#like it's haaaard to get her right

[just-trying-my-best-everyday]

I cannot explain it but fic writers get Lan Fan so wrong all the time and I can't even blame them because a) I have gotten her wrong a bunch of times too, and b) she's insanely hard to characterize.

Does anyone have any thoughts/fic recs where her character is down cold?

[thebearer]

So I’m watch And Just Like That… I know you’re a little younger than me, but when I was in high school and college I looooved watching the Sex and the City box set! It was so pretty!!!

Anyway, I had to continue and watch this terrible show as these ladies got older… and their true terrible character traits they have. (Carrie is actually a terrible friend. And super effing selfish!)

But this episode I’m watching they won a dinner cooked by a michelin star chef, and one of the characters is like haaaard core flirting with him.

So my mind went right to thinking about Carmy back in New York having to do one of these charity auction things and how he would react to some reader when is just straight flirting with him while he serves his meal to her and her booogie ass friends.

And like after the party and cleaning up he agrees to walk her home, and like they get real real. They end up in front of her place and it’s like a real dump. Like she was only at that dinner party because she is the rich people’s nanny or something? Idk and they hook up!

Ah! Idk just a cute thought.

But also I know he wasn’t very happy in Mew York so I don’t like thinking of him sad in that element.

i love sex and the city but i refuse to watch just like that bc there's no samantha and she's like 90% of the reason i watched it lmao. she was such an icon. fuck carrie, me and her would've fought lol.

i love this concept tho. you win an auction and it's one of your friend of a friends. carmen would rather die that do this, but his head chef that's an asshole is making him so he does it.

he asks if he can get you anything else, and you ask for his number. he gives it to you, mainly bc he's shocked and you caught him off guard, but also bc the dress you're wearing?? is making him loose his shit a little so he'll blame the shock and the lack of blood to his brain lol.

shows up on a rare off day at your place and it's not nearly the lavish apartment he thought you'd have. a tiny, claustrophobic one where your bathroom, living room, bedroom, and kitchen are all like one space. you use your curtains for a closet and you have to shut the bathroom door all the way to be able to get to the fridge.

i don't think it would be a real relationship while he's there and working at noma. more so like a casual hookup type thing. he comes there to release tension and to have some company. but maybe when he's settled back in chicago, the bear's popping off and he shoots you a text. tells you that you've got a place to stay and he wants to reconnect, cook for you again.

[asmolvaporeon]

Hi @threefeline! I draw maybe once a year and when I do it’s usually symmetrical patterns and not things with an actual anatomy, but goddamn you inspired me to draw something more tangible because your demon looks cool and you’re a cool person and I wanted to draw something for you to express that. I hope you understand when I say that from the moment I saw that sketch I thought “oh god he looks RAD I want to draw him!” and holy shit(!) I did. A full-ass, made-from-scratch digital drawing!

So yeah the perspective is a bit wonky and not what I aimed for and I have no idea what shading is but I am happy that I made this and I hope you’re happy too. This was drawn with a laptop touchpad, lots of patience and no experience so I’m giving myself some slack. It was nonetheless fun! I might do this some more! I feel that I learned some things, at least about the art program, so that’s something.

Also I’m never drawing chains again. Hell. Absolute capital-letter-H Hell is what that part was every step of the way. 

I’ll put a read more here because I made thought-notes during the process. Some of them are fun. There's also the base sketch that I did on paper.

(To the tune of the hills are alive with the sound of music) Where doooeess the other back leeggg goooooo?

Solution: he splooting!

Clavicle? Never heard of her!

(Threefeline I don’t know how you do this you’re a fucking wizard!)

Okay what is this arm going to do? Fuck it let it hold some flowers, that’s what they are good for.

Oh no his head is too large, we don’t want an egghead; make him a pinhead!

FUCK THERE ARE HORNS AS WELL

Good Loooord hands are haaaard

I implore you Threefeline, ignore his messed up left hand.

Oh okay, alright then. Fuck, god, chains are possibly worse, just for different reasons. 

Oh no I think I gave him the handsome Squidward face

Why can’t I get the horn angles RIGHT

Why is the noodle harder to draw?!

Oh god I broke its arm

Fuck it, mewtwo tail! 

We’re snatching his waist, lads!…What have we done

Hand? What hand? There’s only fluff there!

I tried making the colors more dull, but well…I just couldn’t really get the hang of it? Hopefully I’ll learn some day?

What the fuck is shading. Shading chains in particular is bullshit.

(After figuring out gold) Oh my god I feel like Michelangelo here. I’m learning art man. 

[ngmn2002]

Ok, so... giving the very first 3 chapters a re-read...

Isn't a nice of a start for a story focusing on love, its nature and wishes, to start with a desperate girl going for a love wish?

ch 1 had me laughing a lot at Hanako's condition. Like... it's so funny out of everyone in the universe Nene went to him to grant her a 'love' wish. Nene... don't open some wounds. He fails hard in there. He is a "beginner" as he called himself later. LOL

AHAHAHA

I swear I'm just laughing too hard looking at him offering Nene one worn advice book.

Imagining he turned to such help before with the case of the little brother of his? An advice book? That would be hilarious. for how long did you have this one or even looked into it times and times until its the way it is now?

I can't help it! I can't help it to imagine him trying any of the methods from a certain book on Tsukasa and failing hard, or Tsukasa giving him a look of "what is wrong with you today? Ahaha, Amane you weirdo! ♡"

Like, instead of trying to TALK and tell Tsukasa "I love you. I care about you. I want you here with me.", he can try using some other methods. Communicating his feelings via words is so haaaard to him.

Turning to use "his special skills",

maybe by being this wholesome big bro, in a form of reading Tsukasa books, spending a fun time with him, play with him their games, shower his with affection, etc.

Which method did he try out of the ones he advised Nene?

Gardening - Reading?

Operation present .... did he try to give Tsu a gift? Uhhh, it's adorable to see them gifting each other things, especially after all the gifs Tsu brought him. Having your little brother back, you are healthy, you can do what you couldn't before. Back to the method, did he ever try to gift Tsu something with a some kind of note? That would be funny. If he just ended up writing some vague words, and Tsukasa was like "????? Amane? this is your hand writing, right? I love the gift, but what is this? a riddle of some kind? oh, what would the answer be? let me think! this is fun! what a nice game! hmm…. is it a butterfly you mean? *sparkle*"

Amane: ...................... yeah.................... *crying on the inside*

Ahem, so bold of Hanako to take one of Teru's button, have to say. How come Teru didn't notice him, Hanako-san his biggest enemy?

Ok, the other methods don't seem to apply to them.

Done with the almost unserious part...

Talking seriously, Amane did try lots of ways to covey his feelings to Tsukasa, aftar failing with them all... did he reach a point where he voices a thing like this...?

Did he try to think of an effective way to do what he wants efficiently?

Like...

Right back at you, big guy.

Rich comes out of your mouth. Do you think you'd have reached this point if you took your own advice and put it to work with little brother?

After realizing your "indirect" methods are no use, why didn't you just take the "direct" turn? uhh, you're trying to now, a good step you put into the right direction

Uh, I seriously don't blame Tsukasa for not getting your feelings. You... didn't really convey them the way they are supposed to, instead you kept running with ineffective ways, instead of going for the one efficient one. Mr. beginner.

Isn't it a bit harsh for you to go saying "I hate you" to Tsukasa? I mean yeah, he didn't understand any of your efforts and all, still goes just the same way as always, but does the initial problem lie within him or you, who didn't use the right method to convey his message?

