#i’m whacking a hornet’s nest with this one

[bassforte]

I haven’t followed M//y H///ero since I was in college but I think it’s crazy that people really thought b//kd//k would be a canon, end game pairing.

Like no hate, I was a b//kd//k fan back in the day but were we watching/reading the same series???? 😭😭😭😭 Maybe because it wasn’t my first anime I saw the signs but like, I thought it was pretty obvious that pairing was getting the extremely watered down version of the S//asu//N//aru treatment.

[magic-can]

[coldandfoggy]

I think that the whole “Western civilization/culture is ESPECIALLY evil, ESPECIALLY cruel, and has done terrible things that no other civilization has” crowd thats so fervently against western-centrism needs to realize that that, too, is still just western centrism. That’s a western-centric worldview. Painting the US or UK or whoever else as ALL “colonizers” who are irredeemably evil, while also hand waving other unspeakable acts of violence in non-western countries, is STILL western centrism! You are just being more annoying about it.

There is a difference between saying “the west has colonized like half the globe and wrought havoc on many societies” (true) (based) (correct) and saying “the west is an evil force that corrupts all it touches and all the bad stuff other countries have done is either ‘not that bad’ or somehow caused by the west anyways” (bad) (wrong) (stupid)

It’s certainly true that often the cruelties of other countries are brought about by western influence — god knows that’s often been the case — but saying that *all* of them are? …that’s attributing a foreign country’s (likely unrelated) history to the West. Thats still coming down and claiming an event as ‘ours’. That’s still erasure. That’s still centering the West in discussions about other places. That’s still a western-centric worldview.

Sometimes, it just isn’t about us!! At all!! And taking that Americanized worldview and turning it into a negative thing is still believing that worldview. Being progressive isn’t taking your societally-engrained worldviews and making them into photo-negative versions of themselves. It is Letting. It. Go.

[firebunnylover]

My Thoughts on Orion trying to stop D-16 from the murdery stuff.

I think there’s been enough time to think over the writing choice of Orion trying to stop D-16 from killing Sentinel. Time to whack the hornet nest of internet opinions.

Now I think it’s fair to say that plenty of people have pointed out that the autobots do murder several other bots in the film and so Orion’s attempt to stop Dee from killing SP seems hypocritical. And I can certainly see why people are coming to that specific conclusion.

And plenty of us agree the death scene was cathartic.

HOWEVER.

Let’s look at Orion’s current perspective regarding Dee’s state of mind.

He has been watching his friend go down the path of unapologetic violence fast since they found out the truth. Like, alarmingly fast. And that path is quickly becoming more of a sheer drop off a cliff.

While OP, Elita and Bee were ecstatic about being able to transform, what do we see Dee laugh over?

Being able to inflict damage onto another bot.

And we can’t forget the oh-so-woobie-of-continuities Starscream, who Orion had to tell Dee not to kill when the murder canon was activated.

That isn’t the Dee Orion knew. Orion is watching Dee turn into something he doesn’t know anymore. He’s afraid of losing D-16 to whatever he’s becoming.

To Orion, keeping Dee from publicly executing Sentinel was an attempt to keep him from spiraling further.

Unfortunately, just having good intentions don’t always cut it. And he really could have said it in a better way.

But to be fair, it had been a long miserable trip for the both of them, so Orion probably wasn't able to think that out 100%.

Another point I want to make is the comparison to B-127/Bee, who had been cutting bots with his knifehands. Granted, I’m pretty sure they were just intended to be Drones/Enforcers, as they resemble Vehicons. Which, in beast wars, were intended as bots who were mass produced and mindless. Which I think Sentinel would have preferred to have as his followers. Literal mindless/sparkless soldiers to follow his every word would probably be easier to handle.

This is Steve Slander I’m so sorry.

Continuing on.

There are a few points I want to make on B-127’s treatment of the violence. First, to me, Orion didn’t seem too comfortable with how hyped Bee was getting with his new weapons, and did intervene to keep him from cutting down more Drones.

And more importantly, he stopped trashing the broadcast room when told that the bots there weren’t the enemy.

Bee managed to do some self-control. Which I think is important to keep in mind when comparing him to Dee/Megatron

One more thing to note.

Something that I have said before in an earlier post after my initial viewing of the movie.

It wasn’t the violence itself that was the ultimate act of betrayal in the end though.

It was picking violence over saving someone.

oh it hurts

Orion jumped in the cannon’s way. Probably thinking that seeing him would give Dee enough reason to stop. But there wasn’t any pause until after the trigger was pulled. @everestentertainments pointed this out in their own post

D-16 does catch the injured Orion. He could have tried to save him, even if it was futile.

But he decided to let him fall instead.

Thus finally transforming into Megatron.

Killing Sentinel wasn’t the final step to the transformation and his fall from grace. It was the first act as purely Megatron.

And don’t forget that after taking the cog, Meg’s next act is to burn everything down, taking no regard for anyone who might get caught in the crossfire. Which is a yikes.

They probably could have made those points more obvious or could have been handled better somehow, but those are my thoughts.

[local-redhead-bookworm]

I’m aware I’m whacking a hornet’s nest but anyway

STOP SAYING THAT WOMEN ONLY LIKE THINGS BECAUSE THEY THINK A MALE CHARACTER IS HOT!

First off, if a woman likes a thing because she thinks a character in it is hot, that’s okay! I’m just glad someone is enjoying the thing! Secondly, this one is obvious but some people seem to struggle with it, women are capable of critical thought! Just because a woman enjoys a male character does not mean she is attracted to him!

Y’all will act as if women didn’t invent the science fiction and masked vigilante genres (Mary Shelley and Baroness Orczy respectively) and weren’t integral to the development of computers! Shut up! This is why women are scarce in male-dominated fandom spaces, because you bully them and quiz them and treat them like their opinions are invalid! Fuck off! Let women like things in peace!!

[kimsgoeun]

muses i wouldn’t mind using with some plot ideas. but always up for something different with any of them.  

some have tags and some don’t 🤷‍♀️some plots work better with some changes that can be discussed. gender roles do not matter plot wise (i just copy/pasted stuff)

camilla donnelly | appears 35 | demon | fc: amanda seyfried | tag

info: cynical. apathetic. prone to violence. manipulative. finds humanity a drab for the most part. but also used to be human, but can’t remember it. 

plot ideas: ▶   demon x human plot ▶   demon x angel plot ▶   You are a student with the least amount of magic potential ever recorded at the Academy and it’s the day of the familiar summoning test. A misplaced rune or word results in an arch demon/ess becoming bound as your familiar. ▶   Instead of having a guardian angel, you have a guardian Demon. His methods are often much more violent. But much more straightforward.

carmen stratten | 29 | unemployed (former event planner) | fc: kylie bunbury | tag

info: got married too young to someone she didn’t really love. pretty much let her mother run her life. only tried to live how she wanted to recently (burned lots of bridges and got divorced). was rather rebellious in her teen years. is kind of lost now that she’s starting over.

plot ideas: ▶   *whispers* a f/f thread where they’re two best friends, coworkers, whatever. who are both single and decide to spend valentine’s day together watching movies, eating snacks and drinking wine as gal pals but at some point of the night they’re singing to their favorite song because FUCK YEAH they sooo don’t need a man and slow dancing and there’s too much wine in their system and it’s all too unintentionally romantic that they start kissing and oh…..   ▶   we broke up right before a giant road trip our friends planned and we don���t want to bail on everyone and ruin the trip so yay, looks like we get to spend a five hour drive and a weekend in a cottage together. ▶   we’ve lived in this tiny ass town where everyone knows everyone because no one leaves and when we were young we would sit up at night on your roof and i’d listen to you talk about how you were actually going to do it one day and you did but you never knew i’ve had a crush on you ever since back then so when you send me postcards from all these different cities with bright lights it makes my heart hurt and here we are several years later and i’m finally starting to move on but oh wait you’re back and my heart’s beating like crazy well fuck au

cora hong | 29 | supernatural podcast host | fc: kim go eun | tag

info: curious. adventurous. can talk for hours about supernaturals. can have a one-tracked mind. slightly reckless. wants to prove supernaturals are real.

