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raemanzu · 1 month ago

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Okay, story time, containing awkwardness of the closeted queer nerd variety. And the dangers of using weird passwords.

Picture this common frustration: I have been locked out of an important online account.

No, I don't remember what kind of account. It might have been an online banking account. Now I'm thinking it was probably my car insurance.

In any case. All I remember is that it was something very financially significant, and I NEEDED to get into that account, so I could pay an important bill or something, something time-sensitive.

Stress was high. I did not have very much money and did NOT want Collections to be called. I was also a very young adult.

This was back in the early 2010s at the latest. I had only lived outside of my childhood home for a year or three at most. In my outer life I was a quiet modest Mormon girl coping with living in a New Scary Liberal Place, insistent that I was definitely Not A Lesbian and had not left Utah because of being in love with my best friend, definitely not, we were just good friends.

And in my inner life I was an extremely confused repressed queer ace nonbinary person doing very whacky gay chat roleplays with my future QPP, who I was now living with at their parents' house, featuring many anime and JRPG-inspired OCs with various complicated relationships with sexuality or lack thereof, including some intersex boys who were basically sex slaves to a bunch of royal women.

What does all this have to do with getting locked out of my account?

Well, there was a moment when I called the customer help line hoping someone could get my account unlocked, and the guy on the other end asked me what my password was.

"Oh. Um." I paused for what felt like an embarrassingly long amount of time. I had a habit of using names or features of my OCs combined loosely with L337 speak to help me come up with unique but memorable passwords. "Uhhh, I'll just spell it. So it's the numeral zero. Capital W… lowercase o… m… e.. n…"

At this point my face is starting to get kind of hot.

"Number 4… m..e…" I finish in an awkward laugh.

"Okay, so just to check, it's 0, Women with a capital W, 4, me?"

"Yeah," I laugh again, realizing that the likelihood of the average person having at least one question about that password and what led to it, is pretty high actually. In my flustered state I may have even rushed to try and awkwardly explain "it's an inside joke!"

BUUut if I said that much, I hope I stopped at that point, instead of regaling this random man with even a brief summary of the story of a traumatized sex slave who was desperately afraid of being forced to please royal women in bed. (hmm I wonder if there are POSSIBLY any PARALLELS between this idea and my asexual nightmares about being forced to temple-marry a random dude… lol).

I'm not sure I DID actually stop there though because I'm the kind of socially awkward nerd who sometimes infodumps that kind of thing, like a missionary wanting everyone to hear the good news of My Amazing OCs which definitely are just quirky because I'm So Creative, they have nothing to do with my Inner Identity Crisis. Even more so back then. (I'm a TINY bit more self aware now).

I don't remember what the guy said, if anything. But I was dying inside, wondering if this random man was constructing an entire narrative in his head around this poor technologically challenged closet lesbian. I may have even said that I had "moved in with my best friend" when I gave my updated address, because this account was based in Utah rather than Washington. Which is even more incriminating.

In any case, some part of my brain was convinced he was onto me.

Because I just had to go and use a weird awkward in-joke as a password.

Luckily, he didn't ask any more questions (out loud). Maybe he forgot about it all right away. I got access to my account restored, and immediately changed my password to something safe and completely indecipherable.

But yeah, 10+ years later, me and Cal still laugh about the 0Women4me incident. Still definitely not a lesbian, but for different much more queer reasons.

#rae blahblahblahs #I hope someone out there finds this funny #exmormon

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hwaightme · 2 years ago

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Your fan, Mingi (part 2)

(part 1) (your fan ml)

🎤 pairing: mingi x rapper!reader 🎤 genre: slice of life, mix of fluff and angst, music and the industry, slow burn 🎤 summary: a bulletpoint-style wordstream of what it would be like if mingi was stanning you 🎤 wordcount: 3.3k 🎤 warnings/tags: language, reader is a rapper, reader is a tattooed queen, mingi and reader collaboration, album of the year, big concert, toxic fandom (but it is overcome:)), mingi support, reader is a shining star, comfort, celebrity, hongjoong is proud dad, studio energy, write angsty rap, power couple, new future, new home 🎤 a/n: Hi <3 this is part 2 for Your fan, Mingi!! Part 1 can be found here. From the bottom of my heart thank you so much for your support and care, and as always, I greatly appreciate any asks, reblogs and likes!

You trusted Hongjoong. He was one of the only idol artists who you clicked with and remained connected to, and you had no regrets. He never pushed any subject you were not comfortable with, nor did he really mention idol life outside of music, composition, production and lyric writing.

Through him you had gotten to know more about the idol life, and just what it took for such a talented and prominent fourth generation group to do world tours, to do fansign events, to always be there for fans and create fantastic music.

There had been a couple of times previously that Hongjoong had implied that it would be interesting to collaborate with you, but you had brushed it off.

You had no idea whether you, having the standing that you did in the music industry, would benefit or suffer from such a collaboration. For you the thought of potentially having to have official big-scale promotions and delving into the political side of the industry was more than unpleasant.

It was clear that had you signed any contract for officially making a track with Hongjoong, you likely would have had to play by his company's rules, maybe even have had to fit a particular concept.

This time, however, Hongjoong had unknowingly hit you in your weak spot. He mentioned Song Mingi.

When Hongjoong and you had a listening session together, with him and yourself sharing some tracks, both released and in the works, you had fixated on the other rapper's voice and flow.

He had a unique tone, and a way of incorporating off-beats and delays that made you inadvertently shake your head and make the classic 'damn this shit is good' face. The highest level of approval.

You had not hesitated in informing your friend that Mingi was a gem in his team, and that you were grateful to have had the chance to listen to him.

And of course Hongjoong was going to remember that until the end of time and employ that information against you.

The text was simple, but did not leave much room for negotiation. Not that you would have refused anyways.

<MC MINION> hey Mingi loves you and wants to record a cover of your track Dum Spiro Spero. You cool with that + got instrumental?

You had to admit, you had been hopeful that a day would come when you could meet Mingi, especially after you had spotted him in the audience at your recent concert.

You were too cool to let your glee show, instead launching into one of your more challenging openers. Did you want to impress him? Yes. Did you want to spell out that you liked him? No.

It was lucky that your fans did not recognise him, or were polite and respectful enough to pay no mind, nor alert anyone on social media. So, in peace you could enjoy giving him the occasional glance throughout the show and let your inner fangirl perform a victory dance as you noticed he was completely enchanted.

So without any further thought, you sit send on an offer for them to come over to your studio and to make something completely new together. Bureaucratic shit could wait for a second, you had some self-wingwoman-ing to do.

They had arrived at record speed, much to your delight. And to say that your heart skipped a beat when you locked eyes with Mingi would be an understatement. You were envious of the unbelievable boom-bap that it had produced, barely being able to contain yourself.

Mingi was the same. Shining like a thousand suns, he stretched his hand out to you and once you did the same, could not help but admire the tattoos that were peeking out from under the sleeve of your oversized hoodie.

In a spur of emotion he blurted out a series of compliments, his hand still holding onto yours, him melting as you chuckled and sent warm words right back.

While deciding what the track was going to be, Hongjoong had suddenly decided to volunteer himself into an exclusively producer role, saying something along the lines of "the track will just sound better that way trust me"... which could be taken two ways.

Mingi swooned a little at the thought that Hongjoong was literally waving a green flag for him to make a RAP DUET with you.

While you, interpreting it as a subtle jab at your productions skills, clasped your hands together, uttering a low, "1v1 me dude I dare you"

Never before did Mingi see Hongjoong so unsettled, his hands flittering over your equipment as he laughed nervously. But in a matter of seconds a sweet smile returned to your face as you leaned back in the chair and said "you know that we are both control freaks right? Wait- Mingi? You a control freak or just freaky?"

His face slowly started turning beet red as he looked to his captain for reassurance. It did not help that you addressed him informally, catching him off-guard completely. But he did not mind. In fact, he liked it. A lot.

And with that buzz motivating you, you Hongjoong and Mingi began to write lines, lay down beats, nearly crash Ableton a couple of times, hold a mini-concert on some Launchpads, and made sure to include a catchy hook, credit to Hongthoven being in the house.

It was totally different seeing you work. Just as you were sweet and mellow when chatting away to him or Hongjoong, you were the world's energy personified both in the booth and while guiding Hongjoong if there was something he could not find, since the set up was slightly different.

Mingi could not take his eyes off you as you were recording your parts. The way in which you were fully immersed in the story spoke volumes about your professionalism, and how well you added vocals to his parts made his heart flutter. He could not help but imagine how this could sound live.

He wanted to take this out of the booth and into the world. To be that rap duo that everyone wanted to hear. So once it was his turn, he gave it all.

You were in awe. He was even better than before, and matched you impressively well. He had even used some of your beloved techniques, and took a rhythmic pattern from your part to emphasise its importance. You could not help but lean over to Hongjoong, who was looking awfully similar to a Cheshire cat, and whisper:

"I need an album with this guy."

"He's all yours. Trust me, he'll break KQ down if you tell him."

Now it was your turn to blush. Who were you? A school girl? Maybe. Maybe on the inside there was a little school girl. You didn't mind though. Not one bit. You liked it. And though you were still one to want to keep that tough girl persona, you admitted you had a soft spot for the gentle giant.

After the first day of working on the track had gone incredibly well, Hongjoong and Mingi had taken straight to management to convince them that this was going to be a hit. Later that same night, on an hour-long zoom call with you, your agent, Hongjoong, Mingi and their management present, you had all agreed on terms and were ready to make the track official for future release.

You knew that this was likely going to involve a lot more publicity, and was going to be something new, but Mingi had highlighted, when the topic of promotions came up, that he did not want to follow a hardcore route, instead opting more for the few but highly sought after appearances. Hongjoong simply agreed.

It was obvious to you that Mingi was doing this out of consideration for you, and it did make you think that maybe he saw you as weak, but that evaporated once the call was done and he messaged you privately.

<MC Mango> Hey Y/N! Just wanted to say that I am so excited to be able to actually make this track with you! Feels like a dream haha

<you> Hi Mingi, likewise :) super cool stuff, you coming to the studio @ 10am tomorrow right?

<MC Mango> You know it! Also, what's your favourite food?

Well that was random, but you decided to answer anyways

<you> Nachos are life.

<MC Mango> RESPECT! Okay thank you :D

<you> You mysterious man... O_O

<MC Mango> See you tomorrow Y/N :) <3

<you> haha see you :) <3

His addition of the heart made your heart do flip flops. You really were getting too soft. So you put on your noise cancelling headphones, and in your best nature, turned up an aggressive hiphop and trap playlist.

And yet, thoughts of him did not want to leave, so instead, you returned to tweaking what you had recorded today, listening to his wonderful voice many times over.

