#is this how these imagines posts work? idk i tried i wanted to participate in aros dare to dream

[starwood-stranded]

Non-FR roleplay-related vent

I love forum RP's, but I'm struggling sooo hard to find RP groups that appeal to me and don't use Discord as their primary platform. I like using Discord for OOC communication, but when it comes to RP threads themselves, I'd much rather write them somewhere easier to sort and archive, like a forum. What really hit me today was the fact that the toyhou.se forums are 90% Discord groups. Like, toyhou.se is a beautifully-crafted RP platform, and the Worlds forum is plainly intended for recruiting people to RP with you on toyhou.se, but I see about 3 toyhou.se/forum/website groups recruiting there, including my own -- all the others use Discord for threads. If I don't want to RP on Discord, where am I supposed to go?

And speaking of my own group ... I know the answer to "I can't find exactly what I want" is "make your own," but I've tried that, repeatedly, and everything I try to make flops. In my last few attempts, I've gotten plenty of interest -- sometimes more than I could fit in a group -- started setting things up, put lots of work into the group ... But then when I ask people to submit character sheets so we can start RPing, nobody responds. People won't even say "Sorry, I'm busy" or "I'm confused and need help"; there's just silence.One of my friends today pointed out that part of the problem might be that I usually have people sign up while an RP is still in development, so a little time (maybe a couple weeks) will pass between people being recruited and asked for character sheets, and in that time people just lose interest. But I can't just present people with a polished premise/platform and ask them to jump right in -- I find it extremely difficult to set up an entire RP group on my own, without any feedback to at least encourage me, if not actively help.

It seems like the only way to create an RP group at this point is to already have an existing RP group. I have a few RP buddies, but they don't really want to participate in the kind of structured group RP I like -- we do casual 1x1's on Discord, which are great, but I want something more. Two of my friends did go ahead and sign on to my latest project, but the other 9 people who signed up have gone radio silent, and I can't do it with just the three of us.

I'm at the point where I'm considering RPing in genres or settings that I don't even like just because I can actually find an active forum.

(If you're wondering why I don't like RPing on Discord, I find it very difficult to organize threads on Discord, with its channel system instead of boards full of discrete threads. I also like to be able to look back through threads, which is much easier in a forum environment than in Discord. Finally, I get overwhelmed by Discord notifications very easily -- I can't imagine how painful it would be to get a notification every time someone in a group makes an IC post. And yes, I know muting is a thing, but it's a hassle to manage.)

IDK what I expect from posting this here. Advice if anyone has any, maybe some sympathy if not? Actually, the realistic outcome is that no one will read this post, but [shrug].

[audiovisualrecall]

I miss the days of writing out rps and stories with friends, even if I've always been bad at sticking with something and would get bored or stressed out or too busy at times. I miss that fandom culture thing, forum boards for big role play story games. I miss the active primeval fandom (family). I miss when even stevetony fandom was more active than it is. I haven't been able to participate in any events due to lack of spoons and time, but I miss when there were like 20 stories in the bb/rbb events and tons of bingo fill posts. I miss when I had the spoons and time and motivation to participate, too. It just seems so exhausting to try, now. Or uncomfortable.

Maybe I cringe more than I should at the thought of doing things that I used to like, even tho I'd never put down anyone else for it. Idk. It's like how I can't really play pretend at all anymore I used to make up these epic story games with friends and with my younger cousins when we were young. At some point they didn't want to play anymore, and I felt self conscious about being x age and playing pretend crawling around as a cat and chasing bad guys and saving the day and whatever else we did, I stopped because no one else wanted to play, and I beat back the urge to play pretend and tried to make the boring adult talking thing interesting to me. And then my sister had a kiddo and as he got big enough to play, I realized I couldn't do it anymore. I'd lost the magic. I felt self conscious, uncomfortable, even though you're supposed to play with kids, I cringed, I tried anyway and it was like there was a semi-opaque wall between me and the story games he made and I tried to participate in. We played hide and seek a lot when I wasn't good at playing at star wars. That was fun, until people would comment on me being his playmate and paying attention to us and I became self conscious and uncomfortable. I didn't want to sit around talking about boring things when me nephew wanted to play, though! So we played anyway, but the magic of playing pretend is lost to me. And then my cousins had little ones, a whole gaggle, and after initial awkwardness for them meeting new people, I was instantly their playmate, and I didn't mind or care what others thought, it was fun, and with so many of them running around, everyone else was playing on and off, too. But I still couldn't play pretend, much. I was happy to be the jungle gym and had 4 or 5 of my cousins' kiddos climbing and jumping on me and to tickle them and chase them and be silly, and race toy cars around with them. But the stories where you grow up and you can't touch the magic anymore? Yeah, I Haye the stories because for me they're true, and it's not because it's inherent but because social pressure made it happen.

Somehow the way I can't imagine participating in fandom, in ways that would longterm make me happy, because I get self conscious or exhausted, it comes from or is the same thing that cost me the ability to play pretend. I used to write stories all the time,too. We're they any good, who cares, but I enjoyed it, and I wrote a lot for them. Original and fanfic. Now 'I'm not a writer'. I can barely make myself make art sometimes but at least I still feel I'm an artist, it's who I am, that's not changing at least. I don't write much, though.

I guess it's a potent mix of depression and social anxiety, intersecting with adhd and autism, and being a busy adult who has to work, that just leaves me... nothing. I do a lot of nothing, sometimes. Sometimes I do something, a bunch of somethings, I make some art, work on a project, I read a book or a fanfic or a few, I interact with one or two friends online in some capacity. I'm bad at my job that doesn't help anything, and rsd brain hates that. I have lots of hobbies, and projects half started, I buy things and enjoy things.

But I don't do certain things that I know used to bring me joy. Some because tbe internet has changed, and the old things don't work or exist anymore. Some because I can't get myself to. I'm tired of being tired, I'm tired of not having any real friends, I'm tired of not reaching out or talking to friends I know I have if only I did just that. I can't, though, I'm exhausted, talking sounds so exhausting, uncomfortable. I overthink everything I type in a message to a friend. I overthink everything in general. I can't get myself to reply. And then I forget. And time passes and it becomes Hardee and then impossible to. For me.

[junietuesday]

you’re in bed on a Sunday morning, surrounded by fluffy blankets, your cats snuggled next to you as you make steady progress on your wip. the sunshine from outside shines onto your keyboard, and when you get up to open the window, the air is just the perfect temperature. tomorrow, you go to your dream job that treats you wonderfully and pays what you need to live off of with plenty to spare for luxuries. an aro pride flag hangs on the wall. life is good.

[nikatyler]

Sim Yearbook Challenge by @bauhauzzz

Just a challenge to brush off the dust of that old yearbook and show the world how your oc or ocs looked when they were teenagers! were they edgy? were they more on the nerdy side? you can share as many pics as you’d like but please if you do join I’d love to see your entries, so tag your posts using the tag #yearbookchallenge and have fun!

Do I know how yearbooks work? No. Was I tagged? Also no. But I wanted to do this so I could have an excuse to take awkward teenage pictures of my main sims. Rambling under the cut.

Okay sooo. I imagine they’re all like 16-17 here, but they’re not actually the same age and they didn’t go to the same schools. When they were 16, Sharon still didn’t attend the same school as the triplets, and well, Rachel was about 10 when the triplets were 16 lol (don’t forget Rachel met Caleb when they were both all grown up already). Ross is canonically a year and a half younger than the triplets. So yeah, these photos weren’t taken in the same school year. I know you don’t care but I had to get it out haha. Moving on.

Caleb my beloved. Nothing to say here. Good unproblematic boy who never participates in any drama...unlike his brother.

“Redheads have souls, you guys are just mean.”

We talked about Tyler’s name enough, but look, he can make fun of it. Wouldn’t be Tyler otherwise. Here you can see him shortly after he made the decision to grow out his hair, but he has yet to grow into the person he’s now. Ohh and he’s lying. He was a Whovian. He watched Doctor Who with his little sister Zoey and secretly enjoyed it.

“Roses are red, violets are blue, I swear I do not watch Doctor Who.”

Bianca still had long hair back then! It’s strange to see but she looks good in anything. She stole that quote from some scientist, I think. Idk, I googled funny science quotes and forgot to write down who said it 😅

“Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us.”

Ross 🤝 tumblr user nikatyler

strong hatred for their surname

(and also the same terrible haircut in freshman year. dark times.)

No seriously, who let me pick Breeze as the legacy surname. Thank god Ross’s father had a normal surname so I can go with that 😂 And look, the yearbook kids granted Ross’s wish...sort of.

I’m still sad I didn’t give Ross an awkward edgy teenager phase for at least a few posts when I played the legacy, but oh well. This picture is enough. He’ll always have an awkward edgy phase around 16 in my heart. Then something happened and he suddenly got handsome and took advantage of it.

“Don’t you dare to call me Ross Breeze in the yearbook or else I’m sending my vampire best friend at you.”

Sharon! In the sims 3 story that I’m writing, she lived in quite a conservative environment for most of her life, not to mention her father is very strict...I think she’d look a lot like a basic white christian girl for a little bit (nothing wrong with that at all, it’s just not her). I wasn’t sure what to do with her quote, so in the end I picked this because she’s an athletic gal who loves running (and even does it professionally later).

“Sorry, gotta run.”

Rachel was a pure innocent bookworm in high school. Well, on the first sight. You best believe she ran a fandom tumblr and wrote terrible smut fanfiction about her favourite characters. I also considered putting “fictional characters made my standards too high” as her quote, but then I thought the one I chose is a bit more in character for her.

“Books before boys!”

I wasn’t tagged so I’m not officially tagging anyone either, but please please please do this too, it’s so fun.

[bonesandthebees]

Mushroom anon backkkk with more random questions

A) opinion on phiddies?

B) how do you pronounce anon? I pronounce it an-on but I have friends who say it ah-non

C) what’s your favorite part of the dsmp fandom?

D) what’s the fandom you’ve been in the longest?

