#i think the most hilarious part is that someone else edited a video of all the gongs with bangs so zeng shunxi isn't alone in this 😂

[xinyuehui]

Xue Gongzi without the fringe ©credit to the astounding hairdresser 九生桥

[royallyprincesslilly]

Title: Trick Or Treat {Headcannon}

Lewis Hamilton x Reader

Words: 1.6k

Warning: Fun & Games, Implied Smut

Note: Happy Halloween, guys!

***NOT Edited/Proofread***

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Imagine it's Halloween and you and you are going to a Halloween party thrown with some friends that has been thrown by friends of friends. Sorta like a 6° of separation thing where you didn't know you ran in close circles to famous and semi famous people.

You've decided to go as Lewis Hamilton and have even committed so far as to wear a Mercedes race suit, the helmet you bought off eBay from a mega Lewis fan AND strategically position that very familiar bulge down to accurate girth 😏.

Your costume was supposed to be sort of a joke and your best friends were also going as other celebs either in F1 or sports.

You didn't think anything of it and even got tons of compliments for how accurate your costume was. You committed deep and had even gotten your hair braided like his but opted out of the faux facial hair. You thought that was too creepy.

"Girl, I feel like I should just sling you this ass cause you might just be as close to 44 as I will get," your friend Zoë said beginning a twerk.

Everyone busted out laughing while you did the ultimate fuckboi move. Rubbing your hands together like you saw a meal you bout to tear up you licked your lips in the most exaggerated way and nodded your head. Stevie J would be proud.

Once y'all get to the party it quickly becomes clear that you have existed in this 6° of separation world as plenty of semi famous people passed you by.

You and your friends make a vow to make tonight the best night and proceed to drink as much as you can on someone else's dim and see whose son you can go home with.

A few hours into the party you are pretty can't tipsy but not blackout drunk and have been entered into the best costume competition. When you get on the stage with the others, they go down the line asking what you are and to give your best impersonation of what you are dressed as.

It is a hilarious time as each one goes. You watch on as a girl dressed as Marylin Monroe steps forward kisses her hand and blows the kiss before full on lifting her dress in an effort to imitate the steam blowing up Marylin's dress moment. Applause fills the space.

You then watch a pretty dope looking Scorpion step forward and deliver the classic line, "Get over here" before unexpectedly throwing a ninja dagger across the room into the wall.

Your eyes bugged while everyone stood in silence probably trying to figure out just what had happened. When they did, they cheered loudly.

Next it was a girl dressed as Ariel or Ariel if she were in fact over 23 rather than a teenager. For a tail she had on sparkly fishnet stockings and underneath a purple sparkly thong. Her seashell bra was on point but also completely see through and every part of exposed flesh was decorated with pink or purple foil tinsel. You couldn't hate on it or her.

She stepped forward and let lose the Ariel vocal harmonics from when she gave the sea witch her voice. That you could hate on. Everyone coveted their ears and shook their head.

Then you watched someone dressed like Meg the Stallion from the WAP video and when she dropped down to the floor and tweaked on it you hyped her the hell up as did everyone in the club.

Finally, it was down to you and once you stepped forward there was laughter, but most was deafening cheers. With the helmet on it brought it all together and for a second everyone began whispering if you were really him.

When it came time to impersonate him you took the microphone and decided to play it safe. In prime and proper British accent, you spoke.

"You can knock me down, but I get up twice as strong. Yhu know what I mean. I don't aspire to be like other drivers. I aspire to be unique in my own way. I feel like people are expecting me to fail, yeh, therefore I except myself to win. Just like my tat on my back, still I rise."

No one spoke, moved or made a sound for several seconds. You began to think you had fucked it up but then everyone erupted with cheers.

It was a quick deliberation and after it, you were crowned winner. You couldn't believe you pulled it off especially with the shit you said which you clearly pulled out your ass. When you met your friends again you were 500.00 richer.

From then you partied like the end of the world was tomorrow. After a quick trip to the bathroom as you passed down the narrow corridor you felt someone push you against a wall.

"Trick or treat?"

"Uh, what?"

"Clever costume."

Biting your bottom lip, you looked up but thanks to the helmet you couldn't really make out who it was.

"Uh, thanks." You made a move to walk around them but found yourself rooted to the spot.

"I particularly like the um--package down there."

You snorted, your tipsy ass not reading the room one bit.

"Thanks. I mean we don't know if it is accurate or exaggerated by socks, but a girl can dream. Right?"

"So, you dream about it?"

"Be for real I am sure a lot of women have fantasized about peeling back that race suit and taking what's inside as their trophy on their own podium. If you know what I mean."

"Does that include you?"

You were not an idiot you knew who was in front of you was a man and as his scent permeated the air around you, you felt yourself growing bolder though you wondered which guy would get turned on hearing a woman talk like this about a celebrity crush.

"You know what? Sure. Given the chance I would absolutely have my way with him and vice versa."

The next thing you knew your helmet was pulled off bringing you face to face with the absolute last person you expected. Your brain stuttered as did your mouth leaving you speechless.

The man in front of you--Lewis Hamilton himself looked amused as hell.

"What if I said this is your chance?"

"Excuse me?"

He leaned in then, going to your ear. "I'm gonna head out in about an hour, if you decide to take your chance find the guy who looks like a giant teddy bear and tell him "treat."

You couldn't believe you ears, and you didn't trust your words.

He scoffed then spoke again. "I'll ask again. Trick or treat. You decide."

With that he walked off as quickly as he'd cornered you. Holy shit you thought trying to wrap your head around all that had just happened. You needed to sound off with your friends, but you didn't think this was something you should tell anyone. So, for the next hour you continued to enjoy the party.

Every inch of the club you went you felt eyes on you and no matter how hard you tried you couldn't find him again. What are the odds, you asked yourself. You were not opposed to one-night stands. Matter of fact you were absolutely pro one night stands especially with celebrity crushes. You only lived once, right.

By the time the hour was up you'd made your decision. Bidding your friends goodbye, you slid through the crowd looking for someone who looked like a giant teddy bear. The word was as the tip of your tongue. When you finally found him, you spoke them like a witch's incantation.

"Treat."

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[lesbiandanhowell]

Sam (begrudgingly) reacts to: Dan and Phil play Poppy Playtime CHAPTER 2!

I fucking hate horror games and I am have a high anxiety day so this is like awful timing BUT HERE GOES NOTHING.

- Not a fan of the runtime because I don't enjoy horror so the longer the worse for me personally so fuck this actually oops

- Babes I am literally shaking and almost crying 4 minutes in this will not be fun lmao (but also I know my anxiety won't go away without dan and phil content so might as well hope they will be funny and cute enough to make me calm down).

- I hate this I want to cry UPDATE: I literally started crying right after this, about 8 minutes into the game, but it got better afterwards.

- The touch when saying 'we have to be brave' was very personal to me. (Someone give me someone to watch this with and hold me please because I am scared)

- The buttplug jokes being the only thing to make me laugh, thank you Phil. Dan what do you MEAN "tails in" in reference to buttplugs, did you see the unhinged shit we said on tumblr, because oh god please no.

- "What are we going to do now?" "Cry" Phil gets me actually thank you I feel seen.

- The color game is actually calming my anxiety SO much it's hilarious, like it's just logic and following patterns and those things are so calming even when Dan is screaming.

- "For our lesbian audience that has mommy issues this is gonna be a weird episode" YOU DONT SAY DAN YOU DONT SAY

- new lore alert: Phil going to a wrestling party

- Phil lore: he was afraid of the KFC man as a kid

- PINOF MENTION AND CLIP AHAHA, they love doing these references since they uploaded the first react video.

- Dan hiding in his hoodie is adorable, like he just fully went "nope!" and hid haha.

- I think you can see Phil's hand shaking in the whack a mole, like the camera was SO shakey which was either his inability to use a mouse or he was shaking, place your bets.

- Dan playing the mini game after all, Phil is never beating the younger brother stereotype truly.

- When did they film all of these that their heating is still broken?! Makes me think they really did pre-film most of these to have a less stressful time now during december, which good job guys!

- Mommy's voice reminds me of someone else in a tv show but I can't figure out what? Anyone know?

- Their delighted faces at seeing jacksepticeye are adorable, like you could tell they were so happy truly and I love these little easter eggs!

- "Sean you down there?" HOWLING

- They edited so many clips and memes into this (which makes me think they edited it rather than an editor) haha

- Phil just, maybe unconsciously, moving impossibly closer to Dan is a big mood (only I am alone rip).

- Weirdly enough the mini games are the most calming part for me, like there is a clear focus and clear objective of what to do and it's like: here is a problem, solve it and I think that does wonders for me.

- Unsure if I am shaking from anxiety or being cold (also great I have more uni work to do after watching this)

- Yes please sanitize my boobs. What

- I agree Phil, we have gotten a lot of lore (about you)!

- Phil's panicked "geese!" gets me every time because it's so cute.

- "I feel kinda bad" aw ofc you do Phil and ofc you don't Dan, so very in character for both of them honestly.

- "Sometime in 2023, so not much longer" Phil, honey, there are like 20 days left what do you mean?!

This actually wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be, after I had my little cry at the beginning. I was actually quite calm by the end and I think my anxiety actually is less, which I didn't think would happen. The magic of Dan and Phil, see you tomorrow!

[spicebiter]

So at the recommendation of @21ate I finished the EverymanHYBRID series and, if I'm being completely honest, my impression was a little soured by it. And, again if I'm being honest, it's mostly because this series didn't really need to have anything to do with Slenderman or any other pre-existing creepypasta. I genuinely think I would've liked this series as a whole and especially the ending more if it had been a wholly original story. Even the crossovers, I find, kind of detracted from what it has on its own merit.

The whole thing kinda reminds me of when I watched through every Hellraiser movie and just how many of them were originally other scripts that then cut and pasted Hellraiser elements in order to make another film for the series. While I do understand A: how something begins as a fanwork type piece and then gradually becomes bigger than that genre can hold, and B: how someone might feel the need to attach something with recognition to their work for it to find its audience and succeed, I personally find it difficult to move past that feeling of 'it should've been something else' for most things, and shows or movies of any kind are especially no exception.

All that said while I say I would've liked it more as an original story, I wouldn't assume I'd love it. I think the ending was maybe a little... rushed? compared to other parts. That may not be the right word but something about the second to last episode felt off from the rest of the series. Really from the moment Vincent began to work with Habit I wasn't certain what direction things were going in but I'm not sure it fits with what was laid out prior to that point. Habit's motivations and personality seem to be a little Off based on what was seen previously and the creation of the weapons to kill powerful things... It was a little lackluster to me. I don't want to trash on the series at all because it is clear that 8 years of a lot of passion went into it but something about that penultimate episode just didn't hit the mark like I expected it would. Maybe I misread the vibe or the direction of the story in a very big way or maybe it's one of those things where they did their best to make a satisfying ending and it inherently wasn't going to hit the same for everyone. Either way, I didn't feel anything was necessarily *wrong* with the last parts but it's neither what I was expecting nor is it the direction I personally would've taken the series, and that's neither here nor there.

On a more praising note, I didn't mention this in my other post but I wanted to say something about the way the series uses music because I think that alone sets EverymanHYBRID apart. Habit's penchant for Sinatra was a treat and the way there's almost always music playing while characters are in the car felt very nice, as I feel both with TV and other web series there's too much worry about copyright and how well you can hear the characters over the music and it removes from how natural a scene can feel. It's something you don't necessarily notice when it's not there, but when it is it brings a facet to a scene that elevates it in a specific way that I really enjoy. I think it's also an interesting creative choice to often overlay montages with some kind of music throughout the series. In the beginning it was obviously more of a nod to documentary/informative type videos but later it was an odd choice given how much normal scenes would feel natural, because that synthetic overlay usually isn't there for a series of this type. I especially liked the use of music in 'The drive west.', specifically the montage scene split by that moment at the gas station. It's the type of thing you'd see more often in a movie or TV show but not in a slenderverse web series and for videos with a more serious tone it's kind of hilarious? The idea of them editing this video where people are going through hell on earth and then adding a fun little montage with a music track is... lmao I don't even know what to say it's just really funny to me.

Anyway even tho I'm not a huge fan of the way it turned out I do wanna thank 21ate for recommending that I continue because there were definitely parts worth seeing and it gave me a much better idea of the series as a whole than reading about it on the wiki would have and I think that alone was worth my time

[ruby-whistler]

i made a list of the vibes of the hermits i watch, so you might want to check some of them out! this is just mostly jokes, but i thought all of the more “serious” propaganda was missing something, so have what truly makes hermitcraft worth it; the players’ unique styles!

will be back on my dsmp stuff asap but it’s the first day of season 8 and i would really appreciate if you checked them out through the links provided :]

Grian; [ episode one link ]

vibes of a 17 year old mcyter, is actually 27 and married

noo not my red jumpah!

chaotic capitalist

someone is making the server better through order? *starts another war* whoops, hand slipped :D

he built a- he rebuilt his entire megabase in survival, above a giant lake of lava, in the nether, on hard mode, upside down??

“watching as scar dies over and over in my trap is peak comedy and i’m tired of pretending it’s not” but it happens like 5 times i every season

video editing is very main-stream and good for short attention spans!

*sad montage over losing stuff he’ll get back in 15 minutes because he’s rich*

pesky birdd! great elytra flier! amazing builder! will tnt your house! poultrymannn!!

wholesome, chaos incarnate, talented architect

why won’t mumbo respond to my messages it’s been two weeks :[ (clingy)

doors???????????? your house has doors???? no doors for you good sir!

will laugh a lot at a lot of things, esp when he’s with his friends

genuinely just so fun to watch

Mumbo Jumbo; [ episode one link ]

perfect british accent

mustache man (warning: he has no mustache irl)

*fails ten businesses in a row* iskall please help

redstone is his element

“it’s actually quite simple” i like your funny words magic man, now can you repeat how in the hell you made a that fancy vault work-

filmographer?? i think? met up with grian irl

him and grian have a robot son named grumbot. that has nothing to do with the vibes but i had to mention him because he means a lot to me.

tries to stay out of wars and server politics until someone (grian) drags him into them

minigame maker, makes the hermits competitive and that is scary (also very funny) e. g. button, hermit challengesss!

