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xxnashiraxx · 11 days ago
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Snippet Sunday 🩸
I have been so busy these past couple of weeks and have not had a chance to post on a Wednesday, but making up for that today!
Thank you for all the tags over this past week, guys! Especially to @obsessedwhyyes @vividiana (I SAW YOU POST YOUR FIC, I'M ON THAT) @deadly-diminuendo @heylittleriotact @andromedaancunin @emmg -I hope I got everyone! 🖤
Here is a little snippet from Chapter 18 of With Stars to Fill My Dream! I'm a few words shy of 10k and I'm still not done 😬 Very close though! I still intend to post the chapter this coming Saturday, so I'm just juggling the ending since it was supposed to cut off at a certain event, but if I add that this chapter may turn into 15k and I don't think anyone needs a 15k chapter lol, so 19 will have my big cool secret that I'm excited to write!
Anyway! Here is just a bit from the creche! 🖤
A bump to her back shakes her out of the rapid devouring of self-hatred spreading into every cell in her body, stumbling and almost collapsing onto the ground below. “Watch it,” Astarion hisses, pressing up more firmly against her once her knees steady. “What are you-” “Draw your blade, we’re being surrounded.” “What blade? I have a goddamn knife, in case you haven’t noticed,” “It’ll be close combat soon enough,” He bites back bitterly. With cruel acknowledgement, she realizes he’s right, and she holds her dagger defensively, the feel of Astarion mimicking her stance as they lean on each other for support sending waves of confidence and dizzying uncertainty sparking through her veins. The pair of them really aren’t suited to this kind of punishing rhythm- the dance they weave teetering in and out of their favor with each blow and evasion. Constantly shuffling feet, ducking, and bending lend a kind of bizarre grace to each cohesive attack. He stabs, she parries. He parries, she stabs. A month ago, she’d been shaking in her boots at the prospect of some stranger following her through a dimly lit alley or confronting her for money. Now? She’s slashing her dagger and catching a chunk of githyanki ear in the cheek, sputtering and spitting the metallic liquid from her mouth onto the ground below. “Here, you need something,” Ofelia tosses over her shoulder, knowing he’ll hear her over the loud grunts of a woman who constantly swings her spear- as if she’d be lucky enough to land a successful hit on their cunning rogue. Ofelia presses the hilt of her dagger between gritted teeth before deftly swinging her lute to the front. It takes her but a moment to recall the spell, and the blink of an eye to choose something appropriate. Whether by her estimations or the surrounding enemies, she isn’t sure. Quick digits splay over the neck of the instrument with a prowess stemming from years of habitual repetition. The tune she defaults to when lost in thought—its weeping melody and slapping of skin to wood—floods her brain with familiarity. Like an old friend, it caresses her ears with a comfort long and lost. Emboldened by the teal magic that sinks into his pale skin, Astarion makes short work of the soldier before him with only the loud tearing of sinew and tissue being ripped from bone to indicate her termination. Ofelia turns to him, blood covering his face to paint his gaunt features in a shadowy mockery of the one she knows best. Polluting her thoughts of him, he does nothing but stare. If she’d been of clearer mind she would have paid more attention to the Inquisitor out of his periphery, elbows thrust backward as he lines his blade up with Astarion’s abdomen. “No!” She juts her hip out to knock him off balance, lute lowered in a measly attempt to block the blow. Aged wood and rusting strings do not, a proper shield, make.
If you're wondering what Ofelia strummed, yes it's the guitar solo from Bulls in the Bronx 🤙🏻
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reapersmarch · 17 days ago
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no one asked for this, but I've seen enough people mention the way I render that I figured I'd give some of my trade secrets away
prefacing this with i am entirely self taught and everything i draw has been improvised bullshit LMAO
i havent made a tutorial since i made icons on livejournal so give me a min here. firstly, I use procreate, so I don't know how universal this will be. secondly, this is the brush set I swear by. literally almost exclusively use it.
these specifically are the ones I use a lot:
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soft is for drawing, eraser is for everything (painting, blending, and erasing. have used it to draw sometimes but it's not the best for it), and finger smudge is for blending and (sometimes) blush or generally very big soft colour application. the "hard rough - colour" was one I duplicated when I was using rough and hard rough more. I don't use it any longer.
here's a bel(f) drawing I did earlier this month that I sort of cleaned up a bit (barely) and his colour palette with the flats laid down:
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when I start laying down the shading, everything goes on various multiply clipping mask layers. opacity varies. usually I drop the layer to about 40-60%, then adjust as necessary.
with my first shadow colour, I block out where I want the shadows to go. this layer is set to multiply at 50%:
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at this point idc about blending, I'm really just looking to get the placement down here. once i Do That, then I'll go in and blend out some areas. I like some hard lines, as that really defines the soft ones, so while blending, I also use the eraser to carve out highlight areas:
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I can't tell u nothing about over blending because I'm 99% I over blend anyway lol but just use ur best judgement. when I'm happy with that, I'll make a new clipping mask layer set to multiply above the first one and go over areas where I want to emphasize the shadows with my second shadow colour. this multiply layer is always at a lower opacity than the first one. I have it set to 30% here:
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any sins can be hidden when I'm done. I put another multiply layer above these layers and set the opacity very low, usually ab 20-25%, and start laying down blush. tbh the opacity really depends on the colours being used. for ric, his gets set much lower and is blended a lot more. here i have this layer set to 25%.
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I put blush in the same places: over the nose bridge, around the cheeks, up over the temples, the ears, sometimes a little on the neck, and on the knuckles and shoulders.
will smoth poses there u have it.
for the eyes, I don't use multiply layers. on the flats layer, I lay the base colour, then I go in with the darkest colour. personally, I like to keep the lines for the eyes very light, fill in the base, go erase the line, then use the darkest colour to ring the iris:
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obviously you don't have to do that. I use the darkest colour near the top of the iris also and very lightly brush it downwards, then I take the highlight and put it where I want the light to hit:
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hair is ez. because I use such a dark colour for bel in particular, that gets set to a lower multiply layer, usually ab 30-40%. this one is set to 40. if I really want to go for more shadow emphasis, I similarly will put another layer over top and make it much lower, then go and add extra shading. et voila:
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I'll go in and add highlights in places I want to emphasize, and then finish the image in my usual way (chromatic aberration and a layer of noise hides most sins):
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I usually adjust the colour with curves and some overlay layers but that's 2 ur tastes really.
that's really all it is. I also studied the painting style of a friend bc I love the way he lays down colours, and watched a ton of marco bucci videos. this one in particular helped a lot.
anyway that's my secret
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amoransia · 7 months ago
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Really late, but here's my ekuoto chapter 70 commentary. Nothing special, just me freaking out. You know. The usual.
Watch out for spoilers!
Dante got a very special dialogue balloon with "..." in it. Which is curious to me. I'm sure it means some sort of reflection or surprise happening within him; I really want to what he's thinking. How do you feel? Knowing that the that child you were entrusted can't even bear to be awake anymore? That he runs to escapism? Must suck. Anyway.
On the other hand, dearest Daniel is real composed. Good job on getting info out of Belphegor. That's not really a high bar, though lmao... I mean, how are you a demon and can't LIE? Embarrassing... Go back to demon high school or something. Fall from grace again! The whole premise of your existence is being a lying thing that leads people to sin, and you're here having communication issues??? Dude. That's so moe.
Everyone thinking Belph's got something up his sleeve is fucking hilarious. No. Sorry. He's not Kira or anything like that. It's not all according to his "keikaku". He's just kinda dumb and suffers from Villain Monologue Syndrome...
Him saying "my witch", though... ough! (takes critical hit)
Really funny how he showed him off sleeping and everything. Why are you bragging? Is this something to show off? I guess it is for you... I'd be embarrassed if all my coworkers suddenly saw me sleeping on a plasma 100" inch TV, though. Maybe have a little consideration! Also, I don't think anyone's mentioned this before, but I think it's a cool detail that Priest's in a fetal position. Not only does this position bring one comfort, but it can also represent how he's about to be "reborn" as a witch of Sloth. The sphere he's sleeping in can kinda be a uterus, right?
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Belphegor and Mikhail replying to each other while Leah was suffering out of confusion was funny. She got the straight man role forced onto her. Miha's "I see!" was cute. Very casual, as if he wasn't talking to a Demon Lord lol. To be fair, Bel is not really intimidating.
Meanwhile, Vir is busy trying to lead his shounen manga team to victory... (or not really.) They'll definitely get some piece of Belphegor though. I wonder what it'll be... he doesn't have anything like Asmodeus' eyes sticking out, so this is a mystery to me.
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Me when I get excited about an interest of mine and end up yapping too much
Dante and Vergilius are heading to the same place, so they'll meet up again... I'm looking forward to the mess that comes out of that 👀.
Imuri needs to step up her game, or I'll be taking matters into my own hands because this is ridiculous. Femme Fatale? Wtf are you talking about. Fraudmuri. The Demon Lord of Fraud. Her true title.
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Her biggest crime so far is being more in love with the idea of being in love with Priest than actually caring for him. Does that make sense? So far, she hasn't done any effort in actually coming to know him. She needs to KNOW!!!! At least I can respect that she also takes male rivals seriously... and her aggressiveness towards them. Lole.
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She doesn't call Priest "sleepyhead" in the JP raws. I don't really mind the addition, but I thought it was worth noting here anyway. Makes it cute.
"It'll be over soon" Naw bro Imuri is coming at you with a fucking sledgehammer. Watch out.
Tiny Imuri is so fawking cute. I've been craving these Imuri flashbacks for forever because we know virtually nothing about her. What moves her. Why does she long to love!! We'll know in due time, I guess. But please show me a bit of it, Aruma-sensei...
Asmodeus being considerate enough to make sexual things vague to Imuri is nice, but it confuses me a bit. Well. I shan't dwell on it, lest my head blows up.
Imuri seems to have some complex about being a demon with no demon power, because she keeps asserting that she is a demon? Am I explaining this properly? Like in this chapter (ch.70) and chapter 3.
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Anywho.
Imuri imagining the BL route... save me... my fucking sides... I burst out laughing the first time my eyes laid on that panel. True to her succubus nature, she didn't even consider the possibility of them using blood or whatever else instead of straight-up KISSING. Those are still bodily fluids, right?? Calm down, girl! Stay put!!!
"I'm not letting his first kiss go to some guy that just appeared!!" HE'S BEEN THERE FOR A DECADE! YOU ARE THE NEWCOMER!!! IMURI, GIRL!! You absolute buffoon! Clown, even!
Whew. Lmao.
This arc also feels like a callback to that one "sleeping beauty" comment from chapter 3.
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...except their roles have switched.
This time, Imuri will be the one kissing Father on the cheek to wake him up, and it'll be so, so cute. Trust. Trust me. This will happen. (Going insane).
Go and make him your witch, Imuri... Dew it... Make a move... (screaming and crying)
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11queensupreme11 · 8 months ago
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Me, the beginning of the chapter: OMG! Bel and Percy dancing! So sweet, now everyone has to know they are great together 🥺❤️
Me, end of the chapter: my girl has 0 rest and the fates are the worst sharing news, 0 stars to their service, please stoooop
(also, very curious about all of Bel's situation, Percy is strong but not so strong... Yet)
Of course, I know they're going to end together and just want to push her to make that decision but she's loyal (fatally loyal)
She needs something that makes her stay, forcing her to decide them. We know the yanderes are more than happy to do it but also something like saving the world/humans can make her stay
Sincerely, waiting for how you're going to do this queen, both ways look good but wouldn't be the first time you surprise me so I'm letting this on your hands
(no pressure tho, write whatever you want whenever you want. First are you then the rest ❤️)
Hera, the other way...
