#lo and behold and ABSOLUTE ICON

[multi-fandom-lunatic]

its time. KAM HEADCANONS

Keefe and tam totally started dating but like. no one knew. they thought that they were best friends or already dating (linh is the only who falls into the latter)

Keefe tries to mess with tams hair. he's in awe about it. like, what does that mf put in it. and why's it so stiff-

They totally wear each other's iconic colours. keefe wears silver jewelley, belts, accessories even if it doesnt fully suit him, and tam just has ice blue stuff on him. im talking. pins and badges, stickers and a pair of earrings.

Keefe is such a swiftie. not up for debate. he just is.

Keefe is bi, and i mean the most useless bisexual ever. he finger guns at everyone. he makes bi jokes. he has frog EVERYTHING. everyone is his type and he is everyones type,

tam is gay and ace. he's totally cool with keefe's flirty/dirty jokes because tam knows and consents to them.

They are the most. physically affectionate people ever. especially keefe with tam. im thinking. the classic boyfriend hug (i like to call it the partner hug), squeezing tam way too tight hugs, lifting tam up hugs. as well as kisses everywhere. like you could map out where keefe has kissed tam and its a whole adventure.

keefe and tam totally have a matching sweater and pj set. its something totally obnoxious and they love it.

THEY. HAVE. HAIRCARE. NIGHTS. these two shits totally exchange hair products and keefe is like "what even is this" and tam is all "this would take like give hours" "beauty takes time." "and money i see"

as for surnames, i cant imagine them taking their parents. especially tam. if at all, they'd both have sencen. but i feel they'd come up with their own surnames. maybe "sensong" or even "samsung" without knowing about the brand (sophie makes fun of them)

sophie was the first to accept them. shes been around humans and understands how hard coming out is because of her highschool classmates (there was 100% gay kids in her class). the rest of them are confused and are like "whats gay" but they support their friend (and learn a bit about them too.........)

sophie 100% takes them both to the forbidden cities after they come out. to buy pride pins. keefe is absolutely enamoured by them and tam is more worried about the environment.

on this fateful trip, keefe learns about different human aesthetics. and it becomes his everything. one day a vsco girl. one day emo. one day barbiecore.

keefe uses the word coquette frequently without knowing what it means. like hed just point and say "thats coquette" and its a crushed soda can.

tam eventually tells him about coquette. does not stop keefe.

tam and keefe are not picky eaters. these two mfs will guzzle anything down

but sophie and fitz are, so when they visit, they just eat mallowmelt. just. mallowment.

kam, fedex, linhella and jenstina. sosingle and marusingle.

cassius didnt know about kam until their wedding day. and boy that was DRAMA

when kam wanted to get married, they went to the council, half of whom freaked out and half of whom applauded. it was a lot of battle, but eventually, a year later, the definition of marriage was changed in the law.

so obviously these two made headlines for being like. the first gay marriage in the lost cities. and lo and behold, cassius finds out.

hes so against it, but he doesnt show it to people in public. ofc, keefe got an angry imparter call from him that he laughed off.

quan however. oh dude was raging. he tried to call tam but BLOCKED.

then fedex and linhella got married and everyone was wth. did the human kid just bring the gay with her?? and not be gay herself??

anywho, on the topic of marriage. keefe totally proposed.

keefe was sick of waiting for tam to propose and caved and bought a ring. it was silver with a blue stone in it in the shape of a kite.

keefe brought tam to a cliff and proposed to him there (saying that if tam said no, its alright bcuz he could jump off)

tam was competely pink and told keefe to "shut the fuck up" and pulled out a ring. BECAUSE TAM WAS PLANNING TO PROPOSE (at a later date)

okay im sucked dry of HCs. lmk if yall have any

[chuuyascumsock]

Okay soooo i kindaa had a silly idea and ran with it…. Fem!dazai who’s a monsterfucker with an AFAB!reader who is ALSO monsterfucker?

-Imagine fem!dazai finding out her s/o is a monsterfucker~

Imagine the two of them on Dazais bed just rambling on to eachother and then reader just says “honestly sometimes id just love to be fucked dumb by a tentacle y’know?”

And dazai just nods like “yass girll me too~” but she has this sneaky look in her eye.

-“Zai?whats up??oh no…what did you just think of🤨”

-“Oh no just…hold on”

She goes over to her closet and picks up a box and brings it back to the bed and opens it.

And lo and behold its fuckin filled with an assortment of monster-dicks.

Reader then looks up at dazai like 😳

And all she says is “ive got way better than a tentacle babe~ take your pick”

And when reader can’t pick on,she just covers their eyes and makes em pick one.

Imagine the rest of the night she just uses them all on you so you can find your absolute favorite…

Well at least that’s the excuse she made to get you on board.

Imagine dazai just goin to townn on you with each and ever one in the box,trying some of her favorite ones twice(just to make sure you get a proper feel for it ofc! she definitely doesnt love seeing your face scrunch up and relax as each one enters your pretty little cunt,each one a different shape,size,length and girth.)

Imagine her going so deep,it rubs against your cervix…imagine cumming so many times that at this point neither of you have kept count accurately.

Imagine her stimulating your clit with a little bullet vibrator as she thrusts the foreign shapes into you revelling in the way you moan out her name and grip the sheets,your toes curling and your back arching.

Imagine her using a vibrating one and just keeping it inside you,buried to the hilt and making u beg to have it pulled out.

Imagine her running her finger along the edge of your cunt,gathering some of your slick and demanding that you clean the mess off her fingers in exchange for taking it out of you.

Imagine by the time your done you feel so sore and exhausted that you can barely even get up to go have a post-coital shower.

Imagine waking up the next day to see that each and every one of the little gadgets had been haphazardly thrown back into their box. Only your decided favorites lying nicely cleaned and dry on your night stand.

Imagine getting just a little sweet revenge on her and buying her one she doesnt have just to use it on her until she cant walk. Honestly I doubt she’d mind~ I mean she gets to skip work the next day, AND she gets to be your little pillow princess~ It was a win win situation!

I hope its okie and not too much😭

ALSO IM SO SORRY I DIDNT KNOW U WERE LACTOSE INTOLERANT!!!!

Lets just imagine my icon is um lactose free cheese?(is that a thing?)

Anywho! OMG GOOD LUCK FOR YOUR EXAMS!!!! Ive got exams on monday too #A Levels🥲 I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!! YOUVE GOT THIS!!!!

Stay safe! Study well and i believe in you!

-🧀

DEAR LORD 🧀, WANT SOME WORD COUNT LIMIT WITH THAT ESSAY 😭⁉️

I love how dedicated you are lol.

But you’re missing the part where Fem!Dazai would get a double sided monster dildo just to share with you so you could fuck yourselves stupid on it. And she only gets more enthusiastic about it when your pussies meet in the middle and your clits rub against each other 🤭

OOOO ALSO BONUS BUT UHM, I HAVE A FEM! CHUUYA x READER x FEM! DAZAI SMUT DRAFT SITTING IN MY DOCS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE WHAT I POSTED INSTEAD OF JUST THE FEM! CHUUYA SMUT 😶 I had the idea written down but I never wrote it. (I want to though.)

