#in fact that should've been the ace instead

[marshmallowdonutsprinkles]

So I fought Geeta today

[elaemae]

The premium version of human is here to wreck house, mfs.

[Twst x ObeyMe!AFAB!reader]

CHP. 7

Again, I thank y'all for the reblogs, likes and comments guys, it really helps me :)

CW: Blue pronouns or address for MC every time they get mistaken for a guy. Also, I'm a potty mouth so MC is too.

Inhale..

Exhale....

Inhale......

Exhale.......

Inhale.........

Ex-fucking-hale.......

You're about to have a stroke right now.

You should've just went back to the goddamn infirmary instead of checking in on these obnoxious, bitch-less, probably father-less, motherfuckers.

It's just cleaning windows!! How the hell can you mess up like this?! Why the fuck did the cafeteria chandelier get involved??

GODDAMNIT!! WHY IS YUU INVOLVED AS WELL?! AHHHH—!

*One eternity of screaming like a banshee later*

After sending those damn kids and cat away to get some sort of magical stone in some godforsaken mine, you wrangled with the headmaster for at least two hours to prevent him from writing up the expulsion papers of Yuu and that Blue-haired kid who was mostly innocent about the ordeal.

(Meanwhile, encouraging him to kick that Ace kid and the damn cat off the school. You ain't about to let audacity run free rn, mostly because you feel yourself start genuinely tweaking as you almost got possessed by the urge to sucker punch someone's soul out of their body.)

[Satan perked up, there it was again.

That distinctive spark of wrath that he can feel through your pact with him is both concerning and comforting.

On one hand, the anger he feels means that you're alive. And seeing that what he's feeling through the pact is mostly annoyance, then that must mean that nothing marginally bad or traumatizing had happened to you yet.

You're actually more pissed off in a 'someone-had-the-audacity-to-eat-my-snacks' kind of way more than anything else, meaning that you're safe for now.

But on the other hand, he doesn't know how long that temporary safety will last.

There's also the fact this is the fourth time he'd felt that spark of 'I-wanna-punt-someone-into-the-fuckin-sun' kind of anger from you, which is worrying because it hasn't even been 48 hours since you were kidnapped by some mf.

He shook his head, calling upon a subordinate (read: Devoted fan) to collect more and more books to learn what type of teleportation and sleeping magic was used in your kidnapping.

With the massive search party spanning all three realms that they'd called upon, they will find you sooner or later.

And once they do...

Well... You'll need to get used to being with someone at all hours of the day.]

*Passive-aggresively reminding Crowley that he can't kick out an innocent kid for something they didn't directly do as they had no way of stopping the events that transpired.*

["You don't want the word to get out that you let an innocent teen roam around in a foreign world with absolutely nothing to their name and nobody to protect them, right?"

"That is true, but I still can't just let this go unpunis–"

"Especially when it's the school's faulty equipment that took them so far away from all of their loved ones and belongings, right?"]

Needless to say, Yuu ended up being "fired" in the end, quite an unfortunate result because they will need to freeload off of you until the end of your stay in this world. (Poor them, they got fired before they knew that they had a job in the first place.)

Oh well, it's better than being kicked out from practically their only way back home right now...

Hays... That cruel crow..

Anygays, it's time to snoop around and hopefully make some connections to the residents of this school.

This is a well-known college, right? So there should be influential people here somewhere...

Hehe.. It's time you bring out your gaslight, gatekeep, gold-digging skills so that you can girlboss your way into stability inside this foreign world.

• • • • • •

Suddenly, more than a dozen individuals felt a strong shiver run up their spines.

Haha... Well that's ominous!

• • • • • •

Ortho deadpanned at his brother.

It seems that almost burning down their dorm room last night isn't enough to deter him from making his [Mr. L/n x reader] fanfiction complete with mandatory fan art for every single chapter.

Haaa....

But at least his brother isn't 'fanboying' about another fictional character again...

Hm... Now that he thinks about it..

Maybe his brother will be more inclined to make friends if it's Mr. L/n!

And thus begins Ortho's journey of being an unknowing wingman as he tries to get his introverted brother to make friends.

• • • • • •

You narrowed your eyes as you looked at the small gift on top of your temporary bed in the infirmary.

Dats suspicious....

Dats weird......

You turn your necklace into a staff and start poking the box, trying to see if it'll suddenly turn into a horrific eldritch monster and jump you. (Won't be the first time that happened.)

• • • • •

"It is done, ××× ×× ××××××" (This is too easy to guess😑)

• • • • •

Diavolo sighed for the tenth time that hour, lamenting how trying to focus on his paperwork is a really hard task when MC gets thrown into the situation.

'Maybe a small break will help clear my head?'

He might as well just go out for a walk in the garden to get some fresh... air...

Oh? what is this?

His eyes scanned the dark envelope he'd seen wedged under the 'To burn' stack of paperwork in his desk.

This envelope wasn't here yesterday...

After confirming that the piece of paper wasn't cursed or charmed, he opened it with apprehension.

...!

This..!

• • • • •

Barbatos appeared in the office, tense as he'd heard his lord call out his name with haste.

Reading the letter shoved in front of his face by the serious Diavolo, Barbatos made a mental note to get the dungeon chambers ready.

They've got themselves a lead.

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Also, the next chap is the start of Arc 1: Satan but short.

[thefandomenchantress]

So everyone's talking about the new episode right now. Understandably so, since it had so much new evidence! In fact, I'm going to talk about it as well. However, instead of focusing on the bombshells David dropped or Levi's secret, I'm going to do what I do best: Focus on Ace and ignore literally everything else. /hj

(Spoilers for Chapter 2, Episode 12!)

All joking aside, I'm sure you're wondering what the hell I'm talking about. Ace literally said, like, five lines of dialogue this episode. And yeah, you're right. Actually, that sort of ties into what I'm talking about.

Okay, time to explain. The thing I want to talk about is this: Ace is weirdly...Not as confrontational as usual this episode? Let me show what I mean through examples.

What's so special about this moment? Well, strangely enough, it's what comes after it.

Now, when I first watched the episode I laughed and thought, "Oh, someone insulted Ace, now Ace is going to be angry" and then they never cut back to him being angry. They just said that (admittedly very funny) line and moved on.

And after it happened, I didn't think too much of it. I was far too consumed by the episode's greatness to care too much, and Ace's reaction wasn't necessary for the scene anyway.

These two lines aren't as strong for what I'm trying to say, so I'll lump them together.

But I thought it was worth mentioning that in the first photo, Ace joins in with Nico and Levi on saying Arturo should've been better at his job. But after Arturo scolds the three of them, as well as everyone else by extension, it only cuts back to Nico and Levi. Which is fine, it can be assumed that since Ace's comment was a late addition, shorter, and didn't have too much substance, him not getting a reaction makes sense (I mean he's not the one who got called a whore like Jesus Christ Arturo--).

In the second photo, Hu tells Ace to stop blaming Nico because they have an airtight alibi, and Ace...Just shuts up. Nico complains about being interrupted and they move on to other people's alibis (or more like the lack thereof). Which sorta makes sense, Ace can't really refute her point because he can't prove she didn't have breakfast with Nico. Then again, he could've made a point to say no one can prove they did have breakfast together, since they were in private, but still. Maybe Ace is too scared to seriously argue with Hu after that slap, haha.

It's this last example that actually made me notice that there may be anything resembling a pattern here:

During this part of the episode, I was immediately reminded of J's line about Ace being incapable of being quiet and expected Ace to refute her point. After all, it's basically the same as refuting her earlier point. He just has to say that he's not always spontaneously combusting every 5 seconds like she thinks again. He's not a grenade launcher in a glass house. More like a small batch of fireworks, thank you very much.

But Ace doesn't say anything. This is only made more obvious by Charles immediately cutting off the conversation there.

And this moment made me think something. Keep in mind I could be totally overthinking this an unnecessary amount, but that's what most of theories end up being anyway.

