#icons girls unknow

[amai-sakura-chan]

Ame angst coming up 😻

Summary: My yuusona wants to join the pop music club until she believes that she isn't cut out for it and feels like she'd be an outcast

It was a normal day back at NRC. No overblots, no crying teenagers, just peace. Of course, there was the occasional bickering between dorms, but other than that, it was calm. Everybody was in their dorms. Club meetings continued as intended. Everything was nice

Speaking of clubs, what we will be focusing on is a certain pop club in a so-called meeting

"Hey lils, how does this sound?" Cater smiled from across the room as he played a certain tune on his guitar. Lilia smiled playfully as he nodded. "It does sound nice, but what if we thought to add this..?" He explained, playing a few notes, adding a better tune to the song. Kalim chimed in, "OH yeah! And it can also have this!" It was a nice moment between the three, finally practising a song for once

A shorter than most girl walked up to the club meeting door , her pink pigtails flowed around her. "Hehe! Here should the club meeting be! It'll be really fun, I kinda miss performing alongside my friends. Anyways no sad stuff today because I'm joining this band!!" She exclaimed before spotting a few passersby eyed her for talking to herself."What, you never see someone talk to themselves? Get over it." she stuck her tongue out before walking past them as she smiled, holding the papers in her hand.

She continued to walk over to that room. The sound of music became louder by every step she took while she got more and more nervous walking up to it. Ame took a deep breath before opening the door and peeking in.

"Uhm, excuse, m-" she mumbled before she got cutoff. "LILIA THAT WAS PREFECT!! You're totes amazing at this!" Exclaimed Cater, throwing his iconic pose. The pinkette let out a soft "Eep!" and decided to hide behind the door and eavesdrop quickly "Mhm I agree with Cater. You nailed it!!" Smiled Kalim cheerfully as he laughed."I'm glad you both think, so I found it exquisite, adding this touch of mysteriousness to the song." Our girl still eavesdropped as she thought to herself.

'Oh yeah... they go so well together. Why did I think I could fit in...' Before hearing a simple phrase,'We really are a power trio!" Exclaimed Cater as he took a quick picture of the moment smiling to himself, unknowing of the girl who just heard them 'thats true... They are a trio not a group wouldnt it be weird if I just joined I'd ruin the atmosphere' she sniffled trying not to make any sound before she decided to make a quick leave 'He was right, I shouldn't try to join them I'm just an outcast anyways I'm not supposed to stay here..I miss Celestial Harmony..I want to go back home.'

"What was I thinking.. Joining a band of people who know each other perfectly.. It might be a better idea if I dont try to join. I mean, if I do, I'll just be the black sheep following the herd..."

Cookies and cuties, how do we feel about this angst? You all better act as if this is some top-tier gold stuff because I rarely write

Tagging: @blood-red-hummingbee @gimmeurmoneyagh @midnightmah07 @buttholesparkles @babyghoul138 @twtysevapr @oya-oya-okay @lallopsyou

[notactually-nugg]

Season 3 for Magnus and boi was this a season.

Season 3:

- Jon would have the luck to get a leitner as a kid

- Poor baby Jon (rip mans childhood)

- Fucking book nerd

- Georgie! What a sweet girl

- Poor daisy

- Daisy would be a vampire hunter

- “I could be on drugs”- Jon being offended by the fact Georgie doesn’t think he’d do drugs is hilarious

- MARTIN READING STATEMENTS

- MELANIE DONT GET SUCKED INTO THE HELL HOLE

- Lmao Jon and Georgie shit talking her date is funny

- Dig

- Jon: I’m not an idiot if I shook your hand itd burn. Also Jon: *shakes hand*

- Poor tim

- ELIAS U BITCH

- The butterfly lol

- “Yep, He got really boring and I’m a monster :D!”

- Poor jon is just becoming a punching bag

- AHHH MICHEALL BEFORE DISTORTION IS SUCH BEAN

- Rip Jon getting kidnapped

- The gang struggling without jons powers is v funny

- LMAO THE DUDE LEAVING BECAUSE HE WAS GONNA MISS DINNER

- ROBIN “I LEFT FOR DINNER” LENNOX IS A FUCKING LEGEND

- Whoever is playing Nikola is having such a fun time

- Boooo I miss micheal

- Helen still chill tho

- Not the monster pig

- Jon’s 2nd kidnapping he gonna need a stamp card soon

- YO THE VAMPIRE HUNTER MY BOI

- Martin being a little shit to Elias is great

- ELIAS I WILL BE MURDERING YOU FOR HURTING MARTIN U BITCH

- Jon immediately not knowing shit in the unknowing is funny

- Daisy is a fucking icon

- TIM NO MY BOI IK MVNDJSNAJKSKAKSKSKKAKA

- DAISY NO PLZ

- Jon would be in a supernatural coma the freaking dingus

- HA SUCKED IN ELIAS

I miss tim

[ins1ders]

❝ —— MEN ALWAYS SAY THAT AS THE DEFINING COMPLIMENT, DON'T THEY? SHE'S A COOL GIRL . 

WCS | MUSINGS | CLICK BELOW FOR INTRO

//   (  yaya dacosta  .  cis female  .  she/her  )  .    ⸻  renee kelly nee hart (when practicing) ,  a  forty-six  year  old  ,  has  survived  another  day  in  red  creek ��where  they  have  lived  for  26 years  .  the  seer  is  known  for  being  composed  and  superficial  and  is  often  associated  with  manicured hands neatly folded over an open notepad with a pen , a half full glass of shiraz never cabernet , warm yet neutral toned clothing that carefully never shows a peak of her real personality , old vogue magazines on dining tables   .  in  a  small  town  where  they  work  as  therapist and psychologist  word  travels  fast  .  it’s  hard  to  keep a secret .

i know icb ive done this again don't worry i won't lie this time and say i don't use discord LKSNFN

inspo: jean milburn (sex education), allison hargreeves (umbrella academy), karen page (daredevil), jane chapman (big little lies), amy dunne (gone girl), michelle obama (irl)

SAY HI TO RENEE KELLY nee HART . renee is a certified clinician in psychology and therapy . yall at redcreek need it

renee practices under her maiden name : renee hart , for obvious reasons , but also because she's a dr and earned that title all by herself thank you

renee used to be a model in the 80s and 90s. nothing huge, but people still may recognise her from iconic commercials or ads. she wasn't quite a household name or FAMOUS in any huge aspect, but she was memorable to some degree

grew up in new york city in a very poor part of town . her parents didn't have a lot of money , but they had a lot of love

met demetrius kelly and found him to be quite funny and charming when he wanted to be, allowed herself to be whisked to redcreek because she was done with the big city life and modelling by that point anyways , thought redcreek was her future

REALLY STRUGGLED for a long ass time in redcreek . she felt isolated and alone. demetrius was busy with police work and cold case stuff so she kinda fell to the side and was a bit neglected. she spent time studying hard to get her masters then a phd in psychology.

had one younger brother who went astray for a while. dipped in and out of her life, unpredictable, unknowable , addiction final boss until he overdosed one day and died which broke her heart into many, tiny pieces . she found out while she was living in redcreek, slid to the bathroom floor, shoved a towel into her mouth and sobbed for hours.

has a big soft spot for people who are seen or perceived poorly by people (the underdogs).

despite being a literal mother , probably doesn't act that motherly . believes in non-smothering and acting lowkey . will always be there , but won't suffocate or be overbearing . trusts her children to know what's best for them and act like the adults they are .

