#it'll probably feel extremely simple and extremely natural

[deoidesign]

Hello! I just discovered your blog and I immediately became captivated by your webcomic, but I'm unsure where to read all of it. I know it's on Webtoons, but I can see it hasn't been updated for a while, and you still post about it.

Are your physical novels just prints of the webcomic? Are they a continuation? Is the story complete? Thanks in advance!

Hi there!

Glad you found me and are enjoying my comic!

It's only on webtoons, and the story is not complete yet! We're 2/3 of the way through right now. It's currently on hiatus, and it's scheduled to come back in about 2 months!

I'll explain why it's been so long if you're curious, but also for my followers who might also be wondering about it under the cut. Sorry, it's pretty much just me complaining haha

I took a month off I took 2 months to get the books printed I took a month to prepare my next comic and I took 2 months to write the rest of the series (I knew the character arcs I wanted, but not the time periods or mysteries!!!) I've been working on actual episodes since then

I had to take some time off because of some pretty extreme burnout due to the sheer amount of work it was to draw over 800 pages and write 6 complete stories in a year and a half... I was getting sick almost weekly due to the overwork, it was really really bad honestly. I was having to work 60+ hours every week just to keep up...

The nature of the comic itself is also difficult... Each of the arcs is a complete, self contained story which can be read (ideally) without context, and my arcs need to be about 10-13 episodes each... And since I have an exact number of episodes to work with, it's even harder.

It takes a ton of planning and a ton of refinement, and working week to week with no breaks I was forced to put out second or even first drafts, so I just wasn't happy with the work I was doing... And to do that for the rest of the series? I wouldn't be proud of the work I did.

Plus... To be entirely honest, webtoon has treated me quite badly IN MY OPINION... They deprioritized me before I launched (I had to beg for more promotion, I'm not exaggerating), they outright denied me the opportunity to even ask for a raise, I don't make any money on fast pass and they pay me less than my partner makes working at trader joes. My first editor left me completely hanging, my second editor (who I loved) was fired... And they told me I wouldn't get a third season before my first season even finished. So it was just repeatedly completely demoralizing.

I'm sorry it has taken so long, it'll have been 10 months by the time I come back. But I realized... I won't get promotion either way. I won't get more episodes either way. I won't get more money either way. So to finish everything, to make it feel good, to make it something I'm proud of, I chose to take longer to make it better.

I am fully aware I will lose a significant amount of my readership for this and it might genuinely affect my career moving forward. But it's what I had to do! So I'm sticking to my guns on it, and I'm confident long term it'll be worth it. It never could have been this good if I didn't take this much time.

[krispycreamcake]

hello! I really like your writing! If you don't mind may I please request headcanons on how laito would react to someone (a bride or classmate or something) who always tried to make him laugh by telling him jokes and stuff. please and thank you!

Headcanons on how Laito would react to someone always trying to cheer him up

🃏- Now everyone knows Laito is always in the mood for fun

🃏- Well to be fair, his fun and other people's fun are two entirely different types of fun

🃏- Usually he likes to mentally mess with you, tease your mind, make your head spin because he gets a sick thrill out of it

🃏- That isn't to say he's not one to indulge another person's idea of what it's like to humour oneself

🃏- Be it a bride, a friend, a classmate, he'll lend you an ear

🃏- Don't be fooled, his patience is extremely thin and unless you're the peak of comedy, he'll get bored quickly and easily turn the conversation around into something that benefits him

🃏- Now, if you're strong willed and can ignore his words and actions, he'll respect that

🃏- If anything, it makes you more interesting, which then makes him want to listen to more of your futile attempts to make him laugh or sport a smile

🃏- Let's say it's lunch hour and you're sitting at his table. Depending on your relationship, he'll either leave you and your jokes high and dry to go make out with some girl in a broom closet, or he'll entertain you

🃏- Over time of course, his tolerance grows and he doesn't believe himself when he eventually starts enjoying your company and your positive nature

🃏- He's grown accustomed to having you around and subconsciously counts on you to improve his mood

🃏- Maybe he got a scolding from Reiji just before school and he's ticked off, tell him how he looks emo, you might get a smirk (you will)

🃏- He'll probably minimize this feeling as nothing other than boredom (he's afraid to admit he doesn't feel completely numb around you)

🃏- It's such an odd thing for someone to genuinely want to make his day better by giving him something without him having to do anything in return

🃏- See this is where it'll kinda fuck him up

🃏- It's not about the jokes or the great atmosphere you seem to carry around yourself whenever you guys are together

🃏- It's the fact that he's having trouble coping with the idea that someone wants him to feel good without the use of sex

🃏- So maybe you're trying to use him, get closer to him and when he's his most vulnerable, you'll strike at him when he's fully exposed

🃏- He cannot have that be a possibility, he'll lose his shit

🃏- A part of him is glad that despite all his bullshit, you're there for him in your own way

🃏- Another part of him is telling him to run far far away

🃏- By attempting to getting close with Laito, even if it's something as simple as jokes and smiles, he'll consider it a major red flag and might not know what to do with himself

🃏- After all, what if he's wrong and he just pushed away the only person that cared about him?

🃏- Humans, women, people, feelings, society. It's all just too confusing for him

🃏- "Ne~ Bitch-chan, you're so quiet. Ah- I get it, do I need to tell you a joke today? Or should we improve your mood some other way hm?"

[warblogs17282]

Looks like it's time for me to discuss this piece of merch.

I instantly notice two things, the first being that Stolas genuinely looks terrified in the first picture, with the pupils that appear when Stolas is extremely stressed as well. They're not looking at Stella, however, they're looking away from her, at something else, or someone else.

The second thing being that Stella now appears to be laughing while looking directly as Stolas, who is now no longer wearing his crown. Stella and Octavia are still wearing their crowns, which I feel potentially implies that the second picture was taken after Stolas has lost his title of Prince. This is probably overthinking but I'd also like for you to pay attention to the fact that the arrows point to Stolas in both pictures, his face in the first picture, and his crownless head in the second picture.

Plus, the grimoire is now in shot for some reason, which considering Andrealphus' comment of 'Because, my dear sister, you've already produced an heir; when he dies, his duties, his possessions, his legions, it'll all pass to.... Via.', sure Andrealphus is talking about specifically if Stolas dies, but I feel like this would also be true if Stolas loses his title of Prince. His duties will be one of the things that will be passed to Octavia if that happens, which could explain specifically why the grimoire is present in the second picture.

All of this would also tie in perfectly with Stella's line of 'I'm going to take everything! Everything you own!', with one of those things being Stolas' title of Prince.

But getting back to the first thing I noticed, I think I can explain the specifics of why Stolas is so terrified in it.

A few lines from Paimon stick out to me, those being these ones:

"It is finally your day of becoming a true part of the Goetia family."

"Also, son, you are destined to sire a precautionary addition to the Goetia family."

"Would that distract you enough from your non-negotiable future marriage?"

The first thing Paimon does is basically hold Stolas at metaphorical gunpoint to sire (give birth to) a precautionary addition to the Goetia family. You may be asking, but Stolas did sire Octavia, why does he look so terrified in the first picture if it's not Stella he's looking at?

The answer is simple, it's because that metaphorical gunpoint I mentioned earlier extended beyond just siring Octavia, it likely went on until Octavia reached maturity/was close to reaching maturity. (aka, the age of 18.) Considering Octavia was just a very young child in the first picture, it tells us that the metaphorical gunpoint was still a factor for Stolas, hence explaining why Stolas looks so scared in it.

My proof for this is a few comments made in s2 e1. Those being:

"What do you think the rest of the Goetia family will think?"

"And the only thing the Goetia family wanted from our marriage is already 17, so, it's over, I'm DONE!"

The common link between all the lines I have showed you is the Goetia family, Stella uses the family to threaten Stolas, meaning that she is naturally aware of this metaphorical gunpoint as well, hence why she uses it in an attempt to stop Stolas from getting the divorce.

But then Stolas fires back, telling us that the only thing the Goetia family wanted is already 17, which most likely tells us two things.

The first being that the metaphorical gunpoint Stolas was under did extend past just siring Octavia, it also reached to raising Octavia until she was mature enough/close to mature enough, which was likely the age of 18, but at this point Octavia to close enough to age.

The second being that the same metaphorical gunpoint Paimon, and by extension, the Goetia family put Stolas under is no longer a worry because Octavia is now 17, close enough to reaching maturity for the Goetia family, which again, I believe is 18.

Considering all of this, I believe that this adequately explains specifically why Stolas looks so terrified in the first picture, and the fact he appears to be terrified of someone other than Stella in that picture as well.

Which begs the question, just what or who is Stolas looking at in that picture?

It's most likely Paimon, although, considering all the comments about the Goetia family that have been made throughout the show, in theory, it could be anyone in the Goetia family who reports to Paimon, or anyone with equal or higher class compared to Stolas.

[meruz]

sorry if this has been asked before, but i wanted to ask about your lineart! the weight and line economy are just so nice, i get stars in my eyes looking at your lineart and doodles. could i ask what your approach to lineart is and what tips you might offer?

Wow I love these questions - Line is so interesting!!! It's a really big topic so I feel like any tips I give will be just barely scratching the surface. It's like deceptively simple...any given line drawing is essentially taking all the information we glean from seeing something irl ie light, shadow, dimension, texture, perspective, etc and boiling it down to the simplest possible visual information.

