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[honorhearted]

“You have also caused me the greatest pleasure I’ve ever known.”

Unable to help it, Ben flushed, a sheepish smile touching his lips as he looked in between the floor and her face. "Would it be uncouth of me to reciprocate?" he asked, gently brushing a lock of hair from her eyes.

The idea of togetherness could be so fleeting, and they both knew this firsthand. It made their coupling all the more frantic, devoted, and a knot formed in his throat at the sight of Isabelle's tears. "I know," he assured her, his voice hushed. "I very much feel the same."

“Are you saying you had dreams of us ‘together’?”

With a startled laugh, he shifted against the floor and shrugged. "I needed something to get me through those bleak, miserable nights. What better way than the thought of being in your arms?"

Almost like an actress awaiting her cue, Isabelle enveloped Ben in her embrace and pulled him downward, her mouth melding into his and sending a whipcord of heat throughout his limbs. He would never tire of her -- of her love, her lips, her heart -- and before he could even think to deepen their kiss, the sudden staccato of a knock sounded across the room.

Alarmed, Ben lifted his head and held his breath, his lungs suddenly feeling too tight for his own chest. He could hear Isabelle's queries, but found himself unable to speak. Who could it be? Michel knew of their affections, naturally, but so did the entire town thanks to their public argument.

Pink-cheeked, Ben slowly rose and squeezed Isabelle's hand. "I have to," he decided. "Perhaps your father saw reason and has called off the duel..."

Though it was unlikely. A man as proud and arrogant as Michel Allard would never concede, and yet for Isabelle's sake, Ben vainly wished for otherwise.

"Just stay here," he entreated. "I'll go see who it is."

Leaving his room, he headed into the corridor and approached the door, his heart in his throat as his mind raced with the possibilities of just who had decided to visit. With his pulse drumming erratically in his ears, he took a deep breath -- in for three, out for three -- before finally ripping open the door in a rush.

"Josiah," he choked.

"Tallmadge," the man greeted, offering a curt nod. "May we speak?"

"Uh..." Flustered, he glanced over his shoulder, discovered that Isabelle was still hidden out of sight, and then ultimately stepped back to allow him entry. "Yes, of course. Come in."

"Thank you." Crossing the threshold, Josiah waited for the door to be shut before he said, "I know about Isabelle. She's held a candle for you long before we ever married. I'm no fool." He exhaled. "I want her to be happy, but a man also has to protect his reputation."

Ben furrowed his brow. "What are you saying?"

Josiah straightened, his chin tensing. "If you survive the duel against Michel, then I challenge you for the same."

I'm glad you felt no pain, but I hate the thought of causing you any discomfort.

She tilted his chin upwards, hoping it would cause him to return his gaze to her. “I’m fine,” she said, softly yet earnestly. “You have also caused me the greatest pleasure I’ve ever known,” Isabelle gave a sheepish smile, unable to refrain from doing so, “and I don’t just mean because we… but because I finally have you back, safe and unharmed, in my arms.” She swallowed back tears, forcing herself not to think about the event which was taking place tomorrow. Today had enough trouble of its own. 

Her brow quirked at his response. “Are you saying you had dreams of us ‘together’?” she teased, releasing a soft giggle. The thought made her blush, though, and unless he asked her directly, she would never admit to the dream she once had of them being intimate with one another. A smile bright as the sun curved her lips as she enjoyed the warm sensation of his lips trailing along her flesh. She would never tire of his kisses or his tender touches. 

I'm just sorry I didn't have the foresight to know that your love reflected my own.

With softness invading her features, Isabelle could only shake her head in response, knowing if she dared to utter a single word on the matter which had been the source of their great heartache, she’d no sooner be reduced to a sputtering, sniveling mess once more. And hadn’t they already spent more than enough time coddling their grief? Instead, she reached out for Ben, unable to bear the physical distance between them, albeit it was small, and they’d already been wrapped up in one another’s arms. 

She kissed Ben, matching his fervor as she felt her heart began to palpitate, warmth spreading throughout her entire body. With every passing moment, Isabelle weakened under his touch -- a welcome sensation -- the heat and passion of their kiss rendering her breathless and dizzy. She had no desire to retreat, wouldn’t have, but then, she heard what sounded like a faint knocking. 

As though there was the possibility they could be heard, she drew back from him slightly and whispered, “Did you hear that?” She pulled back even more, straining her ears for any sound. There came more knocking, still faint but a bit louder than before. Now Isabelle was fairly certain what she had heard was somebody knocking on the front door. Filled with dread, she turned back towards Ben. “Are- Are you going to answer the door?” Surely no one knew Isabelle was here, unless she’d been seen, and someone had told her father. 

[savi-our]

Anti-Harem with OP Mage MC pt. 2

Right so... this is longer than i intended and more detailed than intended, i humbly ask for your forgiveness for this reading more like a fanfic one-shot 😭 Theres just so much you can do with this idea and i wanted to do the SF brothers justice, this is less anti-harem centric and more daily life of MC centric so do what you will with it - id love to hear some thoughts on this though, im genuinely considering writing a full blown fic abt this prompt and writing out ideas here helps convince me. Also watch me turn SF Sans into a closeted fangirl in real-time bc i CAN and i WISH TO and i WILL... tee hee 😍 HT for next part maybe? idk hdafejkkl

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Months passed since the new recruit arrived, and you had spent most of those months avoiding the household all together, not that any of them were in any hurry to seek you out. Actually - apart from passing glares and avoidant glances the skeletons had seemed to avoid you all together now, and it didn't take you long to realize that it was the newbies doing. It seems the brothers had already begun to switch all their official mage dealings with the newbie, and you overheard them one night speaking of how nice it'll be once you were gone. It hit you hard, the unbridled JOY that came from those words. The first smile in months had graced your expression, this annoying assignment would be done soon, and you didn't even have to look for a replacement. Of course there was a technical issue there, the recruit was weak, you doubted they could handle the responsibility, but you'd be damned if you had to be reassigned to the brothers again due to their own poor judgement. You set up barrier upon barrier on the furthest borders of the property, weaving old and powerful magic unseen by the untrained eye, as invisible as a spider thread in the deep dark of night.

The day came sooner than anticipated, a sunny morning wrapped in late spring dew when an official courier brought you the sealed reassignment papers, you wasted very little time. There were no goodbyes, nobody to see you off, no see you laters. You just packed your bags and left, deciding to celebrate your release from this mock hell with a feast of your own making. 

Days passed easily after that, your new assignment had been similar in that you were still expected to deal with monsterkind. As the official top ranking mage you were expected to oversee the immigration process of the newer species - finding them homes and determining the new borders, on paper that is - in actuality you were there in case it all went to shit. You were there to evaluate how big of a threat these newcomers were, and if all of it went down the drain, expectation fell to you to play both judge and executioner. It was all a terrible diplomatic hassle, endless meetings with diplomats and officials from both sides, meetings with the kings and queens, correspondence between the Archmage and the people on the ground, endless evaluations and negotiations. Where they lived, were they safe, were they able to integrate, political and financial concerns, provisions and temporary shelters were now your everyday cause for headache. It was there you met a pair of somewhat similar faces.

 Black and Mutt were skeletons, and that fact had not given you the best first impression - unbecoming of you perhaps, to judge a book by its cover, but months of threats and insults could change even the most unbiased of people. The two were a tad different from the others however, something you found curious if not a bit strange, they were… respectful, if not a bit stiff. Charged as part of the Royal Guard - they worked closely with the rulers of Mtt. Ebbot, so you saw them often escorting officials to and from meetings. You had no reason to approach them, coming from the other side as you were, you technically outranked them quite a bit in the merging hierarchy, but it was one stormy night that made you all grow quite a bit closer in an alarmingly short period of time.

A pack of fiends had snuck their way into one of the lesser guarded shelters outside of Mtt. Ebbott, cunning creatures that fed off of magic. They were hardly a threat alone, even an apprentice mage could take on two by themself - unfortunately due to that fact they tended to gather in numbers, the recorded largest amount was around forty if you remembered right, this however, this was beyond your imagination.

You should have predicted it,it was your miss, your meager miscalculation, of course they would be drawn here, a cave sealed off for centuries, brewing magic for centuries, a breeding ground for anything magic, broken for the first time in centuries. You responded quickly, but by the time you got there it was already chaos, the loud thrum of magic permeated the air and both monsters and humans were rushed off of the scene, the ground was bloodied, a sign that you were already late. You assessed the scene as you rushed past the terrified civilians, you would need to clean it up quickly. 

The resisting force had taken damage but they were holding, human and monster guards stationed at the furthest gate fighting off the onslaught of fangs and burning eyes. You took notice of the two skeletons fighting beyond the gate, they worked well together, soldiers of significant skill - you sped past them, an order to pull back immediately flew past your lips and you moved further into the swarm, Black had called after you but you tuned it out, as daunting as the situation seemed it was still below your paygrade.

It was a single spell, a light that lit up the sky, a deafening bang that rattled the ground and the job was done. Your hands stung from the forced speed of the cast, but you remained unscathed as you stood among the scattered ashes, burning flesh permeated the air. You sighed, the ever present mountain of paperwork on your desk was bound to double in size.

It was all damage control after that, rushed orders to your subordinates and rebinding of the barriers, but when you stepped past the gate once again to scout out the surrounding for any remaining threats is when the two skeleton guards approached you, they demanded to go with you- well the shorter one did anyway, it made your brows raise - there weren't many people left in the world that demanded things from you. You looked them both over, amusement in your eyes, and agreed, a challenge to keep up on your tongue.

