#it's kinda bad that my first thought was 'I didn't break into the castle that's in my story I broke into a different castle'

[nenyabusiness]

Here we have one example of a valid point and one example of NO.

(the NO is mostly based on the fact that I’m not flying to New York for a fanfic, not because I haven’t... uh... IT WAS FOR RESEARCH)

@youwearfinethingswellwriter​ @jimtheviking​

[zvdvdlvr]

this dance | ellie williams

🎟️ - OVERVIEW : it wasn't ellie's fault she was basically in love with the queen's daughter (aka: The Princess of Zypher). however, as her highness's personal knight, ellie herself would never be allowed to make a move on her feelings. when the neighboring Kingdom of Peace shows, will Ellie accept a dance with Princess y/n?

🎬 - PAIRING : knight!ellie williams x softie!princess!female reader

📼 - WARNINGS : possible ooc ellie, homophobia is not a thing, kissing, religious use of 'your highness' and 'princess', fluff, inexperienced ellie, kinda sub ellie idrk,

🎧 - K.J.'S PLAYLIST : die for you by the weeknd, juliet by cavetown, bad idea! by girl in red, girls by girl in red

📓 - K.J.'S DIARY SAYS... first ellie williams thing, be nice pretty please

"Your highness," Ellie greeted stiffly. The sight of Zypher's future queen in a just-barely opaque light pink dress that fell just below her kneecaps was enough to make Ellie salivate.

"My favorite guard! Good morning, Ellie. When did your shift start? Pardon my forgetfulness, my timetable has been jam-packed since the first full moon of the month." y/n's light, conversational tone was genuine. Ellie had been watching over the Princess for years and new when she had her professional face on.

Ellie swallowed, falling one step behind y/n's right side. "Don't trouble yourself with the shifts, Your Highness, for they are incredibly confusing." Ellie knew it wasn't right to be conversing with her charge, but Ellie religiously followed the rule 'only speak when spoken to', and there was no way she'd break that, especially when y/n was the one asking tge questions.

"I see," y/n nodded.

On the way to the dining eoom, Ellie took this time to gather her thoughts and admire the princess. Her dress had maybe three or four thin layers of the same shade of light pink the Queendom of Love was known for. Both of the current queens were quite fond of light colors and because every couple is known for the favorite color and motto, light pink was the Kingdom Color. The bottom of the dress flared out the tiniest bit- something Ellie smiled about.

Princess y/n wasn't known for gravitating to long, puffy dresses. She really only wore the bigger dresses to important ceremonies or celebrations.

"What do you think about the upcoming ball tonight?" y/n asked, starting her way down a staircase.

Ellie hummed. "So long as you are content with these plans, I am happy." In truth, Ellie quite liked when events like these happened. Not because she got free food from the castle, no, she got to see Her Highness float around with a bright and mostly genuine smile.

"That's not what I asked," y/n mused. She stalled at the last step, lifting her hand in a manner as if she was offering herself to a dance. Ellie carefully stepped down and lifted her uncovered hand to y/n's.

Immediately pleased with y/n's happy reaction, Ellie helped y/n off the stairs. "Why thank you," y/n smiled, looking up at Ellie. "Now please tell me if you do or do not anticipate the arrival of the Kingdom of Peace? The Kings are really quite nice, in case you didn't know," y/n asked. It was true, the two married men that let the infamous Kingdom of Peace were very patient and joyful people, so there was really no reason to not want them to arrive.

However, the Kings' daughter, Princess Dina, was rumoured to have been quite taken with Princess y/n. Of course this would be good if they ever decided to marry, but Ellie couldn't help but feel a bitterness bloom in her gut because of another person liking Princess y/n.

"I am not, uh," Ellie started, nodding in greeting to one of her fellow on-shift guards. "I'm not one for dancing, I think. I never have been."

"Oh," y/n said quietly. "Do you not know how to dance or just don't like it?"

Princess y/n was a façade. The cool, calm, calculating personality was false. y/n, however, was curious and childlike. Princess y/n acted if she knew a lot, never doubting herself because that's how she was raised. y/n wanted to be proved wrong, to learn. Ellie thought it was cute how y/n would feel safe enough to be herself around Ellie.

"I was just preoccupied with different things. I was never taught, but I would probably be a horrible dancer even if I was tutored," Ellie explained, trying to keep pace with the fast-walking person in front of her.

"I see," y/n murmured. The rest of the walk was quiet.

"Are you ready, Your Highness?"

Ellie's breath lodged in her throat when y/n pulled Ellie by the arm into her quarters. "I require assistance!" y/n said, pulling Ellie down the short hallway into her room.

"Uh, where are your maids?" Ellie asked, averting her eyes to the floor. She felt bashful seeing the princess in her undergarments.

"It's nothing you haven't seen before," y/n shrugged. "I do not want advice from the maids... They try too hard to spare my feelings. But you, I know you. If I order you to, you will give me your honest answer and I need an honest answer."

Ellie nodded, still holding a staring contest with the floor. "I see. What do you need help with?"

"My eyes are not on the floor, El."

The nickname made Ellie look up and realize just how taken she was with the princess. "How can I help you, Your Highness?" Ellie asked. She felt herself sweat under her armour, knowing that she was nothing compared to the woman in front of her. y/n's hair was pulled back into a braid halo. Two pieces were pulled from their spots and curled, framing y/n's face beautifully.

"What dress should I wear?"

Stepping aside, y/n gestured to an array of gowns hung up from a rack. Ellie felt her jaw slacken at the array of fabrics and designs. y/n wanted Ellie, who had no taste in fashion, to pick out a dress for y/n to wear? At a piblic event, no less. Ellie looked back at y/n to make sure she wasn't joking. When the princess only gave a small smile, Ellie turned back and examined the dresses carefully.

Withing thirty seconds, Ellie had chosen the three dresses that would look the best.

The first one was, of course, a light pink dress that hugged tight ffom the collarbone to the waist. From there, it was a beautiful mix of a blinding white and the same light pink. It was strapless.

The second dress was a dark blue dress. It had a matching pair of gloves. The dress was also strapless, hugging tight to the wearer's breasts. An intricate bead pattern was sown from the bottom of the dress up to the lower thigh, sewn with silver beads.

The last dress. The last dress took Ellie's breath away. Ellie decided the person that picked out y/n's dress liked exposed skin because this, too, was strapless. It was a shade of viridian with matching green jewels attatched in patters. All along the bodice were patterns of jewels placed in swirls.

"I quite like the green one," Ellie murmured. She stepped forward and raised her gloveless hand as if to run a hand along the fabic. Upon realizing y/n was suddenly very close to Ellie, the latter stilled and let her hand resume its place: clasped behind Ellie's back.

"I like it too." y/n replied, watching Ellie. Ellie never let y/n close enough to see her face this close. But now y/n could count the freckles dotting Ellie's skin. Beautiful patterns made the sun made y/n smile. "Thank you for your help."

The peacefulness of the moment was shattered. Ellie nodded and looked back down. "I will be outside to take you to the ball. Night has nearly fallen, my lady." Ellie paused and looked up. "If you need anything else, I'm outside." With that, Ellie turned and left.

y/n dressed with a smile, thinking of the soft contemplative expression on Ellie's face. It almost made y/n a little dissappointed that her dress fit perfectly without needing to unzip the back- another excuse to pull Ellie back into the room.

After slipping on her heels, y/n dabbed some blush on the apples of her cheeks and swiped some dark tinted lip gloss onto her lips. y/n couldn't help but stare at herself in the mirror. She knew Ellie would never dabble in any kind of relationship with her, but it never hurt to attempt to get closer to Ellie. It wasn't like y/n didn't see the way people from all the different Kingdoms, Queendoms, and those places between but y/n didn't fancy Princess Dina or Prince Jesse the way they liked y/n. No, y/n only had eyes for Ellie.

Even if y/n's mothers had cautiously given the okay that y/n could date anyone (despite job, gender, pay roll), y/n didn't want to overstep with Ellie. Ellie was someone that had opinions and knew what to say. Ellie's a hard worker, someone that doesn't slack off and y/n didn't want to ruin the relationship that y/n had worked so hard for.

"Time to go," y/n whispered to herself. She exhaled as if to rid the anxiety from her mind and then started for the door.

Ellie's pacing was cut off abruptly as the door entering the princess's room opened. All at once, the air was sucked from Ellie's lungs.

The beautiful green dress was nothing compared to y/n, but Lord did it make her look amazing. There was a faint childlike pout to y/n's lips, something that Ellie couldn't help but smile about. There was a glint in y/n's eye, but from what Ellie could not figure out.

"May I be the first to say you look..." Ellie trailed off, searching for a word that would do y/n justice, "untouchable."

y/n laughed, even if she was slightly puzzled behind the meaning of Ellie's statement. It was a compliment, nonetheless. "I think you may be the first and only person saying that to me tonight." y/n offered Ellie her arm, and the two set off to the ballroom.

"If I may," Ellie started, helping y/n down every granite stair, "why am I the one that always escorts you to palace events? I don't mean to sound... abrasive, I just would think one of the Queens or... a partner would escort you."

y/n seemed to think about Ellie's question. "I, for one, am not courting anyone because I happen to fancy someone. As for the parent suggestion," y/n paused. "I have no idea. Maybe mama- sorry, Queen Tara just wants her own dance with Queen Jillian. It doesn't matter to me because I get there less then five minutes later."

Blinking, Ellie reeled back to y/n's first sentance. Who does y/n fancy? Is it someone Ellie knew? Why hasn't y/n made a move? Not speaking because of her status, but y/n could get anyone she wanted! Obviously Ellie wasn't expecting y/n to reciprocate Ellie's feelings, but it was still a hard medicine to swallow when y/n talked about liking someone.

"Ellie," y/n spoke. She was very close to Ellie, one hand on Ellie's upper arm and one on her lower arm. All at once, Ellie cursed very colorful words that her armour was so thick. "We're here. Are you okay? You zoned out."

The worry in y/n's tone actually made Ellie want to kiss y/n. "I'm well, my lady," Ellie murmured, eyes still locked on y/n. "Shall we go?"

"Yes of course," y/n nodded, pulling her hands from Ellie.

The enamoured knight took y/n's hand and the pair rounded the corner into the ballroom. Immediately all eyes were on Princess y/n and the knight. "Good evening," y/n greeted with a polite smile.

"Princess!" A feminine voice rang out. The crowd cleared and the visiting royalty emerged. Dina first, her dark hair pulled back into a hairstyle similar to y/n's. Princess Dina's bright smile pained Ellie.

Was Dina the one y/n held out hope for?

The two princesses embraced, Dina fawning over y/n's dress while the kings and queens made their way over. Everyone else besides Ellie went back to what they were doing before.

Ellie stood, rigid. She greeted Princess Dina's parents with a firm handshake, and fell back behind y/n. King Finland and King Derrick greeted y/n in a similar fashion as their daughter had.

The Queens smiled at each other, probably talking about the dress y/n was wearing.

"You are relieved, Williams," a familiar voice said.

Ellie nodded without looking back. When the hugs were done and over with, Ellie approached y/n and placed a hand on her shoulder. "I will be around if you need me," she said quietly. Ellie was close because the joyful music was loud. In fact, Ellie was so close, she almost fainted at the feel of being so close to y/n.

"Thank you," y/n replied back, touching Ellie's armoured forearm.

"Hello!"

Ellie turned to see y/n standing in front of Ellie expectantly. There was a devious smile on y/n's face and she swayed slightly. "Hi," Ellie greeted back.

"May I have this dance?" y/n asked. It had been many hours since y/n had arrived, and the ball was nearing the end. The music had slowed down considerably, letting the adults replace the spots on the floor their sleeping children had left.

"You know I can't dance."

y/n shrugged. "We don't have to dance... We could just sway," she proposed, waiting for an answer.

"Very well," Ellie sighed. She obediently followed y/n to a small area on the edge of the open area.

"Put your hands around my waist, El," y/n ordered, placing her hands around Ellie's neck and letting them rest on Ellie's cool to-the-touch armour.

Shyly, Ellie followed imstruction. The knight swallowed, eyes trailing from y/n's waist up her bodice to ending up looking y/n right in the eyes.

"Come closer."

Ellie scooted closer to y/n, appreciating the warmth that radiated off the princess. "Are you having fun?" Ellie asked, getting lost in y/n's eyes.

"I think I'm having a marvelous time," y/n smiled. "Thank you for doing this with me."

"Of course. So long as you're happy."

"You should know I value your happiness as much as mine," y/n scolded. Ellie couldn't help but crack a smile.

"Yes, Your Highness," Ellie groaned teasingly.

Silence reigned between the two of them after that. y/n and Ellie, lost in each other's gaze. After a long moment, y/n scooted closer. Now the two were just a hairs length apart.

"Ellie."

"My lady."

"Ellie you never asked the question I wanted you to ask," y/n murmured.

"I apologize... What question was I supposed to ask you?" Ellie was confused. Had she completely ignored something y/n had said? If so, that would probably be awkward.

"When I said I favored someone..." y/n explained slowly.

"Yes?"

"And then we arrived at the ball..."

"I don't follow?"

"You didn't ask who I fancied," y/n stated. Her eyebrows furrowed as she searched Ellie's eyes.

