#i was gonna do something different w/ the colors but while i was fucking about w/ my layer masks i did this by accident

[laurelnose]

“Just what is it that runs in your veins, Jedao?”

“You’re welcome to cut me open to find out. Knife’s on my left hip if you forgot yours.”

“Oh, I intend to.”

spent most of my Sunday on @figuwhump day 12, which dovetailed really nicely with a couple of MoE thumbnails I was saving. ‘this looks like consensual kink, is this actually whump,’ you might be asking, and to that i say, with Kujen & Jedao it can be both

[kentosblkgf]

Miguel O'hara W/ camgirl!gf

Cw: mentioned masturbation, heavy overstimulation, clit slapping, size kink, and consensual recording. Pls let me know if i missed anything<333.

Miguel never saw a problem with what you did for work. Being the boyfriend of a camgirl had its perks, he thought it was great that you could work from home while he was away all the time, while always finding ways to pleasure yourself. He was all about you. You were the only thing he thought about when he went to work and while he was at work, doing tough missions. Guess what he thought about? You.

Being away from you wasn’t something he enjoyed at all. Miguel had become clingy when you two first started dating. Always wanting to be around you, provided him a different level of comfort he never thought he would know. You are just so perfect for him that he couldn’t even put the words flowing through his head in a proper sentence. He was truly lovesick. Miguel would do anything for you because he adored you. Even giving you gifts for your little cam shows.

His personal favorite was the dildo that he got molded of his cock. The shape, color, and size all matched him. He loved watching you use it on yourself, it was like a little reward for when he was away from home.

He is so in love with you it is ridiculous, so when you asked him to help you film a video… why would he say no to his precious girlfriend? “Miguel please”

Whimpering was all he could hear, you trying to push back onto his fingers.

“Hush baby, be patient.”

“How can I when you’re being so mean to me?” You pout so beautifully. Miguel made you so wet, just the slightest touch to your clit and you were already dripping gallons.

You had your ass in the air right in his smug face. His fingers slapping at your clit causing you to lose your arch.

“M’not mean baby, don’t act out just because the camera is on. Be good for me.”

You were about to cum, his words just being enough. So rugged and breathy, his deep voice not helping at all.

Miguel is finally giving you what you want, rubbing tight circles on your cunt, but you were greedy and needed more than what he was giving you.

“Miguel please, more.”

You whined.

“Todo lo que haces es rogar." (All you do is beg.)

Miguel has had enough of you being a whiny annoying brat. So he’ll give you what you want like he always does, maybe that’s why you’re so spoiled now. Practically throwing a fit while he was fingers deep inside of you.

“¿Has terminado? ¿Quieres más? Te daré más.”( Are you done? You want more? I’ll give you more.)

Without pressing on further, Miguel rises to his knees pushing down on your back and pulling at your hair so that your head is risen higher.

“Look at yourself.”

Jerking your head closer to the camera that reflected the smutty scene. You both looked so good together, him pressing against you with his wide shoulders and those bleeding red eyes.

Truth be told. You couldn’t handle him at all, he was too much for you. Too big, Too thick, just too… Miguel.

But Jesus fuck did he need to hurry it up.

It’s as if Miguel could hear your thoughts because he wasted no time, taking his cock in his hand and rubbing it against your cunt. You could feel how warm he was against you practically already feeling him inside you. You were never able to fully take Miguel's size without a huge amount of prepping, but you were rushing him to fuck you.

He's sliding his other hand that was not busy rubbing his cock against your cunt against your sensitive clit. Rubbing soft circles watching your reaction in the camera lens.

"You gonna take it?"

It sounded like he was mocking you, he most definitely was.

"Promise."

That promise was all he needed to hear before he slowly pushed his aching tip inside of you. It was an angry red color, leaking heaps of precum as soon as he had pushed inside.

You already felt so full, but you didn't want to let Miguel down. You promised you could take him, take all of him.

"Deeper."

Since when was his girl so demanding, you promised him you could take it, and who is he to doubt you? If you say you can then he'll give you everything he has to give. He pushes his hip forward pressing your ass to his hips. He's so deep inside of you, that you can feel him in your throat.

"Mig- oh fuck wait."

"Don't be a liar baby."

letting out small thrusts between each word. Hushing you with his words. The time felt like it slowed as you felt his thick cock dragging against your walls. Miguel was unnecessarily big, he had always been tough for you to take. It was even harder now that you had minimal prep you could feel his tip hitting deep inside of you.

Your heavy moans were echoing throughout the room combined with his breathy grunts. You were just so wet, the 'shlick' of your cunt dragging against him was the loudest thing in the room.

Miguel's hands were on your waist pushing you back against him, trying to make you take him deeper if that was even possible. His thrusts were starting to become harsher and harsher with every push and pull of your hips.

He loved to look at you like this, slutted out and stuffed with cock that was too big for you to even handle. You took him like a champ so why would he complain? That's just not what he wanted. He wanted you crying and trying to run from the onslaught of his thrusts. He wanted you shaking and crying beneath him, begging him to ease up maybe even try the slow him down yourself by placing your hands on his stomach trying to push him away.

He would get what he wanted regardless. Let me show you.

Miguel's grip on you tightens as he pulls out of you. You're already whining as you feel empty without him inside of you.

"Hush baby." His voice was so thick with want.

He's tossing you onto your back placing his hands on your thick thighs and pushing his thumbs into the little crevice behind your knee. Pushing your legs so far back your knees reach eye level on the sides of your head before you can even blink.

"Hold your legs." Fuck.

He had put you in a mating press. One of the most dangerous positions between you two. You already knew what was coming.

"Mig- hold on. let me breathe.." you whisper to him, this position always had you in tears.

"No baby, how about you hold up your end of the deal," he says as he slowly starts pushing into you again.

"Better keep that promise."

Miguel is already bottoming out inside of you before you can even respond with an attitude. His thrusts are heavy and mean just like him. Slamming and torturing the back of your thighs.

You can feel him deep inside of you, deeper than he was before. You were so tight and warm. He could feel you tightening around him. gripping onto him so tightly he can feel every pulse of your wet cunt.

"C'mon, baby."

he whispers into your ear as his hand rake along the sides of your thighs and tease your tits before resting on your throat, tightening his palm around it. Just enough to put you in a slight daze.

Your head tossed back letting out breathy moans as he kissed your neck. God, you looked so perfect like this. Taking his cock so well.

He's pushing into you roughly, your eyes rolling into the back of your head.

"So good.."

It sounds like you are whining.

"You're fucking me so good."

Your cunt is clenching around him so fucking tightly as if you didn't want him to pull out of you at all. Your hearing is going blank just like your vision. Seeing white dots cloud your vision as your stomach starts tightening.

He's fucking you into the bed harshly over and over again, his mind just focusing on you.

"Open your eyes."

You're trying your hardest to obey him but the way he is hitting inside of you just right is knocking the breathe out of your lungs.

You need a moment of respite to just be able to breathe.

"Mig- uh.. wait." Why should he wait when you could give him what he wanted?

"Open." His voice was loud and demanding.

His thrusts are getting deeper… Harsher with each word. Like he's trying to get you not to do what he is asking of you.

You force your eyes open, tears dripping down your face, fuck do you look so pretty to him. Your pretty pussy speaking so loudly to him. You're going to cum soon. He can feel it with the way you're gripping his arms, leaving the engravings of your fingernails on his tan skin.

His hand moves up to raise your head closer to his face, bringing you into a kiss, licking at your lower lip, tugging and pulling at it with his teeth. He's moaning heavily into your mouth.

The kiss drew you in just enough or you to cum. You're wriggling against him trying to tug your face away from his. Miguel's hand grips onto your face tighter whimpering into your mouth.

"Cum baby."

He's pleading for you to cum.

So you do. Letting go of the tight grip you had on him. Your legs straightened out, pushing against his chest. You're shaking as you gush around him, your body squeezing shut altogether. Can't do anything but let out open-mouthed silent moans as you can't find it in yourself to open your vocal cords and let out any audible noise. Fuck do you look good trying to get away from him only after one orgasm.

Maybe now is not the best time to be asking you questions as you seem to not be in the same universe as him. Miguel smacks your face lighting trying to bring you back down from an incredible high.

"Come back to me, c'mon."

He's waiting patiently still deep inside of you, keeping himself from moving.

"M'gonna move okay?"

You shakily nod your head agreeing with anything he is saying right now.

He pulls out of you slowly, trying not to disturb your moment of clarity.

"Where's your toy baby?" He's getting up and opening the drawers looking for his favorite toy of yours.

You don't answer him as you roll over and check the camera. No blinking red light.

This cannot be fucking happening… You didn't even click record.

[two-sibyls-tall]

I bullet-point planned out a batfam fanfic aWHILE ago but I am Bad At Writing full-fledged stories so I’m going to just throw it out in the open here in the hopes that ya’ll will appreciate it, and also that mayhaps someone else who is Good At Writing will find it and make it.

So. Here’s my take on a Reverse!Robins Dimensional Travel fic.

Damian:

Starts off with Robin!Damian seeing a black-robed uniform that’s awfully similar to the League of Assassins gear. Which is. Worrying. to see in Gotham.

Robin!Damian sneaks up on him to figure out wtf he’s doing.

Nightwing!Damian, aka the black-robed figure, calls him out. Possibly even makes an offhanded joke about how R!Damian shouldn’t be wearing bright ass colors if he didn’t want to be seen.

R!Damian catches sight of the Nightwing logo on N!Damian’s chest and proceeds to demand who he is

N!Damian recognizes R!Damin’s pattern of speech and essentially goes “oh fuck”. Reveals himself as Nightwing, aka Damian Wayne.

R!Damian immediately thinks of the Heretic. He calls for backup in code via comm link.

N!Damian is on the same comm channel, so he hears the responses to the code even if he doesn’t recognize the code itself. He’s semi-annoyed and starts running

R!Damian is IN PURSUIT.

