#im sorry we have nothing ti talk about any more

[stoop-fairy]

“sugar! honey! love!” — lh44

summary — lewis and you have been dating for years and fans are obsessed with you, but it seems you guys are obsessed with announcements.

fc & cw — kali uchis. this takes place in 2023 until the ferrari announcement and then the marriage announcements are in 2025! so imagine the pics are taken in said time and the baby was born in 2024 okay? okay. i think this is my best work yet im actually proud of it.. the summary is weird but wtv.

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yourinsta visualizer for ‘te mata’ is out now babies 👼🩷 have a couple more surprises for you so stay tuned, mwah mwah.

sincerely, yn.

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lewishamilton you already know how i feel about this one 🖤 proud of you honey

yourinsta mwahhh

sabrinacarpenter coolest woman alive

yourinsta says you 😩

user17 i cannot handle more surprises 💔 every single thing you do is fucking amazing

user10 mother

bellahadid beautiful work baby 🩷

user18 she’s actually not real

user63 wdym more surprises???? please stop

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yourinsta aprovechando que my man is home for the whole week 😚

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georgerussell63 man’s glowing. but not as much as he does with me 👀

yourinsta get tf out of here u won’t steal my man again

user17 the power you guys hold is actually unfair

user38 i want what they have 😭😭

user92 parents are baaaack 🫶

lewishamilton best place to be 🤍

yourinsta i miss u :((

lewishamilton i’m in the bathroom baby..

user20 miss seeing her in the paddock:((

user78 why do i feel like everything’s about to change and this is the calm before the storm..

yourinsta funny.. that’s exactly how it feels 👼

user78 wdym???? miss girl we need you to be specific.. ELABORATE???

user89 “funny” … girl don’t do this to me

user83 you look like you know something we don’t and it’s upsetting me personally

yourinsta maybe i do or maybe i don’t 🤷‍♀️

user69 sis you’re playing with us and i need u to stop RIGHT NOOOW

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yourinsta happy to announce that my second album en español will be yours in just two weeks 🫶 can’t wait for u to hear it, thank you for growing with me through every layer. los amo 🩷

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lewishamilton can’t wait for the world to hear and see what i’ve been lucky enough to witness every day 💐🖤

yourinsta couldn’t have done any of it without u 🤍

user70 growing with you has been the greatest soundtrack

user80 mother is SERVING vocals, visuals, growth, everything

user63 SO THIS WAS THE SURPRISE??? god i can’t wait

rosalia.vt mami 🐚🌞🌺

yourinsta timing is crazy huh 🤍

user27 HUH????

user81 sorry what?

carmenmmundt orgullosísima de ti 💐

yourinsta y yo de ti preciosa 🩶

alexandrasaintmleux can’t wait to hear and see you more ❤️

yourinsta you’re gonna be sick of me lmao ❤️

user15 i fear they’re confirming that lewis is going to ferrari 💔

user16 why is nb talking about the bald pic 😭

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lewishamilton my final year with Mercedes marks the end of an era, one i’ll forever be proud of. thank you to every single person who’s been part of this journey.

a new chapter begins with Ferrari, and with it… the most beautiful changes in my life. feeling nothing but gratitude and love for what’s ahead ❤️‍🔥

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user17 this is the best day of my life..

user18 OH. oh my god she’s mother fr..

yourinsta forever proud of you ❤️‍🔥✨ can’t wait for what’s next

lewishamilton my love ❤️

georgerussell63 won’t be the same without you… but can’t wait to battle it out 😤

carmenmmundt so much love for you two 🤍

charles_leclerc welcome ♥️

roses_are_rosie an era ends, a new one begins. so happy for you 🖤

user75 FUCK IM CRYING SO HARD

alexandrasaintmleux felicidades a los dos, c’est un début magnifique 🕊️ — congrats to you both, it’s a beautiful beginning

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yourinsta i look good in red don’t i?

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lewishamilton red’s never looked better ❤️‍🔥

yourinsta on you yes it has

bellahadid can confirm u do

sabrinacarpenter no one’s doing it like u mama 🫦

user63 you’re not just a hot mom.. you’re thee hot mom

rosalia.vt mami mía 😍

yourinsta 😚❤️

user82 this baby’s gonna have more style than me by the time they’re 3 days old..

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lewishamilton first race weekend of a brand new chapter. grateful for every beginning on and off the track. now i’m more grounded, more focused, more in love than ever. to the new beginnings 🤍

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georgerussell63 lewis hamilton, the myth, the legend, the father & the fiancé

user88 FIANCÉ?????

yourinsta forever 🤍

user33 oh my god. FINALLY

user43 it’s gonna be THEE wedding, i can feel it 🙂‍↕️

user55 mi corazón ya no puede con tanto amor 💔 — my heart can’t take so much love

charles_leclerc what a year already.. congrats mate 🖤

lewishamilton 🖤

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yourinsta my family 🙂‍↕️ baby pooks and i are missing dada so much but we’re so proud of him 🩷

can’t wait to have forever with these two boys.

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lewishamilton love you more than words can express ❤️

carmenmmundt baby pooks is the luckiest already 🥹 sending all the love to you guys!

yourinsta te extrañamos muchísimo 🙁 — we miss you so much

scuderiaferrari the heart of the scuderia beats stronger with this family ❤️‍🔥🥹

georgerussell63 big love to the whole crew 🙌 can’t wait to see you all soon!

yourinsta see u soon crikey!

user16 this is what true love looks like 😭😭

alexandrasaintmleux proud to say that i’ve held baby pooks before, the cutest little guy

yourinsta he absolutely adores you and charles

[riddleriddles]

ෆ delicate

ෆ matthew riddle x hufflepuff! shy! reader

ෆ summary: the one in which Matthew can’t leave such a beautiful girl crying alone in a dress like that.

ෆ warnings: English translated from google (please let me know if there are any grammatical mistakes), alteration of the history of mattheo and tom (tom is not voldemort but an potions teacher like snape).

ෆ notes: i just love shy!reader so much, im sorry if all my one shots are all with shy or hufflepuff reader, IM JUST A GIRL

𖦹

Parties have never really been your favorite way to spend time, loud music and dancing until your feet hurt in the middle of many strangers, not really your tipe of thing.

But a prom was so different, the music was slow, and the dresses, the delicate makeup, even more the winter ball, with the decorations in light shades of blue and white, was a dream.

Especially when you had someone to spend the night, a date, but maybe for lack of popularity, you hadn’t gotten a pair for tonight, your circle of friends was extremely limited, but if you did not have a pair it was not for lack of desire.

Since the prom was announced, you dreamed of being invited by none other than Cedric Digory.

He was tall, kind, sweet, confident, and extremely outgoing, always surrounded by his friends, but you weren’t special for having the attention picked up by Digory, half the girls of your year also dreamed the same thing as you, on being asked to be his date on the romantic night of the winter dance, unfortunately, you and Cedric, although you’ve interacted a few times - just a few little conversations he pulled during class, or little smiles as you passed each other in the hallway - you were very different, he was extremely confident and liked the attention, you did not.

In the little conversations you shared with him, you believed that those glances and those smiles had a greater meaning, maybe you forgot that he was just polite, or you knew but liked to pretend not, because the feeling was good, of being seen, of someone enjoying holding a conversation, and as much as you didn’t talk so much, he liked your words spoken in a low tone of quiet, or you thought he liked it.

the weeks passed and nothing came, not an owl or a letter, not even a flower, so your hopes were lost, as much as you had heard through the corridors that Cedric Digory had no pair and was considering going alone to the winter ball.

…

With only a few minutes left until the beginning of the prom, you were lying on the bed, wet hair tied in a towel with a robe around your body, looking at the ceiling with your hands resting one on top of the other in the region of your chest.

the room smelled like shampoo and the fragrance of the strawberry liquid soap you shared in the bathroom with your roommates.

"Come on, you need to go!" Lizzie, your closest friend, and roommate says excited, you and she used to make plans for a long time about this dance together. "We've been talking about it for so long, just for you to give up because of Cedric?"

She talks to you while tiing her hair delicately in a built-in braid, her yellow dress contrasting with her brown eyes and blonde hair.

"Oh Liz, you don't understand..." you whine "I don't have a pair, you at least go with someone nice."

"If that's the problem, you know I can leave Oliver dancing alone while we dance together." she rolls her eyes playfully and says excitedly, she looks at you through the mirror, you turn your face so that yours looks to meet, you smile softly at her.

"Don't do that." you say and giggles lightly.

You turn your head up again and sigh.

"All right, I’ll go..." You give yourself defeated and hear a lively scream from Liz, sit on the bed with your legs crossed.

She finishes the braid in her hair and finally turns to you looking for approval.

"do i look good?" She asks making an exaggerated pose with her hands on her waist and a smile from ear to ear.

She had a long yellow dress with several details of embroidered white flowers, and her blonde hair was in a single built-in braid with some messy strands giving her a stripped air, a yellow heel on her feet.

You smile at her and answer with a giggle "You look beautiful Liz, I'm sure Oliver will fall in love with you once again!"

Her smile changes to a shy smile and she looks at herself in the mirror again.

"I'm going to ask one of the girls to do my makeup, I hope that when I get back you'll be very ready for us to go!" She says excited and takes her makeup case, it is white with kittens and pink tulips and fits in the palm of her hand.

