#imagine how great that’d be haha

[whiteshipnightjar]

this might be my favorite interview for a movie. clearly the best ones are done by bird people. how else would we get sassy duck impressions, commending brave pigeons and multiple lark shout outs. lmao i really love this.

[certifiedlovergirlsstuff]

girlieee your spiderman!ethan landry fics are literally my most favourite thing EVER!! I know you already made a fic like this but could you do a fic where it’s pouring rain, reader is sleeping and she hears a knock on her window and it’s Ethan🧍He’s got rips on his suit and some rips on his mask and he’s like scratched up and bleeding a lot so reader lets him inside to help patch him up? It’s all angsty but fluffy too (hurt/comforttt)😁 tooootally understand if you can’t write this, I have too much respect for you and your work to be upset haha!! ilyyy🤍

you know always helps to see if i could write similar scenarios in different context (i didn’t write any of the actual patching up, i hope that’s okay🫣). i hope i did your request the justice you deserve. and thank you so much for enjoying spider-man!ethan just as much as me and everyone else💗💗💗 (not proofread or spell checked, forgive my messy words)

used the prompts “let me explain-“ and “can you calm down?” from @urfriendlywriter

pairing: spider-man!ethan landry x fem!reader wc: 1.3k

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it was a gloomy day, morning to night, on this friday night in new york. luckily you only had one class in the late afternoon on campus so you were able to stay home the rest of the night. you cooked some grilled cheese for dinner, ate some ice cream, caught up on your show. then you showered, did some homework, read about two chapters on your new book as you laid in bed before sleepiness coated your eyelids and they fell shut.

you weren’t sure how long you were asleep, maybe thirty minutes to a few hours, you couldn’t tell. you smacked your lips a few times that were aching for gulps of cold water, so you made the short walk to the kitchen and chugged the water bottle in your hand.

with sluggish steps you made it back to your room ready to throw yourself back into bed. but then a noise caught your attention. you thought you were imagining it, brain working slower while rain beat against the side of your building harshly, but it came again. and again this time louder with urgency. you thought it was coming from your front door somehow, but movement by your window stopped you in place.

slow and small steps carried you closer and closer to the dark window until you could see someone sitting on your fire escape, someone colored in blue and red.

they waved when you were in view and you noticed all the cuts on his suit and mask. so you pushed the window up fast and yelled into the roaring wind, “spider-man!” and he yelled back, “hi! sorry i just need some place to wait out the storm and i stumbled here. i swear it’s me!” and he shot a web to the other side of the building to prove it.

so you moved aside and he climbed through the window then stood to his full height with a slight sway to his body. you held your hands out hesitantly, “uh, you wanna sit down?”

“if- if i can, that’d be great.” he sounded winded and tired. you grabbed his wrist and guided him to your desk chair and he sank into the seat, leaned his head back with his eyes to the ceiling.

your eyes followed the slow up and down of his chest, “i think i already know this answer, but are you okay?” wringing your fingers together with your teeth biting into your bottom lip.

spider-man took a deep inhale that was followed by a shaky exhale. he did that two more times before adjusting his seating, his palms resting on his thighs as his bug eyes stared at you. “i’m gonna take off my mask-“ “wait, what?”

he continued, “i don’t want you to freak out, y/n.” now you were even more nervous, “how do you know-“ and before you could finish your sentence spider-man yanked his mask off and underneath sat a pillow of sweaty brown curls along with watchful brown eyes.

you couldn’t speak, your lips parted but no sound came out. hands moved to cover your mouth while frantic pupils took in this new development. ethan landry was spider-man. the boy you sit next to in your shared english class. the boy that causes your heart to beat faster than normal at just the mention of his name.

it felt like your brain went through five stages of emotions in five seconds. confusion, worry, upset, butterflies, then finally anger.

eyes that were wide as saucers now narrowed as you dropped your hands to your sides and stared down the superhero boy as you yelled, “what the fuck, ethan!”

he held his arms out like you were a dangerous animal. “okay, i know it’s a lot-“ you scuffed at the words, “a lot? yeah it’s a lot! your fucking spider-man and haven’t told any of us!”

he cringed and brought a hand to his neck while looking away. “actually… chad knows…”

a beat before- “get the fuck out.” stone cold face and voice. ethan jumped from the chair on unsteady feet, “y/n, just calm down and-“ “don’t fucking tell me to calm down! i’m pissed at you and your telling me to calm down?”

ethan sighed before sitting back in your chair. you stayed standing with your arms tight across your chest, nostrils flaring and wishing you had laser eyes. though your mind was worried about ethan’s health and his injuries, but you had to hold your ground.

“y/n,” he said with a plea, “just- just let me explain. or whatever you want the answer to, i’ll give it. just… please y/n.”

a clench to your jaw before moving to sit on your bed, arms still crossed over your heart. “fine, but i just have one question?” ethan sat up straighter, eyes alight. “anything.”

“why didn’t you tell me?” body slumping and face softening. “do you not trust me? i wouldn’t have told-“

“no, no. it’s not…” ethan moved from the chair to beside you on your bed. your knees knocked together and you dropped your arms to sit in your lap, fingers picking at your pajama pants.

“the only reason chad knows is ‘cause he’s my roommate. and he walked into my room before i could hide the suit.” ethan hesitated before setting his left palm on your thigh just above your knee. your eyes staring at the red fabric and ethan watching the side of your face. “i didn’t tell you because i don’t want you involved.”

looking away from his hand and to his face, his scratched and bruised face. “oh, ethan,” reaching out to cup his cheeks.

his gloves hands fell atop yours, “people that know about me being spider-man… it puts a target on their back. and i didn’t want anyone to know, but when chad found out i tried really hard to make sure spider-man wasn’t seen around him. but with you especially… i could never forgive myself if something were to happen. i need you in my life.”

“i just… you could’ve told me and i would help you with all this.” referring to his damaged skin. “do you do it yourself or does chad help?”

ethan glances down, “i do it myself. unless it’s some place i can’t reach i’ll ask chad for help. he kinda says the same things, wants to help me.”

your thumbs stroked his cheeks, “it’s cause we care about you, ethan. we don’t like seeing you in pain and we don’t want to think about… losing you.” throat constricting from the emotions growing.

ethan grips your wrist, “hey, hey. you won’t lose me. i’ve been doing this for three years now. i can handle myself.” making sure his eyes look directly into yours to convey his words.

a tear drops, “doesn’t mean i won’t worry about your safety all the time now.” eyes zeroing in on a cut along his lip, “now, why don’t i clean you up. seems you’ve had a stressful night.” and ethan huffed a laugh at that, “you could say that.”

you guided ethan to lay on your bed, his grunts and groans twist your insides. you smooth a hand over an unmarred spot on his chest, “i’ll get some bandages and rubbing alcohol. best we can do for the night.” and you moved to leave, but ethan wrapped his hand around your wrist keeping you close as he whispered, “thank you. i owe you.”

a scrunch of your brows at his words, “no, no you don’t owe me. i’m here for you always. and i know you’ll be here for me. that’s all we need.” nudging a knuckle at his chin, sharing a special smile.

“just rest while i take care of you, bug boy.” leaning down to press puckered lips to ethan’s temple, just below his curly bangs. pulling away, ethan smiles dazedly, “bug boy?”

you pulled away from his touch and shrugged as you walked to exit your bedroom, “gotta give you a new nickname. can’t keep letting the title spider-man get to your head.”

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ethan landry taglist: @astrxq / @websterss / @teenagedramaqueenlisa

[tickle-bugs]

Cool Guy

Anon: Heya! If you're still doing them, could you make a tickle fic on Luke and Han but js Han getting Luke? I love the whole Luke being like Hans lil bro 😭 An idea being maybe Luke is embarrassing Han in front of Leia and Han gets him back, Leia maybe helping Han a bit? I like your fics a lot haha! It's alr if not ofc, js have a good day! :D <3

Summary: Han is cool, suave, and absolutely irresistible. Luke vehemently disagrees.

Han knows logically that he cannot not squish the galaxy’s last hope like a bug. That would be unwise. There is, however, zero question of if he deserves it.

Luke is almost better at being a little shit than he is at being a Jedi.

“Princess!” Han leans against the wall. The Falcon’s internals hum behind it. Leia looks up at him blankly. 

“Pest.” She takes a bite of a sandwich. “What do you want?”

Nothing. Not a thing. He just loves the irritated curve of her eyebrow, the sharpness of her gaze, the curl of her lips--

“I’d love it if you’d stop taking what’s not yours.” He nods towards the sandwich. Leia regards it, then makes deep eye contact on her next bite. Han chuckles in something like disbelief, but he knows her. Knows how she likes to provoke. 

“Nice boys share their food.” She takes another bite.

“Well, I ain’t nice. Keep your thieving little hands to yourself.” Han considers wrapping up the sandwich, just to be petty, but he knows she hardly takes interest in his things unless she needs something. He could find something else to eat. 

“Or else what?” She plays with the crust of the bread. Eye contact. God, he loves this game of theirs. She leaves him breathless too often for his liking, though. As he flounders for a comeback, he hears a high-pitched noise from the other side of the room. 

Luke. Great. 

“What are you wearing?” Luke laughs incredulously. Han looks down at himself. He’d put on a fur vest today instead of his usual cargo one. It was something he’d snatched off some mook that’d tried to set him up with a dishonest deal. It’s old and it smells a little funny, but he likes it. It’s his now. 

“Wh—it’s a vest. It’s cold.” Han frowns. 

“You look like Chewie shed on you.” Luke leans his hip against the doorway as he settles in to mock. There’s a Wookiee outcry of indignation from the cockpit that goes unanswered.

“It’s a fashion statement.” Han adjusts his posture, gives them a new angle. Luke snorts. Han scowls.

“What exactly are you stating?” Leia rests her chin in her hands. She’s got a crumb on her cheek. He does not think about brushing it away. 

“You’re both terrible.” Han stomps off to change. 

“Right back atcha!” Leia calls after him. Her laughter is sweet, even at his expense. 

….

Run-ins with Empire patrols always put Han on a fine edge--he’s a well-oiled machine with Chewie at his back, but recent additions to the Falcon have proven…distracting. As he slams them into a hyperspace jump, the twins’ noise somehow drowns out the noise of the engine. Leia’s complaining that he took too many risks, Luke’s insisting he took too little, and Han’s half tempted to spin send the Falcon into a barrel roll just to hear a different sound.

Chewie won’t let him. The honorable bastard.

The moment they finish the jump, Han swivels out of his chair and goes…well, he’s not sure where he’s going, but he knows he needs to see and hear something besides Luke crunching angrily on crackers. 

Leia follows on Han’s heels, Luke follows on hers, and Han considers just ejecting himself from the airlock and being done with it. 

“If you want to die, be my guest, but don’t put us at risk for your ego.” Leia smacks his chest. Han can’t tell if he’s imagining the lingering touch of her fingers. 

“No, you’d miss me too much.” He fires back, pulling out of her grasp. He takes long strides, taking a petty sort of joy in hearing significantly shorter legs scramble after him. 

“Not a chance in hell,” Leia snarls, snatching the back of his vest. He whirls around. 

“Yes, you would, because things are boring without me. You like having me around.” He leans into her space. She stands her ground. 

“The fate of the galaxy is boring?” She conveniently ignores that last part. Han doesn’t miss it. 

“It is without me. Face it, princess. You’re attached.” He puts his hands on his hips. Leia’s face turns an interesting color.

“Ha! See? Attached!” Han points triumphantly. Leia smacks his hand away. 

“I didn’t say anything!”

“You didn’t need to. The truth’s all over your face.” He circles that pointer finger in her face. She smacks it hard enough to bruise this time. 

