#like it is so serious actually i'm never gonna fucking recover from this

[moe-broey]

Dude it is so fucking dire. I have screenshots of them but like. God. Gone. All because I was fucking stupid and didn't 100% foolproof it. I should have saved them to my switch like immediately after starting over like you can fucking do that. You don't have to wait until postgame or until you need to fill a story role. You can download miis directly from the main menu and just have them in storage. I should have fucking Done That. I was already imagining how funny it would be to have both sets. They're gone now. Because I was fucking stupid about it

[beautyconsumer]

(I see you've redone your blog again) but anyway JayGrant is sooooo the friends that make a marriage pact as kids. And Jason thinks it's a joke but Grant is SO serious. 20 years later Grant breaks into Jason's apartment and is like "so I've noticed you're not yet wed-" and Jason is like "I THOUGHT YOU WERE FUCKING DEAD WHAT THE FUCK!" And Grant is like "Irrelevant. I need you to update your hand measurements to get the ring resized."

I did! I want it to represent what's going on on this little corner of Tumblr of mine hehe thanks for noticing!

Also!!! ASASGDJFG "I need you to update your hand measurements to get the ring resized." Meaning he already has a ring and has been constantly measuring Jason's hand throughout their childhood/teenage years, lmaoo I imagine Jason sitting there while Grant measures his hand going "lol you still on that?" While Grant very much is.

Jason being pulled the uno reverse card for once and being in the other end of "I THOUGHT YOU WERE FUCKING DEAD WHAT THE FUCK!" is so freaking funny.

Jason is still reeling on the fact that Grant came back at all, cause he had given hope he would. Jason sees his own resurrection as a curse so seeing Grant reviving gives him a new perspective and of course Grant goes, "We're soulmates, actually."

And Jason kind of believes him. Wants to believe him too.

Jason is —other than surprised Grant came back at all— is like "You meant it???"

Because he's on board, HEAVILY so, because he gets to marry the first crush he ever had, the very hetero guy who would mess around for shits and giggles, and make him flustered and red faced every time he'd throw hypotheticals at him: "I would treat you better than anyone else", "If you married me we'd never spend our nights sleeping"

All of this is especially funny immediately after Grant's resurrection, because Grant is fully convinced he came back for that one reason (it's actually way deeper than that but his obsessive streak is not gonna wind down for a while.)

Grant goes over the top with everything, the ring, the weeding, the preparations, his rich kid upbringing along his entitlement and hedonistic nature (that only amplified when he came back from dead) makes him a nightmare for anyone who gets on his way of making the Wedding anything less than perfect. This also goes along with me headcanoning him as a perfectionist (having your parents criticizing your shit since ever will do that to ya) bridezilla Grant says who lmao

And if we're going with the family dynamics...

Adeline Kane clutches her chest and almost has a heart attack because she finds out her son is alive Through a freaking Weeding Invitation.

Joey as well and his brain is balancing from wanting to beat the shit out his brother for making them go through this to go hug him and demand to be his best man.

Respawn, Alex, Rose and Wintergreen are invited as well, if only to cement the fact that Slade is very much not invited. He still shows up, though.

Jade is the bridesmaid, or best woman, or however it is. Grant shows up one day and is like "Bitch I'm getting married, you're the bridesmaid," she sighs, looks at his choice of a husband, sighs even more heavily and then they go shopping for the wedding.

The batfam on the other hand, Bruce and Dick are the ones who are having the hardest time.

Bruce is happy at first that Jason is settling and getting married, but then—

"Married to who?!"

Dick is sweating bullets, "Jason, you're still young, you don't have to settle for this one just yet!"

"No, I gotta."

Babs walks him through acceptance. When he recovers he drops Jason hints (as in, big passive aggressive hints) of him being the best man.

Jason lets him in tension for a while, at least until he decides who's gonna be the best man because he's not the first one to not-ask.

Meanwhile Steph and Tim pipe in, "can we plan your bachelor party?"

Damian is happy he gets to spend time and meet his half brother's family, (Respawn) and Jason will be there too I guess.

Jason is very much shoving in their faces, "I'm getting married before any of you losers."

Talia and Harvey are invited as well much to Bruce's dismay.

Bruce gets surprisingly along and is very supportive with Grant while he's in one of his bridezilla episodes because yes, Grant is right: Jason’s wedding deserves the best of the best.

Grant gets very intense about it too, hence, mark Jason down as scared and horny.

Slade, on the other hand, gets whiplash because Addie was just like that on their wedding.

[imaginechb]

Please, Please, Please

Connor Stoll x fem!aphrodite!reader

Synopsis: everyone thinks he's going to break your heart. You're hoping they're wrong.

When you told people that you were dating Connor, you were given... mixed reactions. Most people didn't understand why you'd even give him a chance; you were so beautiful inside and out, the closest one could be to a goddess without actually being immortal. Connor was a pest. Upsetting as people's opinions could be, even you had to admit that if someone told you a year ago that you'd be with the son of Hermes, you probably would've laughed in their face.

But nobody knew Connor like you did. He was sweet when he tried to be, and he always wanted to impress you. It was like he was painfully aware that he was playing out of his league, and he was trying in every way possible to make up for it. It usually worked. He'd always have you blushing and giggling (which he had decided was his number one goal in life).

But along with the strange looks came the concerned warnings. "He's going to hurt you," they all said. "It's only a matter of time." Obviously, you defended Connor. That was your boyfriend they were talking about! But at the same time, you knew they had some good points. Connor could be incredibly unserious, and as long as you'd known him, he'd never had a serious relationship. People were worried he'd treat you like just another joke, and sometimes you understood why.

"Connor, don't you dare," you said, not finding it funny. You were completely dressed, with socks and shoes on, your hair and makeup done perfectly, and he had been joking about pushing you into the lake. "What do you mean? I just want to hug my lovely girlfriend!"

You backed up, knowing that look in his eye. The mischievous glint would be unnoticeable to anyone who didn't know him so well, but you saw it. As he came closer to you, he began to smirk, and before you knew it you were lifted up and thrown over his shoulder before being submerged in the cold, cold lake.

You came up gasping for air, absolutely livid. "Fuck you!" You screamed at him. He only laughed, finding your anger funny.

It was moments like these that made you consider the possibility that maybe the other campers were right. You put a lot of care into your appearance, something he didn't seem to care about, no matter how many times you told him you didn't want to go in the water. He wasn't listening to you, even when you were completely serious.

You weren't new to heartbreak; if Connor did happen to break your heart, you'd recover. You were a child of Aphrodite, you'd bounce back like nothing ever happened. But the hit your ego would take if you gave Connor Stoll a chance and he embarrassed you like that? You couldn't handle that. Not that you necessarily thought low of Connor, but everybody knew you were way out of his league. Not to mention how you'd defended him. If they turned out to be right about him... that was something you don't think you could never recover from.

So you silently pleaded with him, staring into his eyes when he was being especially annoying. Please please please, don't prove them right, don't prove I'm right. Don't make me cry. If you're gonna be stupid, leave me out of it.

Sure, Connor was an idiot, but he seemed to care a lot. So like that day at the lake, if he messed up, he'd be right there to dry you off and apologize, and no matter how mad you were, you'd forgive him eventually. He'd still laugh at your angry face, but then he'd kiss it until you physically couldn't force yourself to pout anymore.

Maybe, just maybe, he heard your prayers. Maybe, just maybe, he'd prove everyone wrong.

