#i totally bought this book cuz of the cover

[doodlecrumb]

I got myself a book, and... IS THIS GOSH DARN JAMES POTTER???????????

[daemonmatthias]

The Long Version: For his birthday this month, my husband requested one book. However, that book must be the right cover, which turned out to be quite difficult to find. Since it was so hard to find, I bought him the rest of the series and replaced one so that he has ALL of them matching. Cuz I ain't going through all this again later, lol. Also, he's extremely excited for a particular anniversary tour next year (two bands we love, both playing entire albums). I thought I should surprise him and get those two albums bc we don't own them. He knows them but I only know the singles from them. I found them in good condition for good prices from a seller that does flat $5 shipping no matter how many you buy. So... I threw in 2 more CDs as well... Including shipping, I paid about $65 total for all of this. I wish I could make it a complete surprise, but we lost my mail key so he checks the mail every day. He won't know what I did, but he'll know he's getting more than the 1 book. :(

The Short Version: Husband requested a book for his birthday. He's getting 4 books & 4 CDs. It will be a big surprise... ish.

[malrie]

honestly would never have bought a kindle for myself but my friends gifted it to me so I am at least honoring that by using it HOWEVER. I am very very annoyed rn cuz when u snooze your kindle and I guess don’t have an ad free version it shows u book ads which is totally fine. But for the last week straight all it shows is AI generated art covered books?? like not even trying to be slick abt it it’s clearly ai……it pisses me off when I see it and I don’t feel like reading ksjjwme

[honey-milk-depresso]

Meanie (Azul Ashengrotto x Reader) 8

Part 1,

part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8 (END)

The final chapter. Congratulations for surviving this long with my bullshit-

“Everyone, please place the flower we have given you in their coffin.”

The sunlight was shining brightly in the early morning of NRC’s campus, 

but no happiness was to be found.

Just yesterday, you have died.

And it took a moment for Azul to realize that you were truly gone.

Everyone in NRC lined up in a single file to pay their final respects to you, one by one placing their flower in your coffin.

When it came to Azul’s turn, he had to hold himself from crying. He felt as if you were watching him. If he cried, you’ll cry too, and he doesn’t want you to fully leave this world with sadness and guilt.

He looked at you. Even if you’re dead, you looked as beautiful as ever.

He grabbed your cold hands, and placed the flower in the middle of your chest, before he gently used your hands to cover the flower, as if you are holding it.

“I love you,” he whispered, “I hope you go to a safe place.” And he walked away.

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Azul walked back to Octavinelle with Jade and Floyd. They were silent. Yes, even Floyd stayed quiet.

The atmosphere was solemn.

Azul was solemn.

Never in his life have he came across death, let alone, someone he hold close to.

He used to love before.

He went back to his office alone and tilted his head up. Jade and Floyd went back to their rooms.

He’s not crying. He won’t cry for you.

Read it.

He heard something whisper.

“What..?”

The notebook.

He glanced to his right, the notebook labelled “ To Azul Ashengrotto”.

“Read it after they die,” Trey’s words echoed in his head as he recalls.

He grabbed the book.

To Azul Ashengrotto.

He stared at it, hesitantly flipping to the first page.

“I’m rewriting this from the accounts of Y/n, Azul. She asked for it. I hope you’re reading this.

- Trey Clover”

So Trey wrote this book for you to him.

“Azul and I were chilling at Monstro Lounge in the VIP room.

Lmao, he was soooo unlucky with his pulls, and had to answer all my questions and stuff. Apparently he thinks Idia is more handsome than Jade. Ooh~ 

I really loved the fact he wanted to spend time with me although he looks so done. I really appreciate it!”

He snorted. That was so you.

“Azul and I hanged out at the Rose Kingdom. I’m so glad Headmaster allowed me to hang out with him! Sometimes I feel like Headmaster is a dad. 

I had so much fun! Though, it’s kinda embarrassing that Azul spoilt me with so many gifts, and all I did was drag him around. I love the octopus plushie he won for me. It’s so chubby, soft and cute, just like him! 

He also bought me food from Trey’s awesome family bakery, and a really expensive pendent. I feel guilty, but I love it! It’s so pretty!”

He sighed. Really? Chubby?

“Headmaster told me I’m going to die in five months time. I’m really scared. I know I’ve joked about I feel like dying cuz of Professor Crewel’s homework, now facing with death, it feels really scary.

I have to tell everyone right? Headmaster told me he’ll tell my friends, that includes Azul. How would he feel? I don’t want him to feel sad..”

He flipped to the next page.

“Azul, Jade and Floyd came to visit me. Actually EVERYONE did! Even Leona and Idia! Can you believe it?? But I was so happy that Azul and the tweels came.

I rubbed my eyes so hard because I didn’t want them to see me cry. I was just so happy to see them!”

“Trey told me something. Well, an offered to do something for me. 

He knew I had a superrrr big crush on Azul, and he said I should tell him. I was so embarrassed at first, but I’m going to die soon, so I have to confess sooner or later right? 

He told me he’ll write a whole record of me of what I want to tell him, and then I can give it for him to read after I die.

Sounds like a good idea, but also kind of cruel. After I die????

What should I do?”

So that’s what you were talking about with him.

“I got to be discharged!

FINALLY OH MY SEVENSSSSS-

I CAN GET FRESH AIR BEFORE I DIE

DO YOU KNOW HOW BORING IT IS TO BE CHAINED TO A BED, DOING NOTHING UNTIL SOMEONE COMES TO VISIT???

PROFESSOR TREIN’S CLASS IS WAY BETTER-

Azul brought me around the entire campus, and to Octavinelle! And we played UNO! Although I lost a lot... But I’m happy I got to spend time with him and see everyone outside of the infirmary! ^^”

“I went to NRC’s Halloween Celebration!

IT. WAS. SO. COOL!!

There were like flying decorations and good food,

I got to see NRC become so lively and colorful! It was amazing!

Also I got to hang out with Azul and the tweels, and of course, everyone else!

I even got to be part of all the scaring and stuff at the Octavinelle’s scare house! heheheh~ 

I love the big finale, I wish it could last forever.”

“I made up my mind. 

I’m gonna ask Trey to help me write that book. I want Azul to have a piece of me even when I’m gone. I won’t leave him alone, and I’ll do everything in my power to do so.

If Trey is giving me the opportunity to do so, I’ll take it! Though, I should’ve done it from the beginning..”

“Azul kissed me. 

Oh my shit-

MMM I SHOULDN’T HAVE DRANK THE PLUM WINE HE GAVE ME BEFORE WE KISSED, I PROBABLY SMELT BAD-

BUT HE SAID HE LIKES IT??? WAS IT A GOOD CALL I DON’T KNOW-

But... I’m happy.. I got the courage to confess to him! On top of that, he said yes! I’m so happy I could cry..”

“I’m going to be giving the notebook to Trey. He’s gonna record it all down for me today. 

Azul, I hope you’re reading this. I want you to flip to the back. I asked Trey to attached something really important I want to share with you.”

He flipped to the back. There was a slip of paper folded, stapled to the page. It also held the pendent he bought for you. He grabbed it, and unfolded the paper.

“Azul, 

I’m writing this to you 5 months before I die. Crowley told me to tell everyone about my condition, but I wrote this for you specially.

Remember I told you in that truth or dare game?

“If I told you I was scared to die, what would you do?”

To tell you now, I’m still kind of scared. But I won’t show it! Pretending not being scared isn’t like lying.

Okay, but a practical thing, you could do anything you want with this book.

You can tear it up, throw it away, hide it or even show to everyone! Totally up to you!

I’m gonna be honest with you, I was and still jealous of you.

You were and are the picture perfect honor student of NRC. I haven’t been in NRC as long as you, but I’m just so jealous you manage to be so cool and flawless in everything you do! Well, maybe except for flying..

But still! You were and still are my role model! You always manage to amaze me! But not only that, you treated me like your best friend no matter what position you are! Maybe that’s why I fell for you, you didn’t show biasness towards me to become my friend. I hope you were genuine about our friendship!

But, I like the fact you actually sometimes don’t need other people to reflect about yourself, unlike me. I can’t reflect about me all by myself. If I were like you, maybe I could’ve been able to live entirely by myself, with my own unique worth and responsibilities. Of course, while still being friends with others!

But when it comes to self reflection, you are down to earth with yourself, you speak to yourself, and that’s very independent of you. Ever since you were little you were like that too, and that’s what made you hardworking and diligent!

I’ll end it right here, to tell you I love you. Ehehe~ Sorry it’s so sudden.

I love you, meanie.”

drip.

Pitter, patter, pitter, patter.

Slowly, Azul felt tears rolling down his face.

He broke. Except... that wasn’t true.

He’d been broken when he first heard you were about to die. He just kept strong for you, as you did for him.

He was so glad, he had spent his time with you.

You needed him. You felt like he’d done everything for you.

But now, you’re gone.

It was thanks to you, he never felt insecure about his past anymore. For the first time he met you, his really lived for the first time. He existed in this world.

“Thank you, y/n..” he choked, smiling meekly at your final goodbye letter to him, as he clutched the pendent he gave you.

“I love you so much...”

From Ramshackle dorm, your slightly dusty octopus plushie rest on the side of your pillow.

From far away, he sensed you hugging it, whispering so close to him although so far,

“I love you too, meanie..”

END

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HO SHIT-

REBLOG IT I FELT MY TEARS I-

Ok I’m joking

thank you for surviving and following with the story. 

Azul loves you. Bye, have a good day!

@magicpumpkin3 don’t kill me pls-

[theyreonlynoodlesmike]

can u write some random headcannons u have for tommy??? i am LIVING for the way you describe tommy in general cuz it’s so accurate??? anyway i hope ur feeling better !

