#i'll admit i'm posting this mostly so i can just link it to the friend i did the rp with

[kariachi]

Okay, more technically to do with that old-ass (like, it'll be twenty years ago next spring or fall I can't remember) rp Monie came from, which was a ygo gx rp so, technically fic for that...

Uh, some family being family even though there's a lot of drama?

~~

Chazz wasn’t sure if he could remember the last time they’d all done this. It had to have been ages ago. Not before his parents died he was sure, but…

He stared unseeing out over the garden, eyes flicking only to note Monie going back and forth across his vision. She’d hardly slowed from her sprint in the past, ten? fifteen? twenty minutes? She’d earned the right to wear a divot though, after having spent the whole day being quiet and mostly still, tamping her own pain down for the rest of them despite being closer to Grandpa than anybody. Let her get it all out.

His brothers were sat with him in the grass, chattering about something he wasn’t focusing enough to make out. There was a perfectly Monette-sized gap between him and Jagger, his legs pulled up as he went through probably his second blunt of the day. His own secret little trick to keeping their family’s strong emotions under control. If there was anything they envied Slade, watching the stars from Jagger’s other side, it was that he’d gotten that little curse better than the rest of them.

He had cried, quietly if excessively, at the funeral. Chazz and Jagger had nearly got into a fist fight the day before without even a real reason.

Oh, oh yeah, that was the last time they done this, the last time Slade had cried. The girl he’d been thinking of marrying- a name Chazz had spitefully cut from his memory and Monie and Jagger remembered with dangerous purpose- had dropped him just before Christmas and he’d managed to hold it together until the entire family came together for the holiday. All four of them had ended up on the roof, Chazz and Jagger pressed close to Slade’s sides while Monie paced the roofline. They’d had to be careful to keep their balance as they laughed at her exaggerated promises of exactly what would happen to that woman, if he would only ask.

Chazz was never going to forgive his brothers for the pressure they’d put him under. The threats and judgement they’d held over his head in the name of him becoming the best, living up to what they thought was his true potential, joining them in their seats of power, those had left scars that would never go away. A hole in his trust that no amount of the family therapy their grandpa had and still from beyond the grave forced on them would repair. Fuck, he wasn’t sure, after the past few years, they had even reached the level of being able to properly like each other.

But they were his brothers, he was their brother, and no amount of nasty and mixed emotions was going to stop them loving each other. Despite their best efforts.

With a huff and a stomp Monie skidded to a halt, grabbing all their attention by storming over to throw herself into the empty space. Her near perpetual smile was long gone, her braids ruined and makeup a mess from the tears that still rolled down her face, as she leaned her weight against Chazz’s side.

He put an arm comfortingly around her waist at the same time Jagger slipped his around her shoulders. With a ‘middle age will kill me’ groan, Slade rose to his feet and came to settle at Chazz’s other side. Not close enough to be touching, but enough to comfortably ruffle his hair in a way he hadn’t since back when he was still just the baby brother he had to raise. Before they’d realized he was brilliant, he was talented. That he had Potential and a Destiny and could be A Princeton Brother rather than just their brother.

“Jagger’s too young to remember,” he said, hand still resting on Chazz’s head and eyes back on the stars, “but Grandad once ruined Christmas.” He glanced over, just once, to confirm he had their attention before cracking a small smile. “The man he hired to pretend to be Santa for us turned out to be a wanted criminal, the FBI burst in right there on Christmas Eve. Dad was pissed.”

The soft, watery laughter that elicited was enough to get him started on hours of old family stories. They didn’t come with the flair for the dramatic the rest of them had, but were enough to dry the tears they all managed to start shedding again at some point or another for at least long enough for people to start yawning. For him to force Jagger to his feet, and the pair of them to march the younger two back inside for the night.

~

In the morning, Aunt Jeanette and Uncle Warren would find them all asleep in the family room. Chazz and Monette curled up together on the carpet, Monette’s pillow stolen by Chazz and her using him as a replacement like they hadn’t done since they were teens. Slade and Jagger having commandeered the same couch, despite there being two- taking up opposite ends with Slade’s foot digging into Jagger’s back and Jagger all but hung over the armrest.

They wouldn’t have the heart to do more than make sure a blanket was draped over their older nephews and tell the staff to leave them be.

[bitterfishiesstuff]

WiTBF: Say it's All Right

Link:

Rating: E

Pairing: Huntech

Authors: me and @sergeantgoggles (mostly their baby revived from very old writing we did a few years ago.)

Author note: This is most likely the last bit of the What is Touch Between Friends. I haven't been inspired to write for it in years(this was written in 2022, Sergeant goggles found it and asked if she could clean it up to post. So go shower love on them if you enjoy it!). I have a lot of mixed feelings about the first part of WiTBF. The original crew I was getting inspiration from is long gone, I'm not even on speaking terms with several of them. On the other hand WiTBF: Mosaic was how I became good friends with Sergeant goggles and pushed me to write things that aren't mostly fluff(although I will admit it's still mostly my go to).

I'm not sure I'll ever say it's done. WiTBF started as pure smut vibes with no linear story or plot, and as such I'm not sure I could wrap it up with a neat bow. So I'm shelving it, putting it away lovingly with other bitter sweet memories that I may one day come back to. For now I'll let this particular rest(I'm still writing! Just not this story) and give all my readers my heartfelt thanks for finding me again after I disappeared. Stay safe and try to find joy where you can.

-bitterfishies

[sofoulandfairaday]

heyyy i’m new to bellamort and i think they’ve become my otp already thanks to you,

what are your favourite recs? mostly sweet, however much they can be and some spicy ones.

thank you!!!

Anon, this comment made me GIGGLE like an idiot, huge grin on my face - thank you thank you thank you so much. This is the best compliment I’ve ever gotten! It literally means the world.

With that being said - and this goes for the other people in my inbox asking for recs - I’m not the best person to ask. Firstly, I don’t read that much fanfic (hi, med student running on virtually no sleep here) and I’m always behind on reviews (fanfiction is meant to be enjoyed from my laptop with a cup of tea and no one in the house so i can weep/shriek/pace etc). Secondly, I suck at keeping track of what I read.

Thirdly, your ask in particular is virtually impossible because I live for the grief. I lap up angst like a kitten does milk.

Sweetness… meh. (Except of course when I cry and moan about the fact that I need to stop reading for the day because a fanfic literally made my heart ache. I'm telling you, I suffer more for these two than I do my irl friends and that says something about me.)

Anyway, this is what I’ll do. I’ll link some of my favourite authors (in English, if you want Italian recs just ask and I will deliver) and I’ll leave you to browse their pages and see what speaks to you. These are just off the top of my head, and on Tumblr and around Ao3 (if you know how to filter), you'll find other great ones!

(If I forget someone, or if anyone who reads *is* a Bellamort author, feel free to tag them/yourself in this post, or in a reblog.)

@star-named-riddle - Nefaria_Black @saintsenara - Asenora @deslea - deslea (where are you, girl, I need you) Abigail Belle (ex Gamma Orionis) (see above) meanwhiletimely (see above) Also, there's this masterpiece by @metalomagnetic featuring Rodolphus which GHHHHHHHH. Is all I'll say. Screaming, crying, hollering, etc etc etc. (There's also this masterpiece by the same author but even looking it up to link it made me shake and I won't speak of it until I have processed my grief because I have people to see later in the day and I cannot be dazed or aching or in tears or shellshocked by the rawness of the writing etc etc etc)

And finally, the most recommended (and popular, I think) Bellamort fanfiction ever, which I admit I've never read in full (I know, I know, believe me when I say I have no time/mental fortitude) which is of course Surrogate.

They are all absolutely brilliant for reasons I wish I could get into right now (they deserve proper recs, this hasty reply does not do them justice). They all present different but equally fascinating versions of my characters.

