#idk where this is going i didn't plan it at all i just randomly got an idea and sat down and wrote it in one sitting and

[dumpster-diving-rat]

How I think bsd characters (Port Mafia) would react if you hugged them

(Not all members of the PM are here, just the ones I will write for)

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

-Probably thought you were trying to attack him at first

-Literally almost used rashomon on you when you got closer

-And then you hugged him, and he freaked out x2

-Quietly hugs you back in some confusion

-"Why me?" he doesn't understand why you hugged him

-He's a little thankful you did though, it just means you aren't really afraid of him, or afraid of being near him

-Lets go after a while, quietly thanking you for the hug

Higuchi Ichiyo (don't really plan on writing her too often but idk)

-Freaking out, blushing, and probably even fangirling all at once

-Hugging you back immediately, thinking about how this is one of the greatest moments ever

-Doesn't want to let go, but does after a few minutes

-Thanking you for the hug, trying to act normally without freaking out

-Happy for the rest of the day

Chuuya Nakahara

-The most confused person on earth

-You just randomly walked up to him and hugged him? Now he's wondering what's going on

-Is this a type of prank? What're you trying to do?

-Confused yelling at you to ask what you're doing

-Slowly starts to hug you back

-Stays silent for a while and just stands there hugging you

-If you're shorter, he'll put his head on your head or shoulder, and if you're taller, his head is against or on your shoulder (by against I mean his forehead is close to your shoulder but not directly on it)

-Starts calming down a lot

-When you feel safe near someone you love, it can lead you to get tired and sleepy because of that safe state of mind

-Needless to say, he is very tired right now

-He is enjoying this moment a lot, and plans on doing this way more often with you

Oda Sakunosuke (I don't really plan on writing him at all tbh, but I'll still put him here anyways because why not I had this idea at like 3 or 4 am)

-You were in the orphans room when you hugged him

-It surprised him slightly, but he hugged you back

-The kids noticed, and decided to attack you both with hugs as well

-You got knocked onto the floor with Oda, while the kids giggled and smiled and continued hugging you

-You started laughing too, and the kids basically surrounded you both while hugging you

-You couldn't really see, but a slight smile was on Oda's face while he continued to hug you and the kids

-He will definitely remember this

Dazai Osamu (not the 15 arc, this is when he's 18 for clarification)

-If he knew you well enough, he'd let you hug him, honestly if he didn't know you that well he'd probably shove you off of him

-He doesn't exactly hug you back, he just let's you hug him and slightly rubs your back

-Doesn't really enjoy or not enjoy it, he's pretty conflicted with what he's feeling

-After a minute or so, he finally hugs you back

-He has one arm around your waist and the other closer to your shoulder, where your shoulder blade is

-He's hugging you pretty tightly, almost afraid to let you go

-If you're taller than him, his head is against your chest (closer to where your collarbone is) and if you're shorter than him, his chin is on your head

-The hug lasts for longer than expected because he doesn't want to let go, he doesn't want to lose you

-I can see him barely speaking during this hug, but also he might just start venting slightly while joking about his problems

-Might start asking for more hugs, probably even daily

-Enjoys the feeling of you hugging him, even if he didn't at first

Thank you for reading! If there's anything you'd like to request, you could message me or comment it. I have put off figuring out the ask box like the professional procrastinater I am, but I will figure it out soon enough hopefully. If you do request something, do not make it NSFW, noncon or dubcon, and no incest please. I hope you enjoyed reading this ♡

[supersecretmetalocalypseblog]

mma's absecene in season 3 is something i obviously noticed, also iirc, Edgar and The Teenager/Crappy Kid don't show up either. I thought maybe that was on purpose, maybe they wanted to focus more on the band, less on The Revenge sub-plots? But, after seeing this sketch, I have questions... (a post about the unused Revengencer Sketches that we've seen so far)

This sketch is awesome, obviously I like it when they make MMA blast bare chest for all his cannibal friends. BUT-! The only time he's shirtless in the show is when he's sitting on that concrete throne, thing:

It's a really fun shot from Bookklok. Kind of random though, because as I mentioned, MMA was absent for a whole season and when he shows back up, he's randomly in a different design? (Ripped pants, shirtless/no body armor, gloves are fingerless when normally they are not)

And not to mention the eBay listing for the unused shirtless sketch said this:

...The season he's not in? Interesting.... And if you look close at the unused sketch, you'll see his gloves are still complete, not fingerless... And, if it's from Season 3 (,I think) then that would make sense from a chronological perspective. Gloves normal, then gloves ripped...

It could be that the low-angle was also to be used in seasons 4, and they never got around to it. But, it also makes sense to me that The Revengencers might've been in Season 3, and then just kinda got scrapped. (i'm also just doing some wishful thinking, i admit, but it's weird that they aren't in season 3, right? That's not just me focusing too much on these characters?) There's MORE unused, low-angle MMA sketches, one of him just standing (and it's SUPER good looking, I would've sold a kidney to buy this one) and the other is him loading a sniper rifle, which i KNOW he doesn't do in the show, because it would've driven me NUTS if he did.

The first sketch i don't know where it's from. He's got a weapon, but I don't recognize it at first glance, the arm brace implies season 2 or 4, though I think 2 more likely. Maybe it's from him attacking Charles in Dethrelease/Black Fire Upon Us? They use the low angle in that scene, but when he grabs his knife, it's using his standard model. So idk, maybe that's when that one could've been used?? Also, fun fact, there's a bit of an error in that scene, because MMA is missing his arm brace. The one with the rifle is probably from The Revengencers (i think it's labeled with a "212" for season 2, episode 12, aka The Revengencers), he's shown with a sniper rifle, but he never uses it in that episode. It's actually Edgar who ends up using a rifle, not my wife. Still pretty bad ass.

See? They've both got rifles (also the kid's got a gun, girl put that away, go home!!!) Obviously, MMA kills a klokateer and throws Charles out a window, but he's never shown with this rifle after this one shot. (Playing into my head-canon of he can't see v well/doesn't like using guns) I'm pretty sure this sketch was also supposed to be in The Revengencers, because they show MMA playing with a bomb in that one, maybe the kid was supposed to help. He's even in that scene in the episode, but he doesn't play with explosives, I think he pours Edgar something to drink. I think it's wine, iirc.

Anyways, post over, i like the revengencers, and if they were supposed to be in Season 3 at all, but didn't make it in, i'd love to know more about those plans.

[pseudoartistpostsstuff]

Ik you said you’re on break but that’s okay! I can wait lmao

I’m obsessed with your yandere lu writings. I would love a yandere Time x fem reader where he like extra creeps on reader? I’m talking like spying on them n shit and maybe stealing an article of clothing just bc it smells like them

Lord help me that sounds so weird

Why am I like this

Help

Thank you so much for requesting for my boy Time!

Notes: No no I like your way of thinking, give me your worst. Me, personally, I can be way worse than that lol

In fact, I may have accidentally made this creepier than I meant to, idk

By the way, when I said underpants in this I meant those white pants thing Link uses, which is probably called tights or something, but I didn't want you guys to read this and imagine reader with, like, fishnets by accident lmao

Time has anxiety and I'll not elaborate

I was gonna post this tomorrow, but ya know

TWs: Yanderism, stalking, suggestiveness, clothing stealing.

Yandere! LU! Time x Reader

In a way, Time was like a cat.

There was no way you could just ignore random articles of your clothes going missing every time you went to bath.

No matter where you went to clean yourself, it was like one part of your outfit was picked out by hand and evaporated, be it your undershirt, underpants, socks, and sometimes even your underwear!

You tried everything to prevent it, hiding your clothes, setting up traps… You only drew the line when it came to anything to do with poison, since you couldn't bear to possibly end up killing an innocent animal just for the sake of clothes.

Even if said clothes somehow always ended up randomly returning unscathed to the rest of your laundry.

Time and time again, this topic was brought up in conversations with the men you traveled alongside. Yet, for some reason, the matter was also time and time again swept under the rug. It never got solved, neither did it ever get discussed, more often than not.

