#its speculated a lot buy idk

[fandoms-of-erlik]

I was talking with my friend today and the topic came to tiktok trends and how some people are misled to believe they have certain illnesses/disorders and I jokingly said "haha yeah everyone I meet keeps asking me if I'm autistic" and she went on a rant about how nowadays autism is treated like something "quirky" and how she hates it and midway through me nodding along she said "not in your case tho I think you're autistic too"

[lowkeyrobin]

hi! how are u???

i was wondering if you could do mcyt x reader where they go to an amusement park? i don't realky know the specifics :P

it's totally fine if not!

also, could i please be 🦑 anon?

your writing is so good, btw :3

ooo okay I can try! ; and welcome 🦑! (I'm gonna consistently think this is an umbrella academy fan goodnight 💀) hope you enjoy your stay! ; and thank you, I appreciate it! <3

MCYT ; amusement park

includes ; tommyinnit, badlinu, maxggs, quackity & slimecicle

warnings ; language

disclaimers ; idk anything about amusement parks outside kennywood and disneyworld so probably using references and names here / may be mixed up cause I don't remember all the different places / pretend like it's in Europe for tommy, freddie & max and in america for Charlie & Quackity

masterlist

TOMMYINNIT

he's so fuckin scared of the rides with insane heights that go really fast

soooo many pictures

he will NOT be going on them unless it's to impress you (shout out university crush)

if there's any water rides he's forcing you on them 🗣🗣

he buys any snacks/food or little souvenirs you want lol

you both go home tired and lowkey sleep on the train and almost miss ur stop

you're probably vlogging too

"guys, Tommy's scared of the phantom"

"look at that fuckin thing! I'm not going on that, ill fly out!"

"true, you're a six foot twig"

"I swear to god, y/n..."

FREDDIE BADLINU

he's getting on most rides w you

he loves the swings lmao

you got a handful of pics but you're mostly living in the moment

dippin dots go crazy

you go on the little kids rides for shits and giggles and adults are looking at u like 🤨😒

yk on that Winnie the Pooh ride line there's the screens and it's like honey and u can draw on it temporarily? yall stood there for a solid 10 mins cause the long line drawing dicks and random stuff

ice cream!!!! it's so good

you make a tiktok

"wheres harry potter land??"

"....y/n were at disneyworld"

it's your mission to piss of Disney adults

MAXGGS

literally up for anything

he got you both silly sunglasses and you wore them around all day

you literally go on Kalis River Rapids twice because why not

you SPRINT for Tianas Bayou Adventure (I wanna go so bad to see this omfg)

he makes you re-ride the barnstormer like 5 times (me core)

you immediately go for the fast paced / thrilling rides like space mountain and tower of terror (ik these are different just pretend I can't remember many rides...)

then at the end of the day you do the safari ride / avatar ride / ykwim

so many cute pics and videos 💔 literally spammed ur Instagrams when u got back

ALEX QUACKITY

he does not wanna go on things like space mountain or thunder mountain bro

you make him get on them anyway unless he just genuinley doesn't want to, you'll go with a friend if there is another person with you / alone and he'll wait / vlog from a safe spot

you meet a lot of characters and get pics all day long & they were so nice 💔

"OMG Y/N ITS OLAF"

he nearly vomits after the teacups...

you go on the pirates of the caribbean ride and he tries to speak like sparrow the whole time in line

you get some little leather bracelets with each other's names on them at the end in the little store (I had one but idk where it is anymore I'm so mad)

he keeps saying "I'm not hungry" ans when u stop for food he literallt devours his ice cream and hot dog bro

"I thought u weren't hungry???"

"... I was waiting for u to want food"

CHARLIE SLIMECICLE

literally the funnest ever

he's getting on everything istg

yall chill in the swiss family tree house when u need a break from walking / grab a drink and go to the enchanted tiki room to escape the heat entirely

over food you speculate what they may add for the little villain land they're planning (holy shit so excited for this even tho I'm probably never gonna be able to go again)

haunted mansion went crazy 💀 trust the vlog is funny asf

"woahhh that ghost looks like me!"

"yeah if you were dead"

"wanna go to mickeys philharmagic after this?"

"that's across the park.."

"we can make it lol"

he's on it with the puns idek how

u want a souvenir of any kind? he's got u trust

[doctorweebmd]

I know the 8 years are jarring but I saw someone on Twitter point out that on page 11? Up top. When Deku says “ever since we started working” the photo shows him actively working as a hero with the rest of them. So what if 👀 he was a pro for a few years and then the suit only took 4 years or so to get made? Maybe I’m being delusional 🥹

hmmm i went to the official chapter to check what you were referring to! I honestly thought that looked like an action figure or a statue of the whole class or something because it looks like its on a podium?

idk with the placement of the panel of Izuku's hand with the last of the embers burning out imply that he lost OFA at the end of high school around graduation time, so i do honestly think its unlikely he worked as a pro for any time after school. though it WOULD have been weird for him to start out as a teacher at age 18 - I guess we can definitely speculate! Even Quirkless he's a really strong strategist so it would have been cool if he was working for one of the agencies his friends are at doing dispatch - like, he knows all the heroes that exist and which Quirks are best for certain situations!

i do appreciate that Horikoshi left a lot out and for speculation. i think we can all interpret it in a variety of ways!

i admit i'm in the vast minority that feels like the chapter was very bittersweet and that the eight-year gap is particularly painful. I feel like i interpreted in a way that Izuku was very much hurting and lonely but didn't want to tell anyone and make them feel bad. it gives me the feeling like he just smiled and supported everyone and pretended everything was fine.

like... EVERY SINGLE ONE of his friends went on to be a pro hero. Everyone except him. And he loves them and cheers them on and buys their merch and deep inside he feels a little jealous and then hates himself for feeling jealous, keeps telling himself that he was never meant to be a hero, so its okay - but also, is it?

and i'm sure they kept in touch, and tried to support him and cheer him on too, but, its like...if after high school, all of your friends go to the same college. except you. and sure, you'll talk and see each other, but they'll have jokes and teachers and classes to talk about, and you'll still feel a little left out, right?

i'm glad that he has a chance to live out his dream, and, honestly, better a little late than never! you're 100% right in the sense that, like, i for some reason didn't process that he probably didn't become a teacher immediately after graduating from high school, and can definitely have been doing hero or hero-adjacent things for a couple of years before becoming midoriya-sensei!

