#like.. yeah look at me that way tell me im tepid or some shit

[itoshi-s]

no cause u don’t get it .. i am literally in tears over this i am SO unwell

[saintarmand]

IWTV Ask Game

2. How did you find out about or discover it?

i'd seen the movie before and when the trailer came out i thought it looked really good so it was on my radar before it came out. but the reason i actually started watching was that i was disappointed in house of the dragon bc daemon and rhaenyra weren't a toxic enough couple when they actually got together and i wanted to watch some toxic romance. lol

ok long version of the story! (sorry if you don't care about hotd lol)

i was really excited about hotd after the trailers started coming out and like the freak i am, i was especially excited to see the insane uncle/niece incest grooming go from gross to fun when they eventually marry and fight a war and everything goes wrong and they're both crazy and toxic and evil. that's my idea of a good time. this shot from the trailer in particular had me excited for this dynamic:

and the beginning was so promising, their scenes when she's still a teenager played by the younger actress milly alcock are very intriguing! creepy but intriguing.

but then episode 7 happens. i knew ahead of time that the plot of the episode was that daemon's wife has just died and at her funeral he fucks his niece, as you do, and then suddenly rhaenyra's husband also dies and they get married for succession war reasons without permission from her father the king who would fucking hate this. insane sequence of events! and i'd heard that the marriage ceremony was going to be valyrian rites with blood and stuff. for the uninitiated, valyrian refers to the (mostly) lost civilization of blond people who ride dragons and do incest and they're rumored to have done blood magic and stuff. so i had high hopes for this whole valyrian marriage rites scene. a blood sacrifice? some animal or...? an altar with LOTS of blood! their dragons take to the air! they should fuck on the bloody altar while their dragons fuck in the air! either way the visuals will be insane and amazing!

yeah, so the episode airs. and i'm BORED. they made this shit boring somehow. the dialogue is bad and so is the directing. they have a bland conversation about their respective marriages and then have some tepid sex. it just doesn't look like they're that into it even. was that intentional? i cant tell. other more interesting stuff happens and then close to the end of the ep shes like uncle i need you so i can win the eventual war that everyone knows is going to be break out so we should get married. hes like hmm ok. but shes already married so they fake her husband's death so he can sail into the sunset with his boyfriend. toxicity and evilness toned down as much as possible. then they marry and the valyrian ritual is just like. fine. no dragons. they cut their palms so there is blood. if i saw it without prior expectations i'd probably think it was kinda cool but i had built it up in my head to be way cooler so.

in the next episode they kinda just act like a normal couple. despite the whole incest age gap uncle niece grooming shit. i wanted them to be screaming. i am sad about it.

im on tumblr and i see a post with a jacob anderson quote saying iwtv is basically a show about a married couple slamming doors on each other. i'd seen some gifs and ofc i'd seen the trailer months ago but this makes me go !!!!! THIS could be the toxic marriage i was looking for! i go watch it immediately. two episodes have aired so far but it only took me one to fall in love! new obsession unlocked! louis de pointe du lac is my truest love!

at that point im barely able to give half a shit about hotd anymore, i dont even watch the last two eps until days or weeks later. (in the last episode daemon and rhaenyra do get more interesting as they have some tension over him acting like he's in charge even though she's the queen and he's just her consort. he also strangles her a bit when he gets upset, which is very unsurprising from a misogynistic violent man who murdered his first wife (of 3) but some people were shocked. insert iwtv comparison here.) (i've also rewatched hotd with new eyes recently and enjoyed those episodes a lot more when i didnt have my own expectations clouding everything. i WOULD recommend the show for anyone who thinks family drama leading to a literal war feat. dragons sounds like a fun time. it is good and hopefully will be continue to be! also that quote from the showrunner saying daemon wanted to marry his brother and his niece was the closest he could get to was fucking life changing. ryan condal said gay targcest rights. also rhaenicent<3)

anyway iwtv becomes my #1 obsession from episode one and has stayed that way ever since!

iwtv ask game (sorry for mostly talking about a whole different show here lmao)

[condiscum]

!!!!! All the white shades for Lierik pls!!!!! 💜

God this is literally a year late im so sorry, but i finally finished it so here we gooooo!

White - Do you consider yourself a good person? What’s the best thing you’ve ever done for somebody?