You suppress a smile with your lips and nod your head agreeing.

As soon as she leaves the dorm you get out of bed and go to the shared vanity, you sit on the wooden chair looking at your reflection in the mirror.

So you did your best to feel beautiful enough to go to the ball, dried your hair, and made a small braid on each side, a white bow holding them together, a light makeup on your face with a little glitter marking your eyes, and some golden accessories.

You get up from the vanity and walk to the full-length mirror that was on the door of the big wardrobe you shared with Lizzie.

The dress was hanging right next to the mirror, she went to her heels it was a shade of pearly white and made all of silk, it was beautiful, and you have been dreaming of it for so long.

You take it by the hanger and gently dress it with you back to the mirror, after fixing your hair and accessories, you turn to the mirror again and the view enchants you, feeling so beautiful, the dress had fallen so well on your body and your makeup, along with the simple hairstyle that made you so delicate.

Soon you hear the door open and turn quickly.

Lizzie gasped with an admired smile on her face and approached you quickly.

"You look won-der-ful!" She holds your hand and makes you do a little spin, a slight blush of shyness arrives on your cheeks while you give a soft giggle.

She releases from your hand and goes to the chair where two purses are hanging, one in a yellow and white tone and the other all white with small details in golden, she takes your lip gloss on top of the vanity and puts it inside the white purse, along with a mascara and a pink lip moisturizer that she puts in the yellow one, Going to you, she extends the white and you take it and put it on your shoulder.

"Let's go... the girls told me that Oliver is already waiting for me downstairs!" She says excited, ready to leave the dorm.

…

The great hall was splendid, in a whole shade of dark blue, the false sky with small and bright stars, the music was lively but still calm, couples were dancing in the center and some other people and groups of friends on the decorated tables.

You entered right behind Oliver and Lizzie, enjoying the place.

You sat at a table together where you shared a small talk to pass the time, as far as you could no longer ignore the passionate looks that Olive sent to her best friend and decided to leave them alone for a few minutes.

"I'm going to get something to drink, I'll be right back..." you asked excuse me getting up from the table with a gentle smile on her lips, Liz reciprocated shyly before giving all her attention to the brunette next to her.

Following up to a large table that was full of appetizers and different types of drinks, you took a red plastic cup and filled it with strawberry punch, from afar you could see Lizzie and olive sharing laughter, so you decided it was better to stay there for a while.

you got distracted looking down at your fingers while playing with the golden rings there, so distracted that you didn’t hear or notice when a tall brown boy came up to your side.

"Hey! you here!" Cedric said excitedly coming to your side with a little tap on your shoulder.

your eyes widened in surprise at the sudden presence of the boy, you turned to him with a small glance at his hand on your shoulder, visibly shy.

your heart began to beat faster in your chest and suddenly your throat was dry and your head could not find words to answer the boy with such beautiful eyes.

"Cedric... hi" you were louder than usual on account of the music playing, a small smile on your lips.

"You look good." he says in a charming tone approaching you, he passes by your side as he approaches the table behind you.

your cheeks are flushed with the comment and you don't know how to answer so you just chuckle shyly and admire him as he looks at the table.

"Thank you." you wanted to say that he looked good too but the words don’t seem to want to leave your mouth.

He serves himself in a red plastic cup just like yours, you watch him as he takes a gray canteen out of his suit pocket and baptizes the drink in the cup, you look at him and he seems not to notice, you look away at the couples dancing in the center of the Great hall.

He leans against your side, an arm leaning on the table behind your back without touching you, you suppress your lips, nervous with his proximity, playing with your rings again you swear you can feel your heart almost jumping from your chest.

He lifts the canteen as if offering you some of the whiskey he kept in his suit.

"Do you drink?" he asks with a gentle smile as if asking a casual question.

you look around nervous to see if any teacher is looking at you, which fortunately is not.

"No, but thank you." you gently refuse with a shy smile, he nods and hides the canteen on his suit again.

Now it’s his turn to watch the couples dancing in the center of the prom, a huge jealousy hitting his chest as he sees Cho Chang dancing in the arms of another boy.

You don’t follow his gaze, still playing your rings, the silence starts to bother you when he suddenly catches your hand, you look at him surprised, kinda bothered by the sudden touch.

"Do you want to dance?" he asks with an almost nervous smile.

suddenly you were speechless again, he wanted to dance? with you?

you nodded looking a little bit more lively, a big smile popping up on your lips.

was playing a song you didn’t know as Cedric took you to the center of the Great Hall, his hand resting on your waist.

you danced in a funny sync, but for you, everything seemed perfect. At least until you realize that Cedric wasn’t even paying attention to you.

you exclaimed softly in pain as he stepped on a finger as you danced, stopping for a few seconds.

He suddenly takes his eyes off something he was staring at behind you and looks at you surprised, then gives a little look at your foot, realizing his mistake.

"Oh, sorry, really sorry, I swear I’m not that bad normally" he apologizes with a nervous expression.

You can only nod your head and agree with a fake smile realizing that he doesn’t even care to look at you while apologizing, you follow his gaze and find none other than Cho Chang dancing and laughing with some other Corvinal boy.

You look away before he notices, and look down at your feet, gathering the courage to give an excuse to leave, he seems to notice.

"hey... you all right?" he asks with a gentle little smile and pretending to be worried.

So you look up at him, and you realize that he wasn’t trying to hurt you, of course, it was a little rude to treat you as a second choice, but it wasn’t his fault if he didn’t have feelings for you.

You sigh quietly “im sorry, cedric, i gotta go”

You don’t wait for an answer and get rid of his arms without looking at him because you know if he asks looking in your eyes you would stay.

Passing the couples dancing together you run a firm step out of the Great Hall, hoping to be alone for a while.

The thought of coming to the prom alone was beginning to look pathetic in your head, you should have stayed in your dorm.

you pass through the corridor of the stairs and follow to the courtyard, a bubble of anguish forming in your throat, along with the burning in the tip of your nose, indicating the will to cry.

You always used to cry for silly things, as simple as they were, like the end of a romantic book, or a sad movie, sometimes happiness, sometimes anger.

Now you felt pathetic, for not having a pair and having been made second choice, a mixture of sadness and upset formed the tears in the corner of your eyes.

You leaned on the stone wall, your hands covering your eyes to prevent more tears from falling.

the sound of you back on the stone wall catches Matthew attention, he looks back and would not have noticed that you were crying if not for the hand in your eyes, you sobbed silently.

He lets the cigarette smoke out of his mouth still holding it between his lips if he mentally asks if he should ask you what was happening or should sneak out while you hadn’t noticed his presence.

He analyzes your whole body, from the white Maryjane on your feet to the jewelry you wore on your neck, before sighing softly and taking the cigarette out of his mouth, his night was so boring that he needed a distraction.

Matthew also did not have a prom date, but not for lack of choice, nor would he come to this dance considered ridiculous in his vision, refused one or two dates saying that he would not attend, unfortunately, Lorenzo, one of his best friends, convinced him to stay at least a few minutes before disappearing with his escort, Matthew tired of being alone decided to go out to smoke without being caught by some of the teachers, he planned to finish and climb back to his dorm.

His plans were ruined.

You feel the smell of cigarettes and the presence next to you and take your hand out of your eyes to look at Matthew next to you, your cheeks red by crying, and now the shame of being caught crying, matching with the tip of your nose also reddish and your eyes glowing with tears.

He looks at you and then realizes why your dress is white, was to match your angelic appearance, he notes mentally to thank Lorenzo later for forcing him to come.

"hi." he whispers with a neutral expression, not so serious but also not smiling.

"Hi?" you whisper, yet come out as a question.

You wipe the corner of your eyes, looking elsewhere than him, still ashamed of being caught crying over something so silly.

"Why aren’t you at the prom?" he asks as if you’re not crying, without asking your name as if you already know each other.

Uncertain of what to say, because you did not want to open up to a stranger, especially when the unknown was the son of the frightening professor of potions, Tom Riddle.

"I... found it boring." you whisper shyly, your hands playing with the heart pendant of your necklace.

"so boring that it made you want to cry? what a coincidence, me too, I just wiped my tears." he says with a serious tone but visibly joking.

You let out a giggle realizing that he took your lie, forgetting what had just happened.

"All right, it’s just a silly motive."

"Will you tell me you don’t have someone to dance with?" he asks with a giggle as if he’s joking.

"I haven’t." Your smile falls and you look at your own feet.

He tilts his head to look at your face, not believing that someone so beautiful and dressed so well is crying for not having someone to dance with.

"you’re lying."

"I’m not." you whisper uncertainly and he giggles out of disbelief.

After a few seconds in silence, he puts the cigarette in his mouth again, and from a puff, you watch as he releases the smoke between his lips and takes the cigarette out of his mouth again.

The cold began to bother you, your hands rose and your arms crossed above your chest in search of heat, he notices and comes a little closer, not so much not to scare you.

"Was it someone who made you cry?" he asks quietly, alternating between looking at you and the cigarette on his fingers.

"yes."

"your boyfriend?"

"No." you reply, feeling foolish again, for crying over a boy who isn’t even your boyfriend. "It’s silly."

He stares at you as he leans his head against a stone wall, your eyes still sparkling from tears as you look at your shoe, he notes that the tears lightly blurred your mascara.

