#kinda intimidating for a first time director

[superiorbiscuits]

Part two of my favorite photos from my staged (and licensed) production of Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party. One of my favorite things was getting to share a webseries I loved with people who would otherwise not have heard of it. My cast and crew LOVED the script and poured so much work into making it great and they were so extremely talented at it!

[c0smoos--xx]

ARC 0: Lost & Found (Empty Restaurant)

ft. tiny (lazy) comic at the end

Timeline: Chapter 1 — Chapter 120

A/N: idk how long it took for me to finish this but it felt like months and I'm kinda proud of this piece. We'll see the Director again soon. Probably. Anywho, something feels off but idk what to fix.

DISCLAIMER: not proofread, probably OOC, censor blocks, slight mentions of blood, no other warnings (so far)

[ Lookism Masterlist ]

The chairman of Workers was usually a rational person who often had a gentle smile on his face no matter the situation. Whatever problems arose, whatever went wrong, he always had it under control. He always had back-up plans. His composure was never lost, and his serene expression always lingered.

But this was new.

Mandeok’s gaze turned to Eugene, who was sitting next to him in the car looking— for the first time in who knows how long— agitated. He then looked at the passenger seat where an obviously jittery Yuseong sat. Both brothers were unable to sit still, not after receiving a text from Lotus saying that he had received a message from an unknown number about him.

The vice chairman understood why they were feeling that way. It wasn’t public information, but Eugene had been looking for his missing brother. It was something he was working on discreetly. He didn’t need anyone knowing he had brothers that he cherished, especially not when Charles Choi had plans on taking down the Four Major Crews. It was only a matter of time before he set his eyes on Workers, who knew about the man’s weakness.

Who knows how far he'd go to accomplish his goals?

Eugene was confident he could buy some time and find a way to take down the CEO of HNH group once and for all. He was just worried about what’ll happen during. It didn’t matter if he got killed, but if Mandeok or Yuseong— or even his missing brother— were to be injured beyond repair…

Eugene shook his head slightly. He hated to think about it.

“How much longer?” asked the chairman, his voice laced with impatience.

“We’re here, sir,” the driver said after a while during which he parked the car near a decent-looking restaurant. The driver barely unlocked the car before Eugene immediately burst out of it, not even waiting for his bodyguards as he usually would in any normal circumstances. Yuseong was hot on his heels and Mandeok barely caught up.

A few bodyguards could be seen loitering around the building. They didn’t stop the trio when they saw them, letting them burst through the restaurant. Eugene looked around as he entered, looking for someone. There was no one else inside— no one the chairman was looking for, anyways. Instead, the only people in the building besides them was a red-headed man in a black suit wearing a white mask with black eyes on it. He was sitting in the middle of the room, casually flipping through the menu. Behind him were two tall, hulking bodyguards whose intimidating presence seemed to dissipate once Mandeok came into view.

Eugene approached the table the red-head was sitting at, not wasting any time to ask, “Where is he?”

“Good evening,” the masked man replied casually, closing the menu and placing it aside.

“Where is he?” Eugene repeated, obviously irritated at the man's lack of urgency.

“Relax,” the man said, raising a hand, motioning towards the chair in front of him. “Let’s get to know each other better first. Due to privacy reasons, I won’t reveal my name but you may call me Director—”

“You think I’m ▒▒▒ing around? Where is my brother?” The young chairman’s voice grew louder with each word spoken. He’s rarely been this expressive before. It was actually quite unsettling. Mandeok glanced briefly at his friend to make sure he was seeing it right. Yuseong didn’t seem fazed, most likely due to the fact that he was feeling the same type of anger his brother was feeling.

Director sighed softly after a short pause. “He’s safe and healthy, don’t you worry,”

“That’s not what I asked,” though he did seem a little less irritated after the man confirmed that his brother was alive. Behind him, Yuseong took out his phone, staring at it for a while before unlocking it.

“You will see him. In the meantime, why don’t you sit down? I’d really love to see how my business partner’s sons are doing,” Director peered at Mandeok from behind his mask, then at the men in suits that were in and out of the building. Workers’ people. Some were watching him and his bodyguards. Some were guarding the area outside. Others were sizing up his own men as if to show that they were better via glares and puffing out their chests.

The man turned back to Eugene, who was staring at the phone Yuseong held for him, careful not to let anyone else besides his brother and Mandeok see it. After a while, Eugene said, “I’d hardly call my father a ‘business partner’,” the boy turned to him with a smile, taking a seat in front of the Director. It felt a little unsettling seeing the change in attitude considering the fact that he was practically fuming just moments ago. “We both know he’s not the one running the company. I mean… It’s doing well, isn’t it?”

“Right you are,” the man let out a forced chuckle, wondering if this kid had some sort of issue in the head due to how fast he changed his tone. Either that, or Eugene was trying something.

The Director leaned back, turning to one of his bodyguards and whispered in a foreign language to check the restaurant’s kitchen. As the guard nodded and left, the masked man turned back to the boy. With the way this kid was staring at him, it felt as if the young chairman was barely holding back from jumping out of his seat and sticking a fork into the man’s neck.

Ha.

How scary.

It shouldn't be a problem though. His men were all well-trained professionals, the very best money could buy compared to those street thugs working under some clueless nepo baby in clothes they don’t deserve to wear.

“It must be upsetting to find out your own parents were willing to sell your brother for their own gain but… people like us should understand that it’s for the best, that we should do whatever we can to be at the top of the world,” said the Director. After a pause, he added, “But I suppose someone like you wouldn’t get it, seeing how desperate you were these past few years. Really, I don’t understand. Why’d you do it?”

The last two sentences were spoken in a slightly exaggerated confused tone.

“What are you referring to?” Eugene chuckled, amused. “My men, or my effort in looking for my brother?”

“Whichever you prefer,”

Eugene stared, as if thinking of a response as his grip on his own hands tightened. Then, he said, “The best thing about hiring street thugs is that they don’t exactly complain about how much you pay them or what you make them do. As long as you have the money and power, they’ll bark like dogs if you tell them to,”

“I get it. But still…you could’ve gotten better men. Professionals. As you said, we have the money,” the Director spoke, his tone passive-aggressive, subtly reminding Eugene that the money he had used prior didn’t belong to him.

The young chairman got the message. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly. A sign of irritation. He turned away slightly.

After a while, he got up.

“We’re done here,”

“What?” The Director was confused. “You’re leaving? All of a sudden?”

“Yes, well… why else would I stay here?” Eugene asked as if the man had pointed out something obvious.

“And what of your brother? I haven’t given him back to you yet, have I?”

There was a blank expression on the boy’s face. This man… he sounded so desperate. Like he had a reason coming here, and it wasn’t just to mess around. Had his brother been some sort of negotiation item or something?

Well…

Whatever.

Eugene couldn’t be bothered. He had more important things to attend to.

“I don’t know what your real purpose was for coming here, nor do I bother to find out. I have more urgent things to attend to, so,” Eugene turned away. “Have a good day,”

The young chairman’s bodyguards and his men followed him out of the restaurant. They entered their vehicles, starting them.

The Director was too confused to do anything. He thought this boy had been searching for his younger brother like crazy. His investigation had been proof of that.

So what the hell is this?

Was he wrong?

Was the chairman of Workers the type of person to abandon those who weren’t of use to him or those who require too much effort to keep?

Well… he seemed like the type.

“Damn it,” he muttered, leaning back on the chair. “I came all the way here for nothing, then?”

On the bright side… at least he’ll be able to keep using Yunho. By now, that boy wouldn’t be able to oppose him. Even if he could, he’ll just toss him into the punishment room. Stomp out all the remaining willpower and stubbornness.

“Excuse me,” said a voice from the entrance. It was… the man racked his brain, trying to recall his name.

Ah, right. Bang Mandeok.

“Did you forget something?” The Director asked.

“No, I was told by the chairman to ask you to check the kitchen,”

“The kitchen? But why—” he paused. The kitchen was where he…

The redhead abruptly stood up, ignoring Mandeok’s polite goodbye, and made a beeline towards the kitchen with his bodyguard close by.

The door burst open.

“This…” The Director let out a short and breathy laugh. “That sneaky little ▒▒▒…”

The kitchen area was littered with unconscious bodies of his men. There were small splashes of blood here and there. The table he told Yunho to sit and wait at was empty, and the backdoor was wide open.

"They're alive, though some of them seem to have been sliced... by a knife, I reckon," his bodyguard confirmed after checking everyone. "Someone must've knocked them out..."

The Director had been tricked by some highschool kid.

Eugene had long gotten his brother. The reason why he chose to sit and talk with him was because he had nothing to worry about at that point.

The worst part was that he couldn’t even do anything about it. The Workers’ leader had left, probably safely tucked away with his elite fighters. Even if he were to chase the kid down now, chances of him catching up with the kid are slim to none.

The Director groaned softly in frustration.

Damn it, this wasn’t how it was supposed to go!

EPILOGUE

[ READING ORDER; top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right ]

A/N: so you can figure out how they're knocked out (since I can't state it directly for some reason haha-) + who took Yunho using the epilogue ;)

[lelengerine]

helloo! for the drabble event, could u do a celebrities + soulmates au for renjun pls? thank u 🌟

oh to see you

pairing | actor!renjun x actor!reader

genre | celebrity + soulmates au, it’s implied the reader is female for this one ;0; renjun’s a little grumpy in the beginning, do lmk if i missed anything!

wc | 0.9k

notes | thank u sm sm for requesting this, i was so excited to write this one as soon as i saw it in my inbox because i haven't tried writing something like this yet (kinda) ;0; likes, rbs, and feedback are always appreciated !!

this is part of my drabble req event here!

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for once in his entire acting career, huang renjun is left stunned as he reads through the stack of papers detailing his role in an upcoming drama.

he had always resonated with the characters he was assigned to, having a good feel of them before filming even began, yet he can’t seem to wrap his head around this specific one.

his company decided for him to play as a smitten college student, desperately pining over a girl in his year level after figuring out they were soulmates.

it didn’t make sense to him. the character was acting that way simply because they were soulmates and nothing more? what even was the point of love then? 

he would never admit it himself, but he was a romanticist who preferred carefully thought out acts of love over fleeting bursts of affection. though, who was he to argue seeing as the drama was well received by the public when news of it first hit the headlines.

but don’t get him wrong, the idea of soulmates was a concept he was more than familiar with. it wasn’t surprising to hear about it in the first place, especially when the world he lived in was full of it — red strings of fate, matching tattoos, special birthmarks, he’s seen it all, but stubbornly refuses to accept it in its truth. 

perhaps it's because he believed having a soulmate himself was highly unlikely.

he still remembers the stories he’d hear when he was younger about his cousins finding ‘the one’ — a person they shared a special bond with that no one else could replicate. it was then he tried looking for anything that could signify he had one of his own, but to no avail.

the memory still sits bitterly in his mind, yet he finds himself standing in front of the film site, unable to deny the proposal of the director. this was still work, after all.

you’re inside a trailer in the same set, sitting in a pile of jittery nerves as your make-up artist does their best to make you look presentable on camera. 

you had stayed up a bit too much rereading your script over and over again, time passing through your fingertips before you even knew it. dark circles lay under your eyes, but you still think your efforts were worth it. this was your first major appearance in a drama as one of the main leads, a crucial moment in your career to make yourself known. 

you couldn’t let something as precious as that slip away.

“you’re done here, i better see you getting a good night’s worth of rest after this!” your make up artist jests, making you laugh along with them. 

a smile makes its way up your lips as you stand up from the seat, “what would i do without you? though, i’ll be off now!”

with a small wave, you bid them a goodbye, opening the door to find yourself face-to-face with someone who was so effortlessly serene, it kind of intimidated you. “ah- i’m sorry, were you coming in for make up?”

you notice he looks rather familiar, plush lips parted ever so slightly, and eyes twinkling with a shade of pink as he stares at you. his gaze was mesmerizing, a little too much that it brings out your bashfulness, pursing your lips together before deciding to speak again. “hello? did you come here for your make up?”

“huh- oh, yeah.” he quickly transfers his line of sight to his feet, his heart beating like he just ran a 10 meter marathon. he’s never seen you around as one of the make up artists, so who exactly were you?

“my name is y/n.” you begin speaking as if you read his mind, “i’m one of the leads for this drama. it’s nice to meet you…?”

and suddenly his world clicks into place. you were going to be his partner for the drama- ‘snap out of it’, he grumbles to himself, causing you to give him a confused look.

“sorry?” you ask, hoping he could repeat what he just said because you weren’t able to catch it.

“no, it’s nothing. i apologize.” he states softly, “my name is huang renjun. i look forward to working with you.” he’s smiling now, the sparkles in his eyes now glowing a bright yellow, and your cheeks start warming up. did everyone’s eyes normally look like this?

“i- i look forward to working with you too.” you turn away to give room for your flustered expression, “um, you should get ready now. i’ll leave you be.” 

your polite words disappointingly leave him with no reason to refuse. it was a shame, he wanted to talk to you more… wait, what? just what was going on in his mind?

“yeah, okay, thanks.” his replies hurriedly, not at all in the way he hoped for, but it somehow just came out in that manner. “i’ll see you later for shooting?”

“yeah.” you smile for the first time and renjun finally sees the same kind of sparkle that floats in the depths of your irises as his, leaving him just as enthralled as you were moments ago. “i’ll be on my way then.”

the two of you now stand on opposite sides of the trailer’s door, and while you’re wondering how you’re going to properly dictate the lines you practiced while looking at him, renjun’s come to the revelation that there might just be a soulmate for him out there — or rather right outside this very trailer van. 

perhaps he’s just understood the desperation of his character’s lovesickness because he wants to open the door once more and rush out to look for you — you who he hopes is the soulmate he has been silently yearning for his entire life.