“it’ll be fineee” *que shot of everything on fire behind him*

makes his base a living being and then all his neighbors end up feeding it instead of him

conspiracy theorist. bumbo baggins. the usual.

very entertaining videos that help you learn more about minecraft mechanics!

GoodTimesWithScar; [ episode one link ]

wheelchair creator with literally the best vibes

so wholesome i. he is so cool he makes me so happy :’D

*extremely cool announcer voice* ooooo hello there my fellow miners and crafters, good timeees with scar heree, and welcome backk to the wonderful world of hermits and crafting, and we’re flying over-

commentates everything extremely well

spends tenths of hours on builds within a single video and doesn’t bat an eye

lore for all of his builds! he builds these amazing bases to tell a story!

“i wanna see white flags! white flags, outside your base, by-“ wait no wrong anti-rebellion army leader

all videos have a clear objective

mostly building, but he loves hanging out/helping his friends!

loves disney movies! wants to go to space! :D

kind-hearted, always makes everyone else smile

can be chaotic but usually just tries to have fun and make sure everyone else has fun too

*flies into a tree on half a heart* wait what why did i die D:

scar. scar please eat. you’re going to die for the tenth time this video-

the non-chaotic capitalist, has extremely creative shop designs

a danger to himself, but also the kind of person you can’t be angry at for long

BdoubleO100; [ episode one link ]

the guitar music at the beginning of his videos brings a smile to my face, it just has such an immaculate mood

*camera pans over him as said music plays* ladies and gentlemen welcome to another episode of hoimycraffff

the way he talks is extremely endearing

one of the best builders on the server - probably best builder of interiors in existence

able to make a palette using any number of strange blocks and then make amazing builds using it

built a whole castle as a backdrop, then built an entire giant mountain for said castle

extremely sensitive to short jokes, usually gets pranked by others because his reactions are always so funny

his daughters show up from time to time in his room while he’s recording and it’s so cute

*has no way to see the sun but still knows it’s nighttime* gotta go schleep!

scar, pointing at him “this is why we can’t have nice sunsets”

(scar dies because of mobs every time bdubs isn’t on the server to sleep)

likes to be accomplice because he isn’t the one being made fun of (/lh)

*shoots himself in front of a confused grian because he thinks the guy wants his face again when he’s actually just looking for a netherportal*

is usually the underdog so it feels good when he wins

they’re all actually such great friends so it’s genuinely funny to watch

he himself is amazing at entertainment and just a very cool guy

ImpulseSV; [ episode one link ]

what’s going on everyone, my name is impulse and welcome back to hermitcraft!

always speaks with a smile in his voice

has a good dynamic with basically everyone

great co-worker and always helps out if he can

had his base turned pink during the swap, and instead of changing it back afterwards, he dyed his skin’s hair and clothing pink to match it

very cool and original building style!

makes a lot of farms and sells what he gets in his few shops

makes money to be able to do more stuff and make more farms

blows up most his base ever so often to rebuild parts. you know, like a normal person does in minecraft survival.

the grind is never over

the guy who always gets all of the work done on the school project and proceeds to be chill about it

always has very cool side-projects going on and puts his heart into all of them

pog timelapses!!

Rendog; [ episode one link ]

*short, funny scene from the video at the beginning slowly fades out into great music

dogs howling as the half-dog half-cog logo comes up*

greetiiings cyberdogs and citizens of the interbubs! this is ren diggity dawg coming atcha, in another minecraft episodes varuuummm the hermit. craft. server. (hey!)

we’re kicking things off today my friends, from the- *location name on screen*

that intro gets me hyped every time

he’s a furry who talks in bro language it’s great i swear - very atypical but fun

he transformed an entire biome into a star wars planet for his base

his building skills and dedication are incredible

horny (just a little bit)

the only person who cared about mycelium in the whole rebellion

does a lot of roleplay-themed stuff and mysteries to be solved

“b-dubba-dubs one hundred”

extremely upbeat & sweet guy

adds -age after everything “biddage” “flyage” to make it sound Cooler

amazingly positive always and funny as hell

mcc winner!! wooooooooo :D

always tries to be where stuff is happening and interact with people

very entertaining editing style

Iskall85; [ episode one link ]

drives joke into the mud and then picks them up and does it again which is funny

starts videos with one-off bits

iskallman!!! the superhero literally no one needed and yet there he is

only has one (1) braincell when with mumbo

they both do and they’re hilarious together every time

like when they laughed at squeaky noises for ten minutes straight. guys please you’re adult men

bernie the leaf master

omega (something) of doom!!

encourages gambling (in a videogame)

he has so many jokes he keeps using i can’t possibly fit them all in here

basically a wildcard

i have no idea what he’s doing this season

i have no idea what he’s doing ever actually

tame chaos, confusing to the point when it’s funny again

really great builder as well!

mostly for younger audiences but his videos are a good watch in general

feel free to send asks about hc! i’m already loosely involved in hermitblr but yeah, my dsmp followers aren’t immune :] /lh /j

[the-bau-quinjet]

Trending

Summary: Steve thinks you’re too young to like him despite the obvious hints you’re dropping.

Warnings: unspecified age gap

Word count: 2246

a/n: I’ve clearly spent too much time on TikTok recently, but inspired me to write something so that's good. It was loosely based on a request for a young reader x Steve, but I forgot part of the request so I'm gonna write something else for that one! Also, I wrote this on my phone so please excuse any typos I missed when trying to edit it lol

Masterlist

Messing with Steve is one of your favorite things to do. Tiny pranks, over the top flirting, poking fun at his lack of understanding of technology. Anything you can do to get him to roll his eyes and chuckle.

Nat would say it’s because of your feelings for him. She would be correct. Not that you’d ever admit that to anyone. Nope. So instead, you have your fun, and enjoy the way his eyes crinkle and his cheeks redden.

Your newest method of hearing the sweet sound of Steve’s laugh? TikTok. It’s a double whammy. One because he doesn’t understand the app and two because a lot of the trends make him blush.

It started as a fun way to blow off steam. Sometimes, being one of the younger and newer team members made you feel like an outsider. Of course, Peter was younger than you, but he had his own friends outside of the team. You didn’t have anyone else. When Tony found you and invited you to join, it was you against the world. Now you have this makeshift family.

Having your account on TikTok helped you when you hadn’t really become a part of the group yet. You bonded with Peter because of his account, and you found a new way to make Steve blush.

Anyway, you’ve learned way more TikTok dances than you ever would have thought just to see his pink cheeks. It’s not even always over the top dances that have him chuckling. The last trend you did had him laughing the entire day. It was that sound about Wednesday Adams having one thing on her mind. Only when it said homicide, instead of a deadpan expression you panned the camera to show Bucky and Sam arguing over who got the last donut.

Of course, you knew when you made the video it would appeal to Steve’s sense of humor. Sam and Bucky feature in a lot of your videos for that exact reason.

In general, you make a lot of videos featuring the Avengers just to keep Tony happy. He likes to be the center of attention, plus the only way he would approve of your account was if it could also feature as PR for the team. You agreed, as long as you had final say over what you posted. There’s nothing scripted or designed for a specific reason, you just feature the team sometimes.

Like when that sound from the Big Bang theory was popular amongst Avengers fans, you made a video confessing to Pepper that you’d been thinking about the Avengers, panning to show the team during training.

Of course, the text on the screen said “you are an Avenger” instead of “I believe that”, allowing you to play off the joke. But still, it was fun to include the team.

One of your favorite videos features none other than Scott Lang, mostly because nobody else would do it. Scott thought it was hilarious though.

Using the sound from New Girl, Scott played Schmidt and you Jess. The text on the screen read as follows:

Scott: You just walk around all day thinking about America’s Ass?

You: Yeah, don’t you?

Scott: No! How do you get anything done?

You: It’s hard…

Steve blushed like crazy when everyone cornered him to watch it. Bucky, Sam, and Tony wouldn’t stop bringing it up for at least a month. A part of you hoped he might make a move after that video, seeing as you put yourself out there, but he just assumed it was a joke and laughed it off.

Honestly, you were running out of trends that you could use to get him to understand your feelings. You only had two ideas left, and one of them would be mortifying if it didn’t work out…

-

“Steve. You’ve got to be kidding me.” Bucky sighed, exasperated with Steve for the umpteenth time that month. “You’ve been pining for forever, just make a move!” he whisper yelled, doing his best not to throttle his lifelong friend.

Steve rolled his eyes, purposefully ignoring Bucky’s pointed glare. The two men had spent the last hour looking through your TikTok account. Bucky was adamant that you liked Steve, but the blonde didn’t believe it, despite the so called proof Bucky kept forcing him to watch.

“Buck, would you please just back off? We’re friends. She’s too young to want to be with me like that.” Steve blushed, thinking about the context of his words.

Before Bucky could say anything about how repressing his feelings is bad for him, a new video popped up on your account. Bucky smirked when he saw the thumbnail was once again a picture of Steve, this time with a beard. Steve took the silence as an opportunity to escape, walking into his closet to change.

The video opened with a video of you and Natasha just hanging out, you lip syncing to the words “I like you have a cupcake.” You repeated the words as the video cut to you and Tony.

Bucky nearly dropped the phone when “smack my ass like a drum” blared from the speaker. He cackled bending over in a fit of laughter when he realized that’s what Steve’s picture was used for- and one where he had a beard to boot.

“What is it now, jerk?” Steve emerged from his closet, having changed into loungewear. The sight of Bucky fully cackling had him nervous.

Bucky tossed him the phone, doing his best to stop laughing long enough to tell him to watch the most recent video. With a hesitant sigh, Steve obliged.

Again, Bucky rolled his eyes at how obvious Steve’s feelings were. The second he saw you on the screen, he smiled. And not one of those half hearted polite smiles, a full on happy smile.

Steve’s eyes widened, nearly bulging out of his head when he got to the end of the video.

“‘She doesn’t want to be with me like that.’” Bucky mocked his friends earlier words, grabbing his phone back. “Punk, I don’t know how much more obvious she could be.”

With one more glare in Steve’s direction, Bucky finally left him to his own thoughts. Okay, so you made a lot of videos about how you find him attractive. That doesn’t necessarily mean you’d want to be in a relationship with him. Leave it to Steve to talk himself out of everything Bucky had spent so long trying to convince him of.

-

You were desperate at this point. You honestly thought the cupcake one would send him over the edge, but it didn’t work either. It has been three days, and you know Steve’s seen the video because everyone likes to tease him about it.

“Naaaaaat, it’s not working,” you whined, dramatically throwing yourself onto her bed. She laughed at your antics, briefly looking up at you before deciding to stop what she was going and give you her full attention.

“Look, not only is Steve one of the most clueless people I’ve ever met when it comes to women, but he can also talk himself out of believing someone’s interested in him. Especially you.” Nat watched as you lifted your head from her comforter, slowly turning to stare at her with narrowed eyes.

“Especially me?” you questioned. Why would you have a different standard?

“Y/N, Steve’s from the 40s. He’s super old fashioned. You're a hot young thing, super up to date on modern trends. He thinks you're just messing around as friends because he doesn’t believe someone as young as you would be interested in actually having a relationship with him,” she spelt it out for you, sick of trying to get you to figure it out on your own.

You took a minute to fully understand what she was saying, but then sat up when a new idea struck. “So you’re saying I need to be more direct?”

Her eyes narrowed, but she nodded nonetheless.

“I’ve got an idea. Thanks Nat!” you ran from the room before she could question your newest plan, instead checking to make sure her notifications were on for posts from your TikTok account.

-

“Steve!” you shouted when you saw him down the hall, about to turn a corner. He immediately stopped, turning back to see you running at him. “I need your help!”

You pulled him into the gym, briefly glancing around the room to make sure it was empty. Confirming nobody else was present, you set up your phone on one of the weight racks to record the two of you. It was already open to the recording section of TikTok, the sound you needed queued and ready to begin.

“What’s going on?” Steve looked between you and the phone, nerves heightening as he realized what you were doing. All of your videos about him thus far hasn’t actually involved him filming anything.

“I just need you to react to this trend, okay? It’s kind of old, but that doesn’t really matter,” you spoke quickly, trying to start the video before he could decline.

The music started playing instantly, with Steve awkwardly looking between the screen and you. He wasn’t sure what exactly he was reacting to, and it had him on edge. Just as the song reached the chorus, you turned and grabbed his face. Throwing caution to the wind, you followed through with your plan before you could back out, kissing him with all the passion and emotion you’d been holding back.

Steve froze, clearly surprised by your actions. Before you could pull away, he wrapped his arms around you and pulled you closer. He kissed you with equal passion and emotion, no longer paying attention to your phone recording the moment.

Neither of you noticed when the music cut off, too wrapped up in each other. When the need for air overpowered the desire to keep kissing him, you pulled back to gasp in a few breaths. Steve leaned his forehead against yours, eyes closed and breathing erratic.

The two do you spent the next few moments just breathing, trying to come to terms with what just happened. You gasped when his hands moved, one resting on your waist and the other cupping your cheek. His eyes were still closed when you chanced a glance at him.

“What was the trend?” he breathily whispered the words, still coming down from the high of kissing you.

“Huh?” you mumbled, unable to comprehend the question when he was still touching you like this.

“The TikTok trend? What was it?” his grip on your hip tightened, but his hand framing your face remained gentle.