After that things had slightly shifted, the skeletons greeted you upon meeting, saluted you upon leaving, you began to notice more monsters approach you with official papers or directives, it was an odd thing, mainly because you reflected on how joined it seemed all of a sudden. Before the attack you were mostly responsible for the human mages and soldiers on base, now it seemed your responsibilities grew their own legs and danced around the monsters as well. You saw more of the skeletons, Black in particular seemed curious, even though he never admitted it or outwardly showed it, it was subtle but you noticed, he often joined you for your nightly rounds even when not required to, it was a bit awkward at first, silent patrolling of the grounds, you had nothing to really speak about, and it seemed neither did he. You could not for the life of you figure out why he took such a sudden interest in your company but you also were curious how long he would keep it up, besides, having him accompany you seemed to put the other monsters at ease.It was on one of those rounds when you finally addressed him, he seemed surprised that you had, shoulders stiff, back straight as he looked at you with wide eyes.

“Don't you have more important things to do?” You asked, the question seemed harsh, but its harshness dissipated by the lightness of your tone, echoed by the stone hall in the moonlit night. He had opened his mouth but it was a moment before he responded, seemingly not expecting conversation, he turned away clearing his throat as he set himself to rights.

“OF COURSE NOT, THE SECURITY OF THESE GROUNDS IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE. CONSIDERING THE DISASTER FROM TWO WEEKS AGO ITS MORE EFFICIENT TO DO IT MYSELF.” 

You hummed, continuing to walk, listening to the sharp sound of his footfalls a step behind you.

“Would it not be better to split up then?” You asked, your tone still light, your eyes observing him with a knowing glint.

“W-WELL YES, BUT FOUR EYES ARE BETTER THAN ONE, AND IT WILL SAVE TIME IF WE DO SPOT SOMETHING AND NEED A MESSENGER.”

And your guess proved right, his reasoning was weak at best, there was no need for both of you to do rounds together - you could clock a threat miles away even in the pitch black, and you knew for a fact that Black could handle himself well enough, and yet he seemed to want to be in your shadow all the same, you chuckled, but did not voice your thoughts. 

Your relationship seemed to steadily improve after that, every now and again you would walk the shelter grounds together, and every now and again you'd exchange conversation albeit a short one, but it beat the awkward silence that was there in the beginning.

Mutt was different, he didn't seem to hold as much intrigue towards you as his brother, he was more so there by default as he seemed to almost always stay by his brother's side, in fact the only time you saw either of them apart was when Black joined you in securing the premises. The taller brother was an enigma, you had not heard him speak once since your assignment, a part of you wondered if he even could. But he didn't seem outwardly volatile either, more so apathetic towards the goings on around him. That opinion switched one busy day where a scheduling error had made the three of you take an overnight shift guarding a group of pompous diplomats. It was a nightmare, twelve straight hours of listening to empty boasts and endless rants about the economy, even you had begun to space out, this was probably worse than those month long scouting missions in Siberia you were forced into back in training.

 You noticed the brothers were reaching their limit as well, you worried Black would leave indents in his skull with the force he was gritting his teeth and you were sure Mutt was half asleep as he wobbled on his feet, skull falling every odd minute or so. 

It was a couple hours later when you found out you were scheduled for two more babysitting sessions except they were both at the same time, and both had human and monster envoys, Black seemed to mirror your frustration as you checked and rechecked the schedule. 

One way or another you had organized a lower ranking mage qualified for escort duty to take your place for one of them, and Black had given his brother the order to attend the same one as you as he himself took the other, rushed words of “IT’LL BE QUICKER IF EACH OF US TAKES ONE.” after which you parted, the vote of confidence made you chuckle.

It was another four hours when you wondered if Mutt had passed away standing on his feet, he hadnt moved in a good hour or two, and skeletons didn't need to breathe so he remained deathly still. He stood behind the officials chair like a statue carved from marble, quite an unsettling sight considering the early hours of the morning and the sharp looming shadows casting off of him. The human envoys seemed to agree with you, considering the nervous glances being cast his way amidst the conversation, and you couldn't help but find the situation amusing. Perhaps it was the lack of sleep or the frustrations of your job but you decided to hurry the meeting along with a mischievous play of magic, lest you join Mutt in his nap. A moving shadow here, the caw of a crow there and what do you know, suddenly all business has been magically taken care of.

You had woken the looming skeleton with the good news and watched as he attempted to stifle a yawn, he had checked his phone and noted that his brother had not been graced with the same fortune as you. You had asked if he would wait - a nod, you offered your office - a moment of silence, but after a while, another nod.

It was another hour at your desk, finishing up some paperwork when you heard gentle snoring on your office couch, a comfy thing that had served you many times for a bed in the days where your job kept you from home, the sound made you blink slowly to the skeleton that occupied it.

Your own exhaustion made you zone out in thought, the sight had an enviable peacefulness to it, it's perhaps why you didn't notice the phone that fell with a quiet thump out of Mutts pocket. It vibrated, once, twice, then for a third time, screen lighting up repeatedly. You rose from your seat, bones popping as you sighed and made your way over, if it was Black then it was probably asking where Mutt was, you should wake him.

Is what you thought anyway, what ended up happening was you being trapped in an iron grip stuck to a dead asleep skeleton. It happened so quickly and out of nowhere that you didn't even have time to process it, the long hours awake didn't help either. One second you're reaching for his shoulder and the next you're halfway on top of said skeleton, limbs wound around limbs. You blanked, what even was this situation, you never took Mutt for a cuddler, his grip is crushing, impressive for someone with no muscle, wait hold on.

You attempted to pull away, but the answering growl and tightening hold let you know that the skeleton didn't agree with that choice of options, subconsciously or not. Waking him up seemed a thing that you should do, but the option flew right out of the door once you thought about how this would all register with him once he woke up, it was embarrassing really. You attempted once again to move off of him but he turned, and dragged you along with him further into the couch. Ah, you had made it worse. Couch cushions pressed in your back and a very large and a very asleep skeleton pressing you into his ribcage, it seems he intended to keep you for a body pillow, now what.

The door slammed open and you blanked once again, this was a nightmare, you prayed it wasn't some disgruntled diplomat come to complain to you about something. You attempted to lift your head to see but the grip on you made your back pop and you groaned, breath knocked out of you.

“MUTT! WHAT IN TORIEL'S NAME ARE YOU DOING GET OFF THIS INSTANT!! NOW YOU DOG! OFF!” The yelling was familiar and for a second you felt relief, and then dread all over again as vertigo hit you. In his panic he had rolled, rolled right off the couch and onto the cold hard ground and had taken you with him. You groaned again as you attempted to get your bearings, lifting your gaze only to be met with bright purple, you blinked and watched as slowly but surely confusion turned into realization and then straight into horror, the brightness of the flush on Mutt’s face was there for half a second before he was gone, disappearing into thin air. 

It took you a while to process the whole thing , even longer to reassure Black that it was an accident on his brother's part and that you were partly to blame for the situation as well. By the end of it all it was safe to say that you were exhausted, so you had locked up and went home, it was the morning after that you noticed that the lanky skeletons phone was still innocently laid on your carpet. You snorted, wondering whether or not the silent guard dog would come knocking on your door before late, or if it would be his ever principled brother in his stead.

[bubbles-for-all-of-us]

Ok so totally wait til you feel better. But I saw you ask for stuff a few days ago (ok like 9) and I love you so here I am.

Vessel (because I love him) and reader playing video games online together. Idk I don’t even have a plot for you. Cute and sweet, then smutty if you want, because, yeah.

This would be great with iii too though.

Only if you want of course. And if you haven’t done something like this already. And DEFINTIELY only when you feel better. No rush🤗🤗🤗💙💙💙💙

Thank you for being patient and for being so sweet. I’m so glad that you are enjoying it!🤍

Play along

It was stupid honestly. He rarely played online in open rooms. A part of him was paranoid that someone might recognize his voice. So he stuck to playing in private rooms with just the boys from the band and some of the mutual buddies they shared. That was however until one evening it ended up being just him and III and playing, one on one was pretty much impossible. So after some convincing from III Vessel had finally given in.

The lobby wasn’t big, only a couple of people joining in. “Good evening team”, III spoke into his mike. Earning a couple of hellos back before a female voice joined in making Vessel’s ears perk up. “Do we have a girl among us?”, III teased, earning a slight giggle, “Are you opposed?”, your voice drifted back into Vessel’s headset making the apple of his cheeks turn pink. He felt pathetic almost. But their schedule left little time for dating and the lifestyle brought a handful of fake people into their lives.

“We splint in teams of two?”, someone called out, followed by agreements. “Fire, I set the random pick”, the guy called, “May the best duo win”. A part of Vessel wanted to protest but before he could say anything his screen switched, generating the new room for just his teammate and him. He waited for it anxiously. Partly hoping to see III’s name popping up. What were the odds?

