#i'm way too saturated and my time too limited for me to go on even first dates w people im not attracted to

[dollfairy]

the polyamory subreddit is one part facebook-minions-mom-level poly positivity memes and one part advice posts from newbies opening their relationship (full of red flags)

but then every once in a while someone who had a bad experience (or was mistreated by a poly person) makes a vent post about how poly is toxic and poly love isn't real and it leads to this like...influx of smug posts sharing selfies of people's polycule and weird braggy vibe aside, I feel guilty bc 99% of these selfies I look at and feel

[ko-existing]

i too have wondered why this "subject" (for lack of a better word) has become so saturated recently. in this "process" (again, not the right word, i apologize) of stripping yourself back to zero, doesn’t the addition of more & more empty words only contradict that? if everything that could be said about this has been said already, why say more?

when i "learnt" about this, i learnt solely from you (infiniteko), realitywarpingg and a little from Ada (before they made an AI chatbot in name of the poor woman). i read just a few posts from you all and that was all i needed, i remembered mySelf permanently in no time. i did try reading a couple of books back then (Lester Levenson, Nisargadatta Maharaj) but by the time i’d reached page 5 i realized they weren’t telling me anything i didn’t know already. less truly is more. regardless, it’s nice to see this gaining in popularity, and people have shared some interesting insights… my opinion is useless and illusory. :)

anyway, thank you for turning me back to mySelf. :) you (infiniteko) are a wonderful group of people, and your simple / condensed way of speaking was perfect for my lazy and limited attention span. it was hilarious, once i saw who i was, to discover how obvious and simple it has always been. your writings (and RW’s) come as close to that simplicity as words possibly can.

—🤍🏔️🎐

Thank you 🏔️🎐-Anon! I definitely agree with everything you said. Even if people are asking more and more questions, let them ask until they're tired. They'll notice the answer themselves, there's no doubt about that. In my illusory opinion (just like yours) adding more words doesn't necessarily do what one hopes they'd do. It's becoming too saturated, too wordy. The questions are multiplying and readers are relying heavily on the same words written differently. It's a cycle. In fact, the more you read, the more confusing it gets. This might sound controversial but the more we post and the more we repeat ourselves, the more we are contributing to the endless loop of waiting-reading-asking-seeking-waiting-reading. The best I can do is reblog the things we've said but I don't see a point in saying more than what has already been said. It should be enough by now, even if the questions asked are increasing, that's between them and themselves. They'll know they can't wait forever and are forced to finally rely on themselves.

You can read as much as you want to but what's the point if you're not going to be with yourself and see all the answers were in plain sight all along?

It's been a little more than an illusory decade since I first "learned" all of this. I had no idea about Tumblr or Instagram. It didn't take a hundred posts and a dozen accounts for it to click. It took nothing but myself. In your case (🎐-Anon) it took nothing but yourself. In W's case it took nothing but herself + pondering on the few hints given to all of us.

I see many people say that they "know" that all they need is themselves yet, they wait and hope for a new post by different accounts and think that now (with one more post) it will finally make sense to them, but if you are waiting for someone to give you that insight which "will finally say you free", you can wait for all of eternity, because the only thing that can free you is your-Self, not a post or an account.

(That's just my imaginary opinion, I'm not attacking anyone and neither is Anon.)

Also, Anon, you used a wind chime emoji🎐, do you prefer high or low tones? :)

PB

[the-ace-with-spades]

I've mentioned it before a few times but I do headcanon Ice as color-blind.

It's come to my attention (by @strangelove97, hope you don't mind me tagging you??) that flying planes while color-blind is not exactly possible and I was a bit curious how come since I assumed american eyesight regulations would be similar to the ones my own grandfather had to pass for his pilot licenses (military&civilian). I'm going on a limb here and have overthought everything, so whoever is reading this, bare with me and I'll explain why I find the idea of Ice being color-blind so entrancing.

pictures/examples used here might not be 100% accurate as there are different degrees of color blindness, within each type, I'm merely using photoshop to demonstrate the general idea

The most common color blindness is the red-green type which affects your perception of green and red wavelengths of visible light. I'll try not to go too deep into color theory here, but the majority of colors are not just one hue but rather have percentages of different hues mixed in, too, so it's never affecting only pure red and green, but also colors that are tinted with red and green, i.e. reddish brown, sea blue, etc.

There are mild forms of red color blindness - deuteranomaly (makes red look more green and less bright), protanomaly (affects only saturation of green and red); and slightly more severe protanopia and deuteranopia (which make it hard to tell green and red apart). Displayed below is deuteranopia (left - normal vision):

In aviation, most navigation in the dark is based on red and green, the standard for runway lights is red for runway approach, end lights, and for precision approach lights, green for runway threshold lights and taxiway centerlines, and different warmths of white light for the rest, with the exception of some yellow edge lines at the end of the runway.

In civilian aviation, even with red-green color blindness, you could have a pilot license limited to only flying during daylight. However, even if we look at basic carrier landings for USN, it's virtually impossible with red-green color blindness --- the optical landing system used especially on carriers (but also on some land bases) is dependent on red and green lights; and out of all the lights, including landing markings on the deck, only the carrier edge is lightened up by blue.

Ice's color blindness is not the red-green type.

I based my headcanon on the colorblindness that runs in my family, which is the yellow-blue type, that affects anything that has a tinge of yellow or blue wavelengths --- which makes it hard to tell the difference between blue and green, purple and red, and yellow and pink. It also can make colors look less bright as yellow is the color that usually is responsible for increased saturation (in simplified terms). This will not affect most of the lights and colors used in aviation in a major way -- you'll still be able to pass the eye tests, especially if you 'train' yourself a little bit.

Now, why do I like this headcanon for Ice so much?

My dad saw the sky and the grass as the same color, but different shades - green. In general, with blue-yellow blindness, your world gets greener and more pinkish, just because, as I said, yellow impacts the saturation of many things, including natural light. Blue is responsible for a similar thing. Think like color correcting - blue and yellow are opposite on the color wheel.

Now, the USN (and military in general, probably??) use very specific shades for uniforms, paints, machinery, etc. It's like this washed-out green with underlying, de-saturated, you know what I mean.

This is the color-picked shade of their uniforms in the original Top Gun, a darker shade, and a pic that has a clear view of Mav's eyes:

Now, various lighting will make the above shades different, either warmer or cooler, or more washed out or brighter - for example, said shade #435D52, is made of ~ 27% red, 38% green, 33% blue, coldness and warmth of shades is manipulated by the type of light wavelength you receive alongside the primary hue wavelength, blue and yellow. So to make those shades different depending on saturation/light, you would need to be able to see yellows and blue. Striped down of blue, colors rely on black for darkness and mix it with the raw, untinted green hue.

Ice can't see yellow or blue, so that leaves him with that raw untined green.

And Mav's eyes are just the right type of green - the raw, untined green.

On top of that human irises change color only after prolonged exposure to light (spots of brown melanin in the iris) and flick the light off, reflecting it rather than absorbing the wavelength with a different than primary hue, thus staying the same shade. So Mav's eyes aren't affected by black, shadows aside.

So, most of everything around Ice, basically, whether he is outside with the open sky, or in a training room, or confined to the carrier, or just surrounded by people in flight suits -- is in the shade of Mav's eyes.