“Oh, uh, it was- it was kissing your best friend/crush.” You whispered, heart still racing from his proximity. Your nerves had never been greater. Yeah, Nat always tells you that Steve has feelings for you, but what if he was just being polite? Maybe he didn’t know how to reject you when you kissed him out of nowhere, and now he’s trying to find a way to turn you down gently. What if-

“Was my reaction good enough to post?” he broke your train of thought with another question. You took a minute to think about the question, your brain still moving like molasses

“Um, that depends…” you froze when his eyes opened and stared into yours.

“On?” he prompted you to continue.

“Which caption I can use.” you finished the thought, finally remembering the two most common outcomes of the trend.

“What are the choices?” Steve smirked when you looked flustered, clearly not expecting this conversation.

“Uh, the two-” he began rubbing small circles into your hip with his thumb, effectively cutting off your train of thought again. It wasn’t until he lightly squeezed your hip again that you remember you were answering his question.

“Right! The two most common captions are some variation of ‘this was so awkward’ or ‘we’re dating now’,” you managed to blurt out the choices, blushing when he smiled at you.

“Well, I know which I prefer…” you waited with bated breath as he prolonged the silence, enjoying seeing you so on edge. You nearly whined when he let you go, moving to pick up your phone from the weight rack.

You watched in silence as he typed out a caption, tapping each letter with his pointer finger. A small smile formed on your lips at his adorable old man behavior. He then managed to find the post button, adding the video to your account before handing you the phone to see what he chose.

Your smile only grew after you read the caption, dropping the phone and immediately kissing him again.

-

Meanwhile, Nat had gathered the rest of the team that happened to be around to wait for whatever video you had planned to be posted.

Tony, Sam, Bucky, Wanda, Vision, Peter, and Clint all watched as the new video popped up on the screen. Peter bounced with excitement when he heard the song, instantly recognizing the trend. The rest of the group watched as you kissed Steve, mouths gaping open when he actually kissed you back.

Fans were already commenting about how long it took for the two of you to get together, but the team was too focused on laughing at the caption to pay any mind to the comments.

She said the trend was kind of old, but that fits because I’ve got a habit of waiting too long anyways.

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[ursifors]

alright so hembo came back just to... say he's leaving... again? i'm gonna tear apart what he says in his video because honestly most of it is so fucking ridiculous i can't believe he just acts like this.

under a readmore because this shit was so much longer than it needed to be even with the parts i'm not mentioning.

[ID: I had a month to think this over and I've decided to bring the videos back, but I still plan to leave the community behind for many reasons. If you still want to hold onto your hate, then this video is not for you and I hope you find peace someday. Nothing anyone says here will stop me from leaving, I've done more than enough for others throughout the years. My time is better spent helping others.]

the first thing i noticed about this passage, which is the opening to his video, is that he says "nothing anyone says here will stop me from leaving" - it struck me as a bit funny because his tone, like he really truly believes anyone in this community is going to get on their knees and beg him to stay. bro WE shoved you out we don't WANT you to come back. also the way he says "i've done more than enough for others. but also my time is better spent helping others." i can't stop laughing he didn't proof read this at all did he.

[ID: I'm only doing this for the people who enjoyed the 6 years of effort. I volunteered about 10,000 hours of my free time helping others through laughter. The same kind of laughter that cheered me up and allowed me forget my troubles when I needed it most. ONce this video is uploaded. I'll take my time adding back any deleted videos if applicable. For those wondering why Ryan Haywood appears in older videos. It's cause I never had the time to go back and edit him out of 5 years worth of videos. But now I refuse to edit anything for the community again. Someone else can do it if they want to. I think most people forget that rooster teeth hasn't edited Ryan out either. So I don't know why anyone expects a single freelance editor to re-work years of content again when teh company has paid editors that did not.]

holy jesus fucking hell. first of all, why does he literally act like he is the only person out there who edits clips of content he didn't make together when i can literally name like 5 other channels off the top of my head who do the same. second of all, hembo, people expected you to edit out ryan BECAUSE this shit was what you did in your free time. the paid editors at rt kind of have their hands full, you know, editing the new fucking content they are constantly making. i wish they could work on going back through old content but thats YEARS of content and they are all working on the new stuff coming out daily. you however, could have easily posted "hey im gonna go back and edit out RH no new compilation videos for awhile bc this is important" for fuck sakes u were editing content that isnt even yours in your free time you're not some kind of god to the community get over yourself.

[ID: There were a few people who brought up another common what-about-ism as they made every possible excuse for justifying stealing just to protect their own. "What about all the times Geoff was a piece of shit in the past?" And my thought was okay? I have a lot more memories of him acknowledging he was an idiot than him making excuses for the stuff he did.]

wow that's super convenient of you to remember all the times geoff acknowledged what a dumb kid he was and not punish him at all for crimes he committed in the past! i wonder if we watch the same content because i mostly seem to just remember geoff laughing and saying "here is this insane thing i did as a kid which i am telling now as a story because i find it hilarious that i did this" and not really ever saying "i'm telling this story because i have grown as a person and would never do a crime ever as an adult." don't get me wrong i love geoff but hembo is so desperate to excuse any of the white cishet men of rtah for doing far far worse things and recounting them with glee it's actually pathetic.

[ID: I'm not sorry for making the "controversial video". Because I've got nothing to apologize for. I called out Ky for sounding like an asshole and I'm going to think you're an asshole if you unapologetically steal. The fact that she says she did it more than once leads me to think that she's okay with it. She then said it was "very funny" so again, you're an asshole.]

honestly it's pretty apparent with everything he's said that hembo truly just hates ky and is looking for a reason to justify it to everyone else. i literally cannot wrap my mind around the fact that every ah member has at one point or another said "hey i did this terrible thing when i was younger isn't it so hilarious" but of course hembo would never condemn anyone else... i wonder why? hmmmm. dear hembo stealing from giant corporations and the government is never wrong god bless ♡ also love that he's not sorry for trying to start some kind of purist crusade against ky with the platform he had (don't quote me on this but didn't he literally have more followers than her on twitter at the time of posting that video... yikes man! ur nuts!)

[ID: Some focused on the crime being a victimless crime. True, the store will survive, most employees wont give a shit, and the amount stolen was probably insignificant, but I'm still going to think you're an asshole. I don't care if you stole a beer or a piece of gum. What bothered me was her childish attitude. Admittedly, I overreacted, but I'd also say that the community response was a bit of an overreaction too. More on that later.]

while i'm glad he can admit he overreacted he immediately follows it with basically "but also so did everyone else and i didn't do anything wrong ♡" dude shut the fuck up. honestly this entire video is just him being like "i'm leaving don't beg me to return it won't work and also i wasn't wrong and i still hate ky" annoying ass just leave already.

[ID: The community is way too hostile and toxic towards anyone they don't like. Even towards the people who had legitimate criticism like audio levels. The community tore those commenters to shreds for daring to complain. I saw the company response was to make a shirt design of a blown-out audio wave that the community tried to provide as proof. I saw people state the website was crashin ga lot when they launched a new version and the community response was along the lines of "then leave if it's so bad."]

see this is interesting to me because while i do agree that SOME of the time people can get overzealous with telling others to fuck off, you have to take a step back and look at why. people who were saying "whoa boy i think ky's mic is a touch loud! any way we can fix her audio set up?" well that's fine! that's polite! and actually constructive! but that is not what most people were doing. most people were saying "i hate ky she ruins videos she's too loud i hate screaming despite being an achievement hunter fan who loves michael wah wah boo hoo" so of course the community clapped back to that????? like what is so hard to understand about constructive comments vs straight up hate?

[ID: It seems like the community is always ready to jump on any chance to dogpile on anyone who dares to say something they don't agree with. So I'm not surprised at how many people were pissed off beyond reason. That reaction was predictable, but I still found it a little sad to see how many people made excuse for stealing. I remember one excuse is the $100 charge that a university may charge for stolen goods.I probably got charged the same during my time in college. I still wouldn't use that as an excuse to steal 25 muffins or some shit.]

good for you hembo can everyone please give a fucking standing ovation to our perfect little angel who would never ever STEAL, the worse sin of all! shocked he didn't say ky should get a hand cut off because that's how they used to punish thieves back in the day since this man's way of thinking is fucking archaic. so glad he didnt ever feel stuck between a rock and a hard place as a starving college student since he wouldn't ever steal food he probably would have rathered died then take an innocent giant corporation's candy bars :(

[ID: I judged Ky for her words and actions. I judged her for who she is, not what she is. I even offered a way to make things right. It's wasn't hard. Just say that it's wrong to steal, something so basic. She could still admit this now, but that's for her to decide if it's worth saying. I think at the time she posted a generic "I'm not perfect" and "I will always reflect and try to do better." Which I found funny cause it still ignored her stealing story with a fortune cookie style catch all statement about self reflection. Is it really that hard to address something stupid you said in the past?]

this. this right here. this paragraph basically boils it all down to what his real intentions and feelings are. he judged ky for something she did as a broke college student, and then for the way she decided to tell the story. despite not upholding any other ah member to the same insane standard. despite not knowing shit about ky's personal life. despite ky literally not owing him anything. and then ky went above and beyond and did make a statement about still learning and growing as a person. but that wasn't good enough for him, but i don't think anything would have been. no matter how ky had reacted to this entire shitfest, i truly believe hembo would have found some way to belittle her regardless. because he doesn't like her. plain and simple.

[ID: For those jumping to conclusions and want to make this about race or gender, I know you're wrong. I've been discriminated against and felt alone my entire life. I know what racism looks like, sounds like, and feels like. If you disagree then don't worry, I'm still leaving and we'll both agree that the other's opinion is wrong and none of this will matter over time anyways. I don't understand why people had such strong opinions when most of you don't even know my background or name.]

i'm white so i consulted @kingpattillo, who is black, about this passage.

me: mostly i just wanted to say that in my opinion this doesn't hold up because he may know what racism specifically towards asian people looks like as that's what he faces but he does not know what racism towards black people is like because he doesn't experience it. and that he's trying to act like he can't be racist against black people just because he himself isnt white or whatever.

erlande: ah, so it's my turn to tear him apart, huh? yeah, give me a minute, because his take is uh. oof there may be typos, and it's almost 3am, so excuse me is anything is unclear

the one thing he said that i agree with is the racism he mentioned experiencing is unjustifiable. no doubt about that. every person of color has negative experiences in everyday life because of their skin, and therefore, can relate to each other because of some of those said experiences. you know, overlap and shit.

however, ky is specifically black and a woman, and hembo can't relate to that because he is neither of those things, so he can't fully understand what ky specifically goes through. he can empathize to an extent, but the reason why i, and many, MANY other black fans and members of AH, are so pissed off at him is because of the hypocrisy and inconsistency with his comments

[ID: I didn't have any sense of community growing up. I was born in a small town with no other asians and got bullied a lot, but that never stopped me from trying to be a good person. When I started looking into careers. My parents weren't supportive of my decisions. My very first dream was to be a hero. I know helping others gives me a sense of fulfillment and purpose. Just seeing others happy makes me happy in return. So I ran the idea to my parents that I wanted to be a fire fighter or police officer. They both screamed at me no. They explained that they didn't come into this country to have their son die or be killed. Thinking about that now, I can understand their concern. I'd probably be one of the first ones to put myself in a dangerous situation if it meant saving a life. Instead of dying a hero they wanted me to be safe and happy.

I thought it would hurt to just leave 6 years of work behind, but I felt like a weight was lifted after closing ll the doors. Mot of the community didn't know much about me to begin with o it made the disconnect even easier. I've got more important work to do in animal care and it fulfills my very first dream, to be a hero. The amount of effort and care I put directly impacts the lives of the animals I help and in it also impacts the lives of the people they touch. I can see how much I'm helping others rather than rehashing Youtube videos for strangers.]

fucking shocker the guy who lost his fucking marbles and destroyed his reputation in this community overnight because of his absolute hatred of stealing and how a black woman stole one time, wanted to be a cop. also has an insane hero complex. idk why he even included this like waxing poetic about how good of a person you are doesn't actually MAKE you a good person you freak.

it kind of blows my mind that he genuinely thought he was doing something like so amazing for the community just by making compilation videos like i'm not bashing the practice i love watching those kind of videos but. he's acting like he's the fucking second coming of christ for doing so and it's so WEIRD? also huge red flag to me that he doesn't seem to have any actual friends in the community? like idk if this is just me but leaving this community would be hard for and on me because i have so many friends i made here and losing that common interest would suck ass. but he's just like yeah its sooooo easy to leave and go help animals goodbye. like genuinely what a racist weirdoooo.

[themurphyzone]

PatB: Snowball Ep Talk

You know, I really do love the episode Snowball (my personal favorite AKOM episode) but I don’t think I’ve ever talked about it here much, and if I did it’s probably really only because of the flashback sequence. 

Okay so all looks good so far. Chain letter scheme and superstition, a standard introduction to Brain’s latest plot of world domination. All looks good. Plus I just like this shot of Pinky. Don’t mind me, just starting off light here with a smushed Pinky. 

I just like Pinky’s pose here. He’s so cute. 

You will bow before Troz.

“I met a Snowball today! Right here in the lab!” -Pinky

You know, I just find the implications of this line hysterical. This means that Snowball was in the lab that day, waiting for the moment to strike, and he definitely pushed his stolen chain letter through the mail slot. 

And then he lets Pinky see him, and no it’s not just a passing glance either cause Pinky specifically describes a tattoo with an A and a circle and points to his leg. Which means Snowball deliberately lifted the fur on his leg and showed his tattoo to Pinky. 

Like, wow. 

“It means, Pinky, that evil lurks among us. By the name of Snowball! SNOWBALLLLLLLL!” -Brain 

Talk about a bad breakup. *Alexa play Bad Blood*

Personally I think one of the interesting visual cues is that Snowball purposely plants himself into the mice’s space. There’s a lot of that in this episode. He knows how to rile up Brain and hit him where it hurts, namely through Pinky. 

