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drowninginships · 8 months ago

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okay first off let me start by saying this idea has me acting the fuck up, holy shit

and Baz is like [finger guns] absolutely not. and Simon is like 👁️👄👁️ welp i'm in fucking agony. screaming at this fucking pretty girl getting akwardly rejected by this gorgeous book boy, im already obsessed and so Baz comes up to ask if Simon needs help and he says yeah, as usual, and the two of them end up having a bantery convo about the book Simon's looking for bc they've both read it and Baz hated it, but Simon loved it, and it's just very cute and casual, and then Baz is like. so, my shift ends in liiike… four hours. are you doing anything?

BAZ IS SO CUTE IN THIS WTF im obsessed with the idea of baz being happy and comfortable in his sexuality and hitting on guys he likes, it heals my soul

so they go out and have the most fucking insane romcom date ever.

as the gods intended

'cause you gotta remember, Simon only gets one real day with people, so he doesn't do like casual coffee dates or movies or whatever

this is genuinely such a sad and lonely concept, and you've made it sound fun and silly but god there's a deep rooted lonliness there, of fucking course he falls in love with the first person to really see him

Baz is just like all smiles and creased eyes and messy black hair and, breathlessly: "I want to see you again." and Simon's heart drops. because he wants to see Baz again, too, but he can't.

shut up shut uP shUT UP SHUT UP

so he does the only thing he can think of: he stays awake. all fucking night.

very simon snow thinking, this is exactly a solution he would reach

in my notes this is written as "??? smash ???

you haven't mentioned yet what simon looks like for these two dates, and im desperate to know. i wanna know who baz is looking at

either way, Simon passes the fuck out at Baz's place bc he was properly exhausted by that point, and he wakes up to Baz screaming at him bc obvs he looks like a different person now.

god but just IMAGINE THAT MOMENT baz is so justified and simon sounds fucking insane, i love this so much

MC keeps a video diary, logging every day what his face looks like, and in this, Simon does this on his phone and backs them up to his computer every hundred days,

BACK TO THIS BEING INCREDIBLY SAD AND LONELY IM GOING TO CRY

Baz recognises him in some of them

literal hearts in my eyes bro

Baz: "I want you to leave."

understandable and hurtful all the same

Baz just stands there staring at him. and Simon is so uncomfortable, like, he just wants to leave— "Simon?" SORRY, YOU WHAT?

baz has a sixth sense, dude, he can scope out simon in every body, in every lifetime, in every universe and im sobbing

Baz liked Simon a stupid amount considering they'd only gone on two dates, but they were good dates, and Baz doesn't date much, so he's a bit hung up on just how much he liked Simon and the weird way shit ended, so he's basically like. i want to see it again.

baz: i want to see it again simon: wut baz: yknow, for science

he has the lives of a dozen people shoved into a room the size of a shoebox,

SOBBING

this is a fanfic, so they just end up having sex again but it's supposed to be kinda emo and tender and look, it's what my heart wants, ok?

its what they deserve okay, and its fanfic law

Simon: "That I'm still me. Inside, I mean. Like… if you had a book, and every day you gave it a new cover, the story wouldn't change." Baz: "You must get lost on a lot of shelves."

rip my heart out and stomp on it, why don't you?

Baz is just a part of Simon's life the same way Penny is, he knows the truth, and he deals with it. for the first time in Simon's adult life, he gets to really date. he and Baz do a bunch of domestic shit together, for months, and it's so good. all of it is so good, all the time, and they fall so fucked up deep in love with each other.

IM SCREAMING BECAUSE HE'S LESS LONELY NOW, HE HAS SOMEONE ELSE, NOW

Simon will come in and try to act like a stranger, but Baz can Where's Waldo him every time.

baz has an ingrained Simon Detector

he can't ever be the type of boyfriend Baz can bring home to his family. he can't ever be the type of boyfriend Baz gets to have a normal life with. SO SIMON GHOSTS HIM.

prince henry behavior

he's fucking devastated and confused by this and desperately trying to get Simon to respond to him, but he won't.

alex Claremont-diaz behavior

the general idea i wanna go with is that Simon goes to the bookshop Baz works at just for the sake of seeing him, checking up on him, bc he misses him.

becuase for a brief moment in time, Simon wasn't so alone in this world, and now he is again. of course he wanders back to Baz, the only other person who saw him

he fucking clocks Simon after like ten seconds.

simon detector

Baz is like: "You don't get to decide that for me! You're still you, you're still lovely—" "You don't even know what I look like!" "I don't care what you look like, you fucking moron, I care that you're Simon Snow! There's a person inside you that exists every day, even when everything else changes, and he's lovely. I love him.

extremely firstprince behavior

"Like this one, then?" he says. "Loveliest yet." Baz brushes his knuckles over the slope of Simon's shoulder. "Freckles, curls, broad shoulders… Mmm, maybe we should stay in bed today."

baz you're so gay its embarrassing

"Holy shit!" he shouts, and shoves himself up onto his knees. "That's me!" Baz rolls his eyes. "Yes, yes, I told you—" Simon shakes his head furiously. "No, it's. Baz. I'm. Jesus fucking Christ, that's me. Baz, that's me." Baz sits up slowly. "Do you mean—" "Fuck, holy shit!"

im crying again

what if it was only for today. how long will it be until the next time? what if there is no next time, what if, what if—

i can feel his fear

Simon wakes up to Baz's mouth on the back of his neck. "Good morning, Simon Snow."

SCREAMING CRYING PUKING HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME IM DEAD, IM BEDRIDDEN FOR WEEKS DUE TO THIS, I'VE BEEN SLAIN AND I AM NOTHING I AM LYING AT THE FEET OF THIS FIC AND WORSHIPPING IT AS MY GOD

Oh do tell about that snowbaz au of yours 👀

I WOULD FUCKING LOVE TO, thank you so much tumblr user pidgelikethebird (and also my most beloved and loyal companion @drowninginships) for providing me the enrichment i need to survive the winter.

ok gimme a min here to turn my thoughts into comprehensible words. i'm gonna say right now: this post is gonna be a LONG one, but 10 out of 10 scientists agree you should read to the end.

so, if you didn't know, The Beauty Inside is a Korean romcom from 2015, based off an American short film of the same name; the orig short film i linked is an extremely quick watch (only 6 episodes, each one 4-10 minutes long) and i would absolutely recommend it, but the very basics of the premise is that: a man wakes up in his bed on his 18th birthday to find he's in a completely different body than his own, and every day since then, he wakes up as somebody new.

AND OBVS I JUST HAD TO FUCKING SNOWBAZ THAT, which is how my AU, titled In the Many Ways of Loving You, was born:

Simon Snow wakes up every day as somebody new; the only person who knows the truth is Penny, his best friend and roommate, since she's been by his side since it all began ten years ago.

he works on commission as a custom bookbinder—like, he has an Etsy or some shit, i dunno, some kinda online shop where people can commission him in a variety of ways to rebind their favourite books, either by paying extra for Simon to buy the book himself and rebind it from new and send it to them, or sometimes collectors will send their personal copies to him to have him rebind them, and he's very good at it, and N E WAY the point of this is that he has a small bookshop he's been going to regularly for the last eight or so years, because it's close to his and Penny's flat, and where the story begins: Baz is a new employee that just started working there about two weeks ago and Simon has a massive crush on him.

ok, now. day one: when we meet Simon for the first time, he wakes up and he's lovely and blonde and brown-eyed and ok, yeah, i've just made him look like Agatha bc i thought it'd be kinda funny, esp since Agatha's not actually in the fic otherwise.

and Simon has to pick up a copy of some random book from the bookshop today bc someone bought a custom binding of it, so he goes down and, as usual, since it's his job, Baz has to come over to talk to him and is like, "hey, can I help you with anything?" and Simon doesn't need any help bc he's been coming to this shop for years, but every time Baz asks he says yes bc he wants the excuse to talk to him, and on this day Simon is like, wait. i'm so hot rn. so he asks Baz out—

and Baz is like [finger guns] absolutely not.

and Simon is like 👁️👄👁️ welp i'm in fucking agony.

but whatever, fine. a guy like Baz is prolly already in a proper relationship, and it's always a bad idea for Simon to get involved with someone he has to see on the reg. he had to start going to a different coffee shop that's twenty minutes out of his way bc he went out on a great date with one of the baristas at his old spot and then obvs couldn't go out again after just that one time, and it made him super emo, so really, Baz saying no was prolly for the best.

TIMESKIP, it's been a few days and Simon has to go down to the bookshop again. but this time he's a bloke. and so Baz comes up to ask if Simon needs help and he says yeah, as usual, and the two of them end up having a bantery convo about the book Simon's looking for bc they've both read it and Baz hated it, but Simon loved it, and it's just very cute and casual, and then Baz is like. so, my shift ends in liiike... four hours. are you doing anything?

and Simon is like. OH. OH!!!

that whole "it's prolly for the best" thing? yeah, fuck that, that was Simon of the past, he doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about bc cute bookshop guy wants to hang out and so they go out and have the most fucking insane romcom date ever.

'cause you gotta remember, Simon only gets one real day with people, so he doesn't do like casual coffee dates or movies or whatever. they go out and like fucking B&E a museum after hours bc Simon knows someone like the janitor or something (i dunno) leaves one of the back doors unlocked so he can step out for a cig every few hours, so they sneak in and have the time of their life running around looking at art while trying not to get caught, and we're going to use the suspended disbelief bestowed upon us by the power of romcoms to pretend security cameras aren't a thing, and it is BRILLIANT. like, Simon and Baz have so much chemistry, and when the night ends Baz is just like all smiles and creased eyes and messy black hair and, breathlessly: "I want to see you again."

and Simon's heart drops. because he wants to see Baz again, too, but he can't. no matter how much he wants to, he can't. when he wakes up tomorrow he's going to be someone new, so he can't, he can't, he can't, he—

"Yeah," he says. "Tomorrow?"

SIMON NO!!!

"It's a date."

FUCK!!!

ok, so now we have a problem. Simon can't just stand him up, i mean he could but he doesn't want to, and he really does want to see him again, so he does the only thing he can think of: he stays awake. all fucking night.

Baz, the next day: "You look exhausted."

Simon, wired asf on caffeine and trying to be smooth: "Had someone on my mind all night."

and then they go have another wicked date, but i have nothing in my notes about what it is. oh, i have them living in Canada in this fic btw bc as a rule, if a fic doesn't have to be set in England, i move them to Canada for comfort. so i might have them go cliff jumping or something? who knows. we'll go with that for now.

cue the romcom montage.

[mother tongue starts playing SO DON'T SAY YOU LOVE ME FALA AMO, JUST LET YOUR HEART SPEAK UP AND I'LL KNOW]

ok. post-date. Simon is so dumb and infatuated with Baz and does something only a boy who is dumb and infatuated and sleep-deprived would do in his situation, and he goes back to Baz's flat with him to "watch a movie", or in other words: the movie starts and then they prolly have sex, but in my notes this is written as "??? smash ???" so i guess it's kinda up in the air.

either way, Simon passes the fuck out at Baz's place bc he was properly exhausted by that point, and he wakes up to Baz screaming at him bc obvs he looks like a different person now.

Simon, half-asleep: [PANICKED FLAILING] BAZ IT'S ME!!! STOP THROWING THINGS!!! BAZ!!! IT'S ME, IT'S SIMON!!!

and Baz is like: WHAT THE FUCK

and Simon is like: I CAN EXPLAIN

and Baz is like: HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE

and Simon is like: I CAN EXPLAIN!!!

so, here's a detail from the orig film that comes into play here: in the orig movie, the MC keeps a video diary, logging every day what his face looks like, and in this, Simon does this on his phone and backs them up to his computer every hundred days, so he gives Baz his phone and tells him the whole story while Baz scrolls through these short like minute long videos of Simon on various days going, "Hey, this is me today. I have [this and such] thing to do, blah blah blah."

and the thing is, Baz recognises him in some of them. bc Simon is always coming into the bookshop. he stops watching when he gets to the day Simon looked like Agatha, and Simon has been quiet for a while at this point, just letting Baz process.

Baz: "I want you to leave."

Simon takes his phone without a word and goes. Penny picks him up on the corner a block over and drives him back to their flat. she doesn't ask what happened. she already has a pretty good idea.

when Simon's next commission comes in, he thinks about going to another bookshop, he really does. but this one is so convenient, esp since Simon can't drive bc he can't risk getting pulled over carrying a licence that doesn't have his face on it, and he's been going there for eight years and it's not like Baz will recognise him anyway.

so, to the bookshop he goes, but this time when Baz comes up to ask if he needs help, Simon is like, "haha, no that's okay," and goes back to looking for things on his own, and Baz kinda lingers awkwardly for a moment before going on his way, but then when Simon comes up to the till to pay for the book, Baz just stands there staring at him. and Simon is so uncomfortable, like, he just wants to leave—

"Simon?"

SORRY, YOU WHAT?

"What?" Simon gapes at him. "How did— how did you? But I'm—"

"Can we talk?" Baz asks.

"How did you know it was—"

Baz shouts over to the other employee on the floor that he's taking his lunch break, and Simon just slowly follows him out of the shop with the book forgotten, unpaid for, at the check-out.

and here's the deal, Baz liked Simon a stupid amount considering they'd only gone on two dates, but they were good dates, and Baz doesn't date much, so he's a bit hung up on just how much he liked Simon and the weird way shit ended, so he's basically like. i want to see it again. and Simon is like, see what? and Baz is like, you. the... whatever that you do, i want to see you change.

and that's how Simon ends up bringing Baz back to his flat, and btw: Simon has a rule about never bringing people back to his flat bc it's weird as fuck. his room is really tiny, and it's cluttered as fuck in a Howl's bedroom type way. he keeps to the same cheap, casual style for all his clothes, but he needs things in a bunch of sizes. shoes are a nightmare. he has to take care of his hair in a million different fucking ways. so he has the lives of a dozen people shoved into a room the size of a shoebox, and his mattress has no frame. that shit is just on the floor, so it takes up less space. and there's this mirror, a wide full bodied mirror, propped up against the wall facing the bed, so that the first thing Simon can do each day is roll over and look at himself.

Simon and Baz have supper together, they talk, they pretend this isn't weird as fuck and, even though it is weird as fuck, they still have so much chemistry, and this is a fanfic, so they just end up having sex again but it's supposed to be kinda emo and tender and look, it's what my heart wants, ok?

morning comes. Simon wakes to Baz's hands on his face. which is already and improvement compared to last time. Baz is looking at him very seriously, but also very like. softly. he's touching Simon's features, tracing them, and Simon is quiet for a very long time, watching him do this, until he's just like. what are you doing.

Baz: "Getting to know you." A pause. "Why does it happen?"

Simon: "I don't know."

Baz: "Are there other people like you?"

Simon: "I don't know."

Baz, sighing: "Well, what do you know?"

Simon: "That I'm still me. Inside, I mean. Like... if you had a book, and every day you gave it a new cover, the story wouldn't change."

Baz: "You must get lost on a lot of shelves."

Simon: "Yeah."

and from there, Baz is just a part of Simon's life the same way Penny is, he knows the truth, and he deals with it. for the first time in Simon's adult life, he gets to really date. he and Baz do a bunch of domestic shit together, for months, and it's so good. all of it is so good, all the time, and they fall so fucked up deep in love with each other.

