#id love to hear what yall think tho

[bonsaibnuuy]

so i was thinking about gearing in xiv

i feel like with the set of content we have right now (that being exploration zones, savage, ultimates, and alliance raids), the gear structure could (and should) be changed to make progression a bit more horizontal. being able to do difficult content or long grinds and get worthwhile gear that could be bis (and having multiple outlets to get good gear) is a good thing, and i wish square would see it as such

savage gear could probably be the same as it is now - ilvl 665 (6.4 numbers, of course) gear that's better than most stuff out there.

however. there should be gear that's on par with savage that's just as difficult to get - whether that be through content that's just as difficult (criterion savage) or through a super long grind (exploration zones). a potential patch structure could look like this:

x.0 - raid tier, usual savage gear

x.05 - criterion savage, alternate left side gear with different stats

x.1 - alliance raid, more alternate left side gear that's slightly worse - more of a catch-up, like it is now, but a bit higher in ilvl. closer to savage, maybe 5 ilvl below?

x.15 - another criterion savage, alternate right side gear with different stats, with an alternate way to get tome augment materials

repeat from there until whenever the exploration zone comes out, where relic is started and becomes bis at the end of the expansion, but with a relic gearset that evolves with it, and some pieces become bis at the end of the expansion. eureka did this well, i think - i remember BLU specifically having elemental gloves of casting +2 as bis for one of the sets (and that counts as another point for stormblood being the best expansion gameplay-wise i think)

i feel like having a more horizontal progression, with savage being the main focus (as it comes out before anything else), could be really beneficial to the game, not just because it lets more players get geared - it also provides players with more things to look forwards to and more things to do in the downtime between patches. done with savage? wait until the .x5 patch and then get some more gear that could be better!! want to get in to savage next tier, but don't have the gear for it? do criterion and the alliance raids to get left and right sides and augmented tome materials and catch up!

the mentality that good gear should be savage raid tier exclusive kinda sucks. i really wish they'd consider having more outlets to get stuff like this - i feel like it'd bring a lot of life to the game in downtime where it needs it most and would be a lot of fun for players who want to grind and get that best gear at all times, and it'd give a lot of incentive to do all the content in the game

[princemick-archive]

different anon here but as someone who has been a fan since that era the “fuckboy” nickname has never made any sense and it does feel weird calling him that just bc he partied whilst being successful

thats understandable acc, I dunno what else to call the era tho bc party boy feels to like. danny ric esc hes not loud enough for that name.

[spooky-scary-slasher-hoes]

serious question:

[mrmistakemakeroywg]

how i see "The helper" episode . (i have diagnosed adhd and autism fyi: everyone is different so take what i say with that context <3 not all autistic people are like me so please understand this is more based on my experience personally)

Really weird post i know but hear me out. When i watch "The helper " i immediatly think about having meltdowns as a little kid or just any age in general wether online or irl.

^ Like if you`re looking at it like i am, you can understand why id say it feels like hes having a meltdown / breakdown because something that makes sense to him most of the time, now makes no sense at all to him / freaks him out |

| (Being unable to help people because they do not need his help which he is not used to , thus making him react way worse then most people would sense it is something very special to him Like how people will have specific special intrests or hyperfixations etc) personally i freak out and get meltdowns when my pc is broken or needs fixed and i cannot draw whatsoever for long peroids of time. )

and how you / i would immediatly feel ashamed , nervous and guilty afterwards , or just generally exhausted or depending on the person feel like a burden on the people around you.

(also for this next part yes i know this is implied to be sylvia`s idea but it still makes me wanna tear up because it hits home way too hard) and other people will immediatly treat you as a "trouble maker" that has to be dealt with , punished or pushed aside even tho its something you cant help and sometimes cant even understand .

the dialogue espeically is a gut punch for me.

"ohh.. So this is the guy you want out of town "

" i get it " he`s hurt , and ashamed of himself. and its probably a stretch but i feel like this has happened before because of how he says " i get it . " then he tries to turn it into a positive as per usual to his character writing , thats how much he loves helping people.

its his special intrest / hyperfixation <3333 so of course he can try to turn it into something fun . and the rest of the episode goes on as he Does what they asked him to. and they immediately reward him for throwing himself out of their way .

(this genuinely makes me so mad i`m sorry fuck those towns people man you could`ve just talked to him instead GRAHHHH) and how he gets super happy after FINALLY pleasing them.

hes so silly :33

also this last bit makes me angry a little

"son"

"thanks" ( im going to eat your soul stfu /halfjoke )

"happy i could help!! "

"that makes two of us " (BONUS) ALSO I WANT TO MENTION the scene where he tries to " stop " lord hater. I feel like this is him being pushed to his absolute limit to a point he tried to do something very out of character just for the comfort and relief of "doing something good" like hes reverting to the basics of "being a good guy " just to get that comfort of helping someone again.

it reminds me of that Version of himself in "the wanders" where the piece of himself that holds his trauma / what made him want to help everyone is still not inside of him yet, and he goes on a rant about how he is going to stop lord hater

"wander are you okay ?? " "im MORE then okay "

"IMMMM PERFECT !"

