#i love just rambling about stuff like this

[lambcultist]

Can you do something for dbf!ellie? It doesn’t have to be long or anything like maybe headcanons?

mmmm !! dbf is one of my fav tropes and i've just got an absolutely feral idea. and it might end up being long. but, erm, reader whose father is a pilot, and ellie is his co-pilot !! and like sexting her when she's out on trips and stuff... ♡

for now, let me just ramble and jot down my thoughts, this is all very disorganised and abrupt. i'm thinking i'll wanna write something a little longer for this au soon, but i don't have enough time today :(

cw ; dbf!ellie, commercial pilot!ellie, age gap (reader 18-20, ellie in her early-mid 30s), lots of talk about physical markings, sexting, nudes, sneaking around / secret relationship, dom!ellie, sub!reader, edging, ellie taking reader's virginity, size training + use of sex toys. not proofread, no time !! ( mdni, 18+ )

your father has been in the aviation industry for almost thirty years now. he has no plan to retire any time soon and has found his passion flying commercial planes. the last few years he's consistently spoken about how fond he is of his first officer. he will rarely choose not to fly with her by his side. she's as confident, calm, and enthusiastic as any young pilot should be, and mentoring her has been extremely rewarding, so he says.

it was only a matter of time before he chose to introduce her to you and your mother, of course—especially after learning that she was an orphan.

that's how ellie enters your life. she's changed everything. she is the most interesting woman you'd ever meet. the sights she has seen and places she's been make for an easy conversation starter. you can rope your way into hearing her ramble for fifteen minutes about france, just to stare at her lips the whole time and not take anything in. she has experience far beyond what you can comprehend.

it starts with her giving you her number in case you need anything! she's always willing to be of help. your father is all smiles because he's so glad ellie's getting along with his daughter, he just knew you'd be good friends despite the age gap.

when ellie and your father are on a trip, be it a short turnaround trip or a long international trip, she must sit in the cockpit and listen to him talk about you. his sweet daughter. his precious daughter. his kind daughter. his innocent daughter, who has been sending egregiously naughty texts to ellie for weeks now.

she's fairly certain that when they land, she'll turn off airplane mode and receive a few needy texts from you. she'll have to smile and nod, agree here and there about how lovely you are. her personal favourite response, "she's a very good girl."

your interest in ellie seems to grow stronger and stronger. you swoon when she sends kisses before takeoff, and squirm when she lands and asks if you've been a good girl. of course you have.

sometimes, after particularly long flights, she'll touch down in a different country and discover you've sent an audio message of your orgasm, to which she will listen to the moans and whimpers on repeat. and then she'll send one of her own back, just to let you know how much you appreciated it.

her hidden camera roll is full of pictures you've sent. she buys you cute underwear sets to pose in. she buys you new toys to film yourself using. you're her own little film star, and she gets to direct every video.

it's a genuine shock to ellie when you admit you're a virgin. she thinks about slowing things down, she berates herself for not even considering that you are—you're young, and she's had to teach you a lot of things, of course you're a virgin.

but then you confess that you've been training with the dildo she sent you so that you can take whatever she gives you. any pre-existing guilt is now erased, in fact, she's embarrassed at how damp her boxers are.

she's guided you to orgasm plenty of times. text or facetime, doesn't matter. but she knows you love to facetime just because she's often calling you as soon as she gets to the hotel, and she's still in her uniform. ellie isn't stupid, she knows the effect that a good uniform can have on girls like you...

it just makes you smile when she's coaching you through edging yourself with the cute pink vibe she bought you, you're sweaty and crying and look over to your phone to find her fully clothed, sitting on the edge of the bed, and watching you like it's a television show. it's the only thing on earth you think might be hotter than your temperature at that moment.

she finally takes your virginity when your parents are on vacation and they ask her to come hang out with you for the weekend. ellie makes sure the entire time to be aware of how you cope with it, no matter if you're taking her fingers, tongue, or strap, and she does in fact make you take them all.

the best part is getting to cuddle in your bed, then do it all over again the next day.

whenever there's a moment that calls for it, you and ellie get together. then, when she's away for a while, you'll send pictures of the marks she left on your body fading and demand she come back to make more.

also, pilot!ellie is the funniest motherfucker on earth. she's obviously trained to remain calm in any situation in the air, but sometimes there's still times she lands and thinks, what the fuck was that? and if she doesn't laugh, she'll go insane. which is why she'll always tell you about these dumb incidents while laughing, and you'll be sitting there like, what the fuck? "yeah, we had to make an emergency landing because one of the engines fucking failed and there was smoke in the cockpit." "we almost collided with another plane." "your dad yelled at me for landing too rough today." and she tells it like it's a joke, but it actually happened, and she just doesn't care

you know when sometimes you see those videos of aviation incidents but you have no idea what any of it means because of all the aviation radio jargon and whatnot? sometimes, you just send her them, and ask her to explain in simple terms what happened. and she will, but she'll also reassure you why these things are rare so you don't develop a fear of flying. even your father never bothered to explain to you, in depth, why turbulence happens and why it's nothing to be afraid of.

sometimes ellie and your father will let you come along on shorter trips (day trips, usually) and ellie will ask him to let her handle takeoff and landing (she wants to impress you, because yeah, it's very cool) and she'll always remind you beforehand that if there's turbulence, there's nothing to fear. because not only would your father never let anything happen to you, but neither will she! in fact, she tells you to just picture them both in the cockpit chilling because they're so used to it and that it's never fazed them.

when she gets back from a trip, any trip, she'll be so tired and cuddly. she'll help you come up with an elaborate lie to tell your parents so you can sneak out of home and she'll snatch you up, take you back to her place, and cuddle or fuck you until she's feeling better.

so anyway... ૮꒰˶ฅ́˘ฅ̀˶꒱ა  i think i'll write something longer about ellie calling the reader and doing a guided masturbation ♡

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[argh-sterling]

this is mostly what I wrote at like 4 a.m. in private messages to @flash-of-the-supernova but I'ma recycle that shit for the post and you can't stop me.

to me Henry and Hans' relationship is the real emotional core of both games. loss and grief and revenge are things that drive and push but ultimately they are things that come from the past. it's their friendship/love that is the thing of the future and it heals and gives hope. I hope it makes sense what I'm trying to say.

also it matters that Hans is weaved fully into the plot of both games, he's not some optional gay dude you can bang, he's there and he's important.

and you cannot tell me Henry does the things he does out of sense of duty. he deeply cares for Hans either way. you might not choose to romance and might not even think about it at all, sure, but the potential for it is still there whether you want it or not. as well all the chemistry that makes the romance work so well.

them being friends with a romantic suggestion and being emotionally invested in each other is just the base the game provides. and the player only chooses to explore the romantic option further (or not). but Henry isn't the player's avatar, he's a very well-written and fully realized person.

you may guide him and push him towards certain things but you don't get to choose whether he cares about Hans or not. he fucking does and that's that.

stay tuned for my great opinions on gay realizations, running away and other stuff (whenever I feel like organizing my rambles so don't hold your breath)

and here, have another smooch. again from that save where Henry's face is covered in dirt lmao

[motley-box-rose-1]

Ok, I’m super late to the party, but I just watched this episode like *checks watch* 10 minutes ago? So I really want to spill all of my fresh thoughts onto Tumblr before going to bed—and for the record, I’m not even the type to post a lot of wordy stuff about media!

Anyway though, Beebs and Shrike continue to be my favorites. I know there was a lot of stuff going on this episode, and there are a lot of things I can gush over, but these two and their relationship are really the heart of this show, and honestly their relationship is what I have the most thoughts about right now. So forgive me as I ramble a bit aimlessly about it.

Firstly, it was so interesting seeing Shrike and Beebs separate from one another in a relatively casual setting (even if that “casual setting” still held an undercurrent of potential danger which I really liked). Seeing them on their own, exposed to some of their… I guess sore spots? Allowed for a lot of insight into who they are and really made me further invested in their characters.

Shrike’s quick little confession of “I don’t think I like me” was SO sad, like it really caught me off guard and felt so genuine and grounded. Shrike, like anyone else, hates to screw up. He has good intentions, but poor impulse control among some other flaws—also, yeah, definitely a gambling problem. I thought it felt very true for him to justify the problem. Like yeah, it’s clear he DID have good intentions on a certain level… but that’s kind of how people justify falling off the wagon or repeating bad behavior. They come up with passable reasons for it! And in a way the gambling feels a lot like a picture of how Shrike operates as a whole. He takes risks for big rewards, but it’s not even really about the reward itself? Maybe this is me imagining character traits in the wrong places—it might be too early to tell for sure, and I should probably rewatch the earlier episodes to better confirm this—but I kind of feel like Shrike has something prove. Not just to himself or others, but especially to Beebs. That motivation to please his friend and help lighten his burdens really came through here. And I kind of wonder what Shrike thinks Beeb’s burdens ARE. He obviously cares about his friend, he knows things are difficult right now… does he think about his own contributions to that? Does he feel responsible? Does Shrike feel like one of those burdens?

Again, this could just be wild speculation on my part, but I think the idea is interesting.

As for Beebs, I REALLY loved his parts too. He gets angry and feels deeply like anyone, but I never knew how much I’d appreciate a character who is just so… level-headed and intentionally chill. Like, there are some characters out there who nail the chill and coolheaded archetype as well, but with Beebs it feels lot more effortful. He gets angry for sure, but he doesn’t lash out recklessly, he doesn’t hurt people in his anger. It’s a very mature type of chill that I find super endearing and human. Beebs is fun-loving and adventurous, but he also has a sort of emotional maturity that I really like.