But they were not in his favor when the tiny camera flashed in the corner of his screen revealing your face. He felt like a teenager with a first crush as he stared at you. “Hello, stranger”, you smiled at the camera, waving, “You’re not putting your camera on?”, fixing your headset you looked straight at the camera and straight through Vessel’s heart. “Uh… Broken?”, his answer came out more like a question than a statement making you chuckle once more. “Okay, stranger danger, I guess I will have to trust that you are not some weirdo who’s trying only here to snap pics of me”, you frowned playfully but it still made Vessel panic, “No, I… It’s not like that, I just”, he ranted on. “I’m only joking”, you cut into his thread of thought, “It’s good if you don’t want to turn it on, I used to play with no camera for a while”, you reassured him. “Really?”, Vessel asked, leaning closer to his screen. “Yep”, you smile popping the p, “It can feel strange but maybe if we land in the same lobby in the future you might be more down for it”. He smiled slightly at the inclination of future games without even realizing it. “Now let’s kick some ass please, your friend seemed too cocky for his own good”, you wiggled your controller in the air, making Vessel chuckle, “Tell me about it”.

Time truly escaped you both, especially when everyone settled on keeping their teams as they were for the next rounds. It felt easy. Natural. From a lot more silence in the beginning to light conversation flowing through almost the whole round. And where Vessel got nervous you would naturally cut in, filling in the silence and for the first time, Vessel didn’t mind it. Didn’t mind the noise of someone talking.

“That was fun”, you said after the last round everyone agreed to play, “You’re really good, but then I had a feeling that you would”. Vessel frowned slightly, “What do you mean by that?”, “Just knew that you had something in you to play along”, you waved him off, pushing a strand of hair behind your ear. “I like your eyes”, Vessel blurted out, eyes going big at the realization of the words that had slipped out, “Sorry, that's bloody creepy”, he grunted. “No, I…”, you muttered, “Thank you, I never thought that they were anything special”. “They are really pretty”, Vessel was quick to reassure. “Can I see your eyes? Eventually I mean”, you looked hopeful as you glanced up, making Vessel swallow, “Sure”, it was barely audible but you seemed to catch it as the smile spread onto your lips, “Well then I will look forward to it. I’ll drop you a message so you can find me here”, you smiled, making Vessel smile too, “See you around, pretty eyes”, he breathed out, genuinely looking forward to playing along with you.

[iwillneverforgiveyousunghanbin]

taedros twodros

part one: taedros taedros ☆ part three: taedros tresdros**NEW wc: 1.9k reader: femme afab (maybe just afab idk again lemme know if you think it needs/doesn't need a femme label and i didn't use any pronouns so?? but i'm playing it safe just in case) SPECIFIC WARNINGS BELOW CUT ~ MINORS DNI MATURE SMUT!! summary: after weeks of loserbestfriend!taerae eating you out and seemingly wanting nothing in return, you finally find out the reason and offer to repay his original favor... okay. i did it. don't say i never did anything for you. don't spend it all in one place. 💀 also yes i ai enhanced that pic but i had no choice. he's so lame i love him. y'all like the title? twodros. okay bye.

EXPLICIT SMUT BELOW CUT-- MINORS DNI!!

specific warnings: oral f & m receiving, p in v (riding), subbyyyyy taerae want to make that clear but also switch taerae, switch reader, cum play, virgin taerae oops, pet names, taerae's red sweatpants, calling taerae's pussy eating obsession an "addiction", literally no mention of condoms or bc idk you know that's not always a good idea in real life but also i'm not a safe sex authority do whatever you want babe just think about it first :)

~*...*~

pressing light, teasing kisses to your clit, taerae chuckles at the frustrated sounds you’re making for him. his being so annoyingly cute even when eating you out isn’t helping. god, you’re dying to get your hands on him.

you don’t know when you started feeling this way about your best friend, but in the last three weeks something had undoubtedly changed. what started out as a pitch for taerae to tame your curiosity had since seemingly turned into a game of how many times during your weekly “movie night” he could make you cum before you passed out.

spoiler alert: it was a lot. taerae ate you out so much, in fact, that you were actually starting to worry…

was taerae addicted to eating pussy? had you been unknowingly enabling his pussy addiction? were you going to have to stage an anti-pussy intervention?

help check him into pussy rehab?

“fuuuck,” you whine, fingers threading through taerae’s hair as the sudden feeling of his tongue fucking into you breaks your train of thought. you’d already cum twice but taerae has caused you to become so greedy.

even if taerae had some sort of problem… who were you to complain when you were reaping all the benefits of it?

a moan from taerae brings your attention back to him and you notice he’s already begun humping the bed just a few minutes in. the past two weeks, he’d become less and less able to hold himself back; rutting into his mattress while you came on his tongue for hours. 

you’d seen taerae like this last week and gently pulled him up to you by his shirt collar; salivating when you saw how hard he was in his joggers. your fingers hooked over his waistband as you looked up at him tentatively. you expected him to eagerly agree, but instead he’d just shook his head and returned his lips to your swollen cunt.

watching as taerae moans into you at both your sweetness and the friction on his clothed cock, you realize just how desperate you are to make him feel as good as he had been making you feel.

“taerae,” you say but he doesn’t hear you, eyes closed as his tongue laps at your folds. you tug his hair a bit harder to get his attention, repeating, “taerae?”

his eyes flutter open as he looks up at you--  pulling back from your pussy reluctantly. he runs the back of his hand across his chin, wiping some of your juices from his mouth. “what’s wrong, baby? everything okay?”

you shake your head. “tae...”

“what, baby?” he asks, pushing up on his hands and sitting up to dote on you. he places a hand on each of your knees, pressing kisses to the inside of each leg. “tapping out already? i know you can give me more.”

“tae, i--,” you whine at his words; sitting up a bit on your elbows. eyes falling to the crotch of taerae’s ugly red sweatpants he'd had since high school, the small wet spot you find sends a fresh wave of need to your core. “want you. want you so bad.”

“y--... you do?” he asks in utter disbelief. he blinks at you nervously; swallowing hard as he averts your gaze. “are you sure? ‘cause i can just keep doing this if you want--”

“do you really not want to fuck me or something?” you interrupt, pouting at your best friend. “you’re so hard you’re soaking through your pants, so i just thought that maybe you’d want to. but you absolutely don’t have to if you don’t want to.”

“fuck, i want to,” he says softly, squeezing your knees as his eyes find yours again. “but...”

“tae,” you coo worriedly, finally closing your legs and climbing over to him. “is something wrong? is all of this too weird? maybe we shouldn’t have done any of this...”

“no, no, no! i like this,” taerae pleads, shaking his head quickly. he presses his lips together for a moment, clearly unsure of whether or not to say his next thought. “i--... i don’t wanna fuck this up.”

your brow furrows at the sentiment. “you’re not gonna fuck it up, tae.”

“i am,” he says, scrunching his nose up. “because... um. well. remember when i said i ‘wasn’t a virgin’?”

“OH MY GOD, I KNEW IT!” you shout; much to the horror of taerae. you take his face in your hands, squishing it up cutely. “why didn’t you tell me, you absolutely adorable little virgin loser?”

“i thought you’d make fun of me,” he huffs through the pout your hands are squishing his lips into. you unsquish his face; pushing his floppy hair back out of his eyes sweetly.

“you’re really fucking good at eating pussy, tae,” you compliment; his cheeks tinging red. “you had me fooled... is that the only thing you’ve done?”

he nods shyly. 

“well look at us,” you say with a laugh, poking at his dimples. “no guys would eat me out and all girls will let you do is eat them out.”

he sighs; blinking quickly through his embarrassment. 

“well i guess we can be done for tonight, if you want,” you say, starting to climb off of his bed when a hand around your wrist pulls you back. you look at him, the expression on his face telling you he’s as “curious” as you were a couple weeks ago.

“or i can help you out,” you suggest and from the way his cock twitches in his pants, you know he was hoping you’d say that. “if you wanna... see what it’s like?”

“mm. wanna see,” he evhoes softly and you’re surprised by how much cuteness is radiating off of him right now. you’re on top of him in seconds, finally kissing him for what you realize is the first time. his lips are so soft and responsive and when he whimpers into your mouth, you tug his shirt up and over his head and push him gently to the mattress; his head resting on his pillow as he looks up at you through lidded eyes.

situating yourself between taerae’s legs, you pull at the waistband of his stupid red sweatpants and he helps you remove them. his bulge is straining against his black boxer briefs and you begin to palm him through them to help relieve some tension. as soon as he feels the slight pressure, he bucks his hips into your hand-- whining for more.

“do you want something, baby?” you ask, squeezing a bit firmer. he nods frantically, placing his hand over yours to keep you there. you squeeze a bit too hard now and taerae seethes at the pain. “don’t get demanding. you’ll take what i give you.”

he nods again, eyes wide with understanding. “m’sorry. m’so--... oh my god.”

pulling taerae’s boxers off his hips and down his legs, you sink down onto your stomach-- both of your hands wrapping around the base of his cock as you lick a long stripe from the shaft to the tip.

his dick is pretty— even prettier in your hands and you’re dying to put it in your mouth. sticking out your tongue teasingly, you tap him against it and the whimpers that fall out of taerae make you feel a bit dizzy with power.

after playing around a bit more with the head of his cock, you take his length in your mouth— pressing down on taerae’s hips to keep him from bucking down your throat by accident. 

tapping the back of your throat lightly, the sound that he makes is both deliciously obscene and concerning. you really don’t want him to cum before you get to feel that pretty cock stretching your walls.

you pull off of him and the bratty whine from the loss of contact that escapes him only inflates your ego. “if you cum down my throat, you’re not gonna get to fuck me. is that what you want?”

taerae whines again, his hand finding the back of your head and gently trying to push you back down on him. you know he’s not actually being forceful— he just wants you to react.

as you smack his right thigh hard, the mesmerized look in taerae’s eyes is thrilling.