"Oh." Ellie said. "I see."

"Yes," y/n muttered uselessly.

"My lady?"

"Yes?"

"Who do you fancy?"

"Do you really wish to know?" y/n asked, smiling up at her guard.

Ellie scoffed playfully and rolled her eyes. "Yes," she answered. Her tone grew serious again. She felt y/n fiddle with the little baby hairs on the back of Ellie's neck. The warmth and tenderness of y/n's smaller, softer hands compared to Ellie's made Ellie want to hug y/n and squeeze her until she passed out.

"I'll give you three hints. Okay; first hint... you know her very well."

Her. Ellie almost had an aneurysm. Her. Ellie had a chance if things with y/n and her current crush didn't work out. Her.

"That's probably a little more than half the kingdom's population, My Lady," Ellie pondered.

y/n tsked. "Then that eliminates a good 40% of people anyway. I'm joking. Hint number two... she is often seen with me."

Often with her? Like, physically with y/n or in a necklace or ring or something?

"Third clue: she picked out this dress for me."

Suddenly, all movement stopped. Ellie's heart stilled in her chest. Ellie picked the dress out for y/n, but maybe not officially. Maybe it was a maid y/n was talking about. Princess y/n was known for being good friends with some of the maids. Oh. Ellie's heart dropped.

"Oh? Is it... Esmerelda? Veronica? I can't remember how many maids you've made friends with over the years," Ellie started. Her voice cracked and she had to look away from y/n's soft face. The face Ellie fell in love with.

"No, no. Not them. Would you like another hint?"

Ellie nodded, still avoiding eye contact.

"She's standing right in front of me."

Tears burned in the corners of Ellie's eyes. "If you're joking, My Lady-"

"No, no, angel," y/n cooed, wiping a tear from Ellie's face with the pad of her thumb. "Ellie I love you. I'm in love with you."

Ellie's eyes closed and she leaned forward to rest her forhead onto y/n's. Ellie's hands that were situated on the small of y/n's back brought y/n closer until the two were both practically molded into each other.

"May I kiss you, El?" y/n whispered.

Ellie pulled her head back. "You never have to ask, My Lady."

With great care, y/n cupped Ellie's cheeks and pulled her closer until their lips touched.

Ellie tasted like salt and coffee. Her lips were careful, as if she'd never been kissed before. A content sigh came from Ellie as y/n kissed Ellie more intensly.

y/n, Ellie concluded, tasted the faintest bit of alcohal. Her lips were a drug, however. A drug Ellie wanted to overdose on daily.

Finally y/n pulled away, heart melting when Ellie chased her lips. "We should talk about this tomorrow. I'm afraid I'm exhausted and Queen Jillian has already excused herself. Will you escort me to my room, Ellie?"

"Of course, Your Highness," Ellie mumbled, lips puffy. "Are you... going to say goodbye to the Kings? Princess Dina already went to bed," Ellie explained.

"No. They're having their own fun, we shan't disturb it. Let's go."

The walk to y/n's chambers was quiet. Silent, even. y/n reached for Ellie's hand, twining their fingers together.

"Will you kiss me good night?"

Ellie looked up. Here y/n's room is. "Would you like me to?"

"I wouldn't be asking if I didn't want you to," y/n replied.

In response, Ellie leaned forward and awkwardly pecked y/n on the lip. "There. More tomorrow. Good night, my lady."

y/n shook her head, laughing. "Good night, El. Sleep well!"

Ellie went to sleep on her cot thaf night with the largest smile ever seen.

fin.

whoa this kinda dog water. anyway ill edit tomorrow i just wanted to post smth even if its buttfuck 1 56 in the morning good night im tired sleep well you gay whores <3

[thousand-winters]

What do you think of Hunters eating habits? Do you think he struggles to eat, struggles to keep on weight etc etc

I doubt he was eating all that well in the coven, but he also lives with Darius Deamonne who just wouldn’t let it slide

The way I struggled to find this, I need a better tag system for my blog, but anyway! I actually shared some thoughts here but let's go with some extra thoughts anyway.

It's definitely going to be a challenge for him to break his bad eating habits and actually have three meals a day and such. Because Darius wouldn't want to force him to eat either if he's not up to it, I can imagine at the beginning there was a lot of "well, at least have a snack" which he picked up for later and then that "later" coincidentially never came.

It would have been easier for him to eat normally and healthily at the Human Realm because it wouldn't feel like it's just him doing something he hasn't earned, his friends were unknowingly leading him with their example. It's easier to do something when everybody else is doing it and acting like it's totally normal to have multiple meals a day even when your make-shift portal exploded on your face for the third time this week. He might not fully understand but it's not him committing a wrongdoing all on his own and overtime he probably relaxed with how nonchalant they were about it too.

I think he was generally very polite with Camila, and very grateful, and he felt comfortable there to a certain level, while all of them knew it wasn temporary, plus Camila only had so much time in her day between work and six whole kids, so he didn't have to talk too much with her if he felt anxious. If he ever felt tense, he could just follow his friends' lead and keep going, even if he was doing something as innocent as grabbing fruit from the kitchen while Camila was around. Not so daunting when you have company and you don't have to spend a lot of time with this figure of authority anyway, even if they're nice.

Now, when he moves in with Darius, it's different. Darius doesn't have six kids he suddenly has to care for while simultaneously worrying about coupons and where to get the money for all of them to be able to live in decent conditions, and this isn't a temporary arrangement either, so Hunter would worry more about making a good impression because if this is to be permanent, he has to be a good kid, exactly how it worked at the castle. He spends more time with Darius than he ever did with Camila, and while they already have the precedent of their time at the castle, Darius is now his guardian, so it's different.

Darius would probably tell him straight away he doesn't have to earn anything at his house, and everything there is at his disposition because it's his house now too, but Hunter would probably feel too awkward at first to even open the fridge if he hasn't been specifically asked to retrieve something or told that he could. So between that and his tendency to tell Darius he's not hungry during this or that meal, very early on he would be kinda going back to his habits at the coven.

But yeah, Darius absolutely isn't going to let it slide, even one or two weeks is too much because Hunter needs to eat, he's a growing teenager. Part of it would be definitely Hunter feeling like he doesn't deserve the food, but even without that, once it gets actually into his head that he doesn't need to earn it, he might struggle to actually keep enough appetite for the three meals at first.

I think it's also possible at the Human Realm he could get away with it a lot because Luz and him were probably the club "I don't feel hungry" and then the others looked at them and they looked so worn down that it was evidently not a physical issue, so they just let them because no point in forcing them when they aren't feeling well. It's absolutely the same with Darius and Eber, except there's no urgency nor lack of ability to take Hunter to a healer and see if part of it is his body not being used to have frequent meals like that.

He probably has to start slowly, perhaps with light meals at first, and Darius would help him work through it both with making sure he has the meals he needs so he can eat properly and with encouraging him and supporting him so he stops feeling guilty about "wasting his time and resources".

He gets there eventually, and if he ever doesn't feel like taking a meal, Darius still takes the time to make him a snack. He doesn't pressure him to eat it, but he does encourage him to not feel like he doesn't deserve it. It takes time, but Darius has plenty of it and a lot of patient for this kid that has been hurt in far too many ways.

[mdhwrites]

Your Grom Factory post is so right!! I felt like the last parts of it felt off but I didn't know why until I read your analysis. I wanted to like the ending and Ayzee's character so bad because Milan and Ayzee looked so cute together (even if they weren't all that interesting) but Ayzee's final depressing thoughts just ruined it for me :(

I also agree with A Little Hint of Blue being boring. I'm a Vinira shipper so I may be biased but they feel so bland in the comic. I know it's supposed to expand Skara's character but she also just comes off as annoying to me, and it's weird because she kinda reminds me of Anne (her dynamic with Boscha reminds me of Sashanne) but I like Anne and I don't care for Skara. Also the musical scene was cringe, I'm sorry, might be because it's in a comic but still. I did like how the comic kinda expanded on healing and bard magic, the fight was cool even though I think it was ooc for Viney to fall for Skara's trick by the end of it.

So like I said before, I don't want to harp too much on Mark's work without a point. Honestly, if you want to talk about Mark's work with me, my DMs are open, I've talked about him a fair bit on my Discord (in fact, it was voicing that I wasn't certain about posting the blog on Discord that got one of my followers to reassure me I wasn't just being an ass and shouldn't worry so much that led to it being posted) or you can even just ask me non-anonymously and I'll answer in private. I'm not trying to start anything.

With that said, you actually bring up a really good and interesting point in regards to Skara's character that has been digging at me for a WHILE and is useful as a more condensed version of the issues with both Hunter and Amity's arcs who share a lot of issues and I will bring up throughout this as well. A Hint of Blue is indeed meant to expand her character by saying she's a generally and genuinely good person but she has to put on a performance for others. That she is stuck between the person who she is deep down and who society wants her to be. This is effectively the same trick the show does for both Hunter and Amity so A: it is literally nothing new and B: it suffers from similar issues while its specific methodology is a NIGHTMARE to portray well. Worse yet, both of these issues render Skara's character somehow less than the blank canvas it already was.

See, and this is the big part of why I decided to respond, Skara's trick is to show someone with a pure survival response in this regard. She hasn't internalized ANYTHING that people push upon her by what her actions have shown. This means it is all an act rather than these outside forces having had a deeper personal impact. Hunter and Amity, again, suffer similar issues but they at least pay some lip service to the idea that they're not just twin personalities. There is some overlap. For Amity, it's when she is still somewhat cold after breaking the everlasting oath in Covention as even when shown kindness, she still keeps some of that distance. Or heck, just her entire first appearance honestly. For Hunter, it's the constant reinforcement of needing to please Belos. Moments that show that even when the external pressure isn't actively there, it is weighing on their mind, much like how Zuko clearly always had something stressing him out, even when all was quiet. It's part of why how easily Amity throws off her shackles, and how Hunter doesn't actually refute the morality he's clearly been taught, make their arcs and characters weaker because it implies that these pressures never actually got in.

And unfortunately for Mark, he can't seem to decide which version he has and canon supports neither option. In the very first page of the comic, Mark emphasizes A: how long Skara has been being a bully. Not just a bully but enjoying it as even her first act of monstrosity, kicking a sand castle down, is greeted with a smile while she is still very small. This implies some part of her is just cruel. But that's being actively contrasted by B: having her immediately willing to break the bitch code Boscha has in place by apologizing to Viney without any real hesitancy until Boscha speaks up, implying her instincts are to be nice. Mind you, in that first comic she does need to be pushed to destroy the sandcastle... But not to claim be wronged. She first, before the prompting, claims the playground as hers. She's not pushed to be pushy but to stand up for herself and claim what is hers. Not actually inherently unhealthy so long as you aren't a bitch about it honestly which, yes she was being.

And this sort of incongrueny gets better and worse as the story goes on, let alone with the framing of it. After all, the story is trying to frame it as her being a naturally good person who only acts up due to Boscha. This is why Viney, for no reason, is so anti-Boscha. She is meant to be the second world that Skara is being pulled between. When written REALLY POORLY, this is how you get Skara stating Boscha isn't that bad and actually cares in her own way one comic and then literally two comics later, Boscha destroys Skara's chance at romance while mimicking Dio (I know it's Jojos in general but like... Why Jojos there at all?). It's superficial to put it extremely mildly.

As a note, this would actually be the heart of the sort of stuff I would talk about, characters making choices because they fit the tropes of the story, if I decided to talk about the Hallmarks (pun intended) of boring romances. Forced character writing with zero motivation or real flavor is the normal core to that problem.

And well... When your motivations as a character are "I inherently have a heart of gold!" versus "I am the puppet of the most evil fourteen year old on my continent"... You get a really boring lamp that keeps getting passed around. It's meant to expand on Skara's personality but instead it reduces it to NOTHING. Or, it's that her personality is ENTIRELY dependent on whoever she is around and the nice version is the version that Viney gets because she believes Viney will kick her ass otherwise as that is actually the reason the first apology comes out. Or appears to with how worried Skara immediately becomes while Viney rolls up her sleeves.

And since you brought it up and they're PERFECT FOR THIS, let's contrast this with Sasha and Anne. They actually are this sort of dynamic after all. Sasha forces Anne to do things outside of her comfort zone through using their friendship and this is bad for Anne but Anne does it because what Sasha gives her is fun, it's exciting and it's from someone who at least claims to genuinely care about her. Even at her meanest, Sasha is wanting to spend time and make Anne's life better. It's part of why her character is so great. Skara gets lip service in the first comic about liking being on the top of the food chain but all her actions are independent and even the final panel goes out of its way to show Boscha leaving Skara behind, showing the actual gulf in their relationship. It's lip service that Skara will spend literally the ENTIRE rest of the comic saying she hates. She doesn't actually ever act like she ever gets anything out of this.

Then we have the second world pulling Anne: The Plantars. Suddenly, she is shown that you can be loved and cared for by other people without having to do morally dubious things... And she chaffs at it because it does mean more complicated relationships. Hop Pop and her don't understand each other. Polly isn't the gal pal she wants even though she is a gal and a pal. Even Sprig still chafes at her her habits and the like while Sasha may have more cleverly gotten to stop anything she didn't like. This is part of why Anne isn't all that great to the Plantars early on. She doesn't want the work that goes into a real relationship. She'd rather be subservient and have it be simple. It's only through seeing just how much better these people are, and how it feels to have her own autonomy, that she breaks her chains and discards Sasha, at least for a while until they're both in healthier places. As a note, THIS is why S1 of Amphibia is the way it is because this shit takes TIME, let alone while also using an entire town to reinforce these lessons.