Since the conversation is immediately ended by Charles, DRDTdev could've ended J and Ace's interaction off with Ace trying to insult her back, maybe him going "Listen here, you--" before Charles cuts them off because they have a trial they need to finish. But DRDTdev decided to not make Ace have any reaction whatsoever to this insult, at least not one the audience can see. And based on how loud and opinionated Ace is, I'm guessing that if the comment did make him have an extreme reaction, we definitely would have heard him say as much. But we don't.

I think what makes all this so weird to me is that whenever someone is condescending to Ace, usually he's very upset and it shows. In trial 1, we see him be one of the few to cave pretty quick to the idea that they were wrong and that Teruko isn't the culprit. Yet when Whit says Charles isn't the culprit, Ace suddenly feels very strongly about it, because Whit actively talked down to him about it, (I think Whit said something like "use your big boy words" but I'm too lazy to rewatch the whole trial to find it) and now Ace doesn't want to agree with him (Or at least that was how I interpreted it, he's so petty I love him). So you'd think he'd be more resistant against those who kept making comments about his intelligence or demeanor, but so far, he hasn't.

That could mean two things. One, he's the culprit and is trying to at least vaguely avoid unnecessary confrontation and bringing attention to himself. But honestly, I doubt even that would stop Ace from impulsively insulting people back.

The second option is this:

My first thought and explanation in my head for this connects to Ace's overall arc. Let's recall Ace's secret quote:

"I don't know what to do with myself anymore"

This line gives off a sense of hopelessness. Like Ace has completely given up on everything.

And for some reason, a couple of the moments above made me feel, at least slightly, the same thing. If Charles says Ace is so stupid he's never seen anyone more stupid ever before in his life and didn't think it scientifically possible for anyone to be that stupid? Ace has no response. If J says another line about Ace's explosive demeanor? Ace has no response.

I don't know, something about Ace just not bothering to refute them makes me feel that something is off. He complains that everyone sees him as an idiot and how he hates it earlier in the chapter. He seems so distressed as he does it, it's a full-on break down.

And yet, when people do exactly what he was talking about here, he can no longer muster up a response. It's like he's given up on changing their minds. He knows they think he's stupid, and impulsive, and intolerable, and he thinks there's nothing he can do about it anymore. Blowing up at them will only make them think they're right. So he's given up on doing anything at all.

I suppose my line of reasoning is that maybe small details like this will pile up over time, as Ace, unnoticeably at first, loses some of his fire bit by bit, until inside he's just...Empty. He doesn't know what to do. He's so tired, and he doesn't know anything that can help or distract him from his situation. And seeing as the secret quotes seem to embody a character's mindset at death...That seems to be the place Ace might die at. Perhaps even at his own hands, who knows.

Is that an overreaction on my part? Possibly. Am I overanalyzing microscopic details? Yes. But that's my job.

So anyways I really enjoyed this episode and Ace was great too! Yippee for the return of DRDT, and my Eden culprit idea not being completely debunked yet!

[adobe-outdesign]

Any thoughts on the new "Spooky" NC styles compared to the old nostalgic versions? I really like some of the new ones like the Gelert and Xweetok.

I will say off the bat that I'm not opposed at all to redrawing old colours to be more interesting; a lot of the ancient early 2000s art was literally just "the default pose with modifications". Take the original Halloween Aisha, for example; not only is the shading and overall art pretty poor, but it's also just sitting there generically smiling.

However, I will say that there's some weird classifications going on with these guys; to start, "spooky" is a pretty terrible adjective that describes absolutely nothing. It's also a bad choice because it has to be swapped out for each color (the redone Ghost styles are "eerie", for example). I've heard the term "dynamic" tossed around, which I think would've been a much better name choice that could've been universally applied to any colour.

Also confusing is that they classify any new styles for pets that were made post-conversion as "spooky", but when they made new styles for Grey pets they classified them as "nostalgic". I guess they were just going off of the poses, but still, it gets complicated fast.

And finally, I kind of wish they had released both nostalgic and spooky styles for some pets, because it feels like some of the old art changed drastically in ways that go far beyond just posing. I don't mind a few details being tweaked here and there, but some of feels like a drastic change to the pet's whole personality. For example:

Gelert: Entire personality changed (went from being more stoic and shifty to being cunty and more "bleh"). Tail has an extra segment. Hairstyle is completely different with no receding hairline. Detail around the clasp lost. Way more fluffy. Teeth and nails sharper. Cape lost the bat wing design.

Ixi: Entire face changed (eyes too big and too far up on the head, plus the eye shape is wrong), horns facing backwards instead of inwards, ear shaped changed, face and body more fluffy.

There's not inherently an answer to which design is better (I personally don't like the Gelert while Anon does, for example), but having more styles would satisfy both parties. Hopefully they'll add more in the future.

Favorite Styles:

(Good news: There were so many good ones I had trouble narrowing it down. Honorable mentions that were cut for space include the Xweetok and the Lutari.)

Poogle: The pose is not only really fitting for the pet, but it adds a ton of personality (compared to the original, which was just generically angry). A few subtle changes were made to the design, like the muzzle being light blue and the teeth being way bigger, but they're minor changes that shouldn't upset any fans of the original. The changes also feel very "pre-conversion" esq; like, you could've told me the spooky style was the pre-conversion art and I would've believed you.

Bori: Not necessarily the most exciting style, but I like this one a lot. The change to the crouching pose looks a lot more natural and invokes the Bori's more quadrupedal look pre-customization. The shading is spot-on for old Neopets' art, and I love how the design makes some subtle changes to the design that, like the Poogle, are minimal and shouldn't bother fans of the original—these include a longer, narrower skull and a different expression, more defined claws, less uniform back plates, and a less uniform tail shape.

Grarrl: Definitely my all-time fav from the Spooky styles. I just talked about this one for my Grarrl review so I won't repeat myself here, but the pose is more dynamic without being too over-the-top, the design reverts back several unnecessary changes that occurred during customization (the clasp was randomly made blue, for example), and the overall art quality is really solid, and there's not many changes outside of the addition of little claws. My only nitpick is that the eye shadow should've been bigger, but that's it.

Koi: Just the fact that it's actually holding the pitchfork is a major improvement, but I also really like the pose; it has a great flow to it and shows off the design well. Subtle touches like the transparent fins are really nice, and the design is really accurate to the original art save for a bigger pitchfork.

Least Favorite Style:

Kougra: Out of all the styles, I think this one is probably the one that's objectively different but in a way that's just kind of worse all around compared to the original. List of changes:

Pupil shape changed.

Eye color changed.

Ear shape changed.

Wings and ears drastically smaller than on the original.

Wing shaped changed at bottom.

And even if you don't care about any of that, the lineart's too thick, the shading doesn't have a clear light source and has too many layers, and the anatomy is really messed up. I like the idea of the pose in theory, but the execution is lacking. Plus, while the original pose wasn't that exiting, it did give off a nice stoic vibe, so it wasn't like it was overly "default-ish" in the first place.

[sovonight]

since it's come up a couple times, i thought i'd just make a post about it! here we go:

i keep seeing you talk about this xan guy, but who is he?

xan is a potential companion in baldur's gate, the first game in the baldur's gate series. in the vanilla game, he has basic voice lines that play in reaction to commands, other companions, and the locations you're in. in fact, all of his voice lines can be viewed in the "quotes" section on the wiki; that's the extent of the content he has.

wait, i thought he was a full-fledged companion with friendship and romance paths? also, isn't he in baldur's gate 2?

he is, but only with the use of mods!

BG1NPC adds xan's banter, commentary, and romance path to bg1 (alongside a lot of other things, take a look at the readme!)