plot ideas: ▶   but a cute supernatural-y sort of plot where one muse is a regular person who is trying desperately to prove that the supernatural exist - phone recording everything, going out late at night into their small town’s too-big forest, pulling all-nighters for research, maybe going so far as dabbling in blood rituals - and the other muse is some supernatural creature trying desperately to keep them safe. they’ve known each other for a short while - a ran into b in that forest after they fed, perhaps ? - and a has clung to them since. and the more a whacks the hornet’s nest with their big stick ( so to speak ), catching the attention and aggravation of much more powerful beings, b is now caught up in feelings ( romantic or platonic, either way ! ) for this hyperfixating, overexcited, terribly emotional human who is so driven to prove there’s more out there that they’re willing to risk never seeing it all to show it. ▶   i’m a werewolf, whom you find wounded on the side of the road (as a wolf) and take in/nurse back to health – i can’t shift back into human form because it’ll freak you the fuck out. you share your secrets and hopes and dreams with me, and i fall in love with you, so, when you’re away from home, i shift back into a man and try to get you to fall in love with me too. ▶   muse a needs a change of scenery after a traumatic event has them running from their home town. they find a town in the mountains, secluded and intimate, where nobody knows their name. they move into the only available house in town, an ancient victorian style home that seems to be covered in dust… except for the master bedroom. muse a spends the first week cleaning up the entire house from top to bottom, and finds themselves taking a bubble bath sunday night…. only to find muse b, a supernatural being, looming over them, demanding to know why they were in their home. ▶   muse a is a typical student working at a dead end minimum wage job, on their way home from work when they realize they’re being followed. they try to outrun the thugs, but are quickly cornered by them in an alleyway deep in the dark side of town. things seem bleak, but not for long when muse b steps into the alleyway and makes quick work of her enemies… by eating them. muse b is a ghoul. muse a is able to make eye contact with their bloodied face once before passing out cold, surprising muse b. well, they were just going to eat them all, but with muse a’s stunning looks and soft behavior, they found themselves taking muse a back to their home, to figure out just what to do with this human.

daria yang | 25 | pawn shop employee | fc: jessie mei li | tag

info: charismatic when they want to be. otherwise kind of an asshole. independent. doesn’t mind taking short cuts to get what they need/want. doesn’t have any real ambitions in their life. 

plot ideas: ▶   pls give me “we’re exes who ended on kind of shitty terms but are trying to ‘stay friends’ anyway, and we occasionally sabotage each other’s dates, get drunk and fuck, scream and fight until four in the morning and still refuse to acknowledge maybe we’re not quite as over each other as we like to think we are.” ▶   so I need a ‘you’re a person of high wealth/status and I legally married you at a courthouse the night before your wedding because you found out your fiancé is trying to dupe you and your family out of money/ruin your reputation as a revenge plot because of an old family rivalry and they’re not legally entitled to your assets if you’re already legally married to someone else and you agreed to pay me a high sum of money for this and I have a lot of debt so I didn’t pass up the deal but then your ex hits back at you in the media and we have to keep up the charade of being married and you agree to keep paying me money for it but oops I think I might be enjoying more than just the money and oops you’re starting to grow fond of me and this wasn’t part of the deal shit fuck’ plot please and thank you

declan finch | 38 | actor | fc: adam brody

info: a little too self-centered. a flirt. can be a jerk. doesn’t have the best reputation. doesn’t really let people see the real him. 

plot ideas: ▶   i just want a i have a famous boyfriend but i cannot tell anyone plot cause cute like going out at night and dressing him up so that people won’t recognize him, secret meetings at the closet and FUCKING inside the bus   ▶   “You’re the sibling of a celebrity and hate your sibling’s celebrity bestie because their cocky and annoying, but oops the bestie falls for you and now is trying to win your attention/affection by sending you gifts and talking about you in interviews and maybe you don’t totally hate the attention after all.” ▶   a plot where a male celebrity has gotten a really bad reputation for sleeping around with his costars and just being an awful boyfriend in general and his management decides to set him up with an up and coming star to not only help her career but his as well, and while the entire world is loving their new relationship and they have quickly become everyone’s favorite celebrity couple, the pair cannot stand each other

eden lohr | 28 | princess | fc: willa fitzgerald | tag

info: can either be super sweet or a bitch. super studious. isn’t afraid to speak her mind. goes for what she wants. seems super nice tho based on appearances. uses her attractiveness to her advantage. can get jealous. isn’t the most open about her personal life.

plot ideas: ▶   "we met in the woods while riding early in the morning and had an intense fuck session but opps turns out you are actually my brother's betrothed since birth and your marriage will end up a centuries long dispute between our kingdoms" ▶   muse a is a knight—it’s all they have ever wanted to be. muse b is a prince/princess, and muse a is assigned to personally protect them. this could go one of two ways—they could be fond of each other and eventually fall for one another, even though muse b is meant to marry into a noble family; OR they could both dislike each other but honor dictates that muse a must put up with muse a, and it’s more like an enemies-to-lovers sort of deal. ▶   a good old arranged marriage plot—muse a and muse b are engaged to be married by their parents, in hopes to make both of their houses stronger. one way this could go is if the muses couldn’t really stand one another—their personalities are opposites and they initially completely balk at the suggestion of their marriage. or they could start out nervous but willing to give it a shot, so they’re all awkward and antsy around one another since they’ve never met before but they’re expected to be married.

elizabeth zhu | 38 | lawyer | fc: gemma chan | tag

info: had a shitty upbringing. made all the bad decisions as a teenager. is very unhappy with her current life. recovering addict. can be socially reserved. uses physical intimacy to avoid emotional connections. has a hard time being vulnerable and asking for help.

plot ideas: ▶   pray tell, who is going to give me the vanilla asf (LEGAL!!!) age gap plot of my dreams.... ft an emotionally repressed older muse a who fucked off to this tiny town in the mountains YEARS ago for whatever reason and they’re just trying to live a semi-functioning life in relative peace until muse b waltzes into town.... maybe to escape their past.... for a fresh start... who is to say..... and muse a is so enraptured by them bc muse b is just this wonderful breath of fresh air n muse a hasn’t had that in years n they click so painfully well.... two ppl learning to heal and become each other’s light... but ALSO the drama of “i’m too old for you” and “i don’t think i can be what you need” and “you can’t keep shutting me out” like please i am beyond desperate. i Can and Will give you my left kidney for this ▶   plot about muse a and muse b who were two high school sweethearts who had a really bad break-up but are always kind of on each other’s minds even as the years pass and then one day muse a moves into an apartment complex miles away from their hometown because of a job and their neighbor is constantly having sex and it’s just getting really annoying so one night they they go knock on the door to say ‘HEY CAN YOU STOP BANGING ALL THE TIME I’M TRYING TO SLEE–’ and then whoops it’s muse b. surprise!!

ezmeray suvari | 28 | subtitle translator | fc: demet özdemir | tag

info: absolute sweetheart. believes in the best of people. can be a little naïve because of it. loves learning languages and traveling. has horrible judgement when it comes to romantic partners. 

plot ideas: ▶   ok but someone give me that cute bartender storyline though? like this guy tends bar at a restaurant or a pub or something and always sees this cute girl hanging out there, but she’s always either with friends or with some guy so he never really gets the time to talk to her BUT ONE DAY she walks into the place alone and orders so many drinks until she’s so bloody drunk, screaming about how her boyfriend cheated on her, that the bartender had to bring her home himself. she wakes up with a horrible hangover, stumbles out the room to find the bartender cooking breakfast and rolling his eyes, laughing. “first of all, you’re an idiot. second, we didn’t have sex if that’s what you’re wondering. third, breakfast will be ready soon. sit.” and fluff commences HELP PLZ   ▶   okay  but  hear  me  out  ,  a  plot  loosely  based  on  jim  &  pam  in  the  office  ???  where  these  two  co-workers  are  crushing  at  each  other  but  one  of  them  is  taken  but  still  this  doesn’t  mean  they  can’t  lightly  flirt  at  work  .  .  .  and  then  one  day  at  a  happy  hour  or  something  they  end  up  hooking  up  and  oh  my  god  how  awkward  are  things  gonna  be  now

florence fitzgerald | 31 | gang leader & owner of casino | fc: brianne howey | tag

info: badass boss bitch. fiercely loyal. family oriented. can be spiteful/vengeful. doesn’t do second chances. took over her family’s business. 