E) what was your first fandom that you were INTO, mine was warrior cats lmao

F) do you read a lot? If so what genre, I like fantasy :]

G) have you ever tried to write er spicy works? I find it so hard to imagine people actually write them lmao

I screwed up my alphabet so many times ;-;

Remember

live, laugh, lesbian

-🍄

hi mushroom anon!! your questions are always so unique and fun!!

A) phiddies... cursed but also high art i mean just look at the drawings wolfy has done

B) I say it like uh-non! since I pronounce anonymous uh-non-ih-mus so it's just a shortened version of that

C) oh man I'd say my favorite part is that we're so focused on platonic pairings and content instead of romantic! ofc there's the dnf side of things, but I still think the majority of the fandom tends to focus more on platonic relationships than anything else which is just really refreshing to me. all of my past fandoms have been very heavily ship-centric, so it's just been really nice to get to explore such a wide variety of platonic relationships instead

D) I mean idk if I'd say i'm technically still in the fandom, but miraculous ladybug I guess which I got into back in late 2015? I still keep up with the general gist of what's going on and follow a lot of ML blogs, but I haven't actually watched the show in years and I don't really participate in the fandom anymore. by different standards though I could say atla since I was super into atla when I was a little kid (like 2007 so 7 years old) and have always had a soft spot for the show, but I didn't actually get into the online fandom till 2019 so idk if that counts lol

E) first official fandom as in participating in an online community? animal crossing new leaf which I joined around late 2014. I'd never been involved in an online community before that and it's the reason I joined tumblr because I wanted to participate in online trading, though idk if acnl would count as a fandom necessarily. if we're talking more traditional fandoms, miraculous ladybug in late 2015 was my first experience with real online fandom culture and that was also the first piece of media I posted fanfic for!

F) embarrassingly enough I don't actually read that much outside of fic lmao. I used to read a TON when I was younger, but now whenever I sit down to read a book I just think of how much I want to write my own stuff. though if I had to pick a fav book genre, I really enjoy modern fantasy or horror type stuff. think the invisible life of addie larue and burn our bodies down. also I just really enjoy anything that explores toxic or messed up relationships in complex ways because I think it's fascinating

G) no I've never tried to write a 'spicy' work. back in my previous fandoms where I wrote a lot of ship-centric stuff I would write makeout scenes, but that was about as intense as it got. I never really enjoyed reading smut or anything close to it. no reason in particular, just wasn't my cup of tea, so I never had much of a desire to try writing it for myself either

live laugh lesbian <333

[the-lightning-strikes-again]

Could you please recommend some fix-it fics? (Doesnt matter from which season) Youtube recommended the ending scene and... of course I watched it. Of course. Yeah I did. So now Im bawling my eyes out and searchingfor xanax.

Hi, anon! Oh nu, I’m sorry you’re crying! Yeah, the ending scene to Voltron is... ahhh, it’s very emotional.

There’s a ton of Voltron fix-it fics, starting from just about any season you want down to full Voltron reboots, haha. For a more comprehensive look at the larger fandom’s offerings, I typed in “Voltron fix-it” on AO3 and got 1,668 results here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&work_search%5Bquery%5D=Voltron+fix-it

So depending on the character you’re interested in, you could do a filtered search with their name and the word “fix-it” and come across a bunch of options!

Given my participation in and awareness of the lotura fandom, my recommendations are going to be centered around the Lotor and Allura characters more so than others.

A few of my fics that are fix-its beginning post-s6:

The Second Law (rated T): Allura discovers Shiro was not the only person Haggar cloned for insidious purposes. After a strategic battle, she finds the real Lotor imprisoned and barely clinging to life inside a Galra command ship. His existence brings to light an even greater conspiracy than Team Voltron could have imagined possible. (A post-season 6 fix-it fic, moving into a rewrite of s7 and s8.)

Interstellar Pancakes (rated T): At the end of their final battle in s6, Princess Allura’s power tosses Emperor Lotor out of the rift. He falls through the universe and crash-lands by a Denny’s restaurant in Roswell, New Mexico, United States...a city known for its history with UFOs and aliens. Slight crackfic, slight canon angst.    

Evolution (rated T): An s6-compliant one-shot where Sincline becomes sentient while it and Lotor are drifting in the quintessence field.

You can read any of these fics here: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Lightning_Strikes_Again/works

I have s8 fix-it fics, but they’re more rated M or E, and...honestly most of the fix-its I know are rated higher as well, lol. XD So idk what your limit is there, which is why I’ve stuck to recommending T or lower stuff. And most of the popular fics I know (which happen to be rated M or E too) also purely and completely reject canon rather than try to fix it, haha.

I do know of a T-rated s4-compliant story that I really liked, that tried to fix the early seasons’ tension/distrust between Lotor and Allura? It’s what pulled me into the lotura fandom to begin with. And it’s called Some Things Are Just Gifts by @miraworos:

The summary: Princess Allura finds herself stranded on an icy, inhospitable planet with her least favorite "ally." But if they don't find a way to work together, they might not survive long enough to be rescued.

You can read that fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13725132/chapters/31532172

One other s6 fix-it I can think of that is rated T is called From the Ashes by @garbage-dono:

The summary: Following their return from the Quintessence Field, Allura attempts to understand how Lotor ended up on the path that sent him there.

You can read that fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/14947190

And here is a G-rated s8 fix-it fic called Embrace Me by @crystal-rebellion:

The summary: After being freed from the Sincline ship and returned to the Atlas to recover, Lance and Lotor have a heart to heart conversation. Lance shares a comforting ritual from Earth, which later allows a much-needed catharsis in the presence of another. (S8 Canon-Divergent.) 

You can read that fic here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20884328

And I’m sure there are other stories that people would suggest! I welcome anyone to reblog or comment with recommendations for good Voltron fix-it fics!

[yndigot]

As for Thomas having never been in a space for gay ppl before, I suppose I can maybe reason around it if we consider that he’s from a small town; then he goes to live in a small village w a job where he’s hardly ever free(and any travelling he does do is also on the job); and he’s working class (and iirc most of those bars etc were geared more towards upper class gay ppl) and you could maybe only find these places if you knew what you were looking for. (Also him never having been to a gay bar in his life and possibly not even knowing they existed might also explain why he was so gosh darn bitter all the time lmao; literally no fun time for him at all)

I dig that people want to talk about this! 

I don’t think Thomas grew up in a small town! Mostly because while RJC changes the way Thomas speaks in different contexts, he does NOT change his own (real life) distinctive Manc accent, so I can’t really headcanon Thomas growing up anywhere but Manchester or very Manchester adjacent. That’s not a small town with no access to city life. (We can talk about why Phyllis doesn’t necessarily sound like she grew up down the street from him. That’s another post. I don’t think Thomas would have gone out of his way to acquire such a distinctive Manc accent, though, so it’s more believable to me that Phyllis has done some work to lose her accent, not that Thomas is faking his.)

If you decide to discount the Manchester of it all, then sure, he can be a small town lad who went to live and work at country houses and has spent most of his life in rural, isolated areas. But I still see problems with that.

I’ll actually believe that he never went to gay bar in Manchester because he’s a first footman in Yorkshire by (probably) his early-ish 20s, which means he probably went into service, possibly some distance from Manchester, at some point in his teens. Since he didn’t arrive at Downton until c. 1910, it’s possible he worked at another house as a hall boy before then. Relatively young. Especially if he was working at another country house, he probably wasn’t going to gay bars on his half day. I’ll also believe that he didn’t know there were gay bars in York because it’s a MUCH smaller city than Manchester, which I think probably makes the gay scene smaller and harder to find, and tbh, if he knew it was there, you’re right -- he wouldn’t have been so miserable. So. He didn’t know about queer spaces where he grew up, and he doesn’t know about them where he lives now. I’m with you so far.

But at least before the war,* he didn’t spend the full year at a country house in rural Yorkshire. He went up to London for the season with the Crawleys. Including one season where he was sneaking around with the Duke. He had all of gay London at his fingertips and never realised it was there? At all? Not even the Duke clued him in? The Duke definitely had access to the higher class places you mentioned. He didn’t even tell Thomas such places existed? Never took him there as a sort of pet? Also, Thomas has clearly been to disreputable clubs before since he knows exactly what sort of scam Dekner is running with Andy. He’s comfortable getting around London and socialising in his (admittedly limited) free time while working for the family. He never found his way to queer spaces?

Grantham House is in St. James’s Square, which is in the West End and VERY close to major queer hubs. He never saw anyone and clocked them? And maybe followed to see where they were going? He never went cruising? No one he hooked up with ever clued in him to places where queer men socialised? I mean, I know I’ve commented in other places about how Thomas is not always good at picking up signals, but I feel like he couldn’t possibly miss ALL of that. (tbh I feel like this is discounting the number of queer men in service generally before the war as well -- when they’re all in the city for the season, he never talks to these other men and none of them clue him in?)

And we’ve got this passage in Matt Houlbook’s Queer London.

The most distinctive venues were in working-class neighborhoods in east and south London -- dockside pubs like the Prospect of Whitby (Wapping Stairs) or Charlie Brown’s--(West India Dock Road). Dock laborers, sailors from across the world, and families mingled freely with flamboyant local queans and slumming gentlemen in a protean milieu where queer men and casual homosexual encounters were an accepted part of everyday life.

Okay, so admittedly, idk that Thomas was dragging himself out to east or south London in the little free time he had in London. And while there were definitely working-class places for queer men, they do seem to be less nightclubs with bands playing and more pubs and coffee shops and cruising venues where men tried to project a very masculine image, and also places where working class pretty boys would congregate and middle class trade would come to pick them up. Maybe he’s just shocked by the open dancing. (This is my generous interpretation of the movie -- that he’s shocked specifically about the fact that it’s a night club and it’s in York, and that ‘I don’t know men like me’ is a statement about his isolation, not about him literally not knowing where he could get laid, if not in York, then certainly in a bigger city.)

Anyway, working class spaces did exist! He seems so shocked not just by the open dancing, but by the idea that a large number of queer men are gathering, and I can’t imagine he’s never realised that queer spaces exist before or that he’s never spent time in them. I just ... have a hard time imagining he’s that sheltered and clueless. There have been chances for him to be exposed to queer spaces, if not ones exactly like the one we see in the movie.