[yeahiwasintheshit]

finally watched 'longlegs' tonight, and man is it a beautifully made, expertly constructed film. mood and atmosphere felt so appropriate and put you in the right frame of mind for what they were trying to do. It felt creepy and dirty, ominous and threatening. shot compositions were gorgeous and the use of the 4:3 vignette or rounded edges (whatever its called) felt appropriate… for a minute i thought the whole movie was gonna be like that, thankfully it was only in a few scenes, and felt like it was for a purpose.

unfortunately i just didnt care for the story it was telling or rather I mean I was fine with the story they were telling, I just didnt think the story was executed linearly with as much care and precision as the look and feel of everything else in the movie. Its doing a bunch of things at first, but you start off thinking the movies going to be a like police procedural, and then they introduce some supernatural elements which then really takes it right out of the kind of cat and mouse / mystery movie you spend the first 10-15 mins thinking its going to be. Things you think should take some time to build up to, just happen. And I get it the movie is not really a police procedural, its more light supernatural horror but idk, theres that police procedural I was kinda wanting because of how the movie started. the supernatural thing kinda gets us to plot points quickly, and to me that felt a little too quick, a little too forced or something. Idk I mean I get why they do that, and why it all comes together at the end, but a little slower with the build up and police work would have helped build more of the tension, I think.

Also you can pretty much guess where its all going, I mean there are definitely some weird right turns you will not guess, and those are good moments, but almost from the beginning, they are like ‘who is the accomplice? Who is the accomplice?’ And its like yea, duh, we know, like they made that pretty clear almost right off the bat, so when it is revealed, you’re like, uh yeah, we knew that lol

also, what really took me out of the movie each and every time was Nic cage. They should have absolutely not had him in this role. His voice was so ridiculous, the choices in like singing were like not scary or creepy at all, it was just silly and each and every time all I saw was Nic cage, maybe if his voice was lower and creepier or something, idk, its just Nic cages voice, and it just didnt work for me. They should have had some unknown actor or anyone else in his role. Someone whos intimidating and actually creepy. I got nothing creepy or ominous about his choices. and I think its clear they knew that, cause they shellacked him in that makeup… anyway to not see Nic cage, but his voice was a dead giveaway each time.

Maika Monroe was fantastic tho, and it was really great to see Blair underwood coming out of wherever hes been for 30 years ago, back from la law I guess lol. He looks great, and he has such a great voice. Also really great to see Alicia Witt! Almost unrecognizable, I really hope they caked her in old age makeup, cause at first I was like is that her? Cant be, there’s no way Alia Atrides is old enough to have a 30+ year old child lol also nice to see sally draper in this, and that Oz Perkins has a cast of actors he likes working with. She was great in his other movie the blackcoats daughter.

Overall it was the visuals that were the standout in the movie, the director, Oz Perkins, who is the son of my bby Anthony Perkins, is really good at building these atmospheric moody visuals, he also did a movie called Gretel and Hansel which also was more visually appealing than it was a good story. and I just read that his brother, Elvis Perkins did the score. Ive loved his album Ash Wednesday for almost a couple decades now, and the score really helped build the tension and really worked with movie.

It got so much hype at first so Im glad I saw some reasonable reactions too, cause it lowered my expectation. At first I’d heard it was the scariest movie ever!! And it’s not. I’m glad I went in not thinking that. So its not a bad movie whatsoever, I def wouldnt say I loved it, there are choices that I dont think work with the story, and that really dampens what couldve been something special, cause visually and atmospherically its gorgeous.

[keen-li]

CLAWED | JJK | CH 02

Synopsis: "do you honestly think I want your help? I'm desperate " you can still see the hatred he has for you in his eyes, but you can also see the desperation.

Genre: e2l, angst, fluff, smut-ish. Convict jk x police officer reader

Fem reader x jk

Warnings: cussing.

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Last night you let jungkook, you even hate saying his name, into your house. You despised him but you weren't that soulless.

"How long are you staying here for?" you ask avoiding the eyes of the man walking around in your robe after you let him shower in your bathroom.

"4 days maybe" maybe?? He says prancing around your house and going through your fridge like a raccoon. He's definitely gotten comfortable very quickly.

"Damn, you don't have food in your fridge" he rummages through your cupboards now.

"I didn't think you'd take my 'stop eating' jokes serious"

Jokes, you chuckle not amused by that.

"Please stop going through my house" you say sternly.

He rejoices when he finds the packet of ramen you you didn't even know existed. You hope it's expired as you see him start to prepare them. You hate how he always tries to make things about him or how he feels entitled to everything, it doesn't surprise you though it's always been this way. Hes always been like this, towards you atleast.

When you were in the Police Academy together and you'd get praised he'd always find a way to make you feel invalid. He'd always hide behind saying it's a joke but you definitely knew that those weren't jokes.

"What happened to you" you say pointing at his bruises and cuts. Your tone is more of a I don't care but I just wanna know type.

"Bar fight" he says too quickly to be the truth, you try to analyze his face. You're not sure if he's being honest but his coming here seems a bit off to you but don't want to question him just yet.

"But what are you doing here, haven't seen you in a while you just appear at my door in the middle of the night while it's raining." You decide to finally ask after a while.

"So you missed me?" He smirks and you roll your eyes at him. Where in your sentence did he get that from. The thought of missing him disgusts you.

"I never said that, you're changing the topic" you cross your arms over your chest trying not to feel intimidated by his god-like build.

"I can't tell you why I'm here but just know I'll be out in 4 days"

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"We haven't seen you in a while so we came to visit you" your friend Soni says after you ask what she and jinsyu, your other friend, are doing here. You didn't expect them to come over but it makes sense since you told them you had a free day today. But you still wish they had called. So you could hide jungkook.

"We were worried about you" jinsyu says as they walk into your home behind you.

It's their first time being in your house, so they look around in amusement. "oooh this is a really cute place" jinsyu says touching everything she sees.

You're place is nothing fancy, in your opinion it's kinda dull and boring cause of its multiple use of whites, nudes and greys. But you kinda liked it like this, simple and modern.

"Can we go upstairs" Soni says already rushing upstairs and jinsyu following behind her. You didn't even have a chance to give them permission, you didn't mind though. You follow behind them to keep them in check. It's almost like you're the mother of these two.

You don't know where jungkook is and the last thing you want is for your friends to see him. You know that if they see him they'll never let you hear the end of it. They would start calling him your lil'boyfriend when the last thing you want is jungkook as your boyfriend.

Your friends didn't know jungkook, cause you met him whilst training. Soni is a creative director at some fashion store while jinsyu is a training Doctor.

You follow behind them and watch them as they look around your bedroom. You lose focus on jinsyu and she sneaks into your bathroom. You're focused on something else when you hear jinsyu.

"What are these" you hear her exclaim. So you and Soni follow where she is. Immediately you catch sight of what jinsyu is exclaiming about.

And laying there on top of your laundry basket is a pair of grey boxers with Calvin klein on the band, jungkook's boxers.

You immediately rush over to flip the lid of the basket and drop them inside without touching them. You can feel Jinsyu and Soni's eyes on you . And their cheeky and mocking grins too.

"It's not what yo-" you begin when you're interrupted by your friend's squeals.

"Y/n, why didn't you tell us you're seeing someone." soni says smiling from ear to ear.

"That's cause I'm not" you defend yourself.

"Lies" jinsyu follows up.

Your friends barely see you with guys, so they get really excited by the mere thought of you being in a relationship or even talking to a guy.

"I think we should go downstairs now" you say dragging them out of the bathroom ignoring all their little comments and nags.

This makes everything more stressful for you because you don't know where jungkook is. You really don't want your friends to see. You hope he's fallen into a ditch or something wherever he is.

You walk downstairs not noticing the shirtless man in black shorts in the kitchen making himself a sandwich.

"Oh" you hear your friends say and pull your eyes to what's got there attention.

"Is that him" soni says grining widely at jungkook, his muscles contract and relax as he chops up the cucumber. He seems so focused on such a simple job. You're friends watch intensely almost drooling at the mouth.

"Where the heck were you?" You ask hushed approaching jungkook.

Jungkook ignores you and looks over at your friends who walk into the kitchen behind you watching you two interact.

" you should have told me your friends were coming over I would have put on a shirt" he says jokingly but not really talking to you. You know that even if he knew he'd still not wear a shirt.

"That's not-that's not a problem" Soni says and jinsyu bumps her with her elbow.

"you have a boyfriend" jinsyu whispers to Soni and she shrugs her away.

"not one built like that."

"So you're the one keeping y/n from us?" Jinsyu says while soni still drools over jungkook. Her tone is very playful.

"You two are like dating?" Soni says finally out of her trance.

"NO" You and jungkook say like it's the worst thing that could happen in the world.

"He'll no, but she wishes that though." He turns to are you mocking you with an eyebrow raise as he finishes making his sandwich.

"Fuck off, i'd rather die" your eyes are still locked into each other as you say this, he smirks at you probably mockingly. Definitely mocking you.

"I'll leave you ladies alone now" he picks up his plate and eyeing you one more time leaves. Your friends eye him as he leaves to go back outside.

You hated when he stared at you like that it always made you feel small and tiny.

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For the past 3 days jungkook has been sleeping on your couch. Your house did have a spare bedroom but it wasn't furnished because you never expected to have visitors, you moved in recently.

"I'd appreciate it if you got off my bed" jungkook says to you who's seated on the couch watching your show.

"I wanna sleep" he adds as he throws the pillow and blanket you gave to him on the couch.

"In my house?" You state reminding him who the house belongs to.

He stands there just watching you as you ignore him for your show.

"Why didn't you run to your own house" you mumble with no care in the world as you rest your head against your palm.

"Last time I remember you had a house when you worked at the station." You continue to spit out like the words are fire on your tongue.

Your comment causes jungkook's jaw to clench and smile to drop. You don't notice but his body and muscles tense up thinking about what you just said.

You slowly turn your head to look at a tensed up and uneasy looking jungkook. It was a blow to the gut you suppose, and that causes you to smile at him happy you could cause him such discomfort.

The jungkook you know would have spit out a comeback seconds after your comment. You begin to feel a little bad due to the way he seems to linger on your comment and the silence that consumes you.

You want to speak but he speaks before you "I lost the house"

You don't know how he lost it so you don't conclude on how to feel but that doesn't stop you from feeling kinda bad. When did this happen? For how long?.

For a moment you forget the jungkook that used to always have something to say about you as his character falters.

Your thoughts are brought to a halt as you hear a knock at your door. You get up quickly to answer the door and to avoid the tension in the room.

Jungkook doesn't bother going to the door, it's your house isn't it. But you notice the worried look on his face when he hears the knock on the door he almost looks like a deer caught in headlights.

When you open the door you see the familiar face of your neighbor, yoongi, his long dark hair up in a man bun. He wore his hair like this often when he got back from work or when he's chilling at home.

You hate to say it but you're noticed this when he takes out his trash and you see him through your window, like a creep. It honestly became a habit to wait for him to take out his trash and watch his shiny black hair bounce in its bun and the loose strands brush against the back of his neck.

One day as you were carrying out your usual, he turns to face your window and it felt like you made eye contact. But you doubt that he saw you. Maybe he saw your curtain move. If he did see you he sure thinks you're a creep but by the way he greets you sometimes you doubt he saw you, or maybe he doesn't mind that you're watching him. Maybe it flatters him.

"Oh hi yoongi. What are you doing here?" You ask fiddling with the zipper of your jersey as you look at yoongi, he's in his usual 'I'm at home look'. A black T-shirt and navy blue shorts which off his smooth and pale legs.

He stands with the box of brownies in his hands.

He reciprocates the greeting and adjusts the box in his hands.

"I brought you this box of brownies I made" he stretches the box and you gladly take it analyzing the box cautiously and happily.

"I've been trying to bake a needed a woman's opinion"

He's confident and clear as he says this not faltering one bit, yoongi's aura always makes you feel somewhat vulnerable and relaxed like you could just let go and be yourself. He still had you on your toes though.

You've only had two serious interactions with yoongi and the rest were just hellos. But from those interactions you've come to the conclusion of how yoongi would be as a boyfriend.

You hum "I'll definitely try them and let-"

The sound of a plate falling gets you and yoongi's attention and shortly afterwards a small 'sorry' follows.

Even if it's small and soft yoongi can definitely notice that it's a man's voice. You slap yourself mentally as yoongi turns to look at you.

"Didn't know you had someone over" he chuckles not intimidated one bit and not trying to interrogate or make you feel bad about it.

"it's just a friend" you release a nervous laugh and yoongi simply notes not pressing it any longer.

"Anyways thanks for bringing these over I'll let you know what I think of them after I've had them."

"Alright I'll be waiting" yoongi says still wondering about the man in your house.

You share your goodbyes and you stand there watching yoongi walk away. You try and collect your thoughts before you go in there and cuss jungkook out.

