#i just think that if i got to see a drag queen irl that it would heal me

[pirateswhore]

I wanna go to a drag show so bad but literally all of the drag clubs are situated at the NORTH of my country and I'm living in the shitty south :(

[dani-luminae]

Now hear me out-

After I saw your post of how Descendants treats Adam's curse as a joke it got me thinking-

What if the weird jokes about the curse is Adam's way of coping with his trauma about the curse in the first place

Now I just want to make it clear that this coping mechanism is UNHEALTHY but let's be honest- when have people EVER been good at dealing with mental health problems in a healthy way?

And look at how Belle acts whenever he makes those jokes

"Well it was either you or a teapot": Gives him a look that says "Are you fucking kidding me?" Yes he did just make a joke about marrying his MOTHER figure instead of her but I feel like she could've also thought "Please stop joking about your own and other people's trauma like this and go to therapy-"

"Lucky for me, she doesn't go by first impressions": Tightens her smile before turning 100% of her focus to Mal

This woman is 100% done with her husband avoiding dealing with his trauma through these stupid jokes and I fully believe she does what she can to make it easier for him

My biggest example of this is the scene where Hades wakes Audrey up, in this scene Belle's wearing a yellow outfit with a blue flower thingy attached to her chest

It's canon in the OG movie that roses are Belle's favorite flowers as Adam says this while he's buying them for their wedding in their bonus book

RED ROSES are Belle's favorite flower yet we barely see any of them in the movies outside the enchanted rose in the museum, you'd think the queen of Auradon's favorite flower would be more prominent in the kingdom or at least on her clothing but NOTHING

Why?

Because Adam is probably traumatized by roses after being forced to watch a rose for ten years knowing it basically symbolized his lifespan, Belle knows her favorite flower triggers her husband so she does her best to keep them away from him

Now I can excuse Adam buying roses for her on her wedding day because he was probably swept up in the moment and wanted to make her happy, plus the curse had just been lifted at this point so he probably hadn't fully taken in his trauma yet

I saw you mentioning in one of your posts that D3's mech book treats his curse like a "superpower", now since to my knowledge there's no book where Adam's writing down stuff personally I'm assuming it's the other characters doing this, to which I say

Just look at how people irl treats this curse, barely any acknowledgement how badly this would fuck up someone mentally, all the jokes that "Belle liked him better as beast" "He was better looking as the beast"

I saw that page from D3 novelization that Mal doesn't seem to care AT ALL that her fiancé got cursed so these people not understanding how badly this fucks up a person checks out

TL: DR: Adam has developed and encouraged bad ways of dealing with his trauma and Belle has been trying to drag his ass to therapy since the moment she heard the first joke related to the curse

(Okay sorry if this became so long but you're one of few people in the fandom I've seen not hating D! Belle and Adam and I love having people to discuss my hyperfixations with)

(Also want to make it clear that I fully agree that the way Descendants handles the curse is stupid- luckily stupid decisions from the writers leads to much free room for interpretation and headcanons)

You say "sorry this became so long" as if me and the other like 3 people interested in this character haven't been starved for content lmao

Anyways. This is one of those headcanons that's like "OMG it fits perfectly with canon!!! :)" and "ouch, it fits perfectly with canon!!!!! :(" at the same time. Because it makes so much sense!!!! But also it makes so much sense.

I don't actually have much to add, other than I definitely agree with this headcanon. Thank you for sharing it!

[vmpkai]

in honor of pride month i ended up making queer headcannons of the main hamilton characters because i like making everything queer so

lgbtq+ hamilton headcannons

disclamer: yes some of the sexualities are weird because i like weird identities, i use weird identities, and sometimes it just makes sense. not a fan? close the door on your way out. also this is sponsored by 3 am thoughts and lack of sleep. anyways, shall we continue?

alexander hamilton

- he / they

- bi + polyam + trans guy

- a fanfic gave me the poly idea and i absolutely love it

- also alexander is just a trans name and he has that tboy swag

- has a thing for both john ( he finds all of his friends to be very attractive and flirts with them all )

- very obnoxious about his identity ( as he should )

john laurens

- he / him

- demisexual + gay + cis

- it just works for him

- knew he was gay from birth he just needed some boys to kiss

hercules mulligan

- he / him

- bihet or unlabeled + demiromantic + cis

- makes and sells pride flags + has several pride stickers

- doesn't really care all that much, but find himself having a preference for women

- does have a major thing for laf though ( is way too shy to talk about it )

marquis de lafayette

- all pronouns

- pan + genderfluid + non binary

- so obnoxiously gay and it's wonderful

- definitely does drag in their free time ( and fucking slays it each time )

angelica schuyler

- she / her

- pan + aroace + trans woman

- if you even think anything queerphobic she will tear you a new one ( kicked a transphobe in the teeth cuz of a comment they made towards her )

- such a girlboss about it

eliza schuyler

- she / they

- bi + polyam + asexual + cis

- polyam idea also from a fanfic ( it was really good )

- alex helped her realize she was polyam

- has a big fat crush on maria lewis

peggy schuyler

- any pronouns

- lesbian + genderfluid

- blames all of her problems on homophobia ( as she should )

- the most lesbian to ever lesbian tbh

- reminds me of one of my irl friends tbh ( both give off the same vibes )

maria lewis ( reynolds )

- she / her

- bi lesbian + trans girl

- doesn't talk about her sexuality a lot cuz she hates explaining ( mood )

- eliza was lesbian awakening, alexander was bi awakening, james made her realize she did NOT like men. well cis men at least ( just like me frfr )

thomas jefferson

- he / him

- bigay + aromantic + cis

- label depends on the day, really

- flirts with everyone ( more or less to get what he wants cuz he puts his pretty privilege to use )

- secretly does drag and denies all accusations ( he'd make a fabulous queen )

james madison

- he / him

- gay + demiaroace + trans guy

- nobody actually knows he's trans aside from those with the transtuition

- in a qpt relationship with thomas

aaron burr

- he / him

- hetero + aromantic + cis

- he's a quiet ally who supports his friends

- does not have a queer opinion at fucking all ( as per usual ) #certifiedfencesitter

george washington

- he / him

- hetero + cis

- doesn't understand but he tried his best

- ( at pride with all his kids the revolutionary set ) stranger: "how many genders are there?" washington: "i dunno man, i just got here."

king george

- nameself pronouns / neos / he

- gay + cis

- is 100% both a drag king and drag queen ( he's just so cunty )

- has that roly west of energy ( please tell me that someone can see the vision )

[birdgirl-22]

Thoughts currently in my head

𓁂

spilling my heart out

I dont have an identity i can call my own. I don't fit in, not in the fake way like an alternative person would say "im different" while having 10 friends irl and thousands of followers online, having found their own group. I mean the real way, the friends i have have identities and groups they fit into but i don't. I find my value decreases if i don't have interests i can share with them. If i pretended to like their interests that would be a terrible thing to do, not for me but because they'd think i was crazy. So i just have to watch on the sidelines. Im supposed to ignore it, just get over it like a normal person but i realize i was going about it all wrong; I cant ever be enough because i don't have an identity. Im a blank slate that copies from others, and it keeps shifting, and at the moment its nothing. I feel devoid of all life, i try so hard to become obsessed again with something, preferably something they like so maybe theres a chance i can get their attention again. For now im just their shadow, no one notices their shadow unless the light is bright enough.