Skara meanwhile just... likes the other world. That's really it. She just gravitates towards being nice and real connections, just like Hunter and just like Amity. As always is stated: We're TOLD that she likes being on top but why? It's never even elaborated on with words, let alone shown to us but also yes, this would have extended the arcs overall to show this. Like I said, Amphibia spends a lot of time on groundwork for a reason. Arguably more than it needed to but it still needed a large amount of time to make the payoff and journey as satisfying as it is.. Even TOH understood this with Amity as they pretend for a little longer than a single line that she has reasons to want to be on top until she just drops it all once no one is looking. -_- This attempt to make it less blatant though is part of why Amity dominates a THIRD of the entire series.

And honestly, between this and the enemies to lovers trope from the base show (and actually this too I guess if Viney didn't seem to have some deep seated hate for Boscha that we just haven't been told about yet) I really am getting tired of people seeming to think romance really is a simplistic genre. In fanworks, you get a lot of quick romances, yes, but that's fine. They're normally not trying to claim to be doing an arc or the like with it. They're just bringing two characters they like together. However, romance is an entire GENRE for a reason. You can tell whole stories just around a romance with no other elements because just two people interacting and figuring out deepening feelings is one of the most complex elements for a writer to figure out, regardless of which complex emotion you're choosing. If you don't actually figure that out though, romance tends to be the genre where characters show their narrative purpose fastest. Where you feel the hand of the author forcing the characters together the most. It's why the romantic subplot is such a despised narrative trope. It's why Amity descending into being a love interest is so sharp because capital L LU- LOVE is all she's about now.

And that is the case here too. Skara is all about Viney... Because this is a romance. That is a not deep character, that is a sexy lamp that happens to sing.

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I didn't even hint to giving the two moments to bond and have real chemistry instead of just lecturing at each other. *screams* GEE, the romance writer has opinions on romance!? Never would have guessed. I won't even say I'm perfect at it, I'm definitely still improving myself, but it is technically my genre, even back when I was writing harem erotica.

I have a public Discord for any and all who want to join!

I also have an Amazon page for all of my original works in various forms of character focused romances from cute, teenage romance to erotica series of my past. I have an Ao3 for my fanfiction projects as well if that catches your fancy instead. If you want to hang out with me, I stream from time to time and love to chat with chat.

A Twitter you can follow too

And a Kofi if you like what I do and want to help out with the fact that disability doesn’t pay much.

[nifftydeary]

Resume : Reader is a little obsessed with Leonora and started stalking her to be closer. ( Just pure cuteness )

Warning : none

Ship : Leonora Lesso x Reader

Leonora just loved teasing you.

She knew very well how much power she had over you and of course, she had noticed how every time she was close to you, your pulse would get impossibly higher and that your cheeks would get to a perfect cherry red.

For her it was just pure satisfaction to know she could break you so easily. You were like an innocent little bunny and she was the big bad wolf waiting to catch her prey.

It wasn't bothering you though, it was pretty much the contrary. You loved it so much that you kinda started to search for the women in the castle, only wishing to see her or just get a bit closer to her so she'd notice you and maybe give you a bit of attention.

To be quite honest, you had developed a huge crush on the Lady and you just couldn't spend a day without being able to see her at least once.

It didn't take long before you realised that your feelings for Leonora had became way to strong and that your little stalking session more uncontrollable.

You had tried to keep yourself away really but to no avail.

The Dean of evil simply was way to perfect and intoxicating for you to stay away.

You had grown literally addict to the way her perly green eyes would fall on you with pure hunger, like if the women actually wanted to consume you whole.

For you it was the only way you could ever feel desired by her because no way you'd tell her how much you craved her touch and her lips on your skin.

You had to keep it a secret and until today, you thought you had succeeded.

What a fool really to think you could keep something like this form the Dean of Evil.

Or course she knew.

She knew the first second she saw you trying to sneak around her for the first time.

After all Leonora Lesso was everything if not aware and careful of her surroundings.

She have been tough to keep her sense in alert and to be quite vigilant of every little details so it really didn't take long for her to notice you.

Yet, Lady Lesso had decided not to tell you and just enjoy your cute little attempt to sneak on her.

Really she thought it was adorable and she quite enjoyed it to be honest.

Unknowingly to you, the women had grown quite fond of you to, so it wasn't a problem for her to know you close to her at all time. It was a way for the Dean to know you were safe and well so she didn't had any intention to stop you.

That, until one day when Leonora spotted you hiding so close to her, that she felt and smelled your presence all around herself.

Until now, you never had the guts to get so close to her. It was the first time she realised how easily she could literally ambushed you in your corner and devour you all and the only idea of it was way to exciting to ignore.

So she act and didn't waist a single second before literally rushing toward you and pressing you against the wall you were hiding against.

Leonora then grabbed your two wrist and brought them up your head with only one hand of hers.

Your eyes had gone wide the second you realized how fucked you were. Your lips let out a weak whine when you suddenly felt the women you love, press her body against yours a bit more followed by the delicious sensation of her lips on the skin of your neck.

The Dean of evil while tasting your skin moaned and bit at your flesh for an instant, letting your eyes close in pure bliss and your mouth mumble her name so so tenderly.

Following your voice after that, was only the redheads praises to you before you felt yourself blush furiously and realise your heart literally started beating like crazy.

Oh my darling girl, you don't even know how much I love to feel your pulse races for me...

You are such a good little girl, so obsessed with me that you need to feel close at all time don't you?

Your eyes went immediately into hers when your mind registered what Leonora had just said. You bite your bottom lips then, before shyly sending her a nod.

Lady Lesso's face lit up at your concession, bringing a wicked smirk to her lips followed by her beautiful and terribly sexy voice that made you dizzy.

Well, I'll tell you something then love...what if you stayed in my chamber tonight.

You felt your heart literally stopped at some point just after she propose you that, because you couldn't believe it.

Leonora Lesso was asking you to join her for the night...god it was a dream come true.

You really wanted to answer her, more that anything but you were frozen in place, your lips a little bit open in shock and your heart hammering back in your chest.

The only reaction the redhead had to your apparent loss of word was to giggle a little and kiss your lips with her and caress your cheek delicately.

You rapidly came back to your senses at the warmth and taste of her, kissing Leonora back with love and passion. Then, after you both separated from each other, you smiled and nodded with so much eagerness that the taller women kissed you back this time much more rapidly before she bit her lips and gave you a wink.

See you later then my little stalker.

[sassy-radio-hazbin-queen]

Bambi and the devil chapter 7.

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Alastor had long ran out of tears. He couldn't remember the last time he cried. Maybe it was when his father murdered his mother in front of him when he was a child. Or perhaps it was when Alastor himself was killed. He got up and looked around the room. " Might as well get used to it, I'm living here for the rest of my afterlife". He picks up a hairbrush and brushes his hair. " Prisoner or not I refuse to not look decent". He said smiling a bit at the mirror. " I'll say honey , you look a mess". A voice says. " Who said that, who is in this room". Alastor whipped his head around but saw no one. A little creeped out he turns back to the mirror. " You know it's rude to ignore someone honey". The voice said again. " I'm not trying to ignore you, but I don't see you, are you a ghost of some kind". He asked. " Umm we are all dead". The voice said again. " Oh right, well at least show yourself jeesh". Alastor said now getting a bit annoyed.

The voice laughed" look at the wardrobe silly". Alastor looked at gasped as a face was on it. " Wait a minute Alastor is that you"? The wardrobe asked. Alastor stood there shocked. " Ok I get now. I'm dreaming, this entire day has been nothing but a nightmare and I am quite ready to wake up now, thank you". The wardrobe laughed " oh I assure you Alastor you ain't dreaming". She stopped when she saw him stab himself with a needle. " Umm you ok" she asked concerned . Alastor whimpers in pain. " Umm no not really, how do you know my name"?. The wardrobe frowned. " Come on honey don't you recognize your friend Mimsy".

Alastor eyes widen taken into the wardrobe details, years ago his best friend Mimsy went missing, everyone including himself believes her to be killed by an exterminator. " Mimsy". He said tears in his eyes. " Yeah how's it been honey". Alastor started freaking out. " WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, WHY ARE YOU A WARDROBE, DID THAT BASTARD IMPRISON YOU TOO, ILL DESTROY HIM"!

Mimsy could see his antlers about to come out. " Wait hold it, King Lucifer didn't do this. I can't tell you who did, but he is just as much a prisoner as the rest of us deer". Alastor scowls " A prisoner, that keeps other people prisoner". He crosses his arms. " Oh don't be like that honey. It will take some time getting used to but it will work out in the end trust me hon". Mimsy was beginning to wish she was human again. Her friend desperately needed a hug. " I thought you were dead". Alastor whispered. " Ugh I wish I was human again, ya need a hug sweetie". Mimsy said softly.

Alastor sniffs and smiles. " Thank you and don't worry I will free you and everyone in this castle". Mimsy bit her lip. " Oh sweetheart it's a bit complicated". Alastor laughed. " How so. It's just magic. I just need to find a spell book and find the cure". He said determined. He opened the door to see a teapot and a teacup. " Ooh the bad boy is staying forever". The teacup said. " Never ever leave this castle". She said. " Umm ok I don't think I can". Alastor said staring at the strange teacup. " That's Nifty, I'm Cherri bomb". The teapot said. " Hello to you both". Alastor said being polite. " Are you prisoners too"? He asked. " What prisoners no no mate, we are servants". Cherri said. " So like slaves right". Alastor seethes. " Ummm well not exactly". Cherri wasn't sure how to answer this. Especially since Alastor looked like he was going to break down the door. In order to calm him down. " How about some tea. It might calm you mate". Alastor sighs" perhaps a little tea will calm me down, thank you". Cherri nods and pours herself into nifty. Alastor smiles and nods his thanks and sips the tea. It does calm him down. " Thanks I needed that, I'm just so stressed about today". He said sighing. " Why what happened"? Nifty asked.

" Well first Vox and Valentino"- he began.

" VALENTINO"! Cherri yelled. " Yes do you know him". Alastor asked. " Kinda. He used to own Angel soul".

" Angel you mean Angel dust"? Alastor asked. " Uh huh he is a candlestick now. Honestly I thought he would be a pole, since he is a pole dancer ". She giggles. " Since when do poles dance"? Alastor asked. Nifty, cherri and Mimsy look at each other. " Don't tell him". Mimsy whispered. Alastor rolled his eyes. " Well what happened to you guys"?

Cherri shrugged. " Fuck if we know. We get invited to the kings castle. Have a lot of drinks and wake up like this". Alastor grimaces. " Now I'm glad I rarely drink". Cherri laughed. " I know worst hangover ever".

Suddenly the door knocks and Vaggie enters. " Hey Alastor the king says it time for dinner". Alastor Crossed his arms. " Send this message to his majesty, tell him I said Fuck you and the horse you rode in on". Alastor stuck his tongue out. Vaggie was shocked but she nods. " I'm so dead". She says leaving.

Cherri grimaces. " I got to go sweetie, come on nifty". She says. Nifty giggles. " Bye bad boy". She says running off. Alastor watched them leave and falls on the bed. " Hey what you did up there, was very brave". Mimsy said trying to cheer her friend up. " I know but I broke a promise to Charlie, I raised her like a second father". He buried his head in the pillow. Mimsy used her ' hands' to stroke his hair. " It will be ok sweetie trust me". Alastor leans into her touch. " Thanks Mimsy. I missed you alot". Mimsy smiles. " I miss you too".

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Meanwhile downstairs Cherri and Angel were taking to Lucifer. " Please be nice to him, he lost his family, home and freedom in one day". Cherri pleads. " And you know what that's like ". Angel says. Lucifer growls. " Look I don't have much time, the Rose petals are getting less and less everyday".

" now you can't make him fall for you overnight". Angel said. " These things take time". Cherri nods. " You need to be romantic, kind, understanding -"

" Kinky". Angel smirked.

" kinky - wait what no Angel". Cherri laughs. " And above all" ( both) " YOU MUST CONTROL YOUR TEMPER".

Vaggie enters. " Umm a message from Alastor ahem" king Lucifer. Fuck you and the horse you rode in on". Vaggie panics. " Please don't kill me "!

Lucifer eye twitches as he takes in Alastor message before. " WHATTTTTT"! he runs to the bedroom. The others following. " Kind and understanding ok". Angel said. He looks away " I hate when he is like that reminds me of Valentino". He shudders. Cherri puts a comfort arm on her friend. Lucifer knocks on the door hard. " I TOLD YOU TO COME TO DINNER".

Alastor: " And I told you no".

Lucifer " COME DOWN TO DINNER OR I WILL BREAK DOWN THIS DOOR"!