[daniclaytcn]

I have been telling my friends that season 7 is a bridge. Also, that Tim had a plan and as he wasn’t in the last 2, the story isn’t as he planned so he spent the whole season taking the characters there. Meaning healing from last trauma to add new traumas and building the foundations for the next season, foundations he thought were going to be build.

For example:

- Chim and Maddie fostering Mara is the bridge to Maddie and Chim having another child, maybe adopting this time.

- Hen and Karen will adopt Mara, and I’m not quite sure about the next step because I’m thinking about Captain Hen but I don’t think it’ll happen in the next season.

- Bi Buck we know what bridge that is even if some people don’t want to accept it.

- Eddie, being bad written, is the bridge to prioritising and putting himself first for them establishing boundaries with his parents. (Kind of Buck did). Also, to discover himself and what he really wants. Healing.

- Bobby to realise he’s a hero and that his works wasn’t over, especially now that Gerrard is back.

- Athena hasn’t been a proper cop this season and both times (Harry incident and whatever the fuck was the Amir thing) she has used her power so I think something will happen there that’ll make her stop and think.

The reason why the wasn’t room for development is because for some stories, it was the end (Chim being traumatised in his wedding by Doug) and for other stories it was the beginning (the whole episode 7x10)

i'm sorry, i don't want to sound like i'm being dismissive of your opinion because you're entitled to it, but i don't agree with any of this. to start with, it's too bad that tim couldn't tell the story he wanted to after s4, but that's not an excuse for him to come back two seasons later, throw a temper tantrum and ignore everything that's happened since that isn't convenient for him. lol. as for the rest, let's break it down:

this sets up for maddie and chim having another child...except we don't actually KNOW how THEY feel about it. they've never talked about having more kids, let alone fostering. we never saw any of this from their POV, we were just up and told that they wanted to do it for henren. which is a beautiful thing for them to do, but we don't know what they feel about it, if they've considered the logistics of having a second child, about jee having a sibling—none of it!

my issue with henren this season was that they recycled the plot of them having trouble with expanding their family for, what, the...third time? it's so tired and feels like misery porn at this point (and let's not even get into the uncomfortable racial elements around the way mara was written in 7x05).

something as monumental as the bi!buck arc should have been explored better. sorry. aside from his conversation with maddie, we barely got to see buck do any kind of serious self-reflection about this major part of his identity and his relationship with tommy, has, well. it's just been written in a very strange and off-putting way post 7x05. sorry to say.

whatever happened with eddie is really not the way to get him to prioritize himself! think about it. for the first time he prioritized his own grief in trying to get catharsis with kim. and it backfired on him spectacularly. he hurt his kid. he lost christopher. i don't think he's ever gonna recover from this guilt. if anything, what's happened will only reinforce his belief that he should never prioritize himself, ever. the thing with kim didn't lead to any kind of healing, it made everything a million times worse. he was quite literally punished by the narrative for his grief and it's quite sickening. and given how things were handled this season i highly doubt it will be treated with any kind of nuance or care in the next.

this has not been the first time athena has abused her power—only the most egregious instance of it—and it won't be the last. if abusing her power in s1 and harassing a teenage girl then didn't get her to stop and think, i don't think this will. sorry.

my entire point, is that most of the things you've mentioned here was incredibly last minute. madney fostering mara. the eddie/kim plotline. eddie's conflict with chris. the bobby and amir plotline. everything in 7x10 felt like an afterthought. why is it that bobby's life was in serious danger and yet we barely saw anything of him? why didn't we get to see more the firefam being worried over him and holding vigil? how is it that eddie and chris didn't even have a single conversation before chris went away to a different state?

you don't use all ten episodes of a season just to set up new plot points for the rest without developing or concluding the stuff already going on in a meaningful manner that makes sense. sorry.

[avelera]

Ok just because I'd never write it because Human/No Powers Modern AU is not my thing, but I find the thought exercise interesting, here's a bit more about how Giving Sanctuary would work if it was a modern, no powers dreamling AU (copied from a Discord I'm on):

The THING IS, I am somewhat charmed by the idea of Modern AU Giving Sanctuary ONLY because re-translating the historical dynamics to be clearer to a modern viewer of like... what EXACTLY Dream disdained about Hob, would be such a treat??

Like in a historical setting, you can tell Hob's being a bit gauche in 1589 but that's kind of it for visual cues? But just.... imagine Dream in his black turtleneck and designer coat, hosting an event at his art gallery, and then this fucking Chad that his sister made him set up with a job interview ages ago, that he expected to fail out because he's a jock and an idiot, shows up in a fucking golf polo and a fancy but extremely visible Rolex he won't stop showing off to Dream and like... just the worst kind of new money sleaze oozing out of every pore and he won't stop snacking on the hors d'oeuvres and trying to offer some to Dream while talking with his mouth full because he thinks they're buddies, somehow and he keeps talking about the latest deal he closed to bring in millions to his company yeah they're gonna put him on Fortune magazine, not the front cover, but there is a page about him!

And this guy Hob, he keeps trying to shove pictures of his supermodel wife and sticky infant son at Dream at this arts event and finally Dream will literally do anything to get away from this guy and talk to the art school student who is actually talking about looking for his big break (And little does he know, Hob actually was trying to thank Dream for putting him in a place to be this successful because Hob came from poverty and there was no way he'd ever have reached this point without that lucky break of meeting Dream and yeah, he lacks manners but he's stupidly proud of what he accomplished and has no idea what he did wrong, he was trying to compliment Dream on the hors d'oeuvres??)

And if you make this purely human AU (not a genre I like to write but I find the thought exercise of updating a story interesting) 1689 would be caused by like.... Hob in a car accident with his pregnant wife and his kid Robyn, Hob's the only survivor. He gets addicted to pain meds during the recovery, is found at fault for the accident so no insurance money/the legal bills eat up everything else, he's fired, addicted, was already living lavishly and depending on the next big deal to pay for it all so goes bankrupt quickly, falls and falls and falls.

Anyway, Hob and Dream have this standing agreement to meet up once a year or every five years, at the same dive bar where Death introduced them in like college or something, and Hob gets there and y'know, updated 1689 meeting, he's a mess, he's homeless, he can't seem to get out of his own way, but the subject of his son's death comes up (again, for a GS update) and somehow Dream mentions he got married when he was like 18 or 20 to another artist, they had a son, no one in their families supported them because they said they were too young, their son died and his wife left him and his life fell apart and he's buried himself in work since but never really healed and no one ever really seemed to understand what he went through because most of his peers had never even had a serious relationship by the time he was divorced and had lost a child at like 22, like people freaking complimented him on being a single man again if they didn't know about the death.

And for the first time ever he tells this to Hob and instead of saying "Why did you get married so young??" Hob just... asks him if he's ok. Over a decade later. The first person to actually understand that Dream never really recovered.