Alright these are all the random little headcanons I have about Tommy :)))

Tommy Slater Random Headcanons

Warnings: cute shit, we lovin' Tommy Slater in this house, headcanons about Tommy's life, mentions of stress/dealing with stress and perfectionism, mentions strict parents, mentions of loneliness and fomo

Tommy Slater probably has at least one sibling and is the oldest- it's why he's so good with the kids at Camp Nightwing and why he understands where Cindy is coming from when it comes to Ziggy. I totally hc him as coming from a big family with probably at least one little little sibling that he used to babysit after school

Tommy is sort of the golden boy of Shadyside- he wasn't head of the football team or the class president but instead he was just that one guy who was really popular just because he was so,,,, nice???? Even if he was never declared captain of the baseball team, he was probably looked at as that- also, he's definitely the pitcher of Shadysides team and I feel like if the curse didn't exist having a player like Tommy would've given Sunnyvale a run for their money

Tommy was technically a jock, but he floated between cliques - had friends from every friend group but hung out with people his parents Approved™ of as his main friend group

His parents are probably super strict- was constantly being pushed to do well in school, get a job, do well with sports, take care of his siblings, etc so he really just needs a nap and probably has some issues with perfectionism

Has never been to Maine and totally bought that sweatshirt from a thrift store- probably has a thrifting addiction to cope with stress

He will cut off all the sleeves off his shirts if left alone for too long - Cindy is about 65% or more of his impulse control

Probably wasn't allowed to go out during week-days due to all his Responsibilities™ and could only really hang out with people he knew from sports or those he had study-groups with- ends up making him have a lot of friends but makes him feel like he's not close with any of them

Also probably wasn't allowed to date during highschool or could only date people his parents Approved™ of

He liked Cindy because she works just as hard as him (if not harder) and he doesn't have to be in control or feel like he has to do everything when he's around her- he gets to be the more laid-back one and feels like he can finally have someone who will help him- also, he's used to Cindy's "we have to do this, this, and this" sort of attitude because he grew up with it but the key is the "we" and that Cindy is doing those things with him

Tommy definitely goes to an in-state school for that in-state tuition and had most of it covered by scholarships- definitely has an on-campus job to cover the rest

Is constantly doing something and needs someone to tell him to take a nap tbh speaking of which he's literally the type to be able to sleep anywhere

Joined a frat as a legacy but he's literally only there because his dad expected him to

Waited until he was legal to have his first drink- quickly finds out he's a total lightweight!! Probably has never smoked before

His love language is acts of service and physical touch :)) he just wants to hold his partners hand or carry their books or just whatever they need :)) he just wants to be loved but he'd also like someone that would do acts of service back for him

He used to bite his nails but he got himself out of the habit

He is the friend all his friends got compared to by their parents lmao rip

Is literally down to do anything with his friends now that he's older because he has major fomo - Alice could suggest to check out a trash bin and he'd just be like "okay"

Tommy low-key wants to move somewhere near the ocean- a house in a coast-side town is his dream and he kind of dreams of going to Maine even though he's never been

[tinyboxxtink]

"Weird Secret Friends" *Chapter 2*

Part 1

Part 3

Y'all IDK what it is about this story but I can just write and write and write. This one ended up being 11 pages [on a google doc] And I only stopped because it's 2:15 am.

I hope you guys like this, but I just want to clarify: This isn't a Barisi fic. I'm sorry, if you're looking for that, just...this isn't it. I mean they do interact and it'll be fun, but they will not be ending up together.

That being said, enjoy this new chapter! I'm debating on how pathetic enamored Sonny is, I don't think I'm gonna go that deep. No worries, people.

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"Y/N, I'm so happy for you and Barba. You make the cutest couple," Sonny beamed at you while you were wrapped in Rafael's arms, huge smiles on all of your faces.

"Thank you Sonny, that means so much." You gave him a warm hug.

"Yeah….and you'll make the cutest couple in HELL!" All of a sudden Sonny pushed both you and Rafael off a cliff.

You were falling to your death when you woke up to your professor glaring at you.

"Have a nice nap, Miss Y/N?" He scowled at you.

"Um," You cleared your throat and straightened up at your desk. "Yes sir,"

"Good," he huffed as he headed to the front of the classroom once more. "Maybe now we can continue without your snoring,"

You heard the students around you snicker at his comments as You sunk lower into your desk and waited for class to end. It had been a long train ride home and then a drive to your apartment last night, you hadn't gotten home until around 2 am and had this 8 am class. As soon as the professor dismissed your class you booked it out of the class and out into the parking lot of your community college.

"Ugh, could this day get any--" before you could even finish your thought you got your answer. Your phone beeped with a text from Rafael:

RAFA: Hey killer, how's the bullshit county? 😉

That was the nice thing, then just as you were about to text him back your phone lit up.

SONNY BOI CALLING

"Shit!" You hissed to no one. "How does he know?!"

"Ahem….Heyyy, cuz," You answered it with your best nonchalant voice. That of course sounded totally chalant.

"Hey sunshine," His voice sounded relaxed, thank God.

"What's up?" You tried keeping your tone light as you neared your car.

"Well y'know I was just thinkin, I feel real bad about standing you up last night,"

"Oh, Son it's no big deal really," the fact that he felt guilty about anything made you feel even more guilty.

"No, I know you have a busy schedule and it takes a lot to get into the City and I just blew you off," He kept on with the guilt train.

"You didn't blow me off Son you had work. I get that--" You unlocked your car and got in, starting it so your windows would thaw. And your whole body.

"Well I wanna make it up to you," He cut you off.

"Oh?" your voice fell short. This couldn't be good.

"Yeah, my boss-- well he's not really My boss but Mr. Barba--"

Oh shit. Barba? Was Barba having a party? Why wouldn't He tell you that? Wait why WOULD he tell you that? Stupid. Wait, what was Sonny saying?

".... birthday, so you could be like my date," you caught the tail end of his invite.

"Birthday?" You repeated like a parrot. It was Barba's birthday? Oh god. You were really trying not to focus on how old he was. Don't ask. For the love of god don't say it Sonny.

"Yeah don't worry you don't need to get him anything, I got it covered," Sonny assured you.

Well, that was one way you could figure out just how much your cousin cared about his "idol". The more expensive the gift, the stronger the feelings were. You wondered whether you should ask him now or wait for the surprise. Maybe you should ask now, then his answer should tell you what you'd be getting into.

*So what did you get this 'non boss' of yours?" You asked slyly.

"Oh," now Sonny's voice dropped. "Well I, I don't wanna say,"

Fuck.

Don't panic. Do not panic.

"Oh come on Sonny," you did your best to keep a joking tone. "What am I gonna do, tell him?"

Should you joke about it? Hidden in plain sight, right?

"No I guess not, it's not like you know him,"

Whew.

"It's just kinda embarrassing…."

Oh god.

"O-Oh?" You tried to stay calm. "Why's that? Is it a gag gift?"

Please be a gag gift.

"Actually it's a new briefcase," He replied.

"Oh why is that embarrassing you goof?” You gave him a hard time. What was that in the emotional baggage department? Pun intended.

"I mean, it's more expensive than the one I own," You could hear the shrug in his voice.

Fuck. Don't ask why. Don't ask. But if you don't ask, that will be even more suspicious wouldn't it?

"Oh Son," You asked softly. "Why would you do that?"

"Well the one he has is as old as dirt, I think it's probably the first one he ever bought. I wanted him to look snazzy in court." He replied with a super eager tone.

"That's sweet," you were pounding your steering wheel in frustration. Say it.

"Seems like a lot of work for a mentor though," You closed your eyes mentally killing yourself.

"Yeah well," he laughed uncomfortably.

Say it.

"Sonny…�� You didn’t want to do this.

“Yeah?” He was oblivious.

“You know you can always talk to me,”

“Yeah of course,” He assured you.

“About anything,” You scrunched your nose.

“Yeah I know, sunshine,” He half laughed.

“ANYTHING,” You reiterated

There was a long awkward pause.

“...Sonny?” You made sure he hadn’t hung up on you.

“Yeah, I'm here,” He replied softly.

“So?” You waited for the bomb to drop.

So…. He sighed. "I just want him to like me,"

Dammit.

"....Yeah," You nodded, cursing yourself.

"Yeah, its stupid. I'm stupid." He laughed again.

“You're not stupid,” you laid your head on the steering wheel in shame.” I mean the heart wants what it wants right?”

“What?! Oh my god, Y/N,” He scoffed. “I'm not gay,”

“….Sonny it's 2021,” you shook your head. “Sexuality is a spectrum,”

Right well. He laughed defensively. "I'm on the p in the v scale,"

“Ugh, Sonny,” you made a face.

“Sorry sunshine,” He apologized. “I just...why would you even think that?!”

“Uh…” You paused.

Maybe he wasn't fully aware that he had romantic feelings for Rafael. If you started pointing out the signs, he might realize it. But then you'd have a cousin going through gay panic AND then finding out it doesn't matter anyway.

"No reason," You lied.

"I just want him to like him so he'll give me a good recommendation once I graduate Fordham Law,"

"Oh" you smacked your head. "Duh. Right. Of course,"

That was completely legitimate. Maybe you had been misreading this whole thing. Now you just had the whole overprotective Gotti side of Sonny to worry about.

"Well I guess I could spend the weekend in the city," You shrugged as you pulled out of the parking lot.

“Absolutely!” He exclaimed. “My couch is always open,”

Not exactly where you were thinking of sleeping, but you weren't blowing your cover over the phone. Wait, maybe you should. Then he couldn't kill you over the phone. Wait, he's presumably at work right now. You didn't know how closely he worked with Barba, but you figured it would be a hell of a lot easier for Sonny to get to him before you could stop him from killing Rafael.

"Sure sounds good. I'll see you then cuz,” You smiled and hung up the phone.

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Friday arrived, and you once again found yourself standing outside Forlini's. You debated heavily whether to go in or not, but you told yourself you were going to wait for Sonny outside this time, no more risking a sexy bar rendezvous.

You hadn’t really responded to Rafael’s texts the last few days, and you certainly didn’t tell him you were coming. Maybe you should have told him. You grabbed your phone to text him when you heard a familiar voice behind you:

“Y/N?”

You spun around to see Rafael dressed to the 9’s, smiling at you. He smelled delicious, mixed with the food aroma wafting out of the restaurant and the smell of freshly fallen snow in New York City.

“...Happy Birthday, Counselor,” You bit your lip nervously.

“W-What are you doing here?” He stared at you as if he thought he was dreaming.

“Sonny invited me,” You nervously smiled.

“Seriously?” He laughed.

“Seriously,” You nodded with a laugh as well.

“Did-- did you say anything to him?” He asked you worriedly.

“Are you insane?!” You hit him. “No!”

“So why did he invite you here?” He asked.

“He said it was to make up for ditching me the other night,” You shrugged.

“...The irony,” He smirked.

“Mmm,” You nodded with an amused smile.

“Well this is a very happy birthday indeed,” He smiled, pulling you closer into his coat similar to the night you had met.

“....Just don’t ask which one it is,” He warned you while staring at your lips deviously.

“Deal,” You nodded in agreement before he pulled you into a hungry kiss.

“DUDE!!” You snapped back before his lips were on yours for more than a millisecond. “Are you nuts?! Sonny’s gonna be here any second!”