[scarred-serafina-fan]

Willa TV Project – Robert Beatty Books

I was avoiding posting about this until I saw something a little more official but it's a whole page on his official website so I guess that's as official as it gets

But basically they are finally adapting his books to the screen the company that he is teamed up is surprisingly entertainment one not disney who owns the rights also it's just willa that's being adapted not serafina for reasons I'm not very clear on

Anyways this whole thing is just odd even beyond the whole serafina is not being adapted they're straight cutting to book four of the series and disney doesn't seem to have much if anything to do with it

For a little context in the south within a certain vicinity of ashville (like reaching into other states) the serafina series was marketed HARD everyone knew about it and was supporting it this whole tv show deal tho has been very quiet I've only really seen rumblings of it from the far corners of the internet

They also said in that link above filming locations are not determined yet and this is just me speculating but it does not sound like they are planning on filming it in the smoky mountains again odd that whole area is pretty popular for film projects even hunger games filmed in the Appalachian Mountains so I hope they're gonna film there but idk again I haven't heard ANYTHING

But finally I want to talk about the group that's making it Entertainment One with Amy Adam's Bond Group Entertainment

Entertainment One is kinda interesting when I started looking into them they have things like Peppa Pig dungeons and dragons and insidious they apparently started as a music distributing company that made the switch to movie distribution a few years later and in 2016 a British tv broadcaster ITV plc offered to buy them out for $1.3 bill which they rejected because it was "fundamentally undervalued" the whole time they are pretty much acquiring different other smaller companies left and right and they have a large investment in Quibi I guess? But in mid 2019 Hasbro brought announced that they were apparently acquiring Entertainment one for $4 bill (according to Wikipedia) when hasbro obtained them tho it seems they started making plenty of cuts like laying 10% of it's film and television staff (again number is from Wikipedia) and many branches of the company were straight up closed and by 2022 has brought announced they were planning on selling the company to lionsgate but by the time deal closed last December Entertainment one had already closed its distributing branches in most countries including England and lionsgate bought their assets for $500 mill so safe to say is a dying company that probably won't even last long enough for this project to happen (they were also split into three different separate companies)

Amy Adam's Bond Group Entertainment on the other hand is interesting in a different way according to deadline the company will work mostly with best selling book ip yeah "WILL" seems like this company has not done a whole lot yet the company was only even first launched in 2019 deadline also lists off willa of the wood as one of the things they have in development yeah the show that has basically no buzz is named as one of the biggest things they have in development the company has also very obvious been relying on the name of Amy Adam's so far I mean there's a whole paragraph about her specifically in link to Robert beattys website above

Idk just seems like they have these two companies one that's standing on its last leg and another that's just starting and they're starting halfway through the series it's just odd I'm not letting my hopes up yet because honestly I'll just be happy if it ever even comes out I first heard about this thing a WHILE ago and it's been pretty quite so who knows

[decaydanceunredacted]

yay💞 trans ryan not!fic time. obligatory disclaimer this is not meant 2 be speculative at ALL or representative of all trans experiences etc etc its just for funzies hokay. i am crazy. but i am free

we'll do transguy ryan first. in my mind the timeline is that he starts seriously learning ab queerness sometime in high school, super burying himself online + in books all the time. tries to be a tomboy, butch, but it just doesnt rly work. so he tells spencer one summer, hey, i think im a guy. goes through senior year knowing but not telling anyone else, except for maybe a couple more friends, spencers mom. buys new clothes and keeps his hair short and his head down til the summer after graduation; doesnt even tell brendon hes trans once brendon joins the band, brendons just like alright cool youre a guy with a girly voice whatev. he does come out to him soon enough since they get pretty close but for the most part fully intends on keeping stealth, esp as the band gets bigger, bigger, and it seriously turns into a ticket outta there.

he doesnt manage to start taking t until around mid 2006 and the costumes + makeup help a lot a lot in dealing w heavy dysphoria+general discomfort around that time and with being perceived ssooo much so fast. he got top surgery around 07 and cabin era was yes in part to make a new album but also he spent it recovering. he was able to mellow out a lot in 07/08 in big part thanks to finally being comfortable in his own body. yay💖 idk if he'd ever come out publicly or stay stealth forever. maybe? anyway

tgirl ryan is a different story entirely. it starts sort of the same - finding blogs & books about queerness about halfway through high school, and it all resonates way too deep, too much. instead of coming out, she refuses to think about it and refuses to talk about it and refuses to let comments from the public, from the press, from her friends and bandmates and pete about could be pretty for a girl, and are you sure youre not gay? get to her. again, the makeup & the costumes are solace. bending and experimenting and maybe, sometimes, seeing herself in the mirror, and still being able to snap back into place: say see, dont worry, its just for show. and she doesnt really mean to ever let it slip but its 2007, theyre supposed to be making a new album but it sort of feels like theyre making a new -- something else entirely, and, well, theyre doing a lot of drugs. she asks, do you think im a girl? sort of vaguely, the ceiling is spinning and everyones quiet, too quiet, she almost thinks none of them are there and shes gonna sit up to see shes alone in her room, until jon says: i dont know, i think thats up to you. she sits up, and everyones looking at her. not judging; mostly just curious, confused.

ryan tells them, yes, she likes her name. it can be a girls name, right? she already chose it once. so they still call her ryan but they start calling her her in private, because, she says, hell no, shes not coming out to everyone. not any time soon, at least.

things are way easier, way more comfortable, just like that, for a while. being out to even just a select few is a big weight off; its easy enough to tune out everyone else. but as time goes on it becomes more and more obvious, its definitely not sustainable for the long term.

so the band falls apart. so its just her and jon. they do a couple shows and the venues are way smaller, the attention is dying down, and thats when she tells him, okay, i want to come out.

its just one interview, she tries to keep it lowkey, telling everyone in her immediate circle first and telling them yes, yes, please, call me a woman in public. dont make me do all the work.

so thats how it happens. its not easy, by any means, but she starts estrogen and lets her hair grow out and curl, smiles hard when jon refers to her easily, correctly on stage, in front of everyone, and so maybe its all worth it; to be comfortable like this, in her own skin. and maybe it pays off in ways she didnt even think of, too -- someone in the audience, one night, passing up a trans flag for her to put on the mic stand.

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[seldaryne]

haven't opened this game in a bit, been busy with school and final fantasy ghsjkasfh but i have to say, i'm looking forward to patch 7 being the end of the story changes. like, for better or worse, that's It, no more speculation, no more dreading what bad fan ideas larian execs will subject us to next, that's it. feels a bit like an exhalation over here lmfao. (maybe that's a bit dramatic fghjk but like i didn't Buy a beta or a live client product, it's a single player rpg. i might gripe about mmo changes but ultimately it makes more sense to me just by nature of the game itself. idk anyways.)

i'll most likely not go at it again til after the patch, not just bc i want to experience the final version but i also burned myself out on 5 back to back playthroughs LOL. been missing my girls though, they've been circling around now that i'm done with school and have less on my plate. nothing groundbreaking yet ofc, just little scenes & contextless snippets. but that's always the precursor to, yknow, actual Writing from me, can't wait to see what happens when something in me finally snaps and goes 'Oh Fuck you gotta write this fic NOW.' probably will also try to have the protagonist trio all at least cameo because i think that velrith, haelryne & ashlanna have the makings of a dramatic sitcom dynamic and i need it. im also craving platonic interactions between ashlanna and astarion. between the basic class of personalities and the whole dhampir vs. spawn thing, i just think it would be Messy but also real fucking good.

also heard we're getting some updated wyll interactions. probably won't be a Lot but i'm hoping i'll get something to build off of. haelryne runs into the issue some of my other initial ocs for games in the past have; yeah, she's the First character and technically the most canon because of it (if you want to call it that) but then she also ends up being one of the more quiet ones somehow. i would like to rectify that, she deserves it. velrith's plot points just kinda write themselves lmao but i'm not surprised, the inherent melancholy of the durge storyline & her as a person lend themselves really well to what i typically gravitate towards, & she does kind of fall into the focal role thanks to that but i'm at peace with it yk.

anyways! its late, this probably doesnt read super coherently, but it felt like it was something that needed to be said

[padded-daydreams]

I think what the anon that said they were afraid of buying from Little for big means was that since the company has items that are not safe for kids they are afraid to buy from them. I think that's what they meant.

