#it all makes sense nowwwww

[darabeatha]

[tragedybunny]

Helloooooooooo! I saw that you were taking Astarion requests, and I’ve had something living rent free in my head for awhile nowwwww.

Basically, how would Astarion do with an s/o who is able to handle him well because of their own traumatic past? Maybe s/o came from a controlling/abusive household, so they already had to teach themself what a stable relationship looks like, and can now apply that here.

Essentially, I keep thinking about Astarion talking about how “patient” tab is with him when romantically involved, and I just keep thinking of s/o responding by saying “someone had to be patient with me too, Astarion. I learned the importance of it from that”

This has been awhile, I hope I put something together that works. Apologies for the wait. 💖

Until the World Falls Down - Astarion x F!Reader -

Love isn't always easy, but Astarion is worth having patience for.

You weren’t sure exactly where the argument came from or how it reached a boiling point at such speed. Astarion had been complaining that your house, the little house in the lower city that you loved so much because it belonged to the two of you, didn’t feel terribly secure. True, it was left empty while you traveled, looking for a way he could walk in the sunlight again, but Dammon was stone’s throw away, along with a number of the other tieflings from the Grove. When you’d been asked by the city’s rulers what you wanted in return for your heroics, a place you and him could call home was all you could think of. 

“I’m just saying we could look for something else,” he snips, pushing things further.  

There’s a rising pounding in your head, he’s giving into the paranoia. This was the inheritance passed down from Cazador, an endless fountain of ill that also included outbursts of anger, fits of melancholy, and more guilt than you could have ever imagined he was capable of. “Love,” you try your best to diffuse it, something you’ve grown well practiced with, “this is our home, I don’t want to change it.” 

He snorts, “I don’t know why I expected you to understand, you had all the safety and security in the world and ran from it.”

The words sting in a way you’re not prepared for, it’s not the first time he’s lashed out at you, but he’s never weaponized your past before. “Astarion, that…that hurts.” 

“What? It’s the truth, a pampered little noble girl who fled her sheltered life, because it was what, boring? Do you know what I would’ve given to be in your place?” 

You stare at him wide-eyed, gasping at what feels like a ruptured wound in your chest. There’s only been bits and snatches of your past he’s been able to learn, the Warlock pact making it impossible to reveal all. But it’s shattering to have that little bit he knows turned on you. Fingernails curling into the palms of your hand, you try to steady your breathing, reminding yourself he really doesn’t know everything, he can’t tell how deeply those words cut. But you’re no saint, sometimes the pain is too much. “Gods, you really don’t care if you hurt me, do you?” All you’ve ever asked of him is love, and you die a little inside when he can’t seem to give it, even if you know why. “I need some air,” turning you stalk away from him and your little kitchen you adore, where tea sits now growing cold, towards your front door, tears blossoming that you fight, and memories you've locked away pushing to the front of your mind. 

Maybe it’s your words, maybe it’s the hard reality of your hand pulling the door open, but behind you, Astarion quietly exclaims,“no.” He sounds far away though, sounds and shapes from another time clouding your senses. 

Beyond your threshold, Baldur's Gate bustles in the early dawn light, but you only see bleak halls, filled with looming dread, and hear the whispers of the House of Air and Darkness. Push past it, you tell yourself, one foot crossing into the warm light. You're running, maybe that's what you're good at, maybe he's right, you run when you shouldn’t. Another breath, you're standing just outside the door. The noise of the city starts to pull you out of the past. 

A hand grabs at your’s. “Don’t leave m-” his words end in a hiss of pain.

Shaking your head, you finish pushing back at the past to find Astarion’s hand clutching yours, starting to smolder in the sun. “Astarion, stop.” 

“No, what if you don’t come back?” He’s frantic, tugging you back toward the shelter of the darkness inside the door. The scent of his flesh starting to singe fills your nostrils. The churning maelstrom of emotions hasn’t calmed enough, leaving you rooted where you stand. “Damn it,” grimacing, he takes a step forward, towards you, towards the light. 

As though you’d been under a slow spell that finally releases you, there’s understanding, and you lunge toward him, pushing him back into the safety of your home, door slamming in your wake. Arms wrap around him as he clings to you, he’s quivering. Sinking to the floor, the sounds of rough sobbing start to escape from him. “I’m sorry Love,” you whisper, trying your best to soothe him, while your own mind recovers.  

Words tumble out between fits of crying. “Not your…sorry…don’t know why…didn’t mean that…don’t leave me.” 

“Hush, Sweetheart, I promise I’m not going anywhere.” It aches inside, you didn’t mean to frighten him. 

With gentle words and touches, you try to calm him until he finally stills in your arms. “Why?” 

“What?”

“Why aren’t you leaving? Why do you stay? I’m a monster, no better than Cazador, turning your words back on you to torture you.” There’s no tears, but you realize it’s only because he’s too tired to keep crying. 

“You are not a monster Astarion, your emotions get the better of you sometimes.” Leaning down, you kiss the crown of his head, his forehead, his cheek, anywhere you can get. “I know you’re trying.” 

“How can you be so patient with me?” His hand searches out yours. 

Once, you lived in a world where only power mattered, where your parents would’ve given you to a monster to secure their place. But you were shown a better way. “Someone was patient with me too once. She showed me how to love, I think she saved my life.” You stop there, knowing the price for saying more. 

Astarion doesn’t ask either, understanding you can’t. “I can do better,” he promises earnestly.

“I know you will, but you’re still healing. And I’m sorry I let it get to me.” 

“No,” quickly, he sits, eyes locked onto yours, “you have feelings too, and it’s not fair for me to hurt you just because I hurt. I will do better, you deserve better from me, after everything you’ve done.”

You look at him, a teary wreck, and realizing you’re probably not much better yourself, lose yourself to an unexpected giggle. "Gods, we're a mess. I love you." 

"Speak for yourself, I'm perfection." he laughs, laying his head back on your shoulder. "I love you too, more than anything."

[mydearesthrry]

i loveddd the musician reader blurb 🥹🥹 would loveee to see more

a/n: I LOVED WRITING IT THANK U FOR THIS ANON. enjoy my babies <3 i have an fc for musician!yn x har and its gonna be gracie abrams :p

warnings: nonesies, fluff!!

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“hey, h?” Y/N called from her spot on the sofa, her laptop on her lap as she scrolled through the files for her next project, entitled five seconds flat.

“yeah, baby?” he shouted back, his footsteps soon following his words as he walked through their house, sitting next to Y/N when he arrived. “whats wrong?”

