#i miss their dynamic so much :(( aaaaaaaa

[crosallin]

Gojo-sensei’s favorite student

[tosteur-gluteal]

So I made a silly au to my own au months ago

If you want the lore behind that silly looking Sunny, click here!

So I found these old drawings in my old sketchbook

Basically, what I imagined is that - you know, I mentioned how something baaaad happened during the recital in my OMOFALLS au. Well here, I imagined that that bad thing would be uhm. Sunny kinda. Uh. Oyasumiying himself on stage. And I can't really spoil omofalls too much but basically Sunny was going through a rough time. Bad time at school, bad time at home, bad time doing some pretty sus occult stuff⁉️⁉️

Yeahhhh that Grimoire doesn't contain child drawings only uhm

RITUALS 🤓🤓🤓🤓

Again I can't spoil much

But dis dude HERE in that UNDEAD SUNNY AU just. Came back to life???

And I have several routes for how the events could play out. I'm still indecisive:

- Sunny stays alive the coffin somehow for like, 4 years. And like he stays alive somehow by...eating these weird ass blue flowers growing around and out of him??? Idk bro. Don't ask me how he survived this long with a stab wound, no O2, no food – leeeet's just pretend uh. These flowers are cool asf + photosynthesis with no light somehow

And after these four years he's like "fuck it let's get outta here" and Basil was here like "oh sunny I miss you" and then Sunny is like "surprise motherfucker" and Basil is like "AAAAAAAA"

And then they become a silly detective duo

The problem with that option is that (lemme just show you a screenshot of my reasoning lol)

So yeah. I...don't know if I'm even able to write toxic Sunnflower (because here Basil would legit give off groomer vibes) and like their dynamic, done correctly, could be just terrifying and I'm here for it. However it would lose that silliness I had in mind when creating that AU.

Also yeah, we could spice things up by making Basil research these stuff at the same time, desperate to undertand what the heck was sunny doing by the time he was alive. In his remembrance, yk.

BUT this gave me a sillier idea

- Kill off Sunny, as in he's not alive in the coffin. He's dead DEAD. Ded. And Basil researches this stuff to make him come back to life, BABYYYY.

And he succeeds! Except it took only one year. Basil is still messed up in the brain but like less messed up (and I can rest in peace bcuz he's not giving off groomer vibes here)

And so! They can be paranormal investigators together once again! Except this time it's way more serious!

Here, the drawings I made

Sunny's family probably moved out, or maybe not, idk

Either way he has to hide himself so people don't recognise him

Blue flowers grow out of him sometimes so Basil has to cut them out. It doesn't hurt him at all.

That forest is NOT normal at all guys 🤯🤯 but that's for another day. In fact, that's for the day I finally release omofalls lol 😵

[ticklyblues]

YOUR FIRST FIC WAS SO CUTE AAAAAAAA!!!!!

if you wouldn't mind another request, I would love to see ler!gwen and lee!pavitr!!! their dynamic is a missed opportunity in general, but also, there's barely any gwen tk content unless it's a buncha people ganging up on one personnnnn!!!!!

ANYWAYS, I think gwen going after pavitr because he's overworking himself w/school and spider stuff to force him to take a break would be neat. or just any concept where she's trying to get him to do/say something!!!

uhHhh, if you want specific spots, I hc pav to have chin and lower back melt spots and his underarms as a death spot!!! but with your lovely writing, you could probably use anything, and I'd agree wholeheartedly

sorry for the essay!!!! blows kisses /p

Thank you so much, thats so nice of you to say all that! Also I 100% agree I do not see enough gwen content in general and she definitely deserves some!

Blows kisses back !! /p

Taking Breaks

856 words

Lee!Pavitr

Ler!Gwen

CW: minimal swearing

It was a pretty slow day at the spider society. As usual, there was some new Peter, some old Prowler, and some everyday disasters. Nothing they'd need their "small elite strike force" for, though. Starving, Gwen made her way over to the cafeteria to find some spider-themed delicacy to wolf down.

"Spider-donuts, spider-cupcakes, spider-popsicles... hm. I feel like that one might be a little offensive." Mumbling to herself, she grabbed a few spider-sandwhiches and started inhaling her first one.

BUZZZZZZZ!!!

There goes the 11:30AM alarm. Miguel likes to keep things orderly, so he has bells every 30 minutes to keep track of time in a "neat" way, as he describes it. Gwen's hair messed itself up as she snapped her head to look at the clock. "Shit!" she whisper-yelled, she was supposed to meet up for Pavitr's lunch break 15 minutes ago!

In a split second, she was travelling to his dimension, sandwhiches in hand. "He doesn't even LIKE tomatoes..." Grumbling as she tossed the sandwhich abominations into the void, she prayed that he wouldn't mind her tardiness. Despite his occasional sarcasm, he was still a pretty forgiving guy.

Out of breath, she finally reached his school roof, their unofficial "meeting place". There was a surprising quietness in the air, meaning there was no way Pav could even be in Mumbattan, let alone school. The dude has pretty chaotic energy, okay?

Gwen doesn't have to look around to know this. While she thought it was odd that he'd be even more late than her, she found it in herself to wait. After what felt like an eternity, he finally bursted through a portal, still wearing his spidersuit.

"Woah, Gwen! I am SO sorry you had to wait for me, I had some spider stuff to take care of and on top of that I have, like, 4 papers due and-"

"No, no, no! I totally understand, dude. Besides, I just got here too." She didn't mind lying just this once, it was for Pav's sake after all. "You sound exhausted though... you alright?"

"Yep! Totally alright over here! Don't worry, Gwenny. I know how to manage my duties!" His totally-not-stressed tone might've fooled her, if he didn't have that weird grin on his face. Gwen knew, whenever Pavitr Prabhakar pulled out that fake smile that didn't even show all his teeth, something was up.

"Pav, are you sure? You know you can talk to me about this sort of thing, right? You really don't have to overwork yourself with all this, especially since you're still in school. I don't have anything on my plate, let me handle the spider stuff for you, it's the least I could do"

"Bro, I swear! I don't need to take a break from anything. I love what I do, it's almost too easy! Besides, even if I was overworking myself, there isn't much you can do to- EEK!"

Alright, she had been provoked. Gwen started clawing at his belly, pinning him to the hard, concrete roof with her free hand. Pavitr's loud, airy laugh filled the city's sky.

"Gwhhehehehen!!" Out came his smile. The dorky smile that showed all his teeth and truthfully, looked kind of stupid. But that smile was his, and he wore it proudly.

"Pavvvv!" Gwen whined, mockingly. "But seriously, dude. You gotta relax for once. The first step is realizing that's what you need!" Sensing this wasn't going anywhere as is, she quickly flipped him over and started tracing his lower back.

Pavitr almost turned into jelly at this. Even though he quieted down a little, his attempt at a backwards fetal position spoke volumes.

"Plehahaeeseeee?" Barely being able to form words at this point, he tried his best to look up at the Spiderwoman and make a sort of frowny face. Gwen snorted at this. "Puppy eyes aren't gonna work on me, pal! All you have to do is let me take over for you for a little bit."

Wanting a little more of a reaction, she gently flipped him back over and tried scratching at his underarms. Nothing could have prepared her for the borderline HELLISH shriek that came out of that boy's mouth.

"HEHEHEHELPPPP!!!! GWHEHEHEEENNNN I'LL DO ANYTHIHIHIHING!!" This was a lie, and Gwen knew it, obviously. If he really meant it, he would've told her to stop by now. Staying at his armpits, the Ghost-Spider switched techniques to vibrating softly. If before's screams were considered hellish, she wouldn't even know what to call these ones.

"EEEEEEEKKKKK!!!" Feeling bad for the guy, she moved her hands upwards to the little spot under his chin. Going back to melt-mode, Pav tried his best to get his words out. "Fihihihihineee!! I'll let you tahahahake overrrr!"

Pulling her hands back, Gwen helped him get up. She was glad he could finally relax, now that she'd be replacing him for the time being.

Pavitr's break ended with him and Gwen, drinking tea and spending time in eachothers presence. They didn't talk, and they didn't need to. Because they knew that no words needed to be exchanged for them to be as close as they were.