plot ideas: ▶   head of the mafia starts dating someone who doesn’t know what they do, just simply thinks they’re this rich businessperson, but after dating for a few months and falling head over heels, they find out what’s really going on and cue ALL of the angst ▶   boss and right hand man/woman have a thing ▶  rival family gang  ▶ i really want a beauty and the beast inspired au where the ‘beast’ isn’t an actual beast, but someone like a gang leader, someone who everyone views as a monster. ‘belle’ is a small town, family oriented book nerd with a big heart. when her father (or any family member, really   brother, sister, even a friend) gets themselves into trouble, she makes a deal with the ‘beast’ to save them. for their freedom, she gives up hers. he’s cruel, short-tempered   she’s scared, withdrawn. overtime, ‘belle’ finds herself warming up to the ‘beast.’ his cold exterior has melted. he’s kind, sweet to her. he finds himself protective over her, surprising her with little gifts. and before they know it, they’ve fallen in love.

hanna bok | 28 | actuary | fc: seol in-ah

is not relationship oriented. likes to be honest. loyal friend. enjoys her independence. can come off cold/uncaring. 

plot ideas: ▶   muse A is trying to get over an ex and muse B is known to prefer casual hookups rather than dating so muse A approaches them for rebound sex.  as expected,  they say yes.  however,  muse B has secretly been harboring feelings for them. ▶   I love girl/girl relationships where one is just constantly grumpy and the other is this cheerful happy go lucky person who is always amused by their gruffy mcgruff gruff girlfriend ▶   basic plot idea where my muse is kind of cold and unaffectionate with anyone, but is friends with your muse who recently went through a bad breakup. my muse suggests or agrees to fake being in a relationship with your muse to make their ex jealous. but then my muse starts to like the fake relationship a little too much and falls for yours

hui liyang | 32 | con artist | fc: ni ni | tag

info: burned by her family. uses people to get what she wants. doesn’t trust people easily (or at all tbh). has lots of walls up. lies about herself all the time. deeply insecure.

plot ideas: ▶   but what about “your ex hired me to make you fall in love with me then break your heart but oops i think i fell in love and now i’m conflicted what the fuck is happening i’m supposed to hurt you ow what am i sUPPOSED TO DO” that’d be rad   ▶   a rough around the edges, con artist girl is doing dirty work for her shitty boyfriend and they decide to target a rich, wealthy, cocky sort of young socialite male who feels like his life is a bit empty and redundant, and she may seem like she’s in this con artist game for the money (and she is, partly, because she grew up really poor and knows how it feels to starve) but she also has an unhealthy attachment to the boyfriend even though he treats her like crap and uses her to attract rich males, and then, on the night where she has dressed up and come up with a fake name and is about to make her move on the rich young man she realizes oh, he’s actually extremely attractive and cute and not like the other creepy old men she preys on? and oh, he’s actually extremely charismatic and witty and charming and kind of a dick, but not to her? and oh, now they’re kind of going out on multiple really amazing dates and spending tons of time together and she’s supposed to be digging for his deepest secrets and finding out numbers to his safes and stealing jewelry pieces he probably won’t miss and then one night, her wallet falls out of her bag and… OH, why is her name not the name that she said it was on her drivers license and why are his personal, private cartier bracelets engraved with his initials in there too and who the fuck is calling her phone ?????? ▶   Y’all. I need an ‘I’ve got no where to live, so I went to a fancy hotel pretending I’m rich & fancy AF, and pretended to be your wife in order to get the key to your room. But please don’t yell and kick me out when you see me laying in your bed with your robe on while watching pay per view on the TV and eating the mini bar snacks. But wait, this works out in your favor? Now I have to actually pretend to be your wife so your crazy mother will get off your back about marriage? As long as I get to keep all the clothes you buy me’ plot.

im ye-jun | 28 | pro-gamer | fc: song kang | tag

info: gaming nerd. hasn’t really cared about being in a relationship or finding romance. isn’t always the best with social cues. considers himself kind of boring. very kindhearted and tries to help others. comes off rather aloof. more on the reserved side. 

plot ideas: ▶     a plot where both muses are hardcore gamers ( possible twitch streamers or youtube creators ) & they get invited to an event which is where they meet and from then on, they became inseparable. they live very far away from each other but always bond over playing games together & facetime before bed. until eventually they decide to invest and move in together. they take things slow due to them both being busy & it’s just very cute and full of fluff & “I miss you” phone calls ▶     give me a plot based off of ‘my love story with yamada-kun at lv999′; after muse a’s bf dumps them for someone they met online in a game, muse a decides to show up to a game event in the hopes of getting their ex to regret their decision. muse b is a well-known gamer online but doesn’t have much interest in the real world. the pair happen to meet in person after realizing they know of each other through one of the games muse b plays. muse a, spotting their ex and their new gf, convinces muse b to pretend to be in a relationship with them just to save face.

jang soo-min | 25 | athletic trainer | fc: park yoo-na

info: very work-oriented; sarcastic; more of a tomboy; reactive; likes to host parties; social

plot ideas: ▶    muse  a  was  invited  to  spend  the  summer  at  their  best  friends  beach  house  with  their  entire  family  ,    including  the  older  brother  /  sister  (  muse  b )  that  they’ve  had  a  small    (  but  hopeless  )    crush  on  since  middle  school  .    despite  all  the  years  they’ve  known  each  other  ,    they’ve  never  spent  this  much  time  around  each  other  and  it’s  hard  to  keep  their  eyes  off  of  one  another  ,    especially  when  the  hot  summer  sun  is  involved  .   ▶  i just need a “hey, i know you’re dating my brother but he’s an asshole and just playing with you but me, i’m in love with you since 3rd grade” plot?   ▶   Oh your parents planned a surprise visit and now you’re having that awkward ‘Where is your life going? We’re low key disappointed in you.’ conversation in a ridiculously public place? Here let me pretend to be the reason you’ve been staring at your phone this whole time. “Hey baby, sorry I’m late.”   ▶   athletic trainer x athlete

jasper o’hara | 26 | financial analyst | fc: alex fitzalan (can be changed)

info: a little impulsive; was a major screw-up growing up (still is a little bit now); tends to avoid relationships; a smart-ass; has a strained relationship with his family; doesn’t really believe he’s capable of much

plot ideas:   ▶  “academic rivals to lovers but she’s the only one who hates him and he’s been in love with her since the day they met” ▶  pls gimme a cliche ass plot with two best friends where muse a is an asshole who fucks everything with a pulse & doesn’t care about anyone but gets super protective etc about their best friend muse b at all times!!   ▶   “i had to be ur fake boyfriend/girlfriend bc some creep was hitting on you and it was making you uncomfortable and now i have busted knuckles and a cut lip but hey are u okay” au  

jia park | 27 | unemployed | fc: han so-hee | tag

impulsive. can be petty. has ambitions but no follow-through. lives off of her family’s money for the most part. wears her heart on her sleeve if she cares. can be childish and brash at times. also can be defensive. secretly insecure and puts on a very tough front. 

plot ideas: ▶   give me a “i’ve been in love with my best friend forever but they’ve never noticed, so i decided to start something up with best friend’s enemy/rival in the hopes of making them jealous.” ▶   anyone wanna do a modern romeo/juliet plot?? where their parents are the heads of rival companies or are huge celebrities who have been in a known feud for years and they meet and try to sneak around in secret but there’s paparazzi and tabloids and all that someone please do this with me

min moon-ji | 31 | art teacher | fc: shin hye-sun

info: soft spoken; takes her a while to warm up to people; invisible middle child; doesn’t like asking for help

plot ideas: ▶    “Muse A is well-mannered, polite, quiet, and shy, and Muse B didn’t even know they existed until they tap on Muse B’s shoulder and asks them out super awkwardly/nervously. Muse B, feeling bad for them, agrees and ends up having a rather awkward and weird first date with them. Despite this, Muse A asks them out a second time, and while Muse B doesn’t exactly think it’s a good idea, finds themselves agreeing again. Of course the second time around, Muse A goes in for a kiss and it ends up not being chaste, sweet, or awkward like Muse B expects, but instead it’s rough and passionate and oops, now Muse B is a little more interested to see where things lead.”   ▶   we’ve been best friends since we were kids, and people always see us as practically siblings, and we do everything together, but one night we had a ~ moment ~ and things have been weird ever since. now you’re making out with someone else right in front of me, and i don’t know why it makes me so upset, you’ve had bfs/gfs before and it wasn’t a problem.   ▶  teacher x teacher ships

phoebe keller | 27 | jewelry maker | fc: adeline rudolph

info: is not the golden child of her family. has a strained relationship with her family in general. tries to accomplish a lot of things to compensate. craves a sense of belonging. can be a little bitter. sweet and sassy. sarcastic. always has a million projects going on. 