With that said, I also definitely enjoyed how this episode hinted at some of the obstacles that Beebs has faced in life, informing who he is now, paired with the contrast of how Beebs views Shrike vs how everyone else sees him. That moment in the repair shop was especially telling. Beyond the implied financial differences between the two, Tyneen and Beebs have very different perceptions of their prosthetics as well as certain “dead weight” in their life. Tyneen is able to view the event that caused her injury as a net positive in the long run. Beebs seems to view his own as a bit more… shameful? Embarrassing? And then of course Tyneen makes the direct connection with Shrike. She says Beebs needs to cut him off; Shrike is simply useless and deadweight.

This is cool for a number of reasons. It addresses Beeb’s loyalty, which we didn’t necessarily need but was nice to see anyway. But more importantly, the following scenes with… Ajax? (I think that’s his name) also help imply WHY Beebs might be so stalwart. Beyond being a guy who seems to appreciate people and life in general, and being a guy who enjoys the role of protector and caregiver, I think Beebs, having experience with being looked down on, seen as inferior, as useless or a shame on the people around him, might have more compassion for Shrike—someone who doesn’t judge Beebs for being who he is, and who is “useless” and a misfit in his own right. And if that’s the case, I find that really compelling!

Anyway, there’s obviously still more to resolve in the next episode (which I am very much looking forward to), and I didn’t actually cover a lot here, but I just wanted to ramble for a bit. This is a fun show with fun characters!

Wow, new Ep tomorrow!

[481mclarg]

Male reader who's been inlove with lando since they were in diapers (their moms are bffs) and lando who's the only one to not know about readers love, its years before lando (year before oscar gets into mclaren) who has an inkling about how reader feels about him, he brushes it off thinking its nothing but does take advantage with the info that reader would basically do stuff for him if lando asked (max f was the one who pointed out reader does this hoping that theyd put him out of his misery and date already) (lando doesn't do it very often, uses it to get reader to change plans for flights so they can go where lando wants to go or guilt reader into coming to his races when he should really be focusing on college things and the like *also note that before that year he use to do it too even if he didn't know it*), it goes on like that with lando taking advantage of readers love and kindness till reader 3/4 of the 2023 season in, reader ever so slightly separates himself from lando giving him excuses like a lot of projects to catch up on or saying that his phone had died since he was craming for an important test and by the end of the season reader and lando aren't speaking this follows till next season (not counting the times their familys force them together unknowingly, lando during these outings is really just talking to himself with reader just nodding and hmming at certain points) where lando invites reader along with both their familys to watch him race, reader cant really say no since classes have barely started for him and this is where oscar comes in reader who is very much still trying to get over lando meets oscar and is just blushing up a storm with how subtle oscars flirting is, lando who turns to talk to reader see's this and his face suddenly looks like it bit into a lemon with this weird feeling in his gut when he see them exchange numbers this basically leads to lando thinking he's jealous of reader getting along with his teammate so well (really its the other way around) so lando makes it his mission to get to know his teammate better (since they've only spent a year as teammates) which leads to him falling inlove with oscar (even with his unresolved feels for reader) which he realizes 2 races after the halfway point of the season, he also doesn't realize that oscar and reader have been really close till it comes out their in a relationship, which makes lando hella conflicted because he thinks their hot together and because he was hopeing to get with oscar himself (hopeing to get with reader too but he's ignoring those feelings) anyway in the transition from the 2024 season to the 2025 season lando comes to the realization that he and male reader haven't spoken since that last family function he attended, which leads to him realizing readers been inlove with him and vice-versa, which leads to them making up but reader is happy with oscar so he won't cheat on him with lando or ask oscar if he wants to add a third its not till oscar asks reader if he's still inlove with lando and reader looks at him shocked and then like a kicked puppy when he says yes which reader goes on to ramble that he wouldn't cheat on oscar in which in that moment oscar kisses him to shut him up which ends up with lando be tentatively added to the relationship in 2025.

–🍑

✶ I do. Me too. Me three.

"Do you think it's possible to love two people at the same time?"

                                                                                "Yeah"

★ Lando Norris × Childhood Friend Male Reader || OP81 × Male Reader × LN4

☆ idiots in love (but the idiot is Lando) (reader is pretty idiot too) (Oscar is chill). || WC: 3114.

Warning: idk how to label this. it's like friends to not speaking to lovers (oscar ver.) to lando being a confused wet cat to lovers³ & there's a tweet too. (my god this is long asf I didn't notice it was that long)

« K » Sorry for the delay. Surgeries r more painful than I expected. But I make this long kinda compensation? (In fact, it's just bc I love landoscar × reader).

🍴 you, oscar & lando fr.

I hope yall enjoy it :)

          Your family has always been friends with the Norris. Your mother has been friends with Cisca since they were young. You grew up with Lando, best friends since birth.

          Always by his side during karting, spending your weekends watching him or the Formula 1 races, dreaming about seeing him on the grid. Always together for everything.

          No one knew you like he did, though there was one secret you were never able to tell him. You were in love with him.

          Even if it's something obvious from almost everyone around you two, Lando never seemed to notice.

          You didn't know how to feel. Some days, you wanted him to notice, wanting to be around him as much time as possible. Other days, you just wanted to disappear, to forget him and your love.

          At some point, you were so obvious, trying to make him understand. He started to think it was strange how close you were with him. Like, there was something different. You have bad news for him? A secret? You get yourself in trouble? Want to ask for a huge favor? Do you want something now that he's an F1 driver?

          Anyways, he was happy because you accepted anything he said. He wants something? You could get it for him and even pay for that. You were so in love, trying with all your strength to make him realize how you are feeling.

          Your grades get lower and lower, even missing some classes because Lando asked you to travel with him. You tried to focus on the happiness and enjoy the vacations, even if you have to ask your classmates for the homework or some notes.

          The only one who was witness of all this was Max Fewtrell. Friend with you two since karting, Max was the closest person who actually knows about your feelings and talks about it.

          He encouraged you to confess, and you were pretty sure he talked with Lando too, but those talks never came to anything.

          In fact, Max wasn't as subtle as you were thinking. He literally said to Lando how obvious your crush on him was, asking why you two aren't dating already. Lando ignored it, following what had already become a routine for you.

          A routine that you repeat until August. You were tired, every flight, every favor, every event or race you attend with him. August was the first time you actually denied one of his plans.

          "Sorry, I need to stay at home and finish a really important project." It felt... liberating. Refusing to keep running behind him and spending the weekend on yourself.

          You finally had some time for yourself again. To think about yourself, your life, your studies... About whatever you wanted.

          That weekend opened your eyes to everything you were missing by chasing someone who was living his life just fine without you around.

          What started as excuses about not being able to go out together because of homework or projects began to turn into lies about having to turn off your phone in class or being in exams so you couldn't answer his calls or texts.

          You used to share all your schedules with him... Maybe he never cared about you after all?

          You two only see each other at those dinners organized by your mothers, who had no idea what was going on between you.

          Your families continued watching the two boys who spent hours talking to each other, without paying attention to the fact that only Lando filled the silence, while you buried your face in your plate, wishing it was time to leave or being able to excuse yourself with being sleepy if were at your house, so you could disappear into your room.

          Lando, on the other hand, didn't seem to notice the changes either. Or rather, he insisted that you maintain the dynamic that you had sustained for so many years.

          That's why he decided to invite you and your family to the Australian GP.

          He knew that you love all the Australian GP vibes. The people, the circuit, the story. Australia is truly special to you.

          Maybe, starting this weekend, it will be a little more so...

          In 2023, you never had the time to sit and have a good time at a Grand Prix, but this year, you decided to enjoy a short vacation with your family. So you found out about everything McLaren was preparing for that GP since they had an Australian on the team.

          Oscar Piastri. You obviously knew about him, but you hadn't had the opportunity to meet him in person or talk to him.

          Until that weekend, Oscar was simply Lando's teammate. Someone your friend mentioned occasionally when talking, someone you only saw in Instagram photos and on telly. Someone you thought was much more serious and reserved. But that weekend, any previous notions of Oscar were shattered by the Australian himself.

          He seemed a little nervous when he came to introduce himself to you and your family, but when you two had a few minutes alone after qualifying, he was much sweeter, more talkative, and... flirty?

          You didn't know if it was your imagination, but on Sunday morning, the situation was similar, with Oscar talking to you and even suggesting having dinner together after the race or something.

          You can't say no to that. Oscar was so nice with you, so sweet, so... what you needed.

          Then, you two exchange numbers.

"You can go back to your hotel and think about the plan. Call me when you make a decision. "

          You could decide if you didn't want to go? Wasn't dinner a plan you couldn't refuse?

          The families were happy, thinking the three of you would be friends— Lando didn't seem to like the fact that you were talking to his teammate.

          He hated it, hated seeing you two together. Why did you talk so much? Why does it bother him so much?

          Is he... jealous?

          Lando didn't understand; he didn't know why he felt that way. Why did it suddenly bother him that you were talking to his teammate? Why would he be jealous?

          Things at McLaren had been complicated lately; Lando's mind was a mess. He decided to blame it all on those problems, settling for the belief that he was jealous that you got along so well with his teammate.

          Yeah, that must be it. Not because his teammate seems more like your friend than he is. Nah.

          That led Lando to decide he's going to be the closest with Oscar. In his mind, all this plan to become Oscar's best friend before you make sense— Well, he didn't want to think about it much before putting it into practice.

          The whole situation was weird for the three of you.

          Lando was no longer asking you to travel with him. He even suggested you stay home to focus on your studies. Instead, he was trying to spend all that time with Oscar, under the guise of bonding so the teamwork would be better (since McLaren decided on this strange philosophy of not benefit one over the other, only to end up messing both strategies).

          Meanwhile, Oscar and you keep in touch through text, sometimes mentioning how strange Lando's behavior seemed to you (with whom, by the way, you had almost lost contact).

          You weren't sure how to feel; none of the three of you were. You had talked to Oscar about your feelings for Lando, but by mid-year, you didn't believe you still had those feelings for him.