"Now come trusty steed , its time to stop that HEARTLESS evil doer LORD HATER ONCE AND FOR ALL !! "

"wait what-" "stop ?"

"YES! i am a good guy , and he is a bad guy. " "AND I STOP HIM ! "

------------------- HELPPPPP.... seriously tho sorry for the long rant about this episode but it genuinely hit home so hard that i have cried multipule times unironicly because of it. Reminder that im veiwing this through my own experience of growing up on the spectrum (adhd + autism specifically) not everyone on the spectrum will be the same as me when it comes to this episode. I had to get this out of my system because it was eating at my brain sorry yall 💔💔💔

if i made any typos or worded anything weird its becuase its harder for me to write long posts plus as of writing its 01:17 on my computor clock.

[lily-alphonse]

Please hear me out Sebastian x Elliott.

I cannot overstate how I absolutely lost my mind receiving this ask because TELL ME WHY IVE NEVER CONSIDERED THIS I literally love these men. They are my husbands. I know I marry Sebastian every time but if he wasn't an option I would marry Elliott in a heartbeat I am so down bad for him. (Have yall seen how much poetry I've written for him like come on). So this was mind-bending, earth-shattering, all of the above.

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK THO FUCK lmao rein it in Lily you got this

Lets build the gothic romance of our dreams all in this the year of 2024.

Elliott likes to do something some people might find odd. Which is part of the reason he keeps it to himself. But he’s always found the idea of messages in a bottle charming. What if there was such a thing as fate? Would it not bring his love letter to his soulmate? He lives on the beach now; he has the perfect opportunity.

So he bottles his love and sets it free on the ocean, just every few months when he’s feeling whimsical. Sometimes it washes right back up in the next few days, and he takes it as a gift from himself, or the universe. Something like that. Either way it makes him smile, and he recollects the bottle and sticks the scrap of love letter in one of his books at random.

One rainy day, Sebastian stumbles on a bottle. It looks like it has something inside so he takes it home. Part of him thinks he’s being silly. The other part of him is giddy. A quest! A mystery! His geeky ass is all over this.

He takes it home and carefully removes the paper inside. It doesn’t look old, just regular notebook scrap.

Perhaps Im only built to seek you And never really see Fumbling, reaching, I feel the truth But what if my eyes laid upon thee I fear no feeling could compare Instead I close my eyes and imagine you and me

The writer signed it “a dreamer.” Sebastian isn’t sure how to feel about it. It’s intriguing, still. He already suspects Elliott right away, though it is entirely possible the bottle washed up from elsewhere. He rolls the bottle in his hands and considers the man. He imagines him writing these words and for some reason his heart clenches. He feels flushed suddenly.

It feels like an invasion of privacy, almost, to read something so heartfelt.

Maybe that’s why he writes him back. Some kind of guilt, a feeling like he has to bare his soul in the same way.

The words of the letter tumble in his mind, only getting sharper with time. It feels like nothing he could come up with would ever be enough.

He watches Elliott at the saloon. How his hands grip his beer. How his eyes close when he laughs.

Open your eyes

The words come to him suddenly and he jots them in his phone. When he gets home from the saloon he finally writes his letter back.

In reality Id like to have a few letters back and forth before Elliott discovers its Sebastian, but for the sake of this lets say he signs his letter with his actual name.

Open your eyes Touch me I am as real as you imagine Are you? -Sebastian

He takes a chance. If fate worked once, maybe it would again. Because what if it wasn’t Elliott? Maybe the bottle would be carried back on the waves where it needed to be.

Of course it finds its way back. Elliott smiles and picks it up, fully expecting his own words inside. His heart races when he sees that isn't the case.

It is an agonizing few days before Sebastian comes back to the ocean in the haze of a drizzle. Elliott finds him in the rain but he doesn’t have the words to address him.

Sebastian smiles at him. “Are you my dreamer?”

“I— yes,” he laughs breathlessly, slowly getting soaked from the rain. “Yes, I suppose I am.”

“And what do you make of my proposal?” he asks, stepping closer so Elliott has to look down at him.

Elliott swallows. He decides to take a chance and continue this poetry between them. “I fear if I touch you, nothing will ever feel the same again.”

Sebastian takes a moment to consider, inspecting his face and the grey horizon beyond. Finally he responds, part poem, part just himself because he’s never been much of a poet.

He smiles at him. “I don't know about you, but I'd be happy with that."