Which makes Ice go bonkers at the beginning, obviously, because he is trying not to think about that tiny cocky asshole and can't stop seeing the shade of his eyes.

But as the years go on, and they stay together, and they keep on loving each other, it becomes a form of comfort, that the shade of Mav's eyes is everywhere.

[snapscube]

hey big fan of your channel and art!! was wondering if for the midnight snap series what kind of sound design you were doing it rlly sounds nice!! (also smth that could be nice with it is maybe a little bit of like tape saturation or something might be able to make the audio sound "warmer" if youre like not already doing something like that already, but you probably know better than me!!) feel free to ignore that, but wanted to say in general its so well done and sounds so good!!! its really cozy and nice!!

hey thank you!!! yeah i'd.... genuinely LOVE to talk about my thinking and approach behind the sound design, i'm actually so happy you asked me this LOL this is the kind of shit i live for.

you might assume that it's just me recording the game audio and talking quietly with my normal stream settings, and that is kinda how it STARTS, but there's actually a bit more i've been doing behind the scenes :) nothing too crazy just yet but a little goes a long way when it comes to sound! i'm hoping to really nail down the soundscape and increase the quality over time and specifically up the soothing vibes by a lot. as well as get a little better about mic etiquette and my style of speech. BUT in terms of what i'm doing in post:

the first piece of the puzzle and definitely one of the most important sauces in the whole mix is the Hard Limiter. it does what you might imagine it does, basically just places a hard barrier and says "any sounds that exceed this volume.... no you don't", sort of like a much more intense compressor. currently i have a Hard Limiter on both my commentary AND the game audio, commentary i have set to peak at around -15 to -12 db, whereas game audio is more around the -23 to -20 range. in my more polished audio from later in the AC episode it's enough difference that one doesn't drown the other out in most cases, but not a wide enough gulf that people are struggling to pay attention to one in particular or have to frequently change volume (preferably they don't have to change it at all!). i took this screenshot of the episode's complete waveform when rendering out the audio-only version of AC part 1 and it was super satisfying cause like.... yeah. this is exactly the kind of waveform read i was going for. just super even and smooth across the board, save for a couple anomalies i'll buff out over time.

the next thing i do to both my own commentary and the game audio is actually just cutting down on harsher, higher frequencies with an EQ and just upping the bassier, warmer tones. i started with something super small in the first couple of episodes, i'm probably gonna go a bit harder on it for future stuff though. i wanna find a balance that doesn't make the game sound unrecognizable or anything but is noticeably easier on the ears and sounds more like a nice rolling wave rather than beep boop pac-man time.

past this i have a couple more things added to the commentary track:

to intensify the previous effect mentioned and cut down on harsh frequencies in my speech, i actually have a dedicated de-esser on my voice as well as my usual warmer EQ. i have the de-esser going pretty hard too, you might hear the difference from my usual stream commentary if you were to listen closely. really just taking those harsh t's and s's in my speech and making them sound more like a nice "shhhh", this one is super important i think

last thing i have to speak on otherwise is actually a plugin i found and bought specifically for this show and ends up being subtle but i think SUUUPER helpful in the long run, and that's this plugin called "spiff". spiff is a plugin by oeksound and i guess it's referred to as like, a transient editor? i'm actually not sure how it works at all on the nitty gritty level BUT the important thing is that they have a very important preset in the software, and that is a preset specifically designed to lessen and/or remove like... mouth sounds. yknow like lip smacks and the like. just kinda the gross smacks and clicks you don't hear as much in normal speech but can come through really intensely on a recording and kinda make ya uncomfortable. it obviously doesn't remove a lot of the more intense stuff, it's not a magic wand in my experience. but listening to the output of what it's removing on its own makes it REALLY clear there's a lot of little things it picks up and just kinda makes speech more soothing to listen to. not something i'm racing to apply to my normal streams, BUT for a sleep aid series where good audio is key????? 100% worth it, i like it a lot.

anyway yeah that's about it for now! a lot of it is pretty simple in and of itself but it's stuff i've been working at and experimenting with since i first started doing tests for the show and it's gonna be real nice to keep honing this stuff in. also cool suggestion with the tape saturation idea, i might look into something like that! once i nail stuff like leveling and frequency tuning for this show, i wanna look into some fancier ways of making the soundscape unique to this show compared to my normal streams so ideas like that are super helpful!

[stitching-in-time]

Voyager rewatch s3 ep9: Future's End pt 2

Another episode where I sit there twirling my hair, kicking my feet, and grinning, having my happy Star Trek fun time. It's truly got it all: epic adventure, silly hijinks, time travel paradoxes, phaser shootouts, a cute romance subplot, heck, even a car chase! You could not ask for more.

It's also the ep that introduces the Doctor's moblie emitter, which is a huge deal for his character, and the show in general, now that he can leave sickbay like everyone else. It was honestly a genius move to have a villain use stolen 29th century holo technology to kidnap the Doctor, because not only do we have a workaround for how it can technically be accomplished, in spite of established limits of holodeck technology, we get to keep the emitter and use it forever without any temporal prime directive red tape. Slow clap for that one!

Also, what is up with Chakotay doing flirty flirt all the time in this story?! First with the Captain in the first part (typical, tbh), but then with B'Elanna in the second part! Was this a direction? Or just Beltran spicing things up for his own amusement? Idk, but it's a lot, and it feels weird with B'Elanna, especially when we straight up know he's down bad for Janeway.

And I gotta say, no alien on Star Trek has ever inspired me with visceral terror the way those flannel wearing white guys with guns in this one do. Even the Borg are pretend at the end of the day, but gun-toting rednecks are very real, and even though I know they're not going to kill off main characters, I still sit there thinking "get them out, get them out now!!" when they capture Chakotay and B'Elanna. Having the Doctor phaser those guys was a huge relief tbh!

This story feels more like a TV movie than a regular episode- being able to go to actual locations makes everything seem so much bigger. I mean, they drive past houses! They never just go down random streets on alien planets, because it's too expensive and time consuming to build just to be in the background, and here, we get all the little details of real places, atmosphere, sunshine! It's so great! All the colors look really saturated too, it's almost cartoonish, but not in a bad way. I honestly wonder if they used some kind of filters to make the trees greener and the sky bluer, or if LA really just looks like that. Star Trek tends to be very grey and beige, and I just love all the colors we see in this one.

There's so much here that's nostalgic- the flip phones! Rain Robinson's entire wardrobe! (Girl looks like she stepped out of the pages of Teen Vogue- every girl wanted to dress like her, she even had a VW van, which was very cool at the time.)

I really do like the little romantic subplot they gave to Tom and Rain. It was sweet that they bonded over being nerdy, and it was so lovely that they let Tom be genuine and not cheesy, finally. I love that they gave Rain a little speech recognizing how selfless and dutiful Tom actually is. (I think this episode is where little 10 year old me started to develop a crush on him- and here we are, 27 years later, and I'll still fight anyone who doesn't respect my cringefail nerd blorbo. I'm fine and normal, I promise!)

One thing I noticed on rewatching this, though, is that after the big car chase, when Tom and Rain have their little goodbye kiss, Tom walks away, and gets beamed back to Voyager, but, um... how is she supposed to get home?! Her van just got crashed into, and they're in the middle of the desert! You couldn't just get an Uber in those days! They left her stranded out on a desert road with no car, no food, no water! She's gonna die y'all! The least they can do after she helped them is beam her the hell back to town!! Lol wtf?!