[almalvo]

STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE S4E22 "These Are The Voyages"

Enclosed is my very reception to the Finale. My final words are found at the end of this post.

im shaking im yhelling the title of the episode- oh my god this is their final curtain oh my god RIKER EXCUSE ME YOU CANT JUST DO THAT SIR TNG AAAAAAAA ITS THE LAST TIME ILL HEAR THIS OP NOOOOOOO ITS BEEN A LONG ROAD FUCK TO GET FROM THERE TO HERE I GOT FAITH I GOTTTTT FAAAIIIIIIITHHHHHHHHHHHHHH INTOOOO THEEEEE HEEEEEAAAAAARRRRRRTTTTT TNG ENTERPRISE OH MY GOD SEEING UPDATED GRAPHICAL TNG ENTPERISE OH MY GOD THE LUNCHROOM DEANNAAAAA oh my god i missed riker's smile that fucking SMILE IN HIS EYES THOUGH oh my god these uniforms this TREE of a fucking man oh my god oh my god whip lash between ENT and TNG this hurts me oh my god… this hurts me , how old this makes me impossibly feel its playing with my heart so much oh fuck me im cr;yinggggggggg imi fuckign CRYINGGG and its oknly been like 5 MINUTES into the episode im gonna miss you shran this is so weird to see TNG and ENT uniforms simultanously man this is so ENT grew a little in classic presentational style trek has done literally since TNG but it still feels veryyyy TNG much like how DS9 and VOY all also felt very TNG in film feel

and reminds me of just how far into the past this show took place… archer thinks there will be another enterprise… it wont be the same? no we will remember each and every enterprise. each and every one of them … TUCKER….. NO. YOU DID NOT JUST SAY THAT TROI. NO WHAT THE FUCK DID YALL DO TO TRIP. NO…. archer is cute? he is hes a big swimming retriever. man something is so sad about this episode - how they are now a virtual museum artifact of the past… t'pol talks and moving and expressing so not vulcan-like proves how much she has changed and grown as a vulcan its so.. wow. she talks so dynamically. trip. trip dont say that… papa shran huh weyoun always and forever… … dont … dont tell me shran goes like this….

ooo nice teamwork with ENT crew and then theres Riker XD SAVE HIM ARCHER GET HIM no… im so nervous im so nervous about the aftermath of the ENT crew… shran being nice is odd XD DATAAAAAAA DAAATTAAAAAAAAAAAA I MISISSSEDDD YOUUU trip is nice tho i wont lie i like this cooking montage but also this is the first time we see the chef… you cant tell me that riker was the … damn chef the whole time ….. why… why did something have to happen to trip….

oh my god trip's desperation to save his captain… his best friend…. god the panic in trip… this long haired villain has a very expressive voice and fitting voice his expressions are so good ….. ………………………. trip…… ………… trip……………. …………………………………….. tucker…………………………………. ………….. tucker please……………….. ….

.. archer's white collar and the braids of his cuffs… phlox's fucking smile. the first of him. and the last of him. HUGGGYYYYYYYYYY GASP A HUGGGGGGG oh my goddd.. stoppp it doesnt make not crying any easier jumpsuit speech… OH M;Y GOD ITS THE STAR TREK TOS THEEMEMEEEE OH M;Y GOD THE ENDING MONOLGOGUEEE THE WAY THEY DID ITTT HO M;;Y GOID THE WAYYYY THEY DID THAT OH M;Y GOD THE THREE ERAS THE VOICES THE THREE ENTERPRISES OH M;Y BKHUGOCDU4EA4U8HG05 JHHP--- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

The tears just … came. seeing all that it was…. hearing all that it was… the past was greeting us into the future it made for us all to cherish. short as it may have been - for what it gave, and aside from its tragedy, justified or not, for all that is was and all that came after - this was a beautiful ending. I love this series. Star Trek: Enterprise is a beautiful addition to the Star Trek family. out of all the classic star trek series, with TOS at the base, Star Trek: Enterprise has earned its place as my second favourite classic Star Trek series. It has made its mark. And a mark I will not ever forget. Quick as the finale may have been - it left me with implications and feelings of overwhelming love. And when I thought it not possible -

I love Star Trek.

Even more.

And through these yet unending tears I say -

Thank you for what you have given us and for allowing us to follow along on even a part of your legendary unprecedented journey; among the stars; among our most faithful hearts who believe and will take us wherever it takes us - from there to here.

Farewell, Star Trek: Enterprise.

[unnecessary-dinosaurs]

SEASON FIVE SPOILERS AHEAD

so i wrote down my thoughts/reactions to each episode and here they are

s5 thoughts

ep1

they acknowledged kenji’s beard!

MAE I LOVE YOU

10 minutes in and daniel kon is already such a good villain

am i crazy or is brookenji growing on me

THE SLEEPOVER SCENE OMG IM GONNA CRY

ummm mr kon? hello?

ep2

“bro and girlf” kenji what

already hate mr kon

THAT ENDING UGH I MISSED THEM

ep3

the fighting between kash and me kon is so good.

wait never mind kash is dead. whoop.

biosyn??

YES YOU ARE FAMILY KENJI DONT SAY THAT

also that entire episode was just so great.

ep 4

NUBLAR i missed you

WHITE SHIRT KENJI YESSS

THEYRE GOING TO THE PENTHOUSE?!?

THE FLASHBACKS IM DYING

ben talking about kenji making fun of him in s1

DAVE AND ROXIE AND BRAND AAAA IM GONNA THROW UP THIS IS AMAZING OMG HELP

that episode really just went out of its way to be amazing

ep 5

dave roxie and brand all have such a good dynamic

YES DISTRESS BEACON ANSWERS FUCKING FINALLY

no way they brought back the drone from s3 how was that so well thought out

kenji giving toro a fist bump.

ep 6

tim apple is here everyone

this race idea for s’mores is so cute i’m obsessed

KENJI AND BUMPY

kenji protecting bumpy because she’s ben’s

there are dilophosaurs on nublar??

dodgson gettin a little preview of dilophosaurs attacking i see

i should not be this happy that the compys got to eat someone

NO THE KIDS ALL HAVING FUN WITHOUT KENJI

i did not think we’d be spending this much time on nublar but i love it

ep 7

WATERING HOLE CALLBACK

“MORE THAN BEST FRIENDS?” YAZ??? GAY??

YASAMMY AAAAAAA

BENS SAMMY IMPRESSION

DINOSAURS KEEP SHOWING UP RIGHT BEFORE YAZ IS ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING GAY UGH

“maybe answering those questions doesn’t matter” no i’m not crying omg

ITS HAPPENING OMG OKAY NO ONE PANIC

literally just the yasammy episode

ep 8

“a camp counselor is basically the same thing as a sibling, except even better.”

NOO BUMPY

KENJI AND MAE

literally mae is such a good character

mae and dave and roxie and brand i will pass away

ep 9

ben is the best wingman ever

YASAMMY KISS OMG AAAAA YASAMMY KISS AAAA HOLY SHIT I CANT BELIEVE IT WHAT THE AAAAAAAA HSKAHSKSNSKASAJIP

ben is literally going to kill kenji

ep 10

YAZ AND SAMMY ARE SO CUTE HELP

the ben/bumpy scene was so saddd

i literally thought bumpy was gonna kill ben for a sec there

KENJI AND BEN i’m freaking out finally some good interactions from them

ep 11

literally forgot i was writing down my reactions because i was having so much fun with this episode. but in short, i cried. a lot.

ep 12

IM FUCKING XRYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW DONT TOUCH ME IM IN ACTUAL PAIN IM CRYING SO HARD

[ravenadottir]

Hi, Luv! I love your post & I always come here to follow your guide. It's really helpful for new player like me :) Btw, I have this cute headcanon: if MC in a couple with villa Lucas up to the final & that leaves Chelsea to couple up with returning Henrik (or it could be MCxHenrik, ChelseaxLucas), does that mean our couples are going to have double dates all the time? I mean MC & Chelsea are bras and the boys are bros, I think it's possible for them to hangout together a lot in the villa. Wdyt?

AAAAAAAA

STAWWWWWWWPPPP!! THAT'S SO ADORABLE!!

i kind of had this type of dynamic going on with lucas' story, and i wrote several chapters where chelsea and henrik are always hanging out with mc and lucas.

there's one where they plan mc and lucas' bachelor/bachelorette parties. another one involving a pub and dancing, one with a brunch happening when they visit the US together, (CHELSEA IS TERRIFIED OF FLYING and mc, henrik and lucas find a way to calm her down by making her decorate the plane seats with their clothes and items from their carry-ons), among other stuff.

i really think it would be so lovely to see them double dating all the time. their dynamics as friends, especially if it includes lucas asking chelsea what to do if he has a special occasion to prepare for, or when henrik is confused about what chelsea might be mad at him and consult his parents, lucas and mc.

i also reckon mc and lucas would *reluctantly* babysit chelsea and henrik's kids so they can have a night or weekend off, but when they come back their kids have learned how to play poker and have a huge chocolate cigar in their mouths while lucas and mc have a real one and are beating the kids at the card game.

i just wish they did something like this on cmm. it seems like there was so much space to show us with our best friends and respective spouses' best mates. idk, missed opportunity doesn't even begin to describe it!