LOVES her job deeply and sincerely. she knows she's well suited for it and good at it. she can make anyone comfortable in her presence in like .2 seconds, very soothing, very calm, very collected, very assured, almost motherly but not quite

struggled intensely with demetrius and redcreek for years, probably even decades. she couldn't find her footing, didn't feel like she belonged, didn't know many people , was kinda that traditional housewife you nod and smile to but didn't know much about. this was mainly due to demetrius' fuckass mum who was overbearing and intensely did NOT like renee

renee handled it well : she internalised a lot of the dislike his mother showed her, learned to paint a smile on her face when she'd be given a backhanded compliment, or say thank you when she'd be pushed to one side (never marry a Mummas boy . . iykyk..)

honestly secretly praised god that his mum died in 2022. tbh should have happened sooner, she made renee's life HELL

despite all the pressures between them, renee has demetrius' back no matter what. she loves him but isn't sure she's IN love with him or has been for a long time. she does see him as her other half though and is extremely devoted and loyal to him

has absolutely perfected the face of a politician . can smile and wave and be the Perfect Doting Wife and Mother in public, but also knows her boundaries . if you fuck with her or people she loves, she'll smile right to you as she tells you to Fuck off . can be quite passive aggressive but you'd really have to push her buttons to get that.

[pinkscaped]

can we get some info on myrah plz? 🤞🏾

"I never said she wasn't talented. I just said she wasn't good."

Said during an AllTalkMe episode between her and former Allume member Bora, Myrah would openly criticize their former member Sooah, who she had publicly feuded with for years at this point.

"I never said she wasn't talented. I just said she wasn't good." Bora laughs into her microphone at Myrah's deadpanned statement before turning away, covering her mouth. Myrah, with one hand out and wrist limp, chuckles like she doesn't get the joke before looking at the camera, the video zooming in on her.

"What? It's the truth."

"Yawn! Next."

Most of these are from AllTalkMe, but this was a reaction to her and Bora getting an ad for a DeepDive music video which she instantly skipped. Later, Myrah would admit to not even knowing who DeepDive was, saying: "I don't listen to boy groups. I barely listen to Kpop."

"Well, if I owned a company, I would also a slut. Who wouldn't?"

She said this during an Instagram live when someone asked for her thoughts on the Angelico vs. Baebi trial. She'd also go on to say...

"Yeah, totally on her side. I'll be honest, she could've beaten his ass, and I would still be on her side. Sue men if you can."

"Sue men." Would soon become a popular term used on Twitter primarily. She would then go on to make a tank top with the phrase on it, putting it for sale on her merch store where it would sell out in 30 minutes.

"We kiss sometimes."

Immortalized by a fan-taken video during Paris Fashion Week 2018, Myrah was signing autographs for fans waiting for her outside the building. Waiting patiently and holding her Metallic Birkin 25 was her boyfriend of two years, Gong Yoo. When asked by an unknowing reporter if they were together, Myrah would laugh and tell him: "We kiss sometimes." With a shrug.

"Sometimes I wanted to rip your hair out and shake you until you got what I was saying, but you always meant the world to me, you know? That's true love to me. We're in love."

Said during the fifth-anniversary episode of AllTalkMe between Myrah and Bora. The pair reminisced on their time together and their friendship. Bora, who would be quietly crying during this spill, would sniffle and nod before giving Myrah a simple finger heart then bursting into tears. Myrah would burst out in laughter, dabbing her eyes as tears would slip out.

"Just fucking do your job. Your job is to sing and dance. Sing and dance!"

Known to run her generation like the navy, this iconic quote would be shouted during a rather tense practice session that was filmed for the Allume documentary. Myeah would actually yell this at member Sora and surprisingly not Sooah, who she would later go on to snap at for missing a beat.

"Stop asking us about groups we're not in. We don't care."

Myrah would interrupt an interviewer when they would start to ask her about BigBang. In her defense, this was the fourth boy group the interviewer had asked the girls about, and Myrah was over it.

"Why would I have children? I'm too hot and successful to take care of a child. Be serious."

Another iconic quote from an Instagram live stream. Ever since Myrah turned 30, she's been constantly asked if and when she'll become a mother. Though she's been mothering since 2000, Myrah has stated multiple times she has no plans to actually birth a child and will continue to focus on her career until she dies.

"Never date an idol. Idols don't last unless you're me but-"

This piece of advice was given to a viewer of AllTalkMe during their call-in segment, which has since been discontinued. Due to her inflections and quickness, this was one of the first clips of Myrah to go viral. Plus, Bora's reaction of bursting out into laughter, hitting the desk, and falling over in her chair was the cherry on top.

[real-total-drama-takes]

Why do people make such a big deal about Heather getting idoled out in All Stars? They say it’s another example of All Stars’ “derailment” (exaggerated and untrue BTW) yet her getting the idol stolen from Alejandro makes perfect sense.

Heather wears nothing but a tight tube-top, booty shorts, and sandals. Not very much clothing in the way of hiding bulky stone statuettes of Chris’s head. Her confessional even proves this ineffective wardrobe (“I can’t hide the idol. Someone will see it for sure!”)

Her plan to hide the idol after finding it was very smart. How was she to know that she was being stalked while fighting a monster deep in Boney Island, and while finding the idol in the egg? It was a matter of bad fortune for her, being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Her hiding spot wasn’t bad either (a crack between rocks), but Alejandro sneakily watching her was her unknowing downfall.

Yes, our original mean-girl fave and Total Drama Villain icon got 10th place, but she had an okay run, but it’s not one of the reasons to criticize All Stars. She got outplayed, plain and simple.

[rei-ismyname]

The Phoenix/Phoenix Force sucks

If you're not familiar with Marvel/X-Men's The Phoenix catching you up on the full context is not really possible. I'll summarise the salient bits, but I definitely recommend checking out The Phoenix and Dark Phoenix sagas in Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men. The big dumb Firebird has appeared earlier in the timeline for better or worse, but that's the definitive phoenix story (and very entertaining.)

An abridged Publication History of the Phoenix

- The Phoenix is introduced as a cosmic abstraction, a vital entity that is part of the universe. Jean Grey is sacrificing herself to save the rest of the X-Men and this happens.