For one second, just a minute where I was truly sad for here, a gigantic work for a solitary woman
Then she made me remember the reason why she's alone and I was over it lol
Good luck traveling, when you find her she's going to have a lot of packages that are going to kill her for that.
You are scared of Gea? They're going to be nothing compared to them, fully massacred and your territory colonized or erased no other options for the sin of stealing Percy
My girl is too loyal, she'd keep trying to go back home but now she has 5 gods ready to make her. She can hate them for a few centuries, one day she'd get over it and they'd be ready to love her.
Is one of the things I love about your fic, you really make them so good that we let our guard down just to attack us (and Percy) with the facts they're gods and gods aren moral or anti moral, they just don't have a moral like the human and you can force them to have it (if a animal eats their babies because of instinct it means they're bad? Or is their world different from ours?)
Percy has seen it, with Hades/Persephone and with Poseidon and his behavior. But I don't feel like she has fully understood what it means.
All of them are ready to ignore her and her decision because they CAN'T lose her. Loki would kill her only if she could come back. Beelzebub probably would lie to her about bifrost if that means she stays by his side. I don't have to say anything about Poseidon, Hades and Apollo, they're greeks, house of tragedies.
She's suicidal? Beelzebub too bestie, you both can go together to therapy.
No saying they (Beelzebub and maybe Like) aren't going to try to help her but like. One sign of her soul being hurt? No looking back we're going to see what we do about consequences later
(Loki LIKES when she's upset and his actions are chaotic enough to just make her divine and fight her for centuries)
How can Percy keep so firm against them? I'd be weak cause they are so good with her (incest no mention) and they appreciate her how they original universe never did. There she's safe, loved and cared for, where in PJO she's the one doing the hard work and fighting for gods that would kill her having the chance and just use her while they can.
Of course, she has Sally and her friends but... Wouldn't they want that she be happy and safe? We know Sally was prepared to lose everything to secure that, so I think she'd like her to live in a world where she doesn't worry about monsters or money.
Her friends also weren't in active danger, of course there is the prophecy but that doesn't mean they're the ones dealing with it
She deserves to be happy and living without worries.
But I'm a lot more egoist than her so who knows?
The only thing sure is Mnemosyne is in danger for that book and Antonius is dead, no opportunity for him even if Percy asks cause when she turns her head puff, he's gone
(little remember that Nico is amazing and also very good to traumatize :D and that fact is canon! :D so if you put in ROR he's going to fit just fine as Percy! And imagine just how cute he'd look at the side of Thor 🥺)
(Really, maybe it is the lack of sleep but they look cute in my mind now)
i just love writing about percy's dilemma of "should i stay or should i go?" cuz the best answer is honestly to go back BUT her desire for her father's love and a life where she doesn't have to fight constantly is what makes her hesitate
on one hand, in the ror verse:
there are no wars for her to fight, and if there was one, she'd be ordered to stay back because the gods here are actually ALLOWED to directly fight
her godly family can spend time with her because zeus isn't a tyrant that makes interaction illegal
she has friends and family here that she cares about too
they don't want to fucking kill her 💀
etc
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND IN THE PJO VERSE
everyone she loves is there, her friends, her family, and ofc pjo!poseidon
no yanderes
she's not being sexually abused and raped 💀
she can still have a normal life and future aside from the demigod stuff
she's not stuck living in a misogynistic society where she's her father's property nor will she become her husband's property should she ever marry
etc
i cannot wait to stress her out even more hehehe >:3
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wolfsbane44 · 2 years ago
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-- Rescue Me--
Summary: Bellamy x Reader. Bellamy rescues you from Mt Weather, knowing you need to get to Clarke. He loves you and will do anything to protect you, and make you happy...including taking you for the first time in the forest.
Warning: NSFW, 18+, Implied harm, implied entrapment and kidnapping, Scars, Mental health, oral (f receiving), unprotected sex, voyeurism, swearing.
I have never done anything with the Reader involved, so It may be a little rough around the edges (or really rough idk lol- but let me know where I can improve)
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You and Bellamy had been hiking for miles. With Mt Weather as far as you could put it at your back. So far the Grounders had left you in peace but you weren't sure they wanted to do with anything that came from the mountain. You needed to get to Clarke as fast as you could, but the last time you saw her she was not the same. Lexa dying had changed her, made her into something that no one wished to see. Wanheda had been unleashed, there was no stopping her, she wouldn't even listen to those of us who came down first.
Bel wanted us to stop to find some water and a place to sleep for the night. You were not objecting, especially when he found a small freshwater spring. It was the dead of summer and had to be at least a hundred degrees, and you hadn't seen a shower in lord knows how long. They kept you below. Using your blood and others like you to fix their people. You had been on the Ark with them all, but there was something different in your blood, they would take and take for tests and experiments. Not giving it to their citizens but to their soldiers. They had done this for months now. Scars riddling your arms and legs from the countless needles and restraints they kept you in. 
“Breathe sweetheart” Bel whispered. He could see the terror in your eyes as the memories flooded back into your head. He was the one who had saved you. Your knight in shining armor… if that even existed anymore. He had learned what they were doing to you but knew he couldn't take you out immediately. He had to have a plan, otherwise, he would end up in the cages with you. Every day he brought me fresh food and water. Risking being caught, but he never missed one day. You thought that was honesty the only thing that kept you sane. 
Stripping off your clothes and getting into the spring was agonizing. It wasn't blissful like people talk about after a “hard day's work” -whatever that was, you had only had a hard life, no breaks- there was no relaxing as you stepped in. The cold waters pierced your bones and your still-healing wounds ached. “Let me help you,” he said reaching his hand out to yours. He was already undressed. This was the first time you had seen all of him. But he had seen you like this every day. Shame washed over your face as you pulled away from him. He didn't push further.
Sinking into the water finally, you let yourself be scrubbed clean. You weren't arguing as you were so sore you could barely move. He let you float in the water as long as you needed, although he got out to wash our clothes. They were all you had other than an extra pair of socks and underwear, and the supplies in the bag that Bellamy had brought. Ration bars, canteens, and a knife. He started a fire in hopes that the smoke would keep the bugs away for the night but kept it small in fear of being spotted. Set his traps for small game praying we wouldn't have to eat rations. You got out and put on your clean underwear as you waited for your clothes to dry. It wouldn't be long with the wind blowing in over the valley.
Bellamy had offered to take the first watch but he never woke you up for yours. He knew you needed sleep, especially after watching you thrash all night- dreaming of lord knows what they did to you that you hadn't told him. It hurt him to see you like this, he knew there was nothing he could do to take this pain away. So he did the only thing he knew how to do, hide and protect you. He had done if for his sister on the Ark, and after falling head over heels for you he would do anything for you down here too. Sunrise came slowly. Bellamy heard a twig snap and immediately woke you up. 
With his hand pressed against your mouth, you woke up screaming. It brought back too much, pure panic rushed in your body. You met his stare, his eyes gleaming with nothing but protection and love for you. You knew he wasn't going to hurt you but he wanted you to be able to run if need be. Following him to do what he called a “Perimeter sweep” he discovered it was his trap that had been sprung. A fresh rabbit lay on the ground, still twitching as if its nerves still fighting for its life. Like you had been. 
Bellamy ended it swiftly for the poor creature but you couldn't watch. He let you go back and float in the spring again while he prepared the meat. The small fire was just enough to cook the rabbit. It had been at least a month since you even smelled cook meat, let alone tasted it. Your mouth watered. He cooked your portion first, bringing it to you and letting you enjoy those last few minutes before you had to start hiking again. 
If you were able to keep the pace you were at, you would be able to reach Arkadia by nightfall. Bellamy walked hand in hand with you even singing to you to make the time pass. To make you think of anything other than fear. Stopping for a break around midday, you saw sweat glistening off of him. Taking his shirt off to cool down you saw the muscles that lined his beautiful torso. He caught you enjoying yourself and taking him all in. 
Walking over to you he stooped down and placed a kiss on top of your head, then your nose, and finally your mouth. It wasn't long before his hands found their way into your shirt. Begging him to take it off, as you could see the fire in his eyes. He wanted you, all of you, right here and now. Your kiss hardened and turned passionate, tongues clashing he picked you up and set you on his lap, and you wrapped your legs and arms around him. 
You could feel his length hardening beneath you. The wetness pooling at your core. The ache in your stomach, longing for him to fill you up. He could sense it as he picked you up and laid you on your back in one swift but gentle motion. His body pushing against yours he only stopped to take off your pants. His eyes went straight to your core “Fuck sweetheart, all of that for me” he whined. His eyes meeting yours, all you could do is say “Bel… Please” and he knew what that meant. He was so gentle with you always making sure you were okay. Sitting between your legs he traced one long line up your slit with his tongue. Pure bliss washed over you, you hadn't felt this way in a long time. Before you could think anymore his mouth had begun to ravage you. His tongue flicked small circles on your clit, his fingers teasing your entrance, making sure you would be ready to take him. Slowly he pushed one inside, then another, and you moaned “Bellamy, fuck me please!” pumping a couple more times touching that perfect spot inside you he pulled you close into a kiss.
Reaching for his belt, then his zipper, you pulled his member out as fast as you could. He was above average, but not so big that he would hurt you. He was perfect. Pumping him with your hands a few times he pushed you back and lined himself at your entrance. Passing a glance to check on you, you nodded and he slowly pushed inside of you. All the way to the hilt. Pleasure washed over you as the very tip of him kissed the spot inside that he knew would send you over the edge. He started thrusting slowly. He didn't want to just fuck you. He wanted to love you. This was your first time with him and he wanted you to enjoy it, feeling all of him. He lifted your legs up, positioning your knees by your chest, his hands pushing down on the backs of your thighs and helping him balance. He began slamming into you. White washed over your eyes and ringing pierced your ears before you could tell him you were close. 
Coming back down his hand began making small circles on your clit. He fucking loved seeing you this way, seeing you ride out your high with him buried deep inside you. You were so close to cumming again when you saw his breath stagger. “Come in me” you begged him. You needed to feel his warmth inside of you. Just as you felt that seed spill into you, your own high washed over you sending you back into oblivion. His pumping slowed and came to a halt. He lowered your legs and began cleaning you up. He thanked himself for bringing some hygiene supplies because his thick white cum poured out of you dripping down your bottom. 
You let him clean you and help you get dressed, you both knew you needed to start hiking again if you were going to make it home in time. “That was the hottest shit I have seen in a while Bellamy” came from the trees. Eyes spinning around. Murphy. He really sat there and watched it all. No embarrassment washed over you but relief as you ran to hug him. You had no idea how he escaped the mountain. He was your best friend and had been since you had been imprisoned in the Ark. You never had a thing for him but you could see how pissed Bel was that he watched.
“How about next time I join in” Murphy jokingly shouted from ahead the trail. You smirked at Bellamy knowing this was going to be a long hike home.