It's like giving an apple to a cat "to eat" and blaming it for starving later despite your efforts, going "hey! I'm feeding it! It doesn't want to eat!". A cat doesn't eat apple to begin with. The problem lies within you feeding it improbably.

Same goes to Amane's case with Tsukasa. He is trying to make his feelings reach Tsukasa, instead of using the one method he really needs to get Tsukasa to finally realize his feelings, to talk and voice them out clearly, he went for every other hard way, forgetting the essence of the issue.

Save yourself all the trouble and tell him, see where that would lead you.

.........

Well, I will say to this point, you got to keep Tsukasa around so far, by 'linking' the 2 of you together. Hmm, how do you plan to go beyond this point?

Ch 1 is rich with meaning, don't want to focus on any other thing, even this one I just went briefly with it for fun. It's funny how ch 1 feels to summarize Amane's struggles with conveying his feelings to Tsukasa, and having them never working to his favor, going "unnoticed", like Nene. With him helping her even, no other point to prove how of a beginner he is, even after more than 50 years. Boy... I'm sorry I'm just laughing the pain away.

Ok, moving on a bit to ch 2 and 3...

Yeah, praise that.

......... having lots of mixed feelings about these. what is it with this human being thing anyway? a human being???? or "someone" is what he said?

Uh, if this thing was funny to me before, it's extra funny now.

Ehhhh, how uncaring with Kou he is, letting him go so easily, letting him fall down to the ground like nothing, how he is just using the knife not as it means, just totally playful, the way he is even uncaringly setting to Kou's side, how unbothered by the whole situation he is... just tagging along with playing a little with Kou... and then... all Kou got was a ...

The only thing he is gonna get. How generious of Amane, I have to say. All the right treatment...

is meant for this precious boy.~

I'm seriously starting to see he is proud of the kinfe.

Hmm...

Yeah, for now this is it.

[kakusu-shipping]

For the OTP au ramble me and greed or me and sanji!!!!! (Or both even!!! Either would be exciting!!~ :3)

Logically I know Greed better because I've known of him longer and you've seen more of his show than Sanji.. but I'm doing Sanji anyway because he's my Blorbo-in-law and I love him

Ask from here (still open to Moots)

Coffee Shop AU - Cafe worker Sanji and regular Zayne makes the most sense to me, I imagine he's working under Zeff in this modern style relaxed AU. You drop by on your way to collage to get a baked good for breakfast, chat him up, and walk on. He is hopelessly pinning over your oblivious ass.

Highschool AU - Bad Boy Zayne, Straight A Sanji!!!! Nerd Sanji!!! Sanji with glasses!! Sanji who knows exactly what he wants to be when he graduates and won't let anything get in his way!! Until he's forced to tutor Punk Zayne in math.... Aah so cool <3

Rivals to Lovers AU - Less literal fist fight rivalry and more... Professional Chefs who are in constant competition, on interviews playfully bashing eachother, or duking it out on cooking shows. Or maybe even just rival restaurateurs. Your shops just happen to be across the street from eachother so you're constantly fighting for customers.

Enemies to Lovers AU - Nooo this one's haaaard it'd have to be a Friends to Enemies to Lovers or I couldn't handle it!! Zayne corruption arc post leaving Sanji when they were kids, he was captured by bad pirates or tricked or something and becomes a big main villain for one of the seasons so Sanji has to reach out to you and remind you of the good times to get you back!

Soulmate AU - Sanji seems the hopeless romantic type, daydreaming about a beautiful soulmate who'd come whisk him off his feet and carry them off into the sunset. This during Jaded Zayne arc of not being super into the idea of romance, marriage, sex, etc would be very funny to me. He just goes on and on with rants of his future love and you are NOT listening dskjfkdsjgf

Single Parent AU - SINGLE DAD SANJI!!!!! Divorced Sanji specifically his wife is alive and they get along fine it just didn't work out. I think he'd have the CUTEST baby girl to ever live. Bright blond hair big blue eyes. Maybe Kindergarten teacher Zayne... Aaaa that's so cute <3

Doctor AU - Scrappy Zayne, Doctor Sanji who's so fucking tired of this dude coming in with a broken nose and a twisted ankle and a busted jaw every few weeks. He's so jaded, he just assumes you're some bar fight guy, until he's walking home late and comes across you standing up for some girl who was getting harassed by a drunk and taking a hit for her. Take you home, patch you up <3

Bodyguard AU - Aaaah you both have such Princely energy it's hard to put one of you as the Guard for the other... But I put you in a lot of the fighter roles so far so it's your turn to be protected! Bodyguard Sanji, but more like... Black Butler style. He's also your chef and helps you dress in the morning and brings you your tea. He's the ultimate right hand man.

The last two are both canon to your S/I so we'll leave it at that

[eldritchwyrm]

finally watched dune (2021). assorted thoughts

i really enjoyed this movie but i'm having serious trouble explaining why. i didn't get the same type of enjoyment out of it that i'm typically looking for in a big-budget sff movie. i wasn't worried about the characters' fate at literally any point. i didn't find it "exciting," i didn't "relate" to anyone, and i wasn't "emotionally invested" in the character relationships. i wasn't even intellectually invested in the adaptation project from a critical perspective. i was drawn in by... something else?

felt like timothée chalamet phoned in all his lines. it was like he was doing a cold read of the script over a zoom call and the vibes were just absolutely flatlining. but i don't actually think that was his fault? i think that was an accurate depiction of the character as given to him?

as far as i can recall this is the first time that a sci fi movie actually gave me a gut-swoop feeling via its portrayal of LARGE SCALE. every other sf movie tries soooo haaaard to get me to care about Identical Giant Spaceship #28489211 Did I Mention It's Big, but this is the first time i actually had a "oh that's BIG" feeling

pretty sure that effect was almost all shot composition. lots of extreme wide shots in which architectural features / space objects formed austere, abstracted shapes

i really liked every shot EXCEPT, ironically enough, the ones that featured dunes (lowercase).

me pointing at a generic sand dune: i've had enough of this guy

related to the sand imagery. i am Aware that dune enacts a complex critique of imperialism over the course of several novels and that the Point is to make you uncomfortable at first. i am still uncomfortable. this is fine. this is the point. but i find the move of "immerse you in white saviorism for a whole novel, then subvert it" a lot easier to handle in book form? the cinematic gaze is very different from the novelistic gaze. it does Things to the portrayal of otherwise very similar plot events. still deciding if i like that

then again it's been so many years since i read the novel... idk

i did feel like maybe i should've seen this on a big screen. and i will probably attempt to see the sequel in theaters? something i have not done of my own volition in many years, even before the pandemic?

whatshername who played jessica was an incredible actor. profoundly weird in exactly the correct way

i was surprised by how little emphasis they gave to the litany; it was present just enough but they didn't Make A Scene of it. i'm guessing that's being saved for the sequel

okay now that i've thought about it more: i think i enjoyed this movie the same way i might appreciate an art film.

so the thing about arthouse films is many of them prioritize reflective, reflexive commentary, often in a brechtian or approximately brechtian mode. often this promotes certain kinds of immersion (an ill-defined term! which we use a lot regardless!), especially the intellectual and aesthetic, at the cost of other kinds of immersion.

there's a certain liveliness of character that can be found in the best "commercial" artworks — the sort of thing that makes people say the characters "jumped off the page". that particular brand of liveliness is much rarer in "literary"/arthouse texts because the particular flavor of reflective mode that's fashionable right now puts up a barrier between that "liveliness" and the reader/viewer/etc.

i don't mean that these texts can't directly engage audience emotion or deliver a gutpunch or whatever -- i'm trying to get at the fact that they exhibit a deep distrust of charm. charm as an affect is contradictory to brechtian detachment. that's not particular to 21st century literary fiction or arthouse film, that's a cultural movement that's been happening in fits and starts in america and britain for a while now?