“I mean, yeah. But doesn’t everybody?” he asks plainly, crossing his arms. “I work hard, look after my own. Almost everything I create impacts somebody besides me. I’m not gonna sit here and tally deeds or some shit. It’s a stupid thing to try to prove to somebody.”

Snow - Have you ever seen snow? Do you like it? What do you like to do in the snow?

“Absolutely!” he says, grinning. “I have to travel out to Hoelbrak from time to time— y’know, standard conferences with my northern marketing team ‘n stuff— and that shit’s gorgeous. Have you ever seen the way the sun glints off of the snow in the early morning? Or taken a good look at all of the intricate crystalline structures of the frozen water when you see a large flake intact? It’s great. Sign me the fuck up.”

Frost - What do you like to wear in cold weather?

“Well, first of all, Rata Sum’s in the Maguuma. We don’t get a whole lot of cold weather down there in the tropics, as you might imagine.” he quips. “But when I do have reason to venture outside of the mundane, muggy, incalescence, I bundle appropriately. Hypothermia and frostbite are for dipshits.”

Bone - When was the first time you ever witnessed death? How did it impact you?

“Hard pass.” he says with immediate finality. “Next?”

Author’s Note: Lierik’s parents died in a lab accident in their home when he was still young. It was pretty awful and really traumatizing, and he doesn’t talk about it.

Cotton - What do you like to wear for pajamas?

“Okay, so hear me out.” he says with a grin. “You know those full-body onesie type things progeny wear? Well, those things are comfortable as hell except for one problem. Your feet get cold, right? So— I wish this was one of my own brilliant innovations, but I’m not a fuckin tailor, so I’ve gotta give credit where it’s due: the humans came up with this shit.” 

He sticks his leg out, gesturing at his own feet. 

 “There’s like. Socks attached to these things. But they’re non-slip on the bottom and stuff so you can just wander around in them in the middle of the night. I had some modified for the superior three-digit anatomy and voila! Instant coziness. You should try them sometime.”

Cream - Do you prefer Tea, Coffee, or Cocoa? (If your world has those things. If not, what sort of hot drinks do you have?)

“Well, nothing beats a good hot-chocolate when you’re cold. All sweet and delicious. Buuuuut, trouble is it’s not… energizing enough, y’know?” he says. “Plus, it only has a single static state of being if you want to enjoy it. You can’t throw it on ice. So, coffee is the obvious choice, here.” 

He starts up again, counting each of his reasons on a finger as he does. 

“It’s good hot, sends you right on into the project zone, picks your ass up off the floor at 4:30 in the fucking morning when your incompetent staff can’t problem-solve— and when you get back from that 4:30am problem solving? And your coffee is all tepid and gross? You can just throw it right in an ice cube tray and chuck it in the coolerator. It’s truly one of the best multitools of the engineering world.”

Coconut - What would be your ideal vacation?

He hums, pausing a moment to think more seriously. 

“I guess anywhere less hectic. Somewhere out with my buds. I’ve never been one to keep still for very long, but its always a relief to get away from the hustle and bustle for a while. Just enjoy some time living simpler, wherever that might be.”

Pearl - What do you look for in a romantic partner?

“I’m flattered.” he jokes. “But she’d have to be Asura, for starters. Sorry, mysterious likely-human interviewer, you must be this tall—” he says, gesturing a bit above him “—or under to ride this ride. 

“Past that, though, we’ve just gotta jive. Sure, looks are a plus, but that’s not what it’s about for me.” 

He crosses his arms and leans to one side, smirking. 

“What really drives me wild, though? Smarts. I want a woman who can run circles around me— a tall order, I know, so I’m not in a rush.”

Parchment - Do you like to read or write?

“Reading’s fine.” he says. “Generally, if I’m learning something new, books will hold my attention. New theses from time to time, articles.” 

He shrugs.  

“It’s a little passive for me though. I’d rather be working with something than reading about it any day. It’s hard to improve on a concept without having it in front of you, whether its a drawing on paper or something more three-dimensional. And, frankly, the most writing I’ve done since graduation has been in bullet-points.”

Lace - What would you name your child if you were to have one?

“Oh man,” he manages, “glitch, I don’t know… it sounds like a lot of pressure to name a real, live person. But, progeny are not in my near future anyway, I can tell you that. If it happens, I guess we’ll figure it out then.”

Porcelain - Do you consider yourself a delicate person? Do you fall apart easily?

