#if they did that...oh man....it would be a game changer

[passmethatcokezero]

hot and bothered... (18+ // woozi!friends with benefits au) pt. 2

- jihoon x fem!reader - 4.4k words - warnings: smut. minors dni! bff!woozi is hot and bothered at work so bff!you came to the rescue, here comes the hoo-haa!, penetration, mention of pills (ALWAYS use protection!), overstimulation, loud af on bed!jihoon (we love a moaning and whimpering man) goshwhy is needy Jihoon so hot, friends-to-lovers (almost), some fluff here and there. enjoy! - tagging: @cherrylovescheol @syluslittlecrows

[ part one ]

The clothes that once added a sense of thrill to your heated session were now flying across the room. No more game-changers or whatnot, there is a mutual craving to be satisfied and you both wanted it now.

Albeit having your patience tested by the journey home, the kiss you two shared has never been this innocent and slow (not like you two have had so many.) This time felt like something in the air had just shifted, and you two were savoring the newfound connection. His weight on top of yours, lightly, careful not to crush you. Slightly suffocating as your mouth is being occupied but still bearable, it even makes you feel safe and comfortable. Your hands softly treading through his hair until you found a spot to tug onto as he deepens the kiss, dipping his now bare hips to the bare yours.

The hint of contact of his hardened cock to your dripping pussy had you arching your back, almost pulling his hair as you unintentionally broke the kiss. He smirked, trying to hide the hiss he just made and how the contact almost had him exploding as well. You were too wet for his sanity, and he knows it’s because of him, and now only for him.

“So… how would you like to be fucked tonight, princess?”

You choked, almost wanting to slap him for making you laugh, or maybe you weren’t used to him actually calling you princess in ways other than snarky, when he only called you that to mock you for your bratty tendencies.

“I’d like to make it quits. You made me feel like royalty earlier.” He kisses your neck down to your chest.

“Actually, I don’t mind the tempo right now.” You had your eyes close, trying to feel the trail of kisses his supple lips leave onto your shivering skin. “Just don’t tease too much or—”

“Or what?” he smirks once again, this time being a full-time menace, rubbing his dripping tip against your wet folds.

“Fuck you,” you glared at him with hooded eyes, brows furrowed from annoyance mixed with lust. “Fuck you, Jihoon.”

“My pleasure, princess.”

Jihoon cannot stop thinking, does edging turn you on? Or you just wanted to take your time? He knows he isn't your first. You had told him about the guy you met in college, a total bastard who left some cash the next morning and a rather sweet note of thanks as if it could console your shattered ego. Or that selfish one who only fucked you for quick satisfaction. And this woman who made you feel so good you almost had a thing for scissors until you realized it was just a spur of the libido confusing your sexuality.

But Jihoon, he never told you he actually never had sex. The workaholic never had a relationship, but somehow you had always thought he must have been getting laid because how on earth could he subtly refer to making love on some of his lyrics if has not had one? The only thing you knew about his sex life was how he actually had his own moments most of the time, just like how he confessed in the studio earlier. Oh and that one time you gifted him a fleshlight as a payback for gifting you a vibrator on your eighteenth birthday because you imposed on him and your group of friends that you will only be accepting useful things for your birthday from then on (that was the first time he called you princess, by the way).

His hand made its way to your abdomen down to your mound, even though his dick was itching to just finish the night off. But like what he said, it’s his pleasure to give you a royalty treatment tonight.

His finger did not need much time to tease your opening, and slips right into your hole with ease. “Jihoon-ah…” you whimpered his name, as his mouth met yours after telling you how tight you were.

His slender finger creating friction with your hole was enough to send you into a moaning mess while his mouth conquers your chest, giving both nipples attention as equals as he can.

“So wet, for me.” Indeed, he was right. You must like edging and keeping your release until you cannot anymore. What a naughty princess, he thinks. Another finger joins in, knowing one cannot stretch you out to his size. 

Jihoon’s is thick, there’s no denying you had your fair share of curiosity about it since you have seen a hint of it when he wears his favorite sweatpants. But of course, you wanted to remain wholesome so you just shrug away some unthinkable thoughts that once crossed your mind, at least that was before the first kiss you two shared. Ever since then, there had been a few times you allowed yourself to think about him when you were horny because, how would it feel, having that kind of feisty relationship with someone you hold close?

“Aren’t you a little too tight?” Beads of sweat were already forming on his forehead and you were unsure if he was just exerting a lot of effort fingering you, or maybe holding himself from jumping into you. He retracts his hand and kisses you again, before slipping his fingers coated in your juice straight into his mouth. He moaned into a lip bite. How come you tasted so sweet, just like how he must have imagined?

He was really down bad and aching for you he did not have any idea he just said that out loud.

“You’ve thought of me?”

“What? Did I…?”

You chuckled at how his eyes went wide, “Yes, you just said that out loud.”

“God I’m fucked…” He mumbled under his breath.

“You can have more,” you told him, widening your legs which signalled him to get in between and he did not waste time thinking if you really just said that, just like how he did not catch himself saying his thoughts out loud.

His mouth was warm, making you feel things and even questioning yourself if you’re doing something so sinful right now, having someone not your boyfriend eating you out while you were arching your back and moaning his name out loud for your neighbors to hear. You can’t help it, his tongue was so good flicking your clit and playing with your hole while sending vibrations through his moans, all the while staring at you with hooded eyes like was trying to engrave that image of you writhing under his spell in his mind to become a memory he would like to go back to anytime he wanted to. Oh, you’re just so glad he is just married to his work and nobody else. 

There were tears in your eyes already, trying to hold back the impending release. He was just so naturally talented at eating you out that you did not realize you were humping his mouth wanting for more. Jihoon, who has been really attentive throughout the night, tried to increase intensity when he heard your moans pitching higher, turned airy as if you were losing your voice to the nirvana you surrendered yourself into.

“Jihoon, I’m close… fuck…” his fingers once again made contact with your hole, fucking your spot as his tongue focused its pressure on your clit. The stimulation was too much taht you began seeing white at the back of your eyes, and not long enough you were clenching around his fingers.

“Go on, come for me,” amid the clouding of your hearing, you heard Jihoon’s voice sounded hoarse, which made you feel even hotter causing you to squirm and finally release your cum.

He was quick to slurp you clean of your release, humming at every sip as if it was his favorite drink. Not even coke zero can make him moan the way your taste quenches his thirst for you.

He then wipes his mouth with his arm, “I can have that all day,” he hisses and proceeds to make your mouth his again, tasting yourself in the process. It was wild, you thought, you’ve never really tasted your own even though you had been curious before. And now you just had to, straight from your friend’s delectable tongue.

The kiss once again turns somewhat slow, as you calm yourself from your high while he preserves his energy for perhaps another round if you’re not too tired enough. Anyway, his cock is still hard. It's like a never-ending cycle now because you wanted him to come, a testament to the kind of relationship you have—a very generous one. 

“I like how you kiss me…” you blurted all of a sudden. “They feel like… confessions I have never gotten.”

His eyes meet yours, a gaze like a thousand stars have been sucked inside it. It was one you’ve rarely seen him with, one which only comes out when he talks about how proud he is of the current song he is working with, or that one time you two had hours of debate over the best animes you have ever watched.

“Never gotten? Or never taken?” he wanted to ask, rhetorically that is, but his lips never moved, nor his voice made even a minute of a sound. He’d rather kiss you again, and tell you more of the words that had stayed hidden behind the walls of his mouth. He’d rather have his tongue tied for now, if it means with yours and let his actions speak. Even if you won’t still get it.

He liked the way you kissed him too, if only he could tell. He liked how your mouth synchronizes with his, and moves in perfect harmony. He liked how you get sloppy sometimes when you are trying to catch your breath, or how you adjust when it is him who gets messy because his mind just can’t control his speed. Or how you moan inside his mouth, warm breath enveloping his wet cavern that sends electricity throughout his body. He liked the way his tongue fights for dominance with yours, but even more so when they’re just simply dancing to the rhythm of his heartbeats.

Lost in thoughts, he did not realize you had him toppled over until he felt your hand over his chest, and your damp folds grazing against his girth.  “Ah fuck…” both of you chorused, making him chuckle.

“If you want it so bad…”

“Yeah, acting as if you weren’t the one who almost broke my door coming here.” you rebutted, rolling your eyes.

“It got stuck!”

“It’s extra protection!”

“Oh shit, now that you said it” he suddenly perks up, “I almost forgot,” he says squandering about to get to his pants, flailing to the air a foil packet he had been keeping in his wallet. 

“Are you sure that thing is not expired?”

He scoffs as he makes his way back to bed, “actually, maybe.” he checks the packet and to his horror, it has been way past due. “Yeah yeah, way to slap me in the face. Thanks, universe.”

“Sorry I didn’t mean to laugh, oh my gosh.” you were almost brought to tears by the comedic timing of it all. He really had not gotten laid. Poor boy, everyone knows he very much deserved it considering he had been busy his entire life.

“I have pills, don’t worry.” his face lights up, but it is still evident how annoyed he was at the situation.

“I’m sorry, I… I won't forget next time…” and then his own words struck him. “Shit, I mean—”

You chuckled at the flushing of his face. He looked so embarrassed, you did not have the heart to tease him anymore assuming there would be more sexy encounters after today. Besides, you’ve been craving for some action now.

“You know I can always keep you company—that is until I get myself a boyfriend,” you pulled him close, as you settled underneath him, head nested in between his two arms that support his weight.

His eyes once again turned soft, as one hand began tracing your cheek, trailing to the back of your ear. “I think… I know someone,” nose scrunching while smiling ear to ear, his eyes turned crescent at his own words, cringing at what sounded like a hard-sell.

“Oooh, I’d like to meet him,” your smirk drowns in the kiss that once again began, while his body shifts so that his tip aligns with your entrance. Your knees instinctively wrap around his waist. 

“I’m going in, “ he says in courtesy when he had his head right in your opening, making both of you gasp for air. You didn’t even ask for it but nonetheless had you melting for his consideration, especially when he adds, “You wanted it slow, right?”

And with your nod, he goes in painfully slowly that gradually leaves you in pleasure. He was hard and thick, your hole contracting to his size as it delicately found its way inside. It was your first time for so long you forgot dicks can get this big. You clung onto him, while his mouth rested just by your ears, whispering sweet nothings to comfort you.

He kisses you passionately as your warmth envelopes him whole, taking time for you to adjust. He was a perfect fit inside, as if his cock was molded out of your hole, and it's driving you crazy the breathy moans just wont stop coming out of your lungs. You slowly opened your eyes and it was met by his, looking intently at your face with the same thought plastered on his face: you want him just as much as he wants you—both your eyes tell, no words needed. 