This is one of those eps that's so much fun that you don't want it to end. But of course, our plucky Voyager crew stops Starling from taking the timeship back to the future, and prevents him from destroying the solar system. It's very satisfying knowing his greed is what gets him killed- if only billionaires always got what they deserved lol. And then they get to go back to their own time, but they have to go back to the Delta Quadrant- that pesky temporal prime directive! But we get treated to a final scene of all of the crew together in the mess hall, for the first time ever! I'm not sure if they're celebrating the Doctor's mobile emitter, or getting back to their own time, or what, but it's cute AF. Tom then calls Tuvok a freakasaurus (affectionate), and I'm just about to keel over from warm fuzzy feelings as the credits roll. I love this one so, so much!!

Tl;dr: A conclusion that lives up to the first part, this is an epic time travel story with all the fun, nostalgia, and excitement you could ask for. One of the series best, a true classic.

[sangpires]

i've been following you for a very very long time (the snk askblog days !) and your art still blows me away every time. i just love your colors and painterly style. do you have some art tips, tutorials, brush recommendations etc ? i really want to improve my digital painting skills and i'm curious about your process

Oh no! Not the ask blogs..... but thank you so much for your continued support of my work 🥺♥

I think the most important things I always keep in mind is colour theory though I can't say im always successful each time I do it 😂 Honestly when I see guides it all never makes sense to me?? What do they want me to do even!!

These guys explain things pretty well though and much more professional than me:

Emel's Colour theory notes Gigi's colour/lighting notes And also this image right here

Honestly main things are

limit your palette - use a colour fill set to low opacity overlay or 10% opacity normal for the mood you want for the piece, your character might be wildly coloured but this brings it together

split/complementary palettes are great, saturate one side, desaturate the other for contrast (looks teal but its actually a grey if you swatch it )

don't you dare use white grey or black to shade! dont you dare!!!!

add a slightly more saturated colour in the middle of your shading gradient for some pop

personal taste but i like to dab some colour elsewhere where it might not belong 🤷‍♀️

my personal pet peeve is that i dont actually like swatching from character sheets im sorry the cat is out of the bag whats the fun if you cant play around with lighting and mood

most important skill is to not be scared to try things that are hard that you think wont work out!! trust in the process!! itll look like ass the whole way through!! use colour balance at the end if you need to!!

also colour theory relies on the ryb wheel rather than rgb which really messes with you in digital settings... thats something i still need to memorise more... awful

Also tosses this out here too: Jing's brushes are my current go to since I work more in procreate now

Anyways half the time I dont even listen to myself and forget the stuff i should be doing and i have to go back and ref my own art style so who knows!!! take this all with a lot of salt

[enniewritesathing]

memory management (💧2)

⏮️Previous || (📚Previous Stories) || ▶️Beginning

(The room is quiet.)

(The Werewolf is in a dreamless sleep. His mind cannot, or will not, give him anything to dwell on. When he does dream, it's nothing more than a chain of nightmares.)

???: "He hasn't moved in a while. How are his vitals?"

??? "Stable since we've moved him in there. He's taking well to the liquid."

???: "Good."

???: "Hey, he's starting to wake up."

???: "Oh shit-- really? Thought that was supposed to be--"

???: "Start the timer, please."

(The Werewolf's hand finger twitches. Wait, something feels off... why does it feel like it's dragging across something? Why can't he hear anything?

(His eyelids are heavy. A bubble floats past his focusing vision. Everything feels heavy and light at the same time. Floating...)

(Even the air feels heavy. Another bubble lifts past. Why does it feel like-- water!)

???: "Rise and shine."

(The Werewolf snaps out of his slumber. He's surrounded by water; he reaches out and is immediately met by glass. No. No, he's trapped.)

(He summons his strength to break the glass, ignoring the razor sharp pain in his veins. There's no sign of giving.)

(The glass reverberates with each strike. He's getting out of here one way or another.)

???: "At this rate, he's going to break the tank!"

???: "No; he's not. Drop it to eighty-five and watch."

???: "And where are you going?"

???: "I'm going to observe up-close."

(The Werewolf finds himself struggling to breathe in the liquid. Instinct is wild and confused on whether he should hold his breath or breathe deeper.)

(He hears the steel door locks disengage and the sound of footsteps padding along the floor. Something -- someone's humming a bright, jaunty tone.)

???: "Well. You continue to surprise me, Johnathan."

(That voice. The Werewolf opens his eyes again, seeing the bleary outline in front of him.)

???: (reedy laugh) "You're about ten minutes in with eighty-five percent de-saturation."

"Fascinating, really. I could watch you all day to be honest."

(The Werewolf glares at the man.)

???: "Ha, what am I talking about? I do that already."

???: "Oh, pardon me. I suppose you're wondering why you're stuck in there. Right? Just a few tests to run. Lung capacity, how well they work... how they react to certain events. How long you can go without air. You're already exceeding expectations."

(The man gasps gently.) "Oh, that look! Your eyes! Has anyone told you they're absolutely marvelous to gaze into? How fiery they are? Yes, I can see the hate in your eyes. Wonderful.

"I just know you're plotting to get out and tear me to shreds. I know you're remembering my face and my voice. Right? A few inches of glass separates us. Shouldn't be too hard."

???: "Between the paralytics in your body and the fluid, you don't have a way. You're trapped here. Though, I am surprised you moving this well. I'll have to do something about that."

???: "I don't think holding your breath or whatever you're doing will help you further. In a few moments, this special fluid will no longer contain the necessary properties that allow you to breath it like air. You will suffocate and then you will drown."

???: "Please don't think of me as a cruel man, Johnathan. This is for science. I will not waste this god-given opportunity. A live, young, handsome werewolf such as yourself should be honored to be a part of this. You're one of a kind."

???: "I have confidence that you'll draw this out as much as you can. Right, Johnathan? I know that you have a lot of spirit within you. I'll be honest, it's such a sight to see you struggle..."

"...but it looks like you're nearing your limit. Your lungs must be burning. Your heart rate's dropping fast and you're beginning to black out. You're exhausted; I can see it on your face."

???: "There's no shame in giving up. You're frustrated, perhaps defeated. You're realizing things that has never occurred to you in your life. I'm sure you want this to all stop."

???: "Don't you worry your pretty little head about it, my dear Johnathan. I won't let you die. No. You're too valuable to me. Priceless. We'll just..."

"...try again. I want to see what you're capable of."

// Next ⏭️

[nezhanetwork]

your art style is extremely tasty! how do you pick your colours / any tips for picking colours? :D

omg thank you so much! :D

well, most of the time i just pick what seems nice, i'm too lazy to learn and i just rely on my intuition. i genuinely don't know what i'm doing and if i'm doing it right, but here you go!

first of all, using different colours for shadows and reflexes instead of multiplying adds so much. i usually do a basic colour, then i pick a yellowish shade of it (closer to the top of the colour wheel) for lighter parts and a reddish one (closer to the bottom) for shadows. like that:

don't be afraid to use more saturated/dark colours while shading, for me it's been a long journey overcoming that fear and i'm still not through it entirely. but i swear it gets easier! and colouring becomes so much fun :D you can add more shades between the three "reflex-basic colour-shadow" components.

i rarely use complementary colours 'cause i'm having a hard time figuring out how to apply it to my works XD but other artists explain it wonderfully, i like @/wasyago 's posts on the topic!

a lot of the time all of the colours of my pieces were picked from just one side of the colour wheel so they're all close to each other, like on the example below. this way, i use the brightest colour to catch the viewer's eye and to serve as an accent, i think!

also, i often pick a limited set of colours for a piece and just repeat them. i feel like it helps to perceive the picture as a whole. i made lizzie's dress light blue to match the sky and gave her a pink bow to match her hair and so on, you can see that everything is repeated!! little details of one colour become accents when some other colour prevails in the artwork :)

it can be hard to learn nice colour combinations on your own, even knowing the colour theory, so examples are essential. so to see which colours can go together well i analyze how other artists do that, see what combinations match that i never would've thought of myself. and look at professional photos as well! there's a lot to learn from the real world :)

hope this helps!

