#i'm legit just waiting for someone to ask me about the timeline of all of the things i write

[hrts4hanniehae]

clutch || five

there are written parts :)

note that the timeline or educations may not add up but just ignore it because i don't have the brain power to sync up THIRTEEN + 1 's education schedules

also!!!! the story begins in the christmas period of 2022!!!! IF THERE ARE YEAR ERRORS IM SO SORRY!!!! i legit can't change it omfg

"so you guys went to vernon's place before coming back?" - wonwoo

"can't risk e/n finding out where yn lives now." - vernon

"you and seungkwan have to be careful too." - dino

"yeah. he's away hosting this netflix show so i'll just look out for myself." - vernon

"he's so annoying..." - yn

"i'll fetch you from work from now on, yn." - wonwoo

dino and vernon turn to look at him in shock. wonwoo? volunteering? to go out of the house? to help someone?

"thanks... i didn't really expect him to become like this..." - yn

no one expected e/n to knock on wonwoo's door while yn and dino were home alone.

hiding in her art room as the knocks got louder, yn and dino began to silently panic.

"where the hell is wonwoo" - yn

"he has a streamer event to attend. i'm going to cry why is he so scary..." - dino

"okay wait go strip and put on your bathroom after wetting ur body or smth then open the door and ask why he's here." - yn

"huh?!" - dino

"fasterpleasegonow." - yn

dino took a deep breath before opening the door. sure enough, it was e/n, who was shocked to see him."

"sorry but does someone named yn ln live here?" - e/n

"sorry who?" - dino

"yn ln. about this tall, (hair colour), (eye colour)..." - e/n

"i don't know anyone like that. sorry. would you mind leaving? this apartment building is off limits to those who don't live here and i don't recognise you." - dino

"... sorry for bothering you." - e/n

dino immediately closes and locks the door once e/n leaves and rushes back to the art room.

"how the hell did he get in without the keycard?" - yn

"probably tailgated someone inside. have you texted wonwoo?" - dino

"he said he was on the way back." - yn

when he got the text from yn, his heart dropped. a simple sentence. "e/n is here. help." he feared the worst. he didn't understand. yn was one of the nicest people he knew, willing to help anyone, hardworking and dedicated. why was she suffering at the hands people like this?

his relief when she texted that she was okay made his legs weak. he barely knew her, but he knew the effort she'd put in to keep a smile on her face.

e/n threatened her peace. and he didn't know why he cared so much, but he did.

ฅ^•ﻌ•^ฅ

a/n: i'm sorry it's a little short today but i was tired since i went out to buy albums today. i finally bought my boynextdoor album. and OMG TWS MEMBERS???? based off instant attraction alone... it's me and shinyu against the world.

synopsis: wonwoo is a popular streamer known for his incredible gaming skills and good looks. He turned heads. but he hates the attention. he just wants to play games and earn money. one day he receives a letter. his apartment’s rent has almost doubled. no warnings at all. his current paycheck from streaming can’t shoulder those bills. he has no choice but to rent out his spare room. to who? a fresh art university graduate who has… 1. a stable job ✅ 2. talent for art and sculpting ✅ 3. many friends ❌ 4. social anxiety ✅ 5. no filter ✅ when his iconic cat logo gets copystriked, she comes to the rescue with a new logo for him. when his apartment’s walls start peeling, she fixes it. whatever he used to struggle with… the empty space... was now filled by her. so what does he *last player standing* do when her ex *enemy spotted* tries to take her back? heh. *clutch* he clutches.

inspired by wonwoo's gam3bo1 streams, falling into your smile & gogo squid (has hints of valorant)

pairing: streamer!jeon wonwoo x fem!artist!reader (ft. jeongcheol, soonhoon, junhao, seoksoo, verkwan)

genre: fluff, comfort, slowburn, comfort, pining, bestfriend!minghao

warnings: stalker ex, toxic ex, mentions of abuse, guns (game), cursing, hate comments, panic attacks

started: 28.12.23

ended: ?

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[miimo96]

Thoughts on TBHK Chapter 117

Ok I'm starting to think you guys love torturing or something because once again you didn't remind me that a new chapter was out, I mean it's already hard enough trying to keep up as it is without spoilers, So you guys could at least do me the favor and cut me some slack by letting me know when a New chapter is out, I mean you guys KNOW how I feel about this series and that I wanna talk about it just like everyone else, So Why F$#K DON'T YOU GUYS REMIND ME!? like c'mon guys 🥺 also I see that we're back to using the original font style tho so that's a plus at least, I wonder shenanigans we're gonna get up to in this chapter tho, ooh! I wonder if well see hanako or if yashiro will even talk about what happened with him being a teacher now or that she even had an encounter with him, I highly doubt it because she knows how much Akane and teru hate hanako so maybe she'll keep it to herself, welp only one way to find out

Ngl I was a little caught off guard at 1st with them calling her Akane instead of Aoi, maybe because I'm So used to the anime calling her aoi and him Akane, but eh it's whatever tho 😅

I completely forgot that in this timeline he and Aoi are in a relationship, so his reaction to her texting him is So Hilarious to me, it's just like "Oh shit, I forgot 😀" 🤣🤣

I KNEW IT! I knew she would be conflicted with leaving things as it is and maybe even not wanting to Rest the timeline, OMG I ABSOLUTELY CALLED IT RIGHT ON THE EFFING MONEY YEAH! *Does happy dance*

Omg i didn't even think of it like that, but yeah who's to say that everything that happened in the previous timeline, won't just happen again, like a Canon event or something, Omg Aidairo's understanding of time travel is really Amazing, Iike the way it just plays with all the concepts and rules without making too confusing is just Genius, and ya know what it really does bring into question of "What if this could happen " and "would this lead to that" like omg aidairo well done golf claps all around 👏👏👏 Also no offense teru but I don't think hanako would really care that much, because hanako's whole thing is about making yashiro happy, like even if he couldn't be with her or if he had to do something drastic like killing one of her friends to extend her life like he tried with aoi, he wouldn't really care because as long as she's alive that's all that matters, I mean sure he would get lonely, but as long as she's happy, he couldn't ask for more

Omg this Panel is so GOOD like look at it OMG I want this to be animated sooo Baaaadd!! 😖

OMG Teru is such a bitch for this, he legit called her to make it look like Akane and yashiro are a thing, which would never effing happen to begin with, but all in the name just to fuck with him like Omg teru, you're such a bitch like Wow just Wow, also I love that even tho she's with teru, she still gets jealous if she sees.Akane with someone else, like it just shows that she really loves him Awww 😊

Phff 🤣🤣🤣 they legit hit the "ewww no he like a brother to me" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Also i love how aoi is immediately wanting to know about yashiro's love life, She's such a gossip Girl Lol

Omg Now THAT is a confession, yashiro needs to take notes, Holy shit was not expecting this, Hell yeah Aoi Aoi is back! ^^

Yo I effing hate this dude like I just wanna Slap him at times like bro shut yo ass up, like how do you go from being so clutch and awesome last chapter but such a dick in this one like this is what I don't like about this guy, like I'm starting to think he's bipolar like LOOK AT HIS FACE, LOOK AT HIS FUCKING FACE!