plot ideas: ▶   a plot where the muses are best friends with obvious sexual tension but they’ve never done anything about it until one night they’re watching movies together like they always do and their hands accidentally touch and muse a just so happens to notice that it makes muse b blush and of course they start being cocky and teasing muse b endlessly like “really THAT’S enough to make you blush wow” and then it becomes a personal goal of muse a’s to see what else makes muse b blush and so muse a puts a hand on muse b’s leg like “does this make you blush” and muse b keeps ignoring them so it gradually gets worse and muse a starts kissing their neck and maybe even slips a hand between muse b’s thighs like “what about this” and it’s just ! lots of tension and teasing and :~) ▶   “you broke my little sisters heart so i’m going to make your sister fall in love with me and do the same” ▶   give me a plot of “i’m your father’s mistress && and was nearly caught sneaking out early one morning but you saved the day by introducing me as your girlfriend && now your mother invited me to spend the summer at your vacation home so we have to spend the entire summer pretending to be in love.” 

samantha pérez | 35 | writer & criminal | fc: ana de armas | tag

info: very vindictive. has a loose view on morality/good vs. bad. claims to be a writer but is an awful writer. loves to learn about anything poisonous. will enact revenge against you if you’ve wronged her in some way aka has killed someone. likes to be considered smart/clever. always put 110% into everything she does. 

plot ideas:  ▶   not going to lie i 100% want a plot where muse a is an assassin that has been dating muse b for over a year and has managed to keep their career a secret until they get called in for a new assignment and find out that muse b is their next target. it would be so full of angst and drama and yes just give it to me please. ▶   i stole your car and the police aren’t doing anything so you decided to track me down yourself and you found me, but whatcha gonna do, i went through your stuff so i know all your secrets. ▶   your dad is my biggest enemy in the crime world and you’re a straight-up rebel, so to piss him off you decide to sleep with me and wow, it was fucking amazing, but now your dad is out to kill me so what now. ▶ ok but a plot where one is a criminal that’s on the run from the police, and they stumble across this practically empty motel that’s in the middle of nowhere, and they think, hey, perfect place to hide out for a few weeks until the manhunt dies down. the motel is run by a married couple, and their sheltered, somewhat naive child – well, actually they’re an adult by now, but they’ve never left their small town, had a job outside the motel, or been anywhere, and their parents still treat them like a kid. the criminal checks in, of course not mentioning why they’re here, and the owners’ kid is fascinated by their guest – they hardly ever get guests for more than a night at a time, let alone guests who seem to have so many interesting stories and secrets….

sebastian pierce-waldorf | 25 | brand marketing assistant | fc: felix mallard

info: arrogant and a little condescending; tries to please his parents even if he hates the life they want for him; kind of a stick in the mud; high-strung; leads a semi-double life to let off steam; occasionally does underground ring fights; too emotionally unavailable to be in relationships

plot ideas: ▶  enemies to lovers // enemies with benefits ▶  “We’re fake-dating and I’m supposed to publicly break up with you but you’ve been irritating me lately so instead of dumping you I publicly proposed to mess up your plan and now we’re getting married, fuck” au ▶ childhood friends where you’re about the only person i can stand being around and i’m really protective over you

sun-hee “sunny” park  | 29 | script supervisor | fc: lee sung-kyung | tag

info: likes to be work-oriented. has bad taste in romantic prospects. desperate to find love though. sarcasm is her defense mechanism. gets easily annoyed by stupid people at work. 

plot ideas: ▶   ‘we promised we were going to write a tv show one day but we never did it because we grew apart but wait – didn’t i just hear these kids on the bus talking about a tv show that sounds a lot like our idea? wait, you are the one writing it? you do realize that story was half mine, right? i wANT MY MONEY’ au ▶   we used to be friends but then you become famous and left our town to travel the world but not once you texted me back. now you’re back and you wanna go back to the way we were? ha no not happening ▶   What about a plot of a personal assistant and a celeb? One where she’s been working for him since he had gotten famous. He can’t go anywhere without her and brings her everywhere he goes. They are more like best friend than boss and assistant. The media jokes about how they act like a married couple. And he can’t help but mention her during interviews. Sometimes they even sleep in the same hotel room when she’s working late. BUT NO IT’S TOTALLY PLATONIC!! That cuddling they did the other night?? Completely what friends do!

winona renwick | 31 | vampire | transcriptionist | fc: poppy drayton

info: likes to be alone since being turned. tries not to mingle with humans. kind of a grump. hates being a vampire. hesitant to make any kind of connection with others. 

plot ideas: ▶  “i’m a vampire and we met when you were still human and we fell in love and planned out our whole eternal life together but on the night i turned you i freaked out over the commitment and abandoned you in the middle of the night & now it’s over a century later and we’re only just seeing each other again for the first time since and there’s so much hatred in your eyes when you look at me but fuck you still look just as hot and make my heart race as much as you did back then and i think i made the biggest mistake of my life in leaving” au ▶   okay but a dracula untold style plot where vampire vlad has been alive for centuries loving one soul over and over again as he finds her again. he finds her again in the twenty first century, his mina, shes all bright hair and those same old eyes, there’s only one problem, she just so happens to be the daughter of a hunter and has been trained to kill creatures like him all her life. ▶  vampire x vampire plot

[thenightlymartini]

Thoughts on Old FanFics

So I randomly decided to check my old fics I wrote on FFnet way back from 2012 to super early 2017 after I rediscovered my old password to the account. Most I absolutely cringe over and be more than happy to let fester and stay on FFnet to never see the light again. Ironically, the one I absolutely cringe the most over is still one of the more popularly viewed ones out of all my stories that is still averaging almost 100 views each month (it was an Mpreg story and I’m so leaving it alone after I last updated it in 2016, don’t know what my younger self was thinking writing some of the scenes in that and thought it was okay, also I don’t know what the general attitude is towards Mpreg as of now and really don’t want to accidentally whack a hornet’s nest). Also, I can so tell when my undiagnosed ADHD at the time took over in the writing, as those were the parts that I absolutely hated the most due to the derailing and random nature they came as, or simply for the scenes that I am aghast that they were written at all.

However, there are two or three pieces that I’m thinking about rewriting entirely or reposting to AO3, since they were some of the only ones that I actually still liked or still saw some potential in. One is more or less still fine as is, though does need some minor rewriting (it’s an old Kimchiburger fanfic). The other two need some serious rewriting to the point they won’t be the same as the ones on FFnet (one is a Yandere Simulator AU focusing on Kimchiburger, while the other focused on the Korea twins and a military academy setting with themes of humor, family, trauma and healing [hurt/comfort]).

Obviously, I haven’t posted anything other than Commieburger content on AO3, but, honestly, I was thinking about branching out to include other pairings, even ones outside of the Koreas (first that came to mind was ScotFra, Scotland x France, which is one of my other favorite ships). I tried setting up a poll to see if anyone would be interested in reading these old fics, especially the two that need serious revamping, along with seeing me post fics that were not Korea-centered, but I can’t seem to find the option to do it.

If I find a way to get the poll running in the near future, I will set it up. Until then, you can either reply to this post with specific thoughts or, if you just want to show support in wanting to read them when they are better written, just like this post.

[terrainofheartfelt]

babe. jon snow is getting his own spin off on hbo post that godawful finale!

jon snø?

[lily-the-leopard]

I’m begging y’all to have a consistent tagging system

[sylmdark]

Nope! You are considered more pure for only desiring people you can connect with. It is the opposite of being of being too shallow or horny. Society loves it.