I envy the rich tumblr culture, the friends everyone has, i see people pity me sometimes, and try a little to get me involved, im not ungrateful for their efforts, but the full experience is something i yearn for. When i was a kid, my best friend and i had different interests, i felt inferior though, when i tried talking about my interests it was short lived, she always got her word in about hers, and she always talked about hers. The colour black is better then blue, her superhero was better then my superhero, drag queens were cringe. I was cringe. Everyone in school knew i was cringe, she was my only real friend. I don't think i ask for the world, i ask for friendship like what everyone else has. I know its impossible to like someone who has no identity, doesn't share your interests, whats to love about them? i don't think theres anything to love about me, i don't think you can list what is to love about me anymore. Perhaps im blind to what people try offer me, maybe they have given up because of it. Is it my fault if i was blind? I got older, i made online friends through wattpad, a space i had an identity in at last. My fanfics were loved, and people showed me they loved them. They didn't always have to vote or comment, they would just read them and save it to their libraries. Or they'd just straight up tell me "please update!" "Post more" and i had my group. I had my tribe. But they moved on, people move on. I lost my friends , but it was my own fault because i got into a lot of arguments with someone, it killed my love for writing. After that i had no identity, i had short moments a few years later in college, interests came and went, but i made no friends, i had no group. Every friend disappears, yet people manage to have lifelong groups and close bonds. I don't understand what im missing. Am i trying to hard? am i too sad? but that's not my fault. then i get angry, its their fault, they should be patient, they should try harder. It cycles. I realize, when i get small bursts of rational thought, its no ones fault but mine. But that doesn't make it hurt less, i think it hurts more. I don't know what to change about myself. Motivation is gone. I just want them to notice me again. I don't want to be a background character in everyone's life anymore

"Oh yeah, she exists." . But no one gets what they want in this life, except the "cool" people with everything to offer each other. I promise i have so much love to offer if you just give me the chance.

[renaisguy]

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

Name: Ashera

Pronouns: they/them

Birthday (no year): 6th June

Where are you from? What is your time zone? England, GMT

How long is your roleplay experience? I think it must be like 10 years technically

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? Naruto OC roleplay on Google+

How were you introduced to TOA? I played FE4 and the brainworms took over, so I started following the genealogy tag on tumblr. I kept seeing posts about X character being accepted to the officer's academy, so eventually I looked into what that was all about.

Do you have any pets? No.

What is your favourite time of year and why? (Season, holiday, general period) My wardrobe is minmaxed for warm weather, I hate layers and I like having my window open, and having hours and hours of daylight. So summer.

What is your IRL occupation? IT.

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? Pixel art and cross-stitch, card games, social deduction games, doctor who, long walks.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? Zero escape, Aitsf, puyo puyo tetris, balatro, slay the spire, ace attorney, umineko, other vns.

Favourite Pokemon type & Pokemon: Delphox. I like dragon, fire and dark types.

Tell us some fun facts and trivia about yourself! (Optional bonus challenge: if you filled this out last year, try not to repeat what you said back then!)

I like dressing fancy. I regularly go to hang out with my friends wearing floor-length gowns, my grandad's boat cloak, and heels. I have a drag queen friend who sometimes gives me clothes he doesn't want any more, and it's great.

(Apart from the wrinkle where RD is technically my brother's and not mine) I own every FE game that got an English release.

I will always spell things the British way.

How did you get into Fire Emblem? At the time feh was released I was just playing every nintendo mobile game that came out. I thought the characters were cute and I found a second-hand copy of birthright sometime later. I then had to wait until Christmas to play it cause my brother's 3DS was broken.

What Fire Emblem games have you played? Beaten: Genealogy, Blazing Blade, Sacred Stones, Radiant Dawn, Shadow Dragon, Awakening, Birthright, Conquest, Echoes, 3 Houses, 3 Hopes, Engage Played a decent amount of: FE1, Binding Blade, Path of Radiance, Warriors

First & Favourite Fire Emblem games: First: Heroes/Birthright. Favourite(s): Genealogy, Sacred Stones, Radiant Dawn

List your 5 favourite Fire Emblem characters across the series! Laylea, Dew, Forde, Larcei and Jeritza. Maybe. I have too many faves.

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason! I liked M!Robin's art in heroes and he was the first 5* I summoned. Also I fell in love with Kaden the instant I met him cause he's cute (unfortunately my Corrin was already married)

Any Fire Emblem crushes? Like so many. For brevity I'll give the biggest one from each game: Wolf, Sonya, Arvis, Karel (FE7), Joshua/Cormag, Nasir, Reina, Jeritza, Zelkov. Shout out to Arvis for being the reason I played FE4 to begin with, and Jeritza cause the morning he became playable and bisexual I went insane.

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? I prefer to S support a new character each run cause I like filling the support log. The only time I've S supported a character more than once is the bisexual ones in 3H. So instead I'm giving my first and my favourite. Also at this point I've played 3H so much there's only like, 6 characters I haven't S supported. - Awakening: First: Miriel, Favourite: ??? - Fates: First: Jakob, Favourite: Kaden, Reina, Mozu - Three Houses: First: Jeritza, Favourite: Jeritza - Engage: First: Zelkov, Favourite: Zelkov

Favourite Fire Emblem class? Swordmaster

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable? Mage cause they have cape. I'd have great stats (delusional)

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? (Black Eagles, Blue Lions, Golden Deer, Church of Seiros, Those Who Slither in the Dark, unaffiliated civilian, other - for example Almyran) Black Eagles.