Xan's friendship path adds xan's friendship path to bg1

Xan BG2 NPC adds xan to bg2, as well as 2 romance paths, a friendship path, and a new soundset

Alternate Xan Soundset for BG2 restores xan's bg1 soundset to him in bg2, because nothing beats the original

if you want to romance him, make sure to play as an elf, unless you're ready for a bit of heartbreak ;( non-elves can romance him for a bit in bg1, but at one point you'll be forced to break it off.

i'm interested in playing the series, but where should i start?

i've broken it down here!

do you have any other mod recs?

i still play with the original (non-ee) games, so a lot of my mods are just widescreen fixes & bug fixes that are already covered in the ee games. but one list i have on hand is glittergear's bg2 mod recs!

why don't you like xan in bg2?

spoilers ahead, but:

i don't agree with his characterization and the execution of his romance paths as a whole

his bonded bg2 romance is worse than his bg1 romance, and intimacy with him almost always involves sex now, when it didn't before

he's been made ridiculously old

he's out of character, and many of his reactions are just odd

i don't agree with his death, and here's more paragraphs why

bonded xan is too ready to serve goddess!charname, when based on past behavior i'd think he would have a firm stance against it

his player-initiated dialogue options are poorly thought out

he was altered to have proficiency in darts instead of slings. darts fucking suck, why would you do this to him

his behavior would hurt radri, a lot

the list goes on

why are you still drawing/writing about him in bg2, then?

i love xan and radri together, i can't just write him out of bg2

😔 i can fix him 😔

but you think xan in bg1 is perfect, right?

not totally, i've always felt like his romance was biased in favor of one personality type

he is SO ace-coded to me, but his author clearly had a different vision for him

there's more, but they're all minor nitpicks compared to my complaints about him in bg2

you've complained a lot about him, so what do you even like about xan??

he's just so ridiculous, in the best ways

he can be snippy and dramatic, but also so kind

i love his romance in bg1

i enjoy his habit of carrying charname for romantic gestures, even though radri is like 200 lbs with light armor, and he's, what, 130 lbs sopping wet? i know, he was probably written with an elven waif of a charname in mind, but it's almost sweeter to think of him going out of his way to make it happen

you keep mentioning radri, but who is she?

my gorion's ward, my bhaalspawn, my charname, my beloved protagonist

she's like the kicked puppy to xan's pathetic kitten

here's an introduction, but honestly, it's easier just to read about them

why do you like the series, but not baldur's gate 3?

baldur's gate 3 has next to nothing to do with the series and should've been named something else

i was disappointed by it when i did play it

there's a sexual overtone over the entirety of the game

i'm tired of romances that put sex first

it's impossible for me to relax and enjoy the game

again, it's a really horny game

i'm just way too ace for it

bg3 overtakes all search results when trying to search for information on bg1 (which, being titled baldur's gate, doesn't get the benefit of a number to set it apart from the other games). sure, filters exist, but that doesn't change the fact that an era of easy information retrieval is over

what do you think about the references to xan in baldur's gate 3?

i want to die

i would rather kill xan myself than let bg3 touch him

it's a small mercy that he wasn't cursed with an actual cameo

[kingconia]

Hello hello hope everything is going well today! May I request 11. From the prompt list with maybe Epel or Ace? Take your time and look after yourself yeah?

A/N: greetings. i hope that your day was fine as well. thank you very much =} i chose Ace for this one. i hope you don't mind.

ace trappola × gn!reader

11. ”I think you and I make an amazingly stupid couple.”

”I know! Our two braincells combined together make for quality entertainment and a unique kind of stupidity.”

•

Everything started with Deuce's thoughtless remark about how strangely glued Ace and you seemed to be. Much like a pair of lovers. And though a sentence itself wasn't offensive—in fact Deuce didn't even realise what had he said—he should've know better than to bring this up in front of students. Because everyone know what happens, when a school starts to ship someone! It never ends!

A week full of jokes from others—because, of course, Cater managed to drag all houses into that mess—made Ace and you come to conclusion, that maybe, Deuce needs to be punished.

(In retrospective, you couldn't name at least one reason either why you thought it was a good idea, or why you chose Deuce from all the people.)

Nevertheless, all these events brought you to his exact point, where Crowley found out about your prank—that went wrong—and sent you to wash the floor in the cafeteria.

Oh, and Riddle put a collar on Ace.

So, yes, now both of you were useless.

”I can't believe that they are blaming us,” Ace groaned, leaning on his broom lazily, hardly making anything for an hour of being here. ”Like, they started it. Isn't it stupid?!”

You sighed in agreement, stopping your attempts to wash the floor.

”Tell me about that, Ace... And these rumours, don't they sound ridiculous?” You huffed, shaking your head. ”Like, I think you and I make an amazingly stupid couple, anyway.”

In a good way, actually.

Truth to be told, you liked Ace. At first as a friend, and much later as a, well, possible lover. You never admitted that aloud to anyone, not even to Grim—for better, probably—and after what happened, didn't even plan to.

You was kind of... Mad at Ace?

The thing was, when Deuce brought it up, he suddenly started to deny it so loudly and aggressively, that it actually seemed offensive. But you got the hint. Really. Not like you waited for your feelings to be returned, but...

”I know!” Ace nodded quickly. ”Our two braincells combined together make for quality entertainment and a unique kind of stupidity.”

”That sounds awful,” you said, rubbing your cheek.

”I actually find it hilarious,” he hummed, more thoughtful this time. His eyes fell on the window, instead. ”Such a shame we aren't dating.”

You stopped, confused. Was he giving you mixed signals or you were simply overreacting?

”Well, and whose fault is that, Ace?”

What should've been a joke, low-key turned out to came out as a genuine question.

”What?!” Ace choked on the air. ”Clearly not mine.”

Your willingness to apologise vanished instantly, instead, growing in a pure irritation. Like hell it wasn't his fault! Whose then?

”Are you implying on me, mister hey, Deuce, stop being such an idiot! Y/n and I are not dating?”

Ace frowned at you as if you just said something unbelievable rude.

”Yeah, because I was protecting your honour! What was yours justification for saying ”We would never”, though?”

You gasped scandalously. How dared he to assume that you would actually never date him?

”I was protecting your honour!”

Both of you made a step forward hastily, completely forgetting about the fact that floor was wet. Instead of continuing bicker uselessly, Ace and you tripped, falling on the ground with a crushingly loud sound.

You felt your chest hitting against a cold surface, and you only managed to cover your face.

”Fuck.”

You glared up at Ace, who felt on his butt, and now was groaning in clear pain.

For a minute, both of you were recovering.

”So,” Ace started calmly, first to break this silence, ”you like me, prefect?”

You sighed.

”Yeah... And you, Ace?”

You saw his round face reddening instantly at this question, and couldn't help but wonder if you look that embarrassed as well.

"Yeah... Same.”

”Cool.” You mumbled awkwardly.

”Cool.” He nodded, no less shy.

As your eyes met, though, the laugh escaped your chests, an absurdity of the whole situation dawning on you only now.

You spent a whole week, being offended by being called a couple—and, secretly, by the fact that both of you refused to be called as such—only to realise that you, in fact, were a couple.

How stupid.

”An amazingly stupid couple in the action,” Ace muttered, leaning to touch your hand.

You smiled, putting weight on him, to stand up.

As he helped, bringing you closer to him, in an attempt to hug, someone interrupted you with a sudden cough.

”I would appreciate if... An amazingly stupid couple will finish their cleaning in time.”

A smile disappeared from your lips, when you noticed Crowley, standing in the doors, studying both of you with a mix of amusement and disgust.

The silence was... Loud.

It became even louder when Ace reminded you that as soon as Deuce realises that he was pranked for nothing, an ice latte wouldn't be enough to save your asses from his rage.

Well. At least you were together in this, right?

[sweetbunpura]

Ok, I think I pinned down why I don't like The SSR Playful Land Outfits after I sat down and chewed on my thoughts for a little bit. So, I thought I'd provide my analysis.

I've stared at Ace for a little bit and realized what I didn't like about his outfit was the hat and the fact he looked like a matador. After a bit, I've gotten a little use to the matador look, but I still don't like the hat. It looks alright in the default card illustration (probably due to the angle) and on his chibi, but it just looks too wide-rimmed on his sprite and in the groovy illustration. And I kinda wish they put the tassels on his waist on Kalim instead. He can keep the belts, but Kalim needs a little visual interest around the waist.