“Hell no.” he says, rolling his eyes. “Where do you even get these things?”

Salt - Would you consider yourself a mean person? What is it like to fight with you?

“I’ve got a temper, sometimes, I’ll admit.” he says, scratching his head. “But, I’d like to think it’s hard to push my buttons to that point. I’ll tolerate a lot, and I don’t get purposely pointed, but past a certain line, I make no promises of being ‘nice’.”

Ghost- Are you easily scared? What scares you the most?

“I’d like to think I’m pretty fearless.” he says, crossing his arms. “But that’s not to say I don’t have a sense of self-preservation either. Just because I graduated from Dynamics doesn’t mean I’m not well aware of how much precaution has to go into innovation if you don’t want to wind up letting your prototypes take you down with them.” 

He pauses to crack his knuckles before adding “You want something really scary, though? Wasted potential.”

Ivory - Do you play any musical instruments? If so, which ones and how well?

“Eeeehhh—” he starts, waving a hand side to side. “Nothing classical or anything boring like that. But if you’re into some sweet electronica? I’m killer with a drum machine. Gotta have something to put under my sick rhymes.”

Chiffon - Do you prefer a larger and cleaner environment, or a smaller and cozier one?

“Large and clean, for sure.” he says. “I’ve been spoiled for choice for a long while, but the straight fact is that if you want to be able to do anything wherever you are, you need room to do it. A crowded room is stress. An empty room is inspiration.”

Alabaster - What is the most recognizable thing about you? What are people most likely to notice about you when they first meet you?

“Other than my dashing good looks and cutting edge sense of fashion?” he teases. “Well, I do try to keep one statement piece on me at all times: what’s style without a pair of good old fashioned aviators?”

Egg-nog - Do you celebrate Christmas Wintersday? If so, what traditions do you have? Which are your favorite?

“Everybody celebrates Wintersday! Well, everybody who likes fun, I guess. I haven’t been able to go every year, but I try to make it to Tixx’s Infinirarium at least once a year for the Toypocalypse. The mayhem! The adrenaline! The toy carnage!” 

He sighs wistfully. 

“There’s just never a safe chance to cause that much ruckus otherwise. Reminds me of a couple’a friends I had in college…”

Ecru - Do you have curly, wavy, or straight hair?

He grabs a fistful of the thick curly locks on his head and tugs. “Gee, I dunno. Pretty straight, I’d say.”

[thirstyfortom]

High School AU HCs: Saeyoung

Hi! Here’s the Choimato! I always have fun writing him! 

    You two had a little fling going on during church camp when you were 14.

You really liked him, but a few days later you got back from church camp, he stopped speaking to you

And so it continued until you two made it to high school.

He is the class clown, always pulling pranks on his classmates and on teachers, but he’s super smart, so even being in detention almost every day, he still has amazing grades.

You are a reporter in the school newspaper, you have no chill when it comes to finding scoops and schemes begotten by the administration.

So here you are in the principal’s office following a lead about the possibility of money evasion.

You hear the door being open… SHIT! According to your sources, the principal wouldn’t come back in at least fifteen minutes! SHIT SHIT SHIT!

Oh, it isn’t the principal, it is… “Saeyoung?” “MC?” you stare at each other, puzzled. Actually, you’re surprised he still knows your name…

“W-what are you doing here?” you ask him. “Hmmm, nothing much. You?” “Nothing…” “We chose a interesting place to do nothing.”

“Yeah, yeah, so leave! I gotta finish doing… nothing.” “Ladies first…” “Seriously, Saeyoung, I don’t have time for your bullshit right now.” “Great, so just leave!”

“No! I got here first!” “To what? To do nothing? Or are you playing Nancy Drew again?” “This isn’t of your business, and what about you? You’re here to do one of your stupid pranks, right?” you were both caught.

You two hear steps down the hallway, SHIT! “Lock the door!” you whisper desperately to him, he obeys. “What now, Nancy Drew?” “Stop calling me that and let me think…”

You notice the principal’s silhouette through the door glass trying to force the lock. “I have an idea!” he says, taking his phone out of his pocket. “Hello! I would like to report a bomb threat…” WHAT THE FUCK? You try to take his phone away from him, he holds you, you would feel really aroused by being this close to him again if he wasn’t committing basically a crime right now.