Brain values his personal space, and he values a sense of control. When Snowball invades that space, Brain loses control, and his anger can lead him to make some very ill-informed decisions. Which is exactly what Snowball aims for. 

“You think Pinky is an asset?” 

“Anything I can take from you is an asset.”

Ah yes, Snowball’s mission statement. Crush everything Brain has into dust. 

The flashback sequence. Dear God this flashback sequence. They were both so cute! 

You know, it’s really sad that a younger Brain acted more like Pinky. Making silly faces and trying to get someone to laugh are such Pinky things to do. I know canon is loose but if you consider this flashback taking place shortly after Brain was captured from the wild, then young Brain didn’t gain a grasp on what happened to him until after the gene splicer.  

Ok but Brain was literally right there when the gene splicer exploded. Imagine having your cranium size dramatically increase, you’re injured, you’ve suddenly gained sentience, and as if all that wasn’t enough, you see the gene splicer explode with your only friend inside. 

Oh, and said friend’s mind was probably damaged in the explosion and now he hates your guts. And though you’re angry with him for his betrayal, some part of you will never stop caring about him. 

Once again, Snowball needs to learn to keep his hands to himself. 

This conversation here establishes Snowball as the perfect third character. He appears only in a handful of eps, but he’s fun to watch and love to hate. Snowball challenges the mice’s relationship. Snowball sees the weak points; the insults, the reliance on each other, and twists them to his advantage. And Pinky even admits he’s hurt by Brain’s insults occasionally, though he still loves being around him. 

“Pinky, the Brain doesn’t care about you. He’s just using you.” 

“No, he’s not.”

It’s really interesting to me how Pinky denies Snowball’s statement, yet his ears go down to show that he’s affected by the idea of being used. Pinky and the Brain may be night and day, but one thing they do have in common is their tendency to deny certain things. Brain with emotions and affection and Pinky with concepts he’d rather not admit the possibility of. 

Coming back to this later. 

Non plot related but Brain is teeny tiny and I love how he just trusts Pinky to catch him

Side note: I apologize if any of these screenshots look weird. It’s an AKOM ep. 

WHY ARE YOU TWO SO BAD AT SNEAKING AROUND. 

I just find it hilarious how they clearly run around where Snowball can see and hear them. Like they just shout Snowball’s name in the middle of the room. You’re terrible at being sneaky little mice. Please. 

Those dang boomers and their old timey 90s computers. Technology is ruining boomers. Can’t even hold a conversation anymore cause they keep looking at their screens. 

No touchy! 

Well, it’s awful nice of Snowball to engage in nepotism and offer Brain a position in his administration...and then tempt Pinky with an amusement park when he refuses. 

You really gotta appreciate the complexity of Snowball’s plans. Stealing the chain letter fails->plant seeds of doubt in Pinky’s mind, even if this doesn’t work right off the bat, the idea will still be there-> take over a corporation->impersonate Bill Gates->When the mice show up, offer to co-rule the world on expectations that Brain will refuse->make co-ruler offer to Pinky->wait for Brain to open his big mouth and drive Pinky away. 

All to take everything Brain has. His dignity, Pinky, his meager resources. Like holy Snowball, Batman.  

And then Snowball reveals the amusement park he had specifically built for Pinky. 

And here we have the most heartbreaking line of the ep. If I had the ability video edit I would’ve put the entire line on audio because Brain’s tone is very important here. It’s about 12:38 to 12:57 in the ep if you want to see for yourself. 

“Oh, go ahead, Pinky. I don’t need you. What did you think, I just have you around so I can steal your brilliant ideas and claim them as my own? That I’m just using you, Pinky? Oh yes, I’m using you for your brilliance!” 

First of all, very poor word choice, especially to someone who has trouble understanding sarcasm. I just want to dissect this statement here. 

The Literal Meaning: You’re an idiot to think you were ever more than an assistant. 

This is what Pinky hears. 

But if you listen to Brain’s tone rather than just reading the line, he sounds genuinely hurt that Pinky would ever be tempted by something as frivolous as an amusement park. It’s Pinky, so he just sees ‘ooh fun rides, cotton candy, and carnival games’! 

But Brain is perfectly aware that this is Snowball’s well-crafted method of taking away the only thing he truly has, and he knows it’s working. And he’s hurt. 

The Actual Meaning: Snowball’s trying to separate us and you’re falling for it, Pinky. You may be an idiot, but many of my plans never would’ve come to fruition without you. You’re much more than an assistant. You’re my friend and my world.  

Unfortunately, all Pinky hears is that Brain was only using him. That Brain values him for manual labor and an extra hand only, rather than a treasured companion. The fact that Brain often falls short of making Pinky feel appreciated just adds to this. 

And now that he no longer has Pinky, Brain’s spirit is crushed. Brain is persistent, but without Pinky, he has no reason to be. 

As far as he knows, his only two friends have turned their backs on him and couldn’t care less if he has nowhere else to go. 

Poor thing. He needs hugs. 

“I didn’t think it was possible. Humanity has actually gotten dumber.” -Brain

OK I think this one shot establishes what the world would be like under Snowball. His name is everywhere, and he tells the population to do stupid things just to bask in his own superiority. 

However, I can’t see Brain putting his name on every building so frivolously like this if he ruled the world. Sure, he’d name a bunch of things after himself and Pinky, but it would be more meaningful to them. 

Brain wants humanity to advance, not regress. 

Poor Pinky. Despite all this new extravagance and luxury, he’s also lonely. The room and bed are large, but it lacks personality. He’s sleeping with an ACME Labs snow globe, and other than a reference to Citizen Kane, it also shows that he’s not happy with this. 

The worst thing in the world for these mice is separation from each other. 

Suicide by cat. 

Poor little guy can’t make it on his own. Luckily, he snaps out of it. 

“My world. I must save MY world!” 

Said while looking at a picture of Pinky. Real subtle there Brain. 

“Look, you fool. You have no brilliant ideas. I’m only using you to get at him! So just stay quiet!” -Snowball

“You’re...using me?” -Pinky

He was just a bargaining chip. Never a friend. 

“What do you want?” 

“My friend. And MY world!”

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

He makes martial arts noises like a dork. I love him. 

I love how their characters are reflected in the mecha designs (also I had no idea Snowball was Iron Man!) 

Snowball’s is overall the more efficient design. It’s also much more combat ready and violent. In comparison, Brain’s suit is simply operated with a bunch of levers. It’s alright for peaceful situations like getting around faster or simply blending with a human population, but in a straight up fight the levers take too much time to operate. 

Snowball is more efficient than Brain, and while he’s got the ego, he lacks the insecurities that hold Brain back. His confidence makes him such an effective foe. And more importantly, Snowball doesn’t value Pinky’s companionship. He’s a tool and nothing more. Compare that to Brain. While Brain struggles at showing it, he ultimately wants Pinky’s input and values his jumbo-sized heart. 

Somewhat off topic, but I feel like the reboot missed this aspect of Brain and made him too overly edgy and violent (reboot!Brain would probably prefer Snowball’s mecha design over his counterpart’s). The only time Brain should become violent, if not for comedy, is when he’s protecting Pinky. His plans should have a level of restraint to them, and Pinky is the moral compass.  

I just like this shit-eating grin right here (I mean, he did eat shit in Welcome to the Jungle so...lol)

This is such an insanely clever move for Pinky. I feel like Brain would be like ‘oh my god Pinky!’ and then ‘wow, that’s actually brilliant what the heck is this tingling feeling’. 

ACME LABS IS IN NEW YORK CITY??????

I know this is a case of Where the Hell is Springfield but gdi aren’t they supposed to be in southern California. 

Ok fine I realize the ending to this ep is a reference to North by Northwest cause they somehow got to Mt. Rushmore but still 

Weird tangent but North by Northwest’s ending bothers me (not gonna fault this ep as it’s just a parody)? I’m sorry the girl is barely hanging onto Mt. Rushmore, the dude pulls her up, and then they have sex in a car. The sudden transition always seemed weird to me. 

I am ending this analysis post with a weird shot of Snowball cause i can and it’s his episode. 

[narcopharmacist]

Happy anniversary babes

It’s April 11, and today marks one year since I discovered Fugou Keiji Balance Unlimited on Twitter 😌

“Daisuke” was trending and I thought it was another Kpop thing (LOL cuz in my country the only things that always trend are Kpop-related), until I clicked on it and saw that it was a new anime. They were all thirst tweets like damn, and they were all so hilarious, and it wasn’t until I saw Daisuke’s edit with Cardi B’s Money that I got sucked into watching the anime, the first episode of which was just released the night before.

When I watched the edit I was like “Wow this man’s grace... this man’s beauty...” My issues got even worse when I learned that the reason why the title says “unlimited” is that his fvcking bank account is unlimited 😭😭

And mind you I have not watched anime for years now bc of ✨college✨

I went to YouTube to watch the opening song cuz ppl were going crazy for it, and bc ppl were saying stuff like he has a fiancé, and yeah damn the OP was lit, and then I saw it.. The sofa with ML carrying this “mysterious” girl. LMAO I was like “Ok nice we have this FL, he’s taken thank gohd” bc tbh I really wanted him to be taken already, better yet, with that gorgeous girl. I commented on the video saying “I hope his fiancé or whateva is rich... I also hope she’s badass, so she doesn’t have a bad ending.” LMAOO

That was the very first time in my life I dedicated my life into a certain anime, like frfr all I could think about the whole week after the first episode was that, and every morning after I wake up from my 3-hour nap I’d open my iPad, go to YT and watch the OP. 😌😂

Episode 2 came about and the girl has finally been revealed. Now this.. this was the time things started to get difficult, firstly because the studio decided to postpone further episode release, secondly, the debate about the girl being a fiancé, sibling, cousin, adopted, sweet home Alabama started and ppl were getting more and more... aggressive with it, bc on Twitter a lot of ppl really shipped the 2 ML together, while there were a very few ppl contradicting the idea that the girl is merely “family,” and that she could be smth else.

Every time I’d open Twitter all I’d see are these ppl bashing her and wanting the 2 ML together etc... Meanwhile here I was, part of the very few who wasn’t convinced that they’d downplay her into becoming “family” or “relative” and whatnot, most especially bc we knew her place in the novel (thank gohd I saw tweets abt her and the novel), and I was looking for some support, which I unfortunately did not find bc the aggressive ppl would bash on whoever opposed them.

Even on fvcking Instagram there were still bashers. The only time they won’t bash is if the content is purely abt Suzue herself. Even then there would still be ppl questioning her real identity, but they’d be overshadowed by the fujos/fudans.

Fortunately someone on Instagram snitched, saying there were “worse” ppl in tumblr shipping FL and ML tgt. And then I knew it was a sign to download the app and revive my account 😂

I’m so glad to have met the first 2 ppl ( @innovativestruggles @kannra21 ✨✨😍)with their dissertation, and damn those were the best times I ever had. I read every post made, and the one that really stuck with me until now was the facial feature comparison between Daisuke and Suzue, and SHEEEESSSHH she really pointed out the good- the BEST stuff. They also covered the OP, bc it had a lot of Suzue in it, and the speculations were *chefs kiss* 😊

During the hiatus I had no FKBUL food from the official source, but y’all on tumblr sustained me. Idek what happened to the person who tried translating the novel anymore.

I remember when the anime came back with episode 3, and every after episode we’d talk and giggle abt it, post abt it, heck get mad, and even though they were whack in the end, well, we had together.

I’m so glad to have met y’all. 💕💕

@cow-goes-oof @daisuzuship @ieatcrumbs @innovativestruggles @kakooshi @kannra21 @levi-is-heicho @marialenikiforov @maximorningstar @milcyuw @owishi @riva2mika @sweet12ran @unholysoggytea @willowea

We cried tgt, we laughed tgt, we tagged each other whenever we thought of smth and posted it, and istg the journey was super rough, but we made it through all the circumstances.❤️

Happy one year!! 💕💕

[wehatejulietsimms]

Ok hello TED talk anon here I wanted to rant a little bit about Juliet. Specifically about how I for the life of me cannot name a single project Andy has made or been involved in besides the Dark Nights Death Metal soundtrack that Juliet hasn't been a part of. She's around him 24/7. This is fine to an extent seeing they're married and have the same career, but it's gotten to the point where she is straight-up leeching off him. Whether this is Juliet's choice or Scientology's, it's pretty damn annoying. I mean, it's kind of hard to imagine that Scientology forced Andy to guest-star Juliet in his cousin's badly-edited (but hilarious and enjoyable) YouTube show (though, on the other hand, they did guest-star Danny Worsnop, the lead singer of Asking Alexandria. Maybe that's an Andy thing, maybe it's a Sumerian Records thing, who knows). Other than Average Joe, Juliet also guest-starred in The Andy Show, has sung backup vocals for The Shadow Side, has appeared in some of Andy's music videos, had Andy appear in some of her music videos, sung backup for Black Veil Brides themselves (more specifically, Lost It All, which, I'm sorry to say, but she sounded like a dying cat choking on a screaming bird), and guest-starred in Paradise City. I mean- look at Lindsey and Gerard Way, a happy and healthy couple with no controversies as far as I can tell. Lindsey plays bass but I don't see her playing bass for My Chemical Romance or Hesitant Alien or popping up in Gerard's music videos or guest-starring on The Umbrella Academy. Plus, almost all Alt Press and other magazine covers with Juliet, Andy's there with her, cause they don't care about her alone. Also, may I add that this woman has no personality whatsoever? Before, she seemed like a fun, sweet, and easygoing person, but recently she's shown almost no personality traits at all. Her whole personality is her wig, makeup, music, cheek fillers, outfits, horrible screaming, money, and husband, and she seemed to copy everything off Andy, Black Veil Brides, and American Satan. Also, I did see someone say that Created By Filth and Dust didn't 'bomb' and how Lilith Czar did 'break' because two of her songs regularly play on SiriusXM Octane which is extremely popular and plays music from Lzzy Hale and Amy Lee...but did anyone think that they're not playing Lilith's songs cause they're good, but they're playing her songs cause they're new? Like, I can't think of many rock singers/bands that have recently released new music. I think they're just playing Lilith's songs a lot because it's new material. But her songs didn't hit the Billboards Top 100 or even Top 200 Charts, her Spotify streams are slowing and haven't even hit 200k monthly listeners, Sumerian Records did a merch giveaway almost right after King was released which says a lot about how sales are doing for her, the numbers of likes, views, listeners, and buyers she has is beyond low for CFFAD to be considered successful, her popularity on iTunes is astonishingly low except for one song, 'King' is the only video she has on Youtube that even has over 200k listeners and most of the rest don't even have above 30k, at least two of her songs are literally re-recorded songs from 2+ years ago, one of which wasn't even written by but given to her, and her views on YouTube are doing worse than a Wattpad fanfiction. And all of this...only cause she's Andy's wife. PLUS she's been rejected by tons of other records, and only got signed to Sumerian Records because of Andy. So yes- CCFAD definitely bombed. Also- does anyone else agree that her voice is just awful? Like I genuinely can't tell if she's trying to go for raspy rocker or soft girl, it's somewhere in the middle and it sounds like a dog choking on bubblewrap. And her screaming makes my ears bleed, and not in the good way. Learn to scream before making screamo.

yeah couples need some time apart as well or else you have no time to miss each other and you'll just get under each others skin constantly. also they might be playing her music bc she's touring with Halestorm and Evanescence.