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teriwrites · 21 days ago
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Below (Rewrite): Part 2
My Live Reactions to Reading Through My 2012 Novel
'The next morning I was the first person to wake up. My cheeks were flushed red from a dream I had just had, but tossed it from my mind. As I had said before, there was no time for tragic love stories in an underground slave camp.' the closest i ever came to writing spice lol
'One day, we had to pull stones across a cave for no reason.' awww a throwback to draft one, where that was one of your primary tasks!
Kristen apparently completely blind as two boys vying for her attention in front of her nearly get into a fight. Classic love triangle trope. Which I love. So much. Obviously. ...
'They obviously hated each other's guts, and I rolled my eyes at them so much I was afraid they'd roll out of my head.' Kristen is Not here for their ridiculous posturing, and I'm right there with her
'Then I realized that there must have been a whole string of slave camps, each holding several thousand mutants.' okay firstly i don't love that i keep calling them 'slave camps' idk i just feel like there's other words we could be using, but also WHAT!! i genuinely wasn't expecting that
Apparently Kristen, who is from Miami (another place I'd never been in my life) speaks with a southern drawl
Kristen watches Trinity break out from the compound, decides to just go back to bed
'The rest of the time I was trying to sleep, I could practically hear the gears churning in [my roommate's] brain.' technically, Kristen, with your mind reading, you Could do that
"He's not a very nice guy, is he? Surely he has a heart, right? Every human has a heart, but this guy seems to be missing the kindness from it." go off, Lea, that scientist is a POS
RAEVIN TIME
"You know what you're doing, I suppose?" he asked the girl as he approached the tree. The girl looked down, "Of course I know what I'm doing. I wasn't trained half my life for nothing." (pfft okay edgelord)
Raevin is so much sassier in this draft!
'This girl wasn't even sure if there were animals about. She smirked. She could change that.' lmaooo you sure can
Institute spy has officially upgraded from a walkie talkie to a phone
'It was as if he had teleported to that spot.' (is this implying that the Institute is hiring mutants as well as imprisoning them?)
'All it took was one bullet to the head, and she'd be a goner. She wasn't quite like Mr. J.' okaaaay more heavy hinting, that's fun
Raevin's an orphan, R.I.P. to Mr. and Mrs. ... whatever her last name is lol none of these characters have last names
'And to stop him, she was willing to kill him.' oooooooo okay Raevin, this kind of darkness is more what I remembered from her character, kill that assassin!
Once again mistaking the population of a real life place with a real life census that I could've very easily looked up at the time
We're really not playing around with the idea of this being like a refugee-camp-town, these people are essentially Mr. J's hostages
Also I really have to point out that Mr. J continues to be a very silly name for a man as evil as this lol
Confirmed unnatural-natural blue highlights in her black hair lmaoooo okay Ebony Dark'ness Dementia 'Raevin' Way
14-year-old fired from her 9-5! 9AM-5AM, to be clear
Why would I name one of these cronies Benny when one of my main characters' names is Ben???
Is she 'not like other girls' or is she just coded for neurodivergency? The world may never know
Awww Benny's kind of a sweetheart. He's also a cop, though, and ACAB still applies.
omfg they're all babies. everyone's a baby. Bill is somewhere in his mid-20s. Benny is 22.
Martha's supposed to be middle-aged. She's 'almost thirty'.
I'm gonna go count my gray hairs real quick, brb
Raevin stop abusing the trees. Go find a real target for your throwing knives
Also I think this counts as the first recorded proof that I was always gonna veer towards playing rogues in D&D
"There's nothing to do," Raevin realized.' idk maybe you could GO TO SCHOOL??
"You can't honestly believe that the girl has just disappeared, can you?" Scott asked. Scientist Martinez was glaring at him like he had just stolen Christmas.' and we're back to these chucklefucks
Once again I use Coffee as the obvious choice for a universally hated scent
Also once again hating on the name Shawna
gdi I'd been doing So Well not comparing skin colors to food... hopefully that's a one-time thing ugh
'Once I reached Max, his face lit up with anticipation. "I've got the graphite, do you have the paper?" He snorted and pulled a couple sheets from his sleeve. How he had managed to hide them in short sleeves, I didn't ask.' okay firstly, the formatting of all of these is atrociously confusing half the time, but also pfft
It's been like two scenes, and I'm SO over Ben and Max's beef
In a spin on draft 1, the above-ground 'Institute' is an abandoned building situation, so it's actually a very easy escape once you manage to get there. Apparently. I'm sure that's going to stay consistent.
'Then I had an epiphany. The answer to all our problems could have walked up and slapped me in the face.' idk why framing it that way is so silly to me
Literally why does this 16-year-old dude have so much beef with a 9-year-old??
'I found out that I was one of the unlucky people that couldn't go into her dorm room. It was blocked by a huge boulder.' presumably from the explosions Trinity caused while escaping?? which happened last night?? where was this boulder hiding when you got up this morning???
No more clone!Lea in this draft, she's just genuinely feeling left out because Kristen keeps dipping to go plot out her escape and whether or not Lea will be joining them seems to change every scene
'I couldn't help thinking what Lea had said, but neither of them was my boyfriend, and neither of them would ever become my boyfriend.' see, if i wrote lines like that nowadays, i'd probably mean them lol
Kristen just closed herself into a room with no door handle on the inside, and my skin is Crawling just thinking about it
"What's wrong?" Max grabbed my chin and lifted it so that I was forced to look at him.' JK THAT'S WORSE omg the biggest ick of my LIFE
Kristen seems so concerned about Lea dying if she comes with them to break out of the Institute, yet literally earlier in the book was Shocked to see someone over the age of 30 in this compound bc life expectancy here is, like, mid-20s
"She's nine and she can make her own decisions now." let's roll back the first part of that sentence: SHE'S NINE.
'[Learning about an inaccessible office with necessary information] perked me up even more because now not only would I figure out who was bugging me, I could do it illegally!' okay edgelord lol
'Honestly, I was pretty sure that the scientist's cared more about their jobs than they did their lives. As long as they got paid, they'd be content.' *COUGH COUGH* capitalism
'Okay, so Scott may have been everyone's favorite scientist, but he was still a scientist.' *cough cough*
Okay, as much as having The Boys fighting over Kristen has been a nuisance, I do appreciate that Kristen isn't like constantly hating on Ben this go round. They're currently breaking into a database together, how fun!
Ending Thoughts:
I feel like everything that I mentioned anticipating for Below's first draft was actually just being lifted from memories of the second draft lol Like, the YA tropes - including this really fun, not-at-all exhausting love triangle - the edginess of the characters, Kristen being a little less angry and a little more level-headed (though she's still got her moments dw!), Trinity's breaking out. Still don't know what her powers are, btw, but maybe those will actually be revealed at some point. Anyways, some maturation in writing style doesn't mean it's not without plenty of awkward phrasing, grammar mistakes, and incomprehensible contradictions every other page!
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utapri-hana · 2 years ago
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Since the "Chords Of" event series has ended (maybe, not sure)
Let's do a quick recap, it's very underrated series and many people are not up-to-date with it!
Ok, here I go!
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It all started with Ranmaru (Bel Canto) An exorcist, and Tokiya (elegy) a DEMON.
Ran's dream is to become a famous musician. But he lacks talent and skill. He left his family and carries on exorcism jobs by a church in some random town.
Toki on the other hand, the purpose of his existence is to take over Ran's soul.
He is found by Ran who took him in until he gets better or remember anything at least.
Toki has amnesia. He doesn't know he is a demon,
Ran, is not much liked by the locals because he has a very scary face but Toki seems to get along perfectly with everyone (except animals)
Whatsoever later on (and by all the signs) Toki releases that he is a demon, so he decides to leave quietly so he won't hurt anyone.
Ran is on a duty one night but surprise surprise he finds Toki has taken care of that other demon using a tool was supposed to be used on Ran.
They come on terms and they became partners.
Because Ran believes that you're not tied to be anything just because you were born for it. So he decides to help Toki to become what he wants despite being a demon.
Next they meet Otoya (Coda) and his partner Ai (Refrain).
They are both a little sadistic LoL
They have a contract, The angel Coda finds the genius exorcist Refrain very interesting.
Ai is coming from a very famous exorcists family. He inherited his family's special scythe to exorcise demons.
After coming to Ran's church, Oto gets really interested in Ran (and bullying Toki) also they figured that Toki is a demon, they offered a deal to Ran, to make a contract with Oto to keep TOKİ safe and for them to change their sadistic ways of exorcism.
Next a new two came to the town, Camus (Credo) and Natsuki (Irise)
Camus is a "freelance" exorcist and Natsu is not a human, not a demon nor an angel, no one knows what is he and neither does he know because he suffers from amnesia.
Camus is a two faced stingy lair whom keeps taking Ran jobs (also maintaining a good relationship with the locals)
One thing about him that he and for sure cares about Natsu alot!
It was never mentioned who they met but they are partners to the bones.
Natsu never remembers who is he but he keep hearing voices that tells him to destroy everything.
What so ever, these two in fact joins the family and now everyone lives in the same church as Ran and Toki.
Next we have the archangel Syo (Ferne) and his beloved partner Cecil (Schluss)
Syo is very serious angel and always on the top of his duty. He is hard to socialise and comes of unfriendly most of the time... Even a little dark..
Cecil is on a very short mission in the church that Ran and the others staying in
So Toki is mostly just hiding from them to avoid any conflicts.
It was mentioned by Cecil that Syo should go to the heavenly realm because it's been awhile.
But Syo replied that he rather not, because he is trying to repay Cecil for saving him and he doesn't want anything back to happen when he is away.
Now, they never mentioned anything about how they met.
Syo confirm Ran about Toki but Ran just tells him that Toki is not a demon anymore "he is my partner" Syo thought that Ran was under Toki's control and tried to help him but ... Well nothing happens because there is nothing... And ends up being lectured by Ran about his way of living.
Also Syo wanted to destroy natsu looks like he was "poisoned" by this town and he changed his mind.
Natsu tells him that not every change is a bad thing. And offers him to be friends. But Eyo says no because they have different ways and purposes.
Also important to mention that in the end of the event When Syo and Cecil leave, TOKİ comes out of his hide and says that he had a very bad feeling about this and that face (I guess he means Cecil) looks very familiar.
Next we have "Chords of Pursuit" the arrival of Flåm (Reiji) is Bel Canto's childhood friend and Echo (Ren).
Flåm is worried about Bel-chan because he doesn't want him to stop being an exorcist. They both coming from two famous families of exorcists and they have responsibility upon them to protect people. So Flåm was nagging Bel about leaving music and focusing on exorcism.
Bel didn't take that in a good way so they both got in an argument.
Echo (Ren) is an angel that's guides Flåm's family, and since he is with Flåm now that's mean Flåm is the head of his family, also Echo is the older brother of the angels.
After Schluss and Ferne left, the angels found traces of them, so Echo decided to stick around to see whether they will come back or not.
Now "Chords of Devotion" the last of the series so far.
Schluss and Ferne, appears again with a powerful demon called Karma (that's Masato) .
Karma is a demon moved by boredom. He will do anything to get a little entertainment.
And Schluss is a fallen angel with jet-black wings.
Ferne, is an angel who disobeyed god and followed Schluss because Schluss has saved him before and he feels like he should repay him by protecting him.
Now.
The reason Schluss fallen was that he wanted to "love even the darkness" which is forbidden by God.
The 3 on them leads an army of demons into the town where Bel Canto and the others are.
Anywho, the fight start, Frene and Coda are fighting together as the others are taking care of the demons.