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? Boons: Reason, Axes, Authority. Banes: Heavy Armour, Riding, Faith. Budding talent: Faith.

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? (Firene, the Kingdom of Abundance; Brodia, the Kingdom of Might; Elusia, the Kingdom of Knowledge; Solm, the Queendom of Freedom; Lythos, the holy land of the Divine Dragon; Gradlon, the desolate land of the Fell Dragon) Firene.

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔(separate letters, to-ah, other?) Tee-Oh-Ay

Current TOA muses: Forde

Past TOA muses? Larcei, Tine, Dew, Yune, Laylea

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? I had Larcei for over a year and honestly I'm really happy with what I did with her (even if rereading her stuff makes me cringe). So as much as I love her I have no strong reason to pick her up... apart from that swordmaster drabble I never got around to.

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) There's overlap between the 'old' and 'new' gens of my muses. There's a hotheaded sword girl, a mage with issues :tm: and a cute blond guy. I think I have an easier time writing characters that have a positive outlook, and say what they mean.

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? Idk really. I don't think I'm that good at writing sad shit, so muses that have heavier stuff going on I'd struggle with.

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) I like being a little silly. Some of my favourite posts have been where I've just thought up some nonsense, and allowed myself to write it.

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? I want Forde to be obliterated emotionally. I do not care if these emotions are positive or negative.

Favourite TOA-related memories? SO many this group is awesome. I loved coming back after some time off and seeing what muses were still around. There's one in particular that Larcei and Forde are both close friends with and it cheeses me so much. Anyway happyland was my favourite event ever thank you mods.

Present or past tense? Present usually, but sometimes I use past don't worry about it.

Normal size text, small text, no preference? The most formatting I do is the occasional italics.

Got any potential muse delusions to share? There is *someone* who's been on my mind... (but really I have no strong muse thoughts at the moment, and I don't think I have the energy to double muse rn)

[imaginespazzi]

yall already know

and i am scared

“i guess a bit” alrighty there

“all she’s done is stared up at it” *stare is proper grammar dw i got u tho

damn not clemence another victim fr

i love you stephie you make nivi torture feel better

aw this is sweet in a really scary way

i was about to stress but i think stephie is just being sneaky

oh damn she isn’t this is legit

this is the end for me

“you and Miss Buecks- you were just- you were just like Anya’s Mama and Mommy? nivi i hate you so much for this what the hell i need to die or get back with my ex

2025 this is actually gonna end me

NO NO NO NO

okay but this is a genuine normal concern for azzi, i can’t blame her for having it, because it does happen. people tie her success to paige soooo much and i can see it being a thing

“no” okay i knew this scene was gonna be bad but oh no

alright this is bad and gonna get worse

this is such a valid point paige needs to see that

they’re both so irrational they could have just held off the engagement 

SHE DOESNT WANT TO COME OUT

it’s so different college to the wnba tho, there’s a reason paige is waiting till she’s in the w to come out, she’s gotta consider azzi

here’s azzi asking for more time even tho she keeps telling paige she can’t damn

now it’s 2033 again and i need to cry or laugh

ope of course

damn stephie “that’s where miss buecks want to go”

SHE WANTS TO LIVE IN NEW YORK

WHAT DA HELLLL

okay i’m dying

PAIGE WJAT

she missed them

she MISSED THEM

DAMN RIGHT OFF THE MARK

nobody

seems like bullshit to me

ITS THE AUTOGRAPH I KNOW IT IS(i scream as they drag me to the psych ward)

so stephie is saying yes right now

but azzi hasn’t said anything

i’m scared

dude why were u counting

stephie figuring it out herself like the queen she is

so is it over now? what happens now? it can’t be over

i’ll die

epilogue?

nivi i hate you 

HI SISTER WIFEY

You don't need to be tewww scared this time

sweet in a really scary way - peak Nivi core if we're being real

people tie her success to paige soooo much and i can see it being a thing - always a hint of reality to my madness like I think they're mature enough to work through it irl but could definitely be an issue idk

they’re both so irrational they could have just held off the engagement - but then we wouldn't have story tee hee

Don't die queen!

Wait....why do we hate me this time?

[okayprairie]

tagged by the endlessly kind @shichidikai !🙏💌 honored to take this opportunity to yap about myself for way too long

how many works do you have on ao3? nine

what's your total ao3 word count? 51,392

what are your top five fics by kudos? A Single Nail, A Single Ruby (to this day I don't understand how this got so much traction?? did someone on here post abt it??)

I'll Keep My Lanterns Lit (trc fandom is anyone still alive i miss you guys)

The Whirlpool Radius

Shallow Heavens 

Like Soft Water Holds The Sun

what fandoms do you write for? Current WIPs include The Locked Tomb, Jujutsu Kaisen, Monkey Man, and The Queen's Thief (with a prediction of HOTD on the forecast...) Published works are TQT, One Piece, Dune, Raven Cycle, and The Secret History

do you respond to comments? why or why not?i try to always respond!! as a very shy person irl and chronic lurker in fandom i think every bid for connection is a tiny miracle to me

what's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending? Hmmm maybe Seeing Blue/Be The End of Me? I don't aim to write angst most of the time. Imo it requires a lot of plot maneuvering in order to be both satisfying and believable, and my interest is mostly in the mundane moments between big canon plot points

what's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending? Like Soft Water was the closest to a good ol "ride off into the sunset" but the ending that made me happiest to write was Morning Bird Noon Flower

do you get hate on fics? No thank GOD i don't think i've even gotten called out for grammar mistakes which like. the gallows await me

do you write smut? Ok here is what I've been mulling over the past few months- yes I write smut but every time I finish an explicit scene I get hit with horrid block!! Or stuck in the middle of it! So it drags everything to a trudge and I feel like the quality of the writing in these scenes is never as strong as the rest of the piece. I'd really like to experiment more with my style, maybe try moving through these sequences more gesturally while keeping the heat cranked up. If anyone has recs like that please divulge, maybe I just need to read more ?? SOS

do you write crossovers? Honestly never considered it, characters feel so dependent on the context of their own franchises to me

have you ever had a fic stolen? No thank god. There are much better fics worth stealing

have you ever had a fic translated? Very interested the creative negotiation of translating but no!