He lifts his fingers to the tip of your eyes and passes his thumb over the stain carefully, you look at him uncertain with the proximity, your cheeks turning pink again, and he smiles noticing you blushing with the touch.

"was stained" he clarifies

"with mascara?" he nods agreeing, the cold starting to bother him too.

"Don’t you want to come in? It’s getting cold in here, and you’re out of coat." He whispers, putting his cigarette out on the wall behind him, before throwing it on the floor, wet from the rain earlier.

"I think I’ll go back to my dorm." you whisper letting your hands slip to the side of your body.

"Oh no you can’t leave," he says quickly, thinking of some reason to make you stay, not knowing that you didn’t need much because you hadn’t yet learned to say no, as much as it was someone unknown.

"I can’t?" you ask confused

"No... because... I wanted you to dance with me." he says at once without thinking, dancing? he didn’t dance, what had gone through his head?

His voice comes out neutral but he curses himself mentally, he did not want you to leave but he also did not want to dance.

"Do you want to dance with me?" you blush and suppress a smirk, he sighs without knowing how to answer.

"Yes." No, he doesn’t.

you smile with the words that come out of his lips.

Ok, maybe he wants, just a little.

"Okay." you smile shyly, looking at him slightly flushed, he looks between your glossy lips and your eyes shining.

He accompanies you to the Great hall again, making silly comments to keep you distracted, you thank him mentally.

"I don’t have a pair either, nor is it that bad right?" he says as you arrive.

"not much" you respond softly

a song ends when you arrive, and one of your favorite songs starts playing.

You take a deep breath and your smile increases, you start to think that the universe was trying to make you sad just to make you happy again.

Matthew has his hand on your waist while guiding you to the center of the Great Hall, which did not have as many couples as before, Fade Into You played in the background while the lights changed to a dark blue tone.

Your chests were glued and you were smaller than him, he can smell the floral smell of your shampoo, and then he takes a deep breath discreetly to feel it better.

You look up at him shyly, not knowing what to say to end the silence.

I wanna hold the hand Inside you

you whisper something quietly to him

I wanna take the breath thats true

"Sorry, I didn’t catch that" he whispers so just you can hear and bends down a little to hear you better, your bodies still dancing in sync truly perfect.

I look to you and i see nothing

you stand on tiptoe, your hand on his shoulder as you say in his ear "Thank you" It is still low but he could hear why you said it in his ear this time.

i look to you to see the truth

He had no idea what you were thanking him for, and neither did you.

You live your life, you go in shadows

"oh no, I should thank you." He whispers back to you, he talks louder, and he doesn’t have to say it in your ear, but he does it anyway.

You’ll come apart and you'll go blind

you shiver with his hoarse voice in your ear as he smiles at your reaction, realizing that maybe he likes to see you blush, even if the blue light is in the way.

Some kind of night into your darkness

he leaves a kiss on your neck next to your ear before he looks up again, his action making your heart race, you had never received this much attention from some boy.

Colors your eyes with what is not there

you smile shyly and he reciprocates before looking up around, you lower your head, and lean on his shoulder, while your bodies dance slowly, his hand that was previously intertwined with yours loose and goes down to your waist, his hand that was once intertwined with yours loose and descends to your waist, his arms hold you there, on his chest, your own hands follow his movements and climb to his neck, the silence began to get comfortable.

Fade into you

Stranger, you never knew

Fade into you

[tamorax]

This is a bit of a rant about the title "rex lapis" and english localizers. It's not well written. It's a rant and i do get angry and mildly personal. Also sorry this is what i post after so long of nothing.

Idk about anyone else but i have always felt weird about say "rex lapis" , it always felt like it didnt fit right and in a way ive grown to tolerate it more and even be comfortable with it.

However

Can we fucking talk about genshins english localizers butchering liyue characters.

For a long while now ive learned that "rex lapis" is not his title. Its "Yanwang Dijun" and ive slowly been replacing his localized title with his real one ever since.

Honestly? Im sick and tired of targeted prejudice against chinese people, their cultures and their languages.

They didn't need to replace his title. It's not hard to pronounce. It's easier than the correct pronunciation of the name "zhongli". They kept "Raiden Shogun" and "Musou no Hitotachi" and just about every other name i believe thats in another language. Even in sumeru and natlan. I can't even begin to understand how to pronounce the names and stuff from natlan. Not that I don't try ofc but I don't think I've seen words like that before natlan in my life.

To be honest at first i thought "rex lapis" was a deliberate choice on hoyos side. Nope it was literally just the localizers being racist and sinophobic.

Its not just with zhongli either

Gaming or "Jiaming" which is his real name (literally no reason to change it to gaming. Especially when its going to be seen as a different word in english)

Speaking of Jiaming theres his fucked voicelines where he goes "alley-oop" in the localization. Not even close to what he actually says.

Or or or Xianyuns "Fiddlesticks" now granted that one is a hard one to translate because as far as im aware it doesnt have a direct translation, there is no word in english that matches it. But they seriously could have done better here.

I could go on and on (dont even get me started on that one npc outside wanmin restaurant) but i think you get my point.

The localizers are terrible in general especially with trying to add weird and cringey slang and i honestly wish they would learn to do their jobs properly

And maybe I'm biased because I'm Chinese myself and am more perceptive of prejudice towards anything chinese related, but i honestly dont know where else, what other nation has this many of this kind of fuck ups.

I mean there was that one thing in sumeru, the um, black cake things idr what they are, and paimon hating them and i know people got upset about that, and personally i think thats a pretty fair reaction, i also felt hesitant about them, but also i could list dozens of real chinese foods that i would react the same way to so....

Anyway they didnt change the name for the mechanism in fontaine (you know the one im not gonna try to spell it from memory)

Or ventis/barbatos lyre, or any of fischls nonsense.

So why are the liyue characters, and especially liyues title for their archon that they call him OUT OF RESPECT and not even difficult to say, replaced and butchered so damn much. Even the fan wiki tries to justify it by saying it is "thematically tied".

And its even more weird because on xiaohongshu (rednote) nearly all his fans over there call him by his title. Of "Yanwang Dijun" and you can tell even if its translated that they are doing that. Even real people from china call him by his title, like you would think they'd keep it instead of using a fucking latin replacement.

Sorry if im a bit angry, i am angry. I try not to talk about such things too much because i hate getting into drama

But this infuriates me the more i learn and think about it. All the time and effort people put into researching the other nations, but dont even bat an eye at the lies they are being given about liyue. Lies fed to them from the fucking english localizers. But no one cares because its liyue and liyue is "based on china and china is bad". I can't stand it. I cant stand the hypocrisy and double standards. And zhonglis title is not the first thing to make me reach a boiling point over sinophobia, but for some reason it hurts even more because its over him.

Growing up in america i never really had much of an opinion of china, and didnt know much about it. i even lied to people and said i was japanese a few times, believed the american propaganda about china. But a couple years before genshin came out i started watching cdramas out of boredom . That piqued my interest more. Then i got into genshin and liyue and zhongli were such a huge push for me to learn and discover and appreciate the cultures and people i should have grown up in and around. Helped me accept being chinese and is a huge influence on why and what i chose to be my new name.

So seeing the way people purposefully replace the chinese aspects of things and knowing why when they do it just hurts so fucking much now that ive come to embrace these things more.

Theres so much i could say about this stuff but honestly im tired, and it would simply take too long...

So I'll end it here. If youve made it this far all i can really do is ask that you try to double check and fact check what you think you know about chinese culture and liyue. Please use the correct original versions of things when you can. I know most people won't since the english localization is treated as canon, and its not as if im going to get mad at each individual fan for not knowing, but if you do at least know that you have my sincere appreciation every time you do. Im not religious (unless you count zhongli and my shrine for him) but may blessings and good fortune find you every time you say "Yanwang Dijun" or "Yanwang Ye" instead of "Rex Lapis".

Thank you.

[lostgracestories]

submissive Morgott? Like?? He’s everything ???

The way he would gasp at any sensitive touch, having his horns grasped, unable to restrain his whimpering and purring, even with teeth clenched...

Smth in my brain just clicked and I can’t stop thinking about this old man

OKAY IM FINALLY GETTING TO THESE IN MY INBOX AND YOU GUYS DO NOT DISAPPOINT (been busy with college </3 sorry for delays) ANYWAYS ENJOY THIS MINIFIC (I used mimic veil for it cause Y E S) wc: 879 tw: itty bitty bit of suggestiveness/intimacy

Touch

You were bored, very bored. Your husband had been tending to some nobles under his guise with mimic veil. You knew that this was important for him but you hadn't thoroughly spent time with your own husband in the last 2 weeks. You needed him. Even if it meant just being near him.

As you wandered into the grand hall where your husband was speaking with his guests, he briefly turned and nodded to you mid-sentence before acting as if you were just passing through. You knew he was unsure about affection in front of others, even under his guise with mimic veil. Yet, the act of dismissal felt like a stab to the chest.

Oh you'd show him.

The moment you found a pause in their conversation you came close to Morgott, snaking your arms around his right arm and smiling up at him. He had to bite his tongue just to restrain his voice as a shaky sigh left him.

"Beloved, you were not planning to introduce me to your guests?"

Morgott finally met your eyes and a pang of guilt twisted in his gut like a dull blade. You looked so dejected and he silently cursed himself for being the cause of your upset.

