#i've warmed up to it super hard so i think I'm glad that it's winning rn

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I'm back from my mandatory two day socialization recovery period required for all socialization even if I enjoy it. It's time for some Mermaid!Din au thoughts (No thots unfortunately but we'll live)

First off I love the isolation that the reader faces because of the lighthouse they live in. And I love how the townspeople being nice to the reader help give them a reason to stick around when weird things start happening.

I love how it took months before anything strange starts happening, like were Din and Grogu just not around or were they observing the reader. Did Din ever try to stop Grogu from damaging the lighthouse or did he let the little rascal do as he pleased.

· And gosh I love the idea of reader dressing in old worn clothing, a knit sweater with fraying sleeves, sweat pants covered in paint from repairs, an old windbreaker to help keep the cold out. It makes me heart all warm and fuzzy.

Edna, who i've head cannoned as this series Miss Chatham (H2O: just add water charter) is honestly life goals. Like live near ocean - check(ish), have rare knowledge that can be used to help new person - check, being just slightly spooky -amazing. And is that a little matchmaker I see her playing? I love it.

Then Grogu being injured :( I bet that Din is absolutely being eaten alive by guilt even though we all know it’s not his fault and he does literally anything he can to keep Grogu safe and happy.

And In love how Din is venerable enough to ask for help, like he recognizes that this is something out of his area of expertise so he goes to the person he knows is “safe” to get help. He’s humble enough to admit that he needs help and is not capable of doing everything for Grogu. And being able to admit that is an important life skill that not enough people have.

· But even after he ask the reader for help he is still hesitant which shows that even though hes trusting reader he will still kick (is it still a kick if its with a tail) the readers ass if he hurts him.

“But you can help him” Oh my heart the trust in that sentence. Like Din just heard, “so yeah I can help your son but I have to take him somewhere it will be hard for you to follow. And he needs to stay there for at least a week, and even if you manage to come its going to be so far from your natural element.” But he was still on board with the plan. And then he goes to climb on the rock so he can drag himself all the way to the light house because he can’t let his little boy go alone even if it means hurting himself to do it.

Reader was smart af for doing the old blanket slipperaroo trick

Reader immediately knowing something was up when she walked into town is so realistic. She literally is hiding a massive secret at her lighthouse of course anyone would be on edge walking back into society. Especially a society that already knows a little something about the secret. But them to amplify it. Miss Chatham to the rescue. She knows that reader is up to something and she uses her powers as an old lady with lungs and karen potential to scare off the problem for a little bit. The reader just placed so much trust on Edna by straight up telling her that she's housing Din and Grogu.

· Also that fool browsing the menstrual hygiene rack, like dumbass. Is this your way of making him miss every shot? Because we know that storm troopers are well known for their ability to miss every shot so making him automatically turn to tampons? Genius

Cashier for the win, like beep beep bitch now pay up

The "cyare" omg and then the reader warning Din about the cookies and him being so curious about them. The way Din is so perceptive of the readers mood that he is already able to tell that something is wrong. It was such a smart idea to have the reader lead with asking him to give her a small chance to calm down about what happened in the town.

Din and the reader low-key flirting and teasing each other at the end is so adorable. Grogu with the cookie absolutely melts my heart like of course that boy is hungry.

So this is a slightly polished layout of my stream of consciousness while reading this. Does it make sense? Probably not. But I love this idea and you have done it justice.

Ahhhhhhz thank you for all of the lovely thoughts and compliments, im glad you like my story and I hope it continuesto meet your expectations!!!! And you made perfect sense darling!

To reply to some things:

Honestly, I chose the isolation for two reasons, 1- it made sense, especially for how the plot is going to play out, privacy and isolation is needed, and 2- im introverted and I like being alone, so I just projected

The town's people are great! They are used to having lighthouse keepers just up and leave because of all the weird stuff, so the second that one sticks around they were all overjoyed, because like I said, a lot of the people work on boats fishing so the lighthouse is super important to them

Din did wait and observe the reader, wanting to know what to do when to attempt to scare them off. But also like no, he tried keeping Grogu away from the lighthouse as much as possible, not knowing what the reader might do to him, and just being a protective father, but we all know Grogu is a little shit and he snuck out before Din could stop him

Reader dresses in the COMFIEST clothes, and honestly, I am very much a sweater and comfy leggings kind of person, so again, something I am projecting

I love that you and everyone is loving Edna, she is definitely one of those cool old ladies that sneak you treats and shenanigans when no one is looking!