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CHAPTER 2 RAMBLES

It DOES have spoils for chap 2 so like,,, maybe read that first maybe i like shamelessly promoting my own fics SUE ME

Oh also bonus deleted scene at the end so ooooo you wanna read my infodump so baaaaaaaad

UNDER THE CUT BC ITS REALLY LONG ENJOOOOOOOOOOY

okay okay man i just. There's a lot of smol lil moments im so proud of that i just wanna gush about so here's my time to gush about it, in no particular order im just gonna go through the chapter and make comments as i go so uh. Director's commentary i guess LOL

Oh man so so so. I'm gonna avoid posting any spoilers for future chapters but. In both chapter 1 and this chapter I started setting up a future plot point. I had this planned for MONTHS. And idk when the reveal will drop- currently thinking chapter 4? Who knows but that's my current plan. BUT. but. but. BUT. There's a plot point I've been alluding to and foreshadowing in both chapters... and I don't think anyone's caught on to it yet >:3c And i cannot WAIT to finally get to The Thing(tm) and FINALLY be able to point at EVERY LINE in chapters 1+2 that were leading up to it like "iVE BEEN PLANNING THIS FROM THE START, GO BACK AND REREAD, ITS BEEN THERE FROM THE BEGINNING!" Again i wont spoil what the thing is but I'm gonna be so excited when we get there. I'm also curious if anyone will catch what it is yet... >:3ccc

Oh my God. The scene of Quickman and Dr. Light actually sitting down and trying to find ways to help Quick was so cathartic to me. Yes I want Light to be a flawed character and trust me we're gonna SEE those flaws in coming chapters, but I really just. Wanted him to genuinely try to help these bots. Like this is a conversation I had with a friend from over a YEAR ago, so it's so satisfying to finally get to make the closure I wanted from this!!

This fic is a unique challenge for me!! Like on one hand, I want to make Quickman abrasive and confrontational- want him to be the "problem" bot which is why so many people give up on him so early... but on the other hand, I want his actions to be understandable. Like yeah he's a jerk but he's more often than not kinda right to be pissed at their situation. I want him to be a relatable and realistic protag, not just some dick who's a jerk to everyone for no reason. I really hope I got that across in this fic... Yeah he's gonna start at his worst and slowly soften up but I hope I hit a good balance of asshole vs righteously upset

"He sat down, bouncing his leg restlessly." <- This bad bot can fit so much undiagnosed audhd in him

Terms like "cycling vents" as a robot tie-in for breathing was something I picked up from my time in the Transformers fandom!!! I picked up a lot of mech related terms from TF that'll be used a lot in this series which'll be fun to point out down the line. But yeah Cybertronians gave me a good dictionary to describe robot master anatomy/mannerisms with!

"Would he have better odds destroying Ice or Cut? Probably Cut." <- You've heard of love at first sight now get ready for... whatever the fuck THIS is supposed to be

Oh man, Flash and Quick,,, I'll talk about them in a lil bit bc man i have so many thoughts about them, but I'll mention one thing for now: The scene where Quick and Flash banter before Flash goes with Time that first day? *Chefs kiss*, Idk why but this scene means a lot to me. Sets up a lot of small things. Flashman being more receptive to DRIP, Quickman being more vocally against it all, the way Flash is keeping things lighthearted... the way that unnerves Quick, because they've never been nice to each other before??? They. They mean so much to me. THIS IS THE NOT-SO-SUBTLE SHIT IM TALKING ABOUT I JUST WANNA BRING ATTENTION TO IT MAN,,,

OH CRASHMAN! I really love what I'm gonna be doing with Crash. Yeah I'm taking a bit of my own hc instead of just pulling his personality from the Archie comics but Crash is one of my favorite robot masters. I like to imagine him as someone who looks intimidating, but is actually quite shy and sweet once you get to know him. I also like to imagine him with a programming flaw that leaves him with some significant emotional disregulation- it can leads to sudden spikes of any emotion that are overwhelming and hard to deal with. Anger, sadness, joy, they can all spike with no warning and he really struggles to keep up with it.

One thing that I want as a recurring theme is that Crash is often written off as a "problem" case because of his unpredictable and occasionally violent outbursts, but Quick has always been someone who's understood Crash and always treated him kind and even helped him through some of his worse episodes. It's a big reason why Crash looks up to Quick and almost treats him like an older brother of sorts.

... I also just like this Quick and Crash scene since it shows Quick's softer side but yknowwwww >:3

OH one tiny detail im SO proud of is that Quick ALWAYS says "DWN RIP" instead of "DRIP"... but around Crash, he calls it DRIP, because he knows Crash wants to give this an actual try -> “… You want to go through with this DRIP thing, don’t you?”

Oh yeah I'll allow myself one very minor spoiler- Quick's bed being next to the window will be important for plot stuff later >:3 nothing major but like I'm just happy I thought abt it in chapter 1 and went "wAIT I CAN USE THIS FOR PLOT POINTS IN LATER CHAPTERS"

Cut hanging out with Time and Oil! This is mostly my personal bias towards those 3 bots, but I also want Cut to be closer to the two of em than most of the other DLN are. Also specifically Cut and Time's relationship will be semi-relevant in a later chapter... and I'll probably find a way to rope Oil in too LMAO

“You know, you and Time weren’t the easiest to work with at first, either...” <- This one's probably obvious but Cut's alluding to the fact that Time and Oil were more or less Wily bots from the get-go and VERY noncompliant and unhappy to be brought back to Light and re-made into Light bots >:3c

Cut giving Quick the mp3,,, I didn't call it an mp3 since it's 20xx and idk if they would call a music player an mp3 player in the future... i mean hell, its only 2025 and we already dont call anything mp3s anymore. But yeah its just an mp3 LOL-

Oh yeah and "Audials" instead of "Ears"! Another lingo I took from TF!

Yeah I originally wasn't gonna have Quick properly meet Cut yet but like. I liked adding the scenes I did to this chapter. I really wanted to give Quick and Cut just a few small moments like this before they really start to bond. Just- really want Cut to actually try and accommodate Quick instead of telling Quick what he wants. Really want to drive home the friends in "enemies to friends to lovers". They're still not friends yet ofc, but like, yknow, Cut's genuinely trying to be a friend. Let's see in future chapters if it works >:3c

Ngl I originally wanted to make Dr. Light's favorite genre Classic Rock instead of Rock and Roll but like. He did name his bots after the genre so it'd feel really weird changing his fav genre. Old ass man.

"Honestly? It was pretty funny to imagine Elec learning to play that cringe old man music." <- While I don't hc Elec as a Rock and Roll fan, I DO hc Elec goes nuts over, like, Stadium Rock and a lot of the rock that was popular in the 70s-80s

... I'm gonna be honest you guys. Idfk what genre I imagine Wily to listen to. Idk what band Quick was playing, and i definitely don't know what song was his trigger. I purposely kept it vague, so imagine whatever you'd like! My fiance made the joke that Wily probably likes early 2000s German Metal so like- if you want to imagine that, be my guest LMAO

I'm so proud of his flashback you guys. Guilty pleasure. Those who read my fics know I loooove my hurt comfort and I have a big guilty pleasure for sudden trauma flashbacks leading into panic attacks~ Yeah I'm coping with my own trauma dw about it~

I really wanted to play up just how fucking horrifying Doc Robot is, ESPECIALLY in the Archie comics. The fact that EVERY bot was vocally against it, to the point Quick tried to literally fight Breakman off to save himself??? And they were literally forced because they couldn't disobey programming??? And that Wily seemed to not care about doing that to his Seconds??? It's like... some of the worst we've seen Wily. He is usually written as someone who deeply cares for his own machines, so to see him do this to the Seconds was kinda insane. And like... I think I'm gonna play with this. This idea that Wily really mistreated his bots, and what that means for them going forward.

... Also drew a teensy bit from my own experiences as a system, hehe. Luckily our lives aren't the literal hell that's Doc Robot, but- sharing a brain, watching someone control your body, recognizing you're a part of a whole and not your own full person? Insane enough for me and my alters who have ALWAYS been parts of a whole, now imagine being a fully complete separate person suddenly shoved together with 7 other fully complete separate people? *Shivers*. I keep saying it but Doc Robot is peak plural horror to me and I hope I captured how chaotic and scary it was for Quick in that very short flashback.

Oh and being so overwhelmed by the trauma in the moment that Quick was in such an intense fight or flight that he accidentally destroyed something he genuinely enjoyed? And immediately regretting that? Ough,,, yeah,,, trauma is messy like that. I'm really proud of the heartbreak of it but y e a h. Trauma is. Messy.

AND AGAIN FLASH AND QUICK!!! I mean I don't think this is spoilers to say that Flash very clearly wants to be redeemed through this program, I feel that was very obvious even with his banter with Quick. I like to hc that Doc Robot really messed with Flash too, and he matured significantly after that. He's basically already given up on Wily, he's just not admitting that to anyone. He just wants him and his linemates to be safe, even if that means integrating into industrial functions.

OH THIS IS ALSO WHERE I PUT MY DELETED SCENE! I'll add that at the bottom- but basically Flash jokes about Quick being trans. Because yeah I'm adding trans!Quick to this fic because it's my fic and I do what I want~ But then I figured with everything else revealed in this chapter... ehhhh, pacing didn't feel right to mention it now. Not sure when I'll bring it up but I feel it'll be better pacing to mention it in a later chapter.

OH and Elecmaaaan~ So my original idea for this chapter was to end it after Quick and Elec do their race, spend the day together, and everything that comes with that. But with how long each scene got and how many scenes I added, I figured leaving on the race cliffhanger and covering their full scene together next chapter would be a better call.

I also just love Elec and Cut being such brothers. Cut's the """eldest""" but he also acts so immature that he gets perceived as "younger". Meanwhile Elec's the """youngest""" but gets appointed "leader" due to his more mature and cynical personality. They both look up to each other, and constantly argue over who has more authority in the DLN. I like to think Elec's the brains of the group, but Cut's the heart. We'll absolutely be exploring Cut's and Elec's relationship more in later chapters, especially their very conflicting feelings around Quick >:3

but i THINK thats all i wanted to ramble about!!! Here's the cut(HAH) scene that would've taken place while Flash is comforting Quick, before I tucked it aside and replaced it with what we DO see in chap 2:

“What I mean is… I think we can use this program to our advantage.” … Okay, Quick was officially interested. He slowly sat up, giving Flash his full attention. “I mean, just think about it.” Flash explained, “Sure, the government is going to be keeping super close eyes on us while this goes on, but… What happens when we trick everyone into thinking we’re ‘fully adjusted’? They can’t keep curfews and babysitters on us forever.” … Ohhhhhhh.  Quick nodded, quickly seeing where he was going, “So we play nice, until they let their guard down.” “Exactly.” Flashman smirked at him, “Who’s to say we don’t just pretend to like whatever jobs they give us, then defect right back to Wily as soon as he shows his face again?” Quick cracked a smile… though it quickly fell as he thought about it further. Sure, it seemed nice in concept, but… “... They want us to be like them, though.” He explained, sighing, “They’re gonna try to make me something I’m not. Even- Even if I play along at first, I don’t know if I can keep at it for months. That’s not what I am.” Flashman stared at him for a few moments… before he huffed, rolling his eyes, “You’re so painfully trans.” Quick bristled at that, not expecting Flash to bring that up, “What the hell is that supposed to mean-?!” “Quick, no one’s asking you to be Quickwoman.” He answered, “You don’t have to change a fundamental part of what you are to pretend to like working on a fucking construction site.” Quick blinked, then growled at him, “Well making a weapon try to fit into an industrial job is changing a part of what I am.”   “... Quickman. I’m a weapon too, ya dumbass.” Flash retorted, bluntly, “You may be the only trans one in our group, but literally all of us are weapons. You’re not special in that regard.” “So?” Quick challenged. “So,” Flash continued, accepting the challenge with a playful air to his tone, “If I can play nice- and if the rest of our line can play nice, even if it’s an act, then what’s your excuse? Or… are you saying you can’t handle it?”

Cut for the reason I listed above: I didn't think it was the best moment to reveal Quick being trans, but also... I just didn't like the way the convo was going. Felt a little too "muahaha we're both plotting >:3" rather than... Flash genuinely caring about Quick and trying to get him to give DRIP a genuine chance. Like it felt like too easy an out for Quick's concerns about changing what makes him him. So ended up replacing it with the scene we have in the fic! But I hope this was cool to see!

AHHHH thank you for letting me ramble!!! *Gives you cookie* pls have a cookie for getting this far. I'm just really happy with a lot of the small choices I made for this chapter and just- wanted to share it so maybe someone else could see the thought I put behind all of this 🥺

[ducktracy]

Have you ever wanted to join the writers room of SpongeBob and the Patrick star show?

THIS IS A TIMELY QUESTION! i was just discussing this with my director a few weeks ago. tldr before i even get to the long part: not necessarily, it's never really been something on my radar and so i don't feel as equipped for it but that could--and i hope it does--change!

LONGER EXPLANATION.. i was in a meeting with my director recently pitching my boards to him, and we got spitballing back and forth and we essentially just started joke pitching an idea for an episode. he was like "yknow that's pretty good, i could get you in touch with our script coordinators if you ever felt you wanted to take it further" and my response was like ahhhhhhh nah i could never write an episode i wouldn't know where to start blah blah blah, and we basically had a talk that amounted to "don't knock it 'til you'll try it" and so it's definitely been more on my mind lately

IT'S AN INTERESTING SITUATION. i'd consider myself a decent writer and i certainly enjoy doing it, most of my free time is spent writing my reviews! likewise, i LOVE breaking down and analyzing dialogue and coming up with random character conversations. talking to the person who typed the entire Hamlet soliloquy in Porky's stutter one time because ?. i think i'm more interested in writing than i think i really am

but something about writing for cartoons has always been very intimidating to me HAHA. i'm not really someone who is sitting on a wealth of episode ideas and dying going like "ahhh man i wish we could see SpongeBob and Patrick doing this", etc--if and when i have those moments it's usually very spontaneous and in the moment! like what i mentioned above when i'm spitfiring in a meeting. i think i get intimidated by the "where the hell do i start" and "how do i organize this" aspects, because i have had ideas for cartoons before and aim to act on some of them! i still haven't forgotten the "Porky and Daffy are competing salesmen" cartoon idea i thought up in 2020 which is also partially responsible for my job in the first place. but it's like a blip, a skip in a record in that i struggle untangling and organizing and really establishing a working structure. i am a VERY detail oriented person and so i think i like working smaller and more intimately, where i can add my own personal flair to something that someone who may be more proficient in establishing a foundation has done.

