#just some rambly observations and thoughts

[derealizationns]

"intimacy"

characters - katsuki bakugou x fem reader

synopsis - katsuki’s tough facade crumbles as soon as you two are together, and he loves every second of it.

genre - fluff!!! so much fluff 🥹

warnings - none 🫧

katsuki loves intimacy. he definitely won’t show it, but he’s all for it. that boy is so used to being tough and everything, that it makes him crave those tender and gentle moments.

just imagine simple things like making dinner. the world seems silent, the only things you can hear are the shuffles of yours and katsuki’s slippers and the raindrops hitting the roof of your shared home. bakugou is chopping food on the counter, with you sitting beside him on top of the island, swinging your legs and just observing his movements.

your presence brings him so much comfort, though you aren’t even doing anything special. just the feeling of domesticity makes katsuki experience some weird warm sensation in his chest. he subconsciously smiles at that. it’s a faint smirk, but you still notice it.

after jumping off the countertop, you wrap your arms around his chest and place your head on his muscular back. he huffs with fake annoyance, but in reality, this gesture makes him incredibly happy.

“whatcha doin’, idiot?” he asks.

you roll your eyes at his question.

“i’m showing love to my incredibly strong boyfriend, don’t pretend that you don’t like it.”

at that moment, katsuki shuts up. he can’t lie to your pretty face, that would be cruel, so he just decides to remain silently enjoying your presence and warmth.

some other day, you are lying under the covers with your boyfriend. it’s saturday afternoon, meaning that you two have a day off, just for yourselves. bakugo decided that both of you should watch a movie that just came out, but truth be told, he didn’t even pay attention to it. the boy is simply staring blankly at the tv, visibly deep in thought. you quickly notice his weird behavior and decide to bring it up.

“kats?” you start.

his attention quickly switches to you, bright red eyes staring into yours curiously.

“what’s wrong?” the question falls from your lips.

his expression changes to one of slight shock. perhaps bakugou didn’t realize that he was visibly zoning out, or maybe he just didn’t expect you to mention it. after a few seconds of silence, bakugo finally speaks up.

“nothin’ is wrong, why you askin’?”

you sigh at his words. he is clearly hiding something from you. just when you wanted to scold him for his obvious lie, he speaks again.

“just thinkin’… ’bout how much i love you, i guess…” he starts, but he’s not looking at you anymore; his eyes are fixed on the ceiling. bakugo feels so embarrassed after he says this. the boy silently curses himself for speaking up.

you look at him confused but can’t deny the warm, fuzzy feeling in your chest. katsuki wasn’t the one to express his love so directly, and that took you aback.

“every memory i have with you makes me feel… weird. like, not bad weird, just… puzzled, i guess? i’ve never felt that way, so it’s hard to exp—” you cut off his rambling before he finishes.

“i know what you mean, kats. every moment, even the simplest and most boring one, stirs up something within you, am i right?”

your boyfriend sends you a shocked look. he didn’t expect you to read his emotions so well. you just said everything right! how is that possible? did you read his mind or something? or maybe… it was because those were the same feelings you have…?

“yeah… i think you’re right…” he mumbles, visibly embarrassed by this conversation, so you think it’s time to cut it off.

“but it’s a good feeling, right? like you’re not… overwhelmed?” you ask him worriedly.

katsuki shoots you a look that you think was supposed to be scolding.

“what? no, you idiot. it’s… it’s good, i like it.”

you smile at his words and tuck yourself closer to him, bathing in his warmth.

“that’s good…” you whisper and feel yourself slowly doze off, as bakugou leaves a soft kiss on your forehead.

you sleep soundly, dreaming about every soft and domestic moment you had with katsuki. and there were many more to come.

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[cubitodragon-moved]

While Etoiles is on break (good for him, mental health and well being comes first), I hope that Green Team can work out some alternate strategy to take advantage of their staggered logins - Red was clearly struggling from too few members on Day 1, but even fewer of Green have shown up since.

I do think that the loner aspect has proven a weakness for Team Green, BUT, with all the roaming they’re inclined to do, I hope they start taking advantage of learning terrain and locating resources that way. Key figures tend to threaten the other teams just by being nearby, after all.

Fit being online so early compared to most Americans is likely why Etoiles originally asked him to wait to log in - he wanted a team bro on for the same length of time. And who can blame him when the server dynamic has had this forced shift in dynamics? And with the Egg Wars… Hmm. I’m very curious to see what they do with this one.

(I hope Forever’s Pc didn’t die a death again, I miss seeing him around, and he’s a good rallying force.)