Also because idk if anyone has pointed it out.... in the last chapter I thought I was heavily hinting at it, but maybe it was more subtle than I thought, Edna and her MERMAID were alot more than friends *wink wink* she's gay as fuck and thats why she made the joke about not liking NUTS

Din loves Grogu, in and out of this AU, and it was 1000% not his fault that Grogu got hurt, in fact he was trying to protect him! Din definitely panicked and the first person that came to mind was the reader, and while he didn't know them, he knew for some reason they were safe to go to for help (as well as knowing the lighthouse would be a good place to hide while some things cooled down 👀), but Din will always be cautious because he is scared for his son

Din is just *chef's kiss* 👌, an amazing father who will do ANYTHING for his son, no matter what it takes

The whole blanket thing literally came from my childhood, thinking about how my sisters and I would drag eachother around on blankets, and I just thought it would be great for this scenario

Like the reader is gonna get real paranoid during this series, im not going to lie to you, things are gonna get rough, but Edna is the MVP she's one of those people that could pull your darkest secrets from you just by glancing at you, and the reader pretty much assumed she was safe to talk to after she had informed her about the food offerings

Ok ok, as for the dudes, I was too lazy to look up their names and stuff but they were these dudes from season 1 that gave Din Grogu's bounty: the first dude is the one 'hiding' in the women's hygiene section

Din is just obsessed for human food at this point, and he feels things for the reader even of he doesn't want to admit it quite yet

Din also may be oblivious as fuck, but he's also observant, hes a bounty hunter for fucks sake, he needs to be able to pick up on these things, so yes in my stories Din is really good at picking up on emotions, even if he doesn't fully know how to react to them

Im aiming for a slow burn foc, but to be honest with you all, chances are it is going to be a regularly paced romance, which for my writing is slow paced, so yeah the idiots are flirting and teasing eachother, but also like they will not be talking about or admitting feelings for at least a few more chapters

Grpgu deserves all the cookies!!! He's a growing tadpole, who has been magically healing himself while in a coma like state, so he hasnt eaten in days, and if he wanted he'd probably be able to devour 2x his body weight and then some, so a few cookies recieved in some kind of mysterious way are well achieved

Merman!Din Tags: @writeforfandoms @ahopelessromanticwritersworld @honey-goth  @mando-abs @lux-cream-67 @rachelle-on-the-run @katcharm   @ladamari68 @bluegalaxyprime @my-life-as-a-bird @altarsw @zarakem @stargazingthenightaway

(Added the taglist in case any of you guys wanted to read over my thoughts and things bc I have some hcs and cleared somethings up ypu may be wondering about)

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First Times

Archie Andrews x MALE READER

Summary: Archie and reader have sex for the first time. SMUT! warning.

This is my first time watching Archie fight. Seeing my best friend bloodied and bruised, taking powerful hits to the face wasn't easy. However, he was holding his own. I followed Archie with my eyes and although he was taking hits he was focused.

The fighters go to their corners when the round ends. Punch after punch Archie eventually had his opponent backed into a corner. “This is so intense. I hope he's gonna be okay”, I say to my best friend Josie. She gives a silent nod agreeing with me. Before I know it another round is beginning.

The round begins and I'm simply amazed at how Archie glides around the ring. He looks so incredibly strong yet graceful. Archie gets in several hard punches and his opponent throws a few but only lands one. It continues like this for a while. Until, finally, Archie throws a straight jab that knocks the other guy to the ground. When the referee finishes his ten count Josie and I are on our feet cheering as loud as we could, while Archie’s hand is raised in victory.

Archies ripped sweaty body is on full display as he takes in the crowd's reaction. I can't control the feeling seeing the muscular ginger gives you. Suddenly my hot friend notices me watching him and shoots me a smile. It stretched from ear to ear. In that moment I could only think of kissing all of my best friends bruises and doing anything I could to make him feel good after the win. I returned the gesture, immediately looking down to see the tightness occurring in the crotch of my pants.