(this is reminding me i still need to read erin horáková's dissertation)

(damn that's reminding me i need to find her dissertation)

(i could always. ask. but that seems. embarrassing)

anyways these aren't inherent qualities of genre. they're not foundational.

you see plenty of texts that employ "commercial" modes of audience engagement that are later recuperated into the literary canon and treated as literary fiction, even if they weren't originally marketed as such. to kill a mockingbird is a decent example of this

ANYWAYS i'm almost sure i enjoyed dune (2021) as an arthouse film? i found myself wishing i could turn down the character voices into a low murmur so that i could just be whisked through the interplay of light and shadow without being bothered with "plot"

despite my apparent lack of investment in the characters, i thought duncan's death was a great example of a classic trope done right? i just found the whole scene incredibly satisfying, narratively? idk.

i got seriously tired of seeing dreamy wordless visions of zendaya's face tho. so you paid for zendaya to be in this movie. WE GET IT.

[valiantroeagleangel]

ITS ME AGAIN HELLO!! YES TAKE YOUR TIME AND ENJOY YOUR VISIT!!!

This is like SO self indulgent and also probably very silly but it was inspired by me watching the All Tall Things Must Come to An End series of behind the scenes clips <3 this will talk a little bit about weed so I hope that’s ok!! if not, im sorry and please feel free to ignore, but here you areee!!

So when I was watching, I was high HWVSJWNE and it seemed like there were definitely moments where they were high too, Vinny in particular LMAO. I’ve always loved this particular trope that involves being high and getting tickled. its MY EVERYTHING. Idea wise, Vinny and the Reader take edibles/smoke and are both chatting about the random thoughts that pop into their heads. Eventually, the reader gets a silly idea (we’ll say Vinny already knows she like being tickled to make life easier <3) she asks Vinny if she can talk about it for a second and he perks up excitedly. She explains she saw a post somehwere that said being high made you more ticklish. She pauses. He pauses. “So you want me to test it out don’t you?” She covers her face with her hands and nods. He smirks and takes the opportunity of her covering her eyes to strike. He’d probably start with her sides, skittering his fingers up and down. Lingering on her ribs when he notices her stronger reaction there. “You know, you can ask me to tickle you right?” She continues to giggle, not sure how to respond to his question. Of course she knows she can, but it always makes her so flustered. To her horror, he stop for a moment. He crosses his hands and grins. “Did you hear me?” She nods, “Oh ok so then you won’t mind me asking you to ask me for it right?” That smirk returns. He watches as the blush rises on her cheeks. He slowly walks his fingers up her thigh. “It’s so easy! You just have to say, ‘can you please tickle me Vinny,’ that’s it!” “But it’s haaaard” she whines playfully. Not wanting to give in this easily. He was prepared for that. “I can wait,” he says like a teacher awaiting a classroom of rambunctious students. She pouts, realizing she HAS to ask or else the precious tickles aren’t coming her way. Vinny watches in real time as she figures all of this out, pleased that he can make her feel this way. “Can you please.. do the thing?” She offers. He stares at her, “Do what thing?” He smirks again, feigning cluelessness as he giggles to himself. “Do I have to say it, you know what i mean!” She protests. “Come onnn you can say the word tickle, it’s not scary,” he watches as she almost winces at the word. “What does it make you flustered?” He asked, semi seriously. She blushes even more, meaning the answer is yes. “Well well well, thats exciting. I’ll keep that in mind.” She sighs, realizing there’s no getting out of this. It’s just a word! A dumb stupid word that is the key to getting her shit rocked. “Can you tickle me, pleaseee” she sing songs. Vinny nods, his hands suddeny meeting her tummy again. “See wasn’t that easy!” He teases. The reader just giggles in bliss the entire time. Of course she lowkey retaliates bc Vinny is like a little puppy I think he would vibe with getting tickled. He’d still protest and fight back a little bit, but internally he’d love every second. Which makes her all the more happy <3 Conclusion: yes it does make you more ticklish and they keep that in mind for later <3

Part of me also wants to include that the reader or maybe vinny is not super ticklish usually. The weed just makes them more open and so the tickly feelings get to them a lot more. Which is so amazing for them <3.

OK THATS MY SILLY IDEA THANK YOU I HOPE IT WAS FUN HEHEH THATS WHAT IVE GOT FOR RIGHT NOW, PLUS I HAVENT WRITTEN IN Y E A R S BUT!!! It’s the concept that counts HEHE OK BYEEEE

- 😽👻

OMG YES YOU AGAIN. HELLO BABE, TAKE A SIT. LET'S CHAT FOR A BIT.

Because please- I love this! I WANT VINNY TO TICKLE ME WHEN I'M HIGH. I haven't SmOkEd in years but this is now a new need in my life. Thanks. Getting high with that dude must be the best thing in the world. Don't ask me why, I don't know. I just have that feeling you know. Makes my heart ache.

Like- it must be so peaceful and yet so funny and full of love and AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH.

But babe I love your silly ideas and HC honestly. You're getting me real good with your tickling visions. 🫠🫠

THANK YOU FOR THAT ONE. <3

[definesanity]

Hello Fren, it has been awhile :D still getting side quests done before going to the fortress thing in Fontaine

Meeting Razor with Traveller!Lumine and Amber + Marika!Reader

Razor: please! Help him!

Marika!Reader, casting a quick heal incantation: Thy family member shall be fine. Perhaps thou should just leave this area–

Razor, staring at her with a literal lovesick puppy expression: I protect you!

Marika!Reader: .....Thou... wish to enter into my services..? Become mine guard?

Razor: No, better! I be your shadow, protect queen!

Everyone: Queen??

Paimon: a Shadow! But he's so loud and doesn't speak right! Ooh boy, Traveller!Lumine your sister is really collecting them isn't she? First master Diluc and now Razor!

Marika!Reader: very well. Let my hand rest upon yours, for but a moment

Paimon: see! She's doing it again!

Traveller!Lumine: Okay we have it all sorted out, we need to gooooo little sis

Marika!Reader's drip

It was HAAAARD to find something close to royalty while also something for her to fight in Xd

And maybe that little brooch activates whenever Marika!Reader uses her incantations or elements like her older sister

Amazing, and nice to see you again :D

[the-marron]

one line any fic! rules: pick ten of your fics, scroll to somewhere midpoint, pick a line chunk and share it, and then tag ten people.

I wqas tagged by @forerussake - thank you!!! 🥰🥰🥰 ehhh, picking ten favourite children is haaaard. I went overboard this year and the total of my fics right now is... 113, so I decided to limit myself to the current fandom, hope that’s okay? 😅

1. When I Make an Oath to the Flames, (Guardian, Weilan, Angst)      

Where Ye Zun thought himself to be an outsider in this strange relationship, Shen Ye would be an integral part of it and it makes all the difference. He wonders how does a fully happy Shen Wei look? With no evil brother trying to destroy the world and with his love by his side, what kind of person will Shen Wei be? How will he grow, how will he change? Will his smile get even warmer, will he smile more?

