seems to always be in just the right placesâŚ, and wonder how you learned doing this. Everything you put out looks incredibly professional and I aspire to reach your level of skill đâ¤ď¸
Thank you Finz!! You're no bother at all, I'm an open book. This is such high praise for a guy that really doesn't have a set process, I feel like a hack. Ha. Rest assured my style is still developing. Besides the referencing of the linework and composition of official comic books, (practicing by redrawing panels for fun), explaining the process makes me feel like a serial killer but I will do my best.
(WIP Riddler panel, scrapped Scarecrow composition)
My comics usually stem from a single panel or concept â I like to focus on/emphasise particular panels of my pages, the heavy hitters, the main piece that catches your eye. I know I'm not a profoundly technically proficient artist so I prefer visually interesting elements and formatting, i.e. drawing characters outside their frames, negative space, notation, perspectives etc.
(Kung Fu Panda 4 sketch god I hate Kung Fu Panda 4)
I like to establish 'main focus' panels, the bits of the comic that really, well. make people want to chew on it. This is where the technical effort is concentrated, really, and the rest of the comic is generally build around these concepts.
('Restaurant Balthazar' focus panels)
Textures and effects are done on individual panels first, then the entire page as a whole to even out the unity. Generally, blocking in shadows, hatching for visual interest + middle tones, then textures/half-tones, then highlights.
(Script excerpt WIP)
I'm not a writer per se, but having a vague 'script' in your pages helps with pacing and direction. Comics are a versatile story-telling medium. I only really do scripts for comics longer than 2 pages. An optional but recommended strat is to send your script to a friend for a second opinion.
(Script excerpt â 'Restaurant Balthazar', annotated by @vincepti0n I don't know why he drew a face in the middle)
With the script crudely slapped together, I rough out the thumbnails and composition with the text, prioritising coherence and clean integration of previously mentioned 'main focus' panels.
Settling on a composition sucks the hardest. Drawing is fun, thinking makes brain hurty. Variety is good! Close-ups, wide shots, visual metaphors. Every panel is its own artwork.
The text bubbles are usually added in post, yes, but I'm just one guy and I don't have a writer to call me a good boy for doing things correctly. Bite me.
(Early 'Restaurant Balthazar' drafts)
In addition, keeping the text graphics in mind help create a sounder composition wherein even if the panels don't read cleanly left to right + top to bottom, the text can stagger and create the same reading order effect.
Panels and concepts are constantly tweaked, and my comic process is still highly experimental. A lot of industry standard comics aren't illustrated to their full potential due to deadlines and such â I strive for visual epiphany by treating each panel as its own artwork, and every page as a a bit of a mural.
(Old art hurts the soul)
Constantly experimenting allows you the insight of looking at your current art in comparison to your older works. In more recent works, I've been blocking in more shadows wiht lineart with thinner lines and more line weight, and learned to integrate the subject characters with less plain, abstract backgrounds.
TLDR: I have no idea
#creaman-answer-sheet.pdf#art process#vinegarclown#creaman#fanart#digital illustration#jonathan crane#riddler#wip#comic process#creaman talks to drywall
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Here are some tips that have helped me stay sane in the face of my body dysmorphia and disordered eating habits.
Positivity time! This one's for all the ladies out there struggling with their bodies.
Body dysmorphia causes changes to visual areas of the brain. Your brain is literally lying to you. You are hallucinating. No, seriously. This is SO SO IMPORTANT. Look, if you have an ED then chances are, you may very well have legitimate body dysmorphic disorder. Your brain may be warping and distorting the image in the mirror. It's why everyone around you keeps saying how thin you are, but all you can see in the mirror is flab. It's a neurophysiological thing. (Most of the literature on BDD seems to pertain to cases regarding the patient's facial features or similar, rather than in the context of body size in ED patients, though.)
One binge won't undo your progress. Everyone fucks up sometimes. Don't dwell, don't ruminate, just pick yourself up the next day and keep going! This applies to "binges" in the proper clinical sense, as well as 4n4 "binges" that are more aptly described as simply "overeating." I occasionally will give myself a "free day" once a month or so, or if it's a holiday or something.
If you fast and restrict, take a good multivitamin, plus a calcium supplement! I also take thiamine to be safe. Being thin and undereating are associated with osteoporosis risk later in life, so calcium is a must! You need to make sure you're getting all of the critical micronutrients your body needs to function.
Exercise, especially cardio, helps with dopamine regulation. I have industrial strength ADHD-PI, ymmv. I also find that exercise bike, walking, or even pacing constantly = STIMMY STIMMY STIM TIME STIMS, MUST STIM, MORE STIM, CANNOT BE STILL, FUCK YOUR QUIET HANDS. Again, ymmv, fuck quiet hands, all my ND homies hate quiet hands.
Strengthening/resistance exercises help prevent osteoporosis later in life. 20-30 minutes 3-5x/week of yoga or pilates is great for this!
THC gummies are pretty low calorie. Shoutout to drugs other than alcohol for not having calories! (I use cannabis and hallucinogens, not big on hard drugs though.)
If you do drink, there are low cal options, but please moderate and try to follow CDC guidelines and avoid frequent binge drinking!! Guys, susceptibility to addiction runs in families. Also, struggling with impulse control aspects of binging may cooccur sometimes with susceptibility to alcohol abuse and addiction. I like vodka with diet tonic water, gin and tonic with diet tonic water, and vodka cosmos with diet 5 cal cranberrry "juice!" White Claw and similar hard seltzers are also great. Personally, I avoid drinking alone, don't drink all that often, and take care to be responsible and cautious. Ymmv, especially if you're still in early adulthood and just now starting to really experiment with substances!
When you do eat, make sure to get enough protein and fats! Carbs, you can take or leave. No one ever died from lack of carbohydrates, oddly enough. Protein and fat, though? I've had seizures due to low blood protein (combined with an accidental double dose of bupropion, to be fair). Rabbit starvation is a thing. This is especially important to pay attention to if you're vegetarian or vegan! Egg whites, chicken, tuna and other fish, olives, chickpeas, nuts, and beans are all good low calorie sources of protein and fats. (Olives, legumes, and especially nuts are energy dense though, so moderation is key.)