[weirdlyfitting]

Okay so yesterday i watched love and thunder and i think it's okay (and yes definitely way better than mom)

Spoilers btw

I think it has a tone problem tho, i like the comedy stuff there should be less jokes in this one

Gorr is amazing as a villain holy shit, the time he appears when he's already corrupted i got chills down my spine! The camera works are *chef kiss

But....

With him being the villain, back to the tone problem i think that's what made this story didn't turn well. Gorr literally wanted to eradicate ALL GODS, that's probably the highest stake in every thor movie ever had.

And gotta admit, i'm thinking a lot to moon knight's story. As in i tried to search for the connections yk but i'll talk abt this later

I feel like there should be some infinity war element kind of tone in here, it's not that in the end the gang's supposed to loose tho but make it as if they're actually going to loose

When gorr almost got to the eternity i feel a bit dissapointed cause yea i knew he'll change his mind/heart or prob not succeeded

Compare this in ragnarok tho, i feel like the stakes with hela was much bigger/higher cause ragnarok pretty much showed a lot of the damages hela has done to the gang from act 1

The screaming goats ruined the scene when the gang just arrived in shadow-realm-planet(???) sorry i forgot the name lmao, anyway i love the goats in other scenes but i hate them in here only, cause seriously it didn't match the gloomy, dark, corrupted tone of the place itself

And i miss loki being in here, i get that the loki that thor knew is gone-actually-gone but i wish there's more of him talking about his bro :(

Aight moving on to stuff that i liked about the movie :

MOON KNIGHT IN THE MARVEL INTRO. I REPEAT MOON KNIGHT IN THE MARVEL INTRO AAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! This is the actual reason i want to watch love and thunder lmao, i'm afraid if this is the first yet last time i'm able to see mk in the big screen of this year so yeah

i love the dynamic between the gang tho, and the shenanigans between thor and guardians aweee!!

the kids getting thor's power just pure awesomeness aaaaaaaa!!!!

Val and jane being such awesome sisters in here hehe, i love their energy 🥺

The battle in shadow-realm-planet. JUST LOOK AT THOSE CINEMATOGRAPHY HOLY SHIT!!!

Gorr. Yea only gorr because he's that cool as villain seriously, no other words can explain how i love his character so much

The "just look at the eyes of people that you loved" line aweee, peter's looking at the other guardians and my heart really melted

Mjolnir and stormbreaker lmaooooo, i feel like strombreaker should meet dr strange's cloak???? The chaos from these two omg

Okay now that's sorta everything now i wanna talk about the moon knight connections

When gorr said he'll kill all the gods OH SHIT I'M WORRIED FOR KHONSHU 😔😭

He's a bad as a god and just a pigeon w angry issue yeah but- BUT goddamn i'm actually worried????? Not to mention with jake now serving him so.....the moon bois are technically not safe either SHIT-

Okay maybe they are safe actually? Cause khonshu's the one that'll die

Anyway anyway

Does this makes the whole ammit & harrow trying to eradicate the bad ones POINTLESS in moon knight? Maybe???

Like imagine gorr arrives on earth while ammit vs khonsu stuff is happening, THEY'RE BIG AND WHAT'S HE GONNA DO HUH???? Then even if he's able to kill ammit (and khonshu) this only makes moon knight's journey more pointless and i hate it! A nobody (on mk's perspective) just popped out and finished what marc, steven and layla were trying to do what the hell- >:(

Luckily gorr haven't kill the enneads yet tho, but still this bothered me

Oh and yk we could've had jake joining the gang to kill this god butcher right? Like come onnn (ignore me i'm desperate for more mk lmao)

And- AND

If gorr ever meets harrow i think they would've had a very interesting convo. Harrow is a fanatic while Gorr is a non-beliver, just imagine how clashed these two would be holy shit!!!

Amd I think there's a line that said "eradicating" and all i could think about was harrow, he too was trying to eradicate something tho

[not-terezi-pyrope]

I know "which programming language is best" is largely a matter of taste, but holy shit is Python bad for anything other than outlining simple algorithms in a pseudocode-like manner for teaching purposes.

All of the important underlying type information is abstracted away in favour of simplicity, which just means that when you want to interact with it, as you have to when you are doing anything substantial, you have to stuff in clunky syntactic garbage functions in order to retrieve it anyway, which just makes the resulting code less readable than it would have been in the first place.

Because type information is abstracted away, IDE tooltips always fucking suck.

The language disdains object oriented programming, despite the fact that nearly all modern programming is object oriented. Every bit of syntax to declare object properties feels like a hack. Access modifiers are not exposed and you have to add them in your function names??? You can't declare members in the class body and have to instead add them dynamically in the constructor???????? The object "self" must be explicitly passed to class functions as a parameter??????????????????? Those are all so hilariously bad and unintuitive that even though I know I've checked this I feel like I must be missing something, how was that chosen to be the intended behaviour!!!

It's an interpreted language. Why have we made an interpreted language the norm for data science applications, whyyyyyyy. Not to mention that means that you have to declare functions before you can run them like aaaaaaaa what is this the 1960s where we are feeding programs in via punch cards.

The entire Python experiment was a colossal misadventure. Because it is more human-readable when you are just demonstrating simple algorithms it is an easy language to introduce as a "first programming language" in entry compsci classes, as stuff like typing is abstracted away (I honestly feel that teaching programming like this is actively counterproductive to creating understanding, but whatever).

Anyway, so it got taught first, which unfortunately meant that people learning to program got used to it and started using it for actual applications, and now we are stuck with shitty Python abstractions and paradigms as the default for a lot of people and it has become one of the most popular languages on Earth, even though literally any other programming language will be much more well suited to the purpose of actually programming computers and will be more efficient. Now you have to know and use Python in order to do any actual industry work as a programmer, aaaaaa.

We literally have C# which is practically perfect for both imperative and functional programming and has a mass of libraries and can be compiled to standard executables and yet in order to write any ML code I have to create socket bridges to a live Python script because all of the libraries for data science were written for Python because data science people don't know how to use anything else and the .NET ports suck and are not up to date, aaaaaaaaaaaaa.

The proliferation of Python as a serious programming language and its consequences has been disastrous for humanity.

[mizunetzu]

Hi! Could you do relationship headcanons for Iida? (preferably male reader but gn is cool too) Thanks!!

YESYESYES FINALLY IVE BEEN WAITING FOR AN IIDA REQUEST ESPECIALLY A MALE ONE YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I LOVE IIDA I LOVE YOU SM

also I never did headcannons before so if it’s weird please don’t @ me LMAO

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Headcannons - Iida with a male s/o

⚠️ warnings - none

Pronouns - male, he/him

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(y/n) was the one who confessed, despite iidas complaints about being a man (even though y/n was one too ykyk)

He prefers to keep the relationship a secret, despite your protests.

You were a person who didn’t care who you loved, as long as they loved you proudly and unconditionally, so that was a slight problem.

Yeah no that slight problem kinda grew into a big problem.

You two would barely do anything coupley like you hoped, because it was “immodest to demonstrate pda in a place of learning”

No one had a clue that you two were a thing

Not even you sometimes

You were a very touchy-feely dude, as you would greet everyone with a hug (well-most people. Bakugou would flame him if he got even one arm around him) but Iida, being Iida, deemed it  inappropriate so you didn’t hug him much.

You thought that that would change now that you two were an item but honestly you didn’t know what you were expecting.

Iidas a very perceptive guy, so when he noticed you started to gradually withdrawal from your attempts of affection, he began to feel a bit left out.

He’d watch from his seat as you walked in the classroom, cheerily bolting up to people and giving them hugs and pats on the back, just to greet him with a curt “good morning, Iida.” And a bow.

Ouchie his feelings.

Evenually, after a week or two of being touch starved, he started to realize how much he missed you wanting to hug him or hold his hand.

But since he’s super duper dense sometimes, he doesn’t know what he did wrong.