[ourmondobongo]

Heyo! I'm the anon who started to ship LH in the most random way. All this started bc of the pandemic and tiktok lol. My friend loves SnK and she send me lots of Levi tiktoks and roamin around that app I found some Hange edits and I was like? WHY NOBODY TOLD ME SHE EXISTED? I swear Cupid shoot me straight to my heart. So, I started watching youtube compilations about Hange mostly and later I saw some video about Levi and Hange interactions and I oop? I was so fond of their dynamic (1)

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(3) so, later I found the forest panel and I think that's when I totally saw them as something more than platonic...Why would you blush after someone heard you ranting? My logic was because you didn't want that person to hear, but they seemed pretty close right? So, why so shy? I think Hange was so vulnerable and expressed one of their deepest desires there. Later, I found some fanfics about them and I was like? I love them so much? I need to look for more interactions. (thisissolong sorry +)

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(5) as you can guess I'm very chatty and my head is a mess haha. I said I started to ship LH in a random way, because I fell in love with Hange's character first, later I found this youtube video with their interactions and along the way I wanted to adopt Levi so much? And the funniest part I only know about snk story with tumblr, spoilers and metas I've read. I plan to watch the whole series this summer and plan to read the manga someday. I hope you still here around and we can discuss :)

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and the eyepatch. At that moment I swear some cupid saw me and shot me right across my heart. Later, I started to watch youtube videos about Hange and I found she was a scientist and that made me love her 100x times more, since I love characters that are smart and related to the stem field, also she was hilarious and badass, and idk she had a lot of attributes who made me feel she would a really good friend irl. At that moment, I swear I started a hyperfixation around Hange since I rant (2)

a lot about her to my friend haha and my friend was so sweet haha she said she was glad that around all the SnK characters the one that caught my eye was Hange. Later, some girl in tik tok rated some Hange ships and one of the ships with the highest rank was Levihan and Mobuhan. So..I was like, Levi??? My friend loves him and he’s quite popular… Why would she ship them? I remember that the girl gave them a 10/10 since they trust each other a lot and idk what else and the only one that (3)

surpasses them was Mobuhan hehe (the girl said they were her fav SnK ship)… so I was like, Let's see!! That’s when I discovered that Moblit was one of her closest subordinates and sadly he died but he saved her along the way and that was the way she lost her eye (Moblit, you’ll always be my hero and this ship has great fanarts ngl). Later, I searched for Levi x Hange interactions on YT and I loved it so much since they seemed really comfortable with each other...but I saw them more as friends(4)

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dynamic with Levi I had to know more about him, so I searched around the internet and his life was SO SAD. and so different from what I saw on tik tok...In that app he’s like a Christian Gray sort of guy lol or a really romantic-sensual-bad-boy-kind-of-guy and I found the real Levi so reserved, socially awkward and he had rough manners and he was a fucking beast when fighting, but at the same time he was no a bad person at heart at all. So, he was really one of a kind of a character

and the fact that he was so in sync with Hange although he wasn’t a person easy to deal with made me like the pair so much more. NOW, this is important to clarify, all I know from these characters were based on scenes from YT and people analysis. Until now I haven’t read the manga or watched the anime lol which is funny because all I know is from metas I found around the internet (Big kuddos for y’all).Well, everything was ok until this moment, but FOR SOME SPOILERS IN THE SAME APP (7)

I found out that Hange was dead! and since then I’m not okay. I’m not lying when I say that knowing she no longer existed felt like someone ripped me in half and took my heart and ate it in front of me. And I haven't even followed the manga/series since the start..but Hange was a character with so much potential and was so cool and I still can’t believe Yams killed her </3. Well with the spoiler of chapter 132, I found the famous forest scene. There’s a girl in tik tok who made a video of (8)

that scene and when I saw it I went ‘and I oop’ and I was like WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A DAMN MINUTE. Basically in that scene we have two really vulnerable Levi and Hange, Levi was severely injured and Hange was going through so much and in that helpless state Hange made that statement of leaving everything behind and just staying there together?? I went ‘and I oop’ again because Hange was blushing!! Why would she blush? Hange’s not particularly shy and the other time we saw her being more shy (9)

was when the journalists were praising the survey corps and the other time she blushed was with Eren’s titan. But Levi’s neither of them, and we know they know each other for years and he was ‘sleeping’...So of course he caught her admitting something she wouldn't say if he would’ve been awake right? And, I don’t know, I think that was a very special moment since they were both at their most vulnerable, basically at a apocalipsis and Hange was considering at their lowest just to run away (10)

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and Levi’s eyes on ch 132?? The light faded out of his eyes. So, I think LH is a ship that deserved way more than they had. Both of them deserved so much more. THIS IS SO LONG, SO SORRY. But, yeah as you can see I went from ch 132 to 129 and now 115 because I needed context from everything haha. THE LOOK ON HANGE ON CH 115?? LIKE DON’T YOU DARE TOUCHING HIM?? I went ‘and I oop’ AGAIN. Hange’s definitely a ride or die person...you can say, ‘well, she would do that to everyone’. Well yeah..(12)

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when they’re together they complement each other so well. Remember that scene when Hange went to Erwin and she left Levi alone with the 104 kids and he grabbed Historia by her collar? I think that’s an example of that. He looked pissed, probably because he knew he would be terrible at that and hange should do the talking. They were always a great duo and nobody can change my mind. I’ve been ranting so bad!! I hope this makes sense. Well, to finish this essay I just wanna say that (14)

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with my sadness and to watch beautiful LH art where they’re happy haha. I plan to read the manga and watch the anime in summer (at least in my country summer starts in December) and it would be nice to exchange opinions haha who knows? Maybe some of my views change along the way. I just know that I love Hange so much, and tumblr’s been like a safe place because I’ve seen other websites talking so many awful things about her that I prefer to omit haha and I’ve found blogs where they love Hange(16)

so much and I’m so happy for that. Also, I will always have Levihan at my heart...even though they weren’t endgame, they were (still are) so beautiful. I’m sorry, I haven’t shipped anything harder since I don’t remember when haha and I’ve found myself tearing up just by thinking of them lol. Thanks for coming to my TED talk, I’m sorry for the mess and this would be so much funnier if I could put gifs. But yeah, I think about LH 24/7 and I need help. (17)

I'm so exciteeeeeeeeeed!!!! hahahaa

I feel like I could very well connect with the excitement you have while writing this too, and I couldn't help but spent the whole reading with a huge smile in my face!!!

DISCOVERING LEVI, HANGE AND LEVIHAN IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE

I can so relate to you discovering SnK through your friend!! And I feel like you've probably hugged your friend with one of the warmest hugs you could give her after discovering Levi too hahaha

I'm glad you could find Hange and Levi and Levihan during the pandemic too! This times restricted to be confined inside house/apartment and the pressure over the risk of everyone's life is really stressful and hard to go though without positive things filling up our time and mind. Levi, Hans, and Levihan are so beautiful, so healthy, so inspiring both separately and together that I swear they are one of the top best things that could be so in growing highlight in this moments!!

And yes, yes, yes - Hange's character is seriously one of the most wholesome beautiful and badass characters of AoT!! And, ugh, I feel you in falling for her narrative! To have a (mostly seen as) female character displaying all that scientific side, and badassary, strength, bravery, pure heart, and comic/light heart/positive mood all at the same time IS REALLY UNIQUE! I think Yams really did a great thing by doing Hans like that, and I love to see that to many people (especially women), she is a great inspiration and a character we can relate to!

And, God, I totally agree that Hans definitely would be a FANTASTIC friend irl!! Can you imagine the insane amount of fun and creativity and inspiration and heartwarming moments we would get together ranting about all kinds of things we love, and want to explore, and have in common? We would pull many all-nighters for weeks throughout the years!!

ON BOARD IN HANGE'S SHIPS

Levihan and Mobuhan are really the biggest ships Hans is paired up with!! Which again, is so nice to see! Both Levi an Moblit have really great care over Hange, and they treated her with the best of their abilities and hearts until the very end! And, really, this makes me be glad Yams really did another great thing for Hans by giving her the best men around her! (Levi, Moblit, Erwin, and Onyankopon valued her character so much, and it's wholesome that before their death, Hange was sincerely deeply loved, appreciative, and cherished by them all 🤧😭)

And, yeah, Mobuhan do have their unique share of popularity and beauty!! God, there are some really amazing fanarts-!!! They really have a precious dynamic in both the manga and outside!

As for how HOT and sensual Levi is greatly seen, I don't have Instagram nor Tik Tok because I'm really almost anti-social irl lmao, but in Facebook and YT I've also seen some really hot compilations from TT!! And laughed so much when you said the "Christian Grey" reference lmaoooooo But in fact, many fics (of many ships) and fanarts involving Levi have pretty much content depicting him with his sexiest side in highlight! Then, I can imagine your big surprise knowing his heartbreaking past!

Now, seriously, you have been reading a lot of nice metas and stuff about Levi and Hans! As you really well said, Levi is one of a kind, really special, and not really the "hot takes" he is mostly presented outside the manga! I feel like we also agree with all the metas about him that clearly highlight his best traits and pure heart, and dedication, selflessness and compassion - like, Levi is really Yams best written and well layered character in Snk!

And this:

I found out that Hange was dead! and since then I’m not okay. I’m not lying when I say that knowing she no longer existed felt like someone ripped me in half and took my heart and ate it in front of me. And I haven't even followed the manga/series since the start..but Hange was a character with so much potential and was so cool and I still can’t believe Yams killed her </3

I FEEL YOU ALL THE WAY DOWN THE WELL OF TEARS!

I swear, I can fully make your words mine, and I'm sending you a late comfort hug 🤧😭

I also discovered Hans died through spoilers, and I started crying right there, and say "wft - NO!! Don't do this to me!!" Then I could hardly read the text bubbles after the first panel of Levi's face going heartbreaking!! Then I cried randomly for the rest of the day 🤣 (I'm really a crybaby!!)

Hange's death still affects me deeply because, well, by now you've seen the discussion here. But after that last AU actors illustration Yams did, I could feel less shitty about the whole AoT ending, and especially Levihan. I'm working my mind to believe they are all alive and well, and taking vacation after the TV was done!

Levihan in the forest:

I love you going "oop" hahaha

And DAMN - certainly the Forest scene was a BIG cardiac arrest for all of us Levihans!!

You said it all really well: that moment was especial for them both in so many levels! Their bond is just too much of powerful! Levi had almost died by thunderspears, Hans and him had to go down the river to survive, and Hans killed her subordinates to save him, and the level of vulnerability, urgency, protection, care and everything else there is just... UGH, my heart can't take it!

You know, putting a side the fact that they were really in danger at that time, Hans really wanted to have a peaceful life with Levi. She just wanted them both all safe, happy, and in a world in peace. My shipper side totally think that if AOT was meant to have a happy ending, Levihan would be together enjoying the true freedom they really deserved after so much shit. Damn. We just wanted them to be HAPPY 😭😭😭😭

And YEAH - in the chapter Levi is rough with Historia, we CLEARLY SAW HOW HANGE WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. She would have handle the situation better. And it's why again it's pretty clear that Yams really created Levi and Hans to complete each other in all senses. The way they balance one another, and read each other's mind and behavior, and comfort or say the right thing when they need to hear the most IS really something unique!!

They were always a great duo and nobody can change my mind - YEEEEEES, WE ARE TOGETHER IN THIS!!

Hange, LH, and Tumblr - our safe Heaven

I feel you in this too! This is the best place to find Hange lovers without stumbling over antis, Yeagerists, manga haters and whatever! There are so many incredible metas, fanarts, and Hange and LH appreciation here! I hope you can keep having fun and enjoying the best things of this crazy and quite savage fandom!

And you're definitely not alone either shipping LH so hard that you have a totally levihan heart and brainroot and it hurts 🤧🤧 I bet there are days you sleep thinking about them, and wake up thinking about them, and then a song, a TV commercial, a movie preview, a silly talk with someone, a random textbook sentence, a random bird flying by the window makes you remember or wonder more about them LOL But this is quite beautiful, you know? That a pair can stirr the best part of our imagination and emotions just by how their dynamic is really precious and cherished!! None of us will ever regret have been their stans, I think!

The final rant

You can rant how much you need!!