Alastor froze his breathing going up. " No I won't" he squeaks. This monster was just like his father. Why did he agree to stay with him again. He could hear the others telling Lucifer to be gentle with him. But Alastor was already having flashbacks of his father knocking the door down to hurt him. " It would give me great pleasure of you could join me for dinner, please". Alastor heard him, but he wasn't hungry. He felt like his appetite was gone forever. " I'm not hungry". He said. Standing his ground. Then he hears the door pound harder. Instinct took over and he hid under the bed. " FINE THEN GO AHEAD AND STARVE"! Lucifer yells out. Mimsy looked worried at her hiding friend. She remembers his past and sighs sadly. Alastor heard him pound the door again before leaving finally. Slowly he gets out. " You ok sweetie". Mimsy asked concerned. " I I don't want to eat with him". Alastor says shaking. Mimsy nods in understanding. " Hey it's not that bad. Once you get to know him-"

" I don't want to get to know him". Alastor said crossing his arms. Neither knew that at this moment Lucifer was watching sadly through his mirror. " He would never love me, a monster, the devil himself. It's hopeless". He buried his face in his hands and sobs.

[midnight-light]

My Persona 5 Royal Experience (Palaces!)

I FINALLY finished playing Persona 5 Royal today and decided to write my thoughts down in a post. I'll start with the Palaces/storyline and THEN get into the character stuff, because that's a lot of stuff to cover I'll split this into two posts, one for the palaces, one for the characters. We'll start with the Palaces. Note, with the palace talk I'll likely end up talking about each palace ruler anyways sooo, yeah. Also, these are just my opinions, I'm not saying you have to agree with me. you've been warned. (HUGE SPOILER WARNING FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T FINISHED PERSONA 5/ PERSONA 5 ROYAL DO NOT READ PAST THIS POINT IF YOUDO NOT WANT SPOILERS) Kamoshida's Palace!

-Okay, deep breath to contain the burning hatred I have for this man- - With this palace, it was the first palace so I wasn't sure what to expect... - And then I saw the eyesore that was the cognitive Kamoshida in nothing but a cloak and a pink speedo- My eyes have never been so offended by a sight. - Akiren's awakening was really epic though and really got me to start sinking into the game. - I loved the overall look of this palace, it was really good as a beginning palace but maaay have raised the bar a tad too high for the others with all the build up. - Shiho's suicide attempt had me prepping my shotgun in a hurry though, I wanted that man dead after that happened. - Alright time to get this infiltration route- annnnd there's Ann, god we're developing a bad habit of accidentally taking people to the metaverse with us aren't we? - Note, I also made a LOT of "We're in prison Vegeta" jokes during the entire playthrough. - The boss battle tho, THE ABOMINATION that Kamoshida's shadow turned into. - MY EYES, if I thought Shadow kamoshida was bad? THIS WAS WORSE. He was THE MOST disgusting shadow I'd ever SEEN. - Overall though loved this castle, it really set the stage for what was to come.

Madarame's Palace

-Alright onto Madarame, this one was...interesting.

-Getting it out of the way now, the nude painting incident had me in TEARS from how hard I was laughing.

-The sheer defiance of gravity that building displayed though certainlly left an impression.

-Unlike Kamoshida's palace, which quickly made me feel a burning need to destroy kamoshida almost immediately and increase as progression into the palace continued...

-This was a delayed urge to murder.

-I mean yes- he did plagarize and use his own students work, but by my standards, NOT the scummiest thing you can do. -Now when I learned about the stuff with YUSUKE'S mother, all bets were off, I was MAD after that. Not to the levels of Kamoshida, but mad nonetheless.

-Yusuke's drop in outta nowhere gave me a good giggle, particularly with him getting headshot by mona after managing to stick the landing. Also accidental team member count; 2 - The first treasure being a red herring was definitely a bit of a twist, but the bigger twist was seeing the true form of Sayuri because for me, that's what made the pieces fall into place. - Also shadow Madarame's transformation didn't freak me out as much as Kamoshida, probably because by that point my brain had become accustomed to weird sights at this point, but that's aside my point. - That point being that I just didn't find Madarame's shadow to be quite as freaky as the first.

Kaneshiro's Palace!

-Welcome to the bank folks! I'm starting straight off the bat with the fact that this palace automatically gets a thumbs up from me because we get Makoto here.

-Also I got one of my favourite personas here, Ame-no-uzume. I used her for quite a bit before I let her go for stronger personas because she had good elemental coverage.

-I found the bank asthetic fun becuase it kinda felt like I was doing an old fashioned bank robbery.

-between breaking security cams and stealing keycards it was pretty fun, until the large rotating lock right at the end of the palace.

-My saving grace is that I was using a guide when I played this game due to it being my first time with a persona game. That and I was recommended to use one while playing by my siblings who had either seen the gameplay and or played it themselves.

-the guide saved me a lot of time with the puzzles in general.

-Oh dear god the boss battle though, I think the piggytron bot gave me trauma.

-Hits like a semi truck and if you don't guard in time say goodbye to your team. - Overall it wasn't a bad palace, I just didn't have the same rage towards the shadow as I usually do. Futaba's Palace

-This palace-

-WHO GAVE THIS PALACE THE RIGHT TO MAKE ME ACTUALLY EMOTIONAL?!

-The fact that we were going into the palace of someone who was willingly let us change their heart was quite different

-but ohmygod the story hit me in my FEELERS

-When you start seeing the pieces of the story and how Futaba was gaslit into blaming herself for her mother's death

-How she sees her room as her tomb, and how heavy the guilt of her mothers death has weighed on her.

-Only for during the boss fight futaba comes INTO her own palace and faces the truth for herself

-Revealing that not only was it not futaba's fault, but that her mother's death wasn't even suicide.

-Seeing her finally face the truth and awaken her persona had me nearly crying

-Little lion girl got her fight back.

Okumura's Palace

-Oh boy, This palace... was a doozy.

-Once I had dealt with Mona having an emo phase this palace became much less stressful

-Holy shit Haru's awkening actually startled me though, I was not expecting CANNONS underneath her personas dress, in hindsight I should have.

-The fact that all of the 'workers' are robots in his cognition says something about how he saw them.

-though I found it so funny that the workers were so pissed with their higher ups that they gave away their bosses weakness and the others weaknesses.

-Dog eat dog work enviroment much?

-The boss fight took SEVERAL attempts for me unfortunately.

-Tbh though I half did NOT believe his apology when he started apologizing. Something just wasn't sitting right with me.

-Turned out THAT wasn't what I should have been worried about, it was the masked person showing up and well, killing Okumura.

-Well, if it isn't the consiquences of my actions?

Sae's Palace

-One of my favourites as the timeline was getting oh so close to the present~!

-I mean, I got to have Akechi in my party (Even if it IS the boring princely facade version) So that was an automatic win.

-Sae showing up basically off the bat and calling us down scared me half to death.

-Also fair my ass she rigged all the games-

-A lot of the games in the casino were interesting to play and simple enough that it wasn't hard to play.

-Though the dark maze was a bit of a pain, relying on the minimap was the easiest way I found to navigate in there.

-Sae: "The amount to cross the bridge is now one million chips!"

Me: BITCH MOVE SAE!!!

-I was mad for all of one minute though as Akechi just broke out the extra card he was told to dispose of.

-The boss battle was interesting, what with the roulette wheel of elements and CHRIST she hurts.

-Oh yes, did I forget to mention the police showing up after you defeat shadow Sae?

-Running from the police was so much fun despite the fact that you've technically already done it at the beginning of the game.

-and also despite the fact that you know in the end you'll just get caught.

-Overall love this palace.

Shido's Palace

-This palace was quite the experience for me.

-For some context, at an earlier point in the game I'd spitballed the idea that Akechi and Shido were perhaps related. Not thinking much of it because I didn't have alot of evidence at the time.

-I was also NOT expecting to get turned into a mouse but it was so cute and fun to run around as mice versions of the phantom thieves that it made up for not being able to defend myself or open doors in that form. At least for me.

-but then the AKECHI confrontation happened, and when he confirmed that Shido was his father, my brain BROKE. I had in no way thought my theory was correct.

-Also, I gotta say it, FERAL AKECHI! I LOVE HIM TO BITS!

-Seeing his second persona and outfit was so epic, I was screaming. DESPITE the fact that I knew Akechi was the one in the black mask for quite sometime thanks to the pancake conversation.

-and the fact that his persona is LOKI THE GODDAMNED TRICKSTER GOD was so perfect for his second persona!

-Then the waitohgodNO- hit as cognitive Akechi showed up, and the real one cuts us off from him.

-THE BOSS BATTLE OHMYGOD-

-I was headbopping the whole time I played that boss fight hearing Rivers in the desert SUCH A BANGER!

-The several different phases to the battle and me sitting there after the final stand like; "Is he down now? okay good."

-The escape had me momentairly scared, because OH GOD NO RYUJI NOT MY GOOD BOI!

Mementos Depths

-Getting it outta my system rq; YALDYBALDY.TM

-Full disclosure? If I saw one more floor puzzle in that place I was going to bash my head in.

-The palace itself was pretty linear and simple to get through, but the boss battle was where it was AT. - winding the way through the depths of mementos full of weird cells and and...zombie people? was strange enough.

-and then that's when I see the golden cuppie that can...talk??? Okay this got weirder, yet interesting.

-OH. Golden cuppie is god? Oh dear. I see how it is. *Pumps shotgun* Not the first time I've thrown hands with god.

-Mementos combining with the real world created what I could only describe as the elephant graveyard from lion king. It was disturbing yet epic.

-When I saw Yaldabaoth's full form though, HOLY SHIT that was actually intimidating!

-I failed this battle at least three times before I finally gave in and picked up a certain persona known for Myriad Of Truths-

-and then the grand finale when joker summons what is basically satan and SHOOTS YALDYBALDY STRAIGHT IN THE HEAD. Screaming went through the ROOF!

-Overall the palace was kinda meh for me, but the boss fight made it worth it.

Dr.Maruki's Palace

-Time to fite god again.tm

-This palace felt different because the palace owner was TRYING to make a positive change.

-But Maruki, being the blind idiot he is, seriously did not see how flawed his plan was.

-tbh though the first few days before I was even in the palace I thought I was on a crack trip. Much confusion. Such wow.

-Another Akechi appearing award. Third semester Akechi is SO good.

-Extra thumbs up for getting to travel through the palace with FERAL Akechi!

-Learning that Kasumi was actually Sumire though got me with my pants down.

-*Sweat drops as I see the large plant bridge maze*

-Surprisingly it wasn't that painful tho, I had expected worse.

-The puzzles in the palace weren't overly annoying and were kinda enjoyable tbh.

-Then there was the garden of eden at the top of Maruki's palace, that was a sight to behold.

-and it also ended up making me think of something else entirely unrelated to persona.

-As sad as Maruki's story was... all bets were off when he tried to make that deal mentioning what would happen to Akechi.

-Yeaaaah that made me mad.

-The boss was on point though, Azathoths appeance was disturbing yet felt kind of fitting in a way.

-and the way it transformed when Maruki managed to evolve his persona into Adam Kadmon

-Eventually followed up with a final bullet to the head, the build up was SO delicious and the ending was satisfying, even getting to physically punch the CRAP out of Maruki before you can escape the palace.

-It, and Persona 5 Royal, was an amazing game.

ALRIGHT FINALLY FINISHED THIS. This ended up way longer than I thought and makes me glad that I chose to put the characters in their own separate post. Hope y'all enjoyed.

[counterfeitbloodmoonlit]

ok i have listened to sntv one and a half times! initial thoughts!

overall i think the instrumentation is better (more interesting, more emotive, fuller) on almost every song

she does sound less emotional on this version overall, but i think she does do some new fun inflections i will grow to love.

song by song analysis under the read more so as to not make this a "do you love the color of the sky" level post

"mine": this felt like a woman reflecting on her past love rather than feeling intense young love in the moment, and i like that

"sparks fly": this one felt a little less intense on first listen, but i founds things i liked better about it on second listen. more data needed.

"back to december": betterrrrrr!!!!!! the music is better, mostly, and her voice is better on it.

"speak now": i think it's a little less fun on the parts i liked before, but it's fun in other places so i think it'll be ok.

"dear john": SHE WENT HARDER ON THE JOHN MAYER GUITAR AND I LOVE THAT otherwise i'm still pretty meh for this song. it's a masterpiece, but it is long and sad and i don't have the patience for it most of the time.

"mean": god i love that banjoooooo

"the story of us": i wasn't a big fan of this song before before, mostly because i think it sounds like a hannah montana song (which i do not mean in a good way sorryyy) but also because i think the spoken bits on the original version are cheesy. somehow these new spoken bits are better for me, more camp. and it still sounds kinda like a hannah montana song, but a little less so. so overall... i think i'm gonna like this version better.

"never grow up": DEVASTATING. perfect.

"enchanted": i didn't much like this song to start with, and this version does not make me like it any better. i know a lot of people hold this song in high regard so i'll leave it there.

"better than revenge": i think the lyric change was a dumb decision that is going to cause people to listen to the original version but i have decided i don't think it's going to break the song for me. i think she put a lot of effort into making the rest of the song go harder and just be better, and i think it evens out.

"innocent": i thought i might like this version better, but i don't. i still don't like it much.

"last kiss": i'm glad she didn't try to recreate the shaky breaths. i think she sounds absolutely wrecked on the new version and it still hurts as much as i needed it to. i am pleased.