He began moving his hips in long thrusts to initiate his rhythm. Mouths hovering over another, catching each others’ breaths as your hips met his. “Fuck,” he curses under his breath as he increases his speed as well as the depth of his thrust. “You feel so, so good.”

Jihoon was just as loud as you are, if not louder. You kinda liked it, a man moaning to his pleasure, not afraid to admit how needy he can be nor stingy for reactions. And you had to admit, it just turned you on even more. 

“Jihoon… fuck… you’re so hot.” 

Jihoon, feeling the rush of wetness from inside you and also hearing his name through your whimpers, was going insane stopping himself not to pound onto you, drilling into your hole until you were begging for mercy. You were just so wet that it makes it so much easier to thrust inside deeper and faster, but he can save it for another time. For now, you were his princess, he keeps reminding himself. He’s got orders to fulfill, unless you amend it yourself, he will gladly obey.

“You’re so fucking wet… and tight… fuck.” he trailed the last word as he increased his intensity unknowingly, which you didn’t mind. 

“Harder… please…” 

He follows suit, pulling far and pushing deep into you in perfectly timed intervals. He definitely got rhythm, perks of being a composer, you thought, you have to tell him that later as a compliment.

“Like that, oh sh- ahh…” you cannot even form words anymore, the way he makes you feel so good was almost inconveniencing the wiring of your brain. Your body now sprawled on the bed, no other movements, just your back arching and…

And your fingers interlaced with his.

The scene felt like two passionately infatuated people making love. You two were connected south of your heated bodies, but that did not seem enough for him; he had to lock his free hand with yours just by his chest.  Heck you did not even notice how he planted kisses on the back of your hand when you were busy trying to savor how inch by inch your hole gets filled.

He is great in bed, you gotta admit, and he can be romantic as well. Why was he single again?

“I… I think I’m…” close. He knows. He felt you clenching around him.

“Yeah,” he speeds up, as he can feel him coming too. “Together?”

You nod mindlessly, gasping at the speed he is now going. The pitch ofn his moans went higher, almost sounding like a cry. The thrusting went on not long before both of you finally climaxed in unison. His forehead rests on yours, hand on your cheeks and weight slumped onto you as he rides out your high. He’d like to believe that got him tired, but not exhausted. He can definitely go for rounds given he gets rest for a while, if he gets permission that is.

He groans as he pulls himself out, a decision which gained a whine from you. The guy just chuckles as he pumps himself dry. The view looked mesmerizing, him with an afterglow, sweaty in full glory, and face contorting to pleasure accompanied by guttural moans he did not try to suppress even a bit. You imagined, does he look like that, flushed in red, shining from the little light inside the room, when he touches himself?  You thought there's nothing sexier than a JIhoon who is fully immersed in his projects. Well, you just have gotten corrected.

You leaned into him, feeling his breath touch your lips. Your eyes still hooded from your release, and you’re still a bit sensitive but damn, you’re craving for more.

“You look hot like that,” you just had to say it. There’s nothing to lose in being honest in words and in action, right?

“Uh-huh, how’s that for a boyfriend?”

“I’d love it,” You bit your lips, standing on your knees to straddle him in between. Your eyes are still hooded, and your hole sensitive. But damn, your friend over here just looked a little too irresistible and you just craved for more.

You sat on his thigh as your mouth found its way to his neck, hitting that sweet spot of his right off the bat. He was hissing at the contact, leaning backwards with support of his one arm. “No way… You’re going to make me hard again in no time.”

That’s exactly what you were aiming for. The night has just started anyway. Might as well spend the whole time enthusiastically riding out fantasies. Jihoon himself had too many of them. He got advantage, he need not think hard and just live the dream. Daydeams, rather.

The guy cannot believe he is not gonna touch his fleshlight tonight. You were here right on top of him, making out as you went down on him, reaching the twitching target that was just gaining filled up yet again.

Your tongue traced his shaft from its base, maintaining eye contact with him. He tried so hard to keep it, but failed because your naughty tongue makes it difficult for him to. The process was all too familiar, you had your own practices at this very mattress accompanied by your dildo when you’re alone. The fascinating thing now is that you witness it grow right in front of your eyes as you give your full attention to it.

“How are you so good at this—hmmphhfuck!” His brows are furrowed and mouth hanging wide, obviously having the time of his life watching your mouth take him in whole. He has gone full erect in no time after bucking his hips for a few seconds and then deciding he misses your pussy around him.

“Come here baby,” he pulls you for a kiss, with your knees automatically straddling him in between. It was like he had been away for a long time the way your arms wrapped around his shoulder, kissing him deeper. Your throbbing wet folds full of arousal was resting against his pulsating girth, making you moan in between kisses.

“Fuck, I can’t get enough of you,” his kisses went sloppy as he goes into your neck, and also your chest, giving your erect nipples more attention it deserves.

“God… I need you too, Jihoon-ah…. I need more please….”

You did not need to beg, but hearing it with your needy voice and lustful eyes had him acting from adrenaline, pulling your body closer, groping you as if you would even run away from his arms. His cock was poking your entrance by then, and you let yourself sink on it almost immediately without warning.

“Fuck!” screamed halfway through, when Jihoon himself thrusted up so he can fill you in, albeit he himself is still a bit sensitive.

The sting was quick to be washed out by sensual gratification as the overstimulation picked up your pace when you began riding him. 

“Holy shit,” tears well up in your eyes, as you writhe in pleasurable pain. Jihoon too was moaning out loud, gaining his momentum in thrusting upwards as fast as he could. Your bodies were clinging into each other, sweats mixing and skin slapping, but nothing matters. Not the sound of pattering rain drops outside the window, nor the volume of your moans that may have already reached the maximum your walls can hide, not even the creaking of the bed that has reached the floorboards. Only the pleasure you share is important right now, and nothing should come in between.

“Hold it, please…” Jihoon spoke in behind his gritted teeth when he felt you clenching around him. “Please… just….a little bit more…” He goes on thrusting, losing his rhythm once in a while due to his greed in taking his precious time with your clenched pussy.

You can feel him holding his release as well through his flexed thigh muscles and his eyes shut tight. “Fuck I dont wanna cum yet… i dont wanna cum… please….”

You were already shaking your head, arms hugging him tight to support yourself. His moans suddenly dips as he chokes on his own, and then gradually changes into whimpers like he is the neediest person in town.

“Ji… I can’t….hold it—” exhaling a breathy moan, you squirmed in his arms, head falling down his shoulder while panting heavily from your release. Jihoon came simultaneously, filling you up as he stayed inside for a while, catching his breath to its normality. Both pulsating and sensitive, no one dared to move a single muscle.

It took a while when one of you was consciously looking for the other’s lips. It was a simple kiss, a short one, but holds a lot of words he’s been meaning to tell you. He cooes, your name sweetly slipping off his drying throat.

“Hmm?” you hummed, as you rested your forehead against his, letting his hand cup your cheeks. 

“What do you think?”

You chuckled at his words. He is insufferable. He really can’t wait until you’re all cleaned up and cozy? 

“Actually, save it. I gotta clean up my princess before anything else.”

If there was an award for being the most outstanding service of an aftercare, Jihoon would have another plaque to be displayed somewhere not in his studio. It was a premium experience, even getting warm towels for the both of you before submerging you in a hot, bubble bath, complete with aromatherapy applying your lavender-scented lotion all over you right after. Stepping out of the bathroom in robes, he goes straight to your kitchen, you following him behind. He insisted actually, he wanted you to stay comfortable in your room, but you figured you did not need that right now. You just enjoyed his company way too much tonight, and you can’t seem to find another spot at home comfortable unless he was right beside you.

He prepares you a cup of warm tea just as how you preferred while he picks some drink available in your fridge.

“Banana milk? Are you sure? I’ve got juice over there.”

“Yeah, this is fine.”

“Sorry, no soda.” you shrugged with an apologetic smile.

You were sitting at the high chairs by your mini bar, with him by the edge as he pokes the carton with the straw. You stared at him for a moment, head full but no thoughts being formed.

“Ah, you were asking earlier,” you broke the stare before he senses it. “I’d be honest with you and say, that was probably the best sex I have ever had so far.”

“Pfft,” he laughs, without looking at you, trying to hid the blush forming on his cheeks. Too bad you can see his ears reddening. “Yeah?”

“Yeah…” at this point you were trying to calm the butterflies that started fluttering inside your stomach, distracting yourself as you dunk the teabag in the fully saturated cup of water. What is this sudden, stupid feeling in your gut? “Gotta give credit to your musicality. You’ve got a perfect rhythm. Oh and how your moans harmonized with mine. It literally sounded like music. You were also good with your mouth, and how you touch me. Attentive as well, the entire night. And the aftercare was a total royal treatment! And uhm…” you paused when you realized you were just babbling, staring at the ripples created by swirling the teaspoon in your tea. “Oh my gosh… sorry I got carried away.”

“No it was fine, I think I also wanted to hear that. Like a feedback you know,”

“for reference next time, huh?”

He chokes on his drink, dipping his head down in embarrassment. “No I mean…”

“I am looking forward to it,” you muttered cutting his words, as your eyelashes fluttered, feeling a bit tired yet relaxed.

He looks at you in full adoration, and a hint of boosted ego. God, why are you the most beautiful person in the world and why is he lucky to have you this close to him? Even looking forward to next time?

“I do too. I actually think we’re compatible in bed…” he says rather shyly in reference with what you told him earlier. 

“Right…” you trailed. He meets your eye almost a millisecond long (short), and goes to sip his beverage until it’s empty. He breathes deeply, as he disposes of the trash all the while avoiding any contact with your eyes as he came back, not able to hide how he suddenly feels so nervous around you right now. You can’t help but shake your head. Gosh, Jihoon, can’t you be any more dense than this?

“We do seem compatible, no?” you continued, waiting for him to look at you again. He does, revealing the blush that never left his face, and your next words deepens its hue even more.

“...how’s that for a girlfriend?”

hope you enjoyed this as much as i did writing it! ^^ here's the prequel because we need it!!!

[naomijoestar]

I have an idear if you may 😌

La Squadra with a person who has a healing stand BUT the Stand is like a giant version of one of those microwaveable plushies (with its own heating ofc) so you can get cozy and healed at the same time :3

Masterlist here <3

I love this so much omg! I loved writing this especially because we usually see most of la squadra’s members with a tough exterior but this shows their soft side instead <3 I hope you enjoy!

