#looots of writing salt

[thehighladywrites]

Hii, it's me again, haha.

I got one idea and I though it would be fun, so here I am again...

Can you make texting with acotar characters or just batboys while reader is drunk and she slipped past them to bar and they text her where she went? (I hope it makes sense since my brain doesn't work this late...)

LA /Lulu <3

ACOTAR MEN X READER, SNEAKING OUT TO GO TO A BAR WHILE DRUNK

Summary: Do you sneak past them successfully? And if you manage to do so, how do they react?

Warnings: Mild nsfw in Eris and Rhysand’s part, mentions of drinking, a bit of crying, mention of reader throwing up in Cassian’s part, just fluff and crack

Author’s note: Hi Lulu, I always love your requests. And you make perfect sense, but i switched it up and made headcanons instead of a text thread because it would’ve been too much text. I hope this is okay!🫶🏽 Also i loved writing this, thank you for your request!!🤍

Azriel:

- There is no sneaking past Azriel, it’s just impossible

- His shadows know if you move a millimeter

- Even if he didn’t have them, he’s the spymaster and there’s just no way you’re able to fool him, especially not when you’re this drunk

- You try to sneak out but very obviously fail when you trip over nothing and bring down the table next to you.

- “ Love, where do you think you’re going? You’re drunk out of your mind.”

- “ Ssshhh... *hiccup* hidin' from my mate. Bar with frens, can't let him kn... *mumbles* the secret, ya know?

- He laughs as he picks you up.

- You scream that you’re mated and then give him a big smile when he puts you down and meets your eyes as you realize it’s your mate.

- “Hey, babyyy, misshed you soso much, like, *slightly mumbles* a looot!”

- you plant a fat kiss on his lips and pull him to you

- Azriel just gives you a small smile and pick you up to put you in bed.

- He’s for sure giving you lessons on how to properly sneak out, because you were too damn obvious,

- The spymaster can’t have his own mate be a bad spy, now can he?

Rhysand:

- He let’s you sneak out.

- This guy trails you, dying of laughter as you have a full on conversation with a tree, thinking it’s a person.

- He loves that you’re tiptoeing in the middle of the streets, trying to be subtle.

- Your eyes widen as you see him standing at the entrance of the bar you tried to sneak into.

- “Hello there darling, fancy meeting you here.”

- “ Whoooa you're here too? *hiccup* Wha' a craaazy coincidence, Cheeers to surprish... *mumbles* meetin's!”

- You beg him for shots and he indulges you, but switches the shots of vodka for water. He knows you were drunk enough to not realize. And if you complain about the taste, he adds a bit of salt for the taste.

- You both dance and sing and make out

- yeah drunkenly making out with Rhysand is heavenly

- He grabs you and leads you somewhere more private because it is unbecoming for the high lady and high lord to be seen like this

- his idea of private is… * drumroll * the bathroom!!!

- Rhys picks you up and plops you down on the sink’s side and just goes at it with no care in the world, after all who can say something to him or you?

- anyways you’re both lucid enough to acknowledge that fucking in a bar might be a bit… yeah… so he takes you home and gives you the time of your life

Cassian:

- Cassian is just as drunk as you are

- In the middle of your drunken giggles you came up with this brilliant idea to sneak out and meet up your friends at Rita’s

- You were in The House of Wind so sneaking out wasn’t really as easy as it sounded since you don’t have wings.

- You really wanna go out so you ask Mor to secretly help you when she’s leaving

- The bar was crowded as you danced on tables and bought shots for everyone.

- All of a sudden you felt nauseous and needed to empty your guts. You run out and stumble into Cassian who looks surprised to see you.

- Before he can explain what he’s doing here, you move away and throw up in the alleyway.

- He makes his way over to you and holds back your hair.

- The whole thing sobers you up a bit as you look up at Cassian, sensing mischief and guilt.

- “Baby, what are you doing here?” you ask, genuinely confused.

- “ Um, Rhys and Az are in the bar next door and asked if i wanted to come. Wait- what are YOU doing here?”

- “ Uhhh, I snuck out too. I wanted to meet my friends. But wait did you seriously plan on leaving me alone?”

- His jaw dropped and you bit your lips from laughing.

- “You snuck out first! So actually, you left me first, all alone.”

- You both stare at each other for a hot minute before giggling and agreeing that this never happened and left to meet up with Rhys and Az.

Lucien:

- He trusts you more than anyone in the world, so he doesn’t suspect that you’re lying when you say you’re just going to the bathroom.

- Little does he know you’re drunkenly stumbling over to The Sunshine Delight, the best bar in the Day Court.

- You don’t know how long you’re there for but you go up to the stage and sing a bit, go the bar and drink, dance around and suddenly stumble upon your friends.

- They catch up with you as you sit and play drinking games, laughing and having the time of your lives.

- Your friends sit up straighter and fix their hair and makeup as your brows furrow in confusion. Turning around to see who they’re oogling at, you’re met by Helion’s bewildered expression.

- Shit. If your father-in-law knew you were here then there was only a matter of time before Lucien picked you up. Your friends however didn’t care as Helion approached.

- “ Gods, you’re lucky Y/n, he is so hot! Please put in a good word for me.” You friend not-so-subtly whispered, unaware that Helion was already mated to Lady of Autumn. Helion’s laugh boomed as he plopped down besides you, making you sober up a bit.

- “My dearest daughter, what in The Mother’s name are you doing here all alone? Is my son lurking around here?”

- Oh no, Lucien… Even though you missed your friends, you wanted him here. Tears started forming in your eyes as you started feeling distressed by your mate not being next to you

- “ M’not sure. He should be around here somewhere. Actually let me go check-” He must know you’re lying because he just laughs and tells you Lucien is on his way.

- “ You’re drunk out of your mind and I honestly applaud you for managing to sneak out of the palace at all. But it’s dangerous to be here by yourself, sweetheart. Let’s just wait for Luc, yeah?”

- He was right. Gods, how could you just leave Lucien? Guilt filled you as you started sobbing in the middle of the bar. Your friends and father-in-law looked alarmed and they comforted you as you cried for your mate and husband.

- Lucien was so ready to lecture you about leaving drunk and alone in the middle of the night but all of that came to a halt when he noticed you crying.

- His protective instincts went into overdrive as he hurriedly approached the table, confusion written all over his face as you threw yourself at him in a bone crushing hug, bawling your eyes out.

- Helion and your friends briefly explained as they held back their laughs at your drunken state.

- Lucien took you home and cared for you, whispering comfort and postponed his lecture about the dangers of the night.

- His mate needed him and you were his priority, always.

Eris:

- Yeah…

- I genuinely think he’s one of the smartest sjm-verse characters and if we’re so real, you’re not sneaking past him.

- But let’s be a bit delulu

- He noticed you were a bit buzzed after having too much wine at dinner

- Much to his amusement, you cling to him and act like a complete fool. But he makes sure it’s in private because he knows you’d die if you knew anyone saw you acting like a drunkard.

- At dinner, your ladies informed you that they were visiting this new bar and asked if you wanted to come. Initially you had declined because you wanted to spend time with Eris, but after he informed you that he has a meeting, you changed your mind.

- You had to be very sneaky since Eris knew you inside and out. He could tell when you were up to something. But this was the perfect coverup for your plan.

- “I’m so tired. I think this wine is making me sleepy. Love, I’m gonna turn in for the night, you sure you still have to go to that meeting? You could stay here with me instead.”

- Eris eyes filled with longing as he sighed heavily.

-“ I wish I could cancel, my beloved. But Lord Cruit travelled far and I think it’s best we get these documents signed and dealt with. Besides it’s only two hours and if you behave, i’ll treat you real nice. What do you say?” He gently brought his hand to the back of your neck, pulling you forward into a kiss.

- You loved when he treated you good, but you loved it even more when he punished you. So you just smiled at him sweetly, putting on your best show.