(detail from this point that is relevant later: Baz and Simon make a game out of Baz recognising Simon at work on days when he hasn't seen yet what he looks like. Simon will come in and try to act like a stranger, but Baz can Where's Waldo him every time.)

but then Christmas comes. and Baz has to go home to see his family. and i don't have an exact idea of how this convo goes, only that it is not a fight of any kind, like, it is a normal convo about the holidays but Baz apologises to Simon during it for not telling his family about him, he says they'd want Baz to bring Simon home if he did (bc i just don't wanna fuck with homophobia in this so we've shot Malcolm with the ally beam) and he wouldn't know how to explain Simon's whole... thing to them, and Simon kinda realises that like. he can't ever be the type of boyfriend Baz can bring home to his family. he can't ever be the type of boyfriend Baz gets to have a normal life with.

SO SIMON GHOSTS HIM.

like, Baz comes back from his family's place, annoyed that Simon hasn't returned any of his texts or calls, only to find that Simon and Penny have literally fucking moved flats in the two weeks he's been gone. and obvs he's fucking devastated and confused by this and desperately trying to get Simon to respond to him, but he won't.

Simon goes out of his way to find a new bookshop to go to, and that's the end of things for about a week or so, and i haven't actually decided what happens here exactly, but the general idea i wanna go with is that Simon goes to the bookshop Baz works at just for the sake of seeing him, checking up on him, bc he misses him.

but remember that game they played? so yeah, Baz walks up to say his usual like, "hey, can I help you find anything?" but he fucking clocks Simon after like ten seconds.

scene change: they're in Simon's new flat, like maybe Baz demanded that if Simon is going to break up with him he owes it to him to do it goddamn properly, but i dunno. details, details. but they end up getting in a huge fucking fight and Simon reveals the reason he ghosted Baz was bc he realised Baz can't have a real life with him and Baz is like:

"You don't get to decide that for me! You're still you, you're still lovely—"

"You don't even know what I look like!"

"I don't care what you look like, you fucking moron, I care that you're Simon Snow! There's a person inside you that exists every day, even when everything else changes, and he's lovely. I love him. The rest doesn't matter, how can you not see that? Stop telling me I'm not allowed to love you however you are, I'll love you a hundred different ways, Simon. Any size, any shape. I'll love you over, and over, and over. That's a life for me. A real life for me. You!"

and then Simon throws his arms around Baz's neck and hugs him like he needs him to breathe and Baz clings to his shirt and they're both prolly crying all loud and gross, but it's fine. they're gonna be fine.

the next day: Simon wakes up to Baz's mouth on the back of his neck. "Like this one, then?" he says.

"Loveliest yet." Baz brushes his knuckles over the slope of Simon's shoulder. "Freckles, curls, broad shoulders... Mmm, maybe we should stay in bed today."

Simon laughs and rolls over to pin Baz to the mattress, grinning at him. he goes to say something, prolly rib at him the way they do, but as he does he catches his reflection in that mirror he keeps by his bed and he freezes.

"Holy shit!" he shouts, and shoves himself up onto his knees. "That's me!"

Baz rolls his eyes. "Yes, yes, I told you—"

Simon shakes his head furiously. "No, it's. Baz. I'm. Jesus fucking Christ, that's me. Baz, that's me."

Baz sits up slowly. "Do you mean—"

"Fuck, holy shit!" Simon grabs his curls with both hands. he hasn't touched these curls in ten fucking years. he looks older than he remembers himself, which is a given, but it's definitely him. his father's eyes, his mother's chin. the moles on his cheek, above his eyebrow, below his ear.

Simon freaks out in a way that kinda toes the line between being happy and being a breakdown, he throws himself at Baz, and they both fall back onto the bed and Simon is laughing and he's shaking and he doesn't understand, he doesn't get it, but holy fuck, he has his own face, he has his own body, he has his own hands. Baz pushes them apart so he can get a look at him, and Simon is actually kinda self-conscious when he does, which is a new feeling. he never has to feel self-conscious about anything, usually, since he knows every flaw or insecurity isn't really his, and will be gone the next day, but this is just... him.

Baz takes Simon's face in his hands and then, breathlessly, "Hello, Simon Snow."

AND THEN THEY KISS bc what else would they do here.

and uhh, yeah. so. Simon goes out to the kitchen where Penny is making breakfast and she loses her shit when she sees him. big hugs all around. Baz really does take the day off work to spend it with Simon, even though that just means lying around on the sofa watching movies while Simon works on his current rebinding commission. when Penny gets home that evening, they order takeaway and sit around the lounge room playing boardgames together until late, late, late into the night. Penny falls asleep in the armchair, and now it's 3-am.

Simon is tired. he's looking at the clock, sitting with his knees up and his arms around them, with Baz beside him. Baz has his forehead on his shoulder, an arm around his waist. he doesn't want to go to bed, because what if... what if it was only for today. how long will it be until the next time? what if there is no next time, what if, what if—

"We'll still be here," Baz whispers, exhausted. "And you'll still be you. No matter what, Simon."

and so they go to bed.

Simon wakes up to Baz's mouth on the back of his neck.

"Good morning, Simon Snow."

AND YEAH, that is the entire plot of my The Beauty Inside AU.

i told you this was gonna be a long one, but if you've made it all the way to the end of this mess, thank you kindly again for indulging me!

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luvnotes4u · 3 years ago

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aot modern headcanons

survey corp boys // sfw

eren:

loves texting you this face :D

uses super expensive mint shampoo and takes very good care of his hair

likes to think he’s intimidating, but once you get to know him he’s a big softie

when he drives and listens to music, he always taps his fingers to the beat on the steering wheel and on your thigh

junk food addict

100% has ADHD that’s untreated

when you’re talking to him he never looks you in the eyes cause he’s too busy watching your lips move, and then when you blush he grabs your face with both hands and peppers you with kisses

one time jean dared him to paint his nails and now he never has unpolished fingers

an “ass” man but anytime that question comes up he likes to bat his eyelashes with huge puppy dog eyes and say “personality” just bc he knows it annoys you

most listened to band is Arctic Monkeys and his favorite song of theirs is Knee Socks

favorite color is dark green

lets you braid his hair, but if you ever told anyone he’d kill you

literally whines if you say youre busy and can’t give him attention

wants to watch scary movies but then ends up hiding under the blankets during the scary parts

gets hangry

armin:

blow dries his hair after a shower

a nervous driver which results in you driving most of the time

has an intricate skin care routine that takes forever and always makes him late to everything

most definitely a “neck & collarbone” man

favorite coffee is an iced americano with caramel syrup topping

wins at clue. every. time.

doesn’t like confrontation, but if your order is wrong he’s the first one to march to the counter and demand for it to be fixed

🦭 is his favorite emoji bc it looks like the seal is smiling

the sweetest and most caring person, but when he gets truly angry, youre in danger

absolutely will not leave the house without chapstick and his airpods

loves taylor swift but refuses to admit it

most of the pants he owns are corduroy

the tip of his nose is always a little pink, and when he blushes it turns bright red

likes to walk most places if they’re close enough

green apple is his favorite candy flavor

thinks crocs are hideous but then wears socks with sandals on vacations

connie:

will text you every time he goes to the bathroom and let’s you know if it’s #1 or #2

has a genuine love for romcoms

started texting 😮‍💨 ironically but now he can’t stop

has adhd that IS treated but still out of control

street smart

shares one academic brain cell with sasha

is really good at sports but would rather be in an anime club or something stupid like that

afraid of snakes and the dark

“boob” man

has matching stick n pokes with sasha and jean

pothead

skittles are his favorite candy

is a gamer

loves doja cat

will put his arm around your shoulders when walking

let his hair grow out one time and donated it because sasha said to

has soft muscles

mamas boy

jean:

screams to taylor swift songs in the car with armin and made him swear not to tell anyone

spoils/babies you

absolutely loves it when you kiss his forehead

smells like coffee and frozen strawberries

argues with eren just to get a reaction out of him

is incredibly toned

likes to ruffle your hair when teasing you

kisses your bruises

has no idea how taxes work

“ass” man

watches Mama Mia religiously and his excuse is because his mom likes it but really it’s his comfort movie

“ladies man”

wears contacts

enjoys getting his nails done with you

levi:

is a “thigh” man

smells like vanilla and laundry detergent

when youre around him, he’s never not touching you whether that’s his hand on your back or his knee touching yours

essentially a malewife but he won’t admit it

won’t let you drive and he says it’s bc he wants you to relax but it’s really cause when you drive it makes him nervous

watched glee once and now all of their covers of songs are saved to a private playlist that no one will ever know about

melts whenever you play with his hair and run your fingers through it

needs reading glasses

if he’s on time to something, he’s late

prefers phone calls/facetime over texting

genuinely enjoys being around kids but always keeps a stern expression so he doesn’t give in to his soft side

favorite song is Becca by The Sukis

actively prays on peoples downfalls if they hurt you

would own every cat if he could

prefers bitter tasting tea over sweet tasting

would rather stay home and read than go out with people, unless it’s with you

owns too many plain white tshirts and button ups

#aot headcanons #aot x reader #eren jaeger #armin arlert #connie springer #jean kirschtein #levi ackerman #eren x reader #armin x reader #connie x reader #jean x reader #levi x reader #headcanon #modern headcanons #can you tell eren is my baby

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licensedqueerio · 2 years ago

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My Immortal Beloved

Tony makes hot chocolate wrong, Steve is disappointed

I like to think that Steve wasn't an only child and that he partially wanted to join the war because his brother did. Also, Tony can't cook :)

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Word Count: 1.9k

Pairing: Tony Stark x Steve Rogers

Warnings: Suggestive language

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“Can I have some cocoa?” Steve asked very politely just like he'd been raised to ask when he wanted something, staring at the steaming mug Tony held in his hands. It had a pun on it, that Steve thought was rather entertaining. It was of an iron with Tony's color scheme, followed by the word man. Reading, quite literally, 'iron man'.

Tony glanced up at him, then back down to his precious mug filled to the brim with the warm, chocolatey goodness. He had an answer immediately, "no,” he turned back and looked back at the cheesy romcom Christmas movie Peter put on. But he'd abandoned him about an hour ago, so he was left watching the movie alone. It was starting to get good. He burrowed further under his mountain of blankets. They kept him warm and kept dark memories at bay.

“Please?” Steve tried, leaning over the back of the couch, hovering over Tony and staring longingly at the mug.

“Nope,” Tony said, waving a hand to try and shoo the super soldier who was constantly bothering him as of late. It was weird. And anxiety-inducing because Tony had no idea what he wanted. Besides hot chocolate, he called cocoa like an old man. “Go make yourself some. The packets are on the counter,” he said, eyes firmly fixed on the TV. He was becoming invested in the damn movie despite his best interest.

“Packets?” Steve asked, thankfully backing off. He didn't go far though, too busy staring at Tony with an expression that was a mix of disappointment and confusion.

Tony rolled his eyes. “Yes, my immortal beloved,” he mocked. “There’s packets full of chocolate power. Add it to water. Viola. Hot chocolate.”

Steve was silent. Too quiet to mean anything good, he didn't even mention how he wasn't immortal like usual.

Tony, despite his promise not to engage in conversation with the captain, frowned and turned around. He was met with Steve, with his hands on his hips, looking at Tony in utter disappointment. He loathed that look it made him feel incredibly stupid. A word that hadn't been used to describe him in quite some time. “What?” Tony demanded.

“That is not how you make hot chocolate, Tony,” Steve stated as though it were a scientific fact. There was no 'right; way to make hot chocolate.

Tony huffed, he couldn't believe he was being judged over hot chocolate. “Go be judgmental in the kitchen, Sergeant Rogers. Let me watch the movie,” he grumbled, turning back around and taking a sip from his mug. It was perfectly fine, thank you very much. He was not pouting.

“I was never a sergeant," Steve informed.

"Called you that because you're acting like a drill sergeant. Who are you, hot chocolate police? It's chocolate and water, pretty damn hard to screw up," Tony said, scowling into his mug.

"Come with me to the kitchen," Steve requested, ignoring everything else because he didn't want to fight. Not really. He and Tony had been doing much better than they'd been three years ago, but it was slow going. They were friends now, a very loose label especially around wintertime.

“No.”

“Come on, Tony. I’ll show you the right way to make hot cocoa,” Steve coaxed. He genuinely wanted to, because there was nothing that beat his Ma's recipe for hot chocolate It wasn't just 'chocolate and water' like Tony insultingly put it.

Tony gave a long groan of suffering. “Friday, pause the movie,” he said to the sky, where he'd left his eyes after rolling them so hard. He had no clue where the remote had wandered off to and he didn't feel like searching for it. Once the movie was paused, he stood up, turning around and glaring at Steve, blankets falling in a pool around him. He clutched his mug like a shield, protecting him from whatever it was Steve was trying to pull.

Every winter left the two of them...tense. Every year like clockwork they'd get snappy and standoffish because the cold dredged up some not-so-nice memories of Siberia. Sometimes Tony would wake up gasping, feeling the terror flood his body, trapped under Steve as he raised his shield high and brought it down into Tony's chest. because of this, they kept their interactions to a minimum, and conversing was completely off the table after Tony exploded last year and ‘ruined Christmas’. But now all of a sudden the Captain wanted to bond.

It was suspicious if you asked Tony.

“It’s really good,” Steve insisted, shifting his weight and rocked back on his heel, pivoting around and heading into the kitchen. “Just takes a while. That's why I wanted some of yours,” he explained over his shoulder.

“Sure,” Tony flatly responded, walking towards the kitchen. He already felt far too cold now that he was out from his mountain of blankets. He held his mug tighter, taking another drink and letting the warmth flood his body. He rubbed his chest subconsciously, before taking another sip.

Steve was silent as they walked into the kitchen. Tony didn’t break the silence either, finding a counter to perch himself atop of without being in the way—he didn't feel like fighting with Steve tonight—and watching the man collect everything he needed.

Steve gave him a look when he saw where Tony was sitting. Another disapproving look.

“My compound,” Tony said in response, taking another drink from his mug. He could sit wherever he damn well pleased. He owned the building for christs sake. No one could police him on where he sat, especially not Captain Steve.

Steve looked away, filling a saucepan with water before turning on the stove, setting the pan on top. “My ma used to make this for my brother and I all the time,” he reminisced, going through the cabinets before he found his squares of chocolate. He'd bought them just for this and adding a few into the water.

“You had a brother?” Tony asked quietly. He tried to recall his father ever mentioning a second Rogers or any documentaries mentioning it. He came up blank. How the hell had that detail been missed by the public?

Steve looked up, trying to appear casual, like this information didn’t mean much. But he was doing that thing where he shifted his weight back and forth incessantly. It meant he was nervous. Tony didn't know why he knew that. “I had two,” he answered, voice even. “An older brother and a younger brother.”

Tony’s brow furrowed. “You’re a middle child?” He asked. He didn’t expect that, he carried himself like an only child would. Or at least an eldest child. Weird. “I didn’t know that. I’ve never...heard about them," he said, deciding to play nice since Steve was so willingly offering this piece of himself to him. He didn't know why.

“Matthew's the baby, he died real young. He was sick, worse than me,” Steve said, stirring the mixture and avoiding eye contact. “William died in the war. Enlisted as soon as he was old enough.”

“I’m sorry for your loss,” Tony offered, unsure of what else he could say.