N!Damian gets yoinked back to hid own dimension

R!Damian meets up with Nightwing!Dick and says something along the lines of “the assailant disappeared but who tf was that.”

Jason:

It’s a couple days later now.

Red Robin!Tim has already started working on a multiverse-type theory and let Red Hood!Jason know, so honestly RH!Jason isn’t terribly surprised when he comes across a vaguely familiar vigilante beating the shit out of a criminal in Crime Alley.

New vigilante introduces himself as Redbird

RH!Jason goes across comms to ask Tim how tf he should be handling this shit?

Redbird visibly freezes up when RR! does the classic “no names in the field” chastise

RH!Jason straight up asks Redbird if he can hear the comms bc who needs to be subtle.

When Redbird confirms, he just sorta sighs and gives a code to O. There’s a bit of yelling while the team processes the possibility of compromised comms.

It calms down again, and RR!Tim is like “okay the evidence is pretty clear here if you ask me,, Redbird I think you’re from another dimension. Do you recognize any of us?”

Redbird is like “well I’ve only actually caught one of your guys’s names so far, but yes I. Know. a Tim. He doesnt sound like you anymore, though”

RH!Jason is like ‘hmm we’re gonna put a pin in that one for now’

Meanwhile RR!Tim is talking to Redbird about going to the batcave and also maybe running some tests to figure out where they’re coming from and what’s going on here

Redbird shrugs and mentions that this whole situation sorta seems like what his brother was talking about a few seconds before he jumped dimensions.

“Is your brother Damian Wayne, aka Nightwing?”

“Fuck. Yeah, that’s him.”

At this point RH!Jason connects the dots an goes “ah shit, you’re me aren’t you.”

Redbird!Jason gives the most dramatic eye-roll possible and is like “bro we went from Redbird to Red Hood? That’s so lame. Why’d we even change it.”

RH!Jason just looks at him. “No dude we went from Robin to Red Hood. because we died.”

“NEWS TO ME???”

They've been heading to the batcave during this conversation

They walk in and RR!Tim's already there and he's like "Jason stop freaking out mini you this is clearly a different universe he might not even die."

Redbird!Jason is completely frozen staring at (unmasked) Tim and just kinda whispers "Tim?" And then he gets yoinked back to his universe.

Tim and Jason look at each other and Jason's like "so that's definitely not a good sign for what happened to you in their universe, right?"

Dick:

Nightwing!Dick is in the Batcave w/ most of the family discussing the dimension travel shit when he suddenly feels like he's being watched

He puts the meeting on pause and the feeling increases and he just looks straight up and sees golden eyes staring at him from the rafters

The other Batfamily members in attendance also look up and go what !! the fuck !!

NW!Dick knows about the whole 'Haly's circus being a theoretical breeding ground for the Court of Owls' thing bc I said so, so he already feels like he knows whats goin on

before anyone can say anything he just clears his throat and says "Gray Son?"

Batfamily freezes in shock and the small child w/ gold eyes just tilts his head in recognition and then jumps down from the rafters w/ no hesitation

He lands right next to NW!Dick and stands at attention, and Dick kinda feels sick bc Talon!Dick is like 8 years old

NW!Dick looks at the batfamily and makes some joke of like "haha looks like it’s my turn for the alternate dimension encounter"

RR!Tim is already taking notes

Bruce's put it all together and he's like "fuck. Little you is a Talon."

Cue the batfamily losing their shit again

Talon!DIck is looking between all of them confused, and he notices Damian just deadlock staring at him, and he's like Oh!! I know this one !!! so he stares back

RR!Tim is like "okay fantastic, well between Talon and Nightwing!Damian I think I can confidently guess by now that their dimension is one where all of our ages are reversed. Hey Talon do u wanna confirm that."

Talon is Very Helpful and nods, and Nightwing!Dick is like "alright buddy do you wanna tell us about ur dimension"

Except Talon doesnt really talk but !! he does sign!! his big sister cass has been teaching him sign !!

NW!Dick is like “thats great!! I know sign!!” and he starts relaying info to RR!Tim so he can take notes while Talon talks

Talon tells him that Tim From His Universe (and Dick isnt going to unpack yet why Tim’s namesign is a T drawn in the shape of a smile) has also put together that they’re going to a different universe

He says there was a case that the 4 nightshift batboys were on (girls were working a different case, Batman is offworld) w Oracle leading ofc that was selling alien technology

he says the 4 nightshift batboys were hit w a beam that didnt seem to do anything, but Tim of His Universe thinks that beam just had a slower affect and is what’s causing this

He says his big brother damian was the first to just randomly disappear mid mission and it gave Talon a scare bc they were together at the time, so he just froze and waited for damian to come back

and when Damian did, he immediately relayed what happened over comms, and a couple seconds later Redbird wasnt responding either

at this point RR!Tim interrupts and is like “are u saying urs all happened the same day? bc its been like a couple weeks since NW!Damian came here and several days since Redbird”

Talon just kinda shrugs and is like “well keep an eye out for Tim Of My Universe next bc he was hit too”

At this point NW!Tim is like “hey bud. why u. Why u using that name sign for Tim?”

Talon’s is about to respond when he gets yoinked back to his universe as well

Tim gives a mildly hysterical laugh and is like “well that’s not foreboding at all!!!”

Tim:

RR!Tim doesnt actually notice when JJ!Tim comes in this universe, bc at this point JJ!Tim has figured it out as well and is like “alright well the kid hasnt been jokerized so why traumatize him if I dont have to”

but unfortunately JJ!Tim IS spotted by a random passerby who mistakes him for the Joker so the whole batfamily’s out soon anyway looking for him

Hood finds JJ!Tim first and is like “alright i got eyes on him and im in pursuit,, hes kinda dressed weird tho wtf”

JJ!Tim hears this over comms and is like ‘welp now or never’ so he talks over the comms too (while running from Hood) and is like “hey I might be in the wrong universe, any way I could talk to one Tim Drake”

RR!Tim is like “Fuck dude really. rn? with a joker breakout? this is a bad time”

JJ!Tim responds w like “ur telling me, dude, Im the one being chased by a homicidal maniac w a red bucket on his head”

“YOU’RE THE GUY DRESSED LIKE THE JOKER?”

“THE JOKER IS STILL ALIVE HERE?”

JJ!Tim does NOT take this news well and he stops running, Hood catches up but doesnt engage bc ur telling me this is Tim?? this is RR?? tf happened?? but he does relay over comms that JJ is laughing and it is freaking him tf out bc he sounds EXACTLY like the Joker so SOMEONE get over here before Jason goes full Pit Rage

RR!Tim does arrive and immediately recognizes his own features despite the green hair and green eyes and bleached skin and Absolutely Terrifying Smile what the FUCK happened

JJ calms down just enough to be like “Oh I get it. This universe is age reversal so it also changed who the Joker got, too”

Hood looks like hes about to be sick, Tim’s not far behind

JJ’s like “great! well I’m Joker Junior, occasionally known as Tim Drake, and in my universe I was brainwashed by the Joker, then killed him and myself!! but apaprently the universe wasnt a fan of that because then I woke up in an UNMARKED GRAVE and wandered around for awhile, got dunked in a lazarus pit, and am overall having a terrible time”

At this point NW!Dick and Robin!Damian are here too and they’re like jfc dude

JJ looks down at his wrist like theres a watch there (there’s not) and is like “alright well according to my calculations, I shouldnt be here much longer, since most of my time was spent hiding & then running from ya’ll in order to NOT have this confrontation but look how well that worked out. Anyway u guys should kill the joker,, who knows if he might get inspiration from my universe and torture little timmy over there,, anyway ta ta” and then he fuckin disappears

Red Hood is like “yep ok im gonna go murder a clown” and no one really moves to go stop him

[meguchi512]

Your Mustsumi piece is really stylish! How did you do the backgrounds and come up with the composition?

Thank you so much! :-) I feel it's appropriate to respond to this ask on Mutsumi's birthday hehe. Forgive my weird wording btw (if it seeps in) as I am unfortunately strange like that (and feel free to ask away any questions!)

Summary: Modify already existing patterns, the darker your white is the better (trust), focus on the focal point, and Man I fucking love triangles.

First on the background (with a hint of color theory):

I took it from the Ibis Paint X image-archive-thing (???). It's actually a nice resource for stuff like this. If you use a different drawing platform try looking for your own in-app/in-program archive or consider searching online. In Ibis Paint X, not all patterns are available for non-premium users but personally it's not much of an issue (especially since non-premium versions of these textures tend to exist, with different colorings).

There are tons of these available by looking into the Japanese Texture (Color), Cloth Patterns (Color) and Patterns (Color) sections. Personally I prefer to alter the already colored ones as they are easier to work with, while the Gray/B&W ones require more retouching with blend mode layers. However, feel free to experiment and use whatever works best for you.

I was lucky to find one with a similar color palette to my drawing, but there's still some tweaking to be done to make it darker and warmer (as stated in the image). In this drawing it was relatively straightforward, though I've previously had to make more detailed modifications in other ones to make everything blend in naturally (mainly painting over different elements and particular shapes).

There's no rule for the specific blend modes –as in, they don't necessarily have to be multiply + darken, and there's no need to restrict yourself to solely 2 layers either. The same could be said about the opacity. It's merely situational. Instead, try playing around with them and/or learn how each one works to be able to pick them quicker.

For example, once I had applied the multiply layer something still felt off: there was a lack of ocre tones, which had been cancelled by the purple-ish color I painted it all over with. I especially wanted the darker colors to lean towards purple, while making the lighter ones lean towards green, so I applied a green darken layer which mainly affects the tones closer to white.

