#i'll post the answer when the poll ends but feel free to reply if you know it!

[ikemen-daily-questions]

Results and Going Forward

The winning results of the poll was that this blog will schedule the remaining holiday based questions to post around and on the holidays they were designed for (halloween/fall, new years/xmas, Valentine's). 'Around' means some questions that were made to build up to the holidays (examples: new years eve party celebrations, and then a question made for the day after specifically).

Interspersed between these will be randomly scheduled messages of remaining non-holiday questions, but 'daily' questions will not be happening outside of those. These are variations of existing questions that I hadn't gotten around to posting yet.

I'll be updating the 'About' and pinned post messages as this continues. Once all the questions post, I will have a final post go out to make it clear no more questions will be coming out and make that the new pinned. This blog will become an archive at that point on, free to reblog questions from still.

All of this will take some time to implement.

So! Now for more sentimental words and more. I'll put it under a cut just to separate the needed info from my sappiness.

I don't have a hateful letter to this fandom in regards to this blog. All of you have been consistently polite, kind, and fun to see your responses to these questions. I'm not sure what may have been the general consensus with why this blog popped up, but the reason why I started it was because these are questions we use in my ikemen server. We have a bot there that we load up with questions and scenarios to post, and we originally began doing so to help shy people in the server be able to have some sort of 'excuse' to start rambling about their faves without having to join/start a conversation themselves.

And after we've had that bot for a few years, I thought that maybe people in here would enjoy that 'excuse' to ramble without the fear of having their responses responded to by me, that it was just something they could share on their blog or reply to and lovingly yap about their fave for just a bit. So I took the questions we had and started this blog to see if the questions could encourage people to do so, and that it did!! Over nearly a year, we gathered 154 followers, and that doesn't include whoever just answered the questions when they stumbled upon them. That's so many more than I expected!!! And each of you have been kind and sweet. Reading your responses typically ended up making me chuckle or, for more serious sounding ones, nod along. I really hope I've been able to bring some small joys with this blog, since you guys inadvertently did so for me with your responses!

So, I guess the question today is why would I stop doing it when it's been a happy time for everyone included? Well! Simply put, I am busy. Outside of this blog, I have my writing blog, my ikemen server, the letters blog and server. I have my 40hr a week job, I have friends and family that have been in various states of health or struggles in the past year (that impacted me more than I thought), and more stuff that I do. While this blog was fine when I had a lot of questions, once I started running out of normal ones and had to come up with more, I realized this slowly was becoming a chore of sorts. I disliked how it turned into me feeling stressed trying to make new questions because I misjudged how much of a sharp turn IRL and other fandom fun would take. And as much as I love trying to do something nice, I don't want to do it at the expense of extremely limited leisure time and accidentally turning fandom into a chore for myself. It's only me working on this blog, sans the kind people who submitted some questions in the past, so out of all the things I currently do, this blog was the one that could be 'ended' so I could help myself.

Which. I am bummed about, haha! I truly wanted to make it a full year, March 6th, before pulling the plug. I feel guilty, but I can't let something fun turn into something more negative. I want to leave the blog on a way better note than that.

I will say this: If anyone would like to make a blog of your own that does daily questions regarding these games - please feel free to! This idea was inspired by those 'comfort imagines' accounts, so it's not an original concept. (I just may peek over from time to time to use some questions for fodder for my server qs, and hopefully that will be alright.)

Thank you so much for all of the fun shared here. I usually got to have a serotonin boost every day, and I thank you all so much for that.

[nearsbday]

hello - this event is a wonderful idea, everything is so neatly organized, and i love the tumblr theme too! i would like to ask - am i mistaken in thinking an event like this pretty much consists of doing all this (wonderful) organization of the blog, the rules, the prompts - just leaving it all there for people to see, and then reblogging everyone's fanworks? (and of course, doing a great job at answering everyone's questions!) i've always been intimidated by how much work fandom events look to be, but it's occurred to me recently that a prompt-based, free-to-opt-in event like this doesn't involve all the job of putting out surveys and collecting their results, organizing teams of people, following up with unfulfilled submissions, etc. so i'm kind of hopeful i might be able to organize a similar event one day. you guys are doing it amazingly, it's no small job, but i was genuinely wondering because it also feels pretty achievable :) but of course that might be me being a bit naive. is there any other work behind the scenes? i'm honestly just curious to know how much work it takes either way! i've seen other people do a surprising amount of work for events like this - getting people to make countdown art, tons of surveys, interest checks, etc. did you guys also do something like that? do you think it is or is not strictly necessary for a prompt-based event? thank you so much in advance for replying, good luck with the event, and i hope it's a blast! (and i'm so sorry for being too long winded! i always get caught up in trying to clarify!)

