#i know i shouldnt tag all posts as favourite but COME ON

[mycatgoose]

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[dextixer]

Yknow, at first i thought i would just make a thread telling everyone how manipulative this post about how "I dont hate critique but critique bad" is, to warn people about snakes in the FNDM hiding in the grass.

But then this utter clownshoes decided to invoke Monty, to talk about Montys wishes. To weaponize a dead person as a cudgel for a fucking internet argument.

This is why i hate most of the RWBY FNDM, because they are all sunshine and rainbows, all progressive, all nice people, or at least they portray themselves to be until they take off their fucking masks. And then all of these supposedly nice people reveal themselves to be manipulative ratfucks.

So, lets be very clear. If you invoke Monty in your shitty internet arguments, you are just a morally defunct person, you are lower than fucking trash. He is a deceased man. His corpse is not there for you to parade him like a fucking puppet for your own arguments.

The fact that it follows a fake ass "nice guy" facade is just the icing on the cake.

Despite the claims of the OP, they were not "suggesting that hate discourages people" they were being a snakey fuck by at first saying "Criticism isnt bad" and then outlining literally EVERY single tired anti-criticism buzzword phrase in existence. Everyone fucking knows that most of the time "Im not saying x is bad BUUUUUT" leads to the person revealing that, yeah, they are saying that X is bad. Its the most fucking elementary silencer for any argument in existence.

We have the ol reliables of

>"If you no like, just leave" >Conflating criticism with hate >Implying that people should not criticize passion projects >Implying that RWBY receives unique kind of criticism that no other thing does

Alongside that we also have some weird implications that RWBY is disliked for being "cringe" and of course, more instances of conflating criticism with "hate". If one pays attention they could easily spot a pattern, take a shot of your favourite drink anytime you see the word "hate" or its synonim when the supposed thread is supposed to be about criticsm.

As far as for the second part of the post that comes after my reply.

Criticism does not have to be constructive, its good when it is, but if a person can see something wrong, they can say its wrong without offering a solution. I dont need to be a professional doctor to see a bone sticking out where it shouldnt be etc.

And lets get back to the old sticking point "Oh, but why does RWBY have separate critic communities".

Because the fandom MADE it a fucking necessity! Just like with shows like Game of Thrones and many others! You think critic spaces or subreddits are some kind of never seen before thing before RWBY?!

The only reason RWBY has them is because of the fucking Fandom!

The RWDE tag on tumblr only exists because people were ASKED for criticism to be something that people could avoid, by tagging a post as RWDE anyone using this platform can easily blacklist the tag and NEVER see anything from it! And yet the Fandom instead of doing so CONSTANTLY comes into the tag, and then constantly bitches and whines about how criticism exists!

The critics subreddit exists because most people there were slowly pushed away from the main sub. It didnt START as that, but it became that when the mods of r/RWBY decided that instead of moderating discussions they would rather throw out all the critics because fans would NEVER behave in critical posts and would either mass report them or cause conflict!

Whether someone likes RWBY or not has NOTHING to do with personal morality. Its also extremelly ironic that there are constant "uwu, people say me bad because i like RWBY" claims with nothing to back them up while on places like twitter you can see RWBY twitter accounts say that anyone who dislikes RWBY is just a misogynist or the like.

I would rather take the most toxic critic foaming at the mouth about how RWBY is bad over people like op, ratfuck snakes who pretend to have no problem with criticism while sneaking in the same fucking anti-criticism shit into their threads.

I dont even criticize RWBY that much anymore and i mostly just tell the critics spaces to not even talk to the larger fandom, and its because of dipshits like the OP.

Because the RWBY FNDM is full of these nice presenting, nice writing manipulative jackasses who are just smiles and rainbows while saying the same tired bullshit as always. Just a reminder, just because someone is "polite" does not mean they are not full of shit.

[kinkajouwof]

HIII I KNOW U GUYS LIKE MY OPINIONS FOR SOME REASON.....SO I RAMBLED ON ABOUT SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ON ANEMONE. THIS IS JUST MY THOUGHTS SPILLED OUT INTO A POST WITHOUT LOOKING BACK, SO SOME THINGS MAY BE A BIT OFF AND NOT CORRECT. HOWEVER!!!! THIS IS MY BLOG AND I CAN BE INSANE ON IT IF I WANT. FEEL FREE TO ADD ANYTHING YOU WANT IN THE TAGS OR JUST TO READ THIS AND BE LIKE "HMMM OK"

ALSO IM DEFINITELY LEAVING STUFF OUT OF THIS POST BUT. ITS ALREADY LONG ENOUGH. IT DOESNT NEED MORE EVEN IF I HAVE SOOOO MUCH MORE TO SAY....

I WISH WE COULDVE SEEN ANEMONES REACTION TO FINDING OUT ORCA WAS 1. AN ANIMUS 2. KILLING OFF HER BABY SISTERS ALL THIS TIME

LIKE. SHE WAS TERRIFIED OF ALBATROSS, HER 2000 YEAR OLD RELATIVE WHO WAS A MURDEROUS ANIMUS. IMAGINE HOW SHE'D FEEL NOW KNOWING HER SISTER WHO WAS GLORIFIED TO HER ALL THESE YEARS BY CORAL WAS ONE TOO.

WOULD SHE FEEL RESENTMENT TOWARDS ORCA AS WELL, FOR THE FACT THAT HER LITERALLY BEING CHAINED TO CORAL SINCE HER HATCHING WAS HER ALL FAULT? WOULD IT ADD TO HER CORRUPTION THAT IT SEEMS HER FAMILY IS ALWAYS OUT TO GET HER IN SOME WAY? THAT HER FAMILY CAUSES HER NOTHING BUT SUFFERING?

THE SEAWING ROYAL LINEAGE IS ONE PAVED IN BLOOD FROM DRAGONS JUST LIKE HER, THATS WHAT SHE WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT. IS IT TRUE THAT SHES THE ONLY ONE WITH THE POSSIBILITY TO BE EVIL IN HER FAMILY? THEN HOW COME SHE FACES SO MUCH CRUELTY AT THE TALONS OF HER OWN MOTHER? A CRUELTY THAT IS IGNORED EVEN BY DRAGONS WITH THEIR OWN FREEDOM, LIKE TSUNAMI? ITS ONLY WHEN TSUNAMI SHOWS UP SHE BEGINS TO REALIZE THE FLAWS IN HER UPBRINGING. SURE, WHAT TSUNAMI WENT THROUGH WAS HORRIBLE, BUT SHE WAS FREE. FREE TO SAY AND THINK WHAT SHE WANTED. WHY WOULD SHE WANT TO MEET HER FAMILY? FAMILY IS NOTHING BUT EXPECTATIONS AND CONTROL TO ANEMONE. CONSIDERING SHE COULD NEVER VISIT HER BROTHERS, AND HER FATHER DIED SHORTLY BEFORE(?) HER HATCHING, ALL SHE HAS IS CORAL. AND CORAL IS CONTROLLING AND CRUEL.

IN ANEMONE'S EYES, BEING A DRAGONET OF DESTINY SOUNDS PERFECT. SHE'S FREE AND FULL OF DRAGONS WHO WILL DO ANYTHING FOR HER- AND SHE STILL RETAINS THE ATTENTION AND GLORY SHE DESERVES.