La Squadra with a member who has a healing stand that takes the form of a giant warm plushie

Risotto Nero

Risotto was not the kind of man to indulge in creature comforts. The others joked that he’d never even touched a pillow before. Yet, after a mission where he’d taken a bullet to the shoulder, you decided he didn’t have much of a choice

“You don’t need to—” he started, his deep voice gruff and serious, but you were already calling your Stand to his side. The plush appeared, draping itself over him like a weighted blanket. Its heat seeped into his muscles as it began to heal his injury

Risotto froze, clearly unsure how to react. For a moment, you wondered if he was going to shove it away, but then he let out a slow, almost inaudible sigh

“… It’s efficient,” he said finally, as though trying to convince himself more than you. He remained completely still while the plush did its work, though his sharp eyes occasionally darted around the room, clearly worried someone would catch him looking… cozy

“You can relax, you know,” you teased lightly

“I am relaxed,” he deadpanned, his monotone voice betraying nothing. But the slight way his fingers curled into the plush’s fur told a different story

Formaggio

Formaggio was the team’s class clown, so it was no surprise that he latched onto your Stand immediately

“I’m telling you, this thing is a game-changer,” he declared one evening, sprawled dramatically across the couch with your Stand draped over him. “You could open a spa. We’d make more money than assassinations.”

“Or you could stop using my Stand like it’s your personal pillow,” you retorted, though you couldn’t hide your grin

“C’mon, you know you love me,” he said, giving you a cheeky wink

The plush shifted slightly to rest more firmly against his side, and Formaggio practically purred. “Ahhh, this is the life. Prosciutto needs to lighten up and give this thing a shot.”

Melone

Melone treated your Stand like it was the most fascinating experiment he’d ever encountered

“This is incredible,” he murmured, lying flat on the floor while the plush wrapped itself around his legs like a giant heating pad. “The way it generates heat… Does it tap into thermal energy? Or is it biochemical? Fascinating…”

You chuckled, watching him poke and prod at the Stand’s fur with an almost childlike wonder. “You’re overthinking it, Melone. Just enjoy it.”

“Oh, I am enjoying it,” he said with a blissful smile. “I’m just imagining the possibilities. Perhaps we could develop a combat application! Imagine this thing smothering an enemy—healing them, sure, but leaving them too cozy to fight back!”

“I’m pretty sure that’s not how it works,” you said, but Melone wasn’t listening. He was too busy rambling about lavender-infused knockout tactics

Prosciutto

Prosciutto was the hardest to crack. “A professional doesn’t need… fluff,” he’d said with disdain when he first saw your Stand

But one day, after a mission had left him with a pulled muscle in his back, you caught him eyeing the plush. He tried to walk it off—straight-backed and prideful as ever—but eventually, he relented

“Fine. Do what you must,” he said, sitting stiffly on the couch

The plush appeared, immediately wrapping around his shoulders. You saw his posture relax by about half an inch

“You’re good at this,” he said quietly after a while. “Don’t let it go to your head.”

You didn’t miss the way his hand briefly rested on the plush, almost like a pat of approval

Pesci

Pesci loved your Stand from the moment he saw it

“It’s so… cute!” he exclaimed, wide-eyed. “Can I—uh, does it, you know… work on stress too?”

You laughed. “Stress? Pesci, do you have stress?”

“Well, Prosciutto’s been on me a lot lately, and my shoulders are really stiff,” he mumbled, rubbing the back of his neck

The plush appeared, settling over his shoulders like a heated cape. Pesci’s eyes widened, and he let out a soft, high-pitched sigh that sounded suspiciously like a kitten purring

“Th-this is amazing!” he stammered. “I feel like I could nap forever!”

“Glad to know I’m running a daycare,” you teased, ruffling his hair

Illuso

Illuso was too cool for your Stand—at least, that’s what he claimed

“That thing’s ridiculous,” he sneered. “What assassin needs a stuffed animal to coddle them?”

But when he twisted his ankle after a particularly bad fight, he had no choice but to hobble over to you

“This doesn’t mean I like it,” he growled as the plush enveloped his foot, the heat easing the pain almost instantly

“Of course not,” you said, biting back a smile

Illuso glared at you, but the way he slumped back into his chair betrayed his secret relief. You caught him muttering under his breath, something suspiciously like, “Stupid thing’s too soft…”

Ghiaccio

“I don’t need that fluffy nonsense,” Ghiaccio declared loudly. “Do you think I’m some kind of child who needs a blankie?!”

You raised an eyebrow. “You’re limping.”

“No, I’m not!” he snapped, which was a blatant lie

Without waiting for permission, you summoned the plush, and it tackled him like an overenthusiastic dog. Ghiaccio yelped, flailing as it wrapped around him

“Get this thing off me!” he barked—until the warmth kicked in. His expression softened immediately, though he quickly scowled again to cover it up

“… Fine. It’s not terrible,” he grumbled, crossing his arms

You smirked. “I’ll take that as a compliment.”

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[castlebyersafterdark]

Hello babes ❤️😊 I often journal about my day to day, and do a lot of write-ups about major events, things weighing on my mind, or retrospectives. The turning of the New Year is as good an event as any to write and reflect, so I'm posting a CastleByersAfterDark themed journal online to my dear blog to start off 2025. Thoughts, thanks, and resolutions/goals:

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The last year has been such a game changer. I wasn't having very much fun online anymore which was bothersome for me, since fandom and nerding out over stuff I'm into has been one of main hobbies since I was really young. I still was massively invested in Stranger Things but felt stagnant and burnt out as all I was doing was scrolling and reading and was kinda bored. Found a few blogs on the "spicy" side and the gossip side and lurked with intrigue and envy. Tired of watching and never interacting, I created The Castle and joined all the fine folks I admired. My maelstrom of an imagination finally had a place to process and settle again.

This blog took on a life of its own - where I thought I would use it to simply track ideas for wips and maybe converse with other writers, I never anticipated this interactive space where we can all hang out and chat and share secrets and be totally open at our pseudo, perpetual sleepover online with friends both named and anonymous, from all over the globe. The content might get strange or emotional or filthy or silly here, but I never feel alone in letting my nerdom or freak flag fly and I hope many of you feel the love I certainly feel here and enjoy joining in and doing the same. Fandom feels a lot different than it did when I was thirteen years old, but this corner of the fandom has captured that old school magic. Creativity and freedom and connection.

In 2025, I look forward to this wonderful show we love airing and getting to experience the final season after immense anticipation. I eagerly await watching our beloved Will and Mike play out their beautiful storyline on screen. I am excited for all of the mysteries to unravel and finally be understood and to discover which theories were correct and what none of us could have predicted. I'm anticipatory about seeing a slow burn romance play out and pay off between two boys in an unexpected era and to feel joy and catharsis from a storyline I did not expect in a mainstream show. I look forward to the fun and peace to follow once the truth is finally known without a shred of doubt. I don't plan on going anywhere. Going to be a long year. And nebulous time after. Looking forward to continuing to theorize and draft ideas and hear visions and gab about the actors and Byler. I have so many stories to post. Incredibly happy to be here hanging out with yall. ❤️🫂🫶

REALITY

Something... major... happened to me this past year. Hmm. Wonder what that was? Oh, right. That man of mine decided I'm ok enough and put a ring on it. Hahaha I kid, you all know by now that we are madly in love 😉 2025 I will be married! Gosh. It's been months. Still cannot believe.

We're getting married in the summer and I'm also leaving the country for the first time for our honeymoon. Excited, nervous, filled with joyous anticipation. I always wanted to be someone's boyfriend - check. Found my absolute perfect person and we've helped each other become better people and be the best versions of ourselves. Soon, I will be and have a husband which is the most surreal thing, to have each found our The One, our soulmate. Mentally, I'm telling teenage me "you'll never believe what happens - everything you dream about comes true. Hold on for me, bud." 💙💙

RESOLUTIONS/GOALS

Write more. FINISH writing projects. Stay creative. Practice practice practice art. Continue to strive to be kind. And be kinder to myself. Be more present in real life and ensure time spent on hobbies is time spent worthwhile. Have fun and stay out of discourse. Never stop learning and enjoying the pursuit of knowledge.

Follow the colors as mantra. 🏳️‍🌈 Sex 💗 life ❤️ healing 🧡 sunlight 💛 nature 💚magic and art 💙 serenity 💜 spirit 💖 PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL FOR 2025 😘😘😘

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Most Unhinged Dropout Cast Member Poll Bracket!!!

Hello! I'm home sick and I'm bored and I've decided to entertain myself by making a poll bracket to determine who amongst the Dropout TV cast is the most unhinged!

Of course, however you choose to define "unhinged" in your voting is up to you, but some things I would consider are these: Do they occasionally (or frequently) behave in ways you've never seen another human being behave? Would they do or say absolutely anything to commit to a bit? When they appear on an episode of a Dropout show, is your first thought "oh dang, this is gonna be a WILD time?" If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, this person might just be a bit unhinged.

I have included 32 cast members to make a nice and tidy bracket - I apologize if you don't see someone you like, obviously there are WAY more than 32 people who at least semi-regulargly appear on Dropout. I did my best to pick a good bunch. The pair-ups are random so anyone can be pitted against anyone! I plan on posting 4 polls a day and each poll will last a week. Once round 1 polls are done I'll get started on round 2! The last thing I'll note before getting these polls started is that I have elected to omit Sam Reich from the running, because the more I thought about it, the more I realized that it's really unfair to pit anyone against the man who came up with Game Changer. (Sam is Unhinged Georg)

Now, without further ado, let's get round 1 started!

[mahomadjicks]

Been seeing some posts about the Q and A the clash writing team did and man…

((WARNING: light rant below; mostly me rambling about worldbuilding aaaa))

I’m not fond of what the writing team wants to do, especially since it seems like they’re hyper-focusing on the kudos/street managers. It’s this section in particular that’s got me thinking and worried.

MAN does this phrase here have a lot of food for thought. Not just because of the horror fanfic i’m making, but now things clearly seem to be taking a large turn into the ‘Manager-focused plot’ I feared Clash would write themselves into.

Idk. The way i’m thinking about it, it’s a bit self destructive writing wise for suits to be in inherent ‘tiers’. (Grunt cogs have less personality/free will than managers, ete.)

If one of the goals is to show how COGs Inc exploits and mistreats their workers, isn’t it shooting yourself in the foot saying ‘COGs inc is a horrible company to ALL its workers’, but then turning to say ‘oh yeah, all those cogs aren’t as sentient compared to THESE ones’—

Like, in the case of ‘grunt’ cogs, wouldn’t these cogs be the ‘ground zero’ of the atrocities the company commits? Literally built for one purpose in life, in a cycle of being destroyed and rebuilt constantly without any say or agency. Being held under the thumb of a dubious company that in all technicality owns you, so you can’t really leave unless you’re fired?

If the grunt cogs were just as self preserving and sentient as the managers, then the message would be hammered in better. THEY’d be the ones constantly put under all the pressure for virtually nothing. Instead, the writing team has introduced the dilemma of ‘who is aware/deserving of company rights’.