HI! thank you for the question, and no worries about long-windedness. i'll do my best to answer your question. we did not do any surveys, because we had ideas for prompts already and wanted to use those! we also didn't really worry too much about doing a big interest check. i don't have a good explanation for that other than "personally knew enough people who were nominally interested to feel pretty good about it" lmao. if the event were more niche -- for example, if this were an event for a small ship, or a less popular character -- i think it would have been prudent / useful to do an interest check and to poll people for when they're available, but since Near is fairly popular (though arguably under-appreciated. in my totally non-biased opinion.) and his birthday is on a set date, interest wasn't too much of a concern, and the dates weren't too hard to land on, either.

so far, the graphics have been the largest amount of work, as well as thinking of how to organize and run things-- stuff like determining when to release prompts, how often / how to do promotion for the event, when to post reminders / countdowns, rules, submission guidelines, determining a tagging system for submissions once the event starts (we will be tagging with prompt, day, fan work format {fic vs art vs playlist etc}, whether or not it's sfw, username of the person submitting, and honestly probs at least one more thing i'm just forgetting rn)... so on and so forth. i have a lot of fun making graphics for fanfics and such, so i took charge of creating those, and what we have so far pretty easily took around... 14-16 hours? this is including things that aren't posted yet, like the graphics we have for each day of the event. i still have a few more graphics to make as well for things like the countdown :-)

it's hard for me to say how much work the rest will be, since it hasn't happened yet-- and since i imagine it'll depend on how much participation we get!! -- but, if you'd like to talk more about the set-up for an event like this, or if you'd like to hear what i think after the event is finished / listen to whatever lessons we end up learning from running our first event, feel free to reach out to me at @blondiest or @neallo <3 [i won't speak definitively for my co-runner, but i imagine she'd be happy to weigh in as well!]

[ladydimitrescuspet]

Everything I Do For You Is Out Of Love [NSFW]

AO3 Link! long time since I've actually posted one of these smut dialogue prompts! I was having trouble with this one, couldn't quite figure out how to get it to work until I remember some mad idea I had about a fic. but please enjoy, tell me what you think, apologies for any and all grammatical errors, and please read the warnings first! also just wanna say that even tho I wrote this, doesn't mean that I condone Alcina's behaviour. this is not a healthy relationship, it's toxic.

And as promised, you can vote on my au poll again, your choices: you au, pirate au, and titanic au! voting closes at midnight est, happy voting!

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warnings: toxic love, blood, torture??, bodily harm, consensual sex, masochism??, sadism??, a bit of bondage, and aftercare! so sorry if I missed any, feel free to tell me and I'll add them!

48. "I can’t wait to put bruises all over that pretty skin." + angry sex

You were jolted awake by the sound of something shattering. You let out a small sigh, you knew what it meant when Alcina was in one of her moods. You called out to Eliza, the maid Alcina had set up across the hall from her bedchambers. "Eliza, come quickly, please!" You said it as loud as you possibly could, knowing that the woman would still be awake enough to hear you.

Eliza yawned and rubbed her eyes as she entered the room. "What's it this time, Y/N?" She asked.

"The Lady seems to be in a mood, the mood. I'm assuming her talk with Mother Miranda didn't end well, as they usually don't." You said as you got out of the bed. Your words snapped Eliza out of her sleepy state.

"Oh, dear, we'd better get you ready then." Eliza replied. "Where's the Lady keep her ropes, the trunk?" You gave a hum in reply, indicating that she was correct. "And you remember the safe word, yes?"