-“ I’ll behave, I promise. I love you, now hurry. You don’t wanna be late.” You pecked him once, twice and ushered him out as quickly as you could before he could pick up on what you were doing

- You waited for fifteen minutes before you changed into one of your sluttiest dresses you had, and winnowed to the new bar. You spotted your friends and made your way over, deciding not to drink too much since you wanted to remember the inevitable consequences of your decision

- and also the wine from dinner had you buzzed.

- After around two hours, the crowd separated to let High Lord Eris through. He looked beyond unamused, just staring at you without saying anything because, well, it wasn't something he wanted everyone to hear in public.

- he just looks at you from top to toe and simply turns around and walk away.

- That is your cue to go as you fall into step behind him.

- “ Babyyyyyy s-slow down, 'ese shoes, can't... *mumble*... walk right in 'em!” He slows down and extends his hand before throwing you over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and winnowing home.

- Eris leads you into your chambers and puts you down before grabbing your chin and looking you deep into your eyes with a wicked smirk as he mentally starts planning your punishment, funishment is more like it

- Safe to say he had fun… and he told you that if you’d just let him know you were going out then he wouldn’t have had to look for you like a maniac. He gave you a dark chuckle when you told him this was your plan all along.

- Here babes, you’re gonna need this wheelchair 👩🏾‍🦽👩‍🦽

[genericpuff]

Have you seen the Webtoon "Working with an Editor" Video? I feel like this explains a lot of how the platform's Originals end up in the states that they do. Based on that vid, it seems their editors are less the developmental or copy types, and more acquisitions and managerial focused. Which explains how some series have "an editor" for editorial oversight, while not being what readers would consider "edited".

oh there are... definitely things about the editors I can tell you based on what I've read and even been told directly by some Originals creators (obviously their names are going to remain anonymous here lol) Before I go into it, every editor and every contract is different, I have no way of actually knowing what goes on behind the scenes due to not being an Originals creator myself, so please take what I'm about to say with mountains of salt as much of it was either learned secondhand through creator AMA's and at best, firsthand through anonymous Originals creators who I've communicated directly with. Ultimately you should be getting your facts from the creators who actually speak up on this matter, not me.

1.) WT has a VERY small pool of editors who are currently being stretched incredibly thin. Bre Boswell, as an example, currently oversees 20+ comics, including Lore Olympus (though not anymore haha), Nevermore, The Kiss Bet, Down to Earth, and Castle Swimmer. She is not the only one with this big of a workload. Obviously with one person having to oversee this many series at once, it's virtually impossible for them to do the actual "editing" part of their jobs, even if they genuinely want to.

2.) The role of WT editor isn't the same as a traditional editor - many of them are simply liasons between creators and Webtoons, meaning any questions creators have about their schedules, salaries, etc. are directed to their editors who then contact WT on their behalf and relay the response back to the creators. The bare minimum requirement for their job seems to be just making sure that creators are following terms of services. The traditional role of editing - proofreading, offering advice and storytelling tweaks, etc. - seems to be entirely optional and dependent on how much time the editor can devote to the series (see #1) + how much creative input the creator is willing to accept.

3.) With how low WT's standards are and how overworked a lot of editors have become, many editors actually stop reading their respective comics after the first few episodes once they're confident that the creator can handle the series on their own without needing check-ups that they're following ToS. So in that respect they truly do just become messenger owls between the creators and WT (and IIRC creators send their episodes to their editors to upload, they don't do it manually themselves). This is also why there are webtoons that share the same editor but differ greatly in quality of writing and art - how well a webtoon is written and drawn is often entirely dependent on the creators making it (it's why Nevermore manages to be so consistently good despite having the same editor as Lore Olympus which is consistently awful lmao).

As an added little thing, I will not say who, but there is a specific editor who... often gets a looot of special treatment from WT, from what I've been told and heard. A lot of their series get away with way more than what others do and get a lot more advertising privileges.

(and no, it's actually not Bre LOL from what I've been told Bre is actually a very sweet person who's very chill to work with haha)

[moscnios]

*knocks the door* *opens it slowly* Good morning there~ I saw that your requests are open, so I wanted to send in an ask if you don't mind~ ・ω・

Could I please request Shanks and Law with an s/o who needs a looot of sleep due to being in pain all the time because of their devil fruit? With both sfw and nsfw pretty please? 🥺😭

Don't hesitate to ignore this request if it's not to your liking ⭐️ Have a nice day~ ⭐️

✸  headcanons  %  when your devil fruit causes you pain.

✸    characters! . . .  shanks & law.

✸    cw(s)! . . .  mentions of pain. brief mention of alcohol consumption. no pronouns used. not proofread.

✸    notes! . . .  i didn’t include any nsfw, sorry !! my mind just kept drawing blanks. but i hope this is okay. thank you for requesting !! <333

shanks is a visual and hands-on learner. so when you tell him about your devil fruit powers and their effects, he believes you but he doesn’t quite understand the extent of your pain

oh but when he does finally see it ?? his heart breaks for you

he feels awful every time you have to use your devil fruit powers. he tries his best to keep you from having to use them because he hates seeing you in so much pain

plus when you’re asleep, you tend to sleep A LOT. you’re always sleeping, missing out on all the fun that comes with sailing with the officers of the red hair pirates

he understands but he really does miss you a lot when you’re asleep. his beer doesn’t taste the same without you sitting in his lap

though he does leave the party early to come back to your shared quarters to cuddle with you, telling you everything that happened

like shanks, law tries to work around so that you don’t have to use your abilities that often. he doesn’t want you to suffer

if you do end up using your powers, he’s right there to catch you and do what he can to help you

alternating between warm and cool, running you a hot bath with epsom salt, even giving you a full body massage

when you sleep, he’s sitting at his desk that he moved closer to the bed to keep a closer eye on you. he writes in his journal and turns the pages of the textbooks in front of him all with the same hand, his other hand is intertwined with yours

he’s researching new methods of pain relief, hoping to craft up the perfect medication that can combat the consequences of using your powers

[distractedrighter]

I think you deserve to be crazy abt butch & felicity you write them so well their tension + dynamic is unmatched, I read salt & vinegar and I've been obsessed with them and your writing ever since. Wishing you the best, take as much time as you need in your writing it's always fantastic. Also your characterization is so breath-taking.

are you proposing to me? Bc the answer is yes sweet sweet anon.

Ok to be real this is so kind. I’ve spent a looot of time and hours editing the posted chps and now drafting future ones for snv. I felt like the first few chapters in their first “final” draft were ass and I’ve spent a tremendous amount of time outlining, drafting, and (let’s be honest) daydreaming about the plot, dialogue… to say I’m agonizing over the content is an understatement and this is the most soothing thing to read, like snuggling into a warm blanket when you’re tired.

I was taking a break from writing bc I got a stupid cold but for you, anon, I’ll take a stab at it again tomorrow night. If you need me in the meantime I’ll be printing this ask out, hanging it on the wall, and staring at it. xoxo

[crimsonleaf]

Let's go~

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Thanks so much for tagging me @outeremissary !!!! Getting to this one a little late and idk who has been tagged already but if any of my moots see this and want to do it, pls consider it a tag to do so!

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[zoe-oneesama]

Hi Zoe! I see you're done with Party Crasher. If I'm not wrong, Frozer is up next. What do you think about the episode?

This episode is a prime example of why Season 2 has nearly no rewatch value after you've endured Season 4. It's so hard to watch with hindsight.

So, the biggest funk of this episode was definitely Chat Noir - it was him when the episode came out and it still is now. Literally opening the episode with another romantic gesture when Ladybug confirms this MUST be post "Glaciator" because she very gently and sadly reminds him that he knows she's in love with someone else.

Well, he took the rejection SO WELL in "Glaciator", so why should we expect any different here?

This episode (paired with "Glaciator") is the episode that launched the "Nice Guy(tm) Chat Noir" idea. He says things in this episode that I swear were pulled right from reddit. He decides they should go solo because she turned down his rose... "We don't always have to do everything together, after all. It's not like we're a couple." Seriously dude? All this time together, our partnership, our relationship, our friendship, it all means nothing because I don't want to be your girlfriend? Because I was honest about having feelings for someone else? THAT'S the kind of person you are? What a great role model.