"Apologies, my queen... I did tell thee I wouldst be quite busy with mine work today... 'Tis not a meeting of pleasantries"

The eyes you gave him should have been banned from existence. he wanted nothing more than to steal you away, beg for more of your touch, remove the damn veil for the one person who found him beautiful... He had to rip his mind out of the spiral it was entering when he imagined you running your fingers along his tail and shuddered.

You stuck your lower lip out into a pout and turned toward the two nobles he had been speaking with. You didn't know what they were or would talk about but you knew you wanted to be by your husband's side and not wait to just sleep next to him that night.

"Gentlemen, you would not mind if I remained in your company? See, my husband is quite stubborn-"

You giggled as Morgott quickly shushed you, earning a hearty chuckle from the older man out of the two guests. The man nodded, fidgeting with the band on his ring finger.

"We do not mind, nothing of our conversation is of much import to thyself." The man offered a knowing look to you and nodded to your husband as if beckoning him to continue speaking. You watched as Morgott continued conversing after glancing at you briefly. You looked absolutely lovestruck as if you'd never been in so deep before, and it was true.

As you watched your husband speak, you reveled at the way he shuddered whenever your hand circled his back or your fingers traced the skin of his arm. He nearly drew blood from his lip when you traced circles over his lower back and tail bone with your finger.

The nobles could not have left a moment sooner. The instant they were out of sight, Morgott let out a pitiful whine at your tantalizing touch, his brow furrowing before he turned and grabbed your wrists to keep your hands off of him.

"Thou art playing a dangerous game, my queen"

You offered him a mischievous grin and big doe eyes. The way he shifted his gaze briefly away from you made you want to grab him and shove your lips into his... But you restrained yourself from doing so. You'd show him...

"Revenge for ignoring me"

you hummed the words and suddenly reached up and wrapped your fingers around the veil over the crown of his skull. He made no move to stop you as you removed his guise and tossed mimic veil into a chair sitting under a painting in the hall. The moment his horns were visible you reached to stroke the one above his brow and smirked as he whimpered and gasped under your gentle touch, his tail lashing and swishing behind him as his eyes fluttered.

"I- Was not- hff... I was not ignoring thee-"

A sound bordering a moan escaped his lips when your fingers found the base of his horn and his voice became a pitiful whine.

"I was simply- b-busy"

He stuttered and could not help but give into the heavy feeling in his eyes, shutting them as he leaned into your touch like a dog getting pet.

"You didn't make time for me!"

You huffed and pulled your hand away from him... gods you were going to drive him mad... He practically allowed a beg to slip past his lips and beckon you to touch him again but his thoughts were quickly silenced as you grabbed him by the cloak and pressed your gentle lips into his, smiling. He returned the tender kiss, breathing ragged as he brushed his hand through your hair and held it there until you pulled away just barely to speak. His eye studied yours with admiration.

"Gods you're so stubborn..."

You silenced him with a quick kiss before he could protest then continued speaking, brushing a wiry strand of silver hair out of his face and smiling.

"But you're my stubborn king..."

[callizinc]

Hiiii hello calli... sorry to come into your askbox to ramble again, ily and im Sorry. Ignore this if want. I just.. you mentioned murder dr0nes, right? And said it wasn't that good? Well, I got curious, cause I've seen a lot of people liking it n stuff, so I was like.... now what's the deal here?

So I watched the pilot. (Only the pilot!! These are first impressions). And ummm.. hardcore murder dr0ne likers look away please 🙈 genuinely sorry to shit on your #Thing.

I think the main thing that bothered me was.. that the dialogue was kinda. Painful for me?

Like the rest was fine. The animation was beautiful. The story is pretty simple so far but it's nothing bad. Some elements are intriguing, particularly the themes of complacency vs fighting back, and N's character. The character designs could be better (you have so much you can do with robots. Why did you make them all look the same. Cmon...) but the dialogue....

Like. I get who this is catering to. And I know I'm probably not in that audience and that's fine. Others will enjoy exactly what I don't

But it's just so?? Personally grating to me? Like all the therapy speak and meta jokes? Speech made up of quips and stuff? Like I get it they're trying to be quirky and all but it just feels like. Too quirky, for me. Quirkiness overload. And it wouldn't be as bad if All characters didn't talk this more or less exact same way. Like: Why are these real characters in their real world talking about redemption arcs and sad backstories and accounts of murder like they're aware that they're characters. I just don't get it.

Unless it ties into the lore, it's just so strange to me

It makes them feel flatter. Not as real. With the villains also - they do their best to make them these evil murderous girl bosses, and all the power to them, #ilovemurderousgirlbosses, but the way they're written, they don't really have the space to be? Anything else? They're just evil and #crazy. And like, of course, maybe they're developed further later on, but just speaking my first impressions here

Also againnn with the daddy issues.. it feels even worse cause like. I'm struggling to feel any real connection between uzi and her dad. Which is probably the point. But idk, the way they both turned so fast on each other... do they care for each other at all? I'm aching for some parent+child relationships with actual depth and sentimentality here

Also while I enjoy the themes of complacency vs fighting back, I kinda... didn't like how the 'complacent' side was portrayed. As just bumbling nerds who hang out all day and can't face the reality of the real world. Idk. It just seems kind of weird to me, when drawing real world parallels? Like. People who choose to not risk it when it comes to getting hate crimed and downright murdered just for who they are aren't cowards. They aren't stupid. We even see, they must have been really smart to build those doors! But why are they portraying them as such wimps and like they're idiots!! Real world people in that position would be a lot more nuanced!!!

Idk. Its a cartoon, so. Whatever.

Just some thoughts

Again, this is only about the pilot, and maybe the show massively improves from here on and I'll be eating my words, and I'm very sorry again to yuck on someone's yum, but. Yeah!! Just my personal first thoughts ;^^

We interrupt my enaposting to bring you: Me dogging on some random show that no one here gaf about but ME!!!!!!!!! and you know what this is MY HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So mg i hope you know i was reading this ask going YES... HA HA HA... YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because on the inside i have been DYING to talk about this with someone This is such a fucking beautiful day. BUCKLE UP

FIRST OF ALL: I AGREE. 100 THOUSAND FUCKING PERCENT. ON ALL OF THIS. I do have some other things to add, and obviously a few small things to disagree with cause you've only seen one episode LOL, but nevertheless. No yeah abso fucking lutely

A fun fact i didn't share before is that i actually tried to start watching murder drones months ago, but gave up on it halfway through episode 1 because i. Couldn't. do the dialogue. I couldn't it was fucking killing me god i could not fucking stand it 😭

And if my decision to pick it back up had Anything to do with the fact that one of the characters, V, has the same voice actress as meanie Ena. N. No it didn't. Why would you even say that No it. didn't. Smiles. No that had nothing to do with it, nothing. Nothing! Nothing at all these things were totally unconnectdd These things have nothing to do wirth each other Guys it's ok Guys believe me please Guys please YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME GUYS. GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok anyway. The thing about the dialogue is that i KIND of understand why it's like that. Especially having seen the whole series, I can confidently say that, well, murder drones Loves stories—it especially loves the type of edgy stories, the "baby's first DeviantArt oc" stories that people have long made fun of. And i genuinely love this, i Love that murder drones embraces the type of character and story writing that cringe culture has mocked, and I'm truly very glad the show exists. .........Doesn't make this dialogue any less bad though LIKE I THINK YOU COULD'VE GOTTEN THIS IDEA ACROSS IN. LIKE. ANY DIFFERENT WAY 😭😭

The dialogue in this regard also does genuinely get better on in the later episodes, but it's still There every now and then. 😭 (The show also becomes so intensely plot focused on a bizarrely written confusing mystery that there's... um... less. dialogue 😭 In general. to be honest. So)

It's weird cause i see some people justify it as "Well they're robots so of course they're not gonna talk like humans, they're talking like imitations of humans!" And like. If this idea was ever brought up in the show at all i'd maybe be fine with that, But the bots are literally just. People. They're just people made of chrome with glowy eyes, almost nothing about them being bots affects anything in the story, which honestly. Is fine. That's just a really dumb justification imo 😭

And anyway, for the rest of your ask: Yeah. Yeah. Uzi's dad is a really weirdly written character for the whole show, I do not like him 😭 We do see later that they genuinely care for each other, but his handling is still very strange, i'm not a fan. It's like he's a main character, but is written with the depth of a comedic relief side character, and just, Why?????/ Why????????????????

It ties into your other complaint, that all the drones besides Uzi and the Murderers are written as like. Really stupid? Especially given almost all of them are intentionally stereotypes, ie: dumb jock, there's one later that's just Mean Girl, etc. I understand it's supposed to be another meta thing, A commentary but also celebration of stories and tropes: But that's Literally all these characters are???

😭 Especially given later on, SO many of the worker drones die and. No one cares. They're almost all just dumb and flat and die and nobody gaf. Like ???? WHY??????? WHAT IS HAPPENING?????????????

Plus. No yeah they all look The Same. I think i misidentified literally every single character at least one time except for uzi and N. which is. ....Unfortunate....