Wait we're going to the Red house, Omg the Next chapter can't come any sooner like I'm So excited, I wonder what changes have been made or if THAT is never meant to change like what if This is what teru was talking about how things are eventually meant to happen, Oh my gosh I can't wait ^w^

My initial reaction to this scene was "ah this is nice, just 2 of my favorite character's having a nice stroll and being an absolute adorable couple" before IMMEDIATELY turning into "WAIT I RECOGNIZE THAT STREET!" Because if you have an encyclopedia knowledge of this series like I do, then You'd KNOW exactly where that street leads, Ah Shit I'm really starting to think that Kou's earing might be bad luck or something because this the 2nd time this has happened to him, ya know maybe that's why mitsuba hates it so much, Omg I hope it isn't what I think it is, but the fact the he said it had a Red roof is already confirming my suspicions *bites nail* 😰

F%#$k I KNEW IT! Omg these 2 can't catch a break like WTF also I SEE that it has the keep out sign at that it's looks pretty abandoned almost burnt so i guess teru was right and things eventually Are meant to happen, Ah shit I'm so scared for Next chapter, Damn it Aidairo leave them ALONE PLEASE!? Welp, looks like shit's going to go Down next chapter, and I guess I'll be right here to cover it ^^;; wait a minute I just realized something, we haven't seen Sakura or Natsuhiko yet so could next chapter finally be them and confirm my suspicions of Sakura being a ghost or Kannagi and Natsuhiko being her protector!? OMG NEXT CHAPTERS GONNA BE AMAZING!!!

[demidemon09]

My opinion on MW3

Alright, so just a heads up, this is gonna have spoilers, so from this point onward if you don't want any, please stop reading! Will tag for #MW3Spoilers if you want to avoid them on my blog.

Also, this is incredibly long and I am so sorry for that, I just have a lot to get off my chest right now and may ramble. I am also on like 2-3 hours of sleep, who knows if I'll have more to say later.

@sofasoap You asked to be pinged, apologies once again if it's insanely long and kinda rambly.

That being said, I've seen a fair bit of this by now, not the full thing and cannot bring myself to play it. This game had amazing potential, with Makarov being back, to having a higher stakes game. It just felt incredibly rushed and Soaps death, made no sense to me.

I have been excited to play the reboot timeline since I heard about it back in 2019, it was the first time in years I even paid attention to CoD, mainly because Soap was back. I thought this time, since we started off so soon in his story, we'd get to see him grow into Captain MacTavish. I even waited to play the other two campaigns based off this one, hoping to not have history repeat itself. Yet, it sadly did in an even worse way.

It honestly seems at this point, we're going to get Captain Garrick instead, which is fine, I'm more than happy to see Gaz survive and become a memorable character, I'm even glad we get to see Ghost survive longer than he did in the previous timeline. However, Soap dying so suddenly, so out of the blue with no reaction or importance, it felt so empty. It felt like pure shock value, just to do it because they needed a death.

Did I think all of them were going to survive? No, I was just hoping to not repeat the OG timeline, or to wait till MW4. As much as I hate to say it, Price or even Gaz dying this time would have been a bit more shocking to me. Gaz has so much history for him, is Prices protege, and would give Price even far more reason to go down the dark path he is headed in. Soap may have been a start, but imagine someone as important to him as Gaz dying? Man would have been livid and may have hunted down Makarov immediately afterwards.

I was also kind of hoping to see Ghost step into the role of Captain or at least leading the TF141 himself. In both timelines he has just been a lieutenant, one timeline he was Soaps second in command, and in this one he is Prices and Soap was his protege. I absolutely loved the amount of work they put into Ghost, I actually care far more for this version of him than I did with the OG Ghost. They made Ghost a teacher, the bond that him and Soap formed was great to see, something we didn't really get much of in the original MW2.

Just like with Gaz, they both got a massive amount of work done towards them, they are now memorable characters for me. Ghost was in the OG games to me, but I actually forgot entirely about Gaz. Now? I'd remember both, be mourning their deaths just like with Soap. I am so happy they rebooted the timelines but they have executed MW3 so poorly, I don't see myself being as interested in further content.

I get deaths are inevitable, I get deaths are going to be a part of the CoD universe. I 100% accept and understand that they will and, sometimes need to, happen. But Soaps death? That should not have happened, not one bit. He aimed for the shoulder on Makarov instead of the neck or head, how in the hell did he get taken down so quickly? No moment for himself, no scene, just Makarov bursting into the area, shooting him in the shoulder/back/wherever (legit can never find the hole for the first shot). And all for Price, a man who has survived both timelines. I would have been more at peace with Prices death than anything else, I do not hate the character, I love all of them very much, but Prices death would have been the perfect catalyst for all of them to go after Makarov. Would have been a nice shove to seeing Gaz work hard to become the best soldier, would have pushed Soap even further after the Graves betrayal.

I know it's a reach at this point, a stupid hope to keep Soap around but I do hope that somehow, they pull something out of their asses to keep Soap alive. It was a stupid, poor, lazy decision to kill Soap off in MW3 like the OG one. I said this before, but I truly was excited to see him grow into the Captain I loved playing as/with in the OG timeline. Neil Ellice absolutely nailed his portrayal of Soap and they could have never found a better actor. I look forward to seeing what happens in Zombies, but that's all I'm looking forward to anymore. Not the campaign, not the multiplayer, none of it. Soap was literally the reason I picked up MW19 and began playing cuz I knew he'd probably be in the second one. Thinking back, Captain MacTavish may very well have been the second game character I got attached to, after Master Chief.

So, yeah, that's kind of my thoughts right now. I am upset, disappointed and hurt over the ending of MW3. He deserved so much better than what he got.

[mariana-oconnor]

The Red-Headed League Pt 2

until the comical side of the affair so completely overtopped every other consideration that we both burst out into a roar of laughter.

Professional people being professional. Mmhm. You'd think a doctor would be better at keeping a straight face, I'm pretty sure humans have been sticking inappropriate things in inappropriate places since time immemorial. But these two are giggling like school boys. A lovely image, but I'd be a bit mad if they did it to me. I can't blame Mr Wilson for being mad at them.

Finally, I went to the landlord, who is an accountant living on the ground-floor, and I asked him if he could tell me what had become of the Red-headed League. He said that he had never heard of any such body. Then I asked him who Mr Duncan Ross was. He answered that the name was new to him.

Surprising no one at all. I said it in my comments about the first part, but I love how this whole scam has been echoed in heist shows/films right up to modern day. Acquire offices under false pretences, create hype around fake business, use office to make business look legit, pack up shop and leave an empty office behind and no one with any clue what the mark is talking about.

"I went home to Saxe-Coburg Square, and I took the advice of my assistant. But he could not help me in any way. He could only say that if I waited I should hear by post.

