#it's okay to be rough I'm a little bit tougher than all of your other girlfriends

[before-it-felt-like-a-sin]

What a Shame by Lizzy McAlpine is soooo Lottie singing to Nat about Travis I fear.

[rachi-roo]

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Black Clover: New High score!

Yaaaay! I'm so happy to see Black Clover thriving on this platform again ^^

Summary: Tiggle fic. Luck and Magna have had an ongoing contest with each other to see who has better endurance, and Asta wants in. Even though he doesn't know what he's gotten himself into.

Characters: Lee Asta, Ler Magna, Luck and ler Vanessa.

Tw: None

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"That was not half an hour! It was twenty-nine minutes and fifty-eight seconds." Magna grumbled as he and Luck shoved each other through the main doors. Both looking out of breath and scruffier than usual.

Luck grinned, bouncing on Magnas shoulders. "Was not! It was half an hour! Three minutes longer than you lasted, Maggie."

Upon hearing their voices, Asta poked his head around the corner, pouting as he noticed their messy clothes. "HEY! Don't tell me you've been working out without me!"

Magna plopped down on the couch, rotating his shoulder in its socket as it ached. "Working out? Not really. We've just beeeeen, uuh, testing out each other's endurance-"

"Endurance training!? Without me?!"

"Well, no it's just-" The ex-punk wasn't sure, this was a sort of inside joke that he and Luck had been doing for ages now. Over Asta's shoulder, he spotted Luck giving him a nod as he grinned. He wanted to let Asta in on their little game, just for a laugh.

Magna's uneasy expression changed into a smug grin, as long as Luck didn't mind, he was down for getting Asta involved. "I don't know, little guy, it might be a bit too much for someone as inexperienced as you." He shrugged, watching Astas face twist into one of absolute disgust.

Luck chimed in with a grin. "What if we went easy on him the first time?"

"I bet I can take it! I'm tough! I'm strong! I've been working out every day of my life! Look at these guns! Look. At. Them!" The small wizard flexed his arms in an attempt to impress his friends, desperate to get in on the action.

Magna held up his hands in defeat. "Okaaaay, okay buddy. But you need to be prepared for a rough ride. And we won't be held responsible for whatever happens."

"You can't scare me! Let's do this! I'm pumped! YEEEEAH!" He was vibrating with excitement. Magna and Luck exchanged smirks, knowing exactly what was about to happen.

"Uh-huh, yeah, woohoo. First things first," Magna started, standing from the couch and stretching. "Lose the jacket and cloak. And hand over your belt-"

"Done!" Asta practically threw his clothing at Magna, standing like a pokemon sprite, all poised and ready to fight. "C'mon, c'mon!"

"Haha! He's so hyper!" Luck giggled.

"You're one to talk." Magna huffed, taking Asta's wrists and binding them together with his belt, earning a confused look from the short boy.

"What, uh, are you doing?" He asked, tugging slightly on the belt before yelping as Luck shoved him onto the couch.

"Not to worry! All part of the test." The electric blonde chuckled. "C'mon, arms up! Up!" Magna and Luck took their positions. Asta laid on the couch whilst Luck held his arms up, Magna sat on his waist.

"Alright, last chance kid. You sure you want to do this?" Magna smirked, cracking his knuckles, smirking at Luck.

"Yeah! Wait what are we do-IHIHIIII!" Asta's body suddenly spasmed as he felt the unmistakable feeling of fingers shaking into his tummy, instinctively yanking his arms down to defend himself. Magna tutted as Luck shook his head.

"Damn, not even a second. I thought he'd be tougher than you, Magna. Guess not." Asta pouted, looking at Magna as he shrugged.

"Doesn't look like it, oh well, maybe when he gets stronger we can-"

"No! No, I got it! I just wasn't expecting you to tickle me! Start again!" Asta puffed his chest, putting his arms back over his head, bracing himself for the ticklish onslaught.

"Alright," Magna chuckled, flexing his fingers over Asta's clothes stomach, the flesh trying to hide away from the digits as Asta sucked inward. "My longest time is twenty-nine minutes by the way." And with that, the attack started again, the white shirt Asta wore offered little to no defence as Magna scribbled and squeezed the puppy fat on his tummy.

"Pffff-! Ahahaha! Oho gahahad!" The ticklish wizard managed to resist the urge to defend himself this time, trying his best to leave his arms up in Luck's grip. "I-Ihihi! I got thihihis!" He beamed, his heels digging into the couch as he tensed.

"Oh yeah? What iiiiif we move on up a little?" Magna hummed, moving to pinch at Astas lower ribs, rubbing his thumbs in circular motions on the protruding bone. Asta's hips bucked, that spot surprisingly more sensitive than the other.