Unfortunately, none of them are really saccharine/fluffy. There is softness but it's always bittersweet in most of them. WHICH IS HOW I LIKE IT MUAHAHHAA- coff coff.

Happy reading! :)

[mcytaita]

Aita for hating my ex?

I (27f) have this ex boyfriend, I'll call him S. (28M) So, my and S's health is linked, which is mostly why we started dating in the first place. (We were friends then. Not anymore.) We weren't together very long, and S came out as gay shortly after we broke up. (I just want to clarify, I'm not homophobic. I just hate him.)

Now, why do I hate him so much? So, I followed my friend, M (32M) into the Nether, and when we came out, S and his best friend, — M's soulbound — C (?NB), were really mad at us, for quote unquote 'abandoning' them. S and C decided they were going to leave me and M, and live together instead. I thought 'that's fine, I can just live with M', but no, M left me too. I was now completely alone, and everyone else thinks I'm insane. To make matters worse, S and C started hitting each other with axes just to hurt me and M. S also called me batshit insane, and says I'm the reason he's gay. (We were together for a few days. I did not do anything wrong until after we broke up.)

I will admit, maybe I didn't have to do some of the stuff I did, but I'm just asking, aita for hating him?

- @scarlet-pearl-moon

Post submitted by @scarlet-pearl-moon!

[balanceoflightanddark]

Alright. A while back, I answered a question regarding Claude.

The post was not good. I'll be the first to admit that I have problems with replaying games on multiple routes because I'm the kind of person that gets overwhelmed easily by so much stuff being thrown at me at once. Couple that with my issues in regards to playing games and actively making things worse (I mean I'll be the first to admit that I doom search stuff when I feel awful) AND my assuming I could just wing it without any regards to proper research, which led to a really badly worded and misrepresentation of the character. Regardless of my feelings towards Claude, nobody should get the shaft like I gave him.

For that, I apologize and I'm releasing this...I guess you could say an updated continuation of the post. I also rereleased the original and included a link so you know where I'm coming from so you can judge it in full. Here I'm just going to go through some of the big sticking points and screw-ups I made one by one.

A big thanks in advance for my friends on discord for pointing them out.

Not well-liked in either country due to his mixed heritage, he was raised in the Leicester Alliance and basically is representative of their policies.

Claude was actually raised in Almyra, not in the Alliance. He only made the transition till he was old enough to understand the situation between Fodlan and Almyra in greater detail. The two countries were political enemies, so the idea of somebody of Fodlan descent because of their parents (King of Almyra and a Duchess of Leicester) becoming king didn't win him any favors back home. Neither did his being from Almyra make him popular with the Alliance. Really part of the reason he made the transition between countries was that he wanted to open up borders and ease tensions between Almyra and Fodlan from within Fodlan's system. Which is an admirable goal, obviously.

Sadly, I screwed up since I inadvertently downplayed his childhood with Almyra by implying he was raised in the Alliance. While he definitely picked up a few habits from the Alliance, he also got a lot of his habits of secrecy since he likely wasn't all that well-liked back home. I mean he did have allies, obviously. Nader served as his combat instructor and was willing to lend his forces when called upon. But it wasn't universal. As such, I apologize for muddling up his motivations and downplaying his heritage.

Speaking of Nader...

Which comes to a head in the war. When Edelgard declares war on the Church, Claude effectively decides to stay out of it. Mainly, he essentially locks the nobility of Leicester in a bit of a stalemate for 5 years to keep themselves out of the war. His long-term strategy is to get reinforcements from Almyra so they could effectively steamroll the Kingdom and Empire who bloodied themselves from all the fighting.

And his focus on relying on his Almyran reinforcements isn't even foolproof in of itself since...well, he's relying on foreign troops arriving in a country that hates their guts. Even if the war goes in his favor, that's a bit of a hill to climb.

Yeah. I really screwed up here. While it is true that Claude probably would've used the chaos created by the war in order to restructure Fodlan similar to Edelgard and probably wouldn't have wanted to get involved in the war right away, I was wrong about the nature of his reinforcements from Almyra. Again, in Verdant Wind, he called upon Nader in order to take the strategically important Fort Merceus in his campaign against the Empire. In Crimson Flower, he only called them when Edelgard invaded Leicester. There was no indication that he would use his forces to steamroll Fodlan in a colonialist matter, which I implied. He was fit to rely mostly on Alliance forces until the need demanded help from Almyra.

As a result, I misrepresented his character, and I apologize. While I'm still not a huge fan of Claude and don't think Verdant Wind is the best route for Fodlan (it ends with another leader backed by the Church in charge with Byleth...which is the same structure that led to this whole mess to begin with), I got his character wrong and made him worse for it. I...understand why people weren't happy with the first post and feel free to call me out on that. I promise to do more research in the future on the other routes if I make any more Three Houses posts.

[wofreimagined-au]

"What if history went a different way?"

Hi!

This is a blog for me and my mates to post about the AU we came up with. It'll have lore, story, worldbuilding, all the sorts. Mostly a blog for our ideas to bounce off of each other, assuming the others want to join in this blog as well.

Please keep in mind that all the admins are neurodivergent and majority of them are minors. We are trying our best with this, but we all function differently from neurotypical adults who likely understand things better than we do. If we upset you (that isn't a minor slight and is actually bad) or do something wrong, please inform us so we can correct our mistakes.

This AU was created by my friends Félix (didn't give me smth to credit him by), MilkSHOOK (@pi-roach), and I (@shethevampyr). This AU was not intended for the original demographic of Wings of Fire (9 - 12 yos), and it will likely come out (much) darker than it was originally. Please keep this in mind while treading the blog. Still nothing sexual though, these are still dragons walking on four legs (usually).

RULES REGARDING THE BLOG:

If you are looking for our dni, that is below the cut.

- No harassment in asks. Towards admins or anyone else. We are just trying to have fun here, and if you aren't happy about that, please pack up your shit and leave. Harassment in this blog also includes bigotry (ableism, sexism, racism, lgbtq"phobia", etc. Yes, "delulu" is considered offensive here).

- Be respectful. Don't weird about anyone running the blog, respect our choices with the AU, respect others. Like I said above, if we do something bad or disrespectful please inform us so we can correct our mistakes.

Rules may be added or changed as we so please.

More info under the cut:

TAGS:

These are the tags the mods use for organization.

#wings of fire, #wof, #wof au, #wings of fire au: Simply tags for reach. Unrelated to organization.

#mod [name]: Who made the post. If the mod posting wishes to remain anon, they may post #mod anon.

#quotes: Quotes that are canon in the au. May be one or two, may be a full conversation.

#writing: Similar to above, but it's full writing instead of just quotes. (E.g. "'I love you.'" changed to "'I love you,' the nightwing said softly, shifting their wings as they just admitted the secret they have held onto for the past year.")

#lore: Lore of the AU. Includes random tidbits of story that aren't major to the AU.

#story: Major story pieces of the AU.

#worldbuilding: Random pieces of worldbuilding, mostly regarding kingdoms and culture.

#tribes, #[tribe]: Tribe designs and such.

#asks: Asks.

#intro post: Intros. This is to keep track of old ones if we choose to make a new one after this.

Other tags may be used by the mods as they so please. If a mod doesn't tag their post, I'll likely go in and add tags myself, unless they specifically ask for tags to not be added to the post. Mods aren't forced to abide by adding tags when posting if they don't want to. I'm a total slut for organization though so like I said I'll likely add tags to the post

MOD INTROS:

Mod Theo ⭐️🌾

Yo, I'm Theo, he/him. I am a minor and the "main owner" of the AU. I also own the account linked to the side-blog. I am the one writing most of this post down.

I am medically recognized as a UDD system, please be patient with me since I have gaps in memory. I also get sidetracked easily and may straight up forget about this blog.

I also occasionally have troubles putting my thoughts on paper, so I may have poor wording, poor grammar, half-assed sentences, etc. I'll try my best to get my words across though.

