#i miss lhh so bad

[tpwkmadeline]

i need him biblically

[watermelonlovershigh]

Each Harry Eras ... (You Can't Sleep Text Conversation)

AN: got the inspo to do this from tiktok. let me know if you think this is somewhat accurate or not.

This contains: mostly fluff, mentions of weed, implications of smut

{ fetus!harry - fratboy!harry - prince!harry - longhaired!harry - dunkirk!harry - fineline!harry - loveontour!harry - boyfriend!harry - fiancé!harry - husband!harry }

How each Harry era would react to when you tell them you can't sleep, through text.

{Fetus Harry - boyfriend!harry}

Y/N: baby i can't sleep : (

Harry: i'm sorry. snuggle with the stuffed bear i bought you last week and try and pretend i'm there to cuddle you in person. love and miss you :(

Y/N: ok i will. see you soon?

Harry: yep. my mum said i can come over tomorrow after my shift at the bakery. i'll even bring you that fancy bread you like.

Y/N: oh yes, please do. ok going to try and sleep now.

Harry: night.

{Frat Boy Harry - boyfriend!harry}

Y/N: H, i can't sleep. 😭

Harry: awe baby, i wish i was there to cuddle with you. we're on tour until the end of the month and then i get to come home for a few weeks.

Y/N: i wish it was sooner. 😔 you always give me the best cuddles when i can't sleep.

Harry: i know baby. try and spray some of my cologne on your pillow and maybe that'll help. love you. gtg. they're calling us back on stage now.

Y/N: ok. and have a great show.

{Prince Harry - boyfriend!harry}

Y/N: harry i can't sleep tonight. i miss you loads and wish you were here with me.

Harry: i'm sorry you can't fall asleep, love. you know i wish more than anything i was with you right now. breaks my heart when you can't sleep and then complain of how tired you are the next day. how about you take one of my t-shirts from my drawer and sleep with it on. i think that will help.

Y/N: ok i will.

Harry: send me a photo of you in the shirt you choose. wanna see how sexy you look in my clothes.

Y/N: k

Y/N: *photo* *standing in front of the mirror wearing his white t-shirt with the band Kiss on the front*

Harry: holy fuck. you look amazing babe. well sleep tight. i gotta take care of some business now.

(by business he didn't mean meetings. seeing you in his shirt did things to him and he needed to, you know, jerk one out.)

{LHH - boyfriend!harry}

Y/N: H, i can't sleep tonight.

Harry: sorry to hear that. i know what can help. go to my special drawer and get some 🌿 to smoke. i know that stuff always makes you sleepy.

Y/N: ok, are you sure though? what if i have a bad reaction?

Harry: yes i'm sure. and you won't. just take a few hits. not too much. then get cozy in my bed. should knock you right out. but if you need anything just call me. i'll answer, alright.

Y/N: ok, yeah. i'll do that.

Harry: and you remember how to set up the blunt right?

Y/N: yes harry. i'm not 5.

Harry: okayyy, was just making sure. night. love you.

{Dunkirk Harry - fiancée!harry}

Y/N: harry i can't fall asleep.

Harry: awe baby, sorry to hear that. did you take your prescribed sleep pills?

Y/N: yes like 2 hours ago. and they're not working tonight.

Harry: i tell you what, give me about 10 minutes and i'll sneak away to facetime you. would you like that? i could sing you to sleep. you pick the song.

Y/N: omg please. and i pick sweet creature. your voice is so soft and relaxing when you sing that song.

Harry: ok 10 minutes, hang on darling.

{Fine Line Harry - husband!harry}

Y/N: babe, i can't fall asleep for the life of me. wish you were here to help. ��

Harry: i wish i was there too, baby.

Harry: i know what will do the trick. touch yourself, love.

Y/N: WHAT?

Harry: i'm not messing about. touch that pretty pussy of yours. you know when you orgasm you get all sleepy. and i would touch you myself if i were there but since i'm not your hand will just have to do. or your vibrator. whatever you choose.

Y/N: fine... but, can you at least get me going.

Harry: sure 😏 *photo of his erect cock standing tall and proud with his ringed hand wrapped around the base*

Y/N: fuck. are you touching yourself too?

Harry: yep. couldn't not after picturing you rubbing that little clit of yours. got me going instantly.

{Love on Tour Harry - husband!harry}

Y/N: i can't sleep :(

Harry: why are you texting me this? i'm just getting out the shower. in OUR house. i'll be in there in just a second.

Y/N: didn't feel like yelling it to you.

Harry: let me brush my teeth and i'll come put you to sleep.

Y/N: mhm, yeah, how?

Harry: oh, i'll show you how alright. better be naked when i walk in.

Y/N: bet.