And if you start seeing/reading in December, it will be almost with the last part of anime! It will be a nice time, indeed! Our hearts will all bleed in sync with the part 02 again, so we definitely will be needing each other to cope a little better. I do hope to still be here around that time! It will be a pleasure and really fun to chat with you, and hear your discoveries/interpretations/insights and rants!!

When AOT ends, though, I'll probably finish this long journey for good. Because I love AOT, and Levi, and Hange, and GOD, I LOVE LEVIHAN... but staying with Hans's end is incredibly painful. TT

Thanks for presenting us your TED TALK!!

I really love seeing how people fell for LH, L, and H!! And I found it fascinating as most of the time we all love them individually then together! It's like we love them for real for who they already are, but then this colossal love and appreciation we have for them just explodes out of the stratosphere as they come together as a couple!! And you know what, when chapters 115, 126, 132, 136 and 139 are aired, I'm sure Levihan will quickly escalate as one of the most loved ships of AOT in all kinds of social media! It will be awesome to see, and read, and follow their relationship being more loved! It will certainly inspire more fan content for them too!!

See ya, my friend!!

(Ps: for the missing parts, you can send them again if you want! Then I can edit the post and add them tomorrow!)

[colour-outside-the-liness]

First of all!! Loved the MoU fic update! left you a comment on AO3 and all. 10/10 ratings haha.

Secondly, moving countries is great you should try if you ever get a chance. I've always wanted to do that and jumped in on the first opportunity I got to make that dream come true, and I recgozine how lucky I am to be able to do so. It's definitely not easy but I'd do it again if I could (in true sag fashion 😎 haha). Where would you want to live? You ever been outside the UK?

Hahaha you and I in a team would be a nightmare to play against I think. Oh come on you absolutely do not deserve people questioning your intelligence! I like to play dumb in addition to the taunting so people underestimate me, they never see it coming when I win. They never see the cheating coming either, my friends are always shocked when they find out, but I do it almost every single time! 😂 I'm competitive too but I like to play it cool especially If I lose I'll be like "it's just a game calm down yall" but if I win I'm like "in your face losers!" (very mature I know).

I love your drunken story, though does sound like it was very dangerous so I'm glad nothing bad happened to you two! Ah I love yalls nordern accent (me and everyone in this fandom 😂) haha your friend's sense of humor is golden.👌 I'm glad you enjoyed my worst drunken experience, that was the last time I did something like that, I felt bad bc my best friend had to take care of me the whole night and you're right she should've told me it was just a rock! Lucky you you didn't get a hangover the day after, I certainly regretted drinking too much that night however fun it might have been haha.

Like I said before your niece is a really cool kid haha I'm glad you have someone to talk to about Bly Manor, don't know anyone who watches the show and my friends don't like scary stuff so I have to talk to myself about it 😂 and now you! Thank you for entertaining me ;) and I only watch the parts I really like now, I'm tired of crying every time I watch the whole show haha.

Do you do random accents really badly like Dani too? 😂 it is kinda funny your mom said it like that yeah hahaha maybe she just meant the good bits? And I mean, do you think you need help? Lol

I have a sneak peek of that damie fanart here, don't think I'll ever finish it tho. I want to do a medieval AU inspired fanart. Maybe it will also inspire someone to pick up the idea and write it haha.

How's your weekend been so far? My neighbor is making me watch Grey's Anatomy season (???) 500 idk but I wish I was reading that pirate AU instead 😂

Awwh thank you so much!! I will get around to replying to the comment on AO3 tomorrow when I reply to the others I've had a very busy day today though so haven't even had chance to read any comments yet but thank you so much for giving it a 10/10!! I wanna do it as soon as I get chance but I know it's gonna be hard and that I am gonna need a bit more money behind me first but I definitely wanna do it when I can... yeah I've been out of the UK twice- one time I went to France for the weekend when I was doing my A Levels and was like 17 the college I was studying at took some of the art kids and since I was doing a photography A Level I got to go and then a couple of years ago I went to LA for a few weeks which was great but I've never been out of the UK for longer than that!! A nightmare for everyone else but it would be hilarious for us I just know it would haha... I sometimes do I have said some dumb things, I actually used one of my dumber moments as a funny little story in one of my fics- people still laugh at me now for what I said and it's been 10 years... my roommate will not let me live it down!! See surprising people that way is always brilliant like when people just expect you to lose and then you win? That's the best kind of win in my eyes!! I don't cheat at games I am just ridiculously competitive and can't stand losing unless it's something like a video game I am okay with losing those but board games I can't stand losing and I am also a terrible winner my roommate won't play games with me anymore!! I can't say anything about anyone being that kind of a winner because I know I am and one of my sister's is terrible too we literally make a song and dance over winning Oh it was so dangerous and we were so dumb to do it like anything could've happened and we both sit and look back at that and go "man we were dumb" but I also sit and go "oh my god she's gonna be a mum in like 4 months" because we've done some crazy / stupid stuff!! My roommate is without a doubt one of the funniest people I have ever met and she's not afraid to tell it how it is... I'll admit because I have a Northern accent Jamie is like the only character on Bly Manor to not have an accent to me so when I hear people talking about her accent I'm always a little like "what?" Because to me that's just how people talk around here haha I did enjoy your drunken story and honestly we've all been there I have had to be taken care of on more than one occasion for being too drunk like to the point of people having to help me into my pyjamas and everything I've been in some bad ways haha!! She should've definitely told you it was just a rock and not a turtle!! Yeah I've only had one hangover and that was after a night of drinking where I blacked out and don't remember any of the night!! Yeah the night of the drinking is always fun- the hangover isn't though and often makes you wonder if it was worth it haha She's so cool like genuinely just a cool and funny kid and she just asks all the questions about shows she's watched so with me its Bly Manor with her mum and dad it's Stranger Things she asked me about it once but I had to tell her I'd never watched it she didn't seem impressed but yeah I'll talk to her about Bly Manor any day of the week- and you too now honestly I will talk about it to anyone that will listen... I can't not watch it all if I watch it because there's just so much about it that I love even if it makes me cry... episodes 4,6, and 8 are my favourites though and are probably the ones I have watched the most!! Yeah I do random accents all the time and they're always terrible but I always find myself really funny- I had this friend at Uni that had a slight southern English accent because he had spent most of his childhood there before moving up north and he still said certain words in a southern accent and I used to do his accent all the time but it was always terrible!! Oh yeah my mum is pretty blunt with stuff like she'll say things sometimes without thinking about how it sounds that or she just doesn't care like she's said

somethings haha I am sure she did mean the Dani thing in a nice way though because she said she liked her- Dani and Owen were her favourites and I mean some help for me wouldn't be a terrible thing I'll admit haha That fan art is incredible!! Like seriously amazing!! I would love to see some medieval fan art for Damie!! I have been sent a few medieval prompts for Damie and I have started writing some of them but it's taking time to actually get full chapters together but once I have and once I have more time from wrapping up other WIPs I'll make a start on editing and uploading those because medieval stuff is always great!! It's been good thank so far today I went to a little beach town with my mum, 2 of my sisters their partners and two of my nieces (my cool niece was one of them… not that my other niece isn’t cool but you know what I mean) and me, my two brother in laws, and my nieces all played a game of crazy golf while my mum and sisters went to a cafe and had cups of tea... they didn't wanna play with us but we still had fun while we played (I came second which I was very happy with)!! I hope you enjoy Grey's Anatomy and that you get chance to read the pirate AU soon!! It's soo good!! ☺️

[dejayoonw]

the most  |  taeyoonseok

part five: runaway

word count: 4k

song rec: runaway by eric nam

taglist: @purelyecstacy @joonies-babyy @soulstaes @vantaescupid

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"Good morning, guys." you said groggily to the camera, rubbing your eyes to rid them of the sleep resting in the inner corners.

"Today I have plans with Hoseok, I mean Jhope from my last vlog. I think we’ve decided to go to a theme park since it's supposed to be really nice outside and I haven't been in so long. He says he hates rides but maybe we can get him on a few." you laugh remembering the conversation you had trying to convince him to promise to ride at least one ride at the park.

Over the last week you'd been texting Hoseok nonstop and even had a few late night phone calls. You couldn't lie and say you weren't excited for this date even if you were nervous and a bit confused. Hoseok turned out to be even sweeter than you thought, if that were possible. You’d really started to like him and that worried you, because your feelings for Taehyung had not changed.

You explained more about your plans for the day and that Jungkook was sitting this video out but would still be editing while you got ready, doing your hair and makeup in front of the camera. You let your viewers 'help' you pick out an outfit and ended the first clip when you finished cooking your breakfast.

"You know for someone who isn't sure if they even like the guy they're going on a date with you sure do look nice." Jin commented, helping himself to some of the fruit on your plate. You rolled your eyes at his remark. Since you and Hoseok had been getting along so well all week Jin had been teasing you any chance he got, you knew he did it out of love and was more than likely just trying to make you more comfortable.

"You're hilarious Jin and as much as I'd love for you to share your wit with the world I do like Hoseok so when he gets here if you'd please not do anything to embarrass me I would really appreciate it."

"Hey! Me? Embarrassing? I can't believe you'd accuse me of such a thing. I'm hurt, Yn, truly." Jin never failed to make you laugh and even though you were partly serious you let it go, knowing while he loved to mess with you he'd never do anything to really mess something up for you. Jin was one of the best friends you'd had since moving to Seoul. While Tae was surely your best friend, you were grateful you got the opportunity to move and meet new people, even more so that Tae came with you even if he did go on his adventures from time to time.

Thinking of Tae sparked a feeling of guilt in the pit of your stomach that you'd had since Hoseok asked you on this date. You weren't sure why you felt that way but it was hard to ignore, even though Hoseok was proving to be a pretty good distraction. Maybe the guilt wasn't because you were betraying Tae but because deep down you felt like you were leading Hoseok on. You couldn't ever see yourself not having feelings for Taehyung, you couldn't even remember a time when you hadn't.

You still had every intention of being honest with Hoseok and that scared you a lot because truthfully you had gotten attached to him in a way you didn't expect. He was funny and sweet and you couldn't deny how attractive he was not to mention he actually liked you. Yet still in the back of your mind Taehyung consumed your thoughts. All week he'd been acting weird, being shorter in his replies when Hoseok was brought up, not being as supportive of the date as the rest of your friends, things that had you second guessing whether or not he could possibly reciprocate your feelings but then the memory from all those years ago would come rushing back and you wrote off any of those stupid thoughts as a figment of your imagination, or him being worried as a friend.

"Stop overthinking. You're going to have a good time today with someone new. Focus on that and don't stress about it, you'll get wrinkles." Jin said, pulling you from your thoughts. You smiled softly at him, nodding once and deciding to actually take his advice.

-

"Hoseok and I are on our way to the uber now and I'm starting to feel a little bad guys, he seems so scared." you moved so that the camera was on both you and Hoseok, showing your viewers the unamused expression Hoseok had been sporting since Jin told your date about all the rides you'd forced him on in the past.

"Don't overreact." he said, the look in his eyes going against the words he was saying. It was obvious he was scared but he wouldn't back out or ask to go somewhere else. You had already wondered if you should ask to change the location yourself and seeing the way his face fell the second the camera was off him was all the convincing you needed.

"You know I had a dream last night about that arcade that we went to for Jeongguk’s birthday last year, that place was so fun and I haven't been since." you said to the camera so your intentions wouldn't be so obvious. "Actually I'd really love to smoke Hoseok at DDR one day."

"Impossible, have you seen my moves?" he fired back making you laugh.

"I'm notoriously amazing at DDR though, I even beat Jin and that like, never happens." you paused to look over at him to find him already smiling down at you. In that moment you felt your heartbeat quicken at how close you two were, for some reason it hadn't really clicked that you were actually on a date until that moment. "Can we go there instead Hoseokie, please." you gave him your best puppy dog eyes to hide the fact that in all honesty you'd rather be outside today, but for some reason you didn't want to ever see him look so scared ever again.

"Is that really what you want to do?" he asked, eyes narrowed, seemingly knowing what you were up to but being too happy about the change of plans to want to argue. Not to mention what hearing you say his name in that tone was doing to him, he could actually feel a piece of his heart soften so much that it had fallen off into his ass. You nodded, still looking up at him with the cutest expression and he of course agreed. It wouldn't have mattered if you said you wanted to murder every firstborn male in Seoul because Hoseok would've agreed to anything you said.

When you got into the Uber Hoseok told the driver about the change in location and you filmed the two of you talking about the games you were going to play and who would win what. Joking with him came so naturally that you'd forgotten this was a first date and not a fiftieth. You were surprised at how comfortable you were the moment he walked through the door of your apartment and even got a little giddy seeing how well he got along with Seokjin.

-

You zoomed in on Hoseok at the front counter, purchasing your tokens then laughed when he turned around with four full cups, almost dropping them all when he nearly ran over a random child. He made his way to you with a blush on his face from the incident, your laughter calming him a bit. The two of you had already decided to start with DDR, both eager to try and destroy the other.

"What song are you going to do?" you asked, filming Hoseok in all his determined glory. He was careful to pick a song he thought would be easy and you'd both agreed to play on the hardest level. "Ooh house music that's going to be hard." you teased laughing at the glare he quickly shot you before his round began.

"Ah! This is hard!" he looked genuinely shocked at the difficulty of the game and you almost couldn't even hold the camera still with how much you were laughing.

"Try using your hands!" you told him, all but doubling over when he crouched down, smacking the squares to the beat of the song. He did start to get a bit better when he was using his hands but it was clear that the song he'd chosen was not a good one. Once it was your turn you passed the camera over to him and tried to ignore the butterflies knowing he didn't care so much about you vlogging your first date.

