#jess was just a placeholder lol

[wedreamedlove]

Hi! I wanted to ask about the sleeping habits of the four L&N guys (if this hasn't been answered before). I was looking at Evan's Illustration from the recent Dreamland event and It was so telling (but since I don't play I could be mislead about if this is his normal or not). I thought it was pretty sweet that he uses what it looks like a picture of the heroine as a placeholder for his book.

I also want to say I was looking at the tiny house layouts of Evan, Sariel and Osborn and I was thinking a lot about it (from a superficial perspective since again I don't play and don't know enough) but I really really loved Evan's design because is not crowded (you can see everything, there is nothing to hide... maybe this is bad, Sir you know what is a curtain?) and it has almost all the essentials: a kitchen to have dinner together and a bet to rest and I totally love the detail of how they used the dead space below the staircase to insert a complete bathroom (I want to believe there is a W.C. at the end of the space since you only have to sit so the height fits ok). I also like how there is access to the balcony that is also a tiny garden and there is another staircase with access to the roof to catch the direct sun. I love the modular design of the windows and is pretty much this type of European design done to catch the warm in places where there is not enough sunlight, so is just feels incredible cozy (but it will scorch you alive in a hot place since is a literal cristal box). All this theme with the hot air balloon gimme this feeling of "Living with the head in the clouds" and "Up there with the birds" and is very touching to me.

Osborn is literally living in a fish tank (or a shark tank? more likely), his layout only prioritized three things that was: The living room, his office space and his dinning room to share with you. His working space is full of personality since you can see his headphones, a record player and some vinyl records here and there (I really loved his picture where I could see he owns many Queen records and Daft Punk was there too and that gimme a chuckle, is this really him as a person?). What I don't like much is how that coral reef makes everything too crowded, is taking a lot of space! or is like this barrier is there to hide the view or to hide and protect something. I also think about ... he didn't used to have a phobia to water but he is still there jumping into the water? The guy is unhinged. Another funny thing is that his home don't have a roof (maybe because is going with this vibe of "shark tank" but I wouldn't mind dinning looking at the stars or the waves in this case).

Sariel's layoud only has three essential things: His living room, a big library-room/study-room and the amount of green around all the place. The library is so precious, I love how the natural light enters in this house. Bad thing is I find odd how tiny his living room is, the couch is so tiny, is just there in a corner lol. The other thing I don't like is the amount of dead space bellow the staircase, just look all that dead space! you could make something there, like make a extension to your library Sir. Is because of the placement of the stairs it makes everything weird, but ok??. We have green everywhere, we have a green-roof. I love how the plants here work giving a lot of shadow and that keeps the temperature nice and pleasant in the rooms, like walking under a road of trees in a hot day (I think this is the literal "Light and Night" layout lol there is a lot of the two). The plants here also act like a barrier to hide from the view but also make everything more cozy. Also this man doesn't eat???.

I want to see Jesse's house layout so bad hahaha. I was trying to dig for the illustrations of their homes to make a comparison but I don't know where I saw them (maybe a thread on twitter). I do remember Evan's manor was so dark lol (that is funny looking a how sunny and cozy is the other tiny house), from Osborn I remember his workplace, Sariel's one was so in line with his oriental style and Jesse's was so sunny and just like him.

first, thank you for such a long comment! i love hearing other people's thoughts, so this was a treat to read.

second, their house layouts in the dream series is interesting because we know what their actual homes look like with the artbook giving us a full illustration. i think their dream house reveal more of their subconscious and the elements they gravitate towards.

i completely agree with you about how cozy Evan's house looks and, funnily enough, everyone's first impression seems to be that it's quite spacious. there's nods to repeated themes for his character, like the warm colors for a sunset, all the teddy bears, and his birthday this year had a hot air balloon ride. i think the main theme for his dream house is supposed to be freedom because he's grown up in such restricting environments

i'm not going to lie, i like Osborn's dream house the least so far because i don't like the deep sea and, much like you, it feels crowded and almost claustrophobic because of the reefs and dark colors. haha, he really does like vinyl records and music, especially rock and roll! yup, he had a phobia of water (thanks to being tortured as a youth) but he forced himself to overcome his phobia and now he really enjoys the water. i'm not sure what theme they were going for his dream house other than giving a nod to his water themes.

i really like how Sariel's house blends the nature of the plants with the architecture. it's amusing that he has the library focus instead of Evan, but i suppose it also fits Sariel and his collection of knowledge (merely from existing for over 3000 years). his house also has a very spacious and freeing theme, but with more privacy because of the foliage that covers things. it just feels a lot like the design of this layout is "one with nature".

we'll probably see Jesse and Charlie's dream series in april, so it'll be here soon!

[tadbitsketch]

HECK YEAHHH AU TIME

okay so i have a few aus, most of which are just canon deviant whatnot, but i've been meaning to explain these anyways so here we go:

Aidrose Redemption: I need a better name for it, this is just a placeholder name. Anyways, Aiden and Cassie Rose become allies after finding out they had beef with the same person: Jesse. They go portal hopping (w/ Gill and Maya), trying to find the Order so that they could take revenge. But they slowly learn to become better people during these travels. Aiden learns to listen. Cassie learns to trust. They find redemption, and they find each other, falling in love and beginning a new life in a different world. I've recently been messing around with some concepts for this one, like having Maya (who's like 15 at this point in the plot) lose one of her legs in the Battle of Sky City.

Skyrim!MCSM: An AU where everything takes place in TES V: Skyrim. Jesse is an Imperial, the Dovahkiin, and also a Companion, which makes her a werewolf! Olivia is a Redguard blacksmith/enchanter living in Morthal with Axel, an Orsimer blacksmith. They run the shop together. Petra is a Nord follower of Meridia who has gotten Vampirism (I think whatever strain Harkon has, super fun) and now must redeem herself in the eyes of her Lady. Lukas is a Bosmer/Altmer hunter traveling with his friends (the equivalent to the other Ocelots) across Skyrim. I need to do more concepts for side characters and whatnot for this one lol. Also Reuben is a lil skeever that Jesse takes everywhere with her.

PJO!MCSM: Characters in the PJO universe. I made a post about it a while ago, and I don't remember too many details. I think Jesse's a daughter of Psyche in that AU. Mostly just character exploration.

Lost and Found: An AU where Jesse loses her memory when she's sent to the Sunshine Institute. Petra basically has to catch her up on the lore, while also reevaluating her friendship with Jesse. Because it's in a world where Jesse chooses the meanest options. Also a fic that I'm writing. It is unfinished and I have no idea where it's really going.

I also have ideas for AUs where the portal hopping Order makes their way into ToH, Amphibia, and Gravity Falls, going on fun lil adventures and whatnot.