[dolokhoded]

one time on instagram i saw a screenshot of a tweet that was like "oh my god oh my god i posted this in 2013" (with the tone of cringing) and the picture attached like. an edit of one of the guys from dan and phil but it was like an anatomy meme thing and i remember there was an arrow to his crotch that said "place for dan (?) to touch" so from the photo and that comment i assumed they were like. youtubers or otherwise indie content creators that unfortunately got the larry treatment. also the comments on that instagram post were talking about 'the hat fic' which i did scroll through threads of comments trying to understand what it was. that's genuinely all i know about dan and phil though <3 absolutely nothing else

oh you were subjected to the retired demon phannies that's lovely ! don't worry the entirety of the internet is paying for their past crimes dan and phil are back and making sure of it.

this is like an A grade opportunity for me to infodump fifteen years of dan and phi lore but explaining dan and phil to tumblr makes me feel what i think mansplaining is like, so brief internet history lesson at dolokhoded:

dan and phil are internet PIONEERS they met on youtube when it was still some small quirky platform for every random person to upload their random videos, very soon after they met they became dan and phil (singular entity) rather than dan and phil (separate people who sometimes make videos together), youtube started becoming a Whole Thing that people were making money out of, this was the 2010s CLEARLY they got the larry treatment, if anything larry got the watered down phan treatment, and for a while these guys were everywhere they were the internet, they wrote books, they did world tours, and then 2019 comes around. they've finished their interactive introverts tour, they both come out, dan makes his iconic 40 minute "basically i'm gay" video that nobody has Ever gotten over, and disappears from youtube. their joined gaming channel goes on hiatus for five years, lives were changed. and i genuinely think that if they chose to just completely commercialize their whole thing there wouldn't be a person in the world who didn't know who they were right now. but in a very surprising route that these kind of internet figures don't usually follow, dan and phil were decent genuine people who weren't trying to sell themselves out ! so they completely fuck off the face of the earth for a while. phil's technically still there making videos and y'know he still has his audience and people enjoy his channel still but we can't ignore the elephant in the room which is what's going to happen to Dan And Phil (singular entity). lo and behold in the year of our lord 2023 six months ago danandphilgames comes back to life, lives were changed again, they're back, they're gay, they're unhinged, they keep saying all the type of shit they couldn't when they were closeted and everyone is begging them to stop, it's great. they might not be in their Peak Fame anymore but this 100% the absolute best period in the dan and phil timeline, they are thriving, they built a house, dan wrote a book, he went on tour, they summoned the devil, what's better than this.

and now you've been enlightened. don't look up the hat fic.

[piracytheorist]

Which Disney movie do you consider overrated? (Pixar counts)

Peter Pan from 1953. And I'm gonna choose violence here. Skip this post if this is your favourite film.

The most glaring problem with that film is of course the racist depiction of Native American tribes. Sadly, a film can be technically well made while also being racist, so it's not the racism part that makes me think that this film sucks from an entire film making standpoint.

It's the depiction of Hook, and to an extent, Peter Pan. In the original story, Peter Pan represents childhood, but also immaturity, while Hook represents adulthood and all the shit that follows it. While Hook is more of a villainous character, he's not the villain of the story, while Peter Pan is not the absolute hero protagonist and paragon of virtue of the story. He's also pretty fucked up. Pan and Hook are symbols, and of opposite sides to boot, and that's why they're antagonists in the story. Wendy is a character, learning about both and in the end pretty much choosing neither.

So Disney took that and turned it into a black-and-white hero vs villain story while forgetting that the original is about Wendy learning what growing up is all about.

Hook is turned into a caricature of a villain while also being mocked for having a very legitimate fear of an animal that wants to eat him. I don't know, maybe it's because I don't have childhood nostalgia for this film, I first watched it when I was like 14 and I was like dafuq did I just watch. Like I was legitimately cringing and feeling bad that Hook was being made fun of. Phobias and trauma-related fears are no laughing matter.

And look - I'm not saying you can't have a villain who is comical. Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians, which came out a few years after Peter Pan, is also a comical villain... but she's not a ridicule. Roger may make a song mocking her, but it's more of a dark humor song going like "She's the devil and she will eat you alive O_O but not really" while Peter Pan went like "LOL Hook is afraid of an animal that ate his hand and now wants to eat the rest of him he's such a coward LOL!" And no, I don't think it's fair to see a man who's willing to kill children in cold blood and to try and bring him down by laughing at a very rational fear he has. If it was used as a weapon against him and taken seriously - like the Lost Boys or Pan calling upon the crocodile so that Hook will panic and they can escape - it would have been a cool, albeit a little dark (though not too dark for Disney, especially for that era) idea, though not uncalled for compared to what Hook does. But no they just lol about it. It's hideous.

And in general I find that version of Pan unlikable, super annoying and an immature brat - which is funny because that's what Pan is supposed to be in the original story! He's meant to present to Wendy the "bad" sides of staying a kid forever. But Disney just presents him as a hero who learns from his mistakes like NO BITCH the whole point is that Pan doesn't grow up! He doesn't grow more mature and he's NOWHERE near being a person to look up to.

I agree that it's an iconic film but when you actually tear it down it's insulting to people with phobias and/or traumas, poorly translated from the source material, shallow as fuck, and also racist. 0/10 probably the only good thing that came out of it was whatever money the mouse decided to give to Great Ormond Street Hospital for using the rights to Peter and Wendy. (If you don't know what that is, J. M. Barrie, the author of the book and original theater play, gave the rights to the aforementioned hospital so any production getting the rights to make any production of it would essentially pay the hospital, which is a cool af idea. I think that right-holding reached its end a couple years ago and lo and behold what did the mouse do? A live action Peter Pan film :)

[somemovieguy]

Animated Films of 2023

November 12th 2023 (Blog #6)

I should probably preface this by saying these are the only animated films released in 2023 that I've seen (though there have been 4 or 5 others released in theaters). From the wisdom of Guillermo del Toro, animation is cinema, and I believe we deserve more animated films! After the master pieces that are the Spider-Verse films, as well as del Toro's own version of Pinocchio released last year, we have seen time and time again that this medium is not only for children, and is a legitimate art form deserving of more legitimate attention. But back to your regularly scheduled program...

#3 The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Despite the indescribable success of the Mario Bros. games since their initial release in 1983, no successful film adaptation had ever been made about the series. There was an adaptation, released in 1993, simply and similarly titled Super Mario Bros., though it was... not exactly the same quality as the games were. This long-awaited animated film adaptation did exactly what it set out to do: it had cute 3D animated versions of the iconic Mario characters as they fought against Bowser. It wasn’t spectacular, but it also was not a bad movie. It just wasn’t revolutionary. I do believe that such a beloved franchise deserved a movie that had the same level of cutesy animation that the games provided, and this did just that. This film is a great choice to watch with your family.