You'd both agreed not to specify to either of your viewers that this was in fact a date since neither of you knew where it would lead. When you thought about dating, which was rare since you really only thought of Tae, you always hoped you'd find someone that wasn't offended or intimidated by your lifestyle. Hoseok was far from either of those, in fact he seemed to enjoy it, making jokes and even helping you out with angles since you weren't exactly the best at that aspect of it hence the reason you had Jungkook.

"I'd just like to say I'm sorry in advance for how badly I'm about to beat you." you jokingly told him before pressing start on the game. You'd chosen the song you always had, in fact you knew it so well you'd practically memorized the steps.

"You said you hadn't been since Guk's birthday!" Hoseok complained, shocked by how good you were at the game. Sure you'd warned him, but he thought it was mostly just for the camera. While his ego was a tad bruised he couldn't ignore the way his heart fluttered watching you have such a good time. You finished with a score considerably higher than his and an adorable bow, standing up straight with a smile beautiful enough to make his heart skip a beat. He barely had time to recover when your hand grabbed his, dragging him to the racing games.

After a long discussion of whether you should do three rounds or one on the racing game Hoseok finally gave in and agreed to three, you sucked at the game but unfortunately you also sucked when it came to losing anything. Even though you'd somehow passed him during the second round you still lost that game in the end, Hoseok was a lot better at this game than he'd let on and you playfully accused him of hustling you regardless of the fact that there wasn't even money involved.

"I think we need to do something to tone down the competitivness in this vlog," you glanced around for something you knew you'd be able to just have fun with when you remembered the karaoke room they had. "Karaoke! That's perfect!"

"I'm down, but fair warning, my best friend is a professional producer and rapper, shoutout to AgustD." Hobi shamelessly promoting his friend on your channel was something you never thought would happen but you couldn't be mad, he was too cute.

"No way, you’re friends with him? Taehyungie loves him." you'd done well not thinking about him throughout the date, but it was only a matter of time.

"Ah he's the travel vlogger you're friends with right?" you smiled, happy that Hoseok knew of your best friend. Taehyungs only dream growing up was to travel the world and that's exactly what he's doing, and he's able to make a living doing it. Hearing that people know him just for doing something that he loves never fails to make you happy.

"Yeah, he's my best friend. I've known him since we were seven." it was hard to avoid the places your mind always wanted to go when Taehyung was mentioned but out of respect for Hoseok you were doing your best. You wanted to be honest about your feelings but you weren't sure when the right time would be. The car ride wouldn't have been right since you took an uber and you weren't alone. It was then you realized the two of you were alone in the karaoke room.

"That's great that you guys are still so close! It must be so cool being friends with someone for that long. Does he live with you and Jin?" you turned your camera off, turning all your attention to the conversation.

"Yeah, actually he and I moved here right out of school and met Jin through an add. Jin was accepting two roommates and we were the first and only ones he interviewed." you weren't sure how you were going to bring up your feelings for Tae, but you wanted it to come naturally.

"Well I hope I can meet him soon, I can introduce him to Yoongi too if he wants." you couldn't help but brighten up at the idea of Tae meeting someone he loved so much. You recalled the countless hours your best friend had kept you up making you listen to new songs by his favorite rapper on soundcloud.

"He would absolutely love that! You have no idea how much he loves his music I swear he never shuts up about it."

"This is going to sound so cheesy but hearing that he has such dedicated fans makes me so happy, like they're not my achievements but I'm almost more excited about his than I am my own." the more he spoke the more you realized just how similar the two of you were.

"Okay but no lie that is exactly how I felt earlier when you knew who Tae was." you confessed. you wondered if Hoseok had ever felt anything for Yoongi before, or if they were just really close. Either way it was clear that he cared about him.

"Wow, we're such good friends. They're so lucky to have us." you laughed at his jokes and agreed. Building up as much courage as you could you decided to finally spill your secrets and hoped that he wouldn't be angry with you.

“I've never felt as happy as when I'm with Taehyung, even just thinking about him puts me in such a good mood and it kind of makes everything confusing and difficult for me. I know this isn't really great first date etiquette but I'm actually so in love with him." you paused to let him take it all in. It was clear that you had caught him off guard but he didn't seem angry, at least not yet. Deep down you knew that he wouldn't be mean to you even if he was upset about it you could tell it wasn't in his nature to be mean. "I guess I just, I don't know I wanted to be honest with you because I really don't want to hurt you. You're such a great guy and honestly I really do like you so much, I just also happen to have some feelings for Tae."

"Wow." he took a breath keeping his eyes locked on the floor. There was no way he was going to be okay with it. He might still be your friend but no one in their right mind would take this kind of baggage on. "I'll be honest I wasn't really expecting that."

"I know, I'm really sorry that I didn't just tell you to begin with but I just, nothing is ever going to happen with Taehyung and I, I mean he doesn't feel that way about me."

"How? I don't mean that in a fuckboy 'ohmygod how has he not fallen for you if I was him I would've jumped at the chance' but how the fuck has he not fallen for you if I was him I would've jumped at the chance." you laughed lightly, earning a cute smile from him. His happy personality and teasing tendencies helped to lighten the conversation in a way that you were so thankful for.

"He just doesn't see me that way. We're best friends, we're not supposed to fall for each other. He's seen me at my absolute lowest, ugliest point, if there was any chance before then it would've been ruined after that." you tried not to dwell on the painful memory, quickly moving on from all the reasons Tae would never want you. "I want to try this, I want to move on from him and fall for someone that can love me just as much. But the last thing I want is to hurt you, so if you don't want to be involved in this I completely understand. Regardless I really hope that we can be friends because I wasn't lying when I said I liked you."

"Let's do it." you blinked dumbly at him not sure if you'd heard him correctly. there was no possible way he had already made up his mind and it wasn't to tell you to fuck off.

"Wait, what?" he smiled at you chuckling lightly.

"Let's try this. We don't have to put any labels on it yet, I like you, you like me, we can leave it at that for now until you're ready for more. I'm willing to wait."

"I half expected you to laugh in my face and walk out." you told him honestly. Even now you couldn't believe that he was serious, you just knew he would call you later on and tell you never mind or that it was all one big joke.

"You were honest and upfront with me and I respect that a lot. It just proves that you're even better than I thought you were." he told you. You weren't sure what to say anymore, you'd had a great date so far and somehow not even confessing your love for someone else had ruined it.

-

“This has been so much fun, I’m not ready to go home yet.” you whined, hanging onto Hoseok’s arm while the two of you walked along the sidewalk together.

“Well we could go watch a movie at mine, but Yoongi and Jimin are there having dinner because Yoongi lost a bet.” Hoseok said. “Oh wait, I know this place close to yours actually, it’s a bar that me and the guys go to sometimes, do you want to go get a few drinks before we call it a night?”

“That sounds great, let’s go.” you said, taking his hand in yours. The walk to the bar wasn’t far and the two of you spent the majority of it just gazing at the stars and the lights around you. It was nice, being with Hoseok. You felt safe with him, like you could fully open yourself up to him even though you’d only known him a short while.

Once at the bar the two of you ordered your drinks and talked about your lives, your ambitions and your past. You learned that he had always dreamed of being a dancer. He’d started out as a street dancer when he met Jimin at an event, the two had really hit it off & from then on they built their company together. It was really nice hearing Hoseok talk about his passions. You only wished you had something like that. You’d never really found anything you loved that way.

It started getting late and Jin had texted you a few times to see how it was going so the two of you decided to let the date end there. You were both thoroughly buzzed when you did decide to leave so Hoseok offered to walk you the short distance to your apartment before calling himself an uber.

“That song they were playing at the bar was so good, I can’t get it out of my head.” You said before running out into the empty road, screaming the lyrics to runaway by Eric Nam.

“Yn! Get out of the road you’re going to get hit!” Hoseok said, although his laughter made it hard to believe he was serious. Even he could see that it was far too late for this road to be very busy.

“Come dance with me, isn’t that your job?” you said, continuing your little song, starting to spin in circles and dance like you were insane. Hoseok watched you for a minute from the sidewalk, thinking you were the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen before joining you.

It may not have been what he expected, but this had been the best date of Hoseok’s life. It almost scared him just how much he liked you already. He’d only been in love once before and it had been messy, but that was a story for another time. Right now he was happy, happy with you. 

[redxblueihateloveyou]

Hi, it' me again (coming back and forth just to talk about AkaKuro lol). Tumblr hides your response again, and I dunno what to say at this point X.X Anyway, I dunno what it is like in Russia, but in my country, the AkaKuro fandom is still alive. People still write fanfic and translate stories and doujinshi so it is quite nice XD Your AkaKuro video is very popular among us btw. Thank you for making such wonderful edit XD

Hey, my sweet akakuro anon;) hehe I’m gonna answer in parts:) in Russia I know couple of Akakuro people who are still alive haha but mostly it’s just me haha I’m so happy you liked the video and OMFG I still can’t believe it hot over 600K FUCKING VIEWS and 34K likes! asdfhgfdsasdnfd I haven’t gotten such amazing feddback in a while. I’m also really happy that bc of the vid I’ve hooked up many new people on them hehe yes

Someone thinks that Kuroko doesn’t notice Momoi’s crush????!!!! LMAO you kidding me! Of course he knows, that’s just what you do, when you don’t want to encourage this, plus they showed his real feelings through the Nigou lmao More than that, he definitely knows about the fact that Momoi is oblivious to her real feelings for Aomine and vice versa.

Haha Kuroko and Kise are so much alike tbh, they’re both sneaky AF, but the difference is that one pretends to be stupid/easy going and another one pretends to be innocent. Both hiding behind the masks, but both know that the other one is dangerous haha they’re probably my 2nd fav dynamic in KNB, it’s just hilarious to watch them pretending to be clueless lmao

I’m 100% sure that Akashi is well aware of all Kuroko’s manipulations, he just likes to watch him play. I mean, I think that’s exactly the reason why he’s so infatuated with his since the beginning. Bc he’s basically the only one, who can “mess up his shogi board” haha *wink wink*

To me Bokushi is actually the least scary part of Akashi, since he’s the most vulnerable one. And he’s like always offended lmao He’s basically just a book with a super scary cover, but inside there’s a romance novel xD I mean, in all seriousness, as soon as they switched and Oreshi came in play, have you seen what he did??! 

Kuroko is also scarier, because Akashi’s “manipulations” are coming from his super intellect as he searches for the right tactics to win, cause you can’t do it without outsmarting your opponent, Kuroko on the other hand reminds me of a kitsune, bc he likes to trick people into doing what he needs, but he’s also making them think that it’s what they want. And he takes different forms for each one of them. I mean, depending on his needs, he can act like a complete gentleman or be a complete asshole or pretend to be sorry and make puppy eyes, and hell, and I’m pretty sure he pretends being physically weak at times too.

But I find all of this hilarious, too, especially when he loves to see ppl suffer cause it’s funny lol Like do you think that was an accident when he put himself his own curry, while everyone else were eating the ones that Riko served them? HA HA NO

And the one who can fully read him is the mister emperor and the funniest of all this is that he actually encourages such behavior lmao he’s always like “yes, kuroko is allowed to do anything he wants”, “kuroko? Idk what you’re talking about, he’s an angel!” lol

Like remember when they were “looking at pictures” and said that they can’t wait to play with each other again and Kuroko smiles and squints at Akashi. It’s like he knows, that he knows what he knows xD And they do it all the time. About Akashi’s personalities,considering the fact that Kuroko immediately noticed “whole” Akashi during the fucking game, I’m honestly scared lol 

Yeah, also GOM listens to Akashi bc they respect him and intimidated by him. But Kuroko has the whole GOM o the palm of his hand for a entirely different reason.

Yup, same, I dont think anyone else could’ve handled them honestly, that’s why I think they’re so perfect for one another, besides the fact that they’re both each other’s weaknesses and strengths. I mean not only they see each other for who they are, they openly admitted that they like each other the way they are. So I hope, they keep doing what they’re doing and be happy, since they make each other so happy haha 

And I still think it’s the sweetest how Akashi can make Kuroko so jealous, because it’s so unlike Tetsuya to lose his face like that. Not to mention Kuroko’s speech. Like FUCK “I've wanted to say this to you for a while now, but I never had a chance. This goes beyond happiness and the person who’s the cause of all this is before me, it’s all thanks to you, Akashi-kun.” Not only this sounds like a wedding vow (lmao), but just in all seriousness coming from a person like Kuroko it’s worth a lot. He’s so prideful. 

Akashi santa? It was a comic in a Jump! magazine:)

P.S. that’s so nice to talk to someone, who sees characters for who they are, not like “kuroko is so cute and seirin is the most imporant to him and just friendship and unicorns” lmao 

[spicemommy]

reddie fic recs

no particular order

Men of Fall by kaboomslang - Rated E - 7K

Do you remember? He watches his own hand slide closer along the armrest. Do memories transfer by touch, in this fucked up magic town? Remember, Richie, please, and tell me I wasn’t imagining things.

Bright as yellow by speakslow - Rated E - 120K

“ ‘Remember that hot guy I couldn’t stop turning around to stare at while watching the movie? Y’know, the one I stalked? He’s being hilarious in my math class full of nerds.’ You honestly think that’s my fault, Eds?”

Eddie felt his cheeks heating up, because Richie was right about all of it. Well, most of it. “My name is Eddie, not Eds. And I didn’t stal–”

“Nice to meet you, Eddie. See, isn’t that better? Eddie and Richie, Richie and Eddie. R plus E. It has a nice ring to it.”

wonder violet by belby - Rated M - 74K

"Right." Eddie's not sure what to think. "Well, thanks, for sticking up for me." Eddie's also not sure if he means that, but it feels like something he should say.

"Yeah, 'course," Richie replies. "You're my sister's best friend."

heaven isn’t too far away by reddieforlove - Rated E - 14K

Eddie has a problem. To fix it, he goes to extreme measures and calls a phone sex hotline. Little does he know that the person who he matches up with will change everything.