Echo tells Flåm to take care of the rest as he catches up with Coda, Frene and Schluss.
But Credo asks him to take İrise with him, because he knows that İrise is worried about Ferne and he knows that İrise is special and if there was someone who can reach to Ferne then it's him.
He tells him to go and do what he wants, and not to worry about the situation here, he can handle it.
İrise thanks Credo and joins the battle with Schluss and Frene.
He jumps on Frene and teleports him to the flower field. And gives him a good talk about how he can too follow his heart and shouldn't be chained to anyone.
And adds that after coming to this town even him -İrise- can stand for what he believes in.
Frene replied with, how for something that is not an angel or a demon or a human, İrise is what others sees (what İrise is, do depends on the other person that observers him)
And he says that every since he came here all what he can think about is this flower field (you can tell that Frene finally knew what he wants to do at that moment)
Moving to Bel Canto and Elegy in the face of the "mastermind" aka Karma.
Karma is giving them a very hard time. Since he keeps on making more and more demons and no matter how much they kill of them there seems to be no end for the demons.
Karma is having his fun, he never thought that one of his children will turn up against him. But here we are with Elegy protecting Bel Canto.
Karma says that he is not angry about Elegy killing his own kind, but he needs to take souls instead of the one Elegy couldn't bring home (he means Bel Canto's)
As Bel Canto and Elegy desperately trying to fight back and under all that pressure Bel shouts at Karma that if his soul is what he's after, then he can take it.
Karma is surprised, is Bel Canto that ready to give up on living?
Bel replies that since he left his hometown, he is alone and have nothing to lose anyway.
Here is where Elegy interrupts and says that Bel was the reason he was saved and wanted to live as a human and Bel has everyone else in the dormitory now. "So don't tell me you don't have anything to lose" (YEAH! TELL HİM ELEGY)
Bel Canto is touched and Karma is amused. He likes this due so much he let them go this time.
And by that I mean he leaves but left them a good chunk of demons to deal with.
Schluss, Frene and Karma are back together now. As they are about to leave Ferne says that he can't continue following them and he is going back to god to receive his punishment.
Schluss goodbyes him saying he will always love him and will watch over him.
By the sunrise all the demons disappear. The group is all back together.
Flåm comments that despite his wounds Bel Canto still has his soul "so did you decide to keep on living as An exorcist?"
Elegy added that he hopes Bel gets scolded alot and after that they can talk about how he wants to live.
Bel's answered that nothing much changed he still honest with his thoughts. But now he knows he is not alone (my heart).
The angels takes Ferne to god and The last dialogue was between Schluss and Karma, starts with Schluss saying that he didn't thought Karma will let Frene go without a word. "Do you really have forgiveness or did some love grew in your heart?"
Karma answers that it was merely for his entertainment. The more weird objects to observe the less bored he will be.
+ He is looking forward to see where Schluss's love will leads him.
Schluss: "yes. I am grateful to you for giving me this power.
Let's grow up some more together.
I believe one day our paths will cross again, and when that's happen let's pick up from where we left!"
__the end__
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gerrydelano · 10 months ago
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DANNY GOING 💥 ANON HERE. HEWWO. I AM SO GLAD THIS ISN'T CANON
this is perhaps??? the 8th time im rewriting this??????????? but i keep coming back to it. you're one of my favourite authors period so i HAD to just fuckging. absorb all of this so i could process it correctly.
okay okay so
1. widower tim breaks my fucking heart. like really there is no way to properly convey this to you over the screen. like. his whole thing is love, right? it's why he's the witness in literally every iteration of the gtcu. so for him to have to actually Witness gerry's death and be the most broken i have seen him across three aus where the world ends in every one of them breaks me. beyond belief. you and ren made him my favourite (next to danny) and then some. waugh
1b. 'a spire in the fog' A LIGHTHOUSE WITHOUT A LIGHT, YOU COULD SAY?
1c. i don't remember the ronologue it was exactly but it said that marriage wasn't a serious consideration but wife is a nickname that gerry loves?
2. pink is jon's honesty colour. he is wearing a pink kurta. i am going to sob.
2b. the description of the sunny day that gerry died on makes me wail.
3. MELANIE'S EVERYTHING. I LOVE HER SO MUCH. I LOVE LOVE LOVE THE IDEA OF HER MAKING A MEMORIAL VIDEO FOR GERRY FEATURING ALL THE STATEMENT GIVERS WHO WE HELPED. TIMOTHY HODGE. CAROLINE. CALLUM.
4. divishah and the cocoa. god. actually rewinding a little to say that i made it to 'no more estrogen' before crying. sasha did lose a sister!!!! HER BROTHER DIED AND SO DID HER SISTER. FUCK
4b. okay back to the cocoa. that was really kind of her to come all the way down to the archives just to bring them all a treat i love her so much.
4c. SASHA LIKE. REVERSE WITNESSING TIM? IDK HOW TO EXPLAIN IT BUT GOD. GOD GOD GOD /pos
4c(i) sasha and tim's sections ending the same then danny's ending as the inverse of that. they are the siblings 4ever.
5. DANNY. DANNY!
5b. okay i am really fucking pleased because i think i figured out a through line here. I will put it in a second ask because i need to back (9th time now!) to make sure i am correct so i will leave my miscellaneous observations here
danny only names himself in his dialogue once he recalls coming back when gerry can't
he calls himself the bull and Martin the tamer like how the contortionist did
tim standing in the doorway and blocking him out reminds me of hlm when danny comes to tims house the first time and tim refers the black out curtains he had to get bc of jon's stalking? that's like. the loosest connection ever lmao but it's a parallel and it hurts. (warm and solid vs cold and intangible...)
seconding this by the description of tim's eyes being the same way as the 'nothing. and nothing hurt' that keeps popping up in rtd.
also thanking you for letting danny cry? that sounds weird but it's nice to see a moc that just. is allowed to let it out. i am rotating him (all of them really) in my head
BOOM ANOOOON i'm so glad to see you! you really did just Infiltrate My Brain with that ask and i got completely overtaken and it feels like it's been more than 5 days ngl. thank you So much for the inspiration, i did have a lot of fun with this exercise, it was a challenge to kill my favorite LOL.
cracks knuckles here we go
1. widower tim breaks MY heart! "his whole thing is love, right?" you GET IT! his whole thing IS love! i can't see him as anything other than the witness at this point, even if pbr!witness is extremely different and Much Wetter than the original rtd!witness. him witnessing gerry's death in here is actually just fucking awful because he'd subsist on it in a very specific way; the arrangement renders it a suicide just as much as a murder. writing him this broken was so painful but so satisfying djhfkjdf tim is a worthy favorite to have! he's always been my favorite of the original archives crew, if it wasn't Blatantly Obvious by how much we center him LMAO.
1b. a lighthouse without a light.... you're krilling me, boom anon. shrimply krilling me.
1c. i believe it was the one about gerry being a transfem gay man!
2. pink! is the jon honesty color! yes!!!! he's been quite forthright this whole time i think, they're all really just. wondering what the point would be in anything else.
2b. i neeeeded that anachronism there so badly, just. it's a bright summer day! it's never actually raining or dreary when things like this happen (unless you recall that it was raining in venice when tim was drowned. that time it rained.) but generally, the world goes on. i think... i also just wanted that sunny day to be a little reminder of the kind of person gerry was at his core. symbolism etc etc.
3. i was SOOOO STUMPED ON MELANIE for a WHILE before i remembered she was a youtuber and then i exploded on the spot. her video is titled "the long overdue absolution of gerard keay" and she works for six months to make it perfect and it gets a lot of bad attention and skeptics but mostly condolences and maybe even a few people who had their own experiences but didn't recognize who he was until they saw a picture of him smiling. she'd include selfies they'd taken together as proof of her knowing him. i'm crying a little.
4. sasha losing a sister is a phrase i had a hard time with because there are so many ways to read it, like. that was her best friend's wife, and so kind of her sister that way, but also just. a sister. no more estrogen. no more joy.
4b. divshah is a sweet and thoughtful little bee girl and i am so sorry to her forever because people definitely make fun of her but GERRY NEVER DID! GERRY NEVER DID!
4c. sasha reverse witnessing tim GUHHHH yep! yep! her whole corruption thing is about grief, too, it crosses lines! they all have to do with loss in one way or another!
4c(i). YES YOU NOTICED THE INVERSE YESSSS my work here is complete
5. DANNY INDEED! FUCK!
5b. 9 times jhbfkjnfkjn wildman! i'm crying again!
observations:
YES I AM SO GLAD YOU NOTICED THAT TOO i didn't want him to name himself much in his pov section but i needed to use it there and GUH. you are the most observant and you made my night jdfhbdk
always comes back to the bullfighter and the bleeding man dunnit
that's a fun connection to make tbh!!!! i was saying to ren today "you know what'd Suck the most? if tim didn't even let him in the house and they just talked in the doorway" and they were like "then you have to do it. if it sucks the most that's what you have to do." and YEP! it sucks the most to me!!!! for precisely that reason!
tim's eyes also hurt me like hi mr. spooky man maybe work on that a little bit please g-d you're gonna scare a small child like that. very good connection to rtd though you are NAILING IT and i am over the MOON.
danny crying is extremely important to me for that reason too yes g-d. like. all the other men cried in this, too (especially tim YIKES, MAN) but something about letting danny just weep openly and in such a human way felt like. g-d he's needed this for such a long time. so much longer than anybody is able to count. he needed to let that out and be held through it and he needed to accept that comfort and it's not the first time, really! i try not to be too restrained with letting characters cry because there are a thousand reasons that somebody might like, feel good about seeing it just play out naturally and without shame.
thank you so much for your observations and your enthusiasm and just, everything, jfhbkjnfkjn gosh WOW thank you!
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chuckabeth · 8 months ago
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GAH this is too long. I’m sorry my brain is like this but not sorry enough I guess.
I’m a frickin bel canto singer. Guess what else? I’m sick and disabled! Chronic pain all over, weakness, exhaustion, debilitatingly tight muscles. Yet my favorite mode of artistic expression is so body-intensive it would not be wrong to call it a sport.
You might have heard how important it is to open and have control of your mouth for resonance while singing - my jaw simply won’t swing open all the way. You might have heard how important it is to relax enough to give your diaphragm room for as much air as possible - turns out I might not be able to do that properly, either. And much of the time it HURTS to frickin breathe!! In order to sing!!!
I’m gonna need physical therapy in a way other singers won’t, and maybe I’ll never unlock my instrument’s “full” potential, but I have heard literally dozens of people tell me they’re wowed that such a powerful sound can come from such a small body - and my sound!! By bel canto standards!!! Is very small!!!! Yet I’m doing it. I’m “passing.” All the love in the world to Andrea Bocelli, but vision has so little to do with his incredible bel canto technique. I’m trying to do what he (and Audra McDonald and Renee Fleming and more realistically Kathleen Battle and Elin Manahan Thomas) do, with my tight, pain-riddled, exhausted, underweight body with a mouth too small for the normal amount of teeth.
DOESN’T MATTER. Just like the previous commenter said, I’m gonna do what makes my heart sing. While…literally singing from my heart lol. The joy of this kind of self-expression makes all worth it. And some day I’m gonna show everyone what Mimì from La Bohème really sounds like, from my wheelchair and all.