[flame-cat]

hey fellas so @boyswillbeboxes and I have been cooking a fun concept for a few days and I thought I'd share it with you along with some Images I doodled. the post we're talking about at first is this one right here but if u don't feel like looking at it tl;dr its kim glaring at jean and being possessive of Harry. synopsis under the readmore! tws for suicide baiting and suicidal actions

rat: THAT FUCKIN COMIC WITH KIM GIVING JEAN THE SIDE EYE I'M SCREAMING

GET HIS ASS KIM

me: DLFJFKFKF IM SO GLAD U SAW ITTTT

rat: I JUST DID

me: thought of u makin that

rat: 😭😭

I'm so honored

God lmao you're right tho

Listen listen if Harry fails the check for the karaoke and Jean is there and doesn't clap for Harry, Kim swears a VENDETTA

That's CANON

He brings it up at the tribunal he's so petty

The second one

He says some really backhanded shit I don't remember the specifics but he's basically like Enemy Sighted

me: he took one look at this man and went "is anyone gonna become harshly overprotective of that" and didn't wait for an answer

rat: NO FOR REAL

IT'S INSANE HOW QUICKLY KIM WOULD DIE FOR HARRY

I LOVE IT I LOVE THEM

me: like in my head it literally is just. jean is minding his business. he doesn't even do anything. and Kim is just glaring daggers at him from across the room. in my head it's a sitcom bit where every time Harry leaves the room with Kim and Jean left Kim threatens Jean's life and as soon as Harry comes back in hes Normal again and jean is like GET YOUR FUCKING DOG BITCH

rat: Nobody ever believes Jean when he says this is happening

"No he's so even-tempered he's really polite maybe you just misinterpreted?"

Or even worse it makes Jean look crazy

me: like jean comes back to his desk and there's his mug which is now filled with dirt and a sticky note that says "bitch"

he looks over at Kim's desk and Kim is staring directly at him with murder in his eyes

and then a couple seconds pass and he looks away like nothing happened and jean is like "oh its ON motherfucker" (it is not on. jean can't hope to fight back against the wrath of kim kitsuragi)

jean fills Kim's coffee with salt? Kim just drinks it all. completely straight face. doesn't flinch once

kim comes over later and is like "thanks for the coffee" even tho jean was SURE no one saw him do that

he goes to fucking pryce about it eventually and he's just like "I don't appreciate you spreading rumors about the newest member of the 41st. he's done exemplary work. far better than you. maybe you need to go through that sensitivity training again?" and he blows his fucking LID over that.

challenges kim to a fucking brawl in the middle of the bullpen and Kim is just like. officer you're embarrassing yourself *eyebrow*

his reputation never recovers. even more of a joke than Dick Mullen now

rat: Kim being so so SO careful never to do this when anyone else is around. But then one day Jean is in the bathroom, and then the door opens, and it's Kim. And Kim just stops. Looks at him. Smirks a little. Then reaches behind himself and locks the door

And Jean feels FEAR

Kim never actually touches him. But it's very clear he's more than capable of following through on his threats.

Getting in his space and grabbing his chin to make sure Jean is Paying Attention

me: jean starts looking over his shoulder on his way home. one time Kim tails him just to fuck with him. jean thinks he loses him but when he gets onto his street kim is standing outside of his building, having his one cigarette

jean is stood frozen. Kim locks eyes with him as he puts out the cig on his boot. walks away

jean i think starts to try and play dirty as well but idk how he'd go about it. he's too... hm. stupid

rat: Yeah yeah yeah for sure like. He tries to "trick" Kim into a fight but Kim is five steps ahead at all times, he never takes the bait

And god help him if he tries to antagonize Harry to get to Kim

That's when Kim gets SERIOUS

That's when Kim finds him in a dark alley outside of work

Grabs a handful of his hair, smashes his face into a brick wall, puts him into a hammerlock hold

Whispers in his ear if he ever catches him trying that shit again, he's not getting a warning next time

me: I think it'd be hilarious if Jean tried to threaten suicide and it just. doesn't work. I think it'd make sense for him to bait kim like "okay well what if I killed myself and framed YOU for my MURDER" and Kim is like officer don't be dramatic get over yourself please

rat: Kim just staring at him like "Okay then. Do it. Right now."

Maybe Kim even hands over his gun

Jean trying to turn the tables by pointing it at Kim

Kim never flinches

"Go ahead. Pull the trigger. Unlike your idiotic plan, I'll be missed. And we both know Harry never stops."

me: I just think that scene in the alley could end up with Harry intuiting whats going on, that an officer is in danger, so he goes to stop it and- hey JEAN IS POINTING A GUN AT KIM??? AND KIM ISNT??? STOPPING HIM????

rat: HARRY PUTTING HIMSELF IN THE WAY OF THE GUN

Jean having to reconcile the fact that Harry is no longer his, insofar as he was before

me: after a tense second of not moving. jean actually considering doing it.

rat: GOD Jean being like I could just do it. Shoot him, maybe have time to reload and shoot myself after. That might be the only way to truly Hurt Kim

me: kim catches on to that. and for the first time he IS afraid

hes fine losing himself. but losing Harry? he couldn't bear it. he would sooner die

then. all at once. jean drops it

he can't do it. too much of a coward. "GOD FUCKING DAMN YOU!!" punches the wall etc. definitely crying. meanwhile kim GRABS Harry by the shoulders. he's shaking with fury and also something else. "what the FUCK are you thinking-" and Harry cuts him off with "what are YOU thinking? what the fuck was that? what HAPPENED to you?"

Harry means "you two" but kim feels that in his soul

they leave jean to talk after that. and that conversation is not a pretty one

smth smth "I was trying to protect you" "that was too far" "he went too far first. he was hurting you" "so your solution is to hurt him back?" "he wasn't going to STOP" "then let me deal with it!" etc etc

no idea what jean does from there. maybe he actually fucking thinks and reconsiders things and idk grows as a person

anyway after that we get the dinner from hell

harry invites them to a get-along dinner. christ

GOD. THE TENSEST DINNER EVER. TO RIVAL ANY FAMILY DINNER

im just imagining them trying to throttle each other on top of some takeout

harry is yelling TIMEOUT TIMEOUT

composure failure

rat: Harry like "can't we all just get along??" and Kim and Jean say NO at the same time

me: they both point at each other at the same time and go HE STARTED IT

harry actually passes an authority check and scolds them and they both realize how petty this is and its all very embarrassing and Harry is treating this very seriously. fully goes "do you have anything to say?" and they grumble sorry and he's like "not to me. to *each other*"

rat: He only passed Kim's authority because Kim hates seeing him sad

me: slow look at each other. jean holds out a hand. Kim grabs it so tight you hear joints snap.

they still hate each other so so much but Harry is Determined to make them friends

its like. harry is their get-along shirt

rat: Harry like the power of love and friendship will prevail and Kim tries he really does but every time he sees Jean he hears the Kill Bill sirens in his head

He makes an honest effort to threaten his life less but that's all he can manage

me: I do think this could get resolved eventually tho. like harry being put in some sort of crisis situation where his life is on the line or something

rat: Wouldn't it be funny if the situation was something Harry put himself in though

Like getting himself kidnapped by a gang

Like "wow this will really bring Jean and Kim together! ♡"

Meanwhile he's literally tied to a chair with his face bloody and nose broken

And Jean and Kim HAVE to team up. They can't take on a gang ALONE

Jean pretends not to care but he cares so much it makes him look stupid

If Harry actually dies what the fuck is he supposed to do

me: it works but not in the way he intended cause it actually touches on the heart of the conflict is that Jean wants to blame Harry for everything ever and also he does care so much it makes him look stupid so when they find out it was actually sort of on purpose they BOTH GET MAD AT HIM FOR THE SAME REASON

a horrible, deadly pact is formed. harry is now in grave danger

rat: Harry wanted them to be friends. And now, unfortunately, they are

He's never getting let out of their sight again

me: I like to think eventually they do chill out and become friends about it. like outside of all that. maybe jean finally gets over himself and Kim and Harry have a talk about being posessive- lol I'm just kidding those two are codependent to the fucking grave. but still I think they could end up being civil and the death threats just become banter

the competitive streak never dies tho. constantly trying to one-up each other. functional kismesistude

[androdetective]

Basic notice: I'm aware the show isn't serious and is basically just jokes. It's just fun to psychoanalyze