OH, ATTENTION. THE THING ANEMONE GREW UP WITH CONSTANTLY. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE, WITH AUKLETS HATCHING, SHE HAS TO SHARE. SHES NOT USED TO THIS, BUT ANYTHING TO TAKE CORAL OFF OF HER BACK IS BLISS. JADE MOUNTAIN IS EVERYTHING SHE COULD HAVE EVER HOPED FOR. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF, ONCE AGAIN, HER UPBRINGING, SHE DOESNT REALIZE NOT EVERYTHING WILL BE HANDED TO HER. NOT ALL EYES WILL AUTOMATICALLY STAY FIXED ON HER. BUT THATS WHAT SHE GREW UP WITH. SHE IS NOT USED TO THE SUDDEN LACK OF SPOTLIGHT. HOW SHE CRAVES IT, BUT DESPISES IT. SHE DOESNT WANT CORALS ATTENTION, BUT SHE DOESNT WANT TO BE IGNORED. SHE DOESNT KNOW WHAT SHE WANTS.

DARKSTALKER. DARKSTALKER APPEARS AND CHANGES EVERYTHING. A DRAGON WHO FINALLY UNDERSTANDS HER. WHO UNDERSTANDS HER FEAR OF TURNING OUT LIKE DRAGONS OF THE PAST, THE FEAR OF HER OWN TALONS BETRAYING HER. AND FINALLY A DRAGON WHO SEES HER FOR HER POTENTIAL AT THIS SCHOOL. THE ATTENTION SHE WANTS, SHE FEELS SHE NEEDS, TO SURVIVE. DARKSTALKER IS LIKE A PARENT SHE ALWAYS WANTED.

BUT THEN THERES MOON. DARKSTALKERS FAVOURITE. IN ANEMONE'S EYES, DARKSTALKER SHOULDNT PAY ATTENTION TO MOON. SHES REGULAR, SHE HARDLY UNDERSTANDS AND RELATES TO ALL THE STRUGGLES THEY AS ANIMUS DRAGONS HAVE. SHE JUST GETS IN THE WAY. SHE REMINDS HER OF HER UNVOICED FRUSTRATIONS WITH TSUNAMI- STOP COMPLAINING, YOU SUFFERED, BUT YOU WERE FREE! YOU HAVE HARDLY ANYTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT! OF COURSE THATS NOT TRUE, BUT AGAIN, ANEMONE DOESNT SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT. AT LEAST, SHES NOT USED TO HAVING TO. SHE CRAVES THE ATTENTION AND WARMTH SHE ONCE FELT, BUT WITHOUT THE CRUELTY OF CORAL. AND IN DARKSTALKER SHE SEES THIS. UNAWARE SHES BEING USED, OF COURSE.

AND THEN OF COURSE DARKSTALKER SEES AN ABUSED EMOTIONAL VULNERABLE CHILD WITH VERY LITTLE INSIGHT TO THE WORLD AND SEES A PERFECT DRAGON TO MANIPULATE.

AND FOR ONCE, ANEMONE THINKS SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS. THESE CONFLICTING FEELINGS, THE THRONE. THATS IT, ISNT IT? ITS WHAT DARKSTALKER WANTED, AND SHE WANTS TO BE LIKE HIM. FREE TO THINK AND DO WHAT HE WANTS, BELOVED BY ALL. THATLL MAKE IT ALL BE OK. AND FINALLY, SHELL BE FREE PERMANENTLY FROM CORAL. HER PERSPECTIVE IS TWISTED TO FIT THE VIOLENT BELIEFS DARKSTALKER HOLDS. BECAUSE SHES BEEN MANIPULATED SO HEAVILY, SHE THINKS LIKE HIM. SHE DOESNT CARE WHO GETS IN HER WAY TO THE THRONE, THEYLL REGRET IT. BECAUSE THATS WHAT SHE NEEDS, THE THRONE.

ITS ONLY WHEN TURTLE, A DRAGON SHE BELIEVED ENTIRELY OPPOSITE TO HER. A STRANGER IN HER LIFE, YET HER BROTHER, STEPS IN, SHE BEGINS TO SNAP OUT OF THE CONTROLLED HAZE.

THE PAINFUL WAKE UP CALL IS WHEN DARKSTALKER ENCHANTS HER. HE CONTROLS HER WITH EASE. TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS. HER FREEDOM WASNT REAL THIS ENTIRE TIME, AND SHES MORE CONTROLLED THAN SHE HAS EVER BEEN. HOWEVER, DESPITE HER LASHING OUT AND DESPITE THE FIGHT THEY JUST HAD, TURTLE STEPS IN. SELFLESSLY. HE SAVES HER. WHEN SHE DIDNT DESERVE IT.

SHE DIDNT DESERVE IT. SHE TRIED TO KILL HIM. SHE BELIEVED HER FAMILY MEANT NOTHING TO HER. YET HERE TURTLE IS, SAVING HER LIFE AND SACRIFICING HIS OWN IN THE PROCESS. BECAUSE HE CARES. NOW SHES LEFT ALONE WITH HER THOUGHTS, AN INABILITY TO SPEAK, THINKING ABOUT WHAT JUST TOOK PLACE. THAT ALONE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO SET HER ON A BETTER PATH. A PATH TOWARDS HER REDEMPTION, BEING SHOWN ULTIMATE KINDNESS WITH NO STRINGS ATTACHED. THE ULTIMATE ACT OF FAMILIAL LOVE BY A BROTHER SHE HARDLY KNEW.

So tell me why Tui decided she needed an enchantment to magically fix her flaws to have her redeemed what the fuck

[trackermons]

ghost game episode 9 thoughts aka i tried to do the post on main as usual but ended up breaking the tag limit so you have to deal with me now

LONG long long post under the cut

so i didn't dislike this episode but i probably wouldve enjoyed it more if i hadn't spent most of last week theorising and losing my shit and getting WAY too overexcited about things that probably weren't going to happen and, to nobody's surprise, didn't. in retrospect i shouldnt have expected an all out reveal of what is presumably the big bad literally nine episodes in so looking back a day after watching it, i'm just pretty stoked gulusgammamon actually got acknowledged at all. i hope they continue to actually question that/hiro worries about it, because your partner turning into a big violent cloud and slapping the shit out of a guy so hard you launch him into next week (or several years, actually) is Kind Of A Big Deal that you probably shouldnt ignore

i also kinda wanted to see wezengammamon because it's my favourite of the three non-fucked-up-and-evil evolutions but thats literally just me i think and i would still like the other two partners to evolve first they deserve it. do i think they will evolve first? debatable but i have theories

i was kinda. unsatisfied by the resolution from a "ive been watching this series since october and nobody's been given a proper digimon-style beating yet" standpoint but also if i think about it from a character point of view it makes slightly more sense. like these are kids. hiro especially does not strike me as the kind of kid to sit there and watch someone fucking die in front of him even if they were trying to kill him a few seconds earlier. i think the CPR thing was a bit dumb but i can at least understand why they would have wanted to help clockmon, and at least by now the general approach to digimon has been long-established as "talk them down and if that doesn't work just knock a little sense into them until it does"