I will say, the later show goes actually like... Into surprisingly LITTLE detail on the complacency vs. fighting back theme. I honestly don't even think they intentionally made that a theme at all. Do i wish they did things differently and actually tried to do that? Absolutely. I'm the guy who interprets every story to be about how Society Is Bad after all. But instead that's not there and we just have this which. #Okay

Plus, about how the worker drones are just written to be so Dumb and so Nothing, They're all just kind of okay with the fact that the people who spent years killing all of them are just like. Here, now. 😭 Which is an entirely different thing i can't get into now LOL

OK. EXHALES DEEPLY. Despite the insane amount of bullshit i just said, I will say. I do still like murder drones. The animation is beautiful and the fight scenes especially are insanely good. I also, despite my Many Gripes, really like the characters. At least the like, main 3 who are actually written with an Attempt at depth. wipes a tear from my eye. I care them and i like them very much....

But. everything else.... It's something. Some of it's really really cool, other parts of it Isn't. If you wanna watch some genuinely really awesome fight scenes, and look at cute robots, With the connective tissue between these scenes being bizarrely written and immensely confusing. Well you've come to the right place ig 😭

[im-out-of-it]

“Do you remember what you said in the sanctuary? That we should pretend that nothing happened, and Paris was the first time we met?”

Thomas nodded. His stomach had feel as if it had been tied in knots of ice.

“We cannot pretend forever,” said Alastair. “Eventually the truth must be faced. All your friends hate me, Thomas, and with good reason.”

“No apology will make up for what I’ve done in the past,” Alastair continued. “And to make you choose between me and your friends only make it worse. So I will make the choice. Go back to the library. They’re waiting for you.”

“You followed me on patrol because you were worried about me,” said thomas. “You do realize- because you were there- that might have been why belial didn’t attack me? He always went after shadowhunters who were alone. But you were with me, even if I didn’t know it.”

“That’s just guesswork.” A vein pulsed in Alastair’s throat. “Tom, you patrolled at night because you like things that are dangerous and unhealthy for you. I won’t be one of those things.”

He began to turn away. Thomas reached out to catch at him, and the feel of Alastair’s shoulder under his feelings almost undid him. He had touched him, like this, in the sanctuary: had rested his hands on Alastair’s shoulders, letting alastair bear up his weight as they kissed.

“Don’t,” Alastair said, not looking at him. “It isn’t possible. It won’t ever be.”

I love that Alastair takes ownership and admits that his past actions were wrong. my man is always growing and we love him for that

as much as I want to support Alastair trying not to hurt Thomas, does he have any right making this decision for Thomas? I get why he doesn’t want to hurt Thomas or instantly get together. but in fairness, they already had their time apart. that’s why I think from the time of the two books: where they hardly talk, and then the big fight isn’t developed well. this would have been more serious if it were more (don’t have to date in secret but bloody fuck, have them communicate more)

I agree with needing time, developing their characters more, growing, realizing more things but I don’t agree with how it’s done. constantly in chain of thorns Alastair says how it’s not possible for them and how the merry thieves would all hate Thomas for it. but he never once asks Thomas what he wants. he just decides for Thomas. it doesn’t seem very Alastair like for me. he doesn’t seem the type to wish a decision over another being and having that control. well I mean, he did try to protect Cordelia so maybe it is a bit Alastair like but it still doesn’t feel in character for him

I just keep reading over this section and thinking about chain of thorns and I can’t help feeling that Alastair is making these demands. he kissed Thomas in the sanctuary, spent all that time with Charles instead, and is almost giving Thomas mixed signals in chain of thorns. he does tell Thomas it’s impossible for them but I don’t remember Alastair saying if they could be friends or if they were friends

and he talks about Tehran and even Thomas thinks “why does he act this way if he’s just leaving? does he wish for me to see more of him” or something close to that. Thomas is very confused and he’s not getting super concrete proof from Alastair

my problem isn’t with Alastair here, more with how it’s developed. I can tell he respects and admires Thomas very much and it doesn’t seem in character to basically say hey we can never be together I will make this decision for us so don’t try to ever have a relationship with me but I will be around you and we will lightly flirt and kiss but I will still make this decision for this

IM SORRY BUT THAT IS NOT ALASTAIR I REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT

Thomas has every right and a say if he wants to be with Alastair. it’s kind of like it’s taken away from him????? or maybe I’m reading too much into this????

as I said before, I think they had a lot of growing to do before they got together but I would have had them have a more close relationship before Thomas found out about the academy days. because it’s like they don’t even get a chance at being close until the last half of chain of thorns. I get if CC wanted it to show that Alastair has some growth and doesn’t want to ruin Thomas. he also feels as if he isn’t enough at times and what he would hate the most is hurting Thomas in any way

and maybe I’m just assuming things but I feel what she was going for was hardly communicate and then BAM HEY THOMAS AND ALASTAIR ARE FRIENDS?????? WOW WHO KNEW BECAUSE I CERTAINLY DIDNT FEATURE THEM MUCH AND THOUGHT SMALL HINTS WOULD BE BETTER

I like subtlety but not in this way

I don’t know, maybe I’m just rambling nonsense but it’s always put me off when I get to that section. don’t get me wrong, thomastair is fantastic and I love them but I don’t like how it’s worded or developed. there was so much work that needed to be done not only as a couple, but as two separate people. Alastair needed his pov, Thomas needed more development and not having everything be about James

I just feel like it could have been written better

[pwnyta]

What do you think will happen with TOG2?

I mean, there have been a lot of reshoots, it probably has almost nothing in common with the comic... Seems very dangerous and doesn't help that there will be new characters, or what is your opinion?

(I’m sorry if there are spelling mistakes, I’m spanish ;-;)

I genuinely have no idea! Its something thats been on my mind too. There are parts they could adapt from the comics but even Rucka himself wasnt really satisfied with Force Multiplied so im ASSUMING he'll be trying to fix what he didnt like about the comic in the movie.

So like ultimately its hard to even guess? BUT...

The reason for their split in Force Multiplied seemed kind of forced but now that Andy is mortal it could literally be a story of Andy struggling with mortality and her teams... maybe not lack of faith (but maybe thats how she'd interpret it.) but just fear of losing her that could end in them going more with Niles lead and treating HER with kid gloves?

The new characters are a complete wild card. We dont know if theyre mortal, immortal, main characters, or maybe just like... whats her face that patched up Andy in the first movie- a somewhat notable rando.

Uma Thurman aint gonna be a rando thats at least for certain. (I actually just rewatched Kill Bill and my mind just thought about how the Bride survived her attack... Beatrix could join gang NP lol)

BUT YEAH... I cant even guess based on the comics. I mean theyre gonna save Booker clearly but Im guessing its not that big of a deal in the movie if they showed him reunited with the gang already in promos or w/e.

Reunion with Quynh obviously but thats pretty heavily tied with Books retrieval.... and Uma Thurman is a wild card like I said.

Theres also the stuff with Copley and the Detective Nile was fuckin around with in the comics? Maybe that other random is supposed to be movie detective? IDK I dont think Ive even SEEN Copley in the promos?

I am a little worried about the time restraints which I already talked about.

And a personal tragedy... I cant imagine theyll have a reason to bring up Nicky and Joes past unless they do something different with them in the movie? We didnt get to see them in any cool costumes at all. Rucka how could you do this to me...

(I dont think theres any spelling mistakes... but Im also dyslexic so who knows ┐(´‿｀；)┌ lol..)

[eternalera]

So like yeah I know you just said requests are chill and all but I just wanna double check before I really ask just cause :p

But yeah I do have a few ideas for eoe fics that I've had but I've gotten no time to write cause of life T-T

(plus I just love ur writing)

((tho if u don't want requests or don't like my ideas then you obvs don't gotta do it just like ignore me cause otherwise it would be a bit embarrassing T-T))

But yeah like I've had a few ideas for this one idea just thinking of the best way for it to go and like just a fic where Lucy and Blu see Acedia and like see that Mole knows Acedia n whatnot

Maybe angst where they think it's betrayal?

Maybe Mole gives himself up to save the others?

Maybe they have to save him and comfort him?

Maybe something else?

Who knows cause I definitely don't lolol :P

Just a loose thought I've had tumbling round my head for a few days but didn't exactly know what to do with cause its a bit more speculative then I normally write

Anyways even if ya don't do it I just wanted to drop by and say have a nice day (!)

- 💫

OMG I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO ANSWER THIS ANON IM SO SORRY-

here's a short little fic about your idea!!! nothing too major as im a bit burnt out rn but i hope this works and once again im so sorry-

He doesn't want to talk about it. Talk about what you ask? Nothing, that's the whole point he's not talking about it, not talking about anything because it's nothing. There's a chill throughout his entire body and a soft but thundering pounding in his head, slowly pushing in and digging into... something because something's there.

Without a doubt there's something there.

Ignore it.

It'll go away soon.

It'll fade away...

fade huh?

...

"Where's Mole?" Lucy followed behind Blu, although there was no response from him and she knows that he heard her this time because he straightened up a little at her voice. But he seemed focused on ignoring her instead of just answering her question.

She didn't get why it was such a hard thing to answer.

"Blu where did Mole go?" She asked a little louder this time.

"Oh, somewhere, he'll be back soon. Don't worry," Blu said with a wave of his hand before pointing to CG. "You and CG should go get some firewood, it's gettin' late don't you think?" he asked.

Lucy looked up at the sky, despite not having a sun it wasn't like night and day suddenly disappeared, night came a lot sooner. Without the sun actually in tact there wasn't as much light.