MOD TWO: Electric boogaloo⚡️🌚

I. Ueeeeghhhhhh

you can call me by Infinite or MilkShook!! Yahooie

she/he/fey, but I go by. Any pronouns really, don’t care much what people call me as long as it’s nice!! I’m also a. Minor!!

I have adhd!! Three adderall a DAY, baybee!!!

I have a shitty memory, but I’m also VERY grammar focused, so most, if not ALL of my posts will be grammatically correct unless I am using funny words. my posts will likely be either 7 paragraph long explanations, or a single sentence. No in-between

I’m also very art focused, so expect A lot of concept art!! .

DNI:

We don't have too big of a dni. Pretty much just follow basic dni criteria and you're good.

[silverott-chevalier]

So at the behest of a couple of friends, I've made this thing for what it's worth.

My name is Cooper Chevalier, and let's just get this out of the way now-- yes, I am, in fact, a Samurott. If you've heard about a Pokemon becoming a Trainer somewhere in the Johto region, that would be me. If you're wondering how or why this is even possible, then I guess I don't mind answering questions, but for now just know that the League had to make a few accommodations for me when I was first starting out and I've managed to take that all the way to the top and become one of the region's champions. Lance is still the guy running the Indigo Plateau, though--I mostly get called on to resolve issues in Kanto-Johto that he'd normally need to step away for. It's a nice little arrangement.

Anyway. I was convinced to make this by a friend in Galar, so I'm hoping this place is as good as they've made it out to be.

I'm also hoping that not having a Rotom won't bite me on the tail later... how the heck did those things become mainstream anyway--

EDIT: Saw a lot of people putting their Pokemon on these, too, and I'm finally sitting down and doing it. I could probably tell you about Shia and Pallas while I'm here but this should show up in the post they reblogged too so I can be lazy.

Anyway, here's my five mainstays-- they've been with me since near the start of my journey.

Mason (Gengar, M): Kind of a shy fella, but he's really loyal. Easily the partner I trust the most, and though I'm a bit sad to admit it, he's definitely gotten me out of a lot of sticky scenarios the painful way... I've been a lot more careful not to let that sort of thing happen since.

Sypha (Ampharos, F): Serious to a fault and speaks to the point. Proud of her power, but aware of her limits, though that doesn't mean she can't throw a mean Thunderbolt.

Juste (Togekiss, M): I raised him from an egg, and he's easily the most optimistic member of my team. He's also my ride around the two regions, usually, so props to him for carrying around a ~220 lb Samurott through the sky, ehehe...

Nora (Umbreon, F): Strong and steadfast, and fiercely devoted to her friends. She's usually serious, but she's got her playful side. Took a bit to warm up to me, though.

Katsuko (Dragonite, F): Hilariously, though I doubt she played any part in her upbringing, Katsuko is like if you took Clair's competitive spirit and put it in a dragon. Most eager to fight out of everyone, and was easily my second ace once she fully evolved.

Feel free to ask about them--I can ask them questions on your behalf if you want me to.

-- OOC BENEATH THE READMORE --

Hey! This is a rotomblr I made using my pokesona after a friend of mine held me at rotarypoint convinced me to try making one. I'm pretty new to this stuff in general, but we'll see how this pans out in the end. I'll be figuring things out as I go for the most part. I'll probably just label my ooc stuff with (ooc) or something of the like. Lemme know if you have any tips, tricks, or whatever that you'd like to share! I'll probably follow you from @kupkastdashboard since I don't have the patience to manually switch over to Cooper's dash anytime I wanna like or rb something--

Also! Any ask memes I rb are technically open forever, since I don't think they deserve to happen just once and then never again. Just be sure to post the question associated with whatever you're referencing so I know what I'm answering! Links to my specific RBs of my favorites are below. I've answered some of these with Cooper, but with Pallas and Shia on the board, they're also open to be asked things. Just specify who you're looking for, otherwise I'll default to Cooper being the subject or pick one of my muses at random if he's already answered something.

Pelipper Mail! (Malice Coming Soon)

Memory Meme (#cooper's memories)

Legendary/Mythical

Thought Bubbles (#cooper's thoughts)

Fossil Ask Game

Headcanon Asks (Answered OOC)

Major Arcana Reversed

Muse In The News

Posts that look directly into Cooper's headspace at any given moment are labeled [#cooper's thoughts], and posts that describe a memory of his that's already happened will be labeled [#cooper's memories]. Neither of these are canonically posted by him, so keep that in mind if you want to make reference to them or leverage them for better or worse!

[e-b-reads]

tagged by @aeide-thea (thank you!!) to answer these little prompts. (At first from the notifs I thought I was just being tagged in a post about boat building, which would also have been great!)

last song: I think it was specifically this video of the band Tuba Skinny playing the song Crazy About You on Royal St. in New Orleans.

favorite color: I like lots of colors (for various things/reasons: colors to wear, colors to look at, colors for the walls of the house...) but I am consistently fond of green. (Closer to evergreen than, like, bright kelly green.)

last movie/show: this is where I admit/reiterate that I don't watch much movie/show type media. I watched the highlights from a football game on Youtube recently (it was a recent game), and before that, I watched a Mary Berry Christmas special w/ my immediate family while home for the holidays!

sweet/spicy/savory: I feel like I remember answering this on another one of these asks! I choose something savory and then something sweet please, and since I buy and cook my own food, I can do that. I'll let spicy things go b/c I can enjoy them, but I don't have the highest spice tolerance.

relationship status: agree w/ K that this is such an out-of-place question to stick in with the silly little "fav color! last song!" prompts here. Anyway, I am not in a romantic relationship, I text my family a lot, I have lots of good friends that I see various amounts in any given month, and some very close friends who are basically family (tho we can still go a while without seeing each other); also I plan to get a dog this year. All of these are important relationships to me!

last thing i googled: I think it was "[local county] farmers markets" but unfortunately they are mostly closed for the season. (oh except I just glanced at my browser history, and I actually searched "kelly green" while writing this post, to make sure I was thinking of the right shade + spelling, lol)

current obsession(s): I don't think I'd call any of my current interests an obsession, but I am still interested in a couple things that probably qualified as obsessions at points within the past year or two: the band Tuba Skinny (linked above!) who are a street jazz band from New Orleans, tho they actually play concerts internationally and have several albums too; also the book series that I've posted about by Barbara Hambly called the Benjmain January mysteries, which take place (mostly) in New Orleans in the 1830s-40s. These on-again, off-again obsessions are a part of why I'm taking a week later this month and going to NOLA! Just for fun. So there you go.

tag 9 people: As always, tagging things feels fraught because what if someone feels left out or overly pressured!? But please do just consider yourself tagged if you'd like to do this (and tag me in your own answers!) and meanwhile I will tag a few (not 9) mutuals who appear most recently in my notifications (which doesn't mean super recently...): @appleinducedsleep, @bigcats-birds-and-books, @agardenandlibrary, @ama-darav. Enjoy, if you'd like!

[rai-knightshade-art]

"I missed you."

"....I missed you, too."

Prompt #2, Pitch Perfect RarePair Week

This scene now has a Part 2! Check it out here!

Artist thoughts, links to the other prompt days, and a Close Up under the cut, Image ID in the alt text!

*drags myself in out of sheer force of will, collapsing immediately on the floor, holding this post aloft like a hard-won trophy* I did it. I got the drawing for today's prompt done. Here you go.

So, backstory: this is technically related to what will now be three posts later this week (because there's supposed to be a second part of this drawing based on Prompt #7, "I can't say it so I'll sing it", that will now be posted along with my original unrelated idea for #7 on Sunday), all of which are based on a fanfic I've been writing for a couple months now. Said fic (and two of the three posts) is Jeca-centered, but it's based in a little pocket verse that has a LOT more going on in it than just their whole... Thing, and that includes other RarePairs hanging out and generally being adorable in the background. (This includes all of the rarepairs I'm featuring this week, btw.)