[bardicsidhe]

The Utah desert was beautiful at dusk. It took a few days to notice, but the brilliant color and light demanded appreciation with a slow, irresistable patience. It broke through Otogi's preoccupied thoughts in a brief moment of peace, soaking his vision in saturated orange and rosy velvet purple hues.

He stared; couldn't seem to stop staring. The day's fading warmth cocooned him, and his thoughts emptied. The crisis receded; the fate of the world took a memo as he breathed in the silence.

The beach chair a few feet away from Otogi creaked. He knew it was Professor Hopkins by the slow easing down of the sound, and didn't turn. The professor always sat down like he wasn't sure if his bones would take the weight. Rebecca was all noise and restless energy. She had a habit of announcing her presence with dramatic declarations, and tossing herself into chairs in a whirl of skirts.

It was nice to know people like this. Nice in a way he hadn't imagined. He knew his father's gait for reasons that had everything to do with self-preservation. Professor Hopkins couldn't hurt a fly, even if he'd wanted to.

"I don't mind the view, but I apologize for the slow travel," Professor Hopkins said.

"It's no trouble," Otogi replied absently.

"I'm sure you'd rather be with your friends, than defending an old man and his impetuous granddaughter."

Otogi could hear the smile in the professor's voice. He echoed it, and at last dragged his attention from the horizon. "Really, I don't mind. I wish I knew what was happening, but I can't fight Yugi's battles. I know what I'm good at, and so does he."

Professor Hopkins's expression softened with surprise. "And what is that?"

Otogi tipped his head until the die in his earring brushed his neck. A reminder. "Survival," he said with a shrug, "Honda would throw himself on the first blade that showed up, and Jounouchi would fight to an honorable death, like idiots." The words were critical, but Otogi didn't bother to mask the fondness there, either. They were idiots, but they'd become his idiots. Everyone had.

Professor Hopkins was still watching him. His eyes in the light of the small hibachi fire were shrewd. "And how do you survive?"

Otogi showed him a wolfish grin. "I'm going to run like hell first, and fight dirty if I'm cornered. Living's more important than a good death."

This time, Professor Hopkins didn't smile. His frame seemed to collapse a little, and the crinkled eyes grew sad. "You're so young to carry all that," he said.

Otogi sat up straighter. "Don't feel sorry for me," he snapped.

The old man held up a soothing hand. "I don't. We all have our hardships. When I was your age, though, I felt like I could do anything. Your perspective is what keeps us alive, and I'm grateful. But every young man - every young person - deserves a moment to feel unlimited."

The words echoed across the desert, hard consonants pinging back from the mesas in metallic whispers. Otogi crossed his arms. When the echoes faded, he turned back in silence to the red horizon.

"I said too much," Professor Hopkins said. His voice seemed to have lost vigor with the light.

Otogi shook his head. He took a deep breath and blinked hard. "It's not that," he said, "I just don't know what to do with what you're saying. It's not like I can go back in time. I'd rather know my limits than pretend otherwise, anyway. But, thank you for being kind."

They fell into silence for several minutes afterward. Otogi felt a pang of regret when he heard Professor Hopkins's chair creak again; the rustle of a blanket pushed aside. He wished he'd said less.

"Otogi," Professor Hopkins said gently, much closer now. Otogi flinched without meaning to, and cringed away from him. He glanced up to see the professor's hand frozen halfway to him. The old man looked stricken.

"I'm so--" Professor Hopkins began, apology in his voice. He paused, shook his head, and lowered his hand. "I wanted to say, before I turn in - thank you. If it was Yugi who asked you to stay with us, then he is an astute judge of people. You are a capable young man, of far more stalwart character than I was at your age. I, ah. I feel you deserve to hear it."

And he didn't hear it much. The observation was clear in Professor Hopkins's phrasing. He wasn't wrong, but it hurt to be so damned obvious. Like the past had been tattooed on him somehow, somewhere he couldn't cover up. Adrenaline still spiked Otogi's blood from the shock of finding Professor Hopkins so close. For a few seconds, he couldn't move. He stared at the old man, thoughts staticky and sharp. When he found his body's controls again, Otogi dropped his eyes. Linked his hands together, hard, in his lap.

"Thank you, Professor Hopkins," he said.

"I'll give you back your peace and quiet," Professor Hopkins said, stepping back without touching him, "Please forgive an old man his intrusion."

Otogi listened to the slow, uneven cadence of his footsteps recede, then the creak of the RV as he climbed the steps.

Otogi turned to the dying fire in the hibachi. The coals were still glowing, giving off a comforting heat as the desert chill crept closer to camp. They'd put up a good fight, but certainly would be dead by morning without care.

He fed the fire another stick.

[cowboyjen68]

Hi Jen, I'm writing this as a young (18) yr old lesbian who just wants some place to relate. I've been having this problem in my circle of friends and beyond, where I'm realizing that my years as a teenager are beginning to come to a close and all of my friends have experiences I'll never have and sometimes it feels like it's held over me or like they look at me differently. Some of my friends are queer, some not, but all of them like men and a lot of them got typical highschool and teenage experiences in these relationships with men like going to school events and dates or even just bringing these boys home to their parents, and sometimes they say things about my inexperience/ my lesbianism that hurt but the more they bring it up the more I feel inadequate. I'm from a really small and conservative town and grew up in a very unsafe household, i never even had the chance to do the things they could and I've always felt excited to finally leave and put myself out there and be openly queer but now because I never had the chance to gain much experience like my friends did I feel too scared and undeserving to put myself out there with women, even though i know the unsafe situation i was in was out of my control im really afraid of being judged the same way some of my friends do to me. I'm not really sure if any of this makes sense or where exactly I'm going with this but long story short I just want to know if socializing and dating as a lesbian gets easier://

This lack of dating experience is pretty common for lesbians and gay men. It is also not as unusual for straight kids as the world would like you to believe. 

It is much less rare than others want you to think for young adults (college age etc) to be unpracticed in dating. The common expectation is high school is a time we are supposed to date people and then by the time we are  adults we have some idea of what we like and dislike and how to navigate the social norms of dating. College or after graduation is then encouraged to be a time to meet those out of our immediate friend and high school circle and date with less constraints from our parents or family. Once we are in the mid to late 20’s we are supposed to get more serious about dating for the long term and settling down. 