“um, to be honest, i- i don’t even really know. i just think something’s missing from here,” she sighed, running a hand through her hair. “like, i love it so far, but it’s missing something. i think it’s missing it’s ‘overarching love’ song. which is really stupid because this album has so many love songs.”

“not really.” he replied simply, shrugging and looking at her.

“what do you mean? there’s tons!”

“really? like what? go through the tracklist, baby.”

she rolled her eyes, mumbling a ‘fine!’, before pulling up the tracklist. “see! um, all my ghosts, what a shame? kinda?”

“exactly.” he stated, giggling at his wife.

“you’re so annoying. can you help me? please?”

he scoffs playfully, “as if i didn’t produce nearly the entire thing f’you, but sure.”

“okay, so i’m thinking of a poem that i wrote a long time ago called lame, and i wanna work on that. it was right before i told you i loved you.”

after cracking open y/n’s journal and flipping through the pages, they had finally had a song.

“fucking finally, holy shit!” she shouted, clapping as she collapsed on harry who laid sprawled on the couch.

“y’still gotta record it, m’precious wife,” he giggled. “and find a feature. since we decided that’s what we’re doing, f’some reason.”

“fuck my life,” she groaned, twisting in her spot to attach her cheek to his chest, hair fanning out around her and nearly tickling his nose. “why can’t you do it with me?”

“no.”

“harry,”

“no.”

“harry!”

“no, dude!”

“harry,” his wife stressed, holding the ‘y’. “pretty please? i’ll do that thing you like with my mouth?” she offered, knowing he wouldn’t refuse that.

“oh my god, fine! but this is the first and last collab im doing!” he grumbled exasperatedly.

“thank you, oh my god!” she squealed, running over to him and jumping, legs wrapping around his legs and her arms crossing around his neck.

“whatever. better hold up your end of the bargain.” he rolled his eyes, his hypocritical hands coming down to rest on her waist.

she grinned, jumping down from him and placing her hands on his chest. blinking up at him owlishly, she ran her hands down his torso and murmured, “i plan to, handsome. i’ll even start right now.”

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yourinstagram: took a tiny break and ended up at long pond with my beautiful producer husband <3. u have to wait to hear what we made there,,, butttt….. HATE TO BE LAME FT HARRY STYLES IS OUT NOWWWWW LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU

pinned yourinstagram: ps our faces when we cant figure out a chord progression 😭😭😭

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> harrystyles: Rude.

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> yourinstagram: madisonbeer we miss u our precious daughter

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harrystyles: HATE TO BE LAME. OUT NOW.

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yourinstagram: 🤭🤭🤭

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> harrystyles: I love you moresies. Xx

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> user7: yes!!! yn’s sister was a mechanic for ferrari and is now lando’s race engineer so they all get along really well!

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[thecryingastrologer]

A hot take on tarot and tarot readings🌚🌝

DO NOT 🚫 PLAGIARISE MY WORK. IF YOU WANT TO REPOST IT GIVE ME THE CREDITS💌🧿

Hey you guys❤️ it's been a long time since I've posted on here. I had a lot going on and i have so much to share with you guys. I'm officially a clg student and I've been trying to figure out how this clg stuff works and i can safely say, I've figured out enough at this point. I will be becoming more regular now onwards by posting at least once a week so that you guys don't feel like you're following a dead account. I will admit I've been active on Tumblr but didn't post as I felt very disconnected with astrology and tarot. I felt like i didn't wanna do it because I had a lot of things going on and was trying to figure my self out but came to a realisation about my inclination towards spirituality and the reason why I created this account. Thankyou all for being by my side and still viewing my content, engaging with me and following. I'm eternally grateful for it and wish to repay you all back by bringing life to this account🧿🫀🤍🙏

Soooooooooo, let's start off with something that may rub ppl the wrong way but😘

So I started getting into tarot a while ago and have been following and engaging liking and all alot of tarot pages on this app, which i will say are very good. Like alot of the readers on here are very good🧿 and not just here but also on YouTube.

All of these opinions are my own thoughts and observations and NOT a fact so 🌼

🌺 i feel like a lot of ppl who turn to tarot readings do not accept what the readers say because they don't want to hear anything other than their expected thoughts.

🌺 Alot of the tarot accounts on YouTube and Twitter tend to sugar coat what the cards are saying. In the sense, that they will somehow manage to manipulate even the most straightforward reading to cater to the audience instead of being upright with it. Like the cards will say one thing and the reader will either completely change the meaning of it or try to manipulate the meaning. Nowwwww, ik alot of yall will say that sometimes the intuition is just different than the meaning and i agree but I'm talking abt the ones who straight up manipulate tarot for views and engagement and such ppl are clowns who should stop this kinda nonsense for their 2 min fame and learn how to be honest.

🌺 Now, you see, there's a reason all these tarot readers on this plateform tend to tell you to use your discernment and get in touch with your intuition and it's because spirituality today, is not limited to only a certain group. Anyone can get into tarot and astrology but not everyone is spritual and give 2 stones about its art and essence. These ppl will try to manipulate the fuck out of you so that you either stop using your intuition and discernment orrrrr start trusting them too much to a point where you rely on them energetically, if you know what I mean.

🌺 You should take tarot and astrology with a grain of salt. Remember, nothing is set in stone. It always changes and that is the beauty of it. Speaking from personal experience, it is very easy to get addicted to tarot readings. I remember, i started off with one video and then got hooked to it and stopped using my own discernment. Now, i tend to use my discernment and remember that at the end of the day, the power lies in my hands.

🌺 Continuous use of tarot readings will make out of touch with reality and your own intuition. I remember i used to feel very mindless after consuming alot of tarot readings and thay was because I was living in my own dillusion that got created because of excessive tarot readings. So go for tarot readings but don't become chronically dependant on it.

🌺 it is fine if you don't agree with a reading but do not go around disrespecting the readers who are genuinely doing it for you and put actual effort into their content.

THANKYOU Y'ALL FOR MAKING IT TO THE END OF THIS POST. ILYSM YOU GUYS SO MUCHHH🧿🫀❤️

[noname-nonartist]

Okay, so this is just mostly me spitballing and rambling and thus take everything I say within this post with a hugggggggge pile of salt.

Especially since I’m just writing this on the top of my head and using my memory. And if you know me, you know my memory be basically a gold fish. So like the accuracy of these statements and observations are gonna be very shaky.

