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[librarisxng]

ATEEZ SMALL PERFUME REVIEW: CHANEL — ALLURE HOMME SPORT

disclaimer: this is not meant to be a serious perfume review, this is something fun for me to do as I love perfume. each and every one of us have different tastes and preferences when it comes to fragrances. what works for me might not work for you, vice versa. I’ll try my best to describe the scents but I will always suggest for you to go and smell them yourself before purchase. if you want to try these perfumes, please test or get a sample before committing to the bottle. picture credits to all owners.

ateez members: mingi & wooyoung

fragrance family: fresh & woody

notes:

top — italian mandarin

heart — cedarwood

base — tonka bean, white musk

my scent experience:

it opens very citrusy from the mandarin but its not intense. the mandarin fades into an aromatic scent, I’m guessing from the cedarwood and its a little spicy too but its definitely a lighter scent as opposed to a heavier scent that I expected from this fragrance. the dry down is heavy on the cedarwood and I don’t smell the base notes at all. definitely for someone who likes cedarwood. this fragrance also didn’t have that weird chemically sharp scent in the background like other men fragrances do so that was nice.

the longevity is alright, I would say this lasts about 4 hours on me but I did expect it to last longer. the projection is quite loud in the beginning but it simmers down as it dries. if you like citrus and cedarwood, this fragrance would work for you.

additional notes from me:

this is one of the few fragrances specifically marketed towards men that I tolerate. that being said, I personally wouldn’t purchase a bottle for myself, not because I’m not the target demographic but because I don’t really vibe with it. I think for a guy who wants to get into fragrances but doesn’t know where to start, I would recommend this perfume as while not my favorite, it’s a good one to start off with.

who would I recommend this to?

anyone who likes citrus and woody scents.

those who want a good designer fragrance on the masculine side.

anyone who wants to try out Chanel perfumes.

if you’ve made it to the end, thank you for reading this review! Chanel is an iconic fashion house and while they do have good fragrance options, this one isn’t for me. I don’t hate it but I also don’t think it’s the best scent in the market. I hope you liked reading this and let me know what your favorite fragrances are!

review written by librarisxng 2024

[taintedcigs]

i cannot sleeeppp pleaseee <33

Anonymously ask me one thing & I'll answer it, no matter what.

[underratedandoverit]

Speak My Mind

“i need you now” kisses with orangekip :3c - requested by @midnightpretenders0

“i need you now” kisses: them fisting your shirt into their palms, your hands under their shirt, cold fingertips against their skin, and panting, moving down from their lips to their neck, soft moans that turn louder, shirts being pulled off haphazardly (from this list by @jasminesfury)

~2,5k words orangekip (orange cassidy/kip sabian)

okay if you saw me post this a few days ago lets pretend you didnt. i put it back in the burner after not really liking it and then i got an idea how to add to it so now its back and its better and yeah i do like it a lot more. also i deleted the original post and accidentally drafted the reblogged version so i cant reply to the ask again or edit the original so heres a new post sorry

it starts fluffy, it develops into something more heated, moves to a hurt/comfort territory and ends with comfortable levels of body worship and comfort/fluff. i marked this as mature on ao3 but it doesnt really go anywhere that deep, but just in case since it touches some topics.

cw: body image issues and whatever kind of extreme fluff body worship brings. its not like explicit at all, but you know.

(im also hesitantly going to put out a request for feedback for this one like. i dont want constructive criticism, i would just like to hear what you think if you read it. with this one it would mean a lot as im extremely unsure how i feel about it. so if you could spare a word or two after reading it would be very appreciated ✌)

@stormbornpirate @ss-trashboat

on ao3

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Cassidy’s fingers curled around the coils of Kip’s hair absentmindedly, watching the television screen from the corner of his eye without really paying attention to what was happening on it. He was unfamiliar with the game Kip had picked but enjoyed observing it every now and then nonetheless, for what little attention he was able to pay to the bright colors and fast moving objects. Or maybe it really was that Cassidy enjoyed spending time with Kip, no matter what he was doing.

At least the game seemed to be less hectic than the stuff he usually played, as was suggested by the much calmer presence Kip had sitting on the floor in front of the couch, and the much less frequent use of curse words. He still occasionally let out a few curses or otherwise loud, grumbling noises when faced with difficulties, but Cassidy playing with his hair seemed to help calm him down rather quickly whenever that happened.

They existed in the living room in perfect harmony, one’s presence in the room calming the other, just sitting there doing their own things as Cassidy scrolled through his phone with his other hand.

Pausing the game, Kip straightened his back, stretching his arms over his head, landing one of them on top of Cassidy’s as he brought them back down. Interlacing their fingers together Kip carefully tilted his head back, looking at the blond with a smile as Cassidy continued to play with his hair, still trying to focus on his phone.

But without the sunglasses Kip could see the softening look in his eyes and the small smile tucking in the corner of his lips, no matter how hard he tried to hide it.

“Clementine?”

Cassidy still didn’t look back at him, but let out a quiet sound of acknowledgment. Kip carefully squeezed the hand he was holding with his own.

“I love you.”

Cassidy finally broke eye contact with his phone, shifting his gaze to the Brit, watching Kip looking at him basically upside down with his head tilted back against the couch cushion. It wasn’t a new thing for Kip to be telling him this, or to break the news at a random moment, but something about this very moment he decided to do it yet again it felt genuine. Serene.

Before Cassidy could speak up, Kip carefully pushed himself off from the floor, not so carefully moving to the couch as he basically flopped on top of Cassidy who had just been lounging on the couch so far. Kip just chuckled at his slightly annoyed groan, wrapping arms around the blond’s midsection as he buried his face into the crook of his neck, letting out a sigh. He got so comfortable so fast that Cassidy didn’t even have time to stop him, just accepting that Kip was there now, acting almost like a weighted blanket on him.