I mean if that is the issue (again, we don't know since the anon did not specify) then I don't really know what to say. I'm going to do some speculation, and address some concerns that I have seen in general online.

Most adult diaper brands are going to cater to a more "adult" and less "safe for work" audience. Adults who buy diapers for fetish purposes far outnumber those who buy diapers purely for safe for work reasons. A lot of people who make and sell these products are involved in these things themselves, and you know what, that's a good thing.

I agree that it can make some people uncomfortable to buy from websites that directly advertise more traditional fetish gear alongside diapers, but it is just something that is going to happen. There are some brands without any explicitly kink-related products, but some are also going to sell those. If you just want the adult diapers for your regression, that is fine. However, you cannot stop the very large adult kink community from existing. Not that you should, anyways. Kink stems from trauma, and there's no shame in adults incorporating the comfort of diapers into whatever adult activities they are getting up to.

In general, products having a wider audience is almost always a good thing. Due to so many different groups of people seeking out adult diapers, this leads to more variety and more options. This leads to easier accessibility and access to these products. One random example is the snuggie (a wearable blanket). Originally intended for people in wheelchairs, this product got very popular among people who didn't necessarily "need" it, resulting in more competition between similar products being made. This drove the price down, and resulted in more options and better quality products. I have talked to individuals online who are incontinent, and have been able to get diapers with better quality designs and cuter aesthetics covered by insurance. This is due to diaper brands such as NorthShore for example catering to a more adult audience, and trying to make high quality diapers for more people. (Side note, I have worn MegaMax before. Not a favorite, but I don't really have any complaints.)

All that being said, Little for Big is a brand that heavily caters to the DDLG community, which on its own, that is fine. It is part of the larger community of people who enjoy wearing adult diapers. My problems with that company more have to do with scandals involving transphobia, hiring underaged models, harassing models, and generally the owners seem to not care about people who buy their products and are the definition of "in it for the money" and trying to cash in on a trend.

I don't think that a website advertising to the kink community on its own should be a reason to avoid them because if you did that, you would be left with virtually no diapers other than plain white medical ones. Adults deep in the kink community are responsible for so many great products. You know what happens when you have adults who dedicate their time and money to making props and other things to comfort themselves (and others if they sell them)? You get custom-built cribs made for adults to fit in. You get countless diaper designs all over the internet. There are suer thick and comfy diapers which are 7000ml and 8000ml because someone with a fetish wanted to see how thick they could make a diaper (disclaimer- idk the exact intentions behind every design but yeah). There are props that you can buy for pretty much anything. Sure, plenty of them may be doing it for purely SFW purposes, but I don't think that it matters what they are doing. What matters is what you are doing. If the tools to make you comfortable are some diapers on a website that's also got paddles or locked clothing, or whatever, then go ahead and buy them. Its not 'dirty' and there's nothing wrong with it. You're buying something for you to use how you want, and make you comfortable. If someone else is using that same thing for something else? What does it really matter.

[lili-sideblog]

Ngl Im the type of person who prefer reading than watching stuff so I tend to only have one show to watch at a certain time and focus a lot of attention to it but I can finish reading a lot more during that time.

I'm trying right now to challenge myself to watch multiple asian bl shows at once and trying out past BL that I havent managed to watch because there are a lot of them right now, which is a good thing because competition mean producers trying for more quality BL to compete with others. And I'm fighting the urge to play them on at least 1.5x speed to hurry things along and I have a hard time getting attached to all the stories I've tried.

Currently, what the shows I am into are:

"The Director Who Buys me Dinner" because I like supernatural stuff in mundane setting and I like the mystery behind their past life and the nature of the curse. Speculating is fun.

"My School President" because its cute and with such a simple storyline of highschool romance and cliche tropes, they actually manage to make them work with enough nuance and self awareness of their kind of genre. I enjoyed the musical performances each episode. And its like the kind of show where I just can turn my brain off and just enjoy it but its not actually stupid to get me annoyed by it.

I'm still on the fence with Candy Color Paradox tbh because I've read the manga and its the type of story where I prefer the part when they already got together and navigating their relationship than the part of them falling for each other so I'm waiting for the show to actually get to that part if they actually would. And there are certain scenes that makes me question why they choose to do it like that because it has stupid moments. The manga creator behind it is one of the BL manga-ka that I like though so I feel the need to stick with it for now.

And I realized all of them are from diff countries, should I try a Taiwanese BL too? Some of their shows used to be my favorites in the past. But idk if I have enough time and energy to be able to be focus on another show because as I said I now have a hard time getting into another one while trying them.

[justkaat]

19.8.24 | entry #1

oh gosh, i’ve been having a migraine on the left side of my head for a few weeks now and i have no idea from what it could be from. is it my depression? my lack of sleep? maybe i’m dehydrated, the temperature did rise quite a lot these past few days but the amount of water i drink didn’t augment. i should fix that. it could also be my anxiety, i’ve been so stressed about college this summer, i need to send an email to the secretary and ask for a meeting to know if they’ll accept me redoing my year again or not. i’ll have to lay down all of my personal problems and why i couldn’t attend any classes for two years and they’ll decide if i’m worthy of another chance or not. it’s going to be so humiliating and there’s high chances they won’t accept me and i’ll be quite literally lost. oh my God, just talking about it makes me want to throw up lol. i get this feeling in my stomach every time i think about it, it’s like someone is dropping a massive rock in a well. whatever. oh it could also be my periods, i’m supposed to have them next week. maybe it’s my eating schedule too, it’s been quite messy since my sleeping schedule itself is messy, i eat at random hours and sometimes just completely forget to eat. it’s very stupid but i’ve been craving a sandwich these past few days. sandwiches, pizzas, burgers,,, idk i just need to eat and i’ve been thinking about going out and buying my own groceries but i’m too lazy to get out of the house. i’m not going to lie, the new trend of being skinny on tik tok is definitely impacting me, whether i like it or not. i know it’s wrong but seeing so many skinny girls starving themselves and saying that they’re happier than ever is influencing me and it’s terrible. every time i eat i think about them and i feel guilty. it’s so easy to say that we shouldn’t listen to the girlies on edtwt or that we should just eat what we want and love our bodies but it’s so much more complicated to actually do it yk? i could talk about this for so long.

i’m speculating about what could cause my migraine but the most evident answer would be that it’s because of my anemia. the migraine always starts when i stand up or move too fast.