          Oscar was very clear about what he wanted from the start, and he let you know, and that he would respect your timing and decisions. He didn't want to force you into anything, nor did he want to be a replacement just because you couldn't be with Lando. It wasn't fair to any of you.

          The real problem came after the Dutch Grand Prix. Lando was confused about his own feelings, having to deal not only with the hate but also with his newfound crush on Oscar and that strange feeling toward you. He cannot put a name to what he feels. Guilt? Is it still jealousy? Nostalgia? Sadness?

          God.

          Had he fallen in love with Oscar? How had that happened? He wanted to be closer to him, yes, but—not like this.

          What should he do now? Should he tell Oscar about his feelings? Hide them? Pretend he couldn't stop thinking about you too? Well, that was all he was doing, although he found himself bringing your name up in conversations with Oscar more than once, so he could ask about you, since you two hadn't been talking lately.

          Oh!

          Since when are you two THAT close?

          How did he never notice? How did it happen? When? How did he never consider the possibility of you two dating? How could he have set his sights on getting to know Oscar better and missed such an important detail as whom he was dating?

          The worst part is... he didn't feel sad.

          Or not the way he'd expect to feel after finding out his crush is dating someone else, his ex-childhood best friend. It's like, yeah, he's upset because he wants Oscar for himself, but... you two seem so good together.

          Lando has known you your whole life, and he knows there's probably no one better in the world for you than Oscar. He can't blame you for falling for him if he himself recognizes all his positive traits and wants to embrace those that aren't so good—even though they seem nonexistent.

          It got to the point where even he wasn't sure which of you was his crush. He felt like an idiot looking at the two of you, watching you talk to each other from afar, one moment wishing he was you so he could be with Oscar, and the other, even more confusingly, wishing he was Oscar so he could be with you.

          Since when did he feel this way about you too? He was exhausted.

           Thank God winter break arrived, leaving him a couple of months free from worrying about the team, races, and all related to work.

           It was then that he realized that, amidst his internal drama, he'd stopped talking to you both. He couldn't remember the last time he'd had a conversation with you, probably since the last dinner your mothers organized... more than half a year ago? Shit.

          He couldn't stop thinking about how such a long-standing friendship as yours had been ruined, how he'd lost his half-best friend/half-crush because he was an idiot. How you had forgotten all those innocent childhood promises of being lifelong friends, just like your mothers.

          He needed to fix that. He needed to have his best friend back in his life, no matter who you were dating. Before you were Oscar's boyfriend, you were his friend, he wants to get that back.

Lando: are u coming to the nxt dinner at our house? You: I don't know yet Lando: Can u pls come? I want to talk

          Him asking you to please come seemed strange to you. What did he want to talk about?

          You were nervous, not only Lando but your parents expected you to go, since you'd missed so many of these functions. You were busier with classes or hanging out with Oscar than spending time with your family.

          You arrived, not knowing what to expect, texting Oscar to try to distract yourself from the nervousness while you waited for Lando to stop staring at you from across the table and finally come over and talk to you.

          He was nervous too, it was so obvious.

          In the end, after a couple texts with Max Fewtrell telling him to sort things out once and for all, he managed to gather the courage and approach you.

"I'm sorry." "Why?" "I— Uhm... I don't know." "Huh." "No. Wait. I mean—"

          After all, everything turned out better than you expected. Lando was able to explain what he thought about your friendship and apologize for how things had turned out over the past few years, acknowledging his mistakes and wanting to know if you would let him fix things.

          It caught you off guard, no doubt, but you appreciated it. You had that nagging feeling of having left things unresolved with him, and even if you could say you'd managed to forget completely the feelings you had for him, now you felt like you were healing that wound.

          When you told Oscar about this, he was happy for you. He knew the history of your friendship, and he was more than happy that you could feel happy and truly comfortable in the McLaren garage again.

          Nothing made him happier than seeing his boyfriend & his teammate friend be friends again.

          What didn't go unnoticed by Oscar was that not only did your friendship return, but also the affection you had for Lando.

          During the conversation you had with Lando, he also finally came to understand that what he felt was love, and you hinted to him that you'd been in love with him your whole life.

          Your whole life, until Oscar came along.

          This discouraged him, and he continued to distance himself a little. You didn't find it really strange; you thought you two were just rebuilding trust, but Oscar could tell there was something else going on.

          You were happy with Oscar, and cheating on him never crossed your mind, but there was something in your heart that kept bothering you.

          From Oscar's point of view, Lando looked like a wet cat waiting for someone to come and give him some affection, while you looked at him with pity, hoping Oscar would give you permission to bring him with you.

"You still like Lando, right?" "Huh" "It's obvious you still like him" "Sorry— I still love you too— It's weird to explain—" "I like him too" "HUH"

          You tried to give him some explanation, reiterating several times between babbles that you still love him, and that you don't know what to do because you don't want to lose him, but you also don't think it's fair to have feelings for someone else, for his teammate, your best friend, and because of the history that Lando and you have and—

"You kissed me" "You were mumbling too much, I don't think even you understood what you were saying" "I just told you that I like Lando" "And I think I like him too" "But I still like you, Osc" "And I still like you too"

          A long conversation followed, where you two questioned each other about everything from how was it possible that you two were in love with the same person at the same time to why Oscar was bringing up this topic right after the Australian Grand Prix.

          Like, yeah, his home race sucked for him, but how could he move on so quickly?

          Anyway, it took you two a couple of days to figure out what to do next and understand what would happen to the relationship and what you were about to propose to Lando.

          You didn't consider it an end, and things between the two of you weren't going to change. It was more like… continue what you had started. You believed that even if you two hadn't started dating, you would have gotten to this point anyway.

          The Japanese Grand Prix was the chosen one. More because you couldn't wait any longer than out of convenience. You two couldn't stand seeing Lando keep getting discouraged and forcing himself to draw the line with you both.

          You tried to find a convenient time, although it was difficult considering how little free time they had. Next up was Bahrain, a country you weren't traveling to, so you wanted to hurry up and have the talk that same weekend.

          You also didn't think you two could endure another week without clearing things up.

          In the end, the moment presented itself at the most inopportune moment, the one you had said you would avoid so as not to add pressure during the race or qualy. Saturday morning.

          "At least it wasn't on Sunday", Oscar thought as a consolation, while he watched you panic about the direction your conversation with Lando was taking.

          The three of you were in Oscar's hotel room when Lando started talking about you as a couple after you mentioned an activity you wanted the three of you to go to.

"You should go alone. Couples usually go there." "It's okay, Lando. We can go together." "No, seriously. I… I think I should stop joining all your couples' plans, you know." "We like it when you join us, Lan." "I know, but— I don't think it's good… I— My feelings..." "Lando..." "I don't want to— Sometimes it hurts to see you together. I know there's no hope, but—"

          Oscar made him shut up the best way he knew how.

          Lando watched you in horror as Oscar pulled away from him, and before he could put enough words together to form a single apology for you or a question for Oscar, you kissed him too.

"You can join as many couples plans as you want, Lan."

          Since then, Lando never left your side, spending time cuddling and clingling you both, if you couldn't all squeeze in together wherever you went or while you were at college.

          McLaren's strange strategies and bad race results no longer affected him as much as they used to because he knew he would always have a boyfriend available to cuddle up with and cheer him up.

          Which sometimes meant double work for you, but you really enjoyed having them both with you, so you wouldn't complain. That also means double celebration, and it tends to happen very often lately, so everyone enjoys it.

          Although it can be a little tiring at times, you wouldn't change them for anything in the world.

          They also enjoyed spending time together much more, just as they enjoy spending time with you. Sometimes they're just there while you study, muttering things you've read in your notes or the texts on your assignments while you try to understand them, but they're a good support and a timer so you don't push yourself too hard.

          They make sure you take a few breaks a day to eat, drink, sleep, and kiss them a lot.

          You no longer skip classes or fall behind on projects. Finally feel at peace with yourself and your feelings, and you're happy to know that the two people you love love you back & each other too.

100 FOLLOWERS EVENT

481MCLARG | 01 . 04 . 2025 | CORREGIDO

[raven-unkind]

Hello ! Home you're doing well 😊 Can I suggest prompt 4 with Niki, please ? 🙂🙂🙂

(bonus points if it's extra fluffy, I need fluuuuuuuuff)

Thank you ! 🫶🏻

˚₊‧⁺⋆❤︎ i love you ft. riki nishimura

riki nishimura x fem!reader

wc. 627 words

200 followers event:“You make me want to be a better person.” 

Content. pretty sweet if you ask me, tiny hurt, riki thinks he’s a bad bf but he’s really not <3

a/n. This was actually for prompt 3 :] I’d like to thank everyone that sent in their requests for the event! this is taking me more time i thought it would 😭 sorry guys (i'll defo need more than till the end of the week but i'll try my best!

Riki was sitting on your bed, head down, right leg bouncing up and down. It was a weekly thing; him coming over, the two of you spending a few hours together, and then he’d either spend the night, or go home. But today was different. You guys had watched a movie but riki seemed uninterested, distant, like his mind was running 100 miles per hour. He’d barely paid attention to the movie he chose, instead opting for zooming out through the entire thing. You set down the drinks you had just brought in your room on your desk and sit down, eyes on him. 

“What's with you?”  You ask. He snaps his head up, eyes meeting yours. For a fraction of a second, you see something in his yes – doubt or sadness – you couldn't say. Riki had always been good at not showing what he was thinking, always putting up a semi composed front. He hesitated for a moment, eyes wandering around your room, anywhere but your eyes. “I got thinking… About us…” You freeze, and you swear you feel something drop in your stomach. That's it. He must be breaking up with you. You can already imagine what he’ll say – you’re too clingy and needy, always by his side. 