And this.

It's wild shit, totally iconic and mostly internally coherent, though it doesn't end well. Jean as the Phoenix eats a star and destroys a planet of broccoli people. A very effective use of girl power. A lot happens and she ends up sacrificing herself again. It was established that Jean is The Phoenix, now and forever.

- Rachel Grey, Jean and Scott's daughter from an alternate timeline shows up and is a phoenix host for years without any genocides or whatnot. There's angst, but it's just a part of her. Rachel was a bit of a Jean expy at times but it still made sense and was exciting. She's Jean's daughter so it doesn't take too much handwaving to accept her as a 'host.' (She still is btw, no idea how this works but I like her.)

- Over the next few decades the Phoenix showed up an awful lot. Avengers Vs X-Men is probably the most well known instance. The bird is a lot less picky about hosts now. Hope Summers is the intended host (another Jean expy at times,) but due to Tony Stark's arrogance the phoenix ends up in five other people - Namor, Emma Frost, Scott Summers, Magik and Colossus. It makes very little sense tbh, but after much needless conflict it ends up in Hope and she uses it for some cosmic magnificence.

- Over the next few decades it's all over the place. The Stepford Cuckoos, Quentin Quire, tean Jean, this Shi'Ar dude with a big sword, a prehistoric woman called Firehair, this utter dipshit called Faithful John, and others. It's become a problem of the week, deus ex machina, and worst of all - the stories are not very good. The lore of the phoenix is nonsensical at this point but Marvel was not showing any restraint. Personally, I'd groan whenever it appeared because it meant repetitive plot points and further muddying of how the thing works.

- The Avengers got hold of it and the less said about it the better. It's the mid 2010s and this supposedly unknowable universal abstraction, a god of sorts, has become frankly silly (derogatory.) The wonder has been strangled through overuse and conflicting lore. I'm actually understating it a bit - if you don't believe me check out the wiki for The Phoenix. This cosmic abstraction, one of the most iconic X-Men concepts/moments/arcs had become cringe and boring through overuse and lack of imagination.

- In 2019 Jonathan Hickman's House of X dropped and it was a great time to be an X-Men fan - the Krakoan age. A decade plus of deeply average stories and nostalgia bait were in the past and the status quo had changed in wonderful ways. The Phoenix received a mention on a data page, but it was in a list of powerful entities to give context to a new and interesting concept. At the time it wasn't necessarily foreshadowing.

- In 2023 Marvel was (unwisely IMO) speed running an end to Krakoa and the aforementioned concept emerged as the endgame threat. The Phoenix found its way into the story in an organic fashion and the X-Men put all their hopes in The Phoenix to defeat the threat. Kieron Gillen, under difficult circumstances and with less time than promised, actually did it! He used the Phoenix in a quality story with appropriate gravitas and wonder - and he cleaned up the lore so it made sense again. That run (and era) ended in a better place than most of us imagined it could. It didn't surprise me because Gillen is the best writer in comics today IMO, but we got lucky. He left it on a high note but Kieron Gillen is not at Marvel anymore and Tom Brevoort is in charge of X Books. I'll come back to this polycule erasing bozo.

Phoenix (2024) picks up where he left Jean and The Phoenix (and some infinity comics but let's ignore those for now) - both lore and characterisation-wise. It's explicitly solicited as a cosmic run and the first issue has delivered on that. It's not hard to imagine an ending with The Phoenix seeing itself out of the story in an entertaining way with clean lore and sense of wonder intact. Hopefully without killing Jean again 😅.

Ideally, Marvel will have the good sense to leave it alone for a few years at least. The books are already milking nostalgia and historically X-Men keep returning to the Phoenix, Apocalypse, and some new hate group/the US government deciding genocide is on the menu again. Apocalypse has had character growth (and if they ever undo that I'm doing violence) and moved on & we've just had an attempted genocide plus past victims resurrected - so I'll be generous and say they're off the table. The X line has all new writers and seems to be looking to synergise with '97 and the MCU while claiming they're going for fresh and exciting.

We might get lucky again. X-Men 97 is way past the OG Phoenix stuff and so far has avoided using bottom of the barrel storylines from that time. The 2000s contains danger, but most instances don't fit the 'greatest hits' style they've used so far. An exception to that could be Avengers vs X-Men, but I think they'd save that for a summer blockbuster if anything. I suspect a lot of people would get hype about a movie called AVX, especially if they never read the comic. The MCU hasn't been shy about reconceptualizing events for movies, like Civil War, for instance. The essence of the premise was there but the film made a lot more sense. There's plenty of other reasons (better ones even, ones that don't feel OOC and forced) for the X-Men and avengers to fight, and they'd have to set it up with Disassembled (kinda already happened, not Wanda's fault,) House of M (please no) and then all the Hope Summers/Messiah events. The Fox Movies already did the Phoenix, too, bad as it was. I don't think they'll go that way.

Secret Wars has a phoenix egg in the comics, but it's not important and it's barely an X-Men story. I don't see The Phoenix menacing our screens anytime soon, thankfully. What I fear most is editorial playing it safe and/or nostalgic (which is why Tom Brevoort concerns me - check out his Spider-Man manifesto and you'll see what I mean) and a writer returning to the well when pitching story ideas. Everyone is confident at the start of a new era bc it takes a while to internalise that Marvel repackages and reskins the same 25 tropes while deliberately presenting the 'Illusion of change.' Once the initial ideas dry up and it's crunch time it's natural to look to the past for ideas and characters to reuse. Maybe sales dip a little, or the comics are in a holding pattern waiting for the MCU to do something. Whatever the cause, it will get pitched again and Brevoort will likely say yes. I don't want to be unfair to the guy, but he's been failing upwards for years.

After all, it's happened so many times already. Metatextually, The Phoenix is a symbol of rebirth. That would be a good thing. It can be easy to mistake repetition for rebirth, but it's the avatar of life and creativity. In universe one of its roles is to destroy stagnant ideas or species. Anything that's static and has stopped evolving. Ironically it's been used in some of the worst instances of creative stagnation in Marvel comics. The Phoenix, recent goodness aside, sucks.

I genuinely hope I'm an old 'man' shaking my fist at a cloud while telling Tom Brevoort to get off my lawn. I love being wrong. Nothing would make me happier than Spider-Man or Magneto hosting the Phoenix being an Impossibility. I know I'm not the target demographic but I don't just hope these things for myself. We all deserve good stories, new ideas, the joy of being vulnerable enough to get invested in escapist media. The Mouse, like all capitalists, does not give a fuck about those things though unfortunately. They care about profit. Eh, there's always Fan Fiction. If it does happen I'll commit to a million words. 💜

Don't even think about it.