The fact is many gays and lesbians don’t date in high school for any number of reasons, the most common being it is just not safe or acceptable either to their family or to their community. Dating someone of the same  sex can still be a dangerous endeavor depending on the region, parents and community. Just like other kids, gay and lesbian teens might not be ready to date until more mature, some into their 20’s and in truth there is no timeline to date. Not everyone is ready to explore intimacy, romance or that sort of interaction at the same time. There should be no shame in waiting until it is something that is of interest to you. Sadly there is pressure from the media, peers, even parents and family to enter into the rituals of dating. The expectation is almost always that it will be with the opposite sex and that is why a lot of young bi people decide to not explore one whole side of their sexuality for many years.  

It seems like every other movie that is targeting teens and young adults has the sole focus of the protagonist either having sex or at least finding true love. A movie rarely has a happy ending unless there is a successful union of two people. This was no different from when I was growing up. We are all saturated with the idea that our life goal is to meet someone and settle down and until then we just practice our dating skills. LIfe is way more complex and interesting than to have a one track mind and that the only way to be doing it right is to date and then settle down. 

Once you get out on your own you will find that lots of young adults just did not date or date successfully in high school or  college. It could be they faced limits from their family or there was just no dating pool in their hometown.  It might be that religion or some kind of moral dilemma kept them from trying. It could also be that they just weren’t ready and didn’t want to. I would hazard the guess that many of your friends were not as successful or happy at dating as they reported to be. The expectations, and positive feedback from adults and kids for dating can be overwhelming and prompt people to crow much louder about their dating than their actions deserve. 

It is a pretty common topic among even my older lesbian friends, but definitely from those in their 20’s that they felt like young teens all over again when they finally dipped their toes into the dating pool, some well into adulthood. We talk about dating boys to cover our sexuality or just to fit in and not be bothered. It was a constant game of dating but trying to avoid intimate contact with every excuse from “I have a cold sore starting” to “my mom said I can’t go out tonight” (when mom said no such thing).  IT was lying to boys who were sweet and understood our reluctance, although not sure why and it was giving in to unwanted advances just to maintain our secret. 

In my opinion it is far better to just wait until you are safe and ready to date whomever it is you want to date. Dating should be fun and a learning time. It should be the practice of social skills and honing your intuition about people. You deserve to be excited and have that fuzzy feeling as you get ready to go on a date with a woman you met online or at a party. 

More good news is that even if you date a woman who has had more experience, rarely is there a person who has it all figured out. You will find most people on their first or 10th date with a new woman are starting from square one, figuring out the other woman and how to impress her or make sure she has fun. 

You will have a larger and more varied dating group once you are independent. FInd lesbians friends, older and younger. Older women are often more than happy to help you avoid the pitfalls they had when dating for the first time. They will share stories of humor and wisdom and hopefully that networking can help you broaden your lesbian friend circles. 

Join the local Pride as a volunteer, seek out the LGBT+ club at your college. Approach the local public library to see if they have a lesbian ready club established or see if they will help you establish one. Subscribe to Lesbian Connection. It is an open forum that is solely made up of letters written from lesbians on all sides of many issues. They list women's and lesbian events , book and lesbian owned businesses, all which can be very helpful in meeting other women. 

I have every confidence you will be okay. And not the only one feeling the way you do.

[stormyoceans]

Trailer Only Boo is:

0,03 sec Book in black

0,02 sec Milk's ruby hair

0,01 sec Louis dance

😞

I'm probably too old for this story or is it really that bland🤔

I FEEL BAD SAYING THIS BUT. THOSE REALLY WERE THE ONLY MOMENTS I WAS MILDLY INTERESTED IN THE TRAILER ;;;;;;;

and i mean.. i do think age definitely plays a part in it, which you know. that's just natural. someone like me who's way past her teenage years and hasn't been in school in ages is obviously gonna have a harder time relating to this kind of story, even just compared to someone in their early 20s. but then again, 23.5 is set in high school and im enjoying it tremendously, so im also fully convinced that there are other factors to consider

first one that comes to mind, for example, it's the lack of product variety. 23.5 and beauty newbie, which are the two GMMTV shows currently airing, are both set in school. only boo! and we are, which are the next two GMMTV shows that are gonna air soon, are both set in school. LIKE EVEN IF I WERE PART OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE OF THESE SHOWS I WOULD START TO GET A BIT TIRED OF THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER AGAIN

the other thing is.. and again i actually feel bad saying this because these kids have no fault and they should only be appreciated for the work they're doing, but i do always try my best to be honest, and the truth is that unfortunately in this case it's hard for me to care about a show where there are rookies playing the main pairing, mostly because i immediately think about all the actors who have been in GMMTV for years and have yet to land a main role (which is why it doesn't really come as a surprise when actors like fluke pusit decides to leave)

it's not fair because at one point all the actors have been rookies, and if people didn't give them a chance they wouldn't be where they are now, but when the market is saturated by the same product (shows set in school) and free time is limited, if im gonna have to choose what to watch, im personally gonna gravitate towards the series that has actors that i already know and enjoy rather than the one that doesn't

all this to say that only boo! was never going to be the show that i was gonna look forward to the most, but maybe it would have seemed a bit more refreshing if there were other kind of series airing at the same time

but who knows, maybe it will surprise us!!!!!!

[mine-ventures]

I can't tell what setting this Minecraft world has proper. It has a certain medieval feel with thibgs like monsters, dungeons, castles, dragons, hell, magic, potions, constructs and the outworldy end. Yet there are modern appliances, talk about planets and modern concepts. The backgrounds and wordings contradict and don't always fit. It takes a bit from the fantasy and the survival feel base minecraft offers.

Why mix concepts? /gen

CW: Long Post holy shit, I'm sorry I never shut up---

Ok, I wanna answer this question first as a Mun, cuz I think it's my duty to do so! (Imma tell u now that some stuff I'll say in here are pretty much my point of view on some stuff, and they're pretty much my headcanons, so, yeah!)

So, here we go!

Why there are some concepts that doesn't seem to fit in here, you ask, my dear, Anon. Well, the answer is very simple!

Everything is set in a different time-line. I mean, some stuff related in the bios of my characters has happened like, many years ago, even more than a normal human being could live for. They've been here for MANY YEARS.

They're pretty much answering in a more... Uhhh... Distant-not-so-distant future?? Cuz some species can live over 100+ years, and some other cannot die unless killed (Ex. The Undead). Minecraft is a VERY old planet... And is definitely NOT the same Earth we all know.

Earth and Minecraft are NOT the same, nor even the Universe in here. You can view it as some kind of "Alternative Universe" if you want lol

Also, the modern stuff you see, aren't THAT modern as you think. Some stuff are still underdevelopment, like, when humans were inventing the first fridge?? or the first TV?? The first Light bulb??? Idk xD Even the fridge itself, is made out of iron blocks, a well preserved ice block, some Iron doors and probably a dispenser/barrels with some buttons/levers so it'll open lol You gotta use your imagination, bud!

I can assure you, they DON'T see their world as if they're in a game. For them, they live their life as if they are living like you! There's no such thing as "Game Mechanics" or "Game Rules", there's no "Health bar" or "saturation bar" or "Servers" or "Chat". Humans aren't called "players", The Nether isn't called Hell.