You nodded your head. "I remember, it's roses." You answered. "You'll have to help me get the ropes tied. The last time I did it, I fell to the floor and Alcina wouldn't stop laughing at me. She laughed so much that she brightened her own mood and we ended up cuddling the whole night." You had a small smile on your face as you told Eliza that. "But I doubt she'd want a repeat of that so I'll need your help." You said as you stripped your clothes off, only wearing your undergarments.

You stood up on the stool Eliza had brought you so you wouldn't just be hanging from the ceiling from your wrists. "It's important that you stay on this stool until the Lady arrives and can properly make sure nothing happens." Eliza said as she wrapped the rope around them, tying them up. She tugged on them before speaking. "That's not too tight, is it?"

"No, it feels just fine. I know Alcina will appreciate you helping me out." You replied.

Eliza let a small frown settle onto her face. She was always fussing over your wellbeing since your arrival to the Castle. She was the protective mother you wish you had had growing up. Eliza became even more protective when you became Alcina's companion. One of the reasons why she was moved from her old room down with the other servants to across the hall from Alcina's room.

"It shouldn't be long before the Lady arrives. I'm sure her girls are out and about the Castle so I'll go downstairs and get some tea going. It'll be waiting to come up for the two of you once the Lady rings for it. You make sure to be safe now, alright?" Eliza gave you a small smile when you nodded at her before she left the room.

You were now left all alone, standing on a stool attached to a rope hanging from the ceiling, waiting for your Lady to arrive. You could never tell if this was a punishment or a reward, the way she used you after her upsetting phone calls to Mother Miranda. The first time had been so abrupt that you barely registered what happened. After the first time, you hid when you heard crashing coming from her study, knowing exactly what would happen when she came into the room and found you hiding in her closet. The smile she'd given you haunted you for weeks. But after a while, this became the norm. You were no longer afraid of what was happening, you kind of enjoyed it after a while. Your thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a door opening a closing.

Golden eyes stared at the sight of you, her tongue darting out to lick at her lips as she stalked towards you. "My, my, look at you waiting for your Mistress like a good little pet." Alcina said, her voice slightly low. She circled you a few times before stopping in front of you, her finger under your chin. "I can't wait to put bruises all over that pretty skin of yours." You couldn't help but shiver at her words.

As her eyes ran over your body, you saw her frown. "You're still in clothes, darling, that's not how I like you." Soon you were bare, feeling the tips of her claws on your body. You hissed as she dug the tip of one of them into your shoulder, her mouth on the wound quickly. "You taste marvelous, draga mea."

"Thank you, My Lady." Your response was met with a slap and you whimpered.

"I don't believe I gave you permission to speak." Alcina hissed at you. "You should be grateful I haven't kicked that stool from under your feet. I should let you dangle there, but I won't. I'm sure Eliza would have my head if she could if you were to go to her broken." Alcina rolled her eyes. "Pick a number one through ten, quickly."

"Six." You replied.

The Lady smiled. "I'll take it easy on you this time." You braced yourself as she punched you in the stomach. Is that what she called taking it easy? You could taste the blood in your mouth. "Five more, sweetness." The next one was to your cheek, opposite of the one she slapped. Her aim was off a little and she caught your nose, more blood. "You're taking these like a champ, little one." It made you angry how easily excitable she got at causing you pain, but she still looked gorgeous even if it was due to you being in pain. The next four came swiftly, all to your stomach. You cried out in pain after the fourth one, blood getting on the Lady's dress as you coughed. "Oh dear, I loved this dress. You're going to have to pay for that." She said with a shake of her head.

"I'm, I'm so s-sorry, My-" She cut you off with another slap.

Alcina clicked her tongue at you. "I still didn't give you permission to speak." Alcina said as she went to find her cigarette holder. She light a cigarette, blowing the smoke in your face causing you to scrunched it up as you turned your head. "Oh, did you not like that, pet? Look at me when I'm speaking to you." You turned your head to face her again.

You let out a scream as she pushed the cigarette into your shoulder, right over the wound she'd inflicted upon you earlier. She chuckled at your reaction before going to your backside. You felt something wet on your back, realising that it was her tongue before you felt her lips pressing against you.