i need to eat better, and to eat better i need to sleep better, and to sleep better a need to stress less, and to stress less well, i don’t know what i have to do so i’m stuck. everything is a cycle. its ouroboros all over lol

[ooglywooglies]

was watching a video yesterday about the wandering son

the girl presenting the video was talking about the different experiences of the little trans boy and the little trans girl growing up and about how the little trans boy had less push back when it came to his boyish interests than the trans girl with her girly interests and how trans boys must then have an easier time presenting as masculine/"fitting into the tomboy space"

and it sort of made me feel annoyed and i talked with my husband about it (hes cis if that matters) and we came to the conclusion that trans boys showing interest in boy hobbies DO get push back, it just doesnt come in the form of getting scolded, its more passive

like when i was a kid one of my big gender memories is one time i was having christmas at my aunts house and she had girl and boy presents prepared, the boy presents were legos which i wanted i loved legos but no one was ever willing to buy them for me and the girl present... was hair clips... not even a toy and i complained about it because even if i wasnt a little trans boy i dont think that was very fair and everyone brushed me off

i think a lot of having boy interests as a little trans boy gets push back in the form of just straight up being ignored and that probably applies to a lot of aspects of the experiences of being a trans man

im kind of a general kid of neglect so i have a LOT of experience with being ignored in a LOT of different ways from vital figures and i of course have struggled with the "its not real abuse because its not physically violent" sort of thing

obviously ive been thinking about this bc something about a "transandrophobia" post is apparently floating around (idk which one it is specifically) and i mostly think the term is silly and unnecessary i feel like it was obvious that trans men and women have different experiences and most people know that, but while i dont think it needs a name (especially a dumb one like that) i hope most people dont also think that trans men inherently have a better time with being trans just because they dont have the same problems as trans women

i dont see much about the "transmasc community" if such a thing even exists bc like i was saying in another post i mostly seem to surround myself with transfems, but from my perspective there must be some kind of constant tension between the two groups, i guess i ought not to speculate why that is because i dont know shit but i FEEL like theres some kind of misunderstanding from both parties at the root

[theeeveetamer]

After reading a bunch of Leokumi and then going back to the canon of the game, lowkey I kind of want to just improve on the world building. I'm lowkey tempted to go through all the canon material and then build on it better.

Like one of the things that I noticed was that Leokumi has to deal with a lot of politics since they're trying to make peace between their nations but at least for me I find it hard to write that if there's not enough world building?

Idk I feel like if we all had a lot more lore/story to work with, we'd get more indepth plots and stories. Idk if anyone would read it though besides me or if there's even anywhere good to post it. Lowkey was inspired cause I saw that one person on here rewriting the dialogue for Fates and like omg what an improvement.

Anyways I feel like your one of the people still around in this ship that might care, thank you for listening to my ramblings

-N

Hey! No problem, I love asks!

Okay, I'm gonna talk about two things here real quick, commentary on Fates' worldbuilding in general, and then my opinion on your worldbuilding project:

See, for me the worldbuilding of Fates is fine. Maybe that's just my kneejerk reaction to nearly a decade of people criticizing the game in wildly bad faith ways (not that I'm accusing you of that, I'm not, but I'm sure you can think of examples of what I mean. The "Doesn't have a continent name? 0/10 unplayable trash" types of criticisms)

Worldbuilding details can be important, but the most important part, the goal of worldbuilding, is to create an interesting setting and dynamic universe for the characters to inhabit. All of the detail in the world won't save a boring world, and world can be extremely engaging without necessarily having a ton of excess details. I think Fates has the "interesting world" aspect in spades, but it's just not as explicitly detailed as some would like.

Each nation has its own character and problems and we know how they interact and where they stand with each other, which is pretty ripe for building interesting conflict. There's a lot you can glean from knowing Nohr is an imperialist nation with few resources, and from seeing the dark skies and poisonous swamps and lightning flashing and people literally living underground... but knowing the name of the continent is fluff that doesn't tell you much of anything, in reality (and I could write up a whole rant about the stupid continent name criticism but I'll refrain unless someone wants to hear it)

In some ways, I think that lack of explicit detail makes it more fun to play with in a transformative sense, because it gives you a lot of freedom in writing

To use your example, how would one achieve peace between Nohr and Hoshido? Well, Nohr clearly envies Hoshido's land for its ability to produce food. Could you improve relations by setting up new trade routes? Lowering tariffs on Hoshidan goods? Working out a deal to make Hoshidan food products cheaper to buy in Nohr somehow? Does Hoshido have more advanced farming techniques, and could those be used in Nohr to increase their crop yields? Is banditry preventing Hoshidan merchants from trading in Nohr (actually you don't even have to make that up, we know that happens because that's how Oboro's parents died)? Could you do a combination of those solutions? All of these are issues that would need to be solved through politics and cooperation. Who is going to scout the trade routes, keep the caravans safe, build the bridges across the canyon, teach the Nohrians the farming techniques, etc.? All things that would be decided by the political leaders. The game doesn't give you specifics, but it gives you a starting point. So you could choose whichever option you think would be best for the story you're trying to tell

So all this to say that I think your worldbuilding project would be really interesting! This game allows a lot of room for that kind of speculation, and I'm sure there's people out there who would be interested in it. If nothing else, it would definitely be your own unique take on the game

My only advice (well, for now, since I don't know the details of what aspects of the worldbuilding you want to improve) is to know where to put the detail. A very detailed background element might be interesting, but if it has no bearing on anything then it's just pointless fluff. E.g. knowing the name of Xander's great great great grandfather wouldn't really impact anything... but knowing the exact number of siblings he killed in the Concubine Wars might be extremely helpful in fleshing out his backstory as well as the story of Nohr as a whole.

As for where to post it, I believe Ao3 would allow that kind of content? It's primarily a fic website, but actually anything fannish is within their ToS to post so long as it's "non-ephemeral" (AKA not stuff like journal entries or blog posts), non-commercialized (you aren't making money off of it), and not infringing upon copyright.

[cherrycuppacoups]

[ DANCEOLOGY ]

SYNOPSIS; rumours about y/n dating mingyu got dino jealous as they were seen to be together at a parking lot, but little did he know the danceology vid that he shot together with y/n caught fans attention, as fans caught something in the video that y/n and dino didn't realize it might give away that the both of them are in a relationship

GENRE/ WARNINGS; oneshot,mostly fluff, idol!dino x idol!afabreader, there might a slight typos

TAGLIST; @honeyhuii

A/N; sorry ik it been a long time since i posted about the idea, up until now only i have the strength and will to write/type this hehe i hope yall enjoy as this is my first fic >< oh and @honeyhuii hii!! i saw your reply that you wanted to be in the taglist ngehehe sorry i couldn't reply to you cause idk why i can't reply ㅠ ㅠ im still new in this ㅠ ㅠ

DISCLAIMER!!; all in this story is based on my own ideas and if you see someone reposting and translating this fic without my permission do let me know tysm🫶🏻☁️

"GALACTIX Y/N WAS SEEN WITH SEVENTEEN MINGYU IN A PARKING LOT OF "L" DEPARTMENT STORE COULD IT BE THE BOTH OF THEM ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP?"