BUT! maybe i just say all this because i haven't done it yet!! don't know it unless i try! for my purposes as an artist now i enjoy drawing and embellishing pre-existing ideas and suggesting gags and getting into the nitty gritty of the details on a small scale, but i also don't wanna put myself in any boxes and restrain myself from trying, either. i don't talk about them as much on here just because they literally dominate every other aspect of my life (well that and NDAs forbid me from doing so!), but i love SB and Patrick and all the Bikini Bottomites deeply! i'm so lucky to get to document their lives. they really are like real friends to me and i hope i'm lucky enough to find more ways to fraternize with them and learn about them and bring out their tics and habits and traits and how they contrast and support one another. i do that best through drawing right now, but i'm excited for all the ways i'll be able to expand beyond that. and maybe one day that'll include writing!

ALSO KINDA FRAGMENTED I KNOW i just made my closing statements above. i apologize for my pedanticism. but TPSS doesn't have a writer's room to my knowledge because it's board driven! we get to sit in on storyboard pitches (just had a wonderful one this evening) and watch the artists pitch their boards and it's such a wonderful experience. i have thought "i wonder how it would go if i pitched to the network like that" in sitting in these meetings. BUT JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY i know writer's room is an all consuming term and i'm being pedantic. but it's very neat that we get to work on a board driven show to begin with and has made quite a difference and so i just like pointing it out :) i love what we're doing

[sealer-of-wenkamui]

Used the 3 day weekend to finish up Lostbelt 7! It must have just been the bad release schedule that gave people a bad impression of it in JP, because the lostbelt itself was excellent, probably one of my higher ranked ones?

It somehow manages to be both ridiculous and heartfelt and tense all in one big chapter, like yeah the dominant species is dinosaurs and there’s some hilarious stuff with that including Tsukihime’s Shiki and Arcueid but dinosaurs lol, and dead apostle dinosaurs, but I did end up caring about Tepeu (dino shiki) and it somehow worked…?

And we finally learn more of U-Olga Marie! Amnesia usually feels a little forced but it worked in this case and it was great getting to learn about her and become friends and realize she’s not our enemy… she’s just like the Director we knew…

My favorites of the new characters would have to be Camazotz and Izcalli though (and of course they’re the two that are not summonable…) Camazotz cause I love a guy that goes around terrorizing people and drinking their blood, and his story of being the king of Ka’an that lost everyone in the fight against ORT and simply keeps living on purposefully forgetting was great and his design is one of the best in the game they went so hard

And Izcalli partially cause Furumi art LOL, but also the whole thing with him being raised to be a divine sacrifice for ORT by Tez is the kinda stuff I enjoy, especially cause he starts having doubts and refuses at the end… I was almost disappointed when Tez seemed accepting of his choice but then he shot him in the head and I was like YEAAAH! He’s the kind of character I want to see hurt hahah

I always love the crypters so aaaaa Daybit!! I was so excited to learn what his deal is, and having the context of how he perceives time and how his memory works gives new meaning to a lot of his behaviors (how he always making a big deal of not wasting time, saying little… and also it makes him going to save Pepe all the more touching)

Also he’s a genuinely good person, just with a more universal perspective than us, and Chaldea really was up to some shady shit (MARISBURY….) I don’t entirely know what’s going on with Chaldeas being an entire other planet made by him, current guesses are something along the lines of nier replicant but with the whole planet, replicas to preserve humanity… or maybe a global scale of the Lion King’s plan in the 6th singularity… something to “preserve” them but that’s abusive of them… I wonder if the Chaldean is from Chaldeas, the replica of Romani…? Too little info now… and lots to think about

The battles were great this time too, lots of interesting mechanics (like floating servants for Tlaloc, or Daybit copying the number of servants you send out), but of course the real star was ORT, it was so cool!! I love how they did the raid, managing to make it both incredibly intimidating, but still very doable (and not even all that hard) for just about anyone who has been playing long enough to get to LB7 in the first place. I didn’t even use a single 5 star but I still felt the pressure of wondering if I had enough Servants to take it down, and seeing “data lost” hammers home that intimidation factor…

And the final battle ending where it all began, in Tezcatlipoca’s underworld by the fire with him and Daybit.. I heard people say that fight is hard, but I didn’t find it too bad (second Tez fight was worse because of invincibility) and quite enjoyed it, also the music gave the atmosphere of a final send off…

Seven whole disciples huh… including U-O herself… also I love Limbo being referred to as the “incarnation of evil” haha yeah that’s why I love him 💕 I can’t wait to see how it all ends (though I guess we have ordeal call next) and I have a lot to think about here, anyway, overall a great lostbelt, they never disappoint!

[tomfoolies]

the tomja timeline: director's cut, extended edition, way too long of an overview of our relationship development

gonna make a preface here before we begin: suspend your disbelief, 100%. is this actually viable? only at certain times, mostly no. it's unrealistic, out of character for multiple characters, and makes plot holes the sizes of entire continents. i'm not saying that in a self-depricating way, it is literally impossible to add another character that is kinda integral into the plot without rewriting a lot or just destroying the masterfully crafted story…. and like, lets be real. we all know that as soon as people found out about us we would've gotten fired ASAP lmao. but we stick it out until the end <3 because it's more fun that way and i don't care about realism that much, i'm just here to have a good time. so it's very much canon and real to me.

i’ll be recapping stuff i’ve already talked about on this blog so some of it will be a repeat but it’s fiiiine. also. this is over three thousand words. i can't be concise.

sighs. let’s go.

PRE-SHOW

> waystar career started off as the brightstar parks department HR manager some years before the show begins. first meeting with tom is around 2-ish years before ep1. we meet during a HR dispute i’ve been put to solve and he is one of the people involved in it… not the best first impression of each other since he thinks i’m cold and intimidating and i think he’s kind of an idiot and weird. but over time we get to know each other a bit more, especially once he rises up in the ranks as well. a few months before the show starts i start in my new position as one of the HR executives for the whole corporation.

SEASON 1

> at the start of the show we're quite familiar with each other, have friendly relations and definitely count each other as some of the closest coworkers. have briefings, having worked together on occasion (idk and idc if this is viable i'm never gonna work in corporate ok), exchange a lot of emails and gossip and have each other's personal phone numbers (for work-related emergencies...?).

> the proposal doesn’t happen because around the time he considers going for it i actually blow up his phone with questions about the old man’s health. not because i wish him a speedy recovery but because i hate him and would love to see him dead (tom doesn’t know the extent of my hatred at that point yet, though). and something stops him, he’s been hesitant about it for a while now and it feels like too much at that point, everything is too chaotic and he doesn’t want to make it worse.

> in ep4 as he’s given the cruise papers, he misses a (very unofficial) meeting with me and i come to his office to interrogate him about it before he has a chance to share the papers with greg. i immediately go for it and start reading the papers in horror because i love to know what is going on. BIG MISTAKE. he doesn't dare to stop me partly because he has his first of many realizations. aaand he knows i’m competent, so instead of trying to protect me he gives in because he does also like that someone else has to deal with it now too. BONDING through the horrors (crime) LOL. WE BOTH IN THE DEATH PIT NOW!!!! but also i threaten him that if he throws me under the bus i will drag him along and figure out all and any excuses. we go down together. i’m also the one who suggests that we shouldn’t go public with it. which also leads to him keeping it more of a secret, not telling shiv about it. sooo literally nobody else knows (until i let gerri know the basics so plot continuity will work out. but at first….)

> so, it becomes my duty to figure out someone to dispose the papers. i still manage to make greg do it. he’d probably be more inclined to help me when he 1) does not know what the papers entail 2) i’ve been only nice and kind to him unlike someone else. so he would help me, not knowing it’s connected to tom as well…. oops. and he wouldn’t get any copies because i’d be keeping watch (and already took some myself for safekeeping).

> in ep6 tom comes to my desk and takes me to an empty meeting room to tell me the situation has been cleared. i get excited because i too have been very stressed out about it, so i go for a bit too friendly hug that he was NOT expecting and so when i pull back he's all flustered and just blurts out "let's go celebrate let me buy you dinner". sooo we do and have fun shittalking and in general just being a bit more personal than usual (he tries to convince me that being rich is fun and i go "yeah i'm sure it is..." seeing right through him). ending the night with wandering the streets just enjoying each other's company, and he has his little realization "aw shit i don't only find her insanely attractive but also would like to engage in romantic relations with her and kinda wish i could do something about it" moment i wrote that one selfshiptober prompt about <3 he still finds out about the vote somehow though...

> his realizations contribute to both distancing from shiv and the roys as a whole emotionally and physically. he feels out of place everywhere, but also he tries to keep telling himself he should just commit, propose to shiv and handle it. set his feelings aside. but every time something happens he’s really put off and like ”i wouldn’t have to deal with this if i wasn’t involved with these people (the family therapy incident for example)…” he starts thinking about what his life would be like. with me. love when i can make a man self-aware and more introspective.

>  roman still gets the guys to go to the (no longer a bachelor) party and i’m there as well, through a friend of a friend. neither of us knew the other was gonna be there… so imagine the surprise once we cross paths!!!! and throughout the night we'd be seen together, having a good time even if everyone else isn't because we're with each other!! but also tom’s feeling ROUGH because of the realizations he’s been having. you all know this you’ve read the fic.

> the season ends in the same place as it does canonically, but we’re all there for some other fancy event instead of the wedding. the details aren't important ok. when greg breaches the topic of shiv cheating on him, instead of refusing to accept it tom feels... relief? anger, yes, but a bit absolved of his sins of pining after me. but it’s also the last straw and in a bold move he decides to go for it and suggest that he wants to break up. it gets a bit messy for SURE. afterwards he comes to find me, surprises me and himself with what’s happened and we kiss and… later that night as we’re hanging outside by the manor’s courtyard, too excited to sleep and too enamored with the other to be with everyone else, kendall comes back from his little field trip and stumbles upon us. 

SEASON 2

> we try to distance ourselves until he’s in the clear, keeping it strictly professional (like watch kendall’s announcement at work together and conspire over what THE HELL HAPPENED) but text a LOT after work, tease and flirt extensively. a few weeks later we finally begin dating for reals once he’s gotten his own place. he invites me over and we drink and he tells me about his new job and it’s a bit awkward (NOT living up to our promises we made over text lmao) but also genuine and intimate. 

> poor guy gets his mancold and YOU KNOW i actually make him take the day off and nurse him back to health <3 and after the hunting trip i comfort him and threaten to fire everyone (i WISH i could but the thought is there. he appreciates it) even though he doesn’t dare tell me the whole extent of it because it’s just way too humiliating :(

> safe room drama includes me checking out COMPLETELY at some other random locked office while he blows up my phone (he calls me like I THINK THEY'RE OUT TO GET ME and i'm like "i'm sure they are honey…", only slightly mad at him because i found out about the human footstool incident LMAO but hey if the guy doesn't report it to the HR… my morals are. very loose in this regard.)

> i doubt my influence would help greg THIS much but it would be fun for him to do his department exploration instead of having to stick with tom so that's what's gonna go down. it'd help build his trust and respect towards me, because i'd convince tom it's better for everyone involved... greg wouldn't have the papers to blackmail with but. he would still know that we're both involved in something we don't want to become public and he could probably use that to his advantage. i think.

> once we hear about the cruise article we get Stressed. because we kept it just between us it'd throw a lot more people off guard. but we'd try to stay calm and let the roys take the blame for a hot second… the anxiety runs high and it does lead to us being a bit distant, but also we try our best to not think about it. we both get questioned, i manage to keep my cool and i actually stored the documents in a smart place (soz greg) so they can be a surprise tool to be used for later :) and of course we would witness the beautiful performance that is l to the og... (< very important for me to be there also)

> my love confession just before his hearing my beloved <3 and… i think that this all would lead to me having to go to court as well instead of greg. since there's literally nobody else to throw blame onto. and everyone else would LOVE to get back at me like that. so it'd happen and while not as bad as tom's i would still not perform very well. a lot of questioning about my suspicious HR violations by getting it on with the boss from an adjacent company LOL. they're like "hmm did you help him get that position" guys no that's just good old nepotism-adjacent activities. but they'd definitely expose our. interesting. email threads…

> but. we survive. i also get invited to the yacht. probably as a terrible ploy to get me killed, but at least before my inevitable death i can have a relatively… good time? then it's up to ME to defend tom to everyone, especially to logan. it gets a little bit uncomfortable and i may fear for my life a little bit. but i'd know i did the right thing when he confesses his love for me <33 and i secretly promise to myself i will stick with him no matter what; i'm in too deep to give up on him.

(ALSO. JUST REALISED. CHICKEN SCENE NOT REAL IN THE TOMJA TIMELINE MOST LIKELY. BIGGEST LOSS OF THE CENTURY……..)