Enter Chaubrey, who have their own side story going on that includes at least one gay panic (Aubrey), years of pining (Chloe, literally from their freshman year at Barden onwards), a mutual realization of "holy shit there might be something here, actually!" (Seen above, more on that below), a few months of hesitant flirting and maybe-sorta-kinda dates, and, finally, a reveal of feelings through meaningful glances during a duet featuring the rest of the Bellas (and a subsequent mutual decision to sneak off and talk things through after... Which may or may not lead to smooching in a broom closet somewhere. Maybe. Yes, Fat Amy finds them, and, no, she never lets them hear the end of it, even at their wedding a year later). It's a lot, is what I'm getting at here, that unfortunately goes mostly unsaid in-story due to the POV(s) I'm writing in, but I felt it was important that y'all know about it anyways because they live in my head rent free. Constantly. So.

Now, as for this scene specifically: set roughly 1 and a half years after PP3, Aubrey and Chloe are helping Beca pick out a wedding outfit as the Chief Bridesmaid and Maid of Honor, respectively (a position that Chloe threatened to fight Fat Amy for until Beca, in fear of "the Kraken has been unleashed!", declared that Chloe was Maid of Honor and Fat Amy would officiate, end of story), a month or two after Beca announced her engagement via a group zoom call (and Chloe's excited reaction subsequently provoked a Gay Panic™ in Aubrey as she suddenly had the realization that "I want to see her smile like that for the rest of my life", a Totally Normal and Measured Reaction to have for your best friend of course). Stacie would help but she's trying to wrangle a flower girl dress for little Bella across the country in New York, and Emily is splitting her time between song writing and helping with other logistics ("I've been researching venues, did you know there's actually an old movie theatre here in LA that can be rented out for weddings?" "rEALLY?!?! 😍" "NO." "Come oooonnnn, Becs, you gotta admit that's cool!" "Not. Happening."), So it's down to Chloe and Aubrey to help find the perfect wedding gown suit for Beca, because, and I quote, "Just because I agreed to a wedding does NOT mean I'm gonna be like every other bride on Say Yes to the Dress or whatever, if we're doing this we're doing it my way, and I'm not wearing a poofy overpriced dress that I can only use once, got it?" ("But, Beca, don't you wanna, I dunno, dress up for your husband-to-be? Go the whole nine yards?" "Are you kidding?! Jesse offered to just go up to the courthouse and be done with it, he's still amazed I said yes in the first place. It was only after I reminded him that you pitches would hunt us down and murder us if we got married without you that he agreed to do an actual wedding." "...Damn. You two really are made for each other huh." "You're also correct, there would be nowhere on this planet you could hide from our wrath if you'd eloped. Fat Amy has connections.")

Anyways.

In the midst of the chaos of trying on outfits and assuring the sales associate at each shop (because there are multiple shops visited, by the way) that, yes, she really does want a suit instead of a dress, and no, she won't be persuaded otherwise, and in trying to find matching bridesmaid outfits for the rest of the girls, Chloe and Aubrey find some moments to just... Talk. They haven't been able to talk much since the tour, at least in person, and they've missed that. They've missed each other. (Hence, the prompt!) Herein comes the realization that they're both single (rip Chicago you'll debatably be missed), and the mutual blushes and unusually shy glances start clueing them each in that, huh. It's almost like... She might... Reciprocate??? My feelings??? But they don't quite get to unpack that because there's still suit shopping to do!

But they'll get there, don't worry! We'll get the resolution to this little storyline on Sunday, because what better way to finally confess your feelings than with the same mashup that first truly brought you and your friends together! 😎

In the meantime, I've got bonus posts going up tomorrow and Thursday (because I couldn't come up with anything for either of those prompts, though I did try), then we're back with the last 4 true Prompt Entries™ starting Friday, with two entries for Sunday!

Days I've participated in (and Entries I've posted):

Day 1 (This is me trying): Link

Day 2 (I missed you): You Are Here!

Day 5 (if honesty means telling the truth... Well then the truth is I'm still in love with you): Link

Day 6 (there's no way that it's not going to happen with you looking at me like that): Link

Day 7.1 (I can't say it, so I'll sing it): Link

Day 7.2 (part 2): Link

Plus a relevant bonus Post for this particular scene can be found here!

Close Up:

[soma-bellevogue]

This is gonna be long and riddled with emotion, so skip if you aren't in the mood to read my bullshit.

So idk if anyone cares but I had a lil bit of a crisis on the eve of the christ man womb emergence day. And I made a sideblog. Hoping to hide the fact that I started actually writing fanfiction.

I was (and still am) terrified of the idea of writing things like fanfiction. Or just stories in general. I have done so for a long time. Mostly in the forms of roleplaying and such with friends. But this is a whole different animal.

But after posting my very first, decent, postable fanfiction. Suffice to say I am *shocked* by how well received it was on Ao3.

By no means am I famous or anything. But I gotta say. I was nearly brought to tears by how supportive the community is. The reception the little Sonadow fiction I wrote was insane. Nowhere near what I expected.

I grew up in a time on the internet where Sonic was cringe. Anything related to Sonic was cringe. And I was always so terrified to join the Fandom.

It wasn't until just around this time last year that I got really heavy into Sonic. Like. Whole hog, you could say. And it's made me just so fucking happy. The community is great. The art is wonderful. The writers are amazing. It's just so heartwarming. I'm so glad I finally threw off the fear of being cringe.

Or at least I thought it did

See the idea of writing an actual fiction that I would have to share with the internet? Absolutely fucking terrified me. But I love writing. It's one of my passions. But because of the hatred and cringe culture I grew up in when I was first getting on the internet. I still feel so much shame and distress.

So I hid myself. As best I could. Until I started getting support. Then I admitted it in the tags of a reblof of the sideblog. And now I'm stating it outright. I am side_of_trash on Ao3. I've been writing for years. But I've just been too scared to share it with anyone. Secrety and silently honing my writing skill.

It got lonely very fast. So finally I did it. I posted under a different name.

And I nearly cried by the warm reception it got.

So from here on. I'm gonna start writing more. I'm gonna embrace who I am. Cringe culture is dead. And I fucking love Sonic the hedgehog. Sonic has given me the confidence my younger self could scarcely dream of. And I'm gonna start linking any fictions going forward here on my main blog.

I understand if my writing isn't your thing. Or if this kinda stuff doesn't interest you. So anything relating to my writing is gonna be tagged under #sideoftrashao3 on my blog. So you can choose to block it out if you don't want to see it on your dash.

But I really appreciate any support I can get. Any comments, feedback, hell I'll settle for likes.

I'm just here. Trying to explore one of the passions I've always had. And I don't expect to get famous. Nor do I really want to. I just want to feel like I'm worth something. And writing gives me that feeling. I'm proud of my writing. I work very hard on it

Thank you for reading this, if you decided to. Sorry to clog up the dashes of the few followers I have with this emotional rant. I appreciate you. I really do. Thank you.

[capyquest-logs]

DFX352 | Post 3

Time for an update already? Yup! Here we go!

As a brief reminder, I have completed the environment for this project, including rock assets, landscape pieces, grass, flowers, and 3D capybara models with cel shading.

Since my last DFX post a few weeks ago, here's a list of what I've gotten done:

Finished water and waterfall materials

Modeled all capybara character accessories

Rigged both capybara models

Modeled and rigged player character model

Worked on animations (almost complete)

Updated UE5 default player character model to my own

Started creating a base capybara actor

Added head tracking for capybara actor

Water and waterfall

I knew ahead of time that I wouldn't have the knowledge or time to create a water texture on my own (at least, not completely). So, the main bodies of water use a material created by Your Sandbox on YouTube.