Enjoy the nice, healthy, low calorie foods that you do eat. It's okay to enjoy food, even if it's safe foods like light salads or cauliflower rice with vegetables.
Seek out social support and harm reduction advice. One thing people overlook about the whole "pr0 4n4" thing is that these communities are key sources of social support and harm reduction information for people who struggle with EDs.
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just a girl 1
Warnings: this fic will include elements, some dark, such as possible cheating, low self-esteem, noncon/dubcon, and other untagged triggers. Please take this into account before proceeding. It is up to curate your online consumption safely.
Summary: you move in with your sister when your luck turns for the worst.
Characters: Walter Marshall, possible Andy Barber
Authorâs Note: Please feel free to leave some feedback, reblog, and jump into my asks. Iâm always happy to discuss with you and riff on idea. As always, you are cherished and adored! Stay safe, be kind, and treat yourselfđ
It isn't your proudest moment. You don't have many of those. There is little remarkable about, nothing of note, nothing admirable. You might stand a bit taller than most but it's rarely given as a good thing.Â
You never expected much of life. You resigned yourself to living in the shadows. In particular, you knew you would always bet outshone by your sister's light. You can't hate her for it; it's your own shortcoming. Besides, no one can hate Riannon, she's just that nice.Â
You are dark smear on the family name. It's why you didn't even think to ask your parents for help. You didn't even ask your sister, she offered, insisted really. You could never deny her and in this instant, you couldn't afford any other option.Â
Itâs just for a while, you keep telling yourself. Youâll find a new job and a place soon. For now, youâll just stay out of the way. It isnât very hard; you take up much more room than your few possessions.Â
You keep yourself holed in the guestroom as you settle into your second day. You have your laptop on your thighs as you scroll the job boards. You have the experience but you expect your reference would be any good. You didnât exactly end on cordial terms. Starting from square one, though the industry isnât exactly even ground for men and women alike.Â
You hunker down to search through the various postings within your purview. Every classification is ticked off, even the years, itâs just that little note about contacting your previous employers that makes you nervous. Well, you at least have to try.Â
A knock comes at the door as you edit your cover letter once again. You sit up and close the computer. You slide it aside and get up. You cross the room and crack the door open. You sister smiles from the other side.Â
âAm I making too much noise?â You ask as your music plays music from its tiny speaker.Â
âNo, no, not at all. Um, so you know Andy is out of town for the day so itâs just us,â she rocks, âand thereâs a barbecue down the street so... I thought you could get to know the neighbourhood.âÂ
You look down at her, the offer catching you off guard. You were prepared to spend the whole day hidden away and poring over job listings. Even when you had your own place, you tended to spend most of your own time inside.Â
Still, she is doing you a huge favour and it would be rude to say no. You shrug, âokay.âÂ
âGreat, I have some potato salad I'm bringing,â she chirps. Â
âUh,â you look at her blue checkered capris and pristine white blouse, âshould I change?âÂ
âItâs up to you. I'm just going to get packed up. Iâll meet you in the kitchen.âÂ
Her excitement is palpable. She probably expected you to say no. You donât want to let her down again. Youâre tired of that feeling.Â
You close the door as she bounces away and you retreat to search through your still unpacked suitcase. Your clothes hang over the sides. You pick out a band shirt and a pair of dark grey jeans. You donât have any shorts and you know your repertoire of dark colours only draws in the sunâs fury, and like of the vaunted HOA, but you donât have many options.Â
You emerge with a pair of converse in hand and head into the kitchen. Rhiannon snaps the lid onto a big bowl as she beams up at you. You donât understand how you share the same blood, sheâs so different than you. Where youâre tall and gangly, sheâs small and dainty; where your dour and reticent, sheâs bright and bubbly. Your parents even kidded that you mustâve been switched at the hospital.Â
âReady?â She asks.Â
You nod and look down at yourself.Â
âIf you want to borrow a skirt or something, itâs pretty hot out.âÂ
âItâs fine.âÂ
You donât take her offer as any comment on your choice, only genuine concern. If it was your mom, you would know it was more than that. To be fair, your mother is very direct with her critiques. Besides, even if her clothes would fit you, you donât want to risk ruining any of her things.Â
âAlrighty, well, Marge will kill me if Iâm late again,â she sings and sweeps around with the bowl. âItâll be nice to get out, huh?âÂ
âMhmm,â you grumble and follow her down the hall to the front door.Â
She steps into her wedged sandals as you sit to pull on your converse and lace them up. You stand and get the door for her as she prances towards it. She thanks you and you trail her out. The sun hits you like fire. Itâs so hot, though you think some of the heat comes from your own self-consciousness.Â
As you catch up to your sister at the bottom of the steps, you slow down to keep from outpacing her shorter legs. Even with her platformed soles, sheâs still ahead shorter than you. You turn down the sidewalk as you shy away from the strange faces headed in the same direction.Â
âYou want me to carry that?â You offer.Â
âHey, I might be small but I can handle a salad,â she chirps.Â
âI know, I wasnât--âÂ
âIâm teasing. Itâs fine, I got it,â she assures you as she hugs the bowl to her stomach, âI just want you to have a good day. Donât think about everything else, okay?âÂ
âMm, okay,â you keep your head down as you slink next to her jouncing steps, âsorry, I'll try not to be too grim.âÂ
âWhatever, youâre awesome,â she nudges you with her elbow, âyou just be yourself and I know youâll find some good friends around here.âÂ
You try to smile but it hurts. She always sees the best in others, even when itâs not there. You keep pace with her and turn up another curated lawn. The walk is perfectly laid and the blossom tree sways overhead.Â
Rhiannon is welcomed through the open gate by one of those blonde women she has her book club with and you shuffle in with your hands in your pockets. You feel the womanâs harsh gaze and peek up. She looks at you the same way your mother does. Her name is Marge and her friend is Callie and there are dozens of the Stepford-like figures posted throughout the yard.Â
âCome, letâs put your salad out,â Marge insists.Â