Straight people who are only capable of sexually desiring people they are compatible with are literally the puritanical ideal.

Idk what world yer living in honey but I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard folks be called shallow because they were only attracted to an individual they connected with.

It’s really not the ideal and now you’re just using circular reasoning rather than actually bringing up new points.

I’m done with this conversation.

[holdharmonysacred]

Seeing a post and I’m gonna kick the hornet’s nest again: The reason why there’s this weird new genre of posts complaining about people only consuming media for ships is because "I only consume the exact same romance stories and the exact same romance tropes over and over again, and will force the media I consume to fit into that mold even if it’s a completely different genre” actually does do some pretty Whack things to one’s understanding of media, and it’s led to fandom subculture as a whole getting a little Whack as a result.

Like on a milder level it’s just kind of sad, and it’s worth it to ask “How much do I actually like this thing if ships is all I’m here for? Especially if how the way fanon handles this ship is completely disconnected from canon?” (assuming the thing isn’t a romance work in the first place). And if you’re an aspiring content creator then you need to diversify your media diet if you want your skills to get good. But then when you get deeper into the problem you get issues like

fandom obsession with always shipping Two Hot White Guys leading to racism and misogyny in the subculture as POC and/or lady characters get thrown out in favor of said Two Hot White Guys, even if the POC and lady characters are the main cast and the two hot white guys are minor randos

fandoms getting into “This is in Really Bad Taste” territory when it comes to works like Paras*te or Squ*d G*me or The Hung*r G*mes, where the pretty serious thematic points get thrown out and ignored because ships is all that’s important apparently

fandom focus on shipping leading to some extreme mismarketing and/or deeply misleading framing of the home work, something that can get genuinely dangerous if the work is some really hardcore horror content like The M*gnus Arch*ves or K*lling St*lking

fandoms getting goddamn weird about works that are mainly about families with no real romance in sight, like the more recent issues with Ech*nto’s fanbase.

And that’s just what I can name off the top of my head.

There are, of course, some issues on the flip side, given that most of the people making these genres of posts don’t seem to be into shipping and romance fanfiction in the first place, and romance is itself a pretty stigmatized and looked-down-upon genre even among genre fiction. However, “The other side has issues too!” doesn’t invalidate legitimate criticism, and given how widespread some of these problems can get it’s important to call them out when we see them. At the very least, if you’re going to write, like, shipping fic for The D*vine Com*dy because you wanna see Dante and the ghost of his favorite author kiss, you should still have some actual interest in The D*vine Com*dy, and you should be willing to engage with the themes of the original work alongside making your silly kissing stories.

[leviathan-dee]

Okay how about a drabble where Vergil motivates his female s/o who is struggling to do her assignments? Can be sfw or nsfw depending on the suitability of the topic and I may or may not having this motivation problem 😂

Aii!! I’m so sorry this took so long 😓 Tbh, I saw nsfw and took this as an opportunity to get my simp train going. So here goes, a lil bit of...

°°°·.°·..·°¯°·._.· 𝓢𝓹𝓲𝓬𝓮 °°°·.°·..·°¯°·._.·

Motivational Lessons

Vergil x Fem!Reader (NSFW)

Word Count: 1,613

Fumbling on an assignment that was due in less than a week was admittedly not how you wanted to spend your days off. You were surrounded by countless closed study books, dried out pens from their disuse, and an empty word document, a cursor blinking quizzically at your inactivity. It’s been almost three agonizing hours since you began your search for a drop of motivation. Alas, no such luck. Even the cup of tea that your partner brewed at the beginning of your session remained unmoved, the condensation on the mug dripping down to pool onto the blank papers.

You sighed, inadvertently drawing Vergil’s attention.

“You are troubled.” Without lifting his gaze from his beloved hardcover of poetry, he spoke, the comment blending between lines of a question and a statement. You sighed once more, carding your fingers through your hair.

“What gave you that idea?” Your slight burst of annoyance felt like whacking the hornet’s nest, however Vergil’s reply was more gentle and soft spoken than before.

“The lack of movement for the duration of your coursework. What gives, my sweet?”

“I just can’t get into the mindset. I think I’m too stressed with all that is going on.”

Snapping his book shut, he uncrossed his legs and tilted forward, directing his attention now completely to you. The pose he assumed was akin to a cat, ready to pounce on its prey. Perhaps you were imagining it, but the sudden mischievous glint in his eyes unnerved you just as much as his predatory pose.

“Perhaps you are in need of encouragement?”

“I’ll bite. What do you have in mind?” You swallowed thickly, anticipation building like a steady flow of water. Only time will tell if you would regret your words.

“Let me demonstrate.” Moving with a feline grace, his arm swayed in the opposite direction, guiding you to stand from your seat. Once you obeyed, he propped himself upon the cushioned surface, his stern expression morphing into a minuscule smirk.

“Sit,” he presented you his lap by patting his thigh, “you are tense. A prime reason as to why you simply cannot get anything done.”

With an incredulous expression, you gawked at the sudden change in his demeanour. Admittedly, it was a bad idea to disobey the devil, knowing your previous experiences containing punishments of the euphoric kind. You planted yourself comfortably upon his leg, feeling his arms securely tighten around your waist. His palms were warmer than usual. In fact, you noted that his gloves were off. Strange...

“Now focus on your assignment. Need I encourage you, I know exactly what to do.” The growl that rolled off his tongue caused a shiver to travel through every fiber of your being. A wickedness entirely indescribable churned deep within his gaze. It wasn’t often you experienced that; Vergil knew to reserve this part of him for special occasions.

Apparently, this was one such occasion.

The cursor continued blinking, it’s manner now seeming wary. You stared at it, wondering what words might flow from your already exhausted mind. There were so many jumbled thoughts. Some from the carnal closeness between you and your beloved, and very few were of the coursework itself. Vergil propped his chin upon your shoulder, breathing down your neck. Was this a warning? Or encouragement?

“Need I promote your thoughts? Or is your mind elsewhere?” As you expected, it was neither. This was a promise; an invitation. For both of your benefits.

You could feel a smirk ghost his lips, as his hands continued to rest on your waist possessively, their grip tightening to an almost uncomfortable pressure. Unsure of whether to begin your coursework, or to let fate take its course, your fingertips started their sluggish crawl across the keyboard. Vergil seemed to ease his grip, instead shifting to your right thigh, resting his warm palm on top of the plump surface. This made you suck in a breath between your teeth which only Vergil would notice. No matter how much you wanted him to simply have his way, this was a good opportunity to finish what you’ve started studying-wise.

… 

After two paragraphs of constant erasing and rewriting, you sighed, irked at your own scattered mind. Evidently, Vergil watched your entire tirade at the keyboard. It was almost as interesting as a tumultuous nineteenth century drama. Every few words, he hummed in approval, reading and checking your text. However, your gusto seemed to slow to an almost complete stop. You could feel his mischievous smile once again grace his visage.

Bringing his palm up to cradle your chin from behind, he directed your vision behind you, his own smoldering gaze melting you from the inside.

“Is that it? You’re giving up, my sweet?”

“No, I just need a break-” You were cut off by a feathery caress at your loin, promoting whatever feverish thoughts that waited on the cusp of your mind. Instinctually, you leaned into the touch like a starved animal. Vergil seemed to enjoy your reaction, knowing full well that only his fingertips can encourage such a visceral response from your body.

“A break, you say? Let me assist you,” he purred in your ear, heated breath only intensifying the sensation of his digits running circles achingly close to your clothed core.

You couldn’t withhold your lewd mewls, letting them cascade out of your lungs as Vergil’s teeth began sinking into your bare shoulder, followed by promises of ecstasy in the form of trailing kisses upon your skin. His hands teased at your waistband, slipping beneath the fabric to find his goal. Your own fingers searched for purchase, not to lose yourself entirely to this hedonism. They found their way to the blue devil’s hair behind you, and encouraged his tongue to trek along the flesh of your shoulder.

A maelstrom of pleasure spread through you as Vergil’s hand began lavishing your folds with longing strokes. The sheer playful movements of his digits were teasing, daring you to release your tension all over them, there and then. It was almost shameful how easily he could elicit such a reaction from your body. How he forced these noises from you, the pressures of assignment life fading away into nothingness.