Archie must have noticed the panicked look on my face because he gives me a curious glance before being escorted to his locker room. I need to get out of here before Archie returns and that's exactly what I do. This is super embarrassing.

I return to my family's suite at the five seasons. Fortunately, they are out of town visiting friends. Suddenly I hear a knock on my door assuming its staff I open the door without asking whos behind the door. When the door opens Archie is stood there wearing a hoodie and sweats with a look on his face I've never seen on him. Before I muster up the confidence to speak Archie steps in and closes the distance between us.

I reach up towards his bruised face gently moving my hands over his bandages down to his strong jaw. Archie grabs my hands firmly but and slowly puts them by my side. It's still silent neither of us speaking a word in this moment. When Archie leans down to kiss me I'm in a complete state of shock. Our lips meet and I immediately fall into the embrace. His tongue slips into my mouth, Archie grabs my ass and lifts me so I can wrap my legs around his waist, carrying me to my bedroom.

Archie drops me onto my bed and I land with a huff finally able to breath again. Before I could process that our kiss had momentarily ended Archies shirt is off and he hovers over me on the bed. His hand reaches up my shirt as he marks my neck. “Can I take this off”, he whispers referring to my top. All I could to get out was a shallow “Please”.

Archie and I had flirted in the past even necked on a little but it was never as passionate as this. Something had gotten into Archie tonight, maybe it was the win. Whatever was making him want me like this I was thankful, a guy can get used to this.

After unbuttoning my shirt, Archie plants kisses down my neck and chest all the way to the top of my jeans. In a state of pure ecstasy I allow the hot ginger to pop the button on my pants and slide them off me. I'm so glad I wore cute underwear today. Archie pulls them off slowly, my hard dick slapping against my stomach.

First he lays kisses on my inner thighs that gradually get rougher. I was a virgin but I had seen porn so I assumed what was coming next. I bent my leg at the knee so Archie could better get to my hole. I felt him smile against me before teasing my entrance with his warm tongue. Archie holds my legs up by the back of my thighs while and proceeded to fuck me with his tongue.

“Andrews.” I moan, gripping his hair with one hand and my bedsheets with the other. “That feels so good.” I wondered what this would feel like but I would have never expected getting eaten out to feel this good.

Archie pulls away, once again hovering over me smiling down, all I could do stare back while I caught my breath. A long thick finger enters my mouth as Archie tells me to get it wet for him. I do as I'm told. He slides his finger into me and I let out an audible gasp. Ive fingered myself before but Archie’s digits were longer and thicker. He adds another finger and I tense up immediately. “Do you have lube, y/n?”

“Yeah, in the bottom drawer,” I respond pointing toward a nearby dresser. Thank god Val bought me that as a joke gift for my birthday.

Archie retrieves the bottle of lube and returns to the bed. “Perfect, now you'll be able to take all of me,” he says with a cheeky smile. Somehow that makes me want him even more if that is even possible. I realize that means we're gonna go all the way tonight. I'm going to lose my virginity to Archie Andrews.

I hear the snap of the lube top and close my eyes. In a moment Archie has his two fingers in my hole again. This time I can take them a little better but it's really tight. “Relax babe, you're doing great. You look so hot right now,” Archie whispers into my ear. His fingers move back and forth inside me until he brushes up against a spot that makes me dizzy moaning mess. “You ready for me babe?”

Archie pulls his sweats and underwear off quickly, his thick intimidating cock pointing right at me. I've never been face to face with such a big dick. “Y/N, uhh I forgot to bring a condom” Archie says apologetically.

“Its okay, Andrews.” I pull the red head into a deep kiss. “I trust you.”

“Are you sure? We don't have..”Archie starts but I cut him off.

“I want you Andrews, so badly.”

I feel his dick at my hole teasing me. As Archie pushes the thick head of his cock into me I'm overwhelmed but I do my best to stay relaxed. “If you need to bite scratch or hold onto me. Do it, I can take it. If we need to stop let me know babe.” I nod at him. With that Archie pushes a little deeper into me. I dig my nails into his back to deal with the pain but eventually I get used to it and allow him to go a little deeper. It goes like this until Archie’s waist meets my thighs and he's fully inside of me.

I feel pain but Archie's subtle movement were intoxicating. Eventually I let him know I was ready for him. The movements in and out of me, back and forth, deeper than I even imagined it could go. Filling me with pure ecstasy.