But I still wanna ramble a bit since this has been bouncing in my head for a bit soooo...

The topic of today brain rot rambling is comparing and contrasting the Hinomori sisters from the hit mobile rhythm game featuring Hatsune Miku “Project Sekai” with the Zenin Sisters from the hit traumatizing shonen jump manga “Jujutsu Kaisen”!

Why these two pairs of sisters? Well, because I like them both. And my brain just wanna compare them to try and make sense on why I personally love them by seeing how they differ and what similarities they might have. It’s like… comparing ya favorite plushies, ya know?

Like, obviously they are different, but there’s some overlapping surface level similarities that I wanna point out too.

So yeah! Let’s Go!!!! (My rambles under the cut)

Let’s starts with the Similarities~

Both sisters were very close when they were younger but by the time we see them as teens within the plot there’s a huge distance between them due to circumstances.

And like close close, where they both used to dress the same and have similar hairstyles.

That’s not all! There’s another similarity that I wanna point out. But first… Let’s introduce the characters!

Let’s start with describing the older sisters!

Maki (from what I can remember) is determined to prove her worth and existence within jujutsu society by being the strongest sorcerer despite not having any curse energy. This leads to Maki leaving the Zenin Clan in pursuit of this personal goal.

Shizuku is a person who’s been thrust into the idol spotlight after one of her “friend” put her name in the auditioning contest and won. (I put friend in quotations because we never seen this friend in game atm iirc, and like. What kind of friend does that?). The idol industry forces Shizuku needing to put up a “perfect” image of herself due to her being the most popular one within the group. The other group members slowly become toxic towards Shizuku after a mix of jealousy and feeling like they were being used due to Shizuku always having the attention, despite the members working so hard to support her.

Now let’s look at the younger sisters!

Mai (again, from what I can remember correctly) is someone who’s was born with a weak curse technique, and was unfortunately forced to become a jujutsu sorcerer by the Zenin Clan despite disliking fighting and being scared of cursed spirits. Mai is still living within the Zenin Clan, and if ya know the Zenin Clan then ya know they be toxicccc.

Shiho is a passionate person who wish to become a professional bass guitar player. Her drive to become a serious professional caused a rift between her and the music club she was in middle school, due to Shiho being up their lack of dedication. This sparks the rumor and reputation of Shiho being cold and rude within the school.

Now from my descriptions, one can may say that “Hey! I see another similarity! Maki and Shiho are very driven individuals while Mai and Shizuku are people who’s been unfairly thrust into a position that they have no control over!”

And then I would say… “Yeah! I personally see that too!”

However, there’s also another similarity between them all.

And it’s that… both pair of sisters has huge communications issues that cause the drift between them.

But the huge difference is… the reasons for their lack of communication.

Transitioning to Differences nowwwww~

A huge thing about Maki is that… she essentially abandoned Mai when she left the Zenin Clan. Maki has a good reason too, since the Clan is extremely toxic and abusive. But that still doesn’t erase the fact that Maki still left Mai alone.

Maki was essentially the first one to start drifting away when she left Mai to purse on being the strongest sorcerer. Maki didn’t even necessarily thought about Mai when she left, not entirely imo.

And Mai, obviously doesn’t react too kindly too this abandonment.

Mai resulted to throwing verbal abuse and insults back at Maki in order to get some sort of reaction from her. Since to Mai, getting a negative response is better than getting no response at all.

Rather than completely telling Maki her feelings Mai rather continue that distance between them by throwing harmful words towards her own twin sister. Because Mai rather hide behind her mask of being the ‘mean and bad’ twin than be vulnerable.

However, Mai is also being selfish too. Mai rather have Maki stay within the abusive household with her rather than being alone. Again, it makes sense why Mai wants that, since she rather put her head down and continue just being house servants than being forced to become a sorcerer and fight terrifying creatures.

But Mai is essentially being toxic towards Maki too by wanting to drag her down with her rather than be glad that Maki is now no longer within the Clan.

Maki isn’t a saint either tho. Since Maki doesn’t fully understand Mai. I mean. You can’t really fully blame her since Mai be throwing the nastiest words at her.

But, Maki intentionally thought Mai became a sorcerer by her own choice rather than the reality of being forced into it.

Hell, Maki even doesn’t understand why Mai is even friends with Kasumi Miwa when she first meet Kasumi.

And after Maki and Mai fought within the Kyoto vs Tokyo fight, and Maki won. Maki still abandons and left Mai alone within the forest by herself. Even after when Mai finally expresses her grievances of Maki abandoning her. In which Maki just apologize and says that she would have hated herself if she’s stayed.

Which again. Is fully understandable, however. Maki essentially missed the point still and not fully realized the pain she caused towards Mai. Sure Maki apologized, but still essentially abandoned Mai within the forest for her to cry alone. Maki sees the pain that Mai is experiencing but doesn’t fully understand Mai herself.

Am I making sense?

Anyway… enough about them! Time to talk about the Hinomori sisterssssss!!!

The hugest, and biggest difference that the Hinomori sisters has over the Zenin twins is that…

Shizuku fully understands Shiho. Like completely. Shizuku’s understands Shiho’s tendency to be more independent and wanting to go by her own rules and standards.

Even as kids, when Shizuku sees how sadden little Shiho was when their mother is unable to show up to pick them up, Shizuku still comforts her and tells her it’s okay to cry and that Shizuku would always be there for her.

However, since Shizuku deeply cares for Shiho and wants to be a good older sister towards her. Shizuku essentially hides her pain away from Shiho. And doesn’t tell her any of the struggles and pain she’s experiencing within the idol industry. Because Shizuku essentially doesn’t want to burden her younger sister.

And Shiho. Shiho also doesn’t communicate to Shizuku about her intense loneliness and rumors she faces during her time in middle school. Because Shiho doesn’t want Shizuku to worry about her.

Sure. A part of it is due to Shiho wanting to be independent and being serious on being a pro bass player. But Shiho has shown tendencies to be separate from the people she deeply cares about for their sakes.

For instance, she stopped talking to her childhood best friends Saki and Ichika due to her not wanting to drag them down within the rumors that’s been spreading throughout the school.

Hence why Shiho started to distance herself from her own sister.

Of course, Shizuku noticed that Shiho’s is hiding her pain. But Shizuku also deeply understands that Shiho isn’t the type of person that would openly admit to her pain (hell, as kids Shiho would try and bottle up her feelings and hides it), so Shizuku resorted to being openly affectionate and clingy towards Shiho.