Cindy as a character wasn't developed much past being Tulio's girlfriend (and/or ex 💀) Which is really unfortunate, as the show doesn't have as much developed female characters. This is really unfortunate as from what we've seen of her, she seems like an interesting character with more to bring. And even more unfortunate was that over time she was made into the "spiteful obsessive ex lover" character. From what we're aware of her, in the beginning of the second season she had a summer fling with Tulio. She took it very seriously and was head over heels. When Tulio was trying to host the news, he would be interrupted by many incoming letters for him. They were all sent from Cindy trying to get his attention. They got so invasive that he couldn't continue on with the news. Eventually she gets inside the studio and manages to talk to him. Tulio, embarrassed, by all the attention he's getting from Cindy and his friends cooing at him, tries to get her to leave and deny things that happened between them. He then says something rude to her that gets her to break up with him and leave. Tulio only did this to impress his friends, and has now realized his mistake and wants Cindy back. Later, Cindy does give him a chance to make it up to her. Initially, he fucks it up stupidly bad, but then wins her over. (Bc he remembered her cell phone number, which is insane)

The next big appearance she had was in episode 33. She arrived at the studio, saying she was upset at tulio for lying about the show being educative. Tulio again tries to win her back, this time by reenacting a play of Don Quixote. It went badly and Cindy left him. (I'm amazed by how bad Tulio is)

The last bigger appearance she had in the show was in season 4. She pretends to be a dangerous, escaped criminal who wants revenge on Tulio. She is aided by the help of the other studio members to teach Tulio a lesson. Tulio, the entire episode, is scared shitless. Until in the end, it's finally revealed to him it was actually Cindy. Cindy tells him the reason she did this was because he forgot her at a restaurant 6 YEARS AGO. and to make matters worse, a TV in the restaurant was playing a live interview Tulio was doing. In it, he said he "would never miss a chance to talk about himself" and "he had nothing important to do." After that, she reasonably held a grudge towards him. But to have such a strong grudge for six years seems depressingly desperate. She evem had pictures of Tulio she'd throw sharp objects at. Why did she hatch such a dramatic plan to get back with such a shitty guy. A guy that forgot about her for six years. We're aware that she loves people strongly, to the point of it being excessive. But to do that with such an awful partner is concerning. We don't know her background, but I do wonder if if she was given one, would it explain why she attached herself to someone so quickly? Does she not have other better people in her life? Why Tulio of all people?? At the end of it, Cindy just wants to be loved and have attention. She does it in unhealthy ways, though, and attached herself to an overall bad partner. Tulio is far from mentally healthy and has rocky relationships with everyone. He has a push and pull relationship with people in his life. This generally isn't Cindy's fault. If either were more functioning, they'd communicate their unhealthy habits and reach a mutual conclusion. But they're not that at all, so that's never gonna happen. Tulio ended up hurting Cindy, a lot. This isn't unusual with the closest people in his life, but this feels particularly egregious. I hope Cindy ends up leaving Tulio for good one day, manages to recover from him, and evolve mentally.

[mareenavee]

For the Asks to Spread Love, pick and answer 3 that you haven't been asked already! 🧡

Hello again, bri!! Thanks for sending more of these for me! I've really enjoyed catching up on them and thinking through these today!

Fandom Positivity asks from this game here.

10. A popular character you actually really like and why.

I do like me some rare characters most of all lol. My perspective is a bit biased because I love the ones I love and I don't mind if they aren't "popular" per se. (:

LOL -- The obvious answer is Teldryn, right? But I'm gonna talk about

💫Neloth 💫

instead.

I think he's popular to dunk on because he's been a very big pain in the ass in the games for centuries to everyone who will listen to him. I mean, since the events of Morrowind at minimum. (:

Why do I like him? Because of how he's been written by myself and a few friends -- namely @thana-topsy, @paraparadigm (TOOTHPICK!), and @thequeenofthewinter.

I love to see how other people take this character and run with what we're given in text ESPECIALLY considering how ridiculous he is to deal with and his general attitude toward other living things.

For myself, where I write him as a long term friend of Nerevarine!Teldryn Sero, I love to use his character as an opportunity to talk about the struggle of redemption. How does one redeem themselves from a lifetime of difficult choices made to fit into a specific perception? Does this perception eventually end up becoming a core facet of who you are as a person? If that is the case, can you change? Are the consequences of your choices enough to make you irredeemable? Further, can you forgive yourself if change does not come easily or if you return to old behaviors much too easily?

He's a complicated one, I think, especially by the events of Skyrim. He's not exactly estranged from the rest of House Telvanni, but the connection is tenuous and fraught as the House is still, apparently, recovering from the Red Year. In Morrowind it was very much the opposite. There's gotta be a kind of grief to this shift under the uncaring, hyperfocused exterior.

He's annoying, yes, but very interesting to me, and so he's in my fic. And he's actually a huge part of the latter half of the book.

11. Recommend a fic with an unusual/original headcanon or characterisation that you loved.

OH I'm SHOUTING OUT @changelingsandothernonsense's Danger!JOSH (aka Nerevarine Teldryn Sero)'s Nerevar-as-a-parasite situation in Serious Mistakes.

This angry spirit, more or less, lives in the ring and speaks into Teldryn's BRAIN and sometimes drives the entire car, so to speak and I've never ever read anything like it, holy shit. I'm a beta reader for this particular project and I literally cannot yell about it enough.

It's a novelization of the Teldryn Serious mod which was already intriguing, but AH. MY GOODNESS the Nerevar situation.

Let me show you. From chapter 4:

Aren’t you meant to be looking for something? “Oh, you’re still here?” Teldryn rasped, as if saying it out aloud mattered here. You should be thanking me. Teldryn grunted in annoyance, he had a point, he hated it when he was right. His mouth was dry. He wanted to stay where he was. Sleep. You can’t stay here! Get up! Teldryn groaned. Right again – the tide was coming in, if he didn’t find what he was looking for now, then it would be gone by morning. He needed his keys. Was there an Argonian on the beach? He couldn’t remember. His head hurt. He pinched the bridge of his nose, it did little to relieve the pressure. He always overdid it on the magicka, and now he was nauseous.

It's fucking cool, isn't it? (:

19. Give kudos to someone who leaves great comments.

OH GLADLY. Here's where I shout out @polypolymorph!!!

Okay so I could pick out a bunch of comments -- or novel-length responses. Each comment turns into an opportunity for a conversation and I'm always beside myself to hear back from her.

But right now, I'm still grinning ear to ear over, you guessed it. Eyestalks. Eye. Stalks.

(on this project here.)

[ellecdc]

ik my last ask was a lil more serious (and suuuper long, although this one probably wont be much better, sorry 😬) but now i'm here for the goofs n catching up. sorry its been another bit of time again, i had to recover from the fact that YOU! missed little old me?!?! immidiate bedrest as i come to terms with that fact. i figured id answer the questions i asked you (and respond to ur responses) bc i can't help myself!

34) i get not being up to people watching anymore, i'm there too, although i used to be quite the people watcher. there are definitely an influx of people in cities where just having to be in their presence without observing them is tiring (i live by a famous one, boy do i know this fact. one time a guy came up to me on the transit and just started telling me jokes. i didn't even respond, but that didn't matter to him lol. honestly some of the jokes were pretty good.) it's like they do all the people watching work for you.

69) as someone who has unfortunately had to both wash my hair with soap and body with shampoo (don't ask, they were both emergency instances lol) i can confirm that the shampoo option is indeed better by a long shot.