I think most commonly my line is informed by light source so like. thicker more continuous lines face away from the light and thinner more broken lines towards. and a lot of my spot blacks r simply cast shadows.

here's a more extreme example

BUT like everything to do with art there's no hard and fast rules. I use blacks when I think it'll be effective or interesting and I leave them out when I don't need em. umm couple things I find myself doing a lot... using spot blacks to make the separation between characters clearer. I like casting shadow in between characters so its easy to separate and read their silhouettes even when they're mashed together.

u can go even further to purposely create a silhouette like

to draw attention to a finger or tongue LOL. There's some comic book artists who are absolute masters at this type of stylization. Alex toth and his spiritual successor Chris samnee come to mind for me right away.

(toth)

(samnee)

I feel like I'm also often using line weight to separate planes receding in space

im naturally a really heavy handed and scribbly drawer(...?) draftsman. and im nearsighted so when i see things i percieve and break it down into big shapes over thin contours. so stuff like spot blacks and shadows came easy to me, the tricky part was making the rest of the lines lighter when they needed to be so the blacks could actually have impact LOLL. a lot of effective visual communication is about balancing contrasts. like I had to really train myself to press less hard on the pen. I think this is actually really evident if u go back in my archive to older sketches LOL

I actually feel like a lot of how I trained my hand to tackle line weights was thru stuff like hand lettering where you rly have to focus on being sensitive to that kind of thing.. contrasting strokes etc.

also exercises like figure drawing will have you flexing those muscles constantly

I'm starting to just regurgitate lessons from freshman year of art school so I'll stop here with the demos but yeah...I hope this was helpful!? I love line!!! I want to get even better at line work so I can feel confident posting work that's only line no color or value... I'll leave you with a bunch of artists who I think have particularly expressive and beautiful linework (not including toth and samnee who I already mentioned and who's work I love so much). You can probably learn much more from them than you can from me...!

Charles dana gibson LOL

Matias bergara

tonci zonjic

naoki urasawa

Daniel warren johnson

shiyoon kim

michel breton

also yoji shinkawa, tomer hanuka, leo romero, I feel like I'm gonna post this and think of so many more. there's so many good artists...!

[grimbeak]

on a Serious note: I am very worried the conclusion to this arc will be the boy killing adult kevin, implying that certain people are too broken to be fixed. I feel like if the conclusion of this arc ends with current kevin being dead it'll undermine literally all of his baggage into "just some crazy guy" instead of. a guy with disorders the dsm hasn't even seen yet who deserves to heal from his past

on a more speculative note: it's mentioned talk therapy is illegal in desert bluffs too. the first idea they have for the boy is to take him to a child therapist, which is talk therapy. just thought that was interesting

Well,I had a whole answer written up, and then I looked at a transcript and it was gone. God bless Tumblr. I'm going to paraphrase.

I don't think they would do that. For one, this is a child talking about murdering his future self. He talks about how he is going to do it in explicit detail. While Night Vale has segments that are gorey and occasionally sad, even including the deaths of characters, I think this would be too big a leap. This is a more serious topic- for example, the episode we get where Old Woman Josie has died, and we spend it learning about her and her life. While she wasn't a big recurring character, it was clear that she meant a lot to Cecil and the town. There was so much about her we never got to learn.

Kevin. Kevin is a huge character. While not recurring often after his "defeat", we still hear from him from time to time. However, he's such a big character because of who he is. He's Cecil's double. While we really don't know much about Cecil (so much of what we have is just speculation from the vague hints left in occasional episodes), we know even less about Kevin.

Kevin... We really have no idea what he's up to. He wanted to take over Night Vale with Strex, but they lost. After Kevin got trapped in the Desert Otherworld, we could have easily never heard from him again. We've barely heard anything about Lubelle post-mortem, except that she's probably still under the cow.

You could argue that we didn't know much about Janet Lubelle. However, we did know her motives. We knew what she wanted to do. She wanted to explain Night Vale, plain and simple.

Now? Kevin has a life separate from StrexCorp and even the Smiling God. Lubelle never had a clear life separate from the University of What It Is. Kevin has a partner, a stepson. A kind-of-friend in Lauren. An old companionship with Carlos. Kevin is a character that has been developed outside of his main focuses, and I think that's important to remember. Night Vale interns die because, well, they're interns. Not much we learn about them. The ones we did learn about? Still alive. Dana Cardinal- former mayor, now therapist. Maureen- owns dark owl records with Michelle. Even Kareem had something to distinguish himself- a double, and a family that didn't remember him. All of them are still living.

One of, if not the only character that's been developed to have a personal life and still died, is Old Woman Josie. Dead from a hip infection. And we got a whole episode (several if you count the ones mentioning her worsening condition) about her passing. She was a very important character, especially to Cecil. Based on those odds, and the extreme difference in death cause (natural hip infection vs murdered by your past/future child self), along with the whole topic being extremely heavy for the podcast, I don't think they're going to have Kevin be killed by himself. Kevin's a very developed character that we still know very little about, and we're only just learning more now. Along with that, Josie had a daughter, but they had a complicated relationship. During one of the last few times we heard from Kevin, he got a partner and a stepson. While it is odd that we didn't get a mention of them in the past Adult!Kevin episode, I think it can be easily explained by the focus being on a specific holiday and Lauren suddenly showing up and surprising him/the whole "smiling god doesn't actually love you" thing. The difference in time between the desert otherworld and night vale hasn't been explained fully yet. Who knows if it's still ten times faster? Who knows if the active portal is messing with the time? I think there's a very high chance that Charles and Donovan are still alive, and likely similar ages from when we last heard from them. I doubt finknor would give him a young child to care for and then instantly age him up without letting us see how that's affected Kevin.

If Charles and Donovan are still alive, then would Brinknor really kill a man in front of his child and partner? After the healing he clearly went through to get to that point? I don't think they've forgotten about Charles and Donovan.

Not only would it not make sense for his character, it would also be a very dark turn for the podcast. While Night Vale has had it's dark moments (Go To The Mirror), I think there's a huge step to make between cosmic horror and a child murdering his future self (who we've recently been purposely reminded exists! Who's recently been given more dialogue to a name!). Even if you see the "killing his future self" part as an average night vale plot, this is still a child. A child who we've grown to know both versions of. A child who, a few weeks ago in Night Vale time, was pretending to be an airplane in a park. While The Boy has gotten more serious and seemingly more unstable over the weeks, he's still a child. Cecil offers him goldfish crackers and a root beer.

The way the episode ends, especially with the addition of Carlos trying to help The Boy with symbolism, it feels very much like The Boy saying that he needs to murder his future self, and describing it in detail, is something that is not going to be tolerated by the other characters. Brinknor wouldn't suddenly switch up Carlos's personality and have him help Kevin continue the cycle of violence that he's clearly very traumatized from.

All in all, I totally understand your concerns, but I don't think it's something you have to be worried about. Even if it's his future self, a child commiting murder and that being deemed okay is a huge step for a podcast where the main character refused to work for several days because he didn't know trees grew from seeds. I think a likely ending is going to be about Kevin breaking the cycle of violence, trauma, and abuse. Whether The Boy goes back to wherever he came from, whether he gets to grow up in Night Vale and start again, whether Adult!Kevin helps him through his struggle, I think there's going to be a happy ending for The Boy that doesn't involve murder.

[guardevoir]

The Great Temporally Displaced Meadow Gremlin Outfit Project, Part 1: First ideas.

Fuck if I know whether this will lead anywhere eventually, but a fiber gremlin can dream.

No research has been done yet, this is not in a place where I'm happy with this plan at all, this is not going to be the whole thing either because I need at least one fucking cape. It's mandatory.

Anyway, a way-off-base first draft is easier to fix than an empty page, so here's that, I guess:

(also, yes, I am Very open to comments and suggestions 'n stuff)

My main starting point here was definitely "which fibers am I willing to work with for what might be years?"

It has to be sturdy, fun to spin, and available without completely breaking the bank, at least for the majority of this. I'm not opposed to using luxury fiber for smaller bits, but a skirt in a silk blend or something would be prohibitively expensive and kind of a waste.

So, two things primarily came to mind: A light grey Merino that spins up disconcertingly quickly (that has the slight problem of being the subject of my current mammoth project, so I will probably be roundly fed up with it before long), or the same dark grey Icelandic blend i used for my hat.

In case someone's tuning in who hasn't been here for that long: The Hat. Also a random impulse decision that worked out extremely well.

Largely the aforementioned natural grey Icelandic mix, with dyed Merino because while you'd think 100g of fibers would be enough for a goddamn beanie, it sure as shit wasn't. Ended up looking great though, so I'm not mad about it.

Now, the upside of the Icelandic blend is that it's fun to spin, cheap, has a nice, substantial hand, feels like it'll work very well when lightly, gently felted, and it is really fucking gorgeous. On one hand, that means I could leave the majority of my stuff undyed, because that grey is timelessly, classically gorgeous. On the other hand, maybe I want to dye shit.

Construction-wise, I'm pondering a turn-of-the-century-esque walking-skirt inspired thing; I will have to do a lot of fabric piecing and I'm limited to a pretty thick fabric, so that'll limit my options some, but - long, simple, classic. Means I'll likely need a petticoat to make it sit right, but I'm willing to compromise and either use millspun linen yarn to weave my own linen fabric or just buy some linen or cotton outright; I can always swap it out for something handspun later.

Currently I'm planning on every (bigger) woven bit being rigid-heddle-woven and plainweave, color-and-weave techniques and clasped warp/weft nonsense optional (but risky, because of the piecing), but I'll also be gaining access to a floor loom pretty soon, so that'll put twill fabrics on the menu, as it were. Shadow-weave, maybe.