On a separate note: Color theory yay!! I freaking love color theory!!! As you can see in the bottom corner, I didn't use (and don't tend to ever use) pure white (#FFFFFF) or pure black (#000000). Actually, some artists will strongly advise against doing so, saying it looks beginner-like and muddy. I slightly disagree with this, or at least I think it's a bad way to put it (I mean, have you seen comic art? Pure black shading can look great when done well).

However, it's true that beginners won't be great at using pure black/white and it's greatly beneficial to experiment with off-white and such. Adding a slight tint to your neutrals makes a nice difference, and IMO the greater you can make it stray away from its original tone and still make it look convincing, the better!

By the way, notice how there's no "white" or "black" in the background? I reserved these contrasting tones for the figure. This is to draw your attention towards her, instead of adding more contrast to the background and making it all overwhelming.

Anyways, here are some other drawings in which I also used modified preset Ibis backgrounds:

• These KanaMafu drawings. It's the same pattern in both drawings, just flipped vertically and with inverted colors.

• This Kanade drawing.

Now, moving onto composition:

Not gonna lie, this was all a pretty subconscious process. I actively had to look for the principles I had applied, because honestly "figure in the center of a vertical canvas" seemed simple enough for a composition, but there's more to it!

I honestly feel like this is very self-explanatory as shown in the image, but if it isn't please ask me to elaborate B-).

Note: regarding the "airbrush work" mentioned, I meant I slightly painted over with a dark airbrush towards the bottom of the canvas and then lowered the opacity. Again, the whole thought process here was Closer to the focal point = lighter colors, smaller shapes and more detailed brush strokes.

But! There's more!!!:

Still on composition and color, something that is extremely useful and that I unfortunately forgot to do while working on this drawing is to check your values. This means translating the piece into B&W.

Due to the fact that I didn't check my values, the hair sort of blends in with the background. Upon noticing this, I added a highlight the same color as the angel wings (off-white). This was useful at making more of a distinction, but I could've definitely pushed it further had I followed this advice.

Onto (probably) my favorite art advice ever: TRIANGLES. Use triangles whenever you can. ESPECIALLY when there's negative space (space not occupied by the figure). This works so well to make your silhouettes more legible and dynamic. It's a life-saver.

Also, look up Sinix Design and Marco Bucci on YouTube for some great art advice.

I'm pretty sure that's all, sorry for becoming the yap monster. I really hope this was helpful! Thanks again for your ask and have a nice day/afternoon/night.

[moe-broey]

GOD SORRY. I am just SO fucking ALL OVER THE PLACE. I'm definitely struggling w like, wanting to do Too Many Things all at once. Head too full, running in circles about it.

So I'm just. Gonna drop ONE (1) very messy low-poly sketch in full, I do really wanna continue working on it bc I def feel like it'll be esp pretty in color, BUT. I'M ALREADY WORKING ON SOMETHING ELSE I'm planning on coloring.... some OTHER impulse shitpost comic............ I'd LIKE. To maybe get one thing off my chest and mind so I can exclusively focus on the other.

Okay. Slides you this.

Like it's a dumbass shitpost but this particular post has lived in my head for a while. Actually. As something Freyja would say to antagonize Moe.

Like... my idea here is Freyja is realizing her target has changed. She's trying to reach into the insecurities and fears of her new target. She has No Idea what "on-line" means. She's also an otherworldly goddess with a haughty holier-than-thou attitude and she's largely just entirely incomprehensible.

I think... for reasons you may be able to guess. Beyond the general plot points we're following, here. Freyja, on a personal level, ESPECIALLY has something she wants to "prove" to Moe specifically. She has a wounded ego and it's showing. She's just lashing out, really. And Moe happens to be a really convenient target, on top of her main goal (trapping the Order in the nightmare realm). Spoiler Alert: Her first attempt does backfire. Counter Spoiler Alert: She very quickly bounces back and, correctly this time, determines just what might be Moe's greatest weakness.

Also.

The Panic RAPIDLY beginning to set in as you realize that is NOT your brother that's your fuckass healer who's always on the back lines For A Reason who's always saying The Wrong Thing and is always just So Scareds.

Again, low-poly for now, but I esp like Sharena's pose!!! She's VERY MUCH dashing in like, ooohkay I don't know what to expect but if you're Moe now I'm worried about you fighting A Real Battle with a sword. Let me make up the difference! Please.

Inspo if I fucking. Forget to ever return to this (very possible given how I am.)

[sugarpuptard]

i woke up early today aaaaaa!!!! i fell asleep on call with my fiancé on accident while he was busy getting the new switch and stuff got messed up so he went to bed alone and angry and barely slept so i feel so bad for him :((((( hes now at a gamestop or something tho seeing if he can get it there since online all his orders were cancelled and hes got so much cancelled pending charges so he stressed about that 3: i wish i could help him more.. it should all be oki tho

i woke up at 7:50am and my fiancé called me at 8:19 until like 8:40 something and ive just been in bed so far and now it 10:30 ;w; i hope i not wasting time, its hard to get myself started in the morning tho

today i need to check on my plants and actually try and take care of myself, i passed out before i could take care of my gj tube and that not good with the granulation ;-; i soak it rn with saline to clean and put the right cream on it and hopefully the granulation goes away, it kept coming back even tho it kept being cauterized off so its so annoying. it doesnt hurt too much and doesnt feel infected at least, just irritated and sore when my tube presses against the bad tissue or i sit funny too long so the bumper inside presses on my stomach wall too hard for too long or something feels like a pressure bruise almost like if u slept on a pen or bottle cap all night. annoying but its not excruciating i can tune it out long enough and it gets better if i change how im sitting/laying. i REALLY need to start PT back up again soon,,, i should do my home exercises today on the app they gave me,,, i will once i brush my teeth and check my plants. then i think im gonna work on my AAC board more, i joined some AAC servers and they're helpful! i think im gonna stick to coughdrop instead of cboard for now since cboard editing sucks ass and coughdrop got more colors :3 my old kindle i wanted to use for it is being so stupid tho, the battery is broken i think or the software is fucking with it, idk how to fix it exactly but i'll try

maybe if i do a lot of good self care i can treat myself by doing makeup? i need energy for that tho, i wish i didn't have to debate all my actions and weigh the pros and cons, i end up doing so little of the things i really enjoy. i wish i had more cute clothes i can use for different styles of outfits, i want more jirai kei clothes so badddddd and tenshi kaiwai, and also jojifuku cuz its so comfy >w< i manifest all the money and cute things to come to me (even tho idk how that is gonna happen because i cant work and didnt even graduate highschool or really get past 8-9th grade so idk how imma get a decent job even online if i could mentally and physically handle that)

[localfanbaselurker]

First time watching Voltron: Legendary Defender and documenting my thoughts

This is Season 4

S1-2 | S3 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 |

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<this one is going to be shorter, as I have only recently finished this season, and the grief is still fresh (lol), so the thoughts are only just starting to simmer. strap your asses in>

Pre-Season 4 Thoughts

-> Keith joining the blades is going to be a huge plot device, I feel

-> PLEASE for the love of CHRIST let that poor little girl find her brother and father. If they are dead dreamworks better be ready to catch these hands

->I’ve heard people claim this is the “last good season”, but i stay strong 💪 and will watch till the end

->wouldn’t the paladin switch not make sense now? Cus shiro is back as the black paladin and it makes no sense for Lance to be red like it originally had? If anything, he should’ve gone back to blue, and Allura to red, because Allura is very accepting/encouraging of shiro’s role as leader. I guess they didn’t wanna do it all over again. But I digress 🤷‍♀️

->im gonna miss my Pookie (🤍❤️🤍)

Post-S4

->do they do this every two seasons?? Have an epic battle where they have a big preparation and say it’ll 100% end the war but it doesn’t and something crazy happens after they win and it sets up the next season??

->FUCK YEAH PIDGE GOT HER BROTHER BACK IM SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP 💪💪🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️🙏🙏🙏🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️

->^genuinely cried so hard during this scene. would’ve cried more if I wasn’t recovering from the initial shock.

->^cried during this one too, but it was happy tears. I could actually just do a whole reaction post to this episode alone. (if you want me to js say so in the rbs/replies)

->the callback to s1! “color-coded of course, because what are we? animals?” AHHH! I’m going insane I love these siblings sooooo much

->okay I’ll stop gushing over them now

->^only valid reaction to meeting Allura. Homegirl is beauty incarnate

->I LIED. im not sorry im never shutting up about them. SHE SHOWS HIM AROUND THE CASTLE AND TELLS HIM EVERYTHING AND EVERY DETAIL AND SHES SO EXCITED CUS SHE JUST GOT HER BRO BACK AND IS JUST RAMBLING ABOUT HER NEW HOME AND ALL THE COOL STUFF SHES BEEN DOING AND HES JUST LISTENING AND IS SUPER EXCITED WITH HER AND ITS SOOOO AMAZING AND ADORABLE AND I COULD DIE

->AND THEN HE TELLS HER HOW THEIR DAD WOULD BE SO PROUD IM DYING IM LITERALLY DEAD STOP.

->AND AND AND THEY WERE ALL WORKING TOGETHER W HUNK TO MAKE THE GALRA TRACKER THING AND THEY WERE BEING SO COOL WITH EACH OTHER AND BEING NERDS TOGETHER AND AND AND AJEUWNDUWJEBEURBDGWUDKAODHD

->okay. ive calmed down. i am normal and can be trusted to simply watch a show.

->^Get his ass, Zarkon. I needed his smug ass to be humbled so bad. Only time I will agree w Zarkon fr.

->i do NOT like Lotor. Can you guys tell already??

->THE SCENE WHERE THEY TRIED TO GET MILKSHAKES AND WERE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT THAT YOU NEED TO MILK A COW STOP.✋ 😭. My high-score on the giggle-meter went up by 300%

->bro I SWEAR shiro looks different. there’s just something about him. the hair gets a pass cus how good of a haircut can you give yourself in space, yk? but that nose scar is definitely a different shade #notmyrodrickshiro

->THE VOLTRON SHOW.