I did, however, have to make my own material for the waterfall and splash. For the waterfall, I essentially overlapped a bunch of panning alpha textures at different opacities and speeds to simulate fast, chaotic, running water.

The splash was a similar idea. Lots of overlapped panning textures. Since the goal was chaos, I didn't have to make it look 'spectacular'. It's fast and crazy, so it works well. I just applied this material to a very flat disc and placed it right where the waterfall hits the water.

And the final result:

Capybara accessories

Nothing too exciting here, I just wanted some of the capybaras to have distinguishing features, so I gave them some accessories (6 in total). From left to right, top to bottom, we have a propeller hat, a wizard hat, a top hat, a tangerine, a straw hat, and a flower.

Capybara rigs

Rigging was pretty straightforward, and yet I had a lot of trouble with it. I'm relatively new to rigging, so it definitely took a few tries to get it right! Fortunately, I could use the same skeleton for both capybara models, so not only did rigging take half the time it may have, but they can share animations, which was a HUGE time-saver later on.

I also did weight painting, as seen above. Overall, rigging went very well.

Player character model

I'll admit, I'm not great at character design, but my sister is a natural at it. So, I commissioned her to make three character designs with turnarounds, and I requested for her to keep it simple. Well, she delivered! And they turned out great!

We both decided the third design with the scarf was the best one. I love the fantasy-adjacent design, and its uniqueness. So, I got started modeling in Maya. Then I brought it into Blender to unwrap the UVs for texturing (because, as much as I love Maya, I really think Blender's UV unwrapping is much easier and more comprehensive than Maya's. But that's just me!) Also, not to brag, but look how cleanly it unwrapped! I think the UVs are just so satisfying to look at.

I did choose some less-than-ideal seams to unwrap along (ex. the underskirt being split right down the front center), but since the design is mostly just solid colors, it didn't really matter in the end. I promise that for more complex texturing, I put more time and care into it.

Anyways, I brought it into Substance Painter to get the base color. In-game, I used the same material as the capybaras to texture her, and just swapped out the base color parameter with her color map.

Anyways, I just rigged her like usual. I did put in an extra bone for her cowlick, and created an IK handle for the scarf for easier animating.

And here she is in-game with her capy friend :)

Animation

Animation was very straight-forward. Due to Tumblr's limit on the number of pictures/gifs you can have in a post, I can't share all of the playblasts. But, here's a link to my weekly goals post where I shared them! I have about 8 animations to finish, but I've got a good enough start that I'm only a little behind (and I'm actually ahead in other parts of the project). Each animation is short, and the models are simple, so it's quick work. I don't hate animating, it can be fun, but it's not my favorite part of the process. So, it can be hard to sit down and get them all done in a short amount of time. They're turning out great, though! I'm just churning them out a bit slower than I was hoping for.

I do have to redo the player character jumping animation as well. The jump animation I made is cute, but there's a wind-up before she actually starts the jump, which is torturous to experience in-game. I was pissing myself off while testing the mechanics.

UE5 Basics (and Head Tracking)

So, I put my character in-game, and aside from the jumping issue, it's working great! The walking and running animations look really good! I set the running mode to be a left-shift toggle, since I predict most people would want to run around the map quickly. I wouldn't blame them, the map isn't huge but it's still time-consuming to just walk everywhere. And with a toggle, you don't have to hold left-shift down. Just pressing it once makes you run.

Oh, and for those interested, here's the annoying jump animation code I had to come up with, and have now abandoned. The animation wind-up starts from a standing position, so I would have to disable player input and stop movement, and manually do a bunch of coding that was really glitchy and annoying.

Anyways, moving on to the capybaras! I knew what I wanted their behavior to be like. When out of range, every few seconds a random animation would play: Stretch, look left and right, look down and back up, and walk a short distance. This was so that they're not just standing around like statues, waiting for you to come up to them and interact. That would be really soulless and, frankly, underwhelming. I'm still working on this system.

When you get close to them, I wanted them to stop randomizing movements, and use tracking to have their heads follow the player. This was easy, since there's already a LookAt node in UE5. So, I set up a collision sphere, so when the player is within this sphere, it activates head tracking. The blueprints include getting the player's position, setting the collision actions, and activating the LookAt node in the Locomotion blueprint.

Getting player position:

Collision enter and exit:

Animation state (Locomotion) conditions:

LookAt node:

There was an issue, though. Every time I started playtesting the game, the collision was automatically activated at the very start of the game. I'm not certain why, but my theory is that, for some reason, the capybara itself was activating the enter overlap condition at game start. Which is strange.

So, as a sort of band-aid solution, I wrote out a bit of code at game start to immediately set the IsLookingAtPlayer variable back to false, and that did the trick.

Sorry if this post has a lot of unneeded information. I got carried away near the end. I'm just so excited that this project is coming together so nicely! I'm also very proud of myself for staying relatively on-schedule and creating something special. Anyways, back to work!

[celiaelise]

Started watching "Strong Girl Nam-Soon"! I think I'm 3 episodes in? It's VERY silly, but very fun once you accept the baseline silliness of the universe. First of all can I just say I LOVE Nam-Soon she's SO cute and fun, I love that she just wants to help people and be happy, and also that she can only speak impolitely lol.

I DO think that it's an absolute CRIME that we only got her in cute Mongolian outfits and hairstyles for two (and a half) episodes! I'm normally an advocate for short haircuts, but her "post makeover" look is the most bland thing I've ever seen. (Though I admit her hair does look pretty cute with the scrunchie when they go to work for not!Amazon.) Literally why does her look have to change so much?? Is it because they want her to look more "Korean" and less "Mongolian"?? I'll admit to having zero cultural/historical context for the relationship between these two cultures, but that seems like a bad motive! But also long hair seems like a very common look? What was wrong with it? I am also usually an advocate for bangs, but I actually feel like she looked cuter without them. idk, maybe as the show progresses, there'll be an arc about her finding a middle ground between her two sets of parents.

I do think it's very, deeply unfortunate that the love interest is a cop 🙄😔😒 of course, as I've said before, TV cops are a mythical species to me, like elves in fantasy, so I can distance them from the unpleasantness of real life cops, but only so much! Plus, she literally SAID she wanted a man who was delicate and helpless!!! Get this girl a librarian! A flautist!!! Someone who makes dollhouse miniatures!!!! idk man!

Another unfortunate thing is the fatphobia surrounding her twin brother. The, like, twenty seconds he's spent getting to have a personality onscreen have been really sweet! Would love to see more of that, and less of his parents shitting on him to his face. 😠

I loooved when Nam-Soon made gers for her and her friends! 🥰 She's so innovative and resourceful!

In the first episode, I was really hoping the imposter was doing it unknowingly, and she really was just a random strong girl trying to make money. Maybe she and Nam-Soon could be friends, and maybe she was even related to them! But it doesn't seem like that's the path we're headed. :/ Also, why did the mother design a test that an ordinarily strong human could pass?? And, like, why were there not follow-up tests? Or tests of the speed and eyesight abilities? (Assuming the, like, generational psychic link ability is too strenuous to be activated on command.)