But then he's over it, like, immediately. I'm so confused as to why this was even here. To make Chat Noir look like a dick? Way to sell your main love interest, show~

So Sadrien sadly takes his sad rose to fencing practice and gets his sad ass handed to him by Kagami, who's like "wtf kicking your ass is boring if you just let me" and he asks her "do you ever feel like you're stuck, replaying the same story over and over again and hoping for it change but nothing ever does?"

And Kagami's response is her infamous "the biggest mistake a fencer can make isn't choosing the wrong technique. It's choosing the wrong target. Change targets" advice.

First of all, her metaphor sucks. Fencing is a 1 vs 1 sport, you can't "change targets". You can switch from aiming for the chest to aiming for the leg, but it's still the same opponent, weirdo.

Second of all, nothing about what Adrien just asked you suggested he was talking about a person or a romantic suitor whatsoever. Your only hint was that he was holding his Reject Rose, but even so, why wouldn't your first thought be that he's talking about his father???

Seriously, this could've been a good lead in for the Adri////gami set up if Kagami had assumed he was talking about Gabriel and responded with empathy. "Yes, sometimes I feel like that with my own mother, but I realized I don't like feeling like I'm waiting for change to happen. I make my own change happen. If you want your story to be different, maybe it has to come from you."

And Adrien, still thinking romantically, is struck. 'Wow' he thinks, 'she understands me in a way that honestly? Not a lot of people would.' And he declares that she's right, he's going to change his story starting now, and hands her the rose, starting their romance story.

But no, sure, a bad fencing metaphor about how he should forget other hoes and look at her, that works too, who needs BUILD UP amiright? I was a fool to think that maybe Kagami would need a REASON to be into the Writer's Pet Adrien when he's OBVIOUSLY already PERFECT.

Not that any of this matters since Adrien all but tells Kagami to her face "I had a great time but I'm sticking to my original pick." and she says she'll wait for him, girl, have some self respect.

But that's getting ahead of ourselves. After the two part ways, we have a scene with him and Plagg about Adrien maybe switching targets, and uh..

Look, I noticed a real problem with the dialogue in this episode - there's a lack of connectivity throughout the episode with the things people say. I know I make jokes about the show having five writers per episode who don't communicate with each other, but here it reeeeeally feels like maybe that's not a joke.

Like here: Plagg suggests that Adrien is going to start pursuing Kagami and Adrien rejects this idea because he's in love with Ladybug ("No, no way. Ladybug's the only one I love), and it probably wouldn't work with Kagami anyway because it's his technique that's wrong and he needs advice on what to do.

This seems to suggest that Adrien isn't going to go after Kagami, and if he did, it would be to test out a technique on her. Like going out with Kagami would be practice. Now that's obviously not verbatim what he said and could justifiably be seen as reaching, but do you see my confusion? Not once does he say anything about being into Kagami or wanting to go after her (though admit-ably he did give her the Reject Rebound Rose).

But then two scenes later when he's asking Marinette for help, he's describing Kagami as if he's in love with her, as if he's really interested in her. Where did THAT come from between scenes?! Writers! COMMUNICATE!

Also he says in the French version that they have classes together, and in English that they study together, and I would just like to see WHEN?!

There's another example when Marinette goes off to the bathroom after Kagami gives more..."advice". Tikki asks why she's sad, and instead of pointing out the very obvious "Oh, I don't know Tikki, my crush asked me for advice on how to get close to another girl, I'm third wheeling his date and am forced to watch them skate around holding hands, she practically claimed him when Phillipe was trying to recruit Adrien for his ice rink by reminding him AND me that Adrien is with HER, aaaaand I fell on my butt in front of him, her, and the guy who I also have caught feelings for but am feeling bad about potentially leading him on because of my lingering feelings for Adrien. And then my crush's date basically told me it's my fault that all these things are happening to me because I 'hesitate'. That might have something to do with why I'm sad."

But instead her answer is she likes Luka but doesn't know if what's between them is that they're just friends, like with Adrien????

Even if that WERE a part of it, that's not the thing that started this or even the thing that set her off. So why is that the thing they made her stuck on??? That's like the fourth thing on the list of Things That's Made Her Upset. Her answer sounds like it comes from a pre-edited script or something.

So yeah, the dialogue is...weird. But that's almost normal for Miraculous Ladybug at this point.

So anyway, Adrien vows to get advice from someone who is Not Plagg and realizes very quickly that every adult in his life is utterly worthless so he scouts out his friends. Except of the 4 couples he zones in on (Marc and Nathaniel, Ivan and Mylene, Alya and Nino, Juleka and Rose) 3/4 of them are together because of Ladybug and an akuma.

"Hey bro, I need some advice, how'd you and Alya get together?"

"Oh, Ladybug locked us in a panther cage during an akuma attack after you tried to set me up with her best friend."

Maybe it's not as crazy that he went to Marinette as I initially thought.

(That said this gave me flashbacks because for some reason all my friends came to me for relationship advice despite being chronically single for most of high school, so, I felt that pain Marinette.)

And just...wow, writers, I know Marinette is your punching bag but this was just cruel. Having her crush, the guy YOU'RE SELLING as her true love go off about how pretty and special and amazing this other girl is right to her face? Is this supposed to be an equivalent heartbreak to what happened in the first scene? Because this doesn't feel equal, this just feels malicious on the writer's end. Ladybug didn't grind into Chat Noir's face how AWESOME the mystery boy is and at least Chat Noir got to throw a tantrum about it, where's Marinette's tantrum?!

I'll say the one point I give to the Girl Squad is them telling Marinette she's crazy for agreeing to third wheel this date and that she should definitely cancel on Adrien. If he can't handle being alone with the girl he wants to date, that sounds like a them problem, there's being selfless and then there's being masochistic, girl.

But then they lose that point for yelling over her when she tells them she's going to try being Just a Friend for Adrien.

The Girl Squad scene is also frustrating in this way that Miraculous is continuously frustrating in that the characters just don't quite say the thing that makes sense (like in "Maledictator" with Marinette calling Chloe "useless" instead of things that would actually stick like "bully"). Marinette says she's giving up on Adrien because she stutters around him and dating would be impossible if she can't even talk to him, and that she's calmer when she's trying to be his friend instead of dating him.

But what she should have said was "he just asked me advice on how to ask out someone else, he's clearly not into me!"

She has a good point with the stuttering thing, but that puts all the weight on HER for the relationship not taking off. It's HER that can't get it together, it's HER that can't get her words out, it's HER that's stopping them from being together. Meanwhile Adrien's over here asking out other girls, calling her "just a friend", not showing up to meet ups that she'll be at... Hell, he tried to set HER up with SOMEONE ELSE ("Animan"). He doesn't want to date her! Message Recieved!

So she brings in Luka, (which honestly, smart move, because how much would Kagami have REALLY hated Marinette if she showed up by herself on THEIR date) and we get The Metaphors.

Marinette is clumsy, this is a known fact, yet the only times she's clumsy at the ice rink is because she's focused on Adrien - when she focuses on Luka, she's smooth, easily let's him guide her, and is pulling off professional moves. ALMOST like he's a good, calming influence compared to the chaotic energy that Adrien brings.

The "problem" (if you're writing for this show and want to encourage Adrien and Marinette being together) is that the episode never challenges why this should be a bad thing. They want her to be with Adrien, soooo why are they basically visually proving why Luka is the better option? Why does this whole episode feel like it's actively trying to turn Marinette away from Adrien?

I mean obviously they're starting the Love Rival drama, but I mean long term. With the Skating Metaphor and Marinette bringing up how her own inability to think clearly around Adrien is a problem, and then never COUNTERING those problems, why are we supposed to root for them again?

Oh because Luka gave his consent in the end, not because of any merit that Adrien brings to the table, got it.