Sure, Shizuku is being overbearing, but she’s doing it to show Shiho that it’s okay to confide to her whenever she can if she’s feeling down.

And with Shiho, being Shiho. She would rather keep hiding her pain than be a burden to Shizuku.

However, Shiho also realized that Shizuku is suffering from the idol industry, but Shiho never really have the courage to have Shizuku speak about it.

I think a reason for it is that Shiho has a track record of always saying the wrong things and making the situations worse. So Shiho is very hesitant to approach the situation due to that fear of making things worse.

Basically…

Maki and Mai became distant due to both of them being selfish.

Whereas, Shizuku and Shiho became distant due to both of them being selfless.

Of course their circumstances are completely different. Like the Hinomori’s actual have caring and loving parents, they were just very absent due to their busy schedules. Compare that to the Zenin household…

Also. It benefits to not having to fight terrifying monsters within their world too. Like the Hinomori get to be normal teen girls, something Mai wants (and would be very jealous of lol). And like Shizuku is a year older than Shiho, so it also make sense why she considers her role as older sister important. Compared to Maki’s views since she’s only the older twin of the two.

But yeahhh. Still wanna talk about these two pair of sisters and stuffff~

Thank you for listening to my Ted Talk!

I’m sure that all my points would be debunked since my media analysis skills do be boo-boo~ :’3c

[daisukemouthwashin]

SPOILERS but boy did i read the new tf2 comic 7

ngl the announcer was bad as HELLLLL even when she was dust. i want that old woman

at first i was opposed to scout and soldier having children but tbh it makes the most sense for them, if it was someone like heavy i wouldve crashed out. scout is forever cursed to have multiple children with an absent partner, he gets it from his mom. AND SOLDIER… i shouldn’t have been surprised lol

OLIVIAAAAAAAA i loved that she got to grow up and live her life, plus her teenage design scratches a nice itch in my brain…. LOVE HER!!!!!! no odea whats shes doing but i hope its something cool like building jets or hiking up mountains.

PYRO RAISED THE DOG… THE DALMATION LIVES!!

rlly wished pauling was at the table with them but its okay :) shes a busy woman

also rejoicing over scout and pauling not getting together. i have a lot to say on scout actually.

HIS NAME IS WILLIS??? HE HAS A MULLET NOWWWWW?!!!?!!?

WAS SCOUT TAKING THE SURNAME OF HIS WIVES?? mother behavior. it takes a real man to be a single mom of 10

this is the 2nd time spy has influenced a child into assassin activity

WE STILL DONT KNOW WHATS UP WITH BLU TEAM lol

kinda sad that pyro and demo didn’t get much spotlight but we cant all be winners. at least engi got his few lines in :P

[moopiter]

Rules: you will be given a word. Share one sentence/excerpt from your wip(s) that start with each letter of that word.

Thanks for the tag @andrigyn! I had to dig through everythinggg for these. My word was design.

D - “Don’t leave me. Please.” He didn’t even need to beg or cry. It was heard and felt before his lips even gained the courage to move.

E - “Especially not Butcher. It was fun having a nemesis, but he should’ve known I’d never let him win.”

S - Standing together side by side, looking down at themselves and critiquing every detail. Cadavers probably felt better about themselves.

I - “Interesting.” He nodded, but his expression was still deathly serious, unwilling to falter. “Do you know anyone else that has it by chance?”

Buckshot sighed. The sadness she carried, that hid in the lines of her face and behind her eyes, was on full display for him to see. “I uh… wish I knew.”

“I do.” Butcher rolls his shoulders back as he looks down, his coat making the slightest of noise as it rubs against itself. The dim lighting caught on his tabacco stained teeth as his smirk grew. “Not another soul.”

G - Gently and gracefully amongst the disaster, the dainty note fell to ground. A stark contrast to the rubble and flames. He blinked the tears away as he shook his head in a measly attempt to clear the waves of emotions, but it didn’t do any good. It was enough to take the wind out of him.

N - Now this felt strange. His presence felt warm and happy, oddly alluring in a way words can’t describe. Something he’d always wanted, but he couldn’t quite remember why. Everything behind him was cloudy, too hazy to recall. The overgrown grass brushed past him as he walked farther into the clearing, but he couldn’t feel it. He couldn’t feel anything. But he could sense the overwhelming feeling he was leaving something behind, forgetting something undeniably important.

I really don't wanna tag anyone bcs its the day before halloween and IK you're all so busy >m< so if you see this consider yourself tagged. No pressure tagging @incrediblyawkwardgremlin bcs i love your writing especially. The word is nowwwww hermit. :)

[comfy-sofa]

Episode 10 Rants and Thoughts

I'm not Ok and neither are y'all so let's get into it

July looks gorgeous! And look! There are people now like my goodness. Also this city gives me ff7 city vibes (I can't remember the name but iykyk)

K U R O N E K O MY SWEET BBY GIRLLLLL

Ok, vash sneezing at the wrong time and ended up getting caught is so Vash of him lmao

But him just taking the bullet???? Yeah this man is so fucking depressed and is not hiding it at all. And then he just walks away??? Sir please seek THERAPY

THE SCARS???? Like is that exposed muscle???? Him just taking the bullet out like its nothing...honestly speechless (good now give him more)

Side note: The animation for when Vash turned was different! It felt more 2d, I'm digging it.

Elendira's nails! I'm still upset at her design like the badass nail lady with great fashion sense was RIGHT THEREEEE

R.I.P Roberto De Niro...we saw his death coming fucking MILES away TIME FOR MERYL STRYFE TO BECOME THE BADASS CHARACTER SHE DESERVES TO BE (now who's her first victim I'm betting Conrad lol)

Fucking Elendira and Wolfwood bickering, fucking chaotic sibling energy

CONRAD C O N R A D THE FUCKING PICTURE IM NOT OK IM NOT OK NO T O K

Does knives plan on using the red plants to make vash a full plant like him??? Is he trying to restore Vash's energy??? I NEED TO KNOW NOWWWWW

We're getting close to end yall and next episode is definitely trauma central like I hope orange fucking pulls all the stops on this one like I need to have my shit rocked mentally like BRING IT.