Shaking his head a little, Cassidy could feel his lips twisting into a soft smile though as he ran a hand through Kip’s hair again.

“I love you too.”

The content sound Kip let out sounded almost like purring to him, vibrating through Cassidy’s entire being. He was sure Kip could feel his heart rate accelerating against his own chest, as he could feel the smile on the Brit’s lips against the skin of his neck. Kip didn’t say anything, but it was fairly obvious, especially based on the soft sounds he continued to make as he pressed a soft kiss on Cassidy’s neck.

“Clementine.”

His voice was barely louder than a whisper, peppered with kisses as Kip continued to shower him in small pecks of affection, carefully tracking his neck up to his jaw. Cassidy’s breathing tightened a bit as he felt Kip’s hands moving from underneath him, crawling up his sides onto his chest, carefully tucking on the front of the white t-shirt he was wearing.

Kip sat up, easily straddling him, hands pressed on Cassidy’s chest as Kip smiled down at him, tilting his head to the side a little, almost acting coy in the moment. Cassidy ditched the phone from his hand, arms wrapping around Kip’s waist, hands slowly sneaking up to his neck as he carefully pulled the Brit lower until they were face to face.

Kip chuckled at him a little, but the soft blush lingering on his face from Cassidy taking the control was very obvious.

“My,” Kip whispered, leaning closer to press a little kiss on Cassidy’s lips. “Sweet.” Another kiss. “Little.” Kiss. “Clemen--”

He couldn’t finish the last word before Cassidy yanked him close, pressing their lips together. His hand brushing into Kip’s hair and the back of his head pulled him closer, the almost embarrassingly unintentional moan Kip let out against his mouth allowing Cassidy to deepen the kiss. Kip obviously didn’t mind it, but his hands grabbing onto the chest of Cassidy’s shirt with such noticeable force were a clear indication that maybe he desired something more.

Kip barely let go of the shirt as Cassidy finally pulled them apart, both audibly catching their breath. The blush had definitely gotten stronger on Kip’s face, cheeks glowing red as he rested his forehead against Cassidy’s, eyes closed, trying to calm himself down. This was what he had intended, sure, but the intensity still always caught him off guard when it came to Cassidy. He wasn’t used to this, this being one of the few activities his boyfriend decided to show eagerness to participate in.

“Cle-clementine…”

Cassidy smiled at him, hands running through Kip’s hair and down to his neck, gently nudging the neckline of his shirt. It was fairly obvious what he wanted, Kip obliging as he pushed away from Cassidy’s face, helping him pull off the shirt. As he sat there on top of the blond, eyes still closed as Kip was trying his best to still compose himself after the air that had been knocked out of him with the first kiss, he could feel gentle fingertips against his exposed skin as Cassidy traced them along his abs, climbing up to his chest.

“Has anyone told you before how hot you are?”

Kip’s brows furrowed a bit at the sudden shift of the tone, eyes opening as he looked down at Cassidy, the bright blue eyes staring back at him almost too intensely again. Kip swallowed thickly, trying not to think about the question too much, but he carefully shook his head after a moment.

“No, not really. Not like… This, I guess.”

“Well,” Cassidy smiled at him, almost a smirk forming in the corner of his mouth as his hands firmly planted themselves onto Kip’s chest. “I do. I think you’re hot.”

Kip could feel his whole face heating up, surely Cassidy could feel his racing heartbeat through his chest as well. He watched as the blond smiled, the look almost unbearably adorable on his face, his hands sliding down Kip’s sides as he took in the sight of his boyfriends unclothed upper body sitting on top of him.

“I think you’re really hot,” Cassidy mumbled, averting eyes with Kip as he was now slightly blushing as well, a soft pink shade covering his face as his hands slid down to Kip’s thighs. The Brit just turned his face away, almost ashamed at the sudden compliments as he felt Cassidy’s fingertip drumming against his toned legs.

“…Shut up.”

Cassidy chuckled at him softly, hands easily slipping to Kip’s lower back from their previous position, making the other man noticeably shiver against the touch.

“I mean it though.”

“…No you don’t.”

Cassidy’s hands stopped, brows furrowing a little as he glanced up at Kip’s face, noticing the look that the Brit still wasn’t returning to him, biting his lower lip as he looked almost ashamed to be in the position he was in. This was far from the first time they had been like this, and yet this time specifically had triggered something in Kip that obviously made him more uncomfortable than he led on.

“Kip--”

“It’s fine,” he stated, cutting Cassidy off, hands finally letting go of the t-shirt he had been holding onto this entire time, Kip trying to push himself off of the blond. He got up on his feet, Cassidy quickly sitting up on the couch, hand reaching for Kip, grabbing a hold of his wrist.

“Wait. What’s wrong?”

Kip didn’t turn back towards him, he just stood there, feeling the burning sensation of Cassidy’s hand around his wrist, holding him in place. He didn’t try to fight it, but it was obvious how much Kip wanted to just walk away from all of this, despite not making the full effort to do so. Cassidy wasn’t going to let him go though, knowing that whatever it was that pushed him over the edge like this, it had something to do with him, considering how fine Kip had been with all of this just moments before.

“Hey.” Cassidy gently tucked Kip’s arm, carefully pulling him back on the couch. Kip obliged, sitting down, eyes still averting looking back at Cassidy, the blushing having turned into shame he didn’t want to share with him. “It’s okay. I’m sorry.”