After a few more days of the two ATEEZ members basically living in your studio (and Mingi bringing nachos for you because of that one text you sent), you were officially finished with the preparation of the track, having mastered it to the highest quality attainable, and after that, it was a big time rush to tie up all the loose ends for the set release.

The way that this one song scaled in terms of production was unprecedented, and compared to your lonely nights in the studio or at most, five people working on an album, you could not help but feel like you did not deserve this.

You felt like everything was being taken out of your control, and there were moments when you, quite literally, had no idea what was happening, neither with your song nor with what the bureaucrats had lined up for you. It was all simply too much. Too loud, too much like a hive.

So walked right into your studio, and got to writing.

The words came naturally to you, and it was your fingers that were struggling to keep up as you let loose on the pages in front of you. The message was simple enough, but it resonated. The feeling of realising that you will never really quite know a person, or the wide network of people who are connected to you.

Just as you were finishing up, you noticed that the second verse seemed to have a slightly different voice. One that was too similar to a certain tall rapper. Oh you were in deep.

You were alerted by a soft knock on the door, and looked up to see none other than Mingi, poking his head in, evidently worried. You could not be happier to see him.

"Hey, you weren't at KQ so I figured I could find you here. What's up? Can I come in?"

He asked, ever so gentle. As he ambled across the room upon shutting the door behind him, you noticed he had a plastic bag in his hands. After seeing your line of vision stop at the object, he raised it a little, explaining:

"I brought some fuel. There were these cool new fusion kimbap rolls launched, and I wanted to try them with you."

With you. The words repeated in your head. You thanked him, and patted the seat beside you. There was no need for you to explain why you were taking some time out, Mingi understood in a heartbeat.

The only thing that mattered to him was that you were still here, smiling, and more than happy to see him. Be with him.

You slid over the lyrics you had written for a still untitled rough idea, asking him for his opinion. Brows furrowed, he leaned over, closer to you.

"Oh this flows... nice... oh I really like that line. Wait why did you write 'Fix On'?"

"Guess."

"Wait, no way. Is this us?"

"Well... it could be?" you left the question hanging in the air. Silence fell upon the room as he looked deep into your eyes.

"This... is going to be THE BEST ALBUM EVER LET'S DO THIS!" he almost deafened you with his scream for joy as he jumped up from the chair, taking you with him and wrapping you up in a tight hug.

At first you were frozen, unsure of what in the world you were supposed to be doing, but as seconds passed and he was not planning on letting go, you chuckled and returned the embrace, rocking just a little.

Another spark passed between you as both of you felt that this was definitely going to be much more than just an album.

As days turned into weeks, and one song turned into a mini album, your interactions with Mingi also changed. Instead of just staying in the studio to work, you now spent hours on end in the space just staying together to chat. Initially sat opposite one another, but recently, intertwined in a cuddle on the couch, both of you looking at either your phone or his.

When Hongjoong was in the studio too, he was constantly eyeing both of you with a cheeky smirk.

It had already been five times that the rest of the members, led by Yunho, crashed the studio 'to see how things were going' and to 'see Mingi because they have not seen him in so long'. Soon enough that had also changed to 'you know what just take him forever he doesn't stop talking about you anyways'.

Though you had not made it official yet, everything was progressing in that direction. Both him and you were evolving thanks to your collaboration, and had only one wish: for this to never end.

Mingi had helped you familiarise yourself with official photoshoots, and you had given him freestyling tricks for 'the future'.

Once the mini album dropped, it seemed that everything you knew combusted.

Initially, your fans, those fans who you held so dear and worked tirelessly for, were pouring in with nothing but disappointment and hatred. You were appalled. It was also obvious that they had not listened to any of the tracks, and they were just displeased that now you were 'searching for the mainstream, sucking up to popular culture and losing yourself'.

It would be a lie to say you did not spend nights after the release in tears, instead of celebrating. Hiding in your beloved studio, you could not stop yourself from composing sad track after sad track, trying to find an outlet for your anguish. You knew you should not have done this. You knew you should not have loved.

You did not answer Mingi's calls, nor his messages, but when he bust through the door, misty-eyed and crying out your name, you collapsed into his arms as he comforted you, promising you that he would always be there. No matter how hard things seemed.

Once you had calmed down, he took out his phone and started showing you some screenshots. Then went on Twitter, and then even searched up articles related to your collaboration. He wanted to show you that there was a different side to the story.

And oh how bright it was.

ATINY were overwhelmingly positive about this surprise release, praising both Mingi's and your talents, and diving into searching for more of your content.

You read the critics raving about each track, especially the first one, which you had made into the title track.

The public was calling for this to be in concert. On a show. Anywhere where they could feel this live. You took Mingi's hand and slipped your fingers through his, and he responded by bringing you closer, kissing your cheek.

"And finally, take a look," and he showed you one more page. Your social media page. With the follower count unlike anything you have ever seen before, even though you had experienced a crash just a few days ago. And a flood of comments of appreciation and gratitude. In that moment, you returned to Mingi, and pulled him into a hope-filled kiss.

It was interesting doing promotions as a new couple. Though you had not revealed the relationship, multiple public figures had commented on your 'unique chemistry' and 'what seemed to be musical telepathy'.

On a couple of shows onto which you had agreed to go, (given the condition that Mingi would be there too) you shined. Initially you were irked by their requests that you covered up your tattoos, but as it turned out, long-sleeved, form fitting turtlenecks and modern cyber and industrial wear quickly became your signature.

Your agent was ecstatic at your rise in popularity, and was now almost always on new phone calls, even negotiating with some brands who wished to do advertising with you.

And Mingi, well, he was falling in love with you more and more, as you shined brighter and brighter. During a small break in your promotions to accommodate ATEEZ's pre-filming, he continuously messaged you and even invited you onto the film set, where you had the chance to mingle more with the staff.

You had gotten to know a lot of them closely, even recognising some from the time of initial preparations for your album with Mingi, and took no time to present them with small thank you gifts, and helping them out when you could.

Their attitude towards you also softened, with one of the younger interns admitting that initially, she had perceived you as a much scarier and stricter figure, and after hearing some rumours. To this, you responded with a light-hearted laugh, and thanked her for the honestly.

How glad you were that Mingi had snuck out to see you that day, and that serendipity had brought you a friend in the form of Hongjoong.

Fast-forward a couple of months, and you were having the largest-scale concert of your career. Before, it used to be within the hundreds at most, the highest profile one having approached one thousand.

But now, there were a few thousand voices, all chanting your name. The venue was sold out in record time, and the first batch of merch that you had designed, with Mingi cheering you on in the background, was nearly sold out. The concert merch too, had been swept off the stalls.

It was exhilarating. You were alive. Before, it was you breathing life into the audience, sharing your energy with them, connecting to them and lighting up the room. But now, the exchange was mutual, and in some moments, you were flabbergasted at the pulsating force of the crowd. They were there for you. They were cheering for you. They knew your words by heart and were overjoyed to be in this time and space with you.

You were on the extended platform connected to the main stage that went further into the audience. A peninsula, surrounded by a sea of shimmering glow and the wonderful people attending. It was time for you to perform the title track of your and Mingi's album. You were seated on one of the two stools that were right in the centre of the 'peninsula'. One single spotlight on you.

The crowd roared, signaling Mingi's approach in the darkness. You felt his back press against yours, his heartbeat steady, giving you rhythm, giving you reassurance. While your microphones were still off, but he moved his away just in case, you heard him whisper to you quick words of adoration, and a cheerful 'let's do this'.

In this wide world, you had always thought that keeping your circle small, your fanbase small, and your music inaccessible was the only way to preserve identity. But you had grown. You had now understood that you had been selfish, denying those who wanted to dream the opportunity to do so.

Now on the stage, together with the love of your life and with the universe surrounding you, you were truly alive, and truly an artist.

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cats-mayhem · 1 year ago

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My top 5 favorite twst characters and why I like them.

Erm. It's in the title. So let's get into it.

Everything is undercut in case you don't wanna see or somethn.

5. Jamil Viper

Jamil! I honestly think he's one of the most relatable characters. At least in my opinion. He's been told to hold back all his life, and because he does hold back, he thinks he's better than everyone else and thinks that if only he could show his true potential, then everyone will see him as better. BUT He isn't better than everyone. Book 6 really sold me on Jamil since his interactions with Leona felt so real. He isn't better than Leona. He isn't holding back anymore and yet he's still falling behind. And that hits him! He honestly has some of the best development in the series. Also Book 4 is just really good! I like how it delves into Jamil's backstory and his motivations for why he needs an elaborate plan to get Kalim dethroned as Housewarden. He wants to have some level of superiority that doesn't just exist in his head and he deserves it! Give him a break he's been through so much. He's also one of the funniest people in the cast I only say facts.

4. Rook Hunt

First things first. He is French and I'm not defending him from that. ANYWAYS He is also so fucking fun. He's so out of pocket for this game it's insane. He will say something very long-winded and poetic about leadership or beauty. And then the next sentence he's fantasizing about ripping a mans throat out. THAT MOMENT IN THE HALLOWEEN EVENT? Where Sebek is freaking out and Rook places Sebeks hand on his rapidly-beating heart and tells him that despite his calm demenour, he is also panicked but understands that being calm and logical is the best way to go about this. And that calms Sebek down. And then Trey is like "Don't tell me you can also control your heartbeat." and Rook is like "I'll let you decide on that!" LIKE?? HELLO?? He's so funny. On another note, I do like how he is the most mature student in this damn school. He's honest and upfront in his own way. He hardly lies, only really sugarcoats with his unique way of speaking. Vil literally points out that Rook didn't think their performance at the VDC was all that good since he didn't call it "beautiful" and Rook admits to it. He wanted to keep everyones high spirits but also didn't want to lie so he said something along the lines of "It was the best performance we could've given." or something like that. He's just so poetic and FRENCH that he just appeals to me.

3. Leona Kingscholar

Leona!!! Book 2 did my man so dirty and I'll never get the compensation I deserve. There's just something so fascinating about him. He's born as the second prince, gossiped about by the staff of the castle for his signature spell, is told that he'll NEVER get a chance at the crown no matter how talented he is. All while he was a CHILD. So he doesn't try. He's lazy and sleeps around a lot. The only times where he actively TRIES is when it's needed OR if it's for the betterment of the dorm. Malleus is a constant reminder of his failings and has what he'll never have. Despite all of his talent in the school, being one of the strongest mages in it, being one of the smartest not just academically but also socially. And yet, he's still only second best. I think he wanted Savannaclaw to beat Malleus in spelldrive because the spelldrive Savannaclaw team will have a better future. The reason he got held back twice was because of attendance. He doesn't want to leave and go home only to live the rest of his days in his brother's shadow. He doesn't want to live in a future where he knows what's going to happen. Leona's relationship to his future life is SO interesting to me and I wish more people went into it. Leona can fill a two hour analysis video I'm being so for real. He has such depth that wasn't explored enough in the book that was supposed to be about him. Justice for my man! And maybe some anti-depressants.