you read through the article and laugh along with seventeen members and your members as all of you know that the rumour is not true and you are currently dating dino secretly. The day that you and mingyu were seen in the parking lot was when both of you lost from playing games and need to buy some groceries and coffees for the other members as a penalty.

however the speculations of y/n dating mingyu did not die down as y/n's fancam of galactix performing call call call! in Japan is spreading like wild fires on the internet saying that she made a legendary fancam just like mingyu's summer sonic fancam making the fans shipping both them calling them the legendary fancam couple and whats making it more convincing is y/n is taking mingyu's part.

few days after the rumours are still circling around all of you are hanging out in the studio, you noticed that dino was not being his usual self and participating less in the conversations as if he was it deep thoughts.you assumed that he might get bothered because of the rumour as he quite insecure with himself by not being enough lately and he didn't really wanna show that he is lowkey jealous as he might get teased by his hyungs which is a hassle for him and might add to his stress.

so you drag him out if the studio saying you need a coffee break with dino to recharge. after dragging him far enough from the studio, you asked

"chan is there something bothering you?"

"huh? what do you mean? i'm great"

"no. you seem quiet than usual, its the rumour isn't it ?"

"nah i'm just tired from practicing no worries"

"don't lie chan i know its the rumour that is bothering you, why else would you be bothered by some tiredness as i know you nailed your routine during practice and you have endless stamina when it comes to dancing and practicing"

"sighs" "you know me too well bubs, yes it is the rumours i know mingyu hyung wouldn't take you from me but i'm worried you might left me for mingyu hyung cause he is taller than me, has nice and fitter body than me, he's handsome and i'm just me just dino nothing more"

"nu-uh not a word dinosaur you're perfect for me i'm pretty sure you knew that,and what is "just dino" excuse you ? the dino i knew is awesome asf, talented especially dancing he always makes me happy and thats whats important to me okie bubs? oh and one more thing why would i ever leave you for mingyu when i can just date him in the first place right ? i will always love you bubs no matter what people say and rumours out there okie are we clear now ?"

"okay love i love you too"

"now now heads up let's get some coffee and get back to continue our plans for our danceology vid"

After a few days of the uproar the legendary fancam couple Pledis denied the rumours and stating that y/n and mingyu are only great friends nothing more as it was getting out of control.

dino finally can breath easily after Pledis releasing the statement and he is really excited as the danceology video that he has been planning with y/n is finally up agter months of preparing. Both of them decided to publish it after few days of the statement being released to calm the tension down. His first ever content with his bubs ><

[A/N]; pic is not mine as it was taken from a yt vid of LJ Dance video and the song is choice is from dino's dance vid with the backup dancer

You and dino's danceology vids blew up after a few days of release and it is at 5M views as the fans were really excited of your collab because both of you are main dancers for your group. Some fans are happy of the collab and excited for some new collabs since your group have been hanging out alot with SEVENTEEN lately but there some fans that is also unhappy with your interaction as it feels like your group is using SEVENTEEN to get fame and attention. But that didn't stop you from getting excited and happy about first collab content with your boyfriend.

"CHAN CHAN CHAN WE'RE NEARLY AT 6M VIEWS BEIDKWKWOWJS GAH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT"

"calm down bubs and yes we're nearly at 6M views our first content together is a hit!"

Dino was trying calm his nerves as he himself is excited as well but trying to maintain his cool image to you and failed as he runs to hug you tightly🤣 (a/n; channie love you are cute af ㅠㅠ)

2 weeks after the release of the danceology vid the behind the scenes video was release on SEVENTEEN's channel which is Inside Seventeen. Fans love both of your chemistry and interaction as it was natural and not forced and started shipping both of you claiming that both you are cute as a couple and talented dancers.

The idea of both you got shipped together got dino on cloud nine and you have nothing against it as you are equally happy as he is seing that fans shipped you both meaning they technically approved your relationships.

Both of your groups were shocked when the article was released because all of you were pretty sure there is nothing suspicious and odd happens in both of the danceology video and also the inside seventeen video that would giveaway your relationship. But soon the it was leaked that your necklace with a ring as a pendant was seen in the video and the ring was the same as dino's ring that always wear on his middle finger.

Fans started to realized that your photos on twitter and instagram with dino's were almost identical but were posted in different time

Both fandoms are in ecstasy as both of the groups main dancer are dating and what makes it more exciting they have their own dance collab which is basically the danceology video. Fans were so convinced and starting bombarding both of you and dino's instagram comment section of congratulating both of you without even waiting for a statement from both of your agency.

You and Dino were actually in shocked cause both of you didn't even plan to reveal your relationship as both of think it is too early and you want to keep it lowkey. Of course both of you got some earful lecture of being careless but both party are in a win win situation your relationship is being loved by the fans and the agency received lots of offer for both of you to be models and ambassadors of brands.

"i really didn't expect our relationship would be known to the world this way bubs"

"me either HAAHA oh well as long as we're loved and safe from harm that is all i need. oh! does this mean i can post you whenever i want?"

"Of course bubs! i love how we don't have to be a secret anymore!! It's great to be on luck side i love you chan"

"I love you too bubs"

with that you end your day expecting for another hit on your danceology video with Dino but instead you're ending your day with an instagram of Dino sleeping and thanking fans for the wishes.

A/N; thats all for my first dino fic!!! gahhh finallyy i think the storyline is kinda meh and rushed but i hope yall will like it >< please tell me if there is something i can and need to improve! stay tuned for more fics!!

[orcelito]

i just rly wanna play botw. im literally so close to finishing it. all the shrines, all the memories. i found the remaining 6 side quests for me to do, and im gonna be doing them soon-ish. ive explored the majority of hyrule castle (and even climbed on top of the tallest spire!! that was so satisfying, i could see basically the entire fucking map, it was amazing), and . i already decided im not gonna bother trying to find all of the koroks lol so once i finish these 6 sidequests, i can basically just.......... go for it

but school and work are getting in the fuckin way >:|

[the-empress-7]

I tried to read the daily mail recap as neutral as possible but the bullshit is just too much. Sure, soap commercial blah blah yawn. Lets say i also buy the "she didnt face any setbacks about being *ambitious* *cough* bullying* cough* until dating Hazmat" (only because she didnt pick a career where being an 'ambitious woman' would matter. Thats just how everyone in hollywood is. Try getting into neurosurgery and we will talk).

But just the fire thing is driving me crazy. How many times Catherine had to cancel something because of pregnancy and/or child related issues.(wasnt a lot of times but we have examples) Especially in those early months nobody bats an eye. And Harry was there, i dont think anybody would protest if she said Harry should go to the engagement i would like to stay with my baby. Youre not the Queen meeting world leaders that they had to pull you away from your baby tooth and nail. ALSO if you were so shaken why full glam and outfit change? Sit with your child until the last minute, idk maybe change the dress because it takes 1 minute to take it off and put another one on because you got sweaty maybe, i give you that, but did you really need hair&makeup?