on the other hand, clockmon immediately going to "ok nvm i guess i can't hurt anyone anymore now youve been nice to me :(" was a lot less understandable and i won't get into it because i'll be here for hours if i do but you could at least give him a little moral crisis onscreen come on

i am glad we got the loredrop from bokomon this episode actually! while it felt a little clunky and out of place in its execution, i've actually spent a considerable amount of time these past weeks wondering and theorising what the pattern is behind some digimon being able to touch things and appear and others not, and it's pretty cool to learn definitively what's up with that. maybe that's just me i love comparing the little worldbuilding details in digimon but i'm glad it was explained and not just brushed over as "thing that happens" for the entire series

i still can't believe they just ditched hiro to go get ice cream. they took his fucking digimon partner to get ice cream without him and just left him there hE KEEPS JUMPING AROUND IN TIME GUYS. GUYS THATS A TERRIBLE IDEA WHY WOULD Y i know there needed to be some reason for clockmon to be able to catch him alone but the whole thing is equal measures of sad and hilarious to me lIKE OF ALL PEOPLE ON THIS ONE PARTICULAR DAY HE SHOULD PROBABLY NOT BE LEFT UNATTENDED AND YET,

overall i did kinda feel bad for hiro this episode. this whole time he's really seemed to have his shit together so actually watching him get the short end of the stick in a digimon scenario was fucked up but fun. and then he had to watch some kind of Murderbeast come out of his little buddy and vibe check someone nearly into oblivion like it was nothing? i think he needs to take a nap that's gotta take its toll on a guy

as for next episode predictions i know ive been saying it for the past four episodes but i really think angoramon could evolve this time. from the .5 seconds of footage of symbareangoramon we actually have, i don't think he'd be especially out of place in a fighting game setting. i've been proven wrong Multiple times before so i don't want to say it's definite, but like- put it this way. in the episode where flying was a useful skill to beat the enemy we got kausgammamon. so in the episode where physically beating the shit out of things is (presumably) a useful skill to beat the enemy we could get symbareangoramon. angoramon's moveset in general is pretty centered around Hitting Things Hard like i think it could happen

another point to this theory is that the angoramon/jellymon dim cards for the vital bracelet are being released this month, but the champion forms on the cards are still hidden in promotional material. i think they're going to show symbareangoramon and/or teslajellymon in the anime before they release the cards, which is a pretty strong point for them showing up in the next few episodes. it's the most credible prediction i have tbh

ok thats all for this week i will be back next time

[theunconcernedembalmer]

Toko! I was thinking of creating an ask the character blog for IDV or Genshin Impact and wanted a few tips on how to start off. Anything you can share?

ey yo my dude!! thank you so much for this question, now im lowkey tempted (again) to make a genshin ask blog sjadhlkshgkahshglsaj anyway my 1.5 cents is under the cut, yall know how much i talk here HAHAHAHAH

uhhhhhh so i guess we start with picking a character u really Vibe with tm? I KNOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE COMMON SENSE BUT LIKE ive been considering making a genshin ask blog for a while now but i never really got to it cos i couldnt really decide on a character (plus the fact that their outfits are. so intricate. is also a hmm since i try to follow details to a t) (at first i wanted to do zhongli, but i feel like to be able to muse him well u need to know the lore super super well, which i dont n im too lazy to research on that aha. n u know how much i respect characterizations, especially for such a complex character like him. i also considered xiangling for a period of time mostly for guoba but also like i have 2+1 blogs here n having one more might not be a very good idea aha) (as for aesop he was my Hyperfixation Character tm also cos i looked at his kit n went Yep i could work with this. probably)

so assuming ur not a dumbass like me n u kinda know who u wanna pick, id actually say to snoop around here for other ask blogs n kinda get a feel of the... scene? is that the word? or like u know, other blogs that u can potentially vibe with. ive run a couple of ask blogs before this current one (both that have died for different reasons) n from my experience interacting with other blogs (if theyre okay with it, i think most should be) is pretty fun. it also kinda helps get ur blog around to other ppl on other blogs so they can go Oh whats this cool shit n check u out, n its also a reason why we kinda reblog promo posts for other blogs (also cos we’re always excited when someone new comes on, its really the more the merrier. we see all :eyes:). interacting with other blogs is also an option when ur inbox is looking real roomy too

another reason why i havent exactly done a genshin blog is that idk i cant actually seem to find genshin ask blogs around (i have seen rp blogs, or those that answer asks with mostly text instead of art, but thats. not my thing since i hate my own writing aha) (i did find one aether blog some time ago, but for some reason i hardly see them around anymore??? idk man i might be wrong). its not like im trying super hard to find them ask blogs, so im sure they exist out there (hopefully?? im not sure but im being optimistic). i mean theres nothing wrong with just starting an ask blog without others around, but for me i do find a difference when i interact with other ask blogs n when i dont, n i prefer when theres others to have fun with (unfortunately i couldnt find any ask blogs to interact with in my previous fandom. i tried, but the blogs i approached seemed to go inactive shortly afterwards...) plus u get to meet friends that way too :D (i made a lot of friends via idv askblogs n its really been a joy vibing with others)

as for the idv scene. gestures around me. unfortunately there are a lot of ask blogs that arent that active anymore, but theres still some of us who are alive n kicking empty inboxes, n im sure everyone would love to see a new face around. winks at u. also there seems to be a lot more blogs popping up lately, which is really heartening to see.

then u kinda just. make ur blog? n a starting introduction post so ppl can reblog it n spread the word XD n yay u have a blog i guess??? XD

i gotta say tho. dont expect ur blog to take off immediately (especially for smaller fandoms like idv, tvbh i didnt think my blog would even get half this far when i started cos of how non existent idv tumblr seemed to be) n ur inbox will probably be looking pretty empty a lot of the time (or at least filled with some that u havent quite thought of how to reply to yet aha) (but also like empty inboxes happen pretty often, im sure most of us here have experienced this problem)

in the case of the first ask blog i ever started, it never really took off at all. ngl it was kind of demoralizing n depressing but to be fair i had picked one of the more obscure characters in the series, so obscure that many ppl in the fandom would have never heard of this character before. if u wanted to know, i took a character that only appeared in the 2nd musical of the series, who also made a very brief cameo in the manga to acknowledge his existence within that universe. thats how obscure my character was, but i went with him purely because he was my favourite character. i will say though i did enjoy it while it lasted n i learnt a lot from the experience, n i think thats whats important really.