Also an AU where Petra loses her arm from Wither sickness.

I need to draw some of these more lol

AU creators, where are y'all?

It's actually funny to me how many people out there create Modern AUs for MC:SM and only a few go for something more RPG or medieval, maybe even steampunk.

  I have nothing against Modern AU or any AU in generall, I just think it's how people prefer turning events into the future rather than the past.

 Personally, I really prefer seeing MC:SM in RPG, steampunk, and medieval styles simply because that's how I see Minecraft itself. Villages, towns, monsters, mines it's pleasing to think of MC:SM more like one of those D&D routes with friends. That's fun and leaves lots of room to explore different mechanics and stuff.

At the same time, there are people who simply don't care about the timeline and use MC:SM/Minecraft mechanics, and that's great too!

  Honestly, we should go crazy with AU and timelines, because exploring is fun!

Every MC:SM AU creator- please, ramble about your AU to me, I would love to hear every single detail!

[ratsoh-writes]

I see ur pfp is now ur bby. Well, have my crackheads too lmfaoo.

Dog is my girl Thor

Catto is ma boy Toulouse.

Both local crackhead sweethearts, dog raised kitty :)

[evolmaze]

not like this

summary - you go to a party ready to hang out with your friends, but your best friend has other ideas that involve you, a closet, seven minutes, and a close friend you swore you’d never tell

pairing - jin x reader ft. other members of bts and other o.c.s!

genre - fluff, angst | ftl!au, nonidol!au

word count - 5.0k words

warnings - mentions of drinking, otherwise nothing else!

a/n: this is totally inspired by that one episode of New Girl where Nick and Jess are stuck behind the door and Nick tells Jess that he doesn’t want kiss her, “not like this” hence the title lol. Not quite the same plotline, but was definitely my inspiration for it!

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You had always loved Saturday nights, the one day a week where you could literally do nothing all day and not feel guilty about it. The one night a week where you got to see most of your friends, hang out, and of course, get tipsy and play a bunch of stupid games; tonight was no different.

You had arrived at your friend Alexa’s house, a little late, and by the looks of it, you were the last to arrive. Your friend group wasn’t enormously big, just around six or so depending on the night, any more and things usually got out of hand. There was you, Alexa, your mutual friend Lia, and then the boys: Yoongi, Jin, and Namjoon. You all had become friends while in university, and you’re happy to say you were able to remain friends afterward. Sometimes the boys would bring their other friends, ones they had met through work, and tonight you were happy to see Jimin, Tae, Jungkook, and Hoseok here as well. You didn’t know them as well, but every time you hung with them, they had been nothing but kind. If you’re honest, the people you knew best here were Jin and Alexa, the three of you had lived in the same dorm freshman year, and since then, you had been inseparable.

“y/n!” Alexa called excitedly, crossing the room to greet you. “I was afraid you weren’t gonna make it!”

“Sorry,” you exclaimed, “Literally got halfway here and realized I had forgotten the chips!” she laughed, taking them from you, and setting them on the counter next to the taco dip; a classic staple in your university days. “I see everyone else is already here.” you mused, scanning the room.

“Yeah, don’t worry though, Jimin and Tae literally got here five minutes before you,” she laughed, and set a hand on your shoulder, slightly turning you towards the back of the room. “But he’s been here all night, asking me every couple minutes if I’ve heard from you,” she whispered, you were sure she was wiggling her eyebrows at you.

You looked across the room, and saw Jin, laughing with Hoseok and Jungkook. He hadn’t seen you yet, and selfishly you loved that you were able to stare at him carefree, taking in all the things you loved about him. You hadn’t seen him in a while, school kept you both busy, and with both of you working part time jobs, a couple weeks had gone by since your last hang out. God how you had missed him. 

“You’re staring..” Alexa chuckled, as your best friend, and friend who had also known Jin the longest, she knew all about your crush on him. She was actually the one who called you out on it first, and from then on, she loved to tease you about it, but in all honesty, if she didn’t know, and wasn’t there for you to give advice or listen to you rant, you’re sure you would have gone insane by now.

“Ahhh, yeah,” you laughed nervously, tearing your view from him, and facing her. “God, it’s getting worse isn’t it?”

“Noooo,” she said, obviously lying, but you appreciated the false confidence. “Okay, maybe, but you’re in love, how else are you supposed to cope with that?”

“Oooh, I’d say drinking my sorrows away so I don’t have to think about how he’ll never like me back.” you laughed, grabbing a drink from the cooler. Alexa looked at you, concerned. “Lex I’m fine, seriously. I’ve come to terms with it, and at this point, he’s just a placeholder till I find someone new.”

“I’ve always said this, and I stand by it: Jin is so fucking stupid. Thick as a brick.”

“Yah!” he suddenly called from across the room. “Alexa are you talking shit?” you laughed, trying to figure out how much he heard.

“Absolutely not,” she said, looking towards you. “But y/n totally was!”

“Lex!” you yelled, embarrassed. You looked up, making eye contact with Jin, and his face lit up. 

“y/n! Why didn’t you tell me you were here?” he said, coming over to you. Alexa winked and left to go talk to Lia. He came up to you, immediately crushing you in a hug. Your face was right up against his chest, you could smell his cologne, and god was it intoxicating. 

“Sorry, I literally just got here!” you said, pulling your head back to look at him, he smiled down at you, his arms around your waist. You could stay like this forever.

“Hmmm, I suppose I can forgive you then.” he joked, slowly letting go of you, his fingers lingering a little too long. You tried your best to remain calm, and not think about the way it felt to be held by him. He cleared his throat, taking a slight step back, you looked at him expectantly. “Whatcha drinking?” he asked, and you held up your drink you had grabbed earlier. “Oh,” he laughed, ears turning red in embarrassment, and you grinned, god you loved this man.

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The night had progressed rather smoothly, you were impressed. Usually, nights like this took a turn for the worst during a game of Pictionary, but so far, things had been fine! Everyone seemed to be having a great time, and you couldn’t have been happier. Currently, you all sat in a circle playing a childish game of never have I ever. You knew these were childish, but secretly you loved them, all the games you never got to play in high school cause you didn’t go to parties. Except instead of fingers down, everyone also took a shot. Currently, Jimin and Lia were tied for first place with each having nine out of ten fingers down. You only had four down, but it didn’t really matter.

“Never have I ever recreated the scene from titanic in front of the whole school only to realize Rose was played by my professor,” Tae snickered, looking directly at Jimin.

“Not fair,” he laughed, putting a finger down, and taking a shot. “That’s targeting!” everyone laughed, and Jimin grinned, taking a seat back down.