83) oh no sorry for putting you into a tough spot! your song choices are so fun tho, like i just feel happier listening to them, makes me wanna dance (also completely forgot how much chumbawumba's album art fucks me up lol). i got this answer mostly down pat and its like the complete opposite vibe to ur choices lol. my all time favorite song is going to california by led zeppelin so that's my choice, i am forever a slut for it's layered guitar parts and finger picking (and zeppelin in general). a close second is lover, you should've come over by jeff buckley. "broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it"?! "my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder"?! "all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter"?! like stfu jeff this is too good for us mortals.

lastly, in my like 10 years of reading fanfic i have never once been inclined to write my own until now, and that's all thanks to you! idk if they will ever get done -one's a honker and it's maybe halfway written, the other is a smut fic which,,, idk man we'll see- much less posted, but you never know 🤷 maybe one day i'll be off anon and have a writing blog. but i want to say thanks for the inspiration to rediscover my love for writing!

hope ur having a wonderful day lovebug 🩷🩷🩷

-ʕ⁠·⁠ᴥ⁠·⁠ʔ

OMG SOMEONE ANSWERED THR WURSTIONS BACK IM SO EXCITED

People watching -> okay you’re so right though, people watching IS tiring. I don’t want to be perceived OR perceive!!

Body wash/shampoo -> Nooooo omg okay well I’m glad to know my answer was sound and should I ever find myself in a debacle I will choose wisely [thoughts and prayers to your hair]

Fave songs -> shut up did you actually look up the songs I listed?? That is so cool you’re so cool, what a cutie. Oof but your second song would be such good fic titles or prompts (hint hint you should do it)

And congratulations on your writing! I dont want to take credit at all though, I think you’re just a cool kid(tm) and are gonna do cool kid shit (i.e., writing fanfics) [no but fr, i think writing is so cathartic and good for the soul, it’s self care! I wrote for yeeeaaarrrrrssss before i ever thought to post anything, so even just writing for yourself is fucking tops, you rock it babes]

[waterfallofspace]

BSD Spoilers (for new episode AND manga)

I'm.... I can't.... this is..... I.... BUT!??!?!?!

1)- They had better not go off the manga for the next episode. I mean.... they have to??? THEY HAVE TO?!?!? But they don't, we do have one chapter left, but it's so recent they'd have to be animating as we speak? Which I guess they can do....

2)- I didn't think they'd.... catch up so fast.... god I wasn't ready. I wasn't ready to see that oh my fucking god are you serious???? ARE YOU SERIOUS- I can't do it.

3)- The voice acting in this was... heartbreakingly amazing. Dazai's switch from low and in control to the scream of pain, and back again to try and convince Chuuya- my heart!?! Fyodor having the breakdown, and then Sigma when he reads everything.

4)- The ANIMATION was beautiful as well. It captured everything I needed it to and so much that I somewhat wish it hadn't. Dazai's body... shaking with each.... the frames where he GOT shot... 'Chuuya, come to your senses. Our fate will not end in a place like this'. The way they got his expressions....

5)- Stone me if you will, but I'm a dub enjoyer. I just am. It's easier for me to get into the story when I don't have to read the words to know what's happening. And besides that, I adore Kaiji's voice. All the dub VA's are gonna be great but... hearing Kaiji do.... that part... is gonna end me forever.

6)- The Aya 'father!' moment really tore at my heart more than I thought it would. I'm already emotional (and WAS already emotional) but that hit so deep.

All in all I am in tears and I don't think I'll ever recover. Please I am begging you Asagiri, I NEED DAZAI TO LIVE!!! I'm not gonna put all the theories, Poni wrote those out wonderfully and I'll reblog that in a minute but I am gonna say that if this is how Soukoku ends. If this is the pain that Chuuya will have to carry with him.... I'll actually never be okay again.

Time to go watch edits that make me question my sanity even more than I already am <3

[rhapsodyred-writes]

How would your Dust and Killer counterparts react to seeing Passive Nightmare?

Friendo

Whoops my hand slipped

"hey, there's a kid."

"what? what's he doing here?"

"hey there, li'l buddy," Nyx cooed, crouching down in front of the child. There was something kind of familiar about the way the kid looked at him, but Nyx couldn't quite place it. "what's your name?"

"Nightmare," The child responded, and there was a growing uncertainty in his manner that seemed wholly opposite from the Nightmare they knew.

"what?!" Nyx chuckled as Ash shifted uncomfortably beside him. "what the fuck? no way."

"dude shut up," Ash spoke up, sounding antsy. "he's just a kid."

Nyx ignored him.

"you're seriously telling me big scary nightmare looked like this once? no fucking way, he's so cute!" He reached out to tug at the collar of the little Nightmare's tunic, either oblivious to or ignorant of the way the child flinched at the proximity. "look at this! he's dressed like a little gentleman! fucking precious."

"dude, you're freaking him out." Ash crouched down beside Nyx and elbowed his exuberant counterpart hard enough to knock him over.

"sorry, kid." Ash's voice was softer as he looked at the child version of his infamous employer. "nyx doesn't think before he talks."

Little Nightmare nodded nervously, clutching his now closed book closer to his chest. "You two aren't here to...hurt me, are you?"

Ash had guessed there was some kind of trauma in Nightmare's past, but he'd never asked - if his boss wanted them to know, he'd have told them.

"no," He said, refusing to dwell on his fury at the thought of anyone going out of their way to hurt a child. "we're not here to hurt you."

Nightmare seemed to relax a little at this. "Then you must be looking for my brother, Dream."

"'s he around here?" Nyx piped up, having recovered from his unexpected spill.

Nightmare paused. "I...I'm sure he is." But there was doubt in his tone - he likely didn't know where Dream was.

"don't worry about it." Ash waved a dismissive hand and made to stand, but a hand on his arm stopped him.

"are you seriously just gonna leave?" Nyx hissed.

Ash's gaze darted between him and the child Nightmare. "one sec," He said with a pleasant smile before dragging Nyx along by shortcut out of hearing range.

"what exactly are you implying?" Ash asked, his tone dangerous.

"we could change things!" Nyx gestured wildly. "you've seen how our nightmare gets about dream. we could change things so that whatever happened to him won't happen to him."

"are you fucking crazy?!" Ash lurched forward and fisted Nyx's turtleneck tank top. "you can't just change shit!"

"why not?" Despite the lack of eye lights, the glare Nyx leveled at Ash was unmistakable. "you really wanna sit back and let him get traumatized?"

"one, he's already traumatized. two, this is different from changing shit in our timelines - you change his, it has consequences for the whole multiverse."

Nyx was silent for a while. "fine." There was finality in his tone, but Ash knew Nyx wasn't one to actually back down that easy.

Ash released him - though he knew this wasn't over - and they both shortcutted back to where the child Nightmare was.

"sorry about that," Ash said, his tone gentle once again. "we can't stay here, but it was nice to meet you." He held his hand out to shake, something Nightmare seemed hesitant to accept.

Once the kid had pulled his small hand out of Ash's, Nyx dropped into a crouch again. "hey li'l buddy, hold out your hand for me, will ya?"

Nightmare's gaze darted between Nyx and Ash with something that looked like mistrust. He eventually did as asked, but the tension in his little body was unmistakable.

Into his hand, Nyx slipped the handle of one of his knives, ignoring Ash's sound of protest.

"if you feel like you're in danger, use this to protect yourself, ok?" Nyx was uncharacteristically serious about this. "it's ok to hurt someone else if they're trying to hurt you."