It made for a very sweet moment when he stepped into that club and his face lit up. RJC did an excellent job. I don’t think Julian’s plotting around Thomas’s previous exposure to other queer people makes a lot of sense, though. I fully believe that he doesn’t have queer friends near Downton -- that maybe he’s never really made queer friends that he keeps in touch with (rather than casual encounters that immediately pass out of his life), and so he probably feels very isolated from gay life where he’s living now. I’m sure that contributed to his depression. I tend to think he may have had an extended period of celibacy, possibly since before his crush on Jimmy, which, again, probably contributed to his isolation and depression. I just think pre-war Thomas had to have been exposed to more than the movie suggests.

I’m not discouraging anyone from writing small-town, wide-eyed Thomas if that appeals to you. It’s just 100% not in line with what I felt we got in the 6 series that led up to that movie. To me, it doesn’t feel like it matches the set up from the show. I came out of the movie thinking that Thomas and Richard were very sweet, but wondering how, given what we’d seen of him previously, Thomas had made it to nearly 40, managed to fuck a Duke, comfortably navigated seedy London, possibly(?) knew he was getting cruised at a bar, and still seemed surprised not just that such a place existed in York, but seemingly that such places existed at all. (If he didn’t know he was getting cruised, idk what to do with him, tbh. I do think he realised that Chris was interested in him, though. He was surprised, but he knew what was going on.)

YMMV. I’m not mad about people having very different takes to mine. It just didn’t really work for me. I preferred the more knowing Thomas from earlier on. Does that have to do with the tens of thousands of words I’d written of him being more knowing and worldly about queer spaces before the movie came out? Possibly. That definitely made it harder for me to see him seem so sheltered. If I wasn’t already annoyed with Julian’s approach to Thomas at various points in the series, maybe that also would have made me more willing to buy in.

*I know they went down to London from time to time after the war -- I honestly can’t remember if they were still regularly participating in ‘the season’ after it started to decline as a central part of the social calendar, although I know they did at least do Rose’s season. Maybe they were still doing it every year. Someone’s free to let me know.

(Also this is very quick and messy, sorry.)

[ohnobjyx]

Idk much about the c- entertainment industry, so what are the chances that these 2 will actually get to work together again in the future? what with rumours about an upcoming drama flying around and the amount of backlash both have received from their cpf, is it possible that their management would let this happen?

Hi, anon! Wow, this was the first ask I received, but the answer is such a difficult one that I took days to start writing. I’ve thought much about this, but I still think that my answer carries a certain naïveté, because the entertainment industry is a complicated one, much more than we can imagine. I’ll just update this if I get corrected or find out something new that changes the content of this post.

In short: in my opinion, it won’t be soon (if ever). 

(Long answer behind the cut. The longest until now. Happy reading!). 

Disclaimer: while this is not all fake, we are talking about very hypothetical scenarios and in no case I believe them to be absolutely true. Bear in mind that I’m an outsider to the entertainment industry, that my knowledge is superficial and may carry my own interpretation of the industry, which may not be accurate. From here on, I express my opinion, so I may be wrong. 

First of all, it all comes down to money. 

Both of them work for different companies, WYB for YH and XZ for WJJW. It’s been said that these two companies are rivals in every sense of the world in the entertainment industry (I got it from this post), so I think a new collab between them would have to bring them a lot of benefits for them to give it a green light. 

But all the same, while one of them is getting profits, the other one is getting them as well, so it may not be in their best interest to collaborate. Just keep in mind that the c-society is a very competitive one, so I think that just because of this it would be very difficult for them. 

Then how did they film The Untamed? 

They both got their roles by participating in the casting by themselves, without the support from their companies. 

WYB was criticized by his fans for trying again and again for a role in a BL drama, instead of a sports drama. He lost some fans because of this, so I don’t think YH would be delighted by this. 

XZ got his role earlier, but it was all the same trying by himself. I think he said in an interview that he had to get to the site on taxi, paying himself.

Edit: XZ was actually recommended to the producer and the casting chose him because of his smile. He was offered the role and he accepted it (so WJJW still had nothing to do with him getting the role). The thing with the taxi was one of his earlier projects, when he was still relatively unknown. 

But at the time, they weren’t so famous, so their companies let them do as they pleased. In my opinion their reasoning went along the lines of “if it’s successful, it’ll bring us money, and if it’s not, there’s nothing better for them to do”.

That was before, and now things are extremely different. There are more profitable things for them to do, the companies won’t let them “waste” their time in shows they don’t consider as lucrative. Even if they want to collaborate, now their companies are more invested in them, so they aren’t as free as before to choose what they want to do. 

And we have to take into consideration how their relationship is with their company (remember, this is my pov, maybe irl it’s completely different). 

I believe that YH encouraged WYB to look for works as a tv show host and as an actor, as well as producing solo songs, since it was difficult to promote UNIQ in China with the hanliu ban from the government. 

However, WJJW’s CEO did say that they would like to center their employees (such as XZ) in works more related to music, such as boy bands. They don’t encourage the idols to try acting or other works. However, XZ is better known as an actor, not as a singer, so this placed him in a difficult position, from which he tried to get out of (in the trial between XZ and WJJW in May 2019 XZ withdrew the charges and they settled it out of court). 

Okay this was the economy of the issue. Now comes the funny part. 

If they were to collaborate again soon (as in the next 5 years) they would need to settle this: are you two together? And preferably a lot sooner, rather than announcing it with their next drama together. 

If they are cast into a usual heterosexual relationship drama, no matter what role they are cast into, fans are going to ship them together. This could affect the rest of the drama, to the point where I think there’s no exaggeration in saying that the company of the actress may reject the female lead role if these two are in the show. Fans would make the relationship with her as a point of comparison to WYB and XZ’s relationship, and that’s bound to be bad for her. 

If they are cast into a BL drama or a series with no relationships, they are again going to get shipped (it looks like that’s the end point no matter what), and that’s bound to affect their future projects. 

Consider it like this: there are already voices doubting about their chemistry with the female leads in their upcoming dramas (let’s be real, that is a real concern since their 默契 is really something else).

If they announce publicly, officially, that they aren’t together (this would be if one of them got a girlfriend), there’s bound to be disappointment from bxg. They are gonna lose bjyx fans, maybe some of the fans will turn into antis, and they’ll be accused of “leading the fans around”, “playing with them”, and so on (the worst of it is that I don’t consider this unlikely). Collaborating would be difficult, but not impossible, after some time. And probably not in a BL drama, that’s calling for trouble (or maybe they’ll be braver than me and do it, but it’d certainly put a strain in their relationships).

If they are together (hypothetical, remember?), and they announce it as they are now, they’ll never get a decent role again. Sadly, they’ll have this “gay” tag that will affect any role they act in, even though their acting in The Untamed was due to more than just their chemistry together. 

However... if they were to come out after it has been set that they are very capable of acting in heteronormative dramas as well as BL dramas, things may be different. They’d still face backlash, but they’ll have a nice economic mattress to land on, and they wouldn’t be out of projects, probably. Couples collaborating in films and tv series isn’t completely unheard of, but it would be rare and it’d take some time too (we are talking of years here). 

If they are a couple, I don’t think they’d come out completely, not as the lgtb situation is right now in their society. They’d just do what couples do, without ever stating it plainly, because they’d still want to avoid “the big waves”, but it’d be an open secret. 

So for now, I guess they are trying to strengthen, to consolidate themselves in the industry before they do anything, either denying that they are together or confirming the rumours by doing something absolutely telling (even though, for me, this video of sneakers and ice-cream was quite telling).

(By the way, even if these poor people weren’t together, they still wouldn’t be able to deny the rumours right now, even though it affects their upcoming dramas because of 1, backlash from bxg, 2, “of course they’d say that”, “they have something to hide” and 3, there has always been ridiculous pairings in the fandom and celebrities just mostly let them do as they please). 

Just the backlash XZ has received from 227 will make it very difficult for Yu Sheng (The Oath of Love,  余生，请多指教) to air in less than a year. I’d say it’s very probable that The Legend of Fei (有翡, in which WYB is the male lead) will be aired before Yu Sheng, even though they finished filming later. It’d be a disaster for the production if the antis were to boycott the drama, so I’d say that they are waiting for things to calm down before airing it. 

They do have another option... which is let this fandom and the scandal die with time. They’d stop feeding the fandom with kadian and veiled signals, and with time (as in 5-10 years) people will have forgotten all of this enough for them to work together again. Bjyx would be brought up as a thing to gossip about, maybe, but it wouldn’t bring them so much scandal. This is one of the least likely options, in my opinion, because truth is that they have a close friendship, even if they aren’t together, and to ask them to stop being friends is outright cruel, more so in the industry they work in.

As for the rumours... words get carried away by the wind, I really think that the rumours are just that, and that (for now) there’s no project in which they’ll work together. But remember, I may be wrong, and I wish I’m wrong in this. 

[sparksfrompemberley]

Sera Myu Review: Usagi Ai no Senshi e no Michi (1994)

This review comes too late i know, but here it is!!. Also, this is MY opinion, so please, please, respect it. Thank youu and please be free to tell me your feelings towards this musical.

So, here is the thing: this musical is very special to me because it was the very first sera myu musical that I´ve ever seen. Actually the first video of sera myu that I watched was “Gondola  no Koibito-tachi”, so it is going to be veery hard for me to judge, you have been warned LOL. 

The one thing that I love about this musical is that it´s very funny. Yeah, maybe the humor is very silly but I think it fits very well with the story. That being said, the screenplay is very rare to say the least, do not get me wrong it was much better than Gaiden, but I feel that this  arc was not very well developed and that they mixed moments that would be better in the previous and next arc (black moon / dreams) such as that the senshis wanted to pursue their respective dreams. Speaking of which, I can never understand why Ami is always the target of the bad guys. This happened in most of Bandai's musicals (although it seems to me that it only happened during the first stage) and then in Nelke's (in the Reconquest). On the other hand, I would have liked to see the Black Moon arc, the truth is a shame they didn't do it because I think it would have been very good. Also, although Usagi continues to fight with Chibiusa during this arc, she does not have the same intensity as in Black Moon and in this musical it seems as if she is jealous of her, which would be much better in the previous arc ..