“Okay okay okay,” Alexa said suddenly, gathering everyone’s attention. “Let’s switch up the game, we’ve been playing this for an hour, and if Jimin has to take one more shot, I don’t want to be the one responsible for taking him to the hospital tonight.”

“I’m fine!” he laughed, and it was mildly true, everyone here seemed to have a pretty high tolerance, and being out of university, it seems the activities had mildly mellowed out. No excessive drinking tonight. 

“Okay, what game are you thinking of Lex?” Lia asked, and Alexa paused before getting a thoughtful look on her face. 

You watched as she looked towards you, a knowing glint in her eyes. “Since we’re on a roll with high school parties games, why not a fun couple rounds of seven minutes in heaven?” The group was split, some laughed in encouragement, while others, like yourself, seemed confused, you all were friends wouldn’t that be weird? “Okay wait, let me finish. We’ll switch up the rules so it’s not weird. The two people can go in there and decide what to do, kiss or take two shots each.”

You laughed, it seemed stupid still, but why the hell not? You were probably a little tipsy at this point, so why not indulge in this juvenile game. “How do we decide who goes in?” you asked.

“We’ll start with a random person to go in the closet, and then the group decides who goes in after them. But the catch is, the person alone in the closet has to face the wall so they cant see who comes in with them. So since they can’t see each other, in order to drink or kiss, they have to correctly guess who it is. Make sense?” Everyone nodded, and you eagerly awaited to see who was first.

“Who wants to go first?” Jimin asked, and the group went silent. “What about y/n?” you looked up, confused.

“Why me?” you questioned.

“Why not?” he questioned back, and you laughed. 

“Okay fine,” you agreed, looking down at everyone as you stood up. “Alright, whichever one of you comes in, be ready to take shots!” everyone laughed, and you grinned, making eye contact with Alexa, that same stupid glint in her eye.

“Don’t sound so sure,” she laughed, and you blushed, quickly turning towards the closet. You opened the door, and entered, shutting it behind you. You wondered who they would send it, though with Alexa's knowing look you had a feeling it wasn't going to be good. It was a mystery how much time had passed by the time you heard the door open behind you.

“Hello mystery stranger,” you called, waiting for the door to shut again before turning around. 

“You have seven minutes, y/n!” Alexa called, followed by a chorus of cheers. “Guess correctly and you can thank me later!”

You furrowed your eyebrows at that, that must have been a clue, right? “Hmm, how should I go about this, because I’m assuming you’re not allowed to speak, right? That’d make it too easy,” you pondered, and with no response from the person in front of you, you presumed you were right.

“Okay, I have an idea.” you declared, holding your hands out in front of you. “My hands are in front of you right now, grab one of them.” You waited patiently for them to do so, and soon enough you felt something hit the side of your hand. “That’s my hand, grab it.”

They grabbed your hand, and you immediately registered that they had large hands, long fingers, there was no way this was Lia or Lexa, they both had comically small hands. On second thought, so did Jimin, so that left the rest of the boys. “Here’s what I’m thinking, I’ll ask you a series of questions, and if the answer is yes then squeeze my hand once, if it’s no, then squeeze my hand twice. Make sense?”

One squeeze. “Okay, cool cool. Let’s see,” you pondered, trying to think of a question that would get the most people out at once. “Oh! Okay, do you have roommates?”

Two squeezes, “Okay, well that rules out Jungkook and Tae since they live together.  Do you have a pet?”

Two squeezes again, “Well alright, then you’re not Namjoon or Yoongi either. So you’re either Hoseok or Jin.” you stalled for a second, wondering what the odds were that this was Jin in front of you. Alexa wouldn’t do that to you would she? Who are you kidding, she’s tipsy, of course, she would. Your heartbeat increased mildly at the possibility that this was Jin and the possibility that you two would kiss, but you knew deep down that if it was him, you’d rather just take shots because kissing him in this closet was not at all how you wanted to do it.

“Final question,” you said aloud, figuring out what you would ask. “Do you feel strongly about the financial crisis in Ecuador?” A laugh from the person in front of you confirmed your suspicions, it was Jin. Whenever the two of you were together and ran out of things to talk about, he would always ask you the most random of questions, that one is one of his favorites. 

“I feel very strongly about it, almost as strongly as I feel about the American peanut butter famine of 1834,” he joked, and you laughed, it was such a dumb joke, but it got you every single time. It absolutely had nothing to do with him, and you thinking he was the funniest person alive, not at all.

The two of you quieted down, and you heard Jimin call for four minutes left. Suddenly, you remembered why you were here, and what you had to decide. “So,” you said, trying to decide how you were gonna get out of this. “How’s it going?”

“Oh you know, just grand,” he said, and you heard him shifting his weight from one foot to another. It was then that you also realized he was still holding your hand, cute. “You have a decision to make, don’t you?” he asked, and you blushed, thank god for the darkness of this closet.

“I think it’s a group consensus, no?” you asked.

Jin chuckled, and you felt his thumb run over your knuckles, your mind raced at the feeling. “I mean sure, but I’m cool with either.” You were pretty sure that you died of cardiac failure after he said that, there was no way he had just said that.  “Plus the idea of taking two shots right now makes me wanna die,”

“Hmm, you did kinda suck at taking shots,” you joked, trying to ease your nerves, and he playfully swatted your shoulder. Your hand hung loosely at your side, and you took the moment to wipe the sweat off on your jeans. “So you’re cool with either? You’re sure?” you asked, your voice slightly panicky.

You sensed his arm moved as it wrapped around your waist, pulling you closer to him. You held your breath, what the fuck was going on. “I’m sure, are you?”

You felt your head get fuzzy and you weren’t sure if it was from the alcohol or the way you could feel each of his fingers as they rested on the small of your back, but you definitely weren’t sober anymore. “I don’t want to kiss you in the closet,” you said quickly, your hand instinctively balling into a fist. “Not like this.”

“What do you mean?” he asked quietly, a touch of hurt in his voice, your heart ached at the sound. “Would you rather take the shots?”

“No, no, no,” you said frantically, releasing his hand and taking a step back. Even though you knew this was low risk, you’d have to absolutely be blind to not understand the elephant in this closet with you two, you still felt terrified of rejection. “I-I can’t see you, I want to be able to see you.”

At that moment, the door flung open, the light from the outside streaming in, and all you saw was Jin’s face as he looked at you as if he had never seen you before. You wanted to cry, but instead, you pushed past him, and grabbed a bottle of peppermint schnapps off the counter, quickly downing two shots, before going out onto the porch. You absolutely needed some air. 