Now, the sontag shawl will be crochet and likely pretty straightforward. There's patterns, I could probably draft one up myself even; it'll be slightly tedious but perfectly doable. I also want it to either have fringe or some kind of scalloped edge with picots, because I think that'll bring some details and maybe a hint of gremlin energy to an otherwise pretty austere outfit.

The shirt's gonna be something flouncier than historically appropriate, probably, partially because it'll be fun, partially because the less something has to be fitted, the less likely I'm gonna be to fuck it up. probably gonna do a classical, lace pirate shirt collar, because if I attempt do a high collar, I will cry and give up. Once again, I will have to compromise on fabric, but That's Fine It's Fine.

Then, I'd like to have some details: Wrist warmers, maybe a pixie belt or something, anything to bring in more gremlin vibes. I'd love to add a nice crocheted collar piece too, but I'm pretty worried about how it'll look with the shawl... but I'm also worried about how the pirate shirt-style collar with look with that, so. oops?

Now, Problem #1: If I make an entire outfit myself, do I really want it to be largely shades of grey and plainweave if I could also make the coolest fucking plant-dyed rainbow known to man and create some kind of Hyper Gay Mega Plaid?

Problem #2: I aesthetically enjoy what I came up with, but I don't think I'd be using my skills to their fullest potential. I could make that thing with millspun yarn and storebought fabric and nobody could tell the difference.

Problem #3: It's not really screaming "Guardy made that", and I should probably find a way to put in more personality.

Problem #4: I'd be utilizing only about half of my fiber arts skills (no embroidery, pin loom, band weaving, knitting, macrame, etc), which would be a shame.

How will I solve all of this? Fuck if I know!

But yeah, this is about the state of the brainstorm currently.

[9800sblog]

Could you do reading bts v and his spouse first meeting like impressions and stuff? 💜

V/Kim Taehyung tarot reading - meeting with his future spouse and first impressions

-> do I have his energy permission to do and share this reading? high priestess

context of meeting

6 of pentacles, 2 of swords, the high priestess reversed, justice, queen of swords reversed, bottom of the deck king of swords

their meeting has a purpose, they're divine counterparts, if you believe in that, if you don't, then they're like Amélie and Nino in the movie Amélie. they'll probably meet when they least expect it, but they will come together to ease each other's burden when they need it the most. it's like they have the red string of faith and it'll just work out like that, when everything else is in balance and ready, when everything that needed to happen has happened, all the character development is done and their stories are basically just missing each other. it's not a coincidence. it might be literal, someone might introduce the duo but they're already a thing spiritually, it's already perfect, they're made for each other.

his first impression of them

love at first sight, he thinks this is his soulmate and they have lived a different lifetime together, this person is everything he has ever wished for. for some reason, legs and feet are standing out, they may hold a beautiful position and/or be wearing a nice outfit with good shoes, maybe high heels. they are really nice, may be with friends and he'll notice how easily this person works with other people or he'll notice that when this person doesn't monopolize the conversation. he thinks this person is faking happiness, frustrated and he'll immediately want to help them. they look like they come from money and have similar spiritual beliefs and struggles to him.

their first impression of him

they may be confused but they're extremely happy to see him, these two really might have met in a different lifetime because this feels like a relief, like "thank god you're here" but they just met. most of the cards are reversed, except for the 10 of cups. they might think he is not focused on the right things, that he is too defensive and closed off to others, he has a fiery aura, like it's dangerous for others to come near - this person will feel safe with him, but they'll know that others usually feel intimidated. he is too focused on material things and don't enjoy life and the natural, easy things, he doesn't know simple happiness.

[jimin-of-mine]

i have another question, i'm sorry for spamming your inbox so often but how do you fully trust your intuition? especially when it came to those boys? and not feel anxious about it at all, so did you feel some sort of peace when you found out you're connected to them?

one weird thing that's been happening to me too is i've been extremely sluggish as well and having these strange dreams of a member, won't say who just yet. i don't know what to make sense of it either.

My messages are open for you, if at any point you would rather a more private space for you to speak- I just want to put that out there.

I fully understand that you feel safer being anonymous though, so you can choose to continue- but just in case, I thought I would also give you that option as well.

Anonymous or not, the kpop community is fucking terrifying and after eight years of being here- it took me a long time to be able to properly get to where I am now.

I probably appear to be fearless, but they still terrify me and I've had multiple stalkers due to the amount of accounts I have had online over all of this time.

It's taken me years to be able to get to where I am now and they still scare the hell out of me- which they should and I hope I never get rid of that fear- because these people can be very dangerous and I never want to get too 'comfy' and put myself in a position that could be life-threatening.

Even more so, when I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for everything I'll have to put up with- once I cross paths- face to face with the guys. I feel sick to my stomach when I think of how much I'll need to endure, but it'll be worth it.

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It's different for everyone and it's taken me eight years to be this confident and not anxious about anything anymore.

I would like to point out that accepting you're a twin flame is a really intense and emotional endeavor, because you are infused with this other person/people and there's A LOT of things that come with this territory. Putting it plainly, it's like being on a non-stop rollercoaster- while playing tug-of-war on it.

Twin flames are simple, yet also very complex for some people who are not familiar with what they are- so more often than not, they'll get confused. It can be hard to wrap your head around if you look it up online, since most people romanticize the connection.

For two years, I was in extreme denial and I was forced to get rid of all of my conditioning beliefs and to start over fresh after purging my entire life technically.

Think of it as when the caterpillar has to wrap itself in a cocoon in order to transform into a beautiful moth or butterfly.

There's a lot that little one needs to do, in order to emerge and be the best version of itself and it's not easy to do.

I always say that soul mates are easier than twin flames in a sense, because you don't get the intensity that you do with twins. It will be hell, for however long it takes you to properly surrender to it and stop 'chasing' your other half/halves and you will constantly be on that rollercoaster.

Everyone's journey will be different though and I feel like mine took longer, since I grew up in a very strict religion. It was more difficult for me to just get rid of my conditioning beliefs and it wasn't until 2016 that I knew I was even allowed to have my own beliefs.

So 2016 triggered a lot for me...

Twin flames will make you question your entire existence basically- in the beginning and you will be in a lot of pain for some time- physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

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I used to be very anxious and I doubted my connection with him constantly- before Jimin released his album MUSE, because I wasn't sure about a lot of things still.

After so long, I was waiting for for a sign from him specifically, anything at all that could tell me I wasn't 'crazy' and just projecting something onto him.

Obviously I wasn't and all of my experiences over the years proved that- but thinking back now, I feel like it was only natural of me to want something like that from him.

Getting so many signs and synchronizations, while he was visiting me in the astral realm and even tons of past life stuff (don't even get me started on past lives...)- but nothing that was manifesting in the here and now. If that makes sense?

Then he comes across very aggressively with this album and I was blown away by the entire thing.

Three songs stood out the most to me and I still can't finish them without getting extremely emotional.

He says the things that I was waiting to hear and it spoke to me on SUCH a deep level, that I was sobbing like a child and I have never had such a reaction to his music before.

I guess it just made all of my doubts disappear, because I finally had the validation and the confirmation I needed from him.

I wasn't projecting and it wasn't 'all in my head' ~

I thought it was one sided all of this time and I figured I was destined to just live out my life being a person who wasn't meant to truly cross paths with him in the 3D (The here and now) world.

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Dreams?

If you don't feel comfortable sharing, that's alright- but they could be visiting you in the astral realm or you could be having dreams of a past life.

Both can make you feel relatively sluggish- they can also make you feel really dazed and 'out of it'. Like you're here, but you're not here at the same time. Exhaustion can be another factor as well, along with chronic pain.

Past life memories- depending on what they are, can also affect you in other physical ways as well.

I'll give you the personal example I have from one of my own.

Last year, I was very caught up in working through one of mine, and I would often feel like my legs were literally on fire and I would feel the pain as real as if it was happening again.

Of course, it was entirely psychological, but still- it was VERY real for me.

This is why I try and tell people to take it slow with past lives and to not try to do any strange kind of regression therapy or anything, because anything you have read in books or what not- has been romanticized and it's not always as lovely as they try to make it out to be.

You don't get to choose what you remember ~

Ps: I don't mind it getting spammed by pleasant people, so by all means, spam away love :)

[gendervapor14]

I've read a lot of your stories (and liked them a lot) so I'm wondering how you plan out longer fics? I feel like I want to add to the Corazon pile but I don't really know where to start

anon.... [steps closer and kisses you on the head] thank you. i had an entire work shift to think about this and i still haven't come up with a clear answer 😅 but i will certainly offer all the help and advice i can!!

starting is my favorite part!! you need some sort of idea. doesn't have to be anything crazy. (i'm sure you have plenty!) for instance, the idea that inspired me to write 01746 was "i want rosinante to have a proper backstory." for two fights for freedom, the idea was "i want cora and bell-mere to live and have a nice family together". i think vaguer ideas are more likely to lead to larger stories, but as i'm sure you've seen, i tend to write a lot (a decent portion of my multichaps were supposed to be oneshots) but regardless of length, every good story starts with the desire to put an idea out there, and i get the feeling you've got that part covered!

in terms of physically writing, this is where things get a little tricky. bigger stories tend to involve planning. personally, i'm a pantser. my natural writing process involves no planning. nowadays i do a ton of planning, but that's because i've taken on a ton of hours at work, so i don't have the time to sit around and experiment with my writing anymore. if i want a story to go a certain direction, i need to have some sort of guideline to keep me on track with time. so consider how much free time you have. if you have a lot, you might not have to worry too much about outlining or making mistakes, because you'll have plenty of time to fool around and fix things.