If these (grunt) suits are inherently ‘lesser’ than their manager counterparts, then it changes the gravity of the situation from ‘discriminatory company practices’ to ‘changing a piece of machinery.’ No real loss, and its business as usual. The very problem i’d imagine the writing team wants to warn and help players to recognize in the story.

While not treated much better, it’s been shown/implied that manager cogs (specifically kudos/street and Litigation) get a lot more benefits and free time than anyone else besides bosses.

Removing personality/preservation from ‘grunt’ suits changes this element in the story from ‘They have higher positions, thus better work benefits,’ to ‘They get those benefits because they KNOW that they have them in the first place.’

In general, lot of the managers seem to have the luxury of being built without a specific company in mind, having childhoods, and ultimately CHOOSING to work at COGs Inc. Many seem to forget the whole reason the kudos/street managers were hired in the first place was in response to Atticus Wing’s death.

They weren’t randomly ‘dropped in’, and now the story needs to be changed to accommodate them. There already was an explicit reason, and it doesn’t seem to conflict with any manager lore after the fact. Why bend over backwards to force them into the story rewrites more?

I understand the managers are super popular, and have been a game changer in terms of story and gameplay, but I honestly feel they’re also blinding people in terms of prior lore and potential lore avenues. There’s no need to break the story/lore further to make the ‘special’ cogs even more ‘special’.

At the end of the day, I get the writing team wants to add more flavor, and I commend them for doing all this for free! Writing isn’t easy, and this isn’t me hating on them at all. I’m just not fond of this manager-centric mindset gripping people. I’m certainly looking forward to all the future content they wish to add, specifically rewrites in toon NPCS.

Anyway just had this in the back of my mind for a minute, feel free to throw in your two cents if ya like.

[darthbecky726]

daredevil born again 1x08

daredevil born again spoilers below!! heres my live episode thoughts!

why are we circling around a roseeeeee

is this gonna be foggys funeral?? oh no its prison thats interesting

POINDEXTER WHEN I CATCH YOUR BUM ASS FUCKING DEX I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD IF YOURE ABOUT TO GET OUT ON GOOD BEHAVIOR

I CANT BELIEVE I LET MYSELF FORGET WHO THE VILLAIN IS THIS WHOLE TIME I SWEAR

gen pop??? why?!?!!!!

i really love this theme song like actually

im watching this episode so late tonight, its like 2245 and usually i watch it as soon as it releases but i was finishing watching the game changer season 7 premier so

fisk and fucking red hook. vanessa is fed the fuck up lmao

for someone who cant enjoy the view, matty sure spends a lot of time staring out his window

woah this shaky camera

matt and his defense of daredevil lmao

not fucking fake wesley what

fisk and his fucking murder dungeon OH HE BROUGHT VANESSA HERE adams hair is so much longer than it has been woah

and of course vanessas pissed at wilson what did he think would come of this? but then again he is in the midst of breakdown

matt and his perception omg how did fisk know but then again how could he not matt, you flung yourself across town in broad fucking daylight to save her

ooooooh the girls are fightingggg doesnt she know about matt and fisks public history at least??? he was the attorney who locked him up!!!

like seriously how did wilson see this going

his face at "guest" lmaooo

WOAH SHE SHOT HIM VANESSA YOURE SO INSANE IM OBSESSED WITH YOUUUU

well good, im glad we finally dont have fucking adam lurking over the show anymore

oohhhh i love kirsten so muchhhh get his ass

ohhhh matts about to CRASH OUTTTTT dex needs to not go anywhere fucking near matt i swear to god

i can almost hear the buzzing from dex's head in matts

i would love to know what fucking numbers these bitches are pulling from lmao how is vigilante crime down 30% how high has it been that killing muse brought it down like that??? theres like 6 vigilantes??? is that what youre telling me?? someone else please do that math for me i cant do math

this guys a douchebag lmao this takedown is gonna be satisfying

i love when matt hates a bitch i really do

does kirsten not know about daredevil?? i love the dichotomy, theres a reason matt cant stay away from either part of himself

JOSIESSSS JOSIE????

shes been thinking about reopening?? wahhhhhhh

cherry!! ok ive been seeing on tiktok that people dont like cherry?? i like him! i think hes a good soundboard for matt! hes not brett but i do like him

matt needs some church fr

foggy only drank o'melvanys when hes celebrating! matt really is putting all the pieces together

not josie noticing matt wasnt using his cane! and cherrys plausible deniability lmao

does dex know matts daredevil?? hes got to

matt saying sweatheart??? hoooo boy

I NEED FRANK BACK HERE RIGHT THE FUCK NOW dex knows exactly what hes doing to matt

WOAH MATT DONT YOU THINK THERES CAMERAS IN THERE MAYBE???

daniel im telling you to stop bb get far far away from this man im begging you

im not paying attention but i wouldnt be surprised if theres a fuckton of cameos in this party scene

awwww matt she straightened her hair for this you better show up!!

what is this music playing literally huh theyre so the drama lmao

AAAAAAND HERE COMES THE PRISON BREAK

oh i like the purple lighting thats very comics the buzzing is backkkkk

bullseyes about to crash another fisk party huh

not vanessa being a girls girl to heather

dex and his fucking playing dress up istg first the daredevil cosplay and now prison guard chic

"i think we worked it out" GIRL YOU COMMITTED HOMICIDE TOGETHER

matthew!! oh the organ music crescendoing when matt and fisk notice each other!!!!!

also matt your head doing the fucking twitching thing is hilarious when youre trying to convince someone in front of you youre listening to them lmao shes watching you zone out baby

this guys a vigilante?? clearly i need to read more comics lmao who is this man

fisk and his fucking task force

who takes covert pictures with the flash on what the hell

these fucking corrupt cops i swear oh good the commissioner i cant wait for him to do jack fucking shit

yeah fisk this empire is crumbling at the base of the walls on the inside of your building the commissioner is gonna go above your fucking head about this task force bullshit even if it gets him murdered

bb i need you to please get the fucking scoop!!! ohhh how the turntables!! ive been waiting for someone to mention ben urich

although if fisk sees bb talking to the commissioner hes gonna have them both fucking killed

matt you sound paranoid but i know youre not i need this to happen uninterrupted but i know it wont

that was dramatic i love it vanessa for sure saw matt coming and put the breaks on that confrontation

also vanessa being the only one wearing a color at the black and white ball and the color is blood red......

matt youre so dramatic i love you throwing the cane i love it

oooooh i cant tell if matts actually hearing fisk taunt him or if hes hallucinating as hes been known to do

HES HEREEEEEEE HERE COMES BULLSEYEEEEE if karen were here hed go "hello karen" right now

oh fisk knows matts listening

IT WAS HERRRRRRRR OH HE CONFRONTED HER AND SHE TRIED TO ESCAPE ITTTTT

OHHHH THE LIGHTINGGGGG THE PURPLEEEEE

HES GONNA KILL HEATHER JUST LIKE HE KILLED FOGGY!!! OR HES GONNA KILL VANESSA

and matts not paying any attention at all

GET HIS ASS VANESSA

oh mattyyyyyyy its gonna be too late

WHOS HE GONNA GETTTTTTT HE GOT MATT WHAT THE FUCK

HE WAS AIMING FOR FISK AND MATT JUMPED IN FRONT??? MATTHEWWW YOU KNOW HES WEARING BODY ARMOR!!!!!!

AND THE LIGHTING!!!! THE RED!!!

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

[kibbychan]

Alright enough time has passed and I slept enough heres my brief thoughts on the nintendo switch 2 direct ill make this brief.

Console Overall Thoughts:

It's definitely a better switch. I'll admit having it expensive at launch with no oled screen is disappointing. I think its fine in the US but in Canada it's the equivalent of half a college student's rent which is definitely a choice. I think the fact its so much graphically intense and can get 120 fps support on even Prime 4 is a great sign for how graphically intense its gonna be though. Games look so much better on the switch 2 like I think being able to play switch 1 games and make them look better is great for me alone. Download play being back is a major plus for me with gamesharing its a great investment. I can definetly imagine myself getting back on third parties for the next system for a good long while. They did not do shit with mouse mode but I see it being a game changer, ik the basketball game is cool and all and great for disabled users but it would be cool to see some pc games like (i cant believe im saying this) league of legends on it to see how big its gonna be. I did not care for the C button. I'm going to use discord anyway. Close enough though, welcome back Wii U Chat. NSO getting gamecube games is cool but no melee definetly makes me not wanna get it for a while. If ever cause that shit is expensive.

First Party Games:

I think the amount of first party games they revealed is concerning but its only because they revealed 4 first party games and theres still a couple switch 1 games on the way. Theyre treating switch 1 editions as theyre own games which ig makes sense but some are like botw/totk which has a next gen upgrade, and others are like forgotten land which is essentially an expansion to the old game. So yeah, ig there is alot of content to get. I still wanted more games but whatever. In terms of the reveals though. Oh my fucking god. This has to be the most what the fuck this is what we wanted in terms of like games in general and I cant believe it came from this direct. Especially for me specifically. Mario kart world may be expensive as fuck but goddamn that game looks incredible. It looks so big and expansive and the fact its like forza but mario kart guarrentees so much content out of it. Theres like a billion characters with 24 character racing, the open world and theres like a billion gimmicks, the courses look incredible. I'm gonna put like 100 hours in this game in like the first week and theres gonna be so much content to put in. I can imagine myself getting that and Donkey Kong when the console comes out, which is also looking to be a bop. It looks alot more like the Rare games which is awesome and the gameplay looks super cool and meaty. This is definetly the next gen showcase for sure and im looking foward to getting it. Hyrule warriors I wont be getting but its cool were getting a game based on the imprissioning war. KIRBY AIR RIDE 2. I am happy were getting a next gen upgrade with new content for the switch for forgotten land but it looks super small so far which is a shame. AIR RIDE 2'S GOT ME HYPE THOUGH. A long requested sequel to a Kirby game people have been waiting on is enough. THE FACT WERE GETTING A NEW AIR RIDE BY THE SAKURAI HIMSELF AFTER 20 YEARS OF NOT MAKING A NEW KIRBY GAME IS ENOUGH TO MAKE A MAN CRY. I never thought wed see sakurai make a kirby game again and the fact were still seeing the franchise move forward with kumazaki is so comforting. Were getting a double of new Kirby game styles and its fucking awesome.