So when AI tries to synthesize voices and music and whatever the heck, off the hard work of Bocelli and McDonald and Fleming and Battle and Manahan Thomas, not to mention the music of real genius composers AI has already tried to parrot, it isn’t going to hold half a flame to the passion, soul, and fascinating human interpretation of the pieces they choose to perform, or develop/write themselves. I have a disabled friend who composes and directs choral/symphonic pieces that rival John Rutter, and she does it while raising a family, managing grad school, SSI for her veteran husband, not to mention supporting other college students in countless extracurriculars… Because she frickin LOVES it.
Stop talking about ableism and stop talking about AI when you don’t know what you’re talking about. AI isn’t like medicine or mobility devices or prosthetics or therapeutic devices, and it isn’t even like being shown simple human value and decency like we demand. AI is nothing more and nothing less than robbery, of abled and disabled people alike. And remember, most important of all - we disabled don’t work hard at these “impossible” things for your inspiration porn. We do it because it ENRICHES our lives, lives that capitalist systems and governments taking on those ideals actively try to limit and impoverish. Don’t impoverish us even further with more legalized theft.
And if you are disabled and one mode of artistry just doesn’t turn out to be worth the hard work for you, that’s okay. Or maybe it’s not a matter of hard work, maybe right now the ability is simply blocked off. That’s okay, too. Mourning is part of that process, and I’m with you. But I know you can find something else to love, something for which you can learn and build good honest skill and labor. It’ll be far more worthwhile, I promise.
"ai is making it so everyone can make art" Everyone can make art dipshit it came free with your fucking humanity
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queenharumiura · 1 year ago
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META + family ( in general, not specifically her family! )
*         send   META   +   a   word   ,   a   name   ,   or   phrase   and   i   will   write   a   head  canon   based   off   of   this   !!!  ||Accepting|| @dyingresolve
Also a bit on the longer side, so readmore
Hm... in general, Haru is a person who puts a lot of emphasis on ties with people. She cares a lot for others, and is prone to prioritizing others over herself.
If it came down to it, if the choice was between her and someone else dying, she'd volunteer herself. She's just that kind of person. It doesn't mean that she's brave, mind you. She'd be absolutely terrified, but above all that, she couldn't handle knowing that someone else died in her stead. The immense guilt is one thing, but she also cares much more for others, so she'd literally never forgive herself.
We know that Haru is quite the friendly bean, and she gets along with a wide variety of people. She could probably view people as important to her like family. Lambo is like a little brother to her, Kyoko and say-- Chrome would be like her sisters. Bianchi is that cool older sister to get advice from. Ryohei can be the older bro type.
The rest-- she don't see them as siblings I can tell you that much lol. Friends, for sure. If they hid less from Kyoko and her, maybe she could view some of them with like sibling bonds, but nah.
Honestly, Haru wouldn't even think twice before sacrificing herself if it came down to someone like Kyoko or Lambo. Not even a thought in her mind, she'd just move on instinct. She's very impulsive like that, sometimes.
I'd said before that if the situation was such that Haru had the choice to choose between herself or anyone in the Vongola, she'd choose to save the other person. That holds true regardless. IF it was a dangerous situation, she'd hesitate with some of the guys mostly because she has trust in them and is pretty confident they have the situation under control. She doesn't want to but in and accidentally make the situation worse.
HOWEVER, Lambo is entirely a different story. She views him as a kid brother. She won't even think. No hesitation, she will try to protect him. It's not even a question.
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Haru's opinion on family is -- skewed. She did have a family, but she doesn't remember them, so as far as she's concerned, they're simply strangers. Then coupled with the fact that it's believed she died in the 'incident' and some other child was mistaken as her- she feels like any remaining relatives that are alive mean almost nothing to her.
They mourn the death of her parents and 'Haru Miura' so they made some other child their family. She feels disconnected to them, but admittedly she is curious about who they are. It's one of those things where you wonder about how your life could've turned out if things have changed, you know? (referenced in the one meme)
In a thread it was mentioned that she didn't feel the need to tell anyone the truth because she feels that finding out the truth that she became an assassin and she lives the days putting her life on the line for dangerous missions-- oh and she has literally no childhood memories, is that really something they want to know? Isn't it better to believe that the family had perished at the same time together? They can be together in heaven.
Then there is Bel who killed his own brother, Ravein whose parents have died because of a mistake he made so many years ago, she's just like DAMN families kinda suck and sound like a major lability.
Thus, I think I mentioned before that Haru in the Varia!au has no real opinion on romance and she has no drive to find one for herself. She's perfectly okay with being single- honestly, she prefers it.
She doesn't know what having a family is like so she only has like theoreticals to go off of. She really treasures Sentai-san, Bel, and Ravein, but she doesn't really know how to accurately describe their relationship. In truth, she does kind of view them as siblings, but she herself wouldn't know how to really put it that way.
She imagines what she feels for them is like siblings- but then she looks at Bel and is like 'mmm maybe not. I don't want to die' lol
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livlepretre · 1 year ago
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Okay so I'm in love with this series!!!!
It's funny bc I just finished it today and didn't know the 2nd season was out on the 1st lol I had some good timing there.
I'm very sad however that they had to recast Mat for whatever reason.
I'm not quite into Rand yet. Maybe will take a bit more time as I quite like everyone else.
I'm a bit confused as to one thing in the last episode: that one dude that showed up on bel tine and then to take the horn, said all 5 of them essentially are needed to take on the Dark one. Does that mean they are all the Dragon reborn? Or is it still just Rand?
Anyway, wheeeee! L of time hehe
YOU ARE SO IN LUCK!
(but!!! when you finish gobbling up season 2, and are eagerly awaiting season 3, remember that the books are PHENOMENALLY FUN and are waiting to be read or listened to! Rosamund Pike even narrates the first book!)
Hmmm I'm actually relieved Mat was recast 😅 The actor himself did a fine enough job in terms of acting, he just did the poorest job of the main cast of capturing the essence of the book character in my opinion. Like, he just doesn't seem like MAT to me at all. (There are so many character moments in the show that aren't in the books that would make me shout HA! SHE/HE WOULD!) Perhaps that might have changed in time, but as things stand, I'm actually looking forward to seeing if a different actor can get a truer grasp on the character I love so much. Like, I understand that lots of plot points have been changed for the show, which I am cool with, I just didn't recognize Mat Cauthon in season 1 practically at all. Probably only in the scenes where he was talking to children and you could see the kinder side of him.
AS FOR RAND. Wow. Let me tell you. Hang on. He's not my special favorite for nothing. (Really hard for me to decide whether he, or Elayne, who will be introduced in season 2, is my favorite character-- I flip back and forth constantly!)
But that did get me thinking-- the first book is mostly from Rand's POV, except for when they are all split up after Shadar Logoth and we get Perrin and Nynaeve telling the story as well, but then once they reunite it reverts back to solely Rand's POV again. Book 2 has a lot more POV changes in it, but is still Rand POV heavy. So, we simply get to know him really, really well right off the bat. In the ensemble-- especially with all of the stuff in the show trying to build mystery over who the Dragon Reborn is, and also, giving us lots of scenes and moments with characters who did not get POV time in the first book, perhaps he just doesn't have the same time-- ESPECIALLY because he is such an "interior" character-- so much of who he is is about what he is thinking and how he is feeling as opposed to what he is saying. We get a lot of moments in the show of Rand quietly looking out over the horizon, or watching his friends in concern, and that is very him.
And of course, he is on the path to the most gruesome and devastating hero's journey of all time. Being the Dragon Reborn in no way saves him from the horrors of being a male channeler, or from the horrors of the actions he will take. Part of why I love Rand so much as a character is that he goes through trauma and depression and PTSD and mental illness and physical disability with so much realism and there is just so much empathy in me for that journey.
So, to answer your question:
Rand is the only Dragon Reborn, but that doesn't mean that the others don't all play an integral role in facing the Dark One.
What's great about this is that this directly references something Min (the seer they meet in Fal Dara) tells Rand in the first book-- that all five of them are essential if they are to have any hope of winning the battle.
Moiraine herself contemplates early in the series that she was wrong to place so much importance on Rand alone; although he is the most important, in terms of winning the Last Battle, the others are also extremely important. This plays into how Rand is not the only one who is ta'veren. In the books, only Perrin and Mat are confirmed as also ta'veren, and the idea that maybe Egwene is too is played with but never confirmed (she's probably not, but there is enough gray area there to speculate). Making the female characters ta'veren as well is something that works well for the show, I think, and helps drive in this point that it is about the teamwork of these 5 young people (as well as the teamwork of many, many more).
(Interesting that you should ask if a soul can be split on reincarnation-- I remember this being a question that would come up back in Ye Olde Fandom Days 20 years ago. The answer is no! But the mechanics of reincarnation are probably going to get fleshed out further in season 2!)
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work today. and my new Badtz Maru travel mug
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HUUUGE awesome dane i swam today well me and my coworker swam because he was so huge it took both of us to handle him. must've been 180 lbs at least and almost 6 feet standing. he didn't like it much lol
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lunch at work half a peanut butter fluff whole wheat sandwich and arizona fruit gummy and baby bel the arizona gummies are so good. i also had a sandwich from my boss, veggie and cheese. and dinner a matcha bun and matcha latte and the last of this mac and cheese and broccoli i made that has been feeding me for 3 days. i'm watching a amberlynn youtube documentary. being vegetarian is really easy btw it's been 5 weeks and all my stomach issues are completely gone and there's nothing i'm missing
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cannoli-reader · 1 year ago
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It's funny to see someone castigating themselves for book "purism" (I would say puritanism, personally, but whatever works) while going on to say so many other things indicating an attachment to the books, while trying to be understanding of the show. It just seems amazing to me that anyone, after sixteen episodes, still thinks they are sticking anywhere near the books.
Because that is going to fuck with some Perrin plotlines later on. So I feel like a whole chunk of Perrin's mid-novel plot is going to get completely rewritten. Or they're going to have to either rewrite Dain's character, personality, and motivations. We'll see.
Are you aware that they've already completely rewritten Perrin? There is nothing of Perrin's book issues. All we have is a guy with (occasionally) yellow eyes and the ability to talk to wolves. We don't have a blacksmith who values order, peace, constructivity, structure, freedom and life, but discovers he is very very good at killing and destruction, and is increasingly finding himself in a position where he has to lead men in ways he would resent in their place. By contrast, I don't see how they need to do much fixing of Dain to get him back to his tSR plotline. A generally decent guy who believes another character to be responsible for his father's death.
The thing they did here that is really bad is that they flat out made Perrin an unjustified and inexcusable murderer. The Children had a justified grievance against him in the books, where he was suddenly overwhelmed by his first real contact with a wolf after he had been fighting it. On the show, he's been actively engaged with his wolfbrother abilities and has no excuse, and it was not in the heat of the moment, rather, he sought out and premeditatedly murdered a man who was fighting to drive off an army of slavers & conquerors, who had done nothing wrong, merely killed an animal who was attacking his own comrade in arms. And continues desecrating his corpse, for no reason. Given their contributions, Geofram is a far bigger hero than Perrin, whose every action had a selfish, personal motive, while Geofram was there because strangers needed his help.
It showed how far Rand had come in learning the sword and just how much farther he had to go to really earn the heron mark.
More to the point, it is where Rand leaned to balance his actions and figured out that he can control his mental exercises and choice to touch the One Power or not. This means his battle against Baalzamon is all his own choices, not just being carried along by instincts or the Power.