(also worth noting it IS just fanfiction, and the post button is not setting your words in stone. i've edited plenty of things after posting, made some major edits too! that's always okay. it's just fanfiction :) i've never had a reader get upset about me tweaking previous chapters.)

in terms of guidelines or no guidelines, it depends on you and your story! like i said, i write by the seat of my pants, so guidelines tend to confuse me. maybe you're similar. or maybe you LOVE a guideline! outlines are good because they're flexible. even if it's a simple breakdown of some basic plot points you think would be neat. for two fights for freedom, i have an outline that lists every chapter and every scene within every chapter. pretty detailed. took a long time to make it though, and i'm constantly tweaking it. for 01746, i used a physical whiteboard with random notes and diagrams, but there wasn't any structural planning until probably the last ten chapters. with 01746, canon provided a lot of substance for me, where with two fights for freedom, almost the entire story is my own, extremely canon divergent, so it's more weight for me to bear. your need for an outline or notes may depend on how much weight you can carry to make the story cohesive.

NOW don't let any of that scare you!! usually when i begin a big multichap, i don't start with an outline. i just write something. i try my idea out, if that makes sense. sometimes what i start writing becomes chapter one, or maybe it'll become part of the summary, or maybe it'll be the plot twist in chapter seventy-two. in the beginning, it doesn't matter what comes out of your hands. get cozy with your idea and let it fill you with excitement and inspiration. you can worry about organization afterwards.

sorry if this was a bit indecipherable or unclear 😅 with every story i write, i try something new! fanfic writing for me is a great way to hone my skills and experiment, so i don't have a scientific method quite yet. i just try to learn about myself as much as possible and have fun along the way! and i hope you're able to do the same!!

i'm around if you ever need more help! you can always DM or shoot me another ask, i don't mind at all! i really flung a lot of words at you here so feel free to narrow me down to a more specific concern whenever. i wish you great luck on your projects 🍀 this world always needs more added to the cora pile ♥ and feel free to hmu if you do end up posting something!! i'd love to check it out 👀

[havenofseven]

8. Where and when do they seem most and least at ease? Why? How can you tell? ( jack )

Character Development Questions

Honestly I think I have to answer the second half of this first because his whole thing, not as like, a schtick, but just a thing that happens to be true about him is that there is a stoicism. He doesn't give big reactions*. A little of it is a natural temperament. A lot of it is training, and I think no matter how long its been it'll never really leave him. And so, mostly, I don't think you can tell. In a solid... let's go with 80% range of his ease/unease scale, I don't think his level of comfort really shows. It's just a steadiness, questions if he has them, comments if they're needed. Then, it's only when you get into the extremes of either that it might show.

*Typically. The exceptions, historically, have always involved Tech. Now you could expect the same to extend to Colton, but (thank god) it hasn't come up yet. (First ~seven years with no major incidents or scares kind of win, really, though everyone would love it if he got sick less. ANYWAY->)

Extreme unease (which, for the sake of not arguing with myself, we'll say is distinct from escalating all the way into being actively distressed) is probably the more subtle. More keeping tabs of his surroundings, maybe clipped speech, but he's not exactly a chatty or unobservant guy to begin with so I'm not sure this is really a direct tell; he could reasonably shrug it off as habitual and I feel like most people wouldn't push back too hard. This kind of unease would come into play.. I mean, just whenever it does. But definitely when he had established plans for something, a trade or other journey toward the inner zones, that involved the crew and things took major unexpected turns. Not just minor surprises but location shifts and more coordinated numbers than he expected— not just that it went off the rails but that it leans threat shaped. Admittedly he can be a little sensitive about what does or doesn't constitute a threat, sometimes, so it's probably a good thing his unease tends not to show.

Extreme ease is both easier and harder to place. You'll mostly find it when he's got someone (proverbially or literally) guarding his back. This is why he and Arachnid vibe so well. In terms of tells, his guard is up in some capacity so much of the time I think it's easier to notice when it goes down. Smiles come easier, and laughs -though still not a particularly common noise- are more likely to appear. He's got a bit of a mischief streak, though it's hard won to get to a level where he'll mess with you, so if he's teasing and doing a little bit of harassment, truly we're at extreme ease.

I don't know that either are tied to specific where's, like. Obviously the Haven is like a the-relief-of-familiar-home shape and his and Colton's room is a physical resting place, but I don't think it's as simple as walking in a sitting down that promises ease. There's always something to be done.

[moecartoons]

love how you draw hair do you have any headcanons when it comes to hair?

Jackie - I love so much about Jackie and her hair in canon. She cares a lot about it and doesn't let anyone mess with it. When she takes out her scrunchie, it's big and beautiful and by Inez's own words "cool." Not really to do with her hair but I love imagining/drawing her scrunchie as more bow/butterfly like than it is. I already like drawing her hairbun bigger than it is, but I really have to do to compensate for the bow, hahaha. Jackie definitely has the best hair of the main three and probably of anyone in the show. She takes great care and pride in it. It's like one of her many hobbies, her many passions. Her hair is a part of her identity. I hc she would never straighten her hair and the most, ig "extreme" thing she does with it is dye a stripe in it. I like to think as she gets older she gets more bold with hairstyles she tried. I'm still learning about hair with afro texture along with my own hair type so I love thinking about Jackie and her 'do.

Matt - Takes surprisingly good care of his hair. You don't get nice curls like his unless you at least try to upkeep. He really only takes care of his hair bc he feels bad when his mom has to help him, and he feels he looks weird if breaks the curls. He doesn't really care if his hair gets messed up, though. If it's windy or raining or he falls into some mud, well, then them's the breaks. He also really doesn't want anyone to know how much work he puts into his hair. At 11, he's still actively trying to avoid anything that makes him seem too "girly."

Inez - Her hair is naturally wavy, not curly, but wavy. She brushes it out and her mom will straighten her hair. They use protective sprays so it won't damage her hair. When it gets too humid it'll frizz, just like in the show. She straightens her hair just bc it makes it easier to maintain for her. Plus she likes the little outward flip her mom gives the ends of her hair.

Slider - Thick hair with volume but no real curls. He doesn't take care of it so it tends to get greasy, which actually gives it an appealing shine and shape. He's a lucky son of a gun because he'll get up and do nothing to it yet people swoon over it. The most he does is a frequent trim just so it doesn't go past his shoulder, which is why he has a bit of an awkward straight cut at the ends.

Creech - Yes, that's her natural color. I imagine her hair doesn't have real strands but is one mass on her head bc of the markings on it. It's like a doll with rubber hair but maybe much softer. She doesn't have to take care of it at all except for the occasional polish! It takes a lot of work to change her hairstyle which is why it's such a simple bob when she's little.

Shari - I'll be honest, I can't make heads or tails of her hair. They're probably supposed to be dreads or braids but it's so stylized it's almost impossible to see. Her bangs look flat, so it makes all the other strands feel flat to me. If she were borg [or, at least if I saw her as borg] I'd say they're computer ribbons. They're more than likely dreads or braids, though, which I think I've read are styles that can be worn a long time with low maintenance. Sounds perfect for the busy magic student!

Wicked - Big beautiful red hair and you better believe she takes good care of that shi. It has big waves, not curls, partly because they're being weighed down by the sheer amount of it. Her hair is surprisingly low maintenance, but there are days where even magic can't save it. I actually don't have a lot to say about her hair but... I'm love it... I'm love she. 🥺Oh, also the way I draw her bangs is inspired by Ariel, hahaha!

Thank you so much for the ask! Sorry it took a while, I had a lot to say... If I didn't address someone you wanted to hear about feel free to send another ask with them aaa

[pixelchills]

If you feel like it, would you elaborate on Solar's relationship with other animutants? He seems a bit resentful of them for not viewing humans the way he does or tolerating the way they're treated, but also seems sympathetic towards Sun when he's informed that he was made with the intention of him being overly obedient. I took that as him realizing that it's not really in Sun's nature to advocate for himself the way he does, but I could have misinterpreted that.

I'm also curious about how he feels about lower level animutants because it'd be a bit strange if he resented the literal animals for their existence and cooperation but I could see him being displeased with how they're treated. He does seem at least sympathetic to Sun so I could see him at least pitying them. After all, it's not a dog's fault if it's mistreated but still follows orders-It's hard to bite the hand that feeds.

Well, how I've imagined Solar's view of the other Animutants, is that he understands how they work in a technical level? I think since he had kind of close relationship with Dr Weston, he learned a lot more about Animutant biology from pure curiousity in the labs.

That might have been the mistake Dr Weston made. Solar probably got upset after learning he is just as smart and capable as humans - even more - yet he was the one in collars and handcuffs and under the strict surveillance of the microchip.

I think originally Solar started more innocently trying to make a change. Almost pretend like he was a human so the people he worked with would see he wasn't just an animal. But as we know, his approaches backfired and he lost the innocence of hoping for that peace and equality with humans.

I think his bitterness towards the other Level 3 Animutants doesn't necessarily come from the fact they obey humans, but that they seem to realise it and just DO it voluntarily, instead of sharing Solar's views of the world where he wants them to be equal.

Bitterness gets added from the hierarchy in the Plex, where the main stars have a place to stand on a stage and talk and prove a lot more people what they're capable of, and how the humans seem to treat them with much more respect than they treat Solar.

Solar is jealous and bitter.

Eventually he doesn't want freedom to the others, since they clearly don't get it. They can stay in their miserable Animutant life working until they're "put down" or killed by other means.