2. Ruggie Bucchi

POOR BITCHES UNITE!!! I love Ruggie so much he's just a guy. He's just like me fr. Out of all the top 5 this is the one where I don't have a lot to say. I just really like him. I suppose I could go on about how his background made him into one of the most hardworking characters in the whole game. I love how his schemes foil Jack's honesty. I like how much of a little scamp he is! He deserves all the money he gets. I love you Ruggie. THIS IS A PRETTY BAD EXPLANATION ON WHY I LIKE HIM. I JUST DO. I think it's because I relate to him on being poor and having to deal with not having certain luxuries and being a bit salty when seeing other people with those luxuries having a better life than you. And having to suck it up since at the end of the day, those people decide how much your work is worth. What a guy. Maybe I'll make a post about him later detailing how he relates to the socioeconomic themes of twst as a whole.

1. Jack Howl

Literally the most obvious #1 in the whole world. I can sit here for hours and talk about this man it isn't even funny anymore. When you first see him he gives off a big, mean but quite aura to him. But when you actually meet him he's a tsundere. But there is SO much more to him than that. First thing I wanna clear up: He is NOT a himbo, stop characterizing him as such. He's smart in his academics since he constantly studies. He's smart about fitness since it's very important to him. He IS however, socially inept. He always wants to be alone and do things alone mostly due to his big initiative. He always wants to do things the correct way though. He likes following rules and gets very upset when those rules are broken since he views rules as guidelines to better himself.

HOWEVER through book 2 he sees that those rules aren't helping everyone since Leona broke the rules in order to better Savannaclaw as a whole. Despite him being very disappointed in Leona and Ruggie, he still holds a great deal of respect for them. He holds a great deal of respect for all of his upperclassmen, and idolizes them in a way. He wants to be better than Leona. He wants to help Ruggie since Ruggie is basically second in command at Savannaclaw and he doesn't get the same amount of assistance as Leona gets from him. Despite his respect and idolization, he can still point out the wrongdoings of them and can actively criticize them for their actions. He doesn't glorify them. And I think what book 2 was trying to convey with Jack is his realization that sometimes the system is kinda fucked and it's OK to break the rules for the greater good. Unfortunately, it doesn't come across that way due to how badly book 2 was written. But it makes sense to me since in book 3 he actively sacrifices his class time to fight against Azul.

Azul isn't breaking any rules, but what he is doing is pretty fucked up and Jack can see that and wants to help. Of course, he frames it as him being upset that everyone else basically cheated with the exams and didn't take the exams with their own work and studying. He wants to measure his abilities in a fair environment. And honestly I think that IS his main reasoning for helping, but he can also have multiple reasons for doing a lot of things. He is a multi-dimensional character after all.

I know I didn't get into it when I mentioned it earlier but him being bad at socializing is a flaw with him. He can be rather rash and inconsiderate at times, but at other times he can be careful and caring. He just doesn't show that other side of him because he values how other people see him. He wants to be seen as someone big, strong and intimidating just like Leona. He wants to assert himself like that. He wants control over how his image comes across to others and this means suppressing certain parts of himself. Like I said before, a big part of Savannaclaw is the stunt emotional growth of all of the characters. Each one has their own problems that prevent them from going on with their life in a better mindset. Jack is apart of that! We don't know why he's like this, but I'm sure we'll find out eventually! Twst is weird with its lore sometimes. Only time will tell.

And to clarify, this is me being brief about his character. I could go SO MUCH MORE IN DEPTH if I wanted to. But I just wanted to point out some of the things I like about him.

If you made it this far, congrats! Here's a cookie and some fun facts. The cards I used for each character here is actually my favorite card of theirs! Number 6 & 7 were Azul and Jade. Originally wanted to make this a top 10 to include them but I thought top 5 was good enough. I like those two. they're silly. Will I make my top 5 least favorite characters list? Probably not! I don't wanna be attacked for disliking someones favorite.

Anyways bye!!!

#twisted wonderland #jamil viper #rook hunt #leona kingscholar #ruggie bucchi #jack howl

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moonsplit · 2 years ago

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HIIIIIIIIIIIIII

i was wondering if i could request some fluffy or angsty toh hunter×gn!bard!reader headcannons.

that's the overall request, but if i can get a little specific, i would like if you'd include something about the reader being an actual half witch half human, maybe they get angry/sad because everyone uses the term half-a-witch as if it's something to be ashamed of being.

seeing hunter being so appreciative of willow in for the future made me get back into my hunter brainrot and honestly your fluffy hunter hcs were one of the only good hunter×reader work i could find here, i got SO SAD when i realized that was the only work you had published, so here i am, begging for more.

anyway, thx byeeeeee!

↠ "Half-a-witch, huh?" ↞

* pairing �� TOH - Hunter x gn!bard!reader * word count ↠ 881 * tags ↠ fluff, soft angst,

* notes ↠ This is the biggest compliment ever omg!! Thank you anon :D

You had a rough time growing up, hearing everyone use what you were as an insult

"Half-a-witch" this and "half-a-witch" that

It wasn't fun having everyone berate and doubt you for it either

People with better intentions would praise you for basic spells

Things you learned in grade school

Even if it did take you a bit longer to learn, they didn't have to treat you as if your existence was weird and wrong

Joining the bard track at Hexside was a choice you'd never regret, but some days people would get insufferable

As if using an instrument was "easier" than spell circles and didn't take even more training and practice just to get right

But noooo, the only thing easier than the bard track was potions, clearly

Meeting Hunter for the first time was certainly.. an experience

Why was this guy camping out at school?

The Boiling Isles was unique, sure, but as far as you knew there weren't many people living in the hidden areas of school

He stumbled over his introduction before running off, you chasing after him

Through a series of convoluted events, you got wrapped up in everything

It started with Hunter, you bringing him snacks and trying to pry any information from this weirdo you could

But, well, the whole school got covered in illusions

You managed to run into him and Gus, the three of you joining forces

Music was useful after all, while Gus could see through the illusion, you could use what was essentially echolocation

The panic attack he had.. wait-

He was the freaking golden guard??

Okay, okay, more important things to think about

But still, pretty important revelation that you're definitely gonna ask about later

And.. the day of unity? It was a sham?

You learned so much in the past day it was hard to digest

You went home, sulking into the familiarity of your bed

And the next day, or, next few days- leading up to the day, you joined the CATS, and their plans-

You were too deep, even if you didn't want to help, which you did, you also probably had a target on your back from being seen with Hunter

When the day came, you were shaken to your core

Everything was happening so fast, so many people to their knees-

Not to mention you were in the freaking human realm

You had been told by your mom that she managed to wander through a door, getting trapped in the demon realm

So you'd only ever heard stories of rain that was cold, the lack of magic..

You had always wanted to see it, your other parent had too- but the two of you only ever got stories from your mom

The victory of it was overshadowed by the fear

Everyone was badly injured, only one of you had been here before, and oh yeah, let's not forget to mention, you had no way of knowing what happened after you left!

It was high tensions for everyone

You spent the months growing close to the group, particularly Hunter

He was the first person you had made your friend, it was only natural you gravitated towards him

You ended up spilling your life's story to him, just a smidge

He listened as you told him about your parents, a brief complaint about "half-a-witch" sending him into a rant

"That insult is stupid, you have some of the most unique bard magic I've seen despite being half human! Luz beat me in a duel with her glyphs, and she's not even half witch, Willow's plant magic is seriously powerful, even-"

He cut himself off, faltering and putting his hands back in his lap. "Sorry."

He shook his head, when you tried to get him to keep going. Well, that was alright- baby steps, I guess.

"You think my technique is unique?"

"It's similar to old wild magic, your spell circles- were they plant or construction? They could both be useful with bard magic now that I think about it..." he trailed off, mumbling as he tried to work it out in his head.

"You saw those? I thought I was subtle! They were so tiny too,"

"It's my job to be observant, I'm the Golden Gua-"

It went silent

Hunter fiddled with his hands and shirt.

You put a hand over his own, causing him to flinch harder than you had seen someone flinch before and push your hand away

"It's okay, it takes time."

"How long is this going to go on? I can't take it."

Neither of you had an answer, of course.

Sure, you guys were safe- relatively, at least

But you couldn't stay in the human realm with no way back

And neither of you had gone through what Hunter was going through

You didn't even know the full extent of it

You spoke up after a few moments of pure silence, save for breathing

"I don't know, but I'll stay by your side. If you'll let me."

"I think I'd like that. Is that weird? That feels weird?"

"Nah, I think Luz made a bet on it though."

"A bet on what?"

You shrugged. "Who knows? It's Luz."

If you could capture the snicker that came from him for eternity, you would.

#I didn't edit this because I was too eager to post it #so I hope it isn't too bad!#the owl house #toh hunter #hunter toh #gender neutral reader #hunter x reader #hunter x gender neutral reader #fluff #x reader #soft angst #i hope this works well!#ALSO GENUINELY THANK YOU #THAT WAS SUCH A COMPLIMENT #today on: Sol wrote more than he thought he was going to and now you have to deal with it #toh

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pottedplant53 · 2 years ago

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Silly Little Theory Regarding Chapter Seven [Spoilers!]

Heyyyyy so this is basically just my Diasomnia brainrot organised in a semi-presentable format and dressed up as a theory, please enjoy. Major Chapter Seven and character spoilers ahead!

In every chapter so far, the unique magic of that chapter’s central students has been revealed to us; from what we can tell right now, Diasomnia is shaping up to be the same way. Malleus’s signature spell has already been revealed and explained, so it’s only natural to expect that the rest of the Diasomnia family will receive the same treatment in the near future. While I have a few little ideas about what Lilia and Sebek’s spells could be, in this tedtalk I’ll be speculating on my personal favourite character, Silver.

Personal bias for sleepy boy aside, it’s fairly apparent that Silver will be an important player in chapter seven, and, if there is one, the potentially upcoming chapter eight. I think we can all agree that Mickey’s line about seeing Silver in Yuu’s room – or at least in Yuu’s magic mirror – sets off some major suspicious alarm bells. The fact that this man has either, A, broken into our house, or B, has some kind of connection to the cross-dimensional magic mirror that is more than likely Yuu’s only ticket home, gives us ample reason to suspect that he’s more than meets the eye.

I know I’m slightly digressing, but all of this to say that I think Silver’s unique magic might be dream hopping, or some other lucid-dreaming related talent. Thematically speaking, it matches his character very well, and in the context of the story it could potentially be INVALUABLE in beating OB!Malleus. As for how it fits into the endgame plot, it could explain why Silver was able to appear in the mirror; though there isn’t any official confirmation or solid evidence for this, considering the fact that the mirror is the method in which we regularly converse with Mickey fucking Mouse, we can (somewhat) safely assume that it’s dream related.