I mean, honestly, for someone who is supposedly unassociated with the league in question, that's more than he should be able to say. A more normal response would be 'That's fucking weird, boss. I think it might be a scam.' But clearly Victor is entirely trustworthy, so I shouldn't question him. Totally trustworthy.

On the contrary, you are, as I understand, richer by some 30 pounds, to say nothing of the minute knowledge which you have gained on every subject which comes under the letter A.

I expect that pub quizzes weren't around in 1890, but if they were, Mr Wilson would be an excellent addition to your team.

The internet tells me pub quizzes only date back to the 70s. Which seems late, as I swear my Mum's dad and brothers used to go religiously to their local league when she was young, but maybe I got the timeline on that wrong.

Further investigation has found me to be correct as the very league my family used to frequent is apparently referenced in an article from the early 60s. In fact it quotes someone who absolutely must have known my grandad and might even be in the picture of the quiz team on top of our bookcase.

This tangent has been brought to you by my love of trivia... Pun intended.

Back to the 1890s

"Why did you pick him?"

"Because he was handy and would come cheap."

"At half-wages, in fact."

"Yes."

A lesson that stands to this day: if something seems impossibly good value, it probably is. And if someone is willing to work for less than they're worth, one of you is the bad guy.

"As a rule," said Holmes, "the more bizarre a thing is the less mysterious it proves to be. It is your commonplace, featureless crimes which are really puzzling, just as a commonplace face is the most difficult to identify. But I must be prompt over this matter."

This reads like a contradiction, but I'm pretty sure it's true. It's the weird things that make crimes stand out and lead to the people committing them. The crimes that are completely run of the mill, like house burglaries, are one of a thousand almost identical crimes. But if a juggling clown robbed a shoe shop and rode off on a unicycle, that would cut down the suspects drastically.

"To smoke," he answered. "It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes."

Infamous line is infamous. All problems may be measured by how many pipes it takes to solve them. The standard SI unit of mysteriousness, I believe.

"Sarasate plays at the St. James's Hall this afternoon," he remarked. "What do you think, Watson? Could your patients spare you for a few hours?"

"I have nothing to do to-day. My practice is never very absorbing."

Let's hope no one has stuck a candlestick anywhere unmentionable... But seriously, you can just ditch your patients for the day? And I complain about waiting times for the NHS!

Watson is just: 'My bff asked me to play hooky. Lol. Byeee!' and these people are paying him.

"Smart fellow, that," observed Holmes as we walked away. "He is, in my judgment. the fourth smartest man in London, and for daring I am not sure that he has not a claim to be third. I have known something of him before."

Holmes, the man is a terrible con artist. He's the most suspicious and he was so obvious it was embarrassing. And you're putting him right behind you in the list? (I assume Mycroft is number 1)

I guess that being intelligent doesn't mean you have to be good at conning people, but really, he's terrible at it. He couldn't have been more obviously involved if he had a sandwich board on saying 'The red-headed league is a con. Ask me how!'

I know Mr Wilson didn't work it out, but literally everyone else did. I bet that 14 year old child labour maid Mr Wilson hires knows he's a con man and just doesn't care because she's not paid enough to.

"Not him."

"What then?"

"The knees of his trousers."

I have been on this website too long, because my mind absolutely went into the gutter here. Which, incidentally, was also one of the places I thought of his knees being.

"Let us now explore the parts which lie behind it."

Is it a bank? Please be a bank. I honestly can't remember. But I want it to be a bank. Just for that good, old-fashioned bank robbery shenanigans. Although I will accept jewellery shop.

"There is Mortimer's, the tobacconist, the little newspaper shop, the Coburg branch of the City and Suburban Bank, the Vegetarian Restaurant, and McFarlane's carriage-building depot."

Oh yeah. Got to love a bank robbery. Classic.

This has been copied so many times in media it's difficult to tell whether contemporary audiences would have been as able to work it out as modern readers. But it's a classic for a reason.

Also worth noticing that there's a Vegetarian restaurant in London in 1890. You'd have been hard pressed to find a vegetarian restaurant in most parts of England in 1990, so that's ahead of its time.

My friend was an enthusiastic musician, being himself not only a very capable performer but a composer of no ordinary merit. All the afternoon he sat in the stalls wrapped in the most perfect happiness, gently waving his long, thin fingers in time to the music, while his gently smiling face and his languid, dreamy eyes were as unlike those of Holmes, the sleuth-hound, Holmes the relentless, keen-witted, ready-handed criminal agent, as it was possible to conceive.

Watson's crush is showing again. 😆

This description keeps going in a further totally heterosexual way. Look, I'm not saying straight guys can't appreciate their bff's 'languid, dreamy eyes', but when directly compared to his descriptions of other characters... This is exceptionally effusive is all I'm saying.

And, I say, Doctor, there may be some little danger, so kindly put your army revolver in your pocket.

Must. Not. Make. Joke.

[lover-of-mine]

Weekend WIP Game!

Tagged by @wikiangela thank you <3

Rules: List your WIPs below (if you only write one fic at a time, feel free to include future WIPs/ideas!) then answer the following questions. Then, tag as many people as you have WIPs (or more)

WIP List

ill come tackle the monsters

buck breakdown fic

elevator (it's gravity after all)

wayf (i thought i had you (still wrapped around your finger))

duck duck buck

eddie begins

2. Which of your WIPs is currently the longest?

Buck breakdown is currently at around 12k

3. Which WIP do you expect will end up the longest?

Buck breakdown soasokaosk, when I started writing it I was thinking it was gonna be around 15k but I am no where near where I need to be with it, so right now, it's my bet (but wayf could be a longer concept than it is now, depends on how detailed it all ends up being, I'm not sure about some bits there, but it could end up longer than expected too)

4. Which WIP is your favourite to write/the most enjoyable to write? Why?

probably wayf because the story goes in two timelines, the present and flashbacks about the weekend and I'm having a blast weaving the flashbacks into the story

5. Which WIP do you find the most intimidating to write? Why?

definitely the buck breakdown fic (I'm guessing most of the answers will be this fic, sorry in advance oksaoskaos) because it's very emotionally heavy, since my plan is to have Buck confront his own feelings, and Eddie and Chris are hurt, so there's the medical side that I'm trying to get right and there are a lot of scenes with Eddie in the hospital that I needed to stop and reconsider a lot of what I was doing because I wanna stay as in character with Buck as I can, and he's bad with emotions so I can't make him reach the conclusion I need to him that easily and he's also terrible about asking for things he needs and he's a trainwreck through the whole thing and that's a challenge. Also, if I'm making Buck cry, I'm also crying while writing, so I'm crying a lot so seriously, my process with it is a disaster. But I have faith it will be worth it in the end.