Rhiannon looks at you and you chew your cheek, âgo, I'll be fine.âÂ
She looks reluctant but youâre already walking away. You ignore the smell of sausage and beef rising from the barbeque and the splash and laughter of children from the pool. You arenât going to find any friends here. That much is clear. Housewives and little kids, you donât really fit the bill.Â
You find your way to the far end of the lawn and stand by a tree you might just blend into. Or maybe you might bury yourself in the rose bushes. You pull your hands from your pockets and hook your fingers into your belt loops, swaying as you watch a bumble bee hover over the grass.Â
âFoo Fighters, huh?â A low drawl brings your head up as a man approaches with a beer bottle in hand.Â
âUm, yeah,â you look down at your shirt, tugging on the hem.Â
âYou go to a show?â He asks as he stops near you, drinking from the bottle as he waits for your answer.Â
âNever been to one,â you cross your arms, âbut I listen to them.âÂ
âAh, yeah, well, they put on a hell of a show,â he wiggles the bottle as he talks, âlot more fun than these things.âÂ
You look up the yard towards the mingling of voices and sound. Despite your efforts to hide in a corner, you must have stuck out like a sore thumb. Shoot, maybe he thinks youâre trespassing.Â
âI came with my sister,â you point and shift towards the party, âsorry, um, Rhiannon. I didnât... I was just looking at the roses.âÂ
âNot my party,â he scoffs, âI donât care.âÂ
âOh,â you blink and look at him. He's about your height, dark curly hair, and vibrant blue eyes. His dark beard is thick and stubble prickles along his neck. He wears a plain white shirt and jeans; the bare minimum. âRight, er, well...âÂ
âNot a bad idea, hiding behind a tree,â he remarks, âbut you're missing the key ingredient.âÂ
He stops and stares, crooking a brow as if you should know what he means.Â
âAlcohol,â he raises his bottle, âthey got a keg even. Probably the only good part about these bullâthese things.âÂ
âI donât drink,â you mutter, âbut thanks.âÂ
You put your head down and stare at the grass around his shoes. You donât know why heâs bothering you if it isnât to make you leave. Obviously, you donât belong.Â
âNever too late to start,â he snorts and stays as he is.Â
You donât know how to make him leave you alone so you say nothing. The bee dips into a tulipâs mouth and you turn to watch it. Maybe heâll take your silence as a hint.Â
#walter marshall#dark walter marshall#dark!walter marshall#walter marshall x reader#drabble#au#just a girl#series#night hunter#defending jacob#andy barber
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Sometimes I go out there. To hell. Also known as "YouTube Comments Under Veilguard Videos", where people keep starting funerals for the franchise for reasons they clearly pulled out of their ass after not paying attention to it for at least ten years. The general vibe is "We're just saying anything at this point." Qunari foreheads discourse with the subject matter being treated like it's an unfixable core issue and not a texture that can be tweaked or patched in. Evil corporation EA is evil, but it's conveniently forgotten when previous failures of Bioware are discussed, and people keep bringing up Andromeda and kick Anthem's corpse like it's inconceivable that the devs could learn from their mistakes. The rose tinted glasses for Origins are so tinted that it's elevated to a flawless masterpiece it really isn't. "My DA gone woke", but it's about the same identity options BG3 had and nobody gave a fuck. "Where's my tactical combat" bitches who most likely never used it and were switching to Morrigan all the time because being a warrior and pocking an enemy with a pointy stick was boring.
I genuinely don't get this degree of hate because like. People somehow can like Bethesda games, and then look at a cinematic game with obvious effort put into it and start bitching because it doesn't cater to their specific tastes like literally everything else in the industry. Just don't buy it, what even is this backlash? Against what?
#sorry for the rant but just#huh#dragon age the veilguard#datv#dav#dragon age#also sometimes I see people who are unironically mad about bellara and davrin#you know why#people other than 'white american'... like... exist?#this is insane to me
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AITA for not telling my friends that I probably wont survive this year?
Trigger warning: mentions of terminal illness, medical malpractice, death.
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I know the general consensus for this type of thing is almost always that I should tell them. This is a little more complicated, but I might still be TA.
I (20s trans) have an illness that doesnât always end with death. Itâs usually manageable with some heavy medications. The problem is that I live in the US, where access to these medications is made almost impossible, especially if youâre poor. I lucked out for a few years and have been able to have access. I thought I was set for life, and then the dr who prescribed that med started being inappropriate and abusive. They wonât allow me to transfer to a different dr in their office and there are literally no other doctors where I live that cover this disease or will prescribe the medication for me. So, that access is ending very soon, and I have spent months trying to find a way around it but. Hey. The American medical industry genuinely sucks. I just found out that itâs 100% impossible for me to continue this medication with the way things are, and nothing else works like this class of medications.
What this means is things are going to get really bad for me, and then I will most likely die in a really unpleasant way. Thatâs the reality, and at this point there is no avoiding it. I tried, but there are no options. Iâm still in the process of accepting it. Itâs not going great.
The problem is, I canât bring myself to tell anyone I know the full details. Iâve mentioned things are not looking good, but as far as most of my friendâs know Iâm doing just fine.
The last time I was this unwell, it was before I was allowed access to these medications, newly diagnosed, and I was doing really poorly. When I told friends and mutuals about this, they called the cops to do a âwellness checkâ because they just assumed I was suicidal rather than actually that sick for some reason. I, a visibly trans person, was forced to allow a cop to come into my apartment to talk to me while I was trapped my bed because I was unable to get up and walk at that point. At the same time, I started getting messages on my personal blog telling me to shut up about my illness. A lot of messages to KMS already. I mean a lot of them. When I started to get better thanks to the meds, I had people tell me they were disappointed that I didnât die. I had close friends ghost me or tell me I wasnât worth it.