“Thank you,” Steve replied. “Want to see how we old men used to make hot chocolate?” He asked, bringing a light atmosphere with the simple words.

Tony narrowed his eyes. He slid off the counter and went to stand next to him after a moment of thought. He didn't seem like he had any malicious intentions. He peered into the pan, looking at the now melted chocolate mixture.

“Pour some sugar in,” Steve asked.

“The saying is pour some sugar on me, but sure,” Tony replied on impulse. He internally grimaced, maybe not the best thing to say after someone just talks about their dead brothers. Maybe he was stupid. He set his mug down and reached for the sugar. “How much?”

“Er- um. Um, about three tablespoons,” Steve stammered out.

“Yes, sir,” he muttered. Teasing, not mocking like usual and eyeballed about three tablespoons of sugar.

“Now a dash of salt,” Steve instructed.

Tony added a ‘dash’ of salt into the pot—whatever the hell that meant—watching as Steve continued to mix it over the low fire.

“Wanna stir?” Steve asked.

Tony looked up at him. There was no harm in it. He took the spoon from Steve and began to stir the mixture in silence. Until Steve came up behind him.

“Here, don’t go too fast,” he said, placing one hand on Tony’s waist and the other came around to hold the spoon over Tony’s hand, slowing his pace. “There. Now there’s no chance of it spilling everywhere,” he murmured.

“Yeah,” Tony mumbled, feeling frozen. He didn’t expect this close contact to feel so...nice. He didn’t think he’d fit into Steve’s arms so perfectly. He didn’t think he’d be the one getting flustered either. “I can’t cook,” he blurted out. He didn't know what to say or do. They were supposed to hate each other so why the hell was his heart racing and palms sweating.

“...I know,” Steve said, sounding far too amused. He took his hand off Tony’s hip—allowing him to actually think—and reached over to grab the measuring cup full of milk and started to pour some in. “I’ve seen the kitchen after you’ve left it."

“So why let me help?” Tony asked.

Steve looked at him. He set the measuring cup back down and put his hand back on Tony’s hip, gently rubbing with his thumb. “So I could do this,” he murmured, lifting his hand up to cup Tony’s cheek, turning his head so they were face to face. His eyes dropped down to Tony's lips as he wet his won. "Is this okay?"

Tony stared at him in disbelief. Was this really happening? Didn't Steve hate him? So what was going on? Did he hit his head and this was all one fever dream? He didn't know. What he did know, was that Steve was asking permission for a kiss and Tony had half a mind to give it. After a few more moments of silence, he swallowed and nodded.

"...Can you say it?" Steve asked.

Wonderful. The Captain had a thing for enthusiastic consent. Really wonderful trait but terrible at the moment.

"Yes," Tony found his voice. "This is okay. You can kiss me," he said, embarrassed. He didn't remember the last time he felt like this. Flustered and at a loss for words.

Steve leaned forward and captured his lips in a gentle kiss. His lips were chapped, but the taste of chocolate on them made up for him.

Tony just about melted just like the chocolate, eyes closing as he moved his lips in turn with Steves, savoring the feeling of the kiss. He hadn't kissed someone like this in so long, which just hurt his playboy ego. He could get lost in this kiss for ages.

But then Steve pulled away.

“I’m sorry about Siberia,” he said, blue eyes shining with guilt.

Tony frowned. He was ruining the moment. “I know,” he responded. “You’ve said it a million times.”

“I know,” Steve repeated. “I’ll always be sorry.”

Tony sighed. He didn’t want to do this now. “Shut up and kiss me again," he said because if Steve was kissing him then he wasn't talking and dredging nightmares up. Which definitely wasn't healthy and they probably needed to talk about this before it turned into a thing but that was a problem for future Tony.

Steve looked at his face, searching for something. Apparently he found it because he obliged a second later, pulling Tony forward by his hips and kissing him with a passion that the last kiss hadn't held.

Tony smirked. Maybe he wouldn't be cold tonight after all.

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max--phillips · 7 months ago

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Just to be clear I wasn’t coming at u for that, I was baffled by whoever was doubting his ability to play RR lmao no harm no foul !!! I’m with you 100% though that saying that just because he hasn’t played a genius level character like RR somehow means he’ll be bad at it. He’s also not been in a romcom but I don’t see anyone doubting his ability to perform in the uninvited or materialists (or eddington? Is that going to be a romcom or smth else? I don’t remember lmao). Beyond that, like… everyone’s gotta start somewhere, right??

NONETHELESS this is a very interesting discussion and I think it highlights how everyone takes different things away from media, as well as the idea that there is no such thing as “true intelligence”—people are often smart in one area, but not in another, but that doesn’t make them any less intelligent.

Like, for Joel: I admittedly haven’t played the game, so I can’t speak on that, but in the show, I didn’t interpret him as “punch first ask questions later” at all. Yes, he’s a fighter, but you don’t survive that long in that environment and become that successful a smuggler by beating the shit out of all your problems. Yes, he’s reactive, and he’s good in a fight, but we can infer that he’s a decent tactician, certainly street smart, smart enough to track down his brother in the post apocalypse all the way across the US… plus, like, he was a carpenter, and that doesn’t count for nothing.

On Din: absolutely socially awkward and clueless, however: multilingual, great with his hands and technology (broke into a new republic prison ship, kept the razor crest running for years (and tried teaching a toddler electrical engineering in the meantime), navigated the galaxy without an astromech, helped Peli build him a new ship from a pretty bare skeleton, knows his armor electronics well enough to repair it in the field), also a good tactician and strategist.

Tovar walked towards a lit explosive, let the man who was clearly using him to steal black powder get away from him, and then got his ass arrested. No further comment necessary.

Oberyn: while he is absolutely cocky and hot headed, and passionate to a fault, the situation that got him killed was an outlier in my opinion. I don’t know a whole lot about GOT/ASOIAF, but I do know that Oberyn was incredibly talented when it came to creating poisons, he was an excellent fighter, and very well-spoken. He strikes me as a very intelligent person, and in my opinion the way he fights is very much not brutal. I think ruthless would be a better term.

Jack: Skilled yes, but I would push back on the not very bright thing. You have to have some awareness to be conniving and manipulative, and you certainly don’t end up the lead field agent for a group of super spies by being stupid. The movie didn’t do a very good job of exploring his character and made a really shitty choice in making him the “twist” third act villain. I do think, however, we can all agree that no matter what, the real brains of the operation lies in one Ginger Ale.

Max Phillips may be an idiot, but he’s my idiot dammit lmao

Maxwell I think is smarter than people give him credit for. Whiny, sure, but he’s incredibly manipulative and smart enough to know where to go and how to get the thing he wants. He knows how to play the game and play it well. (Until he gets in over his head and panics. Confidence only gets you so far.) Certainly in the comics, he founded the fuckin’ Justice League, and while a much different character than the one we saw in WW1984, this counts for something, y’know?

Frankie I 100% agree on. He has his niche, and he knows how to do it and do it well. He is a little bit more of a realist (or pessimist, depending on how you see it I suppose) than Santiago which I think in that scenario shows he has a better handle on their situation than Santiago does, but idk man everyone in that group lit money on fire for warmth so no one here is beating the idiot allegations

Ezra: a lot of what we know about him is based on speculation and inference. We don’t get much real background in the movie, and I don’t think that Ezra is a particularly reliable narrator, so who knows what actually happened when he got stranded on the green. Here’s what we do know: big vocabulary, well spoken, excellent negotiator, good with his hands when he had both (confident enough in his ability to harvest to go after the queens lair when given the opportunity), knowledgeable about the social situation on the green (what with the sater), and smart enough to keep himself alive on that hell planet by himself for however long it takes for Cee to find him after she bolts. I’d wager he’s also very impulsive and while he’s good at calculating risks, sometimes he just bypasses that because the reward is so appealing to him.

Dieter. He’s an idiot. Good actor apparently. But an idiot.

Javi P is not emotionally intelligent for sure, but it takes a lot of skill in a lot of things to do what he did in that show. I don’t think he’s dumb at all. Impulsive, reckless, and willing to take risks that could (and did, on several occasions) backfire extremely badly? Absolutely. But not dumb.

Javi G I agree with. Good screenwriter, apparently, but very passionate about things that were not the right things to be passionate in his situation lmao I love him tho

Anywho that’s my take on these characters . I am very tired rn so I’m sure there’s a better way to wrap this up but ultimately I think it’s interesting to see that people apparently consider the characters he plays as so much different than the way I interpreted them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I know everyone wants John Krasinski as Reed Richards in Fantastic Four but people haven’t stopped to consider Pedro Pascal and his power as Reed Richards and I think that’s a damn shame.

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nightshade-minho · 4 years ago

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- Miracle -

- felix x reader / changbin x reader

- part of @hanflix ‘s christmas collab

- warnings: breaking up, cheating, fingering.

- wc: 3k

You hummed a Christmas carol to yourself happily as you danced about your apartment.

It’d been a while since you’d spent Christmas with your boyfriend, so you were understandably excited.

You’d spent all afternoon cooking up an amazing dinner, all of his favorites included. You hadn’t cooked in ages, so it had definitely been quite a bit of work.

You didn’t mind though. Anything for him.

You glanced at the clock again as you adjusted an ornament on the tree, one which had both your faces on it. Grinning widely, you moved the gift box under it to the side a little. Satisfied, you made your way to the couch, staring at the door as you waited for the bell to ring.

To say you were excited would be an understatement. Not only were you anticipating spending this evening with him, you were also quite excited for the events that would follow. It’d been so long since you had any kind of relief- you were incredibly horny.

Your clothing reflected that as well. You’d purposely chosen a strapless dress that would clearly show off the lace of the crimson lingerie you had underneath. You’d seen the pair in a window last week and just had to have it. You felt so pretty in it, like a gift just waiting to be unwrapped.

A few minutes passed by, as you ran a hand through your hair absentmindedly.

Hm, he was a little late. It wasn’t a big deal though, right? The Christmas traffic was probably insane.

More time passed by, and you got even more antsy as the minutes passed by. But it would be fine. He would be here soon enough, you knew it. He probably just had extra work to do.

Almost an hour, now.

You were starting to worry about the turkey getting cold. Letting out a small groan of frustration, you grabbed your phone, dialing your boyfriend’s number as quickly as possible.

“Y/n?”

You inhaled, the tone of his voice confusing you a little. Why did he sound so surprised?

“Uh yeah...where are you, Bin?”

A small curse could be heard from the other end of the line. There were some rustling sounds, and then a cough. Followed by some silence. You felt your heart drop slowly, as the seconds passed.

“Changbin?” You asked again, your voice quivering slightly. “D-don’t tell me you forgot.”

“Uh...” There was more silence.

And then a sigh. A defeated, saddened sigh.

“I’m...I’m so sorry. I really am. Sorry for doing this to you. You really do deserve better than m-“

And that’s when you heard another cough. It was slight, but still audible. Quiet and...distinctively female.

“Changbin?!” Your eyes widened as you sat up. “Are you not alone?”

“Y/n...I’m really sorry. I wish things could have been different but-“ He hesitated when he heard you sniff. “I just...think we should spend some time apart.”

You let the phone drop. Changbin’s voice could still be heard, but you drowned it out. You tried to ignore the hot tears pricking at your eyes as you cut the call, burying your head in your hands.

So, that was it.

It had all been for nothing. All the effort, all the time and love you’d put into this relationship had been meaningless.

You couldn’t hold back the tears any longer. It helped, really. You let all your emotions flow past your cheeks, cursing out your boyfriend- ex boyfriend now, you supposed- in your head.

It was all you could do...cry. Cry until your eyes could barely stay open. You’d spent an hour crying and you were definitely going to spend the rest of the night the same way-

Until there was a knock on the door.

Opening your eyes, you blinked in confusion. Who could it be? Sitting up, you rubbed vigorously at your eyes until the tears were gone, more or less.

You moved to the door, pushing it open. You had an idea of who it might be…and if you were right, your heart already felt lighter.

Cause really, there was only one person who could possibly make you feel better right now.

And there he was, standing right in front of you.

“Lixie.”

Your best friend gave you a soft smile, holding what seemed to be a bunch of DVDs as well as a few snacks. “Hey.”

“Why are you here?”

“Uh well...I heard what happened.”

“How? I never called-“

“Changbin told me.” He bit his lip, pushing past you and into the room.

“He’s an ass. I can’t believe he would do this to you. I got all this ready as soon as I heard. There’s no way you’re spending Christmas all alone.” He turned to you. “I won’t allow it.”

You sighed, watching as he went and sat on the couch, arranging the DVDs and snacks in front of him.

“Do...do you know how long he’s been cheating on me?” You asked, wringing your fingers as you moved closer to him.

“I...I’m not sure. Although I know the girl. They’re childhood friends, but I thought they were just that.” He sighed.

Childhood friend. Weird, Changbin had never mentioned having one.

“He was making a bunch of lame excuses. Said that he’d fallen out of love with you and was going to tell you soon anyway. That doesn’t excuse it though...I’m really sorry, Y/n.”

The tears slowly made their way back into your eyes at his words. He’d fallen out of love with you? Why? You hadn’t even noticed any issues between the two of you. Of course, he’d been a little distant these past few months...but you’d just assumed it was because of how busy he was at work.

You slowly went and sat down next to your best friend, leaning back in silence.

“You look very pretty tonight, by the way...” Felix mumbled softly, running his eyes over your dress and turning back to the screen. You muttered a thank you, sighing.

“That...that jerk is just that, okay? I’m going to help you forget for a bit. You don’t deserve to spend Christmas night in tears.”

“It’s okay. You’re right. It’ll be hard to get over him though, Lixie...he was all I had.”

“You have me.” He said insistently. “And I’d never leave you. Now, erase him from your memory.”

“It’s not that easy.”

“I know. But you’ll have to try, atleast for tonight. Promise?” He tilted his head at you.

You held his gaze for a few seconds, your heart heavy. Groaning, you nodded. “Okay.”

“There’s my good girl.”

You blushed at his words, clearing your throat and moving forward in your seat. “Which movies did you bring?” You sniffed, inspecting the DVDs.

“Well, I know you like watching Christmas romcoms.” He chuckled, wiggling his eyebrows. “So I’ve got plenty of those.”

“Hey! I don’t.” You let out a small laugh, shaking your head. “I only watch them cause they’re so silly. And making fun of them is entertaining.”

“Then let’s do that.” He grins and picks out one, putting it into the player and sitting back.

The movie started playing, and you settled yourself to be more comfortable. Grabbing a blanket from your side, you draped it over the two of you. Felix smiled softly at the plushy blanket, bringing it over you higher.

There was silence as the two of you watched the movie, only interrupted by your occasional jeers. You forgot Changbin and his betrayal momentarily, your brain focused on the idiocy displayed by the Mary Sues on screen instead.

“This is so stupid...no one holds in their feelings for that long, do they?” You rolled your eyes as the character onscreen holds back their confession for the millionth time that day.

“Yeah…” Felix shifted in his seat uncomfortably. Glancing over at you, he observed your profile carefully. He couldn’t tell which one out of the two of you was more oblivious.

“I mean, you never really know...these movies might hold more truth than it seems.”

You scoffed. “I really doubt that. It’s just unrealistic.”

He stayed silent for a while, before shifting closer to you and wrapping an arm around you tentatively.

“How are you feeling now?”

“To be honest? Still not very good.” You mumbled, the tears slowly making an appearance once more as memories of your ex flooded your mind.