Riki signs, glance at you one last time before he opens his mouth. “You make me want to be a better person. For you, for us-” He stammers, voice is thick with emotion. You blink, surprised. What? You’d never expected to hear something like that from your boyfriend. You had absolutely no idea what exactly he was referring to. He’d always been there for you, in his own way but still. “Riki baby.. You’re already a great person.. W-where is this even coming from?” He shook his head. “No, I mean it. I know I'm not the best with… emotional stuff and that I can be a dick but I promise you I'll get better.” You can only blink at him, what the heck is he even talking about? Riki takes your silence as a queue to continue, rambling about everything that had been on this mind the past few hours. “I know I’m not the best at this whole... emotional stuff. The sappy gestures and the constant, ‘I love you’ stuff. And…. I know you probably want that sometimes, but I... I’m just not good at it. And I feel like I’m failing you. I don’t deserve you."

You feel your heart shatter in tiny pieces. Is this why he was acting weird? Because he thought he wasn't a good boyfriend? You get up from your chair and join him on the bed. “Riki, you don’t have to be someone you’re not. I know that you love me. Just because you don't say it all the time doesn't mean I can't tell.” You take his hands, his eyes snapping to you at the contact. “You’re already everything I need. I don't want some perfect person. I want you. Exactly the way you are” He nods, voice thick with emotions. “I’m really trying... I just don’t want to mess it up.” You smile softly, thumb gently stroking his hand. “You won’t. Just... be you. That’s all I want.”

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A warm hand slid over the curve of your waist, drawing small, lazy circles on your skin. Riki nuzzles his head in the crook of your neck, inhaling the scent of your shampoo, slowly luring you to sleep. As your body relaxes completely, on the edge of sleep, you feel Riki’s lips gently graze the skin of your neck. You sigh in content at the soft gesture, and just as they were about to drift to sleep, Riki speaks up, voice barely above a whisper “I love you.”

©RAVEN-UNKIND

reblog, comments and likes are appreciated!

taglist: @annybah

[gospelica]

hiiiiii it's meeeee - ✨️

I'm here to spam ur inbox <3

stalker satoru who notices you ordering food on those delivery apps, how sometimes you'll be only part-dressed when you open the door. How occasionally, rarely, so rarely, you let someone into the entryway while you get cash.

He downloads every app immediately. and then, well, he doesn't need to research your food preferences. He already knows. He'll watch you, see what mood you're in. Then he'll go sit at the restaurant he knows you've chosen. Closest driver there- sometimes someone else takes your order. He always lies to the restaurant- he doesn't need the tips from you. in fact, he'd like to give you one.

He wears a hat, most of the time. a hoodie- different clothing. All of it with some brand or musician or show you like subtly referenced, hoping for a conversation. Just hearing your voice, directed at him- him, in front of you- would be heaven.

You ask him about a shirt once for some concert tour, and he lights up. He didn't go- it was before he knew you, or he would have- but he can say anything about them. You light up at the memory of the songs, naming your favourite with a wistful sigh.

He's so fucking hard just at the way your eyes landed on his shirt, on his body, but talking? Your voice? He's holding back whines at every pitch up in your voice, how close it sounds to the way you'd say his name, nodding in agreement as you talk about the artist.

You realize you've been rambling- a mistake on his part- he should have engaged you better, but then you're reaching for the bag in his hands, and your fingertips brush against his hand and he cums. moaning as quietly as he can while trying to hand you your food- you are his, after all, he has to take care of you.

anyways hi granni!! ur so sweet to me u saying u liked my rambles made me like,,,,,, 🥺

love, ✨️

EEEEEK hwn he's crazy like this <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 ✨️ nonnie this stuff in my inbox is soooo... mmm im biting my fist right now eeek! HIM CUMMING FROM JUST THAT!!!!! level 100 yearner. i love him. i love pathetic gojo i looooove you nonnie :((

[jackiefour]

Liking stuff is fine, it does seem to help the For You feed, and can show that you've seen something. But if you want to see more good posts and actually have fun on this site, you need to interact. Yeah, yeah, even the introverts. I'm an introvert. I dare say that the majority of folks on here are probably introverts, which is why we're here on Tumblr instead of talking to people face-to-face. Even for introverts, interacting on Tumblr is easy. Here are a few great ways to be a part of this wacky place we all love...

Reblog posts without adding anything. This is bare bones Tumblr interaction. You're not adding anything to the conversation, but you're still passing stuff around for others to see too. It also puts the post on your blog where you can easily find it again.

Reblog with tags. You can either add tags so that you can easily find posts later on, or you can have a bit of a ramble and add to the post in a way that really only the folks following you are likely to see. This is like quietly commenting on the thing as you're passing it around so that just the person you hand it to hears you.

Reblog adding to the post. This is like taping something to the bottom of the post as you hand it around and it's how the vast majority of heritage posts form. It's how Tumblr humor works, building off each other's jokes. Generally be respectful, but otherwise be your weird little self.

Comment on a post. This doesn't share the post around, but it still allows you to add your thoughts or ask questions or whatever, to the post. You can have conversations in the comments.

Then there's also DMs, which are a little slow, and Communities, which are too new and I haven't really figured the point of them out yet... but I'm certain there is a point to them.

But my point, is that Tumblr is the most fun for everyone when we're all tumbling about together. Toss stuff in the mix, pass things around, and don't be afraid to add to things.

i was at 2,011 followers last week. went through my blog and blocked so many porn bots & blank blogs, I'm back down to 1,963 and I'm still on the verge of going back for a second round of mass deleting.

please, if y'all are going to migrate to Tumblr dot com, put some effort into reblogging things that you enjoy on here. this isn't TikTok, or Instagram. we don't get paid to have silent followers. we don't get paid for anything on this site, really.

if y'all want 'content' and new fics to read or art to see, reblogging is the way to do it on this website. there is no such thing as 'fans' this isn't your typical social media. it's a site for blogging. it's a site for the weirdos who obsess over mundane things.

interactions with others are what keeps this hellsite from turning into Facebook or IG, or twitter. please for the love of God, do not treat this sanctuary like every other social media platform.

ETA: the people liking this without reblogging are proving my point. LOL

[str4wb3rrysw3etheart]

Hii I didn’t know if you take requests or not but if you don’t just ignore this 🙏

I think a Pete dinunzio x reader where they’re already in a relationship but it’s Pete being a nerd to his partner would be cute.

(he definitely likes to wear a mask with a fake replica weapon and chase the reader around the house and when they’re caught it’s either sfw or nsfw stuff happens) This can be imagines or a one shot it don’t matter 🙏 I LOVEEE your writing!

I love request #send is as many as you want

BUT THIS IS ADORABLLEEE

Sfw, fem reader!

Cw: mentions of decapitation and gore (from a horror movie..) , Pete is a little freak, reader sucks at lying (it moves the plot I'm sorry), Pete is an ass, blood

꒷꒦︶꒷꒦︶ ๋ ࣭ ⭑꒷꒦°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･꒷꒦︶꒷꒦︶ ๋ ࣭ ⭑꒷꒦°❀⋆

It was halloween night, and your boyfriend, Pete, was making watch horror movies, but no, his movies could never be normal. You were only thirty minutes in and some girl was already being decapitated. Pete had walked away to go get snacks. You grimace a bit at the gore. As you turn around, feeling a presence behind you... you scream as you see a masked figure behind you. As you run out of the room, it didn't even cross your mind that this was 100% pete.. you pause as you hear him laughing from the other room..

"Oh shut up asshole! You scared me for real!" You say annoyed at his behavior, walking back and sitting back on the couch, crossing your arms as you sit back down.

"Awh come on sugar tits, it was funny" he snickers, not feeling bad at all.

As you two watch the movie, he pulls the the 'fake yawn' to put his arm around his shoulder. Grinning at you. Eventually, you start to zone out, not paying any attention to the gore fest in front of you, or your boyfriend talking about why this one gore scene was actually revolutionary for the horror industry .. Next thing you know, and Pete is staring at you..

"Are you even listening?" He asks mock offended

"Uh... yes?" You try to lie.. even you can tell you're failing..

"Uh huh .. what movie am I even talking about?" He asks, not believing you for a second

"Uh.. halloween two?" You guess

"THAT CASH GRAB? NEVER." he sounds genuinely offended at that. "I was talking about saw, and how this line in...."

You start to zone out again. Not trying to be mean, you do like listening to your boyfriends rambling, but you are too tired to listen to it right now..

"I'm gonna go get some water" you tell Pete, and kiss his forehead as you get up to leave

Little did you know he was following you. As you got some water, he stood behind you. Excited to scare you for the 2nd time tonight.

As you start to pour the water, he grabs his mask and walks up behind you. This time, just grabbing a realistic fake knife. As the water drips, you glance down and see the glimmer of the cold 'metal' on your skin. You scream and drop the glass on the floor. It shatters and cuts your knee. You then slap Pete

"Asshole! Now I'm fucking bleeding" you try to hold in a few tears since there's some glass shards still in the wound..

"Oh fuck I'm sorry baby" he says, sounding.. genuinely worried for once, picking you up and bringing you to the bathroom. He leans the wound carefully, each time he knows it'll hurt. He'll squeeze your hand. Look, he's all for cutting his partners in bed, but this was different, it was an accident!

Eventually he bandages it up, and lays with you in bed, him cuddling you better. A few tears still threatening to fall. He rubs them away, mumbling something about "Sorry women" as he looks away, guilty. Kissing your face, and of course, as soon as it looks like something could be happening, his older brother walks in.