They're living their lifes, they're not living a game. Cuz this is not a game for them, as the real life isn't a game for you!:]

Also, another answer for some stuff is also: I've based much of the tale in my very old point of view when I first created these silly OCs and their adventures (And that was when I was 10yo... In 2010 lol)... So some stuff might seem pretty outdated, or maybe they don't make so much sense anymore not only for that, but because I always work in a way where I mostly break the laws of the canon just so some stuff could "make sense" in the universe of this tale... Also, because I find it funny and sometimes I just decide to ignore some parts of the canon so I don't have too much limitations lol xD (If you know me, you know how much I LOVE to break the Canon and make AUs and do stupid shit just for fun and some laughs xD)

But yeah, I'm sorry if everything I said is stupid or at the very end doesn't make any sense... I just want to have the same fun I used to had when I was 11, now that I have the free time to do it!

I just missed my blocky friends and their world :)♥

(Bonus doodle I made of me(?) with my Co-Admin of this Tale[????)

[dans-den]

My Top 5 Best Shows of 2022

Hey how's it going everyone its Dan here and today I'll be giving you my Top 5 best shows of 2022!

Just like my Top 5 worst shows list, this is all my opinion, you can agree or disagree with me and that's okay! are we clear? lets begin!

Number 5 goes to Primal Season 2 on Adult Swim/HBO MAX (8/10)

Now this was made by Genndy Tartakovsky the creator behind classics such as Samurai Jack, Dexter's Laboratory, Symbiotic Titan (that show deserves to be brought back), and the limited Star Wars: The Clone Wars series from the early 2000's. When I heard he was bringing this show out, I was interested and I watched the first season and it slapped! This show will give you unfiltered nuts to butts action and make you sad at the same time despite that the characters don't actually speak, the facial expressions, tone, body language tells the whole story of the show. Season 2 kept that momentum going with expanding on the world and the characters Spear and Fang. Even the introduction of Mira was a great inclusion into the series as she developed a friendship with Spear and Fang, especially with Spear. They gave a lot of side characters such as the Vikings, Celtics, Witches, etc. The end of the season was action packed to the brim however ended with the loss of Spear which honestly made me sad. However, the season concludes with a time skip to where Mira and Spear have a daughter (they conceived one before his death) and with Fangs children grown as well. I don't know if were getting a season 3 for sure, but even if we don't this is an overall good conclusion to our main characters. I'd recommend watching Primal, it's one of the best in adult animation today.

Number 4 goes to Spy X Family the anime on Hulu/CrunchyRoll (8/10)

This anime was hyped up and it definitely deserves and lives up to the hype. With anime being more mainstream and honestly saturated nowadays, it's hard to watch them all and figure out which ones are good or bad or which you should invest time into. But Spy X Family stuck out to me because of its plot and the main characters. People compare Loid and Yor to Mr. and Mrs. Smith but I feel that it's quite the opposite, I find Loid and Yor's relationship to be wholesome despite their professions and how they have to fake being a couple with a child. Despite the plan being a setup, they do slowly grow to care and love each other as well as Anya their daughter. Anya truly is the glue that keeps them together bringing out the human side of both Loid and Yor and hoswing them theirs more to life than their work. The situations they get into are hilarious and can be action packed at times. I definitely like the Spy and Assassin elements in this show and keeps it from getting too stale or mundane. I'm sure it'll get a second season, in fact I don't think season 1 is over just yet but even so, 25 episodes means were eating good.

Number 3 goes to CyberPunk: EdgeRunners on Netflix (8.5/10)

Now this is what I consider to be the apology of CD Projekt Red after the disaster that was CyberPunk: 2077. After that games disastrous launch, CD had lost money in both revenue and even made their stock go WAY down! They did fix the problems with the game but the fans were still upset (and rightfully so). Luckily someone at the HQ had the brains to bring CyberPunk into the world of anime and my god, it's a banger! I literally binged this show on Monday and it was quite a ride. It's a ten episode limited series and surprisingly Netflix picked it up (smart move on their part). The show gives me cowboy bebop vibes only more futuristic and a lot more...mature content shown if ya catch my drift. Despite its limited ten episode run, it does an amazing job immersing you into the world and showing you the characters and the struggles of living in such a corrupt city. Reminds me a lot of a Neo Gotham City from Batman: Beyond and it has a surprising amount of Hispanic culture in it which I personally appreciated. I would have enjoyed two more episodes since there's a time skip between episodes 6 and 7 where months pass and Davis goes through character development and appears bigger and stronger than before but it is what it is. It is sad that the main cast gets killed off one by one, reminds me a lot of Akame Ga Kill where it happens to one out of nowhere and slowly one by one, each member gets killed off leaving one of the main characters left. It's a bittersweet end but that's also what makes it a great series.

Number 2 goes to Demon Slayer Season 2 aka The Entertainment District Arc on Hulu/CrunchyRoll (9/10)

Now I know technically it started in December 2021 even when you cut out the Mugen train movie being chopped up into episodes at the beginning of the season. It still didn't finish its season run until February of this year so I still count this as more of a 2022 season to a show. I love Demon Slayer and Season 2 did not disappoint, it started out with the events after Mugen train, we got more depth for one of the pillars which was Tengen, more depth about Muzan and his plans, battling one of the upper moons and all action in it! The final battle was intense and the animation was on point! it was so beautifully done and while I'll admit some of the battle scenes felt dragged out, it didn't take away from the animation and visuals we were getting. The ending gave us a hint of what's to come next season and I cannot wait!

Before I go into Number One, I want to shout out some honorable mentions

First mention I want to shout out is Sonic Prime on Netflix (7.5/10)

Netlfix has truly been getting it together if I have more of its shows on my top 5 best shows list than my top 5 worst shows. I wanted to put Sonic Prime on my actual list but unfortunately it only has 8 episodes released at the moment despite it being slated for 24 episodes. This is Netflix still using that binge model that hasn't really worked since the pandemic due to people not being trapped in their houses anymore. It is what it is but despite that, Sonic Prime shows a lot of promise and is entertaining to watch. As a Sonic fan, its great to see him doing well this year with a successful movie, successful game and a potentially successful show! Were truly in the Sonic Renaissance right now. I love the multiverse idea for Sonic, there is plenty of potential for great storylines but again we'll have to wait until the other 18 episodes get released for a real verdict. It said to have three seasons with eight episodes a pop so we got season 1 with a cliffhanger and hopefully we will get the other two complete seasons. But so far, going strong, going fast!

My other honorable mention will go to The CupHead Show on Netflix (7.5/10)

Why can't Netflix just keep giving us good shows like this instead of cracking down on password sharing? I do enjoy this show but it also used the Netflix binge model. This show had all three seasons come out this year and while I do find Netflix's binge model annoying, I still enjoy this show. I love that old rubber hose style of animation used back in the early 20th century. The game itself is fun and they made a great adaptation with the show just like CyberPunk: EdgeRunner and hell even Sonic. I don't know where the show goes from here but I will say its had a great run up to this point.

And now for the moment you've all been waiting for, the Number One Best show of 2022 goes to....