Third Party:

Who killed me, I died and went to heaven. Dont need to speak much on these cause its teases but fucking deltarune getting a confirmed a release date man. Even if I dont get the switch 2 on launch day I know deltarunes got me for a long while. I cant fucking wait to play that game. Silksong as well, no date but still glad to hear thats coming out this year. Fucking from software getting an original ip exclusive game is fucking insane, idk how much nintendo had to pay to get that, but I thought we'd see gta getting an appearence and not fromsoft. Cool as shit though, love the steampunk aesthetic!! And the gameplay looks sick, not sure about it being a multiplayer game but its gonna look sick so we gucci.

And then the prices hit:

Now for non americans its fine, 500 dollars is a bit on the pricer side but its expected with it being a next gen upgrade and with the game. Its the same price as the ps5 and you can bring it on the go its good. For us Canadians it's 700 dollars which makes me wanna commit suppuku. Granted I'll find a way to get it but its not just the console. Games are genually so much expensive now, theyre all 70 dollars at least, i hear physicals are gonna be a 10 dollar increase but I cant confirm. Game upgrades are 10 to 20 dollars, the fucking manual costs money, NSO. And worst of all on its own mario kart world costs 80 dollars, over 100 dollars here. Even when you take in to account the cost of living not improving at all over the past 30 years and shit, idk man I just think nintendo is greedy and all the pissing over nintendos business practices are for once justified. I think there needs to be a backlash for this, not just nessacarly for nintendo cause lets be honest were all gonna get this shit at some point, but for the rest of the industry cause this shit is unbelievable.

Final Thoughts:

Yeah I'm getting it this year. Ill admit though pricing and the discourse around made this go from a IM GETTING IT RIGHT NOW, to a, ill wait later on in the year to get it. I have a massive backlog of games to complete after the semester so im definetly good on content. I really really want the switch 2 though. Not just cause its the nintendo console (though that is a big reason), but also it looks like a good big upgrade on the switch with loads of cool shit on it. I definitely will get it on some points, but how and when is another story now

[starker-raving-mads]

For You: Part VI

Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V | Part VI | Part VII | Part VIII | Part IX

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It took nearly 2 weeks for the TONY profile to run. Every moment felt like the longest 2 weeks of Peter's life. He had Friday giving him updates at every 5% completion, but he only got those updates once or twice a day.

He spent every day at the penthouse in that time, stopping at May's apartment only twice for dinner (after threats of coming to check on just what he was doing in that lab all the time - which, he really did not want to explain). MJ was nearly as concerned but Ned totally seemed to get it.

"Dude if I had access to Tony Stark's lab I would never, ever leave," his friend had gushed at one of their lunches out at a hole-in-the-wall taco place in Queens.

"You are not helping, Ned."

But the Avengers, at least, also seemed to understand.

"This isn't nearly as bad as what Tony used to do," Rhodey said, beer in hand as he and Peter ate away at too much Vietnamese take out around the penthouse kitchen island. "He wasn't exactly the best role model, but I know you nerd types," he chuckled. "You can't help it."

"Thank you," the teen said emphatically. "It's like once I get on a roll I kind of forget time even exists." Which wasn't true, he'd been counting down the hours until the next 5% interval completed since he started running the algorithm to create the TONY sim, but the colonel didn't need to know that.

"Hey, just as long as you still acknowledge the outside world exists I think you're probably doing pretty okay," the older man shrugged. "So outside of becoming an experiment obsessed little weirdo like the rest of them - "

"Yeah, yeah, laugh it up," Peter chuckled, stuffing his mouth with dumplings.

" - what have you been up to, Pete?"

It took the young vigilante a solid second to remember life outside the lab.

"Well," he replied, swallowing. He stopped for a gulp of water before continuing. "I picked my classes for the fall semester, which is pretty exciting."

"College is such a game changer," Rhodey agreed, "very exciting. I met Tony in college, you know, back when he was scrawnier than you are now."

"I know," Peter smiled. "He told me; you were a few years older than him at the time, right?"

"Oh absolutely, I was sponsored through the air force," Rhodey nodded. "No 14 year old geniuses in my family," he laughed. "Nah, I was already 20 by the time I met Tony. I was assigned to college dorms because it was just cheaper for the Air Force to put me up through my scholarship. Felt weird being surrounded by a bunch of 18 year olds, but then it got even weirder when Tony was assigned as my roommate."

"I bet it was pretty strange," the teen agreed, stuffing another dumpling in his mouth. The cabbage and meat and spices were just right and he was getting more than a little addicted to them.

"It was, at first," the older man said. "But you know Tony - the man had charisma out the ass even then, and was even more trouble than he was as an adult. Man," he laughed, shaking his head in reverie, "the amount of parties and fights I had to pull him out of. Not to mention that one time he hacked the Pentagon's database."

Peter choked on a dumpling. "He what?" He thought for a second and said, "You know what? I'm not even surprised."

All in all, Peter was pretty sure that his little TONY experiment was way less insane than the shit the older genius had gotten up to in his time and it made him feel a modicum less bad for running such an intense and secret experiment.

And maybe even feel a little closer to his mentor, in a way.

On the 13th day of running the algorithm, though, it finally completed.

"Mom," Friday called, waking Peter out of the doze he'd fallen into on the couch in the penthouse. He'd curled up under the comforter he had stolen away from the master bedroom and was just so comfortable it was hard not to fall into a cozy little nap.

"Yeah, Fri?" He ignored the funny little bright feeling in his chest at Friday calling him Mom - she'd adjusted to it a few days ago, after asking his permission, stating that, 'My research found it is the more common honorific for a close maternal loved one.'

"The TONY simulated Organic Intelligence model has completed."

He sat bolt upright, hair floofing into bedhead curls around his face with the movement. "Oh shit - shoot - uh okay, all right." He scrambled up from the couch, extricating himself from the comforter, and all but ran toward the elevator down to the lab. "Go ahead and boot it up, baby, I'm on my way."

By the time he'd gotten down to the lab, the center of the room was glowing with holographic particles. They floated around for a while before slowly coalescing into a rough blob in the center. The blob started forming distinct shapes at that point - a height of a few inches taller than Peter's own, a lean torso with trim waist, long legs clad in jeans, a torso covered in a very familiar sweater Peter may or may not have worn to bed last night.

Before his eyes, the visage of Tony Stark formed, crystal clear and faintly blue, chest glowing with a fake arc reactor. His eyes were closed but his fingers were twitching, face scrunching. 15 minutes passed with no other change and before he had the courage to ask Friday if it had worked - too scared that it had failed, too scared that it hadn't - the older man's eyes opened.

They glowed a bright, vibrant blue, the same color as the holoparticles and the arc reactor, but the look of them - the tilt of recognition as they took in the lab, the crease between them as they put together the situation - was all Tony.

Peter didn't breath for long moments until the projection in front of him spoke.

"Oh, kid," Mr. Stark said, voice impeccably deep and perfect, shoulders slumping, hands casually being stuffed into his pockets. His entire being screamed the mannerisms of Tony Stark and it both hurt Peter's soul and elated him at the same time.

He was back. He was back.

"Hi, Mr. Stark," the teen said, eyes wide, taking him in.

The older man - the holograph - hummed, looking around the lab like he was taking in the space. He walked over to Peter's desk and went to shuffle some of the paperwork around but his hand passed right through the surface. He chuckled and the sound was deep and rich, as it always had been. He looked over at Peter.

"So, I see you found my Peter Project," he smirked. There was something almost too calm about it, too casual. Peter hadn't known what to expect once he 'woke up' TONY, but it wasn't this somehow.

"Yeah - yeah I did," he ran his hand through his hair, a nervous gesture that fluffed his curls into even wilder disarray than it had been before. "And I did some research and - and I know you couldn't finish it, but - "

"But that you had enough data on me to start me up," the billionaire finished, nodding. "Yeah," he sighed, hands back in his pockets as he sauntered back over to Peter. "I figured you might."

"You - you did?"

"Kid," the man smiled, warm and true this time. "If anyone's gonna know what's going on in that head of yours, it's me," he pointed out. Which, okay, true enough. For a long moment neither of them said anything until Tony sighed, looking over Peter in a way that made his Spidey senses tingle. "I can't believe it worked," he admitted.

"Your logic was sound," Peter rushed out, walking over to the papers scattered over his desk. "You had everything figured out you just didn't have enough data on me, which like I'm sure you realized, obviously, since you had to stop and - "

"No, Pete, I meant the time travel, the undoing of the snap," Tony interrupted.

"Oh," Peter said, very smartly. "Right. Yeah, yeah it worked." He smiled wide and real at the holograph of his mentor. "You brought everyone back!"

"I gotta say," Tony shrugged. He hopped up onto his table, staring into Peter's eyes without any more movement. "I was a little selfish on that front." The way Tony was looking at him was intense and it made Peter's heart beat harder.

"I don't see how it was selfish, Mr. Stark," he shrugged, mimicking Tony's posture by jumping onto his own table. They faced each other now, mirror images - one in holographic blue, and one in full color.

"Because, Pete," Tony said, soft. "It would be a lie to say I did it for any other reason than bringing you back."

Peter's mouth fell open in a soft, surprised gasp. He knew, of course - everyone said, Pepper had said - but it was so different hearing it from what amounted to the man himself.

Tony smiled, soft and sincere, at the look on Peter's face. "There's a lot I don't remember," he admitted. He rubbed a hand on his chest, over and around the glow of the arc reactor. "But I do remember just how important you were to me, kid. I can't imagine the real me being any less devoted to finding a way to get you back."

Peter's breath was coming in quick, sharp pants now. He was trying to slow them down, to breathe, to think but he couldn't - couldn't think of anything but Tony Stark saying he risked the universe just to bring him back. He was hyperventilating, but if this wasn't worth hyperventilating over, what was?

"Kid?" Tony's brows furrowed. "What are you - Friday?"

"Boss, Peter is having a panic attack."

"Shit," the other man swore. He bounded off his table and rushed over to Peter, movement silent and far more quick than any human would be. "Pete, why are you - what do you need?"

"I think you may have overwhelmed Mom with what you said, Boss," Friday supplied helpfully. "Mom, breathe with me. Hold your breath - 1, 2, 3 - breathe out. Breath in - "

The teen focused on the sound of Friday's voice all while his eyes flitted over Tony, who stood there fidgeting and restless with the inability to do anything. After several long, long moments, the tunnel vision that had blurred his vision eased off, his breathing evening out, and he slumped forward, shoulders sagging. He let out a shaky breath before looking up into the worried blue eyes of the natural AI that was now Mr. Stark.

"Hell of an impression of the big bad wolf you have there, kid," he joked, but Peter could see the concern and franticness left in the way he moved, the tilt of his frown. "You okay?"

"Y-yeah," he said, the biggest lie of his life. "I'm okay. I'm fine, Mr. Stark, really. Sorry." He ducked his head again and saw Tony's glowing hand touch his face. He looked back up and the glow on his cheek was still there.