have you ever cowritten a fic before? Not since middle school...But i love bouncing ideas if anyone ever wants to swap lore about their own WIPs, I'm too shy to bring it up but i am🥲very available🥲🥲👋

what's your all time favourite ship? Listen it's always going to Bel/Freddie from BBC's The Hour like god i have seen what You have done for othersss the childhood friends to codependent rivals slash coworkers plus [REDACTED??] and they're sooo secret-third-thing that everyone around them is 1. irritated to the point of violence 2. sick with jealousy. Like I have whatever autism makes you feel like no one understands a single word you say so imagine having someone who understands everything you're thinking with a single look?? to communicate so effortlessly and be so studiously known???? Christ on a bike

what's the wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will? My white whale my pandemic lifeline 75,000 words that will not under any circumstance see the light of day... (band member x OC childhood friends to lovers) (not saying which band) (if you see me pillage any scenes for future works: no you didn't)

what are your writing strengths? *putting my foot in the stirrup of my highest horse* there's one thing I'm always working on- I want to align all the imagery, metaphors, everything toward worldbuilding without exposition. Like I'm not going to say "Gen's coat was acid green" because that evokes a color in the reader's mind that's too modern and people in Gen's world wouldn't call it that, they'd describe it as "a sickly, flamboyant green" or "an eyesore," but not "a total eyesore," because 'total' evokes a 90s feel. Everyone sort of does this I just agonize over every word choice (HOWEVER incongruous language can be a tool especially for characters in a setting that demands formal-ish speech. AO3 user Molter deploys these moments to the effect of that first thrilling gasp in an icebath, or the electric chair. Nicola Griffith (author of Hild) also uses them, more so to press Hild's warm cheek against yours across the centuries. I aspire to their talents)

what are your writing weaknesses?

How much time do you have- KIDDING. Sort of. I have TV script brain and my first instinct is to not dictate anyone's interiority, as if I can just rely on the actor to telegraph the character's thoughts n all those subtle layers of emotion. I'm also hyper conscious of how repetitive my sentence structure gets🫠 and how often i write events happening to characters instead of characters making choices that cause events to happen🫠 criminal over-reliance on the semi colon🫠 sentimental🫠🫠🫠

thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic? I have a basic grasp on french but if it's a language i don't know i don't much see the point? words have meaning, why would I sling around ones that might evoke connotations I'm not aware of. Tldr control freak tendencies

first fandom you wrote for? The very very first fanwork I ever made was a hardcover diary I kept in middle school that was harry potter self-insert journal entries written as if i were a student at hogwarts. i would poke holes with a needle through the margins and say it from was my cat's claws🥲

favourite fic you've ever written? To this day I feel like The Color of Want came from someone else. Like who tf wrote that, tell her I just want to talk-

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I don't really know anyone on here so if you're reading this I tag YOU and if you fill these out please @ me in your posts so i can snoop🫶

[the-fiction-witch]

The Queen of Thorns P3

Media IRL X Fantasy / DND

Character Thomas Brodie Sangster

Couple Thomas X Reader

Rating smutty ish?

Please do part 3 this is so good ❤️❤️❤️❤️

this needs a part 3, it was so hooking

I agree please do a part 3

My body landed on the bed and she crawled over me her nails stroking my neck as she chuckled at me, "It's been an awfully long time since I've had a visitor thomas." She smirked, "Why don't you stay for a while." 

This became a pattern, she would make passionate almost at times violent love to me, and the first chance she let me go I'd bolt for the door only to have her vines wrap around my legs and drag me back kicking and screaming, but she would always free me again once I was in the bed as if she liked toying with me, and it didn't help with each exhausting orgasm I got weaker and weaker to her, more willing, but more tried and thus unable to run as fast or as far from her. 

She played with me like a cat to a captured mouse giving me room to escape only to pull my tail and drag me back again, 

And this went on for days! 

I hadn't slept merely at times passing out from pure exhaustion, as much as It was torture I couldn't deny it was heavenly too. I have to admit... I did kinda like being her little sex toy. 

it began that I didn't even bolt for her, I merely reminded or if I did try and go it was less from fear and more just wanting to have a goddamn rest! 

While she was sleeping I managed to sneak away still gasping as I went down the stairs of her tower but I merely got halfway down before the thorns wrapped around my ankles and dragged me back up to the bed, where she sat waiting for me. 

"Y/n... darling... you know I can't keep up like this-" I began but she kissed me and at this point that was enough to convince me. 

I had lost track of time, and days, anything other than her had been replaced in my mind, I was hers utterly and devotedly, if she wanted me she could have me, and she always wanted me, I had begun keeping track of time in orgasms, began marking days by positions, with the few rare events being my attempts to leave her bed, 

I didn't want to leave her, not now. I was happy here with her but I was tired and exhausted and even just a brief walk out of the room was a nice cool change of pace. 

My last time leaving the room was four missionaries and a reverse cowgirl ago so I kept away for some air and to stretch my legs only half dressed heading down through the castle even getting as far as the front gates where I leant to catch my breath and enjoy the cool air, looking out to the thorn forest. 

I wonder if everyone thinks I'm dead? 

Then again, is that such a bad thing? not like I had a great life, and I did owe that orc in Loslin a hundred gold. 

But before I had time to really think too much the thorns wrapped around my ankle and I was tossed up into the air caught midair and dragged back into the bedroom, 

"Hi," she giggles.

"Hi honey," I smiled giving her a kiss 

"I missed you,"

"Humm your insatiable you know that?" 

"I know," she smiled before she jumped on me again, 

I laid catching my breath holding her tightly, petting her hair a little as we lay together, "Do I get an explanation of... everything or not?"

"Alright, ask away my knight."

"You cursed yourself?"

"No,"

"So the sleeping is just..."

"Me sleeping,"

"And the huge thorn forest..."

"I am the queen of thorns, always had the power."

"I see." I nodded, "The castle?"

"I wanted to be left alone, you'd think building yourself a huge castle with a massive thorn forest would be enough to tell people to fuck off."

"You would."

"It doesn't. Adventurers still come trying to take some advantage, be it the castle, the magic, the coin or even me."

"I mean... I did."

"Exactly, What did you come here for?"

"... I'm one of the few 'adventurers' yet to succeed at something. Been up and down the map looking for a quest to achieve and... I'm pretty useless."

"I don't know, I've found lots of uses for my knight."

"Humm Thank you, my queen." I smiled kissing her, "So how did the myth come about?"

"People kept coming I kept killing them, rumours swill about people going missing, people know there's a queen in the castle it doesn't take long for the myth to swirl through all the whispers and changes." 

"What have you done to all the other adventurers?"

"I killed them, wrapped the thorns around them and used them as fertilizer for my roses."