Well not until some of the girls in the class were talking about what they would want in a relationship, and they asked you what you would want.

You said you wanted someone to be seen with you and still act proud about it, like “yeah that’s my boyfriend right there!” Oh and-lots of pda for sure.

It wasn’t till he “accidentally overheard” your little conversation with the girls that he understood why you were being so distant.

The next day at school, when you walked in giving everyone a good morning hug, Iida rose from his seat and walked towards you.

You were in the middle of giving Kaminari a hug, so when Kaminari saw him looming over you, he back away kind of scared but like-ready to laugh if something stupid happened.

You were lowkey confused as to why he let go, so when Iida turned you around and grasped your face with one hand and held your arm with the other you were like oh shit.

“I...don’t mind if our relationship was more public anymore...”

iida was bLUSHING AND HE WAS LIKE LOOKING AWAY AND STUFF AND MY HEART UGH TAKE ME NOW

You, and the whole class were shocked and silent, making Iida even more embarrassed and wondering if he did the right thing or not

But when you buried your face in his chest and hugged him with a muffled “good morning” iidas heart went aAAAAAAA

The whole class never thought that Iida would be dating someone

Especially a guy.

Especially a guy.

When you pulled away you were smiling at eachother but the moment was ruined by the class drowning you with questions like “iida-kun, you’re gay?” Or “Hey-(y/n’s) dating Iida??”

After that whole encounter Iida promised he’d try to return your affection as much as possible

But oh boy is this boy shy to affection

He’d be a super sweaty blushy mess when you two would walk to lunch holding hands or when you gave him a suprise hug.

He usually would have a problem with pda, but since he didn’t want what happened before to happen again, you two made a compromise that you could hold hands and hug *to a limit*, but no kissing.

Cuz that’s immodest and whatnot

Whenever you guys had partnered work, he would always partner with you unless partners were assigned.

He claimed it was because “me and (y/n) have a great work dynamic! It-it would be most efficient!”

But this dude just wanted to hold your hand under the desk or secretly and quickly hug during hero training 🥺

No matter how long you hold his hand or hug him he’s still super flustered and extra hand choppy

He can’t get used to it the poor babey

Your first date was at a super fancy restaurant, and sure a few people stared at you two but if someone bother you two for being two men on a date he would not hesitate to recipro-burst their ass to space

After that prepare for many many, many study dates at his or your house

His family loves you, thought they don’t know you two are dating, since Iida wasn’t really to come out yet

Your family however, knows you two are dating and adores Iida aswell. (Don’t worry Iida they’re good at keeping secrets)

When Iida did come out though, his family was silent until tensei rolled up (I’m sorry-whEELCHAIRJSJS) to him and said “you have every right to be, Tenya. I support you.”

His family each took turns telling him they supported him and Iida kinda...broke down crying in a disheveled mess.

Poor babey

You know cuz he broke down crying onto your chest until he dropped to the ground LMAO

After that, nothing was really holding down your relationship, so you two were such a force to be reckoned with.

Aah 💙💙💙

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[gummybearzgocrazyagain]

MALEC FIC REC POST, vol.3

vol. 1

vol.2 

Media AU

Society Rules by @Tiger_Tiger_Burning_Bright [it is apparently based on films i’ve never heard of - The Philadelphia Story / High Society - which does not make it any less entertaining. malec are childhood friends, who had a falling out 5 years ago, and now Magnus is back from London to interrupt Lightwood wedding, aka the social event of the season]

Making my way to you by @asharee_arie [woah, what was that??? is the correct answer “a perfect fanfic”?? what a muthafuckin delight, where has this gem been hiding this whole time??? i was on the floor, rolling around and squealing like a newborn piglet. Intended as some kind of Office AU, this piece does not necessarily follow the outline, but who cares, when the story, and characters, and author’s style are all that perf??? i am in luv]

Mistletoe and Margaritas by @nevermetawolf [this is legendary, and i mean, muthafuckin epic - Office AU so authentic you’d feel it in yo old bones... author calls it a crack fic, although it was anything but!!! major must read for those, who’s ever loved office, allllllll the kudos]

Once Upon a Time in the Clouds by @Fatale (femme) [one of my all-time fav authors, every time i come by a piece i have not read yet, is like a huge YAY, what a talent. so this piece is an AU of something called “sky high”, which i have no idea about, but luved it nevertheless, Alec is born to a family of Supers, and is going to school for children with superpowers, but he himself is yet to manifest any.]

Quite Magical by @lorenzobane [Hogwarts AU, and what an adorable thing it was! granted, i’ve never actually read any of HP books, this was such a delight though... alec is bad at potions, and magnus has to tutor him *wink*]

Chef AU

the way to a chef’s heart by @lecrit [okay, the GIANT SMILE one’s face acquires when one finds out there is a new lecrit fic ≧◠‿◠≦ ≧◠‿◠≦ ≧◠‿◠≦ was reading it, and legitimately squealing like a feral piglet all the way through, cause i fucking luv every single word this woman writes, is like a tiny endorphin explosions in my brain. i know am a hopeless fangirl, but i’ll die on this hill. the way she gets malec, and every variation of them in her works just makes me go (❁´◡`❁) every. single. time.]

kids in the kitchen by @perpetual_journey [cuteness personified, malec are both chefs, and magnus is a single father of max and rafe, and go and read ittttttttt, its that soft content we all need in our lives sometimes]

Knives at the Ready by @harrysglasses [restaurant AU, that is supposed to be a malec rendition of Burnt (am guessing it’s a movie...?), and what a sweet treat it was! i liked author’s style, this is the kind of smooth, unproblematic content one would require to take repose from all the heart-clenching longing i’ve been reading lately... delightful piece to ease thy soul]

Single Parent AU

I Knew From the First Time by @KlaineJane [emmm, excuse you, dear author, who gave you the right to use Rafe and Max to get to my heart, and be generally so fucking cute??? Alec is a single dad of both rascals, that has a meeting with the High Warlock of Brooklyn, and Chairman meets new friends]

And Then I Met You by @everydayfandom [malec are single parents of max and rafe respectively, and alec gets called in to school about the accident max was involved in...who doesn’t luv them some gud ol’ sweet piece of kidfic? those are like a soothing baths for your soul, and lightwood-bane kids are incapable of being anything less than extremely adorable in any interpretation, so]

College AU

Don’t say goodnight by @alistoney [this the kinda lighthearted content i am always here for - College AU]

One year and a bottle of whiskey by @CryptidBane [yassssss, yet another version of the College AU, but with malec as both clueless and pining professors, this type of fic i can read endlessly]

All is Fair in Love and War by @LadyOxymoron [aaaaaaaa, what was this adorableness *major heart-eyes* what a piece, mashallah, college professors AU, where magnus is new in town, and malec is engaging in an elaborate prank war, which, undoubtedly, is nothing more than a prolonged foreplay (c), what a gem]

Canon Divergence

oh, i’ve waited for you by @manticoremoons [so, the fic is happening a little bit further in a timeline, than the books or the series, and Alec is around 30, and... married to Lydia. i know, i know, it almost stopped me from proceeding, and boi am i glad it hasn’t completely, cause it is a damn good piece!]

Hey There Demons, It’s Me (Your Dream Boyfriend) by @thealmostrhetoricalquestion [how many recs of this author can i make, without being deemed obsessed? cause y’all should go and read every single thing they wrote, stat. this adorableness is outta this world, literally - magnus’ summoning went sideways, and the loft ends up populated with the teenage ghost-demon, who is very clearly enamored with alexander... all kinds of fluff ensue]

Something Else verse by @CryptidBane (Impetus) [maybe it’s my fever talking, but i am such a sucker for memory loss AUs, and SH fandom has the richest canon base for those, yay! this time, it’s an AU verse after 3x10: rather than asking for his magic, Asmodeus curses magnus by taking away memories from everyone who’s ever loved him, in exchange for freeing jace from lilith’s thrall... oh, what a beautiful and delicious angst ensues]

Home by @otppurefuckingmagic [waaaaaaaaat... *sits with her mouth open* how did you....? how did he...? damnnnnnnnnn you authors in this fandom, stop being so talented!!!! this is uncannily brilliant]

I’ll hold on until you’re home by @alistoney [how dare you sir, right in the feels... the missing scene in the midst of 3x18/3x19, when magnus realizes what his idiot of a boyfriend has done, and confronts him about the Asmodeus deal]