After Lilian's death, Solar lost the hope, though. And then he met Sunrise, who was clearly put under his wing (in Solar's opinion) and Sun's presence has already started to make a difference in Solar.

Solar is obsessive. He has always had a certain type of obsessiveness in his nature; obsessive about equality; obsessive about his girlfriend...

In MDD his obsessiveness is to protect Sun, who was clearly made more submissive than necessary just to fix Solar's mistakes. I've already decided the reasoning why Dr Weston was the one to create Sun... It'll be explained when the location merge.

So, to answer your question, Solar originally wanted to fight for the others too, but gave up on it, and was then only fighting for himself. After Lily's death, he however, gave up. Lily was his only hope to be free, to be equal to a human.

I think he tends to just see the other Level 3 mutants as "lost case" and for Sunrise, he probably feels extreme pity, and blames himself for what Sun was made to be.

For MDD, Solar's character is most likely trying to just heal from the lost hope and grieve his love, and Sun is there to help with that by giving his life a slightly different purpose. In Solar's eyes, Sunrise's nature and struggles are /his/ fault, and because he already feels a connection to Sun (from the fact it was technically HIS/Lilian's money that was used to build Sunrise) he can't just ignore him.

For the lower level mutants though... I think Solar tends to just see them what they are; simple, too simple to think, too simple to save.

I dunno! I hope this helped to answer your question to some extend!

[revui]

Friend !!! how are the silly little guys in your head doin. what have they been up to

buddy they are doing so well. hyacinth just made a deal with a ghost and if she doesn't get a girl to fall in love with her by the end of the day then she'll have to give up her body. that'll be fine i'm sure

OK I actually want to ramble about this part because Hyacinth's arc in the narrative has so much ghost shit going on and it's extremely fun for me to write. This whole plotline heavily involves two different artifacts, one being an orb that holds the souls of all Hyacinth's ancestors from the past ~400 years and the other being a necklace capable of acting as a vessel for the Corruption, allowing whoever wears it to wield the curse. There's a lot of stuff I'll skip over in order to stay on the main point, but here's the important summary:

Skyler shows up in Hyacinth's family's casino wearing an illusion stone that disguises her as Colum, and she intends to steal the Corruption necklace

Hyacinth almost loses the necklace but is able to leverage the fact that Skyler is honor-bound to NOT kill her (since Sky is buds with Hyacinth's older brother) and Skyler gets captured

While trying to find out where to put an assassin who keeps trying to bite her fingers, Hyacinth finds the aforementioned orb and gets to chat with the soul of her grandmother, a talented singer who died decades ago when the casino caught on fire

Her grandmother, Gloria, manages to pick out a ton of Hyacinth's insecurities during this conversation and gently exploits the fuck out of them in order to convince Hyacinth to make the deal

The long and short of it is: "Hey, Hyacinth, you're an incompetent person, I need you to prove that the family can depend on you by doing something super easy—just confess your love to Delilah and get her to reciprocate those feelings. If you don't, then I'll just take your body and live your life for you because clearly you can't be trusted to do it if you can't manage a task that simple."

Gloria recognizes that Hyacinth is generally socially inept and assumes that Delilah probably doesn't like her back, while also knowing that Hyacinth is very desperate for approval, so it's a perfect storm of promising precisely what Hyacinth's wants more than anything while hinging that on her greatest weakness—social emotions.

Hyacinth takes this deal immediately. She's scientifically minded and figures that it'll be easy enough to just solve love—she just needs to study how love works and she'll be good to go. Once she understands the theory, it'll be easy enough to put it into practice.

(I don't think I need to tell you, but that's not how it works.)

Unsurprisingly, she fumbles hard and completely blows up her already volatile friendship with Delilah, and Gloria comes to collect her end of the deal.

So, Hyacinth's soul is trapped in the nightmare orb, but remember Skyler? Remember how he was captured and he's just been hanging around for a while, and how he was left in the same spot Hyacinth found the orb? When Gloria takes Hyacinth's body, she leaves the orb there again. Skyler frees himself with relative ease and investigates the nightmare orb, and Hyacinth's soul pops out to be like "Sunset—(by the way Skyler's alias in Thistle is Sunset)—I know we've done nothing but try to murder each other for the past couple weeks, but Gloria's fucking up the casino and she might kill my older brother for being in Thistle, and I know you're pals with him so I have a horrible idea."

The horrible idea in question functionally being "let's split our souls in half."

This is to solve two problems.

Skyler is an unrefined caster. They don't have the natural reserve of magic that sorcerers do and can only draw on the land's latent, "wild" magic, which is difficult for anyone to control and especially for someone who spent 15 years of their life in a world with zero magic; Hyacinth happens to be an incredible sorcerer who's already familiarized herself with wild magic and would be able to use it competently.

Hyacinth is not a fighter by any stretch of the imagination. She's a nerd familiar with only the basics of self-defense and would be incapable of surviving in combat with no magic; Skyler fights pretty exclusively without magic and also happens to be extraordinarily competent in combat thanks to the whole assassin training thing.

So in order to get Gloria's soul out and take Hyacinth's body back, these two socially incompetent near-strangers whose only major interactions have been physical fights, have to enter what may be the most hilariously intimate scenario possible, which is to physically share a body and mind. They each halve their souls; half of Skyler's soul goes into the orb and half of Hyacinth's soul enters Skyler's body, irreversibly changing their relationship and creating the most literal interpretation of the phrase "platonic soulmates."

It's very fun to write. Anyway, in summary, they triumph, the orb is destroyed, the trapped souls are allowed to pass on, Gloria is defeated, Hyacinth gets her body back, Skyler gets the other half of their soul back, Hyacinth reunites with her older brother for the first time in four years, and then... Skyler just fucking takes the Corruption necklace and leaves. He just goes "well this has permanently transformed our bond with each other. yoink. bye."

[eyedove]

im gonna talk about homestuck in 2023 under the cut and how it has influenced my art irreversibly but not just in the style in which i draw things but also in the way i imagine scenes, the way i interact with music, and the way i engage in the creation of fan works

genuinely still in love with the animation of the [s] panels in homestuck. they start as pretty utilitarian, but by enter, they're starting to get cinematic as hell. adore the use of minimal actual animation by just zooming and tweening that gets snappier and more satisfying to watch occur over time.

(the constant movement: always panning or zooming except in small key moments influenced SO MUCH in terms of amv and video editing in the time they were released. i do not have anything to back it up but i would absolutely put stock into the conspiracy that it really contributed to the back-and-forth inverse panning style that most video editing apps have nowadays.)

and yeah yeah it was fine and all but then we get make her pay and we get these sequences that have SMALL MOVING PARTS that are not just spritework from the comic panels themselves and are made specifically for the animation, but they're still fairly simple, like vriska's arm moving on an elbow hinge toward her face. it's mixed in with the same method of letting pan and zoom do some heavy lifting. parallax panning. animated-music-video vibe. that's what it was! animated music videos! i remember people getting excited about this prospect of indie-style, animated music videos in 2014 with mystery skulls and freak kitchen.

cascade. my teenage brain was forever changed by cascade. telling a story through animation was my fucking dream (it still is) and i am just now in recent years understanding, even after taking animation classes in school, how fucking incredible these things were at teaching (admittedly the basics of) animating shit. it had a multi-media feel: it was a good live example of how to use differences in style and detail to create emphasis and drama. how to keep a tight color palette (in pixelated scenes, anyway, it's something the fully illustrated scenes sort of missed), how to give the illusion of movement, how to keep an eye interested in the material through movement, how to frame and balance a shot. how to give a silly or lighthearted vibe vs a serious and dramatic one through pacing and expressions (expressions are something i've always struggled with and continue to do so, both in real life and in art).

most of FUCKING all, homestuck's art style is FUCKING INCREDIBLE at delivering art shorthand. the drawing of the basic shapes of hands without fully fleshing them out. no shading on limbs - so foreshortening looks more natural without extra rendering.

ok there were a couple that really hit and some that missed. sometimes both in the same flash. (personally not about to defend some of game over, although it did do a pretty good job of shit that others did not, which was keeping track of everything happening, where and when) and the earlier ones are waaaay more influential to my style.

some fucking day ill release one of the 463782469 animatics i have anywhere from half-to-two-thirds done and it'll probably be EXTREMELY apparent.

tl;dr the snappy, rubberbandy movements, constant panning and zooming, multimedia feel, and sparingly used hi-detail shots from the time of about make her pay up to cascade are just. imo fucking beautiful. they let you take in the music with a nice, interesting, emotional visual that easily and cleanly portrays a story. (the times it doesn't is a pacing issue, not a problem with the format.) i want to do shit like that. i want to make something that has a story like that, has replayability like that, and hits like that.

[clavissionary-position]

*clothing rustle*

HOW TO UNDRESS A GILBERT

GILBERT × R E A D E R VON OBSIDIAN

✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ ✧ ✦ WARNING 200% crack, 15% random smut. Please don't take anything here seriously, or literally, or as fact. WORD COUNT ~3000 AO3 clicky

MINORS / AGELESS BLOGS DNI

※　Due to the nature of Gilbert's outfit, it is strongly recommended that he be standing when you start.

STEP 1

The cloak has to go first. His gloves are skin-tight enough that they won't interfere with the removal of other articles beforehand (pun intended). The belt on the cloak attaches just above his left breast-pocket using a heavy-duty clasp.

Except just-kidding, that's a red-herring in case someone decides to unclasp his cloak in close-quarters-battle to use against him. Unfortunately, anyone fool enough to try will just be giving Gilbert the upper-hand.