"You're being so good for me, love." Alcina said into your ear causing you to shiver, letting out a small groan as a bit of pain ran through your body. "Tell me, how did you know that I'd like to find you like this when I came in the room? Perhaps I would've been lenient and just taken you right on the bed."

You gulped. "Well, I... I thought that when I, uh, heard the, um, th-the noise..." You trailed off as the Lady continued peppering your neck in kisses. "M- my Lady?" You questioned.

"Yes, love?" Alcina hummed. "What noise did you hear, darling?" Alcina asked when you didn't continue speaking.

"You threw something." You replied, whining when Alcina moved away from you.

Alcina hummed. "And do you know why I threw something?" You nodded your head. "Of course you do. I almost always get in a rage after I speak to Mother Miranda. But do you know why she called?" Alcina asked. You shook your head this time. "She called to talk to me about you." Alcina said.

You? Why would Mother Miranda call Alcina to talk about you? "Why would she... why?" You asked.

"She said that you're a distraction, that I need to stay focused on the experiments instead of you." Alcina replied. She grabbed your legs, holding them in the air as she moved the stool over so she could sit down. "But I could never take my focus away from you, draga mea." Alcina said quietly before licking your thigh. You gasped when she bit down on your flesh but not hard enough to draw blood. She did this a few more times, alternating between your thighs. The bites were painful for a while, but they dulled down.

You whimpered when her tongue trailed up your thigh, stopping so close to where you wish her mouth was. "B-but you'd be disobeying Mother Miranda," You replied. "Forgive me, My Lady, but I'm just, you shouldn't-" You were cut off by Alcina pressing a finger into you. "I... I... More, please." You begged a bit.

Alcina moved her finger in and out of you at a slow pace. "What was it that you were trying to say, darling?" Alcina asked, pressing a small kiss just below your belly button causing you to shiver again. "Don't be quiet now, love. Answer my question." Alcina said as she halted the movement of her finger.

You whined. "You shouldn't... let me continue to distract you, My Lady." You answered. You bucked your hips against her fingers to try and encourage her to continue fucking you, but she wouldn't budge. "Please, My Lady."

"Hush!" Alcina hissed as she pulled her finger from out of your body, putting the digit in her mouth to taste you. "You do taste divine, darling. Perhaps Miranda was right when she said you'd make a nice vintage." Alcina smiled at you before standing up. "Now, be good and stay still. I'm growing quite tired of you hanging here and if I have to see you dangle around in my face, I might just have some more fun and we wouldn't want that, now would we?" You shook your head. Which wasn't a good idea since your face still hurt from her punches.

When you were finally free from the ropes, Alcina dropped you to the floor knocking the wind out of you a bit. The kick she delivered to your side didn't help at all as you tried to grasp your breath. "My Lady, please." You coughed out, specks of blood getting on the carpet.

Alcina growled. "First you disrespect me, speaking out of turn. Trying to reprimand me for my actions of disobeying Mother Miranda. Now you have the absolute audacity to get your blood on my carpet? Not to mention the blood you got on my dress earlier." You curled in on yourself as best as you could until Alcina yanked you up into a standing position. "Get on the bed and don't move. I'm already risking you getting blood on the sheets by allowing this." Alcina said before heading into the bathroom. She came back with a bowl of water, soap, and washcloth. "Stay very still, lest you want your head to end up next to your body." Alcina said as she unsheathed her claws.

Your breathing grew harder as your eyes widened a bit. What was she doing? "My L-lady?" You asked, barely moving your lips. Alcina hummed. "What are yo-you doing?"

"I just need some of your blood." Alcina said as she pressed the tip of one of her clawed to the side of your neck. "Now, like I said, stay still or it'll hurt even worse." You closed your eyes, gritting your teeth and the claw dug into your skin, making a cut along your neck. You felt tears starting to form from the burning of the cut until you felt Alcina's tongue against you, soothing the pain away. "That wasn't so bad now was it, pet?" Alcina frowned when you didn't reply, grasping your hair in her hand to pull your neck back, making your eyes snap open. "I said that wasn't so bad now was it, pet, and I expect to be answered."