Then there's the obvious Two Guys Reaching Out to Help Marinette Up and She Hesitates Because Her Heart is in Conflict Metaphor. I only give this one props because at least none of the characters explained that one, they just let that one speak for itself, even if it was obvious.

Though that one accidentally extended when the reason Marinette doesn't choose is because Phillipe forces his way into the interaction to beg Adrien to join his rink - kinda like random, out of pocket shit that she has no control over is CONSTANTLY MESSING UP HER ATTEMPTS TO MAKE MOVES.

Gosh Kagami, maybe Marinette would've made a choice if she'd gotten five seconds between them without INTERRUPTIONS! Maybe she even would've grabbed BOTH of their hands, then what would you have done?

Sighhhh, I'm sorry Kagami, I don't mean to rip on you. It's just that you were so freaking RUDE in this episode to anyone who wasn't Adrien (and also a little bit to Adrien tbh). You can turn Phillipe's offer down without telling him his favorite sport is basically trash. You can help Marinette up without rubbing it in that you got the guy first. You can let Adrien turn Phillipe down himself without peeing on him, as if you're jealous of a this guy just for asking Adrien to join a sport ("he already fences with ME!"). Let the boy speak for himself - maybe he actually was interested, did you check in on what he wants?

Yes, Adrien shouldn't just go along with people to make them happy, but he's not going to learn to stand up for himself if you just speak for him.

And Luka...well you're just here for a good time, aren't you? So patient, so kind, so the only person in the room who can read the writing on the wall. At least someone in this group isn't lying to themselves.

I'm losing steam, so let's rapid fire:

I knew I'd hate Phillipe as soon as I saw him and I was right. He's annoying and I bet he's the reason no one wants to come to his stupid ice rink because he's lurking there interrupting other people's dates. I was on Andre's side when he ragged on him for trying to force people to join (though dude you gave him ten minutes, what did you think would happen?)

Luka's so magical he can play electric guitar without an amp or any sound amplifying device, impressive. Or the people on this show have never touched an instrument.

Also Luka, your advice to just be natural and go with the flow is great and also WASTED on Adrien, his "natural" is a DISASTER.

Adrien panic-lying that he brought Marinette to teach him how to skate was pointless. Maybe Kagami would've thought it was endearing you were too nervous to go on a date with her alone if you were just honest about it, but now it's just Another Thing Kagami has to turn into a competition because she sees Marinette as a RiVaL (which honestly amazing jumping to conclusions because wut, where'd you get that idea?)

Also, does Kagami shoot a bow? She says she only participates in "noble" sports, like bow or fencing, but I can't tell if she's listing sports she considers noble, or listing sports she participates in. Also what does a "noble" sport even mean?

S-stalac-Tikki...and Plagg-lagla. I know it's Plagg-Glacier in English, but it's Plagg-lagla in French and it sounds like Adrien's VA is gargling or stuttering when he tries to say it.

What happened to Luka and Kagami, you're not even going to show them frozen?!

Frozer is so ugly omigoooood not looking forward to drawing him.

So yeah, anyway, Frozer is hard to watch, especially with hindsight, the bad parts with Chat Noir are really bad but don't stick around long, so there's that, and while it doesn't feel like the characters are being too bad during this whole "dating" fiasco, it suuuuure feels like the writers were~

[colorisbyshe]

I have literally no way of verifying this info so take it with a grain of salt but I heard a while ago mxtx actually was in college when writing mdzs so the confusing style makes a lot of sense since she's inexperienced, and tgcf was much tighter and made more sense. as someone who read the fan translation of mdzs (and never will again, lmao cql is my only canon), it's interesting to hear about your thoughts about the writing and novel! imo there are genuinely spectacular book moments/dialogue/scenes, but most of them made it to cql, and the few good romance scenes (if he catches me I'll-, the yunmeng date extra) rly aren't worth it. I'm personally glad I read the entire book (sans incense burners) because it gives me a fuller perspective and allows comparison between adaptations, but it's not something I would necessarily recommend. the only scene that I think the novel did great that cql didn't have was the wen blood pool scene, but iirc that was in the donghua too. on the other hand the novel had a lot of really cool worldbuilding elements that were explained much better than in cql and I think jin ling was a stronger character so it also depends on what you like and want to see. anyway it's great to hear your thoughts, thanks for posting!

same anon - also love your description of the problems in the framing device in mdzs. you're right! it's inconsistent and a mess! also super insightful to pinpoint the fact that wwx is being used to introduce characters without spoiling them instead of reacting organically to the situation. and his weird interactions with lwj…they were so miserable /sob

Yeah, I do think the novel does a LOT better job explaining word building stuff than CQL did, since it can just... write things out instead of having it just sort of implied or directly stated via dialogue, which can be clunky. I honestly think a looot of hwat I know about the ~lore was actually picked up through checking the wiki or like having concepts spelled out in fanfic by authors who were drawing from both MDZS/CQL information, which... is a problem. Like it's almost all technical information (like about how golden cores work and what specific terms signify) but also some of it is just concepts being better explained when they were skimmed over in the drama.

So the novels do have value in like... padding out the world and maybe providing some character moments (although I will say... I thought Jiang Cheng being homophobic was just like... an exaggerated meme but no he's like... straight up just textually homophobic LMAO... don't know if i needed that enhanced character depth) but they will never be my definitive understanding of the story, even if I do read past Vol 1. And I definitely hve no interest in spending money on or owning the novels, even in a pirated way.

I am still impressed with how enjoyable of a read it is and I think the text holds up better than I thought it would in terms of like... properly dropping bread crumbs for people who know how everything ends, like it lays things out well... outside of the very weird framing of Wei Wuxian himself against everyone from his former life.

Like I said his reactions to everyone... come off as very unnatural and untrue to his character and their relationships, even with how much distance came between them in his final months/years. For how well misdirection worked in CQL at least... it's really not working here when provided with characters more inner thoughts.

So I LIKE having them, at least in theory, and I like more peaks into the background (like Lan Xichen teasing Lan Wangji early on about liking Wei Wuxian's company lmaoooo), but idk if the early stuff is servicing what is to come as well as it should be.

Also... the bad BL tropes are already hitting hard. Like LWJ making WWX sleep on top of him and the moments emphasizing how tiny WWX is now.... girl, the fujoshi within you has leaked onto the page, go clean that up.

I think (from what I know at least, from the manhua and from comparisons) Imas sively going to appreciate MXTX being less present in the CQL adaption. Like I feel the author too much in the novel. I feel the machinations.

So as pleased as I am by the world building and overall narrative/character moments, which is VERY pleased, she really is her own worst enemy. Not even getting into her moral issues just from like a technical stand point, her writing is very frustrating to me.

Going from a superior adaption to the OG text is lot.

It's like... did any of y'all read the thirteen letters? Womb to tomb bitches?? It's like reading that then watching TFA. Like... even the likable things become frustrating because you're so aware of their limitations and how they aren't reaching their full potential.

[tharedfish113]

Okay kiribaku story idea that im prob never going to write, but I write to not forget it.

Coworkers - bakugou And kirishima!!!

In the work place bakugou always ALWAYS brought his handmade lunch, and its wasnt like a simple sandwich or a frozen pizza. No this man makes nothing simple and loves himself too much to put junk in his stomach.

Bakugou makes his lunch as Everything he does, with tons of passion. Seariusly* those containers with his name have food worthy of a 5 star restaurant, and the best part of making such great delicacies*? Eating them!

Because yeah, thats why he cooks his own food, no other restaurant or person, not even his mother, can reach his high needs.

Ever since he was a little boy, her mother nag him about not eating her bland and spiceless food, seariusly* this woman have never used salt in her life and sometimes, she didnt even cooked it, always going to that chinesse restaurant that was on her way from work, always cold, and tasteless but when you are a little kid in a strict household like the Bakugous you cannot have the luxury of not eating the food that was served, let alone insulting it - he learned that one the hard way- so after a slap in the cheek and going to bed without dinner, his mother gave him a great idea.