“The truth that I can’t stand you, more like. You’re arrogant, reckless, irresponsible—“

“And exactly your type.” Han grins. “You like having me around. Meanwhile, I’m cool, casual, and unattached.” Han clicks his tongue. Leia attempts to burn a hole through his forehead with her gaze. He worries for a moment that she might. 

“Really?” Luke crunches loudly. “I heard you telling Chewie that you like having us around. That you wouldn’t know what you’d do without us. Didn’t sound very cool and casual.” 

“I was drunk.” Han’s face burns. Leia snorts. Han scowls. 

“Drunk mind, sober thoughts.” Luke grins teasingly, waving a chip in his face. Han tries to snatch the bag, but Luke twirls effortlessly out of the way. Damn Jedi. 

“Sounds like you’re attached, laser brain.” Leia circles her finger in his face, and Han wonders if turning himself in to the Empire might be better for his ego.

…

Han’s not sure when his game with Leia stopped being a game and started being this, but he’s not complaining. He’s made out in worse storage rooms than the ones on the Falcon. They’d started with fetching a rations restock, devolved into bickering, and, well…their arguments usually end in violence or the threat of it, so Leia trying to climb him like a tree is a much-welcomed departure from form.

Normally Han’s great at keeping his emotions in a cold, dark little box where he never has to deal with them, but Leia looked so pretty yelling at him that he just…had to kiss her. He knew at that moment he’d die if he didn���t. It’s not the first time they’ve kissed and he hopes it won’t be the last, but each touch with Leia is like drifting closer to the beautiful terror of the sun. The best part, the overwhelming part, is that she wants him too. 

All of that would’ve been well and good, great even, if Luke hadn’t been standing in the doorway. 

Luke and Leia have some kind of stare-off that Han suspects involves their twinness--there’s lots of flustered, offended noises without words being uttered. Luke raises his eyebrow in a way that really seems to get to Leia, because she splutters, which she expressly does not do. 

“Don’t you start! I tolerate him!” She glares at Luke, her cheeks turning red. 

“Aww.” Han smirks. She elbows him in the ribs.

“With your mouth?” Luke’s near hysterical. 

“Among other things.” Han smirks wider. Luke’s face twists in sheer disgust. 

“Shut up,” Leia hisses, blushing and hitting him harder. He grins.

Luke levels a finger at Han, a habit he picked up from him in the first place, and then stalks off. 

“Chances he knifes me in my sleep?” 

“Lower than me doing it myself.” Leia swats his arm once more for good measure, but she’s still glowing, and Han thinks he might want to see that smile of hers for the rest of his life.

“I’ll take those odds.” 

The difference between Luke and his sister, in Han’s opinion, is that Luke’s noise goes inwards. Leia will scream at Han until she’s red in the face and then she’ll miraculously find more air. Luke gets quiet and vengeful, which is why Han starts to suspect foul play the third time he trips over thin air. 

Han really wants to fight back, but every time he opens his mouth, Leia’s lurking around some dark corner. 

On hour three of Luke’s temper tantrum, Han’s eye begins to twitch. He’s probably bruised every inch of his shins by now, he’s tired, and he thinks if he can close his eyes for an hour he might remember how to function. Just a sweet, Skywalkerless hour. 

Han drags his hand over his face as he walks off to his cabin. He finds Luke standing in the hall like an omen. He doesn’t move when Han approaches. The little furrow in his brow is probably meant to be intimidating, and maybe one day it will be, but Han can’t bring himself to care. 

The desire to lay down overcomes his rational thought, and he does to Luke what he often does to Leia: jams his hands under Luke’s arms and lifts him out of the way.

Except, unlike Leia, Luke doesn’t try to kick him. He lets out a giggle at a pitch Han didn’t know he was capable of. 

Han pauses, raising an eyebrow at the rapidly-reddening Jedi in his arms. He twitches his fingers. Luke chokes out a surprised laugh. 

Han’s suddenly not tired anymore. Funny, that. 

“Han, don’t you dare, c’mon--”

Han sets Luke down but doesn’t release him--he viciously wiggles his fingers where they’re trapped under Luke’s arms. He goes down like a sack of droid components, filling the Falcon with bright, bouncy laughter it so desperately needs. 

“You get a minute for every bruise, and my shins are looking mighty purple.” Han whistles lowly, pressing into the gaps between Luke’s ribs. Luke lets out a giggly hiccup and kicks his legs. 

“That’s not f-fair!” Luke clutches Han’s arms desperately. Han twitches his fingers and he curls up, shaking his head. Han distantly wonders when Luke last laughed like this. If he ever has. 

“Yeah? Tell me about it. Pick on someone your own size and maybe life will be fairer.” Han tries to keep his stare blank, but his mouth quirks up at the corners. Luke lets out an indignant gasp, but he quickly tumbles right back down into laughter.

“Let go,” Luke growls, his whole face scrunching around his smile. 

“Kid, I can’t let you go if you’ve got my hands.” Han gives a dramatic tug. He stops, raising his eyebrow expectantly. Luke pouts--pouts!--at him and lifts his arms at glacial pace. Han pulls away…

…and goes right for Luke’s exposed stomach. His shout of betrayal mixes beautifully with his laughter.

“Rookie mistake,” Leia tuts, snickering at Luke’s misfortune. Han jumps at her appearance--man, he should put a bell on these two--and Luke takes that as a signal to start wriggling away. Han reels him back in with a hearty laugh.

“Leia, fetch your--” Han cuts Luke off with a squeeze to the side before he can say anything embarrassing. 

“You gonna help, Your Worship? Or are you above getting your hands dirty?” Han casts a glance at Leia. 

“Never.” Leia smirks, kneeling beside Luke. They stare at each other for a long, tense while. Leia’s gaze drifts over him the same way she sifts through a plan for holes, until she stops at his knees. 

Luke’s eyes widen. Leia grins.

She latches on like a viper and Luke squeals, drumming his feet on the ground. He throws his head back and cackles himself into silence, flopping around uselessly. 

“Remind me to stay on your good side,” Han chuckles, a little nervous.

“You’re notoriously bad at it,” she smirks. Han swears he feels the ghost of her fingers on his own legs. He shudders.

Luke’s surrender is less of a cry and more of a wheeze, but they let him go quickly all the same. He tosses his arm over his glowing face with a great, heaving sigh.

“You alright over there?” Han chuckles, nudging Luke’s boot. He lifts his arm to glare.

“I hate you.”

“I know.” Han pats his ankle. Luke kicks him. Han squeezes his knee and he immediately blurts out a tired, giggly apology. 

“Stop being a little shit and trying to trip me up. It’s not gonna work. Too cool for that.” Han pats Luke’s stomach. 

Warm hands wrap around his waist and he leans back, scaring himself with how easily he fits into Leia’s arms. She hooks her chin over his shoulder.

“Are you ready?” She murmurs, brushing her fingers over the fabric of his shirt. 

“Ready for what?” His hand finds hers. He’s more than ready, if he’s reading this right. She’s rarely like this beyond closed doors, and it sends a thrill through him. Her lips brushing his ear drives him just a little crazy. He starts to stand, but she pulls him back down. 

“To be tripped up.” She smirks. He feels it. 

“Wh—“ 

Leia’s fingers dig in with deadly accuracy. Han crumples and his bravado goes with him. Loud, hearty laughter bursts from him as he slides to the floor, boneless in her arms.

“Aw, look at you cool guy.” Luke sidles up next to him with a shit eating grin. He tickles mockingly under Han’s chin and he, mortifyingly, giggles. Luke chases the sound, having way too much fun for Han’s liking. 

Han growls and tries to kick him. Leia’s fingers find his hips—cruel and unusual—and he’s toast. He resigns himself to die in her lap, which isn’t the overall worst way to go, and makes a mental note to write Luke out of his will. 

As long as Chewie thinks he’s cool, he supposes it’s still a net win. 

[mossstep]

I’m eternally Interested with Sagau (self aware genshin au for those who don’t know) but god why does all the content need to be weird and dark. Like nothing wrong with that but I just don’t want to only read that :(

So! I’ll toss my hat in the ring with some silly/light hearted ideas!

Note: I AM A MINOR, please don’t be weird with my posts

Tws/cws: Sagau, swearing, (Idk what else, I’m bad at this sorry)

Creator!reader who is honestly just vibing and nothing else. No one realizes they’re a god until they fuck up and get hurt (cue gold blood) and the reader is just outright denying it

Character: was your blood gold? What the fuck

Reader: haha no

Character: *losing their fucking shit*

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I think scaramouche would hate the creator, and the creator would probably be like “I love you my little meow meow” and scaramouche would just have to endure. Because the creator would probably just wanna get away from the whole god worship thing. Even if it means being around someone who despises them, Especially if the reader doesn’t have their memories of creating teyvat/is just a random Genshin fan from the real world.

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I like to imagine an aroace creator, or a creator who just avoids dating because yeah, that’s a weird power imbalance, and the creator just wouldn’t want to deal with that.

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I’ve always interpreted the creator as having the power to, well, create. So they’d probably just create a way to access the real world’s internet, much to the confusion of the characters

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Oh and the creator would have so much fun just fucking with the archons, especially if they’re pretending to be a human. (Assuming the archons can’t sense the creators godly-ness) like I can imagine the creator walking up to venti, saying something along the lines of “so how’s istaroth?” And venti staring at them like “wtf did you just say?”

And along those lines, I can see the creator walking up to Zhongli, referencing something from so far in teyvat’s past that he’s the only one who remembers. And Zhongli would start talking realize “wait why does this random mortal know that?”

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Oh, and the creator and nahida would be such great friends. The god of wisdom who was locked up for 500 years, and is now learning about the world, and the random god who appeared with knowledge about some obscure facts about the world, but nothing about the day-to-day life of those living in teyvat? They can bond over their shared lack of knowledge about how the world works!

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Another thing that’d be really funny is the creator just saying random ass memes, and have their followers try to figure out what the fuck they’re talking about.

For example

In Fontaine

“French people are real?”

Furina: “what the fuck is French”

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Also, the creator would just say shit from the real world with no explanation, like, I can imagine them yelling “JESUS CHRIST” when something scares them. And the people of teyvat just have to accept that the creator just isn’t gonna explain shit. Because how do they explain the religion of another world? Why would the most powerful god in teyvat worship another god?

[thelavendernarwhal]

Hopefully this isn’t weird, but I just wanted to say that I really like the artwork you included in your presentation about Keefex.

I love how the line art is simple, but the coloring is arguably pretty detailed- there are shadows, the lighting looks incredible, and the characters stand out just the right amount. Normally, I feel like mixing simplicity and detail like that would lead to it feeling a bit messy, but there’s no sense of that with your art at all; you pair the two together so well.

I also really liked your take on their positioning. I know it’s kind of laid out for the reader, but to be specific I’d always imagined them upright, which didn’t seem to fit with the eckodon’s anatomy. Having them slanted made a lot more sense! I also loved that one of Keefe’s legs is over Dex’s; it makes it look like he’s less likely to fly out from under Dex when the eckodon takes off haha.

Sorry this ask was a bit longer than intended (and may be complete gibberish since I’m writing it at four in the morning…), but I just wanted to say that (as always) you did great. Your ability to do so many different art styles is really admirable

Ok okokok, I knew there was some other posts awhile back talking about the eckodon scene and its logistics, but I couldn’t find the art someone made. When I first read it, I thought of something more upright too because that’d look goofier, but it specifically says that Dex was hugging the eckodon’s neck. Unless the animal had some hella good posture, that wasn’t happening. Plus, you have to be pretty close to someone to hold something behind them. I rest my (very serious and academic) case.

As far as the art style goes, I’ve been experimenting with a more simple style that I typically use for doodles/how I draw myself online since it’s really good at clarity. Since I’m not getting too picky about anatomy, there’s more focus on posing and (less so in this drawing, but) outfitting. Plus, I wanted to use a good balance of warm vs cool tones to make the boys stand out alongside making each part have a unique texture. And lowkey I spent so much time streamlining my designs for all of these characters that I had to use ‘em.