“I love you so much,” Archie held me tighter,“ Im so lucky.” I could not respond to him outside of moans and nails digging into his arms.

Eventually, the pain is gone and its replaced with bliss. Archie continued rolling his hips into me, pumping against my prostate. I felt myself reaching climax. I didn't know it could happen from just being fucked. “Archie, Im gonna cum,” I whispered out.

“Me too babe.”

Archie then grabs my waist and begins fucking me harder and faster. Toes curling,I feel my orgasm building up. I can't but begin to stroke myself. The sexiest groans and grunts escape Archie's mouth as he fills me with the warm seed from his throbbing cock, triggering my own orgasm shooting onto my stomach.

He slowly slips out of me as I catch my breath. After collapsing onto my bed near me. Archie pulls me closer to him and presses his lips against mine and stares into my eyes as we seperate. “What are you looking at, Arch?” I say playfully laying my head on his chest.

Archie gives me a light laugh before saying something I never thought would be true,“My boyfriend," all I could do is smile before he said the only thing that could make this moment better, "Now let's get cleaned up and go to Pops. I'm starving."

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Nocturne Alchemy Seth's Secret Six Collection

Originally published 5/29/2016

So long time no blog, eh? Life has been getting in the way and there are a few things I want to get written up for everyone, including the Summer Teas collection and Seth's Dinos, which I think I read are being renamed the Prehistorics? But first, Seth's Secret Six - I have four to review for you today.

As you can see, two of my labels are a tiny bit different. I got lucky, super lucky, to win one of these scents in a little giveaway during the holidays in the Tent, and the other I purchased during a little Facebook sale they had in the Tent right after the holidays. I really like the new labels!

Seth is apparently a wizard with foodie scents. Yes. I have to tell y'all I am not a foodie woman! Like, not at all. Granted, I have an affinity for coconut scents as I crave it especially in the summer, but that's about as far as it goes. I don't much care for foodie vanilla. I do like fruit scents, particularly peach and fig, but I think that falls into a different category. That being said, and emphasized, these blow me away, and if he continues to make foodie scents, I will continue to purchase them, because like so many other amazing blends from NAVA, they have a way of changing my mind on notes I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole before - I'm looking at you, lavender!

Let's just dive right into it, shall we? First up, Seth's Secret Hot Cocoa Cookie NAVAliday Confection (I'm going to call this Hot Cocoa Cookie for short). Notes are: Cacao Absolute, Seth's Cookie Dough accord, NAVA Hot Cocoa accord, some vegan marshmallows, a touch of French Cocoa, Belgian Chocolate, a little chocolate-amber absolute that Bastet made, a dusting of vanilla and a whole bunch of Cookie Monster love. In the bottle: mmmmm chocolate, cookies! Wet on my skin, yum. Cocoa, cookie, a bit of marshmallow/vanilla? Dry I'm getting a pretty evocative picture, the perfect mug of hot cocoa, complete with floaty marshmallows, with a nice little plate of warm chocolate chip cookies. This to me is more like baked cookie than raw cookie dough, but I am a little less sophisticated with scent detection than so many other great reviewers! This is...amazing. None of these except the coffee would belong in any other category besides foodie (maybe that's not even the best word for this category, either) but this is just - well, divine. It takes foodie to another level completely and for me to fall as hard for this as I have, I'm in shock. Yes, you need this.

Next, we have Seth's Secret Spiced Hot Cocoa Cake NAVAliday Confection (I'll call this one Hot Cocoa Cake). Notes are: Hot Cocoa Accord, Chai Spices, Crystalline, Chocolate Cake Accord, a drop of Black Santalum, a drop of Black Sugar and a smattering of Angel Food Cake accord. In the bottle, I'm getting cocoa, spices and cake. Mmmm cake! Wet: Ooooo chai spice! Chocolate cake! Hmm, something else going on in the background, but I can't pin it down yet. I can see this is complex. Dry on my skin, the angel food cake and vanilla is coming forward a bit and lightening up a very rich chocolate cake and the chai spice. I am catching slight whiffs of the Black Santalum and not really getting the Black Sugar at all, but I'm sure it's there adding to the complexity that this blend has. This is so, so different than anything else I've ever tried, much more foodie to me than Hot Cocoa Cookie, but I'm actually very into it, I absolutely love it. The chai and vanilla make it so interesting, and that little bit of Black Santalum in the background you would think wouldn't work - sandalwood in a food blend? Huh? It's AMAZING here, I think it's delightful. I'm not sure this could be more delicious. I'm in shock over these two blends, they're so very obviously out of my wheelhouse but I don't even mind!