To actually unfasten his cloak you have to sneak your hand under the cloak's collar where the other end of the belt disappears into. There's a hidden push-button clasp there. Gilbert isn't ticklish but he'll certainly pretend he is just to fuck with you.

The fur is attached directly to the collar of the cloak, so this is a one-and-done deal. Be aware that the cloak is extremely heavy and don't be afraid to just drop it on the spot and enjoy the beautiful WHUMP that it makes, like angel wings come to rest.

STEP 2

Your next stop is the secondary belt that crosses diagonally over his chest.

This belt is a mystery, and for reasons of national importance you are not permitted to know how to remove it. Gilbert must always be the one to remove this belt. I repeat. GILBERT MUST REMOVE THIS BELT HIMSELF. It's not just a simple single-pronged screw-clasp belt. Don't get cocky.

STEP 3

Now for his main belt. The plate buckle must be lifted half a centimeter towards you at a precise 180 degree angle so you can slide the leather through the hook on the plate's underside. You may consider doing this while cornering Gilbert against a wall. If you're feeling bold, advise him not to touch you until you're done. Before handling the buckle, you might angle his hips closer toward you by giving the strap a tug.

Don't tug on just the belt loop by itself because it'll throw you off-balance and put you in a vulnerable position for a sensual counter-attack. Unless you're wearing a hat that hides your ears for some reason. I mean Gilbert would just cutely headbutt the hat off you, but why did you bring a hat to this?

CAUTION. The outer edge of the buckle is lined with poison that activates by touch. The poison can penetrate any fabric except for the mysterious medieval nano-material that Gilbert's gloves consist of. This is why you'll never see Gilbert remove his belt bare-handed (though he has the antidote if he must; and yes, he'll try to convince you that the antidote must be administered mouth-to-mouth, but you must remain vigilant! Think about it: does that make any sense? No? Good. Gilbert was just testing you).

Yeah. It's probably best if you leave this belt to Gilbert too. But if he lets you borrow his gloves just so you can undress him, count yourself lucky. And if Gilbert gets you your own matching set of gloves, I mean that's basically a marriage proposal.

But wait, you say, remembering a thing. Didn't Gilbert stick his glove between his teeth that one time after presumably touching his cane?

No he didn't. That's not a CG that exists. What are you talking about? What wet-suitor collection event?

Fine, okay. Yes. That happened. The rain washed away the poison 💀

STEP 4

The mini-waistbelt. It may be thin, but it has a massive temper if you try to remove it. Would not recommend trying it if you value having a nose and teeth.

But since you've already come this far, the steps to remove it are as follows:

Pray.

Tell your loved-ones you love them, or have secretly hated them this entire time.

Place your left hand on Gilbert's right hip; make sure you have proper footing.

Place your right hand on the belt buckle like you're pinching a flaccid penis that is much, much, much tinier than Gilbert's flaccid penis.

Pray again in case you skipped step one.

Use your thumbnail to test the prong. Consider the materials, the craftsmanship, the German Engineering.

Hold your breath and rip the belt from his waist; he can always replace the belt.

Redeem your kiss from Gilbert, and for fuck's sake take off that hat.

If you trip over the discarded belt because you didn't throw it far enough away:

Please, I do insist you pray.

Try to trip directly onto Gilbert's chest so he can live out all of his otome fantasies. Let him commit your scent to memory.

It's okay to grab his cravat in the process because it won't loosen or tighten either way [see section on his cravat below]

It's not okay to grab his pants because no one wants to be pantsed by accident. Also Gilbert's pants don't come off that easy, so you'd just end up dislocating your arm.

If you trip into a natural, organic, Whole Foods fellatio-giving posture, take advantage of it. Gilbert's still wearing too many layers to give a proper, unimpeded blowjob, but just ghosting your mouth over the area with a hint of teeth will make him feel desirable.

Rub some sensual circles through the fabric of his pants; spell out your name with his last name appended onto it (Gilbert is a genius and he can easily-read any message you rub onto his shaft). His inner thighs, particularly past the adductor muscles back toward his glutes, are incredibly sensitive. Placing your palms against them and slowly fanning your fingers out while you nom on his bulge will quietly destroy him. Too bad you can't see his surprised-sprite-expression in the night.

STEP 5

At this stage you should be down to his military coat. You can ignore the epaulets and ropework and tasselry (unless you want to take a moment to mourn all the carnage they represent) because they're all directly attached to the coat.

If you find yourself tangled in the ropes in your attempt to free Gilbert's arm, don't worry. You have a few half-seconds before Gilbert ensnares you further and halts your honest undressing efforts with erotic tickling.

Use this time well. Consider using Gilbert's own cane to jam the insides of his elbows. The maneuver will both stop him and impress him. But also, do not actually do this, because his cane is coated in that same poison from before.

Why is there such a learning-curve to undressing this man? Don't worry though. Why? I don't know.

The coat itself requires extreme focus while unbuttoning. You don't have to go in order, but if you don't, you run the risk of becoming confused about which buttons you have or haven't touched. Gilbert's coat is what the common people refer to as an optical illusion, and what Clavis calls "an intellectual torture device". It is strongly recommended that you study the unbuttoning maneuver on a practice-coat.

And to be sure, at NO point is Gilbert going to help you on this one. You're screwed if you mess up. And Gilbert is going to enjoy every last second of it.

If by some stroke of luck you manage to get his coat off, please be kind enough to fold it and set it on his bed. You can also consider draping it over the window for some extra privacy, but imagine you're an Obsidianite soldier on the ground below and you see your boss's coat covering the window? You're gonna think to yourself, "Oh no, the boss is doing laundry in his room again. I should stop this before it escalates." There goes your hard-sought privacy.

STEP 6

Congratulations are in order because you have reached his shirt. Sure, there's a cravat with an extremely convoluted knot staring you in the face, but it's better than a clip-on tie, is it not?

I assure you, the knot hidden behind the brooch is not one to be trifled with. It even took Gilbert himself two tries to master it despite being the one to invent it. He wears this particular knot for its strength. It will not come loose or tighten unless someone knows what they're doing.

Despite betraying nothing beyond his evergreen smile, Gilbert is absolutely running out of patience by this point. So rest assured, because he'll gently take your hands in his and dance them through the steps of cravat-removal. Feel free to enjoy the "accidental" brushes against his chin and the skin of his throat. Chilly but sweet. This will be a welcome respite before the horror to come.

The horror being, you know that party trick with the endless scarves?

Good luck.

STEP 7

Gilbert's shirt, upon first-glance, resembles a normal shirt with normal shirt-like properties, such as a post-contemporary thread-count, invisible buttons, hidden seams, etc. It's somewhat loose-fitting but tapers beautifully into his waistband; so prettily in-fact that you might think clothed-sex would be a better option at this point.

But Gilbert didn't allow you to come this far so he could keep his cock behind enemy lines.

If you won't stop admiring his torso, he'll take your hands again and start biting each fingertip. If you're still dazed by his beauty afterwards, he'll switch your positions so that you're against the wall and his knee is against your sensitive bits pulsing pressure in a maddening upward motion.

To avoid this, you need to tear his shirt off. You need to free Gilbert's skin unto moonlight's stage at any costs. Hook your fingertips into the spaces between the buttons. Press your crotch against Gilbert's for leverage. If you need to lay down for this part, please do so.

The shirt will not be kind to you. The weave is too strong, the tensile-strength too god-like. You'll never know what it is to truly sweat until you go hand-to-shirt against Gilbert's spider-silk.

Gilbert for his part will do his best to offer moral support by rocking his hips upward into the warm crux where your bodies meet. Sure his pants are still in the way, but you'll never know a more loving gesture.

"You are not your shirt." You can try to whisper this to Gilbert to make him feel better about this whole ordeal. "You're my Gil. You are not your shirt."

The shirt has feelings too. So after you successfully remove it and have finished orgasming from Gilbert's languid dry-humping, please fold the shirt and place it on top of his coat. If his coat is over the window, place the shirt on the ottoman at the foot of his bed and give it two pats. We're all about aftercare here.

STEP 8

The thigh-garter. Quite possibly the most heavily-reinforced article this man wears. If it looks simple to your untrained eye, that is by design. It's meant to blend into his pants. If he were trying to flaunt it, his coat wouldn't have that suspicious, longer-on-one-side uneven cut.

Recoil? Poison? Child's-play. Gilbert himself nearly lost a hand the last time he went to remove the garter. The belt is made from a baffling and impossible weave of tiger-gut (died from natural causes) and coir fabric. That time Gilbert stole 100,000 coconuts off a Benitoitian beach was... not for the coir, but the discovery of such a useful byproduct was serendipitous and it was immediately put to use.

You need to incorporate this bit of trivia into small-talk with Gilbert while you attempt to remove the garter. It will take you 58 seconds, but those seconds will be the longest of your life. Your heartbeat will quicken and slow down and quicken again. Sweat will call your grip into question. The technique will require you to slide your finger into the space between the garter and the itchy indent on his thigh from where the garter has been digging into. Gilbert will bury his face into your shoulder and make the most precious moaning sound you've ever heard. He'll bite your shoulder, and he might break skin. The odds were against you from the start.

STEP 9

Could it be? Have you arrived at his trousers?

Are you beside yourself with frustration from being unable to distinguish the shape of his bulge because the fabric is so dark as to be formless velvet? Does it annoy you that the only way you can confirm how hard Gilbert is for you is by touching him? Do you see why this might be by design?

It was stated earlier in this guide that Gilbert's pants are difficult to remove. Not for him, obviously, but for his partner. Luckily the pants are easier to handle than his shirt was. You're probably still reeling from that harrowing episode, so now is a great time for a tea break while shirtless!Gilbert massages your thigh under the table.