For Kalim, I think it's the color of his coat. I get the popcorn yellow fits with the amusement park aesthetic, but the shade they picked for Kalim is too overstimulating for me (though it doesn't look as bright in his illustrations due to the shading). To me, yellow/gold has always been better as an accent color on Kalim, but I can see why they couldn't really do that since they already went red and black with gold accents with Ace. Also do not like the vampire collar thing he has going on. Ace has this too, but since he has black on the shoulders of his jacket, it's much less noticeable, but the black collar against the bright yellow jacket and the red ruffled ascot makes it glaringly obvious on Kalim. Though, I will say, I do like his hat and earrings. They're cute.

Ortho is probably the one I have the least qualms with out of the thee. His outfit itself is cute, his colors are nice, and the hat is just the right size, plus he looks like a little toy soldier! The only problem is the massive pauldron flaps thing on his arm. That thing is way too distracting and takes up too much visual interest that should be going to his outfit. The hat slightly balances it out, but I still find it distractingly big. Especially in his card's default illustration. Though it's alleviated a little bit in the groovy art with how the art is angled.

And thus concludes my analysis.

(Though, I will say, these three are nothing compared to my least favorite outfit of this event line up:

Lilia.

Sir is overstimulation incarnate with that amount of varying textures and colors. It makes his outfit look cheap and it gives me a headache. He looks like he just walked out of a Party City (which i guess is fitting since this is a Halloween event lmao).)

Honestly yeah, a lot of these colors tend to clash with one another, but if you look at Marionette costumes, they tend to also have a weird amount of clashing colors.

Ace, I get, his does look very matadorish. And the tassles should've gone on Kalim, I see it.

Kalim....that yellow should be darker or something to match the red...

Ortho reminds me of a nutcracker, he looks cool in his solider get up.

And Lilia? Lilia wears whatever he wants to. He's 700 y/o grandpa.

But I do see the problem.

[esta-elavaris]

I mean, so far this month I:

discovered I'm likely mildly neurospicy (I think I was the last one to work this out, out of all who know me)

went nocturnal (still haven't fixed that)

had a bastard of a depressive episode (haters will say this was linked to being nocturnal) which promptly ended when I decided I was bored of/generally done with pretending I'm not fckn phenomenal -- because low self esteem just gets tedious eventually and I'm bored of wasting both time and energy on it.

properly came out in select circles as being on the ace spectrum -- which I've suspected for a fckn loooong while (the fact that I promptly lose any attraction I have to celebrity crushes upon meeting them IRL, regardless of how lovely and exceptional they are to me, and how much platonic admiration remains should've been the big hint), and I have been worried about responses to my fully acknowledging it because it's one of Those Things that people are like? Almost "allowed" to acceptably be cunts about compared to other ways folk identify. but like, see previous point. fuck 'em. did not help that my attempts to date all ended so disastrously in my early 20s that I chalked any loss of attraction up to "well I mean he's an actual psychopath so I was bound to lose enthusiasm when that made itself clear" than anything else, so I had to gauge it by the whole celebrity thing instead.

(but also double kudos to the reader who recently commented on the CTW smut scenes like 'huh y'know what this reads really well to me as an ace person' because that had me fckn screaming like YEAH HUH WELL THAT MATCHES UP WITH SOMETHING I'VE BEEN PONDERING FOR A DECADE)

so I've had less eventful months.

[selya711-twiste]

male yuu x azul ashengrotto

fishy love

Azul Ashengrotto x reader Yuu staring at Azul from afar and Azul notices him each time but this Yuu is kinda shy about it! Then he finds out that Yuu actually has a crush on him!!

sal never send me anything ever again. male yuu but he's pining like a high school anime girl. JUST like you. this is how you sound like every day /lh is this before or after ep 3? maybe i should specify something like that in my pinned since characterizations and the relationship with/perception of Yuu changes as the story progresses... anyway, the answer is "perhaps."

His lithe frame, his graceful, confident movements, the way his lavender hair almost shines in the light, and the little fringe that bounces each time he walks...

You can't help but be bewitched by his presence each time he walks into the room. Whether it's in the hallways between classes, in the cafeteria with the rest of the student body, or even when he's struggling in flying class in the sports field, you always find time to gaze at the dorm leader of Octavinelle.

Unbeknownst to you, however, Azul is very sensitive to his surroundings. It's not as great as Floyd's and Jade's, but he can definitely feel it when someone is observing him from afar over long periods of time. Recently, he has finally caught on to you being the reason behind this.

You're just as interesting to him, you know? You're the otherworldly prefect of the Ramshackle dorm and by your side is your aggressive familiar, Grim.

To him, you're just the perfect individual to have a deal with. Azul is very intrigued by what you could possibly offer despite the fact that it was glaringly obvious that you had nothing to your name.

It's always the humble ones.

So, the fact that you're already constantly on the lookout for him makes him feel that all is going well. He's careful not to catch you staring, lest it makes you turn away as it's happened a few times. Azul initially disliked being stared at constantly, due to the fact that being stalked over his position and deals isn't new. As soon as he found out it was just adorable little you, things softened over time and he didn't mind your surveillance. His appearance in public is perfectly tailored, after all. There is no way he would present any aspect of himself in an unsightly way.

Azul is in the most pleasant of moods as he thinks of how to meet you over things. Just to prepare you for your eventual encounter with him, he sends the twins over to your side every now and then to ask you about him.

"Is there any wish you'd like granted?" "What'cha think of Azul, shrimpy?" It's things like these that make your head swirl with expectations. You answered all of them earnestly the more they showed up to you, even if Ace, Deuce, and Grim were all vocally against them being near you and them. For a while, it felt good that you were most likely being noticed by Azul in this way when all Jade and Floyd would come by to talk about how great he is. You tossed aside all doubts as you felt giddy about the chance of becoming closer to him. You didn't think you'd come to regret this decision.

One day, they invite you to visit Mostro Lounge's V.I.P. room.

You only simply had a crush on Azul, but as you connect the dots, you begin to realize that maybe you have been misinterpreting things. Given everything else about Azul, you instead start fearing for your life.

As suave as he is, Azul is also incredibly secretive. Your innocent staring might have been perceived as stalking. You begin to think that you might have accidentally discovered something hidden and he sent the Leech brothers after you. You fell for their trap. Maybe you should've listened to your friends after all. You begin to overthink everything that has happened over the past two weeks. It's not your fault your mind races to the worst-case scenario given the nature of this school and everyone in it.

"This way, shrimpy!"

As friendly as Floyd was in escorting you to Octavinelle along with Jade, you feel like you're being sentenced to death. Your mind races towards every single interaction you've had with these three from Octavinelle. Did you notice anything off about Azul? Did you see something you shouldn't have? Did you laugh too loudly as he stumbled down from his broom a few days ago?! Did you give out some personal information that he could use against you?

The twins keep giggling about how much you were shaking on the way to Mostro Lounge. Your heart fluttered at the thought of coming face-to-face with your crush, but there was the prospect of the three of them literally crushing you. You might not have actually committed any crime, but everyone's warnings about the Octavinelle trio weren't mere jokes.

"Come in, come in."

There he was, the object of your affection. You're so stiff that Floyd suggested carrying you over to his desk, and you almost wouldn't have minded.

Your heart pounds in your ears as you try to keep your palms flat against your thighs as much as possible, yet you can't help but grip the fabric between your fingers from the sheer anxiety of being here. Before you know it, you're already seated in front of him.

Azul is composed and is even smiling at you while his chin rests on his hands. "You seem to be troubled, may I know the reason?" He asks in his voice you adored so much. He doesn't seem mad at all, but you know you couldn't let your guard down. You don't know what he knows.

On the other hand, Azul already knows everything about you up until this moment, but he was still anticipating your very presence. Certainly, there was something only you could say to him.

When you look, you find that his face is very beautiful up close. You can almost count the eyelashes behind his glasses, the mole dotting his face, the softness of the surface as well as the curve of his lips as he looked at you so gently. You take a deep breath and gaze at him in awe, even for a little bit. He looked like any other student in the school uniform, but seeing him in his dorm attire gives him that additional air of formality that was just so attractive to you.