2. Jia Jia and The Guardian Lantern (Guardian, Weilan, Post-Canon Happy ending)

“I think I know what happened.” He whispers conspirationally and Xie Jin stops himself from groaning. The kid is rather observant, true, but his imagination hinders him from achieving greatness, that and his partiality to drama.

“With the Guardian?” Jia Jia prompts, not looking up from her cup of instant noodles.

“Yes! I think he lit up Dixing because he was in love with a Dixingren!”

“Sources?” Jia Jia and Xie Jin say simultaneously and grin at each other over their respective cups.

3. When I walk past the mountain peak, it doesn’t speak  (Guardian, Weilan, Post-canon Happy Ending)

In the pool, Zhao Yunlan’s life flickers out and the Lantern is lit, glowing faintly.

Nothing’s changed.

Shen Wei has failed again.

Kunlun doesn’t even look at him.

“Let me try again.”

4.  Come my love be one with the sea  ( Guardian, Weilan & ChuGuo, POTC!au)

“I’m Guo Changcheng, a crewmember at The Lord Guardian!” he says and doesn’t quite manage to keep the pride out of his voice. Which is strange, because his last memory of his crewmates is Captain Zhao throwing him into the sea.

When he glances at Hei Pao Shi, he shudders. There is a strange intensity in the man’s gaze, as if the mere name of the ship had some effect on him. Considering the fact that Chu Shuzhi knew the name of their captain, maybe Hei Pao Shi and Captain Zhao are sworn enemies? Oh no, will Changcheng be tortured after all?

5.  It's falsehood's flame, it's a crying shame  (Weilan Derivs, Luolin, Mafia!au)

He gets the name a few weeks later, when Chen Moqun summons him to the office and orders Lin Nansheng to pick up a file from Sullivan’s Apartments in the French Concession.

“If he is not there, just wait for him. Or ask the landlady about Luo Fei. We agreed on the pick up today but he is rather unreliable when it comes to time,” Chen Moqun says and at first, Lin Nansheng does not connect the new name to the figure of the handsome man from the party.

6. The man you seek is long gone (Weilan Derivs, Luolin,  Post-canon fix-it)

Lup Fei remains tense, not looking at Nansheng at all.

“I am not a miracle worker. I solve cases, find lost people. I am not a bodyguard for hire,” he finally replies and turns towards Lin Nansheng. For the first time since he’s met the detective, he sees distrust on his face.

It hurts rather unexpectedly.

7. I Count the Hours Without You (Guardian, Weilan, Post-canon)

“Welcome! What are you looking for?” the man behind the counter asks, and Shen Wei wonders. Though initially he thought he needs nothing from the shop, something made him come inside.  Shen Wei’s subconscious came here looking for something. He just has no idea what. None of the products displayed catch his interest quite like the man in front of him. 

8. The Story's Unwinding , written with @dobranocka (Guardian, Weilan, The Mummy!au)

The notable exception to the ‘keep Shen Wei away from the competition’ rule was Li Qian, but judging how much time she was spending at their camp and how valuable the info she provided on Zhu Jiu’s team was, she could hardly be counted as the member of Zhu Jiu’s team anymore. From what Shen Wei had told him, she used to be his undergrad, or something, and her opinion of Zhu Jiu was rather low so Zhao Yunlan was ready to adopt her, if that was Shen Wei’s wish.

Zhao Yunlan was ready to do many things just for Shen Wei, it seemed.

9. The Thousand Flowers Manor (Weilan Derivs, Pei Wende/Hua wuxie & Qi Heng/Xun Xu, Pride and Prejudice and zombies!au)

“I think Master Xun can make this decision on his own, wouldn’t you agree, Master Pei? If my cousin’s company pleases him…” he trailed off, but right as he said it he realised that this was precisely what the demon-hunter expected to hear.

“I have no doubt that he finds some pleasure in this mansion, I am simply wondering if it’s wise for him to indulge in it for so long.” It was hard not to miss this arrogant man’s meaning and Hua Wuxie could feel his blood boiling at the insinuation.

10. Irremovable Spell (Guardian, Weilan, Howl’s Moving Castle!au)

“What is the purpose of the fungus floating in the cup of tea but the bed, then?” That made Kunlun pause. He was sure Shen Wei couldn’t see his bed that clearly, but at the same time, he couldn’t, with all certainty, claim that there was no cup of tea with a new lifeform cheerfully existing there, because… well, there might be. It’s been known to happen in the past.

”His name is Junjun and he’s an important magical experiment?” Kunlun tried, but the doubtful, full of reproach gaze Shen Wei sent his way, convinced him that the battle was lost.

This was hard to pick, but i enjoyed walking through these fics, writing them was a good experience ❤ especially the ones written with Ascel (there are two more, not here) - writing in a team is so much fun!

Tagging: @dobranocka, @sasamelons, @miss-ingno, @verochkasnightmarecorner, @mjsakurea, @justacoyote, @dual-domination, @stupid-lemon-eater

[dragonotaku-justineverything]

Has Jaune's harem ever thrown him a rainbow party?

A bit of a long Jaune x Harem lemon ahead. Haven’t posted something like this in a while so I hope you all enjoy it!

Pyrrha slowly dragged her green lips up Jaune shaft and pulled off his cock, a disappointed groan coming from Jaune. Left behind near the last two to three  inches of his cock was a stack of lipstick marks around his dick. A new green ring was at the top of the stack, a shade of green that matched the color of her lipstick. The other colors of rings in the stack after the green one included red, white, yellow, orange, black, purple, and magenta.

“Hehe, we sure have,” Pyrrha stood up and moved out of the way so the next girl could take her place between Jaune’s legs, that being the dark skinned beauty Emerald. “And are currently doing another one~.”

Emerald smiled smugly as she put her hands on Jaune’s knees to keep them spread open and rubbed them lovingly. She slowly used her tongue to get her lips wet. She was wearing dark brown lipstick and wanted to make sure her own ring would be visible too. 

She was also pretty excited for her turn finally. After almost 20 minutes of waiting and watching all of the other girls blow their shared boyfriend, she was just about to snap. But now his dick was all hers. And the whole reason that she opted to go last was about to happen.

She’s the one that gets to let him cum~.

Emerald brought her dark lips to the tip of Jaune’s cock and gave it a quick kiss. It twitched under her warm lips and Emerald smiled against the rigid head. The dick really never lied, she supposed~. And it must really like all the attention it has been getting today~.

Emerald slowly parted her lips and his dick slid right in comfortably. Well, comfortably for Emerald. For Jaune it was more accurate to say it was blissful as her warm mouth welcomed his cock. Her lips trailed all the way down to reach the stack of lipstick marks around his cock, stopping just at the top of the rings.

Then she started blowing him. She brought her mouth back up to his head only to slide back down immediately. She repeated that again and again, quickly building up speed in her bobbing. Impressively, Emerald never went below her own lipstick mark on his cock so none of the others got messed up. And since she was only sucking the remaining five inches of Jaune’s cock, it was much easier to blow him quickly than it usually was. She also wasn’t gagging because of it.

“Mmmmm slllrp mmmm. Hmmmm MMM! Guuug slurp.”

But that didn’t mean she couldn’t make some noise for the fun of it~.

Up and down. Up and down. Her head moved so fast that her mint green hair started bouncing with each bob. Her brown lips dragging on the veiny, thick rod the entire time, smearing the brown lipstick all along it the whole time.

“Hoooo dust! Em! Y-you got me so close!”