“let me take care of you, okay?” you soothe, sucking his cock sloppily in between words. “you’ve been so sweet to me, baby. wanna make you feel good.”

taerae nods with a whimper as you straddle him; grabbing the base of his cock to position under your entrance. as he feels you sink down onto him, all he can cry is, “oh my g— oh fuuuck."

“fuuuck,” you echo in aas your walls slowly mold to taerae’s size. 

“please, please,” he moans; clearly already out of his mind. “n-need you s-so bad.”

“you’ve got me, baby,” you soothe, a hand gripping at either side of his chest. “how does it feel?”

“pussy so warm,” he cries, a hand finding each of your hips and holding them tightly. “so wet, too. oh my god it’s amazing.”

you wish all the guys you’d been with had talked to you like this. the way taerae basically worshipped your pussy was intoxicating.

“baby,” you whine— starting to fuck yourself on his cock. you watch as taerae’s eyes roll back in absolute bliss.

it’s only a few minutes before his nails are digging into the skin at your hips as he warns, “fuck, i can’t. m’sorry i can’t— gonna cum, g'nna—.”

“you can cum, baby,” you allow, leaning down and pressing a kiss to his lips. he keeps you there for a moment, kissing you and moaning into your mouth until you pull back. “want you to cum.”

“fuck, i--. fuck, m’cumming,” he cries; hips bucking into you as he reaches his high. as he slowly comes down, he’s unintelligibly babbling, “pussy s’good, honey— wanna live in it oh my god s’perfect i could die…”

“ssssh, baby, it’s okay,” you coo, pressing kisses up his chest. “you did so good.”

“mmm,” he mewls, covering his face with his hands as his cheeks flush pink. 

“you’re gonna wanna see this, tae,” you reach up and remove his hands from over his eyes, letting one fall to his chest and pulling the other towards you. lifting up off of him, taerae hisses at the loss of warmth as his cock falls to his stomach-- still leaking slightly from the tip. 

“holy fuck,” he moans-- the sound turning to a light, disbelieving laugh as he watches both of your juices start to drip out of you and onto his balls. you bring his fingers to your core; coating his middle and ring fingers in the mixture and bringing them to your lips. you pop them in your mouth, sucking them clean as you see taerae’s cock twitch at the sight. “you’re so fucking hot-- i can’t take it.”

taerae sticks his fingers back in your entrance; this time bringing the liquid to his own lips. he pops his fingers in his mouth, exhaling with satisfaction at the taste. taking you by the waist suddenly and flipping you onto your back, he folds your legs to your chest-- granting himself full access to your pussy. he looks at you; the hungriest you’ve seen him yet as his focus returns to your messy, throbbing cunt. you whimper as taerae husks, “gonna clean you up.”

so what if he's addicted?, you think as he dives in again.

so are you.

[centrally-unplanned]

I have been taking my fit-and-starts second stab at playing Victoria 3 - I did a Japan run, and a Korea run, and this is a very frustrating game. It bothers me because its deep core is probably the best of Vicky so far. It understands that the appeal of these game is Factorio-esque; you want to build up this cool little supply chain that goes chug chug chug I make-a the widgets and numbers go up.

Vicky 1 was ofc just pure cheese; most goods could just be dumped on the global market with no buyer and do fine, certain goods were just hard-coded to be profitable, and insane things like 100% of import costs coming out of the government's budget pushed you towards a kind of samey, slapdash hyper-industrial mercantilism. Vicky 2 was the opposite - so opaque in its function that you as the player didn't really have agency over it, as the vaunted World Market just does its thing. Your strategies "worked" no matter what you really did though, so you just kind of followed basic "build factory in same territory as RGO" logic and let the system run itself. Both of these systems made for functional-but-not-exceptional gameplay loops.

Vicky 3 is more complicated than its predecessors, but in ways that makes how the economic system functions more concrete. You have local prices for goods, wider markets with clearly labelled high-and-low demand, and clearly defined "production methods" where buildings can commit to better tech at the cost of different inputs. As a player you can build factories, farms, and mines of a dozen different types anywhere, so you always have agency - and those new production lines gives you goals. Invent steel tools, so now your tooling workshops can make more tools but will need steel instead of iron as a input? You can switch over the lines...but make sure you have enough steel mills! And oh, that drives down the price of tools once you do it...so now your cattle ranches can justify switching their line to tool-assisted butchers! And now you make more meat, your local cost is low, but oh in the Russian market meat prices are high - as shown by that little gold coin icon it - so you can export it now!

Things are looped, contingent, and based on your decisions. It is simple, of course, you are making lots of little, easy calls that build you up over time - which is what makes it fun. It has to be simple, because otherwise it is a dizzyingly complex web of a million markets, it would never work. You feel like you are actually building the economy without being overwhelmed by it.

Which would be great if it wasn't stapled to one of the worst political & military systems I have ever seen, played with a UI God abandoned in shame.

So you can join the markets of other countries? Like you have your own market as a default, so you can click the "market" tab and it will show you how much wheat your country makes, how much iron it buys, etc. All good. But if you join another country's market, now that tab shows the collective market, everyone's wheat, iron, etc. Useful but like obiously I am not playing the market, I am playing the country; so how do I see how much wheat I make?

You can't.

You actually can't! Idk maybe they patched it in recently, but I couldn't find it and all the reddit threads I google from 2023 say you can't. Are you planning to declare independence and wanna see if you make enough food for your people? Too bad! Fuck around and find out I guess. I saw one thread where someone's advice was "save the game, declare independence, screenshot the new market, then reload". Quantum timeline level of experimental design going on in these guys' Bureau of Labor Statistics.

It isn't even the gameplay implications that bother me the most - this is a game about building an economy. You want to see what you built! And they stop you. It is baffling, and is just the tip of the iceberg - there are so many things like this. One of my favourites is that your "construction sector" is a hybrid of government and private projects, sometimes it is you spending the money, sometimes investors. Okay, cool, when it is you spending it comes out of your treasury, right? Well, yes, but the way they show that is when everyone spends it comes out of your treasury, but the private sector reimburses you for their share. Which you will not understand your first ~3 games, and instead just see huge red numbers on your budget screen and panic. And you are just left asking why? Why do that?

Beyond UI, the political system is just half-baked. It is "interest groups", each has baseline popularity, and verrrry slowly that changes as your economic structure changes (or revolutions). And to change laws you initiate campaigns to drum up support with roll dice to pass/fail. Which isn't a bad baseline, but it completely fails to capture how political change occurred in the era. Like the Meiji Restoration is "done" by you putting industrialists in power and kicking out the "landlords" lol. Japan didn't have industrialists then! Landlords are the ones who did the restoring of Meiji.

More importantly than inaccurate it isn't fun - to change a law you just arrange a coalition in power than kind of backs it, then pray you get good random events. In Vicky 2 they had a lot more railroad-style decisions and stuff you could do to capture history, "hit this military score benchmark and launch a civil war" kind of stuff. It wasn't complicated, and it was less organic, but it was pro player agency, you could take active steps to achieve it. In Vicky 3 it is mainly waiting or cheese - people often talk about getting the Meiji Restoration by deleting all your armies at game start and launching a civil war immediately that the AI will lose by default. A checkbox decision is better than that!

The military mechanics are the epitome of their "systems over gameplay" approach. What they wanted to do was two-fold; reduce micro in Vicky 2 where it is "click army to province" over and over, and "balance" the game by making combat not reward micro where players could cheese the AI. Very valid goals, I totally support it. What they did was built a system where armies auto-move to "fronts" and their AI can't handle it, but now as a player my agency over my units is gone so I can't fix it. The UI is awful, you can't even really tell armies to attack or defend, they just ~whim. You have to do a lot of clicking to fight the system - yes it is less clicking than Vicky 2, but in Vicky 2 that wasn't mentally taxing, it was fun enough to wage the war you wanted to wage. Everything was concrete and in your control.

Here...look, as Korea I declared war on China to gain independence. Then the UK - not my ally, just separately, declared war on China as well. So now we are kindaaaa on the same side? At which point half my army auto-reployed to Hong Kong because a "new front" had "appeared". One my one boat. Then the UK declared war on me as well and then 50% of my army was fighting the UK in the South China Sea alongside the Russians (???) while the other half of my army is sitting there at home facing the Qing troops along the Yalu River going "bro, wtf?". At one point a newly spawned army of mine tried to auto-redeploy to Senegal.

All of this is just so preventable - you wanna reduce micro? Make combat provinces really big. You just invade "Manchuria", no clicking from Jilin to Mukden, and have bordering armies support each other defensively or something like that so you don't have to dash back and forth. Don't try to make your AI "do it for you" because it clearly can't and you want to play your own game. I'm sure the above will get better as I learn the system but I can just see the hundreds of players who saw this system and insta-quit, because until you "understand" it, it stabs you in the back. Not what you want out of a game.

Anyway enough me whinging about the game for way too long - the fundamentals are strong in the end. I will test out mods, I could see an overhaul mod really fixing everything except maybe the combat (and then you just cope). I definitely want it to work, the potential is high.