Starkly different from your point of view, Time found it pretty cute how you got all fussy over some little clothes, clothes which he could easily just make you throw away and buy new ones, it's not like he was lacking the rupees for it, after all.

Yet, he couldn't find it within himself to keep pressing on that matter, not when you looked just so embarrassed protesting against the idea of throwing away your under clothes, stressing about how comfortable your clothes were and about how they were your favorite because of that exact reason.

From what he's noticed, you barely ever wore anything else, no matter how many clothes they could offer you, which was proof of just how much you adored that outfit, each part that composed it having been carefully thought out before being picked out by your hand back when they first went to the market to look for an appropriate Hyrulean attire for you.

It was more than obvious by now that you weren't planning on getting rid of it any time soon.

Still, despite all your best attempts to keep your clothes safe, you couldn't really stop them from randomly disappearing, that is, unless you stopped bathing, and that was something you obviously couldn't even consider doing.

So, you simply sighed with resolution as you took off your clothes to once again go into the river next to the camp, wanting to wash off any grime that may have rubbed on you from the last battle the Links went through before you guys left for the next village.

A little ways down in the same river, you knew the other men were washing themselves, that way, a scream would be all they needed know to come over to help you, should anything happen.

Not that anything had ever happened to you while you were bathing.

You kind of felt like you were being watched, but then again, you learned to not pay attention to that, after all, your brain always seemed to like playing tricks on you, be it making you think you saw the shadows in the corner of your eye moving, or strange noises coming from bushes, all of which always proved to be absolutely nothing at all. Especially the strangely distinctive smell of Time rubbing off on your clothes...

Besides, whenever you looked around yourself to see if your senses were correct, you'd only be able to hear the calm silence of the river waters, almost as if the fish itself held back from swimming every time you tensed up.

The regular calming ambiance noises returned when you finally stopped being paranoid, going back to washing yourself with a relieved sigh, knowing the feeling of being watched was just a product of your tricky mind.

Sound doesn't travel much underwater. Should it be sounds of heavy breathing, sounds of something much larger than the river fish swimming, or even the heavy sounds of metal boots sinking into the sandy floor of the river with every step their wearer took.

Time observed with certain amusement as you walked around the shallow part of the river, your head just above the surface, your feet dangling dangerously near the deeper part. One wrong step and you could risk drowning.  

However, you seemed to be having fun while cleaning yourself, enjoying the cool, clean water. The elder, though, was having his own fun watching you.

He had to give it to you though, no matter what you did, your movements were always so captivating to him. He had already seen a lot in his life, many races, creatures and even monsters. Yet you had such a… Human way of behaving. Even if humans were so alike hylians, you still seemed different in a way, a very good way in his eyes.

What was even more interesting to him was the fact that you were still different from the other humans he'd met through his life.

More often than not your actions were unpredictable and random, not at all serious, it was like you somehow weren't very phased after getting kicked out of whatever universe you originally belonged in and into another. An universe that was extremely dangerous and distinct from yours. His universe.

You were very, very far from your home, yet he could still see some of it in the way you spoke, behaved and reacted to the things and beings around you.

Sometimes, he'd catch himself becoming infatuated again with the stuff that he was already used to, simply because you seemed so surprised and excited by them. 

Things he saw in his everyday life and just happened to ignore. Places, people, animals, creatures, plants, you name it. You gave him a renewed view of life, the whole "enjoy the small things in life" a concept so simple that still managed to make him feel truly alive again.

When he was with you he felt like Hylia and the Golden Goddesses themselves were paying him back for all heroic deeds he performed. In his eyes, you saved him.

In no time, watching the stars with you became a new routine, you were always so interested in them, yet still didn't seem to mind when he preferred to do something else, as to avoid looking at the moon.

Therefore, counting and catching fireflies was the next best thing.

And before he even noticed, he had bought an extra satchel at the market just so he could collect and buy those things that reminded him of you, things he noticed you pointing out whenever you saw. Pretty rocks, shiny crystals, colorful shells, and even those silly little trinkets that, in his eyes were useless, yet brought happiness to yours.

You'd even managed to make him blush the other day, when you told him he was acting like a cat, placing gifts by your bedroll at night, while you were asleep.

Yes, you made him blush. Him, The elder, The Hero Of Time that was also The leader their group, a group made up of the strongest men known in the history of Hyrule.

But, in a way, you were actually correct. 

Cats are very attached to their favorite person, enough to follow them around and watch them do the most simple things, like sleeping, or bathing.

He didn't feel like admitting to those things though, especially not to stealing your clothes.

At first, he assured himself that he was doing all that watching just to make sure you were safe, after all, bathing time was the only moment of the day when you were “fully alone” or so you thought. Time would never forgive himself if you accidentally got hurt because of his lack of attention to you, even if the “hurt” in question was merely a scratch on your knee from accidentally slipping while bathing.

He knew better than anyone that too much peace meant something bad could happen at any time, and too little peace was even worse! Therefore, there was no middle ground, you needed to be protected at all times. And the fact he also got a little fun out of guarding you didn't hurt anyone. After all, what the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't feel.

He didn't even try lying to himself about stealing your clothes, he wasn't that delusional, after all, liking your smell didn't sound like too good of an excuse to tell you, should you find out about that little habit of his.

In a way, he wasn't even hidden right now, per say, he was just not in plain view. 

In fact, sometimes even hoped you saw him, so that he'd be able to stop just watching and join you already.

After all, you wouldn't be able to get hurt if he was right there beside you, right?

Let him keep pretending that's the only reason he wanted to join you in the bath.

[pumpkinsy0]

outsiders characters as events from my silly ahh summer camp. i don't know how i survived for a month at a time there tbh

ponyboy: me going gollum mode over the hunger games book. it wasnt even a joke at that point i was struggling. also the pivotal turn my life took when i read hatchet. like i was reflecting and allat

darry: the DELECTABLE ahh lunches. idk what they did but they were so tasty. like i would have the best nap of my life after muching down on that

johnny: me crying myself to sleep that one time, some girl was like "erm miss counselor!!! i think insert name here is crying under her sleeping bag!!" and my bitch ass counselor who i HATED like she was my arch nemesis started trying to calm me down which made me even more upset. and earlier that day i was trying to feel included in a conversation w a semi friend and some cunt went like "no ones talking to u" when i was Literally just sitting there.

dally: that horse they assigned me that would not do anything asked of him. also one time he like broke out of his stall and was just walking around?? he was an interesting fellow. he was silly tho

soda: me getting sick from eating 2 much cereal. i was writhing around bc tummy ache 2 much later in the day. to be fair i did eat more than 10 servings of cereal.

steve: us having no air conditioning in the cabins. we had to bring our own fans. i had to shower multiple times a day bc I was sweating so much.

twobit: some girl mixing chicken and jello together. also me falling out of a bunk.

cherry: that time during horse and tack when we watched a movie bc it was too hot outside so we went in. but the movie was rlly sad and I cried

that was then… this now… ones

bryon: me almost drowning during one of the swimming performances. like I was lowk choking on water while under the sea was playing in the background.

mark: again that one damn counselor i hated so so much. like i was planning her downfall. why on God's green earth was she singing riptide while we were trying to sleep stfu

m&m: i would start randomly crying so often. i would miss lots of classes bc i would just be in the bathroom bawling for various reasons

angela: girls being so so mean to me. like it was a problem.

curly: me throwing hiking boots at a girl I didn't like

tim: them having to ban making slip n slides in the bathrooms. i didn't ask and i didn't want to know

most of these things aren't too relevant anymor but they kinda funny so here. i mean expand on these if u want. i can't put them on my blog bc it's not a TO blog but they need to be put somewhere

u made me remember this time where i just woke up weak as hell and my aunt had to literally spoonfeed me multiple bowls of cereal, to this day idk exactly HOW i got that weak, that has never happened to me before and it hasnt happened since

BUT ALSO i remember going to this summer camp and somehow someway we got into this gender prank war and im just pushing that onto all of em

and THEN there was this other time i was in this summer?????christian????school camp thing????? and look im an atheist idk what i was doing there i showed zero interest but my cousins and sister was also there, and for lunch we were going out which i dont think anyone else was doing bc my teacher asked “r u SURE u wanna go???” and i rhink she was pushing me to stay but i said yea and left immediately and i giggle at that and i think pony wluldve done the same, i wanted OUT🗣️

[imsorrythatimweird101-blog]

MINI SHIFT STORY

FRIDAY MAY 9, 2024 {2:47am}

I remember waking up randomly on Friday night, I went back to sleep. Saying affirmation that I am manifesting. Nothing about shifting

Idk where tho, i didn't even attend too. First I was in a dream, I didn't really have awareness or anything but slowly start smudge into me waking up in some really fancy bed where my dogs were on the bed. FIt was fuzzy at first, like a dream. The more I grab stuff and examine, the more it start to become solid and real.