Professor Tomoe is not one of my favorite characters but I still didn't like how he was portrayed here. Kaolinate had more participation than him and I hated the part when Usagi, wearing that ugly dress (poor Anza gosh, she had to fly over wearing that thing), asked them to stop ... I swear, I had to advance that part because It was unbearable, the same thing happened with Tabidachi, but that was Ayako's fault, because I don't like her performance during the song. I really really like  Ryuuji Kasahara, another guy that I adore!. He always plays bad characters but he's so funny and so entertaining to watch ... obviously he had a lot of fun. Sometimes I try to imagine what it would be like if he had been Mamoru ... I mean I LOVE Yuuta as Mamoru but Idk It is hard to imagine Ryuuji playing another character but I think he would have nailed it . What do you guys think?

On the other hand, and to not make this post so long (LOL) I must say that Anza was much better than in the previous arc. I see her more comfortable and her crybaby moments are better, I really like how she fights with Chibiusa, which by the way, she went crazy hahah. I really liked Ai Miyakawa, she was very sarcastic and mean, very funny to watch. Anza also has very good chemistry with the rest of the senshis, and without fear of being wrong, I would say that the best group of senshis is in this musical: Ayako / Amy is the classic Amy who has moments that work for me (for example in this musical, when she tries to get Usagi to fix herself with Chibiusa) and others not so much (I don't see anything interesting in her character, it's always the same, although maybe it's not her fault) Kanoto / Makoto I LOVE HER TOO MUCH, I mean I think It goes unnoticed among the fans and I don't understand why! Well yes, maybe the "feminine" part of Makoto didn't develop, but it's not that bad either. She looks a lot like manga and anime, she is funny and, unlike other actresses, she participates in the story, she is not there to complete the group. Nana / Minako I LOVE HER !! Again, she is not the Minako that we are used to seeing, but in this musical I think she is excellent, also she is funny and a little crazy. The only "bad" thing is that her leadership is not appreciated, but again, it is not her fault (damn script LOL), Mikako / Rei another who I LOVE, far is one of my favorite Mars / Rei and in this musical I like Although it does not shine unfortunately, but I love her just the same. Finally, impossible not to name Yuuta because he is a fantastic actor. Being his first musical as Mamoru / Tuxedo I must say that I liked him a lot, his chemistry with Anza is something from another planet, it is something very genuine, fresh and real: you can feel that they love each other. I'm looking forward to it but they are my favorite couple of all musicals.

To sum up, yes, I really liked this musical, not only because of the performances I mentioned above but because it is very special to me. This arc never caught my attention honestly, don't ask me why, but of all the ones there are, it's the one I like the least. But this musical works for me better than the anime LOL. The next review will be of the Dreams arc, and maybe I'll upload it next week.So this is my review, please fell free to message me sharing your opinions!!

[emvy]

first post idk

My friends had a contest on who could make the best 'fanfic' (fanfic, what they called a generic wp story). I didn't participate but I did create something afterwards. The contest was originally a joke (it still is) but I try and put my all into it, so here it is.

He was drunk. His aroma smelled of whiskey, his movement was stiff, his words slurred every third word, and he couldn’t help but think of the new pathetic low he had reached.

He tried to think of the empire he made, how he could be everywhere in the city and no one was able to catch him. How he knew the layout of every council man's house and how quickly and easy it would be to steal 5 million dollars from them.

Yet, with all he had, he still went to the bar, still ordered that old fashioned, downed it like nothing, and hollered for another.

He wondered what had happened to his alcohol tolerance. He was able to talk with senators, take a shot of vodka and then threaten them with a sex scandal, have them resign from there seat and give it to one of his own. He was able to do that and walk home with a satisfied smile, proud of what he did. It seemed to have disappeared here.

After the one old fashioned he had felt his skin burn, the drowsiness took over before leaving suddenly. He didn’t really care though, he wasn’t in the mood to care, not really.

He walked back to the old slum he lived in, he doesn't remember how much he drank, but almost missing his complex by a few blocks, he knew he was certainly buzzed. Taking a look at what street he was on. He was sure he walked a mile, but he barely walked five blocks.

“Stop.” His brain was working too slow, he didn’t recognize the voice, or how they’d recognize him. He turned around to face them, only realizing when facing them, how idiotic the move was.

“Look, I’m not in the mood for this-”

They had a gun pointed at him, not anywhere in particular, trying to locate their eyes, it looked like they were deciding where to shoot him.

He was fucked. The only reason he knew this was because the moment he saw the gun pointing at him, he thought of congratulating them. The "Untouchable Aiden Goode", killed by a lowly street thug.

The moment she saw him walk into the bar, she wanted to kill him on the spot. She didn’t know what with, completely flabbergasted he walked into this bar in the first place. Watching him, tracking him, she expects him to go to somewhere like The Caraval, not somewhere like L Street. There’s too many criminals that come here on a daily, too many with their lives ruined by him, nothing to lose, too willing to kill themselves trying to kill the "Untouchable Aiden Goode.” God it disgusted her right to her core.

She eyed him carefully, suspiciously, when he ordered an old fashioned then shouted for another. From her research and reports, he’d usually get vodka on rocks, drink as slowly as humanly possible, pay and leave.

She walked over to where he was sitting, from the other side of the bar, pouring him another drink before asking him, “Another?” with a smile.

He nodded, taking the drink from her hand. She watched his mannerisms, an arm lying stiff by his side while the other was used to let him drink. His eyes closed momentarily for a few seconds longer, from fatigue or from the alcohol, she didn’t know. She assumed he was capable of handling more, but 4 drinks in his words had begun to slur.

“Bring me anootherr.” His third word slurred, by then, if he hadn’t already noticed, there was a line of drinks, premade, waiting for him, unconsciously grabbing the next drink in line.

It was a sight to see, Xavier Goode drinking like no tomorrow.

She left early from her shift, begging one of her co-worker to take over for her. All her tips were now in the pocket of someone who didn’t deserve it and now with the loss of the money, had to make sure she doesn’t lose her chance.

She grabbed a pair of gloves from the glove compartment on the passenger side and put on a black hoodie over her white collared uniform. She popped a compartment under her seat, digging through the bunch of crap and found her safe-keep gun, her extra case of ammo and loaded the gun, putting it in her hoodie pocket and slamming her car door shut. Hastily tying her hair and putting it into her hoodie she waits for him to leave, letting him walk 20 paces before following after him.

They were only a few blocks away from the bar but the neighborhood they were currently in was shit, and fortunately, wouldn’t bat an eye to a gunshot, maybe report it in the morning if they had time. She scanned the area for security cameras, making sure to catch him in a blind spot. And even if they weren't, she made sure her back would be turned so she wouldn’t be identified.

“Stop” She called, she had her gun pointed at his back, she never imagined the day would come, where she was able to kill him.

He was unarmed besides an empty wallet and wasn't able to escape. Her eyes widened when he turned around, hoping she wouldn’t have to see his face when she killed him. She fumbled with the gun in her hand.

Anywhere would work, she thought, trying to find a spot to spot. He's gonna bleed out on the pavement, it wouldn’t matter.

“Look, I’m not in the mood for this-” It took him a few seconds to recognize the gun. She looked him over, his shoulders stiff, hair a bit lopsided, falling a bit on his left. She was practically immune to the smell of whiskey and beer from daily drunkards, but being alone with one, the smell seemed to consume her senses. She was going to gag, not before thinking of her mother scolding her for being so immature.

She aimed the gun at his heart, the head gave too much leeway. He could easily turn his head and she could easily miss. He had a large build, if she missed the heart, she could still hit a vital organ, he would bleed out on the pavement, he would effectively die.

He began to slump, if it was his plan to throw her off, it worked. Was this a sign of defeat? He couldn’t let her kill him this easily could he?

She tried to hide her confusion, her finger still on the trigger, she decided to take this opportunity.

He slumped his shoulders, the person in front of him had the gun aimed at his heart. He knew he shouldn’t have left things the way it was, knew he shouldn’t have drank how many drinks he had that night. But for everything he’s done, the universe seems to finally decide that this was his punishment. His last.

He closed his eyes, he didn’t want to go out like this. The universe can punish him however it chooses to, but he refuses to die like this. Not drunk, and certainly not by some street thug.

He forced his brain to reboot, forcing the alcohol out of his system so he could think straight. Opening his eyes he thinks of what he has on him and how it could be used to protect him.

Then he remembered, bulletproof vest, you have a bulletproof vest. A plan, so simple yet so effective was drafted into his mind.

He looked at them, his eyes adjusting to the darkness. Their hair pulled back behind them, boots fit for a woman that seemed snug on their feet, a nude color on their nails that seemed to be chipping. He knows now not to judge before getting firm confirmation from one of his spies. He then noticed the white striped texture that was under the hoodie. It felt familiar, he had plenty of guesses of where he’d seen it, but the voice had put him to place.

“This…..this is for killing everyone I have ever loved.” The bar. The girl at the bar with the similar collared shirt, who had a warm smile on her face when he offered her another drink, and had offered him his death.

She pulled the trigger, aiming directly at the heart. It left her ears ringing but she was satisfied when she saw the steps taken backwards, then falling to the ground. She walked over to the corpse, feeling for any sort of pulse on his wrist. There was none. He was dead. She killed him.

She didn’t feel anything. She didn’t feel bad for him, she didn’t feel better killing him either. She thought killing him would bring her some sort of joy, but it felt like luck, how he stumbled into her place of work. How he was drunk enough to admit defeat.

She wished she would feel something related to her dead family, happy that the killer of her family was dead.

But there was nothing.

[dirtydobrik]

a week apart - d.d.

plot: you and david are dating and you’re also a YouTuber. you come up with a video idea of spending a week apart from each other with no communication and make a bet to see who will be better at doing so.

requested: yes!  i received two different requests about essentially the same concept: 1. can u do one where the reader and david see who is better at ignoring the other lol idk of it makes sense but and 2. can u do an imagine where the reader and david have a bet to see who can ignore the other the longest ?? i feel like you might’ve done it before so sorry if u have lol

author’s note: hi! this was requested anonymously so hopefully it was something similar to what you wanted. 

if you want to send in a request for an imagine, send me a message! i am super behind on requests right now but i have a few pieces in progress that i am working on. i am hopefully back to posting daily because i am trying to get caught up. 

word count: 1400

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"Okay, just hear me out," you started and David rolled his eyes. He knew you had a crazy idea for your next video and he had a feeling he wouldn't like it. "What if we tried to spend a week without each other?"