“Yeah...I know. I’m sorry.” He put his other arm around you as well, pulling you close to him. He let your bury your face in his shirt, his heart shaking at the sound of your muffled sniffles.

Felix felt warm, safe. You held onto him tightly as your tears flowed endlessly.

Patting your back, he kissed the top of your head. “You’re such an amazing person, Y/n. I’ve known this since day one.”

“I don’t know. I’m not amazing enough for him, am I?”

“Maybe you don’t need him to decide your worth.”

You looked up from his chest. “All I’ve known for years now is him, Lix. We’ve been together for five years, how am I supposed to just forget?”

Felix bit his lip, not knowing what to say. He kissed the top of your forehead again, humming to himself.

“You don’t...deserve him. You’ve deserved better from day one.”

“Better?”

You looked up at Felix, frowning as you observed the emotion in his eyes- so deep and profound. Swallowing, you sat up. “What do you mean?”

“It’s just…” he clenched his fists, closing his eyes. Fuck, this was so much more difficult than he thought it would be. Why was it so hard? He was the biggest hypocrite ever for criticizing those romcoms with you. The truth was, he was just as much of a coward as the protagonist.

Felix had held in his feelings for you for years, since childhood. The moment you stumbled into his life in grade 5, running into him with your full tray and spilling its contents all over his brand new shirt, he’d known.

You’d apologized profusely, offering to take him out for coffee to make up for it. He’d refused at first, but you’d insisted.

That was one of the things that made him fall in love with you. Your tenacity and stubbornness, the way you never backed down. You’d always been strong, as long as he’d known you.

That was exactly why it hurt to see you look so vulnerable. Of course he’d given Changbin a piece of his mind when he’d heard, but it still felt like it wasn’t enough. He wished he could do more.

Felix wished he could just blurt out his feelings to you. Wished he could be like you, the type to be unapologetic about their desires, to be straightforward.

“I don’t know. What if...what if the one who you really deserve was in front of you all along?”

You raised an eyebrow in confusion. “What do you mean?”

“I mean…” He swallowed. Shit, what was he supposed to do now? He was in a corner.

There was only one thing he could do now, really. And the idea scared him and excited him at the same time.

“I mean this, Y/n.” He took in a deep breath.

And suddenly, his lips were on yours.

To say you’d never expected it would be an understatement. It was just too much of a shock, something you’d never even thought of happening.

His lips were soft and delicate. His kiss was fragile, his fingers gentle as they came up to ghost along your jaw. Everything about it was surprising, and yet...

It wasn’t unpleasant, that was for sure. Cause even as Felix pushed you backwards, you kissed him back.

You just couldn’t help yourself. You’d never seen your best friend in a romantic light- which made your sudden neediness for him all the more astonishing.

It was like there was a some sort of magnetic attraction connecting the two of you. You couldn’t hold yourself back. He tasted so sweet...

Everything about Felix is the opposite of him…and that somehow pulled you in even more. How had you never noticed until now?

He pulled away finally, his panicked eyes searching yours. His hands never left your body, though.

“Was that ok?” He asked, his voice shaky. His lips were still throbbing with the force of the kiss the two of you had shared.

“It...It was p-perfect, Lixie...want more…” you forgot the movie as you pulled him back to you, lips claiming his.

It just felt so addictive. Fuck, what were you doing? You’d barely gotten over your ex, and then here you were making out with your best friend.

His fingers ran down your back as he kissed you again, and again and again. His lips pulled your bottom lip, as he gazed deep into your eyes.

There was love in those eyes that you’d never seen before...not even in Changbin. It was an emotion so profound and raw it made you breathless, your heart pounding in your chest. It all felt so new, and yet not scary or daunting at all.

“There’s things I’ve always wanted to say to you.” He mumbled in between kisses, holding you tight as he lifted you up onto his lap.

“Tell me now then.”

“I will.” He nodded, kissing your jaw.

“The first one...I’ve always wanted to kiss you like that. I could stare at those pretty lips of yours forever...tasting them was like a dream come true.”

Felix’s hands were gentle as they ran up your bare back, lifting your shirt up over your head. You let out a shy whimper as he did so, your eyes fixed on him. He groaned inwardly at the innocent look on your face. What an idiot he was to let someone like her go.

Slowly he stood up, making you clutch onto him like a koala as he headed over to the tree in the corner.

He scoffed at the ornament as he set you down onto the ground, hovering over you. “Fuck him. You’re mine, now. And I won’t let anyone hurt you.”

You looked up at him with wide eyes. Was what he said true? Did he mean it all?

You didn’t know if you were being too suspicious. You’d had enough of empty promises, words spelling forevers that were never meant to be.

Felix pressed one more kiss to your lips before sitting back to run his eyes over your lingerie. His eyes widened as he ran his fingers over the satin, his finger gently playing with your clothed nipple. “Fuck, you really did all this for him? That prick really really doesn’t deserve you.” He bummed.

“So pretty…”

You watched as he reached to his side, pulling out the ribbon of one of the wrapped gifts. Taking the crimson silk, he took your hands and carefully tied your wrists together. “That’s it...You look so pretty like this. A little gift, all for me.”

He leaned in to nose at your neck, his fingers dipping down to rub over your clothed panties. He groaned at the feeling of the soaked fabric, wetness gushing out of you as he explored your folds.

“All for me. Mine.”

You stared at him, your lips parted. As his fingers slowly slid aside your underwear, you closed your eyes, whining gently.

“The second thing I’ve wanted to tell you...do you even know how amazing you are? You’re perfect. The way you always care for the people around you...the way you know exactly what to do in any situation...anyone would be lucky to have you in their life.”

You blushed at his words, your chest rising and falling with your breaths. Did he really think of you in that way? You didn’t know if you were all that special, to be honest.

The way Felix said it with so much conviction made you wonder, though.

Suddenly, your phone lit up.

Momentarily pulling away, Felix frowned as your phone dinged with messages. They kept coming, incessant pings piercing through the air.

Groaning, he sat up and grabbed your phone before returning to your previous position.

“He must be kidding…” Felix raised an eyebrow as he read the texts. Turning it, he showed you the phone.

There were a bunch of texts, all from Changbin. Apologizing, begging for you to meet him up so he could explain.

A few hours ago, you would have immediately grabbed the phone to reply to him. However, at the moment reconciliation with Changbin was the last thing on your mind.

You scoffed. Forget it. Felix was right, you deserved better.

“Forget it. Lixie...please. I need you.”

That was all he needed to hear. In an instant, the phone was discarded as Felix leaned down to kiss you again, smiling against your lips as he pressed his body against yours.

“The third thing I’ve always wanted to tell you...is how much I love you.” He tucked a strand of hair behind your ear as he gazed at you.

“I’m in love with you, Y/n. And I always will be.”

You opened your mouth, but he sealed your lips with a finger.

“You don’t have to say anything now. I know this is sudden. You can have time to think about it.” He said reassuringly.

You smiled up at him, shaking your head as you grabbed his cheeks and pulled him to you once again. Leaning in, you whispered against his lips.

“We have all the time in the world…and right now, I know all I want to be is yours, Lix. I’d be a fool to not love you.”

A smile lit up his face, and you giggled at the sight. He always looked so pretty when happiness consumes his face like that.

He kissed you again, as he gently slid in a finger into your core. You gasped, your eyes glazed over as you stared at him.

“I love you, my little Christmas miracle…” He mumbled, sliding his lips down your neck. You smiled, moaning softly.

And in that moment, those sappy Christmas movies didn’t seem all that far-fetched after all.

#Felix smut #skz smut #stray kids smut #changbin angst #Felix fluff #Felix x reader #Felix imagines #Felix scenarios

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pinuphead · 3 years ago

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I know I talk a lot abt how the hellraiser comics aren’t that good and how the Hellraiser movies uhhh have some moments that are bad, but here’s some Hellraiser writing decisions that I genuinely think are superb:

-Kirsty having a dad that’s a really nice sweet kind caring guy. It just feels right. That scene where he sits on the phone with her downstairs in his dressing gown because she called him after having a nightmare? Father of all time. Rip Kirsty’s dad forever in my heart.

-Casting Doug Bradley as Pinhead was perfect, but having him keep his sticky out round ears for each movie was like... perfect casting choice. Yes, this is the Hellpriest... with his adorable round ears. It’s especially cute when Elliott wears his army cap and his ears are just poking out endearingly. It’s just very sweet to me and adds a nice humanising quality to the character.

-Establishing that when Pinhead loses the human part of himself he becomes just absolutely fucking silly was genius. Pinhead was having the time of his life in Hellraiser 3 being silly as shit with no critical thought because his self control and inhibitions come from his human part. Pinhead has exactly one brain cell and it belongs to Elliott Spencer, and it’s the only thing stopping him from kicking church doors down to blow raspberries at the priests.

-Elliott being really sweet and nice with Joey and then incredibly sarcastic and sardonic in the comics when he gets turned into a human is a great idea. Like first off Elliott being a sarcastic prick just feels natural and right and I love it, but him canonically being very very sweet to people he genuinely likes is just aw.

He’s just like: fuck everyone I hate everyone here you’re all stupid. Not you though Joey you’ve never done anything wrong in your life ily #bestfriends.

-Also just Joey as a protagonist. Yeah... love her. Hellraiser 3 being a meetcute romcom between two girls and the scene where Joey’s new hip girlfriend Terri fucks up her kitchen trying to make breakfast is perfect.

-Pinhead having a pet fucked up hell hound dog in the 4th movie. Giving Pinhead a pet dog is one of the best decisions in the franchise. Few things top this.

-Angelique. French mean girl demon who tells Pinhead he looks ugly as shit within 5 minutes of meeting him is one of the best characters in the entire franchise. I love their bickering. They spend most of their scenes together in the 4th movie arguing and it’s honestly just perfect. Cenobite workplace drama. Angelique if ur reading this ily.

-comics mostly suck ass I do not recommend them at all they’re not worth it for the few scraps of good content they do have, but the scraps are there. I really like this panel from one of the older comics where Pinhead just has a catch up chat with a newly turned Cenobite. I just like seeing the cenobites casually hanging out together.

image description:two comic panels drawn in watercolour. The first is a close up on Pinhead’s face as he sayd “very nice. you’ve adapted well, leviathan is pleased. The second panel shows Pinhead with his hands behind his back walking next to another cenobite that wears a long black coat. They are walking down sloping stairs in hell, and the other cenobite is saying “I’ve been using staples to fasten them on but I’ve grown rather inured to the pain, I’ve started thinking about screws-”. there is a text box in the bottom right that says the end. end description.

- also the comics about the cenobites saving kids from shitty family situations are poggers.

That’s all I can think of for now but I might make another post with more stuff I think of.

#hellraiser #pinhead #elliott spencer

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autisticzukka · 4 years ago

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what is this hakoda zuko arranged marriage you speak of? i am intrigued

okay so the long story short is that it’s a slight rebuttal of a popular post that is very fun but i find like... unrealistic in a really intriguing way like, how would this ACTUALLY play out. I’ve talked about it at length in my server a few times, and it’s one of those AU’s -- like the genderbend zukka ATLA rewrite or the zukki fic that starts with sokka failing to assassinate zuko -- that lives rent free in my head and I’ve written a couple thousand words for.

tw for like VERY unrequited zuko in love with hakoda and the inherent comedy of sokka being in love with his fire nation stepmom.

so here’s hakoda, chief of the southern water tribe, happily not-married to Bato. and here is a more balanced war, where the north and the south are actually allies, rather than whatever the fuck they were in ATLA. Yue already has a fiance and the Northern chief refuses to remarry. that leaves hakoda responsible for biting the bullet and doing a political marriage even though, as he points out at length, he is an elected official and if he stops being elected it’s no longer a marriage with the chief of the south pole. intelligently but mostly selfishly motivated (yue’s fiance is his nephew, after all) pakku points out that its not like the fire nation knows... that. the fire nation is dumb. ozai’s stupid.

faced with such inarguable points hakoda stiffens his upper lip, pre-emptively ends things with bato on the understanding that if this is another kya situation they’ll get back together and that he’s still the most important person to him but the tribe comes first yada yada, and deals with katara throwing the mother of all tantrums. it is slightly softened by the fact that in return for him marrying the fire nation noble, a thing everyone can agree isn’t traditional, the north has finally agreed to train katara. she heads out before the wedding, in protest but also so as to not cause an international incident.

(on her way, she’ll find aang. with the war less dire, katara will be sympathetic towards his desire to live without committing violence, even if she deeply can’t relate. they’ll have a hot girl romcom summer of self discovery and coming to terms with the dichotomy between duty and love as they become master benders. at some point they pick up toph. they ARE a throuple.)

sokka meanwhile is like.. not cool with it.. but ? kind of relieved? like. he’s the eldest kid. he’s 18, and he’s been a man of the tribe as far as legalities for several years. it would have been entirely understandable if his dad had asked HIM to do it. he had his emotionally crushing romance with yue, and as much as he was like ‘im kind of a prince’, he finds he doesn’t actually want some of the responsibilities and demands that would bring. yue’s life sucks.

back in the fire nation, zuko never demanded a quest and never went on it. he’s spent years hardening into something that, while brittle, can survive the pressures of the court around him. he still has his scar. he still wants his father to love him, but he knows by now that it’s not something he’s capable of earning. he watches his sister, never the most stable person, start to have complete breakdowns of sanity once she hits puberty, and helps her cover for it and receive medical treatment on the down low. he’s the heir, but he lives knowing that if he was ever in a position to inherit his choices are to abdicate or have the baby sister who he raised kill him and destroy herself and the country in the process.

when he realizes the plan is to marry azula off rather than someone more reasonable-- mai is RIGHT there, for fucks sake-- he doesn’t realize ozai’s true intent is to fuck this up through malicious compliance and false shows of good faith. he panics, and does the zuko thing: he blurts out that this is unacceptable and immoral and she’s only 16 and Ozai sees the true opportunity for two birds with one stone. send zuko, let him piss someone off so badly he gets killed or divorced, and he gets rid of zuko from the line of succession permanently. there are those who are incredibly attached to teh idea of a firstborn for firelord, and it’s been a constant thorn in unpopular ozai’s side to nto be able to name azula his heir apparent without costly rebellion. but if he can taint him in the mind of the fire nation so much that birthright is easy to supercede-- yeah. this’ll work PERFECTLY.

so zuko is sent to marry hakoda, chief of the water tribe.

literally NO ONE was expecting it to be a member of Ozai’s immediate family. besides the fact that his oldest child is half hakoda’s age and his brother has 20 years on hakoda, it would have been sus as fuck - the treaty is not favorable enough to grant that kind of secession of interests. it becomes quickly apparent that this young man -- hakoda reminds himself of that repeatedly. not kid. not kid. young man. don’t think of him like a kid, it’s hard enough on both of us already. -- is not a horrible threat. he’s scared shitless and shakes with what he thinks is bravado. he’s desperate to make the marriage work. he’s desperate to not go home. he’s got a giant fucking scar on his face from where the fire lord punished him for some grievous but unstated offense.

zuko “daddy issues” fire nation sees his husband to be and, despite being scared shitless, immediately begins to soften a little. like... he’s not nearly as scary as he thought he’d be. his face can be stern, but it just as easily breaks into huge smiles, and his eyes are crinkled with laughter. he’s incredibly handsome. and his biceps are. his biceps. are. his hands are...

like. zuko thinks. okay. maybe. maybe his marriage duties. won’t be so horrible as he thought. maybe he’s ready for this. and he knows what to expect, Uncle had discreetly provided him the means and the contacts to acquire an intimate education in the whirlwind of activity that was the two months before leaving. and like, once he’d gotten past the nerves, it was often even... good? or at least... not bad? he thinks that even if hakoda isn’t a professional expert, he has a certain.... je ne sais quoi, if you will.

((DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF DILF))

sokka sees his new stepfather and immediately falls in love because he’s that kind of dumb bitch. (the core of this au is that i cant breathe thinking about sokka falling in love with his hot young stepmom his age who his dad doesnt even want to fuck. like. i CANT. sokka masturbates to ‘hand caught in the washing tub’ fantasies which are even more absurd for requiring zuko to be DOING LAUNDRY. i find it so funny.)

bato watches them at the wedding feast while hakoda is very clearly trying to treat zuko as an Equal Adult Partner and mostly managing to seem like someone having a serious conversation with a seven year old about the game they’ve made up. zuko is clearly enamored with it, soaking up the attention, blushing and doing his best to Bravely Flirt, which at one point includes awkwardly attempting to feed Hakoda by hand. bato has to excuse himself to have a teary eyed giggle, hoping that Kya is in the spirit world looking down and laughing with him. he can’t resent the kid even a little bit, when hakoda is sitting there looking so incredibly fucking befuddled as to what he’s supposed to do with this star struck infant he’s legally wed to

anyways all of this... is very funny. their wedding night... is less so. zuko does not take the rejection from hakoda very well, especially because he’d been caught wanting. HE’S the one who should be rejecting hakoda. and he catastrophizes almost immediately about his potential value to the water tribe, his future treatment, that endless inescapable freezing cold loneliness is the good ending for him here... hakoda, meanwhile, drops zuko off at his home, reassuringly informs him that there’s NOTHING else expected of him and he will be well taken care of, and books it to bato’s. bato refuses to let him in on grounds of ‘you can’t sleep under the same shelter as me on your wedding night to that kid, have a fucking brain’, and he ends up crashing at sokka’s.

sokka, who had KNOWN that his dad wouldnt, but also upon seeing zuko and zuko’s awkward flirting was like... but how COULDNT he???? sokka is relieved.

the core of this fic is that i find it endlessly hilarious for zuko to try and seduce his husband while sokka simps around zuko and bato tries to be heartbroken or betrayed but mostly ends up with a giant case of hysterical schadenfreude. but the thing that CLINCHED it for me, like THE scene. several years after being married, settled into their life. they’re partners and they see each other as people. and zuko just fucking snaps one night

he just kisses him, desperate and clawing and climbing and maybe a little drunk. he knows hakoda is going to push him away, maybe even hit him, but he doesn’t care anymore, he doesn’t care. he can do anything he wants to him as long as he just-- finally does something. zuko is 21 and married to the surface of the sun and the surface of the sun jr is his best friend and clearly in love with him-- so clearly not even zuko can miss it-- and like. listen. listen. zuko is not a patient person. but he’s been patient for this. he waited and he matured and he is a fucking amazing husband and he wants this, he wants him. he wants to be wanted.

but hakoda doesn’t push him away. hakoda doesnt yell at him, or hit him. hakoda gentles the kiss into something soft and closed lipped. he pulls away slowly, and his eyes are so sad for zuko, so pitying. he strokes his cheek with the back of his hand so gently. he says, I’m sorry. I don’t want you.

and zuko daddy issues fire nation swallows

and he nods

and he leaves, even though its his own fucking house

and he knows he’s never going to be good enough

like FUUUCK i am OBSESSED WITH THAT

#long post #lmao i am NOT fucking main tagging this #op #asked and answered #i just want zuko to fall in love with hakoda and for hakoda to gently reject him #noncommittalhum

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changbinniebabie · 4 years ago

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♡crush! Yoon Hyunsuk♡

why he fell for you + how he confessed:

regardless of how you two met, you became close friends pretty quickly

even though Hyunsuk seems to be a shy person to some extent, I feel like your kind, comforting aura would make him want to be around you as much as possible

it was just another day of you and Hyunsuk hanging out at the dorms

since the boys had gotten a few days off after a successful comeback wrap up, Hyunsuk brought up the idea of having a movie night

you thought that he meant having a movie night with you and the rest of the members, but now, as you were sitting a few centimetres apart from Hyunsuk on the living room couch, unable to hear any other sound but the rapid beating of your heart and Hyunsuk's soft, slightly shaky breaths, you finally realized that the other members won't be joining

at this point you had been crushing on Hyunsuk for months

ever since you first met him you had seriously adored his bubbly, bright personality, but at first you never really thought that you'd end up having a crush on him

not because there was something about him that you didn't like, it was just that you had never felt so comfortable around anyone else, so free to be yourself and to not be afraid of being judged, because Hyunsuk is a very open-minded, understanding person

...therefore, from day one, you had promised yourself to never let go of such an amazing friend

aaand subconsciously you knew that garnering a crush on him would only eventually complicate your friendship, so you never really did anything to risk it

well,,, sometimes you couldn't help but stare at his beautiful side profile for a little too long for it to go unnoticed, but whenever he had caught you staring, you just made a funny face at him and pretended like all along you had only wanted to annoy him a little, you know, as close friends do

Hyunsuk, on the other hand, sometimes found himself admiring you on purpose

scratch that,, he found himself admiring you on purpose very often

whenever you giggled at a stupid pun he had just made, or when you got a little too excited about spotting a dog at the park on your frequent early morning walks (you often accompanied him on his way to his company since your workplace is very close to his), even when you just,, existed, he would look at you with very loving eyes and try to imprint the image of you in his mind so that he would never forget any moment spent with you

he truly thought that you were too good to be true, perhaps a lost angel

the other boys realized that he likes you pretty quickly

I mean,,, whenever the guys would have a break during practice, Hyunsuk without fail would always think of another thing about you that he just had to let others know about

one time, without really realizing what he's doing, he was gushing about you once again, and at some point during his "why I love y/n" TED talk he blurted out "I swear she's the most beautiful person I've ever met!" while having the biggest smile on his face

at this point, the other boys had heard almost everything about you

Jinyoung could even swear that he knows just how many hoodies you own, since during his crazed rants Hyunsuk always mentioned what you had been wearing that day

I mean,, Hyunsuk is a notorious chatter box in general, but when it came to you, like I mentioned before, he felt like he had to show you off to the world, and, since he trusts his members completely, everything just spilled out naturally

plus he thinks that you're the cutest human being to ever exist when you're wearing your oversized hoodies (even when you're not but especially when you seem to be drowning in the little-bit-too-big fabric)

the guys had had enough

they hadn't even spent that much time with you but thanks to Hyunsuk's neverending rants seemed to know everything about you, and that could only mean one thing...

Hyunsuk likes (,,loves??) you

so, that night, they came up with the genius plan of suggesting having a group movie night to Hyunsuk while in reality they planned to ditch you two before telling Hyunsuk that they think you like him back (I mean,,, they didn't know that for sure because, like I said, they had only met you a few times, but they felt like they had to do something to nudge Hyunsuk in the direction of confessing to you)

besides having had their ears talked off, the most important reason to this was because the guys had never seen Hyunsuk so happy before

you seemed like his happy pill, someone who gave him not only a lot of joy, but also immense support, which sometimes Hyunsuk really needed since he has such a physically and mentally demanding job

"he'll thank us later" Byounggon whispered matter-of-factly as they all walked through the front door of the dorms, going god knows where and leaving you and Hyunsuk all alone

at first, Hyunsuk had no idea what to say to you

Hyunsuk had spent many times before with you and only you but this time was different, since all he could think about was the possibility of you liking him back (and how incredibly sweaty his hands had gotten in the span of one minute)

of course, he had always hoped you do, but he didn't think such an angelic person like you could fall for plain old him (at least that's what he thought about himself most of the time)

"do you want to pick the movie?" finally, you spoke up, wanting to ease the awkward tension

"sURE!!!" he said, a little bit too fast and a tad bit too loudly for anyone to think that he was anything but extremely nervous

as Hyunsuk was looking through the most popular movies on Netflix, you prepared the popcorn

after making sure you weren't looking at him, he wiped his hands off on his black jeans and prayed to god for his heart not to jump out of his chest

at the same time as Hyunsuk finally clicked on a random romcom, you sat down on the couch with a large bowl of popcorn in your hands, this time much further away from him (to put the popcorn in the middle of both of you for easy sharing, of course, not because being only mere centimetres apart from him made you feel like your whole body was on fire, no, not at all)

you watched the movie in silence, only letting out a soft laugh now and then at some mildly funny jokes the main character had said to impress his love interest

Hyunsuk, however, was so on edge that he couldn't even process the words that came out from the TV

at some point you got very worried about him cause he honestly looked like he had caught the flu or something

his flushed face, slightly shaky but (very) sweaty hands and seemingly solemn mood made you so worried that you couldn't keep quiet anymore despite being nervous as well (but of course you didn't know that he was just extremely nervous to be around the person who he 1) had a rapidly blooming crush on, and 2) maybe liked him back)

"Hyunsuk are you okay??"

your sudden question seemed to make him even more shaky "of course, why wouldn't I be??!"

you looked him in the eyes with a serious expression on your face "don't lie to me, Hyuk. you look like you saw a ghost earlier today or something."

'Hyuk'... whenever he heard you say that nickname you had for him it never failed to make a sudden wave of warmth wash over his chest

for a few seconds he debated in his head whether to tell you the truth and potentially risk your friendship or to make up some white lie to just get out of this very tense situation

you could tell just by looking into his eyes that the wheels in his head were working very hard to come up with something to say

since you had pretty much always known that Hyunsuk can have a hard time opening up to people due to not only the fear of upsetting someone, but also because he can't help but think sometimes that he always needs to hold up his bright, positive maknae image, you decided to speak up once again and hopefully ease his heart by leading the conversation

"I don't know what happened but you seem to be not feeling well... you know you can tell me anything, Hyuk. please let's just talk it out, I don't think either of us can stand this strange tension anymore."

you thought that maybe you had said something wrong, or that maybe things hadn't been so well at practice, but you could've never expected what he said next

"do you like me??" he blurted out with a sudden rush of confidence coursing through his veins

despite being in shock, you managed to answer him right away "what do you mean??"

"I mean... Byounggon hyung told me that you might like me back..." he clarified as suddenly taking interest in scanning the floor

"Byounggon told yo- wait what?? did you say "like me back"??! as in... you like,, me??"

as soon as realization hit him, his cheeks turned an even brighter shade of red

"I- I mean- well,, I didn't-"

"just tell me the truth, Hyunsuk. please..." you said to him before trying to calm him down a little by taking one of his hands in yours and squeezing it gently in reassurance

somehow this action made Hyunsuk feel even more nervous and relaxed at the same time

but, thankfully, it was all it took for him to spill the beans

"yeah... I like you, y/n. a lot... and I hope we can just get past this without ruining our friendship..." he said in a disheartened tone with a slight pout on his flushed face

in that moment you swore to yourself that you had never seen anyone look more adorable than Hyunsuk did

you wanted to ease his worries of rejection but couldn't choose the right words to say as all you could focus on in that moment was how inviting his rosy lips looked

so you put the forgotten bowl of popcorn on the coffee table in front of you, scooted closer to him, and right as he turned his head to look at what you were doing, planted a soft, short kiss on his lips

"does this mean you like me too?" he asked with a hopeful glint in his suddenly much bigger pupils after you had pulled away ever so slightly from the sweet kiss you just shared

you buried your head in the crook of his neck and giggled, unable to handle how absolutely adorable Hyunsuk was being

at first he didn't know what to think, but as soon as he felt you nodding in agreement against his chest, he started to giggle along with you

you two spent the rest of the night cuddling on the living room couch and finishing the romcom that had totally been forgotten for about 10 minutes

you felt so safe and warm in his embrace that close to the end of the movie you fell into a deep slumber

of course, the rest of the members just had to return from their outing right when Hyunsuk was looking down at you with the softest little smile on his face and ever so gently brushing your hair back out of your face

thankfully none of them dared to wake you up with loud cheers of congratulations, but Seunghun did make a few kissy noises in Hyunsuk's direction while Yonghee quietly scolded him for teasing the maknae

A/N:

thank you for reading this❣

if you have any requests, please leave them in the comments!

(p.s- I actually post much more on Wattpad so check out my works on there @ kami_kaci)

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brw · 3 years ago

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11, 12, and 15? 😁

11. which character do you wish didn’t exist?

answered here!

12. favorite villain?

DOCTOR DOOM... listen he just has villainy down to a T! overdramatic BITCH, has a long cape and armour who lives in literal medieval europe which might be in a time bubble just for the aesthetic. he's got a Point but he also very much so sent a child to hell twice but you know... good for him! maybe franklin had bad vibes, we don't know! he's gay and a genius and so hurt inside and also stupid and an idiot and i love him dearly WOULD kiss on the face plate at risk of incineration.

shout out to; GALACTUS, literally the most hardcore big weird guy ever. like he LITERALLY EATS PLANETS. THAT IS HIS WHOLE DEAL A UNIVERSAL VACUUM CLEANER. YOU CAN'T TOP THAT YOU JUST CANT. JUST WALKS AROUND IN HIS MASSIVE STUPID HAT EATING PLANETS VIBING WITH HIS PRETTY NAKED BOYTOY. HE'S SO FUNNY AND RIDICULOUS.

15. which character do you think should get a movie?

LORD.... i don't know who to say bc the mcu's influence means they'd all be awful and stockful of military propaganda. however i do have a bunch of fake marvel movies that in an alternate universe where the world is kinder were made instead of Propagana Piece And Whitewashing #300. so here's my list of character movies that will never get made;

WONDER MAN AND BEAST - buddy cop styled film of simon and hank, who best friends who separated long ago coming back together for one final mission. there's at least 5 flashback montages tracked to celine dion of how they used to be, and the different people they are now. simon keeps accidentally breaking hank's arm in the fight scenes because they haven't fought together in years. none of the avengers are mentioned aside from vision calling simon reminding him of vin's bar mitsvah a month away, and one x-men character (a c lister, i havent decided who) having to hide them away at the end of the second act.

X FACTOR - make no mistake this is a monet film. centered around p*ter d*vid's x factor run, but just the lineup and also none of the main characters like jamie or theresa are there it's just monet, strong guy and darwin fucking around and getting assigned the Bad Cases from the rest of the team. there's a running gag where monet and guido keep throwing darwin at the enemy to take them out, which darwin does NOT appreciate. at least one scene where someone tries to attack darwin with a fuckin energy blast or whatever and he says "whats a glowy object supposed to do to me" and directly stares into the camera. soundtracked by guido's spotify playlist because he just got prenium and intends to make that everyone elses problem. monet keeps getting unfortunately interupted while shopping. there's a massive painted portrait of the original five which is never referenced but strikingly large.

BLADE 4: JUBILATION - literally just jubilee and blade teaming up and kicking ass for two hours. multiple cameos of not incredibly well known but beloved side characters coming in to babysit shogo. at least one fight is ended by northstar who comes in to save kyle after vampires start swarming.

i have others like an ant-man film idea, an animated fantastic four film and an animated wanda & vision romcom but my fingers tired >:(

cool questions about comic books

#ask games} answers #oimoi-op #<3

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kozumekenza · 4 years ago

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Saudade: 11.5 See You Again Pt. 3

Kageyama x Reader Social Media AU

Status: ongoing

Taglist: open!