Meanwhile on the show, they're trying for an Indiana Jones style joke, that they haven't earned, because the focus of the show has all been about the value of weapon-based skills, to the absurd point of having Nynaeve learning sword-fighting.
It also adds trauma and a burden to Mat that is unneeded considering what he's going to go through at Rhuidean and after.
LOL. You think they're going to bother? Between Ishamael's tea and the Horn, they're probably going to consider they've done more than enough to establish the battle memories. They have already given him the ashandarei. He can just find the medallion in a box like he did the dagger. It's also really funny that you still believe trauma and burdens stick with a character the way they should if the character were a human being as opposed to a solipsistic writers' puppet. Remember when Mat's driving motivation was the care and protection of his little sisters? Any acknowledgement of that at all in season 2? After the Bel Tine scene, how much has Perrin's wife affected his storyline in season 2?
And now, all they have is a dragon made of fire that literally could mean anything.
They will believe as much or as little as is convenient for whatever the writers want to happen in any given scene.
these seemingly small changes are gonna ripple further into the narrative and grow larger and possibly change fundamental plotlines for some characters. I'm iffy if they're gonna be able to do it justice.
That you are still questioning, still wondering at this point, completely absolves you of any charges of book purism. You are giving them way more credit than they have earned. Your questions, criticisms and opinions are all valid. Do not let anyone tell you otherwise by accusing you of being a book purist. There is nothing wrong with book purism for the very reasons that you have stated - we know the book story works! We have no basis, no track record on which to believe that this writing staff is competent to hold it up all on their own. Furthermore, by using the title and names of characters, they are implicitly promising that same story that works and is a known quantity. It is on them to justify and prove the worth and value of every single change from that promised quantity, it is not on you to make allowances for them or to apologize for expecting what they have tacitly promised you.
Okay so I am being nitpicky and somewhat of a book purist but the more I think about it, the more I get annoyed.
Warning for Wheel of Time show and book spoilers ahead
Perrin killed Geofram (i think that's his first name) Bornhald. And Dain sees him do it, which is probably what's going to spark his obsession with bringing Perrin to justice. But, in the books, Geofram is killed by the Seanchan and no one knows what happened except for Child Byar, who was told by Geofram it was Perrin's fault and he's working with the invaders.
Now, Perrin kills him because he killed Hopper, who was attacking Valda to save Perrin from him (phew). Which also did not happen in the books. Though Hopper's death was just as poignant and had me tearing up. But what annoys me is that Perrin killed Geofram and Dain sees it. Because that is going to fuck with some Perrin plotlines later on. So I feel like a whole chunk of Perrin's mid-novel plot is going to get completely rewritten. Or they're going to have to either rewrite Dain's character, personality, and motivations. We'll see.
I'm also a little iffy about Rand using the One Power to kill Turak. In the books, they actually do duel and I always thought it was a fascinating scene. It showed how far Rand had come in learning the sword and just how much farther he had to go to really earn the heron mark. And the desperation and struggle made for excellent reading and feels. You feel the same desperation for Rand as he beats Turak, just barely and because he's still technically a beginner.
I am also pissed that the never-healing wound in Rand's side was given to him by Mat. That was not in the least bit necessary to change and it takes away some of the characterization and danger of Padan Fain. We lose some evidence of his obsession and hate. It also adds trauma and a burden to Mat that is unneeded considering what he's going to go through at Rhuidean and after.
Look, I fully admit a lot of this anger is book purism and that some things aren't gonna translate well to screen so need to be changed. But these seemingly small changes are gonna ripple further into the narrative and grow larger and possibly change fundamental plotlines for some characters. I'm iffy if they're gonna be able to do it justice.
And another thing. The whole vision of Rand fighting Ishamael in the sky. Another small decision that's going to have ripple effects later on. Everyone at Falme saw the vision in the sky. That's a huge part of why they truly believe Rand is the Dragon Reborn. They saw him take on a Forsaken and win. And now, all they have is a dragon made of fire that literally could mean anything. I'm pretty sure they did it because of vfx costs but damn. It's sad.
Though I am pleased to meet Moghedien. She's my favorite of the Forsaken and I'm already delighted by her actress. I'm looking forward to her plotlines
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Welcome to Eden - 1x03
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yunjardi · 3 years ago
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my heart bel♡ngs to daddy [series]
[young sugar daddy jake x fem.reader au]
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[check here for this series's general warnings and playlist]
[‼️chapter warnings‼️: smut [mdni], daddy kink, spanking, unprotected sex, reader loses her virginity, oral, fingering, mentions of blood because of it being the reader's first time, swearing, alcohol, rich people slander LOL, mentions of pervy rich people, jake being a fucking tease] 
*feel free to lmk if i missed anything 
*note: reader wears glasses
*also sorry if there are any errors regarding grammar oops
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chapter 1: business proposal 
chapter 2 here
school, bar, home; that's what your life has been for the past however many months it's been since you first acquired your position as a bartender. the bar has basically been your life since you started working there, and you didn't hate it, but that doesn't necessarily mean you loved it either. shifts were often long and strenuous, especially on friday nights in which every rich person in the city wants to drink until they get alcohol poisoning. 
working at a "rich peoples' bar" had its benefits though; huge parties meant large amounts of tips even though most of your tip money went into paying rent and school tuition. but hey, it's better than being stuck in the family house you worked so desperately to get out of. 
juggling university and your job oftentimes stressed you out and made you wonder if you should choose one over the other, but you never forget to remind yourself that you can't work at the bar forever even if it felt like an easy way out. 
"y/n!" yeji, your friend from university and coworker, called out, prompting you to snap out of your thoughts and look in her direction, "i'm heading out now, so do you think you can handle the rest of the night without your favorite coworker?" she joked as you nudged her arm. "oh no, whatever will i do without you?" you said sarcastically, yeji pulling you into a hug afterward. you both laughed as you waved at each other, her waking out the door, holding it open for someone who was coming in as she was leaving. 
he approached your section of the bar as you were wiping down its surface, wanting to make sure the expensive marble countertops were kept presentable all throughout the night. a sleazy part of you liked wiping down the counters because it gave you a chance to get more tips by showing your cleavage, and yes, it always worked with the pervy and horny rich men as funny and pathetic as it may sound. the tight, black long sleeve button up paired with a short skirt and a (fake) diamond necklace really makes for a good night money wise. the 'uniform' is arguably what gets you tips in the first place considering that more than 90% of the consumers are greedy rich people. for a seemingly classy bar, the management loves to dress their female employees like hookers. 
it took a second for you to realize that you were lost in your thoughts again, aimlessly wiping nothing off the marble countertop. you were so distracted that you looked up to see an extremely handsome young man seated on one of the barstools and had no idea how long he'd been waiting there just staring at the drink menu. "o-oh, i'm so sorry, what can i get for you?" you asked shyly as you folded the rag you were using and pushed it to the side. he chuckled lightly at your embarrassed expression and body language before responding. "just a glass of armand de brignac ace of spades brut rosé," he said nonchalantly as he pointed at the pretty pink bottle with a smirk as if ordering a $500 champagne was normal. 
you turned around to fetch a crystal wine glass and couldn't help but turn red because of how fucking sexy this guy was. you almost didn't trust yourself to pour this expensive alcohol because of how sweaty your hands were, but you shook it off and quickly placed the wine glass on the table, pushing it toward him. "let me know if you want to order anything else," you smiled, trying to keep your eyes off of him, knowing that you wouldn't be able to look away if you were to spare even the tiniest glance at him. 
"thank you, beautiful," he said, taking a sip of his expensive champagne. his comment caused you to promptly snap your head up at him, wondering if he was actually serious or if he was just another flirty (and possibly horny) rich guy. "why, thank you," you flirted back subtly, slightly leaning against the counter on your elbows, hoping to get a few tips. he let out a gentle chuckle as he reached one of his veiny hands out toward your neck to take a hold of your necklace. you blushed in surprise at this touch but didn't pull away.
"such a shame," he sighed as he admired your chest area in a somehow amorous and non perverted manner, "a beautiful woman like you should have real diamonds resting against her pretty skin..." his voice trailed off as he let go of your necklace.
man, he really indirectly pointed out how broke you are, and also how the fuck could he tell these diamonds were fake with his naked eye? rich people surprise you every time. 
you couldn't tell if the reason you were blushing was because of the fact that his hands were dangerously close to your neck and chest or if you were embarrassed at the fact that you couldn't afford a real diamond necklace. you were at a loss for words for a hot minute as you looked down at your necklace that seemed to sparkle less now that he pointed out how it isn't genuine. 
"i'm sorry... just thinking out loud," he sighed as he looked you in your eyes, making your breathing hitch for a second. "oh, n-no you're fine," you responded, trying to laugh it off, "would you like anything else? a refill maybe?" you said as you looked down at his almost-empty wine glass. 
"well," he started as he shifted in the barstool, now resting one of his elbows upon the counter, "i would like to buy you a real diamond necklace, but if we're talking in terms of me wanting anything else from the bar, i think i'm fine for now." he smirked and took another sip of his drink. god, he was such a tease, but you didn't mind because he was so unbelievably attractive. 
"you're so sweet," you laughed shyly as you tried to hide your face, "but you seem a bit tipsy, so make sure to be safe out there when you head out." a fake pout formed on his face as he looked at you again. "trying to get rid of me already? i promise i'm not drunk, beautiful," he chuckled as his eyes traveled down to the sparkling crystal wine glass that was now empty. you'd be lying if you said that you weren't on the brink of kissing him because of his smooth comments, but you had to remind yourself that these situations are normal at the rich people bars; they flirt, you fall for them, they take you home, you fall harder, they leave because you meant nothing to them in the first place. 
'never get attached to rich people' was always your golden rule, but you weren't thinking rationally in this particular moment. you were only thinking about him; a rich man whose name you didn't even know yet, and you couldn't help but mentally sigh at the fact that he could never be yours.
"what's on your mind, hm? you look lost in thought," he said, his thick accent music to your ears. you immediately snap out of your thoughts for the nth time tonight, turning red at the fact that you were so obviously disconnected from the situation. "o-oh, it's nothing," you stuttered embarrassingly, "just a little tired; long night, you know?" you lied even though you knew that he could see right through you like you were a piece of glass. 
"is that so?" he smirked then let out a sigh, "i would love to keep talking." you pushed your glasses up and glanced at the clock. it's only half past ten, what's the harm staying for a little longer. 
"i'll stay if you stay with me," you said in a mildly seductive tone as you leaned forward onto the counter, again, hoping to make a few tips. "what made you think that i planned to leave?" he asked, leaning in closer and making you visibly flustered. he smirked, fully aware of the effect he has on you. 
"get yourself something to drink. it's on me," he said as he pulled out a black card, your eyes widening at the sight of it. god, he made you feel like a peasant. "b-but everything here is so expensive, a-and i'd hate for you to spend that kind of money on me-"
"don't worry about it, princess. i only spend by the thousand, so get anything that your heart desires."
his confidence made a knot form in your stomach. oh, how the tables have turned; now you're the horny one. 
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you didn't get blackout drunk so-to-say, but you drank enough alcohol to have a headache when you woke up the next morning, and it took you more than just a few minutes to remember what the hell happened last night. you then realized that you never even asked that guy what his name was and immediately felt like a fucking idiot.
thank god it was your day off because you may have had to call in sick because of the pounding headache that you were suffering-
bzzz...bzzz...bzzz
you groaned as you turned to check who was calling you, and to your surprise, it was yeji. as you hit 'answer,' you hoped she wasn't calling because of short staff at work. 