"I see... this after you do like you've done to me and borderline bed trap them for... uhh... however long I've been here." 

"ehh some of them," she shrugged, "If I felt in the mood, none as long as you though most a night or so but nothing more."

"what makes me so special my queen?"

"Humm your handsome, and sweet, and full of energy" she smirked, "I like my knight very much." 

"Do you?"

"I do."

"I like my queen very much,"

"Do you think you'd ever... be willing to stay here with me?"

"Oh? as fertilizer?"

"No,"

"As a bed warmer?"

"No, I was thinking perhaps I could... Make you my Knight of thorns."

"You're what?"

"My knight of thorns, the big strong handsome man that I could arm with a thorn-sharp sword and dominion over the forest, he who guards the castle and protects his queen." She smiled,

"You'd really want ... me? as your Knight?"

"I would. I'm sure the myth would add you in, as the challenge past the forest that no soul survives, forever guarding his queen." 

"I think I'd like that very much, and... what would the knight do while the queen 'slumbers' in wait for another adventurer?"

"Hummmm... slumber with me, there's a port bell on the bridge a mile from the castle anyone comes to try and get though the forest we will know, so we can slumber, and snuggle and... make love until we hear such bells and then we simply wait to slaughter them together when they arrive and fed them to the roses."

"Sounds perfect my queen."

"excellent my Knight" She cooed pulling us back into a kiss. 

[gmabasic]

post your big brother thots I want to know what they are !!!

ok so i have irl connections to cory and like i know that man is smart so i’m not surprised he got himself off the block and i think had he been in literally any of the other comps he wouldn’t have even been sitting on the block for a second let along dragged into whatever the fuck the “nether world” is. it sucks to see him as well experiencing antisemitism bc his last name is wurtenberger and hisam has decided that’s a “rich person name” as if he isn’t a whole ass doctor.

with regards to cirie i love that woman and i am rooting for her so hard she deserves a win but i hope she is aware of how much LONGER big brother is compared to survivor. she’s a queen i just hope she keeps her son in line

[viyagari]

It’s Really One of Those Years, Eh?

I couldn't log in to Dreamwidth for some reason, so I had to go here.

First writing in 2025 and finally, an update for idk how long since I neglect my account.

It’s 5 AM, on the first day of 2025. I was forced to wake up by the sound of my cat’s auntie wailing at the door, begging for breakfast. Apparently, the door connecting the main room and the garage was opened. For a night, she was the queen of the house. I tricked her to go back to the garage and closed the door. Her reign was over. My dawn had just begun.

In a manner I found unbefitting even for my standard, I sat down and opened my laptop. As my senses started to come back to me, I typed this…essay? Confession? Whatever you call it. There’s something that I needed to let out.

What I wanted to say was…

2024 was a weird year for me.

A fact I believe nobody would be surprised about. Everybody knew last year was kind of a shitshow. Everybody was kind of unsure if this year things would stay the same, in terms of shittyness. There were so many, too many, bad things happening simultaneously. Everything, everywhere, all at once even.

A shitshow as dark as a blindfold over my eyes, our eyes.

Last year took its toll out of me, irl-wise. Right when I started to feel my age. Projects were hard to come. I made even less than the previous year. Worst election in my whole life, and even worse pre-election campaign months. Brain drain on the media, even more heinous brain drain on the internet. Kept my eyes on Gaza, the Palestinians suffered more than I did of course.

At one point, I thought perhaps it was easier to start over your country from zero. My country refused to die, yet somehow it always found a way to make things worse for itself. It kept dragging its rotten body like a zombie, and all of us who were trapped inside it.

My parents accused me of wanting the country to collapse when I debated them about the treatment of Rohingya refugees and the government’s inaction. You know what, maybe that’s right. Maybe I really wanted my country to collapse after all.

This stupid blind nationalism. Polarization even among those who were supposed to resist the government’s oppression. Police brutality went bolder for all eyes to see. Didn’t they realize that Kanjuruhan massacre was just two years ago? Oh who was I to say? Just blame the wind. Case closed.

Human tend to recall bad memories much easier than it is for good memories. It’s a part of our instinct. That’s how our ancestors survived in the wild. Little did they know it would also be the source of anguish for their successors.

This primordial instinct blinded me, and I was forced to navigate the year by haplessly feeling around. The pressure was crazy. Perhaps I’m starting to feel the psychological toll of living through the pandemic.

If you think my hyperfixation and the internet were my salvation during tough times, you’d be… I want to say “you’d be wrong”, but “you’d be right” is also valid.

I still had my DayTez hyperfixation. Past!me would’ve never written this much and made two fanbooks and a half (free paper fic). This counted as good memory. All the doujins and merchs and the printing put some pressure on me financially. And this was the bad memory, but it was entirely my fault.

First time attending Comifuro as a participant. Good memory.

Not selling even one book. Bad memory, but it was quickly offset when someone bought one on CF19 PO period.

Decided to commit to write fic in Indonesian. Bad memory, ‘cause I narrowed down my readership scope when I’m not even a big name ficcer. But it was also a good memory, once I realized that I could still write in Indonesia.  

Bought a new laptop. Now I could work faster and I don’t have to struggle with outdated software. Good memory. The new laptop put a pretty significant dent in my savings. Bad memory.

Finally returned to Jakarta and met my friends. Finally got to try that Mexican restaurant and took a lot of oshikatsu pics. Finally left the house to take a temporary breather. Good memories.

Fell ill halfway through the month and for most of the time I couldn’t go to as many places that I wanted. Felt bad because I couldn’t take my friends to the Mexican restaurant because of that damn sore throat & decided to stay in one place. Awful, awful memories.

The list could go on, but I should stop before it went nowhere.

I’m thinking about cool phrases to end this nonsense. I couldn’t think of one. Maybe leaving it without one is the best option. Truth is, I still have my blindfold on. I could pry it open, puffed up my chest, and said, “Maybe there’ll be more good things next year.”

But I have my doubts. I don’t think next year will be easier for me or anyone. That alone is another blindfold to replace the one I pried open.

I guess I will still be stumbling and feeling my way up for I don’t know how long.

[grimm-the-tiger]

My mom is making me read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil because the school I want to go to is in Savannah, and everything I read in that book just makes me even more convinced that the South is completely bonkers. To name just some of the weird shit that’s happened: 

Some dude flew a Nazi banner to piss off the crew of a historical film. Right across the street from a synagogue. 

Another dude tried to make glow-in-the-dark goldfish, but fed them too much and ended up just making their guts glow. 