"long live": [no initial thoughts, my friends and i were distracted]

"ours": i'm glad she dropped the fake accent. i love the original, but i felt that there was something fake sweet in the way she sung that version, which i attributed to this song being about john mayer and her being a bit bitter about her own lyrics. i think she sounds nicer here.

"superman": i think i might dislike it a little less? still not a fan, and i have a lot of questions about how taylor swift feels about this song.

"electric touch": i am very disappointed. i think it's a bad use of your patrick stump and i don't think he sounds particularly good on it. i had high hopes for the lyrics because taylor swift and pete wentz are both very strong lyricists but the lyrics did not strike me as being particularly good taylor swift lyrics nor particularly good fall out boy lyrics. i also think think that it does not do the title electric touch justice. i hope i can come around on this opinion with future listens.

"when emma falls in love": based on the title, i did not expect to like this song. and i didn't. thought it was cheesy. i did have the thought that different music might help it for me, but alas, this is a taylor's version to start with so that won't happen.

"i can see you": I CAN SEE YOU KICKS ASS. IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT I WANTED ELECTRIC TOUCH TO SOUND LIKE. in fact i think patrick stump would have sounded great on this. i wish patrick stump was singing on this one instead.

"castles crumbling": i think it's about the kanye west thing. i need to give this song a better listen. i have mixed feelings about taylor swift songs that deal with her own celebrity, and this is one of those sooooo. i don't know. just didn't connect with it. hayley williams sounds good on it though.

"foolish one": oof. Taylor Swift wrote this to personally hurt me. she stalked me and wrote a song telling me all the things i don't want to hear. thanks. fucking ouch. (it's probably my second-favorite vault track.)

"timeless": no strong memories. when i was listening to it with a friend, i said that it felt like a better "starlight" to me.

[benis-chillin]

Backlog Reviews 2024: Fallout New Vegas

Platform: PC

April 27th, 2024-June 23rd, 2024(didn't finish)

Been a minute, hasn't it?

As I noted at the end of my Metroid Dread review, I took a break from my backlog to let my carpal tunnel settle for a bit, and it did, even as I played Resident Evil: Deadly Silence on an old DS Lite whenever I had to wait 15 or so minutes while my mom tanned on the way to my plasma donations. After that, I decided to try out Fallout: New Vegas since it was a small game in terms of space, and it was a Christmas gift from a friend.

My first impressions were a little rough, as I got used to the sometimes awkward controls, and I got vilified within my first little bit of being in Goodsprings because I decided to shoot what I THOUGHT was a wild animal…That ended up being owned livestock, so I had to kill the owner in self-defense.

Then I had to kill a guy who saw me kill THAT guy, again in self defense.

Maybe it was my face? Idk.

Anyway, I finally got my vibe going when I discovered the console commands, and activated God Mode, thus allowing me to settle into a dream of being an invulnerable cyborg cowboy who's sort of a lawful neutral, with no restraint about killing bad people, and helping out where he can. This path led me to doing things like slaughtering the Powder Gangers after they killed an entire town, save the Ghouls from the Nightkin and achieve their goal of rocketing towards a new land, and I ultimately helped Boone kill the person who killed his wife, leading to him joining me and becoming my heterosexual life partner.

Wandering around was also a big part of the fun, finding new shit to do while classic songs on the radio fuel the atmosphere. I got Johnny Guitar stuck in my head a few times, but the immersion was worth it.

All of this is well and good, and I was enjoying this feeling of forging my own path…Until I avenged myself and got the people who had mugged me. Then the game just kinda lost all momentum. So I figured, "Okay, time to wrap it up." and looked up the quickest ending, which was the House ending.

And I couldn't bring myself to finish it because it was not only kinda long in its own right, but also went entirely against what I'd been doing this whole time. It felt wrong and gross for the character I had created, and I was only doing it so I could finally be DONE with all of this nonsense.

It reminded me of my first time playing Shadow the Hedgehog, and just doing a regular story playthrough. I wanted to do a more heroic playthrough, but often got stuck due to various factors. I wanted to destroy all of the Black Arms in Westopolis, but I had to just get the goal ring because I can't find them to this day. I wanted to save Cream in Cryptic Castle, but I couldn't find her. I got tricked into thinking the switches in Glyphic Canyon were a necessity, but that was just for the dark path. I got an evil ending, but I didn't WANT that. The game advertised itself as letting me choose the ending, but rarely have I ever gotten one that was satisfying in that scenario…Or even the ending I was TRYING to work for.

And that's how I felt about New Vegas. I lost the immersion once my character's goal was completed. And maybe someday, I'll come back, load up an older save, and do what I want to do. But for now, I'm gonna leave it alone.

6/10

Next time, my air conditioner is out, so I need to do some games I can sit in front of my window unit to play until the weather cools down a bit or we get it fixed. Thus, inspired by the recent trailer trailer for Metroid Prime 4, I'm doing Metroid Prime Hunters! See ya then!

[sakuraswordly]

Tsofph Season 11(Chapter3 The beginning of the miracle)

Gilgamesh: This reminds us back then when I ran away from my duty.

Punch: You mean escape from your castle.....

Tsofph Season 11(Chapter1 Secret Truth of the Past)

Gilgamesh: We finally escape!

Punch: Don't you mean Anu Ziggurat?

Gilgamesh: That's the name of the present era, not the past era....uh... never mind...

Punch: Uh.....Pun---

Gilgamesh: Call me "Tsubasa" just to hide my true identity.

Punch: Are you sure about this.....I mean your father.....

Gilgamesh: He was possessed, right? If I still stay here in that city, I will make my people suffer again because of my tyranny.

Punch: But you didn't do anything wrong!

Gilgamesh: Even so, I fail as a King, okay?

Punch: Yeah.....after all...I came to rescue you.........Peter was waiting from the outside of Uruk. If we pass through that cliff, you will find the village where Peter and my friend, Enkidu waited.

Gilgamesh: Enkidu....?

Punch: You hadn't met him....wouldn't you......are we ready to go, Tsubasa?

Gilgamesh: Let's

During the trip

Gilgamesh: So..what's next for you?

Punch: A bit of bodyguard work.

Gilgamesh: Right.

Punch: After that, I will be back in your city if you must.

Gilgamesh: You mongrels know how to get that city even pass through my guards?

Punch: Yup.

Gilgamesh: So suspicious.

.

Punch: That cloth when I first met you...it was priest cloth......how did you get that?

Gilgamesh: My mother, she's also the priest.

Punch: You mean Nammu(Ninsun) is a goddess and Gilgamesh's mother. She is known for her wisdom. She provides her son support throughout his quests. She interprets dreams for him and petitions other gods for his safety.

Gilgamesh: She had a future vision like me. She's actually the primeval Sumerian mother goddess who gave birth to the gods and created humanity. 

Punch: Wow....so your mother is the greatest god as ruler of Mesopotamia!

Gilgamesh: Say how's about Peter? I saw that he's become the legend of the knight of the Round Tables.

Punch: Peter's not like a normal knight. A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity. He's not like that.

Gilgamesh: The heroic tale of fighting with professional bad guys. Gotta love 'em!

Punch: Back to the question, so how are your father and mother? They're the ruler of this city where you lived right?

Gilgamesh: In the UK, a man awarded a nonhereditary title by the sovereign in recognition of merit or service and entitled to use the honorific “Sir” in front of his name!

Punch: ....................................forget it. After we find your father, I ask you again then.

Gilgamesh: Hmm? You mad?

.

Gilgamesh: As King Gilgamesh....I haven't traveled far from my city before.

Punch: Be surprised if you had.

Gilgamesh: It's honestly...kind of exciting.

Punch: I thought you had fun already as Sonic.

Gilgamesh: Well...first time and all.

.

*During across the river*

Gilgamesh: Wait! Give me a moment!

Punch: Oh.....be careful!

Gilgamesh: Don't just run off on your own! I still need to be careful with my hood clothing that made by myself!

Punch: Oh? Those are the words of a King who lives NEET in a palace?

Gilgamesh: Still so mean as always, you're so patty.

.

Gilgamesh: This vine looks kinda....rusty....

Punch: I'll go first. It's pretty easily torn. Be careful.

Gilgamesh: I know. I know. Woah!

Punch: The vine is so slippery! Are you sure you're not FAT?

Gilgamesh: I pretend I didn't hear that word from your mouth. Also don't worry about me. I'm not some sort of prince who needs to be rescued.

Punch: Uhh......your clumsiness.....

*The vine break*

Gilgamesh: You got to be kidding me....!

*Gilgamesh hurries jumps and Punch grabs his hands and pulls*

Gilgamesh: .........................don't tell anyone about this.

Punch: Hehe I won't.

Gilgamesh: You know....I can leave wherever I want.........but in the end, I couldn't.

Punch: Because of that.......

Gilgamesh: Too much poison and malevolence.......bursting with life...maybe more than I can handle. I think......

Punch: Your curse may affect this situation.....?

Gilgamesh: No. The curse did not live inside me yet. Say.....people hate to stay still but I don't. How could I be different?

Punch: I know that feeling so well.

Gilgamesh: All that passion.....all those dreams....flowing and blending together into something greater......

.

Gilgamesh: This time I'll go first. After all, I can't count on you to wait. You're too much hot head for waiting.

Punch: I'll take that as compliments. Uhh.......are you sure about this.....? I mean your clumsiness.....

Gilgamesh: See for yourself that I can balance on that log! Or maybe I'll go on ahead and leave you all by your lonesome. Woah!

Punch: Maybe you shouldn't talk.

Gilgamesh: Then talk. Tell me a story.

Punch: Nope.

Gilgamesh: You're a mean one. Woah!

Punch: I got you---

Gilgamesh: Gotcha!

Punch: You're killing me here!

Gilgamesh: This looks like a waterslide! Wee!!

Punch: Seriously?

.

Gilgamesh: Can you jump from the cliff?

Punch: I can!

Gilgamesh: Uh......your clumsiness.....Ah!

Punch: Woah!......Nice catch! This is so much fun!

Gilgamesh: Never a dull moment with you. Without you, the world wouldn't have fun.

Punch: That a compliment?

Gilgamesh: Heh......thanks anyway!

Tsofph Season 11(Chapter3 The beginning of the miracle)

Punch: Come to think of it. That time was so much fun.

Sonic: You gonna be okay? I mean.....

Gilgamesh: And if I say I wasn't?

Sonic: ........................leave a rest to us.

Gilgamesh: I know.

Punch: But what if something happens? I mean as Sonic said.....only two of us know that you're okay(exist) but no one could know you're okay.

Gilgamesh: Then I sent off some smoke then!

Sonic & Punch: (Jokes😅)

Gilgamesh: I'll put everything I've got into my prayers. I'll stop the army of darkness and you two stop the end of time by darkness. Kujaku can't handle this. He would end up being corrupt again. And I leave the rest to you. Good luck!

Punch: Punch! I will save this timeline and won't let myself die again. I promise I'll come back safely with my brother. Please trust me.....

Gilgamesh: You promise?

Punch: We promise.

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Gilgamesh: "Goodbye"

.

[lemonmaid]

Fast food jobs I think Dorm Leaders have worked.

I'm at work so I thought of this while making food, but send in request!

Riddle Rosehearts : Dairy Queen and Trey's family Bakery.

I feel like after his overbolt he wanted to explore and experience things he couldn't before. So he got a job to try things out.

"Riddle how was Dairy Queen?"

"It was alright for a first job, I hated making blizzards though".

"Yeah when Riddle came to work at the bakery, his muscle memory was the worst".

"How so?".

"Let's say when he was making milkshakes for customers he was flip them upside-down".

Leona Kingscholar : Waffle House

During his teenage angst years he was badmouthinh servants and food workers, so his mom has enough and decided to get him a job so he will understand how hard it is being a worker.

"Leona?"

"..."

"You know that stigma around waffle house? The fights? Let's just say he ran a fight club!".

"WHAT"

"Ruggie cut the shit, I didn't start them, but I did finish them".

Azul Ashengrotto : Family Restaurant

Since it is said his family owns their own restaurant, I can imagine him as a child coming from school and doing his homework in the corner of the restaurant and when he got older (old enough not to break child labor laws ) he worked as a host/server or dishwasher.

"How do you feel about tipping Azul?"

"Well my family pays our workers above minimum wage in the Atlantic, so tipping isn't necessarily but it is seen as a complement".

"PSST Yuu/Name, people tip there more because there's rumors that their family works with the mafia"

"Floyd, stop."

Kalim Al-Asim : Sonic

He saw an ad where the employees got to Rollerblade to cars to being food. He begged for weeks just to have a job. His family complied but he was only allowed to do it for a week with Jamil's help.

"Yeah! It was super fun!! But I wasn't allowed to rollarskate, they said 'we don't do that anymore'. So Jamil took me to Roller-Rink after work!"

"He would pout everytime we passed it on the way home...."

Vil Schoenheit : Starbucks

A video circled around of a blond Karen who looked kinda like Vil (maybe or maybe not it was him, PR teams worked hard) bitching about her Chai latte not being hot. So Vil decided to work at Starbucks for two weeks just to bring up his reputation and "be humbled".