"I... I, you..."

Azul makes a gesture, and Jade comes up from behind you to pour tea into the cups on the desk. There was one for you and another for Azul, the guest and host respectively. The chamomile calms your nerves and you finally think clearly of a valid excuse in case he's upset about something until he speaks again.

"My dear, sweet-"

"It's because I have a crush on you!"

...

What was that? You were certain you were only going to say you didn't mean to stalk him. Why did you skip past your first point? In fact, where did that even come from? That wasn't part of your script at all. You watch the way Azul's expression contorts slightly in confusion until Floyd immediately captures everyone's attention from bursting into laughter. You feel like you're being made fun of. You wish that there was something you could crawl into and hide in right now as you bow your head in embarrassment.

Azul, without any hesitation, makes another gesture to have the twins leave to give you two some privacy. You could hear Jade affirming him as he escorts Floyd out, who doesn't miss on telling you to "Go get him, shrimpy!"

The door closes shut, and the room falls silent.

"Is that all?"

His voice was so gentle, you feel relieved that he didn't react some other way to such a botched confession. You nod your head and he leans back into his chair. "Having admirers isn't new to me, just so you know. This development is rather amusing, don't you think?" He keeps his attention on your hunched-over form and feels great pity for you.

You feel a weight off your shoulders when he assures you that your infatuation with him won't change how he sees you. Azul tells you to look up, then shares with you how he still looks forward to making your dreams come true. You can feel yourself fall for him even more with the way he was so passionate about his craft. Azul lists down every small thing you remember telling the Leech twins.

None of them are grand, they're all mundane, everyday things that you wished were easier in your school life. As a star pupil, Azul is more than capable of helping a poor, simple soul such as yourself.

"Now, onto the subject of the payment."

Oh, right.

You should have seen that coming. How could you forget something so crucial, actually? It's such a huge chunk of Azul's reputation. You had nothing valuable to give up, and you definitely weren't going to put down your own dorm building. You try to think if your talents are good enough, but you also fear giving up parts of yourself for him, crush or not.

"Don't be so tense," he smiles. "I'm well aware of your predicament, more than anyone, maybe. Since you love to see me all the time, I propose you start working in Mostro Lounge in exchange for all that I can do for your academic requirements."

"R-Really? That's it?" There wasn't anything wrong with the café at all. In fact, the vibes of the place were right up your alley. You just wished you had more to your allowance to come by more often. Seeing Azul every day... doesn't seem so bad. You're now certain that it's going to be worth the labor.

"It's a deal!"

Azul readies your contract. Unbeknownst to you, he congratulates himself for keeping it cool after what just happened earlier. He should have seen that coming. The way you innocently looked for him in the crowd every now and then was endearing, but all he thought about those days was what he could possibly gain from you. He could tell that you wanted to do nothing more but leave the room now, so he kept it brief as it was for his own sake as well. He didn't get to learn any more of your secrets today, but surely he will over the next few days.

If nothing else, you definitely fit in the dorm uniform for Octavinelle.

[radioisntdead]

Fresh start

OC fic

Song used

She knew she wasn't the greatest person, having blackmailed and extorted people but she wasn't that bad, after all she didn't have any other choice! Not to mention that that she had quit! She hadn't blackmailed people in months! Months!

But she didn't think she should've gone to hell! Eternal damnation? Really? They could've given her a little bit of a break considering her situation, like the fact that she was strangled to death and all.

But you know what? it was fine! This was a fresh start, a fresh start she never asked for, but a fresh start nonetheless!

How great I am!

Octavia was dead and from the absolute mess that she was, Ace arose, gone was the auburn hair replaced with a blondish pink, gone was her human toned peachy skin replaced with a darker shade of pink, her ears were now pointed, sharp and downward, a pair of deer ears were now atop her head, along with a matching fluffy tail on her lower back.

She didn't like to think how her ear canals worked since she could hear out of both pairs, she now wore something in them to muffle the sounds, it didn't do much but it helped.

Gotta tell myself, "Yeah, I'm the man"

She prided herself on being decently clever after all she had only been here for what, a couple months tops? And she already had a decent place to live, a small apartment that was a huge change from the house she was living in with her family.

But it was fine! She had a bathroom, bedroom and a kitchen! Sure she could hear hell's chaos happening just outside her window but it was fine!

Looks grim right now

She even had a new job, she was the informant for an overlord, she was apparently very lucky to have kept her soul, but like she would've let that walking piece of filth her lovely boss have it.

Anyways extortion was something she excelled in and she'd be a fool not to use her skills to survive down here!

But pretty soon we'll be laughing about it!

She just kept a smile on her face, can't tell that she's about to lose it if she just keeps smiling!

She was getting used to just humming as she waltzed down the grimy cobble and brimstone streets of hell, just looking ahead and holding tightly onto a hairpin she kept in her pocket, her knuckles turning white from how hard she held it.

She was getting used to opening her small apartment door and entering into just complete and utter silence, instead of the sounds of children's laughter or her friends chatting away in the living room.

Ooh, and it's all right

This was a fresh start she would keep telling herself as she whipped herself up dinner, having to force herself to make smaller portions instead of the bigger ones meant for a group like she had been, it was a shitty fresh start, she kept telling herself as she sat alone and ate in silence.

She no longer had to read anyone bedtime stories, she no longer had to wait for three little terrors to go to bed before she could get work done, she no longer had to bid anyone goodnight before sleeping.

She no longer went to bed with a slight smile on her face from the chitchat she'd have with her friends before bed.

Yeah it is, I swear you'll see it's not really

She would reach up to her choker and play with the spade charm, something she was given years ago and one of the only things that came to hell with her.

Eventually she'd bribe an imp or succubus or whatever thing that has access to earth to steal her photographs from her family that was still alive and bring them to her, but for now she'd try her hardest not to forget what her loved ones looked like as she drifted off to a nightmare filled sleep.

Yeah, and it's all right 'Cause I've always got my family of me

She now stood watching as the sinner that her boss wanted information on chatted with someone, he was a deer sinner like her, with a poorly done haircut that made her grimace.

What sin did he do that resulted in him getting cursed with that??

According to her boss he was taking down overlords left and right, but she really couldn't bring herself to give a shit.

She simply just wrote down what he did, silently following from a safe distance before eventually departing and dropping off the information to her rotting and pig-like oh so charming boss, got her payment and left, trying not to puke at his tasteless comments.

It's not a first might be the last

Ace opened the door to her apartment, whenever she'd have an unpleasant day she'd at least get to come home to her family, her three baby sisters causing trouble or playing around, her friends bickering over who's making dinner.

But now?

Oh what she was going to do to that charming motherfucker for taking that all away from her, from ripping her away from that.

Yeah I'm sure, I must've been through worse, but

She already hit rock bottom, how deeper could she possibly go?

A fresh start? Yeah this was certainly a fresh start, one she never asked for, One she didn't want!

Ooh, it's alright

Ace didn't even bother with walking the few feet to her bedroom, just plopped straight down in the middle of her apartment onto the cold ground and stared up at the ceiling, she could hear the footsteps of her neighbors walking around above, she could hear the faint sounds of laughter.

At least some people could find joy down here.

Got a paddle and a creek

She didn't feel like getting up, it felt like she had rocks placed upon her so she wouldn't be able to move.

Yeah, and it's all right

Things would be alright, everything came out alright in the bed last time, although she no longer had the people who made it alright.

She'll put a smile back on her face tomorrow, she'll face her stupid pig-headed boss tomorrow, she'll do something fun tomorrow to cheer herself up, like maybe buy herself something, maybe she'd get a new typewriter and write something, she hadn't written anything in awhile.

But for now she'd just lay on the ground, she didn't have the energy for anything else, didn't have the energy to make something for herself to eat, didn't have the energy to drag herself to her room, didn't have the energy to even cry.