I kept touching stuff and start to feel real-like, like I was actual there. I was messing this diary and had like steel bars. The more I touch, the solid it got. I was kinda tripping out because I was having a wtf moment. I open these curtains to the small window like middle ages (blarney castle) castle but had a beautiful stain glass. I was thinking hairy Potter then I went to open the door and lóok down stairs. I didn't go down but I kinda crotch to see my parents legs. They where talking to someone. My dad was leanI on the counter, my mom next to him and some person that was wearing black slacks and shoes.

I turned around and see a panting- it was a lady with a umbrela and she was looking at herself through mirror but their was like multiple mirror behind that one. Idk how to explain it like stacking up against each other until it looks infinite while it was only her reflection (maybe I was between?). It read something about being a lady but I was kinda too busy freaking out. Then I went and close the door. I was slowly thinking "what the fuck".

I was trying see if this was a dream and I went to this other door and open to laundry mat- I saw this girl sitting there- she was a little younger with blonde hair and brown eyes. I play along and said "oh where's my maid dear sister" (sister part came naturally, I wasn't planning say that) but I had like a British accent. She tells me that the maid was going come. Something about Sarah?. Then she grab my hand and was telling me how much she loved me and nothing between us of the war. My mind race, what war? I realized how light my skin color was so I wasn't me. Then I start talking on my own while my awareness sat in back. I kinda freak out and didn't know what to do or say so I thought of my cr body, like I normal do when I'm lucid dreaming. It normally takes me back instantly, and I feel my awareness come back in front of my head. It took a while because nothing happened until I intended. When I did, it felt extremely natural

After feeling

Dog shit and depressed. Everything happened so naturally yet I couldn't help but feel depressed. It was nothing like lucid dreaming, I just knew I shifted because it was completely different from all the lucid dreams and awareness I had. But since everything didn't meet my expectations, it kinda just felt sad? I was expecting something big and grand but it literally just waking up somewhere (which felt natural, like I always been their) then closing my eyes and going back- naturally. I was expecting going through the motions of flashing lights or guiding through the stars but no. The more I think about it, the more I felt like shit.

It's been 5 years of trying to shift on my own and no luck until this one week break and suddenly I did it without even thinking about it.

What????

Ig it conflicts with my own belief because I was taught that hard work equals reward. Being consistent will eventually work. Idk even know how I even shifted? Last night, I just lay down- saying my affirmation for another desire and then woke up somewhere else. I can't help but wonder what the hell is lesson? Maybe I was pressuring myself?? Like what going on?

On a funny note, I am sharing my consciousness with a bitch named Penelope that is starting a war 😭 I think she was princess or something- that was the vibe I was getting

Anyway, I'm still on the break. A little update y'all. Hopefully I get time to post. Love y'all

[gamerbearmira]

Orchids and Lilies might be my new favorite AU and I need more of it now (please). I don't know if you already have any ideas for this AU, but I kinda took it and ran with it, so here ya go. It can be all about how Isabela realizes how awful she was to Mirabel and her slowly fixing that relationship one step at a time while also slowly creeping out of that senorita perfecta box, maybe even leading up to the events of the film and Isabela helping Mirabel save the miracle. It'd be really fun to see that, especially how differently the scenes with Bruno would go, I imagine some of the cracks inside Casita's walls would slowly fade as Isabela and Mirabel fix their relationship and Bruno might make that connection, maybe Isabela would even be a part of the original vision, standing next to Mira, with the vision not only showing a cracked Casita but a crack between the sisters. OH! and I've got the perfect idea for what Bruno's second vision would show, it would show Dolores! The girls will talk with Dolores who will admit she loves Mariano, and Isabela will admit she doesn't want to marry him, leading to Dolores having that "what else can I do" moment as she realizes her dreams aren't impossible, I imagine she'd go wild in her own way, detailing all of her romantic fantasies, it'd be so much fun. And yeah, Isabela would still be courting Mariano, the proposal dinner still happens too, she hasn't completely broken out of her golden child role, Mirabel may or may not know about how Isabela really feels.

YEAHHHHHH I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT GRAHHHHHG 🦅🦅

Honestly I'd love to give more, but this was sort of an idea I had festering in my drafts and randomly decided to finally draw for 😭 I didn't get very far, at least not past the points in the post.

BUT YOUR IDEAS ARE SO COOL❗❗ I definitely did imagine and want them to get closer and make up, like I said, it's essentially a canon divergent; a "what-if" for what would happen if they made up soon in a way??? Anyway, they def pull up to Luisa too, she's not a major focus but they figure it out pretty fast. If they got problems, Lord knows the others do too 😭😭 anyway, I think Mirabel might have an idea on how Isabela feels and pieces it together, pretty quickly, idk

Anyway, yes!!! Dolores!!!! I do also agree that Isabela hasn't completely broken out of the mold. Not quite. But you know, it does help that Dolores does confess. How she goes wild I have no idea yet 🤓☝ but maybe they do try and come up with a plan to either stall or cancel the dinner or mess it up somehow without anyone getting in trouble. You know making it seem like an accident.

Silly idea that since Luisa's problem might be resolved earlier, it could go to Camilo cause. Where's harm in focusing on the warm siblings. Antonio's fine lmao but. Idk Camilo feels like he's always seen as another person and not himself??? Like people always ask him to use his gift to be someone else but not him and he just wants to be him. Bro needs to drop the mask and be straightforward 👹👹👹

This is low effort but 🌚

[xsoulxsilencex]

So Arc 10 is over and man, what a meh arc. (ranting incoming)

The main point of this arc was Yuamu trying to becoming Otes, wasting so much time to get Monster Reborn in her hands just to ultimately fail at reaching her goal and paying a big price for her bs in the shape of Yuhi's memories. Well that and Yuna taking over Mutsuba Town with the help of Yuamu.

Yudias? What was he even doing? Oh, he beat Fukamura - wait no, that's on Kuaidul. But he beat Luge again. That's it? He made a deck to make Yuamu unable to use MR just to use it himself which did nothing on him anyway? So not even some "crazy Yudias state thanks to MR" we got for the arc final? He's our freaking main protagonist! Why are the writers barely do shit with him?? I didn't even care for his interactions with Kuaidul because what we got in the last episode felt like "Oh yeah, Kuaidul exists, quick have him talk with Yudias before the arc is over" to me.

Zwijo? Declared himself as Yuamu's protector and fighter, defeated Yuhi in a duel and later showed Zeyet and Sabyuas how to buy cards while looking like a proud dad. The majority of time, he was really just wasting time or following Yuamu around. If he had been at least a double agent who would've secretly helped Yudias and co. but no, he really did nothing relevant. He was just like "You don't have the resolve like Yuamu" at Yuhi just to get shocked at what Yuhi eventually did as his "resolve".