"Babe, why on Earth would I agree to that?" David questioned, grabbing your hand and pulling you on to the couch next to him.

"I think it'll be an interesting video. You and Jason talked about doing something similar on the podcast a while back and I think we should try it." You gave him a small pout and puppy dog eyes that he couldn't say no to.

"Fine. When do you want to start?" he asked.

"Right now," you stated, like it was obvious.

"But you promised you'd be my date to the movie premiere on Thursday," David reminded you, and you sighed. You had agreed to do that and it was only Tuesday.

"Okay. We'll start on Sunday."

The week passed by slowly and David secretly hoped you would have forgotten about your video idea. But on Sunday morning, you rolled over to face David since you spent the night at his house.

"Good morning," he mumbled, leaning in and giving you a kiss.

"Morning, bub," you smiled, curling into him to cuddle for a few minutes.

"What do you want to do today? I got a good amount content yesterday so I don't need to film."

"Did you forget about my video? We're starting today," you smirked and David let out a groan.

"No, I didn't forget. I was just hoping you would forget."

"Absolutely not," you said as your fingers ruffled his messy hair.

You got out of bed and took a quick shower before making breakfast, David joining you in the kitchen after his shower. You set your camera up to introduce the video.

"Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. Today's video is a little bit different, it's going to be vlog style. David and I are going to try and see if we can ignore each other for an entire week," you started, before leaning in closer to the camera and dropping your voice into a low whisper, "In case you guys didn't know I'm dating David Dobrik."

"I am completely against this idea," David added, but you brushed him off.

"Anyways, let's go over the rules. Number one, no communication of any kind. This means no calls, no texts, no DMs, and no trying to talk to each other through other people. Like we have Natalie pass messages for the other to get. Number two, we can't hang out together or be seen in the same place together. And number three, if an emergency happens, we have a code to send to know that it's serious and we call a pause," you explained, David pouting the entire time.

"Do we have to do this?" he groaned, and you nodded.

"Oh, and also, we aren't telling anyone that we're doing this challenge so hopefully they freak out and think we broke up so I get some good clickbait," you chuckled and David rolled his eyes.

"Should we make this a bet?" David asked, needing motivation to participate in this video.

"Sure. The loser has to give the winner twenty thousand dollars, and the winner gets to plan date nights for a month." You pulled your phone out to check the time, 12:48pm. "Okay, guys. Starting now, David and I can't interact with each other for a week. Bye, bub, see you on Sunday," you said, waving goodbye to him before turning your camera off to say a real goodbye to him.

You wrapped your arms around him and stood on your toes to give him a kiss. "Miss you already," he whispered, hugging you tightly.

"I love you. See you soon." You gave him another kiss before heading out to your car and driving away.

"Okay guys, I just got to my apartment and usually I send Dave a text that I made it home safely, but I can't do that. So David if you're watching this, I'm home," you said into your camera, and you were surprised that David hadn't lost already. He was ridiculously clingy and hated being away from you.

The next time you took you camera out was at 3am. "Guys, it's 3am and I can’t sleep because I don’t have David to cuddle with," you pouted. "I'm starting to regret wanting to do this and it hasn’t even been twenty-four hours. How am I going to do this for a whole week?"

On Monday you went out to brunch with Corinna and then shopping with Carly that afternoon, and you knew David was busy on set all day, so you didn’t really have time to miss him. But around dinner time, you wished you could bring him dinner and talk to him about your day. And again, you had trouble falling asleep because you had gotten so comfortable cuddling with David.

Tuesday went by similar to Monday. You hung out with a few of the girls and went hiking with Jeff, knowing David was busy and wouldn't have been able to talk to you all day anyways.

Wednesday was when fans started asking questions about your relationship. They knew both of you were in LA but you hadn't been seen together in a few days and it was starting to worry them. A few of your friends saw the tweets about it and asked you questions, but you lied and said you two were just busy. They were suspicious but not to the point where they were worried. They knew the fans spread rumors like wildfire.

Early Thursday morning was when you heard a knock on the door to your apartment. It was just after 2am so you grabbed your camera, assuming it was David. And sure enough, he was standing in the hallway, awkwardly shifting his weight from foot to foot as he swayed. You swung the door open, David tackling you into a tight hug and peppering your face with kissed.

"I missed you so much, baby," he murmured between kisses.

"What are you doing here?" you asked, pointing the camera at him. "It's the middle of the night and we're only halfway through the week."

"I couldn't do it. I missed you too much," David confessed, holding his hands up in a surrender.

"I missed you, too," you said, turning the camera off and pulling David into your bedroom.

You woke up with David next to you and let out a sigh of relief as you curled up next to him.

After getting breakfast and catching up on the last few days, you took your camera out to record the ending of the video. "So, as you guys just saw, David was the first to crack. What do you have to say for yourself, babe?"

"I admit defeat. I guess I just can’t stay away from my girl for too long," he said and you blushed at his words.

"What did you learn from this challenge? Because I learned that I can't fall asleep with you when I know you're in LA."

"I learned that it's impossibly hard to go out of my way to not talk to you. Like anytime something happened and my first instinct was to call or text you I had to tell myself that I couldn't do it. It got to the point where I made a note in my phone of things I wanted to tell you," he rambled and then suddenly stopped, like he had just processed what you said. "Wait, you can't sleep without me?" he asked and you nodded.

"No, I've gotten so used to cuddling with you and falling asleep next to you that I can't do it anymore."

"Aw, someone's whipped for their boyfriend," David teased.

"Says the one who came over in the middle of the night," you retorted with a sarcastic smile. "By the way, I believe you owe me, you know, since you lost the bet."

"Isn't getting my love and affection and multiple FaceTimes a day enough?" David whined.

"Nope." You shook your head, before leaning over and giving him a quick peck. "You still owe me twenty thousand dollars. Getting your love and affection and FaceTimes back are just an added bonus."

[jisungsmochi]

shining star - chenle

literally came up with this idea at 2am and just kept writing so i’m posting it bc it’s my first chenle imagine and i am pretty proud of it hehe, hope you all enjoy, idk how long this is but its very fluffy and has some angst in you squint. 

prompt(?):

“you have detention?” you question the boy.

“and you’re in a musical?” he strikes back, followed by a small grin.

highschool!au , friends to lovers?, musical themed hehe

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“all students who are taking part in the next musical production, please meet in the theatre after school for your first meeting” the announcement over the speakers echoed through the halls and in classrooms.

“imagine being in the school musical” you heard boys behind you tease, followed by obnoxious laughter. you turned around to see who they were, not to your surprise it was chenle, and his group. chenle’s eyes met yours, he saw the expression on your face and instantly stopped smiling.

what a jerk, you thought to yourself.

you turned back around and resumed listening to the lesson, taking down notes before placing a reminder on your phone that you had a meeting for the musical. you weren’t the lead, this time. but you were hoping that in the next production, you will be. you were happy with playing the supporting role, just as long as you had some lines. the musicals at school were a safe haven for you. you were supported by people who had the same passion and the activities your drama teacher allowed you guys to participate in, made you enjoy lessons even more. although most of the school focused on the sporting teams, you were pleased with the theatre group. aside from occasional teasing, such as from chenle and his friends, you adored being in musicals.

“you haven’t handed in your assignment from two weeks ago, despite the extension. i have to put you in detention” your english teacher shook his head in disappointment as chenle groaned. you weren’t sure if he was annoyed or upset that he was in detention. you could never really tell.

your eyes met his again, he immediately broke the contact and made his way back to his seat.

the bell rang, signalling the end of school. your phone dinged with the reminder for the meeting. you rushed to the theatre, placing your bag in the designated spot and focusing on your teacher’s instructions.

“okay, today will be quite an easy day since it is our first meeting. i will be going over the opening scene with the leads so all other crew members, please begin to brainstorm costume ideas and set designs!” your teacher ordered, and immediately everyone dispersed into their designated roles. you decided you were going to read over your lines and highlight them in some pretty pastel colours. you situated yourself near the steps on the stage, legs crossed and focusing on reading.

after a few scenes, you decided to take a break, something caught your sight on your left. you furrowed your eyebrows and followed your senses. before you knew it, you were met with chenle towering over you, with a blank expression on his face.

“what are you doing here?” you spoke.

“what do you think?” he crossed his arms and looked at his feet.

“you have detention?” you questioned the boy.

“and you’re in a musical” he strikes back, followed by a small grin. you couldn’t help but crack a small smile.

“so what? you’re here to help with the sets?” you questioned him further, honestly trying to pass time.

“i’m more of just a stage hand i guess.” he shrugged, finally looking you in the eyes.

it wasn’t like you hated him. you didn’t really hate people. but sometimes, the things he said just got on your nerves.

“are you the lead, in the musical?” he loosened up, standing more comfortably in front of you as you continued this casual conversation.

“um no i’m not. i’m the supporting lead, it’s still something!” you smiled shyly, afraid he might tease you.

“what? you’re not the lead?? and soojin is? but you’re a great singer” his face was contorted in a confused expression.

“how would you know that?” you perked up, while smiling.

“i’ve heard you at the talent show, and you do know that you post singing videos on instagram?” he chuckled softly, making you pout.

“oh right, well i don’t know, maybe she’s just better at acting!” you tried to excuse, but he wasn’t convinced.

“possibly, well um, while we’re talking, do you mind if we just chill during these meetings? until my detention is lifted and all, i literally have no one” chenle proposed, which made you quite flattered that he enjoyed your company.

“oh yeah sure! i’ll teach you about stage directions and stuff, just so you’re not confused and all” you offered, which caused him to smile widely and nod.

“thankyou so much” he held his hands in a prayer pose.

“my pleasure” you laughed before telling him where to move certain objects.

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two weeks passed by and you’d say that chenle had picked up the theatre terms pretty quickly.