[autisticlee]

i'm aroace, sex repulsed and don't get traditional romance or find the need for it, but I still often think how it would be neat to have a gf/partner for other purposes that arent romance and sexual. but it seems impossible to make someone want to date you if you take out those things????

sometimes I think it would be nice to have a gf to do cute gay cosplay photoshoots with. there would be mouth smooching and you usually can't do that with a friend and I don't really want to either, so a gf would be useful for that.

then there's hating showers because they exhaust me and it would be nice to have a gf to wash my hair and stuff for me??? can't call up a friend to do this every time I need to shower. that won't work and I doubt they'd want to/be comfortable doing that.

most friends will end up putting all their priority into their partner and/or family they create. I want someone that will make me their priority and not run off with someone else they start dating and abandon me??? something like that. their priority is cleaning our home together, hanging out together, going shopping and other domestic/partner stuff. they don't do that with someone else or use me temporarily until they can find a partner. so it's essentially dating/being partners. but it looks different from your typical expected romance and partnership.

doesn't matter how aroace I am, I have accepted that a relationship is beneficial in many ways and there's certain things that you can't expect friends to cover and they can't fill. but I have zero interest in looking for a partner in traditional ways that requires small talk/flirting/dates/etc. so that makes me realize i'll most likely not trick someone into partnering with me lmao

the internet seems to call this kind of thing "queer platonic relationship" (did I remember it right?) and you just need to find another sroace person to do it with. but either way, there's no textbook to study for how to get that and where to find these people. it seems harder than the puzzle that is regular dating tbh.

there's that saying "there's other fish in the sea" but i'm a worm in a puddle the other worms got out before they drowned. there's no fish here lmao. my options are so limited that I haven't met a single option yet in my life. there's barely any chance the first aroace person I meet irl will be compatible, or the first compatible person will accept a relationship with an aroace. you know what I mean? any other aroace that's interested in some kind of relationship/partnership and feel like you don't get that whole sea to choose from like everyone else and only have a dried up puddle? 😅

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

one thing about me w/ creative freedom is that in all of my Personal Lore i will make dragons so People. they are a People. yeah yeah animalistic dragons dragons that are beasts we've all seen it. what about the very intelligent dragons. dragons with their own cultures and societies and languages. dragons who belong to a higher form of existence too. what about them

[tellmegoodbye]

Thinking about how Buck always had a reputation as a womanizer when what Eddie is doing now is more fucked up than anything Buck ever did

[m3llowm1sh]

ok i am currently drawing a thing and i looked up the physiotherapy ward bg to reference from (ty blupen for making all your thumbnails have the bg in them)

and ik everyone knows that the physiotherapy ward and stadium bgs are supposed to mimic each other cuz its really obvious and thats like the whole point of them BUT

THE LAMPS. LIGHTS. ARE THE FUCKING EYES. DID OTHER PPL REALIZE THIS???????????????? CUZ I JUST DID AND MY MIND IS FUCKING BLOWN RN HOLY SHIT EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS ACT IS SO GOOD

[torchickentacos]

So. I had been listening to a song and thought, 'Huh. This is going on for a while, isn't it?" So I checked, and.... hm.

[butchshepherd]

saw this as it was happening and assumed there had been some level of communication but what im getting from this is that there wasn't, and im like, yikes.

shortly put this breeder has been planning this litter for years and had two separate, and unfortunately unsuccessful trips to mate the dogs because of limited schedules and bad timing, and then that happened.

if it had been communicated i imagine it'd be fine but the fact that it wasn't... really isn't a good look considering they had agreed to not do exactly this !! gotta agree with what they finished off this update with.

[lovelesslittleloser]

Sometimes, when I listen to a particularly good song, I can envision a scene and the emotions brought with it, and it makes me sad that my art and animation skills aren’t good enough yet to depict it to others the way I see it

[welcometoteyvat]

rarepairs :3

[pyrriax]

[everwizard]

Seems like everyone in the greater mcytblr sphere is a system these days

[glorfys-glorioushair]

This journal entry terrified me too! I've read the novel twice, but it wasn't until listening to the @re-dracula podcast production of it that I realized how horrific and dark it was. Part of it has to do with the excellent VA work, showcasing how the fear within Jonathan begins to mount. In this entry, you can hear the pure terror in his voice, the height of his fear. Outstanding performance, I seriously recommend the podcast for an oral read and analysis!

The other part has to do with the parallel you mentioned about the woman losing her child and Jonathan losing his identity. Despite the woman getting mauled by wolves, she even loses her identity of being a mother as Dracula has taken her child away from her. We'll see this happen again in the story when we get to England.

From these understandings, it seems to me that what scares us as humans most is the loss of self or the fear of becoming something we are not. And Dracula represents this perfectly. Having an immortal creature who can impersonate others and take control of other identities invade England is terrifying to imagine.

Another detail that supports this is how our cast of heroes each have specifically stated occupations (Mina is a schoolteacher, Seward is a doctor at the asylum, etc). Something we do as humans is pride ourselves with identity and personality. Telling us about the occupations exhibit this thought. I don't know if that was intended by Stoker (if someone knows, I'd love the answer and the specific source of it), but Dracula can be interpreted as a story about the value of identity and the lengths we go to fight for it.

Today's entry makes me genuinely afraid of the count. I know I'm still trying to keep it light and make fun and all but I realised how unsettling it might have been for Jonathan to see a woman getting straight up mauled by the wolves just after her child gets snatched.

Also, I love the parallel of Jonathan losing his identity and the woman losing her child to the count. After witnessing everything he witnessed and losing that one sense of identity, it's natural for him to believe that he would be better off dead much like he believes that the woman is better off dead than have to witness her child's suffering.

[intcrastra]

Brainrotting abt Gallagher again:

So like. What is NEEDED for him to be able to assimilate traits of another person? Does he need to kill them? Ingest the DNA (him or the Meme)?? Just observe them & work from there??? WHAT IS IT????

[epiphanytear]

Hmmm

[giantsinthemist]

your half ass-ed layer cake is someone else’s shortbread

-my brain’s phrase choice to try to motivate at random hour