> and when kendall gets revealed to be the sacrifice… me and tom's suspicions rise even more. full circle moment? he gives us a look and we can't help but think that something’s going on. but also i really wanted to help him out earlier, so i talked with him, we connected a little bit and the papers i saved end up being of great use >:)

SEASON 3

> relatively smooth sailing until ep3, he gets drunk and self sacrificing, you know what goes down… but i don't know if i'd manage to prevent him from executing his idea or not. on the other hand more plot continuity on the other hand i want to avoid the tailgate party argument… luckily i don't have to know. nevertheless i comfort him even though it does really sting when he confesses to me that occasionally he wonders if breaking up with shiv was the right thing. but then again, he also regrets getting into waystar in the first place. and he's much happier with me than he ever was with her. he's just feeling very scared and disposable and i can't help him. i just don't have the power. but what i do have is instinctual knowledge (mary sue energy) that things will work out and i try my best to relay that to him.

> but then because I'M the one that gave kendall the papers, he would notify me that i might be on the line of fire as well. so… both tom and i would be unbearably anxious about our respective prison sentences. constantly whining about it together, staying up all night bouncing scenarios off of each other and catastrophizing, brought closer by our mutual loss of hope. nobody would like to be around us during this time period (as if that's any different from the norm lol).

> here i can't decide if i'd tell tom i helped kendall or not. i would probably need to divulge that i'm more involved in this than what i originally planned. but not tell him the whole extent of it. BECAUSE i want that kendall's talk with tom in ep6 be more interesting (i've talked abt this before but YOU'RE GETTING IT AGAIN). he would tell tom what i did, and try to persuade him to switch sides because he knows i would respect him for it. i have 0 loyalty to anyone (but tom…), i genuinely don't give a shit about waystar and would just abandon the ship if things got too much, so it wouldn't be that much of a stretch. and he'd feel more inclined to do it for sure, since his loyalties have also begun to shift. but he won't do it, even if it's just because he knows that kendall will get fucked eventually.

> of course once he finds out nobody’s going to prison, he comes over to my work station and we slip into the first available meeting room, very discreetly and very casually. intense making out ensues as celebration. and later at ken’s birthday party we get wasted and make everyone else jealous with how stoked we are. actually feeling really great and happy and not caring one bit!! we'd also obviously get invited to the mama roy's wedding <3

> things get convoluted here. shiv would not tell tom about the siblings' planned coup so he wouldn't be able to rat them out to logan. but. everything would go badly for them nevertheless... how? i don't know. but it's succession we're talking about the narrative has doomed them already. again i don't care about realism THAT much.

SEASON 4

> i get suspicious at connor's wedding when i realize the siblings have mysteriously disappeared. and tom calls me immediately afterwards. i'd try my best to comfort him but i'd be lying if i said i was sad. and he knows that too. anyways, greg and i manage to escape the boat before it embarks and gossip all the way to the office to get rid of the documents as per his request. wondering what really went down. sonjagreg bonding moment <3

> and as i've said before tom would definitely be uneasy about it for a while, partly because it made him realize what he has to do next, that he no longer wants to go down the path he's been walking for such a long time now. he'd have a crisis about it for sure, and it'd lead to him having some nightmares about the whole thing. his resolve to leave waystar behind is growing stronger, and when he's hit with the harsh truth of "nobody likes you here plus the old man kinda of wanted you gone for a good while now since you abandoned his family for some upper middle class bitch (me) so don’t even think about the CEO spot" he might not show it but man does he agree with it.

> hmmm. maybe no tailgate party at our place? BECAUSE. for no other reason than why not, i'd say we move in together around this time. partly because it feels like the only thing we can control in that moment, partly because i pretty much live at his place with juno already so not a lot really changes... so. there's no sleepless nights (i let that man sleep we're not animals) and NO DRAMA NO ARGUMENTS!!! boring and leaves many things open but it's fine we can still be invited, it can be at someone else's place <3 because i love nothing more than being a side character/witness to the main plot drama.

> america decides what america decides and i go welp fuck wanna start life over in finland? is it sheep farmer time? and i manage to drag tom out of his office and make it in time to witness logan's funeral. one last hurrah with the roys, his moment of closure for that particular era in his life.

> by the time the finale rolls around, instead of feeling like he’s willing to do anything and everything to stay in mattson’s good graces he is growing disinterested. kind of ready to walk out already. we strategize it, i resign from my job and he's just waiting to get fired as soon as the merge happens. so... when he gets offered the CEO spot he is VERY surprised. but he doesn’t want it, not anymore. so he tells mattson just that, hands in his notice and comes home to me.

> post-canon includes us getting new jobs after an unemployment vacation, moving to a nice little house with a garden and a backyard for our dogs <3 travelling a bunch, and getting engaged soon after that. engagement lasts for multiple years, like i previously said, with a destination wedding (very much leaning towards lake como teehee). aand then we just chill out our fun mundane domestic DINK life until the end of time <3

[nono-uwu]

Starting off my silly little ons x prsk crossover au with introducing the vamps >:) ignore the varying levels of quality thanks

Extra info and timeline utc (kinda incoherent be warned)

First, physical ages yes

15 years: Mizuki, Nene, Minori

16 years: Rui, Shizuku

17 years: Kanade

Timeline (no dates bc i am lazy)

* Vamps are born as humans lmao

* Rui and Nene are neighbours

* Rui and Mizuki meet and become friends when Mizuki is 14 and Rui is 15, Nene also meets Mizuki

* Mizuki (now 15) has to leave the place they live in (sadge)

* In their new area, Mizuki only hears about Kanade but they don't meet until later

* Elsewhere, Shizuku and Minori live in the same place but they never properly meet due to their different statuses (Minori is a commoner and Shizuku is idk some kind of high status)

* Everyone gets turned into vampires around the same time

* Mizuki properly meets Kanade and they become friends

* Mizuki/Kanade and Rui/Nene meet eachother agains, now as vampires and they decide to stay together

* Elsewhere, Shizuku and Minori meet as newly turned vampires and become friends

* Some time later they all meet eachother and form an impromptu show troupe to get by

* They gather some fame but have to stop once their superhuman abilities and looks get obvious (this is when Ferid discovers them)

* They continue under different aliases until a bit before apocalypse happens and Ferid picks them up

general shenanigans

- they're like a dumpsterfire polycule

- They're all eachothers biggest supporters and also enablers <3

- They're almost always together

- The show troupe functioned so: Rui was the director and did props, stage mechanics and also acting. Nene, Minori and Shizuku all mainly did acting. Mizuki made the costumes and also acted when needed. Kanade did the music and maybe acted as a disembodied/off stage voice

- It's mainly his enabling that they can do all their silly stuff in Sangiuem post apocalypse

- They're part of Ferid's faction

- He just found it fascinating that vampires can stay so... livley

- It's bc they've been gazed upon by Hatsune Miku herself btw

- It was mainly Rui, Shizuku and Kanade that caught Ferid's eye but he had to take Kanade, Nene and Minori too bc they're a package deal

- Only Shizuku knew proper swordplay or fighting bc of her human upbringing so Ferid arranged Crowley to teach the rest hehe

- Shizuku's way of teaching just didn't work it's okay she tried her best

- Mizuki and Rui picked it up fairly quickly, Minori and Nene struggled a bit but Kanade... yeah she's a lost cause

- This ends up with them spending a fair bit of time around Crowley (and by extention Chess and Horn) so they become aquianted, kinda?

- Minori and Nene are still really intimidated by them, Mizuki and Kanade only a little and Rui and Shizuku are completley fearless

[seth-burroughs]

The Rain Code x Warriors au no one asked for nor will receive an explanation for

What's up I'm still doing bad and feel my last year's mystery stress sickness is coming back and none of my drafts are anywhere remotely close to getting finished anytime soon because of that how are you are you interested in cat

(picked the TPB timeline because it makes the most sense and has the most fitting characters, but I might cheat or bend it a little, we'll see)

Yuma Kokohead -> Rusty/Firestar

Main boy :) because of course he is. Yuma's now an orange cat. Firestar was the name of Number One, and Rusty (canonically Fire's old house cat name, I'm not calling them kittypets I'm sorry) was the name of the trainee he very politely borrowed his identity for.

Makoto Kagutsuchi -> Scourge

In wc canon, Scourge is also Firestar's half-brother (but they don't ever knooow) and they both kill each other + he's canonically stated to be VERY short like one of the smallest cats in the series. After the cloning, Makoscourge painted his fur completely black except for a one white paw (for the aesthetics. or maybe I'll just give Fire a white paw as well, kinda like Yuma's and Makoto's lil ahoges), started wearing the "OwO" mask, the dog tooth studded shrimp color collar, the fucking blood dyed amv bangs, the dog tooth reinforced claws........ The former CEO took him to hot topic for the first time in his life and he was fucking MESMERIZED none of them knew what they have brought upon themselves by this single act. He is a very silly man, lost in the whimsy. When his mask gets pulled off in the Mystery Labirynth, his face is just not dyed at all and it's just ginger with green eyes just like Rusty's/Firestar's/Yuma's/whatever.

Shinigami -> Spottedleaf

In canon, Spottedleaf does infamously end up haunting Firestar's dreams as a ghost to send him cryptic visions and furiously make out with him in front of his pregnant wife, he did have a crush on her before she died and I'm pretty sure she was retconned into reciprocating it was real bad and then they double killed her so Fire won't have to choose between her and his wife in heaven it was REAL bad uhh. I still like her though. I can get you out of the narrative girl just take my hand.... She can be the weirdgirl incarnate she was always meant to be. I wanted to say something else but then I realized holy shit I'm just tweaking her into Bonefall rewrite Spottedleaf am I... What can I say it IS peak Spottedleaf.

Yomi Hellsmile -> Tigerstar

Also extremely obvious. He is evil and has immaculate sexual tension between the protag whoops sorry I forgot literally only me and like 2 other people here ship Yuma and Yomi uhh anyway. While it does fit I'm a little dissapointed that Yomi/Tigerstar is gonna be losing so much of his cringe charm..... Like, say goodbye to deeply unserious insecure prettyboy toothpick Yaoi with silly little insults such as "umbrella sewing machine man operating hand hook car table" and how do I even describe all of this in less than 3 paragraphs. Say hello to broad-shouldered muscular extremely intimidating 100% serious and competent fascist built like a fucking brick shithouse with very broad-shoulders that doesn't need a henchman boytoy to handle all his numerous murders, have I mentioned his massive fucking broad shoulders, Firestar sure did do that a lot. It's like, where's the fun..... Whatever.... I guess...........😔😔😔

Martina Electro -> Leopardstar

Now for an assigned role I'm way more cool with >:)))) for an outrageously long while I had trouble with whether Martina should be Sasha or Goldenflower, fool I was, until I remembered Leopardstar fucking exists. She is literally perfect like I cannot state this enough. AND canonically she was later retconned to have feelings for Tigerstar but I hate to acknowledge it how dare you massacre Lep like that. She can still be his gf alongside vice director though, she's just engaging in acts of deceit whilst putting opioids in his food and trying her darndest to convince herself she's actually 100% in control of the situation before she's dragged to the cube dimension and has a brief "are we the baddies" moment. I don't think she still resigns from being a peacekeeper though Leopardstar 100% would take that fucking promotion the moment she's offered it and a year later when she' done feeling guilty regresses back into being a violent asshole she has learned NOTHING❤️

Fake/Hitman Zilch -> Darkstripe

So many dissapointments happening here sigh..... This one was obvious and honestly the only valid option for FZilch aside from maybe Nightwhisper or Blackfoot? Anyway, the downsides: one, Darkstripe will never be as cool as fake Zilch he thrives on being a cringe mistreated lickspittle. Two, he's definitely not one of Tigerstar's "closest advisors (🏳️‍🌈)" whilst Dark is pretty obsessed Tiger does not give a shit and considers him a looooooser boooo lameee fuck you *canonically swats him away with his tail that one scene*. But, I mean, at least the toxic yaoi became an entire new category of toxic.

Swank Catsonell -> Brokenstar

Pure vibes. It just fits. He employs small children and makes them fight to the death in his office for glory

Seth Burroughs -> Longtail

In canon, another one of Tigerstar's lackeys that didn't know about his crimes and when he found out he immediately left. I thought he was not evil enough to be Seth at first, but it kinda fits and he does make up for it in his cringe value and being noted to be a coward, though that may have been just Fire's opinion. Also, with all the bunny Seth Burrows jokes, I'd like to mention Longtail got his eyes clawed by a rabbit so hard he went blind so do with that what you will

Guillaume Hall -> Russetfur

Aaaand this is where I started having trouble with the remaining peacekeepers. Eventually I settled on Russetfur & Blackfoot/Blackstar for Guillaume and Dominic, because I like this danger duo I and some of the fandom completely made up about them. It's okay, the authors don't know you like we do...... While Blackstar did have a higher rank and Russet was his deputy, I do think she still had at least an equal amount of power as him, they're buddies pair bonded for life Blackstar is nodding respectfully to whatever incomprehensible wisdom she's sharing

Dominic Fulltank -> Blackfoot/star

In canon, started out as a murderous henchman of two major equally murderous evil dictators, before they both died and he finally got that boss promotion he always wanted, then he got ruined by the, you guessed it, retcons, but I don't like to be reminded of his atrocity of a novella. I always imagined Blackstar as like, unbelievably jacked holy shit the muscles on that cat, (and honestly most of the fandom does too so. lmao) and he does indeed canonically unflinchingly do the dirty work of all his bosses such as killing and maiming and destroying an

You get the point. He serious'd. Darkstripe wishes he could be him. And I'm pretty sure that was even canonically implied in the sixth book lmaooooooooo. Loser <3

Dr. Huesca -> um. Goosefeather?