6. Which WIP do you experience the most self-doubt about. Why?

the breakdown fic oskaoksoaks and the eddie begins, the breakdown because sometimes i feel like I'm going for a concept that's beyond my abilities as writer, like, I legit sit and contemplate that doc all the time lol and the eddie begins simply because it's a missing scene fic but i need to portrait the specific emotion that i want but at the same time i need to stay within canon, so that's a line that i go back and forth that makes me question a lot of what I do, also because I'm used to writing season 6 or after, and going back to season 3, i really need to tone down a lot of things I'm used to, and that created a lot of "wait, they do not know how to communicate like this yet" that makes me question a LOT on the idea.

7. Which of your WIPs will you seek out a beta/sensitivity reader for? Why?

I don't really do betas because I am the most awkward human on the planet and I don't know how to ask someone for help with a fic aksoaksoaksoaks

8. Have any of your WIPs been struck by the curse of writer's block?

currently the wayf fic, i am obsessed with the concept and seriously i wanna finish it because i really want to read it myself soaksokasskoaksoak but I'm STUCK, like legit nothing is happening in my brain, no words at all

9. Which WIP has your favourite OC? Tell us about them?

i dont have any OCs

10. Which WIP is the sexiest?

i don't really do smut, but the concept of wayf is that Buck and Eddie sleep together, but Eddie panics and says he just wants to be friends, so sex is part of the plot so it does get heated there sometimes

11. Which WIP is the angstiest?

the buck breakdown fic soaksokaoskoaks i mean, i am almost killing Eddie and making Buck scream cry throw up so like, shit gets real there

12. Which WIP has the best characterization (in your humble opinion)?

the elevator fic actually, i'm forcing them to talk but I'm having a lot of fun with their friendship and i honestly believe some of their banter there is extremely on character aoskoaksoaksokasa

13. Which WIP has the best scene setting (in your humble opinion)?

probably the elevator? i am making a conscient effort there so it makes sense with the fact that they are in an elevator and that you can't forget that while you're reading, but I'm not sure actually

14. Which WIP have you worked the hardest on?

i would say it's between the breakdown and the elevator, for different reasons, the breakdown because that fic is the most planned thing I've ever written (and i have 2 over 60k stories that took me like, years that didn't involve the amount of thought I'm putting into this) and the elevator is because i keep googling things aoskoaskaoskas i actually even drew a little schematic of the elevator to make sure their movements made sense oaksokasasoaks

15. Which WIP do you have the highest expectations for? Why?

the breakdown fic sokasokaoskoasksasok cause I can see it so clearly in my head, that I'm staring at it all "i hope you're half as good in paper as you are in my head" like, I can see the whole thing in my head and it looks so good there, so I'm like "you better be good"

16. Do you dream about any of your WIPs?

does the fact that i started writing ill come tackle the monsters because i had an unrelated nightmare and started to write it in the middle of the night because i couldn't go back to sleep count? sokaoskaoskasok but no, not really

17. Do any of your WIPs have particular complexities that your other fics don't?

well, the elevator alternates povs which is a first for me, so that adds a whole layer that I'm not used to.

18. Which WIP is the funniest or has the most humour?

duck duck buck oskaoksoaksokas she's almost a crack fic oskaoskaoksoaks there's this thing where people leave rubber ducks on jeeps and one day buck says he never got a duck, so everyone in the firefam decides to leave him a rubber duck but apparently they all bought them in the same place and it got shipped at the same time because they accidentally all decide to leave their ducks on the same day and the whole thing is Eddie trying to duck Buck while everyone else does it too and Buck is just getting all these ducks sokasokasokaoskasokas and it's just ridiculous really

19. Do any of your WIPs contain outside POVs or a deep dive on a character other than the main ship? How are you finding that process?

i dont think i have one of those, no.

20. Tell us one thing we don't know about one or more of your WIPs

I mean, I ramble a lot about all of them soaksokaoskaoks but a few months back I was on the fence over something and I posted a poll here that was like "this is about the buck breakdown fic you get no context say yes or no" only one person voted no, so, yes won by a landslide and well, that was about deciding if I was going to temporarily kill Eddie and force Buck to watch, so the Buck breakdown fic is temporary major character death fic :)

i dont know whos been tagged but no pressure tagging <3: @eddiebabygirldiaz @bucks118 @honestlydarkprincess @watchyourbuck @giddyupbuck @daffi-990

[kanmom51]

So, @mimikoolover, I hope you don't mind me adding my two cents to your post. Trying to clarify the timeline for those that are still having issues piecing it all together:

I guess people are all in arms because of this:

I want to talk about this interaction for a second.

Note how when asked if he had a good birthday JK nods his head lightly and says he was laying down all day and couldn't even eat seaweed soup.

JK's comment about eating seaweed soup. First of all the way he says it is a little curious "I couldn't even eat seaweed soup". Why is that? Is he under the weather after all? Is that why JM was worried about his health? Or was he hung over perhaps? Hence the lying down all day as well? We do know the two like to drink together. JK was definitley not drunk enough during his live to be that hung over... but maybe someone did get a little too drunk on their birthday, being a legit reason why he "couldn't even" eat seaweed soup. That use of the term couldn't even makes me think that most likely there was soup there waiting for him to eat, which he couldn't stomach perhaps? Unless this is about referencing the seaweed soup he did get to eat on JM's birthday last year in Busan. But nah, don't think so. But maybe...

Now to the timeline.

I will start with a fact we heard from both JK and JM - JK is busy. They didn't give us his upcoming daily schedule, but both mentioned he's working hard, and that could be before, during and after his birthday, but also could have excluded his birth-day. JM saying JK is busy was a general observation. Again, JK is hard at work on his upcoming album and everything that surrounds it.

That's a baseline. JK is overall busy.

Nothing was said by JM about JK working at this very moment. It was about JK being busy and he hopes he'll keep healthy. Just like JK knowing how dedicated JM is to work and sometimes neglecting his health, JM knows the exact same thing about JK.

JM has never missed JK's birthday. He flew half way across the world to spend JK's birthday with him. This is a man that set his watch to JK's birth time. Come on, do you really think he won't be seeing him on his birthday? Busy or not, JM would find the time to see JK. He did last year as well. Busy or not. Last year he chose to share it with us, having Jhope there with them as well. This year might have been a little trickier for them. Not to mention this is the last birthday they will be spending together before enlistment. They don't know if they will be able to spend next year together, so it's very possible that they wanted to keep this one to themselves. Not share it with us. After all, it's their relationship, their lives, their right to privacy.

Ok, moving on.

JK comes live 1st Sep just past midnight. He tells us he's been practicing and just got back from dinner with the friends he's been practicing with. So we know he worked till late. Busy, right?

He does the live for less than 9 minutes and leaves, never actually telling us he's planning to go to sleep after the live.

He talks about his insomnia and wanting to sleep, but never saying he's actually ending the live to go to bed.

Not get going to sleep.

He does say this during the live though:

Didn't say when that sleeping will take place or who with either.

My guess is with the person that certain person that makes him happy.

Sleep well he said. Which he did. 8 or 9 hours.

Ok, so I think that once again I'm getting ahead of myself. So, let's take a step or two back.

To the day before JK's birthday.

You know, the day JM talked to him (too).