Yuhi? This hurts to say as he's my fave character but boy, wtf was HE even doing this arc? So he hangs out mostly with Yuamu's gang, duels Yuamu once to protect Damamu (his best moment of the arc imo), most of the arc is "Idk what I can do to stop Yuamu", stupid shopping episode where he seems to have found resolve at the end of it just to go back to "I can't duel her" in the arc final - until he randomly decides it's time for HIM to become Otes. Because he's Yuamu's big brother and must protect her. Aw, so sweet of him becoming the previous show's central antag just to protect Yuamu so she can feel bad about it and start her redemption in the next arc. :))

Yuamu? God, Idk what to say about her now besides I absoutely don't feel bad for her. Heck, after Yuhi said he's gonna become Otes, what did she do? Kneeling down to hug Kuyamuya and cry. I thought YOU wanted to become Otes, Yuamu? Why did you just accept Yuhi doing what he did? When he took away your duel disk, why didn't you bother fighting him? Why were you just standing there with a sad face? You didn't have to agree with what Yuhi was doing! Look, if Yuamu had been badly hurt by Yudias' attack or even unconscious, I could've seen Yuhi stepping in and take over for her because she wouldn't have been able to stop him. But she wasn't hurt at all! She fell down for a moment and the rest of the duel, she just stands there and watches. And *I* am supposed to feel sad or emotional about her going "Yuhi, Yuhi" at the end while shedding tears for her brother? In general, it took her the arc final to realize what she's putting Yuhi through and openly admitting to be sorry for that? What about the rest of Mutsuba Town, Yuamu? Damamu deserves an extra sorry from you.

The Darkmen? With the exception of Fukamura, they kept on being stupid and cheering at every shit Yuamu did despite they are said to have "gained wisdom". Zeyet and Sabyuas questioned Yuamu for like 5 minutes until they went back to "Dark Meister is best, you're just a hater" at Fukamura. Also Bruyea is so irrelevant, he didn't even get a single duel in this arc unlike his fellow Darkmen.

Yuna and Asaka? They get to duel each other which should've been a great duel considering Goha vs Mutsuba but was just bleh in the end. Obviously, Yuna had to win (as if they would let Asaka beat her) but the worst part was really Asaka being exposed as some hypocrite by having always planned to become Otes herself and on top of that, was jealous of Yuamu going with that plan instead?? Sure, maybe Yuna exaggerated a bit but Asaka having had becoming Otes in her mind as if it wasn't enough that first Yuga and then Yuamu wanted to do this. Also zero foreshadowing for Asaka's plan? The writers really just pulled that twist out of their butts.

Manabu and Epoch? Manabu got to duel Phaser which is cool but ofc, he had to lose. Epoch didn't even get a duel (surprisingly) but could magically break out of the dark matter + Luge's ice power mix.

The side characters are barely worth mentioning since besides the arc final, they were also not doing much. Chupataro's back just for being used for "comedy" by being creepy at Yudias in the Meeeg-chan cosplay. Ranran is back to play vessal for Damamu who had MR just to becoming sick eventually. Mitsuko and Tamako are now part of Rovian's curry squad and Mitsuko got ignored by Zwijo again. So funny, that never has happened before. /s

As you see, I really have not many positive feelings about this arc. If others enjoyed it, I really wonder what exactly? Yudias did barely shit, Zwijo did barely shit, same goes to the Ohdo twins.

Next arc we have to deal with Yuhi as Otes (another "Ohdo wants to be Otes" arc but this time, one actually became him - Velgearians who?) and Yudias will have to stop him and undo the Otes bs. As mentioned before, this might be also the arc for Yuamu's "redemption" since she was all sad about Yuhi losing his memories. Idk if Zwijo will continue following Yuamu, following Yuhi instead or actually leave to support Yudias.

Btw, would absolutely not be surprised if arc 11 is when Yuga returns. I mean now with Yuhi having his Otes phase and Yuamu and Yudias having both failed to become him, maybe Yuga will show up to take over the Otes role. Well that or he simply helps Yudias and co. to redo the whole Otes bs so Yuhi can be back to normal.

[dandeliondocx]

trying a new thing where i write my ideas down and kind of journal about the writing process (spoilers for hate to see your heart break i guess lol)

ok actually i'm trying a lot of new things recently

sleeping without my phone in the room LOL i have to stop scrolling before i sleep

writing my ideas down on an actual notebook instead of letting them float around in my head

writing more than 1-2 scenes in a fic (it's been like… 6 months since i last did that or wrote something long enough LOL)

not pressuring myself to finish writing a fic in 1 sitting lol

i like to outline for longer fics, and when i type them out, they tend to be… loooooong. like i can write line per line of dialogue in the outline and i just fill in the introspection and movements but use the dialogue as a guide posts in the journey (which would have been helpful for all the monologues in this LOL but i digress…)

buuut because i was writing them down (usually before bed to tire myself out for sleep lol), it's more concise than usual:

i always love looking back at my outlines and realizing how much i deviated from it lol usually for the better… plans are nice but sometimes the beats just go an entirely different direction and i gotta respect the course the story wants to take. or sometimes i try sooo hard to stick to the outline but it gets me stuck for hoursss so i pivot and hope that it works out better.

OH MAN the central point of this fic was supposed to be the "can I kiss you?" line :( like the key part was the buildup of ange having to admit to herself that she wanted to cross that line and really see at him as a romantic partner :( :( that she was willing to fundamentally change how they interact with each other because the moment they kiss, she can't just write this off as a friend hangout or whatever :( :( :(

but i struggled so much even getting them to where they were at that point and after the monologue about his past relationships, it just flowed naturally to her realizing that she wanted to show him something better was possible for him— the same way he did for her and ahhhh idk…… the story took its own path and i must respect her autonomy 🙂‍↕️

also there are so many details that i didn't even end up adding to the actual fic lol… this happens all the time it's ~ world building ~ i guess

fave parts:

the hook/summary of the fic was lowkey a lightbulb moment, i started the outline AFTER i wrote the first scene bc i knew it was going to be a long one

writing changela banter is sooo much fun, the s/hitting on line still makes me giggle

freyja being fed w a spoon is based on my actual lazy princess cat 😭 she's not even old she's just soooo spoiled

most difficult to write:

uhhhh from the kitchen to the first kiss and ESPECIALLY how to end the fic 😭 i wrote and rewrote that part so many times before settling on the text. i'm really happy with how it ends though!

song inspirations:

Paramore - Hate to See Your Heart Break → randomly came up on shuffle and the lyrics just got to me… i read the genius description and awww it can definitely be interpreted as a platonic kind of comfort, but for this fic i wanted it to be about them seeing each other struggle and thinking they could do better for each other. but not knowing for sure, ykwim? it's the line between friends and lovers that's always the most difficult to cross

Carly Rae Jepsen - All That → vibes are immaculateeee carly rae my mother my muse my love youve given me so much …… mostly for the actual date, dim lights, just the two of them, so so intimate but not overtly sexual yk

Sugarfree - Ikaw Pala → this is a filipino song for true friends to lovers enjoyers… would loosely translate the story of the song as like. "you were there all along / it was you i've been looking for this whole time" vibes. GAWDDDD #realyearners will know

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anyway this (the actual writing and the talking about writing) was really fun for me! it's been ages since i was writing as regularly as i am now. also don't have a lot of time so i'm really just trying to enjoy the process! may or may not do this for future fics heh

[1d1195]

Sam! You’re so kind! Thank you for the lovely birthday wishes and such sweet words😭💕I look forward to always chatting with you and honestly Sam you’re one of my besties too no joke!😭💕💕💕 love you so so much my love!!!! Thank you you’re the literal sweetest!!

Ngl I forgot about wicked and honestly in my head she is living for it all! And now it makes a lot of sense why he’s so sleepy! He probably just had so much going on so it’s understandable why he sleeps lol and that’s wild kids actually think he could be your son😭

We love to see men suffer😁 you’ve mentioned your love for sports which makes since how well you describe the hockey dynamics and I Think you’re mentioned baseball too in your stories and how I’m pretty sure you did play it! And at this point Sam you could write whatever trope/au and I would eat it up!

I’m sorry you’re feeling the existential dread:( that’s truly never enjoyable! Though I’m glad that you were able to have some moments to help feeling that way! And how nice to chat with some friends! Hopefully this week is a bit better!

I did have a nice birthday! My mom was feeling good so we went out for dinner! It was nice and I’m planning on hanging out with some friends this weekend which I’m excited about!