"AAAH! Ah! Geheheez!" He shook his head, twisting his torso back and forth.

Luck giggled at Asta's reaction. "Oh wowwie! He's so loud!" He said in a raised voice so he was heard over Asta's ridiculously loud cackling and yelling. Happy yelling. But loud, contagious yelling.

"He sure is. I wonder what noise he'll make if I do this! Coochie, coochie, coo, loud mouth." And so began the teasing as Magna shoved his hands up inside Asta's shirt, vibrating his fingers into the front of his ribs, just below his pecks. The noise that followed caused a flock of birds to scatter in the nearby trees outside. You'd think someone was being murdered.

"GYAAAAAAHAHAHAHAAAAA!" After completely emptying his lungs, Asta took in a sharp breath, laughter falling silent for a brief moment. Magna and Luck couldn't help but laugh with the boy and be amazed by how he was holding up. He did need to breathe though, Magna thought.

"I think we should stop for now, you're going to loose your voice kid-"

"NOHO! No! I-IYAHAHA! Icandothis!" Asta blurted out before falling into a bout of giggles. Magna shrugged, continuing the tickling tournament. He looked up, feeling the weight on the couch behind him shift, then smiled upon hearing the voice.

Vanessa's silk tone greeted them with a chuckle as she sat on the couch, crossing her legs and trapping Asta's ankles between her thighs. "Well, well, what are we doing in here?" She asked, already knowing exactly what they were up to. She had seen Luck and Magna do this to each other before. "Say, Asta, want me to help? A big strong wizard like you can surely take more than just Magna's training." She chuckled, playfully slipping Asta's boots off, all whilst he's still in hysterics.

"Gihive me your wohorst!" He blurted out, of course, he could take more than this! He's going to be the wizard King! With the okay given, Vanessa started slowly dragging her nice pointed nails up and down Asta's soles, making his little toes curl as he tensed his legs up.

"AHAHAAAA!"

"Ooh, I think he likes that." She smiled. Through all Asta's squirming, his headband had slipped over his eyes, deepening the tickly sensations as his other senses were heightened. A flurry of warmth filled his belly. His cheeks and nose a soft pink, along with the tips of his ears.

He was indeed holding up very well. Between Magna mercilessly switching between Asta's tummy and ribs and Vanessa now scratching on the paw-pad-like toes, surely he would break soon.

Some time passed when Asta finally felt at the end of his rope. His breath getting shallow and his throat became dry. "Okahay-! Ah-AHA! OKAHAY! I GIVE! STAHAP!" And instantly, the tickling stopped.

Luck untied Asta's wrists, Magna and Vanessa removed themselves from their Asta-shaped seats, allowing the tuckered-out boy to curl up on himself, still giggling like a loon. He slowly peeled his headband from over his eyes, smiling at his friends.

"That was impressive kiddo, lemme get you some water." Vanessa smiled, fetching a glass of cool H20 to rehydrate the shrivelled little man.

Asta graciously took the glass, sipping between giggles. "Hah..... ehehe.... H-How long..... Did I last?"

Magna petted his hair, sympathetically. "That was eighteen minutes and forty-four seconds. Not beating us this time but, hey! At least you got a score higher than zero." He chuckled, prodding Asta's cheek.

The boy sighed. "I need to get better! Let's go again! Right now!" He moved to lie down again when Vanessa stopped him. "I don't think so, kid. You're tired enough as is now. Maybe another day. Right?" She asked, looking at Magna who nodded in agreement. They didn't want to burn him out completely.

Asta nodded, he was pretty tired after all that. He'd have to think of a way to strengthen his core maybe. Work on being able to turn off his tickle receptors as well as his pain ones then the time needed. As he sat thinking of how to improve, he found himself starting to doze, leaning back into the couch cushions.

This new tool that could be used against him and needed to be dealt with. After a long nap that is.

[loveable-sea-lemon]

i don't wanna take my mind off you

please take me home

and kiss me slow

and do anything you want to

run your hand through my hair

it's okay to be rough

i'm a little bit tougher

than all of your other girlfriends

...

[lovetransaction]

Hi Maggie, happy holidays! Is there a facet of J/D that you find under-explored in fic and/or meta that you think should get more airtime? Or, if rarely-explored, do you have any recs of works that really pull it (whatever it is) off well?

happy holidays I'm sporfling 😂ty for this ask <3

Okay so. I took a little time to think about this and although I do have a soft spot for the idea that although temperamentally and narratively John has much in common with Sam, to me it's likely that John and Dean share more when it comes to their sex lives/experiences. John also has a dad-hole a mile wide, and when he joined up underage at 17 with the Marines I'm pretty sure he sucked a lot of cock about it and most likely had some rough encounters, not just with his corpsmates but also officers and there was a shit-ton of power dynamics at play there.