Let it be known that if you send me a long ask, you’ll get a long answer back :) Thank you so much! You’ve given me so much serotonin and drawing motivation and it’s hella appreciated.

[m1ckeyb3rry]

Hello there!! OMG you don’t know how I just sped to read the Saturday date I think I’m actually in love with your writing. Also 7K WORDS?!?! Guys I’m being fed too well omg chefs kiss a million times over <3 Found another piece to burn into my brain and reread over and over again I was kicking my feet reading this THEYRE SUCH DORKS ITS SO CUTE AHHJDKSHD This has to be some witchcraft because I can’t even express in words how good this was!! Reading this made my week omg! The beach aspect incorporated his fear of water PERFECTLY he’s such a gentleman and a menace at the same time this is literal perfection!!!

And SAME we can be (blue) locked in together HAHA I seriously can’t wait for him to be animated!! Speaking of, you saw the Epi Nagi movie, correct? If so, what’d you think?? Just in case I won’t spill my thoughts quite yet hahahaha but would love to hear what you think

Also I LIVE for the hilarious interactions between Karasu and other characters too!! I completely forgot to mention before but I think I died laughing with the Hiori cameo you added in the first part of the Karasu piece - it was so on brand and so goofy of him I love how you added that! And the Hiori mention this time too was gold, you’ve captured the essence of their characters and relationships so well!!! Otoya interactions with Karasu are also a fav of mine so IM SO EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN STORE!!!

On that note, I’m not sure if you’ve read the EpiNagi manga either but there’s some great interaction content in there if you’re looking!! Their dynamic is also so goofy and I love them too!!!!

You’re also a GENIUS I hadn’t even thought of Karasu interacting with Yukimiya for the first time that’d actually have me rolling omg I can imagine him just glaring at him and sizing him up all the time doing his analysis and just muttering insults like “he’s just an mediocre dude” etc LOL

Once again, thank you so so much for entertaining my thoughts and requests you didn’t just deliver you ATE and DEVOURED, above and beyond truly!!! If you’re ever lacking Karasu writing ideas or just thoughts generally I’ll always have some handy for you o7 HAVE A LOVELY DAY!!!! THANK YOU FOR FEEDING THE KARASU COMMUNITY HSHSHSH I have a feeling I’ll be in your inbox quite often LOL (esp when he finally gets fully animated!!!)

On my way to go reread that piece again orz

-Karasu anon :)

OMG YAYYY I’M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT!! hehehe smth abt karasu always gets me rambling…both times i’ve written for him the pieces have ended up being almost double the length i intended them to be 😭 I LOVEEEE HIS AND READER’S DYNAMIC they’re so stupid and they truly match each other’s freak so well LMAAOAO i think the whole “Why do you think he’s so interested in me? It’s because of the kindness that radiates off of me in waves!” ~ “That’s not kindness radiating off of you, that’s the scent of your hair gel.” exchange is one of the funniest things i’ve written in a WHILE i was giggling coming up with that whole convo 😫

i think his fear of water is so interesting!! since it was established in the first part that y/n loves swimming i thought this was the best way to include that without it feeling too random 👆🏻 HAHA i really wanted to show that despite his snarkiness he truly is a green flag at heart!! him being a bit of a jerk is so integral to his character but at the same time i am 100% confident that he would be sooo down bad if he liked someone and he would absolutely treat his gf like a princess (even though he’d simultaneously be a jackass abt it)

YES i did watch the epinagi movie last thursday when it came out in the us!! ofc nagi is my fav so i liked it but i do think they cut out a lot from the manga which made it feel a teensy bit rushed. i almost wished they would’ve waited until the manga finished up w the second selection and then animated that too (biased because i want to see more karasu + barou) overall though it was good!! the tabieitaken + kurona cameo at the end was sweet if not a bit crunchily animated 💖 also i distinctly remember there’s a scene (i think at the end) where they show reo and nagi like standing next to one another and THEY DO THE FUCKING PRIDE AND PREJUDICE PINKIE THING LMAOAOAOA i hope you know what i’m referring to it had me dying 😭😭😭 i fear reonagi is not a ship i care much about (LOVE both characters, find them kinda boring together tbh) so it wasn’t emotionally impactful to me i just found it hilarious…like ok wyd here mr darcy ⁉️ but i’d love to know what you think!! i am caught up with everything blue lock so feel free to talk about anything related to it in my inbox 😤

I LOVE HIORI IN THIS SERIES TBH he’s like karasu x y/n’s biggest shipper (besides y/n’s bff) but also kind of their weird little freak child?? idk how to put it but karasu + y/n both feel like they are probably role models of some sort for hiori (which will be shown a bit more in the next continuation i hope) so he kinda just follows them around as he has been so far and at some point they just give up and pretty much adopt him. like yeah that’s their son what abt it (this is based on that one scene of karasu and hiori in the epinagi movie where karasu looks like he’s taking his child [hiori] to the doctor’s office for the first time because his wife [y/n] is busy 😭)

OTOYA AND KARASU ARE SUCH A FUNNY DUO I LOVE THEM TOGETHER!! i’m so excited to write otoya meeting y/n i think it’s going to be entertaining for sure!! and PLEASE karasu meeting yukimiya in blue lock has been on my mind since you requested him going into the program…he does his stupid little analysis for the first time and immediately has a breakdown because yukimiya is canonically 1cm taller than him 😭 otoya has to tell my man to stand tf up HAHAH i bet the trash talk after they won/after karasu got ranked third and yuki got ranked fifth for third selection was VILE (on karasu’s part. meanwhile yuki is like “great game 😄 you’re super talented bro 👍🏻” because he’s unproblematic and also has 0 idea why this random crow boy holds such a deep hatred for him)

i loveee the epinagi manga i wish it was updated weekly because i’m so impatient i need to know what happens next!! the current match going on is making me sooo happy because it has my top three bllk boys (nagi, karasu, and barou) in it…plus my bestie chigiri 💖 the art style of the manga is so pretty though so i don’t mind waiting longer for chapters…perfection takes time after all 🤩 the way karasu especially is drawn in epinagi is so hfdkskjs like bro is ASTOUNDING. the panel where he’s first introduced in it and his name is written and he’s all smirky…lives were changed dare i say!!

i have so much fun reading your thoughts!! and once again i’m glad you like the way i’m taking your requests 🫶🏻 i will hopefully get the next ones done soon too and you can lmk what you think of them!! always proud to serve the karasu fandom 🫡 i’m like that one video of justin bieber that goes “hey. just working. working hard so i can please you.” but it’s me writing for minor bllk characters instead of just the itoshi bros typical suspects.

come into my inbox whenever you want!! i will always be happy to read whatever you want to talk about (even if it’s not karasu related hehe)

[thenebulochaoticwriter]

Chapter One: Daily

Moira was an enigma to Louis. Louis Valentine was the mailman well-known around Doe’s neighborhood due to his skillful and swift deliveries. Outside of his work- which is whenever 12 pm hits- he’s hardly ever seen again. Of course, this is because he made it his job to avoid everyone and anyone he knows at all costs after work- but no one really knows why.

He himself was an enigma to Moira’s neighborhood- but somehow, not to Moira herself. He didn’t know why or how, but out of all the people he runs into, Moira is the only one he happens to run into without being able to turn a corner and sprint away, as if he hadn’t heard her.

Somehow, it’s never too crowded for him to get away from her and it’s never dark enough for him to claim that she mistook him for someone else.

It’s not as if Moira was following him. He knew that for a fact because she simply didn’t have the time to. Which only left incredible coincidence. That or great or terrible luck- depending on who’s perspective you were looking at.

Every day he approaches Moira’s house, with the feeling of impending doom. Not because her house looked like something from a gothic horror or anything- and not even because Louis despised Moira. Just because whenever he approaches her little American Queen Anne style house- or what she quite literally named “Annie”- both she and that mop-shaped mutt of hers are always trotting out.

As per expected, the front door cracked open, and her komondor flew out of the door. Thankfully for him, Moira had a decent grip on the leash that prevented her dog from running over and snapping at the mailman’s ankles.

“Moira.” Louis smiled his “confrontation smile”- which he flashed whenever he ran into anyone at any point in time. He patiently waited after Moira gave a strained “hi…” for her to lock her door and reel Jester back to herself.

“Jester, if you bite the mailman I’m gonna eat your snacks in front of you.” She threatened with a smile that made Louis wonder if she was even trying to look like she meant it.

Hilariously enough, her dog snapped back with a groaned howl, but calmed down significantly at her threat. Moira fixed her posture before waving to Louis, who found himself having to rejuvenate his smile to make it look less worn out.

“Moira.” He greeted again. “Always a pleasure.”

“I’d ask if you said that to everyone, but that’d be pretty dumb of me to, right?” Moira chuckled. “You know, since the kids down the street made an entire ‘Where’s Waldo’ based game to find you, haha.”

Yes, that made his afternoon hobby of avoiding people significantly harder than usual. “Right.” Louis gave a light, closed-mouth chuckle that honestly didn’t look as if he was trying at all. He quickly brushed off that fact by pulling out a small rectangular package just slightly bigger than his hand. “I believe this is yours.”

“Oooh, this must be my sister’s next installation to her serieeees!” Moira hummed, immediately slicing the tape apart with her nail and opening it. “Mhm..” She hums, smiling happily at the cover.

Just as Louis smiles to get his usual ‘well, I oughtta get going’ out, Moira holds up the cover. “You’ve heard of her, right? My sister? Have you read any of her books?” She asked excitedly.

“I..no, I admit I’m not much of a reader.” Louis responds, tapping on his bag, “I don’t have time to do such things, anyway. I’m busy taking care of my family.” He explains briefly.

“Oh, is your family still visiting? They’ve been there for quite a while, haven’t they?” Moira asks, stepping back onto her porch to place the cardboard box down on her swinging bench. “I don’t think I could imagine spending so much time with my family in such a small house. I dunno how you do it.”

“We’re all fine. I don’t think my family is quite as big as yours, anyway.” Louis assures her, taking a step back to try to emphasize that he was attempting to leave.

“Yeah?” Thankfully, Moira seems to take the hint and smiles as she places her book in her bag. “Well, I guess that makes sense.” She hums, lifting the leash to her hand rather than the crook of her elbow. “Regardless, I’ve got errands to run! See you later, Louis!” Moira waves cheerfully, tugging Jester along the sidewalk.

“Hopefully not.” Louis sighs underneath his breath, going on his way as well.

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As well known as Doe was known around the town, she didn’t have many friends outside of her dear Jester. Hence why she lives farther from her neighborhood. Rather than an apartment or regular house on a street, she had someone renovate the current house she was living in- just because she liked the look of it.

As it stands, Moira is often choosing her personal likes and petty items over socializing or making friends. Which is why those who are perceptive enough know just how strange of a person Doe is.

“Okay, despite how much I absolutely love my sister’s books…” Moira hummed, “I did promise Ai that I would let him get the first read.” She claims, mainly to herself, but she spoke out loud so that Jester would hear. “And the library is before the market, so you’re gonna have to sit outside for a while.”

Moira could swear Jester gave her a look, but ultimately just enjoyed the walk there. As they walked up to the library, he only stopped once in hopes that she would be too tired to drag him all the way to the doorway. It didn’t work, and he slumped down on the ground as Moira tied his leash around a nearby pole.

“Be good and I’ll go buy some more fatty treats when we get to the store, mkay?” Moira hummed with a smile, and although he didn’t pick his head up, his tail did flick around a bit at the word “treats”.

Moira was immediately welcomed by a cooler temperature when she walked inside the library. She pulled her long hair into a half-assed bun in an attempt to welcome some cool air onto the back of her neck.