->^Just. That entire episode. It’s getting a whole post actually I need to yap about it.

->^her armor is colored in a way which makes it look both pink and red while making it look like a trick of the light in a way to symbolize that she is acting as keith yet while being a paladin herself and that being unknown in the public eye and showing how they have to cover that up, any suspicion being thrown as a trick of the light. Oh vld animators ily 🫶

->on another note tho why do they always draw lance and shiro to have 30 pounds of ass. what.

->loved when those lesbians decided to take down lotor. Queen shit 💋 we stan 🙇‍♀️🙏

->Lotor is so stupid and pathetic and annoyingly smug and sus and admiral-zhao-y and I hate him but he’s SOOO FREAKING HOT and I can’t hate him completely because he’s so attractive but that just makes me wanna hate him more. He’s a walking red flag but the flag is heart-shaped and honestly idk what to do w that.

->^WHAT. stop. honestly that’s the real reason he was banned from the empire my ass would not want that fucking FREAK within a 30 light year radius of me either

-> while s3 was the klance season, s4 is apparently the allurance season, they have a lot of sweet moments. (granted all started by lance but still, you can almost see allura swooning)

->^pookie. what are you doing… pookie.. no. stop. i don’t like where this is going…

->^POOKIE NO. STOP. ✋ STOP. SAY SIKE RN.

->^oh thank fuck for Lotor.

->^^wait what. why Lotor.

->^^^heartbreaking: worst person you know doesn’t something good for once.

->he definitely wants something out of this. I don’t trust him.

These are thoughts I’ve had compiled for some time now. I will continue to post my thoughts on the tag “laura’s first vld”

I finished this season on 06/30/24. I am on S5E3 as of today (07/06/24)

[b0y-wh0r3]

welcome to my yapping sesh, i’m just a guy in the internet snd i’m making shit up so don’t take anything i say too seriously

‼️SPOILERS OF WIEGE‼️

it’s not much but i’ll keep updating during the day!! This is just 2 minutes of the four❗️SORRY 4 THE QUALITY TOO, TUMBLR IS FUCKING ME UP (didn’t proofread it either srry)

CAN I START BY SAYING MIZI HASN’T EVEN FINISHES PROCESSING TILL’S DEATH AND HYUNA DIES BEHIND HER?? SHE’S GONNA TURN AROUND AND HYUNA WILL BE BLEEDING OUT AND IN THE ARMS OF THAT FUCKING TWINK (i love luka)

ALRIGHT, at the very beginning we hear Luka panting, which is something that really hits when you remember he has been taught to control his breathing snd heartbeat since he was a child, and seeing Hyuna makes him loose control of his breathing because of his excitement. To this, we can add the fact that the cheering of the crowd goes away pretty quickly snd all we can hear is his breathing as we are shown Hyuna being covered.

To me, this shows that Luka doesn’t care about the crowd or about discipline more than he cares about Hyuna.

(btw this is one of the very few times we see Luka with wide open eyes i think(WHICH MAKES HIM LOOK INNOCENT AND CHILDISH)) i’m resching w this srry

this mf too happy pmo/hj

next scene, we see Luka in the lab (? where him and hsi clones were created, his instincts seem to have kicked in after realizing the only way of being the one getting out alive is being the only one left. He also damaged the cryopods.

ALSO i think he knew he if he didn't do this he wouldn't be picked as the one to get out, i mean, would you choose the clone that has asthma and a congenital heart disease or would you try to keep perfectioning the clones? He had no chance if it wasn't for what he did.

The scene where Mizi and Hyuna are talking it's most likely hyuna trying to comfort Mizi, who yells at her and tells her she lost her everything, her god, her universe (MY SHAYLAAAAAAAAA😭😭😭 bring sua back i'm begging).

Before we see Mizi we see Hyun-woo, him smiling while blood drips down his face, i think it's obvious the fact that seeing someone grieve for a loved one brings back the memories and feelings she has of her own loss, of how she lost her brother, her universe. Hyun-woo was her closest friend and the only family she had, in most clips we see of her as a kid, her brother is by her side.

It's interesting seeing the different types of love ALSNT shows and how they represent them with each duo/group, we can see two forms of honest love directed to Hyuna: a chlidish siblings bond and an obsessed primal love coming from trauma and genuine love.

now,,,, this right here

THIS

that destroyed me, do you wanna know what a white butterfly means in korea?

get me out bro

now, Luka during his training needs to regulate both his heartrate, him looking to the side before it cuts to a scene in which he's admiring Hyuna's poster comfirms the fact that Luka thinks of Hyuna and their memories during his trainings to help his heart rate, that along with the training that Heperu put him through to overcome his fear.

NOW TO THE SCENE WITH MY DARLINGS

i'm crying look at them,,,,,,, i don't really have much to add since everything has already been said and explained a thousand times better than i ever could explain it on twt therads or other tumblr posts, so just look at the dead gang <3

tumblr is turning the screen into dust what is that quality</3

there are two main points I wanna talk about in this scene.

Everytime we see Anakt Garden from Luka's perpesctive th ecorners enhance, we can distinctively see the fake walls and prominent shadows, that along with more muted colors than what the other kids see (from what i can see from their povs, thr other sometimes show corners but they are not as noticeable as they are in Luka's pov)

Luka isn't trying to comfort Hyuna, he's like dog looking for it's owner ttention. He leans againts her, nuzzling against her back with a calm expression and smile, he isn't under distress nor guilt nor any other intense emotion, since his collar is green while Hyuna's is red. He sees Hyunwoo's death as win since killing has got him the "privilage" of living, so why would it be different when it comes to Hyuna's attention, no?

I think it's worth reminding that Luka's fingers turned purple after killing Hyunwoo, which makes sense when we take into account that one of the causes of Raynaud's syndrome is emotional distress.

[justme315]

42). "You can't tell anyone else about me!"

"You can't tell anyone else about me!"

Meet Hel (the first one, currently 20 years old) and Mary (the secound one, currently 18)!!

!Warning!:

Abuse, undressing (not sexual), panic, wounds, fear of dying, curse words, mention: unaliving an abuser

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Hel was a 9 years old girl when she meet her best friend - Mary. Them meeting is a different story, a much funnier one.

You see.. Hel was human, Mary - wasn't.

She was a borrower, and even younger than her friend, because she was only 7 years old when they met.

Their friendship was something special, from the moment they met, they spent a lot of time together - it wasn't difficult at all, since they lived in the same house, Hel with always busy parents, and Mary with her mother and stepfather, who were not.. well- the best home for a child.

Their friendship developed over the years until that one day..

The girls were already 15 and 13 years old then. They had known each other for a long time now and trusted each other with their lives. There was no longer even the possibility that something bad could happen. Or at last, that's what they though. Hel had always been very careful and gentle, and Mary was loud enough and trusted her friend alot that their relationship was an exemplary teenage friendship, between a human and a borrower.

Hel was doing her history homework at her desk. She almost didn't notice that Mary had just come out of the tunnel in the wall.

"Hi Hells" Mary mumbled, her voice sounding somehow wrong, somehow too painful. Hel's eyes immediately turned to her friend, who normally didn't come to her at this hour, and they widened at what they saw.

"Mary?!" Hel panicked seeing that her friend was covered in blood and various wounds "W-what happened?!"

"S-stepdad had a b-bad day.." Mary held on to a textbook to keep from collapsing. Blood was flowing from her nose and a wound on her head. The same can be said about her hands and the cut T-shirt, which from every angle looked at least as if someone had just tried to stab her.

"Is he fucking mental?!" The human cupped her hands around her friend.

"We both know that h-he is.." Mary tried to laugh, but only coughed up blood. Hel lifted her higher, closer to her, examining the wounds on her body.

"I'm gonna fucking kill that bastard!" the older teen couldn't help but be angry. That asshole had no right even touch her best friend not speaking of harming her!

Maybe he should stand in front of her, then he'd feel what it was like to be weak, what it was to suffer.

"Sorry cupcake, but I c-came here not-" borrower cought with blood "-to plan the death of t-this idiot, but-" she coughed again "-for you to bandage me up."

"Yeah, yeah, sorry" Hel corrected herself, putting Mary on one of her palms and opening the drawer with the other and taking out plasters and bandages. "For this, unfortunately, you have to undress, little one."

Mary took off her shirt and pants, showing the wounds her stepfather made to the light of day. They came in all shapes, colors and sizes you could think of. Hel couldn't help the tears welling up in her eyes. While washing the wounds with hydrogen peroxide, she whispered softly 100 ways to kill Mary's stepfather. Mary chuckled at that but her head hurting made it not last more than a few secounds.

Mary's head hurt more and more and she felt faint from the loss of blood and wounds. "Hells, I'm getting weak..." she muttered.

"Holy crap" Hel couldn't control herself, she was starting to panic. Her friend had never had such serious injuries before. In addition, now Hel was having trouble stopping the bleeding, especially from the wound on her back, which was very deep. "Don't you dare faint, little one" she begged, thinking about what she could do to help her. "I can't do it by myself.."

"What..?" Mary shuddered, hoping she'd misheard because of the loss of blood. Her eyes started to become more and more heavy.

"Mary, I can't help you on my own," Hel explained "I have to ask someone for help because it's really, really bad-"

"You can't tell anyone else about me!" Mary yelled with the last of her strength "I can't go to humans, they're dangerous, I can't risk it, they'll kill me!"

"Mary, please. You're bleeding out. It's really bad and I am not able help you" Hel explained "My aunt is around, the one I told you about, she's great, she'll help us, she raised me all my life, I trust her" the girl assured with concern in her voice, terrified that so much blood had already spilled from someone as small as her friend. She was afraid of losing her.

"Y-you don't understand! Humans are dangerous! They are murderers! I can't, I don't want to... Hel, we are friends, how can you want to put me in front of these beasts?!"

"I am human" Hel's voice was cold and full of sadness. Mary flinched at that answer.