Send me any Stardew Valley rarepair and I will tell you how I would make them work! (Even non-marriage npcs) If youre lucky you may get a mini fic out of it. Check the list below to see if Ive already answered yours

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@totallyhumanexe

[deathdetermineslife]

how do you manage to get any followers or friends in the selfshipping community? is it just luck?

for months i’ve been trying to interact with others and follow people, engaging with stuff like ask games and hosting reblog games, but when i try to share any artwork or i reblog an ask game myself, its radio silence. like even in small discords i get ignored so bad

i don’t say this at all to be guilt tripping /gen, it’s genuine curiosity at how this stuff even works. like am i doing something wrong or is the community just like this?

here is my comprehensive and lame guide on How To Get Selfship Followers

step 1 - posting

so a lot of my posts are either kinda general or fun. folks I will not lie to you. these are all stupid shit that come to my mind on a day to day basis. for example, today, I thought, "man I'm such a loser I'm not in college like all my friends r" and then I was like "omg wait. i could make a post out of this" so I did that.

you also kinda gotta be conistent. so i try to post at least *something* everyday. even if its a reblog, tho, I don't reblog a lot of things other than ask games.

another thing with posting is that i do try to make a lot of community based content. so idk if yall remember but in the beginning of my account, I did the "things you can do if you have xyz f/o". i did like,,, I think almost 100 of those ?????? it was a lot. then I started making templates and I made some ask games and ofc I post a lot of general like,,, imagine stuff. oh also polls. people seem to enjoy polls.

step 2 - be positive

this is the big thing. as most of yall (hopefully) know, I do not fw proshippers !! but I don't talk about discourse unless its directly brought up. not only this, I put a big focus on just,,, being nice idk. like id like to think I'm a pretty down to earth person.

if you make a template and people tag you in it, say something nice! reply to peoples art, send in asks, things like that. i try to do my part in being nice. i also just like hearing about peoples selfships.

when people post promos and have the little "rb to be moots", reblog! when you come across someone having a bad day, maybe they made a vent or something, reply with a simple "I hope you feel better <3" or "your f/o loves you <3". things like that, ya know?

step 3 - have fun

genuinely. i post as much as i do because I like it. i didn't go into this thinking "oh... yea... I'm gonna get selfship famous..." like no I just wanna ramble somewhere bc none of my close irls r selfshippers.

you wont get popular or get followers because you grind out posts. literally one of my biggest posts on this account I wrote while I was half asleep one night and wanted to test out queuing on my account.

and in that regard, it is partially luck. i don't control what posts people do and don't like. sometimes I write up imagines and no one sees them. sometimes I write up a post saying "lol go kiss your fake boyfriend ooo smoochie smoochie" and that does numbers

step 4 - interaction

im only in two servers. one server (which was the first public server I think I ever joined ???? i could be wrong tho,,, bad memory blehg) that I don't own and then my own 18+ server. i don't think being in servers does anything,,, considering I'm only in one that isn't mine. i think its more like ,,, sticking to one or two places ?? like just being consistently in an area you're comfortable in.

i guess you gotta just find the right people ??? and like I mentioned, be friendly, but ya know. also I guess tags too? idk if you look at any of my regular posts I have 8 million tags on them. idk if that actually does anything or not because its kinda hit or miss sometimes.

i was gonna say something else but i forgot. see look listen I dunno how I got here but this is what I do ,,,, effectively nothing. also with the being kind thing, maybe this is how I am bc I'm pagan but I think that if you expect kindness back you wont get anything. sometimes its just nice to be nice. eventually you gain a reputation for being a nice person. you kinda have to not want that tho? like I don't see myself as particularly like ,,, super kind ,,,??? i just do what feels right.

step 5 - uhhhh idk im just rambling now

i guess i also went into this kinda like. damn sometimes this community is a cesspool of absolute meanie pants. i don't wanna be a Meanie Pants and just post my thoughts and the things I think about. i guess how I see it too is, I kinda like ? idk I think all these things anyways why not post them? kinda feels like a waste not to.

also ive been told my posts are pretty recognizable bc of how I format them ? my dividers and such. also tagging all of my imagines and stuff with my 🥀📜 emojis. i guess that helps too? because that's how I recognize certain accounts. "like oh there's them I recognize their dividers and their tags".

also you kinda gotta like,,, not let hate get to you. like have fun with it? i know that's hard, but, that's what you gotta do. when I get printer ink (bc. a hoe does NOT like buying printer ink) im printing out that fucking 8 mile long hate message I got sent. but also that's just the kinda person I am. like people being a dick and stealing my posts and telling me to swallow a glock 9mm doesn't upset me, im more like,, confused more than anything because never in my life have I ever sent hate to anyone. also I have had this "I do not care because you're some loser on the internet and you being an ass wipe is no where near as bad as the shit people have done to me irl" attitude.

TLDR; i dont think youre doing anything wrong because I don't exactly know what I'm doing right. i just... do... and sometimes, "just doing" is enough. maybe its luck, maybe I've been blessed by the tumblr algorithm and I've somehow figured it out, or maybe the community is just genuinely that bad and they pick favorites. maybe its all of the above! who knows. i try not to worry about it. i think at the end of the day, as long as you're having fun posting about your f/os and selfshipping, that's what matters.

alright thats all see ya. if you have any more questions feel free to ask however I fear I cannot answer them </3

[ultimateloserboy]

I’ve been holding back this ramble forever but the food episode makes me tear up and i NEED to talk about it.