Number 1 goes to Smiling Friends on Adult Swim/HBO MAX (10/10)

This is how you do adult animation that everyone can enjoy! I've mentioned each of these shows have plots or storylines they follow, but the thing with Smiling Friends is, there is no set story or plot. The main purpose of the show is to make people smile not only in the show, but also the viewers. Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack are internet content creators/animators and they managed to something that no one from the internet space has been able to do, make a great TV show! Many have tried and failed to bring internet content to television, but these guys managed to do it thanks to time, effort, proper budgeting, and overall great understanding of what makes this transition possible. Smiling Friends is a simplistic show with various animation styles, realism, great writing, hilarious humor, and overall is in touch with the audience its going for. It never feels like something huge or complex, its a simple show that makes it feel like you're having a fun and relaxing conversation with your buddies and I think that's where the charm and appeal comes from. The best part about this show in my opinion is how it's able to subvert your expectations. Now people thought the first episode was weird but as they watches it, it grew on them. The first episode came out in 2020 and people were waiting for the full series. The first season came out this year and left fans wanting more. Now the crew gave us a little surprise with the Brazil episode and if you read the description, you'll think "oh it's just a nice beach episode" but when you actually watch it, it throws a complete curveball at you. They spent the entire episode in an airport just arguing with each other and it was the funniest surprise anyone could have asked for. No one saw that coming and everyone loved it. I'm so glad this show is getting another season, this show is a perfect example of adult animation done right as well as transitioning internet content to mainstream television and that's why I believe Smiling Friends is the Best Show of 2022!

Thanks for sticking around till the end, I'll get my Top 5 Best/Worst movies out starting tomorrow.

See ya!

[angrykingdomenemy]

The Most Common replica bags online Debate Isn't as Black and White as You Might Think

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It's happened to me, and I'm absolutely sure It can be took place to you also.​ You're inside a hurry to obtain a Specific current, you know what You are looking for , after which you can the next matter you understand you're going for walks out with the store using a knock-off! That is proper, I am discussing faux luggage.​

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[generousbelieverbeard]

So You've Bought replica handbags ... Now What?

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I'd an experience which has a bogus bag some time back again.​ I was at the marketplace, and I discovered a tremendous seeking handbag.​ I could not believe how sensible it appeared, and the seller said it had been a fresh design that had just come out.​ So I went in advance and purchased it, with no supplying it a 2nd considered.​

The moment I received residence, I realized that a thing was not fairly appropriate.​ I went on the internet and did a certain amount of study, and it turns out it was a counterfeit.​ I had been so irritated and dissatisfied that I were taken in by a fake.​

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[thecameronchronicles]

Breaking and Entering Part 2: Barbados

TW: BDSM. Smut. Violence. Language. Degrading Language. 

SUMMARY: Rafe takes advantage of his time with you in Barbados. 

WORD COUNT: 2500

Breaking and Entering Part 2: Barbados 

"Is this REALLY necessary?" You questioned as the final knot was tied, pinning you to the headboard of the hotel bed. Trying the binds and forcing the headboard to clamor against the drywall, you blushed at the thought of how this would be consistent upon his return-something visible by the way he appreciated how you were helpless before him. His eyes rose and descended in a thorough scan of your body revealed to him in your same crop top and skirt from the day prior. Only now, you were at his mercy. Completely. 

"You're trouble, sweetheart...Gotta keep you in check...can't have you drawing attention now can we?" He teased the revealed skin of your thigh, making you twist beneath him. 

"Rafe?" Ward called from the opposite side of the hotel room door as you narrowed your eyes at him. 

"Can you at least untie my ankles or put the TV on?" You whined as he only cocked his jaw while collecting his personal items and moving back over to you once groaning his name. 

"And let you entertain yourself without me? Not a chance..." His eyes came to a descent of your stomach exposed to him and the curves of your hips he could feast on for hours in appreciation. 

"As for while I'm gone..." His fingers teased the edge of your panties, pulling the fabric into a raise by the insertion of his fingers, and finding you already soaked for him. 

"Such a fucking slut." He scoffed as you wanted to hate how he called you that. But it only deepened your need for him, as if those words were simply a catalyst to some hidden sexual kink or liberty. 

"Like getting fucked with a gun...like being tied up...Anything else you want to tell me?" Your back arched as his middle finger penetrated you, curving immediately. 

"Where have you been hiding from me? Huh? We could have been having so much fun so much sooner..." You moaned behind pursed lips as his fingers suddenly withdrew. 

"Rafe!" 

"You're gonna wait for me like this...Unable to do anything but think about what I'm gonna do to you when I get back..." 

"When?" You continued to showcase your displeasure. 

"Maybe an hour-could be until dark..." He pulled his baseball cap backwards, offering a wide grin before taking his fingers between his lips, sucking them clean. 

"You should be thankful that I'm letting you rest..." 

"Rafe, we have to go-" Ward spoke with aggravation as Rafe slowly nodded, taking hold of the do not disturb sign for the door. 

"You're gonna be so fucking sore after I'm done with you-" These words were spoken almost casually but with the arrogance that made you moan. You hated how badly you wanted him. He was selfish and cold, bitter and cruel-but in small moments with you, he was giving and compassionate-even, if you dare think it, sweet... 

But now he abandoned you. Your mind began to run wild with the ideas of his return. Would he undress immediately or torment you for another set of hours with foreplay and vulgarities? Would he try a new position? Test your limits? The thoughts left you uncomfortable with your saturated panties clinging to you in need. 

Somewhere between moaning and testing your binds, you managed to slip your dainty wrist from the knot, relief washing over you as you suddenly tried the others. But these were too tight to be broken by your fingers. Yet, with this free hand, you were able to relieve some of your own tension, thoughts of his hand in place having carried you to the verge of your high rather quickly. 

It would be five hours until the click of the hotel room door would illuminate your boredom. But where you expected him to arrive and move directly to you in lust or even ignore you completely he was pacing in excitement. 

"Oh my God! You have no idea what just-'' But then his eyes came to your broken binding, his gaze darkening as his jaw pulled to a sideways cock. Silently yet with aggression, he pulled your skirt completely off of your body, followed by your panties, your eyes following each and every action as he finalized this by taking your underwear against his nose. His chest lifting to take your scent, he scoffed. 

"So fucking impatient..." You swallowed hard as he bit his bottom lip for a moment before shaking his head. He unbuckled his belt before using it to amend your free wrist before returning to stand at your side. 

"I actually felt bad leaving you here...I was gonna be sweet with you...especially after the day I had...I was feeling...charitable..." He now came over you, hand in a harsh grip at your jaw, breath close enough to taste the celebratory drink he had with his dad, behind his words. 

"But you just couldn't keep your hands off that pretty little pussy could you? Can’t say I blame you, but..." You blushed, suddenly overwhelmed with shame and regret as the orgssm paled in comparison to those he could give you, making you wish you had the strength and wisdom to wait. 

"So ungrateful..." He tossed your head back to the pillow before shaking his head, the cold air harsh against your naked cunt, that he glanced at, before licking his lips. 

"Do you have any idea how lucky you are? You could be in jail right now or even killed..." Your eyes widened. 

"But lucky for you..." He leaned down, taking hold of your hair in a harsh grasp. 

"I'm in a good mood..." With one hand pulling his cargo shorts past his waist, revealing his own eagerness, you licked your lips at the remembrance of his taste and soft skin collecting the rushing blood of his erection at attention for you. 

"You know what to do baby girl..." Due to your being tied as you were, he assisted your actions by angling himself beneficially on the bed before wrapping one hand of fingers around the headboard and the other within your hair. 

"Choke on me, you little whore. Show me you're sorry for cuming without me-" Your eyes kept onto him as he brought himself into your mouth. 

"Open your throat-" He groaned as you were powerless against his size and motions. You were simply being used by him. And the erotic carnality of it only made you want to please him even more. Especially as his lips fell open in loose ease, your tongue and sucking motions bringing him closer to his edge. 