Approving hums vibrated within Vergil’s chest, resonating against your back, provoking the throbs deep in your core. You moaned in turn, giving him the greenlight to plunge into your heat with two digits. Admittedly, you were now certain this was his plan all along, usually wearing fingerless gloves even outside of combat. Besides, he seemed too eager to get you in this state.

That sneaky devil.

Nevertheless, that motion was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Your walls tensed instinctually around his fingers as they shamelessly pumped in and out. Vergil knew exactly the spot to caress, seeing how your frame arched itself to accommodate his own. God, he loved seeing you in this state; At his mercy.

“Y/N. You will finish this assignment, as I will finish you. Is that clear?” The sovereign tone with which Vergil spoke alone could send you spiralling over the edge. You nodded eagerly, desperate to release the tide of pleasure rocking against your swollen walls.

Observing your lethargic demeanor, and your eyes glazed over with depravity, the devil decided to send you into paroxysms of pleasure by focusing two hands on your heat. With one swirling your bud, and the other continuing its rhythmic movements inside you, his smug visage in the now blacked out screensaver of the monitor observed your near undone state.

“How are you feeling? Relaxed yet? Encouraged to do your studies? I won’t have you failing. Not in this state.” To your surprise, Vergil's smirk never faltered. His tongue continued to play upon your shoulder and neck as you encouraged his efforts with your incoherent cries.

“Vergil-'' Your fragmented moans, and the bucking of your hips against his working hands only prompted him to intensify his tirade. He left you kicking helplessly, trying to find an object to perch against with your legs, and swing your hips in any direction if only to lessen the overstimulation. Blank papers landed to the ground, and pencils and pens alike tumbled from the force of your pleasured kicks against the furniture. Even the untouched tea spluttered all over the desk, staining amber upon the surface of the paper beneath. But you didn't have a care in the world; right now your focus was on the endless waves of gratification you were bestowed upon by the blue devil.

All of your previous worries seemed to melt away. Even the stress of creeping deadlines and sleepless nights dissipated into a mere sliver of a memory. Your rippling muscles beneath Vergil's hands eased, his own limbs holding you in place as you fell limp from exhaustion on his lap. With a tender trail of kisses along your neck, and the last one behind your ear, he hummed and coiled his arms around your waist to pull you into a warm hug. You hummed in return.

"Was that encouragement enough? Or do I have to resume this motivational lesson?" Vergil purred in your ear, a hint of playfulness meandering in his voice.

"Hmm, I am still feeling a bit tense." You rolled your shoulders to accentuate your 'discomfort', expecting Vergil to react accordingly. And react he did, his immense strength scooping you into his arms from behind, your body weighing a feather on his frame. With proud steps and a teasing expression, he marched towards your bedroom, a saccharine smirk dancing on his lips.

"I was hoping you'd say that. You'll be writing books once I'm done with you, my sweet."

[himboskywalker]

Tag what is your opinion on the sequels and kylo ren And Reylo?

This feels like we’re standing underneath a tree and you’re taunting and daring me to climb it and whack down a hornets’ nest with a baseball bat and I am choosing to ✨engage✨

I feel like I’m alone in my corner as a prequels centric fan and blog and writer,because I’m one of the few that doesn’t just hate the sequels and everything about them. There were things I didn’t like,mostly what was done with Luke Skywalker’s character,but there was also a lot I loved. The Last Jedi is my least favorite film out of the three trilogies but I wholeheartedly loved Force Awakens and I even liked Rise of Skywalker. I think the choreography is phenomenal,I really like the characters,and in general they’re fun. Even more importantly kids and teenagers love them and there’s a whole new generation in love with Star Wars because of them and I would never begrudge a teen girl for loving Rey and thirsting after Kylo Ren when that’s the exact same thing prequels fans do.

I hate seeing all the antis or moral police on the internet being hateful and snide about how sick it is for people to love Kylo Ren because he’s a fascist or a horrible person blah blah blah. Like...A) it’s not real and it’s a fictional character and B) nobody flips their shit like that over prequels fans loving Anakin. The difference between their characters is that we see Anakin before he falls and see him as the protagonist before he becomes the antagonist. I think people lack the critical thinking skills to understand redemption arcs and the point of narrative themes and redemption itself and I get really tired of cancel culture and the cultish moralism of the internet.

I don’t like Kylo as much as Anakin,I don’t think he’s as well written or fulfilled his character arc as well,but I do like his character and his role in the films. I also like Reylo,I’ve talked about before of why people shouldn’t have been shocked or blindsided by the direction his and Rey’s relationship took,wether you read romantic elements into it or not,by how he was introduced in Force Awakens. It’s just something I assumed would happen from the very beginning,because Star Wars works off hallmark narrative cycles and this is another one. People who act all disgusted and high and mighty over the ship confuse me because if you lack the ability to discern fiction from reality and acceptable,healthy,relationships then there’s a larger problem here,and it isn’t people lusting after a fictional villain. Does this mean I condone how some fans treated John Boyega,absolutely not,I think it’s abhorrent and shameful. But just because you ship Reylo doesn’t mean you’re racist,or condone fascist dictators and abuse,any more than shipping obikin means you condone unhealthy or illegal power dynamics in real life. We are allowed to like fictional,taboo things without being told we’re terrible people or lack the 2 brain cells to understand that these things aren’t good or normal in real life. It’s almost like that’s the point of fiction or something.

[wastrelwoods]

nureyev for the character asks? or your fave bad kid so far if he's alreadt been asked

oh god i got so many more asks than i was expecting...smh post-2017 tumblr conditioning me to forget sometimes people Interact With Posts

no anon u got in under the wire....u get the nureyev answer

why i like them: 

AH i just. have a soft spot in my heart for con men and you KNOW he provides. also fox imagery? you’re kidding me. i love his whole jaded revolutionary schtick i love the name symbolism i love when he’s a smug asshole and a repressed nerd...his theme music slaps so HARD

why i don’t:

idk i mean i guess there’s some stuff that comes with the territory of the character being a fan fave in terms of. sometimes stuff gets projected onto him that i think would be much more compelling to see a different character deal with instead? but tbh i’ll take two cakes 

favorite episode:

ohhhhh train from nowhere...i just fuck with it so hard....the arc about trust is just so interesting and i love to see him play bond and be kind of a competent badass

favorite season:

i GUESS season 1, since he wasn’t really in season 2 except for constant references to reassure the audience he was still around and i don’t feel like i have the measure of season 3 yet. i think interesting things are coming! but i also feel like maybe season 3 traded really strong individual episodes for a slightly less clear overall arc. or maybe i’m calling it too early! 

favorite line:

i’m not over the classic “every time nureyev says juno” bit but i like. very much. the point of final resting place where he’s shouting through the airlock...love to see a very composed character go a little ham

favorite outfit:

KFGHFGH he’s a podcast man! you can’t prove he’s ever worn clothes in his life! but anyone who draws him with a shirt that has definitely too many buttons left undone wins a medal

otp:

honestly like. juno’s got some flirty dynamics with other characters i can get into but nureyev is rly too gone on juno to consider anything else. in terms of platonic family dynamics tho i am REALLY wild for peter&mag

brotp:

i want him and vespa to have a standoff because i KNOW vespa can wipe the floor with him and i want to see it. i don’t even mean physical knife fight i just FEEL that she’s a better strategist than he is and he wouldn’t see it coming. but then they can be friends after. hey can he have like, one friend? any friends who know him? 

headcanon:

i see him oscillate wildly between thinking he’s the greatest motherfucker who has ever lived and an incompetent old fool...i see him do the anxious attachment and the vying for approval and the identity issues and i say borderline. disorder that man’s personality at once

unpopular opinion:

sdkljfdgh yeah whack that hornet’s nest! hit it like a pinata! smack smack motherfucker!!! 

nah i don’t really feel like i have an unpopular opinion about the guy as much as i wish i would just never have to have a take again about whether he’s Problematic or Villainous bc i think that misses the point. he’s literally both a conman and a send-up of the femme fatale archetype his whole THING is being hard to get a bead on in terms of what he’s planning and whether he can be trusted. all we can really be sure about is that he’s Going Through Some Shit Right Now and that this isn’t rly a show that celebrates punishing characters for their mistakes as much as it celebrates growth and life and recovery so. don’t be grimdark i guess

also i rly don’t care whether he has an ass or not. it matters not a whit to me. i think it would be nice if he was fat tho

a wish:

give him! a home!! perhaps a friend, even!! 

oh-god-please-don’t-ever-happen:

ah idk i feel like anything that feels within the realm of possibility in terms of tone and theme is something i wouldn’t mind seeing. fuckin...go ahead kabert. get his ass

5 words to describe them:

UHHHHHHHH can i be real i’ve spent like half an hour on this response and i don’t want to spend an hour digging through a thesaurus now i think he’s kind of arrogant but also very competent but also full of a lot of hope and tenderness and a stalwart moral core he does not listen to a lot of the time, so. some guilt  

my nickname for them:

do i have a nickname for nureyev? sneaky pete sometimes. or “thceif”

[smokedoutcoldstar]

5 from the salt list. Help theres a dog at work bent on driving us all insane. I will probably ask more because I need things to read lol.