TW: swearing, might be some nsfw jokes?

masterlist for this smau here!

playlist!

saudade: a nostalgic longing to be near again to something or someone that is distant, or that has been loved and then lost; “the love that remains”

Y/N Oikawa, Toru Oikawa’s baby sister, manager of the Aoba Johsai Volleyball Club, stand-in libero, spiker, blocker, setter, and Tobio “The King of the Court” Kageyama’s former best friend. After Kageyama replaces your childhood friendship with volleyball, you vow to forget all about him. However, you forget three very important things: 1.) You won’t be able to avoid Kageyama forever 2.) Kageyama wants you back in his life and 3.) Tobio Kageyama will do anything to get what he wants.

a/n: ahhh here it is!! also while I was posting this saudade kept auto-correcting to sautéed and sauced and it was v funny

As you walked toward the pond in the center of the park, you contemplated Kio's choice of meeting place. Yes, the dock had a lot of memories for you, most of which were now bittersweet, but Kio couldn't have known that, could he? You couldn't recall ever mentioning the dock to him in your countless conversations. He probably just chose it out of convenience, because it was an obvious marker in the park. As you began to see the pond through the trees, evening sunlight glinting off the water, you slowed your pace. As much as both Toru and Kio himself had reassured you, you were still incredibly nervous. You and Kio had gotten along great over text, but in person? You weren't sure you would click like you did when you texted.

You pushed your nervous thoughts to the side as you approached. You could make out a figure at the end of the dock, staring out over the water. It had to be Kio. Hands in pockets, blue jacket, messy hair. Something about him was familiar, in the way that you could tell the difference between your family member's footsteps or how you could always tell who Toru would set to before it happened. It was countless summers spent on the hill in your backyard and the sting in your palm after a good spike. The way he stood, confident, yet nervous at the same time, reminded you a bit too much of someone you used to know. It was familiar, yet so foreign.

You came even closer, about to open your mouth to announce your arrival, when you paused. It was too familiar. The messy hair was a glossy, dark shade framing pale skin. The blue jacket was one you had seen many times before, and even worn a few times. You knew that if he removed his hands from his pockets, you would see long fingers and an old scar across the palm. You knew that if he turned to face you, you would be staring up into ocean blue eyes.

Fuck.

It all clicked in your head, all at once. He didn't text you during the Aoba Johsai and Karasuno game because he was playing in it. He was a setter, and even called them control towers just like you did. Even the nickname should have clued you in. He said Kio because that's what you used to call him. Fuck, you had even bitched about Kageyama to him.

You had bitched about Kageyama to Kageyama.

As if Kageyama could hear you thinking about him, he turned around. You were still speechless. He started to open his mouth to speak, but you cut him off. "No, what the fuck, no." You shook your head, tears already falling down your face, and turned around. "Wait, y/n, please don't leave. I'm sorry." You turned back around. Kageyama was once again apologizing. "I'm sorry for everything. I'm sorry for what happened between us back then. I'm sorry for leaving you. I'm sorry for not reaching out sooner. I know you're probably mad, and I'm sorry I had to lie. I'm sorry." You were still speechless, not comprehending the words coming out of his mouth, brain and heart both still catching up to the fact that Kio was Kageyama, and Kageyama was Kio. You shook your head again, whispered a quiet "I'm sorry," and turned to run home.

You didn't remember much from your run home. You remembered barreling through the living room into Toru's arms. You remembered him carrying you up the stairs and tucking you into bed while you cried. You remembered him stepping into the hall to call someone, and catching bits of the conversation; "I should've known this was a bad idea, I'm sorry," and "It's not your fault, give her a few days and I'm sure she'll calm down." It was then that you realized Toru was in on this whole thing too, and that made you feel even worse. You thought that your own brother would realize the pain this would cause you. You thought that he would know that this was something you wanted to do at your own pace, on your own terms.

You weren't sure what the worst part of it was. Maybe it was the betrayal by both Kageyama and Toru, maybe it was the embarrassment of not knowing who you were really talking to, maybe it was the stupidity of not seeing the signs, or maybe it was the fact that once again, you didn't know how many of Kageyama's words were actually true.

11.0 RomCom Style - 11.5 See You Again Pt. 3 - 12.0 This Has Gone Horribly Wrong

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lollybliz · 5 years ago

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bout to make a Monster of a fic rec post here we go

heyo @jinx108! We’ll start with the complete ones because sometimes you’re just not in the mood to wait for the last chapter, you know? I don't remember details of all of these so i’m just going to copy the author’s summary rather than write my own. I am literally just going through my bookmarks, I got 400 of these to sort through. if ive talked to or am familiar with the author im gonna mention them, but if I mention you and you don't want me to have Please tell me and i’ll remove it.

If you’re not into spoilers Please Tread Carefully, I don't watch out for that stuff so I wont know to label it

1>Crushing Truth by Bunzuku: Tododeku. “Romance is hard enough for a teenager to understand when they have a good relationship role model. For Shoto, it takes two excited meddlers for him to even realize what his feelings really are.“

2>Disowned by b00mgh: tododeku + others. Unrated, some traumatic elements. “Shouto freaks out under a bridge and I use the word "grass" a lot more than I really should. Izuku does his stupid martyr thing and everyone makes continuous references to his propensity to break his bones. Aizawa goes "oh FUCK my kids are dying again" and his students use him as emotional (and physical) support. A friend requests angst, I say what kind, she say idk make someone get disowned and i say oh this I can absolutely provide my good buddy.”

3>cotton candy hands by @chonideno: Kiribaku. I will take Any excuse to rec this fic, its the most fluffy pile of feels Good Lord. also the first fic I ever bound into a physical book. “Studying to become a hero requires knowing how to take care of yourself. Sometimes you might need help on the way so if your crush offers to do your hair for you or to give you a well-deserved back rub, it'd be stupid to say no. A series of soft vignettes in which a love-struck Kirishima and a touch-starved Bakugou care for each other and it's definitely not making their hearts jump through hoops, they’re never this close to kissing, no, they're totally best friends bro“

4>Catching Sight of the Storm by neo7v: Kiribaku, tododeku. A considerable amount of Whump and related angst, and kinda sad tbh. “Blind. Quirkless. Useless.The first two things were stated clearly by the doctor that sat about five feet in front of Izuku. The third was a word that Kacchan called him everytime he failed to make the jump on whatever forest excursion they were on or when he ran into a tree because he hadn’t seen it. “I’m so, so sorry, Izuku.” Was his mom giving up on him already? But he could still be a hero if he tried hard enough, right? Quirkless or not. Blind or not. Just because Izuku was useless now didn’t mean he would stay that way forever, right? *** A Blind!Izuku AU”

5>Yell Heah by fakecharliebrown: Chatfic. M a n y pairings. technically complete, but part of an ongoing series. “Iida creates a group-chat for Class 1-A. It doesn't go as planned.“

6>Sunshine by Rosey_Note: BIG SAD. tw- failed suicide attempt. KiriKamiBaku. “They didn't deserve to put up with his crappy mood. Because Denki Kaminari did not feel like Sunshine right now. And they deserved sunshine. In fact, Denki didn't feel much of anything right now.“

7>Electric Connection by Onlymostydead: ShinKami. “Kaminari's quirk has always had... Weird side affects. Like his ADHD. And his constant energy. And his insomnia, which wouldn't leave him be right now, when he really needed to just get some sleep. But, thankfully, he has good friends.“

8>The Best (The Worst) by Onlymostydead: no romantic pairing. tw- rampant transphobia, both outside and internalized. “Bakugou Katsuki has known who he was since he was four years old. He was a boy, it was as simple as that. Around his friends, at school... But things couldn't just be that simple, could they?“

9>Lichtenberg Figures by Q_loves_you: no definite romantic pairing. “Kaminari Denki has a very powerful force of nature running through his body. Kaminari Denki doesn't want to hurt anybody. He doesn't always get what he wants, and "anybody" does generally include himself.“

10>Eventuality by KikaTouka: ill be honest I don't remember this one at all, I maaaay not have read it yet :/. anyway. ShinKami. “Shinsou learns more than just hero lessons after being transferred to 1-A.“

11>Pickup Lines for the Soul by MustardSoup: ShinKami. “Denki is twelve when he is flicking through the TV channels and lands on an old RomCom movie about soulmate marks – specifically the same type that he has. “I can’t believe I’ve had to walk around with a cheap pickup line written on my ankle my entire life because of you!” The leading lady yells at the leading man as he stares at her in awe. Denki laughs. “Oh no.” His mother says, watching him. “Oh no, indeed.” His sister repeats quietly.“

12>caught in my own web by @anxioussailorsoldier: ShinKami. “Shinsou needs some help after getting caught up in his capture weapon. Kaminari enters from stage left.“

13>not so summer love by nataliya: ShinKami. “Class 2-B’s common room, although typically quiet, was currently filled with five students—three slowly giving up on homework, one bitching about noise and another that rushes through the front door. “We’ve been waiting for you—” Mina starts, but Kaminari’s vaulting over the back of the couch, eyes wide as he practically buzzes out of his skin, emitting light like crazy as currents dazzle across strands of hair. “I have a big ugly crush,” He steps off the couch and onto the coffee table, much to Bakugou’s chagrin, “On big ugly Shinsou.””

14>Blamed by coldandhotsoba: ShinKami. Tw- they fuckin kill a guy and its a lil nasty. “This was not how the day was supposed to end. They were supposed to end the day like they do most nights. Kaminari clutching onto him like a koala as he slept, wrapped in the millions of tacky blankets Kaminari had bought. Warm and safe in their bed. It was not supposed to end with both of them tied up in some cold metal room.“

15>Lightning Scars by Present-Mics-Scream (write_your_way_out): Shinkami. “It's hard to be confident in your abilities when you're surrounded by people with incredible quirks. Shinsou Hitoshi would know better than anyone. Sure, he was admitted to the hero course in his second year, but being admitted to the hero course, and keeping up with the rest of the class are two different things. Lucky for him, Kaminari is there to prove that the flashiest quirks come with the largest drawbacks.“

16>See No Evil, Hear No Evil by randomfan188: no romantic pairing. “Kaminari Denki is legally blind. When he forgets to wear his contacts and breaks down during math class, comfort appears in the strangest of ways.“

17>how not to enjoy the weather, an article by kaminari denki by dreamtowns: no defined romantic pairing. “If there was one thing Kaminari hated the most in a world wth villains, it would have to be thunderstorms.“

18>”Studying” by emmyrox22: ShinKami, EraserMic. “Shinsou and Kaminari have been “studying” together for a while (but not for school). Shinsou gets stopped by his dads on the way to another “study” session and mistakes are made“

19>Weaknesses by sunflowerstorm: ShinKami. “Kaminari's quirk and storms compliment each other in the worst way, but he's convinced he can deal with it on his own... until he really can't any longer. When Shinsou accidentally overhears Aizawa confronting Kaminari about recent changes in behaviour and hears about the hell his quirks been putting him through, he can't just pretend he never heard. He wants to help.“

20>it’s hurt denki hours by memeingfultrash: ShinKami + others. ““Certain members of our class are...under the impression that...you’re the traitor.” Denki’s body went cold and felt like he was going to short circuit. ~some of class 1a believes that denki is the traitor and avoid him”

21>Petition to replace Mineta with Shinsou- (signed by Kaminari Denki) by CharaTheQuartz: ShinKami + others. This is one of my favorites, I go back to reread it from time to time. It SAYS 41/42, but that's just a glitch cus chapter 36 doesn't exist for some reason, I talked to the author about it and its fine. “Mineta brings shame to the color purple. You know who does not bring shame to the rich color, but pride and sexual tension to one infatuated Kaminari Denki instead? Shinsou Hitoshi, aka sexy zombie man, aka the most perfect hunk of a man to walk planet earth, aka future husband. Shinsou has finally gotten his chance to prove himself to the hero course, and he did more than prove himself. The only question left unanswered is whether he will start in A or B, and how Kaminari can manipulate the end result.“

22>How to Get a Boyfriend (in Four Easy Steps!) by e1ana: ShinKami, EraserMic, + others. “Step 1: Get kicked out of the house by your homophobic parents. Step 2: Run headfirst into your brooding, mysterious crush. Step 3: Sleep in his dad’s (see: your homeroom teacher) house Step 4: Watch everything you thought you knew go to shit. This isn’t exactly the sweet, romantic plan that Kaminari Denki longed for. Will everything be ok, or will step 5 be to crash and burn?“

23>Bakugou and Todoroki’s Foolproof 5-Step Plan to Fuck with Mineta Minoru by Anubis_2701: Kiribaku, TodoDeku, + others. This is another one of my favorites, and the one I am currently folding and sewing into a physical book. you learn how to do funny things when bored and quarantined ig. “It was a simple enough idea; screw around with the resident bastard of Class 1-A to let him know that his medieval ways and perverted behaviour weren't going to be tolerated by even the most career-focused of UA's students. To say that things had snowballed was an understatement. Todoroki had no idea how he had ended up sitting on Bakugou's floor at 1 am, holding a dossier of incriminating material that would make the FBI slobber, but he wasn't sure he wanted to know. The long and short of it was, fuck Mineta.”

24>Colour Theory by chancellorxofxtrash: TodoBakuDeku. this one’s a series. “Midoriya/Bakugo/Todoroki slow burn soulmate AU. All three of them are nerds with their own emotional issues, trying to navigate their way through becoming heroes, and their own relationship with each other.“

25>Summer Sunshine by Mara97: TodoDeku. Ever want a Barbie in a mermaid tale/Bnha crossover? No? well here you go anyway! “Instead of worrying about college, Izuku spends his summer vacation finding out his father is, supposedly, a dead merman king and going on a quest to dethrone the current king, Endeavor. Along the way, Izuku becomes close to the three journeying with him, makes friends with strangers, starts crushing on an unattainable prince, and, in the end, learns to love himself. Oh, and he saves a kingdom, too.“

26>The snowflakes on our skin and the flames in our soul are one (and the same), my love by missunderstuffyou: TodoDeku, Kiribaku. this is one of the ones I keep a running reread comment going on. its at,,, 6, atm. “Before your quirk begins to present itself, the soulmate link comes through, and suddenly whatever you write upon your own skin appears on the body of your soulmate. As your soulmate writes to you, the emotions they feel follow through the ink.Izuku Midoriya is four years and a few months old when he first feels the slight ebbing in his arms. It doesn’t hurt… he can just feel something, and it’s enough to make him sprint into his mother’s arms screaming that his quirk is coming. She had been washing in the kitchen, and the sudden screech as her son rockets into her side is enough to make her jump with panic, immediately grabbing at him and looking for cuts and bumps before she understands his words and the stupidly bright, alight smile on his face with large, watery, hopeful eyes. Shoto Todoroki doesn’t feel his soulmate connection open up. It is drowned in the aches of a small body worked far too hard.“

27>It was dark inside the closet by Chad_Champion69420: Pre-ShinDeku? maybe? its tagged shindeku but like. it’ll make sense if you read it. “Midoriya is invited to a party. He and Shinsou decide to play a little trick on the rest of the party during Seven Minutes in Heaven.”