"GET OUT, ASS" Pete throws a shirt at him

"Oooh, someone's getting lucky" his brother teases, and leaves

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[teabutmakeitazure]

next time i write a yan story, i want to write a yan who's very obviously screwed up in the head but somehow, somehow pulled and got into a relationship with darling. darling likes him back, they're together, and he blames the fact that he tried to get darling's attention the more socially acceptable way that led him here.

it's not like he isn't happy. oh no, he's over the moon, but sometimes when they're cuddling or darling is just rambling on about something, a thought, an urge, slithers its way into his mind. images of darling marked up, be it with bite marks or clothing items or a freaking collar of all things, these images flash through his mind and he has to restrain himself. then when darling mentions a conversation with someone else, his jaw clenches and he has to remind himself that this stuff is supposedly normal.

funny thing is, other people have seen the borderline psychotic look in his eyes around darling, but never darling. he keeps it away. smiles warmly when darling turns to look at him and lies saying anyone who says something bad about him is just jealous of the relationship. wouldn't wanna scare away his love before he's got his darling very deep in love with him, now would he <3

[ludolka]

H&HAU relationship dynamics ramblings, regarding Mumbo, Scar and Grian (I was asked about scarian and mumscarian in this AU and I have a lot to say, so have this post)

This turned out long, so happy reading ! <3 ALSO this is an ongoing story, this may all change in the future as the story progresses

[ TLDR; toxic “will they, won’t they” (mostly one-sided) scarian, no mumscarian and Mumbo has one-sided beef against Scar ]

So, Scar is HotGuy, Grian is Xelqua and Mumbo is just Mumbo. Scar doesn’t hide his identity and only a handful of people know about Grian’s. While HotGuy and Xelqua regularly team up and work together, Scar and Grian don’t know each other and HG has no idea Grian is Xelqua

And listen, I love both Scar and Grian in this AU, but they aren’t the best people (especially Grian)

HG and Xel have been teaming up for a couple of years now and they have a rather,, weird relationship. HG has a crush on Xel, one that is rather hard to hide and Xel plays into it. He enjoys power and being the ringleader, he enjoys sort of playing with HG. This is amplified by how he doesn’t take this whole vigilante stuff all that seriously, in his mind he’s roleplaying in a way due to the big disconnect in his mind between himself (Grian) and his alter ego (Xelqua). So to Xel this is all an act and they are actors playing roles, playing out their little power trip fantasies and all that

HG on the other hand takes this hero stuff really seriously. It’s his job after all, this is what pays his bills and puts food on his table. And he doesn’t do the whole alter ego thing, he is authentically himself both in and out of costume

So there’s a big disconnect between the two. While HG’s interest in Xel and his advances are genuine, whenever Xel decides to flirt back, it’s all just for fun with no real intention behind it

But it isn’t black and white in the sense that HG is the poor innocent loverboy and Xel is the evil manipulative player

HG isn’t as innocent as he wants everyone around him to believe he is. He’s quite smart and knows how to manipulate people around him to get his way. He’s also very egotistical, while he had to work hard for where he is now, he is still the top hero who is very beloved and influential, who doesn’t get told no and who is used to being a heartthrob. And Xel, who spent a big chunk of his life in a cult built on deceit, sees right through him and his faux innocence

HG likes Xel because he can’t have him. He loves the chase, the challenge, the idea of finally reaching the unreachable, whatever you want to call it. He isn’t even all that sure what he’d want to do with Xel after getting him, after all their interactions are very limited to weekly patrols together and the whole thrill comes from their cat and mouse dynamic

Another aspect of HG’s fascination with Xel is just how private and unpredictable he is. So the mystique is also a big part of it, him wanting to figure out and pick apart Xel. And this level of being so unknowable has also sort of allowed HG to in a way divinize Xel and project anything onto him that he wants to see in him

So in a way they are both playing with each other. They flirt, there is tension between them, but it never breaks because Xel doesn’t let it break

As for Mumscarian and Mumbo

Mumbo and Scar don’t know each other. They know of each other’s existence and they have ran into each other a handful of times before, but they never talked besides greetings or acknowledging each other

Scar is very neutral when it comes to Mumbo. While it isn’t public information, his boss is Mumbo’s dad and he is close with his boss, so he knows that Mumbo has been in a relationship with Grian, a popular semi-political band’s singer for a while now. But him not knowing Grian is Xelqua, this doesn’t mean anything to him besides him kinda disapproving that Mumbo’s dating someone who is publicly against everything his dad (and Scar himself) stands for and works towards

Mumbo, on the other hand, dislikes Scar. For one, Scar came to work with his dad when Scar was in his late teens/early twenties and Mumbo was in his early/middle teens and all he saw was that his dad gave Scar all the praise and attention he was so desperate for. While that was a long time ago, he still kind of holds this unconscious grudge that Scar unintentionally took his dad away from him

For two, Mumbo is a jealous and kinda possessive boyfriend. It makes sense with his abandonment issues and Grian being pretty much the only consistent person in his life to not leave him and to love him. So he’s terrified of the thought of G leaving him, and seeing the media coverage on HG and Xel, their speculated secret relationship and flirting, he sees Scar as competition and a threat to his relationship

For three, he is Grian’s most trusted confidante, the one G complains and rants to the most. And while G finds HG entertaining, he also finds him incredibly frustrating. And Mumbo gets to hear all about that. So his two main sources of opinions on Scar is from the public, who do not personally know HG and Grian, who has had regular contact with the guy for years now. In other words, he’s biased against Scar

In the end non of them are right or wrong, they all see each other through their own perspectives and biases