Emerald paused just a moment on the head when Jaune moaned that out. She knew he was going to blow soon, so she wanted as much of her mouth free for his cum as she could have. Her lips stayed locked around his tips, but then her tongue started doing all the work. 

Inside her warm mouth was an assault of teasing stimulations from her. She gave the head some gentle licks, swirled her tongue around the whole head, prodded and teased the hole a little, and sucked on it haaaard. It was only a matter of time before Jaune came. Which he did.

But without any kind of spoken warning. Not that Emerald really cared though.

As Emerald was teasing his dick hole with the tip of her tongue once again, she suddenly felt his cock pulsate, and then cum rushed out and splash onto her tongue. Emerald stopped licking immediately and just focused on either sucking, or just letting his cum fill her mouth. Jaune finally let out a deep moan after he shot about his third rope of cum into her mouth. 

Emerald kept her lips sealed tight and stayed there on her knees between Jaune’s legs, letting him take all the time he needed to finish his climax. As his cock finally slowed down in it’s pulsing all the way to a stop, Emerald released her mouth’s captive.

She closed her lips briefly, just so she didn’t spill any cum, and looked up past Jaune’s cock to his face. When she made eye contact with the panting man, showed him all the thick cum she had pooled in her mouth. And then swallowed it happily. The semen went down her throat very easily, despite how thick it was.

Emerald finally had the chance to speak now that her mouth was fully free after several minutes. “Ahhhhh~. Amazing like always babe~.”

“Fuuuuck mmmm~! I’ll say Emerald! That was so hot to watch!”

Emerald turned her head and glanced behind her at the other girls in the room. All of whom were wearing different colors of smeared lipstick. And who were also in various stages of masturbation or pleasing other girls.

Yang, with bright orange lipstick and the one who had spoken, was holding Blake’s head while she ate her out. The cat faunus’s purple lipstick still managing to leave marks around her pussy.

Ruby and Weiss were both three fingers deep and moaning steadily. Their red and white lipstick was still rather well kept compared to the rest of them. 

Arlsan was fully sitting on Resse’s face, a very pleased smirk was on her yellow lips while Reese’s magenta lips worked away on her pussy. 

And finally there was Cinder and Pyrrha, the two were taking turns sucking on each other’s big tits. Cinder’s lips were currently sucking on Pyrrha’s right nipple, leaving behind black lipstick marks. She already had a nice set of green marks right in the middle of her tits from the Mistral Champion, it was only fair she gets to leave some marks too~.

While the other eight girls were all having their fun, Emerald looked back to her boyfriend. “When we have rainbow parties though, everyone likes to get a bit more colorful~. Isn’t that right Jaune~?”

Jaune nodded slowly and looked down at the art on his cock, then back up to all his girlfriends and their own colorful messes and marks.

He did enjoy the former a lot, but the later was definitely his preferred view.

Man, this is one heck of an old ask... sorry anon.

Though this did introduce me to what rainbow parties are so that’s cool.

I hope you all enjoyed the smut everyone~!

[mermaidsirennikita]

Do you have any HR recs for when the hero is like,,,,the opposite of a typical rake? Like not at all charismatic or charming but maybe a bit of an introvert/reserved seems kinda stuck up (I'm not doing a good job of this lol) oh I guess someone like westcliff-ish

Yeah!

The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne--Always, yes, but really I would say that this fits super well? Dorian Blackwell is a criminal and does like act kind of flirtatious towards the heroine initially... But she and the reader quickly realize that he's actually a big virgin who can't drive and has a touch aversion stemming from trauma pluuuuus this warped idea that his sexual desires are bad and dirty (they are not lmao, he just likes to give it to her a lil rough). He's charismatic, but after his initial emotional barriers are broken you realize that he's quiiiiiite introverted and scared (my baby!).

Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt--I wouldn't call Winter Makepeace a rake... at all. He's a virgin, but he also is kind of reserved and disparaging of high society. This could be right up your alley lol. Like, he does kick ass, but he's not... slick.

Unclaimed by Courtney Milan--Another virgin hero, but this guy is more charming. He's like, a good boy, not a snob. Idk if it works, but a rake he is not; I think he basically wrote a public manifesto about wanting to maintain his virginity until he's married/in love?

A Lady by Midnight by Tessa Dare--I just finished this the other night! The hero does fuck around a lot, but he's not a rake lmao. He's kind of gruff and reserved and the heroine just assumes he's not interested when in fact he is soooooo interested. He's not very good at talking, but he's good at fuckin' and fightin'.

Daring Pursuit by Kate Bateman--Out May 24. The hero has slept around a bit, but he's super reserved and un-rakeish. Very Westcliff-like, he wants to be an architect and disapproves of the heroine's freewheeling ways. HAAAARD Lillian/Westcliff vibes in the whole book.

Rules for Engaging the Earl by Janna MacGregor--The hero is a veteran with a chronic injury who's just generally kind of cold and shut off, in part because of his wound. He's very shy and withdrawn, which is often seen as aloofness.

The Earl I Ruined by Scarlett Peckham--This hero is seen as super uptight and socially awkward lol, the heroine assumes he hates her (he does not). He is also... not uptight... on the loooooow....

After Dark with The Duke by Julie Anne Long--Very dignified, aloof, uptight, seriously snobbish middle-aged hero. Runs into a very not-dignified, not aloof, and sexy young opera singer who just makes him so mad!!! What will he do!!! He might have to punish her!!!!!!

The Duchess Hunt by Lorraine Heath--This one is honestly better if you read Scoundrel of My Heart first, where the hero IS more of a rakish type. But both are great, so it's worth it. The hero is a sort of remote, businesslike duke who's just looking for a wife and doesn't want to have to flirt and shit to get her. He just wants a quiet bitch lmao. Who's helping him in his quest? His pretty secretary, who he depends on for any and everything. Everything. E v e r y t h i n g.

Marrying Winterborne by Lisa Kleypas--This might be a controversial opinion, but I would actually say that Rhys Winterborne has a lot of the qualities of Westcliff (who isn't a rake) and Derek Craven (who pretends that he isn't, but he fucked for money and can turn it on when he wants to). He definitely has been around the carousel, but he's also kind of like. Bad at expressing his feelings? And gruff? That's one of the main issues that initially causes conflict with him and Helen. Like, Rhys knows he's a great lay, but he's not gonna sit there and try to wheedle you into the bedroom. He's gonna be like "HERE. HAVE THIS FLOWER. LET'S GO FUCK." Which I like, but it's an issue in the plot lmao.

Dearest Rogue by Elizabeth Hoyt--Another hero with a chronic injury. He's the bodyguard for this young heiress who lost her sight a few years back, and he's very uptight and stodgy and protective. But what if the true danger is him??? Him and the danger and poses to her virginity???

Duke of Midnight by Elizabeth Hoyt--I could see an argument for Maximus being a rake because he's fucked around and can put up a good front, but he's truly just a deeply weird, cold man who happens to get his fires burning for the baddest lady's companion in town. Like, I don't think it's a him thing, it's a him with her specifically thing.

The Raven Prince by Elizabeth Hoyt--The hero is pockmarked and scarred and thinks himself hideous, so he's more of a recluse than a rake. He's considered very rude and only has sex with sex workers by the time the story begins. LITTLE DOES HE KNOW....

Lady Sophia's Lover by Lisa Kleypas--The hero runs the Bow Street Runners (so like... CSI: Miami but with less rules, somehow) but he's like. The leader. So he's very rule-abiding and cool, calm, and collected. Also, he's a widower, and I'm pretty sure he hasn't had sex since his wife died? Enter: the hot young thang he hires as like, a maid or something, not knowing that she wishes to seduce and ruin him for REVENGE.