“It’s my birthday, carino,” He made a pouty face. “Don’t yell at me,”

“Oh lord,” You rolled your eyes. “Alright, man child,”

He was about to go for another sneaky kiss when you both heard a voice from behind you.

“....Sunshine?”

“Oh!” You jumped ten feet away from Rafael when you turned to see Sonny standing there with a huge gift bag, staring slack jawed at the two of you. “Sonny! I um, we--”

“I was teaching your cousin a lesson in New York safety,” Rafael talked over you, his face completely stone. God he was a good liar.

“Excuse me, counselor?” Sonny raised an eyebrow, glancing between the two of you. You just stared in speechlessness.

“She was standing on this curb holding her bag out for any miscreant on these streets to just wrestle away from her, I was just demonstrating how,” He gestured to your open purse.

“Barba I really think this ain’t that kinda neighborhood,” Sonny half laughed.

“...You never know,” Rafael shrugged. “Now let’s all get inside, I’m sure everyone is anxious to start celebrating me,”

You and Sonny both rolled your eyes with smiles; too similar of smiles, you noticed. Thankfully, he did not. You both followed Rafael back to a private room where a bunch of fancy dressed people were mingling with drinks in their hands while two long empty tables stood in the middle of the room. They all stopped and clapped when Rafael walked in.

“Oh, for me?” He feigned surprise and humility.

“Yeah right Barba,” A woman laughed sarcastically. “You’re the one who invited us here,”

“Touche, Rita,” Rafael smirked as he began making the rounds around the table greeting everyone.

“So are we allowed to eat now, I’m starving,” An older man asked.

“And I’ve got a son waiting,” A red headed woman chimed in.

“Right, right,” Rafael nodded as people began to take seats. “Sorry everyone, you know I love to make a dramatic entrance,”

“Oh trust me we know, Barba,” Another man called. “Your catwalks into the courtroom prove that. I think we have a montage of them,”

“Ha Ha,” Rafael rolled his eyes, then turned to you and Sonny.

“Sonny,” He put a hand on his shoulder. “Why don’t you sit next to me?”

“R-Really, counselor?” You saw Sonny’s eyes light up like Christmas tree lights.

Fuck. You knew he was only asking him so that you would sit next to him as well. And while you loved the idea, you knew how much this was toying with Sonny’s feelings.

“A-Are you sure, about that Mr. Barba?” You gave him a look.

“Absolutely, Miss-- I didn’t catch your name?” He played it so cool.

“Y/N,” You held out your hand as you re-introduced yourself.

“Right, well--” He shook your hand then turned his attention to Sonny who was still beaming like a kid on Christmas. “I don’t know how much Carisi has told you, but he is quite the promising mentee of mine,”

“....R-Really, Rafael?” Sonny blinked in disbelief, causing Rafael’s smile to falter for a moment. Sonny had never called him “Rafael” before, it was always “Barba”. Shit, maybe he had given him too much praise.

“I mean, you know, for a lap dog,” He quickly added with a snarky tone and a smirk.

“Mr. Barba!” You tried not to raise your voice at the birthday boy. “That is my cousin you’re talking ab---”

“No, no it’s fine Y/N-- th-that’s how we work isn’t it, counselor? He just gives me jabs, I know he doesn’t mean it,” Sonny laughed nervously, staring at the floor. He knew not to get too comfortable with Barba, why did he even try it?

“Indeed,” Rafael nodded in agreement. “But, I still request you sit by me-- at least I know you don't poison my food. Which is more than I can say for many of my esteemed ‘guests’,” He eyed the tables of people before him.

“Then why invite them to your party?” You quirked an eyebrow.

“I get that Jersey doesn’t have the social classes of Manhattan, Miss Y/N,” He smirked. “But here, you’ve got to do things to keep up appearances,”

“Oh do you?” You practically growled.

“Yes,” He nodded while a waiter brought him a glass of scotch. “Even if you don’t like someone, if they serve a purpose for you than you do what you must to keep in their good graces,”

“Oh is that so? So you’re only kind to people who can ‘serve’ you?” You crossed your arms and narrowed your eyes at him.

What kind of Danny Zuko bullshit was this?! This was an entirely different Rafael Barba you had met the other night. He was kind, flirty, endearing. This new Barba was snarky and condescending, and you were not amused at all.

“Y/N, chill,” Sonny hissed at you. “This is just how Barba is, he’s harmless,”

“Yeah well you might not mind being his doormat Sonny, but I sure as hell won’t be,” You angrily stomped off.

“Oh my god,” Sonny muttered, wondering if he should run after you or not. “Barba, I am so so sorry about her,”

“It’s fine, Carisi,” He watched you stomping away, trying to hide the guilt in his voice. He was just trying his best to throw Sonny off the trail. He may have overcompensated just a tad.

“I-I should go check on her, She’s just a kid--”

“No, allow me,” Rafael put a hand to Sonny’s chest. “It was my faux paux, I should apologize to her myself. I was being a bit of an ass,”

“Yeah but that’s just you, Barba,” Sonny chuckled, trying not to blush at Rafael’s hand on his chest.

“True, but I forget not everyone knows me as well as you do, Carisi,” And now he was trying to be extra nice to Sonny to get on his good side, while cluelessly egging on his feelings.

“That is very true,” Sonny laughed even more nervously. “I’ll uh, I’ll take a seat and get our drinks ordered,”

“Excellent,” Rafael smiled at him, probably one of five times in the entire time they’d known each other. He gave Sonny one more pat on the back before walking after where you had stomped off to.

He found you right before you hit the front door, his hand catching yours before it could grab the handle. You turned and scoffed at him, your scowl still present after stomping off.

“Oh, come to appease me, counselor? How can I be of service to you?” You snapped.

“Please, Y/N,” He gave you apologetic eyes as he pulled you closer to him. “I’m sorry, I just-- I didn’t want Carisi to think anything was off. He already caught us being handsy, I had to make it look like we disliked each other,” He explained.

“Oh I think you’ve done that above and beyond, jackass,” You huffed. “First I’m too stupid to not get robbed in the city, and then I’m too uncultured to understand ‘high society’ manipulative bullshit?”

“I’m sorry, I may have gone a little over--” He started.

“But that wasn’t even an act, was it?” You interjected angrily.

“What do you mean?” He asked you curiously.

“Your line of you having ‘use’ of a person? I assume that is why you have a room full of powerful people you dislike as opposed to a room full of sycophants?” Yeah, you might just go to community college but you knew big words too.

“I mean, that is how it works--”

“Jesus Christ,” You shook your head with a laugh. “You know I understood for about half a second why my cousin is so infatuated by you, but I am losing that belief real quick,” You turned and started to walk away again.

“Y/N come on,” He grabbed both of your arms this time and pulled you close into him, your noses almost touching.

“Look I’m-- I’m sorry, that I’m---this,” He gestured to himself.

“But that’s just how I have to be in their world,” He gestured back towards the room. “I’m telling you, it’s a room full of sharks. If I show weakness or misstep in decorum, I’m nothing but chum to those people,”

“The guy you met the other night, that’s the real me,” He put a hand to your cheek. “I never get to be that guy, not in public. That’s why I was so attracted to you,” He put his other hand on your waist.

“I don’t have to be ‘Rafael Barba, the snarky ADA with a silver tongue,’ I can just be…’Rafa’,” He gave you an earnestly sad smile.

“I’m sorry,” You blinked in confusion. “I know I’m not helping myself but what exactly is the ‘ADA’?”

Your question brought that familiar amused grin and a laugh. “See, this is what I’m talking about,”

“Oh yeah I know, the ignorant girl you can placate--”

“No,” He put a finger on your lips. “The earnest, normal, gorgeous girl,” He kissed your forehead. “I’m sure if we took a poll in here right now the majority of the room would be with you, not knowing what an ADA is,”

“Which still doesn’t answer the question,” You pointed out.

“I…” He tried to think of a way to explain his role in the Manhattan judicial system. “Well, the DA of the county is like-- the King of Lawyers in that section. Or queen, as my boss is Rita,” He shook his head with a laugh. Oh Rita Calhoun, the stories he could tell about her.

“So, you’re her king?” You raised an eyebrow.

“Eh, I’d say Prince but she’d probably say Jester if she heard this metaphor to be honest with you,”

“Mmm I like that,” You finally let yourself smile at him.

“A Prince?” He grinned.

“The Jester,” You gave him a tongued smile, settling against his chest.

“Well, I’ll gladly take that title if it makes you happy,” He kissed your forehead. “I’d do anything to make you happy right now,”

You looked into his green eyes, they were now their usual sparkling green hue, and you remembered very quickly how you had gotten yourself in this mess in the first place. He really was a sweet, charming, gorgeous guy. And then you remembered those were probably all the reasons Sonny fell for him too.

“Ahem.” You straightened up and stepped out of his grasp. “Well, what would make me happy right now is getting back to my cousin,”

“Oh,” Rafael’s eyes softened into a sad gaze.

“Rafael, I think he really likes you,” You bit your lip with guilt. “And you toying with him just now isn’t helping!”

“Toying with him?” Rafael’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion? “I wasn’t toying with--”

“Sit by me, Carisi? You’re important to me, Carisi?” You imitated his questions in a mocking tone.

“I had to ask him that so you would--” He started to explain, but you already knew.

“I know!” You stopped him. “I know, that’s why it’s so fucked!” You put your hands over your face.

“Carino…” Rafael walked over and pulled your hands from your face and held them.

“I’m hurting him every second that I stand here with you, and I--” You bit your lip trying not to cry. “I’m still doing it! I can’t walk away!”

“So don’t,” He squeezed your hands with an even sadder look.

“This is just--” You broke free from his grasp once again and wiped your eyelids. “We need to get back before Sonny comes after you,”

“....So where does this conversation leave us, then?” He asked you cautiously.

“I don’t…” You gazed into his puppy dog emerald eyes. “I don’t know, I don’t want to think about it right now, okay?”

“Fair enough,” He put his hands down in concession. “...But we really need to--”

“Yeah, I know,” You nodded softly as you walked back to the private room, Rafael trailing behind you.

All you could think on the way back was how in God’s name were you going to make it through the rest of the night.

[girlgrouptrash101]

Yuri (IZ*ONE) as Your Girlfriend

Request: “Can I request Jo Yuri as your girlfriend?”