He wasn’t sure what he was apologizing for, but it felt like the right move. Kip took in a sharp breath, but remained silent. Cassidy carefully observed the side of his face, trying to read half of the look he could see, honestly focusing more on the racing heartbeat of Kip’s that he could feel through the hold he had of his wrist.

“...I still mean what I said though.”

Kip tensed up at his words, just as Cassidy thought. So this was really what it was about. Before Kip could argue with him, Cassidy let go of his wrist, shifting on the couch as he pushed himself up, easily straddling Kip’s lap. Much to his surprise the other man wasn’t trying to push him away, but Kip still avoided eye contact, almost as if he was just playing along to let Cassidy do his thing and be happy about it more than anything else.

With a soft smile on his lips, Cassidy’s hand gently cupped Kip’s cheek with one hand, carefully turning his face towards him. Kip’s eyes almost immediately fell down and away from his, but Cassidy tried not to let it discourage him. Instead he grabbed a hold of Kip’s right hand, watching his eyes follow along with it as Cassidy lifted it up to his face, pressing a soft kiss on the back of it.

“I love you,” he stated softly, pressing another kiss on the back of Kip’s hand. “I love every inch of you.”

Kip didn’t stop him this time, Cassidy taking it as a good sign as he kissed his knuckles before peppering little kisses on each of his fingers. “The way you move your fingers is… Mesmerizing.”

He could feel that Kip wanted to pull his hand away from him after that statement, but Cassidy firmly kept his hold, moving to gently kissing Kip’s fingertips, Cassidy’s voice was barely louder than a whisper between each kiss. “I love the way your touch is always so gentle even when you don’t intend it to be so.”

Kip just watched him, quietly, as Cassidy proceeded to kiss up his hand and then his tattooed arm before reaching his shoulder, leaning slightly closer to his ear until the hot breath tickled him slightly, sending shivers down Kip’s spine.

“The way you’re decorated makes you such a work of art I can’t stop admiring you.”

“Orange, please.”

Cassidy pulled away a little, trying not to let the rare usage of his name rather than the affectionate nickname that escaped from Kip’s lips bother him, pressing a quick kiss on his lips instead. “Shh. I love your voice, but not now.”

As Kip fell silent again, slightly taken aback by Cassidy’s almost assertive behavior, the blond pressed a soft peck on his cheek. “When you laugh and your dimples are showing, it drives me insane.”

He could both feel and hear Kip’s breathing tightening up with each word, but Cassidy was far from being done as he carefully kissed the Brit on the eyelid he closed on instinct as Cassidy got close, trying to ignore the mild taste of salt he was getting back. “The intensity in your eyes makes them sparkle brighter than the stars in the night sky.”

As Cassidy moved over to the other eye, not only was he able to taste them, but the tears were visible this time as well. He didn’t want to stop, having the feeling in his heart how important that moment was, but Cassidy gave Kip a moment to process everything before he leaned in again, for another soft kiss on the other eyelid.

“When you look at me, I feel like the most loved person in the world.” Cassidy pulled away, leaning closer to press a kiss, slow and methodical this time, on Kip’s lips again. “And I want you to feel that too.”

Kip didn’t say anything, but Cassidy was able to see the floodgates truly open just before Kip leaned closer, burying his face into the blond’s chest, letting out an audible sob. A soft smile crossed Cassidy’s lips as his arms wrapped around him, pulling Kip as close to him as possible, hand running through his hair slowly as his other hand rubbed his back.

“It’s okay. Take your time.”

They sat there, in each other's arms, for a good while as Kip just quietly cried into Cassidy’s shirt, the muffled sobs melting his heart. As bad as making Kip act like this was making him feel, something in Cassidy told him that he sorely needed this. They didn’t talk about it a lot, but he knew Kip worked extra hard to keep up with his appearance and yet rarely got compliments on it, for whatever reason he really didn’t understand. What Cassidy didn’t know was that it was such a taboo subject for him that this was going to be the reaction to it, but at the same time he was happy that they got to this point.

If anything, he was able to say the things in a way he truly felt and meant directly to him. It wasn’t about proving a point, it was about showing Kip that Cassidy actually cared.

After a while Kip’s sobs quieted down, his face still buried in Cassidy’s chest as he leaned closer, pressing a little kiss in the Brit’s hair, getting a soft whine back from him.

“…Clementine.” His voice was barely a whisper, but the return of that nickname made Cassidy smile just a little bit wider. “I love you.”

Cassidy’s arms unwrapped from around him, the blond leaning slightly away to put some space between the two of them before his hands reached for Kip’s face, carefully lifting it up to look at him. Cassidy’s heart fluttered a little at the glimmer of tears in his eyes, but more importantly at the soft smile now crossing Kip’s lips as well. The Brit was the first one to lean closer, it being his turn to steal a kiss from Cassidy’s lips.

“I love you too.”