The food episode was the only episode I really couldn’t watch as a kid. I remember being horrified by it. to this day i still feel uneasy thinking about it, even though it doesn’t scare me in the slightest anymore. the reason i feel uneasy now isnt because im scared, its because to me its the saddest episode of the whole series and makes me want to punch walls. when i was younger i didnt notice a lot of the things ive noticed now, and every time i watch the episode i notice even more.

a lot of people talk about this episode as if red guy ran away and wants nothing to do with the house, that he’s trying to save the other two by bringing them to his world. while i dont think this is a wrong or bad interpretation, considering it’s understandable, id like to talk about my own interpretation. i dont think red guy even knew how he left. keep in mind he just exploded and then woke up in an office. there’s absolutely nothing suggesting he ran away on purpose. all he wanted was for colin to shut up, he wasnt intending to find the room he found. this itself isnt an interpretation, its a fact, BUT how he feels about it and what he does in the red guy world is completely up to interpretation! mine is that he wants to go home instead of trying to get the other two out of it. lemme explain ok hear me out:

throughout the entire food episode red guy is constantly popping up in the background somewhere. hes drawn behind windows and his head is in the microwave in one shot. when duck knocks the camera over for a split second you can even see his legs as it falls. the leg thing is what really got me, because most other times he was simply drawn. but those were his actual legs standing in the kitchen. to me it represents the fact that he isnt actually there but is “haunting” the other two. they dont really remember him but they can see him out of the corners of their eyes. hes blurry and far away but they KNOW someone is there (or WAS there, i should say). but on his end i think it could represent how hes still there in his head, how hes still singing songs and shit like that despite being out of that world. he says he hated that world, that hes allergic to music, but now that hes gone from it its stuck in his head. he misses the music. he misses his friends. hes still there in spirit.

before i continue id just like to say that, no, the main three INCLUDING RED GUY dont always want to leave the house. especially when they have to leave the others behind. whenever theyre off somewhere they usually want to go back home, yellow guy even said “i want to go home” word for word once. but he also said “no more songs” these things can exist at the same time guys. they can not want to drown in oil but still want to live in their house, yall realize that right? thats a huge theme in the show, that the house and the main three have a very complicated relationship. they dont want to leave their home they just want it to, yaknow, NOT EAT THEM. so i think red guy wanting to come home isnt at all out of character. and he doesnt like the red guy world anyway, why would he take his friends there when theyre wacky as shit and wouldnt fit in there or enjoy it at all? also id like to make the point that he doesnt know what’s happening in the house (at least not the seriousness of it) until he sees the machine. so him trying to save the other two from getting munched makes no sense to me personally. AGAIN THO THIS IS JUST MY INTERPRETATION!! YOURS IS VALID TOO AND I LOVE YOU!!!

But anyway continuing on, ducks reaction especially makes me insane. whenever i see how duck acts in episodes like “jobs” when he starts freaking out and trying to get the first aid kit for yellow guy im reminded of this episode. duck really does love his friends at heart. he doesnt want to leave the house, he sees no point, but to me the reason he doesnt want to leave is BECAUSE of his friends (or at least one of the reasons). in the tv series duck has a whole argument with red guy about leaving, and while some people say this duck is different than webseries duck i have to disagree. i think duck wouldve always argued about staying, but i also think hed always want to leave if red guy did. duck always switches up as soon as something is “wrong”. he always wants to stay until one of his friends is acting weird/hurt/missing and then suddenly the world isnt right and he doesnt want to be there. not only that but he will do everything in his power to fight against the things keeping him from his friends or hurting them, even if it means risking his own life. he knew some weird shit was going on every time he answered the phone, but despite that he continued answering anyway. he interrupted the songs and pushed things away and kept running to the phone, being disobedient and not giving a damn. this isnt unusual for duck, but it makes me especially ill, because he acts very confused as well. hes very upset, not mad like he usually is but genuinely upset and worried. most likely because of how hazy his memory is. my favorite scene of the series is when he pushes over the camera and says “i dont want to do this anymore” it rips my heart apart hes just like me fr. it also comes back to the transport episode, where hes like “well the song wasnt that great but at least it was funny. nobody gets TOO hurt by these songs and stuff so who cares? why leave?” i think hes always thought this way, the reason he says “i dont want to do this ANYMORE” is because suddenly the world has shifted. suddenly things are much more sinister and make even less sense. suddenly he is in genuine danger, and he isnt coming back this time. things have gone too far now, and he tries tearing down reality itself to get out, but unfortunately hes just not strong enough.