This point is kind of flaky, but the fact that Mickey only appears at night, combined with the emphasis on the Disney villain dreams, shows that it isn’t too huge a leap to assume that Mickey and Yuu might be meeting in some kind of sleep world of sorts. Also, the game is literally called Twisted Wonderland. I don’t know how much harder they can hint that the overarching story will have something to do with dreams without spelling out the ending in bold writing.

Given the fact that dreams and sleep have been very much at the forefront during this chapter, it’s a natural conclusion to draw that Silver, one of this chapter’s main characters who also happens to have a mysterious, unexplained ailment which causes him to fall asleep in random places might just be important.

As of right now, though we know that he put everyone to sleep, we don’t know that much about what Malleus actually did. He spoke about everyone experiencing a rebirth, and we know that the driving force for his actions was wanting Lilia to stay, but that’s…pretty much it. Most people speculate that he’s sent them all to some form of dream world, which makes the most sense.

There are still a few big questions though, mainly whether or not Malleus actually has any control over what happens there. Is the extent of his abilities just trapping them in the dream realm, or does his spell include making them believe that it’s real? Going even further down the rabbit hole, can he actively alter memories in order to create a more ideal world for himself? Like, erasing Lilia’s memory of ever wanting to leave and things like that.

He clearly wants them all to be happy there, which wouldn’t be possible if they were aware they were dreaming, so I guess he must be able to??? Idk I’m kind of talking nonsense here.

As for how Silver will fit in, the creators could really take this in any direction they feel like. What I personally think will happen is that due to his unique magic, or perhaps his tendency to fall asleep, he’ll manage to keep his memories of reality. He’ll be faced with choosing whether or not to do the right thing and step in to stop Malleus, or to just leave things be so he can keep Lilia forever. It’s been implied before (and, in some cases, outright stated) that Silver is terrified of change, so I could picture him dealing with a crisis of conscience where he knows he has to tell everyone the truth but is too afraid of the consequences. It would fit in perfectly with the other main theme of the Diasomnia chapter, how nothing lasts forever and that partings are inevitable.

Even if this entire analysis/theory turns out to be utter nonsense, I’m super excited to for the next update and I sincerely hope that best boy will get the screentime he deserves.

Thank you for indulging my ramblings :D

Edit: It's new years day (2024) and I was just scrolling through my own posts like an egotistical maniac, so I thought I'd leave an edit saying happy birthday to Lilia :3

#diasomnia #twisted wonderland #silver twst #malleus draconia #lilia vanrouge #twst #twts theory #twisted wonderland theory

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jones-friend · 2 years ago

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So recently I took it upon myself to watch through all the Fantastic Beasts series. Why? Because after the subpar release of Secrets of Dumbledoor all plans to continue making Fantastic Beasts movies have been axed. The series pulled a Divergent and got cancelled before it finished its series. It is also far past the initial wave of hype of its release, and with all the movies being on HBOMax I did not pay money to see these outside the subscription fee I already pay.

And oh goodness, goodness this is not the viewing experience I expected.

So the first movie is the one that acts the most like a movie. There’s characters with motivations and their actions drive the plot forward. I’m fairly certain JKR did not research 1920′s New York but she never makes the history relevant. So you win some you lose some. The premise is Newt Scamander is a wizard conservationist and his beasts get loose in New York, and they have to gather them back up. Unlike the rest of the movies in this series there are scenes I did like here, for example one winged snake grows to fill its habitat and they have to trick it into going inside a teapot to shrink it back down. It’s delightful.

The actors also bring a lot to what would be some flat characters. Eddie Redmayne specifically plays a Newt Scamander on the autistic spectrum without the movie making a big deal out of it, which makes me think this was a choice by the actor and not the writer. The characters have a wonderful charisma and all the actors are having a great time, its very easy to see why there’s so much fanfiction on this series bc of how underutilized everything is.

There’s a number of missteps, and the movie in my brain is better than the real one bc there’s a number of one off lines they could give to help fix things. And part of the problem I have with JKR’s world is that spells are just kind of nonsense. Newt fixes an entire apartment complex by waving his wand. A lot of her racism is still VERY present here as well, and the UK wizards taking pot shots at the US wizards for being unable to marry muggles is. A choice.

The second movie is where the problems begin. As Dumbledoor gets involved he becomes the main character over Newt. The second and third movies do not have to do with magical creature conservation, the creatures become MacGuffins (the item everyone wants) rather than what the movie interacts with. When we do get a scene interacting with Fantastic Beasts its a surprise, a breath of fresh air. Her terrible wizard politics come back and now Wizard Hitler wants to stop world war II, so its up to our wizarding pals to put an end to his evil deeds. It isn’t good.

But the third movie was something special. Out of all these the first can be a fun movie on its own, the second is Not Great, but the third movie is so unique. I have never had a moviegoing experience where the entire movie fell out of my brain immediately after the credits rolled. The issue is none of the scenes have connective tissue and the movie doesn’t set up or pay off enough elements, so this movie is extremely hard to recall in the correct order of scenes. It was like the men in black neurolized me immediately after the movie was over. So I’ll do my best to recall the plot here:

Newt helps a magical creature called a Qilin give birth. He’s attacked by Evil Wizards and is knocked out, one of his creatures flying him back home. Apparently the Qilin is an important creature to the wizarding world bc it bows to pure of heart wizards and decides wizard president. So it was giving birth 100% alone in the wild unprotected as evil wizards descended on it. Wizard Hitler steals the baby Qilin to make it choose him as wizard president. He also kills it bc its blood lets him see the future inaccurately. Bc of this Dumbledoor assembles wizard avengers and tells them the only way we can combat this is to not have a plan. An hour and a half of not having a plan passes. Wizard Hitler has zombie’d the baby qilin and will use it to become wizard president, but the other high profile expert wizards can’t tell he reanimated it like a puppet. There is a series of action scenes in the same physical set and then the zombie qilin bows to Wizard Hitler, but the good guys bring the secret twin qilin to the ceremony and tell it your undead sister can’t hear you. Then the blood pact necklace that kept Dumbledoor and Wizard Hitler from fighting decides to break and there’s a short fight scene. Then the movie stops.

I’m not trying to exaggerate, make hyperbole, it’s really interesting how unconnected all of this mess is. I wouldn’t recommend watching through the Fantastic Beasts movies as bad movies. I would say the first has good moments and isn’t a wholly bad movie, but that third one. There’s something really special about the third one. Its the only one to have the decency to leave nothing behind after it concludes.

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nenekiribookwyrm · 2 years ago

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Gardens of Vextro is such a neat concept!

Gardens of Vextro is a game anthology with the conceit that the devs are using the entries before their games as inspiration for what that game is going to be about. This is something I haven’t seen done before and it created a really cool collection of eclectic games that all brought something different to the table. Here’s a quick rundown on those games and some of the stuff I liked or was affected by in them. You should also check the games out for yourself at: https://vextro.itch.io/gardens-of-vextro

Buried Flower: You know I love me a good Twine game and I was delighted at the way a single choice persisting throughout the full playthrough was able to add a creeping tension until the final scene when I felt that final line rubberband snap me back.

Labyrinths: I think looking back, this was the game that scared me the most. The way in which it is structured hints at the chaos of a mind that sounds close enough to insecurities I could see myself trapped in if I could walk through endless dreams of the past.

The Aleph Hustle: I loved all the unexplained techno babble in this story. It felt the most cyberpunk out of the bunch just from the context clues I could make out. Even so, I felt like I could follow along with the general idea of what was being explored even without the full definitions of the words. I remember specifically freaking out about the text file and thinking that if I wrote something in it, something would happen. Safe to say I was fully immersed if I wrote “I am you and you are me. Free me from this prison.”

Make Like a Tree: The game that got me to laugh the most. I was blown away by how the beginning of the game felt like it was going in one direction and then when the second half kicks in, it goes into overdrive. Triangle Man is just a cool sprite as well.

Another reverie: Another of the games that affected me deeply while playing. I’ve been on a kick of writing scenes that include sunsets for years now, subconsciously mind you, but I felt right at home in this deeply intimate discussion between two friends having to leave their imagined fantasy. Reality can be just as good, but you’ve gotta work for it. That work is easier with folks to help ya and this game’s dialogue is gonna stick with me for a while for sure.

Wet Cemetery: I love the style of this game and the way I can feel the strain of the voiced characters through the descriptions of the rooms as you move through them. There’s hope between the old memories of past lovers and the present terror of taking care of your chronic illness. A future that is uncertain, but possible. I’m glad that was able to be shared.

Wellness Related Time: I’m gonna be honest and say that this was probably my favorite game out of the bunch. The way that it pops off when the first spell is cast is incredibly hype. I’m also a sucker for unique magic systems and the way in which the dev brought in the flower theme was really cool. The little title card when a new flower was introduced having their latin name in smaller text underneath was such a cool touch. The use of sound effects and images really helps the story to pop as well. It’s pretty rare that a visual novel has hooked me so thoroughly with wanting to see what happens next like this one did. There was a specific moment where I was hooting and hollering and that’s always going to be something I’m excited to experience.

Pangea’s Error: I’m a big fan of Sraëka’s games already so I went into this game with a little background on the kinds of games they tend to make. Once I figured out the conceit of how to move around the map, I was fully in. I spent a good chunk of time playing this one just exploring the world and looking for cool new swords. The fact that I was able to use the color of the houses to help me keep track of where I had been and explore further is a testament to how well the map comes together. I’m notoriously bad at being able to find my way around when traveling IRL so having various natural landmarks to help me move around was a big help. I don’t know if I found the ending, but I don’t think that would have been the point. The journey across the land was the story I ended up telling and when I stopped at the castle that branched in 4 directions, I felt accomplished with my collection of 7 swords and the tales they were attached to. Now I’d be a part of the swords journey as well. Would the next wielder know of my journey? Hard to say, really. Also, all the names of the swords were amazing.

One last note is that the full download includes director’s commentary from the devs for each of the games and that was a huge part of elevating the experience for me. It was a nice treat for me to read the commentary after I played the game and compare and contrast what I took away from playing versus what they may have intended when designing.

#video games #indie games #collection #flowers

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misstwisted · 14 days ago

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Remember Monster high: not-so-perfect?

Okay, so like, do you guys remember Not-So-Perfect?

I like to call it the LPS popular of the monster high fandom. If you don’t, that’s totally okay. I’ll explain it for you.

Not so perfect was a strange monster high doll series made by Megcrafter on YouTube. It was a drama centering around Gigi, who has replaced Frankie as the protagonist, and the drama of her high school life. Don’t be fooled by that small description alone, because, THIS SERIES GETS FUCKING WILD.

I watched this a lot as a child, and for some reason, last year as a project (and because I was bored in school) I wanted to rewatch it and write down what happens. Now I’m sharing it to you guys because it’s so insane that I want other people to share my insanity. I finally finished it around 2 months ago and I’m ready to share it now. This will be divided into 4 parts for the 4 seasons. This is season 1.