"But y-you're not like them.." Mary tried to defend her point, but she had no strength left, her body wanted to collapse, she felt that these wounds were too deep for her to come out unscathed.

"There is a "them" now?" the larger teen's voice cracked. She had never had such a conversation with her friend before. When they met, they promised each other that neither of them would ever tell anyone about their friendship. It was their little pact. But Hel had never thought Mary really thought so badly of humans. But that wasn't the most important thing now. The girl was getting weaker by the moment and needed help. Hel grabbed the phone and started searching her contacts for auntie Hyphatia's number.

"Hel, if you do this, it will be the end of our friendship!" Mary cried, terrified of what her friend was doing. She trusted Hel, but she absolutely did not and would not trust any other human. She knew what these beasts were capable of. She knew she might be being written off, so she reached for the darkest and dirtiest card, the "Hells, please, don't do this" emotional game.

"I'm sorry, little one, but I care more that you're alive than that you continue to be my friend" the first tear fell from Mary's right eye "I love you too much to lose you" added Hel, her tone soft and sad, calling her auntie "I promise that my aunt won't hurt you. I won't let anyone hurt you ever again".

Mary then fainted.

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Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed it! Introducing two new heroines/characters from my universes. You can still ask questions or give ideas from my various stories, especially regarding these two girls and their story! See ya♥️

[celestie0]

please share your thoughts on vinland saga. what is your favorite character, scene...? what is something you learnt through it?

omgogmogmgmggogm ty for this ask anon also so sorry it took me a while to get around to but i appreciate it i loooove vinland saga sm n i’d love to talk more ab it 😭🫶🏼💕 n if you’ve seen the show too i’d love to know ur answers to those questions as well aaa :””)

my favorite character for suuurrree is thorfinn :”) he is my sweet summer child, the apple of my eye, the kindest of all, my son, my heart, my treasure, my love, i adore him sm there are times where i think of him n i just start tearing up out of nowhere. imma sound so fkn insane when i say this but i really truly believe he exists in my hearrrtttt 😭💕 like he has to, there’s no way these feeligns of adoration i have for him have not manifested on some physical realm i just love him sosososooso much sobs he is my favorite fictional character of all time n i wish i could smooch makoto yukimura very gingerly on the cheek for bringing such a beautifully well written character to life. his determination to become a better person, live true to his ideals, and create safe haven for others is srs so inspirational to me i love him sm

[panels colored by @/hawta_mahmood on insta]

i would literally commit war crimes for him LMFAO (even tho that’s the opposite of what he would want anyone to do for him haha)

as for what i’ve learned n my fave scene(s) i will add a keep reading bc spoilers and also it’s gonna be really fuckin long 💀

what have i learned from vinland saga? dear god, so much. i could talk about this show for hours, HOURS, and i have before!! it is just that dense in philosophy n had my head spinning from all the reflections

of course, there is the infamous line in the show ‘i have no enemies’, which i think can mean a lot of different things to different people, in thorfinn’s case it is the line that allows him to adopt a life of tranquility n pacifism. i think for me, this line taught me to assume the best in people, and once i started doing that i think i learned how peaceful n meaningful life can be. for example, if i interact with a rude person or am fighting with someone i care about, and i am affected emotionally by it, i might think of that lesson from the show and i feel free in knowing that i have no one who i desire to hurt or retaliate against or even harbor negative feelings towards in my head(the saying comes to mind to think or speak negatively about others is to poison yourself) as someone w a lot of fuckin anxiety it’s very liberating to think that way, and i think that’s the biggest lesson i’ve learned from the show (among many, many, many others. i think another big lesson is obviously the subject of forgiveness, both in others and in oneself, but this post will end up being too long if i go into depth of all the things i’ve thought ab while watching vinland saga)

as for my fave scenes, i’ll try to just pick three 😭😭😭

1. end of the prologue. the scene when askleadd dies was so beautifully done. the moment where in his final moments, he urges thorfinn to rethink his life and what he wants from it, and to follow in his father’s footsteps. askeladd was such a cruel, violent, and objectively horrible person n was the cause of thorfinn’s journey of hatred in the first place, and yet in his final moments somehow his words to thorfinn did not feel out of character. that was the moment where i realized wow, this author knows what tf he’s doing and is truly so talented. to have a character’s traits sneak up on you like that, built so subtly throughout the show, so that the payoff feels so real and fitting and not forced, driving the direction of the story in the way we had been hoping for the whole time. fuuuckckf. also, quick mention of the scene where thorifnn finally lets go of his dagger n all the scenes from season one flash by on the metal. fuck. i cry EVERY. TIME.

2. i mean it’s a given, but the scene when thorfinn finally understands his father’s words and admits to a circle of bloodlust vikings that they are not his enemies, and that he has no enemies. what a wonderful full circle moment for his character arc, i get chills just thinking about it

3. this one may be a bit more random lol, but the episode that will forever stick in my memory is gardar’s backstory episode. fuck i could writr a ten page essay about this one twenty minute episode ALONE, but i’ll just pick out the one scene that just kills me. the scene where gardar helplessly watches himself in the past, as he leaves arnheid & hjalti, and there’s nothing he can do to stop himself. fucking hell. if there’s any scene that i think could perfectly show what a feeling of regret is like, that would be the scene, and what fucks me up so much about that scene is how he cannot even manage WORDS. he is a grown man, reduced to intelligible sounds because his pain is so profound and his guilt runs so deep that it is like he becomes all but a helpless child. just kill me, seriously. i had never cried so hard in my LIFE watching anything than in that episode. i sobbed so hard i had hiccups n my sleeves were covered in snot. but the ending, when he got to see his son again in the afterlife n he was the age that he wouldve been if he was still alive :”) my god. yukimura nails anything that has to do with father son dynamics, im sure its because he has a few boys of his own, and his love for his children is so evident in his writing. but also, the fact that he was able to make me feel SO MUCH for a character we hardly knew anything of, and also to use a character that the audience is not very familiar with to tell a story that i think almost everyone on this planet could relate to in some capacity (things we want to change n wish we could go back to do so…) just what a genius genius creative decision like he is just such a wonderful writer i appreciate him so much 😭😭😭

god, all of s2 is honestly my favorite scene LMFAO. the whole entirety of it is a masterclass in story telling. imma just do a quick few more of my fave scene shoutouts tho 😭

thorfinn getting his ear sliced by fox, thorfinn calling einer his brother, thorfinn climbing his way out of valhalla, thorfinn telling arnheid about vinland before she passed away, snake revealing the truth behind ketil’s name, thorfinn reuniting with his mother again. god just all of it. i swear, just all of it.

GAT DAYUM THIS IS LONG but idgaf i’d talk about this show until i draw my last breath lmfaooo thank u anon for this ask im clearly insane 🤣🤣🤣 ur probs like im never sending this bitch an ask ever again LMFAO just joking but srs i appreciate it i had a lot of fun answering :””) i just love this show so much

[femboyclownpierce]

assigning my favorite guys crane wives songs

aka, in honor of the crane wives being my #1 artist on spotify this year, have some insanity. this list is loosely based on the life series, but each song aims to encapsulate a character as entirely as possible w/o focusing too hard on any specific event. i'll also say that i actively tried to choose songs that i haven't seen us as a community talk about that much.

Etho - Volta volta is a song about making the conscious decision to be present in your life, taking back control. etho is someone who constantly jumps from thing to thing, never really staying put, and i personally interpret volta as not just consciously taking back control of your life, but also making the decision to settle into something. it is about fighting your nature of running away and choosing to stay. i will admit that this song is about vibes more than lyrical content. still, have some lyrics

"Do you remember being young and eager? My heart was buzzing like a wire Give me a reason to connect, be nearer"

Bdubs - Little Soldiers ON THE BROKEN BACKS OF ALL THE WORDS WE SPARED, LIKE LITTLE SOLDIERS IN THE TRENCHES. IT WAS A MARCH WE MADE TOWARDS RUIN AND DESPAIR BUT WE HELD HANDS ALL THE WHILE. I SWEAR THAT I LOVED YOU. I SWEAR THAT I LOVED YOU. I SWEAR THAT I LOVED YOU---I SWEAR, I SWEAR!!!!

LOOK ME IN THE EYES AND TELL ME THAT DOES NOT FUCKING SCREAM BDUBS. HE LOVES ME. I FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL BEFORE THE FLAG HAD FLOWN BUT YOU WERE ALREADY GONE!!!!!!

sorry little soldiers is one of my favorite crane wives songs. two people tied together with barbed wire, knowing that what they're in isn't good but refusing to let go out of a desperate attempt to cling onto love. tell me that isnt ethubs, especially the way we as a fandom dramatize them.

Cleo - High Horse high horse is a song about being a petty, spiteful motherfucker. it is about looking at someone you hold dear who has hurt you, and saying, "you know what? i won't stand for this" and throwing them under the bus.

"I'm done thinking about it You're never gonna get what you want So why feel guilty about it?"

Grian - How to Rest listen. look me in the eyes. i know we all like to pretend, especially in regards to scarian and the desert and double life, that grian did not/does not love scar. that the love, that the friendship, that the real connection they shared was not there because it makes for some juicy angst. look me in the eyes and tell me that grian being outright cruel towards scar is somehow more interesting than grian pretending he does not love scar, when in reality he does. tell me that blatant angst for angst's sake is more interesting than grian looking out for scar, not because of an obligation, but because scar is his friend and his ally and maybe sometimes people just chose to be around each other.

"Here's the truest thing I've ever known The heart is just a muscle with a rhythm all its own It doesn't stop when you decide not to move on The heart knows nothing of your love or of your loss"

Joel - The Wolf oh joel wants SO BAD to be a threat. he wants so badly for people to fear him, to take him seriously, to be the bad guy. however, his attempts at this often fall short, usually due to his own brazen overconfidence and snappy, petty nature. all of this, of course, pushes anyone who he hasn't latched onto away because who would want to align themselves with someone who wants so badly to be a loose canon?