i guess this kinda leads on (not really but let me digress) to the whole uhhhh thing where if u choose a more popular character, u get more attention. which is fine i guess? if u really vibe with the character, i mean theyre popular for a reason. n choosing a more popular fandom (like genshin) would objectively also get u more viewers n numbers. but like honestly i believe that ask blogs are meant for u to have fun with, n like trying to get popular gets tiring pretty fast (this shouldnt be like a main goal, but u know sometimes u subconsciously also want that gucci follower count n bomb ass notes or something. i used to be guilty of this until i realized it isnt worth it) especially if ur not enjoying yourself in the process. (case in point: my previous fandom was considerably larger n my blog got about 700 followers within a year or so, but it got very tiring n stressful to maintain after my interest in it died, n no one was really interacting with the blog even though i tried which kinda made it even more depressing despite the so called success n popularity of the blog)

anyway on a less serious note, theres a lot of fun stuff u can do with the ask blog, like some ask blogs have really fancy tags that i really like n try to do but also like not really HAHAHAHA. i kinda just channel what i want to see in an ask blog into my own ask blogs (good art is one, i try very hard for it to be good :,DD another is characterization, n others is just extra miscellaneous arts n stuffs like au ideas or memes. these are also somethings u could work on during ask box downtimes perhaps)

uhhh another side thing is like a posting schedule i guess? like ppl would be more likely to interact (i think) if ur blog is relatively active, n this is usually determined by the last post u made (i think XD). but like generally for blog maintenence id say try to kinda find a frequency that ur comfortable with?? cos i know my once a day posting is kinda insane if i wasnt so hyperfixated on all of this n fight the urge to dump all ur replies when u finish them XD (though ive seen some blogs do that n they do it pretty frequently so its pretty nice to know once u see their post u can spend some time going through the latest batch of posts XD) the queue function is pretty useful here even though i truthfully have never really used it, i kinda just post from my drafts really but it also helps to space out ur content to seem somewhat active especially when u dont have the time to be working on replies sometimes. i hope u know what im trying to say here aha

ANYWAY that was like my 1.5 cents cos i dont even think its worth 2 cents HAHAHAHAH these are just my thoughts from running all my blogs up till now, some that are still running n the others that have just died a natural death. i wouldnt actually delete them (theyre still around actually XD) cos theyre kinda like archives n i can look back at what i did last time. cos ngl i made some high quality stuff back then, n i dont even know how i managed to do that aldhflhdsgk. also ppl do look at archive blogs every now n then for the content thats there yknow

BUT YES anyway if u do decide to join the idv ask blogs hmu, ill be sure to give u a lil shoutout here. winks

[windupnamazu]

ABOUT FFXIVWRITE || FILLS TAG || AO3 MIRROR ☆

total word count: 35468 words longest fill: part (2566 words) shortest fill: shuffle (513 words) 

☆ || marked entries with 5.3 spoilers, major or minor

01. Crux: tether-a-tether ☆ krile + lunya/g’raha || post 5.3 || 2240 words g’raha is staring and krile’s never been one to miss an opportunity.

02. Sway: listen my lover (to the beat of my love)  lunya/g’raha, || the 7th astral era || 1511 words when given alcohol lunya tends to be affectionate. and dangerous.

03. Muster: set your heart ablaze lunya & reese || a realm reborn || 1207 words desperate times (primal sacrifice) call for desperate measures.

04. Clinch: will you catch me if i should fall?  lunya/g’raha || circus au || 1248 words aerial silks are dangerous, but not as dangerous as pda.

05. Matter of Fact: come morning light ☆ lunya & lyna || post 5.3 || 1452 words lunya reminds lyna of something she nearly forgot.

06. Ephemeral (extra credit): hold back the river  honoka, kotone, hanami || post 4.3 || 870 words two warriors of light head back to west fight the good fight.

07. Nonagenarian: act your age  ☆ various ocs & scions || post 5.3 || 826 words alisaie just can’t win around here.

08. Clamor: the lioness’ den ☆ lunya/g’raha & lunya’s family || post 5.3 || 1237 words met the parents has never been more embarrassing.  

09. Lush: when all the lights are out ☆ melmeltan/coco || post 5.3 || 960 words the isle of val is gone, but melmeltan is still here.

10. Avail: the wheel is come full circle ☆ emet-selch & asteria || pre-sundering || 1337 words emet-selch is a practical man. azem’s favourite student is less so.

11. Ultracrepidarian: if this is love (then love completes me) krile & lunya/g’raha || main street au || 1464 words g’raha tia and the art of flirting by mansplaining lying.

12. Tooth and Nail: last resort lunya, haurchefant, & reese || heavensward || 654 words while arguably not a very smart idea, lunya’s still gonna save her bff’s bf.

13. Badinage (extra credit): >TEXT CHANNELS #mom-panic lunya & «balefire» || main street au || 680 words(?) lunya’s really good at saying things she probably shouldnt to her “friends.”

14. Part: meet me where the sunlight ends lunya/g’raha || main street au || 2566 words summer is at its end, and so is g'raha, his wits, and lunya's patience. 

15. Ache: its a hard bark life lunya & reese & hanami || main street au || 1022 words lunya has a habit of picking up strays.

16. Lucubration: unmend lunya & reese || a realm reborn || 1820 words it’s too bad therapy doesn’t exist in eorzea. 

17. Fade: though my soul may set in darkness lunya || post-5.3 (no spoilers) || 606 words lunya gets some kind of closure.

18. Panglossian: struck from a great height lunya, sirius, & linnet || post-5.3 (no spoilers) || 528 words if you looked up the definition of "normal childhood" none of them would be the example image.

19. Where the Heart Is: when i see your light shine, i know i'm home ☆ lunya/g'raha, ancient!lunya/g'raha || pre-sundering/post-5.3 || 2225 words if i were to tell you that this isn’t the end—that we will meet again—would you believe me?

20. Enmity (extra credit): pick me from the dark and pull me from the grave lunya/g'raha || pirate au || 1527 words this is the story of how g'raha tia died.

21. Foibles: unsteady hand ☆ lunya/g'raha || post-5.3 || 900 words old habits die hard or not at all.

22. Argy-Bargy: triple trial ☆ lunya/g'raha, melkoko/h'mhasi, lalai/zhai'a || post-5.3 || 1164 words it doesn't really count as a triple date.

23. Shuffle: heart of the cards lunya & sirius || pre-calamity || 513 words in a time before the warrior of light was known as lunya, she played card games on the streets of ul’dah.

24. Beam: make me crash, forget my name lunya/g'raha || main street au || 550 words summer lovin, had me a blast.

25. Wish: let me find you ☆ lunya/g'raha || patch 5.3 || 928 words lunya goes to wake up sleeping beauty.

26. When Pigs Fly: through the looking glass ☆ lunya & zaya || patch 5.3 || 1198 words two warriors of darkness dancing in the moonlight and believing in as many as six impossible things before breakfast.

27. Brazen (extra credit): a sinking feeling lunya & her grandparents || pre-calamity || 1153 words “gran! it’s grandpa! they put frogs in him.” “what?!”

28. Irenic: forgive and forget-me-not ☆ lunya & nynya || post-canon || 1672 words nynya has her first fight with her best friend. lunya takes it very seriously.

29. Paternal: the dawn of a new day waking ☆ g’raha & lunya’s parents || post-canon || 850 words the future is bright. 

30. Splinter: katawaredoki lunya/g’raha || your name au || 560 words not everything stays.

[fieurbedo]

oc content!!

I decided to do a kinda intro piece for one of my favourite ocs because well I love him ahhdha

there'll be more because he has quite a bit to his story!! I hope you all enjoy this for now though

I'm gonna tag all of the posts about him with 'soft siren ⁂》' because that was my first thought and well that's pretty much what he is? his name is Ashton!

warnings: large, deep bodies of water (the ocean). drowning

⁂》

The sea was calm that night, lapping at the sand of the beach. Soft white light from the moon reflected on the surface, dancing with the waves. There weren't many clouds in the sky, plenty of stars where the sky was dark enough. It was late, so most of the little seaside town had their lights off at this hour - an advantage for anyone who wanted to be out stargazing. The only light was from a lantern on the wooden pier which stretched out into the water, and that wasn't strong at all. It was a flickering candle inside of a foggy glass box. It was enough, though, for one person on a late night visit.