A/N: i love iz*one sm i might just cry rn

- C

i hope you enjoy clinginess baby,,, cuz this girl is NEVER letting you leave her arms for as long as you’re together

like Yuri barely even confessed to you, she basically just sat in your lap every day until you got the hint and asked her out

your lap is actually her favourite place to sit because she loves being held by you, and she can also steal as many kisses as she desires

did i mention how clingy she is??? like she just loves skinship SO much, if she can be touching you in some way she will be - from hand holding, to cuddles, to burrowing into your side, to being held, to backhugs… anything you can think of, Yuri will be on it asap

which means she’s also a big fan of PDA, and loves showing you off, no matter who’s around

however,,, if you turn the tables and become clingy or super lovey dovey, she gets so flustered immediately and hides her face in your neck to cover her blush

like she could kiss you and it’ll be fine, but if you’re the one to initiate the kiss she’s a total mess, acting like it’s the first time she’s ever kissed you, all shy and uwuwuwuwu

and you will always have that affect on her, no matter if you’ve been dating for a week or a year, Yuri’s still gonna be just as whipped as she was from day 1

and she doesn’t even try to hide it either,,, her members tease her so bad for how in love she is with you jsdfhsfd,, rip Yuri 

her members otherwise are really supportive of you two, and are so happy that someone as kind and as loving as you fell for Yuri, because she really deserves someone like that to keep her happy and well looked after

except Yena,, when Yuri introduced you at first, she gave you a big long speech about how she would jump you if you ever even made Yuri cry <3 (i would too).

Dates with Yuri are usually going out for food, the movies, walks, the arcade etc,, anywhere you guys can spend time together and make memories together is all you really want,, it doesn’t matter too much about what you do as long as you have one another

however,, you do have a favourite spot to go to together, which is a little café near your house, and you both go in there so much that you’ve made friends with the owner, and she always saves your guys’ favourite booth in the corner for you when she knows you’re coming

you always sit in a little booth in a secluded part of the café where no one else really sits, it’s nice and snug, and Yuri gets to snuggle into your side and feed you treats without anyone else interrupting hehe

when you guys don’t go out, you have just as much fun at home

you bought Yuri a karaoke machine for her birthday,, and ever since you guys have been busting out grammy worthy performances that leave you and Yuri breathless and your neighbours ready to file ANOTHER noise complaint

lowkey matching your outfits when you go out and taking bomb pictures for Yuri’s immaculate instagram feed

polaroids of each other in the back of your phone cases,, literally you are just the softest couple ever istg

Yuri raiding your wardrobe and looking like the snuggliest little baby in your hoodies, sweater paws and all uwuuwu

she loves when you do each others hair!! whether it’s formally for a night out or just for funsies before bed, it’s one of her favourite things to do

plus you get to make Yuri wear pigtails and then gush for an hour over how FREAKING CUTE SHE IS

it’s also an excuse for her to play with your hair because she LOVES it sm,, she always finds herself absentmindedly threading her fingers through your hair when you’re cuddling or watching a movie or something

or gripping her fingers in your locks when she’s making out with you,,, straddling your lap and making you groan with each tug,,,,

moving on

whenever either one of you is upset, the other knows immediately, both of you are like an open book with one another

your go to comfort for one another is definitely cuddles

it’s so calming when you have your head on Yuri’s chest, one hand holding yours while the other holds you close to her as she listens to your worries and helps you through each one

Sometimes when Yuri can’t sleep, she wakes you up to go for a midnight stroll to the local convenience store for snacks

you two stroll down the quiet road in your matching oversized PJ’s, swinging your conjoined hands along as you sing disney songs at the top of your lungs

Going all out every single valentines day and anniversary because yall are in LOVE love and want to make the most of your special days together

which often means a candlelit dinner, a bed full of roses and a big bubbly bath for two hehe

Promise rings will probably come quicker than most relationships too, because even though you and Yuri haven’t been together for too long, you both know you’re perfect for each other, and neither of you plan on losing something as special as what you have together.

NSFW From Here:

a clingy baby in the streets, a clingy baby in the sheets am i right ladies

call her baby girl and she will literally melt in your arms,, any kind of praise just gets her wet beyond belief

and when she’s fucking you,, all you have to do is tell her how good she’s being and she’ll be spurred on even further, doing her everything to make you feel better than you ever have before

CEO of eye contact, even when her throat is raw from moaning your name as your head is buried between her thighs, her eyes never leave yours for a second

loves going to lingerie shops with you, it’s like a little kid in a candy shop when she sees all the pretty sets and colours that she can’t wait to try on,,,, 

which often leads to you and her getting way too steamy in the changing rooms

she absolutely LOVES doing it in public, the thrill of getting caught always adds to her pleasure by tenfold

,,,except for the fact that she’s so fucking loud she literally has to clamp down on your hand so she doesn’t scream out loud and get everyone’s attention yikes

she’s so innocent looking that she never attracts attention though, leading to her more often than not teasing you under the dinner table when you go out for food, an innocent smile on her face as you try not to squirm under her touch

when Yuri takes nudes it’s not just one picture and she’s done, she likes to have a full on photo shoot that involves mirrors, lighting, pretty outfits/lingerie,, all of which ends up getting texted to you when you least expect it

also LOVES thigh riding, she finds it so intimate and just can’t help herself when she sees you in shorts or when your legs are exposed,,,, she just has to straddle your leg and get herself off

as well as praise, Yuri also can’t help but get wetter whenever you call her pathetic or a slut,, it truly makes her desperate enough to beg you to fuck her against the nearest surface you can find

if you’re into it, Yuri isn’t against punishments either, especially spanking

she just turns into putty in your hands no matter what you do to her, always ready to obey your every word, absolutely whipped for you

an absolute sucker for aftercare, if you’re not cuddling with her or in the shower cleaning off together after sex then she gets really grumpy grrr

[minniespage]

Make ur little starter pack

🥺: hiii guys sorrry for the lack of posts i have been in n out, and also idk how not to have scary thingies pop up on ma feed. They scarey.

So this is basically a little starter kit for ur self that's way cheaper than insta shops( in my opinion). (Also this is wat I bought/ ordered urs doesn't have to be the same. We have different likes and budgets)

Alll of this was found on Amazon

Drum Roooollllll

........

JOr 3pk pacis( white black pink) - $15 | i wanted this bc it looked like bea's (their popular here and insta) and I wanted to try these

Blue light Glasses 12 | i need this cuz of online school hehe

Anceo 6pk knee socks - $16 | tight highs soo pretty and can cover ma scars

Purple bag 17$ | tooo put all ma stuff in

Monami pens 19$| i loveeee pens

Disney coloring book 7$| i haves to color

Coloring pencils 50 ct 10$| to color in da coloring book

Little for big 3pk ( pink blue purple) pacis- $15 | morrrreee paciiiis

Paci clips 6$ | cuz i like too ahh throw things hehehe

Totall 130 ish i thinks

🥺: I didn't send it to my house so it will a while till i can pick everything up from my friend 😭( its okays cuz its a gift for after this semester in May ) But I'll definitely do a post on how to safely order everything, and discreetly toooo.

[raitrolling]

💝 for Callan since Maidel would canonically yeet chocolate to wherever he was anyway. just like, his location as a person haha. I REALIZE MY LAST REPLY WAS UNCLEAR ABOUT THAT.

=> You manage to catch Callan while walking in the city, although it did take you a couple moments and a hopefully-not-obvious double take before you were able to recognise him. You had a good idea it was him from the outfit, but given how many fancily-dressed trolls are out on dates tonights you couldn’t be certain until you were close enough to properly make out his symbol. It seems he was more concerned about a stain on his cape, as he doesn’t look up until you call out to him.

Hey. Fancy seelng you here. Let me guess, you’ve been looklng everywhere and waltlng oh-so-patlently for me to flnally have some free tlme between all the dates l had booked tonlght?

=> You go along with it to not hurt his feelings, saying that he’s totally right and how hard it must be to be so popular. The smell of alcohol coming off him is becoming harder to ignore, but it does make you put two and two together and figure out the stain was probably from a spilled drink. Or, perhaps more accurately, a drink purposely splashed on him. For being a total narcissist who probably ended up offending a ‘suitor’. You enquire about the blemish on the piece of fabric that still baffles you how it always manages to stay on his shoulders.

Oh, yeah. Drunks, am l rlght? Thls seadweller shows up completely off hls face before the date - he planned, by the way - could begln. Must’ve been so nervous ‘bout askln’ me out he went and got some Dutch courage!

=> He laughs. That story... Doesn’t sound believable, seeing as you’re sure he would’ve bragged about getting a date with a seadweller as soon as he got it arranged, and you’ve never heard any proper stories about trolls he’s been seeing. They’re always some vague highblood caste who are super hot and super into him. But, you still humour him. Whatever helps him sleep at day.

Aaanyways, l gotta head off to the next place to meet my other Quadrants’ Day date. Guess I’ll see you arou-

=> You cut him off before he can start to walk away, holding out a box of chocolates to him.

Huh? For me? Llke, leglt, for me?

=> There is a moment where he is genuinely so taken aback he forgets about the whole ‘bragging about all the gifts he’s already received’ thing. But that moment is very, very short lived and his usual composure returns.

l mean, duh, of course lt’s for me! Got a lll confused there cuz your chocolates are pretty cheap for my standards, heh.

=> He laughs, taking the chocolates from you.

But, hey! A glft’s a glft! l’ll add lt to my ever-growlng collectlon of chocolates and other surprlses from my adorlng fans! Thanks a bunch!

=> You ask if he has anything for you in return. Quadrants’ Day is a day of giving and receiving. 

Uhhh, no. That’s not how lt works. You know that’s not how lt works.

=> He looks at the chocolates you gave him, and you think you see a tinge of embarrassment in his eyes. Like he realises that you are one of the few people who actually went out of their way to give him something his sweep, and maybe he’s just a bit attached to you to feel bad for not having anything prepared. Maybe. You always find it hard to look at his face, it’s like you can literally feel your brain give up on committing it to memory.

... Ugh, flne. l guuueeess, lf you lnslst llke that. 

All l got ls some extra choccles from my other dates, so congrats on belng sloppy seconds. Does that really make you happy? Welrdo.

=> He’s pretending to sound exasperated, but you know he’s just putting on an act.

=> You received: Store-Bought Chocolates! ↳ (A heart-shaped box of chocolates wrapped in gold foil, each confection containing a whole hazelnut enclosed in a thin wafter and covered in layers of milk chocolate. Somehow, they give off the impression that Callan had originally purchased them for himself to eat alone later...)