"that's a terrible way to explain it," Ash sighed and crouched down beside Nyx. "what he means is it's something to use in self-defense. don't go around stabbing people because you don't like them."

Nightmare nodded hesitantly, his little phalanges closing around the handle of the knife. "Only for self defense," he echoed, a hesitant smile on his face. "I understand."

Nyx smiled broadly, and before he stood, reached over to gently smooth his hand over the little Nightmare's head.

"i think you'll be ok, kid."

Ash and Nyx waved their goodbyes and turned to leave.

"are you sure that was a good idea?"

"nope!"

[paperstorm]

Andie I have a very serious and important question for you. what the fuck are you putting in your fics???? It is currently 3:44am and I've been up since 8 but what am I doing? Crying as I read the end of Magnetic North that's what

The thing about me and sports fics is that I know absolutely nothing about sports except for 1 of them so usually they end up in my "Marked for later" for a while. But this is like the third time I've read a sports fic after putting it off to immediately questioning every decision I have ever made

I binged this fic like a fucking maniac but there was a logical part of me that was like "please...the assignment you've been procrastinating for 2 weeks is due tomorrow..." so I forced myself to put it down and go to sleep. That was yesterday. I brought my work with me from downstairs at 1am because "if I'm not gonna be able to sleep might as well finish this and then read Magnetic North the rest of the night" WELL I JUST FINISHED THE FIC AND I'M LITERALLY TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF MY THOUGHTS AND IT IS NOT WORKING-

Coherency...I know how to do that yes. Starting and ending it with Marjan's article was SUCH a nice touch I loved the way she wrote about them!

Also everyone who has ever been mean to TK can line up in an abandoned parking lot...You don't hurt my boy <3 :) . HIS GROWTH??? THAT'S MY POOKIE I'M SO FUCKING PROUD OF HIM??? Picking him up and parting his head as we speak. No but seriously he's so awesome and he's been hurt so much but all he really wants is love 😭. NOW YOU GET TO HAVE SO MUCH OF IT BABY!!! Watching him slowly accept the love and care from others was beautiful. I fucking love fics where a character heals. HIM CHOOSING HIMSELF HELL YEAH YOU GOT THIS! Carlos saying how TK looked healthier and Marjan too!! YES MY BOY IS IN HIS LOVER ERA AND I'M SO SO HERE FOR IT! I am starting to sound like a broken record but he genuinely fills me with so much pride and he's not even real 😭. THE REHABILITATION CENTER!! and he named it after Gwen...I'm so okay about this...

Carlos...where do I even start. I need to hug him let's start there. It broke my heart so badly when he didn't even get the chance to come out on his own terms. That is such a real fear and I honestly saw a part of myself in it. The "questioning everything you do in case someone suspects" If I ever find out who that photographer was...Gabriel won't be the only one who will need an alibi 🩷 NO OF COURSE I'm not bringing knives now that would be absurd wouldn't it? /sarc. He deserves all the love and acceptance actually. I loved the scene where he goes to the ranch after he was outed it was so healing for both Carlos and I actually that's my projection guy ✌️💕. Jkjk. TK commenting how much happier and freer Carlos was...sobbing into my pillow oh my god I'm so proud of him. AND HE WON THAT BIG CHAMPIONSHIP WHATEVER I TOLD YOU IDK SPORTS!

These fuckers got engaged what the fuck is wrong with them I hate them so much no I'm not crying! /lh. The kiss at the parade oh my god I will literally never ever recover from this fic Andie you have broken me. I will never once again be a normal human. I still think about The Firehouse like 23 times a day now Magnetic North will join too

So I did actually end up watching some random hockey highlights so I would have some idea as to what's going on and also oh you used real team players that's cool!! Did not know those people existed in real life but good to know. Now I can say I've read fanfiction with NHL players /j. Okay but srsly the team was absolutely AMAZING!! The way they're all such a family! How supportive they were of Tarlos! Kissing them all on the head (the fictional ones idk about the real ones)!

Okay WOW this got long. There's a reason I typed this in my notes app first. Imma attach my real time reaction to the parking lot kiss here

I am in the car (love being a gay) and I just read the parking lot kiss and my anxiety SPIKED because I was like "no no no they're gonna get outed oh my god NOOOO" TEARS IN MY EYES READING NANCY CALLING THEM UP AND TELLING THEM TO CHECK TWITTER!!! I want that photographer to meet me in an abandoned lot...NO I'M NOT BRINGING KNIVES WHY WOULD YOU EVEN INSINUATE THAT- /sarc (last part)

I have a question! You must be really familiar with Hockey to write this fic. Do you play? /gen

Okay now I will sleep because I'm genuinely very tired. If this doesn't make sense blame it on the fact that I've been up for way too long. I loved this fic Andie, like and insane amount. It's all so beautiful and well rounded and I was so enthralled by it, it's crazy. Thank you for this fic, you're awesome!

All the tone tags I used: (I just have really bad anxiety and don't want anything to be misinterpreted so!)

/sarc: sarcasm

/lh: light-hearted

/j: joking

/gen: genuine

I am a little bit speechless about this 🥺🥺 thank you so so so much, I’m so happy you liked it!! Thank you for taking the time to send this to me, I’m swooning 🤩 and I played a lot of street hockey as a kid but never was on a team or anything, I just watch it a lot!

[cloudcountry]

think I might have told you about it but I got injured so I have like "normal" bandaid coving the actual injury then ace bandage wrap to keep it in place and from coming off and because you've infected me with dazai disease I was thinking ✨️dazai helping you change or reapply bandages after an injury✨️

slightly rough hands gently brushed over the flesh of your thigh as he holds one side of the wrap to your skin, moving his hand under your thigh before grasping the role with his hand on his thigh. bringing the role back into his right hand he slowly brings his hand around your thigh the slight squeeze of the bandages caused your skin to almost 'spill out' he tilts his head upwards towards you fluffy brown hair falling haphazardly across his face, "it's not too tight is it?" slightly calloused finger tips rub small circles into your thighs, you nod telling him to continue wrapping your leg. the simple over and under motion was calming and completely distracted you from the throbbing pain in your leg, grabbing a safety pin from the pile next to you he opens it before carefully using it to keep the wrap safe and sound. he's carefully and precise not wanting to prick your skin, carefully bringing the pin back out of the wrap and closing the pin. he smiles at you the serious dazai from a second ago long gone as he almost jumps off the floor, "I know I'm a pro at wrapping bandages but you can't get hurt for me just to take care of you" the sly smile creeping onto his face told you he hasn't *that* serious but you can already feel your face heating up.

he would wrap all the bandages in the world to keep you safe, just because it's you.

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AMARI YOU CANT JUST DROP THIS IN MY INBOX WHATTEHFUCKWHATTHEFUCK WYGDAKJFAHSASJHF THE THIGH!??!?!? TOUCH THIGH?!??@?!?@?!@?!!?!!?!? IM LOSING MY SHIT WHAT THE FUCK IM GIGGLING AND SCREECHING AND KICKING MY FEET IM GOING INSANE OVER THIS AMARI PELASE YOURE KILLING ME IM GONNA DIE THAT INJURY WILL NEVER RECOVER PLEASPLEAWKDGBKASDFECVDAJHSASKJ

[vorpalquickblade]

Soooo, I'm really bad about posting updates for MY writing, mostly because long periods between updates are a combination of me not being in a writing mood/not feeling Nephilim Witch (the only fic I'm currently posting) at the moment and then loosing track of how long its been and in those cases there's just... not a whole lot to say? I don't try to make excuses, the long periods between updates are almost always totally on me, and even when its something like me getting busy with IRL stuff it tends not to cross my mind to update here, and I honestly don't know if any of my fanfic readers will see this because of that, but who knows.