To say Iâm traumatized about this kind of thing is putting it lightly. Years of therapy has not even touched most of that.
Now, I donât have any rl friends. Being constantly sick made that hard, then the pandemic made it impossible. So all my friends are online and wonât be clued in to whatâs happening unless I tell them outright. I would like to, because I hate the idea of vanishing on them. But Iâm currently living in an even more unsafe area to have a âwellness checkâ done by the police and I just genuinely canât bring myself to trust anyone with this level of personal ever again.
AITA for not telling them? Should I just suck it up and do it?
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Just for clarification for anyone who can't put two and two together, when I say don't blame the new animators, I mean do not blame the new artists working on LMK. Not be totally content with the change! The animators likely had no control over this change! It is not the fualt of the new animators nor the old ones! It is Lego's fualt, it is the big corporation behind the show that chose to change animators because they didn't want to continue paying the old animators what they deserved to continue making the show. There were probably also a culmination of creative differences, and/or time constraints that couldn't be handled, and I'm sure many more reasons behind the choice of change. But do not blame the new animators who were selected to continue bringing us this show, they are also a group of talented individuals who are trying to their best ability to catch up with the style of the show. Just because they can not bring us the same quality we were very lucky to have with the old animators does not mean we should be rude or mean to the new ones, they are also just trying to do their job!
In a world where the artistic industry is constantly under threat from the corporations, do not blame the artists! Blame the corporations behind them for making the 'cheaper' or 'easier' option! Great shows are constantly getting canceled and we are very lucky that it was just a case of switching animation companies in this regard and that we got another season of our beloved show, but that could change! Cheer on the new animators and give them your support as they adjust to making this show, and hope we get more!
Don't hate on the new animators for trying to do their job at the level they are capable of, blame Lego. And take what I say with a grain of salt as I don't have all the information behind the change, I just know that I am seeing a lot of hate towards these animators that frankly I do not think is very warranted, they are just a group of people trying their best. Treat them as such and be fucking nice!
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So it's done! The little story that tidied me over this week of missile hellfire and long stretches of power outages. Jeff is back from Oort Cloud and is forced to question his strengths and aptitudes when things go unexpectedly very, very wrong very fast. All boys get to feature, eventually, but Scotty is having the worst time of all. Many thanks to @janetm74 for cheering me on through brief patches of power going up.
GRAVITY
Some days were worse than others. Some days the heady rush of pure JOY and BLISS of being back with his beloved boys, his Ma, in his own home, back on his own PLANET, beneath the blue skies, breathing unprocessed air... were not enough to tide him over the bone deep weariness. Days, when the bustling world around was suddenly too much effort. Too much, period.
That morning he woke up, gruff and bleary, feeling every ounce of gravity amplified weight down to his marrow. He didn't remember sleeping a wink, but he knew he was late. The corner of the blanket peeled away, catching on his stubble, revealed a silhouette perched on the side of his bed. Scott. Already dressed to the nines in a suit that looked like it was shipped straight from the Milan runway. It probably had been. His son's aftershave was fancier and more expensive than he could ever afford or had any clue to choose at that same age. Predawn light was casting a grey hue over Scott's features, gleaming in silver highlights, making him look older. Tired. His eldest looked hauntingly like Jeff felt, sagging under the crashing weight, stretched thin, even put together all sharp like that, bright and early. The sudden heartache of that thought came out as a hoarse groan.
They were supposed to meet several executives first thing in the morning to get Jeff up to speed a bit more. To get the company brass reacquainted with the Tracy Patriarch too. There had been many new promotions and appointments over the past eight years. But Jeff could barely keep his eyes open. The thought of getting up and moving gave him a shiver, which, in turn, deepened the worried frown on Scott's face. The taut lines in the corners of his son's eyes and mouth became prominent. Much as the pallor and dark circles, belying a sleepless night. Scott took a call out in One, right off the roof of Tracy Tower. It was the fastest and most expedient option, regardless of Virgil's protests. That's how Jeff remembered most of his sleep being drained by nightmares - One screeching off and him spending eight endless years calculating and hoping (praying) the rocket plane made it out of the Zero-X launch blast radius in time, taking his son to safely far enough. He winced at the memory and squinted against a nauseating headache. Scott's worry was obviously reaching the red zone.
A firm hand landed on his shoulder, then moved to press for the pulse. His boy's fingers were uncharacteristically cold, but maybe Jeff was just catching space chills.
"Dad, are you alright? I will cancel the morning! I'll get you to the hospital right now, then Virgil will fly Grandma in!"
The on the go plan was all IR Commander, but blue eyes blown up twice the usual size in panic was Scotty at any given time Dad was about to disappear. Again. He hated the treacherous frailty that got his unwavering boy so scared. As much as he hated the very idea of hospitals, enthusiastically shared by all his children.
"It's okay, Bluejay! No need to worry! Just one of those days. I'll sleep it off. You go ahead with the meeting and I'll rise and shine to have brunch with you, deal?"
Between the Zero-XL assembly under wraps, the possibly one-way mission to the middle of the galactic nowhere, and Jeff's subsequent laborious rehabilitation, the Tracy Industries senior executives really needed some quality face time with the Tracy-in-charge. So they would have it. Jeff was under no illusion he was in any shape to be that, anymore. Scott was, still. But that would have to change maybe sooner, than they both wished, if mornings like that became a recurrent thing.
Scott didn't appear entirely convinced and there was definitely a ping being sent up to Five to monitor Jeff's space-addled sleeping hunk extra closely. However, the anxious scowl softened into warm mirth as Scott smiled down at Dad's rugged face. Cool fingers moved from the pulse point to brush away the matted grey curls from Jeff's forehead. The gesture was definitely well practiced on any and all of the younger brothers, but in that moment all Jeff could see in the slight tilt of the head and a special, radiant fondness in the blue gaze, was the boys' mother. He nearly choked on a sob and covered his eyes, feigning a fit of cough. Scott moved immediately to give him a glass of water from the bedside table. Once done blinking away the stinging moisture, Jeff caught the tail end of a hastily covered wince in the boy's features. If he were operating at full capacity, he would have probably dug to the bottom of it with proper insistence. As it were, Jeff settled for a squeeze of the premium wool clad bicep:
"How're you holding up, son? Tough night?"