“Moiraaa..” A soft voice called to her. At the desk was a black-haired young man with skin Moira admitted she envied a little.

“Watana-bae!” Moira cheered, immediately being hushed by Ai with a finger to his lips. His full name was “Ai Watanabe” but he allowed her to call him that amongst other things in return for the books she let him borrow. “Were you waiting for me?” She hummed in a lower volume, trotting over to the desk.

“Would you be upset if I said that I was waiting for her?” Ai asked, lifting his finger to the book, rather than Moira.

“Oh, my poor heart.” Moira scoffed, sliding him the book. She leaned down, resting her arms on the cool surface, now having to look up at Ai. “I’m sure my sister would be glad to hear that, though.” She hummed, smiling, “Whenever you bother contacting her.”

Ai chuckles, his gaze averting back up to Moira as she stands up straight again. “I can’t help but get nervous in front of good authors.” He claims, skimming the book.

“I can believe that.” Moira hums. Ai was more on the timid side unless he was completely comfortable with someone. Due to his sweet personality and calming occupation, he’s quite favored by many women. Older women specifically. Thanks to that, at least, he’s gotten dozens of raisin cookies.

“Also, Moira.” Ai smiles, “Make sure to get whatever book you’d like now or sometime soon. I’ll be closing up early today.”

“Yeah? For what?” Moira asks casually, digging into her bag for her library card.

Ai pauses, opening his mouth before closing it in thought. “I.. well, you could..” He sighs, furrowing his eyebrows at his inability to decide what he wanted to say.

Moira’s gaze flicks up to him, “How spooky. Are you killing people after working hours? How scandalous.” She jokes.

“Pff.” Is all Ai manages to huff out, although in the end he doesn’t say anything more about the topic. “Is there anything you’re interested in getting right now?”

“Do you have the Phantom of the Opera?” Moira asks immediately. As obvious as it was, she’d been thinking about the book for a while.

“Yes, but.. I only have the original copies.” Ai responds, “All in French.”

“I knoooow.” Moira hums, “I used to study French, like, religiously a while back. I’m sure I can get through it.” She said confidently.

“Well, if you say so.” Ai reaches down and places the book on the counter, temporarily exchanging it for Moira’s library card.

“Did you have it prepared?” Moira asked curiously. “I bet you wanted me out of here as quickly as possible.” She said, pouting in faux distress.

Ai scoffed. “We got a shipment in recently and no one’s gotten to putting them up.” He gives her back her card. “You have quite the imagination, don’t you?”

“I blame the books.” Moira shrugs. “And the movies. Speaking of, what’s your favorite movie?” She asked, tapping her fingers on the counter with a curious smile.

“Hm.. well.” Ai starts, but his attention is snagged by one of his co-workers loudly opening the staff door. He holds up a finger and his co-worker rolls his eyes before slipping back behind the door.

Ai bends down again, ���One moment. It should be..” He hums, standing up and turning to the shelf behind him. “...here we are.” He picks up a VHS tape and its case, which is separate from the tape itself.

“..Attraction’s Fatality. Thriller and crime?” Moira smiles, tilting her head to the side. “What’s it about?”

“Hm..” Ai averts his gaze, lifting a hand to rub against his lip. “Well, this man- married, has a one-night stand. Doesn’t matter why or where- what matters is with who.” He explains. “A woman who he thinks is just about as regular as any one-night stand. The conflict arrives when she doesn’t stop calling.”

“So, she’s obsessive.” Moira nods.

“Sure. But to what extent?” Ai hums. Moira chuckles in interest. “Everything’s okay- until the wife finds out. As per the fling’s intentions. On top of the newfound heat between the cheater and the cheatee, one of his children is abducted by said woman.”

“And? What happens to the kid?” Moira asks, leaning on the counter in expectancy.

“Well, from what I remember..” Ai smacks his teeth in faux thought. “..there was like, this text on the screen. And a massive boom sound.”

“Don’t you dare say it said ‘To Be Continued’.”

“Nope.” Ai smiles, looking up to Moira. “It said ‘Watch The Movie Yourself’.” He winks, leaning over and slipping the tape into her bag.

“You. Are going to kill me.” Moira sighs, slumping away from the counter and his close proximity.

“One day.” Ai chuckles, “I’ll see you tomorrow, Omo-sha.” He hums as Moira struts out of the library.

“I dunno what that means but byyyye!” Moira flicks her wrist in a wave as she leaves.

Immediately, she’s made aware of the familiar barking coming from outside the library. As she steps outside, she sees an all-too familiar cupcake mascot. “CupKake?! What are you doing here?”

“Yo!” The CupKake mascot waved a hand to Moira as she walked over and shooed him away from Jester. The mascot itself was a yellow cupcake with white icing and primary-colored sprinkles. Moira herself made it, and despite the great fabric and coloring, along with the perfectly simple design, she herself considers it the worst thing she’s ever made.

“And why are you harassing my dog?! He hates your dance moves!” Moira hissed. “..aren’t you hot? It’s pretty stuffy.”

CupKake shrugged, his voice hardly muffled by the costume. “I mean, yeah. But I’m heading inside anyway.” He claims, pointing to the library. “And speaking of- Ai wanted me to do ‘im a favor, and in return he’s letting me move my office here. It’s cool. Big. Air-conditioned.”

“You’re gonna get heatstroke.” Moira huffs. “If you walked around without it no one would know the secret identity of ‘CupKake’. Soooo, why bother with the costume?”

“Obviously cuz I hate my face.” CupKake says, raising his arms with a sigh. “That’s what people do when they hate their face. They hide it.”

“And.. a cupcake is better than your face?” Moira asked.

“I personally like cupcakes better than people’s faces. Yours, too.” CupKake claimed, and Moira scoffed. “If I had the choice to date a cupcake or you, I’d definitely pick the cupcake. I’d marry it, too.”

“Yeah? Well, you’d probably be arrested for cannibalism.” Moira chuckles.

“Ha! Jokes on you- I don’t even like cupcakes!” CupKake reveals, before adding, “I don’t like eating them, anyway.”

Moira smacks her teeth. “Whatever. You’re a complete enigma to me, Sir Cakes.” She shrugs, taking Jester’s leash. The dog in question tried his best to stay as close to CupKake as he could in order to bite him.

“Hey, now, you don’t know that.” CupKake claims. He points a finger gun to Moira and makes a click sound, since she couldn’t actually see him wink. “Listen to my show tonight, though, yeah?”

“I’ll just leave the radio on and let Jester decide.” Moira shrugs, waving CupKake away as she went on with her day.

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Once again, poor Jester had to be left outside while Moira ran into her regular stores to shop. “..dryer sheets…” She was lucky that the owner of this shop kept so many useful things for a fashion designer such as herself. “...base, base, base..” Moira fingered through a clothing rack of nothing but plain white dresses, before noticing that this particular rack wasn’t here before.

“Ooh, did you add this rack just for moi?” Moira called across the small shop, and heard the shop owner scoff.

“Gets you out of here quicker, doesn’t it?” Irene joked, spinning a pen around in her fingers as she looks down at a clipboard on the counter.

Moira rolled her eyes, putting her armful of dryer sheet boxes onto the counter. “Should I ask?” Irene sighs, crossing her arms.

“I’m gonna use these for a dress I’m working on.” Moira replied, tapping her fingers on the counter with a smile before returning to the clothing racks.

“Oooof course.” Irene hummed, neatly stacking the boxes of dryer sheets on the counter.

Moira browses the base dresses, thinking of the many different outfits she’ll have to make. There were several different characters, all with their own personalities, which means there has to be several different outfits that represents them to the smallest detail.

The only problem is that the outfits are meant to be based on their personalities only. So Moira plans on making the clothes not look much like their outfits in the original movie. Since the way she designed their outfits for the movie were meant to make them appear different then how they really are as characters, it shouldn’t be too hard.

As Moira nitpicks a good armful of white dresses and several other blank articles of clothing, Irene calls out to her. “So, you think that Stephen will be at this, uh, movie premiere of yours?”

Moira pauses, thinking for a moment before chuckling. “Yeah, probably.” She says, taking her armfuls of fabrics and clothes to the desk. “He seems to like looking at my clothes and creations.” She says.

“You mean judging them unnecessarily?” Irene sighs, checking the price for everything that Moira’s put on the counter. “I’m sure he only does it for attention- why else would he bother coming to every one of your shows?”

“Maybe he has a crush on me.” Moira smiles, in a way that makes it completely unclear to Irene if she’s joking or not.

“Don’t sexualize someone who’s clearly made himself known as someone who dislikes you.” Irene scoffs, pausing her actions to look up at Moira skeptically.

“I’m not sexualizing him.” Moira hums, looking away with a sheepish smile, “I’m just.. Guessing.” She says. She pauses for a moment, twirling a lock of hair around her finger in thought before adding, “He is hot, though.”

“Oh, my God.” Irene rolls her eyes, quickly putting Moira’s items in multiple bags before shoving them towards her. “Twenty-five.” She says, “And he is not that hot.”

“I like his hair. Every picture of him- black and white or not- stands out because of his hair alone.” Moira comments, digging around in her purse for a moment for three tens. “And yes he is that hot. I’d let him degrade me any day.” She says, and Irene once again finds herself wondering if that’s sarcasm.

“Get out of my shop, Moira.” Irene scoffs, waving her out. “And answer my damn calls!”

“Can’t answer them if I’m not hoooome!” Moira calls back, walking out of the store. She turned to wave to Irene, but thanks to that, she accidently walked into someone.

“Moron.” Irene sighs, before looking down at Moira on her knees and the man she’d just knocked down. “You two good?”

“Sorry, sorry!” Moira quickly stands up, helping the person she’d bumped into off of the ground. “Are you okay? I should’ve paid attention to where I was going.”

“I’m fine, yes, thank you.” The man stands up straight, dusting his clothes off as Moira picked up her bags. “I’m glad I ran into you, though.” He says, looking at her.

“Yeah? Are you a masochist?” Moira asks, tilting her head to the side in what the man hoped was a joke.

“What? I..” He pauses, deciding to not to answer that, “I am Detective Masashi Hideo, and I’ve been sent to ask you a few questions.” He pulls out an ID that secured his claim.

“Spooky.” Moira comments laxly, “I’m open to questions. Could I possibly finish my dog’s walk, though?”

The detective shakes his head. “This won’t take too long. Depending on your answers, you could continue your routine or come with me.” He says, pulling out a notepad from the pocket of his trench coat. Moira hummed in reply, more so wondering why exactly he was wearing such a warm article of clothing in already warm weather.

“Do be sure to reply honestly.” The detective said, clicking his pen. “Where were you twelve days ago? The 10th of June?” He asked.

Moira lifts a hand to her chin in thought. “That was, like..Sunday, right?” She asks, the detective nodding, “At home, then.”

“And three days before that?”

Moira counts back for a moment, before saying. “Also at home.”

The detective writes something into the notepad. “..when’s the last time you've been out outside of today?”

“Last week exactly. I don’t often leave the house outside of Thursdays to run errands.” Moira replies, “I have visitors over more often than I bother going to anyone else.”

“Right.” The detective writes something else down. “When are you free today?” He asks, placing his notepad into his pocket.

“Sometime during sundown.” Moira responds. “I..don’t ever have a watch on me, so I don’t go home depending on the time.”

“Would you feel comfortable with me coming over at that time?”

“If you want.” Moira shrugs, before pausing. “What would you do if I said no, though?”

The detective places his hands in his pockets, his face straight and serious as he looked up at Moira. “I’d likely have to get someone to issue a warrant from the judge. Do I need to?”

“No need.” The taller lady hums, “I’m gonna finish this walk, but we’ll be home later, detective. See you tonight!” Moira waves, leaving at the detective’s nod.