Anyway, mostly the long update wait on Nephilim Witch is due to the fact my brain lost interest in SAO completely for a while, so I really wasn't feeling Nephilim Witch or getting any inspiration for it. I'm posting THIS because while I intend to put the above part of this paragraph in my author's notes, when I was thinking about writing and updating recently I realized I was liable to mention that while the rest of it was totally on me, a bit over month of it wasn't, and then I'd want to explain and then I'd end up telling a summary of the story and rambling and end up with a long ass author's note that an unknown percentage of my readers wouldn't care about since it's about personal stuff and would just add a bunch in the author's note and bog it down.

Anyway! For a solid month of the time between the last time I updated and now, I was actually sick as fuck, admitted to the hospital, and then recovering at home. The short version is that I ended up with lesions in my brain, frontal lobe to be exact, and was in the hospital for 2 weeks then recovering at home. Never actually DID find out what was going on exactly since there was some errors and shit about lack of hearing back about test results after I got discharged and sending my reference to the wrong place for follow up appointments which never seemed to get cleared up. Buuut, my discharge papers called me "young woman with abnormal MRI suggesting ADEM" and I looked up ADEM as used in medical terminology and found that from my understanding it's basically when your body gets a viral or bacterial infection (or even rarely occurring when you get vacation shots) and the body flips the fuck out and overreacts like a drama queen, and since other then my recovery period I've been totally fine in the MONTHS since the hospital gave me treatment, while I'll be the first to tell you I'm NOT a doctor in any way shape or form, I'm gonna go out a limb and say they were right.

But MAN, was that a ride and a half in the hospital, of which me telling my dad that I think I needed to go to was a red flag all on its own since there's a long standing joke in my dads side of the family that if a member of his family is going to the hospital of their own volition that you KNOW shits serious. Case in point, no joke, my dad once tried to insist to his girlfriend that he was FINE and get up off the couch to go to work and literally passed out on his feet, and only didn't smash his head on the coffee table because she was strong enough to catch him and managed to get him to fall onto the couch instead of forward. When they got to the hospital, during check in they put one of those sensors on his finger to check oxygen levels, and the lady checking him in glanced over at the results after getting a few pieces of information, frowned and messed with it a moment, went back to getting information, checked again and changed it to another finger and just stared at the readout for a few moments before going "Nope! We can get you checked in later! You're going back NOW!" and unfortunately my family is stubborn enough in the "oh it's FINE its likely nothing serious, I'll get over it soon." way that it wasn't really... out of character for my family.

Anyway, when I went to the hospital, I was so out of it that when my sister visited my parents, who were almost glued to my bedside out of a worry big enough to get my mom to basically drop everything and come down from Washington (the state, not the capital, I live in Oregon, hence coming DOWN) to tell her that, no, the hospital had NOT given me any medication that was making me super loopy and out of it, that was just part of whatever was wrong with me at the time.

Not kidding about it being a RIDE at the hospital. No joke or exaggeration, I had 11 blood tests, a CT scan, 4 MRIs, and a SPINAL TAP, without even taking into account the normal stuff like an EKG or urine test. Hell, at one point they were seriously concerned I might have brain cancer and were telling me that while they were waiting for a few more test results, unless something changed, they were gonna drill into my head the next day so as to get a biopsy sample to see if it WAS cancer. The only reason it ended up NOT happening was because, as my dad put it, the neurologist I had came down the hall damn near skipping, and informed him that the results from my spinal tap had shown a certain kind of cell, that I'm absolutely spacing the name of right now, that's in the brain and spinal fluid and all of the ones in my spinal tap were healthy and doing their job and the chances of them being like that AND me having brain cancer while theoretically possible were astronomical enough that they'd canceled by brain biopsy, which is cool, since they didn't have to drill into my head.

So. Yeah. Anyway! I'm totally fine now, and that DID eat up over a month of my time, and it would be unreasonable as all hell to blame that month at least on me, though again, most of the period between updates is totally on me, either due to just not being in the mood to write, period, or my brain just not having any inspiration for Nephilim Witch in particular. Which is why even though it's the ONLY story I'm posting right now, I technically have 10 planned multi-chapter fics that range from having only part of the first chapter down so I have the premise on hand as well as a starting point if I feel up for that one in particular to.... um.... eight completed chapters and the beginning of the ninth making over 84,500 words in the fic proper... and another 16,000 of later scenes/notes...

But yeah, it took me WAY to long to get the most recent chapter out, I'm well aware of that, and mostly that was on me due to lack of writing inspiration, bring in the mood for it in general, or for Nephilim Witch in particular, but a solid month of that was NOT my fault.

[j3tsabyss]

My review of Hotel Kalifornia I already heard the album on the app but I waited until today to reveal my track by track review

Chaos/CHAOS-this is still a certified banger. I just love the energy in this song and everyone sounds so good. And I love how Johnny suddenly is like “I’m your fucking saviour” despite what he says in Idol from New Empire Vol 2 lmao. This was such a great opening track too

Also I’m still recovering from Johnny’s infamous “alpha omega meet your maker” line but it’s still a great song…

World War Me-THE WAY THIS STARTS OFF?? Holy frick I love it. There’s so many good lyrics in this song. And Danny screaming is SO GOOD. Johnny sounds so good in this song too. J-Dog’s random “bleh bleh” noises were kinda funny tho. World War Me was nearly my most favourite song if it wasn’t for Lion Eyes (see below)

Ruin My Life-ok initially when I first heard this song I sorta didn’t like it and it was surreal enough to me that I just didn’t know how to feel. I guess it’s because with a title like “Ruin My Life” I thought it was gonna be a serious song and they kinda pulled a “War Child.” But after listening to it more I actually love it now. I think I just love the instrumental and energy in this song. I’ve never been to a party but I’m turning this song up like I’m in one

Hourglass-I like how the song started off somewhat relaxing then the instrumental kicked in. Also it’s funny that this song is the first ever song that actually mentioned Danny by name. Also ending with Funny and J-Dog is pretty nice

Go to War-I confused this with World War Me HU why you gotta do this to me. Not to mention Johnny already had a song called this but anyway, I love the way this starts off and how Danny sounds during that chorus he just 👌 put his whole chest into that shouting. Also J-Dog saying “it’s on sight” is funnier than it should be to me. Also I didn’t know Charlie said “ain't your idol” that’s a nice callback. AND ALSO that bridge with ALL OF THEM was great I loved it

Alone at the Top-the way this starts off is so good. And Charlie singing “I can make the pain stop I'm talking but you're not listening” is just satisfying to hear. Danny singing the “when it feels too late to be saved” is just amazing

Wild in These Streets-I STILL think the title is “Wild in The Streets”. The “it’s me against the world fuck your friends” line is still kinda funny but FunnyMan’s verse in this song is so good. “Haunted by tainted love” is still my favourite line. And “KING KONG STEAMROLL THESE MOTHERFUCKERS” is still one of the best lines

The GTA theme was funny tho because it appeared like once then suddenly it’s like it disappeared after like Hotel Kalifornia

Dangerous-the song starting off like that sorta caught me off guard. BUT Danny yelling “dangerous” is good. And FunnyMan speaking Spanish is AMAZING. Funny please do that in more songs it’s great. Also that brief line with FunnyMan then Johnny that was great