i also like to think that the food is singing about red guy the whole time, not actually food, and how he deserves punishment, and if you end up like him youll be punished too (which is exactly what happens to duck for answering the phone) “the bad, not-healthy foods are very rude! and must leave through the catflap!” isnt that what red guy did? he wandered too far and saw what he shouldnt have so he was sent away. also the steak says “you need to know whats right from wrong” which doesnt go with the rest of the song at all and seems to be directed at duck specifically. it seems more like theyre trying to keep duck and yellow guy in line rather than teach them about food. when they say “you shouldnt eat food from a strangers plate” considering the previous lyrics and the context before the chanting i think theyre talking about not believing what youre told by “strangers” (aka the non-teacher characters) theyre saying not to listen to whatever red guy is trying to say, to not answer the phone, to not end up like him. or at least thats what i think anyway.

lastly, the ending. yellow guy sitting in the kitchen alone, in the dark, covered in blood while the phone loudly rings is probably the most haunting part of the series to me. remember what i said about not being scared? well i LIED. this scene specifically still scares the fuck out of me. it fills me with genuinely painful dread. the scene where he looks over at the phone, hearing it but not getting up to answer it and letting it ring until red guy gives up is heartbreaking. im not sure if yellow guy even knows what’s happening in this scene, but hes been taught by now to NOT ANSWER THE PHONE. so he doesnt. and the teachers leave him alone with the phone because theyre confident he wont answer it. and theyre right. it breaks my heart just looking at it. in the next episode he ends up fighting back just like duck did, but just like duck, he cant truly do anything. it really puts into perspective how powerless all three of them are. god it ruins me. all they wanted was to know what the biggest thing in the world was, and now theyve been torn apart for wandering too far. cries and sobs

[shootingstarrfish]

i'll tell yall about a funny obm dream i had a while ago, all my belphie dreams have been scams so far i want a refund >:v

so i can only assume id just been on an outing with the brothers and it was the end of the day. they were all squished into my itty bitty car to the point where asmo was sitting on my lap while i was driving (it was weird dream logic so he kept alternating between sitting on my lap and sitting on the floor at my feet??) of course lucifer being the insufferable eldest sibling was in the passenger seat beside me, belphie was directly behind me and i believe levi was beside him in the middle? i cant remember what satan mammon and beel were doing lolll they were never particularly relevant in this one but i know they were there

anyway i tell them all we're almost at the train station and ill drop them off there and it should be easy to get home by train, and i hear a chorus of groans behind me so i figure it's not too far out of my way to just to drive them directly home and decide to offer to do so, to which they all cheer except lucifer and...

i hear belphies voice directly behind me suddenly try to get my attention, and i get really excited because belphie is talking to me. i turn around as best as i can to face him "oh whats up belphie?" i ask casually, trying not to seem too excited or anything. im curious though, again it's belphie we're talking about. i have to admit im happy he's talking to me. clearly in this dream au im quietly pining after him so im delighted. he shuffles around a bit, not speaking yet. i think to myself that he looks very cute. i wonder what he's gonna say. is this the development of our dream au relationship? he awkwardly opens his mouth to speak:

"uhh, i think i'd rather walk home honestly..."

my entire world shatters. the one person i wanted to be there suddenly wants to leave? (for some reason ignoring that asmo, who i also love very much, is sitting on my lap) i try not to seem too upset tho and let him leave to walk.

i set up my GPS and play some music, i specifically decide to play anime openings because i know levi will vibe with it. he starts trashing my taste in music

and then i woke up

[starsofang]

Oh.

What is wrong with you??? IM SCREAMING?? WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT😭😭😭😭 This is all meant in a amazing way I swear. Why would you put this amazing fanfiction on my screen at 5:30pm? I’m literally going to fucking scream this was so freaking awesome?

Okay. Okay. So first off, Ghost??? Apologizing??? I think I might be imagining things, that’s so? It was so fucking cute and like—weird. If that makes any sense. Ghost is just emotionally constipated and it’s very funny. He shows his feelings in a different way and I think it’s so amazing to see the progress.

John. Fucking. Price. I thought about killing him after he continued to say: Medic. Like, sir, who are you talking to?? But he made up for it. That was so fucking sweet in his own fucked up way that I can’t really blame him anymore.

THE PROPHECY. I WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOYT MY THEORIES BUT ILL MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF.

I’m gonna go bang my head against a wall until the next chapter come out!! <33

the fact that the moment i posted the new chapter, i was patiently waiting for your response 😭 its the highlight of my week every time i post istg

ghost has a loooot of lore we’re going to get into that i’m extremely excited for 🤫 yall have no idea how hype i am for when the big plot line starts to happen omg

I KNOW PRICE HAD ME ANGRY, initially i wasnt gonna make this his redemption arc yet but he was pissing me off so bad that i had to make it happen. the original post wasn’t even including their conversation in the last section but i went in last minute and was like no, it needs to happen because i cant keep making this man a villain even tho he kind of is rn

ID LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THEORIES PLEASE I GET SO EXCITED WHEN I SEE PEOPLE IN THE REPLIES TALKING ABOUT THEIR GUESSES AND WHAT THEY THINK SO PLEASE SHARE THEM, I LOVE HEARING IT

[ceedaryaps]

Bridgerton Season 3 Spoilers!!!!!!!