[planet-crait]

A Saltier analysis of the Art of Star Wars Rebels (Part 2)

So…..after my initial post you can find here more issues with the book where pointed out to me/I just sat looking through it noticing even more issues so….consider this a part two to my original post going over even more issues I have with the Art of Star Wars Rebels. Obviously there will be salt so if you enjoyed the book a lot and don’t want that view tainted please don’t click on below the cut. Also beware major spoilers for Rebels. 

So first off we’re going to kick off with talking about some items that were very strangely missing from the book. Now full disclosure @findswoman​ really was the one who noticed this issue but it seriously deserves mention and I am stunned I missed it but, why are Loth cats and Loth Bats not ever mentioned in the book? 

Loth Cats are a near constant presence within the series, they play some minor roles even in destroying a droid and helping distract guards. Loth bats similarly inspire the gliders that the kids use to rescue Hera! Said gliders make it into the book

Why aren’t the loth bats, the inspiration for said gliders, even in the book as well?

Another potentially controversial criticism I have is for the cover for the deluxe edition itself. 

Some people may love it which is fair but personally I am not as fond of it as I am of the original cover. I get that they were trying to get a feel of the holocron in the cover but it just doesn’t vibe with me at all and I feel like they could have done something more special for the deluxe cover. 

Speaking of holocrons, they do not get a proper showcase within the art book. Here is the page where it is mentioned and notice how it talks about the map, not the holocron itself. 

Hell, you barely see it in the image in the book! Why? The holocrons are a big deal in the show, why are they not getting showcased when items that only make an appearance in one episode do? Even if other media showed off the holocrons, this is the art of Star Wars Rebels, if it was important to the show, it deserved a place in the book. Instead they waste space on things that were not important or even really shown in the show. Like Tatooine gets two full pages in the book:

Some of those images almost look like shots from Episode 4 which brings back the question of what the heck is this doing here? (Which I found myself asking way too much when looking through this book). Again this book should be a celebration of Rebels, not all of Star Wars. Those pages could have been used to show off key elements from the show that for unknown reasons got cut from the book. 

There is just a lot of what feels like filler or wasted space in the book, for example Rex, Obi-wan, Vader, Yoda, Bo-Katan and Palpatine get two pages devoted to their characters while other main characters from the show get only one page or only half a page like in Choppers case. Zeb, Kallus, and Hera also all do not get their alternate season designs shown off in the book while Kanan, Sabine and Ezra do. Hell Rex even got an extra half a page to show off designs that never made it into the show and seemingly only exists to push Filoni’s headcanon that Rex was there with Han Solo. 

Why are the main characters not allowed to be the unashamed stars of this book? Why did the editors feel the need to waste space with characters who are not the stars and have their spot to shine in other media? Original characters for this show should get full and multiple pages for their characters, not characters who have appeared in other media and probably appear in other art books. 

If other side characters like Tristen and Usra Wren or Ketsun where getting these full or two pages I wouldn’t be quiet as annoyed because they are all original characters for the show, but those characters only got half a page while again, characters from other media like Saw and Mon Motha got a full page. I will say this until I am blue in the face but the original characters created specifically for Rebels should have been the true stars of this book, instead they are getting gypped and the short end of the stick while other characters the team thinks is more popular are given the spotlight. (I am not showing the pictures because, as is, this post is getting ridiculously long but I will happily share them in a reblog if anyone wants to see this).

They even included characters who never appeared in the show in the book

This is the very definition of wasted space. This page could have been used for undercover Chopper designs or season 3 or 4 of Hera and Zeb designs or one of the many many things that never made an appearance in the book that by all accounts should have been like Kanan’s lightsaber or Zeb’s bo-rifle. Instead we get stuff of Director Krennic.

Even things that had their fair share of content, still managed to miss the mark in some cases. 

The Ghost in total has about six pages devoted to it which even includes concept art for it that was never used which is not a problem at all. In fact I love that! This is what I bought the book for, to see concepts and art for things that were at some point going to be in the show but were cut for one reason or another. The book would have benefited if it contained way more concept art for things like this like for example what Filoni imagined Lasan to look like or other concept designs for Zeb or hell talk about Kallus’s early days when he was originally a Chiss. Interesting stuff like that which wasn’t explored in the show but still exciting and interesting. 

My big issue with the Ghost sections (yes sections) is that instead of putting everything related to the Ghost together for some reason the pages are split into two different sections within the book. 

(Don’t ask my why they decided to throw concept art of the millennium falcon to go with that little tidbit instead of more concept art for the Ghost, just know this is on my shitlist too)

These are pages 48 through 51 of the book. The next time the Ghost appears is way later near the end of the book

Pages 150 and 151! Some of the split concepts for things can be explained by the fact that the book is split into several sections: Beginning, middle, and end of the show. However this does not give a satisfactory explanation as to why the Ghost’s concept art is split across two sections and not even evenly! Why not put all of the information for the Ghost all together in one section so if someone was looking for something specifically for reference or something they don’t have to look through the whole book to find it because the info is all over the place?  Directly following the later pages is the Phantom II so maybe the logic was they didn’t want to just toss the Phantom in without any other context? Which….doesn’t work cuz the Ghost honestly feels thrown in for no real reason. The Phantom II being separated from the Ghost and The Phantom would have been fine because the Phantom does come in later so it being in the section devoted to later parts of the series would have been fine. 

Of course, I can’t really say there is a section for the Phantom, that one image you saw back on page 50? That is the only reference the original Phantom ,something that was in the show for two seasons, get’s. One image and maybe a second but it feels more like an image of the back of the Ghost and not one of the Phantom. Meanwhile the Phantom II get’s two pages entirely to itself. Why the difference? Both ships were in the series for two seasons, why not some images of the inside of the Phantom or more shots from different angles? Why does only the Phantom II get these?

I really cannot fathom why they skimped out on one ship and gave two pages to another when both had equal importance. 

Now I mentioned before that the layout of the book may have influenced the decision to split the pages talking about the Ghost, but personally I am not a fan of the layout of the book. It makes things confusing and doesn’t flow well. Here is the table of contents:

At a glance this seems fine and a nice nod to the series having four seasons, but notice there are no sub categories like textbooks that have key concepts in the chapter and what page they start on. So if you wanted to focus on character models? You would still have to spend a lot of time flipping through the sections to find what you were looking for. Personally I would have rather the book be divided by content: Characters, props, and environments. That way all things that are alike would all be group together instead of broken up into four sections across the book. Of course other art books could be laid out like this and people may like this method. This particular point is a bit more nitpicky and me being a person who was far more interested in character concept art then anything else. 

I briefly touched upon this in my part one analysis of the book, but this issue rears its ugly head again in the issue of things not getting good labeling leaving the reader having to read the mini paragraphs or searching the book to figure out what it is or what is going on. 

Want to know where this is?

Or this?

Or even this?

Me too, too bad the book can’t be bothered to tell you anything about these. When I was searching for anything to tell me what these images among many others in the book where, I noticed this

Which for a bit I couldn’t figure out what  it was, notes accidentally left in? Some obscure reference to what it was supposed to be? Looking at other pages I noticed repeat notes that looked the same so I was starting to get even more confused until when looking through the cover pages, I finally spotted this:

Which okay fine they shorthanded the artists names in the credits right be the art….but then I noticed that not every piece of art in this book has any sort of credit along with the fact that quite a few have no label for what it's supposed to be. And while one could argue that those places are iconic enough to be recognized I have to disagree. Not everyone knows or follows all Star Wars Media that is a fan of the show. Not everyone has a great memory of the episodes within rebels or places that most would think are familiar. There is no reason to not put in a small label next to the artist credit so fans know what it is supposed to be. I could guess or try to look it up but I shouldn’t have to, the book should tell me what it is!

Even worse is the inconsistency on if an artist gets credit for the art they made. Like this one here:

No credit or anything, we have no clue who created this piece or why there is nothing here to indicate who did, and that is not fair to the person who created this piece. (I checked the next page as well even and there was nothing)

Also yes that image above the artist’s credit is another concept art from episode 4 which was slapped on there for who knows why. Again this should have been more art from Rebels. This is not, nor should it be, the art of Star Wars. It is the art of Star Wars Rebels. No concept art from other media has any business being in this book. 

So many aspects of this book feel rushed or slapped together with no real rhyme or reason even though it was delayed in its release and then released early! Why? It just doesn’t make any sense and isn’t fair to the fans of this show who adored it and wanted to get this book to learn more about the show that for many fans, including myself, got me into Star Wars. We deserve more respect than this. 

This book truly feels like a quick cash grab, not the thank you to the fans of the show it should have been. 

Again I cannot stress this enough, if you like the book that is fine. But you cannot blow off and ignore the voices of people who are not satisfied with this book and expected so much more from it then it gave us. 

[toasttz]