A soft voice drifted out over the ocean, swirling in the weak breeze. The words were clear, even from down the other end of the beach where it was quieter. There wasn't anything particularly discernable about it, other than the fact that it seemed so.. pure.

"My heart is pieced by cupid, I distain all glittering gold..

There is nothing can console me but my jolly sailor bold.."

It seemed to be singing the words of a woman, married to a sailor who was currently away at sea. A man out for a late night walk had heard the almost haunting song, and had gone to investigate in what he thought was curiosity. I will tell you now, it was not curiosity which drove him to the beach that night.

The song continued, and the man's footsteps got closer and closer to the sea. He couldn't find the voice. He needed to find the voice. He didn't know why, but he did. It was as if he had no other thoughts. Who was singing? Where? Why was it so beautifully enchanting, and why had he never heard it before?

Soon, the calm of the air was disturbed by faint splashing. The man was walking into the water, wading as far as he could before he had to swim because it was no longer shallow enough to stand. His splashing grew fainter, but the voice was just as beautifully haunting, the desire to follow only growing stronger  as he got further and further from the shore - all rationality in his actions, all fear, all gone in favour of the beautiful song. Then there was a pause, a gap in which all of his senses returned to him all at once. The singing had paused. He was drowning.

Soon the calm air was filled with frantic splashing as the waves passed over the man again and again, pushing him down and causing him to take in lungfuls at a time of bitter salty water. It wasn't sweet anymore. He didn't know what he was doing here, he didn't know what has possessed him to come out this far. He just knew he shouldnt have.

By the time the person on the pier had processed exactly what was going on it was too late. The splashing stopped. Their eyes widened in fear.

Shit.

Panic rose inside of them. The sitting boy rushed to stand, to look out into the water to see if his fear was true and someone has just drowned right in front of him - that was his voice, you see. That beautiful, enchanting, haunting song had belonged to him. His fear was confirmed when he was only crouched and saw a shape floating motionless on the waves. More panic - so much so that in his haste to stand he slipped on a wet patch of the wood, falling into the water with his own splash.

He didn't struggle against the pull of the waves, just let them drag him below the surface. The sea was his friend, there was no danger here - in fact, he considered himself to be the danger. Not the water. Not the night. Him.

[hermitcrabofficial]

i feel like people either forget or ignore the fact that the epilogue is actually fanfiction

heres my hot and probably unsuprising take on this whole situation

i can understand that being deprived of "canon content" has people come to the conclusion that whatever just happened in the epilogue holds such a significant meaning that everyone practically considers it canon, but at the same time are completely outraged or in denial about the things that happened the way they did?

like. the ao3 formatting shouldve been a dead giveaway but i guess i can see where people are coming from, considering most of the diehard homestuck fans have been residing in ao3 after the end of homestuck and mightve probably formed some sort of muscle memory by not reading the tags and just going after any kind of new homestuck content like a. content deprived person

and the fact that this particular fanfiction has been written and endorsed by andrew hussie by posting this on the main website makes people come to the conclusion that this particular fanfiction holds more authentic and canon relevance and is in fact, a part of the overarching canon of homestuck

(not in the way as being "outside canon" like rose had explained, but rather in a way that this epilogue specifically attaches to the homestuck comic in a bigger sense than hiveswap does)

for example people are getting outraged by janes behaviour like shes acting completely out of character, and then theres people posting canon evidence explaining the reasoning behind janes apparent fascism (she literally grew up being brainwashed and controlled by hic her entire life)

people were hoping to see their favourite characters living happily ever after but homestuck has never been about that literally show me one scene where a character is completely alive and happy and is surrounded by their friends in a peaceful and harmless setting and are living happily ever after

that kind of scenario only exists in fanfiction and you know it

and the fact that the epilogue is basically an amalgamation of trying to set a happy ending with the endless fatal experience that is homestuck that leaves a lot of people utterly enraged and unsatisfied just goes to show that nothing makes sense at all, neither in a canon sense nor in a fanon sense

and really, it shouldnt make sense because thats literally what it is. a fanfic written by the author of the original material, trying to live up to his fandoms expectations by mixing the content the fans want to see with the content that happens canonically with both direction of the fans and the author and the content that the author has been trying to write all this time

but since even the author has been killed in canon, he never had any real influence beyond that point anymore, save for continuing the content through the character currently sitting in the metaphorical narration chair

within that character there also resides a clash between the fandoms view and the authors view of the character etc etc

and this just goes on and on and nobody is happy and the least thing hussie can do is setting this epilogue up in a way so that he can continue his story at a later date all while leaving the fandom the choice of accepting the epilogue to their canon

tldr: all im saying is that this epilogue was never intended to be hard 100% canon and hussie is leaving yall the option whether you want to accept this as your canon or not. homestuck has had so many narrative changes-

(in the sense of different characters assuming the narration and the change from forum-based command input to hussie assuming full control to hussie complying with what the fandom wants)

-over the past decade that it is pretty much impossible to write a coherent story in one unified direction with multiple characters with wildly differimg backgrounds and personalities, some of which have broken out of the narrative control of the author and are rebelling through a metatextual level

even more tldr: theres just. so much shit going on the characters have literal narrative freedom and are basically growing in the epilogue like plants in the soil that consists of their respective canon background, unhinged and uncontrolled outside the confines of their canon clay pot into the wild and vast space that is outside canon. what yall want are the seeds, the roots, the essence of the characters as you know them but the characters are growing indefinitely and uncontrollably by their own volition at this point and all you can do is watch then grow and like. cut some parts of the plant that you dont like. but you cant make the existing plant look like its roots.

[mintbees]

Whats ur favorite and least favorite thing abt being relatively well kmown on tungle

i only have 2.4k followers (which dont misunderstand me is still INSANE) so idk about the “relatively well known” status people have at most seen some of my shitposts or the obama dnd post buuuutfavouritei get so many people who send me asks and talk to me and its so interactive!knowing so many people like my content is also really validating and this might sound silly but it gave me confidence in how funny i am! ive grown up having people either not get my jokes or being the joke, and now ome of my posts get THOUSANDS of tags of people laughing at things i said!!! thats just so validating in a way i cant explain. the same goes for art, you guys have motivated me to improve constantly for 2.5 years now and its done so much good. if you’ve been around for maybe a few months you probably wont recognize work from 2 years ago as mine at all and that says a lot.

least favouritethis kind of links into the first one but its the way i have been idolized and put on a pedestal.ive had countless of people ask for my opinions on drama, political things and the like when i have no interest in or proper knowledge to talk about said things. People come to me to ask what to think and thats not only very stressfull its also harmful to the people who do so.you shouldnt depend on one persons opinion to shape your thoughts, especially not of a teenager who, wether you like it or not. isnt perfect.i’ll mess up and say wrong things sometimes, i might have some really shitty opinions i dont even know are bad yet.the idolization puts both me, the “performer” and audience at risk, im not allowed to slip up because ill ruin the perfect image everyone else has of me and upset people. Thats really dangerous and stressful and i wish that would stop, because ive seen others my age try to go along with this plan, and it messes with you.