She looked past their sun and to the other stars, they were suns too. Her mom taught her that, she wondered for a moment if they also would crack one day.

"Yeah... come on CG,"

She didn't pry into it, instead she held her tongue and picked up CG taking him with her as she picked up a few dry sticks. She must've been out longer than usual as Blu came looking for her with Mole still gone.

"He's not back," she remarked, she looked over to Blu who nodded, he glanced around before looking back at Lucy.

"Yeah- uh, I'm gonna go look for him. You," he pointed to her, "wait here,"

"What?" She hissed, she was already moving towards him. "Why do I have to wait? I'm worried too! And besides isn't it safer if we go together? That's what you always say," she hissed pointing back at him.

"Well- uh-" Blu paused for a moment before looking back at her and sighing. "Fine, but stay behind me,"

She walked in front of him.

She heard an audible sigh behind her but giggled instead pushing forward and soon enough Blu fell by her side as they turned down a corner.

"He was over here last time I checked..." Blu trailed off and there was clearly no Mole there, just dust and wind.

"Why isn't he there?" Lucy blurted out.

"Well he obviously moved-"

"Yeah I can see that,"

"Then why did you just ask?"

"IT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION!" She hissed loudly, glaring at Blu. Mole was officially missing great, the day couldn't get any better-

There was a soft crash and Blu was the first one to react dragging Lucy with him as they turned another corner, this time seeing Mole leaning against the side of the building.

Lucy could see something next to him. It almost reminded her of a moth, but there were thousands of eyes along its body and it took her out of the experience. But the same moment it was there it was gone and suddenly Mole seemed passed out.

"Is he okay?" Lucy asked.

Blu didn't answer.

Instead he walked over and kneeled down beside Mole shaking him a little causing him to blink his eyes open. For a moment Lucy thought they were purple.

"Hey, you feeling good?" Blu asked softly. Mole nodded and moved to get up but quickly stumbled with Blu catching him. "Easy there, come on let's get back now,"

The walk back was quiet to say the least, well at least to Lucy. Every now and then she could hear Blu whisper a question to Mole and Mole answering with an 'I don't know' or an 'I'm sorry' to which Blu would say he didn't need to be sorry and it's fine.

They sat down by the fire and Blu had Mole lean against him and soon enough Mole was asleep.

"Blu..."

"Yeah?"

"What was that?"

"... I don't know,"

[aziraphales-library]

heyyy - first off im so sorry if my request fits into one of your general tags 😭 but um, could y'all rec any a/c fics (ace please) where there's miscommunication about feelings and/or a situation on both of their parts (i think there's a tag requited unrequited love that fits) and with a happy ending? preferably 4k plus but whatever you can find is cool - tysmm <33

You can browse our #asexual, #misunderstandings, and #not actually unrequited love tags for fics to enjoy. Here are more...

Communication Skills by ineffablefool (G)

It's become apparent to Aziraphale that there has been some fundamental miscommunication between himself and Crowley as to the nature of their relationship. Unfortunately, Crowley keeps running away every time he tries to set the record straight.

A Rubber Duck by CassandraLie (G)

There is a gift from Crowley on the table. A little box tied with a bow. Aziraphale is absolutely certain what's inside. (He is wrong.)

Falling for the Illusion by elf_on_the_shelf (G)

After a certain Doomsday That Wasn’t, a trial, and a dinner at the Ritz, both Crowley and Aziraphale plan on making their feelings known but severe miscommunications ensue that make them both doubt themselves and the bond they seem to share. Enter Anathema on her quest to make sense of angelic and demonic auras. Maybe that’s the nudge they needed in the first place to get them properly talking.

the taste of dried-up hopes by rattatatosk (T)

He'd thought Aziraphale would understand. They've known each other so long, spent so much time speaking this language of things implied and left unsaid, and the angel is usually so good at reading between the lines. Surely he would hear what Crowley meant now, when it mattered the most. Instead, the angel had thrown it all back in his face. (Crowley is trying to declare his feelings as loudly as he dares. Aziraphale gets the wrong message entirely. They figure things out eventually.)

The Bookshop by st_jimmy_987 (G)

Aziraphale and Crowley, while closer than any other living being in any plane of existence, seem to have two very different ideas of what they mean to each other.

Definitions of Love by organizechaos (T)

Aziraphale thinks that all the abuse and trauma he endured in heaven is ‘love’. After being freed after the apocalypse, the angel is beyond happy. He wants nothing more than to spend eternity with Crowley but the demon is ready to put a name to their feelings. They both know that they care for each other deeply and when Crowley finally has the courage to put it in words (‘I love you’), it sends Aziraphale spiraling into believing Crowley will start treating him like heaven did. "We- we don't have to pretend anymore.” Crowley stuttered out, golden eyes looking frantically about the angel. His sunglasses were clutched tightly in the palm of his hand, “The apocalypse is over, it has been for years. Can't we- can't we say it now?" his voice wavered only slightly. "I don't love you, Crowley." Aziraphale emphasized each word to better help the demon understand. He had never truly loved something in all his years of existence, he didn’t think he was capable. To love another being — especially Crowley... "I could never love you."

- Mod D

[sege-h]

I'm sorry the last 2 years seeing even glimpses of fandom goings on have rendered my acearo ass extra Fucking Tired because any glimpses of fandom I ever see are related to shipping so im SORRY THESE ARE MY FIRST DELTARUNE AS I PROCESS THINGS but in my defense whenever I process a game I go in reverse order and this IS the last thing we saw pretty much so

I was actually spoiled on only one thing before finishing the latest chapters and that was that there's a """"s*riel"""" sprite because ofc the shippers screamed about it

Nbd because it's not a big thing to me, right?

But seeing it in context now, and now that I've been able to unblock the deltarune spoilers tag and actually go back and read things I missed

There was more screaming about 'omg my ship my ship s*riel s*riel im never recovering omgggg' and it's

As annoying as always

Because what annoys me as always (esp the past 2 years. Idk if it's gotten worse or if I've just grown more irritable to it) isn't that people are shipping a thing

It's that people will talk about nothing BUT the shipping. The Ship Is The Focus and not any other dynamics around it or any narratives around it

Seeing it IN context was just. Wow. Idk why people were screaming in joy. This isn't cute it's Uncomfortable

And I know the media illiterate fucks will be like 'WOW SO YOURE SAYING TORIEL IS A BAD MOM AND CHARACTER' when

No

I think this is a flaw, we like flaws in characters, we Like characters not being flat cardboard cutouts

But in my backreading I didn't see anything But saying that this scene is cute and omg the ship the ship everyone look the ship!

When there's SO MUCH AROUND IT

Like how Sans is the new guy in town. He's a friend Toriel can, y'know, actually befriend as a New Person, someone that hasn't seen the past family life she had with Asgore and whatever happened there (anyone else in town would know and would also have been a mutual friend to both of them, like the Holidays)

He's like a new start, someone she can cut loose around without it being A Scandal, y'know? It's just that she cut loose a bit too hard this time, but then again she hasn't actually gotten to do even a bit of it in a While imo.

There's whatever happened before the divorce, Asgore being a Fukken Weirdo to her-- sending unwanted gifts, showing up wherever she is, just making her uncomfortable overall. Just p much not moving on while she Is trying to move on.

And then the discomfort of the scene to me is imagining walking home with a friend that wants to sleep over, and coming in on your mom being drunk off her ass. Idc if she's a 'happy drunk' it's still uncomfortable. The loudness, the falling over herself, all in front of Susie and Kris, who both get uncomfortable. Susie gets uncomfortable enough to leave even tho she'd rather be at Kris' place. Making me wonder if she's gad to deal with drunk parents or caretakers or something. Or if it's just a general discomfort of seeing someone act like that, or Toriel getting her name wrong (Susie Was surprised Toriel had remembered her name before, and seemed to hold that close to her heart)

Kris going to bed and Toriel being too drunk to let them sleep with all the noise.

Like there's all this stuff to focus on, the (non romantic) dynamics, the narratives, the little theories and what ifs of small character actions in that scene, the Why this is happening. The sprites are goofy but there's an underlying sadness to what's happening-the discomfort of the kids, the fact that Sans is the first friend Toriel can have that has no ties to her ex and has even SEEN that ex be a weirdo, that there's been so much going on she hasn't been able to relax much so when she finally CAN she goes overboard...

All that. But no lets focus on OMG THE SHIP THE SHIP YOU GUYS THE SHIP SO CUTE YAAAAY

[ravenkinnie]

i love love love the way you write jinx and the way you talk about her and her relationships!!! not to be annoying bc a lot of ppl in the fandom are like 16/17 but the general interpretation of jinx as little more than a victim of her circumstances and silco’s manipulation who should make up with her sister, be caitvi’s slightly annoying third wheel and ekko’s (or lux? lmao nothing against either ship but yk) quirked up gf is soooo boring (like god forbid a girl contains multitudes and is both a meow meow and an absolute cunt) and your take on her is such a breath of fresh air! not sure if you talked about this in a post already but what are your hopes in general for the new season and ofc for jinx in particular?