So now I have finally read the second part of Pucking Rookie! SAM IT WAS SO GOOD!! You know I’m a such a slut for some jealousrry and omg I kinda loved he was going insane with her wearing Niall’s jersey!! And I thought it was so adorable how shy and bashful Niall was 😭 that was so cute and I LOVE Niall in any universe you put him in lol (saw of video of him the other day and ngl he looked so hot which was new for me lol but I’m not mad about it!) anyways he’s also so insane for following her to her apartment l?!? If it were any other guy that is so creepy! But honestly if it’s Harry I’m gonna let that slide bc he’s just everything lol the intention was sweet though so it makes up for it! But omg the picture on her fridge😭 and him asking her if she would wear his name 😭 that was a sweet moment between them!!! THEN THE SKATES😭😭 he loves her bad and she loves him bad😭 IM SO EXCITED TO READ MORE BESTIE!!! You did great as always!!

Sam im wishing you the absolute best start of the week💕💕 hope that you had a lovely weekend and have a wonderful week!!! Miss you loads! Love you!-💜

I'm so happy you had a good birthday and your mom was up for dinner! I'm glad you have plans with friends too! That's awesome!! 💕

It kind of clicked randomly regarding wicked one day. It made me think I should revisit them tbh but idk.

Kids are so DUMB that's all I can say. I'm trying my hardest bestie to make them LESS dumb but they really make me earn my pay check some days. In their weak defense, if they DID listen to me they probably could have done the literal math to figure out I am too young to have a 17 year old 🤦‍♀️(A girl cried today because I didn't put numbers on my coordinate grid and she was like "how am I supposed to know where -2 is?" and I was like "Bro, count the boxes????") I think if I had a kid though I would want him to be a lot like this kid. He's made some questionable decisions over the years but I think he's got a good head on his shoulders overall. I think he's going to be okay. I will also probably jump in front of a moving car for him so there's that if all else fails. I mentioned I had his sister a couple years ago (maybe?) and we've stayed in touch as well so it seriously feels like I'm in this family now lol.

Hockey is such a fun trope. As much as I LOVE my basketball bf there's nothing like a hockey bf. I've read a football and a baseball one as well. They're GREAT but they cannot compare to a good hockey boy. And thank you! I hope this week goes better too. Monday was a good start so we shall see. I'm thinking I might FINALLY get a pedicure.

I couldn't NOT make this specific Harry jealous the jersey was too easy 🤭 Niall's such a cutie for sure. I love that you thought he was hot (he is) Yes we will let all creepy things slide for Harry Styles. So terrible 🤭 He is insane though. I love it. I don't think it's much of a spoiler, but I'm really trying to imply that they both REALLY like each other but they both have some hang ups they need to get over if they want to be together. I really liked the skates part 🙈 I'm glad you liked it too 💕 You know I love to make Harry's pockets hurt whether the MC wants to or not hehehehe

Have a great rest of your birthday week! 💕

xoxo

[cobaltperun]

Absolutely loved the fluff we got this chapter and man this really was a breath of fresh air after the previous angsty chapter we got!!

-I seriously see jenna keeping both the reader's shirt and jacket and randomly wearing it whenever she has to go out . Also random h.c. but after they get together , jenna steals a lot of reader's clothes and while reader can't exactly do the same because of their obvious size difference , she goes and steals Jenna's jewellery cause that woman has absolute impeccable taste.

The hug was so good!! We need more moments like that where reader is just getting hugged tightly cause she seriously needs it after the backstory you gave her.

The "They'll love you just like i do?????" hello?? are we even trying to be subtle at this point cause wtf? and "“I love you too. Jenna, you mean so much to me," like homegirl isn't even trying to keep things casual and friendly between them anymore. They were just one second away from kissing each other.

-Put Aliyah , Barbara and Enrique in a room please. i wanna see the chaos that ensures like damn that girl came in one chapter earlier and i am already in love with her.

- I am really scared about what would happen when jenna's family realizes that reader's in fight club with the way her father was reacting to just seeing reader's knuckles. Also marcus's line when he realizes that jenna and reader were alone in a room was so fucking funny!

-Won't lie , reading about reader's past was really hard and just seeing how she steels and hides her emotions so nobody knows about her feelings and pain was really hard . Her going to fight clubs and being unable to quit makes a lil bit more sense after this chapter.

-Did the watch logan together or they didn't get the time to do that? Cause i desperately want to know Jenna's reaction to the gas station scene XD.

-Washing dishes together in comfortable silence ? Holding hands under the table while dining with family ? Being able to lift the other's mood by just being near them ? Making the other laugh when nobody else can do that ? Stealing each other's clothes ? Can't sleep properly without the other person being with them? Idk about you but that sounds a fucking lot like married behaviour.

I can't wait for the next chapter!!This one was a real treat <3

Hope you are doing well and taking care of yourself!!

-👾

Have I told you recently that I love you? Because I do!

Jenna is keeping those, and she is going to be a bit of a thief. Reader might have to figure something out as well and your idea is perfect. Here's another one. Jenna's headphones? The spare ones anyway.🤣

Reader does need hugs, good, long hugs, just like the ones with Jenna in these past two chapters! And no, no subtlety whatsoever, they are just being direct at this point and trying hard to pretend they are just being friends.

You know who is missing in that group? Hugh. Add him and Reader and Jenna are doomed, death by teasing guaranteed. 🤣🤣

And now we get to the more serious question. The reaction won't be good, I can tell you that much. Jenna's dad is a cop, her mom is an ER nurse, neither of them will be happy. That's chapter 10, you won't be waiting long. Speaking of Reader's backstory, at this point you got the base of it, and fragmented information, you could piece it all together, but the actual flashback will take place in chapter 11.

They still didn't watch Logan, that'll be next chapter. I did intend to have it in chapter 8, but that scene alone is over 2k long and I really wanted to go to sleep 😅 I might not be getting all the reactions, but you'll get the fun ones.

And married couple? Damn, you described it perfectly! And yeah, I really can't thank you enough for these, you honestly make writing this story so much more worth it. I'm sitting here looking at everything I have planned and hoping it ends at chapter 45 and doesn't end up being longer than The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but the response like this honestly makes it worth it even if it does reach those lengths!

[katnaxel]

Hey so idk ur ocs so just go off about your fave. Talk about em. Gas em up. Talk about them like a parent talks about their child. Embarass them!

I can't pick my favorite because I love them all, but I will talk about Vasyrrin as he's recently finished his campaign!

Vas is the second son of a lesser family to the lesser court of his drow home in our homebrew campaign. His home life was quiet in the sense that any sudden movement might cause an eruption of conflict, but he had no qualms keeping his head down alongside his older brother and just doing what needed to be done within the family mines. Unfortunately for him, his mother had plans of grandeur for both of her sons, and the two were quickly sent to be soldiers due to their large builds. Vas' brother, Vynlar, fell upward and became a crowd favorite in the Pit (or a gladiatorial arena) and was later dubbed Champion of their court. This put a lot of pressure on Vas to preform just as well, if not better. Unfortunately for him, he was never as good as his brother, and this lead him down a road of grueling punishments, isolation, and constant fights in the Pits. He became a brute, armed with a hammer rather than a sword, and grew cold and calloused to those around him.

Fortunately, he found himself on the surface after a mission gone wrong, after he was sent to exterminate an escaped enemy during a clash of the Courts. He and a drow named Valjasna (played by @anna-yells-stuff) were now free of the madness of their home. They were quickly scooped up by slavers, and sold off as exotic goods. A long boat ride later and they found themselves as farmhands in the human nation. This is where the campaign began - they were randomly selected and voluntold to go deal with The Corruption, a 30yr blight that was slowly swallowing the land. He would do what he was told, as that's all he's ever done, but that didn't mean he had to like it.

The early days were rough. Vas was explosive, determined to be respected as a person, not a lesser being. He also hated mages, and the fact that our assigned leader was a High Elf Wizard only created more tension. But, over time, the gang realized that Vas' real problem wasn't the need to feel powerful, but it was the fear of being disposable. The party assured him he wasn't something to be beaten and thrown away if he failed, but that they also needed him to protect them instead of turn on them whenever he was scared. And slowly, over time, he got better. Underneath all that snarling violence was a pretty chill dude that just wanted some peace and quiet as he tried to unlearn years of toxic behavior.