The commotion from inside followed you faintly as you shut the door, everyone was confused, but drunk enough to move on rather quickly, sending Jungkook into the closet, before sending someone else in after him. You paid them no mind, too busy feeling sorry for yourself that even when the moment was perfect, you still found a way to ruin it for yourself. He had literally told you he wanted to kiss you, and you had ruined it with your stupid insecurities, go figure.

The sliding door opened and you looked up as he stepped out onto the porch, blanket in one hand, and two water bottles in the other. “Mind if I join you?” you said nothing, but nodded in response, and he offered you water, and you took it before he sat next to you. You watched out of the corner of your eye as he wrapped the blanket around him, and it was in that moment that you remembered it was November. Unconsciously, you pulled your knees up, wrapping your arms around them, wishing you had grabbed your jacket. “Here,” he said suddenly, opening up one side of his blanket cocoon. “We can share.”

You peered at him hesitantly, before opting in because even your pride was willing to leave for warmth. He wrapped the blanket around you both, and you moved closer to him in an attempt to get the blanket around the both of you completely. Aside from your shoes peeking out, the both of you were completely submerged, he must have found the biggest blanket in the apartment. You peered up at him and watched as he stared at the street before you, not thinking twice of it, you rested your head on his shoulder. “Jin, I’m sorry for freaking out earlier.”

“Don’t be sorry,” he said, looking down at you. “You were uncomfortable, I should have been more aware.”

“I wasn’t that uncomfortable,” you muttered, and he chuckled.

“y/n you were actually shaking at one point,” you laughed at that, he was right.

“Okay, fine, but I was only uncomfortable with the circumstances, not the idea behind them,” you paled when you realized what you said, but when Jin wrapped his arm around you, pulling you even closer to him, you relaxed a little. 

“Oh so what you’re saying is that I didn’t need to take two shots?”

“Hmmm, maybe not,” you mused, and he laughed. “And neither did I.”

“So why did you?” he asked, the smile dropping from your face as you thought about how you were gonna explain this.

“Jin, I-” you said, your heart rate picking up with each passing moment; it was now or never. “I really like you, I have feelings for you so strong I feel like going crazy sometimes. I’m sure you already knew because Alexa has a big mouth, and I’m the least subtle person on the planet, but that’s why I took the shots.”

“You took the shots instead of kissing me because you like me?”

“Ah no,” you grumbled, getting stressed that he wasn’t getting it. “I took the shots because I didn’t want my first kiss to be in the dark, especially with you.”

“Ahhh, I see what you mean,” he said, a faint smile on his face. He looked down at you, and you felt all the air leave your body as you registered the look in his eyes. It was the exact same as yours had been earlier when you saw him. He had never looked at you like that, at least to your memory. He had, you had just never noticed. 

“I just, I just want to be able to see you,” you said quietly, unable to move, stuck in the way he looked at you. “I’ve never kissed anyone before, and I don’t want to mess up.”

Jin grinned, “You can’t mess up, y/n.” he assured you, and you blushed. 

“I don’t know, I’m pretty clumsy sometimes,” you pondered, you honestly had no idea how to do it, so chances were that you would mess it up. Jin was older than you, a year or so, and you’ve seen him with a number of girls, so you were pretty positive you were the inexperienced one in this pair. 

“It’s pretty simple,” he mused, reaching up to tuck a strand of your hair behind your ear. “I could teach you.” Your heart skipped a beat at his sultry tone, he was absolutely gonna be the death of you. “I’m sure you’d be a quick learner.”

“I’m sure you’d be a good teacher,” you said, and his ears turned a nice shade of pink. You mentally grinned at your ability to fluster him, even in this frenzied state. 

“So what do you say?” he asked, running his hand down your arm to grab your hand again. Goosebumps appeared in succession, as you realized where this was going. “Is it bright enough out here for you?”

“It’s perfect,” you whispered, grinning as he smiled at you. “You’re perfect, you know that right?”

“Says you,” he cooed, “You know how long I’ve waited for a moment like this? I like you so much, y/n, it actually drives me crazy how amazing and perfect you are.” You blushed deeply at that, unsure of how in the world you had ended up here, but hearing him say the things you had always wanted him to say made your heart race so fast you were sure you were dreaming. 

“So what’s the first step?” you asked, trying to keep your voice calm as you wrapped your arm around his neck. He moved, so you were facing each other now, the blanket falling slightly. You unconsciously tangled his hair in your fingers. He closed his eyes, obviously enjoying whatever you were doing.

“Well you’re doing great so far,” he sighed, his tone breathless. “I was right, quick learner for sure.” you smirked, your fears long forgotten as you felt him lean into your touch. You had no idea that would have such an affect on him, you’d definitely remember that for later.

“What next?” you asked, and he opened his eyes. They were darker than before, and you were sure you were hallucinating. He wrapped both his arms around you, pulling you even closer. His face was inches from yours, if leaned forward you would bump noses. 

“Well I’ll pull you close, close enough to kiss you of course,” he whispered, and you chuckled. “Then I’ll probably compliment you some more, telling you how much I like being around you, how beautiful you are, how long I’ve wanted to do this.” he paused, smiling at you. “Then I’ll lean in closer, and ask if you’re sure you want this.”

“And I’ll say that I do,” you said, “That I’ve wanted this for a long time, I was just too scared to say anything, how dumb was that, huh?”

You both chuckled at that, agreeing that you both had been so scared for no reason. “That’s good to hear,” he grinned, playing with the hem of your shirt. “Cause that’d be really awkward if you didn’t feel the same.”

“Oh I feel the same,” you said quickly. “Don’t even worry about that.”

He smiled at you for the millionth time that night, and even though you should have been used to it by now, you still felt like you were floating. “Well now I’m gonna lean forward, probably a little too slowly just to tease you, and maybe I’ll pause just in front of you,” he whispered, pausing with almost no room between your lips.

“And then?” you asked quietly, afraid to break the moment. “What should I do?”

“Whatever you feel like.”

You leaned forward, closing the gap between the two of you. His lips were as soft as you had imagined they would have been. You weren’t sure what to do once you two had touched, but you felt him move away before kissing you again, this time with more pressure. You hesitantly did the same, and you felt his grip on your tighten, so you must have been doing something right. He pulled away again, and you opened your eyes to see him grinning at you. He leaned forward so his mouth was by your ear.

“You're doing great,” he said, chills running down your spine. “You’re a natural.”

He kissed your cheek, before reconnecting your lips, you moved slowly, testing the waters on what you thought might work, gauging the success rate by how Jin reacted. You weren’t sure how much time had passed before you pulled away again, but you could see that his lips were red, and you imagined yours looked the same. 