"Did you enjoy it?"

"Kinda, it was a nice experience but so many people came in asking just for autographs to the point where the manager had to put a sign up saying if you bought 20 dollars worth of food or drinks they get a free autograph".

"So we're you the karen?"

"... listen we all have our bad days, but now I get free Starbucks for life. Now what do you want to drink?".

Idia Shroud : McDonald's

Remember when BTS meal was available at McDonald's and workers got shirts are started selling them for hundreds of dollars? I feel like Idia would do the same thing for like a game collaboration or a popular idol group. Literally only applies for the merch.

"Did you enjoy working there?"

"No. The social interaction was awful, people are so fucking rude. I'm sorry that I misheard you when you said you want a fucking mcnugget".

"Damn, salty much?"

"You know how many rude customers got spit in their food? Alot. That's why I will never eat there again" *shivers*

"Welp atleast you got this cool shirt".

Malleus Draconia : None.

I'm sorry but I can not see this man working a day in his life unless he was told to do the dishes as a punishment, but even then he didn't finish doing them because Lilia felt bad

"Child of Man, I don't understand why you have to leave to work".

"Some of us aren't from old money or have a whole ass castle decaded to their "hoard"".

"I don't like your attitude".

[amaranthineoceans]

Everything Weird About Deltarune!

Spoiler Warning for Undertale and Both Chapters of Deltarune! Really! I Literally Go Through Everything I Can Remember About Them!

This is a long post so get comfortable. Also note that my brain doesn't process thoughts into words very well so some of these might not be worded in the best way. :)

Deltarune. The first teaser chapter was released on October 31, 2018, and it came out of nowhere. We've all gone through this, but I'll try and go through every single painstaking detail I can remember. Feel free to reblog and add/correct things.

The weirdness begins right off the bat. The title is an anagram of UNDERTALE. We all know Toby likes to use anagrams when he wants to indirectly tell us when things are related, so it's no surprise that when you go to download DELTARUNE, it warns you that the game is designed for people who have played UNDERTALE. You think, "Cool, so it's a sequel? Or maybe a prequel? A different perspective of UNDERTALE perhaps?" You were wrong; so terribly, terribly wrong! I'll elaborate on this later.

Before you download the application, the terms of service that you must agree to beforehand reads simply and plainly, "You accept everything that will happen from now on." This detail was kinda brushed off in the beginning, because, hey, it's Toby Fox. He does weird stuff all the time. But even in the first chapter, it's apparent that the concept of choice, or more accurately, the lack of it, is a very present theme in the game. I would like to remind you that Toby has announced that there will be one ending in the game. One. I'll elaborate on this later.

The program (as in, what the game is called in your files) is named SURVEY PROGRAM. Why not just call it Deltarune like it is when you download chapter two?

The game launches you, without a title screen, without any setting adjustment options, straight into a reference to the theme of the entire franchise: the lack of choice. A strange formless voice guides you through "making a vessel", with what we know now as a fountain in the background. You have the option to make some very disturbing choices in this character creator, such as making its favorite flavor "pain" or expressing your feelings about it with options such as "fear" and "disgust." You name your "creation," tell the formless voice your name (which is different from your vessel's name) and watch as said formless voice muses over your name at an agonizing pace. It thanks you for your time and tells you that your wonderful creation, (cue music cutout and background removal) will now be discarded. "No one can choose who they are in this world." The screen slowly turns white as the voice says, "Your... name... is..."

It gets weirder. The next scene appears from the whiteness and showcases Toriel calling "Kris" out of bed. Kris' area of the room is very bare in contrast to the other side, which we later discover is Asriel's.

It's Toriel. Why is Toriel here?

Kris is kind of an anagram of Frisk (the protagonist of UNDERTALE) but without the F. I highly doubt this is a coincidence.

Speaking with Noelle is the only reason you can proceed (see what i did there?) while finding a partner in the classroom. This means you can't go through the 1st chapter without knowing who she is. Is it because of the Snowgrave route?

Ralsei is just suspicious to me. There's no way he was just waiting in that castle his whole life alone without some mental toil. So either he's insane or he wasn't alone the whole time. What happened? Is it related to how he can close his eyes and see what Susie is going through when she's apart from the party? Was he just watching everything? Is he related to the formless voice?

Susie's icon is the only one without color in the Dark World.

Jevil's fight is more difficult than Sans'.

Your actions have little consequence in the first chapter. If you choose to go genocide, the only difference in the ending is being run out of the kingdom, and this doesn't carry over to the next chapter. Again, lack of choice, people.

If at the end of chapter one, you walk around town, it's mentioned (notably by Noelle) that you're usually not this talkative. If you go to the hospital and speak with the receptionist, they mention that you used to play the piano in the corner. If you decide to attempt to play the said piano, an out-of-key bash can be heard and the receptionist comments on how you used to play beautifully. If you try this in chapter two, the result is the same. All this is confirmation that Kris is acting noticeably weird.

When you leave the Dark World and walk around town, you can find Sans. He "pretends" to recognize you, and if you tell him you recognize him, he tells you it's funny, considering that you two have never met before. He winks. I'm pretty sure he knows that the player is there.

The mention of Papyrus in both games, but the purposeful lack of him. Like he's avoiding you.

If you go upstairs while inside Asgore's flower shop, there are flowers in glass cases resembling his SOUL collection in UNDERTALE. There's a red flower.

You can't enter the church.

The clock in the storage closet shows a different time than all the others in the school.

If you go all the way south in town and into the woods, the music stops and you come across a rusty, double door is in a hill covered in crass. It's locked. If you go this way in chapter two, however, you watch a cutscene where you and susie happen to find Monster Kid from UNDERTALE (or someone resembling them) and an owl kid in front of the door. The owl kid is pressuring Monster Kid to (presumably) break inside, telling them that they don't want to be a wimp like Kris. Does this imply that Kris is connected to this strange door somehow?

The ending. You know what I'm talking about.

Did Kris actually rip out the SOUL (I say "the" because I'm not entirely sure it's Kris') and knife because they wanted to eat the pie? Did they only eat the pie because Toriel caught them?

Why did they look at the player? Are they sick of being controlled? Is that why they freaked out after the Spamton fight? (later)

Anyway, now we're at chapter two.

DELTARUNE Chapter Two was released on September 17th, 2021. 17. Entry Number 17. Sound familiar?

Asriel's part of the room is different from the last chapter. I don't think this means anything sinister, but I think it means Kris notices different things about the room as the story progresses. My theory is that it will become more sinister in each chapter.

Ralsei getting super excited to see Susie and Kris after a day. As in he has separation anxiety and it breaks my heart. not anything suspicious but it makes me sad so it's on the list.

Kris and Susie's rooms. Ralsei REALLY doesn't want them to leave. Seriously get this boy a therapist. Or a stuffed animal. SOMETHING.

Kris having to gather everything from the storage closet so that people appear in the Dark World????? Why??????????????? They had to do the same thing for the computer lab too.

The golden door. I don't trust it.

How/why the heck did Noelle and Berdley go into the Computer Lab Dark World? I don't see either of them just walking into pulsing void doors without Susie.

Apparently the knight has been gone for a bit and can corrupt people's minds? The king in the first chapter doesn't seem like he can be redeemed but Queen just seems,,, not bad, but a little crazy. I wonder what happened.

Then again, name ONE person in this franchise without trauma.

Spamton.

Horror doesn't bother me. Spamton? Spamton bothers me.

SPAMTON. ENOUGH SAID.

A Kromer is a type of hat invented in the '70s. Nobody named Mike is associated with it, that I can find.

SPAMPTON. HOW DO I EVEN DESCRIBE IT.

HIS SONG IS THE ONLY ONE WITH WORDS.

The way he asks Kris is they want to be a heart on a chain their whole life. Like, dude, no wonder they were screaming after the fight.

WHERE DID THE YELLOW HEART COME FROM. YELLOW MEANS JUSTICE. WHY DOES JUSTICE APPLY.

Kris screaming after the fight and the player not being able to hear it. Don't you dare tell me that's just how the game is designed. There are sound effects characters make throughout the game. None that I can think of apply to Kris, apart from when they rip their soul out.

Ralsei brushing off the Spamton fight. Either that's his coping mechanism or he was trying to shut Susie and Kris up to protect them from... something. I'll touch on that in a minute.

According to Queen, DETERMINATION is a key factor in creating a fountain.

Also according to Queen, Kris, Noelle, and Susie all have DETERMINATION SOULS.

Ralsei freaking out about Berdley making a fountain implies that he may also have DETERMINATION. Why I'm bringing all this up will make sense soon.

How was Noelle able to cast Snowgrave... a spell that she, according to her, didn't know?

The Snowgrave route is so twisted.

You manipulate Noelle into killing Berdley and then, when you get back to the computer lab and investigate his corpse, the text box says that he doesn't seem to be awake. As if you're in denial?

Burgerpants recognizes you. Not Kris. As in the player.

The ending. I don't think I need to describe it. Kris is very methodical without the SOUL. (I say "the" because, again, I'm not 100% convinced it's theirs.) I'm saying this about how they left clues that someone broke into the This proves that they are NOT a mindless, vengeful husk.

HOW DID THEY MAKE THE FOUNTAIN WITHOUT THE SOUL INSIDE OF THEM. DID THEY FEED THE SOUL TO IT AFTERWARDS? IS THAT WHAT THAT WAS?

Another point I would like to make is my theory that Ralsei knows much more than he would have us believe. I might put this into a different post because I have yet to gather my points into a coherent bullet point list, so keep an eye out for that.

Anyway apart from Toriel and Susie being VERY heavy sleepers, I think I've gone through everything. I have a few theories.

1. Kris is possessed by the player and figured out that they could make a fountain from Queen and related to Spamton freaking out about freedom. They then decided to make a fountain going by the logic that "this would tick the player off." This is one of my top theories that assumes that the SOUL is theirs.

And 2. Kris is possessed by both the player and the knight. I think the formless voice at the very beginning of the game is the knight, and they somehow needed the player to possess someone with DETERMINATION. If so, then why Kris? We know from Queen that Noelle and Susie, and maybe even Berdley also have DETERMINATION. The most plausible thing I can think of is the fact that human souls are stronger than monster ones.

I do think that the popular theory (about the one that suggests that the Dark Word is nothing but a figment of a child's imagination, and the events that occur in said Dark World are simply children playing with toys) has been thoroughly dashed due to Berdley's murder in the genocide route of the second chapter. Unless he's not dead. Regardless, how the events (or lack thereof) that occur in the second chapter play through the next will be interesting, especially considering Toby's announcement about how there will be one ending to the game. So either Berdley isn't dead, or he will be.

Aaaand I think that's it! Sorry for the long post; let me know your thoughts and if I missed anything!

[kichimiangra]

The Sixth(?) Story:

In fairness I'm not sure if this story or the next one was the Sixth because artstyle-wise they where a bit samey, but I think this one came first because I remember a thing later?

Shadow's Quest is another hard one to pin down what inspired it, but finding old backup CDs with really crappy art and what else is on those discs I'd say 8-Bit Theater was the inspiration?

Lily makes a return appearance from the Land of Many Words, recast in this story as a traveling cleric on a pilgrimage for.... I don't remember it was something like getting her a job at an actual temple but she had to do 'on the road' work first? She ends up encountering what seems to be these two red skinned demons from from the local fire demon clan treating a small Elven looking boy as a slave. She steps in only to be attacked herself, losing the upper hand as her combat experience is low. The Elven child steps in to repay her for her kindness and he somehow kills one of the demons while the other flees. He reveals that the demons are his 'brothers' and that he's called "Shadow" because he's supposed to follow quietly behind them like a shadow, but by saving her from them and killing one there's now no way he can go back to his admittedly abusive home but he's a kid so he doesn't know abuse from not abuse half the time.

Lily, being convinced he is some kidnapped elven child from the isolationist Elven clan decides her good deed will be to try and return him to where he belongs and escort him to the elven kingdom. From there on out it's mostly the misadventures of this 19 year old cleric in training, the small Elven child she adopted, and whatever other characters based more on fantasy classes than they are on being characters that join her party along the way.

I wish I could remember more, but all that comes to mind are small snippets of incoherent moments and events and another instance of a story just being a playground for OCs with no goal aside from get to the elven kingdom.

I do remember an instance where they finally get there and there's this subplot where they can't get past the gate as the kingdom has been in lock down for years since the elf king's only child was kidnapped conveniently around as many years ago as Shadow is old. This leads to the belief among the party that Shadow is this lost Elven Royal but was kidnapped as a baby or something so he wouldn't remember and they bust their asses to break into the kingdom and castle to present the king his long lost child.

Only for the king to run right past Shadow and embrace one of their chaotic slob party members only to learn that they were an elf with docked ears. That's still kinda funny, now I want to reuse that idea.

The true origin of Shadow is that he is in fact a fire demon clan member, but is the result of some romeo and juliet love story between a member of the fire clan and water clan of demons. I do remember this was supposed to be a turning point in the story leading to the end but like... Everything after that reveal is just lost to my memory...? I genuinely feel bad about the amount of time I know I spent on this story only to not remember.