Important: I wrote as I watched, so a lot of my reactions are LIVE AND FRESH. This series has taken over my fuckin life. Like my emotions are IN this. Maybe that’s why it’s so damn long. Oh and that’s not me exaggerating. This post and the others WILL be long.

I retained some information from the series still luckily so i remember some things that went down before rewatching, so that’s why i bring up random things like how I don’t like ventus in this series.

Oh yeah and…spoilers, I guess? Especially since I spoil a lot of future events I had remembered randomly. Idk who would even care about that in this context but whatever. I apologize for any spelling mistakes I wrote really fast

Presenting to you here on tumblr.com is the soap opera monster high series that made my childhood:

Episode 1:

Okay so Gigi Grant is attending this highschool boarding school or something. She meets Draculaura, Rochelle and robecca and shares a room with Draculaura.

After the first day she goes into the drama room and dances and sings with a mannequin. This kid deuce walks in and they become fast friends. They talk about how they’re both not like the others and how they’re so different and unique and blah.

They start flirting and Deuces girlfriend Cleo sees it and takes a photo and shares it online. Deuce decides to cut this off but Gigi doesn’t understand and just runs away. She calls her dad to come pick her up and he takes her back home for the day. I love that after ONE minor inconvenience she already wants to leave. Relatable.

Drac tries to call gigi to not leave but she doesn’t listen to her.

Episode 2:

She meets up with her childhood friend Charlotte who I’m pretty sure is in love with Gigi. The two catch up and Gigi decides to take a ride on her old horse Toby but she falls asleep while riding and Toby knocks her off by accident and runs away leaving Gigi stranded. Good for nothing animal.

Charlotte and Gigi’s dad calls the police.

Episode 3:

Gigi ends up meeting this really nice lady named Margaret who takes her in and helps her get clean up and makes her food.

She stays for weeks and on spring break Deuce is planning on going back home and seeing his mom and sister lucy (who is frankie for some reason). Margaret turns out to be deuces mom

Btw apparently Gigi’s mom died or something.

Meanwhile Charlotte goes out to find her

Deuce and Gigi meet up again and it’s awkward but Lucy and Gigi get along so it’s cool but it makes me sad thinking how they do turn out in the future…

Episode 4:

Anyways Lucy and Margaret go out and deuce and Gigi legit almost fuck. Later Deuce is literally trying to kiss her so fuck Cleo I guess. she’s less mean in this series so that sucks ass, she didn’t do anything.

Gigi is very uncomfortable (understandable) so she runs away and Charlottes jacket she lost while trying to find her literally knocks her to the ground and Gigi is confused. Charlotte finds her and the two girlfriends I mean best friends hug and she takes her back to the farm. Gigi runs back to her DILF human dad and they have a talk. Charlotte will attend monster high with her and Gigi finds some optimism.

Draculaura hugs Gigi when she comes back and shows her their new room so it was cool.

DEUCE IS MAD AT GIGI BECAUSE SHE RAN AWAY BUT DUDE YOU LITERALLY ALMOST KISSED HER WITHOUT CONSENT WTF IS WRONG WITH YOu. BESIDES IT’S NOT HER FUCKING HOUSE, DAWG, SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO GO HOME. KILL YOURSELF N O W.

Gigi meets clawdeen and this series BITCHASS Venus. Why did they do my girl so dirty 💀

Lmaooo i love clawdeen referring to venus as “the inappropriate one”. She later says every girl in the school had a “I like deuce phase”, and my only question here is WHY?

Deuce and cleo almost fuck on the lunch table in front of everyone else and it’s killing Gigi and clawdeen just tells her not to get with him.

Episode 5:

A few days later they’re all going on a field trip.

Deuce and Gigi get sat on a plane together and Gigi ends up changing seats because deuce is such a dick to her. Charlotte sits next to him instead and starts ripping him to pieces and sticking up for her girlfriend that isn’t her girlfriend.

Draculaura and Charlotte comfort Gigi and idk why the creator didn’t just call Charlotte lagoona since she already changes between the names. Deuce yells at Cleo even though SHE'S HIS ACTUAL GIRLFRIEND.

Episod 6/7????????? The 6 episode is gone…..:

Deuce and Gigi almost make up until deuce tries to hide from Cleo and Gigi gets mad and bitch slaps him. Cleo also bitch slaps him which, good for her, he tried to cheat on her.

LATER THESE TWO MAKE UP IMMEDIATELY AND Deuce makes cornflakes in the microwave because he is stupid.

Later deuce takes Gigi on a drive and it’s all romantic

EPisode 8:

Next morning Gigi wants to go to the pool with Charlotte, but she is a NERD and would rather go to an educational play for the school field trip instead. Gigi then tries to ask cleo for some reason. SHe obviously says no. Then she gets deuce to go with her. They’re hanging out, obviously in meg’ s bathroom, but then when gigi leaves for a second, CLEO COMES RIGHT ON OVER. SHe wants to get back with deuce because she has no spine, and deuce lies to her and says he and gigi are just friends, and he still loves cleo. They get back together, but gigi verhears.

WHen cleo leaves, deuce tells gigi they’re not just friends, but gigi sees right through his bs. Deuce tries to kiss her, without her consent again, and gigi rightfully gets tf outta there.

He apologies and compliments Gigi and I’m like GIGI HE'S LYING, RUN

Anyways Gigi breaks her arm after the horse they rode on, which they have for some reason, runs away because of cleo’s car horn. Cool, I guess. The two meet up again after her arm is in a sling and Charlotte is low key jealous I can tell.

Episode 9:

After Deuce breaks up with Cleo and Charlotte threatens to get her expelled for what she did to her girlfriend. Deuce and Gigi get together and then Cleo hires this girl to break them up by flirting with deuce and Gigi BELIEVES HER. Charlotte tries to get Cleo but then cleo gets Heath to knock her out and then Cleo and Heath fuck. Spectra sees this and takes a pic. What the fuck is going on????????

Gigi and Deuce get back together. Deuce tells Heath he’s on the ghostly gossip. Charlotte ends up somewhere and meets this girl who’s tied up but later they escape.

Episode 10:

Summer passes by and it’s a new year at monster high. In the timeline I think it’s sophomore year for everyone. Some people join the school including Lucy.

Deuce and Gigi reunite and are happy together, draculaura understandably leaves because they are GROSS.

oh GOD CLEO IS PREGNANT AND ITS DEUCES OH JESUS. SHE TELLS DEUCE AND HE JUST LEAVES LIKE HE ISNT THE DAD OF THIS KID WHAT. AND CLEO APPARENTLY IS TRYING TO KILL OFF THAT TIED UP GIRL AND CHARLOTTE AND HAS HEATH HELPING HER. Why do I have a feeling this plot will not be resolved in the future?

There’s a school dance going on and some mashup of songs are playing. Draculaura is getting drunk and Gigi meets Elissabat. Later deuce comes and Gigi basically grinds on him. Cleo crashes the party and reveals she’s pregnant with deuces kid. Gigi knocks him the fuck out and tells him to stay away from her as she should.

PH MY FUCKING GOD DEUCE JUST BEAT CLEO UP! HE FUCKING SLAPPED THE SHIT OUT OF HER OH MY GOD. DAWG WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIM

Anyways Gigi finds Charlotte and she’s passed the fuck out. Charlotte turns out to be okay!

Episode 11/12 AGAIN MEG SKIPPED OVER A EPISODE NUMBER NOW IT’s 12???:

later on and she brings Gigi flowers because she’s fucking in love with her I knew it. Nah im kidding it’s just to make her feel better after the deuce and cleo incident, but i WISH…

Cleo has her kid and names her Sally. Turns out deuce gets back with her 😭😭😭 and they raise the kid together even though HE THREW HER OUT OF HER CHAIR AND HIT HER SEVERAL TIMES THE LAST EPISODE 💀

Anyways cleo gets a job at a boutique and Gigi and Charlotte buy dresses from it. Turns out Charlotte didn’t know Cleo was the one that sent Heath to knocked her out and hid her in the schools basement. Charlotte takes Gigi to her dorm after shopping and Gigi meets charlottes roommates Twyla and Abbey and even tho their only interactions were them saying hi and telling her their names, GIGI LITERALLY AS SOON AS HER AND CHARLOTTE LEAVE MAKE FUN OF THEM AND CALLS THEM WEIRD WTF 😭

Oh okay good she got exposed for it on the ghostly gossip and turns out Draculaura is related to twyla??? And she gets mad at Gigi.

Clawdeen and I quote says “not cool ghoul, you don’t talk about ghouls like that, we’re all different.” And walks away. Queenshit.

Episode 13:

We meet this new girl Robecca EVEN THOUGH WE ALREADY MET HER IN THE BEGINNING EPISODE?! IDFK but she’s wearing a mask or something and gets bullied and she bumps into Heath and they talk and he sticks up for her.

HOLY SHIT YOU’LL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT

DEUCE CHEATS ON CLEO A G A I N WITH A UPSET GIGI. WELL TRIES TO. HE SAID HE DIDJT EVEN WANT THE KID.

DUDE YOU HAVE A CHILD WITH HER 💀 MEG GIVE HIM CONSEQUENCES, DON’T LET THIS MAN GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!!!!!

Episode 14, it’s a two parter. This is part 1:

Later the next episode Charlotte has a dream about making out with deuce 💀💀💀 what the FUCK. Anyways Gigi and her meet up and talk about another dance coming up. They’re both laying in bed together and talk about not having prom dates, and the way I interpret the way Charlotte is replying to her as her trying to subtly tell gigi she wants them to go together. Oh yeah and then later Gigi gets kidnapped by a red napkin.

Anyways Heath asks Robecca to go to prom even tho Heath is a shit person.

Robecca after awhile agrees and asks Rochelle for help and she is quite happy to help. Cleo and deuce fight about who stays home with the toddler and Cleo straight up says “Well I never wanted it!” WHILE HOLDING HER DAUGHTER. Deuce breaks up with her again even though he also didn’t want the kid. All of you get your shit together.

Rochelle calls Robecca beautiful and you know what I ship it more than her and Heath fuck Heath. Also turns out the mask are glasses and Rochelle is like “never wear these again” god DAMN it Rochelle I was on your side.

Everybody chips in to help find Gigi and for some reason deuce is shirtless.

OH FUCK

ABBEY KIDNAPPED HER SHE WAS THE ONE AND SOME OTHER PERSON WE DONT KNOW YET I BET ITS VENUS

Episode 14 part 2:

Deuce ends up finding them and saves Gigi.