The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare--This is another one where it's like, he's scarred. And like, there are two ways in which romance heroes deal with scars. They either put on an eyepatch and like, FULLY EMBRACE THE LOOK, which is what Dorian Blackwell does in The Highwayman; or they go "I AM A MONSTERRRRRR" and just like. Try to only fuck with the lights out. Like this guy! Anyway, this is a more humorous take on the scarred hero, as all Tessa Dare books are a little funnier.

The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie by Jennifer Ashley--This one is really, really good. The hero is seen as rude and cold because he's on the autism spectrum (and also because he was treated horribly his entire life because of it). He's obviously a great guy, he just needs some time to get to know people. Also, what a hot read.

[futureknight]

part 2 of my miraculous ladybug headcanons in which the square switches!!! (here’s part 1)

• marinette keeps on googling chat noir for ANY information available but “why is this so haaaard”

• she’s used to googling adrien and getting ALL info possible because he’s been a celebrity since birth so she basically knows everything there is to know about adrien, his favorite color, his birthday, the name of his aunt

• but chat??? NOTHING, there’s nothing on websites apart from superhero news and some fanclubs and candid pics, but personal info? nothing, nada

• she’s frustrated thinking “ugh it’s much worse having a crush on a boy that’s so mysterious!!! we see each other basically everyday and I feel like we know nothing about each other, like what’s his zodiac sign? is he a libra? is his favorite color green? how old is he?”

• “wait... did I just REALLY thought of him as my CRUSH?!?!?!?!!?!??!?? I DO NOT have a crush on him I couldn’t possibly... I love adrien” but then she’s staring at a picture of chat on her screen and how deep his green eyes are

• “ugh that stupid smug expression 🙄🙄🙄🙄 what is this STUPID feeling in my heart, why AM I feeling this way????????? UGHH”

• and while marinette’s freaking out on her room adrien is talking to plagg on his own

• plagg: so do you really not love ladybug anymore? you’re over?

• adrien: well I think I’ll always love her, but I realized we’ve been partners for so long, I need to be respectful, if she doesn’t want me I can’t keep begging for her love forever right? I need to move on myself and that’s what I’m trying to do

• adrien: besides marinette IS beautiful, her eyes ARE very pretty and I think her being clumsy is cute and funny, I mean, she’s a very nice girl, I really wish we could talk more and spend some time together, and she’s SO talented, have you seen her designs?

• I think sometimes she even shows her inner ladybug, when she stands up for her friends she gets all confident all of a sudden and I can’t help it, I KNOW it’s bad comparing two girls that are totally different and I’m not trying to find ladybug in some else I just think that they share some qualities

• I remember thinking marinette was the cutest girl I’ve ever seen when I first saw her and all I really wanted was to get to know her, but then I fell for ladybug, but I always had tiny crush on marinette you know? And now I think this is it! just a t-

• Plagg: it’s not a tiny crush

• Adrien: ???

�� Plagg: You’ve been blabbering nonstop for 10 minutes about this girl and how she’s talented and cute and has pretty eyes and all that and now you’re gonna tell me you have a tiny crush?

• Adrien: Y-yes plagg I promise you that’s all that it is... a tiny crush on my... uh... friend

• Plagg: Mmmhmm sure

[megaera-of-pigeon]

Volume 2 but more chronolgically:

Nikki and Momo return from North where they’d wound up at the end of volume 1 along with Ace and Kimi. They go to Apple where they bid Kimi farewell because she has to stay and work there. Kimi gives Nikki a ring before they part.

Ace, Nikki, and Momo go to the Ash Institute of design where the 9 days war took place; they are looking for clues about King Sayet’s designs because they believe that Nidhogg posses something designed by him and they think that is a potential clue to the plot. They find a special mysterious symbol that is present in some of King Sayet’s works and believe it to be important. The principal of the school mentions Bobo had been there to look at King Sayet’s designs.

After their stop at the school, they decide to go to Bobo’s hometown because they miss her and are concerned :( They learn she and her mother are both missing from their home, but they find several letters Bobo had written to her mom that remained unopened, and deduced that Bobo didn’t know that her mom wasn’t there the whole time she was with Nikki.

They find a design in Bobo’s house that has the same special symbol that King Sayet had in his works! Using that, they discover information related to The Enlightened, and Ace narrates that story for them about the king who wanted peace, but when he was murdered placed the blood curse. They decide they need to get more information about this so they head to the Lilith capital to talk the the casket fairy that the royal family has since they guessed it would know the truth behind the legend, being old and associated with royalty and all. Conveniently, Royce sent someone to fetch them just as they were thinking of going to see the casket fairy.

Ace gets a carrier pigeon and has to peace out.

They meet up with Royce (it actually seems that our chapter picks up the scene literally the day after the Tree of Memories hell event lore with Royce and Neva takes place so refer to that for more on those two). The casket fairy gives them more information about the Enlightened and leads them to a chest that belonged to King Sayet. They open the chest via styling battle and see a phantom of King Sayet that gives them a cryptic directive to find “three paths” and unravel the poem in the rosebud

This is where our most recent chapter ends so I’m not sure how long until our actual storyline catches up with the rest of the volume. If we remeber back to chapter 1 of this volume, it picks up Nikki’s quest for King Sayet’s (three?) relics/designs that we learned about in chapter 6. I think ultimately the three items might be these objects?

I still don’t know where Ransa comes from. The Iron Rose had been disbanded by Elle for failing to get adaqute results on finding Sayet’s relics. Ransa is now with Nikki but they’re traveling to City Oren to talk with Elle because Ransa thinks that will help Nikki’s quest for these relics.

Nikki gets arrested by Elle when she goes to Pigeon to ask her questions because Elle is obsessed with finding the ‘final secret’ of the relics and the Rose casket and she believes Nikki has that answer.

Nikki is not aware of that answer.

Ace has to break them out of the palace and reveals that Elle is her sister. They put together some more clues: Sayet had been imprisoned in Pigeon Kingdom’s monastery for some time and is said to have seen the secret of the blood curse. He wrote a ‘poem’ on the wall that Nikki had seen, one they referenced a ‘destined girl’

Ace declares the Iron Rose reformed and makes Nikki their leader. Ransa, Debbie, and Mela show up and join her too. Now that that’s settled, Chloris is waiting to see Ace so they decide to go to the forest.

Nikki Momo and Mela were waiting on the edge of the forest away from their group for some reason. They get lured into the fog and wind up meeting a kindred child named Kyle. They were supposed to go find a girl named Rachel who guards the epic of the forest but Kyle tells them about this girl Elaine who also knows shit. They go to see Elaine. Elaine lets them look at her book the Memory of Time and they read some nonsensical stuff about the blood moon and a frigid dragon 🙃 not like a prophecy or anything.

Part of what they need to craft King Sayet’s relics is something called ‘elven star” and their clues plus Elaine’s book now point them to the stars’ reflection (or, lack thereof) in Lake Bovaly. Time to go to the lake of super happy fun times :)

Meanwhile, Ransa, Debbie, and Ace find Chloris and also realize Mela, Nikki and Momo are missing. They go talk to Rachel who says her sister Elaine had seen them—Elaine is in the Shadow City, and the only exit has been sealed for a thousand years

Nikki and Mela and Momo realize they’re actually in the Shadow city and are in trouble. But happily, Chloris lifts the thousand year old seal so they can get out (provided they change into a cute outfit first). The kindred are free and threaten to start a war again, o no wonder how that will end. Wonder if Chloris will have to mobilize the furries.