From the Tabletop X

Shit yeah! I'm totally alive! It's not that our games stopped or anything (though our D&D GM was ready to throw it all at the wall, he has decided to soldier on). Just that I've gotten wrapped up in other things. Like, uh, GM'ing! Yeah, remember, like, a year ago when I started this series and mentioned I really like Shadowrun? We kicked off a Shadowrun 5e game! So, today's special 10th-ennial extravaganza will be Shadowrun talk time, or me at the opposite side of the table. To begin, our players' runners: Troppo - an Australian who ventured to Seattle in search of work once a military injury (several lost fingers) had him on a medical discharge. His role in the party is infiltrator. Which gives him license to trivialize otherwise-challenging moments in my campaign by stealth-killing all the enemies I made for them. Later ends up dating a Johnson after a particular run. Still active as of this writing. Then there's Big Iron - our street sammy. An ex-cop who was put on indefinite administrative leave when she became known as Knight Errant's personal walking PR disaster - effectively the sixth world's version of the Demolition Man. However, as part of the conditions of this arrangement, she had to be on-call when KE needed her for anything. She became a runner to make ends meet and kind of became the Team Mom. And lastly is Clockwork. Clockwork is a decker who runs hot or cold - either hyper-compotent and hacking the planet, or getting thwarted by an OSHA-compliant stairwell (not joking about this) with no inbetweens. Rare flashes of brilliance illuminated the short and underwhelming career of a runner who, as of the most recent update, was sent to the hospital because his overweight girlfriend sat on his face. As the GM, I refuse to issue apologies or excuses. Mostly because, God damn man, you could've done SO MUCH BETTER! Oh yeah, I realize there is a canon runner named Clockwork. Well, we didn't know that going into it, so he got to fly under the radar on that. If he had actually hung in there, I planned on having the canon Clockwork troll him at some point. So, to start, we're all new and Sixth World is out of reach at the time (and debuting late at our local shops), so I decide to pitch the classic: a Stuffer Shack run. Seattle, 2080, early nostril-freezing early January. Big Iron goes into said Stuffer Shack, getting herself some snacks and condoms (in order not to look "lame"). The boy at the counter sleepily rings her up, just in time for Troppo - Spider-Manning his way up to a rooftop in order to eye a gang of elves acting shifty outside the store. This leads to the first glitch of the game - the elves glitch in their attempt to notice Spider-Troppo. Elf 3: Whoa! Look! That pigeon is fat! Elf 4: Who cares?! Focus! Troppo: Troppo sits in silence to watch these crazy elves, taking only minor offense at being called a fat pigeon. One of the elves goes around the side to start hacking the security (which isn't exactly top-notch), and the other three enter and declare themselves the "Daggerbacks" - an elven supremacy movement looking to expand the glorious empire of Tir Tangaire (and sucking at it). Big Iron attempted to take the high road and offered them a chance to reconsider this terrible decision, but they scoff at the offer and a shootout ensues. This goes poorly for the elves (and would've gone worse for them, had I properly read about how this system handles damage! Shadowrun is a ruthlessly kill-y system!) as Big Iron sends the three scattering, one diving for cover, one wounded who slumps into a wall, and the leader with a baseball-sized hole in his torso, blown backwards into the store's front door. He is then grabbed by a colossal, Troll hand, which firmly affixes to his head, causing him to drop his firearm in defeat. The owner of the hand is Oscar, a former coworker of Big Iron who "just so happened to be in the neighborhood" at the time and lent a hand in arresting them. Oh yeah, and Clockwork traced their network activity and arrived at the scene in the nick of too late. Troppo ultimately intimidated their decker into absolute surrender, lifting a coupon for "SUSHI RAINBOW - NOW WITH REAL FISH!" and his deck off him in the process, causing him to flee - claiming to never really care about the Tir - without deck but with soiled pants. The firefight inside dies down not long after. Cashier: You shot it, you bought it! Big Iron: Now's not the time! By sheer coincidence, the other elves had SUSHI RAINBOW coupons on them as well - my subtle shove towards a meet-up place. Big Iron and Troppo meet en route, having established they did work together in the past. Before long, we were all together, meeting at SUSHI RAINBOW, its owners being Japanese immigrants, Yoshi and Rinko Watanabe and their gyaru daughter, Honoka. Since we were playing with few players than normally constitutes a full runner team, I made a few NPCs to help fill any niches that needed addressing. Honoka was a technomancer and had skills like auto mechanic and gunsmith. And, due to an amusing typo (AKA: Clockwork's persistent illiteracy), a new team of runners was born: "Hey, guys! Someone's biting my runner handle!" complained Friend Octopus. "You really need to change it, dude," Observed Radical Larry. "You're one to talk," sighed Sexy Penguin. "All of you, shut up and focus. This bomb isn't gonna defuse itself and if it goes off, we'll lose the entire shipment of irridium discs!" scolds their leader, Disco Panda. Anyways, back in Seattle, we learn Yoshi and Rinko are retired runners who still have contacts throughout the city. Rinko agrees to bring the runners on on a regular basis, provided they assist with a little issue that's been plaguing them for a while: The Silver Knives. A gang of over-the-hill mostly-mages, who are going around and harassing people as of late in the area. I learned many of the foibles of GMs that day. On account the first leg of the run (a shoot-up down a narrow corridor/alleyway) was trivialized by Troppo Spider-Troppo'ing down on them and assassinating them. For reference, I use the dice that came in the Sixth World Beginner's Box - cuz they're super cool - and these geezers were glitching left and right. So, having made complete work of that, the runners got to the main event - a raid on their warehouse compound (where they would be paid for each of the gang necklaces of each head they popped) and were assigned an NPC shaman, Fallen Snow, an Amerindian Shaman who had a... very special master spirit. I used Shark from the core book as the basis and... well... Go to Youtube, and search for "Lumpy Touch Movie Sonic". Once again, as GM, I never make apologies. Except in one run. But that was only half my fault. Fucking stairs, man. Not even once. Well, I underestimated them again and, though the gangers had a numbers advantage, Troppo and Fallen Snow were stealth/assassin builds and Clockwork was given the rival in the form of the 1337 H@X0R, an elderly, experienced hacker who was learning computers before the previous Great Crash, well up to 2080. Fallen Snow then reveals her spirit as Wendigo (full name: Wendigo of the North), who proceeds to beat the hell out of and then subsequently eats the gangers as they go. Now, a small excerpt from our game: "Snow thrusts her arms out to the side as she glows dimly, as two disproportionately long, clawed hands extend up, then out, landing on the ground and pushes up a lumbering, terrifyingly large spirit. Its head is clad in a goat's skull, but its eyes still seem to bulge and protrude from the sockets, as if they are being squeezed. It has a massive set of jaws and ever-convulsing skin that paradoxically seems to hang limp off the spirit's frame. "HEY GUIYS!" the spirit announces itself in an echoing, unearthly voice, "I'm STARVIN' over here!" “Jesus fuck, Snow,” Troppo says under his breath, without taking his eyes off the sprawling enemies. "Wendigo. By our contract. Kill the Silver Knives. Oh, and don't swallow their necklaces. We need those," Snow demands. "Does that mean... WHAT I THINK IT MEANS?!" the spirit cackles. Snow sighs, rolls her eyes, and replies, "Yes. You may eat them. Don't belabor the point. We're in a hurry and outnumbered," “Jesus FUCK, Snow,” Troppo repeats, with greater emphasis this time. Clockwork gasps "Holy shit" Snow rests her eyes for a moment with a sigh. "When gangers killed my family... my magical 'spark' ignited. And I screamed for anything that would give me revenge. And I summoned a Spirit of Hunger," "OH BOY OH BOY, YOU GUYS! It's like a buffet line! Sure, the meat's tough and been under the heat lamp too long, but there's SO MUCH TO TRY!" Wendigo guffaws as his legs manifest and he rises to his full height. After Clockwork used his gun to off a guy in meatspace, Wendigo even pried, "Are you gonna eat that?!" with a sadistic laugh. Clockwork won (narrowly), just in time for the BOSS FIGHT to stomp in - a cybered-up ork with raw strength to spare. When he threw Wendigo across the warehouse, even Big Iron strongly considered the better part of valor. Boss: Well, well, well... I go out for one night on the town with the missus and I come back to find everyone in my branch has kicked their damn oxygen habit... Troppo: Well, to be fair, it's a bad habit to have. Everyone who has it eventually ends up dead. Boss: Too true. Too true. Especially in this day and age. So, you busted up my joint. Least I can do is tell you my call sign. Y'er, uh, runners, yeah? You got call signs, I wager. Mine, when I was a young man, was Wrecking Ball Big Iron: GET SOME, GRANDAD! (Proceeds to open fire wildly). Wrecking Ball: (Dodges, much to the team's horror). The old way it is, then. This was not a fight I had any intention of making easy on them. Hell, I was even going to give them the chance to use social combat to escape. But Big Iron cast the first stone and thus, the battle was underway. But with a bit of teamwork - and a review of how armor works in the game - they were able to beat him - and obtain a specially ranked insignia off his necklace with a color ranking - a green jewel. Rinko paid the team handsomely. The team then got the chance to go back to SUSHI RAINBOW and rest a while. Not long after, I assigned their next run - in what would come to be known as the COFFEE RUN. Join us there as we also DRAW DICKS ON MUSEUM WALLS! And meet a SUPERHERO TEAM! See you there!

[polygon-streams]

May 2nd 2019- Donk Souls

Summary: Pat plays Dark Souls again with our lovable protagonist, Magnum Kong Jr. New environments and monster types are explored (and some cool hats)!

Pat starts in and makes a face at the camera. Eyes wide, staring in glee, the game boots up

Pat acknowledges new subs, mocked the “Hey boy!” clip as it played

Snorkel_the_Dolphin is a rare game historian on twitter, subbed to Pat

Since MK was finished last stream, we’re doing Donk Souls for this stream

Typically saves parts ahead of where we were last stream, so that he has played that part of the game before stream; didn’t this time

Boots on music: Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze soundtrack

I forgot what the character looked like until he panned back to the game lmaoooo

Recap: we are on the road of sacrifices, w nasty lil bird freaks in it (they sprout from the ground and show one of their wings)

“Luckily, we have the biggest fucking hammer in the world to hit them with” (It’s actually a mace)

Pat thinks he’s gonna switch his primary weapons to be a sword and the big hammer

Pat appreciates whistling, especially w vibrato

Brushy is very good at whistling, so can Faith. Pat asks which one can whistle deeper, then tries to whistle deeply. Deepest whistle is throat singing, in Pat’s opinion

Fun fact: Pat used to be able to throat sing, but won’t on stream bc it’s very loud and he thinks he can’t anymore (I don’t care if he can) (I want to see a throat-singing Pat)

Loves the bird-people noises coming from in-the-game

Pat games over: “I got sloppy”

Pat talks about the “Thank you Sonic for 200” tweet (i don’t know what that is). People upset about bad appearance of Sonic, but Pat doesn’t think it’s gonna make a difference bc the script will still be bad. Would be more angry if your perfect image of Sonic is put in a terrible movie

Got over for uncanny valley for Pikachu bc the script seems fine, and proportions are still the same, just moved to a different format

Asks brushy if he’s allowed to have a fursona. Pat thinks he has a bird-sona. A crow or a tired dog. Maybe a borzoi, but doesn’t think he’s elegant enough

Hot take: borzoi’s are the dumbest dogs. Pat loves this

Dipped for a bit here

Doesn’t like rowdy DK music. “This is stressing me tf out”. Sets the music to be more chill. Appreciates pan flute of new song

Talks about spaghetti tech. Proper way to eat spaghetti involves swirling spaghetti between a fork and a spoon. Makes it more convenient, so that spaget doesn’t slide off. Pat has never had rare spaghetti, but has had al dente penne. Al dente spaghetti sounds hard bc hard to wrap around fork

Got a new hat, but dirty af

Finds new crab boss. “Crab hit hard!” Pat loses 1st time, but wins and gets swamp ring

Had to leave for a bit here

Someone got the voice actor for snake to say that “pee is stored in the balls” in his solid snake voice. Pat approves this, so that actor can make the most of the voice

Destroys a man’s book collection because he wouldn’t come back to his camp because he was “too stupid”. Then comes back to kill him.

“I would never put on a ring to make me smart. Magnum jr. would never do that”

The music in this part of the stream slaps in particular

“Cool hat logan”

Mentions how it started to rain outside and how it’s nice to be comfy inside!