#2 Elemental

Disney-Pixar’s newest film did not disappoint. Elemental follows a fire-girl who falls in love with a water-boy. The love story is enticing, but there is a lot going on in the underlying society: Many believe that bad things will happen if different elements “mix”, and the city is informally segregated because of this belief. After the two fall in love, they decide to test it out- how bad could it really be?- and, lo and behold, literally nothing happens. The inability for different elements to mix was based on nothing but fear. The fire-people are the most feared because others believe they could cause damage to other elements, and thus faced intense discrimination and were kicked from their lands. This doesn’t really get a conclusion, but the element-mixing leads to people setting aside their fears for a more integrated city. I think that movies like Elemental are great ways for children to learn about the prejudices all around them. Sometimes, these things are just too difficult for young minds to understand at face-value, so putting it into an analogy like elements helps them understand. There are absolutely some issues to be had with the fact that the elements, which are stand-ins for race, actually are different, but that’s a different critique for a different post!

#1 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Comparing this film to the two previous films kind of feels like "hydrogen bomb vs. coughing baby". The Spider-Verse films are not only the greatest super hero films ever made in my opinion, but also the greatest animated films. They are so, so gorgeous, it is hard to put into words. Many films have moved away from using any intense color palettes, and are opting for more subdued colors, but these films completely ignore this trend and make what are probably the most colorful movies I’ve ever seen in my life. They look just like a comic book, but not in a tacky way, and not in a way that will age badly, I don’t think. They are simply the perfect comic book movies. This addition to the series not only lived up to expectations set by the previous release (in 2018), but completely blew its predecessor out of the water. Where the first film was inventive, colorful, emotional, and perfectly-comic-book-y, this film did it all 10x better. The only bad thing about this one is that it doesn’t have any kind of conclusion, as it is the first part of a story to-be-continued and resolved in the next release, the end of the trilogy. Into the Spider-Verse (2018) created this world, introduced Miles Morales, showed us what this trilogy set out to do, and introduced the idea of the multi-verse. Across the Spider-Verse (2023) takes the idea of the multi-verse and dives right in, displaying a world of not only 6 or so Spider Men, but an infinite number of them from an infinite number of universes, all in need of protection from collapsing the space-time continuum. I cannot recommend any other animated films as much as I recommend these! (Though I don’t blame anyone for wanting to wait until the finale of the trilogy is released. Its such a cliffhanger!)

[foxymoxynoona]

oh absolutely, the boys manage their twitter account on their own!!! you might not have been on twitter back then during the time where the boys were still active there but the boys were so fun because they would act unhinged on there!!! like they would change their pfp and layout to an unhinged edit of bang pd for april’s fool, and jimin made up a fake article of namjin dating and posted it on twitter 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 also seokjin joining in on twitter armys’ Jin Cult Day for his birthday back in 2018 (you can look it up… it was ICONIC), and then the latest one before they moved to insta was when the butter collab with Megan happened!!! so armys collectively changed their pfps and layouts to this pink background from the powerpuff girls as a way to celebrate the collab because the butter collab logo with megan was pink, and so megan joined in and changed her pfp and layout too, but then armys were like “wait we need to get the boys to change theirs too” and so armys started nothing short of rolling around on the ground in dirt screaming “CHANGE YOUR PFP AND LAYOUUUUTTT PLEAAAASEEE” like a kid throwing a tantrum and lo and behold a few days later the boys caved in and did it 🥹🥹 they’re so fun. fun boys, which is the title of one of their songs 🥹 WASSO WASSO AHEUNGTAN SONYEONDAN!!!

I've heard legend of some of those shenanigans 😂😂 I knew the guys posted on Twitter I just hadn't realized it was a separate account completely but that's so sweet and it's nice they've always had that direct line to the fans!

[its-your-mind]

I posted 10,158 times in 2022

That's 6,390 more posts than 2021!

233 posts created (2%)

9,925 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@ickyprincetothesun

@fangirlingpuggle

@larrythepistachio

@justablah56

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I tagged 706 of my posts in 2022

#tma - 124 posts

#the magnus archives - 94 posts

#jonathan sims - 42 posts

#dracula daily - 27 posts

#dracula - 24 posts

#jonmartin - 22 posts

#martin blackwood - 21 posts

#tma spoilers - 20 posts

#statement remains - 16 posts

#tma fanart - 15 posts

Longest Tag: 134 characters

#whereas martin is just chuggin along in his life when ope here’s a person i can help time to get them tea what do you mean i’m in love

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

“Oh, Martin saw Jon be a complete mess of a human being and thought I can fix him and that was the reason his crush started”

you fools. you absolute circus clowns. you avatars of pure silliness.

Martin is EXACTLY as unhinged as Jon even before they ever meet each other, and becomes even more so after we meet him. Behold:

List of Reasons why Martin Kartin Blackwood is just as (if not more) unhinged than his avatar-of-all-evil-knowledge-boyfriend:

in order to get a job, he lied on his CV. Not too bad, fuck academic elitism, etc, but this man. claimed to have a very specific degree in a very specific field. and then he got hired. because of that degree

and no one noticed. for ten whole years.

(except the head of the institute, which doesn’t count bc he’s an evil mind reading bastard)

Also claimed to be like ten years older than he really was (him and jon share this unhinged fun fact which is fuckin wild)

ALSO also didn’t have a middle name so just kinda. gave himself a middle initial. for funsies.

let a dog into a building bc it tricked him with its cute face

but also carried out a con for months on an avatar of an evil fear god by just. frowning and nodding.

could have been an avatar of manipulation and control, instead decided to be in love. icon.

actually, could have been an avatar of three different fear gods. said no thanks I will be in love instead ty

boss is specifically an asshole to him. decides to fall in love anyway.

had to be told to put his hands in his pockets so he would stop touching plastic explosives

wanted to kill an old man bc one time that old man kind of threatened to throw him off a rollercoaster

after being trapped in his flat for three weeks by a bug lady, brought a jar full of her bugs with him back to work to prove a point

willing to damn an unknowable number of other realities

met himself. he was an asshole. to himself.

“sorry elias I can’t hear you there’s a door in the way”

decided with no evidence that he was going to take his bf on a hiking trip and figure out a way to shove the fear gods back into their little box

has dreams of making out with his bf over their ex-boss’s corpse

“Hey, Elias! J o n a h M a g n u s !!!!! …. OI DICKHEAD”

big strong rowing arms

(that’s not unhinged i just wanted everyone to remember that martin has big strong arms good for rowing and giving hugs)

thinks tea is cure to all emotional ills

certainly has a large fun patterned jumper collection at home

also advocates that he and his bf “get their murder on”

stole a possibly evil tape recorder to record poetry bc lo-fi vibes

spent several months talking to tape recorders more than humans

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#4

Help I’m late to the party re: cryptic Rusty Quill Magnus Archives news and don’t know how to catch up!