Like hit me like a TRUCK with this ending, make me FEEL for Vash and Knives, like make me feel for the people in July who are about to die. Give me flashbacks, hallucinations, nightmares ALL OF IT. I want stampede to get the season-ending it deserves, with Vash in the debris of the city blaming himself and wishing he ended himself right then and there. Meryl traumatized from seeing the death of THOUSANDS in the most inhumane way possible. Wolfwood questioning what monster he guided to the largest city and watch it be reduced to nothing. GIVE👏ME👏ANGST👏

Ok thanks for coming to my Ted talk

[random-deepdeanite]

the first 20 randomly generated quotes that made sense deepdean girls edition

Amina: Hello friends! The Squad: Amina: You might be wondering why I’m taped to the ceiling

Hazel: Editor's note: What the fuck?

Daisy: Yeah, well I've never died so how do I know that god is real.

Lavinia: How does one turn their emotions off? Kitty: Okay, so first go to settings. Kitty: I'm a fucking idiot, I thought that said emojis at first. Lavinia: No, I'm still willing to try this, go ahead. I'm at settings, what do I do next?

Daisy: I’m a reverse necromancer. Kitty: Isn’t that just killing people? Daisy: Ah, technically.

Hazel: Kill me nowwwww. Lavinia: Sorry, no can do. I need your help with my homework.

Amina: Would it be discrimination to only hire employees at my doughnut shop who have the same name? Kitty: Legally, I don't believe that breaches any discrimination laws. Morally though… I don't know. Amina: I believe god is on my side when it comes to Duncans' Doughnuts.

Daisy: You know you've made it when you see your picture everywhere you go. Kitty: Those are wanted posters!

Amina: Made you all playlists! Amina: Lavinia, yours has only heavy metal, and is dark like your soul. Amina: Hazel, yours has sad songs and blues to pair with your crippling depression. Amina: And Daisy has the ABBA Gold album.

Amina: I love murder mysteries! Daisy, trying to impress them: I've been a suspect in four murder cases.

Amina: So you like cats? Daisy: Yeah. Amina: tries to impress them by slowly pushing a glass off the table

Daisy: You are the love of my life and I would do anything within reason to make you happy. Amina: I would be happy if you ate, stayed hydrated and got a reasonable amount of sleep. Daisy: I said within reason, Amina. How about I murder that guy? Amina: So murder is in reason but proper self care isn't? Daisy: Well, duh. What kind of question is that?

Kitty: raises eyebrows Hazel: Put those back down!

Kitty: We vegetarians love the environment. Carnivores are sick freaks. Lavinia: How can vegetarians possibly love the environment.. you keep eating all the fucking plants.

Amina: That sounds super! Doesn’t that sound super, Lavinia? Lavinia: No. Amina: I think I speak for Lavinia when I say it sounds really super.

Kitty: Where are you going? Daisy: To either get ice cream or commit a felony. I'll decide on the way.

Hazel: It's not ugly, just aesthetically challenged.

Hazel: We’ll find another route, it’s not safe for amateur adventurers. Daisy: That sounds like a challenge. Hazel: I have to stress, that is not a challenge. Daisy: …Is exactly what you say to dissuade the weak of heart from accepting the challenge. Well, challenge accepted! Hazel: There is no challenge!

Beanie: Let me copy your homework. Kitty: I was gonna copy yours. Beanie: Well, shit. Kitty: Guess I'm not doing it.

Daisy: Are pigeons drones? Beanie: What? No, I'm trying to sleep. Daisy: Think about it. How come you've never seen a baby pigeon? And why do you never actually see a pigeon nest? Because they're DRONES! Beanie: Crying Please let me sleep…

[suddence]

08.07.2023 - Part 3 Again

Whoa hello! The other day I updated about being halfway through Part 3: Leave No Trace. Well, now I’m here to report that it’s done!

Stats! Part 3 is 17302 words long. Altogether, I’ve edited 40091 words of 53678. That’s 75% woop woop! AND! The total count has gone up about 3k words since the last update.

The seemingly huge increase in total word count is due to the fact a lot of details were glossed over in the previous draft (as I’ve said before, my goal was to finish the draft, so as long as I got the gist of the story across, I was okay with messiness).

The second half of Part 3 sees Dany and co. finally travelling to Suddence! But what will they find there? Certainly not what they were expecting......

Meanwhile (or I guess, in the past), Dany and Marisa take refuge in a school that’s under construction. Marisa is super sick, and Dany, who has spent their whole life being cared for by Marisa, is now in the caretaker role. But Dany is only eleven, so understandably, they are having a real hard time with the...everything.

The biggest thing that I changed is the last chapter. Originally it ends with this bombastic car crash, but I never really liked it, and I couldn’t make it make sense. Today though, while eating lunch, I thought of an alternative that works WAYYYY better. It’ll only require very minor tweaking in the rest of the story.

One thing I added is having Dany mourn the life they will never have. Dany spends a lot of time cooped up in motels watching TV about teenagers in school (Glee and High School Musical are vaguely mentioned 👀) so they’ve worked up this idea that going to high school must be so fun! So dramatic! So interesting! And you get to dissect frogs?? It’s been their goal that once this is all over, they’ll finally get to go to school and experience what they’ve only seen on TV. But in this part of the story, Dany is slowly coming to terms with the fact that, no, it is very unlikely this will be over soon, and they have to (very reluctantly) stamp out their hope for this future :^(

I’ve always liked to keep a level of vagueness in this story. What is Dany’s real name? What gender is Dany? (NONE OF YOUR BEESWAX) Where and when does this story take place? I’ve left a few clues here and there about the location, mentioning provinces instead of states, but for time, I didn’t really keep a specific year in mind. BUT in this draft, I decided to figure that out just for myself, and I DID decide on a year, and I DID make sure all the info dropped in the story is consistent with it. I think it would be fun for future readers to figure it out :^)

Part 4 is the lead-up to the climax!

And nowwwww here’s the excerpt! Transcript under the link.

THE ROAD TO SUDDENCE begins with a gate.

It’s so unimpressive that we drove right past it before rounding back. Aaron said he thought it was a maintenance side road. I can’t blame him. It really does look like one, the gate low and old and covered in rust and some kind of moss. It doesn’t help that the yellow sign on it says Authorized Access Only.

“You sure this is it?” Aaron says.

“Well,” Zahira says. “It says on the map.”

I stare up the road. We’ve been rumbling down a country road for the last thirty minutes. It’s so rural that there aren’t any streetlamps, and the big evergreen trees and the cracked asphalt only made the journey even creepier.

The road leading up to Suddence doesn’t ease up on the creep. It’s much narrower than the country road, and grass is growing through the pavement, and the trees are bending over it like they want to swallow it alive.