absolute least favourite im somehow mutuals with glumshoe and every time theyre on my dash i feel pure fear of them seeing my stupid shitposts. sometimes they like my posts and it scares me because i dont know what they think of me and at this point we either need to start talking and break this ice or they unfollow me. this torture must end its been going on for months, please help me

[the0ther-side0f-dawn]

personal rant

tw: eating disorder, anxiety, depression, suicide mention, fat shaming, abuse, idk, my life is one big shit hole, idk what tags to wack on here.

do not reblog - do not like if your likes are public - do not interact if youre over 25

warning: this post is super long bc i dont know what concision is and i have a lot of thoughts and feelings :)

so, this is going to get fairly personal, and talk about things ive never really talked about before, or felt comfortable talking about. i still feel so so so exceptionally uncomfortable talking about body weight, and weight loss, and fat, and eating disorders, and all that jazz, but the point of this post is to talk about personal growth, and then ramble and go into some self-loathing.

so, a huge part of how I used to justify my eating, when i was in secondary school, was i was really determined to enjoy every food, which was my favourite, as much as possible. and, so i would eat a lot of something, and just so much of it, because i had this fear, “what if the company stopped manufacturing this suddenly, and this is the last time i ever get to enjoy it?” so i’d eat like a whole box of shapes and a whole bag of chips in one sitting kind of thing. which is why in 8th-9th grade i gained like 25kg.

of course, this isnt factoring the huge huge influence in my eating that depression, and my mother [and my determination to do things to spite her out of anger]. and like obviously they played a huge role. like i ate because i hated life and was depressed, and it was “comforting” and it became habitual, and then my mum was the furtherest thing, and still is, from emotionally supportive, and when she would yell at me to stop, or shame me, or make me feel bad about my eating or my body, i would eat more just to spite her. just because i didnt want to be her little fucking minion, and all obedient and submissive and shit.

but, the fear of “what if i never get to enjoy this thing again?” was pretty big, and im just realising, on that front, i have come so so far. im sure the fact that last year, several of my favourite foods ceased to be manufactured, helped me, subconsciously, realise how fucking unnecessary that fear was, because in the end, it didnt matter, the things i like have changed, i have grown to like new things, i have grown to dislike things i used to love, its all so fucking arbitrary. a year or so ago, aldi had some specials, and my mum bought home this sesame based turkish dessert thing. i dont remember what it was called probably the most delicious thing ive ever tasted. and it was okay for me to just enjoy a little, and not go on looking for more. im getting better at stopping. im getting better at being content, instead of always trying to chase more satisfaction. but yeh, ive gotten better.

i still eat ALOT because of depression. and i think that is okay. its important to have priorities, and i think eating is better for me than many of the other ways i could or have coped with depression in the past. and generally, if im sad and want to eat, i have to go outside and go walk somewhere to buy food, which is good for me.

and doing things to spite my mother, still happens, because she is still so hateful. but my motives arent necessarily to spite her as such, as to fucking defend my right to exist, and my right to make my own decisions.

i still have good and bad times. i often lose 5kg over the span of a couple weeks, and gain 10kg over a couple months, it’s so back and forth. but it’s generally staying the same, on average, and for me, that’s like getting a C+. it’s sufficient.

this last year, has been really difficult for me with body image. i was covering up my mirrors for a good while. i still feel sick when i open up snapchat and the front camera is enabled. i have gone up a half dress size, and i hate it, but i should have caved and starting buying things in the larger size a while ago. its better to wear something that feels comfortable and looks like it isnt too tight, then to fuss over a number on a tag.

i feel like shit when my sister wants to go to shops at the mall like supre and valleygirl, and i cannot even look at the racks, because i know the only thing in the store that will fit me is the sunglasses.

i still am not on board with the whole fat positivity thing. i know its important. i know that someones body weight doesnt decrease their worth as a person. these are facts. but i still fucking loathe myself. and i still feel fucking worthless.

i feel like i am incapable of being loved because i am not pretty enough. i am not thin enough. pretty and thin are much the same to me. i would be pretty if i were thin.

i feel nauseous on public transport because i take up too much space on a seat. people have to press against me to move past me in the aisle. i try and make myself smaller, but i never am small enough.

when i am depressed and crying i put a pillow over my head to shield the universe from having to witness my face. i am too fat and ugly to cry, because only skinny girls look good when they cry. i dont feel entitled to sadness.

i dont feel entitled to a lot of emotions. because i am not pretty enough to be human. not skinny enough to be human.

and i know it is fucking bullshit, but i still feel it.

and i am angry, that there are only two possible portrayals for bigger people. bullies. or bubbly. i am not happy. i am not bubbly. i shouldnt have to be over the top smiling and laughing and have flawless skin and makeup in order to fit into one of the two boxes that exist for me; the only box where i am “good.”

i dont know i just really wish that when i was younger i had access to healthy food that tasted good, and to sporting activities that i enjoyed. instead of it being “we’re too poor to do club sport” and my mum telling me physical fitness didnt matter, and with food, it was like, no effort from my mum to try and find healthy options that i liked. she’d serve up peas, and force me to sit at the table til i ate them. and i would sit there for 4 hours with her intermittently yelling that if i didnt hurry up she’d shove them down my throat with a broom handle. instead of her thinking okay, what other healthy foods are that i could try and get the kids to eat, and trying to figure out what would work, but no instead she served up peas once a week and it was the same fucking ordeal. and i really fucking despise my mum, and blame her for a lot. because she socialised me, until i was 12, to not give a shit about my body and fitness, and then i start highschool, start eating out of depression, gaining weight like crazy, mum gets a diabetes scare, and next minute she’s determined to teach me how to hate myself. and to me, thats unforgiveable.

i wish things had been very very different in my life, and wish things were very different now. because its, probably not impossible, but really fucking difficult to make meaningful changes in my life when im dirt fucking poor, and constantly wrestling with depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, etc, and have a p darn shitty family situation, and almost no friends that arent in very similar boats.

[moonlightkth]

11 questions

i got tagged by @limjaebum and @evalocity thank youfor tagging me and  i love you both loads

rules: post the rules, answer the questions given to you by the tagger, write 11 questions of your own, tag 11 people

so i got tagged twice so the questions will be underneath the line cause this will probs be long

marissa’s questions:

1. if you had to get a tattoo right at this very moment, what would you get and why?

i would probs get a crescent moon either behind my left ear or behind my left shoulder because moons mean a lot to me (id explain why but thatd be long)

2. which fictional character have you always resonated with and why?

ok so i havent always resonated with her but i feel like it’s Vilde from SKAM. the reason being that we both feel as if our friends don’t care for us and because we both aren’t completely satisfied with our bodies and tried to fix it in a way you shouldnt

3. what is your all time favourite kpop song?

honestly probably hold me tight

4. if you had to be on a tv show, which one would you choose and why?

id probs want to be on the walking dead because honestly it seems like so much fun. and because i had a giant crush on chandler riggs

5. what was your last dream about?

i dont remember my last dream but i dream that i do remember having is me and my old crush pretending to date