Once the detective was far enough, Moira looked down to Jester. “Ooh, they’re onto you for stealing those treats.” She joked, referencing an incident from when he was a pup.

[ad-hawkeye]

just learn about the contents of alkaid's lock up event, the card where he looks like he's tied up in a mental hospital setting(?)

bub....... i hate it so much cus alkaid is so ooc there yk his au selves still has some of the traits w his modern self right but here in the lock up event, nOOOOOO he's really Really different even worse than prefect luminary even mc is so ooc too and feels like reading a fanfiction

many cn players esp alkaid luvers dislike it too

im not looking forward to it when the lock up event get in the global server :(

now time to read some alkaid fluff to cleanse that Cursed event out of my mind

LMAO HAHA oh god i’m going to imagine that this alkaid is the freak of the bunch that the other alkaids are just really uncomfortable around at Universe Family Gatherings. even the prefect is like oh, that guy? yeah something went… wrong with that guy. truly the shining example that nurture can overcome any innate nature. We Don’t Talk To Him.

i think watching tot take artem wing and just absolutely shit on his characterization in his canon timeline has made me So Hardened. bc i think there’s a certain sort of beauty to how lbc works in that if there’s an alternate universe version you really hate, or is insanely ooc, you can just go okay well that was fucking weird! and you don’t have to deal with it as part of the canon timeline AND IT'S SUCH A RELIEF. or you can be like okay WELL guess who just found the fever dream universe!!!

though thinking on it, i think the real crime would be mc being insanely ooc. there's only one of her. cael would also wind up in hot water if he were written to be ooc, so i wonder how he’s handled in this event...

also wow, the cn fans don’t like it either??? i’m so used to being alone in this shit HAHA that’s actually so great. here’s to hoping their complaints are heard bc that’d be nice!! i’ll be joining you with that cleansing fluff btw x) i consider godheim alkaid to be a nice palate cleanser LOL

[allyourfearsarecomingtrue]

Hi! So I’m obsessed with your Wolf Hall fic, For Caesar’s I Am. I’ve probably read it a dozen times by now because I love the way you write, and your characterizations are just so perfect. I was wondering if you’d mind if I wrote a fic inspired by yours in which Henry, in a fit of deus ex machina fandom wand waving takes up Cromwell’s offers of marriage/childbearing. You wrote of Cromwell wondering if he’d “survive the night,” and I feel like that’d be a great title for the fic I’m imagining. Like Henry gives Cromwell this one chance to deliver on his wild promise of giving him a son and how Cromwell (uncharacteristically, but understandably) panics at somehow making his situation even more fraught. I haven’t decided on if I’ll give him a happy or hopeful ending yet. However, all that being said, I didn’t want to proceed in case you weren’t comfortable with me using your fic as a springboard. And sorry for word vomiting in your askbox! Anyway, take care and have a good rest of your day/night! 😊

Haha, of course! Knock yourself out. Thank you for being so nice about my work! Always nice to read fics where Cromwell panics. Fire away!

[rametarin]

Sometimes I think.

The most impotently furious and murderous I ever felt was when I bore my soul to someone, talking about how I’d been financially abused and antagonized and neglected my whole life

and then, being the disgusting western fujoshi type that they were, proceeded to make “haha just kidding.. UNLESS” style jokes about how I was still stuck living with my abuse because I, “got off” on being abused. Yeah. I’m trying to bare my soul about my abusive living situation, and they’re going “Ooooo! BDSM! Kinky!”

It was very lucky that this person was on the internet and no one I knew in real life, or else I would’ve experimented to see exactly how many household objects I could fit in her porky flesh until the skin burst like a balloon around the sharp points and edges.

Just. The audacity.

Imagine for a moment, a girl confides in you that their father is making ridiculous and absurd demands of them, and threatening them with violence and deprivation and force unless they meet them. To work and hand over 100% of their paycheck, specifically to keep them around, keep them working, but disallowing them any money to socialize or improve their lives at all; they can “always just leave, if they want :^)” and leave with nothing but the clothes on their back, but their choice is always between being impoverished and antagonized at home or left penniless and helpless in a ditch. No workable medium. It’s give everything and invest everything into someone else or face the consequences and be left alone with no way to operate in the world.

And then you go, “That’s HOT!” with a dirtbag tongue waggle and proceed to ask disgusting questions about if they get off on being treated like that. Insinuating that half the reason they’re being abused is because they like it and get off on it.

That’s effectively what I experienced. Only, I’m a cisgendered heterosexual male, and my life has been absolutely destroyed by an overbearing and psychopathic narcissist control freak that wanted to monopolize all my time and money to just orbit her. And then dump me in the trash unless I wanted to give her everything, leaving me no time, no money, no recourse, for anything else.

The people that see themselves as the great lovers of sexual equality and, “equal rights,” that’d shed tears of blood if it was a boy trivializing the abuses of a girl, effectively just flicked their bean and made disgusting projecting comments at me when I explained how I was being abused and exploited and shown the door to the highway if I didn’t like being a slave.

My problem isn’t in equality for women, it’s in organizations that flower their real ambitions and use sexual equality as a nice cloak and pretense to do absolutely disgusting things, all while arguing because they’re allegedly doing these things in the name of feminism and thus equality, you can’t argue they’re in bad faith or for ulterior motives without just being a woman-hater.

I said, “you wouldn’t talk to a woman like this that was being abused”

They mewled at me about patriarchy and capitalism.

[saltisboring]

thinking of chbstuck so uhm… here’s some camp stuff!!!! I make my favs very clear

SO HERES LITTLE SCENARIOS AB THEM!!!!

INFO <— link to the main CHBstuck post, which contains who’s a kid of who, who’s at what camp, and some art :3

ARCHERY LESSONS

now this is complicated…. Because neither Apollo twins (Dave + Rose) know how the fuck to use a bow. Its more of,, them calling for their dad like “pls don’t let us fuck it up” and Apollo just kinda “okay be cool”

Like, Dave got more of the music aspect of Apollo, along with some healing and yk,, flocks (haha I’m so funny) and Rose got light, arts, and also a bit of healing as a treat. So idk why they’re expected to run the archery practice but they are!!! Because they’re kinda either the oldest Apollo kids, or simply the only ones,,

(Context on “the only ones” is just trials of Apollo, i imagine he’d be less uhh careless with the number of kids he has after THAT experience lol)

(Haven’t decided if canon should be canon bc,, that’d just make this a crossover but also TRIALS!!!!! anyways)

Chiron makes an effort to lead as many as he can, but he can’t exactly control when he’s needed elsewhere lol

the twins just kinda make sure to give offerings every night like “don’t let us fuck this up PLEASE” it’s great

Equius is a big enthusiast of these lessons, even if he isn’t very,, good? He tries but (like in canon) he just can’t get the right amount of pressure to put on it?

June is also surprisingly okay with a bow and arrow!! She’s just cool like that B)

Jade tried once and never again. Her hands were shaky and she almost shot someone’s eye out?? Didn’t matter too much to her tho, she’s much batter at hand-to-hand and sword fighting.

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DND CLUB

now I kinda already said who has in the club, but I never rlly talked about it much!!! So here’s that

Review: dnd club is basically the flarp group, except restricted to dnd bc they larped too hard and Mr.D and the Apollo kids were tired of all the injuries lol!! Its Tav, aradia, vriska, and terezi, tho I might add more nerds in the future even though they’re not,, yk,, the flarpers

Anyways Vriska DMs and is so insufferable about it but they’re too into the story now to really give up?? Plus fighting so much can be fun sometimes

Theres also the honorary members, who r just spectators that come by to watch their friends play!! That would be June and Sollux lawl (might add more)

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CAPTURE THE FLAG

ohhhh boy do these games get heated. Listen, okay, when you restrict a group of kids from hurting eachother while role playing, what makes you think they won’t take advantage of a game that is literally just that…

Vriska is the CTF equivalent to those try hard gym kids (being a daughter of Nike). She is just so extremely into the game it’s insane!!!

Hephaestus kids also kinda also go hard, yk finding an excuse to test out the stuff they make!! Dirk more than anything, and also to kinda test out his strengths n shit cuz he’s lame

Dave and Rose sit on the sidelines because,, healing and also they have an excuse to sit out so they WILL be sitting out

Gamzee is usually put to watch and guard the flag idk it just makes sense? He doesn’t mind tho, he just sits around and fends it off when he can.

Karkat and Feferi seem like the type that would sort of scout the area? Like, while someone guards the flag difectly, they stop any surprise attacks from a bit father. Feferi tends to stick next to the lake, and Karkat is just placed wherever (he is, after all, luck).

While I do think Terezi and Vriska would make such a good leader combo for CTF, I have a small little feeling that Mr.D already has them clocked and just does not let them team up because that is too many injuries!!!! It only reduces them by a bit tho, being on opposite sides simply making them a taaad bit more competitive

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HORSEBACK RIDING

The amount of accidents is actually insane,,, though it’s more of bruising than anything that would need Apollo kid action.

I don’t even have to tell you the people who would have an absolute blast.

Nepeta and Equius hang out near the stables the most, but that doesn’t mean the pegasi are any less loved :3 Gosh, they are definitely pampered.

Dave probably falls off the most often — not because he’s not skilled, but because he forgets he has to actually hold on (It makes sense to me, trust).

June really really enjoys flying around. That’s not exactly a big scenario, I just felt like that needed to be included. She likes the freedom that comes with it!!

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I have more ideas for Canoe racing and the chariot stuff,, however words are hard so take the other brainrot instead :3

[marsgod]

DO YOU ALL REMEMBER STAFF!READER TURNED DEMON??

Well.. what if a teacher was born a demon? And because they’re from hell and all, they are a bit oblivious to the customs of Earth and always tend to confuse, concern and scare others, especially the students

I think I’d like demon!staff!reader to be true neutral, not good or bad, nice or mean, just neutral

Like imagine them going, “Back in my day as a demon child, my babysitter would try to douse me in holy water when I act up. Heck, they even tried to cut my horns with an axe, haha! They’d never succeed though,”

“What the f…”

- underrated staff anon

i’m so sorry this took so long🫠 I just put a bunch of my thoughts and how i think this would go!!

⇢ Twst x Gn! Demon! Staff! Reader

⇢Warnings; Platonic relationships. gn! reader, Staff! Demon! Reader, exorcising mentions, slight religious themes ig

I imagine that demon! reader is new to school with humans, they were transferred from “easy” juvie (easy as in, the juvie kids committed multiple acts of arson and just acts that’d generally get a mild death sentence) in hell to NRC in the human realm.. Quite a big difference in educations, we’d all say.

So, when you, with sharp teeth in a seemingly permanent, joyous yet sadistic grin with slitted eyes that watched everyone’s every move, a bit of unnaturally tinted skin and a fucking tail that couldn’t be mistaken for a beast of any kind’s.. Nobody was “surprised” surprised, but it definitely scared the crap out of any new or unadjusted students.

You giggled, voice sounding guttural as you chortled at Ace and Deuce, most of the other teachers beside you not looking as pleased or impressed with whatever shenanigans the freshmen were getting up to.

“-aha! This reminds me when I was just a little baby, my house sitter would tie me up and attempt to break off my beloved horns~“ You let out another tired giggle, calming yourself down from your fit, “He couldn't actually ever get it to work, you humans are quite lucky demons have a good sense of humor!”

The teachers are pretty indifferent, they don’t care but they don’t not care about you being a demon. It’s not like you can’t be a teacher, just- Uh.. Should you be a teacher here..? They, Vargas and Trein especially, always hear about the well enough concerning methods you’d use at your last school.

Crowley doesn’t know how to act, or how he should act, he really doesn’t need to be put on a fucking demons shitlist of all things, a demon that would’ve beaten his ass long before being hired if not for the fact ‘Demons have a great sense of humor’ and that humor is sadistic as, in short, hell!