“you sure you don’t wanna be in the musical?�� you joked as he was playing around with the microphone settings.

“oh yeah for sure, can’t believe i missed auditions” he joked in return, shaking his head before handing you the microphone.

“should be good to go” he smiled before giving you a thumbs up. you mouthed a quick ‘thank you’ before facing your teacher. you began singing your duet with the supporting male lead. it was going smoothly until you completely blanked and forgot the next lines. the music automatically stopped,

“y/n! what’s going on? you’ve had 2 weeks to prepare so far” your teacher sounded disappointed and slightly annoyed. you sighed quietly before apologising and running off stage. chenle was about to stop you before you shoved past him, tears leaking from your eyes. he heard your sniffles and ran after you. you stopped running as you left the theatre, backing yourself against the wall. chenle caught up and faced you.

“i can’t do it” you sobbed. your chest was heavy and your breathing was irregular. he noticed and placed a hand on your arm.

“look at me, just calm down first okay? breathe with me. in.... and out” chenle tried his best to help you.

you followed his orders before speaking again.

“i can’t freeze up like that in the real show. i just can’t. i need to keep singing. even if i fuck it up” you sighed to yourself, sliding down the wall to sit on the ground. he copied you and sat next to you, your shoulders touching.

“hey, at least this was rehearsal. you’ve kicked ass, all the way up to now. don’t let this scare you!” he spoke to you in such a lovely manner, it eased your worries.

“i know i know. i just can’t help but feel this way” you look at him. your face stained with tears, but you still gave him a small smile. he wiped some of the tears with his thumbs, before saying,

“let’s cut this rehearsal short. you deserve some ice cream” he pulled you up from the ground and pulled you in for an embrace. you would admit that you had come to a liking of chenle. he was so helpful as a stage hand, and always showed up on time. he always gave you a small thumbs up before you were about to sing, and always waited for you when rehearsal was finished to catch the bus home. you nodded at his offer, grabbing your bag you had placed in your locker and walked out of school with chenle by your side.

—————-

chenle had served his detention, but still remained as a stage hand, in which your teacher didn’t mind as he was genuinely helpful with the props and tech equipment. it was two weeks before opening night. after almost every rehearsal, chenle would be right by your side when going home. the entire time you both had been working together, he hadn’t said one negative thing about musicals. he had become accustomed to the quick paced yet laid back nature of the theatre. but what he wouldn’t admit, is that he enjoyed watching you on stage. you smiled so brightly, you sang like an angel. he couldn’t get enough. his friends often teased him for wanting to remain a stage hand, but he ignored them, knowing it was worth it.

after this particular rehearsal, you ran up to chenle and hugged him tightly. he was taken aback, slowly placing his arms around you and patting your back softly.

“i didn’t make any mistakes today!!” you cheered, pulling away from him, still leaving your hands around his forearm.

“i know! you were great, as usual” he complimented, which made you blush. you shook your head before speaking,

“thankyou for always having my back. i’ll treat you to an early dinner. what do you want?” you offered kindly.

“actually, i have to get back home, but how about, this weekend? we can go out for lunch or something” chenle crossed his fingers in his mind that you would agree. you nodded immediately,

“yeah sure!! message me when you’re free!” you smiled before completely letting go of him and leaving the theatre.

he couldn’t control himself, as he fisted the air and cheered quietly.

————-

saturday afternoon, you had agreed to meet with chenle at your local bowling alley, as the onion rings were to die for there.

you were onto the eighth bowl, chenle leading by 40 points.

“this isn’t fair! you’re too good!” you complain, poking his sides.

“am not! just know where to focus that’s all!” he defends before taking a bite of an onion ring. you giggled before taking your turn.

“here i’ll show you” he came up behind you, helping you position yourself properly.

you felt his fingers touch yours and you couldn’t help but blush.

“okay so you see that middle pin? just try your best to aim there and keep your arm steady!” he looked at you for assurance as you nodded in response. he left your side to watch, as you did exactly what he had said. you both watched as the ball rolled right towards the middle pin, although you did not get a strike you still managed to known down nine pins. you ran over to chenle, arms wide as he embraced you warmly and spun you around shortly.

“did you see that?!” you were ecstatic, he admired your excitement.

“i know!! you’re a pro already” he smiled.

“ah you’re too kind!” you complimented.

on the way back to your house, chenle had been walking close to you, where your shoulder touched and at any moment your fingers would link.

“thank you so much for today!! only a week or so until opening night!! this really helped calm my nerves. i appreciate your support over these past few weeks. i hope we still stay friends after this” you didn’t know why that last sentence felt so uncomfortable to say. you didn’t want to be just friends.

“oh yeah no problem!! you really kept me sane. i’m sorry for talking bad about musicals before, i just never really paid attention to them! you’ll smash it on opening night! i’ll be cheering! and yeah, we will be friends” a part of him felt hurt to finish off that sentence as well.

you gave him one last hug, which lingered for longer than your normal hugs.

“see you next week” you waved before entering your house, watching as he returned the action. what did you get yourself into?

—————-

it was the afternoon of opening night, everyone was running around everywhere. you had just finished the final rehearsal and were currently resting. you sat with chenle outside of the theatre again.

“you nervous?” he questioned, looking over at you.

“a little, i just don’t want to make any mistakes!” you sighed.

“and you won’t! here’s something to make you feel better” he pulled out a small box from his jacket pocket. you raised your eyebrows before opening the box, it was a key ring that had a star hanging from it.

“you didn’t have to get me something oh my god, flowers would have been perfectly fine!” you pulled him closer to you, listening as his laugh filled your ears.

“it’s okay! you deserve it. you’ll still be a star, even if you mess up. you’re such a good performer i can’t stress that enough” he avoided your eyes. you tried to gain his attention again, in which he complied.

“can i tell you something?” your stomach was going so many flips, you couldn’t contain yourself. he nodded slowly, allowing you to continue.

“without you, i would have probably given up by now. thank you for staying by my side. i can’t thank you enough for how nice you’ve been to me. and i think it would be a good time to say that, i really like you. like a lot. like i think about you after every small positive thing that happens to me because you are just such a positive person! and this gift is just so meaningful. you are such an amazing guy, and i hope you like me too” you blurted out , watching as his face became stunned. words refused to leave his mouth. you pouted softly, feeling slightly embarrassed.

“i was going to tell you that i liked you after the musical but you beat me to it. if it weren’t for you, i would have quit being a stage hand after my detention. but i really wanted you to see how amazing you are. i’ve known how amazing you were since the talent show. i was surprised to see that you were a supporting role. you deserve so much more. i admire all of your confidence, and i can’t get enough of you” he spoke with such admiration you began tearing up. you hugged him tightly, refusing to let go, mumbling ‘i like you so much’ in his chest. he softly giggled, “i like you too cutie”.

———

opening night was a success. as the final bows were being taken, you looked over at chenle and ushered him to join you on stage. he quickly shuffled to you and took a bow with the rest of the crew.

“congrats on everything” he whispered to you.

“you’re adorable” you mumbled before placing a quick peck on his cheek. he looked over to you in shock. you were unpredictable, quick witted and he was completely whipped for you.

musicals weren’t so bad after all.

[big-girl-toaster]

Emily Sonnett - player analysis

A compilation of Sonnett‘s strengths, weaknesses (cause everyone has them) and general observations from Portland and USWNT games (mostly from 2018 and 2019) ft. my irrelevant opinion.

Enjoy!

Before I’ll start a few notes:

I’m obviously not a professional soccer analyst person or whatever, so please don’t come for my ass. These are just patterns or reoccurring things in Sonnett’s game I observed while rewatching tons of PTFC and USWNT games. 

I will focus on a few key points, that doesn’t mean that she has deficiencies in other aspects, sometimes it’s just hard to show them and I tried to avoid stating arguments without giving visual evidence. (All the links and credits are below the gifs)

I would love it if you gave additions, feedback or criticism to this post but all in all I just hope that you enjoy reading a bit about Sonnett’s more professional side and soccer tactics in general.

Please let me know if the format is weird, I’m still figuring out how to make big posts.

I sincerely apologize for the low quality of gifs, as I said, I’m figuring things out and I wasn’t able to upload proper clips.

And lastly, Sonnett is a precious little bean and I enjoyed making this more than I should have. Also, did I use this as an excuse to spend days on end rewatching old games? Yes I did.

I will start with three main strengths I think she brings to the pitch:

Communication / Leading the back line                                               (this is in regards to her position with the Thorns, I will talk about the differences between PTFC/USWNT later on)

As a center back you naturally have a more responsible role in terms of shifting players that are in front of you and communicating things to them they can’t necessarily see. Sonnett embraces that role completely and at 25 years old she is at the level of world class CBs in that regard. A lot of players take on that role much later in their career. Her college coach Steve Swanson for the University of Virginia said about her:

"There is a standard of focus and intensity that Emily demands of the players that play around her. She’s not afraid to hold her teammates accountable in that regard. That was one of the unique aspects of our team dynamic this year, is that Emily's style of leadership is different than the team was used to. I think the team has recognized that the qualities Emily has, we need.“

http://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/article/14100802/virginia-emily-sonnett

This clip I wanted to show you is from a situation that is very common for a defensive line but overlooked bc we as viewers naturally tend to look at the movement of the ball. It’s the intentional shifting of the back line in the exact right moment to let an opposing attacker run into offside. In the original video you can hear Sonnett shout “DROP THE LINE“ and Menges and Kling follow her movement which results in Alex being successfully caught offside at the side line. 

((Tumblr won’t let me upload video clips, so here’s a crappy gif (look at Sonny and Menges), click the link to get to youtube, it’s at 21:30))

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JGM6Nju0b4

A simple moment but a very crucial part of back line coordination.