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My Masterlist Masterpost

[lee-hakhyun]

i haven't emphasized enough just how bad this will be for lhh's mental state. that fate dkos got? it was supposed to be lee hakhyun's.

asgard's fate was originally targeted at lhh, but kdj pushes his soul away and took the fate instead. lhh immediately picks up what's going to happen and tries to stop him. this is supposed to be his fate... he turns and sees christina page. she's looking at him with guilt, as her fingers move and lhh blacks out. dkos had made a deal with christina to do him a favour and he'd save her friends... and so he made her knock lhh out.

with the help of the dark keeper and the insane amounts of probability in the area, kim dokja is able to fully appear in the scenarios. the body he appeared in is full of scars from the dark keeper's fight with yoo joonghyuk, but the important part was that kdj is here. the constellations that were originally chasing lhh surround kdj.

kdj thinks about his maknae. he's weird, being the one kim dokja who knows how to write. it was interesting to see how he awkwardly followed kdj's footsteps, and how he did things different from kdj, though sometimes he got frustrated. still, it was fun to see his story. maybe that's why he's here now.

searching his coat pocket, he finds some cigarettes. while smoking, he combs through his scattered memories, the missing memories painful to him... yet the pain proves that he is kim dokja.

the constellations rush in to kill him. he fights back, but with every clash he ends up with more and more wounds. an arrow in his shoulder, a spear in his thigh. his wings are cut off, and fall to the ground.

this world is a tragedy, created solely to inflict pain on yoo joonghyuk. with endless failures and despair, the world was destined for him.

anyone who would try to share that responsibility would be cursed to the same fate.

as his wing hit the ground, lighting lights up the sky. another star falls in the distant sky. he should be the emotionless dkos, but in this moment, he's still kim dokja. he speaks out loud, asking if yjh fighting as well. yjh cannot reply, just as words written on a monitor do not reply. some communication never occurs. where communication is impossible, there is merely a story. and the demon king of salvation lives to read that story.

dkos laughs, as if he had accepted a punishment.

[sunflowervoltwentyeight]

(about your tags) yeah the tall hair was ridiculous, and maybe unpopular opinion but 2013 in general was the worst hair era for harry imo. Curly baby harry (2011-2012) was all kind of cute, prince/sugar baby era (2014) was everything but then long hair harry remains unparalleled 😌 2018 live on tour era's curls have a special place in my heart too ♥ And I won't get started on more recent years 'cause again, unpopular opinions lol. Ehh anyway-, don't know where that came from, feeling passionate about h's hair tonight of all nights

Passion for Harry's hair is always welcome here 😌

I agree, 2013 was the worst year for Harry's hair. It was massive and the way it was styled left little to no curl unlike the curls we saw 2010-2012. I think 2013 might've been objectively a bad year for hair in general tbh but sorry there was no reason for this man's hair to be this tall

Watching is hair grow during 2014 was beautiful and nothing was cuter than when we started doing his little half up half down look

The beauty of lhh goes without saying like it's INSANE to be this beautiful. Missing lhh always 🤧

2018 was truly a TIME. The hair, the suits. So good. 2019 had some great hair moments as well. And some bad ones (I'm looking at you 2019 rock n roll fall of fame induction ceremony)

LOT 2021-2023 hair I would say was classic. It was just classic. It looked good, but nothing notable about it. Then again, hair is not the first thing you'll notice when looking at a pic like that 😭

And then we move into slightly...controversial hair. I may be in the minority but I liked the shaved head 🫣 and I'm obsessed with his hair now. Although I do miss the curls but I'm living for the little swoop in the back 🤧

I'm glad we could go on this reminiscent hair journey together 🤝

[gurugirl]

I don’t know when HS turned into a MAN but I’m here for it! I love knowing he’s got this side of him now too. He can be this so fucking HOT as a MAN and can switch it back at any time to the gender fluid HS we all really love and is HOT. The only thing missing?….. Long Hair Harry. I miss that bad boy, fucking me against the wall in the alley behind the bar looking motherfucker. I have a fav era in case you can’t tell. This new one might start to rival it though once we see him more🤤🤤

I mean I have to agree. I love his lhh era so damn much, but these days, his body is so hot and so built... yeah I really am into him looking like a grown 30 year old man with that overgrown facial hair. I like how he kind of reinvents himself every now and then with a new style. I'm not mad about any of his eras. He's gorgeous.

xoxo

[orviposition]

if you could, would you have wanted for 0!yjh to meet dkos even just for a short nice moment (besides the canon one at the very end)? even if he would forget about it all in the end? vahdhv jgdjk how would that even go in your head 🤣

though i know he didnt suffer the way 41!yjh did it'd be so funny to see his reaction since 41 had such a.. memorable one XD i love them dearly. i want them to lose their shit and be down bad for a man they never met lol 41 had not even had an inkling of kdj's existence before yet fainted at what. happiness?? lol. and imagining 0 who knows kdj and has been getting help from dkos seeing his face and talking to him makes me scream

oh. ohhh man yeah ive thought about it although very briefly cuz with the way the 0 storyline is structured leaves a lot of room for imagination but also makes it clear that kdj cannot descend. but let's just say it's not the case, how it would go. maybe they'd meet during constellation banquet. yjh would be invited as seoul's representative, although he has (maybe) no story to inherit and no regression restrains at the time.