[myfaveisfuckable]

Jadzia:

1. Okay so. First off, incredibly trans coded. Like, holy shit. Jadzia's species (Trill) can join with a symbiont (worm) and they become one being and also the host gains the memories of previous hosts. Jadzia's symbiont (Dax) was previously joined to a man, Curzon, for ages and at the start of the show she's only recently been joined (when Curzon died of old age) and we frequently meet characters who knew Dax back when it was joined to Curzon so they go "Curzon! Look at this guy, he and I go way back" and she points to her pronouns pin (that part's only canon in my heart) and says "i go by Jadzia now :)" and it's great. But ON TOP OF THAT! I love the hc that Jadzia was already trans before she was joined to Dax and personally, I further headcanon that she *used to be* hung but got bottom surgery. Thus, all apply.

(oh and yes i'm the same person who submitted Quark for his pussy popping and yes, ds9 truly is the most queer star trek. or at least the queerest classic trek)

2. Trans icon via symbiotic worm. Gets way more tail than the supposed "ladie's man" on the show. In a past life, got dicked down by Vanessa Williams so hard it literally caused a heart-attack. Fucks Klingons so hard they BOTH end up in the infirmary afterward. Also just insanely hot and a hotly insane.

* It is not currently canon but has been in the past.

Pyrrha:

1. Pyrrha "Daddy" Dve, butch loverboy who cannot help but give the ladies what they want. She's a gentle and supportive parent who provides for her family and braids her little girl's hair every morning. She's a hardbitten noir veteran who's left that life behind and just wants out, but the life won't let her go that easily. She's a hopeless romantic with a terrible sense of humor. She's the only survivor of her friends. She's been dead for ten thousand years. She's a functioning alcoholic, and she fucked your mom. The perfect woman.

2. AGGHHHH pyrrha the woman you are. i need to kiss you on the mouth i need you to fly me up to that planet i want the best for you you should get to kill god

3. Oh God oh God. I just love her so much

4. she can cook, she can shoot a gun, camilla and palamedes want her so bad, she's 10,000 years old and counting, and her meat is huge.

5. if pyrrha has no fans not only am i dead but also my soul has by some unknowable process ceased to exist and every ounce of what was once myself, is no longer within any realm

* it's real and huge* ITS ACTUALLY CANON 🎉🎉* It's essentially canon the body she's in has a penis, but ALSO her pre-lyctorhood body is ALSO trans to me. She has a massive dick no matter the form i know it in my heart and soul. * The physical dick was not always hers (there's some body swapping shenanigans going on) but she's had it for a very long time and knows how to use it. We've never known her any other way.

[arece]

hiiii i'm officially requesting something with reader and Akira, please give me that sweet sweet wlw love, i'll accept literally anything, although i do think it would be interesting if it started out more enemies-ish to lovers, because Cain said he'd keep an eye on reader, right?? and then in the movie Akira told John either he'd kill Cain or she would, sooooo i think that gives way to something interesting idk just an idea

also idk about you but i'd be down for poly icon reader, like, between her, Nobody, and Akira, two thirds are still officially part of the underworld, who cares about conforming to monogamy when they could die any day. but maybe that's just me though

i loved the story so much!!! can't wait for any more snippets in this au!

♤ a/n: This request had me absolutely losing it. For now I just kept it Akira and reader, BUT if you were to request the poly separately I'd check it out *hint hint*! other works here

♤ warnings: John Wick violence, swears, reader finding it hot when a woman tries to kill her

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It hadn’t been long after John’s death for Caine to stay true to his word and visit you. You avoided Winston for a bit, deciding to stay on your own for a while. You were sure that if any reminders of John were to appear you’d lose it. You wondered if there would ever be a point where it didn't ache so much.

How funny it was for someone who was in your life for such a short amount of time managed to have such an impact.

Perhaps you were a bit lonely but you had Dog. You welcomed Caine into your apartment, albeit a bit weary, unknowing of his parting assurance he made John. You didn’t blame him for what happened, he did the same thing as John. They were both not only willing to kill, but to die for their daughters.

He confessed to you that he was anxious to meet his daughter, that it had been so long since he’d last seen her he feared that she wouldn’t forgive him, would not want to know him. You advised him to take it slowly.

Suggesting that eventually he should tell her the truth. He immediately protested but you cut him off, “if you hide this from her she’ll be able to tell, she’ll never trust you.” He sighed, removing his glasses for a moment to rub a hand over his face.

“I don’t want her involved with the underground world, that was the whole point of me doing what I did.” You held your breath, trying really hard to not think of him. It wasn’t the time. “Speaking of it cautiously won’t drag her into it, if anything it’d be best to warn her, to give her a full chance to decide herself if it’s worth the risk of knowing you.”

Perhaps it was cruel, but it was the truth. A truth Caine needed to hear telling by the saddened yet understanding look on his face. “I can come if you think that’d help.” He slightly nodded, the barest hints of hesitation showing. Looks like you’re going back to France. Great.

-

“Is that her?” You saw a pretty young girl, your age if not slightly younger, playing the violin on the streets. She was really good, the beautiful melody entrancing a crowd of people. Caine was transfixed, distracted by the idea he was about to meet his daughter again.

You however, were still on guard. That’s how you noticed the fast approaching figure of a woman, switchblade held tightly in her hand. As she passed by aiming for Caine’s side, you gripped her by her wrist, slowly pulling her close in a way that wouldn’t capture the attention of the people on the crowded street.

Caine didn’t seem surprised and that was enough for you to infer this was the Akira he told you about, the one he said was only a matter of time before she showed to seek revenge for her father. “Go,” you told Caine, holding on despite her trying to get you to let go.

He stayed back for a minute before making his way over to his daughter, bouquet in hand. “Don’t make the same mistake as my father.” The warning seemed to fly right past her, instead her interest stook to your confession.

“John Wick’s daughter? Heard he died, one less person on my list.” You ignored her attempt to anger you, still trying to reason with her. “You’d make another girl suffer our pain?” You both were two sides of the same coin; one starving for the revenge of her father, the other having no one to blame as everyone at fault already died.

“She doesn’t know him.” You twisted her by her arm, pulling her back to your chest, forcing her to watch as Caine hugged his daughter tightly. “Choose to reenact your revenge plot another day, he’s meeting his daughter now.”

A passer-by caught your eye, staring at you two suspiciously. You rested your head on her shoulder in an attempt to make your back hug seem more casual, “people are looking.” Your hand still held onto her wrist with the blade.

“Everything he touched died, it’s a miracle he didn’t take you down with him.” That hit a sore spot, nearly having you see red. You twisted her wrist before she could even think about doing anything except hissing in slight pain.

Now you held her knife threateningly at her side, “knives are kinda my thing, just thought you should know next time for a fair fight.” You pulled away, walking slightly backwards. “This isn’t over,” she seethed.

“It is for now,” you confirmed. You're pretty sure you made yourself a new enemy, a fun one at that. You made your way over to Caine and his daughter, kindly introducing yourself and helping him explain what he’s been doing for the last few years.