❤️❤️❤️ that's my pookie and even tho I'm hoeing across runeterra she will always be the one

no fr fr and listen I do feel like I'm fighting in a kindergarten when I hate because I realise it's cause everyone I'm beefing with is 18 and just likes the same YA archetypes as everyone else at that age but if 10k bitches can post it on ao3 I can hate on it. especially because it erases a supremely well done character that they made out of a lol champion I wouldn't even think twice about when she first released like that's a talent and that's work

and also if people want to complain about female characters in media it feels disingenuous to then remove agency from complicated female characters we do have to make them one dimensional - like one thing you cannot say about jinx is that she's flat - in personality I mean cause well. she is an active dynamic character with insane narrative potential and a lot of layers and being both a victim and a victimiser is an important part of that

my main hopes for season 2 are honestly

*I hope its consistent internally with its own ideology </3 I think s1 at the end starts unraveling a lil because it seems to despair for this both sides ass take but it just wouldn't make any sense with league lore or the show itself. here I mostly fear for ekko gkbknj

*everybody should become a somewhat worse person, like vi provably will because she will become an enforcer, caitlyn seems to also be heading for some corruption arc, obv viktor is there, so I think this will be fulfilled teehee

*I want jinx to have her own arc and I mean an arc where she develops her own goal and motivations outside other characters too and maybe this goal will be to love evil till the day she dies, ill take it!! I just think seeing jinx grow outside that child/flighty troublemaker into a full on villain/terrorist will be fantastic and will also give her actual league lore another layer that hopefullyyyy they can continue to build on (and they will never stop banking on jinx like that's basically leagues mascot)

*mel survives </3 like it would be way too much of a loss of a great character to give her so little storyline of her own, she needs to be in s2

*overall, sorry to be a freak but I'm a tragedy lover and enjoyer and I know they are tied to champion lore somewhat now but I still hope it ends sad or bittersweet for everyone. and when you say tragedy people often think of character death but that's probably the least tragic ending you can give a bitch, the true hollowness in losing everything you once were and could have been is what im talking about!!

*I did say this before but I hope jinx kills imagine dragons in arcane universe. first of all they are touring in israel so they deserve that but also it would be really funny to see them on her list of victims like just whole ass imagine dragons under silco or sth

[quietbluejay]

Spotlight: Arcee

yeah I'm covering it due to popular demand

anyways

okay so like, she's ostensibly an Autobot but...how how did she become an Autobot why did she become an Autobot WHEN

anyways the first time i read this I thought most of it wasn't that bad but I'm rereading that blurb there and thinking about, you know, most other depictions of Arcee and I'm a bit offended on behalf of fans of her character, you know? like nothing wrong with a little murderblender in fiction, it's call girlpower not girlethics but I can imagine what a slap in the face this was

the purple prose continues, tldr she's going to burn it all down

"Arcee..."

Ultra Magnus looms ominous

"This has to stop"

Arcee: Never!

on the topic of Mr. "Gee, Axe Us": my crack theory is that in creating this issue furman was trying to get them to axe the comic

blah blah we can do this the hard way or his way

Arcee: hard

she throws a bunch of grenades at him

one of the grenades explodes. it's a flashbang

UM: HT!

he shields his face with his hands

Ultra Magnus says he's not her enemy but he needs to know why she's left a "trail of carnage" across the galaxy"

to TLDR what Arcee says, Magnus wouldn't get it because he doesn't have "the perception to see his dark designs"

something is coming that will change everything on a fundamental level!

Ultra Magnus stares in dull surprise

Arcee: and I...am the servo-wrench in the works

more like servo-wench? eh? eh?

im sorry that was terrible let's move on

as a sidenote i do really like how her fire sword here really acts like fire and less like a lightsaber you have to admit it is extremely cool

UM says she has left him no choice...

honestly this (her dialogue) is doing more to sell me on her being ancient than anything barber wrote

but also, love the flippy flippy

Arcee says it's nothing personal

Ultra Magnus: so be it!

he throws a grenade

that concussion grenade had enough clout to take down a machadron, whatever that is

he thinks something is very wrong here

Arcee collapses

tww guys who are also there for some reason look at each other

later...

our first look at Jhiaxus' face

and now, over to Garrus-9

there's a shot of Fortress Maximus walking past a bunch of sparks in spark jail or whatever it's called

this is a side note but one of them is "Longtooth" and this won't mean anything to most of you reading this but Longtooth is a minor recurring character in phase 2/3 who is a camera walrus for the main reporter on Cybertron

honestly you know what, good for him that's what i call turning your life around maybe he managed to escape before Overlord trashed the place

Fort Max looks at Arcee's spark for a bit before he gets summoned elsewhere

oh hey monstructor!

it's Jetfire talking btw

…this actually ties really well into the later added jetfire backstory

Fort Max: which means what, exactly?

Jetfire: that we've got a long ways to go

he tells Max that he gets to lock them up ONLY after they've tried everything they can to help them

Max meanwhile is worried about what happens if the Decepticons find out about this dangerous combiner tech

naturally we then cut over to Banzaitron and his ship which is approaching

Banzaitron wants Monstructor for his secret service

yes. let that one sink in for a bit

monstructor: no one saw monstructor! success doubledealer: THATS BECAUSE YOU KILLED EVERYONE

so there's a big attack on Garrus-9

I'm gonna skip over most of it, lots of stuff exploding guns firing etc etc etc

but we also get these guys' first appearance

Fort Max asks the computer to give him an Autobot in subcategory 9

the only one that pops out is Arcee and I am ONCE AGAIN WONDERING HOW IS SHE AN AUTOBOT NO SERIOUSLY

and then unfortunately she gets snapped back to cold reality

"Do you know where you are?"

presented without commentary

ok i lied, i'm remembering how this comic made me lose any lingering fondness i had for Fort Max

Fort Max explains that he wants her to help defend the base

Arcee is just like "why should i give a frag about you or this place"

Fort Max: one word. Jhiaxus.

arcee grins evilly

"Yes"

one more thing, if she attacks anyone who isn't wearing a Decepticon badge, or if she tries to run, he'll squash her with some kind of gravity device thing

Arcee: Clear. We're not so different, you and I

and now back to the fight, the Autobots are not doing well

wow this is a wildly divergent characterization for blast off

get flame sworded i guess

Whirlwind Arcee is here to kill you

Combaticons: oh no, not her

it's Fort Max to the rescue with a very large gun!

but they all get teleported out

"...or kill me now"

she explains that she's got a link to Jhiaxus so she can find them, since they're also a Jhiaxus experiment

all right so, things have been okay-ish so far right? like, not furman's best writing or anything, but nothing too egregious

Arcee: "she"

we got SO FAR without being weird about it

we could have just left it here been like 'jhiaxus experimented on me' just have her be murder machine we've got a lot of characters who were turned into living weapons, it could have been good! but no we got arcee…the one robot with Gender

there are many other possibilities we could have gone with for 'why are there female transformers'

created by species with gender

just be like, that's how we figure translates best to English and do a translation convention thing

don't explain it at all, leave it for someone else if they want to also like "introducing gender" so, are there now male transformers? do they unconsciously 'feel' different to genderless transformers the same way arcee does i'd love to be a fly on the wall if someone asked furman that one

furman isn't trying to make a Point ™️ i think he's just very much a man of his time and didn't think things through and doubled down on it (I'm not going to unpack the entire suitcase here. other people besides me have done that. i'll just leave it at this)

but we're not done yet

whoops

Fort Max is about to set off her gravity thing but Jetfire stops him and tells him to let her go

"hmm, you know what, if this Jhiaxus is alive out there somewhere..."

"…I almost feel sorry for him," says Fort Max

Jetfire half-smiles

and that's it for Spotlight Arcee

[chiosblog]

Per l'ask game👀 3, 7, 9, 10, 20, 22 e 35

So che sono tanti ma non riuscivo a scegliere😅 quindi fai pure quelli che ti va

3. How did you realize you were sapphic?

I love the term 'sapphic' but I'm not really one, as per say. I don't care about gender you know, but if I have to say I think I started seeing myself as one this year cause I found the right person. For me is extremely rare finding someone i feel comfortable with so I was so fucking euforic I starting watching sapphic tik toks on yt non stop lol

7. Have you ever crushed on a straight girl?

No, na-hu, never. I did not like any girl before now actually. I had like 2 boy crushes in my life (one in elementary school and the other was bi) before but never straight girls. I dont know, most times they seems so fucking boring sorry not sorry, I have really high personal standards

9. Do you have a "type"? if so, what is it?

Yes I do but only when we talk about easthetic attraction, nothing more nothing less (Butch androgynous girl boss my beloved)

10. Did you do anything gay as a kid that makes sense when you look back on your childhood?

That i can recall not really. One thing i can say: when I was in high school I found out my middle school best friend had openly 'become' a lesbian so I started looking back at what we used to do together a bit differently (maybe she is partially the reason why im so queer now i dont know).

20. Do you consider yourself to be a good kisser?

How am i supposed to know lmao, I did it like one time with one person. If we count lil kisses to my cats head and tummy im a real expert!

22. How do you feel about valentine's day?

I'll be honest i hate it. I love using it as fics plot device but hate how fake it is irl. Most times it seems more like a parody of what love is than a real celebration, but i'll try to see it by another point of view this year. Love how someone use it to celebrate all kinds of love not just romantic ones tho

[mytragedyperson]

Skandar and the unicorn thief chapter one discussion

Warning: Probably spoilers

Okay so, first of all I love this first chapter for many reasons. It introduces so many ideas and does a decent job of introducing Skandar and his family situation.