You have come to the right place! Here I will summarize The Bullshit™️ with time stamps where able. I will also update this post when new things come to light.

Let’s go one day at a time!

10 October

Rusty Quill Twitter and Instagrams post UNPROMPTED, UNEXPLAINED eyes

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7,837 notes - Posted October 12, 2022

#3

tma fandom for the past year and a half: the ambiguity of the ending was so beautiful, I love that we just Don’t Know what happened to them. Horror tragedy is a heart-wrenching but also amazing genre.

tma fans today: mARTIN? Martin my beloved bby boy?? Is here???? Is aliVe??? THANK FUCK THIS IS WHAT I WANTED ALL ALONG now where is my jarchivist whom I love so dearly rusty quill if you keep him from me I will never forgive you

11,420 notes - Posted October 13, 2022

#2

I did not have “tumblr book club forms and reads a classic horror novel delivered via email; immediately begins to roast and fall in love with protagonist” on my 2022 bingo card, but I have to say I am enjoying myself immensely

18,645 notes - Posted May 5, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I feel like neil gaiman’s regular presence on this hellsite is like… an unintentional secret that we all have. I never question it, and yet it’s just like… on your right you will see the queer podcast fandom. on the left you will see author of coraline and good omens and the sandman. yeah he’s here. yeah sometimes he’ll appear in your notes or respond to a shitpost when you least expect it. it’s fine.

30,370 notes - Posted August 19, 2022

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[okayigetitifuckedup]

Alice’s Alley- Blog Post

Gotham’s Wedding of the Decade? An Intimate Peek into Dr. Quinzel and Jack Ryder's Exclusive Invite! 💍✨

Hello, my lovely readers of Alice’s Alley! 🎀

Alright, deep breaths! Where to even begin? As soon as I saw that luxe envelope (with its embossed seal, no less!) I knew it was something momentous. And lo and behold, inside was THE invite of the decade: Dr. Harleen Quinzel and Jack Ryder's wedding invitation! Eek! I can't even!

First off, the invite's sheer elegance and the fact that I, little ol' me, am on the guest list? 😍 Like, is this real life? Also, can we please talk about that QR code and the security level on this thing? Never have I felt more James Bond than when accessing the wedding details. The level of exclusivity? Off the charts!

Now, let's dive into the absolute splendor of the invite itself. That sumptuous black card with the delicate white details? The “J” & “H” emblem entwined? Every intricate detail has me gasping in awe. And, "Into the light from the shadows"? Profound. Moving. Iconic. I mean, swoon.

The location: Wayne Manor. Wayne. Manor. As in, THE Bruce Wayne might be in attendance? Oh-em-gee! How am I ever going to keep my cool? Mr. Tall, Dark, and Brooding in person? A photo op, perhaps? 📸

But now, ladies and gents, the real dilemma. What ever will I wear? The invite says: Strictly Black and White. Now, my heart is screaming Breakfast at Tiffany’s vibes. Audrey Hepburn chic, tiara, pearls, the works. But now I'm thinking, what if everyone goes down the Holly Golightly route? Must. Stand. Out. Or I could never show my face in Gotham again!

And oh, speaking of face, those bangs I impulsively cut? Perfect for an Audrey updo, right? But, but, what if they clash with the tiara? You see my dilemma. And the pearls... oh, decisions! Leave me your thoughts below, I'm in dire need of advice!

One tiny cloud on this sunny horizon though - my wallet is definitely going to feel a lot lighter. Oh, the price we pay for perfection. Between the new dress, shoes, and accessories, it's going to be a shopping spree to remember.

This isn’t just a wedding, dears. It’s an event. The crème de la crème of Gotham will be there, rubbing shoulders, sipping champagne. An evening of decadence, glamour, and hopefully some juicy gossip.

And of course, I’ll be spilling ALL the details right here after the grand affair! So, stick around, because you won’t want to miss the inside scoop, courtesy of yours truly!

Stay fabulous, my darlings, and keep those suggestions pouring in. Till the next gush session! 🍾🥂

In never-ending excitement and sparkles, Alice P. 🌸💄

P.S.: To all my new readers, welcome to our glam gang! You've stepped into a whirlwind of excitement! 😄 And remember, Breakfast at Tiffany’s look - yay or nay? Comment below! 💋💌

[mlmxreader]

Hiya! Hope all as well 🖤!

Okay, so I literally just sent the ask in about my thoughts on Home Is Where You Are and lo and behold, what do I see but yet another update. And holy fuck 😳. I'm not religious but boy have I been blessed. Sweat, perfect name because yeah, I was fucking sweating.

MISSUS SOLOMONS!! MY LOVE 💓! Gosh, can I just take a minute before getting into how hot Alfie's jealousy was to acknowledge the absolute cuteness that is this woman?! I love the bit of domesticity with Alfie and his Mama 😫. What a sweetheart helping his mum cook 😍. And little bun Cyril 🐶🍞!!!! All my loves were in this and I can't express how much I absolutely loved it!!!

Now onto the rest of it because 👀👀👀😳😏.

Him watching his man whilst playing with Cyril. His little smile 😍😍!! And then the little peek under his boyfriends shirt 👀. Oh, reader knows exactly what the fuck he's doing with that slutty little button pop! Alfie yelling at his mum not to come out to the shed 🤣🤣🤣 AHHH!!

You hummed, reaching for his wrist. "Alfie… shit, all I've thought about all day is getting a minute alone with you."

"You got me," he whispered. "You fuckin' well have me. Just tell me what you want."

👀😳👀 my oh my, Mr. Alfie Bloody Fucking Solomons...

And Alfie not hearing a word of what he's telling him because he's too busy thirsting after his man 🤣🤣🤣! Goodness me, I fucking love him!

"Alfie?" You hummed. "Did you hear me?"

"No," he breathed out. "Say it again for me."

👀😳Oh fuck me. Urhm... is it just me, or is it like really warm in here? No? Just me? Okay cool, cool, cause that was so hot. Gosh this and the line from the other work about Alfie and court-martialing... yeah, **fanning myself** this was really fucking hot. Holy shit.

You brilliant *very lovingly* bastard! Thank you so, so much!! You are literally a bloody treasure!🖤🖤

🐍anon

INDEED ALL IS WELL, I figured I'd just leave answering asks until I'm close to leaving for work bc I won't be around for a couple of hours once I leave so... why not lmfao

the devil works hard, but I work harder 💪🏻fjfkskfkskgkskg

Mrs Solomons, the legend, the myth, the icon, the queen 😌 we respect Mrs Solomons in this house!! Alfie might be a big time gangster but will he ever disobey his mum? no. if his mum tells him to do something, he'll do it.