"You've got nothing to be sorry for, Pete," Mr. Stark said, softer than Peter can ever remember him being. "I didn't mean to overwhelm you. And don't tell me I didn't," he said sternly. "I''ve always been a little much," he admitted, backing up, giving Peter some much needed space if he wasn't going to start hyperfixating on the man's face. "I, uh, kinda forgot about needing to real it in."

"No!" Peter jumped in. "No, I don't want you to - to not be yourself with me. It was just," he shrugged, "like I knew, you know? I knew you'd - probably - done it for me. The whole saving the universe thing. Ms. Potts might've mentioned it, and I can put two and two together. It's just having it confirmed, I guess?"

"We'll come back to that thing about Pepper," Mr. Stark said, "but I'm glad you at least had an idea." The older man sighed in a way that was so incredibly human it was hard to think he was only a culmination of data and leaps in logic. "You deserve to know how much you meant to me, Pete. I hung up the whole superhero gig after what Thanos did to you - to everyone. But the moment that Scott Lang came to my house saying there was a way to fix it?" He rolled his eyes to the sky and continued, lost in memory. "There was no way I was going to do anything but try."

"You might've done it for me, Mr. Stark," Peter said, getting the man's attention again. They locked eyes, blue meeting brown. "But you are a good man. I think even if you didn't have me to like push you to do it, you still would've found a way to help."

A wry smile crossed the billionaire's face. "You have too much faith in me, Pete."

"Nah," Peter grinned back. "I've got exactly the right amount."

They stayed there grinning at each other like idiots for a minute before Mr. Stark broke the silence.

"Now tell me, kid," he said, shoulders relaxing, leaning back on his table again. "Why on earth is Friday calling you Mom?"

[streamdotpng]

Here guys, my Enid x Tara premise :)

To the peeps who don't know shit abt scream six, the guy here is one out of two dudes who were originally going after Sam and tara before getting killed by the main ghostface in the movie!

"psst, hey" is the last thing the man hears before he got a fist to the face.

Enid blinked down at the passed out person infront of her before staring at her knuckles.

Whoops.

She forgets that normies are alot squishier than most.

A pained groan hits her ears and Enid shifted because she didn't think this far. The wolf scratched at her hair, pursing her lips as she grasped at his hood and dragged him deeper into the alley.

He was a rather short dude, with a moustach and brown skin. Enid would think he was just a guy, so obviously she doesn't go punching willy nilly but he totally had bad intentions.

Enid stared harder. Are stalkers a normal thing in new York?? She honestly got no idea.

Bah, whatever.

She pulled out her phone to quickly snap a pic.

To think this was the fucker stalking Tara. She expected someone more, maybe a thin lanky person with no life but he seemed okay enough. She shakes her head, it's always the normie dudes.

So with the irritation of someone who had to fight a normie dude last school year, Enid smacks the guy awake.

Immedietely when he grumbles to the living world, she coughed as her voice shifted to something all the more gravelly. Bless being a werewolf with vocal chords that can make her pitch the good ol normal head tone to corpse husband. To think she was using her growling powers to cover up her crime.

God, Wednesday is such a bad influence.

Oh wait, she should probably keep this guy from escaping.

Enid looked around before finding an empty trash can bin. She stared for a moment, wondering just how unsanitary that thing must be before sighing and pulling the guy up and into it.

She watched as he kinda folded in, ass first. It was a tight fit so the guy is definitely going to have trouble getting outm She would pat her back if she could, she so resourceful!

Aight enough dilly dallying, time to get this show in the road.

Enid pulled out a ghost mask, having bought the thing a week ago. It was pretty cheap and it included a voice changer too so that's cool. But as an all natural girl, she tossed that part away and situated the mask over her head. Cheap plastic is all she smelt and she scrunched her nose.

Ew, maybe that Jason Voorhees mask would've been better but rubber might smell even worse.

"whuh- what?" said the person she was going to beat up.

Oh hey, he's awake.

Enid reached forward and shoved him deeper into the bin, watching as he scrambled against the glove she wore.

"he- what are you doing!?!" damn, he's kinda noisy.

Luckily it was night and in a time where nobody sleeps, hopefully the buzz of cars were enough to drown out one person's scream. Like come on, it's new york.

Once she was satisfied with how deep he is with the rest of his kind, Enid slapped him again. Damn was it satisfying to see his head snap back.

"now," Enid starts before blinking, pleasantly surprised at the smooth purr in her voice. Holy shit she should start an asmr channel.

"what the fu-" before he could shout once more, Enid gave up in theatrics and just shoved her palm into his mouth.

"now," she starts again, tightening her grip along his cheeks and smiling when he froze. Ooo, he must've felt her claws dig through the glove. "what're your intentions with Tara?"

He doesn't answer, instead staring with this sort of wide look as he paled. He looked sweaty and worried and irritated at the same time. That's an impressive amount of emotion, people never fail to amaze her!

She waited patiently for an answer.

When a second passed and none came, she began to feel that familiar prickle of irritation. Seriously? Was this guy all talk and no game?

Maybe she got the wrong person, a part of her panics. Then she tosses that thought right off the window. No she did not. He stunk of that disgusting stench, the same one that trailed after her and Tara.

She still remembers how the shorter girl moved. While she was friendly, it was not surprising to think that she may have gotten stalked before.

Tara didn't like alleys. She didn't like people in dark clothing sculking nearby and she really appreciated being in places with people she knows.bThere's also a knife wound through her hand, so it wasn't hard to put two and two together.

Eugh, people can be so disgusting at times. It pisses enid off, to see someone that should be enjoying life to be so scarred.

"I was going to let you off with a warning," Enid drawls, making sure he understood everyword. The wolf patted his cheek, making her hand heavy with every touch. "but you're kind of pissing me off!!"

She steps back, clapping her hands together before pointing at him with a cheer. "so let's play a game instead! You try to get away in five seconds and I'll play fetch, sounds easy right?"

Still no answer and Enid sighs, about to throw her eyes to the back of her head with the amount of times she's done it. People are so unreasonable at times. Here she was, trying to see his damn intentions but nooo nothing goes her way.

"sounds easy, right?" she grits out.

He nods.

Finally some reply.

So she turns, cheekily putting her hands over her eyes as she counts.

"one," she starts and she couldn't stop the giddiness from curling in her gut at the immediete sound of struggling.

"two," she purrs, absolutely delighting at that panic. That's right mother fucker, you get to feel what Tara felt. Not so fun being the hunted now is it?

"Three."

Immedietely, she turns to find him one leg out the bin.

He gaped at her before heaving as he all but throws himself off. It didn't work, leaving him on his side with the bin. He looks absolutely pathetic and she walks up to him with a skip.

"it hasn't been five seconds," he breathes. "that's- that's not how this works. You're not playing by the rules!"

Enid smiles, finally allowing her nails to fully pierce through her glove. Who gives a fuck about playing by the rules?

"I've always been an exception."

[stellarcuriosity]

Muse Layers - Starburst!

LAYER ONE: THE OUTSIDE

• name: Specimen SN-304 Starburst! • species: Predacon • age: Some years? Cybertronian ages are weiiiird. Grown up though! • eye color: Electric Blue • hair style/color: Spike-y plating based mane, jet black with sparkles in the paint job. Very pretty, and very good to pet. • height/weight: Great question- Numbers aren't my thing! • clothing style: Bots don't wear clothes, silly!

LAYER TWO: THE INSIDE

• your fears: Explosions/general loud sounds that I don't make, Claustrophobia, & being trapped. • your guilty pleasure: I really like to eat things I shouldn't...like human food. Mmmm.. • your biggest pet peeve: When people judge me for being little-- or when people can't handle my temper! • your ambitions for the future: I wanna be a triple changer so I can watch humanity more in disguise!

LAYER THREE: THOUGHTS

• your first thoughts waking up: Biiiig stretch! Man, its really comfy... Do you think I could persuade Ratchet to bring me food? Ah, might as well get up... • what you think about most: My family and friends-... or what my next meal may be. Oh oh! Also, what kind of project to work on. • what you think about before bed: I like to reflect on what I did that day, and think about my friends more.... or if I've got a song stuck in my head, I'll sing it! Oooh, or maybe I'll sneak a snack to bed... • you think your best quality is: My Dad tells me I got a big spark! I think everyone can be kind, even if its hidden within them. I'm good at sniffing out emotions too!

WHAT’S BETTER?

• single or group dates: Dates? How romantic! Group dates are fun with friends, but nothing is more romantic than a walk in the wilderness at night... • to be loved or respected: Loved!! It's so important tome. I'm full of love, so surely I gotta get some back, right? • beauty or brains: Um... That's a bit subjective, right? What about personality? I guess that would be brains but.... • dogs or cats: Both! I like both little earth critters. I act like both a cat and a dog, too.

LAYER FIVE: DO YOU…

• lie: Ehh- is it really lying if you just hide the truth? I mean-- only if it hurts! I wouldn't be secretive if it was a good thing... • believe in yourself: Of course!... Sometimes. • believe in love: I loooove love! I'm just... waiting for it to hit me. Ideally with whoever I'm crushing on at the time, ehehhe... • want someone: Eh.. Doesn't everyone? I try not to think too hard about it... Pining is sometimes the most fun. I wonder if I have a secret admirer...

LAYER SIX: EVER…

• been on stage: :( Noooo. I think a big metal dragon wouldn't go over whelm in public... • done drugs: Are there cybertronian drugs??? I don't know if Dad would be happy if I knew the answer. Eating a human weed didn't do anything to me. • changed who you were to fit in: Why would I make myself smaller for anyone- you make room around me!

LAYER SEVEN: FAVORITES

• favorite color: I like blue and purple and black! All colors are good, but mine are the best! • favorite animal: Have you SEEN a baby harp seal? What about a fennec fox? Snow Leopard??? • favorite movie: I got shown 'How to Train your Dragon' once by Miko- that dragon is JUST like me... but also, Phantom of the Opera is sooooo romantic! • favorite game: I like Minecraft!!!!

LAYER EIGHT: AGE

• day your next birthday will be: I don't know what my birthday is... or if I have one. Explosion day? I'm not sure- I'll have to ask Dad.... • how old will you be: (Starburst instead draws a big frowny face.) • age you lost your virginity: That's an embarrassing question! Jeez! (No.) • does age matter: Um... Kind of? I mean- Cybertronians are odd, with their ages. I'm only a couple of years old but I'm technically an adult since my growth was... you know! Sped up. So I'm not sure... I think for Humans, it matters more, though, with their short life-cycles and all.