I donnnn't really care about this drug empire plotline, but I'm sure I'll be made to care about it 🙄

Sorry lol I just realized this post is, like, mostly complaining 😅 I really am enjoying the show! I just unfortunately have the hater's temperament. 😔

[ikubaes]

i'm not sure if you will ever look back on here after interaction we had on friday, but i want to write this anyway... i wanna answer everything you wrote in your post... and i think this is just me subsequently wanting to talk to you more.

i have to admit, i was a little confused as to why you broke no contact with me first on the 3rd and then writing to me on the 12th... if we weren't gonna talk... this could just be my confusion, but i always thought reaching out first meant having a conversation with the other person? i guess maybe i didn't reply fast enough? the message and post gave me a lot of hope for a future "us" would that look back at this moment in time and just laugh at how silly we were being.

things in your post made me think you did wanna talk, so i was a bit surprised by the reaction i got when i approached you. i knew it was your birthday and there's a million other things you'd rather be doing, but i don't know... it confused me a lot. this isn't me being upset that you didn't want to, it's just the way i was processing everything... it's okay, though. i told you that i wouldn't rush you. not that you ever have to talk to me either... i feel like the ball has always been in your court when it comes to us reconnecting... it's really your call... your comfort. i'll always want to. not because i think of you fondly because you loved me so dearly, i want to because i truly feel as if we're meant to be in each other's lives if we carry holes in us that are entirely shaped like the other.

i want to talk you again, be in your space again, feel you trust me again, laugh with you again, link arms with you while we walk down the street again. i genuinely love you. i never stopped. i guess the problem was that i never really cared what we were, as long as we could fall on each other and talk... maybe that's my fault.

i'll list my contacts here that are quicker than tumblr if you do wanna talk... i won't bother you on instagram again.

discord: mostlyfate / twitter: @idluanymore

i really don’t know how to start this off. i don’t even know how many days have passed since i finally saw what was on your blog. it’s kind of funny, actually. i’ve went back and looked on here a bunch of times throughout the past year but i never felt able to check the stuff on your blog. it felt invasive, for some reason. even though we kind of built this together (didn’t we?) it felt like i wasn’t allowed to go back on there, so i didn’t. but that day i was having a particularly hard time and i was feeling your absence in a way that just saying “missing” doesn’t seem to cut it. i was talking with a new friend who doesn’t know much about you and i guess i said something in relation to you that made them say something along the lines of: i don’t know what happened because you don’t talk about this but i can tell this is still hurting you. it caught me off guard, i guess it’s never nice to be called out. either way, that night i was really looking for your words. i felt silly but i read plenty of tomin and i wanted to remember what you said to me in letters. i vaguely remembered you maybe addressing me at the end of gifts, so i finally checked your blog. imagine my surprise, i wanted just a paragraph of you telling me i was valued and i came across all that. it froze me, it’s frozen me for several days. i find myself in a state where i don’t know where i stand and i don’t know what to do. i regret never getting closure but i didn’t dare to mess with how it was ended.

that is kinda funny that you were never able to look at my blog... i looked at yours a lot, especially the little note you wrote me at the end of tomin's 500 days. sometimes it would make me cry. sometimes it would make me smile. on the tail end of 2023, it would mostly make me cry. we did build these blogs together and now we're here, tip-toeing around each other on them years later. i also miss you in a way that "missing" doesn't encompass either. i'm sorry the thought of me still hurts you, i really wish i could do something about it; i really want to. i don't really say sorry a lot either, so i really mean it when i say it to you. i'm happy my words were able to reach you. i hope you could feel the fondness and love i still hold for you in them. this part "i find myself in a state where i don’t know where i stand and i don’t know what to do. i regret never getting closure but i didn’t dare to mess with how it was ended." is what made me think you wanted to reconnect with me, on top of the message from the 3rd.

with the topic of you talking to your friend who doesn't know a lot about me, i had a similar experience. i made a new friend last year who was also a taylor swift fan, i also kinda delved into her music a lot more after we stopped talking because i always told you i liked her girly, country albums more than her newer stuff and it was also just an excuse to feel close to you in some way. at least we'll be listening to the same songs. so, it was when she dropped her eras tour dvd thing online. we were watching it, making commentary and the song 'the 1' came on. i busted into tears. it was so uncontrollable, we had to pause and all i could do was cry about all of the memories of you flooding through my mind about how you said it reminded you of me.

i’ve thought about you throughout the year. i’ve thought about you, your sister, your brother, your friends. i’ve thought about the “i hope you get everything you’ve ever wanted and i hope i never hear a thing about it” quote. not in a negative way, of course. i wish for your happiness because i still genuinely think you are deserving of love but i don’t think that’s something that will ever include me. i think you remember me fondly because i loved you so desperately and i believe you will be able to find other people, like me, who will love you like that. it just won’t be me, and that’s fine. all the love i showed you is yours to keep and i hope you know that.

i thought a lot about you too. i've thought about those around you and how jealous i am of them. the quote does hurt, but i really hope i do get to hear about everything good that's happened to you even if it doesn't involve me. i still think there's a chance for us, so i do think you could be involved if you wanted to be. i don't remember you fondly simply because you loved me. i remember you the way i do because despite all of the stuff we went through together, we could always smile at the end. i think about you so sweetly because you were my rock, the person i went to everything with, the person who would sit with me for hours, bantering and creating and allowing me to love her. i'm sorry the kind of love i was capable of back then wasn't what you wanted. i truly am sorry. i recognize now that to a person who feels one type of love so strongly, being around the object of their affection that can only give another form of love must've been really hard. we had so many memorable times together... so many of my formative moments in my late teens and early twenties were with you. a part of me grew up with you. i love for for many reasons and not one of them is simply because you loved me.

it does make me feel less lonely to realize you remember me in such kind ways. in my constant self-villanization i feared the occasional aches i felt were one-sided and i was nothing more than just a fleeting memory to you. i wrote this down a lot. do you miss me? do you think about me? are you fine with all this? am i carrying this all alone? i guess i’m not. it makes the burden a little less heavy and then you wonder, isn’t this kinda ridiculous? but i don’t know.. i don’t know. i guess i wanted you to know that i still carry you too. in the small things, the iu and the red velvet, the fromis 9 and the furuba. that silly black cat is still in my bed, but now he wears a cinnamoroll hat and goes by a new name. i changed a lot this past year, mostly my interests. i realized half-way i was just pretending there was a three year gap where nothing happened, avoiding things i shared with you and sheltering myself in things i wouldn’t find you in, even though i always found you. did you know jeonghan from seventeen’s favorite movie is my tomorrow, your yesterday? did you get the 1004 from him? i always think about these things. do you remember when i told you juyeon from the boyz was kinda jeongmin coded? do you remember when we made an idolverse and i ripped off their discography? do you remember jeongmin? a lot of people are surprised i kind of stopped caring about twice. but how could i? i couldn’t even explain it. i walked around with holes i forcibly ripped away until i found something else to patch them up. i made new friends, factory reset my life.

i do miss you. i do think about you. i wasn't fine with it and i still am not fine with the distance between us. you're not carrying anything alone. why is it ridiculous that we both miss each other dearly? did we not love each other for 2 years? do we both not wish we could still be around the other? i never really tried to forget you, if i had to be honest. of course it stung, but i took it as me just simply still caring about you. after the initial pain had waned, i think my love for you simply crystalized in my heart; it was still there, just condensed and solid in place. i never really tried to change my interest either, i thought in retrospect, it was kinda sweet that our voices would echo behind the others' whenever we spoke about common things we shared. i'm happy you still carry the black cat around with you, even if she's different now. to be loved is to be changed, no?

i hope one day you'll be able to enjoy the things you enjoyed with me with yourself again... and if you don't want to, that's okay, too. interests change all the time. i rewatched our beloved summer this past summer because i missed you the most then and all i could think about is how we ended up paralleling yeonsu and ung.

i didn't know his favorite movie was my tomorrow, your yesterday! dang, does that mean we're both basic? /lighthearted and i got 1004 because it means cheonsa in korean! i always thought it was cute, it's cute that that's his birthday, too. i also happen to like juyeon these days. the boyz, not so much, but i do like seeing juyeon's photoshoots. he is jeongmin coded, isn't he? i still remember jeongmin. my favorite muse to ever exist, of course! i remember everything about him, you could still quiz me now and i'm sure i'd get a 100% on a minnie quiz.

coincidentally on the 3rd, i accidentally typed jeongmin's name instead of jeongin for a show i was watching with a friend. i was surprised myself that his name was still engrained in me.

i'm happy that you have a good crowd around you. i'm also surprised you can't find yourself being invested in twice anymore since i remember they were the main group you collected. i hope that changes since they were your girls for so long.