-

Caine’s daughter was weary understandably, but also extremely understanding. She was beyond lovely and invited you and Caine to stay with her for a while. You had tried to resist, not wanting to intrude on their re-bonding time but she had insisted. How could someone ever say no to her, you’d never understand.

You took walks often, an excuse to allow the two some privacy. It was on one of those walks that you were dragged by your hoodie into the back alley. Pushed up against a wall with a knife held up to your neck. “I’m starting to think you got a thing for me.”

Akira pushed the blade further against your neck, nicking just below the spade scar on the side of your neck. She looked at it curiously before stepping back slightly, “why do you keep getting in my way? I warned your father, he kills him or I will.”

You casually pushed her hand down, sliding out of the alley and continuing your walk with her trailing after you. “Technically my dad tried, duels are a tricky thing.” She didn’t find that funny, tossing the knife at you, missing your head by an inch.

You pulled it from the brick wall it landed in, admiring the craftsmanship before pocketing it with the murmur of, “finders keepers.” Akira’s frustration grew at your casual attitude, once again shoving you against a wall.

Your head slightly knocked against it and you winced, “your dad didn’t want you to kill him. So, are you really doing this for him or yourself?” Akira looked away, you could tell it was her attempt to look strong, avoiding showing her emotions. “He’s dead.”

You softly grabbed her hand, “they both are. Revenge is what brought us here in the first place, don’t force another person into this life out of grief.” She sniffed, squeezing your hand before roughly pulling away.

“Him living is on you, if I come to regret it you will be the one to pay.” You watched as she stepped back, the knife she stole back from you in her hand. You couldn’t help but grow fond of her for that. “I’ll count on it. You can visit me for other reasons too, though.”

She scoffed but you saw the smile she tried to fight back appear on her face. She was a dangerous killer, one who would happily add you to her long trail of taken lives. A woman after your own heart.

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[chasingfictions]

hey so long ago i watched seinfeld's pilot and i didn't like it and i just never watched it again. but watching you post about it is kinda making me wanna check it out again. however i really thought the pilot was kinda irritating with all its 'women are a mystery' thing.

should i give it another go or is it just not for me?

hi hello thank u so much for coming to me with this the thing is that the Seinfeld pilot is not really indicative of the vibes of the rest of the show it really takes into season 2 for it to find its footing. fundamentally seinfeld is less a show about women are unknowable and more about what if we put the four worst people in a room together and made them dissect the most minute intricacies of human behavior and everyone is so silly. seinfeld is like u know that derry girls episode where there is this unhinged rube goldberg chain event reaction from rock the boat playing at a wedding to a woman straight up dying to a bunch of teenagers flooding a bathroom with what seems to be human shit. every episode of seinfeld is like that. it’s a game of mouse trap and also a sitcom. im biased bc watching seinfeld is my family pastime and has been for decades and also im right . also coincidentally i just yesterday made an episode guide for if u wanna watch seinfeld but don’t necessarily wanna sit down and watch every single episode back to back . everyone say thank u to elise for not having seen seinfeld so i could make this .

also to be clear almost every episode is a banger these r just the most iconic ones To Me I probably missed some hi Seinfeld I love u Seinfeld . I just realized there are some typos in this document also but I’m not fixing it and I’m not retaking the screenshots . hello everyone !!!

[fairytale-poll]

ROUND 1B! MATCH 2 OUT OF 8

Propaganda Under the Cut:

Original Fairytale:

The girl, the myth, the legend. The one who started it all. She skips into the forest with head held high, unknowing of the wolf and the many, many retellings of her story. Something, something, puberty, something, something, men are wolves. Just let my girl wear her red cape and be on her way to Granny's, please and thank you.

I feel like in a lot of modern adaptations they get lost in making Red Riding Hood more a girlboss who fights back or making her secretly (or not secretly) the real wolf or having her and the wolf be love interests, they lose a lot of what made the original fairytale so good. AND SO CHILLING! We have been told this story so often since childhood we can forget how frightening it can really be. A lost young girl, punished for the follies of childhood. I also think that even in the "happy" endings when the huntsman saves her there is this sense that she will never be the same. Her childhood is over. And that's haunting! The horrors of unprotected innocence.

The Path:

Each of these girls deal with their personal demons- in this case, "wolves-" as they grow and mature on the path of life. Each of them represent a different stage of a young person's life as they go through the world and the different ways in which that world can turn on that young person when they allow themselves to get lost in a dense forest, culminating in their reflection on the life they led.

the path is just a really cool underrated game idk man

i just really really like the path 🤷‍♂️

I will admit I'm only familiar with The Path through Izzzyzzz's seminal video on the subject but her Vibes are pretty iconic

(Scarlet) Most underrated sister imo. Her story is hauntingly sad and has themes of "lost of childhood" in a completely opposite way from the original Red Riding Hood, a good twist on the story.

(Ruby) The most well-known of the Path girls and the most goth, I get very sad when I see her. I know "teen angst" is a joke but sometimes I see reminders of just how full of despair teenagers can be. Her self-destructive tendencies and her "Charming Wolf" are leading her down a path (pun intended) that could kill her if she is not saved in time. It's so easy to dismiss teenage impulsion but only the survivors can.

(Ginger) Girl is so queer. Love that for her.

(Ginger) lesbiam

(Robin) Little girl sees giant wolf and wants to take it for a ride. Nuff said. (Also her room is the scariest imo. A child learning about death and their own mortality is mundane but terrifying)

[foodfightnovelization]

Introduction

So here it is, here's the book we're going to read together. I'm aware this is a Junior Novelization and is basically a book for small children, but it's interesting for SO MANY reasons so please just indulge me on my bullshit for a little while.

First of all, the fact that it's a novelization of the movie Foodfight!. I'm sure if you're reading this blog you've already heard of the movie so I'm not going to spend too much time going over the basics, but to cut a long story short, Foodfight! is a 2012 animated children's movie directed by Lawrence Kasanoff, centering around a supermarket that comes to life at night. Said city is populated by "Ikes", icons of the various brands of grocery store product e.g. Mr Clean, the California Raisins, Charlie Tuna, as well as original characters like Dex Dogtective and Daredevil Dan. In many ways, you could say this movie is like Wreck-It Ralph if it took place in a grocery store instead of an arcade. You could ALSO say this movie is like if a cartoon dog fought Nazis, poorly attempted to recrate the "La Marseillaise" scene from Casablanca, and hung around with a racist caricature played by Wayne Brady who regularly talks about wanting to ejaculate in/on various women. And all of that would be true, because this movie is crazy loco. Because of that, it's hard to imagine what it'd be like in book form, but it's interesting for other reasons too:

The film itself had a long and painful development. Originally intended to release in 2003, the release date shifted to 2006, then 2007, until it FINALLY came out in 2012. Over the years, the animation was redone so many times that it went from looking like this:

To looking like this:

Around 2006 (one of the initial release dates for the movie) various merchandise for the movie was in development, ranging from picture books, to plush toys, to even a videogame that had a playable demo at E3 2006. The game was never released, but the picture books eventually made into stores, and the plush toys were sold off to various arcades, claw machines and carnivals as prizes. However, there's one piece of merchandise I've never seen discussed ANYWHERE online- and that's the novelization.