'Cause I've always got my family of me

All she really could do was just lay there silently praying that she'd have a nice dream tonight, with her loved ones.

just for one night.

GOOD EVENIN' FOLKS! This is a little messy as I wrote it in a short time frame and while clearing out my WIPS, but it's with my mascot and I love her!

Anyways I hope you enjoyed and as always thank you for tunin' on in! I hope you all have a wonderful night

[omori-runaway-au]

How It Began.... (Part 1)

//FINALLY gonna try writing a prologue to this thing.

Erika should've followed her instincts and stayed at home instead of leaving to pick up her bike. Mari convinced her that everything would be fine, by some miracle…and now the older teenager was acing the consequences of believing her.

She burst into the scene, noticing Sunny's violin destroyed on the floor at the bottom of the stairs. And up at the top of the stairs was Sunny and Mari…. Erika could tell that it was a heated argument, which was essentially unheard of between the siblings, but that didn't matter now.

Erika immediately went upstairs and spoke in a loud and firm tone, "ENOUGH."

And in an instant, Mari and Sunny turned in shock to find their older sister glaring at them. The two siblings shifted to face her, both of them feeling both awkward and nervous about how Erika might respond.

The albino teen looked at her siblings, before saying, "You two better explain to me what's going on. And I want the TRUTH." "It is wildly unheard of that you two are arguing like that…and you're doing it in a dangerous location." She explained, trying to keep herself from yelling.

The last thing she wanted was to add fire to the situation.

Mari and Sunny lowered their heads. It was also unheard for them to be at the receiving end of Erika's disappointment, let along her anger.

The tallest of the trio sighed, before saying calmly, "Sunny. Please go relax in your room. We will talk later." "Mari. You're talking with me in the living room. Now, please." She requested, her tone never leaving that firmness.

Quietly, Mari and Sunny did as told….

Once in the living room, Mari and Erika sat on the couch, with the older girl asking, "What's going on? And don't you dare tell me it's nothing." "You two have been hiding something from me. Tell me what it is." She said.

The younger girl lowered her head, biting her lip as she forced out, "We were practicing…as we usually do. Sunny was fumbling the ending notes. We tried again."

"Eventually, we stopped and then, when I wasn't noticing, Sunny broke the violin." She added, before being stopped by her older sister.

"Mari, he was likely frustrated. It's just a few measly notes." Erika sighed, rubbing her eyes. "To hell what the audience or your friends might think."

"But it's supposed to be-!" Mari started, before Erika cut her off firmly. "Perfect? Is that what you really think is most important?"

Why did she had a feeling this was the issue…?

"Mari, perfection doesn't exist. The one thing that you and Sunny should be worried about is if you two are having fun with this recital!" She exclaimed. "Perfection should be your LEAST concern."

Erika's eyes narrowed out of habit, "Sunny's likely frustrated because he feels that he's not good enough for you." "He likely feels like you aren't concerned about him!" She added.

Mari was shocked, before responding, "That's not true! Of course I care about him! You know that better than anyone!" "I know! And that's why you getting so heated during that argument seemed so out of place!" The albino teen snapped.

She didn't expect to raise her voice like that. And she knew she felt guilty for it as Mari immediately gave a meek and hurt expression.

But damn it…if she had to raise her voice to wake her sister up, then she'll be glad that she freed her from this "perfectionist" dream.

"You're frustrated with yourself, are you? You're struggling with this as much as Sunny is." Erika stated. "How long…?"

"A while now…." Mari answered quietly, still processing the fact that Erika raised her voice like that. "A year maybe…? I didn't want you-."

"Want me to worry?" Erika asked, cutting the younger girl off yet again. In response, Mari simply lowered her head with a sad expression.

The albino teenager sighed, before saying, "We're talking to Sunny. And the only thing I expect from you is that you listen to what he has to say. Understand?"

Mari gave a small nod, watching Erika leave to get their brother.

[jihyocentric]

I blame it on you

(had too many ideas, this was what I could put up together that made sense)

We going with mommy sana and extreme sub Tzuyu then

Starting off with all of the girls eating dinner together in a restaurant, just having fun together

The only one not having fun is our dear tzu who's being punished for acting out last week, being rude and snapping against Sana, who in turn prohibited her from having any kind of kind with her mommy until Sana deemed she had learned her lesson.

Tzu was feeling quite frustrated, being deprived from pleasure for that long, so in the haze of her needy brain, the best course of action was of course, pissing of her mommy. Touching her tights, pressing herself against her, whispering in her ears but that doesn't work, so she ups her game to acting flirty with the others and subtly snapping against Sana

Sana is angry, angrier than she's ever been in a long long time and the girls notice it, so they decided it was time to wrap up and go to their homes

AS soon as they're out, Sana drags tzu by the back of her neck and puts her the car

It was time for punishment

When they get to their room, the first thing tzu does is get on her knees and beg for mercy, what she gets is a colar and a leash on her neck and a gag, she knows what's coming

"I better hear you counting loud and clear, slut"

followed by tying her up, marking up all of her body, a combination of edging and over stimulating her (fingers, mouth, strap)

Lots of hair and leash tugging maybe even a blind fold

(tzu loves it so much she ends up reaping nothing but mommy over and over again, and I had to stop writing before I ended up writing the request myself)

i'm glad you stopped right there or else i'd lose my job bestie 😭 i don't know if i made justice to the ship and to the request as i'd never written them but i hope it's okay!

-

of all the things sana could've asked tzuyu, being patient and behave were the simplest ones, and while tzuyu aced at everything else, she somehow always managed to fail right at those two specific requests.

it's not like tzuyu was a brat. not entirely, not sana's perfect girl, the very same one with the cutest face and polite manners. tzuyu didn't act out if she didn't have a reason. not longer than a week ago, when tzuyu realized sana wasn't going to give her attention any time soon, all due to lack of time sana had to spend with tzuyu, busy with her own schedules, tzuyu acted unlike herself and did everything sana had told her not to.

touching herself without permission was tzuyu's worst mistake that day, and the fact that she even took a picture of her slick fingers and sent it to sana while sana was working only served as fuel to the older's anger. instead of punishing tzuyu the way the younger wanted, sana gave her the cold shoulder, and it was even worse, because now tzuyu couldn't even get to cuddle with sana anymore.

the days passed and tzuyu only kept resentment towards the way sana decided to deal with her bad behavior. it was in the middle of a group dinner that the perfect solution came to tzuyu's mind. if acting like a bad girl got sana to ignore her, then being worse might get the best of her and finally make sana look at her. tzuyu didn't want to, really, but she had no other choice rather than trying to touch sana under the table, rubbing sana's thighs dangerously close to an intimate spot, looking at sana with puppy eyes and being suddenly way too close to sana.

sana wasn't one to get impressed easily. in fact, whenever tzuyu touched her, she'd make tzuyu spend hours with foreplay, sometimes making tzuyu come during it, and then, when sana was finally worked up enough, she'd have an orgasm. and that was it. tzuyu should've known sana wouldn't care about her sneaky hands, and she frowned as sana kept her face straight, offering bright smiles to the others but ignoring her.

but then again, if sana wasn't an easy one to impress, tzuyu knew someone who was. taking her hands off of sana, tzuyu touched jihyo's knee under the table, the one who was sitting on her other side. jihyo would never reject tzuyu's touches, because those came once in a lifetime and despite nayeon staring at tzuyu from the other side of the table when the younger dared to touch her girlfriend, tzuyu kept going. even if she knew nayeon could get mad and maybe discount that on jihyo.

"did you cut your hair, unnie?" tzuyu asks, removing her hand from jihyo's knee and bringing it to her head, patting it gently. "you look cute lately. this hairstyle suits you a lot."

sana holds the fork tighter in her hand and jihyo is suddenly shy with the compliment. tzuyu had just hit just the right spot and she doesn't stop praising jihyo or touching her all throughout the night. it's not until they get home that tzuyu realizes her plan was a success.

grabbing tzuyu by her nape, sana drags tzuyu into their room and all but throws her onto the bed. the sharp nails sinking in her neck hurt and probably left reddening marks there, but tzuyu didn't mind, she missed sana a lot, so badly that she'd accept every kind of attention she could get.