[wolkewatcher]

so if you have yarn or crochet thread and a crochet hook. what you're gonna do is get those supplies a decent amt but it can also be odds n ends yah def dont need a whole skein. but yes so you have your supplies and now you're going to chain 2 then make a double crochet in the 1st chain. then chain 3. then you're going to make a double crochet cluster in the loop space made by the 2 chains and the double crochet you did first. so to do that you yarn over inset your hook into the space yarn over draw up a loop yarn over draw through two loops on hook yarn over insert hook back into same space yarn over draw up a loop yarn over draw through two loops on hook yarn over insert hook into same loop yarn over draw up a loop yarn over draw through two loops on hook yarn over draw through 4 loops on hook first cluster done. chain 3 make another cluster in the same space. chain 3 make another cluster in the same space. chain 3 make another cluster in the same space. chain 3 make another cluster in the same space. chain 3 slip stitch into the first chain from the chain 3 after the first cluster essentially forming a circle with a flower in the middle. *chain 3. double crochet in the 2nd/middle chain. chain 3. make 3 clusters each separated by 3 chains in the loop. chain 1. chain another 1 this time 'grabbing' the chain 1 separating the two flowers. chain 1. make 2 double crochet clusters separated by a chain 3. chain 3 and slip stitch to first chain in the chain 3 after the first cluster.* continue from * to * as many times as you want then just break your yarn and idk do what you want with your new creation! if you use like fine weight yarn you can make dangly earrings or a choker or an earring or anklet etc. if you use thicker yarn it can be a garland. you can experiment with adding more clusters/petals but i dont think you should add less. you can also switch colours for each flower which wld be tots rad! anyways yh hope you have fun with this

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

END OF THE YEAR LIST

i swear i also did this in 2023 but i cannot find it for the life of me. anyways. i have very little memory so since 2022 i decided to make a list over on twitter of everything i do / watch / read etc during the year. and i wanted to have it over here as well just cause <3

so here's my 2024, you can also see everything in this thread here where you can find pics and such, i hope you enjoy it <3

BOOKS:

11/01. anthology of catullus (bilingual edition in latin and spanish by josé carlos fernández corte & juan antonio gonzález iglesias)

28/01. symposium by plato (spanish edition by juan david garcía bacca)

11/04. my uncle napoleon by iraj pezeshkzad (in spanish)

26/05. anthology of sappho (bilingual edition in ancient greek and spanish by aurora luque) [RE-READ]

03/06. the duke and i by julia quinn (in english)

23/06. the viscount who loved me by julia quinn (in english)

08/07. the invisible weevil, by mary karooro okurut (in english)

28/07. the old man and the sea, by ernest hemingway (in english)

16/08. treasure island, by robert louis stevenson (in english)

20/08. genio de oriente, by joaquín maría córdoba (in spanish)

23/08. around the world in eighty days, by jules verne (in spanish i think?)

30/08. jazz, by toni morrison (in spanish)

14/10. the communist manifesto, by karl marx and friedrich engels (in spanish)

18/11. the spoilers, by rex beach (in english)

TRIPS:

13-14/01. valència (spain)

16/03. bolzano / bolzen (italy)

30/03. innsbruck (austria)

11-14/04. london (uk)

27/04. mantova (italy)

04/05. padova (italy)

01/03-09/05. trento (italy) [idk if it counts as a trip as i was living there but whatever]

25-26/05. lisbon (portugal)

10-11/06. firenze - bologna - venezia (italy)

29-30/08. pisa (italy)

THEATRE PLAYS AND MUSICALS:

19/01. desencantadas, at teatro lara (madrid)

12/04. hadestown, at lyric theatre (london)

VIDEOGAMES:

29/01. pentiment (pc)

08/03. summer house (pc)

21/03. showrunner (pc)

10/05. influent (pc)

31/05. urbo (pc)

11/06. fantasy town regional manager (pc)

02/07. toem (pc)

03/07. planet zoo (pc)

13/07. persona 5 royal (ps4) [REPLAY]

29/07. forward escape the fold (pc)

21/09. inazuma eleven 2: firestorm (nds) [REPLAY]

01/10. sword of convallaria (pc)

31/10. anno 1800 (pc)

23/11. pokemon café remix (switch)

20/12. two point campus (pc)

TOP 5 MOST LISTENED TO SONGS PER MONTH:

JANUARY.

5. la edad que tengo by la paloma

4. the ballad of lucy gray baird by rachel zegler

3. when the party's over by paul thin

2. de charco en charco by samuraï ft. belén aguilera

mía (unplugged) by belén aguilera

FEBRUARY.

5. muchas cosas by natalia lacunza

4. paenamorar by paula cendejas

3. enchanted by taylor swift

2. si quieres by cariño

quedará en nuestra mente by amaia

MARCH.

5. as it was by harry styles

4. la camarera by paul thin

3. i drove all night by cris b ft. álvaro mayo

2. can't catch me now by olivia rodrigo

la_original.mp3 by emilia ft. tini

APRIL.

5. femininominon by chappell roan

4. felixità by svetlana

3. so american by olivia rodrigo

2. good luck, babe! by chappell roan

no m'estima + by mushkaa ft. julieta

MAY.

5. nunca te voy a olvidar by bechamel

4. dónde by paul thin

3. torna a casa by måneskin

2. muchas cosas by natalia lacunza

aquí by izaro ft. duda in the sky

JUNE.

5. l'amour de ma vie by billie eilish

4. hot to go! by chappell roan

3. all too well (10 minutes version) by taylor swift

2. who's afraid of little old me? by taylor swift

24 rosas by aitana

JULY.

5. but dady i love him by taylor swift

4. tu novio es subnormal by kalipotxo ft. nko, krivex

3. girl, so confusing by charli xcx

2. alondra by paul thin

x by paula cendejas

AUGUST.

5. girl, so confusing featuring lorde by charli xcx ft. lorde

4. villano antillano: bzrp music sessions, vol. 51 by bizarrap ft. villano antillano

3. alondra by paul thin

2. please please please by sabrina carpenter

new woman by lisa ft. rosalía

SEPTEMBER.

5. 96,000 from the in the heights original cast recording

4. ya no siento nada by blackpanda

3. in my bed by sabrina carpenter

2. cardigan by taylor swift

punto de partida by rocío jurado

OCTOBER.

5. misil by carolina durante

4. happier by olivia rodrigo

3. la_original.mp3 by emilia ft. tini

2. normal by carolina durante

people watching by conan gray

NOVEMBER.

5. cayetano by carolina durante

4. hamburguesas by carolina durante

3. 24 rosas by aitana

2. nuestro nombre by natalia lacunza

gente corriente by jordana b.

DECEMBER.

5. santos que yo te pinte by amaia

4. me gustabas así by burgas vandal ft. stivijoes, sick vaira

3. tengo un pensamiento by amaia

2. barbie de extrarradio by melendi

mazo raro by valentino

CONCERTS:

03/02. valeria castro in teatro circo price (madrid)

09/02. pipiolas in sala paqui (madrid)

25/05. taylor swift & paramore in estadio da luz (lisbon)

29/05. taylor swift & paramore in estadio santiago bernabéu (madrid)

09/06. olivia rodrigo in unipol arena (bologna)

12/06. bruce springsteen in civitas metropolitano (madrid)

27/06. ot 2023 in wizink center (madrid)

03/11. jacob collier in wizink center (madrid)

MOVIES:

25/02. ballad of songbirds and snakes [REWATCH]

02/06. the eras tour

10/07. inside out 2 [CINEMA]

29/07. bottoms [REWATCH]

21/09. death in the nile (2022)

31/10. olivia rodrigo: guts world tour

24/11. the wizard of oz [REWATCH]

01/12. wicked [CINEMA]

TV SHOWS:

07/03. queen charlotte (2023)

10/03. the bear (2022) - FIRST SEASON

13/03. the bear (2023) - SECOND SEASON

25/03. heartstopper (2022) - FIRST SEASON

29/03. heartstopper (2023) - SECOND SEASON

13/05. paquita salas (2016) - FIRST SEASON [REWATCH]

20/05. paquita salas (2018) - SECOND SEASON [REWATCH]

30/05. paquita salas (2019) - THIRD SEASON [REWATCH]

12/06. abbott elementary (2023) - THIRD SEASON

16/06. bridgerton (2024) - THIRD SEASON

29/09. lucía en la telaraña (2021)

29/12. el ministerio del tiempo (2020) - FOURTH SEASON

[bebx]

Hey there! I hope you are doing well. I don't mean to bother you again as you are gonna figure out I am the same person who asked about your unexpectedly but hopefully temporary drifting away from ST sub fandom hehe. So I decided to do my homework and see if you probably left some clues or hints regarding your hiatus from it before but unfortunately I couldn't find any unless my dumb@$$ missed it despite thorough research as if I was looking for easter eggs in a deeply layered show like ST. My search report :- It had been going well on your side even when there was a drought in HC contents but slowly it lost the 'momentum' which I feel you played a key role in wonderfully building up yourself, ironically right at the moment of D-day which honestly feels like if reality had tv drama like loopholes lol.

So all I have now is what you last said to me that you are busy with stuffs and other things like hyperfixation on a character from Harrow series { although I haven't watched it yet but based on your enthusiasm which mostly resonates with my own interest, I have added it in my watchlist :) Cuz Bingo I can't tell you how happy I was when I found you with the same sentiments as mine after watching Damsel! } plus point is you did mention how he is certainly still in your heart and you are planning to make more posts and fanfic about him in future. So I decided to wait, months passed with more tempting Henry Creel info pouring while I still kept up with *patiently waiting for my favorite Tumblr user's ST fandom era to resurface as well as coexist with her new obsession of Harrow series*, so that one hyperfixation won't have to be sacrificed for another still worthy subject of hyperfixation :) Hence it has been quite an introspective and empathetic time but now I am like "okay at least lemme just ask her how she has been and what exactly is the status", to stifle my other apprehensive thoughts forming with the passing time as well as disappearing silver lining( as there is no sign of either Henry or JCB these days at all lol apart from Jamie Bower World Domination post) out of overthinking.