[ennabear]

hiya ennabear!! peep the theme :33 absolute loveeee omgg >0<

dyou take nsfw requests? If so, can i ask for loser!abby, whos like, a soft sub (she doesnt really press titles, since she isnt too obedient, but she cannot dominate for the life of her), being very shy and awk with reader since its her first time and she doesnt wanna screw up and do something wrong 😭 ooh im sick shes so precious look at heerrrr

(We are ignoring the boat scene. Owen does not exist. I refuse to acknowledge that tweeg 😡😡)

i genuinly forgot what her short hair era was called .. yaknow, when we find her tied to like, a tree (?? I dont remembed whether or not it was a tree) .. but make it so that the stories set after that 🫂🫂 apologies for not being able to tell you when that was im just very decaffeinated rn and havent had a chance to replay since like last year :P

also, can u make it so that reader is geniuinly js very fluffy and caring and allat?? No demeaning or anything, i want it teeth-rottingly sweet 🥳

thanks in advance! Now back to my deep dark lesbianism-cave-of-shame i go (ФωФ)

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HIII NONNIE!!!! i’m posting this separately from the actual fic because when i was writing the authors notes/content warnings i couldn’t stop yapping… i definitely wrote wayyyyy too much for this oops… opened tumblr and my thumbs just couldn’t stop 😭 BUT AWYAOAAOOWYW THANK YEWWW i had to do a bear theme at some point because… well… ennabear……

i do take nsfw reqs!!!!! i’ll write for most nsfw things but if you’re ever too unsure check out my rules!!! I’M SO HAPPY YOU ASKED FOR LOSER!ABBY!!!! i actually love her so much but my loser!abby posts always flop astronomically hard… loser!abby fandom so small we could all fit on a bus…. 🤦🤦

also yes owen slander is 100% allowed here!!! i hate that bitch for not only screwing over abby BUT MEL TOO???? ughhh he gets on my nerves… I CAN’T STAND MENNNNN

i believe the abby era you’re talking about is pillars/santa barbara/catalina abby???? (i hope so because that’s who i wrote it about 😭) i had to do some of my own world building for this because tlou3 isn’t out yet (idek if it was confirmed… but we’ll pretend abby and reader have a happy ending!!!!) so i completely just made up shit about the island, people, environment, etc. (i’ve never even been to california bruhhhh)

writing fluffy smut is my PASSION i gotchu anon 🤝 hope u get some caffeine in your system and a chance to play again!! and if you ever wanna come back out of your dark lesbianism cave of shame, COME BACK INTO MY INBOX!!!!! i love yapping (if you can’t tell)!!!!! TJANK YOU FOR THE REQUEST!!! HAPPY READING!!!!!!

[sanayeon]

SANA in every TWICE TV. 5 in Switzerland episode ☆ ep. 3-4

[nicomrade]

i think it all boils down to it ends on putting the last puzzle piece in place and lacks any time spent gazing at it in its complete state. whys the last vol of 21st cent boys more mystery solving when the first was hot robot action that was barely foretold? why not swap the two? first finish solving the mystery, then catharsis as conveyed through the medium of awesome robot action? if you tell me something is real and then immediately close the book i do not have time to really grasp w the implications of that truth. you are rushing me and im a scared foal who wants to stay in the middle of this road.

and my standards for coherence and consistency and impactful character writing are VERY DIFFERENT for a story that consists of nothing but turns and twists and lies and half-remembered memories and wrongly remembered memories and a VR reconstitution of someone else lying about their memories and pretend deaths and real deaths and masks and lying and hiding and flip and flopping. thats fine. if anything its good that most of the main cast is so consistent and/or has such straightforward character arcs. THATS GOOD. we gotta leave the complicated stuff to the way the story is told. thats my reader position going into it. im not asking any one character to blow my socks off or for the mystery itself to sound cool once unraveled, i only ask for it to be competently told

well it still disappointed me. like to be clear 90% of the manga is so awesome and a great ride but when it comes the time to wrap up and end it just flops it really hard. like, its cute that that one detective had it all figured out from the start! well, can i see his notes? this feels like such a perfect setup for a "wrapup" at the end. LET ME READ HIS NOTES !!! why cant i read his notes. why wont you wrap-up ur mystery after introducing such a perfect setup for it? and like yes we See his notes but we read like "sadakiyo other friend" ok well thats nothing. give me a proper wrapup after 22~24 volumes of this spanning over decades both in-story and irl. u are teasing and edging me rn. also it maybe shows the writer themselves have sort of lost the plot as well !.

this missed opportunity is emblematic of the problem is what im saying. and its probably the only thing i can truly criticize this work for. "it lost sight of its own mystery somewhat towards the end". this above is also kind of nothing id consider to be real spoilers and i promised id spoil this entire manga so now lets go in a bit deeper there, in the dark 👉

regarding loose threads i would point to- i forgot her name- the badass evil butch lady whos pregnant w friends child. like whats the conclusion on that? or the OTHER lady whos pregnant w friends child? like i dont mean to say im completely lost as to what happens at the end of a pregnancy but its like- what is this supposed to say to me? can a character turn into the camera and tell me "children r awesome and what make this world go round so we cant treat these kids as evil before-birth, we should celebrate them existing at all". thatd help me out a lot. this is kind of nothing and doesnt matter in the grand scope but its stayed with me. maybe because we are missing any "real ending" feel so i also feel like im missing the thematic Meaning of the work

can we talk about sadakiyo? i love sadakiyo hes awesome. so he for sure definitely died in that car like there was no hint that maybe he hadnt, it was a pretty normal conclusion to his arc. he was, after all, just a tool to friend and so when the tool doesnt wanna serve u anymore u kill it. fine. whys sadakiyo alive at the end? what purpose does he serve? to be in a coma??? and die again??? ok well dont do this to my man sadakiyo. fucking flopesque. and i UNDERSTAND that this ^ death being undone is a repetition of the fukubei motif v

so fukubei. i love fukubei hes awesome. so he for sure definitely died in that classroom shot by i forgor- otcho? anyway otcho checked his body, that was fukubei AND he was dead. then he shows up again ?!!! what were they thinking!- lol im joshing i dont mind that he shows up again later cause thats a BODY DOUBLE ! :D classic mystery writing. wait whats this in 21st cent boys- FUKUBEI DIED AS A CHILD???? well WHO was this fucker otcho checked the body of if not fukubei. couldnt be- i forgot his name. couldnt be carp boy due to we clearly draw a "before" and "after" fukubei's death in how people consider friend. and the "after" is carp boy. so the "before" cannot be carp boy. can only be fukubei. but fukubei died as a child ...