in walks kdj. yjh notices. hes rather young and much inexperienced, not exactly hardened by regression depression and still has that light-in-his-eyes so to speak. for yjh I'd say the first meeting would be bordering cute-awkward angle. this is still the guy who was paying for their private midday tryst all the time btw (yes. even during 0th turn) surely there must've been a few dms outside the context of scenario revelations that the two of them shared

for kdj, on the other hand, he'd feel probably sad, maybe even silently cry a little. he misses his own yjh and his own companions too. while 49 was busy having existential dread, 51 was having the time of his life with 0 after all. he succeeded in making him happy regardless where that happiness lead him.

gonna be talking abt side story now

oh 41yjh is still so... the human personification of "the tip of the iceberg" we know nothing about that guy. kdj knows nothing about him. hsy has no idea who he is. kdjs narration about him is both at fault and not at fault at the same time. cuz the og 41st turn isnt even written in twsa to begin with. nor is the 40th turn written either. kdj saw the one short paragraph of 41yjh shutting off his heart during that turn and using his companions for his benefit and ran with it and you cant even blame him cuz thats the only thing tls123 wrote of that turn. hsy mentions at some point during the epilogue that she and yjh (1863rd turn) did talk about events of his past regressions so twsa is not all "hsy's imagination" and yjh also mentions to biyoo that he doesnt remember the 41st turn so what if it was 1863yjh the one who told hsy that exact paragraph?? thoughts like these keep me up at night

and contrary to kdj's narration and lhh's fears, 41 isnt actually a monstrous existence. he cares for people and helps them. he loves people and people love him in return just as much. he is confused this time around though I'll give him that much. there are strange people around him. people who know him and the scenarios. people who keep mentioning this guy named kim dokja so much even he gets curious about him. most importantly his "archenemy" of the previous round is *gasps* not evil anymore. he knows something is going on just is far away from finding out what exactly.

[toniko]

side stories spoilers

there was only a little bit of LHH in these new chapters? I mean more of him next chapter but I miss him so bad…

oh but seriously hyunwoo is so gilyoung coded it’s crazy, the image of them lying side by side… LHH’s sentiment about them looking like brothers is such a sweet sentiment

otherwise i feel it’s finally time to settle my opinions on the readers

1: Lee Hakhyun (my serious favorite chara of all orv)

He refuses to let ANY reader die, it really reminds me of that Dokja selfishness for his companions but it somehow expresses so much kinder out of LHH idk, i just be saying shit now

thank goodness that he’s slightly better emotionally regulated, i love how everyone loves him as well n he so loves them back (especially that 41!YJH guy…) (damn this kind of rehashes my reasons for loving Dokja but that guy is severely more emotionally constipated so i like LHH better)

he feels like such a reliable guy, he really makes sure everyone will be okay n it truly feels like orvss will have a good ending bc he’s there to see it through

yk that feeling of pride u get when Kim Dokja gets hyped up on ORV, yeah i get that for LHH so hard he’s like my guy ever if i were a constellation, half my savings would be gone bc im busy gassing up LHH. he’ll do anything n ill be like “damn RIGHT he did, my goat”

2: Cha Yerin

theater dungeon cube room convo my beloved, literally a top 5 scene for me and all they did was talk

seriously tied w her brother but i think i like her slightly more because she’s the first reader 🥺 i mean LHH’s biggest number one fan literaturegirl64, likes his original works more.

the story of her n her brother is such a, idk gets my heart… orphanage, siblings? she’s blind and her brother has info dumped orv in audio over 6 complete times to her? amazing (this one of applies to why i like both characters, duh)

also just one of the most skilled fighters, ik orv women go crazy but orvss has so many new top tier female fighters, rlly said “no constellation” just a martial arts goat, she n her bro stood out immediately as the badass readers. her design makes me rlly happy too, i keep thinking abt it please make her real blackbox or webtoon ( in aprox. 6 years…)

the 1 on 1 convos she has w LHH are always so special to me, more than ever LHH is an author to her and she is his reader

she’s living my dream btw (got to read LHH’s old novels)

3: KillerKing (Cha Sunwoo???)

i think maybe, if LHH didn’t STILL call you KillerKing (regardless it’s what you go by damn) then I’d remember ur real name

idk I genuinely have to revisit the chapters to check again bc no one is updating any wikis… no should i do it? anyway

he is easily the funniest new character of the side stories bar none, god damn YJH kinnie, chuuni ass

recent recycling center arc (the animal masks one) sold me so hard on him, how can he consistently be like “no, go on without me!” flips black coat n still be cool… coolest lamest guy ever

jophiel is also such a cool constellation sponsor, some of the other readers have yet to have constellations so im excited to see what they end up with

his idea of surviving also being not to be like kim dokja but to do what you’re good at? it’s so good, makes so much damn sense. amazing.