I always felt your contribution to this fandom has been immensely valuable and even though others may or may not have been enough reminding you that as I can see I am probably the only anonymous seeker regarding digging this matter up, I miss you and your blogs about it. I have mostly been a lurker kind so I never interactively participated in any discussion or thread but I have always inwardly appreciated people with a good taste of art. So even if anonymously, this is a great deal to me, sharing my wish embedded in vulnerability. *nervously chuckles* Idk if this is a stretch but given how what Jamie manually allows to be displayed on his tagged section had most of your posts, tells me that he must have subconsciously felt your absence lately too. The fact that this is true tho, makes it a reasonable theory.

So now after hopefully doing a great job at explaining the deep context behind my "ask away" here are the main deal of questions xD;-

How are you, once again? (I don't want to pressurize you into rejoining it earlier than you planned according to your life and schedules uk. Besides I don't wanna interrupt your balancing of multifandom fascination.)

Is there any particular reason behind this seemingly complete "switch off mode" which you can share? ( because my Spidey senses keep feeling it's more than what it is, could be false alarm tho) Could it be potentially because Stranger Things is so addictive, it is not possible to keep a track of its updates while continuing with hyper fixating on other fandoms?

If the aforementioned fear is unfounded, then here are my other theories and questions, have you stumbled upon the TFS spoilers of any kind?

If no, are you planning to watch it LIVE soon or later? (as the canon play is gonna stick around for a long time) is this why have you been avoiding discussions as they would involve major spoiling of the experience?

Or are you planning of watching it whenever it streams on Netflix as technically it just has to one day?

Have you been weakly following any ST S5 leaks? ( as we finally got a very *greatest leak of all time* kind of leak not even exactly 24 hours ago lol) [to tell you the truth- this is exactly what triggered me to get some clarifications from you, as despite knowing that I would open your page only to be greeted by Harrow, deep down I felt maybe you would say something about it because it directly involves JCB and it's quite making waves already.]

Did you check out the VR Game released this February?

Or are you taking a complete long break for a while because once S5 release date inches closer, there is no going back from its fever for another 2-3 years anyways? haha ( ngl this is my most optimistic theory I am clinging onto)

(optional question xD) Am I seriously the only one approaching you by bringing this old buried fascination or others have felt the same way too and they express their perplexity in your inbox instead?

(anyways I will be very grateful if you respond to my plethora of mystified emotions even though I think it would secretly answer to many other lurkers like me who found a sense of kindred spirit through you but are too busy abiding by their lurking policy)

hi, I’ve been looking at this for…. a while, because… oh my 😅 I understand that it’s been so long since my Stranger Things era, and I know some of my followers follow me for my Henry / ST content. I just didn’t know my silly ST posts actually have this much impact that they stay in people’s memories even after it’s been a long time. so this ask actually brings back so many memories. and I really appreciate that you’re still sticking around. really. I had to take a moment to just sit here and stare at this ask in my inbox and go “whoa” — but it’s a good kind of whoa. I am touched that you still remember, because gosh how long has it been since my ST days!

to answer your questions, I am fine and I am doing well. thank you. I didn’t mean to “abandon” my interest. and I AM still interested in the show. I still love Henry, even though I don’t really talk about him on here anymore. it’s funny because a part of me is kind of sad that I don’t talk about him on here anymore? to tell you the truth, anon, I don’t exactly know why? I mean… sure, my blog currently focuses on something else, but I never really stop loving Henry as a character. this sounds extremely cliche, but it’s the truth. I still love him and I still think about him and those time I spent writing fics about him.

I don’t know if there’s any particular reason behind this, according to you, seemingly complete "switch off mode" on my blog. but there’s no conspiracy theory or anything, if that’s what you’re worried about? I just kind of focus my attention on something else, for the moment, but again, I still do love Henry. just because I don’t talk about him here like I used to does not mean I love him any less. rest assured. he’s still in my heart.

I haven’t stumbled upon any real TFS spoilers, but that’s probably because I don’t follow many blogs that talk about it so it rarely reaches my dashboard anyway.

and I don’t live near the place where the play takes place, so unfortunately I don’t see myself traveling there to watch it live, as life has been a little busy for me here to take that kind of vacations. but I would have loved to. if the time were right. I do look forward to streaming it when or if it becomes available on Netflix though.

I haven’t been following ST leaks much, I can’t see “weekly” because I kind of just look at them if they reach my dashboard here or my twitter’s/X’s timeline. but I don’t actively go search for it nor do I avoid it for fear of any potential spoilers either. but I did just see the leaks you talked about, and I’m actually very excited. it actually reminded me of my fic “Salvation” — I’m not sure if you’ve read it, but yeah. gosh I am genuinely very excited.

though I haven’t checked out the VR Game. I mean… I don’t really play video games so that might explain why.

and no. I’m not “taking a long break” because I think there is no going back from its fever for another 2-3 years after season 5 is released. I don’t even know why I’m “taking a break” except that my mind has just been focusing on something else, currently.

also, yes, some people have asked, and I haven’t had the chance to answer them (I’ve been meaning to, though), so this might be the answer they were looking for as well? there’s no “real reason” behind my lack of activity when it comes to ST fandom, except that I’ve been focusing my attention on something else lately, but that doesn’t mean I love the show — or especially Henry — any less. I still am a fan of the show and of Henry. and I still love Jamie with all my heart, obviously. I still keep up with him and his music and I am so incredibly proud of him as an artist and a person.

I am super excited to see Henry again when season 5 drops. I don’t know when or if my hyperfixation will come back, so I wouldn’t wish to make any promises. but what I can say for sure is that, even though it’s not exactly a hyperfixation, I still love Henry just the same. I hope I will start making lots of posts and writing fics about him again one day.

last but not least, I will always love and support Jamie in everything he does. and he will forever be my source of happiness that keeps me going when things are difficult.

I also want to thank you for reaching out. it means so very much to me. if there is any further matter you wish to talk or discuss with me about, you are very welcome to drop by my inbox anytime.

(and yes, I still love talking about Stranger Things and Henry here. anybody is more than welcome to drop by my inbox to talk to me about Henry — who knows, it might re-spark that hyperfixation within me…)

[atalienart]

Long explanation why I don't have enough ectoplasm to rattle doodles. It's nothing important, just stupid thoughts in the morning.

I know I should post art but when I sit and draw and think I'll have to post it I feel miserable. I'm so impatient with everything when I feel this pressure to please. I start a drawing and want to abandon it instantly. I have ideas and sometimes I really want to draw but the thought of posting art on social media sucks all the fun out of the process. And everything I draw turns out awful. I'm so not happy with my skills right now too. I want to draw for myself and not to think about who's going to see the results, but then there's this voice that says "you have to post something, artists are creating all the time, their works look stunning, they do projects and stuff, and you're so lazy and useless, and your art lost all the quality, you don't improve, no wonder people don't want to see your stuff anymore" idk. I'm aware social media changed, the algorithm doesn't help, things people like switch constantly and I don't even want to get passionate about anything because I blink and all of a sudden everyone likes some new shiny thing. I don't want to keep up with the trends. I'm tired of catching those gossamer threads that tear when I want to hold them for a while longer. I guess that's why I created my own little world where I can build my love for it brick by brick, word after word, spend a whole year in it and not get enough. But then... it feels pretty lonely in this world. I look at the other side through a glass wall and don't feel like I belong anywhere. I just look. And I think, maybe if I give more, post more art, then it will feel less lonely, because people will react and I won't be invisible, for a little while I will exist in that other world. But I'm not sure being a ghost who haunts people from time to time, rattles a shitty doodle in front of them and then disappears is the best choice. Welp, sucks to be me because I don't know how to be anything else but the ghost. Anyway, I guess I don't have enough ectoplasm to rattle doodles this time. Maybe next time.

[otterloreart]

The donut tutorial, new post

Don't want to keep reblogging the first post so this is a new thread.

Here are links to the first reblog: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

I recommend following the links in case there are edits in each part.

In Part 4 I was busy duplicating springle to make .001, .002, .003, and now .004. .004 is also bent, but less so.

back in object mode (tab -> object mode) we're selecting all the sprinkles with left click and press m to add to a new collection

ta da, the sprinkles are now in their own thing. woops, idk why the camera is off on one of them, although it doesnt matter for now ill turn it back on.

okay so i hit / to see the rest of the objects, clicked the frosting so i can look at its geometry nodes again, and then left click and drag the Collection into the geometry nodes section.

connected the collection info box to instance and checked some boxes as shown

this is the full geometry node setup. note the arrow pointing to Density Max which will adjust how dense our sprinkles are.

cool, now we have different size and shape of springle.

however i decided ALL of the sprinkles are too big. so i clicked "springle" and shift+clicked "springle.004" to select them all. Then I hit / and tab -> edit mode. hit a to select all.

turned back on the donut so i could see the size of the sprinkles while i shrank them. i just shrank them a tiny bit.

nice, now i can turn up the density of the sprinkles without worrying about them looking too chunky.

time to make sprinkles a color. clicked the first springle for no particular reason and hit new

trans rights donut

select springle, then shift select springle.004 to select all the sprinkles. "springle" is in orange and the rest are in red. ctrl + L to open link menu and hit link materials.

now, while the springle is selected, go to shader editor

shift + add object info node, Shift + add color ramp. Plug random -> Fac and Color -> color. In the color ramp window, switched the box next to RGB to "Constant" (default is Linear); used the + in the color ramp window to add more colors. now the sprinkles say trans rights.