The looks definitely fit, Dr. Huesca indeed bears striking resemblance to that tortured feline. However, while sometimes an asshole, Goose is definitely not evil... But he could be. He deserves to be. As a treat. Also: old man pride

Kurumi Wendy -> Cinderpaw/pelt

Easy, get Cinder'd idiot. They even have a pretty similiar energy too, I feel. This is where I got a bit tired, uhh...It's 11pm. Anyway I love Cinder and I love Kurumi say anything bad about them and I'll start scream crying on the floor

Halara Nightmare -> Yellowfang

Halara gets the old beam. They're now in their fucking 60s or something perhaps 70s. Yellowfang, on the other hand, gets the non-binary spec beam. She already gave off massive butch vibes in canon already, whatever. I don't think I can uhh in short terms explain Yellowfang's whole deal rn but the gist of it she's a very snarky grandma figure to Fire that gradually warmed up to him while she was- my cat vomited. While he was assigned to take care of her while she was taken prisoner into ThunderClan camp. Her personality's pretty funky. And she does seem cool enough in order to deserve to be Halara Nightmare.

Desuhiko Thunderbolt -> Graystripe

I think I'm taking a break and coming back to this tomorrow actually after all. Hello this is tomorrow Jasper. In canon, Graystripe is Fire's silly goofy boybestie when they're young, then he starts secretly dating Silverstream - hold on i can't fuvking take tjis im making myself hot cocoa again bye. Ok it's done let's see if that makes me feel something. As I was saying he's dating this cat and she's from a rival Clan so that's illegal forbidden love and then she dies during childbirth and he leaves his own Clan for a while to raise their babies there but then he gets exiled and goes back to his own and then his kids almost get publically executed for being half-clan so he and his buddies rescue them. And then he gets abducted by humans and meets this new gal called Millie and they start dating and then she gives birth to his new babies and then a tree falls on one of them. I'm pretty sure Fire was also pretty gay for that guy. Uh, anyway. I think he fits the bill because of his goofy charm but also it's pretty disturbing to imagine any iteration of Desuhiko actually getting bitches

Fubuki Clockford -> um. uh. Silverstream?

Silverstream, in canon, is the only daughter of Crookedstar, the leader of RiverClan, and is (implied to not having a problem with) getting various privileges because of this. Fits with Fubuki's rich timelord parents, plus light blue aesthetic, and a few other things which are hard to articulate. Only thing is that she's generally way more headstrong and impulsive than Fubuki showed to be, could "bend her father to her will with little effort", and disrespects the law if it's stupid to her which, queen shit. I think she'll play a lot of little pranks with her time powers, and devote her free time/time with YumaRusty when he's accused of terrorism crimes (but that's just unrestrained summer fun anyway) to absolutely decimate any peacekeepers they come across with some looney tunes shit

Vivia Twilight -> I'll be honest I have no fucking idea

Zero fucking idea. Literally NOBODY in this arc fits for the 5D chess of a character Vivia is. I'm not even sure if in any of the books. Help me. But also I don't really care because I don't even like Vivia at all anyway he freaks me out get him away from me.

Yakou Furio -> Bluestar?

Protag mentor figure except Bluestar is actually doing a good job at that until she loses her marbles after her mid-arc torment gauntlet and has a corruption arc until she drowns and gets healed of all her issues momentarily before fucking dying. She has a dead husband, dead mom, dead sister, dead baby, dead deputy, dead deputy #2, dead bestie, holy shit that's a lot of motives for suicidemurdering Huesgoose. Btw Goose was her weird voice of god hearing uncle in canon (and he was also dead) but I'm probably taking it out unless. Anyway she's kinda too good for Yakou but. They're also both blue like that is a blue cat

And for some side characters, keyword some:

Aiko -> Littlepaw/cloud

Aetheria's now not an all girls school anymore sorry I cannot do this guys. Littlecloud was Cinder's/Kurumi's good buddy and I like their friendship. Unfortunately, you know what that means.

Karen -> Swiftpaw

Originally was supposed to have Aiko's place before I remembered Little exists. In canon his most notable moment was dying brutally, which I mean also fits the Karen quota. Plus, while not an asshole per se he does have a more fiery/overall angry personality and he did try to impulsively take on a pack of dogs to prove himself and fucking died, if under enough pressure I'm pretty sure he could smash Aiko's/Littlepaw's head in with a brick too👍👍

Yoshiko, Waruna, Kurane -> Brackenpaw/fur, Thornpaw/claw, Brightpaw/heart?

Siblings in canon and two of them are guys so no murderous yuri I guess :(( But I mean I don't have to follow canon to a T anyway lmao so we'll see. In canon, basically the other three remaining apprentices along with Swiftpaw and the ashfern siblings, plus they do function as a trio via just being sibs. Plus some notes from the books: Cinder is the fourth sibling. Brightpaw follows Swiftpaw in his quest to slay the doggy and while he dies she survives but gets her eyeball and half of her entire face's fur torn off.

Real Zilch -> Redtail

He's very dead. Very, very dead. His most iconic moment was dying abruptly and tragically via murder rip in rest

Kei Colan -> Snowkit

He is a child. That's a little boy

Snowkit, signing furiously: MY MAMA GOT FRAMED AND IS GOING TO BE PUBLICALLY EXECUTED BY THE PEACEKEEPERS IF NOTHING IS DONE PLEASE HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEE. HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Yellowfang, signing back in swagful motions: and how much cash does your mama have on her currently

Jiei Colan -> Speckletail

Snowkit's very old mama. Looks like she could kill you but genuinely does not have a body count. Yet.

Ramen Stand Owner -> Ravenpaw

Ravenpaw in canon hit the bricks and ran away from the Clans due to being in danger there, and lived out the rest of his days on a farm with his cowboy boyfriend Barley mostly free of drama. I'd say that fits lmao. We can make his old name Rusty, not a problem.

Margulaw -> Pinestar

90 year old voice "yeah so uhh my fucking son grew up to be a dictator now. When he was a newborn ghosts were yelling at me to kill him because he'll grow up to be a bad man otherwise and of course like any sane kanaiwardian father I said "fuck that" and had to leave ma' family behind run away from the company so the demons would shut up. And y'know little buddy... Sometimes I wonder. Sometimes I just can't help but. Y'know. Anyway. Sigh."

Do you get my vision did that sound comprehensible

[ethicstownpod]

If it's alright, I'd really like to hear more about January's 'Some Kinda Gender'. I understand it might be a spoiler/private so no pressure I'm just really interested

I think everything January is and/or isn't going to do in coming seasons is fun to find out as it happens. We've heard him do a lot of thinking about things he's done, but really only 1.5ish episodes thinking about what he's actually like as a person. And, more importantly, what he'd like to be like as a person. That is, if he can even get over the fact that he isn't one.

But I'm more than happy to talk generally about gender performance in s1 and generally. Buckle up, it's probably going to be a bit of a long one! I'm really into this, lol.

So before I really got to know any of the St Kilda cast I got to see most of them act at table reads. Spectacular experience, they're all incredible actors and fascinating people. But Rhys and I were never at a table read together, so the first time I properly met him he was just a regular human guy. As the script Naomi was working on currently stood he was going to play someone's boyfriend and I was like 'yeah, sure. This is a human man who could be a boyfriend.'

Then at like 2am the director came in and was like 'English accent! You're the villain now!' We'd been hanging out for a couple hours at that point. Rhys is vibrant, but a very gently spoken person. And I wasn't at all thinking 'Oh no, he can't do that' because like,,, that's his job. But I was very interested to see what he would do.

The first time I see him on set he has the whole villain get-up on and it is camp. Not in a camp-but-as-a-compliment way, thought it was cool af, but literally 2000s cartoon queer villain camp. Slicked hair and make-up that matched his suit. And I was like okay, damn, blinked and this dude got a whole new gender, good for him.

And then, to no one's surprise and to my absolute delight, he acted the fuck out of that campy outfit. Snippy and cocky and commanding. And obviously I knew, y'know, from being alive, that anyone performing 'camp villain' is doing a specific gender performance, but it was so cool to see someone I had got to know out of costume do that.

So I was thinking about this - and the other times I'd seen Rhys act in the interim - when I was doing final script edits/deciding what January/Ian would sound like. January was always going to have his voice actor's natural accent (as long as they weren't American, lol) and that was intentional.

The only actual vocal note I gave Rhys when coming up with an Ian voice was to go deeper, but I also told him that ep 8 was kind of Ian's campy villain monologue. He's just talking to hear the sound of his own voice at that point, he could have just killed Artemis and saved himself a lot of trouble.

Ian, as he tells you, has been pretending to be this January persona the whole time. And for most of episode 8 you have no reason not to believe him. His name is Ian. He can prove he was putting on a voice. He has a wife, not a spouse (yeah, I know a wife is a spouse, but he'd never say wife, would he... hmm...), a teenage daughter, not two young children. And everything January said was a lie.

BUT THEN! He gets upset, and his voice just... slips. That doesn't tend to happen when you're speaking in your natural accent.

Ian is just a persona too. He's this hyper-masculine husband, father, son, politician, bread-winner type turned old-timey camp-horror-villain and that's all a performance.

More importantly than being Ian, January isn't real. He isn't an anxious, fumbling, queer-in-a-librarian-kind-of-way radio host. But he also isn't this super-masc intimidating politician type; hence, when we actually meet Ian he's just,, kinda gay.

Everything is a performance for January and it must be exhausting. Someone just decided he was a human man one day, and sure he wants to be a human man, but he has no idea how to do that. He needs a break to figure out who he is. Unfortunately he instead did some murdering about it, so he probably won't get one.

[wouldntyou-liketoknow]

Jay Aienyouess

(I’ve already made an information post like this, but said post is pretty long; in fact, it’ll just get longer and more expansive as I develop new characters and stories for [The Future Mob Project].And I’m worried that the sheer length will make readers lose interest when they click on a link to look for a specific character. So, I’ll be making separate information pages for each character while still maintaining the all-inclusive post. Got it? Good.)

Who He’s Based Off Of: Thomas Sanders

His Method of Work: The Pentas Family can be thought of as many things. Well, if you were to think of it as, say, an anglerfish, then Jay would play the role of that bright, shiny lure. He can put on a Grammy-worthy act in the blink of an eye, whether to lead a target to their doom or to keep any potential witnesses away from a soon-to-be crime scene.

Red Attire: Nail polish (Cochineal)

Notes:

(Just to get this out of the way: yes, his name is a weird, stretched-out reference to Janus Sanders. The slimy boi himself has always been my favorite character of Sanders Sides. While Jay does partake in a lot of lying for his work, please keep in mind that he’s not meant to be a complete copy of the snake he’s named after. Sanders Sides was just a huge part of my comfort-stuff in high school, so, as usual, I wanted to make a reference.)

On top of con-games, Jay can also be quite stealthy if the job calls for it. Sneaking around enemy turf, setting up a sabotage or two, gathering information, spying on those who give off weird vibes during business negotiations. . .

Unlike most of his peers, Jay was raised in a comfortable, pleasant environment. . .or, that environment was comfortable and pleasant while he was a kid. Things changed pretty drastically after he became an adult; more specifically, after he came out. He ended up leaving his hometown behind, hopping from one motel to another. Though he worked various odd-jobs, he also quickly learned to pick pockets in order to survive.

By the time he had a chance-meeting with a few Pentas representatives, Jay had already somewhat dipped his toes into the criminal underground. Mainly via listening to the hurried whispers of passersby, and then trading those memorized details for cash.

Despite what happened to him, Jay has never once questioned himself or felt ashamed of who he is. Even when he was offered a place in The Pentas Family, he was still very much intimidated by them at first. But the support and open-mindedness they showed was quick to seal the deal for him. This in turn led to him (along with Val) having a hand in making sure that any Pentas-owned businesses are clearly marked as safe spaces for queer people.

He is most certainly NOT immune to morbid fascination. True, he doesn’t do any actual killing himself, but. . .well, I wouldn’t put it past him to look over the carnage left after a hit-job, all curious and thoughtful. The cleanup crew has gotten pretty used to him hanging around while they work.

He works at Bullskit, a theater/auditorium that serves as one of the oldest buildings in the Cove Port Inlets (it’s still in business; it was even freshly remodeled when Jay joined the mob). It’s connected to the abandoned subway tunnels, and Jay kinda just lives there after hours. During hours, however, he dabbles in a bit of everything: stagehand, greenroom tech, assistant to the directors, you name it. If a target or enemy happens to get on the stage, Jay isn’t exactly above looking the other way when his peers sneak in to drop sandbags, switch out prop weapons for real ones, rig the special effects, etc.

Current Stories: [TBA]

@sammys-magical-au

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

I JUST FINISHED EPISODE EIGHT AND AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

I

AM

NOT

OKAY

Y'all I teared up a lot but no tears have been shed yet lol. That's really because it hasn't sunk in yet xD.

Also, that's a lie, I finished the episode hours ago lol. I have since looked at hsmtmts posts and tiktoks, read a fanfic, and rewatched several scenes (mainly in the finale) xd. I was too in shock but I need to start this lol

First of all, I just- that was the perfect finale. Plenty of the show (looking at you season 2 /lh), satisfying ends for the couples (barely on Jetney but you know we take what we can get lol), amazing music, and everyone's staying together :'). I can't express how much this show means to me <3. I'll have a separate post where I'm SUPER sentimental, but right now I can have some too :'). Anyway, I loved the episode so so SO much <3333.