the duo video game skill is awesome, I just can’t believe YJH beats the really cool co-op siblings bc he’s a fucking pro gamer, like get a JOB

4: Ye Hyunwoo

is that right? you want to be kim dokja but you can’t. this mf sets off 20 red flags every damn chapter but there’s that sense that he will always remain an ally cause he’s a smart kid and very self-aware so it’s also tragic in that sense

oddly enough he feels like an outsider to the group but he’s around really often n i think he really sets that distance himself

i think he’s really gotta embrace that he’s okay with being taken care of and hiding behind someone but is also capable himself. gong pildu literally your dad little man. I think we’re really at the trickling last bits of his general character arc

5: Lee Dansu (Noh Kyunghwan) (made me cry like 20 times)

favorite dilf in the apocalypse. im joking. maybe

inevitable insane tragedy of staying alive beyond his family

his entire like arc got me bawling my eyes out ong i just wish for him to be happy, kindly middle aged man who only read orv to understand his daughter? like what if i end it all omg it’s so… 😭😭😭

my wish is for him and hyunwoo to talk deadass. they should mourn together. hyunwoo knows what happened to his daughter and they both share a really close connection w her

there’s a real time to shoe him in these chapters bc that’s his daughter’s best friend n then his constellation came down too? deadass

6: Kyung Sein (does this count as trans girl)

she’s goofy silly cute… him? i mean it’s the only time we’ve seen a different gendered reader to character deadass did they run out of incarnation bodies for transmigration?

but anyway, i think it’s fun that she just stans heewon so hard she worked out n then is like bros with hyunsung. 41!YJH legitimately values her and the rest of the companions in combat. this round is so interesting bc like there’s the usual incarnations + the readers who got crazy good powerful so the balance is wrecked

honestly she and Lee Dansu were like, the first companions so there’s a sense of fondness that just comes from knowing them for so long

7: Ji Enyu

victim of less screen time bc she’s being badass on her own, seriously. initially she’s all like “haha what if we get put in the orv world there’s no way I’d survive” n she’s surviving the hardest, the balls on this woman. i think my jaw drops everytime she appears bc she’s got new awesome abilities n powers n connections. don’t even need that YJH carry

+ Yoo Sangah constellation, + LHH’s equivalent of Yoo Sangah, + the editor of ORV (its editor…. 🥹)

she and LHH literally got that best friend feel on, just looking at each other n understanding each other

also possessing King of Beauty is unironically crazy, but so so funny. someone who found her own way but still remains a reliable ally all the way through

seems to be getting more screen time this arc PLEASE more of her

that’s the companion readers i deadass can not write anymore in this tumblr post i mean i can. oh wow the readers are so fucking awesome man…

[dancrry]

i think about her all the time 😣💗

[saintqueer]

1) These days I'm getting a lot of Larry dreams sometimes involving both, sometimes not. The other day I dreamt about their domestic life with babies and today in my afternoon nap I dreamt of them being together at a public event with crowd of fans. Niall and Liam were there too. It was pure coincidence but since all of them were together, they sung 1D songs and we got 2021 version of harry serenading louis. I don't know... Am I ever escaping this? Ngl, I really had the time of my live in today's dream. He wasn't LHH anymore, looking at Louis with love eyes but a more mature version of harry still loving Louis. I can't explain but it was beautiful. Also they were singing together as a band. Okay I have officially lost it.

2) I met a person in my uni last week and I talked about harry and Louis alot. They knew of them as a band and also heard of Larry Stylinson rumours. I didn't get into that much because yk. But yeah... In my mind I felt like if I go on explain this to them it's gonna take forever and ofc "doesn't he have a kid already?" I'm waiting for the day I have article to throw on their faces clarifying that "no he doesn't" because every time I slip about them to my non 1D friend it comes down to him being a dad and then ofc "I am the ridiculous one". Never mind.

3) Doesn't matter I still spam all my colleagues with harry and Louis stickers on whatsapp. Hahahaha.

Have a great day Jordan! Love love love.

i. am. sobbing. anon.

those dreams sound AMAZING!!!! lhsldhfsd harry and louis serenading each other again, when?? i miss them together

sorry this took me so long to post! im very bad at handling my inbox lol but one day we will be able to show everyone we were right. that will be a lovely day!

hope you are well and thanks for telling me about your dream! if you have anymore to share, please do. :)

[insidethegiftbasket]

Nationals (12-15) at Yankees (16-15)

Note From Evan: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, jabronis and jabronettes, and Yankee fans of all ilk, Sam and I are here to let you know that we now have a third contributor here at Inside the Gift Basket, and this is his first post. Everyone say hi to Julio and from now on you’ll have to bring on more cupcake to class to share with everyone. And with that, onto the good stuff.