Moving onto students, the freshman, Idia, and Kalim are scared shitless of you, which isn’t a surprising feat, I’m going to be honest here.

What is surprising, however, is the fact that Azul, Riddle, and slightly Malleus is.. I wouldn’t say they’re scared, but more timid? Azul is intimidated by the damn horror stories that made up your last school, Riddle just thinks your terrifying for any of the all the above reasons, and Malleus isn’t exactly used to seeing someone that can beat his ass for fun if you wished. Malleus keeps it respectful though, just a bit more timid or quiet if possible.

[stevenbasic]

GITJ Post 276: A Witches' Halloween, p1

“Hey so, uh, Bianca - what are we doing tonight?” asked Sammi, the Australian shapeshifter, as she finally drifted back over to Emily and me. She’d been bouncing around this “party” all afternoon, blatantly showing off her talents. It made Emily mad, at first; these people, as deep into it as they were already, were not sisters. Our kind was not supposed to display ourselves like this - in broad daylight especially - to the unkindred. I mean, either I or Emily could probably weave some memory charms, like we did at that Evolution swag party, make these girls forget they ever saw Sammi’s ass expand each time it was slapped, or how she just spontaneously grew that wart on her nose, that sixth finger. Yeah, she thought it was a hoot (or “Bloody Bonkers” as she put it), but it made Emily nervous. I didn’t fucking care. What’s the worst that could happen at this point? Who’s going to stop us now?

In fact, it being All Hallow’s Eve I knew the answer: absolutely no one.

“What are we doing tonight? For Halloween?” I drolled, trying to keep the lights around me from flickering. That’d been a little harder, today, as the day went on and we got closer to midnight. The energy just crackled out of my pores, it seemed. “Aren’t you Australian?” I asked. 

“Haha yah you cunt!” she laughed, swilling the last of maybe her fourth or fifth drink, whatever it was, but then dropping her voice lower, “But you know what I mean. You’ve felt it too, right? It’s like…I’m bursting.”

“Yeah we can all see that,” Emily cracked, casting a baleful eye at Sammi’s now-ripped-up-the-seams little orange shorts. I couldn’t wait to get out of this ridiculous costume or uniform or whatever either, but I wasn’t about to tear through it in front of a crowd like Sammi’s ass almost had.

“Nooooo, don’t be a dag,” Sammi whined, laughing again, “you know what I mean…” Her eyes flashed, meeting Emily’s, and mine.

I actually felt the shiver. It was exciting, it was. It had happened last year, same thing. Our powers, on the eve of Samhain - which it was, today - had been palpably different. I had been able to do things I’d never done, easier. Last year near midnight we in the woods summoned spirits, communed, brought blood to the streamlets. I used to shiver whenever I thought about it but now, this year - with the new Emergence, and how my powers had grown since joining this Hive - the feeling was already tenfold. And the sun hadn’t even begun to set yet.

I could only imagine what the great mothers were doing, had planned for tonight. They’d been gathering, I’d heard, and already I could sense them preparing for the night. They’d summoned Sammi’s friend Sofia, the young gypsy girl that had helped us with the storm last weekend, to them. The world sisterhood was stronger than it had ever been, ferociously so, and this year’s All-Hallow’s Eve would be a day of reckoning.

At least here in the States, the elections were almost here.

Emily looked at me, I at her. Sammi looked at us both. Emily - she’d been given the lead role in our little three-sister coven, which I still think is fucking ridiculous - finally rolled her eyes and shrugged. “I need to do something, too,” she said, “so…what’s it going to be?”

To that, Sammi clapped and squealed, bouncing up and down in her little white sneakers and tight server’s uniform. “Don’t random cute boys walk the streets out in the dark tonight? Here in America?” she asked, “Knocking on doors, begging for sweeties?” 

Sweeties? Did she mean candy lol. I was getting hungry, though…

Emily and I looked at one another, and I couldn’t help it but the fluorescent fixture above me started to flicker: “Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” she asked me, “A little trick-or-treating for the three sisters?” 

“Yesssssssss….!!!” Sammi groaned, bouncing again and clapping, “Trick or Treat!!”

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a post appropriate for the season - Happy Halloween and thanks for reading

[blackbutler-readerinsertsandjunk]

Ugh. Can we just have a request where we smother Joanne and Soma in affection and kisses? Yes, please? They’re adorable and deserve all the love. Ooh! Or or! Reaction to them and/or your other favorites being openly referred to by a GN reader as their husband/wife to be teasing and affectionate? That’d be great. Whichever idea you like more 😂

HECK YEAAAAAA

I did the second one because I couldn’t resist the idea of including all my faves in such a cute concept!!

besides, if we’re doing it right, we’re ALWAYS smothering Joanne and Soma in affection and kisses ;D

I try not to play favorites because I love ALL the Kuro characters, buuuuut... if I had any, they’d be this lot!! <3

Zara thahariye… what did you just say?? Did he hear that right? Did you really just call him “my husband”? Or, you might have actually said mere pati… which. Makes it even worse. Better??? He’s incredibly flustered just as soon as he processes what you called him. In his whole life, he’s never thought that anyone could refer to him like that. He never imagined that he would be somebody’s husband, especially after he left India with Soma! Does that mean maybe you… want him to be your husband, at some point in time? In the future? He… thinks he’d like that very much, if so. Of course, for the moment he’s a blushing mess, so…

… Ah? Ooh, did you actually say what he thinks you said? It wasn’t just wishful thinking, right? You called him your husband!! Aww, how cute. Well, as far as he’s concerned, this means that next time he goes into town, he needs to get you a ring and make it official; your saying that is as good as a proposal in his book. Outwardly he acts thrilled, and he is… … he just never really thought anyone would love him enough to call him that. It’s like a small sign that you want to be with him for a long time, and you want to get married eventually. That’s really all he’s ever wanted, for someone to think of him as, haha, well, husband material. He just lights up when you say it, and might even ask you to say it again, pretty please?? Possibly he’ll go so far as to call you “my spouse” in return!

H… husband…?! Is that ― that’s what you said, isn’t it? But… but why? The two of you aren’t actually married, even though he loves you very much… shouldn’t you have just used one of the usual nicknames you use for him? It doesn’t quite sink in why you might use that term with him as opposed to, say, ‘sweetie’ or ‘darling’ like most of the time. He’s… not capable of being anyone’s husband. He’s just not built for it. However, you evidently feel much differently, and the more he thinks about it, the redder his face turns. He smiles and laughs it off in the moment, and then… finds a way to excuse himself for a moment so he can freak out in private. It’s not that he doesn’t like it! It’s just… is that really how you see him? Wow…

Huh. He’s never had any kind of problem with hearing, so, he knows that what he heard is what you actually said. Even though most of his life (and his friends’ lives) have been building up toward this, getting married and running businesses and that sort of thing, he’s… stunned, in a way. There are some moments, more than he’d like to admit, when he thinks you’re not staying with him out of true attraction. He doesn’t think he’s someone who’d made a ‘good’ husband. Noticing that you think of him that way, though, even when you’re not married yet… it makes him happy. It’s comforting and reassuring that you do want to be with him. His eyes go a bit wide, then he settles into this soft smile. You’ll also definitely get a murmured, “I love you”, for your troubles.

Oh, well, that’s a cute new nickname to use… oh. Oh, wait. What did you just call him?! You just said ― h-husband?! Oh, God… he… might need to sit down for a minute. (If he wasn’t already sitting down, that is.) Honestly, despite the fact that it flusters him like no tomorrow, he actually really loves that you called him that. Something he dreams of is being someone’s husband, and after meeting you, being your husband. That’s all he wants, is to get married and make a home with you. The idea that you might be thinking about the same thing is… so exciting to him. Obviously he’s going to turn bright red when you say it, and he’ll be stammering for a few minutes before he can say a word, but the smile on his face says it all.

Haha, is that really how you think of him, hm? How sweet; maybe he should return the favor by calling you whichever term would be appropriate! What is it that you’d prefer to be called? Wife, husband, spouse, partner? He’ll use that for you, if you’d like. As it is, he’s the kind of person who always envisioned him getting married to someone… except, he never imagined who he would end up with. The thought that it might possibly be you makes him quite happy indeed. Even though he’s unsure about how the entire rest of his life is going to go… you’ve always been a rather nice part of it. You’re kind, you’re good-looking, and you’re playful with him like this. He chuckles a little the first time you do it, and gives you a kiss, teasing that if you keep that up, he might get used to it! On the inside, he’s much more flattered than he lets on; sometimes he feels he’s not good enough to be anyone’s husband, so knowing that you’re thinking about it relaxes that part of him.

Oh, yeah, that’s real fuckin’ hilarious that you’re making fun of him like that! Oi, just what’s wrong with you that you feel the need to make dumb jokes like that?! He doesn’t think it’s funny and he doesn’t need the aggravation!! Because his initial reaction is just that: he thinks you’re having a go at him, trying to be funny at his expense. Nobody wants someone like him as their husband. It’s something he hasn’t thought about too much, mainly because he’s been convinced it’s not going to happen, ever. But then… he way you say it and try to reassure him… you’re so sincere. Do you really mean it, huh? As soon as he realizes that you’re serious, his entire face goes red. Beet red. He pretty much just turns and walks away. No one’s ever called him that before or implied they want him to be their husband, so until he adjusts to you doing it, he’s too embarrassed to have more of a reaction than to blush and clam up!

Hahaha! Oh, wow, wunderbar! That’s actually just so darling… they’ve never had anyone refer to them as “my spouse” before! Most people mistake them for a man or a woman and they’re called “husband” or “wife” when people are trying to joke around. (Of course, they’re not usually offended; oopsies happen!) The closest it comes to is when Rudger calls them “my work spouse” since they’re usually partnered together and they’re good friends. With you, it’s fully romantic and they find it incredibly cute for you to call them that. Is this your way of saying you’d really like to marry them someday? Ach! You’re adorable. Really, they couldn’t be more thrilled with this new nickname, and it shows. They immediately beam and give you a big kiss, chattering in German about how sweet you are. “And you can say it again, if you want! I think I like being someone’s spouse, heehee!”

Vaah vaaaaaaaaah!!! Did you really just say that to him?? You called him your husband! That’s so precious… he loves it! As if there was any doubt, he thinks it’s just the cutest thing. Undeniably, his plan all this time (since things got serious between you) has been to marry you, so to him it’s exciting that you’re already thinking about it. This gives him a little bit of hope that perhaps it can happen sooner than he was thinking! Wouldn’t it be nice, to finally be married and have that bond, blessed and witnessed by his gods and yours (if you believe in any), on display for everyone to see?? He’s probably going to start planning things after he hears you call him that. First, however… he’s going to be twirling you around and squealing, and telling him that if you want to say it again, you can say it in Hindi and call him mere pati!! He’d like that very much!

… That’s. That’s not what you said, is it? He must have heard wrong. He’s not actually your husband, and ― and he’s not the kind of man people marry, anyway! When it sinks in that, yes, that is what you called him, he proceeds to question exactly what’s wrong with you. He thinks something must be, because, well… even despite the fact that he loves you, he’s never even considered being married. Being someone’s husband, even yours. That’s just not what his life has been about, so to hear you call him that makes his brain short-circuit. Is that… something you think about? Something you’d want? He can’t lie; ever since he met you and started truly raising Sieglinde, sometimes he looks at the home you all share, watching you play with her or help her with her inventions while he cooks, and he thinks… maybe this is what a family is. So if that’s right, then shouldn’t the two of you get married? Even though he never really thought about it before, he’s going to be thinking about it quite a bit now. In the moment, though, his face goes a bit red and he mutters, “Liebling, bitte…”, but it’s obvious that he doesn’t hate the nickname in the slightest.