When I was a kid I didn't like writing. I thought writing scripts would be unimportant and a waste of time if I was going to draw a comic. "I could just skip ahead to the comic part!" I thought. But the reason stories like the Land of Many Words and Chronicle of Greed are still remotely fresh in my brain was because I actually wrote things down for those two... rather than just expecting I would remember everything because I only had to hold onto the info for a few years because, y'know I was going to become an award winning comic artist right out of highschool with art like this:

Today is January 23rd, 2024 and the anniversary of my first long term attempt at webcomic that I started when I was fourteen. Despite having shelved it long ago back in college, I still privately celebrate it every year in my heart as a personal milestone, as the comic in question; "Faeries Bible" was the first time I committed to a single project for any long period of time, running for 7 years with 150 pages plus 2 short 10-12 page spinoffs.

I don't do something every year but decided to indulge myself by drawing a tribute, not of Faeries Bible characters specifically, but a tribute to all the stories and OCs that came before it from the time I was 11 to the time I was 14, at the point I stopped calling each story my first, my second, my third, etc. story. There were many ideas that never left the concept phase, but these were the ones I stuck with long enough to be considered stories.

So this year I decided to indulge some old (fictional) friends.

[weirdsht]

Creterion . Andromeda

a/n: this'll be the last time I'll write for creterion fsdbgsfgbpsg like i might write some sagau fics here and there but its eh. anyways what i'm trying to say is i'll end it here before it gets worse HAHAHAHAHHAA

Is this messy? yes it was on purpose okay, i wanted to try and convey how chaotic sagau darling's mind is idk if i did it right tho sorry sjhfgisgdfisg

Warnings: messy messy fic, kinda venti centered? like venti was the most mentioned one, yandere tendencies, possessive behavior, cult behavior, gaslighting?, hints of imposter syndrome, paranoia, stockholm syndrome?, if i miss something lmk and i'll add it

English isn’t my first language so there will be grammatical errors

Pls don't repost my work anywhere without my permission

If there's something missing in the warnings let me know so I can add it

Any form of interaction toward the post is appreciated <333

This is a series but it can be read as a stand alone

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Is this really right? Are they sure they didn’t make a mistake or something? Even if they didn't, is living this way really fine? Isn’t this kind of unhealthy?

Those were only some of the questions that plague your mind from time to time.

It wasn’t like this from the start. The beginning was butterflies and rainbows, like a dream come true. But then everything begins to be too much. The worship got so much more intense and the direct acolytes got more possessive.

The characters you used to enjoy seeing behind the screen, oh don’t even mention them. They were loving, they really were but it’s too much. They make you feel like you can’t do anything by yourself, everything you try to do they’ll take it from you successfully infantilizing you.

At first you tried to understand, tried to put yourself in their shoes, but as it went on you began to notice how unhealthy it is. Every single one of them wants to monopolize you, everyone wants a part, no at this point they can’t be satiated with just a part of you. They won’t show it in front of you, saying something along the lines ‘wanting to show you paradise only’.

But you aren’t dumb. You know what goes on behind your back. No matter how much they tried to baby you, you never let them dimmer down your wits. And it scared you, what you know scared you. You know what they want, you know what they’re planning but you can’t do anything.

This isn’t your world, well it is according to them but still this isn’t where you grew up. You don’t have the usual resource that you can access from your world.

Maybe that’s what they intended from the start, and that made you scared, oh so scared.

While you’re drowning in your own paranoia, your loyal acolytes have no idea what’s going on. Though that may be the case, they still know that something was wrong.

They tried everything to make you feel better. Spoiling you, being at your beck and call, anything just to see you be your usual self again. To no avail though you just seemingly got worse.

Everything got so bad that your mental plagues soon took its toll on your physical health. After months of negative thoughts eating you up everyone resorted to putting you on bed rest on your serenitea pot castle.

Nobody knows what to do, no medicine would work and you won’t even speak to them. Qiqi tried to gather the best of herbs she can find but to no avail, the light in your eyes wouldn’t come back no matter how hard they try.

Plagues and worries consume your acolytes but no matter how much they worry it wouldn’t help you in any other way. All of that was vanquished when you finally spoke to Venti.

“Is this really right? Was this really how I should live my life?” you spoke softly, vocal chords a bit rough for not speaking in months. Venti could only offer you a light squeeze to further encourage you to speak whatever’s brooding your mind.

“I just-”

“I don’t know”

“I don’t know anymore?”

You couldn't help but break down and cry, all those emotions you’ve been keeping to yourself finally got filled up and overflowed.

At first Venti wasn’t sure what to do. For a second the bard thought about calling the others, but seeing your face, your poor broken hearted, lost face, he knew he can’t leave you alone.

“Tell me, tell me what’s bothering you. Tell the things tormenting you so I can help you fight them. Even if it’s not the things worrying you, I don’t care, just please tell me something, please speak to me.” Venti begged tenderly. He couldn’t take and see you suffer like this, no matter what it may be he will try and resolve it. No, he must resolve it, he will do anything just to see you be like how you were when you first got to Teyvat.

With a mix of hiccups, sobs, and incoherent words you let your heart out in front of the bard. After suffering for a long time you finally resigned to accepting and showing vulnerability at one the person you resented for a long time.

He was at loss for words. Quite frankly he was at loss in general. The former anemo archon didn’t know that it was them causing you so much distress. Their feelings of only showing you good things got drowned with greed and this was the result.

You cried in his arms until you fell asleep that night. Venti caressed you softly while offering gentle words to try and ease some of the ache your heart was feeling.

That night he made up his mind. It’ll be hard, but he will give his everything to set things right. It doesn’t matter what the others would say, Venti only wanted for you to be happy again. As the god of freedom and as someone who finally managed to swim away from their greed, Venti, no Barbatos promised you that everything will be alright again.

He will break those invisible chains shackling you, even if it’s the last thing he does.

[cholie]

With or without you.

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Pairing: Vampire/Yandere!Jake x Gn!Reader

Genre: Angst, supernatural, slight fluff.

Word count: 2,3K

Warnings: If you don't like yandere stuff don't read, abusive relations, carving in the skin, main character deaths.

Summary: Going to abandoned places with your friends is always exciting, but after losing your necklace and going back to find it, you regret even going there the first time. Or do you?

An: I kinda wrote this in a rush so I’m really sorry if it’s bad or some words dont make sense! But I tried my best and I hope you enjoy it!! NOT PROOFREAD !!

The story is very heavy and filled with obsessive behavior, read at your own risk <3

This is pure fiction and for fun purposes only, I don't view or see anyone in Enhypen to have this type of behavior.

The story is after the line!

It's November, so the sun already being down by the time the clock was 6 pm wasn't very unusual, it was Friday and you were out with your friends, exploring abandoned places. You reached an old looking building, it looked as big as a mini castle, you went inside, turned on your phone's flashlight while walking on the wooden floor, your necklace being in the way and you didn't wanna risk it being on you but rather in your bag while you were exploring this place. You took it off and put it on a table next to you, about to take it up as your friend Yeri began talking making you look away.

"I bet you can't go in there all alone." Said Yeri pointing at a giant door in front of you, cobwebs everywhere, even on the door handle.

"Of course I can, I'm not scared." You lied, you're scared as hell, but if you admit that to your friend she's gonna pick you about it all the time in at least a year.

You heard her chuckle, you smiled at her because you can do it, right?

You walked over to the door, taking a big look at it, it was filled with all kinds of patterns, taking the door handle in hand, you pushed the door open, hearing it creak loudly which send shivers down your spine, you walked through it and on the other side was a ballroom, it was filled with hanging chandeliers, which looked like they were on the very verge of breaking down and hitting the floor.

Walking more towards the middle you noticed how beautiful the room actually was, despite it being old and broken down, it was a stunning room.

You roamed around it and almost got lost in your thoughts as you started to hear weird noises around you, whenever you walked somewhere it was like they were following you, you decided to run back to the door and away from the ballroom to find your friends, but when you arrived back, they were all gone, you looked down at your phone and relaxed a bit as you saw a text saying that they just went outside.

"Hey." You said as you went outside to join your friends.

"Should we walk home? It's getting late and we've been out for long." Said your other friend Heeseung, looking at you while he waited for your answer.

"Ye- Wait I think I forgot something inside the place." You said, a little panic in your eyes, your necklace was missing.

"We can get it tomorrow, it's quite a big piece right?" Said Heeseung rubbing your back, you nodded, it wasn't like you couldn't just get a new one, after all, it was bought down the store 30 min away from you.

-

Going back home you couldn't help but feel like you really weren't done exploring that ballroom, even after being in there for so long, it almost felt like you were meant to be sucked into the place as if you belonged there, it was a weird feeling and while you were counting your money to see if you had enough to survive this month you couldn't keep focus, it was as is you were hypnotized.

-

Going back to the house with Heeseung driving you, you thanked him and went in, hearing him call out one last time.

"Are you sure you can find your way home, it's gonna be really foggy soon?" He said with a concerning smile.

"I'll be fine Hee, don't worry!" You said, giving him a warm smile, he nodded and said his farewell to you as you began walking inside. It was 2 pm so the sun was thankfully at its brighter hours, walking in through the doors you'd usually expect it to be warm, but since no one took care of it, it was ice cold, almost colder than outside.

"Found you!" You said, taking the necklace in hand, weird noises filled your head again, but you decided to ignore them this time, shaking your head.

You walked inside of the ballroom again, finding a place where you can sit down. The sun was shining through the broken glass, everything was peaceful, a little too peaceful since you ended up falling asleep.

*BAM*

With that, your eyes widened and you jumped up from your place, holding on to the place where your heart is, noticing it going at a faster pace than usual. What was that and where did it come from?

You decided to walk to another room, not really caring of what time it was, but you could see that it wasn't much as the sun was still there. On your way out you looked at the wooden floor, just walking in a straight line to get out as fast as you could, suddenly bumping into something, it was soft, but also hard and warm.

"Oh my god I'm so sorry, did you get hurt?" You heard a male voice say, looking up you were met with the softest eyes you'd seen in a while, totally mesmerized by them you forgot to answer him, he walked a little closer to you and took his hand out, signaling for you to take it so you could get up.

"Yeah, I'm fine, sorry I didn't see you." You said taking his hand.

"I'm Jake." He said, with a warm smile, you'd never seen such a beautiful being in your life, he was handsome, his voice was sweet and filled with positivity.

"I'm y/n." You said, smiling back at him.

-

You and Jake hit it off pretty quickly, roaming around the mysterious place and slowly getting to know each other, Jake was comforting, his smile was warm and almost too good to be true.

As you were walking with Jake towards his own home, only 10 minutes away.

"What's your number? I would love to keep in contact" He said, handing you his phone, you wrote the number down including your name, rang to yourself, and did the same for your own phone.

"Thank you for walking me home, it usually gets very lonely being in the abandoned house all alone to explore and the walk home in the dark is just worse." He said, you couldn't help but feel flustered.

"It's no problem! I don't have much to do these days anyway, I just got on vacation." You said smiling at him, exchanging each others goodbye you walked home.

-

Jake was confused, how did you capture his cold heart so quickly? In his 250+ years of living, this is the first time he's been so mesmerized by a mere human being, he could feel that you were different than what he expected, he expected you to be another one of his offers to just drain the blood out of, but no. Jake didn't wanna do that, he felt weird, he wanted to protect you from the cruel world you lived in and have you with him at all times, he knew he had to stay away especially as you've just met, it'll just scare you away if he moved too quickly. But lord and behold, he couldn't.

Jake and you hit it off fairly quickly, you went from texting a few times to facetiming almost every day, you started to fall for Jake, and it concerned Yeri and Heeseung how distant you've been, you've almost not had time for them because you've been busy in both your work but also to hang out with Jake.

-

You've been to Jake's house countless times, it's a nice place and you could easily feel at home there.

"Oh, you're here early!" Said Jake, looking at you with his usual warm smile, but in his mind, he cursed so loudly, he hadn't eaten yet and was afraid that he was gonna go insane any minute now.

As hours went by, you ended up falling asleep on the couch, Jake didn't wanna wake you and went over to finally get his meal, going over to the blood bags he has in his kitchen in a hidden drawer he decided to finally down it all down, he was so hungry, but what he hadn't seen while he was downing it all was a sleepy you, standing and looking at him with shocked eyes.

You had so many questions, but the thing that concerned you was, how were you being so calm? You honestly didn't know either and Jake was so concerned that you would leave now, it drove him mad that you saw him in this state before he was ready to show you it himself.

"Love, I can explain." Jake said, sounding more nervous than he wanted to.

"It's okay Jake, I'm not gonna run away." You said, Jake was confused, why didn't you wanna run away?

"Why not?" Asked Jake, his mouth covered in blood.

"I don't see the need for it, it's not like you're gonna kill me." You said, rubbing your hands together, looking at the kitchen table.

"You're right." Jake said, cleaning himself before going back to the couch with you. Not much of a difference happened after that.

-

You and Jake still hung out, your feelings for each other grew big, you almost couldn't take it anymore. So one night where you cuddled up, you took the chance and you just said it out loud,

"I like you." You said, still looking at the tv playing a random movie.

"I like you too." He said, your heart beating faster than it ever has, the heat in your cheeks burning up.