Nini - we missed you :'). You were the beginning, and you had an end that makes me tear up every time. I'm sure she's off doing the best of things - and hey, she asked Ricky to give them all their cards :')). I'm so proud of her, and so happy for her <33. You're the best, Nini :')) ❤️❤️😭🥰. I love her so much <3.

Emmy! She slayed as Taylor :'DD. And I'm just so happy she gets to continue to learn from Miss Jenn <333. And start to be an older sister as well, not just a younger one :'). She's going to be a leader in the drama department <3. And like Gina said, she's going to take over the world :'DD. I love her 😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰.

Did Jet ever actually tell Kourtney xD. I don't know, but they seem to kinda have a Thing lol, so whatever <33 🥰. I'm proud of him either way :'D. And I'm so glad he's finally found a place where he's happy, where he has a family 😭😭😭❤️❤️🥰. He deserves it so much :'))). Also, he slayed as Chad :'DD! Anyway, yeah, I'm just really glad he's at East High now :')). And yeah, he could give Gina a run for money for intimidation x'D. I love him <3333.

BIG RED MIGHT HAVE A THING WITH ANTOINE???!?!!!?? HELLO?!?!!!? JUMPSCARE SHIP!!! BUT NOT IN A BAD WAY JUST T O T A L L Y WILD XDDD. Anyway, why was this man in curtain call lol??? I do not care, as he should be XDD. Also I'm glad he got to be the one to tell Seblos they deserved the trip - show there's not issues there :). Anyway! Still not over jow wild that Antoine reveal was xD. Mans isn't even French!! Anyway lol. Gina described Big Red perfectly - he loves people unconditionally :'). We've always seen that with Ricky, and it's just amazing <33. Like that scene with Ricky this episode (it demonstrates that but yes it as also amazing lol) 😭😭❤️🥰. That scene was so sweet :'DDD. LIKE THEY SAID I LOVE YOU TO EACH OTHER!!! I love them so much :')). Anyway, yeah, he was great <33. I love him 🥰🥰🥰❤️😭❤️❤️.

EJ GOT TO BE ON STAGE :'DDDD!!! WHOOOO 😭😭😭🥳🥳🥰❤️❤️❤️!!! I'm not okay :'D. He totally deserved that, and he did great :'D. Ayy he can have this next bit now!! He slayed playing Coach Bolton 🥰! :'DD Anyway, I'm so happy for him :'). Also Carlos calling him EJ with the pretty eyes was so correct actually xD. Unrelated lol but eh. ALSO THE FACT THAT EJ CARVED ASH AND MADDOX INTO THAT TREE TRUNK??!?!?? OH MY GOSH 😭😭❤️ XD. That is so iconic <3. And I loved his conversation with Miss Jenn - even if it hurt me to hear her tell him to call her Jenn 😭💔, it makes sense :'). He's an adult now <3. It's wild and it hurts me xd, but he is. Anyway, I think he gave some really great advice :')). AND AAAHHHHHHH Y'ALL OUR DREAMS CAME TRUE!!!! POSSIBLE EJ AS EAST HIGH DRAMA TEACHER REFERENCE!!! WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS :DDDD XDD!!! I love that for us LOL 🥰🥰🥰❤���. But seriously, I think he does at least become an assistant director in the future :'). And when Miss Jenn retires, he takes over <3333. I mean, it's even practically what Gina said about him x'd - he taught her about herself :'). I love him so much <333 😭❤️❤️❤️🥰.

Maddox being sad over Ashlyn is my personal death y'all 😭. Also the fact that they mutually confessed and then were just like "well, I guess the only option now is. . . to stay friends 😬😌😐👉👉" - you idiots xDD. And AAAHHHHHH MADISON SENDING THE BALLOONS FOR MADDOX TO GIVE TO ASHLYN 😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️!!! OH MY GOSH I'M SO NOT OKAY <3333. Also I'm glad her and Madison are on good terms :')). ALSO THE HAND KISS!!! OH MY GOSH 😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. I love them <3333. Anyway, Maddox is just. Amazing :'). I'm so glad she was here this season <3. I love her :'DD ❤️❤️🥰🥰.

ASHLYN FINALLY KISSED MADDOX OH MY GOSH!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH :'DDDDD!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!!! I'M NOT OKAY :DDDDD!!! They're so cute oh my gosh 😭😭😭❤️❤️. AND THE TREE TRUNK!!!!! AAAAHHHHHHHH OH MY GOSH ❤️😭😭😭❤️🥰. I'm not okay y'all <333. I love them so much :')). Also Ashlyn's reaction to Maddox leaving 😭😭😭💔❤️. I'm so glad she doesn't have to <3333 :')). I'm so happy for them :')) :'DD. Anyway :'). Ashlyn slayed playing Kelsi :'D! And what Gina said about her :'D - yeah :'). Ashlyn truly is the queen of changing her identity (I mean that in a good way lol), but also still being sure of her identity in between those times :')). I love her so much <333.

MR. MAZZARA AND MISS JENN ARE FINALLY TOGETHER :'DDDD!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳🥳 WHOOOOOO!!!!! WHOOHOOO FINALLY :'DDDDD!!!!! My babeys 🥰🥰.

And about them separately lol, MR. MAZZARA GETS TO GO BACK TO NEW ZEALAND AND TRY AGAIN :'DDD!! I'm so happy for him :')). And while he slayed playing Coach Bolton, he slayed doing sound too :')). Also him being like "yeah I'm totally not doing so much right now" was great LOL. Honestly kind of a mood xD, though luckily that didn't happen to much to me on lights lol. Anyway, I'm just glad he was there supporting everyone and being amazing this episode :')). Always right there, helping them through it 😭😭❤️🥰. Also how he didn't HESITATE to rip up the letter lol xD. Iconic 😌. As always :'). I love him so much <3333.

MISS JENN'S STAYING!!!! WHOOOO :'DDD!!! She would've been amazing, but I'm so glad she's staying 😭❤️❤️. She's here for Emmy, and Jet and Maddox, and all of the Juniors who were OGs :')). And the second semester for the Seniors too!! She can keep being amazing for them <333 :'DD. Just like Gina said - she gets to be that mom for all of them, and teach them it's about creating something you love :') 😭😭😭❤️. And I just love that :'). She slayed playing Ms. Darbus :'DD. I love her so much <3333.

KOURTNEY AND MO!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH OH MY GOSH THE COMBO I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED!!!! That talk was EXACTLY what Kourtney needed 😭😭😭❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰. Also AAHHHH Kourtney's talk with Jet :'DDD. It was so amazing and sweet 🥰🥰. And AAHHHHH she felt happy at Lewis :'DDD!!! And it came to her mind immediately :'))). I'm so happy for her and proud of her <333. She really is one of, if not the, bravest people in the show <333. What she's done is no easy feat, it's DIFFICULT, with anxiety and without, and again, I'm just so proud of her :'))). Her anxiety storyline means so much to me and I loved it 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️. And yeah - she is the best fashionista xD. She slayed playing Sharpay 🥰🥰🥰🥰 :DD!! I love her so much <3333 ❤️❤️❤️😭🥰.

RICKYYYY HE SAID IT!!! HE DID IT!!! HE SANG THE THING 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰 :'DDD!! HE TOLD GINA HE LOVES HER :'DDDDDD!!!! I'm so proud of him :')). And AAAHHHHH one last "Am I too late?" :')). As it should be <33. Also, his speech to all of the was just- 😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️💔 I'm not okay. I know that feels. Theatre is just like :'). And it makes me so emotional but it's just so accurate, and wonderful <33. Also, he slayed playing Troy :'D. AND AAAHHH THE RUN AND THE GUITAR!! AND THAT SONG WAS BEAUTIFUL 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. I'm so glad he got the chance :')). And Y E S I'm glad Ricky was the one to suggest where they go :'D - one more season 1 parallel :'). And just, what Gina said about him <33. It's so beautiful in a Rina sense 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️, obviously, but it extends beyond that. He's been the one to welcome, and include, and encourage, since pretty much the beginning :')). And I love that so much <333. Anyway, his reaction to not getting to tell Gina he loved her before the press conference hurt 😭😭. And YESSS Gina's mom finally approving :'D. He doesn't need it, but I'm glad he got it <333. Also, again, his scene with Big Red was amazing <333. Besties since the beginning :')). And continuing on <33. And of course, I loved how he was practicing saying I love you more to people :')). I'm so happy for him <333. I love him so much ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰😭.

GINA'S FILMING THE MOVIE IN SALT LAKE!!!!!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :'DDDD!!! I'M SO GLAD :'DDD 🥰🥰🥰😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️!! ALSO OVOEANOCMPW THE HAT????!!?! OH MY GOSH GIRL 😭😭❤️ XD. She slayed playing Gabriella 🥰🥰🥰. And oh my gosh, her SPEECHES 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️💔💔💔💔🥰🥰. I've already talked about what she said to everyone, but they were just all so so SO amazing. And I've heard some of that stuff said like that at senior speeches before, so it's definitely accurate xdd. But seriously, it was so emotional 😭😭. I know the cast was obviously SUPER emotional as well xd, but nonetheless, the acting was amazing <333. Superb :')). Gina has come so far, and learned so much, and I am just so, so proud of her, and happy for her <333. And I'm so glad she's staying at East High :'DDD. AND getting to do the movie still :')!! And again, the love song was BEAUTIFUL 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️🥰. And she slayed at that press conference lol. I love her so much <333.

Now, hey, I'm allowed to put Seblos last if I want to xDD. It's my finale post :')).

SEB'S DAD KNEW THE WHOLE TIME SLFKFHDKGS!!!! That's so amazing lol <333. Amazing as in it's funny and it's a good thing xD. But seriously that was so funny lol. I am disappointed we didn't get Seb on stage, like acting lol, but I'm glad he was there for curtain call :'DDD 🥰. Even if him and Big Red had no reason this-show-wise to be up there XDD. I'm just happy that he was :')). Also his run up to Carlos after talking about his dad and holding him was so cute 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️🥰 stop I'm not okay <333. And AAAHHHHHH they get to go on their trip 🥰🥰. And again, I loved that their wasn't any animosity towards Big Red :'). But seriously that moment was so cute 😭❤️❤️. And honestly I loved what Gina said about him, especially after the cheating plot this season. Because he really is an angel, he is like a dog in human form lol xD, and he still sees the world pretty pure :')) 🥰. And I just think it shows that even though he made mistakes, he still is and does those things. He's still Seb <3333 😭❤️❤️🥰. And I think that was really needed for all of us :')). Also he went OFF in the limo LOL xD. He really said "step aside" with that belt xD. He slayed, so hard <333 🥰🥰. I love him so much <3333 🥰🥰❤️❤️.

CARLOS HAPPY AGAIN IS MY REWARD FOR THE FIRST SIX EPISODES!!!! XDD!! It keeps randomly hitting me that this is the Last Season, that although luckily we got happy Seblos at the end this is genuinely the last we're gonna see of them and I just- oh gosh that hurts 😭😭😭❤️. But again, their moment after the show (and the ones during curtain call 😭!!!) was SO CUTE AND AMAZING 😭😭😭❤️. Carlos slayed playing Ryan :'DD 🥰🥰🥰❤️. And he really is so funny x'DDD. It also makes me so happy that Gina talked about being co-choreographers with him :')) - something that started way back in season 2, but honestly season 1 unofficially <333. They've always had dance as a connection, and I'm just so happy they have that in each other :')). And I believe something similar to "we just kept dancing" was said at the Quinceñero, which :')))) 😭😭😭😭❤️🥰❤️❤️❤️. That kills me <3. Their friendship just means so much to me :')) :'D <333. Anyway :')). I love how he was kinda the one to set Miss Jenn and Benjamin (he deserves for me to call him by his first name at least once LOL xD) up xDD :'D <33. Like, he was the one who brought up the plane tickets and stuff :')). I mean, they were already pretty close to becoming a thing, but he showed us the audience the official moment of it lol, so I'm grateful for that xD. But that it was him, the one who was by Miss Jenn's side from day one :'), and even used to be enemies with Mr. Mazzara? Was the reason, or at least was half the subject of that scene lol, we met Mr. Mazzara :'DD? Perfect <333. Full circle :')). But yeah <3. I love him so much :'DD <33 ❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰.

And a bit of specifically Seblos :'D. After everything they've been through this season, I'm so glad we got two episodes of them being adorable and mostly happy 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️🥰. I mean, we had to deal with the Seb's dad stuff, but it was pretty good (like easy wise ish I guess? Like not too bad) and they were adorable :'D. AND THEY GET TO GO ON THEIR TRIP 🥰🥰🥰!!! I'm so excited for them :'D. Especially after they lived it LOL. Anyway, their moments during curtain call were amazing <333. And LOL SLFKGHJS their kiss going viral xDD. As it should 😌😌. Slay for them lol xD. Also, them running out of the school together 😭❤️❤️. I'm pretty sure they're holding hands in the first shot <3333. Also I love the lines they sing in Born to Be Brave :')). And AAAHHHHHH THEM BEING THE FIRST ONES TO START SINGING BESIDES RINA DURING LOVE YOU FOREVER 😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰. AKCIEHSODNWP I LOVE THEM SO MUCH <33333.

Now, group moments :'))). CONGRATS ON A GREAT SHOW EVERYONEEE!!!! YOU ALL SLAYED INCLUDING MY ENSEMBLE AND BACKGROUND CHARACTER LOVELIES :'DDDDD <3333. What a great last curtain call :')).