I found it on eBay a few weeks ago and just HAD to buy it. There were so many questions in my head right away: Why was the novelization was published in 2008, four whole years before the actual movie came out? Okay, it's probably just because the movie was planned to release around that time at one point, but how is there no other information about this anywhere online? If this was published in 2008, is there a chance it's based on an earlier version of the movie and has vast differences from the finished film? (if you can even really call the film "finished"...) The book says it contains 8 pages of color stills from the movie- again, how can that be when this was 4 years before the movie came out?

I just couldn't leave all these questions unanswered, and so here it is in my hand (next to the Daredevil Dan plush I own because I'm NORMAL about this movie), Foodfight!: The Junior Novelization. As far as I can tell, this was the ONLY copy of the book available for purchase anywhere (is it maybe even the only copy in existence? Why is this book so vague and unknowable?) so I'm really at the forefront as far as discussion of this is concerned, on account of being the only person to even know it exists. Once I'm done talking about it though, I'll be uploading the entire book to the Internet Archive so everyone can get a chance to read it themselves. But for those yearning for a page-by-page analysis comparing the novelization to the finished film, I'm your girl! Stick with me and we'll strawberry jam our way through this enigma of a book.

Chapter 1 analysis coming soon!

[lazerv4]

Thoughts on Miku Expo (CDMX 2024)

Just my raw thoughts not a review or anything

When I first got the email for the MikuExpo presale I was so excited, something like this was a long time coming and before the pandemic hit it was actually coming but since then I had been waiting so when it finally came back to me I bought tickets immediately which filled me with joy that as the event started happening in other parts of the continent slowly soured, from the infamous screen to the lack of glow sticks to the incredibly mediocre setlist my hopes were getting crushed but I had already bought the plane tickets and planed my week away with a few friends that lived in the city so I was already committed. After a weird mix of anticipation and dread the show arrived and they made us go early for some reason (5:00 pm and the show started at 8:00 pm) and we got in line, then after like 30 minutes of line came another 30 minutes of line with the merch and then finally finding a place to settle for the show going forwards. I also wanna mention we saw Sr. Pelo which was funny but anyways getting back to the point.

Everyone was so excited and shouting, we got chants from silly stuff like Miku Pelona (Bald Miku) when a bald Miku plushie would be thrown into the air to the classic fuck Crunchyroll and other before at 8:00 pm the show finally started.

The first notes of Miku by Anamanaguchi hit and I was instantly enthralled, I don’t even particularly care for that song (I’m for of a Kira fan for my english Miku) but I don’t know, the moment just felt special, like being in something you love with people you love surrounded by a community of people that also love the same thing, it was incredibly surreal and I was happy, the song was followed by Vampire which is also another song I don’t care much for even with me being a crazy Deco*27 fan but I had so much fun dancing, singing and playing with the bootleg glowsticks we all got that I just didn’t care anymore, I was there and I was having fun.

Afterwards we got Unknow Mother Goose which I do like and had fun with but I would have preferred Rollin Girl but it was the moment I started to realize something, as much as I wanted the holograms and to get the full experience, all things considered the screen looks pretty good, the videos I’d seen didn’t do it justice and even the ones I recorded look way worse than it looked irl so at this point I was in, I was having fun, enjoying everything and completely dissociated from my body, I was just part of this and I was having the time of my life, the culmination of 12 years of fandom was here.

Rin in general was a lot of fun and I had a great time cheering (she’s my fave) and Magical Cure Love Shot! (I spell it how I want shut up) was also a lot of fun,  I wasn’t super into the songs but the vibe was still shining, the band was giving it their all with the guitarist especially being a highlight with how crazy she would go for no reason at all, it was awesome.

Our show had an exclusive bonus track which of course was MikuFiesta and it was a moment for sure. After a while (by a while I mean 17 songs out of 24) we get the band introduction and a small break before returning with Hyper Reality Show and then it happened, the moment that will stick forever in my mind as I hear SEKAIIIIIIIIIIII DE and the show peaked, nothing would come close to that performance of World is Mine, the most iconic of Miku songs at least for the shows was like nothing else, everyone was so into it and having so much fun, it was a magical moment that I will always remember fondly and I greatly appreciate having been a part of.

Tell Your World was another song on the setlist I enjoyed a lot but the show was nearing it’s end and with Miku doing the trademarked mention of the place she was in during Intergalactic Bound the show came to an end but of course because this is a concert that was a fake out for the obligatory encore that was pretty short but enjoyable and surprisingly closed with Highlight by KIRA which was a welcome surprised as I had forgotten the setlist at that point and I was just happy to had been there and experience the magic of miku as dumb as it sounds.

Now could it have been better? yes, will I still condemn and talk shit about the event organizers? yes, did I have some of the most fun I’ve ever had at a concert? abso-fucking-lutely. I loved every second I spend there and I’m glad I got to experience it at least once, now we just need to go to another one with a better setlist and holograms but I still won’t ever regret going to this one, it was an experience that will linger in my mind forever.

[popmusicu]

360: Charli XCX’s declaration of “It girl” supremacy

¡Good news for chronically online people! A couple of weeks ago, pop musician Charli XCX released the fourth single of her upcoming album brat, titled 360. Not only is the track incredibly catchy (although brief, a common sight in the age of TikTok), but it is also accompanied by a star-studded music video directed by Aidan Zamiri. What may initially seem like a vapid and simple song is elevated not only by its production, as tracks by Charli usually are, but by its theming and visual elements. Taken together, 360 serves both as meta commentary on Charli’s dual status as experimental trailblazer and pop celebrity, and a vindication of the “It girl”, a figure commonly associated with attractive, mysterious women that walk the line between the mainstream party life and the artistic.

First of all, when looking at the lyrics, one can immediately tell that the song is particularly self-referential, and not in the typical “I’m the greatest of all time” way that is common in contemporary pop artists. No, what Charli highlights throught 360 is her undeniable influence on pop, how she set a standard and gave birth to a specific kind of sound since she began collaborating with musicians under the PC Music label years ago. “Legacy is undebated” she sings, while shouting out long-time collaborator A.G. Cook (who also appears briefly in the video), a pioneer of the kind of artificial, stripped back “hyperpop” that Charli brought into the mainstream (or what may be as close to mainstream as possible, the gay community).