[gb-patch]

Ask Answers: July 10th

I really let asks get away from me lately. I was super focused on working on that Patreon Moment. With that done I can finally think about doing other things, so here’s a new collection of answers!

Thank you for sending in questions everyone ^^.

For the new Patreon moment, will you be able to reference it in step 4? Or just like a tiny nod to it if you pick certain choices?

There won’t be. I’m sorry if you were hoping for that! The Patreon moment is meant to be entirely optional, it’s not something that gets you extra content in the main game.

Is the new CG artist the main one now? :0 I’ve noticed theres been a difference in the art style recently. Is the old CG artist still going to make art for the game? :0

The original artist still makes CGs for the game sometimes, but he mainly focuses on character sprites.

Are you going to put the NSFW our life moment on a website other than patreon? I would love to get it but I can't use patreon atm.

I don’t know. I'm afraid we can't release the Patreon Moment on a normal game storefront because we can't mix 18+ content with our family friendly game. If there's some other place similar to Patreon where it's not the normal type of full-scale public content releases we'd consider using that, but I’m not sure if there is another site that’s better than Patreon in that regard. I'm sorry.

Out of curiosity, in all of your games so far, which characters in each were the most fun to write? They obviously don't have to be your favorite characters!

Buffalo Seer in AFA, really everyone in XOD/XOBD is pretty equally entertaining to write, The Guide in LoV, and Cove in OL!

idk if you accept "personal" questions, but is there anything you've been watching/ listening to lately

Mostly, I’ve been watching/listening to Authortube videos as of late! It’s people who talk generally about the process of how books become traditionally published and/or share their own experience as they attempt to be published. I don’t have an interest in writing normal text based books, but it’s really interesting to hear about that world. I’m listening to a video about royalties right now as I answer these asks.

Will one of the desserts we get to pick be fudge? That'd be such a cute reference! 

Haha, yeah, it should. Unless I completely blank on it and forget when trying to include the various referential food options.

I don't know if this has been asked previously but what would be the approximate heights for the presets MC can choose from Step 2 ~ 4? Are there any measurement you had in mind? Sorry if I didn't make myself clear kk I've been struggling with my English lately 💀 

I don’t know, ahah. I didn’t have any numbers in mind for that. So it’s whatever you imagine it is!

I noticed a bug with the Patreon moment when it comes to what your character wears. When Jamie and Cove are kissing while my character only had dresses selected, I had both the option to remove the dress or to remove the shirt... Picking one of the options to interact with Cove, after he removed his shirt, it had Jamie remove their shirt followed by ther pants despite only having dresses picked. 

Thank you for reporting ^^

I keep refreshing steam to see when the new doc for xobd will be released. I noticed you haven't posted anything about it in quite some time. Would it be possible to ask about a timeline/potential date? (If it's even this year—) I know you and your team are probably working super hard, I'm just super curious! ~Thank you!~ 

There are more stories done, I just haven’t gotten around to publicly releasing them. Hopefully I will have a chance to spend the time on that sooner rather than later!

hello!! i’m not sure if it’s an update but i’ve just replayed our life and at the end i can’t propose to cove anymore? :(( i’ve actually tried playing twice but the options are not there anymore, did you guys remove the options? i’m sorry if you’ve answered this before!! thank you and have a good one :) 

I’m afraid things haven’t been changed or removed, so I think you might’ve accidentally picked the wrong things somewhere along the way and locked yourself out of being able to propose by mistake. Sometimes you meant to say you want to get married but instead you mis-click and have it so the MC isn’t thinking about marriage or something. All I can suggest is starting from the beginning of Step 3 and making sure to follow the steps listed in the FAQ. I’m sorry for that.

Did yall remove some of the options for when youre making out with Cove in the charity moment? I could've sworn you could grab his bonkadonk and its not there anymore 

This is the same situation as the above. We didn’t remove things and you’re not wrong that there are sometimes those options. But there are various choices you have to make to get those options and it sounds like you accidentally missed something. If your relationship isn’t long-term, you can’t do it for example.

HI IM SO EXCITED I CAN FINALLY GET THE STEP 3 DLC 

Thank you for getting it!

Is Shiloh super totally straight bc I’m very gay and a huge Shiloh fan, would my man make an exception?😩

Sadly, he is one of our super straight characters. I’m sorry.

Hi, I have a very dumb question. In Step 2 does Cove not wanna share his drink with us at the mall (or rather why he stops drinking it) because it's an indirect kiss? Or is it like ...weird to him to share? Because if I remember right he eats off our spoon in the birthday scene right? 

Yeah, he’s awkward about it because he likes the MC and it feels very personal to share a straw with his crush.

Hi! If you don't mind me asking, who is the artist for OL2? Their style is so pretty! 

Thank you for saying so! This is her Twitter- https://twitter.com/redridingheart

Do Beginnings & Always and Now & Forever exist in the same universe? 

Yep! XOXO Droplets also exists in the same universe. It’s one big GB Patch world, haha.

Do Pran's parents regret the way they raised him? Do they feel ashamed of it?

No. They’re the type of people best cut out because they’re not gonna change. Which is why Pran does go very limited contact when he’s an adult.

Hi! I just wrapped up my second playthrough of Our Life, and I absolutely adore it, but I had a question. I went to the gallery and found I was missing 2 CGS (specifically Step 1-3 and 2-3) and I had no clue where they would've shown up. Which moments are those found in? 

You get it by telling Cove about his dad offering you money to be his friend in Step 1 and Step 2. You can’t get both in one playthrough, since you can only tell Cove the truth once. I’m really glad you liked it!

Hi hi! Please, how tall is Baxter and Derek? Love the game so much and I can't wait to see more! 

I don’t know, aha. I think Baxter was around 5′10 and Derek was like 5′8/5′9, maybe. I really am not one who has specific heights for things in mind.

is adult cove a bottom, top, or switch? 

A switch, though would choose the top if he had to pick.

I was wondering if there is a way to transfer save data? Even if through the game files. I wanted to be able to transfer my save data from my desktop over to my laptop so that I could continue playing right where I left off from but I'm not entirely sure how to go about that. 

If you save the save folder/persistent data of the game from your desktop and put it into the game folder on your other device, that could work.

Hi! Is it possible for us to know the date when our life: now and forever comes out on steam? Sorry if you've mentioned it before but I haven't seen it and I'm looking foward to that happening and just wanted to know :) 

It’s gonna be a long time, I’m afraid. There’s no estimate right now.

I started playing Our Life with my sister a while ago, and I think you guys should know that we discovered your secret. >:)

L from death note and Cove are clearly the same person, and this whole game is just an origin story!!

I’ve never seen that show so I’m sorry to say I don’t understand the connection/reference you’re trying to make. I’m pretty out of the loop when it comes to media. I don’t watch movies or TV.

Will OL2 have options for disabled MCs?

I understand if it's too complicated, just curious

Unfortunately, it’s not really something we have a plan for. We couldn’t finish the game if we tried to include every disability and have it be meaningful. It’d just be too much content to create. But if we decide to only include a few, how would we choose which disabilities get to be represented and which are left out? I don’t know. It’ll probably have to be something we don’t include as an option again, sadly. I’m sorry.

playing our life > anything else 

Haha, I’m glad you’re enjoying it.

Honestly, I would like to thank Our Life for helping me come to terms with my sexuality. Before, I never would've actually thought that it was possible to like boys romantically and still be asexual. Almost all of the BL visual novels I've read had unskippable sexual content in them and it honestly just didn't click with what I feel. I'm glad I found Our Life. I love the game, the developers, and this fandom so much. Now, I can safely come out as homoromantic AND asexual (at least anonymously here anyway; my parents are still huge homophobes 😂). 

Aw, it’s great to hear you felt comfortable being yourself in the game! That’s wonderful. I’m really sorry about your parents, though.

Will the demo for OL2 be on android? Really not sure if I could wait any longer than I have to aha 

Yeah, it’ll be available for Android once we eventually release a demo!

Do all these reveals perhaps mean development is progressing ahead of schedule? Please let that be the case I'm already obsessed with Qiu 

No, sorry, aha. Art comes along much faster than script/programming-work for us. It’s gonna be a long time before the game is a finished thing you can actually play. But at least we can look at the beautiful images.

Hey! First of all I wanna say I reallllllyyyyy loooovvveeee Our Life and XOXO Droplets! I have over 300 hours of playtime on Our Life… Anyways, I was just wondering, are the Derek and Baxter DLCs going to come out at the same time? If not, which one do you plan to release first? :3 

They will come out separately and Derek will be first! Glad you like the game.

I keep replaying Our Life to get every possible iteration and I am loving it <3 I was wondering if Cove gets locked out of his confession because MC was talking to Lee, would it be possible to confess to him in step 4? 

Yeah, you can avoid the confession in Step 3 and then get it in Step 4.

Hi, my Cove wears bracelets through step 2 and 3 but I still don't get an option to give him a bracelet? I didn't even know that was possible until I seen someone else ask about it lol 

Hm, did you use the Cove creator? Maybe there’s a bug where using the creator to add bracelets doesn’t fulfill the requirement to give Cove a bracelet in Step 3.

Wait, I'm dense, when does Baxter appear in step 2? Is it from big park firework? I feel so bad since i really love Baxter and waiting to buy his dlc. 

It’s in the Soiree Moment. You have to be just friends with Cove, indifferent, or crushing but not ask Cove to the dance at all. Then while there you can find someone new to dance with. But if you bring Cove to the dance while crushing, the MC won’t wanna dance with anyone else so you can’t get the scene.

In step 2 when we go to the soiree I made my mc go alone and baxter chooses the mc to dance, i'm curious, why did he pick the mc? sorry if this has been asked before! 

Because the MC looked to be around his age, seemed to also be searching for a partner, and had nice legs. A perfect option for him.

I read some of the FAQs, and I saw that we could tell Baxter about the condo that he rented there was previously the mean old grandparents. how do we get the mc to tell him that? 

It happens in the DLC Moment “Late Shift”. If you don’t have a job you instead get a longer scene with Baxter.

I don’t know if you’ve addressed this or not, but are you planning on paying voice actors for our life: now and forever? 

Yeah, we pay our VAs in all our projects.

hey can i ask how you did the moments thing in ol? im trying to get into making visual novels and while im VERY sure its out of my comfort zone and all that atm i kinda wanna know just for the future, bc im p sure it would work well for something i wanna do :O but its also fine if you cant say for other reasons :> 

I’m afraid I’m not sure what you mean. Are you asking how we programmed the screen or something script related? Adding Moments like that is pretty straightforward, though. You just have buttons that open to different labels and then the scripts are essentially individual short stories/vignettes. Good luck with your VN!

Since Autumn becomes gender fluid later in the game, will there be a character who remains as he/him to romance in game? 

OL1 has the he/him LIs, OL2 is all about other genders.

I don't want to impose on your creative plans, but a parrot could possibly make a good pet in an OL-type game? They're pretty long-lived and likely to still be thriving by the end even if the MC got them back in step 1. 

I do appreciate the suggestion, but I’m afraid it’s not likely going to happen. I understand there are technically some animals that could theoretically live long enough to last the whole game that or we could have the MC only get a pet after some years have already passed. But the many things that would have to be considered/accommodated for makes it just something we probably can’t manage adding. I’m sorry.

As time passes will we be able to see Qiu and Tamarack's other stage arts as well?

They are both so cute i can't wait to be friends with them!

Yeah, we’ll show content from other Steps in the future. It’ll be a little while from now, though.

Can you date Cove and still have your family comfort you in the car?

You can’t get Cove’s Step 3 confession scene if you have the family comfort you in the car. But that’s not the only way to date him. You can get together with him earlier in the game or later on in Step 4.