"you know what comes next, don't you?" sana asks, holding the collar with a leash in her hand. "of course you do. you planned all of this. touching jihyo, flirting with her, all because you're a little attention seeker."

tzuyu doesn't want to but she pouts, and as much as sana finds it cute, right now her heart doesn't beat faster at the small display of cuteness.

"at least jihyo unnie talks to me." tzuyu replies, and sana tugs her hair roughly, making tzuyu's eyes widen as she looks at the older woman.

"say that again." sana challenges, her face inching closer to tzuyu's, eyes gleaming, a consequence of all the things she had in mind, every single perverse thought about what she'd do to tzuyu making her have to rub her thighs together, aroused with the knowledge that by the end of the night, tzuyu would be reduced to nothing but a crying mess. "you're quiet now, huh? i thought so."

tzuyu gasps when sana puts the collar on her, making it tight. not enough to suffocate her, sana wasn't going to risk her safety, but enough to make tzuyu not forget sana had a the leash in her hands and she was ready to control her like a puppy.

sana tugs the leash and it makes tzuyu crawl on her fours to her. tzuyu knows exactly what sana wants and she lies on sana's lap with her ass up, giving sana the perfect angle to spank her. and that's what sana does, unsurprisingly. after pulling tzuyu's pants down, she slaps the younger's ass, the soft skin becoming red right with the first swat. sana's fist was hefty, and she didn't have muscles to lift heavy weights but her hand hit hard and it made tzuyu cry out.

"that one is for being an impatient slut." sana says with a sadistic smile displaying on her lips. "now count to twenty."

tzuyu rarely gets punished like this, and she'd totally forgotten about how badly sana liked to leave bruises. she manages to count properly and she forces herself not to make a mistake, or else sana would stop and they'd have to restart the count. when sana finishes, tzuyu's face is impossibly wet and her thighs even more so, crying and wanting sana to touch her and make the pain go away.

"my, my. where's the attitude now?" sana coos, grabbing tzuyu by the hair and making her look at her. "don't cry yet," sana says softly, but tzuyu can tell that there's a bit of sarcasm behind her words. "i'm not nearly done with you."

sana doesn't use her fingers. her nails are sharp and well manicured, she wouldn't waste the time she spent doing them on ruining tzuyu. instead, she undresses tzuyu and brings out from a box under their bed an old friend of them, something that tzuyu says she hates but sana knows she doesn't. at least not entirely.

tugging at tzuyu's leash, sana makes her sit on top of the toy, which was placed on the ground. the sybian had a thick length attached to it, which wasn't that long but it was enough to destroy tzuyu, sana's sensitive girl.

"mommy, please, not this one!" tzuyu mewls and tries to escape, but sana forces her shoulders down and the shaft slips inside of tzuyu.

"you don't get to pick. you're lucky i'm even wasting my time on you instead of resting for tomorrow's schedules," sana says bitterly, turning the sybian on a medium setting straight away, skipping the low one, making tzuyu whine at the pulsation on her clit and inside of her.

the words, although essentially mean, brought a certain tightness to tzuyu's stomach, and she knew she was close. sana grabbed tzuyu by the hair once again, looking into tzuyu's eyes with disgust, showing tzuyu just how disappointed she was.

"mommy, it hurts," tzuyu whimpers at the tight grip that brought pain to her scalp, but sana wasn't buying it. if tzuyu didn't like it, she'd say the safe word, and only then sana would stop.

"good. i hope it does." sana brushes her nose against tzuyu's. "open your mouth."

tzuyu complies, only to feel sana spitting in her mouth and closing it by holding her jaw, so tzuyu swallows every drop. it makes tzuyu moan, and when sana gets the remote and increases the settings of the toy to its highest, tzuyu cries out loudly, but she's unable to move because sana holds her waist and makes her stay still.

"mommy..." tzuyu whines, a tear streaming down on her cheek. "if you don't stop i'm going t-to-"

"do it." sana encourages, wanting to laugh, knowing damn well tzuyu wasn't going to enjoy what came next. "come for mommy."

sana's soothing voice couldn't always be trusted, and yet tzuyu let it go and reached her edge. however, before she had to time to really feel the pleasurable part of her orgasm, sana turned the toy off and pushed tzuyu forward by the leash on her neck, making the dildo slip out of her, absolutely ruining tzuyu's orgasm.

"no..." tzuyu cries harder, nearly sobs, and sana isn't all that touched by it.

"yes, baby." sana coos. "we're just getting started."

maybe tzuyu regrets being a bad girl.

[asknarashikari]

I'm sure it's probably better to just talk about this in a Tumblr chat or something but usually it's easier to really on the askblog but...how would you change the events that lead up to Naago's ID core being restored and her Fantasy Form being obtained WITHOUT having to redeem her shit parents? Maybe or maybe not I could take some of these suggestions into account because I'm kinda stuck about it even though I know it's possible

Well, honestly my issue with how they handled the Kurama redemption arc wasn't the redemption per se... it was them glossing over the real issue between Neon and her parents. Imo, the issue was never a lack of love on the part of her parents, it was the toxic way they expressed it (which resulted to Neon feeling unloved anyway).

Naturally, this being Kamen Rider and targeted towards kids who aren't all that interested in nuance, they oversimplified it to Neon's parents not "truly" loving her. And they didn't address the fact that one grand gesture of love isn't usually enough to erase over a decade of toxic parenting. They don't even admit outright that Neon's mom did all the fucked up shit she did because she loved Neon.

So, if we're going the no-redemption-arc-at-all route, Neon's storyline should've been her forming healthy relationships outside her family, like from the Sakurai sibs, Sae, Ace, Tsumuri, Kyuun, or even Ben and John. She then recognizes that not only was she already surrounded by people who do love her "truly", but also that while her parents did love her, they expressed it in ways that were harmful to her, so maybe she should cut them off for her own sake.

Then in her time of crisis, she gathers her strength from the people who do love her, and their combined sentiments create her new powers.

In a route with a redemption arc, her parents can be included in that, and somehow Neon knows it. But instead of doing what they did in the show where everything is suddenly forgiven, the parents acknowledge their toxic parenting and commit to change... but even then, all it does is Neon agreeing to form a tentative relationship with them again. Which means that she would still be keeping them at an arm's length, and then eventually the relationship is fully mended.

[paperandhis-paper]

Arc-V Month Day 11: Legacy for the Future

(Is that a motherfucking Jojo reference?)

Ok, so, I've spent most days of @arcvmonth so far gushing about the show, so warning: negativity ahead.

I'm overall mixed on the Legacy characters. I don't think they ruin the show as some people claim, but I happen to have problems with... all of them? There are also positives, ofc, so ANALYSIS TIME!

Crow: he's... fine. His screentime is fine. His role in the plot is fine. Everything about him is just fine. My only real complaint is that I wished Shun had won and gotten another duel with Yuya, but it's whatever. He's really only part of the Lancers because he's a legacy character, as I don't think he's the most interesting Synchro character.

Jack: by far the best Legacy character, Jack somewhat takes the role of rival from Reiji, down to having 3 duels with the protagonist and a 3000 ATK ace. Giving him the role of a mentor is an interesting take on the character, although it was weird going back to 5D's I don't know how people feel about him beating Sergey (I know some people hated that when the episode was first announced), but somehow it works fine? It's an interesting subversion, because you'd think Yuya would be the one to do so, but instead Yuya's role is to be the one to unite the people together. My only problem is that it's... kinda weird that Jack just lets the City remain a shithole. Like, do something my man! I also wonder if Yusei wouldn't have been more fitting for his role, but I understand they didn't want to have the protagonists so Yuya wouldn't be overshadowed.