28>how to woo your local trash gremlin: a comprehensive guide by Todoroki shouto by wonhaebunny: TodoBaku. this is the fic that dragged me into todobaku, fun fact. “five times shouto tries to confess to bakugou, and one time he doesn't bother tryingaka: wikihow is a scam and bakugou is a terrible, terrible boy“

29>top ten photos taken right before disaster by Shookspeare: ShinDeku. “Izuku participates in a harmless prank, only to end up ruining it and running for dear life.“

30>Secrets to Share by pechebaie: no definite romantic pairing. “Kirishima comes out first, and nothing changes. Kirishima and Kaminari still hang out to complain about class and talk about boys - and sometimes girls, too, in Kaminari’s case; he still plans stupid pranks with Sero that get them sent to the principal’s or nurse’s office every time; Ashido still kicks his ass at Mario Kart without hesitation; and Bakugou doesn’t get angry at him any more than he usually does.“

31>What One Hides by Pinalinet: TodoDeku. “All Might gives class 1-A an unusual assignment that results in Midoriya Izuku and Todoroki Shouto attending a weekly acting class. But with a mysterious villain targeting individuals without Quirks, and a developing issue of Todoroki's own, an after-school assignment is the least of their worries.“

32>whether or not we’re fated, we’re meant to be by juurensha: KINDA SPOILERY. TodoDeku + others. “Todoroki didn’t have a soulmark for most of his life.His siblings all did, but up until the day of the U.A. entrance exam, he had shoved the idea aside. It’s not like they could help him anyway. And then a 9 appears on his chest, and a green-haired boy barrels into his life with a fire and ice soulmark on his arms, and suddenly Todoroki cares very much about all this could mean.”

33>The Midnight Shift by meiishu @meiishu @totallytodoroki (idk which you’d rather I attach so I went with both): ShinKami. ““Hey Toshi,” Denki says, and he laughs, clearly embarrassed. He’s got on a jean jacket that did him absolutely no help and a white tee shirt that is currently stuck to his torso. It’s got a pikachu design in the center. “By any chance, do you sell umbrellas?” “You really went out in this weather.” Hitoshi deadpans, instead of dignifying that with an answer. or hitoshi works the midnight shift at the gas station, which also doubles as a pokestop for pokemon go. of course, denki is a regular.”

34>Rock the House by AkabaneKayo: ShinKami. “It wasn’t just his bed. It was his entire fucking room shaking. Only one thought crossed his mind at that moment: “Holy shit. My room is haunted.”“

35>Technically, they’re morning kisses by CharaTheQuartz: ShinKami. “Most nights, Shinsou cannot fall sleep. Neither can Kaminari. It seems counterproductive to have a sleepover then, but they try to make it work. And they fail, but that is okay.“

36>someone to call mine by nearly_theyre: ShinKami, EraserMic “From: Me wish you were here, denks From: kitten 💛💘💛 what if i was tho? OR Four times Denki snuck into Hitoshi's room and one time he walked through the front door.“

37>Pretty by Onlymostydead (noticing some repeat authors? me too): no definite romantic pairing. “(Or, Kaminari still can't figure out bra clasps.) Kaminari has never really felt good about himself. Herself? Whichever way, not knowing doesn't make anything easier. Especially when he (she?) and Mina have their bodies swapped during training, and everything seems too right.“

38>If I offer you my hand, will you take it? by bleukitsune: Kiribaku. SPOILERY. ““Why?” Kirishima leaned back on his hands, trying to create some space between them. Too close. The ash-blond looked really nervous, his usually arrogant and cunning demeanor gone. “What do you see when you look at me? Kirishima is worried. Bakugou is hurting. After his confrontation with Midoriya, he finally reaches out to him. “

Theres way more but I haven't tagged them properly yet so that m a y come later if I can ever finish going through and adding my sorting tags.

and then a last few that Are Not Complete but im really very fond of them. not as many as id like to add, but my hands are getting tired tbh.

39>State of Mind by GuardianOfTheLoaf: no relationship YET but its looking like it’ll be either tododeku or shindeku, probably the former. EraserMic. tw- childhood neglect and severe depression. Izuku’s not a happy kid. “Izuku was a late bloomer, his quirk lying dormant until his tenth birthday when in a fit of emotion he grabs his mother and she disappears. With All Might slowly restoring his confidence Izuku begins the difficult journey into becoming a hero.“ 18/? chapters.

40>Izuku Eats His Problems by CosmicAce: ShinDeku. Izuku’s a flerkin, what more could you want? “His whole life, Izuku Midoriya was taught to keep his powers, his Quirk, hidden from the world. His kind were feared, hunted to near extinction because of it. He just wants to show people he’s different. That he can be a HERO. And nothing is going to stop him. Even if his Quirk IS like an eldritch abomination.“ 43/? chapters

and then probably my current favorite bnha fic- although it fights with Apertum Mortem for that spot but that ones d a r k and not here-

41>family of the year by periiwren: EraserMic. “Hitoshi is done. Done with moving around every few months to a couple that will scrutinize him and eventually dump him right back where he started. Good thing he’s well past his strike limit now- at least he can stay in one place, be content to age out of the system and finish out his training with Aizawa. Maybe transfer into the hero course, maybe be a hero- but none of that was guaranteed. The only thing for sure was that he was going to stay in that center for the rest of his childhood. Or so he thought- because Aizawa Shouta and Yamada Hizashi have other plans.“ 24/? chapters. we’ve been informed that this one’s gonne be l o n g and im Very Grateful.

42>Here There Be Dragons by here_and_there: pre-ShinDeku. “Izuku looked at the small circle Aizawa had motioned to in front of them. "I won't fit," he whispered, thinking. He raised his hand, tentatively. Sighing, Aizawa grumbled, "What?" "I-I have a question. Actually, two." His teacher just stared at him, unimpressed. Izuku continued. "Can we activate our quirks before we step into the ring?" Aizawa looked up into the sky, muttering something Izuku didn't hear. "If you must." "O-Okay. Uh, second question. You said we have to stay inside the circle, right?" "Yes." The man looked disappointed, not only in Izuku but in himself for letting the kid speak. "Great. Uh... does that include tails?"“ 6/? chapters.

43>Another Option by sandersonsister: TodoBakuDeku, Touya/Hawks, Dabi/Hawks. Potentially Spoilery, depends on whether horikoshi has the guts to confirm Touya. this one is waiting around the corner with a baseball bat, its really cute, and then r e a l l y painful. it might be getting better though. maybe. it might be getting worse. “When Touya stops his mother from hurting Shouto, he decides enough is enough. He needs to get out of this house and he's taking his baby brother with him.“ 33/? chapters.

That's it i’m done for now, oof. maybe ill edit more onto this post later, maybe i’ll just make another one. hope some of these work!

#fic rec #bnha #mha #tododeku #todobakudeku #kiribaku #shinkami #shindeku #erasermic #To Be Continued

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homosexualadventure · 4 years ago

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every single lmam song, ranked.

i just finished listening to let’s make a music for the first time, and Oh My God it rocks. it’s a great podcast and if you’re reading this without having listened to it...i don’t know what to tell you. i don’t know what you think lmam means. but, that aside, if you haven’t listened to it yet: go listen to it! it’s not a crazy long podcast, overall or episode length-wise, so it’s manageable even for people who usually can’t handle podcasts (like me!) anyways, now that it’s over, what’s left for me to do with my time and energy that i used to spend thinking about lmam?

listen to the episodes again so that i can rank all fourty-one songs from worst to best, of course. so that’s exactly what i did.

i mostly ranked these on my gut feeling, because i didn’t come up with the idea of ranking it on a set of points before like...five minutes ago. there’s a bit of personal bias in here, so if you disagree with me on rankings, hey! send me an ask, or a dm. we can talk about it.

so, now that that’s out of the way, let’s get into it! let’s...make a ranking. haha. that’s just a fun little lmam joke for you.

41. the roquefort stank

this song only gets points for laura’s stanky noises in the background. i love laura.

40. shan’t he shanty

weirdly catchy. for a sea shanty, that is. that’s all i have to say.

39. well, i’m on child...

i do love a good gay song about polyamory but it just wasn’t enough in this case. truly heartbreaking.

38. dog trash

i’m not a big fan of polka in general. that’s all i have to say. i don’t have to explain all my decisions. this is my journey. and it’s your journey that you’re taking with me.

37. echoes of wednesday

it’s not my favorite but i do think it’s sweet and i like all the laura vocals. also the zuko vocals.

36. brothers in legs

not their best character song but it’s still a song you could quietly headbang to. i just don’t love full story ballads (there is an exception to this, you’ll see) most of the time.

35. ol’ tim’s tricks

i’m not saying it’s a bad song, i’m just saying it sounds like it was once in a made for tv disney channel-esque movie about a girl who finds her calling in sports and friendship.

34. don’t give me that altitude

very queen-esque with general 80s vibes and i like that.

33. dreamless

if it was longer i think it would be a lot higher on the list, because it’s Good. but i don’t feel right putting a 45 second song above, like, tobie’s razor. still! i love the mellow, kind of sad and eerie tones of it.

32. holiday crime!

look i know this one’s fairly low on the list, hear me out: it’s a good song and it’s pretty memorable as well! but as far as holiday songs go, i don’t think it’s their best or most iconic one. laura’s laughing and beat in the back is absolutely wonderful and heartwarming, though.

31. mr. dad

this one gets a higher rating than the previous holiday song for its good good harmonica and because when i heard the lyrics “but you love to watch him go” used to describe mr. dad i almost toppled my chair backwards with me still in it.

30. mourning ritual

the biggest load of 1980s bullshit i’ve ever heard in this decade. somehow it’s also got a big panic! at the disco vibe and i’m not sure how i feel about it but it’s definitely Strongly There and i can’t deny it.

29. outback sadhouse

it’s RIDICULOUS how well they nailed the sufjan stevens vibe with this one. plus the restaurant dialogue bit in the back of the song really adds a lot.

28. let down my better dynamite

it’s really easy to bop to and the instrumental in the background is FANTASTIC! jonah really killed it with this one. plus they talk a lot about rats in the episode which is nice for me because i love rats. also it’s the first episode with an instance of “brian does a bit”.

27. the tale of the greazzy creek

i just think it absolutely nails the vibe of a rural campfire grizzled old cowboy song while also being a really catchy theme song. like, i think you could’ve snuck it into holes (2003) and i would’ve been like, yeah, that sounds right.

26. turn around and come down slowly

not one of their more iconic songs but brian’s voice is so pretty in this and it’s really soothing.

25. ratless randy’s

i don’t know why it’s this high on the list either, but it is. ratless randy’s really IS the place to be, guys.

24. tobie’s razor

i will be honest. when i saw the title for this episode for the first time i just thought “occam’s razor” and as i type this i can’t even think of what that actually is, so..... anyways, i’d say this song absolutely NAILS the vibe but i have no idea what vibe it’s even remotely related to. certainly does nail the internal childhood monologue though. i think this song is the first one where they really started hitting their stride, also. not that it’s better than some of the earlier ones, but this one forward their songs were pretty consistently high quality. plus, and no one will be surprised by this by now, it gets extra points for laura.

23. armoire of royals

it’s weird, it’s synthy, has a vaguely billie eilish-esque part near the end which is not necessarily a point in favor depending on your taste but it Definitely is surprising and cool, and it’s got fake british accents. what more do you need out of a song?

22. sybil’s night scare

the piano in this is perfect and fantastic and the comedic timing in the song is just right. jonah’s delivery of “they’re actually real human eyes” is so goddamn good and his singing is Also great and frankly i think we can all agree we’re fucking tired of him saying he can’t sing. i mean, i assume (i fucking hope) he’s stopped saying that by now considering he had the majority of vocals on silo by a bit but Still. it’s a good peppy halloween-y song.

21. chalice for your thoughts

two spooky songs in a row! honestly, i’m not sure what reasons i have for ranking this song as high as i did. i just like it a lot. they were able to include a lot of weird twitter suggestions fairly seamlessly, and it’s just soft and pretty. spooky, but still pretty.

20. 21st blitheday

i admit it: i fucking hate the voice brian uses in this. but i really, really like the song. the beat’s very good and somehow brian still manages to sing the chorus well and make it sound nice even though his affectation is Stupid as hell <3 the background whistling is nice and his robot voice, which he’s used for several of his videos but i think most notoriously for scrundler in his week in revue series (here), is also featured. it’s a real bop, i think.

19. monday night boomball

i genuinely think this is their weirdest song, ever. it’s incomprehensible and it’s so fucking theatre kid of them, and it’s dumb as shit but it’s really funny and enjoyable and strange and i love it.

18. gentle light

this is a really good song. it’s not weird or funny, it’s genuinely just a really soft, calming, normal song. i can’t in good conscience rank it above the others for this reason, because it’s easier to make a regular song good than it is for a song about fucking a tree, but i want to be clear: i really love this song. it’s a song that you could fall asleep to, cry to, cuddle up in a blanket to, whatever the hell you want to do to it.

17. proud egg mouth

extra points for fitting the word “maw” in any kind of song, a feat i’m not sure anyone else has ever accomplished. also for brian actually singing with an egg in his mouth.

16. you can take that to the bank

brian does an incredible randy newman impression and i love him for it. also it’s just a good song! it’s not my favorite but it’s very pleasing to my ears and it’s well made.

15. rainbow trout eggs

i listened to a shit ton of colbie caillat in middle school and i can tell you with confidence that the lyrics “i feel so alive and i know that i’m happy na na na na na hey hey” would be in one of her songs. it’s a good song with completely ridiculous lyrics and it’s a better character/full story ballad than their previous ones, in my opinion. which is what you’re specifically here for!

14. car mitzvah

i think this is a song my dad would listen to if it came on the radio. i also think it deserves to be in an early 90s or maybe coming of age movie. brian’s vocals are fantastic in this, also.

13. dr. brims

“it’s a new year, Ha Hah!” this song is sooooo fucking funny and exemplary of a lot of their other songs that came afterwards. i’ve been saying that a lot i think. writing reviews is hard.

12. let’s make a music (theme song)

maybe it’s the emotional value of this song being the song i associate most with the podcast, since it’s the theme song, or maybe it’s just really good. (spoiler: it’s both but mostly the second one) the episode is also really funny in general and if you’re new to the podcast and don’t care about order, i highly recommend this one first!

11. heartbreak in michael’s

a very very very good sad gay love song and i recommend it to the ends of the earth! because this is the internet, and i can!

10. arbor day!

you try making a horny song about deforestation.

9. why don’t you like our song title?

such a fucking bop and showcases their skill for just doing whatever the hell they want and STILL making a fantastic song or video or whatever. they just stop saying words in it and it does not take anything away from the song. could you do that? i mean...maybe! but for the sake of this review and my point i’m gonna be like fuck you no you couldn’t. moving on.

8. akimbo

the backing track in this is ABSOLUTELY what makes the song. plus that one video of brian strutting but technically that can’t affect my review of the song because Technically it’s not part of the song. anyways it’s really peppy and fun and enjoyable and Good.

7. heartbreak in michael’s (reprise)

it’s the perfect finale song. like, it genuinely sounds like the song that plays at the end of a romcom after everything’s finally worked out. i Did cry when i heard brian sing the theme song at the end but that’s just because i’m a sentimental son of a bitch. so besides that ending bit that i can(’t) guarantee will make you tear up at Least, it’s really fucking fun! it’s upbeat and happy and i think they made the right song to go out on. or to go on a hiatus on, if brian’s website is to be believed. i don’t believe it, but hypothetically, y’know? hypothetically...