First time for everything by @nebulein [“Nowhere in a Shadowhunters’ job description does it read ‘must look adorable while infatuated with the local High Warlock’.” - series of firsts written with such tenderness and adoration for characters, that it warms your heart while reading, - it shows how much the author cares for them. it is not finished, but whatever has already been written, is gold]

Fake dating AU

The Great Repression by @CryptidBane (Impetus) [although it might not be exactly my regular cup of tea, i still appreciate this author’s style so damn much, and the way they do malec dynamic overall, so it’s here. magnus is a camboy, and alec is hired to protect him from a stalker]

Friends to lovers

Family is Family by @hexicity [my brains are fried by the covid, so any coherent rec would be unlikely right about now, but the softness of this <333 alec sees an ad about a free room, and when he moves in, he finds way more, than he bargained for... gave me a bit of a “happy, shiny people everywhere” vibe, and that’s an automatic rec in my books, so]

Spinning Around In Circles by @lemonoclefox [my fav friends to lovers/mutual pining trope, here you are, and what a pretty pretty wrapper are you wearing - absolutely amazing interpretation of a trope, that seems to has been done to death, and yet here i am, never able to get enough of it <3]

If it walks like a duck by @thealmostrhetoricalquestion [this. i was reading this. and after every single word. all i wanted to do was get down on one knee and propose to this person. i dunno who the hell you is, but.... how did you do this? it was... another level of fanfiction.]

Neighbors AU

Meow 17:1 Love Thy Neighbor by @high-warlock-of-brooklyn [again, not a fan of drabbles, but who could resist such softness??? Neighbors AU, where Chairman takes some lessons he learnt from “Parent trap” to heart, and alec is a stumbling mess, but he gets shit done, kudossssssss]

Various AU mix

Solid courage by @thealmostrhetoricalquestion [how goddamn CUTE was dat???? answer - the cutest. mashallah people in this fandom can write]

Paper Love by @thealmostrhetoricalquestion [it would not be an exaggeration to admit i thoroughly fell in love with this author’s style, i mean, all and every version of their malec is all kinds of awesome. this one is no exception - catarina works in the library, and malec have to take madzie out to a coffee shop, cause their obnoxious flirting is too loud for the quaint environment of catarina’s workplace.... it’s tiny and so so sooooooo sweet]

make no bones by @ohfreckle [yaaaaaaaaay, what a cutie, tiny preciousness about magnus having an awful day and taking it out on a no-good useless building super, simply delightful]

Freud is a Dick by @sanctuary_for_all [Alec works in IT firm, and accidentally sends someone else’s dick pick to his boss, whom he has a crush on... do i need to say more]

shadows in moonlight by @kaeg [damnnnnnn, son, that was a ride!! something exquisitely soulful, tender and so, so poetic... young malec meet in summer vacation home, and it will take your breath away in the best way possible... warning, it is unfinished, but whatever was written, is absolute preciousness]

For the Love of the Game by @TicklemyPickle [Hockey AU, where malec were childhood friends, but had a falling out, and were not in touch for the last 7 years, until magnus gets traded in to alec’s team... i was somewhat unsure about reccing this, as some of the choices author made regarding their dynamic did not exactly resonate with me, but decided to go on, because, god as my witness, one thing this world definitely needs more of - is malec Hockey AUs, word upppp]

Love Is A Gamble by @la-muerta [i myself do not completely understand, why has it taken me so long to get to the “The importance of elsewhere” author’s most famous piece, but i finally have, it was amazeballs, like, the world-building...? off the charts. the language, the moral struggle, what a gem. alec is a grumpy and surely sheriff *duh!!!* of a tiny town, and magnus strolls in being all... well, magnus-y, and opens a gambling house, the potential!!! anyway, i highly doubt this piece needs recs, so imma zip it]

@ohprongs [this author has too many tiny pieces i like to name them individually, but as far as reccing goes, they should def be mentioned here for their effortless, seamless style, and clear love for the characters in all interpretations, that simply shines through all and any AUs they choose to put malec in]

special mention:

@theleftboobgrabber [i wasn’t aware that at this stage it was still possible to come by someone like this. the author, who’s style would impress me so. that unbelievably glorious Mafia AU, absolutely delightful and literally perfect My mama don’t like you series, and something that went straight to my top-5 - MI6 AU ohhhhh, that MI6 AU... i have no coherent words to express the depths of my appreciation, this is unbelievable fucking talent for writing malec]

[astro-break]

Quick first thoughts on the first ep of the Hypmic Anime. Spoilers beware (and im writing this as I watch so :p)

Otome’s speech is.... questionable from a persuasive point of view. Manga did a great job of introducing her (which you can read here) but they really cut out the more terrifying parts of her speech and how she uses force to show people that she's not to be messed with

Its cool seeing everyone in their respective environments though. thats cool. Though they could have added Sasara and Kuuko (shhh i know why they didn’t let me dream)

I love how poppy the typography is. Its amazing how the visuals just leap out at you. The OP does a great job of this. The first few seconds before the title really gives me Persona 4 OG OP vibes with the influx of information given. The rest is a clear concise and streamlined way that still gives character. Animation is sparse but still carries across a general idea of each character and shows off each character object. Rendering is really nice and pays a bit of homage to the posing artwork thats done for the MVs. They also do their division hand signals and thats cute

Love how the OP has blatant HifuDoppo and DRB matchup foreshadowing

so far I really like what theyre going for. BB is about brotherly familial bonds and they show the goods and the bads. Jiro and Saburo bickering right out the gate really cements the fact that they get along like cats and dogs but you can still see that they love each other, working together when the situation calls for it

Now the 3d models. Theyre... not great but usable if you don’t look too hard. They serve their purpose and don’t actively detract from the viewing experience.

Visual typography in the rap itself are fun and poppy but they dont.... speak to me? like theyre there yes and I appreciate them but the only ones that got me excited were from Ichiro’s rap

I take my words back the group portion was kickass and I apologize

I love how they interpret the Hypnosis Speakers though. Esp. Saburo’s organs. That was super creative and I love it! If there was one thing that I felt was missing from the franchise was a deeper exploration of the speakers but the anime puts a new and fresh spin on it! Love it, especially with their attack patterns!

If the production team ever feels inclined to, Id love to see those info sheets on Otome’s desk released. There seems to be very interesting info and stats written out about each member (like capabilities, personal status etc.) They all seem unique too so I really really really hope they release images of those sheets

OOOOOOOOKAY MTC. I have such a big biased for them so Im very torn to see what unfolds

Rio striking out on his own is interesting. Out of everyone in MTC hes the biggest team player yet here he trusts his teammates to go ahead. This either displays Rio’s willingness to trust his teammates or it becomes very OOC if the anime wants to set him up as a lone wolf like character

I love how they specify its a drug deal. It means that Jyuto surely will show up and it also shows that Samatoki knows Jyuto’s motives and willingly gives black market info that he knows aligns with Jyuto’s goal. Thats A+ detail writing there and a great establishing characteristic for both of them

OOohhhhhhhhhhhhh man Asunama-san’s voice acting is god tier his work as Samatoki is phenomenal. He pulls of Samatoki’s threatening voice so well with those almost calm words before his voice becomes loud and confrontational. Those rolling syllables in contrast to Komada-san’s almost lyrical and airy speech and Kamio-san’s strict and enunciated words is such a delight to hear. It just speaks to how amazing and great these Seiyuu’s are in order to pull of such amazing work

Im so biased but MTC has such a better rap than BB im so sorry. Just by watching Samatoki’s part, the imagery is amazing. Even the arrival of his Hypnosis Speaker was awesome and sent a shiver down my spine. using the lyrics to form blades and blood was such a great thing to do. Theres so much more variety that just him standing there and shots of his hypnosis speaker. The old fashioned vignette shots, the four panel spread, the nods to old Kurosawa era films are great and I love these small details. Even the typography looks better.

Again, the interpretations with the speakers is fresh and new. Its great and I love the different imagery and attack patterns. Each one is so unique but carries across each different style of rap.