"Can it be Can it be easy for once Cause I’m no good at being kind to myself Or anyone [...] I am a beast at your back You better run for your life"

Jimmy - New Colors i am by no means a jimmy expert, but this song is just so jimmy to me. he is so desperate to do well. new colors is a song about desperation. he is so desperate to be taken seriously, in a similar way to joel, but the difference is nobody ever does. i'm just going to leave you with these lyrics.

"Don't tell me that I can't Oh Lord, don't tell me that I can't I need this so damn bad"

"I give up my sight To see I give up my air To breathe"

Scar - Down The River i'm gonna admit, i really struggled to find one for scar, but i think this one works. scar doesn't put much stock into past grievances if it isn't convenient for him, he will simply move on and pretend he didn't do anything. this is ESPECIALLY relevant in moving between series---all bridges are burned, and must be rebuilt.

"Now, tell me, when you start again Where will you house your skeletons? Or will they stay behind Your settlement in kind?"

this post is getting kind of long, and im gonna admit im not confident enough in my characterization of the rest of the cast to assign them a song, so i'll leave this here for now :)

[lovelandfrogman]

just saw that you saw the neptune theater production of ragad???? how was it!?!

YESSSSS it was so good!!!! sorry for the late reply, i just wanted to write out something detailed for this but didn't have the time!

id been planning to go for a while and i'm so glad it worked out! it definitely lived up to my hype, it was amazing!! ill give some very un-expert and very rambly impressions i had, but PLS let me know if you have specific questions about any details or scenes or choices :D

also i apologize im not a True fan of these 2 actors and i dont remember their names so ill just call them by their characters DHSJD

first off heres the set and playbill!!

i was kinda surprised because all the promo pictures seemed to show them wearing modern suits so i thought it was gonna be a modern setting, but it was just colorful old timey clothes! (sorry im not very knowledgeable on costumes, my main impression was just "oooo fun clothes")

oh one costume note is that one of them was wearing a green suit with a blue waistcoat, and the other was wearing a blue suit with a green waistcoat!

another unique thing about the production is it was split into 3 acts, like the script does, but most productions just do 2 acts!

i really enjoyed watching this, both ros+guil were super funny and the audience was laughing the whole time, even near the end like when guildenstern's breaking down, which i honestly enjoyed-- even when it's horribly tragic, it's STILL kiiinda funny. also i liked guildenstern's accent

in my opinion the acting was great all around, i kinda enjoyed the hamlet scenes and how they were acted seriously, since i'm always conflicted on if r&gad should make the hamlet parts serious or not! also guildenstern and rosencrantz's serious and emotional bits hit me so harddd (as in both of their monologues about death i guess)

there was a lot more use of obvious lighting and sound design than i feel like is typical for r&gad? but i enjoyed it!! i'll talk a bit more about that laterrrr

they also had some singing from the tragedians, once in their first entrance, and once replacing the ship noises at the beginning of act 3, which was very fun

one big difference was after the final scene w horatio, they blackout and go back to the initial positions and do a single "heads!" which was GREAT, i don't think i've seen anything else make the time loop that explicit??

ok and now just some rambling about interpretations

so part of me before the play started was like "i've watched/read/listened to this play SO many times, i hope it's not just boring and same-y and i don't realize anything new."

AND THEN. near the end of the first scene where ros+guil come across the tragedians. i was like HOLY SHIT and realized an interpretation that i've never thought of before.

(this might be a Super obvious interpretation and i'm just slow but whatever.) it occured to me that the moment that the tragedians are about to put on a play for ros+guil and the scene suddenly shifts to hamlet, it could be interpreted that the rest of the play is just the tragedians putting on one of the classics for ros+guil, and them getting "caught up in the action".

of course this doesn't make sense with Everything in the play, but it's SO fascinating to me and it recontextualizes a lot of stuff, like making it so that ros+guil are just fucking around backstage and onstage trying to figure out their roles the whole time in this play that's suddenly started around them.

also there's a couple choices that i think support this interpretation, like tending to switch to a warm stage-y lighting whenever scenes from hamlet are going on, and switching back to a cool neutral whenever ros+guil are "offstage".

plus, i think this happened a couple times but notably when hamlet is doing his "to be or not to be" speech and rosencrantz is trying to figure out how to interrupt him, there's this super interesting lighting effect where they have a spotlight on the BACK of the stage where hamlet is, and these lights near the bottom of the stage that give the impression of stage lights, making it look like the stage is reversed and hamlet's on the side facing the audience while ros+guil are upstage. IDK if that makes sense but i was like HOLY SHIT when i realized.

PLUS, im fairly sure all the actors playing roles in hamlet are all also tragedians, AND between each act, they had the tragedians doing stuff like moving the set, sweeping, etc, on stage, which was very fun..

ANYYYWAYY those are my thoughts :D not gonna tag this bc im embarrassedddd but feel free to rb and feel free to ask questions

[lilmissasap]

I just found another Miles smut

They literally “aged them up” because it was like hcs ig and said that MINORS WEREN’T ALLOWED TO INTERACT

Literally barfing

i hmm this is such a convo

bc which miles? comic miles (ew)? itsv/atsv miles? PlayStation miles? i lowk hope it was play station miles bc that one is 17, and while he still is technically a minor, in a lot of places 17 is considered an adult. its still gross but slightly less gross? i'm-- so many thoughts about this.

its not like i don't condone smut, its just hard to figure out where the disconnect is with smut writers. below 18 in the u.s is considered a minor, however in different places its different. for example, in s. korea 19 is adult, not 18.

so likeeee very multifaceted in the sense that laws are different everywhere, and atsv was released in most countries.

bc i was born in the united states w a v rigid view on adulthood, yes this shit is fucking disgusting literally let him be a black boy not a fucking man. that's gross and rooted in racism bc i fine boaf miles' fine but i ain't never once thought about fucking them hello?!? i am also fairly certain that the people writing them are either a) sheltered or b) white. the sheltered thing i can understand because im first gen and my version of the sex talk was when i was really young at an art museum w some paintings of nudity with my aunt (who attended catholic school) who told me to 'hold an aspirin between your thighs', and i also didn't get sex ed in school. so i understand the 'draw' of writing taboo shit and consuming it but. baby. come awwwnnnnn. like yeah, good on you for acknowledging ur very human sexual desires, but what the fuck miles is a minor please stop.

i love love love that this fandom has opinions/ visions for characters but yall needa chill. that 'hobie is in love with miles because he turns pink!' is cute when its just your opinion, however the color doesn't necessarily dictate his emotions (at least we don't know for sure, we don't know much abt hobie), and he also turned from yellow to pink while holding mayday. the pink can symbolize adoration if u will. that's not to say you cant have ur punkflower hcs, js don't PUSH it yall. ur human, okay? a lot of people have sexual desires which is cool but stop pushing ur horny on a minor and animated character. its not cool, does not pass the vibe check.

unrelated but in the same vibe as the previous rant-- gwens character. there's a lot of discourse rn about her possibly being trans WHICH IS COOL but I've seen people attack others for politely disagreeing. i love that a lot of people are feeling comfortable and recognized with possible hints towards peoples identities, but please calm the fuck down. it was never that serious, never that deep babes i promise. because, yes, representation is quite wonderful (speaking as a queer black girl) but it doesn't always spark change, sometimes it causes the latter. and in this instance of yall projected ur opinions to the absolute max, is not inciting change. its inciting anger, disagreement, and toxcity. i'm not gonna lie, i'm on the side of lets js leave things where they are until animators disclose something. but rae their color schemes-- yall do know that pride flags were also created with aesthetics in mind, right? blue, pink and white go pretty together, AND they compliment lighter skin tones (like gwen). purple blue and pink go good together too, and we see a lot of that in miles' palate. BECAUSE IT COMPLIMENTS MELANIN. i love love love how people are incorporating themselves and their identities into this movie, shit i even do this, but can yall CHILL? for the love of god.

moral of the story: stop and think for a sec, okay? i promise your brain has good thoughts, but not everything has to be shared with the world.

[spacedhead]

homestuck rereading post #3: hivebent part 2

(im adding this part when im done with this whole thing but most of my text is referring to the image under it unless stated otherwise. but i think you can tell based on the spacing when that isnt the case)

im beginning to think these titles are too long. anyway LETS FUCKING GOOOO I LOVE TAVROS NITRAM

one thing about him is that he loves fiduspawn. which as we all know is an allegory for pokemon. is allegory the right word? sources say: probably not

:) hes clappingggg

do not answer that message. keep looking at your posters. if you know whats good for you you wont even look at your computer . throw that shit away

whats her deal????

⬆️ okay well that was actually a pretty tame first interaction. she was just like haha tavros im gonna beat you at this game L and tavros was like uhhh i think we shouldnt talk . but you know him. he continued talking to her anyway. like a chump or something

what is her deal!!!!!!!!!!!!! why does the story keep framing kanaya as this bugger/meddler/fusser . she is so cool though and Normal.

tell me why this is so scary . what is this a horror story. relax

/ROLLS EYES

me on the overwatch grind every damn day

karkat wishes he had even an ounce of the swag and rizz nepeta has. you will never be her.

this is kinda funny. but he is lame its true

TAVROS GAHH YOU KILLED YOUR LUSUS. FUCK

foreshadowing.... this is like in dragon ball z when goku and piccolo are fighting raditz and goku is like "well strength isnt the only thing that matters in a fight!" and raditz is like "you are a fucking moron LMAO"

it actually isnt a real thing to say. so

oh man this is so fucked up

man he cannot catch a break right now

this interaction between karkat and vriska is interesting to me cause its karkat being like a really awful person to vriska and i would feel bad but i JUST watched her paralyze tavros while berating him and laughing at him. so its like damn. i dunno how to feel ...

okay well . this is a little bit rude but whatever

this is so awesome . you love to see a girlboss winning

what is she waffling about

i have nothing to say about the equius stuff. anyway check out this particular interaction. ⬇️

⬆️surely no more stabbing in the back between these two.

me when someone tells me vriska has w rizz. idk . this is crazy though

oh Wow

she is fuh reaking out right now . someone please get her some therapy. also all of them? all of them need it

tavros is on that no hate grindset i love to see it

i wonder if i had different color blood if my fans would turn on me. some fans they would be.... i actually have no idea what im talking about right now but i love to ramble on and on about inane bullshit so

handshakes all around to those who made it this far.