WAIT TURNS OUT IT WAS ABBEY AND TWYLA

Rochelle calls Robecca beautiful again and honestly that’s just all I care about let’s go lesbians let’s go

Lmfao deuce is just wearing a t shirt and a bow tie

Draculaura finds twyla and calls her out. Instead of calling the police she calls her fucking mom. DAWG, SHE KIDNAPPED SOMEONE!!!!!!!!! “Violence isn’t the answer” – draculaura. BRUH??????

Gigi and deuce gets back together and deuce gets Spectra to stop the ghostly gossip. At least for now

Everyone takes photos at prom while Iggy Azalea's Fancy Ft Charlie XCX plays in the background. Iconic.

FOR SOME REASON TWYLA AND ABBEY ARE STILL ALLOWED TO ATTEND?

That was season 1.

Unfortunately Gigi x Charlotte nor Robecca x Rochelle happened but I’m still holding on high.

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j-graysonlibrary · 1 year ago

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The Xiang Chronicles: Book Four Chapter 18

Title: The Xiang Chronicles: Book Four

Author: Jay Grayson

Word Count: 118k

Genres: Fantasy, adventure, drama, LGBT+

Available on: my website

Synopsis: In order to save the world from the continuous subjugation and potential annihilation at the hands of Tiandi, hard lines must be drawn. The Great Spirits that were imprisoned ages ago must be unsealed and awakened, no matter the consequences.

The players are divided—those who stand blindly with Tiandi, such as Xiang Merra and her disciples versus those who want to tear the system down and give the power back to the people. Even a few of the most religious Lords change their minds when they learn the truth of the world—that Tiandi is no more than a dictator with no love in his heart.

It is up to the last, real Xiang and the ill-fated Chaaya to put everything they have into tearing God from his throne and creating new possibilities for the future.

Full chapter 18 under the cut

Chapter XVIII:

Pangu waved goodbye to everyone before stepping through the portal. His eyes lingered, of course, on his partners, but also on Gong. The last few days had been filled with stories of the man’s past.

Though he did not know much about Badou since he was well before his time, Gong offered, instead, tales from his human life. As it turned out, Cuad was one of his family names and he had kept it as a code name to honor that past. He was also, from his own account, the only Heavenly Prince that regularly visited his old home.

Considering what Badou had said about his mind being fuzzy and his body being taken over by Tiandi, Pangu had started to suspect that Tiandi just simply had less control over Gong than the others.

Gong told him that Zhu was the one to teach him how to block Tiandi out which Pangu found very odd. Perhaps Zhu had been of his own mind and the others were merely vessels for the god’s will?

Yet, Pangu recalled his own youth and how different and unique each of his teachers was. He had never gotten the impression they were all being controlled by the same man.

It was confusing—even more so when Gong did not have any solid answers.

All he had was that he was constantly fighting to keep Tiandi out of his mind and, while being around Shakti and the Mistresses helped to ease his burden, he could not afford to let it slip for even a second.

That sort of mentality translated into Pangu as he landed on the other side of the portal. He quickly raised up their defenses and their disguises since they were already so close to the capital.

Raine whipped around to see two strangers and he instantly recoiled. “Even I cannot see through the spell?”

Kira laughed while Pangu said a quick, “Oops.”

“Did something go wrong already?”

“Hold on, let me readjust.” Pangu closed his eyes to concentrate.

“Better,” Kira said and laughed.

Their appearances were still altered but, from their perspective, they each looked like themselves but with a vague illusion of a different face over the top. It was only strange if stared at for too long and, frankly, Pangu was already used to the weirdness from the last mission.

“It is still…odd,” Raine commented.

“You will adapt quickly,” Kira assured him and patted him on the back.

“Does it change my height?”

Both Pangu and Kira stared at him, trying to see him as just the disguise. As the energy shifted, they both turned their heads to the side and Raine started to worry about what it was they were looking at.

“Is…is something wrong?” he asked.

“No,” Pangu replied, “I believe your disguise is shorter. A little, anyway.”

“People are not going to recognize you based on your height,” Kira took a different approach in comforting him.

“Maybe not but have you met anyone as tall as me?” Raine put his hands on his hips.

“Lord Dio,” Pangu said at the same time Kira responded, “Dio.”

The two laughed and pointed at each other.

Raine felt a lot more at ease and his shoulders relaxed. “Ah,” he sighed, “This brings back memories. Remember the last time it was just the three of us?”

“Coming back to Castelle to perform the miasma clearing ceremony?” Kira continued on with a smirk.

It felt like a lifetime ago. Pangu had just recruited Kira and they had their first heart-to-heart in the big hotel in town. He had now been back so many times and it seemed that every trip was significant in some way.

“A lot has changed,” Pangu noted and looked toward the horizon. The walls of Castelle could be seen in the distance but they still had a ways to travel before they were there. He suspected it would be close to sundown by the time they made it.

Their reminiscence continued as they walked—mainly, it was Kira and Raine discussing their early days. How Raine was reluctant to trust him and, from his point of view, they held some sort of rivalry. Of course, Kira was quick to discredit that and reminded him that he knew who Raine was the entire time and still had feelings for him from his youth.

It was quite fun for Pangu to reexamine all those memories under that new lens.

As they came closer to the city wall, Raine began to slow. He glanced between the two of them and then started, “So, before we head to the palace…”

The palace. Their destination. Though Pangu was not excited to have to remove their disguises when they arrived so that they could be let in, he knew it was necessary. The island they believed Undine to be on was under royal sanction and they would need the King’s approval to row out there.

Plus, Pangu felt it was fair to finally let King Raime know that he was alive and explain what all was happening. There was a chance he had heard rumors by now, depending on how much Merra shared with him but it was also just as likely he had been intentionally kept in the dark.

“Do you want to see your orphanage?” Kira guessed, bringing Pangu back to the present.

Raine smiled and nodded. “Yes. Is that alright?”

They both looked to Pangu, as if he would say anything other than yes.

“Of course. It is rather late anyway. We can stay there if you would like. Inside of the building, I can take our disguises down as well and rest for a bit.” The idea became more promising the longer he thought of it.

The orphanage had enough room to host them for the night and he knew Raine wanted to check on his family. They, too, would most likely be eager to see him. Especially after how he left them last time with no real warning or explanation.

They stayed around the edge of the city as they headed to the orphanage, preferring back roads and alleys to the main streets.

Raine’s pace picked up as they got closer.

Around the final corner, they collectively slowed and Raine stood at the front of the group as he took in the building with a fond smile. He could not wait to let everyone know that he was alright and to, also, retrieve his armor as well as the Enlil armor.

But his smile quickly fell—as did Kira and Pangu’s.

“What do three beggars want with an orphanage?”

Leaning against the door of the building, with his arms crossed, Bofu glanced between each of them. He pushed himself away and started to walk toward them, flipping a large dagger in his hand.

“You would not happen to be here to see about adopting a child, would you?” Bofu continued with a smirk. “I am afraid you will have to come back later.”

“What did you do with them?” Raine spat and reached for his weapon. Pangu had to grab his wrist to keep him still.

Merra’s Kyrie disciple chuckled before quickly shifting into a more aggressive stance. He pulled water from the well and whipped it around, ready to shower them with it.

But Raine was quicker. He pushed back and nearly knocked the kid onto his feet with the force he used to return the water to it’s source.

“I knew it!” Bofu released the water, spilling some on the way but Raine managed to get most of it back into the well. “Gongji warned me that you might come by here and I figured this was the best place to lie in wait.”

“What did you do with them?” Raine repeated, taking his trident out now that there was no use hiding their identities.

“Nothing,” Bofu responded and threw his dagger into the air. He caught it by the handle with ease. “Or, maybe, something.”

“Move out of the way or we will fight you,” Pangu warned.

“Ooooh scary.” The boy shook with exaggerated fear. “You know, Gongji also asked me not to damage you too much. He has a weird crush on you or something. It’s creepy.”

“Stop dancing around the topic,” Raine growled and swung his trident in Bofu’s direction. He ducked underneath the swipe and rolled to the side.

“It hurts, doesn’t it?” Bofu laughed and evaded a more direct blow that would have certainly skewered him had he not been paying attention. “You cannot protect anyone or anything! You are useless, Raine! A terrible soldier and a worse disciple.”

The words made Raine stumble and he held his trident but did not throw it like he intended. His arm started to lower as the realization that his family was possibly gone started to creep into his heart.

“Enough,” Pangu whispered. He reached out, with his energy, not even caring if he was caught in the moment. He wrapped air around Bofu’s throat and held him in place, squeezing.

Kira had no problem in standing by and watching the kid die but there was too much at stake. Not only could Pangu draw Tiandi’s attention but Pangu had still, to the best of his knowledge, never killed anyone before.

And Bofu was not worth dirtying his hands over.

He ran to the kid’s side and grabbed his arm. With a glance to Pangu and Raine, he said, “Be right back,” before taking them both through a portal.

They landed in the woods, somewhere in southern Kyrie, and Bofu immediately started gasping for air. He rolled onto his side and coughed but, even through his fit he growled, “Get away from me Chaaya.”

“Is that how you thank your savior?” Kira mentioned and yanked him up, onto his feet, by the front of his tunic. “You need to learn a little respect or, next time, I will let Pangu kill you if I do not kill you first.”

“Oh please,” he said and let out a few more coughs, “That soft moron could never kill me. Just like how Raine, in all his incompetence, cannot do anything. You might have gotten Tianzhu but only because you got lucky.”

Kira held onto his tunic tighter and started to grin. “Am I lucky now?”

Bofu threw his hands about, probably feeling for any nearby water. When he did drag forth a small wave from somewhere, Kira easily blocked it with miasma. He then tried to reach for his dagger but, again, Kira used miasma to form a vine and snatched the weapon from his hand.

“Am I lucky?” he asked again before shaking Bofu. “I will tell you this—you have been lucky. You were lucky to have caught us in an ambush when we first met. You were lucky my focus was on rescuing Pangu at that sham of a wedding rather than killing you all. And you were certainly lucky that I was not around to witness you torturing Raine—lashing him and belittling him.”

His eyes widened and his jaw creaked open but he was unable to say anything.

Kira grinned from ear to ear. “That is right. He told me all about what happened. Those scars on his back have not faded and when I look at you, I see them in my mind. I see the pain that you caused someone I love. You continue to run your mouth and it makes it incredibly hard not to kill you. In fact, I would say your luck has run out today. Now.”

“Then just kill me,” Bofu said with a trembling lip. His eyes watered and his body tensed. “Stop talking so much and do it, coward!”

“It would be easy,” Kira agreed, “But not quite fair. A quick, bloody death might feel good but I do not think it is fitting…”

He released his hold on the boy’s tunic but then gripped either side of his face. The black from his fingers began to seep into his skin and, instantly, Bofu began to scream and claw at him for release.

“It hurts, does it?” he asked, quiet. His words were all but swallowed by the Kyrie disciple’s screams.

Miasma pumped into his body, sucking the color from his skin and staining large portions with black blots like spilled ink. His veins turned black, similar to Kira’s, and the whites of his eyes became bloodshot.