Chloris is very weak from lifting the seal and then Cesare biting him so the next morning they look for information to help him recover. Before they can do that they’re attacked and Chloris has to use the rest of his magic to protect them. He faints into his infamous coma. [unclear how he is walking around and fighting in the upcoming war for our hell event as they don’t solve this. Maybe he just needed a nap]

As Rachel and Elaine are trying to help Chloris, Nikki and the Iron rose put together more pieces about this elven star—Nikki believes it’s referring to Sayet’s technique of embedding memories into clothing. (My guess is Nikki will rediscover this technique and utilize it to create the Star Sea out of her memories of her friends in Miraland after the apocalypse event happens, which is where we get that cool SN video).

They can’t wake Chloris. Debbie suggests they go try to wake up the sleeping dwarf elder who is the oldest living being and probably knows how to help Chloris. Debbie also mentioned he’s connected with one of the relics and my guess is it’s that frangipani the dwarves gave to Nikki at the start of our last hell event lore. We didn’t get to read the story of what happened before our event started but that’s what I would predict.

Before they can get going Nikki is pulled into an illusion by Xiao zong who appears and starts on his whole “noooo Nikki don’t be the savior it’s so haaaard to take on the sins of the universe just give me to secrets instead” [at this point he makes Nikki ‘live’ the 9 days war via illusion which was the story we played during the Steps of Sorrow hell] Nikki won’t agree to give over the relic so they style battle. Nikki is getting her ass kicked.

The ring given to her by Kimi waaaaaay back at the beginning of this that was originally made by Sayet starts to glow and gives Nikki major stats boosts. Nikki defeats Xiao Zong. The world goes black. This is as far into Nikki’s story that we have accounted for, except perhaps in hell events that I didn’t realize took place after this point.

MAJOR TAKEAWAYS: The main goal for Nikki in this volume is to discover the secrets left behind by King Sayet through his designs/his three infamous ‘relics’. She also discovers a connection between Sayet’s work and the True King/The Enlightened, the originator of the blood curse, who happens to be running around in Bobo’s body right now. There is also some connection between Sayet’s work and the secrets of the elves/Kindred, although since our 1,000 benchmark of when shit last went down big time with them was *before* the curse of blood was placed, the connection likely has to do with Sayet utilizing elf magic or elf techniques to create his designs, while also connecting those designs to the secret of the blood curse. At different points it’s mentioned that Nikki is looking for his designs/relics, but then I believe she finds his design(s)? somewhere between where the two sections of the volume are blurry, or potentially in a hell event, and it’s a recipe she has to craft—which turns into looking for ingredients to craft said designs by the time she gets to v2ch1. The hope is by completing the cryptic quest left by Sayet, she will uncover the secrets of why North went to war, why Elle and the other participants in the 9 days war are losing their memory, and how to save Bobo from demonic possession. And while I personally adore a story that takes a nontraditional approach to its narration, boy is it ridiculous the amount of legwork required to actually get a handle on this timeline.

[avrablake]

Triceratops - share a scene where one character is protecting or caring for another

Troodon - share a scene that is really important to a character’s development

@writingonesdreams

Thanks for asking! Here's the game if anyone wants to play.

So these were haaaard ones! I just want to share all the spoilers! Instead I'm going to combine these two by sharing a scene where Thea helps Kai treat Nix's injury. It's a pretty important part of her character development as it's the first time she really stops to question whether she was wrong and decides to try to see him differently.

CW: blood, injury

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Gram cursed and crossed quickly to the cabinet Nix had been trying to open. He wrenched it open and began searching through its contents.

“Damn it, what did I tell him? This happens every damn time.” he grumbled to himself, his voice higher and tighter than usual. “And now of all times. Without Luc here. I’m going to need your help Kai.”

Kai was already kneeling at Nix’s side. He carefully began to peel away the strips of torn fabric tied around Nix’s torso. The skin around the wound was swollen and an angry red. Some fresh blood still seeped out through the dried blood that formed a crust around the edges. 

“He’s burning,” Thea told her brother.

“The wound looks infected,” he said, “And it looks like he lost quite a bit of blood. That’s probably why he collapsed.”

“Here, give him this.” Gram handed Kai a small bottle. “It’s not just an infection. If Kaori did this, then he’s almost surely been poisoned. That’d be her trademark.”

Kai nodded to Thea to hold up Nix’s head so Kai could pour the antidote into his mouth. Kai poured slowly, closing Nix’s mouth between drops to give him a chance to swallow.

“We should get him in the house so I can take care of this wound.” Kai told her once the liquid was gone. She channeled her energy and began to lift him from the ground. She winced as more blood oozed from the wound at the movement. The sight reminded her of the disturbing nightmare she’d had so many times—blood pouring from her side, dripping down the trees. Nausea twisted her stomach and she stumbled slightly. Kai put a steadying hand on her back.

“You okay?”

She nodded, and tried to push the dream from her mind.

“Take him to the room next to mine, Thea. Kai we can contact Luc from here.” Gram gestured toward the monitors on the long table in the back of the room. “He keeps extra medical supplies in the kitchen. You can ask him what would be best to use."

The room Gram had indicated was empty aside from the bed along one wall, a tall wardrobe, and a chair in the corner. Thea laid Nix as carefully as she could on the bed, trying not to focus on the sight of more blood. She pulled the chair closer to the bed and sat down, trying to keep the familiar sense of panic from overwhelming her as she waited for Kai. The Military was coming. She was in danger. They all were.

Her eyes were drawn to the dark tatoo on Nix's arm. She took a deep breath, trying not to remember the frightening dream she’d had the day he left. He was Syndicate. She didn't trust him. What did it mean that he'd come back like this to warn them.

She tore her eyes away from the tattoo and forced herself to focus on his face. Tentatively she reached out to brush the hair off his forehead and felt the burning skin beneath her fingers. Kai had tried to tell her that she’d been too hard on him. She bit her lip guiltily and wondered, for the first time, if Kai had been right. Maybe she had been unfair. Had she ever really seen Nix? Or had she only seen what she wanted to see, a convenient personification for all her fears. 

Did that make this her fault?

“You okay?”

She jumped at the sound of Kai’s voice suddenly by her ear. He was frowning at her, the familiar look of worry on his face. He held a small box in his hands, the glass bottles and jars rattling together. She shook her head to clear her worries away. She couldn’t focus on them right now. All of them were in danger. Kai and Gram needed her help.

She nodded to her brother. “What do you need me to do?”

"Can you bring a table or something? And another chair?"

Thea carried one of the small side tables from the living room an a chair from the kitchen and placed them near the bed.

"Here," Kai handed her a bottle of liquid as he began to pull the supplies from the box and set them on the table. "We need to bring his fever down. Get him to swallow some of that, just a little at a time. I'll tell you when it's enough."

With her free hand, Thea tipped Nix's head back slightly and opened his mouth. After carefully dripping in a small amount of the liquid, she closed his mouth to allow him to subconsciously swallow, as she'd seen Kai do with the antidote.

Kai soaked a cloth in a different liquid, which he used to carefully wipe the dirt and dried blood away from the wound. Fresh blood welled up and she turned away, her stomach twisting at the sight.

“That should be enough,” Kai told her after she’d dripped a bit more liquid into Nix’s mouth, “Here, hold this.”