God help you. I’m amazed it’s a dog and not the dog owner causing the headaches.

5. Has fandom ever ruined a pairing for you?

HAH. AHAHAH. HAHAH. HAAAH. yes lol fandom being fandom is generally the motivator behind me moving fandoms regardless of interest. I find a great deal of joy from the community sharing of creative pursuits and content/character love, so once the situation moves away from character love and into discourse/other character disdainment, the joy is gone and I have no desire to stay. Some brief storytimes under the cut <3

I think the most impactful time resulted in taking down my work from ao3 for that fandom because i just couldn’t stand getting notifications for the fic anymore and didn’t want to answer the “why aren’t you writing X ship anymore?”/”why don’t you write for X fandom anymore?” questions.

My longest time in one fandom consecutively is just over two years, and it was entirely because despite fandom bullshit and rather ridiculous levels of harassment, my friends in that fandom were very kind and supportive even after i peaced out. On the contrast, my shortest time in one fandom is 3 months, and it was in fact the aforementioned fandom that i never want to go back to lol that had been a very quick rise and fall.

This all had happened when i was much younger and tumblr was, not necessarily better or worse, but just a different beast than it is now. There have been moments where even in more recent times that fandom discourse has made me “meh :/” over a pairing i was once “fuck yeah!” over, but it hasn’t been enough to outright ruin a pairing in a couple years now. But i also ship: everything under the sun, and: have mostly crackpairs and rarepairs as my main ships, so that might be influencing things as well.

Even though this is a salty ask game, i’m leaving names out so no fandom gets salt in their search results. Even in the fandoms that i walked away from with a sour taste in my mouth, at some point they did bring me joy or at least provided me sanctuary from the real world, and i’d like to respect that by not whacking a hornet’s nest with a bat. But i’ll totally spill deets with name drops in DMs, since those don’t show up in fandom tags ;)

[tricksters-captain]

TMR: The Death Cure/Gally imagine - You Made Me A Promise

AN: Due to my Colin Ritman fic being so popular I have also received requests for other Will Poulter characters. I used to write a lot for the maze runner when the first film came out so it actually feels strange going back to this but nethertheless I hope you enjoy. Also I’m sticking to the movie concept and script rather than the book. I am also using some of the deleted scenes from the movie. 

Summary: You and Gally met as rebels against W.I.C.K.E.D and now that his old maze friends have returned, you’ll be damned if he thinks he’s leaving you out now. 

Pairing(s): Gally x reader

Word count: 2,866

Warnings: Strong language, Fluff, there is smut at the end but I will put a smut warning for those who don’t like smut. There is plenty of fluff at the beginning but there is rough, unprotected s e x  at the end. Hair pulling. 

You shook your head when you heard Gally had gone out on patrol.

“You gotta trust him, (Y/n), he’s a tough guy.” Lucille called to you as you strutted away.

“I do trust him. I don’t trust the fuckers with guns shooting at him.” You called back.

You and Gally had been close ever since he joined the group. You initially repressed your attraction towards the boy due to the fact that it’s hard to have relationships with people due to the loss you have to endure. This world was dangerous and being so close to the city was worse.

You repressed your attraction until you couldn’t ignore it anymore. You were out on a run and it was Gally first hazardous mission which you tried to fight with Lawrence on, however, you lost. Gally got shot; it was just the shoulder and his injuries were minor but you had never felt so much concern for one person until that moment.

He had kept bugging you during the mission on why you didn’t want him to be a part it but you just blanked him or made up some bad excuse like how he was inexperienced. However, he just then snap back a snarky remark like ‘how could he get experience if you didn’t let him out’.

Then he got shot and your concern made it very clear that there was feelings there.

You visited him in the medical area a few times as he recovered and things went from there.

After that incident, you two were put on almost every patrol and mission together as everyone knew you’d watch each others back and you were pretty much inseparable. That became even more so after what happened to your brother.

“(Y/n)! He’s back.” Lucille came and got you from your living quarters when the vans returned from the patrol. There was a bombing on the outskirts from the guns you hated so much and you had been worried out of your mind. Lawrence forced you to stay within the premises after you tried to make a break to find Gally when the guns went off.

You ran down to the vans and managed to catch Gally getting punched by some brunette guy.

“Hey!” You yelled, your protectiveness kicking in hard as you thrusted forward. One of the boys grabbed you and stopped you from going any further.

You watched the brunette hover above Gally with his fist raised as Gally told everyone it was ‘alright’ which definitely wasn’t true to you.

“He killed Chuck.” The brunette grumbled as a skinner blonde tried to calm him down.

“Yeah, I know. I remember. I do, alright? But I also remember that he was stung and half out of his mind. Just calm down.” The blonde one said which managed to just work as the brunette pushed himself off Gally.

Gally also rose to his feet and held his jaw. He saw you and shrugged. ”

“Kinda had that coming.” Gally stated. “Anybody else? Fry? Newt?” Gally looked between the other boys.

“You know this guy?” The older man out of the group asked the kid who seemed to be called Fry.

“He was an old friend.” Fry must have been referring to the maze. That was the only way you could think these boys would know Gally.

“How-How is this possible? I don’t... We watched you die.” Newt, the blonde one, stared at Gally with disbelief as if he might be a ghost or phantom.

“No, you left me to die.” Gally corrected them. “And if we didn’t find you when we did, you’d be dead right now.” There was a pause before Gally spoke again. “What the hell are you doing here?”

“Minho. WCKD has him here.” Newt told Gally. “We’re looking for a way in.”

You scoffed which caught Gally’s attention for a moment.

“I can help with that.” Gally told them to your surprise. You had a way into the city but if Gally thinks he can get them into the W.I.C.K.E.D building he’s wrong. “Follow me.”

“I’m not going anywhere with you.” The brunette refused. You admired his gut but now was no time for holding grudges.

“Suit yourself but I can get you through those walls.” Gally shrugged.

You knew the boys would take this opportunity, you could see it in their faces.

You moved to Gally’s side, shoulder to shoulder almost immediately as he lead the newbies to Lawrence.

“We need to talk.” You mutter, Gally shook his head slightly at your anger which only made you wanna slap him even more.

You peered over your shoulder at the boys raising their eyebrows at your interaction with Gally and just looked them up and down.

Gally explained how he was alive to the group as you all walked down to Lawrence.

“Gally, glad to see you made it back. Jasper told me what happened.” Lawrence greeted Gally as you approached him. “(Y/n), here was worried sick. Practically had to strap her to her bed to keep her within the premises.”

“Thank you for that.” You nodded, slightly annoyed he would say that right at that moment.

“It was a slaughter. There's nothing we could do against those guns.” Gally informed him.

“No, but they can only poke the hornet's nest so long before they get stung.” Lawrence brought a flower up to what was left of his nose as he spoke. “(Y/n), do you mind fetching Lucille for me, I need a word with her.”

You nodded and walked away from the group. You couldn’t fight against Lawrence. He clearly wanted you out the room for some reason.

Gally caught Fry staring at you as you left the room and whacked him on his chest.

“Hey!” Gally snapped, “That’s mine.” Gally warned the guys as he nodded in your general direction. Not that you heard that.