Game 1: Friday at 7:05pm EDT on YES and MLBN – Jameson Taillon (1-2, 5.24 ERA) vs. Patrick Corbin (1-3, 8.10 ERA)

Game 2: Saturday at 1:05pm EDT on YES and MLBN – Corey Kluber (2-2, 3.03 ERA) vs. Max Scherzer (2-2, 2.54 ERA)

Game 3: Sunday at 1:05pm EDT on YES and MLBN – Domingo German (2-2, 4.32 ERA) vs. Joe Ross (2-2, 4.39 ERA)

Nationals Injury Report

SP Stephen Strasburg: 10-day IL (shoulder inflammation) – will miss series

RP Wander Suero: 10-day IL (oblique strain) – both he and Strasburg will throw in a simulated game Friday

RP Seth Romero: day-to-day (ribs) – will begin throwing next week

LF Juan Soto: day-to-day (shoulder strain) – should get some at-bats this series, may start at DH

Nationals Pitching

Strong starting pitching was a hallmark of the Nationals during their run of eight straight winning seasons from 2012 to 2019, culminating in a World Series victory the final year of the streak. While their core ace trio of Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg, and Patrick Corbin remains intact, only Scherzer of the three has continued to see success in 2020 and 2021, and the starting rotation as a whole has struggled, posting a 4.67 ERA (23rd in MLB). Strasburg has barely pitched as he has been plagued by injuries over the last year and a half.

Clay, NY native and childhood Yankees fan Patrick Corbin will pitch the opener opposite Taillon. In 2018 and 2019 Corbin was one of the better pitchers in baseball, finishing 5th and 11th respectively in the NL Cy Young Award race those years while frustrating batters with his trademark tailing-away slider. To say he suffered a World Series hangover may be an understatement:

What has gone wrong for Corbin? Even he and Nationals manager Davey Martinez aren’t sure as it doesn’t appear to be a physical or mechanical issue, and his velocity is close to the same as in his 2018-2019 peak.

There are a few possible explanations. One is that he’s lost some spin on his slider (from 2398 rpm in 2019 to 2218 rpm in 2021), and it has gone from one of the best single pitches in the game to basically league average, with opposing batters just not chasing it like they used to:

This means that Corbin has fallen behind on counts more than in the past, forcing him to go over the heart of the plate with his sinker to get strikes, and that pitch has been absolutely destroyed this year. It wasn’t a particularly great pitch for him in the past, either, but this year hitters are just teeing off on it (1.091 SLG).

Corbin is not striking guys out like he used to and is giving up hard-hit fly balls at an alarming rate. The average launch angle against his pitches has risen to a career-high 14.7° in 2021, and subsequently he has already allowed 7 home runs in just 23.1 IP. For the sake of comparison, he allowed 15 HR in all of 2018 (200 IP).

There are some encouraging signs as he has looked better lately after a cataclysmic start. He allowed 16 ER in 6.1 IP to the Dodgers and Diamondbacks in his first two starts of the season but has pitched to a 3.18 ERA in three starts (17 IP) since. He hasn’t exactly faced red-hot offenses in that span (Mets, Cardinals, Marlins), and the underlying numbers are still not all that great, but it’s progress.

Max Scherzer will pitch the second game in what could be a very good duel with the surging Corey Kluber. Now in his age 36 season, Scherzer is continuing to put up excellent numbers, and like in recent years, the key to beating him is the long ball. He has allowed a measly 27 hits all year in 39 innings pitched, but 7 of the hits have been homers. He doesn’t walk guys, so the Yankees’ best bet against him is to try to barrel up his occasional mistakes and knock them out of the park.

The finale pits RHP Joe Ross against Domingo German, with both pitchers posting remarkably similar numbers so far this season:

Rather like Corbin, however, Ross’ numbers are inflated by one very bad performance (10 ER allowed to the Cardinals on April 19), and he has pitched well outside of that game. Ross has been a mediocre pitcher most of his career, though, so it’s not like these numbers aren’t indicative of what to expect from him. His slider is his definitive put-away pitch (responsible for 15 of his 21 strikeouts), but his other offerings have been hit hard. He also has a strong platoon split (vs RHH: .241/.287/.394, vs. LHH: .297/.376/.474), so expect the Yankees to give most of their available lefty hitters a start in the series finale.

While the rotation has been disappointing, the Nationals’ pen has been a strength for the team in the early going. Washington relievers own a league-best .185 batting average against, admittedly aided by one of the better defenses in the league (league-leading 24 DRS), and offseason acquisition Brad Hand has been a stabilizing force at the back of games, having yet to allow an earned run this year.

Daniel Hudson, Austin Voth, Sam Clay, and Wander Suero (who is likely going to miss this series) have all posted solid numbers behind him, and their most-used reliever, Kyle Finnegan, threw an immaculate inning in their just-completed series with the Braves. Ex-Astro Will Harris was recently activated off the IL and has very good career numbers, though the Yankees have hit him well historically.