First of all, his dad having depression and not having a job and this causing them to be fairly poor. And also leading to Skandar's problems with Owen and his lack of friends. Now, I want to make this clear before I continue, I am not, in any way, trying to villainise the dad. It seems clear to me that he is supposed to have depression, whether it's diagnosed or not. But he's also the only parent Skandar and Kenna have, and, while they do have grandparents, the grandparents can't be there to take care of the dad, and so it falls to the children. And this leads to the children sometimes caring for their dad over their own self care.

On top of that we have Kenna, Skandar's sister. So I can't talk much about this, because it's not my experience, but this feel like what smart kid or golden child burnout is. There were a lot of expectations that Kenna would succeed and go on to have a unicorn of their own, and so, when she failed the exam, she not only missed out one her dream, but she also failed to meet those expectations and its probably the combination of these making her feel even worse. Especially if the dad was really driving home the idea that this, having a unicorn rider in the family, would fix all their problems, particularly with money. I don't know if the dad meant to put this much pressure on her but the pressure exists anyway. Honestly when it comes to Kenna, two songs immediately come to mind, Surface Pressure from Encanto and Top of my school by Katherine Lynn Rose.

And then you have Skandar, trying to navigate both of these situations, trying so hard not to say the wrong thing, and not always succeeding because he's still a kid who sometimes speaks without thinking, and a fairly awkward one, at that. Side note: him talking about the comments people make and how he only thinks of responses too late when the moment's already passed, yeah, most relatable shit I've ever read. Same, bestie. Also i really like Skandar and Kenna. They're both kids in a difficult situation, trying their best. Skandar, especially. Like, he does not deserve this bullying. I know Owen's a kid too, but honestly, fuck Owen. This is an anti bullying page. Especially cyber bullying. Only cowards bully people and that goes double for cyber bullying. Also, I do feel sorry for Kenna, being told her whole life this was her destiny and then having it ripped away from her. And honestly, there's a good chance that was because they worried she'd be a spirit weilder.

But also, the book specifically telling us Kenna favoured fire unicorns, but Skandar could never pick a favourite? I see you, book, hinting that there might be more to it.

Ties nicely in to the end of the chapter where the Weaver steals New Age Frost and the mainlanders don't know who the Weaver is and they say the mainland can't see this. Just does a great job telling us there's also more to the Island, things they're purposely hiding from the Mainland. I just love it. It feels like nothings wasted. Even the bit about the mum, Rosemary goes to show why they want this so much, why Skandar wants this so much.

Also this isn't about the chapter but the Island is my Hogwarts. You know Harry Potter fans joke about missing their Hogwarts letter and being disappointed? Well im disappointed I missed my unicorn exam. Am I scared of heights? Yes. Will I overcome this if it means I get a unicorn of my own? Yes, even if these unicorns are vaguely terrifying.

Also, can we just agree that when it comes to magic, going by elements is better? Whether it's the four elements, water, fire, earth air, or some extra ones added, like I believe I've seen light and dark and stuff, it's just a cool system, especially if your affinity doesn't stop you using other elements, just makes it harder. Like, just yes. If magic is natural in your world, like its a part of nature, then it should be based on a natural things. By the way when I say light and dark in this case, I don't mean good and bad, I mean liter light and dark.

[lokilysolbitch]

sorry i have such a pet peeve when people fight arguments with the wrong points and rn my fyp is full of taylor swift, it's like 40% "all her songs sound the same😡her lyrics are so cringe😡" etc and 40% is "nooo she has different sounding songs" AND THEN THEY CHOOSE THE MOST SIMILAR SOUNDING SONGS AS EXAMPLES or they go "um if she has cringe lyrics then explain this" and the choose the most basic possible lyric out of what like 11 albums of options and it's actually pissing me off so fucking bad

so first off here's some lyrics i think are pretty sick. i color coordinated them so the separate lyrics don't all blend together

from The Archer:

"And I cut off my nose just to spite my face

Then I hate my reflection for years and years"

i love the imagery in this line from Cruel Summer:

"Devils roll the dice, angels roll their eyes"

from Would've, Could've, Should've:

"God rest my soul, I miss who I used to be

The tomb won't close, stained glass windows in my mind"

for context would've, could've, should've is filled with themes of christianity, god, the devil so i love the line about stained glass windows representing trauma here

from right where you left me:

Help, I'm still at the restaurant

Still sitting in a corner I haunt

Cross-legged in the dim light

They say, "What a sad sight"

I, I swear you could hear a hair pin drop

Right when I felt the moment stop

Glass shattered on the white cloth

Everybody moved on

I, I stayed there

Dust collected on my pinned-up hair

They expected me to find somewhere

Some perspective, but I sat and stared

Right where you left me

the imagery!! it perfectly represents being stuck in a traumatic memory. haunting the space and collecting dust while everyone expects you to move on already. very cool metaphor/analogy

from I Know Places:

You stand with your hand on my waistline

It's a scene, and we're out here in plain sight

I can hear them whisper as we pass by

It's a bad sign, bad sign

Somethin' happens when everybody finds out

See the vultures circling, dark clouds

Love's a fragile little flame, it could burn out

It could burn out

'Cause they got the cages, they got the boxes

And guns

They are the hunters, we are the foxes

And we run

from Dancing With Our Hands Tied:

I could've spent forever with your hands in my pockets

Picture of your face in an invisible locket

You said there was nothing in the world that could stop it

I had a bad feeling

But we were dancing

Dancing with our hands tied, hands tied

both I Know Places and Dancing With Our Hands Tied are about dating while being scrutinized by the public. i just love the metaphor and imagery again

also bonus, the song my tears ricochet. im not even gonna show lyrics (the lyrics have funeral themes tho which i think is cool). just the phrase my tears ricochet for a song discussing someone hurting you and then missing you when you leave is so smart. look how my pain struck right back at you. like damn

next section:

i feel like it would be easy to combat "all her songs sound the same" comments when the artist being talked about literally had the public in outrage when she switched from country to pop. so my question is why are people responding to those comments with songs within the same Genre and Same Album ????????????? pick literally Any Other Song. i am going to lose it.

here's a list of songs you could listen to and hear very different sounding songs. again i coloured the songs and it corresponds to albums

...Ready For It? (these red ones are from the Reputation Album)

Endgame

New Year's day

Don't Blame Me

willow

champagne problems

Lavender Haze (these purple ones up here are from the Midnights album)

Sweet Nothing

Picture To Burn

New Romantics

Slut!

State Of Grace (this red one is from Red)

Better Than Revenge (this purple one is from Speak Now)

analyzing Taylors music is a special interest of mine, so i'm more familiar with the songs than anything about her, and she's not even my fave musician but i'm seeing both diehard swifties and haters misrepresent her music so fucking bad it's bothering me so much. sometimes the music hits sometimes it doesn't. you can't have absolutes after 11 albums and idk at least three genre changes.

pls keep it cordial in the comments and reblogs 💃i've just seen some weird, horrid, and violent comments on taylor swift type content and i need y'all to be normal about this. bc at some point it says Much More about you than taylor

[kurtty-drabbles]

Hello. I've seen other anon make some very good arguments about why Kurt's romance with a Nazi doesn't work. I agree with everyone, but that's not the point I'm here to talk about... the point is I also don't think Kurt and Wanda work when the characters rarely interact in the main universe or show any hint of interest in each other... and to be honest what Nocturne said about why her parents got together in her universe—their relationship makes sense because they are Romanian, in her words—is incredibly racist.

I'm really afraid of getting in trouble for this opinion, so I'll just stay anon. Sorry.

Hi nonny. I do love talk about this ship with an open mind (Im on a believer Wanda and Kitty should date but we aren't here for my crack ship)

Man, where do I begin? I love Talia. I do. I love the idea of her but she is like Rachel in the sense she wants her parents to do the devil's tango and be together forever but...well, that's not the case. Yes, Jean and Scott for sure did the devil's tango many many and many times but Jean has no desire to be a mother for Rachel and that's is totally fine.

Kurt and Wanda, never interacted in a way that would make people go "aha" but the fact Talia exists...it's enough for shipers and I get it. If there was a Kurtty kid out there I would have loved too.

Here the thing, I think I Talia's au, her parents had a hook up and Wanda kept the baby. Nothing in what talia is saying convinced me that Wanda and Kurt had this love story. I think they co parenting, still great, but that's it.

Romani character dating another romani character could be racist? Depends. Wanda and Doom were a thing and I like the idea. But hm marvel never touched it again, yeah doom is a villain and all that, but you know, that wasn't a problem for Wanda until her kids show up.

Kurt, in this au, wanting to date only Roma women is not racist...I just want to know ...why. does he want ties with his community or is he trying to live some siscon fetish?

We dont know.

We will never know.

But is worthy discussing.

I like how shippers love to mention Talia and back then when Wendy (MCU) was in her show many people aka shippers were saying how Talia should show up....and like, it wouldn't. Wanda, in the comics, never met this girl and if she had ...what she would do?

Wanda has all the reasons in the world to never see Kurt.

(Kitty is single and Bi, so Wanda if you want to explore....)

Ok enough with my crack ship.

But well if you have more ideas to discuss, this is the blog.