saying it like that kind of makes it sound miserable, but i’m not, or at least i’m not most of the time. i don’t want you to think i am struggling, i think i’ve managed to hold myself up pretty alright. though i am emotionally unavailable in ways that surprise me when i look back at us, the person who i am today vs. the lover girl i was… please always cherish that love because i don’t know if i will ever be able to give it away like that. so devoted the lines blur. my new friend said it’s concerning when i said i let the people that love me do whatever they want with or to me, but i don’t know. maybe one day i will learn, but please don’t let all that i gave you be in vain. if you still have those days where you feel too difficult, always remember there was somebody that really loved you and would’ve done anything for you. i don’t need it to be mutual anymore, i just want it to be acknowledged.

i'm glad you have been living a good life. i truly am. i hope you have brighter days than you have dark. i do cherish all of the love you gave me. i just wish you would let me give it back to you in a manner that i couldn't back then. so devoted the lines blur is a beautiful way to put it. i do still have days where i feel too difficult, that's all i could think about the first couple of months that we didn't talk. how inept i was. how i couldn't seem to get it through my thick skull that you did love me. i wrote about this in my first post to you and a little bit in my second, too. how i couldn't seem to get a grasp on my interpersonal problems that made me feel so unlovable. get a grasp on my sexuality. asking me to believe you loved me back then was like asking an atheist to believe in god. they simply couldn't. i think we argued about how i didn't feel like you cared for me a few times because the way you portrayed it wouldn't register in my worm-infested brain or something like that. the problems we had back then really escape me now. i know a lot of it was because i had a hard time admitting i had feelings for you because of my confusion in my sexuality, how turbulent my life was at one point, how moody i was, too, and how we never really talked about it afterwards. how things just were swept under the rug because we wanted to salvage what kind of relationship we still had with each other. i think we were both really insecure with the other, too. i know i was really immature too. short with you, too. couldn't understand why you kept saying or doing things that upset me. i've healed a lot in therapy, i'm coming up on one year in therapy soon. i've done a lot of work pertaining my family problems and my emotional dysregulation. i think i saw my therapist 3 times a week during the summer because i really needed someone to talk to about everything. my therapist does know a lot about you... i hope you don't mind. i recently came out to a lot of my friends and loved ones, too... learned a lot about my sexuality through other queer south asian women and it was a very healing experience. which is funny because i remember you clocking a long time ago that my man-chasing shenanigans were just me displaying "fatherless behavior" and well, it was true. you clocked a long time ago that i was comp-het and a flaming lesbian in denial, too. i still laugh thinking about how i told you how much i loved women growing up and you just called me gay. i know you said you didn't wanna hear a lot about me, but i did wanna share this with you.

i’ll always remember you. i’ll remember how you said that you liked how i loved you like a puppy, how willing i was to do anything for us. you’re someone i’m always going to remember because you showed me how much love i am capable to have, to feel and to give.

to this, i want to tell you that there will always be a chair, decorated with stickers with matcha bubble tea sitting on it, waiting for you, at my table for you. there's always space in my heart and life for you if you ever decide you want to be there. i wouldn't have to make space because it would simply always be there. i see a future for us. i really do.

p.s.: i tell people you were my ex girlfriend. it’s much simpler that way. is that okay with you? almost one year no contact, can we finally admit we were in a two year long relationship? it’s okay if not. i always felt i would’ve been easier to love if i had been a boy.

i admit we were basically in a relationship with each other. i'll happily be your ex girlfriend. you wouldn't have been easier to love if you were a boy. not in the slightest. i'm sorry if i made you feel that way in a state of how underdeveloped i was back then. i love you for everything you are.

i think about that question, "if you were in a room full of people you loved, who would you go to first?"

undeniably, irrevocably... i would go to you.

i hope you had a fun birthday. i really hope i hear from you soon. if i don't, i hope my words touch you once again.

as always, i love you and i'm always here for you.

[lonelywhalien22]

LMAO I truly don't mind the long messages! I'm a fairly straightforward person, They're fun! I have no idea who would read through them other than us so 🤷🏻‍♀️

I don't mean to break anyone's heart but my own! LOL - realistically and with my luck when it comes to BTS, I've just never had a good experience trying to see them. I do wish anyone else all the best though - you included!!!

I think if the audience is 21+, I can do GA 😂 I went to see Epik High recently and most of the audience were in their 20s or older, so it was less chaotic. Not to be that adult LOL, but sometimes, the younger fans are kinda wildin' and disrespectful 😅 Epik High isn't like one of my favorite favorite groups (they were my intro into Kpop), so I wasn't expecting myself to be knocked off my feet, but I was LOL! It was just like fun and chill vibes. I feel like the audience can really make or break your experience.

I'm so glad you had a good time at The Link!!! Even if they didn't do their new album, still sounds like the song selection was pretty good???

Great minds just think alike!!! 🤣😂 No shame at all - if Yangyang's part made you flustered, then he did his job and that is not a bad thing LOL 🤣 Imo, Yangyang is just really dorky and endearing - not necessarily in like a "must protecc" kind of way, but he just makes me a giggly at the dumbest things I normally wouldn't AHAHA. OKAY! Confession - Xiaojun is very much like . . . my type when it comes to who in a group I fall for first LOL. I love his brows, he sings super well with his pretty low ranges, and at least from what we can tell he has a fun personality hahaha.

I'll check out some of the songs you have down for ATEEZ and get back to you!! Screenshotted and will queue them up~ I do listen to Wave, Turbulence, MIST, Light, and Promise regularly!!!

Omg omg omg omg!!! My turn to go wild!! LOL. So long story, short when it comes to SVT: I was a casual fan for a long time, but only started during L&R era. I'm embarrassed to admit, but the combo of Kidult and Mingyu really shoved me to explore their discography (and them as a group LOL) further 😂😅 All this to say, I've only been a carat for ~3-ish years now, so I'm sure there are other ppl who can give you a more seasoned and in-depth look into their discography, but I'll make a separate post sharing my favorite pieces from them! Noted about HHU - Wonwoo/Mingyu were 2 of my very first biases, so I definitely have stuff for you LOL.

RED VELVET MY GIRLS!!!! In my humble opinion, their concept is so timeless - I hope they last a long time 🥺 I definitely went through a Taeyeon phase as well a few years ago (was it really a few or more? T^T) LOL. Why is still my favorite from her!!

The way I was just vibrating when you mentioned StayC LOL - I have friend who LOVES them with all her heart and it's so cute and fun to see y'all be big fans of them!! I did listen to YOUNG-LUV.COM and agree so much!!! I think Young Luv was definitely in my Top 10 most played on Spotify this year hahaha.

LSFM is probably my second most favorite gg after Red Velvet 🥺😭 I mostly started following because I wanted to support Yunjin who I've been keeping my eye out for since her green melona basement room days 😭 (yes, the same one as SVT LMAO). She used to be a Pledis trainee, but then got bounced around a lot between different agencies because she never quite fit any of the concepts. It warmed my heart when she debuted after almost giving up! I ended up really liking LSFM overall after watching their docu-series and then the Anti-Fragile comeback! Blue Flame and No Celestial have a chokehold on me hahaha.

Have you heard Lovin' Me by Fifty Fifty!!!?? I think you might like it a lot!!! I have no idea who they are either lmao, but I really liked that one!! 100/10 would recommend checking out XG - I think they have something a little different to offer the kpop gg scene and it's refreshing! They're latest comeback was really good 🤩

I listen to all the other gg's you listed as well casually LOL, but I'll stop here since I don't have anything else to add hahahaha.