Cyril is such a good boy for helping the reader w his shellshock 🥺

his little smile, and then he sees the SMALLEST bit of his bf's skin and suddenly needs a cold shower 💀💀 the SMALLEST flash of skin and Alfie's on one fjfkskfkskg

"slutty little button pop" DHFKSJFKSKFKSKF reader is ASAB (assigned slut at buttons)

thank fuck Mrs Solomons is smart and doesn't even NEED to guess what's going on in that shed to stay away, that's all I can say 💀

Alfie 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀👀

didn't hear a word, he's so worked up dhgksjgjskg just like me watching Tom Hardy edits on tiktok and forgetting everything else in the world exists

👀👀👀👀 it is indeed QUITE hot in here djfkskfks

but regardless, thank you and again, I'm so glad and so appreciative 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻

[mythvoiced]

@enchcntd - -glasses on head- ❝Where did I put my glasses?❞ DRUNKEN SPOON @ PAT — drinking starters

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This might be one of the very few scenarios in which Patrick would dare openly laugh at any of his lover’s mishaps. And the reason for that is that the picture the writer paints, with his outstretched hands that had nearly brushed the tip of Patrick’s nose twice now, is simply too cartoonish, not to mention adorable, for him to deny the laughter bubbling at the back of his throat.

And the wine swimming in his own veins certainly functions as an aid to the freeing of that reaction. Chuckling heartily, Patrick sits there comfortably in a corner of the couch, more lounging than anything else, as he watches Spencer return to his general area to continue on a nearly hopeless quest. He’s got one socked feet propped up on the cushions, the other leg resting under the first, and a half-full wine glass held expertly in his right hand. His left, the free one, performs an action Patrick is equally used to doing and even more fond of.

With another wave of chuckles, he reaches out just in time to grab the front of Spencer’s shirt, at first just to get him to halt. Then he moves up and gently tugs at his collar, pulling him down until he’s close enough that he could kiss the tip of his nose if he wanted to. He can smell the wine on his lips, the fading yet ever-present scent of old books and too many mugs of coffee, and then a scent so unrecognisably Spencer that he almost forgets what he was doing at the first whiff of it.

Then he plucks the glasses off the other’s curls and gingerly puts them on his nose. “Here you go, love,” he mutters, amusement as clear in his voice as the adoration it is laced within. Then he pushes the glasses to sit better, always making sure he’s not actually going to poke a hole into anywhere in his face and, finally, leans in to kiss the tip of his nose. “Spectacles officially and successfully retrieved.”

[thewiglesswonder]

My favorite instance of “protagonist has a weird skill that comes in handy” is definitely in Bumblebee (2018). We are told that Charlie was a high-diving champion at the beginning of the film, it is the most random-ass skill one could possibly have, and then lo and behold she has to jump from a communications tower into a flooded lock to help Bee after preventing the Decepticon armada from finding Earth. Absolutely iconic.

[iwonderifthatisart]

Vee!! I saw Top Gun 2 yesterday and would love to hear your thoughts 😍😍

OKAY OMG. you probably weren’t expecting this much stuff, but you gave me a chance to talk about it so here goes.

first off, spoilers for top gun maverick, be warned.

So. lol. I'll preface this by saying that my thoughts on this absolutely arent objective in any way... i waited 3 (t h r e e) whole years for this movie to come out and honestly up until i was sitting in the movie theater i still thought they would push it out again, didnt feel real lmao

now a few of my thoughts, in no particular order:

i arrive at the cinema. i sit down. the lights go out. i lean over to my friend. i whisper: i hope they play Danger Zone. they HAVE to. my friend agrees. the movie starts, and lo and behold, the first notes of Danger Zone reach my ears. My crops are watered, my skin is clear. i look to my friend, we nod at each other. we turn back to the screen. we understand. we know this’ll be good.

Thought 1 flows neatly into Thought 2, which is that they knew exactly what kind of movie they were making. like, the main target audience for this movie were Dads™ and they hit the right balance between making it attractive in terms of nostalgia vs. new stuff. i think i saw a letterboxd review that phrased it like "having references to the original without being distracting" and that’s exactly what i felt like (see re: the Danger Zone example). And also: iconic homoerotic beach volleyball scene set to the tune of "playing with the boys"? turned into fun football scene on the beach set to New Music From Today (which was good, but the whole scene could've been gayer imo.)

sure. it's basically military propaganda, i know, we all know, it is known. It still looks cool as hell, i love people flying planes and say smart stuff and click a lot of buttons that look very complex and professional

AND that opening was so perfectly maverick i love it. he just HAD to push a little further

it was SO FUNNY at times! there were sincere (and at times cheesy) parts, but there were a few really funny moments that worked really well

rly liked all the new young pilots, though i expected them to focus a little more on them? but tbh it worked as it is, i didnt really felt like too much was missing (again, maybe a lil homoeroticism but you cant have everything)

Listen. Jennifer Connelly. Penny. Her character was... well. I liked her! But also. Well, she was a lil two dimensional, but idk? Or maybe its bc she was the love interest of Tom Cruise, who i really cant imagine in any kind of romantic relationship, no matter what movie he's in. I didnt really expect too much and i felt like it was done alright. it was solid.

(also... i kinda dont like tom cruise as a person, mainly bc of the whole scientology thing, but lets not get into that here. no negativity in this ask)

ofc ICEMAN!! RIP my man. Obviously wished he was in the movie more but *waves at the real life complications with Val Kilmer* still though, mav and ice texted throughout the movie and it was. so gay. like, i've read fanfiction that might have had these exact messages in them lmao

also. the whole thing about ice and mav? like we all expected there to be more of a rivalry, but they're just out here texting and chilling with each other. good for them.

"it was a nice moment, dont ruin it" lmao.

phoenix...loved her :) my girl :) also loved that they didn’t make a big deal out of ~oh shes a woman among men~ and she has to be the Strong Female Character, because that just falls flat 90% of the time

when they explained the mission to maverick and mentioned that there are still a few f14 tomcats there i was like *cocks checkovs gun* that'll come in handy later! and it did and i loved it!!

the scene where they had to fly the route in 2 mins 30 seconds and everybody’s like “thats impossible” and maverick is like “hold my beer” and does it in 2:15 and yeah i’m LIVING for that shit! call me a basic bitch i dont care!!

maverick and goose vs. maverick and rooster. we love cinematic paralles in this house

“talk to me dad” CRYING IN THE CLUB RIGHT NOW

so yeah. theres probably a lot more but i didnt want this to get so long slfksjlks.

i know its not a perfect movie, it has it’s flaws, but i enjoyed it so much! there were a lot of scenes and tropes that could’ve easily been super cliche but i thought they worked really well. or maybe i'm just biased.

please!! enlighten me with your own hot takes if you feel like it. id love to hear them <3

[365days365movies]

31 (Films) to Life: Once Upon a Time in America (1984) - Recap: Part Two

There’s still so...so much more movie to review.