So I finally had a day off and could wacth season 3 of Bridgerton and oh.my.god. AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.So three things before I get into the meat of it. First of all, I sincerely hope that Violet and Lady Danburys brother get a chance to connect more MAMA VIOLET DESERVES LOVE TOO! Seecond the fact that Anthony cannottt keep his hands off Kate is so hilarious to me like get awf that lady and let her breathe. And third Francesa being a subtle autism rep is so amazing to me, as an autizzy person myself seeing someone with the same mannerisms as me within a romance setting is so refreshing like it truly puts joy in my heart. And also the sign language in the first episode???? love itttttt, they truly perfected diversity without shoehorning it.

Now to the meattttttt of it.

Now friends to lovers has never personally been my thing and in terms of each bridgerton show im gonna rank this leason my second least favorite but thats NOT to say I dont like it I very much enjoyed this season but i do have my critiques.

1

While I get a giggle out of Pen's sisters I cannot stand her family as a whole, for the simple fact that they treat her as if no one would EVER want her just because she plus sized and has "odd interest" in their words, it infuriated me how her mother wanted Pen to say yes not because she was happy for her but because she truly thought this would be Pen's only chance. Despite my disliking her family it was a good plot point for her to finally decide to make a change and put herself out there. I feel like in her previous two seaons for her she didnt put herself out there because, as weve seen, she has a huge lack of confidence that it was more than likely the work of her mothers and her sisters doing. I also loveeee the wardrobe change from bright gaudy colors and patterns to more Bridgerton esqe colors in her wardrobe. The wardrobe in Bridgerton has always amazed me but putting Pen in that light blue was amazinggg she was gorgeous and glowing. Even her sisters were eating this season like props to wardrobe and makeup bc they ate. Im so worried to see whats going to happen when Collin eventually finds out shes lady whistle down like omgggg.

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I don't hate Eloise and Cressida NOW HEAR ME OUT OKAY. Cressida is still not a good person at all but I'm so glad we got to see more of her character bc it definitely shed light into why she acts that way. It would be completely ignorant to sit there and believe that the pressures of the ton to be perfect and find husbands quickly and avoid scandal WOULDNT make the girls get a little nasty with each other. The pressure from her parents specifically made me go "Oh girl I think id get nasty too if those were my folks." In no way does it excuse her treatment of Pen tho!! I also liked that it was Cressida who clocked Eloise's tea about her pointing fingers immediately at her when Pen got exsposed. Not to mention when the girlies came to Cressida for tea SISTA DID NOT FOLD!!!! She politely said naur and kept it pushing. Like I understand Cressida was neverrr the nicest and was a gossip but if Eloise decided to hang around her then she shoulda had faith in the girl. Like Eloise I love you but doooo betterrrr. Don't get me wrong at all yall Eloise is my fav but I'm glad people are clocking her for her shittt. I hope Cressida and Elosie stay friends but they constantly build off of each other to be better bc I loved how Eloise made her dislike of Cressida's treatment towards Pen known.

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This is so unrelated but i love bennedict BAD hes sooooo idk yall I need him.

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COLLIN BRIDGERTON IM HERE TO CLOCK YOUR TEA.

Imma be real I might be bitter bc I feel like Pen shoulda made that man grovel. After what he said about her to his friends in the previous season he should have been on his hands and knees BEGGING for her forgiveness she let him off too easy. Also I don't really appreciate that it took another man giving Pen attention for his stupid ass to finally be like "Oh shed kinda bad actually." I ALSO don't like how when he described how he liked Pen as a friend it wasn't because of her actual qualities it was how she made HIM feel. "You're always here to listen to me and give me a new perspective!" Sir you could have just said she was very insightful, you enjoy her company SOMETHING other than a service she has done for you. That why Im glad he was suffering so bad every time he saw them together he was SICK to his stomach and I'm here for it.

All in all I cant wait to see how things go down next bc I think everyine is gonna reap what they sow Pen, Collin, Eloise EVERYONE. bc the sneak peak looked crazyyyyyy.

Anyways the next thing I should post will be the Finnal Gambit the last book in the trilogy of the hawthorn legacy series.

See yall later!