And JK was literally busy on that day, he told us so himself. But you see, JK also told us not long ago that he'll be seeing less of us for a bit because he's busy preparing for his album and so JM saying JK is busy concurs with that. As for what JM said, well he never said "JK is busy today". Those words did not leave his mouth. All he said, twice, is that JK is really busy. Busy busy busy, and alone alone alone, is what we heard from JM. I think that perhaps the tables have turned a little. One being busier than the other, having less available time to spend with the other. It's not easy to go from two people that spend close to 24 hours together, work and home, to working separately, different hours (crazy music industry hours, and even more so crazy k-pop industry hours), colliding schedules, and not getting to see each other quite as much as you were used to or want to. And it's even harder when you don't have your own busy schedule to distract you from that.

So, now that we established that, we know JK was working night before his birthday.

We know he got home after midnight and went live for just under 9 minutes, leaving us saying he'll get going (can be interpreted in many ways). He also said he's going to sleep well. Didn't say when exactly.

Approx. half an hour after JK's live ends JM posts his bomb and also disappears.

We don't hear from either, until we see JM at the Dior event and then not long after, he goes live on 1st Sep in the evening, alone at home. Alone alone alone alone alone. He makes sure we know that saying it so many times.

Oh wait, one more piece to the puzzle - Mingyu. Who was coming from the company in a company car, doing his live on 2nd September evening, saying he saw JK "yesterday", on his birthday, and wished him happy birthday (was asked about eating with him but said he met him, so we have no confirmation them meeting was anything more than a corridor conversation at the company). We just don't know because all of them are being as vague as fuck.

Oh, and before I continue, just a little reminder about JM's live and how JK coded it was.

We ok until here?

So now we put the puzzle pieces together. Well, as much as we can.

Let's start by reminding us all that god damn it, they owe us nothing. Period.

As much as we want to know, as curious as we are, they are entitled to their privacy and definitley do not need to share with us what they did or who they were with.

Now that I got that out of my system, let's see...

JK gets back on the eve of his birthday, does a live, dips as fast as the road runner, all buzzed and happy and definitley not on his way to bed. He had a birthday present to unwrap.

He does talk about going to spend his day happily and sleep well (the sleep well comes after talking about spending the day happily).

Today we got confirmation from JK he was laying around all day.

Next we have confirmation from JM that he got a good sleep too. 8 or 9 hours and then came out (to the Dior event - which btw also probably means he had to get ready at the company, which might be also where Mingyu met JK...just saying).

Interesting how they both got a good lay on JK's birthday.

Oopsy, did I say lay?

I meant lying down.

Nah, who am I kidding?

I totally meant they got laid.

With a good old sleep afterwards.

We have full confirmation from them both.

Bottom line is this:

If you believe they are together. If you believe they are a couple. In love. If you see everything they have been telling us about themselves, how much they love each other, you know how to read between the lines. The spoken and unspoken words.

To summarize:

I certainly believe they spent the night of JK's birthday together, the day itself as well, all up until JM had to leave to prepare for the Dior event.

since people want to be so particular here’s what happened:

jk was busy the day before his bday (not on his bday)

he posted to weverse at midnight then did a short live half an hour later

on jk’s bday jimin posted to insta, went to the dior event then went live

he said he talked to jk the day before so presumably the day before his bday and that jk was busy. yeah he was busy the day before his bday which we already knew

jk probably had the day off from work for his bday and by his admission did nothing, we know at least mingyu went to see him

as far as i’m aware jimin didn’t say anything about whether he saw jk on his bday (the 1st) or not, he also didn’t say jk was busy on his bday just that he’s busy meaning in general

someone can correct me if i’m wrong

us not knowing every second of their lives stays a fact

[okaybutlikeimagine]

How about el and billy doing something for hop on Father’s Day

Duuuuuuude hECK yeah they would.

Problem is, legit neither of them know when Father’s day is. Billy purposefully blocked the date out of his mind. Susan used to “gently persuade” (force) him and Max to do something nice for their dad. All it ever really involved was signing a card for him while Susan made him a steak for dinner and all of them letting him watch whatever game was on that day w/o disturbance. But then afterwards Billy takes about a day to totally forget it’s existence until next year.

And El just barely knows the major holidays + Hop never told her about Father’s Day bc it just seemed kind of selfish to him to tell her to appreciate him for a day.

It’s not until Mike tells her he can’t hang out this Sunday bc “it’s Father’s Day and my mom is making us all go out to dinner together.” that El has even heard of Father’s Day.

So El thinks hard about it and frantically shakes Billy awake on Saturday morning.

Billy groans. “Ah wuh- what? What is it?”

“Tomorrow is the Father’s Day.”

Billy blinks himself a little more awake, looking at her very confused.

“It’s what?”

“The day for fathers.” El says earnestly, wide eyes demanding something from him but he’s entirely not sure what.

He has to think about it… yeah. He guesses this was about the time of year that he and Max would lazily look through the card section of the local store to pick up a card just on the right side of generic to make it look like they gave a shit.

“Uh…. yeah. Sure, it might be.”

“It is. We have to do something for dad.”

Billy sits up and rubs at his eyes before looking blearily at where Hop is asleep and snoring on the couch.

“Hop?”

“Yes. Jim is dad. We need to do something.”

Billy watches the man. Sprawled over the couch. Snoring. Thinks: Yeah… I guess he is our dad.

“Yeah. Okay, yeah. We’ll do something.”

El nods and sits down next to Billy on his bed. She looks up at him.

“Billy? What do people do for Father’s Day?”

Billy stares down at the ground and thinks about the last healthy Father’s Day he had…

“I… I dunno.”

So that day Billy takes El out to the store and they walk around trying to think of absolutely anything for them to do for Hop.

Uh… tools? That’s the typical Father’s Day thing, right? Tools? But what the hell is Jim gonna do with tools? I can cook… yeah i’ll be the one to cook. His favorite dinner I guess? He really likes lasagna. Fuck lasagna noodles are annoying. Whatever I’ll make it. What else? Is there something else? Should we do something else???

“Balloons.” El says suddenly, pointing to a big inflated balloon that says Happy Fathers Day! on it in big green letters. Billy tries to think about giving that to Hopper and laughs a bit.

“You just want a balloon.” He smirks, looking down at El who twists her mouth up a bit.

“Nooo…” she whines like she’s lying. Billy knows she is. He buys the balloon anyway and goes to tie it around El’s wrist, but she refuses.

“I’m not a kid, I can hold onto it. Plus, i have my powers.”

Billy rolls his eyes with a smirk. “Alright fine, you little brat.”

They go to the grocery store and Billy walks them around to pick up everything he needs to make lasagna. El, who knows where the Eggos are by heart now, tugs Billy to a stop before they pass them.

“Eggos.”

Billy shoots her an unamused look. “We’re here for Dad, remember? Father’s Day?”

“Dad likes Eggos.” El crosses her arms in annoyance.

“He tolerates them.”

El sticks her tongue out and Billy ruffles her hair before moving on. They’re passing by the bakery section when El says: “Cake.”