I went back and duplicated one of the sprinkles and made springle.006, which is an EVEN SMALLER sprinkle. shift + d, tab -> edit mode, left click and drag to select and g to grab and move the sprinkle so its smaller.

shift + a to make a new cylinder

in the add cylinder menu make the cylinder have very small amounts of vertices and extremely small. you can see the little polygons on the donut.

hit / to only edit the polygons. Numpad 7 to straight down. Press the 3 key to go to face select. Select each face individually and press e to extrude straight out.

selected the end rectangle and shrank it down really small

Went to the modifier section and hit add modifier and added subdivision. changed the Levels Viewport to 2 to make it smoother later on.

Pressed 1 key to select vertices again and shrank the middle of the star a bit

also pressed a to select all vertices, press 1 to look at the front, and move the sprinkle up. Also made the whole thing a bit smaller.

y to see the rest of the donut. added a new material just for the star. I could have made the stars be multiple colors but i wanted them to stand out and be the same color.

ok select donut then select frosting. ctrl + p to parent. now we can move the whole donut together.

i dressed up the scene a bit. the plane is now an L-shaped platform. There are three lights, the one in the back is a little farther away.

hovering donut

im tired, ill have to come back to this later

[localcryptidinthewoods]

rockstar au !!

hotel room / sleeping edition!

@that-one-i-think has already said who bunks w who and it makes sm sense, imma just repeat it (plus add info) incase you have not seen that whole thread of reblogs

irene & shad room together unless their on a break, in which shad will go with menphia and irene will go with kul’zak.

irene always demands the best hotel room with the best room and view, and will annoy the others to switch with her if the one she got originally didnt match what she wanted. she has a 30 step skin + hair care routine, and has done that one trend of the “i cant do nights” of her post routine (she does so much and too much in order to avoid aging and keep her hair perfect). you would think irene would be a pretty sleeper because of how she acts but i think she sleeps like a truck just hit her. sprawled out all over the bed, blankets on the floor and everything. her side of the room is a mess cuz shes the kinda person who throws her whole closet on the floor trying to figure out an outfit.

shads kinda the opposite, he could care less if the hotel room is nice aslong as it has a half decent bed. has a skin + hair routine mostly because irene forces him to do it, its just not as intense as her. hes the pretty sleeper in that relationship, he sleeps like a pretty princess which is very funny bc dudes buff, covered in tattoos and has a death glare that could kill. i think hes a big cuddlebug when hes sleeping. i think hes also the type of guy to check that the doors actually locked 30 times and that theres no secret cameras before being able to sleep. his side of the room is pretty clean other than shoes being scattered around.

menphia & enki room together, they arent particularly picky with rooms, they just need one with a good ac system bc menphia runs hot. their room is ussaly the messiest along side irenes due to the same reasons, exept both of em do it. the two of them also spend 80% of the night gossiping and talking shit about others with one another.

menphia has a normal skin care routine but a heavy hair care routine. i think she dyes her hair a lot but wants to do the best she can to maintain it healthy + her hair is really really thick so its just extra work all around. shes the type of person who steals stuff from hotel rooms ranging from the toiletries to pillows to one time she stole the ironing thing some hotels offer bc they lost theirs and needed a new one. has probably set off the sprinklers in a hotel, how? idk yet but its happened. menphia sleeps curled up like a cat (mostly bc i’ve been headcanoning her as a meif’wa) and tends to purr in her sleep / in order to fall asleep

when irene & shad are on break / arguing, her and shad share rooms and when they do jesus fucking christ is it loud. they’ve almost gotten kicked out of hotels n motels because of it. the two just have an emo reunion. menphia lets shad rant about irene to her cuz she knows that he dosent really get to talk about it very often and that it helps him when he does.

enki has a normal skin care + hair care routine, just the basics. i think their pretty lucky when it comes to that area so they dont have to do a lot. enkis def the person who goes out for vending machine drinks & snacks in the middle of the night when they cant sleep tho and almost always wake up menphia whenever shes sleeping when trying to get back in no matter how quiet he walks in just cuz menphias a lightish sleeper. enki snores but its not annoying, its more like soft snoring. i think enkis a side sleeper who forces herself to sleep on her back but he always ends up on their side bc comfy.

when menphia rooms w shad, enki is stuck rooming with esmund. it’s ok, esmunds a really nice roommate its just…awkward? i suppose? they dont have a lot in common that their aware of other than the band. the night is spent with them both going to bed early after talking small talk for a little bit. so yeah awkward nights.

speaking of esmund, esmund and kul’zak room with one another. their room is the cleanest by far. kul’zaks side is a little messy but its mostly blankets on the floor n what not. the two of them talk about everything and anything, from The Divine band to their own little two person band Lament, they talk about new songs to write and old songs, they talk about the past and their futures and what they want to do with it.

esmund has the basic skincare + hair care, nothing extra other than what you need. i dont think he worries about that kind of stuff too much, but irene is always trying to get him to buy more products n what not. i dont think esmund uses a lot of blankets when sleeping, one at most, just bc he dosent get cold easily yk. i think he sleeps on his back cuz comfy, and i think he snores too much like enki. i think esmund is the kind of guy to always make his bed in the mornings and kul’zak tells him its fine that he dosent have to but esmund is just like: its the polite thing to do !!!!

kul’zak is part of the 15 step hair care routine club, i think this man has beautiful curly hair that he takes care of extremely well. his skin care is normal but his hair care is extra just like irenes is. kul’zak is a side sleeper for sure, curled up too. very comfy. he has to sleep with 5 blankets and 6 pillows otherwise he cannot sleep. only exeption to this rule is if hes sharing a bed with esmund.

kul’zak is the one that rooms with irene whenever her and shad r on a break. he lisents to her rant and go on her angry tangents which turn into frustrated tears and her yelling into a pillow while smiling and nodding. i feel like irene & kul’zaks nights either go with him nodding qnd smiling while she rants or the two of them having a really deep conversation about a situation, one or the other and its ussally the former. since irene sleeps like a truck hit her he’s ussally able to sneak out and see the others before going to bed himself.

[bloodsalted]

heads up!! please feel free if i've answered your ask meme..

// in just a regular post, you are more than welcome to continue it into a thread if you wanna! i've just been cruising through my inbox the past couple days and noticed that i answer things faster by just simply answering the ask and posting it. idk why? but it's been working for me?? so i may do that for a little bit to catch up. then switch back to me starting a new post as i normally do.

if any of you prefer that i keep creating a new post and answering you that way, i am way more than happy to do so! just pop me a message here or in my askbox or discord and i'll gladly do that for you! no pressure at all!

just been in my groove and chillin' pretty much. i realize that i'm posting at almost 4am pst. so i'll prolly post a cpl more times in reblogs so everyone gets a chance to see this!

so yeah! please! if you wanna continue a meme reply into a thread, i'd love that! if you want me to make a new post for ya? by all means, let me know! xoxo, me!

[vodkacheesefries]

Non spoilery as possible final thoughts of The Veilguard after finishing my first playthrough. Beneath the cut because it got long and I respect your dash space 😌

The Good:

Character creation was so much fun. I'm looking forward to a new playthrough so I can make another Rook.

The combat was a little tricky at first for me to get the hang off, but I got the hang of it and ended up loving it.

I played as a warrior and had a lot of fun being the hulk and smashing the ground and kicking people off ledges. I don't feel like I unlocked very many abilities, but idk if that was a me problem like with the things I chose during levelling or if that's a class problem, or if that's a game problem. I also didn't switch them out very much, so maybe it didn't matter I hadn't unlocked very many.

I loved the companions. I do have some critiques I'll get to later, but overall they were a very enjoyable cast of characters and I loved how they handled companion quests.

I didn't actually mind only having 2 companions, and I didn't mind not being able to control them. I liked not having to micromanage them.

I also didn't mind the fact that there weren't really conversations you could just have with them. I remember getting frustrated with just repeated dialogues in Inquisition, or when the companions had no new dialogue. I also liked that I didn't feel worried about making sure I paced myself through conversation trees so I didn't run through all the dialogues too fast.

I liked the soundtrack. I know a lot of people probably don't pay attention to it, but I did and I enjoyed it.

Rook was fucking funny. They were so smart but also 'no thoughts head empty' at the same time. Truly up there on my list of favorite DA protagonists.

They got the balance of doom, dread and darkness with hope and friendship just right imo.

Solas truly shone and whoever wrote him did SO good. He is a fascinating character and a really, really good antagonist and mirror to Rook. I love him. I hate him. I love to hate him.

The Okay:

The overall writing of the game was fine. I think you could tell there were parts of the stories and certain characters who maybe suffered more through the rewrites and everything it took to get the game out. I found some of the dialogue in the early game a little clunky, like whoever wrote it didn't say it out loud first, but that I do feel like that problem fixed itself eventually.

I feel like I remember them talking up the customizability of the Lighthouse, and I feel like it was there to an extent, but I wanted to be able to play with it more.

I liked the returning character cameos we got, but there were a few I feel would have really made sense to hear from or see again given certain context. (Zevran, Merrill, any Grey Warden character.)

I've seen other people say this, but it didn't really feel like a Dragon Age game. It was a different format, to be fair, and I liked that they explored new mechanics. It did feel...a little bit like a Mass Effect game. Which I didn't mind because I love Mass Effect. I think this problem could have been fixed with just a handful more of callbacks to prior games.