Lion Eyes-oh my god LION EYES LION EYES LION EYES. THIS IS LITERALLY THE BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM HANDS DOWN. I LOVE THIS SONG SO MUCH IT REMINDS ME OF AMERICAN TRAGEDY’S MOTHER MURDER. THE INSTRUMENTAL THE LYRICS IT’S SO CATHARTIC TO LISTEN TO PLUS I LOVE HOW THE TITLE BASICALLY SOUNDS LIKE LYING EYES LIKE IT’S AMAZING 👌

Sorry when I say I love Lion Eyes I MEAN I LOVE Lion Eyes. I did not expect the song to sound this good I love this song so much that I need to make this my personality. I need to make edits of it I need to put the lyrics for some quotes Lion Eyes is everything to me this song needs a great music video this is a literal masterpiece

Trap God-ok I didn’t really listen to this song when it first came out but for some reason before the album released I ended up listening and repeating this song. I think I love Trap God for the energy like it just gets me hyped up. Also I love that J-Dog does the chorus. Ultimately I think it’s solid

Happy When I Die-hearing “CHARLIE WAIT WHAT HAPPENED?” took me out but that was an amazing reference. FunnyMan literally sounds so good in this song and the instrumental is great. Actually both Funny and Charlie sound great in this song they just put their whole chests into this song

Reclaim-the way it starts off is fricking so good. Johnny’s verse is just chef’s kiss. And the chorus is just so catchy and beautiful to hear. Not only does Relciaim make me get energized but it makes me feel so powerful it’s amazing

City of the Dead-out of all of the Hotel Kalifornia singles I think City of the Dead is still my most favourite one. I still love the “there goes the sun I’ve come undone” that Charlie sings and I love J-Dog’s singing here

Alright-woah this sounds so 2000s in a really good way. Also JOHNNY SINGING?? The fact I recognized Johnny singing instantly because of Sing from DOTD he actually sounds so good with the clean vocals. I also love the “waaa-aayy” lyric better than I thought. Also J-Dog singing is just… so 👌 Alright is such a fantastic ending track to Hotel Kalifornia

In general this album is so amazing that I need to make it my personality thank you Hollywood Undead

[sirthisisa-wendys]

Burn Before Reading (Part 7): Takeomi Akashi x Fem!Reader

synopsis: Takeomi Akashi never wanted to attract too much attention - because it always brought some ne'er-do-well to his doorstep. But at college, he seems to have attained (and retained) the ire of the Head Bitch on Campus, i.e., you. And it’ll take a miracle for you to leave him alone.

wc: 1k

tw: violence

previous part💋 masterlist 💋 next part

"Next project. Akashi, L/n, Uchira, Hwa."

You walk up to the front of the lecture hall, letting Dan pull up the slideshow while you smooth your hair down.

"I'm going to be presenting our project today..." you begin, smiling at the class. "We're going to be marketing..." You turn to look at the computer. "A present wrapper from How The Grinch Stole Christmas."

The next slide changes automatically and you begin to read off of it.

"We have testimonials from trials that include: Sam is actually such a stupid bitch. I hate how she and Rindou--" You pause, taking another glance at the screen. You see the screenshot of your journal with flooding horror, and then you back away from the front of the room. "Um..." You laugh nervously, then watch as the slide goes from your journal to a video; one that seems to be taken by someone talking to South Terano.

You begin to panic, and it seems like the whole world might come crashing down on you as he begins to talk. "Y/n," South begins. "Oh, she's an absolute liar about me hitting her. I think it's actually funny that everyone believed her considering how so many people actually watched her run into the pole after class. We even have a couple of cameras in the foyer that caught the interaction if you want to see." You stare at the screen, unable to look away from the black and white images with you standing, arguing with South in the foyer of the Alpha Lambda house. No altercations happened, nothing happened that you said occurred, and the lies seemed to be piling up.

"She's a manipulator," the next voice echoes. Rindou's face pops up and you begin back away slowly, fumbling for your purse. "She convinced Sam to break up with me over some petty shit like double dates and not wanting to share mirror space."

"Mai thought she would be able to date Ran," another page of your journal reads, with Kita narrating each part. As if. If Mai really wanted to date above her caliber, then she should do something about her family's bankruptcy. Student loans aren't attractive.

You look at all of your groupmates, their smirking faces full of distaste. In haste, you leave the room, almost stumbling over yourself as you run off, back to the dorms. Once you get into your room, you shut it and lock it.

That's it, you think. Takeomi wins.

And you'll never recover.

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"Open the fucking door!"

Benkei and Waka stand in the kitchen, trying to ignore the sounds of you banging on the door and demanding entry.

"She's not gonna leave," Shin whispers, and Draken nods, looking over at Takeomi.

"You really did it, didn't you?"

For two whole weeks, nothing but the events in the marketing class were in people's mouths. They'd talk about it wherever you went, whenever you'd show your face outside of your dorm room, whenever they saw him or Mai or Sam or Ran or South. Eventually, you just retreated into her dorm room and hadn't been seen for seven days. Seven whole days without you had been like a slice of heaven.

"Akashi, I know you're in there, you fucking coward!" Inupi hops off the counter and walks toward the living room, intent on putting the show to rest.

"She's embarrassing herself," Inupi mutters, reaching for the doorknob. "She has nothing to lose now." Takeomi blocks Inupi, looking him in the eyes.

"You can't be serious." Even Mitsuya comes down the stairs, his eyes bleary.

"Just let her in," he calls out, rubbing his cheeks. "She's not going to stop." Takeomi inhales deeply, slides Inupi aside, and opens the door slowly, keeping the chain on.

"What do you want?" he asks, but when he sees your nails clawing through the crack, he steps back and yelps. You manage to rip the chain off the door and storm into the house, eyes blazing at the various men gathered around to watch your impending assault.

"You're gonna have to pay for that," Takeomi starts, but you take your fist and slam it into his jaw with a force even he wasn't expecting.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

It takes Benkei and Draken to get you off of Takeomi, and it's only after that do they understand what you're saying. "You fucking asshole!" you shout, tears streaming down your face. "You've ruined my life!" Takeomi wipes the blood from his mouth onto his shirt, frowning.

"I'd call you a cunt," he snorts. "But you have neither the warmth nor the depth." You kick out at him, growling angrily as Benkei drags you backward, holding you in a standing hold.

"You have more dick in your personality than you do in your pants," you quip back, tears still coursing down your cheeks. You gather up as much spit in your mouth as you can to spit it at Takeomi, but he dodges the burst of saliva and turns back to you.

"You did this to yourself," Takeomi grunts, rolling his eyes. "I just told everyone what you really did and what you really thought." You don't reply, just glare at him angrily. It's then that he notices it. In all of the drama and haste of the fight, he didn't take stock of your appearance.

You never wore jeans and t-shirts. You never settled for combat boots instead of heels. You never looked so distraught or disheveled. But now... you don't even have a shred of makeup on. Takeomi can't help but feel sorry for you, even if he likes you better this way.

You go limp in Benkei's arms, and Mitsuya shuts the door as you sob miserably, your face hidden. "Why?" you mumble. "Why did you do it?" Takeomi relaxes as he tries to look at your face. "Just tell me why and I'll go... I'll never bother you again."

Benkei lets you go, and you slip out of his hold, making your way to the couch. You sit down, sighing and wiping your eyes, then looking back up at the boys. "Do you guys have some water or..."

"I'll get it," Inupi murmurs, walking back into the kitchen. "Is tap okay?"

"Tap's fine," you answer, pushing your hair back. You look back over at Takeomi - eyes rimmed with red - and inhale. "Start after I fucked you in the woods, I guess. That's where this shit all starts, isn't it?"