If you dont like it, do it yourself you ungrateful brat!

First useful thing that hag ever said to him.

He would teach himself how to Cook.

Now, maybe he had a natural talent for doing simple things like eggs or rice, maybe even a spaghetti, however there was food with more steps and more ingridients that he wanted to make and obviously his attempts to recreate elaborated dishes were rubbish, tasted worse than his father food - who btw, was the worst Cook out of the 3 bakugous-but he loved it.

A normal child would have given up after doing so much work only to make such a shitty thing, and yeah, sometimes he got so frustated that he would cry silent tears while eating his food - he wasnt allowed to throw it away, his mother screaming not to waste anything- but, he really loved making food, he adored seeing the changes on the taste, on the colour, on the form everytime he added or removed an ingridient, and any time his attempts were succesful with one dish he wanted to make another, and another and another, until FINALLY he was the designated Cook on the house.

Every day before and after school he would take his bike, go to the local market and buy the freshest ingridients to make the breakfast/lunch/dinner for his family, this meant waking up on ungodly hours and sleeping with the schedule of an old man,a practice he still followed when he began to work.

So yeah, he putted a looot of effort making his food, and he deserves to eat his hard work too. But, aparently some people desagreed with him, some STUPID, SELFISH extra thought themselves entitled on eating his home made food, HIS HARDWORK, some IDIOT cowoker must be blind, because there was no other explanation of why they could not see that Big NOTE with his name written in CAPS and also the usual death threats.

It all started when all the creative depparment changed floors due to renovations, so obviously the perpertrator must be one of them. He had an idea, dunce face and racoon eyes being his first suspects, however, they were discarded when he saw them in the common room eating lots of junk nasty food. So if it wasn't them - it couldn't be soy face either, since he was always asking him if wanted anything from his food, yuck- it must be someone else, and today he would know.

You see, he loves cooking, knowing all types of dishes from different places in the World, his favorite? Spicy dishes, now, he didnt made them every day due to the difficulties of finding good and fresh spices, Chili serrano, jalapeño, pasilla, habanero etc being his main goal. They were hard to find, BUT pink cheeks FINALLY got her hand on some of these spices, so, knowing he would buy them no matter the price he was the first one to obtain them

Of course he treassured those spices, trying to put them aside for special ocassions like today.

And today was the day, he would trap that fucking thief, report him to HR and kick his ass.

Sure, it hurt to waste them on an extra, but he was sure the thief couldnt take the spice in his dish, the first bite would give him away anyway, making his eyes teary and his mouth on fire, he knew the effects, giving his roomate a try.

So at lunch time, making his way to the fridge and seeing nothing - again- he went straight to the common room, looking for a mouth on fire yelling in pain, and fire he saw. A shitty, fire red engine hair in the Middle of the idiot squad, quickly eating his food while crying.

The blonde scowled.

How come he didnt notice him? With a hair and body like that - he was huge- it shouldnt be hard identifying the thief before, Did he hide in the bathrooms?

And more importantly. HOW COME HE DIDNT DIE WITH THE SPICE???

He was sure he made it super spicy, he wanted to make him suffer. So...why wasnt him screaming? Why was he still eating?

He was in pain his teary eyes giving him away, but he kept going almost finishing the dish... Almost finishi- wait a minute.

-STOP EATING MY FOOD YOU BASTARD!!!!!

All eyes were on him, while shitty hair got up and made the run for his life, food forgotten, good.

-STOP CALLING ME THAT RACOONFACE

-kachaan, fancy seeing you at our table-dunce face said with a idiot smile.

-To what do we owe this pleasure? - mocked tape face while racoon eyes laughed. The idiot squad playing dumb on the motive of his anger.

-STOP WITH THE INOCENT EYES AND TELL ME WHERE DID SHITTY HAIR GO?!!!

-ah, he already gave him a nickname. How cute bakubro!!

-that was fast, I thought he would go for the usual "extra"

-STOP CALLING ME THAT RACOON EYES AND ANSWER ME!!

-dont call people names if you dont want to get a nickname - said the pink haired Bitch-and we dont whaat you are talking about, we were having a wonderlful lunch until you came here and ruined it.

Before he could start with the death threats he was interrupted by the loud sound of a chair moving. Fuuuuuuuuuuuck glasses was here.

-MÍSTER BAKUGOU!! PLEASE ABSTAIN YOURSELF FROM YELLING IN COMMON SPACES IN OUR WORKPLACE!!

-tch, goddamn it, calm the fuck down, smartypants. I was just leaving.

While talking his lunch he gave a last deathly look to the idiot squad going outside to the garden of the building, he couldnt stay a long time if glasses was having his lunch there, being the head of the HR depparment most of the complaints about his way of working went directly to him and he wasnt in the modd for another lecture.

Looking at his almost finished food he wonder about that shitty haired bastard , at least now he knew how he looked like.

A cruel smile appeared on his face.

When his shift ended he would follow that bastard and beat into his skull that NO ONE MESSES WITH HIS FOOD.

Then while bakugou follows him he would notice that kiri lives in poor conditions, investigating more he founds out that he is only an intern and doesnt make much money, so he barely has stuff to eat let alone survive. Bakugou takes notice an start making Two lunches one with the name "shitty hair" written on it yada yada they start eating together yada yada they become friends yadda yadda they become bestfriends and yadda yadda they help each other on their dreams.

Bakugou to be a chef - his parents always told him to get a real job

Kiri to open his own gym.

And yada yada they fell in love.

Its bad writing but I had the idea.

[kingdumbass]

just for informational purposes (im no to tell you what to do or believe of course) but a looot of the claims on that blog (btw the owner was 16 and didn't like....check anything they were posting) were false accusations dredged up for old grudges and i've seen more than a couple of people who ended up on that blog fully admitting they didn't realize what they were doing came off as offensive cause they werent mean spirited and like...no one adressed them personally. not to defend offensive shit but like....i wouldn't really worry about most of the users mentioned there. idk just wanted to say this cause last night left a very sour taste in my mouth and im a no one in this fandom so i just see and observe

Yeah I saw the op was a 16 year old which… kind of fucked to reveal that after the fact but heyyy.

but yeah I don’t really get involved in fandom drama as a rule. I simply don’t care about it for the most part and I’m often situated in the middle of old fandom and new fandom ideologies so for the sake of my own homeostasis I keep to myself lol. But there were some that were true upon my further investigation like someone writing winkline and what not. I take everything with a grain of salt, but I’d have to say a large majority of the names being tossed around are all from the same newer fan circle. The “desticule” or whatever. Seems like the calls were coming from inside the house 😬

All the submissions about specific fics though were a bit uhhhhh idk.. overblown lol. Then again though I’m not one to jump on the bandwagon when it comes to ‘popular fics’ so maybe they had points. Never read sobsicles tbh.. or with understanding but I know WU is a dark fic so the virtue signaling about it made me laugh a little.

[nottodaylogic]

Sugar

Summary: I wanted to write some soft Chardelia :) 

A/N: this is super short but I low key love it??? It takes place before The Force Awakens came out because I’m a NerdTM, but that’s not really Important? 

(Also good lord I haven’t posted any fic in so long I’m sorry, there isn’t any finished things for the Sides so take this)

Anyways, so this is the first Falsettos fic I’m posting yay! I’m working on some longer Sanders Sides things for y’all btw, but before that, there are ten billion mini Falsettos fics to post :D @ohbytheangel and I have a looot of things for y’all :)

(also there’s one completely on accident barely-a-reference to Waitress, don’t know how that happened haha)

@hghrules @that-one-hyperfixation I don’t know if either of you want to be tagged in Falsettos fic so uhh ye

“Hello, sugar!” A kiss on the cheek brightens Charlotte’s spirits greatly. Despite the deaths and heavy burdens of her job, at least the smell of baked goods and someone far sweeter than anything made in the kitchen greet her at home.