6. what position in a kpop group do you think you’d have?

i’d probs be a vocalist and part of the sunshine line

7. if you could ask your future self one question what would it be?

id ask my future self to only do stuff that will make me happy does that count as a question lol

8. what is one movie you’ve seen that you will never watch again?

i dont remember what it’s called but im pretty sure it’s one of the scary movies. cause because of that movie i had a fear of something coming out of my toilet and biting my ass so i always used to check if a possessed alvin and the chipmunks were in my toilet

9. what is your least favourite song by your ult group?

i dont really have a least fave song but if i did it’d probs be n.o (even tho that song is a B O P)

10. come up with a nickname for each member of your ult bias group?

ok so these aren’t really nicknames but if i were friends with them i’d probs have their names saved as these (other than the ones i gave them for my fake texts)

jungkook - muscle bunny or honey thighs taehyung - bby pup  jimin - soft mochi or also honey thighs namjoon - clumsy king  hobi - the actual fucking sun  yoongi - salt not suga  jin - worldwide handome chef

11. favourite maknae + why?

im assuming this means actual maknae and not memeber from maknae line ok so i should probs say yugyeom cause he’s my bias in got7 but honestly probs sehun cAUSE THAT BOY WRECKS MY LIFE A LIL TOOOO OFTEN 

Elo’s questions

1. who is your ult bias and bias wrecker?

my ult bias is my boy kim taehyung and my ult bias wrecker is probs park chanyeol

2. what’s the one kpop song you can’t stand?

don’t hate me but it’s probs that one exid song the one boy groups always dance to ya know

3. describe your best friend

ok so one of my irl best friends is one of the most awkward people i know. we’ve known each other since the third grade but we only started being close in the sixth. she’s honestly super weird and vv selfless. she may come up with ideas with bad intentions but she’ll end up cancelling those ideas cause she doesnt want to hurt anyones feelings. also loves icecream a lot. has once spray painted our old elementary school with “i love icecream”. has once told me that she likes tae cause they have the same nickname “v”

4. what did you want to be when you were younger?

i wanted to be a veterinarian 

5. do you prefer reading or writing?

i love both but i prefer writing

6. what’s your favourite season?

spring !!!

7. what’s your favourite tv show?

i haven’t watched any tv shows in a while so ill just say the walking dead

8. if you could travel to one country and it would all be free for a month, where would you go?

either England or SK tbh

9. do you like sports?

i used to when i was younger but not anymore

10. what’s your clothing style?

 a mess tbh i was gonna put a picture of something i would wear but that’s a lot of work but to describe it probs like yoongi or jk

11. what’s your favourite subject at school?

english 

my questions !!

1. if you could have your ears pierced like a member from bts whose would it be? 2. what’s your current fave song from your bias group? 3. what is your least favourite subject in school? 4. if you could buy one kpop album rn, what album would it be? (not including her) 5. if you were in a kpop group, what position would you be? 6. if you could collaborate on a song with one person, who would it be? 7. if you could have one talent, what would it be? 8. if you were to have children, how many would you want? 9. would you rather own a hotel or a restaurant? 10. if you could have any colour hair, what hair colour would you want? 11. what is your ideal date with your ult bias?

im tagging: @minniesugakookies @the-chogiwa-to-your-ye-xing-de @icarus-mp3 @cringeytae @minsoakedme @ciutae @andjiminieshands @smol-tae and @baxngtan you dont have to do this if you dont want to!!!

[yeaharrys]

Finding Finley / Chapter Three

“Oh Finley, when was the last time you seriously dated someone? You’re almost 24, I’m just trying to jump start something!”

“Wow, I didn’t know being 23 and single is a crime now.”

For Finley O'Connor, love comes second, much to her mother’s dismay. For Harry Styles, life couldn’t revolve without love. When the pair are set up on a blind date, they make a pact to help each other get the thing that is apparently missing from their lives. But how long will it take for them to realise what truly is missing?

A story about being 23, blind dates, and finding who you truly are.

read on wattpad or read on tumblr

Chapter Three: The Friend Request

Saturday mornings were my favourite. It was my one of my only chances of being completely alone in my flat and therefore one of my only chances of solitude. So, despite the fact that I rolled into bed in a drunken state not long after midnight after walking home from the station, I still forced my tired self out of bed when my alarm chirped at 7am.

In theory, having a flatmate seems like an awesome idea. You have someone to split rent and bills costs, someone to help with the household chores, someone to come home to. In practice, however, it's not so simple. Alice was my flatmate, and calling her intense would be putting it lightly. I found her advertisement for a flatmate in the local paper and on a whim decided to follow up on it. The flat was great, good location and spacious. I signed on to the one year lease with her almost immediately. This is something I would come to regret in the following weeks.

Alice was a clean freak. A no-food-in-the-bedroom, no-drinks-without-a-coaster, no-items-in-the-cupboard-without-a-label type of clean freak. And while it was endearing at first, five months later and I was almost always on edge when I was at home. One thing out of place, and Alice would be shooting me daggers and making my life all that much crappier for the rest of the week. So, that's why I came to cherish Saturday mornings. Alice always worked the Saturday morning shift at one of the local cafés so that meant I had until 12pm to relax around the flat before going to hole myself up in my room for the rest of the week, the only relatively Alice-free zone.

I shuffled into the immaculately clean kitchen and grabbed the loaf of sliced bread from the freezer (labelled WHOLEGRAIN, EXP: 18 SEP 2017) and threw two pieces into the toaster before boiling some water. A good cup of tea would immediately scrub the hazy state my mind was currently in. Whilst I wasn't hungover, the shots last night meant I woke up with a small ache in the back of my head. The lack of sleep probably didn't help either.

Once my tea was sufficiently brewed and my toast coated in peanut butter (EXP: 11 JAN 2018), I settled myself on the lounge and pulled up my laptop. The real reason I loved Saturday mornings so much was that it was one of my only peaceful, distraction-free times to write. Script writing to be specific. It started as a topic of interest when I began to expand my film watching horizons as a teen, and three elective classes at uni later had me hooked. I was completely enamoured with the fact that every great movie started with a great script. Whilst it was just a hobby, I couldn't help but love crafting and blocking out scenes of my wildest imaginations. And whilst writing had become an important part of my life, I preferred to keep my hobby on the down low. This made those few hours of being home alone all that more precious. These past few weeks I had been re-working my own version of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. After spending a lonely Friday night watching it on Netflix I was struck with inspiration and decided to take the characters into my own hands.

Whilst munching on my toast, I clicked through and deleted any unimportant emails, checked my iMessage as I couldn't be bothered getting my phone from my bedside table and logged onto Facebook. I made it a point to check my social media, mainly as my mum insisted on tagging me in as many posts as possible and if I didn't promptly reply I would have a phone call from her asking why I was ignoring her.

This morning there was only 2 notifications. And, to my surprise, a friend request. I clicked on the illuminated red (1) and audibly laughed when I saw who it was. Harry Styles. I pressed accept without hesitation, and against better judgement, clicked onto his profile.

I caught myself smiling as his full profile loaded up. His profile picture featured him grinning cheekily at the camera, his arm thrown around a boy with blonde hair who was gripping a pint of beer. I scrolled down his page, various photos and posts littering his wall. I saw the same three or four faces cropping up with Harry, it definitely looked like he had a close knit group of friends.