Billy looks over at the display. There’s a row of green and white frosted cakes with swirly letters on them.

“Like a birthday.” El adds, looking to Billy for confirmation. “Right? A celebration?”

Billy’s eyebrows knit together. He… guesses? He’s never really thought about it but yeah, they do sell them....

“Yeah. I guess so.” They head over to the display and he and El pick out the size Billy can afford (and the one of that size with the most frosting) and thank the lady as she hands it over.

When they pass by the cards, Billy freezes up a bit.

“A card?” El asks, looking up at Billy with a little concern. Probably at his suddenly tense face. Billy nods.

“Yeah… uh… yeah. Or uh...”

“Not a card?”

Billy’s head spins a bit.

“Wanna make one together? We can use your markers and stuff.”

El smiles. “Art! Yeah!”

Billy smiles a bit, walking away from the card section quickly.

And they have to hide the cake in the lowest cabinet in the corner and shove the balloon under El’s bed in her room, but they do it. And Hop is woken up to someone shaking him and sees a slowly clearing vision of a curly blond boy holding a cake, and a curly brunette girl holding a large, slightly deflated balloon. There’s a card on his chest w/ large green and blue letters that say Happy Father’s Day. Inside it just says “Thanks for everything” with a heart and both of their signatures.

And someone TELL ME that Hop isn’t close to fucking TEARS and makes Billy put the cake down so he can bear hug them both ♥ ♥ ♥

BONUS: There’s a knock at the door somewhere around 5 and Billy opens it to find Steve standing there, ready to ask Billy if he wants to go do something tonight when he hears a Jim Croce song playing loudly from inside and sees El running around w/ the Father’s Day balloon in hand.

“What’re you doing here, Pretty Boy? Shouldn’t you be throwing some grand dinner party for your dad?”

Thing is, Steve forgot it was Father’s Day.

“Uhhh… ha. Funny thing, my parents are uh… out. Probably on some random tropical island. Or something.”

Billy gives his boyfriend a saddened look.

“Nothing to celebrate?”

Steve shakes his head. “Nah uh… just another day.” He shrugs. “I’ll let you guys do your thing though-”

“Nuh uh, Pretty Boy. You’re coming to celebrate with us.” Billy grabs one of his hands and starts to drag him inside.

“Wha-?”

“Steve!” El says excitedly, grabbing Steve’s other hand and letting the balloon hit the ceiling. “Come celebrate Dad!”

Steve sputters, looking for Hopper who’s leaning against the wall and watching with a smirk.

“He’s uh… he’s not really my dad.” Steve supplies, nervous as all hell bc Jim is always giving him nerve-wracking looks now that Steve’s dating his son.

“You will be once we get married, babe.” Billy says with the most shit eating grin and BOY if that doesn’t get Steve and Hop choking on air.

Billy laughs.

“C’moooonnn, I’m making lasagna tonight and now that you’re here, you’ll be helping.”

Steve stares wide-eyed at Billy. “You’re gonna make me help you cook?”

“Oh hell no, I’m not trying to burn down the cabin, thanks. You can help El shred cheese and stuff.”

El smiles a big wide grin and grabs the balloon again before skipping around the room.

Steve faces Hop, who has finally recovered from Billy’s (kinda sorta maybe) ridiculous statement.

“Uhm… Happy Father's Day, Chief.”

Hop gives the boy a smile.

“Thanks, kid.” he says, before pulling Steve in by his shoulder into a big bear hug and good lord Steve can’t remember the last time he got a fucking hug on Father’s Day.

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

Why was Gilgamesh so obsessd with Saber? What did he see in her that he legit waited for her 10 years to come back?

I'm pretty sure that he would have dropped her in the moment she agrees to marry him so.....was the chase this exciting to him?

The Muffin, Fate, and You

Anon asks about the Nasuverse, which is a sprawling multiple anime, video game, visual novel universe usually with the title "Fate" where you can summon historical/mythological figures to do battle for you over the Holy Grail which may also be the source of ultimate evil if corrupted.

I'm one of those heathens that only respects Fate/Zero, which is the prequel series to the original timelines of Fate/Stay Night, Fate/Ultimate Blade Works, etc.

I've tried other franchises in the multiverse aside from Fate/Zero, I couldn't do it. I'm sorry guys, to me, they are complete trash and unworthy of contemplation.

And guess which one you're asking about, anon?

Alright, Alright, I'll Try

Arthuria Pendragon is one of those strange, rare, people who fully embodies an ideal (in this case chivalry and the divinely anointed king). However, because of this, she is a failed king in that while she inspired her people she ultimately failed to keep them, was betrayed by those around her, and had little to no understanding of what it means to lead a nation.

Alexander the Great points this out to her and pities her for it, he believes she'd make a far better vassal under his command than a king in her own right.

Gilgamesh, however, is fascinated.

Arthuria is such a tragic figure to him, a classic tragedy given form, and one who never quite breaks even when the results of her efforts are shown before her.

This is the shit Gilgamesh lives for.

He wants to see just how far Arthuria can be pushed before she crumbles. And, if she never does, if she retains this hopeful naivite and someone worthy of being presented Excalibur in the face of everything that's happened, then she is something truly extraordinary.

Gilgamesh lives in a world that bores him in which the people he tends to meet, for this or that reason, are all the same. There are a few who stand out of the crowd: Kirei Kotomine in the depths of depravity and pure evil the man is capable of and Arthuria Pendragon on the opposite end of someone who despite everything refuses to be anything less than infuriatingly noble.

He knows, as of the end of Fate/Zero, that he will see her again when the next Grail War comes about. What's ten years for one of the most interesting people he's met? Who, the last time he saw her, was utterly betrayed by her master, faced her underling who she learned she'd driven utterly mad, etc.

I think his marriage proposals were actually quite genuine in that Arthuria was just that interesting to him.

[dottores]

I don't believe I have told you how much I love your writing.

This is the third time I read the most recent chapter of LDA. What can I say

You've rendered me speechless yet again

The way you touch on character development. I have to tell you right now. I never, not once, understood why she would ghost them for 8 years.

But the previous chapter and this one really go into the complexity that it was to leave them behind, her companions, her friends.

I wholeheartedly believe that Izana and YN could have ruled the world if things would have been different for him.

It's devastating when she finds out that Izana is dead. The anxiety and the build up to that moment is perfect. Throwing in the face that she has a small sort of relief when she notices that Rin and Ran are both okay.

She doesn't get to grieve the loss of who I believe is to be her best friend. Instead she has to make herself cold and hard as steel to deal with South, the person responsible for all of them being in the infirmary.

♥

When you write the soft scenes, I'm floored. It is not just softness, but also the inner turmoil that we all feel as individuals in times like these. Unable to stop our brains from wanting to destroy such a perfect moment. To believe that something so good would happen to someone with blood in their hands, even when we can't control the situation and we have to roll with the punches.

To believe that Rindou may be a figment of her imagination and her need to touch him to make sure he is real 🥺

The way they both hang on to her as if she is seafoam, ready to disappear in their hands as the water draws back.