"I'm okay, Dad! You don't need to worry! A couple of bruises here and there. Mostly my ego, as I landed in a heap when the jetpack gave out. I'll never hear the end of it from everyone!"
The edges of Scott's "cheeky flyboy" smile were tighter than Jeff should have been placated with. But gravity was already pulling his lids down.
***
He marginally remembered a quick tender peck on his forehead, or maybe he dreamt it up, conflating the endless years of longing for his mother and for his wife even before that. The scent of his eldest's aftershave, laced with a familiar wiff of One's fumes, lingered and calmed him down. He came to think of it as home and hope over the past months. Jeff next woke up to an anxious face of a different son.
John's hologram practically vibrated with anguish, bouncing on the bedside comm unit. Eyes wide and wild, John looked all too much like an Alan Jeff last remembered - eight years old and left at the Warton boarding school for the very first time.
"Dad!!! What's going on!?!! Are you alright?!!!"
Jeff's headache still didn't agree with the yell, audible practically from orbit. He didn't master much but an incoherent grumble to that.
"Somebody called 911 to the TI Conference Room for Mr. Tracy! I can't get through to Scott's comm! You were supposed to have a meeting first thing today! Are you okay!?"
Words rushed and stumbled one over the other, so unlike John's usually impeccable, professionally honed articulation. It took an extra moment for John to compute Dad's state of underdress - a testament in and of itself of the ginger's distress.
"Dad? Are you still in bed?"
Awareness was catching up with him and with it the heavy drag of gravity and dread. His ginger spaceman was still faster on the uptake, his own overwhelming horror finally pinned on a name:
"SCOTT!!!"
The only Mr. Tracy at the TI Conference room at that moment. It all was coming to Jeff in bits of a disjointed puzzle - the overnight rescue, Scott's ashen paleness he chalked up to lack of sleep, the stifled painful grimace his son wasn't quick enough to hide. And Jeff wasn't there for him!
***
If the younger employees of Tracy Tower were secretly looking forward to meeting the Resurrected Space Outcast, Founder of Tracy Industries and International Rescue, Hero of the Century and a Living Legend - Jeff Tracy - it was probably not barefoot and clad in pink flamingo print pijamas, sporting a bedhead and an overnight shadow, stumbling his way down the hallway at an alarming speed with a formidable assistance of the wall and an occasional doorknob. Jeff practically flung himself into the Conference room and nearly toppled over several people in expensive suits, crowded over a prone body on the floor. He shoved somebody's shoulder aside with enough force and less ceremony than was maybe appropriate.
His knees hitting the floor gave a jaw-jiggling rattle and it remained to be seen if he'd be able to make it back up unassisted, but he didn't give a damn. Scott was still and sheet white against the navy blue of the carpeting. Somebody had the presence of mind to loosen his tie and unbutton the shirt. Scott's face and chest were wet as someone apparently tried to sprinkle water on him to ease the fainting. To obviously no effect. Jeff might have noticed a shadow of bruising on the toned torso, but his eyes were on the beloved yet lifeless waxy face. He cupped Scott's cheek and shifted the other hand to rub his sternum forcefully .
"C'mon, Bluejay! Give me those eyes! Time to wake up!"
Either the father's voice or the strenal rub had the effect - Scott eyelashes fluttered and a sliver of blue became visible. Jeff felt encouraged, thankful the baffled and paniced executives were giving him a wide berth.
"There you go, Scotty! Open them up for me, eh? Dad is here, Bluejay!"
Jeff moved his palm from Scott's chest to grab a cold limp hand and squeeze. His other hand never left the son's cheek, the thumb caressing cool clammy skin carefully. Give the boy a sensory anchor.
"Stay with me, kiddo! It's alright!"
Blue eyes were still cloudy and unfocused, eyelids heavy. Scott seemed to have just then noticed Dad's presence.
"Dad? Yu'came?"
Jeff's chest constricted. Of course, they were supposed to be in that meeting together. But Jeff succumbed to weakness and left Scott alone. Again.
"I'm right here, Bluejay! Dad is here!"
The pained, far-away gaze still didn't land on him.
"Yu'never come... Only Mom comes... I call'n'call an'yu'never come..."
He was feeling cold sweat and shivers raking his own body, his head was swimming from strain and fear, but he had to keep Scott conscious and talking.
"Dad is right here! I'm with you, Scotty! Just look at me! Can you do that for Dad?"
Scott seemed to have made an effort to look at him, the brilliant blue almost black with strain.
"Yu'never come when I'm dying..."
With that Scott's eyes rolled back into his head and a thin rivulet of blood trickled down the corner of his lips. Jeff couldn't tell if his son's skin went colder to his touch as his own hands went icy numb. There was a distant sound coming through the pounding in his ears - an animal-like wail of Scott's name in a voice Jeff didn't recognize as his own. Space shifted around him, bodies shuffling urgently as more people entered the room. Multiple hands were prying him away from Scott's unmoving body, but they would need a crowbar. Jeff was putting up a fight to stay latched to his son, or so he thought. In the middle of a vicious flail he was suddenly tipping sideways some distance away, Scott completely obscured from view by a wall off luminicent lined uniforms of paramedics. And Jeff's world went black.
***
[Lucy, please! I know you miss him, love! Oh my God, I KNOW, baby! I know you're all alone there! Please, don't take him! PLEASE! He hasn't lived yet! Our boy, Luce! I let him down so much! I'm so sorry! I asked so much of him, and he gave up everything! I screwed up! Take me, hon! If you absolutely must, take me instead! I'll watch over them all with you, dear! But you can't take him! You won't! I know you won't let him! He needs to live! Please, don't let him stay with you, Lucy! PLEASE!]