I had scrolled all the way back to 2014 when I saw a picture of Harry with a girl. A quick glance at who was tagged confirmed that it was Isabel. Gorgeous was an understatement. Her hair, a light shade of brown with a perfect amount of golden highlights, was cascading down over one of her shoulders. She was wearing a simple red dress, but on her it looked tailor made. It was a candid shot, both of them looking into each others eyes with their faces split into laughing grins. You could feel the love radiating from them both just from looking at the photo. It was almost hard to believe that two years later they would be broken up.

I was just about to close the tab when a message box popped up at the bottom of the page. I almost spilt my tea when I saw who it was, like he knew I had just spent the past 20 minutes thoroughly combing through his Facebook profile.

Harry Styles: well hello there, early riser

I chuckled to myself, my fingers hovering over the keys as I formulated a response.

Finley O'Connor: hello stranger. same can be said to you, i'm surprised you are awake after all those shots

Harry Styles: you may be shocked to hear that i can actually handle my alcohol

Harry Styles: i was almost afraid you weren't going to accept my friend request

Finley O'Connor: i'll be honest, i almost didn't accept based on the fact that you had already found my profile without me even telling you my full name last night. stalker abilities on point?

Harry Styles: hahahaha

Harry Styles: i will also be honest, i knew your last name before we even met last night. your aunty basically gave my mum your birth certificate lol

Harry Styles: i also may have stalked you on fb before last night. felt like i shouldnt add you until i met you though, didn't want to be a creep

Finley O'Connor: ah, so that's how you knew who i was when i walked in last night. creep status has definitely achieved

Harry Styles: oh don't act like you havent just been stalking my profile

Harry Styles: i know i have on yours. did you enjoy tea at the langham last month?

I laughed. At least I felt a little better about my shameless Facebook stalking.

Finley O'Connor: omg

Finley O'Connor: how do i block people on facebook???

Finley O'Connor: just kidding. i scrolled back to 2014 so beat that

I decided to move from the lounge to my favourite writing spot, the dining table. At this time of the morning, the sun was always at the perfect angle to warm my back as I typed away. I settled into the chair, opening up the Word Doc containing my work in progress. Before I could type a word though, the Facebook message tone blipped.

Harry Styles: find anything interesting?

I contemplated for a moment whether I should mention the Isabel photo. Considering how candid Harry ended up being about his relationship last night, I figured it wasn't unapproachable territory.

Finley O'Connor: yes, actually. an old photo of you and isabel

I stared expectantly at the small chat box, waiting for the dots to appear to signify he was responding. The seconds ticked by and I began chewing my lip. Perhaps a wrong move? I clicked back to my half written script, trying not to fixate on something so small. However, when the message tone pinged again a couple minutes later, I scrambled to click back to the page.

Harry Styles: yeah there's still a few photos scattered through there, ones she hasn't deleted yet anyways

I didn't know how to respond. I could sense it was still a touchy subject, not that I blamed him. But, he ended up responding for me.

Harry Styles: speaking of....

Harry Styles: we're you serious about what you suggested last night? i know we were both a little tipsy...

I raised my eyebrows. I had forgotten about the drunken pact we had made on the Croydon platform late last night. I actually had some second-hand embarrassment from the idea I had hatched, why did I even think it was a good idea?

Finley O'Connor: oh that pact thing? we don't actually have to do that lol. just a bit of a laugh you know

Harry Styles: what?? no i already have someone in mind to set you up with

Now it was my turn to delay a response. Was he being serious? Was this something I should actually involve myself into? I mean, I had met Harry once and all of the sudden I'm supposed to trust his taste in men for me? And on top of that, he's supposed to trust me to help him win back his ex-girlfriend? I was half-wishing I could've just kept my drunken mouth shut last night.

Harry Styles: hello?? fin?????

Finley O'Connor: i mean.... if you're really serious about it, then sure

I hoped I wasn't going to live to regret this.

Harry Styles: brilliant

Harry Styles: wanna grab a coffee? discuss logistics??

My eyes flickered over to the time displayed in the top left hand corner of my laptop. It had just ticked past 8am, meaning I had 4 hours of non-Alice time ahead of me. Coffee would cut into that. I sighed as I clicked back over to my half-written script, my eyes skimming over the last few lines I had typed out. I guess I could miss my writing session for one week.

Finley O'Connor: have somewhere in mind?

apologies for a short chapter, i decided to split it up, hopefully this wasn’t too boring for you?? let me know your thoughts! thanks for reading :)

[5hineesback]

Hi. 😄 1-22 lol. 💕

omg i have a deadline in 3 and a half hours i shouldnt be doin this now dkjfhkdfd

1. Who is your SHINee bias?

my egg taem

2. Bias wrecker?

answered~

3. Favorite era

answered~

4. Favorite song

picasso as i never stop saying

5. Favorite album

answered~

6. When did you become a fan?

july 21st 2012.... coincidentally also the first day internet war was performed

7. First song you heard

answered~

8. First impression

since my first impression was the lucifer mv i thought taemins hair was AMAZING and that they were just rly cool in general... i had no idea they’d turn out to be such losers. also since i searched shinee’s tumblr tag the same day internet war was performed, i saw all of the posts ppl were making about jongtae and stuff, and therefore i spent a good day or so genuinely thinking most/every member of shinee was publically out as gay....... then i learned about how homophobic the kpop industry is which shut that right down

9. What member caught your eye first?

taemin bcos hair. i googled “shinee long hair” to find out his name

10. Was there ever a song you didn’t like at first that had to grow on you?

tbh there’s more than one but black hole comes to mind, i... really didn’t like that at first. i still skip it often but it has grown on me a bit. and there are still songs i never listen to

11. Member you would like to have as a friend?

all of them??????? theyd all be so fun. but i’m going with jonghyun because it seems we have a lot in common. i want to talk to him about politics 

12. Member you would like to have as a brother?

answered~

13. 3 members + a fuck/marry/kill

my gay ass cant answer this and even if my ass wasnt gay i still dont wanna answer and u cant make me

14. Would you rather… (+ a scenario)

:)

15. Favorite MV

lucifer and tmwtd and colorful

16. Do you have a ship? If so what pairing?

everyone knows id die for 2min

17. Favorite solo activities (ex, Taemin’s solos (+Hit the Stage), Jjong solos, Onew DoTS, etc)

my top favourite solo activity is taemin’s get up stage at swc2 idk if that counts as a solo activity but idc

18. Which member do you see as boyfriend/husband material?

answered~

19. Is there another group you like to see interacting with SHINee?

sort of answered already but exid 

20. Any collaborations or solo activities you’d like to see?

answered~

21. Have you ever showed your non-kpop friends/family SHINee? If so, what video? If not, what video would you show them?

yep! i pretty much converted all my school friends and my sister to kpop, they like other groups and are not that interested in shinee but i did show them shinee to start with, i showed them lucifer, i showed one of them internet war, i showed a funny compilation, i cant rmb if theres anything else lmao 

22. Boys Over Flowers parody or Harry Potter parody?

both are incredible but harry potter all the way just because the boys hate it so much

thank u!!! now i have to get on with my work smdfsnfmsd