Thea set down the bottle she was holding and moved closer to Kai so she could take another jar from him. He scooped a thick looking paste from the jar and spread it over the wound and surrounding skin. After taking the jar from her he handed her another bottle of liquid and a bandage.

“Soak that bandage with the liquid.”

After he placed the soaked bandage over the wound he took the bottle from her and instructed her to prop up Nix so he could wrap a long roll of bandage several times around his torso. When they finished, she noticed the light in the room was growing dim with the setting sun.

[thenightling]

This stupid  and ironically ableist anti Stephen King article...

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/the-stand-ableism-stephen-king-1234607039/

Okay, I’m writing this as a rebuttal to this very stupid article. Let’s begin.   I am writing this as a visually impaired woman.  (borderline legally blind). You are far off base here.  

For starters the protagonist of Cycle of the werewolf is in a wheelchair. He saved his entire town.

The deaf guy in The Stand was a noble hero who saved his friends.  The mentally disabled man nursed his friend back to health and was one of the only survivors.

The blind girl in Langaliers was the wisest and most level headed character in the story and died saving everyone from a mad man. Bill in It had a stutter that was triggered by emotional distress.  

The main character in Misery is missing his foot at the end of the novel (crushed ankle in the movie) and ends up walking with a cane for the rest of his life.    

Objects of

 pity and fear?!   These characters are all heroes or even the main protagonist.  WHY would I fear the main character of Cycle of the werewolf (Silver Bullet) or the girl in Langaliers!??!   

I am visually impaired (legally blind) and you should be ashamed of yourself for lying like this.  Yes, lying, because you want "Woke points." the only ableism I find here comes from you trying to manipulate us like puppets.

Also it's not a "magical negro" trope if as many white characters have magical powers too.   But there's no trope for "magical white child" for Firestarter or Danny in The Shining or Carrie. 

As for your weird mention of periods, Carrie was only afraid of her period because she had never been told what periods were.  Her fanatical mother never told her, she thought she was dying.  When I had my first period I was fifteen, I didn't know what was happening because the stains in my underwear were brown instead of red.  (legally blind is not the same as totally blind for any moron who thinks I shouldn’t know what color is).  I thought something was wrong because this was not what I expected from a period.  My mother had to tell me it was period, that blood sometimes looks like that when it dries. I was scared.  Carrie being scared made sense.  

Have you never seen Blue Lagoon?   That gives yet another realistic reaction to a girl getting her period and not knowing what’s going on.  I have a friend whose grandmother thought she was dying the first time she had her period because it was very early and she hadn’t been taught about them yet.  Stephen King was once a teacher. Guess what he once witnessed and was the basis for the Carrie “Plug it up” scene!  Research is Haaaard.   That wasn’t sexism in Carrie’s reaction to her first period without being taught about them. That was frighteningly accurate.   

Zelda in Pet Semetary was a manifestation of guilt, not an evil disabled person.  the character who was “haunted by her” was feeling GUILT for being relieved at her sister's death.  

As for the "ugly characters = bad" and “good characters = pretty”  That's just reaching.  Did you think Mother Abigail was hawt?  How about Wendy in The shining?  Bill in It wasn't attractive either.  Lots of King heroes aren't classically attractive and some would be considered out-right ugly.

By the way, Stephen King IS disabled.   He has macular degeneration.  He’s going blind. 

[chibinoyume]

Creator meme

Thank you @indelibleevidence for the tag!

RULES: it’s time to love yourselves! choose your 5 favorite works you created in the past year (fics, art, edits, etc.) and link them below to reflect on the amazing things you brought into the world in 2020. tag as many writers/artists/etc. as you want (fan or original) so we can spread the love and link each other to awesome works <3

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This made me realize once again how much Fandom helped me through the pandemic for a few months - browsing through my own tags there’s so much stuff I’d completely forgotten about!

1) “Jane Doe” - a 3 part comic series (especially the first one)

Post 5x10, where Jane has lost her memories because of the ZIP, and slowly bonds again with Kurt and the team. Originally it was meant to be a 4 to 5 part comic series, but I needed to get it done before the finale aired, and I ran out of time. Since I have the lines written down somewhere, I may write it as a fic at some point, albeit a very minimalist one (and it would count as canon divergent post 5x10), because it was meant to be a comic script.

Still, the first part of this comic took SO LONG and while I can still pick at things I could have done better, I’m proud of it anyway, especially because my specialty are chibi-like drawings. Cute is my cup of tea, serious is haaaard. 

2) “Ever After” - a bittersweet Jeller oneshot.

Technically there is a second chapter to this, but reads more as an epilogue, so this could be read as a standalone (and I don’t know if I’ll ever get to finishing that 2nd chapter! I’ll try, though).

I mostly wrote it for myself as a fix-it fic (sort of) after the series finale. While I stubbornly will stay in happy-ending camp, sometimes when I saw images of the sad-ending, that feeling of dread filled my gut. I had some ideas in my head to narratively justify what happened, including the odd dinner scene, so I rushed to write it out while the Muse kicked and screamed at me to do so.

So in the fic, it starts as Jane collapses to the ground, but not everything is rosy and magically fixed. Both Jane and Kurt have to deal with the aftermath of what happened, and be there for each other as they learn their new normal and start healing from it, in the way supportive partners do ♥

3) Nightmares - a hurt/comfort Jeller fanart.

Post 4x12, this is how I’d imagine things may go, at least sometimes. Jane almost died (again), and even though she is now fine, has her memories and is no longer poisoned, losing her is still Kurt’s biggest fear, and he has nightmares about it in the following days or weeks. Not all the time, but when they show, it hits hard. She’d always try to reassure him as best she can, whispering words of comfort as he mumbles incoherently and apologizes for what could have been.

While some details about it still bug me (why am I like this) I still like this drawing a lot. One of the many scenes of Jeller in bed that are in my headcanon, if only finding good references for Jane’s tattoos (other than her arms) wasn’t such a hassle, I swear I’d have done so many more.

4) Honest screencaps: one & two (I couldn’t choose) 

I just had to lol when I was rewatching season 1 earlier in the year and screencapping things for drawing reference and because of reasons, some facial expressions where just too good not to caption. The ridiculous lines worked even better as a screencap-comic rather than an actual comic, imo.

It’s so much fun.

5) Too tired for subtlety - a silly Jeller comic.

Early season 5, Kurt is still very much a workaholic, even in the bunker. But this time, Jane is not having it. Mwahaha. 

It took a while to find photos of the relevant tattoos, and even then I had to BS a good bunch of them because the images were too blurry to tell xD. I swear if they released an artbook I’d buy it in a second. They could use the same pictures they had in SIOC where Jane was standing up with all her tats, they blur out the necessary bits and have a map of ALL the tattoos, dammit! 

How am I supposed to draw Summer Jeller when drawing Jane in a bathing suit is gonna take 5 hours just to find references D:?

Bonus) :D this ridiculous video (feat Rich’s rescue)

Basically, expectations vs reality.

This tiny video took way more than I’d like to admit lol and it still looks so choppy. But it’s part of the charm, right? lol Even so, the idea wouldn’t leave me alone and I had to do it. And I feel honored and proud that Ennis saw it on instagram xD

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Hmmm, trying to tag people Amy hasn’t tagged yet! @marv-el-spot @birdsaesthetic @mchellesvanity @whatshouldjustbeours @singinprincess 

Anyone else, feel free to do it! So much fun.