"No, My Lady, it wasn't, it wasn't bad, n-no." You replied. Despite Alcina's tongue healing your cut along where she licked it, the force of her pulling your head back made your neck hurt. You almost cried from the pain, your lip trembling, but you held yourself together. "My Lady?"

Alcina sighed. "Yes, darling?" She replied as she put the washcloth to your face to clean the dried blood. You stared at her for a bit, she grew a bit frustrated with your silence. "What is it, Y/N? Speak up." Alcina practically demanded.

Your eyes flickered down to your hands, watching your fingers tangle with each other. "Why are you... so, s-so mean to me?" You asked quietly. You felt Alcina's hand stop moving across your face but you didn't dare look up at her. You regretted the question as soon as it was asked.

"Darling, I'm not mean to you." Alcina said after a few moments of silence before continuing to clean your face, dropping the bloody washcloth into the bowl after she was down. "If I was mean to you, you'd be dead by now. Drink." She said, handing you a cup. Where did she get this from? What's in it? Smells like blood. "It's my blood and your blood, it'll help you feel better." You grimaced at her words. "Drink it yourself or I'll make you drink it."

You sighed reluctantly, taking the cup from her hands. You let out a deep breath before downing the contents of the cup in one go. It took everything in you to keep it from coming back up. Alcina gave you a small smile as you handed the cup back to her. "You're being so good, love." She pressed a kiss to your forehead and you leaned into her touch.

You could feel your eyes getting heavy when a large hand pushed you down onto the bed. "Wh-what?" You panicked a bit before realising that it was just Alcina.

"Eyes open, love, "Alcina commanded as her hand came under your chin. The smile she gave you when you looked into her eyes made your heart flutter. How could you ever question how Alcina acts towards you? Calling her mean, of all things. She loved you, you knew that. But something... something wasn't quite right, like a piece of the puzzle was missing. "You're mumbling, little one."

Mumbling? Did you say all of that out loud? Your face heated up at the embarrassment the realisation set upon you. "I'm sorry, My Lady." You apologised.

"Quite alright, darling. Shall we continue?" You nodded your head. You didn't exactly know what she meant, but you were grateful she asked. She wrapped her hand around your throat unexpectantly and you looked up at her with wide eyes, your hands coming up to grip her wrist. "Listen to me carefully. If I were as mean as you think I am, I could crush your windpipe right now. Strangle the life out of you. Imagine the look on poor Eliza's face if she saw your lifeless body because you made the foolish mistake to confuse my love and affection for you as meanness, cruelty even." You took in deep breaths of air when she finally let you go, rubbing at your throat and neck.

You wanted to apologise again, but you knew you didn't have permission to speak. "I think a little punishment is in order, don't you, love?" Alcina asked. Before you could answer, you were over her knee and you felt the sting of her hand on your ass. You let out a yelp, squirming against her legs only for her grip to tighten around you. "The one thing I do not tolerate in this castle is disrespect, you know that, little one. So why do you go out of your way to do it?" Alcina asked as she hit you again. She was not holding back with her hits. "Is it really so difficult to understand that everything I do for you, I do it out of love?" Another hit. You didn't realise that you'd started crying until you felt your tears hit your lips. You buried your face into Alcina's thigh as much as you could so it could absorb your sobs.

One moment you were over her knee, the next you were sitting in her lap, the Lady cooing at you. "So lovely for me, dear. So wet for me, too. Do you enjoy misbehaving, getting punished for it?" Alcina asked as her finger slipped inside you again. You shook your head at her question, sniffling as Alcina used her other hand to wipe your tears.

You brought your hand to rest on her arm as you moved against her finger. How dare she assume that you enjoyed misbehaving? You didn't. But the punishments for it were never bad, she went easy on you tonight. You convince yourself that she's gone easy on you all night. And that made a burst of anger bubble up inside you. "I'm not fragile, My Lady, you needn't treat me as such." You said, your voice as firm as you could possibly make it. It came out a bit gravelly from how sore your throat was from crying.

"No? You're not fragile, love, I know that. Do you dare question my intelligence?" Alcina asked. You quickly found your back up against the mattress, Alcina pinning you down. You watched as she got up from the bed, stripping her dress off "Every time I think you've learned, you disrespect me again. It's becoming a bit of a nuisance and I won't tolerate it. You know that. Maybe it is I that should be questioning your intelligence." Alcina growled before letting out a frustrated sigh.