and u see this would be a delicious twist to me cause it gives u this sort of timeline:

fukubei fakes his death as a child but its a trick and hes fine -> he also starts burrying other kids by spreading rumors theyre dead when theyre literally fine [sadakiyo namely] -> fakes his death as fukubei on bloody new years -> fakes his death again as friend and then is fine [at the world expo, the whole pope thing] -> wait hold on that last death was real. it was definitely real. -> wait hold on that first death was real. it was real.

we do get foreshadowing for it too which is yummiful for me. this ^ is an awesome chain of narration yes keep showing me this guy dying but then hes fine and then tell me that no, actually, these fake deaths, were all real. he really did die. i think what breaks it for me is that the way that fake-hanging in the classroom is framed THAT mystery was solved completely and entirely on the last repetition we saw of it, like its just not brought up or a point of mystery again. so then coming in cutely on the last chapter of the last 21st boys volume and tell me "he died as a child" is like ok but u didnt mystery solve that one for me u didnt thats not how mystery writing works u dont get to put foreshadowing together off screen and tell me the answer later u have to put the foreshadowing together on screen thats how this mystery story contract works.

so theres that + the mentionned incongruity created with this whole "friend changed !!!" "hes not the same guy anymore!!!" stuff thats only here to confirm the reader suspicions/plant reader suspicions that fukubei DID die as an adult that last time and then the guy at the expo w the pope was another guy entirely- a fake. thats fine if that IS your end game solution but if its just a red herring ure gonna have to be clearer about that at the end . . . when you mystery solve your mystery. and not do it off screen. do ya get me?

and dont get me started on kenji stealing that space force badge or whatever thats nothing, not foreshadowed in the slightest, doesnt matter. carp boy's obsession w kenji couldve just been that him playing 20th cent boys song that one time dissuaded him from suicide but then neither kenjis group nor fukubei's would accept him and that made him Weird. and want to crawl into their skin and play them like puppets. thats awesome. no need to add more shit thats not even a mystery but paced with the beats of a mystery unravelling. DONT WASTE MY TIME ON ADDING POINTLESS BULLSHIT THAT DOES NOT RING TRUE!! IS MY POINT !! when you still have AN ACTUAL MYSTERY GOING ON YOU APPARENTLY RAN OUT OF TIME TO UNRAVEL PROPERLY !!!

also, again, sadakiyo did not survive that car explosion and would not give his mask to wear to a bunch of orphans that mask is a symbol of his isolation and of fukubei's [and also carp boy's] manipulation of him that have rendered him literally faceless. you will have to notice the 3 kids who wear that mask have either panels of themselves faceless or talk extensively about not having a face. you will also notice that sadakiyo was freed from this as an adult when they found a childhood picture of him that showed his face properly. and he stopped wearing that mask. and was EXPLICITELY asked by kenjis group to stay w them and not sacrifice himself. his childhood drama was all resolved. do not tell me that he survived that car explosion- SOMEHOW- and then UNDID his own character arc, started wearing the mask again,? put it on other kids ???? no no no this is nothing you are losing your own plot this does not ring true he would not do this. this is nothing. this is meaningless. do not spoil a perfectly good character arc this way and waste pages on this when you still have more mystery to solve. what are we doing here? lets move along i beg you

also what does carp boy even care about the world expo since he was "dead" we dont even know his status re: the expo like did he go?? did he wanna??? this is important to 20th cent boys who got to go and who wanted to is important. like again i do like that its carp boy and he didnt die as a kid, that reveal was done properly, but it also raises a LOOOOT of questions that shouldve been answered w the rest of the vols instead of having more bullshit that doesnt matter happen in 21st cent boys.

THE TWO WORKS ALSO LITERALLY DIRECTLY FOLLOW EACH OTHER IS THE THING? why is it split in two like this? i sorta assumed wed get a timeskip between 20th & 21st cause like thats what those numbers mean? and also the nature of 20th cent boys is the timeskips. that or itd be a POV shift, ANYTHING that marks it as clearly "different" and "seperate" from what came before- but still the same story. 2 vols of fukubei POV. or carp boy POV. to uhm, WRAP UP THE MYSTERY? but no its just meaninglessly quarantining the last 2 vols just to piss off readers (whether theyre aware of the sequel or not! i knew about it! still annoyed me!!!) it also confuses librarians!!!! i saw this IRL!!! they do not know where to put 21st boys on the shelf in relation to 20th boys!!! just make it one manga

also of course the politics of 20th cent boys r kinda weird but mostly well meaning which id guess is also true of urasawas works in general id have to reread monster but like he never fully commits to that ACAB anarchist spirit and thats too bad. but ive literally never commented on this before because his mystery writing usually slaps so hard. but this time it flopped so im commenting on it.

this also why i brought up the pregnancy plot at the very start ^ or felt annoyed by the way the story slowed wayyyy down w a lot of scenes we have to read twice in the same volume due to the POV shifts happening to waste time rather than build tension. your mystery solving in such a big-scope mystery story is your keystone. if it fails, im going to start poking at the whole stone arch and notice you swapped some limestone and concrete within the marble or whatever. im not a stone guy. understand my metaphor. if ur keystone is fucking awesome i dont even fucking care that u used dirt in that arch. its an awesome arch and the change of material looks cool.

i only had praise for billy bat but here i left 20th cent boys on a bitter taste BECAUSE the billy bat mystery/ies is way better at stringing you along and lying to you in subtle ways and does not bring sadakiyo back to life or end its sequel "2 bat 2 billy" on a paragraph that reads "so in truth kevin had died on his first flight to japan! and it was the perfect opportunity for his assistant to steal his identity and walk around pretending to be him!" and now thinking about that whole fukubei died as a child thing again i realize it was even-er foreshadowed-er than i realized but its just not revealed well so i reject it on instincts it feels like im being gaslit. as true as it is. as planned as it was. and thats maybe the mark that something was truly fumbled at the end there, that i cant accept this no matter how much i realize it had been there all along. 6 out of 10.

ok i need to get outta bed and extensively spoil this entire manga cause its ending is so thoroughly flopped and also i had torturous visions i need to distract myself from

[babygirlwolverine]

hey yall!