When you returned you found out that Gally would take Thomas, the brunette, and Newt to the city to scout the WCKD building.

You grabbed Gally’s arms and pulled him to one side.

“You’re funny if you think you’re going into that city without me after what just happened out there.” You tugged Gally further away to have a private conversation but you knew the boys would try to listen in anyway.

“(Y/n), I’ll be fine...” Gally tried to tell you, pulling his arm out of your tight clasp.

“I am not losing you.” You quickly cut in, staring at him with an intenseness that even Gally couldn’t ignore.

“It’s just a run, just to show them the building.” Gally told you.

“Yeah, and Mike went out for ‘a run’ and never came back. Where you go, I go. That was the deal.” You reminded him of the promise he made when he asked you to be his partner in everything. Work and life. You were his and he was yours.

Mike was your brother. He went out on a quick run where he was just going into the city to go to the lookout but he was caught by the night patrol and he was killed.

You didn’t trust the city and you didn’t trust Gally to come back alive every time he went which is why you always went with him. If he died at least it was the both of you going down not just one.

“Alright. Aright, you can come.” Gally pressed his lips against your head and wrapped his arm around the back of your neck to embrace you.

Gally was flipping off the boys behind your back as Newt and Fry looked at each other and smirked.

“Come on, we need to change if we’re going.” You pulled back and headed to yours and Gally’s room.

Gally followed you and told the group to wait with Lawrence until he came back and that he wouldn’t be long.

“I can’t believe the only time you go on patrol without me is the only time they drop bombs and shoot at you. Do you realise what could’ve happened?” You asked as you toss the boy a clean jumper.

“Look, I’m sorry. They were a man short today and––” Gally tried to apologise but the anxiety was rattling your brain as you started overthinking all the things that could've happened.

“––Sorry doesn’t cut it, Gally. We’re a team. You made a promise and today you broke it.” You spun around as you snapped to look at him. You hadn’t been this upset with him before and Gally knew that.

Gally threw his jumper over his head before taking a few steps towards you.

“Hey.” He whispered as he pulled you into a hug. “I’m sorry.”

You held him back tightly and breathed in his o-so-familiar scent.

“It’s okay.” You moved back and touched his face. His hard expression melted away at your touch and he closed his eyes.

“Let’s go.” He took your hand and kissed the palm before walking towards the door.

As you made your way down to the tunnels you fell back so that the newbies wouldn’t. Gally lead at the front as the boys in the middle complained about their way in.

It took a while as it always does to make it to the door that lead to the city. There was a close run-in with one of the trains which almost gave you the second heart attack of the day.

Newt fell and Gally went back for him and they dived under the train. You swore you could’ve died right there.

“Are you trying to give me a heart attack today?” You glared at the boy as you and Thomas ran over to them to help them up.

“Keeps up an exciting relationship.” Gally tried to joke.

“I swear to God that if today doesn’t kill you, I will.” You turned on your heels and made your way to the door that lead out into the station.

As soon as you walked into public you took your natural instinct to stay close to Gally and you stayed stuck to his side until you reached the lookout point.

“There it is.” You gestured towards the large glass building that is the WCKD HQ as you rounded the stairs.

“If they’ve got Minho, that’s where they’ll be keeping him.” Gally told the boys as he picked up the hidden telescope.  

“Lawrence has been trying to find a way in for years. The place is crawling with soldiers.” You folded your arms across your chest as you stared at the building you detested so much.

“Surveillance everywhere. Scanners at every entrance.” Gally added.

“Sounds like a bloody fortress.” Newt frowned, looking between you and Gally as you stepped back from the edge.

“Yeah I thought you said you had a way in.” Thomas confronted Gally.

“I might.”

“What do you mean you might? Gally you said you could get us in there. We’re following you’re lead here, we’re trusting you, we don't have to do that.” Thomas barked at Gally.

“Alright, let’s get a few things straight first otherwise there’s no point in going any further.” Gally turned to Thomas to try to explain himself. “Look, I know what I did, okay? I may not remember but I know. I see Chuck’s face every time I close my eyes.” He admitted honestly.

You looked down at your feet and sucked on your lower lip. You knew this all too well. There would be some nights when Gally would wake up, covered in sweat and screaming. Some of the nightmares he has, especially of the boy Chuck, even kept you awake at night. You knew the personal hell he was going through.

“Listen, we don’t have to be friends and I’m not asking for anybodies forgiveness. I’m asking to put it behind us because we want the same thing. And after this, we go our separate ways but until then, none of this works unless we trust each other.” Gally continued.

“Okay...” Thomas backed off. “Okay, what’s your plan?” 

“Take a look.” Gally moved away from the telescope to let Thomas have a look.

Thomas looked through the telescope for a minute before his head shot back up.

“I said I had a way in. I didn’t say you were gonna like it.” Gally knew what this meant for Thomas and so did you. Gally had told you about the girl before and about Thomas, however, it only just clicked.

“Okay, you’ve shown him the building, you showed him the girl. We gotta get back. The later we’re out here, the more likely we’re gonna get caught.” You stepped forward and touched Gally’s shoulder to bring yourself into the conversation.

“She’s right. We can talk this through back at home base.” Gally took the telescope down and hid it away.

When you made it back to base, Gally told Thomas to sleep on it before making any big decisions and that everyone could talk about it in the morning.

Gally sat down on the couch in your living space. He groaned as he ran his hand over his head. He must’ve ached from the near miss with the train earlier and all the running around the city.

You sat slightly behind him and wrapped your arms around him, circling your fingers on his chest.

“I’m sorry I got so worried today.” You whispered. You didn’t like it when you got mad at Gally but on some days you couldn’t help it when your anxiety is telling you you’re gonna lose him. You didn’t want to lose another person. Especially this one.

“Hey, it’s alright.” Gally kissed the top of your head then sighed.

You lifted your head up to his and kissed his cheek. He pressed a thin-lipped smile onto his lips for a second. You used your finger to turn his chin to face you as you took his lips with yours.

He kissed you back warmly before sitting back and taking hold of your hips to move you on top of his lap.

**Smut warning**

You straddled the boy and deepened the kiss, lifting your shirt off over your head quickly.

Gally’s hands were cold and rough as he gripped onto your hip and the back of your neck. You could already feel him growing hard beneath you as the kiss became breathless.

You removed Gally’s shirt, breaking the kiss for only a second, and Gally’s hand soon moved from your hip to your breast as he grew excited.

“Gally.” You whispered his name hinting at what you wanted as you circled your hips against him.

Gally flipped you over so that you were on your back on the couch before he started unbuckling his trousers.

You undid your own and Gally easily took them off of you as he situated himself between your legs.

Gally lowered himself to kiss you, one hand on the arm rest behind your head and the other stroking down your bare stomach.

You arched your back and your lips part as his fingers ran over your clit, he knew exactly what to do by now to make you putty in his fingers.

Gally smiled against your kiss at your reaction before pulling away to watch you underneath him as he only continued to tease you as he rubbed your clit faster, his touch already bringing you close to orgasm.

“Gally... Fuck me.” You begged as he teased. Gally happily obliged as he took his throbbing member and lined it up to you before kissing you one more time and squeezing himself inside.

You dug your nails into his shoulders as he entered you. He waited for you to beg once more before properly fucking you.

“Please.” You whined, and with that Gally started to thrust into you, gaining a a rhythm.

It didn’t take long for Gally to be pounding you into the couch cushions, you both liked it rough. Gally took a handful of your hair as his other hand balanced him on the arm of the couch.

You winced as he tugged but it only brought you closer to the edge with each pull.

Gally clenched his jaw as he too was getting close to climax as he pumped in and out of you.

Gally knew you were getting close, you pulled the same face every time you were nearing your orgasm which only encouraged him to pound you harder.

“Fuck.” You hissed as you felt your walls start to pulse. Gally rode you through your orgasm and then pulled out, covering you with his own finish.

He held himself up as you both tried to catch your breath.

You looked up at him and smiled. He rolled his eyes at your cuteness then leant down to kiss you.

“Come on, you need sleep.” You patted Gally’s bicep so he would get up. He swaggered over to the small kitchen area you had and tossed you a towel to clean yourself up before he scooped you up and carried you to bed.

(PART 2 HERE)