WOOOO RESIDENT LESBIAN INTRODUCED. the crowd goes fucking insane

ROSE MENTIONED!!! gosh it feels like its been so long since ive seen her.....i miss those damn kids....

im being forced to end this one here (i hit the image limit) but im coming back with a vengeance soon because we are just getting started with this DAMN SESSION

[samuelroukin]

To be fair to Soap, he and Roach are actually actively torturing each other. They don't look physically alike, and they're both going man that guy has a different personality is that what Ghost prefers? Roach: aw shit they have a cute little banter flirt thing going when I just. Plain do not like fucking talking. Soap: aw shit, Ghost probably likes how quiet Roach is and how physically expressive instead and how he's like flexible/agile/not a tank but lithe and he's always touching Ghost which he seems to dig a lot bc Roach is very tactile and people don't touch Ghost! They have different nationalities, hair colors, eye colors, builds everything and Roach is nervous about his scarred up face, while Soap is like shit they have so much more history and a deeper bond :( Both of them are going, okay Ghost clearly likes him better, right? So I'll take what I can get. And like they don't bring it up during sex but it's clear they are like. Aware. And trying *not* to ask. Soap on the one hand is like A) we haven't talked B) this is clearly not exclusive and C) if I ask this is just gonna stop happening. Meanwhile Roach is like A) we did go we can sleep w other people because they talked *around* the whole we're in love bc we are manly soldiers thing and both expected to be dead by now B) obvs Soap is prettier and younger and less beat up than me so I can't complain and just like Soap C) if I say something I will lose him/he will say to my face I'm not good enough anymore or worse pretend he's okay with just me when he's not.

Meanwhile Ghost is fucking sweating because he has no idea how the fuck he managed to pull one of these baddies let alone two and he's in love with both of them and would die if he loses one or both of them so he's keeping his mouth shut and pretending he hasn't noticed they're pulling the "that other dog, who is he" meme at each other because he thinks if he does this whole house of cards falls apart. Them not sleeping with him anymore is only his third worst case scenario. Second worst case scenario is they wise up and murder his ass. First worst case scenario? They realize how hot they are and what a great match they are (because literally only Ghost knows them both well enough to realize they probably actually would like each other and compliment each other quite a bit) and they leave him for each other and Ghost gets to be tortured forever over it.

So basically they're all suffering even while getting some, the secret ingredient to this trio is everyone thinks they are the lesser partner who got in on a technicality and is about to get cut and they are all slowly getting very very messy feelings for each other. It finally culminates in an actual not proxy threesome Roach institages over competitiveness and assuming Ghost wants to leave him and hasn't because of their history and such so he's hoping to make shit finally blow up. It doesn't quite go that way. Soap just really wants to get double teamed by them because he likes them both very very much and if he gets murdered at the end of it he's okay with that.

Price is so so so so so so so fucking tired and if he slips on one more condom these fuckers chucked at the trash can and missed he is gonna snap and kill everybody and put them out of their misery.

locking them all in a room together until they talk my god, i can't even feel bad for them when they're so dumb lskjskdkjhs

[hopelessromanticdeviant]

The Rise, The Fall

Chapter 8: Best Friends & Fiends

Chapter Summary:

“You did what!?”

Taehyung stared at the floor, dumbfounded.

“And Hyejin won’t speak to me now,” Jeongguk said.

“Neither is Haru! And nor will I if you don’t fucking fix this, Guk!” Taehyung was going crazy.

“What even led you to treat her that way? Have you lost your mind? You left her just like that, amidst all the danger she could get herself into?” Taehyung said again.

“He just goes around doing whatever he wants, without thinking how it’d affect the people around him,” Hyejin muttered, more to herself than anyone, as she came back into the room.

~this is smut

Jeongguk knew he was many things. Obsessed with a meager human though, wasn’t anywhere on his list. Sure, he definitely wanted her to be obsessed with him for some reason. He wanted to be the first person she thought of when she needed help, yes.

But his involvement with her solely lied on the fact that her soul had no color, and noting her life decisions and upbringing; it was obvious she was a good human. Then why was she different than anyone else? No demon, beast, or even God had occupied as much time on his mind as much as his human had.

Which had maybe, most probably, led him into making the worst decision in all his years of demonhood. Standing in front of him was the biggest enemy of his brotherhood, Manshik, a demon from an old rivalling brotherhood.

They were flesh-eaters, and often consumed humans as gourmet experts. Drinking blood was an every day occurrence for them, as if sipping a glass of store-labelled wine.

“Do you know what’s gonna happen if they find out?” Manshik gave a dry chuckle as his fangs peeked out a bit.

“I’ll be scolded by my hyungs for talking to a rival. You on the other hand,” Jeongguk’s eyes trailed to his mouth, gauging his sneer, “I don’t know what you lot do in such…cases.”

“I’d rather not find out,” Jeongguk added immediately.

Why would he care anyway? Manshik wasn’t obligated to be here, yet he came. Jeongguk had sent out a third-party messenger bird so there would be no breadcrumbs trailing back to them.

“Anyway, your Yoongi-hyung,” Manshik uttered, his voice bitter with venom, “he dabbled with us a bit, for a while.”

“Nonsense. Hyung would never-”

“Park Do-yun, wasn’t it? Could never forget that name,” Manshik cut him off.

“Yes. I think my hyung probably meddled with your brotherhood due to her involvement. He wouldn’t risk our brotherhood’s reputation like that,” Jeongguk explained, his voice cold and stern.

“Reputation, huh? Well, what are you doing right now then, Jeongguk?”

Jeongguk’s eyes widened momentarily but he regained composure instantly. This wasn’t the same thing. Jeongguk would ensure this was the first and last time he was seeing Manshik alone.

“Just so you know, I didn’t take the ‘reputation’ part well. Calling someone over then pretending to be above them. Classic Bangtan.”

“You could have said no. But you showed up anyway,” Jeongguk answered, holding his ground.

“Tch. Fair.”

“Just answer my damn questions, Manshik. And tell me what you want in return.”

“In return, I’ll have the same as before,” Manshik’s lips turned into a crooked smile, his left fang now in full view, “what your Min Yoongi refused to give us, then promptly lost his woman, twice.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Jeongguk sensed the change in his tone and took one step forward, indicating he didn’t understand what the bargain meant.

“Your human girl; heard her soul’s got no color and no records of it. It’s not that much of a secret, but more a phenomenon everyone wants to see for themselves,” Manshik explained a bit.

Jeongguk’s hands balled up into fists. He needed to grip something. Of course, every demon was finding out about her. He didn’t understand why it had been so late though. They’d begun talking about his human. Yes, he’d been considering showing her to the council, but that didn’t mean he’d give her up that easily.

Snippets of him watching her came to his mind. It was a blur, as blood came rushing to his ears. Only one thing lay straight to him as her delicate form kept stepping forward in his mind, waist swaying left and right as she moved a few strands of hair from her forehead to the back of her ear; her nimble fingers tying up her hair into a braid while she wore a loose tank top, mounds rising and falling with each turn and pull; her body glistening in the evening sun as she hit a ball with her badminton racket, a wide smile plastered on her face.

His human was beautiful.

A very attractive woman at that. Jeongguk never wanted to admit it, but he always knew. He didn’t know why; he just dreaded that fact more than most of the things he was scared of.

But right now, as unrelated as it was, he couldn’t think of anything else to calm his seething rage. It’d worked for a bit, but seeing Manshik’s arrogant grin wasn’t helping.

Jeongguk blinked once, his eyes glistening while his knuckles turned white.

“Why does everyone want to see me?” the voice was solace and nuisance at the same time.

Manshik turned his head to her, and Jeongguk knew trouble had already been brewn. Jeongguk whipped his head to Haru, right as a smile broke out of Manshik’s reddish lips.

“Speak of the de-”

“What are you doing here? Who let you in?” Jeongguk was quick to interrupt with a flurry of sentences. He immediately closed the distance between him and Haru and grabbed her arm, dragging her out of the room.

“Jeongguk, you’re hurting me,” Haru opposed his hold on her and tried to break free.

Jeongguk flailed her to the drawing room’s couch in anger.

This was the first time Haru had seen him angry. And she didn’t like it.

“You didn’t answer my questions,” Jeongguk said with narrowed eyes, directing all his rage to the trembling woman in front of him.

“Hyejin let me in the mansion. I came to see you like usual,” Haru replied, rubbing her elbow that still hurt from his crazy grip.

Like usual.

All of a sudden, Jeongguk was reminded how Haru found everything that was happening to her.

“Do you think roaming around my mansion is like taking a walk in the park? Do you know what kind of situation you’re in? There are dangers lurking everywhere for you in your situation. How can you just go opening doors like everything is child’s play to you?”

Fuming was an understatement.

“Jeongguk, what-”

Everything about her hurt him. The way her eyes were glossing over at his rage as she tried to muster up the courage to say something; the way he knew he was targeting the entire bane of his angst over her for no reason; the way he’d hate himself after he calmed down; the way Taehyung and Hyejin had accused him, the way he could never bring himself to look at Haru in indifference. Everything.

“I don’t want to see you,” Oh, he knew he was going to hate himself, alright, “Don’t come here again.”

He turned on his heel and started walking but she called out to him again.