I have a few saved urls that have been collecting dust that i thought i’d advertise in case anyone would like to use these? only let me know if you actively want to use them so they aren’t just getting stored and unused by someone else, but if you’re interested in any of these urls just let me know and I’ll release them and let yall use them :)

~ sunsetdeancas

~ moonlightdeancas

~ tombstonedeancas

~ spookynightdeancas

~ pumpkinspicedeancas

~ fallingstarsdeancas

[tashamustdie]

are you a sunrise or a sunset

[kof-xiii]

opening art requests rn hiiiii i just need to doodle something rn and i dont really know where to start

[mekatrio]

teehee 🤭

like vg fans of any franchise have always been insufferable but zelda fans are unique in their stubborn and long-standing belief of a 'canon timeline' that the developers has disregarded over and over again, and yet they still rever it, making themselves unpleasable and inaccessible to both developers and newer fans who dont know what tf these old fans are talking about. like its insane how when u open up almost any page on the zelda wiki u get smacked in the face with a massive header denoting whether any of this information is [CANON] or [NON-CANON] or [AMBIGUOUSLY CANON]. like wtf? cuz this is all shit that fans made up, the zelda community has just arbitrarily decided what is or isnt canon, what does or doesnt matter 'in the grand scheme of things'. nevermind the fact that developers have stated again and again that they dont give a shit abt an overarching narrative. like theyve been throwing shit at the wall all the way back w twilight princess messing up the oot -> zelda i -> zelda ii chronology, like they never gave a fuckkkkk. and nintendo only pretended to care with hyrule historia bc this franchise was heading down the gutter with the failure of the wiiu, aided by the fact that the DS zelda titles were utter flops bc surprise surprise, not giving a shit abt accessibility while also installing a rigid anti-piracy during the DS's golden age of piracy ended up biting you in the ass (ST and PH being some of the lowest selling zelda titles despite debuting on nintendo's best selling console lmao!) but yes they only pretended to Seriously Care abt the timeline bc they needed the cash, hyrule historia was just a skyward sword artbook in the end AND ALSO THEY STATE THEMSELVES NOT TO TAKE THEIR INTEPRETATION AT FACE VALUE, SMTH FANS LOVEEE TO IGNORE, and ultimately nintendo showed how little they cared abt this timeline they put out by chucking it out entirely when they made botw. lol!

but still fans cling to this false idea of a timeline and an overarching narrative viciously bc if theres something that zelda fans love to do, its believing in shit that isnt fucking there! all while ignoring whats actually there! like how when botw put out an insanely misogynistic, racist, and transphobic segment where you have to sneak into gerudo town, fans fucking lauded it as a win for 'queer' representation! or how fans love to constantly cling to that old as hell aonuma quote abt how oot link was 'intended to be neither male or female' to go on and on abt how link is non-binary representation, when in actuality oot link was based off leonardo di caprio and also, throughout 35+ years of existence, link has never had any sort of character customization in the slightest! link isnt non-binary, youre just a westerner who doesnt understand what bishounens are! constantly applauding the zelda team and nintendo for shit that doesnt exist while completely ignoring the bigotry that does exist, like how zelda fans entirely ignored anyone who pointed out how fucking weird it is that riju, A CHILD, is dressed up in such revealing clothes, while they draw a million fanarts of 'rehydrated ganon' and why? because he's brown and foreign! nevermind that hes literally rotting skin and bones, just the idea of a brown muscular man is enough for you to lose any shame! and ignoring any fans who have said tetra's random whitewashing is weird and racist, or any fans who say the botw male gerudo armor is fucking orientalist, while other fans will draw ganondorf or demise like fucking racist animal-like caricatures. also ignoring the fact that oot's fire temple theme used to have an actual muslim chant in it! zelda fans who will spend days and nights poring over non-existent story implications will ignore ALLLL of this, and act like it doesnt exist, and give any fans who point it out a bunch of shit! all while they continue making up a timeline and lore that doesnt exist!

so im so happy that these fans are being treated the way they deserved and all this 'lore' they rever so much is getting thrown tf away! i hope it continues getting thrown away! i hope every future zelda game is a sandbox with the shittiest dungeons, and i hope epona gets replaced by a honda civic! i hope your beloved medieval setting gets fucked over and you have seven sewer levels! i hope we never get a fishing minigame again, and i hope you keep getting 'queerbaited' like you were with sidon, over and over again like fucking charlie brown and his football! i hope you never get to play as zelda in a zelda title, you dont fucking deserve it! I HOPE ZELDA FANS ARE UNHAPPY FOREVER AND EVERRRRRR <3

I LOVE IT WHEN ZELDA FANS ARE UNHAPPY! I HOPE YOU ARE UNHAPPY FOREVERRRRR

[dokjaism]

🎀  𝑔𝓊𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈  🎀

how to request gifsets + my do’s and don’ts when it comes to what i do. please if u want to request something, read this entirely.

how to request:

↪ you can resquest anytime you want in my inbox, however, i work in my own pace so if u want smth quickly i’m not ur girl

↪ regarding last point, hurrying me up won’t make me do it faster, it has an opposite effect on me and i simply won’t do it

↪ you can be as specific as you want. u can ask me for certain era, certain hair color, you can even send me the link to a video if u want. if u want a timestamp pls let me know!!