Please look foward to the SVT playlist AAAHHH hahahaha - I love doing things like this 😍🥰

Thank you for the well-wishes 🥺 It's kind of intimidating bc some ppl in my life aren't being the most supportive, but I'm the slightest bit hopeful, it'll work out okay for me in the end :')

AFTER ALL SVT SAID FIGHT FOR YOUR LIFE 😂💀😎

Hm, ok you've got me considering GA for real, because there are a few artists I've skipped out on because the venue is only GA 😭...but like maybe this is a me problem but all of the concerts I go to definitely attract lots of under 21 so...💀😂

As an Ateez MIST enthusiast (like personally that's one of my top top top faves from them), I love that you like that song! And omg a fellow stayc girl YESSSSS lol. Blue Flame by LSFM is so great too, and I believe they're about to release a whole album in May so look forward to that! I will def be tuning in! Will definitely check out XG and that song you mentioned from Fifty Fifty as well!

Length of time doesn't matter!!! I've been an Atiny for the same amount of time! Very much looking forward to your SVT playlist!

~Fight for your life~ friend!!!

[nadinebrooks]

Harry Potter Masterlist: Preferences and One-Shots

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Started: 06/02/2022

Last Updated: 05/31/2024

Total Works: 37

Preferences

Your House & Blood Type (09/11/22)

Your Year Compared to Him (09/11/22)

Your Siblings (09/15/22)

How You Meet (09/16/22)

His First Thoughts When He Sees You (09/17/22)

He Realizes That He Likes You (10/06/22)

He Realizes That He Likes You Part 2 (10/06/22)

You Realize You Like Him (11/24/22)

You Realize You Like Him Part 2 (11/24/22)

He Gets Jealous (12/09/22)

He Gets Jealous Part 2 (12/09/22)

How You Spend the Christmas Holidays (12/24/22)

How You Spend the Christmas Holidays Part 2 (12/24/22)

You Get Jealous (02/12/23)

Your Best Friend (05/27/23)

One-Shots

Golden Era

Harry Potter

Don't Forget to Write: You learn exactly what kind of school Harry Potter goes to. (09/11/22)

Some Real Competition: You have never head to deal with academic competition in your life. That is until you run into the Harry Potter and his friend, The Half Blood Prince. (11/24/22)

Hunger Games Edition: My obsession with the Hunger Games is back so I combined the two. (12/07/22)

Ray of Light: Harry finally decides to admit his feelings. (07/02/23)

Ron Weasley

I'll Catch You: Ron Weasley was your childhood best friend and he is not happy that you belong in Slytherin. (12/02/22)

Can We Start Over?: Ron Weasley has made a lot of mistakes in his life. But is this one so bad that he can't come back from it? (03/19/23)

The Silent Slytherin's Stand: Even though you're quiet, you're not afraid to stand up for what you believe in. (07/21/23)

Beyond the Balcony: As Harry Potter youngers sister, you've done your best to stay away from his best mate, but the heart wants what it wants. (07/24/24)

Draco Malfoy

Princess: You get asked to the Yule Ball by Cedric Diggory. What could go wrong? (09/14/22)

Drunken Mess: When you have a few too many drinks, you slip up and say something to Draco Malfoy that you can't take back. (10/07/22)

A Guiding Light: After making a bet with Draco Malfoy, you learn that even he needs some a warm light in his life. (05/05/24)

George Weasley

Do You Really Want This: Slytherins aren't supposed to have feelings for Weasley. But, do you want something that's easy or something that makes you happy? (11/11/22)

The Ravenclaw Princess: A highly intelligent, but often isolated Ravenclaw forms an unexpected bond with George when she helps him prepare for the Yule Ball. (05/31/24)

Fred Weasley

You are Enough: Being a Malfoy is hard. Being a Malfoy who was placed in Hufflepuff is even harder. (10/16/22)

Still My Best Friend: Unexpected love is usually the best kind. (01/02/23)

The Yule Ball Bet: Fred asks you to be his date as a bet and it comes back around to haunt him. (08/04/24)

The Yule Ball Bet Part 2: Fred asks you to be his date as a bet and it comes back around to haunt him. (08/04/24)

Dean Thomas

Make a Wish: Whenever presented with a chance to wish upon a star, always take that chance. (04/17/23)

Cedric Diggory

Hard to Get: Maybe playing hard to get with Cedric Diggory wasn't such a good idea after all. (09/17/22)

Blossoming Love: New school year. New projects. New friends. New love? (10/07/23)

Severus Snape

The New Potions Master: You become the new Potions Master at Hogwarts and you make an unlikely friend (10/29/22)

The New Potions Master Part 2: You become the new Potions Master at Hogwarts and you make an unlikely friend (05/26/24)

Pansy Parkinson

Believe Me Now: Pansy Parkinson has some new feelings and she isn't sure where they came from. (01/12/23)

Marauders Era

Young! James Potter

All I Want For Christmas Is You: Just something cute for the holidays. James Potter and you discuss what you want for Christmas. (12/21/22)

Young! Sirius Black

Young! Remus Lupin

I Could Never Hate You: Even thought you're his best mates little sister, Remus can't stay away. (05/11/23)

The Next Generation

James Sirius Potter

We're Just Friends: A game of truth or dare makes you realize that maybe you like James Potter a little more than just friends. (09/26/22)

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Ok I would ask for EngPort because my hunger is neverending, but I read... scotger? OMG wanna those too!

(hope you feel better my dear)

I will do both. After a good cry, a good night's sleep, and realizing that I wasn't as behind as I thought I was I'm feeling better.

I love both these ships and do not get to talk about them as much as I'd like 😤

EngPort

The classic friends to lovers

There was no grand confession. These two literally became overly affectionate as friends and one day Arthur notices that hey...Maybe they've become more than friends. Like Port is laying in his lap, Arthur is combing a hand through his hair and in a burst of confidence he asks Afonso if they're lovers. Afonso pauses for a moment before going "I guess we are."

They get married during Arthur's pirate years. They may not be legally married, but their crews, their allies and even their enemies recognized it and it was enough for them

Less of a headcanon and more of a thought I constantly have about these two. This is one of the few ships Arthur actually feels comfortable in. There isn't as much digging required on Port's part to get Arthur to be honest. They love each other, they always have, in one way or another so Arthur can be more honest with his feelings because he trusts Afonso more than he has trusted anyone else. Other than one time as nations where Afonso's nation took a dig at his (Pink Map), Afonso has never hurt him or given Arthur a reason to think he would.

They love sailing together. The pirate age may be long gone, but the sea still calls to them, and they'll happily take any kind of boat out on the water. Their best memories lay there after all

They've gotten so good at communicating without words, picking up on each other's smallest tells or using actions to get emotions across. It's easier for Arthur that way.

ScotGer

I've already discussed headcanons for these two, but I'll try to add new ones! If you want to see the og headcanon post it can be found here.

To summarize how they get together (since I went into more detail in the post I linked above). Basically for a long while it was just business with Alastair looking up to Ludwig and Ludwig feeling awkward because Allie is older than him. They become drinking buddies and soon Ludwig feels they're on the same level. Eventually they confess.

Alastair will often convince Arthur to let him going to meetings in Arthur's place just to see Ludwig. Luckily Arthur enjoys a break from time to time so he let's it happen (also deep down he wants to support his brother in this relationship)

They love going on little coffee dates during meeting breaks. Even if Allie isn't involved in the meeting, he'll tag along with Arthur and take Ludwig out to relax during break (because he knows that if he doesn't Ludwig would work himself through it instead and only make himself more stressed)

They are very cuddly. Most are surprised to discover this, but deep down, both of them had always longed for someone to hold them, but they had been too stubborn and scared to admit it. But slowly, they started to allow themselves to open up and initiate affection with each other, starting with simple hand holding and building up to proper embraces and kisses. It's slow, but gentle with a lot of testing the water

Besides drinking together and cafe dates, they also enjoy taking walks togerher, or just staying in with dinner and a movie, baking, mostly casual stuff without a lot of people being around

Ludwig's dogs love Alastair and Allie loves them. He's always been more of a dog person, but never got one of his own because the UK bros house is already packed.