“You’re amazing,” you said, heart seizing at the way he looked at you, and it was in that moment that you knew things were going to be okay. “Definitely the best teacher I’ve ever had. I might need a few more lessons though.”

He smirked, “Oh don’t worry, we’ll have plenty of time for more lessons. It’ll cost you though,”

“What’s the price?” you mused, fingers dancing around his face, tracing the outline of his jaw, his ear, his collarbone. 

“A date, with me, this weekend, at a restaurant of your choosing.”

You hummed, pretending to contemplate the idea, “I guess I can do that, but I charge too, ya know.”

“Oh yeah?” he taunted, curious what you were gonna say. “For what?”

You wanted to do something equally as romantic and sensual as him, but in that moment you were overcome with an urge to just hold onto him, to hug him. So you tightly wrapped yourself around him, stuffing your head into the crook of his neck. He returned your embrace immediately, slightly caught off guard by your change in tone, but welcomed it nevertheless. He ran his hands up and down you back as you took a deep breath. You turned your head towards him, tentatively placing a kiss on his neck. You felt him shiver slightly, the goosebumps rising on his skin. “For that,” you whispered, kissing his neck once more, before returning to your original embrace. 

He wasn’t sure what had just happened, but somehow you had managed to be adorable and extremely hot within the span of seconds, and it was in that moment he realized you would be the death of him. He held you for a while, enjoying your embrace, enjoying the way you fiddle with the hair on the nape of his neck every so often, enjoying the way he was finally holding you the way he had always wanted to.

You couldn’t have asked for anything better than this, you were so happy, you couldn’t believe your luck. Time passed, and with each minute, intoxicated by his scent, you felt yourself growing tired, wordlessly, you dozed off, the alcohol tiredness finally taking effect, and it wasn’t until Alexa knocked on the door, did Jin realize what had happened, and how much time had passed.

She quietly opened the door, “Glad to see my efforts didn’t go to waste,” Jin grinned at her, pulling the blanket over your sleeping form.

“Thank you,” he said sincerely. “Sorry I was so blind before, I owe you for what you did. If you hadn’t messaged me last week, I don’t think this ever would have happened.”

“No kidding, you both are scaredy cats, and we both know y/n never would have said anything, she liked you too much to risk it,” she said, and they chuckled. “Are you okay out here? It’s cold out here, things have calmed down inside, we’re watching a movie if you want to come back inside.”

“I’ll be in in a second,” he said. “Thank you again, Alexa, I owe you one.”

“Just put in a good word for me next time you and Jimin hang out, yeah?” she said shyly and Jin gasped. 

“Really?” he asked, an excited look on his face.

“I don’t know, maybe, he’s cool, he’s handsome, those aren’t bad things.” she explained, a blush on her face, Jin wiggled his eyebrows at her, and she sighed. “Okay I’m going, don’t make me regret asking for that. See you in a bit.”

She shut the sliding door, and Jin looked down at you again, still in awe of what had happened. You shifted in your sleep, in an attempt to get more comfortable, you snuggled closer, if that was even possible. “So Jimin and Alexa, huh?” you whispered, causing Jin to jump at the sound of your voice.

“You’re awake?” he asked.

“Kinda,” you mused, “I heard the door open. I’m glad she said something, cause you’re both right, I never would have said anything, liked you too much.”

He smiled, a deep blush on his face. He wondered how long it would take for your words to have a lesser effect, he secretly hoped it would never come. “Do you want to go watch the movie? Or do you want to sleep?”

You contemplated your choices, “Let’s go say goodbye, and you can come over?” you lifted your head to gauge his expression. “Unless you don’t want to, that’s fine too.”

“No, no, no,” he assured you. “I’d love to come over.”

You smiled, and kissed him again before standing up. Jin followed you inside, grabbing your hand the first chance he got. Your friends all watched as you came in, and Namjoon was the first to congratulate you both.

“It’s about time you did something, Jin!” Yoongi nagged, and Jin let out a shout of protest. You laughed, making eye contact with Alexa. Thank you you mouthed to her, and she smiled, so genuine and full of love. You’re welcome she mouthed back, a knowing look on her face. Next to her, Jimin sat, and you wiggled your eyebrows at her as Jin grabbed your jackets. She blushed, and you grew excited at the new prospect of their relationship. Jimin grabbed her attention as he asked her a question, and you watched as he rested a hand on her thigh, you had never seen her so bubbly and excited, you made a mental note to ask her about it later. Jin returned to your side, handing you your coat. You bid farewell to everyone, and made your way to your car. The drive home was filled with compliments, loud singing to the radio, and plenty of kisses from Jin as you drove. 

By the time you got to your apartment, you felt tired again, and you could tell Jin was finally falling victim to sleep as well. You grabbed some of his old sweats that you had stolen from your dresser, and handed them to him. You shamelessly watched as he undressed, slipping on the sweatpants, but opting out of the sweatshirt. This wasn’t the first time you had seen him shirtless, but it was certainly the first time you hadn’t looked away when he looked at you. Wordlessly, you smiled at him and stripped yourself of your shirt and bottoms. He felt his stare and you turned to take off your bra and put on an old t-shirt. You pulled on some shorts, and turned back to face him, he was laying on your bed, arms behind his head, his muscles on full display. You blushed at the sight, climbing into bed next to him, immediately leaning into his touch as he pulled you onto his chest. You felt it rise and fall with each breath he took, it was incredibly calming. 

“You’re beautiful,” he said, tilting your jaw up to kiss you. Your legs went weak at the feeling, and you laid your hand on his chest. “So so beautiful, I’m so lucky.”

“Says you, world wide handsome,” you joked, and he laughed. Things were gonna be just fine, you could feel it.

[floatysparrowthing]

I was tagged by @mllekurtz to post a list of the files in my WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive and ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it!

Hmm apparently other people are organized enough to have a WIP folder??

Welp anyway this is what I scrounged up. Here are the ones I'm actually making progress on:

1. Orchid smugglers AU (actually titled 'This sudden burst of sunlight, and me with my umbrella') is currently in progress on AO3

2. Verin&Jester

3. Shadowgast cats

4. Shadowgast for Essek Week (previously titled Shadowgast for Jess, now actually titled '(Do I wanna know?) If this feelin' flows both ways?') is currently in progress on AO3

Now for the mostly abandoned/barely even started/forgot they existed if one sentence counts as existing:

1. Scrying Essek

2. Essek Week day 2/Shadowgast angst

3. Shadowgast in Eiselcross

4. The Wizard Before Christmas LOL

5. Baby its cold outside Shadowgast

6. Meet me in the woods

7. Icarus

8. Before the 90 Days Shadowgast

9. Jester&Essek

This is totally not an embarrassing reveal of me and my adhd and my dumb, fleeting ideas. Also this is just the fanfic... don't even look at me about my scripts. (But if you want, there's one with the placeholder title Charlie and Pancake.)