↪ if u send me just a member or a group, i’ll give myself creativity freedom and work with whatever looks interesting for me

↪ although i do work with lq videos, some are too difficult to work with, if that happens, i will let you know and u can re-do your request or just change the video.

↪ if u want to request a tv show, an anime or anything like that, please specify the episode you want, more so if i haven’t watched said thing.

↪ [optional] you can request me with dimensions if you wish!

what i’ll accept and do:

↪ you can request any artist you want! it doesn’t have to be only kpop (i have some exceptions i will list in my don’ts)

↪ although it’s not something i usually do, i’m willing to gif tv shows if u ask me to!

↪ animation is very different and i have never worked on one, but if u want to request me any, i’ll do my best and you’ll have to bear with me.

↪ live stages are hard to work with, but i will do it either way. however, if it’s too difficult for me i’ll let u know.

what i won’t accept therefore won’t do:

↪ fancams by fansites, unless said fansite has explicitly said u can gif their vids. fancams if they’re by sasaengs

↪ i said i’d gif any artist you want, but i have some exceptions which are: mamamoo, big bang, super junior, (g)i-dle, woojin (for obvious reasons lol, if u wanna request a skz vid in which he’s part of, i’m gonna cut him off)

↪ i don’t know if someone will ever request western artists, but here is a list of the ones i refuse to make gifs of: justin bieber, chris brown, drake, camila cabello, kanye, 6ix9ine.

(^ both of these lists can and will be updated from time to time)

↪ abusive ships such as reylo and any ship like it, pedo ships such as starker and any ship like it.

↪ i can accept irl “ships” as long as you treat them platonically and aren’t weird about it

↪ youtubers.

↪ death triggers me, so i won’t gif any scene that has death in it.

↪ although i accept movies, tv shows, dramas, anime and such, i won’t do it if the raw version of it is hard to get, but i will let you know beforehand.

thank you for reading ! 

[tour-main]

moots, send me an emoji and i’ll tell you how much of love uuuu

[nyctarian]

also people desperately trying to pretend kamala harris wasnt doing evil shit as a prosecutor, i simply do not respect you

it got real long so heres a read more, but click thru for lots of reliable sources about why she sucks shit

anyways, here are articles to read from jacobin and current affairs, leftist publications that have generally good politics but can be cringe at times, but have very good journalistic standards, and an article in the guardian from the currentaffairs eic, bc i actually vet and have pre-existing knowledge of sources that i cite, instead of using,,,a medium article by a kamala supporter as a source, a twitter thread by a kamala supporter, and a private twitter account. if you dont know what the “khive” is (crazy kamala supporters who did actual online harssment like bernie supporters accused of) and werent on twitter to learn the nuances of what different signifiers on a twitter account mean for someone s politics during the primaries, dont try and use randos on twitter as sources

I could make a similar post about biden but i have to assume we all understand “guy who who literally gave a eulogy at “man literally only known for being racist” strom thurmond’s funeral isnt a good person

anyways, the kamala articles:

Article by briahna gray joy, a black leftist, about how kamala being a woc doesnt mean she was unable to uphold white supremacy

article about kamala laughing about jailing poor poc for having kids who miss school

article about the punitive measure harris used as prosecutor

article about every “””leftist””” thing kamala has claimed to support cant be counterbalanced w a conservative claim on the same issue (from 2017!)

article about her problematic ties to silicon valley

general overview of her neoliberal politics

article about how she completely failed at reducing mass incarceration in cali

article about her fucking useless “loan forgiveness” plan

article about how shes a warhawk on foreign policy

article about her flip flopping on m4a

and an article about how bad her health plan was

and a conversation about how, despite all that, she ended up the vp pick anyways bc of dem disdain for actual leftists

[titanslayer]

well now i know. 

[gangtheway]

42 45 50 gogogo

42. do you prefer gazing wistfully out the window or lying dramatically over the sofa?

i do both simultaneously. but given that im sitting all day at work, i flop on couches like no other. then slep.

45. favorite pajamas?

some kinda sweatpant/pj pant with pockets (not flannel unless its actually cold out) and a tshirt from somewhere that was giving out free tshirts at some point in my life.

shirt n socks optional depending on temperature

50. what’s your dreamhouse? 

i am constantly flip flopping between extravagant mansion with hidden passages and secret rooms/ small house within walking distance to a supermarket where i can just lock myself in, emerging only for supplies on an annual basis.

but see a big house is harder to clean and also im gonna be living alone and at that point the only upside is the acoustics of a big house for dramatic speeches to a dog.

definitely needs a slot for mail and packages. maybe a smart fridge so i stop eating spoiled food. roomba for cleaning up. A/C and heater is a must. black-out curtains bc fuckt he sun.

aaaa i want a library even though i havent read an actual book in YEARS. mostly so i can hide doors behind bookshelves. Oh. I could put a whole fucking maze behind bookshelves just for funsies since this is a dream house. I will build a hidden labyrinth for brooding and also maybe so when i die no one can find my body until a couple of intrepid teens happen upon it years later and go on an adventure.

oh you know what lets put a big ol tv in here somewhere for games. and like 50 really good computers incase i break one. homeless people can come into the computer room and use them. there’s free laptops and phones for them too. they came with the house shhh. there’s a 3d printer.