Next up, Seth's Secret Very Vanilla Crystalline Angel Cake (we'll call this Vanilla Angel Cake for short). Well, I knew I'd love this, as soon as I saw the name. I got this initially as a sample skarab, and when I sniffed it, I smelled coconut and knew I was going to be in trouble. Hah. Notes are: SL Crystalline, toasted Coconut, a drop of French and Tahitian Vanilla, Angel Cake accord from Vanilla Bean and Coconut Husk e/o, a drop of Crystal and a touch of Vanille Noir #1. I knew I was going to grab a full bottle if it became available, so when they put this one up on the website, right into my cart it went. In the bottle: Oh man. Cake + vanilla + coconut heaven? Yes please. Wet on my skin - Oh my Gods I want to swim in a vat of this. Angel food cake, and I can actually tell there are several vanillas here, including my beloved Crystalline. Rich, toasty coconut. This feels like a coconut frosting on angel food cake. Dry - yes, coconut frosted angel food cake. Totally foodie and I don't even care. I looooove it. I want to nom my arm off, it's so delicious. The vanillas are beautiful, delicious, rich, buttery. I can't stop using the word delicious in this set of reviews. Sigh. The coconut is not the fresh, raw variety, but toasty. I actually don't much care for coconut to eat it, but I love toasted coconut in cookies and cakes. However, I love the smell of it in all varieties. The angel food cake is light and fluffy and balances out the richness of the vanillas. Seriously, get this blend! Hah.

Last, and certainly not least, is Seth's Secret Sweet Vanilla Bean Black Coffee, or Vanilla Bean Black Coffee for a shortened version. This is one of two new scents that were never sent out as previews before, and when I saw the notes I just knew I should blind buy it. I have only recently tried NAVA's coffee as I came across a full bottle of Mummy Daddy Espresso, and quite loved it. This one sounded perfect too. The notes are: Coffee without the dairy. Vanilla beans from Egypt, Mexico and Australia infused into a blend of roasted Egyptian Black Coffee beans, Arabic Coffee Beans and the accord of an Egyptian Sugar Cube that adds just the right amount of sweetness to give this one a nice wear. I got this and my bottle of Vanilla Angel Cake yesterday, along with a few other bottles, and this was the first one I tried - and went positively nuts over. Boy, was I glad I blind bought it. My notes here are actually transcribed from my review for the Tent: This is the most lovely sweet coffee. In the bottle, it's very soft coffee with vanilla bean. The vanilla is sweet but not too foodie - both it and the coffee are not strong and overwhelming! Oh, nice.Wet on my skin, the vanilla bean is more prominent than the coffee but you definitely get the coffee. Still not an "in your face" scent. Dry, this is delicious. I am obsessed with this. I want to nom my arm off. This was MADE for coffee lovers! This is a softly milky coffee, that vanilla bean is a creamer and there's just enough sugar here! This is actually quite evocative. It softly surrounds you with the scent of coffee, tempting you when you first wake up. So softly delicious, you can't resist. A must have! If you have Mummy Daddy Espresso to compare, I think you will find this one much softer, a less "in your face" coffee than that. Don't get me wrong, I adore MDE too! But this is lovely and if you are a little nervous trying a coffee scent for the first time, you cannot go wrong with this one.

Well, there you have it! Four of the Seth's Secret Six. In my humble opinion, all of these are total wins - I'm so, so glad I was able to get these. I had to unfortunately pass on Fantastic White Truffle Framboise Cream, and I know I will regret it, but I had to pick up a few more of the other Spring scents before they went away (and I still have regrets I wasn't able to get as many of those as I wanted!) so I had to make a tough choice, but if I remember it well enough, my skarab was delicious, and it seems very popular in the Tent! I hope this was helpful if you are still trying to decide which of these lovelies you need. Hah. You need them all, right?