"You crying?!" He laughed, forcing himself faster against your throat. 

"You took me better the first time-" He withdrew himself from you, letting you breathe for just a second. "But you DO look so fucking pretty crying for my cock..." He grinned. 

"I'm sorry, Rafe...I just-" 

"You what? Couldn't wait? I saw that..." With one hand, he effortlessly removed the hand tied with the belt. 

"Work for my forgiveness-" He motioned back to his cock as you moved your greedy hand in spirals around his leaking dick. 

"That's it...you must be real sorry-" You nodded as he took your neck, cutting off air that was already seldom. 

"You should be. I've taken good care of you...Brought you here with me...Gave you nice clothes and food..." You nodded although he wouldn't let you change into said clothes and the food was used as more of a snack than a real meal as you were too busy distracted by a way out. But each time an opportunity had presented itself, that itch between your thighs only he could scratch, kept you from acting on it. 

"Do you think I deserve this?" He asked motioning to your blow job as you nodded. 

 "But you don't-" He withdrew, leaving your mascara running down your cheeks, almost as if a trophy for him to view, as you struggled to breathe. 

"I wanna watch you." He stood at the end of the bed, your hand lazy on your thigh. 

"And I want you to tell me what you're thinking-" You blushed. 

"Be a good girl and maybe you'll get to cum." He teased, riding the power trip to its apex as you gingerly walked your fingers between your folds, kept available to his gaze via your bound ankles. 

"Don't hold back...I wanna know what my dirty little pogue was thinking when I was gone..." 

Your eyes shuttered closed. 

"Nuh,uh!" He hit your ankle. 

"Eyes open!" You obliged, bringing your hand to your clit and massaging for his pleasure. 

"Rafe..." You breathed his name as he scoffed with approval, his hand wrapping around himself. 

"Your moans are so fucking addictive-" He explained, cock leaking through his grasp. 

"I wanted you-I needed you-" 

"To do what, baby girl?" He was breathless, his own pleasures bringing you to an edge you were surprised he would allow. 

"To be inside of me! To touch me-" Your toes curled at the thought. 

"Don't cum!" He snapped as you groaned. 

"Go faster." He contradicted his prior order as you obeyed. 

"I love watching you touch yourself because of me...protesting only to submit..." He smiled. 

"You sound like you're close...but you wouldn't disobey me again would you?" 

"Rafe, please! I'm so close!" 

"No!" He hit your hand away as you desperately pushed your thighs together, but found a lack of friction. This absence of pleasure was half received by the feeling of him now between your legs, cock teasing your folds in slow appreciation. 

"You're mine. That means you cum when I let you...Not on your own. Not with anyone else. Not unless I say-" He spoke through clenched teeth. 

"Understand me?! This pussy-" He tapped it in explanation as you shook beneath him in a wince. 

"Is mine." He led your hand to him, having you stroke him. 

"And this cock…is yours...fair trade, yeah?" You nodded. 

"Please, Rafe..." 

"Please what? Huh? What do you want?" 

"I...Need you...to fuck me!" You choked out at his fingers penetrating you. 

"And I wanted you to listen-" 

"I will. I promise. Just please-please let me cum! I'll be SO good!" He growled in approval. 

"Then take it." He suddenly shot into you, harsh thrust connecting your hips to his. Even if the pain was unbearable, his fingers drawing o's against you had distracted you from his harsh movements. 

"You know, I'd watched you work at my father's parties...always wanted to take you into one of those rooms and make you mine..." He confessed, surprising you, as you looked at him with confusion at how he had always been treated with indifference-and that would be on a good day. 

"I knew this sweet pussy would be worth it, but I didn't think you would come to me-" He chuckled, pausing for a moment to groan to how you clenched around him. 

"But you're better than I thought...kinky and shit..." 

"Oh God!" You cried out, his lips pulling to a grin of approval. 

"That's right...call. beg. Cry. But nobody is gonna help you...You're mine-" 

"Rafe-" 

"Fucking take it! Take me!" He set his palms on either side of you before needing more, the position no longer enough. Pausing for a moment, the only sound existing being your mixture of erratic breathing, he untied you and pulled you over him in a straddle. 

"You take me so fucking good-you were made to make me cum, right?" 

"Yes!" You choked, his hand wrapping around the back of your neck, guiding you harder onto him. 

"You gonna ride me baby?" 

You nodded, his fingers keeping you from bending too far away from him, but allowing you depth impossible in simple missionary. With one hand to your neck and the other bending himself into stability, you pressed your fingers into his shoulder before reclining to this extension. 

"Fuck! Yeah baby...taking my cock like a perfect little whore-" His hand now rounded your ass, smacking you hard. 

"MY whore!" His hand now took your jaw. 

"SAY IT." He growled. 

"Your. Whore." You managed as he kissed you harshly, tongue breaking the strained closure of your lips. 

"Shit! So fucking perfect!" He kissed you again, this time twisting you over him until you were now on your stomach. 

"Knees. Palms. Now!" You obliged as he penetrated you the second you got into position. The cry that came from this only motivated him further as he pulled you upwards via your throat. 

"Gonna let me cum inside ya, yeah?" You nodded. 

"God, you drive me fucking crazy baby..." His fingers lowered to your hips. 

"Rage I'm gonna-" You expressed, his ego inflamed by doing this strictly by his cock alone. But he needed you closer. Pulling you over his lap, your back flush with his chest as he bobbed you over him. Arm cementing you to him at a rest between your breasts as his fingers kept to your throat. 

"Cum with me baby...clench around my cock with your pretty little moans...yeah-" His lips came to your ear. 

"Gonna make me cum inside-taking me so good...good girl...good fucking girl..." you nodded, body buckling at the feeling of him behind you. 

"Cum. CUM on my cock baby...show me you're sorry...show me you've learned your lesson, show me you understand-CUM!" You cried out in ecstasy, his words too much in accordance with his grip. 

"Fuck!" He convulsed at your back, everything about the interaction making him sensitive to even the most gentle of motions following his release, leaving you drenched down to the sheets. 

But his possessiveness didn't end there. Instead, he wrapped his fingers to your cheek and pulled you in for a kiss. "You never do anything without me again...I don't care how desperate you are...otherwise, you don't get to cum at all." You nodded, another kiss of approval parting your lips, keeping you breathless. 

"Now get dressed." 

"I...I don't know if I can walk." He chuckled, picking up his boxers before rounding them over his hips with a snap. 

"Well we have many reasons to celebrate, sweetheart..." 

"We do?" 

He nodded, leaning down to you as you struggled to move as your body still trembled in the aftermath of your recent fuck. 

"I'm gonna make sure you never need for anything ever again, yeah?" His words swelled tears behind your heavy eyes. 

"If I'd known how badly you needed to be taken care of...I wouldn't have been so...But it doesn't matter now..." He helped you to your feet, assisting in dressing you as he spoke. 

"You're my girl now...." Everything about his words was unexpected as it left you satisfied in every way from emotions to physicality. As crazy as it seemed, as impossible as it should have been, this sliver of kindness and that insatiable appetite satiated by him, was enough for you to fall in love with him. 

Even if it would prove to be the end of you, even if you weren't quite prepared for what it meant to love or be loved by Rafe, you just knew you were in too deep to leave. And so you wouldn't...

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