Like I've talked about this before and I do truly get it, we can't import every single decision ever. That's a lot of things to account for and new players wouldn't have fun trying to set that up if they'd never played the other games. BUT they could have kept it so simple; a letter from the HoF (if they survived) advising you on how to handle Blight, and how they'll take care of Ferelden for you. A codex entry about Hawke's journey to Weisshaupt after the Fade. A King Alistair sending you troops for the final battle etc and so forth.

It just needed a little more grounding to feel like it really belonged in Thedas, and that things that happened in prior games did matter to the culmination of the thread that has run through the entire series; the Blight, the Evanuris, and the Fade. That could have fixed the 'didn't feel like a Dragon Age game' problem.

The Bad:

There really wasn't much I disliked about the game. I wanted them to delve into some of the characters a little more and rely less on the ascribed stereotypes they had given them (ex: Taash being a jock who isn't necessarily in touch with their feelings or Lucanis talking about coffee all the goddamn time).

There were puzzles in certain areas of the game that gave you zero direction or incredibly vague hints and you just had to fumble through it. Maybe it's me, and I just have a low intelligence modifier, but I also did all the astrarium puzzles in Inquisition just fine so maybe they needed just a little more direction in game.

Also someone like a writer said this was the most romantic Dragon Age game and maybe it's just the romance I picked, but uh. Hard disagree. I don't care for any of the romance routes in Inquisition for my canon Inquisitor, but it's hard to beat Solas' date in the Fade or Cullen's first kiss on the battlements, or Iron Bull calling you "kadan" for the first time. This opinion might change as I play more of the routes, but for now, I was just a little disappointed with it. (I romanced Taash. I love them. So much. But there could have been so much more)

Final Verdict:

⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 stars. I will enjoy playing it again, and I think if you can go into it expecting it to be fully its own game and new and different from prior games you'll enjoy it.

[spade-riddles]

Submission: The Bait & Switch Theory

Lately I've been hate-reading a pop culture subreddit. It's not focused on Taylor, but people have been posting about her a lot lately (for obvious reasons). The overall vibe is pretty negative towards Taylor, but I usually skim the comments to see what casual fans are saying.

I want to share some recent comments I've seen (no usernames, and I rewrote some parts so they aren't word-for-word). Warning, you will probably get frustrated reading them. I did. But these are theories from casual listeners, non-swifties, who believe that Taylor really dates men, and they see this situation from a totally different angle than we do. While you read them, see if you have any new ideas about where Taylor might be going with this MH thing. I'll share my own thoughts after the comments. Another warning: this is a very long post-- sorry!

(These are all from a thread discussing a DailyMail article about how Taylor and MH are allegedly writing music together for her next album. I'll come back to my thoughts on this.)

On the subject of Midnights and MH, has anyone else gone back and listened to Question…? with him in mind? It all makes a lot of sense. Bejeweled too (the 1975 call themselves “the band”) and Cardigan.

Also “I swear that it was something/ ‘cause I don’t remember who I was/ Before you painted all my nights/ a color I’ve searched for since” from Question sounds a lot like “Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me/You showed me colors/You know I can't see with anyone else” from Illicit Affairs.

^^ Comment 1. Bolded parts from me.

All of it makes sense in context of falling in love with MH.

Anti-hero? She knew this relationship wouldn't be well received.

Midnight Rain? Joe was "sunshine she was midnight rain. He wanted a bride, she was chasing that fame."

Snow on the Beach? "Weird but fucking beautiful, you wanting me tonight feels impossible."

Labyrinth? "Uh-oh, I'm falling in love again. I thought this plane was going down, how'd you turn it right around?"

The entire album was about MH the entire time and we had no idea.

^^ Comment 2. I bolded the last sentence.

I don't understand how Taylor TOLD US Cardigan "was about" MH while on stage, into a microphone, and people are still denying it.

She wasn't trolling. She was revealing.

Cardigan is about him. And it seems like they weren't ON in 2014 and OFF for the next 8 years. Instead it's looking like they've gone back to each other again and again.

^^ Comment 3. This is the one that was most illuminating to me. Bolded part from me.

I think if they break up soon, she will phase him out and never mention him again.

^^ Comment 4. I'll come back to this one too.

Okay. So. Let's consider some hypotheticals.

Let's say Taylor wants to reintroduce Karlie into her public life. 

Let's say they want the public Kaylor narrative to be as close to real life as possible. Let's also assume that they don't want to out anyone and that there are contracts limiting what they can say about their beards.

Let's say there's someone else Taylor has known since about 2014: MH. A dude with an awful reputation, definitely worse than Karlie's.

Let's say the narrative they want people to believe, one day, is that Karlie is the one that got away from Taylor. They were a couple a decade ago, then they were together on and off, having an illicit affair with each other the entire time they were "in relationships" with JA and JK. And after Taylor and JA broke up, she privately reunited with Karlie and they lived happily ever after.

Let's also assume, maybe incorrectly (idk), that Karlie is the real William Bowery, and that Taylor wants people to know that JA didn't write or produce any of her music. Conveniently, MH is ALSO a musician. They're rumored to have written music together in the past, although we've never heard it, and now they're seen at the studio together.

So I wonder if Taylor and Karlie are limited in what they can say or imply, especially when it comes to the Karlie/JK timeline. Instead, Taylor is briefly introducing MH as her boyfriend and letting everyone speculate about how she's been in love with him for ages and how she cheated on JA with MH for years and how they write music together. She spells out the ENTIRE fucking story for everyone, and they finally start to piece it together. The only part that's wrong is that the story has the name MH where it should say KK.

What if this is a bait and switch? Where MH totally disappears from the picture, never to be mentioned again, but only after she uses him to plant a narrative. We don't get any musical collaboration after all. Maybe MH, being a loose canon, even alludes to faking a relationship with Taylor.

And then 5 seconds later, she switches out MH for KK. They do the exact same things together. KK goes to shows, they go out to dinner, maybe she's seen leaving Electric Lady, or she's seen with an LV bag going into Taylor's building. Maybe TS11 doesn't feature any songs with MH, but William Bowery is still credited even though JA is long gone. And maybe they just let people connect the dots over time. Like a folk tale, where no one really knows for sure what happened between Taylor, Karlie, JA, JK, and MH, but it's generally accepted that Taylor and Karlie have loved each other for a long time. Over the years, people forget some of the details and accept the Kaylor folklore as fact.

I'm so curious as to what you all think.

By the way, I know this is long enough already, but I do just want to say that I don't want to minimize MH's disgusting behaviors. I do believe it's morally wrong to prop up people like MH (and JK), because it lends credibility to dangerous ideas and disguises wolves as sheep. I think this is a line T & K are okay with crossing, and they are probably in a very complicated situation, but I'm not trying to excuse them for their roles here.

[toocutetopunch]

Trigun Stampede ep 6 thoughts and manga comparison

!SPOILERS AHEAD!

but at the start i just want to say that their teenage behaviour I don't care was cute

Just a note, it's all just a prediction don't take it that seriously, also anime only hs 6 episodes so we need to LET THEM COOK.

First like a lot of people pointed out Roberto is probably there to be killed of later.

My prediction is that Meryl is gonna get them into a situation and something will happen to him then. Probably at the end of this season and if we get a second one Meryl is going to be working with Milly but will be more responsible.

It's wild that they are introducing Livio this early. It realy has me worried that they are speedruning the plot. Idk if they are unsure about the possibility of a secind season but I would rather have a part of Trigun adapted than something that was rushed.

I generally like the new designs but his is an exception. It doesnt go as hard and the mask looks very akward and disconnected from the rest of his body.

The flashback art style and designs were very cute. But a lot of Stampede only watchers are now asking if Wolfwood in present time is mentally a minor?

It is presented very vaguely and I'm not sure if there will be more backstory in the next episodes (probably).

In manga it is way more clear. Wolfwood was taken in what it looks like early teens and some time when he was training is implied.

Only later was he subjected to the growth speed up mutation process.

We can also see that a lot of time passed by looking at other kids Nicholas knew in the orphanage.

We will see the orphanage in the next episode so I hope it will give more information.

I also think we could measure time that passed since the day he got his gun which was in wear 133 on the planet and I'm sure there was a panel mentioning current year but I don't have the strengh to look for that. If someone has the panel you can let me know.

It looks like the Eyes of Michael are now made under Legato's control when in the manga (if i remeber correctly) they were merceneries. And it was less of a prisoner test subject method of training.

Legatos power also was changed. It's not a methal thread with which he controls people but more of a telekinesis like it was in the old anime. I like this hange since it gets rid of the coin sollecting which I thought was unnecessary in the manga.

I don't really understand why Bad Lads are here since I don't see them squishing the sory of the sandsteamer together with Wolf's and Livio's?

By now it seems like the early arcs of Trigun will be skiped over or combined with later ones. I makes me a little sad since i like them but at least I don't know what will happen next when everything is switched around.

[kylo-wrecked]

ledger: ~30 drafts, ~7 asks.

thread tracker:  ... may switch trackers. idk yet. as always, let me know if you want to drop/hoard/hold everything/start from scratch/explore something else.

activity: will match the rise and fall of energy. life is... life is beautiful. it's just the shit in it that's fucked up.

hi new followers & old frens & everyone: the rest of this month will be highly Plutonian for me. also, a little raw. St. Bartholomew carrying his skin around the Sistine Chapel raw (but not jacked as per Michelangelo, pardon my saying.)