Let’s Hear it For the Boy by sloppybitch - Rated E - 9K

Eddie’s just trying to see if he’s not alone when he downloads Grindr on his phone. It’s by pure, terrifying coincidence that one of the first messages he receives on there is from none other than Richie freaking Tozier.

Long story short:

trashmouth;) (11:03PM): oh me, oh my. fancy seeing u here

Eddie (11:33PM): holy FUCKING SHIT.

AND

Let’s Give the Boy a Hand by sloppybitch - Rated E - 24K

After finding each other on Grindr and sharing a couple of saucy texts and a phone call that would make a nun faint, Richie and Eddie find each other in the clubhouse, and they... talk. Sure, they talk. Let’s call it talking.

Beverly, meanwhile, discovers that none of the Losers have ever gotten drunk, and what’s being a teenager without breaking a few drinking laws? Ben has a free house, and Eddie has never been more afraid of a game of Truth or Dare in his entire fucking life.

AND

Let’s Hear It For My Man! by sloppybitch - Rated E - 47K

Eddie has never been in a relationship before Richie, and boy, is he paying for it. He's never been so worked up before; hormones high and flying ever since he'd had his first taste of him - he can't stop.

When Richie mumbles a warm, deep-rooted wish into Eddie's ear on the night of their one month anniversary, there's little else that Eddie can think about. Mind and body consumed by his boyfriend, Eddie formulates a plan: do everything in his power to make their first time as perfect as possible.

He wants Richie to fuck him.

He wants Richie to make love to him.

Fuck. He loves him. Fuck.

The Power of Sexting by piginawig - Rated E - 4K

Richie accidentally sends Eddie a shirtless picture. Things escalate from there.

Or, Richie and Eddie play Gay Chicken: Sexting Edition.

you’re allowed to own a sex toy (you’re even allowed to use it) by cloudassless- Rated E - 8K

Arms laden with candy, Eddie takes the stairs two at a time, balancing his precious cargo. He elbows the bedroom door out of his way and starts to say, "We don't even have 3 Musketeers, you picky asshole," but the words fizzle and die on his lips when he enters his room.

Richie is sitting cross-legged with his back against the headboard, nodding his head distractedly to the beat of the music. His glasses are pushed up on the top of his head, and his long, pale fingers are spinning Eddie's vibrator like it's a twirling baton.

fellas, is it gay to jack a bro off? by didsw - Rated E - 10K

They’ve skipped class to do this. This; meaning the two of them sneaking off from fourth period to blow each other behind the school, down near where the property ends and the grass starts to run high.

It didn’t start off so crass, with Richie’s pants hoisted around his waist and his head thumping against the brick of the school. He’s completely out in the open and shivering because he left his windbreaker in his locker, warm only where Eddie’s hand and Eddie’s mouth is on him, fuck. It’s completely ridiculous. Absurd. Insane. And now, apparently, it’s the new normal.

Or: Eddie and Richie are Totally Straight FWBs

Third Time’s the Charm by Mackintosh14 - Rated E - 17K

Eddie squeezed his hand, not knowing what to say. Somehow, knowing that it was temporary amnesia made him feel a lot better. The other man squeezed back, and smiled, but it was a complicated smile. It looked like it hurt.

"You . . ." said Eddie, taking a stab at who the man must be. "Are you my . . . boyfriend?"

The man froze, then scoffed, looking at him with saucer-wide eyes.

(In other words, Eddie wakes up in a hospital just outside of Derry with no memory of who he is or what happened to him.)

Things That Happen After Eddie Lives by IfItHollers - Rated E - 107K

In a world where Richie manages to save Eddie from It after the deadlights, they still have problems on their to-do list. Featuring everything from Derry to Los Angeles—Richie Tozier's murder trial, Eddie Kaspbrak's divorce proceedings, bedsharing of the platonic and non-platonic varieties, an investigation of magic, a truly disgusting séance, the quintessential morosexual road trip, and OH MY GOD THEY WERE ROOMMATES.

Zero Characters Left by stellarbisexual - Rated E - 44K

Eddie works in social media at a tech start-up in Boston, and Richie's been hired to do some video production for the company.

Characters are aged-up to their late twenties, and this takes place in 2017.

Fall Away From Me (I Just Can’t Take It) by The_lazy_eye - Rated E - 19K

It’s okay, though, Eddie tells himself. It’s all fine. This is part of their arrangement. This is a casual thing they have going. It’s his own stupid fault for catching feelings for someone he agreed to casually fuck. Especially when that person is his best friend from childhood.

Stay for the Storm by inoubliable - Rated E - 20K

“Richie and Eddie had become friends almost on sight. Since they met, most of Eddie's time in Los Angeles has involved Richie in some way.

It's a little different, now that they're both famous.

It's a little different, now that they're sleeping together.

Well, to be fair, they've been sleeping together for a long time, but. No one knows, not even their friends. Eddie has been very careful about that. It's just not the sort of publicity he needs.

So when Beverly calls him that sunny Thursday morning, the last thing he expects her to say is, "You're fucking Richie?”

Havana by chucknovak - Rated E - 32K

Eddie Kaspbrak, a senior in college, lives a closeted life. That life, however, is challenged when he meets Richie Tozier on spring break.

Leftovers by sloppybitch - Rated M - 5K

“It’s hard to stay away from him when it’s the only thing that keeps him stable.

Everybody seems to have settled back into life so easily. Ben and Beverly are sharing a room now, did you know? Mike’s already booked his flights to Florida and Bill’s catching the bus to the airport at noon tomorrow.

Richie’s just floating now, tour postponed and agent fucking pissed at him — and floating? Probably not the best word to use right now, but fuck you, is what Richie says to that, he’s reclaiming it. That’s right, Richie’s reclaiming the word floating like it’s the word queer or something, and fuck you, he can say that too.”

Richie can’t forget what he saw in the deadlights, and the echo of Eddie’s potential dying words only seems to quieten whenever Richie’s as close to him as possible.

[steve0discusses]

The Full Metal Alchemist Live Action Movie Part 8: Watch This Episode Covered in Butts be the Only One Not Flagged by Tumblr

Gonna be risky business and not only upload all of these caps the way I screenshot them--which has just SO MANY poorly CGI’d butts but also gonna do it on the Tumblr Drafts folder, which I have been assured works now.

I’m so worried about so many things, but considering all the fears I have about like...everything else in the world right now...I guess I’ll take a risk on tumblr.

Edit: I cannot believe that I had 8ish episodes of Kaiba’s tall dueling tower get flagged but not this movie. I just....wow I cannot.

So anyway, last we left off, General Hakuro stepped in and was like “Hi guys, you like my wily plans that no one in their right mind would have ever guessed???”

Yo remember this part of the anime? Where the bodies drop from the ceiling and it’s a hunk out of the final arc--it’s here. In this movie. This movie that can’t possibly afford to do that. Lets get some CGI animated bodies in here ASAP.

(see some texture regrets under the cut)

It’s like a Monet, as the Mean Girls say, because far away and shrinked to 500 pixels this looks kinda neat. They sort of look more like those slime ball that grow in the back of your throat rather than human bodies, but they still look pretty gross hanging up there.

But then.....we zoom in. Remember again that this was full screen on my computer, and at one point was on a freakin movie screen. This level of 3d...was on a movie theater screen.

The mind boggles. The mind boggles!

Like as you know, I am an artist, and I’ve dabbled in...basically everything in my pursuit to make a dollar...and I have taken about 2 years of classes in 3D art with Maya and all those. I’m not thaaat great at it--I’m much more an illustrator/painter--but I feel like I have that reference point. Can I just say--the model is...fine...you can do a lot with layers of bump maps so you don’t need a truly detailed model (not like they did that, because they didn’t do that, but I can figure that maybe they had an intention to do that and forgot?)

But, there’s no connection of the wires to bodies. They just kinda float? The bodies are also all the same shiny-ness? To the point that it looks like a copy paste? (I don’t think it is, the wires are slightly different on a few of them) There’s just not much in the way of a texture map or a bump map. It just...there’s also something missing from the skin.

Skin is actually kind of rough to render, so when I did it back in the day, I followed like a checklist to make sure I had all the layers and steps to make someone look...clammy. Some things are kinda translucent, they reflect light a different way...especially white skin like this wouldn’t be just...white like putty. Dunno if you ever saw a white person, but we got so many veins...there was so much potential to make something really gross and fleshy.

Instead we got silly putty. It’s fine. I’m fine.

So General Hakuro decides to just...kill everyone right now.

This makes no sense to me.

That means that the whole thing of Lust killing Hughes was completely unrelated to General Hakuro. All Hakuro needed was Shou Tucker, who has been in prison for...I assume months since Ed shipped him off. And Shou was only released today? Just now? Just now when Hughes was shot?

So this all just happened at the same time by accident?

I mean the General sent us to the wrong lab initially, so he didn’t actually want us to be here, and now that we are here, he’s going to set off an entire army as a reaction to three people walking in and going “oops”?

So, lets get a look at our army.

Oh it was so disappointing, this reveal. Not just the eyeball that has a bounce light coming from below the top lip there (how did that even happen???) but also when it opened it’s mouth, it had a flat animation of skin breaking--it wasn’t actually rendered 3d skin, it was like a jpg wrapped around it or something (or at least that was the illusion I got. That is fine for a video game or a TV show, but this is a movie. This is shot so that it can be displayed in a size bigger than your own house.

What happened to the animation team on this one? Not saying I can do better, cuz no, I can’t, that 3d chapter in my life was a while back, but I’m just one guy. This was an entire animation studio and they just...didn’t render 3d face ripping (which is their entire job, to work in 3d) and then they kinda just turned on the stock physics dynamics and dropped em instead of animating them.

The way they fell was like fish from a bucket--the same amount of speed, too. they all ragdolled like a 3D shooter, their rigs just hanging on for dear life (and yes, you could see the deforming happen on the joints of these models.) I’m fine with having a computer program render something out with a physics engine...but there is a balance.

You do have to still go in there and finangle it back because...real life is hella stupid. Real physics? So stupid. It was hilarious how nonthreatening it was, too because they’re like...the size of shrimps in that zoom out image. The scale is just so wild!

It was like one bored guy in a sound booth and they multiplied his voice three times. Golden. Absolutely golden.

So these guys stride over, all of them with the same amount of speed (leading me to think it was probably a recorded walk cycle they all share with slight alterations between all of em) and they kinda just...pile on eachother in a weird way.

I will give them this: I was happy to see something that wasn’t physics or procedural. They mo-capped and animated that part for sure. It had the touch of an artist’s hand. It was also a very funny way for Hakuro to die because this guy was on screen for like 5 minutes, and maybe 7 minutes of this whole movie.

Youknow...I think it really says a lot about your nude 3d models if they’re not disturbingly human enough to trigger the tumblr filter, youknow?

Anyway, Envy looks on.

And then Gluttony saves the city.

Meanwhile, they decide to bust out the fire effects and Mustang becomes the most useful person in this entire movie. Like honestly this movie was poorly named, because it should have just been “Mustang saves the FullMetal Alchemist’s Entire Ass.”

The next part seems like I forgot a cap, or maybe missed something. I swear to you, I did not.

First off, Al becomes fullmetal and makes this happen without an alchemy circle. The show doesn’t really care to talk about that though, it’s just a thing he can do now, and you’d only notice it if you were writing a Tumblr post about it.

I swear to you, Winry is just inside of Al and there is no explanation.

There is no explanation for this.

She was on the couch...why is she not on the couch? What?

And then when you think they might have a moment, Ed’s like.

Damn.

For reals what the hell was that entire scene except for a way for Ed to get his arm stitched back on in like 2 minutes?

Outside, Envy and Lust are just strolling around the back-alley of this red brick building we have seen used for this entire movie.

And like...it’s so funny to me because they weren’t trying to run or hide. It makes complete sense why they got shot. This is what happens when you just...walk away when the whole military guard wants to kill you.

Now lets go see how Hawkeye is faring.

Luckily, all of the ambling bodies have decided to walk slowly through this one weird grass section between extremely long buildings.

And Hawkeye tells everyone “You have to shoot their heads off” and I want you to look at that scene and tell me how many of those bodies still have heads.

Oh, all of them. Don’t worry about it.

Kinda hard to see, but Ed shows up to give Mustang a hand, which was fully unnecessary but we’ll get to that in a bit.

This movie is such a gem.

Ed goes big brain and realizes that Envy is still burned up, and thus is about to pass on.

And whatever, I’ll take it. It’s not like the movie has told us that they are made out of 1000000 lives, for all we know, in the movie universe, they really are only 4 lives. Like half a cat. Maybe Father only killed half a cat instead of an entire city.

Yugi Muto would be so freakin proud of Envy for how often this guy gets hit square in the chest with fire balls. It’s basically every scene where Envy and Mustang share screen time.

And don’t worry, I don’t think Envy died? But they sure made it look like he did, which I’m sure everyone everywhere was really happy to see, since Envy’s death was one of the climaxes of the whole series. Like people used to make these lists of “top 10 saddest anime deaths” and how many people had Envy on there? Like everyone? People freakin love Envy and they did him so much dirty in this movie.

Again I have no explanation for Winry.

So Mustang is like, Ed, you make sure Winry doesn’t biff it in that corner, and I’ll do my actual job over here on this side. And yo, he did.

And so then that’s it, Lust is dead, and now we have a Sorcerer’s stone.

Man it looks delicious, right?

I’d eat the hell out of that.

Anyway, we only have one more update and we’re done with this movie!

I know!

I know! They only have 10-15 minutes to resolve pretty much everything, and that’s assuming that the credits don’t take up a heap of that. Hell, I might only have 3 caps next episode if that’s all credits. I honestly don’t remember.

Anyway, hope y’all take it easy this February, here is a link for people who just got here to read these FMA recaps in Chrono order.

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/fma/chrono