You were losing her, you needed her back. "Wha-what did Mir-miranda say?" You asked.

Alcina's eyes flickered to yours. "That woman... first she called you a distraction." She opened up a draw and pulled out the strap-on, you gulped as you watched her put it on. "Then she had the nerve to tell me how she fantasised about making your hers." Alcina's eyes ran over your predatorily as she stalked toward you. "But you're mine, aren't you, love?" Alcina asked as she positioned herself over you, her cock pressing against your entrance, teasing you.

"Yours, I'm all yours, My Lady." You replied.

Alcina pushed into you. "Tell me I'm all you'll ever want." Alcina demanded as she pulled out before plunging back into you. "Tell. Me. Right. Now." She punctuated each word with a thrust, you cried out at how good she felt.

"You're all, you're all I'll ever want." You said into her shoulder. "My Lady, please, harder please," You begged as you started pushing against her to get her deeper inside you. You moaned as she thrust into you harder. "All yours, all yours." You mumbled.

Alcina smiled wickedly. "Yes, all mine." Alcina replied. "She'll never get her hands on you, on your blood, your body. Because it's all mine. You're all mine."  She was upset at Miranda. She was taking her frustration out on you as soon as she walked in the door. Love and affection, protection, possessiveness, all for you. She did it all for you. Your nails clawed at her back as you wrapped your legs around her waist, groaning at how it pushed her even deeper inside you. "She'll never have this, never have you wrapped around cock, never be able to take you the way I do. Never." You whimpered against her, a form of reassurance.

"Never, My Lady. Never." You said. You could feel your orgasm building up as Alcina's lips started kissing down your jaw to your pulse point. You heard her breath in your scent, her lips grazing over your skin. You knew she wanted to bite you, you wanted her to, you wanted her to make you hers. "Bite me, My Lady. Make me yours. Let Miranda know who I belong to." You whispered into her ear.

Alcina growled again and you felt her teeth against your skin, biting your pulse point. You let out a sharp gasp as you pulled her closer to you, moaning as your orgasm washed over you. The mixture of pain and pleasure becoming too much for your body to handle. "Mine, all mine. My pet, my body, my blood, all mine." Alcina said against you as she placed bloody kisses all over you. "Mine, mine, mine."

You could feel your blood trailing down your neck, could clearly see it all over Alcina's face. She was beautiful like this. She was yours. You were hers. "Yours, My Lady. All yours." You murmured against her lips before kissing her. "And you're mine." You said softly as you pulled away. Alcina smiled at you before she pushed her body off of yours. You pouted at the loss of her against you, suddenly feeling empty. "Come back."

"Shh, love, I'm not going far." Alcina cooed at you, pressing a kiss to your forehead, her lips still sticky from your blood. She stayed true to her words, returning from the bathroom with clean water, a clean washcloth, and a towel. You watched as she washed the blood from your neck, face, and chest for the second time that night. "Are you alright, love?" Alcina asked.

You smiled at her, nodding your head. "I'm fine, Al. I was just... did she really say that?" You asked.

Alcina sighed, drying you off with the towel. "She did, love." Alcina replied. "But no need to fret over it, darling, she knows that she can't touch you. Can't have you." Alcina said. "Miranda may be strong, but my love for you is stronger. And if she even dared to touch what was mine, I wouldn't hesitate to tear her apart, she knows that." You nodded against the hand that was now resting upon your cheek. "Now, you ring for Eliza's tea and I'll get the cream for these bite marks. My blood can only do so much and it would be terribly rude of me to allow them to get infected."

You let out a small laugh. No, Alcina was not mean to you nor was she cruel. Everything she did was out of love, love for you. She loved you. And you loved her. You rang for Eliza despite how sore your body was and how much it protested the movement. Maybe that was something you did out of love. The way you assumed that she'd want to find you tied up, was that out of love? Was letting her treat you like a punching bag out of love? Marking you as hers, was that out of love too? You weren't sure, but you'd do it again if it meant being Alcina's and only Alcina's.

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