The 3d modles aren’t any better tho lol

(Hi this is Astro who is reading over their assessment again and making a note. Yeah I’m a bit harsh on BB’s rap. I’m not going to change it since I still stand by it and this post is supposed to be a documentation of my first impressions. I think one of the reasons why I’m so harsh on BB is because of their dynamic as a trio of brothers. They Have to have a more uniform approach than the other divisions. Which in of itself isn’t a terrible thing, it just doesn’t catch my eye as much as MTC did. Thats all! I definitely don’t hate BB, they’re maybe my 3rd favorite division out of the current lineup [not including TDD era teams like Kujaku Posse, MCD, and Naughty Busters] its just that their rap was pretty meh)

Samatoki crouching like a real gangstar and the cigarette kiss killed me

sadjkhfjkasdghsadjkcsdjhsdfsjhf im dying i love these trio of dumbasses so uch oh y fod someone save me aaaaaaaa (Astro note here! yeah i died when the jyuto and samatoki’s stomach growled im weak please. Samatoki’s face is just so precious and funny I might set it as a profile pic somewhere)

But also my initial assessment of Rio possibly being characterized as a lone wolf is very much jossed and im very thankful for that. It seems that Rio was simply trusting his teammates to carry out their part of the plan while he carried out his own. I like that, it really shows how much of a team these three are and that they genuinely trust each other. He’s also comfortable enough around them to invite them to dinners after work casually and not just for special occasions.

I really love MTC guys

Oooh! we get Ramuda on his design process which is really cute. the inside of his studio is super cute and retro and i love it. the poppy old music you would hear in a cafe or 90′s resturaunt is also really cute (astro note: yeah i know that in ARB you see the interior of Ramuda’s office but its kinda different seeing it animated)

the translation i have has gentaro speaking in early modern english (Shakespearian english for those who aren’t english nerds like me) but from what I can hear, he doesn’t speak in a particularly old fashioned way? Its more formal than old? and hes speaking without any of his character persona lying thing that he likes to do (as he refers to himself as “Shousei” throughout the segment where hes in Ramuda’s office which is kind of his default pronoun of choice). so its kinda odd for the translation to go in that direction but im not complaining

Gendice banter is gold but it feels... flat? a little? it doesn’t have the same impact as in the drama cds or in the manga? i feel? Also Ramuda using gratuitous english is??? idk how to feel about that

kjshf thats against the rules Ramuda omgggg,,,,,,,, (astro note again: while watching i was under the assumption that using your hypmic for monetary gain such a as buskering [which is what FP is doing] is against the rules. May not be the case but whatever)

FP’s rap might be my favorite in terms of tune and lyrics though. It’s a nice laid back bop and really gives of chill vibes. the integration of 3d and 2d is really nice and i love how they play off each other in the rap. The wordplay is so fun with little nods here and there and the beat is poppy too so it really energizes me.

Ramuda’s rap concerns me slightly since he makes very subtle and small nods towards his past (being created in a laboratory, warfare, and his overall very unpleasant life experiences) but spins it into something cutesy. It could be a coping mechanism, it could be me overthinking it. But it does make me worry a bit. Gentaro and Dice’s rap really play off each other with Gentaro sticking to stories and Dice taking up the baton by carrying on that same imagery but putting his own spin on it.

the self awareness of how scattered they are as a team is interesting though. It doesn’t seem like something you’d speak about in a rap? but i guess since its not really a do or die situation they can afford to be looser on things like this.

Right off the bat, i don’t like how they handled Hifumi and Doppo in relation to Hifumi’s fear of women. Slug made a post once talking about this and I echo many of his sentiments. Hypmic has never been very tactful about tackling this particular issue and while I didn’t have high hopes that the anime would be any better it hurts to see Doppo take away the one thing that allows Hifumi to function within society.

Doppo’s breakdown mirrors a lot of my own mental state when I spiral though its shown a lot quicker than what happens to me oof. that hits close to home. though Jakurai’s advice is. Questionable. Its not the best advice to give to someone but we have no idea what kind of doctor Jakurai is so ill let it slide

Jakurai’s pose looks like hes going to do a mahou shoujou transformation lmao

I don’t have many thoughts about the rap though again. How they visualize the rap is interesting. the different imagery is quite interesting for each of them and the typography is nice a distinct but im still on the fence about the visuals here

The sound is in the same boat. The sound effects either drown out the rap or are too quet but some parts are nice at least. When they talk about Tokyo’s beating heart, the heartbeat sound is a but distracting especially since its only played once. But the imagery is at least nice

I wonder if for the eds they’re going to take a similar approach to what Enstars did and have a four different endings, one for each division. I love the blend of styles here and it really accentuates that although they’re different they mesh well together.

Ramuda’s silhouette though is hilarious. Love it.

:p and thats it. Uh not bad for a first episode. Established all 12 characters really nicely and their dynamics. I had some problems with it but then again nothing is perfect. I look forward to what they show us next week

[abowlofcurry]

time to keep rambling then! :D

rn I’m sitting on a bunch of wips and a nearly finished christmas fic (that I’ll hopefully finish until next christmas). There are wayyy to many scenarios in my head for this beautiful game. I have two or three fics up on ao3 even though I’m not entirely happy with them but selfindulgence is the way to go :D

omg same! Mondstadt is home! It’s so pretty and I love it so much! Sometimes I just sit at the winery and look over the grapes :D On the other hand, I also really love the lower Chasm and the desert. Exploring ruins is one of my favorite things in the game and I’m so happy you get to learn so much about the lore from it too. Just running around there and looking at all the paintings on the walls and everything and aaaaaaa *happy sigh* ohhhh, on that note, do you remember that quest in Sumeru where we help that scholar (yes curry, that narrows it down soooo much xD) with that stone tablet that gives us access to some of the closed off spaces in the desert ruins? Afterwards there is this old grandpa scholar in Aaru Village whom you have to bring some stuff from the ruins and I was so mad at him! Why do I have to bring him stuff when he just talks shit about us exploring those ruins? T^T so rude.

THE BEBES!! I love them! Zhongli is so nice to listen to (except when he goes osmathus wine every 60 seconds) and his attack animation is awesome :D especially the charged attack one! Most polearm characters have this uhhh drill kind of charged attack and it really annoys me but I like Zhongli’s a lot!

Meet The Troupe :D

Depending on my mood I switch Xingqiu and Albedo in and out too :D I pulled a Kaeya constellation this week, so he is now c3! I can’t believe I got that lucky! Yanfei and Beidou have been with me the longest and Venti was the first 5star I really wanted and didn’t lose my 50/50 to. He has since been double crowned :D

I’m saving for the next (hopefully soon) Eula re-run. So far I have 83 wishes saved and a pity of 55 :D And I just saw that we’re getting some wishes by in-game mail too! (I really should stop managing two and a half accounts xD) The recent new characters are nice and all but none of them have really made me want to wish for them, so I’ve just been collecting primos for the last three-four updates. :’) I’m guessing you’ll pull on the Hu Tao banner when it updates then? :D Good Luck! I hope she’ll come home soon! ^-^

OMG YES LANTERN RITE IS FUVKING PRETTY! Just, the lanterns everywhere? Seeing all our friends? Vlad and Nadja in last year’s cutscene? GUIZHONG AND PING THIS YEAR?? I love that event so much aaaaaaaa. Yesss, Weinlesefest was cute! A bit sad that we didn’t get to see Razor’s parents properly. Kaeya and Diluc’s dynamic in that event was also really cool to see, and Kaeya’s interactions with Adelinde later outside the winery. I’m so angry at myself for missing out on Shadows Amidst Snowstorms >_< I started playing in June 2021 and that event was in December that year and I just ignored it ;-; aaaaaaa guess I’ll have to watch it on youtube *sigh* afterwards I’ll probably have more fic ideas that have a 90% chance of not getting fully written out xD

Morning morning!!

Coming in to bring something good to drinm and munch on!

Also, i saw that you are into Genshin???😁😁 me too!!! I just adore that game!!! 🤩Who is your favourite character, if you don't mind me asking??😁😁

Ohhhh thank you! Please have a piece of apple pie in return! Made it myself last night :D

Genshin is such a good game! I love the music, I love the exploring, I love the lore, I love te soundtrack! (And writing silly little fics about it all :D)

Favorite character is a hard question, hmmmm... aaaa there's so many good characters but I think Kaeya and Albedo :D I just love the way Kaeya talks and all the backstory that goes with his past. And if the leaks can be believed there will be even more about him in 3.5! And ngl, the hair and the fur scarf are just *happy sigh* And Albedo? Just look at him, so cute! And the voice? Damn, Khoi is talented. And his relationship with Klee and Alice. I have alchemy fam feels aaaaaaaaaaa :') oh, oh! I noticed last night that when Albedo walks, his clothes do this little metal clinking sound and I really like it!