6. debutaunt ball

if the met gala doesn’t make this their theme song i will personally burn next year’s event to the ground, i swear to god. also it’s a good song to show off both jonah and brian’s range. it’s not like a lot of their other songs but it’s SUCH a banger and i adore it.

5. madame zamporium’s wax emporium

fuck yeah. learning that the “ooh come on baby” from several unraveleds came from a let’s make a music is the reason i finally started listening to the podcast in the first place. but BESIDES that, since that’s not a reason for my ranking (just a fun little fact about me!), this song slaps a ridiculous amount. they went insanely hard and it’s the first song they made that really sets the tone of the podcast, which is: great comedy, great high production music.

4. alan rickman’s edible zoo

GOD! the anti-celebrity, anti-capitalist rock song i’ve been waiting all my fucking life for! also it’s anti-america but only in one lyric. but in Another sense....throughout the whole song. PLUS, and most importantly, it features jonah’s literally and i mean LITERALLY impeccable alan rickman impression. like, it’s fucking bulletproof. alan rickman was in the goddamn room.

3. horsecar!

look. when this song started playing for the first time i went...fuck no. in general i don’t tolerate country or cowboy songs very well because they just don’t sound appealing to my ears most of the time. i put up with country road only because of a funny mario edit someone made of it and now the original song has more value to me. this is relevant only because the same thing happened with horsecar! in that the chorus KICKS ASS. i may make a post on just my favorite lmam songs and also this is already a crazy long post so i won’t go into it too much but i will say this. the shock value of going from the first verse in this song to the chorus is...........Incredibly high and it Works So Fucking Well! it literally makes the song. and not even just for the short term value of Oh My God That’s A Twist, it lasts through the whole song. i’m listening to the song as i type this and i’m currently at the country/cowboy part and i don’t hate it because i know the chorus is incredible. in fact, i’d argue that the chorus on its own may be the best thing lmam ever made, even better than my two actual favorite songs of theirs. i’m definitely going to have to make a full post on this. (SIDE NOTE: BRIAN’S VOCALS ARE FUCKING CRAZY AND HORSECAR! IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THIS. his goddamn RANGE!! SIR!!! his falsetto is literally ridiculous my pants are OFF)

2. dragon me to this wedding

this is what i meant when i said there’s an exception to the “i’m not generally a fan of full story ballads”, because this is one of my all time favorite lmam songs. as in, it’s in the top three. which i guess you can tell from it being number two in the top three. in fact, it’s probably one of my favorite songs in general. the first time i listened to the episode i went back and listened to the song again three times in a row, and all three times i cried real tears. it’s GAY it’s REALLY PRETTY and i LOVE IT.

1. save 2 4 tony

so we’ve finally made it to my all-time favorite lmam song. maybe it’s that i recently graduated myself and so this song hits a little harder, but it also just GOES hard. i genuinely think they peaked when they recorded this. it’s one of those bdg songs where you’re listening to it, you’re just chilling, and it’s like “yeah wow this is nice!” and all of a sudden he hits a falsetto and you go “oh FUCK that guy can SING!” literally his vocals in this are incredible and it’s very fun (and on brand) that the Oh Fuck moment here is the line “tony hawk babeyyy!” plus jonah killed it on the backing and composition and everything. it’s the best let’s make a music song and i won’t take constructive criticism.

#i fucking LOVE lmam and once i finished it i knewwww i was gonna make this.#brosephs if anybody would like to talk to me about lmam my inbox and dms are always open!#i've never said brosephs before. out loud or in written form. it's a year of trying new things i guess #this took quite a bit of time. which is like. thank god i've needed a project for so long sfdfsd #lmam #let's make a music #brian david gilbert #laura kathryn gilbert #jonah scott #f.txt #bdg

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Fated to Love You here reaffirming my long held conviction that no pure romance drama should be 20+ episodes.

This show is... really something. It is, in the fullest possible sense, A Lot. It starts out as an all-out screwball comedy wrapped around a troperiffic romance fluff plot. Wall to wall clichés, but not in a bad way; in a meta, self-aware, peak performance, finest Velveeta way. And if you’re not familiar with screwball comedy, think ‘light-hearted crack fic with slapstick and farce’. There is nothing believable or grounded about any aspect of it, it starts at Bonkers Level: Platinum and it only climbs higher as it goes on.

(On a side note, this results in the leading man being possibly the most memorable love interest in romcom history. His introduction scene is nothing short of batshit insane and you can't reliably predict how he will respond to anything. I have never seen a main character like this, he is all over the shop and utterly singular. Your first reaction to him is ‘wtf?’, your second and third reactions are ‘really?! this guy??’, your fourth reaction is ‘okay he do be mad hot tho’, your fifth and final reaction is ‘I cannot believe this performance exists, I have no idea what he is doing, but it is amazing.’

Appropriately(?) the actor who plays him is an uncanny Korean doppelgänger of Johnny Depp and- between the resemblance, the mannerisms, and the fearless total commitment to a bold as fuck acting choice with the very serious chops to back it up- I’m not convinced they aren’t half brothers separated at birth.

They do sabotage my happiness several times by starting to randomly style his (long, beautiful) hair very weird, fixing it right when the plot is rapidly circling the drain so he looks his hottest just as the show becomes briefly unwatchable, and then ruining him for the entire second half of the series by shearing it all off. WHY, my anguished cry goes up. Why do you do this?! Why does he have like seven hairstyles over the course of the show? Much later they even briefly give him that ubiquitous Kdrama Second Lead haircut with weirdly forward combed fringe in a solid straight line across the brow all the way back from the crown. It looks terrible on everyone and I hate it so much. This version was less bad than most but it is still bad. Anyway.)

So it’s an incredibly fun time to start but there are some problems with the tone and plot even in the first 9 episodes, including when the lovers start getting along really well right away and they’re both thoroughly decent people so there’s nothing keeping them from having a lovely time together making the best of the circumstances (forced/fake marriage). And, instead of introducing new conflict or advancing one of the dozen conflicts previously established and actually moving forward, there is a painfully contrived rehash of something they already dealt with which is then just never resolved. They make the hero leap to a conclusion his wife is nefarious after he’d already decided once that she isn’t (though it was completely reasonable for him to think she was- the fact that he decided to trust her so quickly just speaks to what kind of person he is), never try to find out more or talk to anyone about it, start pushing her away because of it, and have all this come to absolutely nothing. It only exists so he’ll stop being so incredibly nice to her and they won’t fall in love too fast.

You’d think they would have to eventually clear the air before the romance advances right? No. It wasn’t a real plot point, it was just a reset button to get them estranged and hostile again after they connect over their kindred spirits and we’ve spent a bunch of time showing how profoundly supportive and honourable our hero is. He’s being beautifully mature and selfless because he’s a really good dude (unusual for a romcom drama, right? for the main guy to be nice and considerate? to accept responsibility even if he doesn’t have to? Gun’s weird but he’s wonderful), but the writers need him to be cold and standoffish, so they just make him act like an unreasonable idiot for a while. He’s been thus far hugely proactive and direct and honest about everything, it’s one of his most prominent character traits, but suddenly he’s going to avoid confrontation in favour of being super passive aggressive?? Then the writers never solve it. Never! It just goes away. He got over it, I guess? He decided he doesn’t care if she’s a gold digger who deliberately trapped him? God forbid we have motivations that make sense and organic character drama, right? It's not like he didn't have totally valid reasons to be suspicious that could have led to legitimate conflict our heroine would struggle to vindicate herself from.

But anyway, apart from that kind of lazy bullshit, it’s a fine romance plot with extremely endearing characters who have great chemistry. They are fun and well-rounded and incredibly human despite all the silliness and OTT antics. Their relationship is hugely, hugely engaging and the dynamic is perfect, they really complement each other as characters and organically drive each other's arcs. There's the genuine depth and warmth and quiet pathos so often lacking from this kind of show. Things progress at a semi-reasonable pace. They work up to confessing their mutual feelings and get into some cute shenanigans before making out. It happens soon enough that you are not frustrated, but there's still plenty of build-up. Then- uh oh! We’re only 9 eps in and we have another 11 hours to fill with this fluffy plot!

Time for a bunch of absolute fucking nonsense. Time for our show, which has been so goofy and removed from reality it occasionally resembles a Monty Python skit, which has been so light it asks you to ignore the frankly incredibly fucked up implications of its premise for the sake of comedy (they were both drugged and proxy raped resulting in a pregnancy- the FL was a virgin prior to this and Gun had a girlfriend he wanted to propose to- and it was the FL’s family who did this to them: SUPER FUCKED UP), so farcical that it makes Some Like it Hot look like a gritty crime drama, that show to cover a bunch of serious heavy shit.

First, the rankest of melodrama. The families and the world all turn on our couple, but their love is true and will conquer all- UNTIL, he randomly collapses and gets convenient Soap Opera Amnesia. He’s forgotten their entire relationship and a series of coincidental pieces of misconstrued evidence, the machinations of his scheming ex girlfriend, the Soap Opera Doctor’s advice, and his closest confidants all going along with this conspire to make him believe (AGAIN) that his wife just wants his money.

This whole terrible episode is mercifully brief, but it just gets worse after his memory returns. This is where we get into the Noble Idiocy. The ‘pretend you don’t love them to “save them” from getting hurt by hurting them and making their important life decisions for them as if they don’t have a basic fucking right to decide that themselves’ kind. Which goes on for three FUCK years in the show. He wastes three years of their lives they could have spent together because he’s worried he might die young (in a terrible way) and doesn’t want to put her through that. And, of course, they inevitably get together later, so all he did was make it infinitely worse for her either way. To say nothing of how he thus couldn’t be there for her through the loss of their child. Possibly my most hated fucking trope of all time when done this way.

And, yep, you read that right. This show that has the single most batshit bonkers over the top slapstick I have ever seen in a kdrama, this show has a storyline where the fluffy romcom trope accidental pregnancy ends in massive trauma. Because she was standing around in the street after realising he does remember her (he continued to pretend he had amnesia after his memories came back, it’s all part of the stupid noble idiocy so I glossed over it) and gets hit by a car in the middle of their angst staring.

It is nearly Meet Joe Black levels of hilariously abrupt and incongruous.

so, blah blah, they lose their baby (there’s a very stupid whole thing about her telling everyone to save the baby instead of her- the baby is not far enough along for this to have been remotely viable. She is like 3 months pregnant. They all act like there’s a choice to be made between them and she’s mad at her husband for choosing to save her, but there was NO CHOICE. Either she lives or they both die! ffs I’m so irritated about this) and then he dumps her ~for her own good~~ because he loves her too much to make her go through losing him? So she loses him sooner?? right after their baby died???

Why do people in these stories always think being betrayed and abandoned for no reason and being incredibly angry at someone you love while also not getting to be with them is somehow less painful than making the best of your life together and then losing them against their will? ‘I will make her hate me and then she won’t be sad we broke up/I died!!!!’ is such a fucking galaxy brain take and I despise it with the heat of ten thousand suns. Fuck you, Spider-Man. You aren’t protecting anyone, the villains still know you love MJ and will still use her against you, you clod. Emotionally torturing the person you love is not going to make them not a target because the villains are not as fucking stupid as you two. Anyway.

Amnesia was right where I started fast-forwarding and skipping around (because I couldn’t bear it), but it only goes downhill from there. Maybe I would have toughed out more of the wretched middle part plot twist if they hadn’t cut all the hot guy’s hair off. If I’m going to watch total nonsense tedious melodrama, I need it to at least be pretty. I understand it was a Symbolic Haircut but damnit! Let me have this!

And it ultimately does the thing that kdramas seem obsessed with and which makes me want to claw out my own eyeballs with frustration. There’s a giant time skip, the female lead gets a personality transplant, all narrative momentum is lost, and the characters who eventually (at ENORMOUS length) get together permanently are essentially completely different characters with a completely different dynamic than the couple you were shipping for 90% of the story. It is so FUCKING unsatisfying and it is EVERYWHERE.

Not so much with this one because this one still had a lot of very romantic scenes late in the game, but most that do this, it’s also like all the romance is sucked out of the post-time skip episodes and the ending is a consolation prize instead of a triumphant culmination. Inevitably, the heroine abruptly cools off and is suddenly wary of the hero and wants this Important New Career she never mentioned until the penultimate episode but is now her one true life’s dream. What the apparently irresistible appeal is of these contrived separations and demure conclusions is I CANNOT FATHOM. I’m here for the fucking romance guys, you have not made Citizen Kane, please just indulge me with a big schmoopy finale.

And if not that, it’s frequently that there’s been so many random mood swings and so much shitty behaviour by the end that the relationship doesn’t make sense and you don’t know why they even bother to get back together.

I’m not inherently against all misunderstandings (they are the bread and butter of low stakes romance let’s be real) or attempts at noble idiocy from misguided characters, but the duration and seriousness of the drama these generate needs to be in proportion to how ridiculous they are. If your entire plot can be solved by a thirty second conversation there is NO REASON not to have and the continuation of the misunderstanding is a result of someone just NOT SPEAKING UP when any functional human being would have spoken up seven times by now IT’S BAD.

Do little cliff-hangers, whatever, but don’t draaaaagg out silly misconceptions into Shakespearean tragedy, it’s just wearying. It makes me hate the characters for acting like emotionally constipated toddlers with terminal stupidity. If there is so little trust, so little understanding, and so little basic patience between these people, they probably shouldn’t be dating, so try fucking harder, writers. And noble idiocy that is more than an impulse they fairly quickly see the error of is just insulting. You are not helping the other person, you are being domineering and selfish. I have a whole complex about wasting time and seeing endless parades of characters flushing years down the toilet for literally no reason gives me hives. Especially when the whole issue is about time!

(And, btw, so much of the plot is about how desperately the family needs an heir and everyone still wanting them to have kids the second time they get together- while the ~dilemma used to keep them apart is a GENETIC DISEASE which could STRIKE AT ANY TIME. Do you SEE THE PROBLEM WITH THIS WRITERS????? NO, I KNOW YOU DON’T. ommmmmmmmggggg that’s awful! So they’re just dooming more kids to Soap Opera Brain Disease? And maybe growing up without a father just as Gun did? And no one even considers suggesting adoption??? He never considers that he shouldn’t have biological children despite thinking he shouldn’t have a wife?)

ANYWAY. Please do watch the first nine episodes and the last three, it’s bananas. They are cute as fuck, Gun is The Best, and the tropey romance scenes are top quality. You don't get those things executed so well, it doesn't happen, so you need this in your life. The acting is of a calibre you never usually see in modern romcoms; these are people at the top of their game committing utterly and taking these characters completely seriously. In that way it is pure wish fulfilment for me as someone who loves romance and is almost always disappointed by popular romance media, and thus the show is incalculably special. But skip the middle. Just skip it. It's not worth the suffering. I find the tone whiplash honestly just this side of crass.

I’ve been thinking about it for over a week and I truly love the main characters so it did plenty right, but I just cannot with wedding the two things this show is trying to be together, especially when it goes so hard in two mutually exclusive directions. but also the Meet Joe Black sudden car accident device is not redeemable under any circumstances. Can we never do that again, please.

#fated to love you #kdrama #jang hyuk #writing

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