A transgender drag queen quit her job in the most spectacularly over-the-top fashion by grabbing all her clothes out of her wardrobe and booking it down the street. 

The narrator and an old lady have drinks in a graveyard at one point. This book became famous enough IRL that people started bringing drinks to the actual graveyard. 

The book apparently revolves around a murder mystery, but I’m like six chapters and over 100 pages in and so far, no one’s died. 

There’s a male prostitute with a Confederate flag tattoo. That’s...that’s it, that’s my entire point. 

The guy with the Nazi banner is also an antiques dealer who keeps loaded antique pistols all over his house. His roommate is the aforementioned male prostitute. I think you can see where this is going. 

To be clear: the murder mystery part has still not happened. I got this info spoiled for me by the Wikipedia page. 

[chaos0pikachu]

Re: Cutie Pie, I feel like the age gap was really something people focused on when criticizing the show. I even saw one person argue that Lian had groomed Kuea (on MDL, so I shouldn't have expected much better). Unfortunately, I think that Western fandom has created this idea that age gaps = unhealthy power dynamics, whereas in Cutie Pie as you pointed out, Kuea (or rather, his family) have more social power due to their aristocratic background.

I do think being uncomfortable with age gaps is like, valid. What I wish though is ppl who are or at least claim to be uncomfortable kept it consistent.

Wen and Jim from Moonlight Chicken have a canonical BIG age gap, it's literally a sub-plot of their story. Jim is supposed to be in his late 30s/early 40s (hilariously, I need ppl to stop casting Earth as these older men it don't work but w/e) while Wen is in what his mid-20s at most? They have at the very least a literal decade plus between them.

Like, Kuea is older than Rain (from the info I've been able to find, Rain is 19-20 while Kuea is 20 and 21 in seasons 1 and 2) and Chay (who's 18) they're both in relationships with older dudes, and fandom doesn't infantize either character like they do Kuea. It's honestly, weird. There was a bit when Chay got this treatment, but it died down (from my observations) pretty quickly especially after the show ended.

Look, if this was real life I'd tell Kuea I'm sus of his older boyfriend b/c being 21 and married is bonkers to me personally. You're young, you barely know who you are, you still have a lot of growing to do emotionally. But it's fiction. Kuea isn't real. He'll be fine.

IRL I'm more worried about the literal government of America banning queer content - like Gender Queer - in libraries, schools, and trying to throw teachers in jail or slap them with huge fines for even mentioning or trying to teach about race and sexuality. I'm way more concerned with drag queens being harassed, called groomers (yay we're back here again! /s), threats to children, while schools aren't even safe from gun violence to which the same lawmakers just toss their hands up at and go "well we can't fix that but those DRAG QUEENS??"

I'm sorry y'all, this turned into a side tangent but it's gotta be said fandom is not activism.

Anyway in terms of Cutie Pie, Lian being older, but Kuea being from like a literal nobility class contributes to the push and pull of their relationship throughout the show. It's purposeful, because throughout the show they're constantly trying to find a balance between who they are vs how the world sees them.

[thewickedbohemian]

Since people have been posting both alterhuman/nonhuman-related ones and non-related ones I've got one for each

Alterhuman/nonhuman-related: just because we may not be a part of the LGBTQIA+ community doesn't mean we couldn't have our own similar activist movement for rights or w/e if necessary (and sometimes given some news stories like the litter-boxes-in-schools thing I feel it might be verging on being necessary)

Unrelated: While I hate JKR I do still love Harry Potter as it's (in my opinion) not as problematic as you'd think as e.g. that image of goblins came before the anti-semitic stereotypes people think it's referencing (and they only had hooked noses in the movies), not every fantasy slave race is a reflection of the writer's views on black people (and there's some who might say thinking so is racist to just look at slave and see black), in-universe the Ilvermorny mascots were just magical animals that existed in that world's North America and even the parts people have said make the books transphobic don't as the point of the Snape boggart scene wasn't that Snape in women's clothes caused the laughter it was Snape in clothes so far removed from what he'd normally wear, just because Rita Skeeter is an antagonist with "mannish hands" and a colorful dress sense who spies on students probably doesn't mean she's meant to represent the right-wing conflation of trans woman and drag queen and implicitly spies on students in the lavatory, and the physically-conventionally-unattractive women weren't meant to be coded as men in dresses or w/e or one wouldn't have had a biological child. I think it was kinda virtue-signal-y (though I respect their motives) for the creators of the sortinghatchats system and the people in charge of the real-life quidditch league or w/e to change the names of the things (sortinghatchats used animals instead of house names and irl quidditch got changed to quadball) as they can't erase any trace of HP connection in those things without changing their fundamental nature so changing only the name seems a little "look, I'm doing something". I wish this Khelif lawsuit led to a domino effect that eventually led to JKR having to give up all the rights to her series so we-the-remnants-of-the-fandom could just yoink them

Y'know what, for fun.

Alterhumans/nonhumans/any other label that may apply, what is your hottest take you have?

[plaintext: Alterhumans/nonhumans/any other label that may apply, what is your hottest take you have?/plaintext]

Mine isn't anything big or dramatic, I just don't like Autumn J, I get the hype but like... I find their music mid and don't like the lyrics. That's just me though lol.

[antiloreolympus]

10 Anti LO Asks

1. The trial happening right now bothers me because we get to see how Thanatos and Echo reacted to this, but Demeter and Persphone don’t know and I know why they don’t know yet. However you think that would tie some more stuff up together

It was Minthe, Thanatos and Thetis who whistle blew on Persphone. Meaning Thanatos would probably be called to trial and would have to face persphone and I would hope say something to her BUT I kinda doubt that’s gonna happen.

But the other thing to this Minthe is a plant who can’t testify. Are hades and Persphone hide the fact she’s a plant and pretend she’s missing or are they gonna say “yeah I still don’t have control over my powers but I’m queen now” HOWEVER I truly believe RS is just gonna not address these two plot points until way later.

FINALLY Eros and Psyche KNOW the last person Daphne was seen with was Apollo, did they chase after her after he got shot by the arrow? We don’t know. We don’t even know what they’re doing about Psyche. Did Eros and Psyche even see the Daphne tree? Are they going to try and sneak in to tell Persphone?