[wistfulwisp]

nowwwww about my thoughts on good omens s1:

Soooo I’ll be honest with ya idk why I didn’t watch it sooner. I knew it existed and for some reason it completely passed over my radar until s2 came out and my friend told me I absolutely had to watch it. Even THEN I kept putting it off (I’m slow at watching tv lol) until I learned David Tennant was in it. Then I was like, well shit, now I have to watch it.

S1 happens, like, super hella fast. Like, blink and you’ll miss it sort of fast. I suppose it makes sense, it’s cramming an entire book into six episodes, and it wouldn’t make sense to stretch out the book and make the plot overstay its welcome. So, when I first watched it I was like holllly crap and then it was done. Idk if I’ll be able to keep up with the potential s3 if it has similar pacing, especially after the very different pacing of s2?

Anyways, I loved s1 in terms of its story. The writing truly is masterful and I feel like you can tell that this was Gaiman and Pratchett’s vision that’s been fine-tuned over the 30+ years that the book has been out. The humour was, I found at least, westernized enough where I found it very charming, though not laugh-out-loud funny (although, I don’t find many shows or forms of media to do that for me). I love love love how charming the show is — the characters and setting and themes are all just so instantly likeable.

The best part of s1 I find is actually two things: obviously, the love story. Perfection, chef’s kiss, and it gets even better as time goes on. For everyone that says that there’s no romance and they don’t see it, I don’t really get it. “You go too fast for me”? Bro 😭

Aziraphale and Crowley are set up in a beautiful way, and me being Partial to the character study, I loved every bit of it. Unfortunately, some of the things I didn’t love about the book translated into s1 too. Mainly, the side characters. I didn’t really care for any of them, I didn’t really care about Agnes Nutter (though, again, I remember finding this charming in both the book and show). I especially didn’t care about the Witch Finder side plot, I was like okay, what is this Neil 😭 but I didn’t find anything a hindrance and I’ll tell ya why:

The absolute best part of this season is the cohesion. Yes, the side plots didn’t always work for me, and whenever Anathema was on screen I wanted to go back to Az and Crowley. But, I couldn’t deny that EVERY part of the story — every character, every plot line, every device, every joke, every slight nudge — led its way to the same theme of going against the grain or going against what other people have set up for you as your destiny. Obviously, this is explored more with heaven and hell, but Armageddon is stopped by the not-antichrist literally going against what the entire universe is telling him must be the way things go. The Agnes Nutter prophecies are burned at the end because that’s not how Anathema wants to live anymore despite her being born into a world of prophecies and never really going against it until now (hell, most of these characters made their destiny their lives until they realized they have a say). Pulsifer falls in love with a witch, etc etc. The fact that all of these things are so intrinsically connected creates a rock-solid foundation for a great story. It makes you even more immersed and invited into this world, with such an accessible message being portrayed by every aspect of the story. It was wonderful. Gaiman and Pratchett both have slow-cooked this story over time and it’s some of the best thematically driven storytelling I’ve seen. As someone that loves to write, it’s inspiring.

So, even though plot driven stories aren’t my favourite, I really enjoyed s1. The secondary characters stayed secondary. If only there was a way to get more of the main boys…

[entitled-fangirl]

I think the controversy in the Jace fandom was that people wanted Jace to be super sweet and soft in fics because there were some fics where he is really sexually aggressive and mean to his bethrothed and even multiple fics where he flat out SAs his wife.

So people were arguing the canon Jace would never do that and then fic writers argued that they can write whatever they want. Then, people were arguing that we shouldn’t put SA and harming women sexually in fics. There were fics where Jace facefucks women until they gag and choke and cry and he doesn’t seem to care, he seems to enjoy hurting these women. Then, people were arguing that wasn’t even hardcore sex and then fic writers argued back that canon is canon but they can interpret characters differently. Then, anons argued that yes you can interpret characters differently but in no universe would Jace do things like that and if you want to write hardcore sex like that or emotionally abusive men, there is Aegon and Aemond and much worse men in the ASOIAF universe and Jace is one of the most honorable and sweet men and he never treated Baela like that.

So basically, you had no reason to be nervous because people wanted vanilla and romantic Jace and that is what you wrote😊And that fic was beautiful

POOKIE CAME IN WITH THE MF TEA

Okay this is all making sense nowwwww

I’m glad I have the story and bless you for writing all of that out oml thank youuuuuu🙏

I agree that Jace is a sweet guy. However, it’s not uncommon to have a fanfic not follow characterization. BUT when we bring sa into it, it opens a whole new can of worms that I won’t get on my soap box for right now

If there’s anyone for advocating the importance of healthy relationships in fanfics, it is me.

[lavenite]

okay the characters i really really want dolls of would be from ‘time and again’ cause thats what im mostly focusing on PLUS its modern so i wont have to make too many clothes except for like karina but shes a dirty little crustie so ill have fun with that ANYWAY MAIN PROBELM ! actually under the cut let me rant

okay so the main characters ARE :

KARINA ROMERO : white / scary bright blue eyes / long black hair but Might be dyed…shes an ooglepunk so her fashion sense is easy BUT i could also go like rabbittail abigail type of way…

MATTHIAS O’RILEY : basically adam from priscilla queen of the desert / twink but def muscular < hes a stripper lol that shits hard WORK / keeps hair super short but not quite buzzed / kinda blends into the crowd a bit

MIMI : YAYYAYYAY MIMI !!!!!!! sorry i love her a lot shes so fun. / shortest of the group / fat / black / also a stripper ! probably the most fun fashion wise and loves constantly changing her hair and doing braids and adding beads and just its great / is def one to go with the trends tho

JACK ALVEREZ : im so sorry jack i dont have a clearly defined um idea ? hes mexican. his weight fluxuates a lot as he gets older and through diff periods of his life. has a mullet at some point. maybe he dresses like a nondescript 90s white rock musician SORRY hes kind of boring but we support him ❤️

anyway thats not even getting into lulu or julia or isiah or god forbid any of their parents or fucking matthias’ FOUR BROTHERS ! tho alan is really the only important one currently OR IRENE ! OR KARINAS LITTLE UNNAMED CRUSTIE HOOKUP / TRAVELLING PARTNER …. or lulus son. and im sure theres more characters im not thinking of or havent added yet basically massive cast and i like to say its pretty diverse which pretty much only like. barbie at this current point fits what im looking for but also for older characters like lulu or isiah or i mena fuck like the whole cast is mid twenties but they also timetravel to their teen selves so ummmm yea idk

anyway i have to find dolls for them but ANNOTHER PROBLEM !!!!!! i hate hate hate male barbie dolls. ken i am killing you with my mind. i have to reconcile with the fact that matthias is very obviously a ken stereotype and he himself would put himself as ken to oh god would karina be barbie? thats horrific i mean hes gay and karinas a dyke but yhey kind of have this weird love triangle thing with mimi (who hates karina with all her heart (they literally never interact shes just like that)) also they arwnt even friends. matthias doesnt really like karina….um anyway lost the plot TRAIN BACK TO THE STATION !!!