So, to hell with it; no navel gazing, let’s get back into it!

SPOILERS AHEAD!!! Check out Part One for more!

Recap: Part Two

Back to old Noodles, at the Riverdale mausoleum that holds his old friends. And at this point, I have to say…why is the score composed of a pan-flute? Like…that’s definitely a pan-flute, right? It’s iconic and noticeable, but…why a pan-flute? Anyway, when he goes there, he finds that it’s been erected…by him? Ah, but this is a message, as a key is hanging from that placard, leading to the old locker they kept their money in as children. And lo and behold, it’s a briefcase full of money, labeled as an advance payment for his “next job”? The plot thickens.

Old Noodles walks through downtown, as a Frisbee unexpectedly flies towards him AND…back to 1930, and Noodles is released from prison. He’s greeted by a now adult Max (James Woods), complete with a hearse for his transport, and a sex worker in the back for…well, you know why, They head to Fat Moe’s, now a speakeasy run by the gang, who’ve gotten wealthy during the Prohibition. 

Included in the gang is Patsy (James Hayden), Cockeye (William Forsythe), Fat Moe (Larry Rapp), and Peggy (Amy Ryder), all grown up and happy to see him. But perhaps most prominently is Deborah (Elizabeth McGovern), who’s surprisingly there to see Noodles post-release, and has been waiting for him since his arrest. She’s a dancer at the Palace Theatre, as she’d always wanted to be, and invites Noodles to see her there. There’s definitely a romantic tension there, so we’ll have to see how that goes, especially since she doesn’t approve of his criminal lifestyle and associations.

Speaking of criminal associations, we’re introduced to Frankie Monaldi, AKA the inevitable Joe Pesci role. Sort of amazing that he hasn’t appeared in a movie I review up until now, since…y’know, it’s Joe goddamn Pesci. Also appearing is Joe (Burt Young), who presents the boys with an opportunity: a diamond heist. They carry it out as planned, with the assistance of teller Carol (Tuesday Weld), whose involvement is…unclear. See, she lets them in, although it appears to be trickery on her at first, but it becomes apparent that she’s in on the scene. She also…fakes sexual assault by Noodles on her by actually having sex with him? I think it’s consensual…but even I’m not sure.

The boys deliver the diamonds to Joe, only to take them all out at the behest of Frankie, who wanted to take out the competition that Joe posed. Noodles balks at this, as he dislikes the idea of working for a boss, fearing the future consequences of getting in bed with Manoldi and other mobsters.

Back in the late ‘60s, the news is reporting on the attempted assassination of the Secretary of Commerce, amidst reports of government corruption. This includes an interview with a man named Jimmie O’Donnell (Treat Williams), whom Noodles recognizes. We cut back in time to the 1930s, where union workers Jimmie is being intimidated by Chicken Joe (Richard Bright), possibly under the command of the government. Rescued by Noodles and the gang, Jimmie reluctantly accepts protection from the mob.

This is undercut by the appearance of obviously corrupt police chief Aiello (Danny…Aiello), who’s taking interviews on various allegations of corruption, as well as celebrating the birth of a son. But with that son at the moment is the gang, who;ve snuck into the newborn unit of the hospital to…switch around the bassinets? That is insanely chaotic in the weirdest ways. And sure enough, Noodles gives him a call, revealing their plot: stop the cops from interfering with the unions, and they’ll undo the switch. A very clever and insidious plot, while also being…kinda funny, not gonna lie. At least, it WOULD be…if Patsy hadn’t lost the switch list. Ooooooh…oh, yeah, that’s absolutely fucked.

At the same time, we find out what the deal is with Carol. Turns out she’s…we’ll I guess she’s a very committed swinger? She’s married, and worked at the jewelry store as her side job, which means she…didn’t know about the robbery plans? She just ran with it, including the assault? Well, I guess it was…consensual? Jesus, this is a weird kind of problematic. After becoming reacquainted with the boys, she starts a relationship with…Max. Yeah, this lady is all kinds of confusing, gotta say. She recommends a threesome with Noodles, but he’s not into it.

Instead, Noodles goes back to his true love: Deborah. They go on a date in a nice restaurant, where they are the only customers. On this date, Deborah reveals that she does indeed care about Noodles, but is afraid of the parameters of their potential relationship, desiring a freedom and holding an ambition for Hollywood that she believes she could never achieve with Noodles. In fact, she’s going to Hollywood right after this, despite her feelings. And I gotta say…this is one of the better love interest characters I’ve seen in these movies. Like, she’s not a helpless waif, because she knows what she wants from Noodles and from life. However…it doesn’t end well…because Noodles rapes her. 

Fuck. It’s, uh…it’s hard to watch.

Well, after that absolute fucking horror show, Noodles takes some time to reflect, Deborah leaves for Hollywood permanently, and I start to realize that I’m watching a movie about a bad person. Like…I mean, I knew that, because he’s killed multiple people and is part of a budding crime syndicate, but it’s been somehow lessened by De Niro’s acting and the circumstances Noodles has been in, but…yeah, no, he’s a bad person. And as he watches Deborah leave on the train to Hollywood, and Deborah gives him the “fuck you you piece of shit” eyes (understandably), we…cut to intermission?

Wait…really? We’re 70% through the movie, and NOW you let me go to the bathroom? That makes…no sense. I mean…OK? 

See you in Part Three, I guess.

[aseriesofvariousevents]

The Clique Series

I decided to re-read the Clique books on a total whim this summer just for something easy to do during my lunch break at work. Lo and behold, after a whopping 20 books (including the summer collection) I can now say I finished every book in the Clique series for the second time in my life. I read them all for the first time in eighth grade along with some of my friends and, at that time, I thought Massie’s comebacks were some of the funniest things ever said. Reading them now, I realized there were so many jokes I never quite picked up on the first time around. Is the series great? No, but I definitely don’t regret the reread. 

With the completion of this book, I can officially say I have re-read every single book of the Clique. This was kind of a cute prequel to the origins of the PC. Parts of it were a little inconsistent with the series, but it was still fun to read.

Favorite Quote: Gawd, if only there was some kind of list that told girls what was in and what was out....

This book is a little bit horrible and immensely problematic in its discussion of wealth, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t fun. The Clique series was a staple of my 8th grade year and I vividly remember my friends and I racing to the library before class to get the next book. Are pretty much all of the characters truly terrible people? Absolutely, but it’s silly and they do grow as people (on very rare occasions). This book is not meant to be taken too seriously, and, overall, it remains as iconic as it was way back when. Also, Massie’s burns will never fail to entertain.

Favorite Quote: Even the cool girls have embarrassing parents.

I'm kind of hooked on this series now. This book was equally as trashy as the first one, but there were some pretty wholesome moments between Claire and Todd, and Massie and Claire. The drama in this one was a lot more stressful to read than the first, and overall, the book was pretty bad but so very addictive. A surprisingly large amount of stuff happened in this book so there was truly never a dull moment. Would I recommend this book? No, but I kind of love it.