I know the plots gonna focus more on HxP secret marriage at the court trial rather than the actual consequences and the fact people are turning into greenery left and right. (It’s not Persohones Faullt Daphne is the way she is but RS needs to focus on other plot points I feel)

2. like, age gaps, height differences, and power imbalances dont always have to be bad, the issue to me is that the way rachel does it is hyper-focusing on how young, small, and child-like/unexperienced persephone is compared to the old, giant, and all powerful/mature hades is like ... yeah obvs people are going to find it creepy? how would they not?

3. i honestly cant stand the "theyre immortal gods the age gap doesnt matter!!" agreement because like??? ok??? then she could easily be 300 years old then? she shouldnt be so borderline underage then?? like the immortality aspect actually makes the age gap worse, not better??

4. i realize getting nitpicky over unimportant characters in lo having american names is a bit dumb, but it does speak to just how lazy rachel is and how little care she has for greece and its mythology. there are countless english names that are also greek, yet even that's asking too much of her. percy jackson isnt a perfect series, but even the characters (who are in america) have greek influence and meanings put into their names and characterization, something rachel doesn't even attempt to do.

5. ok but thats a good point, because rachel seems to be taking physical wounds to matter more over the mental ones, when thats not how trauma works. her writing on zeus is reflective of her writing minthe, where she confirmed she has a severe untreated mental illness and that's linked to her evilness, and thus what she should be punished for. meanwhile persephone own mental issues can be bastardized as a "yass queen" thing?? somehow?? its just bad writing all around.

6. i kinda wish lo fans would listen to their own logic and give the same leeway to the other characters. theyll scream from the rooftops that hades and persephone and hera can be awful people all they want because thats ~realistic~, meanwhile minthe and zeus and everyone else are held to such extremes they can never meet and are hated and despised for nothing in compared to hxp or hera. either hold your faves accountable or let off on hating characters who do the same as them.

7. i see a lot of lo fans excuse how everything drags as "thats how a slow burn works" and its like ... no? because most of that slow burn isnt even hxp, its rachel forcing in more plots we dont need, and when its hxp, you look at the timeline and how they act and its actually neck-breakingly fast? like if as much time had past in LO as irl time then yeah, four years is a slow burn, but its only been maybe a month in comic? so its not slow for them at all, but it's a drag for the readers.

8. See, the difference between Lo!Hades and Punderworld!Hades is that PW!Hades has so much personality, he and Persephone are literally bustling with life (even though one of them rules over a realm of dead XD) AND their interactions are so cute with their awkward attempts at flirting and failure at doing so. Persephone is still somewhat sweet and “pure” but she’s also a bit of a spitfire, she’s not easy to surrender, she has wants and dreams and that little differences makes her character likable!

We NEVER get to see anything like that with LO!Hades and Persephone, we don’t see them have these sweet interactions, these heart-fluttering moments, because there’s no base or foundation for those sorts of moments! It’s always these very out-of-character unrealistic scenes expected from a married couple, but they just met! It doesn’t feel natural, it feels forced and rushed and so slow at the same time.

Although Punderworld makes Demeter overbearing, i love her characterization i really do, waAAAY more than LO!Demeter, because we actually understand her reasons for her overprotective behavior and we get to see her in a more sympathetic light/manner in the newer chapters, we see her as more than “mean mom hates bf”

9. Daphne and Thanatos were adorable. Like, Daphne was a sweet, caring girl with genuine interest (and power/agency) and Thanatos was a shy, awkward guy who was just doing his best (and not pressuring her). They weren't perfect, but it was something! Why couldn't LO be about them?

10. What I find funny is that Minthe and Thetis have a more defined friendship than Persphone and other female characters.

Minthe and Thetis ARE TOXIC don’t get me wrong but both characters are aware of each other’s motives. Minthe knows not to trust Thetis fully and is straight with her on her opinion of Thetis. But the readers clearly know their relationship as well as the characters.

Persphone is in gray areas with most her female friends. The beginning of the story we are lead to believe Artemis and P are besties with the dress sharing and the way in P’s mind they’re holding hands with Hermès. But clearly now their relationship is a question mark and they’re both more detached than we thought. Artemis was just being nice to P letting her stay with her because they’re both in the TOGeM but they’re probably more like acquaintes at best.

Daphne and P we know they’re friends but P isn’t straight with her. Like Daphne is P’s only named friend, but did P think of her as the other overbearing nymphs? We don’t know because they’re all pink and some of them are dead. Despite being told they grew up together we don’t even know much about their relationship what do they like about each other? Does Daphne agree with Demeters parenting or P’s need to leave? When did Daphne get to move to Olympus? I feel like the plot just says “these two characters are friends “ but doesn’t elaborate much. Why did P let Daphne in her room at Hades mansion and not the other nymphs? P told Daphne that Apollo is dangerous, but it was a little too late. Also why didn’t P have her phone number when she got to Olympus? Wouldn’t she know to contact her on insta or something? P was like “omg I know no one except Hermès “ but that’s not true! Daphne! I could go more but I think we get the picture that Daphne’s plot point is having the readers be told Persphone has friends but she doesn’t but she does.

Were shown that P and Meg are getting along because P was nice to Meg, despite Meg being silently jealous of P, but what about Meg now? Is she ever gonna tell P that she’s jealous of P that she had a mad crush on Hades, even her journal? Or is that all gone now? Does Meg even matter any more or is she now here just to support HXP?

[bogkeep]

Completely random question I know. But if the Iphimery royal family had a family board/card game night who of the currently existing royals would be best at which types of games?

FUN AND INTERESTING QUESTION....... let's see if i can. wring my brain for some Thoughtse on this. i absolutely do not have the bandwidth to worldbuild iphimeric board games so i'm just gonna substitute with irl games.

(also the royals i haven't designed yet DO exist but their shapes are still so vaporous in my mind i will let them take the time they need to crystallize)

- the queen is superior in all strategical longform games like risk and settlers of catan. i don't actually know these games very well because i can't even handle the idea of playing them but i IMAGINE they require BRAIN LOGICS and STRATEGY and PLANNING and adafera is really good at that. she's just got a really sharp mind for it that she hones like a fine blade on a regular basis. nobody wants to play these games with her because she just outmatches everyone instantly and it takes all the fun out of it. it is, however, a very fun time to invite an unsuspecting ambassador or another important political figure to a game night and watch them get destroyed.

- alphecca is like, ACTUALLY good at these games too, but they ALSO have a habit of overthinking it a little too far. it's like, they think the perfect strategy to win, but then they KEEP thinking, and have thus overcomplicated their plans and ideas to the point where they just start losing. if they had a little bit more confidence in their gut instincts...! they do a lot better in card games, but not card games that require bluffing, and only turn based card games and not the fast grabby stress ones. also yahtzee. they have ridiculous dice luck and they do not trust it.