***
He started awake yet again with his eldest son's name on his lips, voice hoarse like he'd been shouting over the ocean surf, crashing on the island shore. Caramel eyes were startled by his roar that time. Gordon was quick to collect himself and put on a smile.
"Hey, Dad! You're awake!"
Not unlike Scott's early that morning (was it still the same day?), Gordon's grin was thin, taut, not bright enough to cover the shadows visible on tanned skin. Jeff tried again, putting a worth of questions into the name:
"Scott?"
Gordon's smile faltered and Jeff felt the heady rush of weightlessness, his mind slipping away from the tether of sanity.
"Scotty's in surgery, Dad! There was internal bleeding and he crashed in the Conference room. The paramedics said he coded there, but they got him to the hospital on time! They're working on him now!"
Coded. Scott died on his watch. Because Jeff wasn't there. He took a breather, let his boy take over his slack and his duty. Again. Scott was paying with his life when Jeff was unfit to deal. Again.
He shifted in what appeared to be a hospital bed, but the range of his movement was limited by the IV line, now pulling at his hand. Gordon stopped him from getting up, hands, weighing his shoulders back on the mattress, a lot stronger than he remembered.
"Whoa, Dad! Nah-uh! Stay put! Your BP tanked and you blacked out there too!"
That probably explained the dizziness and the hospital ward spinning slowly around him. Jeff took a cautious look around the room, but for the monitor tracing his vitals it was empty. Gordon read the question in his gaze.
"Allie got so worked up with worry - he threw up. John's with him, helping to clean up. Grandma's watching the surgery and consulting in the OR gallery. They actually let Virgil in the OR! Those puppy eyes are a menace! Or maybe Johnny-boy donated the hospital a research lab or something. Anyhow, they let him stay with the anesthesiologist - you know how Scooter's body eats through painkillers! Freakish metabolism and all! So they wouldn't want him wake up mid surgery, and Virgie knows the dosage and his stats by heart. It's good, right? Scotty's not all alone in there!"
Gordon was rambling, not pausing for air, and Jeff knew that to be the boy's primary tell for intense anxiety. He reached for his second youngest hand to ground himself as much as to offer comfort.
The door hissed open and Alan waded in, followed by a mile of ginger topped blue. Allie's face was blotchy and ashen, fresh tear tracks marking the skin. John was gripping the boy's shoulder with one hand. He had a tablet clutched to his chest with the other.
"Dad!"
Alan sounded so young Jeff's heart ached. He lifted the IV bound arm and Alan was quick to tuck himself to Dad's side, lanky teen limbs curled into a ball. The boy was not bothering to be discrete about crying again. Gordon flopped over Jeff's legs, uncharacteristically lost for words and craving contact too. Jeff waited till John walked around and perched by his shoulder. The ginger was engrossed by the video feed on his tablet. The live stream from the OR Jeff was not sure the hospital authorized or even knew about. He didn't care. He was dying to ask how the surgery was going, for how long, but Jeff wasn't sure how much John had clued the Tinies in. So he craned his neck to better see the screen and waited. Silence stretched. Virgil's massive form in sterile scrubs, cap and mask was visible, hunched over Scott's face, his fingers drumming lightly over the brother's bare shoulder. Jeff couldn't tell if Virgil was tapping in Morse code or playing out a mute tune. Either way it was definitely a way to reach through to big brother and not to disrupt the doctors. The surgery site was a hustle of frantic activity Jeff didn't dare follow too closely. At some point John's eyes went almost sea-green dark and the grip on the tablet turned his knuckles white. Jeff squeezed his shut, hugging Alan's trembling shoulder closer.
[Please, Lucy! No! Please!]
Time stretched further without meaning in perfect silence. John finally shifted to get up and announced:
"They closed him up! He'll be wheeled to Critical Care now."
Turquoise met caramel across the ward and it occurred to Jeff the statement was addressed more Gordon's way, as the blond was on his feet immediately. There was a LOT of communication between his family going right over his head. Maybe they didn't trust his strength that day. Or maybe they were just too used to not factor him into the synergy of their tightly knit world. Either way, it hurt more than he could ever let them know.
Gordon got his cue and was peeling Alan up and away from Jeff's side.
"C'mon, Al! Let's go find Grandma before she instills fear of hell into the nurses! And maybe grab some snacks for everyone! On my word, Dad DOESN'T want the local variety of green jell-o!"
Alan, as well as everyone else in the room, knew it for what it was worth - a diversion tactics to get him away. Allie could be stubborn with the best of them, and he wasn't a kid anymore, despite a widely acknowledged belief, but he knew there would be no real talk of Scott's post op prospects with him around. Not right then at least. Besides, the boy looked veritably drained by fear and all the uncertainty, and could use a change of scenery.
Shortly after Gordon chaperoned Alan out the doors to Jeff's ward hissed again. Virgil appeared like a giant ghost, swaying on his feet. He shed the surgical mask, gloves and cap, but was still in the OR scrubs. Drenched through with sweat. John was by his brother's side in one long stride. The boys leaned into each other for a long moment, their foreheads touching. Jeff longed to envelope his sons into a massive hug and let them draw strength from their father, as should be. He longed to rush to Scott's side and hold on to him as tightly as he knew how, not letting the boy slip away. He longed to console the Tinies and shoo away the haunted desperation from their eyes. He longed to ascertain them all they were not loosing Scott. Because they couldn't. HE couldn't. But he was marooned by the stupid IV, bedridden by gravity, exhausted by dread and guilt, eating him alive. Not for the first time that day Jeff felt redundant and useless, a fragile husk rolling around, causing mere nuisance.
Virgil heaved a breath to center himself and John stepped around him to head out. But not before giving his brother another quick fierce hug. Virgil seemed to be gathering his bearings, his mind booting up, previously lost in whatever he saw and felt going on in that OR.