"hey, y/n! sorry if i'm waking you up, even though it's 3PM," she joked as you groaned and sat up, "there's someone here who just asked for you. uhhh, he has dyed blond hair, average height, and he's veryyyy handsome. he's seated at your section of the bar waiting for you if you want to head over and see what he wants, but i can tell him that it's your day off if you want me to-"
"i'll be right over!"
you quickly hung up the phone and jumped out of bed to get ready. you sobered up so quickly that it could've been a world record. after taking shower so quick that it could've also been a world record, you got dressed in a cute but classy outfit that showed just enough skin to tease him then dashed out the door. 
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you took a deep breath before opening the fancy double doors to get inside the bar, immediately looking over to your side of the bar to see him sitting there patiently waiting for you to show up. you tried your best to casually walk over to your section of the bar but before you could get any closer, yeji spotted you and excitedly ran in your direction, engulfing you in a hug. she let go of you to turn your head to the side with both of her hands, "you see him?!" she exclaimed, quickly prompting you to slap your hand over her mouth. "shush, yej! he has ears, you know!" you whisper-yelled as you both slowly walked over to that side of the bar. as soon as you were close enough to him, yeji gave you a stern pat on the shoulder and rushed back over to the other side of the bar. 
"so," you said flirtatiously as you put your hand on one of his broad shoulders, "i heard you were looking for me." your touch startled him, causing his shoulder to tense up, but he quickly calmed down after he realized it was you. "well, you heard right," he said, his signature smirk forming on his face. you smirked back, looking into his pretty brown eyes and trying to exude the same confidence that he was even though you were nervous out of your pants. 
"you didn't even know who to request seeing as you don't even know my name," you teased as you sat on the stool next to him. "and yet, here you are, miss?" he asked, somehow coming off more confident than you even though he was literally asking a question. "y/l/n y/n" you chuckled, "and you?" 
"jake, jake sim, sim jaeyun. depends who you ask," he said with a hint of sarcasm as held his hand out for you to shake it as if you two were meeting for the first time. you rolled your eyes playfully as you leaned in closer to him. "so, what business do you have with me, jake?" you asked teasingly as you placed your hand on his warm forearm, flustering him. "hmm, i don't know," he said as he put his free hand on top of yours, "maybe we could go out? after all, it is your day off." you looked at him with slight disbelief, not expecting him to ask you to go out with him. "so, like a date?" you asked, cocking your head to the side. "it's whatever you want it to be, princess," he smirked as he stood up, holding his hand out to help you off the high barstool. 
"have fun, guys!" yeji yelled from across the bar as if she'd been watching us the whole time (which she probably was). jake smiled sheepishly as waved back at her, his other hand holding yours as you left the bar together.
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you sat nervously in the passenger's seat of his fancy car, not knowing what to expect out of this little "date" that you two were about to go on. "so, where are we going, jake?" you ask casually, glancing at his perfect side profile. "we're gonna head further into gangnam's shopping centers. i did say i wanted to get you some real diamonds, right?" your eyes widened in a mixture of shock and surprise. 
"y-you're kidding, right?" you laughed sheepishly, but he shook his head, shocking you even further. "nope. we're getting you a pretty little necklace," he said nonchalantly as he parked the car and unbuckled his seatbelt, quickly getting out of the car to open the door for you. handsome and a gentleman? score.
you took jake's hand as he led you into a jewelry store that you never even imagined walking into, let alone buying anything from. your eyes lit up at the immense sparking of diamonds in every corner of the establishment. jake seemed to notice your astonishment and giggled at your cute mannerisms. "go ahead and look around, beautiful," jake politely urged, "your only parameter is that it has to be one thousand or over; i only spend by the thousand, remember?" he smirked as he lifted your chin up with his index finger. you nodded and your cheeks turned a bright shade of pink as jake moved his finger away from your face.
you were completely clueless on how to even begin navigating this jewelry store, so you looked up at jake for a bit of guidance. "you're so cute," he cooed as he wrapped his hand around your waist, pulling you close as he walked you toward one of the huge glass cases of diamond jewelry, "no need to be nervous, y/n." you smiled shyly as you felt the warmth of his arm against your waist. the glass cases were lined with dark red velvet that complimented the shine of the gold and diamonds that rested upon its surface.
after awhile of looking closely at a few necklaces, you finally found a piece that caught your eye. jake noticed the way you gazed at it through the jewelry case and immediately asked an employee to take it out for you. "here," jake said as he gently moved your hair onto your shoulder, clasping the necklace before moving your hair back to its original position, "it looks beautiful on you, princess." you blushed as you looked at yourself in the mirror, the diamond necklace resting against your skin. "do you like this one?" the employee asked the two of you, looking from you to jake, looking visibly flustered at how attractive jake was. you looked at jake and nodded. he smiled as he unclasped the necklace and handed it back over to the employee. "we'll take it," jake said as he held you close. 
"your total comes out to ₩1,897,267.50," the employee said casually as she took jake's black card and swiped it on the pin pad, handing it back to him once the transaction was completed. the price was enough to make you nauseous.
"i told you that real diamonds would look beautiful around your neck," jake said as he gently caressed the necklace that laid against your soft skin, causing goosebumps to run down your body, "but you wanna know what would look even better around your neck?" he asked as you looked deeply into his eyes, nodding for him to continue. "my hand," he said as he leaned in closer, your lips brushing against his as your heartbeat rises to a level you didn't know existed. 
"what are you implying, hm?" you teased, "show me, jake." 
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a simple car make out session turned into you two stumbling into his house, no, sorry, his mansion, bursting into his huge bedroom, and throwing yourselves down on his king size bed. 
"god, you're fucking hot," you breathed out as you toyed with one of the buttons on his shirt. he chuckled and smirked and began to kiss down your neck and shoulders, making your whole body flutter with anticipation. 
anticipation because you'd never done anything like this before; you were a virgin. 
"jake wait," you said softly as you played with his smooth hair, making him stop immediately to make sure he wasn't breaking any of your boundaries, "i, um, i've never done this before." your face turning red in embarrassment from having admitted that you were a virgin. 
"we can stop if you want to-" jake started before you smashed your lips against his, another make out session beginning soon after. "who told you that i wanted to stop?" you asked as you teasingly brushed your fingertips against his cheek. "we'll take it slow, okay? i promise i'll make you feel good, princess."
slowly, you let him take your shirt and bottoms off, leaving you only in your matching black bra and panties. "such a pretty little body," jake breathed out as he ran his hands down your exposed skin, "you're all mine." you bit your lip and nodded as you toyed with his belt, eventually taking it off along with his pants, moaning at the sight of how hard he was. 
he took the diamond necklace off your neck and placed it on his bedside table. "the only thing around your neck is gonna be my hand, isn't that right?" he asked as he positioned himself against the headboard of his bed, motioning for you to sit between his legs. "mhm, jakey," you responded as you cozied your back against his chest. "already such a good girl," he smirked against the back of your head as he planted a kiss on your neck, "let me show you what good girls deserve." slowly, he slid your panties down your legs, teasing your inner thighs in the process, causing you to shiver. 
"let me know if it's too much, okay?" jake said as he began to inch his hand closer and closer to your wet entrance until he eventually brought his fingers to your clit. you gasped at the contact as he began to rub circles around it, putting one of his fingers inside you slowly and beginning to pump it in and out of you. "f-feels good," you moaned out softly as you gripped onto one of his muscular thighs. "yeah? feels good? you're so tight, princess. you might have a little trouble taking my cock," he teased as he began to finger you at a faster pace. you whined out for him, begging him to put another finger in. "please, jakey?" you asked softly, your legs trembling desperately. "how could i say no to such a good girl?" jake cooed as he inserted another finger, moaning at the way your walls squeezed both his ring and middle finger. 
lewd moans and noises escaped your lips as jake continued to finger you, moving his free hand up to your boobs, grabbing and caressing them as he pleased you. 
"w-wanna cum so bad," you whimpered as jake slowed his fingers down, pulling them out of you. "not yet, princess," jake said sternly as he moved you aside to pull his retraining boxers down, revealing his hard length. your eyes lit up innocently at the sight of his member as jake chuckled, pumping himself a few times to tease you. 
"c-can i touch?" you asked softly as you leaned even closer to him. "i would love you to, beautiful, but tonight is about you. you can touch daddy next time, i promise." he said, proceeding to plant a kiss on your soft lips. "now spread your legs for me, sweetheart," jake said softly yet sternly. you followed his orders, leaning against a pillow and spreading your legs for him. he brought his head down between your legs and dragged his tongue up and down your helplessly dripping warmth without warning, causing you to whine and gasp and the new feeling as jake continued to work his tongue around your pussy. 
"jakey," you whined out, biting your lip, "so good. please don't stop." you felt him smirk against your warmth, proceeding to suck on your clit as he held onto your thighs for stability even though they weren't much help considering how much they were trembling. he took mental notes of the way your body reacted to the different things that he did to you, making sure that he pleased you as much as possible.
jake looked up, wiping your excess arousal off of his lips then lining himself up with your mildly overstimulated entrance. "tell me if it hurts, okay, baby? it'll feel good after a little while." jake reassured as he teased your entrance with his tip that leaked precum. you nodded as you let jake push your thighs down onto the bed, eventually pushing a few inches of himself inside your tight entrance. you flinched at the feeling, but jake was quick to offer you his hand to hold, which you gladly accepted. "god, you're so fucking tight," jake groaned out, "i'm so lucky to be the first person who gets to feel you." you whined and nodded. "a-all for you. i'm all daddy's." he smirked against your neck before sucking on a soft section of skin. "yeah, that's right."
soon, he began to slowly move himself in and out of you gently, letting you adjust to his size. "jake, m-more please," you begged quietly as you looked into his eyes. he bit his lip as he began to pick up the pace, causing his head to fall into the crook of your neck as he groaned at the way your walls violently clenched around his cock. 
"fuck, can we switch positions, baby?" jake whispered into your ear, "i want to see that pretty ass bounce against my cock." you nodded as jake got off of you. "ass up, face down, princess," he commanded to which you naturally obeyed, nestling your cheek into the sheets as you arched your back, inviting him to destroy you. "please hurry," you begged, "w-wanna feel you." jake scoffed as he landed a harsh spank on your ass, riling you up even more. "it's your first time and you're already so needy," jake tsked as he shoved himself back inside you, making you moan at the sudden wave of pleasure. 
jake spanked your ass harshly as he pounded into you, your helpless moans and mewls fueling his desire to please you. "jake! so good," you moaned out as you gripped onto the bedsheets. "mhm? daddy making you feel good?" jake asked amorously as he pulled you up so that your back rested against his sweaty chest. "s-so good, jakey," you moaned softly, his thrusts becoming slower as he rubbed your clit, aiding you in reaching your high. 
you practically melted into his hands as you felt your cum run down his veiny member, moaning out his name as he left hickeys on your neck. he slowly lowered your body back down onto the bed to begin ramming himself into you again, making you cry out as he praised you for being such a good toy. "already such a slut and it's only your first time," jake breathed out as his strokes became less uniform and more sloppy. "where do you want daddy's cum, princess?" he asked as he tugged your hair. "i-inside me, please," you moaned softly as jake pulled out of you and laid you down on your back, wanting to look into your eyes while he released his seed inside you. 
you let him continue littering your neck with bites and hickeys as you clawed into his back, moaning uncontrollably at the amount of pleasure being delivered to your body from his. "jakey," you moaned out as his thrusts became stronger, chasing his high as your walls squeezed his hard cock. the sight of his sweaty, toned abs were enough for you to cum all over him again.