And last point, lots of children go tru these things, parents dont drop their lives because of that. I apperantly flew down a flight of stairs and hit the wall in a stroller just a few months old, at age 4 my hair caught on fire (because i bent over a candle too much), multiple times ive been caught climbing to places i can fatally fall from. My mom still went to work because i was fine, even tho she was very scared. Maybe called home a few more times that day. Theres thousands of kids getting treated for cancer right now, some terminally ill, i bet you their parents have to go to work. Its just ugh, so many things so wrong about that small snippet, it annoys me so much.

Im also speculating that after the podcast and barely letting Serena speak, Serena was annoyed and didnt feel like playing to Vogue anymore. You have a legend like Serena to interview and youre still talking about yourself. I wonder what the listener numbers will be around episodes 4-5, when the curiosity listeners get bored and stop listening.

I hear you and yes she has no appreciation for the fact that being a parent is not a get out of jail free card when it comes your responsibilities at work.

[crimsonophelia]

hello there! i’m the one who liked your zhongli and adeptus reader a lot! so i saw that your requests are open and i’m wondering about how you’ll take xiao with god!reader who was sealed by rex lapis and kind of has a past with xiao? now reader’s seal is broken and xiao finds out, but reader wants to live a normal mortal life. it’s your choice if reader was bad or not but idk this has been on my mind for quite a bit. i hope it’s not pressuring to write about feel free to alter if you want to heheh thanks so much have a great day! -🎐

featuring: xiao x reader

warnings: a little angst, slight mention of death/grief, typos

published: june 2, 2021

form: imagine

a/n: hello anon! thank you for requesting me, and i'm glad you liked the zhongli imagine <3 sorry for the wait on this request, i’ve been a little busy this weekend but hopefully you like it! 

Your eyes flew open for the first time in what felt like forever. The light filtered through your eyelashes, blinding you after what felt like an eternity of darkness. Cold and solid, that’s what you remembered. Frozen for centuries, not being able to move, yet conscious of all the time slipping past you. That was how you had spent the past 300 years: transfigured into a jade image of the beautiful body you once were, godly power frozen in time, encased in jade. 

Was it resentment that you felt? Well, not quite--too much time had passed for you to hold on to the terrible bitterness you once harbored toward the Geo Archon and his cruelty. Whatever you had done to anger him three centuries ago certainly did not warrant eternal imprisonment. Rex Lapis certainly loved to glorify his contracts and his idea of fairness, but as soon as you put up a sign of opposition, you were locked away, like a defiant child. All you had called for was a liberation of the people of Liyue, of those who no longer wished to live under the fear of a monarchical god like the Geo Archon, and his guard of yakshas. 

The people of Liyue were self-sufficient and intelligent--they had developed an economy amongst themselves, buying and selling precious stones (like jade, your patron element), and you had faith in their potential. Much to Rex Lapis’s dismay, you amassed a great following among the elite members of Liyue society, those who theorized about freedom and order. The Archon believed you a threat to his supremacy, and along with the yakshas, sealed you away. 

You still remember that day very clearly, as if it was yesterday. The years of darkness had warped your sense of time, you speculated. The sky was dark, obscured with clouds of ash. Rex Lapis, in a fit of righteous rage like you had never seen him. The yakshas, surrounding you with their intense yang power, sending you lower and lower, plummetting to the earth. And among them, Xiao. The one who had always been more sympathetic towards you and your ambitions, perhaps the reason being his own past of suffering neglect. 

As you fell towards the earth, the spears of the Archon and the yakshas inches away from piercing your flesh body, your eyes met with those of the yaksha Xiao. He was crying, the silly boy. A part of you regretted reciprocating his compassion, letting his initial sympathy develop into kindness, and kindness into something more. Yet another part of you was grateful, grateful for the time you and Xiao had spent together in the earthly realm. The hours in darkness, hidden from the gaze of both the gods and the mortals, that afforded the two of you vulnerability and the opportunity to be human. But now, as that was all coming to an end, you took your last moments of clarity to whisper a silent “thank you” to the kind, delicate boy. 

Then all you remembered was a piercing darkness, and a heavy weight taking over your body. However, centuries later, you felt the descent of a great power from the heavens, and the glow of its power dimming, until it was extinguished. Rex Lapis had retired himself, it seemed. Now, for you, there was nothing but light. And with light, came renewal, and opportunity. The years in captivity and being sealed in stone had eroded at your rage, wearing you down gradually, until you had woken up, today, centuries later, an urge within you to shed your past, to remake your reality. 

*****

Xiao had taken up residence at the Wangshu Inn a few weeks ago, after detecting an increase in strong yang energy in the area. He came to the Guili Plains to investigate the potential source of the divine energy--he hadn’t felt a degree of power nearly this intense since the day Rex Lapis descended from the sky and became what he now knew as the civilian, Mr. Zhongli. The Wangshu Inn was near enough to where the power seemed to be emanating from, so he decided it was best to spend the night at the inn before he set out again in the morning to continue his investigation. Perhaps if the Traveler showed up again, he may be of some help as well. 

The yaksha checked in with Verr at the front desk of the inn, her already being accustomed to keeping Xiao’s stays at the inn inconspicuous and hidden from the suspicion of the other patrons. He couldn’t have the mortals knowing a yaksha, along with his immense, dark, karmic energy, was staying amongst them--it would attract too many bad actors. 

Silently, Xiao trudged his way up the steps of the inn to the uppermost floor, with the most privacy and best view of the grassy plains beneath him, nobody around to sully the beauty of it all. In solitude was how Xiao live, how he worked, and how he rested. Centuries ago, before he had lost his fellow brethren, was perhaps the last time he had experienced something other than solitude. Was it love? Perhaps, but Xiao did not like to admit to such silly frivolities after the fact. Everything good in the life of a yaksha would inevitably come to an end, and it always does best not to dwell on anything--the good, or the bad. 

Reaching the top of the inn, Xiao leaned up against the worn wooden railing, casting his watchful gaze across the landscape, vigilantly searching for any movement. Nothing escaped the vicious yaksha’s surveillance. 

Yet, with a sudden gust of cool, uninhibited breeze, came the scent of stone and ore, of something old that reminded Xiao of generations long past, of a life that had long since been lived. It was also the same inkling of energy Xiao had felt just days past that aroused his suspicion, sending him to the plains to seek the source of the strange emergence. It was neither benign nor malevolent--no, it was too old to be understood by such mortal terms of morality. Xiao trembled in its wake. It felt all too familiar, and it was getting closer.

Brandishing his jaded spear, gusts of wind whipping up by his feet, at the ready, the yaksha readied himself on the defensive. Little by little, the scent grew stronger. Xiao could sense the presence unhurriedly approaching by the steps of the inn, clearly looking for him. It was now overwhelming, an earthy balsam overwhelming all his senses, its familiarity driving him mad--he could not name it. That was until, he saw you. You climbed up the last flight of steps to see Xiao, poised and at the ready, like the righteous warrior he had been conditioned to be, looking at you with an unwarranted wrath, and then, fear. It was a fear that you had broken the seal and had come back to overturn the order of Liyue, once again, a fear that you were not really you, and rather a mirage that would disappear as soon as he reached out to touch you. A fear that if you really had come back, that you would leave once more. 