“Yes, in the principal’s office. Because I installed it. Hurry, I might get a little impatient…” he turns it off. “What the hell, Saeyoung?” “What? Now they can’t enter here and we can escape through the ventilation ducts, I’ve been there before, don’t worry.” “You’ve been in the ducts?” “You’re not the only one who likes some adventure, Nancy Drew, now let’s go!” he grabs your hand.

“I know it’s hard, but try not to stare at my butt too much, okay?” “Oh yeah, I’m so interested in your butt, Saeyoung!” “You were in church camp, do you think I forgot?”you two were crawling through the steamy ducts and bickering at the same time.

“Yeah, I thought you forgot, considering you ignored me since then.” “I… it was for your own good.” “Ah, don’t give me that crap! If you just don’t like me, you could have told me!”

“But I… liked you. It’s just… you wouldn’t understand.” “I understand you are a compulsive liar! Reporting a bomb threat, manipulating people on your weird pranks, and giving me some bullshit about me not being able to understand you? What could I not understand, Saeyoung?”

“My mom being arrested for assaulting my brother and he going to military school to stay away from all of this, staying away from me?” Oh, his brother… you remember him in church camp too, he was quiet and shy… poor boy…

“Saeyoung, I… I’m sorry. I didn’t know.” You two stop crawling, he writhes his whole body to face you. “You couldn’t know, it happened a few days after church camp, I… I didn’t want to scare you off with my family problems, so I just started ignoring you, which now I know it was probably a little douchy…” “Very douchy, actually. But… I understand your reasons, don’t worry.” “Y-you do?”

You two crawled a little more and got out in the pool gymnasium, the whole school got evacuated due to the bomb warning. Nobody enters, nobody leaves, and that include you two.

But you didn’t want to leave, you were talking again, you had so much to say to him, you missed him ever since that great week in the camp… telling stories by the fire, having lunch together, making out in the lagoon… “Do you wanna go for a swim?” he asked, taking his shirt off, you did your best not to look.

“I… what if they catch us?” “Well, it’s simple, we go to detention.” You giggle, well, nobody was here… you took your shirt and shorts off, thank god you had a cute underwear, he probably agreed as he checked you out quickly, thinking you didn’t notice.

You two got in the water, it was slightly tepid. He squinted his eyes, you remember he couldn’t see much without them and giggled, so you went close to him to help him. “And what happens in detention?” you asked, trying to ignore his little shivers to your touch.

“Well, you can sleep, do homework, write an essay telling who you are…” “Like the Breakfast’s Club?” “Yeah… the teacher probably like this movie.” You two giggle.

And you keep talking about high school movies after you two got out of the pool. “I can’t believe you didn’t watch ‘Heathers’, Saeyoung! Seriously, ‘Mean Girls’ is a B movie compared to this one!” “What about ‘Clueless’?” “Classic. But still… Heathers is better!” “Blasfemy!”

“But hey, we’re forgetting the best high school movie ever made…” he says, and you two sing together: “What time is it? Summertime! It’s our vacation! What time is it? Party time! Say it out loud!” you two laugh.

You sigh “I missed you, Saeyoung.” “I missed you too, MC… but what can I do? The Choi brothers are… complicated.” “I don’t mind complicated, if you only knew what kind of stunt I pulled to get  a scoop…” “I know, I read the newspaper for your scoops.”

“So uhm… I know the Choi boys are complicated, but… maybe one of them is a really good kisser?” “You should ask my brother, I don’t know, I…” you roll you eyes and kiss him timidly, when you’re backing away, he pulls you back, one hand in your dampy hair, the other in your waist.

He giggles through the kiss when you move your hand to his ass, yes, just like church camp.

It was night when you two got out, turns out the little prick had copies of the keys with him all the time, he just wanted to spend some ime to you, but how he got the keys is a secret not even a great journalist like you will ever know.

he was complaining about how lame his glasses were, you came close and took them off his face. “I can do something to get them to cooler, maybe some yellow stripes?” “But… I can’t see without them.” “Just another excuse for you to come to my place, silly. My mom will be working until late…”

“Oh, I can see the news!  Nancy Drew having an affair with Ferris Bueller!” “You’re way cooler than Ferris Bueller, now let’s go! There are a few things I want to see ever since church camp.” You grab his hand, and he smiles. He was complicated, but… at least he wasn’t alone.