Secondly, the video itself is fully representative of how Charli envisions herself and It girls like her: attractive, unbothered, larger-than-life figures with “city sewer slut” vibes. Through an absurdist treatment that shows her and the girls in a series of out of place scenarios, she positions herself and her kind as beyond current pop sensibilities; instead of trying to show themselves as relatable and genuine, Charli and the other girls present at the dinner party embrace their “hot and scary”, “known yet unknowable” nature. The ridiculous imagery culminates with an appearance by actress Chloe Sevigny, perhaps the epithome of the It girl, and doubtless an icon to the same audience that Charli appeals to, as she poses with the rest of the cast (all dressed in black) with a fire in the background. During an age in which authenticity is a quality that is often sought after and elevated by mainstream audiences, it is refreshing to see someone be so authentically out of reach. Sometimes, all we want to see is cool sh*t.

Matías Flores

[ouranbutworse]

Anime-Manga Comparisons, episode 17.

I hope I have enough self control to not Renge-out about this Kyoya centric episode, but I don’t have faith in myself. As I said last time, the manga Karuizawa arc is over, but in the anime they make it a trilogy of episodes with this being the final one. This is also part of volume seven, not six, because volume six was all about the battle for the central salon and Kuze and Kanan. I would have paid a lot of money to see them in the anime!

The manga starts off introducing Kyoya, in case we forgot who he was already, but the anime starts with a really foreboding image of Yoshio and his voiceover, and then Akito and Yuuichi too. They’re all shadowy and a little creepy, and now that I think about it, it’s almost like Kyoya’s having a nightmare. I mean, I would too. Also, he wakes up sitting down in the anime, but standing up in the manga. Not a huge difference, but his more dishevelled anime look fits better.

Interestingly, the anime points out his low blood pressure, but the manga doesn’t. I guess that part of him comes later in the manga?

Haruhi says Tamaki would be devastated to know of Kyoya’s motives in the manga, but in the anime straight up says he’d cry, which is more accurate frankly. Also anime Kyoya says he just wants to look around some more before he leaves, but manga Kyoya gives us the more iconic “I don’t like to ride in strange vehicles right after eating, I’m a delicate boy.” If the anime had that line, there wouldn’t be a need for twenty more minutes of the episode because right there is him at his silliest, Tamaki-ist, and most true.

Manga Haruhi asks about his brothers and he actually gives her a normal answer, complimenting them and telling her that being the third son is an exciting game for him, but when anime Haruhi asks about them he brushes her off completely because he’s still pretending he’s unknowable. Haruhi calls him unfair because he knows everything about Haruhi’s family and he finally gives in and we get a flashback. This flashback doesn’t happen in the manga as far as I’ve seen, but god does Kyoya have a pretty face.

In the manga the melon snacks scene happens first, and then the confronting the seller scene but in the anime it’s the other way round. The anime also omits a scene before the confrontation where Haruhi reaches out to touch a vase and the seller swats her away and calls her an ‘ignorant window shopper’, Kyoya doesn’t rush to defend her at first, but he does go on to stop the old woman from buying the counterfeit bowls. Manga Kyoya says that the woman’s ring and kimono is what tips him off, and the flag isn’t there, but instead it’s people obscuring her. Haruhi calls him out and tells him that what he gets from the club isn’t tangible, but something else. Unfortunately before he can try and weasel his way out of it, the lost kid announcement plays.

In the anime scene, we’re looking at melon snacks. As Haruhi is having a sudden breakthrough she’s distracted by Kyoya calling for her, but in the manga she straight up slams into his back while they’re walking. He’s pretty solid and doesn’t seem to even notice, but he does notice her adorable little giggle, as we all do.

The anime adds an entire scene for the other hosts screwing around in the mall, where we see Renge performing a skit for the kids, and we meet Antoinette, who never returns again after this point. Sorry girl, you’ve brought absolutely nothing to this show! You’re still a good girl, though.

Renge’s skit reminds them of Kyoya via one of the Host Rangers, but the host ranger colour is black instead of purple, which is weird considering how much time we spend looking at their significant colours. It helps the others remember their favourite token evil teammate, at least. Tamaki looks especially embarrassed at forgetting his best friend. While they’re worrying over him Haruhi and Kyoya are sitting on a bench with a significant bit of distance between them, using an information board as what I can only guess is a visual representation of the wall between Haruhi and the hosts. Or maybe I’m just looking too deeply into nothing. Kyoya’s sandals are ugly as hell.

Haruhi gets to talk a little more about Tamaki here, how they’re similar, and we get callbacks to Tamaki being his loveable self and even a flashforward to his later episode. He’s probably about to declare his love for the idiot, until the announcement happens and his character development cranks all the way back.

Antoinette licks Tamaki all over his face and Kyoya wonders how he’s anything like him. If you’d gotten Noel in this anime you’d be the exact same and you know it. Since he calls him an idiot and Haruhi calls him out on lying earlier and acting like an egoist when he’s not. She kind of implied he’s an idiot, too, which is correct. The anime ends with Haruhi escaping with the melon snacks and having the upper hand, but in the manga Kyoya calls his bodyguards off screen and they tie up the rest of the club as punishment, giving him the last laugh. Haruhi still makes off with the snacks, though.

Episode 17… and the Karuizawa arc… over!

[glorified-red]

another episode of Red talks sex Ed ™️

do you think virginity is a social construct?because if the (female)Hymen breaks when having penetrative sex so it’s a biological construct , but you can break your hymen literally riding a bicycle

then there’s many different types of sex (penetrative,oral,etc)

*pulls out whiteboard and uncaps expo marker*

Obvious CW to discuss the topic above.

Virginity is absolutely a social construct, if not one of the most social of social constructs to exist.

But what is it? In olden times, it was depicted as something only a man could take from a woman. So when it existed in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, it was something empowering like a devotion to a goddess or to womanhood (cuz technically, same-sex sex doesn't count. This is incredibly funny when talking about marriage in Ancient Greece, bromance was sooooo normalized. That's why Achilles x Patroclus was so normal, it happened all the time. Married men/women fucked married men/women because it just didn't count. iconic truly).

But when early christianity came in, they specified that virginity was "a gift from God" and it must be perserved until marriage when the man could recieve the gift himself. Yucky? I know.

So as christianity shifted, so did the definition. Now its typically something that resembles purity and "seeking a higher spiritual calling." It's seen as a choice to align with God, and again, remain a virgin until marriage and letting the man take it. It can be liberating for a lot of religious members because they feel closer to their God and thats beautiful.

It mostly focuses on woman, there's more pressure put on relgious girls to remain "pure" but we rarely see it with the boys because of the Virgin Mary. There's even ceremonies where girls will devote their virginity to their father. If it works for some, thats wonderful, religion can be a beautiful thing, but you gotta recognize the consequences.

Because unfortunetly, some people think everyone should abide by those religious rites. That's when we start seeing purity culture rise up because so many people are shaming those who choose to have sex. It's annoying.