[d1stalker]

oh my god ok buckle up…

basically i had this thing with this guy and he asked me to a dance and blah blah, (he was ginger but guys please he was a FINE ginger) and he was so sweet and nice but ended up playing me and on the same weekend he asked me to go skating!?!? he went on a double date with his friend and some girl his friend set him up with. I GUESS WE WERENT EXCLUSIVE THE AUDACITY?? he ends up dating the girl for a bit until they broke up and the friend and his gf also broke up AND THEN THE FRIEND WENT WITH GINGERS EX?? it was crazy. fast forward like 4 months he ends up coming across one of my friends during the summer, they talked for legit 3 seconds before she slammed the car door on him (i love my friends). however obviously she wasn’t being upfront rude to him when they were talking so he probs didn’t think anything of the slam door thing. HOWEVER HE KNOWS IM FRIENDS WITH HER?? (mind you i unadded him, and completely ignored him after that so it’s SUPES awkard between us and he knows i hate him and my friends hate him). BUT THEN HE DMS HER SAYING “yo what’s good” and my lovely amazing bestie ghosts him for like a week inn which he proceeds to dm her saying “damn”. i’ve never felt so rejuvenated. he told all his group of friends and the girl he was with that i was telling everyone we were together EVEN THO HE ASKED ME TO THE DANCE at the time, and i might just kms.

the issue is..ide go back. i have no self respect for myself and if he asked me to do it all over again i would say yes ! he’s a FINEEEEEEEEE MAN yall.

wowowowo what an absolute rollercoaster!! but first of all STAND UP that man is a piece of shit SORRY i had to say it. your friend is so reald for being rude and humbling him! he sounds really immature. it sucks that he did you dirty like that, and thats all the more reason to NOT GO BACK cause it's clear he'd do it again.

just think about how embarrassing it would be if he played you twice im sorry this may not be what you want to hear but it'll be better for you in the long run bae ✊🏻 STAY STRONG and you have really good friends!!!!

[meiko3323]

Kaeya hairstyle brainstorming

what it says on the tin pretty much 😅 for anyone that is interested in my rationale behind these decisions, allow me to elaborate. so i did some research on figure skating hairstyles and found out the Olympic dresscode calls for them to be "tidy" and that buns are fairly common. THEN i remembered that Kaeya has german roots (well, his name does), so that sent me down a rabbithole of german style braids and pretty much cemented the idea of a crown braid in my mind. plus that would tie in well w his i believe last name meaning "ruler of the forest" or sth like that. also in reference to his constellation, i thought to add a peacock element, w that little tuft of feathers they have on their head. i intend to include the peacock motif in his outfit as well (thats next on the brainstorm list) i totally coulda just stuck w his in-game hair, esp the hair from his summer skin would be perfect for this. but i wanted to flex my creative muscle too ^^

thanks to everyone that took the time to read all that, and if you didnt, hope you enjoyed the sketches of our dashing ice dancer =w=

now id love to hear from yall! which if any of those options do you think would suit our pretty boi best? or should i keep it simple for myself and refer to his in game summer hair? it even has a peacock feather weaved into his braid already. oh but im quite fond of the crown symbolism tho...

[fizzzypopzz]

Yall... New silly dream just dropped? It was wild, but there was kinda a lot, so this is gonna be really long, mb 😭🙏

Have any of yall had any silly/crazy dreams w skz or atz in them??? I do all the time jdsbjshaja- Id love to hear, if anyone wants to share :3c (uhhh, no nsfw ones tho pls 💔)

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Ok the dream (pls forgive my awful writing skills, im just good at rambling🙏):

I lived in a house that ive never actually been inside of, but ive passed countless time irl. Its across the road from a river, and the wall facing it is almost entirely glass. The yard is really nice too.

I didnt live alone though! The other ppl that lived there were all of atz, Changbin and Lee Know. (LEE KNOW HAD A LIKE, 2-3 YEAR OLD BABY TOO??? He carried her the whole time, and when I asked where the baby came from he looked like he was gonna slap the shit outta me and feed me to the cats bro 😭)

Other than the baby, everything was super chill. We were all besties, just tryna vibe. Most of us had our own rooms, I think there were only two rooms w two ppl in them, but that what they wanted. And everyone got along for the most part. BUT THEY WERE TEASING THE SHIT OUTTA ME FOR LIKING BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY 😭💔

They thought it was the goofiest shit ever, so when I got excited abt seeing some loons (and some penguins? Idk why tf there were penguins, it makes no sense) in the river, THEY HID MY FUCKIN CAMERA FROM ME??? I have a nice camera irl, but THEY HID IT FROM ME IN THE DREAM! 😭

I was super embarrassed bc i couldnt find it, and they were all in the living room listening to me freak out like, "YALL, PLS, I NEED TO GET THIS SHOT. pls? 😭" and GIGGLING AT ME! They were all so proud of themselves too.

Changbin hadnt been home, but got back in the middle of all this and felt bad for me bc i was starting visibly stress, so he made the others get my camera for me. He was like, "Uh?? You guys realize that that was a gift they got from their family, right? An expensive one at that, come on yall.. 😔"

So they give me my camera back, Wooyoung sides me, Lee Know (and his baby) heads outside w me bc he lowkey wanted to see the birds too, Changbin and Hongjoong follow too, and I get the pictures. The baby literally ate mud, and there was a giant dog that we took in? I think thats the end?