The sweet banter they all have going on before things take a turn for the worst. I have to say, they are all so alike and so different, always wanting to do what is best for the group even if it means giving themselves up.

The fact that Ran seriously says to leave him behind, like ahhhh!!! It had me screaming and throwing my phone, only for YN to do the same thing at the end of the chapter.

The way she almost hesitated with the first kill ever. Not because she was taking a human life, but because she was taken back by the fact she was not the target!!!! She killed to protect them, she had gotten her hands dirty more than once for them, and it doesn't surprise me that she will do it again and again.

I can't stop thinking of the way Ran begs her not to go. The way that Rin wants to stop her but he has to think of his brother too. It's all just too much, so much pain and all of it trying to be rational about the situation.

I love them, all three of them. Their dynamic. I'm beyond thrilled, excited and heartbroken for what I know will come with the story.

You are a wonderful writer and I am so happy you share your works with us in this godforsaken app. Thank you, sending lots of love!

^ actual image of me when this ask came in

THEY WOULD HAVE BRO THEY WOULD HAVE — i headcanon in the toman timeline where naoto got killed by kakucho and izana, yn was working with them in that timeline. she was handling the more legit business side of things and feeding them money and information and technology while izana handled the shadier sides of things. they deserved so much better </3 i have so many headcanons on the two of them pls

THEY WOULD HAVE BRO THEY WOULD HAVE — i headcanon in the toman timeline where naoto got killed by kakucho and izana, yn was working with them in that timeline. she was handling the more legit business side of things and feeding them money and information and technology while izana handled the shadier sides of things. they deserved so much better </3 i have so many headcanons on the two of them pls

THEY DO THEY ALL CLING ONTO EACH OTHER SO MUCH NONE OF THEM BELIEVE THAT ANY OF THIS IS REAL YET THEY ALL THINK ITS SOME SICK DREAM

she would literally do anything for them </3 and they would do anything for her 🥹

and rin :((( poor rin had to let her go, i can’t wait to get into his thoughts next chapter sobs sobs sobs

i love you sm 🥹🥹🥹thank you for sending this

[vivithefolle]

I'm a bit confused. You said in one post that you thoroughly dislike Hermione and that you had no respect for her at all. Yet ... you like Romione? idk, it seems contradictory tbh. I like when Romione shippers acknowledge her flaws and messed up moments but when someone that dislike and even hate her character that much ships Romione and I see them posting about them and calling them "cute" just seems weird

I’ll share with you my whole thought process so you can understand where I’m coming from:

Itty-bitty Vivi who read Harry Potter for the first time (at 13/14, so not so itty-bitty I guess, oops): Woaaah Hermione and Ron yaay!!! They're awesome I love them! They're my OTP always and forever!! Best thing to happen in Harry Potter!! JKR is a genius!

Slightly less itty-bitty Vivi discovering the Harry Potter fandom online (thankfully years after the ship wars, else I probably wouldn't have survived): Why is there so much hate towards Ron? And why are people so opposed to Romione?? It was meant to be since the first book! Or, okay, the second book is when I realized it was gonna happen, but still! Oh well, here is a fic where Hermione berates Ron for everything and he is the only one actually working for their relationship. Cool, more Romione!

Even less itty-bitty Vivi starting her own Tumblr and going around, adding her grain of salt to debates and talking about stuff: Yeah! Ron is great! He's done bad things of course but Hermione has done her fair share of bad things too! Actually, now that I'm rereading the books, I'm reminded of this person I used to call a friend, who was quite smart and cultured but would often be very harsh to me because they claimed it was “for your own good" and “because I'm more mature than you"… I still wanted to be around them, because they were just so smart and passionate, but we often rowed and eventually they really just went too far and tried to make ME out to be the bad guy and most people believed them because they had a reputation as someone cool and logical while I was known for being emotional… wait, what the fuck, that's… that's exactly what happens in the fandom with Ron and Hermione! What the fuck, was I Ron? Admired their intelligence, praised and supported them, fell in love even but was met with scorn and open disdain?!… no, no, come on. Hermione wasn't that bad.

Vivi rereading Half-Blood Prince (and no, this wasn't about the canaries, but about what Hermione was doing after): Oh my god she was that bad.

Vivi as she ponders alternately: Wait, what about JK Rowling? What does she think about all that? What was her intention, what did she want to accomplish with the characters? I know books belong to their readers but if I want as objective an analysis as possible I must try to understand her thought process while she wrote.

Vivi learning about a staple of British literature called “literary alchemy”: The quarreling couple!! Sulfur and Mercury, the Red King and the White Queen, who must marry for the story to end happily!! And their union is represented by… a rose!! Oh my god, that is brilliant, that is so cool! Romione was ALWAYS going to happen, I knew it! Ha!

Vivi discovering the “[Ron] needed to make himself worthy of Hermione” quote: Wha… but… what? Worthy? As if Hermione was some sort of precious trophy or whatever? What the hell? Wait, Ron had to make himself worthy of her but Hermione didn't have to make herself worthy of him? Is it because Ron is the boy or some shit like that??

Vivi going through JK Rowling's interviews and finding sexism and double-standards galore: Yep, it's because he's the boy. And that bit about Hermione being based off herself when she was younger… ouch. And to top it off the scriptwriter pretty much worshipped Hermione…

Vivi rereading the books again: Is it just me, or does Ron hardly ever get any praise or acknowledgement from the adult characters? Meanwhile Harry and Hermione get stuff like “as good as Charlie Weasley" or “brightest witch of her age"! And, damn, I used to side with Hermione because I love cats, but she was completely awful in POA! She apologized but then the plot made her out to be right even then?? And I always thought her Yule Ball entrance was kinda over-the-top, but damn if that's not compensating for something! Also what the hell, I get that Harry is suffering and all but will someone PLEASE pay attention to the fact that Ron is being bullied BY A FOURTH OF THE STUDENT BODY AND NOBODY SEEMS EVEN REMOTELY CONCERNED????? Also what the hell is wrong with the sixth book, I never liked it much but it's like it's trying to make every character look bad, wtf?? And, and, holy shit I never noticed but Ron was asking legit questions during the Horcrux Hunt debate but Harry kept deflecting or mocking him but it's still Ron who had to apologize in the end??? And I've read a whole post about how Hermione punching Ron is the appropriate reaction for a very small child and not a supposedly “mature" character, and that Harry had to SHIELD RON FROM HER, oh my god?? It's… oh my god, what the fuck is wrong with JK Rowling?

Vivi, in denial: Well, Harry Potter is decidedly not a romance. It's about love, but romantic love is quite far down the priority list when it comes to it. JKR has herself confessed that she wasn't too good at writing romance, and I don't blame her because writing romance is hard. But I did enjoy Romione! When I was little I saw it coming from a mile away, granted I was already savvy in literature but that must have been because she was doing something right! And then the sixth book happened… the sixth book which… which was released after the Harry Potter movies were being filmed, wasn't it?