Is Mc always going to be the one walking down the aisle or could Cove do it? Also could you choose to have one of your moms walk you? 

No. Cove wouldn’t want to walk down the aisle like that and the MC automatically respects that. And the MC also gets to have their preferences respected, so it’s up to you whether they want to do an aisle walk or not. You also can pick who, if anyone, walks with you.

Once step 4 is out, will you be able to go the whole game on crush/love without either of you confessing? 

Yes, as long as you tell the game you don’t want to progress the relationship. Even in Step 4 it won’t force you to officially get together.

Howdy, so in Step 4, there will be any Romance with Derek that is not part of any dlc? 

He’s only a friend unless you get his romance story.

Will the step 4 in OL2 be one big step or are you considering moments? 

Step 4 is just an epilogue in both games.

hi kind of a weird question but!! we know tht cliff doesn't start dating again but. wht abt flings? like does he ever do 1 night stands or anything? thank u!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Nope. Cliff has a very small interest in sex. If he’s not in a real relationship with a partner he’s crazy about it simply isn’t something he feels a need for, so one night stands wouldn’t even cross his mind.

sorry if you've already answered this, but i was wondering if there were plans for there to be bonus love interests in OL2 like how we have derek and baxter in OL1.

Maybe! There are side characters who could be given romance stories, but whether or not it will happen depends on funding and how long everything else takes to finish.

I don't know if i'm allowed to ask about ol2 here yet, if not u can ignore this or answer it later. My question is can you date one of them and be good friends with the other? I don't want to be strangers with the other bcs i love them both a lot :<

Yes you can!

what patreon level do i have to be to unlock the nsfw moment? im on the $5 one right now, will that give me access to the moment, or just access to the moment progress? 

That’ll give you access! Tier 2 and anything higher allows the player to download it.

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No because I think about this every so often like…Otoya you have two sisters and you act this way??? Stark difference between two boys with sisters we have Karasu and Otoya LMAOO It fr makes me wonder bc I’d imagine his older sister would knock some sense into him?? Like yes use those eldest sibling privileges….but anyways

And you’re sooo right for that!! Honestly I love it when people make jokes like “you guys act like you’re an old married couple” etc as a way to show how close two people are even when they aren’t romantically involved?? I usually just find it funny but it’s like I’ll look at the comments of a post and people take it literally (which they’re free to do! I’ve just never seen it so honestly real with that western influence idea..) It’s funny because I’ve had convos with friends before and we laugh like if we were in a show we’d definitely be shipped so hard bc of how close we are LOL

Honestly I wonder if maybe his proportions were done that way intentionally to make him more villainy in addition to maybe the changing art style of the manga?? Or maybe I’m looking into it too much and it’s eightbit being eightbit oops

Ok wait yeah I didn’t think of that a lot of designer clothes are like the most unwearable pieces I’ve ever seen like…wow…it’s like he exclusively buys the most ridiculous most expensive outfit in shop I could see him saying something like “wealth is always in fashion” LMAO

Tabieitaken keeping it real, so true!!! Honestly yeah I love how they add a bit of like slice of life realness like these are just teenage dudes LOLLL Now that you mention it it is really interesting!! Third selection ranked them as the top players in BLLK but it’s not like their life depends on soccer alone which I honestly appreciate sm too! This just reminds me of Karasu saying like “if you only ever do soccer you’re just mediocre” in the light novel and then he goes on to talk abt stocks and city building games LMAOOO

Had to look up what a Great Pyrenees is and 1) SO THATS WHAT THAT DOGS CALLED?? 2) YOURE SO RIGHT??? I retract my statement this is even more like nagi than the samoyed…I feel the fluffy bear vibes!

I interpreted the globe emojis as Rin having disproportionately giant eyes (like that hamster) oops LMAOO But that green blue = teal makes sense now too HAHA and OUU second lead Rin would actually be really interesting….im kinda curious about who you’d consider putting for main lead! I know sae is an obvious option but I feel like that’d be like ripping Rin’s heart out and stomping on it LMAO and also maybe a bit cliche…

And OOO THATS SO COOL! I can imagine jumps being stressful and possibly a bit dangerous if not done properly!! It’s amazing you get to work with horses though they’re so gorgeous and intelligent!!! I got thrown onto horsetok for a bit and just seeing all the horses they’re so cute and goofy too sometimes LOL and awww that’s too bad about your horse! :( Hope you’ve been able to make some cute memories with the ones you work with now! I can imagine it getting super hot I see all the fits and gear people wear and I’m like wow I would sweat sm in that

Pause the horse talking makes me think back to that one BLLK jockey collab..? It was just in passing so tbh I have no idea what it really was but I think it was nagi chigiri Isagi and Barou as like jockeys??? I don’t know enough about horses to do this but I wonder what horses tabieitaken and hiori would work with….like imagine instead of soccer its equestrian LOL would make for a good fanart prompt perhaps…

LMAOOO a different breed frfr You look for real men I write up mine kinda energy I love it HAHAH But you’re so real for that honestly fwtkac Karasu raising my standards like I don’t see you guys existing irl sooo come hit me up when you learn the art of hairwax and surprise dates….

IM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEXT PART whenever I see works above 1k I clap because I LOVE reading longer works like I’m being fed too well… In Mira we trust o7

LMAOO Imagine him pulling up a stocks review podcast in the car I could NEVER but you’re so real for that…it’s either that or the most random music like a few select songs amongst the other podcast episodes about stocks finance inflation….i honestly can’t imagine him being a SUPER big music appreciator…? Like bro gets dragged to karaoke by Otoya and knows NOTHING except the super popular songs that get blasted on the streets or something….on a side note I do have some friends who are just like “I don’t listen to music” and I’m like “??? How do you survive in car rides??” But that’s besides the point LMAO

OMG YOU HAVE A RINGNECK!!! WHAT COLOR?? They’re so adorable even if they don’t talk hehe but I love seeing people post their ringnecks on social media hsjshsjsh also wait you’re onto something with the cockatiel…I think it’s the crest matching his hair too… and I LOVE conures!! I actually had a green cheeked one in the past but sadly had to give him to a family friend due to some circumstances :( they’re so cute and playful though ugh I just love birds (maybe this is why we like Karasu LMFAO)

I patiently await your next masterpiece o7 I’ve reread fwtdac like 5 times already it’s just too good!!! Take care of yourself and good luck on any upcoming dressage competitions you have!! And don’t overheat I can imagine it’s getting real hot right about now!!

-Karasu anon

EXACTLYYYY i trained my little brother STRICTLY so he knows better than to treat a girl as anything less than a queen…i wonder if maybe otoya’s older sister is like a LOT older than him so she just dgaf what he’s up to because she has like a career and whatnot already??? regardless honestly eita gives me the vibes where he’ll do his womanizing nonsense without any regret but if someone else DAREDDD to do smth even slightly off to one of his sisters/someone he cared abt he’d lowkey freak out LMAOAOAO. truly friends to lovers is the only trope that i could ever believe working out w that man…crazy how he and karasu are besties because they have like. opposite views on women 😭 karasu still remembering his first crush from like ten years ago vs otoya not even remembering who he dated last month PLSS

HE LOOKED SO DEHYDRATED both in the manga and anime!! i think it’s mostly because the art style was still being developed back then though because nagi also looks a little odd (still cutie ofc) in his first appearances during team z vs team v. but omg barou was just so skinny for some reason?? idk how to put it LMAOAO like they had my man dejuiced 😔 but he gets it back w INTEREST later on so i cannot complain too much

“wealth is always in fashion” HELP MEEEE HE WOULD SAY SMTH LIKE THAT TO ZANTETSU PROBABLY and zantetsu would be like 😲 i actually love him and zantetsu’s dynamic they’re so funny together i feel like reo’s true personality really blossoms around him!! to me they’re kinda like nagibarou but a more chill version

tabieitaken are probably the most bearable of the bllk boys irl. like i’m sorry but if i had to talk to sae “idk abt anything but soccer” itoshi i would be so bored because i am not that into soccer 😓 but tabieitaken all feel like they could hold a normal conversation and actually be entertaining to talk with regularly!! plus not only are they good at soccer, they have normal interests and lives (model yuki + stock manager (??) karasu + serial dater otoya). they’re also on the older end for bllk (yuki and karasu are both 18 already and i think otoya is abt to be 18 as well)?? so that might be a factor…meanwhile rin is in his angsty phase so he’s saying random nonsense because that’s just how puberty goes.

HAHA no it was definitely meant to be that as well!! a double representation ig you could say hehe. he’s staring at you with flashlight eyes and you feel vaguely unsettled…like did you do smth to wrong him?? is he going to beat you up?? why are his eyes so teal??

if rin was the second lead i’d probably make nagi or one of the older boys (not sae because that’s boring to me) the ml!! nagi because i love him obv but one of the older boys (tabieitaken, barou) just because i think the idea of the reader being a bit older than rin which worsens his inferiority complex has sm potential. like her treating him like a child because she thinks of him like a little brother (kinda like fwtkac y/n w hiori) vs him being madly in love with her and doing his best to get her to view him as an equal/adult (almost how he does with sae) but failing miserably every time would probably crush him and i love crushing my characters. tbh even nagi is a year or so older than him i think?? honestly anyone but chigiri/hiori could work given that setup…but nagi and tabieitaken + barou are my favs that i would also actually want to write as main love interests so it would probably be one of them!! sae shidou and isagi def not though because i think that’s been done a lot before and none of them are particular favs of mine so i couldn’t justify it

OMG I JUST LOOKED THAT ART UP HAHAH I think karasu would be a foxhunter (though he would only go on hunts where the scent is laid and no live foxes are hurt #ethicalking) because it’s very traditional and it makes him feel cool…otoya DEF just pulls up to horse shows to pick up girls (it is a very female dominated sport at the lower levels and i guarantee if a hot guy pulled up at a show he’d leave with at least five or so phone numbers) and yuki would be an eventer because imo he’d enjoy the rush of cross country. hiori i can see working with racehorses but only as a groom because he’s way too tall to be a jockey!! he’d sneak them treats whenever possible hehe

JDJDJS EXACTLY like i’m sorry but if you’re not willing to pay attention to everything i say and face your greatest fears for me then i don’t want you. my standards are too high but oh well i’m not abt to settle 🙄

i don’t think i’ve ever written anything UNDER 1k!! i’m just incapable of it i’m p sure. meanwhile i have several longfics over 100k and two of them at around 200k 😭 i think this installment (bllk vs u/20s + the two week break) is going to be even longer than fwtkac itself HAHA mostly because the cast of characters is bigger and it’s over a longer period of time so there’s lots to get down!!

PEOPLE WHO DON’T LISTEN TO MUSIC SCARE ME but fr w karasu it’s either podcasts, random obscure dad rock songs, or like super basic radio songs which pisses otoya off because he def has a super carefully curated music taste. i bet the two of them sing “my heart will go on” as a duet on karaoke nights because it’s the only song karasu reliably knows and they get SO into it to the point that everyone else is like concerned for them 😭

YES he’s the bright green kind!! very basic parrot over in india because they’re so common there. one thing abt me i WILL love a bird themed character and if none exist i will create my own (in one of my jjk stories the main character has powers based on hummingbirds). my fav animals are actually swans!! so yk i’m locked in w birds like that 🤞🏻

i was hoping to post the next part tn but based on how long it’s ending up it might be a bit more time before it’s up 😭 oh well at least there will be a LOT to read when it comes out!! rn it’s looking like it might end up at over 10k words but i don’t want to make any promises so don’t hold me to that jic 😔 and thank you sm you’re so sweet!! my mother comes to my shows and buys me peach dragonfruit slushees from 7/11 so the heat gets cancelled out and it’s all good 😪 def can’t wait for it to cool down a bit though!! fall is my fav season so i’m excited for that october chill to come around