I always get so happy talking about Genshin :D what about you? What's your favorite character? Any favorite events? :D

[juliettelime]

tagged by @ameliabedeliagoesonline​ to list 10 favorite female characters from 10 different fandoms so here’s some late night ramblings ~

rue/princess kraehe - princess tutu (DELIA I’M GONNA TRY TO BE VAGUE ABOUT THIS TO NOT SPOIL PRINCESS TUTU FOR U LMAO) god i love rue? so much? i love how she’s written as cool on the outside and beautiful but manipulative and jealous but vulnerable and scared but redeemable and loving, and that the story doesn’t just throw her away. she keeps fucking up bc she’s just trying to stop things from changing, like any girl would do if the one you love started slowly slipping away from you because of someone else. she thinks she’s got it under control but she’s only so many steps away from crumbling...... god i love rue

xion - kingdom hearts aaaaaaaa xion made such a big impact on me as a kid. kh days was my first kh game so i was very attached to the roxas/axel/xion narrative and the pain that is xion being erased by the end of the game. i especially love how she’s characterized in the kh days manga, the way she feels like a teenaged girl really stood out to me for some reason. there’s this scene where she’s with roxas and axel and they’re talking about something and i think at this point she knows something’s sus about her existing in the first place, so when roxas asks her what’s wrong she just kinda passive-aggressively replies? she’s like, oh, yeah, because you two are such good friends. but there’s layers to the fact that she feels like she doesn’t belong and i love how that plays into the plot later in the game

panty anarchy - panty & stocking uh i’ve had a big ol crush on panty since i first watched psg in 2012 but i’m only now able to admit it lmfao. i...... love.... her........ i love how she owns being a bitch, but also how even though she’s not a perfect person at all she’s still not like completely heartless either. i don’t think i have anything more profound to say about her because it’s psg lmao..... so yeah idk she’s hot? i love her design? i love that she’s dubbed by jamie marchi? i love d. city rock? dfjhgsd

chibiusa - sailor moon i am rini!!!! i swear to god!!!! like ok of course i loved rini as a kid bc she’s the one with the pink hair (my favorite color) and she reminded me of me (my sister is a witness she can verify i literally am rini dfjkhgskdhf) but also now having read sailor moon i just resonate with her whole ass character arc? wanting to grow up into a well-composed and respected Lady but being aware of your shortcomings and being frustrated and insecure about it? not being taken seriously because you’re the kid? yeah.

spinel - steven universe uuughhhhhh other friends & drift away broke me. the past four years of my life was just me being angry and sad about being replaced and left behind by someone i’d trusted, so when the su movie dropped like literally it couldn’t have been better timing. aren’t you tired of being Nice? don’t you just wanna go apeshit, especially since the way you were apparently wasn’t good enough so might as well not be good at all? yeah.

marinette/ladybug - miraculous ladybug oh mari means so much to me!!! truly!!!! (i say that knowing full well i haven’t watched ml in like almost a year lmfao oops i’ll catch up soon i swear) but i just love the marinette/ladybug dynamic, like she’s a goofball and absolutely cannot function around her crush but she’s still a genuine person and then ALSO she can pull her shit together when she needs to do some superhero saving. i just want the best for her. I’m Care Her

wanda maximoff/scarlet witch - marvel my love for wanda has a lot to do with the timing of me getting into marvel comics/mcu/x-men: evolution being around a messy time in high school for me so i kinda just projected onto wanda hard (so hard that i even made a sona whose character is literally she wants to be the scarlet witch lmao!) it’s also just kinda hard to talk about what i love about wanda when there are those three versions of her i mostly think of... i love mcu wanda’s tragedy in losing those closest to her, i love x-men:evolution wanda’s weirdly super goth design and her conflicting dynamic with pietro, and i really loved the 2015-2016 scarlet witch series of comics. i loved that it focused on her dissonance with who she thought she was up to this point and how much learning that she’s not a mutant affected her (i mean i don’t love that she’s not a mutant but whatever that’s a whole other rant entirely), so she puts herself to work on this whole witch thing like hey this is the New Me while simultaneously still running away from the shame and disappointments of her past.

piyoko - di gi charat my daughter! my sweet eight-year-old panda daughter who must absolutely be protected by her three Big Boy Bodyguards as they try to take over the world. that’s it that’s the whole dynamic of Leave It To Piyoko and i loved it as a kid and i love it now oh my GOD have you seen this opening that’s the mid 2000s i-found-this-from-a-local-dvd-rental-place shit i MISS

korra - legend of korra wacky writing issues concerning the whole show itself aside, i love korra as a character a lot. i’m definitely biased because the show aired from 8th grade to junior year hs for me and something about that timing just made watching korra grow and struggle and change really stick with me. oh and the fact that she and asami helped me realize i’m bi lmao.

rapunzel - tangled my favorite disney princess from my favorite disney movie! especially when i was younger, i too resonated as an artist held up inside dreaming of seeing the world beyond my confinement but not able to because mother knows best

[sorensfw]

The best porn is About Sex

(It's sort of unbelievable to me that I have to make a post with that title, but I do.)

I'm writing this post thinking I will end up posting it to my SFW blog even though it talks about sex, so content note SFW discussion of sexuality and pornography follows.

On the far side (NSFW) of Tumblr's NSFW iron curtain, I'm the author of a porn about kinky demons (NSFW) that gets two main streams of negative feedback (actually, I don't think I've had any outside these two categories, really):

"I was really identifying with Lyra/pet until she enjoyed $KINK and now AAAAAAAA WTF" which is valid and understandable but does mean the reviewer didn't pick up on all my harping on her inhumanity (and the view into her not-very-human thoughts) as a warning not to identify with her too much as a human submissive

"I don't like sex/BDSM/$KINK so I just skimmed the sex parts. The rest was pretty blah."

This longpost is about the second response.

Firstly, a selfish PSA:

If you don't like sex or BDSM or the particular BDSM that's in Magical Creatures, there's very little in the story itself for you. You might get something out of writing a fanfic using the setting (as several people have done to great effect for kinks/settings/characters that aren't served by Magical Creatures), but you're not going to be able to enjoy the story itself. You can't just skim the sex parts and read the rest of the story, because there is no rest of the story. The plot, worldbuilding, and fun are all in the sex because Magical Creatures is a story about sex, not a story with sex. If you think you're managing to skim the sex parts while still experiencing a coherent work of fiction, I don't know what you're reading, but it's not Magical Creatures.

"About" Sex vs. "With" Sex

The basic disconnect here is not realizing that Magical Creatures is a story about sex, not a story with sex. I keep repeating that drumbeat, because I think that for a large part of the population of tumblr, the idea that you can make art that is about sex rather than having it as a sort of bolted-on seasoning to a work that would stand fine without it (art "with" sex) is going to be a new concept. To be sure, it's not the way 99% of mass media works:

Overwatch would still be Overwatch without D.va's skintight jumpsuit

The romance arcs in the Mass Effect series wouldn't be drastically impacted if the sex scenes all faded to black as soon as intercourse became inevitable

The Outlander TV series would still function even if Jamie never took off his shirt

Pick any action movie, remove the sex scene entirely, see if anything noticable happens to the movie as a whole (for those too young to remember the syndicated TV dark age of the 90s, this is how 99% of R-rated moves made their way to prime-time broadcast TV).

(that all of these examples amount to instances of just eye-candy or objectification isn't a coincidence, but we'll get to that)

This post is not an indictment of art with sex. I've enjoyed plenty of that myself and always appreciate GoT's sex scenes (...when they don't do that super-fake-looking humping thing the directors seem to love so much).

It is a critique of the unexamined assumption that that is the only way of doing sex in art.

That assumption isn't natural. It could be created by only seeing art which works that way, but that, I assert, isn't something that would arise on its own. Outside sex, there are stories about all sorts of seemingly-dry topics, from Baseball to Cooking to nothing at all--people don't watch Seinfield and then review it badly for being a nihilist 90s sitcom.

So why isn't sex a thing art can be about to the extent that it's possible for someone to look at a story like Magical Creatures, read hundreds of thousands of words of it, and still miss that it's about sex and that if the sex is removed there's no story at all?

Here's my fighting words: The conceptualization of sex as something that exists only as 'extra' or 'spice' is the firing pin of the weaponization of sexuality into a tool of depersonalization of both desire and people.