Kaito: I never cared for Kaito in Zexal (granted, it's been a long while since I've seen it), and Arc-V Kaito has similar issues. Namely, being a bit too powerful. He never has a solo loss, and here's where being a legacy character begins to hurt. He had a reputation for being unbeatable (Tron cheating aside), so the writers know they can't have him lose easily. He even almost beats Yuya! The best thing about him is that he provides a mirror for Shun; he's basically edgy-bird Shun from the beginning, but in some ways worse. He steals spotlight a fair bit, but his most egregious case of this is to another Legacy Character, so whatever.

Speaking of...

Asuka: done dirty, and so unnecessarily. Seriously, let her duel Dennis! Him vs Kaito isn't a TERRIBLE set-up, but she needed a big win so her presence doesn't just feel like fanservice. Her getting carded also sucks, but I get the writers kinda had to (can't have a Ritual duelist face Zarc, after all), plus it gave Yuri some much-needed depth.

But at least she got a win, even if it was against mooks. Unlike...

Edo: oh boy. See, I don't actually have much issues with his arc. It works, so long as you ignore that it has basically nothing to do with Edo's character in GX. No, what I wanna talk about this is his duel with Yuya.

I'm gonna be blunt: he should've won that duel. For one, he didn't get a single win in the series (tbf, his opponents were strong, but still), but most importantly, earlier on we saw with Kaito vs Shun that even if you lose you can still reach your opponent. And Edo got development himself by accepting Entertainment Dueling and grabbing an Action Card. The fact that Yuya wins by grabbing an Action Card of his own just rubs salt on the wound. Plus, I just like the idea of Yuya never beating an arc villain (other than Zarc, sorta), his role instead being another (then again, I guess then people would use that to claim Yuya is a weak protagonist and whatnot, so maybe it was for the best).

Also, both him and Kaito interrupting Yugo and Yuri's duel is dumb. Saving that rant for later.

So yeah. Legacy Characters were a mixed bag. I think the writers struggled with giving them the prominence they deserved without outshining Arc-V's massive cast. That's a very fine line. But hey— we got Legacy Support! That's always a good thing, right?

[tanoraqui]

Ask meme can I get a uhhhh Necromancy Thing 3 please.

this is one of those things where a short story idea blooms into a novel idea, and then you gently drop it because you're not really interested in writing that novel, but also, it haunts you as a Cool Premise, and maybe you thought about the magic system so much that you made a chart to explain it when you should've been taking notes in a staff meeting.

Worldbuilding premise is: magic is the manipulation of spirits living or dead, so it's basically just necromancy or what amounts to mind control...or some help with emergency healing, if you need to keep someone alive long enough to sew them up. (Or, rarely, manipulation of non-sentient living things or even inanimate objects, which teeechnically have spirits as well, but that takes so much power that it's basically impossible.)

Plot premise is: a new "witch" (wise woman/healer) has moved into the hut in the woods near Teen Main Character's rural town. TMC either figures out that she's secretly a necromancer or just that she's more interesting than anyone else here and begs an apprenticeship...but before she can start, royal soldiers come to arrest the witch, or at least to take her back to the capital city, because she is a) definitely a necromancer, in fact, supposed to be the Royal Necromancer ie royal healer and emergency military resource but we don't admit that, and also she's a princess, younger sister of the crown prince.

And! Tensions are high in this country for some reason, and the soldiers are dicks, and there's the start of a fight between the locals and the soldiers and TMC is killed!...very briefly. Because Princess-Witch/Necromancer brings her back before anyone can notice! And then is like, "Fine, I'll go, but I'm bringing my apprentice" (and to TMC: "You have to stay close to me or I can't keep you bound to your body.") (Her body is dead, this magic system doesn't do full resurrection. But it won't rot or anything while her spirit is tied to it.)

Partly the princess did this out of "this was my fault" guilt, and mostly she did it out of ruthless practical "I ran away for good reason (notably: my brother is a dick) but if this Nice Young Woman dies it could spark serious civil unrest and I don't want that."

So now TMC gets to have all the adventure she dreamed of (except maybe not this much of it), learning magic and dealing with deadly politics (except she's already dead and nobody must know) in the royal palace! By the way, "Royal Necromancer" is an old title but as of a few generations ago when this family defeated the previous ruler, a classic Evil Lich King, the Royal Necromancer in conjunction somehow with hte bearer of the crown is responsible for keeping subdued the giant army of skeletons which their great-great-grandparents didn't destroy so much as...weaken and bury. Possibly the crown prince wants to raise them and get conquesting? Which is why the princess ran away? Except, note, that didn't actually solve the problem even if she hadn't been found. Their mother the Queen is old and ill/dying, ofc.

By the end of the book, TMC can necromance well enough to keep her own spirit bound to her undying body, which technically speaking makes her a potentially-immortal lich. It's fine. Also, her less adventurous best friend from home showed up at some point with plans to rescue her from whatever she'd gotten herself into and they would've kissed but TMC is ace (with aceness exacerbated by being dead), so instead they just cuddled and defeated a giant skeleton army together. Idk what happened to the throne.

I wrote about 5 pages of a first chapter and then stopped. But man, now I'm looking at my erratically maintained list of original plot bunnies and feeling some itch... There are short stories here that I could probably write...

Shoutout to the multiple fantasy worlds, classic and modern, for which I have thorough magic system worldbuilding and the barest concept of a plot. I could do an ask meme about just those.

[a-student-out-of-time]

I know it's been awhile, but if the Arei/J thing is true, Levi is a prime suspect because of the chapter 1 FTE video. In the top 20 most voted pairing, J and Levi got 8th place, despite them not interacting with each in the first chapter from what I can remember. Almost every other pairing on that list either had some interaction, even if it was small, or something like Ace/Arei who were both bullies. Me thinks people on the team may have wanted to give the chapter 2 deaths some spotlight.

//I know people are probably tired of me talking about this...but I'm gonna do it again.

//I want to ask a genuine question: let's say you're right and Levi is the killer. I've seen a lot of people who are thoroughly convinced it's him and even patting themselves on the back over it, thinking they've got it all figured out. But are you happy with that?

//Let's say that's the scenario. Arei, who wanted to be a good person, went to Levi about her secret. Levi, who's tried to be a good person but still has a dark streak to his personality, doesn't know she's trying to turn over a new leaf and thus either kills her in a fit of rage or knocks her out and sets up the death contraption, both of which he could do because he's strong.

//Okay, but as an explanation, doesn't that just feel...predictable? Unsatisfying? Even flat-out boring?

//In fact, not only is it all three of those to me, it completely undercuts the messages and themes of Despair Time itself. Something that I feel a lot of people continue to miss entirely.

//Despair Time Chapter 2 has, in large part, been about the importance of building and rebuilding trust. Not only has Teruko been the centerpiece of so many discussions about why her paranoid distrust of everyone is unhelpful, but Ace has constantly been antagonizing and mistrusting Levi after that outburst in the first trial.

//If you're saying Levi is the killer, you're effectively saying Ace is right. You're saying that every paranoid accusation that Levi was waiting to kill him or someone else was accurate, and that in turn, you're also saying Teruko was right for not trusting anyone.

//Except the game is trying to tell us that trusting nobody is just as dangerous as trusting everybody. That's a key theme in everything going on here, and having a killing that undermines that feels out of place.

//Furthermore, another thing to consider is this: wouldn't it be far more knife-twisting and tragic for them to make Arei an active part of this chapter, and we get to see her desire to change, then leads to her death? Instead, she only gets a handful of scenes here and there, one of the big ones in a flashback with Eden.

//They were good scenes, don't get me wrong, but if they wanted us to feel like she was raising legit death flags, there should've been more focus on her, not less. Instead, she practically vanishes after the playground scene and apparently then turns up dead. And with all that's gone on so far, I believe it was by design. Arei dying like this also makes no sense otherwise.

//This is why I still stick to my switch theory. Not only does it fit with themes of the story, but Levi, being the Ultimate Personal Stylist, is the perfect person to make them look similar enough that nobody would notice.

//So no, I don't think Levi is the killer. It's the most predictable and played-out explanation one could go with, and with as high production value as DT has had, I absolutely cannot believe they'd go that route. There's far more going on here than we realize.