“Jeongguk, what do you mean? You’re making no sense-”

“I think I made it exactly clear, Haru. I don’t want you near the mansion again. You drive in too much attention. Your stupidity attracts danger and I have nothing to gain from you,” Jeongguk gulped down as he bit his tongue.

“You’re saying you won’t help me?” Haru asked, meekly.

“I’m saying I hate how you think everything and everyone in life surrounds you and others don’t have things to do or a life to live. The way you behave when you’re around us is annoying, so stop coming to us. Go to school, study; I’ll seek you out in case of any important information or send Hyejin or whatever. I said I’ll help you out and give you your old life back. That doesn’t mean you have to come around frolicking over here all the time.”

Jeongguk turned around to look at her again, just to see if she was hurt at what he’d spewed out. Just a little, and maybe he wouldn’t feel so empty yet filled with rage right now.

A tear rolled down her left cheek and Jeongguk sucked in a breath. That would do.

“What was all this then? You could’ve just said you don’t want me around. You didn’t have to be a hero, then treat me like a friend this whole time.”

Like a friend.

Jeongguk hadn’t even thought of that. She looked at them as friends. Friends who were helping her live.

Of course. He was so stupid. Nevertheless, he should’ve never allowed her to get close to them in first place. It was plain stupid; she was human after all.

“I’ll leave then,” Haru got up from the couch, clutching her elbow, “I hope you don’t have to be bothered by my situation next time. Thanks for everything.”

Haru picked up her slingbag and walked away. Leaving him seething still.

“Tch, tch, tch. Shouldn’t have treated her like that. Yoongi wouldn’t do this to Doyun,” Manshik appeared right as Haru left, “I was hoping you’d introduce me to her but I didn’t want to interrupt your little scuffle.”

“We don’t share a relationship like Yoongi-hyung and Doyun. As a matter of fact, we share nothing at all. She’s just a human that I accidently got involved with and have to take responsibility of.”

“Hmm. So you say,” Manshik clicked his tongue, “I believe you.”

Jeongguk hated it; the way Manshik acted and chose his words. But he wasn’t going to go ahead and try to prove anything. That would be like acknowledging his invisible challenge.

“Anyway, I’ll tell you everything you need to know about Yoongi and Park Doyun, if you give me your word that I’ll get a fair share of that girl’s blood.”

Jeongguk looked at him in disbelief. He huffed.

“You could add in a bit of flesh as tokens of gratitude too, if you like,” Manshik spoke as if this conversation was an everyday thing for him.

“Leave,” Jeongguk didn’t waste a second.

Manshik’s face immediately fell. After all, the demon was more used to successful blood and power deals.

“What?”

“We’re done here. I’m not giving her blood to you,” Jeongguk had calmed down by now, “You could’ve said it on the messenger that you wanted her blood in return. Then I wouldn’t have given you the pain of coming all the way here. What with meeting without being discovered and all.”

It was ridiculous; the way Manshik was behaving as if the girl was made for imminent doom. As if he was positive he’d get a piece of her, as if he was sure people were going to barter pieces of her in no time.

Jeongguk knew right then. He hated Manshik.

“I hope we never have to see each other again, my guy,” Jeongguk said as he closed the door, leaving Manshik staring at him from afar.

Jeongguk sighed and slumped into a nearby armchair.

Then, the regret came seeping in along with a peculiar feeling of impending doom.

He really, really hated himself the most.

.

It wasn’t fair.

Tears trailed down Haru’s cheeks as she wrote her science paper.

It was so unfair how Jeongguk treated her. No amount of explaining, or apologizing would ever make Jeongguk’s treatment of her okay. He decided it was okay to give her a look of disdain, and not only that; he manhandled her. He flung her across as she fell to a couch as if she were a mere thing to be toyed with as he pleased.

How foolish she had been. To think he’d started understanding her. But to be manhandled like a toddler like that; how humiliating.

A teardrop fell on the page in front of her, and Haru wiped it off.

That was it. She wasn’t going to cry anymore.

Not over a boy; or a man. Or whoever. God knew how old he was; and he was almost a stalker at that, asking if he can tap her windows and all. He could go and drop dead on the same couch he threw her in, for all she cared.

Her science test was more important. She'd look at him just like the way he deemed her; beneath everything else in her life. She'd do as he'd suggested - go to school and study.

Even then, it didn’t change the fact that she needed him more than he needed her. She was indebted to him too.

But the mistreatment and manhandling was going too far. Fine then, she’d answer when he beckoned her, but other than that, he wasn’t going to get a single word from her.

She only missed Hyejin; who hardly used her smartphone. She thought of texting her, but that would’ve been too desperate of her. Jeongguk had just shunned her. How clingy would she be if she went and talked to his subordinate right after that? Did she have any shame at all if she did that?

Disgruntled, she settled on calling her best friend; Raemi.

“Raemi, can I ask you something?” Haru asked, placing her feet against the bed’s headboard, her torso lying on the bed.

The science paper had been forgotten in lieu of talking to her best friend after a long weekend.

“No,” the other girl squeaked, huffing from her workout, “Of course, stupid. You can ask me anything.”

“Would you talk to a friend who manhandled you and yelled at you? I’m talking full-on furious yelling, showing your rage face kinda anger.”

“Uh, obviously not. What kinda friend mauls you and shows you that side of themselves?” Raemi answered, as a-matter-of-factly.

“No, not mauling. I mean like they’ve dragged you by your elbow and pushed you to a couch; would you talk to them then?” Haru asked, speaking way too fast.

“That’s oddly specific…” Raemi had caught on, “Spill it, Mae Haru. What have you gotten yourself into this time?”

“Nothing. I was just wondering what you would do in a situation like that…” Haru was definitely not good at lying with her best friend present.

“Sure, babe. Believe it. Totally.”

“Ugh, why am I even trying.”

“So you gonna spill or nah?”

“Jeongguk, that dude who saved me from an accident, kind of manhandled me into a couch and yelled at me, all furious. He said he doesn’t want to see me anymore.”

“Uh, he saved you from an accident, he’s not fucking Jesus. If he doesn’t want to talk to you, don’t. There’s nothing else to do.”

If only Haru could tell Raemi about the other details; how it was so complicated and how he was a demon.

“Right. Who am I to force him to talk to me if he doesn’t want to,” Haru agreed. After all, that much was correct.

“Besides, if he touches you like that again, you have every right to punch him. Nobody mauls my best friend.”

Haru’s giggle was audible on the line, “He just grabbed me; there was no mauling. Anyway, it won’t come to that. I just won’t see him again.”

“Good. And I don’t know what reason he had to grab you. But best be sure, I’ll punch him for you if you need me,” Raemi knew not to nudge Haru further. They had that much decency and respect between each other.

“I kinda hoped you’d have something going with him though,” Raemi added, and Haru could hear her frown even on the phone line.

“What? Me and him? Where’d you get that idea?”

“You look good together. Caught a whiff of that chemistry. Not gonna probe in. Let bygones be bygones. I just didn't know you were close enough for him to grab you.”

“Right. We don’t have any dynamic like that, anyway. So it’s ‘kay.”

“You prepared for the quiz tomorrow?”

.

“You did what!?”

Taehyung stared at the floor, dumbfounded.

“And Hyejin won’t speak to me now,” Jeongguk said.

“Neither is Haru! And nor will I if you don’t fucking fix this, Guk!” Taehyung was going crazy.

“What even led you to treat her that way? Have you lost your mind? You left her just like that, amidst all the danger she could get herself into?” Taehyung said again.

“He just goes around doing whatever he wants, without thinking how it’d affect the people around him,” Hyejin muttered, more to herself than anyone, as she came back into the room.

“What did that poor girl even do to you, Jeongguk-nim? Did she finally call you the ‘Jasper’ you are? Because you’re so unpredictable and creepy I just can’t stand it!” Hyejin was livid, “Did he tell you he’d been stalking her the whole time, Taehyung-nim?”

She'd just compared him to Jasper from Twilight. The day couldn't have gotten any worse.

“Dude, what the f-”

“Hyejin, wait. Hyung, I can explain.”

“I’m starting to doubt this thing called ‘love’ now…Are you sure you’re not just obsessed?” Taehyung was disheveled as he resigned himself to the sofa.

“Will you both just listen to me!?” Jeongguk had to literally yell at the both of them.

“Manshik was here,” Jeongguk was grateful for the shift in their facial expressions from insufferable to attentive, “he asked for Haru’s blood, right after he saw her.”

“Why did you let Manshik in here? What the actual fuck?” Taehyung was quick to indulge.

“I wanted to know more about Yoongi-hyung and Park Doyun,” Jeongguk didn’t explain any further except, “he asked for Haru’s blood in return; which I denied him.”

Taehyung and Hyejin knew he didn’t have to explain the denying part. Jeongguk wasn’t like that.

“I was just…so angry. It all happened so fast. She came into the meeting room and Manshik laid eyes on her…that bastard. And then I remembered all the pressure I had, when I don’t even understand what romance is,” Nobody interrupted Jeongguk as he went on, “And she was right there with her doe eyes, always coming to the wrong place at the wrong time; and she had to ask that stupid question-”

“That’s enough,” Hyejin picked up her smartphone as she asked Jeongguk to calm down.

“Poor girl, it was an awful day for her. I think I should contact her,” Hyejin stated, her voice gloomy.

“Don’t do that,” Jeongguk cut in, “I don’t know how to face her.”

“Jeongguk, you may be the maknae, but you should know when you should be apologizing,” Taehyung said, sternly, “Leave Haru alone for a while. It’s on us to apologize. I’m sure she won’t run into trouble in a single night.”

Hyejin blinked and stared at her phone, eager to call her best friend.

Her name was just Mae Haru with a star next to it.

Nothing special to it. Haru was just her best friend, who she’d met a month ago.

“I’ll text her tomorrow,” Hyejin stated.

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