"John, wait! Scott is critical. They won't let you in!"
John's face was a chiseled mask, a shade paler yet, if it were at all possible.
"I just bought this hospital equipment enough to research immortality. I'm going to be with my brother!"
With that he was gone through the door. Virgil seemed lost for a moment, lonely in the middle of the room. Chocolate eyes landed on Dad and just like that - the dam broke. The tidal wave of years worth of fear and pain, and toll of anticipatory grief as well as the actual one, for reasons Jeff only began to piece together, breached through defenses and Virgil collapsed into his father's eager arms, sobbing.
***
Maybe it was fitting he only got to do his vigil bid by Scott's side after all his kids, and his Ma, had exhausted themselves. Maybe it was his turn to step up, finally. Or maybe he wasn't ready before. How could he be? No amount of bracing himself could prepare Jeff for seeing Scott in the Critical Care unit - translucent and perfectly still - machines doing breathing for him, pumping blood for him, doing all the living for him. Even after That Place there was more life in his son's body, more tangible reality beneath the gossamer skin. His son's spirit was nearly unmoored, yet Jeff felt like he was the one needing life support. A lifeline. So he reached for the one that had yanked him from the brink more than once, led him out of cosmic limbo, sure and true - his son's hand. And held fast.
***
[I'm right here, Bluejay! Dad is here! I never come when you're dying, because you're NOT! I'm right beside you! Mom will show you the way home! I'll be waiting right here, son! I'm not going anywhere, I promise!]
#thunderbirds are go#scott tracy#scott tracy needs his dad#jeff tracy#jeff tracy needs a reality check#virgil tracy needs a hug#john tracy needs a hug#alan tracy gets a hug#gordon is a good big brother#jeff tracy needs a license update in fathering#thunderbirds 2015#my fic
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What type of tablet would you suggest for art? I have done traditional drawing and want to start some digital art.
Iâm not the best to ask for tablets. I use an iPad, and I used to use a Wacom back when I was in college. But I know thereâs been a huge boom in higher quality tablets for much cheaper as the technology has progressed since then. I just havenât happened to try any myself, so I canât recommend anything besides those two devices. Wacom is of course an industry standard at a lot of places, but that doesnât mean theyâre the best for someone just starting out. Iâd say try to google the top tablets, and then look on YouTube for reviewers based off those. Just keep an open mind, most expensive, doesnât always mean best.
Some tablets have screens, which is nice, but youâll have to think about if thatâs a necessary feature you need, or if youâd rather sacrifice that feature for a cheaper one without. Everyoneâs needs are so different, and at different points in their journey. The tablet I first started on was a rinky dink, five by five square that had two little buttons and horrible pen pressure (but that was back in 2005. Pretty much anything you can get now would probably be much better lmao).
If youâre just starting out, it might be best to start simple.
*edit* I do wanna say, cause I re-read what I wrote and thought I mightâve sounded harsh on Wacom, but Iâm not at all hating. My tablet is from 2015. I pulled it out the other day, and it still worked fine. Itâs industry standard for a reason. I was more just trying to say itâs an expensive brand because youâre paying for the name, and to be aware there might be cheaper options that are just as good. Just wanted to add that!
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So... I had this funny request.. See.. What if Reader is a famous personality? Like they are an actor and a singer at an young age? Like they worked for movies like Harry Potter and marvel and then later on took singing as career option which resulted being an awesome choice as their music skyrocketed. So what if One directions manager arranged a collab with reader? And one direction was also a huge fan of her but Harry had a huge celebrity crush on reader which he had hinted alot of times in interviews which fans could see, reader didn't knew them well only that they were a famous band and she didn't knew their names too? as she was rather busy with her own stuff plus she didn't knew fans shipping her and harry? So when they all saw reader at the office because it was kept a surprise for them with whom they were gonna collab so Harry started fan girling? I mean it's just pure fluff and teen love?
Performance of a Lifetime
harry styles x reader
a/n: lil blurb for ya! changed it a bit! plus some cheesy h for you!
Harryâs never felt more excited in his life, entirely exhausted, but had that excited-about-to-vomit feeling inside of him while practicing this dance routine.
Its how all of one-direction was feeling at the moment. Wanting to drop dead like flys but not because they needed to impress a certain singer, joining them for a charity performance.
Y/n was a house-hold name, from a young age of being a child star, working her ass off to be taken seriously without being taken advantage of, she slowly dipped into the world of music before she started to become the face of the music industry. She was doing a joint performance with one-direction this friday as the headliner for the day.
Harry nearly fainted when his managers told him they were preforming with her; he also didnât hesitate to go to dance rehearsals when asked too. He needed to make sure his performance was flawless but also needed to work up his absâand by work up he means create.
This afternoon though, will be the first time him and be the rest of the band meet Y/n. Harry new he had some competition over winning the stars heart; both Zayn and Louis were trying suspiciously hard during rehearsal to outshine one another, and Harry hated every moment of it.
Soon enough though, they were out of the showers and changing into more professional clothing to meet the singer. Harry was tapping his foot, rehearsing how he was going to introduce himself and win over the girl.
âYou ready?â
âHuh?â
Niall chuckled and wrapped his arm around Harry as they walked down the long hall. âYouâre going to meet your celebrity crush! Big day for you.â
âI donât have a celebrity crush-â
âEveryone has a celebrity crush. Mine in Selena Gomez.â Niall chided. âI think Zayn likes one of that Hadid girls, Liam likes Miley Cyrus, and Louis likes any celebrity that people say are niceâwhich I think is a good thing honestly.â
âHowâd you know that then.â Harry sighed.
âYou remember in X-factor days, those stair videos we did?â Harry nodded. âSomeone asked who our celebrity crushes were, and I think yours is the only one that hasnât changed.