i need dolls for them but theyre so specific. i might have to order specific barbies online that i think would look like them….anyway ill stop ranting nowwwww i just love my characters ❤️

[lucabyte]

Okaaaaaay so this thing. Happy weekend everybody it's time for some Director's Commentary™!!!

right. so this thing was originally part of a far larger Thing. Sadly, I realised I was absolutely in the wrong medium for what I was trying to communicate with it. After about 5-6 different takes on how I was going to format it I realised I wasn't just out of my depth but just like, not making something condusive to a comic. Still though, I liked what I was trying to communicate and I don't want to just scrap it without giving it to everyone in some form.

So...! In an ask way back I mentioned what i like to call The Isabeau Torment Nexus vis a vis: loop hanging out with the party in postcanon.

Namely the idea of isiloops *almost* happening before loop's identity is made clear. now i vaguely made fun of myself for this in the tags but yeah, no, even if what i draw is all the conflict, like 90% of the time i bash the dolls together in my head its like 😊💖🌺yaaaay yippiee what if they healed and it was niceys even through the rough patches yaaay✨✨✨😊💖🌺 which is kinda necessary for this rugpull, logistically.

So. I point to the link up there. All that still stands. The idea of a like. "siffrin has two hands" ship dynamic forming as Loop slowly re-integrates into the party as a new person and even if it's weird and a little bitter, it's still nice. And if you ascribe to my readings of certain party members (bonnie. it's bonnie*) maybe they even end up becoming closer to them As Loop than they did as siffrin due to knowing their boundaries already and not having Fucked Up Real Bad In Act 5. So they just become another party member with their own unique relationships even if they are a little prickly and unpredictable with triggers, seemingly.

Nowwwww a bit of analysis on Siffrin and Isabeau.

So. Isabeau is a far less well adjusted individual than most initially read him as, and even if he manages to get over the posessive streak he super has, he then has to contend with something else: accusations of cowardice.

While I think pre-game isafrin would be a fucking . catastrophy . i don't know that either of those two would be able to recognise that. and I think that it's likely that Isabeau doesn't really enjoy the knowledge that he chickened out of the confession that consistently. And that, potentially because of this, Sif felt themselves unlovable.

So! Proactivity! Change! Be more forward from now on! Maybe that will help! (and usually it would!)

then, I feel, while we never see how Siffrin truly acts around Loop in a "knowing who they are for certain" state, it would't be an unfair assumption that they may, both, on occasion err on the side of "i probably know what the other wants, since we have the same brain". Which is like, pretty logical, and is at the very least utilised and acknowledged by Loop outright joking about exactly what Siffrin is thinking in-game.

Ergo... Siffrin and Isabeau coming to the conclusion together that maybe they could just close the open side on the polycule triangle, and it'd be cool and nice and solve a bunch of loose ends? If we assume that Loop has cooled off enough to at least be cordial (maybe even friendly!) with Isabeau after however long its been, and that Isa has been charmed by them (almost as if they . kinda like when weird short freaks are mean to him), if Isa approaches Sif with a "hey would this be a good idea?", Siffrin, knowing who Loop is, and seeing that they aren't completely antagonistic of Isa... Well? Wouldn't it make sense? He knows they still love him, right? So..?

and thus. gestures. what if 2/3rds of the polycule had a pretty reasonable idea that seems like it'd go well, and then. it very much. does not.

^^^ AS YOU CAN SEE. TOO MUCH TO REALLY COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IN ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF A REASONABLY LONG-TERM FANFIC which is a thing i will not be doing.

and not only that. god this is way too far off into the future speculative for my comfort. i know i obviously dip into more of a fanfiction-space than a pure-analytical space when drawing anyway, but this is just a little too far off for me.

but yeah. that's this. that's free ball for everyone to play with now, now that it's out in the wild.

buuut. but. i didn't realise i was going way too long with this until after the thumbnail pile started getting a touch insurmountable.

so. since waste not want not, here's my thumbnails. sad i wont be finishing a couple of these since i like their flow and framing but c'est la vie.

these are all from june, including the original version of the one i decided was strong enough to finish on its own. as you can see i tossed the dialogue and changed the last panel due to the more wordless nature. But i do still like a lot of the faces here n such. also its funny to show off how messy it all starts out. Sorry that the speech isn't formatted at all but hopefully it's followable if you try matching it up.

but yeah. god. be free my post. this thing has been a sword of damocles above me for a while since i wanted to articulate. all this. but i think it's fine to just lay it all out like this for everyone to take if they want it.

i suppose the one final note here is: oh yeah btw i think framing this as The Thing that finally makes Loop break and have to come clean about their identity is the fucking good shit. Like they vanish until nearly daybreak that night after this, Sif can't find their dagger, etc, and when they finally come back loop is very blunt about how they have to talk. now. or else. sorry this is fanfiction again. free to take though if you want it im not gonna be writing it 💖

*(bonnieeeeeee..... hijacking this isiloops post to talk about like. god. have you ever thought about how loop could score a slam dunk so easily with bonnie if they remember to treat them with a level of maturity and no-bullshit explanations of harder topics? loop basically gets a fresh no-baggage start with them if they play their cards right, which could lead to a very fruitful relationship? but also uagh. what do you do if you (siffrin) find out your alt-self has become a more trusted figure in the kid's life than you in like no time flat. god. i think about it.)

Olive Branch

Wrong Move

[misguidedwarriors]

*when i write some of my muses, using humor as a way to deal with awkward situations that they’re uncomfortable with*

*when i make a joke out of every awkward and uncomfortable situation i’m in irl*

me @ me: 

[tokusaatsus]

i’m doing okay!! i have a test on monday so it got me thinking 💪 can i request leo and chiaki distracting their s/o from studying? i could really use a distraction myself because i don’t want to study anymore HAHA

☆—MORISAWA CHIAKI

“Baby, I really need to finish this essay…”

Even with your gentle, coaxing tone, the arms around your waist refuse to relinquish themselves from where they’ve settled. You must’ve woken him up when you attempted to escape his octopus grip. Talk about a ‘heat-seeking missile’…

“Is your essay more important than me…?”