- aljanah is good at the bluffy card games as well as the dice games. he COULD be sharp at longform strategy games as well, but those take EFFORT so he prefers to find troll strategies that don't let him win necessarily, but are massively annoying to others and entertaining to him. he has pretty nimble hands for fast games that don't wait on turns as well, and it's a lot easier to drag him into those. he hates waiting for turns So Much. it's also worth noting he takes his role as family dissappointment very seriously and his goal is to either 1) not participate in game night or 2) ruin game night for everyone else. do not EVER play uno with aljanah if you value your sanity.

- adhila has a lot of bravado and shit luck in games. she is pretty good at Fast Games that require quick short-term thinking. she takes every game VERY SERIOUSLY and will, 9 out of 10 times, end up in a heated rivalry with her brother aljanah who is obviously playing just to rile her up. if she is able to focus on her goals she is a formidable player, but she always gets so swept up in getting back at aljanah. her PRIDE IS AT STAKE. HER HONOR. HER NAME. i would say she's an overall all-rounder, but i think she would love some of my personal fav boardgames that i have from czech - one called 'gold castle' (zlatohrad) and one called 'dragon heart' (dračí srdce). also carcassonne and citadel and yknow what if it's got castles she's into it.

- they would also invite florence fable to game nights sometimes if they can coax him out of whatever project he's deep into! he's a chess guy. he'll even beat queen adafera at chess. how much of a danger he is in more multiplayer games will depend largely on how invested he is. if he's just there to chill and be social he will just go with the flow and sort of hang back and let the drama between aljanah and adhila unfold like a personal theatre show, while his mind is still occupied with Engineering Project. but if he feels properly challenged and enriched he will meticulously take apart his opponents piece by piece and they won't even know until it's too late. it's a roll of the dice what you'll get at any given night haha

[soliverse]

Beautiful/Dirty/Rich (teaser)

reader x nct’s china line (wayv + renjun and chenle)

senator!kun

bodyguards!winwin and lucas

tabloid reporter!renjun

(the rest of the other members’ roles will be revealed in the main fic)

genre: smut, angst, romance, dark comedy

(I still haven’t decided to make it a series or post it as a full-length fic. help me decide)

warnings (for this teaser): media manipulation, a curse word (because this is a soliverse fic)

word count for teaser: 801

synopsis: You’ve managed to bag a Senator for a husband, dragging into the chaotic world of politics. You’ve learned that the best thing about being a powerful man’s wife is you get to share the power with him.

inspiration:

Loosely based on Crazy Rich Asians, the song Beautiful, Dirty, Rich by Lady Gaga, irl politics because that is a mess by itself.

networks:

@nctcreations @kdiarynet @kpopscape @kwritersworld @neowritingsnet @czennienet @nct-writers

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People say that there are three easy ways to get a better life: be born into a wealthy family, marry rich, and be a politician.

Your engagement with Qian Kun just completed your trifecta.

As your country’s representative to the world’s biggest beauty pageant, you’ve managed to catch the eyes of men looking to get their hands on you. 

You got actors, athletes, models. But all of them are such a bore. What they wanted is someone to show off with, a temporary arm candy to boost their popularity and masculinity.

And then you met a Senator, who promised you the world the second that he laid his eyes on you.

And last night, you finally made it official. Your publicist and his managers made sure to let every media outlet know about the surprise engagement. It was ridiculous enough to spread like a rumor, and that it was from an anonymous source, but everything was going according to plan.

It was the morning after and everyone has been either blowing up your phone to get a hold of you or has been hogging Kun’s secretary for hours now.

Who wouldn’t? It’s always a scandal whenever a public figure dates a fellow public figure, even more so when she’s half his age.

Everybody needs the scoop, and they need it now.

The paparazzi flocked in front of the studio that you’re supposed to work today. Cameras are already flashing even before you step out the vehicle. But one thing that you like about your future hubby is that he always planned ahead. 

As an early wedding gift, he gave you his most trusted bodyguards. 

One of them is Sicheng, as they call him. The guy means business, and can be described as a man of few words. He rarely ever talked to anyone, mostly sending his orders to the other bodyguard, another tall gent called Lucas, and he would be the one explaining to you what to do.

Upon looking at the crowd outside, everyone realized that the crowd was even denser than what you initially expected. Sicheng acts right away, motioning Lucas to lend his ear to whisper something. 

You found out soon after that it was for Lucas to explain the new security plan to your team of stylists. He enthusiastically explained the procedure in full detail how everything should go before facing the media. With him are two other men, the names must’ve slipped from your head, but you know they’re just as reliable. They are there to protect the Senator’s future wife, after all.

“Ma’am, are you ready?”

Sicheng asked you from the backseat, preparing themselves for the outpour of media outside.

“Ready when you are.” You grinned as Lucas finally opened the door for you, drowning you with the sounds of camera shutters and the buzzing of their voices, trying so desperately to get a statement from you.

With your rehearsed beauty queen smile, you managed to wave at everyone, making sure that everyone gets a glimpse of your expensive engagement ring while your bodyguards try their best to control the crowd.

Questions are being thrown at you left and right.

Is it true that your father bribed the judges so you’ll win the pageant?

People think that you’ve been dating Senator Kun for at least a year now. Are you the reason for him and Mrs. Qian’s divorce?

You’re just the same age as the Senator’s youngest kid, what do they say about this?

You’re used to them by now, so you just let them fly over you. After all, they’re just baseless accusations. At least that’s what they think it is.

However, one reporter in particular piqued your interest. A male voice managed to pierce through the chaos and reached your head just in time before you entered the building.

“How does it feel being the Senator’s new slut?”

You stopped on your tracks and turned around as gracefully as you can, turning your gaze to the familiar voice that asked you a question.

It was Huang Renjun, still the asshole that he is, gripping the camera hard while glaring at you in disgust.

Your smile grew wider, making the decision to hide yourself on Lucas torso, but leaving enough space so he could see you mouthing your response.

“Fuck offf, Huang Renjun”

You didn’t wait for his answer and walked away with your head held high, doing your best to not to lose the smile and the attitude. It wasn’t time to let them know the details yet. They just got to have to keep on begging you for more.

This is your new life after all, and you’ve asked for it. It’s better to develop a thick skin from now on, or the world you’re about to enter will eat you alive.

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