      2.    Box positioning

A.k.a. one of the most important parts of good defending. Sonnett covers runs from attackers almost always with textbook precision. She anticipates passes and is able intercept balls which makes her a proactive rather than a reactive player. When she does have to go for a tackle she brings a feistiness that she probably learnt from a certain Kelley O’Hara I can imagine. She usually opts for slide tackles and that decision could be debatable if you’re the coach but it’s just so good to look at tbh

(credit to @geekmythologys for the last gif)

But anyway, her box positioning. Having watched a lot of games with my eyes glued to number 16, I can of course safely say that Sonnett knows what she’s doing. But I’ve been thinking more and more that she often has a sort of intuitive approach when it comes to box positioning in particular. For this next clip I’m gonna need your opinion. Normally I wouldn’t tell Sonnett to abandon her player in that moment, especially bc it creates a 3v2 situation on the attackers left side and also considering the angle in which Dunn is facing the goal. However, she steps in and is able to block the ball.

to see it properly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ev3SFCmbqQ  at 15:40

What do you think?

Oh and this is just excellent clearance work. AD was certainly hyped about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvcOuadyFu4

    3.   Offensive effort

Sonnett is one of the highest scoring CBs of the league but her offensive efforts aren’t measurable in just goals. For corner kicks she likes to do the near-post run Julie Ertz style and has been successful in the past, most notably the 2-0 in the semifinal 2017 against Orlando (which resulted in this gem of a gif):

She likes to stay up top for a bit when her position is covered by someone else and tbh I’m living for these moments.

Here she encourages quick playing and would have gotten through with it if the nwsl had good refs. She didn’t even touch her. (get it? haha) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOIDLJ4ZL1A

Here she drives the ball after winning it, even if her teammates are pushing up late and then she stays up front to participate in the counter attack. Unfortunately nothing evolves out of this situation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ev3SFCmbqQ

Right. Those were the strengths, in terms of weaknesses, I don’t wanna pick apart the smallest things but this is what I found:

Misjudged midfield positioning

We’ve talked about her excellent positioning in the box, however, a huge part of modern soccer is having the Center Backs pushed up to the half-line (as well as inverted outside backs but that’s another point). And what I’ve noticed is that sometimes during turnovers Sonnett goes in to put pressure on the player and with that an even wider space opens up behind her that the opposing team could exploit. Like in this picture.

Blue is the ball movement, red (Sonnett) goes in when in my opinion green (Lindsey) should have been the one putting pressure on the ball bc now Daly can run into that open space. 

Luckily Sonnett’s speed prevents Houston from getting anything out of it but Daly tried it several times during the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOIDLJ4ZL1A

My second example is that iconic tactical foul against ARod that we all remember.

Her positioning isn’t optimal, Klings pass isn’t the best, ARod gets her off of the wrong foot, she can’t turn around fast enough and has to stop her with a professional foul which is (I’ll say it again) demanded by coaches in situations like that. But anyway, tumblr has talked enough about this game rip

      2. Determining the biggest threat

This is a minor one, because Sonnett is usually really good at reading the game and making the right decisions. However in this game against Australia, she tries to cover the space behind Dahl which is technically reasonable but considering how wide open the Australian is, she should have closed her in earlier. That little hop inside the center of the field made the difference and the opposing player was able to score. 

I think it’s safe to say that stuff like this comes with age and experience. And again, Sonnett is only 25!

(The whole game against Australia is awesome for spotting strengths and weaknesses, plus we get tons of Sonny close-ups thus I can recommend rewatching it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNvE3owllY

Two more things I wanted to include are two risks that could be relevant in the future.

From time to time she doesn’t control her arm movement in the box.

This is obviously the natural thing you do when you make a move like that but with the new rules by Fifa, defenders are more and more limited and this would have been a penalty if it had hit her arm. Idk it could bite her in the ass at some point.

      2. Intuitive positioning 

We’ve talked about this and people might have different opinions on it. I personally think though that this might make the difference between a great and a world class defender. So I say go for it Sonny.

Phew, I’m almost done guys, congrats for getting this far, I hope it’s interesting at all.

The last thing I wanna mention is this: The difference between Portland Sonnett and National Team Sonnett, a.k.a. CB Sonnett and RB Sonnett.

Even though as a right back your role is more offensive, I feel like Sonnett has to be pushed to go for it. She rarely does those runs in behind the winger and towards the end line. When she does it it’s great but compared to Kelley she simply isn’t there yet. It also seems to me like for Portland she takes more liberties in pushing forward which maybe is a confidence thing as well. She is a given for the Thorns but had to fight to regain that roster spot for the NT in 2017 after not being called up for several months. Maybe the fear of making mistakes bc of being out of position hinders her a bit? (I’m saying this while being aware that I of course don’t know what the coaches want her to do and what the different game plans require of her.) Anyway, I love her 1v1 defending as RB. I think she is underrated and absolutely deserves a spot on the Olympic roster next year. 

One last low quality gif because we gotta stay on brand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBNvE3owllY

Well that’s it, I hope you enjoyed it. Again, I’d be grateful for additions, opinions, feedback, whatever. 

Thanks for reading :)

[eldritchsurveys]

778.

What's one thing you have never done? >> I’ve never gone on a cruise.

Why? Is this something you would try in the future if you had the chance? >> I mean, because I can’t afford trips like that. But yeah, I wouldn’t mind going on one if I had the opportunity.

What is one trend you wish you have been a part of? >> ---

Or do you think that following trends is stupid? >> No, I don’t think following trends is stupid. I’m just not interested in any of the ones going around, and I generally prefer to just do my own thing.

Do you enjoy reading fanfictions? About who? Or do you write fanfictions, too? >> I enjoy reading fanfiction about a variety of things, although I don’t read a lot of it because I just don’t have time/energy for it. I used to write fanfiction quite often, but now it’s a rarer occasion. I mostly just make informal posts about my characters and headcanons nowadays and hope one day I’ll get enough material for a full fic.

What is something you own that you wish was in your favorite color? >> I can’t really think of anything. It’s more a colour I prefer as an accent, anyway.

^ What is your favorite color anyway? >> Gold.

What grade will you be in next school year? Or have you graduated? If so, do you plan on going to college right away? If not, what do you plan to do then? >> ---

Is there someone from your past that you wish you had dated? >> No.

Can you snap with both your hands? If not, which hand can you snap with? >> I can snap with both hands.

On a scale of 1 to 10, how tolerant are you when it comes to gory movies? >> 10, I guess. I’m very tolerant of gore (although that doesn’t mean I don’t get annoyed by it when it’s just excessively gratuitous and doesn’t add anything at all to the scene).

What internet browser do you use? >> Firefox.

What is your opinion on Ke$ha? Do you listen to her? Or do you think her songs are catchy but uses too much auto-tune? >> I don’t think I’ve ever heard a Ke$ha song. I know one of my mutuals likes her, and the times when he posts about her is the only time I really even remember she exists.

^ Do you consider that talent at all? >> Do I consider auto-tune to be talent? Well, putting aside the fact that I think “talent” is a weird myth and “skill” is more appropriate when it comes to talking about these things... I don’t really know how auto-tune works, and whether one needs to be at least baseline-skilled in holding a tune first or whether the machine can hide even the greatest of singing sins. I just don’t know anything about auto-tune.

Do you like cosplays? >> I do like cosplays.

If you were to participate in one, what/who would you dress up as? >> Can Calah.

Do you sometimes answer surveys with "Idk"/"Idr" because you're too lazy? >> I answer with idk/idr because I literally don’t know or remember.

Are you usually open to trying a new food that you aren't familiar with? >> Yeah.

Have you ever tYpEd tHiS wAy (Be honest!)? If so, tell me the first time you got into it: >> No, I’ve never typed that way.

Have you ever acted like a bitch and used PMS as an excuse? >> No.

Do you know someone who brushes their teeth in the shower all the time? >> I mean, maybe? I imagine a lot of people do that, it makes a certain kind of sense. Also, it’s good for executive dysfunction, because it consolidates steps.

Have you ever tried doing that? Did you like it? Why or why not? >> I’ve never tried doing it because I have my own routine for that sort of thing and I’d hate to break it.

Do you like countdown surveys? Or are you like me who suck at them? >> I don’t take them.

Have you ever had to perform a monologue before? >> No.

Have you ever helped/taught someone older than you how to use email before? >> Not email, but the internet.

Speaking of which, are you patient when it comes to instructing others? >> Sure. If I wasn’t patient, I wouldn’t want to instruct anyone -- it’s not helpful and just adds unneeded stress for the learner.

Do you ever worry about people finding your layout annoying? >> No, because it’s too basic to be annoying. As much as I like pretty things, most of the time when people make “pretty” tumblr layouts they’re always fucking impossible to actually use.

What is the stupidest bandwagon you've ever jumped in to? >> ---

Do you listen to Panic At The Disco? If so, how do you feel about Ryan and Jon leaving the band? >> Panic! at the Disco is a band I listen to, yeah, but I don’t know a single thing about the actual people in the band.

When someone's being rude to you, how do you usually respond? >> I mean, I face actual rudeness so infrequently that I don’t think I have a usual response. I’d probably be so taken aback that I wouldn’t even know how to react.

Do you like kids? Why or why not? >> Sure, most of the time. Because.... like, they’re people? I like people, generally. I also dislike some people, and so equally I dislike some children.

Do you not mind having dogtears on your books or do you prefer using bookmarks? If so, how many bookmarks do you have? >> I don’t mind dog-earing books. I don’t mind doing anything to books, it’s just paper and ink. I do not worship paper and ink.

What is your biggest pet peeve? >> Well, since we’re on the subject of books, people acting like reading ebooks or listening to audiobooks isn’t “”���real””” reading -- is a pet peeve of mine. Also when people are just superior about being “a reader” in general, like. I don’t know when books/reading became such a status symbol (probably loooong before I was born), but I really don’t care for it.

[shhhhyoursister]

For the fanfic asks: 3, 17, 21, 22

omg im so sorry i didnt answer these last night i got super distracted BUT im logged tf on now so here we go!!!