“Hey, Delia.” She leans her head on Cordelia’s shoulder, making the other woman giggle like she’s far younger than she really is. Like she was when they met, just two little girls making friends faster than a flame catches on paper-thin pastry.

“How was your day?”

She sighs. “Not the greatest. Anything good going on I can distract myself with?”

“Actually, well, yes!”

This is a surprise.

“They’re making a new Star Wars movie,” Cordelia tells her, grinning because she knows how much Charlotte likes science fiction.

“That’s good,” she responds, smiling softly at her love. Despite the shit day she’s had, Cordelia can always cheer her up.

Sometimes it hits her how much she doesn’t notice, how sometimes Delia’s smiles are faked, how her eyes are filled with tears hastily wiped away on the kitchen towel, how their garbage is filled with burned pastries.

Other times, though, it’s all genuine, and they order cheap takeout Chinese and sit on the floor and watch Netflix while commenting on how obviously the girl and her best friend are crushing on each other, it’s just compulsory heterosexuality that’s keeping them apart, popping popcorn in their mouths as they talk (slightly burnt; just how Charlotte likes it, despite all the times Delia says she’s obviously faking).

(Charlotte’s the only one who calls her lover Delia.)

(The only ones who might have also done so had given up the privilege when they’d kicked her out of her own house.)

“And guess wha-at?” Delia says, sing-song, gleeful as she carries a tray with two slices of pie towards her. Baked goods are easier for her—it was what had made her catering business possible, despite no hired help.

Just a lesbian and her lover, trying to launch a catering business.

What’re the odds of that? How unlikely is their success, especially when Charlotte is always busy with her doctor work, saving lives, or at least trying to.

“What is it?”

“Since we’re so out of the loop with everything—”

Charlotte snorts at that. “It’s true.”

“—I didn’t find this out until today, when a kid who I was providing the birthday cake  for, told me excitedly that the first trailer was out, and we can see it now!”

“Oh, neat!” Cordelia kisses her lightly, setting down the pie slices, handing her one, telling her it’s a lemon-rhubarb flavor that ends up tasting quite delightful.

(“Just made it today!” is said with a grin. “I know you like tart flavors, sugar.” She does. Charlotte quite enjoys lemon-flavored treats, but this seems excessive.)

(She doesn’t tell her that.)

(She does want another slice, after all.)

“We can watch it later,” Charlotte says. “How was your day?”

“There was a bit too much salt in the ginger snaps, but other than that, pretty good!” Cordelia takes another bite of her creation. “Do you like it?”

“It’s very good.”

“Yay!”

She squeals as Charlotte looks at her lovingly, knowing the expression on her face is something very familiar to her now. Living with Cordelia is like a dream, like a dance, like a day with no deaths in the hospital. Too good to be true, despite having had this for years by now.

She wouldn’t trade any of it for the world.

[calliecat93]

Okay, I think that I can defenitivly say that by the end of next week, I will have the Beauty and the Beast review done. All that’s left to do is finish Belle’s section, write the Final Thoughts, add the screencaps/citations, and done. After that, all my focus is going onto ST TOS. I know I said that the RWBY format wasn’t going to work... but I’m gonna try to do it in text style anyways over bulletpoint (aside from liveblogs) and just... divide it into sections. Like since I decided to go in airing order for this, for The Man Trap I’d probably divide it up like a section where I discuss the Salt Monster and it’s abilities, a section where I talk about Kirk and McCoy’s interactions in the episode, a section where I talk about McCoy and Nancy, etc. Hopefully this format works for all 79 episodes, but I’ll figure it out.

When will the Disney Princess stuff resume? I have no idea. I’d say after ST is done... but doing a 79 episode show and six part film series (and if I do AOS nine films) weekly would cause a LOOOT of waiting. What may happen is once I’m in the rythem of things, I’ll resume it as a monthly thing. Also when Summer hits, ST may go on hold as I plan to finally finish reviewing RWBY V8 with some changes to that format already being made (shorter overview, doing two episodes per review so that’ll mean only four posts, etc). I’ll decide then if doing all three at once will be too much for me.

[seraphsfire]

things i liked abt last jedi:

-rey being beautiful and adorable and powerful and owning at lightsabers -carrie -Finn is beautiful and smart and wonderful - poe is beautiful and resourceful and always having finn’s back -luke’s Tom Ford black organic fiber haute couture dueling ensemble -hux’s face in all scenes -rooooose - lightsabers -“No one’s ever really gone”

things I didn’t like:

-tonally completely inconsistent from tfa -rian gave more screen time to kylo than poe or finn… he’s the villain not the MC -it felt like rian cared so much about kylo that rey didn’t even get to be the main character in her own movie -I understand that mark went back on his initial misgivings but like. so much of that was Not Luke that four other whole movies had set up. and just saying ‘guilt’ as a cop out for Luke’s actions is lazy writing. I would have been ok with it if it had been a deeply explored complex part of the script -rey barely got to train and half of her scenes with luke were wasted on her climbing after him and watching him catch food -why is poe suddenly shitty?? nah man that’s not poe catch these hands rian -shirtless scene??? ‘salt’ guy?? porgs?? milk?? wh -a lot of the dialogue was just weird to the point where it felt like it was becoming a parody of itself -'then he’s our only hope,’ what the hell?? why is rian so set on making kylo the main character? the whole first movie maintains that Rey is the new hope, miss me with that r*ylo BS -miss me with all of that creepy reyl* bs -if kylos gonna stop being a villain he has to decide that, finn did that and rey should have understood that (itsbadwriting.gif) -they killed an awful lot of women -'Rey Nobody’ would have maybe worked if it was before they’d cast someone who looks a looot like natalie, given her space buns, dressed her like Luke, gave her a mysterious bond to lukes lightsaber, and made her a tech wiz kid with dreams of fighting for the rebellion on a planet exactly like tattooine -__-

I don’t fault anybody for liking it, there were some good moments that were nice to enjoy it just fell so short for me

[chipsncookies]

what's the dirt on sporas?? do tell

There's a lot of criticisms on sporas but I'll just tell u about maxie and archie (and how sporas poorly handled them).Before sporas, u have to understand the rse chapters first. Chapters ruby & sapphire's plot is similar to the ruby & sapphire games: maxie wants to expand the land, archie wants to expand the sea, protags have to stop them, with some creative liberties like archie being a director in a tv company (it affects the story a bit). The biggest difference however, is that archie and maxie were possesed by the orbs they used to awaken kyogre and groudon. These orbs were eventually expelled from their bodies. However, both suffered side effects: they became weak, power-obsessed, and morally corrupt (even more than before). At one point, Maxie killed Courtney, both burned Norman's corpse, and archie stomped on a poor feebas. The bosses escaped after being defeated by the protags.If u think they're evil compared to the rse bosses, get ready for emerald chapter.In emerald, there's an original story which is set after r&s chapter (instead of an au like emerald the game). The plot follows this boy, Emerald whose goal is to capture jirachi, but he got interrupted by a mysterious man in armour who also wants to capture jirachi, known as Guile Hideout. Guile did nasty things like kidnapping people, stealing rental pokemon and setting them onto innocent pokemon battle audience and press, all in order to capture jirachi. Even emerald + frontier brains couldnt stop him. It is slowly revealed later that Guile once had come into contact with the blue orb, and let its power seeped into every fibre of his being, making him obsessed with kyogre's power. He also wants to drown the whole world. Sounds familiar? That's right, he's Archie. So what actually happened? At the end, after a looot more fighting, the protags finally defeated guile/archie. Archie who looks more dead than alive at this point told us the truth: after fleeing in ruby& sapphire chapter, he and maxie was saved by a mysterious woman named Sird (how? Idek it's not revealed). She knew about their condition, about them being possessed, and warned them that their body is decaying/weakening quickly because of the possession, they will soon die. BUT she has a solution! in the form of an armour, which has the ability to slow time. The problem is there is only one armour, and as we all know, archie has it, so... we dont see outright but it's heavily implied that archie killed maxie. Archie admitted to the protags that he abandoned his crew, and he abandoned maxie, even though they went through hardships together. He said he's 'this kind of person' which suggests that he's p much accepts he's evil.'But Chips i just want to know about sporas why did u tell me all of the above' everything i told u is important to understand sporas because, guess who came back? THE SAME MAXIE AND ARCHIE. Not from an alternate universe, not different people, but the same guys who got possessed and supposedly tried to kill each other - but now they're back, in completely different appearance (maxie with the glasses and sweaters, archie with the wetsuit & new beard) and new crews (yes oras shelly, matt, tabi & courtney are there) and they all want to stop a meteor from destroying hoenn.No, there's no explanation how they came back from the dead, why maxie became a nerd, why archie became a pirate, how they build new magma & aqua (old team aqua & magma members from r&s chapter admitted that they never saw their teammates again after r&s incident nor have they heard about aqua/magma revival), why the bosses need to be revived from death to destroy the meteor, WHY THEY ARE STILL SMUG AND CONDESCENDING TOWARDS THE PROTAGS even if they now share the same goal... the list goes on. So, you get the idea.Sporas could have worked if they follow the oras games plot (alternate universe! Entirely new characters!) but no they wanted to keep everything connected and in one universe, so you get this massive... inconsistent characters, bad writing, confusing plots, side characters who don't have anything to do with the plot showing up (giovanni is in sporas but he didn't really.. do anything??) because they wanted to follow the oras games but ALSO stay within the lore they established... sporas ended up being none. 7.8/10 too much plotholes :(In conclusion, sporas is bad because it tried to do everything but ended up being nothing. If u want to read rse or sporas go ahead, tbh i'd rather u judge by yourself. If u end up liking it, good! More power to u! I didn't, so i pretend it never happened.(Sorry this is so long. I tried to contain my salt but i spilled all of it whoops.)#pokespe #sporas #oraspe #chipsays #asks