“Xiao”, he heard you breathe.

The spear slipped past his fingers and fell with a dull clatter against the floor. Xiao, for the first time in his long, long life, didn’t know what to do.

“Xiao”, you repeated his name again, hurrying towards him. “Xiao, it’s me-”

“Stay back”, the yaksha barked out the command. He saw you jump out of shock, or was it fear? “Stay back... don’t come any closer.” He wasn’t able to mask the tremble in his words. It was you. He refused to believe it. Things were so much simpler, simply accepting that you were gone--Xiao had moved on, proceeded with his duties and his life; he had finally locked you securely in his past. The life of a yaksha was one of subservience and dedication, meaning there was no room for love or death. Yet somehow, you had freed yourselves from his chains, and come back into his life, brashly and unforgivingly, and for that, he resented you. 

You stumbled, reaching out for the smaller boy. There was a pained look in your eyes, resembling the look you held the last time he had seen you. His last memories of you was your figure plummeting towards the earth, finally accepting your fate, feeling his tears rolled off his cheeks and into the sky, sealing the only person who had ever seen him as more than a tortured dog and loved him as a mortal would into the ground for eternity. Your hands took hold his own, and he let them. “Xiao”, you said, gently. “I wanted to see you again.”

Moments passed as he sifted through the storm in his brain to try and discern what he could possibly say to you. “Why? Why did you come looking for me?”

You told him of everything you had experienced: your last memories of life three centuries ago, the time you had spent sealed away, the memories from when the both of you were still young and ambitious, hungry for validation, and your current desires. Your desires to live, and not just as some deity floating above the clouds, but rather, among the people, as a human. You yearned to experience the griefs, the joys, and the love that mortals experience. 

“Please”, you began, “all I ask is forgiveness. I do not wish to be a burden upon you any longer.” Xiao looked at you incredulously. “[y/n]”, he tightened his hand’s grip upon yours. “You were never a burden.” The boy words were few, but were always in earnest. 

He looked up at you, relishing in your familiar grasp, the one that provided him warmth all those years ago when he desperately needed it the most. 

“If you would be so kind”, your words unconsciously drawing the yaksha to you, “I would like to share my life with you. If you don’t mind, that is.” Xiao relished in the prospects of your proposal. No more solitude, no more cold nights alone, with only his karmic debt to keep him alive. It would be like the old days again--sneaking out to the gardens, whispering stories and legends into the others’ ear, lying by the pond under the moonlight, like children. “Please”, Xiao replied. “I think I would like that very much.”

You were filled with the hope of a new beginning. Leaning in, you pulled Xiao towards you by his hands, drawing his small, lithe body into your own, and pressed your lips against his. He accepted it gratefully, a gift from you, a new memory that would be kept as a treasure. Xiao’s lips were light and delicate, just like how you remembered them, and you savored the taste of him, like water in the midst of a drought. Despite his age, he seemed to be just as inexperienced as he was three centuries ago, when you had first known the curve of his lips against your own. Eventually, you pulled away, neither of you needy for more, now knowing that you had the rest of your lives to spend with one another, with plenty of time for thousands of more kisses. And for the first time in what felt like forever, Xiao thought he knew what love was again. Assuredly, he uttered, “Thank you.”

a/n: i hope you like this anon! i am kinda sleep deprived so i’m sorry if the ending feels a bit rushed, but i do think kissing xiao could literally solve all my problems in life so here ya go~

[everythingsinred]

i just saw that post you reblogged a few days ago, the one that was like “Send me a character and a number and I’ll tell you my headcanons for..” and just.

is it too much to ask for all of them for natsume 😅😅😅😳😳😳 or if that’s too much just whatever ones you feel like doing, i just love what you have to say about him

thank u for sending this to me :,) it means a lot. yes i can attempt to do all of them bc this kid has been on my mind for more than a decade now <3

theres a read more bc this is long :) i hope the answers are satisfactory

1) Something this character is truly proud of. this is hard to say bc he lives for other people. he'd be outwardly very proud of ruka, mikan, and aoi for their achievements and for having such amazing loved ones but i think eventually, after some working on himself he might recognize his own deeds and be proud of himself (or at least... thats what i want for him)

2) Who they want to please the most. also hard to say hhhHHHH bc although he definitely has a martyr complex i dont really consider him a people pleaser. ig in some ways, same answer as above (aoi, mikan, and ruka). i think in the future when he and mikan are dating he'd be a very annoying and doting boyfriend.

3) Who depends on them. bc of his martyr complex, plenty of people. more or less same answer. although its not bad for people to depend on each other, i think it would be good if in the future natsume could work on himself and not take on everything for everyone bc its not healthy for anyone involved.

4) What they would do if they had one month to live. i feel like he's perpetually in this situation bc of his alice shape lmao. he knows, especially before mikan inserts her alice stone into him, that he has very little time left before he croaks. if we were to say this is in the future and all the previous obstacles that held him back before were removed, i think he'd just wanna spend as much time with his loved ones as he can, but he wouldn't tell them what's happening (assuming he knows he only has a month left). i mean he already monopolizes mikan in kageki so he would just double down on that i think.

5) A cherished personal belonging. well he doesnt have the alice stones from mikan anymore, but the promise ring that replaced them would probably be his new precious belonging. i also think that the hourglass ruka gifted to him for his birthday would be another cherished belonging.

6) Something they lost, but would love to have back. in an abstract way, id say the four years that he and mikan were separated. in kageki he can see aoi pretty frequently, and im assuming communications have been somewhat laxed so he can talk to his dad sometimes??? (i fucking hope or im gonna have to throw hands with the principals) all in all i just think he'd try not to regret many things and instead just take advantage of the time he has left bc he's been on the brink of death for like half his life.

7) This character’s favorite character. he loves manga so its probably a manga character. hes read some crazy stuff from what we can see, anything from shoujo to shounen, sanrio catalogs to yaoi (insane that he just reads all this shit in the middle of class without any shame whatsoever). i cant really speculate what kind of manga he'd enjoy from that, or what characters, but i think he would DISLIKE characters like himself. he'd understand them, but he wouldn't enjoy them. he'd like happier, more cheerful characters that remind him of his loved ones. i think, especially in lonelier times, that he would find comfort in them.

8) What kind of car they would drive. outside the academy, natsume grew up poor, but inside the academy he got a pretty hefty allowance. idk if that really adds up irl, or if he's been saving properly, but maybe he'd have enough to buy a sweet ride. i cant name makes or models bc im too busy knowing more important things like every thing that ever happened in the gakuen alice manga, but i think his dream car would be something pretty awesome. i feel like he'd ideally drive a four-door red car with black leather seats. in all my fanfiction so far tho hes driven a shitty car bc i like to write him poor. (i am also poor and my car is shitty as well but not visibly so)

9) What calms them when they are upset. i think he'd like physical attention, like hugs and cuddles. if he cant get that from his bff or gf i like to imagine he'd read manga or eat chocolate.