[knight-of-the-graces]

~~~~~UNDER THE CUT~~~~~

When I'm worldbuilding the details are honestly my favorite part. Both because they are what usually make it into the fics themselves and because the devil really is in the details it makes such a difference in getting that feel of the story just right and the world feel real.

I knew before i was two episodes into watching my firs esmp s1 pov that i was in big trouble. It's such a fantastic world to play with.

Never apologize for the rambling responses to my posts like this are genuinely one of my favorite things I have read and reread every single one of them (including this one) so many times. (Yes it's been like, 24 hours I accept zero judgement)

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#I genuinely need you to do this more cause I genuinely enjoyed reading this a lot more than I originally thought I would /nf#I never realized how *interesting* the differences between each empires way of doing things could be#the idea that empires do things differently to suit the environment#but then its looked down upon in other empires? (aka the swamps clothes looking wrinkled)#chef’s kiss (@flooflepuff )

I'll definitely be doing more things like this as I go. Its the longest post I've made about the world-building so far but probably will not be the longest by the time all is said and done.

People are fascinating on a personal and societal level and I love playing with it when I write, especially the interaction of those two levels. On the most basic of levels, the realization that "different does not mean wrong" is such a good foundation for telling a story. and of course we love us some "unlearning preconceptions" as a side dish XD

One of the reasons that I originally decided I was going to be telling this au via what will more or less be a series of one-shots from the pov of the entire cast (aside from the fact that short fics are my usual style) was that I really want to be able to show the assumptions that everyone makes about everyone else and explore where those come from and what the broader implications of them are.

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#OH MY GODS THATS SO COOL#okay so i have many thoughts to put in the tags one second#first off. the net repair/making in the swamp thing reminds me a lot of like. quilting circles?#where the whole big group of people will come together#to socialize and make a cool and useful thing#and the xornoth burning down the tapestries and almost getting assinated by the artisans is just#so fucking perfect#my mom has a lot of friends who do lots of fiber arts things#and i can totally imagine them all getting pissed that someone burnt down the super old historical tapestries and#going off to murder that someone. its perfect its beautiful i love kt#*it#magic embroidery thats fucking COOL#this is all so COOL#I dont have enough spoons right now to express it#but please know i am reading this and going ''oooooh fancy cool thats super neat i wonder if they have alpacas''#or ''WHOA THATS AWESOME i wonder if rivendell's got like. a super robust state fair type knitting and crochet and fiber stuff competitions''#stuff like that. basically i love this entire section of worldbuilding its amazing and i don't know how to express that in#words properly because my brain is on vacation from making sense (@copper-dragon-in-disguise )

It is exactly a quilting circle. It's a quilting bee its a corn-husking its a barn raising. It's many hands make light work and a way for the community to sit down and spend time with each other and check in and make sure everyone is okay and taken care of. Community Tasks are so important and every culture, real world and in this au, has versions of them. In Rivendell its shearing season, in the Ocean its the kelp harvest, in Mezalea it's cleaning and gutting the catch after the fishing boats come in, in the Lost Empire its harvesting and drying the cocoa beans, and so many others.

My social circle is almost entirely made up of people who are involved in fiber arts in some way and yeah, there is absolutely no way that Xornoth didn't get at least one very threatening talk from a little old elf lady who is like, half their height and wears her knitting needles in her hair. (They are very, very sharp knitting needles)

I genuinely haven't decided if they have alpacas yet. I've been leaning towards no, and they have just bred llamas for fleece but I haven't decided for sure yet.

Look I'm not saying that Rivendell has several different county fair style events...but I'm not not saying it. (I have said it before actually. kind of. Look, the two modes of perception for Rivendell from the other empires is "those weird snooty elves" and "those weird mountain hicks". And the secret third mode which is Helianthia pointing and being like "hey! same hat!")

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And because I forgot to put it on the original post...

AU Masterpost Here!

hello this is an invitation/request to ramble about textile production in rivendell vs the swamp in the arranged marriages au I am very curious about this thank you

Most of this is going under a cut because it is going to get a bit long and rambly and is 100% as much an info-dump as it is a worldbuilding post.

the TLDR is Wool VS Linen

MOSTLY INFO DUMP PORTION

Rivendell:

The majority of Rivendell textiles are wool-based.

They do import some silk from the Overgrown but that is reserved for special occasions and items. Mostly silk threads are used for magical stitching and silk fabric as a center lining for leather and chain armor.

Almost everything else is wool.

Most of their wool comes from sheep but they also have llamas, rabbits, and goats that all are domesticated for this purpose. (Wool as a term refers to any fiber obtained from an animal, even if some of it is technically hair, for textile purposes it is wool)

Most of their export is sheep wool, they have, in fact, increased their sheep herds specifically to accommodate export in the recent decade or so as they open their borders and form alliances beyond the Overgrown.

Wool is an incredibly versatile fiber. It's water resistant and thermal properties make it ideal for the snowy mountain terrain of Rivendell's territory. It can also be made into fabric so fine it is literal gauze. It can be felted it can be knitted it can be woven. Saying Rivendell's textiles are almost 95% wool does not accurately convey how varied those textiles are. Generations of Rivendell elves have spent their ~500 year long lifespans coming up with new things to do with wool.

And its not just from sheep.

Rabbit wool is most commonly used for items like underclothes or baby clothes and blankets.

Llama wool actually comes in two distinct forms, because Llamas have layered coats. Originally they were used as beasts of burden but were also, over the generations, bred for fleece as well. Their rougher outer coats are used more for things like rope and cordage, the inner fleece is similar to rabbit.

Llama is also the least common wool, since it takes about two years for a llama to regrow its coat after shearing and they aren't exactly the most space efficient of livestock. The fleece is one of the luxury exports sold mostly to foreign nobility who want to feel fancy and brag about their "exotic [insert item here]". The outer coat fibers are mostly sold as cordage, which is excellent quality and in high demand in the seafaring nations. (This is also due to elvish craft-magic, more on that later in the worldbuilding-focused section)

Goats are a full range from coarser fibers to fine soft ones. It functions much the same as sheep fiber, just with a lower yield. Goats are primarily used in the outer villages of Rivendell in the highest, sheerest cliffs where they are more suited to the terrain than their moor wool-laden cousins.

The Swamp:

Most Swamp-made textiles are linen.

Mostly made from flax and/or hemp. (Yes, that kind of hemp, go ahead, make the jokes.)

(Hemp grown for fiber is a different variety than hemp grown for more recreational reasons. It has a much lower THC and the plant itself is a lot larger. I'm not saying they don't grow the other kind, and use it medicinally, but it isn't relevant to anything I will be writing. If that's your wheelhouse you are welcome to take this and run with it.)

Linen is a lightweight and absorbent fabric that is ideal for hotter climates so it is very common to see in the Northern kingdoms. It's absorbency does mean it dirties and starts smelling fairly quickly but it is also a very resilient fabric that takes washing well. It also has the default state of "wrinkled" which, to someone accustomed to other types of fabric, does lend itself to looking rather unkempt. (You see where I'm going with this.)

Like wool there is a wide range of fabrics, ranging from the ultra fine and soft to coarser, more Textured pieces. (basically, the underclothes to sail canvas range) both flax and hemp, especially the latter, are also used to make cordage and hemp in particular is often used to make macrame and beaded jewelry, irl and in the Swamp. Fishing nets are also a common product.

Textiles are not a notable export of the Swamp so there is less to say there.

IRL flax linen makes up some of the oldest surviving fabric and clothing samples, dating back thousands of years.

Flax fibers are not elastic, they don't stretch and shrink while worked with and don't have a lot of give. This does make working with it in the process of fabric making somewhat difficult and requiring a lot of skill. The resulting fabric though is incredibly durable so its a trade off.

The Mostly Worldbuilding Portion

This is just going to be a bunch of disorganized bullet points really

A significant portion of the flax used by the Swamp from linen production is grown and harvested in Helianthia and brought to the swamp for manufacture. This is actually the primary threat Mythland represents, (you know, besides rampant destruction and harassment along the border) is interrupting that trade route. They do also grow their own but do not enough for what is needed.

Elvish magic is almost entirely based around fiber arts. Embroidery, knot-work, charms stitched into seams and knitted into the very makeup of a garment. Wool and Gold. (gold-thread embroidery is powerful stuff) A side effect of all of this is that when small Xornoth started setting things on fire and small Scott sneezed frost it was a pretty solid indication that their magic was a bit more directly divinely sourced.

Related, elvish rope is reliable. It doesn't degrade or break or even cut easily. (This is straight from Tolkein but it works too well not to poach)

Elves build things to last, a single elf-made garment can last for several human generations. At least.

Net making/repair in the Swamp is one of those community tasks that a lot of people sit down together and do while socializing. Almost everyone has at least the basic skills required.

Generations worth of irreplaceable historical tapestries were lost when Xornoth burned down the Rivendell palace during their coup and every time the weavers and artisans and historians of the kingdom remember that they come very close to being assassinated.

[generalluxun]

I hope you know that I don't take issue with you criticizing Miraculous on principal and that I've long learned that one fan's treasure is another fan's trash. Nobody need to like something completely and if asked, I'll probably rattle off on my own list of things I felt Miraculous could have handled better.

I guess... part of it comes from how there's a lot of negativity around Miraculous and, while they are entitled to express that, there's not enough for my side of "I love it overall, wart and all." Part of this is likely YouTube and Reddit promoting what happens to get the most clicks.

Hell, Tumblr reccommended that post to me when I was editing a Miraculous post for correcting. You know, in that corner where nine posts they think you'll like show up? I just have horrible practice when it comes to walking away because it eats at me that I'm letting somebody go uncontested in this age of poor media literacy (again, not trying to accuse you of anything).

What I'm trying to say is... I had you all wrong. I might not get your "potential" standpoint because Miraculous hasn't missed its potential for me but I'm not you. And I shouldn't have to be.

I... hope this rambling is coherent enough. I really don't want to offend anybody.

EDIT:Just added the readmore because the post was so long. Hey, Thanks for reaching out. That takes a lot. I appreciate it. In the spirit of sharing I'll run by exactly where the show 'missed the mark' for me. The first is just a 'potential' argument, and the others are sort of a chain of similar-and-escalating choices that... I don't know. They're not good. They hint at something just.. wrong I guess? In the writing room. I don't understand the choices, and I hope they're corrected. They *matter* in my opinion.

The first one (the potential argument) comes at the end of S2/Beginning of S3. The OG5 heroes they had there were SUCH a good setup. Nino, Alya, Marinette, Adrien, and Chloe.

Nino&Alya=Established couple who know each other's IDs

Adrien and Marinette=the promised couple, don't know each other's IDs.

Adrien&Chloe Childhood friends

Marinette&Chloe rivals (light bulling as of S2 but really nothing like the S5 retcon would have us believe at this point)

Chloe->Ladybug fangirl

Everyone knows Choe's ID, she doesn't know Anyone's ID

Alya-> Thinks for herself, yet very loyal.