[yukimuras-blush]

Can you recommend some otome games that doesn't actually require you to pay money unless you want to, like SLBP?

*cracks knuckles* OKAY HERE WE GO (I’ll try to keep this brief but…that is not a strength of mine lmao)ALSO, DISCLAIMER…. I have spent money on all of these. Some more than others. So all of this should be taken with a grain of salt because I can talk about not spending money but I have 0 self control, hahaha.1. Mystic Messenger! Almost all of my friends that I’ve met through otome started with MM (the gateway otome game, for me at least), but I thought it was worth mentioning just in case! I really like the fact that it’s in kind of more real time, it makes it feel more real for me (MM is the only game I use my real name for, actually, it actually made /me/ feel like MC and I haven’t felt that in another game yet, even though I strongly relate to some of them!) - but also, I’m the type of person who sets alarms at 3 am so I don’t miss chats (V I AM READY FOR YOU) … and if you haven’t played, it’s a good time to start because they are releasing a long awaited route soon! Also, they have a toooon of endings, and it’s a lot of fun to get all the different ones!

2. Several Shades of Sadism - I’ve heard a looot of people say that you have to pay to get the good ending. But it’s just like SLBP’s Divine ending - if you have enough affection, you can get it (there are guides for every character if you’re into that sort of thing), but they actually have a free daily gacha that is NOT super well advertised (whether or not it was in the tutorial I don’t remember) - I didn’t realize it was free every day, not just the first time, until after I had…finished every released route lmao. But in the gacha you can win affection points, so even if you don’t pick the best answers you can still get the good ending, though that way might take a while! It has voiced successful lessons and things the characters can say on the home page, which I like. (Plus, Minami is bae, one of my favorites ever)3. Ikemen Sengoku - This one is fairly new! It’s based on the samurai like SLBP, but MC is from the future (and FEISTY). They just announced that they’re releasing a fourth character, which is nice! I definitely like SLBP more but I love this one too!

4. Midnight Cinderella - This one has been out for a while, but by the same company that made Ikesen, and they just released a new character and still have events, so they are still pretty active! (Loving the event going on rn, in other news I have no time to do anything else anymore, rip) There are a lot of characters to choose from and I had SO MUCH TROUBLE picking who to go for first. I’ve loved everyone I’ve romanced so far!

5. Decode Desire - I’ve seen…literally nothing ever about this game that I haven’t specifically searched for myself, but it’s super cute!! I actually haven’t played it in forever and haven’t finished a route, but that is ONLY because I was at a really good stopping point in it and I just…with all these dang story events that I LOVE going on, I didn’t have time. But I love the kind of plot they’ve got going on - it’s all based around teaching an AI to love and MC falls for a coworker - not all the routes are released yet, but I’ve gotten glimpses of other characters and they all seem cute! (Then again, I have a Thing for socially awkward nerdy types, apparently.) Also, this has been the easiest game for me to NOT spend money in because they are really generous with their energy items and things!

Except Mystic Messenger, all of these are ticketed games like SLBP, with a fairly similar setup. I know Voltage has other PARTY games, but the only one I’ve really given a chance is SLBP so I can’t comment on them personally! I tried Be My Princess: PARTY but it didn’t immediately draw me in, so I decided to give it another shot once I am not spending like 90% of my free time playing these games, ahahahah.(”I’ll try to keep this brief” - yeaaaaahhhh right, SORRY, i write novels not responses whoops)***also, literally anyone message me about any of these games if you ever want to, I love talking about them and I’ve met such awesome people through otome fandom things (even though I’m v v slow at responding to messages, sry guys, you know who you are)

[mushuw]

I was tagged by @blackfyrres and she’s a traitor ! ♥

Rules: Answer the questions then ask 11 of your own!

1. What is your favorite disney movie and why ?

I don’t know... Maybe The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Zootopia and Tangled. The Lion King because I’m in love with felines but also with original soundtrack (Hans Zimmer, Can’t wait to be king... !) and I found that movie very touching (Mufasa’s death... Yes, I’m too sensitive... haha). I like Nala and her temperament too ! The moral of Beauty and the Beast and Zootopia are very beautiful and means a lot to me. Moreover, the protagonists of Zootopia remind me two characters played by @blackfyrres and me. Finally, I’m in love with Rapunzel, Eugène and their evolution. And, again, both of them remind me two characters played (again) by @blackfyrres and me. ♥

2. Do you have a character (from a book, a movie, a tv show) that you absolutely can’t stand and why ?

Snow White is the first character who occurs me now. But, of course, she’s not the only one. I can’t stand her because she’s too sickly. She’s a real stereotype of the women. I’m not feminist but come on !

3. Do you have a favorite superhero ? If yes, which one is it ?

I don’t know. Maybe Wanda or Thor. Wanda was manipulated because of her brief weakness caused by the pain of her loss. Thor is maybe a stereotype but I found him very human, very lowly and I love his so complicated relationship with Loki.

4. What was the last book you read ?

“Morsure : Femmes de l’Autremonde” by Kelley Armstrong.

5. Do you prefer salty food or sweet food ?

Sweet food is my weakness but I like both of its. I love so much sweeten-salted too.

6. How many tv show do you watch ?

Currently, I’m watching mainly about four tv shows.

7. Do you have any favorite youtubers ?

Nope.

8. Do you believe in the existence of an alien life ?

Yes, I do. I don’t know which appearence it may have but I’m convinced that we aren’t the only one in the galaxy.

9. Which one of the planets of the solar system (Pluto counts, I do not care) is your favorite ? Why ?

Maybe Mercury or Neptune, because of its colors.

10. Which one of all the Pokemon games is your favorite ?

I don’t know... Maybe Gold and Silver, X and Y and Sun and Moon ? haha Too difficult !

11. Are you more of a cat person or a dog person ?

I’m both of its but maybe more a cat person. I have a looot of cats indeed. It is able to calm me down.