Favorite Quote: Friends are like clothes—they can’t be in forever. 

This book was so dramatic for no reason and I loved it. Alicia and Massie's feud was so stupid and honestly didn't make a ton of sense over the course of the story, but it was really entertaining watching them walk in circles around apologizing to each other. Claire was kind of annoying, but that's kind of her whole thing. The whole Teen Vogue photoshoot for middle school girls is so entirely ridiculous, but it made for an entertaining story (especially with Faux-livia). The story was a little bit all over the place, but it was a super quick read.

Favorite Quote: The second I think about breathing, I can’t breathe anymore. And then I would die. 

I'm a little ashamed and a little proud that this is the fourth Clique book I've finished in three days. Nina's character was totally insane and definitely added some spice to the story, but she was so very annoying, so I really felt for Massie, Claire, and Alicia. The boy drama in this one was kind of ridiculous, but entertaining nonetheless. Todd is a nightmare now omg and the mocktail subplot was honestly my favorite part. It lowkey left on a cliffhanger though, so I'm so ready to see what happens between Cam and Claire next.

Favorite Quote: Virgins! Virgins! Virgins!

I think I might be moderately addicted to these Clique books. Each one gets more and more outlandish but it's so fun to read. Olivia had some good lines in this one, and Massie and Claire were both the best and worst parts of the book and had some of the more problematic takes. Dylan's mom with the geometry teacher was entertaining, and the ending was a little loco and kind of confusing. Can't wait to see what happens next.

Favorite Quote: It wasn’t Gawd after all. It was Olivia Ryan, one of His biggest mistakes.

It seems very on-brand that my 100th book of the year on Goodreads would be a Clique book. The premise of this story was totally unbelievable, after all, who would hire Claire as an actor out of the blue? But, believability aside, the Hollywood atmosphere was a nice change of pace from the environment of OCD. There was still the usual drama, both between the girls and with their respective middle school "boyfriends", but it was still cute. As per usual, there were a few problematic lines in the book, but considering the fact that the book is about truly some of the worst people to exist, that's to be expected.

Favorite Quote: Was she the only “real” person on the planet? The only one who played by the rules? The only one who believed in honesty and truth? Maybe it would have been better if she had been born evil. At least then duplicitous behavior wouldn’t come as such a shock. 

I don't know why, but I just couldn't get into this one. I may be a little burnt-out from the sheer amount of Clique books I've been reading, but mainly the plot in this one was just kind of dull. It could've been really exciting and I remembered thinking the twist with the kiss was funny when I was 12, but the whole storyline about Claire potentially leaving was just boring and detracted from the story as a whole. Everyone just kind of sucked in this book overall. Hopefully the next book picks up again.

Favorite Quote: What good is a shoe if it doesn’t have a sole?

There was too much stressful boy drama in this book. ESP should be illegal and Chris perpetually annoyed me. Just overall I felt like this book was reaching for something but never quite made it there. There were still some funny moments, though, so not the worst book ever by any means.

Favorite Quote: Had her seemingly sensitive crush always been such a guy’s guy?

This was a very solid start to the NPC's eighth-grade year. The book was pretty short, and, even though Alicia being on the outs with the PC isn't anything new, it was still done in a fun and much less self-involved way. The boy-fast was pretty entertaining, but I did miss reading Kristen's and Dylan's POVs after finishing the summer collection. The trailers brought me back to my elementary school days during which I was also relegated to a trailer for most of the year, and it felt like a very public-school twist on this private-school story.

Favorite Quote: Not exactly the best environment for kids with special needs. Not that the students in the main building seemed to care. 

I’m only giving it a 4 for Dylan and Kristen who are objectively the superior members of the clique. Massie has become more and more insufferable as the series has progressed and this whole book was stressful. Still iconic though.

Favorite Quote: Her mom had warned her about boys who were too perfect: They were not to be trusted. And until this minor grammatical infraction, his picture had been on all twelve pages of the “too perfect” calendar. 

This made me stressed the entire time. Alicia is so annoying and the whole plot was kind of just stupid. Some parts were fun, but it didn’t quite hit the mark.

Favorite Quote: Life goes on, and you have to, too.

Ok, I know the point of these books is that they’re full of crazy middle school drama but I am getting so sick of it. I forgot how stressful these books can be. Literally why can’t they all just get along?

Favorite Quote: It’s up to us to save the males.

I’m so glad I’m almost done with this series. Kristen and Dylan are honestly the only tolerable characters, and this book was yet another Massie and Claire show. The amount of friend break-ups and reconciliations they’ve had deserves an award.

Favorite Quote: If he’d rather play Wii, hasta la vista, baybeeeeeee.

Lisi Harrison truly popped off with this book. It was nice to get chapters from all of the characters for the last book, and it was honestly pretty heart-warming (to the extent that a Clique book can be heart-warming). The letter at the beginning of the book I think spoke volumes to why the series was created and I felt like you really got to see how much all of the characters had matured over the past 14(+) books. The clique books aren't works of art by any means, but they're really fun books to read and I have zero regrets re-reading all of them as an adult.

Favorite Quote: Embrace those differences. You will learn to be proud of what sets you apart.

The Clique books will remain and iconic relic of the time period they were written in probably forever. No other series has such creative and genuinely funny titles, while still managing to both poke fun at the ridiculousness of the characters, while still reminding the reader that they are in fact middle schoolers and go through some of the same embarrassments everyone else dealt with in real life. Lisi Harrison created a truly one-of-a-kind and totally crazy series that had middle schoolers in an absolute chokehold for years. They’re not fine art by any means, but not every series has to be. The Clique series knew that they were kind of goofy and satirical books, and never strayed. If you read these when you were younger, I would definitely recommend picking them up again. 

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐

Books in Series: Charmed and Dangerous; The Clique; Best Friends for Never; Revenge of the Wannabes; Invasion of the Boy Snatchers; The Pretty Committee Strikes Back; Dial L for Loser; It’s Not Easy Being Mean; Sealed with a Diss; Bratfest at Tiffany’s; P.S. I Loathe You; Boys “R” Us; These Boots Are Made for Stalking; My Little Phony; A Tale of Two Pretties

Author: Lisi Harrison

[the-nysh]

Re: bnha ch319 “Friend”

Finally, in the wake of dramatically rejecting Deku’s ‘goodbye’ letter as completely unacceptable (which Hori milks for all its worth in full-colored shreds of emotions - because those aren’t just Deku’s fragmented feelings on paper, they’re Kacchan’s feelings left in figurative pieces now) in solidarity before the whole class...

LET! HIM! SPEAK!! 😤 Kacchan takes charge and formally steps up (properly wearing his tie and all) on behalf of the class to drop all those precision truth bombs the readers have long already known. About him - his feelings, concern, bitter pain, worst fears and convictions - concerning everything he firmly knows and understands about Deku, his lifelong childhood friend, best. 