However, that all changed when Vas, and the party, learned about the secret weapon his mother had turned him into. The BBEG arrived, and said "Looking Glass." Vasyrrin was now mind controlled, and a puppet of the enemy for the months that followed (as IRL I had to move across the country tehe)

He was put on the throne of the very kingdom he was once a slave in, a pawn in the game of Arch Mages and Royalty looking to establish their view on world order with the Corruption looming overhead. His party was captured and prisoned, but eventually broke out and managed to help Vas break free of his spell. One crazy fight with a mad mage later, and the party escaped the castle.

At this point though, the party was at a breakneck speed to end the Corruption, and Vas was left with a paranoia of questioning which reality he was in at any given time. The party ranger, Briar (played by @shahenor ) took the time to check on Vas, and the two grew very very close at the end days neared.

And we did it! We fought the Corruption, The Undead Dragon, and the BBEG - which turned out to be the Human King Augustus himself, who was feeding an endless supply of adventurers to the Corruption in the name of immortality. We even met the God of Gods, and made a wish to cleanse the world. The Corruption was gone, and Vas was officially free of his bond with the party, some of which he never really liked. With it confirmed that their mission was complete, he simply turned and walked off. No longer would he be a pawn in someone else's schemes, he was to live his own life by his own rules and finally be left alone. ...Well, alone after one last night with Briar of course...

And that's it! That's the story of Vasyrrin Khalazza!

[gren-arlio]

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Part 3 of Waku Puyo Extras. (And a fairly big announcement for translations.)

Ah, I'm running out of images, the Waku Puyo images, so the tride and true "Post Manga panels I do understand," got me covered. If I don't got anyone on my side, I know the Waku Puyo Manga does. Amen.

(Context for this page and a few others is Satan having a nightmare about Schezo and Arle marrying, and wakes up in a cold sweat. It's so goofy, and seems exactly like a Satan Nightmare, but the art goes hard.)

Heya, Gren here, and welcome to Part 3 of Waku Puyo Extras, the series where I find random videos about a route and go off from there because, even though I'm in the English Puyo Puyo Community Discord and have been lurking in the lore channel for like 3 years, I'm not verified yet because I'm scared to speak to the Ciel Bot. So if a mod or something SOMEHOW sees this...what're the odds for one, and two, idk we can talk via DM's or somethin' about lore.

(I really do want to speak there someday. Seems fun, I'll probably quietly add some details for this game onto specific characters pages.)

That aside, I'm here today to provide the community with more text and stuff to read.

Today's post will cover the following scraps I found while looking for stuff:

A video where Serilly appears again. Once again, Schezo and Serilly speak to each other, small but interesting.

A video that has a Rulue encounter and...that's about it. I'm really looking for scraps. Today doesn't have a whole lot.

Talk about the Manga for a bit. I plan to do this for most of the Extra Episodes, since it seems fun to do. Gonna specifically talk about Schezo and Serilly because...you know with everything going on, I think it's a nice start.

However, the scraps will become actual meals sooner or later because of two simple reasons. The first is that there's a whole video I'll translate that...has ALL 3 CHARACTERS...trading with Witch, starting next week, and that'll be Waku Puyo Extras Episode 4.

Yeah this girl really won't leave alone, its been like half a year of this stuff. Oh, what I do to translate. Oh and the video has Succubus too IG

Witch still is my 3rd favorite character though for the lunacy I've dealt with from her. Joking aside:

The REAL announcement:

About 2 weeks from now, I'll be trying my best to translate Arle's Route for this silly game.

That's right, I'm gonna do another Route that totally didn't take me 6 months to finish the main storyline. Waku Puyo Extras will still be real, trust me, but they'll be like filler episodes like in Dragon Ball, bits I release if the current video I'm translating is taking too long and/or if I just randomly feel like it. I will still also be doing minor Schezo Route stuff as well, and still take requests for all routes, so as usual, if you got a goofy screenshot to send me, DM me.

Big announcement away, it's time for the videos themselves, starting with:

Serilly Stuff:

...I did say I'm scraping for stuff. These things are so miniscule in the grand scheme that you could probably come to these posts just for the comedy act I try to put up.

The episode posted has been fully translated already, being Episode 3, for the record. Imma just translate the Serilly stuff.

But with that;

Timestamps: (...They're at the start of the video, but there's 2 different occasions, so...rip?)

Serilly 1: (0:05)

Serilly 2 (0:32)

...I wish I were kidding, it's that little. Lmao

With that out of the way, this marks the Readmore section of the post. Thanks for reading if you're not interested, and let's continue if you're enjoying this.

Serilly 1: (0:05)

Schezo:

This is such clean water, I can cleanse my heart there...

...Wait! What's a Dark Mage doing getting cleansed!?

Woman's Voice:

What're you doing here huffing by yourself?

Schezo:

Hm? I remember this voice from Water Paradise...

Serilly:

It's me, Serilly.

Schezo:

Oh, what're you doing here?

Serilly:

When I'm here, it feels like my mind and body are at ease.

Schezo:

...Yeah, seems like it.

Serilly:

I know, right?

(...And so, Schezo talked to Serilly for a bit.)

Schezo:

...I better get going.

Serilly;

Okay, but...come back soon!

Schezo:

Yeah, if I ever feel like it.

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Serilly 2:

Serilly:

Oh! Mr. Schezo!

Schezo:

Hey.

Serilly:

You're really here again!

Schezo:

(W-Why am I blushing!?)

Serilly:

???

(Schezo had a small chat with Serilly.)

Schezo:

...I'd better get going.

Serilly:

Okay, but...come back soon!

Schezo:

Yeah, if I feel like it.

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Yeah, so some speech repeats itself at the end, but hey, Schezo seems to enjoy her company, a rarity nowadays. I'll go deeper when the manga portion comes up but so far, that's what you're getting.

And now, The Rulue Stuff:

This goofy video here is actually Episode 6 of the translations I've done here. I just missed a single talk coming from Schezo and Rulue. (Not even Minotauros. Guy is just nothing now.)

I'm not gonna timestamp this one because it's a SINGLE interaction at the start. I promise I'll make this up somehow.

So, with that...here's the interaction.

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Rulue Interaction: (Start of the video)

Rulue:

Oh, you haven't given up your chase, have you?

Schezo:

Mind your own business. In fact, you should be the one to give up!

Rulue:

No more from you. That magical item will be mine.

Oh-ho-ho-ho, good luck on your wasted endeavors. (She says efforts here but...why not make her sound more sophisticated?)

Schezo:

That magic item will be useless for a meathead like you.

Yes, for the sake of the treasure, I cannot lose!

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And...that's all for the translations. Not much, but I'll compensate with the manga.

For those who are unaware, Waku Puyo has a manga that wildly differs from the story of the game. Lot of characters got redesigns, most notably Witch, Incubus and Honey Bee have a MUCH bigger role, Lagnus is real, and tags along with Arle, (I'll talk about that next Extras Episode.) and even some new faces.

Since the 10 image limit is goofy, I'm gonna limit myself to specific things about the Manga. Plan is:

Talk about Schezo and Serilly because there seems to be a lot with them going on in Waku Puyo as a whole. I'll also mention Honey Bee too.

Lagnus tagging along with Arle, along with a couple of goofy pages I found.

Maybe Rulue's side of stuff...? This one I'm iffy on right now so currently it's in the air.

Since I'm unfortunately incredibly committed to my work, I decided to translate the Serilly section of Volume 2 and 3 of the Waku Puyo Manga. (For the most part...)

Here's how it goes.

It actually starts with Serilly hearing noises from the lower floors and becomes nervous at that fact, hoping her only friend, Satan, will come to help her. Schezo and Honey Bee (his ally who has the hots for him,) find her and realize that during the fight with Suketoudara, he said that she isn't exactly a fighter, and they should try to reason with her.