To say that artwork cannot be about sex is to deny the existence of being sexual as an experience, which is litereally to say that people in sexual contexts have no subjectivity--they are reduced to mere objects without agency or internal experience. This affects both the objects of the artwork, and the consumers (who enter into the idea that it's only possible to create artwork with sex rather than about it, and thus conceptualize their own sexual desire as an objectifying drive within themselves, which must then be defended from by the creation of an unhealthy user/object power dynamic in all sexual situations).

(If it's starting to sound like I'm reiterating the second-wave feminist approach to pornography, it's because I am. It was, terrrifyingly, correct as far as it went--it just failed to acknowledge any reality other than the one where sex and subjectivity are mutually exclusive, and thereby perpetuated the very issue it was claiming to decry.)

There's a lot not addressed here, such as whether any given work that sets out to do it succeeds in being about sex, where the line between making art with sex and promoting the idea that that's the only thing you can is, whether it's realistic to think you can really honor the subjectivity of someone who doesn't share your desires in a work of this kind, but that's all beyond the scope of this post. I'm only trying to talk about the base theory of what's possible. Implementation is left as an exercise for the reader.

"But I have an objectification fetish", you object.

Well, that's fine. You just said you sometimes enjoy the experience of being treated as if you were an object to be used.

So do I.

But we both still have to have some subjectivity at some point if we want to get to enjoy our kink.

Which means we could both theoretically make art about that experience.

(This post may or may not be part one of two. If it is, look for part two soon on my NSFW blog.)

[elan-morin-tedronai]

Dear Yuletide Author

Hi there! Happy Yuletide and thank you for writing for me! [updated 9.11.]

AO3 name: Tedronai

General likes & dislikes:

Likes: epic friendships, angst, hurt/comfort (physical or emotional works), complicated dynamics between unlikely allies, politics & court intrigue, complicated relationships (romantic or otherwise), enemies to reluctant allies to friends (to lovers) or basically any variation thereof, themes of loyalty and/or betrayal, porn with feelings (or porn with character exploration), tragedy.

Dislikes: plotless porn, plotless fluff, domestic fluff, crack humour, A/B/O dynamics, most mundane AUs for fantasy/sci-fi fandoms (high school, coffee shop, etc), redemption = death trope, pregnancy or kid fic.

Do Not Wants: Harm to cats. That’s basically my one hard limit. I mean, I hope it was never going to be relevant in the first place, but you know.

Otherwise I have no triggers or serious squicks so you can do basically anything you feel the story requires!

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Fandom #1: The Malazan Book of the Fallen Character(s) requested: Silchas Ruin

I requested only Silchas this time, but like I said in the sign-up feel absolutely free to throw any other characters you feel relevant in the mix. (Including OCs, you know. Knock yourself out.) I’ll be very happy with anything you can come up with, but if you’d like some prompts to get your creativity flowing, here are some ideas:

a look at his life in Kharkanas after the end of the series, dealing with the losses while trying to help his people rebuild something

any kind of missing scene from the awkward road trip with Seren, Fear & co, any exploration of the dynamics between any of the characters, I just think that any of them is a super fascinating fit with Silchas

an AU in which he somehow manages to reunite with Anomander before Anomander does the thing (you know which one)

anything about his doomed alliance with Scabandari and their friends to uneasy allies to enemies relationship

as far as shipping goes, if you’re so inclined, you can ship him with anyone and I’ll probably be happy, personally my big ships for him at the moment are Scara, Tulas, Anomander, but I can honestly get on board with anything, go for it

you know how I said I dislike plotless porn? we’ll make an exception for this one :D

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Fandom #2: Wheel of Time Character(s) requested: Ishamael | Moridin

AAaaaaaa where do I even start with this one?? As I’m sure you can tell, I love him very much, and anything, with any incarnation of the character, would be absolutely fabulous. However, if you want more specific prompts, look no further!

anything about his relationship with Barid and Lews pre-War of Power

maybe after he’s already turned to Shadow but it’s not common knowledge yet?

or, alternatively, the immediate fall-out of his declaration in the Hall of Servants

if you’re more into Moridin, I’d especially love to see something about the immediate aftermath of his resurrection; his reaction to being alive again, to the new body, to the soul-crushing disappointment that death was not the end

maybe dealing with any of the other Forsaken for the first time post-resurrection

going to Sindhol to free Lanfear

as far as shipping goes, if you’re so inclined, my big ship for him is obviously Barid but I'm completely open to other options; Elan/Lews, Ishamael/Asmodean (thanks Nip for this one), Moridin/Taim are all good shit

anyway generally with Elan, angst is the name of the game but if you don’t feel like destroying your own soul for Yuletide, obviously that’s not a requirement. just, feel free to go as dark as you like! 

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Fandom #3: The Silvan Saga - R. K. Lander Character(s) requested: Pan'assár, Gor'sadén

Alright so this series [link] is basically the answer to my long-time craving of some good old high fantasy. It’s on-going, with three books out so far, and it’s got some really cool worldbuilding details that I really love, but what really makes it for me is the character dynamics. I really love how friendship is put to the forefront in the story, and romance... yeah, the compulsory hetero love interest to the main protagonist doesn’t even show up until book three.

Anyway, that’s the sales pitch, but if you offered this fandom I assume you’ve read the books so I don’t need to sell them to you. :’D

I requested Pan’assár and Gor’sadén because I love epic friendships and I just really, really loved everything that went on with them in book three... And I want more! Anything! From their youthful escapades centuries ago with Orta, to present day getting-drunk-and-reminiscing kind of scenes. You can make it funny, you can make it sad, you can make it an innovative mix of both, anything goes. I just want more of these elves.

[cagetraumasam-archive]

Supernatural and Teen Wolf (you used to watch that, right?)

Supernatural

Favorite Male Character: Sam! If it wasn’t obvious lmaoooo

Favorite Female Character: oooh that’s hard. yk right now i gotta go with Alex Mills/Jones/Whatever your preferred last name tag is 

Least Favorite Character: l*cifer.

Favorite Ship: sam x cas (but also sam x jess shhhh)

Favorite Friendship: am i ALLOWED to also say sam and cas. fine. FINE. um,,,, oh sam and rowena AAAAAAAa

Favorite Quote: I HAVE THREE AND THEY’RE ALL SAM QUOTES“hope’s kinda the whole point.” “it doesn’t matter what you are, it only matters what you do.” “people can change. there is reason for hope.”

Worst Character Death (if any): im gonna go with a death of a character that is STILL DEAD bc otherwise i would choose a sam death and not everything can be about him: mary’s death was just all around bad feels, but i’ve gotta go with eileen i think (though both were HORRIBLE) but just like. the fact that they KNEW she couldn’t hear bc she was deaf and used a hellhound, which can’t be seen, so she was down on a bunch of sense - it was really awful!

This made me so happy you have no idea Moment: uhhh in a weird way, any time sam gets his trauma acknowledged? like - for example - in 14.15 when sam couldn’t stop seeing the dead au!hunters in the bunker, even though it was tragic and horrifying, i was so glad he was allowed to FEEL that, you know?

Saddest Moment: sam jumping in the cage in swan song. always and forever.

Favorite Location: oooh….. i’m gonna have to go with bobby’s house before it was burnt down!! i miss it :((

Teen Wolf (I did used to watch! I stopped a couple of eps after season 4 bc it was too hard to watch without Allison :(( )

Favorite Male Character: Ooh. Probably Isaac? But Scott’s great also. 

Favorite Female Character: ALLISON ARGENT ALLISON ARGENT ALLISO-

Least Favorite Character: Wasn’t Derek’s biggest fan a lot of the time, tbh. 

Favorite Ship: Scott x Allison x Isaac (okay i know it’s not canon but its CLOSE tbh ~we could have had it all~)

Favorite Friendship: Even though we didn’t see NEARLY enough of it, I really loved Allison and Stiles as a dynamic. 

Favorite Quote: “We protect those who cannot protect themselves.”

Worst Character Death (if any): ALLISON ARGENT ALLISON ARGENT ALLISO-

This made me so happy you have no idea Moment: the scene where allison’s like “with all the family i’ve lost i could use a few friends” AND DECIDES TO GO HELP HER FRIENDS LIKE YES !!! TAKING YOUR OWN AGENCY INTO YOUR OWN HANDS BUT THE RIGHT WAY THIS TIME!!!

Saddest Moment: okay i should probably make this more than about allison but hER DEATH WAS RLLY SAD. but also - stiles in season 3 before he knew about the nogitsune :((((((

Favorite Location: Mm, I’m not sure I have one? But the forest always makes for nice aesthetic shots, so let’s go with that lmao.

Thanks so much friend!