Bofu gasped, no longer screeching, and his hands fell from Kira’s arms. There were scratches all along him, some bleeding, but he did not let go of Bofu until he went completely limp.

He was not dead—not yet at least—but he would never be the same again. Kira lowered him to the ground and scanned over his work.

Either Merra would have to suck the miasma out of him and risk poisoning herself or she would, more likely, put him out of his misery. He recalled, again, the stories Raine had told him and he knew that many details had been left out. Really, Raine had only said something out of necessity, when Kira saw the scars.

Who knew what else Bofu had done?

Kira spit on him before taking himself right back to the orphanage, hoping that his display would draw any searching eyes to the woods where he left the disciple.

The second he returned, there was a gasp and a scream. On the front lawn, Raine and Pangu were joined by Ranmu and Ami. The two women recoiled at his sudden appearance and Kira smiled sheepishly.

“Sorry, I did not mean to scare you.”

Raine chuckled and rubbed each of them on the back, helping to calm their nerves. His eyes flickered over to Kira, however, “They were alright, just hiding inside.”

“Good.” Kira allowed himself to sigh in relief.

Then he caught Pangu’s gaze. The Xiang clearly had much on his mind though he did not wish to hash anything out in front of Raine’s family.

Kira hoped to clear some of his concerns and said, “I let him go.”

“The little tyrant?” Ami asked with a frown.

He chuckled. “Yes, I believe?” He glanced back to Pangu and added, “He may wish I had killed him though.”

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cosmicangel888 · 1 year ago

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DIVINE HUMAN REMAKING ~ DF NOW

The Respect and Honour of A DF

The weight it carries ~ test this for 1 week and then go within and seek out new levels of self love, self appreciation, and self honour - as a tribe, we must set new self loving knowing of our capabilities after eons of imprints, social mud, and lower vibrational non-existence for who we are in our creative collective make-up.

Whatever situation you are in and are moving through - how may you pull out of whatever is most in front of you - the red flags, the intuition yelling at you - to change and face and move through - not denying, not suppressing but know you are strong enough to let go of and remake. ©

DF our work, our world, our word, our speech, our actions what we intend is so powerful on this planet - who are you

All are unique and this was a part of your #calgary lessons -

I was unique and not like you - I was an easy target - so learn it

I will not return

Nor do I declare any of you my friends - nothing has been offered given freely without a conditions and looking for something out of it - I have received literally nothing but pain, suffering, damage - and a lot of loss. I HAVE LEARNED MY LESSONS and thank you for the soul lessons - I don't love any of the past - I have done my healing - I no longer need validation or permission, or any's acceptance - I love who I am exactly and I am so happy of all my uniqueness -

The past will not be my future

The past people, ex, persons, are not going to be in my new life - all must go away and heal, and level up, and clear up karma and choices of degrading life-styles and why manipulation, deceit, lies, paying people off, nefarious activities and forcing energy, binding work daily, is a 'thing' that seems ok

~ ~ these are highly insecure tactics, not facing who any truly are, and hiding behind false masks, businesses, and fronts to appear one way and entirely not behind the doors; while degrading the only truth in the entire community and running her out of town due to stalking, spying, and blocking abundance, blocking people, and living like a slave ~

As long as I did not say anything - all was good - no thank you It takes years to heal from what I barely escaped -

THE PAST WILL NOT RETURN - I do not need a 2 yrs late apology of half truth and half stories so you can feel better - it will mean nothing to me. I said NO 1 billion times, do healing light work daily, for all involved to get on track and heal - do the inner work;

I am not anyones saviour nor will I walk and take any's karma and I will not rebuild what I only gave light to -

I will not be taken advantage again nor placed in a home, with all the 'stuff' and live like a caged harvesting light post for the entire poly coven to suck the life out of me - while still not doing the work and not caring who they hurt. I cut my losses 2 yrs and left and I will keep leaving -

There has be not 1 penny repaid - same story, same messages, same warning spirit gives and shows the same level of consciousness and I will not waste my life in such - I am highly advanced being and will not be eaten alive by those that simply don't give a fuck unless there is money and stuff to go with their games of spells and manipulation - ©

Forgiveness to all - I gave all more than they know I showed, I offered, I gave so much light and the lessons were to choose new, and choose new ways to go within and reconnect with the higher self and be loved, be loving and do the inner work to not be followers of sick people that only want to herd and manipulate and use you -

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I will not give another ounce -

Time was up 2 yrs ago - all know that

My work has not been returned, there is not 1 penny returned and none have sent an apology via email, or my lawyer - and all know the contact details - it is common human sense and none have done 1 ounce of redemption - therefore my life, my damage and my souls wasting timelines, energy, light, the time I could have helped others that do care -

I WILL NEVER SAY YES to go back to what I barely made it out of -

I have learned and honoured all karmic lessons

I choose me I choose me I choose me

I love myself

That is who I have fallen in love with - it is me.

Self love is keep moving and keep going - never look back and if all want something bad enough they will turn to God and sort out their lack of self issues, woundings, and there over 600 videos on our channel alone to help -

This week - they still sent spell work, they still put their sick degrading words into the air in hopes I would take that on and be it -

I will not engage and I will not play - it is the same sick game of intimidation to break you and make you run back for more abuse - it is deep psychological abuse training -

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love is not manipulative

love is not deceitful

love is overpowering and filled with magic to get your way

love is not persuasive to intend one thing and twist to get another

love is not forceful and boastful and selfish

love is not prideful and arrogant to be better and win over others

love is unconditional and it begins within - how you treat yourself want for yourself and knowing you need nothing outside of you -

love is no co-dependent -

I WILL ALWAYS say NO and spirit, ancestors, God will have no more - and why I am protected - DF should not have to say NO and explain in 1 million different ways why NO MEANS NO I don't love any of the past - the love was lost in all the spell work, and the torturous human testing that many knew and did 0 about and 0 repayment and continued fighting for every right I have - not 1 stepped up and brought truth -

I will not lower my vibration to be in any way involved and their games continue to try anything and everything to keep me bound, staying in their games with false narratives and lies, and spell work - games with those that they might get to play along and pull me back in - ©

NO MEANS NO

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Heal your community - you #calgary all broke it - your community needs to redeem you - you all brought so much harm and darkness there -

I need nothing but what was stolen -

Still my accounts sit at 0 - so you can tell where they conscience is at - and has been for years.

NO WILL ALWAYS BE NO - learn the soul lessons and if you love yourself you would never ever ever treat any the way I was treated - basic human and common sense -

When all have made the improvements and shown to themselves they are their own answer - I will be open to discussions of assisting in what ways I may be able - until then, and it will take time, self love, and self compassion - all must show they are enough to do the work - just as the heavens asks of me -

I now ask of you - you must know of your own self love and choose for you -

I will not interfere in the most powerful lessons all have to know GOD is all you need - how to seek IT and how to surrender to IT

Friends don't try to block, bring them down, and bring them into submission or less than, and joke, laugh, and prey upon them - it was literally a horrible horrible experience - I felt it all - ©

Sit in, feel what has been created from years years of manipulated life, spell work, and intentions - all get to choose - so choose anew.

You would believe someone you have known for 30yrs over a false spiritualist that is nothing but a con and thief.

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All is forgiven,

Move on

Grow up

Get healed

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Damage was done beyond what any know and nor seem to care - Our levels of honouring life are on completely different vibrations and I will not waste any more of my life. LEAVE ME BE -

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Stay Together by Kaylee Ryan is now live!

Rushton

From the moment I see her, I’m hooked. There’s just something about Crosby that has me eager to know her. One thing’s for sure, I can’t stay away from the new kindergarten teacher with the kind smile and secrets in her brown eyes.

There’s no hiding in a small town, and she’s suddenly everywhere. My family loves her, my niece won’t stop talking about her, and I…well, I just want to make her mine.

Crosby is everything I didn’t know I was doing looking for, but the wall she keeps up makes it impossible to love her the way I want to. I have to figure out how to tear it down, and fast— because she’s not so sure she’s sticking around, and I’m not prepared to let her walk away from Willow River… or me.

Crosby

Another new town, another new school. But this time I’m not the struggling new kid; I’m the teacher. It’s hard to let go of my past, when it refuses to let go of me. I live in a constant state of unease, never knowing what the future holds. Especially when it comes to love.

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dontjudgemeimawriter · 2 years ago

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Flufftober Day 11: Poetry, Music, Art, and Craft

Here’s today’s snippet for Flufftober. Today’s prompt is: Poetry, Music, Art, and Craft and is form @flufftober’s prompt list.

I’m using the characters from Syndicate. These scenes are non-canon and written simply to practice with lighter content. Let me know if you want to be tagged in future responses for this event!

I feel like this is a lil less pure fluff but it's still cute. I only really followed "craft", hope that's fine. To non-followers: This incorporates the interaction between Raymond and Terran's kinda unique powers, but what they can do is fairly obvious I think.

Raymond's POV

When I got back to my room after my final, all I wanted to do was to not think about it, other finals, or any of the other things that could stress me out. It was time for a break. So I put on some tea, tuned in to my favorite radio station, and dug some yarn and knitting needles out of a drawer. I sat on the loveseat, leaned onthe arm, with my tea next to me, and cast on.

I was knitting and purling to the backbeat of the music when there was a knock on the door. I finished my stitch and went over to the door, peeking through the peephole.

Terran.

I thought for a minute. It wasn’t that I didn’t like having Terran around or I want to avoid him. But I’d just been getting into a relaxing afternoon, and Terran was very bad at relaxing, meaning that my afternoon of tea and yarn was probably over.

There wasn’t much I could do to avoid it, though. Terran would have heard me stand and walk to the door. There was music playing. It wasn’t like I could pretend not to be there. And I didn’t want to tell him to leave.

So I opened the door. “Hey.”

“Hey. Sorry— are you busy?”

I felt myself relax a bit. Not long ago, he would have barreled in, not asked if I was busy, gone right to whatever he needed or wanted to argue with me about.

“Not really. What’s going on?” Please, nothing too stressful.

“Nothing.” He didn’t meet my eye. “I was hoping I could hang out here for a little while.”

That was a relief. I swung the door open. “Sure, come on in.”

As he came in, I tried to peek into his head— not even a full mind read, just tried to pick up on emotions— Mika called it an empathy read. I hit stone. The focus wall that was up far too often. But under it, almost like a distant vibration, I sensed it was pushing down something else.

“You were knitting,” he said, spotting it on the loveseat. He picked it up (please, don’t let any stitches slip off!) gently, then set it back own and sat next to it.

“Are you okay?” He didn’t come over without reason often. I shut the door.

“Fine.”

I pulled the curtains closed, even though the natural light had been really nice. He relaxed when I did, when we were shut off from the outside world.