The one major blip is Tanner Rainey, who was one of their most important relievers the last two years but has struggled mightily so far this season. He is likely to be limited to low-leverage action until he gets his act together.

Nationals Lineup

A consistently strong offensive team during their 2010’s run, peaking in 2017 when they led the NL in team OPS, the Nationals have had to weather the departure of important contributors like Bryce Harper and Anthony Rendon in recent years. While they still have a few dependably great hitters in the lineup, their offensive output in 2021 has been, at best, mediocre:

As a team they get a lot of hits (for 2021 standards, anyway), as their .247 batting average somehow actually leads the National League. However, they rarely draw walks and have not hit for power so far this year (outside of Trea Turner), resulting in a poor .696 team OPS and a marked difficulty putting up runs – they have yet to score more than 7 runs in any game this season and have been shut out five times. They are coming off a three-game sweep at home at the hands of the Braves in which they only scored six runs.

With Juan Soto battling a shoulder injury, Trea Turner has been their most important and all-around best position player:

While his numbers are a bit down from an outstanding 2020 (163 OPS+) that saw him finish 7th in the NL MVP race, he hits the ball hard to all fields, runs like the wind, and is a plus defender at shortstop. He has been a top 20 player in baseball this year in both bWAR and fWAR.

Antoher bright spot has been Josh Harrison, who signed with the Nationals as a reclamation project after seemingly forgetting how to hit sometime between 2018 and 2019; he has just about revived his career and been one of the team’s best hitters. The same cannot be said for his longtime Pirates teammate Josh Bell, who has been a nonfactor at the plate. While the Nats have been giving him (and the also-struggling Kyle Schwarber) plenty of opportunities to snap out of it, expect them to give more playing time to the hot-hitting Ryan Zimmerman at first base moving forward.

Lastly, keep an eye out for young phenom Juan Soto – he just came off the IL from a shoulder injury and pinch-hit a few times in the Braves series. According to the Nationals, he is ready to start hitting every day, but they are reluctant to let him play the field as his shoulder is not yet fully recovered and he should not be making throws. Luckily for them they are playing in an AL park this weekend, so he may get some starts at DH against the Yankees (which is, of course, bad news for us).

Yankees focus on: Wandy Peralta

LHP “Magic” Wandy Peralta came over from San Francisco (along with a PTBNL) in exchange for beloved backup OF Mike Tauchman, much to the chagrin of certain Yankees fans. Now in his 6th season, the 29 year-old Peralta has, on the surface, been largely unremarkable as a major leaguer to date, with a career 4.66 ERA and 1.477 WHIP. While he is coming off a solid 2020 in which he posted a career-best 3.29 ERA, he struggled to start this season in San Francisco and fell out of Gabe Kapler’s Circle of Trust™.

The raw numbers don’t jump out at you, but clearly the Yankees viewed Peralta as an interesting piece if they were willing to go so far as to part with Tauchman for him. After a bit of digging, it’s not hard to see why they found him appealing:

The underlying metrics have been impressive. In fact, his stuff has looked much better so far this year than it did in 2020, despite posting better standard stats last year.

It may be a microscopic sample size, but Peralta has looked promising in his first few appearances with the Yankees. The coaching staff has encouraged him to spam his wipeout changeup, to great effect:

While he has lost command of the changeup at times earlier in his career, it’s an incredible pitch when he’s throwing it well. So far this season: xBA of .109, xSLG of .133, and a -3 launch angle.

Last year his slider was a very good pitch, but this year it hasn’t been as effective, thus the Yankees have responded by ramping up his changeup usage and cutting back on the slider. In an ideal world, Peralta can learn to use them both effectively to pair with his plus heater. The raw stuff is there, and it always has been; the hope is that the Yankees’ coaching staff can get Peralta to harness his talent and potential.

With Tauchman playing well in San Francisco to this point and providing much-needed support for their banged-up outfield, this could be a trade that proves to be a win-win for both teams involved.

[sunflowervolum-6]

I miss lhh so bad😭

[lee-hakhyun]

2/2

sacrificial will. that goddamn stigma. kim dokja tells lee hakhyun to trust him. with the breath attack coming?? lhh slowly gets up. there's a system message. your understanding of yoo joonghyuk has increased. the mad soldier yoo joonghyuk story coordinates with incite to increase its power, and,

"Kim Dokja, I'll kill you."

incite affects him, and lhh starts questioning and threatening kdj. while continuously yelling 'i'll kill you!!!', he's able to somehow dodge the breath with the yjh incitment. but incite ends there. lhh can't move a finger. and kdj says that's perfect. the light of sacrificial will flows out of his body, but he doesn't have any companions around, as kim dokja laments that yoo joonghyuk isn't here. but-

jung heewon comes running in.

//

jung heewon remembers the first time she met that man at geumho station.

"Heewon-nim... I love you... really..."

who says strange things,

"There's a character named Jung Heewon in the novel I wrote."

babbling on with a shameless face.