My questions :

1. Do you prefer films or books of Harry Potter ?

2. In which country would you like travel ?

3. Do you prefer big city or little village ?

4. Which character (movie, tv show or book) is the most admirable according to you and why ?

5. Public transport or car ?

6. Sun or rain ?

7. Do you believe in reincarnation ?

8. Do you prefer reading or writing ?

9. Are you more a manual person or a cerebral person ?

10. What is your biggest fear ?

11. What is your biggest pride ?

I tag anyone who wants to do it !

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Monday, October 9

I worked out Thursday of last week and then again last night (Sunday). After last night’s workout I felt so good!!! It was partly that I caught up on sleep Saturday night (legit slept 13 hours) but I didn’t end up sleeping until midnight last night which is annoying cuz I had to be up at 6:40 today. But, my workout was good, I then went home and made a delicious stir-fry with veggies, tofu and rice and didn’t go over!! my!! calories!! I had been eating and eating all weekend and getting my shit together Sunday was much needed. BUT: I’ve had my shit together three consecutive Sundays. It’s a matter of keeping it together this week. Even if I just have it together like, three days this week, I’ll be a lot better off than if I eat shit from Monday till Sunday.

I don’t have any exams this week. I ~am~ stressed with all the readings I have, the paper, and especially the presentation. And I know I need to stay on top of my shit with my math classes, I have to write an opinions piece this week and I have other stuff going on to take care of. But my mentoring program got cancelled so I have a little bit of a break today that I can use to get some things done, and my room is pretty clean which makes it a more pleasant place to be so I’m looking forward to when I get all my stuff done and can (hopefully) pass tf out at 10pm tonight.

I’m feeling cautiously optimistic about the semester. I think I failed my Calc exam but I get one drop so I just need to really work hard to ensure I get As on the third and fourth exams. If I work hard enough I can still get a damn A+ in that class. 

Anyways, life is hard and I’m already looking forward to Christmas break. Fall Break will be fun and Thanksgiving Break will be super relaxing and I’m looking forward to both, but I’m excited for a clean slate with classes. I need to work really hard to get the grades I want and then I’m so lit to take a nice three week break from school (other than the online class I’m taking lol).

Anyways, the key this week is going to be to plan ahead, incorporate lots of veggies/’volume’ foods into that plan, and to have the will-power to stick to it. I’m gonna try to only spend money on Starbucks and Subway and to use my dining dollars for that; at most I might go to Target to pick up a couple things and I might get some Halo Top while I’m there (I have coupons!!!) but I need to make my groceries last until this weekend before I can so much as justify buying a gallon of almond milk. I spent almost $150 of my monthly $250 on the first day of the mont, which is fine but I have to make it last. And I ate a looot at the beginning of the month which was not conducive to making it last. I spend $18 at Aldi and literally got a $7 thing of toilet paper, so $11 for everything else: two-dozen eggs, a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter, a bag of like half a dozen or more peaches, and a tray of peanut butter cookies. My goal is to make that shit last. I’m not gonna eat cheesy eggs at 12am stressed, I’m not gonna pour olive oil on the bread and eat that after I smoke...I’m going to make my shit last. My parents are generous enough to pay for whatever groceries I want. The least I can do is not blow through them way too quickly because I stress-eat, sad-eat, angry-eat, whatever. 

The stir-fry I made last night was literally so good. I had a huge plate of food for less than 600 cal. The thing that people don’t get about eating healthy is that it doesn’t have to be this bland experience. It’s not like you either eat a bunch of bad-for-you, high-calorie foods or else you can eat a single carrot. My stir-fry was essentially a fuck-ton of veggies, some tofu, a tablespoon of soy sauce and half a tablespoon of olive oil + a bunch of seasonings. Plus a side of rice. You’d be surprised how flavorful half a tablespoon of olive oil and a tablespoon of soy sauce can make things; throw in some red pepper flakes, some onion flakes and some garlic salt and powder and you have yourself a super flavorful stir-fry. I used to not like cooked vegetables, but you eat them a few times and learn how you like them prepared best and suddenly they become truly delicious. Like cooked broccoli? A few months ago I would’ve said yeah ew I don’t like cooked broccoli. But now it’s 8:20 AM and I’m truly looking forward to going home and making a healthy lunch, and some chopped broccoli tossed on a skillet with a teaspoon of olive oil and some garlic powder and chopped onion sounds delicious.

Plus!!! People fail to understand that yeah, oil is high in calories and fat. But a tablespoon of oil is enough to cook a lot of food with, and it’s ‘only’ 120 calories. And I’m totally willing to spend like 60 calories on oil if it’s gonna make my shit taste 100x more delicious, which I find that it does.

Anyways, I still have a lot of celery, asparagus, broccoli and two bell peppers in my kitchen along with some fresh fruit that I need to make sure I use before it goes bad, so I’m considering making another big stir-fry for dinner tonight (and maybe indefinitely until I get sick of it). I have no problem ‘saving’ 500-600 calories for dinner, the problem is that I pick foods that don’t satisfy me and that tempt me to go back for seconds. ‘Seconds’ on a veggie stir-fry would mean another 20 minutes of work for me, so I usually pass. That’s just what works for me, and obviously it’s not fool-proof. I still have to resist the urge to overeat sometimes. It’s just a lot less present after putting a large bowl of vegetables into my body versus something with less volume.

Not eating breakfast remains the move for me. I had coffee with a tablespoon of half-and-half and may go cop a skinny latte or a doubleshot on ice from Starbucks before I go to calculus, but even with a 100 cal starbucks I’m only at 120 for the day and won’t eat my first meal until 2:00 pm. My plan is to have Subway so I can stay on campus and then go somewhere to work for a few hours. If I’m doing work by 3, I can probably call it a day at around 6 and then hit the gym. Then go home, shower and make a stir-fry around 8pm. I’d still have enough calories for my last pint of Halo Top, probably. So yeah. I’m going to keep myself busy and productive, work hard, stay committed to my goals but let myself have all my favorite things- Starbucks, Subway, Halo Top...there is no deprivation involved in this for me. 

I went from 145-->160ish. Probably not 160ish truly, but 160s according to the scale. I’m back down now to 157 (that was with clothes on though, so probably 156). I have no worries that after the water weight/food weight (like the food that was physically in my stomach that usually isn’t bc I usually don’t eat so much) comes off, and I’m back into the routine for another few days, I’ll be down a couple more pounds on top of the additional 1-2 pounds a week I’ll be losing from my caloric deficit. My goal is to be back in the 140s by the time I go visit my best friend for Fall Break, which is only 2.5 weeks away but that’s enough time for me to lose 5 pounds. 5 pounds of ‘real’ loss + 2 pounds of water weight loss = I’d be in the 140s. 

When I go home for the summer, I’m going to weigh 130 pounds or less; the fact that that’s a reasonable goal for me is crazy to me after so many years of unsuccessfully trying to lose weight. If I lose weight at a rate of a pound per week, I’d be in the 120s. That means I can plan to lose weight at a rate of 1.5-2 pounds per week, and then toss the occasional slice of meat lover’s pizza or cookout tray in there, and if it evens out to a rate of 1-1.5 pounds per week I can still go home weighing less than 130 pounds. I don’t know if I’ll feel good enough about my body to accidentally-on-purpose run into a certain guy I want to impress at the beach at 125-130 pounds. I don’t know. But I know I’ll feel and look a hell of a lot better and I’ll be able to wear crop tops, and I’ll be a lot less sweaty and hot. My motivation definitely faltered, hard, this semester. But I’m back on my bullshit. I want this so bad and it’s motivating to know that if I can back on this and stay back on this, I can have the body I want if not by summer then by sometime early on my junior year of college. I’m disappointed I didn’t make healthy changes sooner but so, so proud I made them when I did. I’m going to be in the healthy weight category (for good) by the time I turn 20, and that makes me feel pretty damn good.

Okay, this was definitely a long ass post. Have a great start to your week everyone!!! If nothing else, do one thing today that puts you a little closer to your goals whether they’re health-related or not. There’s just another three months left in 2017 and we still have plenty of time to re-evaluate the resolutions we made nine months ago and to see what we can do to put a dent in them : )