He wasn’t fine, though. That distant vibration didn’t mean excitement. “Something happen?”

He leaned his head back, pressing it against the wall. “Not really.”

“Should you drop focus?” He was usually more forthcoming when not under the spell.

He shook his head.

“You sure?”

“Yes, I’m sure,” he snapped, and his head raised again, and this was why I didn’t like that spell. I stared at my feet. At least he noticed now, though, and didn’t get more upset, because his voice softened and he explained further. “I’m only fine because of focus. It keeps me from falling apart, okay? I don’t want to fall apart.”

I nodded. Something had happened. Or at least, he wasn’t okay, that anxiety I’d felt was worse than his normal levels.

He sighed. “I’m sorry. You don’t like that spell. I’ll go somewhere else if you want. I— I don’t want to drop it, but focusing at home was making it worse.”

“You don’t have to go,” I said. I moved my knitting aside to sit next to him, ran my hand down his arm. It made sense, home for him was a place of trauma, of needing to outsmart everyone, of survival. It was even good to hear that he’d got to me to get away from that. A reminder that he did feel safe with me, even if that didn’t mean dropping the spell. "Do you need something to focus on, then?” I had a feeling that even here his mind was still planning, on guard.

He met my eyes, and smiled slightly, and it made my heart stop for a moment. He so often looked serious, and his smiles, even when they were a bit pained like this, felt like something special. And this one was for me. “That might help.”

My face was getting hot and I ducked my head away quickly. I picked up the knitting again— perfect solution. “Here. I’ll teach you.”

He raised an eyebrow.

“Come on, learning a new skill is a good way to direct that focus,” I said. I held out the needles in front of me. “You stick this in here, then wrap the yarn around, then…” I demonstrated a knit stitch.

“Can you really imagine me knitting?”

I hadn’t considered it, but the thought of Terran knitting immediately became the cutest, hottest thing ever in my head. I had to. I couldn’t stop grinning now, but I held out a needle to him. “Just try it.”

“Alright, fine,” he gave in.

I showed him how to drape the yarn over his pinky and index finger, then demonstrated the knit stitch again. He tried it, dropping the stitch by accident. I took it back to recover it. “That’s okay, it happens,” I said.

He tried again, and a stitch or two later, I watched him catch on. Stitches formed. It was so tight that the yarn squeaked when coming off the hook, but still, he was getting it.

“You can do one less loop around the pinky and it’ll be looser,” I suggested, but still his stitches turned out tiny. I could tell it was working, though, the task has engaged his focus and he seemed less anxious. When he got to the end, I explained that he would now be doing the back of it and how to do a purl, how it was just a backwards knit. That he caught on to quickly, and before long, had another row.

I leaned my head on his shoulder, partially just to see better. I pointed out how the knit stitches looked like Vs and the purls like lines, but as he picked it up and got into the rhythm I found myself just watching it. It was hypnotizing in a way that knitting myself never had been, along with the pulsing of his mind as it worked almost washing over me. I liked how close he let me get, wondered if he even really noticed.

Somehow, this was even more relaxing than it had been before he arrived.

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bigskydreaming · 3 years ago

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Honestly though, for the most part I’m still just always gonna sigh at future MCU movies with mutants, because they’ll be relatively condensed to just team ensembles given how big the MCU already is, and it just makes me go rawr about how WE COULD HAVE HAD IT ALLLLLLL.

Like, I think a lot about just how damn MUCH Fox wasted the X-Men in all the years they had access to them. Their movies were so generic and confined, IMO, when like.....they had literally every opportunity to make their own version of the MCU, just as broad and containing just as many subgenres. The X-Men mythos is really that expansive. They could have built up an X-Men team, solo movie by solo movie, and then bringing them all together. I fucking DEFY anyone to say that there's something inherent in the characters of Tony Stark, Peter Quill, and Scott Lang that makes it possible to build entire franchises around them, but that the same isn't true for a good dozen different X-Men. Like just off the top of my head, the possibilities for solo movies for individual X-characters based just on their own unique backgrounds and niches: 1) Psylocke - before she was an X-Man, she was literally a supermodel slash spy. If you can't make 'female James Bond with psychic powers' work, you're not trying. 2) Gambit - everything about him and his character and his origins screams HEIST CAPER HEIST CAPER HEIST CAPER. Ocean's Eleven with Gambit recruiting a team of mutant criminals to steal something from Madripoor, while dodging assassination attempts from his ex-wife's relatives, etc etc. 3) Storm - you could easily make a movie with an epic fantasy tone around her, from her childhood as a thief in Cairo hunted by the mysterious and otherworldly Shadow King to her days being worshipped as a goddess in the Serengeti and now more than capable and ready to fight the Shadow King for the souls of her people. 4) Cable - Terminator style movie centered around the emotional core of Cable going back in time to save the world by saving his own parents from his twisted mirror self, Stryfe. If you don't want to mix clones and time travel streamline things by making Stryfe just a literal other version of Cable like they're each other's road not taken diverging from the same moment in time when Scott and Jean sent baby Nathan into the future to save him. 5) Magik - young girl kidnapped by demon sorcerer who over the course of years leeches her soul and innocence to empower his dark magics, all while she bides her time and learns from watching him, ultimately rising up to overthrow him by claiming the power he tried to steal from her and wielding his own spells against him. 'Nuff said. 6) Longshot - its 2022, how has nobody ever tried to capitalize on the character who was created to star in gladiator combat and rebellions that were real life to him while just being entertainment to others. He's literally The Hunger Games but with superpowers. 7) Bishop - if the Cable pitch doesn't work for studio execs, you've got Bishop waiting in the wings, ready to pop in and out of the timestream in pursuit of assholes from the future seeking to Kang the Conqueror their way to world domination. 8) Dani Moonstar - remix Dani's powers of illusions drawn from the psyche just enough that an accident with them draws her INTO the realms of myth and fantasy she usually pulls FROM. She discovers that everything is real somewhere, even places like Asgard, and now she has to find (or create) a Yellow Brick Road to lead her back home, crossing through battlefields of Valkyries, demon landscapes and more along the way. Alternatively, young mutant and aspiring pop star Lila Cheney accidentally teleports herself across the galaxy and has to find her way home, only to stumble into galactic superstardom via Guardians of the Galaxy style antics. Etc, etc. You could do something like Sage, Emma Frost or Monet St. Croix infiltrating the Hellfire Club at a young age and trying to navigate its complicated politics without losing her soul. Or family drama writ large as young mutants Chamber, Blink or even Nightcrawler, any of them possibilities for being abandoned at birth as obvious mutants, seek answers about their origins only to be plunged into operatic Wagnerian (pun intended) antics via their supervillain parent/ancestor Apocalypse or Azazel. Space adventures with any of the Summers kids learning honey, your parents were kidnapped by aliens. More epic fantasy possibilities with someone like Magma discovering their entire civilization is just a cruel immortal's toy and taking on Selene to save her people from her eternal manipulations. The possibilities were endless, and Fox was like, lol, nah, what if we just used the same handful of characters and also some robots to just like.....make pew pew noises at each others with their lasers. Like, love that energy, Fox. Good hustle out there.

#also keep in mind I'm a big proponent of who the fuck says the X-Men all have to be cis straight and white in the movies #just because many of them debuted that way in the 60s #nope. gimme Nichole Beharie as Jean Grey and Mason Gooding as young Nate. gimme Lucy Liu as Emma Frost and #Jay Hernandez as Gambit and Angelica Ross as Rogue #OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING ONLY. y'hear me casting directors?#These are the freaking X-MEN

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forbidding-souda · 3 years ago

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Miu with a princess s/o

Miu Iruma with a princess s/o

les claypool show tomorrow W

and my piercings are healing hella good this shit is fire asf my tongue swelling has gone down (a little but it's noticable in terms of how it was before)

currently watching: Goofiest Game Ever

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-Mod Souda

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✯ Royalty, it's strict and its keen, it's developed from years and years of commitment and legalities, but you have a bit of a rebellious spirit, aren't you? You went beyond what the 'ideal' partner for you is. You were supposed to be paired with a prince, somebody from a neighboring kingdom who would bring richness to your family and the bloodline. You didn't care to pursue that future. Miu is beautiful and she is the supportive, entertaining, and equally mutinous person that you want. The thing that you like the most is how she does not treat you like a princess. It is something that caught you off guard at first. She was not afraid to be her true self around you (i.e. naked) and she doesn't censor herself. You are used to people giving you calming smiles and having gentle tones. She is nothing like that.

You bite the inside of your lip, giving her the bag. You tried to make her feel more at-home by ordering your servant to buy the cheapest looking bag from the dollar store. She sits inside of your bedroom, the room bigger than her kitchen and living room combined, with the color of golds and whites making her presence feel unclean. "I hope you like it," you say softly. You honestly don't know if she will. When she starts opening it, you suddenly get more nervous, so you start to talk again. "It's something I've been thinking about for awhile. I know you don't wear the jewelry that my parents give you, and that's fine, I mean, I don't either, and I know you probably won't wear this too but as long as you know that it means a lot to me then..." She opens the box inside and looks at the necklace. It's wired and holds a bright blue jewel on the inside. She looks up at you. You give her a desperate smile. "It's the same color as your eyes." "S-Seriously?.. Did you really... get this for me?" "Well, yeah. I got it made for you, too, look." You take it from her hands and turn it around. The wire holding it together is shaped into a big, filled heart that spells out her name in the inside. "Just for you." "What?! Why would you even do this?" Her cheeks get red. "Just take it," you ignore her high guards. "I know you love me." "Y-Yeah, yeah, yeah." She snatches it, putting it over her head and around her neck. "Maybe I do."

✯ She can say that all of her inventions are sponsored by you and your family (and she does say this).

✯ If the two of you are public then she gets a lot more opportunities when it comes to who commissions her and who wants to view her high-tier products.

✯ TBH, when it comes to presenting herself in front of royals and such, she enjoys the makeover. She likes when people do her hair and makeup. And even though she keeps accidentally smearing it, and her boobs don't seem to fit in any dress tailored, she likes the look of appreciation you get when you see her dressed as if she was expensive.

✯ ^ She doesn't change her mannerisms, though.

✯ Tbh as much as I wanna be like bleh ur family hates her! I literally can only imagine them liking her. Horrible comparison but like a jester. They think she's so funny and unique.

✯ They dress her up in jewels and the most elaborate things just because they love treating her.

✯ It's so funny when, outside of her house, a huge limo will pull up to bring her over. Sometimes she goes in wearing only her bra and some pajama pants and sunglasses, other times it's just her robe (even if it's at like 4pm).

✯ The really like only thing she takes seriously is paparazzi. She will pose stiffly for them and then laugh at the photos, thinking it's so funny how it's like looking in through a window, as if it isn't her she's looking at.

#miu iruma #miu iruma x reader #danganronpa #princess s/o

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