I'll just tag anyone who wants to do it!!

[rocksanddeadflowers]

I figured, my cat Tootles somehow always finds a weird and very loud wrapper somewhere to chew (usually under my bed lmao). Also, the only time he tends to act out (ei chewing things/knocking things over/screaming) is bc he wants attention lol... figured Marius would do that a lot.

The floor is yours with them dude!! If you find them to be fitting names for your characters, then they're perfect. (Besides, I notoriously take forever to pick names for my characters btw, some of my OCs I've had for years still go by nicknames and placeholders...) I do wanna bring up how you said it's vaguely HNOC but still its own thing. Also how in the Beauty and The Beast musical, Belle is telling Beast a variation of Arthurian Legend...... Consider Brian sharing some of these stories and also implying that Brian believes Guinevere, Lancelot, and Arthur may have all three been a thing? And Jonny thinking about his parents... I'm not insanely well versed in Arthurian Legend but I think that'd be neat :)

Everything with the tragic romance you have going on oh my gods. It's all insane bro...........going insane........... And okay from what I'm gathering about Jesse and Lizzie (already headcannoning her full name is Elizabeth and the boys only use her full name in a super romantic setting or to tease her) is the effects of the poison being stayed by Carmilla's magic but not actually cured- just paused, slowed. They become mildly chronically ill from it and it just slowly progresses and worsens, so they know their years are cut short, and part of them years to see Peter but another can't leave their children yet. Carmilla probably hunting for the cure for years even and finds nothing... (at least that's what I assumed from what you wrote lemme know if you meant something else.) Also a few years later, Nastya reaching maturity, someone comes to assassinate the official heir to the throne, but when they're caught... no one has ever quite seen genuine hatred burn in the king and queen's eyes before, but it was there, and they were more than happy to toss this person to Raphaella. (Also, just curious, do we ever know there's a specific reason why this family is targeted like that? Bigotry against queer rulers? A neighboring kingdom aiming for some kind of control? For Nastya maybe it's a separate issues of not wanting only a woman and foreigner on the throne? Maybe a specific act/law/treaty of some kind was passed by the trio to make them targets by a select group? Just tossing ideas around.)

Insane about the thems :). Also yes the spirits helping!! The select spirits who adored those rulers sensing Jonny's fear of the water, and wanting him to experience the same fun his parents had and aiding him. Carmilla and Lyf being the first (or even only) people to notice this and getting a little misty eyed over it...

Uagh Lyf!!!! I think tree branches bend slightly and vines slide about a little to touch Lyf, to comfort them and bring them in further, to welcome them. Marius a little hesitant to follow seeing this, but gets a gentle pat from a branch as reassruance that he's welcome, a friend of theirs, then a friend of ours, and he's off skipping behind Lyf. Marius staring at Lyf practically lovesick....... Also Lyf using the flowers they picked to make Marius a flower crown...... he watches Lyf weaving it enamoured (<- its pretty simple but he hasn't a clue lmao). When it's done, Lyf inspects it happily, then silently plops it on Marius's head. He's fucking ecstatic about it. (And already planning on how to keep this thing forever, even tho Lyf will probably make him so many more in the future because they find he looks beautiful wearing one.)

so wait does consequences ts have the same kind of "what the fuck are you" kinda vibe as Brian? since it also is alive through magic, it's not really mortal or fae or spirit it just IS I feel like it must also be kind of uncategorizable. lyf is now double confused cause their friends boytoys crush's MARIUS'S bestie just isn't identifiable like at all

tagging @blazeismyname and @rocksanddeadflowers at the risk of starting another thread it's just the idea is not leaving my head and I want other people's thoughts and also I needed an excuse to call Marius lyfs boytoy

[imabookmarkaddict]

markus’ roommates, preggo daughter

but uhm does markus see jo's relatives a lot?

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since he lives with them?

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or do they mostly do their own thing and only bump into each other ocassionally?

WelshenToday at 5:57 PM

uhm

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he does not live w them, he lives w a friend of jos cousin

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Jos cousin Dorian, does not like Markus, but his friend Kay decided to take Markus in after seeing him at the hospital w jo

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I guess

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short version

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so yeah he sees dorian fairly often, but neither of them like it very much

puzzlezToday at 6:01 PM

ah yes okay

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does the friend get along with markus?

WelshenToday at 6:02 PM

Kay is a psychiatrist of some sort, so he thinks he's helping

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but markus is a pain either way, death of a bf or not lol

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oh they also don't approve of prostitution and they dont hide it well

puzzlezToday at 6:03 PM

figures yeah

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so then i'm assuming kay just had like a spare room and markus uses it now?

WelshenToday at 6:04 PM

yeah pretty much

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kay has a nice wife and good natured daughter living there too

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they have a son but he's already grown up and moved out, doesnt visit often

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they're nice people, but maybe not prepared to deal with that situation

puzzlezToday at 6:07 PM

yeahh

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so does markus see them often or do they mostly stick to their own thing and only sorta pass each other as they leave/do things around the apartment?

WelshenToday at 6:07 PM

hmm

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squint

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they hang out sometimes

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watch a movie or smth

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eat dinner together

puzzlezToday at 6:08 PM

i wasn't going to go into a lot of super detailed stuff, i was just going to maybe write  a small scene with him at home

WelshenToday at 6:08 PM

yeah but that's the part I have no writing of

puzzlezToday at 6:09 PM

and i wasn't sure if it was going to be like markus scampering for his room because he feels perma-awkward or if he actually sorta gets along with the family that he'd have a quick 'how was your day' type convo

WelshenToday at 6:09 PM

mostly awkward

puzzlezToday at 6:09 PM

also my dog is being v annoying and insists she must go potty again even tho i just had her out so brb

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but do keep telling me about it

WelshenToday at 6:09 PM

Kay works as a psych at a reformed criminal thing, rehab/retraining center where they learn work skills if that makes sense? He got markus a job there as a janitor something

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good doggo

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Dorian and Spencer works there too, which is how they met and became "friends"(edited)

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But at this time, Markus uh quit due to uh complicated circumstances and eventually got hired as a waiter/cleaner at the crepes place

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he really doesnt like Dorian at this point and is avoiding Kay for being Dorians friend? I guess

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he gets along w the daughter tho and tries to be nice to the wife and no I don't have names for them

puzzlezToday at 6:16 PM

how did u no i was going to ask

WelshenToday at 6:17 PM

cuz u just said u were doing a scene w them

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lol

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>U

puzzlezToday at 6:17 PM

okay so a little awk with kay but friendly if a little awk with the daughter/wife

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who are nameless

WelshenToday at 6:17 PM

u can make placeholder names if u like

puzzlezToday at 6:18 PM

i might

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idk what but i might

WelshenToday at 6:18 PM

daughter sounds like a jess

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i am not entirely sure but at one point she uh have an affair w her teacher and gets pregnant? and is too scared to tell her dad but tells markus. he just helps her out and gets idk a pregnancy test and is just nice

puzzlezToday at 6:19 PM

so she's a little older then?