Drinkin’ a real piece of shit beer here tonight

“It’s not a bud light it's a budweiser, bud heavy”

Mentions how here’s never had coke and pepsi together before but wants to and probably will soon, perhaps on stream

Goes to fight crystal sage (a boss he hasn’t beaten yet)

Only coke he enjoys is mexican coke rn (which is arguably the best)

Someone knocks on his door so he goes to see who it is, causing chat to go piss crazy

Comes back and says “what did you do faith” she said she drinks grinch soda, or groda, causing her to get timed out

Looks for good armor but refuses to wear one because the ass. is. not. open.

“Let’s go fight a bowass”

The music then turns to what i can only describe as what a classy clown would listen to. Still slaps tho

Has a boss fight that looks like a big ol whack a mole fight with the crystal sage

Makes a small mistake and dies “I got so stupid”

“This time we’ll just be 5% less stupid and 100% more victorious”

Mocks the boss enemies in a new york accent “ya think you’re better than me? Just cuz you know how to read some magical runes you think you’re better than me?”

Makes the sub “yee” noise when he gained a new sub

Watched The Matrix last night and said it held up and was still a good movie

Defeats the boss and sets a bonfire

Mentions how he loves keanu reeves and how he's essentially just doing what he wants

Also mentions how he already got tickets for the new John Wick movie

Says they did a really good job making it seem like a violent, horrible experience to wake up from being in the matrix.

Says he doesn’t really know which way he’s going and he’s just going!

“Hey who’s that?” as he jumps down from a cliff to attack an enemy

“I got the knives in my back, fake friends”

“I know they’re fake friends because real friends would stab me in the front” pat,,,no

Gives an update to his bathroom and says workers are still working and are isolating the ceiling problem and he hopes it’ll be over soon

He really did “hewwo” to us huh

Thanks dark souls for giving a good level design in a fight “love it, yes, excellent, perfect”

Sighs and says you can not pet the dog

Moves to a shield to help in fighting

Chat spams donuts

Memeshart begs for pat to go in a building, but Pat’s just gonna keep exploring

Finally goes into building after exploring

I have to do something urgent right now!

Character says “Redayy be careful”; Pat mocks it (I dunno what he actually said, that’s just what it sounded like)

He goes to level up Magnum jr., and buy stuff he couldn’t buy previously. Bought a really big hat that was totally worth it. Unfortunately, it covers up Magnum Jr’s face. Realizes he can’t level up yet bc he has more souls to burn

Pat admits he has not had a lot of Japanese soft drinks, largely bc people probably don’t bring them overseas much

Finds himself in a Dark Souls treasure nook, w red water. “Is this the blood-loss water?”

Pat got worms!! But the worms don’t want the fire Pat was gonna use them for. Needs to switch the torch w the worms. He also got bees

Pat recites the Bugs sound button as it plays

Gonna wrap up soon bc Thomas is live and we’re gonna raid him

Pat got two Christmas Lizards in game

Goes to fight a giant ice lizard boss, not knowing what he’s doing. Regrets this decision and leaves

Brushy got spaghetti, possibly related to earlier convos in the stream

Pat likes the gross-out art in Dark Souls. Likes that it’s a Japanese developing team taking a Western take that look diff from other Western games

Finished his wrap-around of the area, and decides to cut the stream, but will resume DS on the weekend!!

End of stream!

[goodwriterwithbadhabits]

Your Birthday is Valentines Day

My first ever Got7 reaction! Thank you @maileeart for requesting!

Masterlist

So important note, in Korea, Valentine’s Day is when girls show affection by gifting their S/O’s with Chocolates. The guys typically reciprocate a month later on March 14th for white day, so the idea that is his S/O’s birthday on Valentines day just seems really cute. 

Anyway, onward and upward!

JB (My man!)

If you don't think JB would think your birthday being on valentines day isn't the best thing ever, You are so fucking wrong

You know he wants to be romantic

even though traditionally you're supposed to be

so you compromise and make chocolates together.

Something simple like crunch chocolates (The kind with the popped rice in them my favs)

But don't think he's going to let you lounge around all day

No, he's got plans

If you're dating JB you better like art, history, films, books,

Just the kind of things he's into,

it makes for a better mental connection

Back to the date at hand

First on his list is a museum trip

Some new exhibits opening and he's been queuing for tickets online for months

He'd be making all sorts of comments like “the art is pretty but you look better”

When you finally get home, you'd probably make dinner together

Boy likes cooking

Then you're just chilling on the couch, covered in cats when he gets up and puts a disk in the player

Sappy boi would have made a video about your relationship

Would he propose?

No

He would feel it would make it overwhelming

Today is about you and your relationship so far

Proposals can wait.

But he'd be ready to marry you as soon as his cats approved.

Mark

Mark is chill, but today is your birthday

That's a once a year thing

He would wake you up with kisses and breakfast in bed

Overall a lazy day

You probably got him some fancy chocolates, but he totally ends up feeding them to you

What a man

You probably end up making a fort in the living room later in the day

His motto is “hoodie required, pants optional”

If its cold its better

cuz then you have to snuggle up to him to keep warm

A horror movie marathon is a must

He fucking loves horror movies and he will use the fact that its valentines day against you

Plus if you get scared and squish your face into him he thinks its cute as fuck

Will definitely fall asleep in the fort with you

Would he propose?

Probably not

He would be more likely to do that on White Day

But today's your birthday, so you will be getting some cute shit from him

Just not a ring

Jackson

He would have told you the plans weeks if not months in advance

Only because he would 100 percent take you to another country

Probably New York for a week

You would spend a lot of time exploring

On Valentine's day itself, you would try to buy him chocolate but he would insist that because you're in America he should treat you.

He strikes me as a hardcore romantic

And he just uses your birthday as an excuse to be 100 times more romantic

Fancy dinners at expensive restaurants.

Watching the sunset from the Empire State Building

If you so much as breath towards something

He's gonna buy it for you

(Whoever dates this man is gonna be a lucky bitch)

Your day would end with a fancy candlelit bath, with wine and a floating cheese platter (and birthday sex)

Would he propose?

Let's be real

this kid would be proposing to you every chance he gets

But you always think he's joking so you brush it off

He would jokingly propose if you did something really sweet for you

But he'd wait until he was sure you both wanted to be together forever before proposing

Jinyoung

If my research on Got7 taught me anything

Its that Jinyoung is a little shit

He would pretend not to remember that its your birthday

He would do this literally every year, without a doubt

You would, understandably, be a little upset, but hey

Two can play at this game

You would just jokingly remark that “I guess Youngjae would like the chocolates more, I wonder if he's available today”

And Jinyoung would get a bit salty that of all his members you chose Youngjae to mock him with.

But he'd cave and offer to take you to a movie of your choice

On the way home though he would detour and you'd end up at the dorms.

He wouldn't listen to your questions and just push you through the door

He'd get your family, especially if you were foreign, and as many of your friends as he could

What a cheeseball

Would he propose?

No

But Korean culture has a few romantic holidays he can choose from

Youngjae

Seeing as he is nearly impossible to wake, you would wake up first

You spent hours preparing a beautiful chocolate cake,

Once he finally got up he would get so squishy while you made breakfast

Back hugging you with his face smooshed into your neck

He just tiredly wished you happy birthday while standing there

Once he was a functioning human, he would excitedly talk about your plans for the evening

He wanted you in something sexy, yet chic

He was taking you to dinner and you were gonna have a wonderful time

You looked like celebrities

I mean you are, but like you looked like you belonged on the red carpet

He took you to this kinda dimly lit restaurant and you made a joke that he should take over for the pianist

Once you had finished eating he excused himself and made his way to the piano

And you're like

“Wait, babe, you can't do that”

But he can, because he paid the restaurant owner Bambam to let him

But he announced that its his girlfriends birthday and that he wrote a song

Did you cry? Yes

He also cried, but only because he doesn't like seeing you cry

You two ended up all over the news

Would he propose?

If he was sure about you, oh yeah

Once the song was over he would make his way over to you and drop onto one knee.

Oh look you're both crying again

Bambam

You're both extra people

So you both expect the other to be extra while creating something simple

You had molds made of the cats paw prints and made chocolates in them.

He would probably either cry or ask you to marry him upon receiving them

He took you to the zoo.

You both love animals and he even paid extra so you could feed the giraffes and elephants

A little old lady commented that you reminded her of herself and her late husband

You spent the rest of your time in the zoo just a little pink

When you get home he gives you the rest of your gift

Tons of bath products

Y’all get a relaxing bath, then you get some silk PJs and cuddle on the bed with all your pets children

Would he propose?

No, he wants to be extravagant when he proposed

Months of planning and not a chance you’ll say no.

Yugyeom-

Sunshine child!

He would make you breakfast and try to be quiet about it but he's a loud boi

You got music note shaped chocolates made for him

He bought you flowers and pretty much anything you had mentioned wanting

You spend most of the day lounging around and goofing off

He would be so very cuddly all day

Nothing is getting done

He even Vlives just to tell the fans that it was your birthday

Expect so many kisses at any given moment

Once the sun had set he would be so different

He'd make you get dressed and take you dancing

Even paying the DJ to play a slow song so he had an excuse to hold you close and tell you how much he loved you.

Would he propose?

No,

He wouldn't want to ruin your birthday, just in case you said no

But he would be so loving

[jamilelucato]

They Don’t Know About Us || Loki x Superhero Reader || Part One

Summary: Y/N is a new Avengers and, while she tries to adapt to this new position, she has to deal with some new feelings for a guy who is not that good — and really older than her.

A/n: So, here the girl is basically eighteen and Loki has an appearance of a thirty-year-old in the human world. You're able to control the earth element and all the things related to it. This story happens before Infinite War, everyone is already forgiven after Civil War, Asgard still exists. 

Let me know if you guys want me to continuous. 

and sorry for any English mistakes

Part Two     Part Three

You knew you shouldn’t have got up from the bed the minute you did it. Although it was a beautiful morning, something inside you was saying: don't get out of this room. However, you were the newest Avenger and wanted to show Stark that he made a good choice by picking you.

"Good morning, Stie," you said once you were in the kitchen. The Captain America (who you friendly nicknamed as Stie) had in his hand his daily coffee and he was smiling — even if it was 8 a.m.

"Hey there, little rock" that's why you had to nickname him. Little Rock, really? "Want anything?"

"I can get it myself, no worries"

You go to the fridge and get some cake from last night. Natasha was craving a strawberry cake and she bought one too big that will probably last until next week.