Because sex can be liberating, too. It can be about empowerment, self love, and connection. It's not disgusting and impure. In Ancient religions, sex was seen as a devotive act and there were plenty of offerings regarding sex (with & without virgins).

So to shame people who wish to have sex is immature to say the least. If its not harming anyone and all parties are consenting, why do you care??

So yes, virginty is an annoying social construct but early christianity (im prefacing early christianity because there is a difference) needed a way to track it so they could manipulate---control? uh, fear monger? Honestly all of the above---young impressionable girls. Thus came the hymen myth.

Essentially, your hymen can break from anything or literally nothing. Your hymen is pretty close to the vaginal opening (1 - 2cm) compared to the cervix (3 - 6in) so it can break really easily. Your underwear riding up a bit from a bad camal-toe can break that bad boy.

So tampons, biking, sitting on an uncomfy chair, simple pressure can break it. But alternatively, sometimes it just.... breaks on its own. Overtime it thins out and wears thin as you get older and get more active, so it's very likely it could break randomly and you don't even notice (especially considering periods).

Furthermore! Hymens may not even break the first time!! You can have penetrative sex and your hymen is still completely intact, and thats normal.

But again, they needed a way to track purity so they performed pelvic exams to make sure the hymen was fine. And since the hymen breaks randomly, it was the perfect way to emotionally torment unknowing followers, especially since little was known about the hymen at the time anyway.

Plus, there's sooooo many different ways to have sex and most of those ways don't involve penetration at all (don't even get me started on the term "penetrative sex" I will get HEATED).

So when it comes to virginity, I am the first person to say that you get to make your own definition and you get to decide when you lost your virginity (cuz most times, your first time isn't completely consensual, and you shouldn't have to count that as your first if you don't want to).

My definition? Consensually letting someone try or succeed to bring you to climax by any means. Toys? Sure. Hands? Absolutely. Mouth? Go for it. Insertion? Classic. Whatever you want bestie.

The definition of sex is usually "touching sexual organs" but if thats the case, I would've lost and taken virginity with so many different people because boobs are fun, my guy. So I like to specify that to lose the V-Card, there should be the intention to climax. I say "intention" because sometimes you just don't get there, it happens.

This brings in the nuance of bringing yourself to climax. I don't personally count that but some people could if they wanted to, and there'd be nothing wrong with that. Them losing their V-Card to themselves is empowering and I support it, it's just not for me.

This also brings in the nuance of "sex" not always needing to lead to climax, sometimes its just for intimacy and closeness. I don't count that as losing your V-Card personally because i like to seperate intimate touch from touch with the intention of climax. Intimate touch and exploring bodies while they're naked doesn't need to be sex.

It can just be fun and a bonding experience with your significant other. But when the intention comes in, that's when theres a shift (for me) between touch and sex. Now exploration can lead into sex, sex can have exploration, etc etc etc. But when discussing the V-Card specifically, I like to make a hard line for my own reasons.

It also begs the question of bringing someone else to climax but them not doing it in return. Does that count as losing your V-Card? Maybe, depends on who you ask. For me? No. The other person would lose their card but you wouldn't. But again, that's just me.

See how in depth I can make my terms and conditions for losing my virginity? Anyone can do it, too. Losing your card (which agin, terrible phrasing, I hate it, I want to RIOT) shouldn't be something someone decides for you or society decides for you, you should be able to. If you really wanted to, you could just pretend your first time didn't happen.

Because who cares??? It's a social construct anyway, no ones gonna hound you for saying it didn't count for xyz reason. And if some smartass comes in with a "But actually---" I'll smack them for you. It's your body, it's your choice. If they didn't want us to have this much power over it, maybe they should've have made it such a social construct to begin with 😚

[bisluthq]

And what if I said that women not being able to read a book if it isn’t “spicy” is very much getting to the porn addiction level and it’s just as harmful?

I’m not saying books can’t have smut in them. But there are so many young women who constantly ask if books have “spice” (I swear there’s another word they use but I can’t remember it) and won’t read them if they don’t. They read hundreds of books a year but it’s just smut after smut. Which means they spend their days reading about usually toxic couples having sex. I truly believe it’s a problem for a lot of people and it should be more talked about

wow okay this suddenly got very deep. I took a break from my phone to blow my bf because happy Valentine’s Day to him and he used the big vibrator on me because he’s too fluish to do anything else and anyway it was all very time efficient, whole thing took us like 20 minutes and we both came. Iconic. Anyway, I come back to my phone and now there’s this whole philosophical quandary to deal with. Lemme go grab a cigarette and think about this more.

my overall opinion is yes “spicy” books serve the exact same purpose as porn and no they don’t differ much at all. Women obsessed with reading smut and men obsessed with watching porn are in the same lil wankery boat. I’ll also say some women (like me!) do enjoy porn tbh more than smut and some men (like my dad, a fact I wish I could unlearn) prefer reading smut (you get guy smut like he doesn’t read Colleen Hoover there are boy things you can read and again I wish I could unknow this).

that said, I think female sexuality is so ignored and taboo (even now and even amongst Gen Z) that a lot of girls and women feel more comfortable “reading” because they “like reading” rather than just saying “I want a good lil wank and to imagine some fun seggsy times”. The solution is saying wanking is normal not saying them reading their crappy smutty books is bad lol. Also with younger women maybe encouraging more reading of like actual good books (occasionally those have sex too but tbf less frequently lol) and saying they don’t need to like pick one or the other. I watch porn right but that doesn’t mean I haven’t watched every Best Picture nominee for 2024. I don’t pick one or the other.

I’ll also say based on my time working at the bookstore that this isn’t a new thing. It was a secondhand bookstore and customers would get a 20% discount on new purchases if they brought the book back in good condition. Our most regular customers were old ass women (like really really old y’all I’m not just calling them that because I was like 19 at the time these women were fuck old) who’d come in and buy like a bunch of Mills&Boons and a couple new smutty things and then they’d come back the following Monday to return them and restock. One woman and I became friendly (no, this was not my old friend Linda although she is indeed now around the age those women would’ve been then) and she used to also occasionally buy like historical fiction and detective stories and she always bought the cool new non fiction but also every week she’d take at least five Mills&Boons and one day I asked her like “Pat seriously?” and she was like “I’m a widow 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️” and I had no further questions. So like it’s not new and it’s not abnormal unless it’s interfering with your life.

final thought: as you say most of these types of books have very unhealthy relationships in them. If you’re reading them just to wank like go for it - again, I watch porn lol and I’ve found sometimes there’s entertaining/hot sex in a fairly out there scenario - but porn is bad for body image and expectations in bed irl (this has been proven in multiple studies) and I do think a lot of smut is bad for self-esteem and expectations in bed and expectations in relationships tbh irl (no studies have been done afaik because female sexuality as I said right at the beginning of this answer is still so taboo).