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do u want this scene in the trevor story or does that happen before the trevor stuff?

WelshenToday at 6:20 PM

if it helps it can be included? doesnt have to

puzzlezToday at 6:20 PM

it honestly doesn't matter too much either way?

WelshenToday at 6:21 PM

yeah its kinda up for debate either way

puzzlezToday at 6:21 PM

i mean i can include it to kinda help show idk passage of time, like in one chap she mentions she might need help, in another she asks for a pregnancy test, and in another she tells markus yeh i'm pregnant, and then again later she can have a showing belly or smth

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but it's not necessary so it's up to u

WelshenToday at 6:22 PM

yeah that makes sense

puzzlezToday at 6:22 PM

also shows markus' nicer side

WelshenToday at 6:23 PM

and also shows how he's not just cold towards Kay because he's an ass but because Kay tends to be a bit of a stubborn and judgemental ass

[eisforeidolon]

Actually, I would argue Jesse isn’t completely useless for a similar reason that Cole isn’t completely useless.  The point of his character was another mirror to Sam’s moral struggle over having demon blood in his veins.  The episode focus wasn’t meant to be “hey look at this super powered kid!” it was about how he was created by a demon and yet wasn’t evil.  With a bonus little dig about deception.  I do think perhaps the writers should have realized having him just fuck off to Australia was going to leave them being asked, “Hey what about Jesse the antichrist kid?!?” in perpetuity.  However, I think he made a brief but relevant contribution to the story.

Anael, though?  LOL.  First they brought her in to play Lucifer’s skeevy sycophant girlfriend.  Which was not just useless but gross and I’m not convinced it wasn’t just Eugene Ross-Leming having Danneel act out some pervy self-insert Mark Pellegrino fantasy of hers.  Maybe somebody might try to argue that was part of that sort-of redemption/self examination arc thing they were trying to do with Lucifer for a bit, but since it was absolutely stupid as fuck and went nowhere?  Nope, useless.

After she ludicrously survived insulting Lucifer to his face, they just kept plugging her into moronic insert angel here holes in their quote unquote plots.  Which more than once involved absurd backstory retcons and were usually lazy McGuffin searches.  She was Joshua’s right hand, she knew Ruby!  I shudder to think what kind of impressively absurd nonsense they would have kept adding to this stupid placeholder character if the show had continued.  It’s not the stunt casting that bothers me.  If they’d written a brief, one episode pointless cameo for Jensen’s wife, fine.  If they’d written an actual character that did more than take up extra #5 spaces in multiple episodes that was within her meager acting abilities and handed it to Jensen’s wife, fine.  Writing in the specialiest nobody angel ever and shoving her in our face ostentatiously to waste screen time over and fucking over again?  Ugh. 

Which character was more useless?

[godofevrerything]

Aight, feeling ok this morning so!

1: What do you like being called name wise?

Just Jess! I used to go by J, until about an year ago, as a placeholder until I figured out my name. But yeah, it’s Jess, full thing is Jessamine. And never call me Jessy/Jessie.

2: When is your birthday?

March 9th

3: Where do you live?

A pretty famous shithole- oh sorry, you probably know it better by America.

4: What are three things you’re doing right now?

Answering this, walking on my treadmill in between a few morning classes, and trying to write the third chapter of my novel rewrite!

5: Four fandoms that have peaked your interest?

I’ve been obsessed with Mystic Messenger for a few years, and that hasn’t died down lol. But recently I’ve been rewatching ATLA! So now I have a new oc- Uhhhh She-Ra is pretty cool, although I have yet to watch it. And Arcana!! It’s awesome, I have three OCs for it, and I’m gay for everyone in the game lol

6: How has the pandemic been treating you?

See I could go into a whole personal rant about the shit that’s been going on in my house but I won’t. Let’s just say that finances got even trickier, but online college works for me and I’ve been getting better grades ^^

7: A song you can’t stop listening to right now?

Okay so there are like ten songs but the first one that popped into my head is Balance, an ALTA fan song on YouTube and holy fuck it’s amazing. A bit wordy at times, can be a bit cramped but the melody and harmonies are chilling-

8: Recommend a movie.

The last one I watched was BFG and its good!

9: How old are you?

It’s right there on my blog pal

10: School, university or other?

University!

11: Do you prefer heat or cold?

Uhhh neither, but I guess the heat.

12: Name one fact others may not know about you.

So... I was born with a cardiac condition where I had to get lots of surgeries when I was little and a kid. Which is why I may go into detail about medical jargon.

13: Are you shy?

No??? I’m fairly extroverted, sometimes I may just reply in a string of emojis tho

14: Preferred pronouns?

I really don’t care what pronouns people refer to me with. I use she/they, but don’t care honestly

15: Biggest pet peeve?

Getting interrupted. Like holy shit do not interrupt me.

16: What is your favorite “dere” type?

Uhhhh,,,,, yandere. And no, I don’t condone anything they do, but it’s interesting to read about!

17: Rate your life from 1-10

A solid seven

18: Whats your main blog?

This one

19: List your side blogs and what they’re used for

Okay- so as mentioned above, I’m really interested in yanderes. My first side blog is

@eternal-obsession10 for my yandere OCs.

My second is @mysticsitcom for my MM OCs/ just MM in general

Third, @apprentice-flame my arcana OCs and arcana stuff

Fourth, @official-rfa my RFA RP/writing blog with Bee (check it out if y’all want-)

And last- @demon-kisser my OM blog

20: Is there something people need to know about you before becoming friends?

Sometimes I take a long time to reply bc I can get distracted easily or get really tired. It doesn’t mean that you’re boring me or that I don’t care!! I’ll always reply, and I’m interested in the conversation, I just get tired sometimes or distracted-

20 Questions

I was tagged by the always wonderful even though he sucks at answering messages @dontdowhatisayandnobodygetshurt <3 Love you Matt!

I tag- @slytherin1318 and anyone else who wants to do this, since i really don't have many people to tag anymore!

1. What do you prefer to be called namewise?

Bee! That's what I've been going by for a while now!