There's just so many angles and storylines in JUST those 5. You could have never once touched the secondary heroes and you could have feasted on that. I'd say Kagami and Luka just because of how important they are on the civilian side could have been part timers, but yeah. The rest? I don't hate the class, they're fun! But you're stretched so thin trying to cover so many heroes that you don't get to really dig and explore. I've seen the other heroes called 'Marinette's pokemon' and it's kind of true, sadly. S4 was a parade of one hit wonders, they even had to stuff 4 into the final one! You could have tackled all the powers with fusions and let the other civilians be cool civilians. It'd make the 'Resistance' in S5 all the more interesting.

That's not to say there's nothing good about how it was done or it's the worst ever for not sticking with the sentai format. It's just a choice that's indicative of the surface level skimming. And it's got us in S6 with a 16(?)v1 scenario which is.... really low stakes as far as these things go. Yes they can course correct it somehow, but they *already* had to do that in S5. so having to do it again... you see how it was a setup for problems.

That honestly would have been all well and fine if the show hadn't gone as it did down another path. This is a 'Please read to the end' because there are a lot of takes on this and I'd rather not be lumped in with some of them.

It started with how Chloé was handled, is bad *for the audience of children watching the show*, and I have a very real problem with that.

Chloé is an abused child. Full stop. There is no arguing this. Neglect, verbal and emotional abuse. Not just from Audrey. It's on screen. People with actual degrees in the fandom have chimed in on this.

They didn't *have* to make her an abused child. I'm not sure they *intended* to do it. t is what they put up on the screen for eyes to see though.

Once you put an abused child on screen. It is my belief that you have an obligation as someone writing children's programing for children to see, to be sure that child's abuse is A)recognized in-universe and B)shown to get help.

This doesn't mean Chloé needed to be a hero, or even liked by her peers. She's just a classic example of a child who responds with anger instead of sadness. She's a 'bad victim' and bad victim kids are often overlooked because they DO tend to bully their peers(they can't fight back against adults so they pick on those they can) The message *needs* to be 'You too can get help' for any in the audience who identify with her, not 'You're just bad, oh well.'

The sow had Marinette push Chloe to act more like Audrey (Queen Wasp ending) which- is actually a perfectly reasonable mistake for Marinette who grew up in a loving household! But it was never revisited, it's basically ignored. yet, pushing a child back int the abuser's care, showing her that she might gain affection by emulating her mother *even harder*? ooof.

Strip away liking or hating Chloe when you think about this, and liking or hating Marinette. Just think about this in broad 'That's a child' terms.

The S3 fall- not terrible honestly! The finale even seems like it gets it. Master Fu's voiceover says 'Some lose hope' when they're showing Chloé. *lose hope* that's not someone gleefully embracing evil, that's a tragic oversight. The show actively built up that Gabriel and Nathalie -along with Lila- deliberately targeted and isolated Chloé. That's horrific, and you can have a payoff from that!

But- there was nothing. The kid manipulated by the two grown adult villains is just 'a villain' from then on. No consideration, no hints, just evil and evil, framed as the worst, we even added a whole 'Was here all along honest' character and retconned some very specific things to make her more eviler! It goes on right up to the point where her own father throws her to the abusive woman that *he a grown man* is divorcing. Let that sink in. He won't stay with Audrey because he knows how she is, but he's quite willing to throw his daughter away to her rather than take responsibility for the child he raised(badly) and try to fix it.

Which leads into the not-Chloe parts of things that as I said go kind of hand in hand. S5 went on a binge of very sudden and questionable 'redemptions' Every crappy dad out there got one. (plus two honorable mentions)

Jagged? He at least was *only* a deadbeat who left his kids alone despite living in the same city for 15 years... and he's the best of them!

Felix!-No he's not a dad, but we had such a very weird 180 on him. He shows up, is cruel to Adrien, tries to force himself on Ladybug, and is shown to be an all around heel. Gabriel Agreste(the episode) continues this, and then in Strike Back he passes ALL the miraculous and Adrien's amok to Gabriel without a care in the world. 2/4 of a seaon later he tries to wipe out humanity. As an excuse we get hints about his dad. Then right before the end we find out his backstory is basically Adrien's backstory with enough changed that they hope the teacher won't notice. One kidnapping later, he's one of the good guys now! He's just a little guy! Poof! Kagami, the girl who THRIVES on honesty, just kinda is like 'nah, everything is cool, and spills LB's secret to him.' It's s weird. This coming from someone who clocked Felgami from the moment they had the side-eye in Gabriel Agreste. I figured a well executed enemies/rivals to lovers though, not.... whatever this mess is. The only saving grace of canon Felgami is that there is no excuse against Lukloé now. Felgami is literally 'She'll fix him.' 🤣 (note: Even though they basically had Felix's abuse-photocopy-backstory off screen, I would still want him to get *help* for it too. all abused kids need to bee shown getting help. Kids need to see there is help to be had. Help doesn't generally look like 'Free girlfriend and Miraculous' though.)

Nathalié-This is probably the least-problematic after Jagged, but we do still have the fact that Nathalie already murdered one Senti-being wiht free will, and arranged for Fei to be an orphan again. (She knew exactly who Cash was when she hired him). We needed a bit more than a last second gasp to sell this one. On her own I don't think this would stand out as much, but it's just one more in a line of 'Redeem everyone but that one blonde girl' choices.

André! The guy who raised Chloé. The one who *showed her how to cheat, steal, and abuse power* Twice in the series she even explicitly states she learned what she does watching him. We've seen this guy, a grown man, bully and abuse his power, engage in corruption, and it's stated this is how he's been his whole career. But oh no, he's actually just a sad little guy who wanted to make movies. It's all his *daughter's* fault! she's so heartless. She sprang from Audrey and started controlling the happless *grown man* before she could even walk.... or something.

And then after André's supposed redemption, we have him run from all responsibility as a father, and steal Zoé apparently? (S4 indicates Mr. Lee is alive and involved in Zoé's life. I'm pretty sure that Andre did something wildly illegal there. 🤣)

And then Gabe! What a kick in the teeth there eh? Now this one does take some outside-of-show information, but not Twitter. The writers did an actual commentary on the finalé explaining their intent. That was a redemption for Gabriel. The light is him ascending into heaven with Emilie, That was supposed to be Ladybug 'winning'. They legitimately believed the 'All the times I tried to be a good father' was warranted. I think they *thought* they were writing Movie!Gabe, and just missed the mark so hard.

That ties back into Adrien's abuse, which was also pretty obvious all throughout the show. More people care, because Adrien is a 'good victim' (sad and meek) so they take pity. Yet- The writing team doesn't seem to really *see* it as abuse. Gabriel just *really* loved his family and was *misguided*. And... yeah....

With all that having happened. This whole 'Marinette keeping the truth from Adrien' plotline just feels so icky. The boy has had no agency. He's got literally control rings. He's been lied to his whole life. Now his girlfriend, Ladybug, Marinette, the show's actual protagonist is lying to him.

There's so little hope they'll handle it well, considering *waves to the previous paragraphs*. Revelator and Alya's anger is the tiniest glimmer of hope that *maybe* with the end of the contract at the end of S5, there's a different set of priorities. It's just worrying, and why every time this specific thing comes up, I have concerns.

The writing room has shown they're shockingly insensitive to the topics they toy with. They can do lighter-side stuff just fine! But when it hits something heavy... oof.

Child abuse is a Very Big Deal for me. I'm a survivor myself. My own went under the radar, which is why *recognizing it in all it's forms* is extremely important to me.

Again-ML never had to do anything with this, but they *chose* to put it in, and once it's in, feel they had an obligation to handle it well. That's an obligation I don't feel like they've met. It's also not something that will improve if those who do see it just go silent and ignore it.

Silence and ignoring is exactly how abuse thrives.

If you're interested I could go into more detail on some of the specific examples of on-screen abuse elements that are present. I knw I left stuff out. In some cases it's so strange because you *think* they must be aware, but if they are then how could they just leave it unaddressed?

I'd love to get answers, but that's not an option.

Well, I bet this answer was more than you bargained for! Maybe it'll provide some clarity as to where the harshness comes in. To be clear, I really want Miraculous to be *better*, not to die. want it to address the abuse it's already displayed in a reasonable way. Once that's done, the hackles will go way back down.

If I lose any and all hope it ever will be addressed, then I'll probably walk away and just warn other parents off the show.

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

This might be a bit random but would you say you have any thoughts on Neurodivergent readings of Zhongli (more specifically autistic)? I was thinking about it in the latest chapter of JG amd even before then too. as an autistic person myself i feel he reads very heavily as such, especially when talking about his human mask and feeling like he doesn't need to force it as much with childe, and his issues with human expression in smiling etc. but I think it's then an interesting debate between that and the fact that, well, he's just not human. that all comes from a place of being an entirely different species, unevolved and unrelated to human brains and how they think and read social patterns, and I feel we don't really have any way of telling if ZL has any divergent tendencies among dragons right? and even then he's half, too, so that affects things.

anyway sorry for the ramble I was mainly wondering if you had any opinions on the matter, or if you intended the parallels I definitely see while reading your Zhongli! love your work as always <3333

i think i might've commented on this at some point but never directly, so here – i do have thoughts on the matter!

as you mentioned, it's difficult to tell with characters that aren't human, because you can't call something 'neurodivergent' if the bases for their neurotypical-ity are not the ones by which we measure this stuff. so, to me, ALL non-human characters are neurodivergent-coded. they may not be neurodivergent, technically speaking (like how you mentioned, maybe all dragons are just like zl), but to us, they read as such. so, coded. ultimately i do think there is merit in labeling them as neurodivergent because, even if they, again, technically aren't; we are going to run into problems if we attempt to treat them as neurotypical, so we might as well say yeah, neurodivergent. it is also kinda correct anyway – they do diverge from us. that's a fact. it's like saying dogs are colorblind. if all dogs see in the same range, then you can't say your dog in specific is colorblind (unless it actually is but that's beside the point); but compared to us, from our perspective, for what it matters to us and how that will translate into how we treat them then yes! dogs are colorblind! i think i mentioned it once in conjunction with characters like alhaitham. to me, zhongli is neurodivergent-coded, while alhaitham is neurodivergent straight-up. because (as far as we know) he's human, so his brain should, in theory, be like ours.

as for which flavor of neurodivergency zl is coded to have in specific i would agree with you on autism! but then again, i'm not an expert on these things, i don't know the exact ins and outs and the specific characteristics that constitute an autistic character – i just write them the way i perceive them, with the quirks i perceive them to have. not to get preachy but i think that's the better way to write characters in general, since that's how real people work, after all. people with autism aren't born fitting some parameters that will make them autistic – they're born with specific quirks that we then interpret as autism, and even then you don't necessarily get two people having the exact same experience with this. most of these terms are umbrella terms regardless as to how well-defined or how big or small the umbrella is.

so yeah!

[maxinehufflepuffprincess]

I Ship It

Chishiya Shuntaro x Reader x Niragi Suguru

(This one isn't as heavy on the lovey dovey stuff. But oh well.)

Masterlist. Love Line Collection.

Summary: Kuina finds out about your relationship.

Kuina had entered your room that morning with an excited smile on her face. She had found the prettiest red bikini for you as well as a lipstick and nail polish that matched the shade of the bikini. She was hoping to have a girls' day, where you two could paint each other's nails and gossip. So imagine her shock when she saw you, her best friend, in bed, snuggled up in the arms of Chishiya, her other friend and Niragi, someone she hated.