You can ask him for some advice on how to proceed with his pants. Where are the buttons? There are no buttons? Is there some kind of waistband? No waistband? Really? That's interesting. How do you remove it, Prince Gilbert? What? Tongs? Oh, you're joking. You're not joking? What in the actual fuck.

He was asking you to pass the tongs so he could serve you a scone, but you didn't know that at the time, and accidentally took a pair of tongs to his hips.

Now. Two things here. 1) Obviously if a pair of dessert tongs posed any threat to Gilbert he'd not have let it so close into his territory. 2) But you happened to accidentally time it just as he'd timed a sneeze to appear more affectionate in your eyes. Sometimes the planets align for all the wrong reasons.

Don't worry; Gilbert's okay! The tongs were wooden and heavily-sanded and they glided over Gilbert's hip-bones like lip balm. Now would also be a good time to glide your lips over his hip-bones. Really, really enjoy that god-given architecture.

Next, you can try to pull him on top of you as you lay on your back across the tea table (please hurl everything off the tabletop beforehand). Stick two fingers into his nonexistent(?) waistband and trace your hands backwards away from you, lowering your palms into his pants as you go, so by the time you reach his backside you should be cupping his shapely ass. Massage it, knead it. You'll find his slacks will naturally drop a little to accommodate your roving hands.

Now, whereas Gilbert was the one grinding up against you in the shirt section, you must offset your handiwork here in the exalted pants section by grinding up against him. Hook your legs around his if you have to. Be a couple of sexy grapevines.

It's best to tease his pants lower and lower. Take your time and time will take you.

STEP 10

Gilbert's undergarments are a classified state secret. Don't worry; he took care of them before you even started.

STEP 11

HAHAHA SOMEHOW. Somehow you've made it this far without removing his boots. Somehow you removed his pants without removing his boots.

How? How did you do this? WHY did you do this? Do you like seeing Gilbert wearing nothing but his boots and his gloves? Is that your aesthetic? Do you imagine him sitting on his dark, moonlit, cobwebby throne like that, with one boot-ed leg over the other, cane held across his belly between the armrests as he watches you watching him?

Do you fancy breaching his lap and plopping down on his cock while he cups your ass with one hand and scrapes his gloved-fingernails down your spine? Do you like feeling his shoelaces press into your skin underneath because it's such a bizarre counter-texture to the sensation of his tongue gliding up your sternum? Does it make you hot when he grabs a fistful of your hair and tugs your head back so he can nuzzle your jawline while chuckling at all the mewling sounds you make? Are you about that friction? Do you like the squeaky sound of his boots as he bounces you up and down?

Just me? :')

Also what even happened to the cane in this scenario? Is it on the floor now? Don't trip, friends.

CONCLUSION

It was a long battle. There were some close-calls. You may have experienced multiple orgasms on the way. Sustained a gallery of lovebites. But Gilbert is now stripped bare, save for his gloves and eyepatch.

Most importantly, you're not dead from all the poison. Gilbert was kind enough to treat all the poison on him with rainwater beforehand, and he'll have made this clear to you from the beginning. This guide was lacking suspense amidst all the crack, and so that information was intentionally withheld.

The author of the guide recognizes that gloves add an extra layer of allure to intimate activities with Gilbert, so it is up to the reader if they wish to proceed with removal or not. The process is simple. You just take 'em off.

FAQ

What if I'm capable of removing his cloak while he's laying on it? More power to you. Don't let my limitations as a mere human be the standard by which you judge yourself.

Help. I want to try bondage with Gilbert, but the mini-waistbelt is the only viable option. Please don't forget his endless-scarves-infinite-cravat. Snip off whatever length you need. It'll grow back the deficit. The fabric is BDSM-certified.

The coat fell from the window. Run.

I took his boots off too early and now I can't enjoy the feel of his shoelaces on my ass. Put them back on him. Lace them with care. Don't just half-ass a lacing pattern like you used to do in grade-school. Remember: the pleasure you derive from his shoelaces is directly proportional to the artistry with which they are tied. Please hone your skills on a practice-boot if you are not confident. We all have to start somewhere.

Gilbert's moans are too cute. I couldn't get past the garter section. Feel free to take your tea-break early if this is the case. Talk about your concerns and listen to Gilbert's. Communication is key, and that tea was prepared with love.

Thank you for reading! If you found this guide useful, please consider hitting the reblog button ^^ I hope your time with Gilbert is extraordinary, unforgettable and magic.

[animeyanderelover]

C, m, q and w for MinaKushi, Naruto and Gaara from the yandere alphabet, please? Anyway, thank you 💕

I already did C for Naruto before so I didn't do it in here again. But Gaara🥺. He's such a sweetie.

Tw: Yandere themes, unhealthy mindset, unhealthy relationship, possessiveness, obsessiveness, delusions, paranoia, overprotective behavior, manipulation

Yandere Alphabet

Minato Namikaze

Confession-How do they make their feelings visible? Would they ever confess and court their darling?

⚡He definitely makes his interest very obvious from the start. Being a Hokage is busy yet Minato is extremely determined to always have free time in his hands which he can spend with them. He literally just sometimes goes to the location where he knows the s/o, he's clingy as well, but manages to make it look not creepy because as soon as he's found you, he'll ask you if he can talk in private. Most of the time not about important stuff, just to know how have you been. Always smiles when he sees his darling, complimtenting them on how nice they look or when they finished something really important, glancing often at them with a soft look in his eyes and small invitations to just talk about old times and sometimes a nice present aren't rare too.

⚡Given the fact that Minato is a really handsome and charming man, it's probably not even that hard for him. Really though, you might just fall so naturally for him since he is caring, constantly informs himself about your well-being and in general is such a sweet man to have. His Kage status might just be a bit intimidating or you might be too shy to confess instantly, but that's what Minato will do in the end himself if you don't do it first. He's a bit on the romantic side and the imagination to confess to his darling and them hopefully saying yes is something he wants to do. Or his darling confessing to him, both would make him very happy. He might be a bit cheesy with it, but overall it'll be for both of you a happy memory later on.

Mask-Do they change their behavior after falling in love with their darling? Do they act differently around them than around other people?

⚡Going with the assumption that he knew his s/o since the Academy days, Minato stays the same, except that later on his feelings spin a bit out of his control. But he stays loyal, protective, caring, patient and honest to most things. Kushina, him and you were and are very close to each other and if you did attend Academy together with them, you three were basically unbreakable. Still though, falling in obsessive love changes his behavior a bit, though not very noticable. Mainly his clingy side gets to him and he has more troubles hiding his love with how affectionate he is.

⚡As the Hokage he has a duty to fulfill and the village is important to him, plus the people that live in there. The village itself is mostly only happy for their leader who has finally confirmed to be in a relationship of his darling, this was kind of obvious for many by now anyways. And hearing people congratulating the two of you makes Minato quite happy as well, seeing that everyone has accepted you quickly since he had slight worries. He still meets people with only politness, affability and the will to listen and understand, even if those people don't treat him the same. As long as no one affects you, he won't be strict.

Quick Witted-What might be signs for the darling to notice that they're Yandere?

⚡He differs from his son since his whole behavior isn't exactly the problem, he's aware and even if he isn't keen on having to lie to you about his not normal feelings, he sees it as needed. Minato can sometimes be overbearing and for that grows to be more controlling, combined with his power not the best thing. This tends to happen when something or someone stomped on his overprotective side too much and he can be very manipulative if he wants to be. This doesn't happen very often though and so something that might expose him, though less likely than the previous point, is simply that he is clingy. He does accept it if the s/o needs private space, but he sulks over it quickly, wondering where they are at the moment and what they do.

Wild card-Something really random around them?

⚡Already talking about him being busy with his tasks as Hokage, Minato values days where he can spend much time with his darling and do something with them that helps him relaxing more. This activity with him would be most likely cooking, he enjoys when he can prepare together with them dinner, breakfast or something entirely else. For that he sometimes just looks out for a nice receipe that he would like to try out with you or something that you wanted to try because it looked yummy. Even if it's something really simple, he genuinely prefers the food he can prepare together with you more than anything else.

⚡Even if this man is someone who can easily swoop his darling off their feet, it isn't very difficult to make him flustered either. It's actually even easier than someone might expect, this man can with simple affection from your side be reduced instantly to a slightly blushing and flustered yet extremely happy person. There was this one time where his darling placed his head on their lap and he basked in that moment, though with a visibly pink face. Doesn't want to show that he's embarrassed by such things too easily, but it's clear to you. But in certain situations where he had a long day or didn't see you in a while, he is ready to be more ridiculous in form of being whiny and more needy for time together, this grown ass man will literally act like a child in such situations.

Kushina Uzumaki

Confession-How do they make their feelings visible? Would they ever confess and court their darling?

🌶️Again going with the assumption that she knew her darling since a younger age, maybe because they were classmates. In that case Kushina makes her feelings from a very young age clear. Uzumakis are stubborn people which Naruto inherited from her so she quickly sets her mind that she wants it to be you with whom she grows old. Kushina constantly tags along with you, gets grumpy when you aren't around and I see her as someone who would be even as a friend very affectionate, throwing herself for a warm hug at you and as children she probably even held your hand in public often. Even as she gets older her affectionate side never fades away and no one can manage to make her smile like her darling can.