one room has the entire library of alexandria in it. i saved it by making a time paradox and now its in my house that can be filleld with literally anything. i cant read any of them though bc im dumb. so there’s like a scientist chilling in my house too i guess.

one room opens to space. just as an option. yes there is an endless vacuum behind this door and yes it will kill me instantly but its fuckign SPACE. i can shoot shit through a vacuum tube to go into space too. i shoot all my embarrassing poetry adn art into space and the aliens make a religion about them. im the 7th grade god now.

oh yeah theres a room filled with money. actually its a corridor full of doors that lead into the bank accounts of the rich. like the physical versions of them. i use this corridor to become robin hood and finally find fulfillment in life. i steal all the crown jewels and send them to their countries of origin. OH and also doors into museums. im gonna do crimes of culture. save the cultures. give them their art back. and leave a calling card with just a crude drawing of a dick at the museum. i become known as the cock crusader but SURPRISE i didnt have a cock this whole time its the perfect crime.

theres another room thats a straight up time machine. i go into the past and un-birth hitler. i seduce his mom/dad/grandpappy and then also matchmake them to randos. i proceed to appear at various points in history as a mythical creature. i m the mothman i predict the tragedies now.

i have a room of spiders. i throw my enemies in there. i dont really have any enemies yet. i hope one day i will so i dont waste the spider room.

theres probably a pool somewhere too. it’s filled with the cure for all disease but it doesnt work unless you have less than 1 million dollars of material wealth. i dont make the rules. the pool does.

at least one room is noneuclidean. i dont know how it works either so take it up with god

theres a room with real pokemon. no mr mimes though bc he freak me out. tbh its mostly pikachus bc im basic af with my faves and pikachu herds sound adorable and i will die.

another room is like. a room where you go and talk to people who died. not like a dedicated ouija room. thats in the bomb shelter. no like you sit at a table and their soul just floats on over and theres a hologram and everything.

i have a ton of robots. theyre all vaguely sexy. they make me uncomfortable but i am irresponsible with my power

one room has a megaphone. when you speak into it it doesnt make any noise but instead it beams your voice into the mind of who youre thinking of. i use it to brighten the days of my friends and destroy the psyches of my enemies. still dont have any enemies yet. would it be overkill to do this in addition to the spiders?

there is an attic filled with mannequins. this is my nightmare room. i never go there and i pretend it doesnt exist. when someone wanders in there, their heads follow their movement wordlessly. they dont do anything but its really unnerving and no one likes it.

there is a completely soundproof room that i go into and make whatever noises i want. no one can hear me here. i practice doing accents where no one can hear how bad and ashamed i am. even with no one else listening, i get self-conscious. this room is now the Screaming Room for makign stress noises in.

one room is filled with conversation starter cards and a mirror. i go here and study often. the cards ask me about my childhood traumas and i burn them. the room is now a room for pep-talks. i get self-conscious halfway through the peptalk and walk out, dejected. why is talking so hard.

one room opens into a ranch. it’s where we put all the shelter pets. there are therapy areas for them so they learn love and be loved again. they run in large open areas and are happy and fuzzy and clean and full. it’s staffed by people who know how toactually take care of animals. i go there sometimes to get swarmed by big ol dogs and big ol cats and so many fuzzy babies. then i go to the allergy removal room bc i didnt think that through.

there’s a never-ending food room. i dont know where it comes from or how fully-prepared food just appears like that. world hunger is ended and im still a lazy shit and forget to eat more than a single tortilla. the food doesnt make you sick or unhealthy its just good food that tastes good and feels good and is good. there is maybe an onion corner and i dont acknowledge its existence aside from the occassional glance.

theres a dumb bitch dungeon for the people i have a one-sided hatred for who ruin life for the entire planet. it shoots off into space. they get dissected and analyzed by aliens. the aliens decide to never come to earth bc jfc is this really what yall do. a small price to pay. maybe other aliens might come and be chill. i have a room for the aliens just in case.

theres other houses for people i care about and a few more for those i dont yet know that i care about. no rent. just a place to live and be happy. its filled with friends and happiness and i really want this eldritch abomination of a house now.

im v sleepy OH YEAH AND A RLY BIG CRAFT ROOM

[succubused]

Hey I'm that anon from before! I cant believe I forgot Horizon: Zero Dawn exists, its sitting on my shelf right now and its great but nobody ever talks about it lmao but please tell me honestly is ME: Andromeda worth getting? ME 2 is like, one of my most favourite games and after it initially flopped I lost any hope. Is it worth it now?

honestly i personally think that the reason it did so poorly was bc of how poorly written the ending of ME3 was — people wanted closure that Andromeda was never designed to give them, and that coupled with ME fans wanting another Shepard game was really just a recipe for failure even though imo Andromeda itself doesnt deserve anywhere near the shit it gets. like yes production was rushed and it was released way before it shouldve been but at this point after all the patches i dont really feel thats a concern anymore

as long as you go into it not expecting Shepard and ready to consider it something pretty much entirely separate from the original series then like.....i had a lot of fun with Andromeda. liked the new personality choices that allowed you to have more complex characterization vs the black and white nature of paragon/renegade & actually really liked Ryder who you just have to keep in mind is like, 22 years old and not the hardened veteran that Shepard was. its just a different game. but it has some really beautiful environments and i actually liked the gameplay a lot

as always with bioware games theres some narrative bullshit and i wont pretend its perfect, but that being said jaal is like. one of my favorite characters in all of mass effect i adore that guy

this was my ryder her name was constance

anyways. thats the long answer. the short answer is yes i think its worth it you just have to have an open mind about it