You were awake, being held close between your two loves. You looked at Kuina. Both of you were frozen for a moment, neither knowing what to really do or say at first. The guys were both asleep, but not for long.

"I can explain." You expressed as you tried to wiggle out of their hold. "Just umm, give me a minute to get up." You continued to try to wiggle and slip out of their grip, but it wasn't really working. You let out a small huff before looking at Kuina, who had an amused look on her face.

"Shut up."

"I don't say anything."

"You're face did." This had the two of you giggling for a moment.

A sudden groan came from your right. Niragi was awake. "Baby, stop moving." Sleep filled his voice as he pulled you closer to him. You smiled slightly and ran your fingers through his hair.

"We have a visitor." You told him. Niragi's eyes snapped open, and he sat up. To his surprise, Kuina was standing at the end of the bed. Her arms were crossed over her chest. She and Niragi just looked at each other for a moment before he looked at you.

"She's not joining us." He stated.

"That-that wasn't what was going on." You told him, confused by his statement. This made Niragi nod his head. He then reached over to Chishiya and shoved his shoulder a little. "Oi, you're friend is here. Get rid of her."

You let out a gasp. "Niragi, don't be mean. Kuina is welcome here whenever she wants." You told him confidently as you crawled away from the males and towards your best friend. You hopped off the bed and hugged Kuina, a happy smile on your face.

"Can someone explain what's going on?" Kuina asked as she pulled away from the hug. You looked over at the guys, both of whom were now sitting up watching you both. Niragi looked like he was ready to go back to sleep, whilst Chishiya was rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

You looked between them. You wanted to tell Kuina the truth. However, you couldn't and wouldn't make the choice on your own. You wanted the choice to be theirs. You could come up with a lie if you had to. Though you hated lying to Kuina, and both of your boyfriends knew that.

Niragi and Chishiya looked at each other, having a silent conversation between themselves. Both were weighing out the options. Then, suddenly, Niragi let out a groan but nodded his head. Chishiya turned to you as he leant against the headboard. "Okay, you can tell Kuina. We're fine with Kuina and only Kuina knowing for now."

You let out a happy squeal. You took the things from Kuina's hands and set them on the bed. You then took Kuina's hands in yours. "We're dating. The three of us. I know, it's crazy and I've been dreaming about this for a while, but I'm dating them both, and their both dating me and each other and we're happy, and it's going really really good and I'm so excited I get to share this with you because I have so much to tell you and-"

"Breath, sweetheart." Chsihiya's voice cut you off. You went silent and took in a deep breath before releasing it. You had gotten so excited that you had ended up rambling. You blushed lightly.

"Sorry, " you said sheepishly. Kuina shook her head and squeezed your hands gently. "I'm happy for you. I really am." She then looked over at Chishiya, moved over to him, and slapped his arm. "That's for keeping this from me."

Chishiya rubbed his arm and gave her an offended look. "She didn't tell you either."

"Yeah, but she's too cute to slap." That made you beam with pride.

Niragi shook his head. "She likes a good slap here and there, especially on her as-" You cut him off by throwing a pillow from your vanity chair at him. It hit him square in the face. The four of you let out a laugh.

"But in all seriousness. I'm happy for you. For all three of you. I'm glad you found each other. You're a good-looking throuple. How did this even happen?" She asked curiously. The two of you sat at the end of the bed. Niragi and Chishiya moved closer to the two of you. Niragi wrapped an arm around your waist while Chishiya took your hand.

You sat there and explained to Kuina how the three of you happened. You told her about the first night. How you had come back to your room to find the guys there and the three of you cuddled in bed. You told her how they interrupted each other's nights. You told her about the conversation the three of you had, which led to you dating.

Kuina was invested. She was living for everything you said. Niragi and Chishiya chimed in here and here, but you did most of the talking, gushing about your two loves. She could hear in your voice how happy you were. She could see how happy Chishiya was from that sparkle in his eyes, and Niragi's smile gave away his happiness.

"That's adorable. I'm so happy for you." Kuina shook her head softly.

You looked between Kuina and Niragi. "I'm hoping you two will try to get along. Niragi, Kuina, is very important to Chishiya and me. She's been an amazing friend. Kuina, obviously, Niragi means a lot to me and Chishiya. So I'm asking you both to try. I'm not asking for you two to be best friends, but be civil at least. Please?" You asked them hopefully. You squeezed Chishiya's hand gently.

"Please." He added, showing them both that this wasn't just important to you. It was important to him as well.

The two looked at each other before nodding their heads.

"Fine, whatever you want."

"I'll try for you two."

You squealed and hugged the two. Kuina stood up and pulled you with her. "Now. I came here for a reason. I brought you a new bikini. So go shower, put it on, put on the lipstick and come find me. We're overdue for a girls' day. I'll meet you back at my room." She turned, getting ready to leave before turning back to the three of you.

"I ship it." She winked with a grin before making her way out of the room.

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[moonlit-imagines]

Headcanons for dating Steve Harrington (Spring Theme)

Steve Harrington x reader

warnings: like one ref to underage drinking

a/n: usually i dont do themes like this but this seemed cute actually and i miss him. also look at his goofy lil face. also sowwy this took forever i got lost in inspo in non-requests 😭 ALSO (last one) i HATE spring—not this request, just spring ONLY bc my allergies are horrific right now and i am deeply suffering so it will be incorporated into this. i made this a comical version of spring in the midwest by my experience growing up in michigan. ok ramble over anyways anon thank you for giving me a chance to write for steve again <3

prompt: anonymous: “If the request slot is still open could I request a sorta spring themed headcanon/fic with dating Steve Harrington from Stranger Things? I'm starting to get excited for hiking/birdwatching/picnic season and I love your writing style. Np if the request slot is filled tho. Tysm and have a great day! :)”

spring is such a beautiful time of year

unless you were in the midwest

if you were in the midwest, spring was cold, wet, and full of pollen

at least at the beginning

but steve was prepared!

“oh, my god. shit! i forgot my allergy medicine! ughhhh!” -you, very stuffy

“i grabbed it for you” -steve, pulling your meds from his pocket

“my he—” *sneezes* “…ro” -you

*steve pulls a pack of pocket tissues from gis other pocket*

while steve wanted to do some nice outdoor dates, it wasn’t really all that feasible in indiana this time of year

“we should have a picnic!” -steve, immediately followed by the sound of thunder “maybe tomorrow”

dont even get me started on—WHY IS IT SNOWING

“it was SEVENTY DEGREES YESTERDAY” -you, who did not bring a jacket

steve immediately offered you his, which you felt just an eensy weensy bit guilty about but he assured you it was fine

“just look how hot i am, i could never be cold” -steve, winking

“don’t ever say that again, that’s so lame” -you

“ohh, if i’m so lame maybe i should just take my jacket back” -steve (teasingly)

“no!!!!” -you

once the ickier part of spring subsided, steve would pick flowers for you once they started to bloom

“i made sure to shake out all the pollen so you didn’t have an allergy attack…but just in case, take some more allergy meds” -steve

on the nicer days you’d be able to wear a nice outfit (not covered in warm layers or rain gear) and take a nice walk with steve

a sunny day, holding hands, walking through nature, ignoring all that troubled you

really—fall and winter were the worst seasons for you, that time just brought back a lot of bad memories

spring felt like a clean slate the past couple of years. hawkins was a daunting place, but it felt safer with steve

mindless tasks and sweet distractions helped a lot

“we should go bird watching! hey, i’ll see if i can borrow a camera from jonathan” -steve

the kiddos would hang out, too. especially on hikes in the woods

“look at this cool stick i found. it’s balanced like a sword. check it out” -dustin, spinning the handle of his “sword”

“will you watch it! you almost hit me!” -max

“‘yOu aLmOsT hIt mE’” -dustin, mockingly

not always peaceful, but distracting? check ✅

steve occasionally suggested a trip outside of hawkins for some more guaranteed alone time

“we can go visit lake michigan and look for some cool rocks. when i was a kid, i found all sorts of cool stuff—fossils, crystals, petosky stones—we’ll have fun!” -steve

(a/n: if you dont know what petosky stones are you should look them up theyre cool as fuck i have a whole jar of them and other cool fossils from lake michigan)

he made sure to collect something unique for each of the rugrats too

you thought it was sweet

“remember spring break when we were in high school? we used to be such bad kids” -you, reminiscing

“ugh, don’t remind me! what were my parents thinking letting you come on vacation with us?” -steve

“probably ‘wow, we love y/n and steve and them will be together forever’” -you

“how misguided” -steve, sarcastically

“shut up!” -you, swatting him

“that cruise ship in freshman year was unbelievable. i can’t believe we had no supervision” -steve

“that was my first hangover, it was horrendous” -you

“yeah, i remember nursing you back to health. you looked horrendous” -steve

“steve harrington!” -you

“i’m kidding! you’re always stunning, even when your head is in the toilet bowl” -steve

“and remember the next year they didn’t take us on their cruise?” -you

“which was arguably worse because we were actually unsupervised while they were in the bahamas!” -steve and you cracking up

“i wish things didn’t get messed up around then” -steve

“i’m glad they did. we needed time apart” -you

there were a lot of bumps in the road over the years, but you could always count on steve when you needed him most

and spring was for new beginnings, which you always did your best to appreciate when the time came around

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[pollux-starsz]

Picked up an OC I didn't draw at all this year so why not start now by adding her into @wyervan's DCA Slasher AU with her best friend (Kalamela)? :3

She's SUPER fun to draw! Art and text under the cut -w-

Natalie Woods (NOT after the actress)

Translation (If you cannot read the writing):

- Goth-ish(?) Hoping I portrayed the goth aesthetic right qwq

- Her actual name is Jí-Míng

- 27 years old

- 5'11"

- Chinese

- Moved to the USA @ 18

- Kalamela's BFF 💙😆

- Has 3 dogs (one being a service dog)

- She has Narcolepsy (Type 1), hence why one dog is a trained service dog.

Okay! Info because I'm a certified Yapper™

- She met Kalamela when they lived together as roommates, both have been inseparable since. They talk almost every day.

- She works as a body piercer at a nice jewelry shop in the city. About an hour drive from Kalamela's work place (which is around a 20 minute drive from the Arcade, for a better idea of what I'm thinking.)

- She met Sun and Moon through Kalamela, thinks they're super neat and freaky. She likes freaks, she's a fellow freak herself after all!

- Hypes up Moon's crazy fucking antics, sees him as that cousin you see every 3 Christmas family get-togethers. Loves him a ton, likes to fuck with him a lot. Still holds a high score one of her favorite games after competing against him. (He is not amused.)

- Adores Sun's admiration to handle the Arcade (and Moon) on a daily basis. Finds him to act a lot like a cuddly bear at times, thinks he needs a break. She will not let him clean the Arcade without causing a problem with Moon.

- Her and Kalamela have girl nights every Friday, they prefer different things rather than going out to drink or partying. They'll watch horror movies, just sitting on the couch eating pizza. They paint each others nails and play stupid games, try on outfits of the others, fun stuff!

- She wasn't shocked at Sun and Moon's height but was (somewhat) surprised they were over six and a half feet tall. When Kalamela talked about them, she imagined them to be shorter. Well, shorter than her anyways.

- Just because I said so, she gave Moon one of his ear piercings. I need them to be like "Holy shit, you again!?" In the best way possible when they see each other again. (Knew each other for maybe an hour or so and felt like long lost sister and brother. Do NOT leave them alone together.)

- She's a great cook, likes to cook with Kalamela a lot. Considered cooking for the boys as does Kalamela, hasn't had the time although.

- She's aware of them being serial killers (with a cause), and doesn't dwell on it. She doesn't care what people do as long as she and her best friend don't die!

- Was born into a wealthy family but tries to just stay out of all the family drama. She doesn't use her money like crazy unless she needs too. Likes to spoil her friends when she can, although!

End of my suffering rambles :3c

sigggghhhh.... slasher boys save me slasher boys............