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THAT RUN OUT TO GO SUPPORT GINA :'DDDDD!!! I LOVED IT SOOOO MUCH 😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!! IT WAS SO EPIC :'DDDD!!!!

And oh my gosh 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️🥰. ALL OF THEM SINGING LOVE YOU FOREVER!!!! I!! AM!! NOT!! OKAY!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰 I LOVE ALL OF THEM FOREVER <333333!!!!! It was so beautiful, the song and the scene and both our together :'DD. And all of them coming forward- oh my gosh 😭😭😭❤️🥰.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THE RUN OUT OF THE SCHOOL :'DDDD 😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰!!!! Once again, an epic and iconic moment 😭😭😭😭❤️🥰. I love them all so much :'D.

Y'all it is the way I was screaming (saying but the emotion was screaming) "DENNY'S!! GO TO DENNY'S!!!!"

AND

THEY

DID!!!!!!!!!!!

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💔💔💔❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰 THAT WAS LITERALLY THE PERFECT ENDING 😭😭❤️❤️❤️💔🥰🥰🥰🥰 <333333 :'DDDD!!!!

And it wasn't just perfect as a nod to theatre kids, but it was a reference/parallel to Season 1, when Nini said: "Usually the theatre kids cry and then we go to Denny's." :'))). I love them all so much 😭😭❤️.

And don't even talk to me about Born to Be Brave :'DDD. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!!!! 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! THE PERFECT SONG TO END THE SERIES ON :'DDDDD 😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰 <333333!!

And y'all 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️❤️💔💔🥰

FOR GOOD??!?!!!?!?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I'm pretty sure that was just the cast, not the characters, and I just- it was so, so amazing 😭😭😭😭❤️💔🥰🥰. And goshdarnit it made me feel things xdd. As of this entire episode didn't have me as a wreck lol 🙄 xd xD. But seriously, it was SO GOOD, and it reminded me of the Beauty and The Beast announcement, as well as You Are The Music In Me from after Season 2 :'))). I just love this cast so freaking much ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭😭💔💔🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰.

The music this episode was P H E N O M E N A L!!!!! It was all SO amazing and all so emotional too 😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️. The cast are all such wonderful singers and the songs are all so well put together and beautifully written :')). I am so grateful for all of the amazing music of this show <3333. Don't even talk to me about any of the songs this episode, I'm still not okay over them :')). Special shout out to For Good for being most likely from the cast :')). And being one last reference, as it relates to Miss Jenn's offer <3. The meta show gets one more meta moment :'))) <3333.

This episode was so amazing. It was, quite possibly, the perfect finale <333. Obviously, I have things I wish happened, in this episode and in the season and show as a whole. But it told the story. And it told it well :')). It gave these characters an immensely satisfying ending, and, more importantly in this case? A happy one :'). They deserved that <333. And we deserved to be shown that we can. Especially theatre kids <33 ❤️. And still, amongst all these emotions, they still managed to make this episode HILARIOUS :'DDD. I can't with them, this show is too good xD. I LOVED THIS EPISODE SO, SO, SO, SO MUCH <33333 ❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!!!!

It's been over 12 hours since I finished the episode. It's hit me a couple of times that this was it, but it hasn't truly sunk in yet xd. I don't know if it ever will lol. But, for this being it? It was an amazing way to go <333 ❤️.

This show means so much to me. I've been emotional and sentimental this whole time x'd, and as I've said, I'll make a separate post about this, but I have to say it here. I will never get over HSMTMTS. And frankly? I never want to :'). Thank you to everyone who made this show possible <333 - I am truly, truly grateful ❤️❤️❤️. Possibly more than you'll ever know :').

And thank you to this fandom. Whenever I think it's too crazy, or I'm not involved, you guys are there to remind me :'). Thanks for being my Wildcat family throughout all of this <3. It means so much to me ❤️.

What team?

Wildcats :').

What team?

Wildcats :'D.

Wildcats.

Getcha head in the game <3.

What an amazing season guys :')) <3 ❤️. I loved it :'D.

And that is the end of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series

I loved it <3

[meadowmines]

#rgg tactics Masterpost

"Beefgnaw, who the fuck are all these Yakuza OCs you keep posting about, what is this story you keep babbling about"

tl;dr: I played YK2, got to the Majima Construction part, thought "haha imagine being the safety guy for Majima Construction, would that be fucked up or what," made up a guy, and... stuff kinda went out of control from there and turned into "you know what, a Yakuza tactical RPG would slap and also I don't think I'm quite done with some of those OCs from The Bit." And thus King Cobra: Like a Dragon Tactics was born.

The most important bit: the main story script (in progress). Mostly set in 2005 concurrent with certain major events of Y1, begins in 2002, has roots in Y0 and The Bit. Substory and Cat Cafe Grand Prix/Chef League sideplot scripts will be released in the general vicinity of the main story chapters they pop up in.

There's also a series of assorted oneshots (including the aforementioned "Safety Man") set in the Tactics timeline plus the 2024 OC-Tober/Tojoctober series. WARNING: these may contain heinous spoilers and/or stuff that falls out of "canon" as the main story progresses.

Finally, here is a list of most of the OCs involved in this shit, which will be updated as the story gets hashed out.

Hiroshi Aoyagi (aka Sojiro Amano): the protagonist of RGG Tactics. A Majima Family man with a knack for turning restaurants into licenses to print money. General manager of Kiwami Cafe in Kamurocho and later Neko-Kai Cafe in Sotenbori. A little guy with a big mouth. Loyal to a fault and stubborn as shit. Nishida's oath brother. Later forced to be Majima Construction's chief of safety and compliance and he hates every second of it.

Eiji Yamaoka: A Nishikiyama Family hitman who presents himself as a protective big brother to Aoyagi, but neither Aoyagi nor the audience are fooled by his bullshit. Clean and methodical on the clock, charming and outgoing on his own time, rarely seen without at least one pretty girl on his arm.

Yusuke Kuroshi/Homare Nishitani II: Current patriarch of the Kijin Clan, retainer to the Omi Alliance chairman, chairman of the Sotenbori Civic Association's Board of Directors, and legendary info broker. By all appearances, the exact opposite of his predecessor. Cold, calculating, refined, sometimes cruel, always in control. Or... almost always.

Keiichi Sugihara (Kei-chan): Nishitani II's better half, Civic Association member, owner of a video game store with a slightly illegal console chop shop in the back room, tech hobbyist who believes in better ass-kicking through technology.

Nobuaki Chiba: Kijin Clan lieutenant. Very intimidating if you don't know him. Kind of intimidating if you do know him, but for the most part he's Just A Guy who likes beer and fried shit and sportsball and throwing some good old fashioned hands in the street. Aoyagi's first friend in Sotenbori.

Shigeo "Doc" Nakamura: A doctor working for the Sotenbori Civic Association. Nobody's a hundred percent sure he actually has a license to practice but he does good work and he doesn't ask uncomfortable questions. Took on a sketchy case back in '89 and it's about to come back to haunt him.

Shiori Hanada: A hostess at Club Sunshine who personally puts the fear of God into some asshole who's been snapping covert hostess foot pics under the tables and selling them on the street. She later goes to work at Cabaret Grand after Sunshine's current owner becomes too shitty a boss to stand.

Daikichi "b0ngl0rd69" Tomita: A friend(?) of Sugihara's who makes him look downright normal about games by comparison. Walks around Sotenbori with an honest to God gunblade. Is absolutely aware that the number in his handle has some... connotations in English.

Akemi "Crystal Star Sapphire" Sakurai: A hostess at Jewel... and Kamurocho's own real live magical girl. She is an engineering major at Touto University who combines her technical knowhow with her prop-building skill to create ice-based weapons that are as dangerous (and possibly illegal) as they are pretty.

Minoru "Unlucky" Uchida: A string of poor life choices starting on the morning of his 42nd birthday have rendered him the unluckiest yakuza alive. Every single time his turn comes up, he will get hit by a random environmental hazard--and usually one with splash damage. His only real use in battle is to be sent into the middle of enemy formations like a laser-guided misfortune missile.

Stephanie Velucci: A professional MMA fighter from Arizona, temporarily living and fighting in Japan after an uncomfortably close call with a potential PR nightmare. She does not care for men in general but she seems to have especially personal beef with Aoyagi. (strangely, she befriends Yamaoka of all people in the postgame, which Aoyagi finds both bewildering and a little insulting)

Minako "Minadeath" Takai: The frontwoman of an all-girl death metal band. One of the few units who can deal non-elemental magic damage.

Ms. Yoshino: Sales rep for a pyramid scheme reputable company selling garbage water straight from the Sotenbori River delicious mineral-rich water in its most natural state. A support unit whose special ability involves her running out onto the battlefield and delivering her sales pitch to an enemy. If successful, the enemy will buy and chug a bottle of Heaven's Water on the spot. You get money and the enemy gets multiple stacked status ailments.

Shakedown Jr.: A pesky little pickpocket plaguing Sotenbori Street. The son of one of the original Messrs. Shakedown, though you wouldn't know it by looking at him. What he lacks in his old man's brute strength and physical stature he more than makes up for in fast feet and faster fingers. A support unit who occasionally dashes across the battlefield to relieve enemies of cash and items and one of the rare few supports whose ability works on bosses.

Officer Friendly: An Osaka PD officer with connections to the Sotenbori Civic Association. Usually found fishing under Bishamon Bridge when he's off duty.

Mighty Morita: A pro wrestler who wrestles a literal bear. He survives the match but we never hear whether he won or lost.

Cynthia-chan: the literal bear in question. Eventually she and Morita can learn a Tag Team attack. This takes a lot of work, trust, and fish.

Takeshi Yoshimura: Former Sagawa Family captain. Disappeared in the days following the death of his boss... along with every yen in the family vault.

Torahiko Kogawa: Cat cafe mogul and terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad person. The antagonist of the Cat Cafe Grand Prix sideplot.

Matsuo Ito: Former Murasaki Family lieutenant. Spent some time in jail after The Bit. Still mad about it.

Yashiro Noguchi: CEO of Millennium Holdings in Kyoto. Seems to have some shady connections.

Ryo Amon: Personal chef to the Amon Clan, challenges Aoyagi and his crew to a cooking battle at the end of the Chef League sideplot.

Gen Amon: Leader of a breakaway sect of the Amon Clan, takes issue with certain rules of engagement the Amon Clan adheres to. He and his team are the requisite RGG Secret Boss Battle. Yes, Aoyagi gets not one but TWO rounds of Amon Clan Bullshit to deal with in this game.

Miyuki: Mysteriously dumped at the animal shelter in the dead of night and subsequently entrusted to Aoyagi's care as his first cafe cat. Pure white with the prettiest deep blue eyes. Magnificently fluffy, amazingly sociable, and stone deaf. Like all the "special needs" cats, has super high stats but can't be adopted (the in-universe explanation is that the rescue org that supplies the cats requires more thorough vetting of prospective special needs cat parents before they'll approve the adoption).

Shio and Kosho: a bonded pair of gray tabby cats, classified as "special needs" cats because they have to be adopted together. They count as one cat for cast configuration purposes, effectively giving you a bonus 11th cat on the floor.

Nyan-han: A big battle-scarred orange cat with half a tail and a meow like he smokes two packs a day. Lost his fighting spirit along with his 'nads and shredded his feral card the second he woke up. Now enjoys sitting in laps, sleeping in sunbeams, and cuddling with people and other cats.

Nyamon: A huge stocky black cat with God tier stats, who mysteriously shows up at the cat cafe shortly after you beat Gen Amon's team. Classified as a "special needs" cat because he has to meet with an Animal Control parole officer every week (apparently he was involved in a raid on the "Jigoku Inu Clan," whatever that is?) and while he never shows the least bit of aggression towards Aoyagi or the cafe's patrons (other than hissing at you if you try to swap his aviator shades out for another accessory) it is strongly implied that even Jo Amon himself is terrified of this beast.

[the-bad-advice-blog-3]

there’s this dude in band (alto sax) who i’ll call Ass for privacy or whatever. we first met in 7th grade and he basically decided to hate me. it started off with light teasing. i’m perfectly fine and endorse light teasing, but i didn’t really tease back. it got worse over 8th grade and definitely over summer marching band. Ass has the balls to hate me to my face, but still.

my friend who’s also in band wants me to tell the director and get him kicked. my argument is snitches-get-stitches and i don’t think it’ll get Ass kicked. we plan to tell the director tuesday (idk what day or time that is for you. idk your time zone) but i’m scared to.

i can take Ass in a fight, i’ll beat him in like 3 seconds, but i dont want his friends to spread rumors abt me for it. most everyone in band hates Ass anyway. what should i do?? sorry for that super long ask that was more like a vent.

-star anon

as you say you can easily take him in a fight, if he comes back to fight you? Just slap him in the face

But you are physically stronger and you should restrain yourself.

nothing too hard or serious that’s not the point.

bullies will pick on you because your a easy target, people will pick on you because your a easy target.

If you make yourself not a easy target by slapping his face kinda hard he’ll probably back off.

again rinse and repeat until he fucks off, or just start having angry posture and facial expressions at him.

like bear your teeth, say things with venom at him. (Like really filled with hatred, like “oh.. you”)

you want to prove you are not a target, and as soon as you do?

he’ll fuck off.

I say go report him, if he comes to fight you? Give him a fight, again just slap him in the face. It’s enough to be painful while not leaving any lasting problems.

Again only if you can’t sort it out via intimidation, bear your teeth be angry around him, speak to him with venom.

but if you can get him kicked out without resorting to violence that’s a good thing!

Try your best and it will be enough.