You looked up to see him staring at you, sure he was dead, but his eyes still looked so soft and delicate, he smiled at you, taking his hand and caressing your cheek, you sat up, still looking at him, hugging him, Jake was surprised, but he hugged you back, you smelled too good for him to let you go, he didn't want to.

You looked at him again, nervous as hell and very red in the face, you wanted to kiss him, but you didn't dare, so he did it instead.

The kiss you shared felt like a thousand fireworks exploding, it was all you needed.

-

As partners, everything felt easier, until a day where you decided to go into the city with Heeseung and Yeri to catch up, Jake was furious and didn't know why, but seeing you with others and getting their full attention made him angry.

*Riiiing*

You saw Jake was calling you.

"Hello, Jakey!" You said, excited.

"Hi love, when are you coming home?" He asked.

"In about an hour." You said, enjoying your time with your friends.

Heeseung drove you home to Jake, Heeseung didn't necessarily like Jake and thought he was being possessive, he controlled who you hung out with, he even made you quit your job, saying that he'll take care of the bills and you could just be staying at home.

You never thought much about it as you were so crazy in love that you almost didn't care what you had to do to be with him.

After Heeseung had driven you home, you went inside the door, putting your bag on the table in the living room, and instantly fell asleep on the couch,

-

You woke up chained to a bed, it's not a bed you've seen before, confused as ever you tried to rub your eyes but you couldn't.

"Hi darling, I see you're awake." Jake said, but his voice was cold and distant, it didn't sound like the bubbly Jake you know.

"Why am I chained?" Was all you asked, looking up at him. He went by you and rubbed your bare thighs as you had short on and an oversized sweater, Jake thought you looked so delicate, but he was furious, why would you hang out with someone else than him? Especially someone who's male, that was the end of the line.

"Darling, you've sinned horribly," Jake said, his eyes weren't soft as they used to be, they were sharp and filled with anger, he looked insane.

"You're mine and I want everyone to know it." He said, he began carving on your thigh, extreme screams were heard from you and tears were falling down your cheeks at a fast pace.

*Jake Sim*

That was what he wrote on your thigh, his name.

"You've been bad, and I can't have you do something like this again." He kissed your lips and went upstairs with some last words.

"I'll be back later, you're gonna think about what you've done." He slammed the door, you couldn't think and everything was a blur, breathing became a difficult task to do, the world was spinning around and before you knew it everything went black.

-

Jake was hungry, he was furious and he didn't know what had taken over him, he didn't wanna drink off of you, your blood was too pure for him to touch, it would hurt him to do that.

He went back down into the basement and went over to you.

"Y/n." That was all he said, looking at your body, you weren't answering.

"Y/n!!" He yelled, still no answer, he walked towards you, looking at your body that he assumed was asleep, caressing your cheek, but you weren't warm, your body was ice cold, Jake became worried as ever and put his hand on your heart, nothing.

"NO!" He yelled, you couldn't die on him, not like this, he checked your scar with his name on it, he had carved too deep, causing you to lose an insane amount of blood. He did everything he could to try and get you back, but nothing helped, not even him putting his venom in your body through a bite, it was too late.

Jake ran upstairs, into a room filled with small gadgets and weapons, taking one specific thing and running down the stairs again.

"I'm not gonna be in a world where my forever love isn't in." He said as he stabbed himself with a wooden stake.

Jake loved you, you loved Jake, but Jake couldn't handle being in this cruel world anymore if he knew he had accidentally sinned by killing his only love.

[peachyysugaa]

blood castle i. || enha 02z

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♜ main pairing: vampire! 02z x gn! reader

♜ genre: hogwarts au, mystery, fluff/angst

♜ wc: 2k

♜ warnings: mentions of blood (pg13), purposefully lowercase

♜ other pairings: lisa x namjoon, slight rose x jungkook

♜ a/n: disclaimer that i don't actually ship these pairings, i just find it fitting for the story :] also kinda boring chapter but we're setting things up <3 also hearts at the end of each chapter to keep track of how oc gets along with 02z hehe lmk what you think!

♜ index: teaser | next | masterlist

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i. make the most of it

"what will i do when you're both gone? jennie just left and you two are next!" you pout in your train seat as your best friends exchange teasing smiles. as you get closer and closer to hogwarts, you can't help but keep thinking about rose and lisa inevitably graduating this year.

"i don't know y/n, maybe find some friends your age?" lisa teases. you groan outwardly, tilting your head back.

rose, the ever-exemplary hufflepuff, extends her hands out to yours on the table and grabs hold of them. you stop your obnoxious groaning to stare back at her kind smile. "lili has a point, y/nie. it wouldn't hurt to branch out this year so that lisa and i don't have to worry about you."

your eyes widened. "worry?! what's that supposed to mean?"

rose lets go of your hands to cover her mouth as she laughs while lisa is losing it. the gryffindor 7th year is wiping joyful tears out of her eyes, which isn't helping your case.

you sit, pouting once again and waiting for them to explain.

"two words, y/n," lisa begins while holding two fingers up in a peace sign that you know is anything but peaceful. "you're. clumsy."

"am not!" you defied. your best friends exchange looks once again before raising an eyebrow at you. "tell me one time when i was clumsy!"

"remember that time you tried to shut a mandrake up by putting your hand on its mouth and then it bit you?" rose asks.

"oh! that was so funny!" lisa says, trying to hold back her laughter. "my favorite is when she made a lizard instead of a mini dragon in transfiguration but then it burned her eyebrows off!"

as they share your most embarrassing moments, your ears begin heating up and all you want to do is transfigure yourself into the train seat.

"i stand corrected..." you mumble out unwillingly.

"we love you, y/nie. we only want someone to look out for you when we graduate," rose says as lisa nods.

"fine, fine. i get it, moms."

"you love us."

"yea, yea, i love my two moms who come after my clumsiness all the time."

"as you should, now let's get changing. the train is almost at school."

the older hufflepuff was right. you could see the tall towers of the second home you've come to love in the distance as you glance out the window. this year may be bittersweet since the last of your friend group would be leaving you behind, but you were determined to make the most of it with them and perhaps make some new friends this year.

"i'll stay to keep our spot, you two go ahead," lisa tells you and rose.

"going to text your joonie?" rose teases. the gryffindor's ears have a red tinge at the sound of her nickname for her boyfriend.

"just go before the changing rooms fill up," she mumbles. but as you close the door to your shared booth, you can see that she has already pulled out her phone with a cheeky smile as she waves hi on facetime with namjoon who is slightly older than her and currently working as a magizoologist for the ministry.

you smile to yourself, remembering their relationship when you were just a first year. "come on, yn!" rose calls out.

you break out of your daze and see her several feet away from you. "sorry, eonnie!"

you take your hand off the handle, which you didn't register it was still on, and start to move towards her, carrying your blouse, tie and skirt. before you could reach her, you bump into a hard chest.

you hear a deep oof noise from the figure as you rub your forehead.

"i am so sorry!" you hurriedly whisper.

"you're alright, y/n." you recognize the voice and look up to see sim jaeyun from your house and year. "did you hit your head too hard?" he kindly worries.

"i—"

"yn!!" rose shouts.

"sorry, jaeyun," you apologetically smile as you brush past him. "coming, eonnie!!"

you could've sworn he said something like it was nice to see you, but you were far too focused on not letting rose wait any long. she's definitely amicable like most hufflepuffs, but like most hufflepuffs, you probably don't want to see them angry. you should know since lisa says you're already bad hangry.

it's a quick in and out of the changing room and back to your booth where lalisa waits, staring out the window and watching the castle come closer. it's like a wrestler tag team as you and rose high-five her on your way in and her way out. immediately, the two of you settle down and as you get comfortable in your seat, you notice that she's smirking with you, her eyebrow raised.

"why are you looking at me like that, eonnie?" you ask hesitantly. your fingers look more interesting picking fights with each other.

"oh, nothing," she replies, not giving up her smirk. "just wondering when you and jake were close."

"he's literally the same year and house as me. i can't go a year without a class with him."

she hums like she doesn't believe you. "really?"

"really, really."

"really, really, really?" you groan at her response as she starts to giggle.

"do you wanna talk about your crush on jeon jungkook then, eonnie?" she shuts up then and there, and it's your turn to smirk. "thought so."

"that's hogwarts' idol right there, yn. everyone likes him one way or another, so hush!"

"hush about what?" lisa asks as she slides the door open.

"nothi—"

"jeon jungkook." rose glares at you.

"ohh, rosie's crush of 6 years?" your other friend confirms as she closes the door.

"the one and only."

"you know, he and i are co-captains this year for quidditch. you should just come to our practices."

"will he even notice me? i mean..." your focus on their conversation starts to waver as you glance through the door window. outside your door is the familiar trolley witch with all her pastries and drinks, and you can't help but have a craving for your favorite chocolate frogs. you also can't help but notice the other figure with the trolley witch: the very same sim jaeyun you bumped into earlier.

"eonnies, i'm going to buy some chocolate frogs. do you want any?" you ask, keeping an eye on the figures outside your window.

"cauldron cake for me please!"

"let's have every flavor beans for old time's sakes!"

"alright," you say as you slide the door open and close. they go back to their conversation about a plot to get the hogwarts idol that you're sure is bound to go wrong.

"7 blood lollipops please." you hear jake order. you recall him having a large group of friends across different houses and different years, but for all of them to like blood lollipops is quite unheard of.

"you're not going to have all of those, are you?" you ask him, approaching the trolley.

"y/n," he greets with a smile and a shake of his head as he hands his coins to the witch. "no, my friends and i all really like them. i think i would have a headache if i were to eat all 7."

"2 chocolate frogs, bertie's beans, and a cauldron cake please," you order before turning back to him. "does it really taste like blood, or is it just to trick people into thinking you're vampires?"

jake's face pales though it's hard to see because he's already on the pale side and you're counting out your coins to give to the trolley witch. "personally, i think it tastes like cherry."

you hum as you gather your goodies together, and jake is thankful that you're not paying too much attention to how he reacted. "i'll take your word for it."

the trolley witch moves along, doing what she's done for many years and more to come. you're finally focusing on him more now that you have all your snacks and accomplished being a good citizen by paying the fees. your eyes search his face, go past his sharp jawline, and make their way to the shiny prefect badge on his black and gold robes. the prefect engraving is hard to see against the blinding gold of the hufflepuff badge, but it's hard to miss.

"oh, are you a prefect?" you ask curiously.

"yup, so don't stay out too late. i might have to write you up," he teases.

you playfully roll your eyes at him. "please, when am i not a model student?"

"i would say right now because we're about five minutes away from the castle, and you still don't have your robes on, miss l/n," he jokingly tsks at you.

"ahh, but you see, that's not my fault there, mr. prefect," you banter back.

"oh? then maybe i won't have to give you the first detention?"

"well, mr. sim, i was only taking care of my precious eonnies and buying them snacks. i paid my fees and also engaged in conversation with my fellow classmate, so i've been a little preoccupied," you acted out, playing the role of an innocent student.

"hmm.. engaging in conversation with your classmates on the first day does seem to follow the rules," he lightheartedly agrees. jake is about to add more, but his friends call out to him.

"hey, jake, what's taking so long?!"

"you'd better go take care of your friends, mr. sim," you tease. "be a good hyung, won't you?"

his beaming smile causes your heart to skip a few beats. "alright, miss l/n, but make sure not to let me catch you out of uniform." he waves before hurrying to his own booth.

when you open the door to yours, a chorus of oooh's from your eonnies is what you receive. you roll your eyes at them before shutting the door and grabbing your robe. you can see theirs were already on, the equally shining, gold head girl badge pinned on rose's robe.

"i think she'll be just fine on our own when we're gone, rosie," lisa teases as you slip your arms through your sleeves and tuck your wand in your pocket.

"just don't keep one of my prefects distracted, y/nie," rosie adds.

"so long as you aren't distracted by your head boy, rosie," you tease back.

"no way, jeon jungkook is head boy," she gasps at you.

"i don't know, but i just caught you simping in 4k!" you stick your tongue out at her as she whines and lalisa throws her head back in laughter.

"there really is only one choice though, so it probably is him," lisa affirms.

"i swear, if you two are wrong..." rose pouts.

"but if we're not, you'll get to spend more time with him and get to know him instead of just admiring him from afar like everyone else!" you console.

"well, we'll find out soon enough. we're here," lisa announces as she grabs her trunk from the top rack, helping you get yours and rose hers.

"thanks, eonnie! so glad your long legs are so useful!" you thank.

"yah! they'll be useful for kicking you too, ungrateful brat," she jokingly chastises.

"oh no, lisa eonnie is going to kill me!" you shout dramatically. "rose eonnie, save me!"

"it's going to be a long year," she sighs with a smile keeping close behind as you run off the train and lisa chases after you.

jake's expression mirrors rose's as he watches the trio run off to the nearest carriage. a crack forms in his blood lollipop as he sucks on it harder, the sweet taste of blood running across his tongue. "hyung, come on. let's get in the carriage," jungwon calls to him, his own sucker making his words slightly muddled.

"coming," he mumbles, securing his trunk and stepping into the carriage where his 6 friends wait for him.

their fangs are dripping with the blood of the lollipops.

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jake: ♥ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ (lvl. 1)

jay: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ (lvl. 1)

sunghoon: ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ (lvl. 1)