Vivi looking up the timelines: Oh my god. Oh my god it's even worse, the movies were being discussed before Goblet of Fire came out. Come to think of it, I always found that the Trio felt… different, after Prisoner of Azkaban. Harry and Ron especially felt like they had gotten dumber? And Hermione was suddenly explaining everything when exposition used to be split between her and Ron…

Vivi, in mourning: So that's what happened. Ron ended up being shortchanged to make Hermione look better, because Rowling was fonder of Hermione than she was of Ron, and the scriptwriter too come to think of it. Curse you, Steve Kloves!!!

Vivi, who is nothing if not what Pokémon fans call a nostalgiafag: But… but… yeah, it sucks that Ron was shortchanged, and actually yeah it's a freaking travesty and I WILL freaking spread the world about this, mark my words, but, but I still… I can't help it, when Hermione “looked up at Ron and her frostiness seemed to melt" I melt too. When Ron compliments Hermione or tries to take care of her as much as he can I… it still does something to me, I still find myself rooting for them even if I know there's the awful sixth book and the stupid post-Locket beatdown. Their kiss, for God's sake, I've just realized that Ron may have swept Hermione off her feet physically, but it's Hermione who jumped him, you could say Hermione metaphorically swept Ron off his feet!! God damn it, that's good, that's so good!

Vivi, at war with herself: No, I can't let myself be blinded by nostalgia!! The facts are that Hermione shows borderline abusive - even actually abusive - behaviour, this can't be denied! I don't want to root for an abusive relationship! I don't want to root for a relationship that relies on my favourite character being dumbed down to work!!!

Vivi, about to uncover the secrets of the universe: … wait a second. I don't have to.

Vivi, having an epiphany: Reading Solstice Muse's Romione fanfics gives me such happiness because she just gets the characters! She doesn't portray Hermione as perfect and never fucking up, and she always treats what happens to Ron with respect… Well, especially since she can't play them off as a joke since she often makes Ron the POV character. But, yeah! I can still like Romione… if it's well-written. Which, well, isn't the case in the original books… at least, isn't the case anymore after Rowling's bias got the best of her. Even though they do have their great moments.

Vivi, finding purpose in her life: I am going to spread awareness. I am going to tell the world. Fuck, just rereading the books, I've noticed how blatant the favouritism is and how unbalanced it can be. No wonder the fandom seems to collectively scoff at Ron - the books themselves do whenever it's convenient for them! The fandom plays favourites, because the author herself played favourites, and the worst part is that she didn't even realize it! Imagine you spend your life getting into traumatic situations out of love for your friends who always receive compassion and validation for their feelings about said traumas, but YOUR trauma is hardly touched upon and in the rare case it is, it's only to be mocked or used against you… Fuck! You're a piece of work, JKR! And the fandom just swallows it whole like a bunch of lobotomized snakes! Screw it! Screw it, I'm going to say it like it is, and I'm going to say it LOUDLY! People are going to hear about what Ron goes through and we'll see if Harry and Hermione look like the only ones worthy of therapy then!!

Present day Vivi, as she scrolls through the (heavily filtered) Romione tag on AO3: Ugh, another Drarry… and another… and another… oh, a Hinny-centric fic for a change, cool but I'm looking for more Romione than that, sorry. Gah, why is it that Romione appears as a secondary ship everywhere but they can't get their own stories? I've just seen a Snupin come up for God's sake! Oh, finally, a full Romione!! *clicks* … … … awww that was so sweet. Kudos! Okay back to the search… oh, another one!! *clicks* … … … it's Ron-bashing. It's Ron-bashing and it's not tagged Ron-bashing and that's why it showed up in my search AND I'M GOING TO FREAKING RIOT-

[isthatbloodonhisshirt]

As I mentioned b4, I'm rewatching TW (s1 & s2) and I've been wondering since I joined the fandom how old is Derek. I knew it was never clear but now that I'm rewatching it I'm realising just how much plot holes there are in the show and this is the perfect example. In the first ep Stiles says that Derek is "a few years ahead of them in school" and that the fire happened 10 yrs ago which we know isn't true bc Derek said to Scott that the fire happened 6 yrs ago which then brings me to how (1/?)

old is Derek and how old he was when the whole freaking Kate thing happened. Being a few yrs older than Stiles and Scott would mean imo not more than 4 yrs max bc Stiles wouldn't really remember him otherwise which indicates that Derek is cca 20 yrs old during s1 and that the whole Kate thing happened when he was 14 which once again isn't possible bc of the Paige thing and this is so frustrating bc this is literally the base of the ENTIRE SHOW bc if the fire didn't happen Peter wouldn't (2/?)  go crazy and kill Laura and all of those people and (most importantly for the show) wouldn't bite Scott!!!!!!! (3/3) Thank you for listening/reading my rant and hopefully I copy pasted it correctly and got the point across :D 

(I didn’t know how to tag this as a trigger warning so if anyone knows the correct tag, please tell me because I don’t want anyone to get triggered. This ask talks a lot about Kate and Derek’s gross and abusive history so if that hits you hard, please don’t read it and take care of yourself <3) 

Derek’s age is a continuity thing I see discussed a lot across the fandom and honestly, I think the answer is nobody knows, not even Jeff |D 

I know @always-the-little-spoon told me once that the original script said Derek in episode one of season one was supposed to be 18 (or maybe 19? This convo happened so long ago and as I keep saying, MY MEMORY IS SHITE!) but basically only legit 2-3 years older than Stiles and Scott. 

But then the fire timeline doesn’t add up to his age, because as far as I recall (or it’s been said? Or implied? Or theorized?) Derek was def still a minor when the whole Kate thing happened, but like 16-17 (I feel like someone at one point says Derek was 16 when the fire happened so that would mean his relationship with Kate was when he was either 15 or 16) Typing this is squicking me so bad bleh

But yeah, as time passes, it’s implied Derek is A Full Adult™ of like, a mature 25-26, so suddenly the age gap between Scott/Stiles and Derek jumped. 

I think overall, if I’m looking at it from a devil’s advocate POV, is that they wanted Derek in the “teen” spectrum to fit the “TEEN Wolf” theme, but then as they developed his back story and realized “Oh... wait... if the fire happened ten years ago, and he’s eighteen/nineteen in the pilot, then he’d... oh noooooo~” SERIOUSLY THIS IS MAKING ME UNCOMFORTABLE TO TYPE So they had to make him older, but even then they were probably like “Mmm, even if we make him 25, then he’d only be 15 ten years ago and that isn’t great, either. What if we make him 24, and the fire was six years ago? Then we can say he was just shy of 18 so he’s still a minor, but the ‘older’ side of being a minor.” STILL A MINOR KATE YOU GROSS GROSS LADY! 

Is it more likely they forgot how old they made Derek and how long ago the fire was? Yes. Yes it is. But is it also possible they realized their horrid mistake and fixed it? I mean, maybe? >.> 

Bottom line, no one knows how old Derek is, least of all Derek. So you get to make it up like everything else we do while writing 8D