[rrat-king]

id love to hear more about something found and how you developed the dynamics for kristen and tracker with her brothers

oh of course!! i really went into something found with this idea that i had seen a lot of fics where kristen is interacting with her brothers but i hadn’t really seen anyone explore tracker and them, so i really wanted to do that.

i’m also coming from a place of like. having been cork lowkey, both in having an older sister leave home when i was really young, as well as being super annoying to said older sisters partner, so that’s were a lot of that interaction come from. it’s also cool to play around with perspective ins stories cuz like. kristen knows what was wrong with her childhood but she thinks it’s normal. all of her siblings also think it’s normal. tracker doesn’t tho and that’s why i wanted to do her perspective and her thoughts of like. wow yall are fucked up

yeah i just. i really like this fic and am actively finishing the last of it so it will all be out soon, thank you so much for this ask it means the world

[lanawinterscigarettes]

okay now that im done writing i can write a proper ask to my beloveds..

i love black Friday shopping!!! I am a sucker for deals and even if its crappy deals a deal is. a deal!

star anon i hope you are feeling better - are there any special British holidays yall posses?

the fic you recced with all four of them is SOOOO good like im sat here all shaky and gay sndhsbfn. Missy teasing clara is SOOOO GOOOODDDDDD I have to perish and river too help me i love sapphicism...ugh I'm SICKKKKKK and sndbsbxbsbx it's just so good 😭 bc i love. praise and bratting at the same time (mySELF!)

for the a/b/o fic i forgot but I was thinking fem reader with gender neutral terms of endearment for them? idk what the hell tho id refer to this as when requesting 💀 I generally like to req gender neutral reader so everyone can imagine ❤️ but I think i can be a little bit specific for this 😩

also exactly i get a cookie I'm clever... do either of you use discord..injxjdbd I have so many emotes i wanna use bc I type up my asks sometimes in my own server and it's like well aeron and star anon would not know what the hell is (xyz emote)

🌌 I keep sleeping so late these days it's bad 👎 😪

Aw I'm one of your beloveds, I feel so honored 🥺💕

Okay that's fair but alas I am a broke shopaholic with no drivers license 😭 so I have to stay home lmao

I'm so glad to hear you liked it! It's definitely the longest fic I ever wrote but everything just flows together so well I feel like

Sure thing! Quick question though, do you want a specifically fem reader or just an afab reader thats gn? Because I can write either one, I just wanna know what you're most comfortable with 🫶

I do, actually! I haven't used it often but lately I've started to message one of my tumblr moots on there so I can definitely give it to you if you'd like 🥰

[cakejerry]

couldve just wrote out the question yourself

crazy to me that i literally named my #1 twt opp and yall keep sending me their tweets. like is this a joke to pmo on purpose?

man to be honest i stopped reading halfway through but im happy for you or sorry that happened. i think we discussed all of this like last year

hah nice one, havent heard that one before

okie! whatever you say!

no like aklhfslihf he's so stupid he will give money to some rando but make damn sure he's not donating to charity too much! all rich people are the same

that's crazy he rlly loves self SABOTAGE (by kwon eunbi) but wait jimin sugar daddy era?????????????? sleazy fuckboy era???? paying off countless girls he sleeps with???? this might be tea

he just wanted to be messy and get some attention because he knows he's too much of a flop otherwise its sad for him honestly tbh we hate you jin. they rlly cant stand how popular jimin is slkj well maybe if you let peace and love into your hearts and werent homophobic toxic MEN

yass we love fat jimin. the tea is that that extra bit of chub truly gives you a glow of youthfulness and femininity like

it looks like a white people eye to me tho idk slfjlskfj but wait liskook shippers cannot be a real thing what is the correlation there 😭😭😭 if anything rosekook because *i will find that one meme and post it later*

thank you for the message <3

idgaf

jungkook lowkey just stimming by rubbing the fabric of jimins shirt like idk. they be bored during a livestream and start doing the most random shit not everything is that deep.

man idgaf the concert wasnt even on his birthday and bts making fun of him isnt even the problem (its not an isolated problem, thats just how they always act towards the angel that is the only reason theyre not still in nugudom). the problem was blinks and other fandoms memeing his crying face

what, fanarts tracing over random chinese gay couples from weibo? id reckon we get a bit TOO much of those already

no like 'omg they mentioned women in a song once feminst kings!!1!' babe they literally dgaf. if we were brave we'd bully them into endorsing feminism just like they did blm (if they rlly wanna be progressive intl pop starts and stand on business) but of course we cant even get them to denounce a genocide sooo lmao

yes but my interpretation was that they were making fun of her because she was a WOMAN who was PRETTY and they are insecure toxic MEN. that whole interview just convinced me that that tweet about bts seeing uggos in the front row was real

looks like, looks like.... we shall evaluate further. he's a king for that though, hearing butter and realizing his life is over. i actually had some more thoughts about this but they escaped me...

lmaooo looks like you dont believe in true love like the rest of us do!

his WHAT era

no like her asking jimin whether he watches his every step because he's famous was so shady. and im not surprised at all at armys worshiping a y/n self insert