Due to the 10 image limit, I'm skipping a good amount of pages and really showing off highlights. However, I'll explain the thing entirely. Here is the Google Drive with the Manga, courteously given by Puyo Preservation.

Schezo then tries to chase her, scaring her, and he grabs her arm, which leads to this page.

Honey Bee is pissed at the fact that they're holding hands and all that, meanwhile Schezo and Serilly are about as shocked. Serilly begins to actually sob, asking them to not bully her, while Schezo asks to give him the orb, and if she does, she won't get hurt. However, he's swinging his sword, which causes Serilly to get more nervous, leading to Schezo giving Bee his sword to not scare her off.

Surprisingly...it works. Serilly isn't as afraid as she was before, and Schezo asks if she know where the orb is, to which Serilly stutters a bit. For no reason, Honey Bee tries to threaten her, leading to Schezo hitting Bee away.

Serilly says they can't have the orb because her "friend," Satan, told her to guard it. Schezo gets mad at that, saying that a friend should be there for you, not be barking orders, and Bee herself adds onto that, saying that if he was her friend, why did he lock her in a room?

Unfortunately, Serilly says that she doesn't mind being locked here forever, as if she leaves, Satan will hate her, and she'll lose her only friend. She explains that she's never had a friend and was bullied all her life, so she doesn't want to risk it.

Finally, Schezo has enough and says that she Satan isn't her friend, and that he manipulated her, leading to a similar case of what happening during the game...Schezo giving therapy.

Honey Bee insults Serilly AGAIN for her actions, and Serilly sobs while saying she's sorry for everything, leaving Schezo speechless after smaking Bee away. (Unfortunately, 10 image limit. Won't be seen.)

However, the 3rd picture below is when Schezo tells her to stop crying and that he'll...be her friend, if only she gives up her unhappiness, which she agrees to.

The events are similar to the Game, even the part where Schezo thinks that he feels like he's preaching, and doesn't care if she's happy or not.

As Honey Bee basically insults her more, Suketoudara appears absolutely livid at what Schezo is doing to Serilly, and...basically tries to drown him. However, Serilly doesn't want to lose her new friend, so she rescues him, leaving Bee and Suketoudara shocked, even though Schezo had to save her too.

Leading to this.

This beautiful artwork.

Schezo knocks out Suke for a bit, and he and Serilly look at each other, before looking away, blushing, leading Bee to get upset with both of them, saying they probably flirted in the water.

Even though Bee is pissed at how Schezo is carrying Serilly, they're both ok, but Schezo sustained a injury to his forehead, which leads to Bee comically trying to wrap band-aids around him.

Suke wakes up, saying that was the first time he ever saw Serilly help someone like that, which even she's shocked by. Bee though, says that it's natural to help someone you care for. Serilly goes up to Schezo, and gives him the key to the orbs. After that, Schezo tells Suke to bring Serilly away from the place, which angers him, but agrees to, before Schezo and Bee walk away.

However, Serilly yells at them to stop, before asking Schezo if he'll meet with her again.

Shown below is Schezo saying yes, if he ever feels like it, much to Bee's chargin, before they set for the door...which has Incubus in it.

While it's just a section, it's a really, REALLY good section, and I feel like a writer/developer really wanted Schezo/Serilly to be real so they went all out here. And props to them, they did it well, and made some cool scenes.

With that...I believe this it the end. See you all next week.

Hope you enjoyed the show.

[thefinalcinderella]

As always thank you for the tsurune novel translation!

Btw have you finished reading the 3rd book or are you still reading while translating? I'm curious as what are your thoughts so far about the 3rd book? I personally think the 3rd book is really too jarring with the prior books and I wonder why. In addition to the sudden surge of new characters, I really can't tell where the plot is going nor what the author is actually aiming for or the focus of the book, which I can tell easily in the previous books. I also find it hard following the jumping train of thoughts in all the chapters so far, it's like every new plot is jumbled up and one storyline isn't even finished before it jumps to a whole new arc. Idk if it's just me who feels that way or not...or if this style of writing will continue to the end of the book so I'm curious to know what you thought as the translator. Thanks!

You basically summarized my thoughts on this novel! Honestly when I read the synopsis I was like "...so what's the book about?" and while slice of life novels can get away with having a loose plot, I feel like there should still be an arc or something like that. Tbh the author has a tendency to randomly jump topics or scenes in the earlier books as well, but it's a lot worse in this book.

My personal theory is that the author was compelled to put this book out in conjunction with the movie and S2. The publisher probably wanted to repeat their Violet Evergarden success, considering how the novels got a big boost with the release of the anime and movies. There's such a big gap between this book and v2 that I got the feeling that they didn't plan to write book 3 (I feel like book 2 had a somewhat open but satisfying ending). Tbh as I translated the novel I got the feeling that the author had no idea how to fill up 200+ pages bc they couldn't think of a plot so they put a lot of random stuff in the book and wrote them in a vignette-style, so you got chapters made up of separate scenes that are only tangentially related. Idk how to explain it but it feels like when I'm trying to bullshit my way through a 10 page essay and I don't have a lot of coherent arguments, so I just try to write a big single paragraph on each page so that I'm at least reaching the page count. I think adding so many new characters was also a way to fill up pages, although it's all moot if you don't use them well. Having Minato and the others jump all the way ahead to their second year (v2 ended in summer of their first year so it's a pretty big jump) was probably a way to justify introducing new students.

I haven't really read ahead, but I do know some of the scenes that happen later in the novel and they are just as random as the earlier scenes imo. I think the novel would have read better if it was structured more like a short story collection. It pretty much is one anyways and I feel like there's a lot of characters from the previous book that could have their own spotlight, and we could see the characters' pasts or something like that.

Anyways I hope if there is ever a book 4, the author would be given the time and help that they need to plot it well.

[fizzingwizard]

another house I've been working on...

This is what happens when you want to build a ranch... but you want to also make it kind of cool and modern... but also quirky and eco-friendly... and the sims living it are a weird mix of grunge and rancher and rock and roll... basically I was very indecisive, also there's a reason I usually stick to small houses lol. I like it for the most part but still a WIP.

was really fun to build a barn and stable, just wish I could properly get the cow in there (i did try with resizing and hiding the cow shed, but that trick is broken in my game. sometimes it works sometimes it keeps saying it's blocked) also the ceilings/ ceiling paint appear and disappear at will lol. still happy I could build a loft.

didn't take interior pics yet bc still working on it but I did cap these two rooms because they amuse me. the first is like the secret den where all the good honest hard-workin' ranchers go to play thrash metal at midnight lol. the walls are sound proof >_> and I just like this bedroom for my weird grungy emo girl. It's not what I wanted as a bedroom when I was a teenager, but idk, it was fun to put together.

it was fun to chill with sims so much this week. i gave myself eye strain and didn't do a lot of the other stuff I meant to do 0:) i do love the aesthetic in sims, i like to watch the shadows and light changing, the sound of birds and rain and rivers. seasons was the best pack XP

and im so happy we have sleeping bags now so we can sleep under the stars xD living vicariously through my sims

wanted to give sim!snufkin the new hat with the glorious feather but... it's even more gaudy than the other one. holds its shape too well and the brim is so flat (tho I like that it's broader). it's more important for snufkin's hat to be floppy than for it have a big feather. le sigh

as ive said my game is well and truly bugged. today, randomly, the firepit just stopped working. kept saying some interactions were blocked when they weren't. reset didn't help. also trying to mount a horse... every time the sim would get a little further, a little further, a little further... then poof, the game would teleport him and the horse back to just standing around. what worked with that was to move him and the horse to a different lot. suddenly they could ride no problem.

also I really love that all the animals interact with each other. the cat and sheep are always in the chicken coop. however I've encountered a problem with the sheep. with chickens, they're objects, and you can take care of them even if you're a visitor to the lot (ie they're not your chickens). horses count as a person, so you can't treat them the same, but you can cheat their needs if you have to. sheep, though, don't seem to have a way to cheat needs because they're objects. but unlike chickens, visiting sims can't take care of them. I went to visit a friend and found their sheep all dirty. I even got a pop-up saying the sheep was planning to run away and i was like what do you want me to do about it lol? there's no option for my sim to take care of a sheep that isn't theres. I don't get it.