🌶️This is funnily something Kushina fantasizes often about even as a child because just like Minato she has a vein for romantic stuff and she gets more girlish when she plays it out in her head. But she still wants to wait until the both of you are older until she confesses and similar to Naruto and Minato for people it just becomes clear that at one point in time she will tell you her feelings for you. She wants to make it something special as well, prepare something nice for her darling and look for a location fitting for this event. On the chatty side so she will not hold back to gush a bit over how much she is thankful that she has you and what she loves about you. Not like her child is different.

Mask-Do they change their behavior after falling in love with their darling? Do they act differently around them than around other people?

🌶️In young age she was more aggressive and hostile towards others since she was bullied for her unusual red hair and it makes people stare a bit. So the first time she caught you staring she snapped at you, believing you thought of it at strange as well. It isn't until she sees how her darling defends her against the bullies and tells her that her hair is so pretty that her hostile behavior melts away like ice cream. From that moment on she is much more open and welcomes their presence, admiration and love making her in no time the affectionate and sweet lover she is today.

🌶️If we're talking again about her younger years then yes. Except for Minato and her darling she never really opened up like that and she never had that sort of relationship with anyone else. But growing up eventually made her soften up and deal better with everything and she was accepted at one point, making her polite and friendly with people. That of course only counts for people who are polite to her and her darling because if she was to ever meet someone who badmouths her or her darling, her temper quickly the better of her, so much more if someone is daring to insult the s/o. But naturally she's much more intimate with everything with her darling than with anyone else and actually she feels like she's only truly happy when she is with you.

Quick witted-What might be signs for the darling to notice that they're Yandere?

🌶️Not sure if you can count her temper since this is something she always had on her since her child days. Maybe thanks to that it's easier to brush her yelling the ears of others full when they did something wrong to her s/o, her scary anger isn't something new. She isn't very aggressive and manipulative either nor too delusional. Maybe her slightly possessive side and the cliginess coming alongside with it can be a sign, how she always tags along when you're with someone she views as a risk or overall desires to be near you. But even that could be hard since she is a tame Yandere.

Wild card-Something really random about them?

🌶️Once her darling starts complimenting her hair often, Kushina makes it a point to take good care of it and do something to make it look even prettier. She loves it when you say that you love her red hair, the very thing she was always made fun of when she was younger. Pretty hair clips, hair ties and whatever else she can find, she'll try it out and the easiest way to bring a huge smile on her face is noticing what she did and let her know that it looks good. Gladly accepts such gifts from you as well and once you give her a hair clip, she'll use it as often as possible.

🌶️If her darling happens to have a female anatomy as well, Kushina enjoys taking baths together or visiting bath houses and hot springs. She feels comfortable to be fully nude in front of her darling and just relax in a tube filled with hot water that soothes sore muscles, so much more after an exhausting day. Similar to Minato she makes this a small ritual her darling and her do together at least once a week. It won't end in anything sexual, just so you know, this is just to share a few good hours together and she wants her darling to soap her hair, they're the only one she allows to take care of her hair. Also, a head massage is perfect to get rid of any negative thoughts.

Gaara

Confession-How do they make their feelings visible? Would they ever confess and court their darling?

🐼Usually as calm, distant and emotionally not very expressive, Gaara can not really seem to hold this mask once he's succesfully smitten with the s/o. Instead he becomes easily nervous, flustered and so unable to act normal to the point where his siblings will have to help him a bit. Since he is such a bashful mess when he his darling gets too close, surprises him or does something nice for him, it gives away how he feels very easily, especially since Temari and Kankuro are willing to lend their willing hand, nudging him and his darling to be closer to each other. His care and paranoia seeps from time to time through him, especially is his darling is a shinobi and has to go on a more dangerous mission.

🐼For a long time he can really only imagine how nice that would be, confessing to the love of his life, but he's afraid of a rejection. He is aware that he didn't have a good reputation in the past and that you might still be iffy about him. He has no real idea how to confess either, he didn't have a normal childhood and was those past few years focused on earning the trust of the villagers and to be a good Kazekage. So he doesn't even know where to start, he only has a vague idea of what he kind of can imagine for a confession. Once again, Temari lends him a hand if he wants her to help, but it doesn't erase the fact that he'll be on jittery nerves once he tells his darling his feelings.

Mask-Do they ever change their behavior after falling in love with their darling? Do they act differently around them than around others?

🐼At first he has more of the usual polite yet strict behavior when he meets his darling at first. He cares for the people in the village a lot, but he always keeps his cooler side to him. He has a significant change the moment he comes to realize that he has fallen in love badly, it changes everything for him. Initially he really tries to act the same as before so he isn't too easily to read, but somewhere along the lines he fails. Feels highly embarrassed for it since he isn't able to act normally. His siblings reassure him that it's fine, though indeed very embarrassing and amusing to watch from the sidelines.

🐼Due to how easily he can be flustered when with you, he behaves already because of that differently. Additionally he thinks as the Kazekage he should at least be able to behave like a mature person around other people and not like he is when you're with him. The citizens think of this really only as adorable and cherish his darling for making Gaara so happy though. They tell him that often as well that they all celebrate the fact that he finally confessed to his darling. It makes Gaara feel truly appreciated. But he's never really able to act the same around others and show his more shy nature, he melts in his darling's presence.

Quick witted-What might be signs for the darling to notice that they are Yandere?

🐼Together with Naruto Gaara is from those four easier to spot for his questionable actions. At first he really only looks like your typical cold boy who falls in love and it turns out that in reality he is very shy and adorable under his cold facade. And even if he isn't as delusional as Naruto is, he is very paranoid and possessively clingy. Granted, his insecurities let him hesitate often. But especially as the partner of a Kage Gaara fears someone might target you and if there is something that might hint you're in possible danger, he shows his paranoia much more clearly and in the worst case possible he'll lock you away for safety reasons. Additionally can become downright terrifying if someone acts out of line with the s/o.

Wild card-Something really random about them?

🐼His darling and him live in a desert and at one point when he moved in with them, he decided he wanted for more visual affect plants in the house and even if one of his hobbies is cultivating cacti, he wanted flowers in the house. He just thought it would look nice. So one day when his darling came home, he had already managed to somehow put a few pots with flowers on some places in the house and in the end he did decide to count in some cacti as well. Got kind of anxious when you only looked confused at first before realizing that he was waiting for your reaction and told him you liked them. Watering plants is a small stress reliever for him as well.

🐼He doesn't mean to sound like he doesn't trust others with his darling, but he really feels the most relaxed when he knows that on missions at least one of his siblings is with the s/o or that they're currently with them when he has to do his own busy work. Next to you his siblings are the closest people that live in Sunagakure and even if those three didn't get along when younger, now they all are on terms like siblings should be. Kankuro and Temari are still kind of teasing because they look for stories you might have to tell where Gaara was once again unable to behave normally because of you so they can poke a bit fun at him later on about it.

Naruto Uzumaki

Mask-Do they change their behavior after falling in love with their darling? Do they act differently around them than around other people?

🍜As long as his darling isn't someone who endangered his friends, Naruto would be his usually positive and optimistic self. It is rare for him to really hate someone, not the best idea to make him in the first place. But thing is that once Naruto has gained his obsession and delusions, it becomes very clear to everyone that he's got it bad. He does change his behavior a bit, but not significantly. He merely becomes much more clingy, attentive and starts asking around for good advices on how to approach and charm you. Especially if we're going with the scenario that he already loved you when he was younger, he would have always made you his no.1 and tried to impress you.

🍜It of course doesn't change the fact that he has friends with whom he also spends time, though it's rare to see him without you by his side since he nearly always tags along with you when he can. Granted, he doesn't really like sharing despite his more nice personality, he's protective and a bit possessive as well. His darling is still his most important person and if they should happen to have a very friendly relationship with one of his friends, especially with a boy like Kiba or god forbid even Sasuke, he gets more hostile. Those are still only his friends, around others he becomes more of a menace and jealous mess when he's provoked enough.

Quick witted-What might be signs for the darling to notice that they're Yandere?

🍜I actually think that it might be a bit more easier to uncover his obsession with the darling if a closer look to his delusions and protectiveness is taken. Naruto is persistent with his belief that his darling at one point returns his feelings and they were to observe how he reacts if they reject him, instantly suspecting hard circumstances, people or their own shyness for this. There is a difference between just being stubborn or being really delusional with something to the point it's creepy and unfortunately Naruto is the latter. Something that might be brushed off first, but is a valuable clue as well is his bad temper and the jealousy coming with it and his nearly unbearable clingy and affectionate behavior.

Wild card-Something really random about them?

🍜It sounds really pitiful to say so, but next to the reason that Naruto just naturally makes friends quickly with people, he befriends your friends so he can make sure that no one of them wants to try something with you. Naruto is maybe on the slightly paranoid side as well and even if he is in the belief his darling returns his love, it doesn't mean he trusts others to accept that. You're so gorgeous after all. Not even his own friends are exactly safe from that, though with them Naruto is less intense. But he isn't above suspecting and interrogating them either. The only friend he really does trust is Sakura since she's been through so much with him. Also, just as much as Sasuke can't stand his darling talking or admiring Naruto, for Naruto it's the same with Sasuke.

🍜Since his hobby is pranking others, he wants to try to get his darling into pranking someone at leas once with him. Of course he gets a bit more mature throughout the years, but he's never fully able to completely get over his prankster side. He sometimes pranks his own darling as well, though only when he thinks it might help them emptying their mind for a bit or that it would cheer them up. Otherwise he much rather prefers spending affectionate time with them instead of making them mad. And since his darling will be one way or another close with Sakura, if she hears Naruto startled you with one of his stupid pranks even if it wasn't intended, he'll have to run for it.