Kacchan knows what’s up, about the worst possible outcome to befall the Deku he knows when he’s only enabled to the extremes, because lo and behold...

*looks into the camera from the office* Surprise! It’s exactly as Kacchan said would happen. Deku parrots his expected, most utterly convincing “I’m fine” lie to their faces (that Kacchan knew he would say!) like a tragic broken record. Was this supposed to be persuasive or even reassuring to them, looking like that? Is this some sick joke!? How bitterly laughable. Because they’re no fools; there’s absolutely nothing funny about this.

THANK YOU! ;o; Because coddling Deku to get him to face reality right now (nope, he just masks his face up in response to Uraraka’s concern) is not going to work. The harsh reality check which is! Deku ‘giving it his all’ towards self-destructive martyrdom, following the same doomed path as All Might, all while taking on the entire world burden of OfA vs AfO alone by himself without any regards to his own wellbeing, has completely stripped his identity and derailed his original dream: to become the best hero ‘Deku’ who can save (and win!) with a smile. (His current self is shredded to pieces much like the letters he left behind to ‘console’ everyone! Not good.)

Kacchan however, remembers their origins and dual promises to greatness, so he’s the blunt reminder to tell it like it is. That this charade has gone too far; Deku’s fucked up and stubbornly hasn’t realized he needs help. But delivered in some twisted reversal from their ch1 beginnings even, as now the context and intent behind Kacchan’s intervention couldn’t be more different. This time, Kacchan’s here, leading the class as emotional support, as a huge milestone in his character’s maturing acceptance, cooperation & leadership, and to prove his point that Deku should not be trying to do this alone. Not as scorn, but to open Deku’s eyes again and lead him back on track to what’s important.

But wait...no one is smiling here with any of that peace of mind, Deku. Not even yourself, as Kacchan notes. Not like this. In fact, it’s quite the opposite: seeing you literally destroy yourself for others - for the sake of this conceptual idea/duty - will make all those who actually care for you in return (just look at Iida as the understanding sinks in) unable to ever smile again. Funny how that works! And ironically enough, this is the same concept Shigaraki already understood about ‘heroes’ too. The paradox that when selflessness (to help others, even complete strangers) is taken to the extremes, by disregarding oneself at the expense of all else - self-care and connections with family/friends included, it becomes the most selfish thing to those very loved ones left behind who end up hurt the most. Deku, please understand. If. You. Die. by continuing on this destructive path, you cannot hope to ever protect their, or even anyone’s, smiles!

*sighs* No, Deku. That’s enough. Please don’t fight this. Again, as Kacchan’s right, you are not All Might. The iconic hero who’s no longer here, after crumbling as a single pillar unable to hold society together by himself, who’s now become the frail human shell of man you’ve already rejected and left behind, yet are spiraling right towards the same guaranteed failure as him, or worse. No, under this semblance of a mask, you are still Deku, valuable as the hero and important friend to those who absolutely won’t stand by to watch you destroy yourself like this. Because they’re heroes driven to save (and win) too, doubly as the very first friends you’ve ever made (Uraraka & Iida at UA, while Kacchan’s lifelong & known everything since childhood), who personally care for you. So Deku, are you really about to hurt those you’ve sworn to protect? All for the tradeoff sake of....this? When they’re unified in solidarity (with Iida’s supportive hand on Kacchan’s back!) to save you from yourself. If so, they’ll meet you head-on, unwavering in their resolve too, and persistent through the hardest means possible, if that’s what it takes to finally get the message through.

[quixotin]

So this post about Jagged becoming a part of Luka and Juleka's life gave me THE BIGGEST writing itch, so come with me for another edition of "bullet point fics i'll never write"

It's a Couffaines-centered fic

I want it with angst and i want it messy

in which lukanette is canon for more than ONE (1) episode

(they still have this false start in truth but come back)

Okay but lukanette is not the main point here. It's Jagged's relationship w/ his kids. Because 16 years ago he was a dumb fool that knew fuck all about life but now he sees the error of his ways and desperately wants to make things right.

So it's like all the post says

But emphasis on how each of the twins is processing having their father back.

And emphasis on the angst

Juleka is shy at first but warms up faster to him than Luka.

Cause Luka. Now, Luka can't see his face to save his life.

Cue in Jagged being all over the top and showering their kids with love, support, affection, gifts. Anything they can possibly wish for (ahem cue in parallel with a certain agreste)

but Luka is like "oh now you want to come back? why, because I caught you? What makes you believe you can buy us like that! you abandoned us and now you think a couple of songs and dumb gifts are going to make things right?!"

"Listen Luka, I know I made mistakes and I'm very sorry. I don't think I'll be able to ever forgive myself but if you give me a chance to prove--"

"I can't trust you. How can I know if you're telling me the Truth™️? How can I know you won't leave again..."

i'm sorry i- i need a minute

bc Luka is hurting man

Also, Luka is not very happy with Anarka either for hiding the identity of their dad.

"I did it to protect you. I did it because I wanted you to have a normal childhood"

"you did it because he asked you!"

i need a minute cause i'm sobbing

Yes, luka is going through stuff.

But he'll be alright. He's a tough little nugget.

BUT ALSO to complicate things, Jagged being part of their lives again have turned the twins into sudden public figures and lo and behold both become instant heartrobs (i mean, how could they not, they are iconic)

But like, neither care much for it? Cue in Luka being absolutely bothered at the fact people now follow him in the subway??

Except Kitty Section is now High Key famous and they don't know how to feel about it. Because now they more or less have a secured career if they want it but it wasn't earned on merit, and I feel like that wouldn't sit right with either of the twins.

but back to the rabid fans, Luka lowkey starts getting Adrien ahaha

"omg where are all these people coming frommm???"

We reach the breaking point where Luka starts trusting his dad but then something out of Jagged's control happens that he flakes out on something he promised Luka

The disappointment mixed with the stress of suddenly being famous gets Luka like, "No! All you want is to be at peace with yourself! You don't care about what Juleka or I want or need! I never wanted this, to be famous just because I'm your son! You never considered that, did you? All you wanted was to feel better about yourself."

And in that moment Jagged Gets It. He realizes Luka is right and he somehow manages to prove himself to the boy(don't ask me how, my plot didn't reach that far)

But then something happens that makes Luka realize he maybe should give his dad a chance because at least he has one and he is trying, even if he's doing a terrible job (maybe he has a conversation with Adrien about how he wishes his dad would be like Jagged. Or with Kagami about how hard it was for her when her own father left/died. What happened to Mr. Tsurugi? I could not tell you, partner)

So it wraps up with the two making peace and finding ways to come together in a way that works for both of them and we all learn a valuable lesson about the importance of being a present parent that we can flaunt in front of Gabriel Agreste, who has no rights

the end

@miraculous-bullshit @lady-charinette

Look what you two made me do. I hold you fully accountable for this.