"She looks very strong on the outside, but she's actually a soft-hearted person. She's so strong that she doesn't shy away from fights, which is why she breaks so often."

someone who has risked his life to save her over and over

"I left my home when I was in high school. Didn’t I tell you?"

and the person who had her open up about her family for the first time.

"Jung Heewon. Are you curious about the 'Original Story'?"

the woman in the white coat. and the story from a novel that she told. the jung heewon there was similar to her, but a little different. strong on the outside, yet soft on the inside. someone who had to become stronger every time by squeezing out more courage. jung heewon wondered. why did she have to become so strong?

did she want to become strong?

"I can't let you go! Don't go alone again! Please!"

the jung heewon in that world called out a name many times.

"Dokja-ssi!"

a name she's never called before

"Kim Dokja!"

is it family? someone she loves? she doesn't know. but the jung heewon in that novel seemed heartbroken. and even though she knows this is just a story from a novel, when she thinks of that name, she feels anger, sadness, grief, heartbreak.

and she was feeling those same emotions toward that man now. she gets up, wielding her mikazuki munechika, repeating.

"youcan'tdieyoucan'tdieyoucan'tdie."

her madness is aided by sacrificial will, and her power increases. as she rushes toward the monster, she sees the man's surprised face.

strangely, the moment she saw him, jung heewon felt that she had found something she had spent her her whole life searching for.

//

lhh can't focus on the swordsmanship in frotn of his eyes. he doesn't know if even yoo joonghyuk could do that. jung heewon's sword, so far it can't be seen, completely overpowers the dragon. lhh calls out to jhw, but she just repeats "youcan'tdie" over and over. he asks kdj what's wrong, and he... hesitates, before saying that he doesn't know either.

jhw lunges at the dragon, and lands the killing blow on the dragon. she lands back next to lhh in almost an instant, and collapses. congratulatory messages and coin sponsorships rain down as lhh raises jung heewon. she looks up at him, and says one thing before passing out.

"don't die."

it was only then that lhh realized what kind of stigma [sacrificial will] was, and what kim dokja did.

"You, you're really—" — A bad person.

kim dokja would have known from the start, what would happen to his companions if he used sacrificial will.

"I..." — Didn't you want to be Kim Dokja?

what is it like to be kim dokja? lhh is becoming less and less aware of what it means to be kim dokja.

gradually calming down, kdj tells lhh to check the rewards. there was a fragment near where the dragon fell. but its shape was strange. it looked like... a little doll, with its left arm and right leg missing. smaller than he remembered, but unmistakable.

a kim dokja kkoma.

reaching out with trembling hand and picking up the doll, it slowly opened its eyes and looked at him. no, not him,

[The constellation 'Demon King of Salvation' is looking at his fragment.]

the kkoma trembled. maybe it was crying. but it wasn't crying because it was scared.

— Yes, can you see me?

the cry of someone who has missed for so long. kim dokja soothes the doll, and it closes its eyes. kim dokja calls out to lee hakhyun. grab a sword.

what?

a crack breaks through the air, and a black hand appears through the torn space. the same hand that appeared when jung moonho died at seoul station. it had taken moonho away, but this time-

— Now!

at kdj's signal, lhh cuts the hand reaching toward the fragment. as it touched the blade, it crumbles into dust, and there's a cry of pain from beyond the crack. and then it closed. kim dokja speaks. he thinks there are others who are collecting fragments besides them. lhh thinks of asmodeus, but kdj says it's not him. these guys.. may have been the one who killed 'him[kdj]'.

catching back up (1/2)

with a single attack, lee hakhyun slices off the 5th grade monster's head. he can see bang cheolsoo and the rest of geumho station cheering in the distance, as a message appears with his time: he has 30 seconds left. lee hakhyun thinks that it wouldn't be too bad he if died like this.

kim dokja asks. you don't really want to die, right? he thinks about feeding himself to htten again, but it refuses to eat him. kdj is heard looking around, then directs lhh to the monster's head. there was the monster's core, and... a clump of letters. a story fragment. 'a dokja has a dokja's life.' lhh is instructed to feed it to htten, and,

「"It's fine, Yoo Sangah-ssi." "Pardon?" "Even if you tell me the app, it won't be any use." The genre of my life was plainly 'realism.' "It's because a Dokja has a Dokja's life, you see." And in this genre, I wasn't a protagonist but a 'Reader'.」

it eats the story, and he's given a day to live. a day!! better than nothing. so.. why did this dragon have a kim dokja fragment? ...did this monster eat readers?

kdj says the 4th grade has a larger fragment. if lhh can get that he can live longer. jhw fights the monster alone, and she's doing well, but the dragon suddenly gets in a hit in. the aura of judgment time and madness still flow through as she still has the will to fight, but her body isn't in a state to fight. there's no penalty for fighting, so-

kdj tells lhh to kill it. the dragon that even jhw couldn't take down? but the stage transformation is still there. there's a chance. kdj tells lhh to fight to death if he really wants to be 'kim dokja'. bang cheolsoo and dayoung's mother run up just in time, and lhh hands off jhw to dayoung's mother. jung heewon's eyes are open, and her lips are moving, but lee hakhyun smiles at the group, and tells them to leave gwanghwamun. the stage is weakening, and as lhh prepares incite, kdj reminds lhh that reproducing the same scene won't be as effective since the constellations won't be interested. he can't be the kim dokja who hunted yamato no orochi.

but even if the story has the same content, if the protagonist is different, it becomes a 'different story'. he begins to incite as yoo joonghyuk, as the 'mad soldier yoo joonghyuk' story fragment he has resonates along with him.