3.  favorite line/scene you wrote this year

this is so hard oh my GOD okay let me think i need to open my masterlist i think....okay im gonna do scene and line cause i cant choose and also these arent my faves these are just the ones i could think of rn that i really really enjoyed writing

scene: i gotta say honestly the whole lead up to/first kiss scene in ncu was?? so fun to write??? like i tried to take the actual first kiss scene but but that version of davenzi in it and changed the setting and shit, but once i figured out how i wanted it to go down writing it was!!!! so fun!!!!! also i had no idea that i like,, super paralleled the skamfr first kiss scene until @chlouais told me which is HILARIOUS

line: this is so much harder tbh because ive just written.....SO much guys, like SO much. im gonna kinda cheat and post more of a section than a line but

“i bet you never imagined having a boyfriend like me, huh?” and matteo gets off the bed to stand in front of him, and he grabs davids cheeks and makes him look up so he can see matteos smile as he says, “i mean i always hoped id have a super hot boyfriend whos also sweet and funny and loves me as much as i love him, but youre right, i never imagined id get one.”

ive always been a fan of this part of this lil hc thing i wrote, idk it just...felt really good and stillf feels really good to read ya know??

17.  fics you’ll continue next year

so basically all of them?? ralau has two chapters left and ncu has about 4 (as of right now lmao) so yeah those are both gonna be finished next year!!! and i mean ive started outlining a couple of other au ideas so idk if that counts but im going to continue working on those next year!!!!!!

21.  most memorable comment/review

oooh this is really tough because i get so many lovely comments and thigns and my answer is kind vague but anytime somebody says that i write davenzi really in character?? like i feel like ive spent hours analyzing every frame of s3 and ive never felt so like.....i guess just attached to a pair of characters, so its really nice when people think i capture their vibe :,)

22.  events you participated in this year

okay this one makes me so sad because :((( god i wouldve loved to do all the different things that this amazing beautiful creative fandom has come up with to pass the hiatus but i knew that i would be too busy to be able to guarantee having something done!! god it wouldve been so fun and anytime i saw one of those event things going on id get super excited i just :(( didnt wanna let people down!!!!!!

[yeetdam]

Could you ship your mutuals with silverboys/treasure 13? I’m curious 🙀

smh i accidentally closed the tab before i could save it fml but anyway: instead of studying maths and after killing my body with a 45 min workout, i am here to answer this ask that was long overdue thank you anon for being so curious uwu!! also i apologize i might’ve got carried away skjdl and this is not proofread in any shape or form

@yoonbins x yoonbin is the couple that tries to keep it low but everyone knows that they’re a thing imo 💖 mini god kara i’m not trying to call you out but yoonbin would gladly accept that s***** from you anytime úwù skinship in public isn’t really their thing, but if bin is feeling bold, he’d secretly hold her hand under the desk klasjdklajs kara isn’t one to show her emotions a lot but it’s fine bc yoonbin is an attentive guy and just knows how smitten he is for her!!! not really the most romantic couple out there, but when it comes to banter? OOF nobody can beat them what a pure relationship (also, expect long cuddle sessions when it’s just the two of them teehee)

@byounggonsgf x byounggon is the power couple everyone on ygtb tumblr and their MUMS know of and approve of: first of all, visual wise?? GOD TIER. SUPERIOR. YOU WISH. we all know how much of a visual kweenie angel zeen is, and we all know how hot gon is (pls the entire fandom has a crush on him) and the two combined?? YOUR FAVS COULD NEVER (unless your favs are zeen and gon uwu) also, just one glance at zeen’s tags just show how much love she harbors for him and i imagine her to be the type to write stuff abt him in a seperate notebook and when gon finds out, he’ll go all out and arrange some romantic candlelight dinner or shit 💖 in other words, they’re the disgustingly sweet couple you’d see in romance anime uwu

@ggoncafe x byounggon is also a ship i advocate !!! he’d do anything to make ess smile and laugh; it’s one of his fav sights after all - especially that thing that ess does where she scrunches her nose whenever she laughs??? he is SOLD. WHIPPED. IN AWE. i feel like gon can be quite the romantic in his way and would write so many songs abt ess lskjdlkj aside of that, ess strikes me as the type to annoy the shit out of him just for fun LMAO - it’s nothing bad, imagine this: she’d text him in capslock and keyboard smashes just to garner his attention and then, he’d face time her and try to be fed up but in reality? he’s glad she did that? bc that gives him the perfect excuse to see her lkjsdj 

say what you want; okay cool you think the earth is flat fine then but not thinking that @mashilove x byounggon is a cute ship? sis you’re abt to cATcH ThESe HaNDs - uyen radiates something akin to big mom energy: maybe it’s partly bc she’s just as old as gon but her tags to everyone just SCREAM soft protective nature 💖 also i feel like uyen, as great as she is, sometimes deals with huge insecurity issues and gon would try his best to lift up her spirits and convince her that she is a beautiful child of the angels the world doesn’t even deserve!!! we are talking abt gon dedicating 28398309 songs to her and cuddle attacks and soft shit oof

looking back i realize byounggon also has a mf power harem and to finish it off, i also think that @speckofglitter x byounggon is the couple you should be scared of. why scared? bc they’re gonna make you set your standards so impossibly high AND THATS THE TEA 💖 gon picking up tiyi after her lectures at university? every time when he can afford to? which is pretty much every second day? and if he has much free time before he’d make sure to buy some food for tiyi? it doesn’t help that he’s a soundcloud rapper of course everyone’s gonna have high standards! it doesn’t stop there tho; just imagine them trying some couple dances like ellen and Brian hnnngh 

@junkyeu x junkyu is ! so ! pure !!!! junkyu would be so so smitten and so so proud of Linh and he’d take any opportunity to boast abt her. she’s so beautiful? he’d say that to every second stranger they pass by. she’s a multilingual queen? he’d tweet it out several times a day, post it on his snapchat, probably write it on a wall “LINH IS A MULTILINGUAL LEGEND YOUR S/O COULD NEVER 💖“ and so on. he is so damn supportive up to the point where it might be a little excessive to her but she still loves him dearly :’) the harshest thing she might do is prolly insult him lightly in any language he doesn’t understand LMAOOO

1/3 of the seunghun harem ship i support is @kimseunghoney x seunghun ! yet another couple that would flaunt that they’re together but guess what?? everyone is LIVING for it 💖 christina is such a soft fluffball who’s trying her best to get through her exams and seunghun being the supportive (yet needy) boyfriend he is, would partly distract her partly help her?? he’d be the type to randomly come over to her place with the reason of wanting to help her study bc ! good ! grades ! is ! what ! she ! wants ! but then five minutes later, he’d try to get her to take a break and then woo her to a nap bc she’s been working so hard uwu (also, the perfect timing for him to fill up his camera roll full of pics of christina saljdlk)

2/3 of the seunghun harem is @seunghunies x seunghun 💖 now with those two combined,,,, get ready for the skinship and disgustingly domestic and tooth rotten fluff between them uGh [edit: the latter got deleted WHY TUMBLR WHY SMH so starting here is the cont.] seunghun is the type to show off that vale is his up to the point where he might shove it up everyone and their mum's faces jskdk but it's full of love!!! Snapchat? Instagram? Everywhere — he's gonna say how much he loves vale during an ig live or in his story dedicated to vale and vale ONLY 💞🤧 also!!! Restaurant dates!!!! So many!!!! They'd go taste testing in the entire city !!!! And he'd take so many pics of her and the best thing abt the cute shit? Vale plays along!! (At least most of the time teehee) say he'd want her to pose for the camera? She'd gladly do it- unless she's feeling a little sneaky then she'd do anything to mess up the snapshot kajdjdjkdk we love banter 😜💓

3/3 of the harem is @seunghunn x seunghun uwu THE. SOFTEST. COUPLE. IN THE UNIVERSE. mashikyu doesn’t compare anyway, we’ve already established how much of a passionate lover hun is right?? and i peg seunghun the type to crave his s/o’s attention at any time possible so if you ever lay his eyes off him, he’d do anything to win your attention back! perhaps one might say that maddi cherishes her sleep more than our #1 furry king and if she’s particularly stressed, she’s heading straight to her bed and to the one-hour nap she desperately needs. depending on how hun is feeling, he might either a) play the big spoon and nap with her sdjlkjsa or b) be the whiny bitch he is and try to wake her up (ofc only if he’s 100% sure that she wouldnt mind as much as usual) 💖 in case he guessed wrong and woke her up while she’s pissed, he’d make up with some good homecooked food UGH

@moonxlika x hyunsuk is the badass couple who always hype one another up you don’t even KNOW. be it a competition or a game, you can bet that one is cheering for the other - unless they both participate, then it’d be a mixture of “good luck uwu” or “i’m gonna beat your ass just watch me” 💖 they’re the type to bond over their music taste and seriously lika and hyunsuk aren’t afraid to show that they’re a thing it’s so cute kljfl you know that some ppl get embarrassed when their s/o suddenly does a hoe drop or dresses really hot like with chokers or shit? then there are some ppl who get pissed / jealous / idk at least not embarrassed and shy when their s/o does that? neither of them fall into any of those types. say hyunsuk is suddenly out there with a choker and what do i know a mesh shirt? lika strikes me as someone who’d go yES BITCH THAT HOT DUDE RIGHT THERE IS MY BOYFRIEND SEE HIM and say lika pops of on the dance floor, hyunsuk would be like mY GIRLFRIEND HAS SOME MOVES Y’ALL 

whereas lika x suk could be classified as one of the more hard couples on the spectrum, @hyunsukmyass x hyunsuk is the epitome of bubblegum and sugar and (perhaps little) spice (at least that’s what everyone thinks but sshhh) 💖 i feel like in public suk would try hard to have the image of being sim’s edgy boyfriend but little does he know that sim dishes out the truth to all of her friends HDSJKHSKJ like that one time suk admitted his wallet was suffering due to the bouquet of flowers he bought her when sim was feeling low? or the time where he put his pride and sanity aside and took care of her when she was sick even tho it was a given that he’d get infected too? everyone knows and whereas suk is HIGHkey embarrassed to a certain extent, he’d try to find something he can tease sim with!! and then… he finds it... cute shit sim writes abt suk…. or even worse… her fanfics abt celebrity xy and suk has a LOT of fun teasing her with it ksajdkljkl he’d never say anything negative but once in a while he’d go like “so,,, sim,,,, wanna recreate that one scene you wrote in fanfic xy?” or even “hey what do you think if i were a rocker but also super super good at school?” gET READY FOR THE BANTER AND LAUGHTER AND TICKLE FIGHTS THAT FOLLOW SUIT