Harry shook his head, ignoring and hoping that Niall is the only one stupid enough to remember whatever video. âBut you saw Zayn and Louis in practice today? They were trying much more than normal, no way they donât have a crush.â
Niall shrugged his shoulders. âSheâs hot. Of course they do. I mean, if she talks to me and is nice I might.â
Harry shoved Niall off of him and groaned, speed walking away from his friend and trying to catch up to the rest of the boys.
âWait up you dolt.â Niall yelled. âDonât be stupid, I follow the girl codeâI wonât date, flirt, or fuck your crushâand the bro codeâI will hype you up. Scouts honor.â
Harry sighed. He was grateful for Niallâs help, really; but sometimes it gets a little carried away with matters of the heart.
âHurry up ya pussys!â Liam shouted from the elevator, holding the door open for the boys. He got a smack from the manager, John, who gave him a stern glare for his word choice.
Harry and Niall got into the cramped elevator and watched as the doors closed. Harry watched the red numbers go up, slowly yet not stopping. He started worrying as he got higher and higher, it was less than five minutes until he meets his crushâhe shivered at the thought.
The doors chimed and then opened. The boys pushed each other out, Zayn, Louis, and it seems now Liam were all extra eager to meet Y/n. John walked slowly behind the group, typing away on his phone.
The say the assistant who stood up when the men entered and made a gesture for them to follow her. She knocked on the door. âY/n youâve got your entourage here.â
âEntourage-â Liam questioned, before the door swung open.
Y/n glanced over the boys, giving them a once-over, and then opened the door fully to let them in. âItâs nice to meet you all!â She chided, flashing a quick smile. âCome in! Come in!â
The women turned around and sat at the other end of a long table, filled with mood-boards, pictures, and tons and tons of sheet-filled binders. The rest of them joined on the opposite side. Harry didnât miss the glance Y/n sent him, it wasnât as confused as the last time though, it was moreâŚcurious.
Harry ignored that thought. Heâs just being delusional.
âAlright so one-direction I canât wait to preform with you all this weekend.â Y/nâs assistant handed her a clipboard, and she flicked through the pages. âI see the songs you want to preform, and I must admit, Iâm not hugely familiar with your work and would like to go over them.â Her manager nudged her. âSorry.â She sighed, clearing her throat. âIâd like to get to know all of you foremost.â
Harry blinked, but Liam didnât. âMy names Liam, huge fan of your workâboth music and film. I sing, dance, date, you name it!â
âAlright nice to meet you-â
âIâm Louis. Raised in Doncaster. And I like your work too, especially that one song on your last albumâthe one that goes like âwhy not me la laââ
âWould it surprise you if I told you heâs a singer too.â Zayn smirked, hand on Louisâ shoulder to get him to stop. âIâm Zayn, and to make the rest quick thatâs Niall and the one on the end is Harry.â
âHello.â
âHey.â
âWell itâs nice to meet you all. And Iâm Y/n and quite frankly Iâm ready to get to work.â The boys nodded in agreement, a little afraid. âSo...Story of My Life.â
~
âY/n how was it preparing for this event with a group of boys? Annoying I bet.â The interviewer asked.
Y/n and the boys were in their stage outfits, less then an hour left until their due on stage. Harry had on his black skinny jeans, and a grey tang top, his tattoos on displayâtrying to go for the edgy, bad-boy look. Y/n had on black baggie jeans and a tight, cropped bra-like shirt to match. Harry liked how they looked coordinated.
âItâs been a trip, honestly.â Y/n laughed. âI didnât know much about one direction, but I like to think that that Iâve made some friends.â Y/n giggled as she pulled in Harry, her arm around his neck. Harry was quite shocked, first of all, he wasnât apart of the interview, and second of all, she considered him a friend!
âCan you confirm Styles?â
âOh yeah. Weâre best friends at this point.â He delivered his million dollar smile (with a hint of desperation in there) and felt the heat from his blush on his cheeks rise up. âNice break from those losers back there.â Harry pointed to the boys behind him, shooting the shit and trying to look better.
âHow cute you two look! All matching! Was this on purpose?â
âUhh.â Harry didnât know what to say. Luckily Y/n saved him.
âOf course! Gotta have the main attractions coordinating!â She joked, leaning into Harryâs chest.
âHow cute of a couple!â Harryâs jaw dropped and could feel Y/n freeze. âIâve got the others to interview! Good luck!â
~~
How Harry got through the performance will forever be a mystery. How he will face Y/n again is an even bigger mystery.
After the interviews went on, more and more people questioned or reminded him of his relationship status with the star. He couldn't even get much of a break after the show because they swung into even more interviews, some better than others though.
Y/n acted odd though. Harry thought back to different relationships he has had with women he was friends with, none were this close to him, sometimes the hug here and there but never hand holding or arm around the neck constantly. Harry was getting mixed signals and was scared he was misinterpreting Y/n's actions. But the public eye, and his band mates, were always around watching him so it's not like much could be said without fear of someone knowing.
"Alright, I think that wraps up this interview. Next in two." Some manager said.
"Hey." Y/n whispered. Harry glanced around him, no one was near; the other boys sat on a separate couch from him and Y/n, and no praying ears were about.
"What?" Thats how you flirt Harry? Come on.
Y/n smiled though. "I just wanted to say I liked hanging out with you today."
"Really?"
"I wanted to know if you could hang out again, but without everyone else?"
"Like a date?" Harry gasped, voice not even a whisper.
"Yeah? If thats alright?" Y/n asked, looking at the dreamed out Harry who was rapidly blushing. "H?"
"Get ready boys!" ... "And Y/n."
"H were are almost live." Y/n reminded him, fixing herself up and then him. "Wanna answer?"
"Good afternoon-"
"Yes." Harry interrupted the interviewer, looking over at shocked Y/n. "Of course! I know this great place off of some road-"
Harry got knocked with a pillow by Niall, who gave him a rude look.
"Anything you wanna share mate?" The interviewer asked.
Harry smiled, finally looking where he should of been all this time, instead of the girl next to him. He nodded his head, held up high and straightened his shirt.
"I got a date."
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