"Don't you think Tasha will be a little angry 'cause you ate her cake?" Steve asked, looking at the piece you've put on a plate.

"There's so much left — she won't even notice," you said, smiling too.

You missed your family, but those superheroes were a pretty good replacement.

"Thor is coming over; you two haven't met yet, have you?" Captain said before leaving.

 "No, we haven't... oh that's gonna be good, meeting a God and all" 

"Actually, two gods: Loki is coming too" 

"Oh" you knew Loki's reputation: he was absolutely not a pure soul but he was trying to redeem himself in the past few years.

"Yeah, I know. But I won't let him harm you, little rock." 

"Thanks, Stie, I really appreciate it, but I don't think he'll try anything with his brother around"

"You really haven't met him, then"  he laughed.

Mr. Stark was knocking at your door at the moment Thor and his brother arrived on Earth. Like you couldn't have felt that!

"Come on, Y/L/N!! We're going to have lunch with them!"

"I'm coming!!" you were a little bit late because Natasha told you to dress up some more — something about those Asgardians being completely appealing. Anyway, you were finishing applying makeup in your face and gave a last glance at yourself in the mirror. You were still wearing those old jeans, but this time with a cute green blouse Clint had given you for saving his butt at that last war.

"Oh! Someone is overdressed!" Tony said when you got out of the room.

"Really? Is it too much?" his comment made you start staring at your clothes.

"No, no, no — what I mean is that you look good. It's just, you're always with the same clothes"

"-I'm not!" 

"Whatever. Take it as a compliment and let's go" and you followed him down the hall.

When Tony Stark said you were going to lunch with the sons of Odin, he forgot to mention that you weren't gonna leave the building at all, and, because all of the other Avengers were going to be there too, you did look overdressed cuz those people were now very familiar with your normal-lunch-clothes.

The looks didn't turn all at you — thank you God — but you became another pair of eyes looking at them: the gods. So, so magnificent! The blond one, probably Thor, had short sparkly hair, and he was wearing some jeans jacket and paints, very normal and casual. The other one, which you assumed it was Loki, had a shoulder-sized black hair, a mysterious look on his face, and a suit in broad daylight. You were no longer worried about overdressing.

Natasha was absolutely right — those two were totally attractive. You wondered if she had made out with any of the two.

Tony made you follow him until the seats next to the outsiders and that made you feel a bit anxious.

"Thor, how have you been?" he asked when Thor got up and 'absorbed' Stark in a hug. 

"Stark, my man!" the blond Asgardian answered, slapping Tony's back. "or should I say machine?" and he started laughing. By his manners, he wasn't Natasha's type — he was most likely to be the ones she tells jokes about.

So this leaves the mysterious one to Tasha.

"You! Certainly Stark's new hero!" Thor said, pulling you into his bear hug. You answered him with your complete name. "Well, Y/N meet my least favorite brother, Loki"

The black-haired one didn't get up for you, at least not immediately. He turned his face to see you, at the beginning with a very bored look but once he stopped analyzing, he instantly got up.

"Dear brother, do I have to remind you that I am your only brother?" he commented, turning his face to you and suggesting to catch your hand like he was about to kiss it. You were so hypnotized that you let him grab it, and he did kiss it.

"Loki Laufeyson, a pleasure to meet you, Y/N"

"Hm the pleasure is all mine...?" it sounded like a question although it wasn't your intention. In response, he just smiled. That made you want to smile back, but since he wasn't looking at you anymore, you held yourself back.

Lunch wasn't terrible — except for Thor's jokes and the lack of glances at you that Loki gave. You found out that they were staying for a week because Thor wanted to talk to some special human. Curious as you are, after eating you went straight to Natasha to find out about more stuff.

"Hey Y/N! I didn't think you'd be free until 3 p.m." she said once you found her at the liquor counter.

"Neither did I but, for some reason, Stark let me go."

"Wait, weren't sitting next to the Asgardians?" she asked.

"Yes..."

"And you managed to get up? How?"

"Well, Thor is a sight for sore eyes but his jokes are the worst!" you said remembering all the ones he told just before you even started eating.

"No denying," she said, putting her hands in the air "But what about his brother?"

"Handsome, no doubts, but I'm not cutting your grass"

"What?!? Why?" Natasha got up from behind the counter and walked over to my side.

"You said they were attractive so I..."

"You assumed I was making out with one of them?" your face burned red when she read your thoughts, then she started laughing really loud. "Loki is not my type!!" she screamed in the middle of the laughs.

"Everyone is your type, Tasha!" you screamed back, now laughing too.

"True, but not the point" she answered while cooling off.

"Anyways, I'm too young for any of them"

"But they don't know that!" she said, blinking an eye.

"Thor came to Earth because he wants to talk to ‘someone special’ so, I guess he's off the list" you purposely informed, wanting for Tasha to tell you more about that.

"Oh, Jane!" she let it out, remembering the girl's name.

"So you know her!" you said, pointing your finger at her.

"Yeah, sure, but if he asks, I don't." clearly Thor and she were friends but not that close. "They broke up, I heard."

"Oh, poor Thor" you felt bad for him mostly because he was too pretty to have a heartbreak.

"However, what about Loki? Shouldn't you give him a try?"

"Again, I'm only eighteen," you said, still laughing.

"He's probably eighteen in Asgardians years too," she said, probably remembering the time he stayed with the Avengers. "Afterall, you guys will just hook up, not get married"

"Not my type, though," you said, nodding your head, trying to look another way to cover up the lie you just told.

"Totally your type! I do remember Spider-Boy being rejected for being too nice and an open-book!"

"I did not reject Peter!"

"Not with words, you didn't." Natasha was truly pulling your leg today and she knew you too much already — it was only three months you were there.

"He is dating a girl from school anyway" you forgot his girlfriend's name but you remembered you two talking about it another day.

"You know who isn't dating?" Natasha asked, looking far behind you

"Who?" you couldn't deny you hated being single.

"Loki" she said giggling and pointing to the suited figure that stared at you through the glass wall.

You stared back at the Laufeyson. Maybe you should give him a try, after all.

[writeawayjake]

Writing Tag Game

Tagged by @hklunethewriter Thank you.

i. How many works in progress do you currently have? Currently I have two that I’m working on. I’ve been taking a break from one of them at the moment because I’m making it into a comic and that’s exhausting so I’m focusing on the one that’s just a written story for now.

ii. Do you/would you write fanfiction? I don’t but I might if I get enough inspiration. I used to make characters that I’d insert into certain things like Star Wars or Gundam but that was a loooong time ago.

iii. Do you prefer paper books or ebooks? I’ve actually never bought an ebook, not out of any real preference I just don’t have the money for a Kindle. That being said, there is something kind of satisfying about having a shelf full of books.

iv. When did you start writing? Well shit, I honestly have no clue haha. I don’t know the first time I wrote a story down but I’ve always been making things up in my head. I probably get it from my Mom because when I was very little she’d make things up to explain the world; like hills were actually where dragons died and got covered in dirt over time, or this one time we were at the beach and there was a dead seagull, I started crying cuz it made me sad but she explained how this was the king of the seagulls and we should feel honored because he chose this spot we were on. Sounds really damn weird now that I type it out.

v. Do you have someone you trust that you share your work with? I’m always super self conscious about anything I make but I’m getting better at sharing. The writing community on here is super friendly and supportive so I’m pretty comfortable sharing on here with whoever wants to read.

vi. Where is your favourite place to write? In bed on my laptop haha. Hopefully in my pajamas.

vii. Favorite childhood book? Earliest one I can remember is a book called The Discovery of Dragons by Graeme Base. (No I totally didn’t buy a copy as an adult in a bout of nostalgia fueled crisis.)

viii. Writing for fun or publication? 
Currently just for fun but it would be amazing if I could JK Rowling this mofo.

ix. Pen and paper or computer? Both! I’ve recently moved to writing on the computer but all my outlines are still done on paper.

x. Have you ever taken any writing classes? Other than one creative writing class in college no I have not. HOWEVER! I learned a ton from a youtube channel called Lessons from the Screenplay. Suuuuuuuper helpful. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCErSSa3CaP_GJxmFpdjG9Jw

xi. What inspires you to write? Oh it comes from anywhere really. My most recent story was inspired by a conversation between my sister and I. The one before that was inspired by me just being a nerd and describing my hometown like it was in a fairytale. The one before that was inspired by Red Dawn (Swayze not Chris Evans). So inspiration for me is pretty nebulous.

@writerlydays @spilledmusings @writingg--tips @wordsnstuff @dontwaitforinspiration @brynwrites @bucketsiler 

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You're right, I bought the rewrites you liked to. I haven't seen the Gene version of the V7 cover yet, is this supposed to be a special edition? Additionally, what do you mean by not being able to get genuine new copies of the rewrites? I simply bought the new editions off amazon. Anyway, sounds like the original novels still seem worth checking out even if they're not the "definite" edition anymore. BTW, I didn't know about the audio drama either. Does it follow the novels or is it original?(2)

Referring to the first part of your ask, yes, it’s definitely a shame that the anime never got around to the dream Naru = Gene reveal. It gave the series an actual purposes and explained so much. Not including the final arc also did a huge disservice to Mai’s character and how she felt about everyone. Mai managed to resolve that case with her own powers, but only because of the love she felt for everyone. In the anime, her character never really got developed far beyond her being a total airhead/ damsel in distress, but she’s actually a very brave and thoughtful person.

Now onto the second part. That Gene version of the V7 cover is just the cover underneath the book jacket. That’s why the book jacket has holes in it. It’s actually pretty cool cuz it’s Gene shining through underneath Naru. Also, notice how Mai is the only one who changes how she’s falling? Uncontrolled fall to controlled fall? Interesting, right? What could it mean? 

Anyway, I ordered new copies (meaning sealed, never opened, and with all supplementary materials) of Book 3, Book 4, & Book 6 so I could get the informational pamphlets inside them. However, out of the three, only one had the pamphlet, but even that book didn’t have the obi strip. These were obviously resealed. And I can understand that they’re probably not in print anymore, so a genuine new copy isn’t feasible, but I do want those supplementary materials. So, I returned Book 4 & 6 and ordered new ones. I’ll be doing a giveaway for Book 3 soon. I’ve just been really sick and haven’t had the energy to put together anything fancy or work out the details yet.

The audio drama comes with special editions of the Vol 11 & 12 manga (2 CDs), so I think it’s based on the manga. I haven’t listened to them yet and it’s doubtful I’d understand the dialogue yet with my poor listening comprehension, but I’ll post what information I can about them soon.