So when it comes to him and Dean specifically, I think there's a lot of room to explore John not hitting all of the expected Daddy marks that are generally expected in that kind of pairing -- I do think he'd like hurting Dean, and knowing Dean's getting off on it, but that would go the other way as well. It's just it would take a bit for them to both get there because it's not what they'd fall into as the 'natural' way to be, ideas of masculinity etc etc. I also think Mary dommed him a lot because she's tougher than John is and because all that frustrated ex-Hunter energy had to go somewhere and where better than some pegging and sadism with her doting husband.

I'm absolutely Team Tandem Turning Tricks when it comes to J/D because I think it would (hah hah hah) make John feel like a better father if he's there while they're doing sexwork rather than sending Dean off to do it alone. Like yeah Dean's the bait, of course, but between the two of em I don't think they'd have much trouble selling themselves as a double act. Hell, they could probably get away with fucking each other while the trick watches, which is the optimum kind of job. John teaches Dean about roofies and how to hold his liquor and tells him "your mom showed me how to not cum until you're allowed to" and one of their acts they do is where Dean is daddy's little girl, that's real popular.

Unfortunately I don't have a lot of recs built up for this kind of thing but hopefully in the future as I keep reading people's fic I will!! It's possible i've read some that fit but my goldfish memory has done away with them so hey if anybody has recs of their own I will HAPPILY TAKE THEM <3 <3 <3

[zdlmlq]

I don't wanna take my mind off you

Please, take me home and kiss me slow

And do anything you want to

Run your hand through my hair

It's okay to be rough

I'm a little bit tougher

Than all of your other girlfriends

But you're not allowed

君島大空さんの秋に効くプレイリスト、たぶん私が一番聴いているのではないかと思う、あまりにもタイムリーだったのでそのタイミングも含めて本当に、いまとても効いています。うれしいな。

秋はダメだという申告を各所に毎年しているせいかみなさまの甘やかし方が尋常でなく、むいたくだものを口まで運んでくれていた人が飲み込めたかの確認でふたたび口をあけてきた時さすがに介護されているかと思いました。

「だってまりやさんいま何を食べたかわかってなかったでしょう」

今日は休日でした。夫が火曜から発熱していて隔離のため寝室に入らないようにしているんですが(お医者さまに診てもらったところいま流行中のウイルス性疾患の類にはどれもあてはまりませんでしたが、念のため)、倉庫の片隅にベッドを置いているような寝室よりはやや片付いた居間で眠る方が生活としては整うような気がしています。

私は誰かがいないとあまり眠れないと思っていたのですが、案外そうでもないかもしれません。

家族の体調が悪いのでなんとなく外出を避けていましたが(昨日はリキッドルーム行っちゃいましたけどね)、いたところであまりすることはないのが本当で、ただぼんやりしてました。

ぼんやりして、昨日のことを思い出していました。

私は演奏会場のすききらいがかなり激しくて、おそらく私が苦手だろう、と直感したところにはよほどの組み合わせでもない限り行かないようにしています(そもそも、苦手と直感したところでよほどの組み合わせが演奏されることもあまりありませんが)。しかし他ではずっと観ておくのが難しいかもしれない、と思える組み合わせであっても会場がよければ行ってみる、ということも起こり得ます。

七尾旅人さんは私にとって難しい人です。記憶している限り演奏はいつも私たちがこのくらいだろうと予想する時間よりも長く(私が初めて七尾さんの演奏を観に行った人の��を聞いた時、その人はとびきりうれしそうな顔で「長すぎて終電になっちゃった！」と言っていました。会場の沿線、そう遠くもない場所に住んでいたのに)、始まる前にも演奏中にも音の微調整をPAの方に指示していて、私は時々その様子にどきどきします。あの大きい目でじっ……とPAの方を見つめて何かを指示している様子は、率直に言うと(おそらくそう思わせる感情が伴った発言ではないと思うのですが)こわいことがあるのです。

でも確かにそれが必要だろうと思う、声もギターも耳を澄ませないと聴き取れないかと思うほど繊細な音から、殴られたのかと思うほど大きく伸びやかな音までが一曲に詰まっているので──その一曲が長いというのもありますが──なんというか、そのどちらも聴くためには細やかなサウンドチェックと同様にこちらも聴く場所や姿勢を切り替えるようなことが必要に思えます。

少なくとも私はそう感じています。

それはふと、ぼーっとしてしまうことでもあるし、席を移動したり、なんというか、故意に集中を止めてみるようなことでもあって、それが私にとってはあの人を聴く能動的な態度なのですが、側からみるとたぶんただ落ち着きのない観客です。