2. When is your birthday?

July 19th!

3. Where do you live?

America regretfully 🙃

4. Three things you are doing right now?

Dealing with anxiety, working on a new OC(Her name is Ithaca), annnnd distracting myself from everything else because I'm good at that.

5. Four fandoms that have peaked your interest?

Uhhh I'm not really into anything? I'm more bouncing between interests day by day. I did just catch up on 911 Lone Star?? And that was pretty good-

6. How has the pandemic been treating you?

Not the best, but I'll get there eventually

7. A song you can’t stop listening to right now?

All I Know So Far by P!nk! Such a good song oh my god-

8. Recommend a movie.

Uhhmmmm Steel Magnolias with Queen Latifah, The Breakfast Club orrrr even Venom

9. How old are you?

🙃 Over the age of 18

10. School, university, occupation, other?

I work retail! But my dream is to own my own bookstore

11. Do you prefer heat or cold?

Heat! If i get too cold i usually deal with pain!

12. Name one fact others may not know about you.

Mmm i wrote my first novel at like 11? About a girl named Nadine who could see the future, but my older brother got into the file and read it to my parents so i stopped writing for a really long time-

13. Are you shy?

Kinda? I'm more anxious than shy!

14. Preferred pronouns?

They/Them!

15. Biggest pet peeves?

I have a lot of them i suppose? Most of the time it's ignorance, or people ignoring boundaries

16. What is your favourite “dere” type?

IDNDIEBDIWNSJBDRIDNIXMS Tsundere usually ksndidnf

17. Rate your life from 1-10.

About a 4 right now, there's a lot happening and personally I'm not in the best place but hopefully it'll be better soon!

18. What’s your main blog?

This oneeeee 😌

19. List your sideblogs and what they’re used for.

My main sideblog is @tableforonechaoscrew which is the blog for some of my OCs!

I have an RFA sideblog that i own with my friend Jess! And a few more honestly-

20. Is there something people need to know about you before becoming friends?

I'm the kind of person who can and usually will talk all the time everyday, and i respond pretty fast a good chunk of the time. I will however talk about my OCs at any given point and if you show interest in them, you will get a full explanation on them and their story.

[shiranuieditorial]

i am unfortunately a fan and therefore also a perpetrator of the “girls with boyish (nick)names” trend, but i do support & contribute to the “boys with girl(y) names” trope in fiction a great amount—so far i have:

amy/ayma/ayme/ima/ime and however-you-want-to-pronounce-it from aimé

anzanko from kakashi (yes, that kakashi), a gender-neutral name, technically, but i know there are people out there who’d say this is more feminine or even strictly feminine

ari/arie from arianta

aria from zakaria

cara from carangine (still a temporary placeholder but whatevs)

celeste from celestino

coco from uh i’d rather not say but it should also start with co

dema/demah/dems from demah

eliza/elliz from eliezer

elma from el matador

emma from emmanuel

EV/evie from everett

fely/fma (lol yeah that was semi-intentional) from felipe

fulmoon/fulmun/furumuun/maruna from mangetsu (満月) (yes, that mangetsu, y’all)

gabs/gabby from gabriel

iz/izzy/izzie/yesa from isaiah/ashaiya

jade from jedra

jessie from jesse—the former is a fancy memey signature, technically. no actual difference in pronunciation, but lots of people out there like to think jesse is strictly boys and jessie is strictly girls so 🤷

kaya from kayaminazu (夏椰実七奏)

kaya from natsuyo (夏夜)

kells/kelly from kellen, though kelly actually emerged as a boys’ name first, funnily enough

kiyo from kiyomi (希世己), which is pretty femme-sounding as well

lili/lilo from leander, but very sparingly

lorry/lorrie from lawrence

lynn/lynnie/linnie and topes/toto from topaz lynn

miaka from yoshiko (美紅), which is already a very feminine name at first place, but technically it can be used for a boy in the modern day of our world, so i wouldn’t call it fully a girls’ name?

miko (御子 or ミコ) from... well not his real name naoshi (尚士), but a mix of his mother’s maiden name mikoshiba (御子柴) + an homage to his bestie mitsuhiko (允彦) who doesn’t even go by that name... it’s complicated. mostly bc this isn’t my oc and i was trying to fix canon’s “random asian-sounding name” mistake, so i [overblownly] made everything interconnect like spiderwebs to ensure every decision [i make] can be seen or argued as logical

mizuki from suigetsu (水月) (alright, now you know which mangetsu and suigetsu)

nat and kurenai from nathan 红尊奣

nyxie/o from onyx

rin from himachirin (暇治倫) or rin(se) (凛(星)) from linden; different alternate universe version of technically the same guy in theory?

riri from riano

sakura/senzakura (ikusanosakura)/sen’ou (戦桜) from uh, hugo... it has nothing to do with his real name, it’s just an inside joke

sav/savvie/savvy from nickname da savant, from unrelated real name daniel. he conferred himself that moniker bc he thinks he’s more than smart enough for it. the reality backs it up alright, but that was still a big-headed move from him

val/valerie from valerian

val/valley/vallie from valens

val/valley/valen from valentino

venus and 情徕 from 海晴赉

win/winnie from edwin

and these ones don’t count as it exactly, but maddie/madison from a guy whose surname is madison, liz/lizzie/lizbeth/elizabeth from surname elizabeth, zara from surname zaragoza, and paris from surname paris. as well as other stuff i’m probably not remembering right now :/

so i hope that evens it out... i’m pretty big on nicknames, as you can tell.

(it might be relevant to note that in some of these characters’ time period combined with the region and social culture there, the feminity/masculinity level of a nickname is different from the current modern-western perspective and/or is barely a factor to consider when adopting it or assigning it to someone. they’re more about simplicity, correlation, and whether others think it matches the owner or not.

basically, some of these are really only “girly names on boys” in our real-life modern world.)

Very done with the trend of fancy girl names being nicknamed down to boyish names. No more Sam from Samantha, no more Alex from Alexandria, no Andy from Andrea, no Evan from Evangeline.

From now on, we are doing fancy boy names being nicknamed down to girlish names. I wanna see

Alice from Alyssum

Cindy from Hyacinth

Allie from Alabaster and Alistair

Chrissie from Chrysanthos

Flora from Florian

Laura from Laurestine

Amy from Ambrosius and Amadeus

Belle from Belvidere

Connie from Constantine

Emma from Emiliano or Emerson

Lisa from Lysander

Lulu from Ludovic

Ellie from Nathaniel

Dora from Theodore

Nickie from Dominic

Gigi from Giovanni

If your heartthrob male love-interest isn’t rocking one of these nicknames, I don’t want to read it.