"god, you feel so fucking good," jake growled into your ear as his seed coated your tight walls, "next time, we'll go harder, how does that sound, princess?" he asked, you nodding as he kissed your jaw in a caring manner. 
next time, you thought. those two words circulated through your mind.
you both collapsed onto his now unmade bed, panting and sweating but also sharing a few laughs and soft kisses. jake slid his hand between your thighs, bringing his big hand toward your now sore entrance as he planted a kiss on your cheek. "aw, i'm sorry, princess," jake said sweetly, "sorry i made you bleed; it happens when it's your first time, but i promise you'll feel better soon." you smiled shyly into his collarbone. his words struck a soft spot in your heart. it felt almost... intimate. 
"so," jake started, breaking the awkward silence before it could fully set in, "dinner?"
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as if you hadn't gotten enough of the 'rich life' experience today, jake surprised you once again by taking you to a nauseatingly expensive restaurant that you never thought you'd set foot into. a typical white tablecloth was draped around a single round table that was decorated with pretty rose petals and a tea light; super cliché and predictable of a fancy restaurant, but still romantic nonetheless. 
"jake?" you asked, prompting him to look up from the menu that you were sure he's seen more than a million times, "has anyone ever told you how sweet you are?" he bit his lip shyly and looked down at the table again. "shhh, you're making me blush, y/n," jake whined as his puppy dog eyes glimmered in the dim lights. "what? i'm serious," you giggled as he put his hand on the nape of his neck, getting shy again. wanting to keep up the whole confident act, you pulled out your phone and took a candid photo of him looking all shy, giggling at the photo you got as a result.
"hey!" he whined again, "two can play that game." jake pulled his phone out of his pocket and snapped a picture of you in return, making you cover your face shyly as he teased you for being cute. "see," jake said as he showed the picture to you, "now i have a cute little contact photo for you." you swatted at him playfully as he let out soft laughs, trying not to make the two of you look like idiots inside this fancy restaurant. 
you were on your phone deciding what his name should be on your phone, and you hoped you weren't the only one overthinking it. you went from
jake sim
no
jake
no
jake :)
no
jake... your fingers lingered over your keyboard before ultimately deciding on
jake🤍
was the heart emoji too intense? maybe. but did you care? no. 
little did you know, jake was on the other side of the table having the same dilemma.
y/n y/l/n
no, that's too formal 
y/n
no, that's too generic
y/n :)
no, that seems a little creepy
y/n 💕
he was unsure at first, but ultimately decided that he was going to keep it like that.
"y/n?" jake asked, probably noticing how unnecessarily focused you were on your phone. "oh, yeah," you smiled sheepishly as you looked up from your phone, "sorry about that." he smiled shyly at you as you took a sip of water from a fancy wine glass. 
"hey," jake started, "do you mind if i ask you a question? well, it's more of a proposal; a "business proposal" if you will." he said with air quotes. you cocked your head to the side in confusion but nodded for him to continue. 
"have you every had a sugar daddy before?"
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a/n: HI GANG SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG LOL MY BRAIN IS ALL KINDS OF FRIED but no fr i want to make these chapters long and plentiful for you guys so no one has to foam at the mouth waiting too long for what's gonna happen next
but anyway, thank you guys for supporting this series and my page in general, you jake whores <3
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Hi!! How are you? So excited to catch you with your requests open because i LOVED that one you did with the arcos in college, and all around all your khr requests are literally soo good, thank you for your time and hard work! I'd love some hcs for the arcos as tsuna's guardians? Or anything else you're the most comfortable doing with this request ☺️🥰
Hello! I’m doing quite okay, just catching my breath after the long academic year. It’s nice to finally have a bit of a break. This is a really interesting request, thank you for submitting it! It’s def some food for thought hehe :)
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♡ Arcobaleno* as Tsuna's Guardians ₊⁎⁺˳✧༚ *sorry no Yuni/Aria/Luce :( </3 In this case I'm thinking that the Arcos would have been in the places that the actual Vongola 10th gen guardians were, if that makes sense..
Fon
I think Fon as a guardian would go absolute sicko mode much more often than he does in the actual series (never. he never does); I really like the idea of Fon being absolutely pissed beyond comprehension and wreaking endless havoc, something that he really really hates and is deeply ashamed of; I'm talkin punching down entire walls and collapsing buildings that he should not be able to tear down
But Tsuna has his back, and he knows that Fon's worst and most destructive side is not his entire character... the guy is still as chill as ever the other 99.99% of the time, but he holds himself to an impossible standard
Underneath all that peace, rattling beneath the floorboards of his very being, is uncertainty... the quiet storm brewing in him, even after all his years of martial training and mindfulness
He adopts a new sense of peace with himself through his relationship with Tsuna and the others, the type of peace that was more intuitive, less methodical and trained, if that makes sense.. I'd imagine his heritage has him a lot more wound up deep inside than he shows, since he's so outrageously zen (this might be reaching, ik lol)
But he is such a wonderful storm guardian, right in the middle ground between Bel and Gokudera in some way; He has a mix of strategy and intuition amidst combat (Belphegor) and adaptability (Gokudera); I imagine that his strikes never miss and he is nothing less than a one man army when it comes down to it
If you had put him in the ring conflict in Hayato's shoes, he would have definitely sensed the wire placement much sooner due to his familiarity with his own body, clothes and gear and all; however, he very much seems to be the guy to bring a stick to a knife fight... he bears very many scars from the ring conflict battle and he actually is a bit fond of them because it means that he made it out with his life and his friends :'(
Reborn
Naturally he would be the right hand man, arguably one that calls the shots more often than Tsuna lmao; I can only imagine him chewing out some of the guardians (cough Skull and Mammon) for shirking their duties because Tsuna let them off the hook
He's a very capable right hand man at that! Giving Gokudera a run for his money, but I think similarly he was very cold and aloof to begin with, only opening up to Tsuna when he offered some home made treats to him (similar to what happened with Luche), and now he's like Tsuna's lap cat/scary dog privilege lol
He is not without his prankster and jokey side, but it takes forever for him to feel comfortable enough to stop taking everything so seriously. Tsuna's friendship really drew it out of him! He cannot help the small smiles that grace his features and chuckles escaping his lips whenever silly things happen with the gang :') Eventually, he becomes one of the main perpetrators of trouble, but you never see him own up to it because he's got such a stoic facade
He absolutely throws quiet tantrums over not having his morning coffees...
Also I absolutely cannot say anything about the way the sun ring conflict turned out, because Reborn is well versed in martial arts, but ?? Against Lussuria? Would they still have a similar showdown? I do not think so x.x so I will simply not reach that far in this AU
Verde
He’s the most aloof guardian, usually just stepping in since it’s an opportune time to test out his newfangled weaponry; He’s here because he’s pretty dead set on using the Vongola as means to create some ultimate world-ending machine
But Tsuna keeps him in check somehow, granting him a perspective on life and power and what to make of it, it softens Verde just a bit, but I can’t help but see him as the daemon spade equivalent in this scenario, just a little bit of a loose cannon, not really working for Tsuna… but he still feels following the don is the right way to achieve his end goal
Oh you already know he's killin it in the ring conflict, showing up fully loaded with the strangest contraptions and an eerie thirst for blood
Colonello
He initially wasn’t supposed to be a part of this but he just kept showing up and had to eventually bear the rain position when Lal was out of commission, and I think that he brings some pretty different dynamics when he’s alone vs with Lal
Colonello is kind of like a heavy rain, a constant rain storm, more similar to (aha) a stereotypical storm type guardian than a rain
But it works in their favour! Peep my thoughts with Lal hehe
He would have somehow gained his guardian role after the ring conflict, methinks; possibly in the next arc for insert plot point reasons
He's a follower of Tsuna because he finds his resolve very impressive, and his willingness to put himself through the wringer for the sake of improving himself and protecting his loved ones
Colonello finds that reflection of himself with Tsuna, and despite how frequently he chews his boss out with their training, it's a way of motivating himself as well and he always goes the extra mile to prep recovery meals for everyone after training, despite his reluctance to admit that he cares for his family members
Lal Mirch
I think in this case, instead of having two mist guardians, Tsuna would have two rain guardians! It would not have happened in the same way as Chrome and Mukuro, but Tsuna just couldn’t say no to either of them and the two of them just work so much better together and greatly enrich the team as a whole, so there’s no reason to have to pick
Anyway, I see Lal as more of the flash flood type of rain guardian, wherein you don’t realize the rain is going to get super heavy out of nowhere, and by the time you start running for cover, it’s too late; that way, the two of them cover different bases and ultimately Lal is able to gain more control of combat due to Colonello’s more in-your-face, flashy fighting style; they greatly complement each other ! :)
Lal and Squalo would have been the fight of the century tbh, I don't know how she fought back then but I would bet that both of them are skilled in martial combat and pack firepower
Lal is kind of there because she feels like it's her job, but admittedly is a super softie for the rest of them, especially Colonello; Down time with the group is the only time she gets to relax and you won't see her sharing her feelings verbally, but she strangely is always freeing her schedule just enough to spend quality time with her loved ones, even with the resting pissed face gracing her beautiful features
Esper Mammon
They’re in this for the money, and they only like Tsuna because of how rich and powerful his family is lolol
Initially they say that they’ll never work for free, but they most likely will get their life saved by Tsuna a few times, and they hate the feeling of being indebted to this guy; Mammon attempts over and over again to just throw a wad of cash at Tsuna to feel like they’re no longer on the hook for their life debt (they never were!! Tsuna is not that kind of guy), and Tsunayoshi just keeps rejecting it over and over, insisting that he did it purely because it’s the right thing and there’s literally no reason to feel indebted…
Ding ding ding, Mammon’s grown attached and is now loyal to Tsuna for more than just money reasons; Life is short, that’s why they collect money and surround themselves with people they adore
Mammon would have totally used their illusions to skip school and make some extra cash on the side lolol and Tsuna ends up having to cover for their ass when the teachers get suspicious; Reborn is the trouble maker that tries to get Mammon busted B)
Skull
He somehow ends up doing a lot more secretarial work than he signed up for, because everyone else pushes it on him; He doesn’t mind at some point because it gives him so much leeway to slack off lolol until Lal catches him and gives him the ass beating of his life for it
He's a thrill seeker, and his humungous ego actually gets him in a lot of trouble. There are points in time where he feels like if he cannot succeed at something, the whole world is against him and he might as well just stop trying? Or to go balls to the wall with disregard for his life
Now, man is built like a tank and practically unkillable, but the amount of times that Tsuna and the others had to live through Skull's near-death experiences has made him a lot more aware of just how much people actually give a shit about him and how throwing all caution to the wind may not kill him yet, but pains his loved ones more than anything..
He's still the baby of the family though, despite him wanting to show up and be the cool guy, he's just a silly guy!! He also always arrives late to anything and everything and that's gotten them in trouble infinite times
me realizing I had to pull character flaws out of my ass to see the Arcos in a more well-rounded light, with room for character development (since they'd need to do that over the hypothetical course of the series if they were Tsuna's guardians) this rly juiced my brain but I might as well post??
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