[sauntering-down]

last night's dream took me back to seventh grade. naturally, this began with a bus ride. i was picked up at my normal junior/senior high bus stop, and then almost immediately disembarked when the bus turned the corner and braked halfway down the street i lived on; the stop there was for a boy in a wheelchair, and for some reason i thought i would be in the way, so i got off the bus? also i will note this was an ordinary bus with no wheelchair lift, and yet somehow this guy's aide pushed him up the steep steps and along the narrow aisle until they found a seat. i then got back on the bus, returned to my seat, and we went on to school. made zero sense, which really sums up the rest of this.

it was the first day of school, which in hindsight was a little weird as i'm pretty sure there was snow on the ground, but whatever. i arrived at my junior high school, got off the bus for real this time, and went inside. it didn't look too weird at the start. i didn't know where my locker was, as is usual in this sort of dream; however, i did remember where my actual IRL seventh-grade locker was located and just headed that way, figuring i'd try my actual IRL seventh-grade locker combination on all the lockers in the row across from my English classroom until i found the one that opened. foolproof plan... except there were no lockers there. across from the classroom was instead a rack of shelving. actually, there was a lot of shelving just beyond that point, stacked mostly with medication and makeup and other stuff you'd expect to see in like, a CVS. there were also some lockers scattered between the shelves. i walked around a bit, confused, met up with some other kids, and one of them said my locker assignment and combination should be on my schedule. i did actually have my schedule with me, but i'd inexplicably clipped it out of the paper so i only had the schedule, with none of the other information that was on the page. at this point i also had that moment of wait, i remember seventh grade, and my school did not look like this... okay, i'm dreaming, can i wake myself up?

idk if i managed it. if i did, i immediately fell back asleep and into the same dream. that said, most of the shelves were now gone, replaced with lockers in the correct places; i recall walking towards the row where my locker should have been, afraid to blink or look away in case it disappeared again. i was interrupted by one of the teachers - might have been the English teacher - who seemed to notice i was confused and asked what my first class was. i consulted my schedule and said it was Study Skills. that actually was my first class in IRL seventh grade - we all had to take a quarter of Study Skills, a quarter of ~Family and Consumer Sciences~ (aka home economics), and a semester of Technology (aka woodshop).

(proof i attended seventh-grade Technology class. still annoys me that cut in the A is so uneven. i should've gone through the side where it would have been shorter and easier for my unsteady hands.)

anyway. the teacher informed me that in order to get my locker assignment, i would actually need to go to the tables at the main entrance and sign in. that made sense to me, apparently, so off i went, now joined by another girl i knew in the dream... it might have been Carrie. we did as instructed, were assigned lockers, and then the man at the table told us to go over and get our textbooks too. now, this part was bizarre - in order to do this, we had to go through some kind of bookshelf maze, and i accidentally entered the wrong side and wound up at the end. there was a big poster there explaining how the color of the book you chose would be your 'team' for the year - there were like, twelve possible colors that were divided into four teams. IRL, in seventh and eighth grade you could be on one of three teams, chosen randomly (red, white, and blue - the first two were the high school's colors, the third because AMERICA!!!), and the only thing they affected was which set of math/English/science/social studies teachers you had that year. maybe this was the same? idk, each team was associated with a series of YA novels for some reason. i only recognized one and while it's something i dislike, i figured maybe i'd try to get that one because at least i was familiar with it... so, full of Forbidden Knowledge, i went around the bookshelf maze and found the proper entrance and went through. there was nobody else there, so it was quick; i found the end, where a teacher was waiting alongside a table with some books on it. she told me to choose the book with a protagonist who was basically the opposite of my own personality. a little bewildered, i looked at the books - i don't remember most of them, but i don't think any were real. one was about a kid who'd invented some kind of chess program, i think. there were notecards describing each book, kind of like the blurb you'd find on the back. half of them said nothing at all about the protagonists. i told the supervising teacher the only way i could really complete that task would be to read all of the books, and i'd never read any of them. she said to just guess (there were more kids waiting impatiently behind me) - then she asked me where i'd moved here from and i was like "uh, it's complicated" because on some level i was still aware i'd started seventh grade twenty-four years ago, lol. i picked one of the longer novels that sounded kind of interesting.

so next i asked about the textbooks, found out they were all digital now, and got really annoyed about that. i recall thinking that if i was redoing seventh grade, i wanted my actual 2001 seventh grade, not the Tiktok chatGPT bullshit of today!! but i moved on anyway, left the maze, looked at the poster again to see if i'd managed to land in the 'team' i wanted... but my book was marked with a bright red sticker that didn't match any of the colors on the poster. i stood there a while, trying to figure out if there'd been a mistake, if i was slightly colorblind, if the bright red team was the secret sinners' team for the kids who cheated... never found out, because i woke up then.

[beaversatemygrandma]

I've probably been watching way too much ghost investigating stuff lately, but i had an experience.

So necessary info first: back in high school, freshman or sophomore year, a close friend of mine got killed in a hit and run accident. She was walking down the road, a car veered towards her, hit her, and left her there on the side of the road. She was already braindead in the hospital and died later that night. It hits hard considering she was only 16. And bc I had a weird falling out with her maybe a few months earlier, we had just randomly stopped talking, and had literally met her a few days before this where she was making plans for us to hang out literally the weekend after this happened, it was hard for me to process it and I ended up skipping the funeral because it "would be awkward." Idk why, but my excuse is that I was 15 and I have bad object permanence. Still didn't quite hit that she was dead until her family moved away about 6 months later.

Either way: fast forward a bit over a decade. I'm driving down the road on the side of town that I don't really go all too much, but on a road that I've driven at least a handful of times in the last year. I'm on my way back home from helping a friend get some shit over to the college on that side of town and I'm stuck in a little bit of traffic. I'm in a good mood. Had a funky day at work. Spent a little time with a friend. Suddenly, this strong wave of sadness just hits me. I feel like I'm about to cry. The brake lights of the suburban in front of me turn on again and I have to stop. Again. After like 10 feet. It's weird. I feel weird. My chest is tight out of nowhere. I take my eyes off the car in front of me for a second and glance out the passenger side window. Directly centered in the window is the "In Memory Of" sign on the side of the road from the exact spot where this friend was killed. I never noticed this sign on this road before.

My car was right where she died.

My first reaction was to just ask as if she were sitting in the car beside me, because it quite literally felt like I wasn't alone at this point. "Girl, what the hell were you doing this far out in town?" and then immediately apologizing for not going to the funeral. The strange feeling then got stronger. My eyes actually teared up a bit. The car in front of me inched forward. As do I. It genuinely feels like she's sitting beside me in that seat. I swear I can smell that perfume mixed with the well water from her house, the way she smelled. I'm basically having this one sided conversation with her entirely alone in my car. And because the feeling wasn't fading, I stated "Do not attach to me. I don't need that right now. My car is already haunted by the dead guy I bought it from." (And not to mention the old ass silver and solid wood mirror I found at a yard sale last weekend that's in my trunk and gives me Vibes...) And the feeling fades from there. But it still feels like she's in the car until I turn off that road a couple miles up. The smell fades. I'm alone again.

I just sigh as if a certain weight was removed from me and start thinking about how we definitely would've gotten closer around graduation time. Our friend groups would have had crossover at that point and similar interests. Like she'd be 27 now and we would've been partners in crime around the time i was about 19. At least by judging what she was getting into at about 16. ...There's a certain song that makes me think of her that's been in my head since this happened. And I haven't listened to that song since all of that happened because it hits me just that hard bc of her. When I'm Gone by Eminem. Sounds stupid, I know. But that song makes me Cry. That song felt like it was speaking to her and it was her favorite song. Eminem has a daughter mentioned in that song with the same name as her and it felt personal. She never knew her father and it felt like he was for a bit of that.

This had the same strange feeling as when we ended up meeting a few days before she died and she was saying that we should hang out again soon. Felt like a reconnection offering. I really wish we could reconnect. I really do.