LAYER NINE: IN A PERSON

• best personality: Someone who's bold and brave- doesn't matter what size. If they're kind to me, and my family, then that's what matters. • best eye color: Well, Cybertronians only have a handful... I've grown used to blue ones, though. • best hair color: Do you mean plating? I'm not picky! All colors are beautiful~ • best thing to do with a partner: I like to cuddle! Oh-- or take long walks and explore the world together! Maybe we could share a meal, and you give me your leftovers!!

LAYER TEN: FINISH THE SENTENCE

• i love: My family, my friends! • i feel: mmm.. still hungry. • i hide: my... imperfections? Ehh... • i miss: My friends on Cybertron. I wish they'd visit more and play! • i wish: that I was fully grown that I could interact with more humans, and not have to worry.

[mossyscavern]

Am I dreaming?

_______________

“Ok ok, how about this! For your sake… get a medical Ai.”

“… that’s actually not a bad idea.”

“Lyla, Gabriel. You’re both dead to me.”

“Migs. You’ve always gotten yourself into bad habits, it’s time for a proper Ai to track your health.” Gabriel says, crossing his arms at his brother.

“Forget it.” Miguel said to him. Trying to move on from this conversation. “I’m being serious, you need all the help you can get and I don’t want to see you in a coffin.” Those words got Miguel to look up.

For the most part… yes a medical Ai can do wonders for him and those around him, but it would also require the amount of work Gabriel doesn’t want him to do either… ok maybe a new Ai can help him out with his excuse.

“… alright, but I need some of Lyla’s medical files for this to work, any rejection?” ‘Please say yes, please say yes!’

“If this gets me a friend I can relate to, take as many protocols as you please.” ‘Damn it!’

———

Countless days and countless nights Miguel had finally done it.

He finally finished The Medical, Intelligent, Lyrate, Economical Saint. “Now all this one needs is a personality.” He said to Lyla, turning to the glitchy, teleporting hologram.

“Hmmm… why not give it Gabby’s personality? Hers is the best suited.” She advised.

This made Miguel turn to her sharply, he was about to yell, telling Lyla that is a ridiculous idea… only to stop and actually think about it.

She did have the deeming qualities of a medical professional. Kind, hopeful, caring, pushy when need to and definitely stubborn. The mental image of the video clip with doctor gabby, giving other Miguel a check up Made him chuckle.

… guess giving her personality would be a good choice for a medical practitioner Ai. “I’m not hearing a no~.” He heard from the LYrate hologram.

“… I’m not turning down the idea, let’s do it.”

“Miguel agreeing with me? That’s the first.”

“Lyla. Cállate.”

———

“Making a change to the design I see?” Lyla asks, sounding more like teasing than a question.

“To be fair, having an Ai looking very much like gabby brought back… memories I wish to never remember.”

He explained, looking down for a split second before shaking his head and continue to re-design the holo-program.

“And since Jess joined the team I thought I base the design off her would be more efficient and a less… painful reminder of that damned day.” He added, going for a more darker tone and a more curled hairstyle.

“Any suggestions?” He asked, waiting for Lyla’s opinion on the design.

“Hmm, at least make it a teen.. less expensive than the adult version.”

Miguel stared at the Ai with a raised brow. “… fine, teens are the most efficient to think better on their feet anyway.” He says, reducing the size to a more teenage height.

“Oh! One more thing. Can he be male?”

‘… why not. This could be a game changer.’

———

“Ok, I think we’ve done it. Wanna wake him up?”

He does, he very much does… but he’s a bit hesitant, what if the new Ai doesn’t follow its program? What if the program doesn’t work? ... what would happen if the program became-. “Don’t turn this down Miggy, he’s gonna be great… unlike me who can do everything, but still.”

Which is very true. Like Lyla, he glitches around and has access to information, the spider-bots and unlimited access to the multiverse. Unlike Lyla, he can only access the med bots and only travel when assigned.

Miguel sighed, nodded and turned the new holographic program on.

The blue hologram appeared, an Afro-Latino with childlike brown eyes, wearing a spider-man leotard while wearing a green jacked with red accents, cargo shorts and Jordans.

The only difference between the spider suits and the medical hologram is that his logo is The caduceus.. like other medical personnel spiders.

“Hello, I’m your friendly neighbour medical Ai and I’ll be your medical assistant.” He smiled, waving towards Miguel. “With all do respect Miguel, you look like you hadn’t rested in 39 days and more, I suggest a warm milk for a good night rest and a fatty meal to bring your original weight back in shape.”

With the information given to the fanged spider-man, Miguel sighed in relief and gave the med Ai a smile. “Of corse, I’ll do that right away.”

“Please do, you look like you’re about to die and come back… then die again.” He says with concern, sitting cross legged. The spider-man quip made Miguel huff a laugh. Definitely worth while for future spider-members of HQ.

“I will… thank you Miles.”

_______________

Phew… wow.

It’s been a long time since I’ve written anything for the spider-verse fandom…

… has anybody done this? By the way-.. has…?

I know somebody here or on another reading area or webside that already did an oc of a second hologram or at least a y/n story of it-…

A bit of a note: … I’m not exactly a doctor. Sooo…. Sorry if it’s inaccurate.

but did somebody do a hologram Au for one of the spider-verse cast? Yes? … no?

[eepwtf]

(Spoilers for arcane s2 if anyone else is reading)

Different anon from before but Now that we're talking about arcane, how did we feel about s2 compared to season one? Still very beautiful of course, arcane is pure art but I was sort of disappointed with a few things 😭 like how they didn't flesh out vis character so much and how Cait was like kinda wicked for a second and forgot about it all. I feel like it needed to be longer, even just three more episodes would have done it some good. And gosh the ending. When I watched it the first time I didn't really cry I think, I was pretty content but thinking about it I'm so devastated about jinx and vi. Like they're finally a family again and them boom! That happens, like jesus christ man. I yelled at vi to jump like a million times like bro JUMPPPPP OVER. Obviously she was traumatized and in the moment but God I just miss those two so much, it was always them ☹️ did you like the ending? Jayce was my favorite part of the entire season honestly, I'm so glad everyone switched up because as the #1 jayce fan I was fighting for my life when season 1 came out

(It's so funny that I'm upset about jinx dying actually though because before s2 I wanted that mf gone. I was literally telling my friends that I hope she dies. I don't even remember why I didn't like her??? Guess you could say i.. heh...☝🏾 jinxed it)

oh anon, your whole message has me cackling. (now that i’m typing it out cackling is such a funny word, makes me feel like a witch like wth is wrong with you, get out) moving on… from my existential dread the “jinxed it” line? i see what you did there.

but seriously, i feel you on season 2. the art? still stunning, like watching a masterpiece in motion. but yeah, the pacing could have been better. vi and caitlyn’s arcs felt rushed, and don’t even get me started on how they just glossed over cait’s momentary erm…(bad choices) like it didn’t happen. its like they tried to cram too much into too little time. three more episodes would’ve been a game-changer for fleshing out characters like viktor, who really deserved more focus.

the ending, though… oh my god, the ending. i thought i was okay when it first hit, but the more i dwelled on it, the more it crushed me. vi and jinx’s dynamic has always been the heart of the show for me, and just when you think they might finally be okay… BAM. i was practically screaming at the screen with you, like, “VI, JUMP!!” but the trauma? yeah, it tracks. still hurts like hell, though.

and jayce getting his redemption arc this season? oh.. well we love to see it. i hope you feel vindicated now, #1 jayce fan, because the slander he got in season 1 was wild.

[asongoficeandthrones]

A Clash of Kings First Read - Chapter 8

(POV: Tyrion II.)

Setting: The Red Keep.

Favorite character: Tyrion, without question. He seems honorable in his own way, and I like to think (but that's probably untrue) that he regrets Ned's death, and not just because it created a f*cking sh*tstorm for the Lannisters. There's also some part of him that's disgusted with the ruthlessness of his sister, so there's that too. Varys is a close second though; he's very impressive, knowing everything. And he speaks in riddles, which is always fun.

MVP: Tyrion. A real game-changer. Though I suppose I could also say Varys, because he's apparently the reason Tyrion is such a game-changer, with his parchment and the different treasons written on it. And Tyrion says it himself: "Varys would have me believe that I have replaced one of Joffrey's men with one of my own. More likely, I have replaced Littlefinger's man with one belonging to Varys, but so be it."

Things I loved/liked: Um... Everything? So in order:

The way Tyrion manipulated Slynt into thinking he was congratulating him and then... Surprise motherf*cker!! You're going to the Wall, dude! The satisfaction this brought me, I cannot even put it into words!

The conversation between Tyrion and Varys, because two masterminds speaking to one another is always enjoyable.

Things I disliked/hated: Um... None? I seriously can't think of any (and then I did, so here it follows).

The mother and Robert's bastard girl, killed by that Deem motherf*cker! Poor girls... At least Deem will get what's coming for him on the journey to the Wall.

Quotes: "Power resides where men believe it resides." And:

"A shadow on the wall," Varys murmured, "yet shadows can kill. And ofttimes a very small man can cast a very large shadow."

The start of an unlikely "friendship" (can we call it that?) between Tyrion and Varys, in my humble opinion. After all, Tyrion answers Varys with "Lord Varys, I am growing strangely fond of you." Oh. And there's also Bronn's "I'd ask how much" when asked if he would kill a mother and her baby without question. Always a practical man.

Thoughts overall: Very enjoyable to read!

[blodgmonster]

Tandem reread of Empire of Storms and Tower of Dawn commentary. Part of one of several I assume.

I've never done the tandem read before. It should be interesting and take some of the sting out of Tower of Dawn. Reading about Chaol when I know Aelin is suffering innumerable tortures was difficult to handle.

-- Erawan has shed his Duke Perrington skin.

-- why would Darrow turn down Aelin? Yeah, she's not the perfect princess and has a past and her court is a bit sus. But she's also the only living Galathynius, a magical powerhouse, and willing to fight for her country, for her world. Don't those things outweigh the negative?

-- Chaol's paralysis is handled in a slightly...ableist manner isn't it?

-- "I assume she has the misfortune of sharing your bed these days." Sick fucking burn, Yrene!

-- "So you, Granddaughter, will not die for this but one of your Thirteen will." Fucking bitch.

-- Fam, I am STRUGGLING with this tandem reread. I get going with EoS and get into it and then I have to switch to ToD (time of death), my least fave of the series (I know that'll piss off some folks) and it's like pulling teeth.

-- Yrene holding the crying healer's hand. I love Yrene. She deserves so much better than Chaol.

-- I LOOOOOVE the Baast Cats

-- oh shit! I forgot that the healer Yrene comforts in the baths is the one who gets killed.

-- Aelin roasting that asshole commander from the inside out is priceless.

-- "'She's not Valg is she?'

A low laugh. "No. As cold as one but no." DING DONG YOU WERE WRONG, BRANNON.