A quick tug and you fall backwards, half back onto the plush covers of the bed, half on top of your boyfriend’s toned chest. He’s so nice and warm…mmm…and snuggly…you want to stay there forever. Which, you’re certain, is all part of his plan.

It doesn’t make the idea any less enticing though.

“Well, I don’t really want to get behind so…I’d have to say ‘yes’.”

Chiaki makes a noise akin to that of a high-pitched whine and buries his face into the curve of your neck. “Don’t gooooo…”

You sigh. As much as you love him, Chiaki is very much akin to a dog. A golden retriever, perhaps? Sena-kun even said as much when the two of you announced your relationship, warning you never to get a pet because (and you quote) ‘you’d have your hands full with this idiot. He needs constant attention, or he’ll die. Probably.’

Of course, he’s right.

You wish Sena-kun or Kaoru-kun were here…at least then you could pawn off your boyfriend to them for a few hours of peace and quiet.

“Look, how about you let me finish my essay and then I’ll spend the rest of the day cuddling with you. The whole rest of the day.”

Chiaki just shakes his head, not fully awake yet still determined to cling onto you for as long as possible, even while close to passing out again. “But I want to cuddle nowwwww… Besides, you don’t even want to work! So why force yourself?”

He’s not wrong, you think. You’ve been working non-stop on plans and designs with Ibara-san and the CosPro execs in preparation for the coming LiveFes for the past few weeks, on top of your usual schoolwork as well as studying for your exams and working on some things for StuCo, so you’ve been stretched even more so than you normally would be.

Somehow, Chiaki must sense that you’re slowly (but surely) losing your resolve because he hums, pleased. He tugs you closer, so that you’re lying on your side, with him spooning you properly. “Let’s stay like this a bi~it longer, okay ☆?”

Honestly, the things you do for him… But you can’t deny that the warmth of another body and the comfortable security of your boyfriend’s arms around you is contributing heavily to the allure of sleep. “Hmph, okay…I guess it can’t hurt…”

☆—TSUKINAGA LEO

You’re curled up in the corner of the Knights’ practice room, carefully sorting the sheets of paper strewn on the floor around you into orderly stacks and tallying up the numbers in your head, when a sudden weight drops onto your back and knocks the breath out of you. ���Oof…”

“Whatcha doing?”

Leo-kun tilts his head upside down, a wide smile on his face as he scrutinises your furrowed brows.

“Leo-kun…” You blink. “I’m trying to work here… Besides, shouldn’t you also be working?”

“It’s no use,” Izumi-kun scowls briefly in your direction. “We won’t get anything done if you’re here.”

“...sorry?” You mumble, because seriously, what are you supposed to say? It’s not your fault that Leo-kun’s been dragging you around all day. You’ve been treated to more than a few pitying stares in the corridors as the other students witnessed you trailing meekly after the leader of Knights.

“Wahaha, Sena is always so grumpy ☆!” Leo-kun cackles brightly.

Izumi-kun rolls his eyes. “Ou-sama, you’re soooo annoying. Why don’t you make yourself useful for once?”

“Okay!” The other boy plops down unceremoniously onto your lap, knocking all of the neatly piled-up papers back onto the floor. You feel yourself tear up, just a teeny bit. All my hard work, you lament. My last connection to my sanity…

“Don’t cry~” A voice breathes into your ear, and you suppress a shriek. When you look back up, Leo-kun’s face is mere inches away from yours. You lean back, because you like your personal space very much, and it seems like Tsukinaga Leo also likes your personal space very much because he leans in even more.

“I wasn’t crying,” You say. “But I have to do work, you know. I can’t slack off all day, or Fushimi-kun really will hunt me down for sport.” You shudder. As kind as the butler is, he can also be very scary and you have no desire to be on the receiving end of the wicked glare that promises endless pain and suffering for troublemakers.

“He won’t even try.” Izumi-kun waves a dismissive hand. “Not if Ou-sama likes you this much.” His phone lets out a ping! and a frown appears on those unfairly beautiful features as he scans the screen briefly, then taps out a response. “Jeez, Chia-kun… I’ve got to go do some damage control. Ou-sama.”

Leo-kun looks up at the sound of his, er, title.

Izumi-kun continues. “Kuma-kun and that the others’ll be coming soon. Try not to break your new toy or whatever until they get here.” It’s not a question, and he doesn’t wait for an answer before he flounces out of the room.

“Bye, Sena!” Leo-kun waves after the other boy’s retreating back.

You pay him no mind as you collect the fallen sheets once again with the intent to arrange them into proper piles so you can say you’ve done something of value today.

“Hey.” A finger pokes your cheek. You ignore it. “Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey, hey, hey.”

You can’t ignore it anymore.

You sigh. “Yes, Leo-kun?”

He pouts. “You’re not looking at me.”

“Ask Izumi-kun or Mikejima-kun to spoil you. Not me.” You close your eyes, like that will stave off your intense desire to burst into tears right there and then.

“You’re soooo interested in the papers,” He huffs and bats the sheets right out of your hand, where they rest limply on the floor. “but the genius who wrote them is right here ☆! So put those away and pay attention to meeeee.”

You have a sinking feeling that this is going to be your life for the foreseeable future.

Leo-kun, vying for all your attention. Your desire to have a calm and relaxing school life (and also to never see Fushimi-kun’s vicious smile, ever).

You, stuck in the middle.

Oh, no.

☆—notes!

WC: 1k words

OK ik this looks sus but im telling u im NOT a knightsP i swear theyre not even in my top 5 faves.

‘but oh sunny’, u say, ‘then how do u explain the fact that ur knights fics are longer then any of ur other fics’. to which i say, ‘ur MOM’.

HI EI <3 i finished ur req!! ik u said studying but i chose to interpret is as ‘working’ sorz qwq but in my defense my orals are killing me rn sobs I HOPE U LIKE IT?? and that it was sufficiently distracting enough to distract u from ur work?? also good luck for ur test 💪💪!! ur gonna do awesome im sure <3 n e wayz if u think leo’s one seems a lil weird well ur riGHT but consider: if tsukinga leo ever showed interest in me i would simply burst into tears on the spot like i love him but mans is weird asf