そういう意味で七尾旅人さんを観るのは難しいです。

でもリキッドルームにはなんというかそれでいいとしてくれる懐があるなと思います。階段に座ったり、カウンターに立ったりMCの間飲み物を頼んだりしながらすきに聴くことが許されている気がします。会場があそこでよかったな。

みたいなことを、考えていました

しなければいけない電話をしました。やらなければいけないこと全部やらなくてもいいんじゃないかな秋は、と思っていますが そうもいかないのが大人なのは理解しています。いくら甘やかしてくれる人びとが多くてもそれに頼りきるばかりでもいられない、

She has got you under lock and chain

Too late to let her down

So you're not allowed

私を甘やかしてくれる人たちに少しでも多くのしあわせがあるといいなと思います。

What a shame it would be if you left her now

Now

[magicalgirlmindcrank]

Okay so, my thoughts on brilliant diamond and shining pearl. Choosing a spot to start for something like this is a bit difficult especially since I don't wanna forget anything but overall? I liked them. I would still put them below platinum and sorely wish they incorporated more from platinum into BDSP but they are better then the original base games I think. To get really into it I think I'll start my statements in order of perceived controversy and go from there.

I think the stylistic approach to the overworld sprites is good, and never really understood why people ripped on it when ORAS and XY did basically the same thing. It does look a little goofy in some of the more serious moments but by and large I think this was a great choice for remaking the games as largely faithful recreations of the original experience. It lets them utilize a bit more of switches GPU without having to start over from scratch had they tried to make it more like SwSh design wise (the 'grid' is especially important due to PokeRadar too)

I absolutely adore that went back to giving you consumable TMs with the most powerful ones being singles and less powerful ones being given in batches. I believe choosing who gets the earthquake or stone edge TM is a wonderful decision to have to strategize around during runs and especially challenge runs like a nuzlocke. If you use your only EQ tm on a mon and it gets KO'd you're out more than just the mon.

Speaking of challenge, while most gyms recieved only moderate changes at best and only really to the moves (can't forget there's fairy types now either!) The buffs given to Cynthia are just DELIGHTFUL. I was a bit worried she would get mollified somehow and all those fears were assuaged as my lvl 60 average team just could not get through the sheer bulk she is packing. All of her Pokemon are the same (though spiritomb now has a weakness lol) but they recieved updated natures, IVs and EVs making them far far tougher. Giving her Garchomp rough skin was beautiful turning an already beastly Pokemon into a behemoth even though I still think she deserved to mega it. I highly anticipate the increased difficulty of the second league run.

Speaking of second runs, while they didn't add much to the nummy broth that is D/P they did add the ability to fight all the gym leaders a second time at Pokemon league levels which I've yet to actually do but it sounds delightful. The other of the few additions (namely hideaways and Wi-Fi in the underground allowing access to more pokemon, following Pokemon, the handful of qol updates that have come up in the years, HMs in the poketch and the few outfits you can buy) are all fairly delectable. I've yet to explore every inch of post game as I'm racing the clock on the platinum outfit deadline (more on this in a sec) trying to obtain a shiny starter but for the most part I'm fairly happy with the games as remakes

As for stuff that I'm not fond of well... Tbh the main thing is that they threw out basically all the cool shit platinum did, while they DID include a distortion world you don't do any exploration or puzzles there like in plat. You just fight shadow giratina-o and get the orb. Not only that but as a long time mystery dungeon fan I was earnestly expecting/hoping to see Primals return to the mons (well just Dialga technically) that they were introduced with and the disappointment of their exclusion stings- maybe Legends:Arceus will fix it but I'm not exactly holding my breath.

I suppose my conclusion on the remakes is they're perfectly fine and vastly enjoyable. Sinnoh was and is THE best designed region (just the way it tucks later game areas into early areas for exploration upon return, the way you pass through Mt Coronet three times, the way the mountain is a character in itself, the way it looms in the distance of just about every outdoors arena calling to you with it's promise of ancient mystery, the way you just progress through the region as whole is very satisfying) so it never needed a great deal of reworking to be good and it is a good game. I have like four new playthroughs planned already and I'm excited to do them! It's just... I can't help but think what could have been if the games been polished up to the degree ORAS was over original R/S you know? If they had kept just a bit more of the Platinum stuff. If they added something substantial story wise to the post game. If if if.

Were I to rank BDSP from what I've experienced so far I'd put them somewhere between 3rd and 5th place for main line games. platinum and HGSS taking the obvious spots at the top with SuMo and ORAS being the other contenders.

Oh almost forgot- the music remasters are absolute fire. Might come back to this post and amend it after I finally get through every bit of post game I can find but for now those are my thoughts on the remakes. Largely positive but it leaves me with a faint bitter taste of what could have been.