-- I forgot about the overseer from Endovier and Erawan peeking out through his fucking chest.

-- some fanart has ruks with four legs. I thought they were just massive eagles with two legs. I wonder which is correct. Either way, I love them.

-- "'Bring my body back to the cabin.' Something in Manon's chest broke — broke so violently that she wondered if it was possible for no one to have heard it." That's LOVE, babygirl

-- " Manon met Sorrel's eyes, then Astrin's. And Manon gave the Thirteen her final order. 'Run.' Then Manon Blackbeak whirled and brought Wind-Cleaver down upon her grandmother."

-- This bitch killed Manon's mother (her own child), Manon's father, made Manon into a weapon, mutilated Asterin, wants to kill Abraxos, and is in the process of trying to kill Manon. Fuck her.

-- "A Crochan Queen." Fucking game changer.

-- I looooooove that Manon hears a solitary boom and KNOWS it's Abraxos coming for her and TRUSTS enough to throw herself off the balcony. Their bond is off the charts.

-- Man, I reeeeeally don't want to switch over to ToD. I like Yrene and Nesyrn and Sartaq and the ruks and the baast cats. But Chaol.

-- Yrene is struggling to ride a horse at a walk, grabbing the saddle horn and freaking out at any unexpected movement. I swear her and Chaol have a horse race later in the book. When did she suddenly become a good enough rider to gallop flat out across the desert?

-- the young healers dragging Chaol around like a Ken doll...

-- "they will try to move you somewhere else. Never let them do it."

-- Abraxos is the BEST mother hen. I love him so, so, so much.

-- Chaol's brother is named Terrin and unless I'm mistaken SJM'S son is named Taran. Very similar.

-- "He wished he'd been able to walk. So she could see him crawl toward her." Chaol, boy!!!!!! Improvement in more than just your feet!

-- "She was fine with it, she told herself. She had been a replacement for not one, but two of the women in his life. A third...She was fine with it." Nesryn, baby girl, you deserve soooo much better. And is name is Sartaq.

-- "He should have been better. Treated her better." DO YA THINK!??? He regrets treating Nesryn poorly and so he treats Yrene shittily. Chaol, I take it back, you're still a dipshit.

-- "'Don't you waste one heartbeat being afraid of a coward who hunts women in the darkness,' Chaol snapped at her." Chaol, make up your mind. Do you suck or are you alright?

-- Elide tells Lorcan her uncle locked her in the dungeon and there's a surge of dark power that sacres everyone around them. Delicious.

Mmmmkay, I'll start a part two. I'm starting to warm up to the tandem read a bit. But it's still a bit of a slog.

[howlingday]

Eccentric man: JaJa! If it isn't my favorite two! I've seen you have been looking at all zorts of veapons, but I zhink what I have here vill be a game changer!

Jaune: Given the incident with that pistol...I'm honestly not looking forward to it.

Eccentric man: I'm truly zorry about zhat, I did not mean to open old vounds. that is vhy vhat I have here in zhis here case has been thought of vith care!

Ruby: I hope so...

Eccentric man: I can zee your vorried but I promise you vhat I'm about to zhow you vill be vorth it!

Turning around, the man pulled out a long case much longer than another case he had previously, unlocking both sides he opened it and turned it around as both Ruby and Jaune looked in.

Ruby: A SNIPER RIFLE!?

Jaune: a gauntlet?

Eccentric man: Ja! Young lady vhat you are looking at is called zhe scavenger! Though some of my colleagues like to also refer to it as 'Hyena infra-dead' and yes, zhis veapon has a built-in variable/infra-red scope, but zhe specialty doesn't end their the ammo is regular 30-06 but vhen zhis veapon fire a zhot, zhe bullets explode as well as stick to surface, the blast radius is roughly 7-10 meters!

Jaune: I have never seen a sniper rifle that fires bullets that explode before. Have you Ruby?

Ruby: Honestly, no, and I'm a little miffed. I didn't think of something like that.

Jaune: But what about this gauntlet?

Eccentric man: Ah, Yah, zhis is zhe 'Gauntlet of Siegfried' something I've acquired in my numerous travels zhis gauntlet in its basic form acts as a high thrusting punch, a little similar to your zister shotgun gauntlets but it's true form comes from this...

The Eccentric Man turned around before taking something out from a bag. It was in a glass case, and it was roughly the size of Jaune's head.

He turned around and showed the two an egg.

Eccentric man: Zhis, here, believe it or not, is a Dragon Egg-

Ruby: I'm sorry I think I misheard you did you say

Ruby/Jaune: a DRAGON EGG!?

Eccentric man: Ja, our scientists vere able to restore dragons and use them for uh...purposes.

Jaune: I-Im sorry... but how are we to uh hatch it?

Ruby: Do we even have an incubator that big?

Jaune: won't it just grow?

Eccentric man: Oh ja! Zhe dragon vill probably grow very big, but as long as you loooove it und cherish it, I'm zure nothing bad will happen...zo vhen it hatches it vill be a little baby whelp and if your familiar with falconry your gauntlet has a perch for your little dragon to sit on, and vhen trained enough zhe dragon can act as your very own miniature flame thrower! Ahaha isn't zhat vunderba?

Eccentric man: zo vhat do you zhink, and exploding sniper rifle, vith your very own personal dragon?

Jaune: Huh... You know what? I'm actually kind of on board with this one.

Ruby: Really?

Jaune: Yeah, I mean, from what you've told me, 30-06 doesn't have a lot of kick to it, and I could be trained by the best sniper I know.

Ruby: (Blushes)

Jaune: And the gauntlet and egg sound like an interesting combo to add to my sword and shield. I'd just have to work in punches and learn how to train a dragon.

Eccentric Man: So ve have a deal?

Jaune: Unless you have something better, I would say yes. But there's also a lot to see around here, so we're gonna browse a bit more before saying for sure.

Eccentric Man: Wunderbar! I vill check mein vares to ensure zat nozing is missed. (Leaves)

Ruby: Wow, you, um, really like my sniping?

Jaune: Yeah! You're great at it, but that's not the only reason I got it.

Ruby: What do you mean?

Jaune: Ruby, we never mentioned Yang. How does he know you two are related?

Ruby: Oh... You're right!

Jaune: Plus, I don't want to know what he has planned for that dragon, but if it's one more innocent to save, then I say we take it. Also... a pet dragon.

[rosellerivers19]

Raayan- I have high hopes (thank you tamil cinema)

I have for some time lost hope in telugu cinema improving in diversity of tropes and performances but with recent stars and movies I have been brought back

Gam gam ganesha, prasanna vadanam, Hi nanna (kinda iffy for some reason but diverse storyline), and Hanuman

And I am waiting to see Kalki 2829 AD which I think will be definitely a big game changer given its dystopian setting something Indian cinema hasn't really approached a lot before especially on this kind of budget.

I've been limited to telugu movies for a long time because language barrier but due to subtitles and Telugu dubs my options have increased recently I watched the hindi movie Maharaj on Netflix in telugu which I really loved despite people claiming its hinduphobic while the movie is based on a real case and the movie claims yet again how hindu practices aren't bad but people misusing them is then again not a lot of people have comprehension or actually watched the movie and jump the train on any movie that slightly criticizes the religion or even raises just a few questions

*cough* *cough*

"Hindi movie PK starring Amir Khan"

I've watched a few good tamil cinemas when I was younger I didn't watch a lot of Dhanush movies because of the language barrier the only one I saw maybe was Maari 1 and 2 because it was dubbed in telugu but now I've grown to watch a lot more realizing he has a lot of diverse scripts and am so glad this man exists I need to binge his movies over the summer.

So I was listening to telugu songs on youtube when I came across this one called

"Peechu Mithaya"- telugu version

It's from the upcoming movie Raayan and oh my god just seeing this lyric video made me want to pay anything for this movie to come out right now and watch it.

Not only is the music beautiful ( i can listen to this for hours I don't know how I found this gem but I did and I'm grateful)

But the visuals and implications we are given is something I am screaming for.

PLUS SIZED ACTORS ON SCREEN HAVING AN ACTUAL LOVE STORY!!!!

Indian cinema has a lot of colorism especially to heroines especially from what I've seen in telugu movies. And they have to fit this perfect bod I've never seen a heroine be remotely big or a bit chubby even if it would show off their curves thats how the industry is and that saddens me.

But then we get this song and we see Aparna Balamurali who is first of all a plus sized character in the film with a dark complexion not milky white now tamil fans may be used to this but for me being born in Telugu cinema this is a jackpot especially when I have to really dig for inclusive films. The only cinema I've watched which supported a plus sized heroine having a love story is "Size Zero" starring anushka shetty an Iconic queen but I honestly have not seen any other films having a plus sized heroine or at least side heroine as a plus sized character with actual depth where we see her love story or ability to get happiness I think there was one Allari Naresh film but I don't remember it well.

edit: Totally forgot HanuMan existed which is also a good representation even though the mc's sister dies she was empowered and was on the brink of marriage so love that

In the Lyric Video "Peechu Mithaya"

We see an unconventional girl (Aparna Balamurali) who doesn't fit the beauty standards end up with an average/ attractive character (sundeep kishan) or at least have a romantic relationship in the songs visuals and a healthy one so far.

I am primarily gonna be watching this movie for them seeing the side hero carrying the plus sized side heroine brought me joy knowing that it would give hope to other women who aren't the conventional beauty standard or plus sized that they can be loved and have a love story like them that they aren't too heavy and the right guy will do anything to make them feel appreciated.

Look at the way he carries her and looks lovingly into her eyes!!!!!!

And there's just something about seeing this man looking so utterly in love with a girl who thinks she won't be good enough because of her physical appearance or other insecurities and he wants to prove her desperately wrong that makes me go feral.

Do you see what I mean!?!?!?

And I don't know if they will even delve into that kinda trope in the movie but I really wish they will since its something women especially women who've not been exposed to that kind of concept in their media want. Keep in mind we don't even have a trailer for this movie yet so pure speculations

And there's just so many cute clips like-

Nudging each other playfully!?!?!?

Having a couple argument/ confrontation!?!?!?

Riding on a bike together?!?!?!?

*cues internal screaming montage*

I love LOVE especially something so simple yet beautiful we need this more than Pushpa bribing Srivalli with money for kisses and putting his hand in inappropriate places without her consent. Or men just stalking in general and normalizing it????

Now I know that this couple might not even play a big part in the movie maybe one of the characters dies yadayada but knowing that scenes like this exist in the movie and that we'll have an entire song dedicated to THEM just quells my heart.

Dhanush sir thank you for this 4 minute montage that ignited my hope in Indian cinema and is making me want to delve into tamil cinema even more