It wasn't easy. Even when I used all my mana, I still felt a long way away from reaching Yoo Joonghyuk. — I am! 'I am.' But at least now, I wasn't alone in shouting out these words. — Yoo Joonghyuk! 'Yoo Joonghyuk.'

he fights the dragon, giving everything's he got. the dragon falls to the ground, and so does lee hakhyun. this is as far as he can go. the stage transformation ends, and the dragon... gets back up. it prepares its breath attack. following the incitement, yjh is still affecting him. he thinks that he can't die here, that he has to protect the people...

and kdj tells him good job. his sponsor's power spreads through his body, and he obtains a new stigma. sacrificial will.

[kiwicherryallaboutharry]

holy shittt

lhh supremacy but HOT DAMN

i conked out last night lol. but i had a good day! my friends weren’t there (got quarantined) but it wasn’t bad without them. we watched a movie in english and didn’t do much in science or gym.

my wonderful presence on this site will be missed tomorrow and sunday. we’re going to my grandparents’ and spending the night. (woo! here’s to sleeping like shit more than i usually do!) i’d honestly rather go down tomorrow and come home for the night, and go back sunday but oh well.

also like how the hell is it april??!?!?!

WOW that was beautiful thank you for sharing

I’m glad you had a good day yesterday! And that sounds like fun! I hope you have fun spending time with your family! I know I’m gonna be hanging out with my boyfriend’s family most of the weekend. Of course he’s a dingbat and didn’t realize Easter was on Sunday (even though its on the same day literally every year) and he’s scheduled to work so I’ll be there without him lmao

But yeah I have no idea time is literally flying like I don’t understand the passage of time is fake

[x1trxsh-baby1x]

Bored lhh

nosy anons let's go

0: Height: 5’9

1: Age:16

2: Shoe size:9

3: Do you smoke? Yes

4: Do you drink?depends on how shitty I feel.

5: Do you take drugs? Drugs solve my problems

6: Age you get mistaken for:18

7: Have tattoos?yes 4

8: Want any tattoos? Yesss

9: Got any piercings?yes I have my septum, tongue, and mudusa

10: Want any piercings? I plan on getting more.

11: Best friend? Katie💞

12: Relationship status: complicated

13: Biggest turn ons: hair pulling, scratching, biting, hickeys, thigh grabbing, being dominated lhh, showing they care not saying it.

14: Biggest turn offs: controlling, total dick, doesn’t appreciate you, only wants sex,

15: Favorite movie: Rocky horror picture show

16: I’ll love you if... you give me $80,000

17: Someone you miss: My old boy it wasn’t healthy so it ended but I still got lots of love for him even though he is continued to treat me like shit

18: Most traumatic experience: Bad trip

19: A fact about your personality: I hate myself

20: What I hate most about myself: everything

21: What I love most about myself: nothing atm

22: What I want to be when I get older: loved

23: My relationship with my sibling(s): eh it’s okay she smokes me up so it’s litt

24: My relationship with my parent(s): they stay shook and my bad decisions

25: My idea of a perfect date: drugs and a long drive with chill music

26: My biggest pet peeves: having zero respect for people, chewing loud,drama.

27: A description of the girl/boy I like: tall dark and handsome. He’s actually tall and dark lhh but he’s got long black hair and he’s the sweetest man oml

28: A description of the person I dislike the most: I ain’t got a problem with nobody

29: A reason I’ve lied to a friend: to keep from losing them

30: What I hate the most about work/school: getting around people that’s why I’m getting my ged

31: What my last text message says: need? Lhhh😂

32: What words upset me the most: Fat

33: What words make me feel the best about myself: just having a genuine compliment

34: What I find attractive in women: short thicc with short hair and dark clothes 😩💦

35: What I find attractive in men: dominating, protective, honest

36: Where I would like to live: Cali

37: One of my insecurities: my body

38: My childhood career choice: doctor?

39: My favorite ice cream flavor: CHOCOLATE

40: Who I wish I could be: someone who doesn’t hate life

41: Where I want to be right now: next to him😪

42: The last thing I ate:cereal

43: Sexiest person that comes to my mind immediately: my boy

44: A random fact about anything: I have crippling depression what a shocker😂