10) How they deal with pain. not well! like sure he probably has a pain threshold that's through the roof, but he never communicates it, physical pain or otherwise, so nobody can ever help him and the pain is never alleviated. he just sits there and pretends like everything is normal. i want him to get therapy so he stops doing that

11) This character’s favorite piece or pieces of clothing. ugh his sense of fashion is incredible. boy wears feather boas and tartan shorts and sleeveless shirts with gloves, all in clashing patterns and colors. maybe thats just the official art, set in crazy and abstract situations. but still! in the memorial book he wore a sweater vest with no shirt under and it makes me so upset i get physically ill. he maybe has a sense of fashion, but it's not socially acceptable at all and it shouldn't be. on one hand, his fashion sense is so bizarre it wouldn't surprise me if a short sleeved, zip-up turtleneck (like shiki's) was his favorite, or something similar. on the other hand, i also wouldn't be surprised if he didn't really have a favorite piece of clothing at all bc i could understand if his fashion eccentricities come from a place of complete apathy as opposed to actual eccentricity.

12) How they sleep. well we saw a lil bit of him sleeping so... he's a restless sleeper for sure. he has nightmares and experiences sickness and physical pain when he's sleeping. bc he's unconscious he can't pretend like he's not in pain so he has an expression of agony. horrible. still, i'd like to think he'd start sleeping better in the future, when his life-shortening alice is cured and he's no longer experiencing perpetual physical torment :) maybe he talks in his sleep! how funny would that be

13) What kind of parent they would be. i feel like natsume would be hesitant at first to be a dad. like he'd be super happy to find out mikan is pregnant ofc but he'd be hesitant. maybe he wouldn't voice it. he'd be uncomfortable on several counts: 1) life shortening alices are genetic and he would never want his child to suffer as he has. 2) he'd be scared that he wouldn't have as much time to spend with his kid as he'd like and would be sad to miss out on important milestones in the case that he dies too young. in my mind the life-shortening alice gets cured after a few years so these become non-issues and thus he gets very happy about having a kid.

naturally he'd be selfless and giving, like any parent should be. tho mikan would be way more outwardly affectionate, he'd be a huggy father i think. and he'd spoil his kids 100%. and he'd have a zero tolerance policy if anyone even looked at them wrong. a good dad i think. he will be a dad i decided long ago about this and if higuchi says otherwise then she is wrong im sorry but this is non-negotiable.

14) How they did in school. he's a special star, but that wasn't rly earned by merit. then again, i think the academy wouldn't take any stars away just bc the esp is gone bc. like seriously how fucked up would that be?? and kageki said that although he graduated early, it wasn't because he studied; it was bc he earned credits through missions. anyway natsume is smart but lazy and unambitious and he doesn't study for tests. in the anime he scored high on the exams despite the fact that he DIDN'T EVEN TAKE ALL OF THEM??? i choose to believe that's canon in the manga too. he's smart but extremely lazy so he performs well but is never valedictorian or top scorer on account of the fact that he can't outperform fellow smart kids who actually do try, like yuu or hotaru.

15) What cologne or perfume they would use. HHHHHH okay my sister zoe and i have made a lot of jokes about natsume using axe bodyspray and i have never let go of that so i'm team axe, at least during his teen years. as he gets older, people keep gifting him fancy colognes for christmas and birthdays so he ends up using those instead, mostly out of convenience than personal decision to switch. most of my headcanons about natsume actually involve a sense of apathy or going with the flow bc its easy. he's just so lazy imo

16) Their sexuality. he's straight 100%. he only has eyes for mikan. except for that one time misaki did the cosplay challenge during the relay race. to be fair to him, everyone had eyes for misaki then. but mostly mikan. this is very skewed bc he fell in love as a child and he's so fully devoted to her he'd never consider anybody else.

17) What they’d sing at karaoke. i imagine he'd be unhappy to be invited to karaoke at all and would stubbornly sit out for the first half. let's imagine they're older so he might be loosened by alcohol or maybe by pestering of ruka or mikan so he might be persuaded eventually to do a duet, maybe a love song like a thousand years with mikan or bohemian rhapsody with ruka. i can't imagine he'd choose to sing on his own though.

18) Special talents they have. we'll ignore alice-related things, like lighting fires that don't burn. he's good at reading people, so he can see when someone is trying to hide their sadness which comes in handy bc mikan needs someone who pays attention and can notice when she's not actually feeling as smiley as she's letting on. he's also of tactical and strategic mind (on account of the DA class) so he'd probably be REALLY good at laser tag

19) When they feel safest. when he's hanging out with his loved ones. this feels like a cop-out answer but i can't really answer any other way. especially considering the LIFETIME of trauma he's experienced, he would frequently get triggered or reminded of painful memories so he'd feel a lot more comfortable in those situations if ruka or mikan was around to show him compassion, or aoi who was also abused by persona and can relate to him and understand him.

20) Household chore they hate the most. this is such a weird question to me bc isn't cleaning the bathroom universally the worst chore? bathrooms are inherently disgusting and deep cleaning them is painstaking. ig if i dont count that, he might hate dusting the most. he has sensitive lungs from coughing every day for his whole life so dust doesn't sit well with him.

21) Their fondest childhood memory. another awkward question on account of him being a child during the manga's run but let's just make this about his life before the academy bc let's be honest he had to stop being a kid entirely when he went to the academy. i think he'd have very few memories of his mother bc she died when he was so little, but he would treasure the vague and faded memories he does have of her. he'd also love the memories he spent with his family. simple dinners with his dad and aoi would mean a lot, especially when he was separated from them. also he treasures the memories of meeting and befriending ruka, who is his first and dearest friend.

22) How they spend their money. he buys manga and snacks. i think, for the four years that mikan is away, he would sometimes decide to eat in his dorm as opposed to going down to the dining hall/cafeteria and having to socialize, so he'd keep his room stocked with things to eat. he also buys people presents. if they pass a store in central town and mikan goes "ooh look at that! that's cool!" he'd just shrug and buy it for her.

23) What kind of alcohol they drink. man im so unqualified to have thoughts abt this bc im a bad slav and i dont drink often (like maybe a few times a year). still, i do have thoughts. i think he'd be a bad influence and would drink some during the four years mikan was gone, maybe once he's fifteen or so. he'd partake a bit. narumi said he misbehaved a lot during her absence so maybe drinking is part of it, but he also has people who really care about him, especially ruka, and aoi when she gets into the opera school, so they'd curb his bad behavior a little. when he gets reunited with mikan, i think he'd drink socially instead of in a troublemaking sort of way.

i think he'd try to stick with manly drinks at first, like whiskey, but then he'd try some sweet fruity cocktail that mikan orders and then he'd like it and start ordering those instead.

24) What they wish they could change about themselves. boy has self-esteem issues but most importantly he would change his alice situation, which is later dealt with on account of the cure and all.

25) What other people wish they could change about them. ruka and mikan both just want him to value himself more and stop sacrificing himself for others. over time, with their help and maybe some therapy he'd eventually get to a healthier place with his self-esteem